"Chat Noir, Raven," Ladybug commanded as Killer charged again, "destroy those bars, now!"
"Destroy the bars?" Chat's ears twitched. "Hasn't the Eiffel Tower been through enough for one night, Ladybug?"
She gave him a wink. "Trust me, and the Lucky Charm."
"Easy enough." He held his claws out as Raven jumped on top of the metal bars. "CATACLYSM!" With his claws filled with dark energy, he ran through the tower, slicing at the metal. "This is both terrifying and exciting!"
Raven brought his hook shot out and held it over his head. "SKY SLICE!" As the beak of the shot began to glow a shiny blue he glanced at Ladybug, awaiting her orders.
This feels WAY too good right now.
"Chat, out of Killer's way!"
Metal bars creaked and moaned, rusting up as he ran out the other side of the fallen tower. He hopped onto Killer's head and overtop of him, running over to Lila's side as she warily approached. "This is madness," she murmured as Killer caught sight of them, "all you're doing is making the situation worse!"
Ladybug held the cowbell up and shook it, the ring overtaking Killer's heavy breathing. He turned back to her, wincing at the high pitch of the noise. "Oh, I'm sorry," she smirked, "do you not like the sound it makes?" She shook it again, further antagonizing him.
"No," Raven watched her and Killer run at each other into the falling metal and twisting light strings, "not in such close quarters, you fool!"
Killer wanted the cowbell and she knew it. She continued to ring it at her side as he rammed his horns her way, barely missing the ends of her pigtails as she cartwheeled around him. The lights became a blur as they seemingly danced out of one another's grasps, Raven unable to move from his spot overtop of them. "Ladybug!"
"What are you waiting for?" She back flipped out of the Killer's reach. "Use the hook shot before it's too late, Raven!"
Left with no other choice, he grit his teeth and jumped into the air. As he spun around his hook shot twirled and whipped everywhere, smacking and slicing through all the metal it could reach. In seconds it was raining down over her and Killer. Raven landed on a stuck up piece of metal and hopped to the ground. "Insanity."
"You want it?" Ladybug shook the cowbell close to Killer's ears as the lights began to tangle around his arms. "Come and get it." The metal bars fell over them, but with every clang she dipped, ducked and swung out of the way as Killer was clobbered. "Where's that strength you had before?"
Killer snorted and charged one last time at her – only to not move. Every single light string was strapped around him, and his head was caught between two broken bars. He had become completely surrounded by pieces of the Eiffel Tower and Chloe's celebration lights, decking out his horns and snout in purple, pink and gold. She tossed the cowbell in the air and caught it. "Aw, too bad. Maybe next time."
Not that there's ever going to be a next time.
Chat Noir ran on all four up next to her as she crawled out of the mess of tower beside Raven. "Brilliant, m'lady," his ring beeped, "and just enough time to get out before we de-transform. How about you, Raven?"
"What you just did was atrocious."
"Excuse me?" Ladybug couldn't believe what he had said as Chat Noir sighed beside her. "What exactly about our plan was atrocious?"
He gestured to the tower. "You could have been killed in there."
"Heroes risk their lives for the innocent."
"Not when it isn't necessary! Being flashy won't help if he breaks free."
She was starting to regret ever feeling sorry for the guy. "Then why don't you use your syringe and finish this, big mouth?"
He put his hook shot back on his belt and held the syringe out. Killer began to struggle against his restraints, bellowing and stomping around. Raven glanced at Ladybug. "You can fix this?"
She huffed, crossing her arms. "As soon as you sedate him I will, so get going."
…Man, I feel like a jerk, she caught Chat's worried look at her, it'll be nice to get this over with-!
Killer broke free of the metal and lights and roared, drool spilling out over his chin. He eyed the syringe in Raven's hand and ran right for him, horns aimed at his chest.
"He's loose!" Lila cried out from across the tower.
No, Ladybug had only seconds to react, Raven!
She ran over and shoved him out of the way, grabbing the syringe as he fell back. She held the cowbell in the air. "MIRACULOUS LADY-"
SLAM!
Killer plowed into her and hit the ground with a loud crash! A large crater formed under his body. Before he could stand up, however, he gave a slight moan and fell limp. Chat's heart was trying to leap out of his mouth. "LADYBUG!"
From underneath Killer flew out thousands of tiny ladybugs, clearing over the Eiffel Tower and bridge, placing them back and fixing them up. Each crater in the ground vanished, and as they dissipated in the sky in a beautiful explosion of red and pink the Bourgeois' stage fell back into place.
"Ladybug," Chat grabbed Killer and tried to lift him up, "can you…hear me…?" Lila ran over as Raven got to his feet, Alya not far behind. "Help me!"
Raven wrapped the hook shot around Killer's arm and ran over to the nearest streetlamp. Tossing the handle over he reeled it back in, lifting the Minotaur off of Ladybug's body; the syringe was sticking out of his chest. "…She did it."
"No," Alya dropped her phone to the ground as Chat knelt next to Ladybug, "she's…she's okay, right?"
Lila had nothing to say. She covered her mouth with her hands and looked away. Raven put his hook shot back and stepped over to them. "M'lady," Chat murmured, "please, get up…"
Beep-beep-beep-
FWOOSH!
"Wha-?!"
Oh man, this is tense. Has Marinette been revealed?! Does Chat Noir, aka Adrien, and her friends finally know her secret?! What can Raven do or say now that he's been saved by her?! WILL PARIS EVER LEARN NOT TO SMOTHER CHLOE WITH SO MUCH AFFECTION?!
Until the next chapter!