Yes, yes, the title is a pun on Miss Fortune, blame Chat.


If someone were to ask Ladybug how she ended up in this situation, she'd say her luck had finally ran out.

If someone were to ask Chat Noir, he wouldn't even give a straight answer; he'd just motion to himself and the fact that he was a black cat.

So now, as they stood in front of Hawk Moth, bruised and exhausted, their Miraculous almost running out. Neither of them knew what to do.

The masked man grinned at the two teenage heroes, a dangerous glint in his eyes as he twirled his cane. Multiple white butterflies stopped and turned black all at once, shifting their position and moving straight towards the two.

The Akumas circled them, Ladybug didn't know how, but they managed to separate her and Chat. The hero watched as her partner got pushed roughly on his knees in front of Hawk Moth. She couldn't do anything to help him; whenever she tried, the Akumas would close in on her, slowly suffocating her.

Hawk Moth crouched down in front of Chat and despite the situation they were in, the boy was still daring (or stupid) enough to growl at him.

The villain ignored him, instead focusing on what he had been trying to get for two years now. "Finally, your Miraculous is mine," he said, voice gravelly and dark.

He roughly grabbed Chat's hand, slamming his cane hard into the hero's side when he pulled away. Ladybug screamed as her partner hit the ground, but he still managed to turn his head and shoot her a weak smile and wink.

She was panicking, hating the feeling of weakness she had. She was Ladybug, damn it! She was supposed to be powerful and smart and heroic! She was supposed to be able to save her partner and their Miraculous!

But she couldn't, she had already used her Lucky Charm (which hadn't helped, Hawk Moth attacked and destroyed it before she could use it) and Tikki was too weak to do anything else.

Hawk Moth circled Chat, kicking him down each time he tried to get up. The masked villain dropped his cane and grabbed Chat's hand again, slowly pulling the ring from his fingers and unintentionally dropping his control on the Akumas holding Ladybug back.

And for once, she acted without thinking.

The bug-themed hero threw her yo-yo, hitting Hawk Moth straight in the head and knocking him down; more from surprise than actual pain.

Despite her injuries, she ran towards her friend and pulled him up, forcing herself to ignore the pain as she dragged him with her.

He was hurt, badly.

Hawk Moth growled and send multiple Akumas their way, heading straight for Chat Noir. He was injured in worse ways than Ladybug, he was an easy target. Besides, once he was down it would be easy to take down Ladybug; she'd be too distracted by his well-being to fight back.

...Or she would be fueled with rage and actually able to defeat Hawk Moth, but that was a risk he was willing to take.

Chat drew his staff, twirling it around quickly to block the incoming Akumas, it wouldn't help though. He was way to weak to do anything, his stance was off and he nearly dropped his weapon multiple times.

So Ladybug acted without thinking again.

As the Akumas got closer, she pushed him out of the way, not realizing they were standing a little too close to the large window. She held on to him as they slammed against it, the glass must've been very fragile because it broke on impact and the two heroes fell through it.

Ladybug held on to the edge of the broken window with one hand, shards of glass digging through her suit and into her hand. The deep red of the blood clashed with the cheerful red of her suit and pain shot through her delicate hand, but she wasn't about to let go any time soon.

She grabbed Chat's weapon with the other hand; thankful for the extra strength Tikki gave her as Ladybug. Had she just been Marinette, she wouldn't have been able to hold both her and Chat up. Hell, she would've struggled to hold just herself with all these injuries!

Chat looked at the ground nervously, his grip on his staff tightening as instinctual fear kicked in. Had they been under any other circumstances, he would've commented on the nice view of Paris.

He looked down again, it was a long fall, one that would mean instant death. But as he looked back up at Ladybug struggling to hold on for both their lives...he thought that maybe it was worth it; at least she'd be able to survive...maybe.

"M-My Lady-"

"Chat, don't even dare to think of letting go!" She hissed, looking down and glaring angrily at him. Of course she knew where his thoughts were going, he could be so predictable sometimes. Especially when it concerned her.

And just because she knew he'd do it anyway, she uttered the next few words. "If you let go then I'm letting go too."

He smirked weakly. "Well, that just killed the purpose of my heroic attempt."

She rolled her eyes, gritting her teeth as her grip slipped for a second and she had to hold on tighter; pushing the glass deeper into her flesh and drawing more blood.

Just to make matters worse, her Miraculous beeped, the same time Chat's did. Only one dot left.

Hawk Moth walked towards the window, hands behind his back as he watched them with a smirk on his face. The dangerous glint in his eyes had been replaced with a look of utter delight, with a hint of insanity.

He was enjoying this.

"I could take your Miraculous right now," he started, grinning. "But I could also take your Miraculous from whatever is left of your dead bodies once you hit the ground. Would be easier, and a lot more fun."

"You're sick," Ladybug snapped, trying her best to hide the flash of blind panic she was feeling.

She needed to be strong, if not for her, then for Chat.

Hawk Moth smirked. "I try to be."

An Akuma flew up to his shoulder and he petted it affectionately, a softer look on his face as he interacted with the butterfly; but that didn't make him look any less sinister. "What do you think, little Akuma? Drop them?"

The Akuma fluttered its wings twice.

"That's what I thought," Hawk Moth grinned and pushed his foot onto Ladybug's hand, she flinched and automatically let go, glaring as the villain watched them fall with a smile on his face.

The loud screams of the people of Paris could be heard clearly as they finally noticed what was going on. Multiple people called 112* in a futile attempt to help their favorite heroes, even though everyone knew they'd be dead before the police arrived.

As they were falling, Chat withdrew his staff, automatically pulling Ladybug closer to him. They were going to die anyway, so why not with her as close to him as possible?

Ladybug closed her eyes, waiting with a heavy heart for the hit that would kill them.

But it never came.

Hawk Moth watched wide eyed as yellow and orange spots surrounded the two Miraculous holders, the spots kept getting brighter and brighter, and when Ladybug and Chat Noir were about to hit the ground, the spots disappeared.

...The same moment both heroes disappeared.


*112 is the emergency number in the Netherlands too, so I just automatically assumed it was the same for France since I knew it wasn't 911.

So...I came up with this...didn't mean for it to be this dramatic, but oh well.

I could just leave this as it is...but I could also continue it. What do you think?

Au revoir petits papillons!