Chapter 11
Once the boys made it over the mountain they hid behind a large rock by the castle.
"Okay getting in there will not be easy." Cat Noir said. "And it will be very dangerous with a chance we could be killed but we need to do it for Marinette."
Neither of them were aware that three guards had spotted them.
"Yeah but how are we going to get in?" Etain asked.
"Fel..,Fel...Fellas." Carapace stuttered seeing them.
"I don't know. But I'll think of something."
"Fel..Fellas." He went inside his shell. "We have company."
Etain and Cat Noir turned around and the three of them were jumped by the knights. They were soon in a brawl which ended in a victory for the boys and the knights getting knocked out. Then they stole their armor and dressed into it.
"There we go." Cat Noir said putting the helmet on his head. "A perfect fit."
"I feel heavier than usual." Etain said.
"I think this is too small for me." Carapace said.
"Suck in your gut then. We've got a rescue to pull off." Etain and Carapace put their helmets on. Cat Noir picked up Plagg and hid him inside his shirt. "Alright gentlemen. Forward, march."
They followed another group of knights entering the castle. The group marched through the castle halls until Dark Blade stopped.
"That will do men." He said. "Take five."
The knights dispersed and went in different directions but three knights strayed to the side.
"Now what?" Carapace asked.
"I'm not sure." Cat Noir said.
He pulled Plagg from his shirt and sat him on the ground. He quickly ran up a stair way with the boys following, he led them to a room.
"Marinette, are you in there?" Cat Noir called.
"Kitty?" Marinette lifting her head up when she heard the familiar voice.
"It's us." Carapace said.
"Yes. Yes! It's me!" She cried running to the door. "She locked me in!"
"We gotta get her out." Carapace said.
"Oh hurry! Please hurry!" She pleaded. "The hourglass is almost empty!"
"Stand back!" Etain called.
He picked up his axe and began to chop the door until it opened. Marinette ran out and hugged Etain,Carapace, and Cat Noir.
"Oh Etain, Carapace, kitty I knew you would come for me." She cried.
"I brought someone who misses you." Cat Noir handed Plagg to her. She happily hugged and kissed her beloved kitten. "Let's get out of here!"
The four of them hurried downstairs but the door closed and a cackle was heard.
"Going so soon?" Wasp asked. "I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party is just beginning."
"We're trapped!" Carapace said going inside his shell. "Trapped like mice! Rats!"
Dark Blade and the knights rushed in with their swords pointed at them until they were backed against the wall.
"Now don't hurt them right away." She said. "We'll let them think about it."
Cat Noir noticed a robe holding a chandelier up was right next to him, he grabbed Etain's axe and chopped the rope causing the chandelier to fall on the knights. Once they were distracted he grabbed Marinette's hand and pulled her along with him while he and the boys began running.
"Seize them! Seize them!" Queen Wasp demanded, leading the knights after them. "Fools! Stop them! Seize them! Seize them!"
Unknown to them, Cat Noir had cleverly hidden himself and his friends behind a wall. Once they had passed they came out of their hiding spot and ran upstairs.
"There they go! Stop them!" Wasp cried. "No wait! Half of you go right and half of you go left! Hurry! Hurry!"
The four friends continued running but then they were halted by a group of knights they tried to go back but another group was right behind them. Soon they were cornered.
"Well! Ring around the rosy a pocketful of spears!" Wasp laughed. "Well the last go will see the first three go before her and her mangy little cat too!"
Etain tried to hold his axe up defensively without shaking, Carapace stood behind him cowering. Cat Noir held Marinette protectively while she tried to protect Plagg.
"Now who do I start with?" She asked herself. "The cowardly turtle or the man made of metal? Or maybe I should just make you three my slaves and then tear the skin off this pretty little girl's bones."
Her nails which were sharp like knives reached for Marinette's soft face.
"Don't touch her you hag!" Cat Noir growled, shielding Marinette from the witch's clutches.
"I've had just about enough of you straw boy! You'll die first!" She raised her broom to a nearby lit torch causing it to catch on fire. "How about a little fire scarecrow?"
She moved her broom over and lit his arm on fire.
"Help! I'm burning! I'm burning!" He shouted, scared out of his mind. "I'm burning!"
Marinette saw a bucket of water on the window sil. She grabbed it and poured the water on the flame but accidentally splashed some on Wasp's face.
"AHHH! You cursed brat! Look what you've done!" She screeched. They watched in shock as her body began to lose it's form and turn to liquid. "I'm melting! Melting! No! My gorgeous face! My perfect body! It's going! Oh what a world! Who would've thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness! AHHHHHH!"
Soon she was no more, all that remained was her broom and clothes. The knights and akumas looked at the liquid that was once their wicked mistress.
"She's dead." Dark Blade said. "You killed her."
"I didn't mean to." Marinette said. "It was an accident."
"We hated her!" Dark Cupid.
"We're free!" Gamer said.
Suddenly purplish goo began to cloud the knights and akumas turning them into regular looking people.
"Who are you?" Cat Noir said.
"My name is Kim." Said the man who was once Dark Cupid. And this is Max well he was called Gamer but his real name is Max. The witch cursed us to be her slaves but now that she's dead we're free."
"Thank you! Oh kind and merciful Marinette." Max said.
"Hail to Marinette!" Cheered the man who was once the Mime. "Wasp is dead!"
"Hail to Marinette!" The others cheered along with him.
"Excuse me but may we have her broom?" Marinette asked.
"Yes, take it as a gift." Kim said handing it to her.
"Oh thank you so much." She said. "Now we can go back and the wizard can grant our wishes."
"I DO NOT BELIEVE MY EYES! The fireball shouted. "WHY HAVE YOU RETURNED?"
Marinette laid the broomstick down.
"We brought you Wasp's broom." She said. "We melted her."
"DID YOU NOW?"
"Yes and we would like you to keep your promise."
"NOT SO FAST! I STILL NEED TIME, COME BACK TOMORROW."
"Tomorrow?! But I wanna go home now!"
"You've had plenty of time to think it over!" Cat Noir said angrily.
"Yeah do you have any idea what we went through to get this?" Carapace demanded.
"SILENCE! BE GRATEFUL THAT I'M SEEING YOU TOMORROW INSTEAD OF TWENTY YEARS!"
Plagg saw a curtain and pulled it back to reveal a man in a suit working a machine. He quickly pulled it back but they had already seen him.
"Who are you?" Marinette asked.
"Me? I'm...I'm no one! I'm just an illusion."
"I may not have a brain but even I'm not that stupid." Cat Noir said.
"Alright, alright, you caught me." He said.
He was a man. A regular man who happened to look a lot like Professor Luck.
"Who are you?" Marinette asked.
"My name is Felix and I am the wizard so to speak."
"Say what?" Carapace said.
"You humbug!" Etain said.
"How dare you deceive us and everyone else in Miracula too." Marinette said.
"I know, I know, it's wrong." He said.
"You're a bad man."
"Oh no Miss Marinette I'm a good man I'm just a bad wizard. I'm very sorry I tricked you really I am but I have good reason why I use my smoke and mirrors."
"What reason?" Cat Noir asked.
"It's a long story and believe me you don't wanna hear it."
"Well what about the promises you made?" Etain asked.
"Don't worry I maybe a trickster but I'm also a man of my word. But the problem is I can't give you what you already have."
"Huh?"
"Carapace you risked life and limb to help your friends and that is courage if I ever saw it. Courage is not being un afraid it's doing the right thing even if it scares you which is why I award you this Medal of honor."
He gave Carapace a medal.
"Gee thanks." He said.
"What about me?" Etain asked.
"Etain Bleu you've always been able to love and show compassion even when you lost your physical heart." Felix said.
"But what about...her."
"The woman you love? Etain I know for a matter of fact that she still loves you. Actually she's been looking for you ever since you left."
"She has? Really?"
"Yes she never cared that you were made out of tin or had no heart. She just wanted you. Antibug turned her into one of her akumas, Refleckta was her name but now she's free and she's waiting for you."
"Oh this is too good to be true."
"And I know you don't need one but here. He gave him a clock heart. As for you Cat Noir, you have a brain. If you didn't you wouldn't be alive not to mention you have a very smart brain."
"But I don't wanna go back to the cornfield." Cat Noir said.
"You don't have to and I'm sure I can find you a new job one without birds."
"What about Marinette?" Cat Noir asked. "Can't you get her home?"
"Of course." He said.
"Really?" Marinette said.
"Yes I'm from France too and I've really missed the place so I shall start a balloon back and you shall accompany me."
"Oh thank you! Thank you so much!" Marinette said. "Hear that Plagg? We're finally going home."
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