XXV. The beautiful peacock.
Marinette's phone rang again. It was her mom with more news on Goliath. He had escaped that pit again and seemingly headed towards the TV station, the reason was not clear and Marinette ended the call. During the call Marinette was not in her best mood, as she was worried for what Fu could be doing inside his shop.
"We need to do something!" Chloé shouted. "Ranii…!"
"Wait!" Adrien stopped her. "You have already defeated him twice and he is not as dumb as we had thought. I don't think it's a good idea you go."
"I'll go!" Alya shouted out loud.
"You haven't tried your powers yet," said Adrien. "Are you sure?"
"Yes! I mean, Chloé defeated him on her own twice. I think I can do it on my own… But I still need back-up."
"I propose you go with Chloé. So you can floor him and she will be able to trap him again. Nathanaël and I will stay here in case of emergency."
"Why can't you and I go?" asked Chloé to Adrien.
"He doesn't know about Alya yet and she knows a lot about him. I think she's gotten the best chance to floor him. What do you think, Marinette?"
She never expected to be talked to. She was so worried about Tikki she forgot about everything else.
"What?" she said lowly. "I think it's a good idea." Even though she didn't know what she was agreeing to.
"OK, then," said Alya. "Kaalo, feathers on!"
Alya transformed into a blue-colored suit, green and black dots on her legs and her mask and the fan appeared folded on her waist.
Even Marinette turned around to see her best friend transformed, and couldn't help but to draw comparisons with Ladybug's suit; the suit was very similar to hers.
"From now on," exclaimed Alya, "I shall be known as Majestic Feather!"
"Where did you get your name?" asked Chloé in disbelief she came up with a name so quickly.
"From my favorite comic book, Majestia, and my powers are based on a bird."
Chloé didn't find any objections and transformed. Both girls headed to the roof tops and looked for Goliath. It didn't take long to find him.
"How do you think you're going to defeat him, Alya?" said Chloé in a slightly sarcastic tone.
Alya didn't answer. She jumped in front of Goliath and hit him in the face. Now she had his attention and he was furious. Goliath tried to grab her but she started running. It seemed she had a hit-and-run kind of strategy. For the purpose of a distraction it was good, but they weren't any closer to trap him again. Queen followed close by when they started to move away.
A few minutes later, they were back at Le Grand Paris and the hole was clearly bigger than the last Chloé saw it to trap Goliath there. Alya stood there, at the edge of the cliff, taunting Goliath with her mere glare. Goliath leaned over to try to grab her, but Feather pulled her fan and swung it towards the floor. She ricocheted off the ground, landed behind Goliath's head. She bounced off Goliath; that caused him to fall into the pit yet again and she fell gracefully where she initially stood. Goliath fell flat on his front.
"Time Freeze!" shouted Feather. She once again fanned towards Goliath; the air current forced him to stay paralyzed. "Queen, Now!"
Queen, who was not far away, understood what Majestic Feather meant. The gooey arrow raid fell on Goliath and trapped him. This was starting to get annoying for him; trapped in a hole, and then against the wall, next laying on his back and now, once he recovered movement, he was face down underneath that solidified goo. That was the best they could do, as they needed Ladybug to put an end to it.
"That was nice!" said Queen. Feather felt weird hearing a compliment from her, but it was welcomed.
"Thanks," she replied. "Now we need to go back. That should keep him down for a while"
After she said that, they returned towards the massage shop.
"Tell me," said Queen as they moved. "How did you know that would work?"
"It was easy. He wouldn't notice where I was standing; so if he wanted to grab me, I could use that to my advantage. Freezing him was something I thought so he would not move and you wouldn't have trouble trapping him."
Queen kept her silence until they arrived back at the shop. When they arrived, they saw Marinette hanging her phone and deducted why she did that. They fell in front of their friends.
Marinette ran towards Feather and hugged her.
"That was so awesome!" she yelled. "My mom told us how you did it and it was amazing!"
"Thanks, I knew how to lure him so it was fast!"
"I also helped!" said Chloé trying to get a compliment, but Marinette was focused on Alya and didn't pay much attention to her.
Alya's transformation ended and Kaalo emerged.
"It was good! But I'm tired!" Alya pulled her last macaron and have it to Kaalo.
A bell chimed and Master Fu came out accompanied by Wayzz close behind. Everyone turned around to see Fu.
