(A/N: Yo what is up my people I've finally gotten it done, Chapter 14 is here and I love how it turned out too and this one is the longest one to date, however this is the rewrite of this chapter, I always planed on rewriting it because I was lacking in information about Viperion and Pegasus, also I rewrote it because it just didn't seem as enjoyable to me so I changed it up a little, also just to let you know this chapter is one of the longest chapters I've ever writen assuming you haven't already read it, it was over 33,000 words too, I amazed myself with this and I feel pretty good about it. Okay now before we get started I just want you to know this chapter is mostly flash backs for either Dallas or Iktomi, it explains a few much needed things we want to know about his love life among other things, also their is a slight bit of intimacy in this chapter between Dallas and his former flame so don't report me for it because I'm honestly not even sure what the rule is in terms of sex in fanfics on this sight is anymore as I've read another miraculous fanfic recently where Marinette and Adrien hook up and have a baby, also the author wasn't subtle about the details at all either, not that I'm complaining or anything because it was freaking hot I must say, but I'm not sure if that counts as child porn or not but hey I liked the story and that's what matters. Also a small thing I just want to add just for the hell of it, it seems only one of you was actually bothered by the whole bit with rocky mountain oysters in the last chapter, to be honest I thought that would be a bit more of a hot topic which leads me to believe one of two things, you guys either have had them before and aren't really bothered by it or you just don't care what I add to my story either way I'm kinda surprised, also one last thing, due to a few personal reasons I chose to rewrite this chapter a little bit so it doesn't sound completely stupid or confesses anyone. okay that's all for that now it's time for this.)
Chapter 14: The rise of Iktomi
Several weeks had gone by after Dallas had gotten his miraculous and officially became Iktomi the trickster, but instead of showing Paris they had another protector watching over them he had chosen to stick to the shadows for now, mainly operating at night and only going after common criminals of the night.
A young woman was walking down the street while she was texting on her phone and completely unaware that someone was watching her, someone who wanted to do more than offer her a ride home, in fact what he had in mind for her was more for his benefit than her own, as soon as she came close to the opening of an alley he wrapped his arm around her neck then placed his hand over her mouth so she couldn't scream. "Hey pretty lady…" He whispered with a slight growl, he then licked her cheek sadistically and making it very clear what he was going to do to her. "Ooh you taste good baby, how's about we go have a little fun back here and HCK…" He was stopped in mid-sentence as he was quickly garroted with a chain then tossed over head and landed on the flat of his back.
As he groaned he slowly opened his eyes and saw the gray and red spider bandana mask of Iktomi standing over him, his eyes quickly widened with fear as he had only heard roomers about this new vigilante who walked the streets of Paris at night. "Buddy…" Iktomi started to pop his knuckles. "You are in for a whole world of pain."
The woman quickly ran off to find safety as she just left Iktomi to deal with her would be rapist. The thug quickly stood up then pulled a gun on Iktomi then said. "Look pal I AHH!" Iktomi quickly tossed his knife at the thug's gun causing him to drop it, then with lightning like reflexes he pulled the knife back and whirled his tomahawk over his head then threw it at the thug hitting him in the forehead with the top of his weapon. "GAH…!" He cried as he hit the ground again and just held his forehead. "What's the matter with you yah crazy FAH…!"
Iktomi then stepped on the thugs neck and just held him down on the ground and looked down at him with narrowed eyes, the thug was gasping for air as he pressed down on his wind pipe. "Not so fun when you're the victim now is it…Dugg…" Iktomi growled with a deep tone. "Yeah that's right I know who you are and yes I'm going to send you to jail tonight, but first your gonna tell me everything I want to know."
The thug struggled as best he could with the weight and strength Iktomi was pressing down on his throat. "Get off of me you crazy bastard!" He croaked as he desperately tried to breathe.
"Then tell me what I want to know you sick fuck…" Iktomi repeated as he leaned down into a crouched position. "You were apart of the drug ring on Napoléon boulevard, I want to know who's running it and where I can find him during his off hours." He laminated as he slowly pressed the point of his knife into the thugs cheek.
But the thug just spat in Iktomi's face and said. "Go to hell you spider-man wanna be."
Iktomi then rose from his crouched position then said with venom in his voice. "Wrong answer." Then he lifted up his tomahawk and brought it down with a swing and embedded it in the pavement next to the thugs head, the thug screamed as he flinched, then he opened his eyes and saw that he'd missed him on purpose. "WHAT IS HIS NAME DUGG? TELL ME OR I SWEAR YOU WON'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO REGRET IT!"
"I-I-I can't tell you that, he'll kill me if I talk!" The thug tried to reason, but Iktomi simply took the knife and drove it into his shoulder causing him to rethink his previous statement.
"What makes you think you'll live if you stay quiet? His name Dugg, give me his name NOW!" He started to twist the knife around in his shoulder to add a little bit of incentive to loosen his tongue.
The thug screamed in pain as he felt the cold steel of the blade rotate around in his shoulder. "ALRIGHT-ALRIGHT-ALRIGHT JUST STOP I'LL TALK YOU SICK FUCK!"
Iktomi smiled under his mask and said. "See? You could've saved yourself from a lot of pain if you weren't so stubborn."
The thug began to spill his guts. "His name is Bernard Jerried, he's one of Antonio's top Lt.'s, runs everything in that part of town now sense that one akumaa attack fucked up everything for the roller operations, Lorenzo is desperate for money now, so desperate that everyone of his drug factories are working overtime to earn back every last penny he's lost."
Iktomi of course already knew this and took pleasure in knowing that he'd cost the rollers so much in so little time, and now that he had a miraculous he was doing it even more, just without killing anyone.
Four weeks ago…
Dallas had offered Marinette a ride home, on his back that is, he swung all the way to her house and landed on the top balcony which led to her room. "Here you are my lady, home sweet home." Iktomi said with a mock bow.
"Stop calling me that Dallas, Iktomi, oh whatever just stop it, only Adrien is aloud to call me that and you're not Adrien." She said as she glared at him with a narrowed brow.
Iktomi just shrugged then said. "Sorry but I can't help it Mari, you're just so…lady like." He took her hand and gently placed a kiss upon it even though it was threw his mask, then she pulled it away then she slapped him. "What? It's not like it was on your lips, your elegant…soft…cherry OW!" She cut him off with yet another slap.
"Get over it already Jones, I am never EVER…going out with you okay? So just cut it out with the smooth talk." She ordered as she crossed her arms.
He then leaned in and snaked one arm around her as he placed his free hand against her cheek and said as he stared into her lush blue bell eyes. "My dear if there is one thing I've learned through out my life it's the virtue of patients, such is the way of the hunt my sweet little cherry blossom." Marinette then turned her head to the side then pointed her finger into her mouth and made a fake gagging sound. "Oh how grown up of you." He said with sarcasm.
He then let go of her waste then began to spin around his knife end of his weapon just before she stopped him. "Wait…before you go there's one thing we need to go over…" She said hoping he'd here her out.
He stopped spinning his weapon and said. "Okay sure, what is it?" He replied sounding serious.
"Listen, I know that Dallas Jones isn't afraid to kill if he needs to, but if your going to be a superhero, or better yet work with us to beat Hawkmoth…" She laid out plainly.
Then he cut her off. "Which I'm still almost 60% sure is Gabriel Agreste just so were clear."
"Then there is one condition that 'Iktomi' is going to have to agree to." She finished as she folded her arms.
Iktomi just shrugged then said. "Let me guess, I have to promise not to kill anyone while I'm on the clock, bad guy or not right?" She nodded once to signify that he was right, he sighed then said. "Alright, I promise I won't kill anybody as Iktomi, but if I'm out of uniform and if it's self defense I won't hesitate to end some gang banger's life if I have to, understand Marinette? Make no mistake I don't like to kill but I will kill if I have no other choice so don't give me that speech about there's always another way because that's just a load of horse shit and trust me I'd know…sometimes…it's a necessary evil…whether you want to admit it or not." He finished as he slowly turned his head away from her.
She was about to ask him what he was talking about but before she could he leaped off the balcony and took off down the street, he did so that she wouldn't see him start to cry as he had a dark secret involving the death of someone he knew, a secret that he wished he could go back and undo if he could.
Present day…
Iktomi then pulled his knife out of the thugs shoulder slowly but stopped at the tip, he then asked. "Where does Bernard go during his off hours? TALK."
"He…he heads to the casino on the northeast point of town, it's a real hot spot for every gang in the city, he just gambles away everything he earns in there, he sucks at poker too, so that's why he's no good at winning, I've told you everything I know…so can I go now? Please?" The thug asked with fright.
Iktomi just smiled under the mask and asked back. "When did we make that arrangement?" He then yanked the chain attached to the tomahawk then used the hammer end to knock him out. "Time to go, but first…" Dallas then aimed one of his hands at the thug then said. "Web." Just then an actual spider web coated the guy effectively trapping him in magickly generated spider silk. "Stick around, ha…I made a spider pun." He said as he put his weapon back on his belt then called the police and told them where to find their newest thug, then he pulled out a tiny little voice operated device then spoke into it. "Bike, disengage cloaking device."
"Cloaking device…shutting down." The A.I. of Iktomi's official ride began to turn visible.
"Hello beautiful, did you miss me?" Iktomi asked as he walked toward his bike.
Four weeks ago…
It was about an hour after school had ended and Dallas needed to run a simple errand for himself, and that errand was to pick up the specter bike he'd stole from the military base from four nights before, he had planned on picking it up sooner but he needed to reprogram the GPS tracker he'd pulled off of it so that he alone could track it if he needed to. He drove with Adrien to Skinny's garage to get it as he knew this was not exactly a safe part of town. He could obviously keep himself safe from anyone who tried to mess with him simply by turning into Iktomi but he would rather keep the truth about his new hero persona to remain more or less a secret from the media for just a little while.
"This is the place?" Adrien asked as he looked out the driver side window. "It's a total dump, why would anyone want to get their car repainted here? It seems more like the kind of place you would wanna get mugged in."
"Don't worry about it Adrien, sure this place looks like crap but I assure you Skinny is a much cleaner guy than you think, and by that I mean he's not really into the whole live life on the other side of the law thing as much as the rest of us anymore." Dallas stated as both boys got out of the car and walked over to the garage.
"By the way you still haven't told me why we're here, other than to pick up something but that doesn't really explain anything to me." Adrien voiced as he didn't like how cryptic his foster brother was being.
Dallas just put a hand on his shoulder and said. "You'll understand in a minute my friend, a picture is worth a thousand words as they say, but what I have to show you is far cooler than any picture I promise." Dallas nocked on the front door to the garage and just waited for someone to open up.
A small eye hole sized door slid open revealing a pair of brown eyes that looked out to the two boys in front of the door. "Oh good it's you…" Skinny said from inside the door.
"Hey Skinny, good to see you again, you done with my new ride?" Dallas replied with a question.
Skinny looked around a little outside then said. "Yeah, just finished her last night, I've gotta say Dallas you sure know how to pick'em kid…" He then took notice that Dallas wasn't alone then he asked. "Who's he? A friend of yours? Cause if he come's in here and fucks up my shop like the last friend you brought here I'm gonna kill him and you."
Dallas raised a hand and said. "Cool it Skinny, stress isn't good for anybody, now then…can we come in and see my new ride?"
Skinny then shut the eye hole then started to unlock the door, which took him several moments to just unlock it as he had several locks on the inside of his garage, he had to stop for one brief moment to unlock a stubborn lock. "Just hold on a sec, this one…always…sticks…" The lock finally popped free and Skinny stood just behind the door as he let Adrien and Dallas inside.
That's when Adrien saw it, the very reason for their being there, Adrien finally understood what he was being dragged there for. "Is that…a Ducati motorcycle?" He asked as he pointed his finger at the military grade war bike, which had been given a new paint job to match Dallas's color scheme for his superhero persona. It was mostly black with red stripes running down the sides of the bike all the way from the front to the back fender and on the side of the gas tank, at Dallas's request the seat was also changed to that of a red leather seat just so it would stand out a little more for him, also to add a little more color.
"Well I'm pretty sure it is, but who knows what kind of bike the military chose to model this beauty after, and before you ask yes I stole it from the military, no they don't know where it is and they never will, yes I had to steal it because I had no other means of escape, now that that's out of the way…Skinny, how much do I owe you for the job?" Dallas asked his friend who as it turned out for Adrien was ironically named.
He was basically your average stereotypical overweight mechanic, he wore overalls stained with blotches of paint and engine grease as well, he had black hair with a receding hair line and a large birthmark on the side of his head. "Two hundred euros please, oh an don't for get my tip." He replied as he held out his hand. Dallas rolled his eyes as he presented Skinny with the two hundred plus euros then went to collect his bike. "Oh by the way Dallas I hope it's okay that I took a little peak inside of her, I couldn't resist the urge to see what makes this little beauty tick." Skinny admitted as he stuffed his money into his wallet.
Dallas slowly turned around and just glared at Skinny then growled. "You…did…what?" Anger quickly grew on his face as he marched back over to the mechanic and stared daggers at him.
"Whoa-whoa-whoa hold on kid I promise you I was real careful with 'er, put everything back where it's supposed to go see?" Skinny said as he put up his hands in a defensive gesture.
"I told you not to CHOP MY BIKE SKINNY!" Dallas shouted as he grabbed him by the straps of his overalls.
"I didn't chop her kid she's just fine just take a look at her I promise she still drives the same, I even tested her out myself and if there's anything wrong with her I promise I'll pay you back." Skinny stated as he tried to smooth over the situation.
Dallas could see in his eyes that Skinny was being honest, he let him go and said. "Next time you want to poke around in my new ride you ask me first, other wise next time I'm gonna kick your fat ass."
"Okay okay I get it, I forgot how defensive you get when it comes to your stuff." Skinny said as he stuffed his wallet back in his pocket.
While Dallas and Skinny were in the middle of their conversation Adrien, Plagg and Spizz were busy checking out Dallas's new ride. "Ooh swanky, do you think he'll let you drive it?" Plagg asked as he flew next to Adrien's ear.
"Probably not…" He replied as he just marveled the bike in all it's glory. "But I would love to take 'er out for a spin." Adrien admitted as he simply stroked the top of the bike with his hand.
"Well too bad…" Dallas said calmly into Adrien's other ear as he snuck up on him. Adrien yelped as he turned around fast and saw a grinning Dallas standing right behind him. "Because little Valentina here is mine and mine alone and no body but me gets to drive her."
Adrien placed his hand on his heart as he tried to steady his breathing. "Don't do that Dallas…" He said as he scolded his foster brother. "You could give someone a heart attack by doing that."
Dallas simply smiled and said. "Well just be lucky that your not back in the old west, cause if you were…and I was out to kill you…" He then lifted up his hand revealing that he'd swiped Adrien's ring. "You'd probably be dead and you never would've seen me coming."
Adrien then looked at his hand and saw that this was in fact his miraculous, he then looked back to Dallas with a frown and said. "Give me that." Then he snatched his ring back and placed it back on his finger. "How did you even do that? What are you part ninja too?" He asked twice as he found it very annoying that Dallas just snuck up on him.
Dallas just laughed before he announced. "I wish, that would make me even cooler than I already am, but to answer your first question it's basically a necessary skill to learn in the way I was raised, after all my ancestors were famous for their stealth, of course a lot of the tribes were known for stealth, some more than others. As for me swiping the ring, well that's just the former thief training in me."
"But how did you do it? I didn't even feel your fingers on my hand, so how…" Adrien was about to finish when Dallas interrupted him.
"Moisturizer…" He simply stated.
Adrien gave him a weird look then asked with a puzzled expression. "Wait…that's how thieves do it? Moisturizer?"
"Well duh, how did you think we did it? Magic?" He asked back with a slight chuckle.
Adrien found this to be a very reasonable assumption as to how he was able to swipe his ring from him. "Okay fair enough, so where did you get this thing?" He asked casually.
Dallas then leaned in close and said in a whisper. "Like I said, I stole it from the military…"
Adrien's eyes snapped open upon hearing those words…again, of course he only thought he was joking the first time, then he looked at Dallas with concern and asked. "Are you kidding me? I thought you were just joking, why the hell would you rob a military base? And I thought you said you were going straight."
"I needed a suit that they had for my…" Dallas pause for a moment then continued in a whisper. "Project, and I only took the bike because I needed a way out of there."
"Then why did you keep it if you didn't need it?" Adrien asked again. Dallas smiled as he pulled out the list that was attached to the bike when he first found it then he handed it to Adrien, as he read it he quickly understood just how special and how valuable it really was. "Oh now you have to let me take it for a spin." He declared.
"Uh…no, I don't." Dallas stated firmly.
Around that moment the front door was kicked in and three armed men walked in and grabbed Skinny and forced him up against the wall, one of the thugs quickly began to work Skinny over for some reason unknown to either of the boys, who at this point had to hide behind the bike for the moment just to figure out what to do. "Where is it Skinny?" The thug asked with a low growl as he stopped for a moment to catch his breath. "Where's the boss's money huh?" He then punched Skinny in his nose causing blood to pour out profusely. "WHERE IS IT YA FAT FUCK?!"
Skinny then looked the thug in the eye and said without a hint of fear. "Screw you Romani pricks and screw your boss, I'm not paying him shit, especially sense he's hardly got anything to threaten me with." He then spat a small amount of blood on the thugs face before he continued. "So go ahead, fuck me up all you want, but that fat piece of shit won't get a penny from me, so kiss my ass you little sacks of AH!"
One of the thugs quickly twisted his arm making him squeal a bit. "Does it look like we're playing around Skinny?" The gangster said as he pulled out his gun and put it in Skinny's mouth. "Cause I'm not playing around with you, now for the last fucking time…WHERE IS THE DAMN MONEY?!"
"HEY ROLLERS!" A voice called from over by the bike, the thugs looked over toward the bike and saw Dallas charging in at full speed, he used a flying kick to take down the roller holding Skinny at gun point, just as he turned back to the other two thugs and Skinny he'd heard the cocking of their guns and saw them aiming them at Skinny's head.
"Seriously kid? That was your big plan?" The downed thug from before laughed as he stood back up. "Just charge in like an idiot and…" He was cut off by the sound of three gun shots from over by the bike and three bullets whizzing past his head.
Dallas then smiled and said. "No, my plan was I charge in as a distraction so my friend over there on the bike could ready the mounted thirty cals." The thugs all looked over to see Adrien sitting on the bike with his finger on the trigger. "The way I see it boys you've got two options, option one, you can shoot my friend and I…in which case my buddy over there will open fire and kill you all, or option two, you can get the flying fuck out of here and NEVER…come back because as of now….Skinny is under our protection and you would be wise…not to fuck with my boss or his enterprises."
Thanks to Dallas's bluff almost a week prior the criminal under world was much more weary of Gabriel Agreste, they had no proof that he really was Hawkmoth but that didn't make them any less afraid of him, and because of this Dallas now had an incredible amount of breathing room from all known gangs in the city, especially the Romani rollers. None of the three thugs wanted to chance enraging Hawkmoth either once Dallas said his 'boss' was involved and looking over Skinny and his garage, so naturally they chose the ladder over the former.
"Fine…" The thug said. "We'll let the boss know that this place belongs to…him, lets go boys, last thing the boss wants is a war with some crazy bastard who makes people into crazed lunatics that get off by trashing the city." And with that the thugs let Skinny go and left the garage.
Skinny was able to breathe a sigh of relief as the thugs left his garage. "I don't know whether to thank you or kick your ass kid, either way I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with those fuckers again, but now people are gonna think that I work for Hawkmoth, the wrong kind of people too." He said as he pulled a hanky out of his back pocket and pressed it to his bleeding nose.
"Exactly, the WRONG kind of people, meaning fuck-wads like them won't mess with you ever again, but if they come here for business then they'll know to keep things civil, other wise it will probably piss you off then Hawkmoth would have you take them out by turning you into an akumaa." Dallas pointed out, his argument was sound of course, no one in the criminal underworld would dare enrage Hawkmoth after seeing what he was capable of nor after hearing about what he'd done to Lorenzo's operation.
"Huh…you might have a point there, okay fine I'll let it go, but still though you kids might wanna get lost before more of those fuckers show up." Skinny said as he pressed the open door button to his garage door on the wall closest to him.
"Don't worry man, we'll be out of your hair in a jiffy, alright Adrien let's go." Dallas said as he turned to see Adrien still sitting on his bike. "Hey, didn't I tell you that only I am allowed to ride her?"
"But she's so awesome and beautiful…" Adrien whined, completely reluctant to get off the bike. "Come on man just one time that's all I'm asking you for."
Oh my god what a hypocrite, Dallas thought to himself, not even a week has past sense he pulled the same shit on me. "No, Valentina is my bike and that's that, no one else is allowed to ride my bike but me." Dallas stated firmly.
"And why do you keep calling it that?" Adrien asked with confusion.
Dallas just shrugged and said. "I don't know, I guess it's just because she reminds me of my first girlfriend, and also my first lay." He grinned as he found his memories with her to be some of his happiest. "And let me tell you those Russian girls are just freaks in the sheets, and trust me I speak from experience, I must've slept with like…" Dallas counted up the number of Russian girls he'd dated and of course slept with, the number of which surprised even him. "Holy shit fifty-three Russian girls? Damn, I'm good."
Adrien was disgusted by this and found mentioning of his past…'excursions' to be a little more than just inappropriate, so he tried to get the subject back on track. "O…kay, but how does this bike remind you of your ex?" Adrien asked casually.
Dallas then replied with a giant grin and said as he closed his eyes and looked up. "Because she was deadly and drop dead sexy, just like this bike…"
Adrien then gave another puzzled look then asked. "Uh…deadly?"
"Oh she's one of the world top ten deadly female assassins, I think she's maybe…number four these days." Dallas guessed as he tried to remember her place on the list.
"Try number two, she just bumped off two of the other members on the list moving her up on the list a bit, now she's just behind the chameleon, or at least that's what I've heard." Skinny corrected him.
"Really? She's just behind that douche bag? Well good on her then." Dallas replied with pride that his ex had moved up in the world as an assassin from when he'd last seen her.
Adrien had no idea who either of them were talking about so he just asked with curiosity. "Who's the chameleon?"
Both Skinny and Dallas looked over to him, Skinny just had a puzzled look on his face while Dallas explained. "He's only the deadliest assassin in the world, he's killed over six thousand people from Berlin to Bangkok, he's also a master of disguise, hence the name, he's also trained in over two hundred ways on how to kill someone, and he'll do anything you tell him to for the right price, which I think goes without saying is never cheap, and if you ever end up in his sights then god help you because he is almost unstoppable, and his method of killing you is almost always the same, he'll disguise himself as someone you know then once he gets you alone…BANG…you're as good as dead."
Adrien shuddered a little, not just because Dallas knew how dangerous this guy was and what he was willing to do in order to kill someone but also that he could disguise himself to look like anyone he was close to and he would never see it coming. "That's pretty scary dude." He said as he tried not to think about it.
"Yeah I know, that's why…to be honest I'd rather have Val kill me instead of him, mainly because she's a much more…let's say gentle killer than him." Dallas replied making sure he worded his sentence properly.
"What do you mean gentle?" Adrien asked again.
Dallas then smiled and said. "Let me put it this way, they call her the black widow of Chernobyl for a reason."
Adrien's eyes shot open just as soon as he figured out what he meant. "Wait, are you saying that…she sleeps with her targets before she kills them?"
"Sometimes…" Dallas said with a shrug before he continued. "Other times she kills them the old fashion way, of course for her it really depends on whether or not if you're a super shitty person who deserves to die, for example if your in a sex trafficking ring then she'll take a shotgun and blast your nuts off, but if your more of just someone who's spiked someone's ire then she'll give you the best night of your life, which of course as we both know would also turn out to be the last night of your life." Adrien just looked at him with disgust. "What? She likes to mix business with pleasure, and I do mean pleasure."
Adrien just rolled his eyes at Dallas as he got off the bike and headed back to the car they'd arrived in, Dallas then proceeded to hop on his bike, he gave Skinny a nod then took off down the road to the nearest motorcycle care shop to buy a pair of helmets, one which he'd use during the day and the other he'd use as Iktomi, for his every day helmet he chose one that was fully light blue with a visor tinted just enough so that the sun wouldn't bother the driver, while the other matched his color scheme for his suit perfectly, it was mostly black with red racing stripes running across the top all the way to the back.
Later that day Dallas managed to sneak his new bike into the garage of the mansion without Gabriel or Natalie noticing, mainly because of the built in stealth tech. He parked it in the way back of the garage and hid it under a tarp so no one would see it. As Dallas made his way up to Adrien's room he over heard Gabriel on the phone with a catering company, somehow he was completely out of the loop of Adrien's eighteenth birthday and had no idea of what to get him, so he chose to do something his mother probably shouldn't have done for his fourteenth birthday, buy him a case of beer. "The drinking age is a lot younger here in France anyway, one of the few things they've got over America here." He said as he started searching for the best kind of alcohol he could find in France.
After he got to Adrien's room they both engaged in a game of Foosball as they discuss what Dallas would do with the bike. "Look Dallas while I agree that having a bike like that is useful, especially sense your gonna fly solo on this crusade of yours against Lorenzo…" He started to point out a few things that Dallas had neglected to acknowledge himself.
Until Dallas interrupted him. "I wouldn't say crusade, more like…decimating his entire empire from the ground up." He said as he blocked a shot from entering his goal. "Bet you didn't see that coming huh Agreste?" He said with a smirk.
"Anyway…" Adrien continued as he lined up another shot for Dallas's goal. "While that bike is cool and all it's still dangerous to use all of those weapons, especially those missiles, you could really hurt someone if your not careful." Adrien then took the shot he'd lined up only for Dallas to use it against him and shoot it all the way over to his goal, the ball sank into it just before Adrien could block the shot.
"I couldn't agree more Adrien, while all of those weapons are pretty cool I still need to make sure that no one gets hurt…" He said back to Adrien as he pulled the ball out of his goal and placed it back into the game. "The bullets are easy to replace all I have to do is buy rubber thirty cals, the missiles however will be a problem, but maybe I could talk to a few of my old contacts from the US who could find something for me to use, like a missile filled with some kind of knockout gas or something, only problem is making them without your dad finding out."
"Why don't you just buy them instead then?" Adrien suggested. "I'm sure that would be simpler."
Dallas just looked at Adrien with a face that basically said are you kidding me. "Dude, that would be the worst thing to do in this situation, for a number of reasons, the first reason is because I want to do this on the DL and I can't leave a paper trail for anyone to follow, second the only people I could possibly use to find a missile with those kinds of specs would be the black market and I'm not risking those thieves unless I absolutely have to, and thirdly I think your dad would notice if a few thousand euros went missing from his bank account every month. It would just be way safer to build them with parts I'd find at a hardware store, and before you ask no they don't just sell parts for a missile at a hardware store ya smart ass, I just have to use my brain to do it, but it would help if I had specs for that too." Dallas finally finished as he then flipped the ball back toward Adrien's goal but this time he managed to block it and flipped it back to Dallas's side.
"Ha, take that." He cheered as he grabbed another row of players on his side of the board and sunk a shot in.
"Yeah-yeah good shot, only took you nine times to do it." Dallas barbed as he took the ball and placed it back on the board and continued the game.
Present day…
Iktomi mounted his bike and drove off to the addressed location he'd gotten from Dugg at top speed, he made sure that the guns on his bike were loaded before he got there and that the new missiles he'd made were prepped and ready to go as well. Thanks to his friend Coyote he was able to find specs to create the knockout missiles he needed, along with a little help from both Skinny and Max Kante, he had chosen to outfit them with a high amount of chloroform along with a nonlethal chemical to help expand it to a range of fifteen feet per missile. Iktomi parked his bike just behind the casino where Bernard was staying for the time being.
"Okay, time to place my bet." He said just as he realized just how stupid he sounded. "So glad that I'm working solo for now." He then tossed his tomahawk of his weapon up to the roof and he zipped up to the top with only a slight rattle of the chain filling the night air. He opened the grate of an air-conditioning vent sticking out of the roof, he then proceeded to climb inside of it and just followed the sound of people gambling, he eventually found the man he was looking for sitting by the poker table, Iktomi simply peered in through the grate as he quickly kicked it in and leapt out and landed on the table. "Got room for one more?" He asked jokingly, around that same moment everyone of the men at the table hopped up an pulled their guns. "I'll take that as a no." He said as he held his fists over his head, then dropped two simple smoke bombs causing the room to fill with thick gray clouds of smoke. "I guess that's fine though…I prefer roulette ANYWAY…" He spun his weapon around fast at both ends slashing each and every single thug across the chest, not deep enough to kill of course, just deep enough to hurt people.
"Now then…Bernard Jerried, where the fuck are you buddy?" He asked as he tried to search for his target. "I know you're here and…" He stopped once he heard the cocking of more guns in the door way. "Shit…going up!" He then threw his knife into the ceiling of the room and zipped up out of the gunfire which ripped right through the thugs, but thankfully not the one he needed alive as he spotted him running out of the room and off to safety, but he wasn't fast enough to escape Iktomi, who took off after him leaping from table to table until he managed to catch up to him and use his power to catch him. "TANGLE!" He cried as he shot a magical sphere of red light at his target, the sphere burst into a magical net that wrapped itself around Bernard and just held him wriggling in a tight ball. "I wouldn't struggle if I were you Bernard Jerried, the more you move the tighter that thing gets, so much so that it will start to cut right into your flesh, in other words unless you want to become beef chunk stew I suggest you keep still." He said as he knelt down to Bernard's face.
He then turned around to face every other thug in the building and asked them. "Okay you motherfuckers, who wants the first ass-kicking?" He smiled under the mask as he charged in swinging his knife over his head and slashing thug after thug, he would periodically switch in between using his knife and just used his tomahawk like he would normally do. "AY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY-AY!" He used a native American battle cry as he took down each thug he came across, at one point he shot his knife straight at one thug hitting his knee, the thug screamed in pain. "You use to be a no good thug too once, then you took a knife to the knee, no…not as good as the Skyrim arrow meme." He said as he quickly pulled the knife out then cracked the hammer end of his tomahawk into the face of another thug charging at him from behind without even needing to turn and look at him. "STOP…Hammer time…" He joked as he spun around and swung his tomahawk low and hooked the thugs ankle and tripped him over sideways. "WE'RE YELLING TIM-BER…" He sang as he used parkour off of a table and kicked another thug charging at him with a pool cue in the face.
He then found himself being challenged by a very large bouncer holding a baseball bat. "Seriously what is with gangbangers and baseball bats? Why not try to mix it up a little bit?" He said as he ducked under several swings of the bat until he blocked one swing with both ends of his weapon. "I mean seriously, it's so cliché it makes old people say 'damn how cliché is that?' I mean why not do what the Columbian cartels do and use a machete? At least that's spicing it up a bit." While he was talking he quickly drove the knife into the bat then swung it around in the air and hit several thugs at once as he allowed the chain to just slip through his hands until it reached its limit. Once he found that all the other thugs were down he then yanked his weapon back over to himself and began to coil it up around his arm to form a loop. Just as he began to put the weapon on his belt he saw another figure standing in the door way, a woman this time, she was dressed in an all-black sneaking suit that showed off her curves very well, she had blond hair with silver highlights tied into braids, she also wore a domino mask that resembled a spider with it's legs stretching up to the top of her forehead and all the way down to the bottom of her cheeks, she had six guns holstered on her in total, two on her chest, two on her hips and two on her thighs, she also carried a pair of karambits on her lower back, she just stood leaning in the door way as she applied red lipstick to her lips and said with a Russian accent. "Impressive…you took them all down in less than one minute…not an easy thing to do dah?"
Iktomi…or rather 'Dallas', recognized this woman in an instant, no…fucking…way, he thought to himself. His jaw just dropped behind the mask as he just stared at the young woman standing in the doorway, but he kept his composure and pretended not to know who she was. "And you would be who miss?" He asked trying to convince her that he didn't know her, also while pulling his weapon off of his belt just in case if she'd came to start a fight with him.
She then smiled and said with a shrug. "I am known by many names dorogoy…" She slowly began to walk over to him while swaying her hips from side to side. "Killer, murderer, cunt, whore…" She stopped once she placed her hands on his shoulders and smiled as she leaned in rather seductively and whispered in his ear. "Even lover at one point in my life…." Then she pulled away and finished at normal volume. "But my favorite is Chernaya vdova Chernobyl (the black widow of Chernobyl), but I'm sure that's a name you already know about don't you…what was the name that the blogger girl and native American boy gave you on the internet again?" She asked casually.
"Iktomi the trickster…but you my dear can just call me Iktomi." He introduced himself not letting his guard down, he knew well enough about how she played the game. "And yes I've heard about you…and your poisonous bite too, so do me a favor…don't even think about kissing me." He barbed as he still felt a tad bitter about how things ended between them.
She stepped back with a look of surprise on her face at how firm he was. "I'm sorry but…have we met?" She asked feeling as though this boy seemed familiar to her. "Because you sound like someone I used to know…back in the united states…" She then closed her eyes and let out a love filled sigh. "Ahhhh…Dallas…how I miss you my beloved."
If you miss me so much then how come you never called me after you left me in Seattle? He thought to himself.
Three years ago…
It was almost ten o'clock at night and the black widow was on the prowl for a corrupt government official, his name was Donald West, he was apart of the state senate for almost fifteen years and until now no one had any idea of his involvement in the Columbian drug trade nor did they know he was also pardoning their men as to avoid prison, but once one of the families of one of his victims had discovered his true nature they used their wealth and power to hire the black widow of Chernobyl to take him out, she was perched on the top of a skyscraper just waiting for her target to return home to his apartment just across from her, she sat perched with a fifty caliber sniper rifle cocked and loaded and ready to kill him with a single shot. She watched through the scope as the door finally opened and she just waited until she'd confirmed it was him. "There you are…" She voiced just before she squeezed the trigger. "Do-svidanya you corrupt B'lyad." She pulled the trigger and the bullet went flying straight for her target, but to her surprise the glass was bulletproof. "Derr'mo…" She cursed in her native tongue. "He must've known I was coming for him, son of a 'suka…well time to go to plan-B." She slung the rifle around her shoulder then grabbed a rocket propelled grappling hook and aimed it right for the top of Mr. West's apartment building, she then tested the cable with her weight then slid down the rope then pulled her gun on her belt then said. "Time to pay him a little visit." She then used her rifle as a means to slide down the rope while still aiming at the broken glass with her pistol she fired a few shots off and broke the window, once she'd landed on the carpet of the apartment she took aim at Mr. West. "Zdravastvuj congressman West, I am sorry to…how you say…drop in unannounced? Any who, my employer has paid me quite the sum of cash to…how you say…bring your head to him on a silver platter yes?" She asked him while still keeping her gun trained on him. "Oh but don't worry, I'll be sure to make it quick. Say goodbye…" She fired her gun three times but he just ducked and ran out the door of his apartment. "B'lyad why do they always run?" She asked rhetorically as she just waited for him to run out the front entrance of the building.
She then stood perched atop the edge of the balcony of the apartment and just waited, as soon as she saw him running out in a panic she smiled then pulled her knives, then she leapt off with a front flip and with perfect timing she landed right on top of him and dug her knives into his back and forcing him to the ground, he started to cough up blood then he tried to grab his phone out of his pocket and tried to dial 9-1-1 but she just took his phone and smashed it under her foot. "Naughty-naughty…" She sang as she waved her finger about. "You should no better than anyone dorogoy, you're getting what you deserve, fair well." She finally finished as she pulled one of her six side arms and then she shot him once in the head. "Do-svidanya 'khu-i, you should've ran while you had the chance no?"
"MR. WEST!" A voice called out to her now dead target. "You…you're dead you little bitch!" She turned around and saw at least four armed bodyguards that Mr. West had hired to protect him, she smiled as she turned completely around to face them, she spun her knives around then she took a boxers stance. "Get that little bitch!" The bodyguard cried, then all four men charged her at once, she opened up with a single slash across the stomach of one bodyguard then kicked him in the face as she spun around on her tiptoes like a ballerina, she then leaned forward and performed a scorpion kick to the face of another guard while at the same time she used both knives to slash his ankles causing him to fall to his knees, as she rose back up she put both her hands on his head then she kneed him in the jaw, she then spun around and used several lightning fast slashes in a tornado like fashion to cut another from head to toe, and on the final bodyguard she performed a savage kick to the gut causing him to feel winded as well as hunch over, then she brought her leg up high and brought her heel down on the back of his head knocking him out.
After the last of the guards were down she headed toward a motorcycle which she had stashed close by just in case things didn't go according to plan. She took off down the street only to be chased by police for speeding. "B'lyad…" She cursed as she pulled her gun and started shooting at the pursuing officers tires of their squad cars, she may have been an assassin but she had a strict code of honor she was trained to follow by her father and mentor, and that was never kill anyone but your target, unless you have no other choice. She flew down the street as more and more officers came out of nowhere to try and catch her, but she was prepared for this, so she turned down an alley she'd chosen prier to doing her job this night, she knew something about this particular alley that they didn't, it was too small for them to follow her in their squad cars, she drove right on through straight to the other side then she took off again, she knew this plan was not a permanent solution so she had to come up with another plan, she had to hide from them until the heat died down, that's when she saw it, a run down RV just parked in an impound lot big enough for larger vehicles such as this. "Perfect…" She said as she pulled into the lot.
Inside the impound lot Dallas was just sitting inside the RV crying his eyes out, the loss of his mother still pained him deeply, by this time he was officially in foster care and had just ran away from his first foster family, he had also tracked down his mother's RV which as fate would have it was where they had left it after his mother had died, the state had chosen to repossess it and sell it at an auction. "She's gone…she's really gone." He sobbed as he just let the tears fall onto a family picture of him and his mother caught in mid laugh as they had visited a national park for the battle field of Starved rock, he held the picture in one hand while he held a pair of scissors in the other, and laying on the floor at his feet was a ponytail, his ponytail, while most of the time native Americans would grow out their hair and never usually cut it unless the occasion called for it to signify either the loss of close family or friends or to simply remove a sin that held a great burden to the owner of said sin, Dallas did the same thing when both his father and grandfather had died and now he had done the same for his mother. "Oh mom, I'm so sorry that I…I couldn't keep my promise to you, I tried…really I tried." He then heard a knocking at the door. "Who's there?" He called out to who he assumed was a cop, but as soon as he opened the door he was greeted with a shotgun barrel being shoved into his mouth by a blond girl wearing a black sneaking suit with a spider designed domino mask, he slowly raised his hands over his head and backed up slowly as she entered the RV.
"Don't do anything stupid and I promise you this whole experience will end better than you think boy." She said as she forced him to sit down, this of course was not the first time she'd done this sort of breaking and entering, she didn't like to do it but she preferred it to getting arrested. "I just need to lay low until things outside…how you say…cool down?"
She pulled the gun out of his mouth so he could speak. "You know there are a lot better ways for you to spend the night in someone else's home, you know like by NOT shoving a gun in a guys face." Dallas stated sounding very annoyed. "But it doesn't matter because your leaving…" He stood up again but she just kicked him back down onto the couch.
"Does it look like I am playing games boy? I will kill you if you try anything…" She began to threaten her when he barked back.
"BITCH THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR YOU TO FUCK WITH ME!" He quickly shoved her gun off to the side with his hand then tackled her forward crashing into the stove then he tossed her over his back causing her to land on her back. "Come on…COME AND GET SOME!" He snarled as he pulled his tomahawk off his belt.
She then hopped back up fast and aimed her gun at him only for it to be knocked out of her hands with his tomahawk. "Seriously? You're using a hatchet to fight me?" She asked with a dumb look.
"It's called a tomahawk you dumb black cat cosplaying cunt." Dallas fired back as he swung his weapon at her over and over, she just kept hopping backwards until she had no more room to do so, so she just ducked down and kicked him in the shin causing him to hop on one foot. "OW! You little roosky bitch."
She then leapt forward as she pulled her knives off her lower back and spun them around on her fingers as she slashed at him from all sides, he noticed her style was very unique, on occasion she would try kicking him with a type of spinning kick that wasn't typically used by anyone in a fight, more like in a ballet, the way she moved was almost as if she was indeed a true ballerina, he was impressed that she'd actually managed to make this into a real form in which to fight, while she was doing this he just kept dodging and blocking her attacks, that is until she actually managed a blow to his right cheek leaving a very noticeable scar across his face, when he got the chance he grabbed a kitchen knife off the counter top and used it to help better defend himself against her. Sparks flew with each blow upon steel that either had made, eventually they found themselves in a dead lock with both just glaring at one another. "You're good, I must give you that. Where did you learn to fight like this?" She asked curiously.
"A Lakota reservation in the Arizona desert, trained by my grandfather in the old ways of our ancestors to use the tomahawk and knife to overcome our foes, however this move…" He paused for a moment as he drew his head back quickly and headbutted her, while she was disoriented he took the chance to roundhouse kick her knives out of her hands then he swept her legs out from under her tripping her up, then he leapt on top of her and put both his weapons to her throat then finally he finished his sentence. "…is something I made up completely."
Both teens began to pant heavily as the Black widow slowly came to realize that for the first time sense she started her career, she had been beaten, in fair an even combat. "Bozhe moi, you actually beat me…" She said as she felt a new feeling wash over her, not the feeling of defeat however, but one she had never felt for her foes before, arousal. "No one has ever beaten me, you truly are skilled." She said with a grin on her face all while she slowly slid her hands up the sides of his legs without him even knowing.
"Well there's a first time for everything sister." Dallas said with a scowl on his face.
She giggled slightly then said. "I could not have put it better myself dorogoy."
Dallas was puzzled by her response, before he could ask what she meant he felt the pop of his belt buckle as well as his pants being unbuttoned, he looked down to see that her hands had just done both, he didn't need to ask what she was doing, but he still did. "Uh…what the hell are you do-Aaah…" He gasped as he felt her touch upon his sex.
"You have done the impossible dorogoy, you have beaten Chernaya vdova Chernobyl, therefore I feel that you have earned prize…" She said as she slowly reached her free hand up to his face then pulled him down to look her in the eye, then she continued with a whisper in his ear very seductively. "Me…" She then started to nibble on his ear all the while still touching him where it pleased him the most. That's when Dallas did the one thing he promised himself he'd never do when close to an enemy, he let his guard down, he slowly put his weapons off to the side then took her into his embrace then started kissing her neck tenderly, he then slowly pulled down the zipper on the back of her suit then pealed it off of her torso revealing her entire chest to him. Oh god what am I doing, he then stopped when he realized what he was doing and he contemplated whether or not if he should go through with this. "What's wrong? Do you not like me?" She asked with a puzzled look.
"I…no it's not that…it's just that…my mom died a few months ago and…well I don't think she'd approve of what I'm about to do in our old RV with a total stranger." He said feeling guilty.
She then sat up and said. "I understand your pain, I too have lost someone close to me, but I don't think she'd want you to be here crying your eyes out over her, she'd want you to try and find happiness…" She then pulled him into another kiss as she pulled him down on top of her then broke the kiss so she could continue. "You can only move forward for her, and I think your mother would understand you feeling lonely."
It still felt wrong to him, and also still too soon for him to even think about doing something remotely close to this, but she was right, Dallas knew his mother would want him to find a way to be happy, anyway he could, and for her to say that she wouldn't approve was more or less an overstatement especially sense he inherited his sex drive from her. "Okay…just…don't expect me to be any good, this is my first time."
She then began to slip off his jacket from his shoulders while he positioned himself in between her legs as the two of them engaged in a rather ridiculously built scenario for such an act to be done on the floor of the RV. Several hours had gone by after they'd finally finished, they simply lay on the floor keeping each other warm as they laid their spooning on the floor both completely naked, Dallas had no idea of what came over him, neither did his partner for the evening, but it was safe to say that neither of them was complaining about it. "Bozhe moi…that was…amazing…" She panted as she just rested her head on his shoulder.
"Thanks I guess…" Dallas replied with a depressed tone, he still felt rotten for what he'd done in his old home. "I suppose you'll be leaving soon then." He guessed as he just rolled over facing away from her.
"Why would you think that?" She asked him as she sat up and looked over to him. He didn't answer her, he just stared blankly at the wall hating himself. "Listen uh…what is your name?" She asked casually.
"Dallas…" Was all he said to her not even looking over his shoulder.
She then snaked her arms around him as if she was truly his lover and just held him trying to comfort him as best she could. "Dallas…listen to me, I know how you feel right now I myself have been there, but personally I think you needed to feel this, even if you feel as though you've done something shameful, it's better than feeling miserable, because if I were to choose between happiness or misery…even if I knew the way I would go about getting it was wrong in a way…I'd rather be happy." She kissed the back of his neck as she just laid there cuddled up next to him.
Dallas felt as though she was right, in a way, though he still felt like the most disgusting thing ever he felt as though she had come there for some unseen reason as he actually felt a little better after doing what they'd done, he allowed a small smile to curl around his face then he rolled over and said to her. "Thanks uh…I'm sorry what did you say your name was again?"
She giggled slightly then said. "Just call me Valentina."
He grinned back at her and said. "Valentina, that's a pretty name, for a very pretty girl."
She then placed a small kiss on his lips as she held him close to her chest and allowed herself to feel the greatest sensation she'd ever felt in her entire life, love. After the two of them got dressed the Black widow began to take her leave, but before she did she gave Dallas one last kiss before leaving for her hideout, also slipping him her real name and phone number along with a sweet little note, or at least she thought it was, whereas Dallas found himself feeling particularly good about himself. "You fight as well as you fuck, looking forward to our next date, Valentina. XOXO."
Three months later…
The two of them just kept seeing each other on a regular basses, at least once or twice a week they would go out on the town and just have a wonderful time dancing in a club they'd sneak into, drinking in a bar, watching a romantic movie or just finding a secluded place where they could just enjoy one another as one flesh. As it turned out Valentina was quite inventive when it came to sex, and for that Dallas was thankful and always excited, in more ways than one, but the one she had planned for this evening was the most daring and most inventive thing yet. "Come on Dallas you slow poke, this way…" She giggled with a whisper as the two teens snuck into the gift shop of the Seattle space needle during off hours. She had a bag of several things slung over her shoulder, things she'd brought for their date, and her very erotic plan.
"You try lugging this much expensive equipment around without breaking it." He whispered back to her as he had his heist bag slung over his back. They both came to the staff only elevator and found it was off line, but this was anything but an obstacle for Dallas as he just hacked into the local WIFI and worked his magic. "Aaaaaaaaaaaand…we're in." He chimed as the elevator gained power and opened wide.
She then cheered as she wrapped her arms around him from behind him and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Have I ever told you you're my favorite hacker?" She asked as she pulled him into the elevator, he then lifted her up and held her against the wall of the elevator and just kissed her passionately on her neck while also sliding his hand underneath her shirt and groping her breasts with a free hand. "Nah-ah-ah dorogoy…" She tutted him as she pulled his hand out from under her shirt. "You have to wait until we get to the top of the tower."
He just smirked and asked. "Well what if I can't wait that long? What if I lose control of myself before you finally reveal your latest sexy and superbly hot scenario to me?"
She just laughed and asked back. "You can wait just a minute longer can't you?" She then kicked the panel of the elevator and told the elevator to ascend to the top of the tower. While they were in the elevator their kissing became a bit more…aggressive, both of their mouths fought vigorously for dominance, she reached around his back and lifted underneath his shirt and dug her claws in deep and just dragged them across his back, he winced a little all the while finding it very erotic for his taste, they ceased their passionate kiss for the moment when the elevator opened up to their desired floor. "Damn…here already? Oh well then time to get to work." She said as she hopped down and picked up her bag of essentials for her little excursion.
They both proceeded out of the elevator and into the café at the top of the tower's revolving complex, Dallas simply assumed that they would set up inside the café to perform their dirty deed, but to his surprise she went out on to the balcony of the café then tossed up a grappling hook to the roof outside. "Val? What the heck are you doing?" He asked twice.
While she was testing to see if the hook would hold she replied. "Trust me dorogoy, you'll want it up here rather than in there." She then proceeded to climb up with the bag over her shoulder, once she was on the roof she poked her head over and said. "Stay there for now dorogoy, I need only a minute to set things up, in the mean time why don't you slip into something more…comfortable yes?"
He smiled at her as he finally realized why she'd dragged him all the way up there. "Sex with a view of the entire city, great idea babe." He said with a smirk. He waited only about two minutes as she got everything ready for the two of them to enjoy their evening.
"Oh Dallas…" She sang from atop the tower. "I'm ready for you." He smiled as he walked over to the rope wearing nothing but his underwear, which he found difficult to do without getting a rope burn especially sense he was already…'excited.' As he finally made it up to the roof of the tower he paused only to take in the sight that she'd prepared for the two of them, she had a series of candles lit circling the entire roof of the tower to add mood lighting, she also had a picnic blanket laid out with a bowl of chocolate covered strawberries and a bottle of merlot wine and two glasses filled halfway each, and she laid their on her side wearing black laced lingerie with a matching thong, she could tell by the look on his face that he liked what he saw. "Well…are you just going to stand there or are you going to come over and keep me company?" She said as she patted a spot on the blanket for him to lay on next to her.
He didn't hesitate to join her, he walked over and just sat down then slowly laid down beside her. "You're looking drop dead sexy tonight I see, of course your always drop dead sexy in my book." He said as he took a glass of wine and took a sip.
"I take it you approve of my attire my love?" She asked as she took a strawberry and fed it to him.
He chewed it thoroughly before he swallowed then said. "Like you wouldn't believe my little widow maker." He had nicknamed her this as a joke sense she was one of the world's deadliest assassins.
She giggled as she rolled over on her back and covered her mouth, then she rolled back over on her side then replied. "Well I am glad you enjoy it, it would be a shame if you didn't like it though…" She took his hand and placed a small kiss upon it before she continued. "Especially sense tonight is very special to me."
"Oh yeah?" He asked as he fed her a strawberry as well. "And what's so special about tonight?"
She took a sip of her wine just before she spoke. "I just received new contracts from very wealthy employers, it would appear as they actually want the same man dead and they don't even know it, and the combined pay is…how you say…through the roof yes?"
He then smiled and said. "Well ain't that just the best coincidence in the history of coincidences, so how much are you gonna make?"
She smiled then said. "Enough for us to runaway with and live out our lives in a little house in the countryside, just you…me…and maybe even a little one as well, that is…IF…you wanted a baby with me."
He cocked his head back upon hearing the word baby, for obvious reasons of course. "Uh…you do know that a baby is a lot of work right? I mean don't get me wrong Val I would love a baby one day but we're still kids ourselves and…and…why are you laughing at me?" He asked as she just broke into hysterical laughter.
Once she settled down she wiped away a tear and said. "Bozhe moi Dallas I meant in the future, as in after a few years of marriage, I understand that a baby is no easy task, but still…" She placed her hand on his and said lovingly. "I would love to bring new life into this world with you, and only you."
She slowly crawled on top of him in the fetal position and just started kissing him, she slowly slid down the length of his entire body just placing tiny kisses every few centimeters until she stopped at his waste, he bit down on his bottom lip as he felt her lips grace his shaft after pulling down his underwear. Their time spent together lasted up until three o'clock in the morning, around that time Dallas had found himself handcuffed with his hands behind his back and around the lightning rod as Valentina just had her way with him, sweat drenched them both as she worked her hips back and forth trying to satisfy him, both teens moaning loud enough to be heard for miles it would seem, Dallas could hardly breathe as she kept the pace fast and rhythmic for the two of them. After an hour had passed he'd finally had enough and could carry on no further, this was certain as well when he passed out from exhaustion.
Valentina helped him sit in a more comfortable position just before she got dressed, packed up all of her things then left him there at the top of the tower, she let out a small tear of sorrow as she had to come to make peace with the reality that she was now creating, she was leaving him and sadly for the both of them, she wasn't coming back. "I'm sorry beloved, but…I can't do this to you, I can't bring you into this life, not after you've already gotten out of your old one." She said as she entered the elevator, closed the door behind her, and just cried until her heart was content.
Eventually dawn came creeping over the buildings of Seattle, the sun bringing Dallas out of his slumber, he yawned as he woke and slowly opened his eyes. "Morning babe…" He said to his lover, who unfortunately was no longer there, he looked around for her as he became fully awake. "Val? Valentina? Baby? Light of my life?" He called out to her, he then rolled his eyes and said. "Okay babe jokes over, you can uncuff me now." But she didn't respond. "Val, I'd really like to get out of these please, seriously their cutting my wrists." He just kept on calling out to her thinking this was all just a bad joke. "God damn her, okay then be that way babe." He said as he then dislocated his thumb and freed himself from the cuffs, he then collected his underwear then hopped down from the roof and entered the café still expecting her to be joking around. "Okay Val enough's enough time to end this little…" He paused when he noticed a note stuck to the door of the elevator, he walked over to it and pulled it off and read it to himself.
Dearest Dallas, if you are reading this then I am long gone, and in case you think this is some little joke I'm playing I can assure you I am not making a joke when I say this. You see my love I brought you here last night because I discovered something that startled me to my very core, an old enemy of mine who I thought I'd killed a year ago back in London was still alive, and hunting me, and to make things worse he found out about you, or at least that is what my contacts told me, I'm sorry to do this to you my love, but in order to protect you…
He started to shed tears of pain as he read the last few lines.
…I must break your heart, I am sorry to leave you Dallas more then you realize, now I know very well that you would runaway with me if I'd said the word but that is exactly what he wants for you to do, believe me my love no one hates me more than I do right now, but I must protect you from him, or he'll just kill you to get to me, goodbye my dorogoy…Valentina. P.S. Don't come looking for me and don't tell anyone that you know me, it will be safer for you to never see me again.
He then began to sob as he came to face the reality that he was alone again, and that she was never coming back. "Val…why? Why didn't you just tell me?" He asked as he crushed the envelope of the note in his hand, that's when he felt it, a hard stone on the inside of the envelope, he dumped it out and found that she'd left behind something else for him, a spider shaped pendent, which was her usual calling card for her targets she would usually sleep with just before killing them. "Is this just to mock me?" He asked to no one. "I can't believe she would actually go that far, just to go and break my heart!" He then walked outside of the café and prepared to throw the pendent away never to be seen again, but something in him stopped him, he didn't know what it was but it kept him from getting rid of it, even if every time he'd look at it…it would remind him of the giant whole she'd left in his heart.
Present day…
Iktomi just stared at her, he was happy to see her of course but at the same time he was mad at her for leaving him so abruptly as she did. God damn little bitch, he cursed in his head as he remembered the moment he woke up perfectly. "What is it you want then…Black widow right? I'm afraid my Russian isn't what it used to be." He said casually.
She just smiled up at him and said. "Well two things come to mind…" She gently pressed her hand up against his sex flirtatiously before she continued. "This comes to mind especially."
Oh fuck why does she have to be so damn sexy? He asked mentally, I hate you I hate you I HATE YOU. "A-a-and…the other?" He asked while still trying his best to keep his head on straight.
She then pulled her hand away and said. "I believe you and I are hunting for the same man, a gang leader by the name of Antonio Lorenzo yes?"
Iktomi raised a brow and said. "I'm listening…" He was intrigued by her offer, he knew it wouldn't be easy going after him on his own but with the help of the second deadliest assassin in the world it would be much easier.
She then smiled and said. "I see no reason for us to fight dorogoy, so let us…how you say…strike bargain yes? My offer is simple, help me find the Mu'dak so I may kill him for my employer, and in return…well I think I've already made that part very clear as it is. So what do you say dorogoy? You in or out? As they say."
Iktomi thought about it for a second then repeated just about everything to her. "Hmm…I help you find Lorenzo, you help me take him down for good, and in the end I get to sleep with a dangerous chick like you, a chick who's well known for killing just about everyone she's ever slept with…or I just go off and take him down on my own and not get laid by a dangerous woman who might kill me after she fucks me." He only said this in jest as he already knew that she only killed some of her targets this way, but ultimately he chose to accept her deal for more than one reason. It's been a while sense I've gotten any, he thought to himself, plus I've missed her too, and she still holds a place in my heart, and I'll finally be able to take down Lorenzo with her help. "Alright ma'am you've got a deal, just remember though…" He pulled her in close to him and made eye contact. "You screw me over in the end instead of just screw me and I promise you that you'll be the first black widow that was ever killed by her mate."
She smiled then said back to him very flirtatiously. "Oh darling…I promise you when I make a deal I never break it until it's over." She placed a kiss on his cheek as she pulled away from him, she then took notice of his miraculous, it looked very familiar to her as well. "Where did you get that pendent?" She asked as she tried to touch it.
Iktomi was quick to grab her hand and warn her of the danger. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, there's a protective spell put on my miraculous by a god, and anyone who isn't descendant from my family will die, trust me, Ladybug almost did when she tried to take it away from me."
She needed no convincing, if jewelry that turned teenagers into superheroes were real than it wasn't too hard for her to accept that a gods magic was also at work here. "Oh, I see…well then, may I ask who gave it to you?"
He looked away from her and said. "Someone I used to love, someone who…broke my heart and never came back." He then knelt down and grabbed the netted up thug then began to drag the guy out the front door with both Iktomi and the Black widow leaving the casino. He dragged Bernard out to his motorcycle then used the same magical webbing as before then he tied him to the bike. Iktomi then drove to the Eiffel tower where he carried Bernard up to the very top of the tower to interrogate him.
"AAAAAAH!" He screamed as Iktomi held him over the edge of the tower. "YOUR FUCKING CRAZY MAN!" He shouted up at him.
"Just tell me what I want to know and you can go Bernard you have my word." Iktomi stated a half truth. "Where is your boss hiding?"
"LET ME GO, PLEASE!" He pleaded to his captor.
Iktomi shrugged and said casually. "Okay…" He just let go of the net and let Bernard fall about fifty feet before he shot a web down and caught him, then he began to pull him back up. "Wanna try that again Berny?" Iktomi asked with an aggressive tone.
"I-I-I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING THE BOSS WILL KILL ME!" Bernard said back.
"And if you don't then I'll kill you and just move on to the next guy, is that what you want?" Iktomi then let him drop down again to add a little more incentive, this time he let him fall even farther but still managed to stop him from falling to his death then pulled him back up. "We can do this all night Bernard, or you can put an end to all of this, TELL ME WHERE LORENZO IS OR I SWEAR TO GOD THE NEXT TIME I MIGHT NOT STOP YOU BEFORE YOU'RE REDUCED TO A STAIN ON THE GROUND!"
Bernard just gulped hard knowing that this was a lose-lose situation for him, he knew that if his boss found out that he'd betrayed his trust then there'd be a hit put out on his head, but if he stayed quiet he had a feeling he was gonna die, he didn't know Iktomi's MO very well and wasn't sure if he was above killing people or not, he then came up with a small plan. "Are you gonna take him down? Is that your plan?" He asked twice. Iktomi nodded his head yes. "If I tell you…then you gotta make sure that he doesn't find out I screwed him otherwise I'm dead, okay?"
Iktomi smiled under the mask and said. "See? I knew we could come to an agreement, now where is he?"
"He's organizing the races tonight in the junk yard tonight." Bernard answered honestly. "Every single gang in town is gonna be there, every mob boss and gang leader is invited to it too."
This new information made Iktomi's smile grow even bigger, he could take down not just the rollers but every gang in the city too. "Thanks Berny, you've been very helpful." He then pulled Bernard back in over the ledge then through him into the side of the office at the top of the tower then just webbed him up for police to get him later. "Did you enjoy the show?" He asked to the Black widow who was just sitting on top of the office sharpening one of her knives to pass the time.
"Dah, I must say your interrogation tactics are…how you say…very unique." She said as she put her knife away and hopped off the top of the office to meet him down below. "But why would the Romani rollers be organizing races in a junk yard?"
Iktomi looked at her with a puzzled look and said. "Well their called the rollers for a reason, they organize street races all the time, though they usually don't hold them in such a confined space."
"Exactly my point, all of those gangs all together in one place an a very confined space, I don't think he chose this place for discretion, I think he chose it as a trap for you." She pointed out to him.
Iktomi came to realize that she was right, ever sense he started to hit Lorenzo's operations more frequently he had been throwing everything at him to try and put an end to his medaling, but that didn't really help him much sense he had the power of a miraculous to help him out. Of course back then Iktomi was only going after one gang, tonight he'd be going after all of them, as good as he was Iktomi wasn't invincible, he needed help, and one person wasn't going to be enough to change the odds, even if she was the second deadliest assassin in the world.
"If this is a trap then there's only one thing to do, I need my teammates." He said as he pressed a button that had 'magically' appeared on the side of his tomahawk the night he'd used it for creating the spider miraculous, a screen then appeared on the flat of the blade then he scrolled threw the contacts and selected the one he was looking for. "Ladybug, this is Iktomi, I'm finally going after Lorenzo tonight but I'm gonna need the team, every last one of them."
three weeks ago…
Before Dallas would make his final decision to be apart of the miraculous team let alone even consider working with others, mainly because he preferred to work alone, he discovered that Ladybug had added a few more members to the team, members such as Bunnix, Viperion, Ryuko, Pegasus and Monkey-king, he was already aware of the other three members of the team such as Rena Rouge, Carapace and Queen bee, but he didn't really remember how their fighting style was after he was de-evilized by Ladybug, and he personally wanted to see what they were made of, all at once.
It was ten at night as Ladybug had once again made her way to see Alix who was once again finishing her nightly routine by brushing her teeth, as she made her way to her room her jaw dropped when she saw both Ladybug and Cat Noir in her room, then her face lit up with excitement as she knew what they were both there for. "Is this what I think it is?" She begged as she folded her hands together.
Ladybug couldn't help but grin then said. "Alix Kubdel, in my hand I hold the Rabbit miraculous, which as you already know grants the power of the last chance, you will use it for the greater good and return it once the mission is complete."
Before Alix opened the box holding her miraculous she looked over to see Cat then she asked casually. "Let me guess, you wanted to see the look on my face when I finally became a member of the team right?"
Cat grinned then said. "I pawsitively couldn't help myself, especially sense my lady purrfers that she be the only one to know the true identities of our teammates, but seeing as we both already know about your true identity she had purrty much no argument against me."
"Cat quit goofing off already." Ladybug said politely as she handed Alix her miraculous.
Alix didn't hesitate as she took the box and opened it, then just like before a small sphere of light emerged from the box only this time it was light blue, the sphere slowly turned into a tiny white rabbit kwami, Fluff opened her eyes then began to introduce herself. "Hi there nice to meet you I'm…"
"Fluff!" Alix interrupted her new kwami, who was very confused as to how she already knew her name. "It's so great to see you again." She said with excitement.
Fluff then started to babble. "Again, oh it must've been some kind of time anomaly, or future self coming back in time to warn you about something, or possibly even a descendant of yours come back to protect you from…" She speculated so much that Ladybug just had to put a stop to her speculations.
"It was her future self, she came back in time to help us with a villain named Time-tagger, so sense then Alix here has been eagerly awaiting her time in the sun, so now it's time for her to join the team, as Bunnix." Ladybug said with a grin.
"Oh…well then I guess that means for once I don't have to explain anything, okay Alix you know what to do." Fluff said as she spun her ears in a circle like a pair of hands on a clock.
Alix picked up the watch then held it in front of her then said. "I am so ready for this. Fluff, Clockwise." Within an instant a flash of light blue light transformed Alix into her superhero persona Bunnix. The next thing she did was marvel herself in the mirror. "AH, I look just as cute as I remember, oh this is so fantastic I can't even begin to contain myself." She squealed as she hopped up and down, which Ladybug and Cat Noir both found slightly ironic given that she had the rabbit miraculous. "Okay enough admiring myself in the mirror, you guys came here for a reason and I'm betting there's an akumaa that needs it's butt kicked." She said as she turned around and punched her fist into her palm.
Ladybug bobbed her head from side to side slightly then said. "Uh…not exactly, but you are definitely needed tonight for what we have planned." She handed Bunnix a slip of paper and continued. "Head to this warehouse on the west docks and wait for us there with the others. We'll send them that way too so don't worry about them okay?"
Bunnix took a look at the paper and nodded her head then said. "You got it Ladybug." With that done all three hero's took off to either rendezvous at the warehouse or gather the rest of the team. Off in the distance Iktomi was watching from a far at this new rabbit based superhero.
"So she is this so called Bunnix huh?" He asked to himself as he spied on her with a pair of binoculars. "She just screams rookie superhero, I honestly don't expect her to last longer than a few seconds for what I have planned for them all tonight." Iktomi was already well aware of her ability to jump through portals in time but he was still confident in his abilities, and his plan to test the limits of all the teams powers.
In another part of town Kim was at the public pool just about ready to pack up and go home after some late night swimming practice, as soon as he opened his locker that's when he saw it, the jewelry box containing his miraculous, his face lit with excitement as he knew what this meant. "Aw sweet, time for some monkeying around, ha good one dude." He said to himself and opened up the box, then out flew a sphere of yellow light from the box eventually turning into the monkey kwami Xuppu. "Hey little buddy been a while." Kim greeted warmly.
"Nice to see you too ya nitwit." He replied just before he made a funny face at his owner, to which Kim retaliated with his own funny face thus turning their reunion into a funny face war.
Just outside of the room Iktomi was just observing the whole transaction, and not really sure what was going on other than the two of them goofing off. "Yeah, monkey boy's going down first, he doesn't take anything serious, which will be his down fall sooner or later if he's not careful."
"HEY, didn't I tell you your not supposed to know their true identities?" A voice growled from behind Iktomi, he whipped around fast and saw Ladybug standing right behind him.
"Don't…freaking do that, I have a serious problem with people sneaking up on me, mainly because I was attacked by a mountain lion when I was eight." He whispered back to her. "Besides, if this ends the way I think it will I'm gonna need to know who your team is under the masks for private training lessons, just in case, plus it seems you keep forgetting the golden rule, I…don't…do…what I'm told, it's kind of a part of being a rebel sweetheart."
She narrowed her eyes at him with annoyance. "Just be ready for your dumb plan." She said feeling agitated with him as she walked in to tell Kim what was about to go down, she cleared her throat to get his attention, Kim and Xuppu quickly turned and faced her abruptly putting their funny face war on hold.
"Oh hey Ladybug didn't see you there." Kim greeted with a sheepish wave.
"You really shouldn't just mess around like this when your in a public place Kim, even if it seems to be emptied of people say for yourself." Ladybug stated with a firm voice. "You never know if someone is watching you from around the corner."
Kim then rubbed the back of his neck and blushed a little bit. "Uh…yeah, I guess you're probably right, so what's going down to night? Another akumaa attack?" He guessed as he placed the circlet on his head.
"Not exactly, tonight were doing something different, the whole team is gonna be there this time…" She replied as she handed him a piece of paper. "Be there within the hour, I've gotta go now and get the others ready to go." With that done she took off to deliver the next miraculous.
"You can count on me Ladybug…" He called out to her. "Xuppu, showtime." He exclaimed transforming himself into Monkey-king in a flash of yellow light, once he had become his superhero persona he took off to the location chosen for him.
On the other side of town in her penthouse Chloe was once again doing what she did best, make other people's lives miserable. "Blech, what is this? Raw sewage? I told you I wanted something of fine quality not…what is this even supposed to be? You know what I don't care, just throw it away and bring me something that I'll actually want to eat like flambé or sushi, literally anything would taste better than this garbage." She scolded her chef as she shoved back a bowl of broccoli and cheese soup to her then slammed the door in her face. "Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous." She stomped back over to the couch then plopped down and reached for the remote to the TV then put it on project runway.
"Seriously, how do you put up with that little cunt?" Iktomi asked Cat Noir as they apparently remained unnoticed by Chloe even when they weren't even trying to stay out of sight. "I mean if it were me I would've slit her throat by now."
Cat just shrugged his shoulders and said. "It kinda helps when you grow up with her."
"Well I guarantee that if I'd grown up with her I probably would've drowned her in the toilet before she tried and failed miserably to grow tits." Iktomi replied without a shred of guilt. "But just for shits and grins I'd piss in the toilet first." He chuckled as he imagined the whole scenario unfold in his head.
"Your disgusting Dallas." Cat replied as he crossed his arms.
"CODENAMES REMEMBER!" Iktomi cried out.
Cat quickly realized his mistake then corrected himself. "Oh right sorry, Iktomi." He then walked over to the glass door of the penthouse and just knocked. During this time Iktomi took this as his cue to leave before Chloe saw him, he had to keep his involvement with them at a minimum until the entire team was summoned to the warehouse.
Chloe looked over to the door and saw Cat Noir standing there with her miraculous. "Perfect timing, just when I was feeling board as well." She said as she turned off the TV and walked over to the door and opened it up for Cat Noir. "Let me guess, the usual problem?" She guessed as she folded her arms and grinned at Cat.
"Well no…but we still need you for something tonight." He admitted as he handed Chloe her miraculous and a note. "Make sure you're at this location within the hour."
Before he took off she halted him. "Hold it kitty cat, what's this about exactly?" She asked with a frown.
He turned to her and said. "I'm afurraid that I'm not at liberty to say Ms. Bourgeois, that would ruin the surpurrise." He punned just before he took off and leapt off the building.
That's when Chloe started to put her mind to work, she quickly came up with the conclusion that they were throwing a party, for her. "Oh my gosh…their going to throw me a lovely little bash, oh I'm so excited, I'll bet their going to give me all sorts of presents and tell me all the things they love about me the most."
On a lower ledge Iktomi was just listening in on her squealing with joy, he just shook his head and said. "Jeez, this girl is just as self-absorbed as she is clueless." He then leapt off the edge then hooked his tomahawk on a lamp post and took off after Cat Noir who had just arrived at another penthouse which was the home of his friend Kagami, Iktomi chose to stay far away from her this time, he didn't want her to figure it out too soon what was actually being planned for the team, he also didn't want to run the risk of calling him out on his secret identity. "So samurai girl is the dragon-tiger huh…?" He asked as he rubbed his chin. "Makes sense, she's the only one I know with such a kick ass style of swords play, well other than her mom that is."
(A/N: Just to let you guys know that's literally what Ryuko means in Japanese, and to be honest I guess it makes sense, after all she fights like a tiger but with the power of dragons, but I think it's safe to say it sounds better in Japanese.)
Kagami was in her room simply performing a few kendo techniques before bed, when she heard a knock at her bedroom window, she turned and saw the smiling face of Cat Noir hanging from the ledge, she put her practice sword down and walked over to the window then opened it wide. "What are you doing here?" She asked in a whisper.
"Long story short we're having a little get together tonight, interested?" He replied as he held out her miraculous and a note. "Cause if you are then make sure your there within the hour, though I have a feline that I already know your answer." He grinned as he took off.
Kagami read the note to herself, then she opened up the box and out flew a red sphere of light which slowly turned into Longg. "Greetings Kagami san…" He said with a bow. "It is wonderful to see you again."
"It's good to see you two Longg…" She greeted back with her own bow, she then took the choker out of the box then put it around her neck. "I hope my mother doesn't notice I'm gone, but then again she doesn't usually check up on me at this time of night so it should be fine for me to leave for a while. Longg, bring the storm." With a single red flash of light she transformed into Ryuko, she then proceeded out the window, as she leapt out the window and landed on another building below she saw a figure out the corner of her eye, but when she turned her head toward them they had disappeared from sight. "Could that have been…Iktomi?" She thought out loud, but then she remembered why she was out and about in the first place and continued to the warehouse.
Not far from where she saw him Iktomi stood pondering to himself. "She's gonna be the one to beat, not just because of her power but because of her skill, but then again Viperion and Pegasus might be a bit of a challenge as well, what with their abilities to rewind time and teleport, I'll have to think of a good strategy to over come them all." He said as he took off down the street swinging from building to building.
Down by the river Luka had just gotten his sister to sleep, ever sense her attempt to tell Rose how she felt about her went up in flames she had been an emotional wreck at home, she hardly ate anything or talked to anyone who wasn't her family, she only ever ate lunch alone and even stopped talking to Rose, she even went as far as to stop sitting next to her in class, she felt so embarrassed by what she had done she had no idea how to fix it, but as long as she had her family she would get through it and at this point in time she had their full support from both her mother and brother. "God I wish I had my miraculous back then, I might've been able to stop her from making a fool of herself, I just hope that Rose understands." He worried aloud as he just rested his head on the outside of the door, he felt partly to blame for what had happened. "I knew that she wasn't ready, and yet I still let her do it, I'm the worst brother…" He paused when he heard the creak of his bedroom portal open from down the hall, he then proceeded to his bedroom, he looked inside to see a jewelry box sitting on the ledge with a note stuck to it. He picked up the note and read it to himself.
Mandatory meeting at the docks, warehouse D-12, be there in one hour.
He didn't really want to leave his sister alone even if she was already asleep, but he knew his mother could handle her if need be. He then opened the box and out flew a sphere of light green light which slowly turned into Sass.
"Greetingssss Luka…" He said with a slight hiss. "It's wonderful to sssee you again."
Luka put on a fake smile trying to look happy to see his kwami as best he could. "It's great to see you too Sass." He said with an obviously forced joyful tone.
Which Sass quickly picked up on. "Isssss everything alright?" He asked with concern. "You sound happy to sssee me, but your joy issss very…forced."
Luka's forced grin quickly turned into a frown then he just sighed and asked back. "Is it that obvious?"
Sass simply nodded his head at him before he asked again. "Has something happened my friend?"
Luka looked away slightly before he answered honestly. "It's…my sister Juleka, she recently told her best friend that…well not so much as tell as much as show how she truly felt about her. Now she's turned into an emotional wreck, she barely eats, she doesn't talk to anyone other than me and mom and I don't know what to do."
Sass felt nothing but sympathy for Luka's sister at this time. "If you'd like you can just stay home tonight, I'm sure Ladybug wouldn't mind too much given the situation." He offered with a sympathetic tone.
"No, the note said that this is a mandatory meeting so I have to be there. Besides I'm sure mom can handle looking after her by herself. I hope." Luka replied hoping that he wouldn't later regret leaving his sister while she was in this state. "Sass, scales slither." In an instant he transformed into Viperion then took off completely unaware that Iktomi had just bore witness to his transformation.
"Luka is Viperion eh?" He said to himself. "Well it's a good thing this mask covers the lower half of my face otherwise he'd see my guilt." He sighed as he still recalled the day he'd screwed up everything for Juleka and Rose, or at least that's how he saw it. "I will make it right for you Juley, even if it kills me I will fix what I've done god as my witness." He then took off down the street toward the location of another member of the team.
Max was out late at a 24 hour internet café working on a new AI program for his robot friend Markov, he'd just finished and began to take his leave when he noticed something very familiar just sitting on the counter waiting for him along with a note. "Ladybug and Cat Noir must need me, I'd better not waste time." He said as he rushed over to collect his miraculous, he read the note then took off down the street and ducked into an alley to transform.
He opened the box and out flew a light blue sphere of light which slowly turned into Kaalki. "Oh hello Maxwell, a pleasure as always. I trust you've been keeping busy sense the last time we transformed." She asked sounding as stuck up and snooty as always.
"Hi Kaalki, nice to see you too. So what's this meeting about exactly?" Max asked back as he swapped out his glasses for his miraculous.
"Sorry Maxwell but I'm afraid that I'm not at liberty to say, all you need to know for the moment is that Ladybug has something planned for you all tonight and it's going to be big, if you want to know more then I suggest we get transformed and get a move on then. Come now don't doddle." She said as she folded her arms floating patiently.
Max just sighed knowing full well there was no point in arguing with her. "Alright fair enough, let's get going, Kaalki, full gallop." He exclaimed just before he was transformed into Pegasus, he then began to leap off the walls of the alley and up to the rooftops then headed toward the docks completely unaware that Iktomi had been watching him.
"Huh…so that's what Morphias would look like if he had hair, very Jamaican like eh mon?" Iktomi joked from across the street. "Oh when I leave France I am so going back to Jamaica." He then tossed his knife into the side of a building and swung off.
Meanwhile Ladybug was almost at her final drop off for Alya and Nino who as luck would have it they were on a date and even luckier the two of them were just finishing up with dinner at a restaurant that Adrien had helped them get a reservation for. "Thanks so much for taking me out here babe, dinner was perfect." Alya said as she placed a kiss on his cheek.
"Aw come on babe your making me blush." Nino replied as his face started to turn a bright red.
"Although…I think I'm gonna enjoy dessert a lot more." She added as she began to tug him into an Alley.
To say that Nino was confused would be an understatement, he honestly had no idea why they were heading this way let alone for what purpose, or why 'dessert' would be down a dark alley. "Uh Alya…where are we going?" He asked innocently.
She looked back at him then said. "We're already there turtle boy." She then stopped then shoved him up against the wall then slowly slid her hands down his chest and stopped at his belt line, he was about to ask what she was doing but she just placed a finger on his lips and shushed him. "Don't speak, just relax…and try to enjoy yourself."
He needed no more words to explain what she was about to do with him, or to him for that matter, his face began to turn as red as a tomato upon hearing those words. But sadly for the both of them Ladybug had dropped down from the side and interrupted them. "Excuse me…" She announced to the two lovebirds whom she'd basically just walked in on, both looked at her with a look of shock.
"Good god LB, don't you know it's rude to sneak up on a sister like that?" Alya complained as their romantic moment was rudely interrupted by her idol.
"Sorry guys, I know I've told you that your intitled to your love life but I'm afraid I need you both tonight for something important." Ladybug replied with an apologetic tone as she held out their miraculous along with a note.
Alya groaned as she had to put their romantic evening on hold until after they were finished with what ever Ladybug needed from them. "Fine, but you owe me a personal one on one interview for this one missy." She stated as she snatched her miraculous out of Ladybug's hand.
"Okay, so what's going down, another akumaa attack?" Nino asked as he too took his miraculous
"Everything you need to know is on the note, I'll see you soon, bug out." Ladybug replied as she hooked her yo-yo onto a lamp post and took off.
Alya growled and said. "What ever this is it had better be good, we were this close to finishing this date off right." She opened up her jewelry box then out flew an orange sphere of light, it slowly turned into Trixx who greeted Alya warmly.
"Hi Alya great to see ya, you ready for another fight?" He said as he threw a few playful punches at nothing.
Alya nodded her head and said. "Trixx, let's pounce." With her usual flash of orange light she turned into Rena Rouge, be it a very grumpy one due to the fact her moment of passion was interrupted by Ladybug. "Okay, let's get going babe."
Nino nodded then opened his jewelry box releasing a sphere of green light which slowly turned into Wayzz, who smiled as he saw the sight of his owner. "Nino my friend, it is wonderful to see you again." He greeted wholeheartedly.
"Great to see you too dude, okay let's do this, Wayzz, shell on." Nino exclaimed transforming himself into Carapace with a flash of green light. But before they took off Carapace just had to ask. "Hey uh babe? About what we were about to do a minute ago…"
"Yes Nino…I was about to give you a blowjob." She said flatly.
"Not that…" He started up again, but just before he could say anything else she interrupted him.
"Yes I'm on the pill, I have been for the past two weeks to try and regulate my period so I figured EH, why not, that's what their for right?" She said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Not that either babe…" He said yet again.
She started to get annoyed then asked with a bit of anger. "Then what? What is it?"
"Why…were you…or we…gonna…do it? I mean it's pretty obvious I wasn't gonna say no but…why? Why would you wanna do that now?" He asked feeling sincerely awkward, even though he probably should've been just as eager for it as she was he was just confused.
She then sighed and facepalmed just before she said. "Either because you were taking too long to make the first move, or because I was horny tonight, pick one." And with that said Rena started to parkour off the walls and up to the rooftops of the alley, Carapace just shrugged then followed after her.
"Damn…" Iktomi voiced as he walked out from the opposite end of the alley. "That girl is just as straight forward as Valentina was for our first time. Only she didn't blow me until our third date, she must've really been horny."
One hour later…
The entire team had gathered to the warehouse just outside of the door with the number D-12 painted on it, Queen bee was still feeling as though she was being celebrated by her entire team and made it very clear that she had high expectations from them all. "Greetings simpletons, the guest of honor has arrived." She said as she strutted past them all and to the door.
"Hold on their Chloe…" Rena Started up as she placed her hand on Queen bee's shoulder.
She quickly whipped around and shouted with annoyance. "That's Queen bee to you Rena, how many times must we go through this? Do you have any idea of how many times we have to go over this? So often that it's just ridiculous, utterly ridiculous."
Viperion then leaned in toward Carapace and asked. "Is it just me or is she even more of a bitch when she's in costume?"
"Aw dude you have no idea." He replied with a grin.
"Anyway before her royal bitchyness…started running her mouth again…" Rena said in reference to Queen bee before the very person in question interrupted.
"HEY, I am not a bitch, everyone adores me." She denied yet again.
"Right, and snakes are just lizards without legs." Ryuko announced with sarcasm as she too didn't like Chloe much either.
Rena then put her hand over Queen Bee's mouth and finished what she was going to say. "LIKE I WAS SAYING…" She spoke a little louder as if discreetly telling everyone not to interrupt her. "I think we have a new member on the team that we need to get to know…" She gestured over to Bunnix who looked just as excited to be on the team as the night she was Katrina Noir. "So what's your name newb?" She asked as she uncovered Queen bee's mouth.
"I'm…" Bunnix's voice began to squeak, then she cleared her throat and started over. "I'm Bunnix, holder of the Rabbit miraculous which allows me the power of the last chance, in other words I can travel through time and use that to my advantage to overcome my enemies. But just so we're clear I've technically been on the team before, you know when we went after Hellcat together?" She pointed out to Rena, Carapace and Queen bee.
Upon closer examination Rena noticed that she wasn't joking, she had the same height, body type, hair and eyes as well. "No…way…Katrina?" Rena gasped with surprise. "I guess you must've impressed Ladybug enough to give you your own miraculous, and I've gotta say girl you look super cute in that super suit."
Queen bee just turned her nose up and said. "Whatever, that outfit looks atrocious, and that codename is even worse than the last one she had."
But Bunnix would not let Queen bee get to her, not this time, she was in that good of a mood that not even rude comments could break her spirit. As for the rest of the team they were much more polite and welcoming than Queen bee was toward their new team mate. "Nice to meet you Bunnix, I'm Monkey-king…" He introduced himself following the remaining members of the team. "This is Viperion, Ryuko and Pegasus."
Ryuko was next to welcome her new sister in arms. "It is an honor to meet you…" She said with a bow. "If ladybug has deemed you worthy of your miraculous then she must have a good reason, therefore I'm sure you will fight with a warrior's spirit as we all do."
Bunnix found this statement to be both endearing as well as awkward, but she took it none the less. "Uh…thanks…I guess." She replied as she felt a little weird by how neutral her tone was.
"It's good to have you on the team Bunnix." Viperion said with a smile.
She simply froze like a deer caught in the headlights as she stared into his lush green eyes, oh my gosh…he is so hot, she thought to herself, then she shook herself out of her trance and got back to the introductions. "Uh thanks, I'm really looking forward to working with you guys a little more."
Bunnix however wasn't the only one caught in a trance however, just behind her Pegasus was just staring at her, his heart rate picked up, his eyes were fixated solely on her, he was absolutely mesmerized by how beautiful she looked in her costume. I have to have her, he thought to himself. She then turned toward Pegasus and saw his mouth was a gape. "Uh…is he okay?" She asked to literally anyone.
Carapace just waved his hand in front of Pegasus's face to try and get his attention, but there was no response. "Uh…Pegasus? You in there man?" He said as he snapped his fingers next to his ears a few times.
Thankfully it worked and he snapped back to reality. "I'M FINE." He squeaked as he stood in attention. Everyone else just exchanged a look, a look that basically asked everyone, what's up with him.
"Alright enough of this already…" Queen bee snapped. "Let's just get inside so I can enjoy my party, and you guys had better of gotten me some amazing gifts…hey, where are my gifts from you guys?" She asked with confusion.
"What are you talking about?" Rena asked slightly annoyed. "This isn't a party we're going to this is a mandatory meeting of the team, what made you think it was a party let alone a party for you?" She asked as she pointed at her.
"Well because I'm so fantastic as a super heroin and amazingly amazing, so it's not as though I don't deserve it." She replied with a smug tone and smile.
The rest of the team just glared at her, not just because of how selfish she was but because of how annoying she was. Can't believe I ever wanted to fuck her, Monkey-king thought to himself. "Yeah I don't think that Ladybug or Cat Noir would throw a party for you Chloe, especially sense your half the reason why people get akumitized in this town." He pointed out flatly.
Queen bee just glared at Monkey-king with utter hatred then said. "How dare you, I am not even a quarter reason why anyone gets akumitized in this town, and it's Queen bee you inbred little baboon."
"And you wonder why you have no friends other than that Sebrina girl." Rena laminated at the same time as calling bullshit on her.
"That's not true, I have…tons of friends, in fact I have so many friends that I can't even keep track of them all unless I have a list of there names written down." She lied to try and hide the truth, but no one believed her.
While the rest of the team were busy arguing with Queen bee, Viperion took a moment to realize something, it was quiet inside the building, too quiet, he didn't like it one bit, usually when ever the team was needed Ladybug and Cat Noir would both be there to greet them. "Something is really wrong here…" He voiced sensing that there was something else in play.
On the other side of the door Iktomi, Marinette and Adrien were all waiting for them all as Iktomi finished with the last minute preparations for his little plan to test the team's abilities to see if they needed any extra training. "I'm surprised that you two can get anything done with those idiots babbling all the time when you need them." Iktomi said as he finished tightening up the ropes he'd tied both Adrien and Marinette in to help give the team a little incentive as well as a clear goal to try and achieve.
"OW! Could you take it easy on those ropes please?" Adrien asked as he felt the rope burn against his skin.
"Oh don't be such a baby, it's not that tight." Iktomi replied as he stepped back and got into position.
"Hey Dallas?" Marinette began to ask him a question only for him to interrupt.
"Iktomi, when I'm in the field call me…Iktomi." He said as he turned back to her.
"Oh right…sorry, still not used to that. Anyway I've been wondering, how did you manage to slip out of my yo-yo so easily that night you and I fought?" She asked bluntly.
Iktomi smiled under the mask then replied. "Oh it's a really easy trick to learn, all you have to do is take in a deep breath and flex your muscles at the same time just as whoever is tying you up, then when you have a chance you just relax your body and empty your lungs and they slip right off, it's that simple."
He then turned around and saw the door was finally opening, he then pressed a button on a remote that killed the lights, then he threw his knife up into the ceiling of the warehouse then zipped up to the rafters. "Showtime…" Adrien whispered to his girlfriend as they just sat tied up back to back in their own individual chair.
"Wow it sure is dark in here." Rena stated as she led the team inside.
"See Chloe…" Bunnix started to point out. "There's no party and your not the guest of honor."
Just as Queen bee was about to tell her to shut her mouth a voice called out from above them. "Actually Bunnix there is a party going on tonight." The whole team started to pull their weapons and take their fighting stances as they searched for the owner of the voice as it echoed in the darkness. "It's a rescue party." Iktomi then pressed the button again and all the lights flipped on revealing to everyone the two teens being held 'captive'.
"ADRIKENS!" Queen bee cried as she rushed over to help Adrien, and also Marinette but mostly against her will.
"CHLOE NO!" He cried trying to halt her advance but it was too late as she stepped in a strategically placed tangle trap Iktomi had set up in advance, she fell down with a thud unable to escape.
"Wow, and here I thought that Monkey boy would be first to go down…" Iktomi said just before he dropped down and landed with style then slowly rose dramatically before he continued. "Silly me."
The whole team then narrowed their eyes at Iktomi with anger, for each and everyone of them was close to the couple being held in the warehouse by the masked teen standing before them. "I knew it!" Rena seethed with anger. "I knew you weren't a hero, only a villain would pull something like this on a couple of innocents."
"Let them go Iktomi…" Ryuko demanded as she pointed her sword at him. "Or face our combined wrath."
"I'd do what the lady says…" Viperion added as he stepped forward. "You're out numbered eight…" He then realized they were down by one. "Uh…seven to one, you can't win against those odds."
Then Monkey-king stepped forward as he whirled his staff around then said. "Plus it's only a matter of time before Ladybug and Cat Noir get here so you might as well just surrender before you're really fucked."
Iktomi then started to laugh manically at his comment to sell the deception that he was actually a bad guy. "Oh…I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you." He said as he held up a plastic baggy containing both Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculous. "I've already dealt with them."
They all gasped with surprise and disbelief. "It…those can't be…" Bunnix said with shock and fear.
"That's right kiddies, I've single handedly beaten Ladybug and Cat Noir and took their miraculous as a prize, so now I'm gonna add a few more to my collection…" He said as he pulled his kusarigamahawk off his belt and started to spin the knife end around on it's chain in his left hand while holding the tomahawk in his right hand, then he continued his sentence. "By kicking all of your asses and proving once and for all that I am the greatest warrior the world has ever seen."
"We need a plan…" Pegasus whispered to everyone around him.
Viperion then whispered back to him. "I've got an idea, but I'm gonna need you, Carapace and Monkey-king for it to work."
Monkey-king grinned and said. "We're all ears Viperion."
Then all four heroes huddled up together and discussed Viperion's plan, while they spoke in hushed tones Iktomi found himself getting impatient. "Hey guys what's the hold up? Are we gonna fight or are we just gonna stand around and grow old…?" In that moment Viperion quickly whipped around and tossed his harp directly at Iktomi's midsection. Iktomi quickly fell to his knees and leaned back and just felt the breeze of the harp as it whizzed by him just inches away from his face.
"NOW!" He cried as both Carapace and Pegasus started to rush towards the walls on opposite sides of the warehouse and running along the side of the walls while Monkey-king just waited for an opening, once they had a clear line of sight each of them tossed their weapons at him, but Iktomi was prepared for the attack as he quickly hopped back onto his feet and took both ends of his weapon and shot them both at each target effectively stopping their attacks.
"UPROAR!" Monkey-king cried out activating his onetime power, then he tossed the magic banana at Iktomi hitting him dead on. Iktomi already knew of Monkey-kings ability to disrupt superpowers for at least thirty seconds so he didn't even bother to use any of his other spells he'd discovered until it wore off. "He can't use his powers until mine wares off which isn't much time so we gotta move now." He rallied to everyone.
"Fool…" Iktomi barbed as he swung his knife at them, they all ducked or dodged out of the way just in time, all though he wasn't actually trying to hurt them, just make it look good. "Do you really think it matters if I can't use my powers on you? I beat the great Cat Noir before I got my power so what hope do any of you have?" He asked twice as he played the role of the villain perfectly.
But Ryuko noticed what he said then began to ask herself mentally, wait…didn't Adrien say that Dallas had beaten Cat Noir recently?
"VENOM!" Queen bee cried out, confused as to why she was even bothering with her power Iktomi turned around and saw Queen bee was free from his trap somehow.
"WHAT?!" He said with actual confusion as he hopped backward just before she connected with his chest. "But how…how did you get out of that? I'm the only one who can…wait." He then realized he'd made a slight error in judgment toward Monkey-king's power. "Of course, I have to say I'm honestly impressed my friend." He said to Monkey-king just as he was charging at him from the side with his staff.
He quickly hopped out of the way as Monkey-king's blow hit nothing but air. "Told you that you were fucked dude." He said as he kept on swinging and missing Iktomi and forcing him to back up into Rena Rouge and Carapace, but Iktomi was one step ahead of him.
"Oh I'm far from THAT!" He retorted as he tossed his tomahawk at Carapace's shield and hooked it, with a quick yank he pulled Carapace off his feet and flying towards him and Monkey-king who didn't even realize what was going on until Carapace crashed into him.
"Eat this spider boy!" Queen bee cried as she came at him with everything she had hoping that she'd either be enough to distract him for the others or at least paralyze him.
Iktomi just kept dodging or blocking her punches and kicks as she was completely un aware of what he was setting her up to do, that's right just keep it coming cheerleader, he thought with a smirk. From directly behind him he could see Ryuko waiting and patiently circling their fight just looking for an opening for her to exploit, I wouldn't have expected any less from you my dear. When Queen bee lunged in again Iktomi caught her up in his grasp and held out her arm just above their heads all the while holding her in a choke hold.
"QUEEN BEE!" Ryuko cried out, fearing for the worst she rushed in to help her teammate but ultimately failed to see that he'd set her up for a trap. He quickly spun around and made sure to hold her arm out like a knight's lance just before she could slow down and avoid the sting.
But just before she connected with the stinger Carapace tossed his shield in the way effectively blocking the sting. "I'm not done with you Iktomi." He cried as he charged in and threw a punch at him. Iktomi then dropped his captive and let her unconscious body hit the floor then backflipped as to avoid the double collision from both heroes, but sadly for them the two crashed into each other foiling both their attacks.
"Carapace get off of me!" Ryuko shouted as her teammate had fallen on her.
He hopped back up then said apologetically. "Sorry, I was aiming for…huh?" He paused as he felt something wrap around his ankles, before he could even look down his feet were pulled out from under him then he was spun around in a circle by Iktomi's weapon. "WHOOOOOAAAA!"
He was then released just before he crashed back into Monkey-king. "Oh come on…" He said just before he was hit in the chest by his teammate again.
Iktomi began to laugh hysterically then said. "Is this really the best you guys can do? Your only down one teammate and I haven't even broken a sweat yet."
"MIRAGE!" Rena cried as she tossed an orange sphere toward Iktomi and helping Ryuko hide amongst her illusion with over a dozen clones of herself.
"Ah the old find a needle in a hay stack trick, sly fox…" Iktomi praised just before he swung his weapon again then added. "Unless I do THIS!" He slashed through all the illusions causing them to all disappear, but to his surprise the real Ryuko wasn't among them. "What the…" He voiced just before he heard her cry from above.
"WIND DRAGON!" He looked up in an instant and saw she had jumped out of the way of his attack just before she turned into a tornado, she caught him up in it and he went spinning all over the place, until he threw his knife into the floor and reeled himself back to the ground. "I knew it, I knew you'd have to be the one to beat, knew that right from the start!" He called out to her.
She slowly transformed back to her original form and landed gracefully on the ground just three feet in front of him. She then pointed her sword at his face and said. "This is your last warning, surrender now or else…"
Before she could finish her warning he reached out with his hand and shouted. "TANGLE!" That's when a red sphere of light burst forth and wrapped her up in the same net that had caught Queen bee. "Yes, I knew it was only a matter of time before my power went back to normal, and now my dear it looks like your all tied up." He punned as he stood back up and collected his weapon.
"And it looks like you've got a black eye!" Rena cried as she swung her flute at Iktomi who fell to his knees then hopped up on one hand then kicked her in the stomach sending her back a few feet.
"You know a sneak attack works best if you…ya know…sneak up on your opponent, it's kind of in the name." He pointed out to the now winded hero.
"Too true…water dragon." Ryuko agreed just before she transformed into water to escape the net, when he turned back to see his captive had disappeared again he felt his feet getting wet, he looked down and saw a puddle on the ground, which quickly reached up and punched him in the chin.
He flipped backwards and landed on his back, he quickly hopped back up then threw his weapon back up to the ceiling to escape her reach, or so he thought he did. "Oh come on seriously?" He groaned with annoyance as a large water like snake followed him up to the top of the building. "Fine then, BRING IT ON!" He cried out as he swung away from her, but she just followed him everywhere he went, he knew that fighting her wasn't an option while she was in her water form, it would've been suicidal to even attempt it, he just had to wait her out until she turned back.
Back on the ground Pegasus and Bunnix were trying to figure out a way to help Marinette and Adrien without getting netted, also to try and figure out how to help Ryuko catch Iktomi and put an end to the fight faster. "What do we do?" Bunnix asked her teammate.
Pegasus scratched his chin for a moment and said. "I've got an idea…"
Back up in the rafters Ryuko had just transformed back into her regular form, and she was exhausted from chasing Iktomi all over the place. "Aw too bad little lady…" He said as he smirked under the mask. "And it looks like all you've got left is your lightning power, but uh-oh, if you use that in here in this METAL warehouse then everyone gets lit up like the fourth of July, so it looks like you're out of options."
That's when Ryuko realized that he'd played her into wasting her water power so quickly. "Clever, I will give you that much Iktomi." She complemented him.
"Why do you think they call me the trickster?" He asked rhetorically, then just from behind him he saw a flash of blue, he turned around and saw both Pegasus and Bunnix leaping through his portal and finally joining the fight.
"Surprise!" They cried in unison as they leapt at him and knocked him off the rafter he was standing on.
Just before all three hit the ground Bunnix wrapped her arms around Pegasus then cried. "BURROW!" Then both of them vanished into thin air and reappeared back where they were a minute ago just as Iktomi hit the ground and landed in one of his own traps. "Who's the trickster now huh?" She mocked as she exchanged a fist bump from Pegasus.
Iktomi then snapped his fingers causing the trap to disappear from his body in a red flash. "Interesting, you two bided your time and waited for the last possible moment to catch me off guard, and while I was exhausted, I must say I'm impressed, but this fight is far from OVER!" He shouted as he held up both hands and shouted. "WEB!" Then out of the palms of his hands shot two streams of web meant to ensnare the two teen heroes.
"SHELTER!" Carapace cried as he rushed in at the last minute and deployed his dome shield and protected his teammates. "Now Monkey-king!" He cried to his teammate who then leapt into action from behind Iktomi.
He whirled his staff over his head then landed directly on top of Iktomi's shoulders, leapt off then wacked him in the face. "Son of a BITCH!" He shouted with anger as he swung both ends of his weapon at Monkey-king who blocked the attack then rebound off the shield and leapt for Iktomi again. "TANGLE!" He cried again and caught Monkey-king in another trap, he then landed with a roll until Iktomi stopped him with his foot. "I've already had it up to here with your god damn…"
"Let me guess…monkeying around?" Monkey-king punned as he looked up at Iktomi with a smug grin.
"Bullshit…" He announced flatly. "I was gonna say bullshit."
"Yeah I'm gonna call bullshit on your bullshit pal." He punned again just before Iktomi kicked him in the gut.
"Shut up." He said as he pulled his weapon back to him and readied himself for what ever attack he would be faced with. "Now then…" He began to spin around his weapon on both ends. "Where were we? Oh yes…I remember now." He then swung his weapon from both sides at the three heroes, they all ducked down, dodged or leapt over his attack.
"Let's see if I can do what she did." Bunnix said to herself as she rushed in holding the shaft of her parasol, just as Iktomi yanked back his tomahawk at her she began to slide on her back and used the hooked handle to catch his ankle then tripped him up just like she'd seen her future counterpart do to Time-tagger, he fell forward and landed on his front, Bunnix quickly hopped back up then said as she returned to a fighting stance. "Not bad for a rookie huh guys?"
She then rushed him again and held her parasol over her head ready to strike when he did a quick hand stand and held out his hand again. "TANGLE!" He cried as yet another red sphere shot at her now, but she quickly opened up her parasol and blocked the shot.
"HA, is that the best you've GAH!" She was interrupted as Iktomi tossed his tomahawk at her chest and nailing her dead center, feeling winded she stumbled backwards and stepped in another trap completely immobilizing her. "Oh come on!" She shouted as she fell over and on top of Monkey-king.
"So hey…" He started up. "This is gonna sound really gross but you might wanna avoid getting anywhere near my junk."
Bunnix's eyes snapped open by the odd remark. "Why would I even…" She paused when she saw what he was referring to, it looked as though he was pitching a tent. "Wait…do you have a hard on right now? EW!" She squealed as she tried her best not to get anywhere near his waste, or below it for that matter.
"Hey that's what happens when your girlfriend is into bondage sex." He justified, even though it only made the situation worse.
"How dare you?!" Pegasus cried as he was suddenly filled with rage for what Iktomi had done to Bunnix, he rushed in throwing his boomerang and trying his best to take him down as quickly as possible.
Iktomi found all of his shots to be relatively easy to anticipate and block as he just whipped each one of them that came at him with either side of his weapon. "You know it's not very wise to attack your opponent in anger pony boy." He joked as he swung his tomahawk over his head and toward Pegasus who quickly rolled out of the way and tossed his weapon at him again.
Iktomi blocked it yet again but as he was turning back around he was greeted with Pegasus's fist in his face along with another shot from his boomerang in his chest. "And you should know it's not nice to hit a lady!" He fired back as he rushed in and delivered a series of punches and kicks all over his opponent.
"Heads up dude!" Carapace shouted as he too charged in and tossed his shield at Iktomi, but he managed to duck down at the last second avoiding the collision and watching as it made contact with Pegasus and effectively nocking all the wind out of him.
"Honestly I thought this fight would've taken a little longer than this to get this many of your teammates down, but what should I expect from a bunch of amateurs like you…" Iktomi criticized as he turned to face Carapace who just charged in with a flying punch, he then caught his wrist then grabbed his bicep then spun him around and threw him into Pegasus. "I mean seriously, you guys are all over the place, you have no sense of strategy, no sense of anticipation, you lack discipline, focus, coordination and above all else…" He lifted up his hand and quickly shouted. "TANGLE!" And he trapped the two heroes in another net. "You lack capability."
"HAAAAAAAAARGH!" Iktomi quickly looked up to see Ryuko dropping down from the ceiling with her sword over her head ready to swing.
"You on the other hand my dear…" He paused for a brief moment as he quickly yanked his tomahawk back to his hand and used it to block her attack. "You're a different story." He shoved her back and she landed with a roll but quickly recovered herself as she stood back up in a crouched position and held her sword out to the side. "You fight like a true warrior, you have everything you need and more to beat me even without your powers, but it doesn't matter, I'm still going to win."
He then grabbed the other end of his chain and swung it around over his head then tossed it over at Ryuko but she leapt over it then charged in screaming a war cry, Iktomi just kept on swinging his weapon at her but she kept dodging each of his attacks closing the gap, once she got close enough she leapt at him with a downward slash of her sword which he was quick to block with his tomahawk, while he was blocking her sword she quickly kicked him in the chest forcing him back. "I'd have to disagree with you!" She retorted his earlier comment as she rushed in again and with lightning like speed and reflexes she slashed at him from all sides while he barely had time to react to her attacks. "I've been training for a moment like this sense I was but a child, this battle was already decided the moment I walked into this building." He quickly leapt back in order to give himself a little breathing room so he could think of a new plan.
"Damn you are good, I've got to give you that." He said as he swung the hammer end of his tomahawk at her, she managed yet again to dodge it with a side roll then she rushed in and performed a round house kick to his face.
He fell backward and landed next to Queen bee who was still unconscious and still holding her onetime power at the ready, a plan quickly formulated in his mind. "Enough of this Iktomi, you are beaten, now stand down and release your captives, I will not ask again." She demanded with authority as she leveled her sword at his throat.
"You'd better listen to her buster…" Rena voiced as she had finally recovered and stood at her side. "Other wise we're likely to get upset."
He quickly grinned under the mask then said. "All right girls, I know when I'm beat…" He said casually acting like he was surrendering, when he shot webs at Ryuko's ankle and into Rena's face, while she was busy fighting to pull the web off her face Iktomi then summersaulted backward then pulled Ryuko into a split, he then shot another web at her sword and yanked it out of her hand then he hit her with yet another web in the chest then pulled her closer to Queen bee who's hand he'd grabbed and held up just in front of Ryuko's chest and paralyzed her. "But I'm afraid that's not right now." He added as he stood up feeling very triumphant. Just then Rena finally managed to get the web off of her face only to be hit with Iktomi's net attack. "TANGLE!" He cried as she was wrapped up in the net and fell to her side. "Sorry gang but I'm afraid…" He then noticed something was off, he only counted seven heroes on the ground. "Wait a second, where's…"
"SECOND CHANCE!" Iktomi turned to see Viperion activating his rewind power sending him back in time to when the team had first arrived to the warehouse. While the team was still arguing with Queen bee about this being a party for her he then interrupted them. "EVERYONE, SHUT THE HELL UP!" He ordered, they all fell silent and looked at him.
Queen bee then marched over to him and pointed a finger in his face and said. "Who do you think you are telling me what to do snake boy?"
"The guy who's just traveled back in time with some valuable information, this whole thing is a trap." Viperion stated, the whole team looked at him each with a look of shock. "Iktomi is in there and he's got Marinette Dupain-Chang and Adrien Agreste tied up, but that's not the worst part…" He paused for a moment then said. "He took down Ladybug and Cat Noir."
The whole team just gasped with shock. "Are you sure?" Rena asked hoping he was wrong.
"He showed us their miraculous, I'm sure of it." He replied with a sad expression.
Ryuko sensed there was more to this story other wise he wouldn't have just stopped there. "How badly does he beat us?" She asked flatly.
"It's not even a fair fight, he's able to anticipate all our moves and use our powers against us, even when we have him out numbered he still manages to take us all down, but I have an idea that might just work, here's the plan." He began to explain everything he'd come up with in order to turn the tide.
Iktomi was now waiting up in the rafters completely unaware that Viperion had just rewound time to deliver his information to the team. "Jeez they are taking forever…" He complained feeling very impatient. "If this is how it's gonna be on an actual mission then maybe I should just fly solo." He then heard the door open up slowly and he saw the entire team enter the warehouse. "Finally…" He voiced as he got ready to attack.
Rena Rouge then cupped her hands around her mouth and cried out while trying to sell the deception that they still knew nothing and expected nothing sinister. "Ladybug? Cat Noir? You guys here?"
Iktomi then called out to her from above. "I'm afraid not my dear." He then flipped the lights back on and showing Marinette and Adrien tied up to the entire team.
"ADRIKENS!" Queen bee cried out as she rushed in again to save Adrien and Marinette.
"CHLOE NO!" He cried out to halt her but she was once again caught up in the trap.
"Just as we'd planned." Viperion whispered.
Iktomi then said yet again. "Wow, and here I thought that Monkey boy would be the first to go down…" He then leapt down from the rafters just like before and continued just the same. "Silly me."
Everyone began to pull there weapons and take their fighting stances. "What have you done with Ladybug and Cat Noir? Did you kill them?" Carapace asked twice showing concern for their teammates.
Oh looks like they've already assumed that I set this up, he thought to himself. Iktomi just waved his hand meekly and answered him. "Oh don't get your panties in a twist you teen aged mutant ninja turtle wanna be their fine, and a lot closer than you think."
Queen bee then looked up at Adrien and Marinette and gave them a reassuring wink before saying. "Don't worry guys, we've got a plan this time."
Both teens exchanged an odd look as to what she meant by this time. "Now then…here's my offer to you newbs…" Iktomi started up a typical bad guy monolog as he played the part of the villain. "I'll let your teammates and Paris's latest power couple go free in exchange for all your miraculous, but if you refuse…well lets just say that these two will be sleeping with the fishes tonight."
"Tempting offer…" Viperion said as he stepped forward. "But I'm afraid we're gonna have to decline your offer, NOW GUYS!" Just then Pegasus, Carapace and Viperion all threw their weapons at Iktomi with great speed.
Iktomi just whipped both ends of his weapon at each individual weapon as they came at him, he then just laughed and said. "Really, was that the best you could do? TANGLE!" He outstretched his hand and out flew another net sphere heading right for Pegasus.
"SHELTER!" Carapace leapt in at the last second and blocked the shot for him.
That's one onetime power down, Iktomi thought to himself, just six or seven left. "Trust me when I say this kiddies your out of your league so just surrender already before you get hurt." He barbed as he spun his tomahawk over his head.
"That's what you think Iktomi…" Queen bee retorted then cried out. "WATER DRAGON!" Then she turned into a puddle of water then expanded onto the strategically placed net traps then started to set them off one by one.
Iktomi's eyes shot open with surprise. "What? But how…?" He then looked back over to the group and saw Ryuko quickly morph into Queen bee. "An illusion, of course."
"Surprise Iktomi, your not the only one who's good at magic tricks, UPROAR!" Iktomi then looked up and saw Monkey-king dropping down from the ceiling and tossing his banana at him and hitting him in the face, Monkey-king then brought his staff down with all his might just as Iktomi hopped back dodging his attack.
As Monkey-king took up a fighting stance the real Ryuko took her real form back and used her sword to cut Adrien and Marinette free from their bondage then she joined Monkey-king at his side and readied herself for battle again. "Still think were out of our League Iktomi?" She asked with a grin as she held her sword over her head in a tie-chia stance.
Iktomi then began to realize what was going on, Viperion must've used his rewind powers already, he figured, clever boy. "It seems I've underestimated you all…" He then readied himself for whatever attack they'd unleash. "This is gonna be fun." He said with sincerity.
"NOW!" Viperion cried out signaling the attack, the whole team leapt at Iktomi all at once all while screaming a war cry.
"Going up…" Iktomi stated as he tossed his knife up to the ceiling and zipped up out of the way. Queen bee then tossed her spinning top up to the rafters and followed him while holding onto Viperion bringing him along as backup, they landed on the rafters and leapt after Iktomi. "Eat this!" He cried shooting the knife end of his weapon at them only for Queen bee to block the shot with her weapon.
"I'll hit him high you hit him low." She stated to Viperion who nodded in agreement just before he tossed his harp at Iktomi's ankles while Queen bee swung her top at his head, Iktomi then leapt into a barrel role avoiding both attacks at once, then he landed and shot both ends of his weapon at both heroes at once with deadly accuracy. Both then dropped down and just hung from the rafter then swung over to Iktomi as he failed to see this move coming, both heroes landed a kick straight to his chest nocking him off the rafter, as he fell to the ground he then reached up with one hand and cried out. "WEB!" A single stream of web flew out and hit the ceiling halting his fall.
Shortly after he'd stopped a Pegasus's boomerang flew right through the web and cut him down, he then landed on the ground then looked up to see Pegasus, Carapace, Monkey-king, Rena, Bunnix and Ryuko all charging him at once, he was about to use his net trap on them all when Ryuko cried out. "WIND DRAGON!" She then turned into a gust of wind blowing him out of the warehouse and crashing into some crates.
"Damn…" He said to himself. "I must've really put the hurt on them for them to be this well coordinated. Good, then that means they're quick learners." He then looked around to see if he could substitute his weapon for anything just lying around, the best he could do was a broom handle.
As he readied himself for their impending attack he then came to realize that Pegasus and Bunnix were missing from the line, then from behind him Iktomi saw a blue light flash, he quickly whipped around and saw both Pegasus and Queen bee coming right at him. "VENOM!" She cried as she lunged for his chest.
He then leapt back thinking he'd evaded the attack only for Bunnix to leap through a time portal and kick him in the back pushing him forward and back into Queen bee's attack effectively paralyzing him, and thus he had been beaten. "You lose this time Iktomi…" Bunnix said as she casually walked up to him and reached for his miraculous, but was halted when Marinette cried out to her.
"WAIT! Don't touch his miraculous, it has some kind of spell on it that keeps people from touching it, if you touch it then it will kill you." She pointed out to everyone, Bunnix then slowly stepped back from Iktomi who was just standing there paralyzed and shifting his eyes from side to side. God my nose really itches, he thought to himself unable to tell anyone of his discomfort.
Queen bee then wrapped her arms around Adrien then just let out her worries. "Oh Adrien I was so sure that he was gonna hurt you."
"Ah-hem." Marinette glared at her while tapping her foot on the ground and folding her arms.
"Oh hush you, it's not always about you Dupain-Chang." She retorted as she showed just how little she really thought of Marinette.
"Not even remotely close to why I'm irritated with you Chloe." She laminated flatly.
Queen bee then cocked her head back and said. "Then what is the deal with you?"
"The DEAL…Ms. Bourgeois is that you clearly wouldn't have cared if anything had happened to me, I mean it's fine that you show some compassion to Adrien but you need to show it to all the hostages in any given rescue situation not just one." She pointed out to her with an annoyed tone.
"She's got a point Chloe." Adrien added with a shrug.
Queen bee groaned as she walked over to Marinette and patted her on the head and said almost sarcastically. "There-there, don't cry, your safe now."
"Gee thanks Chloe." Marinette replied just as sarcastic.
It was around that same time that Rena had to ask the burning question. "So why did Iktomi kidnap you guys anyway? I mean if he was only after the miraculous then…"
Adrien quickly began to clarify a few things. "He didn't actually kidnap us…" He said casually. "Ladybug and Cat Noir asked us to help them with a training exercise that Iktomi planned for all of you."
Everyone on the teams jaws just dropped with surprise, then they all looked back at Iktomi. "Wait, you mean to say that he's…?" Carapace started to ask when Marinette simply nodded her head. "You're a good guy?" He asked to Iktomi, who was still paralyzed for the moment.
"But…he had Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculous? I saw them with my own eyes the first time we fought him." Viperion stated honestly, or so he thought.
"Those were just fakes they'd prepared in advance to help sell the deception that he'd actually taken them down." Adrien clarified again.
"Okay fair enough, but why ask you guys to do this? Couldn't Ladybug and Cat Noir have just played the roles of the hostages? Why drag you guys into this?" Monkey-king asked still trying to wrap his head around this whole mess.
Both Marinette and Adrien pretended not to know a thing. "I don't know, I guess they thought that having two civilians as the hostages would be more convincing than two heroes who would more than likely defeat one guy together, but as for the two of us I haven't got a clue, well other than Chloe being a friend of mine and caring about me I'm just as in the dark as you guys." Adrien laminated as he shrugged his shoulders.
This comment made the rest of the team slightly nervous in terms of protecting their secret identities, around that time Queen bee's venom attack had finally wore off and Iktomi was finally able to move again, the first thing he did was itch his nose to his heart's content. "OOHH thank god, that damn itch was driving me crazy." He said as he finished itching his nose.
Marinette then turned to Iktomi and asked. "So how did they do Mr. Iktomi sir?"
He gave the entire team a quick once over and said. "Your performance at best was sloppy for most of you, you all need to learn how to discipline yourselves a lot more if your gonna have a chance at beating Hawkmoth, which is why I'm going to teach you all how to better anticipate your opponent's moves during a fight along with some much needed hand to hand style work, I'm also going to be working with each and every single one of you in terms of using your onetime powers more than once in a fight as well as call upon the aspects of the beasts you all personify, and yes that's how I was able to shoot real webs. I'll start working with you all individually for the next few weeks as well, you will do what I say when I tell you to do it and your not gonna give me any grief about it…Chloe." He looked right at Queen bee who just glared at him and crossed her arms. "Also…after much debate with Ladybug and Cat Noir along with a friend of theirs who looks after the remaining miraculous I've managed to convince them all to let you keep your miraculous until you've mastered these abilities…except you Chloe, you were the only exception."
Queen bee then shrilled at the top of her lungs with anger. "WHAT?! Why not?!"
"Because remember before? When your stupid ass thought it was a good idea to out yourself as a superhero at a fashion show that was being shown nation wide and then an hour later you got akumitized?" Iktomi pointed out not holding back a single thing to help her disprove his point.
She was about to retort but couldn't think of anything to counter his words. "Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous." She grumbled to herself.
"Anyway…when I'm training you Ms. Bourgeois I'll be sure to bring yours to you, that way you don't lose it or something stupid like that." He stated as he was about to leave.
"Wait a second spider-man wannabe…" She demanded one last thing before he took off. "Why should I even consider listening to YOUR orders in the first place."
He turned around and asked. "Do you know how to read ancient mandarin?"
She then said casually. "No."
"Do you know anyone who does?" He asked again.
"No." She said again.
"Do you even have a tiny clue as to how to use your power more than once without turning back?" He asked his final question.
"Nnnnnnnooo." She replied with her final answer.
Then he leaned into her face and said very bluntly. "Well then Ms. Bourgeois…SHUT UP YA DUMB CUNT!"
She then just got even madder at him then went berserk and started to lunge for him only to be held back by the rest of the team. "HOW DARE YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I AM CHLOE BOURGEOIS THE DAUGHTER OF MMM!"
Iktomi quickly silenced her with a shot of web covering her mouth, Marinette then said with a smirk. "Too bad you can't be around all the time for that, you'd make a lot of friends at school doing that." She joked mildly and also earning a scowl from Adrien. "Oh don't give me that look she's been asking for it for years and you know it."
Before everyone left for home Iktomi made a schedule out to see which team members he could work with on what days worked best for them, sense Rena Rouge and Carapace already knew each other's identities he'd chosen to work with them together provided that they kept training professional as he had found out that they were a couple, when asked about it he just played it off as Ladybug had told him. As everyone began to leave for home Ryuko felt the need to talk to Viperion for a moment longer.
"Viperion, a moment please?" She asked politely, he stopped and faced her curious as to what she wanted. "I never congratulated you for our victory tonight, you truly are a gifted strategist if you can come up with a plan like that on the fly."
Viperion smiled softly then replied. "Well I credit that mostly to my miraculous power really, I doubt I would've known what to do without it."
She just smiled warmly as she stated. "Still though, you saw all of our errors and adjusted for them all and planned a way to correct everything so we would succeed in our task to defeat Iktomi with relative ease, and that is something I find most admirable in a teammate, I look forward to seeing you again." She bowed then began to take off.
Viperion couldn't help but smile upon hearing those words, it made him feel special, at least it made him feel that way to her, he then halted her as he called out. "Just out of curiosity…are you…doing anything this weekend?" He had no idea why he was asking her out, especially sense he only knew her as a member of the team, but there was something about her that just seemed to attract him.
She stopped in her tracks then turned slightly and said with a smile. "I'll keep you posted." Then she took off again, it was almost a total secret to everyone who knew her about her feelings toward Adrien other than him of course as he'd found out completely by accident while he was fighting her as Cat Noir after she was akumitized for the second time, and after she found out that Adrien had chosen Marinette she was almost heart broken to hear the news, but she felt that he had to follow his heart in order to find happiness for himself, and she'd chosen that if she ever found someone just as admirable as he was then she'd give them a chance to win her heart and her love, she didn't really understand it but there was something about his ability to take charge that basically turned her on.
Upon hearing this Viperion felt his stomach fill with butterflies, that's not a yes but it's far from no, he thought as he mentally celebrated and took off for home. Bunnix was still close enough to hear the two of them talk about a potential date and she couldn't help but feel a small sting. "Damnit, and she's super cute too." She pouted as she just kicked the dirt then looked down at the ground.
She spent so much time feeling sorry for herself she didn't even notice that Pegasus had scooted up next to her, he cleared his throat to try and get her attention. Okay Max you can do this, he mentally psyched himself up to talk to her, you have a guaranteed 50 50 chance that this will end well for you, let's just hope it's the 50 you want. "Uh…you did great today Bunnix…" He opened up sounding a bit shaky. "I'd even dare to say that you were…amazing." He gulped hoping he didn't sound stupid.
Bunnix looked over to see the look on his face, he looked nervous, and it seemed he was forming little beads of sweat on his forehead, she eventually came to the conclusion that he was trying to ask her out as well, she thought about it for a moment then made her choice, why not, she thought with a smile, I don't really do anything other than go skating anymore I might as well. She then said back to him with a kind voice. "Thanks, you were great too." She then decided to drop a not so subtle hint. "You know if you wanna get to know me a bit more just give me a call." She then wrote down her cell number and gave it to him, as he read it to himself he almost gasped, then she placed a small kiss on his cheek as she took off. With that done his eyes just rolled back into his head and he passed out, not just because he got her number, but because he already had it in his phone.
"Well I best be heading home now other wise my parents will ground me for life, see you guys later." Monkey-king gave a mock salute then took off for his home as well.
"Looks like I'm taking pony boy home, I'll see you three later but first…" Iktomi outstretched his hand for Queen bee's miraculous. "Come on hand it over princess."
She rolled her eyes at him then said. "Pollen, buzz off." With her usual yellow flash of light she turned back into Chloe Bourgeois then she handed Iktomi her miraculous.
"Thanks cupcake, be seeing you soon." He said with a mock salute as he headed over to Pegasus then picked him up and slung him over his shoulder, then he went back to the warehouse and collected his kusarigamahawk then he too took off to deliver Pegasus home.
"We can give you a ride home Chloe, we came here by ourselves." Adrien announced as he and Marinette led her back to the car they came in, once they'd dropped her off at home the two began to discuss what excuse they were going to have to make to tell their parents when they got home.
Present day…
Iktomi and the Black widow were perched atop a building overlooking the junkyard, and the race which was in full swing with dozens of cars running around a dirt track that had been cleared for the race to actually take place, Iktomi pulled out a pair of binoculars and searched for the very man he was looking for, he found him sitting amongst his fellow crime bosses on the far side of the track. "There he is, see…down there just by the bottom of that crane." He said to his temporary partner for this hunt as he handed her the binoculars.
"Dah, that's him alright, there is no mistaking that fat bastard, so…how do we do this? Charge in guns blazing or sneak in threw the back door?" She asked as she handed him back the binoculars.
Iktomi smiled under the mask then said. "I was thinking more of a classic misdirection play, you stay up here with your sniper rifle and me and my team go down there and deal with the majority of the gangs here tonight, while their focused on us and my team is too focused on their thugs to notice anything else among the chaos you take your shot and kill Lorenzo, they'll know I had nothing to do with it, you'll get your money and everyone in this city will finally be rid of every single one of those gangbanger pricks, everybody wins."
"Uh…dah, I'm afraid that's not going to work with the specifics of the contract I've accepted, you see my employer made it very clear that he wants Lorenzo's head, literally." She stated as she rubbed the back of her neck.
Iktomi then rubbed the bridge of his nose and said. "Ugh…this just got a whole lot harder than it needs to be. Okay new plan then, while everyone is down there blowing shit up and causing all sorts of hell for the gangs you just sneak in unnoticed and finish Lorenzo off yourself."
"And how do we keep him from escaping?" She asked bluntly.
Iktomi began to scratch his chin as he tried to think of a way to keep everything secret from the team, that's when he remembered his little ace in the whole. "You could use my bike…" He replied, he didn't really want to offer his bike to her as he had a problem with letting other people borrow or touching his stuff.
She then raised an eyebrow and asked. "How is a little bicycle going to help us?"
He then slapped his hand to his forehead with disbelief as to how naive she was being. "Not a bicycle you…dummy, my motorcycle."
She was still no less confused. "And how will that help?" She asked again.
"It has built in voice activated stealth tech, I kinda stole it from the French military recently and I've been using it ever sense." He then took out the keys and acted as he was about to hand them to her only for him to pull it away for a brief second for him to say. "But make no mistake sister, this bike is like a baby to me and if you even think about stealing it from me…"
He was about to finish when she just snatched the keys from him and cut him off with a high level of sass. "Dah-dah-dah I get it, I am only to borrow your little bike so I can get to Lorenzo and get out without your team noticing, I promise you I have no intention of keeping your bike Iktomi." She then walked away twirling the keys on her finger.
He just shook his head and said. "Three years later and she still hasn't changed sense Seattle." He then took off to rendezvous with the team across the street. "Hey gang sorry to keep you waiting, I was scouting the area for any potential weaknesses to exploit for the attack." He told a half truth, all though he did this before any of them even arrived to save time.
"Fine by us, the less risks the better right my lady?" Cat Noir asked Ladybug as he pulled her into his side.
"Cat." She wined with embarrassment as Rena just snickered at the irony that she was so against the two of them being a couple for so long that it actually happened.
"You know you two really do make a cute couple." Rena voiced her opinion. "You know this is a lot like another ship I was so afraid would never set sail, but in the end it did and now my best friend finally has her dream boat all to herself, now if only they would get down to business."
"To defeat the Huns?" Iktomi quipped just for the hell of it.
Cat Noir started to snicker at the reference of the Disney movie Mulan, Ladybug just glared at him with annoyance. "What? It was clever?" He justified his laughter.
"I know right? And that song was so awesome too." Iktomi agreed wholeheartedly, he was also about to start singing the song Dark side of the moon when he was rudely interrupted.
"Nobody start singing or I will paralyze each and every single one of you!" Queen bee demanded.
Iktomi just glared at her then said back. "Okay fine captain killjoy have it your way." He then stood up and laid out the plan. "Alright everyone listen up, first…Viperion set your one time power just in case if things go tits up." Viperion did as asked and used his onetime power. "I've scoped out the entire area and there are four different choke points we need to focus on, and no Monkey boy I'm not talking about choking your chicken." He called out to Monkey-king who had his hand raised for that very question; he slowly put it down feeling stupid for even considering to ask. "Now I think I've devised a perfect enough plan too…"
He was about to explain when Viperion interrupted with future information. "It doesn't work, they bring in an attack chopper and it basically kills more than half of us."
Iktomi then cursed inside his head, damn, so much for an all out brawl. "Okay then I guess we go with…plan B?" He asked sounding hopeful that this one would work.
Viperion then shook his head no and said. "They also have a rocket launcher to cover the chopper from the ground; we lose three members that way."
Iktomi then growled and said. "Fine, how's about plan C?" Viperion then gestured with one hand as if to say go ahead. "Great, okay this is what we do; Ladybug, Queen bee and Ryuko will take to the sky providing the rest of us air cover while Carapace and Pegasus head straight for that launcher and knock it out. Viperion where exactly is the launcher located when they break it out?"
He quickly answered him as he pointed out over the area. "Over there by the crane where Lorenzo is along with the leaders of the Yakuza, Irish mob and Italian mafia, Lorenzo personally uses it himself."
Iktomi grinned under the mask then continued. "Alright then, the two of you start on the north side of the compound then, Cat Noir and Bunnix hit the west side, Monkey-king and Viperion hit the east side, Rena you and I…"
She was quick to interrupt him. "Hit the South side, yeah I think that was obvious."
"HEY, I'm the only one on this team who's allowed to crack wise." He stated as he pointed his finger at her. She just rolled her eyes at him. "Don't you roll your eyes at me missy!"
"Can we please just get started already?" Ladybug asked as she was already sick and tired of waiting for what it would seem to be the third time they've made this attack happen.
"Fine then, let's get to work, Ladybug, use your lucky charm and see what…" Iktomi was then interrupted again by Viperion.
"It's a paintball gun; just use it on the canopy of the helicopter that's what your plan was until you got shot down with the rocket." He said bluntly.
Iktomi found Viperion's power to be very useful and at the same time very annoying. While Ladybug came to grips with this information she then activated her onetime power and said. "Alright, ready to go…" She then turned to Cat Noir and added. "Stay safe kitty." Then she planted a small kiss on his cheek just before the team split into their designated groups and applied their miraculous ear pieces as to stay in contact.
"Alright everyone, let's put an end to this once…and for all. Air team hold positions until the chopper gets here, everyone else wait for my mark…" Iktomi called out over the radio, he slowly counted down. "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…MARK!" The ground team began the assault on the junkyard.
Cat Noir and Bunnix went straight for the pit crews to prevent any parked cars from acting as get away vehicles. "Bunnix, you hit the gangsters I'll hit the cars." Cat offered as he was better suited to destroy the cars anyway.
"Don't have to tell me twice, BURROW!" She then leapt through a portal and went after the gangsters with great speed. "Hi boys…" She said as she reappeared and wacked two thugs in the head each just before disarming them by hooking or knocking their guns out of their hands with her weapon, she then heard the cocking of guns from behind her, she grinned just before she hopped threw another portal and reappeared just behind them. "Surprise…" She cheered as she slid in-between one thug's legs and hooked his ankle with her weapon then tripped him up; she then opened up her parasol just as his comrade started to shoot at her blocking his incoming fire.
"CATACLYSM!" Cat cried as he leapt into the air and concentrated his power into a black bubbling sphere of anti-matter then hurled it at the gas tank of a car resulting in a devastating explosion and igniting all other cars around it, he then rebound off the wall of a garage and toward Bunnix to aid her in her fight against a few too many gangsters for her to handle alone. "Heads up little bunny!" He called out as he spun his staff over his head then double kicked a thug straight in the chest as he back flipped off of him and landed at Bunnix's side. "What's up doc?" He joked as he swung his staff at a gangster and cracked him in the head.
She chuckled at his joke then replied. "Good one…OH CRAP!" She quickly opened up her parasol blocking a hail of bullets.
Cat quickly turned around then cried once again. "CATACLYSM!" And just like before he concentrated his power into a sphere then he hurled it at the assault rifle reducing it to dust. "So glad Iktomi taught me that, now I don't have to get so close to destroy things…" He then turned around fast as he was greeted with another thug's gun in his face; he just smiled then stuck his finger in the barrel as if he were in a bugs bunny episode and playing the role of said character then calmly said again. "Cataclysm." Immediately the gun was reduced to dust, the thug just stared at the ground with astonishment as his gun dissolved, just as he looked back up Cat Noir wasted no time in punching him in the face and taking him down while Bunnix leapt at the remaining thug from earlier then swung her weapon into the side of his head knocking some teeth loose and knocking him out. "Nice one Bunnix, you're really cut out for this." He said with a satisfied smile.
On the other side of the junk yard Monkey-king and Viperion were going head to head with an army of yakuza gangsters all armed with melee weapons of some kind. Viperion was facing off against two men by himself, one armed with a katana while the other was armed with a pair of Kamas, he just grinned at them and waved his fingers as if to say bring it on, the two men rushed him in unison and prepared to swing at him when he just cried out. "MAMBA STRIKE!" Time just seemed to slow down all around him as he was now literally moving faster than a speeding bullet, he took advantage of this and started to disarm the two men in front of him while whistling the miraculous theme song to himself, he then got a rope and tied them up back to back and just left them off to the side. As time returned back to normal neither of the gangsters had a clue as to what happened as they found themselves all tied up for some reason.
(A/N: Black mambas aren't just the deadliest but also the fastest snakes in the world. Yes I know it has nothing to do with his codename but I don't care so if you don't like it too bad.)
While Viperion was taking on a new bunch of gangsters Monkey-king had just taken down about four yakuza by himself by using one of his own new spells, as he rested his staff on his shoulders he turned away from the downed yakuza feeling triumphant, when he bumped into another yakuza, specifically an enforcer, he looked up at the large man feeling intimidated beyond belief. "Oh boy…" He said with a gulp, just before the thug lifted up both fists over his head and tried to crush Monkey-king, but he just leapt backwards and landed gracefully, he then held his staff up in front of him vertically then cried. "MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO!" The top of his staff began to glow bright yellow then he slammed it down in front of him sending a wave of energy at the thug, it struck him then the thug just froze in place doing nothing but stand in a hypnotized like state. "You see those guys over there?" He asked to the thug who then turned to see the men he was pointing at, they were all scrambling to grab guns to try and use them against the young heroes. "Take 'em down." The enforcer wasted no time as he followed his orders and attacked his allies with extreme prejudice. "Man I love that spell."
On the southern side of the junk yard Iktomi and Rena had just began to charge in at a firing line of Irish mobsters while he managed to block all of their shots, while they were reloading Iktomi looked at her and said. "Now would be a good time for you to disappear, literally."
She nodded then cried out. "SLY FOX!" Then she quickly faded from sight and rushed past the line waiting for Iktomi's signal.
After the mob finished reloading Iktomi raised his hand up and said with a sarcastic tone. "Oh my, it's seems you boys got the drop on me. Whatever shall I do? Besides this…WEB!" He then shot up two streams of web over his head attaching them to a crane hook and zipping straight up into the air just as the thugs open fired. "WOO-HOOHOOHOO missed me!" He called out to them all as he started to fall back to earth. "TANGLE!" He cried and shot two net traps at two thugs catching them up in his onetime power.
"AH, BLOODY FECKEN CHRIST WHAT IS THIS?!" One of the Irishman asked as he fell to the ground trying to get free. Around that same time Rena took this as her cue to start taking down a few of them before her spell wore off until it's cool down, she swiped the gun of a mobster out of his hands then bashed him in the head with it taking him down, then she dropped the gun and delivered a swift kick in the stomach of another mobster then bashed him in the head with her flute.
After that her spell wore off she became visible again, just as the mobsters began to level their guns at her she then cried out. "MIRROR!" Then out of her body dozens of look a likes began to appear and attack every single thug in sight giving her some much needed breathing room. "Gotta love and army of me." She said feeling pretty good about herself.
"RENA, GRAND SLAM!" Iktomi cried out to her as he kicked a thug backwards stumbling towards her, she knew exactly what he meant then readied her flute like a baseball bat then swung it into his back sending him forward a bit only for Iktomi to deliver one final punch to his face knocking him out cold. "Nice moves foxy lady." He complemented her as he exchanged a fist bump with her.
Over near the gang leader's booth it was absolute pandemonium for the gang leaders as all of their men were being taken down all over the place, none of them had a clue as of what to do or how to counter the heroes attack. "God DAMNIT!" Lorenzo cursed as he readied his rocket launcher. "If you want something done right you gotta do it yourself."
Then out of nowhere a Pegasus portal appeared and both he and Carapace leapt out and started to take on the gang leaders personally. "Hey Lorenzo, mind if we join the party?" Carapace quipped as he threw his shield at some of his men and the leader of the Irish mob, it bounced off of each one of them and off the wall and back over to him just in time as he was about to be cut in two by the yakuza leaders sword blocking the attack effectively. "And they say turtles are slow." He quipped again as he shoved the sword away and bashed the yakuza boss with his shield.
Pegasus was also in the middle of a fight with the mafia boss as he just kept leaping through portal after portal and slinging his boomerang over and over at him while he tried to whip him with a chain. "Hold still ya little sack of shit." He bellowed as his attacks just kept missing over and over.
Pegasus just laughed and asked. "And why would I do that…?" He then leapt backwards into a portal then reappeared back to back with the gang leader then finished his sentence. "When I could do this instead? GALLOP!" He then grabbed the chain and literally ran circles around the gang boss tying him up and leaving him dizzy as well with lightning fast speed.
"You wanna join the party huh? Fine then…" Lorenzo stated as he aimed the launcher. "HERES YOU'RE INVITE!" He bellowed as he fired the rocket at the two heroes.
"SHELTER!" Carapace cried as he deployed his dome shield to protect him and his partner. The rocket exploded against the shield but did nothing to it as expected. "Give it up Lorenzo, you've lost. It's all over." He barbed at the fallen crime lord.
"It's not over till I say it's over…" He then pulled out a radio and said. "Rich, how far are you with the tiger?" His answer was given when a Eurocopter tiger flew in with weapons primed and ready aiming at Carapace and Pegasus. "HAVE FUN KIDS!" He called out to them as he took off down the stairs of the booth and off to his car only to be halted by a woman in a black sneaking suit with a spider mask holding him at gun point.
"Antonio Lorenzo, Gabriel Agreste sends his regards." She said just before she put three bullets in his chest, he went down like a sack of bricks, he wasn't dead just yet though, he was still breathing, but even if she wasn't going to finish him off he would still die a slow painful death, she then crouched down and added. "You never should've put a price on my dorogoy's head you little mu'dak." She then pulled out a hack saw and grinned fiendishly then said. "I would say hold on to your head, but I don't think that will matter in a moment."
Back up top Carapace was using his shield to protect both himself and Pegasus again from the attack chopper. "AIR TEAM, WE NEED HELP OVER HERE, MY SHIELDS' RUNNING LOW!" He called out to his teammates.
"Copy that Carapace, alright girls…" Ladybug rallied just before all three girls said in unison. "WINGS UP!" Out of their backs sprung a set of wings each appropriate to the miraculous type they belonged to, then all three girls took off and headed for the chopper. "Alright, just like we planned." Ladybug ordered as she signaled for the other two girls to split off.
Queen bee started after a group of thugs trying to escape the area, but she was too fast for them. "Going somewhere?" She asked rhetorically just before she summoned her onetime power. "VENOM!" She cried as a rapid fire of stingers flew from her fist and darting each thug with an individual stinger.
Ryuko was also dealing with a few thugs armed with sniper rifles, they just kept shooting at her and missing as she was too fast for them to hit. "Time to turn up the heat a little, DRAGONS FIRE!" She roared and a stream of flames flew out of her mouth as if she were a true dragon causing third degree burns on the thugs as they tried desperately to put out the flames. "Here, let me help you with that. WATER DRAGON!" She then turned into water and started to pummel them in a snake like form.
To say that Ladybug was having a hard time would be an understatement, she was holding her own against the chopper but that's all she was doing at the moment as she didn't have any way of truly taking it down. "Guys I'm running low on ammo up here I need some help." She called over the coms.
"We read you bugaboo…" Cat Noir responded as he tried to think of a way to help his true love. "Just hang on."
"I have an idea…" Iktomi called out over the radio. "Ryuko, use your lightning ability and take out the engine."
Ryuko then asked back. "Are you crazy? That would be catastrophic."
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing now do it!" He ordered again.
"I truly hope so…LIGHTNING DRAGON!" She cried as she turned into a bolt of lightning that bounced all over the place and struck the engine, the chopper started smoking and began to crash just as everyone knew it would.
"WEB!" Iktomi cried as he began to spin a giant spider web just big enough to catch the chopper before it hit the ground. The chopper then landed in the web and just rested gently on the ground. "Yes, the theory was right." He praised himself.
"What theory?" Ladybug asked as she landed next to him.
"In terms of proportion spider webs are actually five times stronger than steel, theoretically if a spider's web was actually big enough it could stop a fighter jet dead in its tracks even if it flew at top speed."
"Wow…That's actually pretty cool." She agreed as the team began to form up around them.
"Pound it." Everyone said in unison making the biggest group fist bump they'd ever made.
"Okay, let's go fine Lorenzo." Ladybug suggested, the whole team made their way to where Lorenzo was last seen, as they got close they all began to detect the scent of blood. "Do you guys smell that too?" Ladybug asked fearing for the worst.
When they found a way into Lorenzo's private garage that's when they saw him, Antonio Lorenzo, head of the Romani rollers, headless on the ground. "Shit…" Iktomi said as he couldn't help but stare at the gruesome sight.
"Any idea who could've done this?" Cat Noir asked bluntly to literally anyone.
Iktomi knew of course, but he wasn't going to tell anyone that. "No…" He lied knowing full well who was responsible.
"Well looks like fourth times the…" Viperion was about to rewind again when Iktomi stopped him.
"No…leave it as is." He said as he grabbed his wrist.
Ladybug then turned to him and asked with confusion. "What? Why should we do that? He's supposed to stand trial for what he's done; do you have any idea of how many…?"
"You don't understand Ladybug…" Iktomi started to tell them all something that was both true and would help them agree. "Lorenzo found out Cat Noir's secret identity, trust me…its better this way."
The whole team just gasped in unison except for Cat of course. "Why didn't you tell me kitty?" She asked with worry.
"Well I didn't want you to worry about me, and I knew Iktomi was already working on taking him down so I figured it wouldn't matter in the end…" He stated with honesty. "Are you mad?" He asked feeling a bit nervous.
But it was all for nothing as she just wrapped him up in a hug and said. "No, I'm not mad at you kitty, just…tell me next time okay? This is something I need to know next time, if we're gonna be a couple we need to be able to trust one another."
He smile back at her then wrapped his arms around her and said. "Okay bugaboo, I promise next time I'll tell you in advance."
"But are we really sure about this?" Carapace asked as he tried his best not to gag do to the gore lying before him.
Iktomi then sighed and said. "Trust me when I say this…sometimes…death is a necessary evil."
(A/N: Poor poor poor Lorenzo, NOT! Prik got what was coming to him if you ask me, what did you guys thing? Let me know in the commets and I hoped you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it. In the next chapter of WOS, Valentina pays Dallas a visit at school, Rose begins to explore herself a little bit, Luka and Kagami go out on a real date, and Max trys to confese to Alix how he feels without revealing his secret. Okay by eveybody that's all for now see you all in the next chapter, bye bye.)
