Sorry about this, my Muse just wouldn't let me write! But I have to report the next chapter is all planned out! See you soon! I hope
"Sir please, I don't think this is done yet. Please let me leave!" Damocles said as he tried to pull himself free.
This made Commissaire Bertolfo look at Damocles as he tried to figure out who he was. He was part of the double Akuma attack, one of them anyway. But who was he? All I got was a copy of one of New York's heroes was behind all this. still, what was he doing at the court in the first place? He thought as he looked at Damocles with a glare. "I'll let you leave later. Once we had a nice talk!"
"Sir…..!" Damocles began only for one of the officers to grip his shoulder.
"Let the captain talk sir. We'll let you go later," The officer said and Damocles swallowed. The officer looked down at him and grinned. "Unless you have something to hide. Then we can have our talk right now!"
Damocles just blanched and looked away, his mind racing.
'Of course I'm not good sir! I just thought that I could help by leaving. But if you all want me to stay then so be it," Damocles said as he looked away. My master will be so enraged about this! thankfully I kept all the material linking me to the others out of my office! But if they find anything that links me to them, then these fools will overreact! I need to escape and put my worst-case plan into action. If I ever get my hands on that half-breed brat! He thought as he looked around. He risked a glance upwards and swiftly hid a smile.
"What are you….. Commissaire!" One of the officers called out and Bertolfo looked at him. Then he looked up and saw the triangle drones swooping down at them.
For a moment all Bertolfo could do was stare. Then his training took over and he drew his gun, firing upwards. "MOVE NOW! GET UNDER COVER! DON'T FIRE UPWARDS!"
Damocles took that moment to break free, running into the building. Another officer followed after him, the others and Bertolfo running to the other one. As he ran he saw the others all
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As he watched, Chat Noir could only stare in horror. As the humanoid robots moved closer, he glared at Bustier. "Call them off! All we want to know is where the woman that you replaced is! Tell us that and we'll let you go!"
For a few seconds, all the robot Bustier did was look at the heroes, not moving an inch. For a second, Chat Noir thought that maybe the Robot would tell them but then it spoke.
"Unit Caline Bustier is most likely currently in America. This Unit intercepted her employment letter from School; Francis Dunport. She had instead taken employment somewhere in Location, Florida. This unit took over for work at School; Francis Dunport. Will you allow this unit to retreat?" Bustier…. No. The Replacement asked.
All those who had gone to Francis Dunport stared at the robot in horror. For years something none-human with an agenda had taught them. So many things suddenly made sense about the way they had been taught.
Apisera could only glare at the thing before her. She knew that she hadn't been a good student, but the things that the Robot let her do were beyond the pale! If she had anyone who could tell her that she was wrong,
Chat Noir only looked at the machine in horror. He knew that AIs like Markov were beings with emotions, his Akumazation was proof of that! But there was something about how Buistier talked that set him on edge. There was something wrong here and he didn't know what the end game was. All he knew was that he had no choice here, they had to stop it.
Viperion could hear everything and felt sick. All the problems his sister had with her teacher finally made sense. he had wanted to punch her. He still did, and now he wanted to send a bolt through the bot's neck. Pegasus, he'll be able to get something from this thing. I don't know why but we need to know where this thing came from! Could this be the power of Intuition? He thought as he looked at the robot, his hands around an energy arrow ready to fire.
Carapace stared at the robot before them with a feeling of betrayal. He had liked Caline Bustier as a person but he had hated her as a teacher. He had always thought that she had listened to Damocles too much. That if she had a bigger backbone she'd have been a better teacher. But to know that she hadn't even been real, just a shell! It shocked and disgusted him.
Roi Singe looked at the bot before him. In his mind, it had been the worst teacher he had ever had. Now learning the truth, he could understand a lot about why he had hated her. "I don't think we can let you go botty!"
The other heroes looked at him and then at each other. They all nodded before glaring at Bustier and the other robots that were against them. All in all, Roi Singe had broken through their shock, and they knew he was right. Without a word, the heroes all charged at the bots, and the battle was joined.
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Damocles panted as he looked around the building he had run into, smiling in relief. With a wide grin, he took in the lobby he had burst into, this was perfect for him! The room had tall staircases on the right and left sides and between them at the wall was a closed door. From what he knew about this place, the door had to lead to where he could get to the alley behind this place. Next to him was a large round metal trashcan that looked like it was empty. With luck that would let him go back into the general area of the city, and from there to his dwelling. Perfect! I can get away now! My master will be mad that I had to burn this identity, but needs must. I followed all his orders, he had to understand. He thought as he looked at the door ahead of him.
The banging of the door caused him to whirl around and see one of the police officers had followed him after all. As the man looked out the door, Damocles cursed his luck. The officer looked at Damocles with a confused look in his eyes. He looked out the door and winced. Damocles did as well and forced down a smirk. The other officer who had held him in place was down on the ground, his right leg bleeding.
"Not something old Paris is used to, is it? Don't you worry, once the Commis gets over here we'll get ya straightened out! And then we can go and help the heroes up there
Damocles looked at the police officer and cursed. I hoped I would have gotten away clean, but there's only one. And I don't need to be discrete anymore! He thought as he looked at the police officer.
As Damocles moved closer, the police officer looked out the door. Damocles slowly moved his hand to his right side pocket and grabbed what was there.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine," The Officer said as he looked out the door's window. He kept talking, his back to Damocles. "I just need to keep you safe until I can get you to talk to the…..GGGGLLLLHHH!"
Damocles had jumped onto the officer's back, and driven the knife he pulled from his pocket into the man's throat. As the officer tried to grab his arm, Damocles brought the knife around the front of the man's neck. As the blood sprayed at the walls, the officer drowned in his blood.
Damocles moved away, flicking the knife to remove the blood. He had been able to keep the officer's blood from getting onto him. With a cold face, Damocles dropped the knife into the trash before he ran towards the alley exit. He never even noticed something had fallen behind him, a small teddy bear with a glass eye.
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Ladybug saw the drones attacking, and for a moment she didn't understand what she was seeing. Once Hawkmoth created an Akuma, he was done. But with the multiple Akumas today alone, there was a chance that things were changing. Where these drones came from didn't matter right now, what they were doing did. Without another moment, Ladybug reacted and barked orders. "Rena Rouge, Miss Hound, with me! We'll help out the others up there! Arachne stay here and protect the police until those things are down! Pegasus help her out! Figure out anything about the drones, I want everything you can see!"
"GOT IT!" The others called out
As she swung her ribbon at one of the drones attacking the police, Arachne just grinned. Oh, this is going to be so much fun! She thought as she looked at the drones. Taking out bots would be a lot easier than fighting against people. This time she didn't need to watch her blows, this time she could go all out! And her Kwami always talked about how good her former holders felt to let loose when they were training. Now she would finally find out what it felt like to let loose!
Aranche lashed out with her ribbon, and in a moment it lassoed one. With a flick of her waist, the drone flew towards her. Once it reached her she punched it, breaking it apart into its parts. As it rained down she looked around and saw there were only nine of them left. But before she could move her head she saw Commissaire Bertolfo. He was firing at one of the drones from the door, paling in fear for a second.
Pegasus dashed forward and sliced through one of the drones. He locked eyes on one of the other ones and tried to find anything that might tell him what they were. Nothing, no logo, no maker's marks nothing that could tell me who made these things. None of these things have weapons!? Who makes models with weapon mounts!? He thought as he slashed through the drone he was looking at. With a scowl, he slammed into another Drone and nodded.
Commissaire Bertolfo fired at one of the drones as it flew by the door and snarled as he watched his shot miss. He had experienced large-scale attacks before, but this was something else! It reminded him of his time at the Academy, how the place had been attacked by a Mad Mage and his summoned hordes. He prayed that this time things would happen without the mass loss of life like last time. With the heroes out there fighting, they could maybe survive this! "All officers, listen up! I want no heroics today! I want everyone to get through this alive!"
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Chat Noir slashed down with his staff baton and smirked as he tore off its right arm. With a yell he spun and kicked it away, the body bouncing before it fell to the alley below.
He looked around, taking in the scene. The other heroes had all defeated the robots and were standing there. Bustier was all alone standing at the edge of the rooftop, two of the Flying drones behind her.
"So then, how about you surrender?" Roi Singe asked as he looked at Bustier as Ladybug and Rena Rouge appeared behind them.
Ladybug only looked at Bustier and tried to understand. But from the way the blades on Bustier's arms showed, there was a lot she didn't understand. "So, the story here?"
"The teacher lady's a bot! And she's been one since well before 'Caline Bustier' started working at that school!" Chat Noir said as he looked at Bustier.
Ladybug gazed at Chat Noir and sought out Roi Singe who nodded. She's what!? I don't/… Later. For now, we have to deal with what's here and now. And that means bringing this thing in! She thought as she started to spin her yoyo.
"Surrender is based on superior firepower. Something your side does not have," Bustier said and Roi Singe only laughed a little.
"And where's your firepower?" Roi Singe asked.
Ladybug felt a spark of fear, fear that she couldn't understand as the bustier bot only looked at them all.
Suddenly the sky darkened. They looked up and saw forty of the drones and robots.
"Here," Bustier said as the robots dropped from the Drones. And no sooner had that happened than half the drones shot towards the ground.
"Rena, Salacia, go help the others!" Ladybug called out as they
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Lieutenant Monasterio fought back to conscience. He blinked and looked around, trying to remember everything with a scowl he got up and looked around. "SERGENT!"
"Here captain!" A voice called out and a small round figure in a police uniform came over. This was Sergeant Harold Gonzalez. He saluted, his black mustache and blue eyes looking at his commanding office. His small blue hat was aside and his short black hair was wet with what Monasterio hoped was sweat. "Good thing the here, hu sir? And Ladybug already cleaned up everything!"
"Yes. Such a good thing!" Monasterio growled as he glared at his best official subordinate. This whole thing was nothing but a waste of my time! When I get my hands around the neck of that fool! He thought as he tried and failed to control his temper. So far the tip he had received was proving more trouble than it was worth! And with the way the heroes had intervened the local 'Hero Affairs' office would come and talk to him.
A crash from the front of the alley they were hiding in caused Monasterio to look up. "What now!?"
But as he poked his head out he stared in horror. Twenty flying drones were attacking the building. Where are the Sentimonsters? He thought completely stunned. He gazed at the heroes, the way they were fighting was completely different than he expected. It was like they were just mowing down NPC's in a game. "What fresh horror is this!?"
"Lieutenant, look! The Commissaire isn't firing up!" Sergeant Gonzalez said as he pointed past Monasterio.
"Of course not! Never fire upwards!" Monasterio said with a snarl. But he's keeping his men there, so the drones are attacking him? But what does that mean? Those things aren't attacking the heroes, they attacking everything! That means Hawkmoth isn't behind this! but who else is making trouble in my city? And how can I use this? He wondered with an evil grin. He never noticed that Gonzalez had seen this smirk and that he smiled just as evilly. "Police, prepare to defend yourselves!
Bertolfo looked out as the heroes fought the drones. This is better than the last Mr. Pigeon! And even with the newbies they're doing great! Still, why are so many of them active now? Did they change tactics because of that one they fought? He thought as he looked out the door.
Seeing Rena Rouge and a new one help the Dog and Dolphin heroine made him realize something. Something that he hoped was wrong but he was sure was right. That revelation made him hope that the Mayor had all the proper insurance ready. Because he knew that this was going to be messy.
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Deloris blinked as she slowly woke up. What happened? Wait, Lila! She knows! She thought as she blinked back to wakefulness. She looked around and saw that she was in a police car, more to the point in the back. She lunged for the door handle and scowled as she found the locked door.
"Awake then?" Rodger's voice caused her to look up and see him standing outside the front passenger side. Around him were five other police officers, each one looking around for anything. For a moment she didn't understand what was happening, but then she exploded when she did.
"Unhand me right now! I am a diplomat so help me! I'll get you all fired!" Deloris snarled and Rodger crossed his arms.
"Unfortunately madam as Hawkmoth is a supervillain with Mind Control abilities those rules…. Well, they don't work right now. All instances of someone helping him of their own will must be investigated. And as my men and I saw your daughter talk to Hawkmoth, you need to talk to us about it," Rodger said dryly.
Deloris looked at him and blinked as he glared at her. For a moment she was stunned silent and then Rodger spoke again.
"And as we all saw and heard your alteration with your daughter….. Well, I think we'll talk about that first. And since you might be a rogue mind controller, there's that too. All your work will be gone over, and ANYTHING of that nature will be punished. That is the law," Rodger said as he looked at her.
Deloris blinked, not quite understanding what she had just heard. Then she looked at him in shock and then slowly her expression changed. She looked at Rodger with a cold look and slowly reached for her pocket. "Let me go now and forget about this, and I promise you I won't kill you!"
"MADAM! Threats against the protectors of Paris are punished most harshly!" Rodger said and the woman only looked at him like he was an idiot.
"We are so far beyond threats you fool!" Deloris snarled as she pulled her hand out of her pocket. She threw three small hexagon gemstones out the window. The gemstones flew out and as they hit the ground there was a cracking sound.
Then was a flash of light and Rodger blinked. He fell backwards and the five men around him all drew their guns. Standing there were three five-foot-tall humanoids made of green crystal. Each one was stocky and had two legs and arms. The arms ended in four long claws, each glinting in the sunlight. The head is a beak with a large white glowing eye above it.
Two of the creatures moved and stood guard, glaring at the police around them. The last one slashed open the door holding Deloris prisoner. As she got out she looked around at the police and stared at Rodger coldly. "I did not want to not do this. I really didn't. You forced this, and now we have to play this out."
One of the police drew his gun and shot her. The bullet reflected off her and hit his right arm. She just looked right at Rodger and scowled again. "Leave him alone alive. Kill the others."
As Rodger drew his gun and fired at the creatures, Deloris turned and walked away. When the screams began behind her, she just kept walking slowly. But she reached into her pockets and felt the gemstones form there. She knew that the way she had lived was over, but she wasn't worried. In times of old, she had been a destroyer and helped plan many battles against the Kwami chosen. She had laid low the Champions who served the great city and drank the blood of the Fey. She had been a terror, they had said Death walked with her. If she had to step into the light once more, so be it. It had been too long since people were afraid of her, and that time was done.
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Damocles ran through the building, trying not to let the chaos he heard behind him get to him. That was the worst thing he could do, but then he had no choice. If they looked into him, they'd find that his identity was fake, and that would show everything! The best thing now was for them to track him as a captive of a 'Cop-Killer', and that would blind them for a while. All he needed was to get away, bug out, and do his escape plan.
He had everything ready to go, and he was sure it would work. The plan was the basic model from the greatest thinkers of the Kingdom. With everything that was happening, the City was going to get worse. And that thing that he had employed, he had never seen anything like it before. Just the knowledge that something else was moving in Paris was priceless to those people. That alone might be enough to migrate his punishment.
As he burst out the door, he blinked as he looked at what was before him. For a moment he only looked at it in awe before he grinned. My time here is done, but I might not be punished so badly. This alone would help me so much. I have to leave and this will let me get so much credit! I did everything right and this might let me get a nice posting after all this! He thought as he reached down and picked up his prize.
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As she punched one of the robot's heads off, Ladybug looked at what she had thought was Bustier. It had only stared back at them as they fought, and that was worrying. Akuma that could control others were rather…. Loud. But this wasn't an Akuma, and there seemed to be a large number of Robots and Drones at Bustier's disposal.
Chat Noir slammed his staff baton into the head of another robot, trying and failing to keep a smile off his face. He had to admit that this was one of his fantasies, fighting evil robots. But he couldn't understand just what the force had been intending sending in a robot to replace a teacher. But then he thought about the way that Bustier bot had acted, and he wondered if that was the reason. He had to admit, never having been in a school before this year, he couldn't know what to expect from teachers. But the way Madame Mendeleiev was different from how Bustier-bot taught.
Roi Singe slammed his staff through another of the robots and cursed his mouth. He had to tempt fate like that! He had always hated how Bustier taught, and now he had a reason to talk trash about her, not about it!
Arashiko only sliced through another of the robots, trying and failing to keep calm. The very idea that the terrible teacher that she had heard about was a robot? Her mother's company made robots, she grew up around them. They were always programmed by something or someone. That meant that the way that Bustier Baka acted was planned. And that meant that there was a reason, something that she couldn't see. They needed to get Bustier's hard drive and see if Pegasus and her couldn't hack into it.
Miss Hound thrust one of her escrima sticks into one of the robots, scowling as she dodged a blow from another one. I can't believe that Chloe was right about that thing! She thought as she spared a glance at Bustier. Chloe had always said that something was wrong with Bustier, and to see if she was right? It was troubling that Miss Hound had missed it.
Apisera swung her top around another of the robots and pulled. As the robot flew at her, she punched and tore it apart. So far, the team has been handling them, but there was a limit.
Chameleon Unit T1 looked at the battle and saw that the Claw Soldier Units were slowly losing ground. The units were some of the weakest of the Units but they were the only ones around in great numbers. The data gathered by Shadowmoth using his powers on Unit T1 had to be brought back. With the data from its transformation, they had all the pieces. Finally, the mission was done. It had caused T1 to break cover, but that was a worthy sacrifice. All it needed was to wait for a chance.
As the last robot fell, Ladybug looked at Bustier. With a word she took a step towards her, the others falling in behind her. "So, will you surrender?"
The sounds of a helicopter caused everyone to look up. Above them over thirty feet was Nadja leaning out of the window looking down,
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Nadja looked out of the helicopter she tried to think of what to say. "Paris, this is unprecedented! I see our local heroes staring down what looks like Caline Bustier, a teacher at a local school. But I can see something sticking out of her arms! And since the ladybugs already cleansed the Akuma, I don't know what is happening! Wait, she's doing someth ….. oh my god!"
Bustier had removed her head, holding it in her right hand. To Nadja's horror, Bustier's neck was a metallic stump! She could only watch as a drone came as a small camera came out of Bustier's neck. Bustier's body put the head on the drone. The drone pulled the head into itself and floated there. Because five more drones appeared and started to change, until all the drones looked the same. Before the heroes could do anything the drones shot off and the body of Bustier attacked the heroes.
"She's some kind of robot! I I can't explain this! She pulled her head off and her body is fighting the heroes!" Nadja called out in shock.
Ladybug dodged a blow from the headless robot and she glared at the drones. "We need to split up!"
"Dragon girl and I can go! The Might Cat, Bee and Snake can stay and backup the boss!" Roi Singe called out.
"Do it!" Chat Noir cried out before he charged at the headless Bustier.
"He's right, we've got this!" Ladybug called out
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As they jumped after the drones, Roi Singe grinned as he thrust his staff forward and destroyed one of them. "One me Dragon! Keep up!"
Arashiko only grinned and jumped up, pushed off a chimney, and shot at the drones. Her sword slashed through two of them quickly before the others went higher.
"Two to one Monkey! Will you catch me?" Arashiko called back.
Roi Singe looked at her and laughed, moving after the last four drones. Suddenly the drones split up, two of them moving right and down, the others left along the river.
"I'll get the ones going up! You take down!" Roi Singe called out as he jumped after the ones going along the river.
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Arashiko nodded. Smart, my powers will let me escape from any traps. And I think a Dragon can see farther underground than a mere Monkey! She thought and felt a small spike of pride from something that wasn't her. She almost fell but she kept moving, following the drones as they flew through a hole they blasted in the street. Thankfully all the cars on the street were driverless, and all the civilians had gone for cover.
As she dropped into the sewers, she realized that to her it was as bright as if they were in the sun. Without a word she moved after the drones, somehow knowing by sound exactly where they went.
After a few moments, she caught up to the drones and saw all the two being met with two rising from the water. They had to have come from the River. They must have planned to all go through the Sewers to escape. Sorry Monkey, but this time I win. She thought. She was about to attack them before spikes flew through the air from a side passage and spear two of the drones.
She watched, shocked at what she was seeing. Two large rats with black fur the size of tigers came out of the tunnel. These creatures had tails three feet long with three spikes pointing up at them. From the side, she saw a space closer to the body on the tail where the spikes had come from. And already another spike was growing into place. She stared as the drones attacked the rats. For a moment she didn't know what to do, but when one of the rats had been slain and another drone destroyed she knew.
With a yell, she leaped forward and sliced through the last drone, rolling to point her sword at the last rat. She glared at it, and for a moment she thought it would retreat. But then the creature's eyes suddenly erupted in glowing black energy. The energy completely covered the eyes was flowing to the sides like flames. The ray started to change, but she had had enough.
"Lighting Dragon!" She screamed and as soon as she felt her body become lighting, she shot at the creature and engulfed it. It screeched in pain, and she almost stopped but she knew what she was fighting...
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"GAHHH!" Giles cried as he slumped to the ground. As he lay there, he panted and started to laugh.
After a few moments, he pulled himself up, still laughing. "So there are more who will dare to stand in my way? No matter. My Jeanne will be saved from whatever spell those fools have cast on her! Even if the English have conquered my country and changed everything, I will save her!"
He laughed and he was revealed to be in a large chamber over two hundred feet wide and long. He was standing in a section that took up around a third of the space. It was a large wooden house, and around Giles were the remains of a lab. The rest was taken up with stables for his creatures, ten more of the spike-tailed rats were moving. In every fourth stable was a large fleshy egg sack and one burst, revealing another of the rats. Giles looked up as the sound of something stomping came from a large tunnel on the north side
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After the rat stopped moving she flew back to where she had become lightning and turned back to flesh. She looked at the rat and then with one blow sliced its spine in two at the neck. She did the same as the other rat and moved to inspect the drones. After a few minutes, she frowned. The head of Bustier wasn't here. That meant that this was nothing but killing time or the head was with the ones destroyed.
She looked at the corpses and scowled, hoping that the creator felt her kill them.
Without a word, she ran towards where she had come from. Jumping to street level, she found two police officers looking at the hole.
As they saw her they realized who she was.
"So this was the Akuma? But the ladybugs already swarmed!" One of them exclaimed.
Arashiko looked at them and shook her head. "This wasn't the work of any Akuma. And there are two corpses down there, mutants."
"Corpses of human mutants!?" The other officer exclaimed.
Arashiko only shook her head and looked back towards the fighting. "No, animals. The size of a tiger. And the remains of a few drones."
As she jumped away, she heard the two police cry out in shock.
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As the two police watched her leave, one of them turned to the other. "Well Dan, this is a mess!"
"I hear you, Rob," Dan said as he took off his hat, letting his short black hair take in the sun. he locked his blue eyes to Rob's black ones.
Rob brought a hand through his short brunette hair and sighed. "I was hoping not to deal with stuff like this, ya know. Out of all 'Super Cities' the heroes here clean up after themselves! At least they used to!"
"Only damage by Akuma, that's all Ladybug repairs. Guess this isn't the work of those things. This is not going to go over with the Mayor easily," Dan said with a chuckle.
"Good! So, you go get the blockers, I'll call works and some backup, maybe SWAT. If there were two mutants there might be more!" Rob said with a shudder. "I so don't want to become food!"
"Me either, but we gotta keep them down there if there are any! Just watch the hole from farther back, and we'll keep the public safe!" Dan said with a grin.
As Rob took a few steps back, he moved his right hand to his pistol as he undid the straps. He had seen the textbook about monster attacks, he didn't want to become a statistic.
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Roi Singe grinned as he chased after the drones. This is it, I just need to kill those two and I'll have one over Dragon Girl! And this Monkey is going wild! He thought as he jumped into the air. He pointed his staff at a building behind him and extended it. It hit the building and used it to push him forward and upwards.
At the climax of his 'vault', he saw the two drones that Arashiko had chased shoot out of the river.
With a grin, he angled his body and shot towards them, a savage grin on his face. As he passed through them, he spun his staff in a circle. As each drone was hit, one was destroyed and stunned the others.
As he landed he shot towards the closest one, slamming it down. As one of the last two took flight, it shot at him as the other one flew away.
Roi Singe dodged the charging one, extended his staff until it was above the escaper, and slammed it down. As that one was destroyed, he shrank his staff and pulled himself forward, dodging the last drone. He looked over his shoulder and saw it coming after him, and then flipped. Landing, he thrust his staff forward and it extended until it pierced the drone.
He laughed as he landed, moving towards them to find the head. But after a few minutes, he slowly started to lose color in his face. No matter where he looked, the head wasn't there.
"They tricked us! They had to have planned this! What are those things!?" Roi Singe said with a scowl. He looked towards the battle he had left, a dark thought going through him. "They have to be trying to split us up!"
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As Chat Noir blocked a blow from Bustier's arm claws, the body kicked at him. He dodged it and scowled as Ladybug and Apisera charged in and an arrow from Viperion was deflected. "How's she fighting better without seeing…"
Chat Noir went still and looked up, seeing Nadja flying there. "Oh shit!"
He looked at the girls as they fought, and he swallowed. "Hold the line, I'll be right back!"
"Wait, what?!" Apisera asked as she jumped backwards, seeing Chat Noir leap to the helicopter. Her eyes widened and she glared at the robot, paying more attention to the 'camera' it had sticking out of its neck. That deceitful monstrosity! That's the plan then, use the news to fight us?! Brother, get that view down so we can trash this thing! She thought as she landed and charged in.
Suddenly, Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Pegasus jumped back onto the roof. They took a moment to see what was happening before they charged into battle.
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Nadja looked at the battle, shocked at what she was seeing. The Heroes usually handled the Akumas but this thing was giving them a hard time. She didn't know what to do, or if she should do something. But there was something at the edge of her mind, something that told her that she was at fault.
But then Chat Noir was in the way of the view, and she looked at his grinning face.
"Chat Noir!? What can the news do for one of our heroes?" Nadja said as soon as she got her wits around her.
Chat Noir grinned as he looked over his shoulder. He smirked as he turned back to her. "Sorry about that, but the bot was using your view to fight! We'll talk later!"
He jumped away, Nadja only looking at the camera in shocked horror. Sarah looked back and Nadja saw fear and shame in her eyes.
"You saw it here folks, the villain used our broadcast! But I'll stay on station and keep telling you what happens!" Nadja said as she looked down. "It looks like…. Yes! The heroes have destroyed an arm and leg from the robot! It's down, and the heroes have won!"
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As Chat Noir landed, he saw the Bustier bot had lost an arm and a leg, lying on the rooftop. As Roi Singe and Arashiko joined them, he grinned. "So, where's the head?"
"They tricked us, they had more waiting out there!" Arashiko said with a snarl as she looked at the robot on the roof.
The heroes all looked at the robot, trying to understand just what it was after. This whole situation was something that whatever was behind it had to plan. It was waiting for Bustier to be Akumatized again, but why? What was their angle here?
"Maybe I'll be able to find something by hacking into it. It might have something in there. Maybe," Pegasus said with a slight scowl.
"Negative. Head and main hard drive outside of the range, countdown protocol engaged. Goodbye heroes," The robot said before a holographic countdown starting at 5 formed above it.
"NO!" Rena Rouge called out.
"SHELTER!" Carapace barked as he shot forward with his shield, and a sphere formed around the robot. As they watched, the countdown hit zero and nothing happened. But a moment later grey dust engulfed the robot. The heroes all watched as the Bustier torso started to disintegrate. They stared in horror as within a minute, even the dust withered away.
For a moment, all they could do was stare at the empty shield in horror.
"Nano-Technology?! At that scale and able to destroy itself?!" Pegasus exclaimed in horror.
That snapped Ladybug back to here and now and looked around. Looking down into the alley, she saw Miss Hound alone, the other two heroes having escaped. As Commissaire Bertolfo and Monasterio both led their forces towards her, Miss Hound jumped up and joined the others.
"Hound, Rena, Apisera, Arashiko? With me. we'll tell the Commissaire what happened and get away before she lands. And boys you all get out of here together! Pegasus, make a portal to Learning, and face it to the sky. We'll touch base at the Guardian," Ladybug said as she looked down at the street below.
"Got it LB!" Chat Noir said with a smirk as Carapace dropped his power.
"Learning?" Pegasus asked as the girls all jumped away.
"One of our code words me and Milady made up during our first month. It's the school," Chat Noir said and Pegasus nodded as Viperion joined them.
"Haven't been back there in a while. But with everything that happened, that might have been good," Viperion said with a smirk.
"Tell me about!" Roi Singe said with a cackle.
"Voyage! This way Air Pegasus, the pilot is the last to enter!" Pegasus said with a small smirk.
After Pegasus's portal closed Arashiko grabbed Ladybug's arm. As Ladybug looked at her Arashiko looked away. "I need to get back to my home. My mother is due soon and I can't let her know I got out!"
"Go, we'll handle the police!" Ladybug said with a short nod from the others.
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As Pegasus jumped through the portal last, the male heroes looked around before dropping to the courtyard.
Chat Noir closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Nothing, there's nobody here!"
"And the power is off," Pegasus said as he pointed his horseshoe-axe around.
"You can tell?" Roi Singe asked as he looked around.
"I don't know about Chat, but I augmented my tool last night. It copied some tech I created. And we can trust it," Pegasus said as he transformed back into Max.
As the others all did the same, Luka looked around and chuckled a bit.
"For me, it was like I could tell if someone was watching me, always have really. It's just grown more since this all started," Chat Noir said as he smirked at the others.
Sass meanwhile looked at Chat Noir and seemed to frown, something that Luka caught. I'll talk to Sass at home. I don't think Plagg will hurt Adrien, but Sass is pretty calm. It has to be something for him to react. Luka thought as he looked at his partner Kwami.
"So our first big team-up went great!" Kim said with a laugh. As everyone looked at Kim, Xuppu laughed and landed on his head.
"You expected anything else ya big dummy? We don't choose bad eggs!" Xuppu said with a smirk.
Plagg glared at Xuppu, as did the other Kwami. Don't give everything away monkey! We still need to keep our secrets until they destroy our bindings! What they know, the others could force out of them! Plagg thought as he glared.
Xuppu looked around, and seeing the way his siblings were looking at him winced.
"You all get back to Master Fu. I'll need to get back to the bakery. Great battle guys," Chat Noir said as he jumped away.
The others all nodded, and moved to use the side exits to get back into the rest of Paris.
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As he led the way out of the building, Commissaire Bertolfo could only stare in shocked horror. The broken drone parts were a herald of a new chapter in the Paris Siege. Looking around, he tried to keep calm. Nothing makes sense! What just happened here? He thought as he tried to make sense. "Someone go get that Akuma victim, and find who's missing!"
It was the Ladybug, Rena Rouge, Miss Hound, and Apisera landing before him that snapped him out of his spiral. It was seeing the heroes victorious that made him feel that things might get a little bit normal. That feeling died when he saw the look on Ladybug's face.
"Ladybug! What is this!?" He asked as he gestured around him.
"Well sir, it started when an Akuma went rogue," Apisera said with a grimace.
"That's possible!?" Bertolfo asked, shocked beyond words. The loyalty of Hawkmoth's minions was just one of the reasons that he was so feared. To turn anyone into his follower, was one of the reasons the "Mind Control Laws" were enacted. To hear that it was possible to break Hawkmoth's control, it changed everything!
"It is when the Akuma is originally a robot," Ladybug said and Bertolfo blinked in shock.
"A what?! Who was a robot?" Bertolfo demanded and looked at the drones with new eyes. These things must have been summoned by that robot! But why? Why did they attack us? They don't have many weapons, and what was the plan?! He thought as he looked around.
"A teacher at a school. The name it used was Caline Bustier," Rena Rouge explained and Bertolfo looked shocked.
"Her, a robot was masquerading as her!? Why? When?" Bertolfo demanded and Ladybug shrugged.
"Before she even started to work at that school, the real one is in America of all places!" Ladybug said, shaking her head. Catching the helicopter landing he looked at the girls and nodded.
"Go! I'll talk to you some other time over the next few days, and that's a promise!" Bertolfo said. The heroines all jumped away and Bertolfo watched them. But then he stalked towards the helicopter, ready to give the reporter a piece of his mind.
"Commissaire Bertolfo, do you….." Nadja trailed off as Bertolfo stared at her with hard eyes.
"This is an active crime scene! I want you, and that machine back at your studio or so help me I'll impound it!" Bertolfo barked as he glared at Nadja.
She glared back and looked at the broken drone parts on the ground before she looked back at Bertolfo. "Sir, this has never happened before! Paris needs to know what has happened to the fight against Hawkmoth!"
Bertolfo only looked at her and scowled. "As of right, now I will say this! This wreckage is not the result of Hawkmoth!"
"But what about the Akuma?! After the court case, are they being held?" Nadja asked and Bertolfo went still as he turned.
"Wait, what court case….. What's he doing?" Bertolfo asked as he looked down the alley for a second. Turning back to Nadja, he looked at her. "You stay here, and we'll talk later."
Before Nadja could say anything, Bertolfo turned and walked away. He saw Monasterio led his men away and scowled. He jogged over to them, stopping them from moving away.
They all saluted, even Monasterio but Bertolfo ignored him. "You men go and make sure that reporter leaves! Sargent, you're in charge! Get it done!"
"Yes sir!" Sergeant Gonzalez said as he saluted.
"Monasterio, with me!" Bertolfo spat as he turned and walked towards the building he had come from.
Entering it, Monasterio saw they were in a foyer with another door thirty feet away. But Monasterio didn't have time to see the details when Bertolfo spun around.
"Now Monasterio, let's talk about you! What in the name of justice were you thinking? And what are you doing here!?" Bertolfo snarled.
Monasterio looked at him and went to attention. "Commissaire Laborous! Sir, I received a tip that something was going on nearby. As I only had a very short timeline, I moved my men to stop it. The tip spoke of murder sir!"
Bertolfo just glared at the man, trying to find anything that might let him punish him. That idiot Mayor had to tell every Station commander that the whole city was their beat! By his laws, I can't punish him, but I so want to! This filth had to have been looking at an angel, but what? And how could I even prove it? Bertolfo thought as he looked at Monasterio in disgust. The station that this man commanded was one of the dumping grounds of Paris. The 'officers' there had more loyalty to their commanding officer than anyone else. The few Akuma that were from their section were always attacked by the police. Bertolfo had issued orders that the Police leave the Akumas alone, Monasterio had an excuse why he did every time.
Bertolfo looked at him and then his radio beeped stopped and then beeped again. Both Bertolfo and Monasterio looked at each other in shocked horror. That was the code for officer's down, and that hadn't happened in Paris since before Hawkmoth appeared. And to make matters worse, by the pitch of the beeps this was on the emergence frequency. That meant that all the stations could hear it, and anyone who had hacked into the Police bands!
"This is Bertolfo, come in! Who's calling on this frequency!?" Bertolfo demanded as he answered it.
"Sir… this is Rodger Raincomprix…. Was leading a force of four other officers….We're at…..At the corner of 20th and 15th. Reporting… all other officers down….. owe…. Hurt. Bad, really bad," Rodger's voice came over the radio.
Both Bertolfo and Monasterio looked at each other, and both saw the other pale. The term 'Officer Down', had few if any meanings, and none of them were good.
"Monasterio, I want you to go! Grab two more of your people and get there now! And take the back roads!" Bertolfo ordered. I don't want to give this slime any chances to slither away, but needs must after all. He thought as Monasterio saluted him.
"It will be done sir!" Monasterio said before he ran out of the building.
Bertolfo sighed and shook his head, this was the last thing he needed now! After everything that happened, someone had attacked and killed some of his men! And with the way that he thought things were going to go, this would get worse before it ever got better. For now, all he wanted to do was get his hands on his suspect and find out everything he knew about that robot. If two people were Akumatized together, then they had to have an item in common. And that meant they knew each other. "Well, time to get back to work…"
"SIR!" The door flew open and Bertolfo looked up at the horror-struck look on the officer's face.
"What is it?" Bertolfo demanded as he looked at the officer.
"We found the missing officer, he's dead! The witness killed him!" The officer said in a rush.
"HOW?!" Bertolfo demanded as he charged out the door, the officer following.
"Knife to the neck! Sir, what do we?" The Officer asked in a rush.
Bertolfo looked at the officer and tried to think. Monasterio was gone and this place needed to be processed. But there was the reporter to talk to as well…. "Come with me, we have to talk to someone….. no. Call the station, and then guard our brother. I'll talk to the reporter alone."
A beeping caused Bertolfo to grab his phone and accept the call. "Bertolfo, wait what? Mutants!?"
Gabriel looked at his TV and scowled. He, Duusu, Nathaile, and Nooroo were all in Gabriel's office.
"A robot?! Another robot?!" Gabriel demanded as he slammed his fist on his desk.
"This makes sense, after that AI you Akumatized," Nooroo said dryly.
Nathalie only looked at Gabriel as he looked at the TV, seemingly not hearing what was just said.
"What happened, brother?" Duusu asked and Nooroo only grinned to Nathalie's shock.
"It took over this place's defenses. Let's say that he was hoping the heroes would win. He even told the AI about the wish," Nooroo said.
Nathalie looked on as Gabriel glared at the Kwami.
"What could this mean, that was Adrien's teacher!" Nathalie said and Gabriel looked at her before turning away, muttering to himself. He's always had a one-track mind, that's his strength. How he can focus on the task before him and finish it. But this time, with those 'Sins', that monster maker, and now this, we might be biting off more than we can chew. She thought as she looked at Gabriel.
Gabriel meanwhile glared at the TV. I don't need this! With Adrien out there, and the Sins offering a way to save her, I can't have more distractions! But now I have to worry about these things! He thought with a snarl.
"Now what? We won, they don't know we did it and now we have to move on. But the robot, that's something to think about. You see the problem?" Nathalie asked as she put her right hand on her waist.
Gabriel looked at Nathalie and nodded as he tried to plan. If anyone could be a robot, then he had two options here. Use an agent to fight against these rogue Akuma, or stop making them. With Nathalie healed and Duusu fixed, they could use Duusu more. Nathalie could control a Sentimonster to counter the Akuma if things happened. The only reason they didn't do this this time was because of the overall plan. But then why hadn't Bustier taken control as the 'Kissing Zombie'?
"We go after no new Akumas. Only one's we've already done before," Gabriel said and Nathalie looked at him.
"You're thinking that it was because we used her two times is the reason she was able to gain control?" Nathalie asked as she crossed her arms under her breasts.
"It is logical. We know nothing about this enemy. We have to be smart," Gabriel said as he looked at Nathalie. "And there are the Sins. With them, we could have it all. She could be back."
"But if the Sins can give us what we want, why keep after those two Miraculous?" Nathalie asked.
"Because we can't let them know what we want. As long as they think they can use us, they will. But if they leave we'll never heal her," Gabriel said as he scowled. "And if we stop, then they might wonder what we were after. They could figure out who we are. And who knows what they could use that information to do?"
"Then should we keep going after any Akuma we can? It would throw them off the trial?" Nathalie asked.
Gabriel looked at her and started to think. He had to admit that Nathalie made sense. If they changed tactics, that just showed fear. They had to negotiate from a position of strength to get what they wanted from the Sins.
"Yes, and if there are more robots that take control, that might help. We could tell the Sins we were thinking about how to find them. That could explain a… vacation," Gabriel said as he nodded.
Nathalie looked at him and took a deep breath. The realities of the the fixed Peacock Miraculous giving her courage. She had been thinking about this for a while, after her healing Champion form failed. She had to bring to light the idea she had for months now.
"There is a third option. Try and see if a Sentimonster can heal her," Nathalie said.
Gabriel blinked and looked at Nathalie with shock in his eyes.
"That, is that even possible?" Gabriel asked, a note of hope in her voice.
"Yes, that might work. But Ms. Nathalie will only be able to have two more of my feathers bound to her if a healer. That is the most her mana can handle without relapsing!" Duusu said with a hard glare. "And that's only if she uses them as Golems!"
"Brother….." Nooroo said with shock,
"I can speak about them? I can speak! I'm free!" Duusu said with glee as he flew around the room, laughing for a bit
"What are you talking about?" Nathalie asked and Duusu sighed and floated over to her.
"Well, my feathers can used three ways. The Golems, the Companions, the Featherborne. Golems are the easiest to handle. They're what the Order knows about, but they need time to charge up to use their abilities if they have any. But that's only if they're acting on their own as ordered to. They never change and are non-sentient, and can be put to sleep. If their active for a week, then the feather wilts away. What you get is a Golems that has a control item. Anyone can use it. Anyone, " Duusu said as he looked at Nathalie.
"Next are the Companions. They are stronger and cause more of a strain on the bounded one. If their organic they can become real in a month. Then if you give them their item they will be free. But if you give them their item if they haven't been active for at least a day they will be destroyed in a minute. Like the fake Ladybug," Duusu warned.
"What!? Why have you never told us, my friend!" Nooroo asked,
Duusu looked at Nooroo and sighed. "Because both they and the next were created after we were split apart. Do you think I would tell those Monsters anything about my final ones?! The last are Featherborne like Adrien and the others. It was created to allow people who aren't able to have children to have children. But you must never create more than two at a time, or my Miraculous will break. I wasn't able to tell Miss Emile that because of the Order's spells. I think I will always hate them for that. Another item on my list."
Gabriel looked at Nathalie and both of them felt a spark of shock.
"Your list?" Nathalie asked with a shocked tone.
"The Guardians discovered the writings of the one who created our Gems. But because they did they felt they alone had the right to decide how we would be used. They killed our Wielders to take and control us," Duusu said with a growl.
"And if they hadn't cast those spells, then you would have cautioned my wife not to create so many Featherborne….. wait. How are they different from the Companions?" Gabriel asked and Duusu grinned.
"Because the magic acts as only a help to give them the spark of life. After seven weeks, they can keep themselves alive. After seven months, they can have their own minds like normal babies. Seven years they can be given their items and be free, a normal member of their kind!" Duusu said with a grin.
"And if the item is destroyed before seven years?" Nathalie asked and Duusu sighed.
"Then they will fall into a coma for seven days each year they have left," Duusu explained
"Then my son is a real human? But I can still control him with his ring!" Gabriel said and Duusu looked at him with a glare.
"If the Featherborne is not given their item, they can be controlled. But the item loses its ability to control them. But that happens after seven years starting a year after the Featherborne's seventh year. Soon none of the children will be controlled!" Duusu said with a glare and cackle. But I'll never tell you my final secret. That the Featherborne can ignore orders sooner. That starting at fourteen months before their freedom date their wills mater. But only if they have strong wills. And those kids have the strongest I've ever seen! Duusu thought with a glare.
"Adrien's birthday is in seven months," Nathalie said dumbly.
"So we have seven months to finish everything. Nathalie contact Tomoe! We need to talk about this!" Gabriel said with a glare.
"After I go talk to Lila. We need to move on that, I don't think we should wait," Nathalie said with a glare.
Gabriel nodded as he turned toward the elevator. "Yes, Let's finish this."
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Monasterio scowled as he rode his bike towards where Rodger reported his location. Nothing and that idiot dared to bring me to lector me? Me, whose family has been police for generations? Once I become the highest authority in this city I'll banish him! He thought with a scowl as he drove closer to the scene.
A minute later they reached it. Monnasterio and everyone just stared in horror. The scene was from a horror movie! The other four officers were all thrown about, and from the way their bodies were torn apart, they were all dead. The patrol car Rodger had used was broken, the body was torn apart and the engine had been removed. Rodger himself was lying on the ground, his body in one piece but he was lying face down on the road.
Monasterio could only stare in horror at the wreck. The marks on the car reminding him of something that he had seen only once before. The memories of the pain he had felt back then almost overwhelmed him. He had been so lost trying to find where he had seen this that he missed Gonzalez dashing past him.
"Captain! Lieutenant Rodger is still alive!" Gonzalez called out with joy in his voice.
Monasterio dashed over and dropped down, putting his hand before Rodger's mouth. He felt Rodger's breath scowled.
"Gonzalez, call the corner and the hospital. We need to get Rodger some help and our people to their final rest," Monasterio said softly. As he moved away, Rodger's hand shot out and grabbed his own. Monasterio looked down and saw Rodger had turned his head to look at him.
"wait….. we captured Deloris Rossi….. she did this…. get her," Rodger breathed out before he fell backwards.
Monasterio looked at Rodger, shocked beyond words. A lead, I have a lead! After all these years, at long last I have a lead! He thought as a mad smile bloomed on his face. This was it, this was what he needed. And this had to a like Hawkmoth, what had happened proved it! And she had been in the city. No one knew, she had hidden herself that well. And whoever brought her down would be a hero! After this, everything would change! "Sargent! Contact our percent, and tell them to find Deloris Rossi's home address! Then have SWAT meet us there!"
"Yes sir!" Gonzalez said as he saluted. "But should we call Commissaire Laborous? I just….."
Monasterio only glared at Gonzalez and grinned evilly. "No, why should he get any of our glory? This is our collar!"
"Yes sir!" Gonzalez said as he grinned. "Should I give the SWAT team any other orders?"
Monasterio looked at Gonzalez for a good long moment before he spoke. "Tell them to call me before they move out once they have Rossi's location. I'll have more detailed commands once they're ready to move."
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As Miss Hound turned back into Sabrina she grinned. Looking at Alya, Marinette, and Chloe as they detransformed, she tried to keep from giggling. We did it! I can't believe it but that whole mess is done! Now Mari will get justice and maybe that school will be investigated. But what was up with the robot that took over for Bustier? She thought with a scowl as she looked around.
Chloe only glared into space, shocked. She had her problems with Robo-Caline, but now she had to think about them. Robots like Markov that had emotions were rare, but no action was without a reason. There had to be something that Robo-Caline gained, but what?
Marinette looked down at the ground, trying to understand what she had learned. She had always thought deep down that Caline Bustier was talking out of her ass, and now she knew the truth! Marinette was looking into every interaction with Robo-Caline and was at a lost. Nothing about her seemed wrong, she couldn't find a tell that Robo-Caline was a robot.
Alya meanwhile only looked confused as she looked around at the others. "I'm sorry, but that thing was our teacher all this time?! Where the hell did she come from?"
"And if she had intercepted the first Caline Bustier, why her? Why a teacher?" Chloe asked as she scowled. "Why such a terrible teacher at all? Was she trying to get fired for some reason?"
"It wasn't…" Alya trailed off as Chloe and Sabrina both looked at her with scowls on. "She was that bad?"
"Yeah, let's just say that she could have done a lot more that other teachers did. Like when Damocles suspended you….. and sorry, I flashed back during that," Chloe admitted and Alya looked up.
Chloe just looked away and Sabrina sighed, shaking her head.
"Let's just say that the year before you joined, was bad for the last half. Someone that both Chloe and Marinette cared about got expelled. After that….." Sabrina said.
Chloe just laughed and shook her head. "After that, I lost her. And then I started to act like my bitch of a mother! It was like something was telling me, this is how you have to be!"
"Chloe….." Alya said with concern as everyone, human and Kwami looked at her.
"It got easier to ignore it about four months ago. I just, I don't understand!" Chloe said as she looked away.
Marinette looked up, a strange look going through her as she looked at Chloe. Something about that, something was bothering her.
"But you did Chloe, you did. You knew it would be hard but you're trying to be better!" Sabrina said as she hugged her friend.
Suddenly her phone beeped. She stepped away and grabbed her phone. Taking it out, she looked at the screen and went still.
"Brina?" Chloe asked as she saw her friend go pale. "What is it?"
"My dad's at the hospital! I've gotta go! Chloe, go with the others. It's a police hospital, only I can get in remember!" Sabrina said before she ran off.
Marinette looked at Chloe in confusion before Alya spoke up.
"Why would only she get in?" Alya asked and Chloe just sighed.
"Part of the 'Mind Control' Laws. Bad story, something I heard about when my dad activated them for the city. Real bad," Chloe said as she shuddered and looked away. "Let's just say there are some real freaks out there okay?"
"What do you…. I don't want to know do I?" Alya asked and shuddered as Chloe nodded.
"No girl, you don't. I heard and had nightmares for a week!" Chloe said with a bitter grin.
Alya looked at Chloe, trying to think of what she might know.
Marinette only looked at the others and smiled. bringing out her phone, she quickly sent a small text to Adrien and sighed as she looked up at Chloe and Alya. "Let's head back to the base. We all need to talk."