"I got it!" Juleka exclaimed when she entered the room. Marinette and Chloe looked up at her quickly.

Juleka pulled the tiara from the front pocket of her apron and the diamonds glistened in the light.

Chloe gasped, "That looks expensive. Are you really going to break that?"

Marinette took the tiara from Juleka's hands and looked down at it. This was her favourite tiara, that's why she chose to wear it at her wedding, and it was also one of the most expensive ones she owned. She sighed, "Desperate times call for desperate measures."

With that said, she broke it into half. Chloe and Juleka covered their eyes, not wanting to see Marinette destroy something that worth more than they would ever cost.

"This hurts," Chloe said, peeking through her fingers.

"This is my favourite tiara, imagine how I feel," Marinette hissed, breaking the tiara again.

When Marinette finished her torture, she counted the pieces that were layed out on the bed.

"Five pieces. Let's see if I can put it back together," She muttered to herself before piecing the tiara together. "It works!"

Chloe and Juleka cheered.

"We might get out of here," Chloe said, but Marinette shook her head.

"Don't count your eggs before they hatch, Chlo," She said before turning to Juleka. "Has he ordered you to clean the other rooms yet?"

"Yes," She answered. "This is the only room I have left to clean. He's moving you and Chloe to the other house tonight. I will go with you and my brother will stay here. When Adrien leaves, he'll transfer you back to this place. He doesn't like the other house which is why you're here now."

"Do you think your brother will try to tell Adrien anything?" Chloe asked.

Juleka shrugged, "I doubt it. Though he doesn't like what Nathaniel is doing to you guys, he's very loyal to him. He only gave me the tiara because he wants to help you leave. If anything, he'll keep his mouth shut about everything."

Marinette hummed. This Luka person was interesting. His loyalty is weird.

"I hope this works. I miss my dad," Chloe muttered, feeling her eyes sting at the thought of her father."

Marinette then spoke,

"I miss my mom, my dad, my best friend...,"

And Adrien....

"....and Adrien."

* * *

"What if it doesn't work?"

Adrien looked up from his phone and at Alya.

"What if what doesn't work?"

"The plan," She answered.

Alya was sitting on Adrien's bed while he was sitting at his computer desk. Nino had gone down to the kitchen for snacks.

"I-I don't know. I'm just hoping and praying for the best," He stuttered out.

"But what if hoping isn't enough?" She asked, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I don't know," He hung his head.

"I miss her, Adrien. I miss my best friend," Alya choked back a sob when her tears started to fall.

Adrien stood and walked over to the bed. He pulled Alya into a hug and she cried in the crook of his neck.

"Why did they have to take her?" She cried, sobs racking her body.

Adrien felt a tears of his own fall.

When Alya calmed down, Adrien unwrapped his arms from around her and wiped his eyes.

"I miss her too, Alya, which is why I'm trying my hardest to find her. I promise you, Alya, that I will find Marinette. I know I will. I'll do my best to get her home. I promise," He said, clasping her hands in his.

"You promise?" She asked, her voice small and soft.

"I promise."

* * *

"My love," Nathaniel said, stepping into the room.

Marinette immediately frowned, "Stop calling me that."

"Why, my love?" Nathaniel asked, walking over to where she sat, alone, on the bed. "It's obvious that I love, why wouldn't I want to express it?"

"You don't love me. If you did, you would not have done those awful things to me," She muttered under her breath, but he heard.

"Marinette, I did everything I did to you for a reason. I can't love you right if you don't know how to behave."

'Bullshit,' She thought. Turning her back to him, she said, "What do you want Nathaniel? I don't want to see your face unless you're taking me home."

Nathaniel took a fistful of her hair and pulled her to him, ignoring her struggle. "Your home is with me. Anywhere I am, that is your home. You need to understand that."

Marinette spat in his face, literally, causing him to let go of her hair and recoil in disgust.

"Keep dreaming," She said, wiping her mouth. "I'm going to get out of here, Nathaniel, and I'll go home. Back to my mom and dad, back to my best friend and back to Adrien. You can't keep me here forever. Adrien will-"

Marinette was silenced when Nathaniel's fist made contact with the side of her head, knocking her out cold.

"Stupid girl," He frowned, undoing the chains from her ankles and wrists. He scooped her up into his arms and carried her out of the room. "I'll  teach you a lesson."

He walked out of the mansion and to a white van. There still a handful of guards and Juleka.

"Where is Chloe?" He asked the men.

"She is already inside, your highness. Tied up and ready to go," One of the Men replied.

Nathaniel nodded and handed Marinette over to Luka.

"Make sure to tie her up good," He ordered and the guard nodded. Nathaniel turned to Juleka and said, "Go make sure all the rooms are clean. We'll be back for you later."

"Yes sir," Juleka nodded and hurried into the house.

Nathaniel slipped on his mask and slid into the front seat of the van, "We're ready to go."

The guards nodded at the Prince and entered the van. Luka opened the back of the van and met the eyes of a scared, gagged Chloe. He tied up Marinette and put her to lay down, making sure she was comfortable enough.

The vehicle started and they were on their way to the mansion across the island.

Inside the mansion, Juleka was going through with the plan.

She put the one of the pieces of the crown in the second largest room in the house that she knew Prince Adrien would be staying in and proceeded to put the other pieces in the other rooms.

When she was finished, she sighed, "I hope this will work."

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