"I am Motormaster!" the voice rang out through the Parisian streets. In the distance, Nino could see the large robotic Akuma making his way towards the street he was currently standing on.
"I gotta go record this fight, see y'all later!" Alya shouted from across the road, and she took off before Nino or Chloe could object. "I gotta go too, I suggest you do the same, Nino." And now Chloe was gone also. Sabrina had gone running after the blonde girl but lost her, so she was going to hide as well. With his company out of the way, he made his way over to an alley to transform.
"Wazz, come on out, there's an Akuma out on a rampage, you ready to transform?" Nino asked the turtle kwami who had just flown out of his hat.
"Yes, master, er, Nino. I am ready," Wazz responded.
"Okay. Wazz, shell on!" exclaimed Nino. As Wazz got sucked into his bracelet, he felt the magical energy wash over his body, forming his costume around him. He pulled his hood over his head and he ran towards the Akuma.
"Carapace, good, you're here, help us!" Queen Bee shouted. She was trying to tie up the akumas legs with her trompo but wasn't succeeding all too well. Rena Rouge was dodging blasts from Motormaster's energy rifle. "Rena, I have a shield, I'll draw his fire. Go help Queen Bee," Nino shouted across to his teammates. As he predicted, the Akuma started to focus his fire on him when he switched places with Rena. He blocked the shots with his shield and redirected them back at the Akuma.
"Arrg! Stop hitting me with my own weapon. I'll be right back, so you be patient, alright?" Motormaster said. The Akuma then laid down on his back, his limbs shifting around, forming different parts. Motormaster was now a semi truck with a large trailer behind him. He then sped away down the road.
"Grr! Quick, go follow that truck!" Rena Rouge shouted, taking off. Queen Bee threw her trompo and followed Rena. Soon Nino was close behind the two.
"I don't see him anymore, can either of you two see it?" he shouted out to the two girls in front of him.
"He pulled onto the motorway, we need a way to get him without endangering those cars any more than Motormaster already is. Come on, hurry up!" Queen Bee responded.
As the trio made their way to the motorway, Nino couldn't help but remember why the Akuma looked so familiar to him, but there wasn't much time to think about it too hard.
"Rena, watch out!" Queen Bee shouted. Motormaster had transformed again and had fired a missile towards Rena Rouge, who barely dodged the projectile. Motormaster had jumped off into a car parking lot to continue the fight. Rena continued to attempt to sneak up behind the Akuma but was repeatedly thrown out of the way.
"Rena, this obviously isn't working, we need a better plan! You've been doing this for an hour," Nino told the fox themed superhero. "Well, I've been trying to save my mirage for a better time! If you have a better plan, I'm all ears!" Rena Rouge shouted back. "You all stop bickering and help me with this stupid transforming Akuma," Queen Bee yelled at the other two heroes.
"That's it! I do have an idea, Rena. Have you ever seen Transformers?" Nino said.
"What kind of question is that Carapace? But, if you need to know, I watched the original series when I was younger, but I don't unde…. Oh! Motormaster, I knew that name was familiar."
"Um, excuse me, but what does a silly TV show have to do with defeating the Akuma?" Queen Bee asked.
"Okay, here's the plan. Rena, you stay out of sight of Motormaster and use your mirage to create his teammates. When he tries to merge with them, Queen Bee will attack him with her Venom, as he won't be focused on her. Then we'll find the Akuma, and I'll capture it and store it."
"What? I'm completely lost," Queen Bee said, confused.
"Just follow the plan, Rena, go!"
Rena jumped out of sight of the Akuma and called for her mirage. Four smaller vehicles appeared and drove out towards Motormaster.
"My team are finally here. To me, and form Menasor!" the Akuma shouted. He began to transform again, this time become a torso. By the time he realized that he wasn't merging with the fake teammates, it was too late.
"Take this, Akuma!" Queen Bee shouted. "Venom!" she said as she called for her special power. She hit Motormaster square on his back, paralyzing him completely. The Akuma fell to the ground and rolled on its side.
"Now, time to find that akumatized object… There it is!" Nino took a toy that was a miniature version of the Akuma and he smashed it on his shell. "Shellter!" he shouted, and his shield surrounded the corrupted butterfly.
"Okay, now I guess we wait for Ladybug to fix the city. Does anyone know how long that will take?" the turtle themed superhero asked.
"I have a way to contact Ladybug, I can do it right now," Rena said, revealing the phone on her flute. She plugged in the contact Ladybug gave her, and sent her a message telling her to use the MIraculous Cure.
"Well, I sent her a message, hopefully, she sees it soon. I guess now we wait," Rena said before her Miraculous began to beep.
"We can't stay for too long, and we probably should leave before people start asking where Ladybug and Chat Noir are. How about we meet at the Eiffel Tower Monday night if everyone is free," Carapace said.
"Ugh, I was going to get my n…. Fine, I'll be there," Queen Bee said reluctantly. She then took off swinging her trompo into the air to presumably head back to her house.
"I'm available too, see you then Carapace," Rena Rouge said. She too began to head away from the fight scene, running and jumping away.
Soon, Carapace was left at the fight scene by himself. He held the ball with the Akuma in his right hand, looking at it. He had to turn away from it, as it was staring into his soul. Not wanting to stay by the car park much longer, he took off towards the main city. As he ran across Paris, he realized that he never saw this view of the city before. He wondered to himself if this is what Ladybug and Chat Noir experienced when they were out and about. Speaking of Ladybug, Nino saw a stream of ladybugs coming across the sky. They flowed around the roads destroyed in the Akuma attack, repairing them, replacing the cars on the motorways. A beep from his bracelet reminded him that he couldn't stay to admire the view, and he already had a bit to go.
Carapace had made it to his house just as his miraculous timed out, reverting him to normal Nino.
"Good job on your first, well, second fight master Nino. Your quick thinking with the connection of the Akuma to that TV show," Wazz complicated after he was released from the miraculous around Nino's wrist.
"Thanks, Wazz, but don't call me master, I'm too young for that," Nino told the kwami floating above him.
"If you have any lettuce Nino, can I have some? It is what I require to eat to transform you again," Wazz asked.
"Sure, little dude, I'll go get some from downstairs. Stay up here," Nino said.
The boy went down to go get the food for the kwami and disappeared downstairs, thinking about the successful fight he just had with his new partners.