Ok, so, welcome to the second chapter of Whoever You Think I Am, I Am Not, And Never Will Be!

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Ladybug

"On your left, turtle boy!"

The green- clad hero grunted while deflecting Anansi's attack with his shield. "Call me… Carapace."

"Carrot… face?" Asked Ladybug in bewilderment. Then she realised. "Oh, ok, yeah, yeah, Carapace. Ok, I like it." Wow, that was embarrassing.

She glanced up at Chat Noir, she really needed him right now. He called to her. "Ladybug, I'm sorry." For what? It's not his fault he got caught-

"Plagg, claws in!"

No! She stared as a green glow surrounded her partner, the light receded, revealing… Adrien. Ladybug almost fell over from shock. Chat Noir is the boy I'm in love with! Adrien urgently motioned to Anansi with his eyes. She flinched, shaking herself out of the paralysis caused by the revelation of Chat Noir's identity, and wrenched Anansi's headgear off her head, smashing it on the ground. In a daze, she purified the akuma, letting muscle memory take over, and waved goodbye to it, not really registering what she was doing. She grabbed the lucky charm from the floor, and flung it into the air, shouting "Miraculous Ladybug!". As soon as it left her hand, her vision cleared, as if a veil had been lifted and the colours around her had sharpened. She stared at the web. Anansi had caused that, meaning it was due to disappear any second. And Adrien and Alya were stuck to it, at least 20 metres above the ground. The web shimmered and vanished.

The scene unfolded in slow motion, both Adrien and Alya falling. I have to save them! But in a split second she realised that they were too far apart for her to grab them both with her yoyo. She needed to pick one to save: her best friend, or the love of her life. How do you pick between that? Her thoughts were interrupted by a flash of purple in the corner of her eye- Hawkmoth?

At first she didn't understand what he was doing, but then he smashed into Adrien, slowing his descent. She furrowed her brows, confused by what she was seeing. Alya screamed, and Ladybug responded automatically, looping her yoyo around the top of the Arc de Triomphe and swinging herself beneath it to catch her.

Ladybug set Alya down near Nino, immediately searching for where Adrien and Hawkmoth had landed. Adrien. Adrien was Chat Noir. Oddly, she found that while she was shocked, she wasn't surprised. Adrien was a lot like her; often late, sometimes found talking to himself, and sometimes randomly disappearing without explanation. The only thing that surprised her was that she hadn't noticed before.

Adrien was wordlessly towering over Hawkmoth, who was holding his leg, clearly in pain. She joined him, trying not to look at Adrien too much so she didn't get flustered and lose her rationality. She hoped that her shock didn't show too much either, and that she still looked confident, although she knew that they never would have been in this situation if she'd thought about what she was doing before doing the miraculous cure. She would leave her guilt for later.

Hawkmoth

Hawkmoth gaped. His grip on his staff loosened, and clattered to the ground, the sound echoing of the walls of his lair. Chat Noir was Adrien. His son. Adrien was stuck to a web, suspended high off the ground. Seconds ago, he had been laughing as the hero was stuck, now he was horrified as the hero, his son was in immediate risk of falling. Then he saw Ladybug grab Anansi's headgear and slam it on the ground, releasing the akuma. It was probably better, Hawkmoth didn't really care about Anansi right now, he was focussed on getting Adrien to safety, then possibly having a long talk with him. Then he remembered where Adrien was. He looked through Anansi's eyes one last time before the connection blurred and severed as the akuma fluttered back to him. When Anansi became the girl again and Ladybug did the miraculous cure, the web would disappear, Adrien would fall to his death, Hawkmoth couldn't even begin to imagine all the negative emotions this would cause, and for once, this didn't excite him. On the contrary, it terrified him.

The akuma had already left. He had seconds.

He sprinted towards his window, closing his eyes for the inevitable impact, and crashed through, his legs were in the motion of running before he hit the rooftops, and he sprinted towards the Arc de triomphe, which loomed larger in the distance. As he neared it, he almost sobbed with relief as he saw that the web was still there- Ladybug hadn't yet done the miraculous cure, which would make all of the damage caused by the akuma disappear, in this case it was the giant webs everywhere. But his relief evaporated, to be replaced by horror as he saw the swarm of red swirling upwards from the now visible Ladybug. Almost there. He forced himself to sprint even faster, begged his limbs to work even harder. His heart thudded as he saw the web shimmer, and disappear. Adrien fell. Hawkmoth leaped, praying he had timed his jump right. And he slammed into Adrien's side, knocking him sideways. But they were still falling too fast. He could only roll over so he was facing up, to cushion the fall, taking most of the impact. Saving Adrien was the only thing that mattered. He clutched Adrien tight to his chest and closed his eyes, squeezing out a hot tear. Then he slammed into the ground and blacked out.

Hawkmoth opened his eyes, then immediately shut them again as the sun shined directly into his face. Everything hurt. He held his son in his arms, not sure whether he was alive. No! He has to be alive! He had tried to be gentle- well as gentle as possible when jumping into a boy falling from a monument at high speeds, but landing his jump while holding Adrien was impossible. He forced his eyelids apart, and lay there, winded, coughing. Adrien groaned, slowly sitting up. He blinked at Hawkmoth, eyes widening. As he registered where he was, he instantly scrambled back, hands pressed to his side, eyes bright with fear and fury.

Hawkmoth tried to ignore the pain he felt as Adrien rejected him, reminding himself that Adrien didn't know it was his father under the mask. No, he just thinks you're his mortal enemy, he thought, certain that that wasn't any better. Hawkmoth scowled as he tried to get up, but couldn't. Tentatively moving his left leg, Hawkmoth cried out in agony, unable to contain it. For a moment, he was sure he saw Adrien's eyes soften, an ounce of sympathy there.

Ladybug appeared next to him suddenly. Hawkmoth frowned, not sure whether she'd already known Adrien's identity, or whether she was just very good at hiding her surprise. The girl who had been trapped in the web and the turtle landed behind them, but didn't come any closer. "You saved my life. Why?" Adrien demanded. Hawkmoth chuckled menacingly, but responded truthfully, "I don't want people to die, I'd never let an akuma attack get that far." Ladybug didn't look convinced, and Hawkmoth felt anger flood him. "I wouldn't let him die!" he insisted. He's my son, he thought, it doesn't matter that he's Chat Noir.

"I wouldn't put it past you to kill someone- you're a villain." Ladybug told him. Hawkmoth smiled at her before laughing. He had still managed to wrest himself into a position of power while lying injured on the ground. She looked confused, taken aback by his reaction. "You heroes," he said, slightly hysterical, "You've never even asked what I want." Adrien stepped forward, looking down at Hawkmoth as if he was dirt. "Then what do you want, Hawkmoth?" He spat.

Hawkmoth seemed to sober at this question, his smile faded and his shoulders slumped. He leaned on his staff to push himself up off the floor with great effort, trying to put as little weight on his left leg as possible, holding his foot a few inches in the air, wincing as his vision momentarily flashed white from the pain. "I want to save my son's mother," he whispered.

"I don't want to hurt people. I just want her back." His voice cracked, a combination of his injury and his emotions making him unsteady. None of the heroes spoke, looking from him to each other in confusion. He could tell they were clueless on how to act next. And so was he.

Adrien

Ladybug advanced, getting closer and closer to Hawkmoth, who had fallen to the floor, clutching his leg. "Let's see who you really are, Hawkmoth," said Ladybug coldly. Adrien looked terrified as Ladybug reached forward to take Hawkmoth's miraculous. Suddenly they saw a violet flash, and they all stared as Mayura swooped down. She grabbed Hawkmoth's arm, while lashing out viciously at Ladybug, who was closest, with her fan. Then she leaped away, taking Hawkmoth with her. Ladybug made to swing after them, a look of rage on her face, but Adrien put a restraining hand on her arm. "There's no need," he murmured. "I… I know who they are."