"Yes, Adrien. Why don't you tell her why you are here?" A sharp voice cut through the still air like a knife as Adrien held Marinette behind him weakly, his emerald eyes searching the area for the impending danger.

From the doorway stood an unfamiliar man, but going on by how Adrien is glaring at him Marinette assumed the worst. The tall man with shaved black hair grinned maliciously at them, taking three steps into the brightly lit room. "I can't believe it was two teenagers that caused my men so much damage."

My men? Wouldn't that mean?...

"Oh that's right, Marinette. We haven't met yet, have we? You're the one who killed my son, are you not?" Marinette's blood ran cold as a metallic taste flooded her mouth. It was him, it was really him. The leader of Proietille Velenoso. Marc DeLuzrio. The alarm in her head went off as she realized that Adrien didn't know any of that, but it went ignored as the man began to walk her way.

A flash of yellow blurred in front of her. The burning hope that Chat Noir had shown up lit up like a wildfire in her heart, but she was soon disappointed and shocked to see Adrien Agreste standing in front of her with his teeth bared at DeLuzrio.

"Don't you dare touch her, DeLuzrio. I won't hesitate to do to you what I did to your nephew." Adrien snarled, bending his knees into a fighting position as Marc stopped a few feet away from the couple. Marc seemed to know what Adrien was talking about as his face visibly darkened his brown eyes turning almost black.

"What you did to my nephew, huh? How can you do that exactly? Last I checked, you don't have your suit anymore."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Marinette asked, standing a little taller behind Adrien as she tried to gather all of the energy she had left to get ready for a fight.

"It doesn't matter to you, Marinette. You'll be dead in a matter of minutes as compensation for my son." When he noticed Adrien's fierce glare, Marc continued with a sadistic grin on his face. "But I guess after all of your hard work for trying to find us, I should give you two a little reward. How about I tell you why I had my men kill all those people?"

"That's too easy. What's in it for you?" Marc's brown eyes zeroed in on Adrien as the blond spoke, or more like growled at him.

"What's in it for me? Well, I know that this story is going to hurt you. And while I am a man for watching others in physical pain, mental and emotional pain are so much better. You say just a few words, and then the person starts doing all the hard work themselves, tearing themselves apart from the inside out. It's amusing. So that's what's in it for me."

Marinette felt Adrien's hand run down her forearm, squeezing her wrist as he kept her behind him. When did he start touching her? Marinette wasn't quite sure.

"Well, it's not really a long story I guess, but I'll start. It all started with three people. Myself, Marie Laurent and Gabriel Agreste. Does that name sound familiar to you, Adrien? Marinette?" When neither of them answered his question, Marc shrugged as he continued. "Well, I'm sure you've heard of these things called Miraculouses?"

Shivers trailed down Marinette's spine as her fingers unconsciously traveled up to her ears where her earrings were. Seeing the movement, Marc smirked.

"You see, the Miraculous have been around since the beginning of time, including the Ladybug and Chat Noir Miraculous. They are both on their own more powerful than any of the other miraculouses, but when they're combined they have the powers of God."

"So that's what you're after?" Marinette spat. "You're after Ladybug's and Chat Noir's miraculous?"

"No. I want revenge. I don't give two shits about the powers of a God. Not even God can bring back my son. But I can rain hell on you."

"What does Gabriel Agreste have to do with the miraculous?"

"Oh you mean you don't know, Adrien?" Marc said in mock concern, a creepy smirk etched onto his face. "Marie and Gabriel are you parents, Adrien. Together, the three of us created a group that had no name, just a duty. We were created to protect the miraculous. Soon, more people began to join the group and as the year went on, Marie fell in love with Gabriel, while I fell for her. And then you came. You ruined everything for me, you damn brat!" Marc yelled, right before a fist was connected with Adrien's jaw. The blond was easily knocked over from the lack of energy.

"Get off of him!" Marinette lunged towards DeLuzrio, managing to knock head with him before he pushed her off, slamming her square on the ground. She felt the air escape her lungs, unable to breath as she gasped for oxygen.

"Marinette!" Marc delivered a hard kick to her side, causing her to slide over to Adrien who easily caught her. He gently pulled her up so her head was on his lap. "Breath Marinette. Take a deep breath." He held her close to him as he glared at Marc who straightened himself up.

"Now that that is over, let me finish. After Marie got pregnant with you, she married Gabriel who had just started his career in fashion. It killed me. So I went to Marie's mother, I believe you two have met her, right? She told you to call her Granny, if I remember correctly.

Marinette's shoulders shook as she covered her mouth, her blue eyes wide with tears. Adrien was no better as his body stiffened.

"I went to Granny to ask for advice, but do you know what she told me? She told me I wasn't worthy for her daughter! Me! I hated it, and I began to hate the group as well."

"So that's why? The people Proietille Velenoso killed, they were all a part of that secret society, weren't they? That's why you killed my mom-"

"Oh, I didn't kill her. She is, in fact, very alive. In this building too. And she's gonna stay here-"

The door behind Marc flung open, slamming against the back of his head and shoving him out of the way. It would have been funny, had they not just heard the new information. There at the door stood a beautiful blond woman in a torn blue dress with a blob of black with bright green eyes hovering next to her.

"Sorry I'm late kid, Ace! I had to steal some cheese from some guy's sandwich!"

Sorry for no updates as of recently with this story! I'm just starting to lose the enjoyment of writing it, but I know you love it so here it is! The story is coming to an end soon! How do you think this book is going to end?

Until next time, peace!