Alya lived in a blue townhouse six blocks north of their school. Chat Noir knew where she lived; as Adrien, he had been to Alya's house for a school project. He leapt across the rooftops, taking extra care to stick to the shadows. It was not long before Chat landed on the roof across from Alya's house. Through the windows, he saw her family eating dinner at a round table. Alya sat facing the window, closest to the archway to the kitchen. Her younger sisters sat to either side of her, and her parents sat across with their backs to Chat. For a second, he just watched as they all laughed at something, wondering what it must be like to have an actual family dinner with sisters and two parents who were actually around.
Enough day-dreaming. Chat Noir made one final jump to Alya's roof and dropped down to the front stoop, barely making a sound. He straightened up, postured with his usual swagger, and rang the doorbell. Chat's sensitive hearing listened to Alya squabble with her sisters about who would answer the door, and gave an inward sigh of relief when it was declared Alya would.
Seconds later, the door opened. "Hello," Alya began to say, then stopped when she saw Chat Noir standing in front of her. She stared open mouthed before exclaiming "Oh my god" and scrambling for her pocket.
"Hello, Alya," Chat said. "The administrator of the Miraculous LadyBlog, yes?"
"You know of my blog, too, Chat Noir?" she asked, pulling her phone out, getting ready to take notes. "Wait until my followers hear about this!" She paused. "Wait…why are you here? Is this about what happened with Ladybug earlier?"
Chat raised one eyebrow at her. Perceptive. "Not quite, Madam Blogger." He placed one hand on top of Alya's phone to stop whatever she was doing on it. Chat let his grin drop and lowered his voice. "Actually, I need your help with something."
"My help?" Alya said. "Why would you need-"
"Alya?" Her mother called from the dining room. "Who is it?"
Alya cringed. "A friend from school asking for help with something," she called back. Chat smirked, then returned to a serious face as soon as Alya looked back to him. "Sorry, Chat Noir, I can't help you right now. But I can meet you in about half an hour." She asked him if he knew of a small park two blocks away, and Chat nodded. "Then I'll see you there."
"Alright, Madam. I'll be waiting," Chat said. "Oh, and I know you have a blog to run, but for tonight, keep this between you and me, alright?" After she nodded, he gave a loose salute and ran off in the direction of the park. As soon as he was out of Alya's sight, he leapt up on the rooftops. It was not long before Chat arrived at his destination. The hero took up a position on the top of the fence surrounding the park, mostly hidden by the evening darkness and the leaves of the trees around him.
Chat Noir perched on the fence, watching, thinking, waiting for Alya. Where was Ladybug? How would he defeat the akuma if he couldn't find her? How would he free Ladybug from the akuma's influence? What would she do when she found out what happened? What would he do when she found out what happened? But most importantly, he wanted Ladybug to be okay.