Disclaimer: I still don't Miraculous Ladybug, shown by the fact that I don't have season 2 yet.
Chapter 12: The Bubbler, Part 2
"You know, if it's our miraculous he's after, he can't just leave us in the bubble," Ladybug pointed out.
"So are you suggesting we just wait it out this time?" Chat Noir replied.
Ladybug nodded and leaned her head again the bubble. She was tired, and her head had started to pound from the fatigue. A moment's breather was fine by her.
Chat Noir squirmed. "I don't know - it might not be a good to let have us trapped here. Who knows what he - or Hawkmoth - might be planning?"
Ladybug nodded. "But it's better than just constantly popping bubbles."
"Maybe," Chat Noir relented. "Besides, I could use a cat nap."
Ladybug breathed in through her nose, out through her mouth, and let herself relax. For the first time, she could feel her body talk to her - she was thirsty, hungry, exhausted, dizzy, and a thousand other things she needed to take care of the next time she wasn't in the bubble.
"How are we supposed to defeat The Unclocker?" Chat Noir asked. "If each akuma wipes us out this much?"
"I don't know," Ladybug replied. "But we'll find a way. We always do. Together."
"Together," Chat Noir repeated.
The Hawkmoth of that time, the one who had only begun fighting the two superheroes, was growing annoyed.
He saw the brilliance of the Bubbler's idea - make them use their powers, get them to detransform, and don't let them escape this time - but neither Ladybug nor Chat Noir seemed compelled to change their situation.
"This isn't working," Hawkmoth growled. "They're just sitting there!"
"Patience, dude," The Bubbler replied. "Besides, there's always my first plan."
"Then do that plan!"
Chat Noir startled. "We're going down."
"Five more minutes," Ladybug complained.
Chat Noir gently shoved Ladybug's leg. "We don't have five more minutes."
Ladybug groaned and forced herself to sit up. Below, the ground was slowly rising to meet them. The bubble landed right in the middle of the Agreste's yard, where The Bubbler was waiting for them.
"You know, this bubble is actually really comfortable," Chat Noir said. "I don't know what everyone is complaining about."
"Dude, you're in a bubble," The Bubbler replied. "Would you do me the favor and starting acting like it?"
Chat Noir shrugged. "What would you like me to do? Beg to be let out?"
"Something like that," The Bubbler answered. "Perhaps, if I gave you some incentive..."
The bubble rose for the fourth time, and Ladybug watched the ground drop out from beneath them.
"What's he planning now?" Ladybug asked. "No - ah!"
The bubble jerked to the side, and soon the two superheroes were rushing towards the Eiffel Tower.
"We're gonna crash!" Chat Noir yelled. He tried to put a protective arm around Ladybug, but she just shoved it away.
They both let out yelps as the bubble crashed into one of the support beams. Ladybug got the beam right in the stomach, and winding her completely. Chat Noir faceplanted and fell the beam below.
Ladybug dropped down to Chat Noir, who now had a bloody nose.
"Ow," he complained.
"Tell me about it," Ladybug replied.
The Bubbler appeared on the horizon, riding a bubble like a pigeon. Ladybug and Chat Noir both took defensive stances.
"Give it up already," The Bubbler said. "Before I have to beat the two of you up even more."
"Go ahead and try," Ladybug snarled.
The Bubbler sighed. "Have it your way."
As the bubbles shot out this time, Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around the beam underneath them, grabbed Chat Noir, and dove down.
Chat Noir grinned. "Thinking of playing a little-"
"If you say cat and mouse, I will drop you."
The two superheroes landed on a lower support beam just as the bubbles caught up with them. Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around another, higher support beam, and the two superheroes zoomed up.
"Maybe we can get the bubbles to engulf him," Ladybug suggested. "But then again, that won't help us get to the wand."
The two superheroes made it to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
"Water works against them," Ladybug said.
"Perhaps it's time to do some road work," Chat Noir added.
He used his baton to lower the two superheroes down to the street. The bubbles followed.
"Chat, if you-"
Chat Noir nodded. "I know, but we need to end this fight. Cataclysm!"
The pipes under the road burst, and a wall of high-pressured water appeared. The bubbles survived the blast, but were easily popped with a touch from the yo-yo. Ladybug and Chat Noir were able to hold their position until The Bubbler remembered he could attack them from behind.
"Through the water!" Ladybug yelled, grabbing Chat Noir and yanking him through the water.
But on the other side were more bubbles. Chat Noir's ring beeped.
"If I get trapped now-"
"I know," Ladybug replied. "I won't let that happen. Lucky charm!"
Something long fell into Ladybug's hands, but before she had a chance to see what is was, she had to whack a bubble with it.
"It's an umbrella," Chat Noir stated. "What are you- you know what? I'm tired of asking that. Do your thing."
Ladybug nodded and looked around. What was she supposed to do with an umbrella?
"Chat," she called, yanking him and pushing him into the water. She put the umbrella upside down and pointed it at one of the burst pipes. She opened it, and water went everywhere. By angling the umbrella, Ladybug managed to aim a burst at the bubble The Bubbler was riding, sending him down the the earth.
Chat Noir used the distraction to extend his baton right through the hole on the bubble wand, and then tilted the baton up. The wand slid down right into his hands.
"I think it's about time we ended this," he muttered, breaking the baton over his knee. The winds picked up, but Ladybug could still hear her earrings beep.
"Oh, look at that," The Unclocker called as she came into view. "Running out of time, are we?"
"Timebreaker!" Ladybug blurted. "We'll face Timebreaker!"
Chat Noir's ring beeped.
The Unclocker tilted her head. "Are you sure?"
"Yes!" Ladybug barked. "And we'll face her now!"
"Or we'll leave," Chat Noir threatened, voice tight.
Hawkmoth's mask appeared over The Unclocker's face, and she hesitated.
"I should make you wait," The Unclocker mused. "But then again, I don't want you running away when I've got you in such a tight spot. So what should I do?"
"Send us now or the deal is off," Ladybug said, preparing herself to stand between The Unclocker and Chat Noir if she needed too.
But then the winds picked up.
Note: I want to have this story published before the official release of the English version of season 2, but considering how many chapters this story will probably end up having, that's not likely. So I thought I'd say that none of the villains in season 2 will be featured.