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It had been two days and Adrien was going crazy.
His father wouldn't let him leave his room
School was canceled, as practically his class had disappeared with the akuma. Nino and Alya had managed to escape, along with Alix, Kim, and Rose. They had ran away when the akuma attacked.
Nino was banned from visiting his house though, so playing video games to relieve stress was not an option.
The One distraction he had was Alya. He texted her about Marinette. Not to reveal that she was Ladybug, but to comfort her. He felt like he was missing a part if him, but Alya was her best friend. Alya needed support.
Alya kept updating the Ladyblog. But Adrien wasn't sure if that made everything better or worse. With every post, he panicked more. He wanted to do something. He had to do something.
No one else could do anything.
Adrien was going to do something.
Tonight.
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Chat Noir snuck out if Adrien's window and into Hawkmoth's lair.
He was met with a laugh and Marinette. Sitting on the ground, looking up at him.
The one on the left begged him. "Save me. Kitty, we can defeat Hawkmoth together." She looked like she was in pain and close to tears.
He ran to help her.
And froze when he saw the other marinette.
She didn't look sad. Just tired. Broken. She looked relieved to see him, but didn't say a word. Until he moved towards her. She got panicked. "Go!" She yelped. "It's a trap."
Hawkmoth smiled. It was all going to his plan.
"Chat Noir how do you feel about playing a game?". Hawkmoth snapped his fingers and the window shut. "It's not really a choice."
Chat growled. "I feel like we have a very different idea of what fun is."
"Great! Here are the rules. You see the two people on the ground? One of them is your lovely lady. The other is merely a copy. But you can't tell them apart. You get to guess which One is the right One. One guess. "
"What's the catch?" Chat tilted his head. At the pun, Marinette on the right groaned and rolled her eyes. Marinette on the left giggled.
"If you guess correctly, I will give her her miraculous. If you guess incorrectly. I will take your miraculous and get what I want. "
Adrien's voice shook "What could you possibly want? Money? Power? Strength? Don't you have it all?"
Hawkmoth looked down. "I want my wife back. Your miraculous, when combined, Will allow me to achieve that."
Adrien's voice cracked as he softly whimpered, "Mom"
"Make a choice kitty. The clock is ticking."
"I'm the real Marinette. You need me. We are partners after all. Free me so we can defeat Hawkmoth." Lefty proclaimed
"You are an idiot." Righty told him.
"What?" He had no response.
"You're reckless, irresponsible, stupid idiot. We had a plan and you abandoned it-"
She was cut off by lefty "- please. I need you. You need me."
"You made an idiot move that I never would've imagined."
Chat looked at hawkmoth. "Can I make my choice?"
Hawkmoth smirked. "Sure, go ahead."
"It was idiotic, but I love you for it.."
That was all the confirmation he needed. "I love you too buggaboo."
Hawkmoth growled. "I was hoping we would do this the easy way."
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