Ladybug brought him to her own secret hideout in an abandoned theater where Claw Noir recognized this during his childhood when his mother used to be a theater actress but now today it has been abandoned for some time.

"This is where my mother performed" Adrien saw a piano.

"Your mother?" Ladybug said.

"Yes. Emilie Agreste used to have her performance here, she was a great singer and actress" Claw Noir said.

"I can see why her name is on the best history of performance posters in the halls. Your mother first performed in 1879" Ladybug said.

"That's right" Claw Noir walks up to the piano, "My mother used to teach me piano lessons when I was a kid. She thought someday I would be the best piano player but that dream died. I failed her"

"You did not fail her, kitty," Ladybug said.

"Yes, but she never lived to see me as Paw Noir," Adrien said.

"But your father did," Ladybug said.

"Yes, but he died without knowing he and I are the same" Claw Noir said.

"Maybe in the afterlife, he knows and so does your mother. The rest of the family you never met probably already knew what really happened to you. You can't fight Lila alone, kitty. That stunt back there, she almost killed you" Ladybug said.

"You're right Ladybug. I need your help" Claw Noir held her hand.

"And don't ever do something stupid again. Your ass is still mine" Ladybug said.

"Okay, Bugaboo" Claw Noir held her close.

"I swear, it's like you don't fear death that often, or did you face death and come back as a vampire from hell?" Ladybug asked sarcastically.

"You have no idea how it feels being unable to die by old age" Claw Noir said.

"Like you have no death wish or fate," Ladybug said.

"Everyone wants a fate. You're the first heroine who understands my suffering" Claw Noir said.

"And kicking your ass twice and then saving your ass. You owe me" Ladybug said.

"Heh, and yet you're not scared of me whenever you think I get too close to your neck" Claw Noir stroked her waist.

"Ummmm.... don't even think about doing it" Ladybug blushed.

"You did save my life, milady" Claw Noir purred.

"Yes, I did," Ladybug said.

"And made me drink your blood to regain my strength. You could've let me die but chose to save me when I'm just an annoying anti-hero vampire cat" Claw Noir smirked devilishly.

"Yeah....Hey!" Ladybug gasps when he pats her rear.

"However, I still got payback for you that night you kicked my ass" Claw Noir purred seductively.

"I know, the outfit made you look like a thug," Ladybug said.

"More like a cat burglar, except I'm no woman. Even as a vampire, I'm not a womanizer" Claw Noir chuckled.

"And yet you still failed to scare me. You're not even scary but to them, you are" Ladybug pushed him against the wall.

"I get it, Bugaboo" Claw Noir said.

"So don't attempt again," Ladybug said before shoving a blood bag donation, "You need to feed. As much as you hate drinking blood but your vampire side is what it needs if you want to be prepared the next time that bitch tries to kill your ass again. Or worse, plunge a stake through your heart"

"You got it," Claw Noir said.

"Lila may have taken away your life and made you a monster. Her mistake is letting you live which gives you a second chance to live and get revenge on her. Creating monsters doesn't always end well for creators to die" Ladybug said.

"And monsters don't make great pets" Claw Noir sank his fangs in the blood bag.

"Of course," Ladybug said.

"But she made a mistake to piss me off one last time. She always gets me so pissed at the point I wish she stops trying too much to force me to love her. And for what? Just to throw me away when I'm not enough?" Claw Noir tossed the empty blood bag aside.

"Just like garbage," Ladybug said.

"And I'm not her puppet," Claw Noir said before walking into the theater, soaking in the memories of how everyone loved his mother.

Hearing the audience cheering and his mother's beautiful singing was enough to remember happiness in his life again. For him, it felt like yesterday.

"You're having a memory flashback, aren't you?" Ladybug said.

"Yes, of my mother," Claw Noir said.

He went up to the stage to look around. It was as if it was remodeled in the 80s or 90s until it was abandoned sometime around 2012. Apparently, they couldn't afford to keep it.

"Why was it abandoned?" Claw Noir asked.

"Not a lot of people come here that often since the technology was too popular than performance" Ladybug replied.

"And also, people went to theaters to see movies" She adds.

"I see. I suppose now it belongs to ghosts haunting this place" Claw Noir said.

"Maybe. Now you better get going before the sun roasts you again. And will you please try not to get your ass killed again" Ladybug said, feeling angry at his foolishness that would one day get him killed for real.

"Very well, Ladybug. See you later" Claw Noir said before he left.

-

Adrien knew he couldn't keep being awake at daytime and he sure felt tired from the times he was too desperate to protect Marinette from Chloe.

"Even undead you look like you don't want to sleep" Felix hands him a glass wine of blood.

"I just wanna protect my princess from trauma and that bitch" Adrien accepts his drink.

"Sounds like you're her knight" Felix replied.

Adrien gulped down for his drink, "Of course I am. Lila was so beyond persistent that I was defenseless and all I could do was tell her to back off. Like Marinette does the same to Chloe but it only got more worse"

"Well at least Chloe has no power anymore due to the Mayor divorcing his wife and giving all her custody to her," Felix said.

"Except Lila is still manipulating her to get vengeance so everyone is focused on Chloe but not Lila," Adrien said before finishing his drink.

"Oh great" Felix sighed.

"I told you she's persuasive at anything to avoid getting caught," Adrien said.

"I hope you can find a way to get Lila to leave me alone. She's constantly being persistent to make me take her to the masquerade ball but I still refused" Felix said.

"If only there was a way to get her wig wet but there's no such thing as rain inside a school," Adrien said.

"Actually, there is. There are sprinklers everywhere in buildings but it can only be triggered by fire" Felix said.

"A what?" Adrien raised a brow.

"Sprinklers are waterfilled devices that are set off by smoke" Felix explained.

"Has it eventually happened that often?" Adrien asked.

"No, no fire has occurred lately," Felix said.

"Hmmm.....Sabrina told me she has been doing everything for Chloe. Maybe she can help" Adrien said.

"Good idea" Felix agreed.

"But I still need more time and hers too to come up with a plan. I've known Lila to be persuasive and never get caught in trouble. She just lies her way out of trouble to fool adults like she fooled my father" Adrien explained that it's not easy to expose Lila.

"I understand," Felix said.

"And......" Adrien hovered from his seat, "You can't let Lila brainwash you"

"Her lies do not affect me," Felix said.

"What other shitty lies has she said?" Adrien asked before hovering down.

"That she has several health problems," Felix said.

"That's bullshit. Too many illnesses than one would be like major death" Adrien scoffed.

"Indeed, they didn't even bother to check if she has health records," Felix said.

"Adults should be very responsible because actions speak louder than words. Words don't prove enough" Adrien said.

"Yeah," Felix agreed.

"And last night you said Ladybug saved your ass. You really are out of your element" Felix said.

"Yes, she did" Adrien replied.

"That's another problem with you," Felix said.

"She's just my partner," Adrien said.

"I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about that you're fighting like old style. Lila probably changed her technique and you're still constantly losing" Felix explained.

"You suggest I'll need more training?" Adrien asked him.

"Yep. You do" Felix nodded, "But first. You need dance lessons to help your body adapt to the century you're in" Felix said.

"Maybe I could learn from a video" Adrien suggested.

"I got a good one" Felix turns on the TV and connects to Bluetooth to play a video from YouTube.

"Now forget all your 19th-century style and learn this new world you're in," Felix said.

Adrien starts to mimic the dancer in the video, moving his hips, skipping, and moving his arms from right to left before he rolls them over and then turns to bump into Felix who joins the dance. Then they move their elbows side to side before crouching down and then move their right arm up and down. They then repeat the first moves before trying to dance with the staff.

"You're doing well," Felix said while they danced. Then they shove their hands forwards and back while skipping.

The training became a montage for Adrien to evolve his powers between his human abilities and vampire abilities together as one. Never before he thought the modern dance style would be so much fun. Then he was taught how to fight with Felix when it comes to immobilizing an opponent.

"Okay the opponent will have a hard time to get you off when you pull the full-nelson grip" Felix demonstrates by grabbing Adrien from behind and locking his shoulders with his arms going under his arms.

"Agh!" Adrien struggled.

"Now try to break free," Felix said.

"I can turn into a bat!" Adrien morphed into a bat to get out of his grip.

"Being batty again!" Felix caught him in his hands.

"Let me go!" Bat Adrien screeched.

"Give up?" Felix snickered.

"Never!" Adrien morphs back to human form.

"Agh!" Felix got tackled by him, "Yes, well, fighting a human you'll give out your supernatural being" He pushed him off.

"Heh. Looks like Lila indeed made a mistake cursing me" Adrien said.

"Don't get too cocky, cousin" Felix said and gestured to the vampire weapons, "You haven't kicked her ass yet and no matter how many times she uses your weakness, she's always gonna take advantage of you"

"The crucifix makes me so vulnerable" Adrien shudders at the sight of it.

"Exactly along with garlic, holy water, and sunlight," Felix said.

"And it seems you can cross running water. It's highly rare in vampire movies" Felix said before using the crucifix on him so he can try to overcome it.

Adrien strained as he tried to resist it. He can't find his inner human and he sure isn't strong against holy aura.

"Come on, Adrien. Don't die on me!" Felix kept holding it.

"I can't! It's too holy!" Adrien can't resist it since he's already unholy himself, "Agh! I can't!"

"Your soul isn't damned," Felix said and puts it away.

"I can't tell if my soul is really gone or not. You know I don't cast a reflection in the mirror" Adrien panted from the holy cross.

"But you still have your badass style. Like how many times were you a badass as Paw Noir?" Felix asked.

"A lot," Adrien said.

"So remain a badass as Claw Noir. Have you ever lost your badass self?" Felix asked.

"No, but Ladybug is one competition," Adrien said.

"And she's a woman. You're only good at biting asses" Felix smirked.

"I don't literally bite people's asses, Felix. I bite necks which is what I do" Adrien said.

"Mmhmm. A bite on the neck is very much like a neck kiss. It is a sexual movement" Felix said.

"I'm not doing that for sexual fantasies. The traditional vampire drinks blood and the neck has the carotid artery, which has a massive concentration of blood that passes through it. That's what I learned when I bite necks" Adrien said, shuddering at the thought of biting necks as a sexual move.

"Well apparently you don't have telepathy like some vampires do in some movies," Felix said.

"Maybe or maybe not. So far, I can hypnotize victims, super strength, animal transformation, and super speed. I think I might need more training for that" Adrien said.

"Of course," Felix said.

After training a bit, he needed to find Sabrina and hear if she got any news about Chloe or Lila and what they were up to. Even as Aiden it was working well for Lila to not recognize him the same way everyone else can't recognize her whenever she changes her identity for decades to fool everyone.

"Now where could she be?" Adrien searched for her.

"What are you doing?" Sabrina lurked behind him.

"I was looking for you" Adrien turns around.

"I was hoping you were spooked. I'm practicing my lurking" Sabrina said.

"Yes, well, I have a steady heartbeat to not get a heart attack. Got any news?" Adrien asked.

"Yes. Chloe has gone insane ever since Claw Noir destroyed her life and is plotting revenge. And Cerise.....she's been acting weird and I saw she was lurking around in the cemetery like a grave robber near the Graham de Vanily graves and the Agreste parents of Adrien Agreste. The boy that mysteriously disappeared during the construction of the Eiffel Tower" Sabrina explained every information to him.

"Sounds like she's trying to use voodoo magic at the cemetery," Adrien said.

"Likely. She's been bragging about magic shit and they all think it was just a metaphor. That's another reason why everyone completely believes her lies without even checking their facts. Like for example, she claims to have saved a rockstar Jagged Stone's cat but he's allergic to cats. She lies about having tinnitus and riding on a jet plane with Prince Ali. Seriously? People with tinnitus riding on a jet plane would be too loud for their ears. They can't ride on jet planes" Sabrina scoffed at how foolish these people are to easily believe Lila's lies.

"They'd rather be on trains, steam or not," Adrien said.

"And that's another reason why Chloe put too much trust in a liar without self-awareness. If you want to know what that bitch is up to, I suggest you start at the cemetery. She probably pretended to be a mortician or something to get past the guards" Sabrina said.

"That I will," Adrien said.

"And I heard she's been taking an interest in Claw Noir guy. Like a game of cat and mouse," Sabrina said.

"That makes her his prey" Adrien joked.

"Besides that, it's like she wants to use badass men for her work. Like the times those morons get easily fooled, it's as if they are in a trance for unknown reasons. That's all I got for you. Just make sure you don't get caught at the cemetery" Sabrina said before leaving.

"You got it. And I know who to aid me" Adrien knew who to get.