Hello World! And Welcome back to chapter two! A little more action this chapter so hopefully you all enjoy that. Please remember to fav and review if you like it! Or let me know how you expect things to go etc. I'm always up for new ideas and such!

Please excuse any grammer/spelling mistakes. Let me know if you find any and I'll correct them. I was just way to lazy to re-read this chapter as many times this time :P

Anyways, on with the show!

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I do not own any of the characters. They belong to their respective creators. The only thing I own here is the plot (sort of).

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Marinette let out another giggle. God, she never knew Adrien could be so funny! Honestly, he reminded her of a certain someone, but with her mind focused on their conversation, she couldn't quite remember who.

Adrien on the other hand, found that it was surprisingly easy to open up to Marinette. She just seemed so honest, and easy-going and kind. Puns and jokes he wouldn't dare say unless he was in his 'work uniform', easily left his lips.

He also came to realize how much he liked to see Marinette's smile. How her eyes seemed to sparkle in excitement and interest as she talked about art. How some artists got the inspiration for their artworks, and how she could incorporate those into her design. Adrien himself never had a hobby he truly enjoyed. He was too busy with modelling and photoshoots half and time, so there was not a lot of free time left to do anything else. If someone had asked him, he would probably say he liked video gaming or fencing, but he didn't really have a passion for either.

Looking at Marinette, talking and smiling so earnestly about her interests, it made him feel happy somehow. 'So this is what it looks like when someone is truly passionate about something.' He thought.

"Marinette, those sound amazing! I'd love to see your designs. If you'd allow me to, maybe I could show them to my father. I'm sure he'll be pretty impressed with them. Especially with what he said about your hat design the last time."

The French girl blushed, shyly playing with her fingers as Adrien complimented her. "Oh, no! I mean, I'd love to show your father my designs, but I don't think they'll be good enough. His designs are on a whole other level."
"Oh, come on Marinette yours are just as amazing." Adrien argued. "There's no harm trying after all. And if anything, maybe he'll give you some tips or something."

"Well.. if you say so… Then it would be an absolute honour. Imagine! Getting advice from a world famous designer!"

"And you know, maybe after the meeting we could even hang out in my room or something before you have to go. Play some games and stuff." Adrien suggested, though he shyly rubbed the back of his neck "Remember a few months ago, when you invited me to your room to play Ultimate Mecha Strike 3 for the tournament? Well, I think it's only proper to invite you to mine as well. I was able to get my hands on the newest Kingdom Spades 2.8. Maybe we could play it for a bit?"

Marinette's head immediately turned beet red, and she swore she could feel steam coming out from her ears and the top of her head.

"I.. I … mean. If-if you don't m-mind! I'd love you- I Mean! I'd love to visit your room. Not just your room! To visit your house and your father and everything." Marinette reverted back to her nervous stutter.

She shook her head, and cleared her throat before finally answering with a shaky, "Y-yes, I'd love that."

Adrien suddenly burst out in laughter. So loud, it made some of the other visitors turn to look at them. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand and tried to muffle his laughter.

'Omigosh omigosh omigosh! That was SO embarrassing!' Marinette screamed in her head. 'Just when you were FINALLY starting to talk to him like a normal person, you had to blow the whole thing! He probably thinks I'm so weird.' She thought as she brought up her hands to cover her reddening face.

It took him awhile, but Adrien eventually calmed down enough to speak. "I'm, so sorry Marinette. I didn't mean to laugh, but you sounded really cute for a second." He said, wiping away a tear.

Was it possible for one's head to combust from overheating? Marinette pondered the idea.

'C-CUTE? A-drien? Did he j-just call me CUTE?! What! I ! AHSKJDLL12390!'

BOOM! For a split-second Marinette thought that the sound she heard was the sound of her head imploding, but quickly dismissed the idea when the whole building started shaking.

The loud explosion rocked the entire building, causing statues and paintings to sway. Dust and small bits of debris fell from the ceiling- narrowly missing visitors; who were beginning to panic. Adrien and Marinette were immediately on alert. The latter instantly losing the redness in her face as she realized there was danger.

"Marinette!"

"Adrien!"

They both called at the same time.

"We gotta get outta here!" Adrien called out to her as the more debris fell from the ceiling.

The two turned around and bolted down the hallway they had come from. From where they were, the entrance to the museum was the closest way out.

Looking up ahead, Adrien noticed one the chandeliers in the centre of the hallway swaying aggressively. The screws loosened as it rocked back and forth from its anchor. Marinette eventually noticed it as well, but it was a little too late. Before the duo could side-step it, the chandelier broke free of its hold and came crashing down.

"Look out!" Adrien called, pushing Marinette ahead of him before leaping back, missing the falling light by mere inches.

Because of how close it was to two of them, the sound of the breaking glass and thud of the metal was extremely loud. Adrien brought his arms up, shielding himself from the bits of broken glass from reaching his face and especially his eyes. He hissed as a few of them cut him on his hands, thankfully his thick coat had protected most of his arms. Thankfully, the wounds didn't look too deep.

"Adrien!" Marinette shouted for him, her tone filled with concern and worry.

"I'm, I'm okay Marinette!" He said, barely managing to see her figure behind the huge mess of what once was the chandelier. "Are you okay?"

"Yes! Thanks to you! But I don't think we can get to each other with this in the way."

"Looks like I'm gonna have to find some other way around then. You keep going and don't worry about me! I'll follow the rest of the guests here to the other emergency exit."

Marinette hesitated. She was still concerned about leaving Adrien, but she eventually relented. "Okay.. But be safe Adrien! Hopefully I'll meet with you outside later."

"You got it!" he answered before turning to run down the hallway. Unbeknownst to Marinette, instead of following the other guests, Adrien instead went down another hallway. He thankfully found a supply closet and quickly entered it, locking the door behind him.

"Plagg, time to transform!" Adrien said with determination as his Kwami floated out of his coat.

"Are you sure you're okay, kid? Those look like some nasty scratches." Plagg said worriedly, though he tried to not let it show on his face.

"Yeah it doesn't hurt too much, I'll be fine." Adrien smiled at his partner, reassuring him. "We'll worry about it later. Claws out, Plagg!"

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After watching Adrien's figure turn and leave, Marinette followed suit. Turning away from the wreckage, she ran down the hall towards the entrance of the museum. Instead of continuing on the route towards the entrance however, Marinette slid to a stop. She dove behind a huge pillar and hid there, making sure the coast was clear, before opening her purse to let Tikki out.

"Tikki, looks like there's trouble! Spots on!"

Tikki nodded before entering her earrings, and in a flash of pink light, Ladybug stood in Marinette's place. She ran towards the entrance and finally found herself outside which was in absolute chaos. If the screaming and running museum guests weren't enough, there were about 30 different animals on the loose as well.

Her eyes widened as she took it all in, taking note of the variety of different animals running amok in front of her; many of whom were behaving very strangely. She spotted tigers overturned frantically waving their paws in the air, elephants sitting on their butts while pulling at their trunks, a Chipmunk trying to chase a panicking weasel, a fox huddled together with a bear and raccoon, just to name a few.

She spotted Rose, one of her classmates, looking around with worry- no doubt looking for her best friend, Juleka. Ladybug blinked as the noticed a stripped ferret hanging off her the blonde girl's skirt, claws gripping at the edge. Not seeing Juleka in the area, Rose turned to run across the street to continue her search there, still not realizing she had an extra passenger with her.

Ladybug wished her the best as she turned to scan the area for anyone that needed rescuing. She helped the police guide some children and elderly citizens out of the Louvre and directed them across the street- her first priority, always ensuring the safety of the citizens. Her eyes constantly searched area around her in case the Akuma were to appear.

She had just finished helping the last batch of people, when the zookeepers from the Paris Zoo arrived. They were expertly able to round up all the animals in record time. While most of the animals were calm and let themselves be caught, some still put up a fight; resisting to be captured. When it proved too difficult for the keepers to handle, they resorted to using tranquilizers to sedate the animals. Otherwise, all the animals were unharmed.

"Will you be bringing the animals back to the zoo?" the spotted hero asked one of the keepers who was passing by.

"It's all a bit confusing Ladybug. The thing is... all the animals are accounted for in the zoo. None of them are missing. So we have no idea where these animals have come from. We're suspecting that someone had been smuggling them at a warehouse nearby and that the animals escaped because of the Akuma attack. It's all just a speculation though till we have more reports on the situation."

"I see… So where will these animals be going then?"

"We'll be moving them to a patch a land a few streets down. It'll act as our holding bay till we decide what to do with them."

"That's great." Ladybug smiled. "it looks like they've been through a lot. It's nice to know they'll be looked after."

The keeper smiled back at her and gave her a salute, before heading back to round up more animals. Now that she knew everyone and the animals were safe for now, Ladybug decided to go look around the city for the Akuma before it caused more damage.

Just as she was about to throw her yoyo and swing away, she felt someone grab her bicep. She turned around, fearing it was the Akuma that had managed to catch her off guard, but was instead surprised to find Madame Bustier.

The once prim and proper teacher was now a huge mess. Strands of hair hung loose from her bun and dust lay caked on her shoulders and her skirt. Her face shone with worry as she shook Ladybug's arm.

"Ladybug! Have you happened to see a group of schoolkids around 15 years old? They police said that they've evacuated the building but I can't find them." She pleaded.

Ladybug turned to face her and calmly grabbed her hands. "Don't worry Madame, I'm sure the kids got out at the other exits," she said, thinking of how Adrien had ran to one of the other exits to escape, "You should go have yourself checked at one of the ambulances for now. After that, you can go check with the police about the missing students."

The teacher nodded her head at the hero and slowly turned away to walk towards one of the ambulances nearby. The stress of losing her students still showed on her face. Marinette felt concern for her teacher as she watched her leave. Hopefully, she would find every one of her classmates soon. From behind her, Ladybug heard something soft touch the ground. Turning around, she smiled as she noticed Chat had finally arrived.

"Where were you Chaton? I was beginning to think you weren't coming." She said with a smirk.

Chat made a shocked face, clawed hand on his heart. "Meow-ch! Of course not, Bugaboo! No matter where you are, I'll always be there~" he said, a sly grin on his face. Ladybug rolled her eyes, but a smile tugged at her lips.

"Anyways, I was at the backside of the Lourve helping some of the citizens escape. Look's like the Akuma came, caused some havoc, then left. Some of the citizens managed to catch a glimpse of it leaving the Louvre. Said it looked like a child was flying through the air with wings. Some even thought it was an actual angel."

"The question is.. what was it doing at the Lourve? And it looks like we have no idea of what kind of power is has.. only that it can cause.. explosions?" if that really was the Akuma's power, then they were in for some real trouble.

"Hmm.. not so sure. Think we should do a quick patrol of the area around here and see if it's still nearby?" Chat suggested.
"Good idea. Ring me if you find anything."

"Will do M'lady." Chat nodded and used his pole to spring away.

While Chat searched the north and east side, Ladybug took the south and west. After 15 mins of fruitless searching, Ladybug let out a sigh and called Chat using her yoyo.

"I think the Akuma's long gone Chat. We better stop the search for now and wait for when it reappears. If we just keep searching now and it does eventually show up later, we'll have less time to fight with our Miraculous."

On the screen, Chat gave her a nod. "Alright. See you later then M'lady." He replied. Saluting with two fingers before cutting off the call.

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Ladybug made her way back to the Louvre and de-transformed behind a dumpster. Tikki flew back into Marinette's purse where some delicious cookies were hidden inside waiting for her to eat and regain her energy. Casually walking out from behind the dumpster whistling, Marinette joined the crowd of people near her.

She walked with them and followed as they headed towards the front of the Louvre. Marinette then realized that the crowd she was with were people who had escaped through the other exits and were now all converging at the front the building, most likely to the area across the street where tons of police cars and ambulances were waiting.

'Wait.. if these are the people that escaped from the other exits then..'

"Marinette!" She heard someone calling out to her.

She turned around to see a familiar blond approaching her. "Adrien! Thank goodness you're okay!" she said till he came closer and Marinette got a good look at him. "Woah! Not totally okay! Omigosh, look at your hands!"

Looking down, Adrien finally got a real good look at his hands. When he was Chat, the black leather gloves had covered them so he couldn't see them and the adrenaline he experienced while transformed made him forget the pain. But now that Marinette had pointed it out, he could feel the stinging of the cuts. There were 2 big ones on his left and under the palm, a smaller one on the top of his right, and a few minor cuts on the fingers of both his hands. The bigger cuts were still bleeding; small streams of red flowed out and droplets of if fell, staining the ground.

"Oopss?" he jokingly said.
"Don't just 'Oopps' me! We need to get you to an ambulance!" Marinette grabbed onto his sleeve and pulled him along. She held onto him firmly but made sure not to pull him too forcefully, not wanting to injure him further.

Adrien laughed softly and smiled at her concern. He was reminded again of how nice it was to have friends who cared for your well-being.

Suddenly, Adrien gasped out loud.

"Marinette, have you seen Nino or Alya? Weren't they just ahead of us earlier?"

Marinette's eyes widened and stopped in her tracks. "Omigosh, you're right!" the French girl exclaimed, feeling immensely guilty inside. In her panic over Adrien and seraching for the missing Akuma, she had totally forgotten that Alya and Nino had been with them today.

"I hope they're oka- Hey! Isn't that Madame Bustier?" Marinette said pointing at their teacher whom was talking to some policemen, "Maybe everyone's there with her."

They both nodded at each other and made their way towards their teacher. As the distance between them and Madame Bustier grew shorter, they were able to listen in on the conversation their teacher was having with the police. What they heard made them stop in their tracks yet again.

"Please! Are you sure you have checked the building and all the exits? I still have students missing!" their teacher pleaded with the men who were trying to calm her down. The teacher looked to her right and spotted Marinette and Adrien. Immediately, she sighed in relief.

"Marinette! Adrien! There you are thank goodness! Have you guys just arrived here? Maybe that means the others will be coming soon too."

"Who.. Who is still missing Madame?" Marinette asked quietly, fearing the worst.

"Well, so far I've found Rose, Max, Kim, Alix and you two. Everyone else…

... is still missing."

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Dun Dun Dunnnn! Sorry, I realised it had a weak ending, but I thought it was a nice place to stop for this chapter. A few notes as always:

1. I have NO idea how the louvre is structured so I'm assuming no windows in the hallways. Even if there ARE, just go with it guys :P As well as for the 'area across the street'. Is there such an are? I have no idea~ for the take sake of the story.. just go with it.

2. I made them all a class of 15 year olds. I thought I read somewhere that they're supposed to be 13.. however, yellow_14 clarified that they are indeed around 15. So I've corrected it :)