Do you ever have a moment when you're writing and you just have to stop and ask yourself what on Earth you were writing? Yeah, I had a lot of those moments in these next few chapters.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Miraculous Ladybug.
Chapter 17: Lady Wifi, Part 1
One broken wrist and one broken ankle.
The two superheroes were on the roof across from the hotel, waiting patiently for Lady WiFi to make her appearance and attending to the wounds from Evillustrator.
Ladybug could tell her partner was starting to get scared. She was, too - their most recent injuries didn't bode well, and they weren't even halfway through yet.
Chat Noir straightened up. "Looks like Lady WiFi is here."
Ladybug stood up, keeping her weight on her good ankle. The stint helped, but it wasn't her miraculous cure by any means.
Together, the two superheroes swung into Chloe's hotel room.
"Games over Lady WiFi!" Ladybug called.
Lady WiFi turned and gaped at Ladybug. Her eyes flickered between the actual superhero and Chloe, who was on the ground and tangled in her toy yo-yo.
"Ladybug!" Chloe whined. "Help me!"
"This is a surprise," Lady WiFi admitted. "So if it's not Chloe under the mask, then who is it?"
"Good luck trying to find out!" Ladybug replied.
Lady WiFi shot a pause button at the two superheroes, and they both dodged. Ladybug was forced to keep moving as Lady WiFi continued shooting pause buttons.
Chat Noir threw his baton, and Lady WiFi was forced to cut off her assault. She paused the baton mid-air, giving Ladybug enough chance to wrap her yo-yo around Lady WiFi's legs.
Lady WiFi flung a few wild pause buttons at Ladybug as she struggled. Ladybug dodged the pauses as she did her best to keep Lady WiFi still.
"Chat, her phone!" Ladybug called.
"On it!" Chat Noir left his baton where it was still frozen mid-air to help Ladybug with her attack.
Lady WiFi was still struggling, and Ladybug was just doing her best to hold on to her yo-yo without being frozen. Chat Noir came from behind Lady WiFi and reached for her phone.
"No!" Lady WiFi hit a button on her phone, flickered, and vanished.
Ladybug retracted her yo-yo. "She must have gone through Chloe's phone. She could be anywhere in the hotel!" She stamped her foot. "Ugh, I had her, if I could have just-"
"You're just tired," Chat Noir replied. "At least you still have your yo-yo."
"At least," Ladybug agreed. "Where do you think she went?"
"I don't know," Chat Noir answered. "But I have a feeling we're going to find out soon."
Ladybug nodded. "Chloe, may I borrow your phone?"
"Of course, Ladybug," Chloé replied. "Anything for you. I am your biggest fan after all."
Ladybug grabbed Chloe's phone off the ground to check for signs of Lady WiFi.
It didn't take long.
"Huh," Ladybug muttered. "She's at the TV station."
"Last time she didn't leave the hotel," Chat Noir remembered.
Ladybug nodded. "We have no way of knowing what she's up to. We'll have to be extra careful."
"Plus it's almost definitely a trap," Chat Noir added. "Though, to be fair, it's almost always a trap. I'm ready when you are."
Ladybug and Chat Noir landed on top of the TV station, making Ladybug's ankle throb just as an image of Lady WiFi flickered away.
"Looks like she's playing that game again," Chat Noir noted.
Ladybug nodded and smashed the phone Lady WiFi had left on the roof. "She probably has all the doors but one locked like last time too."
Together, the two superheroes burst down the stairs, instantly noticing that Ladybug's prediction was right.
"Why would she even be at the TV station?" Chat Noir asked as they ran down the stairs. "She can broadcast on her own."
"Maybe she felt it was a good place to lay a trap," Ladybug suggested as they found the unlocked door. "Here's where she must be. Prepare for an ambush."
The two superheroes readied themselves, and barged into the room in unison.
Except it wasn't a room, but a long hallway with three doors on each wall.
"Must be the dressing rooms," Chat Noir suggested.
Ladybug nodded. "None of the doors are locked. Which one do you think she's in?"
"I guess we just choose one," Chat Noir replied. "After you, my lady."
Ladybug walked up to the first door and opened it. Chat Noir walked in behind her, his makeshift baton at the ready.
An image flickered on the vanity, and Lady WiFi appeared.
"Wrong choice," she said, throwing a lock button at the door. "Now you're stuck in here with me."
"Or you're stuck in here with us," Chat Noir countered.
"You and your broom handle?" Lady WiFi countered.
Lady WiFi swiped her phone, throwing a pause button at Chat Noir, who dodged easily.
Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around Lady WiFi's phone wrist and pulled. Lady WiFi lurched forward, but managed to toss a pause button off, hitting Ladybug in the shoulder.
"Ladybug!" Chat Noir called, tossing his baton and effectively hitting Lady WiFi in the head.
Ladybug retrieved her yo-yo, but she couldn't throw it with her shoulder paused.
Chat Noir jumped for Lady WiFi's phone, but she ducked and he ended up hitting the door.
"Well, well," Lady WiFi cooed. "Looks like you're trapped now."
Ladybug used her free hand to swipe for Lady WiFi's phone, but Lady WiFi just froze her other arm mid-swing.
Ladybug kicked up with her good ankle, effectively hitting Lady WiFi's hand away and causing her phone to go sailing. Lady WiFi dove for her phone, giving Chat Noir enough time to stand up and retrieve his now broken baton.
"Nice kick," he said.
"Thanks," Ladybug replied. "We need to find a way to take down the cell service."
"I didn't see a phone tower anywhere when we landed," Chat Noir stated. "Maybe there's another way?"
But that was the end of the conversation, because Lady WiFi was up on her feet again.
"The thing about that, Chat Noir," Lady WiFi said. "Is that you've seemed to forget the little detail that I have both of you trapped."
Also, I forgot to add - those villains mentioned but never fought on screen? Lets pretend those don't exist.