Chapter 4

A/N: Thanks to Mademoiselle-Star2018 of FanFiction.net for the reminder that Hawk Moth can only send one akuma without help from Catalyst. I'm pushing things, but am already doing that with a crossover. Thank you for reading!

"What's she-? Everyone, shield your eyes!" Sam shouted.

All four heroes and Spy covered their eyes with their forearms, turning away reflexively. Ladybug and Cat Noir spun their weapons to form shields again and bounded a retreat away from Diva, while Alex and Sam took to the air via jetpacks. Diva shot out fabric from her purse once again, and one caught Sam's ankle.

Her spy outfit was changed to purple, she landed on the ground, and struck a glamorous pose, beaming radiantly.

"I'm sooo wonderful!" she crowed.

"Sammy!" Alex wailed from a distance.

"You actually did something useful," Spy said to Diva lowly.

"What? How dare you?" Diva shot back.

Spy ignored her and pulled out a crimson mini-drone from her backpack, then pressed a button on its side. It hovered upwards and launched a pair of small missiles at Ladybug and Cat Noir. They split up and ran to avoid them, but the missiles kept following them and drew closer.

At the last moment, they exploded a safe distance from the heroes. Both looked to see Alex with her Laser Lipstick. They nodded to her, then Ladybug looked to Spy intently.

"Just call me Laser Girl," Alex quipped, then her expression hardened. "You said an object? Well, Clover was holding her X-Powder when she got changed. It should be in her backpack."

"Thanks," Ladybug replied. "Cat Noir. Get into Sinister Spy's backpack. I'm going after Diva Disaster. I'm guessing the akuma's in her purse."

"Got it!" Cat Noir said.

Ladybug closed in on Diva, looking for an opening to get the purse.

"Trying to split us up and get my purse?" Diva growled, lashing out with purse strikes. "Not happening. "I'll defeat Clover! Then everyone will know I'm the best! Out of my way!"

Diva's hair whipped wildly, and Ladybug ducked. The hair sliced through a nearby small tree, slicing it in half. She could barely react in time to Diva's assault of kicks and purse swings. 

Ladybug backflipped, ran away, then leaped over an iron fence. She exhaled and shot her yo-yo upwards where it spun in place a moment.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug cried.

A mass of ladybug-shaped energy swirled up to cover the yo-yo. When the energy cleared, a tablet in a red cover with black spots was in its place. It fell, Ladybug caught it, and she saw Diva moving towards Sinister Spy, Alex, and Cat Noir.

Ladybug's focus made everything black and white except those things that would help to make the Lucky Charm work. She looked around quickly to spot Nadya Chamack, her cameraman, and Alya, who were all filming from a safe distance. They flashed red with black spots, then Diva did as well.

She wants everyone to know she's the best.

Her eyes lit up in realization and she flung open the tablet cover, relieved that it wasn't locked by a password. Diva was distracted momentarily between pursuing Ladybug or Spy, who was fighting in the distance. Ladybug's fingers danced to navigate to the web where Nadja's broadcast was airing, and turned up the volume.

"We're here, live. Ladybug, Cat Noir, and a mystery girl are battling two akumatized villains," Nadja said both in-person and simultaneously on the tablet's screen.

"Huh?" Diva replied.

She spun around from Spy to the sound of the tablet. Ladybug smiled to Nadya and Alya, leaped towards Diva, then held out the tablet to her encouragingly.

"Look, you're famous!" Ladybug said, as Diva accepted the tablet in a hand.

The akumatized girl hesitated, looked from the tablet to the small group filming her, then smiled widely.

What are you doing?! Hawk Moth cried in frustration.

"Aw, can it, Mothy!" Diva replied "See that, Clover? I'm famous, and-"

Then she looked for her purse and noticed Ladybug now held it. Diva's mouth dropped open and the heroine tore it in half.

"Noo!" Diva cried, hands to her face in despair.

The akuma floated skyward out of the remains of the purse, trying to escape. But Ladybug split open her yo-yo to reveal a white disk within and spun it wildly in a giant circle before her.

"Time to de-evilize!" she shouted. She swung her yo-yo and snagged the dark creature, trapping it inside.

"Gotcha." Ladybug held the disk in a hand and tapped it with a finger, releasing a white butterfly.

"Bye bye, little butterfly." She grabbed the tablet from the stunned Diva.

"What happened?" Diva asked.

"I'll explain later. Hang tight!" Ladybug replied, then dashed away.

Sinister Spy's still akumatized. I need to catch that akuma before I change back, Ladybug thought.

The spots on her earrings faded away over time, and after use of the Lucky Charm, the time was almost up.

While Ladybug was busy with Diva, Cat Noir dashed to Spy, leaping and blocking her punches and kicks. Finally, he landed a claw strike to her backpack, but it deflected off the surface with a clang. 

She struck him with a kick to the midsection that sent him flying. He landed on his feet, just barely, and fought for breath.

"Nice try, but this backpack isn't cheap," Spy said.

She noticed Alex trying to sneak up on her and pushed a button on her small metallic watch. The drone's minigun fired laser blasts at Alex, then Cat Noir, but both dodged it in time.

"Indestructible, huh?" Cat Noir replied.

His ring emblem flashed, a ball of black energy appeared above his raised hand, and he grasped it, powering up his right hand with destructive energy.

"Cataclysm!"

Alex focused laser blasts on the drone, drawing its fire from Cat Noir. She flew higher and aimed a shot that sliced it in half, and both pieces fell into a fiery heap.

Cat Noir ran in to hit Spy's pack with his energy-charged hand, but she used her jetpack to fly out of his reach. Alex hovered near him, ready to grab him under his arms.

"Need a lift?" she asked.

"Sure, thanks!" he said. "But stay clear of my hand! It disintegrates anything it touches!"

He waved his energy-coated right hand, then held it away from her. Alex exhaled, grabbed him, and took off. Spy quickly aimed her hair dryer gadget at them. The heroes gasped; Cat Noir's Cataclysm could easily brush against either of them in the turbulence.

Ladybug tossed her yo-yo out at Spy, and the string wrapped around her wrists, bringing them together. Ladybug yanked the string down, and the air blast was fired to the ground, well clear of Cat Noir and Alex. The airborne heroes finally got behind Spy, and Cat Noir put his hand on the backpack, causing it to disintegrate.

No! Hawk Moth yelled bitterly.

Alex touched down and released her grip on Cat Noir, sighing in relief. Spy growled as the X-Powder from inside her backpack fell to the ground. She landed on the ground in a crouch, poised to claim it before the others, but Ladybug stepped on the device with all her weight, breaking it. The Lucky Charm tablet lay on the ground nearby, placed there earlier by Ladybug.

Sinister Spy let out a sound of annoyance and the akuma flew up from the destroyed gadget. Ladybug repeated the purification that she'd used with Diva, then picked up the tablet and threw it spinning high into the air.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" she cried.

The object changed to a swarm of white and red energy ladybugs that flew back to the Expo Hall, repairing all damage. The 'Mandy-ized' event security men and Sam were covered by the energy, and after it flew away, were revealed to be back to normal. 

Magical energy put the tree back to its former state and cleared the drone wreckage. Mandy's purse and Clover's X-Powder were repaired. And finally, the dark energy left both Mandy and Clover, returning them to normal.

"Pound it!" Ladybug and Cat Noir said in unison and gently fist bumped.

"Agh! Inconceivable!"

In the darkened room, Scarlet Moth frowned, leaning heavily on his cane.

"Even with two akumas for equally, exceedingly negative emotions, they still won. Thanks, in part to those other heroes."

He shook his head morosely. Natalie looked down in disappointment.

"I'll be victorious. Next time."

The window allowing light into the room closed shut, plunging the room into darkness.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed. Next part will be up soon. Please vote and comment. Thanks!

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