AFTER Watching Miraculous

Chapter 20: Duusu

Gabriel walked around the lobby of the police station rubbing his wrists. He then looked up and directly into a camera that was in the corner of the ceiling. Lila then walked up to him from the back of the station. She opened a plastic bag and took out a small broach.

"Idiots. Didn't think to put it where anyone could just walk in and get it." Lila handed the broach, the butterfly broach, to Gabriel.

"What about the cameras? They will know who got me as soon as they get back."

Lila smiled. She then held up a tape. "For Paris security, nothing in this place seems to be very secure. There's nothing for those cameras to record on. Not one piece of evidence is going to follow us out of here."

"Well, Mrs. Rossi. Looks like I underestimated you."

"Looks like you have."

"Where to next? My house isn't exactly up for grabs."

"Neither is mine. But thanks to that stupid show that got us here in the first place, the school doors are wide open."

Gabriel looked at Lila with an impresses look on his face. "Looks, like you've done your research."

Lila shrugs. "Can't do anything without a well thought out plan, now can you?"

Gabriel walked to the door with Lila following him. He opened the door and stepped out of the way for Lila.

"After you, Volpina."

Lila walked through the doorway with the words, "Why thank you, Hawkmoth."

Gabriel rolled his eyes in annoyance once Lila was unable to see his actions. He looked at the broach and smirked. "Don't worry, Emilie. You will be back with Adrien and I before long. I just have to find my son and that pesky little bug of his." Gabriel held onto the broach and followed where Lila headed off.

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Cat Noir caught his breath. He was finally able to think straight. He looked at Ladybug with red eyes.

"We need to get a doctor. She needs to be in a hospital."

He stood up and inspected the coffin to find a way to get her out of it. Ladybug stood up in concern.

"Adrien, we don't know why she's in here. She probably is in there for a good reason. This may be the only thing keeping her in this state. If she is alive, then this may be the only thing keeping her so." Cat Noir didn't stop inspecting the coffin. Ladybug whispered her detransforming words and walked over to Cat Noir. "Adrien," Marinette touched his hand, "we may only make things worse."

Cat Noir finally stopped. He looked at his mother through the glass and touched it with his free hand. "I could easily get her out of here. I could hold her in my arms. I could save her. Just one word."

Marinette grabbed his other hand and looked desperately at him. "You don't know if it would just affect the coffin. What if it takes her with it? What if it takes the whole mansion down on us all? We can't risk it." Cat Noir winced in pain for his heart ached. "We will save her. We will find a sure way to do it. We don't have the knowledge to do that yet. We still don't know why she's in there or what happened to her."

Cat Noir closed his eyes. He tried to calm down from the pain that was making his body shake and eyes burn. Marinette looked at Emilie through the glass.

"Her cheeks have red in them. That means there's still life in her." Cat Noir slowly opened his eyes at Marinette's words and looked at what she was talking about.