Red Strings And Markers

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Ladybug couldn't believe it, both she and Chat Noir were in London.

Marinette and the rest of the class had finally made it back to the hotel as the sun started to set. Marinette had said she was going to shower before she met Alya and Nino downstairs for dinner. When she arrived in the room, she noticed that the room was a two bedroom suite, a small living in between the two rooms.

She had gone into her bedroom and looked out the window, expecting to see the pink skies when instead she was greeted by a rumble of thunder and an ominously dark sky.

"Marinette." Tikki came out of Marinette's purse, floating to the window and putting her small hands to the window. "There's danger outside..." The small kwami said, evidently worried. Marinette nodded and transformed into Ladybug.

Almost seconds after, Ladybug's yoyo started to ring, notifying her of a call from the one and only Chat Noir.

Now, she was zipping across the dark skies of London, towards the infamous clock tower, the rain hitting her hard in the face but her armor keeping her figure dry. She landed on the roof of a building surrounding the large clock tower, seconds after, she heard the sounds of another pair of feet land behind her.

"Fancy meeting you here, my Lady."

Ladybug turned, it was difficult to see the black cat as any light that was cast wasn't traveling at all.

"What brings you to London?" He asked, coming closer to her, his hair sticking to his face as the rain poured around them.

"A family vacation. What about you?" Ladybug asked him.

"A class field trip. Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?" Chat asked.

She looked up at his shadowed green eyes and she looked away, instantly feeling guilty that she didn't tell him.

"I didn't want to worry you. I thought you'd be able to handle Paris on your own for a weekend. Besides, if I would have told you, I feel like you would have followed me to the ends of the earth."

He shrugged. "Well, you're not wrong." He mumbled, moving some hair that was beginning to stick to her forehead to the side.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked, looking up at him.

"I didn't want to bother you with my mortal issues."

She let out a sigh. "Chat..." She was about to start scolding him when a loud rumble of thunder struck the top of Big Ben, making the clock tower shake as a figure appeared in the light provided by the lightning.

"I see you've brought a pest." The Phantom was floating before them, an evil smirk on his face.

"Ladybug, run!"

The Phantom rose his cane into the sky before pointing it to the two, sending a wave of hail at them. Chat blocked it by spinning his baton with enough force to stop the hail before running to catch up with Ladybug.

"Chat, fill me in." Ladybug called over the loud rain.

"He can cause disasters. He's the one who caused the sudden darkening of the skies, the thunder, the wind and the rain. He can fly and he has a cane and that mask. I feel like his mask holds the akuma though." Chat told her as they ran towards the end of the building.

"You can run all you want but nothing will ever get you away from me." He laughed darkly and a large gust of wind blew them both back towards him. Even with the armor, Ladybug was the lighter one of the two, and she was lifted off the ground. Strong arms wrapped around her waist and brought her back down to ground and she looked up at Chat, his baton extended and anchored into a roof shingle.