Earthquake

Chapter 14 - Stop it!

He was sitting curled up in the bushes for five hours. If it'll go on like that any longer, his muscles will stop listening to him. There was no Akuma for a couple of days, it really worried all of them and slightly messed up their plans, however they weren't giving up, looking for any possible sign of activity of unwanted emotions.

And then, when he wanted to just fall on the ground and go to sleep, he heard a scream. Immediately, he jump up to his feet.

'The Cat Noir reports an Akuma attack in the eastern district of Paris!' he said to his staff and jumped on the closest rooftop. 'Hero Couple asked to enter position seven, Sitters position three, Twins stay where you are. Let's get to work. Give it all you got.'

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So, what now?

From the moment, she established that she's inside her own memories, which she wasn't aware of because of her age, she was just walking step after step behind the kids, watching how are they spending their day. She quickly noticed that little Lou never left her side for even a second if it wasn't really necessary, but at that times he was making sure that she's under close watch of their parents. If what she was seeing was true, she wasn't surprised that his obsession about her went to such a high level over all this years.

'I want to sleep with Marinette!' the boy's indignant scream resonated through the house.

'But, my love, you aren't able to fit in such a small bed! Don't you remember that I was telling you that you can move around in your sleep and harm her?' a slightly irritated Sabine wasn't going to let his arm go despite the boy's efforts to burst and run to his sister. 'I have enough of fighting with you over this every evening!'

Not caring about the screams, she lifted him up into both arms and let go only in Lou's own room.

'Deal with this that you can't see your sister all the time. What will happen when she'll grow up? In the end, you and her will move out and will live your own lives, you'll have your own families,' she said, blocking the doors with her body.

'Never!' he almost shouted. 'I won't let anyone get close to Marinette! She'll live with me, forever!'

Completely resigned, Sabine just shook her head and closed the door behind her, taking the key out of her pocket.

'It looks like we don't have other choice,' she told her husband, who was holding their daughter. 'We don't know what he'll do when we'll let him do what he wants. He can hurt her by accident. I hope, that he'll grow out of it, because if he won't, then we'll have to take him to an expert to do something about it. I'm happy, that he cares about Marinette so much and loves her dearly, but I'm starting to worry more and more about this obsession.'

At the moment, in which her parents went to sleep the seventeen-year-old Marinette started wondering what to do with herself. She didn't know how to get out of her own memories, didn't know how much more time will she spend there, and standing above the small child's crib and watching herself clearly was a waste of time. It was past one in the morning when she heard a crack. Burglary? But, it came from behind the wall and not from outside, what would mean that the thief is already inside. Forgetting that she isn't really there, she carefully stepped closer to the door and discreetly looked on the corridor. Empty. However, then she heard a quiet creak of the window behind her, so she suddenly turned around, ready to attack, just to see Lou's face barely above the windowsill, who was using a weird tool made of a stick, hairband and hairpin to open a lock.

How did he get here?

A couple of minutes later, the window opened and the boy climbed inside, trying to be as quiet as possible. On the sound of gentle footsteps, little Marinette's eyes opened widely and, not recognizing the person in the shadows, she squealed silently, ready to do as much noise as possible on the sight of the stranger. But then, she recognized her brother walking towards her and her face immediately shone in a smile, she lifted her hands towards him. She wasn't yet able to articulate much, but at that time the message was clear.