I know I KNOW I'M ABSOLUTE GENDERBENT TRASH BUT THERE'S JUST SO LITTLE OF IT IN THIS FANDOM AND I FEEL THE NEED TO SPREAD THE LOVE OF THIS SHIP!

Also, this comes from the idea of Adrien's akumatized self. http://naptillmorning.tumblr.com/post/137784894043/slightly-revamped-designs-for-an-adrien-akuma-im I instantly fell in love with this idea and I hope that I portray it correctly in genderbent form.

Unedited. Yikes.

I wanna dedicate this to Rachiella3 as an apology for not updating my other stories. I'm so sorry my inspiration is horrible. ;-; I love you.

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"I don't feel well..." Adrienne mumbled, twisting the ring off of her finger and toying with it. She stared at it for a moment before letting out a sigh. She glanced down at the scarf hanging around her neck.

"I don't blame you, a pat on the back? What a lame apology. If you can call it that." Plagg replied, shoving a piece of Camembert cheese in his mouth.

Adrienne shook her head. "No, no, that's not it. I'm serious. Plagg, I think something's wrong-"

Plagg opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by the ring being thrown to the ground. He glanced up at Adrienne to see her clutching the sides of her face, tears in her eyes, she was muttering to herself. "I won't. I won't. I won't. Stop it! Stop it!" Over and over.

Plagg's eyes widened. "This can't happen... Can it?" He asked, mostly to himself. He had never thought that something like this could happen. "Adrienne!"

"Plagg listen to me..." The akuma was already starting to affect Adrienne. Plagg could see it. "Take the miraculous to Ladybeetle, he'll know what to do. Don't let me have it." The black and purple aura surrounded her and when it vanished, she was changed.

"Adrienne..."

"Please go." She started to cry. "I'm sorry."

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"Come on, Chat, where are you?" Ladybeetle grumbled to himself as he made his way towards the akumatized civilian. He was a bit confused. It was usually Clovis that caused these kinds of attacks, but he had seen Clovis the entire day, and he was shockingly mellow. He really wanted to know what caused this akuma. And more importantly, take it down as quickly as possible.

He approached the scene and was disappointed not seeing Chat there. There was no akuma either, at least to his eyes. All he saw was Adrienne. She was standing there, staring at him, her eyes dull and despondent. Her face paled, having a singular black line going down her face. Almost similar to a crack. He walked up to her slowly, fearing the worst.

He opened his mouth to call out to her, but no sound came out. It was silent. Was it simply shock as he realized she was akumatized? He was much better at handling all the other akuma's, so what was the issue now? Was it that Chat wasn't there? Or was it because someone hurt Adrienne to the point where she was akumatized. Either way, he didn't know. He finally managed to choke out a few words. "Adrienne?"

Adrienne tilted her head, and a new crack appeared on her face, startling Ladybeetle. "My name is not Adrienne, it's Simulacrum." Her voice was distant, scared, though that wasn't easy to identify. She didn't have any clear intentions of hurting him, but he could never be sure. She tried to smile, but it simply caused more cracks to spread from the first. She took a few steps forward and Ladybeetle retreated, grabbing something from the ground, a simple piece of paper.

There was something radiating from her hands. He didn't know what it was exactly, but he needed to figure her out before he could actually engage in a battle.  She reached out to touch him, but he put the paper in front of him, causing her to hit the paper instead. He watched, almost horrified as the paper disintegrated. It was remarkably similar to Chat's power, Cataclysm, he noted.

She frowned as the paper vanished before her eyes and she looked from where the paper was to Ladybeetle's eyes. "Ladybeetle," she muttered with a helpless, grim tone. She stared into his eyes, as if begging for help as the purple outline appeared around her face, indicating that Hawkmoth was talking to her.

If I can get her to listen to me over him... He trailed his thoughts off.  "Adrienne, tell me how I can help you." He tried to speak over Hawkmoth's voice. He clearly got her attention, as she blinked a few times at him, showing that he had gotten her attention. As soon as she did though, she winced and her face began to crack more and more. Bad idea. I'll just have to do this just like any other akuma. Hopefully, I don't hurt her.

She reached out to grab him again, this time her motives were clear: attack and destroy. She didn't have any concerns with hurting him now, but he didn't know what he was supposed to do. She was able to destroy anything she touched with a single tap. It was too similar to Chat's power to be a coincidence. There had to be a bigger reason for it, but Ladybeetle couldn't think of what it was.

He started grabbing everything from the ground, having her destroy anything but him. He eventually managed to grab her forearms, but as soon as he put even the slightest amount of pressure into holding her in place, he felt her skin start to crack and crumble under his hold. He immediately let go and jumped back. "This'll be harder than I thought..." He muttered outloud to himself, trying to think of another plan as to how he would be able to stop her.

Ladybeetle had to leave. He needed to either find Chat or think of a good plan, but that was hard to do while fighting with no one to bounce ideas off. And it's even harder when he can't touch her without hurting her, and she can't touch him or he'll die. He took off in a sprint away from her. She didn't follow. He was stopped by a black object flying towards his face.

"Ladybeetle!" The small black object yelled. Ladybeetle blinked until he recognized what it was. It was a kwami. Probably Chat's.

Ladybeetle looked around to see if anyone was nearby; surprising no one was. "What are you doing here? Go get Chat and tell her to get her butt out here and help."

Plagg sighed. He didn't want to give away her identity, but it was the only way to save her. "She's already out there. She's just not going to be able to help." Plagg held out her ring. "She was akumatized today, but we didn't know how. There was nothing that happened. She went and talked with her father and when she was in her room again, she started to feel odd and before we knew it, she was akumatized." He explained quickly. "I think the akuma is in her scarf."

Ladybeetle had to take a moment to process all of it. He was so confused. Adrienne was Chat? Chat was Adrienne? How was she akumatized? And the most important question: How was he going to defeat his own partner?