"This is all my fault." Ladybug cried into her knees.
Tears continued to spill from Ladybug's eyes as she stared down at the city below. The clouds and rain made the city look sad, but nothing could be worse than how Ladybug felt now. She couldn't feel worse, sitting up on a tall building roof in the pouring rain all alone. She had left Adrien, not wanting to see him or speak to anyone. Once Hawkmoth had stolen Chat Noir's ring, revealing him to be Adrien, she immediately fled. Now all that she could think about was everything falling. Everything seemed over to her. Adrien would hate her, Alya's gone, and Hawkmoth would win. And there was nothing she could do.
"It's all over." Ladybug mumbled.
Three Hours Ago:
"So . . . what are you gonna do now, Ladybug?" Hawkmoth asked, lifting her chin up.
Ladybug ignored him and looked back down at the floor.
Ladybug and Chat Noir were each tied to a pole with their hands behind their backs and no way of escaping. After battling Miss Fortune, they were knocked out and woke up in a dark room with one bright light on the ceiling. They had no clue where they were. Everything was dark, but the light above them. Before them stood Hawkmoth with a huge grin as they sat restrained.
"No answer, huh?" Hawkmoth had his hands folded behind his back as he walked around the room. "What about you, Chat Noir?" He asked, bending down in front of him. "Do you know anything? You got a plan to escape this place?" Silence. "Tell me what you know."
Chat Noir glared up at Hawkmoth, angrily.
"No answer either." Hawkmoth stood up and moved over to Ladybug. "Maybe if I took Ladybug's miraculous you'd have something to say to me." Hawkmoth turned Ladybug's head to face Chat Noir. "Last chance." He announced, moving his hand up to her earring.
"No! Stop!" Chat shouted, yanking at the ropes he was trapped in. "Don't do it."
"Then . . . tell me what you know about the guardian."
"Who's the guardian?" Chat questioned. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Yes you do. He's the one that gave you your miraculous."
"Still don't know."
"Well . . . " Hawkmoth stepped behind Ladybug's pole and untied her hands. He kept her hands behind her back and moved in front of Chat Noir, holding her wrists. "Maybe if something happens to her . . . you'll start to remember."
"No! Don't touch her!"
"Tell me what you know."
"I don't know anything!" Chat Noir clarified.
"Well what do you have to say, Ladybug?" Hawkmoth asked, turning his head to look at her. "I suggest you talk. Remember what happened to that blogger girl?"
Ladybug felt nervous as tear fell from her cheek. She looked over to the corner where Alya was currently laying. She was already dead when Ladybug and Chat Noir had woken up.
"You shouldn't have done that." Ladybug growled. "She was my friend! She didn't deserve any of this."
"Well we wouldn't want the same thing to happen to you now would we? So . . . do you know anything about the guardian?"
"Yes." She mumbled.
"Was that a yes?" Hawkmoth smiled.
"Hello Hawkie." Miss Fortune said, opening up a window across the room and hopping in. "I'm back and ready for more revenge."
"Good. Stand over by Chat Noir."
Miss Fortune nodded and did as she was told.
"So Ladybug . . . what do you know about the guardian?"
"I'm not telling you anything!"
"Are you sure?" Hawkmoth turned her head to look at Alya.
She felt afraid. "If I tell you . . . you have to let Chat Noir go."
Hawkmoth put his hand under his chin, debating it before agreeing. "Fine. We have a deal then? Now tell me who he is."
"Untie Chat Noir first." Ladybug demanded.
"Feisty aren't we now."
"Maybe I'll answer a question if you untie him."
"Fine. Miss Fortune . . . untie Chat Noir and don't let him get away."
"As you wish, Hawkmoth." Miss. Fortune smiled. "But the better option is to leave one hand tied because if I untie both, he'll overpower me and run."
"Do whatever. You know which is better."
Miss Fortune untied one of Chat Noir's hands and held on so he wouldn't squirm to move.
"So . . . who is the guardian?"
"He's . . . the one that gave us our miraculouses." Ladybug answered.
"How? Why'd he give them to you two?"
"I don't know all the details, but he chose us because of our kindness."
"Kindness . . . okay . . . where is he?" Hawkmoth continued to ask questions.
"I'll keep answering questions when you let Chat Noir go." Ladybug announced, glaring at Hawkmoth.
"Oh come on . . . Marinette." Miss Fortune grinned. "Just answer the questions."
"Don't speak my name."
Chat Noir stared at her surprise. Definitely listening.
"Don't you think it's about time you tell Adrien how you feel? Instead of hiding?"
"Stop."
"Will you ever tell him? Maybe, but . . . would he even like the other you?"
"Stop!" Ladybug shouted.
"Answer the questions!" Miss Fortune demanded.
"Untie Chat Noir!"
"You know . . . I have a better idea." Miss Fortune immediately pulled Chat Noir's ring off of his finger. "What do you think now?"
"No!" Hawkmoth screamed, his voice echoing as he stepped forward clenching his fists in front of him. "What have you done?!"
"That wasn't the agreement." Ladybug announced, stomping on Hawkmoth's foot.
Ladybug ran to the end of the room and felt the wall. She finally found the window that Miss Fortune had come through and opened it. Near her was Alya, still on the floor. She couldn't look. Tears began to well up in her eyes before she remembered the more important problem.
"Chat Noir." Ladybug looked back towards Chat Noir as she sat on the ledge. "Chat . . . Adrien?"
Ladybug's mouth dropped open as she stared at Adrien. She stood there frozen, without saying anything else. Everything around her was a blur.
"Get her!" Hawkmoth demanded.
Ladybug couldn't see or hear anything, but she understood one of Hawkmoth's commands. She wanted to save Chat Noir/Adrien, but she needed to escape. Ladybug jumped out the window and disappeared into the day. She ran past the crying citizens in the streets and jumped up to a tall building. She layed down on her side and began to bawl. Her eyelids felt heavy as she began to fall asleep.
"You idiot!" Hawkmoth shouted. "She got away because of you. How are we supposed to get her back?!"
"Listen, Hawkie, she was going to run anyway." Miss Fortune announced. "That was her plan all along."
"Then why didn't you tell me this when she was here?! Now we just have Chat Noir."
Hawkmoth looked over at Adrien, who was looking down, processing everything he had heard.
"Because . . . I got into her head." She smiled, tapping her head. "You know that I can see everything, so you should trust me on what I saw. I looked into her and saw who she really was and who she has a crush on. If I get into her head, she'll be weak. Weak enough for us to defeat her."
"You better be right about this." Hawkmoth said, calming down. "But if you're not . . . I'm taking your power away and you can go back to those ungrateful teenagers."
Miss Fortune had an angry expression. "I'm not going back to them. Never."
"Then fix this."
"We have his ring, now." Miss Fortune said, putting the ring in Hawkmoth's hand. "We are farther than we were before."
"Yeah, but . . . as for you!" Hawkmoth began as he moved over to Adrien. "You're Chat Noir. Adrien Agreste . . . the one and only Chat Noir."
"Why does it matter who I am?" Adrien glared.
"I can't believe it's you. I should've known."
"Why?!" Adrien demanded. "Is it because I'm suppose to be some good, pure, never does anything wrong model? Because I'm not and . . . I will never be anything like that. I will get out of here and I will find Ladybug and . . . we'll fix everything. I won't be a good boy that'll listen to you."
"Stop. I've heard enough." Hawkmoth bent down so that he was a foot away from Adrien's face. "I know you'll escape and I know this because . . . I'm gonna let you go."
"Let me go?" Adrien asked, confused. "Why would you let me leave?"
"Because . . . I need you for my plan."
Hawkmoth stood up and began to walk away.
"Plan? What plan?"
"You'll find out more later." He said, waving by to Chat Noir as he walked through a door with Miss Fortune.