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Emi's POV:
I jumped across roof tops looking for Reporter. Among the chaos and random things happening, it wasn't hard to find him. He'd made the Effit Tower into his headquaters. He sat at a desk made of newspapers, happily twirling a pen.
"Who's the liar now Mara?" Reporter turned to face his prisoners, Mara and Calex. They sat in a comfy looking cage on cushions. "Everything I write becomes truth."
Mara sat crossed legged and huffed, "I already admitted to going to far. Yesh, it was all a joke."
Calex smacked his forehead with the palm of his had. "A joke is funny. Jokes are nice. They don't embrass and islocate people!" He glared at his cousin. "And I'm telling Uncle and Aunty everything." He held up his cell, a triuphiy smile on his face.
Mara paled, "No, no, no! They'll make me work at the resturtant every weekend for a month."
Calex shrugged, "Should've thought of that before writing that artilce." He paused, than gave a devous smile. "Or we could come up with a deal."
"Like what?" Mara said neverously.
"We'll have plenty of time to negoiate. Seeing as we're trapped." Calex is way to comfortable. He leaned into the cushions and placed an arm behind his head. "Now, about my terms."
I couldn't easdrop any longer. A patrol of controlled people found me. Two tried to grab me. I back flipped away to avoid them. Got away from them, but now Reporter knows I'm here.
"Ready for a scoop?" I said with a false confiendce. "Your being canceled."
Reporter shrugged, "Good luck. I've already written an article detailing your defeat." He wrote somehing on the desk and a giant bird cage fell from the sky.
I rolled to the side before it landed. "You'll have to do better than that!"
"Okay." He simply said and began writing quickly. "Have fun."
Pixie had better be right. I can't handle this alone. I'm placing my trust in someone I've only meet once.
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Alexei couldn't believe his eyes. First Illya, than Mara and Calex. Emi had disappeared as well. His friends (minus Mara) had ben captured.
But everything should be okay. He gave Illya te miraclous. Surely he'll find it. Plus there's Blue Jay and Ladybug and Panda Mime.
As he thought this, he cell chimed. Alya was streaming on the Ladyblog. "Day 2 of Reporter's rampage." The camara moved to show Ladybug and Chat Noir trapped under the Effile Tower. The couldn't do anything, a swarm of large paper bees flew around them, keepign them in place. Blue Jay was in the background. She couldn't get close to Reporter, as a crowd of controlled civilians were chasing her. "Paris' heroes are doing their best to stop him. But everyone has one question. Where is Panda Mime?"
Guilt tore through Alexei. Illya had the panda miraclous, Alexei couldn't help even if he wanted to.
"Sir," A waiter tapped Alexei on the shoulder. "your friend left this." He handed Alexei a hoodie. Not just any hoodie, Illya's favorite that held the miraclous.
"Thanls." Alexei took the hoodie, not believing his lack. Could the miraclous still be inside. One way to find out. Alexei went behind the resturtant, where no one could see him. His hand felt the familiar box in the pocket. Opening the box, Popp flew out.
"Change your mind?" Popp let out a lazy yawn.
"Yes, no. I don't know." Alexei sighed. "I'm not hero material but that doesn't mean I'll leave my friends in danger."
"You sound like a hero already." Popp strenched, than flew over to the watch. "Use the nunchucks to destroy the fauxed object. Pandamuim."
Alexei nodded, "Popp, Explosion Bamboom."
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"This is ridoulous!" Blue Jay shouted, as she jumped out of the mouth of paper T-Rex.
"Ready to give up? Reporter laughed, as he loughed at his desk.
Blue Jay huffed, things weren't going well. The contolled civilians and paper creatures were annoying. They hinder her from getting close to Reporter and Ladybug and Chat Noir. More than once she was temped to use Sonic Wave. Unfortunaly she couldn't, unless she wanted to detransform.
A new wave of controlled civilians grabbed her from behind. Blue Jay struggled to get her fan. But her arms were forcefully held down. "Your cheating!" Blue Jay yelled, trying to distract Reporter.
Reporter paid no attention to her, his focus on Mara. "Still doubt my skills?"
Calex was grateful Mara kept her mouth closed The last thing they needed was to make him anger. Than again. "Insult him." He whisphered.
"Are you crazy!?" Mara hissed.
"If we can distract him, he might lose control of his 'writings'." Calex stopped talking, waiting for Mara to piece everything together. He overestimated his cousin's IQ. "It'll allow Blue Jay or the others the chance they need."
When Mara continued to stare at him, Calex said. "Your wrong Mara, Issac's articles are always truthful and interesting."
Mara's face turned red with angrier. "Your a liar! I said no such thing!"
To late, Reporter's full attention was on Mara. "You still refuse to acknowledge my skills?"
"You've done it now." Mara hissed.
Calex smirked, "Watch." He nodded to the comontion outside the cage.
The civilians holding Blue Jay loosed theri grip. Blue Hay wiggled to get her arm free. "Blue Jay!" A voice called. Seconds later, something wrapped around her wrist. She got her other hand free to grab onto it. She was pulled into the air, out of the crowd.
"That was close." A familiar voice said. "Miss me Blue?"
Blue Jay looked at the boy who' pulled her up to the Effiel tower. Relief washed ovr her, as she smacked him on the shoulder. "Where were you!?" Tears of frustation ran down her face. "I needed you. I was starting to think you wouldn't show."
Panda Mime didn't know what to say. He had friends and family who cared about him. But no one had ever said they needed him before. Yet this girl, a stranger, had needed him. And he hadn't been there. "I'm sorry." He offered an aplogize smile. "It won't happen again."
Blue Jay wiped the tears from her face. "Partners?" She held her hand out.
"Partners." Panda Mime placed his hand in her's and shook it.
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Alexei's POV:
"He's been refauxed. We need to get the feather and nullify it." Blue Jay gestured to the scene below. "He;s got two students trapped in the cage beside the desk."
I nodded in agreement. "We'll need to find the object that holds the feather."
"I think it's in the pen he's using his time. He's been writing on the desk instead of his arm." Blue Jay stated. "Simple enough to get."
She has an interesting sense of humor. "Well birds do like shiny things and you are a bird." I winked, letting her filled in the rest.
Blue Jay rolled her eyes, but smirked. "Ah, but pandas are better at climbing."
I laughed, than got serious. "Really though, how are we going to get that pen? Even Ladybug and Chat Noir weren't able to get close."
Blue Jay thought for a moment. "Mimicry, mimic other attacks, right?"
"Correct." Where is she going with this.
"Yesturday you were able to mimic Sonic Wave." She continued. "Try using it to mimic Ladybug's Lucky Charm."
"Okay." I quickly agreed. "Mimicry!" I tossed my nunchucks into the air, activiating it's power. "Lucky Charm!" A fishing rod in Ladybug's colors fell into my hands. "Now what?"
"Look around, you should be able to form a plan." Blue Jay explained.
Looking around different objects lit up in Ladybug's colors. A plan clearly formed in my mind. "Do you trust me?"
"Yes." She answered without hesiatition.
I was taken back for a moment, stunned. "Thank you."
Blue Jay placed her hand on my shoulder. "We're partners. Just tell me where you need me."
"Alrught." I explained my plan. "Can you go down there and cause a distraction? When you use Sonc Wave, aim it at Reporter. Specifically the hand holding the pen."
"Okay." Blur Jay waved, than samuesalted off the Effiel Tower.
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She landed with a thud at the edge of the controlled group of civilians. Blue Jay made sure to stay out of their reach. "Hello and welcome one and all." She might as well have a bit of fun. "We hope you enjoy the show 'Reporter Loses His Powers'!!" Blue Jay pretended she was a ring master.
Reporter's anger grew. How dare these 'heroes' try to stop him? All he wanted to do is share the truth. What's so wrong with that?
"You foolish gi-" Reporter started, but was off of by Calex.
"Can't believe I'm actually agreeing with you." Calex said aloud, a look of dismay on his face. "He's a horrbile reporter. Everything written are lies."
Mara also didn't seem pleased, sharing the same option as her cousin. "See? And you were blamingme for this mess."
"Oh no, this is still your fault." Calex gave a peeved glare at Mara. "Issac's a great editor and reporter."
"Wrong." Reporter interjected, "I'm the greatest reporter!"
"No, your the worst. Even Issac was better." Mara admitted. "Your just a bad verison of him."
Blue Jay let out a whistle. The day finally came when Mara not only agreed with Calex, but kind o admitted she was wrong. "Prove us wrong then." She taunted.
"Gladly." Reporter grabbed his pen, the moment Blue Jay had been waiting for.
"Sonic Wave!" Blue Jay immeditaly activated her special power. A powerful gust of wind knocked the pen into the air. The newspaper desk went flying as well. Reporter stood his ground for a few moments, but was tossed into the air.
"No!" He reached for the tumbling pen. It was snatchec high into the air, by a fishing line.
"Got it!" Panda Mime riled the pen in like a fish. Remembering Popp's instrutions, he tossed the pen into the air. Nunchucks in hand, her uttered. "Pandamuium!" A flash of light poured from the collsion of the pen and nunchucks. The pen exploded into white sparks.
"Now what?" Blue Jay landed beside Panda Mime. "Isn't everything suppose to go back to normal?"
Panda Mime shrugged, "Don't know, my kwami didn't mention much of anything else other than how to nullify objects."
Seconds later, a cloud of moths rolled in. They encircled the Effle Tower and the surronding ground. They sawrmed around everyhing affected by Reporter. Once they left, things retunred to normal. Everntually, the moths worked their way intothe city.
"That was unexpected." Panda Mime said,
"What're you talking about?" Blue Jay rasied an eyebrow. "It was your pweors that did this."
Panda Mime shrugged, "Doesn't mean I know everything. We've both had out miraclous for less than two days."
"Great job guys." Ladybug landed on the Effiel Tower beside Chat Noir.
"Simply claw-some." Chat Noir joked. "You may wat to use that," he pointed to the fishing with his baton. "just in case."
Panda Mime tossed the fishing rod into the air, like Ladybug. "Miraclous Ladybug!" The command created magical ladybugs from the fishing rod that swarmed around the city repairing any and all damage.
"You guys might want to get going." Ladybug gestured to their beeping mircalous. "We'll handle everything here."
The two new heroes quickly took their leave.
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Emi's POV:
I landed a block way from the resturtant. Calex will surely have alo to tell me.
"Blue Jay?" Panda Mime landed behind me. When he followed me?
"You shouldn't be here, we can't discover each others' identidy." Look at me sounding like Ladybug.
"I know, there's somehing I wanted to ask you." He shifted neverously.
Another mintue disappeared, only two left now. "Go ahead, we'll be woring together from now on."
"What made you want to be a hoer? Why accpect this responsbility?" Panda Mime seemed conflicted.
I don't know where all these questions are coming from, but I can relate. Getting a kwami and these powers is alot to take in. We weren't given time to think about whether or not we wanted to accept this. "Honestly, I'm not sure. I questioned if I was the right chois. Than yesturday Reporter attacked. I didn't have time to think, I just reacted. Same thing happend today."
I looked at my bracelet, remembering my feelings from the other day. "Do I know if I'll keep doing this? Do I want to keep doing this? Both answers are, I don't know. I do know that I'll continue to be Blue Jay for as long as I can. And I hope you'll continue being Panda Mime for as long as you can. We're in this together."
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"I'm here to offically aplolzige to everyone affacted by the article and to Issac. Everything written and published is fake." Mara's voice echoed rom the numberous screens watching the livestream. :I'd also like to welcome Issac back as the editor of the school's newspaper."
"How'd you get her to do this?" Emi asked, as they watched the boardcast. After defeating Reporter, school resumed like normal. Cale and Mara were the last to return to class. Calex had a sly smile, while Mara grimanced the entire class. Now she knew why, Mara's public apoloize.
"Let's just say, my uncle and aunt wouldn't be happy if they learnt about the article." Calex knew his unlce doated on Mara, spoiling her. But there was a lime. For example, spreading lies and rumots was a big no-no. "We came to an agreement. The first is this apoloize and revealing the truth, clearing Issac's name. The second is letting Issac back on the paper."
"Thank you Mara." The came switched to Issac. The dejected look was gone, replaced by a smile. "I'm glad to be back on the paper. However, I must apoloize. Mara may have published the article, but I wrote everything in it. Minus the one about Reporter." He have Mara a quick glance.
"They were written for only me to see, but I still shouldn't have written them. For that, I'm sorry."
The boardcast ended there, but the site was flooded with messages. Most of them accepting the apolozies or apolozing to Issac for the way they acted.
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"So?" Pixei hovered over Emi, as the girl flopped onto her bed. "What do you think?"
Emi hadn't had a moment alone all day. After school, she had to go grossery shopping with Keyn and help Airi develop some photos. Tha Alya called, needing help with their math homework. Keyn called them for dinner soon after her phone called ended. She was glad Airi offered to clean up after dinner.
Emi now has a moment to think. "It's completely different from what I imaged." She rolled onto her stomach, to stare at the ______ poster. "Growing up, I've liked helping people, just as long as I don't draw to much attention to me. When the faux first appered, I wanted to help."
"And now?" Pixie numbled on a chocolate macroon. "Will you continue as Blue Jay?"
Before Emi could answer, he cell rung. "You won't believe this. The Effiel Tower is made of cheese."
Emi rolled her eyes, "Your there now?"
"Nope, I'm on my way now. See you through!" Calex hung up.
Emi glanced at Pixie. "To answer your question. Pixie, Let's Soar!"
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"Are you sure about this?" Popp hovered beside Alexei. "Your not going to reget thos?"
The cool night air blew Alexei's hair. He stood on the roof of his house, looking at the city. "Yeah, I'm sure. I've thought alot about it."
Illya had found him once the battle wit Reporter ended. His friend was more worried about him than himself. Alexei spent the rest of the school day reassuring Illya that only was he okay, but so was Emi, Calex, and Mara.
A loud cry in the distance drew Alexei's attention. "This just in, the Effiel Tower is now made of cheese!" The news report from Alexei's phone annocued.
"Well kid, looks like your needed." Popp said, happy with Alexei's chose.
Alexei nodded, "Popp, Explosion Bamboom!"
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"Your late." Blue Jay smirked at her partner.
"Sorry Blue, my kwami was stuffing his face." Panda Mime casually twriled his nunchucks. "It hasn't been tweleve hours since the Reporter indience."
Blue Jay shrugged, "A hero's life is never dull. Let's go!"
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"They've done well." She wathced from the shadows as the new chosens fought a new faux. The pair had less than two days' ecperience, yet they fought in syc. The two would make a great pair.
"Their still new and inexperienced." The kwami sat on his lady's shoulder. "They still have a long way to go"
Note: That's the end of the first season of Miraculous: Adventures of Blue Jay and Panda Mime.