The kindly old man chuckled at the tone in Eliza's voice. "Here and There."

"You know him?"

"Indeed, my father had my sister and I train under him in the art of meditation." She smiled, meddling with the broach attached to her bracelet. "Mr Agreste wanted me to give you this, Master Fu." As she placed it in the master's hand, the kids saw what it was. The peacock miraculous.

"You should keep it, Eliza!" Marisol jumped for joy. "You were amazing as the Peacock."

"I wish I could, really, but.."

"You have responsibilities on the Isle de la Lune." Master Fu completed her worries. "I hope it's next bearer has as much integrity as you do, my pupil."

"I hope so too." Eliza agreed. "That kwami deserves a great master. Were you able to reach them?"

"Reach who?" Marinette looked at her teacher.

"Just some old friends, little cochinelle." A man called, his arm over his wife's shoulder protectively as they entered the dining room.

"Siobhan!" Tikki flew out of Marinette's bag to say hello to her old mistress.

"It can't be." Marisol felt her hands go to her face. "But my memories."

"Ma petite cochinelle!" Helios embraced his daughter. "I am so sorry. By the time Fu was able to heal our wounds completely, your trail was cold."

"Where have you guys been?"

"We've been living in Scotland with your grandparents." Siobhan's messy black hair seemed to envelop her face as she sighed before turning to Marinette. "I've been following your adventures in the papers."

"Why'd you give up being Ladybug?"

"Well, after the night we lost Marisol, we realized that Paris didn't need us anymore."

"So, we decided that the world needed us as Helios Barbosa and Siobhan Hoyt more than it needed us as super heroes." Her husband finished for her.

"My real name is Marisol Barbosa-Hoyt." She let that twirl around her tongue. "I like that much better than Marisol Dreyer."

The uproar was then silenced by the sweet voice of a little one, who stood in the doorway in ladybug pajamas. "Maman? Papa?"

"Artemis, sweetie, you need to stay in bed." Gemini sighed, scooping up the three year old.

"Arty not sick." She cried, getting a reaction from everyone.

"She's so cute!" Marinette smiled.


While everyone was focused on her daughter inside, Eliza couldn't stand to stay there. Especially when she felt a familiar presence.

"I can't seem to shake you, can I Dante?" She turned her head to see her ex, who was perched precariously on her balcony railing, smoking a cigarette. "Although, I'm surprised you helped those kids. Or is that too selfless for the former king of the demons?"

"Joke all you want, Babe." He stared at her so she could see her reflection in his sunglasses. "You know as well as I do, your stepfather did a lot worse than I could ever. I mean, the Old Testaments' full of examples."

"Right, like pretending to be one of my student's fathers while you took an old villain's place? Allying with a serial killer? Oh and my favorite, have your new goon have a dangerous fight across from my apartment." The look on her face cut like a knife into Dante's black heart. "What, so you could satisfy your insatiable need for wrath and threaten the life of my child?"

"Artemis was safe!"

"So you were the one behind this whole mess." Felix's voice alerted them both.

"He's also the one that saved all of you." Eliza admitted as she tried to keep Felix away from him.

"Really?" He relaxed. "Thank you then."

"Well, you ever have any trouble just summon S-" Her ex was cut off by Eliza shoving him off the balcony.

"Did you just?" Felix ran to look over the edge, but the man he'd seen was not there.

"He's fine. I just sent him back to hell where he belongs." Eliza sighed. "Now, the others can stay here tonight, but I'm sure Master Fu has accommodations for you and Marisol."

"Sure. Um Eliza?" He looked to his savior. "You ever think I'll be able to free myself from the Onyx Quantic stone?"

"Maitre Cailean, I've dealt with my fair share of devilish jewelry." She drew out a small red vial.

"Is that blood?"

"This, my dear, is no ordinary blood. It's from an old friend of mine."

"This wouldn't happen to be the same guy you threw off the balcony."

"Oh no, pour that bastard's blood on this and your problems would be so much worse." She chuckled as she put a drop between the Ruby eyes of the panther. "This, this is archangel blood. A hundred times more potent than holy water and makes a pretty good cleanser of bonding spells."

She smiled as she slid the ring off his finger, the form returning to a small black stone. "There, it won't bond to you anymore."

"Thank you."

"The only thanks I need." She smiled. "Is that you give Marisol the life she deserves."

"I can do that."


A/N: Aaah, I can't believe this chapter took so long for me to write. I guess going to another story did me some good. Anyway, the next chapter is a little epilogue...yay, I think 😅