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FELIX ULTIMATUM
Sirens. Mobiles beeping. Screams. Marinette sighed. Less than 48 hours ago, she and Chat Noir faced Felix, and the… the… the akumatized villain at the LP fair, someone she already forget. Now, everything points to yet another attack from Hawkmoth's henchmen. What she would not give for a normal school week. Wake up, have breakfast, go to school, back home, do homework, play games, kiss the parents goodnight, sleep. Was that asking too much?
Once again she used the confusion to escape school, transform and rush to the troubled area. Oddly enough, she found no akumatized villain, just Chat Noir, probing with his staff two envelopes.
"Welcome, My Lady."
"What's the situation, Chat?"
"Well, my day becomes brighter every time we meet, and my heart…"
"Chat…"
"…but, if you're not feeling romantic, I found those envelopes addressed to us."
"No villain or monster?"
"Must be hiding. A purr-fect trap, if you ask me."
They looked at the envelopes. Ladybug got brave and picked them up.
"You know what they say about curiosity and cats, Bug-a-boo."
"I don't think there's any foul play here. But if you're afraid, only I will open mine. And don't call me Bug-a-boo."
"Not in my nine lifetimes. I am here to protect you, my lady." He grabbed his envelope and opened it. "It's a letter."
"Well, that's what I would expect inside an envelope" They read the message together. Apart from their names, they were identical.
I am writing this having just arrived in Paris, don't know how many weeks before coming to use them. I am currently under Akuma effect, so for my plan to work, I have to write as a way to avoid Hawkmoth reading my thoughts. If things got to this point, it means somehow the villain survived to this date and I am no longer the holder of the Cat Ring. I don't know if we're on good terms or not, but no matter. Here's what we're going to do.
You give me your Miraculous and follow me discretely to Hawkmoth's lair. Once there, I give them back to you and you defeat the villain. Could not be more simple, even the weaker Cat can do it. Just say "yes" and we will follow the plan.
Otherwise, I will just take them.
Felix
"Who is he calling the weaker Cat?"
Ladybug sighed
"The boy really needs our help."
Chat Noir chuckled.
"I am glad you are not hearing what my kwami is saying Felix needs, my Lady. But I agree. Let's try reason with him."
"Felix!" Ladybug said in a louder voice. "We wish to talk with you."
"That was not a 'yes'."
They say Felix's figure landing on a nearby roof. Under the effect of the Akuma his hair has grown shoulder-length. The mask, now plain black, grew even bigger, with fang=like points going down his cheeks. He was wearing a dark brown uniform with golden accents. The sleeves stopped at elbow length, the skin of his arm contrasting with the black short gloves. On his shoulders, golden epaulettes, its golden fringe almost matching Felix hair. On the waist, a belt similar to Chat Noir's, but ending in a tuff of golden fur. The boots are also very similar with the hero's, with the difference it ended on claw-like spikes on the toes. Finally, on his hand, what seems like a staff. A turn of the weapon revealed, unlike Chat Noir's, something shining in one end. A blade.
Felix had a lance.
"Say hello to Lion from Albion."
"Whatever you call yourself…" Chat Noir did not end the phrase, as Felix lance extended, it's sharp tip entering exactly the slit on the hero's bell.
"You realize you could be dead by now, don't you? So, one last time. The answer."
"Felix…" Ladybug started "You don't want to do this."
"You are right. But some stubborn insect gave me no choice. I am still not hearing a 'yes'."
Chat Noir managed to free his bell from the blade, and charged Lion from Albion. He quickly attacked with the blunt end of the lance, making both staffs clash. And again. And again. Ladybug's yoyo tangled on the deadly lance. Without missing a beat, Felix hit Chat on the stomach with his boot, then yanked violently on his lance, causing Ladybug to fly and fall near the spot where Chat was bending like a pocket knife, hands on his belly. Again Felix lance extended, the cold pointy tip landing exactly on the center of a black spot on Ladybug's mask.
"You better consider the next word to leave your mouths."
Trying to keep her calm, Ladybug scanned the enemy. If she was fearing him, now she must concentrate not to panic.
A dark paw grabbed the staff. Between coughs, Chat smirked:
"H-How about the word… cataclysm!"
Lion from Albion tried to retreat his weapon, but it was already too late. He saw it rust and start to fall apart. He threw it away.
"You asked for it. Let's do it the hard way."
Ladybug helped Chat to his feet, just in time to avoid the metallic spikes on Felix boots. The heroes jumped out of reach, and reunited some roofs away from the enemy.
"Chat! I can't find Felix's Akuma."
Felix landed near then.
"Oh, please, Ladybug. Do you take me for an amateur? Do you think I would make it easy for you?"
Chat Noir used his staff to defend against the dark lion attacks, as his ring started to beep.
"So now you see how useless your fight is. Under an Akuma, I have no time limit, so… give me your Miraculous and live. Maybe."
"Felix, listen to what you are saying."
He jumped to the next roof and got down and took something inside his boots. Ladybug froze. Those are brass knuckles. But also, in a fraction of second, she saw a millimeter or two of
"His socks! The akuma is in his socks."
"Smart kitty…" mumbled Chat Noir
"That's right." He said, fastening the weapons on his hands. "Try and get it."
And rushed again to face the heroes.
Another claw on Chat Noir ring faded away.
I thought about giving Felix a Ladybug underwear, to make it even more difficult for the heroes, but that would bumb the rating to M… :p
Thanks again for reading the tale. Last chapter coming soon.