The PS4 games of Tomb Raider inspired me about learning survival techniques and avoiding certain deaths. As well as using bow and arrows to survive your way through the paths to come to. Even if it means losing most of your humanity, sanity, andwho you are for months of struggling to survive.
Characters belong to (c) Zag.
Luna/Panthera belongs to (c) GothNebula.
Pelle/Blu Tembo belongs to (c) CyotheLion.
(4 months ago)
Adrien did not agree to this, but his father forced him to do what he told him to do in order to be an Agreste. He couldn't go against or disobey his father, and it was hours from France to Columbia, where he had no Spanish lessons to learn their language. A storm was kicking in, and the plane shook a little due to the bad winds and the lightning in the sky.
"Just brilliant, I'm sent to Columbia without any goodbye," He thought crossly.
A severe tremor shook the plane midair, causing Adrien to fall aside from the seat, "Stay seated, Agreste! We lost the engine!" The air pilot said.
Adrien saw the right engine stop working and panicked. The alarm blared that the plane was losing altitude in the air and it would eventually crash at any moment.
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY!" The pilot grabbed the mic.
The bodyguard helped Adrien to his seat to buckle up. The plane shook aggressively at any moment, the plane would crash. Even if Adrien would become Cat Noir, he can't do this in front of his bodyguard.
"Hold on!" The pilot tried to not crash into the trees but it tore a hole in the side of the plane. The belt on Adrien suddenly tore up and fell out, the bodyguard tried to save him but too late, he fell out of the plane and splashed into the Amazon river. The plane soon crashed many miles away from Adrien's spot.
(Present day)
It was stressful for Ladybug that her kitty never showed up at all for months the same way Adrien disappeared and his father barely did much of any campaign ads without his son but unfortunately, Lila Rossi took Adrien's place for that.
"Oh Adrien, Wherever you are, I hope you're alive," Ladybug said in deep sadness.
Sure Rena Rouge and Carapace were good partners but they weren't like her kitty. Sometimes she did regret bringing out heroes than Cat Noir like she did during Kuro Neko.
"I really am a bad partner and a terrible partner" Ladybug sat down on the roof edge, "I miss his jokes and puns" She looked at one torn poster of herself and Cat Noir. A small tear glides down her cheek.
The news from months ago was that Adrien was sent to South America but the plane crashed and only the bodyguard survived but no trace of Adrien's body was found. Some say he either died or was presumed alive. The bodyguard tried to find Adrien but had no luck. Not a single DNA, blood, or anything was ever investigated.
Gabriel refuses to believe his son really is dead. He blamed his bodyguard for losing Adrien but no one was to blame. It was either the storm or Gabriel's idea in the first place but no one is to blame and nothing will bring Adrien back. Even Lila proved to be a bad replacement for the company. Despite hiring her as a spy for Adrien, Lila was being too much center of attention than being told what to do.
"Wherever he is, he knows better to survive," Gabriel thought.
"You were the one to choose to send him there when I did warn you this was a bad idea. It's not Placid's fault or the pilot, it's you" Nathalie said, having enough of his obsession with Adrien's disappearance.
"I know. I just can't take another loss" Gabriel said.
"You already lost him for over a year when Emilie went into a coma, Gabriel. You were never there for him, only I and Placid were" Nathalie left the office and Gabriel slumped back in his seat.
x
Marinette was now in her room, looking at the photos of Adrien. Even the Ladyblog with a few Cat Noir videos and pics.
"Oh Kitty, where could you be?" Marinette sighs.
Detectives and investigators in South America did try to find him but never came back at all. It was as if the jungle set traps to lure intruders to their deaths.
"I can't leave Paris defenseless if I were to go to Colombia," Marinette said.
Tikki knew who Cat Noir was but her kwami law prevents her from ever telling her own, "Perhaps one who lives close to South America can find him. She is the expert on the jungles" Tikki suggested.
"Of course! Panthera! But she's busy with other things like any other young adult. But it's worth a try. Tikki, spots on!" Marinette transformed into Ladybug and used her yo-yo to call her.
"Hola? I mean bonjour, mariquita. I'm guessing this has something to do with the disappearance of that model boy" Panthera said.
"How did you know?" Ladybug asked.
"Chica, it's all over the news for the past few weeks and I know jungles a thing or two whenever there's a struggle and a challenge," Panthera said.
"And that is why I need your help. As much as I wanna find Cat Noir who also disappeared but Adrien is my priority and I can't leave Paris defenseless. As much as I wanna fly there but someone like you knows the jungles and is an expert in speaking Spanish. You are the holder of the Jaguar and you have the power to track your target" Ladybug hyperventilating.
"Okay! Okay! Calm down! I can see this is serious. I'll find him but if there are no Akuma attacks in the next couple of days, please come to South America. Jungles are like the easy places to get lost and if I get lost or can't find him, that will be your moment to find him" Panthera said.
"Okay. I understand. But I'm just worried" Ladybug said.
"Hey, we will find him, mariquita. Don't worry. Knowing that model boy, he's a smart kid. Just like you, chica. And I'm sure your kitty does the same. That is if he's doing family time and never told you" Panthera said.
"I'm really worried about my partner's absence. Where's your elephant partner?" Ladybug said.
"Ocupado" Panthera replied.
"English please," Ladybug said.
"Sorry. He's busy with other things. Somewhere in Cambodia, I think. Anyway, I'm heading to the Amazon river. The only hint is that Adrien's bodyguard was the only survivor of the plane crash from the news. If that crash is somewhere near Brazil, that's where I'll go. The river that connects off the shore in the Atlantic Ocean" Panthera said.
"It was said it was at the border of Colombia," Ladybug said.
"No, chica. Columbia has no Amazon River, just its canals. The Amazon is connected to Brazil. Brazil has a massive jungle and less populated areas. That's a reason why they don't have many city areas in jungles. Never mind that. I'll call you if I find him" Panthera hangs up.
"Please be okay, Adrien. I'm so lost without you" Ladybug feeling so devastated at what could be happening to her prince all alone out there.
In the deep jungle of South America, animals were minding their own business. But predators were very dangerous for nature to be feared. Especially with all the leftover bones out there as a sign of death.
A whoosh passed by and another one, a blond messy messy-haired teenager with torn clothes along with skin animal patches was running through the jungle before he made a huge leap across the chasm to get away from the dangers chasing him.
But that didn't stop him when he saw flies everywhere and bloodied traces on the ground that he stepped into another predator's territory. He growled in frustration at how much this could go on. Ready his bow and arrow since there could be a predator hiding somewhere and he can't find mud to hide his scent.
Then he saw a partially eaten corpse fall down after hearing footsteps, followed by a jaguar appearing. It growls at him. But the young teen stood his ground, unaware another jaguar was behind him until he heard it charge at him. He dodged and grabbed his bow from the ground.
He quickly shoots the Jaguar to immobilize it while the other tackles him. The teenager blocks the teeth with his bow while struggling to push the heavy tin best aside but it is too heavy.
He then shoves it and blocks the feline using his wrist to stab its neck with a knife, killing it. He threw the dead jaguar aside, panting in exhaustion. The wounded jaguar with the arrow on its side still standing but no vitals hit. The teenage blonde threw his knife at the head to kill it. He walks up and pulls the knife out, satisfied.
The kwami of destruction comes out who barely tries to talk to his owner who lost most of his humanity due to fear, loneliness, and struggle to survive. He can barely remember who he is but Plagg can.
"Adrien! Take it easy now. You almost got killed" Plagg said.
"Barely….." Adrien spoke lowly due to losing most of his socializing.
"We've been lost for four months and I've struggled to keep your sanity" Plagg groaned.
Adrien grunts in annoyance, "You…eat….cheese. You…don't try….anything" Adrien said slowly since he struggled to take care of Plagg, his kwami never tries anything to eat something that's not Camembert cheese. Without food for Plagg, he can't transform into Cat Noir.
"This is getting out of hand, bananas are no good replacement" Plagg reluctantly ate a banana.
Adrien grunts and needs to eat too but fruits in the jungle are unbalanced without meat to balance his diet. Even if he was on a strict diet all his life, he still needs to eat to survive. He went to the carcass and used a knife as he remembers in biology class of dissection. He flayed it with Plagg looking away, taking chunks of flesh to roast later.
"And a bath. You look awful with your hair growing out like a girl" Plagg suggested.
He was right, all that struggling, especially using animal urine to repel mosquitoes away, his attire he now wears mixed with his original and animal skin patches, he's really going through a lot.
"Fine….." Adrien sighed.
He went to a pond and undressed to clean the mud off him. He once used a leech to make it suck out the snake poison from his wound which worked well and he hasn't faced any side effects for weeks.
"Done yet?" Plagg asked.
"Nearly. Just…..keep an eye out" Adrien said, barely keeping his grip on his sanity. Only remembers himself as Cat Noir but he couldn't transform for months since it would be too much if he was discovered.
"We're so dead" Plagg sighed.
Adrien came out and got dressed, using the last pieces of his white jacket cloth to wrap it around his arm, "We gotta find wood and flint rocks before sundown" Adrien kept his mind together, nearly feeling almost savage every day in this jungle.
"Right," Plagg collects some dry branches.
Adrien started to search for some flint stones near the rocky area. Every night it gets cold and he only made it this far to not get sick. Once they've collected enough wood, he clacks the flint stones together to create sparks in order to make up his fire.
"We survived the jungles and we can't find civilization, except the village filled with cannibalism. Still no cheese for me" Plagg said.
Adrien was barely listening since he was waiting for the meat to be roasted. He was nearly feeling more alone with no people to talk to.
"I got no one to talk to but you," Adrien said.
"You went savage for weeks because you struggled to survive and yet you're out of power-ups for the space suit" Plagg forced himself to eat bananas.
"That's the problem why I'm stuck here, and I don't know where to find any city here" Adrien picks up the roasted meat.
"I can hardly remember who I am anymore. I'm turning into a wild man and I could never return back like this" Adrien said, knowing well that is an adaption to being a wild man, he could lose his mind if he returned home.
"Sooner or later someone will find us," Plagg said, still hopeful.
"If there is," Adrien said.
x
On Koh Trong, Cambodia laid Pelle Skarsgård aka Blu Tembo on a sunbed, enjoying the sun after a long day of saving some people there. He has also heard the news of Adrien being missing for four months but like the others, didn't think he was dead.
"Hoppas grabben är levande och välmående" Pelle said in Swedish.
He sips his drink as his kwami Trunkk appears, "You know I do feel worried about the French model's disappearance. Especially when he's replaced by that liar we known who lied about Blu Tembo saving her in Africa" Trunkk said.
"I know. From what Adrien told me, he felt uncomfortable with her" Pelle said.
"I just hope they find the real true model. That girl shouldn't be up there. It's like lying to the world" Trunkk said.
"Ladybug should find him somehow, Trunkk. Blu Tembo would but he's not a hero in Paris, he's a hero in Thailand and Sweden" Pelle said.
"And in Africa" Trunkk added, grabbing a chocolate bar to eat.
"After leaving Paris for a new chapter in life" Trunkk corrected him.
"Yeah, of course," Pelle slumps back on the chair, thinking of the first time he and Panthera fought together.
x
Back with Adrien, he was trying to find shelter for the night. But most of the time he would get a little sleep since there are nocturnal predators that hunt at night or see at night. Unfortunately for Adrien, it was very difficult without his night vision as Cat Noir. No sign of civilization again but just animals, mud, nature, and blood.
"There has to be some shelter! I'm freezing in the rain!" Plagg complained.
"I would have been faster but if I transform, I lose my mind completely with your annoying stomach," Adrien said, using the flayed jaguar skin as clothing to warm up, despite the blood.
He climbs up the big tree, hoping it will provide shelter, "This will do" Adrien was relieved it did provide shelter.
"Why can't you just transform?" Plagg asked.
"Because I'm not in my right mind. I barely am but I could lose myself. The cataclysm is too dangerous if I'm not in my right state of mind" Adrien said, knowing full well what could happen, even the months of survival, he can't risk hurting himself.
"And Ladybug still doesn't know where her kitty is," Plagg said.
"Just go to sleep, Plagg. Besides, I rather not talk about her" Adrien said, remembering a bit of their argument.
"Hmph!" Plagg huffed and went to sleep.