Liam walked and walked and walked. Headphones on, music playing away, the kid feeling like crying tears of happiness. After what happened at the Agreste Mansion, Liam felt a need to rest and relax. Unfortunately, fate did feel the same way, as he soon received a phone call. Bridgette. Liam answered.

"Hey, Bridgette." Liam said warmly.

"Hi, Liam. I saw the videos you sent through those glasses. I have to say: I am so proud of you, Liam. You've helped Adrien find his voice to talk to his father. I don't think he could've done that on his own. And there's also the whole fiasco at the school. I can't believe you stood up to an akuma villain without the watch."

"I always told myself, Liam if you're nothing without the watch, then you're less than nothing with it. I also had that feeling that if just one ordinary citizen can fight an akuma villain, then there's no need for the city to be scared of them anymore."

"Let's hope the people who saw you think that as well. In the meantime, Liam, that akuma seems to have stopped in one place, it's been there for over an hour, so I think it's worth checking out."

"Where?"

Bridgette told Liam where the akuma was rested.

"Sacré-Cœur."

Liam stopped in his tracks. "Sacré-Cœur. We have him now."

"Do not engage, Liam! Only investigate. And I'm sending Ladybug as well. We'll leave Cat Noir to deal with his... civilian problems. But if you find Hawk Moth's lair there, call Cat and wait for him before engaging. Try and hide your face as well. No doubt Hawk Moth will have seen you through the akuma's eyes and will recognise you."

"Got it." Liam saw a bus stop in over the road. He went over, set his bag down and waited for a bus to take him as close as it could. When the bus arrived, he picked up his bag, got on the bus and sat down. Whilst on the way there, the bus reached a bus stop and one of the passengers that got on was Marinette. She noticed Liam and sat next to him.

"Bridgette told me everything." Marinette whispered. "We're only looking for his hideout for now."

"And if we truly believe we've found the lair, we call Cat Noir first and wait for him." Liam stopped for a second. "You know, if we catch Hawk Moth, then Ladybug and Cat Noir have done their job. What will you do?"

"If we do defeat him, Ladybug won't be going anywhere. She's not here just to defeat super villains, she also protects the innocent from disasters that can be caused by ordinary people."

"That's a good mindset... I need to talk to you about something. I was around Adrien's earlier."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I assume you've heard about his father's ultimatum? Well, I went round there to help Adrien with the problem. The thing you need to know is during the conversation, Adrien said about a girl: 'She's kind, honest, beautiful.' I'm surprised Mr. Agreste didn't pick up on it. "

"Does that mean? Oh my god, he's got someone. Oh please, don't let it be someone in our class?"

"Afraid so."

"Who is it?"

"I ain't telling ya, but you can guess."

Marinette stroked her chin.

"Lila?

"No."

"Alya?!"

"Don't be daft. They'd be betraying you and Nino."

"Fair enough. Ugh, it's not Chloe, is it?"

"If Chloe was the last girl on the planet, Adrien wouldn't go there after the racism at my old school."

"Who could it be, then? No one else seems to impress Adrien."

"No one?"

"Are you trying to tell me something?"

"Marinette, I know you're clumsy, but you're not stupid."

Marinette shrugged her shoulders.

"Mari... It's you!" Marinette gasped and fainted from the shock. Liam whispered to Marinette's kwami.

"Tikki? What do I do?"

Tikki opened Marinette's purse from the inside and told Liam what to do.

"Flick your finger on her ear."

Liam obeyed and flicked Marinette's ear and she came back round to reality.

"HE LIKES ME?!" She shrieked, startling Liam, the passengers and bus driver.

"Young lady!" The driver said with his head fixed on the road in front of him. "Keep your voice down back there!"

Marinette answered, her face turned scarlet from embarrassment. "Sorry, sir." Marinette talked to Liam again, keeping her voice down but struggling to restrain her happiness.

"I can't believe he me likes."

Liam noticed Marinette's speech error, but did nothing to correct it. "Well, he said it. I would've thought that he was talking about Ladybug, but he explicitly said your name."

"I think I've died and gone to heaven. I fell for him the day Cat Noir and Ladybug stopped Stoneheart."

"You'll have plenty of time to tell him how you feel after we've brought Hawk Moth to justice. And I can deal with Chloé."

"Thanks, Liam."

"You can count on me. We're pretty much family." Liam paused for a moment. "I know my 'sister-in-law told us not to bring our friend in till we found George, but he has a right to know. Not informing him would imply we didn't trust him." Liam got out his phone and plugged headphones in so that Marinette couldn't hear who he was speaking to. He opened his contacts in his phone, and turned the screen away from Marinette. He selected 'Adrien' and his phone began calling. Marinette could only hear Liam's side of the conversation. "Hi, er, are you alone? Great. We never got to tell you this till now, but our mutual friend and I discovered something about our target, his name. George Erickson. Yeah. Even more so, we found out that every gem he sends for us, we've been sending it back. We made a plan to track one and the tracker leaves the gem at Sacré-Cœur. I think we've snagged him. Can you get over here? Right. If you see me, don't approach me. We can't risk you seeing LB out-of-costume and vice versa. And don't arrive dressed up. If George is there and he sees you, he'll make a run for it. Okay. Right, see you there." Liam hung up and turned to Marinette. "This idea's getting worse by the second."

"What other chance are we gonna get?" Marinette asked.

"Yeah. I think we should try and relax till we get there."

"Agreed."

The two teens remained silent for the remainder of the bus journey.

The bus didn't stop right in front of Sacré-Cœur, so they had to walk the remaining distance. When they got there, there were many people around.

Liam spoke. "This is good. We can blend in easier." Together with Marinette, Liam entered the crowds. Looking at Sacré-Cœur, Liam came to the conclusion of where the best place for Hawk Moth to hide would be.

"If he's here, he'll be in one of those circular windows in Basilica." Liam pointed. Whilst he and Marinette were gazing, Tikki opened Marinette's purse and called her.

"Marinette!" Tikki whispered. Marinette looked and saw her purse open. Panicked, she grabbed the purse so no one could see what was inside. When she did, she found Tikki... with three pairs of glasses and what looked like three earplugs. There was also a note that Tikki gave Marinette.

The guy who gave us the trackers also gave us these heat vision specs and earpieces. You'll be able to communicate with each other and see anyone in an isolated location. Give one of each to the Cat. - Bridgette

"She must have slipped them in this morning." Marinette gave an earpiece and a pair of glasses to Liam. Liam put on the accessories and fiddled with the glasses, activating the thermal vision. As he looked around, the environment was turned white everyone around him was surrounded in black. He turned to face Marinette, making him jump and remove the glasses. Marinette jumped as well, attracting the attention of some onlookers.

"Er, sorry everyone." Liam said. "Petrified of me own shadow. Carry on." Everyone kept going about their business, some occasionally looking at Liam, who had put his glasses back on. Looking at the windows at Basilica, Liam saw something.

"There's someone in the right window! And there are little black things flying around... We've got him!" Liam phoned Adrien again, repeating the process of preventing Marinette from discovering Cat Noir. "Are you around Sacré-Cœur? Then imagine you're facing the main entrance of Basilica... There's two points on each side with circular windows. Our mentors have left us some gifts, and we think we've spotted him in the right window. You see it? The three of us have got to find somewhere isolated and transform. Get ready." Liam hung up and nodded at Marinette. Marinette nodded back and the two power-walked to a secluded location, power. There, Marinette opened her purse.

"We've got him!" Tikki shouted as she flew out of Marinette's purse, confusing Liam and Marinette.

"How are you so sure?" Liam asked.

"I could sense his kwami from so far away! It's Nooroo. He's in despair. Hawk Moth's using him for the wrong purpose and it's taking its toll."

"Then let's save him." Marinette said before shouting. "TIKKI, SPOTS ON!" The words were uttered while Liam tapped the yellow circle on his wristwatch, making his costume materialise over him. Ladybug and the Hornet were here...

At another secluded location, Adrien was with Plagg.

"Reconciling with my dad AND finding Hawk Moth on the same day?" Adrien said to his kwami. "Maybe fate's cutting us some slack."

"At least it'll give me more time to enjoy that delicious camembert!" Plagg answered.

"PLAGG, CLAWS OUT!" With that phrase, Adrien transformed into Cat Noir. Using his pole to extend into the sky, he searched and found Ladybug and the Hornet, lowered back to the ground and used to staff to fly to them. He reached them in a matter of seconds.

"So what's the plan?" Cat Noir.

"He's in the window on the right." Ladybug said. "In order to get him, we need to break it. We can't just go in trough the building's entrance, for obvious reasons."

"I think I should go in first." Hornet said. "That way, people will blame me for the property damage and he might not be expecting me."

Ladybug and Cat Noir nodded. Hornet flew up and charged at the window. When he was close enough, he flipped around to dive feet first into the window and dropkick the person into the shadows. The person was startled and quickly got up and grunted.

"This was between Ladybug, Cat Noir and I!" The person said. "You shouldn't have gotten involved, Hornet!"

"I'm willing to help them anyway I can." At that point, Ladybug and Cat Noir entered. Ladybug spoke as the figure stepped out of the shadows.

"You're terror is over," Ladybug said. "Hawk Moth!"