This is definitely one of my more creative akumas… Lots of action in this chapter so enjoy! Still sick so I am going back to bed… after I get off work… Ugh I despise being an adult.
Avatar NIX...Yes Lark is a badass and it was intentional for her personality to be such a change from fury to happy. Though technically her fun loving attitude is being driven by her fury. You hit the nail on the head with your thought. Lark does want to be more happy and outgoing so as an akuma she is. As for the rest... soon...
silverheartlugia2000... Every one says she is a spoiled brat... so I made her one *Grins*
sulfur angel... Haven sounds...creepy... we get so see what happens when things are hit with Exposers pompoms this time around.
cutielove077... Happy to see you are enjoying yourself!
Yoko89, owlcity2013, marissamtz03, Hispanicin... Thank you and here you go!
When an akuma transforms people into what they are on the inside Marinette and Adrien realize something very important as to who they are down to their very cores.
I own nothing... Except my imagination.
Secrets Within (Part 3)
The mask faded around Exposers face and in the next second she plucked a pompom from her shorts slamming it down onto the car under her as Ladybug threw her yoyo forward. It passed through the smoke and Ladybug dodged back avoiding the smoke even as it swiftly dissipated. A pompom flew at her in the next second and she spun her yoyo causing it to burst before it struck her. Exposer kept up the pressure as she ran at Ladybug throwing pompom after pompom and not leaving Ladybug any room to attack in retaliation. In the next instant a snarl filled the air and Exposer turned to see Chat leaping at her from the rooftops.
Ladybug saw the smirk quirk Exposers lips as she threw something at her falling partner.
"Chat don't let it hit you!" Ladybug yelled out in warning as Exposer threw another two pompoms at her making her dodge one and burst the other with her yoyo. The one she dodged hit the car next to her and as the smoke cleared she could make out a small toy? Chat brought his staff up before him spinning as he deflected the object thrown at him so that it went above him.
"Gotcha!" Exposer cheered happily and raised her palm a beam of greeninsh light shooting from it to the object he deflected.
A full sized car suddenly appeared above him and Chat yelped as his feet hit the ground tripping when he tried to get out of the incoming vehicles way. Ladybugs yoyo flew about his arm and he was yanked out of the way the car smashing into the concrete milliseconds later. Chat hit the ground on his side then rolled as Ladybugs yoyo released him scrambling back so that he was pressed against her legs.
"What was that?!" Chat yowled on all fours ready to dodge the next barrage of attacks "She made a car come out of nowhere!"
Ladybugs hand pressed to his head and ever so gently scratched behind his ears helping to calm them both. "The pompoms she throws transforms things making people look like who they are on the inside and objects the opposite of what they really are I suppose…" She jerked her thumb at the toy car that sat where a real one had been moments ago. "I don't know what the beam of light was but it reverted the car to normal. So I guess overall don't get hit by her attacks."
"Great so she is like an opposite Reflecta." Chat grumbled
Exposer doubled over laughing pointing at them and Chat hissed at her even as he pressed his shoulder into Ladybugs thigh.
"Oh that was great! The look on your face when the car returned to its regular size was fantastic! Forget taking your miraculous! I just want to play!" Exposer cried and launched herself at them scooping something up off the ground as she came.
Ladybug and Chat separated instantly, going to either side of the Exposer as she ran forward. Pompoms exploded in their wake hitting random objects as they deflected Exposers attacks. A stand of newspapers became a tree, a lamppost became a torch, and a fleeing cat became a tiger that roared in terror before fleeing down an alley.
"You weren't even aiming at us that time!" Chat snarled rushing in towards her as he made an attempt at taking her down.
"Oops!" Exposer cackled as they heard screams come from the direction the tiger ran to. Throwing a pompom at Chat she was shocked as he used his baton to bat it right back at her. It exploded midair a large boulder appearing to crash down in front of her blocking her vision with smoke and stone. Exposer stumbled back away from the rock and missed Chat as he leapt to the top of the boulder. In the next second his staff struck her squarely in the chest as Ladybugs yoyo took out her legs knocking her to the ground. Chat leapt at her snatching at her hairband and Exposer reacted with a squeal of fury kicking upwards hitting him in the crotch. Chat let loose a yowl as he jerked to the side and collapsed to his knees.
Swiftly Exposer flipped back coming to her feet pompoms in hand as Ladybug yelled "Chat move!" Chat was already rolling out of the way scrambling sideways as he managed to get his legs working properly once more.
Exposers arm came down pompom ready to release at point blank range when Ladybugs yoyo spun about her hand and arm yanking her back before tossing her sideways into another car. A pompom in her other hand struck the car as she did causing rainbow smoke to poof away from her hiding her.
Ladybug yanked her yoyo back to her hand and watched for any sign of movement as Chat scrambled behind another car nearby a pained look on his face. Ladybug flinched in sympathy then yelped as a boulder suddenly flew at her from the dissipating rainbow smoke. Dodging to the side the boulder smashed down throwing cobbles up everywhere even as a second boulder flew at her. Flipping backwards her back struck a wall and she had to dart to the right to avoid the newest boulder that smashed into the wall behind her. Ladybug yelped as debris rained about her head and just barely managed to block a pompom as it sailed right at her.
"Coming!" Chat yelled as a third boulder flew her way and Ladybug darted to the side her foot catching on a chunk of fallen wall sending her sprawling. The boulder smashed into the wall above her and in the next second Chat scooped her up off the ground throwing her forward as the wall above them came apart entirely. Broken pieces of the wall struck Chat before he could get clear causing him to hit the ground in her place. Dust billowed up hanging in the air and hiding Chat from sight.
"Chat!" Ladybug screamed twisting round to scramble forward through the dust that hung over the ground.
"I'm ok Ladybug!" Chat answered loudly not realizing she was so close and in the next second their hands met. In a softer voice he continued. "No damage though my leg is pinned." The dust hung hazily in the air but it was quickly settling allowing the two of them to see Exposer and more importantly each other.
"You won't be ok for long!" Exposer cried cheerfully, skipping towards them as she tossed a pompom in one hand.
"Get yourself free I'll keep her busy." Ladybug said pressing a swift kiss to Chats forehead before throwing herself forward to rush Exposer head on.
Using her yoyo to break the pompoms apart as they flew at her Ladybug played a furious game of follow the leader. Try as she might Ladybug was having a heck of a time getting close but that meant that Chat was safe as he dug himself out. Exposer was an annoyingly limber akuma, able to keep up with Ladybug as they fired off and dodged each other's attacks. Even worse was the fact that Exposer also kept picking up and throwing random things at Ladybug off the street. Case and point a dime the size of a hubcap came flying at her out of a rainbow colored cloud clipping her in the shoulder when Ladybug was too surprised to fully dodge. It spun her around and Ladybug dropped low flinging her yoyo out to catch Exposer around the legs. Before the akuma could leap away Ladybug yanked upwards pulling Exposers feet out from under her.
A snarl filled the air and a black blur flew past Ladybug in the next second. Chat was free and furious as he leaped at Exposer claws swiping at her headband when she started to sit up. Exposer let out a shriek of surprise a puff of rainbow smoke appearing as an iron spike shot from Exposers hands. Chat hadn't been expecting that and he twisted a little too late as the spike gouged a line across his ribcage. He yelped eyes blowing wide as he started to fall unable to do anything as Exposers face lit up with a very nasty grin.
"Chat!" Ladybug screamed starting to yank the yoyo line towards her but it was too late.
Chat stumbled to the side one hand plastered across the wound and Exposer twisted around slamming a large rainbow colored pompom into him. Smoke enveloped him as Ladybug hauled back on the line chucking the akuma over the top of a car and into the wall behind it. Running forward Ladybug caught Chat as he stumbled from the dissipating rainbow smoke.
"Chat are you ok?!" she demanded eyeing the blood that peeked from between his fingers.
He coughed and winced happy to lean against her. "That really hurt but other than the scratch I'm fine."
Swiftly Ladybug looked him over peeling his hand back to eye the wound however brief. Being critically injured on a fairly average basis gave them a terrible assumption that if the wound didn't drop them immediately then it wasn't serious. The wound wasn't gushing blood and she couldn't see bone so Ladybug let Chat clamp a hand back over the sluggish flow to look his costume over. Nothing on him had changed even though he had been hit by the Exposers pompom although the gash in his side had to hurt. A car alarm went off suddenly as Exposer slammed her fists into the hood.
"That hurt." She snarled and all at once threw something at them while firing the green beam of light from her palm right behind it. There was a sudden whomp sound then a full sized bus sprang into being swiftly soaring towards them on a collision course.
"Oh crap." Chat managed ears falling but Ladybug had already sprung into action. Tossing her yoyo she pulled them out of danger the bus slamming to the street and sliding after them like it were chasing them as they swung. A second later they swung in through the hole in the wall the boulders made and the bus smashed into the wall after them grinding to a halt in a heap of rubble. Feet hitting the ground Ladybug supported Chat who after a moment pulled away.
"I'm feline My Lady. I can run on my own." Chat said as she gave him a worried look arm still reaching towards him.
"Well your puns are still as bad so that's a good sign. We need to get you bandaged up though." Ladybug answered.
Chat grinned at her "If we finish this battle up quickly there will be no need. Besides I think it's…"
"That's it!" Exposers frustrated voice cried out from the other side of the wall breaking Chat off midsentence.
The bus behind them vanished suddenly the wall and rubble crashing to the ground with a terrific rumble. Ladybug gripped Chats hand and dragged him deeper into the store dodging shelves as she pulled. It was a toy store that they had ended up in and thankfully it had been closed when the bus busted through the wall. Unfortunately it wasn't a very big store and the door they came up against was locked down with a cage blocking the only exit in the place.
"Now where are you two hiding?!" Exposer screeched behind them.
Chat glanced up at Ladybug who nodded once. "Take it out Chat."
"Cataclysm!" Chat cried ready to take out the cage over the door only to freeze as nothing happened.
"Um…" Ladybug murmured as Chat glanced down at his free hand then back up at her.
"Cataclysm!" Chat tried once more following through with the movements and everything only for it not to work once more.
"I…I don't understand!" Chat cried then releasing his side tapped the ring on his finger. "Plagg what's going on?"
Plagg didn't answer and Chat looked up at Ladybug who looked as surprised and worried as he did.
"Plagg isn't answering." Chat whispered and Ladybug flinched.
"Tiki?" Ladybug murmured even as Exposer flew up into the air over them with a jetpack on looking rather smug.
"There you two are! Stay still so I can crush you and take your miraculous. You are starting to bore me." Exposer growled looking rather miffed
"A freaken jetpack?!" Chat exclaimed and flinched as pompoms flew at them. Ladybugs yoyo busted them before they hit hissing "We need to get out of here."
When the rain of pompoms paused Ladybug and Chat shared a glance then split up once more causing Exposer to fly after Chat when he scooped up a ball and chucked it at her head.
Ladybug darted behind one of the shelves worry surging through her for Chat and for Tiki since she still hadn't said anything. "Tiki please answer…"
"I'm here Marinette." Tiki squeaked and Ladybug sighed clenching a hand over her chest in relief.
"Why can't Chat use Cataclysm?" Ladybug asked getting right to the point as she darted around the corner making sure Chat didn't need her help since Exposer was chasing him.
"He got hit with one of Exposers pompom things. The magic of the akuma is messing with the miraculous magic. Plagg is fighting it but he can't hold out forever." Tiki answered sounding tired herself.
"So we need to end this quickly." Ladybug acknowledged and stepped away from the shelves she was hiding behind. "Lucky charm!"
Light coalesced around her yoyo in the air and from it a round spotted mirror formed falling into her hands a moment later.
"A mirror?" Ladybug questioned and glanced around herself but the world didn't grey out or flash in any way. Confused she hooked the mirror to her waist and ran out to join Chat in the fight against Exposer.
Chat was in the space where the broken wall was dodging pompoms even as he snatched objects from the floor and threw them at Exposer. One such object was a teddy bear and as the pompom struck it the bear suddenly grew and came alive letting out a roar. Chat dove behind a sales rack and Exposer screamed as it charged her firing a green beam from her hand that turned the teddy bear back to normal. It dropped back to the floor a cute cuddly stuffed animal once more and Exposer froze for a moment as she recovered from the fright. Ladybug took that moment to throw her yoyo causing it to wrap around Exposers waist trapping her arms at her sides. The only bad thing was that she had forgotten about the jetpack. Exposer launched herself upwards yanking Ladybug right off the floor with her. Ladybug screamed as they zoomed about the small store bashing through hanging mobiles and models.
"Ladybug!" Chat yelled as Exposer dropped from the air tangling Ladybug in a blimp model. It snapped from its strings the ends tangling round Ladybug as Exposer was off once more this time soaring for the hole in the wall. They soared out into the light Ladybugs knees banging painfully against the ground as she tried to stop their forward momentum. Skidding forward into the street Ladybug grabbed hold of a light post preventing Exposer from taking her any higher. Wrapping her legs around the light post Ladybug hauled back on the yoyo string with both hands starting to slowly pull her down to earth.
"Let me go!" Exposer shrieked twisting in the yoyo string so one hand finally managed to come free. In the next instant she ripped a pompom off her shoulder and chucked it at Ladybug. Flinching back Ladybug twisted away one hand yanking the model blimp up from its place where it sat tangled around her arm. The pompom struck it instead of her and in the next instant the blimp expanded in size her yoyo releasing the akuma as suddenly Ladybug realized she had made a mistake. Her legs were pulled from the lamp post as the blimp continued to grow in size leaving the street as it floated up. Ladybug twisted pushing against the rubbery surface that her arm was now tied to. When the blimp became real so did the lines that had tangled around her and now they had her arm pinned to the balloon.
"My Lady!" Chat yelled and in the next second as the blimp started to rise rapidly Chat crashed into her back grabbing hold of the now thick plastic lines that tied Ladybug to the side of the blimp.
"Chat I can't pull free!" Ladybug cried yanking her arm against the plastic rope that was now cutting into her painfully.
Without a word he slashed at the cord cutting through it in seconds with his claws allowing Ladybug to pull her arm to her chest even as she started to slide down the balloons surface. Her gloved hands had no purchase and now that she wasn't tied down as she slid towards the rounded edge. Chat grabbed her hand before she could slide far and swung her onto his back before using his claws to scale the side of the blimp as it continued to expand.
"How are you not putting holes in this thing?" Ladybug demanded as they came to the top of the blimp.
"I have soft paws My Lady!" Chat answered unhelpfully then dodged to the right as a rain of pompoms was hurled their way.
Yup that was one giant fight sequence... But now we are up really, really high and our two heroes have no where o run. Hehe this is gonna be fun...