Broken

~1~

You only live once,
but if you do it right,
once is enough.
~~~

Chat steals a quick glance over his shoulder. Yep. She's still there. Right behind him. Just like he excpected. It relievs him. He quickly looks forwards again before she notices he's looking at her.

They're running fast. Jumping from building to building with ease. Sweat running down their foreheads. Thighs sore.

They're searching for the newly akumatized victim Hawk Moth has so kindly blessed them with this fine Tuesday evening. And for once Ladybug has put him in charge of finding them. Mostly because of his excelent hearing and night vision. Comes in good when it's dark outside. He just hopes he doesn't dissapoint her.

He suddenly stops at the edge of a roof. Ladybug almost stumbles over the edge. She gasps as she re-gains her balance. His eyes search around. Muscles tense. It's quiet. Only their heavy breathing to be heard.

The sun is setting. Painting the sky in beautiful colours. It's getting late. And dark.

His ears twitch and he looks towards the Eiffel Tower, where the lights have been turned on. "Over there." He says, pointing towards it. She smiles at him. "Good Kitty." And off they go again.

As they get closer they hear loud screams and crashes. This akuma is clearly making a mess. And That's exactly what's happening. It's pure chaos. Crashed viecles everywhere, and people running for their lives.

"Can you see them?" Ladybug asks, looking out over the mayhem the akuma had caused so far.  Chat shakes his head, he can't.  They're nowhere to be seen.  His heart sinks.  Was he wrong?

"WhErE dO yOu ThInK yOu'Re GoInG, mY lOvE?" A wicked voice booms from under the tower, making the ground tremble beneath their feet.  "YoU cAn'T lEaVe NoW!  We'Re JuSt GeTtInG sTaRtEd!"

Chat winces, trying to cover his ears.  It's too loud For him.  For once his extended hearing doesn't come in handy.

"CoMe BaCk, My LoVe!  I'vE pRePaReD sOmEtHiNg SpEcIaL fOr YoU!" It booms again.  Out of the shadows comes a tall, Black haired woman with grey skin and a black, long dress.  A necklace with a diamond hangs around Her neck, and her eyes are a glowing shade of dark maroon.  She's smirking.  The corners of her lips curved up into a devilish smile.  Her lipstick matching her evil eyes.

"Stay away!" A dark haired man in a grey suit cries, striggling to run away from her.  Her left hand clutches the diamond on her necklace that she is wearing, and her right hand reaches out towards him.  A force pulls him towards her, And he desperatley tries to crawl away.  "Please!" He cries, looking at her terrified. 

Ladybug clutches her yoyo tightly in her right hand And Chat takes out his baton.  Ladybug looks at him.  "The akuma must be in her necklace.  Distract her and i'll get it." She whispers to him.  He gives her a firm nod and swallows the lump that's been building up in his throat.  "Please be careful." He hears her say as he walks towards the akuma.

"Hey, crazy!" He yells as he walks towards her.  "That's not how you get a boyfriend!"  He's smirking, but on the inside he's terrified.  She looks at him.  Loosening her grip around her necklace.  The man gasps and takes this as an opurtunity to run away.

"My NaMe Is AmOr, ChAt NoIr!" She yells at him.  "NoT cRaZy!"  He smirks even more.  It's working.  Everything is going according to plan.  "Are you sure?  You look like a Crazy to me."  She grumbles at him and clutches her necklace again.  "YoU pEsKy CaT!"  And the next moment a grey mini van is flying towards him.  He dodges it with ease and he feels his body loosen up.  This might go well after all. 

"Whoa!  Careful there!  This is animal abuse!" He chuckles as he spinns his baton in his hand.  "It's already bad enough that all the men run away from you.  Don't scare away the animals too!"  She growls at him.  Yep.  She is pissed.

He jumps high up in the air using his baton, dodging another car being thrown at him.  Chat chuckles, jumping down onto the now upside down viecle.  "You've gotta be faster than that, Crazy."  She snarls at him, completely oblivious to Ladybug behind her with what he asumes is lucky charm.  One of those trash picking sticks.  Red with black spots.  Like always. 

He grins as he watches Ladybug suceccfully snatch the necklace.  "Chat!"  She yells, throwing it towards him.  His queue.  "Cataclysm--"

And suddenly everything turns black.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Chat groans.  His head hurts.  His right arm hurts.  And his ego might have gotten hurt too.  What happened?  He's laying on the ground for some reason.  He cracks his eyes open, and the first thing he sees is red.  Just a whole bunch of red.  He squints his eyes as his vision becomes clearer.  "Chat?"  He looks up and sees Ladybug looking down at him.  She looks worried. 

"Are you okay?" She asks.  He nods and is about to speak when a familiar beeping interupts.  "You'll detransform soon.  You should leave soon."  He sighs and nods.  Her miraculous beeps too.

She's about to run away when he grabs her wrist.  "Wait!" He yells.  "What exactly happened?"  She looks at him and bites her bottom lip.  "Amor threw you at a car and you hit your head and fainted."  His grip around her wrist loosens.  "Oh..." Is all he responds with.  Both their miraculouses beep.  She smiles at him and runs away to detransform.

Questions bubble around in his head.  He...  He fainted?

~~~~~~~~~~~

Back at home, in the Agreste mansion, Adrien is looking at himself in the morror in his bathroom.  He has a long blueish mark going down from his shoulder to his elbow.  A bruise.  Luckily, thanks to his suit's little extra protection he didn't get hurt too badly.  He frowns.  He can easally put the blame on PE if Natalie saw it, It's no big deal.  But he should have seen it coming.  He should have reacted faster.

"Come on, kid.  It happens to the best." Plagg says.  "Why don't you check the Ladyblog or something?" He suggests.  "I'm sure you can see what happened while you were out."  Adrien nods.  "Y-yeah, right."

Okay...  I don't know what I'm doing.  I'm not so sure about the plot or anything with this anymore.  Not sure i will Even finish this.  Yeah...  Sorry in advance.

Have a good day or afternoon or night wherever you are in the world!  Stay beautiful!  Sorry!
~Maren-Emilie
Baiii!