"Ladybug. How convenient. I don't even have to go looking for you," The akumatized girl said, shooting beams of light out of her giant black scissors."
"You don't have to do this!" Ladybug called out, dodging the beams.
"I'm doing you a favor," Fashionista sneered, "Pigtails? Polka dots? Really? You need a make over."
"Give it up Fashionista!" Ladybug shouted back."
"I'm going to cut you down to size, then I'm going to give Paris a make over it will never forget."
"Chat Noir," Ladybug cried out, delighted, as her partner came bursting into the room. "Glad you could make it." She took up a fighting stance, expecting Chat to come up beside her, but was startled when he charged by her.
A snarl on his face, he attacked Fashionista with a ferocity ladybug had never seen. Without a single silly pun or nonsense bit of humor.
Unprepared for such a fierce and direct attack, Fashionista fell back, her scissors clanging against Chat's staff, as he parried and dodged and thrusted.
She had seen Chat charge into battle before, but usually they bantered a bit first, tested the strength of their opponent. What's wrong Chat? She thought.
"You can't have her Hawkmoth," Chat snarled. "Give her back to me!" With a particularly savage thrust, he knocked the scissors out of Fashionista's hands, where they went skittering across the floor to land next to Ladybug's feet. Fashionista fell backwards, but before she hit the floor, Chat caught her, cradling her head.
"L.B. Quick. Purify her," Chat yelled, clutching the girl to his chest.
A little stunned, Ladybug stepped on the pair of scissors, breaking them in two, releasing the black butterfly.
She had never seen Chat Noir so ferocious, he was like a different person. They hadn't even needed to use her lucky charm or his Cataclysm. Now, he was cradling Lorelei like she was something precious. Then she shook her head, and focused. There was a job to do.
"No more evil doing for you, Time to de-evilize," her yoyo flashed and soon the butterfly fluttered away, white and pure. "Bye bye little butterfly," Throwing her yoyo into the air, she called out "Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybugs flew out of it, transforming everything back the way it was before.
Blinking, Chat looked down at Chloe's sister, "Your not, Marinette," he said.
Lorelei looked up at him, stars in her eyes. "I don't remember much, but you are magnificent. Would you go out with me?"
Chat let go of the enamored girl and scooted back. "L.B." he said, looking over to Ladybug, "Where's Marinette. Chloe said she was akumatized." He looked a bit puzzled, "Didn't she." He tried to think exactly what Chloe had actually said.
"You thought Marinette was the Akuma victim?" Ladybug looked a Chat, a bit of awe in her voice.
"She's safe isn't she," Chat said looking around in a panic.
"She's safe. I ah… I told her to hide."
Chat collapsed on the floor. "Thank goodness. Your the best L.B."
"Are you alright Chat Noir?" Ladybug asked. She had never seen him so worked up before. He had been like a different Cat.
Chat stood up, and rubbed at his eye's. Was he rubbing something away?
"Well," Ladybug said, hoping to elicit a response from her partner, "Good Job" and held her fist out in the congratulatory fist bump of victory.
He looked at her. His eye's definitely looked more shiny than normal, but he smiled back at her, "Good job," he repeated, and fist bumped his partner.
"Really, are you ok?" Ladybug looked carefully at Chat.
"I guess i'm relieved. The thought of Marinette being," he paused, before continuing. "I guess it scared me. She's the most positive person I know. She always brightens everything around her. I couldn't stand that Hawkmoth was in her head, making her evil." He looked at Ladybug, "It would be like Hawkmoth akumatizing you. I don't think I could stand it." He took a breath and let it out.
"Hey, since we didn't use our powers, we don't have to change back right away. We could go somewhere and talk if you want to," Ladybug offered.
"That would be wonderful, L.B., but I really need to get going," Chat turned down her offer. "Some other time."
"Oh, OK," Ladybug said, watching Chat run down the hall out of site, "Some other time."
What had just happened. Chat turned down a chance to spend time with her as Ladybug. He had never done that before. Normally he was all up in her business, flirting, having fun. Chat had acted so different, no flirting, no jokes. She had never seen him fight without several well placed puns.
Lorelei's two friends came running around the corner. "Lorelei," one cried out, "are you ok?"
Ladybug watched for a moment, while the three girls hugged, crying, and satisfied that everything was in order, she turned and ran after Chat. He had had plenty of time to get away before his secret was reveled, now she needed to get back to her date with Adrien. Funny, she thought, I'm not feeling the same flutter in my chest thinking about him as I usually feel. She mentally shrugged, It must be all the excitement. I should also find Chloe, and see if she's alright.