Chapter Two: A Matter of Trust
A/N: Oh my, the chapter was so short that I felt bad! Anyways, all of these chapters have as many references as I could fit in, so feel free to look for them!
Anywayzz, reviews are always appreciated!
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"What?"
Chat Noir shifted uncomfortably.
"Look, I will always stand by your judgement, M'lady, but how exactly do you know we can trust them? I mean, they basically kidnapped us."
"I get your hesitancy," Ladybug smiled. "But if they were untrustworthy, they probably wouldn't have given us the ability to walk out as soon as we woke up."
"Exactly. So what's stopping us from getting out of here and finding the ingredient Master Fu wants us to find. After all, that's the only reason why we came to America in the first place, right?"
"Laugh at me all you want, but seeing these adults playing superhero like us, it makes me feel entitled."
"How so?" Chat questioned, eyebrow raised?
"In Paris, everyone adores us. They consider us as heroes. But here in Star City, it's as if superheroes are treated as criminals. Vigilantes."
"You're right," Chat Noir agreed. "It's different. But they chose this life. We shouldn't interfere with their choice."
"Maybe we could ask Felicity to find the plant?"
The black cat sighed as the two walked back to the others.
"Hey Felicity," Ladybug called out. "Do you think you could find an plant called Moon Hibiscus?"
Felicity nodded. She immediately began typing as words and numbers scanned the screen faster than the miraculous cure. A few minutes later, she threw her arms up in success.
"Got it! Moon Hibiscus, as rare as it is, was found on 9115 EBS Avenue."
Throwing on his hood, Oliver grabbed his bow.
"I can show you where that is."
Ladybug nodded as she and Chat Noir walked to the elevator.
When they were in a far enough vicinity, Oliver whispered to Felicity.
"Once you find anything, put my comm on a seperate line."
As he followed the two superheroes of Paris, Felicity nodded as she went back to work.
Ladybug laughed as she and Chat Noir leaped from rooftop to rooftop with ease. Turning around, she noticed Oliver had a little trouble keeping up.
And here I thought you'd be as fast as a speeding arrow!" Chat Noir mocked.
Green Arrow could only grumble as he finally reached EBS Avenue with the others.
The spotted heroine bent down and started to examine the field of different plants, searching for the hibiscus.
Seeing one, Ladybug reached out to pick it up.
"LADYBUG, TO YOUR LEFT!"
Ladybug released the plant as she turned to the left, narrowly missing an arrow. Looking for the assailant, she saw a man in a dark trench coat with white hair.
"Is that… Damian Darhk?" Felicity asked over comms. "Oh my gosh, it is. Backup is on the way."
"Damian… Darhk?" Ladybug mumbled, clearly confused.
"Well, well, well." Damian taunted. "Nice to see you playing with others, Oliver. But I must say, this batch seems a bit more… how do I say it? Colorful. More… animalistic."
The Green Arrow attempted to ram into the magic user, but failed as a swish of the arm led to him being frozen in place. The archer's skin paled as it was as if the life was being drained out of him.
Ladybug charged towards Darhk as she swung her yoyo at him. Hitting him in the jaw, he dropped Oliver as he coiled in slight pain.
Before she could summon her weapon back to her hand, Damian gripped the yoyo and started pulling Ladybug closer to him.
"LADYBUG!" Chat shouted for his lady as he ran towards the enemy, hand gripping his staff.
As he tried to lunge forward, Damian waved him away, leaving the black cat stuck inside decimated wooden crates.
After pushing away Chat Noir, Damian Darhk was now face-to-face with the spotted heroine. With one wave, he was now sucking the life force of Ladybug.
She grunted in pain as she struggled to escape Darhk's force. Chat Noir's lip quivered as he tried to pull his feeble body and find some way to help his lady.
The pain was unbearable. Just as Ladybug felt as if she'd pass out, an arrow whizzed past and grazed Damian Darhk's cheek.
Dropping the bluenette, Damian turned the direction of the shot as he realized who fired.
"Oh look," he smiled. "The cavalry's here!"
A/N: Oh man, Damian is so done for! Or... is he?
Find out in the next chapter!
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