Felix felt that sleep was the next item on his agenda for the day. Cammo was still nervous around him, and he had learned more in one evening that he had hoped to accomplish in the week. He would remove the foam from beneath the door in the morning, and quickly got about to changing. As soon as he was finished in the bathroom, having spent five minutes listening to Adrien sighing with his tooth brush, he was back in the room and plugging his laptop in. It was top of the line, impenetrable to even the best hackers in Paris.

"So," Cammo was still exploring the room as Felix put his luggage away and moved clothing into the spare dresser, "do we…you…you and I, live here now?"

"We are here for thirty days, unless I fail my mission, which would then make the city our permanent residence."

"Am I an agent now?"

Felix sat cross-legged on his bed for meditation. "Not until you complete training and master all procedures. S.P.I.E.S has multiple humans, animals, aliens and monsters currently working out in the field. I suppose a Kwami would make an ideal agent, with your ability to gift others with powers."

Cammo flew down onto his knee. "I thought I was your partner?"

How many conundrums could an agent face in one day? Felix rubbed his temples. It was true that Mr. Noital had bestowed the miraculous to him, but surely he was not expected to keep it to himself. How long would this partnership last? Until he died? "Cammo, how to the partnerships between Kwami and chosen usually work?"

"Well, the Master chooses a human who is brave and kind and willing to fight for justice. Kwami rest in the miraculous until our partner needs our help. We then become part of them, powering them with magic unique to each Kwami. Every hero has a certain set of powers and a special move, but as soon as the special moved is used then the hero only has a limited amount of time before we're separated and their identities are revealed."

"I assume you recharge inside the miraculous?"

"And with our favourite foods." Cammo rubbed his stomach and licked his lips. "Mine is roasted nuts."

Felix glanced at the tie pin, hidden inside a glasses case that also held his contacts; it could only be opened by a five digit code. "Can you get into the miraculous without opening the lock?"

"Kwami phase through solid objects when we focus hard enough."

"The miraculous slightly changed colour when you first appeared out of it…do miraculous have a different appearance between when one is a hero and when one is not?"

"Tiny aspects are altered, to hide the miraculous in plain sight."

"Hm…I need to meditate on this. Will you sleep in your miraculous? If anyone enters the room and spots you, we will be in trouble."

Cammo nodded and vanished back into the glasses case. Felix shut his eyes and slowed his breathing. All the facts and pieces of information he had gathered that day flooded his mind like a torrent, so he spent the next ten minutes sorting everything out into mind maps. Then, as he felt himself growing tired, he decided to sleep on a list. His dreams would only consist of everything he needed to accomplish:

1. Locate Parisian Master for interrogation. Brute force unlikely but possible.

2. Being training with Cammo miraculous for emergency confrontations.

3. Locate and detain miraculous belonging to Ladybug. Mind wipe may be necessary.

4. Locate and detain miraculous belonging to Char Noir. Mind wipe may be necessary.

5. Locate and detain miraculous belonging to HawkMoth. Prepare for extraction and arrest. Mind wipe necessary.

6. Gather all evidence of Kwami and miraculous and remove from Paris without the notice of government or law officials.

Felix finished his meditations and, turning off the lights, slipped under the covers and began to fall asleep.

"…Oh, right."

7. Attempt to survive all contacts. If proven an impossible task, bite down on poison tooth as instructed and take secrets to grave.


"Here we are, Felix: the Dupain-Cheng Bakery!"

After waking early in the morning and heading out of the mansion with Adrien in the limo, his yet to be named bodyguard solemnly driving them up to the school, the duo stepped out and crossed the street. Just as Adrien had said, a small bakery sat on the corner an apartment attached atop. Felix spotted a large man working behind the register as they entered. "Ah," he smiled at them, "good morning, Adrien!"

"Good morning, Mr. Dupain-Cheng! My bodyguard is just circling the block. I was hoping to buy him some raisin bread." Adrien guided Felix to the counter. "This is my cousin Felix. I was hoping to introduce him to Marinette."

Felix noticed a woman of Asian features step out from the back door. She bowed to the boys and took the arm of the man. "Marinette is right upstairs if you want to go see her. We can get your raisin bread done in no time."

Adrien practically tripped up the stairs in excitement, while Felix slowed to a descent pace and got lost in his thoughts. He wore the tie pin once again, but now it felt like a whole new weight. Cammo had told him something so vital that he was now constantly on alert.

Tiny aspects are altered. I am not looking for a black ring with a paw print, or earrings with black spots. I could very well be looking for just a black ring, or red earrings…or they could be different colours. The shape should relatively be the same though, so…thick ring with a square top, and round, likely red, earrings.

"Here," Adrien knocked on the apartment door as Felix joined him atop the stairs, "now you can meet Marinette before we find Nino and the others."

"How many others?"

He chuckled. "Enough."

The door opened to reveal a young girl with blue pigtails, gawking at Adrien. "A-A-Adrien! I-I never expected you here!"

The sight of the girl sent a ripple through Felix's spine. Not because she was pretty or seemed a tad bit too nervous at their arrival. No…

It was her round, red earrings.

Felix knows something is up, and it isn't just when the stuttering Marinette is doing. I was not going to keep him waiting for Ladybug and Chat Noir to show up before having speculations as to their identities. He is a professional agent, after all, and such things cannot go unnoticed. Don't worry, Ladybug and Chat Noir will be showing up...wonder how they would do with training someone with a new miraculous...

Until the next chapter!