Revelations Ch 19

Chapter 19 – No More Beeps

Ladybug and Cat Noir had less than five minutes before it would all come toppling down on them, they didn't know what to do. They didn't know whether they should look when their transformations wear off or fight blind. But they both knew that they would fight to the very end just to save Paris.

"We can't stop now Chat, we'll fight to the end!" She declared, whipping out her yoyo and flying up towards the ceiling, landing safely on the railing.

Chat nodded as he narrowed his eyebrows at the scene displayed in front of him, he quickly whacked his stick against the villains who were closest to him and extended it up to where Ladybug was. Then a growl of pure anger echoed through the room.

"Don't let them get away!" Hawkmoth cried.

The pair had a very slim amount of time to work things out, so they stood facing each other, both with worried and scared looks as Ladybug's earrings beeped again.

"What can we do? We can't keep fighting..." Chat cried, before his ring beeped again, showing that he had three minutes left.

"I know, but I have an idea." Ladybug assured, looking up showing determination in her face.

Chat grew confused when Ladybug didn't speak a word after that, instead she jumped off the highest floor and swung herself to hit as many people as possible at once. She landed on the ground on the opposite side of where Hawkmoth was, she kept her eyes peeled on him while also protecting herself with her yoyo. She took a glance at the confused cat who had now gotten the idea, but grew worried thinking about him and Ladybug being so close to reveal their identities.

So he extended his stick and spun it above his head to land safely on the ground, not long before he was tackled but then he managed to use his staff and fighting skills to shove them all away. Meanwhile Hawkmoth was getting extremely frustrated not having his akumatised victims do anything right for him; he decided to make a run for it straight towards Ladybug, his arm reaching outwards as he ran.

Ladybug and Cat Noir looked at each other with a smirk and a nod before they managed to pin Hawkmoth to the ground using their enhanced strength. But then, Ladybug's earrings went off again, she cringed in deep worry as Chat looked at her showing the same expression not long before his ring beeped again.

Hawkmoth laughed mockingly, seeing that the two's identities were about to be revealed to each other. He had some thoughts to who Cat Noir might be, but finding out who Ladybug really was under the mask was going to be the more surprising he hoped.

"You can't hold me down forever. Soon your miraculous will wear off and you'll be defenceless!" Hawkmoth stated, laughing evilly.

They both knew he was right, but Ladybug wasn't about to give up yet. She still had less than two minutes and she knew now that wherever she released Tikki would have to be in the mansion, same to Cat Noir too about Plagg. So she done the only thing she could think of in a flash, she used her legs to kick Hawkmoth all the way towards the wall. It was then that she ordered her partner to flee and find a safe place to de-transform.

Chat ran up the stairs while Ladybug swung herself to the topmost section of the mansion, and starting to run into one of the rooms while Chat done the same on the second floor. But suddenly, guitar villain emitted a seismic wave that caused the pair to become very unbalanced, they both held onto the railing for balance, but then they could see Rodgercop pointing his guns straight at them, they both managed to move in time but Ladybug had fell to the second floor, toppling onto Chat.

With no time for jokes, he quickly lifted Ladybug up and ran into the closest room to them still holding her hand. He slammed the door shut behind them then turned to see a very worried Ladybug.

"Chat...I didn't want this to happen yet...now is not the right time for this to be happening..." She explained with a sigh, before her earrings beeped telling her she had less than a minute left. She covered her ear as she closed her eyes slowly, she didn't know what to think.

"I know, but if I go back out there...there's no way I'd be able to get to a place in time to save my identity." Chat said before his ring beeped, giving the same warning with less than a minute left.

He tightened his hand against Ladybug's, showing his love and affection for her, and how serious he was about the situation, he could feel Ladybug's hand tighten around his. It was the same tight grip that Ladybug gave him when he was at the park as Adrien.

It felt like this was it; they were going to find out. It was all silent; Ladybug's blue sparkling eyes met Cat Noir's emerald green eyes. Nothing but staring and then Ladybug closed her eyes thoughtfully, sincerely hoping that Chat would understand why she closed them.

He took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, he would not peek, and he trusted Ladybug enough that she wouldn't look either. He was going to leave the room and keep his eyes shut, he would lead Ladybug out of the room and into another room safely, all doing with his eyes closed. Chat knew the place well enough to know where everything was, it wasn't going to be difficult. He only hoped that they wouldn't be attacked the moment he opened the door.

But then tragedy struck, the door slammed open and crashed onto the ground, standing there was Hawkmoth and behind him were his most strongest akumatised victims: Rodgercop, Antibug, guitar villain, Evillustrator, Theo as Cat Noir and Lady Wifi.

Ladybug and Chat quickly turned with a gasp, both in their heads shrieking 'no' as their eyes widened at the sudden reality and the sudden change in severity of the situation. Although they hadn't changed back yet they still refused to look at each other just in case if they were to change while one was looking at the other.

Evillustrator had created a transparent cube around them while Antibug wrapped her yoyo around the cube and pulled it through the door, all in which Hawkmoth watched in pleasure as he saw the two helpless superheroes doing nothing to get out of it.

They had no choice; they couldn't keep fighting when their identities were less than a minute away from being revealed. Neither of them knew what to think anymore, all they did was hold each other in arms with their eyes tightly closed.

Then Theo as Cat Noir used his staff to fling the cube off the railing and down towards the ground where the cube smashed and disappeared and then Lady Wi-Fi pinned their hands to the ground.

Ladybug and Cat Noir were in defeat, they had tried all they could to stop Hawkmoth but his army was too much for them. Their identities were going to be revealed and they couldn't do anything about it, their miraculous was going to be taken and Hawkmoth would grow more powerful than before.

"Grab their miraculous...now!"

And then it happened, Ladybug's earrings beeped again and with a flash of pink light her costume vanished to reveal the sweet innocent Marinette underneath. Tikki saw the scene presented before them, she panicked and quickly took the earrings off Marinette and flew away, quickly dodging any attacks that were aimed at her. (A/N I don't know if they can take the miraculous off themselves, but let's keep it canon in this story.)

Hawkmoth growled as he saw the kwami fly towards the open doors. "Chase after it!" He demanded, forcing several of his victims to run out the door and chase after her.

Cat Noir closed his eyes tighter, he turned away. He didn't want to see Ladybug in her civilian form unless he had no other choice, he didn't want to break her promise. There was silence across the room, all the akumatised victims shared the same expression of hate like they always did, indicating that Ladybug's de-transformation had no effect on them. But Hawkmoth ordered them to stop for a moment so he could analyse who Ladybug really was.

"Who are you, girl?" He asked, approaching Marinette, who still had her eyes tightly closed; not wanting to see exactly what was going on. "Open your eyes!" He demanded.

Right after he said that, Chat's ring beeped and Plagg flew out of the ring and hit himself against the wall, he collapsed in exhaustion, but then looked up to see Adrien with Ladybug's civilian form and Hawkmoth right next to him, he panicked and just like Tikki did, he quickly went for the ring.

"So...my suspicions were true." Hawkmoth whispered loudly to himself as he looked over at Adrien.

Plagg gasped as he looked up at the villain, he yelped as he tried to get the ring off of Adrien's finger, but then he felt a tight grip around his body. He looked up and saw the smiling Hawkmoth down at him before he pulled the ring off Adrien's finger with ease.

Marinette kept her eyes closed; she felt her ears feeling lighter and emptier...like they were before she had the miraculous. It was then that she realised Tikki sought out to protect the miraculous against Hawkmoth while she was down. She felt a small smile of gratitude towards Tikki form across her lips, but then she heard Hawkmoth's voice again a little way's distance from her.

"I knew that ring was your miraculous from the first time I made the connection." Hawkmoth said, lifting Adrien's chin up.

Adrien still refused to open his eyes, he knew his miraculous was gone and in the possession of Hawkmoth as well as Plagg, he didn't know what to do. He held back his tears for as long as he could while he could feel Hawkmoth's presence inches away from his face. His heart started to race in fear, he had never felt so scared and worried in all his life. Everything would change once he opened his eyes and saw who Ladybug truly was. Yet he felt Hawkmoths words trying to draw a line in his mind, his words felt all too familiar to him, and his voice began to sound more like someone he knew closely.

But he kept his eyes shut, not wanting to see the reality of the situation.

Marinette feared the same, she didn't want to open her eyes either, she promised herself that she wouldn't look unless it was the only thing she could do. She could feel her eyes water, tears escaping from her closed eyelids, she felt like it was the end of it all, but yet she still had a little hope that somehow she would get out of this, find Tikki and save the day. But she didn't have a single clue of how that was going to happen when now Hawkmoth knew exactly who they were and with akumatised victims surrounding them.

"After all this time...my son has been working with Ladybug behind my back."

Marinette tried not to listen, but the words pierced her skin, she didn't want to believe it to be true, but somehow whoever Chat really was, Hawkmoth was able to confirm him as his own son.

Adrien felt his heart stop for a complete moment, there was no way...he didn't want to believe it. Underneath his eyelids his pupils shrunk in shock, he began to breathe heavily as he tried to avoid Hawkmoth's words.

"Open your eyes!" Hawkmoth demanded.

Neither teen accepted the reality to open their eyes and see who each other really were. All that Hawkmoth could see was his own son and a girl who he felt like he has met somewhere before. He stood up from kneeling in front of Adrien and moved his way towards the akumatised victims.

"This is none of your concern now, you can leave!" He shouted, using the power of his own miraculous to force everyone to leave.

As they all left, Lady Wi-Fi kept the locks on Marinette's and Adrien's hands, the two of them were now alone with Hawkmoth. Marinette had no one to whisper to, Tikki left in a hurry to protect the miraculous from Hawkmoth; meanwhile Plagg was unlucky to have been caught by Hawkmoth and now the ring in his possession.

He turned back towards the teens, he looked at the navy haired teen more closely, he approached her slowly, analysing her as he approached her face. He only needed those eyes to see who she really was.

"Look up at me girl!" He demanded, grabbing Marinette's chin tightly, causing her to yelp in pain as her tears became too much.

"Don't touch her!" Adrien demanded, still his eyes glued shut as he could hear everything that was going on.

Hawkmoth ignored his son, focusing his attention back to Marinette. It was then that his patience grew too thin and he kicked Marinette in the chest, causing her to collapse. Adrien screamed in pain as he could hear the love of his life getting hurt without him protecting her. His emerald eyes sprung open, quickly turning to Hawkmoth and a girl fallen on her back, she sat up slowly, her face being revealed to Adrien.

His heart stopped, his eyes widened, everything in his body stopped just for that moment of realisation. It was her; the love of his life was the one he saw every day at school. He should've known...but deep down he felt like he always knew.

Adrien refused to say anything, as much as he wanted to call out her name he knew it would only bring more bad luck to the situation.

Marinette's eyes opened suddenly, the pain making it too much for her to not see the extent of the damage. The first thing she saw was her legs numb on the ground, her hands locked, and a dark figure standing in front of her, his blue glowing eyes staring at her in pure anger. Her heart beat quickened in panic, there she was...without her miraculous in front of her arch enemy who was towering over her.

She knew that Chat was beside her, she didn't know if he saw who she really was or not, but she closed her eyes again, desperately wanting this to all just be a bad dream, it seemed all too unreal and terrible to be happening.

"Open your eyes girl, and look over to your partner!" Hawkmoth demanded, his hand reaching high up into the air.

She didn't want to turn, but Hawkmoth's palm against her cheek forced her to. It was then that she saw Cat Noir without the mask.

All this time it had been her crush Adrien Agreste. Cat Noir was Adrien Agreste. Marinette was Ladybug. All along they were two star struck lovers, clueless to how the other felt.

Marinette felt her body go numb, her heart almost stopping in the utter shock and disbelief that she had been giving herself all this time, and now she had no choice but to accept, but she somehow knew that it was him.

Somehow deep down they both knew.