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“You chose me because of this, Minibug. I know how to keep a secret.”
With a final wave to the tiny spotted heroine Bunnyx ducked inside the burrow, closing the portal behind herself.
Looking back to ensure she was now alone Bunnyx let out a relieved sigh and flexed her recently restored limbs. They were all there.
She promptly collapsed to the ‘floor’ with a groan.
Turns out, Chat Blanc? Total nightmare for everyone involved.
And as if she needed any more reasons to beat in Gabriel’s face.
With a slow exhale to release some of the tension her last thought had just added to Bunnyx allowed her eyelids to slowly close.
If she had anything else she had to do today that didn’t involve lying right here for the next few hours, she was going to-
“Long day?”
Repressing a groan, Bunnyx shot to her feet, her umbrella held tight in hand.
“Woah, back it up.” The intruder said, dodging back from her swing. “We really don’t want to set off that Blinovitch effect thing, especially not in here.”
Weapon still raised, Bunnyx stared at the other figure inside her burrow. The very familiar figure.
“Hey Bianca.” Bunnyx said with a wave. “Is this a bad time?”
Bunnyx blinked.
Blinked again.
Raised her umbrella to her face.
And screamed.
A few minutes later and feeling a lot better Bunnyx looked across at the other rabbit in the room.
“So... you’re me from...?” Bunnyx questioned.
The other Bunnyx, henceforth dubbed Futuryx to avoid confusion, looked over from where she had claimed the bean bag that was normally stuffed in the same corner she kept her bowls.
Yes she was well aware that the Burrow was round.
No she did not know how the corner existed.
Please don’t ask.
“About… a month or so by my count.”
“About?” Bunnyx asked in disbelief. “How can you not know?”
Futuryx’s nose began to twitch.
It only took her a second before she recognised the motion. Obviously she had never seen it herself, but she had been told it was the same thing she did whenever she was trying to think of an answer that wouldn’t jeopardise the entirety of time.
Ladybug had been surprised to learn that it came up so often it had its own gesture associated with it.
Chat just found it hilarious it made her look so much like an actual rabbit.
Stupid trait bleeding magic watch.
“That’s… complicated.” Futuryx finally replied.
Bunnyx sighed, though not without a smile on her lips. “Isn’t it always?”
“Tell me about it.” Futuryx said with a groan that sounded only half exaggerated.
Bunnyx snickered. “So why are you here?”
“Right.” Futuryx said straightening in her seat, managing to look cool even while relaxing on a bean bag twice her size.
She was awesome like that.
“I’ve got a job for you.”
“Right.” Bunnyx nodded, having expected as much.
You don’t time travel just for a social visit after all.
“So, the job?” She prompted.
Futuryx remained silent, nose twitching once more.
“Nothing universe ending I hope?” She joked with a grin.
Her future self winced.
Bunnyx felt her ears slump. “Seriously?”
The older hero shrugged with a sheepish smile. “‘Fraid so. It’s… Well...” Pause. Twitch. “You know how the whole Chat Blanc thing was caused, right?”
“Yeah? Minibug left her signature on her gift to Rapunzel and-”
“No, no. After that.” Futuryx interrupted.
Bunnyx racked her brain for a moment. Recent as it may have been, it had still been a lot of events she had witnessed. “Er then... “ Her eyes widened in realisation before immediately narrowing. “Hawkmoth being his- Gabriel, his Mom being alive and then being forced to choose between her and Minibug on top of that…”
“Nearly.” Futuryx commented tersely, nose twitching like mad and hands tightly clenched to the fabric beneath her, “Just back up a little bit, how did that happen?”
“They… retraced the path of the akuma, the one sent after Mininette because she had been forced to break up with Rapunzel, some bull about-”
“Stop.” Futuryx spoke, interrupting her upcoming rant. “Right there.”
“The… break-up?” She asked, head fuzzy from the rapid emotional changes.
Futuryx didn’t reply, merely staring at her, nose still twitching. “What do you think Minibug and Kitten will be up to now?”
“They… what?” Bunnyx tried, completely thrown by the apparent non sequitur.
“I know, I know.” Futuryx rolled her eyes. “Sorry. You’re nearly there though.”
“Well… Rapunzel goes back to his ivory tower, while Mininette gets dropped back into a list of responsibilities as long as she is exhausted…” She said with a wince.
“And…?” Futuryx prodded.
“Minibug will fight akumas with Kitten, while Rapunzel will be friends with Mininette, both of them somehow ignoring slash not realising the fact that they’re completely and utterly in love with each other...”
Futuryx’s eyes narrowed. “And if they were to ever realise those feelings for each other?”
“Then… they would begin to date. Likely wouldn’t be able to keep their hands off each other.” Seeing that Futuryx was still just staring at her she continued her thoughts, “Eventually their identities would be shared for one reason or another, their teamwork would improve which would lead to more efficient akuma fights…”
“And in response?” Futuryx asked, now slowly walking towards her, each step heavy. “What would Hawkmoth do? What did Hawkmoth do?”
The break-up. The akuma. The confrontation
“But that means…” Bunnyx swallowed, eyes wide. “Chat Blanc…?”
“Chat Blanc, Miss Fortune, Chatastrophe, Princess Justice, Black Widow...” Futuryx counted off on her fingers before trailing off with a humourless chuckle. “Different method, same results.”
Bunnyx swore.
“Exactly.” Futuryx grumbled. “Chat Blanc was the catalyst, and now they’re popping up all over. Even past events are changing.”
Bunnyx took a deep breath. “So... the job?”
“Keeping Adrien and Marinette’s relationship non romantic, no matter what. Otherwise it always manages to end up with a fight with Hawkmoth.” Futuryx sighed, head bowed. “And they’re not ready. Not yet.”
“Figures.” Bunnyx muttered. “The one good thing they have to look forward to and it manages to cause the apocalypse if it happens.” She sighed, forcing a smile. “As bad as it sounds at least I won’t have interfere too often, right?”
Futuryx didn’t reply.
“You’re joking.” Bunnyx said flatly.
Futuryx just shook her head, jaw clenched.
“No.” Bunnyx denied. “You’re telling me that even with how oblivious Adrien is, and with Marinette’s grand gestures that never work they still get together?
“They did. Do . The gestures I mean.” Futuryx clarified.
“They…” Bunnyx’s hand raised to her head. “How many?”
“All of them.”
“All...?”
“ All of them.” Futuryx repeated.
Bunnyx did not shriek, she was too cool for that. “ Even Operation Flower Garden?! ”
“All . Of. Them.” Futuryx punctuated, looking like she was half a second away from throttling something, probably her, paradox be damned. After taking a breath she continued, voice tight. “And every single one leading to… to…”
Bunnyx swallowed. One or two were simple, she’d done it before even, but rewriting all of that? That was a full time job on its own, let alone with all the usual surveillance she did. And that was without thinking of all the moral implications…
But if she didn’t...
White light, expanding out across everything, consuming everything-
Mustering up a grin, Bunnyx relaxed the grip she had on her umbrella and gave it a twirl. “I guess I’d better get started then...”
“Great.” Futuryx said, a grin similar to Bunnyx’s own on her face. “That’s the bad news out of the way.”
“There’s good news?”
Futuryx waved a hand. “Kind of. The better news is there’s a whole group of us working on combating it already so you’re not doing this alone.”
Bunnyx felt her ears perk back up at that little revelation. “Oh thank Fluff.”
“Yeah, we were all kinds of freaked out when time started changing on us, but we managed to track it back to your present. Of course, by the time we’d done that the whole thing had fixed itself.” Futuryx smirked. “Good job with that by the way.”
“Heh, thanks.”
“But as I said these disruptions are now turning up all over the place, changing time itself. We have no idea what’s causing it, so the most we can do is fight them as they appear. And who better to join the team than the Bunnyx who was involved with case zero?”
Offering herself a salute, Bunnyx grinned. “Glad to be of service.”
“Remember, any differences to your memories need to be changed.” Futuryx reminded. After a grimace she added, “ No exceptions. ”
“Right.”
“We’ve got a lot of your present handled and I’m afraid none of us can look at our personal futures so… Oh, wait you’re the youngest of the group!” Futuryx stated, ignoring Bunnyx’s raised eyebrow. “You should start at the beginning and work your way through each day chronologically for now.”
“First day they get their Miraculouses, yeah?” She confirmed. “Got it.”
At her hip Futuryx’s pocket watch beeped and was swiftly flipped open. “Agent Alice, I can confirm Agent Bianca is on board. Heading back now. Agent Bugs out.” Replacing the watch to her side she looked back to meet her disbelieving gaze. “What?”
“Agent Bianca ?”
“Sorry.” Futuryx, or well Bugs she supposed, apologised, not sounding sorry in the slightest. “Recruiters get the nicknaming rights. Look I’ve got to get back, but here,” A list of frequencies was carefully handed over. “To keep in contact.”
Flicking her own pocket watch on and receiving a quick message from an ‘Agent Alice’ Bunnyx looked up just in time to catch Bugs heading over to the wall of portals.
“Good luck.” Bugs said, shaking her raised foot, before stepping through a portal out of the burrow with a wave.
Bunnyx sighed before turning to the portals outlining the burrow. Already she could see static forming along the edges of some of them.
Selecting one she began rewinding the picture as fast as she could. No need to let herselves down.
The rewinding stopped, paused on the now famous image of Minibug and Kitten confronting Stoneheart. Bunnyx stared at it for a moment, her face hardening. “Sorry guys.”
She pressed play.