Warning: This chapter is a bit more intense than past chapters. There's talk of death. So be warned.
It barely took a minute for the heroes to catch their breath. But they needed it. They needed to be focused.
They opened the door to find both Korrina's, one tied up by the other, and also her Lucario was tied up. "I am SO CONFUSED!" Replied the tied up one to the heroes.
"So you finally show up, Adrien, Marinette." She wastes no time revealing their situation to the present version of herself
"Wait, what!?"
Both heroes face palm. "You HAD to let the cat out of the bag, didn't you?" Torracat replied, feeling a bit more like himself now. Back to making puns.
"Eh, she was going to learn eventually. I knew not long after this."
"Yeah! But that's kind of a SECRETE!" Ledyba replied, just as annoyed
"Well, I guess you two should've been nicer to me." She realizes the error in the statement quickly "Or at least, should be."
Adrien realized something at that moment. The thing that was going to solve this wasn't them fighting her. This time he had to really be a hero. He needed to be sincere.
He took a step toward her calmly. Ledyba noticed this as she grabbed his wrist, advising against it. He looked to her, and it was like they had a mind conversation. And she wasn't sure if it was Tikki or not, but something told her to let him do it. And she listened.
"Look, I don't know what I supposedly did to you, but whatever it is, I'm truly sorry. Help me, we can change our futures and together we can make sure this doesn't happen this time around."
She was actually listening. He could tell somewhere there was a part of her that believed him. He tried so hard to break through to that part.
"It won't. Because as I said you're going to..." at that moment he ran up to her and gave her a hug,
Ledyba saw the look on her face as he hugged the time-traveler. Almost as if everything she'd known was a lie. "Adrien. You... you..." Adrien focused everything he had into emotions. He cared about making this right no matter what the cause. And it seemed like it was working. He noticed her start shaking. It was not a reaction he was expecting. But he payed little attention to it until it became so fast that it became worrisome. Especially after her confused look turned into a grin "You're such a fool."
A strike in the gut is what he felt. He heard Marinette call "Adrien!". The trouble breathing was tough, but it wasn't as bad as the weird feeling of an arm going so fast that it can literally pierce your body like a sword. That was the effect it had as his eyes closed.
He fell to the ground hard. Marinette would swear that she's never cried so much. "NO!"
Timebreaker just stood over his body. She was still rather shocked at what she just done, but it was broken by a quiet laugh. One that proved that all sanity was lost.
The Korrina on the chair was even more shocked. She had just watched herself kill someone, and she could do nothing to stop herself. Her Lucario looked at her with worry. After everything she's done for him, the strong bond they had, he could practically feel every emotion going through her.
Adrien wasn't dead. Marinette didn't think so, at least. It may have seemed that way. But her partner had a sort of aura to him. Something she sensed was still there. She looked to Lucario and Korrina, who instantly knew what she was thinking. And plus, he was still in his costume. Tikki had once told her that if they die while in the costumes, the costume would suddenly disappear. But there was still a huge problem at hand, the fact that he was alive could easily change.
"You know." Timebreaker stopped her laughing to remark "I was going to kill him later so I could make him suffer more. But now I think this is more fitting."
"NO!" Korrina suddenly spoke up
"Excuse me?"
"I'm not becoming you. Adrien was right, we can change our futures. And I choose to NOT BECOME YOU!"
Timebreaker smirked. "HA! I know you still do. There's no reason to even say that." But suddenly she feels funny. And she sees herself glowing. "What!? What's happening to me?"
"You did it, Korrina!" Marinette shouts "You must actually change the future."
"No! This can't be happening!" She yells as she slowly fades away.
Marinette immediately runs to Adrien's' side. "What am I supposed to do?" She knew she could save him. It was an instinct, as if it was as common as using her powers has become. But she didn't know how. "The Yoyo." A voice said from inside her. Tikki!
She she quickly puts her Yoyo over his chest and a light starts to glow from it. "Miraculous Cure!" She yelled as the glow surrounded his chest, healing the wound. It only took a minute at most for everything to look back to normal.
"Wow. You really are the Miraculous Ledyba." Korrina commented. Marinette blushed.
Adrien suddenly wakes up and realizes that Timebreakers gone. "What happened?"
"You and Korrina did it." Marinette smiled sweetly "You changed the future."
"Thank you Korrina." The superhero got up and went to hug her, then realized that the girl was still tied up. "Oh, I should get you out of that first." He goes behind the gym leader and her partner and used his claws to cut the ropes. "I gotta say, being a Torracat is Clawsome!" He smiles cheekily.
Ledyba laughs, if only for the reason that he's being himself. But the boy was just now focusing on how he actually made his lady laugh with a Cat Pun. The day really HAD been a victory