Of course everything goes wrong. Stupid, stupid jinxes!

The plan had been simple and easy to follow as the heroes split up. Melodie and Kid Mime took to either sides of the cyclone as Lykanth continued to fight one on one with Damma, who'd transformed Marinette into the djinn villain. "Hang on, Neo," Drako said as they gave up on calling each other by their hero names, all identities already exposed, "we're coming for vengeance!"

"I can use cataclysm to destroy the cyclone," Chat assured Sparrow, "but…I've never defeated a villain without Ladybug by my side."

Sparrow sighed and resisted the urge to pat his brother on the head. "You're heroes because of your individual powers being used for good, not because you're each other's partners. You both have your own battles to fight, so get out there and show me that you're a hero based on your own skills."

"Right," he smacked his cheeks, "no more whining. We've got a world to save," he ran off, "and Marinette is my world!"

…He realizes what he just said, right? I…forget it. Bigger things at stake here.

Damma noticed them splitting up. "No," he grabbed the boomerang with the baton and tossed it into the cyclone, "you will not escape! Not with my brothers and sisters!"

Grypas and Drako took to the air, the latter spreading his wings and grabbing his blowgun. "At least your brothers and sisters know teamwork!" He began spitting balls of heat at her, but the baton shifted into a turtle shell shield. "Hey, no fair!"

"Mercury, Yeti," Bridgette called out, constantly pulling her loose hair out of her mouth as the wind pushed it around, "are you guys okay?"

"Um," came a reply from everywhere, "define okay!"

They had the upper hand. Grypas controlled her bouncing ball with her mind and knocked Marinette to the ground as Drako swooped down and grabbed the shield. Lykanth pounced and pinned her down as Kid Mime and Melodie used their invisible fan and musical blasts to break apart the cyclone. "That way," Bridgette guided Grypas to Mercury and Yeti, "bring them over here!"

"You fight well," Damma admitted as Chat Noir reached the edge of the cyclone and raised his claws, "but you should know something about merging more than two miraculous together."

"Oh yeah," Lykanth snarled, "and what's that?"

"When Kwami powers combine, pain becomes a human weakness – and I am no human!" Marinette kicked Lykanth off and flipped to her feet. The shield in Drako's hands vanished and she held a yo-yo again, whipping it around Chat and yanking him away from the slowing cyclone. "No more mercy, children!"

Two, three, four cyclones burst from the desert sand and moved around the group as Marinette hovered in the air. Her pigtails broke apart, setting her hair loose as the hieroglyphics on her black suit slipped to her back and sprouted out like a pair of sharp bat wings, glowing and phasing in and out of sight. "ULTIMATE POWER!"

"Damma," Bridgette screamed, "NOOO!"

Sparrow jumped in front of Chat Noir as Tikki dove for the inside of his hood. "Get behind the Quantic, before he-"

BOOM!

A massive shockwave expanded from Marinette, the hieroglyphic wings growing in size. All the Mythic were hit by the power as Sparrow shielded Chat Noir and Tikki feeling a deep burning sensation on his back. Sparrow and the rest of the Quantic Squad turned in time to see Isra and Stephan hit the ground beside one another as Larisse, Neo and Tani fell unconscious, their miraculous floating from them and to Marinette.

"Join me," Damma had her smile as the Kwami tried to fight against the pull, "we are the strongest, the most powerful, and we will show them all."

"You have to stop him," Sunne called out to the Quantic Squad and Chat Noir, "before he absorbs our Tikki and Plagg! Hurry…" her voice stretched out as she, the others and their miraculous disappeared into the black suit, and the symbols of their charms appeared on the hieroglyphic wings.

"I'll get them out of here to somewhere safe," Bridgette slugged Stephan and Tani over her shoulders and despite the evident strain started to move, "so hurry…and…stop him…for us…"

Never knew how much muscle power was in her, Felix thought as Damma cackled, mad with power, let's hope we can show just as much strength.

"He can't suck us up," Melodie realized as Kid Mime, Mercury, Sparrow and Chat Noir ran to her sides, "because we don't have miraculous! As long as we're transformed, we can have the upper hand."

"I may not be able to absorb your power, Quantic," Damma flew higher and higher, "but your species has never been as powerful as the Kwami. You are outsiders to our world, formed from the magic of the far off stars."

"Wait," Sparrow cut him off, "the stars…the stars have magic powers? You're not serious. Being a man of science mad accepting the Quantic powers hard enough, but I won't believe that gaseous balls of heat in space can do magic."

"There are stars far out of human reach that possess powers unknown to humanity," Damma explained as Marinette floated over them, "so few have learned how to reach them through great magic from here on Earth, and it is from those that the Quantic were formed. You are uncontrollable, and that makes you a threat."

"Okay," Bridgette was out of breath as she jogged up beside Kid Mime, "they're behind a pile of rocks, out of the way of the…the…cyclones…"

The cyclones were moving in a pattern around them, closing in. "None of us are safe until Damma is down," Mercury reminded them, "So a backup plan would be great, leader."

Melodie scanned the area. "Mercury, you and Bridgette keep the others safe out of the cyclones' way. Out spin them when they get to close. Kid Mime, you and I will bring Damma down so that Sparrow and Chat Noir can find a way to get Damma out of Marinette's body and stop this."

Ah, yes, so we have the easy part of exorcizing a Kwami from her, because I have plenty of experience doing that!

"This is it," Melodie gripped her bow sword, "Quantic Squad, move out!"