MC: okay, Cola's kicking in again, let's keep this crazy train going!

Chapter 23- The Moth Falls To Earth!

Gabriel was in his study, he had just ingested the last of his asprin pills and was starting to feel a little better, but his headaches were not going to go away anytime soon, he looks at the ceilling with a twinge of guilt.

Despite that however, he shakes his head in fear, he had come too far to simply quit, he basicly murdered his own son, granted, Lila killed him, but he gave the order, which was no different than killing Adrien himself, but it had to be done.

He was just about to turn in for the night when all of a sudden...

BOOM!

He made his way to the front of the mansion, only to find...

Ladybug and the other heroes at the front of the door...what was left of the door anyway!

"Gabriel Agreste, or should i say HawkMoth, after all this time, we finally found you! we know who you are and what you've done and why you're doing it!" growled Ladybug.

"Then you understand why i cannot stop now, not while i'm so close!" Gabriel said.

"Even if you wish was granted, what kind of life would you be giving Emilie, a world without her son is a world she would not want to live in!" explained Ryoko.

"In time, she will understand, now since you were so kind as to bring the Ladybug Miraculous here for me, i'll make your demise painless!" He smirked.

"Nooroo, Dark Wings Rise!"

And within minutes, HawkMoth made his entrance...untill he dropped to his knees and started coughing small puddles of blood and bile.

"What the hell? why do i feel so weak?" groweld HawkMoth, "No, i haven't created an Akuma in weeks, my power shouldn't be this low already?"

"Just like you said WatchDog, Love is like poison to him!" Ladybug said before turning to HawkMoth, "You though killing Adrien would weaken us, but you got it backwards, all you did is strenghen our love for him, and each other, combined, this love has rendered you powerless! you want the pain to stop? relinquish your Miraculous and turn yourself in!"

"I'd...Rather...Die!" HawkMoth growled as he drew his sword, only for it to be knocked out of his hand by Ryoko's sword!

"Not this time" growled Ryoko, "WatchDog, locate and find Plagg!"

WatchDog sniffed about, locking on to the scent of Camonbert, and made her way deeper into the mansion.

Enraged, HawkMoth tackled Ladybug and started landing blows to her chest, luckly because he was weak, his punches felt more like tiny stones falling on her chest.

"You usless brat, you could never understand the years of despair i've fellt, all the pain i've endured!" he roared.

"I have...more then you know, i lost somone precious to me too, but turned that sadness into strengh and took up his mantle as guardian of the Miracle Box, you turned your sadness into poison and used it to corrupt others, Emilie woudn't have wanted this and neither did Adrien!" Ladybug growled and kicked him off of her and into a wall!

"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug cried.

(AN: ahh! what the hell, i'll throw her a bone!)

And out of nowhere, a Crossbow fell into Ladybug's hands!

"What the? a Crossbow?" Renna Rouge squeaked.

As HawkMoth groggly got up, Ladybug nailed him to the wall with a volley of arrows!

Unable to move, HawkMoth could only growl as she crept ever closer, with a stern look on her face, for some reason this frightened him, HIM of all people.

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned..." he thoght.

"Nooroo, your torment is over now...let's take you home!" she said as her frown curled into a soft smile, with one fluid gesture, she remobed the pendant from HawkMoth, reverting back to Gabriel.

"I already called the cops, they're on their way!" Yellowjacket said.

"And i recorded the battle, including Gabriel transforming!" said Renna Rouge.

"And i Found Plagg!" squeaked WatchDog as she found the ring, Plagg following close behind her.

Their mission complete the girls make their way outside, where the cops are waiting.

20 minutes later...

"Get in you!" growled one officer as he shoved Gabriel into a squad car, "I can't belive that Paris' most esteemed fashion designer was a supervillan the whole time, my daughter wanted to be model for your company!"

"So, Gabriel ordered Jaguar Queen to murder his own son?" a female officer asked.

Ladybug nodded, as the other cops were carrying Emilie's body to the morgue.

"We'll see to it that she's burried next to her son." the female cop said.

Their job complete, Ladybug and the girls head home, unaware that Nathalie, Nino, and Lila were hiding in a nearby tree.

"Crap! didn't think the boss would have arrested already!" growled Lila.

"I should never have gone home..." thought Nathalie.

"Now what?" asked Nino.

"well, we all knew in Gabriel's condittion, he would be beaten already, just didn't know he would be beaten so soon!" Lila explained, "But, there's a silver lining, with him aressted, we can up our game without him to restrain us!

"Got a point there..." Nino said.

"Well, we do owe it to Gabriel to take revenge." Nathalie said.

"And we will...this ain't over yet!" grinned Lila...

Chapter 23- End

MC: Phew! this was a long chapter for me, now don't assume that just because HawkMoth is in jail, that this is over, nope! HawkMoth's defeat was always a side plot for this story, trust me, i've got more in store folks!

So sit back, grab a snack, and stay tuned!

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