Chapter 19 – Planning
Later that night…..
HawkMoth
"Identity Thief!" I shouted, waiting for the newest akuma to reply.
"Yes Hawkmoth?" Her velvety voice replied.
"Why didn't you attack Ladybug and Chat Noir?" I ask, impatiently.
"Because I'm not going to lose." She said firmly, "All your other akumas just attacked randomly with no plan whatsoever, and those that did have a plan got too cocky. I, however, will not make any of those mistakes. There's no way I will lose to that pussy cat and that little bug! Not when I can crush them so easily!" She spat out.
I don't know what rage she has for the heroines, but I honestly could care less. As long as she gets me the miraculous', she can feel as much hate as she wants.
"Besides," She continues, "You didn't tell me there were other heroines, where did the other three come from?" She asks.
"I don't know," I say.
To be honest, it frustrated me. Especially when I saw the peacock miraculous, how did they even get it? I thought I had locked it away in my vault! No one except Natalie knew where tat broche was, and I know for a fact she'd never betray me. That is, if she could, I smiled cruelly to myself. Ladybug and Chat Noir won't even know what hit them. Not even those new heroines can save them. Nothing can, Identity Thief will tear them up from the inside out.
Master Fu
"Master," I hear a soft, gentle voice and turned to find Naomi.
"Yes," I responded, "Do you need anything Naomi?"
"I was just wondering if the others would be coming tonight?" She asks softly.
I smile at her, and then her whole face lights up.
"They are?!" She says, excitedly.
All of a sudden we hear a door open and then slam shut.
"Hey Master, Naomi! You guys here?!" We both hear a boy's shout throughout the shop, and then we both look at each other and smile. Then we hear other voices.
"Owen!" I hear the voice of a girl and someone hitting someone else.
"Ow Z! Why'd ya do that?" The boy shouts.
"You can just walk into the Master's house and start screaming goodness knows what!" The girls responds.
"Calm down you two," We hear another boys' voice, "We'll just go look around and see if they're here."
"Oh that won't be necessary." I say, smiling as I calm into the room that they are all in.
"Master!" the girl shouts running up and giving me a hug.
I chuckle softly returning the hug, "Hello Z."
I pull back from the hug and look up, realizing that they're all here.
"Wow," Naomi breathes, "You're all here…..again."
"Yep!" Owen says enthusiastically, "Me, Jack, Z, Randy, and Rihanna." He says gesturing to each one of them.
I study them all, they've all grown up since I last saw them. Owen, with his dirty blonde hair, smoky gray eyes, 6" tall, and a well-built body. Not to mention, his white dress shirt and blue jeans. Jack, the heartbreaker, 5'8", dark black hair, blue eyes, and his classic jean coat and dark blue jeans. Then there's Z and Rihanna, but Rihanna's always her honey brown eyes and brown hair with bangs that swoop a little above her eyes; Z has also always had her shoulder length black, silky hair with choppy bangs, she's always been a tomboy.
However, no one's changed as much as Randy. The little 5'2" boy who's awkward was gone, in place, stood a 6'1" man with light brunette hair, blueish greenish eyes, jeans and a pladd shirt, and a big and buff body. He looks like he's the toughest thing on earth, but I swear he's still the gentle boy I knew.
"Master," Rihanna asks, her brown eyes shimmering, "Why exactly are we here? I mean, Z and Jack already got the peacock miraculous, what else is there for us to do?" She asks, softly.
"I'm not sure…..yet," I say, much to their surprise, "But here's what I know, these knew miraculous holders haven't had training like you; they don't know how to work like a team, and I'm almost positive that this new akuma "Identity Thief" will prove difficult for them. I'm not sure they'll be able to handle it which is where you will come in."
"Please tell me you don't want us to train them…..?" Z says, somewhat hopefully.
I give her a stern look that says I do want them to train them.
"No." Z says, firmly, "I won't train them, the boy is waaaaayyyyy too cocky, we'd never get anything done."
"Oh, and you weren't?" Jack says, amusement glinting in his eyes from the past.
"I was….experimenting." Z says, cautiously.
"I'm sure Plagg didn't see it that way." Owen said.
"Plagg never saw anything any way but his own." Z says, grumpily.
"Amen to that," Rihanna says, "He is the grumpiest kwami I've ever met in my entire life, and he wasn't even my kwami."
"I kind of miss him to be honest," Z says, unexpectedly.
"I think we miss all of our kwamis, Z." Randy says finally coming out of his silence.
All of a sudden Z looks up at me, "Fine. We'll do it, but only on one condition. We don't help them unless they need it; which means until they lose an akuma, we don't train them."
I nod, "That's all I'm asking for."
"Ok, then," Jack says, "We'd better get going or we're going to be late, especially since they want us at the school tomorrow."
That caught my attention," Why do they want you at the school?" I ask, suspiciously.
That's when Z looked at me mischievously, "Oh Master, we have our own lives you know, not to mention are own little secrets."
Then she walked over to me, gave me a tight hug, and walked out the door leaving me with a baffled look.
Then the others followed her as well, giving me a hug and then leaving. None of them said a word except Jack when he said goodbye.
What are those kids up to? And most importantly: Why are they needed at Adrien and Marinette's school?