The next day, Ladybug woke up confused. Since when did she fall asleep while still transformed? That was dangerous, especially if Maman came in to wake her up. Or if Chat dropped on her balcony. Realizing where she was, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking around, she realized Allura was nowhere to be found. Wrapping the blanket around her, she walked out the the bridge, since that's where everyone seemed to be.
"Morning Bugaboo." Chat smiled, his blond hair messier than usual.
"What's going on?" Ladybug asked, her eyelids still half shut. 8:00 was waay too early to get up in the morning. Why couldn't humans just be nocturnal?
"Oh, nothing really. Just a Galra attack ship in the area. The castle is under attack. The Paladins should be back soon. No need to worry." Coran stated excitedly, his mustache moving up and down with his words.
"Is there any way we can help?" Chat Noir asked, concerned. He hated to just stand around like this when people needed help.
"Not unless you can fly a fighter. It's really no big deal-" Allura was interrupted by an alert from Keith.
"Allura! Coran! We can't even damage this thing, much less destroy it! What do we do?"
Ladybug looked at Chat, an unspoken thought passing between them.
"You say you need to destroy something?"
"That plan's crazy!" Hunk exclaimed.
"No way. How would Chat Noir even get up there?" Keith shook his head.
"I'm still accepting the fact that he literally destroys everything he touches! Like, that's insanely dangerous! What if you touched a PERSON?" Lance's eyes were wide.
"We haven't tried that yet. But you guys need help. M'lady's plans are generally insane, but they nearly always work!" Chat defended. "Besides, do you have any other better ideas?"
The Paladins were silent.
"I guess my only problem is how you're gonna get out here without knowledge of how to even fly a pod." Keith begrudgingly said.
"I mean, if Carapace was here, I could just like, hamster ball it out there." The heroes laughed, earning strange looks from the Paladins.
"We can figure that out. Just make sure to distract the Galra from hitting Chat." Ladybug smiled mysteriously. The heroes, with direction from Coran, found a simple escape pod.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug called upon a… fish bowl? What was this, a cartoon? Well, I mean, the simple fish bowl over Chat's head would protect him from the cold, and he could always breathe through his staff…
"That's it!" The heroine thought to herself. Glancing at the control board of the pod, she realized that it wasn't so different from piloting the mech from the Gamer battle.
She placed the fish bowl over her partner's head. He gave her a confused look, but Ladybug explained her plan. Chat Noir nodded his head, putting his weapon to his mouth. He gave her a thumbs up. Ladybug tied her yoyo to Chat's belt, ensuring that he wouldn't float away.
Flying the pod out of the castle, Ladybug opened the back hatch for Chat to fly out. The blond hero floated a bit, and then "swam" over to the warship.
"Wait, so we're actually going through with this? I thought you were joking!" Hunk blurted out. These people were crazy.
Ladybug grinned, watching her partner board the Galran ship. "Yup. With a little luck, this might just work."
On the ship, Chat was being coached by Pidge. "Turn right at this next hallway. The engine room is just up ahead."
"Right. Got it." Chat nodded. Following the instructions, Chat came across a large, empty room. "That must be the engine," Chat thought. With a cry of "CATACLYSM!" Chat put his hand to the control board, busting the system.
Pleased with himself, he quickly messaged his lady.
CN: Stopped the ship successfully LB. How 'bout a celebratory kiss now? ;)
Pretty soon, he got a reply.
LB: Ha! Nice try kitty. Good work!
Well, it was worth a shot. Chat ambled out the door. Well, he was about to, when he was stopped by a shot. Jumping out of the way, he turned around to see a pair of Galran guards.
"Where do you think you're going, kid?" The taller one growled.
"Uuuuuuh… out the door? There's really only one place I can go in a room with only one door, and that way is out. So if you'll excuse me, officers…" Chat saluted, and hightailed it out the door cartoonishly.
The Galra began chasing the boy. Using his staff, Chat called Ladybug.
"Buggaboo, would it be pawsible to get a lift outta here? It seems I disturbed our hosts," His ring beeped. "Oh, and if you could mewv quickly, that be clawsome."
"On my way Chat." It seemed that Chat wasn't the only one with purroblems. Ladybug had encountered a small fleet of attack ships, and was now dodging their attacks.
"Perhaps we can help." Shiro smiled, as Voltron's sword annihilated the ships. Debri floated everywhere. Ladybug's mind drifted back to when she and Chat fought Reverser. Imaginary Mylѐne and Ivan held signs, shouting "Space is no dump! Space is no dump!" At the time, Marinette hadn't paid much attention to the rally. But she agreed that Earth's garbage should stay Earth's garbage. "After all, they have problems of their own. It still isn't fair that all this trash just floats here." Ladybug's thoughts trailed off as she came back into reality. "Maybe a Miraculous Ladybug could clean some of this up? I'll have to get my Lucky Charm back from Chat…"
After boarding the Galran warship, Ladybug realized that she had only one spot left. Her earrings beeped. And Ladybug's transformation fell in a flurry of pink sparkles. What was that word the Paladins had used? Ah, yes. "Quiznak."