A/N - First things first, I'd like to apologize for the ginormous delay in updating. Things have been crazy ever since school started again, with quite a few serious personal situations that have arisen. I do plan to continue this story, however, so don't worry!

Guest - Haha, that was my intention! I feel like each of the Miraculous characters contain a mixture of traits from the various Voltron characters, and I wanted to make that evident in the story. :)


Alya yanked the cell door open.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dupain-Cheng?" She called out hopefully.

Instead, she found the frightened gazes of a variety of alien creatures drawn to her.

"Don't be afraid, we're here to help you escape." Adrien assured them. "We're paladins of Miraculous."

The aliens exchanged glances.

"Miraculous…" One whispered reverently. "If anyone can get us out of here, it's them."

Adrien smiled.

"Alright, we don't have much time. Let's get to the escape pods."

Alya waited for all of the aliens to exit before casting one last look at the empty cell.

Marinette would be devastated.


"Woohoo!" Chloe grinned as she expertly maneuvered her way around the Akuma ship in the bee, dodging blasts from the fighters and retaliating with her own lethal shots. "This is way more fun without Nino barfing!"

Meanwhile, the turtle crashed into the side of the ship and bounced back, sending Nino flying.

"Ughhh." He groaned.


Marinette dashed around a corner, before skidding to a stop. Her eyes widened as her gaze fell upon the very thing she had been searching for. The ladybug.

"Bingo."

As she approached, she found it was surrounded by red light, the same force field that had protected the other mechas.

She placed a hand on the barrier, sending ripples across the force field.

"Let's get out of here. Open up" Marinette told the ladybug. It remained still, silent. Her brow furrowed in confusion. "It's me. Marinette. Your buddy. It's me! Marinette, your-" She groaned in frustration. Maybe it couldn't hear her? She cupped her hands around her mouth. "I am your paladin."

Suddenly, a laser blast fired past her head, missing her only by an inch. Whirling around, she found three Akuma soldiers wielding blasters.

Acting on instinct, she whipped out her yo-yo from her side, spinning it rapidly to create a shield. She glared back at the ladybug.

"I'm bonding with you! Hey! Come on, we're connected!"

The ladybug didn't budge. Marinette gritted her teeth and turned back to the approaching fighters.

"You're not getting this mecha," She told them.

Darting forward, Marinette used her yo-yo to wrap around the soldiers' weapons, ripping them from their grasps.

All except for one.

She felt searing pain as a blaster shot hit her in the chest, throwing her backwards against the control panel.

Her vision swam as she looked up. The Akuma soldiers advanced on her. Casting a quick glance at the control panel, her eyes fell upon a large button. Grabbing hold of the edge of the table, she slammed her fist down on it.

The Akuma barely had time to react before the floor beneath them began to slide apart, and they were sucked into space.

Marinette clung to the panel desperately as she felt herself getting pulled towards the vacuum, legs dangling in the air. The button was close, but not close enough. As she reached for it, a piece of debris hurtled towards her, hitting her square in the jaw.

The force was enough to make her lose her grip, and she let out a final scream as she was yanked from the ship into the darkness of space.


"Hurry!" Alya called to the prisoners, urging them towards the escape pod. "You're almost there."

The escapees heeded her orders eagerly, all scrambling to make it to the ship. Until they heard a voice from behind them.

"Halt."

Spinning around, Alya and Adrien found themselves faced with five Akuma soldiers.

"Get to the ship, and don't look back." Adrien ordered the prisoners over his shoulder. They obliged.

Drawing his baton, he turned back to the soldiers.

"You sure you guys wanna do this?" Adrien asked with a smirk, snapping his baton to full length. The soldiers simply leveled their blasters at him and began to fire. He deflected the shots with ease.

"Well, if that's the way you want to do it."

He'd been dying to try this thing out.


Marinette tried hard to steady her breathing as she floated through space, watching the ship get further and further away, but it was a difficult task.

The suit was insulated and would protect her… but that didn't mean she wouldn't die out here. No food, no water… give it three to five days, and she'd be gone.

Images began to flash through her mind. She saw her parents, with their loving smiles. Alya, with her infectious laugh. Her newfound companions, Tikki, Plagg, Nino, and even Chloe.

And then there was Adrien. The boy she'd been crushing on for as long as she could remember. The boy who would never know how she felt about him.

Just as she was about to close her eyes for good, she glimpsed something out of the corner of her eyes. Something large, red, and spotted.

A minute later, Marinette was seated in the cockpit of the ladybug. She took the controls with a smile.

"Good girl."


Nino groaned in frustration, firing at the forcefield for what felt like the thousandth time.

"Come on, just break, you stupid thing!"

This time, he held his fire, keeping a constant stream of energy focused on the barrier. His eyes widened as cracks began to appear.

With a resounding boom, the forcefield dissolved before his eyes.

Nino let out a whoop of joy.

"Score one for Nino!"

Swooping in, he slammed the turtle into the side of the ion cannon, watching with satisfaction as it crumbled. His eyes lit up as he saw the fox and ladybug mechas fly past.

"You guys made it!"

"Good! Let's get the heck out of here!" Chloe declared.

"I hope I stopped that cannon," Nino mused as they headed back towards Arus. "I could barely make a dent in that thing."


"Sir, they've stolen the ladybug!"

Stoneheart gritted his teeth.

"After them!" He ordered. "Either we get those mechas or we blow this planet to cosmic dust! Fire the ion cannon!"

The Akuma soldiers exchanged quick, fearful glances.

"The ion cannon… it's damaged, sir."

Stoneheart slammed his fists down onto the control panel, startling his minions.

"Then send the drones to fix it!"

He glared at the image of the mechas zooming back towards to the planet below. They might think themselves safe for the moment, but this battle was far from over.


A/N - I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I know it's short, and the quality isn't the greatest, but with the workload I have this is unfortunately all I have time for. I wanted to make sure you at least got to read something, and that you know I haven't given up on this story!

As always, please leave a review with your thoughts, suggestions, and predictions, and I'll see you in the next chapter!

~ Elizabeth (FanOfDeliciousFlavour)