Adrien stays away from sunlight shining through while pacing back and forth upside down on the ceiling of the cathedral tower, thinking about that Ladybug.

"It feels like I do remember her somewhere," He thought about that memory flash of their first encounter and first battle. Was he a superhero before or was he something more than that?

"Tell me something, Plagg. What exactly did I do as Cat Noir?" Adrien asked Plagg.

"Well, you two were known as Paris's best superheroes. You two often teamed up against akumas, controlled by Hawkmoth, later Shadow Moth, and now Monarch" Plagg said.

"What? That madman changes his villain name a lot? What a coward" Adrien said.

"Yeah, he is one coward. He doesn't personally fight you and Ladybug" Plagg said.

"So he sends his minions to do his bidding? Hiding in the shadows like a coward" Adrien jumps down and lands on his feet, "If you say he had an akuma victim kill me, that means he indirectly killed me"

"Yes. He did" Plagg said.

"When I find him, I'll make him regret it" Adrien hissed.

"By killing him like you did to those grave robbers at the graveyard?" Plagg wondered.

"I was starving for blood! I didn't know what I was doing!" Adrien protested.

"Oh, fair enough" Plagg replied.

"Yes. Well, I guess I need to meet his Marinette someday" Adrien said.

"And how are you gonna do that? She thinks you're dead" Plagg said.

"Well as Bat Noir" Adrien said.

"And she never met Bat Noir," Plagg said.

"No, but I might try to get to know more about my former self before I died," Adrien said.

"Well, better not frighten pigtails," Plagg said.

"You once said she loves animals," Adrien said.

"Yeah, she does" Plagg nodded.

Adrien sees that it's still daylight and he can't walk in sunlight, "Maybe at night will do" He sighs.

"I can't believe the transformation only made you into a bat-cat hero. This is the first undead to do that" Plagg said.

"Yeah, I'm a cat with wings," Adrien said.

"And you can turn into an actual bat and black cat too. A black cat is probably your spirit animal" Plagg munched on his cheese.

"Let's see" Adrien morphed into an actual cat.

"Aww...how cute. It's like humans will fall for your bad luck and your cuteness so you can drink their blood" Plagg said sarcastically.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm only gonna do it on bad ones" Cat Adrien said.

"There's a difference between bad and evil," Plagg said.

"Such as this Chloe, she seems to take pride in being bitch" Cat Adrien said.

"She's always the meanest girl in Paris. Just like her mom" Plagg said.

"I can imagine that everyone hates them both" Adrien morphs back to human form.

"And worst of all, this Lila girl is a manipulative liar. You were always naive and oblivious to think every nasty people deserves a second chance but they don't" Plagg said.

"I was?" Adrien replied.

"Until you finally were fed up and saw that they never deserved them," Plagg said.

"I see. I guess I need to know more about my former life sooner or later. Right now, my main priority is this Marinette" Adrien said.

"Of course. After all, you call her your princess" Plagg said.

"Do I?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah, as Cat Noir," Plagg said.

-

With Marinette, she was heading for Adrien's grave but saw the area was wrapped in police tape. It was odd and she noticed the detectives were finding traces of what really happened. Adrien's grave in the mausoleum says that the body is missing and that someone was trying to rob his corpse. As well as they found blood in the area, none of which belonged to him.

"Impossible. Blood doesn't remain fresh when you're dead for too long" The detective said.

"This is not his. There's no way he can walk like a zombie" The second detective said.

"I don't know. Whatever happened here really did not want to awaken the dead. Three grave robbers are dead" The third one said.

Marinette sneaked in to overhear them. What did they mean that Adrien's corpse is missing?

"Oh no! Are they gonna turn him all Frankenstein monster?!" Marinette ran off grossed out.

Bat Noir was on the roof watching her run off somewhere. So he followed her all the way home to the bakery. That place felt so familiar like he used to love croissants, macaroons, and Choquettes. A little memory made him remember that he used to enjoy pastries as Cat Noir whenever he visits his princess.

"I know this place," He said quietly and flew up to the balcony of the rooftop. He hopes she doesn't think he's a stalker or stranger.

He listened carefully hearing her get up to her room, "Oh, Adrien. Where did your body go?" She said sadly.

Bat Noir felt sympathy for her. She really did miss him so much. What can he do to tell her that he's undead and suffering from amnesia? But he too can't let her know that he's Cat Noir or Bat Noir. He tapped on the trapdoor door glass to get her attention.

"Huh? Coming!" Marinette ran over to open up.

"Hello there, Princess" Bat Noir greeted her.

"Cat Noir? What happened to you?" Marinette gasps in shock.

"Uhh...well....I decided to be a bat and cat mixture" Bat Noir said shyly, "When I heard the news about....you know. It made me feel horrible that I as Cat Noir wasn't there. So....I became Bat Noir" He explained, feeling completely stupid to come up with a lie.

"Oh, Cat. I mean Bat Noir, I miss Adrien so much!" Marinette clung to him and sobbed in his chest.

Bat Noir stood still but then hugs her to make her feel better, knowing how heartbroken she is without him around, even if he's here right now but she doesn't know that.

"You really love him so much. He would miss you too, Marinette. I know it's hard to not move on but he would want you to be happy" Bat Nour said.

"How can I be happy when he got murdered? He took the hit for me! It should have been me! Not him!" Marinette sobs.

"He wouldn't want to see you suffer in sadness, princess. It's not gonna make things better" He caressed her cheek.

"But what if he died in vain? What if his soul can't find the light? Kitty, he was everything to me. He was building his new life outside that mansion. His father was so strict that he manipulated me to give up on him. I could never do that" Marinette held his shoulders, "His life at the mansion isolated him from seeing the world. He never had friends all his life until he came to school to start a new life"

"Princess, I may not come up with the best words but Adrien lives in your heart," Bat Noir said.

"I know. I was gonna visit his grave but I heard they say his body is missing. I wanted to talk to him but police tapes blocked the way" Marinette explained, "During the funeral, his father did not come which was very unsupportive of him. Only Nathalie and the bodyguard came. Everyone misses Adrien so much" She still wept on his chest while he hugged her.

"Purrhaps I should stay with you for a while, Marinette," He said.

"Yeah....You always have ways to cheer me up, kitty" Marinette said.

Bat Noir did not know what he was doing when he let out a cute purr which was crazy for him but it was making Marinette calm. She nuzzled on his chest.

"Let it all out, princess," He said softly.

All that crying made her sleep and Bat Noir couldn't help but glance at her neck. He had to maintain control. There was no way in hell would he drink blood from a kind and innocent girl who made his undead heart feel alive.

"I'll be back, princess" He kissed her forehead and quietly left her room.

He flew off somewhere to feed. He needs to find bad guys to feed from but it's not gonna be easy to tell the difference. But he soon saw a mugger about to rob someone in the alley.

"Gotcha" Bat Noir's fangs grew, "I gotta make this silent but deadly. I can't let his victim see"

So right before he could make his move, Bat Noir grabs the mugger and bites his neck while holding his hand for his mouth. The mugger struggled a lot but Bat Noir knees him in the gut to wound him while sucking the blood. Soon the mugger passed out from losing so much blood.

The vampire licked the blood from his lips to clean it off, "Haaaah, much better!" He panted.

"What the hell?! Kill him now!" The second mugger screamed at his henchmen to fight.

"Not so fast!" Bat Noir rushes toward them and punched them hard and then threw one toward their leader.

"You morons! Get that goddam bat!" The leader pushed his men off.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk" Bat Noir clicks his tongue.

He then bares his fangs as his red eyes glowed, "I am vengeance, I am the darkness, I am Bat Noir!" He approached them.

"The hell?! Kill him already!" The leader said and his henchmen took out their daggers to throw at him.

It penetrated his stomach but he felt no pain, he simply pulls it out and the wound heals completely itself, "I forgot to mention. I'm already dead"

"Oh, shit!" They all began running from him.

But they were stopped by some kinetic pull and were brought back to him. He was using telekinesis on them.

"You know, I don't like bad guys taking innocent lives away" Bat Noir glared.

"No, please! Have mercy! Take us to jail!" They begged.

"And tell the public that you witnessed a vampire? No shit. No one is gonna believe they exist" Bat Noir glared.

"I swear we won't tell a soul!" The mugger leader begged.

"You're lying" Bat Noir crushed their hearts inside with his telekinesis and they all fell down dead.

"Such wasted lives they all had" Bat Noir leaves the alley.