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Chapter 34: Rogercop, Part 2
It was a brilliant plan. So why wasn't it working?
Rogercop threw Chat Noir backwards, and he slid on his back. By the time Chat Noir was on his feet again, Rogercop has blocked a hit from Ladybug and sent the superhero flying out of the school.
"I am the law," Rogercop droned. "I am unstoppable."
Chat Noir ignored the comment and attacked again, slamming his baton down onto Rogercop's head. Rogercop caught the baton and tossed it - and Chat Noir - into the wall.
"Ow," Chat Noir complained.
Ladybug landed back in the courtyard and slid to where Chat Noir had landed.
"We need a new strategy," Ladybug muttered. "He's too strong - none of our hits are landing."
"Maybe a cataclysm?" Chat Noir suggested. "Get him stuck like we did last time?"
Ladybug shook her head. "No... there has to be something else."
Rogercop thumped his way towards the superheroes.
"Give up," he monotoned. "You can never beat the law."
"As a superhero," Chat Noir responded. "I have met plenty of people who would argue with that."
"There is nothing to argue with," Rogercop countered.
Ladybug earrings beeped. "I don't have much longer." She looked at Chat with wide eyes. "Chat, when I transform the lucky charm will vanish."
Chat Noir rubbed the handcuffs on his wrists. "I'll be fine, my Lady. Just make it back quick."
"Don't worry," Ladybug replied. "I know you can handle yourself. I'll be back as soon as I can."
Ladybug elegantly leaped up onto the second floor and disappeared into a classroom, leaving Chat Noir and Rogercop alone in the courtyard.
Chat Noir grinned and extended his baton. "It's just you and me, clunky."
"The law is never clunky," Rogercop replied.
"Yeah, whatever." Chat Noir took a running start and leaped over Rogercop, using his baton to smack Rogercop's face mask. Rogercop grabbed the baton and tossed it - and Chat Noir - in the other direction. Chat Noir twisted and landed on his feet.
"Surrender," Rogercop said. "Hand over your miraculous."
"Never," Chat Noir replied.
Rogercop stepped forward and reached for Chat Noir, but the superhero easily rolled away. Rogercop turned, his robot parts squeaking, and moved towards Chat Noir.
Chat Noir tucked into a roll and came up right under Rogercop's nose. Chat Noir grabbed the whistle, but Rogercop grabbed his wrist and pain flared through his arm. Chat Noir let go of the whistle, and Rogercop dropped him onto the ground. Rogercop grabbed the whistle and held it up, and Chat Noir saw that the gum had vanished.
So did Rogercop.
"Your plan has failed," Rogercop said.
Cataclysm, Chat Noir thought, but shook the thought out of his head. If he was forced to detransform before destroying the whistle or the handcuffs, he would be doomed.
Rogercop put the whistle to his lips and blew. Chat Noir was jerked forward, so that he was kneeling at Rogercop's feet. Fortunately, he was able to hold onto his baton.
"It is over," Rogercop said. "The law is victorious."
Chat Noir gritted his teeth. "Not yet."
He angled his wrist and extended the baton, and the baton end hit Rogercop square in the nose. Rogercop stumbled backwards.
Chat Noir dug his heels into the ground and pulled on the handcuffs, but the only thing he accomplished was sending more pain down his wrist.
"The law cannot be injured," Rogercop said, even though his nose looked red. "And it cannot be defeated."
"We'll see about that," Chat Noir replied. He gave up on escaping the handcuffs, but he was determined to fight anyways.
Rogercop blew his whistle and Chat Noir was yanked forward again. As Chat Noir stumbled for footing, Rogercop reached for his ring. Somehow, Chat Noir managed to twist around and kick his arm, but his foot reflected off the metal arm harmlessly.
Chat Noir extended his baton. One end dug into the ground, and the other extended and hit Rogercop right in the shoulder. The initial blow didn't phase Rogercop, but with the baton secured in the ground he wasn't able to shake it loose.
Rogercop grabbed the baton in the middle and yanked up, and the baton came out of the ground. Rogercop tossed the baton away, and Chat Noir was left without a weapon.
"You are defenseless," Rogercop stated. "Surrender."
"I am not defenseless," Chat Noir argued. "I'm still armed with my wonderful sense of humor."
Rogercop blew his whistle, and Chat Noir was yanked forward again. Rogercop reached down towards Chat Noir's wrist, and Chat Noir clenched his fists to keep Rogercop from grabbing his ring.
Rogercop grabbed Chat Noir's fist and squeezed, causing pain to flare up in his fingers. Chat Noir didn't let go.
"Stop fighting," Rogercop said. "There is no longer any point."
"Actually, there is one," Chat Noir shot back.
And, as if they had coordinated the whole thing, Ladybug landed on the roof behind Rogercop and wrapped her yo-yo around Rogercop's two arms.
"It's called buying time," Chat Noir said.
Ladybug yanked up, moving Rogercop's arms away from Chat Noir and up into the sky.
"Ladybug," Rogercop said. "You will not defeat the law."
"We'll see about that," Ladybug replied. She leaped down the second floor and slid under the railing. With the string wrapped around the railing, her yo-to pulled up on Rogercop as Ladybug landed on the ground. Rogercop stumbled.
"I'll just take this," Ladybug said, walking up to Rogercop. She reached for the whistle, but Rogercop yanked his arms down, and the yo-yo pulled Ladybug back towards the wall.
Ladybug retracted her yo-yo and landed back on the ground, rubbing the back of her head where she had slammed against the wall.
Rogercop blew his whistle, and Chat Noir was yanked off the ground. The handcuffs pulled him up above the school.
"Surrender, Ladybug," Rogercop demanded.
Ladybug looked up at her partner, then down on the ground. A fall like that would hurt, but if she could get his baton to him...
"Never," Ladybug replied.
Rogercop blew his whistle, and the handcuffs holding Chat Noir up came off.
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