His Mute Princess

Chapter 48

Marinette made her way over to Adrien's place. She used the same method of entrance as the day before. It was easier this time since it was much darker and later in the day.

"Did you finish your homework?" Adrien asked her as she jumped in. Marinette let out a small huff with a smile. She raised a brow, You care a lot about school, don't you?

Adrien smiled awkwardly, "It's a habit I picked up from my father."

She shook her head with a smile. 'Any new leads?' she asked. He shook his head. "No, just the ones you already know. I didn't have time to do any snooping, I had a lot of practice and things to do."

'Ok, so how are we going to go into the office?'

"Same way as I did last night. I'll disable the alarms temporarily and we'll sneak in through a window. Got it?"

Marinette nodded. "Good, wait for me outside the office," he said, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead. Marinette gave a single nod.

She walked over to the window and used her rope she left there to climb back down. When she got to the bottom, she signaled Adrien to untie it. He did and the rope fell down to her hands.

Marinette tied it to her waist and sneaked over towards the office. She made sure to keep in the bushes as the cameras were still on.

Moments later Chat joined her. "Ok, we have about an hour if all goes well."

Marinette nodded. Chat opened one of the windows. He had left it a bit loose earlier in the day to make it easier. He jumped in and helped Marinette inside.

Chat turned to her. "Can you see?" He could, thanks to his helpful night vision. "I can, so you can sign." She shook her head, I can't see.

"Ok, just on hold on to my hand. I'm just leading you to the other side of the room, that's where I found the evidence. We may be able to turn on a lamp. The doors are very well shut."

Marinette nodded. Chat stretched out his hand and Marinette reached out in the dark to find it. Chat left out a soft chuckle and Marinette huffed in annoyance. "Sorry princess," he said, taking her hand.

He turned back forward and led her through the room to the other end, where the portrait was. "Touch the wall and stay near it, ok?" She nodded.

Chat led her to the wall and Marinette placed her hands on the portrait. One of her fingers sunk in and she flinched bad. She panicked and reached out to find Chat.

Chat took a hold of her hands . "Whoa, whoa, princess it's ok. Don't freak out. I saw it too. I didn't know about that. Nothing seems to have happened," he looked around. "Do it again, maybe there are more buttons."

Marinette nodded. He let go of her hands and she placed them on the portrait again. She found the button and kept her finger pressing it. With her other hand she looked for more. Chat did the same, running his hands around with slight pressure, as to not damage the portrait.

After a few more hand movements, Chat found two more. He pressed into both and a noise startled both of them. Marinette and Chat both jumped back. Marinette looked around panicked. She had gotten somewhat used to the darkness but she didn't see anything.

Chat looked down and in the middle there was a hole. A type of trapdoor, big enough to fit a person. "Holy shit, there's a trapdoor of sorts. On the floor. Don't move to your left, Mari," Chat held out his arm, preventing her to move towards the trapdoor.

"Hold on, don't move, I'm going to turn on a lamp." Chat moved over to one of the lamps and turned it on. The light flashed brightly and temporarily blinded the heroes. Chat closed his eyes and looked away. Marinette covered her eyes. After a few seconds, Marinette uncovered her eyes and blinked repeatedly.

Chat squinted a little and turned to the hole on the floor. Marinette followed his gaze and turned to look down.

Marinette waved her arms a little, getting Chat's attention. He looked up at her. Should we check it out? she signed. Chat nodded. "Yeah, we might need to cram a little to fit, ok?" She nodded.

Marinette walked over to him and he took a hold of her, pulling her closer. He turned off the lamp and walked over to the hole. He took his staff out and stretched it out inside. It hit something right away so Chat and Mari stepped in.

As soon as the both set both feet, they were pulled down. Marinette was startled and took a stronger hold of Chat. He gave her a reassuring squeeze.

Shortly after they stopped, then started moving up again. They were both confused but Chat didn't say anything. Soon enough they were in a big room with a large window.

White butterflies, startled by the sudden guests, flew up. They glowed in the moonlight bleeding in through the large window. Chat felt his heart stop and he left go of Marinette.

Marinette, in shock and daze, walked around the room, landing in front of the window. It gave a beautiful view of the city. One small part of the window was open. One big enough to let butterflies out.

Marinette turned back, looking at the white butterflies. Butterflies that looked exactly like purified akumas.

She looked over at Chat and it was clear he had realized this too.

Marinette walked over to him. He was looking down. His hair covered his face and she couldn't see. "There's no denying anymore. . ." he muttered. Marinette's face saddened. She wrapped her arms around him.

Chat didn't hug back.

The man causing chaos and havoc in Paris was his father. The proof was there. As much as he hated admitting it. He was right.

100% fucking right.

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