A/N: I don't own the following song, although i wish i would.

Song name: Popular Monster

By: Falling In Reverse

'Yeah

I wake up every morning with my head up in a daze

I'm not sure if I should say this, fuck, I'I say it anyway

Everybody tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase

I don't know if it's a phase, I just wanna feel okay, yeah

I battle with depression, but the question still remains

Is this post-traumatic stressing or am I suppressing rage?

And my doctor tries to tell me that I'm going through a phase

Yeah, it's not a fucking phase, I just wanna feel okay, okay?

Yeah, I struggle with this bullshit every day

And it's probably 'cause my demons simultaneously rage

It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me

'Cause I'm about to break down, I'm searching for a way out I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer

I'm a popular, popular monster

I break down, falling into love now with falling apart I'm a popular, popular monster

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I think I'm going nowhere like a rat trapped in a maze

Every wall that I knock down is just a wall that I replace

I'm in a race against myself, I try to keep a steady pace

How the fuck will I escape if I never close my case?

Oh my God, I keep on stressing, every second that I waste Is another second sooner to a blessing I won't take

But my therapist will tell me that I'm going through a stage

Yeah, it's not a fucking stage, I just wanna feel okay, okay Motherfucker, now you got my attention

I need to change a couple things

'cause something is missing

And what if I were to lie? Tell you everything is fine'

[Knock knock]

Adrien pulled out his earphones. "Adrien? Are you in there" asked Nathalie as she knocked at Adrien's Door.

Adrien didn't respond. So she knocked again. "Adrien? Can you hear me?" Again nothing.

Just as she wanted to open the door, it opened and a awful looking Adrien stood in the doorway.

"Yes Nathalie?" He asked. His eyes cold. They lost all their life. The bright green in his eyes died down.

Ever since he woke up and realized that his Ring was missing, he hated Ladybug. He hated her with everything he had. Because with the ring, she didn't only take his best friend Plagg but also his freedom as Chat noir.

Also, he was never told, how the Akuma was defeated. No one was willing to tell him.

"Today's the day. You have your tutoring lessons in 20 minutes" Informed Nathalie.

"No" He replied, just as she began to walk away. The sudden response made her stop in her tracks.

"Excuse me?" Asked Nathalie.

"I said no. I go to school. Please be so nice and call my father here, tell him it's urgent" He commanded. The tone he used was new, Nathalie never heard him use this tone with her of all people. He usually said thanks, please and i'm sorry but now... nothing. He behaved like he was her boss, which he kind of was considering, he possessed 45% of the company.

She obliged and went her way. While walking to her desk she dialed Gabriel's number.

"Adrien! What happened?!" Asked a Horrified Gabriel.

"Prepare one of your teams for me. I am going to school" Said Adrien.

Gabriel looked stunned. "You what? No No No. There's no way in hell i'm letting you go back to that school. Not after they almost killed you". Replied Gabriel.

"Father... i thank you for you finally decided to give me the love you never gave but it's kind of to late for that, don't you think? So please. For the love of god, this is the least you can do"

Gabriel was hurt. The accusation stung but at the same time he knew that his son was right. He was right about him never showing him any love. Ever since Emelie died, he dug himself into work and completely neglected his only son.

"[sigh] Fine... I'll give you 4 contractors from Vesta-3. But promise me Adrien, you'll be careful. Please"

"I promise father"

Fast forward to 2 hours later

"Overlord, this is Sentinel-6 with the VIP in tow. Currently heading to Hotel-Bravo. How copy?"

"Good Copy Sentinel, i've got you in my sights. QRF Gamma-17 is at the ready for Exfil if anything goes wrong"

"Rog' Overlord, over and out"

The Black G-Wagon parked outside the school perimeter. The four Contractors of the newly created group got out. Seconds later the sunshine boy got out.

"This is Sentinel-6 to all units. Exiting vehicle and entering Hotel-bravo". Said one of the contractors.

Adrien deadpanned. "Do you really have to say everything we do over your coms?" He asked.

"Yes i do" replied the man with his Scottish accent. "Alright lad, move it. We don't want to be late, do we?"

Adrien walked into the school. Today instead of his normal attire he wore expensive branding like Agreste and other big brands. Not only his outfit changed. His complete demeanor did also. He wasn't the loving and caring boy anymore. He was a hardened victim of an cruel ambush set by his, quote on quote "Friends".

Like the Joker said once "None of the scars on my heart came from my enemies. They all came from people i thought of friends". Adrien took the quote very personally and carried it into the world.

Just before entering the school, Adrien whipped out some sunglasses, which by the looks of them, where probably more worth than the whole school with the teachers inside. With a swift move of his hand he unfolded them and put them on.

"Did anyone else hear a whip?" Asked one of the contractors walking behind him. Adrien had to stifle the chuckle that came after that sentence to maintain the cold face expression. All the students staring and or glaring at him needed to know that he had changed.

Adrien suddenly stopped in the middle of the hall and coughed to get the attention of his fellow students.

"If any of you guys plan try any funny business, like the last time. I can only warn you because these guys here-" he pointed at the contractors "-have fire permission. Anyone try something and they go home with a bullet through their head"

Everybody was either stunned or gasped at that. They all knew Adrien. None of them thought that he could be so cold. He indirectly threatened them all.

In the class room, Madam bustier was struggling to keep her students at bay. After the bombshell she dropped on them in telling them that Adrien is returning, they all went into a frenzy.

Mainly Kim, Alya, Nino and Ivan. Marinette was surprisingly silent during this whole ordeal, until...

"Good morning people. You missed me?" Came the voice... the voice none of them wanted to hear right now.

entering the classroom was Adrien with his heavily Armed guards surrounding him.

"Hello Adrien. What's the meaning of all... this?" Asked Madam Bustier, gesturing to the armed contractors.

"My personal Guards. No worries tho. They won't do anything. Unless you give them a reason too" He said. The last sentence with a, for him uncharacteristic, cold tone.

"And why did you bring them in here?" Asked Madam Bustier.

"You serious?" Asked Adrien. Meanwhile the whole class went silent and listened to the conversation.

"Yes. Yes i am. I don't think bringing these heavily armed gentlemen into my class was a particularly good idea. It could lead to my students not being concentrated or them feeling threatened". She argued.

"Oh yes?" Adrien replied. His tone dismissive. "Well, here's an heads up madam Bustier. If you've forgotten already. The exactly same students you just mentioned, are being investigated and Charged for assault and attempted murder as we speak. My lawyers should arrive here in about..." he looked down at his wristwatch, which, i should add, has probably more worth than all the teachers cars combined. "Now". He finished. Seconds later 4 suited men entered the classroom. All of them having the most expensive looking suits on, one could imagine.

"Good Morning Mr. Agreste. I'm sorry that we where late, the traffic was unbelievable".

"No worries Phill, and please, call me Adrien. I'm not my Father" Replied Adrien. Phill, the leader of the Lawyer squad, nodded.

"Madam Bustier, if you would excuse me i have to attend a meeting with Monsieur Damocles. Oh and while i'm at i'd like to take the following students with me". He said and pulled out a sheet of paper. He gave it to his lead Contractor, who began reading it down. "Marinette Dupain Cheng, Alya Césaire, Kim Lê Chiên, Nino Lahiffe, Ivan Bruel". With that Adrien nodded and left waving a hand behind his back at the students and madam Bustier. The two Contractors and the Lawyers followed him out. The other two. Contractors waited in the Classroom. "What y'all waitin for? Double time, move it"

The group consisting of Adrien, two Contractors and the lawyers walked down the school hall towards Damocles' office. On the way Higgins, one of the other Lawyers had a question.

"Mr.- sorry, Adrien, why are we here. Your father said that we have to be at the court and then, we get a call from you that we should be at your School instead. What's happening".

"You'll see, Higgins. You'll see. You have these papers i gave you earlier, yes?"

"Of course"

"Good"

Arriving at the Office door Adrien stopped and waited. After a while he looked down at his wrist watch and shook his head. "Where are they?" He asked. In the same tome the two remaining Contractors rounded the corner, with the students in tow.

"Sorry Boss, this one was fisty" Said the Man, gesturing to Alya.

Adrien didn't hesitate and opened the door to the Directors room. Monsieur Damocles was on his phone at the moment. He didn't look pleased when he saw that his door was opened without his consent. The students outside just stared in disbelief as the Sunshine boy they grew to know as happy and always polite turned into this.

Damocles held the Speaker away from his mouth and glared at Adrien, the latter just kept approaching without a twitch in his face.

"Adrien? What is the meaning of this?" Damocles asked outraged.

"We have a meeting. Remember?" Stated Adrien.

"Yes, but now i'm on the phone as you can see". Adrien looked at the Speaker in Monsieur Damocles' hand and without a second thought grabbed it and slammed it into the main Unit, effectively ending the call.

"Not anymore" Adrien said with his coldest tone he could muster. It was so cold, it sent shivers down the Students spines.

One of the Lawyers walked up to the table and threw a thick folder onto Monsieur Damocles' table. The folder hitting the table made Damocles flinch. If the armed men in his room where a factor in that flinch remains a mystery.

"Alright, Monsieur Damocles. We are Monsieur Agreste's Lawyers and we will take the over the case. In this folder you find all the Police, PMC, EMS, Hospital and eye witness reports we collected in the time where Monsieur Agreste was in the Hospital". Monsieur Damocles looked at the huge folder and Gulped. Then the same lawyer threw another folder just as thick as the last one on Damocles' Table.

"And these here are all the reports of your School being misled and your Students being mistreated by other students, Teachers not fulfilling their duties and the amount of times the School had to be closed because of smaller inconveniences. Do you have anything to say in your defense?"

Damocles was speechless. The two Bombshells dropped on him where enough to close the school entirely and make him not only workless but also would put him and all his teachers into huge legal trouble.

"So, do with this information what you want, but i have to keep going. These individuals, minus Madam Dupain Cheng where the main instigators behind the Ambush my Client fell victim to". The lawyer said and gestured for the students to move forward. Each one of them looked ashamed of themselves.

"But we weren't the only ones!" Defended Alya.

"Lass, I'd recommend you to shut yer mouth. You did enough damage. Anything said can and will be used against you. Said the Scottish contractor.

"I want them-" The lawyer began but got cut off by an shrill alarm.

"The Akuma Alert!" Said Marinette and bolted out of Monsieur Damocles room.

"What in the Bloody hell is wrong with her?" Asked the Contractor.

"Don't know, don't Care. We have to get our VIP and the Lawyers out. NOW!" Ordered the lead Contractor. The other Contractors immediately complied and gestured the group outside. Walking down the hallway they set up so that two Contractors where up front and two others at the rear.

Before they could round the corner the Akumatized Villain did it. It smirked devilish and shot out Ice spikes. The spikes where about to hit Adrien as the lead Contractor jumped infront of him and took the hit. The shards couldn't penetrate his body armor but instead hit his unarmored body parts.

"No Jonny!" Yelled the remaining contractor up front. After he composed himself he brought his rifle up and fired a salvo into the Villains direction.

One of the 5.56mm rounds hit the Villain in the arm. The bullet ripped his arm open and it didn't seal itself like the last one they fought.

"In here! Move it". Yelled one of the Contractors in the rear as he opened a classroom door. The group minus the contractor in the front went inside. The latter stayed outside and held the villain off. The villain being tired of being shot at, made a move which allowed him to dodge the next burst of bullets and let him fire his own Ice shards at the Contractor. The shards shattered on impact with the Helmet but went straight into the man's face and tor it apart. He was dead on the spot.

Unbeknownst to the group they walked straight into Madam bustier's Class. After closing the door, the contractors immediately began to barricade it and made themselves ready for a fire fight.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Asked Madam Bustier completely flabbergasted and shocked.

"Didn't ye hear the bloody sirens?!" Yelled the Scottish contractor.

"No. why is there an akuma alert?" She asked.

"YES DAMNIT!" Replied the contractor.

Suddenly the doorknob began to turn, taken of guard the Contractors scrambled to get their rifles ready before the door suddenly opened.

"Check Fire! Check fire" said the Contractor as he saw Alya and the others entering.

"Why the hell did you guys left us alone back there!" Alya Yelled panting.

"Could you stop yelling for gods sake?" Replied the Scott.