Alone

Chapter 11

Marinette walked along the long streets, headed towards her home. Her boots splashed into the puddles of muddy water from the rain. Her hair was wet from getting soaked and hung limply on her shoulders.

"Marinette? Are you alright?" Asked Tikki from inside her purse.

Marinette didn't reply and walked home with her head hung down low. After everything she had been through, she hadn't thought that she would have to choose between the two people she cared about the most. She had known that it would come down to this one day but she hadn't expected it to be today. She trudged home constantly looking up at the sky to let the rain wash her tears.

Meanwhile, Luka and Adrien were still locked in battle at the ice rink. Adrien's hand lay on top of Luka's trying to get the bracelet that was tightly grasped in his fist. They lay struggling on the ice, too busy to notice the black butterfly that flew in through the glass windows. They heard the fluttering of the Akuma's wings but it was too late. The Akuma dissolved into the bracelet darkening it making it look like the bottom of a bottomless pit that both Adrien and Luka had fallen into.

They straightened up still tightly clutching onto the cursed bracelet. A red mask painted their faces around their eyes as they growled at each other while Hawk Moth spoke in their minds.

"Hawk Moth is my name and Twister is now yours. I will help you avenge your broken heart and all you have to do in return is help me get something from Ladybug and Chat Noir. Their jewels."

"Yes, Hawk Moth..." Growled Luka giving into Hawk Moth's power, his deep voice bouncing off of the walls of the stadium.

"Solitude... So you think nobody loves you? I will assist you to isolate the one you truly love but you have to spare Ladybug, Chat Noir and me from your curse. I require their jewels and I want to watch their downfall. Now, do we have an agreement?"

"Don't worry, Hawk Moth. I already have one Miraculous in my grasp so it's only Ladybug I need." Smirked Adrien tightening his hold on his end of the bracelet.

"But how?" Asked Hawk Moth wanting to know how his son had gotten his hands on Chat Noir's Miraculous.

"That's for me to know and you to find out. But since you are the one asking, I already know where the black cat Miraculous is and I have a plan to get it." Frowned Adrien, the rational part of him begging him to keep Chat Noir's identity a secret.

Hawk Moth sighed in relief. He had suspected that his son was Chat Noir but deep down, he knew that it was impossible. Hawk Moth had seen both Adrien and Chat Noir in the same place before and once again, his suspicions were proved wrong. He knew that Adrien could never hide anything from Gabriel and now, when he was under his control, Hawk Moth knew that the boy's honesty was surfacing.

Hawk Moth nodded letting his power flow from him to his newest victims. Adrien and Luka braced themselves feeling the dark power bubble from the bracelet. The sinister energy spread through their bodies covering them in blackish-purple bubbles, transforming them.

Marinette stood in front of the bakery in the pouring rain, her hand resting on the door handle. She exerted a light force slightly pushing the door but halted when she heard a small groan from her purse. Marinette gasped and opened her purse to see Tikki curled up into a ball, sniffling and shaking.

"Tikki? Are you alright?" Asked Marinette taking her kwami into her hands to warm her up.

"Marinette... Master Fu..." Mumbled Tikki in her feverish state.

"Okay!" Whispered Marinette immediately facing her back to her home and running off towards the guardian's house in the rain pouring down in torrents.