"No." Adrien whispered, crawling to his feet. "No! How could you!" Adrien ran for his father, landing a punch to the jaw before Shadowmoth was able to overpower him.

"Don't be reckless, boy. You can't fight me without your powers. Should have thought of bringing something to recharge your kwami. I raised you to be more prepared. Hand over your ring."

"Over my dead body."

"So be it." Shadowmoth reached out, over taken by his desire to bring his wife back. He grabbed his son, slamming him into the wall and holding him down, grabbing his hand and beginning to pull the ring from his finger.

"Not this time, Shady Moth!" Ladybug cried, swinging in and grabbing his miraculous from his chest.

"Ladybug! How?"

"M'Lady!" Adrien cried as Ladybug landed beside him and Shadowmoth's detransformation washed over him.

Carapace joined them with a smirk.

"A little shelter never hurt."

"God, Carapace, I love you." Adrien sighed in relief as Ladybug smiled at him, her transformation falling just as the police arrived.

Within moments Gabriel had been handcuffed, taken to the ground and escorted to the police station. Reporters began to swarm just as Rena joined them on the roof.

"Someone in need of a ride?"

"Yes please!" Marinette and Adrien laughed as Rena and Carapace carried them away from the police, reporters and the crowd, landing on Marinette's balcony and hurrying into her bedroom so they wouldn't be seen.

"Dude, still can't believe it's you." Nino nodded to Adrien and Marinette with a shake of his head. "Makes a lot of sense now."

"And now everyone in Paris knows who we are." Marinette rubbed her hands together nervously.

"Don't worry. Shadowmoth is gone now. Paris won't need us anymore. They'll forget about us eventually, just like the world forgot about the miraculous until we came along."

"It's all over."

"Forever." Adrien promised, pulling Marinette to his chest. She sighed and leaned up on her tiptoes to kiss him gently.

"So.." Nino began. "Someone want to catch me up on like, everything?"

The other three teens laughed and Adrien hugged his friends.

"C'mon Nino." Alya grabbed her boyfriend by the collar and led him out of Marinette's room. "Let's leave the lovebirds to it." She turned to her best friend. "We'll be downstairs when you guys are done."

"I'm so glad you're okay." Adrien turned to Marinette, his hands cupping her face almost instantly. "You're okay, right?"

"I'm okay. Nino had my back."

"I'm sorry I didn't."

"I couldn't blame you. When we confronted your dad..part of me hoped he'd come around. I never expected that he'd be like that."

"He tried to kill you. He would have killed you if Nino wasn't there. He would have killed me."

"It's okay, minou. It's okay now."

"I hate to think what will happen to the company, the staff at the mansion..all those people without jobs.."

"Take over."

"I can't do that. I'm in high school."

"Well you can't take over yet, but I'm sure whatever Gabriel legally possessed will go to you once his trial and sentencing are over. Until then..isn't there a head of staff who could take over at home? A head designer in the company?"

"Natalie will probably be taken in as his accomplice..she had to know. So there wouldn't be any one to take over the house. But I guess Louise could take over the company, she's a great designer, at least until I graduate."

"No one to take over the house?"

"Not that I can think of. Unless.."

"Unless?"

~•••••~

5 years later…

"I've got a call from the mayor on line four. He's calling about some theft by the Siene. Looks like two men, both burly about 6ft, one brunette, one blond, both in dark jackets and sweats, may be armed." Alya hurried to keep up with the incoming call, relaying it to the baker's dozen of people surrounding her. "We've got that appearance to make a the Eiffel at noon, Other calls on line 2, 3, 7 and 9, robbery, vandalism, car jacking and a hit and run, locations written here," She slid a piece of paper across the desk to Max who analyzed it then began listing out assignments.

"Kim, Ivan, take the Mayor's call. Zoé, Rose, take the Eiffel Tower. Nino, Luka take the robbery. Alix and Adrien take the vandalism. Kagami, Juleka take the car jacking. And Mylene and Marinette take the hit and run."

"Absolutely not," Adrien interrupted, causing the team to stop in their tracks.

"Adrien, it's just a hit and run." Marinette groaned, rolling her eyes. "And I'll be in my suit."

"We take no chances. Alix, can you handle the vandalism on your own? I'll take the hit and run with Mylene. Marinette can stay here."

"You got it, Sir!" Alix transformed and was gone in a flash, spurring the rest of the team, save Alya, Max, Mylene and Marinette, to transform and leave for their assignments.

"Adrien, love, I know you're worried. But I can handle myself out there. Especially for something as simple as a hit and run. Mylene could get the car while I comfort the victims." Marinette pouted as her husband rubbed her back.

"I know you can handle it. I don't doubt you for a second. But we have to protect our kitten. Stay here with Alya, get some rest." He lovingly rubbed her baby bump, leaning down to kiss her stomach through the material of her shirt. "And you be good, mini bug. Daddys gonna catch some bad guys."

"Mommy can catch bad guys too." Marinette groaned, but slid into one of the many plush chairs situated about the room. "Fine. I'll stay here at headquarters and just wither away."

"Marinette! Could I read to the baby while you rest?" Tikki asked, eyes wide and begging.

"Aww of course you can, Tikki." Marinette welcomed her kwami into her arms, but not before the kwami shared a high five with Adrien who whispered

"Good job, Tik."

"Hey! I saw that! You're all just conspiring against me!"

"For the greater good, M'love." Adrien transformed and kissed his wife's head. "We'll be back soon. Keep lil Louis safe for me, got it?"

"Got it." Marinette swore, crossing her heart as she watched her husband catapult away through one of the open sky lights. Mylene began to follow as Alya frowned.

"You haven't told him yet?" Alya asked over her shoulder as she answered calls and emails from other concerned citizens.

"Told him what?" Mylene interjected with worry as she turned back. "Something wrong with the baby?"

"I went to my scan today..it's not a Louis."

"Oh a girl? Adrien will be excited either way I'm sure! I know you talked about Emma as a name, he'll be excited for that."

Alya laughed and shook her head.

"Actually," Marinette began, "Its a Louis and an Emma."

"You're kidding!" Mylene screeched, running to give her friend a hug.

"Nope! Though I can't imagine how much I'll miss once he finds out. I haven't had an assignment in four months."

"He just wants to protect you, it's understandable. You're his only family."

"Mylene!" Chat Noir called from where he had returned to the skylight. "You coming?"

"I'm on my way up!" Mylene transformed and met him at the skylight and within moments they had both disappeared from view.

Marinette looked around the place they had built, the awards they had been given, the people they had saved. As a group. As a team.

"I'm not his only family anymore. And I'm more than okay with that."

"You know, I still think it's crazy this all started because of a hookup." Alya laughed from her seat at the control center.

"And to think, when he asked I was this close to kicking him off my balcony and going to bed. It was a close one."

"So close!"