Here's the next part! Enjoy. Had lots of fun writing it.

I do not own Miraculous Ladybug or its characters.

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Chapter 9

Chat Noir POV

I grabbed Hawkmoth by the shoulders and refused to let go of him until his transformation was undone. Standing there before me now was a man, about middle aged with ashy brown hair and piercing light sky blue eyes, around 35-40 maybe, standing with a smirk on his face.

"So Chat Noir, what are you going to now? Are you going to kill me? Are you going to hurt me like you say you really want to?" He asked with an evil grin on his face. Then he looked over his shoulder, motioning to Marinette. "And what about her? Can you trust her, Chat?" His eyes were cold and unforgiving even without his mask.

"No, I'm not going to kill you. I'm not a monster like you. I'm not going to hurt you, not yet, but I will if you EVER hurt Marinette again. Don't touch her, don't come near her. LEAVE HER ALONE. Got it. If I ever find out that you hurt her, then and only then will you hear from me again. And I can trust Marinette more than anyone in my life." I said as I looked Hawkmoth dead in the eyes, piercing into his soul.

"You know this isn't the end, right Chat Noir? You know there's more coming. My power isn't fully gone. I will return." He said with that same sly grin and it sent chills down my spine.

"I know it's always a possibility, but right now, I don't want to see your face again. Get out of here." I said with the most serious expression, gesturing towards the door.

Just as he was about to leave, a beeping sound pierced the silence.

'That's right. I used my miraculous. Only have........ Two minutes left!?!?!?!'

What I didn't know was that I was so busy yelling at Hawkmoth that I didn't realize that my miraculous was beeping, but Hawkmoth knew. He smirked at me as I lifted my head from looking at my ring in shock. How could I have lost track of time.

"That's a shame." He said before lunging at me and pinning me to the ground, throwing my baton out of my hand and onto the ground, "I will find who you are and take both Ladybug's....... I mean, Marinette's miraculous and yours." He said with a grin.

I tried as hard as I could to get him off of me, but nothing seemed to work. I looked around frantically, trying to find a way out of this. My heart raced, but I remained calm and collected on the outside.

"You'll never get my miraculous, or Marinette's." I said. But doubt started to flood my mind. What if he did get it? What would happen? What would happen to Marinette and I?

'Marinette' I thought to myself as I looked over at her. She was still in the same place, propped against the wall and still seemed to be out cold. I needed to do what I could to help her.

Marinette POV

When I woke up, all I felt was pain. I looked over at my shoulder with my blurred vision and saw the blood stained rag covering it. All I remembered from the fight was the pain and the pain in Chat's eyes.

Chat! Where is he? Is he okay? I need to find him.

That didn't take long. I heard voices from the dimly lit room that surrounded me and saw two figures, one on top of the other pinning him down, in the middle of the room. Someone who I assumed was Hawkmoth citizen persona was pinning down Chat. I needed to help him.

I went to move, but the pain in my shoulder made me flinch and move back. I can't give up. Chat needs help. I have to get through this. I carefully picked myself up and leaned against the wall with my good shoulder and hand. Then, and object caught my sight. Chat's baton. I didn't need Miraculous vision or Lucky Charm to know what to do. Just then, I panicked and opened my purse to see a scared Tikki sitting inside.

"Tikki!?!? You're alright!!" I whispered to her happily.

"Marinette, thank goodness, you're okay." She said with a smile, but it quickly turned to a worried expression. "Chat needs help!"

"I know Tikki, I'm on it. Stay low."

"But, don't you want to.........."

"No Tikki," I said, "I need to do this by myself, plus you need rest. I can handle this." I reassured her.

"Okay." She said as she flew back in my purse.

I carefully and quietly walked from the wall over to the baton and picked it up. No one heard me. Perfect. They were still talking and fighting with each other, so I quickly and painfully jogged over behind Hawkmoth, and with the strongest swing I could muster, I knocked him out with the baton meeting the back of his head. Hawkmoth stopped moving and fell to the floor and Chat looked around to see what happened.

"Who are you?" He said, not being able to see me. I took a step forward, his baton still in my hand.

"C-chat?" I said as the tears flooded my eyes. My legs began to sway and my knees buckled under my exhaustion.

"Marinette......?" He said as I fell into his arms, his baton falling out of my hand with a loud 'clank' onto the cold concrete floor.

"It's okay. It's over Marinette." He said hugging me. I closed my eyes and fell asleep in his arms.

His transformation came undone not a second later.

"Sweet dreams, my lady."

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There might be one or two chapters after this, so look forward to those. And I just want to send out a thank you for everyone who has been supporting this story. Let me know if you want more.

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