Cat Noir quickly grabbed at the chain with his magically-charged hand. Binder detached the chain from the part trapping Cat Noir, causing the destructive power to fly harmlessly through open air. The source chain was back in Binder's hand, leaving Cat Noir bound.
I could use the cataclysm to free myself, he considered, but he can just trap me again. I have to get rid of the chain, then I'll get back to Ladybug and we'll figure this out. His mind made up, he kept his hand at the ready, leaving his left arm trapped. His staff had already dropped from his hand, sitting useless at his feet now.
"Looks like I caught you, Cat!" Binder shouted, smiling gleefully.
"This cat doesn't like to be held down," Cat Noir smiled, rushing forward. His movements were not as graceful with one arm out of commission, but he was still fast. Binder was careful about using his chain now, wary of the destructive energy coming at him. I have him now, Cat Noir was feeling confident again. He couldn't risk an attack because he might lose his chain, and then the fight would be over for him.
As he chased him around the rooftop, though, it was obvious it was not going to end easily. Binder was being extremely careful, while Cat Noir was now on a timer. Already his ring sounded its first, shrill, beep.
Binder backed up against the edge of the roof, with nowhere left to run. Cat Noir rushed forward, grabbing at the chain. With his clumsy movements, though, Binder was able to leap away at the last minute, leaving Cat Noir to barely catch himself in time before tumbling off the edge.
As he turned around, he felt the chain connect again. This time it wrapped around his legs, immobilizing him and dragging him back. His face smacked against the edge of the roof, just barely holding his Cataclysm away from himself. He twisted quickly, grabbing the end of the chain just as Binder detached it. The chains wrapping his legs were still there, but the source chain in his hand shriveled to nothing.
"Gotcha," Cat Noir smirked, Now I just hope Ladybug can get free on her own.
For a brief moment, Binder looked as his empty hand in shock and dismay. He seemed to quickly brush it off though, smiling a wide grin at Cat Noir. "No, I got you!" he said gleefully, grabbing Cat Noir by the chains wrapped around him and lifting him into the air.
"You've already lost, what do you think you can do?" Cat Noir said, though he was starting to worry. Ladybug needed to show up now.
"I can take this," Binder said, his left hand wrapping around Cat Noir's free hand. His ring hand.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Cat Noir struggled, clenching his hand into a fist.
"Well you don't," Binder's tone was ecstatic, "Looks like I got a ring for you, Hawk Moth." He let go of the chains, holding Cat Noir up by just his hand, and dangled him over the edge. With his right hand he pulled open Cat Noir's clenched fist and held him up by the fingers. The fingers of his left hand then closed around the ring, holding it tight.
"No," Cat Noir looked in horror, realizing what was about to happen, "No!" His left arm was trapped. His legs were trapped. He had no cataclysm to use. There was nothing he could do to stop what was about to happen.
"Bye, cat," Binder grinned, releasing his grip on Cat Noir's fingers. He fell, but his ring stayed firmly in Binder's grip as he plummeted.
"Oof," Ladybug grunted, landing on the fire escape just a couple stories below. She wasn't dead, that was something to be grateful for, but she wasn't in the best position either. She had to find some way to escape her chains and get back to Cat Noir.
If I could just hit the chains with my yoyo, she told her herself, I could break them, but how? She had fallen on her yoyo hand, so she turned and tried recalling it, but it didn't respond. Frantic, Ladybug turned to see it lying beside her, having slipped off her finger.
"Are you kidding me?" she rolled her eyes at it, as though hoping to make it feel guilty. With no other choice, she rolled onto her stomach, trying to crawl forward like a worm, until her hand could reach her yoyo. It was slow going but eventually her finger found the yoyo ring and slipped it on. The whole time she heard sounds of the fight above her, sometimes coming very close, other times distant.
With her weapon at the ready again, she looked around for a solution. She could break the chains, but she needed to hit them with enough force and from the right angle; just bashing the yoyo against them wouldn't work. Looking around her, she noticed the railing around the fire escape. That'll work, she smirked, seeing the solution clear as day. She shifted her position so her yoyo was facing one of the railings, then tossed it out as best she could in her awkward. The magic of the yoyo responded to her, shooting out at full strength, and then wrapping around the bar of the railing once, like a pulley, and looping back at her, smashing through the chains.
"Yes!" she shouted, retracting the yoyo and jumping to her feet, "Back in business." She turned and readied herself to leap back to the roof. She was just in time to see Cat Noir dropped off the side of the building.