"Nathalie we need to go! Come on!" the designer grabbed his assistant's hand and dragged her with him to the office.
There he quickly unlocked the secret cupboard containing the peacock miraculous and handed it over to the young woman near him.

"Use it! I need you!"
He ordered to which Nathalie without hesitation said the transformation words and within seconds there she stood all dressed up in blue.
"What now? Should I make an amok?"
"YES! Yes! Do that! A-and c-create a fake Emilie!"
"P-pardon?!"
"You heard me! Just do it Mayura! This way we can see how that Turtle boy reacts to his mother's appearance."
"But sir, what if it's not Adrien and the plan fails?"

Gabriel didn't answer. Instead he just shook his head and gripped both shoulders of his assistant, pulling her close in an instant.

"Trust me, please."
He uttered so desperately that Nathalie without question began making the amok.
And soon enough she used up all of her energy just to create her biggest enemy.
But at least this pleased her boss.

"There, what now sir?" She said turning to her superior who was not bothered to answer because he just kept admiring the blond woman "Sir! What should I do!?" Nathalie repeated but he still ignored her which hurt the assistant like nothing else.

She was just an illusion and yet he looked upon her with so much love that the young woman with the darker hair only wished she would've turned out different, more perfect, the way her boss preferred it.
If it was possible Nathalie would've taken any chance to change herself, to perfect herself, but she couldn't, so she was left with that burden of a body she originally got 'gifted'.
Not so 'gifted' anymore, huh?

"SIR!" She screamed now "WHAT SHOULD I DO!?!"
"P-pardon?"
"What should I do?...with Emilie."
"I-oh...let's take her to the Eiffel Tower so that Turtle boy can save her from me."
"Alright."
Said she with a disappointed sigh that contained all of her anger but Gabriel saw none of that because he was too blind.
All he saw was his wife's perfection.

So then he did love her after all, and she wasn't 'just a distraction' like Martin to Nathalie.

...

After some time of waiting on top of the Eiffel Tower with her partner the heroes arrived.

"What do you want now Mr Butterfly?"
Said ladybug girl dressed as Rena Rouge.
But instead of an answer they just got a devilish laugh, followed by Mayura stepping out from behind her boss with her sentimonster (Emilie) being all tied up.

And immediately not to anyone's surprise the blond hero boy gasped.

"LET HER GO!" He shouted giving Hawk Moth a death stare but he again just chuckled and now grabbed Emilie.

He held her in his arms for a second but then after without hesitation he pushed the woman to the edge of the tower so that she was millimeters away from a massive drop.

"Let her go? Are you sure if that's what you want boy?" Hawk Moth grinned "This would be a pretty big drop for her."
"STOP IT!"
"Why should I? I'm evil!"
"NO NO PLEASE JUST NOT HER!"
"Alright...then give me the bunny miraculous and she won't be harmed."

Turtle boy nodded whilst his partner gasped.
"You can't be serious! We're not giving Hawk Moth the bunny miraculous!"
"But...M'lady please...just this once!"
"Why?! Who even is this woman?!?!"
"YOU DONT KNOW HER?! It's Emilie Agreste, she's married to Gabriel Agreste and she is a pretty well known actress. So the public would surely be devastated if she gets hurt!"

He explained but Ladybug shook her head vigorously and laughed.

"She's dead boy! This is an illusion!"
"You wanna bet on that?" Hawk Moth grinned tilting his wife closer and closer to the edge, and now it would've only taken her one more push to fall.
"NO! NO STOP IT!" The boy yelled "I'LL GET YOU THE BUNNY MIRACULOUS! JUST PLEASE LEAVE HER ALONE."
"Deal!"
"Deal, yes yes, deal."

And without wasting a second longer Adrien ran back all the way to the place where the miracle box was hidden whilst the rest of the group stayed behind.

"It worked Mayura!"
"I know...so it is him after all."
"I think so. But then...I've been fighting my-"
"WHAT ARE YOU TWO DISCUSSING THERE!!?!" Yelled ladybug crossing her arms and acting all superior to them.
But the villains just laughed and rolled their eyes at the hero who was alone.
"None of your business girl!"
Mayura scoffed trying to hide the fact that she was very unwell under the mask.
Her mind was spinning and her eyesight slowly became blurry so she gripped her partner's blazer in order to support herself. "I'm sorry sir. I just got a bit dizzy."
"No problem Mayura. Hold on as much as you need to." He smiled "And don't worry, this will be over soon. So we can go back home."
"T-thank you."
She nodded whilst now laying most of her body weight onto him to which Hawk Moth pulled his assistant closer and by placing a hand under her armpit he held the young woman so she wouldn't collapse.

...

Finally after not so much time waiting the turtle boy arrived back with the bunny miraculous and he walked over to his enemy who looked grinning down at his son.

"Thank you."
"You're welcome." Spat the hero as he took ahold of his mother (the blond woman Hawk Moth had been 'holding hostage') and walked back to his partner's side.
"It was a pleasure dealing with you two. Now me and Mayura have to go. Bye bye!"

And with that he picked up Nathalie bridal style.

"We did it!"
"You did it sir."
"No Nathalie, we! You helped me a lot, and without you I wouldn't have even figured out that my son was Turtle boy."
"You're welcome, it's my job after all, to help you."
"Well it is." He began "But you're doing much more than just helping me, you've offered to sacrifice your own health every now and then when you're Mayura plus you also pretended to be Emilie for one night so I could-..." he trailed off "Anyways! So I'm pretty sure that's a lot more than any ordinary job."
"Yes but I love it."

She smiled and to that her boss replied with an agreeing nod.

"I love it that you love it! Thank you so much Nathalie!"
And just by saying that he caught her completely off guard with a kiss.
The assistant even thought that he went insane for a second, but no.
The designer was surely enjoying it as he wouldn't pull away and before she knew it Nathalie got pushed against the wall of the lair once they arrived.

"S-sir! W-what the-"
"Please hush, I'm just so happy that-...that I also want you to know."
"T-that's g-great but-...do we really need to."
He didn't answer.
Instead Gabriel just kept cutting her words off with kisses and now he was even moving down. Mercilessly tugging on her red turtleneck.

"SIR!!" She yelled "STOP IT! I don't want you right now! Plus weren't you just about to put the bunny miraculous to use?!"
"I-...I'm sorry, I got very excited there...and yes I wanted to do that!"
"Okay then do it! And stop holding me so close! I can hardly breathe."
"Y-yes s-sorry."
Apologized the designer as he took the little pocket watch into his hand and summoned the bunny kwami.

Seconds later the blueish white rabbit creature stood glaring down at the two adults who looked back at it with the same amount of confusion.

"Hello?"
"Hi...so uhm...what would be your transformation word?"
"Depends on who's asking? You guys look sketchy!"
"Rude." Said Gabriel rolling his eyes "I'm not at all sketchy!"
"Right...THATS EXACTLY WHAT A VILLAIN WOULD SAY!
"LIAR! YOU WOULDN'T KNOW!"
"Calm down sir!" Nathalie interrupted whilst she placed a hand on her boss's shoulder and patted his back carefully "You're arguing with a rabbit."
"I'm a bunny!"
"Isn't that the same thing?!"

And now Nathalie was arguing with the rabbit/bunny kwami.

...

Well after an hour or two of yelling and shouting they finally got the transformation words.
But of course Gabriel still ended up making a bigger fuss by refusing to use the miraculous.

"No way! I'm not going to be a bunny!"
"But sir! You wanted to do this in the first place!"
"Yes Nathalie I know but I don't want to humiliate myself like that!"
"Well I'm also not about to dress up as a rabbit!"

They gave each other a good death stare and seeing how none of them was about to sacrifice themselves they decided to do the only mature thing which could conclude who gets humiliated.

"Rock! Paper! Scissors! Shoot!"
Yelled both of them before making their desired hand figures and after a second or two of staring Nathalie cheered up.
"Hah! I win!" Said she smirking at her boss who took one last look at the pocket watch before sighing and saying the transformation words.

He ended up not looking to bad, in fact.
The designer appeared in a light blue suit just almost like his Hawk Moth one except this was simpler and in a different color. He also had his hair messed up a little so it didn't look the same plus on top of that he received the bunny ears which according to his assistant "looked adorable".
But Gabriel protested and argued that he felt horrible in this "abomination of a costume" he got granted.

"Oh come on sir, it could've been worse!"
"Yeah right. I could've ended up on the cover of Playboy."
"R-right-...that...c-could've...b-been...w-worse." She stuttered "I-I c-couldn't e-even i-imagine-...o-oh-g-god-..."
"Nathalie I-...I meant it as in their logo has a bunny on it...n-not because I would ever-...oh lord this is embarrassing. Are you imagining things?"
"N-no sir!"
Said she definitely not lying.
But her boss could instantly tell that his assistant was obviously lying.
Whatever, he just brushed that off and acted like nothing happened, so now the designer turned his back to her and stood in front of his buttery window, but before he could've began talking Nathalie immediately cut him off.

"OH MY GOD GABRIEL!" She screamed making the man turn around in an instant thinking that something was really bad since she never ever used his actual name, but as his eyes looked upon her face the designer instantly regretted worrying. "YOU HAVE A BUNNY TAIL!"
"I-"
"Ohhhhh it's so...fluffy and-"
"NATHALIE! Quit looking at my ass! We have serious business to do!"
"B-but-..."
"No but! Quite literally no but!"
"But-" She sighed turning away. "But it looks very..."
"I don't want to know!"

And with that the designer grabbed his assistant's hand so she stood next to him and not behind him. (Because who knew if she would continue staring or not)
Anyways.
So by using the miraculous's powers Gabriel created a time machine and stepped inside that thing only to find himself in a room full of different options where he could choose where to travel next.
He was searching desperately for the right time whilst Nathalie just looked all around.

She saw her boss young and in love, then heartbroken at Emilie's funeral, and happy once again when it was Adrien's fifth birthday.
It was a roller coaster of emotions which could be found in each and every single different memory, but before the young woman could've explored the future her boss grabbed her hand.

"NATHALIE! I think I've found the one." Said he pointing at a memory bubble "do you want to join me?"
"I-I guess..."
"Alright."
And with a smile he dragged her inside.

To be continued-