Chapter 3: Other Worlds

3 Weeks Ago:

"ANTON!" Adrien yelled as he stormed into the Warehouse.

"Sorry can't help you!" Anton yelled back as he stood behind the bar, in front of the stove.

Anton was in the middle of making himself breakfast when Adrien stormed in. He was wearing a pink apron that said 'Do Not Disturb The Cook' on the front as he flipped pancakes over the stove.

"Why not, it's been two years since we started this and the only one who found out our identities before us was you so why can't you just tell us who we are?" Adrien demanded as he slammed his hands on the counter. Anton just rolled his eyes as he flipped another pancake then moved on to the bacon.

"Because I found out by mistake, I wasn't myself, It's not my place to tell you, and even if it was Ladybug would never let me tell you, her personal life is very important to her can't you respect that?" Anton questioned as he put the pancakes on two different plates.

"That's what I've been trying to say." Plagg said as he floated onto the small chair and table on the bar.

"I know it's important to her, which is why I don't ask her anymore, but I thought with your help we could … … … I don't know." Adrien stated as he sat down in defeat. Anton smiled as he placed a plate of pancakes and bacon in front of Adrien and sat down next to him.

"Here you go Plagg." Anton said as he handed Plagg a roll of Camenbert.

"Sweet, juicy, deliciousness." Plagg said as he jumped into the cheese. Anton sighed as he and Adrien had breakfast together.

"Look kid, I'm not the best one to give love advice, but for your situation all I can say in wait, and have patience, if you truly love her the way you talk about it then give it time, she'll tell you in her own time. In the meantime just smile, have fun, enjoy every second you have with her, because you never know when it might just end." Anton said as he put a hand on Adrien's shoulder.

"Have you ever loved someone before Anton?" Adrien asked.

"I have … … … and I loved every moment we shared." Anton said. They shared a chuckle as they began eating the bacon.

"What was she like?" Adrien asked.

"Oof um, hmm let me see, she was … she was … she was everything I wasn't, childish, sweet, kind, caring … innocent, so full of light. She was the absolute best thing that happened to me, but I never got to tell her that, and I don't know if I ever will." Anton explained as he set his bacon down.

Today:

"Wow!" Max said as he stepped into the Warehouse with Adrien, Kim, and Anton.

What Max and Kim saw was hidden in the far back of the warehouse. It was a metal Exo Suit with Wings attached to the back, it looked to be in good shape for the most part but the back and boot thrusters were shot, burning with smoke.

"So wait you're …?" Kim couldn't even finish his sentence.

"Yes Kim, I'm Steel Wing." Anton stated as he pinched his nose.

"But wait how does Adrien know this?" Max asked as he stepped away from the Exo Suit.

"I crashed into his room once without my mask, the crashing made it to the papers but my identity didn't, thank god for that." Anton explained as he stepped towards the Exo Suit.

"The reason we needed Max was because he needed someone smart enough to understand his worlds technology, but I needed it to be discreet so I came up with the idea to have you help us." Adrien explained further to Kim.

"Ah of course he's from another world that explains why his eyes are gold and began t glow during the Dogeball game." Max mentioned.

Kim and Adrien turned to Max confused. Kim because he had no idea what he was talking about and Adrien because he wanted to know how he found out.

"What no one else saw that, or was that just me?" Max asked.

"I saw that!" Marinette announced as she just walked right in and stood there with her arms crossed. Anton walked over to Adrien.

"What did you set the lock to?" Anton asked.

"Friends only." Anton sighed to Adrien's answer, before walking over to Marinette.

"I'll take care of this, Serenity walk them through it." Anton said as he grabbed Marinette and dragged her to the bar.

"Of course sir." A female voice said as they left.

"Whoa he even has an A.I.?!" Max freaked.

"What are you doing here?" Anton asked as he and Marinette left the Warehouse and stood outside the front door.

"I was coming here to make sure you didn't forget about that job my dad hired you for, but now it looks like I'm here to why Max and Kim are here?" Marinette Questioned as Anton rolled his eyes.

"No I didn't forget about the job, and Max is here because I need his help to fix my suit, Kim kinda just followed." Anton explained.

"Wait your suit in broken?" Marinette asked.

"Yes it is, going from world to world doesn't exactly help when your technology is trying to adapt to the physics of another world, now I have about another hour before I need to be at the bakery, so I'll meet you there, goodbye and have a good day." Anton said just as he was about to shut the door behind him when Mainette put her foot in the way of the door.

"Wait, you can't just shut me out like this!" Marinette Protested.

"Well what do you expect me to do, I have too many people in here as it is and I have a lot of work to do." Anton stated.

"Well if you have a lot of work then why not ask for help?" Marinette countered. Anton had to think about his next action.

"I already have … … … but I guess many hands do make light work" Anton said as he opened the door for Marinette.

Somewhere in Paris:

"What is this, why do I feel a strong negative energy but can't reach it?"

"I know I'll follow it for now and see what it is."

"Fly away my little Akuma, Find that negative energy and follow it!"

The Warehouse:

"Interesting." Max said as he looked at the boots.

"What's up?" Kim asked as he knelt down to his level.

"Well the propulsion system isn't based on an average jet fuel repulsion, it's something else, something far more volatile." Max mentioned.

"The Material you're referring to is called Dust, Mr. Max, not the stuff you find on your shelves or under your bed." Serenity mentioned.

"Wait if it's not that then what is it?" Adrien asked as he leaned against a wall of wooden boxes.

"Dust is a material from my world and only my world." Anton said as he entered with Marinette behind him. Adrien looked at him confused but Anton just ignored him as h pulled out a black canister with a red glowing line going up from the bottom to the cap.

"This material starts out in a crystal like state making it unstable, until it is mined and then refined into a more controllable state which is why we call it Dust, because in order for the people of my world to control it, it had to mined down to dust like state." Anton explained as he tossed the canister to Kim.

"Sowhat you're saying is in order to fly you need a counter part?" Max asked as Kim caught the canister.

"Exactly, it doesn't need to be exact just enough to get her in the air and keep her there for a while." Anton mentioned.

"Alright, I start analyzing the components and have Kim gather them, you're not on a time limit are you?" Max questioned as Kim handed him the Canister.

"Well-" Anton didn't get to finish as Marinette interjected.

"Nah he's good, take your time." Marinette stated as Anton and Adrien gave a look of dismay.

"Great then I should have the results to you by next week, if not maybe the week after. Come on Kim we got studying to do." Max said as he and Kim walked out of the Warehouse.

"Sure thing pal." Kim stated as he followed. Anton waited until they were gone to confront Marinette, once the door was shut he took a deep breath and began walking towards the bar he made.

"What?" Marinette asked.

"That's what I asking, Anton how does she know and what is she doing here?" Adrien asked as he sat at the bar.

"Well I could ask you the same thing Adrien, I thought you had a Photoshoot here soon." Marinette stated. Adrien was even more confused.

"How would you even know that?" He asked as Marinette sat down next to him. Anton just reached into the fridge for a cold drink

"Oh uh no reason … no reason at all." Marinetted stammered. Anton hit his last straw.

"SHUT UP!" Anton yelled, shocking both heroes.

"Just give me a minute to think this through." He said as he pinched his upper nose. He had to come up with something, a story to tell them both that they would both believe and not give away their identities to each other. God it was difficult knowing both of their secrets and not being able to just tell them both out right.

"Marinette, Adrien knows because I crashed into his house, which is why my suit is broken, Adrien, Marinette knows because she was the first person to see me without my mask during my first encounter with TNT." Anton explained. It wasn't perfect, it's flaws could have given away any detail if they were smart enough, but there was some truth to it all.

"Oh okay, that makes sense." They both said to him. Thankfully they bought it as Anton gave a sigh of relief.

But that sigh of relief didn't last long as a beeping sound came from his jacket again. Worried he pulled out his Phaseblade's handle to see the light at the end blinking really fast.

"Uh what's that?" Adrien asked.

"I remember that beeping back at the school." Marinette stated.

"Look both of you just stay calm and don't look behind you." Anton said as he held out his hands, trying to keep his cool as he walked behind them from behind the counter.

"What is it?" Adrien asked as he was in the process of turning around.

"Just stay calm, shh shh." Anton said.

What Adrien saw when he turned around was almost enough t give him nightmares for the next week. It was a black wolf the size of Stoneheart when they first met him. The Wolf had eyes as red as scarlet and glowed like rubies, with a skeletal like armor surrounding its body.

"Adrien what is it?" Marinette asked as she turned and saw the wolf. Scarred she looked at Anton, who just calmly walked up to it and reached his hand out towards it's muzzle

"Anton what are you doing?!" Marinette called out.

"Shh stay calm, it's just a Beowolf, unlike those Baboons I fought earlier these things are actually smart enough to know when to attack and when not to, they're just like dogs and like dogs you can show them you are not a threat." Anton said as the wolf began to sniff Anton's hand as it stood up on its hind legs.

"They may seem aggressive, but they're only protecting their territory, this one was taken from it's territory so it's confused and curious." Anton explained as he rubbed his hand against the wolf's muzzle.

"There, there now, you're safe boy, you're safe." Anton said to the Beowolf before it fell to it's side and stuck it's tongue out.

"Awe who's a good boy, yes you are, yes you are." Anton told the wolf as he began rubbing it's belly.

"Um I thought all the creatures coming out of the portals were considered dangerous?" Marinette stated as she walked up to Anton and the wolf.

"Yeah that's what I thought too." Adrien mentioned as he walked up behind Marinette.

"Oh these guy's are just protecting themselves aren't you, you big old teddy bear aren't you?" Anton asked the wolf.

"But I don't get it these things terrorize people whenever they show up." Adrien stated.

"ARGH" The Wolf grunted.

"Oh don't listen to him, he's just a ignorant human." Anton said as he stood up and began leading the wolf away from the bar.

"Ignorant Human, so what are you then part wolf?" Marinette countered as she and Adrien followed him behind the Warehouse. Anton just smiled as he lead the wolf through the portal behind the Warehouse.

"Eagle actually." Anton said as he waved goodbye to the wolf and began closing the portal. Marinette and Adrien looked at Anton with even more confusion than ever.

"Wait, you're not … human?" Adrien asked. Marinette just stayed quiet as Anton sighed and turned to them. She forgot he vaguely explained that detail when they first met.

"No I'm not." Anton said as he made his way back to the bar.

"But you look human, and sound like us and even act like us." Adrien mentioned. Anton just laughed as he opened the door.

"No you look, sound, and act like a Faunus." Anton mentioned as he opened the door and walked toward hid moped.

"What's a Faunus?" Marinette asked as Anton started his Moped.

"Think of them as light … oh what do you people of this world call them … oh a Neko, think of them like that only instead of pretending to have animal like parts and abilities, they are really born with real animal parts and abilities." Anton explained as he drove his Moped onto the sidewalk.

"I'll explain more later, but I have to get to the Bakery and you have a Try Out to be at, Marinette." Anton said as he motioned Marinette to the seat behind him.

"Alright, guess I'll see you later." Adrien said as he pulled his phone out to call The Gorilla.

"See you later pal." Anton said as Marinette sat down behind him before driving off.

It was a quiet ride to the bakery. All Marinette could do was watch sadly towards Adrien as they left him behind.

"Not a great guy to talk to?" Anton asked as he drove.

"Oh no it's just, not always easy talking to him." Marinette stated as she tried to hide her blush from the rearview mirrors. Anton smiled as she blushed.

"Ah I see, you've got a crush on the boy." Anton stated as he slowed down at a red stop light.

"Ugh what, um I don't … know what you're talking about." Marinette stated as the light turned green.

"Alright call it what you will, let's go to work." Anton said as he stepped on the gas.

Unknown to them they were being followed by a black butterfly. If they had seen it they would've know Hawkmoth was following them but they wouldn't know why, not yet at least.

"Ahh good my Akuma, keep following the boy driving, find out his secrets and if you can … Akumatize him!" Hawkmoth stated before he began his evil laugh.

A/N: So I'd like to apologize for the slow updates and not having a clear schedule on this or my other fanfics. I started a YouTube channel called 321Idiots! Where for now it's just a gaming channel but I hope to expand it and start writing for it, but for what I don't entirely know just yet. I am however working on a Machinima that my friends have been helping me with. Anyways back to fanfics, so in order to help me get back into writing I'll hopefully be spending more free time on these while my friends and I wait for the raid in Destiny 2 to come and will hopefully have more time after it comes out when we beat it. Meanwhile the next chapter for The Misadventures of Anton Sonreef should be out here in a few days if not tomorrow. So I hope you're all having a good day/night and I'll see y'all next time.