United HeroeZ (New York Special): Part 4

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"Will she be alright on her own?" Zoé asks worriedly and I sigh, "Probably not," I chase after her to make sure she doesn't cause any more trouble when Hawkmoth's voice catches my attention and I turn to the nearest tv and spot him. "Ladybug, (s/n), Chat Noir, I'm in New York too. If you don't want the party to be ruined, you'll have to hand me your miraculous over to me," He threatens and I glare at the screen, grumbling, "Not a chance, you unwanted cockroach." "(y/n) (l/n)? New York needs (s/n)," I suddenly hear and turn around to see Uncanny Valley approaching me. "I can see that but unfortunately, I don't know where she is and I really need to find my classmate and get her inside before she gets in trouble," I try to leave but she grabs my wrist and reverts to her civilian look stating, "Your suit's quantum masking is meant to confuse human minds (s/n), I'm not human," I let out a chuckle. "I guess that's true. Come on let's find Marinette."

"I thought you weren't supposed to know each other's identities?" Aeon cocks her head to the side in confusion. "We're not but due to some situations I had to learn Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities but they don't know each other's or know I know both their identities so please keep it a secret," She nods, and we transform and find Marinette, Uncanny soon telling Marinette the situation. "Miraculinizer is really an akumatized Techno Pirate which means Hawkmoth is in New York too. We cannot defeat them without Ladybug, Chat Noir, and (s/n)'s powers." "I dunno if I can. I can't imagine being Ladybug without him. If I could I'd apologize to him right now, let him know that you being cataclysmed wasn't entirely his fault and that I don't want him to leave."

"This I can fix," Uncanny says, taking the black cat ring and flying off. "Come on, I'm sure Sparrow will need our help," She transforms and we look for Sparrow to find him about to get hit with five different rockets. LB swings into action and pulls Sparrow out of the way into a nearby ally. "We've got to break the object where the akuma is, and I'm betting it's in his handcuffs. He already had them on at the museum." "Something else is changed he's wearing the necklace Lafayette gave Washington and looks like an eagle." "A miraculous?" LB asks and I pull up the digital grimoire soon finding it. "Yeah, apparently Liiri's power is to break the bonds of whatever is holding someone back from their true potential," I read when we hear Chat Noir lightly joke, "That would explain his power upgrade. Good insight and detective skills ladies," We both turn around and rush toward him, pulling him into a group hug as I tell him, "Don't ever do that again!" "I'm so sorry Chat I shouldn't have gotten so angry like that." "I'm sorry too, I just didn't want to disappoint either of you, that I didn't dare say the truth."

We fist bump before Hawkmoth's voice rings out yet again. "Ladybug, Chat Noir, (s/n). If the rocket were to take off because of you a world war would be declared, unless you give me your miraculous of course. You have five minutes," Uncanny Valley shows us a projection of Miraculinizer sitting atop the Statue of Liberty's torch with the launch pad as he started counting down. "Ok, first thing we need to do is seize Miraculinizer's miraculous that way we can break the spell, and free the adult heroes. In turn, they'll help us de-akumatize him."

"But we can't get anywhere near him," Sparrow points out and Chat shrugs. "Nothing's impossible with a little luck," One lucky charm summoning later and we're given a Statue of Liberty keychain. "We're supposed to beat the most powerful superheroes with a key chain?" Uncanny asks skeptically and LB nods. "Just as soon as I figure out how to use it," Uncanny bring back the projection, we were already down a minute. "Uncanny, can you show me how the Statue of Liberty is built?" Another projection is shown and she points toward Lady Liberty's arm. "Look, there's a ladder in her arm that leads to the torch platform." "Nice but how are we supposed to get there with an army of superheroes gone rogue?" I ask when Sparrow answers. "Doorman. Thanks to his tele-door-tation power Doorman can get us inside the statue unnoticed." "But Doorman only uses his power to satisfy his own curiosity," Uncanny points out when Chat chimes in. "Besides how are we gonna find him? He could be anywhere in the world."

"By using his curiosity to our advantage. Sparrow find a cardboard box and make a wrapped gift box with the keychain inside and a note that will get him to want to open the safe in the Statue of Liberty. Uncanny unlock this door, Chat, (s/n), push some dumpsters near the door, and then hide behind them," Understanding the plan Sparrow reverts to his civilian form to reveal Jess, not that surprising and Uncanny does the same. The two take a selfie with the gift and send it to Doorman, soon hiding.

"We'll meet you at Liberty Island. Good luck," I tell them and they take off, Doorman soon appears and falls for the bait, creating a portal to the Eiffel Tower which we follow into. Even if it would be for a moment, man it felt good to be home. "Here it is, the key to open up the safe hidden in the statue!" Doorman squeals as he makes a new portal leading inside the statue. Following him, we tie him up with Chat's belt and take back the lucky charm while Doorman begged us to let him see what was inside. Quickly we rush to the top of the tower knowing full well we were running out of time.

"ICE STORM!" I summon my power, burst open the door, and freeze Miraculinizer in his place long enough for Ladybug to rip the necklace off him before I shot him off the roof. LB throws the miraculous toward Sparrow who grabs it, transforms, and cools everyone down. With that done, LB, Chat, and I make our way to Miraculinizer who tells us. "This be your last chance to give me your miraculous." "Never!" The three of us shout in unison and he launches the missile thankfully though Majestia steps in and grabbed the rocket, and threw it into the sun while we fought Miraculinizer. I kept trying to freeze him in place but he broke through my ice with his techno tentacles. Knightowl appears from the shadows and ties Miraculinizer long enough for Chat Noir to cataclysm his handcuffs and Ladybug starts the de-evilization and miraculous ladybug process.

Cops arrive on the scene while Techno Pirate questions what had happened. Eagle approaches Ladybug and starts to take her miraculous off before LB stops her. "Keep it. I know you'll use it well." "Besides, that's not one of our miraculous," I chime in and Eagle looks at Knightowl. "I disobeyed again which means I'll never get my weapons back right?" "With the powers of the miraculous, you won't need them anymore and I was wrong my little Sparrow was ready to become a fearsome Eagle," Eagle rushes up and hugs Knightowl, thanking her mom before correcting her wording to sir. 

"It doesn't matter anymore. With this new suit, everyone now knows that Sparrow is a female, not a male, and the legendary original Knightowl and Sparrow are long gone," Knightowl takes her mask off and continues her speech. "Maybe the time has come to embrace who we really are." "And even though it still worries us, the only way for you to really grow is for us to let you take chances. Thank you for inspiring them and please forgive us for misjudging you," We nod at them before we all pound it before talking with Uncanny in private. "What about our secret identities?" "Don't worry, once we say goodbye I will erase this information from my memory." "Thank you for bringing us back together," LB thanks Uncanny with a hug and we say goodbye to Chat as he flies off back home. "See you back in Paris ladies."

"The mayor's office has quickly set to work to repair the damage Robustus caused in Paris. We did miss our local heroes, Ladybug, Chat Noir, and (s/n) but for good reason. At the same moment, they were busy saving New York from Hawkmoth's clutches," Nadja reports when Zoé sits next to me and snatches my phone away. "Hey now, enough about the drama, we're at a party and you should be on that dance floor with me," She says poking me. "I know, I just wanted to make sure everything was ok back at home." "It'll be fine, it's not like Paris is going anywhere. You however are leaving tomorrow therefore we need to party as much as we can," Zoé exclaims, matter-of-factly, pulling me up and dragging me to my class. "But first a surprise for Adrien who had to leave early," I laugh as I join my class holding a giant banner saying hi to Adrien as the camera pans toward us so he would see it. After that, we all partied all night and had a blast. The next day I got a very tight hug from Zoé, Aeon, and Jess who told me they were gonna miss me, and I tell them to keep in touch via social media before we say goodbye and head back home to Paris.

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