Our Heroes (mlb x pjo x avengers)

(29) BOO! Might as Well Get Someone in The Loop for Gods' Sake

[Nico's POV]

Nico slowly opened his eyes to the sight of the ceiling before him. He rubbed his eyes lazily, trying to recall what happened.

Oh, right. The mouse-person. Nico sat up and made eye contact with the lump of the man that was previously fighting them. His hands were tied behind his back with a zip tie and his eyes were blindfolded.

Good work, Will, Nico thought proudly. Nico stood and stretched his sore joints, knowing that he wouldn't have to call for his boyfriend since he seemed to have some strange internal radar that would alert him whenever his patients awoke.

Lo and behold, not two seconds after he stood up, Will dashed into the room, saying, "Woah, why are you getting up already? Rest for a bit."

Will held him by the shoulders and firmly yet gently pushed him back down onto the bed.

"Wow, you actually look like death this time, Death Boy," Will joked. Nico was sure he was right, though. He felt awful after using his powers so much in one day. Will handed him a unicorn draught vial and began doing his usual check-up.

Just as Will was chanting a healing hymn to Apollo, a small creature appeared from beside him and yelled, "BOO!"

"HOLY—" Nico flinched.

Will sighed. "Mullo, don't scare him like that, I'm trying to tend to my patient over here."

Nico stared at him dubiously. What is this? A tiny rat-looking bug? A bug-rat? Wait...rat? No, this must be a mouse! The mouse Miraculous to be exact. But Marinette and Adrien never told them that weird bugs come with the Miraculous. Was this the secret they were keeping?

"Explain," Nico prompted.

[Roughly thirty minutes ago]

[Will's POV]

After doing his best to make Nico comfortable on the bed, Will inspected the necklace he took off the mysterious man.

A light shone the moment he touched it and a flying creature swirled out of it. "HI," the creature yelled in his face. Will yelped and jumped backward.

"H-hi...? What are you...? If you don't mind me asking, that is," Will asked cautiously, very used to being around strange magical creatures and gathering his senses quickly.

"I'm Mullo, you're Kwami!"

"...What's that?"

[Back to present]

"To put it simply," Will explained, "Kwamis give Miraculous owners their powers. Mullo gives people the power to shrink into tinier people, like this dude who tried to follow us."

The man on the floor stirred and Nico promptly kicked him on the back of the head, rendering him unconscious once again.

"We're lucky he wasn't used to shadow traveling or we wouldn't have noticed him," Will finished, ignoring the man sprawled out on their floor.

Nico booped Mullo's nose. Mullo swatted at his finger threateningly—well, almost threateningly, if it wasn't for her small figure and cute face.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it," Nico explained. "But, I do have a theory. Earlier, Marinette said that their plan seemed poorly thought out. This must have been their actual plan. Confuse us by bringing out two Miraculous and then hiding this guy," he gestured to the unconscious lump on the ground, "to sneak away with us. Probably to find out our hiding spot or whatever."

"Oof, he should have chosen to go with one of the others instead of us, we caught him so easily that I feel bad," Will chuckled.

Nico laughed in agreement. "We should take him to the other prisoners and then give Mullo's Miraculous to Marinette." He stood, getting ready to shadow travel.