Hawk Moth tried to regain control of his wings as one of his weapons fell from his person, revealing as a homemade bomb. The Agreste men tried to catch it, failing badly with yells of frustration. The bomb landed upon the ground, the motion causing the bomb to go off, and dismantle the tower of the chruch. The motion caused Adrien and Marinette to separate and gain footing when Hawk Moth landed, tried to jab at Marinette with his sword, but Marinette dodged him, grabbing the bell of the tower, and flipping into Adrien's arms.
Adrien laughed, "Care to dance, madame?". Marinette grinned, "Why, I thought you could never ask.". Adrien grinned as Hawk Moth roared, charging into them, but Adrien and Marinette dodged him, dancing and twirling, with Hawk Moth growling in frustration as he tried to jab and slash at the duo. With a flip into Hawk Moth from Marinette, Adrien laughed as Marinette was caught by him again, replying, "Pretty good, musicien! Now it's your turn!". Hawk Moth lost one of his swords overboard from the tower, landing with a thud, causing Nathaniel to notice that by sheer luck, the Blade of Immortal Life was right next to the sword!
Adrien let go of Marinette in a twirl, and freed his sword from his back, cut into Hawk Moth's shoulder, earning him a scream of pain. The force of Hawk Moth falling into the ceiling crumbled the tower further, and the bell was freed from its pegs, falling in unison. Nathaniel saw the tower coming down, screamed for the villagers to run out of the falling tower, "Go save yourselves! Watch out!".
The tower ceiling had Marinette and Adrien running, and Adrien grabbed her, twisted around to throw her out from the tower damage while he leapt into the ground, the dust billowing up. Marinette shrieked in shock until she was caught by Ivan and the rest of the Agreste family in a pyramid stand. "Bonjour, Marinette!". Marinette was relieved that she was safe, but what about Adrien and Hawk Moth?
As the dust settled, Adrien was right next to Nathaniel while Hawk Moth yelled as he flipped a stone off him, but growled as one of his legs was trapped. He narrowed his eyes, and shed his jacket, revealing rows of homemade bombs. "I am taking this town down with me!". The villagers gasped in horror as Nathaniel coughed, glanced at his father's statue, commented to himself, "No more shadows, Father.". A hand gripped his shoulder softly, and Nathaniel turned around to face Adrien who grinned, "No retreat?".
Nathaniel one-hugged him, "No surrender.". Both boys then ran, screaming as they crashed into Hawk Moth, pinning him. Nathaniel shouted, "Adrien, the column!". Adrien nodded, "Got it!". He ran to ram his shoulder into the column as Nathaniel wrestled with Hawk Moth. Marinette shouted, "No, no!", moving forward, but she was pulled back by her father and Nino. She was beginning to realize that the boys are putting themselves into danger. Adrien snarled as Hawk Moth was giving Nathaniel trouble, "Hey!".
He wrestled with Hawk Moth as he glanced at Nathaniel, replying, "Never stop fighting for what's right.". Nathaniel frowned, "Wait, what?! Adrien!". Adrien spoke nothing yet he pushed Nathaniel away from the bell, Hawk Moth, the column, and..himself. Adrien sadly smiled, "Au Revouir, brother.". He yelled as he kicked at the column at the same time as he wrestled Hawk Moth. Marinette spoke in horror, "What's he doing?!".
Nathaniel grunted as he got up, heading back to stop Adrien, to save him. Adrien glanced at Marinette, gave his famous grin, "Don't forget me.". He then screamed as he gave a last kick to the column. The bell fell, enveloping Hawk Moth and Adrien. Marinette screamed, "NO!". A explosion came, shook the earth, causing Nathaniel to absorb the shock as the bell fell back on its side as it jumped from the shock of the explosion. Bubbler, leader of the Akumas screamed, "Hawk Moth's defeated! Retreat!'. He and the Akumas left Paris as quick as they arrived earlier.
Marinette gasped, fell to her knees, sobbing and closing her eyes. All of Paris bowed their heads in grief when a sound reached them. They looked up, gasping in shock as they saw a breathing Adrien. Marinette gasped as she looked up, weakly asked, "Adrien?". Adrien looked at his hands, and widened his eyes at a coming Marinette, and Marinette stopped as Adrien reached for her, and he smiled lovingly, "It's me, mon amour.".
Marinette then knew as she ran into Adrien's arms, relishing in the hug, and Marinette felt Adrien's face as she pulled back, questioning, "How did you survive?". Adrien looked up to the appearing trio of Plagg, Fu, and Tikki. Plagg is confused, Tikki is stumped, and Fu is heck as curious. Tikki shook her head, "Don't look at me.". Marinette was resting her hand upon Adrien's back, and gasped as she felt something, looked over, and pulled it out. It was the Blade of Immortal Life!
Marinette spoke, "Nathaniel.". Adrien widened his eyes as he recieved the Blade, and joined his love to Nathaniel, helping him up as he was injured in the eye. Nathaniel grunted as he finished tying a handkerchief to cover his injured eye. Adrien spoke, "You gave the Blade to me. You were going to sacrifice yourself.. for me.". He looked at Nathaniel who smiled weakly, "I thought it might be time for me to be a true hero.. like you, Adrien.". Marinette smiled softly as she placed a hand upon Nathaniel's cheek, "Are you alright, Nathan?".
Nathaniel smiled more stronger as he heard his nickname, and grasped the Blade from Adrien's hand, exhaled, "I have never seen more clearly.". He glanced up, and threw the Blade to Plagg who received it gracefully, frowning strongly as he realized he had made a mistake, glanced at Tikki who shrugged nonchalantly. Nathaniel then faced Adrien, "It's about time we cast our own shadows.". Adrien chuckled, "And to write our own stories.". Marinette smiled at her best friends, hugged each other. And so, Nathaniel learned that to be a true hero..
Michelle glanced at the kids and Jennifer smiled widely as she spoke, "You have to be selfless.". Michelle nodded in agreement as she continued on.
Lord Tom came forward, shedding and drying his tears. He chuckled, "Now I believe there's one more thing to be done..". He grabbed Adrien's arm, and gently pushed him into a kneel, "Son.". Marinette smiled so widely, realizing that her father is actually giving permission for Adrien to marry her.