Steel whispers echo in the drone-lit night, a chilling dance of shadows where the city's heart grows cold. The Guardians, their mentors, have vanished, leaving behind only fractured warnings and a void of dread. 'They watch from within,' their final words, a haunting prelude to Paris's descent. A corrupt government, now bound to the mysterious Monarch, hunts Ladybug and Chat Noir, their allies turned to phantoms. Androids, insidious and ubiquitous, infiltrate every facet of life-teachers, neighbors, servants-their cold eyes mirroring the city's decay. Drones patrol the skies hourly, their mechanical gaze a constant reminder of the iron grip. Parisians disappear, swallowed by fear, their cries lost in the static of oppression. 'Test One is almost complete,' a broken voice whispers from an unknown entity, a fragment of a nightmare they must decipher.
Forced into the shadows, their love becomes a perilous game, each stolen moment a risk, each touch a potential betrayal. 'Stay away from her,' a desperate warning, a sacrifice made for the fragile hope of survival. The Guardians, once pillars of strength, attended a government meeting that descended into chaos, a sinister pact forged in blood, leaving a puppet ruler with a dark agenda. Untrained and desperate, Ladybug and Chat Noir, and their dwindling team, must rise against the tide. House checks, like metal fingers probing into their lives, enforce a chilling conformity, demanding a facade of normalcy while rebellion simmers beneath. Forcing them to balance their civilian lives with their dangerous rebellion. Can they unravel the conspiracy before the city is consumed, before they lose everything they hold dear, before even their own reflections betray them?
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"You never expect these sorts of things to happen to you in real life, until it happens. Frankly, I'm just an unlucky one."
In a bleak moment of vulnerability, Chat Noir renounces his role as a Superhero. Through a couple clues and a small amount of help, what will Ladybugs reaction be to who lays on the other side of the mask? When their well-kept secret isn't so much a secret anymore, how much danger is the duo really in? How far are they willing to go to save each other, and themselves? When things go south, will Marinette find it in her to keep going or will her other half break her completely? Doubt circling the air, will they make it past this...?
After all, isn't pain numbed by the ones you love?
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I do NOT own these characters; they belong to Thomas Astruc.
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