Chat felt his body being lifted and returned to the tower. He felt his body being chained to the large pillars of the bell tower. He heard the voices of Duusu, Trixx, and Plagg as they questioned him over what had happened. He heard the distant cries of every gypsy being brought to the town square to be burned to death for their crimes against Papillion. But his whole body was numb and limp.

"Chat," Duusu begged as she knelt before him, "Please you HAVE to break out of these chains."

Chat pulled helplessly at the metal, nothing.

"Come on, kid," Plagg grunted as he pulled at the chains with him, "You have to try harder than that!"

"Marinette's being brought to the podium," Trixx said sadly as she looked over the balcony.

In the square below, Papillion addressed the crowd of gypsies about him, "The gypsy Marinette has been found guilty of the crime of Witchcraft. Her sentence: Death."

Marinette looked out toward her people as their cries of desperation carried in the air. Her attention was pulled to the man before her.

"It's not too late," Papillion said with a wicked smile, "I can save you from the flames of both this world and the next."

Marinette's eyes grew wide as his words sunk in.

"Chose me," he held up the torch in his hand, "or the fire."

The choice was very clear at this point. She made her opinion clear when she spat into his face. "I chose the freedom of death over a life with you. If my death pays for the freedom of Chat Noir and every gypsy here, it will be worth it."

Papillion scowled at her, "The Witch has refused to recant! This evil witch has put the soul of every citizen of Paris in jeopardy. She has been the cause of countless deaths," the voices of the outraged shouted their denial of the lie, "and now she will face the punishment for her crime."

Chat refused to look up as Plagg and Trixx relayed the events to him.

"Chat, you have to do something!" Duusu continued to beg, "You love her with all your heart and Judge Papillion is going to take her from you!"

"I can't do anything!" Chat shouted back, "Every time I try to help it only ends in disaster!"

Plagg had enough. "Are you really going to stand aside and let the love of your life be killed by the hands of the same man who took your own mother?!"

Chat looked up in shock.

"Plagg," Duusu whispered.

"No!" Plagg argued, "That man took away the first person in this entire world who loved him like he should have been loved! He took away the one person in anyone's life who can help a child survive! He took away God's greatest gift to a child! He took away not only his mother, but he took away his father as well!"

"My father?" Chat questioned.

"And now," Plagg continued, "He is taking away the greatest thing to happen to him since that night! He is taking away his true love! He is taking away the only happiness you have ever felt in these twenty long years and I am sick of it!"

Chat felt his heart beating faster as the words of the angry cat sank in. Papillion murdered his mother who truly loved him. Now he was going to murder the one woman in the world who still loved him.

Papillion lowered the torch onto the straw at Marinette's feet. They caught fire quickly. The smoke began to rise and swirl around her frame, causing her to cough. The smoke filled her lungs and began to slowly suffocate her to death.

All Chat saw was red. He pulled at the chains that bound him with all his might, the bells began to hum in anger with him. Soon, the pillars buckled under the stress and collapsed. The deafening sound of the crash caught the entire crowd's attention.

Chat grabbed the chain and wrapped it around one of the gargoyle's heads and swung down into the crowd below. He landed on the platform between Papillion and Marinette.

"Chat?! What are you?" Papillion stuttered as Chat stared at him, white hot fury in his eyes.

Chat turned and leapt into the flames, pulling Marinette free from the pire. He grabbed the chain and hoisted himself up and back onto the center balcony of Notre Dame. He lifted her unconscious body over his head, the dark smoke of the fires below darkening the skies above and shouted, "SANCTUARY!" Below, the crowd cheered, "SANCTUARY!" they cheered again, "SANCTUARY!"

Papillion turned to his new Captain of the guard, "Captain! Seize the Cathedral!"

Chat ran to a nearby room and placed Marinette's body on the little bed there. "Don't worry, Mari. I'll keep you safe here."

Duusu folded her arms and looked to her friends, "The time has come."

Plagg grinned as a flash of green encased his body, revealing a human with bright green eyes much like Chat Noir's. His body had similar traits as Chat's, working tail, ears, claws, and eyes. He leapt onto the ledge of the balcony, scanning the world below. Soldiers were bringing siege engines to the church, perfect.

Trixx stood tall as a flash of orange revealed her to be a human as well. Her brown hair looked like a fox tail trailing down her back. Her bright blue eyes flicked from side to side as she scurried over to a nearby window and leapt down. Flute in hand, she began to put soldiers into a trance-like state, leading them away from the church.

Duusu took a deep breath and allowed her body to change back as well. Her bright blonde hair flowed freely down her back. Her body was encased in brilliantly colored feathers, in her hand was a large fan. She stood on the platform, scanning the ground. She spotted the very person she needed, held the large fan over her back, and glided down.

Duusu landed gracefully beside Nino's cage. She looked up and smiled at him before taking her fan and slicing the lock open.

"I take it you're on our side?" Nino asked as he opened the door to his cage.

"I am on the side of Paris," she said sweetly before moving on to the next cage.

Nino grinned and climbed up to address the large crowd emerging from their cages, "Citizens of Paris: Judge Papillion has attacked our people, pillaged our homes, and murdered our loved ones. Now he has declared war on Notre Dame herself. Will we allow it?"

"NO!" Shouted the people as they took up their arms and began to charge the soldiers.

Plagg had just finished taking out his third war machine when he bumped into the little red dog that followed Marinette around.

"I don't suppose you're ready to help us out, M'lady?" he grinned.

With a flash of red, a short woman stood before him with her arms crossed, "Are you saying you can't handle this on your own, Kitten?"

Plagg only grinned as he extended a hand to her. The two ran into the battle hand-in-hand.