Shorter than usual, but there's two more chapters of Mr. Pigeon left, so...
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(Has anyone noticed that I reuse my Disclaimers between JAMFHGS and this story yet?)
Chapter 6: Mr. Pigeon, Part 2
"No!" Ladybug yelped as she watched her weapon fly away.
"You have been disarmed," Mr. Pigeon observed. "Ready to surrender yet?"
"Never," Ladybug growled, turning to face him. Her view was promptly blocked by more pigeons.
That was it. She now had a profound hatred for birds.
Chat Noir regained his stance next to her, casting a concerned glance over his shoulder. Ladybug gave him a small smile - she was fine, and a loss of weapon wasn't going to keep her from fighting.
"Well, then," Mr. Pigeon replied. "I guess we'll have to proceed with plan B."
The cage landed around them with a clunk, and Ladybug was almost glad to see it if it meant the pigeons couldn't touch them now. Chat Noir sneezed again and gave Ladybug a watery look that quickly became concern.
"You're bleeding," he observed, touching her ear where one of the pigeons had attacked her.
"So are you," Ladybug noted, wiping blood off his nose.
"I hate birds," Chat Noir grumbled, touching where the cut was and pulling his hand away to see the blood. Apparently, he hadn't realized he was bleeding either.
"Agreed," Ladybug replied.
"Then you're about to get what you deserve," Mr. Pigeon declared before blowing into his whistle. All the pigeons turned around and raised their tail feathers.
"You remember Evilustrator?" Ladybug asked. "How you got out of that box?"
Chat Noir grinned. "On it."
He separated his baton into two and placed one piece on the floor and extended it upwards. The pigeons pushed down in response, but the baton won and the cage was lifted off of the ground and tipped over. This time, though, it didn't have the decency to land on Mr. Pigeon.
Chat Noir grabbed one of the baton halves and handed the other one to Ladybug, and they prepared themselves to fight.
And then the cage fell right back on them.
"Well, that's not a problem we had the first time," Ladybug muttered.
"Nice try," Mr. Pigeon stated. "But your miraculouses, please."
"You know something about bars, Mr. Pigeon?" Ladybug asked. "Things can get through them!"
She pointed her half of the baton at Mr. Pigeon, and then realized she had no clue how to extend it. So instead, she gave Chat Noir a pointed look.
He grinned, and a second later his baton was extending towards Mr. Pigeon. It pushed him back a few paces before tilting upwards in an attempt to grab the whistle.
Mr. Pigeon grabbed the end of the baton."I wouldn't do that if I were you. After all, what are you going to purify it with?"
Chat Noir faltered, and looked over at Ladybug.
Oops. She hadn't thought of that. She needed her yoyo...
"See?" Mr. Pigeon taunted. "You can't beat me, but I definitely can beat you! Pigeons, attack!"
Chat Noir responded by pushing Mr. Pigeon back a couple feet. "We can still fight."
"But why? You can't win," Mr. Pigeon replied.
"Not yet," Ladybug declared. "But that doesn't mean can't beat you eventually."
"Oh, but eventually is very tiring, don't you think?" Mr. Pigeon replied. "I mean, why wait so you can win eventually when you can surrender now?"
"But we can't," Ladybug answered. "We can't and we won't surrender to you."
"Such a shame," Mr. Pigeon said. "I was hoping to do this peacefully. But, as you said, the thing with bars are that things can get through them."
Only a couple pigeons flew into the cage, but in such close quarters, it was enough to be difficult to fend off - especially for Ladybug, who wasn't using her usual weapon.
Chat Noir gritted his teeth. "This isn't working."
Ladybug barely had time to process that remark before Chat Noir summoned his cataclysm and broke down the bars. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the cage, and they ran for the staircase. They barely made it, and even as they shut the door the pigeons were ramming into it.
"You used your cataclysm," Ladybug stated.
Chat Noir nodded. "I didn't have a choice." The pigeons rammed the door again, and Ladybug realized it might not hold this time.
"We have to go," Ladybug said, grabbing Chat Noir's hand and pulling him down the stairs. A second later, the door burst open
The two superheroes tore down the stairs, the pigeons at their heels. On another day, they might have been able to outrun the pests, but as it was they were barely staying ahead. Chat Noir wobbled every time he sneezed, and Ladybug was beginning to trip over the steps.
Fatigue was catching up them. The Unclocker's plan was working.
Ladybug and Chat Noir burst through the door and into the first floor, and Ladybug barely wasted any time before tossing Chat Noir into the supply closet she had detransformed in after defeating Lady Wifi.
The flock of pigeons that had followed her was few in number, and despite the burning in her arms Ladybug managed to whack most of the pigeons down. She felt bad for harming the animals, but reminded herself there wasn't much choice left. She almost let herself feel relieved before she heard the sound of more pigeons.
Great.
I have no problem with pigeons. All characters' opinions on pigeons do not reflect my own.