Everything was fine until 3am.
Nathalie suddenly awoke for no apparent reason, but now she couldn't go back to sleep.
As she looked over to Gabriel who she was still lying on top of she could see that he was sound asleep.
So without being able to do much she remained in the same position and tried to close her eyes to get a few more hours of rest, but before she could do so Gabriel exclaimed:
"Fly away my little akuma-"

Nathalie giggled and replied with:
"Miraculous Ladybug!"

It didn't take long before the designer almost jumped up from bed and threw her off for the second time but thankfully Gabriel didn't have that dramatic of an reaction.
Instead he just sat up on the bed with Nathalie still remaining close to him.
"What happened?" He asked anxiously whilst looking down at his assistant, desperate for an explanation.

Nathalie laughed as she answered:
"Nothing-...nothing happened sir, you were just talking in your sleep."
"And? Why is that so funny?"
"Well because of the things you said."
"What did I say?" The designer asked mockingly, as if he knew that Nathalie couldn't make up an excuse as to why she was laughing.

"Well you began by saying 'fly away my little akuma'!"
"Oh-...uhh apologies. It was probably from my nightmare/dream."
Right after saying this Gabriel turned away and laid back on the bed whilst pulling the blanket higher up. Of course he couldn't pull it all the way up since Nathalie was still there but the designer sure tried his best to 'hide'.
"Nightmare/dream? Sir do you mind if I ask what it was about?"
"Well you know-...just the usual-...Emilie and stuff..."
"Right-...right-..."
Nathalie sighed as she wished to be in his dreams as much as this cursed blond woman was.
No matter what, Gabriel would always find a way to bring her up, or at least slightly mention her, and every time he did so; it would either be him trying to express how sad he feels or the designer trying to indicate how special she was to him.
Basically-...he talked a lot about her.
And as far as Nathalie's memory went back...Emelie wasn't 'that' great to be remembered like a goddess.
Sure she was nice, but she wasn't the best wife alive, she was no role model or anything.
It was only Gabriel who thought she was flawless, but of course, he had a different and much stronger type of admiration towards her than anyone else.

"Well sir, maybe we should get the second miraculous, in order to bring her back quicker."
"I-...I like that idea but are you sure you want this Nathalie? Aren't you a little to weak right now?...no offense, but I thought-"
"I'm fine sir, I'm sure I'm strong enough to fight some kids."
"Well then-...shall we?"
Gabriel asked as he slowly reached over to the little table beside them and in his hand brought back the two brooches.
He handed one over to Nathalie whilst he kept one for himself, and quietly so they wouldn't alarm anyone: both adults transformed.

They 'secretively' made their way to the rooftops where the villains waited a couple hours before realizing:
"Sir-...since we're not in Paris anymore maybe the heroes won't show up...I mean why would they travel all the way here?"
"Well they have their little 'magic astronaut' costumes so I'm sure they'll make it."
And just as Hawk Moth finished saying that a rather short figure of a heroine appeared before them.

"Well-well...we meet again-...grandpa!"
Ladybug greeted kindly as her facial expressions were clearly showing how pissed she was.
"Haha that's funny! Omg you're actually sooooo funny Ladybug!! You're like my-...idol!!"
A high pitched voice squeaked beside Ladybug, and as this figure moved out of the dark Queen Bee appeared.
"I brought some friends...hope you don't mind...grandpa!!"
"I don't mind...Ladybug!! In fact I'm sure I'll have even more fun destroying all of you!!"

And as soon as he said that a whole group of kids stood beside Ladybug, who were all heroes.
(Queen bee, Rena Rouge, Carapace.)

Not so intimidated by this sight the main villain stood up, but he had to pull up his partner since she was too weak to stand up by herself.
"Mayura are you sure you want to do this? You seem-"
"I'm fine!! I'm fine!! Just continue!!"
She said before trying to balance herself on two feet but failing, therefore she had to firmly hold  on to Hawk Moth's arms.
"Mayura I don't want to hurt you anymore-...we should just go!"
"No! Please stay, I can fight I promise!!"

Meanwhile these two were chatting the kids grew more and more impatient.
"Gosh you guys are so cute together and I'd hate to break this adorable moment but-LUCKY CHARM!!!"
And with that Ladybug received a rope as her lucky charm.
At first she was quite puzzled as to how it was intended to be used but soon she figured out that she would need to trap both of them...and tie them up!
So without further ado she got down to business, and her hero friends too.
They all surrounded the two adults in a circle until they had nowhere to go and just when they were about to 'jump' on them, they both escaped.
Hawk Moth and Mayura were now on another rooftop which was located right behind the backs of the heroes but it didn't take long before they got discovered.
"You can't run away that easily...grandpa!!!"
The kids all laughed as they once again began to 'invade' their space.

"Mayura, please can we go?! I don't think I can hold you for any longer without getting caught."
"I-...I'll try to-" she pushed herself away from Hawk Moth and now Mayura was standing all by herself with no support.
Of course at first it was a little difficult but as time passed she adapted.
Hawk Moth tried to fight most of the kids whilst Mayura was just there for backup and occasionally she would help in with the fighting.
But in this one instance when she spotted Ladybug being paralyzed on the floor she quickly took the opportunity by stepping on her hands, one feet on each arm, and proudly crouching down to get her miraculous.
It was so easy and Nathalie couldn't have been more proud of herself, but once after she got the miraculous and 'disposed' the kid by throwing her off into the distance she turned around to show her partner that she held what he wanted for so long, but now Hawk Moth was captured by the kids and they held him at their mercy.

"Let go of that and he lives!" One of the kids spoke as they gave a deadly glare to Mayura.

The woman hesitated for a bit, she looked back and forth from the earrings to her beaten up partner who looked like he was in worse condition than her.
And right before she agreed to give them back the earrings she secretly made a copy by using an amok.
Thankfully no one saw this so when she handed back the fake ladybug miraculous the kids let go of her partner and allowed them both to flee.

Although Mayura didn't think it was possible she managed to carry him back to the hotel where she placed Gabriel onto that cursed bed and took off his miraculous.
Now she was the one caring for him.
And he looked like he needed a lot of care.

First Mayura de-transformed into her real self before grabbing a few cold damp towels to place upon his wounds.
She felt guilty of herself for putting him through all of his trouble but at least they had both miraculouses now and Gabriel could finally make his one and only wish.

"I'm sorry sir, it was really my fault for letting you down-...but in the end. I have what you wanted the most." The young assistant smiled as she handed the miraculous over to him and Gabriel stared at it with mesmerized eyes.
"Y-you did it? H-how?! I thought you had to give this back in order to 'save' me."
"Well...that's actually fake...I used an amok to create it whilst no one was watching and I kept the real pair of earrings to myself."
She explained to which the designer stared at her with his mouth ajar.
"Wow...you really are a genius...my genius Nathalie. Thank you so much for all that you've done."
"It was nothing sir, I'm happy to please you, as always."
The assistant smiled to which in response Gabriel pulled her down and gave her a tiny meaningless forehead kiss, but to her it was more than meaningful.
It meant that he was proud of her and that's all she ever wanted.
Sometimes she did really feel like a tiny kid getting praised my her parents but Nathalie just loved that since she missed out on that in her childhood.

"Sir, if I may ask-...now that you have both miraculouses...when will you unite them?"
"I don't know yet...probably once we're back in Paris so at least I can be there when Emilie wakes up. But Nathalie just so you know...I-...I-...I'm not sure if I would want to ever unite them."
"WHAT?!" The assistant's mouth fell wide open as she couldn't believe what she just heard.
All this fighting, all this chaos for nothing?!?!...Nothing at all?!?
What made him change his mind all of a sudden?!?!
Was he going insane or was she going insane for believing any of this?!?

"S-sir I don't get it-...this was all you ever wanted and now-"
"Nathalie...things change."
"B-BUT SIR?!?! YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE YOUR MIND LIKE THAT LAST MINUTE!!"
"I didn't say I did, I said maybe I don't want her back! Maybe Nathalie maybe. A maybe has a lot of possibilities."

Still Nathalie was mind-blown by all of this.
She couldn't believe that all she has been sacrificing her health to was now just a maybe.
She has dedicated her life to being his sacrifice and now he didn't want that?!?!
What the hell happened?!?!
Maybe he just hit his head, or the kids beat him up a little too much. Nathalie just couldn't believe Gabriel's love running out for Emilie.
They were the only reason she believed in true love but now-...now he gave up?
He wasn't so loyal after all.

"Nathalie don't look so troubled. Isn't it good if I change to be a better person?"
"Y-yes but-...your wife sir...I thought you loved her."
But before the assistant had a chance to speak further Gabriel scooted closer to the edge of the bed, took her hands into his and began explaining:
"I love her. But I can't just forget about the fact that she's been gone for two years now. And if she wakes up...how will the public react? I would need to make up so many excuses or re-set reality in order to make everyone understand why she was gone. Plus, she deserves rest, maybe I should stop fantasizing about her and just let her go. I still love her though, and nothing can change that. I'll love her forever, and be thankful for everything that she did and gave to me. But if Adrien can let her go, I should be able to do the same. This way I'll also stop terrorizing Paris and it's citizens, which I think Ladybug will like."

After looking at Nathalie's frozen and mesmerized expression he couldn't help but add:
"But I haven't decided yet, so I don't promise you anything Nathalie. Just don't be surprised if one day I chose you over her."

To be continued-