So I said that you guys would love this next chapter but then I forgot what the next chapter was. And I said it'd be out in a couple days, but here we are 7 months and 11 days later that I'm starting this chapter.

Sorry.

Also, turns out this is the end. Le grande finale! Le coup de gras!

Also also, Do you know how hard it is to write an entire chapter based off: they do le fighting at the place and le stuff happens!

Gaaaah! I hate my past self.

"I'm fine. Just a headache, but the Queen, she uh, well she rejected Hawkmoth's akuma and it died without a host."

"But if the akuma is dead, then why is Paris still dark like this." She questioned, motioning to the dark city.

"Something took over her body, not an akuma or anything but it hurt Winter and then it just- well I don't even know what happened. All they said was that they had to save Kali, Winter Frost's kwami I think, and that they would rule all of Paris."

"But if it's not an akuma, how can I purify her? How can we stop The Queen from destroying Paris as we know it?" Ladybug started pacing again, her head deep in thought.

"I think if we somehow destroyed the miraculous medallion, it might set her free." Chat Noir suggested.

"That must be the source of all this! After Hawkmoth corrupted it, it passed on to her and it just kept getting worse. Destroy that, destroy her powers." Ladybug began forming a plan in her head.

Then the newly reunited superhero duo set off to find The Queen of Hearts.

Broken Queen

Chapter 10: The Final Reach

Ladybug and Chat Noir separated across the city, dutifully searching for their target.

"Find anything yet, Chat-Adri-? -Chat?"

He snickered. "Everything's quiet by me bugaboo. Anything on your side?

"No. Wait, maybe. There's something, or someone, at the Jardin Du Luxembourg Park. Meet me by the gates."

On my way.*hang up*

Ladybug swung her yoyo to the front gates, landing gracefully on the cobblestone.

"Up for a stroll in the park, milady?" Chat Noir's voice chirped through the air. Ladybug turned to see him standing on top of the arch over the entrance.

"Now's not the time for jokes Chat. Follow me, I think she's in the park."

"But of course, Milady." He dropped down from the arch, closing his baton and following Ladybug as she walked down the path.

The duo heard a large clash of metal, their heads snapping back to look at the gates as they slammed closed.

"Don't you know it's rude to enter someone's house without an invitation? Ladybug." They looked back to the center of the park. It was now crowded with lines of armoured knights. The Queen of Hearts stood in the middle.

"Go." She smiled as the nights rushed towards the heroines.

"You get her, I've got this Bugaboo!" Chat said while fighting off a few of the knights.

"But-" Ladybug paused from her attack on the knights, locking eyes with Chat. He smiled, small but confident and safe.

"I'll always be here for you. Don't worry, I'll be fine, Marinette. Go." She smiled back, throwing her yo-yo into the trees and swinging across the metal army. She occasionally smashed a few knights by landing on them or crashing them together. Chat Noir turned back to the swarm of oncoming knights, his smile faltered.

"On second thought, maybe I could have used the help." He yelped and jumped out of the way when one knight slashed at him with it's sword.

Ladybug landed in front of The Queen, yo-yo out.

"Just let it go, Rache. I know it hurts, but you don't have to do this."

"Rache? Rache? That's not my name, not even close." And Ladybug could tell she was right. There was almost nothing in her voice that sounded like Rache, this voice sounded older.

"Who are you?"

"I am the Queen, and I am the FIRST!" The Queen lunged forward at Ladybug.

Rache P.O.V.

"Where am I?" I rubbed my head, trying to sooth my pounding headache. "CHAT!? CHAT?! MOM!? MOCHA?! Anyone!?" I yelled, hoping anyone would answer, "Please! Please, anyone!?"

I stood, waving my hands around cautiously, but there was nothing. Everything was just empty, and that's what I expected to see, but wherever I was, there should at least be walls. Right?

"Don't you recognize your own mind?" A voice spoke. That voice, from before.

"You!" I turned to the sound.

"Pity really. That you can't see, but I can help with that too." Her voice moved, a dark tone hidden in her words.

"What?" I saw something blur across my vision. Then stop. Then it became less blurry.

I jumped back in surprise, there was someone here, and I could see them. Clearly now. She wore something similar to how I looked as Winter Frost. Her clothes looked like they were from China, almost like an icy kimono. She even held my bow. Her pale, silvery hair was held back by -. It couldn't be, it was destroyed. My medallion sat perfectly on her head, as if made to be there.

"Better?" She popped her head over my shoulder and I flinched away.

"Who are you?!"

"The first." That answered nothing.

"What do want from me?"

"Everything. Including Ladybug and Chat Noir."

"No! You can't do that, I won't let you!" I ran at her.

She easily dodged. "I can do anything. Because you let me in."

"N-no." My voice was quiet, no more than a whisper of denial. "You can't."

"I can, and I will. And you'll have to watch."

Light burst out all around me and I was back in the real world. Ladybug was right there. The other woman nowhere to be seen

"LADYBUG! HELP ME!" I screamed, she didn't move.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"It's me! It's Winter Frost! Please! She's going to hurt you!" I tried to warn them, but those weren't the words that came out.

"I am the Queen, and I am the FIRST!"

My body moved on its own, lunging towards Ladybug. And we started fighting.

She had control, whoever she was, she had total control over me. Not even Ladybug could help. I felt like I was being chained down in my own body.

Narrator P.O.V.

Ladybug was fighting the Queen on her own, and it was not going well. She had moments when she could barely move quickly enough.

"You're no match for me. Not even my sisters could really stop me. You can't either!"

"Sisters?" Ladybug thought for a second. "You! You're the first holder of winter!"

"I was the most powerful, until they drove me away. But I'm back, and I'm not going anywhere!" Queen shot a particularly strong blast of magic at Ladybug, throwing her against a tree as she struggled to dodge fast enough. She yelled in pain at the impact.

"Ladybug!" Chat yelled, pausing to look at Ladybug, concern and mild panic lacing his tone.

"Focus on your fight."

"But Lady-" He started

"I'm' fine Chat. Focus." She answered without taking her eyes off of the Queen as she prepared an attack. Chat Noir reluctantly turned back to the swarm of ever-annoying armored knights.

"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug called on her power. A small sphere dropped into her hand.

"What is this? A smoke bomb?" She looked around for clues. Her vision landed on Chat, the smoke bomb, the sidewalk and the Queen's scepter.

"Chat! I need you!" She yelled at her partner.

"Always willing to help a lady in need." He extended his baton and made a wide swipe at the knights. He landed next to Ladybug.

"You're going to use Cataclysm on her staff."

"How am I going to get that close."

"I can use my lucky charm, but the moment it hits, we'll be going in blind."

"What'll you be doing?"

"I'll keep the knights from coming in and stopping you. Can you do it?"

"Put some trust in me, milady." He jumped towards the Queen. "Hey Queenie, come and get me!" He ran around her, dodging her magic. Ladybug looked at the smoke bomb in her hand.

"I hope this works." She said as she threw the ball at the ground, releasing it. Immediately, the air around them was covered in pink smoke.

"Now CHAT!" Ladybug pulled herself out of the smoke and into a nearby tree. She used her yo-yo to knock back any of the approaching knights, covering her earring as it beeped again.

"CATACLYSM!"

RACHE P.O.V

"CATACLYSM!" That was Chat Noir! I heard him!

"I can't see!" My voice screeched, not mine, not really.

I felt the chains loosen, just a little. She didn't have control of me right now. I tried moving, my body moving with it. But my vision faded in and out, blurred to just colors.

"I've got you now-" I heard Chat yell behind me, I whirled to face him, and he froze. Just staring at me. His voice quieted to a whisper, "Queen." It sounded like more of a question.

Did he know I was in here? I looked at his hand, black clouds floating around it. His Cataclysm; it was meant for me. It was still stretched out.

I could feel her power snapping back at me, desperately trying to hold me down. She was winning. Do it Chat! Please! I couldn't keep her back forever.

Do it! Do it! You have to! "Do it!" That was my voice, I got through! Could he hear me! Did he know it was me talking, not her? But he wasn't moving, he couldn't do it.

I pushed myself forward, I had to go forwards. I ran at him, inches away from his hand. I saw panic in his eyes, and he reacted.

"I'm sorry Chat."

I felt his hand hit my stomach, the cold darkness that radiated from it. It enveloped me; and her. But she fought against it, dragging me through it. The feeling burned through my skin.

I screamed.

Chat P.O.V.

I saw her eyes. Her eyes. That same stony blue and timid determination. And I stopped. How could do that to a friend, to Winter, to Rache? Was she even in there anymore, or was she just a puppet?

"Do it!" Why would the queen want me to destroy her power? I felt the pang of desperation from her voice. But I couldn't move. This was different than fighting the knights, or her akuma. This was different, this was also a piece of her.

I looked at her face, there was anger, no, it wasn't anger. I couldn't figure what it was, because she ran at me. With all her might. Too quickly for me to get away, it was an attack.

My reflexes kicked in to counter attack. I heard her voice, barely a whisper over the pounding of my own heartbeat.

"I'm sorry Chat." No. No. No. No! What did I do!?

I watched in horror as the darkness clawed through her dress. It didn't even touch the medallion. She fell back and I heard her scream.

The smoke was clearing around us. I heard the crashes of metal against the ground, and the zip of a yo-yo.

The black destruction pulsed across Rache's skin, tracing her veins. I caught her as she neared the ground. Her screams continued to pierce my ears. I saw Ladybug in the corner of my vision, her face panicked.

"Do the lucky charm! NOW!" Ladybug sprung into action. She picked the empty container up off the ground, throwing it into the air.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" The mass of ladybugs rushed through the air, removing the smoke and the empty suits of armor. The sky cleared once again.

It rushed past me, I felt the pain ease in my side.

The screams didn't stop as the ladybugs washed over Rache. Her medallion fell apart, just like before, cleansed but not fixed. I watched as the darkness moved faster, pulled forward by the ladybugs.

Rache was still screaming. The darkness rushed through her veins, running to her eyes, forcing them open. As the darkness ran across her eyes, they glowed darkly before fading back and closing again. They were normal again. Her scream was dulled into silence as the ladybugs disappeared, the sound replaced by quiet sirens. Her red hair was broken by highlights of white, and her face was still.

"Rache! Winter Frost! Wake up!" I shook her a bit. She didn't move. There was nothing.

"Oh god." I looked at Ladybug as she sank to her knees. Tears streaming down her mask as she looked at her hands. Something akin to anger, and sadness, and loss was painted on her face. "I couldn't do anything. I couldn't help her. I couldn't save her, Chat."

"It's my fault. I did this." How...

"What?"

"I did, didn't I? My power killed her!" I looked down at Rache.

"No, I should've-"

"Wait, Ladybug." I stopped her.

"I should've been there. She'd still be alive if I-"

"Ladybug! She's breathing!" I held her in my arms as I stood up. Deja vu clicked from when we met.

"I have to get her help!" I started moving towards the sounds of approaching sirens. Help. My muscles were weak but I forced my legs to go faster. I ignored the final beep of my ring as my transformation fell. Ladybug's would be gone now too. I kept moving.

"HELP! Please!" I yelled as I heard the vehicles nearby. The faint shouting of rushed, panicked voices.

Someone touched my arm.

"She needs help!"

"We've got her." I felt her weight lifted off my arms, the spot suddenly empty.

I heard the muffled voices, a call over the radio.

"We have one female, possibly comatose, several minor abrasions, one male several severe impacts."

My legs ached and begged me to stop. I couldn't stop, Ladybug was hurt too. Marinette was hurt. My lady was in pain, and I left her. I turned from the ambulance and paramedics. A hand grabbed my arm, I tried yanking away but they didn't let go.

"Where you going? You're hurt, we can help you. It's over."

"Not yet! I have to go back to her!" I yelled, "I left her! Please!"

"Her who?"

"La-" No, she wasn't just Ladybug, "Marinette! I have to help her."

"Guys, help me." I heard him say to someone else.

Good. They were going to get Marinette.

"You're in shock. Just calm down." I heard the footsteps behind me. They weren't going to her. I ripped my arm away from him and started sprinting back to the park. I had to find her.

I saw someone walking down the street, limping and holding their arm. Pigtails, those adorable pigtails, bobbing behind her.

"Marinette!" I yelled, my voice was hurting. I ran to her again. She looked up in surprise.

"Adrien! You're okay! Where's Ra-" She stopped talking as I trapped her in a hug. My heart finally started calming.

"I'm so sorry, Milady. I'm so sorry." I whispered, the tears finally starting to fall.

"Don't say sorry, Adrien. It's not your fault." She whispered back, embracing me.

I pulled away, holding her at arm's length. "No. I promised I'd be there for you. That I'd always be there. And I left. I left you, even though you were hurt."

"Oh Chaton. We're heroes. It's our job to help. I could never hold it against you for saving Rache or saving anyone," She pulled me in, resting our foreheads together, she looked into my eyes. "I had trouble seeing it before but Adrien and Chat Noir are same person. A hero, and not even can be perfect all the time." She smiled.

"I love you." I whispered, not even realizing what I said. Until I was too late and Marinette's face turned beet red. I jumped back, "Uh, I mean- uh-."

"Hey! There he is! There's someone else!" I heard the sirens again and saw the ambulances and police driving up. Saved by the bell.

One of the paramedics ran up to me, others following behind pushing a stretcher.

"We can help you now, you shouldn't be running with those injuries."

Marinette turned angrily at me, "You're injured! Why didn't you tel-"

"Help her first." I said, cutting her off.

"Adri-" "Sir, we-"

"I can wait. I can make this up to you, Mari."

"There's nothing to make up for Adrien. Now, just please let them help you." I let myself be pushed back on a stretcher, wincing at the pain the shot through my side.

They got me into the ambulance, my lady was soon on a stretcher next to me.

I was exhausted, I wanted to sleep. The day had been one thing after another. I didn't pause or relax. The pain from everything hit me in a wave. I still had questions.

"What about Rache?" I asked the paramedic as he put an oxygen mask on my face.

"The other girl? She's in a coma. Trauma. How you got her to us is a miracle considering your own injuries." I loosed a breath, the tightness in my chest relaxed.

I looked over to my ladybug, she was watching me. She reached out her hand to me, "I love you too, Chaton." I smiled beneath my oxygen mask. I closed my eyes.

I could sleep now, Marinette was safe.

Now, it was over.

This is the end…. Probably.

Either way, thank you for reading this all the way through. I'd like to think my writing has improved greatly since starting this story and hope you enjoyed it.

I should have ended this story much sooner and I had an opportunity to do so, but I missed it. Sorry if it seems like the story just drags on and on.

Also, comment if you'd like to see an alternate ending.

If you see anything I can/should change, review and tell me. I can just update the chapter.

And now I bid you adieu.