Chapter 16: Antibug
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At the Le Grand Paris Hotel Chloe was rummaging through her closet. As she went through which shoes were in style she heard a smashing noise.
"Is someone there?" Chloe walks out of her closet towards the noise "Anybody?"
Suddenly out of nowhere multiple objects were thrown all around her room and the pair of shoes she was holding were swiped and led out the balcony
"What? No come back shoes!" She yells as they flew over the edge.
The next day at school Chloe was struggling to stay awake.
"Whoa, look at Chloe." Marinette noticed.
"That girl's a total wreck." Alya said.
"Maybe she misses her BFF." Marinette said.
"Sabrina has been absent since yesterday." Alya said when Ms. Mendeliev shushes her.
Suddenly Chloe let out a scream as something pulled her hair.
"Chloe, what is it?" Ms. Mendeliev asks walking over.
"Someone pulled my hair." Chloe said as the teacher looked towards Mylene who was sitting behind her.
"It wasn't me I swear." Mylene said.
"It's not her it's some sort of invisible, mystical being, like a leprechaun or a unicorn without a horn." Chloe said causing everyone to laugh.
"Quiet class! Eyes on your papers!" Ms. Mendeliev said when something started pulling on Chloe's purse.
"It's happening again." Chloe said as she falls to the ground.
"Chloe sit down!"
"I can't my purse is beating me up!" Chloe said as she threw the purse and ran to the corner of the room.
Marinette, Adrien and Sam narrow their eyes when suddenly multiple pencils were thrown at Chloe causing her to run.
"Chloe no running in class!"
However instead of listening Chole's sunglasses were being pulled off her head and then her hair was pulled causing Chloe to run out the door.
"Tikki, we gotta get out of here." Marinette whispers.
"Uh excuse me I need to go see the Nurse I'm not feeling to well." Sam said grabbing his backpack.
"And I need to use the restroom." Adrien said.
"So do I please." Marinette said.
In the women's restroom Marinette walks in to see doodles of Chloe graffitied all over the wall.
"Somebody really seems to have it in for Chloe." Tikki said flying out.
"The hard part is going to be figuring out who doesn't." Marinette said when her phone beeped as her and everyone else got pictures of Chloe being humiliated. "Something strange is going on."
"Time to transform!" Marinette, Sam and Adrien said.
"Tikki, spots on!" Marinette said as her earrings glowed transforming her into Ladybug.
"Plagg, claws out!" Adrien said as his ring glowed transforming him into Cat Noir.
"Faang, Teeth out!" Sam said as his bracelet glowed transforming him into Silver Claw.
At Le Grand Paris Hotel Mayor Bourgeois was talking to a crowd of reporters.
"Damaging my daughter's reputation is like soiling the reputation of the mayor of Paris, which is me. An attack on Chloe is an attack on Paris." Mayor Bourgeois said as Ladybug, Cat Noir and Silver Claw jumped in.
"We'll find the culprit sir, you have our word." Cat Noir said.
Smiling at the news Mayor Bourgeois leads them up to Chloe's room.
"Chloe, my darling we have some special guests." He said when Chloe noticed Ladybug and smiles.
"Ladybug! I knew you'd come save me, considering we're good friends." Chloe said hugging her.
Walking to Chloe's closest to investigate they saw they were almost empty.
"I had to make calls to all the biggest designers. Can you imagine my daughter wearing department-store clothing? How humiliating." Mayor Bourgeois said as they then moved to the security cameras on the giant TV screen.
"Have you had any run-ins with anyone lately?" Silver Claw asks.
"I never have any run- ins with anyone. Everyone loves me." Chloe said when Ladybug notices a photo on the ground of Chloe and Sabrina.
"Not even with your closest friends?" Ladybug asks showing her the photo.
"Sabrina? Please, she adores me. I'm her idol." Chloe said causing Ladybug to groan.
"She's safe here with the doors locked. This enemy may be invisible, but it can't go through walls." Ladybug said.
"Thanks Ladybug, I'm sure you'll make my life perfect again just like it was before." Chloe said as Ladybug grabbed Cat Noir and Silver Claw before leaving to the elevator.
"Is something up?" Cat Noir asks.
"She's hiding something." Ladybug said as they made their way to the lobby to talk to one of the staff. "Whatever you tell us will not leave this room."
He looks around before leaning into whisper. "She did have a run-in with someone. She and her friend Sabrina like to impersonate Ladybug and Cat Noir. I was playing the part of Big Mustachio that day." He said.
"Big Mustachio?" Ladybug asks.
"One of Chloe's ideas. Big Mustachio wants all Parisians to have heinous mustaches." He said.
"Glad she didn't choose to have someone dress up like me." Silver Claw said.
"Talk about a hairy situation." Cat Noir jokes causing all of them to roll their eyes.
"Please go on." Ladybug said.
"You see during our chase I stumbled across an interview with Jagged Stone and they mistook Chloe for you and asked for an interview." He said.
"She pretended she was me? How often does that happen?" Ladybug asks.
"And more importantly how in anyway did they think Chloe is Ladybug? Do you not see the big differences in just about everything?" Silver Claw asks.
"She idolizes Ladybug, but when Sabrina made the mistake of calling out Chloe's name the news interviewer was furious at her causing Chloe to be humiliated. Mademoiselle does argue with Sabrina at times. I'd even go so far to say it's the norm, but this time was different. When Sabrina came back the next day Chloe completely ignored her and proclaimed Sabrina was invisible."
Little did they know Chloe was watching them on the security tapes.
"Well if the story checks out it's pretty clear what happened." Silver Claw said.
"This invisible person is obviously Sabrina." Ladybug said.
"Who's been akumatized by Hawk Moth." Cat Noir finishes.
"Impossible. She's too weak to do something so bold, especially to me." Chloe said.
Back in the lobby Ladybug thanked the staff member for all his help. Walking towards a vase Cat Noir picks a flower and walks towards Ladybug.
"It's gonna be hard finding someone we can't see." Cat Noir said handing her the flower.
Taking the flower Ladybug puts it in a rose vase. "We'll just have to wait for her to find us. And we have the advantage. She doesn't know we're onto her." Ladybug said.
Little did they know the invisible figure picked up the flower from the vase.
"And now I do Ladybug." She said.
"It's time to fulfill our agreement, Vanisher. Cat Noir, Silver Claw and Ladybug are at your mercy. Take their Miraculouses and bring them to me." Hawk Moth said telepathically.
"They'll never see me coming Hawk Moth." Vanisher said tossing the flower up in the air.
When it hit the ground the sound alerted Cat Noir.
"Something wrong?" Silver Claw asks.
"The flower…it." Suddenly Cat Noir notices something parting Ladybug's hair to reveal her earrings. "Look out Ladybug!" He yelled taking out his staff and charging making Ladybug and Silver Claw draw their weapons.
In her room Chloe stood up and paused the cameras.
"If it really is you Sabrina, I want to be one to take you down. Too bad you didn't get my costume. Now you'll have to deal with me." Chloe said pressing a button revealing a hidden compartment that had a Ladybug costume in it.
Downstairs Ladybug, Cat Noir and Silver Claw were knocking away various objects Vanisher was throwing at them.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug throws her yoyo into the air and from it a bottle of red glitter appears. "How handy."
"Looking for me Sabrina? I'm right here come on!" Chloe taunts as she comes out in her Ladybug costume.
"Oh no, seriously? You need to leave!" Ladybug said.
"If you stop this ridiculousness right now, I might let you be my BFF again." Chloe said walking down the stairs.
"You've got no friends left Chloe, and you'll never have any ever again! I'll make sure of that." Vanisher said throwing books at her.
Cat Noir and Silver Claw knock the books away while Ladybug grabs Chloe.
"You don't scare me. Everybody loves me." Chloe said.
"This isn't a game Chloe." Ladybug said when Vanisher grabs her.
"It's over Ladybug." Vanisher said.
"Not yet, Vanisher." Ladybug knees the bottle of red glitter into the air and it spills over Vanisher covering her in it and making her visible.
"Just because you can see me doesn't mean you can defeat me." Vanisher said when Silver Claw and Cat Noir block her path to Ladybug. "Well look who's come to the rescue."
Ladybug grabs Chloe and hides her behind the front desk. "You stay here, don't move!"
"Hey! This concerns me too you know." Chloe said.
Vanisher charges at Silver Claw who blocks her attacks, throwing his sword up in the air Vanisher looks up only for Silver Claw to deliver a kick to the side sending her skidding backwards before he catches his sword.
"Gotcha." Silver Claw smirks as Ladybug runs over to him and Cat Noir.
"The Akuma must be in her bag." Ladybug said.
"Wait Ladybug, I don't think that's where the Akuma is." Chloe said spinning her yoyo to mimic Ladybug only for it to fly out of her hand and hit Vanisher on the head.
"So, you wanna fight after all Chloe?" Vanisher asks turning towards her.
"Can you guys handle her?" Ladybug asks.
"With pleasure." Cat Noir said.
Ladybug rushes towards Chloe and pulls her into the elevator.
"Wait! The Akuma must be in the designer pin I got her. It's on her sweater, such an ugly sweater. It was a gift from me." Chloe said.
"I won't tell you again. You need to leave. You're putting us all in danger." Ladybug said pressing a button.
"Why aren't you listening? It's in her pin." Chloe said as the door closes, and the elevator takes her up to her floor.
Back with Silver Claw, Cat Noir and Vanisher the two heroes were smashing all the objects Vanisher was throwing at them.
"Normally I'm not one to trash a hotel, but circumstances aside. Moon Call!" Silver Claw's bracelet glows as he releases a sonic howl destroying a large chunk of the lobby and all objects Vanisher could possibly throw.
Throwing her yoyo Ladybug wraps it and pulls Vanisher's bag towards her. "Your days are over Akuma." Ladybug said ripping the bag in half only to see there was no Akuma.
Growling Vanisher rushed towards Ladybug who quickly drops the bag and grabs Vanisher's arms. Seeing the highlight of the designer pin. Pushing Vanisher to the wall the pin drops to the floor and Ladybug stomps on it releasing the Akuma.
From her room Chloe sees the Akuma fly off.
"I knew it. So, who was right?" Chloe asks.
"No more evil-doing for you little Akuma. Time to de-evilise!" Ladybug throws her yoyo catching the Akuma and turning it into a butterfly. "Gotcha! Bye-bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug throws the glitter bottle into the air and undoes all the damage Silver Claw did and restores Chloe's closet.
At his unknown location Hawk Moth was really pissed off at his most recent failure.
"Inconceivable! I was so close!" Hawk Moth roars.
Back at the hotel Vanisher turns back into Sabrina. "What happened? What am I doing here?" She asks when she noticed her brooch on the ground. "Oh no the brooch Chloe gave me."
Ladybug holds up her fist for the three heroes to fist bump, but the boys just look at her.
"Why didn't you listen to Chloe back there? She was only trying to help." Cat Noir asks.
"Yeah and in the end, she was right." Silver Claw adds.
"First, because she put us in danger, and second, she lied to us earlier. I won't listen to a liar." Ladybug said not knowing that Chloe saw the whole thing.
"You're calling me a liar? How dare you! I was your hugest fan, but not anymore. You don't deserve my devotion!" Chloe said throwing the tv remote causing it to change the channel for the news which showed the three heroes leading Sabrina out. "I'm through with you Ladybug!"
At his unknown location Hawk Moth saw the whole thing.
"A betrayed Ladybug worshipper. Just what I need to recover from the defeat of Vanisher. This…is…perfect." Hawk Moth grins turns a butterfly into an Akuma. "Fly away my little Akuma, and evilise her." The Akuma flies out the window towards its new victim.
At the Le Grand Paris Hotel Chloe ripped off her Ladybug mask and stomps on it before breaking into tears when the Akuma flew into her earrings.
"Antibug, I am Hawk Moth. Ladybug has let you down. I want her downfall too. So, shall we defeat Ladybug together?" Hawk Moth asks telepathically.
"You can count on me Hawk Moth. There will be only one heroine in Paris, me Antibug!" She declares as the Akuma changes her costume to a black version of Ladybug's outfit, but with red polka dots.
On screen Ladybug was talking to the reporters. "Cat Noir, Silver Claw and I, we're an unstoppable team." She said before Antibug turned off the TV.
"Your time is up Ladybug." Antibug said.
As they were being interviewed Ladybug's earrings and Silver Claw's bracelet beeps signaling they were about to transform back.
"Excuse me, I've got to go. Bug out." Ladybug said.
"I need to be somewhere too." Silver Claw said as they left the interview.
"Thank you, Ladybug." Nadia said.
Both heroes were about to leave when they heard laughter, looking up they saw Antibug looking down at all of them
"If it weren't for me you wouldn't have defeated Vanisher. And now I'm going to defeat you!" Antibug declares.
"Chloe?" Silver Claw, Ladybug and Cat Noir said as she jumps down.
"Wrong, super-wrong. I am Antibug." She said taking out her yoyo.
"We've got a problem. I'm about to change back." Ladybug whispers.
"Me too." Silver Claw growls.
"You guys go ahead I go this." Cat Noir said.
"Look at her, she's useless without you boys." Antibug said.
"Don't get cocky." Silver Claw said.
"We'll meet up soon, trust me." Ladybug said as she and Silver Claw ran off.
"It's just you and me, Antibug!" Cat Noir said drawing his staff.
"I love a good catfight." Antibug said spinning her yoyo.
As one of the news copters flies above the hotel Antibug and Cat Noir fight all along the hotel.
Turning a corner Ladybug transforms into Marinette.
She reaches into her bag onto to find she didn't pack any food for Tikki.
"You'll figure something out Marinette." Tikki said exhausted.
Marinette takes out her phone to show they were recording the fight between Cat Noir and Antibug.
"This is all my fault. I should have listened." Marinette said.
"You can't do everything by yourself. Sometimes it's okay to listen to others." Tikki said.
"You're right Tikki, but right now we have to help Cat Noir. I hope Silver Claw catches up soon." Marinette said sneaking back into the hotel.
Meanwhile across the street Sam ran into a nearby convenience store.
"One bag of Beef Jerky please." Sam said putting some money on the counter.
"What's got you in such a rush?" The store clerk asks grabbing a bag and giving Sam his change.
"Let's just say I'm in a hurry to meet someone." Sam said when he looks up at the TV to see Antibug having Cat Noir on the ropes. "And something tells me I better hurry."
Sam grabs the bag and rushes into an alley where he lets Faang out.
"Alright buddy eat up, Cat Noir needs us." Sam said giving Faang some jerky.
"Let's go." Faang said taking a bite.
In the hotel kitchen Marinette grabs a cookie and gives it to Tikki before making her way up to roof. Looking down she gasps to see Cat Noir tied to his own staff and dangling over the edge, the only thing keeping him from plummeting was Antibug standing on the opposite end of his staff.
"Hurry up, Tikki." Marinette said.
"I'm eating as fast as I can." Tikki said eating the cookie.
"Aren't you tired of playing second fiddle to Ladybug?" Antibug asks.
"And aren't you tired of copying Ladybug?" Cat Noir asks angering her.
"Keep it up Antibug. Cat Noir is the perfect bait." Hawk Moth said telepathically.
"Team up with me Cat Noir." Antibug said.
"Never! Not with a fake like you. Ladybug, Silver Claw and I are a team. Let's hope they show up soon." Cat Noir said as Antibug started shaking the staff making Cat Noir rattle up and down.
"I know you can hear me Ladybrat, where ever you are. If you want to keep Cat Noir alive then give me your Miraculous and if not then take a good look at Cat Noir because this will be the last you ever see of him. I'm going to count to ten. One." Antibug started.
"Uh can you make it 20?" Cat Noir asks.
"I need more time, go save Cat Noir." TIkki said eating as fast as she could.
"Two." Antibug said.
"But I can't transform." Marinette said.
"Three." Antibug said as Sam ran into the hotel.
"Come on Faang we got to hurry!" Sam said.
"Let's transform." Faang said as they ran to the stairwell.
"You're Ladybug, with or without the costume. I'd think I'd know if I was able to." Marinette said.
"I'm giving you advice. Don't make the same mistake twice." Tikki said.
"I have an idea." Marinette said taking out her phone.
"Four."
"Cat Noir, Silver Claw and I are an unstoppable team." Ladybug's voice calls out getting Antibug's attention.
"Ladybug?" Antibug said as she put a chair on the other end of the staff to keep Cat Noir from falling so she could investigate.
Using this opening Marinette snuck over and pulled Cat Noir in.
"Ladybug." He smiles.
Making her way to the roof Antibug looks around for any sign of Ladybug when she notices Marinette's phone with the recording.
"You think you're so smart, don't you?" Antibug growls when Silver Claw walks out with his sword drawn. "You."
"Sorry we're expecting someone else?" Silver Claw smirks.
Anitbug threw her yoyo at him, but Silver Claw swats it away before charging in.
Antibug ducks out of the way dodging the sword when suddenly a staff is thrown knocking Antibug to the ground.
"What the?" She looks to see Cat Noir coming to Silver Claw's aid.
"What took you so long?" Silver Claw asks.
"Funny I was about to ask you the same thing." Cat Noir smirks.
From Chloe's room Marinette smiles at how successful her plan was.
"I'm all set." Tikki said ready to go.
"Perfect. Tikki, Spots on!" Marinette said as she transformed into Ladybug.
Up on the roof Silver Claw and Cat Noir were knocking away all of Antibug's attacks.
"Bad kitty, teaming up with a filthy wolf. Come get your leash." Antibug said.
"Sorry but we don't take orders from a copycat." Silver Claw said.
Anitbug throws her yoyo when another one knocks it away.
"Nice yoyo, mine's better." Ladybug said jumping in.
"What kept you?" Cat Noir asks.
"I'm thinking the Akuma's in her yoyo." Ladybug said.
"I think it's her earrings." Cat Noir said.
"What makes you say that?" Silver Claw asks.
"She was already wearing them when she was akumatized and her yoyo was broken." He explains.
"Smart thinking." Silver Claw said.
"For a cat." Ladybug teases when Antibug throws her yoyo at them.
"Look out!" Silver Claw deflects it with his sword as Ladybug throws her yoyo.
Antibug throws her yoyo and pulls the pool gate out allowing her to rush towards them.
As Ladybug and Antibug face off in a yoyo battle Silver Claw and Cat Noir watched waiting for the chance to make their move.
"Lucky charm!" Ladybug throws her yoyo into the air and from it a bag of marbles appeared.
"Anti-Charm!" Antibug throws her yoyo into the air and from it a giant deadly looking sword appears.
"A bag of marbles? What do I do with this?" Ladybug asks as Antibug cackles.
"You plan to defeat me with marbles? Child's play." Antibug mocks.
Ladybug looks around and it immediately comes to her. "That's your downfall, you're always so quick to judge."
Ladybug rushes towards Cat Noir and Silver Claw while Antibug tries to slice her in half. Ducking under the blade Ladybug slides towards them. "Over to you guys." She said tossing the marbles up.
Swinging his staff Cat Noir knocks the marbles towards Antibug who trips over them causing her sword to fall out of her hands, but Silver Claw catches it.
"I'll take that." Throwing it with all his might Silver Claw sends the sword smashing into the Eiffel Tower.
"I knew it, you're nothing without your boys backing you up." Antibug said.
"Cat Noir, Silver Claw and I are a team. You take me on, you take them on too. It's not my problem you have no friends." Ladybug said as the three heroes chuckle when suddenly Ladybug's and Antibug's earrings beeped.
"Take her Miraculous before it's too late!" Hawk Moth orders.
"Cataclysm!" Dark energy surrounds Cat Noir's ring as he slams his hand onto the pool gate causing Antibug to fall through it.
"Ready for a boost?" Silver Claw asks cupping his hands together.
"You know it." Ladybug runs to him and Silver Claw gives her a boost allowing her to grab Antibug's earrings and smash them releasing the Akuma.
"No more evil doing for you little Akuma. Time to de-evilse!" Ladybug throws her yoyo catching the Akuma and turning it into a butterfly. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug throws the marbles into the air returning everything back to normal and turning Antibug back into Chloe.
"What am I doing here?" Chloe asks.
"Pound it." The three heroes fist bump.
"Ladybug?" Chloe said getting up.
"Chloe, I'm sorry. I should have taken your advice." Ladybug said.
"Well in that case I might reconsider." Chloe said.
"Reconsider what?" Silver Claw asks.
"I might just have to stay Ladybug's most devoted fan after all." Chloe smiles.
"Thanks…I suppose. In that case, let me offer some advice, you should work things out with your friend Sabrina." Ladybug said.
"Well since it's coming from you Ladybug." Chloe shrugs.
"Thanks guys." Ladybug said looking at her teammates.
"No problem." Cat Noir smiles.
"It's what we do." Silver Claw smiles.
The next day at school everyone was sitting down when Chloe walked in.
"Hey there's Antibug." Alya said when Sabrina walked in. "And Vanisher. Now all we need is Ladybug, Silver Claw and Cat Noir."
Sabrina walked over to her seat but was hesitant.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Sit down." Chloe said causing Sabrina to smile, looking away Chloe smiled as well.
"Did you see that? Chloe smiled nicely…kind of. I think she's really happy to have Sabrina back." Marinette said.
"Weirdly, I think the feeling is mutual." Alya said.
As Sabrina took out her books Chloe passed the designer pin towards her.
"Here, put this on your sweater it will make it less hideous." Chloe said.
"Thank you, Chloe." Sabrina smiles putting it on.
"Yeah, yeah you can show your gratitude later class is starting." Chloe smiles.
"Those two really are BFF's in their own way." Marinette said.
"I like our way better." Alya smiles as they fist bump.
Little did they know Sam and Adrien were smiling from their seats.