A/N: Hello, readers. I'm updating again, since I've had the inspiration. This chapter is nearly double the length of a normal chapter since there is a lot of stuff going on in it. I'm a little nervous about it, so I just hope you enjoy.
The next morning, Adrien was woken up in a similar manner: "Adrien, wake up," Hawkmoth's voice whispered softly into his mind. The one major difference is that he woke up quite late.
"Mmm…" he moaned, groggily pushing himself up. "Why am I up so late?" he asked himself.
"Your other father is keeping you in the house all day, which is quite unfortunate" the villain explained.
Adrien trudged over to the window, but before he tried opening them, his father informed him, "You are completely locked indoors. There is no way for you to get out of your room, without magic of course."
"So, what are you asking me to do?" the model asked, walking over to his bathroom.
"I'd like for you to meet me here at 12, to discuss what kind of akuma battle we hope for today," the villain answered. "I'll be waiting in my lair for you as you do whatever your other father wants you to do."
The teen nodded, going into his bathroom for a shower.
Meanwhile, Hawkmoth detransformed, and returned to his office in his office building. He walked over to the pile of mail on his desk and began skimming through them to find the most important ones. The first letter that caught his eye though was an application for an internship with him: From Ms. Marinette Dupain-Cheng. He opened it, and was delight to see her interest, and some of her portfolio.
He finished looking through it, and was quite amazed with her work. He then called some of his staff to inform them he was going to give her the internship, but he would inform her himself.
Before heading to the bakery to inform her parents, he first called Nathalie. A few buzzes passed, but she picked up.
" ?" she asked.
"Nathalie, how is Adrien right now? I hope he hasn't found someway to escape," he sighed with stress.
"I'll check," she stated. After a few moments, she confirmed, "Adrien just finished up his shower. Do you want me to tell him he's locked?"
"No, Nathalie. If he did try to escape, he would have already noticed. Just begin his homeschooling, but maybe try to build off of his knowledge from school instead of just going from textbook," the fashion emperor suggested.
"I'll try, sir," she accepted.
"I have the utmost confidence in you, Nathalie, so I better hear good news," he smiled before hanging up.
Gabriel then walked through his building, smiling and greeting everyone, which is quite rare for him. As he reached the entrance, he called up Gorilla to drive him to the bakery on Gottlieb Street. After the limo arrived and Gabriel entered the limo, Nooroo popped out of his coat, and started saying:
"Wow! You akumatizing Adrien has really changed you!" the kwami smiled.
"Well, it is quite nice having as good relationship with my son. I have always wish the best for him, even if he doesn't know that," the moth Miraculous holder smiled back.
"But, you do know that you are going to have to reveal your identity to him at one point," the moth reminded the man.
"I know, I know, but it has to be at a better time. I need to make sure he forgives me first before revealing myself," the designer sighed.
"That is fine, Gabriel, maybe strive for that when you meet with your son at noon," the purple spirit encouraged the adult.
They reached the bakery, so Gabriel exited the limo, Nooroo hiding in his jacket, and stroll casually into the bakery with a set of paper for Sabine and Tom to sign. As he walked in, the bakers greeted him happily:
"Good morning Gabriel. What brings you here this morning?" Sabine asked.
"I've got some good news about your daughter," he began with a smile. "I accept her application for becoming my intern." He set some forms on their counter, with a congratulation letter for Marinette to read when she returns from school.
"My goodness!" Tom cheered. "You're not fooling us, are you?" Tom questioned lightly.
"Of course I'm not," the designer continued his smile.
"Thank you so much!" Sabine exclaimed, hugging her husband tightly.
"It's no problem. Marinette is quite the designer. Her portfolio was very impressive," Gabriel complimented.
"Would you like a drink or something to eat?" Tom offered. "You may have it for free."
"No thank you, I'm fine. But I may take you up on that offer tomorrow, since I'm sure Adrien and I would love to return here for a quick lunch. Right now, I'm keeping him out of school, since he's been having emotional issues pertaining to the loss of his mother," he frowned.
"Aw, that's so sad. I've heard rumors from Marinette, but what I heard seemed devastating enough. You two must be quite close then," Sabine said sympathetically.
The fashion emperor sighed, and explained, "Well, I haven't been the best father, so we aren't very close. I've been trying my best to begin opening up to him more, so I hope he has noticed."
The couple gave the man sad, but encouraging looks. "Well, I'm sure he's noticed. Yesterday evening, you two were seemed to be having a good conversation," Tom stated.
"Well, I guess," the man sighed, but straightened back up, and stated, "Well, I should be getting back to work. I don't want there to be a fashion catastrophe." He walked over to the entrance, waved back to them, and then went right back into his limo.
He checked the time 11:00. He decided he'd spend a few more minutes at work, and then go to his lair and make it more welcoming, since he and Adrien would be spending a bit more time in there.
Over at his mansion though, Adrien was having a slightly better time with being home-schooled, since he was actually learning new information that connected to what he was learning in school. At around 11:30, Nathalie decided to give him a break. He walked up to his bedroom, slid his Miraculous on, and then called out, "Plagg!"
Plagg flew out from under the bed muttering a drowsy, "What?"
Adrien was taken back by Plagg's shade returning to midnight black. "Plagg, when did you get better?" the teenager questioned.
"I guess between eating nearly all of the Camembert in your mini-fridge and that long rest I had," the cat smiled as he stretched his back.
"Didn't I say having Camembert would heal you?" the cat Miraculous holder smirked.
"I guess you did," the cat played along smugly. "Good job on your part for mentioning it, but not on the getting yourself akumatized for over two days and making me so sick that I was nearly dead part."
"Sorry!" the model cringed apologetically. Adrien then looked over at his clock, and it read 11:45.
"Well, I'll have to get going. I want to get to Hawkmoth's early," Adrien stated. He then disappeared in a green flash, and instantly reappeared in Hawkmoth's lair which was surprisingly nicely decorated since their meeting yesterday. The floor was decorated with a black butterfly rug, there were two modern black chairs on it.
"Cool furniture. Did you ask the movers to bring it to 'Secret Lair, Evil Street?'" Hawkmoth Jr. joked, walking over to the center of the room.
"No. I just had it brought to my house, then I teleported it here," Hawkmoth explained. "Why not take a seat. It is some of the best furniture in all of Paris."
The boy sat down in one of the chairs, and was surprised at the expensive material and amazing craftsmanship. "Wow, you must be really rich to be able to buy this furniture!" the boy eyed the man taking a seat in the opposite chair.
"Well, that is a secret," the man chuckled, as he crossed his legs.
"So, what is our plan for today?" the sidekick asked cheerfully.
The supervillain sighed guiltily, knowing his son's smile my disappear later. "Adrien, my son, do you trust me?" he asked.
Adrien looked at his father-figure worriedly. "I geuss? Why do you need to ask me?"
"Because I may have you under mind-control, and I will have complete control of your voice, your body, and I may do something very risky, but if I execute it right…" he cringed in emotional pain.
"I trust you," the anti-hero stated firmly.
"What?!" the distraught adult exclaimed in surprise.
"I trust that you will do what is best," the teenager getting up and collapsing into his father's lap in an embrace.
The man gasped, but melted into his son's hug, and hugged him back.
"I love you, dad," the boy murmured, nuzzling into Hawkmoth's chest and closing his eyes.
"Nooroo, dark wings, fall," the designer said. His transformation fell, and Adrien squeezed his eyes tightly closed.
"It's fine Adrien," Gabriel softly spoke, rubbing his son's back. "You may open your eyes. I just hope you can forgive me."
Adrien squinted his eyes open, and looked down at the suit of the man under the mask. He froze in disbelief. He's seen this coat nearly everyday, and he dared not to look at the face of his true father.
"Good job. Gabriel,"a little voice told . "And Adrien…"
Nooroo flew around Gabriel so he could face Adrien.
"Hello there, Adrien. I'm Nooroo, the moth kwami," he introduced himself.
"Hi," Adrien greeted back with innocent curiosity.
"Please forgive my master. He hasn't been the most endearing and thoughtful, but he's been so consumed in bringing back your mother, that he shut everyone out until you of course became his victim," the purple creature begged.
Adrien then pulled out of the hug, and looked at his father, who was nearly in tears and was looking at the boy quite fearfully.
"Father," the model smiled, hugging the fashion emperor once again. "You didn't need to reveal yourself to me yet, you know."
"I was just quite nervous, Adrien. I don't want to lose your love if this battle doesn't go as planned," he explained.
Adrien pulled back again, and then said, "Dad, you don't need to worry. Me getting hurt is nothing to worry about, as you probably now know after I've returned from battle without scratch. The only thing you need to worry about is keeping my identity from Ladybug, and not actually taking her Miraculous during battle."
"Okay," Gabriel sighed, realizing he is finally listening to someone, and finally he sees it as an accomplishment.
"Well father, I should probably be leaving since Nathalie may be questioning my whereabouts," the teen said, getting off the villain's lap.
"She probably is," the adult chuckled.
With that, Adrien disappeared back to his bedroom, jumping into bed, as to make Nathalie think he was taking a nap.
Over at school, Marinette was freaking out to Alya, "Alya, Adrien hasn't been here all morning! What if he's sick? What if he's dying?!"
"Girl, calm down," the blogger told her best friend. "He probably just has a cold or something. He wasn't at school yesterday afternoon, but I doubt he's dying."
Ms. Mendeleev walked into the classroom and the low rumble of conversation ended.
"Good afternoon, class," she greeted. "Get your homework out and pass it to the inside." All of the students got their homework out, and passed it to the student who was closest to the inside aisle. "Today, we will be doing a lab…"
As Ms. Mendeleev continued on about the lab, Marinette zoned out, and looked out the window and the buildings across the road. She saw a strange, black butterfly flutter past the window, and thought to herself, "Hey that one looks like an akuma," but then she paused, and realized, "It is an akuma." As the teacher passes out labs, Marinette raised her hand.
" , may I use the bathroom?" she cringed.
"Fine, but be quick," the teacher said, continuing to pass out labs.
Marinette ran down to the bathroom, into a stall, and then let Tikki out of her purse.
"Tikki, I think I just saw an akuma fly by," she informed the kwami.
"It was, Marinette. You might as well transform now so you can find it before it causes too much damage," Tikki stated.
"Alright then, Tikki, spots on!"
Marinette went through her transform sequence, and then climbed up to the window of the bathroom, and slid out, throwing her yo-yo so it would catch her before she fell on story. The hero didn't have to search since a crowd singing, "Ladybug, come on out," like it was a big song in a musical.
"There she is!" one sung like a fanfare, making the rest look over two beats later, walking in her direction.
She began dashing the other way while continuously watch the musical mob, but she then ran into someone and nearly fell, but was caught.
"Hello there, my lady," Cat Noir smirked flirtily.
"Hello there, kitty," the bug greeted, weaving her way out of his arms. "It looks like this musical is missing its lead. Have you seen them?" she asked.
"I have. She calls herself Melodiva," the other hero explained, noticing the mob climbing the building they were on and grabbing Ladybug's wrist to swing her out of the way.
"Thanks, Cat," the heroine thanked, grabbing his wrist and dashing away.
The chorus began singing a dark theme about getting their Miraculouses. As they reached a climax in the song, an akuma with long blonde hair, a long blue dress decorated with lines of music notes dancing across her dress appeared with a dark grin singing, "Hello there Cat Noir and Ladybug. I welcome you to my musical which you'll fit in quite snug. I carry many surprises as your lead actress, and by the end I'll at least have one of your Miraculous."
As her solo ended, her eyes turned bright green, and she shot lasers which appeared to be the way she hypnotized all of those civilians. Ladybug spun her yo-yo into a shield, and Cat Noir tried to spin his staff into a shield, but it was "too late." The laser hit him, and he froze in place. A purple outline appeared on Melodiva, and she looked like she was about to respond, but she was suddenly also frozen in place, with all of her minions.
Ladybug looked at them worriedly, especially Cat, but the moment passed as everyone began moving in sync. Moth outlines appeared on Melodiva and Cat, as they began speaking in sync. "Hello there, Ladybug," they spoke.
"Hawkmoth," Ladybug glared.
"It's been awhile since we have spoken," the two akumas smiled only slightly cynically.
"Why are you speaking to me? You haven't spoken to me since Stoneheart, or as I recall, your first attack," the heroine questioned suspectingly.
"My first attack? You think that is my first time using akuma. You are quite wrong about that," they chuckled.
"What are you talking about?" the girl inquired agitatedly.
"You may be surprised, but I've been a superhero before I used akumas for darker deeds," the voice of a deep voice said from behind her.
She turned around, seeing the villain in his dark suit standing properly with his cane in hand, and gasped, "Hawkmoth."
"It's a pleasure to me you Ladybug, well in suit of course," he smiled, but then continued. "I used to fight the predecessors of you and your feline friend over there with a little gang of other superheroes," he recollected, slowly walking towards her.
"So this is all about revenge to you?" the teen glared at him with disgust, continuously stepping back.
"Of course not," the adult replied. "I'm doing this for my wife who was killed by Cat Noir." The man kept walking at her.
"So it's still revenge," Ladybug sighed angrily, walking between her partner and the frozen akuma.
"No, it's about resurrection. She is everything to me. She was perfect and loving, though a bit stubborn. Probably the same traits Cat Noir sees in you."
She was taken aback. She never truly thought about what Cat Noir sees in her, but she pushed those thoughts aside. After pacing backwards multiple feet, she noticed Hawkmoth had stopped, right next to Cat Noir.
The man grabbed Cat Noir's wrist, and disappeared.
"No!" she screamed. How had she been so careless, just letting Hawkmoth take her partner away like that, she scolded herself. She began tearing up and crying, but the akuma began to move once more, so all she could to do honor her partner was to fight this akuma for him.
Back in the lair, Hawkmoth appeared with Cat Noir's wrist in his hand. The boy looked extremely exhausted from being under his control for those fifteen minutes, so he picked him up and carried him to a chair, put him down, and then finally released his mind control of his son.
"What?" the boy asked dazily, rubbing his head. "How did I get back here?"
"I brought you back," his father replied. "I had a long conversation with Ladybug, and then teleported back with you."
The anti-hero nodded, but then his eyes were full of worry. "What did Ladybug think?! Does she know that I'm akumatized or that I'm in league with you?!"
"Don't worry, Adrien. All she knows is that I took you. She most likely expects that your Miraculous was taken." The teenager nodded back. "So, my son, would you allow me to take your Miraculous? I'll treat your kwami nicely," the man asked, and the boy replied, "Sure. Just watch out: Plagg is a brat," before handing Hawkmoth his ring.
Hawkmoth put the ring on, and Plagg spawned in air. "Huh?" the kwami mumbled, slowly looking up at the moth Miraculous holder who wore the kwami's according jewelry before unamusedly saying, "Hello, Gabe."
A/N: Hello again. I hope you've enjoyed it. I'm not so sure this will be the permanent result, since I've written a lot of this late at night. Maybe you can give me some tips on how to improve this chapter in the reviews, or of course you can give me any positive comments you'd like to give.