Beowulf backed away from the edge of the building "no way, this is modern day, but the Civil War is still going on" Beowulf saw fighter planes flying through the air "no need to panic, just need to find a different timeline to hide in and-" a blast of sound came from behind Beowulf, he looked back to see Chrona emerging from a portal "found you, little rat!" Beowulf backed up a bit "this situation got a lot worse" Beowulf jumped off the building but was caught by a bubble "oh not this thing again" Beowulf groaned "hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it" Chrona quipped. Beowulf threw his flail hitting Chrona in the wrist causing her to break her grip on him, Beowulf dropped to street level and hid in an alley as a group of soldiers ran through the streets. Beowulf looked out looking for Chrona but he saw no sign of her, Beowulf breathed in and looked at the Pocket Watch "Sturnn, Fluff, Unify!" white streaks appeared on Beowulf's costume and rabbit ears appeared on top of his head "okay, let's find a different timeline to-" Beowulf was cut off when he heard faint breathing behind him, Beowulf threw a kick backwards and hit Chrona who was attempting to attack him from behind. Chrona threw a blast and hit Beowulf blowing him out of the alleyway and into the street where the soldiers had stopped fighting to stare at Beowulf. Beowulf slowly got to his feet and Chrona began to float toward Beowulf "give me the Tome, boy, it's only a matter of time before I get it" Beowulf looked down and thought about it "nah" Beowulf said before suddenly threw his flail barely missing Chrona, grazing her cheek, Chrona felt her cheek and she saw blood on her hand "HOW DARE YOU?! SPILLING MY BLOOD!!" Chrona dove straight down, the impact of her caused everything infront of her to fly into the air, Beowulf attempted to correct himself but Chrona's power kept him floating "woah, I think I'm gonna be sick" Chrona flew into Beowulf smashing him into a billboard which also began to float.
Beowulf put his feet onto Chrona's midsection and tossed her off of him. Beowulf held the Tome "hey, what do you even need this for?" Beowulf asked with Chrona responding "that Tome has the ability to control time completely, no drawbacks, unlike the Rabbit Miraculous or my own powers" Beowulf raised an eyebrow "so, what, you want the McRib back or something? Because those come back every holiday season" Chrona gritted her teeth "insolent child, I do not want something as trivial as a sandwich!" Beowulf flipped the Tome in his hands and snapped his finger as if he figured it out "ohhhhh, okay, I get it, Shamrock Shake" Chrona charged at him grasping at the Tome but Beowulf dodged it "oh don't tell me you're a Szechuan Sauce person, those people are dicks" Beowulf right hooked Chrona causing her to stagger "hold this" Beowulf said before tossing the Tome to Chrona who caught it "ah! Finally!" Beowulf then kicked Chrona in the stomach, Beowulf then spun and flip kicked her, the Tome flew into the air and Beowulf finished with an overhand right that knocked Chrona into the billboard. Beowulf raised his hand to catch the Tome but it missed and started falling toward the ground "oh crap!" Beowulf exclaimed, he then noticed Chrona coming to. Beowulf looked up to see a car had been lifted too, Beowulf threw his flail and hooked the car, while jumping off the billboard Beowulf pulled the car and it smashed into Chrona exploding in the process. Beowulf dove for the Tome "I'm not gonna make it" he thought "oh, right, time powers, Burrow!" Beowulf yelled and a hole appeared right below the Tome, it fell in as did Beowulf. Beowulf and the Tome re-emerged in a street, but it was nighttime but you could hardly tell as the highway was illuminated in neon lights, Beowulf rubbed his eyes "man, the movies were right, the future really is neon". Beowulf finished just in time to see a car heading toward him, Beowulf jumped out of the way only to barely avoid another car. Beowulf hooked onto a building and swung to it "man, and I thought modern day had a problem with speeding" Beowulf looked around and saw floating vehicles and giant billboards that were suspended in midair and seemed to change every minute "bit of a sensory overload this place" Beowulf looked at the highway and saw a portal open and Chrona crawl through "man, I can't seem to shake this girl" Beowulf jumped down and confronted Chrona "okay, time for me to put a stop to this, I beat you here and now" Chrona stood up and cracked her neck, Beowulf cracked his knuckles in response.
Just as they were about to engage three figures landed inbetween them "okay, now who's this?" Beowulf said, suddenly a disc-shaped object flew at Beowulf that he caught in his hand, a hooded figure rushed Beowulf but he blocked the strike with the disc "Shellter!" The mystery person said, just then Beowulf was encased in a bubble of green hexagons "this bubble stuff is getting really old" The person lifted the bubble and tossed it over the highway then turned their attention to Chrona, Beowulf got his bearings and reeled back, with all his strength he punched the sphere shattering it "Yes! Now to get back up there" Beowulf latched onto one of the support beams amd swung building up momentum until he flew right back to the top of the highway where he divekicked the hooded one knocking them down.
The two others looked at Beowulf who flicked his head up "sup" Beowulf noticed they had Chrona restrained "good, she's subdued, don't know who you guys are but thanks" Beowulf was suddenly struck with a right hook "ow, that was uncalled for, just who are you guys?" The hooded one responded "we're the ones who should be asking questions, but we'll tell you, we're..." The three suddenly formed up and struck and, quite frankly, ridiculous pose "Miracle Squadron X!" Beowulf slumped his shoulders in disbelief "that doesn't answer my questi-" he was interrupted by them introducing themselves, first was the one who was the largest, his costume was primarily blue with yellow lightning bolts and what seemed to be ports or plugs scattered throughout and a lightning bolt adorning his head with a mask covering his face "I am Thunderfoot!" The second one, a short and stout girl who's costume was a purple dress and a mauve vest that made the shape of a butterfly and a masquerade mask covered her eyes "I am Hawk Moth 5.0!" The final one was the hooded one who seemed very embarrassed, her costume was deep green with shell patterned armor covering her chest, she had an armor mask that covered her whole face "and I'm Snapback". Beowulf just stood there as a breeze ran through making the situation a bit more awkward "I'm...Beowulf" Snapback stepped forward "just where did you come from?" Beowulf answered "New York, a couple decades behind though" Snapback raised her shield "Time Travel is strictly forbidden unless it's someone with the Rabbit Miraculous" Beowulf pulled out the Pocket Watch "well, I have it". Snapback looked at it "that's impossible, the Rabbit Miraculous was destroyed last time I heard" Beowulf responded "well, I'm from the past so it hasn't yet, but I'll look out for when it might".
Beowulf noticed a swirling energy emanating from Chrona "Get Down!" Beowulf said before pushing Snapback out of the way, Chrona suddenly exploded with energy turning the other two to dust "No!" Snapback shouted before rushing in only to get blasted herself. Beowulf looked at Chrona who wiped her mouth and looked at Beowulf "just you left, always been you, alone, destined to die at my hand" Beowulf got to his feet "never were able to defeat me, not in any timeline" Beowulf clenched his fist "if you beat me everytime, why haven't you done what you needed to do?" Chrona cracked her fingers "yes, but Bunnix always had a contingency, that Pocket Watch resets the timeline within five minutes, I'm telling you this because time's almost up" Beowulf looked at the Pocket Watch to see that only 30 seconds were left.
Beowulf inhaled, then exhaled and increased the time back all the way to an hour "there, now we can have this out" Chrona was confused "you've never done that before" Beowulf responded "you never told me before, now I'm more determined than ever to beat you!" Beowulf charged as did Chrona, their collision shook the highway causing cars to swerve and crash. Chrona swiped at Beowulf but he ducked under it and countered with a gut punch that made Chrona bend over, she put out her hand to cast a spell but Beowulf grabbed her by the wrist and began to spin yanking her off her feet. Beowulf spun faster and faster before he let go and flung her into the top of a building, Chrona stopped herself, her anger now boiling wildly. Chrona shot toward Beowulf like a rocket, Beowulf braced for the impact as no matter how fast he moved he would still be caught in the blast. Just then the shield of Snapback struck Chrona off course and losing her momentum, Beowulf looked back to see Snapback holding her side and breathing hard "that was for Thunderfoot" Beowulf nodded and Snapback joined his side "this might be my last fight" Snapback said with Beowulf shaking his head "if my plan works out, I'll make sure this fight never happened" Snapback closed her eyes "okay, what's our next step?" she asked with Beowulf answering "get me close, I'll keep her focus on me and you can blindside her, Wolfsbane!" Beowulf raised his hand making sure Chrona could see it.
Chrona stepped back and began to blast at Beowulf, Beowulf summoned Bunnix's weapon and opened it blocking the blasts. Snapback rushed in striking at Chrona who was barely able to dodge the incoming attacks, Beowulf closed the umbrella and ran in but Chrona began to fly away to gain distance, Beowulf jumped after her. Beowulf got just above her and opened the umbrella obstructing her vision, the umbrella closed but Beowulf wasn't there, it was Snapback, Snapback struck Chrona in the face with ehr shield knocking her to the ground, Snapback threw her shield then kicked the umbrella, the shield struck Chrona and the umbrella impaled her. Chrona could barely gather herself when she saw Beowulf standing above her "this is for Hawk Moth!" Snapback shouted as Beowulf smashed Chrona with the Wolfsbane "Devour the Power!" Beowulf roared.
Beowulf's costume turned a sinister purple and almost immediately his energy nearly ran out of control, Beowulf struggled to contain it, he had never felt power like this. Beowulf breathed in and let the power course through his body before getting a handle on it, Beowulf turned to Snapback who was still holding her side, he could tell by the pulsating energy coming from it that Snapback wouldn't survive. Beowulf opened a portal with Snapback calling out to him "it was an honor working with you, you helped me avenge my teammates, I can die knowing that there will be more people like you and my friends" Beowulf turned and responded "if my plan works, this fight will have never happened, you, your friends, you'll all be alive and I wouldn't have brought this onto you all" Snapback chuckled "yeah, hopefully that's how it works" Beowulf saluted Snapback with two fingers and fell back into the portal.
Back at the Museum
Cat Noir looked where Beowulf just was, he had jumped through the portal not 5 seconds ago. Chrona groaned in frustration before composing herself "very well, looks like I'll have to kill him again" suddenly a portal appeared and Beowulf jumped out of it, Beowulf landed "hey! I think you're looking for this!" Beowulf tossed the Tome and Chrona caught it "Yes! It's finally mine!" Chrona raised the Tome in triumph but was cut short by Beowulf cutting through the air as he leapt towards her "Take this!" Beowulf roared before reeling back and punching the Tome, with all the power Beowulf put into the punch the Tome shattered. Right as it did the area it was in collapsed in on itself and created a massive sinkhole, Chrona was immediately pulled in without a warning with Beowulf following shortly after. Beowulf's flail shot out of the portal and Cat Noir caught it and began to pull slowly extracting Beowulf from the portal, Beowulf grabbed onto a pillar as did Cat Noir and braced as the suction subsided and the portal closed, Beowulf breathed in heavily as did Cat "man, you really can solve most problems with a well aimed punch huh?"
Beowulf opened the rift and pulled Alix out giving her the Miraculous back "dang kid, you sure proved me wrong, I thought you would have flubbed it forever" Beowulf rolled his eyes "now will you admit that I'm worthy of a Miraculous?" Alix laughed "yeah, you're worthy of wielding one, for now". Steer opened a portal back to France "I'll see that she gets home safe, go ahead and take a rest Beowulf, you earned it" Beowulf nodded and swung off. Alix looked at Steer "I need to talk to you about something…" She said, a ominous air surrounded her words. Ben opened the door to his apartment looking around "good, no one's home" Ben flopped onto the couch and turned on the TV just in time to catch the news "Breaking News: it appears that the Cadmond Research Facility was just raided, we have identified the perpetrators as the thief Duma and what appears to be the Pangolin!" Ben nearly fell off the couch, he stumbled up and leaned on the coffee table looking at the security footage, it was clear as day, the Pangolin, Tremaine. Ben tightened his grip "how?! How did he get his hands on the Miraculous? I have it here, in my house!" A crack sound snapped Ben out of it, Ben noticed he cracked the coffee table on accident. Ben rushed to his room and removed the air vent cover to see a box there, Ben took it out and opened it to see the Pangolin Miraculous sitting there, untouched.
Meanwhile back in Paris
Alix stirred her coffee as Adrien sat there with his hands balled up "so...what did you want to tell me?" Adrien asked, Alix sipped her coffee and sighed "something is bothering me about that kid" Adrien leaned in "like what?" Alix sighed "I remember going to an alternate timeline where the world's heroes were hunted down and defeated by a man wearing the Wolf Miraculous, he could be in a hundred places at once and could demolish cities with a single shout, Earth's heroes didn't stand a chance" Adrien leaned in "and you think Be-Beowulf is behind this?" Alix leaned back "not sure, going back in time doesn't reveal anything, that part in time is constantly spitting out new timelines, couldn't even trace it…" Adrien finished her sentence "but if he is the one...you have to stop him?" Alix said nothing because Adrien knew the answer to it, Adrien sighed "oh well, we'll just have to see what unfolds" Adrien opened a portal back to New York but stopped before entering "Alix….don't go after him, got it? He's my responsibility" Adrien then left Alix sitting there to weigh her options.
