MIRACULOUS ALLIANCE

EP 12: FEAST HYPER PART 2

Somewhere else in the cafeteria, Sabrina was hunched over a map with the rest of the Miraculous team. "The first few markers are so spread out that you cannot tell which direction they may go. But with the more recent ones, you see they start to converge more towards a certain direction. That already leaves us with the three most likely locations from which they come. The slums, the district holding the mansions of the rich and prestigious and the abandoned warehouse district." Sabrina explained.

"We train there all the time in the warehouse district and never saw anything out of the ordinary, and if Hawkmoth was there without us noticing, he'd have attacked us by now. So we can most likely take that out of the equation." Marinette suggested.

"Both the slums and rich district seem possible. Someone downtrodden and pissed at the world. The second being powerful and greedy bastards whom may want more. Sounds cliche, though not far-fetched." Alya noted.

Adrien didn't look happy as he eyed the rich district on the map. The Agreste Mansion was in that district. If one of the rich dudes is proven the enemy, chance is he may run into Gabriel in one form or another and at this point he still isn't ready for that. So he secretly hopes for the slums. Knowing his luck it wouldn't be, though.

"We need just a few more butterflies tracked down and then we can say for certain." Sabrina said. "We must be careful though, Hawkmoth hasn't caught on yet, but we can't let him know we are tracking his location."

"I need to think of a few backup plans. A tracker of sorts, perhaps? Max can make one but how would we explain why we need it to him?" Marinette wondered.

"Isn't there a magical variant of a tracker we can ask the Guardian?" Nino asked.

"It's a possibility to put on the list..." Marinette noted.

It was then that Alya's phone went off. "The Watch feature of the Ladyblog goes off...Akuma Alert!" Alya said.

"You guys go. I'll think of a proper excuse for Miss Bustier. Though it will not be hard, she seems to buy all of the excuses we gave her..." Sabrina said.

"Ok, thanks 'Brina. Don't forget to leave the communicator open." ChloƩ said as she rushed out of the cafetaria with the others.

Sabrina took out a notebook and opened it to a page that said 'list of excuses'. "Let's see...sick family member, pet to the vet..."

The heroes arrived at the source of commotion, at the center of Paris. When they already got there, they saw that there were small craters in the street, cars flipped, cracks among the walls of buildings and some objects on fire and smoking. "All right, what is the Akuma of the day going to be?" Chat asked.

"I don't see him everywhere. Most Akumas would be in our face and direct. We cannot have missed it already, can we?" Rena wondered.

"Keep your eyes open, I got a bad feeling about this." Ladybug said as they looked around. No sign of the Akuma, not even a single moth soldier. The heroes stood in a circle, their backs turned to each other, to make sure they wouldn't jumped at so easily. They held their breath as suddenly they felt a slight rumbling and some cracks appeared across the floor. "MOVE!" Ladybug ordered.

They jumped out of the way as the ground bursted open and the Akumatized monster of the day jumped out, nearly knocking the heroes down and landing in front of them. "MIRACULOUS!" it shouted from the top of his lungs. He was frog-based, but he was smaller and more humanoid then the Minotaur Frog or Feast. He was still buff, he had armor, and a horned toad-faced helmet. His armor was adorned with spheres that invoked toad or frog warts. One look at him and you knew you didn't want to mess with this beast.

"Not another one, I had it with amphibian monsters!" Queen Bee groaned. "Seriously, what is it with Hawkmoth's frog fixation as of late!"

"I don't know, but let's hop to it and take it down!" Chat said as he pulled out his baton. "Over here, Froggy!"

"Feast Hyper...get...MIRACULOUS!" Feast Hyper said as he rushed at the heroes. Chat immediately had to jump over one of the creature's buff arms, before he slammed the frog creature in the back of his head, making him stumble but not knock him down. Before Chat could land on his feet, he was kicked out of the air by one of Feast Hyper's strong legs and sent flying.

"Bee, with me! Let's tie him up!" Ladybug said as she gestured at Queen Bee, whom nodded. Both shot out their stringed weapons, both wrapping around Feast Hyper's arms. "Now pull!"

However, Feast Hyper was pulling back and he was strong, as his buff physique suggested. "Okay, a tug o' war will not cut it, let's take it to the skies, shall we?" Queen Bee suggested. A nod from Ladybug suggested that Ladybug was cool with that idea. They spouted their wings and flew up.

Feast Hyper could counter in terms of strength into the ground, but with the mobility in the air, and able to pull him in different directions, Feast Hyper slowly was loosing grip on the heroes. "Feast Hyper...not like...pulled around!" He said as suddenly, the three wart-like spheres on his shoulder pads retreated into the armor, as his arms buffed up even more and he pulled hard, throwing the two heroines to the ground, before his arms returned to normal, and steam came from vents in his armor. Feast Hyper then rushed at the two downed heroines.

It was then that Feast Hyper was hit in the side of the head by Carapace's flying shield, making him stumble and stop while Carapace was able to catch his shield. "Feast Hyper crush turtle boy!"

"Feast Hyper needs to stop talking like Hulk!" Carapace said as he threw his shield again. However, Feast Hyper caught the shield in his massive hand. Carapace smirked as he snapped his fingers and the shield started to spin, buzzsaw sounds could be heard as Feast Hyper screamed and let the shield go as a gash has appeared in the palm on his hand.

Feast Hyper growled and the muscular amphibian rushed at Carapace, threw his fist out, and Carapace may blocked with his shield, he was still sent flying, the shield only absorbing the major damage. Feast Hyper than was distracted when he heard a taunting voice: "Hey, blubberbag! I heard you got in the 'minus' range on an IQ test!"

Feast Hyper then turns his attention to her, and tries to ram her with his horned helmet, but Rena jumps over him. She lands on his back as he jerked up and tried to snatch Rena of her back, whom uses her agility to climb and scamper across him like he was a huge moving playground contraption. "You missed me, you missed me, now you got to kiss me...on second thought, don't! I don't think you'll turn into any sort of prince if I do!" she said as she continued her acrobatic tours. However, she was a split second too slow when her tail was grabbed and she was tossed through a wall by Feast Hyper.

Feast Hyper roared and pounded his chest like a gorilla. The heroes whom had the wind knocked out of them earlier, managed to get up and come to their senses. "Okay, we got a real toughie on our hands." Ladybug said, grinding her teeth. Thank god for near-invulnerability. "All right, attack at all angles, don't give him time to counter! Go!" The heroes followed their leader's order and rushed in.

Chat rushed in with Carapace, chat jumping up and kicking the big brute in the face as he staggered back. His leg was quickly grabbed by Feast Hyper though but before he could be throw over the city, Carapace threw his shield at the brute's face again. As Chat was let go, he whacked the shield in mid-air with his baton and slammed it down a second time on Feast Hyper's head.

Chat jumped back as Rena joined in with Carapace. "Follow my lead, Cara-cutie!" Rena said as she repeated her trick from earlier, climbing across Feast Hyper's body to annoy him. As she climbed over his shoulder, she pointed down at Feast's backside. Carapace smirked, held his shield out, ran straight for it as his shield glowed and rammed into Feast Hyper, knocking him back as Rena jumped up and as Feast stumbled, delivered a double flying kick to his back to plant him into the ground.

Carapace took a step back so Queen Bee could move in. Queen Bee lashed with her trompo, hitting Feast Hyper at specific spots, but it seemed to annoy him more then anything else. He became so annoyed he roared, and his arms beefed up again like he did earlier and slammed them into the ground. Queen Bee grabbed Rena and flew up, her wings out once again and tossed her at Feast Hyper. Before he could get into his 'cooldown' mode again, she jammed her flute in a gap in the armor on the shoulder, and it broke the armor and exposed his skin underneath, hurt and bleeding as it roared in pain. Rena picked up her flute and moved aside.

Queen Bee was joined by Carapace again whom ran alongside a flying Queen Bee charged at Feast Hyper. Feast Hyper roared and charged back. Carapace held out his shield again as it glowed, and Queen Bee kicked off it to rush as a projectile at Feast Hyper. She was aiming for his exposed skin but he backhanded her in the air, but she recovered and then shot down, her stinger becoming a gauntlet, and becoming a projectile that shot down and hit him on his helmeted head. It wasn't pierced but it had a chip on his helmet, creating a vulnerable spot.

Carapace moved out, and Ladybug doubled up with Queen Bee again. Ladybug and Queen Bee flew forward as Feast Hyper charged again. Both shot out their weapons. Ladybug's wrapped around the arm that was injured as she then slid under his legs and dragged his arm under him, forcing him in a hunched position. Queen Bee then was on top of him and pulled at the horns on his helmet. Due to his uncomfortable position he had trouble shaking Queen Bee off, but after some wiggling he did manage to get out and shake off both Miraculous ladies, but not before Queen Bee chipped away at the scratch she had made earlier.

Queen Bee flew aside as Carapace joined in with Ladybug. Carapace threw his shield, but with his uninjured arm Feast Hyper batted the shield away. However, Ladybug caught the shield in her yo-yo, Carapace's shield glowing and spinning alongside the yo-yo and she tossed it in the face of the big amphibian brute, and now it had a crack that ran from the top of his head to over the face part of the mask.

Carapace made way for his bro, Chat Noir. The two shared a smile, as they rushed in. Ladybug ducked under a swipe from its arm as she then kicks him in the knees, making him roar in pain as he buckled over. Ladybug gave Chat a boost as he jumped up, extended his baton and whacked the helmet, the crack now spreading to the back of it, the crack essentially dividing the helmet in two.

Ladybug jumped aside and Queen Bee zoomed in to assist Chat. She shot out her trompo, but she found it caught in his massive meaty hand. He pulled her in but she uses the momentum to twist her body so that her boot caught him in his injured shoulder, making him roar in pain. He stumbles as Chat was lifted off the ground by Queen Bee, whom tosses him at Feast Hyper, and slashes with his claws, finally shattering his helmet.

Underneath was a hideous, scrunched up face that looked like someone combined a frog and blobfish and gave it a lot of fangs. He was butt ugly. Feast Hyper growled. Finally Queen Bee made way for Rena. She and Chat, the most agile members, ran up the wall of a building after gaining some momentum and started jumping between buildings to draw attention from Feast Hyper. Its dumb ugly face tried to keep track of them with their frantic bouncing but found his mind wasn't able to catch up, and the two then both jumped down and planted their foots in his exposed face.

He growled as he was in pain, down on his knees. "I think we nearly got him. We just have to knock him down, find the Akumatized object and..." Ladybug began, but she would be cut off.

Feast Hyper roared, as the orange wart-spheres on his body shot out, the heroes jumping to avoid the objects that were shooting in each direction. Once it hit something, it melted into a puddle like it had acid thrown at it. Holes in the street, cars melted, more damage. Carapace found his shield corroded once he used it to block one of the warts, and Queen bee's arm was barely grazed, though her costume was eaten away and she had a burn on her arm. It could have been worse. "Bee, you ok?" Chat asked.

"I'm fine, just hurts like a bitch. Also, that was so totally gross." she said through grinding teeth.

"My cure should fix it. He has used his ammo, so if we can take him out before he grows back those warts we can win this." Ladybug noted.

From behind his connection, Hawkmoth gritted his teeth. Feast Hyper has great deals of power, but a Sentimonster of this caliber, even Akumatized was not intelligent enough. But it was never the plan that he outsmarted the heroes. "I can still turn this around. Feast Hyper, call in the Moth Swarm!" he said.

"Moths!" Feast growled as he belched up the black and purple smoke from which the Moths came, the soldiers forming. However, instead of sending them out, Feast Hyper shot out his frog like tongue and started guzzling up the Moths one by one.

"What is it doing? Also again, gross!" Queen Bee asked.

After he had devoured all the moths, he glowed as the dark energies did his work and his wounds healed and his armor reformed. "Oh, now that's just plain unfair!" Chat moaned.

Feast Hyper snorted as he roared again. He readied for another round. Ladybug groaned a bit but she kept her calm. "Ok, this looks bad but we now have a better idea of what we can do, so if we play it smart..."

Hawkmoth could still see from beyond Feast Hyper's eyes and smirked. The plan worked. Tiring the heroes and healing his Champion worked wonders. Now, the heroes were at a disadvantage. "How cute, she still thinks that they are going to win this time." However, Hawkmoth was surprised when Ladybug opened up her yo-yo, the white light pouring out and swings it around, as several white sparkles came out and descended on her allies. "What?"

The sparkles healed their wounds, also restoring the hole in the suit that was caused by the acidic warts and the corrosion vanished off Carapace's shield. "Cool, Ladydudette. You are getting better with your healing powers."

"Didn't know if that would work but I'm glad training pays off." Ladybug said as she panted. "But after this and the Lucky Charm I may need a long nap."

"Then, let's finish things quickly, Milady." Chat said as he readied his baton.

Hawkmoth was angry. It was a good plan, but he hadn't counted on Ladybug's healing powers. He knew she used them on Mayura once but she used them to heal her team. He hadn't counted on her having mastered that much of her power yet. Something he could not foresee or have control over. For too long things have been spiraling out of control for him and it made him frustrated. He needed to think of a plan before they would lay the beat-down on Feast Hyper again.

Someone else sensed Hawkmoth's frustration as she was linked to Feast Hyper as well. Nathalie smirked from inside her cell, ignoring the headache she was given. But she could make her move now. Hawkmoth's anger should cloud him enough for her to do this. She drew into all of her emotions, her willpower, and concentrated.

Feast Hyper had his hands into fists and growled a bit before he suddenly jerked, as something surprised him suddenly. He let out an odd roar as he held his head in pain. The heroes looked confused at this turn of events. Feast Hyper shook his head and started ramming his head into walls, now ignoring the heroes completely. "That a weird distraction or something?" Rena asked, uncertainly.

"Don't let your guard down, it may be a trick." Ladybug said.

Hawkmoth was equally surprised. "Feast Hyper, you big lug! What are you doing? They are right over there. Wait, what is this odd presence. Impossible! My connection to my Champion is being hijacked. That can't be possible...or can it? Powerfist did it partially. But he didn't do it to this extent..."

Feast Hyper dropped to his knees and looked at the pavement. He then dug his fingers into it and started to claw away at it, engraving something into it. The heroes kept their distant and studied him, not sure what trick this giant armored amphibian now had up his sleeve. Feast Hyper got up as he let out, in a much raspier voice: "Not Feast now. Not Feast now." But that didn't make sense for any of the heroes.

Hawkmoth meanwhile, started to search the connection for a disturbance. And he eventually started to slowly home in on it. "Where are you, what are you doing to my beast and how are you doing it?" Hawkmoth muttered to himself. He sensed some sort of pull and started to mentally home in on it, but before he could reach it, it was gone. Whomever did this, broke the connection before he could figure it out." Hawkmoth stomped his feet in frustration. He had control over Feast again but after what has happened he didn't want to risk things until he had more of an idea what was going on. "Feast Hyper, back to me!"

With that, Feast Hyper, whom sensed his command, ran back to the hole he came from and jumped down. "Hey, get back here!" Chat said as he chased after the beast and jumped down in the same hole, and looked at the sewers. But the being was nowhere to be found. "Drat, how can something so big move that fast?"

"We'll track him down later. For now...he did quite a number with his fight. We fix the damage, put out a high alert and continue looking for him later." Ladybug said. "The healing took more out of me then I thought so I suggest we all recharge for a bit to be safe." she pulled Chat out of the hole, back onto the streets. She summoned a Lucky Charm and wanted to toss in the air, until...

"Wait, not yet! Look at these! The marks the big brute made!" Queen Bee said, raising her left hand and pointing with her right hand, to see the engravings Feast Hyper made in the street.

"These markings are not random scratches. They look...symbol-like? Or something?" Carapace noticed.

Ladybug pulled out her yo-yo and photographed the markings. "We'll send these images to Laika, and then we'll analyze it further." she said. Once she made sure the picture of the markings were clear enough, she tossed the object in the air, and said: "Miraculous Ladybug!" with far less enthusiasm then she normally would. The damage to the streets are fixed. But they hadn't seen the last of that Akuma.

"You know, we never even learned whom the guy behind the Akuma was. And why it has so much similarities to that frog Sentimonster we fought. It even shared its name." Rena Rouge pondered.

"I didn't think about it since I was focused on defeating it. But after the earlier Conundrum of Mayura's fate, it is time we have another talk with the Guardian. We need his expertise on this and wonder if he can confirm a theory I have." Ladybug said. "But first we need to go back to school and not raise suspicion. We rest up, get info and continue the search!"

No one disagreed with that statement, but with each passing day ever since the Silencer incident, the questions have been piling up more then a hoarder's collection.

Nathalie sighed in relief from her cell. She had broken the connection with Feast just in time. Gabriel thought she was powerless but he had become sloppy as of late and that she could exploit. Gabriel may find out eventually but she hopes by then she has left enough clues for the heroes. They were her only hope. Until then, she has to keep fighting in her own way.

TO BE CONTINUED

NOTES

I'm back!

This time no random ideas, or some old updated oneshots and ideas I randomly posted across other websites. No the first chapter of Miraculous Alliance in a while.

There was a reason for the delay. My Father's death had really done a number on my emotions and it has affected my works. But I was able to overcome it enough to start writing again. It may not be too frequent for now but updates are still expected.

Once again thanking my friend Reece Wooldridge for being my beta reader.

Anyhow, mostly focused on the first encounter with Feast Hyper. Fight scenes are the things I never plan in advance and always snowball like I did with the partner switch tag team that seemed kind of cool to me. Reminds me I need to see if I can get back to getting some drawings done.

Anyhow, enjoy.