Chapter 16 - Rescue Mission. Pt 2.
"Voyage," Pegasus cries.
The portal opens. On the other side, Gabriel's repository can be seen.
"I won't be able to use Lucky Charm after this, it will put her back," Ladybug explains.
"I know," Cat Noir says.
"So if your father is already-"
"I know," he snaps.
The duo step through the portal and head upstairs. Behind them, the others start to push Emelie's casket through the portal.
Hawkmoth is still in the atelier, while Lady Chaos and Mayura fight elsewhere. Cat Noir rushes to his father's side.
"Adrien, get out of here," Hawkmoth splutters.
"Not without you, father, Cat Noir insists.
The two of them each pull one of his arms over their shoulders.
"Okay, Hawkmoth," Ladybug says. "We're going to lift you in three, two, one…"
They both lift him and begin to drag him toward the passage that leads back down into the repository.
"Nathalie…" Hawkmoth gurgles.
"We'll come back for her," Ladybug assures him.
Once Hawkmoth is downstairs, Ladybug drops him and turns to go back.
"Wait, you can't go alone," Cat Noir stops her. "I'm coming too."
"What about your father?" She asks.
"He's just gotta get through that portal, one of the others can help him," he replies.
Lady Chaos and Mayura are fighting in the foyer when the duo returns. Adrien's bodyguard lays motionless on the floor. Ladybug checks for a pulse, but there is none. She gasps and drops his arm.
"Oh, looks like we have an infestation, Roach," Lady Chaos turns and grins at Ladybug.
She abandons her fight with Mayura and fixes her attention on Ladybug. While Ladybug distracts Lady Chaos, Cat Noir rushes to Mayura's side. She's bleeding profusely from one arm and her face is bruised.
"Get down to the repository," Cat Noir whispers to her.
"Your father-"
"Go, Nathalie," he urges.
She nods and hurries away, looking back momentarily.
"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir yells.
"Ooh, I know that one," Lady Chaos shrieks. "Cataclysm!"
She swipes at Ladybug, who jumps backward and dodges the attack. Cat Noir rushes forward while Lady Chaos is looking at Ladybug, but she sees him. She swings her fist around and connects it with Cat Noir's chest.
"No!" Ladybug screams.
Cat Noir goes flying backwards across the floor, his hand drags across the floor and leaves a trail of destruction as he does so. Ladybug rushes to his side.
"Go," he chokes.
"I'm not leaving you, Kitty," Ladybug whimpers. "I won't let you die again."
"Hey, get away from my girlfriend." Viperion flings open the front doors to the mansion, glaring at her.
The two of them start fighting and Viperion avoids every attack she throws at him. No doubt he is using Second Chance to win the fight. Ladybug takes the chance to start helping Cat Noir back toward the repository.
She pushes Cat Noir through the portal. His ring beeps signaling he is about to transform back into Adrien.
"Where's Viperion?" Pegasus asks.
"He's still fighting Lady Chaos, I'm about to go back for him," Ladybug replies.
"I have to close the portal and recharge," Pegasus informs her.
"Reopen it in the foyer," she says before heading back for yet another rescue mission.
Lady Chaos seems to have turned the fight in her favor while she was gone because Viperion looks exhausted. Ladybug rushes to her boyfriend's side and spins her yo-yo, ready to fight.
"Oh, honey, she will break your heart," Lady Chaos says sadly. "Unless I break it first. Lucky Charm!"
It's a hunting knife. Viperion gulps. She lunges forward with the knife, but Ladybug lassoes her yo-yo around Lady Chaos' legs. She falls to the ground and grunts as her chin hits the floor. Ladybug pulls Viperion to his feet.
But her arms are free and she still has the knife. Lady Chaos flings the knife into the back of Viperion's leg. He screams as it embeds itself in his calf.
"What a shot," Lady Chaos whoops as she crawls across the floor toward him, her legs still bound by Ladybug's yo-yo.
What should she do? She can't use her Lucky Charm.
"Use your Second Chance," she says.
"I ran out," he replies. "I'm going to transform back soon."
She grabs his hands, pulling him to his feet. Pegasus' portal appears across the room. They start to head toward it, slowed by Viperion's limping. He winces every time he puts his weight on his injured leg.
"Cataclysm."
Her hand connects with his other leg, and he collapses again.
"Go, Mari," he seethes.
"I'm not leaving you," Ladybug whimpers.
His transformation drops and it's Luka who is lying wounded on the floor. Lady Chaos wrenches the knife from his leg and pulls him back toward her. Ladybug clings onto him, they're almost at the portal.
"What's happening?" Pegasus calls from the other side.
"We need help," she screams back.
Everyone but Pegasus had transformed back. Lady Chaos manages to free her legs from Ladybug's yo-yo. She's suddenly on her feet and tearing Luka away from her. She tosses him to the ground as if he's a ragdoll.
"Please, I love him," Ladybug begs her.
"You don't love anyone," Lady Chaos grins back, jamming her knife into Luka's chest.
Someone pulls Ladybug back through the portal. She screams to be released while the portal closes behind her. She continues screaming until she realizes that it's Bunnyx who is holding onto her.