A/N - Hey guys. It's been a while. And by a while, I mean around eight months or so. All I can say is that I'm sorry. Things got extremely crazy this year, and I've barely had time to write; and even when I've had time, I've had little motivation. A lot has happened in my personal life that has caused this, but I'm on the road to recovery... and part of that involves getting back into my passions (namely, writing). Now that it's summer, I hope to be writing more, but even if I don't I figured you guys at least deserve the end of the first episode!


The paladins watched in awe as the ladybug, fox, bee, and turtle mechas gathered around the black cat, sealed behind a force field.

That is, until it let out a resounding purr, and the forcefield dissolved before their eyes.

Adrien looked on with excitement. He felt something stirring within himself, a warm feeling in his chest. A connection to the creature in front of him.

"Amazing," He breathed. Marinette observed him fondly, a small smile gracing her features. The way he was smiling, eyes lit up, hair still ruffled from the battle… she'd be lying if she said she wasn't falling hard.

Then alarms began to blare around them once more.

"Is that..." Tikki started.

"Stoneheart is entering the atmosphere," Plagg confirmed. Tikki turned to the team.

"We need Miraculous, now!"


Adrien grinned as he slid into the cockpit, the controls coming to life beneath his fingertips. It was perfect - the seat was well adjusted, he could reach everything… it was like the mecha was made for him. He couldn't help but let out a whoop of joy as he blasted off into the air, the other mechas following suit.

As they emerged from the cannon, the found the Akuma ships firing rapidly on the castle's defenses, making the forcefield shake and quiver.


"Sir, the ion cannon is back online!"

"Fire!"


For a moment, all any of them could see was flame as the blast from the ion cannon shook the particle barrier, fire curling around their protective shield.

"Man, those Akuma guys repair things fast." Nino complained.

"The barrier gets weaker with every blast," Plagg informed them over the coms. "Once that shield goes down, the castle will be defenseless."

"I can give you cover with the castle defenses for a while," Tikki added. "But you have to form Miraculous now or we'll all be destroyed!"

Nino gulped.

"Jeez, no pressure."

Electricity crackled as the Akuma ship fired yet another blast at the barrier. Cracks were beginning to be visible.

Marinette took a deep breath. Time to be a leader.

"Listen up, Team Miraculous," Marinette called. "The only way to succeed is to give it all you've got. This looks bad, but we can do this! Are you with me?"

There was a moment of silence.

"Uhh… I'm nodding. Is everyone else nodding?" Nino asked.

Chloe rolled her eyes.

"Yes, Nino."

"Let's do this!" Adrien whooped.

All five took of at once, moving their mechas forward at a sprint until they had crossed the barrier.

"Um, I'm all for forming Miraculous, but… how, exactly?" Chloe pointed out.

Marinette faltered.

"That's a good question. Does anyone have any ideas of how to form Miraculous?"

"I don't see a "combine into giant robot" button anywhere on my dashboard." Nino pointed out.

The mechas continued to charge, explosions erupting all around them as the Akuma ships focused their fire on the paladins.

"This is insane!" Alya yelled. Can't they just cease fire for one minute so we can figure this out? Is that too much to ask?"

With that, she launched the fox mecha into the air, crushing an Akuma ship between its teeth, and tossing it so it slammed into another, taking them both down.

"We've got to do something." Adrien said, using the black cat's tail cannon to fire shots at the ships surrounding him.

Nino thought for a moment, before throwing his mecha into Adrien's.

"Combine!" He yelled… but nothing happened, except that his turtle mecha sent the black cat tumbling to the ground.

"Hey!" Adrien yelled back, struggling to pull the mecha to its feet.

"Okay, that didn't work."

"Quickly, paladins," Came Tikki's voice over their headsets. "Our energy levels are getting low!"

Marinette felt herself beginning to panic, but did her best to keep calm.

"Maybe if we fly in formation, we'll just combine. Take off on my cue. One, two, three, Miraculous!"

Just as she instructed, they all took off, soaring into the air, leaving the conflict behind. The higher they flew, however, the more hope she lost. Marinette could hear her teammates muttering various things, alternating between curses and encouragements.

"Hey, wait, wait, wait!" Chloe exclaimed. "I feel something!"

"I do, too!" Nino chimed in. "I feel it. It's like we're all being pulled in the same direction!"

Marinette's eyes widened as she looked up, realizing the source of her teammates' excitement.

"Uh, guys, I think I know why. Look up."

Stoneheart's ship loomed over the mechas, a far more intimidating force now that it was so close. Emerging from the ship was a purple beam of light, encasing the mechas.

"What the f-" Chloe started, but Alya cut her off.

"A tractor beam! Stoneheart's ship is sucking us in like a black hole!"

Stoneheart grinned as he viewed the screen before him, showing the mechas trapped in the tractor beam. They were finally within his grasp.

"Send a report to Emperor Hawkmoth: the day is ours."

The paladins could only watch in horror as the ion cannon finished charging, sending one huge blast towards the castle, shattering the force field once and for all.

They could hear Tikki and Plagg's groans of pain over the coms.

"Oh, no." Marinette breathed.

"I-I don't care what you say, Marinette, I'm panicking now!" Nino yelled.

"It can't end here!" Alya called back.

"This is it!" Chloe screamed.

"It's been an honor flying with you guys." Adrien said, the only one who remained calm in the face of danger… yet even he sounded defeated.

Marinette steeled herself against the fear and despair threatening to overcome her.

"No! We can do this. We have to believe in ourselves. We can't give up. We are the universe's only hope. Everyone is relying on us. We can't fail! We won't fail! If we work together, we'll win together!"

"Yeah!" The team responded. The mechas let out a roar, and suddenly the paladins felt themselves being pulled together, and not by the tractor beam. The mechas spiraled out of the pilots' control, rushing at what felt like lightspeed towards each other. There was a flash of light, and suddenly…


Stoneheart gasped, instinctively taking a step back.

"Miraculous…"


"I can't believe it!" Adrien breathed, staring in awe at his screen's display.

"We formed Miraculous!" Alya cheered.

"I'm an arm!" Nino whooped.

"How… how are we doing this?" Chloe asked.

"I don't know," Marinette confessed, "but let's get that cannon!"

Plunging the arms of Miraculous into the ship, Adrien and Nino used their mechas to tear the ion cannon apart, tossing it to the ground.

Using the black cat, Adrien drew out his baton, stabbing it through the ship, while Nino blasted it left and right. With one final swoop, the team decimated the Akuma ship. Landing on the ground, each of them watched with satisfaction as it burst into flames with a resounding boom.


A little while later, the team collapsed in the courtyard of the castle, completely exhausted. Tikki and Plagg rushed out to greet them, both grinning.

"Good work, paladins!" Tikki praised.

After a bit of a struggle, Chloe managed to remove her helmet, quickly moving to fix her hair.

"Thanks, gorgeous."

Marinette approached, having been the last to disembark from her mecha.

"We did it." She said with a sigh, immediately looking to Adrien. Removing his own helmet, he shot her a grin.

"Heck yeah, we did!"

"How did we do it?" Marinette continued in awe. Nino shrugged his shoulders, yanking his helmet off so he could chime in.

"I was just, like, screaming the whole time. Maybe that did it."

Marinette offered a small smile, but it soon faded. She glanced into the distance wistfully, only looking back when Adrien placed a hand on her shoulder.

"We're not going to stop searching until we find your mother and father," He paused. "Wherever they are, I know they'd be proud of you."

Marinette didn't reply, but her smile told him everything he needed to know. The look she gave him just then made him feel more like a hero than this battle had.

Tikki stepped forward to address them.

"We won the battle, but the war has only just begun. I'm afraid Hawkmoth won't stop until he gets these mechas."

"Good thing you paladins know what you're doing," Plagg added cheerfully. "Because you're going to have to form Miraculous again and again."

"Totally," Nino agreed instinctively, before pausing. "Wait, what?"

Chloe couldn't believe her ears.

"We barely survived forming Miraculous this one time."

"And you only had to fight one ship!" Plagg pointed out. "Wait until until you have to fight a whole fleet of them! It's not going to be easy being the Defenders of the Universe."

Silence fell for a moment as the team took it in. Finally, Marinette spoke.

"Defenders of the Universe, huh? That's got a nice ring to it."


A/N - Again, I'm so sorry this took so long, but I hope you enjoyed it! As much as it may not seem like it, this story still means the world to me and I want to make it the best I can.

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

~ Elizabether (FanOfDeliciousFlavour)

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

~ Elizabeth (FanOfDeliciousFlavour)