Ladybug In Gotham (crossover fic)

Chapter 61 Who you fear most

Third pov

Lady Noir grunts as the akumas arm and hand, now a lot bigger, grips her tight. The staff is thankfully secure and, best of all, in reach. She just needs to grab it and extend it.

But then the figure holding her started twisting and taking another form.

She swore quietly.

Personally, she'd never thought about who she feared the most. The thought hadn't really been of any importance.

She knew who she hated with all her might. But who she feared?

"Hang in there!" Carapace shouts.

She does, because the akuma won't let her go.

She tries to move, wiggle her way out, hell even get the staff, but the akuma tightened it's grip to the point where breathing was very difficult.

It was still twisting and taking form right in front of her eyes until it just stopped.

The face became clear and Lady Noir didn't like what she was seeing.

"You're afraid of having to die for this to be over." The voice is distorted and she's hoping that no one else can see the face it took.

"Can someone help?! It won't let go!"

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Mister Bug and the others had been taken by surprise when the akuma (who still hadn't introduced itself) suddenly gained speed like Sonic on crack.

Honey Bee and Ryuko were first to recover and set of after it.

"Viperion, Silver, you're both long distance fighters. I want you to follow us but do not engage." Mister Bug said.

Silver nodded at the order, as did Viperion. The latter less than happy about him going close to the akuma.

He set of in the direction of where the others were.

At the scene he could see that Lady Noir were in the akumas grip and her hand was balled into fist as the thing tried to get the cat miraculous.

Ryuko had been knocked straight into a wall and was down for the count. Honey Bee was trying to get close enough to sting the akuma and Carapace was backing her up to the best of his ability.

This was bad.

Mister Bug took a deep breath after analyzing the situation and jumped backwards and up on one of the roofs.

"Is there anything we can do?" Silver asks. He looks nervous and the older heroes feel bad for him.

"I'm gonna use the lucky charm."

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"You can't stand to think about how much you've sacrificed for these people, you've given these civilians everything and they don't even have the decency to thank you."

Lady Noir was seriously growing sick of having to hear what the akuma was saying and used her one free hand to reach for the staff, ignoring the strain it put on her muscles.

She needed to reach it-

Bingo!

With a click it extended into the akumas hand and pushing it open.

The only issue being that it was still holding her hand in a grip, and she could feel the bones in her hand break as she twisted out of the hold and landed a few yards away.

"Lady, you okay?"

She shook her head at Bug's question. "Let's finish this!"

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