Chapter 21: A Star Crashes
With Screamer continuing to make use of his sonic screams with his fire attacks, as well as using his axes to try and cut the heroes into pieces, these had their hands full. But if Screamer was giving them problems, the crowd that was under his spell, was not making things easy for them either. Ladybug and Forest Doe had gone to help Grizzly Bear and Flamingo, as the later did her best to create a path through the crowd, for the bear hero, with the help of her copies. The crowd on the lawn, had remained mostly still, shouting Screamer's name, up until the moment, when Grizzly and Flamingo fell in the middle of it. When that happened, the crowd attack them and they were forced to strike them back. Like it happened, when civilians were placed under an Akuma's spell, Ladybug and the others were forced to battle them.
"Come on, we're almost there!" -Forest Doe told Grizzly bear, as she used her bow to keep her attackers at bay. –"Just a little further!" -she said, as they continued to advance.
"I'm fine…" -Grizzly said, as he grabbed a man and hurled him over. –"I'm just… I'm getting a little tired, that's all." -he huffed. Anyone looking at him, could see that he was beginning to show the first signs of exhaustion.
"You ain't the only one." -Flamingo said, as she created another copy of herself. –"I'm also beginning to feel pretty exhausted. -she said.
"I told you! You should have flown, while you had the chance! At least, this way I would've been the only one here, in this mess!" -Grizzly Bear said, as he prepared to use his special attack, Earth Shaking. –"Let's see if I can clear enough room for us to move a little more freely." -he thought to himself, as he slammed his fists against the ground.
Doing it, the ground shook violently and everyone that was near him fell to the ground, incapable of standing. Everyone, except the heroines, who understood what he was doing, and quickly jump up.
"And I told you! I was too dizzy to fly right then, and I wouldn't leave you behind!" -Flamingo said, as she jumped, avoiding ending up on the ground by Grizzly's special attack. –"We stick together, no matter what!" -she told him, as she landed. –"Thanks for the assist! My copies and I needed a little break."
"Still, I don't think it will be much of a break! They're getting back up, and we've got even more people, coming our way. We've got to move faster, or we won't be able to get to the stage!" -Forest Doe said, as she punched someone, who tried to grab her.
"Don't worry! I'll get us out of here in a moment." -Ladybug exclaimed, as she used her sixth sense power to get them out of that situation. Making use of it, in her eyes, two things began to glow intensely. One was he yo-yo, the other was a person. –"Okay, I think I understand what you're trying to tell me, sixth sense." -she thought to herself, as her lips formed a smirk.
Launching her yo-yo in the direction of the person her sixth sense had signalled, Ladybug was able to wrap it around the person's shoulders. Stretching the string, she then took balance and began to spin it, just as if she was spinning a hammer. Mimicking the result of Grizzly's special attack, in a matter of seconds, the scarlet heroine made hundreds of people fall on their backs, this giving her and the other heroes some space to continuing their way towards the stage.
"Nice going, Ladybug!" -Forest Doe exclaimed.
"Thanks! Get to the stage, now!" -Ladybug ordered them, as she began to run in the stage's direction.
After punching and kicking a few more people, who tried to grab them, the four of them reached the barrier created by Carapace. Jumping it, the four heroes left the crazy crowd behind, who wasted night in bash their fists against the barrier. On the inside, things were hardly better, as the stage had been destroyed and the fight had dragged itself into the backstage, where the heroes did their best to deal with what was going on. Screamer had made his mission to kill the heroes, even if he had to burn the whole place up, while playing some of the worst music that anyone had ever heard. And the problem with his music was not that he did not know how to play, but rather the way it sounded like.
"Worst music ever!" -Panda Roux thought to himself, as he dodged to the left. –"It's bad enough we have to hear that crowd screaming his name, but listening to his awful music, is just too much!"
"With all this racket, I can hardly focus on putting out these flames!" -Louve Grise thought to herself, as she once more, used her icy breath to put out the flames that were burning next to her.
"This is not good. These flames are getting stronger. I can't use my power over shadows if this keeps up!" -Corbeau Noire told herself, hoping that a miracle would happen, and that those flames disappeared.
And they were not the only thinking that. Inside the bubbles they were being held in, KISS and Jagged Stone, were commenting on how awful the music was. It was bad being trapped, but having to listen to that awful music was even worse. For them, who were used to playing and listening to good music, that felt like medieval torture.
"I'm not against any kind of music, but this, this is just awful! I mean, the notes, the composition… everything in it, it's all… well, it's not what music's supposed to be." -Tommy said.
"Yeah, it sounds just like that time your bass broke in the middle of the concert, and began to produce those awful noises that were anything but music. Where was that? Was it in Hong Kong, or was it in Kyoto? I can never remember." –Paul said, as he tried to remember the concert in question.
"It was in Hong Kong. I remember it because that happened during that concert, where I had to spit fire, alongside one of those huge Chinese dragons." -Gene told him. –"And you're right, it was just as bad as this." -he agreed. –"The difference is that in your case, it was an accident, while this guy is playing this on purpose."
"Let's hope these kids have it, in them to stop this guy soon. Otherwise, by the end of the night, it will be hard for me to distinguish good music from bad music." -Eric commented.
Without knowing, Jagged Stone was thinking the same thing as the KISS drummer.
"I just hope that whoever this guy is, that he plays better when he's not akumatized. This music of his is so bad, it's beginning to sound good, and that's not a good thing for both my ears, and my musical taste." -Jagged Stone thought to himself.
Signalling Forest Doe, Flamingo and Grizzly Bear to go and help the others, she was going to look for Queen Bee, hoping she had found either Dragonfly or Antelope. And it did not take long for her to find them, as she swung through the air. Hiding behind what used to be a trailer, Carapace, was busy healing Antelope, with Dragonfly and Queen Bee watching. It was not the first time the turtle hero healed a stabbing wound, so when Queen Bee came looking for him and warned him of what had happened, pointing out that it was imperative of him coming with her, he knew what to do. Just like Antelope had told him, as he healed him, Reptile did not have the time to do more than stabbing him. If he had had the time, who knows what he would have done to him.
"It's a good thing you're just as fast on your hands, as you are on your lips." -Carapace joked, as he examined the wound. –"It's not as bad as I thought it would, when I saw all that blood." -he thought to himself.
"Y-Yeah, but I still wish I hadn't fallen for that trick, lizard lips pulled." -Antelope said, as he felt the healing energy from Carapace's hands closing the wound.
"Well, he's a master of disguise and treachery, when he wants to be. The only good thing about it, is that he's not very smart, otherwise, he would be pulling something like that on us, constantly." -Queen Bee said.
"Okay, I think this will do. Even so, if I were you, I would try not to put too much stress on that shoulder for the rest of the fight." -Carapace told Antelope.
"That might be a little hard, since I usually need to move both my shoulders to attack a fiend." -Antelope said.
"Use your legs, instead. You don't need to use your bat to fight. You move your feet even faster than your hands, after all." -Dragonfly told him.
"Yeah, but I prefer punching an enemy. It's way funnier." -Antelope admitted. –"But okay, I'll take it easy with this shoulder." -he said, as he saw Ladybug landing in front of him.
"You found them!" –Ladybug exclaimed to Queen Bee.
"Of course, I did. Do you really think I wouldn't?" -Queen Bee asked her. –"And before you ask about it, Antelope had a close encounter with Reptile, he stabbed him., but he's better now." -she told her, casually.
"W-Wait, what?!" -Ladybug asked, as her brain tried to make sense of what she had just heard.
"Don't worry, I'm already better. Doctor Turtle here did a great job fixing me up." –Antelope declared.
"My pleasure. But if you're going to call me by a nickname, I'd stick with either Ninja Turtle or one of their names. Doctor Turtle sounds like something out of a Doctor Mario videogame, dude." -Carapace joked.
"Anyways, Bee here told us that you were looking for us. What can we help you with, boss lady?" -Dragonfly asked her.
"Well, we can't go with the idea I had, because of your shoulder." -Ladybug said, as she tried to come up with a different strategy. –"But maybe we can try another thing." -she smiled, as she looked at Dragonfly. –"Are you up for doing something absolutely crazy?"
"Something absolutely crazy? In case you've forgotten, "crazy" is my middle name." –Dragonfly told her.
"Curious. I thought your middle name was Marceline." -Antelope joked, after which, Dragonfly hit him on the right shoulder. –"Ouch! I was just kidding!" -he protested.
"So was I. And don't be such a cry-baby! I hit you on your good shoulder." -Dragonfly told him, before turning her attention back to Ladybug. –"What do you have in mind?" -she asked.
"Do you remember that crazy stunt we tried against that crazy clown-based Akuma, back in November?" -Ladybug asked her.
"You mean, Funny Bone? Why would… oh, I get what you're saying!" -Dragonfly smiled at her. –"What you're asking is incredibly crazy, but I'm up for it." -she said. –"Make sure you guys find a way to keep him distracted, and leave the rest to me."
"You got it!" -Ladybug said, before turning to Queen Bee. –"Pass the message to the others that are fighting Screamer. We're going to try "Operation Inverted Shooting Star", in 60 seconds." -she told her.
Operation Inverted Shooting Star, got its name from Panda Roux, who dreamed of him. He dreamed of a shooting star, which instead of falling from the sky, rose from the earth to the heavens. And upon waking up, he wondered if they could somehow use that idea he had dreamed about, as a strategy to deal with an Akuma. After thinking about it, he suggested to the rest of the team, and they tried it. It involved part of the team distracting the Akuma, so Dragonfly could grab it and then shoot herself and the Akuma up into the air, as fast as possible. Once she got high enough, she would drop the Akuma and allow gravity to do the rest. It was a good attack strategy, but it would only work on non-flying Akumas. Luckily, Screamer did not seem the kind of Akuma, who could fly, so that insane stunt was sure to work.
Dashing out of there, the bee heroine flew as fast as she could, to warn the others about the plan. One by one, they all learned what the others were planning, and their best to keep him occupied, until it was time for Dragonfly to make her grand entrance. Being the last one, who she told about the plan, and seeing her in need of a little assist, Queen Bee helped Louve Grise putting out the flames, by making use of her trompo, creating a few tornados, which extinguished the flames.
As the two of them tried to control the flames, the rest of the team continued to do their best to tackle Screamer, who had stopped with the flaming attacks, and decided to attack them with sonic screams, and by using his guitar, turned flaming axe to cut them in half.
"Is that the best you can do?" –Arachnid taunted Screamer, as he evaded one of his attempts to barbecue him with his guitar.
"I guess that's his best, really." -Rena Rouge said, as she attacked him with her flute-staff, hitting him in the stomach.
"You tell him, guys!" -Chat Noir said, encouraging them. –"The more we taunt him, the less likely he is to see Alix coming for him." -he thought to himself.
"You keep mocking me, but you are all about to see what I'm really capable of."-Screamer said, as he turned his guitar back to normal, and played a chord with it. –"Nobody mocks me and gets away with it!" -he smirked evilly at them.
Taking a deep breath, Screamer prepared to attack the heroes, once again, but they were all ready and waiting for it to happen. What they were not waiting was for him to attack them the way he was about to. Letting a powerful sonic scream, this one was combined with his fire-breathing ability. What came out of his mouth, could only be described as a flaming wave that moved as fast as the wind. Arachnid quickly dodged it, as did the other heroes. But Chat Noir miscalculated the time he needed to get away, and nearly got roasted. Luckily for him, a certain scarlet angel saved him, by carrying him in her arms.
"Got you!" -Ladybug said, smiling at her boyfriend.
"Thank you. Two more seconds, and I would have turned into a roasted cat. Still, I thought I was the one who always caught you and carried you out of danger, milady." -Chat Noir smiled at Ladybug.
"Guess it's my turn to return the favour." -Ladybug said, as she landed safely.
"Well, I'm not going to say I didn't like it. It's a nice feeling, being carried in your arms, you know?" -Chat grinned.
"Huh, hate to interrupt you, lovebirds, but perhaps that can wait until a bit later!" -Rena Rouge told them, as she ran in the opposite direction, trying to evade Screamer, who had just thrown another attack at them.
"Talk to you later, milady." -Chat Noir smiled. –"I've got an idiot to taunt."
"Indeed, you have. And so, do I." -Ladybug smiled back at him, as they both dashed back into action.
The team continued to attack Screamer with everything they had, while at the same time, the chanting from the crowd continued to grow, and was beginning to scare the heroes. Not only were the people chants getting louder, they had also begun to bang their fists against the energy barrier. The sound of it, reminded them of the sound made, when someone repeatedly hit a plexiglass. They knew that the odds of them being able to break the energy barrier were virtually none, because even Akumas were not able to do it. But the fear of that happening, was always present.
"Let's just hope they don't begin to act like those zombies in World War Z, where they begin to pile up on top of each other, and end up infecting Jerusalem." –Forest Doe thought to herself, as she fired two arrows at Screamer, who decided to retribute them, by launching a fire ball against her. –"Yikes!" -she screamed, when she was pulled towards the right, by none other than her boyfriend. –"T-Thanks!"
"My pleasure." -Grizzly smiled tenderly at her. Even in midst of danger, he always had it in him, the strength and the sweetness to give his girlfriend a smile. –"Stay behind me, and give me cover. I'm going to try something crazy." -he told her.
"Alright, but be careful." -Forest Doe said, as she started to throw as many arrows as she could at Screamer, trying to distract him.
"Need a little help?" -Carapace asked Rena Rouge, as he landed next to her.
"If you insist, who am I to refuse it?" -Rena Rouge told her boyfriend, just as he used his tonfas to create an energy shield in front of them, protecting them from the massive attack he threw at Grizzly Bear, who once again tried to attack him.
When Ladybug, Carapace and Antelope went to join the others, Dragonfly remained behind to prepare herself for Operation Inverted Shooting Star. It had been a while, since she did that manoeuvre, or even trained it. Still, she remembered just what she needed to do, and how she needed to do it. Clearing her thoughts, she knew that she would have to be incredibly fast, so as to not give the Akuma the time to react. Like most stunts and manoeuvres she was known to execute, this one relied on her speed. Closing her eyes, she emptied her mind, and tried to visualize the whole manoeuvre and how she was going to do it, while also knowing that she would only get one shot at it.
"Focus… imagine what you're going to do, and then start humming that song to yourself. You're going to need a shot of adrenaline to do this. And remember, you screw up, and things could get even worst than they are now. Remember that." -Dragonfly thought to herself, with her eyes closed. –"Alright, now start playing it in your mind. Start playing AC/DC's Shoot to Thrill. You're going to need to feel like you're Stark in his Iron Man suit to get this done… and remember, speed is your friend. Speed is your guardian angel, and more importantly, it's what makes you, you." -she thought, as she continued to breathe in and out. –"Now, let's go save the day, so we can all finish seeing the concert."
With that song echoing inside her head, she took a deep breath and took to the sky. Already airborne, she dashed towards Screamer, who had his back turned on her. Her team mates saw her coming, and knew they had to keep him distracted. Flamingo created more of her copies and began to call him all the names she could remember. This only made him angrier than he already was, and that was just what she and the rest of the team wanted. The angrier he was, the less focused he was on what surrounded him. And because of that, Dragonfly was able to catch him. When this happened, it took Screamer a couple of seconds to understand what had happen.
"Going up, sucker!" -Dragonfly shouted, as she dashed upwards, holding Screamer in her arms.
Going up, Dragonfly tightened her grip around Screamer, who was then trying to get free. It took all of Dragonfly's strength, just to hold him, while also speeding upwards. From the ground, Ladybug and the others were watching, as she went up, almost disappearing into the night sky.
In her mind, the song from AC/DC continued to play, over and over, making Dragonfly's blood rush through her veins, combined with the adrenaline, which was just what she needed then. The more adrenaline was pumping into her system, the better. All the while, Screamer continued to try and set himself free, from Dragonfly's embrace, while screaming at her, telling her to let him go. Ignoring his screams and yells, she was not going to let him go that easily; not until they had reached a certain altitude.
"Almost there! Just a little higher!" -Dragonfly thought to herself.
The higher they got, the more Screamer tried to get free, but Dragonfly was known for two things. First for being superhumanly fast, and second, for being extremely stubborn, though this last one was only known by her teammates. Still, it was this stubbornness that gave her the strength to go on, even when things were working against her. When she finally reached the altitude, she felt was enough, and tired of Screamer's ranting, she decided it was time for him to go back down, the hard way.
"So, you want me to let you go?! Alright… happy landing, metalhead!" -Dragonfly shouted at him, before releasing him. –"At this altitude, this will be an instant K.O." -she thought to herself, as she looked down and saw Screamer getting smaller, as he plunged down.
"Oh, if you think that I'll be the only one going on this crazy ride, then you have another thing coming, bug girl!" -Screamer laughed maniacally, as he plunged back to earth.
With one swift move, the chains that were wrapped around his forearms began to glow red, before untwining. And in a scene worthy of God of War, Screamer shot them upwards, where they wrapped themselves around Dragonfly's left leg, who screamed, as she felt the chains burning her skin through her outfit's fabric. Yanking them, Screamer pulled her down with him. As they fell, Dragonfly's pain continued to grow. Her outfit was preventing the chains from burning her skin and flesh, but she knew that even the outfit and its protective magic had limits. If she did not get those chains from her leg, she was going to end up with a really nasty burn, at the very least.
"Got to get this sucker to release me!" -Dragonfly exclaimed, as she tried to come up with a way to get out of that situation, while also ignoring the pain she was in. –"Let's see if you like this!" -she thought to herself.
They continued to fall, when Dragonfly began to spin her body clockwise. Her plan was to try and force Screamer to untwine the chains from her leg, while also making him dizzy enough to not try and attempt to pull the same trick on her. Unfortunately, instead of loosening and untwining the chains around her leg, it did the opposite. Screamer understood what she was going to do, and made everything in his power to prevent her from untwining his chains.
"I told you, I won't be the only one to go on this crazy ride, girl!" -Screamer exclaimed, as he yanked her once more, making them fall even faster. –"It's going to be a rough landing, but you'll be the first one to touch the ground, not me!" -he laughed
On the ground, the rest of the team could not see what was truly going on, but they understood that the manoeuvre had worked as it should, and that their friend was in trouble, and needed help.
"What's happening?!" –Ladybug asked.
"I don't know! But something went wrong!" -Rena Rouge exclaimed.
"Girls, go up there and give her a hand!" -Chat Noir said, while looking at Flamingo and Corbeau Noire.
"We're on it!" -Corbeau Noire exclaimed, as she looked at her girlfriend. –"Follow my lead!" -she told Flamingo.
"I'm right behind you!" -Flamingo said.
With her friend in trouble, both Flamingo and Corbeau Noire took to the skies, in order to help her. They could not clearly see what had happened to her, but like the others, they knew things were not right. Determined to help Dragonfly, the girls flew as fast as they could to intersect her. And when they did, they saw what had happened. Attacking Screamer, both Flamingo and Corbeau Noire tried to force him to release her.
"So, you bird-girls also want a piece of the action, huh?! Well, I only have two chains, and your friend has one, so you'll have to share this one!" -Screamer said, as he shot the flaming chain, trying to wrap it around Flamingo and Corbeau Noire.
Dodging Screamer's attack, the girls both had the same thought. They knew that it would be impossible for them to rescue Dragonfly, while Screamer was busy trying to take them down, while also dragging their friend with him, towards the ground.
"Help Dragonfly. I'll deal with him!" -Flamingo told Corbeau Noire.
"Alright!" -Corbeau Noire nodded.
Creating several copies of herself, Flamingo began to fly around Screamer, followed by her copies, as they continued to fly. He on the other hand, tried to hit them with the flaming chain, hoping to nab the real one, and kill her. At the same time, and taking advantage of the flamingo heroine's distraction, Corbeau Noire, went to help Dragonfly, who was in pain.
"Hold on, I'm getting that thing off of you." –Corbeau Noire told Dragonfly.
"W-Watch it! It's scalding!" -Dragonfly warned her, practically yelling.
"Don't worry, I'll let the shadows do the work for me." -Corbeau Noire said, as she used her mirror.
Because it was pitch-black and the only shadows around were the ones created by the sizzling chains, so the raven heroine had to work with what she had. Ordering the shadows to start untying the chain around Dragonfly's leg, she had to order them to do it as gently as possible. She could tell by the look on her friend's face that she was in pain, and she did not want to make it worse. Unfortunately, she had just began doing it, when Screamer, who was busy with Flamingo and her copies, noticed what she was doing, and did not like it. If he had a saying on the matter, he was not going to let Dragonfly go.
"Oh, no you don't, birdie!" –Screamer yelled, as he understood what was going on. –"I'm not letting you take her away!" -he said, as he prepared to use second chain on Corbeau Noire, when he felt something hard hitting him on the back of the head. –"Ouch!"
"Hey, I'm the one you should be worried about, mister!" -Flamingo shouted at Screamer, as she struck him on the back of the head, a second time.
"Why, you! You just made the biggest mistake of your life!" -Screamer shouted back at Flamingo, as he shot his other chain at her, missing her, but hitting one of her copies, which disappeared.
What followed next could be described as the equivalent to an aerial disaster. Both Flamingo and Corbeau Noire tried to deal with Screamer and release Dragonfly from his grasp, respectively. Unfortunately, Screamer let out a sonic scream that hit the two of them directly and send them flying away in opposite directions, with the two of them hitting the stadium cover, as he and Dragonfly continued to plummet down, into the ground. With the ground getting closer and closer, Dragonfly saw no other option but to try and remove the chain with her own bare hands. Taking a deep breath, she grabbed the sizzling chain and tried to remove it. As soon as she grabbed it, she felt the scorching metal burning through her outfit. Still, she did not stop. Gritting her teeth, she removed the chain, just as they were mere meters from the ground. Once free, she tried to fly up, but the pain she was in, had drained most of her strength. Screamer fell down hard on the ground, while Dragonfly ended up hitting what had once been a pair of speakers, before landing on the ground. Worried about her, Antelope dashed towards, where she had landed, to see if she was alright, while the rest of the team kept an eye on Screamer. It took him less than two seconds to get to where she had landed, and when he got there, he saw her lying don on the floor, in a position that almost looked like a fetal position, and it made him assume the worst. But then, he saw her move her arm and groan, and knew that she was alive. Kneeling by her side, he tried to see if she was alright.
"Alix… Alix, are you okay?" -Antelope whispered to her ear.
"I-I… I'm fine…" -Dragonfly told him. –"O-Ouch, my leg…" -she gritted her teeth.
"That doesn't look good." -Antelope said, as he looked at her leg. The chain had created a burning pattern around it, where you could also see a little blood and a little burnt flesh. –"Nino will have to get a good look at that and fix you up. Because otherwise, you won't even be able to get back up." -he said. –"Stand still, I'll be right back."
"As if I had another choice!" -Dragonfly yelled at him, as he speeded out of there, trying to look for Carapace. –"Dang it!" -she cursed. –"I sure hope he can fix me up. The last thing I need is a permanent injury… I wouldn't be able to explain how I got it, to my parents."
And as Antelope raced to pick up Carapace to help Dragonfly, the rest of the team were watching as Screamer rose from the crater he had created on the ground, when he landed. The impact had caused quite the destruction around it, but it was not strong enough to knock him out. As he rose from the crater, his maniacal grin grew, while looking at the heroes, who saw that Ladybug's plan had failed.
"If that's the best you kids can do, then you're about to see that, to take me down, you'll have to come up with better ideas. Because this rock star here, won't go down that easily!" -Screamer shouted at the heroes, as he made his guitar appear, once more, out of thin air.
He could hear what was going on. He knew that the heroes were fighting Screamer, and that he was giving them a run for their money. Still, he could not move. He wanted to, but just did not have the energy. He wanted to go back into battle, but he just did not have the energy to break through the restraints he was placed in. His body had been used as a punching bag by Antelope, who had showed him no mercy. Even with all the rage he was carrying inside of him, he did not have the strength to break free. It would take a miracle, for him to break free, right then, especially when he was trying his best not to black out.
"C-Cursed kids… if only… I had the strength to…" -Reptile thought to himself.
"REPTILE!" -Hawk Moth's voice echoed inside Reptile's head, as the lizard man sprang back into consciousness.
"M-Master…" -Reptile said.
"What are you doing? Why are you tied up like that? Why aren't you fighting the heroes, backing up my Akuma?" -Hawk Moth asked him, with a cold voice.
"I-I…"
"Whatever you're going to say, save it!" -Hawk Moth told him. –"Do you remember what I told you, would happen to you, if you dared to fail me, again? Well, do you remember?" -he asked him, always with the same voice tone.
"Y-Yes, master. I do remember." -Reptile answered.
"Then, if you wish for that to only be a remembrance, and not reality, get yourself out of those restraints, and go help Screamer!" -Hawk Moth ordered him.
"Y-Yes, master. I will not d-disappoint you." -Reptile told him.
"For your sake, those better not be just empty words. Find a way to release yourself and rejoin the battle, or you will feel my wrath, once more." -Hawk Moth said, as he ended the psychic conversation.
For this fanfic, I wanted to try and do something a little different, when it came to fight scenes, and this is the result. It's been quite a while, since I wrote an aerial battle, but I can say that it came out a little better than I expected it to. It's not one of my best battles, but it's unique, I must say it. Originally, I was going to go with the classic battle on the ground, but decided that you all deserved something a little different, for a change. And yeah, Alix ended up pretty bruised, after her attempt to end that battle... let's see if she can get back up and help the rest of the team, to defeat the Akuma.
In other news, last week, I go for a walk, like I do most mornings, and I run into an old friend from college, who back in the day, helped me with a fanfic that I never actually posted online (in fact, it's lost because it was on another computer, and the hard drive of that computer is History). We ended up talking, and he said that he had been keeping tabs on my writing and how he enjoyed watching Ladybug, because his kid loves to watch the series. And that's when he asked me a question regarding my Ladybug saga. He asked me "Why is it that your Chloé is so much different from the source material? She looks like a completley different character." and bear in mind, he asked me this, because he was curious, not because he felt it was a bad thing. So, I answered him "You know me and my writing. If I write a character or a scene in a certain way, it's because I have a good reason. But if you read my fics, you should know that sooner or later, I explain things. The only bad thing about it, is that sometimes it takes a little long for me to get ot that point."... to sum it all up, it's not the first time that people ask me why my version of Chloé is so much different, and what's the whole story behind it. Well, my answer to it is simple and the same: She's still the Chloé from the series, but her background has changed a little, to reflect the universe that she's inserted into, which obviously reflects on how her personality is slightly different, while still remaining a little similar to her original version. And you'll get to know just what the story is, that made her change from the bitchy queen and bully she was, into the sweet, courageous and fierce girl, who upholds the bee miraculous, that I love to write, pretty soon... but not before I finish this fic.
As always, feel free to comment, fav and leave suggestions to improve this and following fics. :)