Future Hero Trio
Paris: The City of Love
Disclaimer: You recognize it then it's probably not mine.
It was just another day in Paris. The art was exquisite, the fashion was chic, and the food was tantalizing. The history, the atmosphere, and the romance led many a tourist into its loving embrace. The Eiffel Tower stood as a beacon. Some tourists came farther than others.
A bright light appeared in the sky. It descended upon the beloved tower before vanishing, but not before leaving something behind. Citizens ran with foreigners following their lead away from what was sure to be a fighting ground. From the rooftops came Paris' very own superheroes to save the day. Chat Noir and Ladybug. It was just another day in Paris.
The superhero duo paused to asses the situation at the base of the metal structure. They expected terrible costumed villains to fight and unakumatize. They were not expecting two dark haired teens arguing while sitting on the beloved landmark.
"It's always my fault," The boy huffed waving his arms around.
"Well, you are the time traveler."
"It's dimensional traveler." He pointed his finger at the girl, "And I'm not the one who used her powers with primitive and superstitious villagers."
"Well sorry for saving your life. Next time I'll let you get impaled."
"I said thank you."
"As I was about to be thrown into a volcano as a sacrifice!"
"Hey, I got us out of there."
"No, your little problem did," The girl yelled, "After it took us there in the first place."
"I really am sorry, Vi," The two Parisian barely heard the boy confess.
The girl sighed, "I know Wilbur. It's not really your fault. Let's just hope the locals here are more friendly."
"And less murder-y," Wilbur looked down for the first time and smiled, "Well it looks like the welcome committee is here. And no torches of pitchforks in sight,"
Vi also looked down before calling to the heroes, "We're coming down," She then encased herself and her companion in a ball of energy and levitated to the ground.
Once on the ground, Wilbur bowed dramatically, "I'm Wilbur Robinson of Todayland. Think the future with bubbles. And this lovely lady is Violet Parr. Kick ass super from a weird 60s world with…" Wilbur yelped as Violet foot made violent contact with his.
"This is why people always want to kill us," Violet complain, "You and your big mouth."
Chat grinned at the byplay while Ladybug groans, "There's two of them."
"I'm just trying to make a good impression. Your the one with the weird powers and the violent tendencies," Wilbur defended as he hopped up and down nursing his sore foot.
"So your superheroes from different worlds?" Ladybug tried to get back on track.
"No, I'm not a hero. No powers here, just a good looking guy with a genius father. Besides, I wouldn't be caught dead in spandex, it makes everyone look awful. No offense."
"How is that not offensive. They're clearly wearing spandex."
"Oh come on, she looks like she's just in a headless morphsuit and he has a belt tail and a bell. I thought we were in the fashion capital of the world."
"Hey!" The two native heroes called out in indignation.
"No offense."
"So I probably look awful then too?"
"What!? No of course not. I just thought..."
"Wilbur, you never think before you do anything. I'm so tired of trying to clean up your messes." Violet sighed before walking away.
"And I thought you were bad with women."
"I'm not that bad," The blond defended.
"I am," Wilbur groaned, collapsing against the metal tower.
"Such power. You don't need some weakling trouble magnet dragging you down. You are a leader, not a babysitter. You are not invisible. He doesn't see you or your power. He doesn't appreciate you. Make him notice you." Hawk Moth's voice spoke into her mind. She knew she should ignore it. Fight it. But the voice was right. "Become Radiation and burn all those that have refused to see you."
He grabbed a butterfly from the air. Cupping it in his hand, he turned it dark, commanding it to go akumatize his next victim. This girl had more power then he'd ever seen, with her under his command, he would finally defeat Ladybug and Chat Noir. Taking their kwamis, he could finally achieve his dream. Radiation would cure his pain.
"Where could she be?" Wilbur moaned dragging his hands through his once immaculate dark locks. Looking down one unfamiliar street then the next.
He had spent time, at the base of the tower, explaining his dimensional condition to the two heroes. He'd hoped Violet would come back if he talked long enough. She didn't. And Chat and Ladybug had to leave because of some time limit and secret identities. Stupid heroes probably already knew each other anyway. They promised to be back soon. They also promised to find Violet as civilians. They made him promise to wait for them all at the Eiffel tower.
He once made a promise to never touch the time machine. His best friend was his dad when the man was twelve. He apparently wasn't very good a keeping promises.
Wilbur fell to his knees in pain. He clutched his chest feeling the pressure of energy inside him increase. He couldn't hold it back for long. If he wasn't touching Vi, when it exploded out of him, he'd leave without her. He couldn't face traveling the multiverse alone again.
Violet was right; she was always right, just like his mom. This whole thing was his fault and he always seemed to make it worse. It started when he screwed up dad's experiment, leading him to absorb all the whatchamacallit energy, leading him to teleport at random intervals when it built up enough and couldn't be contained in his body anymore. His family was probably going crazy, well crazier, with worry. And his dad no doubt blamed himself. But it wasn't just his family suffering anymore. He grabbed Violet's hand trying to stay somewhere for once and he dragged her away from her world. He didn't mean to but he couldn't honestly say he was sorry he did. She became his new human best friend after his dad grew up. He would have given up or died long before now if she hadn't been there leading the way; planning ahead and protecting them both. She was in this mess because of him; he had promised to get her back home.