Miraculous Order Series: The Secret Battles of the First Box

Chapter 10: Let's Clarify

Chameleon arrived at Marinette's room with much hurry. Not enough to not notice her and two others in the room. The others were using Miraculouses belonging to the First Box - the Turtle and the Fox. Marinette was the first to notice of the trio's arrival. By the look in her face, she hadn't expected them.

"Chloe.", Marinette said, looking at Adrien and Chameleona in a new nervous tone, "Why-y are they-y here?" She starred at Chameleona. "Who are you?"

"Marinette?", Adrien asked, then looked at the two gals that brought him there. He looked at them in suspicion before a light flashed in his eyes and he understood. In the middle of the awkwardness he knew. Lila knew it wouldn't take much for his gears to get going, Master Fu basically was held up captive and there was probably only one other person who knew Queen Bee was Chloe - Ladybug.

The kids who were already in the room were confused. Chloe looked guilty and tried to speak but failed. She glanced at Chameleona for help.

"You guys detransform.", Chameleona said, looking around at the masked kids in the room, and they looked at her with a weird expression, "We have a lot of catching up to do."

Everyone sat down in a circle, kwamis overhead joining in too. Chameleona only explained what was necessary, who Master Fu was, the mission, the Order and the trap of Hawkmoth. She explained simply that they were here to give back what had been lost. The teenagers around her looked guilty, ashamed and angry.

"Chat Noir already told me he plans to stay part of the fight.", she said, referring to going into the Order rather than the battle that was up ahead. "So are you guys staying or leaving?"

Their looks of determination showed more that enough response. They all wanted to fight for the city- minus Chloe who really was just a team wild card . Chameleona sighed, wishing they had and hadn't said that.

"In that case, I gotta warn you. The Order may accept you and may - or may not - wipe your memory this ever happened." The looks of nervousness came through. "This life is a risk, are you all sure about this?"

"Hell yeah"

"Of course my dude."

"I'm the Queen Bee, duh"

The partners in crime took a glance at each other and nodded in sync to the masked girl.

"Then you two are going to need these." Chameleona gave them their jewels back. They were in a box, much like they had been given once upon a time when all was much simpler. "Unless you join the Order, you are all borrowing your miraculouses."

They all nodded, but Lila could tell that besides the bug and the cat, the others would not join the Order. This adaption would be too much for them. 

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The slim dark figure in the white halls of the Agreste Estate could have been a red flag for any intruder that night. The bodyguard was off for the evening, leaving the Agreste's without protection, the only other two in the mansion. At least the ones that were conscious. The figure went down an elevator, activated by the captivating painting of a woman.

Natalie Sancouer was a figure that came to the light of Emilie's coffin. In truth, she had never known the wife of her partner. The Order had its secrets to keep.

"Mayura," called the Void.

Natalie bowed to the woman in the coffin. The lights in the room flickered.

"Master," Mayura said, after transforming in a hush whisper.

The Void was one of the space, one which existed long before everything and would exist long after. But the Void was always the same, albeit the grand expansion of the universe. The Void only felt hunger, the need to consume.

Emilie's eyes opened, filled with the Void. Unlike Mayura expected, they weren't dark. Not at all, galaxies and stars beamed through the eyes of the mother. For the Void was everything and had everything. It was empty and also full.

One could assume Mayura was a apprentice of the Void- but it was not like this. She wanted as much of the Void as it wanted from her.

"Are those teens causing trouble?", the spacial being asked.

"Barely.", Mayura replied. Her lie was seen right through the Void. Humans all had bad habits that could be read, its helper was not an exception.

"...There is another?"

"There are plenty."

The Void went into silence. It thought for some time before speaking again.

"Can this other help?"

"Not willingly but deceivingly..." Mayura had no need to finish the sentence. To expose the obvious with the Void would be a waste of time.

"Mayura, are you willing to sacrifice this lady?"

"She is already dead.", Mayura replied without hesitation.

"You have made a deal with another. How can you accomplish two conflicting goals?"

"I prefer to demonstrate.", Mayura said, not breaking eye contact.

"A bold one you are." Emilie's possessed form almost smiled at the Miraculous Holder. The Void had no nose or lips or eyes in its true form. It did not know how faces worked in practice, so the smile was like one of a creepy doll. It made her shiver, the thought she was working for something bigger than humanity. But if she got what she wanted, would it really matter?

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