Miraculous Royalty

CH42

3rd Person's Pov

Tikki flew out of Marinette's pocket, as she didn't have her purse, and hugged her owner's cheek. "Oh thank goodness you're alright Marinette! Wait- you are alright aren't you? Did the vines hurt your ankles? Do you feel a bit nauseous? Being in the air like that would make me nauseous if I wasn't flying all the time to be honest."

The bluenette stared at her kwami in shock of her outburst and sudden wave of questions. "I'm glad i'm alright too, yes i'm alright, the vines hurt a little bit, I don't feel nauseous and I understand why you would be," she answered every question quickly. The floating goddess sighed in relief, "you were just staring and I thought something was wrong." A moment of silence passed as Marinette examined the scene of everyone fighting others. Tikki broke the silence as she mentioned the previous events on the tower.

"It seems that Master Fu gave someone else a new miraculous! The snake miraculous by the looks of it."

The girl looked at her kwami in realisation, "oh yeah. It suits Luka," she said nonchalantly then went back to looking around. Tikki looked at Marinette in utter shock and disbelief. "How do you know it's Luka?!" "Well it's quite obvious to be honest with you. I mean, he's my brother, i've been with him my whole life. Even a miraculous wouldn't be able to mask his identity to me. His hair is the same, his voice, his composure. I also think his worry was a dead giveaway I knew his civilian form well."

Panic washed over the kwami as she thought of all the possible scenarios that could happen with her owner's intellect. "I guess so..." she trailed off. "I am frustrated though," Tikki, now staring wide eyed at her owner, kept staring and replied quietly. "Why?" "Because Chat Noir is harder to decipher. I mean come on, he can't have some like...extra masking can he? I know for sure I met his civilian form, it's quite obvious because i've never too many green eyed blondes. I've met a few, so not much, but enough to stop me from finding out quickly."

Another sigh of relief escaped the creatures lips and her face finally relaxed. "You should transform, i'm sure Chat and the new hero are wondering where you are. You've been waiting for quite a bit," "you're right. Tikki, spots on!"

one le transformation later 👀

Marinette, now Ladybug, leaped into action as she swung with her yo-yo across rooftops. Landing in the middle of he two male heroes, she greeted them guiltily. "Hey guys, sorry I was late. Some of those possessed people were trapping me and I couldn't transform," she lied effortlessly. "No problem M'lady, we got a new hero here, Viperion." She turned her head to the snake themed boy and smiled. "Glad you're on the team Viperion, now, do you have any idea where the akuma might be?"

The boys rubbed their necks nervously and made some questioning noises. "Well..." "I mean maybe..." "I guess?" Ladybug deadpanned, "you have no idea where it could possibly be do you?" Chat sighed, "no clue," this caused the girl to facepalm. "Then what have you been doing this whole time?" "We saved a girl that was captured on the tower," Viperion said proudly. "What did you do after that?" "We hid..." Chat replied quietly causing Ladybug to stare. "Okay, alright uh...let's- let's figure out where he akuma is. What did you do when you saved the girl?" "Well I cataclysmed the vines around her ankles. It didn't seem to go along all the vines though, I just cut them instead of touching them." "Well now we know it's not the vines because the akuma would've flown out already. I also know you're about to change back so off you go, find somewhere safe to transform. Good luck," Chat's ring beeped proving Ladybug right. "Of course, i'll be back as soon as I can," with that, he leaped away leaving the two heroes alone.

"So..." "do you see anything that could possibly hold the akuma Lu- Viperion?" The girl's slip up went unnoticed by her new partner as, he too, was focused on searching the villain. The said villain's voice echoed through the city as he yelled, "Ladybug and Chat Noir! Hand me your miraculous and this will all be over, you will be in my control and my control only! Things will be so much easier..." Ladybug and Viperion panicked as they still had no idea what to do. Chat was taking a little longer than they would've liked and they were helpless.