Adrien decided he was going to help. As soon as Ladybug and Nathalie were out of sight, he quickly escaped the bag and silently ran up to his room.
Ladybug should probably be coming to check if he was okay soon. And then he could help, without looking like he disappeared.
As predicted, the spotted heroine jumped through the window. "Is everyone okay?" She didn't seem as shy as in the past, just determined. Maybe desperate.
He decided to play along. "I'm okay, but Nathalie and Gorilla have disappeared and OH!" He gasped, pointing outside. "What's that giant animal out there?"
"I'm sorry, Adrien, but your chauffeur, Gorilla, has been akimatised. Is your father okay? Nathalie is okay, she is with me, downstairs." He followed her to Nathalie, but Gabríel was nowhere to be found. Not that that was out of the ordinary.
"This isn't good. The only reason Gorilla would come here would be if he was after Gabríel. He could already be in danger." Ladybug said desperately.
"Why isn't he moving?" Adrien asked, eyes on the gorilla. He now had to concentrate on talking like Adrien, while still thinking strategically. But anyway, Ladybug was the strategic one. He just had to point stuff out. So, business as usual.
"Oh yeah." Nathalie looked out of the window, acknowledging that the giant gorilla was just standing, staring inside.
"It's like he's waiting for something." Ladybug pointed out. "I should go outside. He might be off his guard."
"Be careful, Ladybug!" He shouted before she jumped out of the window.
Why did Adrien only care when she was Ladybug? As if it was just because she was a superhero.
Shallow.
On the other hand, he seemed upset today. Half hearted, and distracted.
Plus, he could just be worried about Paris' important super heroine. Maybe he wasn't shallow, he just thought more about the city and it's protectors.
She shouldn't think about it, it could distract her, like Tikki said. But she still thought it was somehow shallow. If he only cared because she was a superhero, but didn't pay attention at all when she was just a normal girl.
She couldn't make any noise or alert the gorilla. She sneaked aground him, getting close to his feet, which were still clenched. He grunted and shifed his weight, startling the small red girl. However, to her relief, he didn't look at her.
He seemed to be staring right in the building. Did he know Gabríel wasn't here? In fact, where was the fashion designer?
"Ladybug will save him, don't worry." Adrien comforted his assistant, happy he was able to act like himself again, but still restless that he couldn't help.
"You seem more worried that I do." She remarked.
"No..." he began, but was interrupted by the pacing woman.
"Adrien, you're trembling. Your eyes are shifting everywhere, and you're voice is shaky. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Nathalie, and you can't speak. You're pacing the room, I've never seen you like this before." He suddenly remembered he wasn't supposed to know about her and Gorilla being a thing. "What's wrong, Nathalie?"
"It's just... I'm worried about Gorilla."
"It seems like more than that." He tried not to sound pushing or rude, but comforting. He also tried not to repeat what he said as Chat earlier.
"Adrien, do you really care about your assistants relationships?"
"Yes, Nathalie." He looked softly at the thin woman, a look which often made girls swoon.
"Gorilla and I were really close. I wanted to be more than colleagues." Her voice began shaking.
He had to act surprised. "Wow, Nathalie, that's great! But you have to trust Ladybug, she'll help you and Gorilla and you'll be with him. Trust me. One other thing..."
He had to ask about Chat. She looked up curiously. "Where's Chat Noir?"
"He's in trouble. His miraculous was taken." He gasped as if he didn't know. "Ladybug is gonna give you his miraculous when she gets it back. He said he knows you personally, and you'll give it back to him."
"Oh yeah, I remember now... yes, I'll definitely give it to him as soon as I get it. Promise." She didn't seem very convinced, but decided not to ask any more questions.
Suddenly the amount of noise coming from outside escalated. A loud roar was heard.
"Give me back the miraculous!" Ladybug shouted, diving away from his foot while avoiding a fist.
"Ladybug!" Adrien shouted, and ran outside, followed frantically by Nathalie trying to stop him.
"What are you doing, Adrien?" She screamed, too late.
"Stop it!" He yelled at the top of his voice, and Gorilla turned around, allowing Ladybug to move out of the corner she was put in.
Gorilla froze at the sight of Nathalie.
"Don't hurt these people, Gorilla." The woman shouted calmly.
"You don't want her to be scared of you, do you?" Adrien shouted, agreeing.
He let out a loud yell, sounding defeated, then used a hand to carefully lift his co worker to his face level. She placed a hand on his nose.
"I know you're in there, Gorilla. I don't want you to hurt anyone." She whispered into him. "Do you still have my present?" She looked up at him, and he slowly lifted his foot, handing the small keychain to her.
Ladybug and Adrien gasped in unison, but she ignored them, and gently stroked the purple keychain. "I preferred it when it was yellow." She joked, a tear escaping her eye. Then, terrified of the risks, she threw it down to the red girl. "LADYBUG!"
She caught it, and threw it to the ground, breaking it. "I'm sorry, Gorilla, it's what we needed to do." A small black and purple butterfly escaped the broken keychain, as Gorilla yelled, Nathalie clutching to his hand.
Ladybug quickly purified the Akuma, and called miraculous Ladybug to clean the damage, as Adrien yelled "NATHALIE", while the woman clung for her life.
The white, pure Akuma flew away, and the Gorilla dissolved back into the man, surrounded in purple and black bubbles. As he formed, the woman became cradled in his arms.
"Gorilla! Nathalie! Are you okay?" Adrien rushed to the two, lying on the floor.
"We're okay." Nathalie cried, and Gorilla grunted and nodded. They stood up, and Gorilla noticed he still had the miraculous in his curled up hand. He strides towards Ladybug, and handed her the ring.
"NO! Stupid Gorilla! I thought I could at least trust you! AAARGH!" Hawk Moth yelled as the window closed, and his telepathic view disappeared.
Ladybug walked up to Adrien, and gave him the miraculous. "I was told I can trust you in giving Chat back this. No funny games or tricks, nothing."
"Sure, no monkey business. You can trust me!" He laughed at the pun, and Ladybug groaned. "Chat will have these as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Adrien."
"What is going on out here?" Gabríel suddenly appeared at the door.
"Boss!" Nathalie nervously yelled. "I'm sorry." She bowed her head, and Gorilla did the same, grunting.
"Okay, enough of this, everyone inside!" Gabríel yelled, and everyone sulked inside. With a last glance, Adrien noticed Ladybug was no longer anywhere to be seen.
While passing him, Adrien patted Gorilla on the back. "You did well, Tarzan."
Sorry, typing on a tablet usually causes quite a few typos. I corrected them, and added a bit to the explanation of Ladybug thinking Adrien was shallow, sorry if it was difficult to understand, since a review pointed that out.
But honestly, if you don't understand something, just tell me! So thank you.
Anyway, it isn't that different to the original, just a few fixes