Red Strings And Markers

t w e n t y o n e

"That's Ladybug. She stands in your way of keeping the boy Chat Noir as your own."

Treble Maker gave a harumph. "I'll be sure to get her first Papillon." She mumbled as the butterfly mark disappeared around her face. She cleared her voice and began to vocalize, her voice directed to another direction.

The sound waves she created made the glass on the floor tremble and they rose. They spun like petals caught in the wind, twirling in the air at the demand of Treble Maker.

"She's playing with glass." Ladybug narrowed her eyes and pulled her yoyo out defensively. Treble Maker glared at her.

"Looks like things took a sharp turn." Chat smirked and Ladybug deadpanned, looking over at him.

Treble Maker giggled, some pieces of glass falling to the ground as she laughed. Ladybug noticed this, taking a habitual protective stance in front of Chat, making Treble Maker glared.

"Looks like this akuma is going to be a pain in my ass." Ladybug mumbled.

Treble Maker vocalized deeper, her voice sending the glass to them. Ladybug began to spun her yoyo, deflecting the shards of glass.

"What's the plan my lady?"

"She's after me. Try to find a distraction for her. But we're splitting up."

Chat nodded and dashed into the cathedral, going completely unnoticed by Treble Maker.

The Treble Maker kept shooting glass over at Ladybug, harmonizing differently that had Ladybug rolling and sprinting out of the way.

To Chat's dismay, he did feel several stings on his arms and lower legs, where Ladybug had gotten cut. Chat had got up to the cathedral where Treble Maker was floating around, startling her.

"Why the tempo tantrum princess?" He gave her a wink and an audible sigh was heard from Ladybug somewhere down below.

Treble Maker blushed slightly. "U-Uh, um, I'm being made to do this..."

Chat leaned onto his baton, looking at her with a smile. "It's alright. What was the paw-blem though?"

She brought her hands up, fiddling with her fingers. "I... I really wanted to sing in this concert, but... my little sister, she's sick and I couldn't attend the rehearsals. The director wouldn't listen to what I had to say and then..." She looked down at her hands and clenched them into fists. "All those others don't know how hard I worked to get here. They have no idea..." Her voice trembled.

Chat's inner Adrien wanted to reach out and comfort the girl, but he hesitated as he saw Ladybug behind her, her Lucky Charm in hand.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ladybug used her yoyo to wrap around Treble Maker, making her gasp and glare at Ladybug.

"You!" She whipped to look at Chat Noir. "You were just playing with me? You're just like everyone else, toying with my emotions!"

Chat Noir did feel guilty, but this was an akumatized victim and he couldn't let them get the best of him.

Treble Maker writhed against the restraints of the yoyo, managing to slip one hand out of the restraint. Treble Maker looked towards Ladybug and vocalized loudly, sending Ladybug a sonic wave that knocked her grip on her loose.

With the hand out of the restraint, she managed to summon several bass clef notes that she swung to Ladybug's direction. The two notes spun like a flying frisbee, attaching onto Ladybug's wrist and ankles.

"What the-!" The grip around Treble Maker completely dropped and she turned to Ladybug now, sending another stronger, louder sonic boom to Ladybug. Ladybug was swung back and with no hesitation, sent the window she hit shattering, her body falling out the other side.