Samurai VS Knight

Toshiro of the Eternal Dream-In terms of suffering. don't worry things are just getting started for Marinette. Also I have big plans for a breakup of sorts between Tikki and Plagg. Also to answer your question as to why Gabriel didn't go after the other Miraculous holder immediately, I made it so that Gabriel was playing the long game and didn't want to attack until all pieces were in place to guarantee his victory, no matter how easily he could have captured one of them. He wanted a 100% full proof plan. As to why the Akuma's never attacked him or Nathalie, that was just straight luck and the fact that he never leaves his mansion, he basically let them do whatever they wanted, and some of them were simply to far away to control.

I'm gonna tell you right now that it doesn't get better with Luka, in fact it gets far, far worse. There's no way you can guess what I have planned for him, trust me you aren't ready for this.

Sure I'm planning redemptions, you know provided a character lives long enough.

The multiple timelines are meant to differentiate Adrien from Bunnyx. Where one can travel too both the past and future to fix problems. And the other doesn't need to go to the past because he can already know how the future will play out and what directions he can steer it in.

Trust me Adrien won't be exposed to anyone for a while and the only people that know about his identity are either too scared to say so or they had their tongue pulled out. Yay!

Shion-muchas gracias. Te aseguro que hay mucho más por venir

An- Thank you! I can't wait to write some more, I got big plans!

Airin-Thank you very much! I really hope I can complete this story

Chapter 3 thoughts- I'd like to think that this chapter shows just how unhinged Adrien is now. After all with being able to die and see multiple timelines I'm sure a lot of stress and anxiety would build up, because as much as you feel that you are in control, you see the fates of other timelines and you see just how bad things could have been, and the only reason you are alive is due to being one step ahead. Dying multiple times is taxing on his mind, but you as the reader should also know that while Adrien cannot die, the resurrection process is not without its faults. Think of it like this, if its perfect it's not free, and if it's free then its not perfect. A miracle wish can bring back people at a cost, perfectly, but Khonshu's resurrections will eventually take their toll. Perhaps they already have.

Also this chapter is long as hell, an extra 4K if I do say so myself

Ryuko charged at Adrien slashing vigorously, Adrien blocked her effortlessly by blocking with his shield and sometimes separating the shield and batting away the blade while also taking some slashes at her.

Adrien kept his stance spread out and low, hardly moving an inch when Ryuko attacked, slowly pushing her back. This seemed to anger her as she had not predicted the enemy to have such strong defensive capabilities, and she was already not in the best condition beforehand.

"Oh come on, is that all you've got, where's that bravado you had earlier. Come on, your supposed to be a glass cannon, your barely even leaving a scratch on my shield." Adrien said taunted the hero.

Ryuko growled, jumping back a few feet, while people cleared out of the building.

"Wind Dragon" She yelled turning into air flowing straight towards Adrien, not moving him in the slightest, but then again that was not her goal.

Rematerializing in the air behind him, she brought her blade down, fully intending to finish the fight in one blow. Adrien not even turning around taunted her again.

"Did you actually think that would work?" he said

The fur cape he donned suddenly stiffened, each hair standing on end suddenly enlarged and became quills, similar to that of a porcupine, jutting out ready to impale her.

Her eyes widened and paled, but quickly thought of an escape as gravity brought her ever closer to death.

"Water Dragon!" She called out next

Turning into a large torrent of water that flooded the hallway, everyone having already gotten out of the building. Adrien hit the lockers again, creating another dent and being held there momentarily by the water keeping him there. Once the water emptied out of the building Ryuko reformed from a puddle a few feet away from Adrien who fell to the ground in a heap, slowly picking himself up and spitting out water.

"Is that (spits out more water) all you got?" he asked

Ryuko charged at him yet again, trying to get a hit in before he could recover. Adrien, tired of being on the defensive changed to his second weapon of the Defender. The shield disappeared and was instead replace by a long white spear with a red ribbon. Adrien recovered charging at Ryuko who had to immediately stop her charge as Adrien's spear had far more reach then her sword.

Adrien made jab after jab, each one striking slow close, she barely had time to dodge, unaware of the fact that Adrien was missing on purpose, trying not to kill her if he did not have to, to many questions would be asked if he did.

"Hey Adrien!" A familiar voice whispered, turning his head slightly Adrien saw Khonshu in his Kwami form hiding near his neck, covered by armor and partially the cape.

"You mind hurrying up, things are getting antsy outside and I don't want to be here any longer then we have to." Khonshu said

"Right!" Adrien said reaching within his cloak/cape and grabbing something.

Pulling a pin he threw the object straight at Ryuko who was preparing to attack again.

"Lightning Dra—" She never got to finish as a bright flash and loud bang occurred in front of her

Cupping her eyes and rubbing them she looked only to see after images of the white knight, while hearing nothing but ringing in her ears.

Then next thing she knew she felt an armored fist slam into her face. She felt as if her nose had broken and became disoriented and began to fall back. Before she could, however she felt two hands grab both sides of her head and bringing her back to slam heads against each other. She was now bleeding from both her nose and her mouth profusely.

She did not get any chance to rest at all. Adrien then nailing her in the stomach with an uppercut, lifting her off the ground slightly. He then quickly grabbed her by her sides, one hand grabbing her right shoulder and the other grabbing her right thigh. He then began to spin around building up momentum and letting her go to crash into the wall, causing her to break thru into the next room.

"I have to be honest, I expected more honestly." Adrien said to Khonshu.

"Ehh you can't really expect much, people that use Miraculouses are usually one trick ponies, I and vice versa you are not bound by such limitations. Only someone that has full mastery of a Miraculous could pose some form of a treat, if only slightly. Oh don't look now, she's still standing." Khonshu said

Ryuko was standing shakily using her sword to support her, still glaring at him and spitting out blood.

"Are you kidding me, that usually knocks people out, you leave me with no choice." He said drawing closer to her as she tried to prepare some form of resistance.

As he got closer she wondered if this was how she died. She regretted a lot of things throughout her life, but she mostly regretted how she had treated Adrien when they were younger and dating.

Flashback 5 years ago

"I'm sorry Adrien but I can't be with you anymore, I can't handle all these things that your bringing upon me because you keep disappointing your father, and we almost never go on dates anymore, it almost doesn't look like your trying!" Kagami lamented

Adrien was currently sitting down on the side of his bed, looking down at his hands clasped together. With dark bags under his eyes, he looked as if he was running himself ragged but that was something Kagami paid no mind to.

She had always followed her mothers rules and had been granted more freedoms as of late, however when they had begun dating Gabriel's expectations for his son had bled into her own life. Kagami's life had become similar to Adrien's. Her mother suddenly had higher expectations of her and restricted her more, along with being punished alongside Adrien when he performed subpar work at photoshoots. It seemed that dating Adrien had added a lot more responsibilities then she had thought. If Adrien was not good enough for his father then Kagami would be sure to receive a talk from her mother as well.

"Ok, I understand Kagami, I'm sorry." Adrien said with a sigh never looking up

Kagami left that day never looking back.

Flashback ends

"I'm sorry.." She muttered out as the figure came closer before removing what looked to be a baton and touching her and it began to shock her causing her to pass out instantly.

"Oh stun baton, I love you!" Adrien said sliding the baton back into his belt.

Adrien then changed into his Embracer Aspect, kneeling down next to Ryuko. He reached inside the satchel that comes with the Aspect and pulled out a role of bandages. He gently tossed the roll at Ryuko and right before it touched her it unrolled mid air and rapped around her body, before fading away quickly as if it were never there. Her wounds disappeared completely, her complexion looking better then ever.

"Well, that's done! Let's pack it up before things go south." Adrien said while picking up Ryuko over his shoulder and stuffing her in a locker so she isn't out in the open when she wakes up.

Changing back to his Watcher form he went out of the school to see a group of civilians huddled outside. The clouds in the sky becoming darker and swirling at the Eiffel Tower, thunder could be heard in the distance.

Speed walking up to the two families that he was protecting in the back of the crowd, he ushered them out into the street quickly.

"Ok we got about an hour before everything goes wrong so lets get going. I got a van waiting outside the city, chop chop people." Adrien said

They began walking out of the city to where Adrien parked the van. Kathy would look back at the city every now and again whenever a boom or fire went off creating a shockwave. She looked worried for the people, but Adrien kept urging them forward. When they finally got to the van, Adrien put them all in the back and went to the front, sitting in the driver seat. Fixing the rear view mirror Adrien saw another pillar of smoke rising from Paris.

"You know I always wondered what you did, if you were really a hero like you say you are, I know Khonshu is real. Grandpa used to tell me stories about when he was Moonknight in WW2. He saved a lot of people, but what do you do? Do you actually do anything?" Kathy said looking at Adrien from the back of the van.

"My main priority is to ensure your safety. Secondly, it's not that I am incapable of going out to help, but in this day and age, word can get out easily about Khonshu. Back then with your grandpa, he didn't have to worry about people posting a photo on social media that goes viral. There are groups in this world that we can't afford to be discovered by, it would only put your family, and every other family under Khonshu at risk. You might be willing to throw away your safety but I won't throw away that of other families." Adrien said

Kathy bowed her head in both understanding and disappointment. She may have not liked what was told to her, but when making a decision like this in regards to the safety of her family, she had to choose family.

"We can make a vote." Khonshu said out of the blue.

Everyone in the van looked at the mystical being currently in the form of a Kwami.

"But what about the Order of the Guardians?" Adrien said

"We'd have to deal with them eventually, and with how technologically advanced human society is becoming it'll only be a matter of time before we are discovered, we might as well show them that we exist before they find out and surprise us. At least that way we know they'll be coming.

"So were just voting right now, here?" Emile said curiously

"Yes and no." Khonshu said with a smile, before everyone in the van slumped over as if passed out even Adrien.

Opening their eyes all of them opened their eyes to see themselves floating in a black void, suspended in the nothingness. They stood next to each other, and only then did they notice that another person appeared, and then another, and another, and so on and so on, until the black void was filled with white specks.

"My family members, we are here today to vote in accordance with how me and my host deal with large Paranormal/Mystic events. As some of you may know already, Paris is currently experiencing a Mystical event that has not been seen since Medieval Times. We will be voting on how to proceed and if the mortal world needs our assistance. For most of you, you were born into this family from your ancestor's and have thus never seen a catastrophe of this magnitude." Khonshu said loudly his voice reverberating thru the void

"Therefore we will have a vote, those that believe we should put a stop to the situation, revealing ourselves to the world, causing other mystical organizations and creatures to possibly target us. Or we can continue as we always have, keeping a low profile, other heroes will come eventually to subjugate the forces in Paris, probably. We will begin voting now, remember that all votes are final and anonymous so feel free to make your choice without fear of judgment. I wish I could tell you more but the time we have is short so I will ask that you all make your decisions NOW!" Khonshu said as people casted their votes. The entire thing took a total of 5 minutes.

"And now we calculate the votes andddddddd…we have tallied the votes with a total of 88% voting to show ourselves. Very well, off you all go now, and me and Adrien will continue to watch over all of you to the best of our ability. Thank you and goodbye.

Everyone in the van suddenly woke up again. Kathy expected to see Adrien at least slightly annoyed but to her surprise he was still calm.

"So are you going to fix this?" She asked

"Sigh….Yeah yeah I'm going." Adrien said throwing the van keys at Henry.

"Get out of the city and get the next plane home for your family. Emile your family can wait at the next city over and I'll escort your family back home once this is over." Adrien said while getting out of the vans driver seat and pulling out a duffel bag.

By mere coincidence a police horse without a rider was wondering by and Adrien managed to grab it and saddle up on it.

"Wouldn't it be faster if you went there by hopping over building like all the other heroes?" Kathy asked

"Ha shows what you know, blink and I'll be gone before you know it." He said

"Your gonna save everyone right? Like the stories my grandfather used to tell me?" Kathy asked

"I promise that no harm will come to innocent civilians that have been possessed and all civilians will be saved. I give myself about 2 hours tops but don't be disappointed when I pop up on the news easily showing up everyone." Adrien with a smug voice while smirking

"Now watch in amazement as I take off with my new horse!" he said as he suddenly changed to his Embracer Aspect

"Vitality Tether!" Adrien said while putting his palm on the horse who then became more lively and looked ready to run for a long time, as it reared itself back ready to take off.

Adrien then changed to his Pathfinder Aspect.

"Ok my new companion off we go! Overclock!" He yelled as a white aura surrounded him and the horse.

"Hiyah" Adrien said shaking the reins causing the horse to begin running at speeds not thought possible, disappearing in a white blur, heading towards Paris.

His words echoed thru her head. She honestly hadn't thought he'd want to go, with how little he seemed to care. She wouldn't be kidding if she said she was a little suspicious. Remembering his words, one word kept coming up.

"Civilian's" the word Adrien had said. He'd save all civilians….

"Motherfuck-" she yelled before scene cut to our hero.

Adrien's Pov

"You think she noticed that I said I'd only save civilians?" Adrien said as they raced towards Paris at blazing speed as Khonshu floated in his human form on the side of the speeding horse.

"I don't know and I don't care, we wouldn't help those heroes no matter what anyways. We got to be quick about this. According to the timeline there's supposed to be a new Hawkmoth eventually so we have to interfere in a way that saves Paris, but also doesn't let the Butterfly Miraculous fall back into Ladybug's hands. So were gonna have to A. Subdue Hawkmoth and cause him to retreat and recall his Akumas, or B. Kill him immediately, take the Butterfly Miraculous and throw it to some random Paris citizen and hope for the best, do you know anyone who would make a good Hawkmoth?" Khonshu said

"I know a few people, but why can't we just take the Butterfly Miraculous?" Adrien asked

"Because with Timeline Navigation, we can see the possible futures at the given moment. If you use it again 10 minutes later you'd get the same timelines for the most part but they'll still be different because of the choices you made within the 10 minutes. The futures that we've seen have a new Hawkmoth and if we stole the Butterfky Miraculous, that would cause drastic changes and Timeline Navigation would more than likely give us entirely new Timelines based on the decisions we made, and I don't know what they'd give us. Think of it like a GPS, you have a route to take, sometimes it gives you different routes, some taking less travel time, some have less traffic. Taking the Butterfly Miraculous would be similar to taking a turn on a highway that wasn't even an option to begin with and the GPS has to reroute itself." Khonshu explained

"But we still could if we wanted to right?" Adrien said

"I mean, yeah we could, but you know how I feel about other Kwamis. Also adding the fact that we won't know what our decision will do until after it happens. It's best to stay on route with the current best possible outcome, and by that I mean the best possible outcome for US." Khonshu said

"Ok so we'll wait for Hawkmoth to defeat the heroes and as soon as their all dead and Hawkmoth comes out to gloat, I shoot him in the face with my brand new Barrett M82 Sniper rifle WITH armor piercing rounds. I'd like to see a magic suit stop that!" Adrien said

Racing across the empty streets, Adrien came to a stop once he could here the sound of a battle going on, as he was close to the Eiffel Tower, or at least considered close when shooting a sniper. Adrien jumped off the horse and jumped to the top of the building he was near and began unpacking his duffel bag. Pulling out the said sniper, he loaded in a bullet, and peered thru the scope.

Kagami's Pov

Eyes shooting open she awoke with a startle and bones aching from being in a cramped space. Looking around she soon realized she was stuffed into a locker. Panicking she burst out of the compartment and fell onto her the ground. Once she got up she checked herself for injuries, surprised to find none. She was even more surprised to find out that she was still transformed and even her Miraculous seemed to be fully charged again with Wind Dragon and Water Dragon being ready again. She had no idea how long she had been knocked out but she made her way outside the school. Seeing all of the civilians gone and along with that Akuma, she wondered what was going on, why hadn't it killed her and taken her Miraculous?

Jumping full speed across Paris she came to a sewer opening and climbed down while pulling closing the manhole. Down in the sewers she walked down a specific route, before coming to a part that was blocked off from the rest of the sewer by a metal bar gate. Opening the gate and stepping inside revealed that this gated led to a section of the Catacombs that resided under Paris. Hidden behind one of the stones near the gate was a flashlight that she picked up and turned on, shining a light into the dark cavern. While walking thru the catacombs she could here the sound of dripping water and mice scurrying around. She eventually came to a section of the cave that if you didn't know about beforehand, then you would not have noticed. A tunnel of the cave shrouded in darkness was covered in a thick tarp. Pulling the tarp aside, she was greeted by a bright light. What she saw were her fellow teammates and friends, all either depressed or nursing their wounds while trying to come up with some semblance of a plan.

When they all turned towards her, they looked on for but a moment before Marinette got up and greeted her with a hug. Before stopping and stepping back to have a look at her.

"How are things looking up there? Did you find any civilians?" She asked

"Its worst then we first imagined, all the Akuma's have razed Paris to the ground. I found a few families in within the school, hiding from the Akuma's but just as I was about to rally them together an Akuma found us.

"What about the civilians?" Marinette asked worried

"They managed to get out of the building while I fought off the Akuma, although I cannot really call it a fight." Kagami said begrudgingly

"It beat you?" Marinette asked confused because Kagami looked as if she were perfectly fine.

"It may have been one of the more dangerous ones, it played around with me, blocking only with a shield, most likely learning my attack patterns. I tried to take it out from behind but it was basically a walking fortress with spikes, the only way to hit him without suffering damage was by attacking from the front. Even then I could fight effectively against it. It switched to a spear which prevented me from fighting effectively since it couldn't close the distance. The battle ended when I think it used a flashbang and beat me before shocking me unconscious." Kagami said

"But you look perfectly fine! And he just let you go? You weren't followed, were you?" Marinette said worried

"No I was not followed, I made sure. As to why I don't have a scratch on me, I'm not sure, maybe the Akuma healed me, he must have hidden me in the locker as well." Kagami pondered

"That's impossible there's no way an Akuma would just let you go." Luka said from the back of the lit cave.

"You must've ran away the moment the thing showed up, you honestly expect us to believe that an Akuma let you go, much less heal you! Those things are under the control of Hawkmoth! SO you either ran away to leave those civilians or you've just led Hawkmoth straight to us." Luka growled stalking towards Kagami while pointing an accusatory finger at her.

Luka himself sporting a couple of cuts and bruises, but much less then the others considering he had Second Chance.

Kagami looked appalled that he would even suggest that she would run away and looked ready to punch him.

Marinette pushed them both away from each other.

"Stop it we can't afford to start fighting, were the only ones that can stop this, we have to stick together or else this is the end." Marinette said

"Marinette! Look around! Were at the bottom a catacomb, Alya can barely stand with that wound in her leg, Kim's bleeding out from the side of his stomach, Max and you have burns, and Nino has a dislocated arm. The only people we have that are in fighting condition is Kagami and me but just barely, WE CAN'T WIN! We'd be better off if we just gave him what he wants." Luka finished

"We can't, we can still win, we have to!" Marinette said close to tears as she tried to think of something.

Over in the back of the cave sat the Miracle Box open and all Kwami's floated around discussing about their current predicament, all except one. Plagg's ring that had been dormant for the past year sat in the Miracle Box untouched.

"Tikki what are we going to do, at this rate we'll all get captured!" asked Trixx

Tikki stayed silent as she pondered what they could do.

"Tikki perhaps it would be best to just leave, we cannot under any circumstances allow Hawkmoth to capture us." Wayzz said

"We'll see if Marinette can come up with some sort of plan, She's always managed to to come out on top, but if worse comes to worse then we'll have to have her take the Miracle Box and escape." Tikki said

Looking over Tikki saw all of her friends together planning.

"So we know that Hawkmoth has been building up and army of Akuma's for quite a while. He's also akumatized Mayura as well so there are a tone of Sentimonsters around Paris. If we get can take down Mayura then that would get rid of all the Sentimonsters. The only true problem is Hawkmoth, he's not Scarlet Moth this time so taking him down will not get rid of the Akuma's. However if we take him down fast enough, then we can use the Butterfly Miraculous to immediately call back most of the Akuma's he sent out, we may be able to get all of them, I'm not sure. Some of them might be to far away. I doubt he can control them all simultaneously, that must be why the Akuma that attacked Kagami left her alone, he must not be able to control them all, if they aren't directly in front of him. So if we can just get to him then we have a shot of ending this." Marinette said

Alya then stood up shakily before also speaking up.

"Marinette that sound like a good idea but we don't even know where Hawkmoth or Mayura are. They haven't shown where they are more than likely because they know there's nothing we can do. I think they are just going to wait it out until were found out." Alya finished looking slightly pale.

"Then we'll have to give them a reason to come out, and I think I have just the idea." She said as she began to tell them all her plan.

Fast-forward

Climbing out of the sewer the heroes of Paris stood in a alley way. Marinette holding the Miracle Box in one arm. Moving as a group they slowly made their way thru Paris. They did manage to catch the attention of a few Akuma's and Sentimonsters, but they already knew they would. The Akuma's did not approach them but rather observed them from a distance. Some Akuma looking down right murderous, others you could tell were the peaceful people of Paris. The group kept running till they got to the Eiffel Tower. Once they had gotten under the tower they looked around to notice that almost every Akuma and Sentimonster in the city had surrounded them and were standing there, as if waiting on a order.

"Hawkmoth, I've come to negotiate for the safety of Paris and the Miraculouses, if you release the people then we will surrender." Ladybug said as Akuma's had the mark of Hawkmoth floating in front of their faces so she knew he was listening. The mark disappeared and they waited. A few minutes later two figures descended having been jumping across roof tops.

"Well well well, it seems as if your luck has finally run out Ladybug." Hawkmoth chuckled as Scarlet Mayura stood next to him also smirking.

"If you get the Miraculouses like you've wanted, you'll release everyone right?" Ladybug asked

"Of course, I promise that once I have the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous it will be as if none of this ever happened." Hawkmoth

Ladybug then took the Miracle Box walked toward the two super villains and the others backed away from them and Ladybug handed them the Miracle Box

Opening the box they saw all the Miraculouses that weren't currently in use.

"I will give to the Ladybug Miraculous after you've deakumatized everyone." She said

"Do not worry Ladybug, I will deakumatize everyone, of course after you give me your Miraculous. You seem to believe that you hold some leverage over me but I can assure you, you are in no place to negotiate." Hawkmoth said standing dangerously close to Ladybug in a taunting manner, as if goading her.

Seizing this opportunity Ladybug immediately tried to grab the Butterfly Miraculous from him. Hawkmoth seemed enjoy this as he wore a smirk as if expecting this. And right as Ladybug's hand made contact, there was a shimmer and the guise seemed to fall away shocking Ladybug. With the disguise dissipated it revealed to be Volpina, who proceeded to bash Ladybug away from her with a whack of her staff.

Smiling even more Mayura threw the Miracle Box to the ground and the Miraculouses that spilled out also faded away, revealing themselves to be nothing more that a Mirage as well.

Over by the crowd of Akuma's and Sentimonsters they parted to reveal a much more haggard looking Hawkmoth that looked unkempt.

"I expected as much from you Ladybug, did you honestly believe that I would fall for you pathetic attempt to stop me." Hawkmoth said sinisterly

"Of course I still plan to release the people of Paris, however you and your group of heroes are another matter entirely. You see Ladybug, you've taken something from me, something that I held dearly and now I will take your Miraculous and finally find out who it is that has been making it hard to realize my goal." Hawkmoth said

"Of course I still remember the identities of all your companions, the only reason I didn't attack them was because you'd take their Miraculous away thus making it harder to locate you. I've come to a few possible candidates for who you could be but today I confirm them. You will live past today, I assure you but afterwards I will make sure that you spend every waking moment suffering in life. I will make your life miserable, not only for you but your family and your friends. I don't know where you've actually hidden the Miraculouses but your only delaying the inevitable, and your end begins now!" Hawkmoth said as all the Akuma's and Sentimonsters began charging at them. Everyone readied themselves for the fight, some Akuma and Sentimonster charging right towards them and others firing off their powers, be it wind, fire, ice, or some other form of energy blast. The storm that had been crackling over Paris for the past few hours was raining down heavy rain and thunder thanks to Stormy Weather, lighting occasionally hitting where she once stood, dodging desperately as villain after villain came to attack her. She looked around to see her teammates fighting just to stay alive. Teamwork was an impossible feat right now as everyone was too busy with their own group of Akuma's attacking them.

It was impossible to tell how long they had been there. It couldn't really be called a fight, it was just dodging.

"Just how long will we last!" Marinette thought worriedly

Marinette had split the Miraculouses evenly among the team so that Hawkmoth couldn't get his hands on all of them. Hopefully one of them would be able to escape.

"Everyone try to escape and get as far away as you can. Unify with the other Miraculouses if you need to!" Marinette shouted hopeful that they heard her.

Pegasus opened a portal and jumped thru it along with Monkey King and tried to keep the portal open for the others but he unfortunately had to close it before other Akuma's or Sentimonsters followed them. Viperion managed to get away while carrying Rena Rouge away as her wounds had reopened.

Carapace was surrounded by Akuma's and Sentimonsters and used Fortress, but it seemed that there was no way for him to get away. It was only a matter of time before it broke and he was captured, none of the Miraculouses he had on him could help him get out of the situation. Marinette put on the Mouse Miraculous.

"Tikki! Mullo! Unify!" Ladybug called out.

"Multiply!" Ladybug said splitting into smaller versions of herself and started running under the feet of Akuma's and Sentimonsters.

Kagami pulled out the Black Cat Miraculous and was about to slip it on but a Akuma managed to get a hit on her shoulder, knocking the ring out of her hand and sending it flying into the air.

Adrien's Pov

A ring that I hadn't seen in about a year, flew thru the air. Memories….good memories, flowed thru his mind. Switching unconsciously to Watcher Aspect.

"Watcher's Grasp" Adrien whispered out.

The ring that was flying thru the air suddenly came to a stop as if someone was holding it midair. Kagami and a few Akuma's and Sentimonsters being the only ones to notice as Hawkmoth, Mayura and Volpina were distracted with Ladybug right now. The ring then shot of towards the top of one of the buildings off of the side of the battle.

The Black Cat Miraculous flew into the palm of his hand.

"Seriously Adrien! If you wanted to grab Plagg you should have at least asked me first. I mean I would have said no, and you still would have done it regardless but you could have picked a better time to steal it instead of taking it when some people are blatantly staring at the thing!" Khonshu said

"Sorry I just couldn't help it." He said staring at the ring in the palm of his hand.

"Well wake him up, say whatever you need to say and send him back, if we keep him the timelines would take a dramatic shift. Not as dramatic as taking the Butterfly Miraculous but a change nonetheless. Of course if you want to keep the thing, I guess it would hurt to keep him under lock and key, he does after all still need to do some time for sinking Atlantis, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Dead Sea, and the Black Plauge, I can overlook the Dinosaur Extinction though." I haven't tallied up the time or form of punishment yet so its your decision if we keep him or not, just be prepared for new timelines, nothing big should pop up, but we should keep our eyes open and heads down just in case." Khonshu said

"Why hasn't he come out of the ring?" Adrien asked

"I don't know, being a slave isn't exactly my area of expertise, I just know they hold the other Kwami's, never bothered to learn more about them. You could put it on to see if he pops out but I refuse to share you with other Kwami's, so don't say the activation phrase." Khonshu said

Adrien slipped on the ring and Plagg suddenly popped in existence. And what was the first thing that Plagg did after losing Adrien a year ago, and seeing this figure in white? He bit is hand, of course!

"Plagg! It's me! It's me! Don't bite me man!" Adrien yelled shaking his hand trying to make the Kwami of Destruction to let go.

"I don't know who you are, I've never met you before in my existence!" Plagg said after letting go while looking at Adrien with a distrusting face

"Plagg it's me Adrien!" Adrien said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world

"Ohh boy hasn't even been a year and she's lost me to some Akuma that says he's Adrien, BEST GUARDIAN EVER!"

"Hey come on Plagg, I used to give you Camembert Cheese, you used to threaten me for more cheese or you'd destroy my Ladybug merchandise collection." Adrien said whispering that last part.

"You can't be Adrien because Adrien died!" Plagg said

"Your right but don't worry Khonshu will explain everything, Khonshu!" Adrien called out

Waiting for Khonshu to speak, Adrien waited but nothing ever came.

"Khonshu! Come on man where did you go!" Adrien said while looking at Plagg again, who looked back at Adrien as if he were insane.

"Khonshu, your making me look crazy here! Listen I know you don't like talking to other Kwami's but come on man! I know your there!" Adrien yelled

"Listen man if you aren't an Akuma then you certainly have a few screws loose. I know practically every Kwami by name and none of them go by the name Khonshu, you also don't look your wearing a Miraculous. Also if you are Adrien what's with the mask, I can't exactly see your face, how did you come back to life, and if you were alive why didn't you come back?" Plagg said still not believing him." Plagg said

"Mask!? What mask?" Adrien asked feeling his face

"THE MASK YOU HAVE ON YOUR FACE?" Plagg said exasperated

Pulling down the hood, it revealed the black face mask that covered his entire head, the mask changed with every Aspect change he did, from covering his whole head to a white domino mask for his Cat Blanc form. The cowl stayed regardless of which form he took.

A realization struck Adrien, he wasn't shock, far from it actually, he was proud of it.

"Ahh it's hard to imagine that I haven't seen my own face in almost a year, even harder to think that the suit hasn't come off either." Adrien said with a sigh of contentment as he reminisced

"Plagg there's things you don't know, things you wouldn't believe, there is so much more to the world, no to this universe! And I want you to be on that journey with me and Khonshu, he, doesn't like other Kwami's but I'm sure if you guys could just talk, maybe you'd come to an understanding." Adrien said with childish certainty as if it could work out.

Plagg himself was having an internal dilemma, this thing that had his ring that claimed to be Adrien, was sounding insane. He had ruled out that it was an Akuma. If it was it would have taken him to Hawkmoth by now. And as far as he knew, in every set of Miraculouses that the Guardians had there was not a single Kwami that went by the name Khonshu.

"Well ok, lets say your actually Adrien, why don't you go help the others, he said gesturing to the on suing fight right below them." Plagg said

"Khonshu said to not stop Hawkmoth until all heroes have been defeated." Adrien said casually

"Well if he's a Kwami, whats he gonna do if you help?" Plagg said

"Well he could certainly do something, but he hasn't led me wrong so you know I'm inclined to listen to his rules." Adrien said

"And those rules are?" Plagg asked pressing for answer

"Rule 1: I am to only handle situations that heroes of this day and age deem minor or situations that the world is unaware of that are supernatural or Mystical in nature

Rule 2: In the event that heroes encounter a threat that they cannot handle, I am to handle the situation only after all heroes have either fled or have perished.

Rule 3: If the Mystical Anomaly is related in any way to the Order of the Guardians then I am to treat all Miraculous holders as enemies, word of Khonshu's presence cannot yet reach their ears." Adrien said

It was the last rule that shocked Plagg, and it was then that he knew that this was definitely not an Akuma. Only a few people knew about the Order of the Guardians. Heck even other Miraculous wielders didn't know about the order. The only reason the Wielders of their set of Miraculouses knew was because years ago Master Fu saw no harm in telling them of a Order that at the time no longer existed, at the time that is. After Ladybug and Cat Noir defeated Feast the Order and the Miraculouses were back in circulation around the world.

"Do not worry Plagg, I will protect you, things are happening, Khonshu says we just have to wait. In about 3 years time every Kwami on earth that is trapped within a Miraculous will CEASE. Restoring order to this world."

Plagg looked deathly afraid when he said that and thought that he had to get away from this maniac immediately but still wanted to press on with questions, at least to distract the man. However Adrien noticed the scared look that Plagg was giving him.

"You misunderstand Plagg, me and Khonshu aren't hunting you guys, think of if more like, we know about a event that will happen in the future. Really Khonshu has known about it for a long time, he says it's the result of the Kwami's decisions, but he never spoke much about what would happen exactly, just that what ever happens will be the result of their choices. Really we don't have anything to do with it, we just gotta sit back and watch!" Adrien said giddily

"And the reason you stole me was so that you could save me? Plagg said unsure

"Yeah, that's right! Khonshu probably isn't showing himself because your around but he'll have to come out eventually. Besides I think he needs to interact with more of his own kind. He's got a bad case of Misanthropy, except you know with Kwami's." Adrien said

Having heard enough Plagg stopped him there.

"Ok listen you seem nice and all but there's no way I'll ever believe your Adrien, unless you take off the mask." Plagg said

"Oh come on Plagg, I know you like Camembert, you threaten to destroy my Ladybug merchandise on multiple occasions, my dad was an absolute control freak, I had no friends that actually knew me,(it was at this point that Plagg actually stated to look at him like it was possible he could be Adrien), I had a girlfriend that dumped me because I brought even more expectation into her life, and finally I had to deal with Ladybug and her Miraculous Team, who were oh so close, while I get shafted for every fucking goddamn fucking mission, so I would appreciate it if you had just a little bit of trust in me. Why do you think I saved you! Things are changing Plagg, faster than I care to admit. That day I died on the bridge I sent you away because I knew you'd be safe with Ladybug. Now I'm here to take you back because something is coming, something big, big enough for Khonshu to want to avoid it all together. Listen I know you guys can't fathom the concept of death, but trust me when I say none of you are prepared for whats coming!" Adrien finished his speech

"Adrien?!" Plagg said finally coming to terms that this just might be Adrien considering all the stuff he just spewed out that only he would know

"YES! FINALLY, SOME PROGRESS!" Adrien yelled hands gesturing in a thank you pose

Plagg crashed into his face hugging and nuzzling him.

"But how, everyone saw you die, your body was crushed in the Seine." He said as he cried refusing to let go of his Chosen

"I told you Khonshu brought me back, you'll meet him…..eventually…probably. But right now I got this gun here I got in America, im gonna take it shoot Hawkmoth and just be on my way, and the best part is now that you're here I don't have to show myself because I don't have to worry about anyone getting the Miraculous of Destruction and Creation if I got you. So back to business!" Adrien said picking up the sniper and taking aim.

Looking thru the scope he saw that most Miraculous heroes had escaped and Ryuko and Ladybug were still there. Focusing on Hawkmoth and Mayura he saw that they had captured most of the small Ladybugs that had unified with Mullo the Mouse Miraculous. Just a few more minutes and they will have captured them all and possibly kill them, then he would kill the villains. Of course that wouldn't handle the Akuma and Sentimonsters but he had a solution for that.

"Are you sure you can't help? I know they weren't exactly great teammates but….. ok I have nothing to say in their defense, but you're a good kid." Plagg said

"Shhh Plagg I'm trying to concentra—OH MY GOD" Adrien said rolling out of the way and holding up his gun as a sword slashed down and sliced it in two. Ryuko standing there in a battle stance

"Do you know how much I payed for that!" Adrien yelled

Five Minutes Earlier with Ryuko

Rushing forward desperately forcing her way thru, she tried to follow the ring. She slashed and dodged thru the Akuma's. Admittedly it took longer then expected but she ran close to the building before calling out.

"Wind Dragon!" She yelled blowing away Akumas and then flew up towards the bulding rematerializing and immediately seeing the figure aiming what looked like a gun at Hawkmoth and Ladybug. The figure also had Plagg flying close to him, which showed he was wearing the Black Cat Miraculous. While it was distracted she brought her sword down stopping the Akuma from whatever it was trying to accomplish. The sword easily cut thru the firearm as the figure rolled away at the last second.

"Do you know how much I payed for that!" The figure yelled

Back to Adrien

Adrien looked down at the two pieces of the gun he now held and looked at Ryuko, noticing Akumas and Sentimonsters heading towards them.

Muttering angrily Adrien hastily picked up his duffel bag and jumped over the other side of the building onto his horse, Plagg's green eyes piercing thru the darkness of Adrien's cowl along with Adrien's eyes as he hid in his hood close to Adriens face.

"Thank goodness I kept the connection, come on horsy let's go!" Adrien said pulling the reins. Causing the horse to race thru the alley way and into the streets. If Adrien switched to his Pathfinder Aspect he could use Overclock but decided to stay in is Watcher Aspect, so the only thing the Akuma's and Sentimonsters saw was a horse running on its own thru the streets of Paris and paid no mind as it weaved thru them. Instead they charged towards Ryuko who was trying her best to keep them in her line of sight, following them from the rooftops.

Adrien thought about what he could do to lose her as she still kept up, the Akumas and Sentimonsters with her, he didn't have any long range abilities so he thought of ways on how to lose her. Looking at the next intersection Adrien jumped off of the horse and dived into the next street and opened a manhole jumping down as the horse kept going straight running out of the city.

Shutting the manhole he slid down to the floor, back against the wall.

"Great, it's good, we lost her." Adrien said right before he heard another cry

"Water Dragon!" Ryuko yelled, somehow still following him and she filled the entire sewer with water that dragged him even further down the pipe system.

"AGAIN! Oh god I think I got some in my mouth" Adrien yelled heaving right before a sword was placed right at his throat.

"Return that Miraculous to me now! And don't even think about switching forms." She said

"Ok, ok, we can talk, let's talk about this." Adrien said while he held his arms up in a surrendering motion

"Give me that Miraculous!" She said pressing the blade deeper into his skin, slightly drawing blood

"Oh that's funny, your ready to kill aren't you, well I guess I'd be scared to if my whole existence was in danger. Once Hawkmoth makes that wish life as you know it will change fundamentally. Life going on completely unaware of anything that happened, as if it never happened, the you that you are now would be completely erased, replaced by something similar and yet different." Adrien said as Ryuko kicked him in face

Her blade shaking in her hand. She was honestly quite scared, life had been so normal not long ago, but now the burden and stress that had been piling up. People she knew were either dead or Akumatized. The only solace she had earlier was that Ladybug could fix all the damage, but if she were captured or worse then no one would come back. The only thing she could do at this point was keep Hawkmoth from getting the Black Cat Miraculous.

Adrien was hunched over spitting out some blood on the pavement. His back to Ryuko

"Stand up!" She yelled and she received no answer

"I said get up, before I make you!" She yelled again, and receiving no answer

Getting fed up she grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around only to be met with a gun being held up to her forehead.

"Did you know that Miraculous suits can protect against most conventional firearms, you'd need something pretty powerful to get thru that suit, but once you get your hands on something strong enough, I GUARENTEE it'll tear right thru that skull of yours." He said

"Perhaps it would be better if you worked together with her?" A voice said making both occupants turn towards the voice.

"Khonshu! Buddy, where'd you go?" Adrien said

Khonshu stood in his human form, clad in his white business suit, walking forward while straitening his tie.

"You know how I feel about Slaves my Knight. Unfortunately you kept this rabble around, and you even have the intention of keeping him around, and you have this Jap here, that has unfortunately followed you here." Khonshu said

Ryuko seemed to have taken offense to the term but before she could say anything Adrien spoke.

"Oh come on, I can handle this, it'll be a piece of cake, I don't need her!" Adrien said as if it were plainly obvious.

"My Knight, your gun is broken, which is the only thing you had on hand that could pierce his suit from the distance we initially planned out. Therefore the only way to take care of the situation now is for a direct confrontation and given the number of vermin, currently stalking the city, and our lack of firepower, we could use her to get in close." Khonshu said cleaning talon-like nails

"Khonshu you and I both know I could take on all those Akuma outside, sure it might take a while but I can get it done." Adrien said

"Time is not a luxury we have at the moment, and while I know you could, you would have to give your all out there, making you reveal far too many of your abilities then I would like. Fortunately, the Jap here has the second best Kwami in regards of offensive capabilities, she could prove to be a useful temporary ally." Khonshu said

Adrien stopped looking at Khonshu and looked at Ryuko, both stared at each other before Adrien removed the gun form her head, backing up slowly, holstering the gun to his side underneath his cloak.

"You think SHE can help us? Khonshu she can barely handle 5 Akuma's, heck she couldn't even 1v1 me." Adrien said before looking at Ryuko. "No offense on your part, I'm kinda built not to die." He said before turning back to Khonshu "Are you sure we can't just." Adrien said holding a hand up to the side of his face, facing Ryuko and making a gesturing hand motion of slicing her neck.

"Don't worry she will be useful after we form a Connection with her. You may now begin negotiations with her." Khonshu said

The two white figure had been talking the whole time completely ignoring Plagg and Ryuko who stared at both beings in bewilderment. That was the moment the figure in white that had been fighting her asked her specifically a question.

"Hey wanna work together?" He said

Ryuko stared for a good minute before finally speaking

"Who are you?" she asked bewildered

"THAT…is a good question. Just call me Moon Knight." he said

"So first thing, were going to have to make a law binding agreement if were going to be working together." Adrien said while pulling out his Book of Laws

"So you'll just place your hand on this book and swear to follow the set agreement. I swear to assist you in taking down Hawkmoth, so long as afterward you disclose no information about me, you never saw me, you don't talk about me to anyone. Failure to uphold this agreement will result in unfortunate fates for friends and loved ones." Adrien said

"Why would I ever accept an agreement like that." Ryuko said

"Well why wouldn't you, your family and friends are already Akumatized or dead, and Hawkmoth is obviously not gonna get the Black Cat Miraculous because I have it. So today is gonna end in one of two ways. You help me and potentially save Ladybug who can possibly fix all this, or you don't help me and I slowly painstakingly make my way thru Paris leaving a pile of bodies until I put a bullet thru Hwakmoth's skull…..oh and I kill you, because you might talk about me." Adrien said

Ryuko looked to be considering her options before complying.

"Ok I'll accept your deal." Ryuko said placing her hands on the book, that shined before two wrappings came out of the book and wrapped itself around the white figures hand and hers as well.

"Great heres the plan, you'll fight any Akuma's and Sentimonsters that approach, meanwhile I will take down Hawkmoth and Mayura, it's simple really." Adrien said

"Your plan is to essentially walk up to Hawkmoth and Mayura and beat them, while I handle the hundreds of Akumas?!" She asked incredulously

"Well when you say it like that you make it sound like we don't have a chance, but enough of that let's get you fixed up, shall we." Adrien said shifting to the Embracer Aspect and reaching into his satchel and pulling out another roll of bandages that unraveled themselves when he threw them at Ryuko, wrapping themselves around her and healing her wounds, while restoring her Miraculouses power.

"Now let's make a Connection!" He said while grabbing Ryuko by her neck. A white pulse fluctuated off her Miraculous before a Crescent Moon was displayed on it.

"And now the pièce de résistance!" Adrien said shifting back to the Watcher Aspect

With Ryuko now having a connection to Adrien, he opened the Book of Laws and Regulation.

"Now I'll be lifting the restrictions that you have on that Miraculous for the duration of the battle. I'll be removing that pesky timer, power restriction, ability restrictions, so feel free to really go to town on everyone." Adrien said as he began climbing out of the sewer

Ryuko came out after him and she looked up into the sky and noticed that the storm that was there earlier was even worse, and yet somehow it felt calming to her, she could even feel the wind picking up, the moisture it carried along in the atmosphere.

Multiple questions went thru her head on the identity of the cloaked figure that had and why he was here, and how she was going to get Plagg back. Mysteriously enough though, Plagg did not seem distressed, in fact he looked incredibly happy around the guy in white, even pestering the other entity for information.

"Hey, you don't look like any Kwami I've ever seen. What's your title? How long have you been around? What set of Miraculouses are you from?" He kept firing off question after question. All of which were ignored as Khonshu floated around in his human form looking annoyed.

"It that thing really a Kwami?" Ryuko whispered to Moon Knight

"I don't know, but come on if he was a Kwami, do you honestly think he'd look like that. There's a lot of mystical creatures in this world, he definitely makes me stronger than you though." Adrien said casually lying

Just then a Sentimonster came racing thru the streets looking for and sign of people or Miraculous heroes. Ryuko readied her blade and prepared to charge, however Adrien stopped her by placing a hand in front of her.

"Relax it can't see us, not while your connected with me. Let's keep going." He said

Getting back to the location of the fight. When they got there they saw Akuma's and Sentimonsters keeping watch. Ladybug and Carapace both unconscious and tied to pillars, and Hawkmoth sitting on a throne on the upper level of the Eiffel Tower with Mayura standing by his side.

"Ok give me 5 minutes to circle around, then begin the attack!" Adrien said

"What am I supposed to do?" she asked

"I unlocked the full power of your Miraculous with powers over storms, you figure it out." Adrien said running away and circling around to come from behind, keeping out of sight form Hawkmoth and Mayura.

While he did this Ryuko looked at her sword that had changed a bit, if she looked at the blade close enough she could make out what looked like a storm within the blade. She gave a few practice swings and as she did so she noticed that the clouds moved in the direction that she would swing. Curious she started spinning her blade and the clouds started churning faster and faster. Lighting and thunder began could be seen and heard and a heavy smell of moisture was in the air as suddenly a extremely heavy rain began pouring down. Akuma's that were weather related looked around in confusion as they had not been the cause of this, and when they tried to take back control they found that they could not no matter what they did.

On the other side Adrien noticed the change of weather and looked on in amazement.

"Why can't I have anything this flashy?" Adrien asked looking at Khonshu

"Oh I'm sorry is the power to NOT DIE, not good enough for you." Khonshu said

"I'm just saying." Adrien said

"You could use the ring Adrien!" Plagg said

"No he won't!" Khonshu immediately said

"We'll its his decision on who he wants to use!" Plagg counter

"Listen here you little cretin, if he ever stopped using me, he'd drop dead immediately, which means he can't stop using me. And I would never unify with you." Khonshu said

"Well what are you gonna do about it!" Plagg said getting angry

'Khonshu snapped his fingers and a white ring of light appeared over the Black Cat Miraculous that showed a lock.

"Your move slave!" Khonshu said

"Hey hey come on stop with the name calling. Ok let's go. KHONSHU IT"S SHOWTIME!" Adrien said

"WAXING CRESCENT!" Adrien yelled changing to his Pathfinder Aspect

"Lets gooooooooooo Overclock!" he called out, and he shot off sprinting like a mad man, appearing as a white blur.

Now that he wasn't in his Watcher Aspect all the Akumas and Sentimonsters immediately took notice of him and Ryuko on the other side. Adrien ignored all of them sprinting towards Hwakmoth and Mayura who were looking at Ryuko before turning around and noticing him as he got closer and closer.

Ryuko who had been stirring the clouds brought her sword down in a downward arc causing the clouds to come down in a violent torrent which caused a cyclone of harsh winds to cuts of the Akumas and Sentimonsters from Hawkmoth and Mayura. Moon Knight getting to the Eiffel Tower before the cyclone descended was also trapped in there. Any Akuma's and Sentimonsters that got to close were thrown away by the winds or shocked by the lighting. The Akuma's and Sentimonsters noticed that they couldn't reach their leaders and instead charged at Ryuko.

Thru the heavy rain and wind Ryuko flowed thru her enemies swiftly and gracefully like water. Moving so gracefully that no Akuma or Sentimonster could land a hit on her, while she struck down one after another.

It was amazing, it was exhilarating! The power she felt right now made her feel like defeating Hawkmoth was well within her grasp. Looking at her surroundings the Akumas and Sentimonsters were still charging towards her, completely ignoring the fact that they were completely losing.

"Water Dragon!" Kagami called out, however with her power boost she was not prepared for how big of a deluge she would become. She had for all intents and purposes become a living tsunami that moved around crushing any Akuma or Sentimonster with the weight of gallons upon gallons of water, even managing to topple over the Akuma's that were more on the giant side. The tsunami made its way scooping up enemy after enemy, catching them all in the current and putting them in a single spot.

"Wind Dragon!" Kagami yelled transforming into air with a boom as the circled all of her enemies and became a torrent of air circled the Akuma's and Sentimonsters picking up every single one and lifting them in the air. What was once a small cyclone kept expanding further and further until it was, what could only be described as a mini hurricane with the winds reaching well beyond 200 mph. The cyclone reached high into the clouds causing the storm to swirl above violently. The Akuma's and Sentimonster's were being pelted with debris picked up in the wind along with water being thrown around since it was raining along with the water from Ryuko's previous use of Water Dragon.

Finishing her move she stood in the middle of the raging storm of wind and water, holding her sword and concentrating. Akuma's and Sentimonsters to scared to notice, as they were being flung in the air.

"Lighting Dragon!" she called out. The sky boomed and lit up, a single lighting bolt struck her and she was gone. However just as quickly another bolt struck a sentimonster, and kept going and going. She incapacitated multiple groups with ease as everything was wet due to the constant storm. If they managed to get out of the storm then they'd still be struck by electricity traveling thru the water.

By the time Lighting Dragon had finished, well over half on her enemies were unconscious.

"Again. Lighting Dragon!" she yelled. And she repeated this tactic again and again until not a single akuma or sentimonster stood.

When she was finally done, she released a sigh she did not know she had been holding in. She finally looked around and was surprised by the damage that she did. The streets were flooded with knee deep water, the cyclone still persisting and the storm still rumbling.

"I see things went well on your end." A voice said

She looked around searching but found no one.

"Don't bother, I'm in your head like Hawkmoth thanks to our connection. Hawkmoth has been defeated just as promised, you can free your teammates and have you leader fix the place up. This marks the end of our alliance, and remember our agreement, there will be no word about me to anyone. Goodbye." The voice said, who she figured had to be Moon Knight

The never ending energy she felt earlier left her immediately ceased. The winds and storms stopped and the sky cleared revealing a bright blue sky in the face of a tattered city. She looked towards the Eiffel Tower but saw no sign of Hawkmoth, Mayura or Moon Knight. She then remembered her team and looked to see Ladybug and Carapace tied to pillars still unconscious.

Adrien's Pov- A True Family Reunion Fight-during Ryuko's fight.

Racing onto the Eiffel Tower just before the wall of wind came crashing down blocking them off from the others. He came to a sudden stop a stared at Hawkmoth and Mayura and they stared back. Mayura stared in confusion, but Hawkmoth had a wide range of emotions ranging from anger to distress.

"You dare show your face to me again you false god, after all you've done, haven't I suffered enough." Hawkmoth said thru gritted teeth

Adrien kept silent, the black mask giving no sign of facial expressions. Rather the one who Hawkmoth was speaking to spoke up.

"My, my, my, here we are again Gabriel, when was the last time we met, 12 years ago I'd guess. Would you like to know what I do to repeated offenders?" Khonshu said

"I distinctly remember disposing of your last host, I see you've managed to scrounge up a new one." Gabriel said in confidence

Khonshu gave a low chuckle that started slowly before bursting into a full blown laughter.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just funny to watch people think they have the upper hand when they don't even have the slightest idea of how things actually work. You see Gabriel, you never killed my last host, I just found something, no SOMEONE, far more interesting and worthy if my time, I assure you. So how's the wife?" he asked

Hawkmoth's hands clenched as he gritted his teeth in anger.

"None of this would have ever happened if you had just—" Gabriel began

"If I had just what Gabriel, if I had just let you walk away from what you did without proper recourse, my how arrogant of you. You think you can kill one of my people, AND JUST WALK AWAY." Khonshu yelled at the end the pressure and gravity becoming slightly heavier before stopping himself and fixing his suit.

"I must really control myself, this isn't about that day years ago, besides you've already payed the price twice over, haven't you." Khonshu said giving a cruel smirk

"But I'm willing to make a plea deal Hawkmoth, I will heal your wife, all you have to do is bow before me AND DIE!" Khonshu said

"How dare you speak that way to Hawkmoth, I will cut you down along with your host for those words." Mayura said and was readying to set loose a Amok before Hawkmoth held a arm in front of her, stopping her.

"Do not use your powers Mayura, such things will not work on this THING." Hawkmoth spat out.

"I know all your tricks now, this won't be a repeat of the past." Hawkmoth said

"Hmm, not all my tricks, I still have a few that are just to die for." Khonshu said chuckling while turning his head back to look at Adrien.

"Break him!" Khonshu said getting a wordless nod from Adrien who switched to the Watcher Aspect holding his book

"Law of Imminent Domain!" he called out, a white circle encircled them all lighting up.

Adrien began walking towards the villains slowly and purposely.

He cracked his knuckles and neck. He then shifted to his Defender Aspect bringing out his shield.

Both Hawkmoth and Mayura charged at him. With his shield dividing into two pieces. Quickly blocking the strikes from both he was pushed back slightly. Hawkmoth came in for a punch, and Adrien dusked down and his spear appeared and he swung it at his legs dropping him to the ground. Adrien then brought the spear and raised it, ready to bring it down.

Mayura came from his side with her dual fans slicing him on the side of his armor. The fans managed to actually slice into the armor and caused a slight bit of bleeding.

Mayura was smirking as the had brought the fans down to slice again but a quill from Adrien's cloak stuck up and impaled itself thru Mayura's wrist. Even when she pulled her hand back the quill still stuck in her wrist and oozed blood.

"Mayura! Do not strike him with your blade unless you are sure you can kill him in one hit. It's best to fight him bare handed." Hawkmoth called out swinging his cane and knocking Adrien in the gut, launching him into one of the steel support beams.

"This may not be a battle we can afford to fight, I need to get you out of here, Paris is still ours so long as we escape." Hawkmoth said standing near Mayura

Adrien slowly stood up again watching the two.

"Oh but Gabriel if you leave you'll never achieved your goal after all you still need this don't you?" Khonshu said gesturing to Adrien hand that wore the Black Cat Miraculous

"But then again you couldn't escape even if you tried, you'd need to get thru this tornado, and even then escape would be impossible. I must admit though, this battle has barely just started and you already want to leave? What happen to the man that bet everything to get what he wanted even at the cost of his friends and families." Khonshu said

Adrien changed to his Pathfinder Aspect and pulled out a bow and notched a arrow at the villains before firing. The villains dodged and both charged forward again.

"Overclock! Timeline Navigation!" he called out.

Time sped up for him as he quickly pulled out his compass and saw the most likely possibilities. If he fired an arrow at Mayura she was most likely to dodge to the right and Hawkmoth would be most likely to jump in the air. Slowing back down to regular speed he fired arrows at both opponents, and they did exactly as he expected. Before they realized it Adrien had already followed up with another arrow right where they were dodging too. Mayura took a arrow to the knee and Hawkmoth to the stomach.

"Ahhh!" Mayura yelled

"Hnng" Hawkmoth grunted

Adrien then brought up one hand and snapped and a volley of arrows strikes them in the back.

"H-h-how?" Hawkmoth grunted out

"That's a fancy trick of Law of Imminent Domain. This land is ours; it follows our rules and by proxy so does everything within this field. Anyone can walk out of the circle, but we can just as easily drag anyone and anything back. You won't be leaving here today." Khonshu said

Adrien ran at the two of them jumping high into the air and changed back into his Defender Aspect, slamming into the metal flooring in-between the two of them. They began fighting each other, the two villains trying desperately to catch Adrien off guard, but it seemed that they were only wasting their energy as all of their attacks were either being blocked or parried. The only reason they hadn't lost was because they were covering each other's mistakes.

"Mayura create an Amok now!" Hawkmoth said

"But you said it wouldn't work against him." Mayura said

"I know what I said, just do it!" Hawkmoth said

Mayura plucked a feather and was preparing to release. Adrien realized what she was trying to do and sprinted at her. Shifting to the Embracer Aspect of a horned snake WW2 medic. His hand outstretched and palm glowing white he reached out not for the Amok but for the Peacock Miraculous. Time slowed down as his hand came closer, Mayura closing her eyes. Whatever she expected never came. All she heard was a grunt as some warm liquid splashed on her. Opening her eyes Gabriel held his cane with the blade drawn out and bloodied. He has cut of the hand of the man as he had approached her.

Blood sprayed out of Adrien's arm as his hand laid discarded with the Black Cat Miraculous. Gabriel saw that the Kwami of the Black Cat Miraculous looked incredibly distressed and worried for the individual but Khonshu looked uninterested. The figure cloaked in white cradled his bleeding limb trying to stifle the heavy bleeding as Gabriel held the cane blade to his throat.

"Did you think I'd let you do what you did years ago again. Now I have all that it need to complete my goal." Gabriel sneered at Khonshu

"Congratulations Gabriel, you've won. Unfortunately, it seems like there was nothing I could do to stop you this time, another time maybe." Khonshu said

"That time will not come because I will use the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous to erase you after I revive my wife, and you won't be able to find another host before then." Hawkmoth said as he slashed at the white figures neck. Blood gushed and a gurgling sound escaped the figures neck as it flailed until he finally fell down with a puddle of blood pooling.

Hawkmoth walked away towards the Black Cat Miraculous that was being worn by the dismembered hand.

As he was walking towards his prize, he took notice of Mayura growing pale and looking as if she saw a ghost.

"A-a-a" Mayura stuttered.

Hawkmoth turned around to look and what he saw shocked him to the core, causing him to drop his cane clattering to the ground.

"Adrien!" Hawkmoth gasped. The white suit faded away and in a pool of blood laid Adrien Agreste, his son.

Gabriel ran to his son, cradling his head. Blood caking his hands as he grabbed his body.

"My son, how?" Gabriel whispered

…..

After a brief moment of silence and shock Khonshu spoke

"O come now Gabriel, didn't you ever wonder why I never came looking for you. After my previous host went into retirement I had to find a suitable candidate. Your son just happened to fulfill all requirements and then some. Honestly the child of two Miraculous holders was something I just couldn't pass up." Khonshu said

"I'll make sure you don't exist after today, I'll wish you away for sure!" Gabriel growled out

"Why are you mad at me? I didn't kill him, make him feel unloved, lie to him. All I did was give him a chance." Khonshu said as if he head done nothing wrong.

Hawkmoth mad a dash for the Black Cat Miraculous.

"I'm not done with you yet Gabriel, and neither is HE!" Khonshu said snapping his fingers

Right as Gabriel was about to grab the ring a white light shown above him and smashing his head into the metal flooring with a sickening crunch.

"Hello Father." His voice sang out

Hawkmoth pulled himself up with a bloody and broken nose. Before him stood Adrien in his Chat Blanc suit, cowl up and a crescent symbol on his chest.

"Son, I—" Gabriel tried to speak but was cut off by a left hook to the face.

"Let me tell you something Gabriel, do you know just how boring one sided victories are? When weaklings realize how big the difference in power is…the expressions on their faces are just so…dull and monotonous. That's why its so important to give them some hope before completely dominating them. Only at that moment can you witness the most beautiful thing on earth!" Khonshu said

Gabriel was looking on in horror as Adrien raked his claws slowly approaching his father.

"That's right! I'm talking about that exact expression on your face right now! First grant hope, then grant despair. That expression on your face right now…...is priceless." Khonshu sang with a face of ecstasy.

"Adrien! Son you have to fight it, he's controlling you. He's the reason your mother disappeared!" Gabriel yelled hoping to see some form of recognition in his sons eyes.

"Don't you think I know." Adrien said dodging a punch and landing another punch to his fathers face.

"But why! Why are you helping him, I'm so close to bringing your mother back Adrien! Everything can go back to normal, I CAN FIX THIS!" Gabriel yelled not understanding his son's actions.

"With Khonshu I can do whatever I want! Know whatever I want! See whatever I want! And I know all about you!" Adrien said with morbid glee

"You once told me I was too much like mother, and that as an Agreste I had to be willing to do whatever it take to achieve my goals. You ruled over me (PUNCH), ridiculed me (CRACK), made me your puppet (SMASH)." Adrien said punctuating each point with a punch.

"So what if Khonshu broke the Peacock Miraculous! Who was it that attacked first! Who was the one that dragged mother along knowing that she'd follow the one she loved in order to protect him. Who was the one that kept dragging her along on heist's when you knew full and well what would happen to her. Your whole life you've exploited the kindness of those around you." Adrien said back handing his father, who landed on his back with a bloody face.

"I've seen many possible timelines, and every time I came close to being happy you came around and ruined it. In one timeline I found the girl of my dreams, and as soon as you found out you separated us because she wasn't rich enough, when you yourself were an orphan." Adrien said

"But I wo—" Gabriel said

"But you did! And that's why mother's side of the family hates you, your nothing but a poor man that got lucky, managing to catch mothers eye." Adrien said stopping him

"Then you found out I was Cat Noir and Akumatized me!" Adrein yelled grabbing Gabriel by his collar and lifting him up.

"I DROVE MYSELF TO THE BRINK OF MADDNESS WATHING TIMELINE AFTER TIMELINE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO SOME HEINOUS ACT. BUT EVERY TIME! EVERY GODDAMN TIME THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT ME YOU DID IT! YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE SHIT!" Adrien yelled choking Gabriel

"I WANNA SEE THE EYES POP OUT OF YOUR SKULL AS YOU SCREAM OUT IN AGONY" Adrien yelled squeezing harder only to be interrupted by a stinging sensation in his side.

He turned to see Mayura having yet again put a slice in his side, and quite a big one too.

Adrien only grunted before dropping Gabriel like a bag of bricks and slowly turning towards Mayura.

"AND YOU!" Adrien growled out

"Nathalie run." Gabriel croaked out

"I remember very distinctly you saying you would do whatever it takes to help my father achieve his goal." Adrien said as he stalked closer to her.

"That's why if you wanted him to live, I ask you to do one last thing for him, AND DIE! Adrien said whipping out his pistol and firing one shot. The gun so powerful you could feel the thrum of air as it when off. The bullet hit, meeting some resistance before tearing right thru the suit.

Nathalie felt immense pain coursing thru her as blood leaked thru her abdomen. Coughing up blood while coving the bullet wound. She didn't even notice that Adrien now loomed over her and picked her up by the neck and back. Lifting her above his head and bringing her down on his knee, a sickening crack could be heard.

"How dare you wear my mothers Miraculous!" Adrien growled out kicking Nathalie in the ribs and sending her flying into one of the metal support beams, denting it. She hit the ground in a heap a pool of blood rapidly forming

Adrien walked back over to Gabriel, who expected another rant, but was surprised when water hit his face, a single tear.

"Why? Why? Did she leave me with you?" Adrien said caressing his fathers face

"And if I kill you she'll be sad. I know she will. So what do I do, what do I do, what do I do?" Adrien said talking to himself

This continued for a good moment before Adrien when silent before bursting out in a laugh.

"I get it! I got it! I know! We both know mother, isn't that right Father? She'll love us no matter what. No matter how broken I am." Adrien said point to his head

"No matter how broken YOU are." Adrien said getting right in his fathers face. A happy expression on his face that did not suit the moment

"Here's the story, you were in a car accident. One that confined you to a wheel chair!" (SLASH!) both of Gabriel legs were severed by his sharp claws, as Gabriel screamed bloody murder. "Unfortunately, you lost both of your thumbs too" (SNAP) another cry rang out

"The impact shattered your jaw and you bit off your tongue in the process." Adrien said grabbing Gabriel jaw and applying pressure until it shattered, then proceeding to grab his tongue and yank it out. Adrien backed away and held up both hands and made a square like a movie director.

"PERFECT ABSOULTELY PURRFECT!" Adrien sang out before scooping up his father in a hug.

"OH I know she'll just love you, because you won't be able to do anything. Don't go dying on me now. I could heal you but my heals are basically all or nothing, and I don't want to give you your basic motor functions back so just bear with it. Ill take you to the hospital for good old fashion regular healing." Adrien said

He grabbed Gabriel and Nathalie, took their Miraculouses and canceled Ryuko's connection to him. The storms subsided and Adrien took off using Overclock.

Arriving at the Hospital, Adrien kicked open the doors and yelled.

"Is there a doctor in the house! Dramatically

A crowd of people peaked out of rooms to see him.

"Holy shit I didn't actually think anyone would be here." Adrien whispered to himself

A man in a white coat hesitantly stepped forward.

"Good here take this man, you've got to save him, he's rich dammit!" Adrien said pacing his father on gurney.

Nurses immediately wheeled him away. The crowd of people still looking at Adrien holding Nathalie.

"Ah right, and her too if you got time I guess." Adrien said dropping her to the ground

"Ciao!" Adrien said disappearing from sight by switching to his Watcher Aspect.

Khonshu and Plagg floating near him.

"Excellent work Adrien, that was a wonderful performance!" Khonshu praised

"Isn't it always!" Adrien said puffing out his chest

"How could you do that to your own father." Plagg said in a whisper causing the two to look at him

"I think the most appropriate answer for that question is how could I not?" Adrien said in a calm voice

"Welp putting that all aside, lets go heal my mother, quick! To the Agreste Mansion!" He yelled triumphantly

CHAPTER END

Watcher-Regulation/Perception

Moves: Absolute Balance-?

Watcher's Grasp- allows for the grabbing, pushing, or stopping of anything within his sight. Example-If Adrien wanted to he could theoretically grab the moon from the sky and it would then fit in the palm of his hand. Or you know the Leaning Tower of Pisa, where tourist pretend to push the building up in a picture, Adrien could actually push it. It all depends on his perception. Things that are huge but far away will fit in the palm of his hand.

Pathfinder-Transition/Navigation

Moves: Overclock- a move that significantly speeds up the time around the user, appearing to move at extreme speeds to others while the user experiences everything in slow motion. Can also be used on any other form of transportation.

Timeline Navigation-Shows Adrien the top 5 most likely diverging timelines to occur. He doesn't know every single thing that will happen but he knows key events that must occur for his desired timeline to become a reality.

Defender-Interception/Retaliation

Moves: Divine Interception-? A play on divine intervention

Full Counter-?

Embracer-Recondition/Connection

Moves: Overhaul-Can steal anything from a person or thing. He can choose to take a disease or injury from someone but he must first steal the health and vitality from someone else. For example, if he were to cure a child of cancer, lets just say that a criminal he stopped the other night would suddenly find themselves with stage 4 cancer. When stealing health, time or anything else, they appear as bandages in his satchel for the number of criminals he's stolen health from. The markings on his arm help him keep count.

Vitality Tether- Usually used only on members of Khonshu's Familia. Adrien can share the vitality with his fellow followers even across continents, resulting in most never tiring or getting sick. It also allows for communication with all those tethered in order to hold meetings across continents. Also works similar to Nooroo Kwami of Transmission, by granting those tethered shared powers although how much is shared depends on Adrien.

Chapter 4: Eyes on Me