Adrien grins, and opens a new episode. He titles it Catalyst [Heroes Day Special], and it's not long before LadyBug joins him. He's grateful, yet again, that the chat stays open at the same time. He closes it when doing other things, but it's convenient to chat to LadyBug while they're drawing.

LadyBug: do me a favour, what are our previous villains??

Adrien clicks out, and opens The Adventures of Tikki and Plagg. He whistles aloud.

ChatNoir: you ready for this?

ChatNoir: stormy weather, bubbler, mr pigeon, timebreaker, copycat, lady wifi, pharaoh, evillustrator, rogercop, dark cupid, horrificator, darkblade, mime, princess fragrance, stoneheart, animan, simon says, pixelator, guitar villain, kung food, gamer, reflekta, puppeteer, santa claws, despair bear, prime queen, riposte, befana, robostus, gigantitan, glaciator, sapotis, gorizilla, captain hardrock, syren, style queen, malediktator, reverser, zombizou, frozer and anansi

LadyBug: oh my god

Adrien grins.

ChatNoir: tell me about it. ready to draw them all again?

LadyBug: NOOOOOO

ChatNoir: which ones do u not want to draw? that's about 40, so maybe we limit it to 30?

LadyBug: okay. cancel out the ones based on people who are now kwamis.

He doesn't know it, but both of them check The Bubbler off their list.

LadyBug: and we really don't want the sapotis everywhere

Adrien checks the clock. They're running out of time. He surveys the list of villains.

ChatNoir: how about we scrap zombizou (it was difficult to akumatise her the first time anyway), captain hardrock (she'll end up being forgotten anyway, bc of her boat), robostus (he's a robot it must be really hard to make him upset) and pixelator (we need some civilians)

LadyBug: that was fast

LadyBug: desperate to draw?

ChatNoir: we are still trying to post it today, remember?

LadyBug: right, yes. let's go

Adrien grins, and begins to draw. He knows how they have to start, with Volpina. She looks like a human version of Trixx, almost like a superhero. And then he changes their plan a little, as Plagg hits Tikki with Cataclysm and flies off, allegedly to draw Nooroo. Plagg disappears when he's out of sight of the civilians, and Volpina is de-akumatised.

When he draws Catalyst, he can't help basing her on Nathalie, someone who sacrifices herself for others.

He makes a Sticky Note, reminding himself about that idea for later.

When Not-Nathalie's exhaustion gets to her, she gets akumatised into Catalyst, the power-enhancer.

LadyBug takes over from there, drawing Tikki and Plagg as they discuss where Nooroo could be hiding. She draws Pollen, and Trixx, and Wayzz, nearby.

They draw the five kwamis, and the burst of red light that hits them all, washing over them. They stare at each other.

"What just happened?" Tikki asks. "There's no way Nooroo is boosting our powers. He must be boosting his own."

Adrien draws Plagg nodding.

"It's something big."

Followed by several thin panels as villains are re-akumatised.

LadyBug: we won't draw all of them getting reakumatised, it'll get boring

Adrien stops at seven, and then keeps going. They draw the five kwamis being overwhelmed, and then he has an idea.

ChatNoir: dark cupid is here, yeah?

LadyBug: i think so, why?

ChatNoir: let's turn the other 3 kwamis against tikki and plagg

LadyBug: OMG THAT'S HORRIBLE

Adrien grins.

ChatNoir: let's go back to what's always worked: a duo. us against the world, mlady

He didn't intend to type us, but he isn't planning on taking it back. They might not be the ones fighting, but it's them finding the solution. A duo.

A partnership.

Adrien grins.

ChatNoir: a partnership, if you will

LadyBug sends back a laughing emoji. She gets it.

LadyBug: let's do it, geniusnoir

Adrien smiles as he keeps drawing. When Tikki finds Catalyst and breaks the clipboard that holds the akuma, promptly de-akumatising everyone else, it's just them against Nooroo.

"It's not too late," Tikki says. "You can fight for good. With us."

There's several panels of Tikki and Nooroo, as Nooroo watches Tikki and Tikki watches Nooroo.

Both LadyBug and Adrien know there's a lot of history between the two. The way that Tikki stares at Nooroo... she's hoping. She's hoping he'll come back to the good side. Come and be her friend again.

ChatNoir: damn ladybug you're good at drawing

LadyBug: thanks XD. are you ready?

ChatNoir: yassss

And then LadyBug draws Nooroo flying away, and Adrien groans.

ChatNoir: i knew it would happen

ChatNoir: but

LadyBug's reply is simply a laughing emoji, and Adrien huffs as Nooroo disappears. The five kwamis stand together on the Eiffel Tower, watching him go.

LadyBug: the end

ChatNoir: im so glad i get to hear the plotline of season 3 first. advantages of being a tagalong XD

LadyBug: what plotline? youve got to help me out

LadyBug: and you are not a tagalong. this comic and I would be nothing without you. you're always there to give me advice, and to boost me up when i'm down, and to turn my crappy thoughts into proper, incredible ideas. thank you so much.

Adrien's throat closes up, and he knows that if LadyBug told him these things in person, he would never be able to reply. He can't speak.

But he can type.

ChatNoir: I wanted to tell you. You're always helping people. Like the episode Reflekta, where you told the whole world how much that girl meant. or every time you put your real-life fans into the comic and make their day. or when you sent me a message to tell me how much i meant when i thought i was worth nothing. that's why i jump at the chance to help you. because it's not just about me. with every episode, you provide advice and try to make yourself and your fans the best you can be. and so i'll always to my absolute best to help you. you're our everyday tikki, ladybug

He clicks send before he can change his mind. He smiles, and prepares to turn off his screen.

LadyBug: chat?

He changes his mind.

ChatNoir: yeah?

There's a long pause.

LadyBug: talk season three with me?

Adrien smiles. He can hear Nathalie calling him. It's definitely past dinner.

ChatNoir: tomorrow good? all honesty, i definitely don't have time today

LadyBug: no problem. tomorrow works for me

Adrien turns his laptop off, and his phone buzzes. He checks the notification, grins, and leaves the room.

LadyBug: thank you

[A/N: The final episode of S2!!]