Paris' New Hope
Chapter 36: The Worst Kind of Threat
Marcus arrived at Master Wu's residence, looking up at the window to see Master Wu peering through it. As he parked his scooter in the closest parking area, Master Wu looked down and nodded with his eyes closed before turning away from the window. Marcus then turned off his scooter and walked to the front door; before he could knock on the front door, Master Wu opened it and said "Is there something you wish to discuss?" Marcus, although initially surprised that Master Wu had correctly guessed his expression, mentally noted that he is, after all, the Great Guardian. Marcus then nodded and Master Wu led him up to the meditation room and politely asked Marcus to sit on a floor cushion, which Marcus kindly accepted and sat down when Tekla went out the Digital Watch and sat on Marcus' shoulder.
When Master Wu sat on the opposing cushion, Marcus breathed in deeply and exhaled calmly before "Master Wu… I fought a much stronger foe from last night… he was being commanded by someone called 'The Master' and I managed to beat him with Guardian's Shield. Despite that, I have this feeling that it was only a warm up… like calm before the storm as it were." Master Wu rubbed his chin in deep thought, humming suspiciously before he stood up and grabbed the Miraculous Book from a hidden safe and laid it on the coffee table. Before he could open it, there was knocking at the front door and Master Wu excused himself as he went downstairs; a few moments later, he came back with Marinette and Adrien, who were surprised to see Marcus there in the room already.
Marinette and Adrien then grabbed some spare cushions and sat on either side of Marcus before Master Wu resumed "Anyway, the Miraculous Book should help with this strange event, even if there's just a vague hint…" Marcus, Marinette and Adrien nodded as Master Wu magically turned the pages until he stopped at a page he didn't read through yet. As he was analysing the language, there was knocking again at the front door, irritating Master Wu who excused himself again. As he went downstairs, Tekla looked at the ancient art of a Kwami she's leering intently, thinking to herself with widened eyes "It can't be… Not him… Anyone BUT him…" Master Wu came back with, much to Adrien's surprise, Gabriel and Beatrice, who're surprised that Adrien, Marcus and Marinette are here too.
As Master Wu gave them the cushions, a speck of darkness spied through the window and is alerted when it saw Tekla. Somewhere underneath Paris, The Master gritted his teeth maliciously when his speck saw Tekla sitting on her Holder's shoulder. He then ordered the speck to see who it is; however, when the speck turned its sights to Marcus, The Master let out a surprised gasp and said in a familiar voice "Marcus…?" He then grunted in pain and his malicious voice came back and said "I don't think so… If she belongs to him, then they are the only pair that will destroy me for good. However… I have a trump card that can force that boy to give up Tekla…" The Master then shook his head in a wild shake and said in the familiar voice "No… Please, I'm begging you…" He then screamed a deafening howl before he returned to his malicious side "Enough! He dies… Tonight!"
Back at Master Wu's, Master Wu began "As I was about to explain, I recently came upon this page from the book, but I cannot understand the language; however, this drawing indicates that there's a heavily malevolent… Tekla, is something the matter?" The others, especially Marcus, looked at Tekla in concern and Marcus asked "Tech, what's the matter?" Tekla made an uneasy gulp and replied "I… I've encountered… him before… that Kwami in the drawing…" The others then looked at the drawing, when Master Wu pleaded "Please Tekla, tell us what you know…"
Tekla closed her eyes and began humming; around the room, the walls, flooring and ceiling are being torn apart piece by piece until the scene changed into Ancient Egypt as Tekla's voice echoed "Before the time when us Kwami's had our respective Miraculous', we were born in different time frames. You're all aware of the Ladybug, Cat, Peacock and Moth Kwami's, but you'd never knew there was a Kwami born from the shadows of Ancient Egypt. He was born in the deepest pits of the desert's underground caverns, in which there is nothing but pitch black darkness; he has no desire but to bring such malicious actions unto anything and everything he comes across. He's a pure black Kwami, consisting of dark clouds, red malevolent eyes, even devilish horns that will even make the archangel quake in fear; he's known… as the Kwami of Annihilation."
The Kwami of Annihilation then laughed in a deep, booming voice as he looked over towards the legendary sphinx in the distance, when Tekla continued "He will never stop, he will never eat, he will never sleep until he's assured that the universe will be lifeless by his own hands. But only one Kwami had stood up in defiance against him… Me. I may be the Kwami of Technology, but I managed to repel him everytime we had encountered one another…" The scenery then changes to Tekla and the malicious Kwami clashing in different time era's, including the Medieval Era in Japan, which Tekla admits that was an entertaining time regardless. She then continued "Though, my reliance to humans waned throughout the millenniums and, though I was progressively becoming weaker, I still managed to outwit him… If I were to fight him if I haven't encountered Marcus, he'd probably succeed in killing me."
The scene then shifted back to Master Wu's house, with the others amazed at Tekla's limitless power and they turned to look at her, who had her eyes closed and her hands together while she was still floating. She then opened her eyes in a determined expression and said "I stood up against him… and now it falls to me to finish it… but I cannot do it alone." She looked around at everyone else and finished "I need your help… all of you."
Marcus, Marinette, Adrien, Gabriel and Beatrice looked at each other in concern, before Marcus closed his eyes and made a smile before replying "Tekla… I'm always there for you, even in the face of certain death. It's not easy to turn back now, but it will be impossible to find peace as long as he's out there." Tekla then blushes deeply and replied "I'd knew you'd wouldn't leave me honey… Thank you." She then planted a kiss on his cheek, before Marinette said "I'm in Tekla. I might not have the power to defeat the kwami, but I sure am not going to let him get away scot free." Tikki popped out and nodded feverently, before Adrien added "Count me in… If anything, me and Plagg can use Cataclysm to help out against him."
Plagg made a courteous, yet determined nod, before Gabriel gave it a thought and said "I'm in too… I've did bad things when I was using Nooroo as just a tool, but you've shown me that it only makes things worse." Nooroo nodded with a sincere smile, when Beatrice added "I'm coming too… I can't risk losing you AND let that malicious Kwami do as he sees fit." Duusu nodded feverently, when Marcus said "Then we'd better suit up soon… he knows where we are." The others then looked out the window to see a shadowy mid-air mark of the Dark Kwami glaring at them with his malicious smile.