~(Hey guys! SG here! Sorry about that cliffhanger, but it was 4 am and I was tired. After reading some reviews from the last chapter, I couldn't help but work on chapter four. I hope you like it, and as always, ENJOY!)~

Marinette sat frozen in shock, her sobbing nearly stopped but she clearly was still in pain.

Chat Noir didn't dare look at her, afraid of what he'd see in her eyes.

I'm so sorry, princess…

Plagg hadn't recovered from the last transformation, and he was struggling to hold this one. Chat Noir had no clue how they'd be able to use cataclysm, but without Ladybug it was there best bet.

"Cataclysm!" Chat Noir yelled, his hand beginning to drip with the black magic of destruction.

He ran to the bars and touched about seven of them, opening a hole big enough for him and Marinette.

By the time he had finished using cataclysm, his whole body was shaking, and his hair was stuck to his head from all the sweat.

He turned to Marinette, eyes not meeting hers. "W-we need to go," He said, crouching down next to her.

She immediately tried to back away, her eyes wide. She still hadn't said a thing, and Chat was starting to worry. What would she think of him after this?

The moment she moved her ankle, she cried out in pain again, fresh tears now blurring her vision.

Chat let out a small gasp. She didn't want him near her? Was she too shocked to even have processed what had just happened?

"Marinette, please," He whispered, backing up slightly. "Just let me help you. After that, we don't have to see each other anymore, if you don't want to."

His ring beeped. Four minutes till his transformation wore off.

Marinette whispered something that he couldn't quite make out. He raised an eyebrow.

"T-that's not…" She began, unable to even form a full sentence.

"I-I don't want to n-never see you again…" She whispered, attempting to sit up straight again, and failing. Chat- no- Adrien rushed over to catch her as she began to fall back down. She let out a small whimper as pain shot up her leg.

"P-princess," He stuttered, sitting her upright against the bars yet again, and backing away.

"Let me help you. I know it's a lot to take in, but please don't make me regret it."

Marinette was sure he wasn't just shaking because of the transformation.

She closed her eyes and nodded. "This might hurt a little, so don't be afraid to tell me if it does." He warned. Chat slowly, and carefully, picked Marinette up.

She clearly was holding herself back from screaming. Her ankle was possibly broken and it hadn't even been an hour since it happened. She was in so much shock and pain, it's a wonder how she hadn't fainted.

Chat, using his staff, carefully launched them off the building and onto the roof of another one.

There's no way they could get help at a hospital right now, everyone was in a cage.

They landed on Marinette's balcony, and Chat climbed down into her room, careful to not hit her head or ankle on anything.

Chat Noir set Marinette down on her bed, careful about her ankle.

"I wish there was something I could do for you, but the best thing now is to find Ladybug and stop the akuma. I'll be back soon." He kissed her forehead, then turned away from her quickly, and off he went.

She was left alone with her thoughts.

"Tikki!" Marinette said, reaching into her purse to pull out her kwami.

Thankfully, she was unharmed.

Marinette couldn't believe what had just happened. Maybe she was dreaming? There's no way Adrien was Chat Noir!

Yet the look on Tikki's face confirmed her fears.

This was not a dream.

Adrien is Chat Noir.

"Marinette…" Tikki said, looking at Marinette's ankle.

"We have to help Chat," Marinette said plainly. "He can't purify akumas, and he needs my help."

Tikki nodded in agreement. There were some cookies downstairs, and Marinette doubted her parents would be there. They probably were in cages, just like the rest of Paris.

Tikki flew downstairs and grabbed a couple of cookies, then returned to Marinette. She ate quickly, recovering her energy as she did so. Marinette, who appeared so calm for what had just happened, waited patiently for her kwami to finish.

"You do know transforming can only do so much for your ankle, right Marinette?" Tikki asked, finishing her cookie in one big bite.

"I don't care, all that matters is that I help Chat." Marinette replied numbly. She had been staring at her shaking hands, which were resting in her lap, for the last ten minutes.

Tikki sighed. "Well, just say the words and we'll be off."

"Tikki, transform me."

The warmth rushed through her body, yet again, pausing on her ankle. She felt the dull pain slowly start to fade as the transformation did its best to heal her. The warmth resumed, climbing up her body and transforming her into Ladybug.

Ladybug's ankle still hurt, but the pain wasn't as bad as it had been moments before. She could walk now, but she was limping.

She took out her yoyo and zipped away to some nearby buildings, off to find the akuma, and off to find Chat Noir.

Adrien was back in his bedroom, begging Plagg to finish eating his cheese.

"Hurry up, hurry up! We have to go!" He said urgently.

"Hey, kid, don't get mad at me! You're the one who forced me into a transformation when I clearly didn't have the strength for it. It's going to take me a moment to recover from that."

Adrien knew that was true, but he couldn't help but rush his kwami. His lady was in danger, and his princess's ankle was injured, and he wasn't helping either of them by waiting around in his room for his kwami to eat his stupid stinky cheese.

Not to mention an akuma was on the loose and most of Paris was in a cage.

His kwami finished up his cheese, then yawned. "I suppose you're going to-"

"Plagg, transform me!" Adrien yelled.

The familiar warmth spread through his body once more as he became Chat Noir. He didn't waste a single second. As soon as he was transformed, he was out the window and jumping across nearby buildings, on his way to find his beloved lady.

Ladybug had found the akuma, but it wasn't moving. It stood in the middle of the street, staring at nothing. She had stopped a moment to catch her breath on a building near the Eiffel Tower, where she found Chat Noir.

Actually it was more like he found her. He dropped down beside her, careful not to make eye contact.

"Is something wrong, Chat?" She asked, pretending not to know what had just happened half an hour ago.

"That was by far the worst date I have ever been on," He joked halfheartedly.

"Is that all?" She asked innocently, limping over to the edge of the building.

He paused, noticing she was limping. "I believe it should be me asking you if something's wrong, m'lady."

She froze.

"I'm fine." She whispered.

It felt like his eyes were burning holes into her back. He must be onto her now.

He shrugged. "If you say so…" He walked over to stand beside her, looking at her out of the corner of his eye. She was obviously holding back tears, but he didn't know why.

It wasn't her who just found out who he was, so why was she avoiding him?

"Come on, lets get this over with." She muttered.

Two cages and one cataclysm later, they found themselves stuck in yet another cage. They hadn't expected the akuma to unfreeze as soon as they got close, which resulted in them being trapped in a cage.

Chat had used his cataclysm to get them out of the first one, but their luck landed them in another one.

"Fantastic. This is just what I wanted." Ladybug said, voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I'm sorry m'la-" He began, only to be interrupted. "No, no! Don't be sorry!" Ladybug said quickly, eyes wide. "It's not your fault- if anything it's mine. I should've been able to tell he had a cage."

Chat shook his head. "It's not your fault. There's no way you could've seen it coming."

"I guess that means I have to use my lucky charm," She said numbly.

She stepped away from him and towards the bars. "Lucky charm!"

Out of all the things she could've gotten, she got a laser pointer- the kind you use to play with cats.

"You've got to be kitten me right meow." Chat said, grinning.

"It's not for you, Chat." She looked around. The akuma had stood frozen where they had found it.

To give you an idea what they were dealing with, it was a giant police officer- atleast nine feet tall- with a metal arm. There was a little thing inside its arm that seemed to generate new cages. They always started off small, but when it grabbed them they grew full size.

Needless to say, it was super annoying to deal with.

Unlike other akumas, this one didn't even talk.

Her Ladybug vision showed her what to do with the laser pointer. She had to get The Jailer to wave his hand at the cage, which should unlock the cage. But her Ladybug vision started going wild, showing different parts of the buildings around her.

A window, a car, further down the street, a lamp post… She couldn't keep up.

Chat Noir's ring beeped, showing that he only had three minutes left.

"I don't know what it's for…" She shook her head. This was the first time something like that had happened.

She pointed it at The Jailer's eyes, which made him immediately start to move, trying to get it out of his face.

Oh! That's what it's for!

She pointed it to the window, and The Jailer went after it. She pointed it to the car, further down the street, a lamp post, and kept pointing it further and further away until The Jailer was out of sight.

Beep, beep, beep. Her earrings only had four minutes left.

"Now that he's gone, how do we get out?" Chat asked, staring at where the akuma had last been.

"I'd ask you to use your cataclysm, but that isn't exactly an option right now." Ladybug sighed, looking around them for something- anything- to help them.

There was nothing.

Chat's ring beeped. Two minutes.

Time seemed to pass quickly as Ladybug and Chat Noir tried to break the cage, but it wasn't moving. Chat Noir's ring gave one final beep. Only a few more seconds.

"Great… How many times can this happen in a day?" Chat said, staring at his ring.

Ladybug raised her eyebrow. He must be referring to the incident from earlier.

He noticed she was staring. "O-Oh, um…" He muttered, thinking of an excuse.

"It's just that I keep getting stuck in cages with people just as I'm about to detransform." He said quickly.

"Oh?"

"What do you mean 'oh'?"

"Did someone see your civilian self?" She asked, faking a curious face.

"W-What? No! No one saw-" There was a green flash as he detransformed.

There was no way Ladybug could pretend she didn't see that.