WARNING: This story contains spoilers for the Miraculous Ladybug season 5 finale and minor spoilers of Miraculous World Paris. Also I take the french dub as reference, so some dialogue might be different from other dubs.

I'm sorry I've been missing in this account for all this time. I was very sad about the end of Miraculous season 5 and for death of Gabenath. Despite all, I still ship Gabenath, so I kept working on this fic all that time anyway, since I had it from last year before the leaks situation happened. It was how I imagined season 6 was going to be but I see that I was wrong.

This story will be a What if: Gabriel had listened to Marinette when she gave him a second chance (and also if he had listened to Nathalie and Emilie).

I am desperately lonely.

I cling to the last thing I have left: Hope. The hope for a better world. The hope that people can evolve. Sometimes a single decision is enough to change the course of a lifetime.

Gabriel Agreste, Miraculous World Paris.

Chapter 1: A new opportunity

"Nathalie, don't be sad. You know well that I agreed, Gabriel never forced me to do anything. But don't try to bring me back."

The sound of a recording echoed through Hawkmoth's lair.

"I don't want someone to erase their life because of a mistake we made. You two must continue to be happy, even if I am not by your side."

Gabriel was trying to hold back tears after hearing those words from his late wife's mouth. Although the recording was directed specifically at Nathalie, he felt that Emilie was also speaking directly to him.

"As long as there is love, happiness is possible. Adrien will be very well taken care of. He has you, Nathalie and he also has his father."

Could this be part of the message she left me? Gabriel thought.

"If Gabriel finally agrees to give up on his madness, and to give up on me" Gabriel felt as if a knife was buried in his chest when Emilie said those words "Adrien will have all the love he needs to be happy."

"And that's what happened" Bug Noire says when the recording ends. "Adrien learned to live his life and build his own happiness while he cherished the memory of his mother. She would be proud of him."

Gabriel looked at the phone again.

"I can't live without her. She is the love of my life."

Gabriel closed her eyes remembering those beautiful memories he had of Emilie, all those years since Adrien came into the world.

"When she left, everything shut down around me."

He began to remember with great nostalgia all those happy moments she had spent with Adrien and his wife. Unable to look at Ladybug in the eye, he directed his gaze to the ground.

"I still remember her smile the day Adrien was born, and when I hugged him with her. For a long time, we believed that we would never be able to have a child."

Gabriel remembered when they celebrated one of Adrien's birthdays, just the three of them.

"Adrien was our little miracle. Everything was so… perfect."

Gabriel remembered the day Emilie started to get sick.

"Until Emilie became ill."

Gabriel took a breath. He had realized something that had been eating away at him for months.

Emilie was right. Nathalie was right.

"She… she was right" Gabriel reasoned quickly "Adrien was not alone; he had Nathalie and me."

He looked at the phone again.

"And I ruined everything."

He stared at Emilie's image in the phone.

"Nathalie is going to die," he grimaced as a part of his finger fell away like crumbling stone. "And so am I."

"Adrien won't have anyone!" He said desperately.

Bug Noire knew she was right. She didn't wish Adrien to be orphaned, and she also didn't want Adrien to have to deal with the death of his own father since the cataclysm situation was an accident.

"I'm sure we can figure out a solution, if we work together." Gabriel closed his eyes at Ladybug's words "You and me."

That raised a light of hope in Gabriel's chest.

"Of course! You are going to make the wish!" Gabriel had never smiled so much in his life "You always find impossible solutions. You will know how to make the perfect wish! You will know how to repair everything!"

Bug Noire's face changed to one of sadness.

"No, a perfect wish doesn't exist. Every time power is used for personal reasons it causes disasters" Bug Noire continued "Whatever power is, it should be used only for the greater good."

Bug Noire smiles at him to try to calm him down.

"But we can think about it and find a solution on a human scale" Marinette erased her smile "Even if, obviously, it will never be as perfect as we want it to be.

Gabriel nodded. Maybe listening to Ladybug this time would help.

Bug Noire gently removes her hand from Gabriel's.

She was thinking of a solution. If she wanted to save Gabriel and Nathalie, she needed some kind of miracle.

Miracle.

That is.

"Let's use the Miraculous." Marinette decided.

"What are you talking about?" Gabriel asked sadly.

"Gabriel, have you tried using the Miraculous to heal yourself?"

"How do you know?" Gabriel asked surprised.

"You did?" Bug Noire asked him back, also surprised by his response.

"Yes." Gabriel nodded "But it only caused the cataclysm to spread more through my body and much faster. I don't see how that could be a solution."

For Bug Noire at the same time that was a possible solution.

"What if we try it with the Ladybug's and Chat Noir's Miraculous?"

"Are you sure?" Gabriel asked, a little unsure of Bug Noire's idea "When I tried it myself, the kwamis told me that I needed their permission to be able to carry it out. Not even Madame Tsurugi's best technology could help me or Nathalie."

"We should try, what else do we have to lose?" Bug Noire declared.

Gabriel knew that Bug Noire was right.

"Okay Ladybug, but please help me, help Nathalie. I know only you can help us both."

Bug Noire was left wondering how he could make her idea work. She needed to go see Nathalie too. Therefore, he had to take Gabriel with her.

"Please, Ladybug," she heard Gabriel say.

Bug Noire nodded. She collected the remaining Miraculous from the boomerang and stored them in her yo-yo. Bug Noire extended her hand, offering it to Mr. Agreste. Although hesitant, he took it. While he had thought about betraying Ladybug for a moment, perhaps it was time to listen to the advice she and Nathalie had for him.

Bug Noire helped him up, putting his arm around her shoulder. Gabriel was quite weak after the fight they just had so I would help him reach his destination. Bug Noire took a few steps slowly to see if Gabriel could keep up with her. She accelerated when she saw that Gabriel was more stable.

"Try to keep up the pace, Mr. Agreste."

Bug Noire looked towards the hole they had created. She had to get them out of there first before using the Lucky Charm.

Bug Noire guided them until they were closer to the hole. Using her yo-yo, she threw it in the direction of one of the pillars of the mansion, one she could barely see from where they were.

"Hold on to me, Mr. Agreste," Bug Noire held him firmly and Gabriel held on to her and pulled them both upstairs.

Once upstairs, Gabriel let go of her and went up the stairs to Nathalie's room by himself.

Bug Noire stepped forward to open the door. Nathalie was still there where they had left her.

But she was completely still.

Arriving at Nathalie's side, Gabriel collapsed next to Nathalie, kneeling before her bed. For the first time in days, he saw more clearly the terrible state she was in. Her red streak had turned white, her face was completely pale, her eyes were sunken as were her cheeks. Her lips were chapped, as if she hadn't had any water in a long time.

It was the same image of his wife before she died.

Gabriel clung to the bed and moved closer to her.

"Nathalie..."

Gabriel put his head on Nathalie's chest, listening to the beating of her heart.

It was weak, as if her heart would give out at any moment.

"Please, Ladybug. Save her. I beg you. Nathalie doesn't deserve to end up like this. This is all my fault; Nathalie doesn't have to... pay for my stupid decisions." A couple of tears fell down his face, seeing the state Nathalie was in.

Bug Noire felt compassion.

Even though Gabriel had made her life miserable, as both Ladybug and Marinette.

Gabriel stood up from his position. The cataclysm grew a little more, feeling a pang in his chest, arm and neck, which caused him to fall back to the ground.

Bug Noire knelt in front of him. Gabriel was running out of time.

"We will do the following, Mr. Agreste. We are going to use the power of the Miraculous of Creation and destruction to heal you both."

"Ladybug, wait" Gabriel grabbed her hand before she helped him up "I don't think Adrien will be happy to see me again."

"Why do you say that?" Bug Noire knew very well that Adrien loved his dad very much, even if he had behaved badly with him.

"Adrien must hate me for everything I did to him. Especially when I forced him to go to London against his will. And for not having heard what he actually wanted. For treating you like that, Marinette.

Bug Noire understood what he meant.

"But Adrien loves you too. You know?" she assured him.

Gabriel laughed sarcastically.

"Yes, I know he does. Only God knows why." Not even he understood why Adrien continued to love him despite everything he did to him. Even though he was a sentimonster, he was still his son.

The miracle baby they had brought into the world thanks to the Miraculous.

Bug Noire took him by the arm so Gabriel would get up and sit on the bed.

"Tikki, Plagg! Reverse Morphosis."

Marinette was now in Bug Noire's place.

"It is impossible!" Tikki flew towards her holder with concern.

"Marinette, don't trust him," Plagg exclaimed.

Gabriel raised his hands, indicating that he was not going to do anything.

"Marinette, are you sure we can trust him?" Tikki asked him.

"I want to help. Is there any way to fix it?" Marinette asked, looking first at the kwamis and then at Gabriel.

"We could try to use a little of our power on them" Tikki said with a sad face "But you have to keep in mind that this will not be a definitive solution."

"The power of destruction is greatly underestimated, Marinette. Damage like this is not so easy to fix. Not even the guardians themselves managed to find a definitive solution to that problem" Plagg explained.

"Okay," Marinette's voice was shaking with what Plagg had just said. Still, there was the possibility of trying. She took a deep breath "We'll figure out how to fix everything, but how can I use your power at the same time?"

"Merge the Miraculouses again. You will have to concentrate the power of both Miraculouses in both hands, like this." Tikki made gestures with her tiny paws to indicate how to position her hands "And you will have to direct it towards Mr. Agreste."

"And Nathalie," Marinette said, understanding what she had to do.

"Exactly, and remember to think positive things, it's the only way" Tikki added.

Marinette took a macaron out of her bag. She needed as much energy as possible, for what she was about to do to be successful. The kwamis quickly ate a half of the macaron each.

When they finished, Marinette transformed again.

"Mr. Agreste, take Miss Sancoeur into your arms."

Gabriel picked Nathalie up gently, placing her in his arms. Her head went limp to the side, so he gently grabbed her head and pulled her towards him. He could feel Nathalie's weak breathing on his neck.

Bug Noire positioned herself in front of them. She took a deep breath and let it out, closing her eyes. He arranged her hands just as Tikki had shown her.

She focused on thinking happy things, remembering her childhood, the love of her parents, Adrien...

Adrien.

Bug Noire concentrated on directing the Miraculous energy into the palm of her hands. A wave of energy came out of Ladybug's hands, surrounding them with that positive energy. The wave began to surround the bodies of both adults until it covered them completely.

Gabriel was beginning to feel much better, even though he only had a few hours to live.

Gabriel removed the collar of his shirt a little and watched as the cataclysm slowly receded from his body, exactly the same as when he tried to use the kwamis to heal himself. The skin on his neck and his chest returned to normal. The cataclysm returned to its origin in his arm, disappearing completely.

He no longer felt pain in his body. He was cured.

He directed his gaze to Nathalie's face. Her appearance also improved quickly. The dark circles under her eyes had disappeared, her face regained a lot of life and she was no longer as pale as before. Her breathing was much calmer.

Gabriel let out the breath he held all that time, out of pure relief. He at least knew that Nathalie was okay.

Gabriel watched as Nathalie opened her eyes, trying to focus on him.

"What happened?" She saw Gabriel's worried face looking at her. He adjusted her glasses, which were crooked. That's when Nathalie was able to focus her gaze on the person who was holding her.

Nathalie's face changed into an expression of anger.

"Let go of me, Gabriel," she said firmly.

"Sorry" Gabriel put her on the bed again on the left side. He sat at the foot of the bed, looking away.

Marinette undid her transformation right there. She felt her strength leaving her body and she fell to the ground.

"Miss, are you okay?" Gabriel looked in Marinette's direction.

"Yes, I used great power on you, don't worry. It's normal"

Gabriel offered her his hand and she took it. He helped her up and Marinette slowly sat on Nathalie's bed.

Nathalie was surprised. A few moments ago, she was dying.

But now she was alive, as if nothing had happened. She saw the two people next to her. She recognized Gabriel and then Marinette. That's when her head started making the connections.

"Don't tell me that... You're Ladybug?" Nathalie was worried.

"Yes, I am." Marinette took her hand "Thank you for the warning earlier, Nathalie."

Nathalie looked at her sympathetically.

The three of them fell silent.

"And now what are we going to do?" Gabriel was a little worried about what the kwamis and Marinette had told him, the solution she had given him was not definitive or a perfect solution.

"I don't know. Possibly the guardians have the answer to our dilemma, but I'll see what I can do for you," Marinette responded.

Nathalie examined Gabriel's neck and noticed something was missing. Something that Gabriel guarded warily.

"Where is the butterfly Miraculous?"

Gabriel and Marinette looked at each other. They had completely forgotten about the Butterfly Miraculous that was still downstairs. For some reason, they had a bad feeling about it.

"We'll be back."

Marinette jumped out of bed and ran quickly to the other floor. The kwamis were after her. Gabriel left the room alarmed after her. At the mere mention of the Miraculous, his adrenaline surged.

Marinette transformed into Ladybug and went back down to the lower floor.

Gabriel ran down to the first floor. He crouched to lie down close to the hole trying to see if Nooroo had returned with the Miraculous like he asked him to do. He didn't see him anywhere.

"Nooroo! Nooroo? Are you there!?" Gabriel shouted from where he was.

But there was no response.

Ladybug had seen that the butterfly Miraculous had fallen into the water, so she ran down the hallway and when she reached the end, she jumped into the water eating one of the macarons that she had prepared for an eventuality.

"Aqua Tikki spots on!"

AquaBug landed in the water trying to distinguish any sign that the Miraculous was there. She searched the bottom meticulously, checking from one side to the other.

But she found absolutely nothing. Not a single trace of the Miraculous.

That was a problem.

She rose to the surface again.

AquaBug jumped back to the platform. She undid her transformation again and looked around desperately, hoping that the Miraculous was still there.

"The Miraculous is not here, it can't have disappeared again!"

"Don't worry Marinette, let's keep looking, it must be around here" Tikki tried to reassure her.

Marinette transformed back into Ladybug and searched around the platform where Emilie was, without finding anything. Both kwamis were helping her, examining places where the Miraculous could have fallen.

No, no, no, no…

"Ladybug!" Gabriel shouted from where he was "Did you find it?"

"No!" she responded sadly.

With her heart pounding, Marinette used her yo-yo to climb back to the upper floor.

The kwamis returned to her side, to no avail.

Ladybug knelt at the edge of the hole searching through the rubble to see if the Miraculous was there. She threw debris to the side, hoping it would be there.

"Ladybug, wait!" Gabriel tried to stop her.

"No, it has to be here, it can't have disappeared." Ladybug tossed some of the debris to the side, searching among them for the Butterfly Miraculous.

"Ladybug!" Ladybug stopped to listen to Gabriel's voice.

"And the Miraculous?" Gabriel looked into her eyes.

"I didn't find it; I couldn't find it" Marinette moved frantically "It's nowhere to be found."

"Use your Lucky charm, Ladybug" Plagg reminded her.

Ladybug took the tube of glue, and throwed it to the air.

"Miraculous Ladybug!"

The ladybugs went all over the place fixing everything in their path around the world. People stopped having nightmares and everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Everything except for the Butterfly Miraculous.

"Oh no!" Ladybug exclaimed desperately.

Gabriel grabbed Ladybug's shoulders to calm her down.

"Ladybug we can still know where the Miraculous is. I have cameras installed at this direction. Nathalie can see those cameras."

They both returned to Nathalie's room. Gabriel helped her set up the computer that she used for her work. Nathalie logged into the system with her password.

Nathalie checked the security cameras. She selected the camera that was pointing towards the foyer, and speed up the recording until she reached that same date and time.

They saw in the recording how an unknow person entered the mansion, they could not distinguish much about that person, beyond the black hair.

Nathalie paused just when that person's face became visible enough. Gabriel zoomed in on the image on the computer, but he couldn't make out that person's face.

Dammit…

They saw how that person went down to the lair with a device. Nathalie advanced the video to the moment in which this person went down the lair.

Nathalie advanced the recording a few minutes again. The person who had come down appeared on camera again and was carrying something in his hand. Gabriel zoomed out for that person's hand again.

An object shone in it.

Upon examining it carefully he recognized it.

It was the Butterfly Miraculous.

Someone was here and stole the Miraculous. That was the only thought in Marinette's head.

Marinette's heart sank. Her suspicions were confirmed.

And the worst thing is that it was almost impossible to find out who the person was who took the Miraculous with them.

"I failed, I failed again," Marinette was breathing fast and grabbed her head in despair. "This wasn't supposed to happen. I was supposed to get all the Miraculouses back."

"Marinette, calm down," Nathalie tried to calm her down, grabbing both of her hands. "We'll see what we can do to get the Miraculous back from whoever took it."

"For now, there is someone we need to talk to," Nathalie addressed Gabriel.

Gabriel knew what she was referring to.

"Adrien."

Adrien looked at the white walls. He had lost track of time, not even knowing when he would get out of there. At least he knew the cat's Miraculous was in good hands. Maybe when Plagg returned he would get out of there himself as Chat Noir. The only problem was how he would evade the security camera that was in the room.

He could ask Plagg to destroy it so he could leave safely.

He wondered how Ladybug was doing. Would she be, ok? He hadn't seen anything or heard anything since Plagg left there with the Miraculous.

Would Plagg manage to find Ladybug? Did Ladybug need his help?

So many questions that he couldn't find answers to. But he had to avoid using the Alliance at all costs.

If only he could get his phone back.

At least the nightmares had stopped now. He assumed that Ladybug had casted her Lucky Charm.

Adrien stopped being in fetal position. The white room he was in was driving him crazy. He felt like he was in a madhouse.

He still wondered what was going through his father's head when he locked him there.

He slept for a while trying to clear his mind.

Gabriel was pacing in Nathalie's room.

"The truth is I don't know what to do anymore. Should I have Placide bring him back already?"

"You should, Gabriel. You took him away against his will, the least you can do is to bring him back," Nathalie told Gabriel without looking directly at him. How restless Gabriel was behaving was making her nervous.

"But…" Before Gabriel could finish what, he was going to say, Nathalie interrupted him.

"Adrien deserves to know the truth, Gabriel," Nathalie stated, furiously, returning his gaze. Gabriel could see the fire in her eyes.

"And he deserves an apology too" Marinette joined Nathalie's protests.

"I know, I know," Gabriel walked around again before stopping. "Should I call Adrien?"

"I don't know what you're waiting for Gabriel" Nathalie crossed her arms.

"Okay" Gabriel looked for Adrien's number. He waited for the tone. One, two, three, four…

He didn't answer.

"He doesn't answer?" Marinette started to worry.

"He must be asleep" Nathalie argued.

"I'll send him a message then" Gabriel began to write a message for Adrien on his phone "But, Adrien doesn't have his phone with him."

Gabriel started thinking about a way to get him out of there. Tomoe wasn't going to like it.

Plagg caught everyone's attention.

"I could disable the room's security systems while you get him out of there."

"Good idea, Plagg. But it would be better to open a portal with the horse's Miraculous far from here so you can get there faster" Marinette showed him the Miraculous in her hand.

"Then I'll ask Adrien's bodyguard to be ready." Gabriel decided it was time to call the Gorilla. Using speed dial, he awaited until he finally got a response.

"Placide. Bring Adrien here immediately. It doesn't matter if you have to destroy some robots, just bring him here. When I give you the order, come back as soon as possible. The airplane will be ready for your arrival."

"And what are you going to do with Tomoe, Gabriel?" Gabriel felt the dagger of Nathalie's voice behind him.

"She will know one of these days. Tomoe is not going to be happy, but... The gorilla will take care of getting him out of there, even if it's by force."

Now they had to think about how they were going to take care of Adrien.

"Who is going to tell Adrien the truth?" Marinette asked uncertainly.

Gabriel walked in circles around the room again until an idea came to his mind and then he looked at her.

"You could tell him, Marinette. Like Ladybug" Gabriel approached her a little neurotic "Adrien will listen to you and he won't have to talk to me directly..."

"Gabriel, sir," Marinette called his attention, but Gabriel continued talking to himself.

"And then Nathalie can come in and give him all the explanations…"

"Sir!" Nathalie said firmly. She looked at him too, as if she was asking him to shut up.

"It's not my job to tell Adrien the truth!" Marinette snapped, looking at Gabriel and then looking at Nathalie. "Adrien would like to hear the truth from you, right?"

Both adults looked at each other. They knew that telling Adrien the truth would be very hard for him.

"We'll both tell him when he gets back. We can't wait any longer" Nathalie told him "Adrien must be suspecting that something happened. That you suddenly decided to bring him back to Paris must be a very strange decision for him. He's not stupid."

Gabriel knew that Nathalie was right.

Gabriel gestured with his eyes to Graham de Vanily's rings. Something that Marinette and Nathalie picked up on right away.

"Don't even think about doing that!" Marinette and Nathalie exclaimed. Gabriel played with the rings a little until he took one of them off. He watched him for a few seconds before addressing Nathalie. What he didn't understand was why Marinette knew about Adrien's origins. He would try to find out later.

"Nathalie, I want you to take care of one of the rings." Gabriel took off one of the rings and offered it to her.

"Didn't you say that wasn't worthy of carrying the Agreste's legacy?" she snapped furiously.

Marinette wasn't understanding much of what happened between Gabriel and Nathalie, but apparently things weren't very good between them. The atmosphere was very tense.

What happened in this house?

"I'm afraid he'll lose the rings once we give them to him."

Nathalie softened her gaze after all that time.

"Oh, I understand. But Gabriel, Adrien needs to be free. You can't keep him locked up like a bird in a golden cage, it's still..."

"A cage, I know." Gabriel sat in front of the chess table, rubbing his hands over his face.

"Gabriel, Adrien must know the truth, one day he will know it. We better soften the blow if we tell him at once," Nathalie said.

Nathalie was waiting for Gabriel's negative response. But what would come out of his mouth next surprised her greatly.

"Okay, we'll tell him when he arrives."

But Gabriel didn't know where to start.

Plagg looked nervous. Tikki seemed like it too

"Is something wrong?" Marinette asked, seeing the worried expression of both kwamis.

Both kwamis looked at each other.

"I'll take care of it, Tikki." Plagg floated toward Marinette, close to her ear.

"Marinette, there is something very important that you need to know, but I would prefer that we talk in private," Plagg whispered in her ear.

Marinette whispered back.

"Alright."

"Tikki, are you staying with them?" Marinette addressed Tikki before leaving.

"I'm going to help Nathalie look presentable for Adrien," Tikki floated up to the woman.

They both left the room.

Marinette and Plagg moved far enough away from Nathalie's room that she couldn't hear them.

"What do you have to tell me Plagg?" Marinette was very confused, why would the kwamis be so worried?

"I think you should talk to Chat Noir first. And a piece of advice, you should reveal your identities

"Reveal our identities!" Marinette couldn't believe what Plagg had just told her.

"It's just..." Plagg was speechless. "It's very complicated Marinette. If I tell you, my holder is going to hate me for the rest of his life. I would like him to tell you himself."

"O-Okay," Marinette bit her lip. She wasn't very happy about revealing her identity to Chat Noir, but if Plagg asked her to do that, it meant it was something very important thing.

"But, how do I do it? I'm afraid... that Chat Blanc's story will repeat itself."

"Chat Blanc?" Plagg had heard of Adrien having the same nightmares. "Chat Noir seems to be suffering from the same thing as your Marinette."

"Oh really?" Marinette was surprised "But, how?"

"When Nightormentor, his father, appeared, he managed to cast a spell on him with the power of nightmares he got. That day he went looking for you."

"For Ladybug?"

"No, he went looking for Marinette," Plagg pointed at her. "He wanted to reveal his true identity to you."

"What? Why?"

"He decided it himself. He did it because he loves you, Marinette" Plagg saw Marinette blush "I can't go into details; I want to give my holder the opportunity to tell you in person. My point is that I am sure that if you talk about your fears, you both will be able to face it together."

Marinette sighed.

"Alright. I just hope we're not making a mistake" Marinette took Plagg in her hands and kissed him "Thank you, Plagg"

"Yuck! You are welcome. All those feelings make me feel weird" Plagg smiled "If something bad happens, me and Tikki will help you."

Marinette and Plagg returned to Nathalie's room.

Gabriel was dyeing Nathalie's streak back to its red color. She knew she would return to normal eventually, but they didn't have time to wait. Adrien couldn't suspect what had happened to Nathalie when he left.

It was enough that he had seen his mother slowly getting sick.

Nathalie still didn't look at him directly. She was only paying attention to the kwami who was combing her hair at that moment.

"I have to thank you, kwami of creation. You gave us your permission to use your power on us, even though we didn't deserve it."

"Just call me Tikki, I don't mind," Tikki said before adjusting one of Nathalie's hairs in her place. "We did it for a greater good."

"Thank you, Tikki" Nathalie let Tikki land in her hands.

Marinette now understood why Adrien loved Nathalie so much. She was very gentle with Tikki.

Marinette checked her phone and saw how late it was. And she still needed to contact Chat Noir.

"I need to leave." Marinette told him.

"Right now?" Gabriel questioned. Marinette could see Gabriel's worried expression.

"Yes, I have to speak with Chat Noir. He has to know what just happened. I need his support" Marinette hugged herself.

"I understand," Gabriel looked at Ladybug a little nervous. The topic of the cataclysm was something delicate for him. He wasn't ready for Chat Noir to come and expect him to help them.

"But first, I need you to hand me the remaining Miraculous." The girl stretched out her hand.

Gabriel looked at both hands, remembering that he still had some Miraculouses with him. Nathalie stared at him suspiciously.

"Oh sure," Gabriel removed the rings one by one, handing them into Marinette's outstretched hands. She counted them all until she was sure Gabriel had returned them all over. Nathalie was surprised when he handed over each and every one of the rings.

"Thank you very much, Gabriel" Marinette kept all the rings inside her purse. "Can you give me your phone numbers?"

"I'll give you mine, Marinette," Nathalie said, grabbing her phone from the nightstand.

Marinette proceeded to save Nathalie's number. Gabriel gave her his number to stay in touch as well.

"I'll come back as soon as I can, to see how we're going to solve Adrien's problem."

"Then I'll take you to the door." Gabriel offered.

Marinette said goodbye to Nathalie and Gabriel took her to the exit of the mansion. He opened the door for her, standing at the entrance.

"Are you going to come back? Do you need a ride?" That was the most hospitable thing Gabriel had ever done for Marinette.

"No, no... don't worry, I can go back to my house myself. I'll be back here tomorrow, if that's what's worrying you. I think you should take this time to rest. Tomorrow will be a long day."

"Oh sure," Gabriel said uncomfortably. "Good night, Marinette."

Marinette walked out to the gate and it closed behind her. She let out the breath she had held all the time she was there and redirected her steps straight to her house.

Gabriel waited until she was gone to close the door.

He retraced his steps so he could get Adrien out of where he had him locked up.