Chapter 28

At the Notre Dame, Cat Noir was tied on a column on the top of the tower, which was in the center of the cathedral.

Volpina stood there waiting holding her flute with both of her hands, waiting for somebody.

"Ladybug will come and save us" Said Cat Noir looking at then face of the Akuma victim.

"Not when she's also tied up like you?" Said Volpina looking at the cat hero.

"What?" Asked Cat Noir then saw on the end of the building, where the two tall towers stood, the Evillustrator flying by along with Ladybug on his arms.

"I needed to draw something to carry us better up here" Said the Evillustrator walking to the other two.

"You're the strongest of the others?" Asked Volpina annoyed by the sight of the Evillustrator.

"He'd said I would work with the strongest villain ever and I didn't expect you either," Said the red head and placed Ladybug next to Cat Noir and Volpina tied her at the second pillar.

"Never mind, Hawk Moth said he is on his way, he wants to take the miraculous of Cat Noir and Ladybug by himself." Told Volpina and the Evillustrator nodded. "What is even your power, draw stuff, that get alive?"

"Yeah" Replied the Evillustrator which drew a rose and as she stood up, she got surprised by it. "Here for you"

"Oh another flirt machine," Said Volpina rolling her eyes, but the Evillustrator still stood there with it, waiting for her to accept it.

"Ugh" Said Volpina taking it, then she smelled it. "Mmh this smells good"

"It….it smells after your favorite perfume," Said the Evillustrator making Volpina blush a bit.

"Oh we got two love birds" Joked Cat Noir then Volpina shook her head and threw it at the roof of the cathedral.

"Quiet!" Demanded Volpina.

"Well done you two," Said a familiar voice and all looked at the back, where there stood a tall man in a dark suit and a mask, which covered almost his whole face except his mouth.

"Hawk Moth" Growled Ladybug along with Cat Noir, which was more sad, than angry to see him.

"Volpina, Evillustrator good job, you can now all go home," Said Hawk Moth holding his cane in front of the two, causing them to transform back into their human selves again.

"What happened?" Asked Lila.

"Where am I?" Asked Nathaniel along with Lila.

"Nathaniel, Lila get out of here, you two aren't save here" Demanded Ladybug and Nathaniel nodded and pulled his ex behind him.

"Take your hand off me!" Demanded Lila angry at the red head. Both arrived at the other two towers and Nathaniel pulled her with him to the left tower, where a door was, but they couldn't open it.

"Great," Said Lila unimpressed.

"Lila I know this is the wrong place to talk about this, but you have to listen for me, once for all, I didn't betray you"

"Nathaniel, I already told you, that I don't want to hear that. I saw that with my own eyes, she was leaning on the tree. You had pushed her to a kiss"

"When will you realize, that Ana isn't the girl she used to be in Switzerland, she has been in other places for years, she changed during growing up like everyone..."

"Lila, Nathaniel!" Shouted a voice and they looked around and saw Duusu and Trixx coming up from the ground.

"We saw, that you two got akumatized on TV," Told Duusu.

"And we had to see if you two were alright" Said Trixx.

"We are, but now Ladybug and Cat Noir's identity are about to be revealed by Hawk Moth." Told Nathaniel and all looked at Hawk Moth standing in front of Ladybug, talking to her, while she stared angrily at him.

"We have to help them," Said Duusu looking at the two friends, which looked at each other.

"I can try to work with him" Said Lila not really excited. Duusu sat on her shoulder, looking at her. "Listen girl, Nathaniel was saying the truth to you all the time. Ana has been crushing on him since a real while and he knew that. He has been rejecting her ever since she started with it" Told Duusu making Lila shriek.

"So, that's why you asked me, why you thought she was flirting with you," Said Lila looking at Nathaniel, which nodded.

"I should have run away from her on that moment," Said Nathaniel and Lila hugged him. "Or after every time she did that I'd tell you"

"I'm sorry about that" Said Lila pressing her face on Nathaniel's, starting to lose tears on her face. Nathaniel smiled a little bit and patted her hair to comfort her.

"Come, we need to transform" Said Trixx going through the door, unlocking the door for the others.

"Get in" Demanded Duusu the youngsters.

By Hawk Moth, Ladybug tried to convince him to leave them.

"Why destroying almost every time the city, when you say you're not going to use it for evil?" Asked Ladybug.

"If you knew how I felt, you would understand"

"But if you think I would understand, why don't you just tell it to us?" Asked Ladybug angry, then in the near was a drone.

"Oh no, Ladybug and Cat Noir are trapped by…is that Hawk Moth?" Asked Alya from the drone. "Soon we will find out, who are behind the mask of Ladybug and Cat Noir, don't turn off"

"Grr" Growled Hawk Moth and hit the drone with his cane causing it to fall on the roof.

"No!" Shouted Alya back at her house as she saw this.

"I've waited enough, I'll be taking your miraculous" Said Hawk Moth using both of his hands to take the earrings off, which caused her to transform back into Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

Hawk Moth wide his eyes surprised by recognizing that face.

"You're happy?" Asked Cat Noir looking at Hawk Moth, which glared at the dark superhero.

"Adrien?" Asked Hawk Moth. "Is that you?" Asked the villain.

"Yes, dad and I know, that this is you" Said Cat Noir frowning. "Plagg, Claws out"

Cat Noir transformed into Adrien Agreste again and Plagg looked surprised at his holder.

"Why did you do that?" Asked Plagg and Hawk Moth grabbed him. "Hey!" Shouted Plagg.

"Give me your ring Adrien" Demanded Hawk Moth.

"Never!" Shouted Adrien and Hawk Moth took his son's hand and removed the ring.

"Finally!" Shouted Hawk Moth. "I can finally gain the absolute power"

"I can't believe we lost" Said Marinette having tears in her eyes.

"The world isn't lost" Said Adrien and looked at Hawk Moth. "Dad….I mean Hawk Moth….what is your plan?" Asked Adrien. "After all, all villains should explain this to the heroes, right?" Asked the blonde. "What do you say?"

Hawk Moth thought about it and nodded.

"Okay you know about the miraculouses, right?" Asked Hawk Moth and the son nodded. "Your mother used to be a miraculous heroine and there was a time ago, Ladybug and Cat Noir were two other persons in their role."

"My mom was a heroine?" Asked Adrien then remembered of the peacock brooch in the safe. "Was she the peacock miraculous holder?"

"Did you take the book and the brooch from my safe?" Asked Hawk Moth.

"Another time, what happened to mom?" Asked Adrien angry.

"Your mother left one night to fight against Ladybug and Cat Noir, which turned somehow evil and were destroying Paris. I remember seeing on TV how she got hit by the past Cat Noir….They were all fighting on the Eiffel Tower, then she felt from the Eiffel Tower and I saw her getting transformed into herself again and disappearing into the river."

"What?" Asked Adrien almost crying. "What happened then? Tell me?"

Hawk Moth took a breath to keep going with the story.

"Your bodyguard drove me there to the place and I looked around with him for her, but I only found the miraculous, there was no sign of your mother being alive or dead. She was simply just gone"

"Oh my gosh" Whispered Marinette sad about this. "And you wanted the miraculous to get her back, right?" Asked Marinette and the villain nodded.

"You're were only doing this because you wanted to have mom back?" Asked Adrien.

"I hope you can forgive me for this, I've done to you" Said Hawk Moth and both thought about it. Hawk Moth looked at the miraculous and placed it on the places where they have been before. The kwamis appeared again and looked at the two still bounded at the columns.

"What happened?" Asked Tikki and Marinette answered.

"We kind of had a bonding time together" Responded Marinette, making Tikki tilt her head.

"Come, transform!" Demanded Plagg and somebody in the near screamed, getting everybody's attention.

"It's Queen Bee!" Said Marinette looking shocked at the girl flying towards them.

"Tikki, Spots on!"

"Plagg, Claws out!

"Ahhhh!" Yelled Queen Bee flying towards Hawk Moth, ready to bump with her fists against him. Hawk Moth ducked and she flew over him towards the river of Paris diving into it.

"I hope she's okay" Said Cat Noir and from down appeared Volpina carrying Swift with her towards the others.

"Sorry, we had to charge our kwamis," Said Volpina dropping his friend down on the roof.

"Woah!" Replied Swift sliding the roof down, but Volpina grabbed him on his legs.

"Easy there" Said Volpina and helped him up to stay on the edge of the point of the roof.

"Thank you," Said Swift and looked at Hawk Moth along with Volpina.

"Are you ready for a fight?" Asked Volpina looking at Hawk Moth along with Swift.

"Don't fight him, he's actually not bad at all" Said Ladybug but she was ignored and Volpina attacked him, then fenced with her flute, while he tried to defend himself with his cane.

"Listen, I gave them their miraculous back, I'm not...Woah" Said Hawk Moth losing his balance and fall at the top of the main heroes.

"Are you okay?" Asked Cat Noir and Swift picked him up, pulling him against Volpina, which blocked him with her flute. He took his cane and fenced with her again on the roof.

"Wait I'll help you," Said Swift grabbing the tied end of the rope, then tried to take it off.

"It's hard" Responded Swift, which couldn't open it. Queen Bee showed up and landed next to Ladybug.

"I help Ladybug," Said Queen Bee, then noted Volpina jumping behind Hawk Moth, which jumped on the left side of the roof.

"The knot is hard, we need something to cut" Said Swift then he had an idea.

"Has anyone got a Swiss army knife?" Asked Cat Noir. "My lady, does your lucky charm give that?"

"My lucky charm was cut a while ago by the Evillustrator"

"No worries my friends, I got an idea," Said Swift taking his fan out, then tried to cut the rope.

"This might take a while," Said Swift and Queen Bee took Swift's other one and tried to free Ladybug.

"Guys, somebody of you must assist…." Said Volpina tripping over the roof, slipping the roof down. "Me….."

"Lila!" Shouted Swift leaving the others back.

"Lila?" Asked Queen Bee and the other two at the same time, then observed Swift sliding the roof down and grabbing her before she falls down.

"Gotcha!"

"Swift!" Said Volpina and Swift looked at her.

"I won't ever let you go"

"Don't worry, I still can fly" Said Volpina causing Swift to facepalm.

"That was stupid from me," Said Swift and Volpina flew up at the roof back to Hawk Moth.

"Missed me?" She asked and both started to fence again and the bee heroine managed to save Ladybug from the rope.

"Freedom!" Shouted Queen Bee, getting Hawk Moth's attention. Volpina hit Hawk Moth with the flute, then shrieked as he looked back at her.

Swift observed the others, then got a vision of Volpina getting hit by the cane.

"Volpina use your leg to kick his cane away!" Demanded Swift and Volpina tried to kick it away, but Hawk Moth swung the cane away and then at her again, which she dodged successfully and the stick slipped away from Hawk Moth's hands flying towards Swift.

"Swift!" Shouted all, except for Hawk Moth. Swift shrieked then got hit by the cane and fell down the cathedral.

"No!" Shouted Hawk Moth as he saw the cane hitting him on his chest, where the brooch was, causing him to lose the brooch and to transform back into Nathaniel Kurtzberg.

"Nathaniel!" Shouted the others seeing him disappear. He heard him crashing on something, causing it to turn an alarm on.

"Nathaniel no!" Shouted Volpina and took off in the air, then flew the cathedral down to see Nathaniel lying over the windshield of the car, which was now broken. Nathaniel's body slipped down on the bottom and his head lied leaned on the front bumper of the car.

"Nathaniel!" Called Volpina and pushed him a bit back from the car and noted that he was bleeding from his back. "Nathaniel, please don't leave me" Said Volpina terrified and passed her hand behind his head and still caught a bit blood from behind his head.

"Oh gosh," Said Queen Bee arriving down and looking at the blood trail, which started at the hood of the car, following to Nathaniel's body.

"Volpina?" Asked Queen Bee kneeing next to her. "I'm sorry," Said Queen Bee and Volpina started to cry. "Nooooooo!"

Queen Bee's eyes got into tears too, to see her best friend suffering. Ladybug showed along with Cat Noir and Hawk Moth down.

"Djwifi here with some tragic news," Said a drone, which appeared. "The new superhero Swift got transformed back into his civilian identity, known as Nathaniel Kurtzberg, a classmate of Alya Césaire and got injured badly from the fall."

At the control tower of the Parisian Airport.

"My baby!" Shouted Ms. Kurtzberg as he recognized him on the smartphone of one of his work pals, which was as shocked as her and others about this scene.

"What have you done!?" Exclaimed Volpina angry, walking towards Hawk Moth, then Cat Noir and Ladybug stopped Volpina in coming closer.

"Calm down, Volpina, that was an accident," Said Cat Noir looking at Volpina's aggressive face expressions. She pushed both heroes away from her and released her fox scream.

"No!" Shouted Ladybug and Queen Bee at the same time released her sticky honey to catch Hawk Moth's legs and the blow of Volpina's scream only caused him to fall on the honey of Queen Bee.

"Why did you do that?" Asked Volpina and cried more.

Cat Noir and Ladybug looked at Hawk Moth, which lied on the honey.

"I never wanted to cause any one of you to die" Said Hawk Moth and his miraculous started to beep and caused him to transform into the fashion designer Gabriel Agreste.

"It really is you," Said Queen Bee surprised.

"How did you know about this?" Asked Gabriel Agreste.

"Cat Noir said that" Responded Queen Bee and Ladybug walked towards Volpina, which had lied Nathaniel's head on her crossed legs.

"I didn't have the chance to tell him how much he ever meant to me, not how much I enjoyed our strolls around Paris together, his many sketches…."

"Lila?" Asked Ladybug surprised. "Is that really you?" Asked Ladybug and she sobbed, trying to keep talking.

"We haven….we haven….t…." Said Volpina and Ladybug lied a hand on her shoulder.

From the streets police sirens were alarming and Cat Noir looked back. A few other cars from the news and regular cars have appeared too.

"It's unbelievable. Hawk Moth's alter ego is the famous fashion designer Gabriel Agreste, father of the young teeny swarm Adrien Agreste" Said Nino from his drone.

"Volpina?" Asked Ladybug and Volpina's miraculous started to beep, then she transformed back into Lila Rossi.

"Lila?" Asked Queen Bee and Ladybug.

"He was a really good friend," Said Lila looking at his face. "My first love," Said Lila petting his cheek with her thumb. "He was the first friend I made here in Paris as I screwed up everything here with my lies"

Queen Bee got transformed back into Chloé Bourgeois after her miraculous had beeped too. Lila saw that her best friend was Chloé this whole time, her enemy.

"Chloé came to Lila and hugged her, trying to comfort her"

"I'm sorry," Said Chloé hugging her.

"Volpina was Lila Rossi the whole time, while Queen Bee was the mayor's daughter Chloé Bourgeois. What's next? Adrien Agreste as Cat Noir?" Asked Nino then Cat Noir walked down to Nathaniel along with Ladybug.

"Hawk Moth is defeated and I feel obligated to reveal myself to the others" Said Cat Noir. "And Nino….or Djwifi, you were right," Said Cat Noir. "Plagg, Claws out" Said Cat transforming back into the handsome model boy.

"Adrien?" Asked Chloé surprised. "Then Ladybug is…."

"Exactly," Said Ladybug doing the same as Cat Noir transforming back into Marinette.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien's girlfriend and my girlfriend's BFF!"

"I know, that showing our identity won't bring him back, but we wanted to show you, that we are friends and that we definitely know how you feel about this" Said Marinette to the Italian.

"I just wish, we could bring him back" Said Lila disappointed.

"I only can heal wounds, but nothing else," Said Chloé sad and Adrien had an idea.

"Tikki, Plagg. The power of you two combined can bring somebody back to life together, right?" Asked Adrien and Tikki nodded.

"Yeah" Replied Tikki.

"But there's one thing…." Said Plagg and Adrien rolled his eyes.

"I got Camembert here, don't worry"

"I wasn't talking about that, but anyways I need energy anyway and the others...the thing is, that you can use this power again after 9125 days. It's almost 20 years" Said Plagg.

"9125 days are 25 years Plagg" Corrected Adrien.

"Whatsoever, but do you really want to bring this boy back?" Asked Plagg. "What about your mother?" Asked the black kwami and Adrien looked at Nathaniel and then back at his father, which lied there in the honey.

"Dad I…."

"No Adrien, follow your own heart" Said Plagg and Adrien looked at all, mostly at Lila, which holds Nathaniel's head closer to her, than before.

"Chloé I want you to try to heal every wound on Nathaniel, that's possible and Marinette you lend me your miraculous and Lila..." Said Adrien looking at the Italian. "I want you to call Marinette's parents to bring food for the kwamis. They will need a lot of power for this" Said Adrien and Lila nodded.

"And what can I do for you?" Asked a voice and all looked back to see a turtle themed superhero.

"Who are you?" Asked Marinette and he blinked an eye at her, then she got it. "Master Fu?" Asked Marinette surprised.

"You can call me Gui," Said the turtle hero.

"Guee?" Asked Adrien. "Like turtle for Chinese?" Asked the blonde and the green hero nodded.

"Well, I'd say you try to hold the others back, while we try to resurrect him," Said Adrien and Master Fu nodded and ran towards the others.

"Do you really want to do that?" Asked Marinette. "Even if you know you could do this to your mother?"

"Well, I'm glad, that my father did all this chaos, just because he wanted to do this with my mom, but I know this sounds very stupid to say but….you know Nathaniel still has his life in front of him" Said Adrien showing Lila phoning to Ms. Cheng while passing her hand around his face. "It would be selfish from my part if I'd choose my mom over him"

"You did a good choice….well I'm not meaning this as an insult or..."

"Don't worry, I know what you mean" Said Adrien and put the earrings of Ladybug on his ears.

"You look funny" Giggled Marinette, then Adrien did the same.