A/N It's been a while… oopsies. I am sorry :3 I think my schedule is going to be a bit more spread out. My class is getting way more intense and I am going to be moving into my dorm soon and life is just going to be absolute chaos. I will try to post a new chapter once a week but who knows. Also, sorry for the short chapter. I may post tomorrow to make up for it. Enjoy :3
Marinette stayed glued on the news. Mister Bug and Mister Noir had left the scene, they had to detransform. Lila was rampaging the streets, setting fire to buildings, and crushing cars. Marinette wanted to help, but she couldn't. Her focus was interrupted by Alya knocking on the hatch to her room. Marinette opened up a text-to-speech program and typed. "Come in!" the robotic voice echoed. Alya emerged and came to sit in front of Marinette.
"Girl…" Alya looked at Marinette, "your face is so swollen. You should be sleeping… not having me come over. What is wrong?"
Marinette breathed in. How do I say this? Marinette looked down at her phone and typed. "I am Ladybug."
Alya stared at Marinette, "are you still on drugs or something?" Marinette shook her head.
Alya obviously didn't believe Marinette. She typed more, "Mister Bug and Mister Noir cannot defeat Lila, without Rena Rouge. They need you." Alya's eyes went wide. She finally knew Marinette wasn't kidding. Marinette slowly moved and got the miracle box out of its hiding place and opened it. She pulled out the fox miraculous and handed it to Alya, who was still in shock. Marinette typed some more, "I need you to help them, Alya. I know you are in shock right now but-" Marinette opened the news, Mister Bug and Mister Noir were still nowhere in sight.
Alya sighed, "I am still processing this but - I will do it. I am going to have a long talk with you once your jaw is fixed because girl…" Alya put the fox miraculous on and went downstairs, "see you later!"
Adrien and Luka were hiding in the sewer, back to back. They had gotten there just in time, and detransformed as soon as they faced away from each other. Adrien gave Luka some camembert by throwing it over his head, and Tikki begrudgingly took the stinky cheese. "We need to get back out there," Adrien said.
"I know… Plagg is eating as fast as he can," Luka paused, "why isn't Ladybug here?"
"She - she is sick right now," Adrien lied, "Tikki, Ladybug's kwami decided she was too weak to transform. I am filling in."
"So you know each other's identities then?" Luka asked.
"Yeah, we only recently found out though. It was completely by accident too."
"Do you think she will be able to be Ladybug again? I don't mind being a permanent holder for now but," Luka sighed, "I don't know how you guys do this every day."
Adrien laughed, "to be honest, I don't know how I do it sometimes either." Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of the sewer drain cover being opened. The two stood up, still back to back. The kwamis were not fully recharged yet, they needed more time. Adrien heard Luka sigh, "it is just Rena Rouge."
Rena… don't tell me Marinette revealed herself to Alya. Adrien wanted to see her, but sadly Alya was facing Luka.
"She hasn't seen us yet, seems like she's looking for something."
"Probably us." Adrien chimed in. Tikki finished the last of the cheese and smiled. "Ready Luka?"
"Yup," Luka said before transforming. Adrien followed suit.
They quickly caught up to Rena Rouge, who looked shaken up. "You okay Rena?" She nodded, but Mister Noir knew that something was up. She's probably still processing that Marinette is Ladybug.
The three climbed out of the sewer to see chaos all around them. Cars were everywhere and people were running rampant. A bunch of buildings were smoldering. They could hear the booms of the villain. "Luckily Lila just transformed into the same villain as before, so we just have to destroy the glove. The problem is -" Mister Bug was interrupted by Rena.
"We have to find a way to not allow her to reakumatize herself," Rena Rouge said quickly. "I think I have a plan." The boys stared at her, awaiting her idea.
Marinette fought off the urge to sleep. She needed to make sure that her friends were okay. The pain meds combined with the exhausting time she had with her jaw made it extremely difficult to stay awake. The news casters panned in on Mister Bug and Mister Noir as they started to fight Lila. Mister Bug's lucky charm was a camera. Again? That seems odd… He made the same attempt to woo Lila, which did not work, of course. All of a sudden another Mister Noir comes out of nowhere and cataclysm's Lila's glove and another Mister Bug, wearing a paraglider (presumably his lucky charm), appears from the sky and catches the akuma mid-air. It was a mirage… good thinking Alya.
One pair of Mister Bug and Mister Noir disappear as Rena Rouge returns things to reality, and Lila remains defeated on the ground. She is visibly angry, and the superheroes surround her, scolding her about her actions. I bet she is going to try and play this off… it isn't going to be easy to make yourself look good after you reakumatize yourself, though. Lila looked like she was playing innocent, and the trio left her alone after a few minutes. The newscaster announced that the villain was defeated. They then went on a tangent about why Mister Bug was replacing Ladybug and who this Mister Noir was and why he was replacing Chat Noir. Marinette rolled her eyes. Why can't they stay out of our business?
The trio met on a Paris rooftop. They all fist-bumped and Mister Noir went on his way, leaving the two heroes by themselves. Rena Rouge sighed, "so you probably have figured out that Ladybug revealed her identity to me." Mister Noir nodded. Rena Rouge looked down at her feet, "in the sewer…" she breathed in, "I- I saw you and Luka, detransformed… from the corner of my eye." Mister Bug was paralyzed. "I know that you don't think I saw you, but I did. I saw Luka with the cat kwami and I saw Adrien with him. I know who you are, I am sorry."
Mister Bug stood still, his mouth would not move. It could be worse right? I mean it is just Alya. "That is fine… I think. We have to tell Marinette though."
"She knows right," Rena Rouge said with concern, "she will kill me if she finds out that I figured your identity out before her!"
Mister Bug chuckled, "Alya, she knows, don't you worry." The two decided to both head over to Marinette's house.
Marinette heard a loud thud on her rooftop. Alya must be back. Marinette opened her hatch and climbed onto the rooftop to find Mister Bug and Rena. "Oh - I didn't expect to find you here," she said with her text-to-speech app, looking at Mister Bug.
"Yeah - so um… Rena may have accidentally realized that I am Adrien," he said with a sheepish smile.
"To be fair they were just sitting out in the open right near the entrance to the sewer," Rena said in her defense, "what if I was Shadowmoth?"
"Well you weren't, were you Rena?" Mister Bug said back with attitude.
"Wait… does Luka know your identity?" Marinette said using her app, concerned.
Mister Bug scoffed, "of course not, we were back to back. I would never purposely reveal my identity." Mister Bug paused, "I am going to take Alya home after she gives you her miraculous."
"Thank you," Marinette's phone chimed. Alya took off her necklace and handed it to Marinette.
"We are going to have a big talk girl, luckily I will wait until you can talk. You are safe" Alya said as Mister Bug picked her up, "for now," she said with glaring eyes.
Marinette smiled, as much as her wired jaw allowed, which wasn't much, and waved goodbye. I don't know how Adrien and Luka are going to handle this for a month...
