Hey everyone!

So, I finally got the next chapter of this one done whilst writing half a dozen new one shots. It took a bit because the entire chapter is one big long fight scene. I based it very roughly on the episode, but since the situation was different, of course Chat handles everything differently.

Just a warning, I am not good at fight scenes, so I apologise if this chapter is not too great. (This is also why I am having trouble with Wake Me Up).

Anyway, I do have a lot more than just this ep planned for the fic, so there is more to come. I hope you like it anyway!


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Just His Luck

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Chat Noir stared in horror as his partner slowly advanced on him. The look in her eyes was terrifying. All of her usual warmth and passion was gone. It was like she was just empty, reflecting the emotions of the one who controlled her. She raised her yoyo.

"L-Ladybug, snap out it," he begged. He knew it was useless, but still the plea escaped his lips.

The yoyo whipped out and he did a few backwards walkovers to jump out of the way. Of course, this brought him a lot closer to Lady Wifi, and he tuned and backed away slightly so he could see both of them. He was in a jam here. Two very powerful women were targeting him. One with an indestructible yoyo and incredible skill, the other with a literal pause button (well, as soon as she got her hands on a phone).

The Puppeteer floated behind Lady Wifi, a delight grin on her face, the four puppets floating behind her... Four... His eyes darted to all the puppets. Lady Wifi. Ladybug. Evillustrator. Rogercop. They had all been activated. But then, where were-

The doors swung open once again and the two past Akuma walked in.

"Oh shit," he groaned. "So that's how you want to play it, huh? Five against one. Those odd are a little paw in my favour."

This time there was no eye roll from Ladybug at his pun. He just watched in dismay as the three past Akuma and his Lady gathered behind the Puppeteer. All of them had the same empty look on their face.

His eyes darted to the Evillustrator. (Poor Nathanaël). He was the biggest wild card of the group. He knew all of their powers and moves. He knew how he could avoid them. With everyone else it was a matter of making sure they didn't snag him. But Nathanaël... the Evillustrator's powers were to bring his drawings to life. He could draw anything.

"I want the Chat Noir doll!" the Puppeteer shouted, waving her wand forward like she was directing them to charge. "Bring it to me!" As she said this, she floated up and behind them, getting out of their way.

Evillustrator instantly put his stylus to his tablet, sketching something out. He tensed, preparing for whatever he was going to throw at him, but instead a phone appeared in the air and dropped down into Lady Wifi's waiting hands.

"Thank you, Evillustrator," she said with a smirk. "Now, let's take the doll!"

They all charged at him and in an instant, he was extending his staff so he shot towards the roof. He landed on the metal scaffolding that held up the lights and looked down at them.

"Is this what you want?" he taunted, waving the doll at them. "Well too bad, you can't have it. It's mine."

Ladybug's yoyo wrapped around the beam beside him and he leaped over to the next just as she swung herself up. He jumped from one beam to the next till he had past the others, and leapt down. He rolled as he hit the ground and stood back up into a run in the same movement. He ran out the door and through the halls. Maybe he could find a way to separate them.

He could hear four pairs of footsteps chasing him. All four of them were running up the stairs as fast as they could. He was already at the top, having used his staff as an elevator, and he went out onto the roof. He jumped up onto the highest structure that wasn't the 50 foot billboards and hid well back, watching from his high vantage point as the puppets charged out onto the roof after him.

They stopped and looked about in bewilderment. Ladybug and Lady Wifi were the first out, and were standing father away. Rogercop and Evillustrator were much closer to him. It was clear to him that Ladybug wasn't acting on her own instincts and skills. If she had, the first thing she would have done was look up. But instead she was looking around the roof as if he would be somewhere down there.

"Where did he go?" Lady Wifi cried.

He looked about at the area, assessing what he could do. There wasn't much to work with, and he didn't have Ladybug's quick thinking. But he had to try...

Okay, they wanted the doll. What could he do about that? One, keep running and try and keep it out of their reach. Two, get rid of it so they couldn't get it. What would happen if they did get it? They would give it to the Puppeteer who would control him, take his and Ladybug's Miraculouses, and everything would be over. He really couldn't afford to let that happen.

Even if he he did manage to stop them grabbing the doll, he still had to get back to the Puppeteer and find some way to free Ladybug, as well as break the item that held the Akuma. But he had to find a way to free Ladybug, if he didn't it would be pointless. He wouldn't be able to purify the Akuma without her. Catch it, sure. Set everything right? Never.

He looked down at the small doll in his hands... The tiny little Chat Noir with a soft, black body. It had tiny ears and a tail made from the same fabric. Despite the fact that the eyes were beads, they still somehow managed to look cheeky, especially with the smirk that had been stitched on. A small smile tugged at his lips as he imagined Marinette sitting at her work bench, her tongue poked out in concentration as she carefully and lovingly stitched every piece together. She must have put so much work into this... into all of them.

There was only one thing he could think to do right now, and that image in his head made it all that much harder. His eyes scrunched shut as an image of Marinette hurt and crying flashed through his mind. A small sigh escaped him and he hung his head. It was unavoidable.

"I'm sorry, Marinette," he murmured. Then he stood up from his hiding spot and walked forward so they could easily see him. "How about up here?" he called down to them.

He waited till they were all looking up at him, then he raked his claws down the length of the soft toy. A sickening shredding sound filled his ears and he watched as stuffing spilled from the long gashes down the little Chat's body. Guilt ripped through him like his claws had the mini Chat as he stared at the torn soft toy. It was mangled and ruined. Not even someone as talented as Marinette could save it now. Then, with a final tug, the mini Chat fell to pieces, no longer recognisable as the doll it had once been.

No longer usable as a puppet.

Below him, all of the puppet people growled, Ladybug letting out an angry shriek. She began to throw a tantrum, the Puppeteer's words pouring from her lips as she stamped her foot. She was pouting, looking every bit like a child. He actually found the pouty face rather adorable. But suddenly she fell quiet, her head turning to Evillustrator.

The smile dropped from his face as he realised that the Puppeteer was thinking of something. His eyes darted down to Evilustrator to see him nod and start drawing. It didn't take long for him to figure out what he was drawing. She wanted the doll. And now that he had destroyed the only one… she was getting him to draw her a new one. He realised that she could have easily done that at the start, but the mind of a child tends to only see what was right in front of them. And only now that the thing she wanted was gone did she realise she could get anything she wanted. God, Evillustrator could draw her an entire army of puppets! But she only needed the one. She needed him, and then the game was won.

He couldn't let that happen!

In a single leap, he jumped down from his spot and spear tackled his re-Akumatized classmate. Evillustrator let out a grunt as he hit the ground and the stylus was knocked from his hand, skittering across the roof. Chat Noir didn't hesitate in his actions. He got up from Evillustrator, making sure that when he pushed off he kicked backwards, making sure he wasn't going to get up and follow. He reached for the pen and snapped it in half. Unlike last time, nothing happened to Evillustrator. There was no Akuma, and he didn't turn back into Nathanaël. But at least he couldn't draw anymore. His powers were useless. The wild card was gone.

He glanced up just in time to see Rogercop aiming at him. He dodged to the side, taking one of the cables with him as he did. Like last time, he quickly dashed around the big, slow man and climbed up his back. He wasn't thrown off like last time. Instead, he evaded the grabbing arms, looping the cable around one, then the other and swinging back down to the ground. There was a crunch, and he looked back up to see that the cable had actually snapped the weapons off his arms. Without those he couldn't shoot his handcuffs at anyone. Chat grinned. Another Akuma weapon destroyed.

He was good at destroying things, so why not. It's not like he had the upper hand. Usually he didn't have to destroy much, because with Ladybug there, there were more options. At the moment, all he seemed to think was 'destroy'. Destroy their weapons. Destroy the dolls (and prey that his half-baked plan worked). Destroy the Akuma's tainted item. And hopefully from there the destruction could stop, and Ladybug could cleanse the Akuma. And she could cure all the damage he'd done. But as much as he hated it sometimes, destruction was what he was good at. And right now, it was what would help him win… he hoped.

With Rogercop and Evillustrator now out of commission, he was left to face Ladybug and Lady Wifi. Of course, that didn't mean he couldn't worry about them either. They could still attempt to catch him even without their weapons. Evillustrator wasn't too much of a threat, he was smaller than him and his abilities were not physical. But Rogercop was huge, and though he was slow, he could catch him.

"You. Ruined. My. Doll!" Lady Wifi suddenly shrieked.

"Yeah, I would a-paw-logise, but I'm really not sorry," he smirked.

She yelled and charged at him. His eyes widened and with a yelp he dove back into action, tugging on the cable he still held causing Rogercop to stumble forward. As he dashed past the giant man to the door, he shoved Evillustrator into him and the two of them collided with Lady Wifi. Ladybug was the only one to escape the Akuma pile, soaring over them with her yoyo. He stopped her from following him my slamming the door just before she swooped in. There was a loud thunk and a groan as her heels connected with the metal door. He winced, hoping he hadn't hurt her too much, but he didn't have much time to linger on that as he swung himself over the railings. He free fell for a few floors before he extended his staff and slid the rest of the way down. He was running the moment his feet touched the ground. He ran all the way to the room where Puppeteer was, only pausing outside the door to listen.

Nothing. He couldn't hear anything. He wondered if the child Akuma was just being really quite, or if she was even in there at all.

He was about to turn and go searching for her when he saw it... It shuddered and shook, drawing his attention to it. There was something about the glowing spot that instantly had him entranced. It was so small. Just... a small red dot. But the way it twitched on the wall beside him beaconed him. We wanted it. He needed to catch it... It was going to be his!

He pounced, hands gasping for the spot. He grinned when he saw his hands cupped over the wall. There was no way it had been fast enough to escape him! He carefully lifted his hands to peer at it... only find that it wasn't in his hands! Looking about, he saw it on the wall a few meters away. How had it gotten there?

"Hey!" he said in annoyance. "Come back here!"

He had to get this little dot. It was red and small, like a ladybug. He just knew that something about it was important. It would fix everything! He dashed after it, but again it moved. It was faster than he had thought! He ran after it as it sped along the floor. He followed, the need to catch that damn dot growing stronger by the second. He thought he had it when it paused on a set of doors. He leaped at it, clutching it in his hands and rolling as the force of his body pushed the doors open.

That was when he became aware of the giggling. In front of him, Puppeteer was laughing at him, but she wasn't the only one. He looked back to see Ladybug now standing in the doorway, a hand pressed to her lips to stifle the sound. She held something in her other hand. It was some sort of small, thin cylinder, it was red with black spots... and some sort of red beam was emitting from the end... leading to the red spot on the floor that he had been chasing for the last minute.

A laser pointer...

Shit!

He was just about to start panicking at the realisation that those things actually worked on him when he heard something even more horrifying.

A beep.

A quick glance down at his ring showed him that it wasn't him. It hadn't been nearly long enough since he'd recharged, and he hadn't used any of his attacks yet. So the only one who could have beeped like that was... He looked back up at Ladybug, who still stood just outside the doors with the laser pointer in her hand. Her Lucky Charm. Just one glance at her earrings confirmed that one of the spots was gone.

Oh shit.

He had to act fast, otherwise she was going to transform back in front of everyone.

He glanced back into the room where he could see the Puppeteer floating, holding her stomach as she giggled. Honestly, if it hadn't been for the giggling, then she may have gotten him close enough that she could have taken his Miraculous. He was lucky she was just a child.

He looked back at Ladybug again in time to see Lady Wifi run in, Evillustrator and Rogercop right behind her. Her phone was raised at the ready and his eyes widened. He had a few options, but his time was limited. He needed to free Ladybug before she ran out of time. But Lady Wifi was a huge threat. The moment he turned his back she would freeze him. He needed to evade her. And he needed to get those dolls away from the Puppeteer. Even then, he didn't know if this half-baked plan would work. There was a chance this would free them, or it would be a bit more like voodoo dolls than he would like and what he did to the dolls would happen to the person. He shuddered at the thought and tried not to feel sick as the image of that flashed through his mind. He had to hope. He just really had to hope he was right.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when Lady Wifi smirked and swiped at her phone. With a small yelp, he leapt out of the way, barely missing him.

He back flipped until he was a fair distance away. He was closer to the Puppeteer, but he kept his eyes on the group before him. Puppeteer could no longer harm him without using her puppets. Evillustrator and Rogercop were too far away to do anything. But Ladybug and Lady Wifi were both long range opponents. Lady Wifi was already attacking again, and Ladybug was getting ready to swing out her yoyo and snag him by the ankle. If only he could get them to intercept each other while still managing to doge them both.

Another beep pierced the air and he winced. He had to move quickly.

He moved around, trying to avoid the two ladies. At one point Ladybug snared his wrist, but he managed to drag her off balance by vaulting back over top of the child Akuma. As he did, he saw his chance and snatched out at a doll. He didn't give himself a chance to think about the consequences. He dug his claws into the centre and ripped outwards. The doll was in shreds before he even ducked into a roll and hit the ground. He looked down at the mess of fluff and fabric in his hands, recognising it as Lady Wifi. He whipped around to where she had been just a moment ago. She still stood with her phone in her hand, posed to fire at him… Only now instead of Lady Wifi, it was Alya who was looking around in confusion. He couldn't help but let out a cheer.

"Wh-what the hell?" she said. "How did I get here? Where's Mari?!" She spotted them and her eyes lit up. "Ladybug and Chat Noir!" Her phone instantly went up and he groaned.

"Alya, I swear to god if you start filming-"

Another beep drew his attention away and he swore. Ladybug, completely unphased by her impending detransformation, just grinned and gave a harsh tug on the string that was still wrapped around his wrist. He pitched forward, yelping as she pulled him off balance. He careened into her, knocking them both to the ground and he landed on top of her. Usually he would be embarrassed or ecstatic about the situation, but there was no time at the moment. Her hand shot out and grabbed his right wrist, dragging it up over to her other hand, her fingers pinched, ready to pluck his ring from his finger. But as she snatched his arm from the ground he lost his support and fell. He used this motion to roll off her to the side and away.

"What's going on?" Alya yelled at him. "Why is Ladybug trying to get your Miraculous?!"

Even though she was a very curious soul, Chat could see that she looked rather worried. He could also see the two Akumas coming up behind her, ready to grab her.

"Alya, look out!"

He threw his baton, rebounding it off Rogercop's head and knocking him backwards. He was running towards her as he caught it, but Evillustrator had already grabbed hold of her. Chat was about to charge at him when Alya did something he wasn't expecting. She aimed a backwards kick at the purple tinted boy, then grabbed hold of him and used his own weight to throw him to the ground. A determined scowl was on her face as she spun away from him, pausing in a stance with her fists up, ready to fight.

Chat blinked in surprise. "Where did you learn to do that?!" he said in bewilderment.

"Defence classes," she replied breathlessly. "Marinette was getting worried about me chasing after Akuma all the time. Figured she might worry less if I can kick their asses too."

"R-right, okay then," he said. "Good idea. That's actually a really good idea. Um... Good job, but you'd better get out of here quick. Go!" he gave her a slight shove towards the door and she ran off without any more prompting. He was almost relieved to see that for some reason Evillustrator and Rogercop ran after her. It wasn't a smart move, but it worked well for him. Alya had proved that she could handle herself, and they were more of a distraction than a threat. Now it was just him, the Puppeteer and Ladybug. With Lady Wifi out of the picture he no longer had to worry about being frozen to the spot when he turned his back.

He still stood with his back to the child, his eyes focused on Ladybug. He was painfully aware of just how little time they had. And the fourth beep from her earrings only served as a reminder of that.

"Hand over the ring, Kitty," she said to him.

"Not a chance, my Lady," he told her with a grin. Though, the grin was purely to hide his worry.

Sure Ladybug could easily take him in a fight. Even though they were usually evenly matched, she had luck on her side and he didn't. That wasn't too much of an issue right now seeing as she was being controlled by a child who didn't know the full extent of her abilities. Still it was enough to delay him until her energy ran out and she was forced to reveal herself. Of course Hawkmoth would try some dirty trick like that!

Welp, they were playing dirty, so would he. He knew he had no chance if Ladybug go her yoyo around him. So he would just have to make sure that she didn't. His eyes flicked down to his staff, which was in his hands at the ready. Then his eyes flicked to a door at the side of the room. A supply closet. A new idea began to form.

"Sorry, my Lady," he told her casually, "but you'll thank me later."

And with that, he extended his staff out with the butt of it towards her. It slammed into her stomach and pushed her all the way to the other side of the room by the door. She collapsed to the ground, looking slightly winded, but he didn't spare a second. Before she could recover her bearings, he spun around towards the Puppeteer and leapt at her. His fingers just snagged a hold of the Ladybug toy floating beside her when he heard the telltale whizz of Ladybug's yoyo and felt himself being jolted backwards by the ankle.

But it didn't matter anymore. Once again, he dug his claws into the centre of the toy and ripped it apart. He knew that it was beyond use now and that Ladybug was free. But still he had no time to celebrate that. Not yet.

He was already running towards Ladybug as she looked about in confusion. "Wait, what-?"

She was cut off when at the same time her earrings gave their last beep and Chat barrelled into her. In one motion he scooped her up, opened the door and dived into the supply closet. He put her down and slammed the door shut...

Just in time to watch her transformation fall away.