Help Arrives

Cat Noir hid in an alley where he had been flung and de-transformed to charge Plagg. He couldn't believe he had lost Ladybug again! He began to search the internet for any clues as to where Iron Man could have taken her. "Avengers Tower, that's got to be where she is Plagg." "A tower full of superheroes, you should be welcomed." Plagg said munching on some cheese. "No Plagg not after they just attacked us for no reason." "Maybe they don't like your Loki friend." Plagg said. Adrien thought for a moment, it was a little weird that Loki had put on the raincoat earlier and then was able to transform to help him fight off the cloaked person. It was nightime and Adrien transformed into Cat Noir, blending in with the dark city streets. He used his phone to get directions to Avengers tower and stopped once he could see the big building in view. It was highly formidable and would be difficult to sneak inside but he had to try. He approached the side of the building and used his stick to hoist himself towards a window that was left open. He slipped inside and snuck through the building. There were hundreds of floors and many halls, so it was easy to get lost. Cat Noir didn't know where to even look. Robots roamed the halls patrolling and he dodged them as he went.

Ladybug closed her eyes and tried to relax Tony's chatting with Dr. Strange kept her awake and she wondered if they would leave her here all night or take her somewhere else. She wondered how Tikki was feeling since she was transformed for so long now. She would have to de-transform soon, but she didn't want to attract attention and she also preferred that these "superheroes" didn't see her secret identity even if they probably already knew it. All of a sudden, the alarms went off in the building causing everyone to get up. "Intruder, Intruder," The alarm repeated, and the cameras were slowly going offline. Was this her rescuer? She sure hoped it was. Tony suited up and Doctor Strange followed him leaving Ladybug alone in the lab. She tried to tug at her restraints again, but they didn't budge. All of a sudden Thor and Captain America barged into the lab looking for Tony. "Tony, where are you?" Captain America called. When he got no response, he noticed Ladybug all by herself in the restraint chair. He walked over to her and glanced over at Thor. "Did Tony do this?" He asked pointing at her wrists. "She was working with Loki." Thor said. "Who are you? And what's going on?" Ladybug asked. "I'm Steve Rogers and you must be Ladybug." He said grinning. She nodded, "I'm being held here for no reason against my will." She said. "Well kid, we have a situation outside and its nothing like we've seen before so you would be safer here." "I can help you! Please let me out of here." "Don't listen to her Steve." Thor interjected. "She'll just run away, and Tony would be furious." Steve lowered his head. He wanted to let her go but he knew Tony's ways and they needed all the help they could get to fight off this new threat. "I'm sorry kid." He said turning away. "Come on Thor." They left her alone once again. She sighed, and lowered her head, she wasn't going to get away, or was she? Someone jumped in front of her from the ceiling and crept toward her. She closed her eyes not knowing who it could be this time. A hand gently lifted her chin up and she opened her eyes to meet Cat Noir's. A smile spread across her face and he winked at her. "Catacylsm," He destroyed the restraints around her wrists. She immediately flew into his arms hugging him so tight he was caught off guard. "Okay okay m'lady… can't breathe." "Sorry," She said loosening a bit. "They didn't hurt you, did they?" He asked with concern in his eyes. "They hurt nothing but my pride." She said grinning. "We'd better get out of here." He said looking around him to be sure there was no one coming. He took Ladybug in his arms and leapt from the roof of the building. "Where's Loki?" Ladybug asked. "He told me that we could meet up again later and he ran off and hid. I let him know where the apartment was." Cat Noir arrived at the building and they both de-transformed. Tikki flew out of Ladybug's earrings exhausted after such a long time. "Here Tikki" Marinette said offering her a treat she had saved during their sightseeing. "Thank you, Marinette." She said eating ravenously. Marinette looked over her dirt covered dress and looked back up at Adrien. "Is there anything I could change into here?" "Believe me, this apartment has outfits from the finest fashion designers out there. My dad is famous you know." She lightly punched him in the shoulder. "Of course, I should've known."