Nathalie was busy working on her new assignment. Not only did she have to rearrange Adrien's schedule to make sure he was available for his ongoing number of photo shoots, but she also needed to find time for him, to have at least more than ten minutes, with his friends this week.
From past events, she knew Adrien could get very sully if he didn't get at least two hours of being "normal" once a week. She had tried a few times to get Mr. Agreste to understand why Adrien needed this, but it was rather difficult to explain some concepts to the stubborn man.
Pressing the intercom button she called up to the lair, where her boss was having another interrogation session, with his kwami. "Sir, I would like to discuss with you about Adrien's schedule this week."
"Not now Nathalie, I'm very busy," her boss snapped at her.
Keeping a calm composure, Nathalie spoke again. "Sir, I must insist we talk about it. The schedule is very packed this week and I have not found time to allot for his friends. You remember what happened last time that happened?"
Gabriel remembered all too well. Adrien had snuck out of the house to hang out with his friends only to end up running for his life from one of his Akumas. How he wished Adrien would just stay put like he was supposed to do!
Emilie had warned him the teen years would be difficult if he didn't know how to be more flexible. He didn't want to have a meltdown about where his son was if he tried to sneak off again. "Is there anything that can be rescheduled until next week?"
"We could cancel the extra Chinese lesson this week and move it to the following weekend. That would allot two and half hours for him to do something "normal" for a little while. Shall I go ahead and cancel it?"
There was an audible sigh and her boss agreed with her. Turning off the intercom, she went ahead and called the tutor to inform him of the cancellation. She pressed her hand to her forehead feeling a headache coming on.
"This is getting ridiculous. I want Gabriel to succeed, but at the same time, his desire is putting more pressure on me to keep Adrien safe and happy." Removing her glasses she rubbed her eyes before putting them back on her face.
There must be something I can do help Gabriel. The sooner his wish is granted the sooner my life is easier she thought to herself.
She turned around in her seat and looked up at the giant golden picture of Emilie. Nathalie recalled how kind and loving the woman had been to everyone in the house. She had treated her more like a sister than her husband's assistant.
When she had been around, life had been much better and her employer had been easier to deal with. He wasn't as demanding and was more reasonable. He was even willing to compromise.
Before Emilie's disappearance, she had been halfway through convincing Gabriel to let their son attend public school. In her honor, Nathalie had followed through with her wishes and had gotten Adrien enrolled.
Somehow though I don't think Emilie believed how many conditions there are to allow her son to go to school. A smile appeared on the assistant's face. Her friend would have been very happy to see her son have so many friends and a girlfriend, who loved him for him.
I'm sure she'll get along with Ms. Dupain-Cheng's family as well as her. I do hope Gabriel succeeds soon. Perhaps there is something I can do to help. Perhaps I should discuss the possibility with Gabriel.
Clearing her thoughts she went back to work on arranging Adrien's schedule. Somehow she was going to squeeze in father and son time. The first way she could help was getting Gabriel to spend a little more time with his son.
As Nathalie went back to work, she had no idea someone had picked up on her thoughts. Someone who was using those thoughts to regain strength. Inside the safe the peacock Miraculous started to glow a light blue.
Inside the pin, a small peafowl hung suspended in pitch black void. Out of the vastness blue light, thoughts and hopes, fell on top of the tiny kwami. As the light got brighter the kwami's coloring improved, going from dull to bright.
Duusu started taking deep breaths. Her eyes fluttered, but didn't open. Her tiny body swayed in the void without any air. A soft sigh left her mouth. Thoughts, beautiful thoughts. To help her boss or do something to stop him. Admit your true feelings or continue to keep them secret. So many questions, which need guidance to solve.
Please keeping thinking these thoughts. Your energy is helping me gain strength. Strength to save my "brother". Strength to return home and be safe. The words echoed in Duusu's mind.
In the real world, the glow remained steady. Nathalie thoughts were enough to nurture Duusu for a few more hours before they stopped. Hopefully, she could start gaining strength from the other members in the house.
If she became strong enough, there was a real chance she could force herself to awaken for a few minutes. A few minutes to do something helpful for the Great Guardian and the other Miraculous wielders.
Gabriel had finished his latest interrogation session and was starting to write out ideas for Akumas to use for the final showdown. "Alright, let's see what feasible ideas there are. If I find the perfect person to akumatized then I will be sure to succeed in getting the Miraculouses. Who do I know whose anger is legendary, has the ambition and drive to succeed in their mission for me?"
He actually knew one person who would be perfect, but she was currently in New York. He knew she would be in Paris in a month and half so he would have to try others before she arrived.
"My former mentor would be the perfect Akuma. Her desire for perfection, being the harshest critic, and how easily she's insulted, I could use that to ensure my success."
Nooroo looked disturbed. He knew who "she" was and was very afraid of what would happen if he akumatized her. "Master, what if your mentor is beyond your control, like Volpena was? Do you really want to risk yours and Adrien's life with such a hot-blooded person?"
"Volpena was a one time incident. I have gained much better control over my Akumas," Gabriel snapped. The memory of what had happened still plagued his nightmares.
His mentor did share several characteristics with Lila Rossi. Perhaps it would be sensible to use her only as a last resort. "Don't worry yourself so much Nooroo. My mentor will be only used if I have no other options."
I rather you didn't use anyone Nooroo thought to himself.
Gabriel went back to work writing out a list of possible villains to use in the future and what specific emotions he could use. "Lady Wi-Fi was a very good akuma, as well as her little sisters and father. I wonder if I can exploit any other members of her family. Ladybug certainly has a fondness for her personal paparazzi."
He started drawing out possible designs for what type of powers would work best for surprising and capturing the heroic duel. One with the ability to trap his prey and take the earrings and ring without any trouble would be helpful.
Knowing how powerful emotions were, he wondered if he could somehow create an akuma who could manipulate and feed off an emotion to grow stronger. It was worth considering.
He tapped the pencil against his sketchpad. He wanted to try an old idea in a new way. Just like designers would take classic fashion ideas and turned them into something new and fun. The problem was, he was very worried if it would break one of his oaths.
"Nooroo, I have a question involving my oath with Ms. Dupain-Cheng," he took off his glasses so his kwami could see his honest attentions.
"You vowed never to intentionally target her again with an akuma. As long as you don't try to infect her again, she should be fine. What is your question?"
"If I created an akuma similar to Dreamwalker, would that in anyway harm her?"
Nooroo brought his little paws/hands up to his chin and went over the question in his mind. It was very dangerous to make two Champions with identical powers.
Each person was an individual with their own unique ideas of being a Champion. So if two Champions had identical powers, the butterflies would get confused about which power should be used or they might accidentally feed off one another to increase one Champions' power over the other. It was a very messy process.
"There is some danger to giving someone identical powers, even if that person is not a Champion at the moment. You have to remember the pommel keeps a record of all former Akumas. Since you might need to call on them again, you form a very weak link with the person you changed."
A link that could be used to hurt a past victim through me he thought to himself. "Is there a way to avoid it?"
Nooroo balanced on the sketchbook. "Dreamwalker's powers were to collect dream energy and keep her victims asleep so she could use their energy to attack the heroes in order to gain the Miraculouses.
There is a slim chance if you altered a power such as, bringing nightmares to life and not using them for power, Ms. Dupain-Cheng wouldn't suffer," Nooroo explained then emphasized once more how it was very slim chance.
Satisfied with Nooroo's clarification, he put on his glasses and went back to sketching ideas for other Akumas he could use. He drew an ice skater in normal clothes, then slowly altered the outfit, so when he flipped through the pages, he could see the changing image. "Maybe I should think of an Akuma design for Nathalie. She's been so helpful throughout this process and I'm making her job a bit harder than it should be. I'll discuss it with her."
His empathy picked up on Nooroo's anxiety. It wasn't a big deal because Nooroo always was fretful about something. This time, his anxiety seemed much focused on his son for some reason.
"Nooroo, what are you worried about this time that involves my son?"
Nooroo looked at him, shocked that his master didn't understand his concerns. "You've already akumatized yourself and Mr. Gorilla. Now you want to turn Nathalie into an Akuma? Are you going to turn Adrien into one as well?"
Gabriel banged his fist on the little table. "How dare you even speak of such a thing! I would never use my son to accomplish my goals! Why do you think I go out of my way to protect him during the attacks?"
Nooroo, frightened flew backwards several feet. "I I I know you would wouldn't do it on purpose, but…"
Gabriel placed his hands on his Miraculouses and spoke in a confident and protective voice, "I Gabriel Agreste, swear on my Miraculous, I will never infect my son, with an akuma." The broach glowed accepting his oath.
Nooroo, fetched a pencil and wrote down the oath in his master's oath notepad as a reminder of the oath he had just taken. Hopefully, he wouldn't break this one.
Across the Atlantic Ocean, Ning was doing some research on behalf of the UN Security Council on the ongoing difficulties in one of the poorest countries in Africa. The country of Burundi, one of the least happiest country on the world index scale.
The country had a turbulent history of coups, assassinations, and the trouble between the different ethnic groups, had caused at least three mass genocides over the years. On top of that, Burundi was one of the worst countries when it came to violating human rights.
The UN Human Rights Council and the Security Council had been working for years to help establish better dialogue and help enforce peace treaties to curb the country's violence. Three years ago the country stopped working with the UNHRC, but kept delicate ties to the UN community.
Currently, the Security Council were talking about re-evaluating their efforts so far, to see if they could use a new strategy to make significant progress to help both the citizens and the country itself, stabilize further.
"Hmm the Security Council representatives are divided on how to proceed. Some believe we should quit trying to create a dialog with the country or forget its problems are together. I don't agree with that."
Studying the transcript of the meeting, Ning highlighted the facts in favor of continuing aid in forms of talks. The tensions in the political parties had dropped a lot since the current president wasn't running again and that plans for an election in 2020 had started to take form.
The Poland Representative spoke of his recent trip to the country. He spoke about the socioeconomic situation. "In August, the Government launched a new National Development Plan for the period 2018-2027 intended to achieve strong, sustainable, resilient and inclusive growth. This is very encouraging sign showing the Government and donors to use the Plan as an entry point for a substantive discussion on development cooperation. While expressing readiness to support the Plan, donors underlined the need to enter into a deeper dialogue with the Government at the strategic and technical levels."
He also remarked about recent Governmental reports about the current preperations roadmap for that purpose. Concerning the recent suspension of the work of international non-governmental organizations, his fellow Burundi representatives informed him that about 25 of them have adapted to new regulations and will be able to resume their work soon, while the requests of another 60 are currently under consideration.
"That is significant progress from what it was two years ago. I wonder what those new regulations are and if they target certain people, opening the way for another mass genocide?"
The other representative had all made remarks about the country had made some progress and were dedicated to making the 2020 elections equal and fair to all parties. While the country didn't engage in the latest talk, they shouldn't be discouraged from the lack of response and continue to help the young country improve.
It was an inspirational plan, but there were some points the Burundi Representative had brought up, which concerned Ning. He spoke about how his country's government not in favor of having outside political pressure enforcing their will on what the country should be doing. He also felt it was time for the Security Council to withdraw peacekeepers, who were not native to the country, stating they were not an international threat at this time.
He urged the Council to have the courage to withdraw Burundi from its agenda, he stressed that it is clear the country does not present a threat to international peace and security. Keeping it on the agenda because of the elections means doing the same to dozens of other countries that also planned elections for the next two years, he said, underlining that the disproportionate hounding of Burundi results from a desire to satisfy foreign interests.
I understand the Burundi Representative's feelings. It is never good to have some other country or international party force their beliefs on you and the government is working to stabilize themselves Ning thought.
Tapping a few keys on her computer, she brought up multiple records on the Burundi in several local, continental, and international factors. Comparing data from 2015 to 2013, the Burundi had only improved by one or two spots.
"The country is entirely reliant on foreign aid when it comes to almost every aspect of sustainability and the improved care for human life. Maybe until after the elections the UN should withdraw and after a few months post-election, step in again making this a priority.
At this time, the country does not present a clear threat to international peace and security. Nonetheless, if the history of the country shows how fast Burundi can go from peaceful to violent. I would recommend tabling the issue for now and be ready to revisit the issue in a few years."
She opened a fresh document to start on her recommendation report, when she felt something punch her in the gut. "UGH!" she clutched her stomach as another blow to her gut landed.
"What is going on?" Ignoring the pain as she had been instructed, she made her way to her closet of magical items, to see if she could find something to help prevent any more attacks. She knew the difference between a physical health problem and a magical health problem. This one was surely magical.
Opening the closet, she scanned the shelves and selected a small pin with a blue bead encased in white stone. Putting it on, the attack ended. Walking back to her library/office, she pulled up a list of people, who would want to curse her with the Evil Eye?
I have many enemies, but none know my true name, which is vital when you want to curse someone from a distance. Could this be related to the Miraculouses? I need to consult an expert in curses, especially the Evil Eye. Time to request for permission to get back to France.
A few days later in Paris, the group of friends were waiting for sundown. Marinette was watching Nino and Alya play a dancing video game at Alya's apartment. Adrien was watching through a video call on her cell. He was not allowed out of the house that day, his dad going through one of his phases where his son was forbidden to go out at all.
"Come on Nino, pick up the pace. You want to get the high score right?"
"Dude, don't ruin my concentration! Alya, let's do our best move."
Alya grinned and started to spin in place before kicking up her feet. Next to her, Nino did the same. Then they started doing jazz hands switching places before grabbing each other and doing the tango. Their score kept going up and up until it declared them the champions.
Marinette clapped her hands in delight. "Awesome job you two. I guess those dance lessons we had at the charm school really paid off."
Nino rubbed the back of his head. "Ah, thanks Marinette, but its Alya who's the superstar. I wouldn't be half as good if it wasn't for her."
Alya laughed and reassured him he was an excellent partner. The door to the apartment opened and in walked the oldest of the Cesaire girls, Nora. While the twins were still in école, and Alya was in college, Nora attended lychee.
She was muscular with golden brown hair. Her hair was tied into a ponytail. Her left eyebrow had a scar through it. A souvenir from her first kickboxing match. In fact, she was still in her kickboxing gear after winning her latest match.
Her gear consisted of a yellow cropped tank top with white edges with a black spider design on the front. She had white bandages wrap around her hands and wrists, and black elbows pads. She also wore yellow shorts, which had a white upper band with the word "Anansi" written black capital letters on the front and two horizontal black lines wrapping around the rest, two black downward-bent lines on each side of the shorts, and white edges of the shorts' legs, along with black short leggings.
"Anansi wins again! I took my opponent down in only a few minutes. He should have spent more time training if he wanted to beat me!"
"Glad you won Nora."
"I told you to call me Anansi! Nora is so boring."
"Oh, and being named after a mythical spider is any better?"
Behind the siblings, Nino whispered into Marinette's ear. "Alya told me Nora was buff, but she looks as if she could bench press a car."
"I'm sure she isn't as scary as she looks."
Nora finally noticed the other two. "Pigtails, Cappie, what are you two doing here?"
Marinette calmly explained they were all going out to watch the firework show at the fair in honor of France winning the World Cup this year. Upon hearing this, Nora slammed her fist on the kitchen counter top startling everyone.
"No way! Alya, you are not going out tonight. It's too dangerous."
Alya huffed, "Mom and Dad gave me permission to go. I'll be fine."
The kick-boxer got in front of her sister and placed her hands on her shoulders. "How can you be fine with those nasty butterflies out there? You already put yourself in danger trying to get footage of them. Heck, you were even turned into one of those crazy people because you weren't tough or strong enough to shake it off." She then pounded her chest indicating she was safe with her at home.
Alya pointed out being home hadn't stopped the twins from getting akumatized, adding their dad had been akumatized as work. Nora scoffed stating she wouldn't have let any members of her family be akumatized as long as she was around.
Nino cleared his throat. "You know, I can help keep Alya safe from harm."
Nora laughed at him. "Cappie, you don't look like you could keep a dog safe, let alone my sister."
"Well then what about Ladybug and Chat Noir?" Marinette asked inquisitively.
"Bug and kitten? Really, you want to rely on those so called heroes? They can't even bench press ten pounds! If I went against them, I would beat them in no time flat. Heck, I could even make boxing gloves out of them."
Both Marinette and Adrien flinched upon hearing that, as needed one wanted to be skinned alive. Even Nino looked sick imagining something like that.
Alya glared daggers at her older sister. "Don't you dismiss Ladybug and Chat Noir! I know I can count on them to keep me safe. Nor would they lock me up in my room, which what you want to do." Grabbing her friends' hands she pushed past her sister and stormed out the door.
Upon reaching the fair, Alya started to calm down a little. "Ugh, I love Nora. She's a great big sister, but it's annoying sometimes how overprotective she is. I mean I was fine with it when I was around the twins' age, but now it's just too much." She took a few deep breaths trying to release her pent up anger.
"You're incredibly lucky to have someone who's always looking out for you," Adrien spoke up. He was still on video chat with group. After the group stepped into their pod on the Ferris wheel, he added, "Be glad that she's only slightly overprotective. Unlike my dad, your sister seems to have some sense of when people need to protective and when not to."
The sun was starting to set as few fireworks were launched. They were beautiful against the changing sky. The ride stopped allowing the people in the pods to take a few pictures. It would resume moving in a few minutes.
"The view is breathing taking right Nino?" Alya asked her boyfriend. He didn't respond and looked at his sad face. "Nino come on, don't let Nora's words get to you."
"How can I not believe them? Even you didn't think I could protect you." He placed his hand on the glass and sighed. He knew he wasn't super strong and he was more of music man then a fighter, but it still hurt to know his girlfriend didn't believe in him.
Alya felt stricken. She had never meant to imply Nino couldn't protect her. "Nino, I know you can protect me. I believe in you." Her boyfriend gave her a small smile as the ride resumed.
Only to come to a grinding halt. The kids lurched out of their seat and fell to the floor. A few seconds later, a dark skin woman with yellow hair braided into a spiky ponytail sprouting from a helmet, landed on their pod. She has six eyes and they were white and outlined in black. Her costume black with yellow stripes. A black and yellow spider design is on her chest. She has six arms.
"Look what I found. Pigtails and Cappie cowering in fear. Still think they can protect you Alya?"
"NORA?!" Alya was so shocked, she actually dropped her phone, something which never happened before.
"That's Anansi to you!" Punching the pod with her six arms, the glass smashed to pieces. She spit webbing out of her mouth ensuring that Marinette and Nino were stuck on the floor. She grabbed her sister and started swinging away, covering the city in giant webs.
"We need to get out of here and help Alya!" Nino shouted as he struggled to get free. The more he struggled, the more he got tangled.
"Nino stop! You're making it worse!" Marinette was terrified she wouldn't be able to help Alya and if she admitted it to herself, she was teensy bit scared of spiders.
About a minute later Chat Noir appeared. "Hello Princess, hello dude, you two are in a sticky mess I see."
"Please free us! I have to go save Alya!"
Chat Noir first tried to free them with just his claws, but it was just too sticky. "Cataclysm!" He touched the webs and they vanished. Grabbing the two teens, he jumped to the ground. Thankfully, the gears were still working on the Ferris wheel still worked so the attendants could help the other passengers off.
"Thanks Chat Noir. The Akuma has Alya! I need to go rescue her." Nino ran off before either of them could stop him. Chat Noir picked his girlfriend up, before he bounced away until he found a hidden alley to let go of his transformation.
"Nino's going to get himself killed! He's no match for Anansi! You need to get him to safety quickly."
"I don't think your friend is going to die, maimed perhaps, but not dead," Plagg stated as he started gobbling down some cheese from Adrien's pocket.
"Plagg that's not a nice thing to say!" Tikki hissed at her fellow kwami. Floating upwards until she was face to face with Marinette she hurriedly stated. "Adrien is right, we can't let Nino go after the Akuma! He's not strong enough!"
Marinette frowned and put her hands on her hips. "Using those words are wrong. Nino doing this to prove he's strong because both Alya and Nora believed he couldn't protect anyone." The girl dragged her boyfriend and dragged him to the opening of the alley, looking down the web covered streets. In the distance, you could hear yelling and fighting.
From what Alya told me Nora's been training in kickboxing since she was six. She's got a ton of trophies and is very nimble despite her muscular frame. The fact she managed to carry Alya several blocks and punched straight through glass indicates her strength is double what it usually is. Two of us are not going to be enough to stop her.
"Adrien, you need to go to Master Fu and ask for help! It's going to take at least three people to contain Anansi while rescuing Alya at the same time."
"Me? You want me to go get a Miraculous?"
She nodded and transformed. "I'm counting on you." Then she swung off to do battle with Anansi and get Nino to safety.
Adrien stood still for a minute, then took off towards Master Fu's shop. He hoped the old man would still have some fight left in him.
Master Fu raised an eyebrow when he saw it was Adrien, not Marinette, who came to him. "I'm surprised you are here, but I know what you seek." He got out the main Miraculous Box and opened all the drawers. "Which one do you need?"
"Master Fu, couldn't you come and help? You're a Turtle and we could use some major protection right now. You also have fought with us before so you know how to work with us."
It went unsaid that if the Turtle Miraculous appeared on someone else, it might make Hawkmoth suspect he was dead or couldn't protect the Miraculouses.
Wayzz replied, "Master Fu fought before because he had no choice. He chose you and Marinette to be heroes because of his back issues." He rubbed his little paw/hands together trying to keep calm. It was true Fu back was feeling better than it had in years, but it wasn't well enough for full on fight.
Honorra squawked at Wayzz. "You can't be serious about leaving them helpless Wayzz! If you don't want to help I will!"
"Honorra calm yourself," Master Fu instructed. The little magpie bird huffed before turning her back on him. The old man looked at Adrien with a sad smile. "I would help you if I my back pains weren't so bad. I need to conserve my energy for a time when the Great Guardian is really needed."
He slipped off the Turtle Miraculous and placed it in one of the smaller boxes for transporting the Miraculouses. Wayzz understood and entered his Miraculous for a temporary dormancy period.
"I can go without Wayzz for a short period of time. Find someone you can trust and lend them the Turtle. Once the mission is complete you have to bring the Miraculous back quickly."
Adrien nodded as he knew exactly who to give the Miraculous too. This wasn't the best solution, but it was better than nothing. Transforming once more, he headed back to the fight. When he arrived he noticed Ladybug was fighting Anansi on top of the arch where Alya was stuck in a massive web.
He saw Nino on top of the roof of a nearby building his head held down. There were a few bruises forming on his body. Chat Noir vaulted over there and walked over to Nino. "Nino?"
The boy looked up surprised. "Chat Noir?! Where did you go? Ladybug's been fighting Anansi for twenty minutes now! I tried to help, but you can see how well that went."
Chat Noir knelt down and looked his best friend in the eye. "I'm sure you helped a lot. My Lady, couldn't have lasted this long without you. In fact, she sent me on an important mission because we need your help."
Nino stared at the superhero trying comprehend what he just heard. Chat Noir and Ladybug wanted his help? This had to be a dream!
The hero pulled Nino up and held out the small box. "Nino Lahiffe. This is the Miraculous of Protection. Will you use it to help Ladybug and myself to stop Anansi? Know that after the mission is over you must return the Miraculous to me and never speak of this to anyone."
"Dude, I swear I will do everything you ask." He took the box and opened it up. There was a yellow green glow and Wayzz hovered before him. "Whoa, are you a genie?"
He missed Chat Noir's playful smirk and rolling his eyes as Wayzz explained what he was and how to activate the Turtle Miraculous. Putting on the bracelet he shouted, "Shell Closed!" Seconds later he was dressed in a turtle outfit with a hood over his head.
"This is awesome! I feel so powerful! But what is this? Don't turtle based heroes always have a shield?" he asked holding up the meteor hammer.
Chat Noir shrugged his shoulders and told him to hurry up. They hurried over to the fight to help Ladybug save the day.
After a long battle, with Ladybug's Lucky Charm boxing gloves, Carapace's Shell Guard, and a well timed Cataclysm to bring down the building on top of the group so they could defeat Anansi and save Alya, it was good to see Paris back to normal.
Unlike with Alya, Nino happily gave back the Miraculous, instead of arguing for a reason to keep it. He thanked Chat Noir for believing in him and told him if they ever needed his help again, he would be honored to step up.
The day after the Anansi attack, Honorra was still fuming. She couldn't understand why the Great Guardian had taken such a risk or why he had allowed an untrained teenager to use it, when he wouldn't even allow Ning, who was training to become the next Great Guardian, to practice using it except that one time.
Honorra was trying to get comfortable in her little bed Master Fu had created for her. Unlike Wayzz, who slept in a matchbox, she preferred a small toy basket with tissues in it. She flipped all around, but couldn't get relaxed.
"Ugh! I can't stand the hypocrisy. It's dishonorable!"
"Keep your voice down," Wayzz begged her. He listened at the door and let out a sigh of relief. No one had heard them in the business area. Settling down near her he asked what was bugging her.
"Master Fu's actions yesterday. I know Master Fu's reason for not helping out yesterday, but I can't help, but feel it was mistake."
Wayzz did remind her that they needed speed and youth to defeat Anansi yesterday. Honorra insisted it still wasn't right for Master Fu to give his Miraculous to someone else when it was intended for Peace Keeper.
"It feels like a broken promise to me. A person must always honor their promise because if you can't trust their word, then how can you trust a person."
"I acknowledge your right who is supposed to be my future wielder. However, yesterday an exception had to be made. It was strange being paired with a youth once more, but it wasn't too bad."
Honorra rolled her eyes and muttered if Wayzz was planning on working with Nino again. Not waiting for him to answer, Honorra went over to the computer to return to her quest for a wielder.
First, Master Fu doesn't let my siblings out, then he gives Wayzz to someone else instead of Peace Keeper, now we might have alerted Hawkmoth that we just pass out Miraculouses willy-nilly. The Bee Miraculous is the only one from the Universal Circle that hasn't been used yet, if it's true he has the Peacock.
She brought Ms. Bustier's class photo up again. She looked at all the students, wondering if she could find one who she felt a connection with. She decided to start looking at the boys in the class.
"Kim is Korean, so he would understand the honor system, but he's also too much of a jock." Moving the cursor over each face she debated the pros and cons of each individual to determine if they would make a good wielder.
Maybe I am being a bit hypocritical. After all, I'm looking for a temporary wielder and Wayzz was needed yesterday. I guess Nino did make a good choice. I'll apologize to both Wayzz and Master Fu after I get done.
Returning her attention to the class picture, she opened a new document to type of all the pros and cons she had come up with about the available students. She had already eliminated the people who had used a Miraculous.
She printed out both the class picture and the document. Picking both items up, she brought them over to window sill so she could continue her search. Glancing between the list and the picture, she narrow down her choice of a wielder to two girls.
Wayzz landed on the windowsill and looked at his "cousin's" progress. "I'm very impressed how thorough you're being about a temporary wielder, even if it won't happen for a very long time."
"You never know, it might happen earlier. I've narrowed it down to two choices. Grabbing a marker, she circled the heads of the two girls she thought might be a match with her.
Wayzz paused as he thought over what he knew about the two girls. One could be easily frightened and the other, seemed to quiet and introverted to be a good match for honor. "Are you sure you want to continue your research on these girls? Both of them don't appear to be good matches."
The female kwami assured the turtle she knew what she was doing. She also recapped to him, another reason a kwami is paired with a person, to help them gain something. "By the way, I apologize for my earlier hysterical episode. It was wrong of me to say those things." Wayzz started to accept her apology when she grabbed him by the arm. "Come on, let's go have some fun!"
Flying to Paris was always a hassle every time. If a ship didn't take so long to travel, Peace Keeper would love to travel by the ocean just so she wouldn't be stuck taking long flights all the time. Right now she was on the fastest commercial flight she could book.
At least the plane would be landing in half an hour. Her legs definitely need to be stretched out fully. Once again, she was in disguise, but it was a familiar one. She was traveling under the same name she had used when she gone to the Central Park Zoo, Courtney King.
Traveling as a young African American woman, she noticed the stares and hostility. It never made any sense to her. How could people care so much about skin pigmentation? Everyone had human DNA for crying out loud.
At that moment, the seat in front of her started to change. It looked like a limestone throne and there was a woman in spotted armor with a golden belt. She was speaking, but no words were coming out of her mouth.
Courtney, blinked her eyes and the chair in front of her returned to normal. Had she just hallucinated? How was that even possible when her health was monitored so tightly?
She wasted no time getting to Master Fu's place after the plane landed. She walked right into his business area without knocking or confirming her identity first. "Master Fu, I need your help!"
"Do I know you Miss?"
"Master Fu it's me, Ning!"
Both Wayzz and Honorra had entered the room upon hearing the commotion to check if the Great Guardian was in danger. Upon realizing the person was Ning, they were wondering why she was not acting like herself.
Fu reached for her hands and she jerked back clutching herself. All three of them watched in stunned fascination as a black eye and a bruise started to form on her body. "Watch out Ninhursag! He's going to attack you!"
She stopped clutching herself and started to attack an invisible opponent, twisting and twirling around before throwing a punch that would connect with the shoulder of someone of medium height.
Wayzz antenna was standing straight up and Honorra's tail was fully spread out. Master Fu didn't know what to do. This wasn't something he had encountered before.
Ning came out of it and sank to the floor tired. "What is happening to me Master? Did someone place an Evil Eye curse on me?"
Master Fu bent down and pressed one hand against her face and clutched the other one in his hand. "I'm not sure if this is a curse at all. I do promise we will figure this out."
Honorra, with her eye for sparkly thing noticed something about Ning's Kwami Charm necklace. "Master Fu, why is Nooroo's charm twinkling?"
Both humans indeed looked down and saw the butterfly charm was in fact twinkling. Puzzled, Master Fu asked Wayzz to see if any other kwami charms were acting up.
It took a few minutes for the turtle kwami to check all the boxes. "Duusu and Pollen's charms are twinkling, but the rest aren't. Ning, do you know if any of the other charms you have twinkled?"
She shook her head and removed the necklace to get a better look. Peering closely she remarked that Tikki's charm color was slightly off. "It must have been twinkling when I had that hallucination on the plane."
Master Fu's brow furred as he stroked his goatee. "Can you describe any other incidents similar to this one?"
"When I was back home and trying to write up a recommendation report on how to proceed with Burundi situation, I was attacked. Something invisible kept hitting my gut and when I put on my Evil Eye protection pin it stopped. Which is why I thought I was cursed."
She then proceeded to describe the vision she had on the plane and what she had been experiencing a few minutes ago. She described it as an out of body experience when she was someone else and working with a fox holder. If she scrunched her eyes she could recall wearing a yellow suit.
The trio thought hard about what was going on and how the Kwami Charms could be linked to this. After a few minutes Wayzz floated over to his wielder and whispered something in his ear.
Fu's facial expression morphed from confusion to understanding. "What you suggested sounds like the most plausible explanation." He sat back down so he could look in his Apprentice's eyes. "Wayzz, and I agree, believe you are experiencing episodes of retrocognition."
"You mean I'm seeing and experiencing past events I have no knowledge of? How and why?" The young woman was completely confused.
"Nooroo gave you half his power. While most of that power went to recharging Tikki and Plagg or upgrading your suit, enough power remained to strengthen your bond with Nooroo to communicate with him sometimes, without Hawkmoth knowing about it." He went on to explain she must have still have enough power inside her to use Nooroo's empathy to interact with the other Kwami Charms, and see and experience past events.
"We're going to work together, so you can gain control over this ability, I promise you. Nothing bad is going to happen to you."
Ning leaned in and gave them man a hug. If anyone could help her it was her pseudo grandfather.