"it's this way…no…this way…wait….maybe this way…"

"come on man!" nino snapped, glaring at the floating god as he looked around the deserted store front, "you said you knew where this "guardian" was."

"yeah, but it's hard to remember when last time you were there was World War II!" Plagg snapped, flying down an alley, "Over here!"

Adrien started walking down the alleyway, Nathanael and Nino right behind him, "cut him some slack man." Adrien said to Nino, "he's trying his best."

"i know that, and i'm sorry, but Alya is out there right now, being held hostage by akuma's, so i'm not in a very patient mood."

Adrien just patted his shoulder as they came to a door, where Plagg was pacing back and forth nervously, "alright kid, knock." Plagg said, flying into his pocket, and coming back out with a small wedge of cheese.

Adrien slowly knocked on the door, waiting nervously as Nathanael shifted behind him.

"wonder what this guardian looks like," he muttered, "Is he like…gigantic six foot tall dude in armor."

"No way, he's gonna be in like, robes and chanting and shit, probably with some kind of giant walking stick."

the door opened and Adrien's eyes widened, "or he can be a small old man in a hawaiian shirt."

Master Fu looked between the three teens and the Kwami god of destruction.

"Plagg," The guardian started, "what's going on?"

"basically, two Akuma's kidnapped two girls, stabbed teacher, and now we need to defeat them but we can't without Ladybug, who is p-out of the fight at the moment…"

Master Fu narrowed his eyes, then sighed, "come in, quickly."

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Alya woke up tied to a metal pole in a large cavernous room, "what the…" she mumbled, looking around.

"Finally awake," Lila said from behind her, "was starting to get bored."

"did you have something to do with this?" Alya asked.

"oh please, if i did, would i be chained to this pipe?"

Alya sighed, "guess not…"she muttered, "can you see anything on your side?"

"nothing at all." she said, "couple of old machines…a door…what about you?"

"just open space on my end…" Alya muttered, "think it's an Akuma?"

if it is i'm not seeing it's plan…don't they usually just march down mainstreet?" Lila asked tiredly.

"guess these ones are going for some kind of subtle approach." Alya said. still looking around, she caught something out of the corner of her eyes, she turned her head fully and almost flinched as she saw Smoke walking towards them, a lit cigarette still in his mouth, a jug of water in one hand.

"you two are awake." he muttered, "good, Saves me the grief from trying to wake you up." he walked up to Lila and knelt down, "thirsty?" he asked, holding the jug up, Lila didn't move, just glared at the man.

"alright then." he said, moving over to Alya, "are you thirsty?"

"up yours." she said.

"not very nice, and doesn't answer my question." he stood and started walking away, "don't worry, you'll only be here for a little while longer, our challenge should be answered soon."

"Challenge?" Lila asked. "what challenge?"

"So she speaks." he droned, looking at her, "yes, the challenge we gave your boyfriends, either come here to face us, or else."

"or else what?" Alya asked.

"boyfriend?" Lila questioned, scrunching her eyebrows together.

"Or else we'll gut you." Scorn said, walking over from where Smoke had appeared, "and drop your bodies on your boyfriends front door."

"Scorn." Smoke said warningly.

Scorn rolled his eyes, "your boyfriends have two more hours until I use this knife however i want on you two, so-"

"that won't happen Scorn." Smoke said, "you said we wouldn't hurt them."

"i say a lot of things Smoke," Scorn retorted, walking towards the door.

Smoke glared after him, then looked at the two girls, "he's only trying to scare you," he said, slowly following, "no harm will come to you, we're just waiting for Nino and Nathanael to get here, then you two will go free."

Alya let out a shake breath, "why do these guys have such a vendetta against Nino and Nathanael?"

Lila didn't speak, just cotinued looking down at the floor, "he's not my boyfriend." she muttered.

Alya blinked, then started to chuckle.

"what?" Lila asked as Alya started to laugh harder.

"we just got threatened with torture and death…" she gasped out, "and your'e more worried about the fact that they think Nathanael's your boyfriend."

Lila leaned her head back, then started laughing too, "does seem kind of funny does it?" she said tiredly.

Alya turned her head slightly, catching the brunette out of the corner of her eyes, "you two have been spending an awful lot of time together lately."

"he's a good friend." she said quietly, "he keeps me company…takes an interest in what i'm interested in…asks me about my day…makes me feel…good…"

"so what's the problem?" Alya asked, "it sounds like you two are on your way to being a couple."

"No." she mumbled, "i don't have time for a relationship…besides, guy as nice as him wouldn't want to go out with a girl like me…so much baggage…"

"you call a little girl baggage?" Alya asked.

"She's not baggage," Lila growled, taking a deep breath and letting her head fall.

Alya waited for a couple of seconds, "what's her name?" Alya asked softly.

Lila closed her eyes, "her name is Iliana," she mumbled, "Iliana Rossi…"

"how old?"

"five." Lila said with a sad smile. "little trouble maker, she can barely stay still for two seconds."

"just like every five year old." Alya chuckled, "I should know, i have two younger sisters."

Lila opened her eyes, "maybe when we get out of here, they could have a play date." she mumbled.

"maybe…" Alya said, "so why do you keep her a secret."

"i don't keep her a secret," she muttered, "i just don't talk about her…it's easier like that." she shook her head, "so what are we going to do? i know damn well we're not going to sit here and pay damsel in distress."

Alya smiled at that, "can you reach my back pocket?"

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"So…two innocent girls were captured by Akuma's, and your teacher was hurt." Fu said, stroking his goatee gently while Plagg and Wayzz caught up with each other on the bookshelf, "and Ladybug isn't at full strength."

"that's about right," Adrien said, "and we need… help."

Fu chuckled, "I can see that," he said, standing up and walking over to a record player, pressing several buttons in a certain order, it popped open and he pulled a intricate box out. "well, normally i wouldn't just hand out Miraculous…but these are desperate times." he looked at Nino, "funny enough, i was already planning on giving you a miraculous." he pulled his bracelet off, making Wayzz look up.

"master…are you sure?" Wayzz asked.

"he's the next holder." he said, handing the bracelet to Nino, "take care of him."

"i…i will sir." Nino said, putting the bracelet on while Wayzz hesitantly flew over to Nino.

Fu turned to Nathanael, who looked slightly uncomfortable under the scrutiny of the older man, "you were slated to be a Miraculous holder too, but the one i was hoping to give you is lost in the wind…however, i do believe the Wolf Miraculous will be a good fit for you." he held the small box out to Nathanael, who slowly opened it, gasping when a silver glow covered it "what the-"

"ah, Memories." Adrien said fondly as a small wolf-like Kwami appeared, flying around quickly.

"I'm free! i'm Free!" i'm Free!" she chanted, flying around Nathanael's head, "about time they gave me a holder!"

"uh…" Nathanael started, wincing as she slammed into his forehead, "Hey!"

"sorry! just so excited!" she gushed, "you have no idea how long i've been waiting for this!" she looked around wildly, then saw Plagg, "Plagg!" she shouted angrily, shooting straight for him, slamming her head into his stomach.

"OW! hey! what the-" the two Kwami's started wrestling in mid-air.

"i'm going to kick your ass!"

"what did i do!?" he snapped.

"Russia! 1804!"

"oh yeah! that was a fun year!"

"YOU ALMOST GOT MY WIELDER KILLED!"

"WELL IT"S NOT MY FAULT SHE WAS AN IDIOT!"

"Enough you two!" Fu shouted, making the two stop their fighting, "we have more important things to do then petty squabbling."

"Sorry…" the two chorused, the wolf flew past Plagg and hit him behind the head, making Plagg glare at her before flying back to Adrien.

"anyways," the wolf said to Nathanael, "i'm Lucia, and i'm going to be your Kwami!"

"i-i guess that's good." he said nervously, pulling a silver necklace out of the box, a wolf's head pendant dangling from it.

"i'll intrust Lucia to you for now, Mr. Kurtzburg." Fu said with a smile, "but when i ask for you to return her, i expect you to hand over the miraculous without any fuss."

"yes sir." Nathanael muttered quietly, putting the necklace on.

"alright, looks like we're ready." Adrien said, standing up, "so lets get this fight started! Plagg! Claws-" he was cut off as Master Fu slammed his hand into the base of his spine, making him collapse to the ground, "ow…"

"you two go along," Fu said to Nathanael and Nino, who were staring down at Adrien's immobile form in shock, "i'll send Adrien along shortly."

"uh…should we…help him?" Nino asked Nathanael.

"it's best to just listen to Master Fu." Wayzz said, "good luck Adrien."

"yeah…good luck." Nathanael said as he walked out of the room, Nino following with an apologetic smile.

"wait!" Plagg shouted, flying after them, "Don't leave me!"

"Plagg! what are you doing!?" Adrien exclaimed, trying to move but finding it next to impossible.

"Fu's got that angry look and i ain't staying to see why he's mad!" Plagg stopped as Fu grabbed him by the scruff.

"Good luck to you two." Fu said cheerfully, slowly closing the door.

"NO! HELP! COME ON-" the door slammed shut, cutting off Plagg's pleadings.

"does…anyone else find that guy scary?" nathanael gulped.

"come on, dude's chill." Nino said uncertainly, looking at Wayzz.

"They'll be fine." wayzz said, "Now, say 'shells on' and we can transform."

"teeth bared for you tomato head." Lucio said cheerfully, "now hurry up and say the words and lets go fight!"

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Marinette woke up to Tikki patting her forehead, "what is it Tikki?" She mumbled, slowly sitting up, feeling bone tired as she looked blearily at Tikki, who was sitting on her phone.

"you got a text from Adrien." Tikki said, flying up.

Marinette slowly picked up her phone and looked at it, her eyebrows scrunching up in confusion as she read the words.

"come to master Fu's as soon as you can.

"Master Fu's?" she asked, "Do you know how to get there Tikki?"

"yes, but i thought we weren't going to Master Fu's until tomorrow?"

""Same…i wonder what happened?" she shook her head, "lets go Tikki."

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Nino ran across the rooftops of France, feeling more alive then he ever had before, "this is amazing!" he whooped as he jumped over a street, the hood on his head flapping back.

Nino!" Nathanael shouted, attempting to keep up, every now and then looking down at his grey suit, or the bow on his back,"slow down! don't we need to plan or something?"

"here's the plan, we jump in there, kick these guy's asses for taking our girls, and then ride out of their like a couple of bosses!"

"you know, that's really not a good idea considering i've never been in af fight before!"

"you helped us fight those jerks the other day!"

"that wasn't fighting! that was me getting my ass kicked!" he stopped running as they got to the warehouse district, "look, all i'm saying is we barely even know what our powers are! and for all we know these guy's will hurt the girls as soon as we jump out."

"nah they won't," Nino said, "we answered their challenge, we're here."

"but we're supposed to keep our identities secret!" Nathanael exclaimed.

"Well then we charge in and start a fight before they can even know what's what." Nino said, "i ain't letting them hurt Alya."

Nathanael sighed, "why do i get the feeling we're about to get our asses kicked?" he asked,

"you have no faith in me." Nino said as he took a running start and jumped towards the building, pulling the shield/shell off his back and using it to soften the impact of crashing through a window.

"not subtle at all." Nathanael muttered in annoyance, running towards the edge, and jumping "YEEEEEAAAAAA-AAAAAGGGGGHHHH!" Nathanael's scream of elation turned into a yell of panic as he over shot and slammed into the wall; he started to fall, only to be saved by Nino, grabbing his leg and hauling him up.

"Dude!" Nino hissed, "are you trying to get us caught?"

"i think a window smashing is more likely to get us caught!" Nathanael snapped back.

'if this partnership is going to go anywhere, you need to trust me and follow my lead."

"this isn't a partnership!" Nathanael whispered fiercely, "This is us covering for Chat Noir and Ladybug because apparently they can't make it!"

"we're the B-Team man, we got this." Nino said, turning towards the door, "lets go."

Nathanael sighed and followed him, pulling the bow off of his back, he trailed down the hallway, trying to keep up with Nino as he all but ran down the halls.

"i think they're in the main room." Nino muttered as they came to a catwalk, "I hear talking."

Nathanael nodded, pulling a arrow out, "I can cover you from here if you want to take a look." he whispered.

"do you know how to use that thing?" Nino asked, narrowing his eyes.

"of course!" Nathanael said, shifting under his scrutinizing gaze, "sorta-i shot one over the summer last year while at camp."

"were you any good?"

"I was…decent…"

"decent?"

"I hit just outside of the bullseye, no one else could even that close…"

Nino looked at him, "please don't hit me on accident." he said as he jumped over the side, Nathanael got in position, looking down into the room as Turtle looked around, "see anything?" he whispered loudly.

"trashed machines…cut rope…i don't see any sign of the girls or the Akuma's."

Nathanael scanned the area, "they tell us to come here, then they don't show up? what game-LOOK OUT!" he shouted as a smokey figure appeared behind Nino, who instantly sprang away when Nathanael shouted.

"Fast on your feet." Smoke said, "impressive.

Nathanael started loosing arrows, catching smoke once in the shoulder before smoking out, letting the last three hit the ground harmlessly.

"nice shot!" Nino shouted.

"i was aiming for his leg." he said said in disappointment.

"shouldn't have said that." Nino muttered, "where did he go?"

"don't know." he said, looking around, then felt his spine tingle, he jumped over the railing a split second before a knife cut through it, nicking his shoulder.

"Damn, almost had him." Scorn said, lazily dropping down after Nathanael, who was now at Turtles side, glaring at Scorn.

"These aren't the guys we were waiting for." Smoke said, materializing by Scorn.

Scorn smirked, "Well, if these two costumed freaks are here, then Ladybug and Chat Noir can't be far behind, and those two idiots are probablyy slinking around here looking for their lady friends, so lets take care of these two; and then we gut the bug and the cat."

Nino looked at Nathanael, "these guy's are serious aren't they?"

"you think?" Nathanael snapped, nocking an arrow and loosing it at Smoke as the Akuma disappeared, Turtle raised his shield and blocked an attack from Scorn, grunting as the knife wielding maniac pushed him back.

"lets get the party started!"