It was a Friday and an unremarkable one at that. Well, not for everyone. Gabriel Agreste known as the very professional and distant man, who almost never leaves his house.

Now, he was surrounded by a lots of people, during the party at Le Grand Paris.

It was early evening currently, little more than seven days since Hawk Moth found out the secret identities of all of Ladybug and Chat Noir's allies, Guardian loses his memories and leaves Paris, Miracle Box turned into a Ladybug themed container, and Mayura swipes Master Fu's tablet with the deciphered passages from the grimoire.

Gabriel spent every possible moment from those days on studying the new secrets of miraculous book.

And he would have kept this up but Audrey Bourgeois wandered out to his home. She just had come unannounced to his office. How she was able to get past the front gate and miss the bodyguard, she keep it a mystery.

But the real mystery was how their discussions ended him accepting the invitation for party instead of the transforming Audrey into powerfully akumatized super villain.

The fashion designer can only wonder how he ended up here. Standing with the glass in his hand, on comfortable on the sidelines, and he watched Nadja Chamack interviews Bourgeois couple. This was a rather unusually scene.

Most of the time, André and Audrey act like a couple of love-crazed teenagers. After their argument during ceremony organized by their 20 years of marriage, people might think this is just facade.

However, Gabriel know better than them. The emotions pulsating in his brooch; respect, happiness, love. It wasn't society's mask but true feelings.

" If I may ask one last question: The day of your anniversary party, we have witnessed a conflict between the two of you…." Nadja just do some dramatic pause before asked, " So what has changed between then and now? "

The Mayor gently placed one arm over his wife waist and she was pulled towards him. Woman gladly smile by the contact, as cuddled up herself to his side and put her hand on the back of his palm.

"We've made a some mistakes but love isn't always easy. " André begin talking before Audrey continued his speech. " So, we decided to be a team and we're prepared to face up to ours problems. "

" Together. " They said at the same time.

" It seems like you're really happy with this new situation. "

" Because we are. " Audrey looked at her husband face, " Right darling?"

" Yes my Queen. "

André leaned in to give his wife a kiss on the cheek. Out of the corner of his eye, Gabriel saw Chloè stick her tongue out in disgust.

His gaze back to teenager girl parents when they came up to him and Audrey asked fashion designer about his newest project.

The man open his mouth to answer but close them when something in his chest constricted uncomfortably. He tired ignore it.

Since Miracle Queen incident one week prior, Gabriel would experience sudden waves of increase his blood pressure and tightness or pain in the chest over the course of the day, and had thought they were easing up as time went on.

Only this time it was different.

Now, besides the incessant talking of both Bourgeois, he could only hear his heart throbbing in his head.

"Are you alright?" Mayor asked when Gabriel stepped back with one hand was at his chest again, rubbing at an ache. The lack of a reply worried male Bourgeois.

Audrey Bourgeois usually don't care or even noticed when someone else have problem. But Gabriel didn't seem feel good in all honesty; his breath seemed to be coming out short and in the sun lighting of the windows, she could see a light sheen of sweat forming on his face.

Her gaze movie to Butler Jean who stood only few meters away, and with one gesture of her hand she ordered him to do something - discreetly. Butler simply nodded.

In the meantime, André leave his wife side and reached out to fashion designer.

But Gabriel couldn't hear what Mayor was saying beyond the ringing in his ears, his heart raced and the magical brooch throbbed with it.

His fingers squeezed harder around his glass but squeezed a little too hard, glass of champagne broke into a few pieces in his hand.

A some glass fragments cut the hand skin all the way to the bone. It's hurt but that wound is the least of his concerns at the moment.

Fashion designer heard muffled sounds of talking before his eyes shut against a powerful wave of dizziness. His eyes slammed shut as the world exploded in a flash of white behind his lids.

White, white, white and more white, that was all that filled his awareness. He saw white, he heard white, he could've swear he even smelled and tasted white.

As Gabriel reeled, trying to regain his focus, and control of his senses, a drum-like sound echoes in his head.

The sound continues as he heard a lot of people sing in his head, the song was weird and frighten him… a lot.

Papilionem
Audi Nos Ad Papilionem

Veni Foras Papilionem
Veni Foras Papilionem

Veteres Non Clamabit
Veteres Non Clamabit
Veteres Non Clamabit

Papilionem

Song was louder with every word.

Suddenly, fashion designer got a terrible headache.

The mother of all migraines wished it was as intense as the pain that assaulted Gabriel's head. He grabbed his head in pain, and felt a warmth through the Butterfly Miraculous.

Veni Foras Papilionem
Veni Foras Papilionem

Veteres Non Clamabit
Veteres Non Clamabit

Papilionem! Papilionem! Papilionem!

Suddenly his arm felt like someone had broken it. The pain radiated up and into his chest. He couldn't breathe. The lack of air caused him to lose control of his legs.

" Mr. Agreste! Gabriel! Father!" Screamed many different people in room just seconds before his vision went black and his body hit the floor.

...to be continued

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