Attacked

Mari POV*I ended up staying for longer then I should have at Alyas. "Bye Alya!" I said. "Bye girl! Get home safe!" I nod and leave. On the way home I hear someone  yelling and calling out for help down a dark alleyway. You might be thinking. *Marinette don't go in that alleyway! It always ends badly!* well as a superhero I can't do that sorry. I step a little bit closer to the alley. "H-hello?" I call out. "Please..... help me!" I hear a man shout from inside the alleyway. "I'm hurt..... I was shot by a thug!.... please..." I don't know what Im thinking. But that's just it I'm not thinking. I start dashing into the alleyway looking for the injured man. "H-hey! Where are you! I-I can help you!" I slow my pace looking around at my surroundings... This is creepy. "Over...here.." I hear him call. I run over only to be elbowed hard in my side against the wall. "Oof!!" I clutch my side. I'm gonna have a huge bruise there. I look up and a man with dark black hair with a white collared shirt who looks about in his 30's. "my my, what's a teenage girl doing down an old alleyway at this time... alone." He smirks and reaches for something in his pocket. I can only guess it's a weapon. I want to move. I want to scream. I want to fight. But, I.... can't.. Why? It's like I'm frozen."S-Stay Back!!" I back into the wall even more. He pulls out a gun. My eyes start to tear up. He holds the gun to my forehead. "It will all be over soon sweetheart." I start to cry. I hear the gun shot. But I'm not in pain. I look up and Chat Noir is In front of me with his claws sunken deep into the thugs arm that's holding the gun. He stopped the bullet just in time. He lets go of his arm and claws his eye then throws him into the wall on the opposite side of me. Chat then picks up the thug by his throat. "Let me let you in on a little secret.... Cats.. are very protective over what belongs to them... and when you hurt those things well.... heheheh...It doesn't end well." Chat throws him on the ground and the thug struggles to breathe. Chat then kicked him in the head, knocking him out. He then tied him up. He looked over at a police car that was parked near the park and he dropped him there and the police thanked him and took him in the car. Chat then walked over to me with a worried expression. Me? I'm still holding in the tears that are yet to fall. Why am I being so weak? I'm being so defenseless... Why? Is there something wrong with me? "Princess, are you ok?" He asks, his hand on my cheek. His other hand wiping my tears. I look up at him and hug him. "Thank you Chat.." he hugs me back then he picks me up and jumps over to my house. He sets me down on my balcony. "Now care to explain why you were out at 10:45 pm on a Sunday night in an alleyway?" I look up at Chat who's deeply concerned. So.. I explained. I explained that Alya knew about us. I explained that I heard a guy down an alleyway. I explained how I went to help him and how that backfired. I thought about how I was completely useless and defenseless. Im supposed to be Ladybug, brave, smart, outgoing, confident, strong. I just proved myself the exact opposite.