Downpour (Marin X Adrien Fanfiction)

Chapter II: That's Going to be an Issue

        It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when Adrien woke up, the rain was still pouring heavily and the window was wide open, the temperature in the room was extremely low. The early October breeze definitely chilled the room up quite a bit. Adrien got up and felt his lover's arm slip off his shoulder, he was wondering as to why he was woken up, then he felt what was like a small tremor underneath him. It shook for a bit and stopped, but when he looked out the window, he saw down the street what appeared to be a long mechanical worm. This is something he instantly associated with and akuma. Quietly he slipped out of Marin's embrace and off the bed before dashing to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth quickly while searching for Plagg. He desperately needed to find his Kwami but also needed to make sure his breath smelled alright. After a few minutes of frantically searching he found Plagg inside his towel drawer sleeping, he spit out his toothpaste and washed his mouth before activating his Miraculous and rushing out of the bathroom window.

         He ran to where the epicenter of the whole akuma attack, the streets were more rocky and looked to be derelict. This was bad since the streets were all cobble meaning that it was both unstable and dangerous to walk. Instead Chat opted to leap among the rooftops of buildings and use his stick as a bridge between large gaps. The closer he got the more damage he could see, and among those there were more than one of those mechanical worms, what looked like hundreds of them were all around, their bodies made of mostly rusted metal but still strong were tunneling all over Paris and through the subway and sewage system.

        Eventually he made it to Place de la Concorde and saw who was likely the host of the akuma as there was one worm that was far larger than the rest, it was partially wrapped around the obelisk. It's body was an onyx black and it had intimidating red eyes, the shape of it was also far more sleek. Chat turned to see one of the many rusted beings coming to him and in response immediately extended his baton as to impale what was rushing at him. He then proceeded to lift up the worm corpse and fly it somewhere in the flat area of the place.

        He began to panic as he searched for his partner, ladybug wasn't anywhere near here and he was growing concerned that he wasn't coming. He stopped thinking when a giant tail struck him across the face and sent him flying somewhere near a building. He could feel the cement on his back, it was cracked and he was stuck in a crater in the wall of a building. He started running towards the being at the center of the obelisk cataclysm activated and ready to strike it when he was pushed by another worm and flung at the obelisk, unintentionally touching it and causing it to crumble.

        After shaking all of it off he realized that there were worms surrounding him, he'd just wasted his cataclysm and that he had less than 5 minutes to transform back. His eyes were getting heavy due to how late it was and he just ran for it escaping each one eventually finding an alley where he hid and de-transformed. Great, just great, ladybug wasn't there, he was out on the cold streets of Paris in his freaking pajamas, he had a Kwami that needed Camembert and he had to get back home.

        He began walking down the streets feeling the constant tremors and tried to avoid the avenues and boulevards, instead opting for the smaller thinner paths that he knew would lead him to the mansion. He softly cradled Plagg in the breast pocket of his pajamas, hearing the other shiver non-stop. The tennis shoes he was wearing began to feel more and more wet and soon enough he also was completely drenched in rain. It wasn't great that it was raining, it was 2 in the morning, windy and that the temperature seemed to be a nice 50 something degrees Fahrenheit.

         Meanwhile Marin was still asleep, halfway through Chat's fight he woke up and realized his sweetheart wasn't lying next to him. He began to panic furiously searching everywhere, there wasn't even a note. Thinking he was kidnapped, he put on a jacket and began to head for the door before he felt a quake, looked outside and realized that there was an akuma somewhere out there. He didn't know whether to prioritize Paris right now or what could possibly be Adrien's life, he stood there for a couple minutes in between a rock and a hard place but eventually settled on Paris. Activating Tikki, his earring got the glow he was very familiar with and he rushed out of the bedroom using his yoyo through the open window. It was so cold and so rainy out there he wasn't sure where the center of it all was but he knew for a fact that the closer he got to Concorde, the larger the fissures seemed to be.