Adrian POV
I sat next to Marinette's bed in the physician's chambers and sighed.
"I'm sorry Marinette, I should have done more, I guess I was just scared of how people would react....... I'm a coward...." I muttered sadly. Then from behind me I heard a voice say,
"Yup, pretty much." I whirled around and saw a man with black hair and green eyes leaning against a wall eating something. I stared at him for a moment before panicking slightly and activating my power. The man stopped eating for a moment and looked at my glowing hand. He sighed dramatically and gestured to it.
"You see, this is what I hate about you mortals, no matter what we do one of you makes a mistake one time and suddenly all of our gifts just go to waste! At your age I had already started a plague, destroyed the dinosaurs and made Pluto too small to be a planet. But what do you do with your power? Suppress it and treat it like a curse. So I mean sure, I made a mistake with my choice in successors one time, it was an error in judgment that doesn't mean that I'm going to mess up with the rest of you guys, it was one time!" He ranted sounding annoyed. I extinguished the glow around my hand and let it drop to my side.
"W-what are you talking about? And-ugh! What are you eating?!" I asked suddenly covering my nose with my hands.
"Camembert, want some?" He asked offering me a piece. I gagged and shook my head vehemently. He shrugged and tossed it into his mouth.
"And as for what I'm talking about Adrian, I'm talking about your powers, sure Felix was a bit of an oversight I should have noticed that the kid had issues. That one's on me, but you? You're perfect, you have every quality that a Noir should have. Integrity, honor, not bad in a fight, and most importantly: a good sense of humor. Never again will I pick a Noir with a stick up his ass, Felix wouldn't have known humor if it cataclysmed him in the face. But you've got a sense of humor that matches even my own, you've got the potential to be the best Noir there's ever been, if you accept your power." He explained after he had finished chewing. I stared at him in utter confusion before asking,
"Wait...... are you trying to tell me that you are Plagg the Kwami of destruction?" He smacked his forehead and yelled,
"I knew I was forgetting something!" Then he dropped into a lazy bow and said,
"Hello Adrian, I am Plagg, your patron Kwami,harbinger of destruction.... yadda, yadda you know the rest. Now that the introductions are aside it's time to get down to business. To put it simply I'm here to help you get lady-brat here home so that she can get some real medical attention. I'll lend you some of my powers, you'll give me access to the kitchen, and your girlfriend here doesn't die- everyone wins!" I blinked and sat down on the edge of Marinette's bed. I tried to process the information he had just given me but only got more confused as I thought. I looked up at him and struggled to find the right way to respond, in the end I said,
"I'm calling the guards." And quickly stood to run to the door. The man rolled his eyes and lazily called,
"Cataclysm." Before touching the wall, causing rows of shelves to collapse in front of the door. I jumped back and looked over at him in abject terror.
"Y-you really are him.....!" I yelled suddenly feeling very, very afraid. He nodded and crossed his arms.
"Finally, I thought we would be doing this all day, I'm on a schedule here kid so here's the deal: you're going to shake my hand, I'm going to transfer some of my powers to you and then you're taking lady-brat home, she'll get to a hospital they'll take care of her then Tikki will get her back here." He stated holding his hand out for me to take. I shook my head and backed away from him.
"How is you giving me some of your power going to help Marinette? You're not making any sense." I stated getting as far away from him as possible. He grinned and leaned forward, as if to tell me a secret and asked,
"What would you say if I told you that you could single-handedly destroy the barrier between the two worlds?" I was about to respond when he arched back, as though he was being pulled backwards. He sighed annoyedly and held up a finger.
"Hold that thought." He said looking pissed before disappearing into thin air. I blinked and stared at the spot where he had just been standing. Then I sighed and walked back to my chair by Marinette's bed. I ran my hands down my face and muttered,
"Ok Adrian, you clearly need to get some sleep......." I leaned forward and layed my arms on the bed and placed my head on them before closing my eyes and just when I was starting to fall asleep a new but familiar voice said,
"Yep, ok I'm back, so scratch the 'destroying the barrier'. It may be easier and more fun but it just got vetoed so instead some of my friends are going to have to get some of your friends to help, we Kwamis can cross the barrier unhindered but when we have to make sure that flesh bag mortals like you don't get hurt along the way things get a bit more complicated. Anyway, Kaalki and that Max kid'll be here any minute so hurry up and shake my hand, grab lady-brat, and let's go!" I finally got up, growling and rounded on him.
"Her name is Marinette, not 'lady-brat', not 'outsider', Mari-ne-tte. If you can't get that through your thick skulls then I think I'd be better off without any of you or your 'help'." I ranted finally having had enough. He stared at me for a moment before a grin broke out across his face. He laughed and said,
"There it is! That's what I've been waiting for! You finally went and did it! You finally stopped suppressing your emotions! I can't tell you enough how long I have been waiting to see you let loose, everyone kept saying 'Plagg you picked another incompatible one!' But I never lost faith! I knew that under all of the protocol and rule following there was a raw and emotional comedian just waiting to break out! Who'd have thought that all anyone needed to do was insult your girlfriend. I'd have led with that if I'd known." I blinked my anger subsiding slightly as once again I found myself feeling completely lost in this conversation. He held his hand out again and this time sounding almost sincere stated,
"If you want to save Marinette, you're going to have to trust me. I can't do anything to help unless you take my hand. I promise you that you won't regret it." I bit my lip and looked down at Marinette's beaten face and sighed.
"If I do this, I want to set some ground rules. No plagues or general mindless destruction, and please for the love of all things good: no more Camembert, I can barely breathe from this distance." I told him gagging as I took his hand. He sighed dramatically and nodded.
"Even though this clearly sucks a win is a win. You've got yourself a deal." He said giving my hand a firm shake. Suddenly I felt an immense power flood into me and I closed my eyes for a moment from the sheer shock of it. When I opened them again Plagg was no where to be seen and looking down I saw that I was wearing a black suit with black claw-like gloves and black boots. I also noticed with an intense feeling of shame that from the collar there was a large golden bell. I sighed and went to run a hand through my hair only to find that my hands hit what felt like cat ears.
"Are you kitten me right now?! Oh purrfect, just purrfect! Meow I have to deal with looking like a cat!!!!!" I yelled barely noticing the puns that slipped out as I did. Just then my cat ears twitched and I heard footsteps approaching the room.
"Oh great..... that makes this so much better, now I have to explain my outfit to someone, that's clawesome." I said sitting on the edge of Marinette's bed. It took me a moment to realize that the way I talked had changed.
"Wait......what does 'awesome' even mean?" I asked suddenly feeling even more confused than I thought possible. The door swung open with a bit of difficulty as whoever was on the other side had to push it while moving the shelves that had fallen in front of it out of the way as well. I looked up at who I assumed were Nino, Alya, and Max who were all wearing strange clothes like mine. Nino had a green hood and a round shell like shield on his back as well as a green suit, Alya was wearing an orange and white tunic with a tail-like train and a long flute hung on her back, and finally Max had a pair of dark glasses that obscured his eyes and a brown suit. I also noticed that both Nino and Alya had masks on. Alya,of course, was the first to react to my appearance.
"Oh my TRIXX you look so adorable. I mean I always thought you were catty but this just proves it." She said bending double with laughter. Nino tried to hide his laughter but I could still tell that he was dying. Max however seemed to have a 'how did I get stuck with these idiots' look though with his glasses I had trouble telling. I rolled my eyes and said,
"Yeah, yeah, ok I look hissterical meow can we please get to the task at hand?" This only made them laugh harder and I looked to Max to get them into line. He coughed seriously and shot them a look that would have made Plagg pause and think before speaking.
"Now that we're all focused, Max I assume you know what your job is?" I asked feline relieved that I could get through one sentence without a pun. He nodded and held his hand out and called,
"VOYAGE!" The scene that appeared on the other side of the portal was what looked to be a bakery stalk room. I turned to Alya and Nino and said,
"Alya I need you to make it look like we aren't there while I destroy the shelves to make it look like they fell onto Marinette, and Nino I need you to protect us when they come down, ok?" They nodded seriously and I bent down and carefully removed Marinette from the bed.
"Don't worry purrincess, you'll be fine in no time." I muttered into her ear as I turned to the portal. We all braced ourselves and stepped through into the room where I gently layed Marinette on the floor. I nodded to Alya who played her flute and called,
"MIRAGE!" An image of the room appeared around us as I nodded to Nino and said,
"The second I activate my power I want you to put up a shield, got it?" He nodded and moved to be standing over Marinette before taking his shield of his back. I nodded and called out,
"CATACLYSM!" Suddenly I felt as though all of the power in my body had forced itself into my hand. I ran around the room dragging my hand along the shelves barely noticing Nino shout,
"SHELTER!" Just a moment before the protective dome it created completely encompassed them I dove into it and bent down in hopes of adding extra protection to myself. The shelves collapsed around us and a large kind-faced man came barreling in and looked around at the destruction. I smiled as the dust settled and, almost on instinct quickly removed my ring with my personal seal and slid it onto Marinette's finger. Then I stood up as the man began to cradle Marinette to him and I nodded at the others that it was time to go. We all exited the portal and one by one our clothes returned to normal as our Kwamis' powers left us.