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Marinette's POV

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng!"

I startled awake. Oh no. Had I-

"This is the third time I've caught you sleeping in class!" Miss Mendeleiev glared at me. Yes, I had fallen asleep once again. I muttered an apology, but her attention was already elsewhere.

"And Kana, just because you're in the back, don't think I can't see you dozing off either!" Kana whipped her head up in surprise. When she saw everyone staring at her, she blushed bright pink. I noticed dark shadows under her eyes. It looked like she hadn't gotten a lot of, if any sleep last night. Adrien also had similar bags under his eyes. I was worried about both of them.

Miss Mendeleiev continued, "Both of you, to the principal's office!"

"Yes, Miss Mendeleiev ," we both said at the same time. We glanced at each other and grinned at the coincidence.

"Now!" Miss Mendeleiev barked.

We quickly walked out of our classroom and started to head towards Principal Damocles' office.

"So, you not get a lot of sleep last night either?" I had planned on getting more sleep last night than I did, but I had thought of the perfect birthday present for Adrien's sixtieth birthday. Tikki finally had to force me to go to bed by stealing my pencil I was using to design it with.

"Yeah, migraines kept me up."

"Oh, I'm sorry!" I was about to say more, when both of our phones buzzed urgently. Curious, we both checked them. An akuma alert! It was happening close enough that the school was being evacuated. Kana and I exchanged looks.

"Well, guess we're going home early," I said, "Bye, see you tomorrow!" I ran down the stairs, out the entrance, and into a nearby alleyway. Tikki flew out of my purse.

"Another akuma attack?" she guessed.

"Yes, you ready?"

Tikki nodded, and I said, "All right. Tikki! Spots on!" I transformed and started swinging over to the last seen location of the akumatized victim on my yo-yo.

When I got there, I perched on a rooftop surveying the scene. The street was a disaster zone. There were people kicking walls and yelling angrily, others were sobbing uncontrollably, and the rest were trying to escape the chaos. But most noticeable was the woman floating a few inches off the ground, no doubt the akumatized victim. She wore a beautiful blue-gray gown in tatters and a butterfly-like silver mask with an insignia of a black broken heart in the center. Her brilliant red hair was floating ethereally, her skin was the pallid hue of a corpse, and her eyes were ash-gray with no pupils or irises. She was currently shooting colored beams of light out of the staff she held.

"Everyone will feel my pain!" She rotated the orb on her staff until it turned red, and then she shot a ray of the same color out at a fleeing man. The man's eyes turned smoky like hers and, growling, he began to punch a brick wall. Looks like her staff can shoot beams of emotions. Does the color have to do with which emotion-

"What's the plan?" A voice said behind me.

I jumped in surprise, and turned towards the voice. "Chat, don't scare me like tha… Are you okay?" Chat Noir looked awful. His eyes were tinged red from what she assumed was a lack of sleep.

"I'm fine, m'lady," he said. Chat Noir smiled at me, but I could it was strained.

"Chat Noir-" A ray of light that flew past my head interrupted me. Well, guess we were noticed. "This conversation isn't over," I said. Chat just jumped down and started fighting the villainess in response. I sighed and followed him down.

"Who are you supposed to be anyway?" I heard Chat ask as I landed. Good, keep her distracted.

"I am Pathos!" she cried, "And you need to feel what true agony is like!" She shot a beam of blue light at him, which he narrowly dodged.

"Oh, I think I already know what's that like," he said quietly. I looked at him worriedly. What was that supposed to mean?

"M'lady, watch out!" I watched in horror as a beam of light came hurtling straight at me. Chat Noir pushed me out of the way just before it hit me, causing it to crash into him instead.

"Chat Noir!" I cried. What color had the beam been? Red. That means…

Chat Noir slowly got up and looked at me. His eyes were the same gray as Pathos's. I couldn't quite read his expression. I shivered.

"Chat, don't give in! I know you're stronger than this." I said.

"Stop it! You don't know-" he stopped, as if realizing what he was saying. "Ladybug? I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. The anger, it's so much worse…" he trailed off. It seemed like he was seeing through me. I backed away a little bit.

"Chat…?"

"You," he growled and started running towards me. I braced myself to fight, but he ran right past me.

"Chat Noir!" I cried. I turned around to see him running after a fleeing silhouette. Who…?

"Looks like your boyfriend had better things to do," Pathos taunted. She suddenly frowned. "Just like mine," she muttered, barely audible.

"He's not my boyfriend!" I said vehemently.

"So you're the one who broke his heart. I see," she said, her scarlet hair rippled like flames. "In that case, I'll show no mercy!" She twisted the orb on her staff until it turned black as night and started firing beams of pure darkness at me.

Sorry, Chat. I ducked as a ray shot right where my head had been. I couldn't chase after him until I had stopped Pathos and these civilians were safe. Destroying the akuma should reverse the effects of the staff. You shouldn't be able to do too much damage without me to keep you in check. I sighed. Oh, who am I kidding? You have the miraculous of destruction. Better make this fast.


Kana's POV

I heard growling behind me as I ran away from Chat. I ducked into an alleyway, narrowly missing Chat's attempt to grab me. I had planned on just observing the fight with Pathos as Lynx Argenté and intervening if necessary. In my visions the other night, I had seen too many futures that ended up with Ladybug and Chat incapacitated for me not to worry. I had thought that if I stayed in the shadows, they wouldn't have been able to see me. I wasn't ready yet for Ladybug to know about me. That normally ended badly, especially this early on. I had planned on them being too preoccupied during the fight to notice me. But I hadn't factored in Chat's night vision.

Whenever I get involved, I influence the future in ways that I haven't foreseen. How ironic that the seer becomes as blind as everyone else when trying to prevent the future from coming to pass.

I realized Chat was gaining on me. All right, Kana, think later, run now!

Suddenly, something crashed into my back. The impact knocked the wind out of me and I fell to my knees. I gasped for breath. Chat's baton…

"What are you doing here?" I heard Chat say. His voice sounded far away and seemed to echo. Don't pass out. Don't pass out. Spots danced in my vision. I tried to stand up, but at that moment, Chat has caught up to me and pushed me back down. I didn't know if I would have been able to get up anyway; I felt so weak.

"Why… are you doing this?" I managed to ask. You already know why. It's because of Pathos messing with his emotions. But… he didn't attack Ladybug after he was hit. Could it be… he still hates me?

Chat looked down at me. There was a moment of silence. Then, he spoke. "You could have saved her." I looked at him in shock. "If you can see into the future, then you knew that my mother was going to die. You could have saved her. But you didn't."

His words felt like a hot, dull knife slicing into me. I knew that, logically, there was nothing I could have done about Emilie Agreste's death. Not only had I not foreseen it (my visions usually only show me events concerning me), I doubt that there was anything I could have done. But the guilt still remained. What was the point of looking into the future if I couldn't stop the bad futures from coming true?

Chat's claws raked down my arm and my thoughts shattered into meaningless oblivion. I gasped from the sudden burning pain hitting my nerves. I felt tears well up in my eyes. From my blurred vision, I could see that my arm was streaming red rivulets of blood.

"Nothing to say, huh?" he said. He sunk his claws in deeper, and I screamed. Then, he stopped abruptly, pulling his claws out.

"What…?"

A swarm of ladybugs suddenly enveloped me in a kaleidoscope of red and black. Ladybug must have defeated Pathos. My wounds stung for a moment, and then they were gone. But the memories remained.

"Lynx!" Chat cried out. From the look on his face, I could tell that he remembered what he had done. He started to approach me, and I flinched instinctively. He stopped, his cat ears drooping with guilt. I slowly stood up, watching Chat's every move. He stayed still. There were a few moments of silence. Then, I ran.

"Lynx, wait!" I heard Chat call. But I kept on running the other way. I needed to be alone right now.


Adrien POV

"Lynx, wait!" I called out. She kept on running. And honestly, I didn't blame her. I almost… I almost kill- I couldn't finish that rose in my throat. She should run from me. I'm a monster.

I looked at the spot where she had fallen to the ground and I remembered my claws in her arm, stained red from blood, and the terror in her eyes. And I remembered the anger blinding me, blurring the line between right and wrong. I couldn't keep it down anymore.

I fell to my knees and vomited.


Sorry this was so late. I was crazy busy doing homework. I'll try and get the next chapter on here sooner. Also I changed my username to LynxPines. Anyway, thanks for reading! Hope you liked it! Please review, like, and/or favorite. No flames please!