Chat noir had gotten rather good at being sneaky over the past few years. Which is quiet impressive considering he had a small bell attached to the collar of his dark leather costume. And the large lantern tail connected to his belt.

And using those sneaky skills he's perfected the art of moving in the shadows, away from the security cameras at least and breaking into museums.

Why museums you might ask? Well, because they're the place in which houses gems, rubies, diamonds, any shiny artifact really.

Most times he wouldn't be into random petty theft but these gems were different for some odd reason. Every since he had gotten his miraculous shiny things had always called to him. Even till this day he's wasn't really sure why.

So when there was news about a new gem exhibit that was opened in a museum near him, he knew he had to check it out.

He knew the police would be expecting him, so he made sure to wait a couple days before going, so that no one would suspect him. Or at least let there guard down a little bit.

The time was 3:45. Chat carefully landed on the roof not making a sound. He grabbed his baton from behind his back to check the map he had saved online. He walked over a few feet towards a glass ceiling.

He crouched down peeking into the glass, the room was a dinosaur exhibit. He checked his map then back at the room.

"A left...straight, right...then left." He mumbled to himself as he connected the baton on his lower back.

He carefully stepped around the glass looking for a small trapdoor, which he found not two seconds later. He looked through the glass, to think there were no guards in the only room which had a glass ceiling. He chuckled at there stupidity and carefully picked the lock with his claw. It made little to no noise as he opened it.

Chat noir didn't like the idea of breaking peoples property, so he did his best to find an accessible entrance that wouldn't damage the building. Which was quiet a lot of work given the fact he hated small spaces and there were a lot of vents he 'could' use but decided not to.

He jumped down, making a small thud noise as he landed. A small echo followed but not enough to draw attention.

He looked up at the large t-Rex structure he had landed next to. The moon was shining directly on it making it glow. He starred at it a few seconds longer before he turned to the left darting down a long hallway.

He spotted a couple night guards as he ran but they didn't notice him.

He made his final turn and starred in awe at the beautiful gems lining the hallway. There were many of different shapes and sizes. He was only planing on taking one but they all were very tempting.

He walked slowly examining them each. The way they shimmered was really pleasing to him. He was indecisive of which he would take until he reached a more open rounded room. There were a few gems in the center of the room, but one stood out to him.

It was a green-ish teal, medium sized jewel. A small amount of light shown through the window and hit the jewel, causing the walls around to glow.

Chat noir watched as the room lit up.He placed his hand delicately on the glass box trapping the gem inside. He found the one he wanted.

Carefully he picked the small lock on the display case. Opening it and carefully picking up the gem. When he moved it away from the light the room became darker. With the other hand he pulled his lantern tail closer to him. He clicked a small hatch, opening it and placing the gem delicately inside. He turned a small nob on the lantern, watching as it started to glow the same color as the gem.

He smiled and shut the hatch. Right when it closed he heard someone clearing there throat behind him.

Turning around he saw a girl, medium length dark blue hair pulled up into two pig tails. She was on the shorter side. She was wearing a bright red jumpsuit with black polka-dots all over.

"Ladybug! How've you been?" Chat smiled.

She didn't look too amused. "Put the gem down."

"It's been a while since we've since each other, did you miss me?"

"The opposite actually." She grumbled.

He rolled his eyes jokingly. She stepped closer towards him.

He side stepped her.

"Look I'd love to stay and "chat" but I should be going."

He tried to run past her but she moved her leg in the way causing him to trip. luckily he caught himself, instead of hitting his face on the ground he did a summersault landing on his butt.

He looked up at her quickly as she reached towards his tail. He rolled away pushing himself back onto his feet.

He heard an annoyed "Hey!" As he booked it down the hallway. Multiple security guards were blocking the direction he originally came from. He grabbed his baton to look at the layout of the building.

He got an idea as he booked it down the dark hallways. Multiple windows were lining the walls but most of the light was coming from his tail.

He checked to make sure she was still following, she was.

He made a sharp turn to the left into a smaller room with no windows, his lantern made it very clear it was an insect exhibit.

He leaned up against the back wall as ladybug stood in front of the doorway.

"Ha!" She scoffed. "There's no where for you to run this time!" She looked pretty tired, weather that was because she had been chasing him or the fact that it was around 4:00 in the morning.

"Are you sure about that bugaboo?" He teased, grabbing into his lantern and pulling it towards him.

"Cause last I checked, ladybugs don't have night vision." He placed his hand on the nob. The last this he saw was her annoyed face as she said

"Don't you dare!"

He turned off the light.

He could see rather clearly. Sure it was green, but it was at least better than no vision.

He quickly ran around her and saw as she stumbled her way out of the room.

He started running towards his original exit but he heard multiple people running in his direction. He quickly looked around at the long hallways he was in. There was one window to his left, an empty wall on the right, ladybug behind him, and probable security guards in front of him. Then he had the idea to look up.

To his relief but also disappointment, there was a vent.

He grabbed his metal stick and extended his way up. He quickly unscrewed the vent and crawled inside.

He coughed at the amount of dust in the small space but as he heard people accumulating underneath him he covered his mouth.

"Where did he go?"

"I don't know! He ran this way, did none of you see him?!" Ladybugs voice had a slight echo on the open hallway walls"

Chat noir squinted through the vent at the picture below him. It was ladybug and two male security guards.

The two guards shrugged as ladybug sighed.

"Maybe he went the other way?..." she thought out loud.

The guards pointed there flashlights down the other side of the hallway.

Another security guard raced up to them. A female this time.

"Ladybug!"

Ladybug looked over to her.

"We found where he got in! It was the dinosaur exhibit!" She said quickly. "I've stationed multiple guards around that room and the back and front exits!... and all the exits really!"

Chat noir frowned at the thought of his escape plan being foiled.

Ladybug nodded.

"I'm going to search this way." She stated as she pulled out the yo-yo from her hip. She clicked a button and a small light shown out of the back.

"He couldn't have gone far." She turned and ran down the hallway. The guards did the same, just in the opposite direction.

Chat noir breathed out a small sigh as they left. The moment of peace was interrupted by his cough as he inhaled.

Though he hated it, the best way for him to escape was the vents.

From that discovery he quickly started crawling down the vents. He wasn't sure if he was going the right way, he couldn't grab his baton from his back to check. It was to cramped.

As he continued to crawl he was getting more desperate to escape. His breath was starting to come out quicker and in smaller breaths. He was trying not to think about it her really was but the small space was a lot for him.

His thoughts stoped for a moment as the cord of his tail was snagged on a dented wall of the vent.

He gasped softly at the sudden halt. That's when the panic kicked in.

His breath started quickening. He pushed his back up against the top of the vent, making sure it wasn't closing in on him.

He tried to craw forward but it didn't budge. His eyes frantically looked around for something to grab, someone to help. But it was only him.

He closed his eyes, which left him in his frantic thoughts.

"I'm stuck! Where is...!?! How am i gonna...I can't... I don't...no...no...no!..."

He was getting light headed from the frantic breathing.

"You can't...I...how...help...No!... Breath!! ...breath...breath!"

He gently rested his forehead to the metal floor. He breathed in carefully...then breathed out. In. Out. In. Out.

After around a minute he opened his eyes and moved his hand behind him to figure out the problem. He carefully pulled up on the tail and freed it.

He breathed a small sigh of relief, then booked it as fast as he could to the end of the vents. It eneded up leading back up the roof.

He stood up and leaned against a wall. Breathing out slowly, he ran his hand through his fluffy blonde hair.

"Never again... dumb vents." He stated as he jumped off the roof.


Ladybug walked back towards the front of the building with a frown on her face. Her steps making soft echos as she walked.

For the longest time ladybug hadn't been able to catch chat noir in the act of stealing a gem, and even when she did he always got away. If chat noir was good at anything than it would be running away.

She said goodnight to the night guards and left the museum.

On her way home she made sure to keep an eye out just in case he showed up. To no one surprise, he was nowhere to be seen.

By the time she landed on her balcony it was already 4:30. She had around 2 hours till she had to wake up for school.

The last few days she hadn't been able to sleep because of the museums new exhibit. She knew chat noir would be there, so she made sure to wait for him to show up. He did. She just failed to catch him.

Honestly she really didn't know why he stole the gems. Last she checked all he wanted was her miraculous.

She opened the trap door to her room and jumped down onto her bed.

"Tikki, spots off." Her costume disappeared as she yawned.

"You need sleep Marinette." Tikki said sitting down onto her pillow.

Marinette stretched. She had already changed before she left for the museum because she figured it was going to be a late night, which it was.

"I know...why does he always have to come out at night!?" She plopped her head on her pillow, laying her hands above her head.

"Maybe cause that's where he blends in the best?"

"Well, yeah I guess that was a stupid question..." She sighed and turned onto her side.

"How in the world does he get sleep?!"

"He probably doesn't." Tikki shrugged.

"Either way, you should get some sleep."

Marinette nodded. She turned off a small lamp on her shelf.

"Goodnight Marinette."

"Goodnight tikki."