A/N: Ah, yes battle scenes. The scenes that are easiest to write, for me, as they have so much going on in one moment. But this one will probably switch between things a lot. (Probably gonna try and make the battle really grand as well.)
First off, we have the four adults going to the miracle box, then the battle Celeste and the other heroes have to fight, as well as all the stuff in the middle! It'll make more sense as you guys read.
Sadly this also means the story will probably end after this battle so I may call it 'The Finale'. Which also means I have to come up with and ending and/ or an epilogue. Ugh! Plus I gotta try and fit in Marinette being pregnant being a problem. :/
Great.
Anyway, here's the next chapter.
P.S I may not be able to update anything in the next few days as I have a bunch of relatives to visit for the Christmas period. May also be the reason why this seems a bit sloppily placed together.
Alix stood in the middle of Marinette's old room, her eyes wide with surprise. She was pretty sure that it was here last time. Marinette had told her specifically where she had hide the box, but now it was nowhere to be found. The female and her kwami, Fluff, had rummaged through everything, frantically trying to find the box but to no avail. Panicked thoughts began to spiral in Alix's mind and the female couldn't help but feel paranoia take over. She had to find the box.
"Where is it?" Alix breathed as she went to search through a draw, "I know Marinette said it was here."
"Maybe she hid it really well?" Fluff offered as she continued to search as well.
The sound of Alix's ringtone broke the pair's concentration. Alix's brow furrowed as she answered the call. It was probably Kagami checking if she'd found the miracle box yet.
"Have you found it yet?" Kagami's voice sounded, confirming Alix's suspicions.
"No, it's like it's gone missing," Alix replied, "I know Marinette wouldn't have moved it without telling anyone. She always let at least one of us know its location."
"It does seem odd," Kagami went silent for a moment, "You don't think Peafowl took it? She did know the identity of Ladybug and Rena Rouge."
"It is possible," Alix sighed as she rubbed her cheek, "But when could she have stolen it? If she did then the Max, Kim and the other heroes wouldn't be here still."
"We need to deal with that," Kagami spoke, her voice laced with stress, "They've been asleep since the akuma attack last month."
"That long, huh?" The pinkette turned to the sleeping heroes.
They were now detransformed and were stuck in a deep sleep, even a volcanic eruption wouldn't wake them up.
"Yep," Kagami sighed, "Anyway, we're just gonna have to risk it, as always. If Lila's got all of the miraculous we need to get them back immediately before anything else can happen."
"You're right, but-" Alix stopped as she felt her phone vibrate, "One sec."
She then moved the phone from her ear and looked at the notification she'd just received. Her eyes widened immediately.
"There's been a change in plans," Alix spoke as Fluff raised a brow at her.
"What? Why?" Kagami sounded confused.
"Luna Moth's been akumatised," The pinkette spoke, "We need to get to central Paris. Now!"
With that Alix ended the call and nodded towards her kwami. A blue light flashed and Bunnix replaced the pinkette.
"Burrow!" She jumped into the portal ending up in her huge burrow, "Ok, now all I have to do is take down Lila with the others."
The female tried to brush it off as a simple task, but deep down she could hear the alarm bells going off in her mind.
Celeste couldn't help but panic as she watched all of the heroes go back and forth. Marinette and Nino were on one side while Adrien and Alya were on the other, with the kwamis and Celeste caught in the middle of it all.
"Mari, you can't go and fight Lila," Adrien spoke, "You just hit five months!"
"So what?" The bluenette responded, "I still went out with Emma at six months!"
"But this is different," Alya spoke, "It's way too dangerous!"
"It's not," Nino sighed, "If anything we need Marinette more than ever this time. She's the only one who can purify Lila!"
"We can handle this with the other heroes, Nino," Alya shook her head.
"But what happens if that fails?" Marinette raised a brow, "Lila would have all of the miraculous then. Oh wait...she already has them!"
"You guys need to calm down," The kwamis all floated in between the adults trying to calm them down as they went back and forth at each other. If they weren't stopped soon, they'd wake up the sleeping infants and nothing was worse than a grumpy child.
Celeste watched the chaos unfold in front of her, as her mind began to spiral. If they kept doing this Luna Moth would sense the negativity and akumatise them. If that happened then it was game over... She had to interfere.
"Guys?" Celeste spoke her voice quiet before she tried again, "Guys!"
They all turned to the teen who had a flushed face and violet irises. The room had descended into silence as the teen took a deep breath and calmed down.
"We're getting nowhere doing this," Celeste gestured towards the adults, "Why don't we just do what feels right? If Luna Moth is akumatised and the only person who can purify her is Ladybug, then we should let Ladybug come with us. So what if she's pregnant? That just means we have to be more careful than usual, plus..." She revealed the miracle box from behind her, "I may happen to have something that can aid us."
The four adults stood there speechless as the teen grinned at them holding the miracle box. That was the last thing they expected to happen, and trust me they expected a lot to happen. They just stood there like a deer caught in headlights, blinking at the teen.
"I'll take that as a yes," Celeste sighed, "Now come on! I've already destroyed the Ladybug and Rena Rouge sentimonsters. All we have to do is follow our plan."
Bunnix arrived at the scene to find Viperion, Queen Bee and Ryuko trying to fight back the ever increasing amount of akumas as Luna Moth stood at the top of the Arc de Triomphe. The akumas swarmed around the arch, protecting their master as she aimed attacks at the four heroes, trying to strike them down.
Bunnix gasped as she narrowly dodged a blast, causing her to fall on her behind.
Civilians rushed from left to right, trying to avoid being akumatised or hit by each akumas' unique attacks. Some people got hit by the attacks, turning into mindless minions, adding to the akumas powers or becoming dormant statues. There were some familiar sights from previous attacks such as Mr Pigeon, Horrificator, Evillustrator, Reverser, Princess Fragrance and many many more. It caused all sorts of memories to trigger in her mind and the female couldn't help but feel dizzy just thinking about fighting these akumas.
Bunnix had never seen anything so chaotic, not since when she battled Hawkmoth anyway, and something told her that Luna Moth wasn't like your average akuma. Not because she was the master of the akumas, but because her powers didn't seem to match up. Usually an akuma would have one power, but the rabbit themed heroine could see that Luna Moth was using more than one type of power: she was using several.
"What's going on?" She said under her breath.
"Bunnix!" Queen Bee called out, "Over here!"
The heroine didn't need to be told twice. She dashed towards the akuma and broke the object the akuma was contained in. The person immediately detransformed and Bunnix held the akuma captive in a glass jar.
"Get them to safety," She nodded towards the civilian and Queen Bee nodded.
Bunnix gripped her umbrella as she eyed the akumas coming dangerously close to her. This was going to be a long night...
Sapphire Paonne perched herself upon a rooftop close to where the battle was occurring. The other heroes had decided to go straight into the battle, except for Ladybug and Rena Rouge who were beside her.
"Do you think you guys can pull this off?" Sapphire Paonne turned to the other two heroines.
"Hopefully," Ladybug smiled, "But we've had some practice."
"Definitely," Rena Rouge nodded, "However, how are you gonna hide your sentimonsters fighting Lila's akumas?"
"There's no way to hide that," Sapphire Paonne shrugged, "I'll come up with something."
She then closed her eyes and used her telepathic bond with the sentimonsters to instruct them to go to the Arc de Triomphe. As she contacted the sentimonsters, she could hear the akuma trying to break out of its cage. It screamed and screeched, pounded and pleaded, but she let it stay locked up. It needed to be locked up for the plan to work.
"There," Sapphire Paonne finally opened her eyes and smiled at the heroines, "Everything's sorted. So you two can head to the battle."
"Ok, we'll see you in five," Both heroines left, swinging or leaping from rooftop to rooftop.
Sapphire Paonne sighed as she stared up at the starlit sky. This was definitely going to be a tough battle, especially with the added pressure on keeping her akuma at bay.
Taking one last look at the moon, the teen leaped off the rooftop. She had to help end this once and for all.
Ryuko and Viperion struggled as they tried to get out of an akuma's grasp. Both heroes had been contained by the brutish thing and now two more akumas were arriving to remove their miraculous.
"If only I could reach my weapon," Ryuko grunted as she tried to reach for it.
"Second-" The second akuma covered Viperion's mouth causing his words to come out muffled.
"Great," Ryuko spoke as she continued to wiggle and squirm, "This was definitely our worst idea yet."
Suddenly, the akuma released Ryuko as it reached up to rub its head, turning to glare at whoever hit it.
"King Kong is so decades ago," A girl with multicolored braids and a mouse-themed costume smiled as she held her jumping rope, "Thought you two could use a hand!"
"What- how- when did-" Ryuko stood there speechless before reacting and freeing Viperion from the akuma.
"New heroes?" He raised a brow, "I thought Lila had the miraculous?"
"Ladybug had them," The heroine spoke as she trapped an akuma with her jump rope, "She found me just after Bunnix helped Queen Bee purify me."
"Really?" Ryuko raised a brow, "How can you prove it?"
"I can't exactly do it right now," The heroine sighed, "I need another miraculous to do that. Basically I combine the powers of the miraculous together."
At that moment another violet butterfly flew into the air, only to be caught by a certain black polka-dotted yo-yo. It flew out purified and went into the distance, far away from the battle.
"Ladybug is here," Ryuko breathed.
"So what do you go by?" Viperion asked the mouse-themed heroine.
"Um...I guess Mighty Mouse?" She smiled sheepishly, "I haven't really come up with anything since the whole battle stuff." She then stomped on the pin that was akumatised and another akuma fluttered away to be purified.
"Understandable," Viperion spoke before holding an akuma at arm's length, "Ryuko?"
"On it!" She then removed the akumatised object and another akuma floated away.
"This is starting to get really repetitive," Mighty Mouse sighed as she trapped another akuma with her jump rope and broke the akumatised object, "Spoke too soon."
Another wave of akumas was released onto the battle field and any civilians that were still there were akumatised once again.
"This is going to be a long night," Viperion chuckled.
"Definitely," Ryuko sighed as she gripped her sword.
All signs showed this battle lasting all night.