No Escape (Miraculous Ladybug)

Chaos Before the Storm

The door didn't open for another three days. Adrien wondered if Marinette was alright, if they were beating her like they did Alyssa he would stop at nothing to get his revenge. When the door did finally open again one masked man walked in with a closed bottle of water. He had a smug grin on his face, he looked from Alyssa, who lay unmoving on the cold concrete to Adrien who glared at him.

"I'm surprised it doesn't stink in here yet from her dead body." He sneered and stood in front of Adrien and set the bottle down at his feet. "A gift, from your father." Adrien scoffed at him,

"That's nice, I have a little surprise for you too." He said, smirking,

"Oh? And what's that?" The man asked, leaning towards Adrien. Alyssa rolled over and pulled his feet out from under him. His head smacked on the hard ground. Alyssa wrapped her arm around his neck and squeezed until the man stopped struggling. She searched his pockets but there was nothing sharp to cut the zip ties with.

"Now what?" Adrien asked but Alyssa just sat up, she couldn't stand because her feet were tied together. Lifting her arms above her head she swung them down towards her thigh pulling them apart in a quick snap. The zip ties gave and came off. "Where'd you learn that?" He asked,

"Self-defense class's, never thought that I'd ever use that move though." Alyssa said, grunting as she pulled on the tie around her ankles. With great difficulty she could pull out one foot. Standing up she looked at the lock that held Adrien, it was all the way at the top of the ceiling but his hands were zip tied together then connected to the chain. "Well, this'll be fun. Lift up your feet so all of your weight is on the tie." Alyssa ordered, Adrien did as he was told. She grabbed the masked man and held most of him in one arm. Reaching up she hung all of her and the unconscious mann's weight along with Adrien's on the tie. After a minute she could feel it giving then it snapped and all three fell onto the ground.

"You alright?" Adrien asked Alyssa who just grunted in reply.

"Let's go and find Marinette" she said getting to her feet. The siblings  silently slipped out of the room and started to wander down the hallway.

"She could be anywhere!" Adrien said frustrated, the building they were in was over 50 stories tall and Marinette could be on any of the floors. Echoing footsteps made them freeze in their tracks, guards were coming!

"Quick! Hide!" Alyssa said jumping behind a metal door. She smushed herself into the dark corner, holding her breath as the guards strolled on by. She didn't see Adrien hide, she hoped he was safe. A shout near her ear made Alyssa recoil. She poked her head out and saw Adrien had one of the guards pinned to the wall and the other was slumped on the ground.

"Where are they keeping Marinette?!" He yelled into the guard's face, tightening his grip on the man's  throat. Alyssa came out of her hiding spot and stood next to her brother. The man was struggling to answer, fear shining in his dark brown eyes.

"T-The 78th floor, on the left." He choked out, Adrien let him go and immediately punched him in the face.

"Come on, we've got a job to do." Adrien said coldly, he set off to the elevator with Alyssa close on his heels. He mashed the button that said 78 and they were on their way to saving Marinette. While they were standing in the elevator sudden exhaustion came over Alyssa's body and she crumpled to the floor.

"Hey!" Adrien exclaimed as he caught her  before she hit the ground. His hands slipped on her skin and she fell through them, he looked down and saw his palm covered in bright red sticky blood. He also noticed her shoulders had a purple tint to the skin. He grabbed her shoulders firmly to keep her head up.  "Alyssa, snap out of it!" He said sharply, Alyssa rubbed her blood stained hand on her forehead.