Custom Maid

Chapter 7

In the bakery, Tom and Sabine were worried about their little girl.

Alya and Nino were there too, and they were watching the news about how there was still no Ladybug. Alya's video of Chat giving the reason coming up.

'She wasn't with me because Hawk Moth got to her...'

"What does this mean?" the new reporter asked "Is Ladybug gone forever? Or has this new villain Custom Maid got her? Back to you in the studio..."

Just then there was a knocking on the door, and Tom shut the tv off and went to answer it, surprised to see Adrien but let him in.

"Adrein!" Alya and Nino cry out running to him and asking if he was ok.

"What were you thinking going into her place all alone?" Alya asked whacking the boy on the arm.

Without even bother asking 'How did they know he did that?' Adrien answered.

"Chat thought I might have a better chance, getting her Marinette side back into play, and she'll be able to defeat the Akuma herself," he said sitting down accepting the coco Sabine just gave him.

"At one point I thought it worked," he said "But it didn't and know she hate me as much as she hates Chloe..." he said getting out his phone and showing his friends the photo of Chloe's statue.

"Wow..." Nino said having no words.

"Serves her right I say," Alya said proud that her friend did this.

"So what now?" Tom asked.

"The next idea Chat and I had, was to make a video montage, getting everyone who's still free, who knows Marinette to say how they feel about her being this." Adrien said taking a sip of his coco.

"And we decided to start with you and Sabine," he said looking up at Tom.

"Well where are we going to do it?" Nino asked "And why isn't Chat Noir helping?"

"Er... He's protecting the city," Adrien said coming up with an excuse "With Ladybug missing someone has to protect the place."

"As for where we're going to do it," he said "Either the TV studio and make the message live. or we can record it and I can try going into her palace again and showing her."

"Record it," Sabine said thinking it will be faster and she really wanted her daughter back.

Nodding, Adrien took his phone back and started recording.

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In her palace Custom Maid was with 'Fancy Pants' again, drawing some patterns in her book while he styled her hair.

'Custom Maid what are you doing?' Hawk Moth asked annoyed.

"Trying to decide if yellow or blue goes better with white..." Custom maid said not caring how annoyed he sounded.

'You are meant to be getting me...'

"'Getting you Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous' I know, I know..." Custom Maid said cutting the man off "But as I said earlier... You can't take something from someone who's not there."

'Well then do something to make them there...' Hawk Moth said 'Or I'll strip you of your powers, and you'll go right back to being that useless, pathetic, clumsy girl you were before...'

With that he shut the connection off.

Custom Maid put down her pencils and shaking off Fancy Pants, headed out to the balcony looking out to the town something in her heart telling her this wasn't right.

She would of thought for even longer, if she didn't see someone dressed in a black cat outfit coming this way.

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Chat Noir was almost there, back at the Palace.

He was almost certain that this time, the plan was going to work.

And if it doesn't Tikki said there may still be one more way to get Marinette back 'But we'll use it as a last resort' she said.

Just as Chat was about to leap over the fence once again, he was hit by something and brought down, and pinned to the ground by a spider.

"And here I thought you were smarter than this Kitty," Custom Maid said coming out of the shadows smirking "Then again, you are a blonde aren't you?"

"Ignoring that my dear, I have something to show you," he said pulling his phone out and holding it out to her still on the ground.

Taking the phone saw she thought she recognized it; Custom Maid looked at the video that was open.

It started on who she recognized as her parents.

'Hey baby,' her dad says 'We just want to say that we both know you're better than this.'

'You're our little girl Marinette,' her mum says 'And we want her back.'

The camera turns to Alya.

'Hey girl, we know you're upset, and saw what you did to Chloe,' she said smiling 'But taking down all the rest of Paris, just to feel better isn't going to work. Being with friend and family will, and while you're Custom Maid that won't work.'

Nino.

'Hey Marinette, I know that Chloe shut you down, and what you're doing is awesome, but you need to stop,' he said.

Adrien.

'Marinette, I know who you are, and this is not you,' he said 'If you don't pull away from this, for me, do it for yourself, do it for all of those who love you and love you back, Forget about all that hatred and pain, and negative feelings you're letting loose and focus on the good things.

Focus on us, focus on all your friends, focus on who you are inside Marinette, I know you're better than this.

We all know you're better than this. So break free from Hawk Moth's hold and come back to us. Please...

Just give the object to Chat Noir when he gives this to you, then we'll catch it, and wait for Ladybug to get rid of it.

I believe in you Marinette.'

Custom Maid was watching the video and lifted her hand to her face wiping away a few tears.

Giving back the phone to Chat and telling the spider to get off him, Custom Maid reached into her pocket and pulled out the design for Nino's outfit for the fashion show.

She was about to give it to him when a blast of pain ran through her.

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AN: If it seems a little long, that because i placed 2 chapters together

Hope you're liking it, sorry for the long waits

U-D123