"Wooow you look very different." Said the tall dark brown haired man as he took a better look at his sister, Nathalie.

After all not seeing each other for 20 years does show that a lot has changed, but Thomas still found it fascinating how his little sister's hair was very different from its original color, plus even the way she dressed and acted seemed a bit odd to him.

"Well" Nathalie joked "You haven't changed a thing! Actually maybe you grew a little more."
"Hilarious. And you maybe shrunk a little more!"
Thomas laughed but his sister just gave him a punch and an annoyed look signaling that he should stop with his rather 'unfunny' jokes.

-

Meanwhile the siblings were 'bonding' after 20 years of no contact with each other Gabriel was trying to sketch out his new designs, but he had no inspiration.
He had to get them done by this weekend for some reason because apparently Audrey 'needed them', and even the designer himself couldn't say no to that 'utterly ridiculous' woman.
So with an exhausted sigh Gabriel continued to draw whatever came into his mind.

Whilst he was doing that Nooroo, the man's kwami, buzzed around the whole office like a crazy fly. He was currently living his best life without any curses or spells put upon him, but the purple butterfly still knew that he needed to stay close to his owner otherwise he would get into big trouble. So Nooroo just flew from one end of the room to the other.

He repeated this...an uncountable amount of times to the point where he himself got a bit dizzy and accidentally hit the window, then fell onto the floor unconscious.

Of course by this the designer's work was disturbed and so since he already couldn't draw Gabriel simply got up too look at the purple kwami.

"Nooroo, you stupid little creature! Why did you need to do this?"

"There, he said it again!"  Adrien cheered from behind the door as he was now spying on his father trying to find out who he really was, and as Gabriel has said the name "Nooroo!" once more again the kid didn't hesitate to break open the door.

"Oh hello father, what are you doing on this divine day?"
"A-ADRIEN!" The designer jumped in fear and quickly stuffed the purple kwami into his pocket so his son wouldn't suspect a thing. "I was-...uhm-...I saw something outside the window. But-...now it's gone."
"Oh." Adrien nodded not at all convinced, he knew his father was lying, he was always lying! "Maybe it was your imagination playing with you-...people at your age do that."

Gabriel felt offended, he wasn't that old but his hair sure added +10 years to his look.
And now the way his son had pointed that out so proudly made the man feel rather insecure.

"Ah yes, must be my age." The designer whispered turning away from the child and in doing so breaking their eye contact.

"Well then I'll be in my room, but if I'm gone it's just your imagination playing tricks with you." Adrien laughed "Don't be fooled again!"

Now Gabriel's day was ruined, and so was his mood, plus as if that wasn't bad enough Nathalie was not even there to cheer him up.

...

After a couple hours, Gabriel decided to have a look at his son, but when he entered the kid's room Adrien was for real gone.

"Son??...ADRIEN?!?!" Was he going insane or was Adrien really gone? Not even the man himself knew so he asked his friend:
"NOOROO!! AM I LOOSING MY MIND OR-"
"I'm afraid no Master, your son is really gone!!"

Yes, the little kwami was absolutely right, in fact, right this second whilst the grey haired man was panicking his son was flirting with his 'partner':

"Hey bugaboo, why'd you call me? Feeling lonely?"
"Ugh no!" She spat rolling her eyes "Apparently Master Fu wanted to talk to the both of us."
"Oh I thought it would be something more interesting, but alright."

After saying that Chat Noir and Ladybug made their ways to the old man's secret hidden house but before they could've even entered the home a loud crash behind them made both teenagers turn their heads.

It was an army of akumatized people, and they looked quite fierce.

"Uhh M'lady-"
"Yes kitty? Do you have a genius plan to escape this?!"
"Well-...no-" But before the hero could've spoken further his partner grabbed him and with that quickly jumped on top of the house, this way they were a bit more protected from the bad guys.

"Bloody hell!" Ladybug shouted as she saw just exactly how big this 'army' was. It almost looked as if the whole of Paris would've teamed up against the young heroes "What on EARTH is Hawk Moth planning to do?! Is this gonna be like heroes day again?!"
"I sure hope not M'lady!"

Well...unfortunately for them that's exactly what the villain was planning.
He'd akumatized himself so he would have the power to make everyone his slave, and then Hawk Moth ordered everyone to:
"Search after Adrien Agreste, and bring him to me, alive!"
"On it!" The creatures collectively replied making Gabriel smile in approval since he truly believed that this way Adrien would be found quickly.
I mean could a child really escape this big of a crowd consisting of akumatized villains who were all forced to search for him?
Probably not, and that was exactly Chat Noir's biggest fear, so without wasting any further time he excused himself:

"M'lady I have to go." And with that the boy was already gone before his lady could've even held him back.

-

Adrien ran home as fast as he could and quickly de-transformed before entering the mansion.

"Father!! Father!! Hawk Moth wants to find me! We need to hide!! Father?"

Adrien ran around the whole house but Gabriel wasn't anywhere.

He had checked his room, the office, and even the kitchen but the designer who mostly never left the mansion was not home, just when his child needed him the most, so with a worried soul Adrien transformed back into Chat Noir and went to confront his biggest enemy.

The teenager thought that maybe Hawk Moth had found his father and potentially took him away, so Chat could only hope that Gabriel was still in good health...but little did he know...

-

Hawk Moth was standing at the top of the hotel owned by Audrey and her husband when the young hero jumped in front of him.

"Where's my fa-...I mean Gabriel Agreste?"

"Huh?" The villain gasped as he saw his sudden 'visitor' but soon enough that scared expression he had on turned into an evil smirk "Hahaha he's safe with all of my other hostages!"
"Hostages?" The boy repeated "So he's with Mayura I suppose. Be careful he might take your girlfriend."
"She-...she is NOT my girlfriend!"
"Right, and I'm not your enemy." Chat smirked.

To be continued-