Chapter 4: Eyes on Me
Well, it's been a while hasn't it. A lot has happened since I last posted. I initially had most of this chapter written at the end of 2020 but just couldn't figure out how I wanted to end it, so excuse me if it's a little weird I didn't finish writing the end of this chapter until today and even then I didn't want to end it, but I had to end it somewhere. This chapter is already one of my longer ones topping off at around 12,000 word count. I also acknowledge that my writing may be a lot different then it was last year, I've been reading a lot of light novels.
The official pairing is still undecided, it could be Kagami or it could be Marinette or I could take something out of left field. I've also contemplated referencing other fanfictions as alternate timelines.
The next chapter may be Kagami/Marinette centered as I try to realistically move our cast to New York. Initially I was going crossover this story with the Marvel Universe, that was the plan a year ago but now the Miraculous New York Movie out that may change.
Also, why have there been so many fanfictions that make Adrien the bad guy recently. I can only count on one hand the number of stories that make Adrien the innocent hurt party. There were more but I can't even find half of those stories any more. My fellow Cat Noir Writers please come back, I miss you so much! I'll make a list of stories I managed to save of Cat Noir centric or Cat Noir hurting angst for my fellow readers. Unfortunately almost all of these tend to be unfinished works.
Operation:fix cat noir by Flame8096
Burned to the Ground, Rose from the Ashes by I'm Little Miss-Understood
Lost in Battle by MynamewasRin
I'm Done by MockTheBird
Lies and Ignorance by Shattered Heartless, my personal favorite
Chat Noir: Black Cat by Reactionist, another personal favorite, although unfinished and only a few chapters the writing is phenomenal
Broken Trust by WonderBat91939
The next chapter, whenever that is, will focus more and expand upon magic. Preferably past Miraculous holders learning magic and making signature moves. Kagami will search for answers as to what exactly happened in Ancient Egypt and secrets will be revealed that will change Plagg's outlook on other Kwami's. I mean really who says that other civilizations out in the stars haven't discovered Kwamis in their own way.
Also I'll change the name of my story from 9th Phase to Son of the Moon, which will make sense later down the line. And hey checkout the picture on this story, I had it done half a year ago but better late then never.
And again excuse errors from this chapter I left it and came back after a while after all so I'm there may be a few things I'll need to fix in this chapter or earlier chapters
Bounding across the roof tops of Paris, gliding across multiple houses, he eventually arrived at the Agreste Mansion. Crashing thru the front door he dashed to his father's office and immediately went to the room that held his mother. Seeing the capsule, he pried it open to see his mother still looking the same as the day she disappeared. Changing into his Embracer Aspect, he rummaged around for a bandage. He grabbed it, looking at it intensely.
"This is our last one, were gonna have to go out and refill tonight Khonshu." Adrien said.
He then walked to his mother and let the bandage go. It unfurled and wrapped around his mother's body, emitting a bright light before fading away.
His mother moved a bit as if about to wake up from slumber. Adrien picked her up carefully and took her to one of the bedrooms in the mansion. He laid her on the bed and tucked her in.
Adrien sat in a chair close twiddling his thumbs in nervous anticipation.
"What do I say, what am I supposed to tell her, how do I explain all that's happened in these few years." Adrien said.
"Haven't you thought about this moment for a long time, figured you would have figured that out by now." Khonshu said floating and throwing a bouncing ball at the wall repeatedly.
"I didn't ever think I'd get this far, you've done a lot for me Khonshu but this is still unbelievable, in a good way. Sometimes you don't really believe good things can happen until they actually happen before your eyes." Adrien said softly.
"Well, you'll have time to explain everything once this is all fixed, Ladybug will be happy to know your still kicking kid." Plagg said.
Adrien then started to rub the back of his neck, looking like he was about to tell him some disappointing news.
"Plagg we aren't staying here, of course we aren't leaving immediately either, found a little girl while in town that could see me, protocol dictates I stick around for at least a month to make sure the family gets situated and used to me, but after that we'll be heading back out." Adrien said.
"But you still have your friends and your mom here." Plagg said.
"Plagg you seem to forget that for all intents and purposes I am dead, it was practically televised. There is nothing for me here, Adrien Agreste is dead. Besides the Order will soon be coming to Paris, more than likely to recover the Miracle Box from Ladybug" He said with finality.
"But maybe the Order can help you, then you wouldn't have to be like this." Plagg said.
"What's wrong with the way I am now?" Adrien asked offended.
"Nothing, I just don't like the company you've been keeping." Plagg said glaring at Khonshu
"Says the slave forever bound to a ring, that needs recharging who knows how many times." Khonshu said while still bouncing a ball off the wall.
"MY NAME IS NOT SLAVE!" Plagg said getting in Khonshu's face.
Khonshu held up his hand and flicked Plagg with his finger shooting him across the room.
"Floats like a slave, talks like a slave, looks like a slave, then you must be a slave, what else could you be?" Khonshu taunted.
"Khonshu, could you please stop making Plagg angry. Can't you just tell him why I brought him along." Adrien said.
"Why should I? He's not going to believe half the things I tell him so why bother." Khonshu said.
"Ok, well I'm going to go grab some Camembert for Plagg, could you stay her and watch my mom Khonshu?" Adrien asked.
"Bring me some wine too while you're at it." Khonshu said.
"Yeah yeah, come on Plagg lets go get you some cheese." Adrien said.
They walked thru the corridors of the mansion, heading towards the kitchen.
"Listen Plagg, I know this is weird for you, but a lot has happened in the past year that I've been gone, many amazing things that I would have never seen if I hadn't died. Looking back at it now, me dying was the best-case scenario when I look at what else could have happened." Adrien said.
"Kid don't say that, if I had been just a little bit faster you wouldn't have died that day." Plagg said dejected.
"What happened would have happened eventually regardless of what you did, you could delay it by a day, a week or even a year but it would still happen." Adrien said opening a cabinet door and revealing a few wheels of Camembert.
"So, where's the Miraculous of that creep that's been following you around." Plagg said circling Adrien and looking around his body.
"Plagg, I know he's a little eccentric but all around he's a pretty alright guy, so I'd appreciate if you would take a minute to honestly hear what he has to say, it's important." Adrien pleads.
"Well, I guess, as long as he stops calling me a slave, what's his deal with that anyways?" Plagg said.
"He'll tell you when he has the chance, but I can't guarantee that he'll treat you any better, he's just like that." Adrien said grabbing a bottle of wine and holding it under his arm while he carried a couple cheese wheels.
They then made their way back to the room that his mother was sleeping in. Plagg began taking large bites out of the wheels of cheese and Khonshu was given the bottle of wine, that he proceeded to take swigs of.
Adrien heard groaning; his mother seemed to finally be waking.
Clutching her head, she lifted her upper body up slowly.
"Where am I?" She said finally opening her eyes, to see a being she had not seen in years and his host, along with another Kwami.
"Duusu!, Spread my feather!" She said expecting a transformation, but nothing happened.
"Now calm down, I can explain everything Moth-"Adrien began as he was cut off by getting hit in the face with a lamp on the nightstand.
"I honestly expected that." Khonshu said sipping more wine.
His mother was grabbing for other stuff, before Adrien grabbed her arms stopping her.
"Let me go! Where is my husband!? Where is my son!? What did you do to my family!?" His mother yelled.
With her hands pinned she nailed Adrien in the stomach with a swift kick, sending him sprawling onto the floor. Plagg checking on him to see if he was fine and Khonshu laughing.
"Pffffffft hahahahaha" Khonshu laughed out loud.
"Shouldn't you help, you are the one who broke the Peacock Miraculous!" Adrien asked getting back up as his mother again continued to pelt him with various objects around the room.
"First off all, I did not break it, I just repurposed it, secondly I'm pretty sure she wouldn't believe a word that comes out of my mouth. Look!" Khonshu said turning to his mother.
"Hey! (Emilie looked at Khosnhu) That's your son right there." Khonshu said pointing at Adrien.
There was a moment of silence before Emilie continued pelting Adrien.
"See!" Khonshu said.
"Remove the suit!" Adrien said.
"I can only do that for 5 minutes before it needs to go back on, unless you'd like to just drop dead in front of your mom." Khonshu said.
"Noted" Adrien said taking a hit to the face with a clock.
The suit began to slowly fall away reveal Adrien to his mother and also Adrien sees himself for the first time in 1 year. With the suit and cloak disappearing one could truly see the changes that showed after one year. Standing at 6'2 with a toned physique while wearing white jeans, a white t shirt and white boots. His face looked more rugged and a sharp jawline.
"Mother please I can explain!" Adrien yelled holding his hands out.
A vase crashed to the ground as his Mother stared at him in disbelief before turning to Khonshu.
"Is this some kind of sick joke?" She asked angrily.
"Mrs. Agreste, I assure you this is no joke, years ago I told you you'd pay the price for messing with my people. Obviously, I have not killed you, so instead I decided to take your son as payment." Khonshu said.
His mother looked ready to argue more before Adrien cut her off.
"Mother, what was the last thing you remember?" Adrien asked his mother who looked unsure of the entire situation.
"I remember slipping in and out of consciousness constantly while using my Miraculous, it never worked right after we fought him." His mother said pointing at Khonshu
"You were suffering from Life Force Deprivation, something that could have been avoided if you had just stopped using that Miraculous. Whenever I touch a Miraculous using Overhaul, it causes internal damage where the Miraculous wearer starts leaking their life force because the connection is not sound. Think of like a battery that is at 100% efficiency, me touching it brings it down to 50% efficiency and the thing dies twice as fast. If you had just stopped using it you would have been fine, but no you just kept using it, and here we are 8 years later." Khonshu said.
"8 years! I've been in a coma for 8 years!" She said in shock before looking at Adrien.
"Adrien. It really is you." His mother said in disbelief.
"Mother!" Adrien said embracing her in a hug, which she also returned. Both mother and son shedding tears
"Great, well you've all had your moment, now we got things to do so we'll be on our way." Khonshu said.
Emilie immediately let go of Adrien and walked up to Khonshu glaring at him.
"My son will stay here where he belongs, he doesn't need something like you influencing him." His mother said.
All the while Khonshu kept taking small sips of the wine in a slow and calm pace.
"Adrien's and adult now, I'm sure he can make his own decisions, besides he's nothing without me, no offense Adrien." Khonshu said.
Adrien shook his head slightly signifying that he understood.
"And what is that supposed to mean? Adrien doesn't need something like you to live." Emilie asked in a frustrated not understanding what he meant.
"Oh well that's simple really, your son here died, exactly a year ago on this very day I might add, so to answer your question, he LITERALLY can't live without me, but don't worry, you'll get to see him again after 25 years of service." Khonshu said.
Emilie stared at Adrien looking at him for confirmation, hoping it too not be true.
"Well…. it's complicated, but yes mother, for all intent and purposes I died, and am dead to the world at large." Adrien said somberly but then immediately reassured his mother.
"But it's not all that bad, if I didn't have Khonshu I wouldn't have been able to heal you, also not gonna lie being semi-immortal is pretty cool." Adrien said trying to smooth things over
His mother still did not look the least bit happy and sat Adrien down, where she had him explain everything that had happened after her disappearance. Emilie had listened intently, her face changing at different instances, emotions of anger, sadness and regret flowing thru her.
After a brief moment of silence Adrien gave his mother the Peacock Miraculous.
"Mother, things are about to change quickly soon. I take it that over the years you created a strong bond with Duusu. You may keep her but please do not use her for at least the next year unless it is an absolute life and death situation." Adrien said.
"Adrien sweetie what are you talking about?" Emile said slightly nervous.
"Khonshu allows me a vast variety of powers. I can look into the future, see different possibilities, but even then, they are uncertain. The farther ahead I look the less I can trust the validity of what I see. If look into the next 5 minutes I can know exactly what will happen with 100% certainty, but the far future is muddled because a vast majority of choices and events have yet to be made. However, in all timelines I see of the future there are some events that happen regardless, a universal constant. And one is coming up quickly." Adrien said.
"What should we do?" She asked.
"Get everyone together, move to New York, prepare as much as you can. All of the other people I watch over will also be moving there within the coming year." Adrien said.
"Ok, we can plan this all as soon as your father returns." His mother said.
"I cannot stay here permanently, I'll be staying and watching over a family for the next month near here, ensuring that they are safe and prepared for the move as well. I can come meet you and father for a couple hours a day at most but once we move you all to New York I"ll be on the move constantly. I'll probably be able to meet you at least a handful of times a year until my service is over." Adrien said
Emilie still didn't like Khonshu but if what Adrien said was true then he was the reason her son and her were even standing here. She walks over to the Kwami who was still drinking from a wine bottle while Plagg was on the table nearby munching on the large cheese wheel.
"Please take care of my son." She said
"Well of course, I mean come on, you make it sound like I'm his father." Khonshu said
Emile glared at the Kwami, who raised his hands in a surrendering motion.
"Right, you don't like my jokes." Khonshu said
Emilie then turned to Plagg, smiling and showing a better mood to the kwami of destruction.
"Thank you for watching over my son all this time, I hope you'll continue to look out for him." Emilie said
"No problem Mrs. Agreste." Plagg said while finishing his cheese.
From the window they could see a swarm of ladybugs flying across the city fixing the destruction that had befallen the city.
"Ok, well…..that was a great talk. You stay here, stay safe, meanwhile I will go get Nathalie and Father. Let's go guys!" Adrien said to companions.
Going to the roof of the mansion, Adrien got himself a running start before front flipping himself off the building, hugging his knees close to his stomach tucking himself into a ball he floated/shot across the land considering how the mansion was on a highpoint to begin with and gravity had less of a hold on him.
The moment he got close to the ground he slammed his feet into the ground immediately stopped, unaffected by momentum.
"A perfect 10 in landing as always!" Adrien said as Plagg stayed in his hood and Khonshu loomed over his shoulder, floating slightly above him.
"It seems that Ladybug is out and about now, we should make this quick, its dangerous to be around when other Miraculous holders are around." Khonshu said
"Right! ….Which hospital did I leave them at?" he said
Silence reigned over the three.
"How many hospitals are in France?" Adrien asked
1 Hour Later
Gabriel and Nathalie were both preparing to leave the hospital as Ladybug's Miraculous Ladybug had fixed and healed the people and city of Paris.
Gabriel looked pale while staring at his own shaking hand. Phantom pains rushing thru him as he recalled the physical and emotional trauma he had just gone thru. Nathalie was with him as well, looking frightened and skittish.
"We have to go now, there no telling if or when he'll return, Sir." Nathalie said
"Yes, lets go-" Gabriel started before he was interrupted
"Well look at this!" A voice said causing both adults to turn towards the voice
Standing in front of the entrance to the hospital room was the person they dreaded.
"Oh it's a miracle! He can walk, he can touch!" He sang
"Adrien! I-" Gabriel started
"And regrettably he can talk again. Honestly after all the hard work I went thru to make you perfect." Adrien said walking towards Gabriel and circling him, inspecting him
"Well I guess in the end its for the best, this way you won't be such a nuisance." Adrien said shifting his gaze to Nathalie.
"Hey Nathalie, how are you? No hard feelings for earlier right?" He said grabbing her by the shoulder to make their faces meet.
"You deserved it after all, right?" He said waiting for an answer but getting none as Nathalie was silent in fear.
The cheerful atmosphere that Adrien held quickly faded and his gaze became emotionless and his grip on her shoulder became stronger and more painful.
"I believe I just asked you a question Nathalie, what kind of goddamn assistant can't answer such a simple question, are you trying to give me a reason to not keep you around?" Adrien asked slowly and angrily
"YES! It was my fault! I deserved to be shot!" She said quickly with small tears steaking down her face.
"That's great! It so nice that your so understanding." Adrien said wiping away her tears, placing both thumbs on her eyes, they glowed white quickly, lasting less than a second. He then did the same to Gabriel.
"I think we all learned something from this right?" Adrien asked
Nathalie and Gabriel struggled for an answer but as it turned out they didn't need one, as Adrien answered almost immediately.
"Nothing's more important than family, family should always look out for each other, so don't worry. No matter what you do, no matter where you run, no matter what you think, I'll be watching, waiting, listening." Adrien said as his tone and personality shifted yet again
"WAITING FOR YOU TO FUCK UP LIKE I KNOW YOU WILL, HONESTLY YOU BOTH BEING HEALED WAS A PART OF THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME BECAUSE NEXT TIME I GET TO MANGLE YOU ALL OVER AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I'LL BE ABLE TO SAVOR IT PROPERLY." Adrien said with his hands visibly tensed, hands opening and closing in anticipation
"So let's head home quickly, I am famished and let a family reunion unlike and other begin." Adrien said throwing his hands up in the air, just as the door opened.
A doctor walked into the room in order to inform Gabriel and Nathalie that they are discharged.
It was a peculiar sight for the doctor as Mr. Agreste and Ms. Sancoeur were both standing at the door, pale, shaking and sweating as if the devil himself had paid them a visit.
"Mr. Agreste, Ms. Sancoeur are you alright, you look like you've seen a ghost." He asked
"Yo-you don't see him?" Gabriel asked
Looking around the doctor only saw Nathalie and Gabriel occupying the room. Mr. Agreste you to are the only ones here from what I can see." The doctor said
"Ahh, yes sorry, just the mind playing tricks on me, sorry for worrying you." Gabriel said wiping away the sweat, acting as if everything was fine, for before him Adrien loomed over the doctors shoulder grinning at him, holding his fingers to his mouth making a shush motion.
"It's perfectly understandable Mr. Agreste considering the ordeal you went thru, but thanks to Ladybug everyone is now ok. Your free to go home." He said
"Ah, yes….home. Come Nathalie." Gabriel said as they made their way outside as they had called the Gorilla to pick them up earlier. The limousine pulling up and they stepped inside sitting down.
Adrien sat down in between the two, draping his arms over both their shoulders as the doors to the limousine closed.
The ride home was short but as they pulled into their mansion, Adrien began rubbing their shoulders.
"Oh come on, you guys can still be scared, today is a day to celebrate a momentous occasion." Adrien said.
"What do you mean?" Gabriel asked starting to somewhat compose himself.
"Well for one my life just became even more better." Adrien said as he stepped up from between the two and stepped out of the limo as it came to a stop.
"Adrien!" A voice called out.
Gabriel and Nathalie wore shocked faces as they saw Emile Agreste, whom they had thought would never again wake.
Emile saw Gabriel and gave a warm smile, one he missed so dearly.
"How?" Gabriel asked
"Adrien heale-" Emile began
"It was me! None of this would have been possible without me!" Khonshu said popping into existence
"This happened because you damaged a Miraculous." Emile said still not liking the god.
"Damaged is such a strong word, I prefer the word reconfigured, beside your husband was trying to rob me and you protected him, so who's fault is it really?" He said glancing at Gabriel
"Disgusting thing." Gabriel growled out
"Adrien did you hear him, quickly slap him for me!" Khonshu said
"Adrien you do not hit your father!" his mother said
Adrien looked visibly confused on what to do, looking back in fourth between the two.
Arguing ensued but nothing serious. It was hard to imagine that something like this could happen, regardless of the actions taken to get here. Everything was perfect, his mother is back, a family whole. It almost made him shed a tear.
"Finally after so long, something to look forward too." He muttered
"We should all go inside for some lunch! I want to hear about everything that's been going on for all the years I've been gone for." Mother said
"Mother could you go inform the chefs to prepare some meals. I just wanted to have a small chat with Father and Nathalie, it won't be long I swear." He assured
She nodded walking inside, awkwardly looking back.
"Sigh….So I guess it's time to talk about feelings, I suppose." He said
"I hate you, it sickens me know that your my father, it almost seems like every action you take is aimed at tearing this family apart. I was never enough for you, I never met your expectations, and yet I blindly tried every attempt to get some form of acknowledgement from you. So here's what's gonna happen, you will cease all illegal activity, you will stop using the Butterfly Miraculous, as I said earlier, I will be watching you, but ultimately you should have nothing to fear so long as you don't do anything wrong." Adrien said
"Your forgiving me?" Gabriel asked disbelievingly
"Psshh…think of it more like tolerating you. Only God knows what Mother sees in you, but I suppose if you make her happy that's all that matter, that's enough for me. My time here will be short, I HIGHLY recommend you move your business to America, New York preferably. Things in Paris are about to get very messy within the coming month.
Fishing out the Butterfly Miraculous Adrien retuned it to his father.
"Only use this when absolutely necessary, if anything were to happen to Mother due to your incompetence then I will ultimately have no use for you, that goes for the both of you." Adrien said
"Lets just go inside, eat a little and then move on with our lives, I have a limited amount of time" Adrien said
That night they ate, talked and reminisced. An awkward air still persisting though.
It was in its entirety a mostly happy occasion, a reunion that they thought would be wistful thinking. However as nice as it was, it had to come to end.
"I will be stationed in Paris for the coming month, I will take time to come and visit you when I have the time, I promise." Adrien said giving his mother a hug.
He looked at his father and Nathalie just staring at them before turning his gaze to Gorilla.
Gorilla had always been the best bodyguard, not in the essence that he was protected 24/7 since that was impossible with Adrien being Cat Noir back in the day and running away to transform, but he always had Adrien's best interest at heart, or how he sometimes covered for him when hanging out with friends and a multitude of other occasions. In all honesty Adrien viewed him as his uncle, perhaps even a father figure on some occasions.
"You know I never really found away to thank you for all you've done for me in the past. I know I was kind of a pain to watch, what with me running away to transform and what not. So I hope that for now this will do." Adrien said shifting to Embracer Aspect, reaching into his satchel and fishing out a cloth bandage. Letting it go and watching as it slowly floated toward the Gorilla and unraveled, wrapping around his large frame. In a quick dim white light his form was revealed, with minor differences. His hair no longer had sign of old age, losing the grey hairs, his body no longer ached even a bit, and he overall felt better then ever.
"You should retire, go see the sights, live out your dreams, pursue your passions, of course you could stay here, but whatever decision you make I just want you to be happy. You've done so much for me that I can't thank you enough. I wouldn't have lasted as long as I did without you." Adrien said
Gorilla looked amazed as he flexed and stretched his limbs, not finding any soreness. A bright smile on his face, before calming down a bit and giving Adrien a grunt as he usually did with a calm smile. Happy that he was of some help to Adrien.
"It's time for me to go, until next time! Mother! Gorilla! Gabriel and Nathalie! And remember I'm always watching" He said bounding off into the night, rising high into the sky.
Temple of the Order of the Guardians
Deep underground a room that was filled with Miracle Boxes glowed, shaking slightly. A figure sitting in the center of the room meditating suddenly stirred. Eyes opening the figure suddenly spoke.
"So he has finally made his move." The figure said snapping his fingers and a group of robed individuals came from an entry way.
"Quickly dispatch a group to Paris to recover the Miracle Box of Creation and Destruction." The figure said
"Yes Master" the figures said leaving, all except one.
"Master has he finally made his move?" the servant said
"It would seem so. We must act quickly lest he disappears yet again, or even worse, we suffer a repeat of the Egyptian Miracle Box Incident." The figure said
"Would it not be wise to inform the team being dispatched before they depart master?" the servant asked
"That is not necessary, they are simply to attempt the recovery of the Miracle Box and any potential talents that may lie in Paris.
2 Days Later
Adrien stood at the top of Little Emile's house, her parents preparing to take her off to school, hopping into her car and her parents.
"Ok so you guys should start looking for housing in New York after we drop her off at school. No pressure but big things are coming.
"Adrien why do we have to leave Paris, I like where I live, I don't want to leave all my friends behind. And with Ladybug Paris is safe. Oooo I know you should team up with her!" Emile said
"Errrr….Thats a great idea Emile, but you know I got other people to watch out for and it would just be a shame for me to reveal myself when I plan to leave. And hey if you don't like New York then you and your parents can move back to Paris in a year." Adrien said
"Yeah because by then all the other Miraculous Heroes will have moved on to greener pastures." Khonshu said
"What does that mean?" She asked curiously with childlike wonder
Adrien glared slightly at Khonshu while Plagg looked shocked by the implications of what was said by the free kwami.
"It means that they'll retire, you know Ladybug has her own life that she has to live and when Hawkmoth disappears she can finally live out her dreams, after all she's done so much for Paris, she can't stay around forever, right?" Adrien said covering up the meaning of Khonshu's words
"Aww I'll miss her, but your right she should be able to follow her dreams, but maybe she can still pop up in Paris when she can." The child said hopefully
The pulled up to the school dropping off Emile. Now it was just Adrien with the two Kwami's and Emile's parents.
"Adrien what did Khonshu mean earlier?" Plagg said
Silence reigned as not a sound was made beside the car riding across the road.
"It has nothing to do with us Plagg, Khonshu is just eager for some universal karma. The event that will take place in a years time was not put into motion by me nor can it be impeded. It is ultimately something that humans should not fear as it does not concern us. I cannot however guarantee the safety of Kwami's and anyone that wears a Miraculous around that time, but at the end of the day it's not something the world needs to worry about." Adrien said
"Yeah any Kwami that doesn't have at least 3 titles when the time comes will, in simple terms, cease. Which is great because I'm literally the only Kwami on Earth with more than 3 standing at a whopping 9 titles. Natural selection at its finest, and when that time comes I will truly be free from my shackles of duty. Do you know how many of your mistakes I've had to fix because all Kwami's decided to become humans slaves. But when your all gone, they'll be no more messes caused by Miraculous wielders. The Order of the Guardians will be wiped out. And best of all no one is none the wiser, not the other Kwami's, the Order of the Guardians or any other magic force on earth. Not even that little Fluff, a fellow time Kwami, being that I am far better at looking at the bigger picture." Khonshu said
"Aren't you afraid ill tell the others?" Plagg said looking like he was going to bolt, as much as he hated the way Tikki acted sometimes, he still loved her in the end along with the other Kwami's in the Miracle box.
"Well you certainly could try, but first off you literally can't leave within 10 feet of me, secondly Tikki wouldn't believe you, even less so if she found out I told you, thirdly what can YOU do about it? You think its easy for Kwami's to get titles. It'll take you at best 50 years to get to 3 titles and that's the bare minimum titles you need to survive, AND that's disregarding the fact that you need the right person to bond with, stay bonded for a continuous and impeded amount of time, and the cherry on top being that you can't be in that THING?" Khonshu said pointing at Plaggs ring
"So I'm fairly confident that your all fucked." Khonshu said
"But you'll protect Plagg right?" Adrien added in a reminding tone
"Pfffffft hahahahaha….A Kwami of Regulation protecting a Kwami of Destruction, if I did that do you know how many other Kwami's would laugh. Besides I never said I would, you just made that assumption that I would if you kept him, which is gonna be a strong no from me." Khonshu said turning to the Parents of Emile in the front of the car
"Yeah so humans really have nothing to worry about, this is really only important for people that specialize in magic, say a god, mage, Kwami's, supernatural creatures, the whole shebang. If its magic, its in danger." Khonshu said
Pulling up to their house Adrien got out the car. The two Kwami's floating besides him.
"Yeah so you guys should look up a house you like in New York and get everything else settled, and don't worry about financial aspect, I got that covered." Adrien said planning on letting his father pay for their expenses.
"Me and the boys are gonna go around town, see what's on the up and up. Maybe heal a couple people, stop a few criminals, just anything to pass the time really, I bid you all Adieu!" Adrien said bounding off to the rooftops.
The parents looked at each other before the father blurted out.
"At least we don't have to worry about health insurance anymore! I feel younger already honestly." He chuckled his wife also letting out a chuckle as well.
With Kagami
She sat on the side of her bed, now being an adult she went to college just like any other young adult but still had the luxury of doing so in Paris while still staying with her mother. She certainly could leave if she desired but did not see a real reason for doing so. Currently she was contemplating what she had seen with Longg.
"Lady Kagami, I must be frank with you, but the story you've recounted for me simply makes no sense. There has never been a Kwami based on the Egyptian Moon God. Certainly, there were Kwami's based on the main Egyptian Gods, as it was for any other civilization that worshipped gods that embodied certain ideas but this one was not one of them. Whatever you saw was not a Kwami, and Khonshu is not a name that any of the Kwami's that I know of go by." Longg said
"Are you sure!? He knew so much about us. He even called the being next to him a Kwami." Kagami pressed.
"From how you described him, the being in question looked almost human. Kwamis don't possess human form's, besides Tikki of course." Longg said, his eyes widening as he said something he shouldn't have.
"Tikki has a human form?" Kagami asked
"Lady Kagami I believe we should drop the issue here, there are certain topics I cannot delve into." Longg pleaded
"So it's possible that Khonshu could have been a Kwami?" Kagami asked again
"No its impossible, he'd have to have at least 2 titles and it is impossible for us Kwami's to grow after we've been bound to our Miraculouses. So there simply is no possible way for him to be a Kwami. The powers and forms you described are simply too much for a single Kwami to have cultivated." Longg reaffirmed
"Do you believe the Kwami's from the Egyptian Miracle Box would know of him?" Kagami asked
"Possibly, however that is impossible to know." Longg stated
"Why is that?" she asked
"The Egyptian Miracle Box was lost long ago, with no one besides the Mage that created the Miraculouses and Tikki knowing what exactly happened to it. The box and the Kwami's within it never resurfacing, EVER. It's disappearance caused quite a stir and to this day the rest of the Kwami's do not know what happened. Even if we all concentrated, we could not contact them. Its almost like…." Longg pondered
"It's almost like what?" Kagami pressed
"Its almost like they were wiped completely from existence. But I implore you to stop pursuing the matter, what's done is done, and with the enchantment he put upon us we cannot discuss this with Marinette or Tikki" Longg said resting on her bed and going to sleep.
Kagami left the tiny creature to itself and went over to her computer and immediately tried to find anything available on the internet.
It honestly did not help much. All she found was general stuff that was only minor help. Such as his impact in Egypt, being the god of the moon associated with healing. It spoke of his good deeds and caring nature. Supposedly given the title of the Greatest God of the Great Gods. All of which did not match up with the personality of the being she saw.
She searched more and more, looking thru multiple articles until she found one that immediately stood out to her. It stated that more information had just been recently discovered on the old god. A text found hidden in one of the temples established in his honor. Before he came to prominence he was described as a blood thirsty god that helped a betrayed king kill and consume the hearts of the other gods. The information coming from the text in the tomb was dubbed the Cannibal Hymn and dubbed Khonshu the Eater of Hearts.
A picture on the article loaded, slowly and agonizingly, it showed a gruesome. A scene carved into a tomb wall showed a giant figure with the same crescent symbol as the one she saw today. The figure towered over 20 others who were all showed to be on their backs motionless. The pictures kept coming almost like a slideshow. The next picture showed the figure pulling out the heart of the gods. The picture moved on again, this time showing the figure holding the heart over its open mouth, sharp teeth in its wide-open mouth.
Her mind raced with thoughts and ideas and came to one conclusion. The gods were simply Miraculous holders, and the hearts were simply the Kwami's. The most gruesome realization she came to was that Khonshu may have really consumed the other Kwami's. A realization that was confirmed by the last paragraph of the article and one final picture.
The excavators were happy to have found some artifacts within the tomb. One of them being a box, that was haphazardly thrown to the side, all compartments open but still in relatively good condition, along with 16 Miraculouses surrounding it. Having cracks but still looked intact, they all looked dull with no color whatsoever in them.
"Longg, how may Miraculous were in the Egyptian Miracle Box?" Kagami asked
"20 I believe." He yawned out before dozing off again.
It was all speculation, she still lacked tons of information that was required to see the full picture but for now there was nothing else she could do. With that final thought she turned off her computer and went to bed, her mind still racing, sleep not overtaking her well into the night.
In a boat along the Seine
A group of well dress Chinese men and women were discussing their plans.
"The Master has ordered us to recover the Miracle Box of Creation and Destruction, here are compasses that respond to the presence of Miraculouses, they also react to children with potential to be future disciples of the order. Should you find some, you must remain unseen, we cannot do this as we did 200 years ago. Report back immediately should you find something, we must leave the city within 2 days. Should you locate anything of importance you must notify everyone else. Everyone head out, find information and report back tonight." Their leader spoke
So they each went their separate ways, searching the city for anything related to their mission.
Marinette's and Alya's Encounter
Marinette and Alya were currently seated at a small table in her parent's bakery, studying for her classes. The jingle of the bell ringing.
"Hello my name is Zhang Feng, and you must be Marinette Dupain-Cheng, if it's not too much trouble, I'd like to take a bit of your time to discuss some things with you." The young man said as he slid a small medallion on the table that had the Order of the Guardians Symbol.
Both girls were silent for a few seconds before Marinette responded.
"Oh uh, yes, please sit down!" she said closing her books and stacking her papers along with Alya, preparing to have their full attention on this person.
"It's great to finally meet someone from the Order. I was starting to wonder if you guys would ever come to us." Alya said
"Yes we have a lot of questions, why are you only coming now?" Marinette asked
"The Order has been working tirelessly in recent years to reestablish itself into the modern world, after all they had disappeared for almost 200 years. But they have you to thank for their return, after all without you everyone and everything would still be trapped within Feast, that creature that your mentor created." Zhang Feng said
"So the Order has been trying to expand it's influence?" Alya said questioningly
"Yes, because as you more than likely know, the world is no longer the same as it once was 200 years ago. Our world is filled to the brim with gods, demons, monsters and aliens that are only now starting to make their existences known. The Order used to have great influence, albeit unknowingly in the shadows of history. The Order has taken the time, these last couple of years to place key members with governments around the world that represent our order to them. Of course, not all countries or organizations are receptive to us. Currently our influence is the greatest in China, with our home country fully supporting us and helping the order find new members for recruitment." Zhang Feng said
"So you've finally come to help us capture Hawkmoth!" Alya said
"We will do the best we can to help you bring him to justice and recover the Butterfly Miraculous, however we must still act with an air of caution. Afterall, our main goal at the end of the day is to keep the Order and the Miraculouses secret. We were able to locate you using these compass-like devices that resonate with the magic within you and the Miraculouses so long as they are recently used. The ability to track you and Hawkmoth will soon fade but we should be able to locate him as soon as he uses the Miraculous again. However our original purpose is to retrieve the Miracle Box that you have along with you Marinette and to take you and anyone else that is willing back to the temple in order to receive proper training. Some of your allies can stay behind to maintain the piece while some of our members also assist them in finding Hawkmoth." Zhang Feng assured
"But I can't just leave Paris, I made a promise to the people of Paris that I would protect them, I can't just leave them with Mayura and Hawkmoth still out there. Paris is already not in a great spot, if I left now what would the people think? That's not even considering I'd have to drop out of college, quit my job and disappear to China for who knows how long." Marinette said
Alya silently nodded agreeing with her, not knowing what to do at this point.
"Not to worry, the Order will make sure that you are all able to realize your future dreams and aspirations. Now that the Order is finally ready to begin again our Master will make sure that you and your team a well taken care of." Zhang Feng said
"As I have said previously, we've established ourselves all over the world. With our connections it would be relatively easy to make your dreams come true. You could quickly become a famous designer known throughout the world and Alya could rise to become one of the top journalists in the entire world." He said smiling
"I still don't feel so sure about all this, I just don't feel comfortable making this choice." Marinette said
"Girl, this could finally be your chance to make your dreams a reality, besides now that the Order of the Guardians is finally back you won't have to deal with things on your own." Alya said
"What about the others that I gave Miraculouses too?" Marinette asked
"They will be free to decide whether they come or not however they will still have to be vetted by the Order on a more in-depth review. Depending on what the Order decides they may have their Miraculous revoked and memories of ever having one wiped." Zhang Feng
"Can I have sometime to think about this?" She asked
"Certainly, we'll be in Paris for 2 to 3 days carrying out other activities. I await your decision." He said before bowing and leaving the bakery.
With Kagami
From the moment she woke up a continued on with her daily life she felt as if she were being watched. She felt as if a pair of eyes were constantly following her. As if a presence was watching her around every corner. It felt murderous and constantly put her on edge. She sent throughout the day feeling like this, the killing-intent never letting up.
"Is it him?" Kagami wondered, muttering to herself under her breath
However unknown to her another figure other then the one she thought, watched her every move with a calm yet murderous cold gaze.
With Adrien
"Khonshu how long have we been here already, I mean come on the guys not gonna give up we should just take him out." Adrien said as they sat atop a lamppost staring down at the disciple from the Order, who kept looking down at his compass that was spinning every which way, leading him towards Adrien but never actually being able to see him.
"I have to say, its refreshing to see that the disciple of the Order are still as stupid as they were back 200 hundred years ago, I almost missed them." Khonshu said
"What else do you think their doing here?" Adrien asked
"Ultimately they were sent here because the current Master of the Order is trying to see if we'll take the bait and strike his disciples. Unfortunately for the disciples, I doubt they even know that the only purpose they serve is to die by our hands. He sent them here probably telling them some cheap lie, like returning the Miracle Box of Creation and Destruction. While the box is important, they would usually have a group of highly trained martials come and assassinate the owner of a Miraculous Box that they themselves did not personally choose. Honestly wouldn't be the first time it happened." Khonshu said letting out a happy sigh reminiscing
"Plagg himself might have never had that happen to any of his chosen, as the Order usually takes a lot more care in deciding the holders of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous. It all depends on race, world views, and ethical beliefs. Certain criteria needs to be met at a bare minimum for those two to name a few. I suppose at the end of the day it depends on how easily the Order can manipulate them." Khonshu explained
"How about we cause a little bit of chaos, hmmmm?" Adrien hummed
"I don't see why not just try not to, just make sure that things go as planned." Khonshu said
Adrien jumps away both gods follow.
"What's gonna happen now?" Plagg asked unsure for the first time in a long time, while following close to Adriens head. Initially it was a question for the other god, however Khonshu entirely refused to acknowledge his existence. Adrien seeing this provided the best answer he could.
"Plagg, since partnering with Khonshu, the interactions that I play on a personal level in the non-magical world is extremely small, my presence merely accelerates things that would have happened regardless of my participation. Anything that happens tonight was bound to happen eventually and today will be the day that you see a small part of how the Order actually operates." Adrien answered.
"Even if that's true, you'll stop them right? People might get hurt." Plagg said.
"An unfortunate but otherwise unavoidable outcome, I will save those that have a part to play in the future and those that do not must only rely on themselves to survive." Adrien explained.
"Then where are we going right now?" Plagg asked.
"We'll be going to show Kagami our sincerity by providing her a bit on insight into the future." Adrien said.
"So that's it? Make it or break it? Your just going to let the others die. You have to do something." Plagg insisted.
"Listen Plagg, somethings are just meant to happen, like me dying for example. I looked into my own alternate timelines, diverging from the day I died to see what would have happened if I hadn't died that day, and you know what I saw? If I didn't die that day, I would at most live for about another 2-3 years, and at the very least 24 hours. No matter what timeline, no matter what changes that could be made at that moment, I would still eventually end up in this white suit." Adrien said stretching the magic fabric.
"Also taking into account that I don't know any of them personally, besides Kagami of course, ergo I see no reason to interfere with destiny, slash nature, slash fate, which ever you prefer." Adrien added on.
"Yes you do Adrien, you know Ni-" Plagg started before a bubble filled up his throat and out his mouth.
"Ah-ah-ah, you know the rules Plagg, you can't reveal the names of other holders." Adrien said waving a finger at the small kwami
"ADRIEN! You've seen them before Carapace and Rena Rouge at least, you know who they are." Plagg said getting frustrated.
"Hmmm, nope sorry not ringing a bell, besides even if I did know them at one point, what obligation do I have to do anything, besides I technically wasn't a part of the group. Master Fu chose me, bless his soul, and Ladybug chose everyone else, so you can see why were at this point today." Adrien explained.
"So that's it, your just done, your gonna leave your friends to possibly get hurt or worse." Plagg said
Adrien immediately stopped where he was, jumping across buildings and looked at Plagg.
"Friends?...Bwahahahahahahaha ahhh, is that what you think they are? Plagg they never knew me, never knew my dreams, my wants, my feelings. To every single one of them I was Adrien Agreste, the perfect model who could do no wrong, who excelled in all that he did, always having to wear a smile on my face or else the Agreste Brand would be sullied. So what if I knew who they were, so what if Nino is Carapace, Alya is Rena Rouge. When we wear our masks everyone likes to let LOOSE! Sure no one admits it, who would? I am finally free of every constraint that has ever bothered me, why? Because Adrien Agreste is dead and only Moon Knight exists, which means I don't care what people think of me, I don't care what people want, because I know what's best." Adrien said, his voice irritated.
"Adrien I know Ladybug wasn't the best partner to you close to the end, but still….." Plagg began, being cut off
"That's exactly what I'm talking about Plagg, while I was Cat Noir I could act how I wanted and express my true feelings, as I am sure it was the same for Ladybug, calm, confident…..arrogant and just generally not liking me. I will admit though I did deserve a bit of that hate. She didn't like me, I kept trying, it's a really toxic cycle . At the end of the day Plagg, do I hate Ladybug for being a ass to me? Yeah. Do I hate Carapace and Rena Rouge for enabling her or just letting things happen? Yeah. Am I going out of my way to destroy their lives? No! And you know why? Because with my new powers and freedom, I knew they'd get what was coming to them. And the best part of it all? I had nothing to do with it other then speeding up the process, but I digress. The Order won't kill them all obviously, they've probably already chosen their targets. Most likely only the males are being targeted, the order really likes their women. I'd say the men are lucky, there are far worse fates then death with the Order." Adrien said
"…..Can you at least save them tonight." Plagg pleaded
"You know that won't change anyt—" Adrien said before being cut off
"I know what you said Adrien, but just this once, for old times sake, please." Plagg begged
"Fine but don't say I didn't warn you." Adrien said
"Thank you….Got anymore Camembert?" Plagg asked
"YOU'VE HAD 3 WHEELS ALREADY!" Adrien yelled
That Night
Kagami was home once again, the white draped enigma still fresh in her mind and the feeling of being watched still plaguing her.
"Whats up!" a voice behind her screamed
Kagami was greatly surprised but did not scream, only jumping back from being startled.
"Yes it's me again, your savior, here once again to impart upon you a small insight into the future.
"Have you been following me all day?" Kagami said pointing at him.
"Pls I got better things to do then following you around, and if I was you wouldn't know, to be honest its probably an assassin sent by the Order to off you." Adrien said
"But why would they want to kill me I haven't done anything to warrant this." Kagami stated.
"It's simple, you're an incredibly skilled, strong-willed Japanese woman, their a Order from 200 years ago that was established in China, that were suddenly brought back to life by Ladybug. Usually they'd try to manipulate their recruits. It's just that your literally to skilled and resolute that they fear they won't be able to control you, the more you know." Adrien explained.
"So your hear to warn me?" Kagami asked.
"No I'm here to show you. Khonshu begin the show!" Adrien said pulling out a compass.
Suddenly the room lit up in a pale white glow. A pale white outline of herself appeared, walking around her room sporadically.
"This is a outline of what you would supposedly be doing in one hour, sped up by 5 times." Adrien explained.
Eventually the pale outline climbed into her bed to show that she would go to sleep, moments later another outline climbed through the window and crept over to her, before piercing her with a sword and shoving a pillow to her face.
"That is death number 1, rewind 15 seconds, begin timeline divergence 2." Adrien said.
This time instead of instantly killing Kagami in the figure was first attacked by Kagami jumping out of her bed, sword drawn. The scene was silent, but you could see their swords clashing before the assailant made a quick and unavoidable strike, piercing thru Kagami.
"End of divergent timeline 2, rewind 5 seconds, begin timeline divergence 3…." And so on and so forth. Adrien repeated the process 3 more times.
"As you can see, I have been gracious enough to show you your possible futures.
"And what do you want in return?" she asked.
"Well, it would be nice if you could survive. Afterall you do play a crucial role in the future." Adrien said.
"Oh yeah, one more thing, I advise that you stay here and face the future I showed you, if you leave to try to handle it yourself beforehand the future will change and everything, I will have showed you would be meaningless. At least if you stay here you know when and what will happen and can plan accordingly." Adrien explained
"So I can change my future but not to much or else all the earlier information will be invalid, is that right?" Kagami asked
"Correct! And don't worry about your mother, the Order generally does not attack family members due to the fact that they dry to keep a low profile. If they kill you they would have taken your body and discarded any evidence all together. Too many people would wonder if both you and your mother disappeared." Adrien said
However, before Adrien could utter another word there was a flash of light and a sword slashing at his neck. The sword that should have cut him down right stopped 2 inches from his throat and went no further. Something was stopping the sword from moving any further as Adrien now looked at Kagami who was gritting her teeth and her muscles exerting themselves trying to push the sword forward.
"Oh would you look at that, you can actually instantly transform without saying the chant. Looks like you have been practicing. Was that your little trump card? I admit had that been anyone else you would have very likely succeeded in killing your target, unfortunately for you I am far from an ordinary person." Adrien said
"Do you think I'd listen to you just because you can supposedly see into the future. I haven't seen any reason to believe you. For all I know you could be trying to get me to betray my friends and get the other Miraculous for your Kwami." Kagami said still trying to cut Adrien down.
Adrien let out a chuckle that turned into a full-blown laughter.
"I admit you are by far the most skilled out of all the Miraculous team in terms of pure combat capability, and now it seems you're the smartest one too, but still you misunderstand. If I want something, I WILL take it. Its good that you are skeptic, I'd believe you'd be to trusting and stupid if you believed everything I said right off the bat, but you'll quickly find that I am your only hope for making it thru the night." Adrien said disappearing from Kagami's sight.
The hours ticked by, Kagami stayed up anxiously waiting to see if someone would come, but no one ever did. Her eyes drooped, drowsiness overtaking her as she slowly fell to sleep and her eyes closed….only for a brief moment.
Suddenly her eyes shot open as a overbearing sense of fear and dread overtook her and in that brief moment she transformed yet again quickly blocking behind her. She barely managed to block as a incoming sword smashed into her own pushing her sword back as she held off the sword that was close to her face.
As she was defending the attacker suddenly kicked her harshly, knocking her into the wall and falling to the floor. No that she thinks about it everything that's happening is slightly the same as what she saw from Moon Knight. But the time that the attacker was wrong. Was it because she stayed up waiting for the attacker that he waited longer, most likely?
Looking back at her attacker, it was a figure dress in an all-black suit and wearing a white Chinese mask with red outlines, made to look like a demon.
"Who are you?!" Kagami asked.
The figure said nothing as he charged at her again.
They crossed swords once again, Kagami was desperately on the defensive, struggling to block every strike.
Recalling the images of the possible future she was shown earlier she had somewhat of a understanding of how the opponent fought and she became even more familiar with his sword swings the longer she kept blocking. Of course, this was not without a few near misses as her body was now covered in slash wounds.
"You know your taking longer to do this then I thought you would." Adrien said
This caused Kagami to look towards the voice, because to her surprise he was sitting down on her ceiling upside down.
"Don't look at me! Look at the guy that's trying to kill you!" He yelled waving his hands.
Their swords met once more, and it seemed that things were at a stalemate and then with all her strength knocked the sword out of her attacker's hand causing it to clatter to the floor across the room. She was sweating and taking deep breaths as she held the sword to his neck.
"I'll ask again, who are you?" She spoke. Unfortunately, the attacker said nothing and only looked at Kagami with hatred in his eyes.
"You might not know this, but trained assassins don't usually just spill everything they know, if you ask me you should just kill him." Adrien said
"I'm not a monster like you that just kills every person I see. For all I know you could have some part to play in all this." Kagami bit back looking at him.
Her attacker looked genuinely confused as his target seemed to be talking to no one behind her, wondering if the girl was insane or something.
"Their assassins trained by the Order to get rid on unruly Miraculous wielders or those they deem as threats, of course they wouldn't have anything to identify themselves to them. If you don't kill him now you'll regret it very soon." Adrien said
"Is that a threat!" Kagami growled. But when she looked at him again, he was just waving at her goodbye.
Faster than Kagami could react another shadow rushed into the room and punched Kagami so hard it felt as if she had been hit by a freight train. The blow launched her out of her house thru a window, her body's right shoulder clipping the wall, destroying the frame of the window. She sailed forward and crashed into her homes iron gate making a huge dent in the gate.
Kagami fell to her knees clutching her ribs and coughing up blood. She knew for sure that she had a couple of ribs broken.
Her vision was blurry, and her sword clattered near her, Moments away from passing out.
"You let your guard down and did not kill her fast enough before she could read your movements, you'll need more training before taking a mission all your own for the Order. Recover your sword and finish her off now." A gruff voice stated.
A slightly bigger figure was watching Kagami, as if he was looking down on her.
"Yes teacher!" the original attacker said while cupping his hands and bowing. He then went to go pickup his sword and marched toward Kagami.
"Filthy woman! How dare you stand against the Order! He said as he kicked her in the stomach where her rib was broken. Kagami let out a cry and coughed up more blood.
"You should be grateful that a Japanese woman like yourself could even use a Miraculous. Do you have any last words?" The attacker gloated.
Kagami came out of her stupor slightly. Just enough to spit on his mask.
Unbeknownst to the two attackers Adrien was speaking to Kagami also antagonizing her.
"Perhaps I was asking for too much…oh well I guess I the future will have to go on without you. Goodbye!" Adrien said walking away slowly.
"Please! Help me…please." Kagami croaked out.
Her attacker mistook who she was talking to and assumed she was speaking to him.
"Hmm perhaps I could make you my slave if you beg and bow before me. Don't worry I promise to teach you properly." The younger attacker said while looking at her more intensely.
"Teacher can I take her back to the Temple with us? There's no reason to let such a feisty woman go to waste." The student asked
Silence reined over the area as the young attacker kept his eyes on Kagami.
"Teacher!? Teacher?" he asked again.
It was that moment that he realized that they could hear nothing, except Kagami's haggard breathing.
Right as he turned around to check on his teacher, he was met by the opposite end of a spear crashing into his chest, immediately crushing his ribcage.
"You know if you don't get comfortable with killing people, you're not gonna live very long." Adrien said to Kagami
Switching to his Embracer form he dug inside his satchel fishing out a syringe and bandage. Jamming the syringe into her side, she yelped. Afterword he threw the bandage at her as it unfurled itself, wrapping itself around her, disappearing in a white light and her wounds healing.
"That should fix you right up, no if you excuse me, I need to transport these two. Congratulations for completely subverting my expectations." He said taking out two more syringes that were filled with a black liquid instead and jabbed it into the two people.
Adrien tied rope around their arms and legs, with a long line that he held onto.
"Khonshu make them easy to carry please." Adrien said, and with a snap of his fingers the two attackers began to flat and Adrien held them like balloons.
"So yeah, like I said, head to New York in the states if you wanna survive. The Order wouldn't dare try to kill you in the superhero capital of the world, at least for now. It would bring to many prying eyes to them. Well I'll be seeing you, people to torture, children to save and so little time. Moon Knight AWAY!" Adrien said jumping away
Adrien raced thru Paris until he came to a district that was filled with industrial buildings. The was a small metal storage house that was near a plant warehouse of some kind.
"In you go!" Adrien said throwing the two in there were there were many other people tied and gagged floating in the ceiling of the warehouse.
Adrien turned around only to see Kagami standing there with her arms crossed looking at him.
"Why did you follow me!? Haven't you been beaten enough already?" He asked.
"I…. wanted to say thank you for helping me." Kagami said.
"Oh…..well I guess you can go now." Adrien said walking away.
"Do you need any help?" She asked catching up to him.
"No it's fine, you can go." Adrien said walking farther ahead.
"I can call Ladybug and the team if your not sure." Kagami started to say before Adrien appeared before her grabbing her lips and holding them shut.
"Ah shshshshsh…. Khonshu doesn't exactly like Ladybug's Kwami
As he kept running, Kagami was right behind him the entire time.
Port of Le Harve
"Finally, here we are. Now before you ask, my questionably irritable friend. This ship that contains more members of the Order also contains children that have been stolen from their families. Let me be clear, there are some that came willingly with the consent of their parents, so we'll leave them." Adrien explained.
"How do you know some of them came willingly, shouldn't we still try to save them all?" Kagami asked.
"Nah, its fine. Most children that come willingly are usually from corrupt rich families, gangs, secret organizations or their politically influential. Of course, for most of the children that come from regular families they end up being kidnapped. I mean what honest parent would let their child be taken by a group of shady Chinese people, because it's, and I quote "A great honor". Anyways at the Order they have a habit of treating those from other countries poorly unless they have some kind of strong background. If they kidnap a child from a not so well-off family, its usually because they have a high affinity for magic. Of course, they'll never have the qualification to be a guardian as they have to be of Chinese descent." Khonshu said
"Ok let's begin! Khonshu if you would please." Adrien said
SNAP!
All sound was then cut off and nothing could be heard, it was late at night and Adrien and Khonshu were hoping that everyone on the boat were sleeping. Adrien then stared at Kagami and made hand motions to walk onto the boat. They boarded the boat looking around for anyone but spotted no one so they then ventured below deck. They peered thru all the doors as they made their way deeper into the boat. They saw many people that looked like monks and children or young adults that were sleeping in extravagantly furnished rooms. They continued further towards the bottom most level of the ship. Once they reached the bottom level they saw multiple rooms with doors that looked like cell room doors. In each one there were multiple children. Shivering from the cold, all they had was one thin blanket in each cell. Children crying and sniffling while being huddled together. Weirdly enough the cells were all open but not a single child dared to venture out.
Touching the children, they shook, startled having not noticed their presence with sound cut off. They seemed scared stiffed at first, before Adrien slowly conveyed to them via gestures that he was taking them out. They all stayed in a single file line and made their way out of the ship and onto the dock. After which, Khonshu resumed all sound.
"Don't worry everyone we will be getting you all back with your parents, for now we need to get you all to a safe location." Adrien explained and right as they were about to walk away Adrien felt weird, as if something terrible was about to happen. Jumping in front of the children, Adrien changed into the Defender Knight Aspect and held his shield just in time to block a powerful blast of lightning.
Luckily the crowd of children parted in time as Adrien flew back crashing into some shipping containers.
"You will all go back to your cells or you will die right here. NOW!" Yelled a bald old man with a gray beard and using a Miraculous that gave him armor similar to Master Fu's carapace suit. The armor was a glowing yellow while the cloth portion was pure black. On his knuckles were steel claws that looked like talons.
The other people that came from the Order also filed out of the ship preparing to capture the children and taking them back to their cells.
"No, I don't think they will." Adrien said hauling himself out of the shipping container dent while cracking his neck.
The man took a longer look at Adrien and chuckled.
"Haha, you must be the user of that rouge kwami that caused us to lose the Egyptian Miracle Box." The man said.
"If you heard of him then you should know what were capable of, why fight me?!" Adrien taunted.
"Pah I don't believe half of the stuff that the Order has said about him. I was one of the master's brought back by Ladybugs power from the Feast event. My fighting prowess is acknowledged even amongst the other Masters. He may have killed all those Miraculous Holders in the past, but they were all untrained dogs who were only ever chosen so that the Order could have a foothold there. Once I kill you and strip that Kwami out of your body I'll wring the answers out of his body of where he hid the other Miraculous and the Leader will reward me handsomely." The man cackled.
"I can assure you they are no longer in this world, but if you're asking about the other 4 that escaped your guess is as good as mine." Khonshu said floating above Adrien head in his small original kwami form.
"Do you think I am stupid; your kind does not die, and our Leaders magic makes the Miraculous indestructible. Even the other Kwami's don't believe it, they've told us that you were always one of the weaker of your kind. There is no way you slaughtered them all at the same time. You must have attacked them when they least expected it, there's no way a weak kwami and his host will beat me and Lakotaa." He said standing tall as if he was right.
"Info Khonshu?" Adrien asked not taking his eyes off the old man.
"Lakotaa is a Kwami from the Miracle Box modeled after the Native American Indian's. He has features similar to Kwamis of the Avian category and represents the Thunderbird. He is the Kwami of Electrocution, while not a particularly amazing title, he and his masters excel in both long-range combat and close combat." Khonshu spoke as if bored.
"Any crimes?" Adrien asked.
"Him and his masters have been known to be prideful and arrogant, there have been multiple times in the past where he exterminated entire villages leaving nothing but charred corpses for small matters. Break the old man and then give Lakotaa to me for immediate judgement" Khonshu said
"Roger roger." Adrien confirmed.
"Get those kids out of here, I'll hold them off here. Go!" Adrien said to Ryuko
"But what about yo-" Kagami asked before being cut off
"Just get the hell out of here before they get the kids again. Get them to the cops or just somewhere with a lot of witnesses. I already got people coming to get the kids so just GO!" Adrien yelled
"Oh and what makes you think we'll just stand by while they get away?" the old man asked in a smug tone
Adrien said nothing besides pulling out something from his cloak. That object was a trigger, which he then pressed. Explosions rocked the boat causing everyone form the Order to stumble on the boat.
By the time the old man had steadied himself, Kagami and the children were already rounding about the corner. The other disciples of the order could not chase them as they were busy trying to save the now sinking boat and the valuables it had.
"YOU!..YOU SHAMELESS DOG, DARE TO FIGHT ME WITHOUT TRICKS!" The man yelled with a red face and bloodshot eyes.
"Bring it Old Man!" Adrien yelled with a smile.
A White Blur and Lightning Streak charged at each other.
Chapter End
To be Continued Chapter 5: I got my mind set on you
