Chapter 10.- Super-Model.
Part 2.- Iron Spider.
While all hell was about to break loose on Paris, American Son had found the Lizard and now he was trying to hit the villain with his repulsors, but to his misfortune, the Lizard was too fast and agile for the inexperienced hero, so he only managed to cause more damage than the villain himself. However, Harry only cared about stopping the beast at all costs and prove that he was a true hero, unlike Spider-Man, Ladybug and Chat Noir. On the other hand, the Lizard was furious thanks to the Iron Man impersonator that was chasing him.
And while the armored boy and the Lizard were still heading to the Eiffel Tower, Super-Model arrived at the top of the most emblematic tower in France, where she managed to scare off all the tourists and visitors of the monument, then she ripped a part of the railing and used it to hold Marinette against a beam while she held Chloé by her blouse, smirking as she saw both girls trapped as they futilely tried to break free.
- Please, let me go, I had nothing to do with this! - Chloé screamed in terror.
- Mary Jane, please! You're not like that! - Marinette said.
- Silence! - Super-Model snapped. - Mary Jane Watson's disqualification is the blonde's fault! And you didn't think twice before stealing her opportunity, Marinette! Both of you are as guilty as that imbecile, Gabriel Agreste! And once I finish with you two, Agreste will be next!
- But I didn't do anything! - Chloé cried.
- You're the one that caused all this! - Super-Model snapped as she violently shook Chloé. - But perhaps I might take your word and let you go...
- Seriously?
- Yep, but where I'm letting you go is to the ground... Bye, bye, blonde bitch.
With that said, Super-Model moved closer to the edge and threw Chloé as softly as she could, making the girl plummet to the ground as she cried and screamed in panic at her imminent death, while Marinette could only watch in horror and shock what was happening.
However, just at the middle of the tower, a figure in black suit catapulted himself at the falling girl and managed to catch her, making both end up in the spot where the heroes of Paris used to hang out to chat.
But before Chloé or Chat Noir could even look at each other, Super-Model came flying and pushed the cat-themed hero away with a hard punch, then she grabbed Chloé by her jacket and flew back to the top of the tower, where she ripped another part of the railing to trap Chloé next to Marinette.
- You'll stay here, don't think this is over. - Super-Model snapped.
- That's what you think, Super-Model. - Chat Noir snapped as he got to the top of the Eiffel Tower. - This ends here.
- Never! Not until I make justice for what those two and Agreste did to Mary Jane Watson!
- What happened to her may have been unfair but this isn't the way to solve this, Miss Watson!
- Chat Noir will not be able to take on you on his own! - Said the voice of Hawk Moth in Super-Model's mind. - He's completely helpless! Take his Miraculous before Ladybug and Spider-Man arrive!
- I don't care if it's a way to solve this or not! - Super-Model roared. - The only thing that matters is to make the blonde idiot and the thief pay for what they did to me! And I will destroy anyone who stands in my way! STARTING WITH YOU!
With that said, Super-Model pounced on Chat Noir and made both of them fall off the railing, but thanks to her powers, Super-Model was able to keep them in the air as they began to exchange blows. However, shortly after that Chat Noir was at a serious disadvantage because Super-Model did honor to her name possessing a huge strength, which rivaled or even surpassed that of Spider-Man.
With said advantage, Super-Model gave Chat Noir a powerful punch in the abdomen, which made him cough up some blood while she drove the air out of his lungs. After incapacitating him, the akumatized girl grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the Eiffel Tower, stunning the poor hero in black even more.
- You're extremely disappointing, Chat Noir, you're utterly useless without Spider-Man and Ladybug. - Super-Model smirked as she looked down at the ring in the hero's hand. - That's why now I'll take away your beloved Miraculous and give it to someone who isn't a complete failure as a hero...
Chat Noir frantically began to struggle with Super-Model, but he didn't have enough strength to break free from the villain's grip, so she couldn't do anything but see how Super-Model was getting closer and closer to take his Miraculous.
However, just before the villain could even touch the Black Cat Ring, a white strand stopped her, which distracted the Super-Model enough for a boy in a red and blue suit to kick her in the face and make her release Chat Noir. Then, the same boy managed to grab Chat Noir's hand and both landed inside the Eiffel Tower, in the same place where both had spoken as friends for the first time.
- Thanks, I owe you one, wall-crawler... - Chat Noir said while panting.
- Let's talk about it later, now help me save the Watson girl. - Said Spider-Man.
- Spider-Man! - Laughed Super-Model while she flew up to the heroes. - I was starting to think that I'd have to settle to finish you all off one by one!
- You're not like that, Mary Jane! I've known you since I was in New York, don't let Hawk Moth or the Green Goblin control you!
- They just don't want you to get your well-deserved revenge, take their Miraculouses! - Hawk Moth demanded in the mind of the Super-Model.
- Shut up! - Roared the Super-Model before pouncing on Spider-Man.
Super-Model tried to hit Spider-Man, but he simply jumped over her and dodged her attack easily, then the web-head turned on his own axis and tried to hit his opponent a punch strong enough to knock out the Super- Model. But to his surprise, Super-Model smirked and turned to stop the wall-crawler's fist with alarming ease, making Spider-Man gasp.
- Impressive. - Said the Super-Model before she kicked Spider-Man in the chest hard.
Spider-Man growled in pain as the villain's kick sent him crashing hard against the railing and made him fall over it. However, the hero of New York managed to twirl in the air and shoot a webbing strand to swing back into the fray and take enough momentum to kick the Super-Model.
Super-Model crashed to the ground after receiving Spider-Man's attack, then she growled and got ready to counterattack the arachnid hero, but Chat Noir quickly managed to make her trip over with his staff. Super-Model growled and stopped her fall with her ability to fly, then turned and tried to pounce on Chat Noir, but just before that, the heroes and the villain heard a great rumble in the vicinity.
Super-Model, Spider-Man and Chat Noir turned to see what had caused the racket and the two present heroes gasped when they saw that the Lizard was heading quickly towards the Eiffel Tower, but most surprisingly, they could see Iron Man shooting at the creature.
But a few moments later, both realized that whoever attacked the Lizard was not Iron Man, aside from the fact that his armor was completely different, he seemed to be extremely inexperienced both flying and using repulsor rays.
While the Iron Man impersonator was still trying to hit the Lizard with his repulsor rays, managing only to cause ten times more damage than the Lizard and Super-Model together, the Lizard began to climb quickly up the side of the Eiffel Tower, passing close by the villain and her opponents. After a moment, the Super-Model grunted and flew after the Lizard, noticing that the latter was heading to where her prisoners were.
On the other hand, Spider-Man and Chat Noir tried to follow the two villains but the guy in the armor stopped them firing repulsor rays that made them fall on their backs. The cat hero and the arachnid hero jumped to their feet, then stared in disbelief at the guy in the armor.
- What the hell do you think you're doing?! - Chat Noir snapped.
- I'm stopping two masked failures from daring to risk innocent civilians. - Said the guy of the armor with a voice modulator.
- Masked failures? - Spider-Man said for himself. - Harry?
- Who do you think you are to call us that? - Chat Noir snapped again.
- Call me American Son. - The young Osborn said. - Now, get out of my way.
- Are you insane?! - Spider-Man snapped. - You're causing at least ten times more damage than the Lizard and Mary Jane!
- Mary Jane?
- The Super-Model is Mary Jane Watson, she is under the influence of Hawk Moth or the Green Goblin. - Chat Noir said while extending his staff.
At that moment, American Son growled and lunged at Spider-Man, who dodged him and kicked him in the back, knocking him down while Peter scolded himself for having to attack another of his friends, thinking that everything would be worse only if Alya, Nino, Adrien or Marinette were akumatized.
- All this is your fault, Spider-Man! - American Son roared as he charged his repulsors.
- Chat Noir, go save Marinette and Chloé! I'll distract American Son!
- Understood, wall-crawler. - Chat Noir said while he nodded.
At that moment, the cat-themed hero extended his staff to begin catapulting towards the top of the Eiffel Tower, where the Super-Model and the Lizard were starting to wrestle each other. However, American Son tried to go after the hero dressed in black, but Spider-Man shot two strands at him and slammed him against a column.
Meanwhile, Super-Model and the Lizard were exchanging blows, but given the extreme resistance of the girl and the regenerative factor of the creature, none could do real damage to the other. On the other hand, Marinette and Chloé were still struggling with the metal bars that kept them imprisoned against the beam behind them, at the same time that the girl with bluish-black hair was trying to think of a way to transform so that the villains, Chloé or her fellow crime fighters wouldn't see her and discover her secret identity.
To her bad luck, she didn't have the strength to free herself as Marinette, so she was completely at the mercy of whoever won the fight between the Lizard and the Super-Model.
However, just when she reached that conclusion, she heard a thud, then smiled when she saw Chat Noir in front of her.
- Hello, Purrincess. - Chat Noir said with a smile.
- It was about time, Chat Noir! - Chloé snapped.
- Calm down, I already got you.
With that said, Chat Noir put his hands on the metal bar and began to bend it with some difficulty, and after a few moments, the two girls were free.
- Hold on tight to me. - Chat Noir said.
The two girls clung to Chat Noir with all their might, then the cat-themed hero threw himself off the top of the tower, causing Chloé to cry out in terror. But the hero simply began to turn his staff quickly as a helicopter and fell to the ground gently. Then Chat Noir used his staff to catapult as far as possible, arriving a few moments later at the Grand Paris Hotel, leaving both girls on the balcony of Chloé's room.
- You go hide and stay hidden until Super-Model and the Lizard are defeated. - Chat Noir said.
Chloé didn't think twice before getting under her bed while Chat Noir returned to the fray.
Once Chat Noir left, Tikki flew out of Marinette's bag, who was looking at the Eiffel Tower with a frown.
- Spider-Man and Chat Noir will need our help, Tikki, time to transform. - Marinette said. - Tikki, spots on!
Moments later, Ladybug swung back to the Eiffel Tower, noticing several things that left her frozen. For starters, there was a guy wearing armor similar to that of Iron Man but with different colors, fighting fiercely against Spider-Man, who, despite the notorious lack of experience in combat of his opponent, was having a hard time fighting against him. But the truly worrying thing was when she saw Chat Noir lunging alone at the Super-Model and the Lizard.
Thus, the heroine in the speckled suit swung towards the top of the Eiffel Tower, while the Super-Model and the Lizard continued to fight.
Meanwhile, the Lizard caught the Super-Model and slammed her against the floor, then the girl kneed him hard in the abdomen when the creature tried to open its maw to bite her head off. However, before the villain could get rid of her monstrous opponent, both heard a scream, followed by a double kick that sent the Lizard crashing into the fence around them. Then the Super-Model saw the end of a metal rod hit a point next to her head, causing the villain to move her gaze over the object, until she met Chat Noir's green eyes and defiant smile.
- Time for round two, Super-Model. - Chat Noir said.
- Please. - Super-Model chuckled. - I already beat you once without even trying, even the green monster there is less disappointing than you.
- If that's what you think, why haven't you won yet, you stupid human? - The Lizard growled as he got into attack position.
- Stop wasting time, Super-Model, take Chat Noir's Miraculous before Ladybug arrives! - Said Hawk Moth's voice inside Super-Model's mind.
- Shut up and let me work in peace! - Super-Model snapped.
At that time, Super-Model grabbed Chat Noir's staff and tried to wrest it from the hero, but before that, a rope with a red object with black specks wrapped around Chat Noir's weapon and snatched it from both, before Ladybug landed near her teammate.
However, before anyone could move or speak, Spider-Man went through the floor and fell as if he were a ragdoll, next to Ladybug, while American Son flew through the hole in the floor where he had thrown Spider-Man through.
At that moment, Spider-Man jumped up, at the same time as the Super-Model, then Ladybug threw the staff back at Chat Noir while American Son landed between Super-Model and the Lizard.
Chat Noir, the Super-Model, the Lizard, Ladybug, Spider-Man and American Son looked at each other as they all adopted a combat stance, but none dared to make the first move.
Suddenly, American Son fired his repulsors against Spider-Man, who dodged them thanks to his Spider-Sense and used two weblines to propel himself against his opponent, while Super-Model swooped down on Chat Noir only to be dodged. Then he tried to hit her with his staff, failing narrowingly. On the other hand, the Lizard, seeing that almost everyone was distracted, tried to retrieve his Ganali device, but Ladybug's yo-yo wrapped around his legs and made him fall to the floor, causing the creature to roar and choose to lunge against Ladybug.
The combat had worsened from one moment to the next; American Son was still fighting fiercely against Spider-Man, the Lizard was trying to disembowel Ladybug and the Super-Model was still trying to take down Chat Noir.
Unfortunately, despite the inexperience of American Son, Super-Model's bad strategy and the lack of reasoning of the Lizard, the heroes were quickly outmatched and launched from the top of the tower.
Once the heroes were out of the way, Super-Model tried to go after them and the Lizard tried to move closer the Ganali again, but two repulsor rays quickly knocked down the akumatized girl and the monster, which made them glare at the boy in armor.
- Enough, Mary Jane, and you, thing, I don't know what you're planning, but you won't get away with it. - American Son snapped.
- I'm not Mary Jane! I'm Super-Model and nobody's going to stop me from doing justice! - Super-Model roared.
- No one will stop me from converting all the pathetic and weak humans into something more powerful! - The Lizard hissed.
At that moment, the Lizard and the Super-Model pounced on American Son, who fell to the floor and managed to get both off him with a double kick, then resume the flight and think of a strategy to beat Super-Model without hurting her very much.
Meanwhile, Chat Noir threw his staff at the Eiffel Tower, managing to jam it between the beams, then Ladybug grabbed his hand and pulled him closer to her at the same time that she threw her yo-yo at the feline hero's staff. The magical yo-yo tied around Chat Noir's weapon and Ladybug swung to the ground, landing softly. On the other hand, Spider-Man simply raised his arms and fired two webbing nets, which joined and formed a parachute that made him land gracefully, a couple of meters away from his teammates.
- Well, this looks very bad. - Chat Noir let out.
- Time to show off your ability to make plans under extreme situations, Spidey. - Ladybug snapped.
- Well, I think it's more than obvious that the three of them aren't working together, so you can use that to your advantage. - Said Spider-Man.
- What do you mean with "you can"?
- I need you to defeat, or at least distract, those three. I have something with which we can deal with American Son, but I have to go get her.
- Her? - Chat Noir asked.
- It's a small gift that Iron Man gave me after defeating the Vulture. I'll be back soon, I promise.
- Well, we'll do what we can.
Ladybug and Chat Noir jumped to the Eiffel Tower and began to climb it as fast as they could, while Spider-Man began to swing with his webs as fast as he could, to the apartment where he lived. A few minutes later, Spider-Man entered his room through the window, opened the door of his closet and quickly pulled out a red and gold colored metal backpack, threw the straps over his shoulders and jumped out the window, narrowly avoiding being discovered by a very worried Aunt May, who entered the room after hearing the noise that Spider-Man had made.
Meanwhile, on top of the Eiffel Tower, American Son was being beaten with alarming ease by the Super-Model, who threw blow after blow against the aspiring hero, while the armored boy tried to cover himself without success.
Meanwhile, the Lizard was preparing the Ganali device while grinning malevolently. The last two people who had interposed their plans were too busy destroying each other and the so-called heroes of Paris were probably dead, so no one could stop him now, or so he thought. The machine was already connected to the power grid and was configured to release the mutagenic gas throughout the city, it only needed a couple of moments to complete its plan. However, just before finishing, he received a powerful kick, followed by a blow with a metal rod, which pushed him away from the Ganali, at the same time that a yo-yo was entangled around American Son and Super-Model, pulling them towards the Lizard and making them fall on the creature.
Moments later, the Lizard, American Son and Super-Model looked at the front and gritted their teeth as they saw Ladybug and Chat Noir in a combat position and had smiles on their faces.
- How dare you?! - Super-Model snapped. - You dared to ruin my revenge and even worse, my hair!
- You have intervened in my plans for the last time! - Roared the Lizard.
- Get out of here, you two are a couple of losers! - American Son snapped.
With that said, the Super Model again launched against Chat Noir, who smirked and jumped on the villain, making her crash into the floor, while Ladybug dodged a tail whiplash from the Lizard and managed to climb on his back to put the rope of her yo-yo inside the snout of the creature and used it as a rein to mount the Lizard as if he were a furious bull.
On the other hand, American Son only watched the action unfolding in front of him, paying special attention to watch with fury while Chat Noir fought with his akumatized friend. However, despite receiving attack after attack, Chat Noir was simply dodging and blocking the blows and kicks that the Super-Model was throwing at him, because he knew that if the Lizard had not been able to do anything to her but ruin her clothes, he had even less chance of damaging the akumatized girl.
At that moment, American Son raised his arms and aimed the repulsors in his palms against Ladybug and Chat Noir, but just then, two webbing balls hit him in the back and distracted him, then the boy in the armor let out a gasp when he saw Spider-Man landing in front of him, noticing that the wall-crawler now carried a red and golden metallic backpack.
After that, American Son aimed his forearm towards Spider-Man and fired a missile, which was easily avoided by the wall-crawler at the same time that he pressed a button on the right strap of his backpack, causing it to begin to unfold and cover his body completely with a thin and shiny armor that was red and golden colored with a big golden spider on the chest.
At that moment, everyone looked at Spider-Man with stupefaction as the spider-hero stood up and looked at American Son through the golden lenses of his armor.
- I thought you said you didn't have any more tricks. - Chat Noir said as the Super-Model lunged at him again.
- I didn't, technically this one's from Stark, he gave me this armor after defeating the Vulture. - Said Spider-Man. - I don't remember the name of this thing, but I like to call it the "Iron Spider".
- No matter how you call it, it won't help you to beat me. - American Son claimed.
Both Spider-Man and American Son fired their repulsor rays, causing a collision between them which continued as a clash to see which armor was most powerful. However, after a few moments, Spider-Man stopped his attack and dodged to one side while he aimed his web-shooters at American Son, firing a webline, which he used to propel himself against the boy in the blue armor, but American Son used a Muay Thai move to grab his opponent's leg and knock him down, however, Spider-Man released his armor's waldoes and hit his opponent with one of them. Meanwhile, the Lizard managed to get Ladybug off him and throw her as far as he could, but the young heroine managed to make an acrobatic turn in the air and fall gracefully on the floor, then looked at her teammates, noticing that American Son and Spider-Man were physically attacking the other and firing repulsor rays at each other, while Chat Noir blocked and diverted the Super-Model's attacks using his staff. As she saw the fight and due to the fact that the Lizard chose to forget about it momentarily to return to prepare the Ganali, Ladybug clenched her teeth.
- It's time to end this. - Ladybug said before she threw her yo-yo upwards. - Lucky Charm!
A flash of light emerged from the magical yo-yo, then a small horde of ladybugs emerged from the yo-yo and materialized a big bottle of what seemed to be cherry soda, which had a red label with black spots.
- Cherry soda? - Ladybug asked as the bottle fell into her hands.
- Great! - Chat Noir said with a trace of sarcasm as he jumped back to dodge a kick from the Super-Model. - They will destroy us but at least we won't be thirsty.
Ladybug frowned and looked around, trying to find out how and where she should use the soda bottle. After a couple of seconds, she saw that the Super-Model and the Ganali were the ones she had to use her Lucky Charm on, and at that moment, she smiled defiantly and started shaking the bottle as hard as she could, managing to feel the soda inside it increasing its pressure.
- Chat Noir, take the Super-Model as close as you can to the Canoli! - Ladybug said.
- Canoli? - Chat Noir wondered as he managed to block another hit from Super-Model. - You mean the Ganali device?
- Whatever it's called! Just do it!
Chat Noir nodded, then smiled defiantly as Super-Model glared at him and straightened her hair.
- What's up, Super-Brat? - Chat Noir asked with a touch of defiance in his tone. - Wasn't I supposed to be a disappointment?
- Shut up! - The Super-Model roared as she tried to pounce on Chat Noir for the umpteenth time.
The akumatized girl managed to grab her opponent by the shoulders and slam him against the Ganali, which made it destabilize again, which at the same time caused the Lizard to get mad and look over the side of his device, seeing Super-Model and Chat Noir struggling against it.
The Lizard moved quickly and roared, drawing the attention of the villain and the hero, whom he caught off guard and managed to grab them between his clutches to smash them hard against the Ganali and the floor, respectively.
- This is the last time you or anyone gets in my way! - Roared the Lizard before he opened his jaws.
While the Lizard tried to bite off Super-Model's head, Chat Noir grabbed his staff and extended it, hitting the creature with one end and slamming it shut, while a shadow covered the sun over them.
That shadow turned out to be nobody but Ladybug, who had jumped over all three while she put a hand on the lid of the bottle she was carrying.
- Would any of you like a drink? - Ladybug asked with an amused tone.
The heroine in the speckled suit opened the bottle and dropped a shower of reddish liquid on the Lizard, the Super-Model and the Ganali, while Chat Noir took advantage of the confusion caused by his sudden attack on the Lizard and Ladybug's mockery to break free from the grip of the monster.
The soda of the bottle that Ladybug had in her hands fell on the Lizard, Super-Model and the Ganali device, however, the monster was barely bothered by the sticky sensation of the sweet liquid drying, but on the other hand, the Ganali sizzled and began to smoke, while a powerful scream stunned everyone within a radius of one kilometer, a scream from the Super-Model, as the soda stained her clothes, ruined her makeup and her hairstyle. And all this did nothing but enrage the creature and the akumatized girl, who glared at Ladybug.
- YOU! - The villains roared.
Super-Model tried to pounce on Ladybug, but before that, she was tackled down by Chat Noir.
- Cataclysm! - Chat Noir shouted after successfully pinning Super-Model down.
With a quick movement, Chat Noir touched the Super-Model's bracelet, which disintegrated immediately and released the akuma.
- It's time to de-evillize! - Ladybug said as she threw her yo-yo at the akuma.
The yo-yo caught the little butterfly, then retreated to its owner's hand, who pressed the yo-yo and released the purified akuma.
- Bye-bye, little butterfly. - Ladybug said as the akuma flew away.
At that moment, a dark aura enveloped Mary Jane, transforming the girl back to normal. The redhead of Montoursville moaned a little when she felt a slight headache, then opened her eyes and looked up, feeling a small blush forming on her cheeks when she noticed that Chat Noir was holding her against the ground. Immediately afterwards, Chat Noir freed her from his grip and got up to offer her a hand and help her stand up.
- Are you okay, Miss Watson? - Chat Noir asked.
- Y-yeah... but how did I get here? What happened? - Asked a very confused Mary Jane.
- It's a long story...
Before Chat Noir could keep talking, a roar snapped them both out of their stupor, then Chat Noir opened his eyes wide and pushed Mary Jane to the ground, receiving a powerful blow, which left him unconscious.
After that, the Lizard smiled evilly and tried to pounce on Mary Jane, but Ladybug threw herself fiercely against the Lizard, managing to give him a couple of punches, followed by a double kick to the abdomen, a double uppercut and a sweep kick, which managed to knock the Lizard down. However, the monster used its tail to catch Ladybug and restrict her movements, while she brought her closer to his face.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man and American Son were still exchanging blows, only unlike before, thanks to the Iron Spider, Spider-Man was ahead. American Son tried to shoot a repulsor beam at his opponent, but Spider-Man deflected his arm and countered with a punch to the abdomen, then Spider-Man tried to shoot a repulsor ray of his own at American Son with the same arm he had used to hit him but the boy in blue armor hit the hero in golden armor and knocked him back. After that, American Son activated some micromissile launchers on his shoulders and shot several against Spider-Man, who could only manage to create a deflector shield, which received most of the damage, then the wall-crawler ended up crashing into a fence.
After that, the web-head tried to aim his right palm at American Son, mentally commanding the armor to charge enough power to destroy the power source of his opponent's suit without harming the pilot inside it, which made American Son raise his arms and try to shoot two repulsors at Spider-Man, however, both tried to cover their ears instinctively as they heard a shrill scream that destroyed all objects made of glass within a radius of one kilometer. After that, both armored boys looked at the other heroes, who had managed to momentarily get rid of the Lizard and the Super-Model. Then they saw that Super-Model got up again to attack, but was quickly brought down by Chat Noir, who seconds later destroyed the bracelet that the akumatized girl wore on her wrist. After that, Mary Jane returned to normal, but after seeing that the Lizard was approaching Mary Jane, was attacked by Ladybug and managed to capture the young heroine, Spider-Man let out a gasp. At that moment, Spider-Man gritted his teeth and shot a couple of repulsor rays at American Son in the chest, managing to put his opponent out of combat long enough to activate the thrusters of his armor's boots and flew up at the Lizard, crashing into the Ganali and destroying the device in the process, then take the creature by the tail and turn it to crash into the center of the tower, knocking him down. Then the arachnid hero turned to Ladybug and with the lenses of his armor, he noticed that Ladybug's Miraculous was beginning to blink.
- Are you ok? - Asked Spider-Man.
- Yes, but we have to end this soon or I will detransform. - Ladybug said.
- Take care of the Lizard and take Chat Noir to a safe place, I'll...
Before he could even finish explaining his plan, Spider-Man received a missile to the face, causing an explosion that sent him flying out of the tower next to Ladybug, while American Son gasped furiously and slowly lowered his arm.
On the other hand, the Lizard growled and roared fiercely, then noticed that Mary Jane was still close to him. And since he was more than fed up with that bunch of human children who kept getting into their plans, the Lizard roared and prepared to finish off the redhead girl, but American Son quickly tackled him and made him fall down the side of the Tower Eiffel, rolling over one of the support beams and exchanging punches with each other, leaving a surprised Mary Jane on top of the most iconic monument in France.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man and Ladybug had fallen from the tip of the Eiffel Tower, thanks to the missile that American Son had shot Spider-Man in the face, stunning Ladybug with the force of the explosion. Moments after having fallen, Spider-Man recovered from the daze suffered by the attack, then let out a gasp when he noticed that his armor was rebooting and that it looked like it wasn't going to end before he got to the ground. But worse than that, he saw Ladybug plummetting to the ground as he did, only she was unaware of how fast she was approaching the floor.
So, Spider-Man shot a webline at his crime-fighting partner and pulled her closer to him, then aimed his other web-shooter at a junction of beams and wove a net, after that he threw Ladybug at it, managing to stop her fall and shake her enough to get her off her daze.
Meanwhile, Ladybug shook her head to get rid of the buzzing sensation in her ears, then gasped as she watched Spider-Man falling to the ground. In an attempt to save him, Ladybug tried to take her yo-yo, but she realized that she was trapped in a web, which restrained her from moving.
The young heroine frantically tried to free herself, but the web proved to be much stronger than she thought possible, so she could only watch in horror as Spider-Man came dangerously close to the ground. Meanwhile, Spider-Man was terrified, although it was a fact that his body was much more resistant to impacts while he had his transformation, he knew that falling from a tall structure like the Eiffel Tower could have fatal consequences, even with his armor on too, so now he found himself hitting the helmet of his armor gently so as not to hurt himself, trying to get his Iron Spider to reboot faster. Since he didn't succeed after a few seconds, the hero in red and blue pressed the head of the spider on his chest and the armor began to open and fold until it turned into a backpack again. Then he quickly took it off and threw it into a web that he wove between two lampposts, after that, Spider-Man quickly replaced the cartridges of his web-shooters and fired a webline at a lamppost, using it to swing and alter his course and speed of fall, the downside was that his acrobatic maneuver ended up with him hitting the floor with enough force to make him roll over several meters and end up destroying a small traveling stall of teenage trinkets.
After that, Spider-Man sighed and looked at the things above him, discovering that he had several CDs and posters over him.
- Ok... the armor didn't get any damage but... I must remember that I can make a parachute with webbing... But what the...? - Moaned Spider-Man while he grabbed a CD and a poster that were on top of him. - A Love Sentence CD? A Sev'ral Timez poster? Ugh, gross. It took me five days to disinfect my suit after my adventure in the sewers but I'll never get the stench of touching this garbage off my suit...
Spider-Man got up with a jump and when he landed he listened as if he had stepped on a piece of paper, so he sighed and looked at his foot, letting out a gasp before picking up what he had stepped on, as it was a new poster of Peter Parker's favorite singer, which was his second biggest secret.
- Dazzler released a new album?! - Said Spider-Man with surprise and joy. - I have to get it as soon as I can! But before that...
Spider-Man dropped the poster and fired a webbing strand at his armor to retrieve it, put it back on and activated it, then he flew towards Ladybug, who was still trying to break free from the web where Spider-Man had left her.
- I'm sorry I had to throw you at this thing. - Spider-Man said as he fired a laser from the wrist of his armor to cut the web.
- No, it's ok, thanks for saving me but I have to go, I'm running out of time. - Ladybug said as the penultimate speck of her earrings disappeared after blinking.
- Don't worry, Mary Jane has returned to normal and the Lizard can't go on with his plans thanks to you and Chat Noir, I'll take care of the rest.
- I'll be back, I just have to recharge my kwami.
- No, everything will be over by the time you do it, go rest.
Spider-Man finished cutting the web and Ladybug took his hand, then the arachnid hero descended to the ground, nodded at his teammate and she returned the gesture, after that she flung her yo-yo and left the place while a nearby explosion caught Spider-Man's attention.
Meanwhile, American Son and the Lizard fell to the ground harshly, because although they rolled over the supporting pillars of the tower, the Lizard managed to hold on to the metal a few times and American Son used his propellers to stop his fall, but they still moved at a great speed. However, this wasn't enough to result in a fatal fall, but due to the force of the impact, both contenders ended up quite stunned for a couple of minutes.
Once American Son's shook his head to get his thoughts in order, he looked at the Lizard, who staggered and tried to recover from the impact, and after a couple of seconds, the boy in the blue armor clenched his teeth and remembered why he had done something so suicidal as rolling down one of the pillars of the Eiffel Tower to the ground, which made his blood boil and charge the repulsors of his suit to the max. Moments later, the Lizard received a powerful repulsor beam square in the face, which managed to dislocate his jaw, then another repulsor suffocated him by hitting him in the abdomen and, while he panted heavily and his regenerative factor cured his dislocated jaw, the creature heard a roar, followed by a powerful punch that dislocated his jaw again. After this, American Son used all his knowledge in Muay Thai to begin to beat his opponent, breaking one of his legs with a sweep kick, breaking several ribs with a series of punches to the abdomen and bending his forearm in an unnatural angle with a roundhouse kick.
Once the Lizard could no longer stand, American Son took the opportunity to pounce on him and hit him in the face as hard as he could, breaking at least one of his fangs with each blow.
After several minutes, American Son jumped back as it loaded its repulsors and, after landing, fired two powerful repulsor rays, which caused a great outburst when it hit the almost unconscious Lizard. Once the dust of the repulsive blast cleared, American Son saw the Lizard at the bottom of a crater, only instead of seeing a monster, the boy saw a man in his early thirties, quite beaten up, who wore the remains of brown pants and a bloody and dirty lab coat.
Using the increased vision of his helmet, American Son was able to observe the individual's face in more detail, then let out a strangled cry when the database of the suit showed a coincidence.
- Doctor Connors? - Said American Son.
- What have you done?! - Spider-Man said as he landed a few meters from American Son.
Meanwhile, Chat Noir felt that someone was moving him with desperation and asking him to wake up, which made him grunt with pain, slowly open his eyes and begin to get up. Once he was upstairs, Chat Noir saw that the one who urged him to wake up and get up was Mary Jane Watson.
- Are you ok? - Mary Jane asked.
- Yes... but my body hurts to the soul... - Chat Noir said. - What happened...?
- Spider-Man and Ladybug were thrown off the tower because the armored guy fired a missile at them, then the Lizard tried to attack me but the armored guy lunged at it and fell with it to the ground.
- With those armors, I doubt that any of them got hurt. - Chat Noir said as he stood up. - You, on the other hand, I have to get you out of here before they hurt you, hold on tight.
With that said, Chat Noir grabbed Mary Jane's hand and she clung to the blond hero as he jumped from the Eiffel Tower and slid down one of its pillars.
After a few moments, Chat Noir jumped and landed as smoothly as possible, then ran to get some momentum and jumped away from the Eiffel Tower. Once he was close enough to the Trocadéro, Chat Noir put Mary Jane down and said:
- Well, now go back to the set and wait there, I assure you that everything will be fixed soon.
- B-but Mr. Agreste... - Mary Jane said.
- I'll take care of Gabriel Agreste, he owes me a favor, after all.
With that said, Chat Noir extended his staff and catapulted with it over a few streets, then hid in an alley just before his transformation ended and his kwami flew out of his ring.
- Well, I have to recharge you soon, Plagg, Spider-Man may need help. - Adrien said as he took a piece of Camembert from a pocket in his jacket.
- That's what I'm doing, boy. - Plagg said as he began to gnaw the piece of Camembert.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man and American Son were facing each other, both of them glaring at each other under their respective masks.
- What did you do to that man? - Sued Spider-Man.
- Nothing, that thing was the Lizard. - Explained American Son. - I just made it go back to normal.
- Take off that armor right now, you've already caused too many problems.
- And what about you? You have caused much more damage! You've even killed people!
- I did not kill anyone! And just look around you, you destroyed many more things than the Lizard, Super-Model, Chat Noir, Ladybug and me! Together!
- That is not true!
So, American Son growled and pounced on Spider-Man, who kicked him away from him.
Afterwards, American Son took a spin in the air and fired a repulsor beam, which was dodged by little thanks to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense.
After this, American Son tried to fire a missile against the wall-crawler, but the latter used two of the waldoes of its armor to catch both of his opponent's arms and to move him closer to him to destroy the power source of his suit to end the combat.
But when Spider-Man tried to pull the power source of his suit, American Son gave him a strong backflip kick to the chin, helped by the thrusters of his boots, followed by two energy bursts projected by the same thrusters, with which he managed to get Spider-Man away from him and free himself from his waldoes.
Once the boy in the blue, white and red armor was free, he jumped back and fired his repulsor rays at Spider-Man's waldoes, destroying both.
Then the wall-crawler grunted in frustration and fired a repulsor ray, which was blocked by a triangle-shaped shield that American Son projected with his forearm.
- Cool. - American Son chuckled.
- That's enough, American Son. - Spider-Man snapped.
- No, this isn't over until it's over.
With that said, American Son tried to shoot two missiles against Spider-Man, but aside from the fact that he had run out of ammo, he was taken by surprise as Spider-Man used his last waldo to hit his arm and then two weblines stuck to the young Osborn's torso. Spider-Man pulled the lines and twirled American Son around him to then throw him against a lamppost.
Later, Spider-Man tried to shoot his webs to catch American Son, but he dodged them without any problems and fired his repulsors against the hero, who dodged them with an acrobatic movement while thinking about how to disable the armor of what Peter thought was his best friend, without hurting Harry very much.
On another side of the city, two flashes of light were seen, then Chat Noir and Ladybug began to move at full speed back to the Eiffel Tower to support their partner in the fight against crime.
A few moments later, Ladybug and Chat Noir landed a few feet away from Spider-Man and American Son, having to dodge a couple of repulsor rays that the two armored fighters had fired, then Ladybug and Chat Noir took their weapons and began to spin them quickly as they ran into the fray.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man was in trouble, because although he was a formidable combatant, thanks mainly to his Spider-Sense; American Son was winning in the hand-to-hand fight, because Harry was an excellent Muay Thai fighter.
However, just before the young man in the blue armor could punch Spider-Man in the face, Ladybug's yo-yo got tangled around his forearm, then American Son growled and tried to turn to shoot a repulsor beam at Ladybug, but Chat Noir's staff crashed into the plexiglass of his helmet, creating a hole that showed one of Harry Osborn's eyes.
- That's enough, American Son. - Ladybug snapped as she pulled her yo-yo back.
- Don't make us hurt you. - Warned Chat Noir.
- Take off that armor right now, you've already caused too many problems. - He ordered Spider-Man.
- And what about you? You have caused much more damage! You've even killed people! - Replicated American Son.
- I did not kill anyone! And just look around you, you destroyed many more things than the Lizard, Super-Model, Chat Noir, Ladybug and me! Together!
- That's not true!
- That's what you think?! - A citizen snapped. - You damaged the Eiffel Tower, you destroyed several streets, you blew up several cars and caused damage to buildings!
At that same moment, a group of Parisians approached the two boys in armor, all of them glaring at American Son and complaining about the damage he had caused or insulting him for the same reason.
Given the situation in which he was now, American Son couldn't do but stand there with his mouth agape and stupefied at the words of the Parisians. He had only tried to help, to protect people, to show everyone how he was a true hero.
However, thanks to Spider-Man, everyone was now against him.
And Spider-Man would pay for it.
So, American Son growled and pounced on Spider-Man, who dodged it and then blocked a couple of punches and a kick. Then, looking to end the fight, Spider-Man threw a punch at American Son direct to the plexiglass of his helmet, managing to crack half of it with ease.
After that, Spider-Man kneed his opponent, driving the air out of his lungs. However, American Son still did not give up, so he fired two repulsor rays against Ladybug and Chat Noir, who didn't have enough time to block or evade them and ended up receiving direct hits on the abdomen, making Spider-Man release him as gasped and ran up to his fallen partners. Taking advantage that the three were together, American Son pointed his forearm against the heroes and prepared to fire his last missile, but suddenly, a can hit American Son on the back, followed by several stones and other objects, which were thrown by the citizens who had gathered enough courage to get close.
American Son gasped as more and more people began to gather around him as they continued to insult him and throw things at him. The armored boy began to turn, facing the crowd around him and as he did so, a brick slammed into the cracked part of his helmet and broke the plexiglass, leaving half of his face vulnerable and exposed.
When that happened, American Son took off and looked at Spider-Man, Ladybug and Chat Noir, who gasped loudly as they managed to notice Harry Osborn's face behind the broken plexiglass mask.
- Harry... - Ladybug and Chat Noir said.
- I knew it... - Said Spider-Man with clenched teeth.
At that moment, American Son went flying away, making the Parisians start cheering, although their victory was soon halted when several French Special Forces patrol cars and a couple of S.H.I.E.L.D. SUVs approached and forced the civilians to retreat.
Meanwhile, Ladybug and Chat Noir stood up, feeling somewhat confused and stunned by the revelation of American Son's identity.
On the other hand, Spider-Man felt guilty and fearful, the first for having to fight not only with one of his friends, but also with his best friend; and the latter because now Harry was in emotional distress, which Hawk Moth or the Green Goblin could seize to use Harry against him.
But he was not going to allow it.
So, Spider-Man clenched his fists and said:
- Get out of here and don't talk to the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., talk to Gabriel Agreste about the situation of the Watson girl.
- What about Harry Osborn? - Ladybug asked.
- Don't worry, I'll take care of finding him and make sure he isn't akumatized or evillized.
With that said, Spider-Man fired a webbing strand and swung away from the place while Ladybug and Chat Noir used their weapons to leave as well, while the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the Special Forces took the unconscious Dr. Curt Connors into custody.
Somewhere else, inside the secret room of the Agreste Mansion, Hawk Moth grunted in frustration as he saw Spider-Man, Ladybug and Chat Noir foiling his plans again.
- You may have won this round, kids. - Hawk Moth said. - But I can assure you that the spotlights of victory will shine over me at the end, I will get your Miraculouses one way or the other!
