Laying a piece of paper down on the Library table Marinette, Adrien, Nino and Alya's meeting was set as they had a new issue they had to discuss
"Ok new problem Monarch is now giving his Akumatized victims the Miraculous" Marinette said as she finished her sketch of the current Miraculous in his possession
"And with his added Akumatization that gives them unlimited uses of the abilities" Alya added
"So if he uses Second Chance along with another Akuma victim that puts us on a losing battle as he could just keep trying over and over again until he wins" Adrien sighed
With a groan Nino shook his head as he began to rub his neck
"We have our hands tied here guys. We have to be real careful about our moves. He has the cards in his hands. With the right Akuma and the right Miraculous he would be practically unstoppable"
Nino's words hit everyone hard as they already held defeated looks on their faces
"This is why he didn't attack all summer. He's been planning this for a while. To finally use the miraculous against us…..it's all my fault I should've never got them stolen at Adrien's house
Putting an arm around her shoulder Adrien smiled
"It's ok Marrinette. You're not the only one who had a huge defeat. We all lost a big battle that day. Now it's just time for us to fight back"
Bringing the paper in his hand Adrien grabbed everyone's attention
"There is one good thing to come out of this situation. When Lila became Tigris and we got the ring it did transform back into the Tiger Miraculous. I had it in my hand. So now when Monarch gives his Victims a Miraculous all we have to do is aim for the Jewels knowing that's where the Akuma is and that already takes care of most of their power. And when we do get our chance that's when we can get the Miraculous back one at a time"
Thinking over his plan everyone actually realized it made sense
"Adrien's right, if we take the rings the Miraculous will appear in our hands. Then all we have to do is give them to Marinette and she can put them back in the Miracle box and back in our possession"
Nodding their heads and smiling everyone agreed with what Alya said
"Easier said than done though. I'm sure Monarch's not gonna let us get close to those rings again. Not without protection at least"
"The Ox Miraculous" Marinette said "it grants the user Protection from other attacks, there's a good chance Monarch could be giving his next victim that Miraculous just in case"
"Well then now we know what to expect. Now all we need is a pl-"
"OHH ADRAKINS !"
Adrien's eyes shot up
"Oh no…." he mumbled as the grouped turned back to see Chloe smiling and waving her hand to grab his attention
"How did she ?-" Alya Questioned but was cut off when Adrien grabbed his bag to separate from the group
"I'll call you guys later tonight see ya !" he said before running off
The others just looked at him weird but it was already too late as he caught up to Chloe and Immediately grabbed her two arms and got her out of view by the others
"CHLOE ! WHAT ARE YOU DOING !"
"Well isn't it obvious Adrakins ! or should I say Cat Noir" Chloe ended her sentence with a giggle immediately making Adrien roll his eyes
"Chloe when I told you that secret it was only to cheer you up. Your my best friend and I love you but you have to actually act like you don't know"
"But I am keeping it a secret ! I haven't told anyone. Not Sabrina, Not Zoe and especially not Daddy ! truth is…..im worried"
"I've been Cat Noir for 3 years Chloe im fine there's nothing to worry about"
"Yeah and I've seen Cat Noir take a lot of hits in those 3 years. Knowing it's you under that mask it makes me worry about all the danger you get into and how much you sacrifice yourself for the greater good"
Adrien's phone rang and he picked it up revealing a message from Nathile
The Cars here, ready to pick you up.
Pocketing his phone away Adrien sighed
"Look Chloe. I gotta go. Just….keep your mouth quiet about this please"
Nodding her head Chloe agreed
"I promise Adrakins"
With that Adrien left unsatisfied as he exited the Library
Feeling Plagg move around in his shirt Adrien tried to keep it normal as he ducked behind a building before letting the black Kwami go
"Plagg what the-"
"I SHOULD CATACLISH YOU !"
Adrien was taken back by the surprising Hostility of the Kwami
"What ?"
"YOU HEARD ME ! CHLOE ! CHLOE ! ARE YOU SERIOUS ! CHLOE !"
"Plagg-"
"NO ! DON'T PLAGG ME ! FIRST IT STARTED WITH MARINETTE AND I WAS OK WITH IT BECAUSE YOU TWO WERE COMPLETELY BLIND FOR ONE ANOTHER ! AND THEN IT WAS NINO AND ALYA BUT SUGARCUBE AND THE OTHER'S CONVINCED ME IT WAS OK. BUT THEN YOU REVEALED YOURSELF TO CHLOE ! CHLOE !"
"She's trustworthy Plagg. I know it"
"SHE'S THE SAME PERSON WHO OUTED YOUR FRIENDS IN THE FIRST PLACE REMEMBER !"
"SHE DIDN'T MEAN TOO"
Adrien felt silly arguing with Plagg as they've never had a real argument or disagreement before. So this was definitely the first
"ADRIEN ARE YOU EVEN REMOTELY AWARE NOW 4 PEOPLE KNOW YOUR IDENTITY ! AND 1 OF THEM ISN'T EVEN ON THE TEAM !"
"I told you Chloe's fine"
"IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT ! IT'S ABOUT SU-HAN !"
The name made Adrien pause
"Su-Han ?"
"Yeah Su-Han. The guy that kicked your ever living butt 2 years ago. If he finds out you've been sloppy with keeping your secret he'll take your miraculous away and give it to a new Cat Noir and…and I don't want that to happen"
Seeing Plagg actually show a caring emotion was definitely new to Adrien as he just pouted
"Plagg. That'll never happen. You and me. We're stuck together like it or not. So truth me when I say Im not letting some ancient man take you away from me ok"
A small smile formed on Plagg's face and soon it grew on Adrien
It was the truth. They were linked together like glue
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Marinette was currently busy with a self pet project as the one giant board Marinette had full of the city map with places dotted with Adrien's schedule was now being used differently as Marinette had all the different Miraculous with their names and a picture of the jewel on the board as she continued to mermer and mumble making Alya and Nino confused
"What's she doing ?" Nino asked Alya in which she only responded with a shoulder shrug
"ALRIGHT ! GOT IT !" Marinette exclaimed as she turned back to face the other's
"Got what exactly girl ?"
"IT ! I GOT IT ! IF WE WANNA STAY ONE HEAD OF MONARCH WE GOTTA KNOW HOW TO COUNTER THE MIRACULOUS ! SOOOOOOO HERE IT IS !"
Bringing forth the board Marinette revealed the post it notes and scribbles all over the board only adding onto Alya and Nino's confusion
"If we ever come across the Miraculous all we need to do is use our abilities to counteract the other's for example"
Marinette pointed to the mouse Miraculous
"NINO !"
"Yes"
"If Monarch ever uses the Mouse Miraculous to duplicate the victim all we need to do is use Shel-ter to round up all the Multiplied people. Or Alya if the Goat Miraculous is being used you can just make an Illusion of the same creation"
See the plan didn't sound insane. It was just the way Marinette was saying it along with the crazy look in her face
"Ok Marinette. I like the idea. It's just-"
"YEAH !"
Alya wanted to find something to say but her mind just went blank lucky the sound of Nino's phone ringing saved her
It was Adrien
"Hey Dude what's up" Nino said as he
"PARK ! NOW ! MONARCH AKUMATIZED A NEW VICTIM LUCKILY THERE'S NO MIRACULOUS"
"Alright on it"
Hanging up the phone Nino looked at the girls
"Adrien needs help at the park"
"Is there a miraculous being used ?"
"No" Nino said as the trio headed towards Marinette's balcony
Soon enough a flash of pink, orange and green was shown before the 3 were off
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Doding another arm that was thrown towards him, Cat Noir twirled his staff around blocking another stretched out arm
"Once I tie you up I'm gonna take your Miraculous ! and-"
"Blah, blah, blah, blah, bablah, blah, blah. All you guys ever talk about it taking my Miraculous. Don't you guys ever I don't know want to have an actual conversation ?"
"Yeah I'll have an actual conversation, how about the one where I stretch you out until I rip your arms off !"
Cat Noir's eyes shot up as Extendo man shot forth his 2 arms making the cat themed hero pounce with his staff in his hand as he began to run away from the following arms around him
Seeing the sight of the Park's Ferries wheel gave him an Idea as with another leap Cat Noir jumped onto the Wheel before entering inside the ride forcing the hand to follow him through the Wheel as Adrien pounced from seat to seat before finally arriving to the top of the ride making Extendo Man smirk
"FINALLY ! GOT YOU NO-"
The VIllain was soon stopped as he felt a tight pull in his arms as Cat Noir smirked pocketing his staff away
"Looks like your a little tied up" Cat quipped as he was referring to Extendo Man's arms being tied all around the Ferris Wheel making the Villain growl
Cat Noir let out a victory laugh as now all he needed to do is wait for Ladybug and the others to arrive and-
"GREAT JOB CAT NOIR ! I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT !" a voice said hidden behind a tree and as he Cat Noir looked more he only saw as the voice turned out to be
"CHLOE ?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE !"
"SUPPORTING YOU ! GO CAT NOIR !"
"GET OUT OF HERE ! IT'S NOT SAFE !"
"OH PLEASE ! YOU ALREADY GOT THIS LOSER ! I MEAN HOW STRONG IS HE IS POWER IS TO JUST STRETCH ! HE'S NO MATCH FOR YOU !"
Chloe soon bursted into a series of laughter only angering the stretched out man as he soon began to grit his teeth as he erupted into a pit of rage causing the Farris wheel to shake making Cat Noir's eyes light up
"You wanna laugh at me ! LET'S SEE WHO'S LAUGHING WHEN THE MAYOR FINDS OUT HE'S GONNA NEED A NEW DAUGHTER !"
"CRAP ! CHLOE RUN !" Cat Noir said and Chloe listened as she immediately began to take off right as Extendo Man's arms broke free from the Ferris Wheel and immediately launched towards the yellow jacket wearing blonde.
Adrien reacted fast as immediately he used his staff to slide down Extendo man's arms before he gained enough speed to drop down to the ground racing towards Chloe as well
It was too Close to tell as the arms were closing a distance on her only adding on to Cat Noir's nerves so he thought fast.
Doing a side flip between Extendo Man's arms Cat Noir shouted
"CATACLYSM !" aiming to the ground beneath them and he watched as the entire ground started to shake and crumble forcing Extendo Man to stop his chase as he noticed the situation he was in
"AH SHIT !" he said before the ground swallowed him whole making him fall into a ditch as rubble buried him stopping his arms from chasing Chloe.
With the weight off his back Adrien ran as fast as he could out running the cracks the ground was beginning to make racing towards them as he pounced towards Chloe immediately grabbing her bridal style as she wasted no time wrapping her arms around his neck as Cat Noir gave a final jump leaping outside of the parks area just barely missing the ground opening up as it caved in
Both Chloe and Cat Noir let out a series of breathes as they took sight of the destroyed park as Cat Noir still held onto Chloe
"Wow. who knew a man who can extend his arms can be such a threat" Chloe quipped but Cat Noir was anything but amused as he gave her a mean growl and leaped up to a rooftop
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Under a pile of rubble and dirt Extendo Man groaned in anger as his arms were trapped and he was ultimately stuck
"Extendo Man" Monarch began as a purple aura surrounded the extending themed villain
"I'm giving you the Ox Miraculous" Monarch said as a nose ring appeared around his nose and a ring with the Ox Miraculous logo appeared on his finger
"With this Miraculous you will be impervious to other's attacks and have a protective barrier around you every time you activate it. NOW RISE UP AND TAKE CAT NOIR'S MIRACULOUS !"
Extendo Man let out a rage roar as a aura of dark blue light appeared around him blasting back all the dirt and rubble that kept him trapped
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Adrien was de transformed as Plagg was currently eating some cheese while Chloe just stood in awe
"So that's your Kwami ? Nice"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU !" Adrien proclaimed as he was red with anger
"What are you talking about Adrakins ?"
"WHA… ARE YOU SERIOUS ! THIS ISN'T A GAME CHLOE ! NONE OF THIS IS A GAME ! YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN SERIOUSLY INJURED ! I MEAN I HAD TO DESTROY THE CITES PARK JUST TO SAVE YOU ! BECAUSE YOU WERE EVEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE !"1
Adrien groaned in anger as he gripped his hair
"Ladybug's gonna kill me"
If it wasn't right on que Adrien's phone began to ring and Immediately the blonde sighed as he brought forth his phone
"You don't say a word" Adrien told Chloe in which she sadly nodded before he picked up
"Hey Bugette"
"Kitty, what happened to the park ?"
Immediately her words made Adrien cringe as he began to stammer
"I…I…..gah I'll explain it when I get there ran into a problem"
With that Adrien hung up and immediately shouted
"Plagg, Claws out !"
Showing Chloe the green light within his transformation as he was wearing his Chat Noir suit
"Chloe go home, and stay there" he ordered
"Adrien wai-"
"NO ! GO HOME ! AND LET ME DO MY JOB ! I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT A SUPERVILLAIN AND A BURDEN OF MY OWN !" Adrien shouted in his blind rage making her sadly pout before he pulled forth his staff zipping away
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When he arrived to the scene Cat Noir rolled his eyes and sighed as he dropped down joining his superhero friends
"Dude what the heck happened"
"I know, I know. I messed up. Truth was I did have him in a secure and tight hold it's just Chloe came and I had to save her and it was a whole mess whatever"
"Chloe was here ?" Rene Rouge questioned "why ?"
Adrien never truly got to this point where he could tell the other's what happened at her Birthday party so he had to avoid the obvious answer at all cost
"No clue but trust me she won't be a distraction again. And I got our Akumatized victim down there where we wanted him so all's well that ends well"
"THINK AGAIN !" a voice shouted from behind them forcing them to all turn around
Immediately Carapace and Rene Rouge were met with two extend arms hitting them into the parks ditch before the same arms turned around wrapping around Cat Noir and Ladybug in a tight hold
"Really thought you could get rid of me that easily huh ! well think again !"
The two heroes tried to break free from the extended villains hold but when they both used their fist to break free they were only met with a blue aura surrounding his arm making their eyes shoot up
"The Ox Miraculous !" Ladybug said before her and Cat Noir spotted the Bull nose ring hanging around his nose
"Got a little upgrade as you can see. Now I can touch you and you can't touch me so if you don't mind me i'm gonna be taking those thank you very much" he said as he extended his fingers to rise up and begin to grab at their jewels
The two heroes tried to squirm out of the hold they were stuck in but it was no use as his fingers tracked closer and closer to their jewelry
BLAM
Immediately Cat Noir and Ladybug were let go dropping to the ground as Extendo Man got knocked to the ground loosening his grip
Both Marinette and Adrien were confused in what happened but all questions were answers as they saw Chloe holding a metal pipe in her hands but she soon dropped it when she saw the heroes were fine
"Ew ew ew ew. I had to take that off of a building side gross !"
For once Ladybug was actually happy to see Chloe while Cat Noir just groaned
"CHLOE ! I TOLD YOU TO GO HOME !"
"Well I was" she defended "but then I saw you two in trouble and I needed to do something"
"And were glad she came to our help" Ladybug began as she stood to her feet
"Without Chloe's help our Miraculous would've been lost so thank you Chloe, come on Cat Lighten up a little"
Annoyed to his core Cat Noir got to his feet
"Thank you Chloe now leave it's not safe here"
"SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE ! AND NEITHER ARE ANY OF YOU !" Extendo Man said as he got back up
Rene Rouge and Carapace had emerged back in the fight as it took a while to climb out of the ditch
"Hey what we miss"
"Oh you're right on time ! for your demise !"
Using his arms Extendo Man aimed for the heroes only to be stopped by Carapace's Shield
Sadly the defensive attack was put to a fluke as the Ox Miraculous paired with the Shield sparked a giant imploding clash of green and blue causing the heroes to fall to the ground
Everyone's vision was put to a blurry mess as Cat Noir began to groan as he shook his head but Immediately he came back to normal when he heard a scream all to familiar
Seeing Chloe get grabbed by the leg and whisked into the air Adrien's eyes lit up in fear
"CHLOE !"
"CAT NOIR ! HELP ME !" CHloe cried as Extendo man wrapped an arm around her
"You are working my last nerve lady. Let's see how much you like outer orbit"
Shooting his arm that held Chloe into the sky Adrien felt his heart practically drop
Reaching into his pouch quickly Cat Noir pulled out a small pieces of camembert cheese and ate it trying to hold back the gag before he transformed
"ASTROCAT !" he said before soon blasting off racing towards his childhood best friend
It didn't take long for Extendo Man to see Cat Noir's act of heroism making him smirk as he brought forth another arm ready to grab at him but he was quickly stopped when that arm was tied by a Yo-Yo before receiving a serious punch to the face
"We need to stall for Cat Noir" Ladybug said as she pulled his extended arm down
"Rene Rouge give us some duplicates"
"Right"
Pulling forth her flute Alya played a note as a mirage of Ladybug, Carapace and Rene Rouge clones appeared
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Up in the sky Adrien was trying to fly as fast as he could furthermore he was getting closer and closer to Chloe as the autatudie was starting to get higher and higher
He knew she wouldn't be able to last long hell he couldn't either
Looking down at his wrist he saw he had 3 more minutes left in Astrocat form
"Come on, Adrien move faster !" he growled to himself before blasting off higher
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Dodging another incoming attack Extendo man stretched his arm going through another series of clones making orange gas appear
Right then Ladybug appeared landing a sneak attack from behind the man as she used her Yo-Yo to wrap around his body
Sadly the plan failed as his body glowed blue bouncing the Yo-Yo back
"Not gonna work Ladybug" he said before his arm came around trying to grab here
"We can't get clothes ? how do we fight something we can't hit ?" Carapace said as he blocked another extended hand begin reached towards him
"I think it's time I call in a special tool"
"LUCKY CHARM !"
A giant thick ladybug themed sheet plopped into Ladybug's hands making Rene ROuge and Carapace raise their eyebrows
"The hell is that supposed to help with ?"
Looking around to find any clues Ladybug landed on Rene Rouge and Carapace, The sheet, her Yo-Yo, and Extendo Man forming an idea into her brain
"I have an idea. Here's what we're gonna do"
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Astrocat caught up with Chloe grabbing hold of Extendo Man's hand as he spoke
"Chloe give me your hand"
"Adrien I….I can't"
"Chloe i'm running out of time in this form you have to give me your hand"
Tears started to form in her face as Chloe shook her head
"I'm scared"
"Chloe ! I PROMISE YOU ON EVERYTHING I LOVE I WILL NOT LET YOU FREEZE UP IN SPACE ! YOU MEAN TOO MUCH FROM ME TO LET YOU GO !"
"I thought you said I was a burden"
"You are, but you're my burden. And I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world !"
A smile formed on Chloe's face as she wiped the tears from her eyes. Taking a deep breathe Chloe took his gloved hand and right then Astrocat used his staff to pry Extendo Man's hand open slipping Chloe out of his grip before holding her bridal style as she wrapped her arms around his neck
"Ladybug, I got Chloe"
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"Great, now our plan can be in action, Rene Rouge Carapace you ready ?"
Being on standby the two heroes both nodded their heads before sending their own attacks towards the villain which he easily blocked with the Ox Miraculous
"I TOLD YOU YOUR ATTACKS WON'T WORK ON ME !"
"Yeah but this will" Ladybug said before pouncing wrapping the sheet around his body making him immediately grunt and groan
"GAH ! GET OFF ME !" Extendo Man said as he tried to use the Miraculous ability but to no prevail
"Thick layered sheets used to cover fires. The ability works on incoming attacks but it said nothing on attacks that work like snake skin
"GAHHH !"
Reaching around Ladybug plucked the bull ring from his nose Immediately giving the jewelry to Carapace who immediately used his shield to break the Miraculous in half
Seeing the Purple Butterfly emerge Ladybug used Extendo Man as a launching device doing a flip as she collected the Akuma in her Yo-Yo
Once she landed on her two feet she let the butterfly go and waved goodbye with a smile before grabbing the sheet and throwing it into the air
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG !"
Soon enough a flash of pink fluttered everywhere fixing all the damages including the park as the heroes all gave a successful smile
"Pound it !" Ladybug, Rene Rouge and Carapace said as they clashed their fist
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"GAH ! YOU MAY HAVE ONE THIS TIME TEAM MIRACULOUS ! BUT I WILL HAVE MY VICTORY AND SOON ENOUGH IT WILL BE ME WHO HAS MY HANDS WRAPPED AROUND YOUR NECKS SEIZING THE LIFE FROM YOU ALL !"
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Landing on the ground Adrien had transformed back into his normal state as he placed Chloe back on the ground
"Look, Chloe, what I said about you being a Burden, I didn't mean it truly. It's just…..now that you know I'm Cat Noir, it's a big secret. A huge one in fact. And I can't have you following me every mission I partake in because I care about you Chloe truly. And I don't want to see you get hurt"
"I know Adrakins" Chloe said as she took his hand
"And I'm sorry. You're right you've been doing this for over 3 years now and as much as I get worried sick for you. I have to respect your wishes"
Adrien smiled
"Thank you Chloe"
Chloe just responded by kissing Adrien's cheek
"Of course, now tell me about some of the craziest missions you've had"
"Oh where do I begin !"
