"Go now! Retrieve their Miraculous' Rabbiteer! You almost have them! Do it now!' Hawkmoth demanded, the power of the Miraculous was almost within his grasp.

"Yes Hawkmoth! I'll end this with my final act of the night! So watch closely!" The akumatized villain yelled, he removed his black top hot, his rabbit ears twitching in anticipation.

"You'll never get our Miraculous Hawkmoth! No matter how many innocent people you possess! We will save them and reverse any damage you've cost!" Ladybug yelled pointing at the villain, a hand on her hip and she smirked, despite growing tired.

"Your magic tricks is nothing compared to our real magic! But it was paws-atively nice to be apart of a magic show but now it's over!" Chat Noir said, a grin spreading across his features as he moved his baton to on his shoulders.

Today's villain was a magician who couldn't finish his favorite magic trick, which was to pull a live rabbit from his top hat, the party he was performing for called him a faker and continued to boo him and the rejection from the crowd was enough for Hawkmoth to send one of his cursed akumas to possess the magician and with Hawkmoths power, Rabbiteer was awaken and released multiple gigantic rabbits around Paris, famous monuments had disappeared, army's of playing cards stormed the streets and multiple people had run frantic of what would happen next. Their fight had lasted longer than the hero's expected and they were growing restless.

"Chat Noir, the Akuma must be in his Top Hat! We have to get it away from him." Ladybug spoke with a pant. This Akuma was pretty tough, everytime they would get near him, he'd vanish in a puff of smoke and reappear a few feet away, Ladybug had even managed to get him caught in her yoyo but he puffed away and this game was becoming tedious and the Akuma would fire confetti at them, as silly as it sounded, the shards of paper would hurt scratching across their bodies and they would be shoved back a few feet from the impact. It hurt their bodies, even with their suits taking most of the blow.

"I know but how do we get it away from him!?" Chat yelled.

"Give up! You'll never defeat me! You're finished!" Rabbiteer yelled and with a wave of his magic wand, a box appeared. The hero's raised an eyebrow.

"For my next trick, I will need a volunteer!" He announced as though he was still speaking to an audience even with the streets cleared, most of the civilians evacuated besides the few people trapped in buildings or in tricks and perhaps Alya who was probably hidden away and recording the whole fight, stubborn girl.

"Ah yes! How about the tom cat!" The Rabbiteer suggested, Chat Noir gasped as if offended.

"I beg your pardon Monsieur! I am no Tom Cat!" Chat Noir said, Ladybug shook her head.

'This dumb cat...'

"Wonderful! Step right up!" He yelled and in a snap, Chat Noir was in the box and a saw appeared.

"Watch and be amazed as I cut this cat in half!" He said proudly and lowered his wand, in which lowered the saw and Chat's eyes blew wide.

"Hey! Hey!" Chat bellowed as the saw lowered further.

Ladybug acted quickly and threw her yoyo at the villain, the magical toy wacking the villain in the head which made the box disappear.

"That way too close for comfort!" Chat said as he jumped to her side, Ladybug gripped her partner's arm.

"We have to end this soon Chat, we need a plan to get his hat."

"But how my Lady?" Chat asked her, she tapped her chin the looked to her yoyo.

"Lucky Charm!"

The explosion of ladybugs had dropped a small red and black squirt gun into her hands.

'What in the Miraculous am I supposed to do with this!?'

"Your Lucky Charms just get weirder and weirder."

She sighed and put the squirt gun away, she had no idea what to do with the toy.

"No matter! I've got five minutes before I transform back!" Ladybug said.

"Hand over your Miraculous and this city will be saved! Give me your earrings and ring and I will spare this city and its people!" Rabbiteer yelled.

"Never!" The hero's yelled.

"Then all of Paris will suffer!" Rabbiteer said and removed his hat and began to wave his wand.

Ladybug's eyes grew in worry. She looked at her Lucky Charm then around her, searching for a way to stop the villain, then it clicked and she took out her yoyo.

"Chat, distract him for me!" Ladybug yelled and got ready.

"You got it LB!" Chat began and brought out his baton and raced to the Akuma.

"Whatcha plannin' on doing Rabbiteer?" Chat said running up to the Akuma and blocked a ribbon when it tried to latch onto him.

"A true magician never reveals their secrets!" He yelled and continued on, his hat was floating and spinning with an eerie purple glow coming from it and from the looks of it and the look on the Rabbiteer's face, what he was planning didn't look good.

"What do I have up my sleeve?" He announced and in a flash, a deck of cards flew from them and the cards grew and grew until they were twice Chat's size and giving him a dirty look, Chat Noir readied his baton.

"Better hurry it up Bugaboo!" Chat yelled as he fought back the card army.

"One more minute!" Ladybug yelled as she placed the final piece of her plan to stop the Akuma, her earrings beeped.

"Not so fast little pest!"

Ladybugs feet were dragged out from under her and she fell to the ground and she was dragged back, she heard the second beep of her earrings.

'Shit!'

"I have you now!" The Rabbiteer yelled as he finished his trick, his hat and along with his magic, had formed a cannon and it was huge and Ladybug didn't want to know what he planned using it on!

Or who..

"Not so fast!" Chat yelled, he extended his baton and it seperated the villain from his lady, Ladybug rose to her feet.

"Perfect Chat Noir! We have him now!"

Chat Noir vaulted over the card army and jumped between Ladybug and the Rabbiteer.

"You're gonna have to go through me first!" Chat said, his baton ready. Rabbiteer growled.

"You pesky cat! If that's your wish!" Rabbiteer yelled and pointed his cannon at him but Chat Noir didn't stand down.

"Hit me if you can!" Chat said and nodded to Ladybug who was standing on a roof.

"You damned-!"

The Rabbiteer halted his remark when Chat Noir sprayed him in the face with the little squirt gun, he stood staring at the hero in shock for only a moment and it was his delay that allowed Ladybug to snatch the Top Hat from his head and land on the ground, she ripped the hat in half.

"Get out of there you nasty bug!" Ladybug yelled victoriously, her earrings beeping. Two minutes, plenty of time to purify the poor butterfly and make sure the civilian was alright. She thought she could hear the cheer from her stubborn friend not too far away.

"Way to go my lady!" Chat cheered.

Silence remained, no butterfly emerged, Ladybugs eyebrows furrowed in confused than in realization.

"Ladybug!"

Ladybug turned to see the villain smiling.

"Oh silly bug, you thought you figured it out?" The Rabbiteer asked as he pointed his cannon at the heroin.

"M'Lady watch out!" Chat Noir yelled and Ladybug threw her yoyo to the building behind her and rushed to get out of the line of fire but it was too late. It was as if it was all happening in slow motion, how the blast of light shot from the cannon, the sound of beeping in her ears as it seemed that her life flashed before her eyes then she saw black, she felt immense pain in her left arm and throughout her entire body and felt herself fall before she fully blackout.

Chat Noir watched in horror as a huge beam shot from the cannon, it caused the ground to quake, the villain was pushed back a few feet from the pure, intense force of the blast but the earth seemed to stop as he watch the blast hit Ladybug square in her chest, she was shot back and Chat Noir would never forget the sickening sound of her body smacking into the building, the intense crunch of bones snapping when her body hit brick, a huge indent of her impact remained.

He could hear his own voice screech her name as his body moved at its own accord to rush and thankfully, managing to catch his lady in the air before she hit the ground. He held her body close to his, he heard the final beeps of her Miraculous and quickly hid her face in his neck as her transformation dropped and his precious Ladybug, broken and beaten, bleeding and unconscious now laid limp in his arms.

"My lady?" His voice quivered and he heard no reply, he held her body closer.

"Ladybug! Please wake up!" He yelled to her, he stroked her hair and held her head closer to his neck, making sure he nor no one else saw her face, so no would know her identity but he felt a sticky substance on his gloves but when he looked down, he almost hurled when he saw the color, it was red, it was…blood.

"B-Blood?" Chat Noir gasped.

His lady was injured.

Ladybug was injured.

Her civilian self was injured, badly.

"YOU MONSTER!" Chat Noir yelled glaring at the Akuma, the villain smirked.

Chat Noir wanted to destroy it himself but he had to get Ladybug help, her head was badly bleeding and her arm was colored awful shades of black, blue and red and bent in a way he knew wasn't natural.

"You'll be next!" The Rabbiteer yelled, Chat knew he had to get help for Ladybug, he'd just have to get the Akuma later. With that, he scooped his lady into his arms and fled the scene.

"Awe, I scared him away! Scaredy Chat! Come back and I'll squish you like I did your little bug friend!" The Rabbiteer yelled.

When Chat Noir was a safe distance away, he panted as he kneeled but didn't loosen his grip on Ladybug once.

He closed his eyes tightly.

'I know she didn't want us to know our true identities but her life is at stake!'

"Forgive me my lady!" Chat Noir began and lowered her down and he gasped at the sight before him.

"M-Marinette?"