"Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Bourgeois, we're able to have our work experience field trip today at the Grand Paris luxury hotel. Each of you will get hands-on experience with one of the many jobs here at the hotel. You'll be graded on your effort, which will affect whether you pass or fail the class." Miss Bustier explained as she passed out class assignments. She checked over her clipboard again as Marin snuck a glance at Chloe cozying up to Adrien behind the front desk.

"Do you have Marin and Alya on your list, Mr. Bourgeois?" Miss Bustier asked.

"It doesn't look like it." The mayor and his teacher looked over the clipboard again

"Daddy!" Chloé called over her father, handing him a piece of paper with an uncharacteristically happy smile drawn on her face.

"Thank you, sweetie. Oh yes! Alya, you're going to be... sorting trash at the main dumpster."

Marin immediately glanced at his friend who crossed her arms in displeasure.

"I bet I know who helped Daddy make the assignment." She said under her breath.

Marin gave her a reassuring smile, despite the fact that he believed his day would be worse than his friends'...somehow.

"And, Marin will be a Gopher."

"Gopher?" Alya confirmed as he glanced at her friend.

"Yup, send the physically inept on to run all across the city, seems about right." Marin groaned, lowering his head in defeat as Alya patted his back, giving him a reassuring smile.

Marin walked into a suite along with Mr. Bourgeois, being greeted by Jagged Stone's manager of all people. "Mr. Stone is going to need a new pair of shades for tonight's gig. Red, white and blue with two large Eiffel Towers on them. Can you get that for him?"

He was just about to ask where exactly he was supposed to get said glasses, but Mr. Bourgeois cut in, placing his hands on his shoulders.

"Of course we can! Marin here is our gopher for the day. He'll take care of that for you."

Marin could only fold his hands together, nodding. "I'll do my best. But if I could maybe get a reference to any sto-" He was about to say, but then Mr. Bourgeois hid behind him.

"Hiya." Marin said with a smile, completely unafraid as he waved to he reptile trying to nuzzle through Penny to get to the person who previously gave him snacks.

"A-Anyway, I'm sure Marin will be up to the task! Very good, come along now son." Mr. Bourgeois said quickly, dragging Marin out of the room as he overheard Fang whimpering behind.

Making his way across the city was a chore. Marin was forced to take off his blazer, due to the heat of the sun and all the walking, placing it over his arm. He thanked the vendor for the sunglasses, pulling them out of the bag. "These should do the trick...right?" He asked Tikki, looking at a pair of sunglasses with grey frames and tiny yellow sunglasses.

Tikki looked out of his messenger bag. You know these aren't even close to what Mr. Stone wants.

Marin grumbled for a moment, "How is this the closest thing to what I was requested for..."

"Just saying, it's better in a long run to do it right the first time," Tikki said munching on one of the remaining macaroons. "Those sunglasses exist somewhere... Get creative!"

He chuckled at his Kwami. "You want something done right, you gotta do it yourself," Marin said, putting on the sunglasses himself, grimacing as he realized that he couldn't return them at all, as well as the fact that he had to walk all the way back to his house.

Adrien tried to ignore Chloé who had been having a one-sided conversation. He was looking down at his phone, completely envious of his best friend working in the kitchen, having access to all the cookies. Which he made sure to let Adrien know, as he scrolled down on all the selfies of Nino eating cookies with his group. He only lifted his head as he heard someone walk in.

"Hey Kim."

Adrien looked up to see Marin walking in with a paper bag in hand, no longer wearing his blazer. His hands had bandages on it, and were covered in paint, but somehow the strangest thing was the pair of tourist sunglasses on his head. He greeted Kim who giggled at his friend's appearance, then walked into the lobby.

"Hi Mar-" He was about to greet but Chloé beat him to the greeting.

"Failed as a gopher already? Not surprised. Don't let the door hit you on the way out!" She laughed as Marin gave her an unamused expression, making eye contact with Adrien for a moment as he then walked towards the elevators.

"Why are you always so mean to him?" Adrien suddenly asked as Chloé laughed at the question.

"Why not? He's so pathetic it's hilarious." She laughed as Adrien sighed resting his head on his hand.

"Is that how you think of the rest of our class too?"

"Oh Adrikins," Chloé sighed, grasping his arm. "still native to how school politics work." She remarked the conversation was them dropped as someone else walked into the lobby. He was dressed up weird, in what looked to be some kind of futuristic suit. "Oh, look what the cat dragged in. Watch and learn Adrikins." Chloé said walking up to the man. "Excuse me... Excuse me! You can't be a guest at this hotel! My father only allows the most important celebrities. Like me."

Adrien slapped his forehead in embarrassment.

"Well then, I am Pixelator. Your number one fan."

All of Adrien's red flags went up, as Chloé only smiled.

"Me? Oh, my, you're flattering me. Keep going."

"A photo of you, sweet miss.." He asked just as he was about to press a button on his face lens.

"Chloé!" Adrien called out, grabbing her arm, but wasn't fast enough as the two were zapped by the lens, and then transported to an endless empty plane.

"What the..." Adrien murmured as Chloé clung to his arm.

"What just happened?!" Chloé then sighed, "Well, I can fix this. Leave it to me." She said pressing one of the speed dial buttons. "Hello Daddy?... Daddy... Daddy?!" She checked and gasped in horror.

"I think we've been like... digitized or something." Adrien reasoned as he looked around.

"What do you mean, digitized?!" Chloé grasped his arm tighter, looking around in worry.

Adrien shrugged his shoulders, allowing Chloé to cling to him. "I don't really know, but I don't think it's a good thing."

Especially since I can't transform with Chloé here. Adrien thought to himself, realizing that he truly was trapped so long that Chloé was with him.

He sighed, looking up at the endless white sky, sincerely hoping that Ladybug would be able to get him out of this situation as soon as possible.

Marin knocked on the door to the Jagged Stone suite and was greeted by Jagged Stone's manager. "Please, come in." She said as Marin lowered his head reflexively, trying to keep himself together as he saw THE Jagged Stone sitting before him, playing his guitar as Fang's eyes lit up at the sight of his treat giver.

"I think I, uh, found the glasses you wanted, sir." Marin said sheepishly, handing over the bag, hiding his hands as he saw Penny glance at them. He tried to suppress his smile as he saw Jagged Stone's eyes widen in surprise at the glasses that were in the bag.

"Woah! These are perfect! Exactly what I wanted!" He exclaimed in excitement immediately putting them on, just as someone knocked on the door.

Marin knelt down, petting Fang as his tail wagging happily, sniffing his bag for more snacks. "Who are you?!" Penny called out in shock moments before she suddenly disappeared. Then walked in a person who was clearly Akumatized, smiling as he had a lens on his face. Smiling as he pressed a button towards Marin.

Next thing he knew, he was standing in an endless white plane. "Where am I?" He murmured in confusion, rubbing the back of his head. But snapped to attention as he felt something nuzzle his leg, seeing that Fang was dragged along with him into this...alternate dimension? He wasn't completely sure. But one thing he was sure of, was that he couldn't stay here. There was no one around him, save for the crocodile, so he opened up his bag. "Tikki." He called out as the Kwami flew out. "I need some input here." He asked as Tikki looked around.

But the Kwami shrugged her shoulders. "Transform?" She recommended.

"What?" Marin asked, unable to believe what he was hearing. "I can't transform here, what if someone finds out who I really am? I don't even know where we are." He said gesturing to the area they were in.

"It doesn't seem like you have any other option. Unless you want to rely on Chat Noir." Tikki informed.

Marin hummed for a moment, then sighed as he realized he had to take matters into his own hands. "I can't rely on him when I don't even know where he is." He admitted. Both he and his Kwami glanced at Fang who was wagging his tail happily, looking between the two, no idea what was happening but just happy to be there.

"Tikki, Spots on!"

Marin transformed into Ladybug. Still being watched by the crocodile who now rolled onto it's back, exposing his belly, asking to be petted.

"In a second," Ladybug promised as he threw up his yo-yo in the air. "Lucky Charm!" He called out, and almost fell over as a jackhammer landed in his hands. "Huh. How practical."

"Ugh! I still can't get through to Daddy! How can there be no cell reception here? Ridiculous!" Chloé complained as Adrien sighed, both had been walking for about an hour.

"It just goes on forever. No doors, no walls, no nothing..." He observed.

"You mean we're stuck here? Just... just the two of us?" Chloé suddenly said, grasping onto his arm.

"Uh, no. No." Adrien said pushing her away. "I'm, gonna see if there's a way out down there. Don't go anywhere. It could be dangerous." He said immediately turning around and opening his coat. "Plagg, I gotta find some way to transform." He harshly whispered.

"Come on, what's the rush?" Plagg remarked, staring at his partner who was glaring down at him. Plagg then sighed heavily, "Fine. If you insist, at least find me some cheese."

Adrien groaned as he remembered that the only camembert he brought was in his backpack.

"Ladybug, please get us out of here..." He groaned as Chloé grasped onto his arm again.

Ladybug landed in the exact spot he was shot in alongside Fang. Ending up watching as Pixelator was harassing Jagged Stone pleading for his life.

"NOO!" THe rockstar yelled out on his bed.

"Please, I want to immortalize you, Jagged! I'll be your one and only fan! You will belong to me for eternity! Now, look into the lens..."Pixelator requested but turned around as he heard a shrill whistle. And then promptly had a jackhammer thrown at him, breaking his lens to release the Akuma inside.

"No more mischief from you little Akuma. Time to purify!" Ladybug said as he swung his yo-yo towards the possessed Akuma, capturing it in one motion. Then opening it once more, watching the newly purified Akuma fly away. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug called out, throwing up the lucky charm as everything turned back to normal.

The man who was Akumatized previously turned back to normal, looking around in confusion, before he picked up his camera.

"Stop harassing ." Ladybug bluntly said with a cold expression on his face, as Penny walked up next to him. "If you are actually an admirer of his, then you'd know better not to impose yourself on his personal life."

"But..."The man began to say but held his head as it was clear he wasn't in the right within this situation. Penny escorted him out as Jagged Stone quickly shook Ladybug's hands.

"Thank you so much! I thought I was a goner there for sure." The rockstar admitted as he then spotted his beloved crocodile. "Fang!" He called out, then quickly hugged his happy gator as Ladybug was just about to jump out the window. "Hey wait a sec. Where's that kid?"

Ladybug froze for a moment as the Rockstar looked around for his alter ego. With the only witness's back to him, he quickly transformed back to his other self behind the curtains. Stepping out, he noticed that Fang was already wagging his tail. As he had seen everything.

"Uh, I'm back here," Marin called out sheepishly, as Jagged Stone turned around in relief.

"Phew, for a second there I thought that you were a goner kid." He said as Fang walked towards him, rolling onto his back as he wagged his tail.

Marin chuckled as he knelt down. "I did promise didn't I?" He murmured under his breath as he petted the gator.

Adrien ended up back in the lobby, noticing a horde of magical flying ladybugs returning everything back to normal.

"Dudes! You just scared me!" Nino called out as he had fallen from behind the desk with an annoyed expression.

"What happened?! Did we miss Ladybug?!" Adrien practically demanded as ran towards his friend.

"I don't know, probably? Magic ladybugs don't just fly around on their own." Nino remarked as Adrien sighed. "Hey but don't worry about it, why do you think I've been standing here?" He held up his fist as Adrien returned the gesture, with a smile.

At the end of the day, Adrien waited outside the hotel for Nino as he saw Alya squeal, hugging Marin tightly. Alya then glanced towards him, whispering something in Marin's ear. It was probably something terrible as all the color on Marin's face drained almost immediately, then proceeded to try and leave. But was unable to escape Alya's grasp.

"Okay, I took all the cookies, let's go." Nino said walking out of the hotel, gesturing to his now swollen backpack.

"Hello, boys." Alya greeted as she held onto Marin's hand, though it was clearly against his will as he hid his face in his free hand. "Any plans this evening?"

Nino and Adrien exchanged a curious glance as Adrien spoke up. "No, I was just going to go over to Nino's place to play video games."

"Hmmm, how interesting." She said, then jabbing Marin's side, prompting him forward. "Maybe we could do something, together?"

"So uh, um." Marin stumbled for a moment before just simply holding out two tickets that made Adrien's and Nino's eyes light up.

"These are-" Adrien said as Nino immediately caught Marin in a half hug, taking his ticket with a huge smile on his face.

"Duddddee! Where did you get these?! The show's been sold out for weeks!" Nino exclaimed.

Marin smiled inwardly, lowered his head in embarrassment. "I helped out Mr. Stone today, and I guess I must have done a good job because he gave me these tickets." He glanced at Adrien for a moment, "Oh but, it's alright if you don't want to go-"

"It'll be my first live concert. Thanks for the ticket, I'm sure it'll be amazing!" Adrien said with a bright smile. Not noticing how red Marin's face became.

"Yeah, amazing..." Marin mumbled under his breath, hiding his smile.

Notes:

-Chapter is shorter. Mostly because of the lucky charm.

-I like writing the Fang fluff. He is cute croc.

-Being Ladybug gives Marin slightly enhanced strength and endurance, but not to the same extent as any of the Villains or Chat Noir