Under the Dome 2.0

That's all.

He was determined to save her. She could take care of herself, but he wasn't sure what was going on. He needed to be there for her if he could.

He was furious. Furious and… furry too?

Shining black fur grew around his wrists, his ankles and his neck. It was quite itchy. Why did he suddenly grow fur? Was it because of his emotions? Or just an adaptation?

He had to ask Plagg later.

He was at his house in a jiffy, being familiar with the route of course.

He didn't care if Nathalie or any other person in the house would see him enter. His father, Hawk Moth, had his girlfriend, Ladybug, and he was going to pay for that.

"Marinette!" He yelled. His voice echoed everywhere, but no response. Only one place where they could be.

Opening the painting of his mom fully to open the door, he ran up the stairs.

The butterflies blurred his vision, but Marinette's dark jacket wasn't that hard to miss.

Marinette saw him too. She ran to him and quickly pressed her lips to his. She draped her arms around his neck and shook against him, softly sobbing. "Thank goodness, you're okay."

"Of course I am, I was more worried about you." He wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"What's this?" She tugged at the fur at his wrist.

He chuckled. "I have no idea. It was just there when I transformed."

"Well, looks good."

He cupped her face and gave her another kiss on the forehead. He was so happy to see her that he completely forgot why he was here in the first place. When he rubbed his thumbs on her he could only feel the skin on her ears.

And that's wasn't right.

"No," he whispered. "No, no, no, no!"

He moved her hair away and saw that she wasn't wearing earrings, like he expected.

"I'm sorry." She started to sniff again.

"No, don't cry! It's okay, it's not your fault."

She nodded at him, but her guilt was still readable on her face.

"Where is Tikki?" He asked.

"She disappeared once I took my earrings off, so she's basically with him."

"And where is he?"

"I don't know. Right after he made me talk to you on the phone he left me here and vanished." She paused shortly to steady her breath. "Why didn't you tell me it was him?"

"I-I couldn't- you would be- it was too dangerous!"

She started to tear up again. "What about your own safety? You were literally under his roof! He could have hurt you and I wouldn't be able to help you!"

"Because you're more important to me."

She sighed and embraced him again. "We're going to figure this out. Come on, let's find your father."

He nodded. He scooped her up in his arms, bridal style. They went to the roof of the mansion. Once Marinette was settled on his back with her arms around his neck and her legs around his lower back, Chat Noir leaped across the rooftops.

He wasn't sure where he was going, but he needed to know where his father was. He could be anywhere, so anywhere would be where he would look for him.

A maniacal laugh was heard. It was loud and menacing. You could hear it all across town.

The Eiffel Tower. Of course.

Not taking any time standing around, he jumped to the top where his father was. He was in costume.

"Dad!"

"Glad you could join me, son." His gaze landed on Marinette. "I see you have brought her too."

"Why did you want me to come home, only for you to not be there? You wanted me to just pick her up and search for you later? What kind of plan is that?"

"Watch your tongue, boy, and I might give you the power you want."

"Power I want? Wha-"

He released his transformation. He removed the broach that was hidden under his scarf.

"Give me your Miraculous."

Marinette had climbed off his back in the meantime and had a defiant pose. "Not gonna happen, Mr. Agreste," she answered for Adrien.

"I thought you would say that." He snapped his fingers and, as if on cue, two people appeared behind them and grabbed Marinette. They were colorful and weird-looking.

Akumatized.

"Mari!"

She was hoisted up in the air and disappeared behind the buildings. Adrien was about to go after her, but was held back by a hand on his arm.

"Give me your Miraculous and she'll be fine."

He pulled his hand away with force. "What is wrong with you? What have you become? Why?"

"I only wanted your mother back, but then I started to see the bigger picture. Ultimate happiness. Ultimate power. We can be a family again, Adrien."

"Is being evil gonna make her return? If you know where she is, why did you never bring her back?"

"Because she's dead, Adrien!"

He had no words. They were stuck in his throat.

"She died a year ago, because I had to!"

His words started to sink in. "You had to? You- you killed her?"

"She was sick with power! Her Miraculous made her crazy. When there was no crime she kept jumping around, hurting innocent people. That's why I wanted to keep you inside. The world was dangerous!"

Adrien couldn't believe what he was hearing. His mother had been a Miraculous holder too?

"Police tried to keep it silent, the city would be in chaos if they got word of someone hurting random people. Eventually I had enough. I- I followed her. Told her to stop what she was doing. We ended up in an argument. She pushed me, I pushed her back. A-and before I knew it, she… I saw her fall down the building."

This was the first time Adrien had heard anything about his mother's disappearance. And now he even got the complete story!

"But I can bring her back!" He walked to his son and grabbed his hand. Adrien didn't pull away in his awe. "With your Miraculouses, you can bring people back from the death!"

Adrien gasped.

"So what do you say? Are you willing to give me your ring for your mother's life?"

He took it off and detransformed.

Plagg was astounded. "Adrien, what are you-"

"Here." He gave his ring to him without hesitation. "I just want my mom back."

Marinette maybe couldn't transform, but she could still kick their butts.

And she did. She shook them off quite easily. After fighting them off and hiding in an alleyway, her eyes widened.

"What the heck?!"

The city was covered with purple colors. Almost like a dome, it enveloped all of Paris. It was chilly and Marinette could feel the dark vibes in the air.

Running to the heart of the city, where everyone was gathered to see what was going on, she spotted Alya and Nino. She ran to them.

"Girl, what's going on?" Alya questioned as she hugged her.

"I don't know!"

"Where is Adrien?" Nino asked.

"I don't know!" Her panic became more evident in her voice.

Alya jumped in her nervousness. "You need to do something!"

I can't!"

Nino raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"

Sighing in defeat, she moved her hair to show her bald ears.

"What?!" They both exclaimed.

"He- Hawk Moth, he took them. And Adrien is with him. They were at the Eiffel Tower, but I don't see them anymore," she said as she looked at said sighting. "I don't know what to do now!"

"I hope he's okay," Alya said as she wrapped an arm around Marinette. She rubbed her friend comfortingly.

Marinette nodded. Nino left to check on his parents, but would return after that.

Marinette felt hopeless. She didn't know where Adrien was, didn't know how he was fairing and the worst part: there wasn't anything she could do. She just had to wait and see if he could do it on his own.

People were suddenly screaming. Marinette and Alya turned to the source of the main screams, thinking there was something going on there.

Well, more like there was someone there.

"I want Marinette Dupain-Cheng!"

Her blood ran cold and she flinched. Not because it was her name that was called out, but because of the one who said it.

The voice was raspy and low. Almost… evil. But she could still recognize it.

"No."

At the sight of him she wanted to burst out in tears.

A silver mask. Purple clothing. A butterfly shaped broach on his chest. The only thing bright was his blonde hair.

"What happened to him?" Alya croaked out. She seemed to recognize him by his voice too.

She released herself from her friend's grip and walked to him. If it was her he wanted it was her he would get.

Two hands suddenly grasped her by her shoulders. One big and steady, the other small and dainty.

"Mom? Dad?"

"What in the world is going on?" Her father asked.

"Who is that? Why does he want to see you?" Her mother sounded alarmed and very concerned.

She pulled away from them.

If today would go well, if she would still be alive after today and everything would be all right, she would tell them everything. Heck, she would scream it off the roofs to everyone in Paris.

But then she needed to do something first.

She needed to save the city.

She needed to save Adrien.

"I'll explain everything once this is over, but I need to go to him now."

Without further explanation, she walked to the middle of the crowd where Adrien was standing. He immediately saw her and smirked.

"I'm here!" She called. "Now it's time for you to act normal again. Give me that broach, now."

He shook his head. "We both know that's not gonna happen."

She sighed. "What do you want?"

He grasped her by her hand and planted a kiss on it. "For you to have the world, M'Lady. But I need you to be on my side first."

She smacked him in the face. She felt so bad for it, she would never want to hurt Adrien, but it wasn't him, right? He didn't act like him anyway.

"You better start being yourself now, Adrien." She said his name out loud and didn't care if the whole city could hear it. "You don't want to make me mad, now do you?" She looked up at the sky and pointed at it. "What's this all about?"

He looked up as well and smiled. He didn't seems to be taken aback by her hit at all. "Isn't it beautiful? This is just step one. All will be well after this. We'll be a family again."

"…Family?"

He smiled and grabbed her hand once more. "Come with me and I'll show you. No need to be scared."

"I'm not scared of you."

"Then there is no reason for you to not follow me." He pulled her a bit to him. "Shall we?"

She hesitated. She was sure he wouldn't hurt her, but she wasn't sure what to expect to happen. She did want to know what was going on though. "Okay."

Terribly sorry for the shorter chapter, but I wanted to post it so badly and had to end it here to get it done in time.

But be proud of me: I posted three chapters of three different stories in one day! Whoop whoop!

Any suspicions about where the story might go? I always love to know your thoughts!

Also, don't be mad that they recognized Adrien by his voice while they can't even figure it out in the show when he's Chat, but otherwise things wouldn't move forward. So yeah.