Marinette crawled next to Adrien and checked his pulse. She could see that more blood escaped from his wound. His breathing was raspy as well as his voice. Each time he took a breath, it sounded like he was wheezing. Marinette couldn't stand the sight of this. "Oh, Adrien…" She whispered, stroking his forehead. "I'm so sorry…This is all my fault…I got you hurt…I'm so sorry…" "M-Marinette…" He set one hand on Marinette's and stopped her in her sentence. "Nothing…is y-your fault…" Marinette closed her eyes and tried to swallow her tears. "Now…stop crying…" He muttered. "I hate it…when you cry…I can't…stand it…" "Adrien…?" Her eyes widened when she watched him slowly close his eyes, afraid that he would leave her. "Adrien! Someone, please help!" Marinette screamed at the men who stepped out of the helicopters that landed on the roof, hoping that they would help. A group of paramedics raced to Adrien and picked up him, then helped him into the medical helicopter. Some police men picked Loup Blanc up off the floor and latching hand cuffs around his wrists, while also doing the same to Hawk Moth.
"Marinette!"
"Marinette!"
Marinette's parents hurried towards her and hugged her tightly. "Oh, god, sweetie, you're hurt!" Sabine said, wiping the tears from her face. "Don't worry about me; I'm fine-"She looked away for one second then noticed Hawk Moth being taken into the police helicopter along with Loup Blanc. "Wait!" She yelled, running towards Hawk and the police men. Hawk stopped in his tracks once Marinette ran up to him. "You." She said, pointing one finger at him. "Why did you protect me? Why did you do all of that? Didn't you know you could have gotten yourself killed!?" "I'm well aware of that, Marinette." He said, staring down at her. Marinette paused for a moment then smiled at him. "You've been fighting it, haven't you?" Hawk didn't say anything. "You've been fighting the darkness this whole time, that's why! You were trying to be good! I watched you with my own eyes! You risked your life to save mine, and you defeated Andreas by your own free will! I'm right, aren't I?" Hawk looked away and tried to deny what Marinette was saying, but it was impossible to ignore the truth. "Yes." He said. "You're correct." He smiled a little at her, and it made Marinette feel strange. She hadn't seen her enemy smile before, but this wasn't some evil or fake smile. She could see the actual truth in his eyes, and this made her happy. "Alright, come on." The police men pulled Hawk into the helicopter. He looked out the window once the helicopter took off, and watched the medical helicopter fly in a different direction. He knew his son was on that helicopter, and he knew he hurt his son. He regretted every little thing he'd done to Adrien so much, that it hurt his heart.
"Marinette, I've been shot, stabbed, and punched many times. This is nothing." "You scared me to death, you idiot! It's not 'nothing'!" Marinette crossed her arms as Adrien chuckled in the hospital bed. She lowered her head and looked away from Adrien, then sat on the bed, next to him. "Adrien…there's…something I need to tell me." "Tell me." He said, grabbing one of Marinette's hands and holding it tight. "Adrien…Hawk Moth…he…he's your father…" Adrien didn't say anything to this. He didn't even know how to reply until a few seconds later. "What?" "I know, it's hard to understand…but…" She took a deep breath and got ready to speak.
"Adrien, Hawk Moth has a Miraculous like us. But he has more power than we do. He never knew what he was dealing with, or who he was dealing with. He wanted Ladybug and Chat Noir's powers to take over Paris, and soon the whole world…" She stroked Adrien's hand with a soft smile. "But Gabriel loved his son. He'd do anything for his family…But…a darkness took over him…and turned him into Hawk Moth; our enemy. It may be hard to understand…but he saved my life and saved yours. He wanted me to kill him because he told me himself that he couldn't live that way anymore. He hated what he had become, he hated Hawk Moth. He hated Ladybug and Chat Noir because they don't know anything about darkness. He wanted to show them darkness. He wanted to show them what it's like to loose everything you love, even when it's there in front of you. Adrien, Hawk Moth wanted Ladybug and Chat Noir destroyed…but Gabriel didn't. He's a good man. It's the power that's taken over his mind."
"But…Where did that power come from…?" Adrien asked. Marinette shook her head. "I don't know…but I have a strong feeling that Andreas had something to do with it…" Adrien thought for a moment, then sighed and shook his head. "I still can't believe that…But, I guess it makes sense…" "Mrs. Dupain-Cheng-" A woman entered the room and called for Marinette. She was dressed in a police officer uniform, and she was holding something in her hand, waiting to give it to Marinette. Marinette hurried to the woman and stopped before her. "I believe these belong to you." The police woman opened her palm and held out her hand. She handed Marinette her earrings, as well as Adrien's ring; their Miraculous. "Thank you." The woman left the room.
She stepped beside Adrien and slid the ring on his ring finger on his right hand. "Wow, it feels like you're asking me to marry you." Adrien said with a grin. Marinette rolled her eyes with a smile.