Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge

Meanwhile, back at the Dupain-Cheng residence, the sleepover raged on. It was Alix and Rose's turn and Rose can be surprisingly competitive when fighting games are involved.

Blink

A noise dwarfed by the action-game sounds and the girls shouting went off over by Marinette's computer. It was Alya's phone, a sound that its owner's brain would identify from miles away during a hurricane. She snatched it up to check, finding that Marinette had

Marinette: Beetle. Bird-Bug. Foxtrot. Eastway.

She recognized the code she and Marinette had made up a little while ago. Ever since she learned that her best friend was also her favorite superhero, the two of them had come up with a brief list of contingencies in the event. It had started out as a giant list of Rube Golderberg-esq. plans, but Alya did a lot of fat-trimming when Marinette showed the list to her.

"U-Uh, I gotta take this. Nino. Something important. Nothing to worry about."

The only one who payed her any mind was Mylene, and even then it was a sideways glance before she went back to spectating the game.

Clad in only a loose-fitted t-shirt and sweatpants, Alya ran down the steps and made it through the front door of the bakery before she turned a hard right into the alleyway.

Ladybug landed just a few feet in front of her.

"Hey Alya. Sorry I pulled you out of there, but we need Rena Rouge."

"Don't sweat it girl. What's the damage this time?"

"Dark Cupid. Kim mistook Ondine for cheating on him and now he's rampaging across the city."

"That's almost sweet."

Alya always got excited when she got to hold a miraculous. This time she squeed when Ladybug pulled the Fox necklace out of her yo-yo, feeling a tiny wet-patch in her formerly clean diaper form as it was placed in her hand.

She put on the necklace, its kwami Trixx appearing in a ball of light.

"Trixx, let's pounce!"

Her baggy clothes and diaper disappeared and was replaced with a form-fitting white and orange full-body suit, her curling hair tying itself into a nest of tails, a mask appearing over her eyes and a bo-like flute appearing in her grip.