Chapter 12
The five heroes got to a good vantage point to look for the akuma since they had to hide from it to transform, and ended up briefly losing where it went. And needless to say, when they got a better view of the akuma, they had to shake their heads. There were times where Hawkmoth's villains were actually more creative like Rogercop, Puppeteer, and even Scheherazade, loathed as they were to admit it. But there were also the ones that were an embarrassment to even hear about like Mr. Pigeon, Bubbler, and a few of the others as well. This one certainly topped all of the absurd ones as Queen Bee pointed out, "Was that a giant snowflake we just saw passing by?"
"She seems rather frosty," Chat Noir said, not even trying to contain his amusement, "Maybe she needs to chill."
They all groaned just before Rena Rouge provided her own comment, "Can we please get this done so we can forget he just said that?"
"Gladly," Ladybug answered, "Let's stop this akuma before she ices Paris."
"Ooh good one milady," Chat pointed out, "Wait. When we catch up to her, should we say freeze?"
"Permission To silence him with duct tape boss?" Carapace requested.
"While his puns are annoying, Time is a factor here," Ladybug answered, "Come on."
They all managed to catch up to the akuma with little issue in their own little way. They decided splitting up and taking her on from different angles would be best for dealing with the threat. Chat Noir, and Carapace took the ground to try and draw her attention. Ladybug and Rena Rouge stuck with the rooftops to try and find where the akuma item is on the villain. Queen Bee chose to attack from the sky since she was the only one who could fly.
When they were all in position, the boys began their distraction by releasing the seemingly endless banter from Chat Noir, "You Know, it doesn't help giving people the cold shoulder."
The villain then turned to face Chat Noir, "You dare mock Snow Angel? You lowly peon."
"Snow Angel?" Carapace commented, "Wait, were you trying to cosplay as a winter witch for something?"
That last remark managed to rile up Snow Angel enough to send a blast of ice at the turtle hero. This blast was blocked by his shield, allowing Chat to attack with his baton. Unfortunately the baton landed against her ice staff which he had to parry attacks from. And thus the two boys were engaged in a battle with the frosty witch. Meanwhile the ladies were looking for where the akuma could potentially be. Unfortunately, they had little luck figuring out where it could be, at least until Bee noticed giant mounds of ice coming from a building a couple streets away.
Bee flew down next to Ladybug, and Rena Rouge to provide her observation, "It looks like she came from down that way. There's an entire building that's almost frozen."
Both girls looked to where Bee was pointing, but Rena was first to realize the truth, "That's the expo center. She must've been a cosplayer who was attending."
Ladybug's attention however had shifted back to the fight, "We need to get this done fast before we lose two members."
"Would losing Chat Noir really be a huge loss?" Rena asked as a light joke.
"Yeah I think we can do without his puns for sure," Bee Agreed.
"I can hear you both you know," Chat's voice came through Ladybug's yo-yo which was set on the communicator function.
Ladybug brought her focus back to the fight, and asked, "Any luck on where the akuma could be?"
Meanwhile, the fight was getting more difficult as Snow Angel froze Chat's feet to the street. She then began firing an ice beam at the hero until Carapace used Shell-ter to stop the attack. That was when Chat spotted the source of where the akuma was. He immediately relayed the message to Ladybug, "The akuma is in the staff."
"Got it," Ladybug said before disconnecting, "Time to go to work."
As soon as all three ladies reached street level to come to the boys's rescue, Ladybug called on her lucky charm. When the flash disappeared, she ended up holding a medal with a red neckband containing black spots. Both girls looked at the item with obvious confusion on their faces. Bee was the first to put the confusion into words, "How the hell do you find ways to use items like that?"
"That's What I said," Rena said in Ladybug's defense, "But there's a special ability she has which guides her."
Just as Rena finished her statement, Ladybug already had the plan formulated in her head, "Rena, I'll need you to use your mirage ability when I Signal you. And Bee, get your stinger ready."
"Got it," both women said in response.
Before they both left to take positions, Ladybug gave Rena the illusion she wanted to be casted. She then looked over to Chat who finally got himself free. When they made eye contact, it was clear what she wanted him to do. Eventually the shield protecting the boys had failed and the blow knocked them back a bit. Just as Snow Angel was about to deal another attack, Ladybug signalled Rena to use mirage.
The illusion that appeared was a large crowd of spectators who one would find at a cosplay convention. Snow Angel only turned to look at them when she heard them applauding, and cheering her name. That was when Ladybug appeared with the medal in her hand, saying, "Congratulations Snow Angel for winning the award of best costume. And for backing it up with your impressive performance there."
Snow Angel immediately forgot about the fight as she happily took the medal and placed it around her neck. There were even tears forming in her eyes as she said, "Thank you so much. I worked so hard on it."
"Of course you did," Ladybug replied, "However before we get to the rest of the commemoration, there's a few people who would like to say some things. Let's bring them out now."
At that statement, Bee flew up to Snow Angel and used her Venom ability to paralyze Snow Angel. Unable to move, she ended up dropping her staff and falling to the ground stunned. Ladybug used this time to kick the staff towards the boys. Thankfully it landed in Chat Noir's hand which already had the cataclysm ability activated, and thus destroyed the staff, causing the little butterfly to fly out.
Ladybug then proceeded to purify the akuma, and fix all of the damage done. When everything went back to normal, all five heroes gathered, and brought their fists together in the center of their circle, saying, "Pound it."
A short while later, the team reconvened at Beats and Treats. When they wandered back inside, they were all stopped by the manager. That was when they realized something that they forgot about before they left. They didn't pay for their food and drinks before taking off to save the city from the ice witch. Adrien immediately jumped to sooth any issues, "Sorry about leaving like that sir. I'll pay for our meals."
"Actually I was going to make a suggestion," the manager said, "How would you like to eat here for free as long as you sing like you did tonight?"
"Really?" all five teens asked with mass surprise in their tones.
"Absolutely," the manager replied, "Every customer we've had was complimenting your performance, and asking if you were coming back. Not sure if I can hire you, but I'm willing to give this a shot if you are. What do you say?"
All five teens looked to each other before smiling as Marinette answered for them, "You got a deal."
Meanwhile,
"So there's more heroes now," Gabriel said in thought, "Things have just gotten interesting."
"Indeed master," Nooroo replied, "Perhaps it's becoming more dangerous to continue this quest."
Gabriel glared at his kwami angrily, "We finish when I have all of the miraculouses."
"But with five rivals instead of two, that could be a problem," Nooroo pointed out, attempting to dissuade his chosen from his mission.
Gabriel simply gave a dark chuckle instead, "On the contrary. It actually makes my job easier. Now I have better opportunity to acquire three of the miraculouses previously dormant. And soon, I'll have them all."
