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Chapter One: Heroes of Paris (Edited)
"Yes?" Danny asked annoyed at the interruption while glaring at the Rubik cube in front of him.
He thought it would have been easy to solve but as minutes became an hour, he had to change his mind.
"Where are you?" Vlad asked him.
"You should know where I am. You sent me here as a favor for your friend." Danny answered Vlad.
He should have been enjoying the end of his summer vacation but instead Vlad had sent him to Paris to find and confront the two superheroes of Paris Ladybug and Cat Noir. The archenemies of Paris supervillain Hawkmoth. Vlad wanted something from Hawkmoth and so sent him to do this favor.
His task is to defeat and humiliate them for their constant thwarting of his plans.
Danny had years to get used to Vlad sending him on missions such as these since he adopted him. Sometimes he was required to steal things and other times he was required to fight with superheroes to prevent a calamity.
"Are you up to date on the abilities of the heroes of Paris?" Vlad asked.
"I have not spent the last few weeks goofing off. I know what they are capable of." Danny said.
Paris had many villains that served as bait while he remained hidden. Hawkmoth had the ability to turn those with negative emotions into supervillains.
He used that time to watch and learn.
From what he could tell Ladybug and her partner Cat Noir are around the same age as him and the both of them had powers revolving around luck manipulation. Ladybug controlled good luck while her partner caused bad luck. Ladybug could also conjure the items she needed to resolve a situation and Black Noir could destroy anything with a single touch.
He would have to be mindful of that.
"How is your costume?" Vlad asked.
"They will have no idea who I am." Danny answered looking at the outfit laying on the bed.
The two of them agreed that he could not let people for a connection between his hero costume and his villain one so whenever he performed a mission for Vlad, he changed what he is wearing and had a duplicate ready to be seen fighting him if necessary.
"Good. You cannot fail this mission." Vlad said.
"You could ask if I am enjoying my time here?" Danny said as he looked at the outfit he would choose for this mission.
He had decided to dress as a magician. He had a black suit with a long flowing cape that had red cloth on the inside. He had decided to ignore the hat and mask as there was a chance, he could lose them in the fight. Instead, he decided to go with a motorcycle helmet.
"You aren't there for vacation. You are there to complete the job." Vlad said.
"I will call you once this is over." Danny said as he hung up the phone to return to his cube.
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The people walking through the street without a care in the world. Some were walking their pets, some were driving focused completely on the road, and some were just goofing around and enjoying the fact that it was sunny and cheerful Saturday afternoon.
A part of him felt sad that he had to ruin it, but he had a job to do.
"Let's get the show on the road." Danny said as he walked off of the building he was standing on and let himself fall to the ground.
He could hear the people screaming at the sight of him falling to the ground. He eventually stopped himself before he hit the ground. He needed to get the attention of the heroes of Paris and to accomplish that he would need to cause a huge amount of tension. He began stretching his arms out as he fell, and the sky began to turn dark. The clear blue sky turned into a purple storm and green lightning began to arc towards the ground. The frightened glances of people turned into screams of terror and the public began running away in fear. Danny had duplicates watching the area invisible to make sure that no one got hurt or trampled during this show.
He may be doing this for Vlad, but he was not going to let this hurt people if he could prevent it.
"People of Paris run and scream in terror!" Danny shouted as he began to have a cold and ominous tornado tear through the streets.
The storms did not go far beyond him but still enough to get the attention of the heroes.
"Who are you?" Danny heard a voice ask from down below.
The voice belonged to a girl that looked about the same age as him. She had tan skin, brown hair, and glasses. She was holding a camcorder at him clearing recording him. According to his research she is Alya Cesaire the person who is close friends with Ladybug. She writes a blog about her and her adventures with Cat Noir. This was a girl who if she was afraid did not show it.
She was a good a way as any to get the attention of his targets if they did not see the giant tornados that were forming above them.
"I am Darkstorm and I am here to challenge Ladybug and Cat Noir!" Danny shouted to the heavens.
"Do you really think you can beat Ladybug?" Alya asked.
"I have come to shake the city with my storms and shatter the hopes of its citizens with my lightning." Danny said as he struck cars with lightning as it moved down the street.
"Why are you doing this?" Alya asked.
"No more questions." Danny said gesturing at her with his hand and watched as a small tornado formed around the girl and began spinning her away from him.
It was strong enough to carry her way yet not rip her limb from limb. In the beginning when he was training with these weather manipulation powers on mannequins he had seen it happen.
The hopeful reporter screamed in fear but that was because she did not know that she was going to be saved in a few minutes Before the young reporter got too far away from him, she was grabbed by red and black super heroine of France as she swung her yo-yo whip around a street pole to prevent Alya and herself from being blown away.
"Enough is enough. The newscaster said today was to be sunny all day." Cat Noir said as he took a fighting stance with his bow extended.
He had to admit that they truly had mastered their superhero entrances. His duplicates had informed him when they became aware of their arrival.
"You should know better than to trust the weather report. Did they tell you about the upcoming hailstorm?" Danny asked extending his hand and launching shards of ghost ice at the two heroes who backflipped out of the way.
"For an introduction that was ice cold." Cat Noir said as he landed next to ladybug.
"That pun was so cold I am freezing. Let me warm you up" Danny said as he conjured a fireball in his hand and threw it at the teenage superheroes.
"One punning superpowered teen is more than enough for me." Ladybug said as she tried to charge in and punch him.
Danny let her get close but the second her fist got near his face he grabbed her by the hand and threw her over his shoulder. He heard her collide into a building but knew she was okay. These two had super strength and super durability so as long as he didn't go too far, they would probably be okay. They had fallen into buildings a lot harder than he had thrown her.
"You are going to be sorry you did that." Cat Noir said as he came running at him before jumping into the air and trying to hit him with a drop kick.
Trying to be the best word because Danny blocked the kick with his arm and blasted the teenager with a low powered lightning shock. It was enough to blast him back but do not serious damage.
Cat Noir was too close to dodge, so the black cat ended up flat on his back.
"Guess cats don't always land on their feet." Danny said but before he could move, he heard movement behind him.
Turning around he saw that Ladybug was back on her feet and spinning that magic yo-yo of hers.
"What are you going to do with that? Walk the dog? Around the world?" Danny asked with a grin on his face.
"My favorite had always been catch the akuma." Ladybug said as she tossed her yo-yo at him.
He thought he could probably slip out of it if he needed to. What he was not prepared for was the shock that came to him when the yo-yo made contact with his jacket. He glanced at his smoking arm. His research over the duo never said anything about her yo-yo having electrical powers. Danny tried to turn his arm intangible and have the yo-yo slip through, but his eyes widened when nothing happened. Whatever magic her yo-yo used made it impossible for him to turn his arm intangible.
He would have to overpower the girl and rip the yo-yo out of her hand if he wanted to get out of this predicament.
"Good job milady. I did not know that you could do that." Cat Noir said as he watched Danny grunt in pain and annoyance.
"I had no idea that could happen." Ladybug said in a puzzled tone of voice.
"Did you notice where the akumatized item is?" Cat Noir asked Ladybug.
"No, I didn't unfortunately. It might be hidden in his costume." Ladybug answered.
"To save the both of you some effort and dignity I am not an akuma." Danny said while grimacing in pain over the yo-yo binding him.
"If you are not an akuma why are you doing this?" Ladybug asked him while trying to pull him towards them with the yo-yo.
He is too strong for that and so did not move anywhere.
"My father wanted something from Hawkmoth and decided to offer my services. Super-villain father what can you do?" Danny asked rhetorically as he faced the two heroes.
He gripped the yo-yo and yanked as he created duplicates around him. Either they would let go and free him or they would be attacked by his duplicates.
"So, the family business is evil?" Cat Noir asked him. "Have you never tried bonding another way? Perhaps fishing?"
It was really ironic given the information Danny had found out while researching the heroes. He and Cat Noir had a lot in common as his father Gabriel is Hawkmoth and the most time they spent together is when he is foiling his father's plots.
"That is just hurtful. If you have noticed besides the two of you, I haven't hurt anybody I have just given them a little scare." Danny said as he pulled on the yo-yo and watched as Ladybug began to lose her grip and come forward towards him.
She tried to hold her ground but with each second, he knew he is pulling her closer to him.
The duplicates started firing low level shocks at Cat Noir to prevent him from interfering.
"You don't need to do any of this. If you aren't an Akuma that means you do not have to be evil. You were given a gift you should use it to help people." Ladybug said to him while still trying to resist his pull eventually she would have to give up or charge right at him.
He had to give it to the heroes of Paris they certainly were optimistic and cheerful. Despite what he had to do he was coming to like them. Not like the heroes back in America. He had no idea how some of them ended up as corrupt as they are.
"That is something to think about later. For now, though I am going to put this conversation on ice." Danny said as he sent a blast of ice to bind Cat Noir's feet and pull Ladybug towards him.
Seeing what was happening Ladybug started running at him probably figuring if she was going to come to him it might as well be on her terms. He had to suppress a smile at that last thought that raced through his head. The moment she got in range Danny avoided her punch and hit her in the arm so that she would let go of her magic yoyo.
Now that his arm was free, he slammed her to the ground.
"Hope that did not hurt too much." Danny said with a grin looking down on the heroine who glared at him.
"Not as much as this will." Ladybug said punching his helmet with her right fist then kicking him in the stomach to get space.
She may have been shorter and thinner than him but oh boy did her kicks hurt. Of course, that was when Cat Noir came in with a flying kick that sent him flying back and almost crashing into a store. It had taken him a few seconds to stop himself after that kick.
"Kitty Cat has claws." Danny said looking at the two heroes before him.
"That's right I am feline and deadly." Cat Noir said with his baton extended. Danny guessed he used it to break the ice that was holding him.
Danny was wary of that baton. Based on the files and fights that he had watched the hero involved with the pole could extend as far as he wanted. It was magic so it was possible that it could pierce through one side of the world and come out the other or that it could wrap itself around the world. That is only a guess though as he had never made it that long.
"Lucky Charm." Ladybug called out gaining his attention.
That power and Cat Noir's cataclysm were their big moves. After they are used the two of them had about five minutes before they presumably turned back to their civilian identities. Lucky charm was a roulette for the heroine. The item created was always generated at random and without Ladybug's desire. It was always helpful but that was due to her intelligence than anything else.
"We have to hurry kitty." Ladybug said to Cat Noir who smiled at her.
That is something else he wanted to accomplish before he left Paris. He had seen how they liked each other both in their costumes and outside of them. The only reason they were not together is because they had no idea who the other was under their mask. Marinette did not want him to find out. It was ironic given that he had seen that Marinette's room is filled with pictures of Adrien.
Watching Marinette pine after him but get scared and watch Cat Noir try to flirt with Ladybug had gotten painful and he decided to help. The original Danny and Sam went through that crap, and he would do what the others should have and told the two that they liked each other. He liked balancing his actions. Every bad action Vlad required him to do need something good being done to equal it out.
"Useful." Ladybug said pointing a gun at him.
That made Danny blink in shock. Her powers could not hate him that much.
Normally he would have no problem having a gun pointed at him but that was a magic gun so who knew how troublesome it would be to him. Her yo-yo had prevented him from turning intangible and the baton of Cat Noir could break his ghost ice.
Their magic could negate his powers and hurt him so if he acted stupid, he could be captured or worse.
Ladybug shot the gun and giant pink bubbles flew at him. Given Ladybug's powers a bubble gun made more sense that a magic murder weapon. Danny saw that whatever made contact with the bubbles was captured and probably unable to escape so Danny flew above all of the bubbles and let the magic working on Ladybug count down to zero. Danny's target currently was Cat Noir. He gestured to the cat themed superhero and let the wind lift him into the air. Despite his struggle Danny let him fall towards one of the pink bubbles. Either he would save himself or he would be captured. Danny was preferring the first option. He needed him to use cataclysm so that his countdown would begin.
Cat Noir did not disappoint him. A single touch was all it took for the black energy of cataclysms to destroy the bubble. Cat Noir then tried to rush at him and use the baton but Danny hit the hand with a stronger lightning blast making him drop the baton and fall to his knees. With that done Danny teleported the three of them away from the battlefield. Hawkmoth got what he wanted to see. Ladybug and Cat Noir defeated.
He would not get to see what they looked like without their costumes though that was one of the conditions he made to Vlad and Hawkmoth when he was originally given the mission.
"What are you doing?" Ladybug asked him.
"Well, I did not want the whole of Paris to know who their heroes were under their masks. There are rules to this whole superhero/super-villain thing." Danny said looking at Marinette and Adrien.
"Why are you doing this?" Ladybug asked him.
His supernatural hearing allowed him to hear the beeping of their magical items. Sooner rather than later the transformations would end.
"I believe true love should conquer all." Danny said aiming at the both of them and freezing their bodies in blocks of ice.
"What are you talking about?" Cat Noir said struggling to try and break out of the ice.
It was impossible given that he could not use his baton and cataclysm could only be used once per transformation, so Danny was not worried.
Danny just had the two ice blocks move closer to each other and had the two heroes face each other.
"I have been watching the two of you dance around each other and felt like I should do something about it. This way you two can learn the truth. You two know each other from that school of yours. Ladybug is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Adrien Agreste is Cat Noir." Danny said and the two turned to look at each other shocked.
Danny had his duplicates teleport them back to their respective homes. They would have a lot to think and talk about with the other. Hopefully it all worked out for them.
What happened now to those two was up to them, but he liked to think that they got found someone to make them happy. He was a romantic at heart after all and those two would be so sweet together that people would need to visit the dentist. If they did get together telling their future children how they got together should be pretty interesting.
Looking at the city of Paris ahead of him Danny clenched his hands and let the sky return to the sunny day they were before he started changing the weather. He had his own horrible torment to deal with the moment he landed.
School is going to be starting back up soon.