Le Loup: Rise of Madam Peacock

Chapter 18: Nino vs Touro Preto

Nino POV

It's been 2 days ever since Adrien's turn to the dark side. Alya eventually woke up from her head injury and had to rest in the hospital. I visit her after school. Alex and I decided to go on patrol. Since I don't have my miraculous, I borrowed Alex's knuckle dusters, bulletproof vests, a few throwing stars and a wrist mounted grapple gun. I wore a black jacket and a bandana around my face. After taking down a few crooks, we decided to go home. Until we say a familiar face. 

"Hello, Carapace. Nice to see you again." Touro Preto said with a smirk. A few of his henchmen surrounded us.

"Black Bull. I was hoping you might show up. My knuckles need a work out anyway." Alex said as cracked his knuckles.

"Men. Skin this wolf. The turtle is mine." He said. As Alex fought the henchmen, I bumped my knuckles together. 

"Time to turn you to ground beef." I said.

"Think I'll crush your shell first." He replied and charged at me. 

I ran forward and vaulted over Touro's horns. I landed on the ground and threw a throwing star at him. He deflected it with his horn and punched me in the stomach. I slide on my back and rolled back onto my feet.  I dodged another punch from him and kicked him in the jaw. 

"Heh. Not bad." Touro chuckled.

We exchanged blows, dodging and countering each other's attacks. The crowd cheered us on. I threw a punch at Touro, but he caught my arm and tossed me into a car. He walked towards me and picked me up.

"Now. Should I impale you with my horns? Or should I break your back?" He asked me.

I slide my pocket knife from my jacket sleeve and clutched it in my hand.

"Guess I'll just break your back." He said as he raised me in the air and prepared to break my spine. I quickly unfolded my pocket knife and stabbed him in the eye. 

He screamed and dropped me. As he pulled the knife from his eye, I kicked him hard in the shin, breaking it and forcing him to kneel. I punched him in the face repeatedly and with one final strike to the chin with my knee, I knocked Touro to the ground, unconscious. I panted for breath and removed the Bull nose ring from his nose. He transformed into his civilian form. He was wearing a black leather jacket, black jeans and black boots. He had no top underneath and had a large belly.

I saw Alex knock out the last remaining henchman and run towards me. He looked down at the unconscious man.

"You did that?" He asked.

I nodded and rubbed my bruised knuckles.

"Nice. I can see why Marinette chose you as the owner of the Turtle Miraculous." He said with a grin.

The police surrounded us. 

"We'll take it from here, you two. Thanks for the help." One of them said.  

We nodded and watched as they dragged the unconscious man in the van.

I looked at the blue nose ring in my hand.

"Is that one of the missing miraculous?" Alex asked me. I nodded.  "Heh. At least something good came out of it."

"Still. We gotta find Marinette. And deal with Adrien." I said.

Alex nodded with agreement.