Chapter 14
In the evening in front of the cinema appeared a black SUV with the license of the diplomatic corps stopping in front of the entrance, which had on the floor a long red carpet leading to the end of the road, where the sidewalk for the pedestrian was. From the second door came out Lila Rossi along with her boyfriend Nathaniel, who carefully went down of the vehicle, followed by Lila closing the door.
"Don't worry, you won't fall down that easy" Lila said then waved at the driver with a smile, which drove off leaving the couple alone.
"The gap between my feet and the ground from your car is still a little big. But it's not that I'm going to fall down again like the first time your driver offered me a ride"
"Sure," Lila said glancing at the building and on the walls, she saw the various French and foreign movies, that had been released for a few weeks in this theater. "Do you have any idea, what we could all watch?" The brown-haired girl questioned the boyfriend, that also looked at all the movie posters, that were set on the walls.
"I don't know, let's wait for Adrien and Kagami, then we all can decide it together"
"Good idea" Lila agreed. "Aren't Luka and Marinette coming?"
"Marinette went with Alya together to do an interview. Luka stood back practicing with his band and Juleka is with Rose together in her house babysitting her younger brother"
"Oh okay," Lila said, then remembered something, she needed to ask. "Hey did your mother ask you, where you went last night?"
"I told her I fell asleep in Luka's house and she didn't ask anything more" Responded Nathaniel. "I also didn't need to tell Luka, what exactly happened between us, you know he can see through my lies."
"Just like me" Lila added earning a nod from the redhead.
On the road appeared the gray colored Sedan of the Agreste's, where from the backseat Adrien came out and waiting for Kagami, who had shared with the boy the car afterward the blonde closed the door and watched the gorilla leave.
"Hi Kagami, I heard about yesterday. Sorry, we couldn't be there to help you" Nathaniel said walking up at the blue-haired girl, then shrieked as Lila raced beside him to give Kagami a hug.
"It's alright Nathaniel," Kagami said while caressing her best friend on the back. "I'm fine Lila, you can get off me," The Japanese girl told the friend, who embraced her a little harder.
"Listen my arm is aching from the vaccination, if you could take it easy with the hugs for today I would be thankful"
"Sorry," Lila said taking her arms off her friend. "I'm just glad to know you're alright"
"I had luck Adrien and Luka reacted quickly to my message. Who knows, what could have happened next"
"Last night I felt like the time had slowed down as we helped Kagami and her mother out of the car. I was desperate, I thought she wouldn't make it." Adrien explained the friend group.
"That sounds awful" Nathaniel admitted earning a nod from the blonde.
"Hey we should go look, what movies are going to air tonight, I don't really want to talk about what happened the last night" Kagami mentioned slightly annoyed about the conversation.
"Right we haven't decided one yet," The teenage model said looking at Nathaniel and Lila. "What movies are available?"
"I don't know, I haven't read all the titles yet" Answered the redheaded boy and the four walked at the entrance to the walls which had the posters of the movies, that were currently airing this week.
"The bizarre trip to the arms of a floozy?" Asked Nathaniel reading the title of the first movie, that showed a man, that looked like he got dreamy of something and over his head was the title. "Is this Jewish?"
"I don't know, you need to search that" Answered Adrien watching Lila pick up the smartphone to search for information about the movie.
"Hey, I think I watched the first part of this one," Kagami said pointing at the third image with four young couples from a multicultural heritage standing behind a couch with two older couple, one of the pair having white skin complexion, while the second couple was dark-skinned.
"Ah that's the one we watched four years ago with our class," Adrien said looking at Nathaniel, who nodded. "The movie was actually pretty funny"
"I haven't seen it, but if the first one already was great I wouldn't mind seeing the sequel" Lila added looking at the three friends.
"Are you all cool with that?" Adrien questioned seeing all nod in agreement. "Good"
Inside the cinema the group sat in the middle of the hall staring at the screen, watching the characters from the movie poster all having lunch together and chatting about a trip the oldest couple had.
Nathaniel shared with Lila a large popcorn bucket, both taking one after the other a few flocks from it to eat while they were watching the movie. Lila grabbed a handful of it, then looked down at her and Nathaniel's kwami sitting together on the lean of the chair looking at the movie, then Lila placed four different sized popcorn flocks in front of them, making them smile and look up at the girl, that smiled back at the two kwamis.
Adrien had on his laps a smaller bucket with popcorn and he took a flock out of the bucket to throw it into his mouth, then he placed his arm on the lean and his kwami Plagg got out of the pocket of his jacket and pushed him on the arm to get his attention and glared at his owner, who rolled his eyes and grabbed a hand full of popcorn and held his hand flat for the cat kwami to sit down on the arm, grabbing one of the flock and shove it into his mouth to chew it.
"You're aware I won't let my arm the whole evening there, right?" Asked the blonde watching the black kwami pick up the next flock ignoring his comment. Adrien's girlfriend yawned, afterward, she leaned her face on Adrien's shoulder making him roll his eyes at her in surprise, then he smiled amused about it and lied his cheek over her head.
Lila watched her best friend together with her boyfriend, then looked back at Nathaniel, that had his eyes glued on the movie, then Lila embraced the boy around his arms, getting Nathaniel to turn his head at her and look straight into her eyes.
"You….you look gorgeous in the dark Lila" Complimented Nathaniel making Lila smile enchanted by his comment.
"Better than last night in my room?" Asked Lila teasingly, making Nathaniel turn red.
"Lila just no," Nathaniel said making the brunette laugh.
"Sorry I had to" Lila replied with a giggle, then heard a strange sound, which sounded like a fart. Lila started to smell with her nose, then she tweaked her nose with her index and thumb. "Bargh, Nathaniel!"
"Hey I didn't do anything wrong" Nathaniel complained, then he heard another fart coming from somewhere, then he covered his nose too like Lila. "Boy, who did that?" Asked Nathaniel, then a few more people around them could smell this nasty scent and covered their noses too, followed by a few getting up to leave the room.
"What's going on?" Asked Kagami with a disgruntled voice due to her having her nose tweaked like Lila. "It comes from here somewhere," Kagami said looking around with Lila, then the girl looked at Karaa, who had also her hands over her nose and Trixx sat next to the white kwami with her paws over her belly, which was filled up with air.
"Are you okay Trixx?" Asked Lila and Trixx shook her head.
"I think the popcorn was made with butter," Trixx said twitching her body in pain, then she let out another fart out, blowing up her tail like a skunk after releasing its scent, making Lila cover her nose in disgust.
"That's all my fault, Lila, I didn't know they put butter in the popcorn," Nathaniel said looking at Lila sadly, then she picked up her kwami holding her closer to herself.
"We better go meet Master Fu and ask him for an antidote or something?" Suggested the redhead.
"Do we really have to go to Master Fu?" Asked the Italian. "Isn't there something else, we could get here in the near?" The brunette questioned the fox kwami, who shook her head, followed by another fart.
"S..sorry" Apologized Trixx quietly.
"I go with you Lila" Offered Nathaniel then warped his face as Trixx let out another flatulence. "Whoa"
"Eww dude, I never smelt such a horrible smell in my life" A teenager sitting two rows behind complained.
"Sorry I brought my hamster and for some reasons, he got this problem" Lila made up to avoid them to know her superhero identity. "Come Nathy, let's get out of here"
"I'm going with Lila," Nathaniel said passing beside the few guests, that sat there watching the movie, then got disgusted as the two passed by with Trixx's smell.
Kagami and Adrien watched the two ran the corridor up to leave the cinema hall, therefore both looked at each other bewildered about what exactly was happening with Trixx.
"I hope there's nothing serious with Trixx," Kagami said looking up at the face of her boyfriend.
"I think she's lactose intolerant and has similar symptoms as us humans."
"Oh no poor thing," Kagami said sad earning a nod from the blonde.
"I only had to go one time to Master, when Plagg got sick. It was horrifying. He couldn't stop whining. He thought he was going to die!"
"Oh no, that sounds awful," Kagami said looking down at Plagg and Tikki, then Plagg looked up at her.
"At some point he got very annoyed with me, that I couldn't stop the whining, but he couldn't understand how much pain I felt during that time" Plagg said to the Japanese girl rolling his eyes up at her and sinking his ears down as he was playing the role of an innocent kitten.
"You're exaggerating, Plagg," Adrien told his kwami slightly annoyed by his story.
"Oh he didn't mean to be harsh with you," Kagami said picking the kwami up, leaning him closer to her belly, followed by Plagg place his arms on it for a hug. Kagami smiled and patted the kwami on its head, which then started to sniff around and look up at the girl.
"You've got Brie with you, don't you?" Asked Plagg making the girl smile and take out from her jacket a small, white box and opened it for Plagg. "And it's my favorite from that type," Plagg said grabbing the box and sitting down on the lean next to Tikki.
"You're spoiling Plagg even more than I," Adrien said making Kagami giggle.
"I know, I was supposed to keep that for the other day," Kagami said, then she leaned her back on the seat along with Adrien, then he felt his smartphone vibrate in the inside of his jacket, then took it out to see it was a call from Luka Couffaine.
"Luka is calling me," Adrien said looking at his girlfriend. "Shall I attend it?"
"Maybe it's an emergency?" Responded Kagami unsure about the idea of attending the phone during the movie.
"I'll be quiet, I promise," Adrien said attending the phone and greeting the friend quietly. "Hey I'm at the cinema, I can't talk louder"
"I was on my way back home and a cargo ship has a hole on the front and is slowly starting to sink. Is there a way you and Kagami could show up and assist me?"
"Sure, we're on the way" Adrien whispered and turned his smartphone off and looked at the girlfriend, which gazed at him wondering, what their mission was.
"Sinking ship. We're needed" Adrien said earning a nod from Kagami.
"Great, let's head to the restrooms. It's behind the third entrance of the hall" Told Kagami earning a nod from the blonde, then their kwamis entered into their pockets and the two got out from the row, heading the corridor up to the exit to be able to transform into Lady Red and Cat Noir.
Viperion stood at the harbor of the tourist boats watching passengers leave the red-colored sightseeing vehicle.
"I'm sorry for bursting the party, but we need to use this boat to help the crew to get out of this situation. Please remain calm everyone" The snake miraculous holder warned the adults, that was leaving the water vehicle.
"I hope Mrs. Couffaine or Mr. Chaux are able to help you arranging a second boat for the party, in a quarter hour or less" The captain of the boat told the guests, that walked on the port back to the entrance, where the ticket cabinet was and an older man stood in it, waiting for the clients to approach him.
"Are the other superheroes coming too?" Asked the captain looking down at the superhero, waiting for the last guests to leave.
"I've called Cat Noir and Lady Red to assist me. If necessary I can still contact Miss Vixen, Super Nathan and Honey Bee." Responded the snake-themed hero. "All people are down now of the boat, now head as quick as possible to that cargo ship"
"I'm on it" Replied the man heading into the cabin of the ship, turning the water turbines on, slowly departing from the docks following the stream of the Seine to a bridge, that connects the roads, where the Trocadero is and on the other side the Champs de Mars, where the Eiffel tower is located. As the boat passed under the bridge Viperion looked up at the bridge as citizens leaned against the wall of the road looking forward at the second bridge, where there stood a cargo ship behind the bridge sinking very low behind the bridge and on the side of the boat the staff of the ship run their way up to the end of the vehicle, besides two sailors, that were trying to jump together at the bridge, but as they tried it out only one of them managed to hold himself on the top of the wall, while the other missed it and fell down on the water making it splash as he hit the water surface.
"Oh oh" Viperion said, then looked around the party boat for anything to help the man, afterward he found a life belt and removed it from the wall and ran at the front of the boat, which was coming near the bridge and threw it like a frisbee towards the sailor, that was in the water swimming away from the sinking ship.
"Viperion, one of my co-workers is hanging over the bridge. He needs help or he falls down" The sailor warned the raven-haired superhero, that watched the guy heading to the red water ring, that he had thrown on the river to save the other.
"I'm on it" Viperion said, then he ran towards the cabin of the ship, jumping on it, therefore, he jumps again grabbing himself with his hands on the wall of the bridge. Viperion placed his right leg on the side of the wall between the gap between the columns of the wall, then he tried to move his second leg up, but stopped as he noted, that the way he was doing wasn't going to work.
"I'll help you out!" A slight high pitched voice said, then Viperion looked around him to see the superheroine Honey Bee flying by and picking the boy by the handle behind his back, where his weapon was attached and carried the boy up slowly, then Viperion threw himself down on the ground landing on his knees and arms.
"Thank you" The tall boy said making the heroine smile, afterward the two looked at the staff crying out for help as the ship was still processing to sink, but still low.
"We gotta help them out of the ship," Honey Bee said looking at the brother of her girlfriend, who nodded about her comment.
"Go ahead, I need to check out the leak of the ship" Viperion explained, then ran at the side of the bridge, while Honey Bee had taken off to levitate over the rear of the ship and helping one of the sailors up, leading him out of the danger and placing him down on the road safely.
Viperion observed the front of the ship, then found down near the end a hole, where the water was entering and oil flowing out of there.
"Crap we need something to soak that oil all up," Viperion said, then heard a familiar sound of a stab hitting the ground, then he looked back to see Cat Noir and Lady Red standing there ready to help.
"Already got a plan?" Asked Cat Noir running at the snake-themed hero along with Lady Red, then both looked down at the leak, which was the cause for the vehicle to be sinking.
"I was thinking about someone needing to organize bath towels or something else to tie together to a cord and let it suck all the oil here until the firefighters are here" The guy in the dark-green suit mentioned to the couple, as the first idea, that came to his mind.
"That will take a long while though. My idea would be, if Super Nathan and Miss Vixen appear in time, Super Nathan erases the oil on the water and fixes the leak on the ship." Suggested the blue-haired heroine.
"Shall Honey Bee keep carrying the passengers out of the ship?" Questioned the dark-dressed cat superhero glancing at the blonde heroine carrying the third sailor of the ship and dropping him carefully on the ground, then taking off in the air again a little tired from having carried some heavy persons.
"We were supposed to help the staff up on one of the tourist guide boats, from where my mother works" Viperion added to the conversation between the three.
"Hey, I've got a better idea. Lady Red will hold the ship up with her yo-yo and we help Honey Bee with carrying all the staff members of the ship until there the firefighters or Super Nathan will be here" Suggested the blonde cat miraculous holder. "What about this idea?"
"Sounds actually better" Agreed the older male.
"Is it okay for you?" Asked Cat Noir looking at his girlfriend, who shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't need to go down at the river to hold the ship up, right?"
"No, you can do it from up here, it's even easier for you" Cat Noir explained earning a nod from the Japanese descendant heroine, then the two boys ran to Honey Bee, who just carried the fourth person to the bridge while Lady Red walked to the wall, then got on the top of it, then gazed down at the river swallowing hard at how far away she was from there.
"C..Cat I got a problem," Lady Red said looking at the two superheroes to see Cat Noir stand on the ship with the passengers and taking one on his arms before he got ready to jump off the rear to land on the platform of the bridge.
"Lady Red, I'm here!" Another voice yelled, then it was Super Nathan flying by with his jetpack and landing next to her on the wall. "Do you need help, where can I help you?"
"Yes...let me think again, I think I have another idea...right draw on the top of the tourist a platform over the seats of the people, then over it a large square. After that, I eventually need your help again to tie the yo-yo around the front of the ship, cause I have to lift it up and let the oil flow into the square instead."
"Okay I begin with the drawing, it will be quick" Super Nathan said flying down at the tourist boat and starting to draw on his tablet, what Kagami's alter ego had asked for.
Lady Red looked at the ship front, starting to think on her task, then she furrowed her eyebrows while squinting her eyes and spun her yo-yo around and threw it around the ship, hearing it hit the surface of the water. A while later Lady Red groaned as the yo-yo didn't manage to pass around the ship.
"Super Nathan, move it, the box doesn't need to be perfect" Shouted Lady Red, then Super Nathan flew up at the girl looking at her hands to see, she had already thrown the yo-yo.
"Ah it really doesn't work" Super Nathan said, then pressed with his pen on his tablet on the option with his render model, opening a larger body model of himself, therefore he drew on the face water glasses and a snorkel, which magically appeared on his face, then the boy flew down diving in in the water, seconds later he flew out of it going around the ship front and dive on the other side of the ship again, after that he left again on the other side of the ship and landed on the top of the ship and wrapped it around its cord and gave the ladybug-themed superheroine a thumb up, making her smile gently.
"Thank you," The heroine said pulling the yo-yo up with a little bit of difficulty due to the weight of the ship. "Whoa this….is…...heavy…."
"I help you," Super Nathan said flying towards the girl, which got down behind the wall of the bridge, then grabbed in front of her the cord of the yo-yo trying to push too, but the two weren't strong enough.
"We need more help," Lady Red said looking at Cat Noir arriving with another man in his arms on the bridge. "Cat I need your help!" Shouted Lady Red, then Cat Noir ran at the two, then jumped at the top of the bridge to help them pull the ship.
"Damn, when did this get that hard to lift?" Asked Cat Noir looking at the two heroes behind him.
"Super Nathan, try to close the leak of the ship I think we won't make this all by ourselves" Ordered the blue-haired heroine, then Super Nathan took his hands off the cord and held his tablet in front of the ship and zoomed with its camera at the hole, then opened the filters and picked the iron filter and made a larger plate over managing it to stop the oil from dripping into the river.
Super Nathan smiled as he managed it, then Cat Noir raised his hand up to high five the shorter superhero.
"Well done you two" Complimented the blue-haired girl. "Can someone untie the yo-yo off the ship?"
"I can," Super Nathan said jumping at the front of the ship, then he tried to untie the knot he had done with Lady Red's yo-yo.
"Well, the plan would have worked, if Miss Vixen would have been here to use her super strength."
"Next time" Replied Lady Red making the boyfriend nod.
"And maybe we could actually use the box Nathaniel drew us" Cat Noir mentioned making his girlfriend chuckle.
Super Nathan had in the meantime removed the cord around the ship, then he pushed slowly on the yo-yo to get Lady Red's attention, then the heroine moved her arm with the cord of the yo-yo, to cause it to come back.
"Hey, do you think your lucky charm can give us something to get rid of the oil in the water?" Questioned the blonde boy, making the girl shrug her shoulders, then she threw her yo-yo up in the air to activate her special power.
"Lucky charm!" Yelled Lady Red and a rolled-up carpet appeared falling on Lady Red's arms, causing her to lose her equilibrium and fall down at the river.
"Fuck!" Shouted Cat Noir as he saw his girlfriend falling down with the carpet, then Super Nathan flew down, followed by Cat Noir, who threw himself down following the heroine, then Super Nathan grabbed the carpet, which unrolled itself during the fall and Super Nathan, then flew with the long textile over the oil, placing it over it, so the red carpet with the ladybug dots could start to absorb the oil into its fiber. Next to the ship Lady Red dived into the water with her arms crossed over her head, shrieking him at the noise she made as she entered into the water. Cat Noir bounced with the help of his staff on the ship against the front of the tourist boat, that had stopped there as it was supposed to catch the rest of the oil, that would have fallen from the ship.
"You need help?" Asked Cat Noir.
"No, I think it's better if you help Kagami. I didn't really like the way she landed inside the water. I think she might have gotten hurt or maybe she even got unconscious from the fall"
"She hasn't shown up yet, maybe I should check it out," Cat Noir said putting the baton on his mouth, then he jumped into the water like a professional swimmer and went down into the river to look around the place.
"Kagami?" Cat Noir mumbled worried looking around for his girlfriend, then he shrieked as he saw her sinking down with wide open eyes and her cheeks filled up with air, then the black-dressed superhero swam down at her, then grabbed his baton and held it in front of her mouth nodding at her, then she let the boy shove the baton into her mouth, which was working as a breathing equipment for the girl. She looked in relief at the boy, who had just come to help her, then he placed his arm under hers, then swum up along with her at the surface and stuck their heads out of the water.
"The water feels right at night for a swim, right?" Asked Cat Noir watching Lady Red trying to keep steady on the surface while being anxious as she was on it. Cat Noir started to find her behavior strange, then behind him, a wooden board appeared, which was colored white and had Super Nathan's logo in the middle. "Come I help you up" Cat Noir said pulling the board close to the two, then Lady Red placed her arms on the board, followed by Cat Noir pushing her up at the board, then he climbed up on it too and lied on his chest next to Lady Red, that looked disappointed with the situation.
"Are you alright?" Asked the blonde earning a nod from the girlfriend. "I didn't know, that your lucky charm object would be that heavy to bring you all the way down"
"Neither did I," Lady Red said sitting up on the board along with Cat Noir, who afterward shook his head to dry his hair a bit.
"Hey the carpet can't suck all the oil into it, we have to wait for the firefighters to come" Super Nathan warned earning a nod from the blonde superhero.
"Go up help Honey Bee and Viperion, in case the firefighters arrive to tell them about the oil loss."
"Sure, I'll be up," Super Nathan said flying up at the bridge with the assistance of his drawn jetpack.
"I don't know, but I love Super Nathan's powers" Cat Noir admitted. "You nearly can do everything you want with them. He could somewhat be a mix of our miraculous, don't you think?" Questioned the Frenchman looking at the girlfriend, that wasn't in a great mood. "Kagami?" Whispered the blonde.
"I need to tell you something," Lady Red said. "I've got aquaphobia"
"Is that why you were afraid to keep yourself over the surface?"
"Yeah" Replied Kagami. "I never told this anyone, cause most of all see me as the perfect girl, that can do everything better, than anyone else and I don't know..."
"You don't need to feel ashamed about it. No one is perfect, not even I. I have my flaws too."
"What kind of flaws do you refer?"
"Most of the times I act and afterward I think about it. When it would be most correct to think first and then act"
"Well there you right. You do that quite a lot"
"And I can't sing rap or hip-hop" Added Cat Noir. "Nino once dared me to do that and I ended up breaking a mirror inside his room. Singing 6Pak and Zayn Y isn't the smartest thing for me to do"
"That must have been hilarious to see"
"Well it was for him, Alya and their siblings" Cat Noir mentioned making the Japanese descendant girl nod. "By the way, how did no one note you had aquaphobia during the times we had swimming lessons?"
"We swam at 1.80 there and sort of could manage to swim with less problems" Explained the ladybug-themed heroine. "In case I would panic I was near the edge of the pool and I could grab myself on it"
"Oh right, you always were on the sides during the lessons I remember"
"Yeah then I haven't had any more lessons, only today I got scared as I felt down into the river"
"Yes"
"And thank you for saving my life again," Lady Red said pecking the boy on the cheeks.
"You know, I'll be always around to help you" Cat Noir assured the girl, who grabbed the blonde on the shoulder to give him a hug, making him smile and wrap his arms around his girlfriend's back.