Chapter 8: Feast

To say the excitement had been sucked out of everyone's bodies would be an overstatement. Yeah, they were pretty shocked to see such a thing down below them, but not to the point of being left scared and motionless. Even then, Kagami covered her mouth in disgust at such a sight of the giant frog thing, even more when Abyss leaned down on its head and began to smooth it, as if she was easing a child.

"Sniff them out, my dear Feast. You can find those Miraculouses very easily. But do not leave the humans unharmed. I have no use of them now." Abyss said softly to the giant creature, which let out a loud, hungry croak, nearly throwing the Ziszhui off with such a movement. It began to plant its feet deep into the snow, smelling out wherever the heroes were, leaving Abyss sitting patiently on his back.

Emile looked horrified at such a sight, but there was a feeling of familiarity coming over her, as did Duusu, who groaned miserably as to what this meant. Chat Noir's ears picked up their distress, leaving him to turn to his mother with great concern on his face.

"Mom? What is it? Talk to me." he urged, taking her arms into his with soft support to help ease her tension.

Emilie still didn't feel at ease though, her chest tight as she let it settle in on what this was.

"That creature down there...is a Sentimonster. The one I came to stop. From what Duusu told me, it was created to eat all the Miraculouses. I didn't think I'd ever see it because I thought Abyss just did a trick to trap me...I need to finish this." she said, breathing steadily as acceptance came over her mind, her voice serious as she knew what needed to be done now.

Chat a Noir looked at her like she suddenly got trapped in a web again, her face full of confusion and disbelief to what he was hearing. His hands gripped slightly harder as instincts kicked in.

"What!? But mom, y-you can't go down there and fight that thing! We just got you out of there!" he yelled, his voice fearful at the thought of her getting back down there to fight. Emilie looked alarmed at his outburst at first and this did cause her face to soften, though there was some resilience in her voice.

"Adrien, you don't understand: I'm the only one who can stop it. I just need to get close enough to recall the Amok to get Marinette to purify it." she explained to him, her voice full of understanding but firmness too.

Ladybug gave her a confused look.

"Wait, I can do that as well?" she asked with a frown, this being news to her. Duusu nodded.

"Yes, Ladybug. Like an Akuma, if an Amok is used for negative deeds and filled with negative energy, it can get purified by your yoyo. But I'm not ready yet, Emilie." she said as she turned to the motherly woman, who looked stunned to hear this.

"That biscuit wasn't enough. I was inside your Miraculous for a year and I've been starved of power by what Abyss just put me through." she said bitterly to the blonde woman, who looked sullen at the thought of not getting the job done straight away.

Constantine sighed as he opened his coat up and pulled a packet of chocolate biscuits from his coat pocket.

"In that case, eat all this up, birdie. We'll distract it for you." he said hastily, shoving it into Emilie's hand before walking off to Kyle.

"C'mon, mate, get us down there!" he urged, up for fighting Feast.

Kyle sighed but smiled as he gave Ladybug and Chat Noir a gesture, showing he was ready to get down there as well. Chat Noir sighed and smoothed his mother's arms, giving her a firm look.

"Come down when you're ready, don't rush it." he said to her in a soft tone, getting a slight nod from his mother.

"You be careful, my baby boy." she said quietly to him, her eyes full of love towards her son, who smiled at the kind words she shared with him.

He pulled away and ran to Kyle's and Constantine's sides with Ladybug. They were then joined by Kagami, who pointed to Kyle.

"I need my sword, thank you." she firmly ordered the Lantern, who looked confused for a second before looking to Ladybug.

"Um...we can trust her, right?" he asked in a uncertain tone. Ladybug shrugged but gave her a smile.

"Well, Vandal thinks she's dead and she could be just as helpful. That sword of hers can do a great deal of damage. Just be careful." she told the blue haired girl, who gave her a respectful smile as she stood with her and the others. Kyle accepted Ladybug's words and passed the sword to Kagami, who smiled as she saw the jewel glow. Raising his hand, Kyle created a platform construct that shot out under everyone's feet, raising them just a few feet off the ground. He gave them all a smile.

"Let's save the world." he quietly declared, getting a grin from everyone as they pulled out their weapons.

From where he was, Feast lifted his head up fast, getting a pleased look from Abyss.

"Ahhhh, picked something up, my dear Feast?" she asked, smoothing his head softly so as to ease his excitement. He croaked with a slight nod. Abyss was about to ask him where it was when a bright beam of light suddenly took over her sight, making her hiss in pain at how sharp the brightness was. She groaned as she shielded her eyes.

"Ugh! The Lantern!" she yelled angrily, her eyes beginning to glow in anger as the brightness died down, giving her a chance to see. She had a feeling she'd see Kyle...she didn't think she'd see him holding a construct of a bucket over her head. He gave her a grin.

"SURPRISE!"

Abyss looked really annoyed as he poured a massive amount of snow right on top of her and Feast, burying them both and the Ziszhui right under the thick lump of snow by a few feet, not a single trace of them for him to see. Smiling, Kyle looked back to where he dropped off his friends, with Ladybug giving him a thumbs up before she looked to the others.

"Spread out, guys, keep an eye for the Ziszhui!" she warned, pulling out the Ladyblades as she began to circle around the area in her own direction, with Chat Noir going his own way while Kagami went her own.

Constantine ran back towards the surrounding wall, pulling out his lighter for his cigarette, pulling the switch off the top.

"Haven't tried this for a while but it's worth it." he said to himself as he poured a bit of the oil onto the ground beside him, then he rubbed his hands together hard, doing so until his hands were stinging with heat. Biting on his lip, Constantine poured more of the oil onto his hand, then did it on the other. He bit back the pain he just put on himself and stretched his hands out, before his eyes glowed a bright yellow. His hands grew hotter as flames then shot from his hands, hitting the spot on the ground before shooting his arms out, causing the flames to tear across the area, rising up to about thirty feet high and trapping them all in a huge circle of fire, turning the dark to a hotter night with the flames coming over them.

Of course, it was at this point that things began to take a turn, for Ladybug, Chat Noir and Kagami felt the snow begin to turn towards them, causing their chests to tighten as they saw where it was coming from. A loud croaked bellowed from beneath the snow before Feast threw himself out, landing a few feet from where he was buried, with Abyss and the Ziszhui still on top of him.

"You should know perfectly well that spiders aren't one for being buried alive!" Abyss sneered, "We can crawl through even the smallest of spaces! A puny snowfall won't keep me or my Sentimonster down!"

"True that, but I know you spiders don't like fire a whole lot." Constantine retorted, "Let's see you handle that!"

He threw his arms up and commanded a torrent of flames to leap out of the ring of fire towards Abyss and Feast. Keen to protect its master, Feast held his head up high so the spider-creature wouldn't get burnt. Feast could handle the flames much better than she or the Ziszhui ever could but it wasn't impervious to pain. It croaked loudly, pain flaring through the front of its body as the flames scorched it horribly. After that was over, Feast was forced to rub itself against the snow to ease the burns. Now it was currently unable to retaliate, White Lantern seized his opportunity to use his ring to create a construct of a giant a shovel. Ladybug and Cat Noir couldn't help but notice the artist in Kyle proudly on display here as the construct was highly detailed as if Kyle wanted to make the shovel look as realistic as possible despite it being made of white energy. White Lantern held the shovel up high and then slammed it down hard on Feast's head. The giant frog-monster let out a deep, rumbling bellow of pain that sounded more like an earthquake was about to happen. The snow shuddered all around them. That made White Lantern purse his lips in thought. Would an avalanche start if this fight got too hectic? If so, he'd make sure to create a construct to handle it.

He was about to hit Feast again with the shovel construct but Abyss fired a jet of web towards him. The red splodge of web hit him in the face, making him cry out more in surprise than in pain. It clung to his face and he was forced to stop fighting for a moment so he could pull it off. As White Lantern pulled at the web, Feast stood up and shook its head to ease off the pain. It amazed Ladybug and Cat Noir that such a huge, bulbous creature could even stand at all. The giant frog opened its mouth and shot out its tongue towards the Miraculers, keen to eat their magical items whole. Ladybug tried to dodge but she was a fraction too slow and the tongue hit her. She stuck to it like a fly to flypaper, truly a frog's dinner with no way out. Cat Noir reacted a little quicker, stabbing down on the tongue with his staff before Feast could retract. The amphibian Sentimonster roared in anguish as the glowing tips of the staff scorched his tongue and made it wave it about in pain. This shook Ladybug free and sent her hurling into the snow. She grimaced as sticky saliva clung to her and her landing in the snow just caused some of it to stick to her like glue. She shook herself off, trying not to gag.

"Ugh that was really gross..." she said hoarsely.

"I'd just be glad you didn't end up seeing that thing on the inside ladybird." Constantine said bluntly.

Both he and Ladybug were forced to dodge as Feast tried to catch her again with its tongue. This time, the dodge was successful so Ladybug didn't get caught again. She jumped towards Feast, spinning her yoyo and aiming to hit it in the aye but Feast was ready for her. The colossal beast shot forward in a surprise headbutt attack, knocking her flying backwards. She hurled towards where Emilie was hiding and the Agreste woman reacted quickly, holding her arms out to catch the teenage heroine. Ladybug crashed straight into her, knocking Emilie down on her back. The two girls were left sprawled on the snow, wondering which part of them to rub better before they stood up again. Ladybug recovered first, sitting up and getting up off Emilie so she could help her to her feet.

"Sorry Emilie." Ladybug said sheepishly. Talk about setting a first impression as her son's girlfriend! She doubted Emilie imagined anything like that when thinking about who Adrien would fall in love with in the future.

"Don't mind me, it's that monster you need to worry about dear!" Emilie cried, "I'm glad I could catch you before you really ended up getting hurt!"

"I probably would've taken it but yeah, thanks for the save." Ladybug said graciously, "How's Dusuu?"

"She's almost done." Emilie informed, "Just distract it a little longer and I'll be able to join you."

"Got it. We'll do what we can in the meantime!" Ladybug said confidently.

Ladybug sprung back to her feet and leapt down below, her Ladyblades now ready and aimed right down onto Feast. She hit her target full on and jammed them right into the rubbery surface of the giant frog, making it screech loudly as she twisted them in deeper. She didn't get far though, for the Ziszhui that held onto Feast's back had began to circle around her, their own weapons ready to slash her apart. Seeing she had to retreat, Ladybug pulled her blades out of the giant frog's skin and leapt off with a flip, spinning herself in the air until she made a landing on her feet, the snow rising over her ankles. Of course, this drrew the Ziszhui off of Feast and they began to advance towards Ladybug, who flipped her swords in her hands and parted her legs, ready to fight.

But the fight didn't come as she thought it would, for instead a razor sharp whip like weapon shot out ahead of Ladybug and ripped right through the first lot of Ziszhui, cutting most of them in half and making them drop to the snow, staining the white soft surface with their gruesome insides. Ladybug looked to see it was Kagami who came to her rescue, retracting her dagger tail to her to reform its sword shape. She gave her a smile.

"Cousin or not, you're my ally, Ladybug, and don't think I'll let you fight alone!" she declared bravely as she graced herself for the incoming swipe of the remaining Ziszhui coming her way, blocking their four swords with her own.

Kagami wasn't going to stay in that position for long, for the jewel on her sword flashed red, producing a double bladed version of her weapon that she used to slice the Ziszhui's legs off from the bottom, bringing it down fast enough for her to slash its head off with another swipe. Ladybug smiled back, springing herself forward to bring her blades down upon a Ziszhui that was coming to Kagami's way.

Of course, they weren't the only Ziszhui that was in Feast, for another lot was coming off the other side, this time towards Chat Noir and Constantine. Kyle, in the meantime, had pulled the lump of web off his face and swiftly went to action, this time creating a construct of a scooper from his ring. Abyss fired another web at him but he easily deflected it with a whack of the scooper before flying down and dug it under the feet of Feast, who croaked weakly as Kyle then flung him up into the air, Abyss going with him. She hissed in anger as Kyle flew over her head and this time constructed a giant tennis racket from his ring and whacked it down right onto Feast, sending him crashing right towards the fire, making it screech as it tried to roll the flames off.

Chat Noir steadied himself as one Ziszhui came at him with all four swords coming right to his head, but the leather clad hero quickly grabbed one of his hands and used his glowing baton tip to stab it right in the chest, making it hiss in pain as it turned to dust. He had to duck quickly to avoid the slash of more swords from another Ziszhui, ripping his claws up from below to leave deep cuts right into its stomach and chest, blood spurting from its sickening wounds, before Chat Noir finished this up by grabbing its head and pulled himself over it, twisting his whole body around and pulled its head off. Landing on his feet, the teen tossed it like a basketball to another Ziszhui, which screeched in anger at receiving the head of its comrade. It threw it aside and charged at Chat Noir, who swiftly stabbed it right in the face and reduced it to dust, but he was then knocked off his feet when another rammed into him from the side, sending him flopping into the snow. The Ziszhui went to stab its swords into him, but Constantine calmly walked in between him and Chat Noir, his hands inches apart from each other with a frightening scowl on his face.

"I wouldn't hurt him if I were you." he said darkly as he clapped his hands together, causing a blast of fire to shoot from his hands, turning the Ziszhui to flames. It screeched horribly and ran around, feeling it's head beginning to explode from such power, running away before it could cover the two men with its disgusting guts.

Constantine blew out some air as he picked Chat Noir up with his hand, giving him a sharp smile as he rubbed his hands together.

"I think it's time we reduced their numbers faster, mate. Let me give you a light." he offered as he then took his staff into his hands.

Chat Noir watched on as Constantine rubbed his hands all over the staff, even going as far as running his hands over its glowing tips. Constantine grinned as he put it back into the hands of its owner and pulled his hands off the tips, which were now alight like a flaming torch, while Constantine's hands were now glowing in the same colour of the flame. A nasty look crossed his face that went well with his smile. Chat Noir shared it in response as they faced the rest of the Ziszhui coming their way, now eager to unleash their new power on them.

"As corny as it may sound...burn baby burn!" Cat Noir crowed as he spun his staff around.

The staff became a fiery wheel of death circling around his hands, threatening to burn anyone alive who was foolish enough to come near it. He approached the Ziszhui, the spider-creatures shrinking back nervously at the flame wheel coming towards them. Constantine joined in on the approach, his fiery hands just as threatening to them. Cat Noir then hurled the staff at the Ziszhui, the steel pole spinning through the air like a shuriken and slamming into the Ziszhui one at a time. As the tips touched the creatures, they were instantly set alight and began screeching high-pitched wails as the flames ate away at their bodies. Constantine gave a flick of his wrists and sent fireballs slamming into his opponents, setting them alight too. The Ziszhui tried to put out the flames by rolling on the snow but it did them no good. Magical flames couldn't be put out so easily so they still continued to burn. Cat Noir was both fascinated and disturbed to see this, hoping he'd never be on the receiving end of those flames if even rolling in show didn't put them out. He was no cat on a hot tin roof as they would say. He and Constantine left the Ziszhui to burn, knowing they wouldn't be the last and there was still plenty more to face.

Over to White Lantern, he was attempting to contain the main threat once and for all. He had a shield construct to protect himself from anymore web shots from Abyss and just as she prepared to fire another, the Lantern of Life expanded the shield until it slammed into Abyss, nearly knocking her off of Feast. Now she was stunned and wasn't shooting web at him anymore, White Lantern could carry out his plan. The white-clad superhero concentrated hard as he began forming his next construct. He began to form a cuboid structure around Feast and Abyss. It started off as a simple cub at first but it gradually grew bigger and bigger the further it went along and then it started to form intricate details like solid pipes forming around all four sides and huge clamps wrapped around the pipes and riveted into place for extra strength and durability. And as usual, his construct was highly detailed with even tiny details like little notches and markings on the pipes and rivets. The construct had no doors or windows formed at all, just a solid cube-shaped prison with no way in or out as long as he kept it up. It was so big that Feast was completely enclosed and yet inside, it was too small for him to move an inch. The roof of the cage was so low that Abyss was force to lie down on her Sentimonster, unable to stand up. All she and Feast could see was white and nothing more. Feast struggled to move, shifting uncomfortably in the cage. It would never break the construct. It was too cramped and had no room to move to gain any momentum to even try and break free. It couldn't push against the roof or else it would squash Abyss against its back. Abyss snarled viciously, refusing to be defeated in such a humiliating fashion. No prison in the world could contain her, not even one made by a lantern!

"If you think you've got me trapped, you can think again!" Abyss growled savagely, "Feast, stay still and I shall give you the strength to break out!"

The giant frog stopped moving. Abyss planted her hands firmly against its head and fed some of her energy into the Sentimonster to charge him up and make him stronger. Feast croaked with glee, strangely seeming to enjoy the feeling of being supercharged by its master. As Feast grew stronger from Abyss's power up, it found itself able to push against the construct and make the walls buckle. It placed all four limbs against the walls and pushed. White Lantern watched, incredulous at what he was seeing. How could Feast possibly be breaking free?! His construct was as solid as could be and he was the most powerful Lantern in the galaxy! It should be impossible for that creature to break out! He tried to alter the construct to further contain the creature but it didn't do him any good. The construct exploded into fragments of energy that disappeared quickly and he was thrown back as Feast was freed from his prison. Cackling with delight, Abyss patted Feast's head softly.

"Good Sentimonster. I knew you could do it." she purred, "No prison can hold us, but I can hold them!" she added confidently.

Kyle groaned in frustration before he fired another shot from his ring to blast Abyss off, hoping she'd be knocked back from Feast and have him lose concentration without a master's guidance. Instead, though, Abyss raised a hand and, as if she was catching a ball with ease, blocking the beam of energy with nothing but her hand. She bit down on her lips, feeling just a slight push from Kyle's beam. It stung, for it was the power of the Life Entity that was fuelling him. But he was merely a tool. She was the embodiment of fear, born among many other forms from the Life Entity. This was nothing to her.

Abyss hung her free hand low and twirled her fingers around in the air, feeling it get sticky and wet as she then placed it onto Feast's skin. She felt him shiver and croak as his skin flashed red, getting a grin out of her.

"You can taste it, Feast. My power runs through you. Get rid of this pest with that power!" she commanded the giant frog, who curled his lips as a feeling came over his stomach.

It pressed its tongue down and opened its mouth wide. Kyle didn't have time to react as a giant ball of web came firing out of Feast's mouth, the whole thing slamming right into him and knocking him out of the air, sending him crashing against the wall of fire, the web latching in place to the wall behind the fire.

Kyle groaned as he opened his eyes to find himself inside a sticky thick wall of red webs, which held down on him hard, a thick piece of it tightening around the wrist that held his ring. He breathed heavily as he tried to concentrate his power to his ring, feeling the heat of the fire outside heating it up inside. He needed to get out before he was to pass out from such intensity!

Focusing hard, White Lantern was able to concentrate well enough in order to form a pair of knives with his ring and use them to cut himself free from the web. The energy constructs sliced through the web with ease, allowing him to peel himself away from the wall and escape the fire before it could get to him. He flew up high, frowning as he look down at Abyss again. The spider-girl didn't seem too annoyed that he'd been able to get away. If anything, she just seemed to be enjoying how she was keeping him on his toes and giving him a good fight. He clenched his fists, determined to finish the Kwami of Fear off for good.

"I may have thought the Yellow Lanterns and put a stop to their evil in the past but fighting a creature that represents fear is something else entirely." he murmured, "I wonder if fighting Parallax himself would be anything like this..."

That was enough to make his spine tingle. Just imagine Abyss meeting Parallax and becoming a Yellow Lantern! Sinestro would naturally refuse to let her oppose him but not even he would be able to handle the sheer power this creature had. Just the thought of Abyss as a Yellow Lantern was enough to have Kyle declare that Abyss had to be put down now before that opportunity could be made available to her. He formed a barrier around himself to stop anymore webs from getting to him and charged towards Feast. If it took all the powers of the Emotional Spectrum itself, he would not lose this fight! Not when the whole universe was at stake...


Back in Paris, the fight with the Tenshi-powered students, the Miraculers, Superman and Hudie against Manchester Black and the Ziszhui forces was continuing to go in their favour, but it wouldn't stay that way for long, not when Manchester had another ace up his sleeve he was about to use.

They were just seeing them being put to use right now, with the tentacles rising high in the air like a dark shadow covering the light of hope. Everyone froze in place as they realised just how big these things were. Superman spotted the closest tentacle that was ready to slam right onto the bulky form of Skullstone and instincts kicked in. Clenching his fists, he ripped right through the air towards the tentacle and sent his fist right into its face, sending it flying back from the teen that was nearly crushed by the huge monstrosity. He wasn't letting it have a chance to hit back though, his eyes heated up and beamed the streaking laser beams right into its face, burning right through the mass of the enemy, turning it to dark smoke with enough power from his eyes.

Sadly, this was just one tentacle, and the other three were already at work, targeting Techno for him being the biggest of the Champions. He didn't have time to dodge due to the speed the tentacle came at him, with it slamming right into him with full force like a muscly man just punched the wind out of a much more smaller man, causing him to crash against the rock wall behind him. Techno's head sored back and forth from the force of the punch, sparks flying around him as his robot began to malfunction. He didn't have time to react as the tentacle wrapped around the stomach of his giant robot body, bouncing his arms to his sides and stopping him from using his sword. Techno's cockpit was flashing red, showing he was in massive trouble right now, so he had to go to his next plan. He twisted the dial on his gauntlet, switching it to that of a bomb and a countdown on it. Setting it at nine seconds, Techno stood up and pressed the button on the panel next to him. The floor under him let off some steam, before a slight hum occurred under his feet that followed with the head of his robot opening up, releasing the daylight to his eyes. The countdown hit four, with Techno then springing off with a huge rocket launch from where he was standing, sending him flying into the outside, just in time to avoid getting consumed by the explosion that was set off by his robot, the fire eating away at the tentacle that had hold of it, making it retreat as it turned to dark dust.

Techno, mid air, focused his hold on the gauntlet and turned the dial to a robot body similar to the one he just had a arm canon. He pressed it, causing a glow to cover his body before a giant body of a robot took his place, spinning itself around before stamping its feet down on one of the remaining tentacles. He aimed his canon down at the exposed point and fired a purple blast onto the tentacle, tracing it back to where it was coming out of the ice ball, driving it away from the battlefield. Pulling his sword out, Techno looked around and spotted the last tentacle coming at him, but he was up for it, sending his sword out and slashing right through it, leaving nothing but a cloud of smoke in its place.

With the threat of the tentacles handled for a while, Superman went back to the ground where the Miraculers were. They gathered with him as did the Champions closest to them.

"Now we've got those to deal with! At the rate they regrow, Manchester can turn things in his favour!" Queen B yelled in frustration, getting a nod from Superman.

"Sadly so. The best we can do is try and keep them distracted as best we can." he said, a plan forming in his head right now. Petala looked thoughtful as she looked at her vines.

"Hey...you know, I could be of help, I could hold one of them down with my vines, try and poison them to slow it down while I've got it." she offered an idea.

Rena shrugged.

"Anything will be helpful. The source of their power is that seed. Carapace needs to get to it and put that poison on it." she stated.

Superman looked to Bunnyx at this, seeing what they could do.

"In that case we'll do our best. But don't see him in there alone, there could be more Ziszhui in there." he said sternly, Carapace's safety clearly on his mind.

"He won't go alone, we'll make sure of it." Bunnyx assured, looking to Rena Rouge to be sure of that, which she nodded.

Superman could see they were ready to get going with this idea, so he slowly took to the air, looking to Petala, Techno, and Super Nathan.

"Okay, you three, those tentacles are our focus! Give it your best!" he told them, his voice full of belief in them as he flew higher.

With the plan now formed, the heroes jumped back into action. It really was a case of do or die at this point and everyone was utterly determined that they'd save Paris and live to tell about it. Manchester just watched them all charging towards him with a casual smirk. He looked as if he was completely in control despite being heavily outnumbered and wasn't even fazed at the sight of so many super-powered beings coming towards him. He even gave a mocking yawn as if the whole thing was starting to bore him.

"I'd almost feel sorry for the twerps if it wasn't so much fun kicking the shit out of them." Manchester sneered, "Ah well, fun time's over. Time to put these miserable bastards out of their misery."

He commanded one of the tentacles to lunge forward in an attempt to knock as many of the Tenshi-powered students as possible. But as the tentacle came close to them, Bunnyx opened a portal ahead of everyone, causing the tentacle to miss completely. To add insult to injury, Bunnyx opened another portal directly beside Manchester so the tentacle punched him instead. He was thrown off his feet and sent hurling towards the Louvre nearby. Before the tentacle could retract, Bunnyx closed the portals so it ended up severed in half. The dismembered tentacle collapsed onto the ground, unable to continue the fight. While Manchester was momentarily stunned, the other tentacles were left wondering what to do next. The Miraculers took advantage of their distraction by carrying out their plan. Petala summoned a vine and made it grow to the size of the tentacles they were fighting against and commanded it to wrap around one of the tentacles. The vine constricted tightly around the tentacle and dug its thorns deep into its skin. The tentacle squirmed but couldn't break free of the vine. The moment its thorns sunk into it, the vine released its poison and the tentacle was instantly paralyzed by it. Then the vine pulled the shadowy appendage down and pinned it to the ground, holding it firmly so as to keep it there until the poison finished it off.

While that was happening, Superman unleashed the full power of his laser eyes to dismember as many of the tentacles as he could. He kept his position up high so that he didn't have to aim at the bottom of the tentacles and risk hitting any of his friends. From where he was, he could easily cut them in half and never be in danger of hitting an ally. The searing hot lasers burned through the tentacles effortlessly, destroying them in seconds and reducing them to nothing. But as Superman knew, it was only a temporary solution to the problem as the magical limbs just kept growing back like some twisted enchanted tree in a fantastical forest. The whole thing reminded him of one of Wonder Woman's deadliest enemies, the many-headed Hydra. Many times had she recounted during Justice League meetings her crusades against the creature and how any time she cut off its head, two more would grow in its place. The tentacles were just the same, constantly growing back every time they were cut down. Wonder Woman had been able to slay the Hydra so he was sure he could stop the seed's power and stop the tentacles from growing. He briefly glanced down to see Bunnyx opening a portal for her and Carapace to go into. Superman allowed himself a brief moment of relief, knowing that the next stage of the plan was in action. This would be over soon, or so he hoped. He and the others just had to keep fighting a little longer, that was all.

Down below, Bunnyx stood beside Carapace as he got his shield ready while the rest of their friends held off the Ziszhui that was trying to reach them.

"Here, one way ticket inside the ice ball!" she told him, her umbrella ready as she was about to jump through with him. Hudie, however, then stepped between her and him, a sharp look on his old face.

"No, Bunnyx. You shall not go, I will. I can help Carapace use the poison correctly. Plus, the way you weaponised your portal could be helpful for everyone out here." he said in a wise tone, though his eyes were showing great persuasion with his voice. Bunnyx didn't look convinced though.

"No offence, but you might run into some trouble in there, Carapace might need someone of his age to go in there and cover him." she said back, not noticing the growing annoyed look on Carapace's face at the fact there was now an argument growing. He decided to make his mind up himself, so he grabbed Hudie by his hand pulled him towards the portal, much to their shock.

"Buns, you're more useful out here and the world doesn't have time for an argument of young versus old! Be back soon!" he bid, jumping through the portal with the slightly impressed Hudie. With them gone, Bunnyx stood there looking rather dumbfounded for a moment before sighing in slight defeat.

"Well...at least he wasn't making a nineties reference" she said with slight pleasure.

She then gasped as a shadow grew over her, so she flipped back to avoid getting crushed by the slashed tentacle coming her way. The dust cleared as did the severed tentacle, giving her a chance to see Super Nathan standing on his hoverboard with a giant pair of scissors. She gave him an annoyed look.

"Watch it, Super Artist!" she yelled, getting an apologetic look from him.

Inside the giant ice ball, Carapace and Hudie exited their portal and almost shivered at the change in temperature. Carapace rubbed an arm of his and blew out some air.

"Phew...Supes sure knows how to drop the heat!" he said as he shook his legs to get some heat going.

"Yes indeed. Still, at least we know where we are." Hudie replied in a glad tone as he pointed ahead of them.

Following his hand, Carapace needed to stop his excited gasp as he saw the dark covered Eiffel Tower right in front of them, looking like a splotch of poison in the middle of the soft white ice. Grinning, Carapace looked to Hudie.

"Jackpot! Right, so if I remember correctly, the seed is right in the middle of the ground under the centre of the tower." he said as he and the Asian man walked towards the towering mass of darkness. Hudie nodded.

"Yes, it won't be that hard to miss, you'll see a ripple coming from the centre, you'll easily find it." he said in assurance as he walked with him.

Of course, it was never easy, for they ended up hearing the peeling of wax of sorts coming from the tower, making them stop in their tracks as they looked up, their bodies going stiff in alarm as they tried to see the source of the sound. They nearly cringed as several Ziszhui began to peel themselves off from the tower, dripping in dark liquid as they looked down at the two intruders, eyes narrowing at them. Carapace nervously looked to Hudie when he pulled his shield up.

"Okay...you're good at fighting, right?" he asked as the Ziszhui began to crawl down the tower, their weapons ready. Hudie spun his staff around his hands and held it in a defensive stance.

"I can still use a few skills. The seed is our main goal, try and get to it!" he declared as he and the turtle styled hero readied themselves, facing the incoming monsters that were wanting to cut them down.


Back in Tibet, the fight was starting to get wild. Ladybug had to try hard not to let her small size be a disadvantage to her with how deep the snow was, because the Ziszhui she was fighting was certainly using this to get the upper hand on her, pushing down on her with all four arms it had, burying her in the snow up to her thighs. The Ziszhui then pulled back two of its arms and went to slash her from the sides. Ladybug quickly reacted, springing herself out of the snow and flipped over its head, slashing her blades in a twist of her body, cutting its head in half. Planting her feet in the ground, Ladybug panted as the Ziszhui dropped into the snow with a thud. Of course, it wasn't done yet as another fired a web at her, intending to web her up. It didn't hit its target for Ladybug slashed the web down before shooting her self forward and jammed both her blades into it, killing it straight away.

Constantine released another shot of fire right at a Ziszhui coming close to him, watching as the shot of flame went right into its mouth. It dropped its swords and ran its hands all over as a fiery heat tore through its body, beginning to tear right through its skin from the inside with flame light coming through it. It screamed in agony as it fell apart, unable to contain the heat anymore. Constantine turned to face his next target, but he found it was too close for comfort, as a Ziszhui jumped right in front of him. The detective looked alarmed at first but began to swiftly twirl his hands to burn it down, but he wasn't fast enough as the Ziszhui slashed two of its blades across his legs. Constantine let out a cry of pain as the blades cut deep into his skin, making him drop to his knees with his face twisted in agony, blood pouring across his black trousers. His hands list their flame as he began to clutch the wounds, hissing at the stinging. The Ziszhui want letting him have a moment though, for it raised its swords high above his head, ready to cut him down. However, the Ziszhui gotten a different result, for Chat Noir tossed his baton into its stomach, making it scream as it the flames eaten it all over, turning it to dust.

Chat Noir ran to Constantine's side, putting a supporting arm around his shoulder as crouched beside him. Constantine chuckled through his pain, giving Chat Noir an assuring look,

"Pretty sure I won't die here, mate. Too bleeding brilliant to die," he said in assurance, only to get an annoyed shake of the head from Chat Noir.

"Don't give me that, you're hurt! I'll protect you the best I can!" he said as he stood up with his baton ready, faving against the remaining four Ziszhui coming their way with a burning fire running through him to protect his friend.

Up in the hiding place, Emilie watched as Duusu munched down on the last of the biscuits, her face now looking more hardened as she felt her energy run through her.

"Emilie, I'm ready. Let's get down there!" she said eagerly, leaving a smile on the woman's face.

"Alright, little one. Duusu-"

"Emilie, wait!" Nathalie interrupted, getting her attention.

The blonde woman turned to the secretary, wondering what she wanted. She'd better be quick as now wasn't exactly the best time to have a chat. Duusu folded her arms impatiently.

"Can YOU wait instead?" she muttered, "We're needed out there."

"I know, it's just I really have something I need to say first." Nathalie said solemnly.

"Very well, what is it?" Emilie asked.

She could see from the look in the black-haired woman's face that for the first time in a while, maybe months or years, that she was allowing herself to let her emotions out. Last time Emilie had ever seen Nathalie, she'd always had a stone-faced look that wouldn't have looked out of place on a statue. Now she was looking and acting like a real person, something she never thought she'd see again.

"I'll try to be as brief as I can." Nathalie began, her eyes beginning to well up, "I really have no excuse for how I've been with your son during your absence. Being as cold and unfeeling as I have to not stopping Gabriel sooner with his mad scheme to seize the Miraculouses and causing so much pain and misery as Hawk Moth, which resulted in the death of Chloe Bourgeious...I've truly been the worst secretary you could've hired. I would've happily stepped in to save Adrien from your husband's evil if I'd had the chance. I...I am truly sorry for everything Emilie."

And for the first time in Emilie's life, she actually saw the poor woman shed a tear. She was trying to keep herself from outright breaking down but some of the tears still escaped her eyes. Nathalie looked down at the ground, unable to look her employer in the face anymore. However, Emilie had no ill feelings towards Nathalie for she placed her hands on her shoulders and gave her a soft, gentle look. Dusuu hung by her shoulder to see where this was going.

"I'll admit, I did want you to do better." she began, "I wanted nothing more than for my son to get the best treatment he could get and it disappointed me that you and Gabriel let me down in that regard. But I hold nothing against you Nathalie. You was never a willing accomplice to my husband and you never intended any of this to befall us. You shouldn't hold yourself responsible for everything. You feel you can be better? I'd say now's the perfect time for that. Are you willing to help me in defeating that vile Kwami?"

The spectacled woman looked back into her employer's eyes, surprised that she'd been taking it so well. She'd expected a violent put-down or a long-winded lecture of some kind. Then again, she knew as well as anyone just what a kind and understanding person Emilie was. Only she could ever be so forgiving to someone like her. Wiping her eyes, Nathalie nodded.

"I'll do whatever I must." she declared, "I'll be right beside you in ending this nightmare."

Emilie beamed with delight.

"That's just what I wanted to hear!" she said happily, "Now it's time we showed Abyss why she should never have kidnapped us."

She turned to Dusuu.

"Dusuu, spread my feathers!" she commanded.

Dusuu was sucked straight into the Peacock Miraculous and Emilie was transformed instantly into the blue-clad Miraculer, La Paon. Her skin had turned light blue and her eyes were a pinkish-purple colour that gave her a very fantastical look. Her costume consisted of a skin-tight blue leotard and thigh-high boots, long gloves that reached her biceps and a cape shaped like the tailfeathers of a peacock. Her weapon was a fan that carried over the peacock theme in its design and carried a pink gem in the centre. Once the transformation was finished, La Paon turned to Nathalie, the spectacled woman glad to see her ready for action once again.

"Now to give you an upgrade too." the peacock Miraculer said with a smile.

Down below, Ladybug and Kagami we're fighting back to back against the remaining three Ziszhui that was coming around them. The blue haired girls readied their blades for what was to come next, knowing it'd be fast and they'd have to react quickly. The three Ziszhui stood where they were before they fired webs at the girls, intending to web them up. Ladybug reacted first, pushing her blades up to block the incoming attack. She allowed its web to wrap around her blades, while Kagami allowed the same with her sword. The girls ducked under the third web and pulled the two forward, causing the Ziszhui to crash into each other over their heads while getting caught in the web fired by the third, which retracted its web in panic before realising its mistake, for it was then flattened by the weight of the other two, both of whom were dead from the impact.

Kagami panted but smiled, giving it to Ladybug, who shared it in response. They were cut short though as Kyle now created a construct of a machine gun, firing right into Feast and Abyss as hard as he could, the constant hits he was making on them was enough to actually blind Abyss's vision, making her lose sight of Kyle as he fired more onto her. Ladybug and Kagami used this to run to Chat Noir amd Constsntine, who were dealing with their last Ziszhui, which threw its swords right towards them in a desperate attempt to gut him. Chat Noir ducked from the swords and sent his baton up into its chest, causing his fire to burn right through it, making it cry out in pain as it was turned to chunks of flesh.

The leather clad hero panted hard, his legs tired and giving way, sinking into the snow beside Constantine, but Ladybug caught him before he could fall right into it. A soft look was shared between the two lovers, silently thankful both were alive. Their ears, however, drew their attention away from each other as they heard Abyss yell in frustration from the constant hits she was taking from Kyle, sinking her head down to Feast's. Her eyes opened and Feast glowed red at this. He croaked as his tongue shot out and clutched around Kyle's body, leaving only his head free from the tongue while his construct faded. Ladybug and Chat Noir gotten up to charge at Abyss, but the spider woman saw them coming and swiftly sent two webs out, slamming into them like bullets and knocking them off their feet. Kagami quickly went to pull the webs off the two, though Abyss wasn't interested as she looked up at Kyle, nothing but a twisted sense of glee in her eyes.

"You're all mine, Lantern. It's been a long time since Feast has eaten humans. You'll do well for a meal." she said with delight as Feast began to pull Kyle closer, frustrating the White Lantern enough for him to try and focus more power to his ring as he was eager to get out of the tongue of this creature.

Abyss watched on with a smile as Kyle tried his hardest to get himself free from the grip of Feast, reminding her of how those Guardians were when she pulled them from Feast's stomach and ducked their insides out when she webbed them up. She could only wonder if she could use the ring for herself for its power grew on her during this fight. She'd love to pay a visit to the very being that birthed her among many others with his ring...

But this left her mind as suddenly, her whole vision went black. Black as in she was now sealed inside a box with no light coming in. This left her confused, for Kyle just vanished from her eyes and even the snowy surroundings. It was like she was just sucked into another reality, with only herself and Feast...who's tongue retracted with no White Lantern in it.

Of course, Abyss thought she was transported somewhere else but she actually wasn't. She was still there, right in front of everyone, only her eyes had turned black while she looked around in confusion. This left everyone around her looking confused, even Kyle, who was freed from Feast's tongue. He looked around in uncertainty as he tried to figure what was going on. Constantine was the first to notice what had actually gone on and he smiled through the pain in his legs as his eyes caught sight of two blue figures flying down to them.

"Look up lads, we got help!" he cried, getting them to look up.

Everyone gasped in awe at the sight of La Paon, her cape acting as a glider of sorts as she floated down beside them. Chat Noir looked on with pride as he saw this was his mother, who gave him an assuring smile as she reached the snow, her eyes comforting. They noticed the other blue figure beside her, this one clearly a woman. She looked to be wearing a dark blue bodysuit with a red v-neck marking, while there were peacock patterns on her arms and stomach with the colour red, including one on the slim helmet that covered her eyes with a visor. There was a pair of glasses on her chest, which looked familiar. La Paon looked to her with a slightly concerned look.

"Shader, you doing okay with the merge with the Sentimental?" she asked. She got a nod from the helmeted woman.

"Yeah, it's working well. She's still stuck in the dark sight I put over her eyes." she said, her voice familiar to Chat Noir as it hit him what had happened.

He didn't have time to ask though, for La Paon faced Feast with her face turning hard.

"Now then...it's time you ceased your rampage. Release your Amok!" she commanded, sending out her fan, the Peacock tails on it glowing red.

For a second, Feast stopped moving. Everyone watched on when he then began to shift and sunk over, its mouth curling from what it was doing. Then, with a loud burp, Feast opened his mouth and out came a wooden staff that held a gem at the top of it, landing right in front of La Paon's feat. The gem flashed from blue to turquoise, its blue energy flying out of it as it produced a feather of sorts. Ladybug realised what this was. Standing up with ease, she turned her Ladyblades back into her yoyo before she spun it around her.

"Time to de-evilise!" she yelled, throwing her yoyo at the feather, which was scooped up by the yoyo. Ladybug spun it around several times over her head, a feeling of energy coming over her as she knew what to do now. Pulling the yoyo back in her hands, she opened it up, releasing the feather from the yoyo.

"Bye bye, little feather!" she said sweetly as it flew off into the wind, free to fly in the world.

Ladybug then shot her yoyo in the air.

"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" she yelled, watching as her yoyo shot out its magical pink energy, which went right over to Feast.

It wrapped around him like a tornado before it faded, leaving nothing but Abyss to drop out of the air, landing right in the snow. The swirl of energy then flew over Constantine's legs, with his injuries healing up. He blew out some air as he lost the pain, seeing the energy go into Ladybug's yoyo. He gave her a smile as she pulled her yoyo down.

"Thanks for that, luv." he said with kindness, standing up with his new strength.

Ladybug felt a strength of her own come over her as she and Chat Noir turned to La Paon, who smiled at them.

"That was great timing, Emilie!"

"You sure knew the right things to say, mom!" they both said, getting a shy look from the blue woman.

"Well, I'm glad I haven't lost my talent in the Miraculous department." she giggled before turning to the one thing that was in their sight, the form of Abyss beginning to pick itself up. The others followed her gaze, their excitement exiting them as they saw it wasn't other yet. Kyle raised his hand as his ring glowed.

"Let's finish this monster off." he said sternly, wanting to get in there to finally end Abyss' terror. They nodded, all of them standing together as they faced her, ready to give her what she deserved.

Yet once they began to move forward, they stopped as a soft laughter escaped the throat of the Kwami. It was a laugh as if she heard a really good joke and was laughing at the taste of it. It was as if Abyss just gotten the biggest treat in her life. Then it sounded pitiful once she raised her head, her eyes full of glee as she raised her hands.

"You fools. You really think you've won just because you ended Feast? You think because I'm alone you've got a chance? I'm a Kwami. I am immortal. What hope do you have in beating someone who won't die? This is your end. Your end is my beginning." she told them, her voice now full of excitement as she bared her teeth, the fight far from done.


Feast has been vanquished and Abyss is left having to fight on her own. But that won't mean she's defeated. There's still the chaos in Paris and Abyss is a Kwami, she won't go down without a fight. So will Abyss turn everything around? Or will it be the end for her at last?

Tune in for the final showdown between our heroes and the forces of Abyss...