Terrible Irony

A/N:  Spoilers for season three, episode two

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"Ah, what a unique opportunity for me!" grins the gray-suited ne'er-do-well, gripping his staff with one hand, the other atop it. "This time, I'm not just leaving it up to him to figure it out. I have a plan of my own! So long as he wants the power I give him, he'll do as I say! This just might work, finally! Fly, my precious akuma, and evilize that frustrated firefighter!"

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The new, double-size and super-strength villain FireFrighter walks through the streets of the city early in the morning, around eightish, spewing pedestrians and cars alike with a fire-quelling foam that hardens and immobilizes within seconds, the large and extremely heavy container for the foam now attached to his back. He has quite the supply of the fluffy white--and usually quite beneficial--substance.

Ladybug and Cat Noir discuss strategy behind a nearby car.

"You think his akuma is in the container, Milady?"

"Well it's the most likely place, though he's also wearing a hard hat. We can't rule that out yet either. Let's start with that, since I think I can break that but it will take your Cataclysm to break the container."

"You got a plan, Bugaboo?"

"Yeah. I'll yoyo his firing arm, and you knock off his hat from behind with your baton. Then I'll smash it!"

"You got it, LB!"

Cat Noir sneaks up behind FireFrighter as Ladybug lassos the akumatized man's "shooting" arm, pulling it to the side, preventing her from being "shot."

"You think you can stop me with a yoyo?" the villain says. "Don't make me laugh!" The mischief-maker tries to unwrap the yoyo string from his "shooting" hand with his free hand.

Cat Noir then knocks FireFrighter's hat off from behind, sending it rolling straight to Ladybug. She stops it with her foot, and quickly crushes it underneath--but no akuma is released. She yells to her partner, still tugging on the arm she has lassoed, "No dice, Cat! You know what to do!"

Ladybug continues to hold fast as the feisty former fireman tries to pry the string off his arm--giving Cat the chance to jump onto his back. But the troublemaker knows what the champion of justice is up to, and quickly whirls around, landing Cat on his chest instead of his back and yanking Ladybug around in a wide semi-circle. "You can't defeat me!" the miscreant roars, grabbing onto Cat Noir's back in mid-air as the defender tries to back-flip over his head from his chest.

Cat raises his staff over his head and swings it backward, smacking FireFrighter straight in the face--hard--making the enemy drop him back onto the ground. Cat continues hitting the akuma victim with his staff, looking for an opening to get to that "backpack," but he can't get close, even with one of the brute's arms out of the way. The evildoer is watching his back now, turning to and fro, dragging Ladybug around. She is getting a little bit tired. It's taking a hefty amount of strength to hold that dragging spray-arm back, given her opponent's brawn.

"Cat, we need to regroup!" the dotted young woman yells. Her partner answers her in the affirmative.

Thus Ladybug releases the arm she has captive for the moment, and the two do-gooders scramble off to hide behind a snowed-in-looking car.

"He's walking toward the Tower and he's almost there, " Ladybug says. "Maybe we can corner him there. Let's get there ahead of him! We'll go up a ways for a bird's-eye view; then maybe we can drop down on top of him. I'll grab onto his front and cover his eyes while you get onto his back and Cataclysm the container!"