This might be a little over the top 'magic' wise, but it looked cool in my head so I decided to write it out. This'll be a two shot, and I'm hoping to put the last chapter up later tonight! Thanks for reading :)
It's amazing how numb you can truly feel when the world around you is crumbling.
Or how helpless you actually are to saving things before they disappear forever.
Tears slipped down Marinette's cheeks and mixed with the puddles of rain around her. All around her, people talked and gathered close to see what was happening. Police stood as a defensive wall between the people of Paris and Marinette. Lightning flashed through the sky and thunder rolled. Marinette was deaf to it all.
"Ma'am, are you hurt?" a woman asked behind her. She knelt next to the young girl and gently grabbed her shoulder. Marinette shoved the woman away fiercely.
"Don't touch me!" she yelled. Blood trickled down Marinette's forehead, but Marinette was numb to that, too. The paramedic stared at the girl in a mixture of shock and pity. Then, she looked at the two small figures the girl was crying over. Many of the citizens whispered to each other, quietly spreading their theories of how the girl was actually insane. Who would cry over stuffed animals?
Marinette turned back to her friends. "Sir, you can't pass," a police officer said behind her.
An angry, hoarse voice snapped, "Try and stop me," before Marinette was joined by another body. She didn't push him away, though. His touch was safe and familiar. He wrapped his arms around the small girl and let her cry into his chest.
"Everybody knows, Adrien. They all know our secret. How could we let this happen?" she sobbed. "They've helped us so much and this is how we repay them?" Adrien held her tight and rested his chin on top of her head. His eyes fell to the small kwamis laying motionless in the rain water. He was just as numb as Marinette.
"Plagg," he whispered, his voice getting caught in the wind.
Marinette pulled away and wiped the tears from her face. "There has to be some way we can save them, right? Maybe… Maybe if we just feed them, they'll get their energy back and-"
"Marinette," Adrien said softly. He wanted to believe her as much as she wanted to believe herself. But they both knew it was impossible. Hawk Moth drained every last bit of power both kwamis had. They were beaten.
A short, old man pushed himself through the crowd. A small, green creature sat on his shoulder with a sad look on its face. The man ducked beneath two officers trying to hold him back and he stood across from the previous miraculous holders.
"M-Master Fu," Marinette said, looking up. Adrien blinked through the rain and met the old man's gaze.
"I'm sorry," he said, his voice cracking. "I'm sorry we've failed you."
Master Fu sighed deeply. He had no words, no comfort, no wisdom to give the kids. He was disappointed and, perhaps, a bit angry, too. Wayzz floated between his two old friends, staring down at them in silence. Wayzz would be lying if he didn't feel a bit of anger toward the former miraculous heroes as well.
Laying between Plagg and Tikki were pieces of their miraculous items. Adrien's ring was snapped in half and one of Marinette's earrings were crushed in multiple pieces. Hawk Moth managed to get the upper hand when the two were trapped beneath rings of metal beneath the Eiffel Tower. Marinette mentally kicked herself. How could she have let her guard down that much? How could she have let herself be captured by such an amateur trap?
"Nino, slow down! The streets are slippery!" Alya yelled as she struggled to keep up with her friend, while her camera remained rolling in her hand. The two had watched Chat Noir and Ladybug disappear somewhere around the area, and figured the giant crowd of people was a good sign. Alya leaped over a giant puddle and raced through the crowd to catch up to Nino. He stopped once he reached the front and Alya slammed into his back.
"Okay, Ladybloggers," Alya whispered, stepping around Nino. "Ladybug and Chat Noir's real identities are…" She finally had clear view of the center of the crowd and froze. Master Fu looked up at the camera and glared. Alya couldn't bring herself to put it away, though.
"M-Marinette?" she asked, her eyes wide. Marinette and Adrien whipped their heads around to see their best friends gawking at them.
"Put that away, Alya," Adrien ordered, a cold glare on his face. Nino's was taken back by Adrien's harsh tone. He'd never heard the blond use that on anybody. This made Alya scramble to close her camera and stuff it in her bag.
"I-I don't understand," Nino stuttered. "You two are… You're…"
"We'll talk later," Adrien promised, looking from Nino to Alya. They both nodded, sensing something was very wrong. A faint glow out of the corner of his eye brought Adrien's attention back to the kwamis.
Marinette gasped. "Adrien, look!" She pointed at the broken miraculouses. Adrien's ring had a faint black tint to it and Marinette's earrings sparkled with a pinch of red.
"Their power," Master Fu said in awe. "There's still a bit left! Not much, though."
"But enough to bring them back, right?" Marinette asked, her eyes brightening with hope. Master Fu shook his head slowly.
"I'm afraid not. There isn't enough power to reenergize their hearts."
"But… But what if we gave them that power?"
"What?" Master Fu asked, his eyes widening.
"Master Fu, I know we have disappointed you, but I am still Ladybug and he is still Chat Noir and this isn't over until we've tried every last thing."
"Marinette, c'mon," Adrien said softly.
"The chances of you two managing to bring back Plagg and Tikki and walking away from it are one in a million," Wayzz said, floating between the faces of the kids. He glared at each of them. "Don't you dare give him false hope."
"But we could do it, couldn't we? We could bring them back?" Marinette stared at Master Fu intently, silently willing him to answer. Master Fu sighed and rolled his eyes.
"You could, yes. It's a very risky attempt, but it is possible."
"Marinette, hold on," Adrien interrupted, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. "I know you care about Tikki just like I care about Plagg, but this… This is a little crazy, don't you think? It might not even work and we could die from it!"
"Adrien!" she exclaimed, grabbing both of his arms. "Adrien, we were chosen for this. Us, out of all of Paris. If we don't at least try this, there will be no hope for protecting our city. We are the only ones who can do it. I don't want this to be how things end. I don't want Master Fu to hate us and I don't want Plagg and Tikki to die. This can't be how our story ends." She scooped the pieces of miraculous into her hands and held them out to Adrien. "Are you with me?"
Adrien looked from the pieces to Marinette, then to Plagg and Tikki. Wordlessly, he grabbed the two pieces of his ring and sat across from Marinette. He smiled at her.
"I'm with you."
Master Fu, along with help from Nino, Alya, and the police, managed to widened the crowd of people and give Marinette and Adrien more room. Marinette and Adrien held their miraculouses in their left hands then held their joined hands over Plagg and Tikki. Plagg laid under the broken ring and Tikki laid under the earrings. Marinette looked at Adrien and the two smiled before their eyes fell closed.
Alya and Nino turned to watch their best friends. Alya watched for any cell phones rising above the crowd, too. The girl who once tried so hard to expose the secret identities of Chat Noir and Ladybug was now trying so hard to protect them. This was obviously a serious matter and the entire world didn't need to know about it.
Two bright lights suddenly began to rise from Adrien and Marinette's hands. Black and red beams intertwined and poured out of the spaces between their palms and circled the two. Adrien's bangs blew across his forehead with a much stronger force than the light wind from the dying storm. More streams of black and red swirled around the two until they were the center of a small, impenetrable circle of light and power. The light continued to climb higher and higher, past the Eiffel Tower and into the cloudy night above. Marinette could feel her energy draining. She squeezed Adrien's hands and he squeezed back. Adrien twisted his face in determination and focused all of his energy into the miraculouses.
All of Paris watched as the column of light disappeared in the clouds and lit up the entire city. Both kwamis were engulfed in a white glow that lifted them off the ground. The small creatures could feel their power and energy coming back to them. Meanwhile, the heroes' bodies couldn't take much more.
"Adrien," Marinette cried, her eyes squeezing shut in pain. The red light was growing fainter and fainter. Marienette was getting weaker with each passing second. Tikki's eyes fluttered open and they blinked for a moment. Plagg groaned and rolled his head to the side.
"Tikki?" he mumbled. "What's happening?"
Master Fu's heart skipped a beat when he saw the kwamis move. They're okay! They're alive! "Marienette, Adrien, you did it! You can stop now!"
Neither kid heard him. The red was almost completely gone now. Tikki looked at the girl in alarm.
"Marinette! What's happening? What are you doing?"
"Adrien! Can you hear me?" Plagg yelled.
"Stop, stop it!" Master Fu shouted. "Stop before you hurt yourselves!" The black was beginning to disappear from the mix, too. The old man forced himself through the barrier and grabbed the kids' hands. Plagg and Tikki watched in fear, unable to make out what was happening. Both colors were dimming now and disappearing quicker than before. Alya and Nino helped Master Fu in pulling Marienette and Adrien's hands apart.
Wayzz pulled his friends out of the circle and back into the rainy Parisian night. Tikki looked at him fearfully. "Wayzz, what's happening to them?"
"It's a long story, Tikki." Suddenly, the light disappeared all together. The people gasped and stumbled back as their eyes readjusted to darkness once again. Adrien and Marinette fell into the arms of their friends, who were too shocked and worried to speak.
"Adrien!"
"Marinette!"