Is Fate Cruel? Or is it Wonderful? An Adrienette love story

Chapter 11: Crossroads of Destiny and Despair (FINALE!!!!!)

Adrien's POV

(Play "Tower of Heaven theme song" from the Fairy Tail Ost. Its actual name is Concerto No.2 by Rachimanov or something like that... but hear Fairy Tail's version of the song. Play it on a loop)

I watched in horror as Marinette's life ended right in front of me. As she fell I saw all the regrets and memories she had in her eyes before she closed them forever and fell to the ground. I don't know what came over me as I immediately strained my hands against the chains of my confinement and broke out. I immediately rushed over to Marinette, but when I checked her pulse, it already faded. She was still warm but it was fading. I carefully removed the bullet and wiped up her wound with the rain. I sat there with her in my arms for what felt like a eternity crying... She didn't respond to anything I did, the longer I held her, the more cold she felt in my arms. I was such an idiot... I promised to myself I would protect her.... And now.... I'm the one... who did the exact opposite. I kept brushing my thumb over her wet cheek and watched her beautiful face as I remember all the times we shared. There was the time Marinette made a derby hat for my photoshoot and I kept sneezing because I was allergic. I remember that time where I saw Alya and Marinette on the subway train and I remembered the smile that came onto my face when I saw her wave at me, she was smiling a bit weirdly but I didn't mind. I remembered when I spent the day with her and her uncle when he was akumatized into Kung Food, it was hard seeing her unsure of her relationship with her uncle but I helped her get through it. When Marinette and I were teammates for the gaming competition... I don't remember why I was so nervous around her... maybe the fact that I was in the presence of a gaming goddess. When I gave her charm for her birthday, I felt so proud... that I got to pay her back. When Marinette and I spent the whole day together running from Gorizilla and my fans and I saw my mother's movie with her. No matter what situation, I never could have imagined my life without her... and now... I have to imagine it without her... no... live... without her.

Third Person POV

"Adrien... Marinette... forgive me for putting such a heavy burden on you.... Now... Marinette has paid the price for my mistake... I caused a child... such as young as her.. To die..." Master Fu apologized as attempted in vain to heal Marinette. Adrien felt his eyes tear up again as he pulled Marinette closer to him and continued to cry.

"No... it wasn't your fault or even mine... Marinette told me that... no... this was all of his doing," Adrien looked up at the monster that was his father, who was looking down at the group with slight disdain and little bit of amusment.

"Why should it even matter to you that she's dead? It's not like you ever noticed that she loved you until the very end. It's just like your mother... you never appreciate what was given to you before it's taken away," Hawkmoth egged Adrien on as he attempted to get Adrien mad. If Adrien is mad, he could just akumatize his own son and make this a lot more easier. Adrien gritted his teeth as he listened to more of his father's attempts to make him mad, "From the looks of it, she's loved you since day one and even throughout the time you've known her, you never saw. You're blind... you've always been blind... That's what made you and your mother so insufferable."

Adrien couldn't take it anymore but just before he was about to explode, but someone else said it for him.

"You've got it all wrong... you don't know your son Mr. Agreste... you never even bothered to get to know your son. YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR HOW HE FEELS!" Alya screamed at Hawkmoth. Adrien raised his head and looked at her as if she just said something groundbreaking. Adrien looked back at Marinette and narrowed his eyes at her words.

"You're right Alya... Father... YOU never tried to actually know me as a person or as a son. You care more about yourself and your stupid ambition with the miraculouses than you do about your own family. That's why Mom never came back and why I wanted to go to school. TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM YOU AS POSSIBLE AND FIND PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CARE!" Adrien yelled at his father, who was taken aback by his words but he was hardly swayed, "You know... now that I think about it... along the way... without me ever realizing it..." Adrien thought about all the memories that he shared with Marinette, the joy he felt as he spent his time around her, " I fell in love with her too... and now... I have to honor her sacrifice... I won't let it be in vain." Adrien laid Marinette on the floor, leaving her with Alya and Master Fu. Adrien slowly stood up and stalked threateningly towards Hawkmoth, "It may hurt to the very fiber of my being, it may be unbearable that she's gone.. But I have to avenge her... no matter what it takes."