MIRACULOUS ALLIANCE SEASON TWO: VENOM

EPISODE 1: LATOMBE, PART I

Two months. It has been two months since Paris' greatest supervillain (technically only supervillain at the time) was taken down. Paris was safe. Mostly. A little safer. At times there were still magical beasts going through the barrier separating the human and magical world. But Paris didn't worry. Yeah, when a magical monster like an ogre or an orc rampaged it was scary as hell but they were not doubting at all that the situation would be resolved.

The Miraculous Team was bigger then ever, and whenever there was a situation, the core team of Ladybug, Chat Noir, Rena Rouge, Queen Bee, Carapace and recently Pipistrello, would come in to deal with it, at times with the help of a few of the 'Zodiac wielders' as they were known. Just like it was now.

Paris was burning. Several building were on fire. The firemen of Paris were really busy keeping the fires under control. "It isn't working! The water is being blasted at its highest pressure, but the flames don't go down enough." One fireman said to another.

"Damn it! What kind of fire is this?" the other fireman said.

All of a sudden a trio of figures emerged from the flames. They looked demonic, like a devil and a hellhound had a sick burning looking lovechild. They had fiery manes coming from their backs and the flames didn't seem to bother them. While most of the magical beasts that have come through the barrier were just wild animals. This one actually spoke a few words. "Burn! Burn it all!" it roared madly as the figures breathed fire everywhere. The fireman ran for it as their flame breaths set their firetruck on fire, ironically enough. They then roared, and on all fours rushed across the city.

"What the hell were those?" one of the scared firemen asked.

"Ifrit." a voice said behind them. The Rooster Miraculous wielder Kempfhahn stood there besides them. "Fire Djinns. Normally not native to France so I don't know why they are here but..." the Firemen look at him confused. "Not the time for it." He finished flatly.

"Don't mind him, he has grown to be fascinated by the magical beasts that come through." another voice butted in as a red and black blur. Ladybug had swung on on the scene with her yo-yo. She was soon followed by all Miraculous heroes. "The reports of the fires seemed dire, so I decided to bring in everyone."

"Thank the Lord. These flames are not normal, we can't seem to extinguish them and those...whatever he called them are running rampant. We can't contain this on our own." The fireman said.

"Well, normal fireman are not equipped to deal with magical flames. No worries, you may not feel so hot right now, but we can handle this." Chat Noir said with his usual smirk. The rest of the team groaned at his pun. "Everyone's a critic."

"So, are we having a plan to deal with those flaming dog genies?" Carapace asked.

"We need to contain them before they set more buildings on fire. First, Ryuko, I need your water power. You try to hold your water form as long as possible to make sure you can extinguish any fires that may come. I don't know how long you'll have to, but most likely it will be longer then we've seen during training." Ladybug said.

"My resolve is as strong as the metal of which my blade is made." Ryuko said as she raised the sword. She at least hoped it was metal, she wasn't sure. It may as well be a magical substance she may have never heard off.

"All right. Laika, Pegasus, Petit Souris, Taurus, your skills are needed in evacuating and saving any people still trapped inside. Work with the firemen until we get back."

"Aye-aye, ma'am!" Laika said with a little salute.

"The rest of you, come along. We need to restrain those Ifrit at any cost before they do more damage." Ladybug said. "And men and women of the firemen department. Please provide my team with any info they may need, or pop some hydrants that may help Ryuko."

"You can count on us, Ladybug." one of the Firemen said.

"We all know our roles, now let's move out!" Ladybug said, raising her hand and giving the signal. All the heroes scrambled to get their job done.

Immediately, Ryuko raised her blade. "Water Dragon!" she shouted on top of her lungs, and she became a Ryuko-shaped mass of water. She spoke to the firemen "Open the hydrants." she said as she pointed at the red thing in question. The Firemen did as they were told, and a large stream of water came from it, hitting the watery Ryuko, whom grew to enormous size with the added water to her being. She raised her arms and streams of water came out, and began dousing several of the magical Ifrit-created flames.

"I'm going to split and scout ahead." Petit Souris said. "Multitude!" she called out as she shrank and multiplied, all the little mouse heroes scrambling in the rubble and the burning buildings, to scout for any civilians.

Laika was hot on their tail. She sniffed the air, hoping she is able to pick out some scents among the smoke. Her sense of smell was superior to that of any normal dog and to that of any of her teammates. "I smell something in the northeast up ahead. I think I also find a few smells coming from a few floors above. Third or fourth floor."

One Petit Souris came from a gap in the wall. "Affirmative, there is a family in the room up ahead, but they are stuck. Rubble blocks the door, flames closing in. Several of my others are already clearing some but..."

"We got to move fast." Laika finished.

"I can do so." Pegasus said. "But I only have one shot with Horsepower."

"Let's hold that off for a bit, best when things get more...dire." Laika suggested. They followed the Petit Souris clone and moved ahead. Several Petit Souris clones were carrying off pieces of rubble through their collective girlpower.

"I can move the bigger pieces of rubble." Taurus said as he cracked his knuckles.

"Do it carefully, with the structural integrity of the building at risk, we cannot shake things up too much." one of the Firemen warned.

"Don't worry about Taurus. He is a Juggernaut, but he can be as gentle as a spring breeze." Petit Souris said. This put a soft smile on Taurus' face as they clear the rubble further.

A family with two kids were behind it, huddled up. They were afraid but most of that fear cleared up upon seeing the firemen and the superheroes. One of the kids, a toddler boy, pointed at Laika. "Puppy-girl!"

"Yes, I'm the puppy girl, and me and my friends are getting you all out." Laika said softly. "Petit Souris, did your other selves find anyone else?"

"A family a few floors above. Other then that, saw no other people inside besides us." one fo the Petit Souris said.

"Mousy!" the kid said as she picked up a plushie-sized Petit Souris and hugged it like a stuffed toy. Petit Souris sighed and let her. Probably best to keep the kid calm.

"We'll get them out safely. Just move along, please." the fireman said as she gently hurried the family along, while a few others used extinguishers to keep the flames at bay.

However, as that happened, a cracking sound could be heard. "Oh no!" Laika said as she saw one of the support pillars crack.

"I got this!" Taurus said as he positioned himself under the collapsing pillar, and put his super strength into it, using his physical prowess to keep the entire building standing up. "Keep them moving along. Even without Rampage I can hold this building up as long as I need."

Everyone sighed in relief. For a few moments. However, Laika's nose twitched. "Oh crap, I smell gas! Pegasus, Horsepower, now!"

With a gas leak, every second counted. While the flames were being dealt with by Ryuko, only one stray spark needed to escape. So when he invoked Horsepower, Pegasus put his everything into it and the world around him started to slow down to about a crawl. He then moved out, grabbing the family, went outside and put them down. Then he went back inside. He saw some falling rubble, but to him it slowed down to a point they were softly lowered. So he could 'platform' off the rubble to the upper floors, grabbing the family whom were there, and rush them outside as well.

After that, he grabbed each of the firemen before going back to his teammates. First Laika, whom he was happy to briefly pick up bridal style. Then using the display on the inside of his glasses to track each Petit Souris clone. Because they were so numerous, he had to carry and drop them unceremoniously like a pile of dolls. She would be forgiving about that, knowing her.

Finally, he dragged out Taurus. Even with his enhanced attributes, Taurus was heavy, but got him out just in time before the building exploded. The others, whom were disoriented by finding themselves from one place to another in a matter of seconds were knocked down by the shockwave but otherwise unharmed. Pegasus panted. "Nailed it." After that he collapsed.

"You did great, Pegasus." Laika said.

"I guess I di-" After that he and laika were splattered by some water. Laika's hairstyle was now flat and Pegasus Dreads were now no longer tied back, their hair sloppily draped by the sides of their head.

"Apologies. I did not see you there." the giant watery Ryuko said. The group let out a laug, both out of relief and due to the actual humorous situation.

The three beastly Ifrits ran through the city, leaving a trail of flames behind where ever they ran. "Ok, everybody knows their part i the plan?" Ladybug asked. The others all nodded. "All, right then, team! Move in!"

Pipistrello held out her hammer in front of her in a way, that judging by the trumpet noises she made, emulates a trumpet as she then shouted: "CHARGE!" The three Ifrits soon found themselves swarmed by the heroes, whom were slowly driving the three-mon pack apart, driving them back while dodging the flames.

The first Ifrit was fighting the group that had Ladybug and Chat Noir. It inhaled and spat a few fireballs. The swinging of the yo-yo and the staff made sure the fireballs are deflected. They felt thier weapons heat up a bit, but it was only briefly. "Down, boy!" Ladybug said.

"I don't like the way it looks at me, Bugaboo...how much dog is there in the Ifrit again?" Chat asked.

"Burn..." the Ifrit growled.

"Did it just speak?" Ladybug asked.

"Burn...I burn...you burn! BURN!" the Ifrit engulfed himself in flames as he charged like a fireball at the two the two jumping aside to avoid it.

"He needs to cool down. In every sense of the word." Chat said.

"Surround him, divide his attention!" Ladybug said. The two and their battle partners for this scuffle, Roi Singe, Porcelet and Tigresse surrounded them.

"Come on, you big mutt! You want to show yourself the apex predator? I still have to see it!" Tigresse growled. The Ifrit heated up and charged again, but she held out her arms and caught the charging beast in her claws. She felt the heat under her claws, and it was quickly becoming unbearable. She growled but she didn't give in. But she then tossed the beast aside, and as she was digging her claws in at the time, it also caused some cuts in the best's face.

However, it got up quicker then expected and swiped with his arm and knocked Tigresse back. However, as he wanted to charge in for another blow, he felt something hook in his back and skin. Porcelet's rake was hooked into its back as she pulled at him. "Get away from her, you bitch!" The Ifrit was not happy with the weapon stuck in its back. It got on all fours, charged and dragged her along, before making a sharp turn. Porcelet was thrown off. He raised himself up and inhaled for a fiery attack, but he found himself punched in the gut, causing him to stop charging his flame breath and instead swallow it. It didn't hurt him but it was unpleasant.

"You're not roasting my little pork chop. I'm the only one getting a taste of her." Tigresse smirked. The blush on Porcelet's face was visible.

The Ifrit growled, but his legs were swept from under him, as Roi Singe stood there, spinning his staff and posing. "You know that in the East they see dogs and monkeys as enemies instead of cats and dogs?" Roi Singe said. "I wonder if there is some truth to that, because I don't like a mutt like you attacking my friends."

"Burn!" the Ifrit growled as he charged at Roi Singe as he jumped up, struck him in the back of his head and flipped forward, his staff landing vertically and standing straight like a pole, and the Monkey King landing gracefully on it and balancing. He pulled his left eyelid down as he stuck out his tongue. The Ifrit grew even angrier. "BURN!"

The Ifrit felt being hit in the stomach. He doubled over and looked down to see Chat, whom looked at him with an annoyed expression. "All you say is 'burn'. Buy a thesaurus." Chat quipped.

The Ifrit turned around at Chat, right before he got hit between the eyes by Ladybug's yo-yo. "Ok, you are slightly more verbal then others whom have come through the Veil. I suppose you are a bit smarter too. So I suggest this: You stand down, go back from where you came and stop putting our city on fire. Otherwise, we will have to hurt you."

"I..." the Ifrit wasn't growling as he said that. "I burn...Burning up. I must...BURN!" it said as he charged in again. However, Ladybug was ready this time as she jumps up, plants her feet in his face and kicks him off. Then Porcelet pole-vaults, using her rake to kick the beast in the stomach, pushing him back. Then Chat and Tigress rushed in, claws out and slashing at him, as he was knocked onto the ground. "I wish talking down an enemy would work, just once."

"Maybe someday. But now we get back to what works with any foe: Hitting it really hard!" Chat said.

"I'm all for that." Tigresse grinned as she showed off her claws.

"While that sounds satisfying, I think the time has come for Roi Singe to use Uproar." Ladybug said.

"And now the party truly begins! Uproar!" the Monkey Miraculous wielder said as he raised his staff, and a dog plushie came down. "I know my powers are a bit...comedic at times but seriously? Fiery dog genie and dog plushies?"

"I learned from my Lucky Charms or Pipstrello's Random to not question those things too much and roll with it." Ladybug said shrugging.

"Anyhow, let it rip!" Roi Singe said as he threw his plushie. However, the Ifrit wasn't that stupid as he inhaled and shot a fireball form his mouth. It would have destroyed the uproar toy if the fireball wasn't intercepted.

Luckily Porcelet jumped in, activated her power and swallowed the fireball, just to leap aside in time for the plushie to continue his path onward to the target. As soon as it hit the dog, its fiery mane extinguished and it was only able to cough up smoke. Porcelet also coughed up smoke actually. "That was a spicy meatball." she noted.

The Ifrit actually looked worried without its firepower. But it recomposed itself, hoping that with its physical strength it would be enough to turn the tide. He was wrong as soon as he got socked with a yo-yo in the face, a pair of staffs in the stomach, and smashed with a rake and some tiger claws. It was soon down for the count.

Rena Rouge and Carapace were fighting the second Ifrit. This Ifrit had smaller horns and was far less bulky. But this one made up with being much more projectile-happy then the other one. It spat out fireballs and streams of flame on a whim. "Burn!" It shouted all the time.

"If I took a shot for every time you said that, I'd be dead by now!" Rena Rouge said as she agilely dodged another fireball.

"We're going to be dead if we don't get hothead to cool down." Carapace said as he deflected all fire attacks that came in with his shield.

"We need to find a way to get closer. Someone needs to distract him and then we strike." Rena Rouge suggested.

"Allow me!" Kempfhahn said as he flew in. "As a flying target, I can draw more attention. That and Pan's pixie dust may burn if he tries it head-on."

"It is not pixie dust." Pan scoffed. "It is not because I'm called Pan we need to use Peter Pan terminology. You're more Peter Pan then me, fly-boy."

"Let's just get on with the plan." Kempfhahn said as he flew up. "Hey there, Ifrit! Want some roast chicken? Try to fry me!"

"BURN!" the Ifrit roared as it spew a stream of fire from its mouth. But Kempfhahn flew out of the way of each of the strikes.

Pan moved in. however, the Ifrit didn't seem as stupid as they thought it was, because when it saw Pan from the corner of its eye, he turned around and fired at him. However, Carapace stepped in between, blocking the fireball with his shield. "You ok?"

"Yes, thanks for the save." Pan replied.

"New plan, I think the best offense..." Carapace charged in, his shield forward. Even as he kept being pelted with fireballs and his shield started to feel hot, he kept charging in. "Is a good defense!" He then got in close enough and whacked the Ifrit with the shield.

The Ifrit stumbled back and Carapace charged in again with his shield but the Ifrit managed to recover quickly and shot a fireball at Carapace, whom was knocked back. There was a singe mark on his chest, but luckily his powers la in defense, so Carapace was able to get back up. "Well, that worked for about ten seconds."

"Then we change strats! Mirage!" Rena said as she put her flute to her lips and the battlefield became engulfed in orange mist. Soon, the Ifrit found himself surrounded by a hundred Carapaces, Rena Rouges, Pans and Kemphahnen. He fired at each of the copies he could aim at, all of them avoiding or turning into orange smoke upon being hit.

However, this time, Pan got close enough and was able to blow his dream dust in the face of the Ifrit. The Ifrit stumbled upon being hit. "Burning...the world is burning..." it muttered.

"Now that he's out of it, hit him!" Carapace noted. He threw his shield, hitting the beast in the face. Rena followed up with a whack from her flute, Pan with a flying kick and Kempfhahn swooping in with a flying punch, sending the beast flying.

Queen Bee and Pipistrello went up against the third of the Ifrits. It had a more feminine built then the other two but that didn't make her any less dangerous. It was really fast, and she had the biggest claws, trying to slash at the two Miraculous Girls at any moment. "Burn! You both have to burn!"

"How can you burn us, when you just keep slashing?" Pipistrello asked. The Ifrit retaliated by putting her claws on fire. "Ok, that one is one me."

"You think?" Queen Bee said sarcastically as she flew up to avoid a fiery swipe. She shot her trompo at the beast, whom swatted the trompo aside and slashed the air, creating a fiery crescent wave, which she flew out of the way of. Queen Bee saw that one of the hairs on her head was singing. "That's it! She touched my hair, this is the day bitches gonna die!" She rushed in, but with the heavily swiping fire claws she couldn't. Dang it!

"It's just some hair." Pipistrello noted.

"You have your bangs in the shapes of sausages, you don't have a lot of room to talk." Queen Bee growled.

"Your opinion, girl." Pipistrello said as she flicked her bangs. "Allow me to take over. Hey, fire-nails? What's your fav fruit? You like bananas? Apples? Durians?" The Ifrit swiped at her, but Pipistrello moved around to much for her to be properly hit. "My fav is a kumquat. Not because I like eating it but because I like saying it. It's afunny word. Kumquat, kumquat, kumquat..."

"You annoy me! Burn!" the Ifrit said as she put her claws on fire and let out two crescent waves in an x-shape.

"You always say you want to burn things. You see a building, you burn it. You see me, you burn it. You lost all control over your life, missy!" Pipistrello quipped. It didn't nothing to deter the Ifrit.

"I suggest less annoying it and more kicking its butt!" Bunnyx said as she swooped in, attempted to land a jump kick on the creature, only for it to be blocked by her passive forearm. She lashed with her flaming claws but Bunnyx did a few sick backflips to dodge them. "Oh, it feels good being able to do that."

"If you can get it to sit still long enough, I can tame the beast with some music." Viperion said as he also moved in. His lyre was at the ready.

"I would do a time stop, but I need to save up my power for portaling." Bunnyx said as she unfolded her umbrella to block a fireball coming from the Ifrit.

"Leave that to Queenie and me!" Pipistrello said. "RANDOM!" she said as she raised her hammer. Everyone turned blonde, aside Queen Bee, whom was already blonde. "Well, that could have gone better."

"Seriously?" Bunnyx said, annoyed with her now blonde hair.

"Hey, it is the power of randomness. It is not always helpful. At least as blondes we'll have more fun?" Pipistrello suggested.

"I'm not having more fun!" Bunnyx said as she dodged another fiery swipe. "Just smash it with your hammer or something!"

"Oh...right!" Pipistrello aid as she brought down her hammer onto the Ifrit. It blocked with its forearms, but it left her self open for Bunnyx to whack it in the stomach with the umbrella. It was sent stumbling back, where Queen Bee waited and tied it up with her trompo.

"Now, Viperion!" Queen Bee said. The heat was traveling up the wire and she would not be able to hold it.

"Entrancement!" Viperion said as he played his lyre and the Ifrit started to sway.

"Buuuuurn..." it said softly and drawn out.

The three Ifrits, one powerless, one about asleep and one dazed by the Entrancement, regrouped, barely able to stand. "But...the burn. Burn..."

"They still don't shut up about that?" Chat asked.

"Mh...I wonder if..." Ladybug said as she opened up her yo-yo. She aimed the white light inside of it at the three. "Miraculous Healing!" It engulfed the three Ifrits, whom howled as if in pain.

"LB, what are you doing?" Carapace asked.

"I saw one of them falter briefly when I tried reaching out, I got a feeling that..." Ladybug said. She didn't finish the sentence, as the three Ifrits collapsed.

They were still for a few seconds until they opened their eyes. Their manes were fiery again, but they weren't burning wildly. Instead of the empty eyes, they had eyes with visible pupils. "Oh, my..." One of the Ifrits said. "My aching head. Where are we?"

"You don't remember?" Ladybug asked.

"We really don't." the second Ifrit said. "We were about to visit some relatives in France, we just arrived and then...a blur."

"Wait...red and black dots. You are the current Ladybug Miraculous wielder?" the female Ifrit asked. "You are all wielders?"

"We sure are." Chat said proudly.

The three Ifrits looked in panic as they lay down as if bowing. The first Ifrit spoke up. "Forgive us, oh mighty guardians. W have committed a felony by crossing the barrier without permission."

"I can get used to this." Roi Singe preened as if he believed he was being worshiped.

"At ease." Ladybug said. She felt a bit surprised that these magical beings revered them so much. Fu may have mentioned something about their status as Miraculous wielders in regards to magical beings, but she didn't realize the extent until now. "None shall be punished."

"Yeah, if LB's healing made you snap out of..whatever you had a few moments ago, it means it was an external force whom had made you do that." Carapace noted.

"Did we ...hurt anyone?" the second Ifrit asked nervously.

"There were some fires and you kind of fought us. But we got everyone to safety and to be honest, we fought tougher Akumas." Rena Rouge explained. "The rest is nothing that the Miraculous ladybug can't fix."

"Bunnyx will open up a portal that will bring you home. I advice to be on a lookout for anything weird so that will not happen again." Ladybug said.

"Thank you for your understanding and generosity, great guardian." The lead Ifrit said as they bowed to them.

"Burrow!" Bunnyx said as she created a portal so that the Ifrits could return home. The Ifrits gave their final goodbyes and stepped through.

"I for one am glad we no longer need portal stones to send the beasts back through the barrier." Chat said. "That went rather smoothly I say."

"Speak for yourself, look at my hair." Queen Bee pouted.

"Just wait until Ladybug uses her Cure, and you'll be back to normal. You're Queen Bee, not Drama Queen. Oh, that sounds like one of Hawkmoth's lamer Akumas." Rena Rouge noted.

"If it helps, you never looked hotter, Queenie." Pipistrello joked. Chat chuckled at the pun but the rest didn't look amused. "Nobody appreciates a good pun."

"That's what I said." Chat mused.

"I think you're still beautiful." Viperion said, wrapping an arm around Queen Bee's waist. Queen Bee blushed and giggled.

"Were we ever that sappy?" Ladybug asked.

"You two still are." Carapace noted. "Not that me and Rena have room to speak."

"You are all sickly sweet and sappy. Only reason me and Pipistrello are not is because we don't have a relationship with anyone right now." Bunnyx noted.

"You know, that could change soon..." Rena Rouge said with a creepy grin.

"Oh, she is wearing her shipping face, you doomed us Bunnyx!" Pipistrello said, somehow half amused and half frightened.

"We got no time for that. We have to check on the others and see how much the Miraculous Ladybug has to fix." Ladybug said. "But for what it's worth, you all did well."

"Girl, you saying that is worth a lot." Pan noted.

Ladybug smiled. The Heroes' Day gathering was not a fluke. Her new expanded team continued to do well. She couldn't help but question what exactly caused those Ifrit to go berserk. But right now, they needed to regroup with the others, fix things and speak to the media. She could investigate that bit later.

Later that day, the it was all over the news of course. About everyone in the city always eagerly anticipated to hear about their favorite heroes in the news. Mostly with joy and pride in Paris' superhero team. Others just wanted to stay up to date.

"Don't be bemused, it is just the news. Nadja Chamak here covering the events of the Miraculous team's newest bout of heroics. Earlier today, the young heroes helped deal with a series of fire caused by magical beings known as 'Ifrits'. The beasts were dispatched, the fires were extinguished, and people were pulled out of the burning buildings safely through their efforts."

A grumble could be heard from one particular person hearing the news. Several things were notable about this person. He was not happy to hear about the heroes on the news. He looked on to them with disdain. He was in prison. No, it was not Hawkmoth, as that guy was still bed-ridden. No, this was someone different.

Though his head was almost completely shaven, the little hair that was visible on his shaven head was a pale blonde, like his goatee. He had venomous green eyes, with a scar going over his left eye. He held the remote to the tv, almost crushing it in his hand in frustration.

He saw images of the young heroes interacting with a few of the little kids they saved. Laika allowing a kid to scratch her behind the ears, wagging her tail in the process. Or Pegasus giving one of the kids a piggy back ride. Or Roi Singe making monkey sounds while trashing like his totem animal to make them laugh. It was so sweet...it made him nauseous.

"We cannot claim all the credit. We want to thank the people of Paris' Fire department. While we have the skills to deal with magical calamities, it was thanks to them helping us through this with their expertise that allowed us to bring everything to a good end." Ladybug said. "We may be superheroes, but we also need our everyday heroes."

The firemen preened a little under the praise of Ladybug, as their Chief shook her hand. It sickened him. Ladybug was genuine with her words. But to this person, her talking was like nails on a chalkboard. For him it was sickly sweet and fake. To him it felt as an insult. 'I could understand old man, keeping them around to deal with the mess you made. Couldn't have a rogue butterfly running around. But once that job is done, knowing you, I believed for sure you would have taken back the Miraculous.' he thought to himself.

'But no, you let them keep it! And not just her and her core team. All of them! Why them? It is not fair!' He let out a scream of frustration as he threw the remote at the tv, destroying it in the process. Then he kicked over the stand on which the tv lay and screamed some more.

"Latombe! Don't tell me you destroyed another one." The guard whom was patrolling outside the prisoner's cell.

"Fine, I won't tell." the prisoner, apparently called Latombe muttered. "But you clearly have eyes so it makes it kind o redundant."

"Still cheeky as ever." the guard said.

"Why do we bother replacing this guy's tv. Isn't he supposed to be the worst of the worst? Should he even be allowed luxuries like tv?" another guard asked.

"Not really, but giving him tv was given in exchange for him not killing any more of the doctors." the first guard said.

"Two things! One: It is not polite to talk about me as if I am not here." Latombe said as he raised a finger. "Two: I didn't kill them. They killed themselves."

"After they talked to you!" the Guard said.

"Or they were really bad at doing their job. Doctorate in psychology my ass! If they were any good they wouldn't have let it happen. I did a favor by weeding out the bad ones." Latombe said, he sounded amused rather then regretful.

"You are sick." The second guard said.

"Maybe I'm the only sane person left? Matter of perspective." Latombe said as he lay in his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"From m perspective, you are locked up. You are only going to see the four walls of your cell for the rest of your life. So rot in hell, you monster." the second guard added.

"Come now, George. He is not worth it." the first guard said. "The world has already forgotten about him." With that, they continued their patrol, moving away from his cell.

Still laid down on his bed, Latombe grumbled. Cold fury was in his eyes. "Forgotten... Forgotten? Me, the greatest scientific genius since Albert Einstein, forgotten? I was famous...no, infamous. I was one time spoken off as the greatest hero, and another the new boogeyman in the nightmares of Paris' people. They think that locking me away for all this time will make people forget? I have not forgotten! I will make them remember. This cell won't hold me forever. I will learn everyone to fear and respect me again..." he growled to himself softly. His anger, his fury, building up inside him.

It was not unnoticed. Deep underground, in the bowels of Paris' sewer system something cold and dark lurked. From the shadows a pair of eyes opened up and glowed. It has sensed spikes of anger, despair, or sadness. The people of Paris all felt that. But these were brief bouts, just moments of weakness, moments of vulnerability. But the spike of anger it felt was so much more. It was not a moment. It was something that had festered for a long time. It was what the being sought. An odd, chilling sound was heard, that wasn't quite a growl but was still frightening. It was rather...an odd chirp or purr. Whatever this source of extreme anger and hatred was...it needed it!

TO BE CONTINUED

Finally, after months of cooldown, life being a bitch and writer's block, behold the first chapter of the second season of my Miraculous Ladybug series, Miraculous Alliance!

I decided to start off straight with the action, seeing how the heroes old and new work together while building up a few of the new threats.

While the next few chapters show more outside battle interactions, there will also be the interludes like the first season where we take a look at individual heroes or characters and their moments during their daily lives outside heroing.

Hope you enjoy, and hope you also are with me throughout this second season of my series.

A refresher/reminder about the Miraculous wielders aside the main five

Lila Rossi/Pipistrello

Kagami Tsuguri/Ryuko

Sabrina Raincomprix/Laika

Max Kante/Pegasus

Kim Le Chien/Roi Singe

Mylene Haprele/Petit Souris

Ivan Bruel/Taurus

Marc Anciel/Pan

Nathaniel Kurtzberg/Kempfhahn

Alix Kubdel/Bunnyx

Rose Lavillant/Porcelet

Juleka Couffaine/Tigresse

Luka Couffaine/Viperion