Chapter 4: Problems Big and Small
Hey everyone I'm back. Sorry this took a while but many of the episodes for this show were out of order and I had to try and figure out a way to get it all lined up correctly. I hope everyone's doing okay with the Corona Virus going around. Please Review and Enjoy.
It had been 3 months since the Miraculous Heroes had defeated Lena Luthor and since Sam and Marinette's little incident. Needless to say, after that the two made a bathroom schedule almost immediately.
At the Grand Re-Opening of Sweet Justice, all of them met up at their booth.
"Aw this is the life. Good friends and good chocolate." Zee smiles eating some.
"It's nice to have everything back to normal." Jessica agrees.
"How are you guys doing adjusting to things here?" Karen asks looking at Sam and Marinette.
"Uh fine." Sam said.
"Yeah perfectly fine." Marinette said sipping her drink.
"Here Sam you gotta try this one." Zee said offering him a chocolate.
Looking over Marinette couldn't help feel a little jealous as Zee fed it to him.
"Blech. Normal and fine are overrated. You guys remember when we first came here and Diana wanted to come here all the time?" Barbara asks.
"Yeah?" Kara asks confused.
"Babs what did you do?" Marinette asks.
Barbara grabs a straw container and moves it around like a lock before pressing down causing a secret hatch to open and they all ran down a slide before crashing onto a mattress.
"Ow. My head." Tikki groans.
"What was that?" Faang groans as Barbara turned on the lights to reveal a secret base with areas for all 8 of them as well as a couch, TV and fridge.
"Tada! Our own home base!" Barbara smiles.
"Babs how did you do all this?" Sam asks as they all stood up.
"I took a few late-night trips to the Construction site while they were rebuilding." Babara smiles.
"Truly a place of wonder." Diana smiles.
"Not bad Babs." Kara smiles.
"We can protect the entire city. Bad guys won't stand a chance." Jessica smiles.
"What do you say leaders?" Barbara asks turning to Sam and Marinette.
"I'm in." Sam nods.
"Me too." Marinette nods.
"Me three." Tikki smiles.
"Don't leave me out." Faang smiles.
"Alright Miraculous Heroes, this is our time!" Barbara declares.
All of them cheered at the idea.
A week later, Sam and Marinette were walking to school.
Both of them glanced at each other for a brief moment before looking away.
"So…uh you and Zee seem to be getting along." Marinette said.
"Yeah, she's been a good help getting me caught up on everything in this world." Sam said.
"I've been asking Barbara, not a smart move on my part." Marinette said causing Sam to chuckle.
"Babs is a good help…assuming you can ever get her to stop talking." Sam said causing Marinette to giggle.
"Speaking of I hear she and Karen have something they want to show us after school." Marinette said.
"I wonder what it is?" Sam asks as they walked to the lockers and hear a noise.
"Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself." Looking down the hall they saw a muscular girl with red hair making Karen punch herself while a girl with blue and black hair watched. These were Doris Zeul and Leslie Willis.
"Okay Doris, very funny." Karen said.
"You thought that was funny? Maybe you need a little time to yourself to figure out how comedy works." Leslie smirks as Doris opens a locker.
"Yeah get in there and think about how comedy works." Doris said about to grab her.
"Wait. I can do it myself." Karen sighs walking into the locker as Doris slams it shut.
As they walked away both girls shot a glare at Sam and Marinette who glare back before walking over to the locker.
"Hang on Karen, we'll get you out in a second." Sam said as Marinette opened her hand bag and Tikki flew into the lock before unlocking it allowing Marinette to open the door and pull her out.
"Phew, thanks Tikki." Karen said.
"No problem." Tikki smiles before flying back into Marinette's bag.
"Karen you shouldn't let those bullies pick on you like that." Marinette said.
"What am I supposed to do? They're big and I'm small." Karen sighs.
"What's wrong with being small?" Faang asks popping out of Sam's jacket.
"It's the worst, nothing good ever comes from this. But that's gonna change." Karen vows walking away.
"Marinette I'm a little worried." Sam said.
"Yeah, me too." Marinette nods in agreement.
After school, Doris was at her house lifting weights while talking to Leslie on her laptop.
"Seriously you need new material. Why are you hitting yourself?" Leslie said mimicking her.
"Whatever, it's classic." Doris said when her weight stand broke and she fell down causing Leslie to laugh.
"A meathead falling down, now that's classic." Leslie laughs.
"Shut it Leslie!" Doris said closing the laptop when her parents walked in. "Uh ever hear of knocking?"
"Daddy and I are leaving for the Science Conference now, mkay?" Her mom asks.
"Fine whatever." Doris said not really caring.
"Have fun with your sporting activities sweetums, love you." Her mom said as they left.
Flexing her muscles Doris saw her muscles go down a little. "I gotta pump up."
Walking into her parent's home lab, Doris looks around and sees a growth chart below a vial of serums. Grinning she takes on and injects it into her arm. "Oh yeah. Pump up." Doris said as orange veins grew around her body.
At the hideout, Jessica, Kara, Zee, Marinette, Tikki and Faang were sitting down when Sam walked over.
"Room for one more?" Sam asks as Marinette looked to the seat next to her, taking a deep breath Sam sat down as Barbara walked out from behind a curtain.
"Ladies, gentleman and kwamis I bring to you the new and improved Bumblebee!" Barbara declares as Karen walks out in a new high tech suit.
"Wow Karen, that's pretty cool." Marinette said.
"Quite the upgrade from your original suit." Sam said.
"Karen it is simply divine." Zee said.
"Battle Armor befitting a true warrior." Diana smiles.
"It looks awesome kid, what's it do?" Kara asks.
"Well we've added these plate modules to make the suit solar-powered." Bumblebee explains gesturing to her suit.
"Plus they make her look like a bee." Barbara adds.
"I also modified the wings so there's a better tone to the way they buzz." Bumblebee said flapping them.
"Like a bee." Barbara adds.
"And we're working on adding quartz prisms in the gauntlets that will emit an electrical sting." Bumblebee said.
"Like a cute little bee." Barbara said.
"Wow Karen looks like you added all the bells and whistles." Tikki said.
"And that's nothing compared to my biggest upgrade yet." Bumblebee said activating her suit causing her to glow as she started growing a little in size before shrinking down to the size of a bee.
"Uhm…yaay." Zee said as they all gave her a slow clap.
"So you shrunk differently?" Faang asks as Bumblebee looks at herself.
"Oh no. I'm not supposed to shrink I'm supposed to grow." Bumblebee groans.
"Aww but you're so cute small." Zee said.
"Cute and useless. How am I supposed to stand up to the bad guys when I'm just a puny little insect?" Karen asks taking off her helmet.
"It's okay. I'm sure we just inverted the zeta thingy when we had to crosswire the other thingy because we were out of those thingy thingies." Barbara said as the others look to Sam.
"They're missing a part." Sam clarifies.
"Oh." All of them said.
"Then let us procure the correct thingies." Diana said.
"Quick trip to the mall and we'll have it all fixed up." Barbara said.
"Well as much as I hate to miss a trip to the mall my father and I have a show tonight." Zee said.
"And I'm protesting the show for using animals." Jessica said.
"Oh cool, we can share a cab." Zee said.
"Don't worry Karen, I'm sure you'll get it." Jessica said.
"Being a hero isn't easy but at least you got us to help you out." Marinette said.
"Us too." Tikki said.
"Thanks guys." Karen smiles.
At the mall, at the sports store, Doris was walking down the aisle when an employee sees her.
"Hey little lady, looking for the yoga mats?" He asks.
"Free weights." Doris said.
"Oh for a Dance Aerobics class?" He jokes causing Doris to growl. "You seem pretty strong for a girl, how about some 3 Pounders?"
"Do I look like someone who wants 3 Pounders?!" Doris snaps as her muscles and her body grew in size causing the employee to gulp.
Nearby, Sam and Marinette were trying to help Diana deal with the escalator.
"Okay Diana you just wait and step off now." Marinette said as Diana jumps off.
"Huzzah! I have survived the mechanical staircase." Diana said proudly.
"It's just an escalator." Sam said when Barbara let out a squeal.
"The new Gotham line of Cowls are in!" Babara said running off to a store.
"Yeah while you guys do your nerd stuff I'm gonna get some chili fries." Kara said walking away.
"I gotta get snacks for Faang." Sam said.
"I need to find some sweets for Tikki." Marinette said as they walked away.
"Lead on young Karen. Let us do our nerd stuff." Diana said as they walked to the electronics store when some weights were thrown out of the sports store along with an employee. "Great Hera, what is the cause of this mayhem?"
Karen points to the broken window where a large woman with red hair wearing torn clothes that mimic a cave woman.
"Puny man, how dare you insult Giganta!" She roars causing the employee to scramble away in fear. "Now feel my wraith!" Giganta threw a basketball hoop.
In the small shop Sam and Marinette were buying beef jerky and cookies for their kwamis when suddenly the basketball hoop flew threw the window crashing into the stands knocking Sam and Marinette to the ground.
"Are you okay Marinette?" Sam asks as he looks down to see he was on top of her and both of them had soft blushes on their faces.
"Uh yeah…thanks." Marinette said as they stood up.
"T-This should cover it sir. Keep the change." Sam said handing the vendor some money before they ran out.
"Citizens clear the area!" Wonder Woman appears causing everyone to leave. "We shall dispose of this brute. Come Karen, to battle!"
"But my suit! It's not ready." Karen said but Wonder Woman leaps in and attacks.
Jumping towards Giganta she punches her in the face but instead Wonder Woman was the one to feel pain.
Looking at this in shock, Karen quickly ran into the electronic store and scrambled to find the part she needed.
Wonder Woman grabs a hockey stick and readies it like a staff, but Giganta stacks four large weights on top of each other to make a club.
Gulping Wonder Woman dodges the club as it makes multiple dents in the ground before smashing her hockey stick to pieces.
As Sam and Marinette ran out of the store, they saw Giganta and Wonder Woman fighting.
"Well this sure is change from Lena." Sam said.
"Incoming!" Marinette said as they dodged a fountain being thrown at them. "Time to transform."
"Agreed." Sam said as they ran off.
"Let us see how you stand up to the Lasso of Truth!" Wonder Woman throws her lasso which wraps around Giganta's arm. Smirking Wonder Woman thinks she's won until Giganta pulls her in tying her up with her own lasso before hanging her on the wall. "The lasso compels me to tell the truth…this is humiliating." She sighs.
Walking out of the food court with a hot dog and drink, Kara looks to see Giganta laughing at Wonder Woman. "Seriously?" She sighs.
"Hey Meatbrain! Over here!" Giganta turns to see Supergirl flying in and delivering multiple punches to the face.
Growling Giganta grabs Supergirl and slams her against the ground again and again like a ragdoll.
"Is that all you got?" Supergirl mocks before Giganta grabbed her by the head and spun her around throwing her right through the roof of the mall.
"This is too easy." Giganta said when a yoyo wrapped around her feet before Silver Claw leaped in and kicked her in the face causing her to stumble back.
"Well why don't you try fighting more than one?" Ladybug asks standing next to him.
Walking out of the store with multiple shopping bags, Barbara looks over and gasps seeing Ladybug and Silver Claw taking on Giganta. "A fight!" Disappearing for a second she pops out as Batgirl.
Running over Batgirl grabs a tennis racket on the floor. "Tennis anyone?"
Ladybug looks to see Batgirl whack a bomb with the racket and instantly she picks up a baseball bat. "Batter up!" Whacking the bomb, it flew towards Giganta causing an explosion but Giganta walks out unharmed.
"Uh oh." Batgirl said as the three heroes dodge Giganta's punches.
Inside the electronics store, Karen was trying to fix her suit. "That should do it." Karen said when something exploded and smoke came out of her suit. "Dang."
Ladybug leaps over Giganta and throws her yoyo around her legs and tries to pull. "I could use a little help."
"Hang on." Silver Claw runs over and grabs the rope but Giganta yanks them both in and throws them back. "You okay?"
"Yeah I think so." Ladybug said when they both looked down to see Giganta had tied their hands together with Ladybug's yoyo.
Both of them look to each other and a nervous look appeared on both their faces.
"Well lookie here, a two for one deal." Giganta grins when Batgirl threw a net over Giganta to try and stop her but Giganta broke out of it with ease.
"Uh deuce?" Batgirl offers until Giganta grabs Batgirl and rolls her into the ball throwing her at Ladybug and Silver Claw.
Both of them struggle to get out of the way but couldn't as Batgirl smashes into them sending the three of them smashing into some mannequins.
"Strike!" Giganta grins.
Karen pops her head out and gasps to see her friends groaning in pain. Narrowing her eyes, she knew what she had to do.
"Hey you!" Giganta turns around to see Bumblebee glaring at her. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size." Bumblebee activates her suit and at first grows exponentially in size before shrinking down to the size of a bee. "Oh come on!"
Cracking her knuckles Giganta slams her hand down on Bumblebee wanting to squash her.
Bumblebee slowly opens her eyes to see she was so small she fit in the gap between Giganta's fingers. "I-I'm alive and it's all because I'm a puny little insect."
Grinning Bumblebee used her small size to fly around Giganta confusing her while Giganta tried to squash her but couldn't.
Flying up the wall, Giganta climbs after only to be met by Bumblebee's stingers. Firing two blasts they hit but barely did a scratch. "Note to self, upgrade stingers."
Giganta tries to punch Bumblebee but misses. Getting an idea Bumblebee flew in as Giganta threw another punch but loops back causing Giganta to punch herself in the face and wobble back.
"Hey, why are you hitting yourself?" Bumblebee smirks touching Giganta causing her to fall over the edge and crash through the floor and a few parking lot levels. "Did I do that?"
Flying down to the bottom, Bumblebee saw Giganta was gone but the large dent was still there.
"Nice work kid!" Looking up she saw Supergirl, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Ladybug and Silver Claw smiling down at her.
"You have made Athena proud young Karen." Wonder Woman said.
"We knew you could do it." Ladybug said.
"Growth tech smowth tech." Batgirl said.
"Guess being small isn't so bad anymore." Silver Claw said.
"I-I did." Bumblebee said before fainting.
"Eh it's a work in progress." Batgirl said.
"Hey how long are you two gonna be holding hands?" Supergirls smirks gesturing to see Ladybug and Silver Claw's hands were still tied together.
Both of them stutter nervously before getting free. Looking to each other both of knew it was time they talked.
That night, Sam and Marinette were sitting down with an uncomfortable silence between them.
"Hey uh Sam, t-things have been a little weird lately since we've come here." Marinette said trying to break the silence.
"Tell me about it, but it could be worse." Sam said getting her attention. "At least we both were brought here instead being sent here all by ourselves or worse…we could have been brought here with Chloe."
A soft smile appears on Marinette's face as she giggles. "That would be awful."
"Look I know we didn't have the best start arriving here, but I think we can make this right and help this world. But to do that, we need to snap ourselves out of this weird thing we're in. What do you think?" Sam said holding out his hand as is to make a truce.
Marinette looks at Sam and sees the same confident smile she saw when they met. He was there for her in their world and this world, she just didn't realize it before.
Leaning in Marinette takes his hand and pulls Sam in kissing on the cheek before leaning in and hugging him surprising him.
"Sam I don't know what this world is gonna throw at us but I'm glad I have you." Marinette said.
Sam looks at her smiling face and couldn't help but get pulled into it.
"Me too." Sam smiles as they turn off the lights and end this day on a happy note.