Chapter 9
I had writer's block here and I've spent like two hours trying to continue with it. Hell, it's already worse enough to update like once a week, then this happens -_-
In the evening Super Nathan sat on the wall in front of a statue next to the stairs of the Trocadero watching the fountains release waterfalls down at the well build on the ground of the plot. Super Nathan was all by himself and enjoyed the quiet moment there with no people talking or doing any other noises. He loved it to be there on those times, it's rare to find a quiet and yet beautiful place to be for himself when needed.
Behind the statue two long ears colored orange and the interior was white and had a black redrawn line on the sides of the ears. Who looked behind the statue out at Super Nathan was Miss Vixen, the alter ego of Lila, which had a smug smirk on her face as she observed the superhero.
Miss Vixen got on the four like a fox and moved slowly closer at Super Nathan, then she jumped at Super Nathan shrieking him and both fell down on the grass down in front of the wall.
„You scared me!" Super Nathan complained as he lied on the ground and Miss Vixen on Super Nathan's back holding him down like a prey.
„Surprise!" Miss Vixen said with a chuckle, then got off the superhero and he sat up next to her wiping the bit of grass off his suit.
„So…..are we going to patrol this evening?" The redheaded superhero asked the superhero girlfriend.
„Yeah" The fox-themed superheroine responded. „Unless you have another suggestion"
„The patrolling is fine. I didn't have any other idea in mind at the moment"
„We could visit the children's hospital for example?"
„Another time we could"
„Sure deal" Miss Vixen replied watching Super Nathan draw on his tablet something and behind his back appeared a pencil-like jet pack, then Super Nathan took off in the air and Miss Vixen took off in the air following the male superhero at the Eiffel tower passing beside it.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng was at the home of Master Fu inside his kitchen mixing a purple-colored liquid in a black pot while Master Fu observed her doing so.
„Now a handful of mashed sunflower seeds and that's everything I read from the code in the grimoire, " Marinette told mixing the potion with a spoon, then looked at Master Wang Fu, which nodded as Marinette had done it correctly. Master Fu walked to the door opening it, so Wayzz could enter into the kitchen then flew at the potion to check it out.
„Looks great" Complimented the green kwami, then Wang Fu took a ladle to scoop a bit of the potion and put it inside a small liquor glass for the kwami to drink it. „Yep, that's the one"
„That's good, " The senior said taking his miraculous off and putting it around the arm of Marinette.
„Should I try it out for you?" Questioned Marinette earning a nod from the short man. „Of course and what am I supposed to say?"
„Say Wayzz, power up"
„Wayzz, power up!" Marinette yelled and on Wayzz's forehead appeared a purple-colored eye symbol.
„Now say the normal activation phrase"
„Okay" Marinette responded looking at Wayzz, who smiled at Marinette assuring her he was prepared. „Wayzz, shell on!" Shouted Marinette transforming into a turtle-themed superheroine.
„You look almost as identical as myself in the past, when I first used the turtle miraculous, " Wang Fu said making Marinette smile a little abashed.
„It's somehow traditional" Marinette added while scratching her head under the carapace-hat she wore on her head.
„So….uhm you see that green bucket over there with the mop?" The senior asked earning a nod from the female version of Jade Turtle. „I want you to look at that mop and only focus on it."
„Uhm okay, I try, " Marinette said looking at that mop with wide open eyes concentrating as good as she could. After a few seconds, nothing happened, then Marinette frowned but kept staring at the mop, until she managed to make the mop levitate up slowly from the bucket, making Master Fu smile as Marinette had managed to use her telekinesis.
„Very good now move the mop to the other side of the room" Master Fu commanded the teenage girl, who then accidentally threw the mop against a closet and from the top three jars filled with various bugs fell down and broke.
„Oh no," Marinette said as the jar had broke with the bugs in it, which to Marinette's luck weren't alive, so didn't have the chance to escape from the room. „I'm sorry"
„No problem, the good thing is it works. You or any other user needs to practice a little"
„Good" Marinette agreed picking up the bucket then with the mop she tried to swab the bugs into the bucket, where she took the mop before by telepathy.
„After you're done, we can bake with the potion the macaroons to give it later to your friends, " Master Fu said helping Marinette with cleaning up.
„Great and tomorrow in the afternoon I'm with Luka and I thought afterward I could pass here again and help you with the other potions"
„If you want to, of course"
„Great, " Marinette said lifting the bucket up, after the two had collected all the dead bugs, then placed it on the side and Master Fu cleaned with a brush and a dustpan the shards off the ground and brought them away from there to the trash can he had inside the counter of his kitchen.
„And take Luka with you, I'd like to have him present too"
„Okay, I ask him, " Marinette said walking to the potion and using the ladle to scoop the liquid into a measuring cup, then placed it on the other side of the kitchen and took the pot to the sink to clean it.
Super Nathan and Miss Vixen sat on the roof of the Notre Dame gazing over the city of lights while having a little night snack together.
„It was nice from Mr. Dupain to gift us this small box of madeleines" Super Nathan mentioned bitting off a little bit of the pastry.
„As long he won't do that every day it's fine to me. A few weeks later I would become a buffalo"
„You're exaggerating, " Super Nathan said taking one madeleine out, which was half-covered with chocolate then took from that part one bite.
„You're lucky" Miss Vixen said annoyed. „You eat so much, yet you're so thin"
„I think that's just your impression. Before at home I only ate two bowls of soup and I'm hungry again, it's nearly 11 am. Who's not hungry after all this time?" The purple-skinned hero asked glancing at the girlfriend.
„I don't know it, I'm one of the candidates, that isn't hungry at that time unless I didn't have dinner" Responded Miss Vixen.
„Sometimes I get hungry all the time. Like after lunch, when I'm at school suddenly my stomach starts growling and I need to eat something"
„Well in the breaks you can always check the vending machine at the cafeteria for any snacks."
„I know" Super Nathan said finishing his madeleine and getting up from the roof. „Should we take another round over Paris, then head home?" Questioned Super Nathan looking down at his girlfriend, that still sat on the roof of the building.
„Just in case yeah" Responded Miss Vixen getting up from the roof walking at the partner. „The night has been pretty quiet thought"
„You know evil never sleeps, " Super Nathan said making the fox-themed heroine laugh.
„Don't you mean danger?" Miss Vixen questioned the art miraculous holder, which shrugged his shoulders.
„I've heard both variants"
„Yes there is, but lately we've helped people out of danger, rather than any evil persons"
„Yeah, you're right" Agreed the purple-skinned superhero. „Shall we go?" Questioned the superhero watching Miss Vixen taking off, then he sketched on his tablet a jet pack to follow his girlfriend around the city.
On another part of Paris, three teenagers walked together on the sidewalk laughing loudly.
„You're really cool, Kevin" One of the boys said to the shortest boy, which had light-brown colored hair.
„Uh thanks, " The short boy said. „You're cool too, Harry"
„The prank call you performed on my sister by pretending you're Adrien Agreste was one of the best I have ever heard. You've got talent" The second guy said, which was taller, than Kevin and Harry with blonde hair and red tips on its end.
„Pedro you gotta tell me later about when your sister realizes the real Adrien won't be there waiting for her at the cinema, " Harry said laughing along with the short boy and the raven-haired teen.
„Yeah I'll do" The black-haired boy said crossing along with the boys the street and passing by a construction zone, which on their side was closed with a tall metal grid sticking with the end of their bars on a block, so it would stand steady to avoid strangers to get easily at the building zone.
„I still don't get one thing, " Harry said stopping the other two from walking, then the two friends looked at the brunette guy. „Why did your sister believe Adrien wanted to go on a date with her when he's dating that Japanese girl from the D'Argencourt fencing class?"
„No idea, she must have been so amazed by the call, that she didn't even think about it for a moment" Pedro answered unsure to his friend, then leaned on the fence along with Kevin. Harry looked at the construction zone to stare up at a great, yellow tower crane that stood in the middle of the construction zone close to the skeleton of the building, then the teenager looked at the short brunette boy, which looked down at the ground neutrally.
„Hey Kevin I got one last task for you, " Harry said then the boy looked up at the tall boy. „I dare you to climb up this crane to the top of it and take a selfie with my smartphone"
„B….but how am I supposed to get there, if the construction zone is closed?" Kevin asked the two boys.
„It's easy for you, " Harry said pointing down at the fence at the free space between the ground and the fence. „You're svelte. You can easily crawl under the fence and if necessary I and Pedro try to lift the fence for you, so you're able to enter.
„Or I have another idea, " Pedro said walking to the block, placing his hands under the fence. „Help me lift this out from this block. My uncle works in a construction zone too and I saw him doing this once"
„Good idea, " Harry said assisting Pedro in removing the bar of the fence from the block, then they carried it forwards, so there was on the side of the fence an open space for the three to enter into the building zone.
„Get in Kevin, " Harry said watching the shorter boy entering the construction zone making their way to the crane. The crane is being held on the ground by heavy concrete slabs and on the side the three teenagers found a metal stairway going to the middle of the slabs to the crane, where then a construction worker would have to climb up on a ladder far up to the top.
„It looks way taller from here, " Kevin said worried about the task his friends had given him to perform in front of them.
„Are you chicken?" Harry asked with a smirk looking at the short boy.
„"N...no….It's just a little dangerous in my view to do that" Kevin said to the boy, hoping they would buy the excuse.
„It's safer, you have after every meter a small platform to do a short stop before you can continue your way up. You can take as many as you want as long as you make it to the top"
„Well I guess you're right, " The light brunette boy said looking up at the tower crane again, swallowing hard feeling inferior over the act he has to perform.
„When you're ready, just walk in, " Harry told watching Kevin walk slow on the stairs up to the tower crane, making Harry smile interested in it, while Pedro felt a little concerned about, what their younger friend was going to do. In the middle Kevin grabbed with his hands on the side of the ladder looking up at the long tunnel of the crane startling a little, then he took a deep breath and started to climb up the ladder to the first platform.
„Keep going Kevin, you're doing it great" Cheered Harry watching Kevin pass by the first platform without stepping on it to make a break, soon the boy passed by the next platform avoiding to stop on that one too.
„He's braver than he looks like" Pedro said to Harry, which looked at the raven-haired boy, which nodded at him.
„Yeah" Agreed the brunette boy glancing up at the tower again watching Kevin climbing the tower. Nearly a minute later he reached the last ladder of the crane and got on the platform up, where the cabin of the crane was to look down at his friends, which looked like they were applauding as they saw the young guy on the top of the vehicle. Kevin gave his thumb up at the boys down on the ground then took a look over the capital sighing in relief as he had succeeded on his task to reach the top of the tower crane.
„Don't forget the photo!" Shouted Harry from far down the floor, then Kevin wide his eyes as he forgot the smartphone of his friend down by the teenagers and looked down at the friends.
„Harry I forgot your smartphone!" Kevin said loud.
„What?!" Yelled Harry loud, due to not having understood the sentence of their short friend.
„I said I…." Kevin said stepping forward on one of his shoelaces which were untied, then he tripped and fell over the fence and luckily managed to hold himself from falling on the ground of the platform, where the driver cabin was.
„Fuck!" Shouted Pedro and Harry at the same time as they saw Kevin was in danger.
„Help!" Yelled Kevin as he hung over the crane meters away from the ground of the construction zone, where his friends stood.
„What are we going to do?" Questioned Pedro looking at Harry, which was terrified about the situation. „It's difficult to catch him from here and I think he wouldn't hold so much longer there?"
„But we could try"
„It's impossible Harry. We need to call help"
„You're not going to call the cops or we're doomed!" Ordered Harry skeptical. „We're going to have trouble with them, if they find out we broke into the construction zone"
„Harry! Pedro! Heelllllllpppppp!" Shouted Kevin in despair holding himself tight on the platform to not fall into his death.
„How about the superheroes?" The raven-haired teen asked making Harry shrug his shoulders.
„I don't know, how to call them for help" Responded Harry insecure, then got in panic as he saw Kevin losing his right hand from the platform and trying to hold himself tighter again on the platform, but he couldn't hold it longer and felt down.
„Ahhhh!" Cried Kevin while falling down quickly, terrifying the two friends, which were about to witness their friend in getting hurt. From above the building, which was being built a red-dressed superhero appeared throwing a yo-yo at one of the bars from the top of the tower crane, which had attached itself around it and the hero swung down towards Kevin, afterward managed to catch the boy, before he had hit the ground.
„Lady Red!" The taller teens shouted as they had seen Kevin being saved by one of the Parisian superheroes. The boys ran at the boy, which was placed by the superheroine on the ground, then the girl retrieved her yo-yo back and looked down at Kevin, which was about to start to cry.
„Lady Red, thank you so much for saving our friend, " Harry said looking at the heroine, which then turned around and they saw her in a full red suit with big black circles on her suit like a ladybug. Around her taille and from her back up to her neck and to the end of her elbows the suit was colored black. In front of her elbows, the arms were colored red and had four black dots, including one on each thumb. The heroine's haircut was a short bob, to the left of her eye on the hair she had a red streak and her mask was a little bigger than from the previous ladybug miraculous holder. Instead, the mask covered her whole space around her eyes and the end of the mask was hidden under her dark blue bangs.
„Hey you really do have freckles, I can see a bit of it" Harry mentioned pointing at the mask of the heroine, where under it he could see a few freckle
points of the girl.
„Shhh Harry, you're not supposed to point at people"
„Sorry" Apologized the brunette boy.
„What are you all doing here?" Questioned Lady Red crossing her arms. „It's out signaled, that it's strictly forbidden to enter here!"
„It's a funny story Lady Red, we were out there and our friend wanted to show how brave he was by climbing up this cran here, " Harry said making Pedro look bewildered at the friend along with Kevin.
„And why?" Questioned the blue-haired heroine and the light-brown-haired boy got up from the floor getting in front of Harry.
„Why are you lying Harry, that's not how it was!" Kevin hissed at the friend.
„It went like that, don't you remember?" Asked Harry staring into the eyes of Kevin to intimidate him.
„Guys come on, let's get out of here, " Pedro said grabbing the two boys on the arms.
„Show me, where you two got in" Ordered the ladybug-themed heroine, which followed the boys to the exit and passed by the fence, that separated the construction zone from the streets and all the four passed to the streets and Pedro closed it together with Harry again and looked at Kevin and Lady Red.
„I hope this was your first and last time in going on an adventure like this again. This could have cost the lives of you and imagine I didn't have appeared in time?"
„Maybe Miss Vixen would?" Harry said making Lady Red furrow her eyebrows, then she felt a bit of wind passing beside her as beside her had appeared Miss Vixen up from the sky to visit them.
„Oh great, you saved them, " Miss Vixen said looking at the superheroine next to her. „What had happened?"
„These boys were there in the construction zone and one of them fell down the tower crane and I had to save him before it was too late" Explained the blue-haired girl.
„Oh, " Miss Vixen said looking at the three guys, then Kevin started to cry making Miss Vixen feel bad for the boy. „Oh, are you alright?" Asked Miss Vixen bowing down a little to the boy, then he looked at the girl with his hazel colored eyes, making the heroine smile gently and pet the boy on his head.
„Can we head home now?" Asked Pedro looking at Harry.
„Yeah I think that was enough for today" Answered Harry then looked at Kevin.
„Shall we accompany you home?" Questioned Harry.
„We will escort him home, don't worry" The vixen heroine responded earning a nod from the tall brunette, which made his way up home followed by the raven-haired boy.
„Where do you live?" Asked Lady Red watching Miss Vixen checking the boy for any injuries.
„I live at the rue de Notre Dame at the orphanage of Eloise" Replied Kevin looking at the blue-haired heroine.
„You're an orphan?" Questioned Miss Vixen surprised.
„Yes" Responded Kevin. „My father died two years ago in an accident and my mother died, when I was younger"
„Oh my poor boy, I wish I could adopt you, " Miss Vixen said pulling the boy closer to her for a hug.
„Why can't you adopt?" Questioned Kevin looking at the olive green eyes of the superheroine.
„I'm too busy and I think no orphanage would let a superhero adopt"
„Who knows" Added Lady Red making Miss Vixen chuckle.
„Yeah maybe it would go, but I have so much to do in my life. I think taking care of someone as a son would be too much"
„Okay, " Kevin said sad.
„Don't worry, someone's gonna adopt you at some point. You just gotta wait for it"
„I don't know, I'm already fourteen and parents nowadays just want the younger ones." Kevin replied sad.
„Oh…." Miss Vixen said sad.
„You still got a few years until adulthood, someone's gonna adopt you before your 18th birthday" Lady Red assured the young boy and Miss Vixen took the boy in her arms, then before she left she had an idea and looked at her friend.
„Lady Red, I've got a brilliant idea" Miss Vixen said, then the friend paid attention to her. „We should go visit the orphanage some day and chat or play with the kids"
„Okay, if you're counting on me, tell me which day"
„Of course" Miss Vixen said, then she flew away while carrying Kevin while Lady Red stood observing her.