A Series of Events

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Marinette and Adrien woke up earlier, and got out of bed. Five days into their vacation, Adrien had been coming over every night because of his restlessness, and Marinette gladly slept on the couch with him.

"I'll bring us some croissants." Marinette yawned. She flipped the covers over, and headed down stairs.

She looked around, but nothing was on. She walked into the bakery, and the 'closed' sign was still hanging, and the lights and ovens were off.

"Mama!" She called out. "Papa!" She felt the display cases, and they were cold.

She looked in the back, and found no one.

"Marinette!" Adrien called from upstairs. He seemed a little distressed. She ran up the stairs, and jumped into the room.

Adrien was next to her bed, holding up a letter.

"What is it?" She asked. Adrien jumped down and handed it to her to read.

"Next time, you should keep track of your belongings. Or they may disappear." She read the curly handwriting. She started to panic.

"My parents are gone." She told him. "Tikki!" Marinette called. No answer.

"Plagg!" Adrien called. There was a subtle sound from the drawer. Marinette opened it up, and saw the two in the drawer, and they looked sick.

"Why are you two in there? What's wrong?" She scooped them up, and placed them on the couch.

"Nathaie. The snake miraculous. He came back. She drugged us." Plagg told them. Tikki was barely awake, and she kept nodding off.

Marinette dialed Alya quickly, and put it on speaker. She picked immediately.

"Marinette! My parents are gone! They took Ella and Etta!" She exclaimed in the phone. "Keeda is sick. I don't know what to do!"

"Head to the dojo. We'll meet up." She hung up the phone. Adrien was already dialing Nino.

"Nino! Are you alright? Are your parents missing?" He shot at him. Nino groaned.

"Dude. I don't know if it was a dream or what, but something happened. This Salamander dude came in here. I can't find my parents, and Wayzz looks like he's going to puke. I can't even function, man. Everything is so weird looking." He said in a weird voice.

"I'm heading over there." Adrien hung up.

Adrien placed Plagg in his pocket, and Marinette placed Tikki in her purse. The two ran out, and towards Nino's apartment.

They ran upstairs to his door, and knocked.

It took Nino a moment, and he slowly opened the door.

He was leaned up against the wall, and let them in. He could barely keep his head up.

Adrien hung Nino's arm over him, and he carried him back to sit on the couch.

"Where's Wayzz?" Nino pointed to his room. Inside, Wayzz was asleep on the bed. Marinette grabbed him, and placed him in her purse.

"Let's get you back to the dojo." Marinette grabbed him, and placed him on her back.

"You go and check if Nathalie is gone. I'll meet you at the dojo." Marinette told him.

The two split up, and Adrien ran back across Paris, to the manor.

There were red lights all over the manor, and a crowd had formed around the gates.

"Move. Move!" Adrien made his way through the crowd. He jumped the gate, and ran inside. The door was cracked open, and the lock had been broken.

He ran inside, and the computer had been overturned, and the chair was on it's side.