When Ladybug woke up, she had de-transformed into Marinette and immediately began to panic.
"CHAT!" She yelled, suddenly Tikki came up to her.
"Marinette! He followed the akuma to Hawk Moth's lair! We need to transform again so you can track him!" She told her, Marinette nodded.
"Tikki, transform me!" She said and Tikki was sucked into her earrings, a few seconds later, Ladybug was back. She pulled out her multi-functioning yoyo. After turning on the tracker, she found where her partner was and quickly began zipping by from building to building in that direction.
~Meanwhile~...
"Hawk Moth, I brought him, just as you asked." Gingerbread Man said through an ajar door as he held an unconscious Chat Noir over his shoulder. Before the two had gotten close to the lair, Gingerbread Man knocked out Chat Noir so that he wouldn't find the location.
When Chat Noir woke up, he was in the center of the giant room presumed to be the lair. He had found himself surrounded by countless butterflies, looking around the darkness, trying to find somebody.
"Finally awake I see?" Chat Noir turned to face the direction of the voice he heard to see a man step forward into the light.
"Hawkmoth!" He yelled before hopping to his feet and charging towards him, Hawkmoth simply stepped out of the way, causing Chat to trip before turning around with frustration.
"I'd like to have a word with you, boy." He told him calmly.
"There's nothing to say, you terrorize Paris daily and somehow expect to have a civil conversation with the hero here to finally end all this?!" Chat Noir demanded angrily.
"Just come into the light so I can properly see your face." Hawkmoth told him. Chat Noir ran for him with his staff in hand, ready to swing. But nonchalantly, the man blocked it, slapping the staff out of his hand then grabbing Chat Noir by the wrist and chin, pulling him into the light and getting a closer look at his face.
"Let me go! CATACLYSM!" He shouted and reached for Hawkmoth, but he let go and stuck out his foot, causing Chat to trip once more and wasting his attack on the floor. Suddenly, a clicking sound was heard from the door, he knew it must've just been locked. In slight panic, Chat Noir ran for the door and started pulling on the handle. It was only then that Chat discovered he had walked into a trap. In one last effort, he used his cataclysm on the door, but it did nothing. Now he only had one minute before he would de-transform.
"I brought you here so that I could finally discover who you really were. I've had my suspicions, and now I want to see them confirmed. There's no way out, Chat Noir!" Chat was genuinely worried and intimidated by the man. Not knowing what to do, he just paced back and forth trying to think. But finally came to the realization that the room might be dark enough that Hawkmoth wouldn't be able to find him out if he stayed away from the light, so he ran to the darkest corner of the room, then received a call on his staff. He flipped it open and was relieved to see that Ladybug was alright, but then remembered something.
"Ladybug! Wait, don't come here, whatever you do! Stay away, It's a trap, just focus on the akuma and I'll handle Hawkmoth! Ok?" Without waiting for a response, he closed his staff.
"A valiant effort, indeed. Even if she does listen to you and stays away, I'll have you for a plan B, Chat Noir." The minute he finished this sentence, Chat transformed back into Adrien with a horrified expression. Adrien quickly curled into a ball so that his face would remain hidden. Hawkmoth smirked and sent his butterflies over to the corner where he was hiding. They illuminated that area and revealed the boy in a curled position.
"Adrien?"
