His Mute Princess

Chapter 55

Adrien still didn't like the idea of Marinette walking in normally, but since they had actual work and actual reason to see each other, it was the best way. Gabriel was set to leave for his event at 1 PM exactly. So Marinette was to show up a few hours earlier at around 10 AM so they could set up their plan.

Marinette and Adrien sat on his couch, both of them very nervous. Marinette reached for Adrien's hand and gave it a small squeeze. He looked up at her and she smiled nervously. 'We can do this,' she mouthed. 

Adrien took a deep breath, "Man, this is actually making me really nervous. Ok, so, your power makes you extra quiet, so it might have to be you getting the miraculous from my father."

Marinette made a face. Adrien chuckled, "Relax princess. His bathroom is bigger than mine. Either way, I highly doubt he'd take it in there. Knowing how he is, if he's taking it with him, it'll either be in his new jacket, which he leaves outside, or in one of his bags.

"It'll be much easier for you to look for it. I will probably make too much noise and will be much more noticeable than you. Besides, we'll need a distraction. Nathalie is out right now, father is having her get something so she won't be back in quite some  time, so we don't have to worry about her. But I also don't want father seeing you. So I am going to transform as well but I am going to stick outside. I'm ok with father seeing me as Chat Noir, he'll likely be intrigued if he sees me and question me, giving you enough time to look for the miraculous if he were to get out before you can get it." Marinette nodded.

"Ok, he should start getting ready by now, he always likes to leave clean and fresh. Do you remember how I told you to get to his room?" Adrien asked. Marinette nodded again. 

"Good, our plan is ready then."

Marinette stood up and transformed. Adrien stood up and walked over to his door, opening it and peeking outside. Marinette walked over as well. He pulled his head back and quietly whispered, "Looks like we're in the clear. You go ahead."

Marinette walked past Adrien, keeping down and quietly walking over in the direction of Gabriel's room. Adrien went back inside his room and transformed into Chat. After making sure the coast was clear outside, he opened up one of his windows and leaped outside. 

He went around his house to the other side, where his father's room is. When he reached the outside of the room, he used his staff to lift himself up. Like his room, Gabriel's bedroom also had a window looking in. 

He saw Marinette slowly open the door and peek in. Gabriel was in his bathroom so Chat waved his hands to get Marinette's attention. She looked over and he signaled her to go in. 

She nodded and walked into the room, looking around for either his clothing or bag. On Gabriel's bed there was a dress jacket outstretched neatly next to a small black bag. Marinette made her way over and carefully ran her hand over the clothing, trying to feel for the miraculous. 

When she couldn't feel it, she turned towards the bag. Marinette looked up at the bathroom door, she could faintly hear the water running. She looked back down at the bag and saw it was already open. She reached in and began to look for the miraculous in the bag. 

She felt a small box and took it out. She opened it and inside was a small brooch. That's it! That's it! Marinette heard Mullo say excitedly. Marinette closed the box and was about to turn around and leave when she noticed the sound of the water running had stopped. Marinette felt her heart drop and she began to panic. 

The bathroom began to open and she ducked, hiding next to the bed. Chat noticed this and began to panic as well. He looked around the garden, trying to find an excuse or reason as to why he'd be there. 

He decided to lift himself up to the roof. Hoping Gabriel hadn't seen him climb up there, Chat threw himself over the edge, making sure to hit the window on his way down. 

Gabriel had made his out of the bathroom and was making his way over to his bed. He had his button up shirt and pants on, all he was missing was the jacked Marinette was next to. 

Gabriel quickly turned around and walked over to the window when he heard the noise. When Chat noticed Gabriel looking down at him, he got up and used his staff to pull himself up to the window again. 

Confused, Gabriel opened part of his window. "Chat Noir? What is the meaning of this? Why are you on my property. This is private property! I do not care that you are the city hero, why are you here?"

Marinette let go of the breath she was holding and quickly got up and left the room. Gabriel was too distracted with Chat Noir to notice.

"I am very sorry, Mr. Agreste. I did not mean to intrude on your property. I was simply doing my rounds of the city and I fell while on your roof. I apologize for disturbing you and will be on my way," Chat replied. Gabriel only raised a brow and kept a cold expression. 

Chat chuckled awkwardly before pulling himself up towards the roof again. He jumped across a few rooftops to throw Gabriel off in case he was watching before going back to his room. 

He climbed in through his window and Marinette was already there, detransformed and with two kwamis. Nooroo and Mullo. 

Adrien detransformed and Plagg flew over to the other two kwamis. "Nooroo! You're safe!" Plagg said excitedly. "Yeah! You're back with us!" Mullo cheered. Adrien walked over to Marinette, excited as well that their plan had succeeded. Marinette was very relieved that she made it out without being spotted. 

"I've missed you guys! But, why am I with you? Where is my master?" Nooroo asked. The other two kwamis fell silent and Marinette and Adrien looked at each other. 

"That doesn't matter, Nooroo! You're back with us, we're going back to Master Fu!" Plagg spoke up. Mullo nodded, "Your powers will no longer be used for evil."

"What about Duusu?" Nooroo asked. "Don't worry about your other friend Nooroo, we're getting him next," Adrien replied. "Who are you two?" Nooroo asked. 

"I am the holder of the Chat Noir miraculous, Adrien. This is Marinette, she is the holder of the mouse miraculous." 

"Wait, Adrien? Aren't you Gabriel's son? Chat Noir is Hawkmoth's son?!"

"Crazy right?" Plagg asked. Nooroo nodded with wide eyes. 

"Ok enough chit-chat," Adrien interrupted. "You guys need to hide, we can't risk my father or Nathalie walking in and seeing you guys. When we get the peacock miraculous and the red book, we'll go back to Master Fu's and you guys can all catch up, ok?"

All three Kwamis nodded and went into hiding. 

Adrien sat down next to Marinette and sighed heavily. "Those were the most stressful 15 minutes of my life." Marinette nodded in agreement.