Ladybug and Lila were back at the mansion. Chat Noir was out for the count. Felix once again found himself standing alone against his family. Aunt Tiffany clenched her hands into fists and smirked at him. He gave no such expression. He gave no expression.

"Felix Agreste. Lovely the way you use others to get what you want. Reminds me of Gabriel."

"Chat Noir came to help save you."

"You two only wanted the miraculous."

"You are not a fairy," he took a menacing step forward, "you are a wife. You are a mother. You are a relative. You may be able to control Mesmer, but that does not mean you have to live like fairies do."

Tiffany tilted her head. "Why did you come to Paris?"

He glanced down at the brooch in his scaled hand. "I came here to take the miraculous from Chat Noir, Ladybug and HawkMoth. Instead I found myself accepting them as heroes and helping to finally stop HawkMoth. Then Lila mentions you and everything falls into place." She looked up at her. "This all started because you agreed to the terms of a fairy. No one would be the wiser so long as S.P.I.E.S. never got involved."

She chuckled and gave a half-hearted shrug. "And yet you only helped me further."

Felix watched her raise a finger and being to swirl it round and round and round. The sky over Paris began to churn like translucent soup. She was beginning to control the entirety of the Mesmer, creating a suffocating humidity that made breathing almost impossible. The Mesmer was like an invisible blanket ready to drop over the buildings and streets. Aunt Tiffany glanced over the side of the Eiffel Tower. "All I have to do is drop the air, and everything – you the agent, Ladybug and Chat Noir the heroes, HawkMoth the villain, akumas the minions – all of Paris will be stuck in a never-ending nightmare. I will become as powerful as a…a god."

In all his years at S.P.I.E.S. Felix had never come across someone so far gone. He had no idea if he could save her…or even stop her. Chat was the only one who could help, and he had yet to stir from the knockout.

"I only want to control the city, Felix, so you need not worry. The world is too big for me…but I may know a few fellow fairies that would love ruling the planet."

As she smiled again he noticed the Mesmer falling over her head. Despite how little oxygen his lungs were taking in he managed to focus on the sight. She was already in the Mesmer…no…she had been in the Mesmer the entire time.

She was never in control of the Mesmer.

The fairies had used her.

The fairies were here.

Behind him.

Felix jumped over Aunt Tiffany as sharp fingers sliced the air where his neck had just been. As he landed beside the unconscious Chat Noir, his aunt began to hoot and holler like a teenager at a football game. "My sisters are always welcome in the city of fairies!"

"Gecko!"

Ladybug landed on the Eiffel Tower beside Chat Noir, Lila slipping off her back with a bag over her own shoulder. Ladybug knelt beside Cha as he groaned and looked around. "M'lady," he still managed a flirtatious smile, "how kind of you to save me."

She helped him to his feet. Aunt Tiffany continued to holler at slithering movements through the Mesmer. Lila dropped the bag between her and Felix. "Let me guess," she eyed him, "we got an infestation?"

"Indeed."

"Fairies?"

"Yes."

She let out a long sigh before walking over to Tiffany – and knocked her out with a quick chop to her neck. She crumpled to the metal as Chat and Ladybug gawked at her. She shrugged. "Well someone had to shut her up."

Melodic moans erupted from the air. The four of them looked around for the source, only to find that the sounds were coming from everywhere. Felix removed his tie pin, losing the superhero suit as he held it beside the brooch. Cammo flew out and looked up at him. "Why did you de-transform?! I can still help you! We have to stick together!"

Felix handed the miraculous to Ladybug. Lila handed Chat Noir his mother. "Lila and I will keep watch from the Eiffel Tower. We need you two to get down to the city, return the miraculous to Master Fu, and keep people from panicking. Anyone could be hearing these moans. We have to keep the peace as best we can, and no one can do it better than the heroes of Paris."

Chat Noir glanced at Cammo. "What about Gecko?"

Cammo and Felix shared a silent conversation. Then the Kwami sighed and sat down in the hand of Ladybug, clinging to the miraculous. "We are not meant to be permanent."

Ladybug and Chat Noir shared a look of confusion. Felix pointed back to the mansion. "Return Aunt Tiffany to the police and get the helicopter up here."

Chat gave Felix a thumbs up. "Good luck."

He gave his cousin a pat on the shoulder. "Same to you."

Lila winked at Ladybug. Ladybug smiled back. "Be careful." She led Chat Noir off the tower and back to the Agreste mansion, the miraculous and Tiffany in tow. Lila and Felix were alone in their agent outfits, watching the Mesmer slowly descend upon the city. Fairies were in the air all around them, watching and waiting for movement.

"…You know what will happen if the Mesmer drops over Paris, Felix."

"…We have to fix what Tiffany started, Lila."

"…This is such a cliché and you know it."

"…Sometimes clichés can save us from further pain."

"Do not get sentimental on me."

"Fine." He glanced at the bag she had carried up. "Then how about we just get to work?"

She unzipped the bag and pulled out two sleek beam guns, grinning. "I thought you would never ask-er, command."

Lila is so ready to get her fire power on ;) And yes, I know a lot of you are going to be thinking "he gave up the miraculous during the fight?! Is he insane?! Are YOU insane?!" Well, no..hopefully not. There is a reason he let him go that I will explain soon enough. For now, I can only hope you have enough faith in me as a writer to stick here until the end.

Until the next chapter!