Adrien had gotten a little less...disturbed. He was still trapped in his akumatized state, but Marinette could see glimpses of his true self leak through once in a while in his mannerisms. He went on less tangents about 'Adrien' and started to have some normal conversations with her. Normal for the situation that is. The window of hope opened a few days ago when she had told him how she fell in love with him, that was the key. All she could do beyond that was warm him up to her and wish for there to be some success. She ultimately had to wait for Tikki, but there were steps to the entire process of saving Adrien. She had to emotionally support him before her grand finale.

The time had finally arrived to act. Adrien was away for the night due to some family business. he didn't really tell her any of the details, but she knew one thing. It was a little too convenient to be a coincidence, Master Fu had most definitely created the situation. Wayazz floated in like a ghost with the most miraculous gift ever. He held a box that contained her beautiful spotted earrings.

"Let's break out now Ladybug!" The little turtle kwami was in great haste as he hurried ladybug to put her earrings in.

"I can't. Not yet." She couldn't abandon Adrien. In a strange way she had come to love him even more with the events that had unfolded. She had seen glimpses of his weaknesses and insecurities, and as a 'hero' it was her job to save him. Wayazz tried with all his might to persuade her but had to give up as distant footsteps could be heard. Adrien was expected to be away for a few more hours, but as life goes nothing ever goes according to plan. Marinette had to think fast, she couldn't put the earrings in her ears. Even if she hid them with her hair Adrien was quite perceptive. The footsteps were getting too close for comfort as she shoved the earrings into her tongue as she reasoned it was a much less visible place. Tikki didn't even have time to talk to Marinette before she was ordered to hide behind the toilet. The only thing Marinette heard from her was 'wake up!', which made no sense at all. She wished she could have gotten a clarification of the meaning of that phrase before she condemned her beloved kwami to a rather unpleasant destination. In about a minute Adrien stood in front of the cell and held his hand out, as was their newest ritual. She held his hand back and beckoned for his other one as well, it was very important that she held both his hands captive. Maybe it was the adrenaline, but she was able to talk normally. It almost didn't seem like she shoved two large earrings into her tongue. Now that she thought of it, she was lucky. It was actually very stupid to put them there and may have been better to just put them in her ears. She talked while looking towards the ground to make sure he had no visibility of the earrings in her mouth.

"You know Adrien, I love you. I love how you look out for your friends. How you put your life on the line for me so many times. I even love that you love me so much to hurt yourself by doing this to me. That is why, I will save you. Tikki! BUGS ON!" While she transformed she pulled Adrien into a deep kiss and jumped away. "Lucky Charm!" she shouted, not sure what she would get in such a situation. It was the most surprising object ever. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. She had performed Lucky Charm properly, yet there were no results. Did that mean there was no helping her? She suddenly felt mortified and couldn't stop the tears from forming.

"Are you ready to wake up now, my lady?" She heard a sorrowful voice call her calmly. She looked up and saw Adrien's hair fade from black to gold. His eyes reverted back to their beautiful green hue. But most importantly, the anger and sadness that once consumed his expression had disappeared, though he still looked a bit sad behind his smile. The bars that separated them dissolved and she ran into his arms, her embrace happily retrieved in his strong hold. "Let's wake up now." he whispered one more time before everything around them turned black as she fell unconscious.

A/N: I finally went back and cleaned up the previous chapter. Yeah I didn't proof read before I posted it. So if you read the horrible version before I posted this new chapter... I fixed the atrocity. Hopefully this little update will be enough forgiveness for my lack of posting? /sweat drops/ haha yeah I have no excuse.