Miraculous: Tales of Blaze and Artemis
MDM: Sorry for taking so long on this. College is up and rolling again, and already, I'm being kept on my toes just so that I don't fall behind. That, and compared to Evillustrator, this episode isn't exactly one of my favorites.
PokemonFreak90: Speak for yourself! I love this episode! So with that said, roll it!
Chapter 7
The Laws of Rogercop
It was Parent's Career Day at school and everyone had been looking forward to it, especially Allen and Bianca. They couldn't wait to introduce their fathers to their classmates for the first time. Right now, they were walking to school, their respective dads walking on the free side of his child.
Forrest Snow looked over at his daughter while Chris Flint gazed over at his son. It was quite obvious that Allen took after his father, with the same dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. Both men wore similar work suits, wearing different colored ties. Forrest was wearing a black suit with a green and blue striped tie while Chris wore a dark blue suit with a plain red tie.
"We're looking forward to meeting your new friends." Forrest said to the kids.
"And I really want to meet the girl that caught my son's eye." Chris added, playfully nudging his son with his elbow, while having a little teasing smirk on his face.
Allen blushed red with embarrassment. "Dad!" He groaned in annoyance. But there was a bashful little grin on his face. Forrest and his daughter both laughed at Chris's little joke.
Just then, both fathers noticed that their respective child was wearing something. It was the family heirlooms that they had given to them weeks before: the black leather wristband fastened around Allen's wrist, and the moonstone crescent moon pendant hanging around Bianca's neck. They had noticed both of them wearing them, but the more that they thought about it, the more that they realized that they had never taken them off ever since their children had gotten them.
"You guys really like those heirlooms we gave you?" Forrest asked them.
Both Bianca and Allen flinched and looked over at their Miraculouses. "Uh, yeah." Bianca answered her father as she slightly fiddled around with the pendant.
"They're pretty awesome." Allen added, smiling widely at them, hoping that their fathers wouldn't ask too many questions about their Miraculouses. "We really do like them." Instinctively, he started to carefully play around with his wristband.
"And since they've been passed down from generation to generation for centuries, we think that we're honoring our ancestors by wearing them." Bianca chimed in.
"Well, that's very nice of you two." Chris said, making both of the kids quietly sigh with pure relief as they and their dads entered the school.
The day was now in full swing and some of the kids and their parents had already talked to the class all about their jobs. Then, Ms. Bustier spoke up.
"Next, let's have both Allen's dad, Mr. Chris Flint, and Bianca's dad, Mr. Forrest Snow, come on up, since both of them work at the same international bank."
The class applauded as the respective father-child duos came to the front of the classroom. Chris spoke up first. "Hello, everyone!" He greeted the crowd. "As you already know, I'm Chris Flint, and I'm Allen's dad. I work at an international bank as a financial advisor."
"And I'm Forrest Snow, Bianca's father. I work alongside my old friend, Chris, at the same bank as an English-speaking agent for those who don't speak other languages." Forrest added.
Soon, Marinette's father, Tom Dupain, was presenting his job as a baker to the class while Marinette held a tray of croissants in her hands. The man was giant, easily towering over his petite daughter. It was obvious at first glance that Marinette took after her mother, with her father's brown hair and hazel eyes not matching Marinette's hair and eye colors at all.
"My day begins at four a.m. every morning because the bakery opens at seven." Tom explained. "You'd think that the life of a baker is pretty routine, making the same pastries, rolls, cakes. But actually, it's different every day."
As Tom continued to explain his daily routine at his family bakery, Allen and Bianca both saw Adrien coming back in the classroom, having left a couple of minutes ago to make a phone call, looking downcast. He was the only kid in class without a parent in attendance. It was obvious that his father wasn't coming.
Soon, Tom was done with his presentation and Marinette was handing out some freshly baked croissants for everyone. Right when she was about to pass Chloe and Sabrina some, mostly out of politeness, the prissy blonde was showing her friend a new gold bracelet that she bought.
"It's beautiful!" Sabrina exclaimed as she reached out to grab it. But Chloe slapped her hand away from it.
"Look. Don't touch!" She scolded.
"Put it away, Chloe." Her father, the mayor, told her. "It could get in the wrong hands!"
Marinette handed a croissant to Sabrina, who took it eagerly. "I wonder how many croissants your dad would have to sell to buy you one of these?" Chloe asked the Chinese girl, looking over at the box that held her bracelet. Then, she just smirked. "What am I saying? He'd have to sell the whole store!"
Marinette lightly scowled before a confident smile came on her face. "Well, if you're so rich, obviously you don't need free croissants!" She said, before turning away from them and then starting giving out croissants to other students.
Chloe just scoffed. "Ugh, jealous." She muttered as she put her bracelet back into her handbag.
From their spots in the back, Allen and Bianca shared a dry glance with each other. Yeah, Marinette jealous of Chloe? As if!
Suddenly, they thought that they saw something small and black zip into Chloe's handbag. They shared a little glance, looking confused. Then they shrugged, putting away the thought. Maybe they were just seeing things.
But then soon, they thought that they saw Chloe's bracelet bounce up in the air from inside the handbag all on its own. They shared a surprised glance and then looked back over at the handbag just as the bracelet flew back up in the air again. After it landed back inside, the bag suddenly toppled over and Chloe's things scattered across the step, just as Marinette stepped onto the box that was holding the bracelet and then fell backwards, croissants flying everywhere.
As everyone began focusing on Marinette, Bianca whispered over to Allen, leaning in close so that their fathers wouldn't hear them. "Did you see what I thought I saw?" She asked him.
"Yeah, that bracelet was hopping up and down on its own!" Allen quietly exclaimed. "The only thing small enough to fit in the bag to do that is a...Kwami!" The realization hit them both pretty hard. "You don't think...?"
"I'm not sure." Bianca said, cutting him off. "If so, then maybe we could ask our Kwamis later. But remember, we're not trying to figure out who they are."
"But...we're seeing so many signs!" Allen reasoned. "Remember what we talked about with Marinette last time about her being Ladybug's accomplice? And how she carries the same kind of bag that you keep Claaw in? This is just another sign!"
"I know! But we would be breaking their trust in us if we figure out who they are." Bianca argued. "We might have found more clues, but we are to not think much more about them unless they reveal themselves to us first. Okay?"
Allen was silent for a few seconds before he quietly groaned in defeat. "Ugh! Fine." He complied. He was always curious about solving mysteries and he liked to be in the know. "But you can't tell me that all of this doesn't have you curious, too."
Bianca shook her head at him. It wasn't that she wasn't curious. But she knew that they were not trying to figure out Ladybug and Cat Noir's secret identities. It was for their sake, more than their own.
Suddenly, they heard Chloe gasp. "My bracelet! It's gone! I had it a second ago." Then, she looked over at Marinette. "You! You stole it!" She immediately accused her.
"What? What are you talking about?!" Marinette demanded.
"You 'unpurposedly' tripped on my bag so that you could steal my bracelet!"
"She already made a grammatical crime, because 'unpurposedly' is not a real word." Bianca muttered under her breath, making Allen briefly snicker at her sassy comment.
Chloe turned to Sabrina's father, Roger Raincomprix, who is a police officer, demanding, "You're a policeman! Arrest her!"
"My daughter is not a thief!" Tom denied.
Roger blew his whistle to allow himself to speak. "Hold on a minute, Miss Bourgeois, we don't accuse without proof." He said, and turned over to the crowd. "Now, everyone calm down, please." He then looked back at Chloe. "Maybe you simply misplaced your bracelet." he suggested.
"You're calling me a liar?!" Chloe demanded. Then she played her go-to card when things didn't go her way. "Daddy!"
Not wanting to make his daughter more upset, the mayor immediately took her side. "Roger, I demand that you search this girl!" He said, pointing at Marinette.
"Please, everybody!" Ms. Bustier said, trying to get the situation under control. But no one was listening to her.
"Need I remind you that as mayor of this city, I am your superior!" The mayor continued to shout.
"But sir, it's against the law." Roger said. "I can't just go-"
"All right. Then you're no longer a police officer!" The mayor said, getting everyone taken aback.
"Mayor, you can't be serious!" Roger said in disbelief. "Over a missing bracelet?"
"This is my daughter's bracelet we're talking about! You're incompetent and you're fired! Get out!" He demanded, pointing towards the door.
Roger sighed heavily with defeat and then headed out of the room, looking downtrodden and his own daughter looking heartbroken for him. And she wasn't the only one. The entire class felt sorry for him...except for one, of course.
"Good!" Chloe said with a victorious smile on her face. "Let's call Ladybug! I'm sure she'll actually do something!"
Most of the class rolled their eyes. There was no way that Ladybug would waste her time looking for a simple bracelet.
As both the Mayor and Tom continued to fight over Marinette's innocence, Allen turned over to whisper to Bianca, "You don't think that Chloe is the true evil in Paris instead of Hawk Moth?"
"I might actually believe that." She answered, clenching her fists. "She riles up the bad emotions, making possible victims plump for the picking for Hawk Moth."
"Do you think that she and Hawk Moth could be working together, then?" Allen asked, still a little furious that Chloe had so much influence, even on the law, just because she was the mayor's daughter.
"As much as I want to say, 'yes' because I hate her, there's just not enough evidence to accuse her of something like that." Bianca said, trying her best to be reasonable. "Speaking from a pure federal aspect, it is a serious crime to assist a terrorist. Especially one with superpowers."
Allen nodded in agreement. It was very serious to accuse someone of helping a terrorist, whether or not it's true.
"Please, gentlemen!" Ms. Bustier tried to calm the men down. "This is a school here! Think of the children! Surely the bracelet is around here someplace."
"It probably just rolled out of her bag or something." Marinette tried to reason.
"If I were her bracelet, I'd try and get as far away as possible from that crazy brat, too." Alya muttered into her bestie's ear, making her giggle briefly.
Just then, Marinette remembered something. "Hey! Nino's been filming everything this whole time!" She said, getting an idea. "We can see what really happened!"
As everyone began to watch the footage, Allen and Bianca still stayed where they were, along with their dads. But afterwards, more suspects were put on the spot, like Sabrina and Nathanael, which was only escalating the heated debate.
Chris looked over at his son. "Is this a regular thing that happens in your class?" He asked.
Allen sheepishly smiled up at his father. "Not always. But when you have Chloe Bourgeois in your class, something simple gets so dramatized, that she has to make a big deal out of it."
As the fight continued to get worse, both Allen and Bianca noticed that Adrien had picked up something under his desk and then quietly snuck out of the classroom after tucking it into his overshirt. His behavior was odd, even for someone as socially awkward as him, since he had never been to school before. Then, they remembered what they saw earlier in Chloe's handbag with the bracelet right before it disappeared.
Bianca turned over to whisper to Allen again. "You don't think...?" She asked, trailing off.
"Yeah, he was acting suspicious, sneaking away like that." Allen whispered back. "We know that something small like a Kwami was in Chloe's bag when the bracelet vanished and now Adrien suddenly sneaks away? Those events HAVE to be connected!" Then, his eyes widened in shock. "If it is his Kwami, then Adrien is...Cat Noir!"
Bianca's own eyes widened. "You're right!" She exclaimed quietly. "But remember, we can't confront him about his identity until he tells us himself, if that ever comes. Okay?"
In all truth, as much as the facts were laying in front of her, Bianca didn't really want to know that Adrien truly was Cat Noir, because they weren't supposed to know his or Ladybug's identity. She really only said it just to satisfy her best friend, who was still a little keen on telling Alya his secret identity, while also wanting to know Ladybug and Cat Noir's as well. And he was the one who read more superhero comics than her, yet she was the one who wanted to go by the rules that were designated in them.
Just then, a large blue robot appeared in the classroom, his human face covered with a visor. "Where is the mayor?" He demanded in a robotic-sounding voice.
Sabrina immediately recognized the robot. "Dad?!" She exclaimed in fear.
"So that's her dad?!" Marinette asked. It was another Akuma.
Ms. Bustier approached the villain by trying to act civil. "Hello, may I help you?" She asked.
"Where is the mayor?" The Akuma demanded again.
"I think he already left, sir." Ms. Bustier answered.
"Are you lying?" The villain asked.
"Yes. I mean, no!" Ms. Bustier quickly corrected herself.
Allen and Bianca looked over at their respective father and then nodded to each other, knowing what they had to do. Quietly, they both left their desks and snuck out of the classroom.
"If no one speaks up, I'll put you all under arrest!" The Akuma said, and then turned over to Chloe. "Where is your father?"
"I don't know." Chloe answered matter-of-factly.
As Allen and Bianca quickly ran down the hallway, the former turned over to the latter and asked, "Have you ever watched the movie 'Robocop'? This guy seems very similar to him."
"You're more familiar with sci-fi movies. Not me." Bianca answered back just as they ducked into the locker room.
After they made sure that no one else was in the locker room, they let their Kwamis out. "That was odd how that bracelet vanished." Fenixx said.
"Yeah." Claaw agreed. "In fact, there's only one Kwami that I can think of who would be that careless."
Fenixx nodded, thinking the same thing as his counterpart. "It's Plagg." He said, shaking his head. "That black cat really needs a bell on him."
"See?" Allen said to his best friend. "Even our Kwamis agree! Cat Noir is a guy in our class! And judging from his shifty behavior, it has to be Adrien!"
"I didn't say that I don't suspect Adrien to be Cat Noir." Bianca replied. "But we still have to respect his privacy. If he wants to share his secret, it will be because of his own choice and not because we confront him about it. Same with whoever Ladybug really is, which may or may not be Marinette."
Allen was silent for a couple of seconds. She was saying that she believed his theory about Adrien being Cat Noir, but she was also saying that they weren't going to confront him about it unless he wanted to tell them first. Well, Allen decided to take that over her denying it.
"Okay, it looks like we have another Akuma to face." He said. "So let's show him what justice really looks like!" The others all smiled back at him with determination in their eyes.
"Fenixx, Flames Up!"
"Claaw, Let's Prowl!"
In their usual flash of gold and silver light, Blaze and Artemis were in their places, ready to fight to save Paris again. They made it outside just in time to see Cat Noir jump on Rogercop's arm, making him miss the escaping mayor, and he quickly left in his car. Ladybug was on the ground at the top of the stairs, lying down.
"You are obstructing justice, Cat Noir." Rogercop said to the black cat-themed superhero, aiming his arms at him. "You are going to pay for this."
"You can add bodily harm to the charges!" Cat Noir retorted back as he dodged the laser cuffs' blasts being aimed at him. He then tried to attack the Akuma with his staff, but the superpowered cyborg only grabbed him and threw him in the trash can, where Ms. Mendeliev was being forced to pick up litter, having red and blue laser cuffs around her wrists.
Then, Ladybug stood back up on her feet. "Listen!" She said, getting Rogercop's attention. "You're Sabrina's dad, and a good cop! Don't let the evil person who gave you these powers make an evil cop out of you!"
Briefly, the neon purple butterfly mask appeared over Rogercop's face. It was Hawk Moth telepathically communicating with him. Then, the mask vanished.
"Justice must prevail in the streets of Paris!" Rogercop said.
He fired some more lasers at Ladybug, but she managed to dodge them. She then tried to attack him again, but he grabbed her and then swung her back into the school's courtyard with his abnormal cyborg strength. But before she could land in it, Blaze flew up and then caught her in midair.
"Just in time, I hope." He said to her, carefully placing her on the roof while Artemis got over to Cat Noir and tried to get him unstuck from the overflowing trash can.
"The mayor must pay for getting rid of his best police officer!" Rogercop said.
Just then, a shiny blue and white, metallic, futuristic car appeared behind him. He was about to get in when Chloe came up to him.
"Mr. Rogercop!" She exclaimed, stopping him. "I've got a serious problem! Worse than a bad hair day!"
"Come with me and we'll talk about it." He said.
"Okay!" Chloe agreed, not understanding that the Akuma was dangerous.
Artemis finally managed to get Cat Noir free, just in time to see Chloe get inside Rogercop's car. "Chloe, no!" Cat Noir shouted after her.
"Are you freaking kidding me?!" Artemis exclaimed with exasperation. They had to save that annoying queen bee brat again?!
"Come on!" Cat Noir said, and he quickly gave chase, gaining speed by pole vaulting onto the rooftops. Artemis groaned in annoyance before following him with her grappling gun.
Soon, they were within reach of it, and they both landed on the back of the car. Rogercop saw them through his rearview mirror and pressed a button. The car then started to fly up into the sky, with Cat Noir and Artemis hanging onto it.
Just then, Ladybug zipped on over to them with her yo-yo, coming up next to them, with Blaze flying behind the car. "I bet you guys missed me." Ladybug said teasingly.
Suddenly, the car started spinning around and around, making all three of them hold onto it for dear life while Blaze could do nothing but watch from where he was hovering, unless he wanted to get hit in the head by it. Rogercop saw them climb onto the roof of the car all the way. He then abruptly pushed down on the brakes, making Cat Noir fly off as the car started to turn away. But Blaze quickly caught him.
"Looks like I'm everyone's safety net now." The phoenix-themed superhero said as he put Cat Noir back on the roof of the car.
"It's lucky for us that you know how to fly." Cat Noir said.
But then, the car door opened, and Rogercop came out and onto the roof, glaring at the superheroes. "Did I ever thank you for the lift?" Cat Noir said, before grabbing his staff and trying to hit Rogercop.
Ladybug tried to grab him with her yo-yo, Artemis was firing arrow after arrow, and Blaze was trying to swipe at him from the air with his katana. But for a giant cyborg policeman, he was pretty agile as he dodged all attempts. Then, he pounded on the roof of the car, making it flip around in place.
The three superheroes that were on the roof of the car immediately began running across it to keep from falling off. But Rogercop wasn't losing his balance at all. He was still staying in place.
"Where'd you get those shoes?" Cat Noir asked him. "I could use a pair like that!"
"Don't we all?" Artemis asked him.
But then, Rogercop extended his arms and knocked both female superheroes off the car. "Grab on to us!" Ladybug shouted out to her and Artemis's partners, throwing Cat Noir her yo-yo while Artemis fired her grappling gun up at Blaze. But both projectiles missed their hands by inches and both girls began plummeting to the ground, screaming.
"No! Ladybug!" Cat Noir screamed. He tried to go after her, but Rogercop grabbed him by the collar of his suit.
"Bia- Uh, Artemis!" Blaze shouted in terror, quickly correcting himself before he called her by her real name. Immediately, he dove after his partner and best friend. He managed to catch her in his arms a good few feet above the ground.
"Whew." Artemis exhaled, feeling her heart pounding against her ribs hard. "Thanks." She said, looking at her partner and best friend.
"No problem." Blaze said. "I'll always be there to catch you when you fall...or swoon over me." At that last part, his smile turned from soft to mischievous.
Artemis rolled her eyes, seeing through his little joke. "Don't get ahead of yourself, Fireball. You already have an iron in your fire, if you know what I mean."
"Well, I'm still keeping my heart open." Blaze playfully retorted back, the teasing smile not leaving his face. "You never know who might come along."
"Just make sure that you know what you'll be getting yourself into if that ever happens." Artemis warned him before she began to slightly squirm out of his arms. Blaze took that as a sign to put her back on the ground, on her feet.
Just then, they saw Ladybug, looking fine as well, and Cat Noir coming up to them. They then heard a loud zooming sound above them and saw Rogercop's car flying away. They all hurried after it, but once they all got to the Eiffel Tower, he was already too far ahead.
"There's no point running after him anyway." Ladybug said. "He's way out of our reach now."
"Well, if it's the mayor he wants…" Cat Noir began, before trailing off, letting Ladybug finish the rest of the thought.
"He'll be heading straight for City Hall."
"Do I sense a plan?" Blaze asked, a knowing smile appearing on his face.
"What did you expect?" Artemis asked him playfully, a similar smirk on her face.
Within a few minutes, they had arrived in the vicinity of City Hall. But they were too late. They saw that the police force had gathered in front of City Hall, where a few giant screens were stationed. The mayor looked very much downtrodden.
"Paris has a new superpower." He said solemnly. "His name is Rogercop. I hereby relinquish all authority to Rogercop. All citizens are ordered to answer to him."
The screen shifted upwards to show Rogercop. "Ladybug, Cat Noir, Blaze, and Artemis are now outlaws." He said, making the four supers gasp in shock. "They must be hunted down and taken into custody immediately."
The entire police force then turned around to face them, quickly surrounding them. "This is not good." Blaze said.
"You think?" Artemis asked sarcastically.
"Let's go get 'em!" One of the officers shouted. Some of the cops made their moves to try and apprehend them. But the four superheroes all managed to easily dodge their attempts by either jumping over them or just throwing them over their shoulders. Then, the supers managed to escape the perimeter by taking off into the air, onto the rooftops, and out of sight.
Hours passed, and day turned into night. Everyone thought that it was best to remain indoors until the Akuma was dealt with, so the streets were virtually empty.
The four heroes of Paris were all hiding on a nearby rooftop that was within a close radius of City Hall. The entire police force was looking for them, even setting up a defense perimeter around the building and sending helicopters into the air to search for them. It was like they were searching for international criminals.
"So now we're the nation's most wanted felons?" Cat Noir asked his teammates, still not believing the turn of events.
"And we haven't done anything!" Ladybug added.
"Talk about the shifting of the gears of power." Blaze muttered.
"Amazing how a democracy can change into a dictatorship within minutes." Artemis said dryly.
"Exactly!" Cat Noir pointed out while standing up. "You can't accuse someone without proof! We should go and defend ourselves in a court of law!"
"Not while Rogercop's the Chief of Justice." Ladybug reminded him.
"So what do we do now?" Artemis asked.
Cat Noir sighed with annoyance. "How many times have we saved Paris?" He asked rhetorically, knowing that they and the police were supposed to be on the same team.
Just then, Ladybug had a determined grin come over her face. "We're STILL saving Paris." She said, the look in her eyes telling her teammates that she had a plan.
A few minutes later, everyone that was outside saw Cat Noir, Blaze, and Artemis smoothly come down into the middle of the plaza, the boys swinging their weapons around while dancing and Artemis found a new trick for her adaptable weapons. She was waving her daggers around in the air and they had icy blue silk ribbons trailing around, forming ripples and swirls in the air, like she was a ribbon dancer. Finally, they all stopped and struck a finishing pose.
"Something about Paris just makes you wanna dance." Cat Noir said.
"You won't be dancing after I'm through with you." Rogercop said through the giant screen outside the building before giving out his orders. "Arrest them!"
Immediately, the entire ground force around the plaza came to try and apprehend them. "Does that mean you won't be joining us?" Cat Noir asked before he, Blaze, and Artemis dodged a couple of officers, making them tackle each other.
Artemis shot Blaze a knowing wink. She then pressed a button on one of her ribbon-curved batons and then suddenly, the English song, "Get The Party Started" from Shirley Bassey began playing from it. Both he and Cat Noir stared at her with wide eyes, their jaws slightly agape. She just smirked at them smugly before she began fighting against the officers while implementing some dance moves into it.
Both boys quickly picked their jaws up off the ground and then joined in on the fight. "How did you figure out that little trick?" Blaze asked his partner.
"I'll tell you at another time, Fireball." Artemis said, before effortlessly flipping over an officer in rhythm of the song just as the chorus began.
As the song continued to play, all three supers continued to distract and incapacitate the police force, all of them not noticing that Ladybug was sneaking into City Hall undetected. When the song finally ended, all of the officers were lying in a pile that the other three heroes had put together.
Cat Noir dusted his hands and then bowed to the pile of police officers. "Okay, show's over." He said. "Sorry, no encore tonight." Then, all three of them headed inside City Hall, with Artemis turning off her music. "You've got to show us how you figured out that little feature." Cat Noir said.
"Maybe later, tiger." She said with a playful wink.
"Ooh. Tiger, huh?" Cat Noir asked, playfully raising his eyebrows at the nickname.
"Don't read too much into it." Blaze said as he lightly punched his teammate's shoulder while rolling his eyes. "It was most likely just a joke." He knew better than anyone how his best friend felt about romance.
"I knew that." Cat Noir said. After all, they all knew that the suits and masks brought out new sides of them that they didn't know they had, including playful, flirty ones.
Then, all of them entered the mayor's office, where Rogercop was shooting at a glass table where Ladybug was hiding. Chloe and her father were sitting on the chairs in front of the desk, having glowing red and blue handcuffs around their wrists.
Upon seeing her teammates, Ladybug jumped into the air and then flipped over Rogercop's head, rejoining the other three heroes on the other side of the office. The three of them saw that there was a red and black-spotted oven mitt in her free hand. She must've used her Lucky Charm, meaning that now, they were on a time limit!
Rogercop blew the chrome blue whistle that hung around his neck. "Get Ladybug and Cat Noir!" He ordered.
The red and blue handcuffs began moving Chloe and the mayor over to try and grab the four superheroes. However, they easily dodged their forced attempts and then threw them outside of the office, closing the doors, ignoring Chloe's complaint about her hair again.
Rogercop continued to fire lasers at the four heroes and they all managed to duck behind a long table, hoping to come up with a plan, and fast. They noticed that Ladybug only had four minutes left, seeing the number of spots on her earrings.
"The Akuma must be in his whistle." Ladybug said. "We've gotta get to it!"
"How?" Blaze asked.
Just then, they heard a loud thump from above them. They looked up and saw that Rogercop was about to shoot them from above and they quickly dodged his attempt and found another hiding place behind a fake wooden wall. They heard Ladybug's earrings chime out, another spot fading, leaving only three left.
"When you're ready, milady." Cat Noir said, starting to get a little anxious.
Ladybug looked around the area, her Lucky Vision activating, making everything go black and white. She saw Rogercop's lasers, a spare oven mitt on a nearby dinner cart, and then a nearby belt that was hanging over the fake wall that they were hiding behind.
"Okay, I have an idea." Ladybug said, quickly grabbing the belt and then looping it into a round shape. "But I still need something like...a ring."
Suddenly, Rogercop punched a hole in the fake wall, making the four heroes run again. They all dodged the blasts as Ladybug grabbed the spare oven mitt and they all hid behind the dinner cart.
"Where am I gonna get a ring from?" She wondered out loud.
"I don't know." Artemis said, grabbing her bow. "But you'd better think of something fast."
Blaze grabbed his katana and said, "We'll hold him off for as long as we can, but hurry!"
They both jumped out of their hiding spots, ready to fight and defend. Blaze began deflecting Rogercop's lasers with his katana, bouncing them off in different directions than the intended target, and Artemis was trying to shoot some ice arrows at his feet while dodging lasers as well.
As they were holding off Rogercop, both Blaze and Artemis briefly noticed that Cat Noir took something out from his pocket and then flicked something shiny and gold over into a corner of the room. It looked familiar.
"Ladybug, over there!" Cat Noir pointed out, just as the object rolled to a stop.
"That's Chloe's bracelet!" Ladybug recognized the object as a confident smile appeared on her face. "Exactly what I need!"
She zipped her yo-yo over to the bracelet and hooked it through the thick gold band. After she brought her yo-yo back, she turned over to her partner, saying, "Help Artemis and Blaze fend off Rogercop for as long as you can."
Cat Noir nodded and looked over at the other two heroes. "Whenever you two are ready." He said to them." Cataclysm!"
After calling out his power and his right fist began engulfed with black specs and bubbles, Artemis finally managed to fire a couple of ice arrows at Rogercop, freezing his lower half. Cat Noir then slid across the floor around the villain, his destructive touch causing the wooden floor to rot, break, and chip away. Rogercop fell halfway through, but he did manage to fire a cuff at Cat Noir, restraining him to a ladder that was leaning against the wall. But at least their plan was still being carried out.
Ladybug jumped up high and above Rogercop and then quickly covered his hands with the oven mitts that were being held together by the belt and the bracelet. She then tightened the belt, making his hands unable to move.
With a smile at the vulnerable Akuma, Ladybug removed the whistle from his neck with a confident smile. "I gotcha!" She exclaimed.
"Noooooo!" Rogercop yelled as Ladybug stomped on the whistle, breaking it. When she removed her foot, the black and purple butterfly squeezed out of the broken remains and began to fly away.
"No more evil-doing for you, little Akuma." Ladybug said as she opened her yo-yo, revealing the sparkly inside. She then swung her yo-yo and caught the retreating insect before it got too far away. "Gotcha!"
When she opened her yo-yo back up, the butterfly was back to being pure white as it flew away. Then, Ladybug took back her Lucky Charm.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" She exclaimed as she threw the oven mitt into the air.
The oven mitt began to glow, and then it became swarms of magical ladybugs, spreading all throughout the city, turning everything back to normal with no more signs of damage. Then, a black and purple ooze spread over the powerless Akuma, turning Officer Roger Raincomprix back to normal.
"Uh... What am I doing up here?" he asked, looking around.
The four superheroes then gathered together to briefly celebrate another job well done. "Pound it!" They exclaimed, bringing their fists together.
"As Rogercop would say," Cat Noir said, before he started talking in a robotic voice, "'Justice has prevailed in the streets of Paris!'" Blaze and Artemis snickered in amusement while Ladybug just rolled her eyes fondly. But then, they all heard his ring give out his first warning, one pad missing.
"I'd stick around, but then you'd see me without my mask and...you wouldn't be able to resist me." Cat Noir said to Ladybug, leaning in close to her face with a flirty smile. Little did he know how correct that statement was!
Ladybug giggled as she playfully pushed his face back with a finger. "I doubt that, but I'll have to take your word for it."
With that, Cat Noir headed out of the building. Ladybug and the others then heard her earrings give out a fourth warning. Only one spot remained.
"Here." Blaze said, quickly coming over to her. Then, he put his hands on her cheeks and placed his fingertips on her earrings. "Heal Flame."
Little delicate wisps of painless fire crawled up his arms, gently encircling them until they had reached up to Ladybug's earrings. Then the little flames vanished and Blaze removed his fingertips, the earrings having regained all five spots.
"Thanks, Blaze." Ladybug said.
Blaze smiled. "I just thought that you might want to stick around and see Chloe finally get her just reward." He said, his smile turning mischievous.
Artemis and Ladybug both laughed at the thought of it. "Ooh, I wish we could see it." The former said, a playful smirk on her face. But then, they all heard Blaze's wristband ring out its first warning. "But we have to get going."
"See you next time!" Blaze said, and he and Artemis left the building. Once they got outside, they headed up to the rooftops and began running towards their homes.
"You know, our parents are not going to like the fact that we stayed out this late on a school night." The phoenix-themed superhero pointed out, suddenly remembering the situation that he and his best friend were going to find themselves in.
His wolf-themed partner slightly winced. "Oh, boy." She muttered, already not looking forward to that conversation.
Minutes later, after de-transforming, both Allen and Bianca were in their rooms, feeling very unhappy. As they expected, their parents were quite worried and angry when they greeted them in the living room. Apparently, they were still up, waiting for them. They demanded them to tell them what had happened to them, and they both said that they were trapped at the school, being forced to clean up all of the classrooms.
Luckily, not only did their parents buy the excuse, but they also let them off the hook. However, they still got a small punishment of being grounded for a couple of days. At first, the two of them couldn't believe it, but then they supposed that it could've been worse if they ever found out what really happened.
After Allen got into his room to start getting ready for bed, he took out his phone, which he knew would be confiscated tomorrow, and immediately called Bianca. She answered during the second ring.
"Let me guess." She said. "You're grounded, too?"
Allen sighed as he plopped onto his bed, Fenixx flying out of his fanny pack. "Yep. No phone privileges for a couple of days."
"Same." Bianca answered with a similar huff. Allen then heard a faint plop on the other end of the line. He suspected that she had flopped down onto her bed. "Well, at least it wasn't for the rest of the week."
"Not exactly helping, Bea." Allen said. "Is this going to become a regular thing from now on?"
"Being grounded more often because of our secret duties to the city?" Bianca asked. "That's probably the downside of being secret teenage superheroes."
Allen slightly shrugged on his end of the line. "Well, can't say that we weren't expecting something like this."
Bianca sighed and said, "Yeah, I guess so." At least they knew that their parents weren't dictators, so they'd take that over an Akuma like Rogercop any day of the week.
"Anyway, Bea...how DID you get your weapons to play that song?" Allen asked, the question being on his mind for a while.
Bianca laughed at him changing the subject to ask that question again. "You do know that all of our weapons are multi-purpose, right? Not just mine." She asked. "They can be for whatever purpose."
Both of them just laughed. Despite them being grounded, at least the day didn't end so terribly. Paris was free from total control once again. At least, until Hawk Moth sends out the next Akuma.
PokemonFreak90: Allen and Bianca defeat another villain and gain new insight on who Cat Noir is, just like they did with Ladybug. Unfortunately, defeating this villain has resulted in them being grounded. Must come with being a superhero, huh?
But why was Allen hitting on Bianca when he caught her as she fell off the flying car? Does he secretly harbor some feelings for his friend that make him think of her as more than a friend?
And what did Allen mean when he told Bianca that he's "keeping his heart open?"
MDM: Eh, I kind of doubt most of those theories. The flirting thing was most likely just for fun; not insinuating much. And the other part of "keeping his heart open", how about we let the readers figure it out? See what they come up with.
Well, that's all for now! Hope y'all enjoyed this chapter! Please leave a review about what you think, and please remember to stay healthy!
Got to fly! ;)
