Flashforward

Adrien and Marinette stood in front of the new statues now sitting next to one of them. A group of the greatest artists in Paris had come in and done the job for free, wanting to honor the heroes of Paris, both living and fallen. Taking one last look, they reluctantly got in the Gorilla's car and drove off to the Dupain-Cheng bakery.

Luka and Kagami

"So, this is it?" Kagami questioned. "This is how it all ends?" Luka remained silent as he squeezed her hand.

Wayzz, Sass, and Longg seemed deep in discussion as Trixx simply listened, keeping an eye on the unconscious form of Lila Rossi. Finally, the group seemed to agree, though Wayzz didn't seem to approve of whatever they were discussing. "There is a way to fix all of this and prevent it from happening," Sass revealed.

Luka tilted his head at the snake kwami. "How? I didn't set my second chance. What could we possibly do?"

"Use the secondary power of the snake miraculous." Sass took in the curious looks the two heroes gave him. "Every miraculous has a second ability. Only Ladybug can use hers right away, the miraculous cure to fix all the damage after the battle. The other miraculous require much more time to bond with the chosen before those powers are usable."

"It would be suicide to use these powers before the bond is complete," Wayzz interrupted. "Chat Noir isn't even there yet and he had his miraculous way longer than you two."

"But we could still use them to accomplish the goal before it takes us?" Luka asked, starting to realize the kwami's plan. "What is my secondary power?"

"Perhaps the most dangerous after the Cataclysm and Burrow. It is called Last Chance. With it, you can rewind time any way you wish. But the longer you go, the less control you have over what rewinds, who remembers what. You could lose total control to chaos and all of reality could shatter to pieces."

Luka considered all of this as Kagami looked at him, fear in her eyes. "How do I activate it?"

"Flick the snake back and forth once, then say 'Last Chance.' But I warn you, you will most certainly die after you achieve your goal."

"Let's do this. Sass scales slither!" He was Viperion again, for the last time.

"No!" Kagami's cry startled him. "You can't do this. You will die. People in this city need you." She hugged him, as if it would stop him, her voice muffled against his costume as she sobbed "I need you."

He hugged her back, "I'm sorry, but if I don't do this, then everyone dies. I can't let it happen." He leaned back and cupped her cheek. She let him raise her head so that they were looking into each other's eyes. He pulled her in and kissed her. Breaking the kiss as the destructive white energy reached the edge of their building, he stepped back and looked her in the eyes once more, sad to see tears in them. "I love you." He reached for the snake miraculous and flick the snake back and forth.

"Last Chance."

Bunnix

One moment her screens were going dark one by one, her limbs fading in and out of existence. The next her burrow shook as if an earthquake had started in it. Now it was silent, the screens playing images from different periods of time as they should as her body went back to normal. Bunnix was confused. She had never encountered anything like this.

Looking around, she assured herself everything was as they should be. She failed, however, to see a dark shadow enter Fu's Ice Parlor on one of the screens.

Master Fu

"Wang Fu!" A growl came from the entrance to his meditation room. He turned around a dark shadow with red glowing eyes closing towards him, arm morphing into an ax. "The barrier has been cracked. I have made it through, soon my brethren will join me. The power of the kwamis will soon be ours again, centuries after they were stolen from us."

"Nothing was ever stolen from you monsters," Fu glared at the shadow, forming a solid form, dark energy radiating off of it. "These kwamis were liberated from slavery. In your dimension, you abused their powers to destroy all life in your universe. And I will not allow you to do so here." He revealed the small bowl before him, chanting in an alien language, one the intruder recognized.

"You fool! Even if this little spell works, your memories and knowledge will be erased, leaving no one to guard the miracle box. We will be slowly seeping through the cracks that remain and seize our rightful powers once more. Starting with your miracle box."

Fu gave the creature a knowing smile, "Then it is a shame it's no longer mine. I renounced guardianship hours ago and declared a new guardian, one who will never allow you to win." As the creature screamed in anger, Fu dropped the final ingredient into the bowl: tears of a kwami that Wayzz had given him when they said goodbye. He fell on his hands as the creature screamed again. But this time it was in pain, as it was forced back through the crack into between universes, sealing itself in the process.

Fu collapse in exhaustion, his last task as a guardian complete. It was up to Marinette and Adrien now.

Eiffel Tower

One second, he was Chat Blanc, destroying Paris in his despair, all alone. The next, he was Chat Noir again, his father Hawkmoth releasing an akuma towards him will a smirk of triumph. The look on Hawkmoth's face when he caught the akuma in his hand, turning it to dust. "No!" the villain screamed, "you were weak, you were broken." Ladybug lunged at him, only to get knocked aside as Hawkmoth strode to Chat. He swung his cane back, ready to strike down his son.

But he froze, unable to move, speak or even look around. "No one hurts my friends. I have stood aside far too long." Chat picked himself up, looking behind Hawkmoth's paralyzed form to see Queen Bee, her arm still raised from using her power. She grabbed the Butterfly miraculous off of him, releasing both his transformation and the effect of her Venom.

Gabriel attempted to grab the miraculous back, only to get yanked off his feet by Ladybug's yoyo. As he rolled over attempting to push himself back up, but Ladybug swung her foot into the side of his head. Gabriel groaned as darkness overtook his mind, defeated at last.

Chat Noir looked at her, her eyes asking the same question forming from his lips, "What happened?"

"I'm not sure," she admitted.

Queen Bee looked from one of them to the other. "What are you talking about?"

Ladybug looked at her, puzzled. "Don't you remember? Hawkmoth akumatized Chat, everything was destroyed." Chat looked down as she put her arm around him comfortingly before she continued. "Then it was like everything was rewinded, but we remembered what happened. Like Viperion's Second Chance but ..." She froze, stopping mid-sentence. "No, Luka, please no."

"Ladybug, what is it?" Chat asked her.

"Every miraculous has more than one power, but the kwami's power is so great we can only use a little of it. I can use the Miraculous Cure because it repairs the damage done to me. But if someone used it even with our level of connection, the sr power would rip them apart." She paused as if in deep thought.

Chat and Queen Bee both looked at her, expecting her to keep going, only to be interrupted by a gust of wind. Ryuko released her Wind Dragon, dropping her prisoners next to Gabriel. "He used something called Last Chance," she choked through tears. "It rewinded time without having a saved point, but he was able to leave our memories intact." She wore the Fox and Turtle miraculous, both kwami's sitting on her shoulder as she held the Snake in her hands. "When I opened my eyes, he was gone." Chat and Ladybug pulled her in for a hug as she broke down, tears streaming down her cheeks.

I will never forgive myself for this, Chat thought to himself as he stared over Ryuko's shoulder at his father's unconscious body. So much pain could have been prevented if he had more of a spine.

Reluctantly, Ladybug pulled away and collected the retrieved miraculous. Queen Bee's third alarm went off, reminding her of something she had to do. Removing the Miraculous, she held it out to Ladybug. "Here, I don't deserve it. I only had it because someone had stolen it and offered it to me."

Ladybug stared at the Bee miraculous, then looked at Chloe. "No, you hang on to it for now. Hawkmoth may be defeated, but there are always people who will do anything for power. Having you as a dependable ally again is something I appreciate."

Chloe smiled sadly, happy to have Ladybug's trust again despite the loss they faced. She looked at Ryuko, wishing she knew Viperion better before leaving the three heroes to mourn their friend.

Marinette

Leaving Adrien to comfort Kagami, she left to return the miraculous to Master Fu. As she entered the store, she found no one waiting for her upfront. Heading into the back, she gasped, seeing him passed out on the floor. "Master? Master Fu wake up!"

"Huh? Where am I, who are you?"

"Master, don't you remember me?"

"No, I have never met you in my life." His eyes darted around rapidly.

The door opened again behind her, Marianne Lenoir walking inside. "I believe I can provide you with some answers, Marinette." She strode over to Fu, who looked at her with a glint of recognition. "Fu, relax. You have lost your memories, I was sent to take care of you." She handed Marinette a letter, written in Fu's handwriting. The first page was for Marianne Lenoir, requesting assistance in the event his memory is lost. The second was for her, directing her to meet with the guardians in Tibet to inform the grand guardian of what happened and to learn more about the history of the kwamis. He had transferred the guardianship of the miracle box to her, stating that she would be the perfect guardian to watch over the box in the coming crisis.

Marinette froze, watching the old man being lead out. What crisis?

Gabriel

He woke up, staring at a stone ceiling. "Where am I?"

"A place where you will be punished properly, one where you can't hurt anyone else." Gabriel looked over in the direction of the voice. Adrien was sitting with his legs crossed in front of the cell, a black kwami sitting on his shoulder. His tone suggested anger, underlaid with hurt. His eyes were narrowed at his father. "Welcome to Tibet, home to the temple of the guardians."

Gabriel sat up in shock, then crying in pain as his head throbbed. "How did you get me here so fast?"

"It's been over two weeks.M'lady has quite the kick, put you in a coma more or less. Slept through your trial, not that you really could do anything. Honestly, you deserve worse." Adrien had the nerve to smirk at him, "And now we leave you with the Guardians for punishment. Natalie is here too, but that is more because you decided to let her use a broken miraculous. The guardians think the damage is reversible, so there is one of the things you have broken solved.

"Adrien, we can bring your mother to full health. We just need Ladybug's earrings."

"No, I turned off the life support for mother yesterday. She was beyond healing and that wish you desire is too dangerous."

"Adrien, when I get out of here…"

"You are never leaving this place. You are sentenced to life. And don't expect me to visit." Ignoring his father's threats, he got up and left. Waiting outside for him was Marinette, wearing the Horse miraculous. "We can go now, I don't want to come back anytime soon."

Both of them had a rough two weeks, Luka's funeral, the unveiling of the statues honoring Viperion, Ryuko, and Queen Bee. They talked to their former classmates, hearing the entire story of Lila's lies being revealed. They weren't ready to forgive the former friends yet though. Next was a series of trials, Gabriel handed over to the guardians, Felix whisked away by his mother and Lila placed in a mental institution. Marinette had been chatting with Trixx and Nooroo daily, trying to ease them back to a sense of normal, concerned for another kwami attack on a human, like with Lila. Duusu seemed to think it was all a crazy adventure, so she left her alone. The kwami's, in general, were overjoyed to just be together again.

Marinette looked at him, deciding to only show her support by holding his hand as they walked over to the grand guardian. "Guardian Dupain-Cheng, Chat Noir, I presume you will be headed home now?"

She nodded, "Paris is still in danger. Master Fu left a message saying the Shadowland is breaking through the barrier. We have to stand guard and push them back until we can reseal it again."

"We will do our best to find a way to repair the barrier and help your friend. With your miracle box complete again, you will succeed." He bowed, Marinette and Adrien bowing in return.

"Tikki spots on! Kaalki, Tikki, unify! Voyage!" The duo stepped through the portal, the grand guardian wishing them well. They would need the bonds formed with the kwamis to defeat this ancient foe of the guardians.

Coming February/March 2020; MIRACULOUS: SIEGE

Part 2 of Miraculous Tales: Heroes of Paris.