For some reason, Stormy Weather didn't have as many luck-not-on-your-side opportunities as Mr. Pigeon did, but I think the battle with her turned out okay.
Disclaimer: It's not mine.
Chapter 10: Stormy Weather, Part 2
"Any ideas?" Chat Noir asked, landing lightly next to Ladybug.
Ladybug shook her head. "None so far. She's definitely a lot more dangerous this time around."
"I've noticed," Chat Noir replied, rubbing the back of his neck.
Ladybug grimaced. It wasn't exactly her fault she had been trapped with Alya and Manon, but she still felt bad for leaving Chat Noir on his own. Especially since Stormy Weather seemed a lot more, well, stormy.
She had still sent out her cryptic message from the TV studio, but instead of waiting for them in the building, the akuma victim was currently standing on top of the studio, a nasty tornado surrounding her. The storm only expanded a couple feet from the building, but it was still powerful enough to throw cars and whip around road signs.
Around the tornado, several people were crowded into the businesses out of the wind's range, seeking shelter from the winds and hail. As far as Ladybug could tell, they had evacuated in time and no one was injured, but they weren't completely out of danger of the stray projectiles.
Ladybug and Chat Noir were hidden behind a wall, just out of Stormy Weather's sight and the reach of her storm, trying to figure out how to sneak through. Between Ladybug needing to sneak away from Alya and Chat Noir needing to recharge, Stormy Weather had had about ten minutes to build up the storm, and now Ladybug had no clue what to do.
"If only there was a way underground," Ladybug muttered. "It's too bad the subway doesn't run through here. We might just have to run through the storm."
Chat Noir frowned. "In that?"
Ladybug grinned. "What, scared of a little wind?"
Truthfully, it wasn't a little wind and Ladybug was pretty scared herself, but she figured that a little teasing would lighten the mood.
Chat Noir grinned back. "Course not. Though I must say your definition of the word 'little' could use some work. If we stay low the wind won't be able to push us as much. Ladies first?"
Ladybug swung her yoyo in a circle, gathering momentum, before stepping into the storm. The wind almost instantly blew her yoyo into her face and she was forced back out of the twister.
"Well, that didn't work," Ladybug stated.
"Don't worry," Chat Noir replied, spinning his baton. "I've got you."
"Just be careful," Ladybug warned, before cautiously stepping into the storm again.
She stayed crouched against the ground, knowing that standing up would get her blown over. Even staying low, it was hard to keep from being blown over and Ladybug soon found herself using her arms to steady herself. The wind was trying enough to make breathing difficult, and she couldn't hear for the wind and couldn't see for her hair blowing in her face.
The hair on the back of her neck stood up, and she leaped back out of the storm. Lightning hit where she just was.
"Well that didn't work," Chat Noir commented as he helped Ladybug get out of Stormy Weather's view.
"There has to be some way to get through the storm," Ladybug muttered, looking around. The buildings around the storm were still standing, and the roofs were all about the same height...
"I have an idea," Ladybug said, grabbing Chat Noir's hand and pulling him to the other side of the storm.
Ladybug could hear Stormy Weather taunting them, and lightning striking around where she last saw the two superheroes, but Stormy Weather didn't turn around.
"If we get to the roof of this building," Ladybug explained. "You can use your baton to give us a lift, and we can drop down on Stormy Weather and grab her umbrella."
"Ready when you are," Chat Noir replied.
Ladybug threw her yoyo and wrapped it around a post on the roof, and with a yank was swinging up into the roof. Chat Noir followed her, and when they landed, he grabbed her and lifted them up into the sky on his baton.
They tipped over and fell through the storm, wind pushing them to the side. They landed behind and a little to the side of Stormy Weather.
"Give it up, Stormy Weather," Ladybug declared, spinning her yoyo.
"I'm not finished yet," Stormy Weather replied, blasting Ladybug and Chat Nor back a good couple yards.
Ladybug rolled back onto her feet and wrapped her yoyo around Stormy Weather's legs. With a tug, Stormy Weather fell backwards and Ladybug ran to grab her umbrella. Stormy Weather recovered quickly, and, before Ladybug had a chance to grab the akuma, she was pointing her umbrella at Ladybug. Chat Noir reacted faster than she did, since she was focused on the umbrella, and pushed her out of the way of a lightning bolt.
"We can't fight her out out here," Ladybug realized, rolling back into her feet. "We need to get her inside."
"How about we give her a taste of her own medicine," Chat Noir suggested.
Ladybug grinned. "Let's go."
The two superheroes darted for the door together, and Stormy Weather was forced to follow.
The power inside the building was already out, so Chat Noir lead Ladybug down the steps and through the hallway. Stormy Weather followed, but the two superheroes were much faster.
When they found the right room, Chat Noir and Ladybug pressed themselves up against the doorway, each on a different side of the door.
Seconds later, Stormy Weather barged in.
"Your time is-" Stormy Weather started before realizing she couldn't see the two superheroes.
Quicker than Stormy Weather could turn around, Ladybug reached out and grabbed the umbrella.
"Your time is up, Stormy Weather," Ladybug declared as she broke the umbrella over her knee.
"Idiocy is trying the same thing and expecting different results" (or something along those lines) - Albert Einstein (I think)