Ladybug In Gotham (crossover fic)

Chapter 29 Going through the day

Third pov

Marinette felt it deep into her bones, the fragile feeling that always arrives after an episode. The feeling of not knowing if her feet are on stable ground.

To be fair, it usually takes a few days before the ground beneath her feels stable again. Which was why she wasn't that surprised that the sound of the gardner using a hose set her off again.

She couldn't breathe, her limbs felt heavy. Like they're being dragged down.

"Marinette? You need to breathe. Come on, there's no water around you. I promise." Tikki hugged her the best she could.

Eventually (ten minutes according to her phone) Marinette could breathe again, although the tremors in her hands were hard to hide as sat in the corner of her temporary room.

Let's see, what was it Kagami taught her?

5 things she can see: Bed, Tv, chair, desk and door.

4 things she can touch: Tikki, the floor, the walls and her hair.

3 things she can hear: The gardner, birds and Tikki.

2 things she can smell: The flowers in the vase on her desk and the tea Alfred had given her.

1 thing she can taste: Blood. She'd bitten her cheek too hard.

Deep breaths.

She can do this.

She can do this.

She can d- *Beeeep*

And an akuma alarm. She was starting to think Hawkmoth was being a bit quiet.

Tikki got the box that the horse miracoulus and it's kwamii Kaalki was resting in.

The box had looked fine after the near drowning so she'd decided to let Kaalki keep resting.

"Hello, Mari. Is it time to go to Paris?" Kaalki asked while munching on a sugar cube the teen gave her.

"Yeah. Hawkmoth is rearing his head again." She got up from the floor and stretched a bit. "Let's do this. Tikki, spots on!"

The transformation hadn't changed even if her outfit had.

Though she definitely appreciated all the black in her new outfit.

It changed as she grew. Most of their outfits did.

Another thing she liked was that instead of pigtails she now got a braid that went down to her butt.

She took a deep breath. "Alright. Let's do this."

Time skip

She was the first to arrive on the scene.

Today's akuma was Mr Pigeon.

Super.

Note the sarcasm?

Really though, isn't this like number 38 in his akumatisations?

Dude's gotta chill. Okay now she sounds like Nino.

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"Hello there, La-La-Ladybug~" Viperion landed on the same roof as the spotted heroine.

"Hey Viperion. How have you been?" She asked as she dodged an attacking bird.

"It's been calm. Ryuko can't join us. She's tied up at the moment." Viperion dodged a few birds trying to get to him. "What's the plan?"

Ladybug held up a lighter so he could see it. "This was what my lucky charm gave me. I'm thinking one of us act distraction and the other lights the birdseed he's holding on fire."

"I'll be the distraction. You're a lot more flexible than me." Viperion chuckled and jumped into Mr Pigeon's line of sight.

While he did his best to piss the akuma off, Ladybug swung in from behind, throwing the lighter on the birdseed successfully lighting them on fire and revealing the akuma.

After that everything went quick. They helped mr Ramier home, waved to the reporters, used the lucky charm to return things to normal and went to one of the teams hiddens spaces.

There they dropped their transformations and let their Kwamii's eat while they talked.

"How is it going in Gotham?"

Marinette shrugged, hands stubbornly shaking in her lap. "I was quite recently nearly drowned by the Riddler, Lila is awful, i know Batman and his family's identity, I had one hell of an awful flashback due to the before mentioned near drowning, I like Damian Wayne and I don't know what to do about it, and I have absolutely no idea on how I'm supposed to go through with talking to Batman without freaking him out because I'm freaking out about knowing their identifies, and what if I meet more villai-" Marinette stopped talking, breathing hard as Luka gave her an amused look.

"Take a deep breath Ma-Ma-Marinette, unless you're planning on passing out on me. " Once she'd done just that he sat down, letting her rest her head on his shoulder. It seemed to offer some comfort at least.

"Lila is a liar, and she's getting worse. But you already know that..." She muttered as he ran his hand through her hair the way he used to do for Juleka when she was little.

"Remember Damian Wayne? Batman's son? I like him. Like like him. And he likes me too. We were out eating when Riddler kidnapped us and put us in these puzzle rooms. At the end he started filling them with water and I...." She trails off.

"Syren?"

She nods. "So I was supposed to stay out of school today." She sighed. "Sooner or later I'll have to talk with Adrien and Chloe. But back on topic. Apparently Alfred, their butler, used to wear the peacock brooch. And he knows about us."

"Which makes you wonder how much the bats know about us?" Luka guessed.

"Yeah... But not only that. I'm not sure what happens if i meet more villains. I feel like I got lucky with Riddler.... I mean, it could've been the clown..." She shuddered.

Luka smirked. "The only clown bigger than Hawkmoth."

Marinette burst out in laughter at the mental image of the biggest pain in her ass dressed as a circus clown.

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Time skip

When Matinette came back to her room she could hear someone knocking on the door.

Quickly she dropped her transformation and motioned for Tikki and Kaalki to hide.

"Come in."

Alfred entered. "Hello, Miss Marinette. How are you feeling?"

She shrugged, hiding her hands in her pockets. "I'm good. Can I help with anything? I'd really like something to do."

Alfred smiled. "If you'd like you could help me fix master Bruce's favorite suit. It is in a poor shape after a tangle with Two-Face during a gala I'm afraid."

Marinette lit up. "I'd be happy to help."

Alfred showed her a room in the manor entirely dedicated to anything with creating clothes.

Marinette thought her jaw was going to hit the floor.

"This room is rarely used since none of the family have the patience for designing and making clothing of any kind. You have free reign of anything you can find, master Bruce's suit is on the mannequin. Have fun."

And with that the teen was left in her own personal heaven.

I have finally introduced Luka.

And Alfred is taking advantage of Marinette being a designer so she won't do as the rest of his family and run straight into first dangerous situation they can find because they're bored. (Sure, he doubts Marinette is much like them. But you can never be too careful)

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