03/21/23

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At school in the library, Marinette was getting to know Adrien more since she knew he needed a friend to talk to.

"So no photoshoots today, Adrien?" Marinette asked.

"Nope. My mother convinced my father to give me a break" Adrien said.

"Great so you have time to know us more," Marinette said and took out a book about Heracles or famously known as Hercules.

"You're into Greek mythology?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah, even Roman myth," Marinette said.

"That monster yesterday really did teach us that they're real," Adrien said.

"And Ladybug and Cat Noir defeating it. From the books, it says Theseus used either a sword to decapitate it or backstab it with its own broken horn" Marinette said while reading about Hercules's fight with the Nemean Lion.

"And look at this. Hercules used his bare hands to strangle the lion since its skin is like armor but lost a finger during the fight. After that, he used the lion's own claw to skin it" Adrien sat next to her seeing the page.

"Which became his helmet and cape," Marinette said.

"Yep, that's right" Adrien nodded.

"Perseus was the first demigod to defeat Medusa," Marinette said.

"Yes, by decapitating her and preventing her gaze by using his shield. He later used the head to kill Cetus" Adrien said.

"Yeah, I don't know why they have Kraken in its place in some movies," Marinette said.

"Perhaps their facts are wrong," Adrien said.

"Kraken is a Norse...I mean a well-known Norwegian creature" Marinette stammered.

"You seem to know more about this myth. We may not know if the Greek gods are real but we only have one God" Adrien said.

"Yes. It's more interesting" Marinette said.

Suddenly, they hear an explosion outside the school but also mixed with an animal roar. It was the roar of a lion but much bigger.

"Lion on the loose!" Screamed Nino.

"Hurry, get to the boiler room!" A student named Kim shouted.

"Um, I'll find other hiding places!" Marinette said and ran out of the library.

"I'll get some help!" Adrien ran to find a spot to transform, "Claws out!" He transformed into Cat Noir.

Marinette hid in the girls' bathroom, "Spots on!"

Ladybug ran out to help her partner engage the Nemean lion.

x

Outside, the lion was smashing cars using his immense strength.

"Hey! Over here cat cousin!" Cat Noir called for it.

The lion roared as police fires at him but the bullets bounced off him. The lion looked aggressive and slaughtered one of them. Cat Noir leaps towards it and strikes his staff at the Nemean lion to distract him.

"I'm actually Hercules' cousin! Everyone knows the story!" Cat Noir taunted and punched the lion, sending him straight to the wall, "Whoa! I have demigod strength?!"

The lion got up growling at him, "Get ready for a catfight!" Cat Noir ran towards the Nemean lion.

"Kitty, are you crazy?!" Ladybug tackled Cat Noir to move him away.

"Sorry, Ladybug. I got carried away" Cat Noir said.

The lion roared aggressively and tries to kill the demigods but Ladybug smacked him with her yo-yo in the eye.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size!" Ladybug jumps up on a truck with Cat Noir.

"How do we kill it?" Cat Noir said.

"The Nemean lion was killed by being choked to death, Kitty," Ladybug said.

"My ancient cousin succeeded but we don't know if we are like him! Whoa!" Cat Noir carried Ladybug away from being clawed to death.

"You suppose we have demigod strength?" Ladybug wondered.

"It's possible but this is real!" Cat Noir puts her down.

"Okay but first, Lucky Charm!" Ladybug summoned a lucky charm.

Out came a shield from medieval times, "A medieval shield?" She looks at it in confusion.

"I guess Hercules has done it too," Cat Noir said and the lion ran towards them.

"RAAAAARGH!" He lunged as Cat Noir used his strength to hold him back.

"Gross! His teeth are nasty!" Cat Noir holding the beast's jaws.

"Okay, okay, what should I do?" Ladybug thought and in her vision, the polka dots indicate what to do.

"Kitty! Catch!" She tossed the shield to him after he evades another attack.

"Thanks, Ladybug" He caught the shield and rammed the shield onto the Nemean lion's head, causing it to ring in its ears.

Ladybug then threw her yo-yo around the beast's neck to choke it while Cat Noir did his job.

"In the jungle, the lion sleeps tonight!" Cat Noir broke its jaws.

"YAAAAAGH!" Ladybug pulled all she had to choke the life out of it.

The Nemean lion fell dead to the ground. Ladybug panted after all the pulling.

Cat Noir's arm was shaken a bit from the impact, "Damn it! He's dead!"

"Unless this will undo. MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" Ladybug restores the damage and the victims of the Nemean Lion, who was revived as a normal lion, lying unconscious.

"Well, he's not dead now" Ladybug saw the now normal lion breathing while passed out.

"Pound it!" They fist-bumped as the police sedated the lion to carry it away.

"So I guess we do have demigod strength like Hercules, milady" Cat Noir flexing his biceps.

"I guess so, Kitty" Ladybug chuckled.

"Meow, milady is growing lovely claws" Cat Noir flirted.

"Aw, save it for later" Ladybug scratched his chin.

"Puuuuuuurrrrrrrr" He purred with his eyes closed that he liked it.

"Hehehe…. You can purr?" Ladybug teased.

"Was it very cute, milady?" He purred again.

"Yeah. Well, gotta go. See ya" Ladybug swings away.

"Can't wait, milady" Cat Noir said and pole vaulted out of here.

Once back at school, Marinette ran to her friends to check on them, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah. Ladybug and Cat Noir saved the day again" Nino said.

"And for the new scoop," Alya captured the scene on her phone.

"They did stop that lion from eating us" Marinette shuddered to see herself on the video choking the Nemean Lion while Cat Noir used the shield.

"I better hope next time it's not a brutal sight," Marinette said.

"The Minotaur and now the lion? What's next?" Adrien asked.

"I have no idea, Adrien. But it better not be those three gorgons" Nino said.

"Medusa and her sisters? Medusa was killed" Adrien said.

"Well, her two sisters are immortal," Nino said.

x

The gorgon saw through the fate's eyeball that the Nemean Lion failed to kill the demigods. She was growling impatiently that the future could be nearby the time she is next to be killed.

"So he failed to kill them both?! Well, I'm not through with them yet" The young gorgon said, "I need to pick someone better and tougher" She thought.

"Your fate is inescapable," The fate sisters said.

"I won't let that happen!" The gorgon snarled.

"You can't escape that, child! Fate cannot be undone!" One of the sisters said.

"It's time I'll find out more about them" The gorgon puts on a brown wig.

x

The next day, Marinette brought Adrien to the houseboat since her friends needed a piano player and Adrien would be the best one.

"Okay guys, I hope you all are ready" Adrien walks up to the keyboard piano.

"Show us what you got," Nino said.

"Man, I always wanted to play keyboards more than regular classic pianos" Adrien smiled and started playing.

Everyone listened to when he was playing beautifully, especially Marinette who again looked awestruck. Alya noticed and closed her mouth. It was so beautiful that it made most of the girls faint from the beautiful melody.

"He's so good," Marinette said.

"Yeah, he is," Alya said.

"And I think he killed it" Marinette looks down at those who fainted on the floor.

"Oops" Alya looks down.

"I think we need help here," Rose said.

"Nah, let's continue hearing the beautiful melody. It's so mesmerizing" Marinette swooned.

"Okay then," Rose said.

After a few minutes of playing, every teen on the boat applauded, "Thank you, everyone. It's an honor to join you in this play" Adrien said.