3 - Troubles

"What are you doing here, Wayzz?", Marinette asked, perfectly aware how unambiguous the situation was that Master Fu's kwami interrupted.

"My Master and all Miraculouses are in danger!", kwami said ignoring ex-superheroes' embarrassment. "Master sent me to bring help. He gave me clear instructions that I should find both of you. Thankfully you've been here together because there's a chance I'll tell you everything."

"So tell us since we don't have time to lose...", Marinette encouraged him trying to keep her dress on her shoulders.

"Couldn't Master Fu come here?", Adrien asked at the same moment.

"He had no time for transformation," Wayzz explained. "He'd been expecting this attack for a while, so he hid the Miraculous Box in a safe place. Even I don't know where it is. Just in case the villain took over the Turtle Miraculous and I would be forced to obey my new master's orders. Master Fu left you some hints that should lead you to that hiding place. He planned to send you a message but he lost that chance since we almost fell into a trap. Master will abandon his Miraculous soon. He'll hide it in a place you should know, Marinette. Do you remember the code?"

"What code?"

"Do you remember the hiding place of the Miraculous Box?"

"The Box is still there?", Marinette asked with hope.

"No. You should find there the bracelet. I mean – me. And I hope it will be you, not the villain. Otherwise, I'll be forced to do the evil a service like Nooroo once did."

Adrien felt remorse as always when he remembered what his father, Gabriel Agreste, had done to Paris just to bring his beloved wife back. Even if the only son was the price for that wish... After three years that betrayal ached Adrien like a splinter in his heart.

"Master Fu chose the hints wisely that would be useless for the villain...", Wayzz continued. "You should manage to deal with them, Marinette. Do you remember the code?", he repeated insistently.

"It's been ages since then...", the girl whined. "I have no idea if I remember that!"

"You have to trust your intuition and memory. You're a good observer. You've seen Master Fu opening the gramophone. You should figure out the combination. You must be hurry to find it before the villain will do it. Then you'll follow the rest of hints to find, eventually, the Miraculous Box. Probably you'll need other superheores' help. Master said that you should choose holders for the first circle of Miraculouses which are the most powerful. Only then you'll succeed with setting Master Fu free."

"He's imprisoned?!", both ex-superheroes exclaimed.

"Not yet, if we're still talking... That means he hasn't abandoned his bracelet yet. But I can feel a disturbance of the energy balance, so probably I'll disappear soon. Master Fu will have to take off the bracelet and hide it at the gramophone early enough to mislead the villain and get caught far away from the hidden place. But if he had no other choice, he'll renounce the function of the Great Guardian. It's risky, but Master Fu will sacrifice himself if that's the last option. Just to let you win and save the Miraculouses."

"Will he die then?", Adrien asked.

"No. But he'll forget about the Miraculouses and everything that's related to them. That's the rule of the Guardians. When Master thinks it's hopeless or he's getting tired of resistance he'll renounce this function and you'll be a new Guardian, Marinette."

"But...", she hesitated. "I know nothing about the Miraculouses! Just a few things that Master Fu managed to teach me three years ago..."

"That should be enough for the start. Follow the hints and you'll find the grimoire. You'll find there all information you need."

"But it's coded! Oh, another code...", Marinette protested.

"Master spent some time during last three years on decoding the grimoire. I think that one of the hints left by Master will lead you to this book. Just remember to be careful with choosing your allies. You can trust only closest friends! Don't spread the secret over too many people..."

"Who are we fighting against?", Adrien asked.

"Master Fu said that this villain is much more dangerous than Hawkmoth. Dangerous even without a Miraculous..."

"How did Master discover that?"

"The Great Guardian has no time for a break or relax. Master Fu has always known what to do to protect the Miraculous Box. He also can feel the threat. He found out the danger just in time, almost too late... What a pity he didn't have the opportunity to personally assign this mission to you. You have to trust your intuition and remember the old times."

"We even don't have our Miraculouses!", Adrien reminded.

"Master couldn't send them by me. It was too dangerous! If the villain took over the Miraculous of Ladybug and Cat Noir, that would be the end of the world we know..."

"How will we find them?"

"By following hints, guidance, signs... They will be obvious for you but not necessarily for the villain. However... You cannot take it for sure. Eventually, she knows you, even though she didn't know that you were Ladybug and Cat Noir..."

"You know who's the villain?!", Marinette exclaimed in shock.

"It's Vol..."

And at that moment, Wayzz disappeared.

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