"Sir? Adrian has brought some friends over from school. He says that they have a group project they need to do."

Gabriel looked up from where he was sitting and sighed. "I assume he has no other responsibilities?"

"No sir. Adrian has none for this afternoon."

"Then his friends may stay. However, please inform him that I am not to be disturbed."

"Yes sir." Nathalie turned and left him to his planning.

He needed to get the Miraculouses soon, before that girl could reveal him to the heroes. It was part of the reason he was hesitating to send out an akuma. An akuma fight could create an opportunity for the girl to contact the heroes and tell them his secret. He might get only one more shot before they find him, and he needed to make it count.

Gabriel heard a scuffle come from outside his door. He was about to dismiss it as unimportant when his door burst open.

"Grab him!"

His hands were pinned before he had even managed to fully stand. He stared at the heroes who had taken over his office in shock. "What is the meaning of this!" He demanded, struggling against the fox and turtle miraculous welders.

"I'm sorry Hawkmoth, but it's over." Chat ripped the brooch away from him.

Gabriel Agreste thrashed, desperately trying to get free. "No! How dare you! That is mine!" He tried to call his transformation, but it was already too late, he had lost his miraculous. "No! You can't do this! You can't take this from me! I can't lose her again!"

He sagged, bowing his head. "Please, I need that wish. Take me away, imprison me, but please let me save my wife."

"And what about your son? Are you so caught up in what you have lost that you are willing to throw away what you have?" Chat asked angrily.

"I was never the one my son needed. I'm doing this for him!"

"And did you ever wonder if he wanted that!"

"Why do you care! This isn't your family!"

Ladybug reached for Chat's hand and he turned to face her. She nodded at him once and gave his hand a squeeze before Chat turned back to face Gabriel.

Suddenly there was a flash of green light, and his son took the place of the masked superhero who he had been fighting against. "This is my family, my mother! I didn't want this, and I can't believe that my mom would either."

"Adrian."

"I'm going to do everything I can to heal Mother, but I'm not going to become a terrorist to do it." His son turned away. "You handle the rest of this milady? I need to get out of here."

"Yeah, we've got it. Go on, I'll come find you."

Gabriel watched as his son transformed and vaulted out the window, disappearing over the rooftops of Paris.

"Come on," Ladybug said, tying his hands together with her yoyo, "the cops are on their way."

-0-0-0-

Marinette swung towards the Eiffel tower, looking for Chat as she went. She found him sitting in their usual spot, looking out over their city. "Hey, Adrian. How are you doing?"

He looked at her and smiled. "Better now that you're here." He sighed. "I guess I don't know what to feel. I always thought that this was everything I wanted. Hawkmoth defeated, you and me knowing each other's identities, dating," they both blushed, "but I don't know what to feel now. I have everything I wanted, even a chance to get my mother back, but I lost my father. I guess it's like you said, I want all the good without any of the bad."

"Well a wise kitten once told me that just because something is good doesn't mean we have to like everything about it

We just need to remember the good.

He smirked at her. "A wise kitten huh?"

"He has his moments." She said with a smile, and they laughed.

She took his hand in hers. "We'll figure this out." And they did.

Gabriel and Nathalie went to prison, and, with the help of the guardians in Tibbet, Adrian's mother was cured. Paris was finally able to stop worrying about akumas, and Ladybug and Chat Noir spent their time helping whoever they could.

As for Marinette and Adrian, if they eventually ended up with three kids and a hamster and lived in a beautiful house together, it was because they were partners. Partners who would lift the other up when one of them was down, would support each other as they followed their dreams, and always had each other's backs in a fight. Because it was the two of them against the world, and after everything they had been through together, you could bet they were going to win.

Fin

A.N. It's done. This is the longest and, I think, the best story I have ever written. Admittedly that isn't saying much, and hopefully, it won't remain the best story I have ever written, but I'm still proud of how this story turned out.

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