11/23/24
27 Reviews, 14 Favs, 16 Follows
Ladybug wondered where Cat Noir was before Paris becomes an animal kingdom caused by Chloe as Safari Queen. The nerve of the brat's egomaniac really makes her not see herself in the mirror of what she's becoming.
"Where's Cat Noir? He should have been here now!" She dodged another blast, "Chloe, enough! You're embarrassing yourself!"
"That Panther loser embarrassed my reputation! And the one to find my Adrikins in the jungle!" Safari Queen shouted.
"It's not her fault she found him first!" Ladybug retorted.
"SHUT UP!" Safari Queen screamed and attacked.
"Get away from her!" Adrien had a bow and arrow that he had found from the store minutes ago, and he was not afraid to use it. "You've gone too far, Chloe!"
"Adrien?!" Safari Queen was shocked.
"You want me to be treated like an animal, there you have it! I'm not that model teen I used to be where every fan girl and yourself adore!" Adrien readies his arrow.
"Stand down, Safari Queen! Unless you want to be hunted by him!" Shadowmoth warned.
Safari Queen then hesitated in attacking Adrien.
"Give me a reason why everyone, including myself, should be treated like animals. Give me a reason why I shouldn't have this scar on my eye. Is it because you think everyone should be like you?" Adrien moves up a bit while Ladybug moves away to think of a plan, "Everyone has their own decisions and shouldn't be considered pawns to you! I gave you many chances and you blew them one by one!" Adrien kept doing his rant, "You're the one who is an animal, Chloe. A complete out-of-control animal you are. Especially when Shadowmoth is the one to treat you like an animal on a leash to do his work like a pet!"
"I'm no one's pet!" Safari Queen denied it.
"You are! If you don't stop your rampage, you'll further stain your reputation!" Adrien remained firm, "May I remind you the times you get willingly akumatized, it's exactly like how you let Shadowmoth manipulate you! Just like an animal!" Adrien then faintly heard Ladybug summon her lucky charm.
"And one more thing. I'm more than just a pretty boy. I'm a badass survivor!" Adrien aims his arrow and it shoots at Safari Queen's akumatized glasses, breaking them as the akuma flies out.
"Not again!" Safari Queen lost it.
"Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug caught it and purified it, "Bye bye little butterfly" She released it.
Adrien knew he got carried away but he had enough of Chloe's insensitive manners one last time.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug tossed her lucky charm to turn everyone back into humans. Even for Lila too since she didn't plan on trying to escape fast enough due to Chloe's crazy behavior as the Akuma.
"Adrien, that was very brave of you to stand up," Ladybug said.
"It was crazy of me to go feral but I had to speak up for myself," Adrien said.
"You did the right thing, Adrien. But I got to go now" Ladybug swings away to detransform.
x
A while later, everyone at the zoo calmed down a bit before reopening the zoo again since the incident was over and no one got hurt.
"Wow, dude. You actually stood up against Safari Queen?" Nino asked Adrien.
"Yeah, while letting Ladybug do her part," Adrien said.
"Insanely and suicidal if you endangered yourself," Alya said.
"I've been through worse in the jungle, but yes, it was," Adrien said.
"You really gotta tell us your stories," Nino said.
"Trust me, there's a lot to talk about before Panthera came and found me in the jungle" Adrien smiled.
Marinette soon came back, "Adrien, that was crazy to face against an akumatized villain"
"I know, but I had to talk sense into her while Ladybug did her part," Adrien said.
"How much danger did you face in the jungle, dude? It's like you know your way through" Nino asked.
"I faced predators like jaguars, caimans, snakes, spiders, and even piranhas. At one point even caught a bull shark that had swam up the river far from the ocean" Adrien said.
"Piranhas are vicious and can skin your flesh in seconds. And extremely fast when they smell blood" Alya said.
"Yeah, that's why I avoided swimming there," Adrien said.
"And were there native tribes?" Marinette asked.
"Yes, they were cannibals but I managed to escape them every time while stealing supplies," Adrien said.
"That's why you know archery," Nino said.
"Yep. I also used spears and knifes" Adrien continued.
"I don't see how traumatic it was for you to survive," Alya said.
"I had near-death experiences with the big predators, jaguars are after all very strong" Adrien explains how frustrating it was to fight a full-grown jaguar.
"With those skull-breaking jaws of theirs," Nino said.
"Yup. What's even worse is surviving booby traps that I almost died in" Adrien said.
"Wow" Nino, Alya, and Marinette were surprised.
"They were too classic, especially the pits with snakes and stakes," Adrien said.
"No person has very lightning reflex to move out of a trap," Alya said.
"Sometimes traps are predictable" Adrien replied.
"Sharpened reflexes?" Nino guessed.
"Something like that," Adrien said.
"You are definitely more than my bro and a model. A wild man born into a legend" Nino said.
"Me? A legend?" Adrien chuckled.
"No teenage boy like you could survive four months in the jungle," Marinette said.
"Ask yourself, are you dead as a ghost?" Alya asked.
"No but Model Adrien was like dead months ago," Adrien said.
"And Savage Adrien was born" Nino joked.
"And the old Adrien never had a scar on his eye. He was just a perfect model boy" Adrien scoffed.
"The jungle really changed you," Marinette said.
"It did. Something that my father never let me have new experiences in life other than modeling. Panthera once said there's more to life than modeling" Adrien said.
"Indeed. He should learn you're a person, not his puppet" Nino said.
"Which Lila now is at the company," Adrien said.
"What's wrong with that? She was saving your role" Alya said, gullible as she is to believe Lila is a nice girl.
"Hardly" Adrien replied.
x
Nearby was Pelle on his break at the zoo. And of course, Luna was also on her break too while another guide person guided the visitors.
"What a day. My tour interrupted by that brat" Luna said in disdain.
"Tell me about it. My companion nearly had a peanut addiction when he was allergic to them. Thankfully I'm not allergic to peanuts but I do love elephants" Pelle slurps his drink on a straw.
"I'm also not allergic to peanuts but I am allergic to mangos. It isn't like Chloe to feel all worked up like that, despite her selfish attitude. Someone played her desire or something" Luna said.
"I guess so, but who?" Pelle wondered.
"Definitely not that friend of hers with glasses. I have no idea. Thanks to her, it almost ruined our day for the both of us, like last time when we were here on the first day in Paris" Luna said.
"I remember that day, Luna" Pelle said.
A pigeon landed near them, smelling food on the ground. They both noticed the pigeon pecking up seeds.
"You know, sometimes it's like pigeons are good at being hidden in plain sight sometimes," Luna said.
"Yeah, they just appear out of nowhere," Pelle said.
"Did you know that pigeons are fast fliers, averaging 77.6 miles per hour, but have been recorded flying as fast as 92.5 miles per hour?" Luna explains with her zoological knowledge.
"That's incredible" Pelle replied.
"And they are incredibly intelligent like crows and ravens," Luna said.
"Yes, they can be taught with tricks," Pelle said.
"Yup. Like mostly everyone thinks pigeons are dumb but they aren't. Pigeons can see behind and front at the same time because they have a 340-degree field of view, allowing them to see nearly all around them without turning their heads" Luna said.
"Indeed. Anyway, I gotta get back to work. Good luck on giving visitors a tour" Pelle said.
"Si, I will amigo" Luna resumed her work.
x
Adrien stared at the bow since it still reminded him too much of what made him become. Something far more than a model.
"Adrien? You okay?" Marinette asked.
"Huh? Yes, I'm alright" Adrien snaps out of it.
"Dude, you've been staring at that bow for 20 minutes," Nino said.
"It just reminds me of the bow I used in the wild," Adrien said.
"You should talk to your father that the jungle changed you," Marinette said.
"What's the point in trying? All he does is never listen to me. And I certainly don't want to model with Lila, she has no experience in it" Adrien said.
"Nothing makes sense about her," Marinette said.
"Especially when my father never got my consent," Adrien said.
"Yeah," Marinette nodded, looking at the llamas.
"Well things can't get any worse at the zoo," Nino said.
"Tell that to Chloe for ruining it. It's always her way of seeing people miserable for fun herself" Adrien said.
"She needs to learn people's rights, not them being her slaves," Marinette said.
"The same way my father is treating me," Adrien said.
"Yep," Marinette said.
"How do you speak up to parents? I never once tried in my life" Adrien looks at his bow again.
"Just gather up the courage to speak up your mind," Marinette said.
"I tried but I can't help but not disobey him," Adrien said.
"The day will come, Adrien," Marinette said.