The Interrogation

Plagg made his way straight to Master Fu's house, it was the only course of action he thought would be appropriate for this moment. "Master!" He said hurrying inside. "Ahh!" He said when he saw Master Fu's odd clown like appearance[1]. "What happened to you?!" Plagg exclaimed. Master Fu grinned at the shocked kwami. "Plagg I hoped you would arrive. How are things going with your owners or should I say former owners?" Plagg wasn't sure what Fu meant when he said former owners. "I assure you that Adrien is my owner and I came to ask for your help." Master Fu wondered what trouble Marinette and Adrien could have gotten themselves into this time. "Why would they need my help?" He said sarcastically. "Doesn't at least one of them still have superpowers?" Plagg informed Master Fu of the horrible scene that had just transpired at the Dupain Cheng bakery and how he had escaped. "You don't think she was…" Master Fu's voice trailed off when he began to consider what became of Marinette that afternoon. "I can do some investigating." Plagg said mischievously. "Fine, but I will keep your ring." Master Fu said holding out his hand. Plagg placed the ring in his master's hand and then headed off to find Adrien. He had to inform him of what was going on.

Marinette's head pounded and her vision spun as she was led to a sitting room where she sat down on a chair. Gabriel Agreste sat across from her with a serious yet resolute face. "I trust Nathalie has treated you well?" He said trying to lighten the mood. Marinette looked at him blankly. He sighed, "I don't want to hurt you, I know how much Adrien cares about you." He said, "So I'm just going to ask you a few questions and you are going to answer me." He rose from his chair; Marinette began to feel nervous now as he approached her. She was so weak that she could barely get up and was completely helpless. Gabriel bent down and placed his hand on Marinette's shoulder. She had a strong will that even he knew would be difficult to break. "Tell me, who gave you your miraculous?" Marinette didn't answer, "I know it was the guardian of the miraculous." She turned her face away from his. "I know you know where he lives, and I want you to tell me right now." He demanded. Marinette still didn't speak. Her eyes began brimming with tears. She slowly turned and looked him in the eye. "I will never tell you anything for as long as I live." Gabriel was surprised at her words. "Oh, you're so protective over your frail old master, are you? Where was he when you needed him most hmm?" Gabriel rose and now looked down at Marinette. "If you won't tell me now, I have ways of persuading you to tell me later." He said grinning. Marinette trembled, she didn't want to admit it, but she was afraid. She had never felt so helpless in her whole life. "I'll give you one more chance to tell me though before I have to take unnecessary measures. You have until the morning to tell me where the guardian of the miraculous resides." He said stomping off. Nathalie helped Marinette up and brought her back to her room locking the door as she left. Marinette laid face down on her bed and gave way to all of her emotions. She cried herself to sleep.

[1] The clown appearance of Master Fu is a reference to the movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. The scene transpires as follows. Clara is thrown into the clown tent and the creepy clown moves swiftly towards the camera. This is the exact movement that Master Fu made in this moment thus the clown description. Also, on a side note, his face is white like a clown.