I probably could've combined the two Guitar Villain chapters... oh well. Here's a super short one for you!
Disclaimer: Is there any way to make these creative? I mean, I've been trying, but I'm sure I've failed every attempt.
Chapter 23: Guitar Villain, Part 2
Chat Noir was forced to duck the second he landed.
As the sound waves passed over him, Chat Noir scanned the area for Ladybug. She wasn't on the platform anymore, which temporarily left Chat Noir alone to deal with Guitar Villain.
Chat Noir extended his baton as he stood back up. "The real Jagged Stone rocks twice as hard."
"I can rock!" Guitar Villain roared. "Awesome solo!"
Chat Noir darted to the side as waves of sound blew past where he had been. He separated his baton and threw the halves as boomerangs, hoping for a distraction.
As Guitar Villain turned to blow away the baton pieces, Chat Noir ran towards the guitar, claws out, hoping to snap a string or two. Guitar Villain reacted just before Chat Noir's hand reached the guitar, and he was blasted back.
Chat Noir flailed as he tried to find his grip before he ended up falling again, but he was too high up to grab onto anything. He found himself falling off the tower again, except this time he didn't have his baton to catch his fall. As the ground came rushing up, Chat Noir looked around for some way to catch himself.
He was saved when the yo-yo wrapped around his wrist.
Ladybug was on the other side of the tower, standing on one of the highest beam. Her yo-yo shot through the empty spaces in the tower.
"Thanks," Chat Noir called. He swung towards the Eiffel Tower, not realizing until too late that he was swinging into one of the beams. His forehead smacked right into the bottom of the beam. With a groan, Chat Noir climbed on top of the beam, and Ladybug released her yo-yo.
"Are you okay?" Ladybug called.
Chat Noir gave her two thumbs up.
He leaned back against the beam, a giant headache pulsing where he hit himself.
"Be ready, Chat Noir!" Ladybug called.
"Ready for what?" Chat Noir asked.
Ladybug just grinned. "You'll see."
Ladybug swung all the way up onto the platform, landing epically without putting weight on her bad ankle.
Guitar Villain was leaning over the railing, trying to see where Chat Noir went.
"Show's over, Guitar Villain!" Ladybug swung her yo-yo and wrapped it around Guitar Villain's legs. "And no one wants an encore."
She yanked his legs up before Guitar Villain could straighten up, causing his torso to go over the railing. He flailed around, and his guitar fell down.
"Hey!" Guitar Villain complained. Ladybug didn't have a chance to respond before the winds picked up.
Chat Noir watched Ladybug disappear, curious as to what she had meant.
It wasn't the first time he received instructions like that, but it was the first time he received instructions like that while stuck on the Eiffel Tower without his baton.
Of course, he could still climb up with the advantages of his miraculous, but Ladybug might expect him to stay here. As if she might drop something his way.
And sure enough, Guitar Villain's guitar flew past him moments later, too far away from him to grab without his baton.
So Chat Noir just watched it fall, figuring that a drop like that would be enough to break the guitar.
Ladybug bit her lip. "I don't think Gamer is a good idea."
Chat Noir frowned. "Why not?" He couldn't remember any good reason, unless...
No. He put that thought from his mind.
Ladybug hesitated. "It's just - he has the potential to do a lot of damage, that's all."
"They all have the potential to do a lot of damage," Chat Noir noted.
Ladybug nodded. "You're right, of course." She took a deep breath. "Gamer it is."
So, why exactly does Ladybug not want to fight Gamer? Let's just say that it's going to be an interesting couple of chapters...