What Have I Done...

Chapter One - Chat Noir is... dead?

(This is not a happy story to begin with! Cat dies and it's Ladybug's fault. Now, she has to deal with, while keeping everything a secret! Get the tissues folks!!!)

The scream that filled the cavern, as it bounced off the walls and grew in volume. Until all you could hear was the sound of a heart breaking.

A split second, she had been distracted for a split second! But that was all it took for her to lose... everything.

Seeing her distraction and confusion, Monarch chose that moment to blast her with everything he had left in him. Well, he tried to blast her. Holding to his promise of always protecting his Lady. Cat Noir threw himself in front of her, wrapping his arms around her. As the force of the blast sent them flying backwards through the air.

The scream that echoed through the cavern was of Ladybugs, as she watched the love of her life sacrifice himself for her, one last time.

As if in slow motion, they arched through the air before crashing into the ground below. Whatever physical pain Ladybug felt, in no way compared to the pain she felt in her heart.

The damage by the blast was not something anyone could ever survive. She knew in her heart that this time, this time, there'd be no saving him.

"Kitty, Kitty, please Kitty, open your eyes. Look at me, give me a horrible cat pun. Please!" She begged of him. But all he did was fall backwards and land on the ground in front of her, after she sat up to check on him.

But, it was no good. He was lifeless. Not even his magical suit could protect him from the raw power that Monarch had thrown at her. All it did was stop him from turning to dust, like the attack intended.

All Ladybug could do was sit there and stare at his body. Waiting for him to crack a smile, an eyelid, something, anything. Maybe, maybe, she was wrong. She has survived worse, right? Fixed worse? She can just save him with her Lucky Charm, she can. She can. Even as she thought it, she knew it wasn't true. Monarch had snapped and broken her Lucky Charm a few minutes before he had attacked her. Even if the charm worked, it wouldn't have enough power to bring back Cat Noir from the dead like before.

They never should have attacked him in his lair. He was too powerful, and they were too young and naïve.

"Love will conquer all, My Lady. Remember, it's us against the world. And together, we can do anything." Cat had told her before they left to come here and fight him.

Of course she had believed him. And now, now he was gone, and she was alone.

Her vision blurred as the tears threatened to break free of their confines and spill over her face. She couldn't remember where she was, or why she was there. All she knew was that her life was over, her soul mate was dead, and she was next. She no longer cared if Monarch got their Miraculous and made the wish. All she wanted was to join her Kitty in whatever afterlife there was. If not, then just end this pain in her heart, pain that will never go away.

A laugh echoed through the cavern, replacing the dying sound of her screams. Only then did she remember where she was. She looked up slowly to see Monarch standing in front of them, laughing. Laughing like he had won, like he hadn't just murdered his only son. The son, he said, he was trying to protect and save. The son who loved him more than anything in the world. Even after all the abuse and neglect he gave him. The son who, until it killed him, thought his father could change. Only now did she see Monarch, no Gabriel. For what he truly was, a monster! A cold-blooded monster who needed to pay for what he did.

A new feeling was rising in Ladybug's chest, fire. Fire that was threatening to consume her. And if it did, she didn't know what she'd do. Unfortunately for her, she was too weak to move, let alone fight him.