(Wednesday)
(Alya POV)
Opening my eyes the only thing I can remember is Hawkmoth easily striking me down, looking around I see the atrium is destroyed with pieces of the ceiling strewn about the floor, the floor cracked everywhere as if a someone took a jackhammer to the floor every few steps. Bracing myself against a wall that was left sort of intact I unsteadily stand myself up and one of the first things I notice is a grown man laying face down on the floor, the wall behind him has a deep imprint from where he hit the wall that must be Hawkmoth and I remember he has LadyBug's and Cat Noir's miraculous. Walking over to him I bend down and get them both when I remember the one miraculous that should be around my neck, my hand shooting to my chest I finally notice the necklace absence. Looking around frantically I see two people tied to each other back to back, walking over there their facial features become clearer my eyes widen in shock at the two people in front of me, rushing over to them I quickly untie them and finally decide to look at Marinette.
"Don't be mad Alya, I know how much I lied to you and I hope you can forgive me" Marinette says looking guilty
"Mari how can I be mad when my bestfriend is LadyBug and you are going to tell me everything later but first let's talk about Adrien being Cat Noir" I say looking at Adrien who is currently unconscious "We have to tell him we know and that your LadyBug" I say handing Marinette her earrings and slipping Cat Noir's ring on Adrien's finger
"I will now lets get out of here before Hawkmoth comes back" Marinette says putting on the LadyBug earrings allowing the little red Kwami that appeared to rest in her purse which miraculously has survived the entire ordeal so far
"I'm awake you know just in a lot of pain" Adrien says groaning scaring me and Marinette
"Marinette we need to get out of here and notify the authorities" I say as Marinette helps Adrien up "Also we need to untie Caleb I left him outside of here"
"Why was Caleb here and why did you tie him up" Marinette asks confused
"Ruff Rider gave Caleb his necklace which he gave to me but he wanted to help more and I didn't want him to get hurt so I tied him up" I say giving them a very short version of what happened. As we left the atrium I only saw a broken vase and some cut rope "He must have cut himself free" I say
"He probably left to get help" Marinette tries to rationalize
"No he is here I know it, you go and get Adrien to safety I will look for him" I say as I start checking in every room, after each room turns up empty I start getting worried. Maybe Marinette was right and he did leave turning to leave I hear a voice.
"Come on Caleb get up" following the voice I enter the atrium, trying to puzzle out where it came from in here I hear it again coming from the middle of the room. Walking towards the voice I see that the middle in the room actually has the largest crater going several feet deep, when I peer over the edge I gasp at who I see. Caleb covered in cement and dust his hair a matted mess a necklace on his chest which slowly rises and falls, getting closer I see more details the blood that is the cause for his matted hair, the crimson on the necklace that wasn't there before, the piece of metal going straight thru his torso. Running the rest of the way I drop to my knees the moment I reach him, picking him up by his shoulders I bring him closer to me "What were you thinking, you should have gone to Ruff Rider" I say
"Alya" Pluto says floating in front of her "He couldn't have gone to Ruff Rider"
"Why not" I say tears filling my eyes
"Because he is Ruff Rider" Pluto says feeling like he could have protected Caleb from everything if only he didn't detransform. Looking down at Caleb I see my tears mixing with the blood, i'm losing my friend no more than my friend, my other half, my one and only.
"Caleb if you live I will buy you all the macarons you want"
"Is that a deal" Caleb says coughing
"Yes that's a deal" I say crying even harder when Caleb weakly lifts a finger to my eyes dabbing my tears away
"Please don't cry I never want to make you cry" Caleb says trying to act like he wasn't bleeding to death. Suddenly there is a hand on my shoulder, looking up I see a man and a woman both wearing a black suit.
"We are from the US government sent here to take down Hawkmoth" The man says
"Let us take Caleb to a hospital he needs help" The woman says, standing up I feel numb inside as they take him away, a few more people come in and take away Hawkmoth in cuffs. I am escorted outside by the Man and brought into a tent that looks hastily set up, inside Adrien and Marinette are being reassured that their identities will remain a secret and no one will no their secret. Once inside the Man tells the three of us some very important news
"Hawkmoth has been detained and identified, his name is Charles Agreste and yes he is your father's twin" the Man says pointing that last part at Adrien
"My father never mentioned him" Adrien says in disbelief
"They had a falling out and out of nowhere Charles went missing, there was no search party and your father made sure his name was stricken from every record" the Man says
"How is Caleb" I ask not wanting to know the answer
"He has stabilized and should be fine with the only permanent damage being a scar, he told me to give you this" the Man says handing me the necklace "Now I must go back to my son" with that he leaves us to ourselves, putting on the necklace Pluto appears and simply lays on my lap worried about Caleb but comforted by the thought that Caleb will live. After a while Adrien and Marinette fall asleep leaning on eachother. After long into the night we are taken into a limo with tinted windows and driven to our houses. That night Gabriel for the first time in a while comforted his son and told him everything about Charles. Marinette when she got home hugger each of her parents a little longer than usual. Me when I got home well I got on my computer and sent a message.
(Caleb POV)
Laying in my bed careful not to pop a stitch or open up any cuts I laid there trying to comprehend the amount of irony in the fact that his parents were also looking for Hawkmoth that is until my computer made a beeping sound telling me I got a message over the LadyBlog "Pluto can you get that" I say before realizing my mistake. Grunting I slowly get up and into a wheelchair that I thankfully will only need for a short amount of time, reaching my computer I see the message is from Alya and it reads
'We need to talk'
'Where?' I send
'The park'
'Only if you bring macarons, deal'
'Deal'
Going to bed that night I was worried that Alya doesn't like me anymore now that she knows who I am. Alya going to bed that night was happy that she finally found her Ruff Rider.
(Thank you all for reading, you readers are simply the best. Like always tell me what you thought about the chapter and be prepared for lots of shameless fluff next chapter(Keeping it T for teens though) also let me know if you thought Gabriel Agreste having a secret twin is a valid theory)