Adrien laughed nervously. "Plagg come on. Quit joshing us. Who's Hawk Moth." he said. Plagg looked at Adrien sternly. "Kid, I knew you wouldn't like it but I'm not lying." the kwami said. "But we marked him off. He got akumatized. He can't be Hawk Moth." Marinette said. "The Butterfly Miraculous has very different powers. It's not meant to be used for fighting. It's supposed to have others fight for it. It doesn't have a time limit but it can only release one akuma at a time. And the wielder of the Miraculous doesn't have to be transformed to control it. It goes towards it's set target. It's possible that he made the akuma target himself and then dropped his transformation. He didn't even need to have his Miraculous on and the akuma would've still been there." Tikki said. Adrien clenched his fist. "Where is he Plagg?" he asked coldly. Plagg had a look of concern on his face but flew towards the door. Adrien followed after. "Adrien. Adrien, wait!" Marinette called after. She caught up to them in Gabriel's office. Adrien was looking at the picture of his mother. "Adrien are you sure you want to do this?" Marinette asked. "I'll be damned if we let him win. So he's my father. He's not getting either Miraculous. We're getting his." Adrien said coldly. Marinette sighed. "Alright. Tikki, spots on," she said and transformed into Ladybug. "How do we get to him Plagg?" Adrien asked. Plagg flew up to the portrait and showed them the locations of the buttons. "Plagg, claws out," Adrien said. He transformed as well. "Ready kitty?" Ladybug asked. "I'm always ready, M'lady." Chat Noir said with his classic smirk. Ladybug smiled and pushed the buttons.

The two looked around. It was dark. No one was around. "Wahhhh!" Ladybug cried out as she tripped over something. Chat started to move towards her until he noticed the large missiles aimed at her. "M'lady, I suggest not moving. It'll be for your own good. Trust me." he said. "What?" she questioned. "There are few missiles aimed at you. Looks like they might be motion triggered. You must've pulled the switch." he said. "Well not all of us have night-vi-" "Shhh." he silenced her. He stood still with his staff out in front of him. He looked around and his ears twitched. He let out a cry as he swung around. His staff hit something. A voice let out a groan of pain and something hit the ground. Chat looked down and saw Hawk Moth on the floor. Chat leaned on his staff. "Aw poor butterfly. Did I tear a wing?" he mocked. He noticed Hawk Moth was about to attempt to knock is staff out from under him. He lifted it up before he did. "Come on. Fighting you in the dark is easy." he teased. "Is it now? I wouldn't get too cocky though kitty-cat. You don't have your precious bug to cover your back." Hawk Moth said standing up. "Oh, that's purr-fectly fine with me. This is a bit of a personal matter anyway. Something I'd like just us to settle." Chat said. "Really? How, pray tell, is this a personal matter?" Hawk Moth asked. Ladybug practically held her breath. Was he really going to mention it this quickly? Right at the start of the battle? "Oh well you see, I'm very close friends with Adrien Agreste. You know because I'm famous and he's famous. It was bound to happen. He might even perhaps know who I am. Anyways, I was told that you took his family hostage. I really don't appreciate when my friends or their family get hurt or could potentially be hurt. So this is now a personal matter because I'm going to purr-sonally see that it will be ended and you will give us your Miraculous." Chat said back. There was suddenly a small bit of light. A small hole was made in one of the walls. An arm was suddenly over his shoulder and a blad at his throat. "Cut the small talk kitty-cat. Give me your Miraculous and I'll let you go." Hawk Moth hissed. Chat Noir looked down at the blade. "Wow, that's pretty sharp. Sadly, you're not," he said. He used his staff and hit Hawk Moth's wrist. The blade fell to the ground. He pushed his staff back and hit Hawk Moth in the gut which sent him onto the ground. Chat Noir held his staff in front on Hawk Moth's face. "Just give up. It's so much easier," he said flatly. Hawk Moth smiled. He grabbed Chat's staff and pushed it up so it hit him in the chest. He didn't fall to the ground but he did lose his balance and kicked the dagger back towards Hawk Moth. He put it back in his cane. Then charged at Chat Noir who had just barely caught his breath.

Chat Noir had his back on the ground. He wouldn't lie. He was struggling. Hawk Moth was pushing his cane on his staff. His arms were weak and hurting. Fencing may have helped but he wasn't sure if he could keep going any longer. "I suggest you give up boy. You're weak. Just give me your Miraculous and you won't have to deal with this anymore." Hawk Moth said. Chat was pushed down more. His staff was getting closer to him. "Never," he grunted. "Then I'll just have to take it from you." Hawk Moth said. He pried Chat's ring finger from his staff which caused his pinky to come up as well. Hawk Moth started to pull his ring off. It was about halfway up his finger when Chat thought of something. He brought his feet up and kicked Hawk Moth in the gut which sent him flying back. Chat thought he'd let go of the ring but the plan backfired. Hawk Moth still had the ring when he got sent flying. Green light engulfed him as his transformation dropped. He was breathing heavily. He suddenly felt like a piece of him had been torn out. No way was his father going to keep that Miraculous. "Chat!" Ladybug called out. Adrien looked at her. She was tense and her expression was full of worry and fear. He gave her a reassuring smile. He stood up and looked at Hawk Moth who was completely dumbstruck. Adrien took a chance and charged at him. He let out a cry as he ran and slammed his shoulder into Hawk Moth's chest. Hawk Moth hit the wall and the impact caused him to drop the ring as well as his cane. As he slid down to the floor, groaning in pain, Adrien picked up the ring and put it back on. "Honestly thought I'd give this up without a fight, father?" Adrien questioned. "Plagg, claws out," he said and transformed. Chat Noir took his staff from his back and pointed it at Hawk Moth. "Hand over your Miraculous," he demanded. Hawk Moth looked up at him. "Son, you don't understand," he said. "I understand perfectly well. You're trying to get both of our Miraculous but you're not going to. What you will do is hand over your Miraculous." Chat said firmly. "You don't understand why I'm doing this. I'm doing this for you. I just want to bring back your mother." Hawk Moth said. Chat stood his ground but his hand started shaking a bit. He was silent for a few moments. "There needs to be balance in the world. A price to pay for everything. Are you aware that if you did wish to bring her back that you could lose me?" he said coldly. Hawk Moth was silent. "Answer." Chat said as he tapped Hawk Moth's chest with his staff. "Yes," he said softly. Chat Noir retracted his staff and grabbed Hawk Moth by the collar. "What do you think mom would've thought or said knowing that you had sacrificed her son just to bring her back?! Did you ever think of how she might react?!" he shouted. "It wouldn't have been my choice. It wouldn't have been my fault. " Hawk Moth said back. "Oh, but making the wish would've been your choice. And if I was the one who was the price to pay, then it would be your fault because you made the wish in the first place." Chat hissed. He noticed his thumb was on a purple brooch with butterfly wings coming from it. He put his staff back at his waist and moved his thumb. He raised his other hand to grab the brooch. He grinned at Hawk Moth. "Game over, Hawk Moth," he said coldly. He pulled the brooch off and purple light flooded over Hawk Moth, leaving Gabriel Agreste. Chat let go and pushed him back. He lost balance and fell. Chat Noir turned tail and started walking towards Ladybug. "I just wanted to bring your mother back and make you happy," Gabriel said. Chat stopped and turned his head. "I've accepted that she's gone. Nathalie is just like a second mother to me. She takes care of me like mom did. What would've made me happy is you acting like a decent father. The way you were before she was gone." he said. "Your intentions were good but your actions were evil," he said coldly.

Chat waved at the policeman as he drove off. He walked back towards Ladybug. "You feeling ok?" she asked. He sighed. "Yeah. I'll be fine," he said. He grabbed her hand, palm side up, and placed the Butterfly Miraculous in it. "Take that to Master Fu and head home. I'll see you tomorrow," he said. He grabbed her other hand and kissed the back of it then bounded off to his room. She took off and gave the Miraculous back to Master Fu then walked home. When she got into her room she sat down on her chaise and sighed. "We finally beat Hawk Moth, Tikki," she said. "Yes, we did," Tikki agreed. "Hey Tikki, how is the Butterfly Miraculous supposed to be used?" Marinette asked. "Well, when used for good, it's supposed to make champions. Akumas are instead Tenshis. They are what akumas become when you purify them. It can release multiple Tenshis at a time but no more than the number of active Miraculous there are. So if there was one other active Miraculous then they could only send out two Tenshis and have two champions. It can release multiple because it's powers aren't based on emotion like it is when used for evil. The Butterfly Miraculous and the Peacock Miraculous are the two that get easily corrupted. They don't have time limits and the wielder doesn't necessarily have to fight. We've had three corrupted Butterfly Miraculous wielders and two corrupted Peacock Miraculous wielders. No other Miraculous has ever been corrupted." Tikki explained. "What powers exactly does the Peacock Miraculous have?" Marinette asked. "It is very similar to the Butterfly Miraculous. It uses feathers from the fan the wielder is given and it creates a protector when the feather lands on an object associated with a person. More often than not, the Butterfly and Peacock Miraculous wielders work together. Similar to how the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous wielders work together. Either the Ladybug wielder, Cat wielder, or Butterfly wielder will end up getting a protector. The Peacock wielder can send up to two feathers so they can have two protectors out at a time. All they have to do to recall them is close their fan." Tikki said. "Wow. I feel kinda bad that you guys have had to fight your own before." Marinette said. "It's alright. No one is perfect and people are often bound to fall into corruption of power." Tikki said back. Marinette sighed and laid down on her chaise. "I can't wait to see Adrien tomorrow. The rest of this year will be great. I can feel it." Marinette said before closing her eyes to take a nap.

Wow! 3 chapters in one weekend? What?! haha I know. Like I said I wanted to get this done before Thanksgiving so I'm trying. Two more chapters. Maybe 1 if I combine them. I haven't decided. Yes, I made Ladybug useless because I wanted it to be a father/son thing. Also if you're wondering how she got free the simple answer is there was a switch. I suck at writing fight scenes but I tried. See you probably next week. Bye!