Miraculous: Rise of Anatis 51
Well, that was a fun chapter to write. We'll definitely be seeing more of Bunnyx in the future and I don't just mean in Lady Blanche. She'll be coming back after that too. I'll also be doing a specials chapter about Hao Feng's life but the next chapter is Verity Queen. That's gonna be quite the challenge giving that there's no real episode to follow with it but I love me a challenge. I'll also be uploading drawings of Future Anatis and Lady Noir when I've drawn them. Anyway I hope guys enjoy this chapter :D
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Chapter Fifty-One: Time-tagger
~Ancient Egypt, 5000 Years Ago~
Bunnyx screamed as she fell from the sky, landing on the ground with a thumb. She groaned to herself as she mentally cursed Time-tagger but before she could get up, several spears were pointed at her, making her groan as she looked up at the soldiers. They dragged her up and bounded her hands together, making her frown. She wanted to fight back but she also knew that she might not be able to get back to her time, given that Time-tagger caused Lady Noir to accidentally damage her miraculous and then hit her with a time tag. She wasn't sure if her power would work the same with a damaged miraculous and she certainly didn't want to end up like Mayura. She frowned to herself as the guards pulled her over to a group of camels. They tied her to one of the saddles and climbed onto the camel before riding off with her walking by the side. She frowned as they entered a city before they came to a stop in front of the palace. The guard jumped down and untied her from the saddle before pushing her forward. She frowned and walked inside the palace until they came to the throne room. Sat on the throne was a young man who she guessed was the Pharaoh. He was wearing a half-pleated kilt around his lower body with a pleated section drawn to the front. It was white in color and had gold and blue details on it. He had brown sandals on his feet that were gold plated and had gold cuffs around his wrists. He wore a nemes headdress up on his head with a golden serpent crown and the hide of a leopard around his shoulders. His eyes were an amber brown and framed with blue and gold eyeliner. In front of him was a young woman dressed in a kalasiris dress. It was cream colored and she had a matching shawl over her shoulders. Her hair was long and black and she had no shoes on.
"Please, my king, you can't do this!" She gasped, making Bunnyx frown. It was one of the advantages of been the holder of the rabbit miraculous. She was able to understand and talk most languages. It made sense she was suppose to be the guardian of time, meaning she would have to understand what people were saying, especially if she was there to fix a problem or set someone on the right course. "Sacrificing my sister won't bring back Princess Nefertiti! I know you're grieving but-"
"Enough!" He shouted, holding up his hand as he glared at her. Bunnyx frowned again as she realized that this was King Tutankhamen I, the pharaoh who was defeated by the first Ladybug. "You dare question your king, Renenet,"
"I can't let you murder my sister!" She gasped, causing him to stand and point at her.
"Guards!" He shouted, causing a number of them to rush to his aid. "Remove this woman from my sights! Take her to the stake!"
"As you wish, my king," One of them replied, grabbing her arm and pulling her away from the king. She struggled against the guard but another one helped him, causing Bunnyx to frown before the guard who had captured her stepped forward and bowed to the Pharaoh.
"My king, we found this witch in the desert," He explained, making the Pharaoh frown. "What should we do with her?"
"Remove her from my sight!" He ordered, narrowing his eyes at her. "And kill her. I will not have some woman be above me!"
"Yes, my lord!" He bowed before grabbing Bunnyx's arm and dragged her out, making her frown. She had to find a way to get out of here. She could not die in the past. She frowned as she noticed they were leading her in the same direction as the other woman, Renenet, which was a number of stakes in the middle of the street. Bunnyx gulped as they came to a stop. Renenet looked sad and disappointed, causing Bunnyx to lean over to her.
"Are you ok?" She asked, causing her to look at her.
"N-No," She answered, making Bunnyx. "I'm about to be executed and my little sister is going to be sacrificed to Seth in order to bring back the Princess Nefertiti. I can only hope that my prayer is answered,"
"Prayer?"
"Yes, before I came here, I prayed to Sekhmet to lend me her strength to I may save my sister from the Pharaoh's madness," She explained, making Bunnyx nod. "I also prayed to Thoth to give me time to save her,"
"I see," Bunnyx replied as the guards began to pull them over to the stakes. They had put a number of wood around them, meaning them would be burnt to death but before they could do anything, a person jumped down from one of the buildings and landed in front of them. Bunnyx rose an eyebrow as she took him in. Like her, he completely stood out. He was wearing a short teal green hanfu with loose pants that were a dark teal green. He had dark green martial arts shoes on with bandages on his forearms and lower legs. He had a dark teal green belt around his waist and fingerless gloves on his hand in the same color. His hair was mostly short with a long but low queue of hair and his eyes were silver. His hair was dark teal green that faded into light teal green and he had a mask that covered his mouth, nose and neck. What really stood out was that his eyes were completely silver. The guards instantly tried to attack him but he took them down as if he knew the moves they were going to make. Bunnyx gasped as she realized that he did know what they were going to do. She glanced to his arm and noticed the bracelet around his wrist. He was using the snake miraculous. Once he had dealt with the guards, he approached the two women and gestured for them to follow him. Renenet looked at Bunnyx who shrugged before the two of them followed him to a number of camels. They took three and rode out of the city, heading deep into the desert. "Who are you?"
"You may call me Dúshé," He replied as they rode off. Bunnyx nodded as they headed deeper into the desert.
"Right, I'm Bunnyx and this Renenet," She replied, making Renenet look at the two of them with confusion.
"You two have such unusual names," She replied as Dúshé caused his camel to stop and jumped down from it before turning to the women.
"Come," He ordered before walking off. Bunnyx jumped down with Renenet, leaving their camels behind as they followed him. They headed deeper into the desert before he stopped. He began to look around before stopping and moved his hand in a circular movement, causing the air to shimmer. He then walked through it, causing both women to blink before carefully following. Bunnyx gasped as she entered the cave, glancing around as she did. There was no way they were in Egypt now. The cave had a water fall to the south with a bank full of lush, green grass. There was a little fire camp near it and a small hut near it but what shocked her was the kwamis that were flying around. There were more here then she had ever seen. Dúshé greeted them before holding up his arm. "Sass, Scales Rest,"
A green light surrounded his body, causing his costume to change. His hair turned black and his outfit turned to dark gray. He also lost the bandages and face mask. He caught Sass and walked over to the hut before disappearing inside. Bunnyx blinked as he did before he came back out. Sass was now sat on his shoulder eating an egg while he carried a tea pot to the camp area. He moved his hand and drew a sigil over the camp fire, causing it to burst to life before he walked over to the small river and filled the tea pot with water. He attached it to a stick over the fire and sat down as a number of kwamis flew over with herbs. He thanked them before he turned to the two women.
"Have a seat," He smiled, gesturing towards the other logs. The two of them walked over before sitting down as some more kwamis brought over cups. "Thank you. Tea?"
"Please," Bunnyx replied, causing him to make up one for her and one for Renenet. They both took it and thanked him before sipping it. "This is good,"
"It is also very good to heal wounds," He replied before turning to Renenet. "You're troubled,"
"How do you know that?"
"Your heart aches and calls to me," He replies, closing his eyes. "It sings a song of sorrow and wanting to save someone... your sister?"
"I... yes... the pharaoh intends to sacrifice her to bring back his princess," Renenet explains, making the strange man frown. "I tried to tell him to stop but he ordered my death,"
"I see," He replied, getting up and bowing towards the two women. "Excuse me for a moment,"
He walked away from them and over to the kwamis before he began to talk to them in a language neither of them understood. He frowned as they replied before nodding and walking back over.
"The spell he intents to use... does it require a gift of a hundred mummies?" He asked, making Renenet frown and nod. "That is not good then,"
"What is it?" Bunnyx asked, making him sigh.
"The spell is a dangerous one that will open a gateway to the underworld," He mutters, frowning. "It will throw the balance of the world off... plus he'll be sacrificing one hundred and one innocent souls..."
"Can you help us?" Renenet asked, causing him to nod.
"Actually, that's why I brought you here," He replied as a kwami Bunnyx recognized as Tikki flew over. He held out his hand as she gave him the earrings before disappearing into them before he held them out to Renenet. "Renenet of Egypt, this is the ladybug miraculous which will grant you the power of creation. You will use it to defeat the pharaoh and stop his plan to resurrect his bride, restoring the balance. Once your mission is done, you will return the miraculous to me. Do you accept?"
"I accept," She nodded, taking them and putting them on. Tikki manifested and began to through how to use her powers, causing Dúshé to turn to Bunnyx. He gestured to the side and walked away from Renenet, causing Bunnyx to follow.
"Your miraculous is damaged, isn't it?" He asked, making her frown. "I can sense it,"
"How?" She asked before narrowing her eyes. "Just who are you?"
"My name is Hao Feng," He replied, bowing to her. "I am knowledgeable in how the miraculous work,"
"I see..." She replied, eyeing him with a little distrust. She frowned a little bit, thinking what Anatis would do. He would say something about trusting her guts. She bit her lip before taking out the watch and holding it out to him. She couldn't really explain it but she just knew he was someone she could trust.
"May I?" He asked, getting a nod of her before he picked it up and turned it over in his hands, examining it. "A cataclysm... I can repair it for you,"
"You can?" She gasped as he took it from her and looked at it.
"Yes but this damage will take time to reverse," He muttered, making her frown. "Even if I fix it, it will need to pass through time to regain it's magic,"
"How long?"
"Roughly five thousand years," He replied, making her blink.
"I'll be dead by then!" She gasped, making him chuckle. "What's so funny?"
"I can help with that too," He replied, making her blink. "I can put you into a timeless sleep for five thousand years. It will keep you alive and you won't age. Time will be completely still for you but it will pass as normal for everything else,"
"You can do that?" She asked, surprised as he nodded. "But how you fix my miraculous?"
"Hmm... I have a special potion that will repair it," He replied, making her blink. "I will also past it to your family to ensure that you get it back,"
"Wait, I need to help my friends though," She gasped, making him look at her. "There's an akuma called time tagger. He's going to go after Anatis and Lady Noir while they're teenagers. I'll need to get to them in Paris to help them,"
"I see," Feng replied, frowning before snapping his fingers. "I can work in a special chime that will only activate on the exact date that Time Tagger will attack. It will contain a message that will lead them to you in your sleep,"
"You can do that?" She asked, making him nod. "Alright then. Let's do that,"
"I'm glad that you trust me, Bunnyx," He smiled before frowning. "I'm not sure how to get you there though,"
"Wait... we can get to Egypt right?" Bunnyx asked, making him nod. "Perfect! We can place me in an Obelisk that will be moved to the Louvre museum in the future,"
"That's the plan then," Feng smiled as Bunnyx nodded, causing him to turn to Renenet, who walked over with Tikki. "Are you ready to fight the pharaoh?"
"Yes," She nodded, putting in the earrings. "Tikki! Spots on!"
Tikki got sucked into the earrings and a pink light engulfed her, transforming her into her hero persona. Her hair had been changed to black braids with red beads at the end of them. Her dress remained white but got shorter and she had a black collar around her collarbone that had gold and red detail on it. It also had a red gem in the middle of the golden hem. Her eyes were framed with black eyeliner that formed the eye of Horus and she had a belt around her waist that has red with black spots. Her arms had golden cuffs on and she had two golden bands on her left upper arm. Upon her head, she wore a golden tiara that reached around her forehead and had a red teardrop gem in the middle. Connected to it was a golden sun disk crown but it had a ladybug where the sun disk should be. She wore barefoot sandals on her feet that were gold with red circular gems in them and had a yoyo by her side. Bunnyx let out a low whistle as she looked at her.
"Looking good, Renenet," She grinned, making the ladybug heroine blush before she turned to Feng. "Time to get going?"
"Yes," He nodded, holding up his arm that held the snake miraculous. "Sass, scales slither!"
Sass got sucked into the bracelet, transforming him into Dúshé before he turned to the two girls.
"I will open a portal that will bring us directly to the pyramid that your sister is been held at and don't worry. Barely any time has passed while we were in here," He explained, making Renenet nod. He moved his hands in a circular motion again, causing the air to shimmer before the three of them existed the area they were in. Bunnyx blinked up at the great pyramid of Giza as Dúshé turned to Renenet. "Daesuqa, I must deal with something else while you take down the pharaoh but I will try and be quick so I can aid you,"
"Thank you, Dúshé," She smiled before running off and using the yoyo to scale the pyramid. He turned to Bunnyx.
"Let's find an Obelisk for you," He stated, making her nod before the two of them ran off. It took them a bit of time but Bunnyx stopped and gasped when she saw one that she remembered been in the Louvre. She tugged Dúshé's arm and pointed to it. "That one?"
"Yep," She nodded, making him nod before he stood in front of it and began to move his hands around. The stone turned to dust, causing her to whistle as she was impressed before he turned to her. "So how does this work?"
"Step inside," He instructed, making her nod and climb inside. "Take a deep breathe and try to relax ok?"
"Alright," She nodded before taking a deep breathe. However, she opened her eyes and gave him a smile. "Before I go to sleep... thank you for helping me..."
"It's the least I can do, Bunnyx," He smiled, making her smile back before she took a deep breathe. Dúshé held out his hand and began to talk in a language she didn't understand but she fell her eyes drop as she began to fall into a slumber. Her arms hung by her side as she breathed in calmly, causing Dúshé to stop casting the spell before he moved his hands again, reforming the Obelisk around her before he placed his hand on it. "Sleep well, Bunnyx. I hope we meet again,"
Hearing shouts, he turned away from the Obelisk and ran towards them....
Luka gasped as he jolted awake, blinking as he looked around before flopping back on his bed. Tikki was curled up in her little bed, still asleep and it was dark outside. Luka frowned to himself as he thought back to the dream. It was the fifth one he had since Blackout's attack. He barely remembered anything from it but the one thing he did remember was been in that strange hut and the man with silver eyes, who now knew was called Hao Feng and had some sort of knowledge about the miraculous. He frowned to himself as he had also saw that Rabbit hero. Bunny or something. She knew him though. She mentioned trying to help him against a villain called time something. He couldn't remember the full name but it was strange and that language Feng was speaking. It was nothing he had ever heard before yet he somehow understood what he was say even though the bunny hero didn't. It made no sense. He let out a sigh and frowned to himself before looking at his clock. It was 5 am, making him sigh before he got up. He took out a cookie for Tikki before heading out of his room and into the kitchen. He walked over to the fridge and made himself some breakfast before he sat down and ate it. Once his breakfast was done, he made his way outside and began to do his daily routine of practicing his martial arts. He had added in breathing and calming techniques into his routine as well as yoga moves in order to help him learn how to manage his feelings. Hopefully that will help him avoid been akumatized in the future but he wasn't sure what to do with Hawkmoth. The super villain had sent a couple of villains after him, including Mr Pigeon. He moved his hands in a wave like movement before focusing on blocks and disarming. Satisfied with his moves, he scaled the mast before hooking his legs over it and letting himself drop forward before doing a few sit ups and pull ups. While he was doing that, Tikki joined him, making him give her a small smile.
"You're up earlier then usual," She commented, making him nod. "Did you have another dream?"
"Yeah," He replied as he hung upside down. "This time he was in ancient Egypt and I finally learnt his name,"
"What was it?" She asked as he pulled himself back up.
"Hao Feng," He replied, making her gasp and look at him in surprise. "You knew him, didn't you?"
"I... yes..." She admitted, making him frown. "I wasn't sure if you were dreaming about him but you are..."
"Who is he?" He asked, making her frown. "Tikki?"
"Feng was... he was the mage who created the miraculous," She admitted, surprising him. "But I don't know or understand why you're dreaming of him,"
"Maybe it's something I could ask Master Fu in our next session?" He asked, making her nod before he noticed she had a sad expression. "Tikki, are you ok?"
"Hmm... oh yeah I'm fine, Luka," She smiled before flying up. "I'm going to go and grab my other cookie,"
"Alright," Luka replied before she flew off. He pulled himself up and unhooked his legs before lowering himself down and heading back into the living area of the Liberty. He walked over to the kitchenette and got himself a drink of water, downing it as Juleka stumbled into the area, yawning. "Morning, zombie,"
"Hmm why are you so chipper?" She grumbled, making him laugh as she grabbed some cereal and poured it for herself. He passed her the milk and smiled when Juleka grumbled a thanks before pouring it on her cereal. She began to eat it as he walked over to his room. Tikki was munching on her cookie as he walked in. He shot a gentle smile at her before grabbing some clean clothes and headed to the bathroom. He had a quick shower before getting dressed and heading back to his room as he dried his hair. He got his bag ready and pulled his shoes and hoodie before turning to Tikki. She swallowed her last bit of cookie before flying over to him and into his hoodie. He gently patted her head before heading out of the room. Juleka looked over at him and groaned. "It is way too early for you to be this active. You do realize it's Saturday right?"
"Yeah, I know," He replied, making her roll her eyes. "I'm meeting up with Marinette in the park for a little bit. Nino and Alya have dragged her into helping them baby sit so she asked me to come and help as well,"
"Hmm as long as she isn't dumping her duties onto you," Juleka mumbled, making Luka sigh.
"Jewel, she's not," He replied, making her raise an eyebrow. "She isn't getting me to babysit. She's asking me to keep her company, along with Alya and Nino and I get free baked goods and good company in return,"
"Alright. I just worry about you," Juleka mumbled, causing Luka to smile before he placed a kiss on her cheek, making her rub her cheek. "Eww! Gross! Now I have Luka germs,"
"Meanie," He grinned before walking out of the boat. He decided to walk to the bakery instead of riding his bike there so he made his way there, doing a bit of free running as he did. He made his way through the park before he headed over to the bakery and went inside. Sabine looked up and smiled as he came through. "Good morning, Mrs... I mean Sabine,"
"Hello, Luka dear," She smiled. "Marinette's just getting ready. If you want you can head up in the apartment and wait for her in the kitchen area?"
"Ok," He nodded before heading up. He glanced around as he frowned a little. The last time he was in here was as Anatis when he rejected Marinette and caused her father to become an akuma. He sighed, still feeling guilty about it before shaking his head as he heard someone coming downstairs. Marinette appeared and gasped as she saw him, accidentally losing her footing. Luka rushed forward and caught her, causing her to lightly hit his chest and rest her hands against his chest. "Are you ok?"
"You're f-fine! I mean I'm fine!" She gasped, jumping up. Her face was bright red and she had a nervous smile on her face. "Y-You're really early. Not that I mind. Nope! Not at all!"
"Sorry, I got up really early," He mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck before he noticed her outfit. His eyes widen a little as a bit of a blush came onto his face. She had a black top on but her skirt was ladybug patterned, making him go a little red. She was wearing black tights with them and Mary Jane style shoes with her normal jacket and a purse that was also ladybug printed. "Um outfit inspired by Anatis?"
"Yeah," She smiled, pushing a small strand of her hair behind her ear before she spun around. "Do you like it?"
"Yes," He answered straight away, making Marinette blush. "I mean... yeah... it looks great. Hand made?"
"Yeah," She smiled, blushing a little. "Since we have some time before we need to meet up with Alya and Nino, why don't we go and get a coffee together... if you want?"
"That sounds like a good idea to me," He smiled as they headed downstairs. They headed to a nice little cafe that wasn't very well known. Luka smiled as he held open the door, allowing Marinette to enter in first. She giggled softly as she thanked him before he followed her inside. He walked over to the counter and ordered two cinnamon coffees to go before paying for them before Marinette could protest. He gave her a cheeky smile as she pouted before handing her one of the cups before thanking their server. The two of them left the shop and headed to the park as it was a very nice day. "So what made you go with the Anatis inspired outfit?"
"Oh, it's part of my project in the art room," She grinned, making him smile. "Since I've finished Chloe's dress and there isn't any trips that need planning yet, I had a little bit of free time so I decided to make some outfits based on our heroes. Ooh, I should ask Juleka to model for me again! She would look so cute in the Culpeo inspired outfit!! Hey, would you mind modeling for me again?"
"Not at all," He smiled, sipping his coffee. "Are you making a Lady Noir inspired outfit?"
"Yep," She smiled, nodding. "I was going to go with a dress for hers! Ooh but I could make an outfit based on Chat Malice too! He was so cool... I know it was technically Anatis but still,"
"I quite like Ladybug," Luka smiled, making her blush unintentionally. Luckily, he didn't notice as he took another drink. He glanced over as Nino and Alya came into the park, causing Marinette to jump and wave at them. They waved back and walked over as their siblings followed before Marinette greeted Alya with a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey, Marinette," She smiled as Nino nodded before they turned to Luka. "Hey, Luka. It's good to see you again,"
"Likewise, Alya," He smiled as she smiled. Nino turned to him.
"If you feel sick or anything, just let us know," He replied with a little worry on his face, making Luka chuckle. "I also have the hospital on speed dial,"
"Thanks, man but the doctors think it was fluke," He replied, making Nino nod as the girls began to set up a blanket. "So you and Alya back together?"
"We're testing the waters," Nino replied, getting a nod of Luka before he looked at Alya. She looked a lot better then she had done in the past few weeks. He could see that she still had dark circles under her eyes and her song was still strange but there was a new note to it. Something he could identify as hope. He walked over to the girls as they sat down and sat next to Marinette as Nino sat with Alya. Elle and Etta had brought a foot ball with them and had started to play with Nino's brother Chris. Marinette took out some food from the basket and passed a sandwich to Luka, causing him to smile and thank her. "Oh, babe. Why don't you tell these two about your idea for the Ladyblog?"
"Oh yeah," Alya grinned, taking a sandwich for herself. "For one thing, I've taken down Lila's interviews. Regardless of if she's lying or not, I'm putting her and her family in danger. She wasn't too happy about it but accepted it when I pointed that out that she could be targeted by bad guys. I also posted an apology to my viewers for misleading them and promised to do better, which lead me to my idea for the blog,"
"Which is?" Luka asked, interested as Alya took out a notepad.
"Now I know I haven't got Marinette's skill but here's what I've drawn," She replied, showing them. She had redesigned the Ladyblog to have new sections with different icons each represented by a miraculous symbol. "Ok so the butterfly area is so people can report akumas if they see them. I know we have the app for that but I figured it might help if the blog also had a reporting area. The peacock link does the same thing but for Sentimonsters or for Mayura sightings. This one is self defense techniques in case anyone comes across a villain hence why I put it as the black cat area and the Ladybug symbol is calming techniques. Obviously I will still be doing reports on the akumas but I'm gonna be super careful with it and I intend to very carefully investigate Hawkmoth's identity and Mayura's. I figured that instead of trying to find out Anatis and Lady Noir's identities, I should take that energy and try to find Hawkmoth and Mayura. Of course, carefully and secretly but what do you guys think?"
"Chat Malice really got through to you, didn't he?" Marinette asked with a slight smile as Alya nodded.
"Yeah," She muttered, looking down as she played with her hands. "He really did,"
"Well, I think those ideas sound great," Luka smiled, making Alya grinned. "I can help with the calming techniques and the self defense moves,"
"Really?" Alya asked, smiling as Luka nodded.
"I do MMA and I've been looking into calming techniques since the Blackout incident," He replied, making the girls frown before he held up his hands to reassure them. "Don't worry. It's just so I can keep calm if I face a situation like that again,"
"Alright, I could do with help," Alya grinned, nodding before taking the pad back and putting it back into her bag. "So that's the ideas I have so far,"
"I think they sound awesome, Alya," Marinette grinned, causing her to smile before she frowned slightly.
"I still feel really bad about what I did to Juleka and our heroes," She mumbled, looking down before taking a breathe and looking back up. "But Anatis... well... technically Chat Malice was right. Like you said, Marinette, he got through to me and I'm gonna prove to him that I'm not some selfish person. I know I got caught up with the views and likes and I know I was angry at him at first... but he was right to call me out. My behavior was horrible and that's not the real me. I know I've got far to go but I will be the kind of person the heroes can be proud and that I can be proud of,"
"It's good that you're able to realize your mistake and it's even better that you're working towards fixing it," Luka smiled, making Alya grin before she took out her phone.
"Why don't we have some fun?" She asked, showing her phone. "I downloaded Freestyle Clash 2,"
"We rock at that game," Nino grinned as Alya started to rap, gaining scores. She passed it to Nino who continued the rap as Luka and Marinette watched in amusement. Nino passed the phone back to Alya.
"Alya's on the line. I rise and shine. When I pick up the mic like this game is mine," She rapped as she grinned, moving her hand as she did. "Fake MC's can't test my flow cause I whip up their beat with each word I throw!"
She put the phone in Marinette's hands, causing her to gasp in surprise.
"Uh the name's Marinette. I bake chouquettes," She tried to rap. "I love drawing and... sewing blankets?"
She giggled a little before Alya encouraged her to keeping going but she couldn't think of any words, causing the game to end as Chris came over and sat down with a huff. Alya turned to him with concern.
"Hey, don't you want to play with my sisters anymore?" She asked, making him look at her.
"I'm not a baby anymore," He declared, frowning. "Can I play Freestyle Clash 2 with you?"
"Come on, Chris, that's a game for big kids. You know that," Marinette explained, making him huff and cross his arms.
"Urg! That's what you always say," Chris replied before Alya got an alert on her phone as a number of pigeons flew by, causing Luka and Marinette to groan as their phones also went off. Luka took out his phone and pressed on the news alert, playing the video.
"Mr Pigeon has returned once again this time threatening the Louvre museum," Nadja explained. "Let's go over to Clara Contard,"
The video switched over to Clara Contard outside of the Louvre museum.
"Thank you, Nadja," She replied, looking at the camera. "For the 24th time this week, Mr Pigeon has returned and this time is threatening the Louvre museum,"
The video changed to Mr Pigeon, making everyone groan.
"Rooh, rooh! Anatis, Lady Noir! If you don't bring me Luka Couffaine and surrender your miraculous, this pigeon iron will crush the Louvre museum! Rooh, rooh!" He demanded, making Luka groan in embarrassment.
"Not again," He sighed before getting up and turning to the others. "Sorry but if I stay here, you guys will be in trouble. I'll head back to the Liberty and stay low until Anatis and Lady Noir have sorted this out,"
"Why is Mister Pigeon after you?" Alya asked, making him sigh.
"Because of the seizure I had. Hawkmoth apparently wants to know what happened," He groaned, shaking his head before sighing. "You guys should probably go home as well until it's over,"
"Good thinking, Luka," Marinette gasped, jumping up before taking his hand. "Message me when you get back to the liberty?"
"Sure," He smiled as Alya called her sisters over and began to leave with Nino. Luka waved to them and ran off in the direction of the Seine. However, he ducked into an alleyway and took out his phone, texting Marinette that Anatis picked him up and took him to a better hiding place before sighing as Tikki flew out. "This is getting ridiculous,"
"Tell me about it," She replied, crossing her arms.
"Right," He sighed before running the fingers through his hair. "I'll have to come up with an excuse as to why I had the seizure. Tikki! Spots on!!"
He transformed before throwing his yoyo and making his way to the Louvre museum. He jumped down and landed next to Lady Noir, who was already there. She didn't look amused at all.
"Hey, Annie. No need to brief you on this one," She sighed, making him nod. "You hid Mr Couffaine right?"
"Of course. He's safe where no one would ever think to look," He replied, taking out his yoyo. "Let's end this quickly like the last 23 times. Lucky charm,"
He caught the item as Lady Noir held out her hand.
"Cataclysm," She declared in a dull voice, charging up her hand before the two heroes charged at him, making quick work off defeating him. Anatis tied him up with his yoyo, placing his foot on his back as Lady Noir looked for his akumatized item, destroying it when she did. Anatis caught the butterfly and cast the cure as Mr Pigeon turned back into Mr Ramier. He looked around confused before noticing the heroes.
"Please don't tell me it happened again," He gasped as they helped him up.
"It's ok, Mr Ramier. We'll always be here to bring you back to the good side," Anatis stated, trying to reassure him.
"I hope I didn't hurt anyone," He sighed before he noticed Andre and his ice cream van. "Ooh, could I buy you both ice cream to make up for it?"
"Well, we do have a few minutes to spare before we transform," Lady Noir replied, glancing at her ring before looking to Anatis.
"Sure," He nodded, making her smile. Mr Ramier walked over to the van with them and ordered three scopes. Anatis got a strawberry scope with blueberry, Lady Noir got a blueberry with peach and Mr Ramier got charcoal with vanilla. He paid and the three of them walked over to a bench. The three of them sat down and began to eat. Mr Ramier sighed, causing Anatis to look at him. "You know it's not your fault. Hawkmoth preys on the vulnerable,"
"I know but I am really sorry. I just can't help it," He sighed, making Lady Noir look at him. "Whenever something happens to my beloved pigeons, it breaks my heart and-"
"Hawkmoth akumatizes you again," Lady Noir sighed before licking her ice cream again,
"There must be some way to prevent this from happening again," Anatis sighed before finishing his ice cream as their miraculous beeped. "Sorry, Mr Ramier, we have to get going. Thank you for the ice cream,"
The two of them got up and walked over an area where they could to the upper buildings to leave but before they could, a green portal opened up behind them and a strange boy jumped out of it, causing them to go on guard. Anatis took out his yoyo as Lady Noir narrowed her eyes, taking in the new comer. He had pale blue skin with dark blue-black hair and bright green eyes that had green shades covering them. He wore a black hoodie with sky blue edges. The hood covered his head and he had black sweatpants. Under his hood was a neon yellow visor and he had a sky blue and neon yellow gas mask around his neck with a yellow chain necklace with a clock on it. He was wearing high-top shoes that are mainly black with yellow laces and have blue symbols on them.
"Yo, yo! I'm Time Tagger from the future, man. I criss-cross time with a spray paint can," He rapped, making Lady Noir groan but Anatis blinked in surprise at his name, causing him to remember his dream. The hero Bunnyx mentioned Time-tagger but that was just a dream... right? "Looks like your time's up at last! Cause I'm gonna send you way back to the past!"
He leaned on his leg and shot the ground with his gun, marking it before shooting Mr Ramier, causing him to be sucked into a green portal before a statue formed in the same green light. Anatis stepped back as he looked up at it before Lady Noir approached it.
"Lord Ramier Feather-bottom, Knight of the king and founder of the Order of the Great Pigeon?" She read, making Anatis frown before he noticed Time Tagger running around firing his gun and marking the ground. People ran off and hid from him, making the two frown before their miraculous beeped. "We only have one minute left, Annie?"
"Then we better not waste it," He declared, getting a nod of her. They charged at Time Tagger to try and catch him. Anatis threw his yoyo as Lady Noir dived at him with her baton but he disappeared, causing Anatis to let out a small growl.
"Anatis and Lady Noir, now you're stuck!" He rapped, bobbing his body and moved his arms as he did. "If you wanna catch me then Ha! Good luck!"
Anatis gritted his teeth before he charged back at him with Lady Noir, causing Time Tagger to disappear again. He reappeared behind them.
"All I have to do is go back in time," He rapped, moving his hands. "To escape with a laugh and a rappin' rhyme,"
"He's traveling through time!" Lady Noir gasped, causing Anatis to frown before the two of them charged at him again as he began to talk to Hawkmoth.
"I'm not surprised that you like it, Hawkmoth," He stated as Anatis dived at him, trying to get him. He disappeared before reappearing away from him. Lady Noir dived at him again but he reappeared at the ice cream cart. "I come from the future... a future where Anatis and Lady Noir are adults. It was future Hawkmoth's slick idea to send me into the past to seize their miraculous before they've obtained their adult powers,"
Anatis ran at him, going to kick him but he disappeared and reappeared near a billboard, shooting a woman nearby. The billboard changed to show her instead of the original model, making Anatis frown as Lady Noir clicked her neck before they went to run over to him but he disappeared and reappeared behind them.
"If you don't give me your miraculous, I'll send everyone back into the past," He declared, making Anatis frown before his earrings began to beep rapidly, along with Lady Noir's ring.
"Annie, we're running out of time," She gasped, holding up her fists as he looked around.
"Then it's time to get some back," He replied before charging at Time Tagger. Lady Noir followed suit, causing Time tagger to shake his head and disappear again. However, the two heroes pushed themselves back up and ran as fast as they could into the museum. They headed straight to the bathrooms, literally just get in before their transformations dropped. Luka let out a sigh as he caught Tikki before taking out a cookie for her. She took and began to eat as he sat down against the door. "How are we suppose to defeat Time Tagger? We couldn't even defeat him as adults. How are we suppose to defeat him now when we're less experienced and younger?"
"There's a time for everything, Luka," She smiled, trying to reassuring him. "Every problem has a solution,"
"You're right," He smiled, patting her head. "You good then?"
"Yep,"
"Tikki! Spots on!!" He declared, transforming back into Anatis. He stepped outside as Lady Noir did the same. She nodded at them before they ran back towards the exit.
"Alix! Watch out!" They heard Nathaniel shout but it was a little bit too late and they crashed into each other, causing Anatis to land on top of Lady Noir as Marc and Nathaniel rushed over to Alix, helping her up. Anatis got up and pulled Lady Noir to their feet.
"Crazy!" Alix gasped as she dusted herself down. "So the message was legit!"
"Message?" Anatis asked, frowning as Alix took out her watch. Marc was shyly holding his book and clearly trying not to stare too much while Nathaniel was smiling.
"Alix's watch chimed while we were looking at some of the paintings!" He gasped, making Anatis rose an eyebrow. Why was a watching chiming so special?
"This watch has been in my family forever!" Alix declared, holding it up to them. "It's never chimed until today! And there was a message for you, Anatis!"
"For me?" He asked, taking the watch and opening it. A puff of blue smoke appeared, showing a woman holding up a large watch but the voice that spoke wasn't a woman. It was a man.
"Nice work, Bug Boy. You're right on time," It stated, making him blink. "Now dig as deep as you can into the past and you will find the rabbit's burrow, lost but found at last,"
"Dig deep into the past?" He muttered, closing it and handing it back to Alix. Once again, his mind flicked back to his dream as he thought. He blinked and for a second, he was stood in front of the Rabbit hero from his dream as she stood inside the obelisk sleeping. He blinked again and found himself back in the museum before looking over at Alix. "Alix, what's the oldest exhibit here?"
"The Egyptian collection!" She declared, making him nod. "My old man said some it dates back over 5000 years,"
"Then that's where we need to go!" Anatis replied, making them grin before the five of them ran over to the Egyptian collection.
"But how will you know what you're looking for?" Marc asked as Anatis looked around before he noticed an obelisk which was the very same one he saw in the dream. He rushed over and knocked on it, showing that it's hollow.
"This one!" He declared, causing the others to look at him. "Lady Noir, do your thing,"
"Cataclysm!" She shouted, charging up her hand and slamming it onto the obelisk, causing it to turn black and explode casting dust everywhere. Anatis cough as it cleared before gasping as he looked back at Bunnyx.
"She's real..." He gasped, making the other four look at him. "Long story,"
She suddenly yawned and looked around before looking at the heroes.
"Mini bug! Kitty!" She grinned, glancing around. "It actually worked! I guess Feng did keep his promise!"
"Hao Feng?" Anatis asked, making her look at him. "He's a real person?"
"Oh yes but it's not the right time for you to learn that yet," She grinned, making Anatis frown. "I'll explain how I got in there but I need to do something very important first,"
She rushed past them, causing the five of them to follow her to the bathroom before she disappeared into it. Anatis sighed and leaned against the wall as Lady Noir walked over to him.
"You ok?" She asked, making him nod. "So who's Hao Feng and why did you say she's real?"
"I don't know exactly but I've been dreaming about him," He explained, making her frown. "Last night, I dreamt of her as well. She met Feng in ancient Egypt, along with a woman called Renenet-"
"Yes, Renenet was the second person to have the Ladybug miraculous," The woman stated as she came out of the bathroom. "She defeated the real Pharaoh 5000 years ago. Lovely woman. I'm Bunnyx by the way. In the future, I'm part of Anatis and Lady Noir's team of superheroes. Well, the Anatis and Lady Noir you'll become. Right now, you two are more like Mini Bug and Kitty Noir. Within the team, I'm the hero of the last chance. I'm called upon when everyone else fails including you two,"
"Ok but how did you get trapped in that obelisk?" Lady Noir asked, making her look at her. "Did you fail?"
"Well, yes but also no. You see I was trying to help you two defeat Time Tagger in the future but he tricked Lady Noir into damaging my miraculous with her cataclysm and then trapped me in the past. I was almost killed by the Pharaoh and his men but I was rescued by a man using the snake miraculous,"
"Feng," Anatis muttered, making Bunnyx nod.
"Exactly. He sensed that my miraculous was damaged and offered to fix it for me," She replied, making him frown. "I wasn't sure at first but I followed your advice. Well future you's advice which is to trust my gut and my gut said that he was someone I could trust and weirdly enough I felt like I knew him so I gave him my miraculous and he explained he could repair it. Of course, it would need to be passed down in time to regain it's magic which is why I was in that obelisk. Feng put me into an ageless sleep for five thousand years and passed my miraculous down my family line so it could lead you here to return it to me,"
"So you don't have your miraculous on you?" Lady Noir asked, causing Bunnyx to turn to Alix.
"Do you have the watch?" She asked, making Alix gasp.
"My watch?" She asked, causing Nathaniel and Marc to look over to each other as Bunnyx nodded.
"Yes," She confirmed. "My watch... Our watch..."
Alix nodded and took it out of her pocket, holding it out to Bunnyx. She hesitated for a second before looking into the older woman's eyes and placing it into her hand. The watch instantly transformed into a miraculous, making the group gasp.
"So this was a miraculous?!" Alix gasped as Lady Noir stared at it.
"In camouflage mode," Anatis added, walking closer. He went to pick it up but hesitated. Bunnyx nodded, causing him to pick it up and examine it. "You can't see any damage on it at all,"
"Right," Bunnyx smirked as he handed it back to her. She took it and held it up. "Fluff, counter clockwise,"
A blue light engulfed her, transforming her back into her civilian self causing everyone to stare at her in surprise. She was much older then their current Alix but it was definitely her.
"B-But you are..." Alix gasped, surprised as Marc and Nathaniel grinned excitedly before looking at each other.
"We are so using this in the comic," Marc gasped, making her smirk before she focused on their Alix again.
"So, Mini me, you get it now?" Older Alix declared as Fluff bounced around the area. "You're me and I'm you. Well, more precisely, I'm you when you grow up,"
"Wow," Alix gasped as she looked at her future self with huge eyes and admiration. "I can't believe how cool I'm gonna be when I'm older!"
"I don't get it," Lady Noir gasped, scratching her head as she looked between the two Alixes before she turned to Anatis. "You didn't give her... mini Alix a miraculous, did you?"
"He hasn't given it to us yet," Older Alix stated, making Lady Noir look at her. "Because he hasn't realized just how awesome I really am yet but don't worry... he will one day,"
"I'm gonna get a miraculous!" Alix declared, moving her hand around happily. "So cool!"
"Fluff, snack time," Older Alix declared, taking out a carrot and holding it to Fluff who had settled on her shoulder. "You need to recharge your batteries,"
Fluff floated up and practically inhaled the carrot before blinked and look around.
"Mm... was it breakfast or dinner? What time is it yesterday? Is it tomorrow already? When it will be the day after tomorrow, it will be yesterday again!" Fluff declared as she looked around before spinning upside. She suddenly gasped as she saw Anatis and floated over to him. "Master Anatis! Why are you so young?! Why just yesterday I'm sure you were twenty-one!"
"Um..." He replied, unsure what to say before Fluff fluttered back over to Older Alix. Lady Noir frowned and cleared her throat, making everyone look at her again.
"Your miraculous seems very powerful," She stated, making Anatis nod in agreement. "How come we don't use it more often?"
"Because travelling through time is very dangerous!" Older Alix declared, making the two younger heroes nod. "Interfering with events can have dire consequences,"
"Ooh," Lady Noir nodded before her ring began to beep. "Ah, sorry. I need to go feed Plagg,"
She rushed off as Marc and Nathaniel looked at Older Alix.
"So time travel has rules?!" Nathaniel asked, making her nod. "Wow..."
"There's one thing I don't understand, Bunnyx," Anatis stated, making her look to him. He was holding his chin with his hand and had a serious expression. "If you're from the future then you must know how this ends. I mean your younger self has seen this with her own eyes so you should remember... right?"
"Well... no," She admitted, rubbing the back of her neck. "I'm afraid my memory has been affected by the sleep I was in. I may have been put in a timeless spell but five thousand years have still passed,"
"I see," He sighed, nodding.
"But I think the logical thing to do would be for me to take Time Tagger back to his own time so he can be taken care of by heroes his own size," She declared, causing Anatis to think and nod. "I'll take care of this,"
"Awesome!" Alix gasped as Marc scribbled in his notepad.
"One thing I do remember is Mini me, Marc and Nathaniel were all there in my memory," She explained, making Anatis frown a little. It's not that he didn't like them. He did but he didn't want them to get hurt. However, if they were in her memory then they had to be there. "If they're there in my memory then they must play an important role,"
"Good!" Alix declared, grinning. "There's no way we're sitting on the bench time!"
"Well... since it's in your memory then I guess they have to be there," Anatis muttered as Lady Noir ran back over before he turned to the three of them. "But I want you three to take precaution and keep out of the actual battle, got it?"
"Yes sir!" The three of them gasped, making him smile a little before Older Alix held out her watch.
"Fluff, Clockwise," She transformed back into Bunnyx and the six of them ran from the bathroom and towards the exit but Lady Noir came to a stop and gasped.
"Annie! You need to see this!" She declared, pointing at one of the banners. He stopped and looked over before gasping as well. The bard on it resembled Jagged. "He sent Jagged Stone back in time!"
"And look, that's Nadja Chamuck!" Alix gasped before they looked over around. A tablet from Egyptian times changed as well.
"Andre Glacier!" Nathaniel gasped, pointing at it.
"And Mayor Bourgeois," Marc added in, causing Anatis to frown.
"He's destroying our present by changing the past," He muttered, frowning deeply before turning to Bunnyx. "Bunnyx, since the future me hasn't been able to stop Time Tagger from coming here then I must not be that powerful... I'm sorry to have failed..."
"Are you kidding me?!" Bunnyx gasped, surprising him as she placed her hands on his shoulders. "Anatis, you're... I mean you will be the most awesome team leader and the greatest superhero ever!"
"But Time Tagger..." He sighed, looking down.
"Time Tagger only got away because he tricked Lady Noir into using her cataclysm on my miraculous," She explained, making Lady Noir frown before she looked at both of them. "That isn't on either of you. Time Tagger is tricky and cunning but you two are greater then he is. In the future, you've defeated Dr Sadness, the eclipse invaders, Pain and Tears the twin queens of the inner dimension and Ignoblia, the evil sister of Majestia so believe me, you're not going to be intimidated by Time Tagger. Oh and I even forgot Monsieur Rat,"
"Monsieur Rat?" Lady Noir asked with a grin.
"Yep," Bunnyx grinned. "You can always count on Anatis. With him around, there is always a solution,"
"I'll say," Lady Noir grinned, making his cheeks go red before he let out a sigh.
"But how will I even become like that?" He asked, looking down. Bunnyx walked over and placed her hands back on his shoulders.
"By growing up, Mini bug," She smiled, making him nod as Lady Noir trapped her chin.
"So in the future... me and Annie are still partners?" She asked, grinning. Bunnyx chuckled.
"Can't separate the two of you even if we tried," She replied, shaking her head. "Honestly though, you two have the strongest relationship I've ever seen. You never hesitate to help the other and always have each other's back no matter what the situation but enough chitchat! We need to go!"
The six of them ran outside of the Louvre, only to gasp in surprise as they saw that Time Tagger had marked the whole floor with his gun.
"We've taken too long," Bunnyx sighed, frowning before turning to the others. "He's had enough to weave a giant time web around us,"
"Surrounded by one guy?" Anatis frowned before glancing over at Bunnyx. "That's mean he can attack from anywhere right?"
"More like any time," She replied, making them all frown. Time Tagger suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Give me your miraculous! Don't make me ask! It’s pretty clear you’re not up to the task!" He rapped, making the younger Alix, Nathaniel and Marc blinked in surprise. They definitely didn't expect that. "When I bring them to Hawkmoth's door, Anatis and Lady Noir will be no more!"
"Does he always do that?" Alix asked, leaning towards Anatis, who nodded as he took out his yoyo. "Weird,"
"Stay where you are," Bunnyx ordered, making him look at her before he nodded and put his yoyo back. "I'll deal with him take him to the future you. It means nothing must happen to you in the meantime... but first..."
She suddenly grabbed Alix and jumped across to the ice cream van, placing her down before jumping back and grabbing Marc and Nathaniel, bringing them over to her as well.
"Stay right there, ok?" She ordered, getting a nod of the three of them. "Then it will be exactly as it was in my memory... And now!!"
She lifted her hand in the hair, summoning a blue light before making a circular movement with her hand, creating a glowing line.
"Burrow!" She shouted, causing it to turn in a glowing white circle before she dived through. A second glowing circle appeared, right near to Time Tagger. She dived out of it and went to attack him but he disappeared before reappearing to attack her. However, she dived through another 'burrow' then dived at him from behind. He disappeared then reappeared again, landing a punch this time but she disappeared through another burrow before reappearing and punching him. He landed a kick and she hit him with her umbrella. Lady Noir stared in amazement as Bunny and Time Tagger continuously fought.
"She doesn't need to transform back to use her power again?" She asked as she looked at Anatis.
"No... She's an adult," He replied, making her gasp before she looked back at her.
"So cool!" Lady Noir grinned, making him chuckle a little as they continued to watch the battle. The two time-travelers were giving it as good as they got but they were both equally matched. They both gasped as she threw her umbrella, jumped up into a burrow before creating one behind him and hooking the umbrella around ankle and threw him towards a burrow. Unfortunately, he disappeared before he could enter it before reappearing.
"Bunnyx, you're lame! You don't get that game and now you have to start all over again," He rapped, making her gasp as she turned around before he repeatedly teleported and landed a powerful hit on her, sending her flying. She landed on the ground but jumped back up, charging towards him. Anatis frowned as he watched. Time Tagger was getting the upper hand and Bunnyx was slowing down. Time Tagger managed to throw her over his shoulder and onto the ground before laughing at her. "Where's your sass gone now, Fluffytail?!"
Bunnyx growled and dived at him, causing Anatis to frown as she continued battle him. She managed to knock him back into a burrow, causing her grin happily.
"Ha! I knew it! I knew you were gonna do that! Who's the best now?!" She declared, making Anatis and Lady Noir look at each other before they shrugged as she turned to them. "Thanks for your involuntary help, my young friends. Now Bunnyx is going home!"
Anatis and Lady Noir walked over to her as a burrow opened behind her.
"Thank you for your help," Lady Noir replied but Anatis was unusually quiet. Both girls frowned and looked at him. "Annie?"
"It's too easy," He declared, making them both frown before he suddenly pushed Lady Noir out of the way, just before Time Tagger shot at her, causing the hit to land on Bunnyx instead. Lady Noir gasped and jumped back up as Anatis frowned. "Knew it,"
"Enjoy your trip to the ice age, Fluffytail," He laughed before he turned to them and stalked over to them. "We've wasted enough time! Give me your miraculous now!"
Bunnyx reappeared and tried to punch Time Tagger as Anatis and Lady Noir moved over to Alix, Marc and Nathaniel to protect them.
"So the ice age wasn't good enough for you?!" He asked, firing at her again. "Back to the Cretaceous then!"
He turned back to the heroes and began to walk over but Bunnyx reappeared with a t-rex behind her.
"Down, Denver! Down!" She called out, getting his attention.
"Wanna keep playing, Fluffytail?!"
"Don't call me Fluffytail!" She growled, charging at him but he disappeared and reappeared away from her.
"To the future," He declared, shooting at her. "Seventh interstellar war!"
"Disintegrate! Disintegrate!" Robots declared, shooting at her as she ran through a burrow, causing her to yell.
"Maybe we should give her a hand," Lady Noir suggested, causing Alix to look at her.
"You heard her!" She declared, making the heroes look at her. "She's the only one who can solve this time problem! She can do it! Go Bunnyx!"
Bunnyx dived at Time Tagger but he fired at her again.
"The heat is on," He declared as she reemerged from another burrow but this time she was smoking. She dived at him but this time, he simply stepped aside, causing her to fall down and slowly look up at Anatis.
"Sorry, Mini bug... I just can't..." She gasped, making him frown as Time Tagger smirked. "Looks like I don't have a solution after all,"
"Then let me give you one," He replied, making her look at him in surprise. He threw up his yoyo into the air. "Lucky charm!"
A notepad landed in his hands, making him frown as Time Tagger laughed.
"What are you gonna do with that? Sigh a defeat treaty?" Time Tagged laughed as Anatis looked around. He frowned deeply as he couldn't see any solution. He kept looking before Time Tagger pointed his gun at Bunnyx. "Now give me your miraculous or I get rid of your friend by sending her back to the big bang!"
Anatis stopped and frowned as he looked at Time Tagger. He had no solution to defeating Time Tagger. Nothing was lighting up, making him frown. He felt powerless and useless. How was he suppose to defeat all of those villains when he can't even save Bunnyx? He closed his eyes, causing Lady Noir to gasp as he went to open his mouth but he stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. It definitely wasn't Lady Noir's hand.
"The three most powerful warriors are patience, time and trust in oneself," A voice whispered, making him blink in surprise. "So work with all three..."
The hand pulled away from him as he glanced down at the notepad before letting out a sigh.
"Time's running out, Bug boy," Time Tagger grinned, ready to pull the trigger.
"All right," Anatis gasped, making him look at him. "You win. We'll give you our miraculous. All I ask is that you give me a little time to write a letter so I can apologize to my future self,"
"What?" Alix, Marc, Nathaniel and Lady Noir gasped in surprise and horror.
"Think of something!" Lady Noir gasped as Anatis closed his eyes. "You always think of something!"
"Fair enough, Anatis. Wish granted," Time Tagger agreed before the purple butterfly mask appeared around his eyes as Hawkmoth communicated with him but he laughed. While he was listening to Hawkmoth, Anatis took the chance to glance around at the time web, committing it to memory. "If he thinks he can trick me, he's wasting his time. Pun intended,"
He laughed as Anatis opened the note pad before he sighed, making everyone look at him.
"I don't have a pen," He mumbled, looking around before he looked to the other four. "Could anyone lend me one please?"
Marc instantly handed over his pen, making Bunnyx gasp as Anatis reached over and took it, thanking Marc as he did. He looked at the note pad. It lit up along with the pen then finally Bunnyx and Time Tagger themselves before he began to draw the whole time web and marking one of the spots that was right next to Time Tagger.
"Time's up! My moment of victory has arrived!" Time Tagger declared, holding out his hand as Anatis sighed and tore off the paper.
"I couldn't find the words," He muttered, screwing up the paper into a ball as he frowned. "It's pointless anyway. I won't even be Anatis in the future after we've given up our miraculous,"
"Please don't do this, Mini bug!" Bunnyx gasped as he walked over to her.
"Some problems just don't have a solution," He muttered sadly, making Time Tagger smirked before he knelt down to Bunnyx. "Go back to your own time, Bunnyx. You deserve to enjoy the time you have left,"
"No, I refuse!" She gasped, shaking her head until he placed his hand on her shoulder and carefully past the ball of paper to her, making her look at him in surprise before he leaned in and hugged her, surprising her again.
"Can you take that to the team leader in the future, Bunnyx?" He whispered, causing her eyes to widen once more. "It's all I could write,"
"Ok, Mini bug," She replied, nodding sadly before letting go of him before looking to the side. "Burrow,"
A glowing circle appeared as she looked back at the scene before sighing and diving through as Anatis turned to Lady Noir and the others. The three civilians looked like they were about to cry and Lady Noir looked defeated. He held out his hand to her.
"Come on, Lady Noir," He stated, making her frown. "We better give him our miraculous,"
She nodded sadly and walked over, taking his hand as he looked at her before winking at her, making her look at him in surprise before the two of them began to walk over.
~Future Paris~
Bunnyx frowned as she exited the Burrow before looking up as Anatis, Lady Noir and Kujaku stood in front of her. She looked down in shame as Kujaku walked over and gently placed his hand on her shoulder in a comforting manner.
"I'm sorry, Anatis," She whispered, slowly glancing up at him. "I didn't deliver,"
"I could go back with her this time and create a sentimonster to assist her," Kujaku suggested, looking at Anatis. "We'll defeat Time Tagger in no time!"
"No need, Blue," Anatis smiled, using his nickname before walking over to Bunnyx. "I believe you have something for me,"
She nodded and held out the ball of paper. Lady Noir glanced at it as Anatis took it and unrevealed it, smiling as he did.
"Is that?" She asked, looking at him.
"Time Tagger's Time Web," He replied, looking up at Bunnyx. "Bunny, we need another burrow opened,"
She looked at him in surprise before nodding.
~Back to Present Paris~
Anatis and Lady Noir walked over to Time Tagger, stopping on the tag that he had picked out. Lady Noir let out a small sigh, keeping her hand tightly in his as they stood in front of the villain. She prayed that whatever plan he had it worked because if not this would be the end of the line. They looked up as the butterfly mask reappeared on Time Tagger.
"You're right on the first account... but not on the second. The miraculous are not for you," He declared, making the two heroes frown before he laughed. "I said that I was sent by the Hawkmoth of the future but I never said that the Hawkmoth of the future was you,"
The mask disappeared as he looked over at the heroes with a cruel smirk on his face.
"She'll be very pleased with this," He replied, making both Anatis and Lady Noir stare in surprise. The Hawkmoth of the Future was female?! He laughed again before walking over to Anatis and Lady Noir. "Your earrings are mine, Bug Boy,"
Lady Noir growled a little, making him laugh.
"Don't worry, Lady Noir," He smirked, looking at her. "Your ring will be mine next,"
He reached for Anatis' earrings but before he could take them, a burrow reappeared and a yoyo flew through, wrapped around his arms and pulling him away from Anatis, making him smile before a baton flew out and hit the gun, sending it fly as Time Tagger yelled out. Anatis jumped up and grabbed it.
"Lady Noir!" He shouted, throwing it to her.
"Cataclysm!" She yelled, catching it. It turned to dust, allowing the akuma to crawl out before Anatis took out his yoyo and captured the akuma before freeing it as Time Tagger turned back in his normal self. Lady Noir helped him up as Anatis walked over to Marc and gave him his pen back. The young man who was Time Tagger blinked at Lady Noir before looking over at Anatis.
"Anatis? Lady Noir?!" He gasped in surprised. "Why are you so young?! Where am I?"
"A better question would be when not where," Anatis replied, walking over to him as Bunnyx came out of the burrow and walked to the young man.
"Come on, Chris," She stated, gesturing towards the Burrow. He looked in before disappearing inside. Bunnyx glanced over at the small heroes and gave them a smile before the older version of Anatis stepped out, making the current one blink. He didn't look much different compared to his current self but there were differences. He was obviously taller but his hair was still black and red in color and still messy but was a little bit shorter. His costume had changed slightly too. His boots were completely black instead of black and red. He still had the black panels across his sides but they no longer curved on his thighs. Instead they just got thinner until they met his boots. The middle of his suit was a slightly dark red with spots and his gloves were still fingerless. However, he was now wearing a biker jacket as part of his suit. It was most black but had panels on his arms that were ladybug patterned. His yoyo was hooked on his belt and his mask had remained the same. He also had snake bite lip piercing but what really surprised Luka was the color of his eyes. They were a silvery blue, making Luka look at him in surprise.
"I believe this is yours," He smiled, chucking the ball of paper at Anatis. He caught it as another person stepped out of the Burrow, causing Lady Noir to stare at her future self in surprise as she stood next to Anatis. She had also changed in the future. She still had her plait but it was no longer impossibly long. Instead it came down to her waist. She still had the cat ears on her head but her suit had changed too. She had a middle panel that was black but side panels across her ribs that were a very dark gray. She had a black belt with green details on around her waist that also doubled up as her 'tail'. Like her torso, her arms had panels in dark grey and panels in black and she had black thigh high boots. One thing that remained the same was her outfit still had bright green tail but her eyes were slightly different. They were more of a turquoise green then an electric green. Alix couldn't help but grinned excitedly.
"Hey, Future Anatis," She gasped, making him look at her. "When am I gonna get my miraculous?!"
"When you're as cool as our Bunny," He replied, glancing over at Nathaniel and Marc with a friendly but knowing smile before Lady Noir nudged him lightly. He turned to her. "Time to go already?"
"Yep," She nodded, making him sigh a little as he smiled. She grinned and laughed a little, making him look at her and nod before she turned to their younger selves and waved at them. "See ya, Mini Kitty and Bug boy! Keep up the good work!!"
Older Anatis grinned and saluted them before following Lady Noir into the burrow. Bunnyx chuckled but shook her head before turning to the younger heroes.
"That was a great plan, Mini bug," She smiled, making him smile. "You really had me convinced,"
"I had to," He replied, making her nod. "Time to go?"
"Yep," She grinned before waving to them, causing them to wave back. Satisfied that it was the right moment, she walked through the burrow before it disappeared, causing Anatis to glance at the notepad in his hand before throwing it up in the air.
"Miraculous Ladybug!!" He declared, causing it to burst in the air and rush throughout Paris, fixing in everything in it's path. Alix, Nathaniel and Marc rushed over to the two of them.
"That was so cool!!" Alix declared, grinning happily as Marc nodded.
"I can't wait to write up time travel for the comic," He smiled as the two heroes shook their heads. Lady Noir leaned next to Anatis.
"So the future Hawkmoth is a chick?" She asked, making him frown a little. "Think Time Tagger was telling the truth,"
"Maybe... but the future isn't settle in stone," He replied, making her nod. "Besides... if it is... it means we defeat the current Hawkmoth,"
"That is true," She replied, making him nod before their miraculous beeped. "Ah time to run! See you soon, Annie!"
She turned and ran as he turned to walk away.
"Hey, Anatis," Alix called out, making him look back at her. "Will I get to see you again?"
"No doubt about it, Bunny," He grinned before throwing his yoyo and swinging away, causing Alix to grin excitedly as Marc and Nathaniel smiled too. Though Marc couldn't help but wonder why future Anatis looked at them like he knew them. Sure, he technically did know them but the look he gave them was one of friendship and he looked like he knew something that they didn't know yet. Marc had the feeling that Anatis might have given them a miraculous in the future but surely, he wouldn't give them a miraculous.... would he?
~Gabriel's Lair~
"Nooroo, Dark Wings fall," He declared, causing his transformation to drop and Nooroo to manifest. He frowned deeply as he glared at the kwami before he narrowed his eyes. "I think it's time you and I had a talk,"
"M-Master?" He asked, making Gabriel glare at him. "Y-Yes, Master... what do you need to ask?"
"I have a lot of questions but my main concern is what happened with Blackout," He replied, making Nooroo frown deeply.
"But the future ha-"
"Isn't here yet and I am still Hawkmoth!" He shouted, making Nooroo before he smiled wickedly. "Of course, me not been the future Hawkmoth could simply mean that I saved Emile,"
"Or that you failed, Master," Nooroo replied, making Gabriel growl.
"I will not fail!" He shouted, making Nooroo shake and nod his head. "But right now, I have more pressing concerns then some wannabe in the future which I should have asked you straight away. That Couffaine boy... he resisted an akuma and not in the same way as Miss Bourgeois. Why did he have a seizure? And just who's voice was in my head?!"
Nooroo gasped as he had felt it as well but unlike Gabriel, who didn't know who it was, he knew exactly who it was. Gabriel looked at him and narrowed his eyes again.
"Nooroo, you know who that was, didn't you?" He asked, making Nooroo gasp in fear. "Who was it?"
"I.. I..."
"Tell me!"
"I c-can't, Master I swear," He gasped, making Gabriel frown. He knew Nooroo couldn't lie. "T-The Guardian ordered me not to,"
"Well, I'm ordering you too," He growled but Nooroo shook his head. "Nooroo!"
"T-The guardian's orders overrides any holders' orders, Master... even yours," Nooroo explained, looking down. "I'm sorry,"
"I see," He replied, frowning before clicking his fingers as he stood on the platform. Nooroo flew over to him before the platform moved and brought them back into the manor. Gabriel walked over to an armchair and sat down, getting Nathalie's attention as she walked over with a jug of orange juice. He placed his hand on his head as she put it down. "If I'm not Hawkmoth in the future then that means I have failed,"
"Or that you have succeed," She replied, walking over to him. She placed one of her arms on his back and the other over his heart. "The future is not set in stone, Gabriel,"
"Thank you, Nathalie," He replied, looking up at her. She nodded and gave him a small smile.
~A Few Days Later~
Anatis ducked into an alleyway as Lady Noir chased Mr Pigeon before glancing around and taking out his yoyo, going into "civilian" mode. He dialed Marinette's number and placed it to his ear as it rang, making him bit his lip. He let out a small sigh as it went straight to voicemail.
"Hey, Marinette. It's Luka," He stated after the beep. "Um just wanted to apology for rushing off again and wondered if we could maybe meet up later? You know when Mr Pigeon isn't after me. Um... so let me know if you're interested, ok? Anyway, I'll talk to you later. Stay Safe, melody,"
He hung up before rejoining the battle. He summoned his lucky charm before him and Lady Noir made quick work of defeating Mr Pigeon before he released the cure. With everything restored, Mr Ramier offered to buy them ice cream again. Anatis smiled as he ate his.
"I'm so sorry," He gasped, looking down.
"Don't worry," Anatis smiled, causing Mr Ramier to look at him. "Every problem has a solution and just because we didn't find it today, doesn't mean we won't find it next time,"
"The problem with pigeons in Paris is they have it too hard here," Lady Noir stated, causing Anatis and Mr Ramier to look at her. "You could move to the suburbs, get a pet or befriend a new animal,"
"Befriend a new animal?" Mr Ramier asked, thinking as Anatis nodded. "I never considered that before... but that's actually a really good idea, Lady Noir. I'll think about it,"
Lady Noir nodded as Anatis got up.
"We should get going," He stated, making her nod and jump up. "Thank you for the ice cream, Mr Ramier,"
Lady Noir nodded before the two of them walked as Mr Ramier looked down at his pigeons. He let out a little sigh as he threw some crumbles for the pigeons before another creature came over, scaring them off. Mr Ramier gasped a little and took some crumbs in his hand, holding it to the creature. It sniffed his hand before climbing it and eating the crumbs.
"Oh, what a cutie," He smiled happily as Lady Noir and Anatis came to the edge of the bridge.
"You know I was thinking about what Bunnyx told us," She replied, making him look at her. "Does it seem crazy to you? I mean I know we defeat villains pretty much everyday but those ones had some really weird names. I mean there's Doctor what's his name and Monsieur Rat? Monsieur Rat?! What kind of code name is that?"
"Maybe he's Mister Pigeon's cousin?" Anatis suggested as he smiled, making her look at him before the two of them laughed as they walked off. "Either way, we've defeat him,"
"Yeah!"
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