*picture isn't mine* Enjoy!

Marinette had grown used to the touch of Nathaneal's hands on her own. When she was bored, she would trace her fingers along his and she would imagine what type of fabric she would use if she were ever get out and design Nathaneal a couple of gloves. Fred rarely spoke and they both found out other people were here. Sabrina, Aurora, Kim, Rose...all the other cells were empty. Nathaneal would grab a pair of rocks and would draw on the cell floor, but his hand would never leave Marinette's just like hers wouldn't leave his.

She was so surprised her tears hadn't come back. It was like Nathaneal was a dam, forcing them away from her. They didn't talk much. Not because they didn't want to, but because there was no talking needed. Their hearts and mixed breaths was enough to talk to each other, their souls would touch each other by no words at all.

Funny, was she falling in love again?

"Marinette," Nathaneal said, squeezing her fingers tightly and shifted positions so he was looking at her and Marinette was looking right back at him. Marinette froze in seeing how broken his eyes were. She wanted to just kiss the pain way, but Nathaneal would certainly feel crept out. "I-if we don't make it-I-I just want to-"

"No," It was her turn to squeeze his fingers. "We will make it. I've been through harder things than this. I know this man and I will hit him with everything I've got once I'm done because I want to see you again. God, I want to be with you more than anything because you're the only escape I have from Adrien breaking up with me and with you everything so light like I'm in a flock of clouds and there's nothing beneath me to hurt me."

"Are you messing with me?" Nathaneal asked and Marinette shook her head happily, tears stinging her eyes. "Marinette, if you're messing with me-"

She cupped his face with her hands, their noses inches apart. "Nathaneal Kurtzberg, when I'm with you, I don't know how to explain myself. It's like I've never fallen in love and Adrien doesn't exist which I'm glad because he ruined my life and I feel like I'm never going to love but you, you..."

She was interrupted by his lips being brought down to her.  Marinette tensed at first, knowing what she was doing was wrong. She wasn't done healing from Adrien, at least letting him go, but here she was, leaning deeper into the kiss as Nathaneal's hand traced down her neck to pull her close, his thumb was making circles around her that caused thousands of akumas to form on her stomach.

They pressed closer to each other until the bars were marked onto their skin, until it physically hurt to stay tighter and closer to each other. Nathaneal, poor boy desperately in love with her. Marinette would've never thought she was here, kissing him and falling desperately just like he was. She titled her head so Nathaneal could deepen into the kiss and she felt like she was in heaven, the same feeling of feeling loved, of being someone's sun and day. She felt the same, maybe less, while kissing Adrien. His kisses were always sweet and passionate, filled with bravery and always the urge to go farther than that. Nathaneal's kisses were a barrier their actions had to slowly knock down.

They break apart, breathless but Marinette wanted more. God, she wanted to Nathaneal to stay close to her and never let her go. "You know how much-how much I've longed-wanted to do that?" 

"Me too," She replied and her eyes landed on his lips. "You? You're Nathaneal! You're beautiful and sweet...and perfect and I could never hurt you!"

Nathaneal leans back, impressed. "You remember?"

She smiled and cupped her face between the bars and brushes her lips against him. "Of course I do. Not even Adrien has said something like that that managed to stay in my head for a long while. Sometimes when I'm without you, all I can think of is him but when I'm with you, it's like he never broke my heart for it. I love you for that."

Nathaneal's eyes light up. "You-you-can you repeat that?"

"I love you for that." Marinette said and giggled as she squeezed the bars, her knuckles turning white. "Nathaneal, I love-"

His lips crashed down again and Marinette was sure that being in prison with him was probably the best gift Gabriel could've given to her before he tortured them or did anything with him. She had to make very lasting second with Nathaneal count. Time would go by.

"What do you mean it's gone?" Chloe asked, horrified as Master Fu rummaged through his stuff like a rat scouting for food. "Master, why would you keep it here? You should've worn them! Oh, Alya, she'll be devastated and-"

"You can't tell anybody, Chloe." Master Fu said, turning around and staring at her. "If Hawkmoth stole another miraculous he couldn't use it for himself. The ladybug, bee, peacock and fox kwami's are meant for woman, not for men. Bad things would happen to him if he used it on himself so he must have a girl helping him. Can you think of anybody so loyal to evilness?"

"I could say myself but I wouldn't stoop so low." Chloe said and straightened herself. "I know a girl-Lila. It could explain why she got together with Adrien after he awoke from his comma even though she didn't talk to him after she got akumatized. I always thought there was something about her-"

"It's not Lila." Alya and Adrien said in unison and locked eyes and smiled at each other. Alya continued talking, "It's not likely for her to be the reason Trixx is gone. She doesn't have any kind of contact towards Gabriel and it's weird that from being best friends with Adrien she wants to doom us all."

"It's Lila!" Chloe insisted and Master Fu raises his hand. "Master I-"

"Enough," He commanded and put his fingers through his gelled hair. "We will talk about his later. Alya, find Nino. We need all this miraculous holders in here. Adrien, if possible go and fetch your mother. We need to patrol the cities in order to stop akumatized victims in getting kidnapped."

Alya nodded and she and Adrien disappeared out of the door as soon as they came in.

"Master?" Chloe asked as Master Fu took out the familiar Chinese box that he had once given to her. He handed her the box and Chloe immediately opened the lid to reveal the yellow hairpin with a silver diamond in the middle that had changed her life. With tears already stirring her face, Chloe took the hairpin away from the box and adjusted it on her hair. A yellow light appeared over the box that blinded Chloe for a fraction of a second and Queen is formed, smiling and cuddling next to Chloe's cheek. Chloe laughed and laughed and smiled until her cheeks hurt just with the pleasure of seeing Queen again. "I'll never loose you again, I promise."

"This isn't permanent, Miss Bourgeois." Master Fu said and took out two other boxes. Adrien and Isabella. Chloe's laughter cased and her smile shrunk. "After we are done with Gabriel, Lila and whoever else is working with them, the kwamis will return to me. Your punishment is not done so I suggest you make every second with Queen precious."

Without another word, he disappeared out the door.

"I'm sorry, Queen." Chloe said as her kwami cuddled her cheek. "I didn't mean to lose you and, oh, god how much I need you."

"Anything happened while I was gone?" Queen asked teasingly.

"Adrien and Marinette broke up." Chloe explained, counting with her fingers as her kwami gasped. "Marinette disappeared and we didn't actually kill Hawkmoth and now I'm off to protect someone."

"Who is it?" Queen asked.

"A little girl called Manon." Chloe explained and touch her hairpin gently as Queen flashed her a smile. "Queen, FLY AWAY!"

"Marinette Dupen-Chang." Volpina said, her voice leaving behind something dull in the dark room she was suddenly in. Walking away from Nathaneal was perhaps the hardest thing she'd ever done. The look of worry in his face, the way he thrust his fists and yelled her name...she could never get those screams out of her head. "It's overwhelming how much trouble your in. Lady Misfortune, the girl who managed to beat Hawkmoth. Expect, you failed."

"Who are you?" Marinette asked. "You don't speak like the real Volpina. You sound like a fake. How did Hawkmoth managed to akumatize you if he doesn't have a miraculous? Is that even possible?"

"I'm not akumatized," replied the girl. "I stole the miraculous from your dear Master Fu and, Marinette, we live in a place where animals are seen as heroes and they can either create or destroy. Of course it's impossible. Hawkmoth will use your miraculous in ways you couldn't possibly imagine."

"Hawkmoth won't win." Marinette refused to think the people she loved would be ruled by a man with such greed and corruption. "I won't let him."

"You don't have your miraculous with you." The girl said and bend down to finally look at him. "We'll just have to gather more and more people to join our cause and soon, we'll have another Ladybug with much more powers than you. You will be nothing more than a withering memory."

"What?" Marinette asked as a screen is portrait right in front of the two of them of Queen Bee, Chat Noir, Green Shell and Crystal flying over the houses of Paris, keeping an eye on Manon. Marinette struggled not to gasp at seeing Chat Noir back on his feet like the wound didn't stop him at all. She was glad he was fine, but seeing him again hurt more than anything. She suddenly wanted Nathaneal at her side to assure her nothing would go wrong. "What are you doing to them?"

"Just playing fun," Volpina said laughing as the screen went cold. She knelt down next to Marinette and whispered in her ear, "It's my turn to be the hero now, Ladybug."