"Something isn't right." Marisol realized. "It wouldn't be this easy. We should have been crushed by that beam." And with that everything froze.
"But you weren't." A strange familiar voice echoed her, the frozen scene melting away, leaving her in a white room. In front of her was Xander and his brown hair fluttered in the breeze like a Sparrow's wings, looking solitary against his white shirt.
"Xander?" She ran to him, tears coming down her face at the sight of her dead friend. "Why? Where am I?"
"Marisol, you're special." He held her at arms length.
"You're more special than me, Sparrow. Felix misses you so much." She felt embarrassed. "I miss you too. But what was that vision?"
"A vision of what could happen. If you don't transform, but use your Quantic energy to save Felix, you'll die and so will Adrien and your friends."
"I didn't know that." She looked down at the bloodied locket picture. "I thought if I gave some of my power to Felix, I could save him. I'm a terrible leader and a worse girlfriend."
"That isn't true." Xander thrust his hand onto his heart.
"What?"
"Marisol, I'm the first person Felix told that he was Black Cat. But you, you're the first person who got him to smile. To laugh." The dead Quantic placed his hand on her head. "Not to mention, before any of us met you, we wouldn't have been friends. You were the reason the Quantic Kids are even around."
"Xander, what are you saying?"
"I'm saying, transform, little Ladybug. Save our friends the only way you can. By being you."
Marisol opened her eyes, staring into Black Cat's as she was being pulled up.
"I was so scared."
"I got you. You're safe." This is when...
"Black Cat, watch out." She pulled him aside as Hawkmoth's blade was about to pierce his chest.
"You little..." Hawkmoth sneered. She wasn't going to let him hurt Felix or anybody else.
"Quantic Sequence, Start!" She screamed as her gaze was locked on that butterfly's mask. In a flash, she was no longer Marisol Dreyer, she was now Quantic Ladybug. Back in the patterned jumper, the black gloves, vest and tall red boots.
"But you shouldn't be able to. I took your Quantics away." Hawkmoth looked in shock.
"I gave them back so she could defend herself." Her partner shouted. She could feel his tail fluttering against her legs. The safety of his hand over hers made her feel stronger. This ladybug was ready to fly.
"I hid those in a place you'd never look."
"Please, hiding them in your personal safe at home wasn't that hard to figure out." Black Cat smiled as he extended his claws. "I am a cat after all."
"You broke into my house?" Hawkmoth sneered. "You'll pay for that."
"Cataclysm!"
As the rider of the black bike zoomed through the Parisian streets, an air of danger was thick in the air. Every person he'd seen those few times he'd stopped had been looking at the footage of the fight on the roof of that hotel. Which was right across from the small apartment he shared with his girl.
"Please be safe." He muttered under his breath.
"Boonie!" Miss Temby smiled as the large puppy greeted her at her apartment door. "You miss me?"
She was only answered by a sweet lick and a glance at the balcony. Her other furry friend, Halo, was staring out the glass. Her canine eyes were gazing up at the chaos on the roof, alongside the blue creature that was riding on her collar.
"Eliza, I sense miraculous energy up there."
"Yeah, Ladybug and Cat Noir are fighting some Hawkmoth guy."
"No, raw miraculous energy." The kwami flew to her. "It feels like the energy of Helios and Siobhan. It could be her."
"I'm making a call, little bird. Then we're going out."
AN: Okay some of you might be mad cause I took the "it was all a dream" route. I thought it was a bad way to end it and after seeing the last few new episodes, including the origin episodes, I got inspired. It's why its taken so long to update this. I got the next couple chapters almost ready to publish and I may rework the series for . So look out for that.
