Ladybug could hear Chat scramble to his feet as he woke up. She could hear Hawkmoth laugh as she jumped over the table towards him. She could hear her own heavy breathing. She didn't register any of it though. She was moving without her head screwed on. She was so far away. She could feel the sting everytime she hit the ground. She wasn't in the same world. She could feel the punches that Hawkmoth threw. She was in a whole different universe. Blood dripped to the ground and she could feel that, she just didn't care.

Ladybug watched as Hawkmoth and Chat Noir went at each other. The two moving quickly. She was looking at them both stunned.

"Ladybug!" She snapped her head back to the situation.

"I-I...Chat. I-" She gasped. Chat stood on top of Hawkmoth.

"Ladybug." He turned to her quickly. "What's wrong?" Chat was thrown to the other side of the room. Ladybug swallowed and furrowed her eyebrows.

Why was she always freezing? Pausing and stopping, taking a step and then not moving, she had to do this, nothing could stop her.

But she felt so weak. Her adrenaline was dying and she could finally feel the weight of her chest moving up and down, her jello-like legs and her bruised knuckles.

Couldn't she just stop this one time? Chat could it, he'll save the day. She'll just leave him. He could do it.

Ladybug smiled at her thoughts. 'The fucking irony. I can't just leave, this is the biggest fight of our lives.'

She kept walking forward. Hawkmoth slammed Chat against the wall. Ladybug paused. She took a deep breath as she felt her eyebrow twitched.

'Move.' She reminded herself. If she took a deep breath, ground herself, she could move and defeat Hawkmoth. It was the only thing she could do.

Ladybug ran forward and kicked him in the side. Hawkmoth fell to the ground. He got up with a smirk.

"Finally joined the show."

"I've always been a part of it." She muttered. She kicked him back onto the ground. "How long has it been?" She asked him. He grabbed her ankle and twisted it causing her to cry and fall over in pain.

"You'll be surprised how time flies," Hawkmoth answered. Chat Noir's baton slammed to the ground just in front of Hawkmoth's neck. The villain flinched back into Chat's legs. Chat put one leg on the other side of Hawkmoth and grabbed him by his collar. Chat lifted him up silently celebrating as he heard the clip of the brooch click apart. It was going to fall off.

Chat wrapped his arms around Hawkmoth's neck. Hawkmoth's hands grabbed Chat's arms trying to pull him off. Ladybug stood up and reached for his brooch. Hawkmoth slapped her hand away and leaned forward flipping Chat onto her. Ladybug rolled with Chat Noir, she swore something broke. She could feel something stab into her organs.

Hawkmoth walked around them. "You two sure know how to put up a fight. Of course, I know that. I've seen you've fought a numerous amount of times." He rested a hand on his chest. "But this might be your last one." He said darkly. He clipped the brooch back on. He started to walk towards them. Ladybug panicked.

"Chat." She shook him.

"Hm." He turned his head to see Hawkmoth walking towards them. His eyes widened and he got up off Ladybug. He lent her a hand but didn't let go. "I'm sorry." He muttered.

"What?" Ladybug asked confused.

Chat swung her body and threw her out the large window. The glass shattered, shards of it flying everywhere and some piercing into her body causing more injuries.

She was falling. Her hair blew in her face and tears pricked her eyes. She felt weightless. She snapped back to reality once she realised she would soon hit the ground.

Ladybug quickly grabbed her yo-yo. She was falling and she couldn't move fast enough. She threw her yo-yo through the broken window and the string wrapped around the metal frame tightly. She shuttered a breath.

Ladybug rested her feet against the wall and hung tightly to her yo-yo. She looked down and saw she still had a long way to fall before she hit the ground.

The building was located near the hospital in the more crowded part of Paris. Ladybug looked around the area in curiosity. 'Hm.' She memorized the location of Hawkmoth's layer.

Ladybug climbed up the building. Once she was close to the window she could hear Chat Noir and Hawkmoth. She could hear Hawkmoth's cackle and Chat Noir's grunts. She kept climbing. She had to help her partner. Ladybug held onto the edge of the window and peaked into the room. She then activated her spotted vision.

She couldn't see anything. Her jaw clenched and she climbed in slowly, being careful not to attract any attention. She crawled around the room, looking for anything she could use, hoping her spotted vision would work. Her hand slipped on a piece of glass and she looked down at the broken shard. In her reflection, her earings blared a ladybug pattern.

'What the hell?' She questioned what she saw.

She was so caught up with the reflection she couldn't hear the footsteps towards her. Ladybug was kicked to the wall, her back hitting the wall and making her choke. She tried to put the pain aside to get back at the task at hand. Hawkmoth walked towards her, she wasn't fast enough and was kicked again. Ladybug felt his foot collide with her chin, feeling the muscle bruise.

He grabbed the back of her hair and lifted her up, pushing her to the wall. His fist met her face. Everything was blurry, she couldn't even tell her eyes were closed but if she did try to open them she could feel them swell and blood trickle down her face. She had to retaliate, Ladybug had to attack him. She couldn't just let herself be his punching bag, she had to win this fight.

Ladybug lifted her legs and pushed him off her, her hands still wrapped around his arm. She held him there, Hawkmoth kneeling in front of her. Ladybug lifted her knee and held him as her knee met his chin. His body swung back. The brooched shimmered.

'The miraculous.'

Ladybug bent down to grab it. She grunted, her back still hurt, she thought it would've healed by now. Hawkmoth quickly grabbed her hand before she snatched the pin off his chest.

"Not so fast." He huffed. He grinned. Someone covered Ladybug's eyes and she was lifted off the ground.

"Hey!" She could hear Hawkmoth's chuckle.

"Two on two." The commander muttered. She froze. Ladybug's jaw clenched. She felt him move, walking to someplace in the room.

"Chat!" She called out.

'Oh god.'

"Chat!" She cried.

'Please.'

"Ladybug." She heard his whisper echo throughout the room.

She swallowed. He sounded like he was in pain. The hand around her eyes tightened. She grunted at the pressure. Ladybug's hands wrapped around The Commander's arm. No, she needed her yo-yo. She reached for her yo-yo and felt it transform in her hands. What rested in her hand was a handle, she could feel the leather on her fingertips.

"A knife." She heard Tikki mutter. Wow, desperate times calls for desperate measures. Tikki hadn't woken up when she transformed in months.

Ladybug lifted the knife to The Commander's arm, digging the sharp metal in his flesh.

"Ah!" He dropped her to the ground and she was quick on her feet. She swung her leg and trip him over, making her fall backwards. Once she knew he wasn't on his feet Ladybug bolted to Chat Noir.

"Chat."

She found him lying on the floor. He was curled into a little ball, his body shaking every breath he took.

"Chat." She turned him over onto his back. "Hey." She whimpered. "Oh no." She shook her head. Tears pooled her eyes as she pushed back his hair that stuck to his bloody face. She was letting her emotions cloud her thoughts. "Why aren't you healing?" She heard a low chuckle.

"It's because, my dear, he fought another miraculous holder. It's why your face is still black and blue. I bet you don't feel your best either." Hawkmoth spoke.

He was right. Her back still hurt and dried blood decorated her swollen face. She probably looked worse than Chat Noir, she couldn't tell.

Ladybug looked up at Hawkmoth, up on some balcony, a higher level.

'Maybe if I used my yo-yo I could...' She tried to think of a way to fight. She felt so useless. How could they be defeated already?

She heard Chat groan and turn in his arms. "Chat!" He tried to prop himself up on his elbows. Slowly tucking his arms under himself. His breathing loud enough for Ladybug to hear.

"We need to stop him." Ladybug heard him rasp.