In a Dream that wasn't a Dream

Beowulf stood above Cat Noir's lifeless body, blood dripped from his Tekko-Kage, he looked to Wallop who was backing away, he began to run but Beowulf was faster, he punctured Wallop's back with his claws causing them to erupt from his abdomen, he then ripped Wallop apart by pulling sideways killing him, he was then shot by an icicle that broke against his costume, Polar pointed his gun at Beowulf "you freak! You killed them" before Polar could react Beowulf rushed him suddenly appearing on the other side of Polar, Polar's head slowly slid off of his body and he slumped to the floor. Beowulf breathed in heavily, he wiped the blood onto his costume and looked to see the people looking at him in horror.

Years Later

Beowulf stood at the entrance of a cave, his right arm was no longer human but a pale white malleable imitation with red veins adorning it, he shouted into the cave "come out, you have stolen something from me, and withold it's equal, give them to me and I may spare you after this is all over" a bullet came from the cave but Beowulf caught it, he sighed "the world's death is on all of you if I don't get the Miraculous" Beowulf entered the cave, it was pitch black, the sounds of water dripping echoed, suddenly a figure lept from the darkness with a spear "RAAAAAGH!" The man shouted before bringing down the spear but Beowulf quickly impaled him with his hand that morphed into a flurry of spikes, Beowulf looked at the person "Mason...you should've already known that wouldn't have worked" Beowulf dropped Mason's body and he continued into the cave, he then dodged to the side avoiding a bullet "Arnold, I see your marksmanship has improved, but it won't save you" Arnold pulled back the charging handle of his rifle and fired again, Beowulf rushed dodging the bullet and putting his hand through Arnold's chest killing him, he tossed Arnold to the side and continued on. Nadia stood there hearing the footsteps echoing toward her, she turned to Adrien who was putting on the Black Cat Miraculous "hurry, he's almost here" Beowulf's voice echoed through the cave "I already am..." Nadia looked back to see him standing there, she aimed her rifle at him firing a volley of rounds, they bounced off his body "this is for everyone you killed, Mason, Arnold, Rex...Kaori, all of them!" Beowulf's fingers extended into blades and he slashed Nadia who slowly fell to pieces. Adrien turned to meet Beowulf's gaze "look at what you've become, the destroyer of the world you called home if Sophia could see you now, she would be disgusted, forgive me for what I'm about to do, this might doom the world but I can't let this happen" he then held up his hand to reveal a set of earrings, Beowulf's eyes widened as he lunged for them "...Cataclysm" Adrien said solemly as Destructive Energy coated the earrings and turned them to dust, Beowulf stopped in his tracks "no...that was my last chance to see her..." he looked at Adrien with wild fury in his eyes as Adrien looked at him with sorrow, Adrien then thrusted his hand forward "Cataclysm!" Beowulf severed Adrien's hand, Adrien backed away "Ah!" He yelped out, Beowulf then grabbed him by the neck, Adrien got to his knees and struggled to take in air, he then touched Beowulf's cheek, his face reading as disappointed "I'm sorry Ben..." Beowulf snarled "you won't have to be sorry for long Master" he placed his other hand on Adrien's shoulder pushing down on it and pulled upward with the hand around Adrien's throat.

Beowulf emerged from the cave, his right arm covered in blood, he saw a small army waiting for him guns trained on him "I didn't get them..." Beowulf looked up at the sky "the moon is beautiful tonight, a fitting end to this world" his right arm began pulsating and growing as he groaned in pain, he then pointed his arm at the moon and his arm rocket extended toward it, it broke past the atmosphere and into space and increasing in size as it traveled, it had gotten to the moon, the gargantuan hand grasped the moon and clenched breaking the celestial structure, Beowulf then yanked it causing the debris of the moon to rain down upon the army and Earth itself. Beowulf watched the enormous shards of Earth's moon come crashing down, no one had a hope of surviving, the pieces tore through the planet and the entire surface was scorched. Beowulf stood atop the burned world and he stood there for eons, Beowulf was surprised to see a portal open next to him, a woman appeared from it, he formed his hand into a blade and stabbed at her but she caught it between two fingers "jumpy aren't we? Well your killer instincts are just what I need" Beowulf's arm then split into multiple blades and he slashed at her, she blocked each one and palmed him in his chest causing him to kneel "what if I told you that I can make a timeline for you where Arachna never died?" Beowulf looked at her "you'll be able to see her again and all of your friends you mercilessly killed will be brought back and will love you, laugh with you, and never turn against you again..." Beowulf stood up and she smirked opening a portal "follow me, we need to get you a new outfit and do something about that arm"

Back on the Battlefield

Everyone looked on in pure shock and horror, all except Chrona who stared on in glee, Beowulf stared at this twisted version of himself, his costume was a mashup of his two costumes, it was tattered and practically bleached, he looked like he hadn't eaten in years, his mask was broken on the left side revealing a bone white jaw with pointed fangs, his left eye was missing and the only thing there was a red pupil seemingly floating there all while those same red veins spidered across the flesh that was visible. Beowulf backed away "no...you can't...I can't" the twisted doppleganger then responded "I am...and I've come for you" Chrona cackled wickedly "oh, Beowulf, this is you, well, another you from another time" the other Beowulf spoke "a time that killed the world, where I killed the world..." the other Beowulf continued "a time where you were from and where I was not, do you remember the dream? Where Arachna died? It was a Sunday, it was done by Panther, hehehehe" Beowulf was suddenly rushed with the memory of the dream "she was destroyed and I killed Panther" the other Beowulf nodded "yes, that wasn't a dream, that was me, we swapped timelines, isn't that funny?" The Other laughed maniacally "it's funny right?! You took my place and I had to see Sophia die!" Beowulf looked at his hands as his vision blurred, this was too much for him.

Chrona lept down next to Beowulf and put her hand on his shoulder "when I found him, the Earth was a molten wasteland, no life, no hope, nothing but him and the all consuming fire thatn scorched world" Other continued "I tried to bring her back to life, I really did, I had found the Monastery where Miraculous were held, the Monks tried to stop me but their lives ended just like Panther's, I had read that the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous gave the ability to grant one wish if they were brought together, all I had to do was find them but...my own friends stood in my way, Nadia, Mason, Arnold, the most dangerous of them was Rex can you believe that? Watch out for him by the way, even Adrien was against me and when the time came where I had them within my grasp, Adrien robbed me of that wish..." Beowulf steeled himself, Chrona threw a kick but Beowulf ducked under it and put both his fists into Chrona's midsection launching her away, Beowulf then rushed Other and they collided with their fists, Other's arm suddenly tore at the seams and blades morphed out of it, Beowulf backed away as the blades slashed at him, Other retracted the blades then moved faster then Beowulf could react planting his fist into Beowulf's stomach, the hit sent Beowulf flying straight out of the crater. Beowulf caught himself with a handstand and readied but Other was too fast and shoulder checked him, Beowulf rolled across the ground and tried to get up but Other was on him, Beowulf was struck with an overhand right that sent him back into the ground. Other grabbed Beowulf by the back of his collar and lifted him up, Beowulf was limp, suddenly Beowulf threw a kick but Other blocked it "I know your tactics, I am you, I think like you..." Other then kneed Beowulf in the stomach "but unlike you, I'm no longer weak and naive, I am no longer Beowulf, call me...Fenrir" Fenrir lifted Beowulf higher and dropped him only to kick him straight into a rock, Beowulf stood up and dusted his shoulder "y'know, I had some reservations about fighting you, another one of me, but seeing what you became, it makes me sick and I think I'm over my conflicted feelings about bashing your face in, even if that face used to be mine".

Beowulf and Fenrir ran at one another, Fenrir swiped at Beowulf but he slid under the attack, Beowuf did a handstand and kicked at Fenrir which was blocked. Fenrir kicked Beowulf in the chest causing him to roll away, Fenrir pursued forming his arm into a spike and stabbing at Beowulf, Beowulf kept rolling dodging the strikes and tossed a kick hitting Fenrir in the groin, Skoll winced and stumbled back "cheapshot..." Beowulf shrugged and threw a righthook, Fenrir blocked it and twisted Beowulf's arm "Useless!" Fenrir blurted out before punching Beowulf in the gut, Fenrir kept a grip on Beowulf's arm and pulled him into another devastating punch, Beowulf's head cocked back and he was in a daze, Fenrir then finished with an uppercut that sent Beowulf hight into the air, Fenrir quickly followed, he brought down his morphed arm in the form of a blade, Beowulf brought out his chain blocking the blade, he then trapped the blade and spun throwing Fenrir into the ground, Beowulf then divekicked Fenrir, Fenrir formed his arm into a shield and blocked the hit, his arm then became like goo and it trapped Beowulf, Beowulf struggled against the material and Fenrir snickered before slamming Beowulf into the ground. Tarantula lept up and threw her spear at Fenrir severing his arm and freeing Beowulf, Fenrir looked at the stump and regenerated his arm "...I'm doing this for you y'know" Fenrir said solemnly before extending his arm grabbing Tarantula by the chest and tossing her into the distance, Beowulf rushed at Fenrir throwing a straight but Fenrir blocked it, Fenrir's arm suddenly extended into the ground and spikes erupted from the ground, Beowulf jumped out of the way and tossed his chain at Fenrir but Fenrir caught it and pulled Beowulf in grabbing him by the neck "I really wanted you to put up more of a fight...but I guess that's not happening" Beowulf punched Fenrir but he didn't budge, Fenrir then tossed Beowulf up and uppercutted him in the gut, Fenrir then punched Beowulf to the side and into the ground.

Beowulf got up and looked at Fenrir who was waiting for him, Fenrir put his hand forward and flicked his fingers goading Beowulf. Beowulf didn't fall for it and threw out his Tether, it bit into Fenrir's arm and Beowulf yanked him punching him back, Fenrir slid back a bit then turned his eye toward Beowulf "it's too bad, I really thought you were going to be a challenge but...I was wrong" Fenrir's arm launched stretching toward Beowulf, the arm grabbed Beowulf by the chest and he was pulled in, Fenrir gut punched Beowulf "c'mon, fight back!" Fenrir let go of Beowulf and then elbowed him in the back of the neck sending Beowulf into the dirt, Beowulf struggled to get up and Fenrir began to get furious, Fenrir grabbed Beowulf by the back of his collar "FIGHT!" Fenrir roared and soun Beowulf before tossing him into a boulder, Beowulf moved the debris but was slammed by a knee to his stomach by Fenrir, the hit nearly made Beowulf lose conciousness but he held on, his eyes glowed red and he punched Fenrir in the chest knocking him back, Fenrir dusted off his costume, Beowulf roared and jumped at Fenrir tossing his chain, Fenrir grabbed the chain but Beowulf suddenly tugged pulling himself toward Fenrir, he slammed Fenrir on the forehead with a headbutt dazing Fenrir, Beowulf then tossed a kick into Fenrir's abdomen sending him sliding back. Beowulf disappeared from, Fenrir looked around for Beowulf before getting hit in the back of the head with an elbow by Beowulf, Fenrir countered with his own elbow strike, Beowulf recovered and uppercutted Fenrir sending him up to the sky, Beowulf jumped up and hit Fenrir with a double axehandle sending him crashing to the ground, Beowulf then dove toward him with both of his fists pointed at him, Beowulf made impact but Fenrir had enlarged his arm to block the strike.

Fenrir sighed "that was promising but, you're at your limit" Fenrir's arm opened up and morphed into a swarm of clawed hand, the hands slashed at Beowulf tearing parts of his costume and drawing blood, Beowulf jumped away, he fell onto one knee and looked at all the slashes on his body, Fenrir turned his arm back to normal and disappeared like Beowulf, Beowulf looked around but was hit by an uppercut that sent him flying upward, Fenrir caught up with Beowulf and backhanded him straight into the ground. Beowulf struggled to get up but Fenrir came down on him smashing into him with both his feet, Beowulf let out a pained exhale, Fenrir grabbed Beowulf by the face and slammed him into the ground he lifted Beowulf again and threw him into a tree causing it to bend, Beowulf struggled to get up which was unfortunate because Fenrir wasn't done, Fenrir hit Beowulf in the side of the head causing the tree to further bend, Fenrir then punched Beowulf through the tree, Beowulf stumbled back his breathing was labored, Fenrir turned his arm into a blade "I'm going to enjoy this". Fenrir raised his arm but a torrent of water hit him sending him flying, Cascade rushed to Beowulf and prepared to coat him in water "no you don't!" Chrona roared before hitting Cascade with a flying kick, Fenrir rushed at Beowulf grabbing him by his neck and jumping up before slamming Beowulf into the ground, Fenrir lifted Beowulf again and slammed him again, and again, and again. Fenrir stopped and dropped Beowulf who was barely concious, Fenrir then turned his arm into a spike and stabbed Beowulf in the side of his midsection, Beowulf howled with pain, Fenrir lifted Beowulf and wretched his spike out of him, Beowulf could barely stand and Fenrir took advantage of it, he hit Beowulf with a righthook so hard it tore Beowulf's muzzle off of his face sending it to be embedded into the ground, Fenrir kept hitting Beowulf with a right, then a left, then a right, then a left. Blood splashed across the dirt with each punch, Fenrir stopped, his breathing was heavy and Beowulf looked dead on his feet, his left eye was swollen and his mouth leaked blood, Fenrir raised his claw "any last words?" Fenrir asked with Beowulf responding by spitting blood into Fenrir's human eye, Fenrir backed up and Beowulf then jabbed Fenrir's blood covered eye with two of his fingers gouging it out. Fenrir screamed in pain trying to open his eye but there wasn't an eyeball there anymore, Beowulf chuckled amd coughed a bit "I'm at death's door already, might aswell give my friends a fighting chance on my way out" Beowulf gave Fenrir a bloody smile with Fenrir staring at him with his red eye in absolute contempt "WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF HOUR FACE!!!" Fenrir then put his arm through Beowulf's chest.