Hey everyone! The last chapter is here!

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On a minor A/N, I know that we have gotten the Dragon Miraculous holder, the name, and its powers since I had this idea, so the power is not canon to the show, but is necessary for my plot so bear with me okay?

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The Game Ends

Chat Noir and Ladybug sat on the bench outside of the windowless room where Gabriel was being held. She kept Chat's hand in hers, rubbing her thumb up and down softly. She knew there was nothing she could say to make this any easier for him. He was blankly staring at the floor between his feet, hunched into himself only enough that she alone would see it.

Chief Dubois approached them with Tatsuo, the dragon miraculous holder, who they only ever called on in very difficult circumstances.

She kissed the side of Chat's head. He gave her a weak smile before looking up all the way.

"How did it go?" Ladybug asked Tatsuo.

Tatsuo said it evenly, "Trance took, and Chief Dubois was in the room the entire time. She doesn't remember the identities of any of the miraculous holders, even the Butterfly's. Those were the only parts of her memory that Trance modified. I apologize for the delay. It's been a while."

Ladybug shook her head and Chat told her softly, "No, thank you for doing this Tatsuo."

Tatsuo gave them a quick, real, smile, not like the scary forced ones she used to give, "We've been friends for a long time. It was no trouble." She looked over at the door to their right before asking, "What are you going to do about Hawkmoth?"

Chat's hand tightened around hers and Ladybug said it trying to sound calm, "The three of us need a face to face after all this time. Hawkmoth turned himself in, so we are going to let the police handle it from here."

Tatsuo barely glanced at the Chief next to her, "And you are sure you don't want me to Trance anyone else?"

Ladybug smiled, "Chief Dubois is the only one who knows the truth outside of the holders now, but we trust him."

Chief Dubois nodded, "I'm still in shock about the whole thing but the least I can do is keep quiet about identities, even Hawkmoth's. After everything the two of you have done, you don't deserve any kind of unnecessary attention being put on you. He's agreed to the charges without a lawyer, so there is no need for a trial. The judge is on your side so once the order is signed we'll be moving him."

Tatsuo nodded, "If you are sure that is what you want Chat Noir."

Chat said it with no hesitation, "It is. He owes me, all of us, answers, but it doesn't excuse anything he did. Lila will pay the price for her part, including her recent kidnap and attempted murder, and Hawkmoth will do the same."

Chat finally stood and Ladybug stood with him. Tatsuo told them, "I'll leave it at the usual spot for you. Let's get the team together, when you're ready. It will do us all some good."

Chat nodded in silence as Ladybug told her, "That sounds like a good idea. I'll let everyone know. Thanks again Tatsuo."

Chief Dubois watched Tatsuo disappear down the hall before telling them, "All of the cameras and audio for this hall have been shut down. Take as long as you need."

She touched the Chief's arm, "Thank you for this."

Chief nodded, and Chat took her hand again. He opened the door and they walked into the silent room. She closed the door behind them and Gabriel asked almost immediately, "Is staying powered up necessary?"

Chat said it nearly snarling, "If I wasn't I wouldn't even be here. I'd leave you to rot in a jail cell where you belong. As it is, I'm a superhero, so powered up, I have to remind myself that I can't Cataclysm you into oblivion because that's not what heroes do."

Gabriel nodded slowly, "I see. So you learned to hold your transformations, and control your powers from coming out just by saying the summon phrase. It's impressive."

Chat took a hard step in Gabriel's direction and she grabbed his arm, holding him back.

"Oh NOW you want to be impressed? Kiss my ass." Chat snapped.

Gabriel said it sadly, "I was always proud of you Adrien, even though I never said it to you directly. That is something I deeply regret, along with the way I treated you when you were younger."

Gabriel was holding Adrien's heated glare with one of remorse, "I'm sorry for making you feel that you were alone after your mother's death. My grief overwhelmed me and I threw myself into my work. When that wasn't enough, I turned to finding a way to return her to us, but in the mean time I couldn't let anything happen to you."

He sighed, "I know it doesn't make a difference any longer, but I am sorry for trying to keep you isolated from the world, for being a completely negligent father,"

Gabriel looked straight at her as she said it, "for not being there in the ways that you needed me to be. I can't change the past, but for what it is worth, I am happy that you found a light in the dark I had trapped you in. I'm happy that you had the strength to overcome that pain, and that there is joy in your life. You deserve that happiness, you both do, after everything I put you through as teenagers."

She rubbed Chat's arm gently, causing him to break his gaze away from his fathers. She pulled him to sit in the two chairs across from Gabriel, but he kept their hands on top of the table between them.

Ladybug started, "How did Lila pull this off with all of the akuma's?"

Gabriel sighed heavily, "The day we fought face to face for the last time, I akumatized her with what she thought was the Butterfly Miraculous. I simply gave her the power over the akuma's. When I returned, she had an akuma waiting for me, and akumatized me while I was Hawkmoth."

"Using the Peacock Miraculous." Chat added, making Gabriel nod.

She saw the question in his eyes and said it simply, "It was restored with the Miraculous cleanse, and is in the hands of someone who will protect it, along with the Butterfly. Lila isn't going to be a problem ever again."

Gabriel nodded again looking slightly relieved.

Chat asked the questions that had plagued them both for years when the silence held for too long, "Why did you do it? What drove you to use the miraculous to terrorize the city? What selfish wish did you have that was so consuming that you tried everything to take the Black Cat and Ladybug Miraculous from us?"

Gabriel didn't hesitate, "To bring back your mother. I had never planned on donning the Butterfly Miraculous. When Emilie and I found them in Tibet, we had no idea what they really were. The Butterfly brooch was simply a source of inspiration, but I never put it on. Emilie," Gabriel looked down, "She wore the Peacock brooch for years, and never once mentioned that kwami's or miraculous existed. It wasn't until she collapsed in front of you that I made her tell me what was going on. I had seen the slow descent of her health, but that day was the first time she had ever completely lost consciousness that way."

Chat said it shakily, "I, I don't remember that happening."

"You wouldn't. You were only three." Gabriel answered.

Ladybug asked with a slight frown, "What caused such a drastic change so quickly?"

Gabriel said it somewhat angrily, "Dusuu is a very hard kwami to control. She's extremely emotional and she is the kwami of Champions, or Guardians, however you wish to look at it."

He folded his hands in front of him on the table and focused his eyes there instead of on them, "Her power backlash's upon the holder because it draws upon the life force of that holder. Emilie had never transformed, but simply wearing the Miraculous was draining her slowly. The day she collapsed the first time, was the first time she had ever transformed."

Chat asked immediately, "Why?"

"She told me that while you were playing, she could feel how scared and sad you were through the miraculous. Without thinking she called the transformation and sent you an amuk to protect you."

He sat back, a small smile playing on his mouth, "She had panicked for no reason of course. You had simply found a stray black cat and were sad that it didn't have a home, and scared that we wouldn't let you keep it."

"You wouldn't have." Chat said instantly.

"No we wouldn't have, but her will to protect you was instant. That transformation was the trigger that led to her death." Gabriel said calmly.

Chat was on his feet and across the table before she could move, pulling Gabriel towards his face as he said it angrily, "You are blaming ME for what happened to her!"

She was in so much shock she moved a second too late. Chat's clawed fist made hard contact with Gabriel's face and sent him flying back out of the chair. She put her arms under his and pulled him back as he yelled, "YOU TREATED ME LIKE A TROPHY IN A CASE FOR MORE THAN HALF MY LIFE! YOU TOLD ME SHE WAS NEVER COMING BACK, THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE HER AGAIN AND YOU HAD HER ENTOMBED UNDER THE HOUSE!"

She said his name in shock, "Chat,"

"Your terrorized the city I love, my friends, Chat Noir and Ladybug, Marinette, ME! All I wanted after losing my mother was for my father to tell me that we would be okay and instead all I get is silence behind a door shut in my face again and again! And now," Chat huffed a manic sound, "now you want to blame me for her death?! Fine, FINE! LIKE I HAVEN'T ALREADY BLAMED MYSELF FOR THINKING YOU WERE DEAD SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU WENT MISSING!"

She pulled him back a little further as he tried to get closer to where Gabriel was sprawled on the ground, staring up at his son in pure horror.

"You think I don't already blame myself for my parents disappearing? That it wasn't somehow my fault? That I didn't put that blame on myself for years before the only light I had freed me from the dark? You don't have any idea what you've done. You have no idea what you put me through because you don't give a damn about anyone but yourself!"

Chat was breathing heavily, shaking in Ladybug's arms, even as they went from restraining to comforting.

Gabriel didn't move to get up, but his eyes never left Chat's, "The only thing I ever truly cared about, everything I did, was for you and your mother."

"Don't you dare. Don't you dare try to use us as an excuse for what you did!" Chat yelled.

"Adrien!" She cried, turning him back to face her.

Her heart broke.

Tears were streaming from his eyes.

She put her hands on either side of his face, putting her forehead to his as she told him softly so only he would hear, "I'm here kitty. It's going to be okay. We are going to be okay. You, are going to be okay."

His head fell to her shoulder, his arms wrapping around her, holding on as if his life depended on it. She held him just as tightly in silence, waiting until he finally started to pull away. She kissed his cheek before looking back over at where Gabriel was slowly getting to his feet, gingerly touching his bleeding lip.

"Now do you understand, even a little?" She asked without judgment.

Gabriel's voice was shaking, "Yes. I know that no apology can make up for what I did. Adrien," Chat kept his back to his father, "It wasn't your fault, what happened to your mother. My disappearance, that was a fault of my own as well."

He sighed, "While you may never believe me, I did what I did because I felt as though I had no other choice but to make the wish." He looked down, "It's not an excuse, but that is how desperately I wanted Emilie back. For both of us."

He said it a little stronger, "It will never make up for how I treated you, or for making you think even for a moment that I wasn't proud of you. I am, I always have been. I felt that being hard on you would push you to be greater than I could be, and while that wasn't what you needed from me, I did what I thought was best. I won't ask you to forgive me. I don't deserve it."

He finally looked up at her, but his eyes were on Chat's back, "I already told Chief Dubois, I will take whatever sentence they feel is right without complaint. I won't run from my mistakes, and if this is the last time I ever get to see you, then thank you, for at least letting me see you one last time."

Chat caught her eyes, pleading for an answer of what he should do, of how to respond. She wished she had an answer to give him. She simply squeezed his hand in assurance that she would be at his side, no matter what he chose.

Her words were simple and knew they would say everything, "Now and forever."

The tension visibly left his shoulders. He stood a little taller. Courage shined through his eyes and fought back the fear from before. He gave her a small smile, lifting their entwined hands and kissing hers gently. "Claws in."

She watched his transformation fall, Plagg instantly nuzzling under Adrien's chin before moving to sit on her shoulder.

Adrien smiled at Plagg before turning, facing his father without the mask.

"You are going to stand there and listen to me, and you aren't going to say a word." Adrien said firmly.

Gabriel simply nodded.

Adrien told him evenly, "When I was fourteen, my life changed when I found the miraculous box in my room. I learned about freedom, and protecting what was important to me. When I was fifteen, I realized what it meant to love someone unconditionally. I learned what sacrificing for the sake of someone else's happiness meant. At sixteen, I learned what it meant to belong to a family. I learned that bonds exist that CAN and ARE stronger than blood."

"Son,"

"NO!" Adrien yelled once. "Not, a word." He waited for a second until Gabriel went quiet again.

"At seventeen, I learned to care about myself, and put myself first. That it was okay to go after the things I wanted at life, no matter what anyone else thought about them. At eighteen, I learned what it would it kill me to lose. I learned what real fear felt like, and that was because of Hawkmoth nearly taking my lady from me while I was pinned down helpless." He said, going back to the same even tone. "That same year, I simultaneously learned what it meant to be truly alone, and what it meant to have someone support you with no strings attached."

His voice hardened slightly, "At nineteen, I learned how far I was willing to go to keep a multimillion dollar company from drowning. I finally understood what it meant to have someone see me as an equal. At twenty, I learned what the words 'I do' really meant as I said them to the love of my life."

He took a single step towards Gabriel, "At twenty-one, I learned what it felt like for my own hard work to pay off. I learned what it meant for people to be genuinely proud of me. At twenty-two, I learned that I couldn't try to blame myself for everything. That there were things that were outside of my control, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do to change it. That there were questions with answers that may never be found. I could find a way to live with that, so that I could move forward then dwell on the darkness of my past."

Adrien started shaking his head, "Twenty-three, I find my mother underneath my childhood cage. I find out my father is my greatest enemy. I watch as my wife is nearly drowned in a glass box before nearly being suffocated by smoke."

His voice dropped, "But despite everything. Despite what my life was and what is has turned into, the one thing, the ONE thing out of it all that I refused to let go of, that I could never let myself really do," his voice shook, "was stop hoping that one day my father would come back. That even if I never got the chance to say goodbye to my mother the right way, that I at least got the chance to speak to my father one more time. Just so I could tell him one thing."

Adrien felt the tears fall down his face, "I can take care of myself now. You don't have to worry about me anymore." His voice broke, "I'm going to be okay."

Plagg whispered it in her ear, "My poor kitten."

She rubbed the top of Plagg's head softly, humming her agreement. She watched as the tears in Gabriel's eyes fell as he stared at his only son laying out his life, the life that he missed the chance to be a part of.

Adrien turned away from his father and looked at Plagg, "Can you go one more time?"

Plagg nodded, and Adrien closed his eyes, "Claws In."

Plagg disappeared into the ring and when Chat opened his eyes, he smiled at her, "Let's go home please."

She took his hand instantly, knocking on the door with the other. Chief Dubois only took a minute to come in, asking right away, "Everything all right?"

Chat nodded, "Yes. He's all yours."

Chief Dubois walked over and put a firm hand on Gabriel's arm, walking him past them out of the room.

Chat's hand squeezed around hers as Gabriel stopped a step away from him at the door. Gabriel lifted his hand slowly, putting it on Chat's shoulder, causing him to hold his breath.

"I'm sorry son, for everything." Gabriel said sincerely.

Gabriel walked out with Chief Dubois, without looking back.

Chat closed his eyes, letting out a shaky breath. Ladybug asked him knowing the answer already, "You okay?"

He said it instantly, "No, but I will be."

They walked out of the room hand in hand, but Gabriel was already out of sight. Reporters were waiting for them outside of the police station doors, wanting answers about rumors of Hawkmoth's return and the massive akuma attack. They told the truth.

Lila Rossi was behind the massive akuma attack, and they had nothing to fear concerning Hawkmoth. He would not be returning because the Miraculous was taken from him and was being guarded. Paris was safe again. They could guarantee it. Before more questions could be asked about who Hawkmoth was, and if he would be tried for his crimes, the duo took off into the air.

The minute they got home and dropped their transformations, Marinette had Adrien in her arms again.

He went into them willingly, letting her hold him together the way only she could. She was his world, his home. This was where he belonged.

A sudden frantic knock on their door caused them to move apart. Adrien heard the keys in the lock and shook his head, "It has to be Alya and Nino, I hear keys."

Marinette smiled, giving him a soft kiss before asking, "Want me to send them away?"

He laughed softly, "Like either of us ever have luck fending off our friends."

He heard the door open and seconds later Nino and Alya were rushing towards them. Alya had Marinette in her arms, and Nino was giving him a quick hug before asking seriously, "Is it true?"

Adrien nodded, "Yeah. Chat Noir, Ladybug, Hawkmoth, my father, all of it."

Nino hugged him again, "I'm sorry bro."

He said it quickly, "I'm sorry I never said anything before. We wanted to but,"

"Master Fu and his identity rules. No sweat. He can't take back what we know now." Nino told him.

Alya kept her arm in Marinette's, "We took the Peacock and Butterfly to him, so they are safe. Now," Alya looked straight at Marinette, "You owe me the longest, most detailed interview of your lives."

Marinette sighed, "I'm sorry, we couldn't tell you Alya."

Alya wouldn't be deterred, "I know now, and I'll take what I can get."

Trixx flew out of Alya's hair, "That's right! Leave no stone unturned!"

Wayzz floated next to Nino, shaking his head, "Though sometimes secrets should be held in ones heart, not out in full for the world to see."

Tikki appeared at Adrien's shoulder, "They've been through a lot today, can't we do this later?"

Alya pouted, and Marinette felt Plagg getting comfortable on top of her head, "Sounds like a plan to me. All we need now is a nice warm blanket, a fresh batch of dirty socks from the laundry, and a wheel of finely aged Camembert."

Trixx, Wayzz, and Tikki all said it together, "That's disgusting!"

The four humans in the room laughed at Plagg's antics. Alya told them seriously, "I would never write about your identities or Hawkmoth's to the blog, you know that right?"

Adrien and Marinette nodded, "We know." "And we'll answer anything you want, off the record." Adrien smirked, "Sneaky fox."

Alya smirked right back, "Scaredy cat."

Nino shook his head, "At least its finally over, for real this time."

They moved to the living room, sitting down comfortably as they talked about everything that had happened, and everything they discovered. They had dinner delivered, and Adrien listened contently to his family arguing and laughing together.

This was part of his life that he wouldn't trade for anything. They decided to put on a movie. As Marinette snuggled against his side, one thought kept playing over and over in his head.

It's not over, not just yet.

... 6 months later

His foot was tapping uncontrollably as he waited in the windowless room.

By the Kwami's he hated this room. It flared his claustrophobia every time.

The door opened and a guard walked his father in. The guard nodded at him and he said it lightly, "I won't be long."

The guard nodded, closing the door behind him.

Gabriel sat down across from him, keeping his cuffed hands in his lap, "What can I do for son?"

He ignored the question and asked one of his own, "How are you?"

"As well as I can be. Seeing you helps." Gabriel admitted.

Adrien took a deep breath and tried to stay calm, "That makes one of us."

Gabriel told him the same thing he told him that last few times he was here, "I don't expect you to forgive me Adrien."

Adrien stood, taking a few steps away from the table. He had been ready to do this on the drive up here, but now his stomach was in knots. Was this really something he was ready to do?

He asked trying to work up the courage to let it out, "What is your biggest regret?"

Gabriel told him sincerely, "I have more than one, none more or less important than the others."

"If you had to choose." Adrien pushed him.

Gabriel looked up, "Not being there for you the way I should have. Your mother was always better at knowing what you needed. I always knew what I expected of you, but what I expected and what you needed were very different things. If I could only take back one thing, it would be keeping you at arms length as a child. Those are years of your life that I should have made time to enjoy, and instead I squandered it in favor of wallowing in my own grief."

He sat back down, staring into his father's eyes. He had been coming to see him at least twice a month if he could get away. The first few times, all they had done was argue back and forth. Well, Adrien yelled and his father sat there and took it while apologizing.

Adrien had come to realize that without Hawkmoth, there would have been no Ladybug and Chat Noir. His life would have no doubt taken a different turn, and he couldn't imagine how his life would be without Plagg, or his lady.

Hell, would be putting it lightly.

He took a steadying breath before saying it firmly, "I am only doing this, because at the end of the day you are still my father. And, as much as I've tried to push it down, I still love you. You are the only other family I have left, and it's not in me to simply cast you away despite everything you've done." He stood again, ignoring the shock on his father's face.

"I understand why you did it, I do, but I won't condone your actions. They were wrong. Period." Adrien told him.

Gabriel nodded solemnly, "I know."

He leaned on the table, closing his eyes until he was sure that he could say it and mean it.

"I don't want to ever end up in your position, thinking that doing the wrong thing is the only right way. But, it's because of you that I know how I want to be. I know from experience what not to do, and I have already promised myself that here will be nothing on this earth that will ever drive me down your path." He sighed, "That means, being open and honest, and to not let the past drag me down."

He sat down and held his father's eyes, knowing in his heart that it was true, "I forgive you."

Adrien wasn't surprised to see his father succumb to tears. He had done that a lot that past few times they had spoken calmly.

Gabriel told him trying to keep himself together, "Thank you."

Adrien nodded, "You are my father. That's not going to change."

He moved to leave and Gabriel stood, asking him quickly, "Adrien, what did change?"

Adrien sighed before turning to face him, "We found out a couple of weeks ago, and it has taken me this long to really pull myself together. I'm sure of myself now, but this is the last step to healing from all of this mess. I want to move forward, without anything weighing on my heart."

Gabriel saw a tender smile appear on his son's face, a smile he hadn't seen in a long time, "Congratulations, you are going to be a grandfather."

A wayward tear slipped from his eye as he said it, "A grandfather."

Adrien nodded, "She's only two months pregnant, but yes."

Gabriel moved over to him, saying it sincerely, "You are already ten times the father I was. Never doubt that."

Adrien smiled slightly, "Thank you father."

He buzzed for the guard to come in, and as they were walking out he told Gabriel quickly, "I'll be back in two weeks, after the ultra-sound pictures are taken."

Gabriel smiled at the joy he could see in his son's eyes, "I look forward to it."

Adrien watched them take his father away, a calm he hadn't felt since he married Marinette washed over him.

Now, now everything was going to be okay, and their lives could really begin to move forward.

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