Chapter 7

The Aftermath and the Brave New World gone to Hell

It's been one hour since Doom Slayer defeated Stoneheart, with news about him, Ladybug, and Cat Noir cycling all over the City of Paris and not to mention, all over the world. Headlines of Doom Slayer being one of, if not, the most powerful individual on planet earth had everyone talking as if a living breathing dinosaur is found somewhere in the world. Video clips of him defeating superheroes and demons where almost everyone else failed circulated as Adrien recently returned to his home at the Agreste Mansion. Adrien was watching the all the available news channels on his TV when his father entered his room, wanting to talk to him.

"Adrien." Gabriel called on his son.

"Father" Adrien responded to his father's call.

"I want to apologize about yesterday, it was not a board meeting that I had last night."

"I already pieced that together father. What else are you lying about?"

It was then Gabriel knew that his own son caught him in a lie. It was a hectic two days for everyone in Paris, but he had kept the Doom Slayer a secret for years from just about everyone. And yet somehow, Adrien somehow knew about the Doom Slayer before he even appeared. Gabriel had to rectify this or his relationship with his son will not be the same.

"Adrien, I'm here to help. I know it sound's crazy to you, but I already know you're Cat Noir."

It was Adrien who froze like a stone this time. He just received his new ring not too long ago, and yet his father quickly learned Plagg's existence. Gabriel hugged his son to calm Adrien down. But for their own sake, they have to open up to each other.

"I know it's hard carrying a huge burden, but I've already come up with a game plan. Between you and me, Hawk Moth isn't going to be stopped right away."

"What do you have in mind?"

"I'm setting up your school schedule. Starting tomorrow, you'll be going to the same school as Marinette. I'll let you know when there's going a photoshoot. Also, Doom Slayer and a friend of mine will train both you and Marinette so that you two are ready for just about anything thrown at you."

"Father, I …"

"I know you can't thank me enough. But it was my fault for me keeping you in the dark. I'm making it up for both of you right now."

"Thank you, father."

Gabriel nodded to Adrien before exiting his son's room, having the issue of having to lie to his son resolved by telling him the truth. Part of him wondered if his son is going to be alright with protecting Paris, not to mention helping Doom Slayer in his crusade against Hawk Moth. Only time would tell if his instincts on digging up the Doom Slayer and assisting his son and niece will payoff. But if someone is going to capable of going toe-to-toe against the most evil individual in the multiverse, it would be Doom Slayer, proven to be the case with yesterday and today.


The next day, Marinette, Adrien, and Alya headed to school. Marinette after school yesterday, slept through out the afternoon and night. Alya wasn't able to catch the fight at the Eiffel Tower as she was too tired to even move with the Testaments of the Doom Slayer fresh on her mind. As of today, the status quo of international governmental rule and superheroes has been usurped by the ultimate demon killer whose strength and speed that matches his will which has no bounds. Marinette, surviving and passing the crucible of becoming Ladybug, isn't the pushover she was two days ago. As soon as the trio entered Miss Bustier's classroom, Marinette wanted to do one thing. Instead of going to the front seats, Marinette decided to reclaim her old seat from Chloé. The mayor's daughter noticed the sudden change in attitude from her victim, as the half-Chinese girl decided to challenge her for the seat she's on.

"Uhh… You're in the wrong seat. Go on, get lost!" Chloé tries to tell her off as Marinette and Alya are performing a hostile takeover by simply being at her and Sabrina's seats.

"Uh huh" Marinette replies in response, which Adrien and Alya can't help but put a small smile on their faces. Adrien noticed that Marinette took Doom Slayer's advice to heart yesterday, during the showdown at the Eiffel Tower.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"It means that I'm not putting up with your crud anymore, Chloé, and neither is anyone else around here, so take your attitude and go on, get lost!" Marinette tells her bully off, impressing most of her classmates as the angry Chloé and Sabrina move themselves and their belongings to the front desk left of Miss Bustier.

"Awesome job!" Adrien complemented her with his right thumb up. Marinette smiled in response while her honorary cousin takes a seat in front of her, next to Nino, who has been having his desk all to himself for two days in a row.

"You're friends with Marinette, then huh?" Nino asked Adrien

"Honorary cousin. My name is Adrien" he answered back while introducing himself.

"I'm Nino, and it was awesome how you stood up to Chloé, dude."

"Well, Chloé has been pestering Marinette since I was a little kid. I simply can't leave her to the wolves, that's why I stand up to Chloé."

"You're going to be an awesome friend, dude." Nino tells Adrien as he offers a hand for a handshake, which Adrien gladly accepts as class begins.


On the topic of Doom Slayer after the showdown at the Eiffel Tower. Almost immediately, he doubled down on his efforts of hunting down and destroying the institutions and governments that Hawk Moth corrupted to his vision. The first two federal governments he went after are both run by communist Chinese and the Russian oligarchs, true supervillains in all but name. Both of them didn't expect their corrupt power being insignificant compared to the Doom Slayer's powerful will as he easily plowed through their militaries. As for the nukes, Doom Slayer wasn't negatively affected by them at all. It took 30 nukes to figure that one out as not only he withstood them at point blank, but he absorbed all the radiation to enhance is already impressive speed and power by tenfold with no ill-effect. In one night, both the outright demoralized communist Chinese and the Russian oligarchs are ousted from power under a twin 12-gauge, because they can do nothing about him as they watch the Great Hall of the People and the Kremlin go up in flame.

As for the demonic threat on earth, increased sightings of the monsters resembling the ones spotted in Paris has been reported. The most sightings occurred in Paris, more than double compared to most areas on the planet. All of these sightings occurred at night, where they're at their element. The Doom Slayer anticipated it of coarse as he knew all of their behaviors and tactics, not to mention how to counter them. In Paris, Doom Slayer takes extra care not to damage anything as he doesn't want to fix stuff during his nighttime patrols.

Already, the international community is calling for Doom Slayer's head on a spike. Not much these globalists can do though, as he proves to be nigh-impossible to kill, let alone to be stopped at all. As for everyone else, their opinion has been divided on Doom Slayer. To some, a godsend for those oppressed by their governments, a lucky change to superheroes who do nothing and are glad that someone is fixing large problems others ignore. To others like religious zealots, superheroes, and many bureaucrats, a monster that must be stopped and a harbinger of doom if Doom Slayer continues the death and destruction thrusted on his foes. Either way, Doom Slayer's existence changed everything on planet earth.


It is after school when Marinette and Adrien are waiting outside for Gabriel to pick them up. Raining above them, Adrien has an umbrella over him and his cousin as they wait. Among the news reports and interviews from many experts about Doom Slayer, an overlooked report came out about Batman's arch nemesis, the Joker, broke into the infamous ADX Florence supermax prison and breakout all eight of the Duke Brothers. As soon Gabriel Agreste found out on the news, he called both his son and Marinette. Naturally, Marinette flipped like a switch as she wanted their blood to pay for all their crimes they committed against her parents, let alone the city of Paris. From what Gabriel told them as well, Doom Slayer killed three of them in the Axis Chemicals plant in Gotham City during his night patrol, to Marinette's small relief. The remaining five fled the site like cowards, with Doom Slayer briefly on their tail before resuming his patrol.

'Of all of these people, why does it have to be them!?' Marinette thought to herself with her blood boiling, which Adrien noticed her fist clenching.

"Between you and me, we're going to put these motherfucking man-dogs down once and for all. If Doom Slayer can kill three of them and make these five man-dogs hide, so can Ladybug and Cat Noir." Adrien tells his cousin to cheer her up, who put a small smile on her face as a black sedan driven by Nathalie Sancoeur arrives to pick both of them up. From what Gabriel told both of them, Doom Slayer will be at the residence as he gathered all eight of Duke Brothers' criminal profiles from ADX Florence itself for both Adrien and Marinette to see if they remember any of them. As Adrien and Marinette entered the black sedan Nathalie is driving, they both know they're just getting started with payback time for what these man-dogs did to their home nearly a decade ago.