Awoken by something fumbling around his right hand Adrien slowly opened his eyes. They widened in shock as he realized that his father hunkered over the edge of his bed, trying to take the ring off of his finger.
Adrien understood immediately, pushed his father away and rolled over to the other side to jump out of bed. At the sudden movement Plagg woke up too, yanked and inspected the scene in front of him uncomprehending.
Taking advantage of the paralyzed state of his father Adrien rushed past him, up the stairs to the second level of his room. Eventually Gabriel unfroze with a furious and determined expression on his face and began to chase after his son.
"Oh no, you won't!" Adrien snarled and got away from the stairs. Out of the corner of his eye he saw with relieve that Plagg seemed to gain slight understanding for what was going on and quickly swallowed the camembert hidden in the bedside table.
"Claws out!" Adrien yelled as soon as his Kwami was done and transformed during the act of running. In one swift motion he jumped over the railing at the end of the gallery and landed gracefully on his feet. Surprised he noticed that his father jumped down too instead of running back to the stairs but Chat was still ahead of him and he wasn't willing to give his lead away too easily. There was only one way to get away from his father.
He built up as much speed as he could on the short distance, raised an elbow in front of his face and aimed for the nearest window. "Adrien!" was everything he could hear over the bursting glass around him as he escaped into the Parisian night.
Once again he handled a steady landing on both of his feet. He straightened up, murmured "Cataclysm" and walked straight towards the car. Due to his slight touch as he ran by it crumbled into thousands of pieces. Sure his father had other cars but it would take the Gorilla a little time to get one of them out of the garage.
I need to be fast, Chat thought to himself, still fighting back all the other horrible thoughts that tried to sneak a way into his brain. But where did he need to get fast? His father knew Nino so his house was not an option. And as much as he liked her, he didn't trust Alya enough yet.
Marinette would have been his first choice but he was certain that she wasn't tough enough to take this situation and putting her in danger was the last thing he wanted.
So he only had one chance.

Ladybug was not supposed to be on patrol this time of night but to Chat's tremendous alleviation she recently decided to allow herself a quiet moment at the Eiffel Tower. It was a load off his mind and he was eased that he actually found her since his Miraculous already began beeping threateningly.
"Chat, what…" astonished she looked at him as he took her hands and interrupted her. "My Lady. I know we thought that Hawk Moth is not Gabriel Agreste but… but…"
One last beep.
"We were wrong."
The first tear rolled over his cheek. For Ladybug it looked like it washed the mask off of his face, leaving her staring into Adrien's hopeless eyes. He collapsed into her embrace she intuitively offered him, too perplex to cope the state of affairs. Desperately clutching at her arms that were holding him Adrien cried his heart out.