A/N: Hey! So this story is now finished (writing and processing etc) so ill be posting the remaining chapters over the period of the day when i get the chance. So I probably wont have another authors note till the end of the story now. hope you enjoy x
Marinette took a deep breath. This was it. Adrien held her hand and put his other hand on her shoulder reassuringly.
"Mari, if you don't want to do this right now, its fine" He smiled warmly at her which caused her to go weak at the knees.
"no, we need to do this sooner rather than later. Just be prepared for a LOT of questions" she took another deep breath as they entered the door to the bakery.
He planted a quick soft kiss on her neck "Of all the things I would go through for you m'lady, questions are nothing"
Marinette stopped in her tracks as Adriens head still lingered at her neck. Her mother who had been replenishing one of the glass fronts in the bakery seemed to have seen everything. Sabine had a strange twinkle in her eye.
"Oh Adrien, so nice to see you again. I knew you two would find each other eventually." she smiled and walked out the back beckoning the two to follow her.
"TOM!" Sabine called up the stairs "have a seat you two, I think you have a lot to discuss with Louie"
Marinette looked at her mother as she sat down, Adriens hand still in hers. "You knew? This whole time didnt you?"
"Oh Marinette, I didnt 'know' but I had my suspicions when you first became Lady Bug and then as Louis grew up, well, it was obvious to everyone wasn't it?"her eyes twinkled "and then of course Chat Noir comes back the same time as Adrien, you really should have given it a bit more time before resurfacing as Chat, I'm sure a lot of people are suspicious now, oh and of course Alya will be delighted, She and Nino had another bet I believe" she smiled widely as Tom entered the room with Louis on his shoulders.
"Adrien!" the little boy wiggled off his grandpas shoulders and landed cat like on the floor before running and leaping onto Adrien.
Tom looked a little surprised "Louis, how did you know Adrien would be coming with mummy today? He told me you would upstairs about 20 minutes ago." he added at the end.
Louis looked at Adrien and then at his mum, he saw they were holding hands and he grinned ear to ear. "because Adrien is my daddy" he threw his arms around Adrien who embraced him back as Sabine struggled to hold back the tears of the emotional moment.
"Hey, kid, we haven't told you yet, how did you know?" Adrien held him tighter, not wanting to miss another minute with his Son.
"Oh the same way he knows everything about me I suppose" Marinette said offhandedly "he seems to have a sixth sense for what I am doing, I guess he has it for you too. I always figured it might have been, well, the circumstances of his, you know, being..." she trailed off hoping Adrien would understand, not wanting to have a discussion about what conception meant with a 4 year old.
"oh, because we were, transformed, wow, we'll have to make all our kids like that" he smiled and Marinette blushed at the thought of Hugo and Emma becoming a reality.
"We have to get a hamster first" Louie stated and Marinette burst out laughing. "What? Tikki told me..." Louie started but was cut off by his mothers shocked look
"what do you mean Tikki? Wha- since when have you known about Tikki!" It was one of the few secrets she thought she had been able to keep from him. She sorely didn't want him to be in the lime light if he said things at playgroup or later school, and if anyone came after the heroes again.
Louie rolled his eyes reminiscent of Lady Bug herself "forever! She told me to keep it secret but I knew she was there. I found her because I knew she was there, like mummy and daddy, and daddies kwami"
with that Plagg and Tikki removed themselves from their hiding places, Plagg came to inspect Louis and Tikki came apologetically to her chosen.
"Tikki, why didn't you just tell me Louie knew?" Marinette held out her hand and held her kwami to her cheek in a hug.
"well Marinette I know you didn't want him to know, I tried to hide but he kept finding me, it turned into a game" she smiled "I have no excuse really, I'm sorry."
"Its OK Tikki, I suppose it would have just added to my worry" she turned and looked at Louie who had started playing some sort of game with Plagg.
"Well its nice to meet you too Plagg" Marinette smiled.
Plagg flew up to her face and studied her cautiously. "I decided not to introduce myself last night given the circumstances. I did notice a severe lack of cheese in the fridge though"
"Oh! Sorry Plagg, its Louie, he eats the stuff like its going out of fashion. He's the only person I know that can eat a whole wheel of Camembert without any hesitation and still have room for more! I'll get some more in later, what type of cheese do you like?"
Plagg looked at is chosens disgusted face and smirked "well well well, looks like ill be in good company"
"Camembert is about the only thing this pig eats" Adrien indicated with the kwami with his thumb.
"Thats not true!" Plagg turned round indignantly, "I also eat Swiss and Brie and parmesan and any other cheese, just Camembert happens to be the best at restoring me"
Tikki laughed "it hasn't always been that way, I remember when we were still young and all he would take was goats milk"
"Only because Camembert wasn't around thousands of years ago!" Plagg retorted.
"hey, calm down, its not a problem, I happen to know the best cheese people in Paris thanks to Louis" she nodded her head towards her son who was having his own conversation with Adrien.
They were all giggling an laughing together, one big happy family, nothing could ruin this moment.
A rumble in the distance. Marinette and Adrien flew to the window with their Kwamis to see a building collapsing. In the distance.
"Thats the Agreste Mansion, your place Adrien" Marinette said in shock. "mum dad, look after Louie, we will be back soon. Tikki, Spots on"
"Come on Plagg, Claws out!"
Landing at the rubble of what used to be the other half of the Agreste mansion Ladybug bent over to examine the smouldering ruins more closely. "Im glad I took the day off" she said solemnly noting that most of the offices were unaffected but hers and Adriens being closer to the entrance were completely gone.
Ladybug let out an audible sigh. "There goes my winter collection" she held her hands out to the side with her palms facing the air shrugging.
Chat Noir was sniffing around the rubble. "It originated from Gabriels office... my father... hawk-moth." Ladybug was looking at him concerned now.
"Was it a bomb?" Hawk-moth hadn't been around in over 5 years now, surely people didn't still hold a grudge against the Agrestes, although she wouldn't put it past them.
Ladybug looked around. "Something else is off too chat" he looked at her quizzically still trying to smell the source of the explosion "where are all the police?"
Chat had just picked up a half burned book and dropped it instantly. "LB, it's – this is -"
he didn't manage to get his words out before another explosion across town was heard. Chat instinctively knew where it was and they needed to get there fast.
"Akuma!" Chat finished his sentence before extending his baton and pole vaulting towards the newest explosion with Ladybug following suit. "Its the prison... the Akuma is freeing my father"
Ladybugs panicked expression made them both move faster then they thought possible towards the noise where they could hear sirens and the police had obviously been there a little while.
"What on earth is going on?" Ladybug voiced the same question that was on everyone's mind
His patience had paid off. All his hard work in prison, not allowing himself to let himself go. He knew this day would come. He was aware he didn't have long to plan and then he would need to be patient once again.
Blood dripped off the piece of glass he held, both blood from his arm where he had torn it up smashing through the window of the small shop and his hand from gripping it too tight whilst fighting and the blood of the old man in front of him. Gasping his final breaths. "Master Fu I believe?" Gabriel sneered at him. "Lets see if you are right or wrong, maybe the miraculous cannot bring people back to life?"
He watched the old man take his final breaths and he gracefully stepped over him and went straight to the gramophone where he knew the miraculous were held. It took him too long to work out the code to get into the miraculous and then the box itself was a puzzle box. He knew he would only have moments left to get out of there. He appreciated the destiny that the puzzle box bestowed the butterfly miraculous broach to him as his prize and he dashed away from the scene as fast as he could.
He looked around. He needed to find a place to hide this so no-one would find it. Not until he found the right person to take it. He found himself in the park near the school Adrien went to as a teenager. He placed the broach in the specially made jar and buried it as deep as possible in a freshly dug flower bed. He took note of its placement and decided to walk around the park some more before inevitably his freedom was taken from him once more. He looked across and saw the bakery Ladybugs parents owned, maybe it would be worth a visit.
His eyes narrowed on his destination. He knew the Marinette girl was Ladybug. He had seen it through the eyes of one of his akuma many years before. He decided not to use it to his advantage too much until he could discover the identity of the damn cat who evaded his radar.