Ladybug, Cat Noir and Hornet stood in front of the villain that had been terrorising Paris. Ladybug's thoughts were on what would happen if they failed.

'If we lose, we'll never get to capture him again.' Ladybug thought.

"You don't know how to beat me, do you?" Hawk Moth asked.

"We know not to attack on-by-one." Hornet answered.

"And with that..." Cat Noir said, before he and Hornet went to attack. Hawk Moth jumped, flipped upside down, grabbed the two heroes and smashed their heads together. All three heroes were taken back by this. They didn't know what Hawk Moth could do.

Ladybug threw her yo-yo at the villain - which wrapped itself around his cane, and yanked it away from him.

Hawk Moth grunted. "You think I need my cane for the akumas?!" He clicked his fingers and the butterflies around the room swarmed the three heroes, latching on to them flying them into a wall with each of them facing Hawk Moth, who walked towards them, took Ladybug's yo-yo and Cat Noir's staff and searched the Hornet.

"You're a new one." The villain said. "The bee Miraculous?"

"I don't make miracles happen." The Hornet answered.

"Really? You think Ladybug and Cat Noir could've found me on their own?"

"A little more time, you'd have slipped up."

"Oh, you know me well, do?"

"As a matter fact I do... George."

With that name spoken, Hawk Moth's blood boiled. He waved his right hand down, causing the akumas to release the Hornet, with some latching to the heroes wrist. Unaware of these, Hawk Moth pulled the string from Ladybug's yo-yo and wrapped it around the Hornet's neck.

Hornet wiggled his legs as he choked on the string being pulled tighter and tighter around his neck. Ladybug and Cat Noir looked on in horror.

"STOP IT!" Ladybug begged.

Ignoring the heroine's pleas, Hawk Moth interrogated the Hornet.

"How do you know George Erickson?"

"Through his former teammates. Kid Mime, Sparrow, Mercury, Melodie. They all want him to pay for his betrayal."

"Huh." Hawk Moth whispered to himself. "I knew it would work."

"You knew it-?" Cat Noir butted in, stopping himself at the realisation. "It wasn't George who betrayed them. You did it while posing as him!"

Hawk Moth grunted. "How did you hear-?"

"These cat ears aren't just for show, you know."

Hawk Moth let go of the yo-yo and came face to face with the Cat.

"I was just gonna take your Miraculous, but now I'm afraid I'll have to take your lives."

Hornet quickly recovered and activated his wings. Hovering, he dove forward and grabbed Hawk Moth, releasing Ladybug and Cat Noir from the akumas and sending Hawk Moth and himself tumbling to the ground from Hawk Moth's struggling. The heroes of Paris grabbed what Hawk Moth had dropped and held on to each other as Cat Noir extended his staff to get them down as well. When they came down, police and media were all over the place. Nadja Chamack was there, reporting on the incident.

"It is not yet known what caused the window to break, but there were images of two people falling from the-" Her report was interrupted when the Hornet was thrown near her and Hawk Moth jabbed his cane into his right arm bicep, causing the Hornet to scream in agony (in his distorted voice) and the yellow on the costume arm to start turning red. Ladybug and Cat Noir witnessed this gruesome event and Ladybug reacted.

"We need to take Hawk Moth's miraculous!" Ladybug shouted before throwing her yo-yo up in the air. "LUCKY CHARM!" Out of the yo-yo came a sword and two shields, Ladybug catching the sword and one shield with Cat Noir catching the other one. "A sword and shields?"

"Hawk Moth did just use his cane as a sword." Cat Noir said. Ladybug looked for what she could do and she spotted Hawk Moth's cane and brooch and Cat Noir's staff and right hand.

"We fight him with these and if we lose, you use you power on his brooch."

"Got it."

The two of them snuck around Hawk Moth, who was pulling his cane out of the Hornet's arm, causing more screaming.

"Let this be a message, Paris!" Hawk Moth addressed the city through the cameras. This included all of Marinette, Adrien and Liam's friends and family. Alya was in the crowd filming for the Ladyblog, Alix was at home with her father and brother, Marinette's parents were watching on their T.V.

At the agreste mansion, Gabriel Agreste was watching in shock and anxiety.

"Natalie!" Gabriel shouted. His secretary came and responded.

"Sir."

"Bring the car around, we have to get to Sacré-Cœur immediately!"

"Sir, the battle's going-"

"Adrien was on his way there to meet some friends! I just started being a good dad and I will not let him get hurt." Natalie instantly nodded and left to go and get the car.

Back at Sacré-Cœur, Hawk Moth continued. "Dressing up in bright, colorful uniforms to fight bad guys will not end well." Hawk Moth went to strike the Hornet down when Cat Noir, staff in his left hand and shield in his right, blocked his cane.

"Good thing I dress in black." Cat Noir answered. Hawk Moth swung at him, but the shield deflected his cane. Hawk Moth then ran towards the crowd, ready to stab anyone he could. Unfortunately for him, Ladybug landed in front of him and hit him with her shield, sending him flying and crashing next to Cat Noir. Seeing the opportunity, Cat Noir seized it.

"CATACLYSM!" The hero dropped his shield and activated his superpower. He placed his palm on Hawk Moth's brooch, but rather than decaying, the brooch gave a burst of energy and detached from Hawk Moth, who came around and quickly ran, leaving the brooch behind. Ladybug ran after him, snapping the her sword's blade from the handle and throwing the handle at him. The force was enough to knock him onto his stomach. Ladybug caught up and turned him over backing away in shock when she saw his face. She saw the face before, but now it was severely scarred, like some cut the face off, cut it into several pieces and put it back on piece by piece. Hawk Moth started cackling at Ladybug's reaction.

"You're looking at the face of George Erickson!" Ladybug was in so much shock that she could only utter two words.

"GABRIEL AGRESTE?!"

AN: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

On a serious note, I'd like to thank all those who reviewed, favorited, liked and followed this story and I also apologise for not thanking you sooner. I actually don't have a reason apart from being too ambitious about getting this story done (I stayed up all night to get two chapters done and the adrenalin kicked in). Next chapter will deal with the aftermath and will probably be the last chapter. So, to those who have been reading this, I hope you've enjoyed the story and I will speak to you in the final chapter. Later.