Beowulf was blown back by the ice blast and hit a wall where he was frozen to it "like I said, On The Rocks" Burnix charged up a fireball "how 'bout a little spice to thaw it out a bit?" Beowulf smirked "sorry guys, I'm not much of a drinker" Beowulf thrusted his claws into the ice and pried himself off before Burnix threw the fireball, the fireball hit the wall and scorched it. Beowulf looked at the burn mark "yeesh, glad I wasn't there" Burnix got frustrated "oi, shake harder! That stuff needs to be stronger!" Polar nodded and began shaking his arm and Beowulf seized the opportunity and ran at Polar but was stopped by a solid punch from Burnix "I know what ya doin' don't even think about it, you got both of us to deal with, Hero" Beowulf sighed in frustration, he had never fought more than one opponent until now.
Polar prepped his ice gun and chuckled "freezin' dis shmuck in his place" he fired and Beowulf managed to dodge it by sprawling on the floor. Beowulf sprang up and Burnix fired a vortex of flames, Beowulf thought quickly and and jumped high into the air and made sure Burnix tracked his movements. Beowulf landed and Burnix moved his vortex but instead of hitting Beowulf he hit Polar who Beowulf landed behind, Polar wailed in pain as the flames scorched his fur. Burnix stopped and Beowulf lifted Polar up and threw him onto Burnix, Burnix struggled to get the large bear off of him when Beowulf jumped high into the air above them and stomped Polar in the back with both of his feet making the concrete beneath them. The air in Burnix' lungs was forced out and he was noticeably dimmer, Beowulf took note of this but Polar regained his senses and grabbed Beowulf slamming him on the ground and shooting him point blank making him fly off and hit a fire hydrant. Beowulf felt his head then noticed the fire hydrant and got an idea, Burnix got up and caught his breath "okay you little shit, this just got personal".
Beowulf put his hand forward and flicked his fingers back and forward in a taunting motion. Burnix flared up and started chucking balls of fire at Beowulf which he dodged effortlessly "you gotta get in close, I can see those coming a mile away". Burnix stomped around and rocketed towards Beowulf, Beowulf saw this coming and had positioned himself infront of the fire hydrant. Polar tried to stop Burnix but was blindsided by one of Beowulf's clones that he had spawned during the confusion. Beowulf flipped behind the hydrant and uprooted it with his claws making water geyser out, Burnix couldn't stop himself and went straight into the geyser, the water steamed as Burnix was lifted into the air by the water and kept there. Polar threw off the clone and aimed at the geyser "don't worry Burnix, I got ya" Burnix protested "don't you idiot, you-" he was too late as Polar fired freezing the geyser...and Burnix freezing Burnix in solid ice.
Polar realised his mistake "oops" Beowulf rushed at him "oops is right big guy! Wolfsbane!" Beowulf punched Polar in the stomach and pulled out a white orb "Devour the Power!" Beowulf's costume turned white and he blasted Polar with a wave of cold energy that sent him flying. Burnix heated up and managed to break out "alright you lil'" he was interrupted by Beowulf shooting him with an ice beam and freezing him again. Beowulf's attention was caught when Polar shot another torrent and Beowulf responded by blasting straight through it and hitting Polar in the chest causing him to fall to his knees and onto the ground. Beowulf turned his attention to the frozen Burnix, Beowulf walked over and said "I've been wanting to do this since I met you" Beowulf reeled back and punched the block of ice causing it to explode and Burnix was launched through a wall. Beowulf spawned another clone and took their Miraculous, Beowulf went over to Cobalt and grabbed him "okay Cobalt, where can I find this 'Pangolin'?" Cobalt answered weakly "he works from Tremaine Tower" Beowulf questioned further "the big building with a T on it?" Cobalt nodded "that one...good luck Hero, you're gonna need it" Beowulf put him down and lept away just as the police came.
Beowulf de-transformed right across from Tremaine Tower "okay Sturnn, you're fully energized so I'm going with you" Prowwl ate a piece of jerky and warned Ben "please Ben, remember what Donovan said, don't go in yet, we need more information on him before we can move in" Ben disagreed "I've gotta take this guy down, there have been too many close calls with civilians, I've gotta end this, Sturnn. Let's Hunt!" Sturnn was sucked in and Ben transformed "okay, time to end this, right here, right now" Beowulf ran to the back of the roof and sprinted as hard as he could, he leaped towards the building and landed in the middle of it about 20 floors from the top, Beowulf was almost immediately swarmed by guards but he was ready, he tore through the guards on each floor, tossing them around effortlessly.
Beowulf crashed through the doors of the staircase with guards and their weapons scattered across the floor, Beowulf spotted the multiple other security rushing down the stairs, Beowulf thought fast and grappled the highest floor he could reach and pulled himself up to it, he jumped the railing and found the door to the top room. Beowulf kicked open the door to see three people sitting drinking coffee in a lounge room that was lavishly furnished with someone at the back infront of the window at a desk "there you are" the three people got up and pulled out Miraculous but Beowulf thought fast and swung his whip across striking the Miraculous' out of their hands. Beowulf turned around and struck the staircase making part of it collapse and making it impossible to enter or exit, the three people tried to move but Beowulf quickly grabbed the Miraculous on the floor, the man in the chair finally stood up "don't bother boys, let da hero have his moment, it won't last long".
Beowulf turned his attention to the person "you're the Pangolin aren't you?" The man stepped out of the shadows "you got me, Hero, I'm the guy that's been giving you a hard time, just like how you've been giving me and my business a hard time" he snapped his fingers and another man stepped out of the shadows with a briefcase "look, dis feud between us, it's meaningless, you keep stopping crime, I keep sending badder and badder mooks aftee you, it's not a good look for either of us, my men might stop respecting me, and seeing yourself getting thrashed on the morning news doesn't look too good either, so I'll cut you a deal, Jeffords, show the kid the goods" Jeffords walked over to Beowulf and opened the briefcase revealing bands of 100 dollar bills "you've got skills kid, those skills could be used to make some serious money".
Beowulf felt disgusted and shook his head "I don't want your money, I want to take you down" Pangolin's expression changed to that of irritation "so, you wanna play with the big boys, okay, let's play" Pangolin got up and Beowulf finally got to see who he was fighting, Pangolin was tall and intimidating, he was easily 6' tall, his muscles were barely contained in his suit and his hair was buzzed down short and was deep red. Pangolin then stated "Jeffords, take the others out of here and leave us to...discuss things" Jeffords nodded and used a door in the wall to direct the others to leave as did he. Pangolin reached into his desk and pulled out a large piece of brass knuckles and put it on when his Kwami appeared "Shell, Armor Up!" Shell was sucked into the Miraculous and Pangolin transformed.
Pangolin's form was monstrous, he had practically doubled in size, he was now twice as wide and stood at 8' tall, his face was now reptillian and was covered in black scales while his outer carapace was scale pattern mustard yellow and chrome. His hands were in the shape of clubs with the same outer and inner coloration as the rest if his body, five claws were at the end of them and his feet were tipped with three claws on each foot. Pangolin growled "let's see what you got kid". Beowulf pulled back his whip and cracked it against Pangolin's face barely making him flinch, Beowulf whipped him in the midsection and that made him slide back a bit. Beowulf reeled back as far as he could and let it rip, it hit Pangolin right in the midsection lifting him off the ground a bit and knocking him into the window making the whole thing spider crack. Pangolin walked forward and chuckled "man, is that really it?" Beowulf growled in frustration and began whipping Pangolin multiple times. Pangolin caught the whip and pulled Beowulf forward with ease, Beowulf was instantly lifted off the ground and was hit with a heavy punch from Pangolin making him fly across the room and through the door he had kicked in and finally through the wall on the other side.
Beowulf looked around him and saw a flagpole. he grappled to it and swung above the building, Pangolin suddenly crashed through the roof of the building and grabbed Beowulf causing them both to crash into a building. Pangolin had Beowulf by the neck and wasn't letting go "you really think you can beat me?" Beowulf retorted "that was the plan, but I'm improvising" Beowulf kicked Pangolin in the face and made him let go, Beowulf jumped up and brought both of his fists down on Pangolin's head but did no damage. Beowulf flicked his hands as they were hurt from the blow, Pangolin turned around and grabbed Beowulf by the neck and slammed him into the ground, Pangolin lifted both of his fists and slammed Beowulf through the building causing all of the windows to blow out from the force.
Pangolin grabbed Beowulf from the indention and threw him through a wall, Beowulf fell to the concrete with a crack, Beowulf was drifting in and out of conciousness but was snapped back to reality when he saw Pangolin jumping down
Beowulf did a handspring and flipped back letting Pangolin land into the ground making a small crater. Beowulf was breathing heavily and was visibly injured "heh, it's been awhile since I've had a good workout, but I think it's time for this little exercise to end" Beowulf composed himself, Pangolin was truly more powerful than he was, just like himself, Pangolin had a real Miraculous. Beowulf breathed in and unleashed the Sonic Howl, Pangolin tucked into himself and withstood the blast with his hard carapace, the blast ripped the concrete and asphalt from the ground ans caused windows to break but Pangolin wasn't budging.
Beowulf shut his muzzle and tried to catch his breath, Pangolin uncurled and dusted off his shoulder "heh, tickled" Pangolin reeled back "my turn" and punched Beowulf into a moving car tipping it over and dumping Beowulf onto the other side. Citizens rushed over to Beowulf and helped him up "thanks guys, but all of you should probably get out of here, this guy's not into the New York hospitality" the people nodded and ran. Beowulf ripped the flipped car's door off and grabbed the driver setting him of the sidewalk, he pointed to a civilian "help this guy" the person agreed and assisted the driver in getting away. Beowulf got ready for Pangolin to charge but he never did, Beowulf lept up onto the car but saw no one, suddenly Beowulf was hit by a giant fist and was sent down the street and into an innersection where a crowd of people gathered.
Beowulf got up and Pangolin approached him "now we've got an audience for the show don't we?" Beowulf's anger was brought to a boil and rushed at Pangolin punching the villian in the midsection and finally doing some damage, the lenses on Beowulf's eyemask glowed red and he began to rapidly punching Pangolin repeatedly in the stomach, Pangolin threw a punch but Beowulf grabbed his arm and used his momentum to flip him over and onto the ground making it crack under his weight, Beowulf lifted his leg high above his head and axe kicked Pangolin in the gut making him go further into the ground. Beowulf began punching Pangolin in the face, the sound of his fists smashing Pangolin were visceral and made the people watching wince with every strike, Beowulf then opened his muzzle and Sonic Howled Pangolin while he was on the ground making spidering cracks in the asphalt.
Beowulf breathed heavily and was seetuing in his rage, Pangolin groaned and grabbed at Beowulf, Beowulf backflipped away and Pangolin got up "wow, where did that come from?" Pangolin asked with Beowulf just standing there slouched and growling like an animal. Pangolin cricked his shoulders and roared "CRYSTAL!" suddenly large orange crystals began growing from in between his scales, Pangolin curled up and began spinning in place, his body was like a revving tire gaining more and more momentum. Pangolin launched himself and crashed into Beowulf who tried to withstand the massive impact, Beowulf's hands were going numb from the friction of the spinning so he used all of his strength to lift Pangolin up and throw the behemoth straight into the air. Beowulf whipped his chain amd wrapped around the airborne villain and pulled down causing Pangolin to rocket to the ground, the impact caused yhe ground to shake and multiple people to lose their footing, Beowulf's breathing was labored, he had pushed himself to the limit, his muscles ached and his head was spinning and he wantes to throw up.
Pangolin rose out of the crater and was visibly frustrated "okay, it's time we end this little meeting" the crystals on his body began to glow and he became encased in orange energy, Beowulf clenched his fist and shouted "Wolfsbane!" Pangolin began to rev up, energy crackled from both of them and in the blink of an eye they had took off and made contact. Beowulf pounced forward and reeled back and Pangolin blasted off, Beowulf threw his fist forward and impacted with Pangolin, the energy from the two expanded into a large orb that people had to back away from. the orb began to move erratically and expanded more...until it shrank into a small black orb and exploded creating massive wind pressure that broke the windows of buildings and cracked the streets, even knocking stoplights down. Everyone looked back and saw the winner.
Pangolin stood there holding Beowulf by the head "y'know, I've always been secretive about my criminal oragnization, always putting on a front, but you've helped me realise something, I'm tired of hiding, I should be taking over this city, I've had this Miraculous for years and I rarely ever uses it, I have an army of these things but I limit myself to shake downs and robbing cars, I make enough money but I could be making even more if I wasn't so...secretive, this realization is all because of you kid...thanks" he dropped Beowulf and punched him into a wall. Pangolin walked over to finish the job but was blindsided by a large force hitting him and sending him sliding across the street, the people looked to see a bull-themed hero standing there. Steer ran over to Beowulf and grabbed him running away into the night with Pangolin recovering and looking around, he then shouted at a camera that was filimh everything "I went after Tremaine, now my team of Miraculous Owners are gonna steamroll this city, you watch your back Tremaine" Pangolin then curled up and rolled away.
Steer made it to the Williams residence and opened the window setting Beowulf on the floor and waited, Beowulf woke up with a gasp and de-transformed, he got up and saw Donovan at the balcony "you promised me you'd leave him alone for now" Ben was in immense pain, as if every muscle in his body had been stretched to its absolute limit. Donovan turned around and said "you promised not to rush in!" His voice was stern and his demeanor was one of a disciplinary figure. Ben struggled to talk "I had to try and stop him" he managed to utter out with Donovan agruing back "and look what happened, you could've been killed, I won't have that on my conscience" Ben sighed "I know, but I had to atleast try, people, I had to defend the people" Donovan sighed in frustration "do you know how you stop him? By taking those Pseudo-Miraculous! The less he has, the less he can do!" Ben thought about it, Donovan was right. Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out the five Miraculous "I got these" Donovan sighed and took them "good job" Ben rubbed his Miraculous "the fight is gonna get even harder, isn't it?" Donovan said nothing confirming what Ben had asked. Donovan then turned to the window "maybe we need to bolster our ranks" he went to Ben's desk and placed down two jewelry boxes "these should help, remember to take the Miraculous back from the person after their work is done" Donovan transformed and jumped off the balcony disappearing into the night.
Ben went over to the jewelry boxes and opened them, one appeared to be a hair tie with a Spider design and the other was a hatpin with a Bat on it. Ben put down the jewelry boxes and walked out onto the balcony where he saw Tremaine Tower looming in the distance "I know who you are, Tremaine, I just need to expose you to the world". Ben looked up at the full moon and the starry sky, the fight had only just begun.
Author's Notes: This is the biggest chapter I've worked on so far, befitting this is the end of the current arc, don't worry I'll get right back to work on Tales, and rest assured Ben will still be fighting alone, he will occasionally call upon the other Miraculous for help but most missions from here on out are going to be him by himself fighting a villain or an assortment of villains, if you have any questions you can leave them in a review and I'll answer them in the Author's Notes at the end of the chapter
