I hope everyone is enjoying the story thus far. Not much to say tonight other than yes I know in Duet Nino is misspelled as Nico. I have no idea how in the heck to correct it. I don't know what all these buttons do ghaaa! Any pointers?

Man who likes spiders gets akumafied turning him into Arachnis. Can Ladybug defeat this natural enemy or will Chats wild side get the better of him and cause him to do the unthinkable?

Oh yes... I dont own this show...

Arachnophobia (Part 2)

Finally at what seemed like the last possible second Chat moved. His baton twisted up and elongated smashing directly into one of Arachnis' main eyes before scrapping past the two on the side of his head. Arachnis screeched his hands flying to his face and jolted backwards even as Chat lunged after something stuck to his coat. Clearly the blow Chat had taken had done some damage though because he only managed two steps before collapsing to his knees.

"MANGY ANIMAL!" Arachnis screeched and reared back ready to strike a killing blow since he realized that Chat hadn't moved. Chat glanced up dazed his body not feeling quite right and in the next instant felt something wrap solidly around his waist.

Ladybug knew she wouldn't make it to her partners side in time to save him and the thought of seeing him struck down before she could make it to him terrified her in a way nothing else ever had. So she acted instinctively relying of previous memories and had done what she could. Tossing her yoyo over the top of a light she slung the rest of it out causing it to wrap solidly around Chats middle. The deadly spiked legs came sweeping down and Ladybug hauled back on her yoyo with all of her strength hoisting Chat up and away from the monster akuma before throwing herself into the action in his place. Using her yoyo for Chats rescue had left her weaponless but she refused to let that slow her down. She simply threw herself forward in a flurry of kicks and punches that bewildered Arachnis' injured eyes. Arachnis tried to back off slashing at her and firing webs from his strange contraptions on his arms but Ladybug was pissed and in no mood to give him any kind of leniency. Instead she drove him back away from Chat and the other people who were still trying to flee the area. Ducking a sweeping leg strike Ladybug slid across the cobblestones under him finally seeing what Chat had so desperately tried to grab. It was a badge of some kind and it shimmered that strange malevolent purple that Hawkmoths butterflies did.

"My Lady!" a voice cried as she popped up to her feet behind Arachnis.

A baton soared into her vision and she snatched it from the air as Arachnis started to twist around to face her.

"You dammed bug! I will devour you!" he shrieked one hand still plastered to his face.

Ladybug was already swinging the staff like a baseball bat and it smashed home into the arm he brought up to protect himself with. The baton smashed down hard into his arm and chest making a satisfying crack then the web component smashed open spraying webbing in all directions. Ladybug darted back avoiding the spray and watched as Arachnis wasn't so lucky. The spray was far closer to him than it had been to her and glancing over to see Chat stumbling towards them, Ladybug decided to end this fight before it became even more out of hand. She moved forward baton in hand as Arachnis was still attempting to scramble back the sticky webbing catching at his lab coat and other legs.

"Nonono!" Arachnis wailed and seeing Ladybug darting forward again he spat at her. It was an acid spit and she dodged the first attack on instinct, gaping in surprise as the spit ate its way into the cobbles. Arachnis was still stuck by his webs and although he was slicing through them rapidly with the clawed ends of his legs he still needed some more time. Realizing her time to attack was running out Ladybug went after him again and he spat making her dodge to the side where he then shot webbing in an attempt to hinder her movements. He could see Chat stumbling towards them and snapping several more strands he launched two successive attacks. More webbing flew at Ladybug and catching the webbing on the baton she spun it away from her body not seeing the wad of acid spit that followed. A black blur knocked her out of the way of the spit and they rolled out of sight behind a parked vehicle even as Arachnis shot webs after them.

"He…has…acid spit." Ladybug managed her chest heaving as she recovered from Chats tackle and the vigorous fighting she had just done. She had seen the acid spit too late to counter and she knew that without Chat she would have been badly injured at best.

"Are you alright My Lady?" Chat asked pushing himself up

Ladybug nodded and peeked around the edge of the car. Arachnis was gone leaving a mass of sticky webbing and two sizzling holes in the cobbles. She sighed and slumped back against the ground.

"He's gone. We did some damage to him but I don't think he is going to be slowed for very long." Ladybug said and Chat nodded holding her yoyo out to her. They exchanged weapons and Marinette couldn't help but sigh in relief to have her yoyo back in hand.

"Thanks for saving my pelt back there My Lady. I'm fur-ever in your debt." He said climbing to his feet and holding a hand out for her to take.

"You're feeling better." Ladybug muttered and took his hand allowing him to pull her to her feet.

Chat rolled his shoulders and winced slightly "I was merely stunned My Lady. It took me longer to get out of your yoyo."

Ladybug frowned remembering how he had stumbled as he had rushed towards them. "Chat if you are hurt you can't fight. This guy isn't like the Pigeon man he will be far more dangerous to handle and we can't afford to make mistakes."

Chat shook his head. "You are not going into this fight alone Ladybug. I really am ok. I was dizzy when I first got out of your yoyo but I am better now. Besides I can always find you so there is no use in trying to ditch me."

She grimaced knowing full well that both of their weapons held the ability to find the other. There really was no point in trying to ditch him she knew but she was still worried.

"Come My Lady, we really should be cat-ching this crazy spider." Chat said

Ladybug shuddered both at the bad pun and the spider comment. "Fine lets get this over with then."

She allowed Chat to run first keeping an eye on his movement to really gage how badly he was injured. After a few minutes of silence she determined that he was either telling the truth or he was a fantastic actor. Either that or the injuries were all internal and there would be no way for her to tell before it was too late.

"I don't believe we have ever had an opponent move quite so fast." Chat said as they jumped a gap between buildings.

"He's got four extra legs and that web shooter thing. We need to find the people he took before he hurts them." Ladybug answered but even she was at a loss over the direction to go.

Not knowing what else to do they decided to follow the strands of silken webbing hoping that they would lead where ever Arachnis had gone. They ran for several minutes in silence not wanting to waist their air when suddenly a voice broke into their silence.

"Ladybug help!" A female voice cried causing her and Chat to skid to a halt.

Peering around they finally spotted a woman hiding halfway behind a dumpster and nodding to one another the duo went to her aid. Once they got to her side Ladybug realized that there was a man leaning against the dumpster clutching what appeared to be an injured arm. Blood matted his hair and both of them had white strand like hairs stuck all over them. It was webbing from the akuma she realized as Chat crouched down beside the man to eye the wounds a little closer.

"What happened to you two?" Ladybug asked

The woman shivered "That monster came and attacked us at work screaming about how we stole his job! He tied us up and we were hanging in some web thing but these two kids found us and cut us loose."

Chat went stiff and Ladybug gaped at the woman. "Two kids?" she asked a feeling of apprehensive horror drifting through her. Most people especially these days ran from akuma attack zones as soon as they heard the ruckus begin. There was a very short list of fools who ran towards an akuma attack and Ladybug could only think of one person on that very short list who would cut someone free from spider webs.

"Were they both dark skinned? One with a phone and the other with headphones?" Ladybug asked causing Chat to glance up at her strangely.

"Y-yes…" the woman answered a look of confusion creeping over her face."How?"

Ladybug grimaced it was Alya and Nino there was no doubt about it. Somehow they had found Arachnis lair and while she and Chat had been fighting it they had been cutting Arachnis captives free.

"Where were you being held?" Ladybug asked and the woman simply pointed in the direction of Arachnis lair.

Chat bounced to his feet. "He has already stopped bleeding and the cure should fix the broken arm. We've got to go help them… uh… those kids otherwise they will end up as spider food."

Ladybug nodded then turned to the woman who looked still very confused and frightened. "Your best bet is to stay here and stay hidden. When the webs on your clothes vanish it will be safe to come out. We have got to go help the other people and stop Arachnis before he hurts someone badly."

"What if the webs don't vanish?" the woman asked her eyes wide and watching as Chat paced back around to Ladybugs side.

The two super heros shared a look before Chat answered "If the webs don't vanish it means we have failed. If that happens…"

Ladybug shoved him forward a clear time to get moving look on her face and the woman grabbed her arm making her pause even as Chat leapt to the rooftops. "You're just kids too." She whispered "I never realized it before. What happens if you fail? Is there an adult?"

Ladybug grimaced and ever so gently pulled the ladies hand off her arm. "If we fail Paris falls." She answered and since she didn't have any more information on what their failure would mean she left it at that rushing off after Chat who was waiting for her on the rooftops.

They started in the direction the woman indicated as soon as Ladybugs feet touched the rooftops and after a moment of silence Chat spoke.

"You know the two people who are cutting Arachnis victims free." It wasn't really a question more a statement.

Ladybug sighed rapidly thinking of ow she could explain this one away. "There are very few people who run towards an akuma attack these days, especially kids. Its probably Alya and whatever poor person she has with her today." She already knew it was Nino of course but she couldn't tell Chat that. He wouldn't even know who Nino was.

Chat chuckled dodging a line of laundry "I wonder if it's Marinette."

Ladybug almost tripped and Chat shot her a questioning look as she recovered her balance. "It cant be Marinette but its probably Ni-uh that boy Alya hangs out with."

"Uh right…" Chat managed but her words confused him. Why couldn't it be Marinette? After all before he took off she had been following Alya and Nino hadn't she? Also how did Ladybug know Ninos name?

He wanted to ask his Lady another question but realized that now was not the time. They were coming up on a plaza and the webs were becoming far thicker.

"We might need to pad down to street level to navigate My Lady." Chat said as the webs forced them to slice through using his claws and her yoyo.

"I think you're…" Ladybug began before a scream interrupted her.

Twice on screams... Oh well cliché I am. That and it was a good stopping point.