"Rose, got any threes?"

"Aww, you took half my hand, Maylene!"

"Juleka, got any fives?"

"Go fish, Kim."

"Again?!"

"Sabrina, give me your twos."

"Chloe, I already told you, I have no more twos."

"Oh, as if!"

Felix was astounded at how…resourceful the classmates were being. Adrien, Marinette and all their friends were sitting in an awkward circle on the school steps, sharing food and playing a huge game of Go Fish as best as any fifteen or so people could. He stood at the side, watching with fascination while Nino and Alya bickered over who had asked Nathanael for his eights first. It reminded him of wolverines fighting for dominance.

"Felix," Adrien pat a spot beside him and Lila, "come and join in! You and I can share a hand if you like."

Lila nodded. "You look like such a loner over there by yourself. I swear this class can be cool if it really tries." On this remark she got half a dozen grapes thrown her way, followed by the class bursting into laughter. "I mean, I wasn't lying, was I?!"

Reluctantly Felix came and gracefully sat himself between the two, glancing at the other students as they reached for each other's cards. Felix had given him a list of their names, and his memory was as keen and sharp as ever, but something about the entire group felt…off.

No…not just the group.

All of Paris felt strange to him. It could have been because he had not seen the city in over five years, but there was almost a thickness to the air. Pollution rates were down in the city, as well, so he was left feelings…unsure of his predicament. Was there something about the 21st District he was unaware of?

"Felix," Lila nudged him, "I asked if you had any fours."

"Ah," he took a four from Adrien's hand, "of course. Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts."

"I get it." She placed the card and its pair at her knees. "I find myself getting lost in my thoughts all the time. Gets me in trouble, though…" she gave Adrien a wary glance before returning her eyes to her hand. Felix saw no need to press further into the matter. Instead he took the time to do a little investigating. With a rub of his eyes his contacts were back to thermal scanning. "Oh," Lila murmured, "got allergies?"

"No, simply an eyelash caught in the lids."

What he had not told Cammo in the Dupain-Cheng apartment was how many heat signatures were strewn about Marinette's bedroom. Clearly she was in constant contact with a Kwami, and if that was so, either she herself was Ladybug, or one of her friends was. He looked from student to student and began to fit the pieces together.

"Marinette, got any fives?"

"You got me again, Alya."

"Girl, I have played this game for years with my sisters. No one bests Alya at Go Fish."

"No one but your sisters."

Alya was the closest friend Marinette had in the classroom. While she did not show as many signatures as Marinette, there were fading patches on various parts of her body. She had been in contact without knowing it. The rest of the girls were less likely to have any idea what a Kwami was, so it greatly narrowed his search. Felix slowly turned to study the boys, when-

"Adrien, you and Felix got any ones?"

Adrien tossed a one to Ivan. "You are really good at this game."

"Maylene and I have been playing it at home."

Maylene blushed. "It is one of my favourite games."

Adrien smiled, but when he noticed Felix's expression he frowned. "Something wrong, Felix?" he caught his cousin staring at his hand. "Do you think I can still win?"

The problem was not with the cards he held, however. Felix was not staring at the cards. He was staring at Adrien's literal hand – more specifically, the thick white ring with the square top on his right hand. The ring he had simply glanced over back at the Agreste Mansion. A ring that was giving off impossibly high thermal readings of a Kwami.

"Felix? Are you alright? You look a little pale."

He put a finger up to the phone on his ear.

Ring-ring!

"Excuse me," he stood and walked over to the waterside across the street, "I have to take this." He waited until the class was turned back to one another before letting the phone go. It was not a call coming through: every agent phone had an emergency ring to get them out of unwanted interrogations. He leaned over the side and stared into the waters. It kept him from letting his professionalism down and freaking out.

Adrien Agreste was the owner of a miraculous.

There was no other valid explanation. The ring was his and it was practically glowing with the same energy Cammo gave off. He glanced back at Marinette, staring at her earrings. They, too, were giving off the same glow. In less than twenty-four hours he had located two of the three miraculous holders he had been sent to find. How had no other agents been able to find them as quickly as he? Was it just luck that he had come upon them on his second day while out on the mission?

This was bad. Not for S.P.I.E.S. No, it could be only days until they got the answer they sent him to look for. His mission was halfway finished. No, this was bad for him. He had been tasked with retrieving the miraculous. He turned back to see his cousin giving Marinette a big smile. She was quick to return the gesture. Felix could not bring himself to even think of smiling.

This was the part of the job he hated. Aliens who had families with humans, men and women who were turned into werewolves against their will, children whose pets were actually mutants: how many people had he broken by simply doing his job?

Now comes the hard part of any agent's job - completing the mission. Felix will have to make a big decision in these upcoming chapters if he is to finish what S.P.I.E.S. has started. Good thing he has his own miraculous on hand...but just how will working with Cammo play out? Still working out the kinks in his abilities, but I promise that you will be seeing a suited up Felix quite soon!

Until the next chapter!