To be perfectly honest things could've been much worse for the cat themed hero. Albert seemed more than willing to talk about history and myths. The blonde threw in a few questions and his opponent seemed to lose himself in his long answers. They traded a few blows, but nothing serious.

"… and I believe that it was the last adventure of Astolfo."

Just as he finished the last sentence, an orange fireball hit him. The knight didn't seem to be bothered by that. Two figures landed in front of Chat Noir. Two figures that made his eyes go wide. For a second there he thought that Zak was the one that threw the fireball, but that idea was wrong. His friends were standing in front of him, but they costumes were drastically different. Ladybug was wearing medieval armor while Rena Rogue seemed to turn into a kitsune. That definitely wasn't something he saw every day.

"Well finally. Your friend was starting to run out of questions."

Chat Noir shot his opponent a confused stare. "Yes, I knew you were buying time. You could've died if you fought me alone. You earned my respect, Black Cat. I didn't want to kill you with such hopeless odds. Now, when there are three of you, I can call this a fair fight. Attack!"

Ladybug didn't have to be told twice. She charged forward with sword drawn. Albert lifted his sword for a block. Ladybug shifted the grip on her blade and before her sword connected with the golden blade, she thrust forward. The sword tip went in the direction of knight's head. He dodged it. They backed away from each other. Ladybug looked at her sword with surprise. She was acting purely on instinct, but it felt like… not her instinct if that made sense.

Rena levitated high above the ground. Orange flames flew out of her tails and then got shot at the armored man. Purple 'Pause' symbol appeared in front of him, creating a shield. Surprisingly flames penetrated it and Albert had to shield himself with his arms. He seemed fine, of course he was.

"Whoa, my lady, got a power up?"

"Yeah, don't go lagging behind, kitty."

Ladybug charged forward unleashing a flurry of strikes. It felt… so natural. The sword was like an extension of her body. It was… strange. She had a rough guess about where these skills were coming from, but now wasn't the time to think about it.

Albert blocked every strike, but he didn't seem to have easiest time doing it. However he only used his sword, so Ladybug couldn't relax. Rena Rogue was sending fireballs at the knight. Some of them hit the mark, others didn't, but even those that did made little difference. The armor was too strong.

Albert's arm turned into a dragon and created a wall of fire to separate him from Ladybug. "You seem to have gotten stronger. Maybe I will need to be at full strength in order to defeat you."

The man put on his helmet and the teens felt a wave of fear wash over them. It came out of nowhere and the fear mixed with confusion. "It's probably Horrificator's power" said Chat Noir.

"You are a smart boy. Now, let's resume our battle."

With those words lightning erupted from knight's feet coating his body in a cloak of electricity. "Ladybug, don't get near him. You are covered in metal" said Rena. Ladybug jumped as far away as she could from the man.

Rena raised her hands up. "Mirage!" However the usual illusion didn't appear. Flame from Rena's tail flew up and formed a large fiery fox. It looked at the knight from above and then dived down, right on top of the armored man. Unbearable heat overtook the square. Chat Noir had to jump away in order to get away from the heat. However Ladybug didn't seem to be bothered by it.

The fire died down, revealing the knight surrounded by a purple shield. "Don't give him an opportunity to attack. Lucky Charm!"

Red ladybugs erupted from Marinette's sword. They flew up in a large flock slowly revealing… a dragon?! A red dragon emerged from the cloud of ladybugs, spreading black bat-like wings.

Its scales were red, turning black to the end of his tail. It descended onto the ground in between the superheroes and the villain. It dived down, trying to bite the man. Albert seemingly disappeared and then appeared in the air near dragon's head. He punched dragon's jaw, sending it a few meters to the side. The winged creature quickly recovered and used its wing in order to slam the knight into the ground. It didn't work. Albert was too fast.

"Okay. What the hell is that?! It's on our side, so I don't mind, but, still… What the hell is that?!" yelled Chat Noir. "I don't know, now let me think…"

Albert seemed to be focused on the dragon, however the creature was having a hard time. They had to help, somehow. How can you help a giant fire breathing... Wait, why wasn't it breathing fire? Could it be that this dragon… tried to not cause much damage? … okay that was a weird thought… but maybe.

"Guys, let's try to get Albert higher into the air!"

"What? How?"

"Rena, cover the ground with your flames."

"On it." Fireballs flew out of Alya's tail and started bombarding the ground. Albert's cloak formed a pair of wings and he flew up. The dragon attacked him in midair. Albert dodged the strike and continued his assault on the dragon… That was a very strange wording if you think about it. At some point Albert flew straight above dragon. He created his arrow once again, ready to fire.

The next moment he disappeared inside dragon's maw. The teens went quiet for a second. Albert was gone…

That dragon exploded the next moment leaving only red ladybugs behind. Albert was hovering in the air. His armor was destroyed in several places and he had a few injuries. The knight put his arm beneath his chest plate and retrieved an amulet or something like that. He crushed it.

A circle that was resembling a clock appeared around him. After a flash he was completely fine…

Chat grabbed his baton and his himself on the head several times with it. The girls gave him looks of both worry and confusion. "Well, girls, since we are going to die anyway, can I kiss you farewell?"

"What? Both? Aren't you getting a little greedy there, kitten?" yelled Rena. "Hey, I don't want to die without kissing a girl!"

"No one is dying today, kitty."

Albert was already drawing his bow to take another, presumably last, shot. "Ahhh, Damn it!" Ladybug threw her sword at Albert. He dodged the weapon, but had to fly in another direction immediately as a fireball flew at him. The next moment he felt someone's grasp on his arrow, while holding onto his staff that helped him get this high with the other. Chat Noir's hand was firmly clutched around Albert's arrow. Black bubbles were surrounding his hand. The arrow got covered in rust and crumbled to dust.

Albert grabbed the blonde by his arm and held him in the air. He let out a chuckle. "I hoped you would find a way to survive that one. However it's clearly not enough to defeat me."

With that Albert threw the teen to the ground. He got caught by Rena Rogue. The knight descended onto the ground. He started slowly walking in the direction of the teens. Lightning erupted from his greaves, coating him in electricity. He was obviously showing off now, but he certainly could afford it. Ladybug and Rena were about to transform back and Chat was out of Cataclysms. They were done for.