The Last of Us

C H A P T E R T W E L V E

(Songs for the chapter:
• Remember This - NF
• Sanctify - Years & Years
• Beautiful Pain - (feat. Sia) Eminem)

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Marinette

By the time I get to Power, he's at the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Eiffel Tower is zapping pf the electricity as it escapes like bolts of lightening. Power releases more power. I see his face twitch in pain as he releases more power from his hands. It's seems like he wants to stop but he doesn't as he resists. Power looks down at the Eiffel Tower and at the city. Chat was right, Power is going to electrify the city.

With the time spent getting Chat Noir into a store then getting back to Power, I have four minutes less and soon my earrings will start beeping again. But I don't think I'll have enough time to find the Akuma and stop Power.

I pant as I continue to run. Just as I near the Eiffel Tower, I swing my yo-yo as far as I can go. I tug on it before it sends me flying. Power snaps his head to me when he spots me. He cackles evilly before he uses one hand to zap me with a bolt of electricity.

"Finally! Let's end this!" He says.

I slither through the small bars of the Eiffel Tower and it sends me through the other side as I slide on the rubber gloves. I have to do this fast or I won't have enough time to defeat him. I slide the ring of my yo-yo back on my finger before I through it and it wraps securely around Power. The electricity stops generation from his hands as he gasps in surprise. With my weight falling down from the Eiffel Tower, I tug on my yo-yo. And with this, I snatch him from the top of the Tower and we both fall.

I hear Power yelp in surprise and yell in fright as we both fall. I grunt as I pull the string of my yo-yo so Power would be near me. As I look at him, he attempts to regenerate electricity and the line lights up. I close my eyes when the line powers up as I wait for it to electrocute me. But it doesn't come. I open one eyes as I stare at the line. The zapping and the cracking of electricity in my hands doesn't electrocute me. I grin to myself when I find Power who's trying to electrify me, but fails. But when he tilts his head to the side and turns his head to me, his eyes widen in terror when he doesn't see me being electrified. I smirk mischievously.

"It's over, Power!" I say.

I pull him toward me to get near to him. And when we're both a feet from each other, I spot small black earrings at the size of a grain of rice. I laugh mentally to myself at the irony. The fearful look on Power's face tells me not to take the earrings from him, but I don't listen to him. I look at Power's face and shrug before I pick at the earrings on his ears while Power is yelling at me not to take the earrings from him. And when I get them out I his ear, I was about to use my legs to push Power toward the river that we're nearing but he stops me when he speaks.

"Don't! Please! I didn't mean to do this!" He begs.

I stare at him as I scan his face. I can't find a single wrinkle of lie on his face or laced in his voice. Instead, I see a man begging for his life. There are beads of sweat on his face, running down as if he has ran miles.

I look behind him and the river is coming up fast. I tug on my yo-yo and it unties itself off of Power. With the earrings in my hand and my yo-yo in the other, I wrap my arm around him and he securely wraps his arms around my small waist. I throw my yo-yo at a lamppost on the bridge and the gush of wind rushes through my ears and caresses my skin on my face. The yo-yo swings us to the bridge and as soon as we land on the ground, I set Power in front of me before take a few steps back to make sure he doesn't do anything to me.