08/15/23
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Marinette still did not come to school the next day because Chloe still has to ruin the mood and when that happens, Marinette gets upset and asked the teacher to excuse herself. No matter how many times the principal tries to expel Chloe, she has the power to call her 'daddy' to prevent that from happening or Mr. Damocles will get fired. Her parents were worrying about her health due to her looking frail and dark circles under her eyes. She tried her best to move on from Adrien but couldn't. No one could ever replace him and no one is like Adrien.
"I hope my word gets into his bastard father's skull," Marinette said to herself.
But she knows that Gabriel is stubborn and difficult to please. Just like Adrien did everything for him but it was never enough. Adrien always tells her that his father never listens to advice nor listens to anything at all.
Soon she heard a knocking from the trapdoor on the floor, "Girl, it's Alya"
"Come in" Marinette sighed and paused the movie from her iPad.
Alya came up and saw her friend's condition, "Dear god, Marinette. What happened to you?!" Alya was shocked at her appearance.
"Nothing" Marinette murmured under her breath, "I can't feel happiness, Alya"
She was a wreck, her colors looked like they were drained to black and white. Hell, she barely ate anything at all.
"Marinette, you're not following Cat Noir's advice," Alya said.
"I did but it's just too much. Everywhere I go, there's a lot of ads about Adrien. This broken heart is too much to handle, Alya" Marinette slumps on her bed.
Alya can see that no one has her heart but Adrien. This was very serious for her. She prays that she can see that Adrien is dead but came out undead.
"Marinette, there's something I should show you. I just don't know if you can handle this. Please. You need sunlight and fresh air" Alya begged her best friend.
"Okay," Marinette sighs sadly and climbs down the ladder, not caring about cheering up.
One outside the bakery, Alya brings Marinette to the alley so she can show someone to Marinette.
"Girl, Argos and I ran into someone we know," Alya said.
"Did he try to make you disappear like he did at the Diamond Dance incident?" Marinette can't even feel anger about that bloody damn bird.
"No. He still feels guilty about it. He explained everything to me about his betrayal and we came across someone that we know. Don't freak out" Alya said and let out a whistle signal for someone to step out of the shadows.
"Maaaa...Marinette?" Adrien steps out of the shadows.
Marinette's eyes widen in shock and gasps. She slowly steps in to have a closer look at him. He was really pale with visible veins on his side neck and arms, eyes glowing a little red due to being undead, and his hair was very pale blond mixed. His clothes were tattered but not his blood stein hoodie.
"Oh, Adrien" Marinette sobs while caressing his cold cheek.
"My love" Adrien moves aside some of her hair.
"But how?" Marinette asked.
"I…don't know. It was all….dark. And I…became a zombie" Adrien said.
"Oh, Adrien. Life has been miserable without you!" Marinette cried.
"Alya….told me" Adrien hugs her close.
"Yes, that's true," Alya said.
"Marinette…I'm here" Adrien puts Marinette's hand on his chest, telling her that there's a chance he could be alive again by feeling love in his heart.
"I missed you so much. That monster Monarch's going to pay for making your Dad kill you" Marinette said.
"No…my dad….can go….fuck himself in hell. He…brought this….on himself" Adrien said. It was clear he was disowning him.
"Yes, I gave him a piece of my mind," Marinette said.
"What?" Adrien said.
"I visit his mansion and he looked like shit. I told him everything he did to us was just beyond madness. Everything he did to you, he could never be faithful to you nor let you live a life. If he can't learn to let that go, it proves that he can't even learn to respect himself. He lost his title as a father to you" Marinette said.
"Good for him. Well, I want to stay with you but your parents probably can't handle a zombie living with you" Adrien said, gaining his ability to speak normally.
"I agree. But…like in the movies, are you sure you can control your undead diet? Zombies eat flesh and brains" Marinette asked, wanting her charming prince to be with him, not caring if he's a corpse.
"I did...that on criminals," Adrien said.
"Damn it. Well, let's hope Choquettes can change your cravings. Let's get you out of here" Marinette puts his hoodie on to hide him.
"Okay," Adrien follows her.
"And he's gonna need new men's clothes. I'll go shopping, girl. Just don't let him eat your parents" Alya said before leaving.
Adrien rolled his eyes at that joke, it wasn't that funny to him.
Soon, Marinette brings her prince to her bedroom without being caught. She's lucky that her parents are still doing their bakery shop to sell sweets to customers. Right now she has to get him a shower since he really smells dead.
"Here goes" She ignored the smell of decay while helping him undress. He was still well-built despite being dead for a while.
"Man, you still got that model body in you" Marinette blushed and Adrien smirked at her reaction.
"Thanks," He said while stepping into the shower.
Marinette didn't mind him being naked in front of her but he needed to get clean. Adrien closed his eyes while his girlfriend cleaned him.
Plagg phased through the walls to find some cheese in the kitchen.
Adrien really had dirt on himself and it made the dirt into dirty water on the bathtub. Especially the dried blood stains crumble off his pale skin.
"Man, you really are dirty" Marinette applies shampoo to his hair.
"Sorry," Adrien apologized.
"But you'll be good as new, my prince," Marinette said.
As soon as he was clean with the smell of strawberries, Alya came with men's clothes, and boy did she have to put up with Argos.
(Flashback)
"Are you insane?!" Scarabella grits under her teeth.
"I said I'm doing this for my cousin and her. Sneaking in that mansion is what I do the last time I switched places with Adrien. By the way, I picked out what Adrien never wore because it's for the ads last year. The color is a depressing style when it comes to black" Argos hands her the bag of Adrien's clothes.
"Why can't you just be normal like everyone else?" Scarabella groaned.
"Because mischief taught me how to get the hell out of trouble and it always works. Call this a good mission of mischief this time" Argos snickered.
"Kagami is gonna pluck your feathers off your ass if you do that again, turkey bird" Scarabella glared.
"Stop calling me a turkey bird" Argos rolled his magenta eyes, "Secondly, my peacock eyes are not like devils just because my skin looks blue and I don't have a mask like your team"
"Mayura was a better peacock than you but she was evil," Scarabella said.
"Yes, but she wasn't lucky since it was damaged at the time," Argos said.
"Oh, boy," Scarabella said.
"Yep, a damaged miraculous is dangerous," Argos said.
"Anyways, I'm keeping an eye on our favorite bitch. So far she hasn't escaped. We still don't know if she has a lair somewhere in Paris" Argos said and jumps off the roof to head to the abandoned warehouse to keep an eye on her.
(End of flashback)
"Yeah, your cousin only did mischief for the greater good this time. I'm keeping my eye on him. Kagami really did great on healing him from his terrible childhood" Alya said.
"Still the same old cousin," Adrien said before covering his lower body part.
"And brush your teeth too. Your teeth are like you had nasty flesh remains in your mouth" Alya tossed the toothpaste to him along with a toothbrush.
"Thanks" Adrien goes to brush his teeth.
x
Argos and Kagami were still keeping an eye on Cerise while their sentimonster dog was growling at her for being a liar too much. The sentimonster cage was holding Cerise really well. As much as they hate her, they can't let her starve to death. It would be heartless. So they fed her food to keep her alive and healthy.
"Damn it! I can't get in!" Argos trying to figure out the code in Cerise's phone.
"Allow me, Felix" Kagami snatched the phone from his hand and blows hot breath to reveal the smudges of the real code.
"Ah, perfect" Argos types it in and it unlocks.
She has a lot of information about getting into his uncle's secrets. Argos doesn't know how she did that but he needs to know now. Cerise is very cunning than him.
"Detector, scan this phone to the time event it took place to gather secrets," Argos said to his sentimonster.
Detector nods and scans the phone. It shows it was during at the time Hoaxer controlled Nathalie into photographing all secret information from Gabriel's vault, revealing he never came from a rich family but a french fry shop and his real name is Gabi Grassette according to a mugshot of him as a young punk criminal. It also showed Emilie in a pod, the ring on Nathalie's finger, the grimoire of the previous miraculous holders pages, everything. It moves forward to Lila stomping the Alliance ring and going into her locker that she's got Gabriel's secrets.
"She had it all planned to get my uncle's secrets and where my aunt is," Argos said.
"You mean you knew this whole time and you never told me or Adrien?" Kagami glared at her boyfriend.
"I was going to tell you eventually!" Argos complained.
"This is gonna piss Adrien off that he's been lied to and manipulated by his father this whole time!" Kagami glared but calms down, "Felix, Adrien and I have been forced to bond and it was torturing. I don't know why my mother and your uncle are insane. You ran away from the problems you created and never told anyone about this"
"If I told Adrien, he'd lose his mind completely," Argos said.
"Why not the police?" Kagami said.
"Would they really believe a kid? Absolutely not" Argos said.
"Fair enough. Plus, Gabriel or Gabi would just bribe them" Kagami said.
"This is why I don't tell adults. They never believe in kids. My mother believed me when I told her to pretend I'm missing so she can see my uncle's true colors at the Diamond Dance entrance. You saw what really happened because you were there" Argos said.
"Yes, but enough talk about that event, that crap's getting old," Kagami said.
"I agree. Damn it that bastard is a fraud like her" Argos glared at Cerise.
"You'd make a great detective, bird boy," Cerise said.
"Thanks, but you won't be cunning as me, liar. Someday you'll be in a maximum asylum where you'll fit in with psychos like yourself" Argos threatened her.
"You damn bastard!" Cerise cursed.
"Like I said, unlike you, I grew a conscience and regretted my actions, you do not," Argos said.
x
With Marinette, she got her earrings back from Alya while Adrien wasn't looking.
"You sure you can be Ladybug again in your state?" Alya asked hesitantly.
"I think so. Tell that bloody bird to never screw this up again. Sure he transformed in public but secret identities must be kept a secret. Chloe was very unlucky" Marinette said.
"Ok because you seem really in a bad mood," Alya said.
"Because of Monarch, I will take the miraculous from him and then break his spirit," Marinette said coldly.
"Girl, you're doing exactly like him. The Ladybug I know uses her miraculous for the greater good" Alya said before leaving.
Marinette knew she's right but in her miserable state for the past few days made her grudge grow into anger. Her prince did not deserve to die at the hands of his father.
She heads back upstairs to her bedroom to see Adrien dancing while watching the video Just Dance on the flat screen computer, trying to get his dance moves back to help his body move properly from the stiffness he went through by being undead. Unfortunately, he stumbles against the chaise since his zombie body is a little clumsy.
"Whoa, man. You're not ready to be busting these moves yet" Marinette said and changes the dance and the song 'My Heart Goes Boom Boom Boom' by the upcoming movie Monster High 2 on her computer so she can help him, "Follow the rhythm with me"
She lifted her arms to move them back and forth to the body and spins around, Adrien repeated the same. They spread their legs and moved their hands forward side to side. Marinette looks at Adrien while they danced. His eyes were still red being a zombie but never less were like rubies to her. Adrien was feeling his body pulse a little from the song and it was somehow improving his movements properly.
"You're doing it, Adrien!" Marinette noticed.
Adrien was having too much fun he follows the rhythm rapidly. He drops his hand and then suddenly starts making a move as if playing electric guitar hard and swings his blonde hair before repeating again. Marinette then saw how he tilts his head back before moving forward before moving his hands like an X and then dropping down before rolling his arms and then doing some pull movements.
"Whoa," Marinette exclaimed softly.
"How was that, Marinette?" Adrien asked.
"That was awesome, Adrien!" Marinette smiled.
"I can feel a little heartbeat. I think I am somewhat alive and dead at the same time. In a weird theory sort of way," Adrien said, unsure what to call it.
"To me, you'll always be my Adrien Agreste" Marinette hugs him.
"Merci. And I'm so sorry for putting you through too much hell. I was scared to lose you. I lost my mother and I didn't want to lose another again. I didn't mean to make you so miserable to think I'm truly dead. It's all my fault for being a terrible boyfriend" Adrien hugs her.
"Adrien, it's not your fault. Look at me" She made him look at her while caressing his cold cheeks, "You are the wonderful boyfriend I ever had. What your father did was way too far. Akumatized or not, the blame is on him, not us. You are the descendant of Agreste now, you make the rules now, not your father. He already made his own rules before you and now you get to decide on yours" Marinette said.
"You're right, Marinette. I love you more than anything else" Adrien held her hand.
"I love you too, my prince. I'm just happy to see you here. I couldn't live without you. My first heartbreak with Kim was worse but losing you made me feel horrible. Please don't ever leave me again" Marinette hugs him close.
"I'll never leave you, I never will," Adrien said, nuzzling on top of her head. Nearby Plagg saw the two embrace.
x
Alya glared at Cerise for still being a pathological liar. Argos mentioned that Cerise is currently a student at Collège Paul Bert while her Lila identity was also a student at Collège Françoise Dupont but is now expelled.
"You are a menace, Cerise. Going to two education schools at the same time is just beyond insane" Alya said.
"Nobody is gonna believe a bunch of teens," Cerise said.
"You can't, you're stuck here with no chance of escaping. Even to your 'Master' Monarch" Alya said with air quotes.
"Master? Just because I willingly get akumatized by him but he's not my master" Cerise laughed.
"Same difference. You and my uncle were allies until he threw you out" Argos said, munching on his favorite London treats, crumpets.
"That explains why you got most of everyone akumatized than Chloe did. I can't believe I trusted you to babysit Nino's brother Chris to fill his head with lies. You are the worst human being on earth. You deserve to be in an asylum filled with psychos to one day torment you" Alya said coldly.
"But you can't escape the guilt of betraying your friend," Cerise said.
This made Alya mad enough, "SHUT UP! I was gullible but no more! My girl forgave me! I forgave Argos because he admitted what he did was wrong! You did not admit how wrong you were! I'll make sure to send you to hell for this!" Alya panted angrily.
"Are you done? I checked her parent/guardian records and so far, she has no biological parents. And check this out, she has three fake moms in Paris now. The first one is an Italian woman who works at an embassy. The second one works at Style Queen magazine. The third one is simply a civilian with hearing loss" Argos showed the holographic images of three women through the amoktized magnifying glass.
"Clearly she pretends to be their long-lost daughter," Alya said.
"Seriously?" Kagami glared at Cerise, "Three fake moms? Isn't one enough for you?"
"They are very foolish to believe that" Cerise cackled.
Kagami just shook her head, "You're more screw loose than I thought"
"I don't mind lesbian moms but having fake moms is not okay," Argos said.
"Is there something you're really honest about, Cerise? Or is it just you use deception to get away with anything?" Alya wondered.
"Look at this, guys" Argos shows her fake identities of similarities but there is one thing they all have in common. It was her bracelets that she never removed. Cerise's eyes widen at that she forgot these.
"The bracelets she always wears," Kagami said.
"Yup. Not so smart of you to throw your wig in the trash. It leaves a trace to detectives. Especially the bracelets you wear would give out your identities" Argos smirked evilly.
Cerise groans in defeat, never thinking that this doppelganger of Adrien was clever and mischievous to see through liars like her.
"Since you were so busy manipulating everyone and getting the attention you want, you lost your sense of awareness," Alya said.
"Well, you still have Monarch to deal with," Cerise said.
"From what Cat Noir told us, he's probably dying from the cataclysm he made him do on his arm," Alya said.
"What?!" Argos said angrily.
"Yes, both Ladybug and Cat Noir told us that when they caught him once. Monarch forcibly made Cat Noir cataclysm him on his arm to escape" Alya said.
"It means he rather dies than face justice," Argos said.
"Where did this happen?" Argos asked.
"At the Musée Grévin" Alya said.
"I need to see how it happened. Keep an eye on her" Argos said to the girls while he brings Detector.
x
At the Musée Grévin, Felix pretends to be a detective in disguise with a fake ID to show to the receptionist that he wants to ask questions about the incident in the museum.
"Of course. It happened at the heroes' exhibit" The receptionist said.
"Merci," Felix said and goes past the villains exhibit until he came across his own Argos wax statue, "Very funny" He scoffs and heads to the hero exhibit.
He saw one was his temporarily superhero Flairmidable wax statue along with Miss Hound, "She was the better dog holder" He sighs.
Detector sniffs the floor near the wax statues of Ladybug and Cat Noir and transferred the scent to the magnifying glass. It shows Monarch getting into the room, unaware it was the actual duo, "Fast forward" He saw more of the two defeating Monarch, and just as Ladybug was about to take the butterfly brooch off, Monarch forcibly made Cat Noir cataclysm him.
"AAAAGGGGHHHHH!" Monarch screamed in so much pain.
"NO!" Cat Noir exclaimed in horror and Ladybug unwraps the yo-yo strings from Monarch, completely shocked at what she saw.
"Why did you do that?! Is he crazy?!" Cat Noir held his hand, scared.
Monarch unified the horse miraculous to escape, causing the kwamis to get sucked into the portal.
"Help! I want to stay with you!" Barkk cried and was pulled into the portal before it closed up.
"That monster!" Felix was beyond shocked to see what happened. Especially guilty to see the heroes in complete shock and that they failed to capture the villain and save the kwamis.
