Chapter 7
Adrien and Marinette were busy chugging down the pastries Tom Dupain placed in front of them when they heard the explosion. Blinking, they sneaked up in Marinette's room, when there was another explosion.
"I hope we can deal with this akuma fast," Adrien sighed while transforming. "I wan't to eat more of the amazing pastries you have here."
"Well, let's hurry then," Marinette - now Ladybug - laughed. They left the bakery through the trapdoor on the roof and leapt through Paris' houses. Suddenly three consecutive explosions could be heard and two figures were thrown towards their direction. One - a male - dressed in a green and darkgreen suit that sported a shell-like structure on his back, the other one - a female - clad in orange like suit that resembled a fox.
"Volpina?!" Chat and Ladybug exclaimed as they caught the two hurtling figures.
"Yeah, she's the real one, not the akumatised one, but dudes, we need help!" The boy clad in a turtle-like suit exclaimed standing up, making sure his partner - Volpina was fine. "I'm Tortuga, and we have like five akumas to fight, including the akumatised Volpina!"
"What?!" The two superheroes asked stunned again.
"Come on, boy, girl, we need a plan against them!" Volpina said clapping their backs.
"O-okay, we need information on their powers," Ladybug nodded, noticing that this Volpina had a different body-structure and hair than the one they fought. She decided to give her a minimal trust, as she was fighting against other akumas, but she would be slightly wary with open eyes. Chat was probably thinking the same thing, as he eyed the fox superheroine. They started moving towards the akumas as the orange-clad heroine explained.
"One is the fake me, with her having similar abilities like mine she's also Volpina, another one is really into My Little Pony and she became Nightmare Moon-"
"What, seriously?" Chat snorted. "My Littly Pony?"
"The dudette's not to be underestimated, she's hella scary, inflictung the worst nightmares on the fellas! Don't let her touch you and don't get hit by her blasts or else you're finished!" Tortuga warned as he jumped onto another rooftop. "And there's a pair, they're twins, the Bloodbenders, once the dudes nip you with their knives and have your blood on the surface they can control it." Ladybug and Chat blinked. Things were getting unusually serious here. As they neared the Eiffel tower, noticing it was crooked and corroded, missing a few metal bars and the top, and the Luvre, people were runnjng away and the buildings were more and more crumbled. "The people controlled by them become mindless zombies, obeying their orders."
"And the last one is Killer Weapon-"
"Let me guess, weapons that can kill?" Chat asked as he came to a stop. They were in front of the Luvre, where the five akuma victims were currently dominating the situation. The Luvre was destroyed just as the buildings around, the earth was literally torn, pavement cracked. A few dozen of people were lying on the floor, convulsing and moaning in pain or fear, while at least fifty people with sick, bluish-red skin were strolling around to find more victims. Killer Weapon had like 30-40 deadly weapons of different varieties hovering around him, ready to snap them at anyone attacking.
"Yeah," Volpina nodded noticing her civilian clone made of her illusions was safely perched behind a fallen tree, filming the scene, undetected. "He can create any kind of weapon, which are obviously deadly, from the people he catches. And if you get caught by one of his weapons, he seals your soul in it, and converts your body into a bullet."
"Jesus Holy Christ," Chat groaned. They have never faced anyone of this caliber. Not to speak about the fact that they were in five, with serious killing powers and intent. They might need some back-up or reinforcement or they were seriously doomed.
"Then let's get this going," Ladybug muttered. "Have you evacuated the area?"
"We have, but there are at least 100-120 victims," Tortuga said, wincing as one of the Bloodbenders caught a fleeing ciclist.
"Do we know where the akumas are?" Chat inquired quirking a brow. "Apart from Volpina's that is in her necklace."
"Yeah. The Bloodbenders have matching bracelets where the akuma is stored, while Nightmare Moon has the akuma in her tiara, while Killer Weapon hase a kitchen knife that is akumatised tucked in his belt" Volpina said pointing at each akumatised person.
"Great. To succed we'd need to deal with them one at a time," Ladybug said.
"Three of us will have to fight one, while the remaining one distracts the rest, possibly withought dying," the cat superhero agreed with a heavy heart. "God, how are we even going to start this?" Well, he needn't have asked that, as Nightmare Moon spotted them on the demolished rooftop they were perched on.
"Well, well, well," she drawled loudly. Her voice sweet as honey but sharp as a knife, earning everyone's attention. "Our superheroes are here. What an honour, really."
"Finally we have all of you here, so we can finish you off easily," the alumatised Volpina cheered with a smug smile. Killer Weapon and the Bloodbender brothers turned their faces simultaniously towards the hero group, their cold and bloodshot eyes calculating. Chat gulped and Ladybug shivered. The controled reddish-bluish zombies slowly started advancing towards them, while the hovering weapons angled themselves towards the group so they can attack immediately and swiftly once a command was given.
"Well, we are in some big shit," Tortuga muttered.
"You don't say, Sherlock," the real Volpina shot back, grimness easily detected in her voice and face. They barely had time to scamber away from their spot as Killer Weapon's giant whip slashed out, shattering the roof into two, beginning a really long, blody and tiring fight.
