While the animals escaped, Ladybug and Chat Noir had made it back to where they last saw Animan. But instead of being tied up like they were expecting, they found Ladybug's yo-yo laying on the ground with no Animan in sight.
"But... it's unbreakable!" Ladybug exclaimed when she saw that Animan had escaped.
"He didn't actually break it." Chat Noir observed as he squatted down and picked up the yo-yo to inspect it. "Yeah, it's still intact." The feline hero confirmed before he gave the yo-yo back to Ladybug.
"Then how did he get away?" Ladybug wondered out loud as she grabbed her yo-yo from Chat Noir, allowing him to stand up from his crotch.
"I don't know, but we better find that boy before he does." Chat Noir reminded, taking great care to not say Kim's name in order to protect his identity. With the goal in mind, Ladybug threw her yo-yo while Chat Noir extended his staff, both using their weapons to propel them into the air and leave the zoo in search of Animan or Kim.
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Inside the panther enclosure, Alya and Nino could see all the events happening outside. Needless to say, the lack of ability Alya had to either help the heroes or film the battle was getting to her.
"It looks like we might be stuck in here for a while." Nino remarked while Alya tried to break the door down, sitting down on a log as he watched her.
"How can you be so calm?! We. Are trapped. In a PANTHER CAGE!!" Alya exclaimed, her eyes wide with panic as she turned from the door to face Nino.
"It could be a lot worse, Alya." Nino reminded, trying to calm her down.
"How can it be worse?!" Alya questioned, not seeing the bright side Nino was referring to.
"The panther could be in here with us." Nino replied, pulling Alya out of her panicked state for a moment.
"Okay, you got me there." Alya reluctantly admitted, taking a breath right before her frantic train of thought took over again. "Regardless, I need to get out of here!!!" the reporter exclaimed, turning back around to try and open the door again.
"I wasn't aware that you were claustrophobic." Nino spoke up, trying to rationalize why Alya was acting the way she was.
"I'm not." Alya replied, still focusing on getting out of the cage they were in.
"Then why are you acting like you are about to spiral into a panic attack?" Nino asked, hoping she would give him a straightforward answer this time.
"BECAUSE I AM NINO!!! I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?! SITTING AROUND AND DOING NOTHING!!!" Alya shouted, finally abandoning her failing attempts to open the door to fully face Nino once again.
"Hey, calm down. Ladybug and Chat Noir will take care of things. They always do. You know that." Nino tried to reason with Alya, standing up from the log he was sitting on as he spoke.
"THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT!!! NOT ONLY AM I MISSING ALL THE ACTION AND CAN'T FILM IT FOR MY BLOG, BUT IT'S MY DAD THAT'S AKUMATIZED!!" Alya went on, taking a few steps forward to glower at Nino, despite her being a few inches shorter than him.
"Wait, what?! How are you so sure?" Nino questioned, backing up a bit to avoid Alya's wrath.
"THE AKUMA IS A PANTHER!! MY DAD IS IT'S PRIMARY CARETAKER!!"Alya shouted right at Nino's face, her eyes glowing with rage. "Kim must have annoyed it in front of my dad and got him angry enough to get akumatized." the reporter muttered to herself, looking to the ground as she made her observation. But once she did, she walked away from Nino and sat down on the log he had been sitting on.
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Miraculous Hunters Rewritten: Book 1
FanfictionJim and Marinette are half siblings, and are seemingly normal teenagers. They go to school like everyone their age, have friends and do normal teenager things... but that's not the whole story. They have the responsibility of keeping the world safe...
