𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖//𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕥-ᵒⁿ ᵗᵉᵐᵖ. ʰⁱᵃᵗᵘˢ

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Violet.

That's the word that was currently plaguing Dragonbug's mind as she raced through cloud after cloud of purple akumas. Violet was the color of the sky as the sun was obscured by corrupted butterflies. Violet was the color of the eyes of the fateful, who were unlucky enough to get possessed. Violet was the color of the victims' souls while being used as a puppet by a man who was too cowardly to even come out of his lair to fight.

Finding Alya and Nino were a piece of cake. Literally. Marinette caught that they were going on a date up on the Eiffel Tower and caught them stuffing cake in each other's mouths. Knowing them, they had no fear of the akumas and went about their day as normal. When she gave the magic jewels to them, Alya was psyched immediately and Nino was shocked that he held two miraculous. Amid his incoherent blubbering, Alya smacked him and told him to get to work.

Now, Dragonbug was leaping across rooftops with Sunphox and Galloportle following determinedly. Dragonbug noticed three figures perched on the Eiffel Tower's antenna. The akumas were only swarming there, no more could be seen across the city of Paris. The swarm did little to bother the heroes, they had gotten over their fears of the nasty bugs. Flipping up to join them, the three other heroes nodded at their companions.

"Guys, this is Galloportle." Dragonbug pointed to the now modified Carapace who waved. Galloportle had a horseshoe strapped to his side, his entire spandex now lined with brown. His horse miraculous glinted on his eyes as three dots were visible on them. "This is Sunphox." Rena Rouge now had a cape of copper feathers and a rooster's comb on her head. Her tail peeked out of her cape. Sunphox smiled, nodding.

Snake Noir grinned. "Welcome back, guys. Here is Wasptail." Dragonbug's eyes widened. She would have to ask Chat how he persuaded her later. Wasptail smiled, a genuine smile, and Dragonbug's eyes widened to the extent that they would have popped out. A genuine smile? That cat must have some crazy snake power or something to get her to pull out the real part of her. "And this is Bunnyx." The familiar white-and-blue-spandexed hero grinned and offered a finger-gun.

Dragonbug nodded quickly and turned to the city. "The first order of business is to catch all the akumas. This may not look too easy, but without the akumas to worry about reakumitazation can't happen."

Wasptail shook her head. "But what if Dark Cupid is out? Remember Scarlet Moth?"

Dragonbug furrowed her eyebrows (hilariously hid behind her mask) and tapped her chin thoughtfully. "You're right, Wasptail. You, Me, and Bunnyx will search for him and catch the akuma, while the others stay here."

Snake Noir frowned. "Hawkmoth could make more akumas though."

Sunphox placed a hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "Hey, listen, If Hawkmoth didn't use an akuma to turn him into Scarlet Moth again, he would need time to recharge. Like, a lot of time. I'd say a day or two. We don't have to deal with too many threats for the time being."

Wasptail nodded. "The fox is right. There's no need to panic!" A shrill, desperate attempt at positivity and optimism bubbled out of her lips.

Galloportle grinned. "Thanks for the motivation."

"Shut up turtle."

"Yes, your majesty."

Dragonbug sent a look at Snake Noir, one of wonder and happiness. Snake wordlessly smiled back, acknowledging how well the team was getting along. The playful banter had somewhat subsided to quiet giggles and mumbles.