04/19/22
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Adrien is in his room, walking on the ceiling upside down back and forth. He thought he felt nothing for Ladybug but that sad face he saw, he can tell she was really sorry but it's gonna take more than that to apologize.
"She really got it all into her head and realized how much of a horrible person she was to you, wasn't she?" Plagg guessed.
Adrien stopped pacing and crossed his arms on his chest, "But I still don't know if she'll do it again."
"Maybe that was the last straw for her to commit mistakes. I know you're still keeping a grudge for all she did to you. But are you willing to let her suffer more of her guilt?" Plagg asked.
"One simple apology doesn't fix everything, Plagg. No matter how many times I forgave her, she still gets so…..frustrated with everything as a dumb excuse" Adrien said.
"Just worrying if her depression does not get the best of her" Plagg said.
"That's the part I'm concerned about. She got a charm on so she can't be akumatized" Adrien said.
x
In Paris, Ladybug sat on one of the towers of Notre Dame, watching over the rain falling over the city in a still sad mood.
"It's no use. No matter what I do I just screw up with my ex-partner and cause trouble. I might need to re-announce my miraculous but I can't leave this city unprotected" Ladybug said to herself.
She looks back at her memories of the times that Cat Noir sacrificed his life for her, the times they patrol or have ice cream together, and those funny jokes he makes. Even the time when he accidentally purred in the subway, behaved like a real cat by Malediktator, and even when he was at most useful to solve how to defeat a villain. And now she was all alone. She also remembers the times he saved her civilian self from danger and sometimes calls her princess.
"Oh kitty" She buries her face in her knees.
"Ladybug?" Rena Furtive came to see her.
"What do you want?" Ladybug looked over.
"You're still thinking about him?" Rena Furtive asked.
"Yes, I've failed him as a partner" Ladybug said.
"Girl, perhaps it's time to choose a new partner. We can't force him to come back. He doesn't want to feel hurt anymore" Rena Furtive suggested.
"Maybe that's the case but the Ladybug and Cat miraculous are the Yin and Yang" Ladybug said.
"There were times you saved Paris without him," Rena Furtive said.
"Yes but his bad luck powers come in handy. But I think I should work alone to not repeat the same mistake again. I'm blaming myself for destroying the duo" Ladybug said and looks at the city, "What can I do? Cat Noir was right, I'm no hero at all for what I've done and he hates me" Ladybug buries her face in her knees.
"He doesn't hate you, girl. He could never hate you" Rena Furtive said.
"He does, he has no love in his heart anymore" Ladybug started to cry.
Rena Furtive didn't understand what she meant. Unless…..something bad happened that made Cat Noir give up on her, "What do you mean he has no love?" She asked.
Ladybug can't tell her he's a vampire or she'll think she's crazy, "He…We…had an argument!"
"What?!" Reba Furtive gasps.
"He wanted to be the secondary guardian and I blew his offer" Ladybug continued.
"You did what? Ladybug, perhaps he wanted to help you so you won't be alone. Remember when you told me your secret, you were not alone?" Rena Furtive said.
"Yes, and now I've lost him for good" Ladybug said.
"Maybe you haven't. He probably just needs some time on his own. There will be a moment he'll come back but it's not this moment now. This is your chance to finally have Adrien as your new partner" Rena Furtive said.
"Maybe" Ladybug replied.
"But which miraculous should he be?" Rena Furtive asked.
"Maybe the Dog miraculous, I already gave him the snake miraculous before," Ladybug said.
"Good, but be sure to give it at the right time," Rena Furtive said.
x
Cat Noir was at his coffin with the lid open while listening to the American song 'Leave Out All The Rest' by Linkin Park from his staff. It expresses the feeling of leaving Paris. His new home was now exactly the one he needed to stay at. To be free from isolation, neglect, rejection, and pain. But his friends would be devastated to believe he disappeared but would they miss Cat Noir? He was sure that his father is forced to use Felix as a decoy. Typical. All he cares about is his reputation and he bet that Felix would be a troublemaker in his place.
He recalled when they were kids, they would switch roles. But now as teenagers, Felix was no longer the cheerful boy he used to be and that incident with the Punishers was very unforgivable that their bond is weakening. He turns off his phone staff and just stared at the ceiling, thinking.
"Ladybug might be teaming up with another hero while I stay here" He guessed.
The door opened and it was one of Dracula's brides, "Mr. Noir, our lord is requesting you to join the gala" She said.
"Coming up," Cat Noir said and got out of his coffin.
Morphing into a bat to fly out the door and into the halls of Dracula's portraits of himself. One portrait of Dracula had slicked back hair like Bela Lugosi and another like Christopher Lee. He came to the lobby and morphed back to a person, looking at the gala of vampires waltzing together with vampires or human victims. He checked the mirror and saw that some were humans.
"Fascinating, young child?" Dracula said behind him.
"Yeah, I take it all are in a trance" Cat Noir said.
"Correct. That way they don't remember being bitten" Dracula said and gave him a glass wine of blood.
"But have you ever thought of letting them decide?" Cat Noir asked as he took a sip of blood.
"What do you mean?" Dracula asked.
"Like being forced to leave their mortal life and family against their will. When I was bitten, I had no choice but to leave my home so I don't hurt anyone. In the end, I felt free from pain" Cat Noir explained and looked at the couple's waltzing.
"We vampires have to do to survive and maintain our long lives. Sacrifices must be made" Dracula said.
Cat Noir finished his drink and let out a belch, "Pardon me" Cat Noir said.
"And it seems you have a lot of humor," Dracula said.
"I'm puuuurrrrrfectly adorable like a cat than a vampire bat. Black cats bring bad luck. Anyways, which one do you want me to turn?" Cat Noir asked as he looked at the tranced women in black wedding dresses.
"Pick any you like," Dracula said.
"Very well. Some of them remind me of my mother who disappeared a long time ago" Cat Noir said and walked downstairs to pick which one to sink his fangs into.
He spots a British woman in her 20s, perfect prey which made him smirk. She was still mindless like a slave and Cat Noir went behind her, trailing his tongue on her neck.
"Be my victim" He whispered before sinking his fangs into her neck.
Drinking her blood that satisfies him more while injecting venom in her veins to turn her. He held her tight to make any resistance futile. Blood trickled down her bare neck. Her skin started to turn a little pale as Cat Noir drank her blood.
She passed out due to being half drained but Cat Noir held her and brought her to Dracula, "Anyways, the sun is setting down. This kitty is nocturnal, my lord. You might wanna clean her neck" Cat Noir gestures to the blood trickling down her neck.
"Well done, Noir" Dracula took the bride.
x
At the Agreste mansion, Felix was still investigating his aunt's portrait and saw fingerprints through his monocle like they were hidden buttons.
He pressed them one by one at the same time until the floor that he was standing on made him go down like an elevator, "Looks like my uncle's secret is out of the bag." Felix said once the elevator stopped.
The huge window shined through, the metal bridge, and butterflies swarm around slowly and calmly. Felix walks cautiously to the mysterious casket with plants.
Once he came in front of it, he saw his Aunt in it, "Aunt Emile?!" He gasped in horror and runs back to the elevator, hyperventilating from what he saw, "She was here the whole time!" He thought and clicks the button to go back up.
His breathing was nearly choking his throat and heart. He got out of the elevator and ran out of the office. So horrified at the sight of his aunt in a coma. There's no way her body wouldn't rot in over a year, "This is no good" He got to Adrien's room before his uncle came back.
x
Adrien woke up the next night from his coffin and waited for Plagg to eat his cheese. Tonight was the night to practice lurking in houses to feed on the living. He remembers what Dracula taught him.
"You really are warming up to Dracula, are you?" Plagg said while eating.
"Yeah, he's one great but scary teacher," Adrien said.
"But please try to be reasonable. It's like you don't care for humans anymore" Plagg swallowed his cheese.
"I'm not gonna kill anyone, Plagg," Adrien said.
"Sorry it's just this vampire thing scares me," Plagg said.
"You're scared, Plagg?" Adrien asked.
"I'm just saying you're becoming less human" Plagg being honest.
"I'm trying to hold on to my humanity," Adrien said.
"And enjoying way too much on drinking blood," Plagg said.
"Uhhh…..well…it's a lot to process." Adrien licked his fangs to get used to them.
"Let me guess? Time to transform?" Plagg guessed.
"Like I said, I'm not forcing you with something that is not…..human me," Adrien said.
"I get it, Adrien" Plagg replied.
"I don't have a choice, Plagg. If I don't drink blood, I die" Adrien explained.
"Alright. Must be both exciting and boring being one" Plagg said.
"It's never exciting to me, Plagg. It's either feed or die" Adrien said.
"There must be a way to reverse it" Plagg replied.
"No can do. It's likely permanent" Adrien shook his head.
His stomach growled that it was time to go out and feed, "Plagg, claws out!" He transformed into Cat Noir.
He puts on his cloak and morphed into a bat to fly out the window to head into the city to find a victim that's asleep, very deep sleep.
Soon he came to an apartment with an open window. He saw a woman sleeping deeply in her bed and snuck inside. He smirked at this, hearing a heartbeat that she was dreaming of something. Whatever it is, it's probably a good dream. But if he bites her, she'll think she's having a nightmare.
"I can't do this but I have no choice," He said and leans in.
He tried to get his fangs close but he hesitated because this feels wrong to ruin someone's life that they didn't deserve. He growled in defeat and morphed into a bat to fly out the window and head to the farm instead to feed on a cow.
He flies to the cow's neck and bites it to drink its blood. He morphed back to a person and held the cow still without killing it. It just mooed like usual but it stands there and does not move.