Disclaimer: I don't own anything I didn't own last chapter. Literally. These were written and uploaded the same day, even though they weren't published the same day.
Chapter 18: Lady Wifi, Part 2
Lady WiFi threw another pause button at Chat Noir, forcing him to dodge away from Ladybug. He didn't have much room to move in the small dressing room they were in, and it wasn't long before Lady WiFi had him backed into the corner.
Chat Noir didn't let that stop him, though, and somehow managed to keep dodging Lady WiFi's attacks, but all the while Lady WiFi kept moving forward.
"Alya!" Ladybug called. "Leave him alone."
"Only if you provide me with some valuable information," Lady WiFi replied, but she did turn from Chat Noir.
"If it's information you want, then fine!" Ladybug replied.
Lady WiFi grinned and pushed the record button on her phone. A second later, the button appeared in front of Ladybug.
"So what is this information you want to provide, Ladybug?" Lady WiFi asked.
Ladybug grinned. "That you should never turn your back on Chat Noir."
Chat Noir, who had been creeping up on Lady WiFi, swiped her feet from underneath her and sent her tumbling to the floor. He reached for her phone, but grabbed it with his bad wrist and all it took was a hit from Lady WiFi for him to reflectively let go.
Lady WiFi grabbed her phone and rolled to a standing position, and Chat Noir was on his feet barely a second later.
"Nice try," Lady WiFi admitted. "But not good enough."
But she hadn't realized she was within kicking range of Ladybug, and Ladybug rammed the heel of her good foot into Lady WiFi's back, making her fall over again and drop her phone.
Lady WiFi grabbed her phone just as Chat Noir did, and the two of them had a brief tug-of-war over it. Eventually, Lady WiFi won, but she tumbled backwards as she did and was kicked by Ladybug again.
"Would you stop doing that?" Lady WiFi complained, rubbing her back.
"Nope," Ladybug replied. Chat Noir picked up one half of his makeshift baton and fell into a fencing position.
"You're surrounded," he said. "Not to mention, trapped."
Lady WiFi growled, hit something on her phone, and vanished.
"Not again," Chat Noir whined.
"Now what am I supposed to do?" Ladybug asked.
"There's no way out," Chat Noir noted, pulling on the door.
"She's trying to force you to use your powers," Ladybug said. "Like she did with me."
"Great," Chat Noir muttered. "But that doesn't help you."
"I'll find my own way out."
Chat Noir nodded. "I'll get out of here, destransform somewhere, and then recharge and find the cell tower."
"But she's probably waiting for you," Ladybug pointed out.
Chat Noir looked around. The four walls around him or the floor under him would be the obvious choices, but the room was a cube and cube did have six sides.
"I'll go up," Chat Noir replied, standing up on the bench to the vanity.
"How?" Ladybug asked. "You don't have your baton."
"I'll just have to climb up," Chat Noir decided. "I'll be back before you know it. Cataclysm!"
The ceiling crumbled, causing a ton of furniture to fall down on the superheroes. Fortunately, nothing hit Ladybug, but Chat Noir had to dodge a somewhat oversized lamp.
"I honestly didn't think about that," Chat Noir admitted, scratching the back of his neck. "Sorry."
"No harm done," Ladybug replied. "Now go!"
Chat Noir nodded and used the extra furniture to help him climb up and reach the door above.
Chat Noir gave Ladybug his signature salute before disappearing.
Ladybug sighed. Now she needed a way to get herself free...
"Lucky charm!"
A box of aluminum foil fell into her hands.
Ladybug immediately thought of a recent conspiracy movie her and Alya had watched, where people wore aluminum hats to block out signals from aliens. Could there be some truth to that?
It took a lot of struggle, but Ladybug managed to wrap one of the pause buttons with aluminum foil, and it disappeared.
"Nice," Ladybug muttered, and started on the other pause button.
Adrien hid in a bathroom while Plagg ate his cheese.
His makeshift splint had come undone sometimes during the battle, and now he was trying to redo it with paper towels and the original stick-thing Ladybug had brought him.
"I had no idea an injury like this could hurt so much," Adrien hissed as he finished wrapping the paper towels.
"If you don't want it to hurt, don't injure it," Plagg suggested, swallowing the last bit of cheese.
"Thanks for the tip," Adrien muttered. "Now, we need to go find that cell tower. Claws out!"
Ladybug called Chat Noir as soon as his signal went back online.
"You're free," he commented.
Ladybug nodded. "I didn't want Lady WiFi coming after me solo, but I used my lucky charm and am about to turn back. Have you found the cell tower yet?"
Chat Noir nodded. "I'm almost there. Go recharge, I'll need to recharge again anyways. Meet in you the lobby afterwards?"
Ladybug nodded. "Sounds good."
She hung up her yo-yo and hid herself in one of the bathrooms. Her transformation disappeared almost immediately.
Marinette leaned her head against the wall and sunk down to the floor. "I'm exhausted."
"I know," Tikki replied. "But you're doing great! Even paused like you were, you still managed to put up a fight!"
"Thanks," Marinette replied. "I remembered to bring snacks this time, so let me get you something to eat."
"You're always so on top of things," Tikki stated.
"Doesn't feel like it," Marinette noted as she found to cookie for Tikki, and an energy drink she bought from a vending machine before transforming for herself.
"You've already done so much!" Tikki commented. "You should be proud of yourself!"
"But there's still so much more to do," Marinette replied. "And the akumas are just going to get worse."
"Don't worry, Marinette," Tikki answered. "You and Chat Noir can handle anything, as long as you work together!"
Marinette smiled. "You think so?"
"I know so!"
In all honesty, Lady Wifi has got to be one of the most original villain, and she was fun (and hard) to write.