Chapter 6: Timebreaker
Today, we were at a different location. We were at Trocadero waiting Ali to show up. You see, yesterday she dared Kim to a race, where he accepted it. We were there to cheer Ali on. While we did that, Marinette dealt with her own problem at the bakery.
"Well? With or without?" Sabine asked as she adjusted the lotus she was wearing and Marinette came down the stairs.
"Uh, with?" Marinette answered.
"You're sure it's not better without?" Sabine said.
"Either way you look perfect, Mom."
"You know it's not every day you celebrate your twentieth wedding anniversary."
"Marinette! Could you here a minute please?" Tom said from the bakery. Marinette ran over to him as he said "Well?"
"Well what?" Marinette asked, wondering what her father meant.
"My moustache, I groomed it. Is it too short? Should I shave the whole thing off? Maybe it's a little crooked on one…"
"You look perfect, Dad. Uh, except for one thing." Marinette said as she pointed to the filthy apron he was wearing.
"Uh? Thanks, sweetheart." Tom said as he ran off to change.
"No problem, dad!" Marinette chuckled.
"You're going to be late!" Marinette said as she pushed her parents out of the doors.
"Now don't forget. Mrs. Chamack will be coming by to pick up the Eiffel Tower cake in 30 minutes." Tom said, reminding Marinette. "I'm depending on you."
"Yeah, yeah. No sweat, piece of cake." Marinette said as her parents leave. After they were gone, she let Tikki out. "Wow, married twenty years. That's pretty cool, huh, Tikki?"
"Time flies when you're having fun." Tikki said,
"And stands still when you're doing homework." Marinette said as Tikki chuckled.
At the restaurant, Marinette's parents sat down to eat. Tom noticed someone and waved. It was Ali sitting at another table with her father. I met Mr. Kubdel when I was working with Ali with the derby hat.
"They're Marinette's parents." Ali said, telling her father who they were. "You know, one of the chicks I hang out with?"
"Yes, I remember. They make the best bread in the whole of Paris." Mr. Kubdel said. He then looked down and saw Ali's sneakers. "Couldn't you have made more of an effort to dress nicely?"
"What do you mean? I took off my cap." Ali said pointing to her hat on the table.
"But this is a special day."
"Well, it's only a birthday."
"No, this is a special birthday." Mr. Kubdel said as he reached inside his jacket pocket and brought out a watch. "This family heirloom was made by one of our ancestor many, many years ago. It's been passed down from one generation to the next, on their 15th birthday. And today, it's your turn to inherit it."
"It's pretty sweet, dad. But I've already got a watch, synced up to my smartphone." Ali said.
"But sometimes there's more to things that meets the eye. Let's just say that our ancestor was…" Mr. Kubdel said as he pressed the center of the watch and opened it, showing the image of a man holding a giant clock. "Ahead of his time." Ali gasped with amazement as she saw it. "Of course, I'd understand if you'd rather me buy you a new pair of rollerblades."
"No, Dad! I'm stoked to have it. It's awesome, thank you!" Ali said as she takes the watch. She then heard her phone ring and checked it.
"Are your friends waiting?"
"Yeah, but I don't wanna bail on you. It's cool."
"No, no, go ahead." Mr. Kubdel said as Ali stood up and grabbed her cap. "Now, take good care of it."
Back at the Dupain-Cheng House, Marinette was in her room, doing homework.
"Come on, Marinette! You can do it! Just remember the formula. Think, Marinette, think!" Tikki said, encouraging Marinette.
"I might be able to do it if you weren't distracting me so much with your encouraging words!" Marinette said and Tikki giggle. She then heard her phone ring and answered it. "Hey, Alya. What's up? The what? The bet between Alix and Kim? No, of course I didn't forget! I already made the banner for it! I know everyone's counting on me. In 6 minutes? No sweat. I'm on my way already. Be right there! Eek!"
"But Marinette, you have to wait for Mrs. Chamack to pick up her cake!" Tikki said, reminding her of the order.
"Gahhh! Hold on." Marinette said as she picked up her phone and speed dialed my number. "I do have someone who can help with it."
I then heard my phone ring and answered it.
"Hey, Marinette. What's up?" I said.
"Hey, Axel. Listen, I need some help." She said over the phone. "I've got to bring the banner, but I've also got to wait for a customer to pick up her order, and I know Adrien will be at the race too, so…"
"Say no more. I'll send Trustin, Tricha, and Jay to wait there for you." I said.
"Thanks, Axel." Marinette said as she ended the call. Those three managed to get to the bakery in 1 minute. Hey, it's one of the perks of being in the Element Gang.
"Okay." Marinette said as she reminded Trustin what he and the others were doing. "Ms. Chamack will be here in 20 minutes to pick up her cake, got it?"
"Got it." Trustin said. "Now go on. The race will be starting in 5 minutes."
"Oh, right. Thanks for reminding me. See you later!" Marinette said as she went up to her room.
"See ya." Trustin said. "Sometimes I wonder how she balances her normal life with being Lady-bug."
"Marinette, you'll never make it to Trocadero on 5 minutes, it's way too far!" Tikki said.
"Not too far for Ladybug." Marinette said as she winked at Tikki.
"Tikki, spots on!" She then transformed into Ladybug and swung her way to Trocadero, where she transformed back into Marinette and arrived just in time and showed everyone her banner. Everyone was delighted with it. It was actually a pretty great banner.
"Impressive, Marinette!" Adrien said as he winked at Marinette and she giggled in response. I also saw that it ticked Chloé off a bit.
"You all picked the wrong side to cheer on. Looks like Alix isn't even showing up!" Kim said as we all turned to him. "Probably too chicken to race an extreme athlete like me."
"Spoke too soon, Kim." Ali said as she showed up and we cheered her on. "Your ridiculous bets are over. I'm gonna leave you in the dust, meathead!"
"You're no match for me. My neck is bigger than your thigh." Kim said as he tried to show himself to be superior.
"Is that a good thing?" Alya laughed and me and Marinette laughed with her.
I looked over and saw Ali and Kim glaring at each other. I've seen that glare before for me and Kade had done that dozens of times whenever we were ever in a competition. That's the kind of stuff you see when a Fire Dragon and a Dargon go head-to-head.
"Let's review the official rules: 2 laps around the fountains, approximately 500 yards." Max said as he told about the rules of this race. "The first one over the lines declared the victor! If Kim triumphs, Alix will relinquish her rollerblades to him. If Alix triumphs, Kim will be prohibited to make another dare for the rest of the school year."
"We're through with all of those stupid dares!'" Juleka said.
"Uh-huh, that's right!" Ivan said.
"No more dares!" Nathaniel said.
"On your marks, get set…" Max said as Ali and Kim got ready to race.
"Hold up!" Ali said which made Kim fall and we all laughed.
"Forfeiting already?" Kim asked as Ali came up to me.
"Hold on to this for me, will ya, Axel?" Ali said as she gave her watch to me. "I don't wanna drop it during the race."
"O-of course." I said feeling heat run up to my cheeks. "I-I'll keep it safe."
"Guard it with your life. It's a family heirloom."
"Don't worry. It's in good hands." Ali then went back to the starting line. I then turned to Alya and Marinette, who looked at me with smug looks. "What?"
"Oh, nothing." Alya said, keeping that smug and recording the race. I looked away, annoyed knowing those smugs were ones of amusement.
"Huh?" I said as I looked at the watch and started inspecting it, feeling an odd sense of recognition, like I'd seen this design. The design looks so…familiar. Wait, could she…? No doubt about it. There's only one of these. That meant it was also important to me. Don't worry, I'll make sure nothing happens to it. I said mentally as I looked at Ali.
"On your marks, get set…GO!" Max said as he started the race. Ali and Kim started racing, Kim on foot, Ali on her rollerblades while we all cheered on. I was a bit enthusiastic and might've whistled for her. My own actions made me a bit sweaty and my hands became so slippery that the watch slipped out of my grip.
"Ah! Oh! Oh! Ah!" I said as I caught the watch and gave a sigh of relief. Not to make the same mistake again I decided to give it to Marinette. "Mari, mind holding this? Thanks."
"But…she asked you to hold it. I gotta hold up the banner!" Marinette said as she was suddenly pulled to the side and dropped the watch, which would have broke if Adrien hadn't caught it.
"Need any help?" Adrien asked.
"Uh…yup! Thanks." Marinette answered. "Gotta be careful! Even if you are amazing." That confused Adrien. "At…holding things! In your hands." The rest of us cheered as Max announced the last lap.
"Amazing at holding things?" Alya asked.
"Yeah." Marinette said with embarrassment.
"Adrikins, whatcha got there?" Chloé asked as she took the watch from Adrien. "Some super old case or something?"
"Careful, it's Alix's!" Adrien said. That made me look back to see what was happening.
"If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloé said, earning a glare from Adrien.
"Give it back to Adrien, Chloé." Marinette said.
"Yeah. Hand it over." I said. "Knowing you, you might break it."
"Oh, what?" Chloé said. "Afraid your girlfriend will get mad at you for break her junk?"
That touched nerve. "She not my girlfriend and that's not junk." I said as I went in to get it back. "Now give it up."
Chloé opened the watch and gasped. Alix and Kim were still racing at the time. They were about to reach the finish line and Chloé accidentally dropped the watch onto the racetrack, where Alix's rollerblades broke it. I gasped from it.
"Yeah! Ha, ha, ha!" Ali said for her victory over Kim, but gasped when she saw her watch.
"I call a rematch. That false start back there threw me off!" Kim said as Ali skated past him and to her watch. "Uh…"
"Did you do this?" She said as she picked it up and looked at me angrily.
"I was afraid to drop it, so I gave it to Marinette, but then she had to hold the banner, so she gave it to Adrien, then Chloé snatched it from him, so I tried to snatch it back from her, and she dropped it and, uh, then you skated over it." I said with a guilty look on my face.
"My old man gave me this for my birthday!" Ali said. "This watch is totally a family heirloom!"
"It was an accident!" Marinette said.
"We didn't mean any harm, Alix." Adrien said.
"As if! I totally had nothing to do with this." Chloé said, which earned a glare from me.
But it changed back into a look of guilty when I looked at Ali.
"You're all to blame!" She said as she skated off, angrily.
"Ali, wait!" I said as I ran after her.
"Poor Alix." Marinette said.
In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.
"Such disappointment, frustration and negativity…" He said. "Oh, how it fills my heart with exhilaration." he then turned a butterfly into an akuma. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize her!" He waves his stick as the akuma flies out into Paris.
At the Dupain-Cheng House, Nadja Chamack was getting out of the bakery with her cake.
"Thank you." Nadja said as she walked out.
"No problem, Ms. Chamack. Have a nice day." Trustin said as she left. "I'll call Axel and tell him we're heading down to the race." He then began to call me.
Back at Trocadero, I was trying my best to apologize to Ali for what I'd done.
"Ali, I'm so sorry." I said as I walked behind her. "Maybe we could fix it?"
"This watch was sick! One of a kind! It can't be fixed!" She said, still angry with me. She was right. The watch was so high tech, it'll be centuries before anyone is able to fix it.
"Well, there has to be a way to get it back to the way it was." I suggested.
"Like how, huh? Go back in time and change the future? When you figure out how to do that, let me know." She said as she skated away. I then heard my phone ring and saw it was Trustin.
"Hey, Trustin. What's up?" I said as I answered it. "Ms. Chamack came in early?" As I talked to Trustin, the akuma flew to Alix's skates and possessed her.
"Timebreaker, I am Hawkmoth." Hawkmoth said as he spoke to her telepathically. "I'm granting you the power to retaliate against the people who've wronged you, and to go back in time to restore the future. But you must do me a favor in return, when the time is right."
"You got it, Hawkmoth." Ali said as the akuma energy transformed into a villainess wearing a green and black jumpsuit with a black helmet with two green visors and matching rollerblades.
"Ms. Chamack was so grateful that she got her cake. So we're heading down to the race right now." Trustin told me on the phone. I then shivered and knew it meant a new villain was loose.
"Uhh…I…I gotta go, Trustin." I said. "And I think you need hurry down here now." I then ended the call.
Back at the bakery, Trustin then put away his phone, looked to the others, and said "Guess we're running." Then the three of them started running.
Back at Trocadero, I watched as Timebreaker skated toward our classmates.
Adrien then gasped and said "Run!"
Kim tried to escape from the Timebreaker, but she touched him and I saw him freeze.
"Stop, Ali!" I said as I caught up with Timebreaker. "What are you doing?!"
"The name's 'Timebreaker' now, and I'm gonna go back in time and save my watch, using all you punks to do it!" Timebreaker said to me.
"Go back in time?" I said, confused by what she said. "What did you do to Kim? Why is he fading?" I was right. Kim was starting to become transparent.
"I needed his energy. Besides, the dude was a pain anyway with all those bets. He deserves to disappear forever. And so do you!" she said as she skated toward me, but I managed to dodge her. Timebreaker saw Marinette and started chasing her, but Marinette threw her banner in Timebreaker's face, which made Timebreaker trip and fall. I then went up the stairs and found a good place to transform.
"Didn't think this would happen." I said as I looked at Meri and Basar and Nooroo came out. "Come on. Nooroo, let's fly!" I then transformed into El Dragon, Meri transformed into ShockBlade, and Basar transformed into Apolloid.
"We gotta transform, now!" Marinette said as she hid. "Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" Marinette then turned into Ladybug. Timebreaker was about to skate away, but I managed to catch her with my metal hook.
"Time-out, Timebreaker!" I said as I retracted my hook.
"Please, help me up! I messed up! Please, please!" Timebreaker said as she laid there on the ground. Rose saw her and took her hand to help her up.
"No-o-o-o-o!" Both me and Ladybug said, but it was too late. Timebreaker had grabbed her and stole her energy.
"Hahaha! Sweet Rose! Always thinking of others before herself!" Timebreaker said as she got up. She then looked at her time meter. "One minute."
"We gotta destroy her akuma before everyone disappears for good!" I said. I then looked around for Cat Noir. "Where on earth is that cat?" Me and the others then went off to fight Timebreaker.
"Time to transform!" Adrien said as he hid behind a tree. "Plagg, claws out!" Adrien then turned into Cat Noir. Mylène tried to run away from Timebreaker, but Timebreaker managed to steal Mylène's energy.
"One and a half minutes." Timebreaker as she looked at her time meter. She then looked at me and the team. "You won't be able to stop me where I'm going, Element Gang!"
"Let me guess." Cat said as he touched Timebreaker with his staff. "We're all playing a game of tag and you're 'It'?"
"Exactly!" Timebreaker said as she went to steal his energy.
"Don't let her touch you!" I said.
"Missed me!" Cat said as he dodged Timebreaker. "Just a second too late." Timebreaker then saw Alya, who gasped and ran away. Timebreaker laughed as she began to chase Alya. Timebreaker managed to skate toward her and stole her energy.
"Nooo!" Ladybug yelled. We tried to catch up to Timebreaker, but no matter what, she just steal energy from one victim and skate away.
"Well, she wastes no time, does she?" Cat said as we chased Timebreaker.
"And the more people she freezes, the more minutes she gets to go farther back in time." I said. "Those poor kids frozen in time? They're goners if we don't get that akuma!"
Ivan tried to hide himself behind a potted bush, but even I knew that was a poor choice for it being too small. Timebreaker then jumped up and got ready to steal his energy.
"Ahhh!" Ivan yelled as Timebreaker was about to steal his energy. Luckily, I managed catch her by using his staff's grappling mode.
"Keep your hands to yourself!" I said as I held her there and let Ivan get the chance to escape. Timebreaker laughed and then pulled on my staff line, pulling me to land right in front of her. I then growled at her as she looked at me with that evil smug.
"Now, Timebreaker, grab his Miraculous, his brooch!" Hawkmoth said as he ordered Timebreaker. I closed my eyes as Timebreaker got ready to steal my energy, but, when I opened them, I saw that Cat Noir and Ladybug blocked her and sacrificed themselves for me.
"Cat Noir! Ladybug!" I yelled as I saw them starting to fade.
"Oh, wow, six minutes in one go." Timebreaker said as she checked her time meter. "Must have been that cat's nine lives. Gotta go. The past is waiting."
"Timebreaker, the Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said, seeing that the only things that he needed were about to fade out of existence. "Take Cat Noir's ring and Ladybug's earrings before they disappear!"
Timebreaker then got ready to take them, but she saw me getting back up and stand to defend Ladybug and Cat Noir.
"Go ahead and try!" I said as I got ready to fight her. Timebreaker tried to take my energy, but I managed to dodge her and toss her away.
"Chill out, Hawkmoth. I have a sick plan!" She said as she got back up. Timebreaker was about to skate away, but I wasn't gonna let that happen. I caught her with my metal bending, but I soon found myself dragged by Timebreaker. ShockBlade tried to help, but she got dragged along too. Apolloid did the same with the same result. We screamed and Timebreaker laughed as she dragged us. Within a sudden flash, we were gone.
Suddenly, we traveled to the past, to the moment where Ali and Kim were racing. When we arrived, I lost my grip and we all got tossed the ground.
"Whoa, what…just happened?" Apolloid asked. "What the…" We then heard cheering and went to the ledge to see our classmates and our past selves cheering for Ali.
"Did we just go back in time?" ShockBlade said.
"I think we did." I answered. We then watched as the same thing happened before Ali became Timebreaker.
"Whatcha got there?" Chloé asked as she took the watch from Adrien.
"Careful, it's Alix's!" Adrien said. That made past me look back to see what was happening.
"What is this? Some super old case or something? If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloé said, earning a glare from Adrien.
"Give it back to Adrien, Chloé." Marinette said.
"Yeah. Hand it over." I said. "Knowing you, you might break it."
"Oh, what?" Chloé said. "Afraid your girlfriend will get mad at you for break her junk?"
"She not my girlfriend and that's not junk." Past me said as he went in to get it back. "Now give it up."
"My watch!" Timebreaker said as she jumped down to get it.
"Chloé! Put the watch down!" I yelled, making everyone turn around and see me, Apolloid, and ShockBlade. Chloé then saw Timebreaker land in from her and it made her drop and break the watch.
"Noooo!" Timebreaker said as the watch broke on the ground.
"Oh, no." I said as it happened all over again.
"El Dragon, this time it's your fault!" Timebreaker said as she looked at me. "I need more energy. I gotta go further back in time!"
We all then watched as Ali skated over to see the broken watch.
"El Dragon." She said with a face of rage. "It's all El Dragon's fault!"
Then Hawkmoth's window opened again with a surprised Hawkmoth revealed in its light.
"Could this be possible?" he asked. "Do I see double vision in my future?
Or should I say 'double villain'?" he then turned a butterfly into an akuma. "Fly away, my devilish akuma, then join this troubled soul." He waves his stick as the akuma flies out into Paris.
"Everyone, get out of here! Don't let her touch you!" I yelled as everyone ran away from Timebreaker. While they did, Ali was on her hands and knees crying and the akuma managed to infect her rollerblades. It wasn't long until she transformed into Timebreaker again.
"We gotta transform, now!" Marinette said as she hid.
"Time to transform!" Adrien said as he hid behind a tree.
Me and the team were about to go and fight Timebreaker until we heard someone say "Who are you?"
"Huh? Uh…" I said as I looked to see our past selves standing there. "I don't really have time to explain right now, but I'm you from just a few minutes in the future."
"Hmm…" Past me said as he examined me.
Then Nooroo popped out of the pocket and said "He's right! I can feel it! He is you from the future!"
Past me then looked at me with shock of this and said "Crazy!"
I then grabbed him and said "Listen. I know it seems unbelievable, but trust me, I mean, trust…yourself? Oh, and Trustin's gonna call me! I mean, you, in two minutes! He and the others are coming because Ms. Chamack just picked up her cake."
"The cake…" Past me said as he looked at the clock on his phone. "But she shouldn't be there until…"
"Another few minutes? That's what I thought too." I finished him. "Ms. Chamack will be early. Just leave now and make sure to the others get down here. Don't worry, El Dragon can handle this."
"Right." He said and then he looked at past Basar and past Meri and said "Come on, guys."
"Right behind ya." Basar said as he, past me, and past Meri ran to the bakery.
"How did I get myself into this crazy situation?" I said after they left.
Me and the team looked over the edge and saw the two Timebreakers meet each other. Our Timebreaker gave the past Time-breaker her hand and helped her up.
I saw Ladybug and Cat Noir show up behind me and, without turning around, said "Cat Noir, Ladybug, I can't explain now, but we got to capture Timebreaker's akuma! Your lives depends on it!"
"Which life? I've got nine." Cat joked.
"I'm serious!" I said as I turned around and faced them. "The akuma is in her rollerblades. We gotta release it!"
We then jumped off the roof and landed by the two Timebreakers, who turned around to look at us.
"Am I seeing double all of a sudden?" Cat asked as he saw the two Timebreakers.
"Another thing I don't have time to explain." I answered.
"The energy from these five will be enough for both of us to go farther back in time." Our Timebreaker said.
"Heh, I want my watch back. Let's do it." Past Timebreaker said.
"Whatever you do, don't let either of them touch you." I warned Cat and Ladybug.
"Get the Miraculous, Timebreaker!" Hawkmoth said to both Timebreakers. We then clashed and had an epic fight, which we had the upper hand at. We managed to toss them aside.
"If we were faster, those bozos would be no match for us." Our Timebreaker said to past Timebreaker.
"Then let's stock up on more energy first. Then, we'll destroy them!" Past Timebreaker said as they both started skating away. We all then started to chase them.
Back at the bakery, Ms. Chamack was leaving the bakery with her cake.
"Thank you." Nadja said as she walked out.
"No problem, Ms. Chamack. Have a nice day." Trustin said as she left. He then turned and saw past me and the others. "Hey, Axel. I was just about to call you."
"No time to chitchat. Upstairs, now." Past me said as they all went up to Marinette's room.
"I say that's mission accomplished." Tustin said.
"You mean Mission Number 1 accomplished, time for Mission Number 2!" Past me said as Nooroo got out of the pocket. "We need to get to Trocadero fast. Nooroo, let's fly!" Past me then changed into El Dragon, past Meri transformed into ShockBlade, past Basar transformed into Apolloid, Trustin transformed into Icedra, Tricha transformed into Torna, and Jay transformed into Posidacus.
Back at Trocadero, the Timebreakers were skating and we were chasing them.
"We've got enough speed." Our Timebreaker said. "Let's go hardcore on them."
"Once we get the energy from these five…" Past Timebreaker said.
"…we'll have enough to go back in time together."
"And get our watch!"
"I thought we were chasing them!" Cat said as the Timebreakers started skating toward us.
The Timebreakers were about to steal our energy, but we saw metal hooks trip and stop them.
"Hyaaahhh!" Both Timebreakers said as they landed on the ground.
We then looked to the ledge and saw past me, past ShockBlade, past Apolloid, Torna, Icedra, and Posidacus.
"Hey, you guys! Need a hand?" Past me said.
"Thanks!" I said to him. Ladybug and Cat were shocked to see another me, ShockBlade, and Apolloid on the ledge above us. Even Icedra, Torna, and Posidacus were shocked to see this.
"They're insane on their rollerblades." Past me said as he and the others jumped off the ledge and joined us.
"And unstoppable on the ground." I said.
"So, what if they were not on the ground?" Past me said and I got what he was suggesting.
"Two El Dragons?" Posidacus said as he looked at me and past me. "I'm in Hades!"
"Well, if there were two Ladybugs, I'd be in heaven." Cat said.
"Keep focus, cat for brains!" Both me and past me said at the same time.
"Change of plan. We gotta go back in time now." Our Timebreaker said. "There'll be less of them."
"I'm down." Past Timebreaker said.
"Don't fail me this time." Hawkmoth said and the two Timebreakers skated off.
"They're planning to go back in time again." Both me and past me said, realizing what the Timebreakers were up to. "Ladybug!"
"Lucky Charm!" She said as she used her powers, which gave her a bicycle lock. "Any ideas?"
"Don't look at me." I said as past me looked at me. "This didn't happen before."
"While you figure it out, I'll try to buy you some time." Cat said as he went to make a distraction. Ladybug's lucky vision detected Icedra and both me and past me looked and saw how close to each other the Timebreakers were, then look at Icedra, and then at Ladybug as she said "Are you two thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Of course!" We both said and we got ready to spring our trap.
Cat hid behind a wall and said "Cataclysm!" he then used his Cataclysm to break the wall, causing it to collapse right in the Timebreakers path. They saw the wall and skated back to avoid it. They then saw Ladybug and grinned.
"Let's freeze her on our way past!" Our Timebreaker said as they went to steal her energy. But, before they did, Ladybug used the bicycle lock to tie the Timebreakers' legs together, while the Icedra used his powers make an ice ramp.
"We're going too fast! We can't stop!" Our Timebreaker said as they headed for the ramp. This was our plan. Because they were moving so fast, their momentum would be enough to allow us to get their akumas. With their legs tied together, they'd be unable to stop it. The Timebreakers then yelled as they got launched into the air by the ramp, exactly what we needed.
"Now!" I said as both me and past me use our metal lassos to catch the two Timebreakers, pulled their skates off, and sent into the air.
"ShockBlade, the rollerblade!" We both said.
"You got it!" Both ShockBlades said as the two Apolloids gave them leg ups into the air, where they used their claws to slice the rollerblades into pieces. The rollerblades then landed on the ground and the akumas flew out.
"Time's up for you, akuma." me and past me said as we set our staffs to capture mode. "Time to de-evilize!" We both caught the akumas at the same time. "Gotcha!" We then released the now purified butterflies. "Goodbye, little guy."
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as she tossed the lock into the air and everything turns back to normal.
"Pound it!" Both me and past me said as we pounded for our victory. The energy then fused us into one El Dragon, which I guess was the Miraculous energy repairing the timeline as well, along with the two ShockBlades becoming one and the two Apolloids becoming one, the watch was fixed, and the two Timebreakers were then turned back into Ali. I then picked the watch up and walked over to Ali.
"Huh?" Ali said, trying to figure out what happened. "Uh…"
"Here. I think this is yours?" I said as I gave her the watch.
"Sweet!" She said as she takes the watch. "How did you fix it? Thank you! I should never have given it to someone else to look after. It was my responsibility. My bad."
"Responsibility isn't something to be taken lightly." I said, knowing how that is. "I should know."
"You're totally right. I'll be more careful next time for sure. Thanks, El Dragon." Ali said as she skated off.
"Finally." Posidacus said as he and the others walked over to me. "I'm can only handle one El Dragon. One is a burner, two is a house fire."
"Yeah." Cat said, agreeing with him. "But I would like having two Ladybugs around."
"Well now, you're gonna have to get used to no Ladybugs around." Ladybug said to Cat. "Gotta split before I change back." She then swung away.
"Ahhh…" Cat groaned. "She'll fall for me someday. It's just a matter of time."
"Huh?" Ali said as she found a note on the back of her watch. "'Meet me here tonight for a big surprise. Signed E.D.'" The explanation for that was that I decided maybe it's time to tell the secret to another person.
"You slipped by me this time, Element Gang, but one day, past, present or future, you will be destroyed and I'll have your Miraculous! I will be UNSTOPPABLE! Mwahahaha!" Hawkmoth said as the window closed.
Back at the bakery, Marinette's parents have arrived from their anniversary dinner.
"Hey! So, did you have a nice anniversary?" Marinette said as she went to her parents.
"We sure did. Thank you for handling the order." Tom said.
"Well, I had some help." She said as she pointed to Tricha, Trustin, and Jay.
"Thank you for helping her." Sabine said to them.
"No problem, Mrs. Dupain-Cheng." Trustin said.
"Yes. It was our pleasure." Tricha said.
"Though there's only one Marinette, and we're counting on her." Tom said as he winked at Marinette. Marinette and her parents then shared a big hug. Then Trustin, Tricha, and Jay smiled at each other as they had helped their friend.
Back at Trocadero, it was night and Ali was waiting for me to appear.
"Hello? El Dragon?" She said as she looked for me. "You said to meet you here? Hello?" Then a hand tapped her shoulder and she turned around and saw me.
"Nice of you to come, Ms. Kubdel." I said.
"Well, I can't thank you enough for fixing my watch."
"Well, it was the least I can do. After all, that belongs to a family friend."
"What are talking about?" She asked as she looked at me with confusion.
I looked around for anyone else and, seeing there wasn't, said "Can you keep a secret?" Ali nod "yes" and I then transformed back into my normal self. "Hey, Ali."
"Axel? You're El Dragon? How?" She said, not believing what she was seeing. She then pointed at Nooroo and said "And what is that?"
"That's Nooroo." I said, explaining what Nooroo was. "He's my Miraculous', the brooch I wear, very own kwami. Kwamis are kind of like a spirit guide for the wielder of each Miraculous."
"Nice to meet you, Alix." Nooroo said as he put his hand out.
"Nice to meet you too, Nooroo." Ali said as she shook it.
"Yeah. I'm not the original El Dragon." I said. "Before me, it was my father, and his father before him, and so on, and so on."
"What did you mean the watch belongs to an old family friend?" She said, thinking back to what I said before. "This was created by my ancestor."
I then took her hand and said "Ah, yes. But your ancestor didn't do it alone. For how it is he had…" I pressed the button and twist it, opening the watch and revealing a holographic image of Ali's ancestor with El Dragon beside him. "A little extra help." She gasped as she realized that my ancestor helped hers to build the watch.
"My ancestor and yours were…friends?" She asked.
"Of course. They met each other a long time ago. He was the only person my grandfather ever told the secret to."
"But why didn't my father tell me?"
"Because he didn't know.
"Your ancestor had to keep the secret from everyone, including his own family." I thought about what to say next and decided to tell her my feelings toward her. "Well, I haven't been able to tell you this, but I like you."
"I like you too. We're friends, remember?" She asked in confusion.
"I know, but…I-I mean, I…'like' like you." I had finally said it and she looked at me with surprise. "I know you might not have the same feelings and I'm cool with it. I just want you to know I care about you and I won't let anything happen to yo…" I was interrupted by Ali kissing me on the lips. After she broke it, I smiled at her with red, well in my case, redder cheeks.
"Axel, I feel the same way." She said with a blush of her own.
"So do you would you like to be my girlfriend?" I asked.
"I would love too." She answered. We then shared another kiss under the light of the full moon.
Well, that was the best moment I've ever had. I was a bit confused myself with that double vision and time travel, but it looks like it was worth it. Later I told her about the others and she promised to keep this secret.