Stoneheart (Origins Part 2)
Scene: TVi studio.
Nadja Chamack updates Paris on the mysterious stone creatures that are dispersed around the city.
Nadja was currently standing behind a picture standing to the side of a picture of one of Stoneheart's minions, tablet in hand. "The stone beings are scattered all over Paris, and for the time being, they are showing no signs of movement. Police have cordoned off the area."
Mayor Bourgeois was standing outside of City Hall with officer Roger by his side. "We won't stop until we find a way to get these people back to their normal selves, but for now, we're not making much headway."
The camera then flipped back to Nadja, who was now standing next to a photo of the four heroes. "Paris is relying on our new guardian angels, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Sky Falcon and Gray Wolf to save us all. Our lives depend on them."
Scene: Marinette's home.
Marinette was watching the TV standing next to her father while he washes dishes.
Tom smiled and placed a hand on Marinette's shoulder. "Listen, I know how upsetting and scary this is, but don't worry, sweetie; we've got two superheroes looking out for Paris, and the best way of helping them is to show them that we're not scared because we trust them."
"But what if Ladybug fails?" Marinette asked, looking down in shame.
"Then I'd come and save you," said Tom, holding a piece of bread as if it was a sword. "Super Baker to the rescue!"
Marinette giggled and then reached up to give her father a peck on the cheek. "Thanks, Super Dad!"
She ran up to her room, grabbing her purse, but she paused for a moment as she looked at her vanity drawer where she keeps her Miraculous. She still didn't have the confidence to use it, but the world needed a Ladybug, so she removed the Miraculous from the drawer and placed it inside her purse.
Scene: Outside school, an hour earlier.
Both twins sat at the stairs of the front entrance of the school with their respective kwamis flying about close. Both of them having arrived a bit too early because their mom had to leave very early for work which had been very busy since yesterday and dropped them off saying "Be careful and please be safe."
While waiting, Camilla was wearing headphones playing music to pass the time with Luupa on her shoulder.
Breeze was flying in circles, a bit bored. He turned to his holder
"So, we're just waiting?"
"Yeah, although I admit it is boring."
Toby then brought out a small notebook and a pen and was writing down some things.
30 Minutes later, both kwamis hid in the twins' bags which caught their attention, then they turned towards a familiar DJ approaching them.
"Hey dudes, what's up?" he greeted.
"Doing good, Nino." Toby said and they both high fived.
Nino then sat next to them as he noticed what his friend was writing.
"So what are you doing?" He asked.
"Nothing much, I've been trying to figure out what the name of the team is ever since they showed up."
In truth, He was trying to come up with a team name they would be known as instead of being addressed as Ladybug, Cat Noir, Sky Falcon and Gray Wolf. That already is a mouth full as it is. So he wrote some name ideas and was currently brainstorming on more.
He showed it to Nino and the three looked at the names like The Fierce Four, Beast Patrol, Beast Force, Scavengers, The Lethal Protectors of Paris, Killer Quartet, Akumabusters, MiraculoSquad, The M-Men, Teenage Miraculous Action Team, The Four Horsemen, Mighty Miraculous Metahumans, Team MRCL, The Critternals e.t.c. The list was long and through the first half of the list, Camilla stared at her brother as if he had lost his mind.
She didn't even know what to think of some of her brother's 'creative' ideas.
"Okay Bro, I'm just gonna point out one thing. There is no way they're gonna call themselves the Lethal Protectors or the Ki- I mean Dude, seriously?!"
"They just popped into my mind, don't blame me."
"Well, while most of them are very nice, others are a tad bit ridiculous." Said Nino.
"You think? you have no idea what has been going on in my brother's mind." Camilla scoffed, jerking a thumb at him, who rolled his eyes.
Nino then continued "Anyways I'm sure they'll figure it out. But who were those two guys yesterday? They were like Men in Black."
"They were actually agents sent by my mom. As she's a director in the CTU, she's basically Nick Fury, If only Nick Fury was of opposite gender, had hair and both his eyes." Camilla said, describing their mom.
"Sweet, Definitely cool having a secret agent mom."
"Yeah it is."
Toby, noticing other students coming, he grabbed his bag and got up. "We'd better get going inside."
"Sure thing". And with that, The three went up the stairs into the school.
Scene: Adrien's home.
Nathalie waited for Adrien in the dining area. She looked at the clock and could see that he was late.
"Hmm, what's he doing?" she wondered as the clock charmed. She then went up to his room to find him. "Adrien?"
She then went to inform Gabriel that Adrien was nowhere to be found and wasn't the best pleased.
"You didn't see him leave?" he said furiously, looking at Natalie and Adrian's bodyguard. "If anything has happened to my son, you'll be held responsible!"
Scene: Streets of Paris.
Adrian had actually snuck out of his house and was now dashing towards school.
"You're such a strange kid," said Plagg, appearing right in front of him. "Who would want to be at school when he can stay at home all day?"
"You don't get it, Plagg. I've had enough of being shut up at home by my dad. I want to meet people and make friends! Go to a normal school like everyone else!"
"Uhhh, I think I'm feeling weak…" said Plagg leaning back.
"You know what's strange?" said Adrian, stopping in his tracks. He unhooked his bag and pulled out a wedge of Camembert. "The fact that all you eat is this disgusting, rotten-smelling Camembert cheese, and then I have to smell like it 24/7." He handed Plagg the cannon bear, and he quickly ate it in one bite. "That's strange."
"If you want to be able to transform into a superhero, then stinky cheese is the deal, my friend!" said Plagg.
Adrian shook his head and opened his jacket to allow him to fly into his jacket pocket. He then continued to make his way to the school.
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont.
Marinette and Alya had just arrived and met Camilla at school, and Alya was showing them a newly created blog.
Alya excitedly handed Marinette her phone. "Ladyblog, bringing you all the latest news about the coolest superheroes of Paris! How awesome is that?!" She then took a phone back and saw the number of views she had just got. "Check out the number of views since I posted the video!"
"But why do you trust Ladybug so much?" Marinette asked. "All these stone beings…"
"She's gonna handle 'em," she said confidently.
"And if she can't do it on her own, then she has her teammates to back her up," said Camilla
"But what if she's not really cut out to be a superhero even though everyone thinks she is?"
"What are you talking about, girl?" Alya frowned. "Oh, wait. I know what this is about." Marinette became rather flustered, thinking that Alya knew she was, but then she placed a hand on her shoulder. "You're scared, but don't be! I've seen her with my own two eyes, girl! Ladybug is a true superheroine! She's going to protect us all! I believe in her."
"Just her?" said Camilla, glaring at Alya.
"And also the hero team."
Marinette then looked at her purse and started to feel slightly more confident and then caught up with Alya and Camilla. She then noted the rest of their class had gathered around Ivan.
"So you really don't remember anything?" said Alix.
"You were totally going ballistic. It was so cool!" said Juleka
"You were seriously out to crush me, dude!" said Kim.
"Oh, I'm sorry…" said Ivan looking at Mylène, who quickly looked away. "I wasn't myself…"
"Then don't beat yourself up." He turned towards Toby who was in front of him and was eye level with him. "You said you don't remember the event that happened, then don't blame yourself for what you don't remember doing. Right now, You're still you, the person you've always been and always will be." Ivan smiled, reassured by the new guy's words.
"Pff!" Chloé scoffed. "Once a monster, always a monster." Ivan's expression suddenly changed to fury and marched off, making everyone more than a little concerned. "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"
Scene: Hawk Moth's Lair.
Hawk Moth could feel the negative emotions coming from Ivan.
"Yes… feel the burn of those words. Lose your temper, Ivan! Your akuma awaits you," he said, tapping the cane that was holding the akuma.
Scene: Outside the school.
Adrian had just reached the school, but just before he could enter, Nathalie arrived in the car along with his bodyguard.
"Adrien! Don't do this! Your father will be furious!" Natalie pleaded.
"Tell him you got here too late," he said, looking back. "Please!"
He then ran into the school, and Natalie sighed.
Scene: Inside the school.
"How could you say that to Ivan?" said Alya glaring at her. "You're the real Stoneheart."
"Ugh, so I'm the one who broke Sabrina's dad's arm, am I?" she said, approaching her. "Just because your footage of those lame superheroes was shown on TV doesn't mean you have to get so high and mighty."
Camilla steps between them, glaring at Chloe. "Talk about Pot calling the kettle black, That's just the description of you."
"So what if I am? You think your smart talk makes you superior? Then think again, you've got nothing on me." Chloé goaded, blowing gum in her face
"You little…" Alya glared
"Lookout, she's angry! She's going to split her underwear and turn into a huge muscly monster!"
Camila kept in mind that if someone gets akumatized because of Chloe and wants her dead, It would be very sad if the team saves her. So she turned and put her hand on Alya's shoulder.
"Ignore her, she's not worth it."
Alya, deciding to listen to her, quickly walked off in a huff.
"Hey, Chloé!" said a voice.
Everyone's eyes turned as Adrian stood there.
"Adrikins! You came!" Chloé beamed then rushed over to him.
Soon all the other students recognised him and began making their way towards him.
Scene: Locker room.
Marinette had followed Ivan to the locker room and saw that he was sitting on the ground with his headphones on. She bent down towards him and placed a hand over his, and he looked up at her and removed his headphones.
"You know, you should tell Mylène how you feel," she said.
"I… don't know what you're talking about," he said, not looking her in the eye.
"Come on, I saw the way you look at her," she said. Ivan looked at her for a brief moment and started to get upset. "No! No negative emotions, Ivan." Ivan then glared at her, but she continued to look at him calmly. "What I mean is, be positive. I'm sure Mylène has feelings for you too. Go talk to her."
"I'm no good with words anyway."
"But… who needs words? You could draw her a picture, send her flowers…"
Ivan's eyes lit up. "I could… write her a song?"
"That's a great idea!" Marinette encouraged. "What girl wouldn't want a love song written especially for her? Go for it, Ivan, and, uh–stay positive."
Ivan then ran off excitedly, and Marinette smiled.
Hawk Moth was not as happy as he could feel the negative emotions coming from Ivan disappearing.
"Negative emotions… They're fading! Ughhhh…" he said frustratingly.
Adrien and Chloé were making their way to the classroom, and Adrian was writing autographs along the way while Chloé had her arm around his.
"Could I have your autograph, please?"
"Adrien, can I have an autograph, Adrien? I'm a huge fan!"
"This is your seat, Adrikins," said Chloé as the into the classroom, pointing to the seat next to Nino. "I saved it for you. Right in front of me!
"Thanks, Chloé," said Adrian and turned to Nino and offered his hand at him. "Uh… Hey! Adrien."
Nino looked at him with a suspicious look. "You're friends with Chloé, then, huh?"
Adrien frowned and turned to see that both Chloé and Sabrina were putting a piece of gum on a seat. "Hey! What's that all about?"
"The brats that sat here yesterday need a little attitude adjustment," Chloé explained. "I'm just commanding a bit of respect, that's all."
"You think that's really necessary?" said Adrian as he bent down to the seat to remove the gum.
"Ah, you've got a lot to learn about school culture, Adrikins," said Chloé as he took a seat with Sabrina. "Watch the master."
Outside the classroom, both Marinette and Alya were still talking.
"Alya, wouldn't you like to be a superhero and go out and fight monsters and villains?" Marinette asked.
"Totally! I'm not scared of anyone!" said Alya. "Why?"
"Oh! No reason…" she said and secretly put the Miraculous box in Alya's bag when she wasn't looking.
The two of them then entered the classroom, and the first thing they saw was Adrien picking at the gum in her seat.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Marinette demanded.
Adrien looked at them awkwardly. "Uhhh… I…"
Chloé and Sabrina laughed, and Marinette assumed that Adrian was in their camp. "Okay. I get it. Good job, you three. Very funny.
"No, no, I was just trying to take this off!" Adrian assured her.
"Oh, really?" said Marinette, not looking convinced, which didn't help with the fact that both Chloé and Sabrina were still laughing. Marinette then placed a handkerchief over the gum and looked back at him. "You're friends with Chloé, right?"
"Why do people keep saying that?" Adrian frowned.
"Maybe because your BFF happens to be a snobby, bratty, arrogant, narcissistic, self entitled bully among other things." Said Toby, approaching them. "Being friends with people like that tends to get toxic."
"But I…"
Marinette huffed as he made his way to his seat, feeling rather upset.
"Now do you see what I mean about respect?" said Chloé.
Marinette looked at Adrian, knowing that he seemed familiar. "I know I've seen him somewhere before." Alya was looking for her phone and immediately showed her images of Gabriel and Adrien Agreste. "Of course! He's the son of my fave fashion designer, Gabriel Agreste!"
"Daddy's boy, teen supermodel, AND Chloé's buddy?" Alya summed up. "Ha! Forget it."
Nino looked at Adrian. "Why didn't you tell them it was Chloé's idea?"
"I've known Chloé since I was a little kid," Adrian explained. "I know she's not perfect, but I can't throw her under the bus. She's like my only friend."
"Damn. Then maybe It's the reason you should try to make new friends just like I am trying to."
"He's right. It does sound like you can use some new friends," said Nino and offered his hand to Adrian. "And you can start with me; the name is Nino."
"I'm Toby." he said, also offering his hand.
Adrian smiled and accepted both their handshakes.
Mylène was in the girl's toilet and quickly – now when she realised what the time was.
"Oh no, I'm gonna be late," she said and then unexpectedly came face-to-face with Ivan. "Ahh! Ivan, you scared me."
"I made this for you," he said and then started playing loud music, so loud in fact that Mylène put her fingers in her ears. Then he began singing in a loud, shrill voice, reading the lyrics of his song. "Mylène, be serene, don't be so mean!"
Mylène then ran away, scared. I then watched as she left the locker room and angrily crumpled up his lyric sheet, threw his phone on the floor and stepped on it. He then sat down heavily, frustrated with himself.
Hawk Moth could feel his anger from within his lair.
"Yes," he smiled. "This is what I've been waiting for. You know the way, evil akuma. Track down your prey! Fly away and evilize him!"
He then released the akuma within his cane and flew out the window.
Scene: Locker room.
Ivan was still very upset when the akuma flew in and infected Ivan's wadded-up song lyrics.
"This is your second chance, Stoneheart, and this time you have extra help," said Hawk Moth telepathically. "No one will stop you from capturing the love of your life. Just remember, I'll need something in return."
Ivan then rose to his feet and began to transform once again. Then when he opened his eyes, all the stone beings across power started to waken.
Scene: Classroom.
Miss Bustier was now going through the register.
"Agreste, Adrien?" she said.
Adrien just sat there, not sure what to do.
"You say 'present'," Nino whispered/
Adrian then suddenly jumped up and raised his hand. "Uh, present!"
This sudden outburst called all the students to laugh, much to his embarrassment. He then sat down and bumped fists with Nino.
"Bourgeois, Chloé?" Miss Bustier continued.
"Present!"
"Bruel, Ivan?"
Stoneheart smashed right through the door. "Present!" Everyone then immediately began to panic as Stoneheart made his way through the classroom. "Mylène?"
Adrian and the twins took advantage of the chaos and ran out of the classroom.
Stoneheart then approached Mylène and grabbed her.
"Let go of me, Ivan!" Mylène pleaded.
"I'm not Ivan anymore," he roared. "I'm Stoneheart."
"Why are you doing this?"
"So you and I can be together forever!"
Chloé was hiding beneath her desk, calling her father on her phone. "Daddy, the monster is back!"
"You!" Stoneheart roared, ripping the desk off and then grabbed her. He then smashed right through the wall and jumped out of the school.
"Put us down, Ivan!" Mylène pleaded.
Alya returned to Marinette excitedly with her phone in her hand. "Come on! Let's follow him!"
"Uh… Oh, no," said Marinette, shaking her head. "You go. I'm finding myself a safe place to hide."
"Girl, you're gonna miss Ladybug in action!"
Marinette picked up Alya's bag and held it out to her. "You and Ladybug will both be better off without me."
"If you say so!" Alya then ran out of the classroom without her back.
"Wait! Your bag!" Marinette yelled, chasing after her.
Adrian was in the locker room and opened his locker, looking rather disappointed.
"My first day of school, and I didn't even make it past roll call," he said.
Plagg flew out of his jacket and hovered in front of him. "A day off? Now that's what I'm talking about!"
"Oh, no, no, no, no. We've got homework to do," said Adrian, holding out his hand. "Plagg! Claws Out!"
The twins found their way to the roof of the school as their kwamis flew out of their jackets.
"Yeesh, What's this guy's problem?" Toby asked.
"Yeah, Is he so desperate that he would send an akuma after 24 hours? He couldn't even wait longer." agreed Camilla.
"Well, that's just how balancing normal and hero life goes." Luupa said.
"The bright side is, You still get to kick some butts." Breeze chirped.
"Okay, let's do this." Toby said as they both pumped their fists.
( This is their transformation sequence)
"Breeze, Take Flight!"
Breeze flew into his bracelet, changing it to its active form. Toby firstly did an arm wave, causing a gray energy to change his appearance to his hero form and doing a b-twist, giving him his boots as he landed. He flipped his hood over his head, causing combat goggles to materialize over his eyes. Finally he jumped up for a backpack to strap itself to his back and then he back flipped for wings to unfold and momentarily flap and with his transformation complete, he landed, striking a heroic pose.
"Luupa, It's Full Moon!"
Luupa flew into her ring, changing it to its active form. Camila firstly ran a hand through her eyes, forming a mask as she ran forward and front flipped as blue energy washed over her, changing her appearance to her hero form and was given her combat boots as she landed. She then clawed the air with both hands, forming clawed gloves to form on her hands. Finally she jump spun, allowing a quiver and a bow that collapsed to latch onto her back as arrows materialized and with her transformation complete, she let out a howl.
Meanwhile, Stoneheart was still carrying Mylène and Chloé, who was absolutely furious outside.
"You have no idea who you're dealing with," Chloé snapped. "My daddy, the mayor, will bring in the police, the army, the entire cavalry!"
"And don't forget the superheroes!" said Cat Noir as he struck Stoneheart with his staff. He then landed in front of him and watched as Stoneheart got bigger. "Oh no. My bad."
The twins landed beside him.
"Hey Ben, remember us?" Sky Falcon said in his full american accent.
"Ugh. Super incompetent, you mean," said Chloé.
"Nobody asked for your opinion, lady!" Gray Wolf snapped.
"Ugh! You wanted the cavalry?" said Stoneheart looking at Chloé. "Well, here it is!"
Then suddenly appeared in all different directions with the stone beings and began running amok around the city and began to corral the three heroes.
"Seize them!" Stoneheart ordered.
Cat Noir then began zigzagging his way through the stone beings as they attempted to grab him. At the same time, Sky Falcon deployed his wings and flew a few feet into the air, knocking down and wing slapping a few stone beings that came close to him while Gray Wolf leaped up on top of a lamppost, extended her bow, drew out three arrows and fired them at three other stone beings, nailing them in the chest and setting off explosions that knocked away other stone being nearby.
They may be replicas of Stoneheart, but they lack the powers of the original one.
(I don't know how it works,so just bear with me in this one)
While his stone beings kept the heroes at bay, Stoneheart continued to make his way down the street.
"Ivan! Where are we going?" Mylène asked.
"To deliver a message," he said. "Then we'll be brought together forever by a pretty black butterfly.
"Ugh," said Chloé, looking as if she was about to throw up. "All this lovey-dovey stuff is making me sick."
"Don't worry, little monster. I'm gonna take care of you, too," Stoneheart promised, and Chloé cringed, not liking the sound of that.
Alya was still chasing after Stoneheart and watched as the Miraculous wearers continued to battle the stone beings.
"If you can hear me, Ladybug, I could use a little help!" Cat Noir yelled as they began tossing anything they could get their hands on at him.
Sky Falcon had just flying kicked a stone being and did a spinning right hook to another, not losing his cocky grin.
"Yeah, That's what I'm talking about!" He gloated. "You want a piece of me? I can gladly give…" He didn't finish his sentence as one of the stone beings back handed him, sending him crashing into a nearby car, denting it and he groaned in pain. "Owwww." He opened his eyes to see two stone beings already in front of him as he quickly moved his wings to form a shield as they started bombarded him with punches.
Gray Wolf leaped from her position to avoid getting grabbed and was acrobatically avoiding some objects thrown at her, occasionally shooting an arrow at one.
Alya looked around, wondering where Ladybug was as well. "What's she waiting for?"
Marinette had just arrived in time to see one of the stone beings tossing a car straight at Alya. She tried to run the safety, but the car would hit her before she could. Thankfully, Gray Wolf saw this and quickly shot an arrow, knocking the car on its side. While this stopped from being crushed, Alya was now pinned against the wall, and one of the stone beings was able to grab Gray Wolf.
Marinette could only watch as the stone beings walked off with her, Sky Falcon cornered and was barely shielding himself from the onslaught, Cat Noir grabbed from the leg and Alya was pinned against the car.
"Let go, you rockhead!" Cat Noir yelled, attempting to free himself.
"HELP!" Alya yelled.
Seeing her friend in danger gave Marinette the cover she needed. She reached into Alya's bag and pulled out the Miraculous box. She then opened and quickly put the earrings on; Tikki appeared in front of a happy to see her again.
"I think I need Ladybug!" said Marinette.
Tikki beamed. "I knew you'd come around!"
"Well, I'm still not sure I'm up for this, but Alya's in danger. I can't sit back and do nothing. Tikki! Spots On! Ha!"
Marinette then began to transform into Ladybug.
She then quickly jumped into action, swinging her yo-yo around the car. She then gave it a good pull and created enough room for Alya to free herself.
"You can't stay here," said Ladybug walking past her. "It's too dangerous."
She then looked at Sky's predicament and then quickly swung her yo-yo at one of the clones, pulling it back. The distraction gave Sky Falcon the opportunity to lash out at both of them, wing slapping one of them hard multiple times and clothes lining the other hard, both going down pretty much fast.
"And I have gladly given it to you!" He finished.
Ladybug ran up to him. "Sorry I was late." she apologised
"No sweat. Right now, we should go save our friends."
She then used her yo-yo to flip Cat Noir's staff into her hand and then held onto Sky Falcon as he took off and soared through the streets to catch up with the stone beings. He dropped her on the streets as he swooped down and grabbed his sister. Ladybug then tossed Cat Noir's staff down towards him.
"Cat Noir! Extend it!" she yelled.
Cat Noir was able to grab it and did exactly what he was told and fell to the ground. A split second later, Ladybugs yo-yo wrapped around his leg, and he was pulled towards looking at her upside down on a lamppost.
"Sorry, I was late," she said.
"M'lady, have I ever told you you turn my world upside down?" Cat Noir smiled.
"Oh, you're quite the jokester, aren't you?" she smiled back.
"Hey Romeo and Juliet, You can save your honeymoon for later. We're not out of the woods yet." Gray Wolf said from her brother's back as they noticed the Stonehearts closing in.
"We gotta get out of here!"
Sky Falcon then took the both of them and they held onto his arms as he flew into the sky.
"Hey, aren't we going to take care of 'em?" he asked, noticing that they were flying away from the Stonehearts.
Ladybug then began using her yo-yo as a phone to observe the news footage tracked down the original Stoneheart.
"No," she said as they landed. "If we wanna save them all, then we go to the source. That one!"
Cat Noir turned and saw that there was a much larger Stoneheart standing upon the Eiffel Tower, with the police surrounding him. Cordoned off the area and sent a number of helicopters around the area.
"So, any status report?" Cat Noir asked as Sky Falcon took to the skies to get an aerial view through his HUD .
"It seems that Mr. Kong's holding Chloe and Mylène hostage and I'm sure has a good intention of killing the former by the looks of it and a fall from that height and the given speed might reduce her into a…"
"Okay, that is too much information. We don't need that thought in our heads right now." Gray cut him off.
"If Stoneheart's gonna drop Chloe down the tower, then we should save her." Cat Noir said.
"Should we? I mean she's not worth saving. If she dies, then we'd be rid of one annoying brat." Gray said, not too eager to save her.
"No, Cat's right. No one deserves to die. If we let her die, then we'd be no better than her. Everyone in Paris is worth saving, even if it is someone you hate or someone annoying. She is still a civilian and no-one is dying today." said Ladybug staring at Gray Wolf.
Gray Wolf couldn't argue with the reasoning because this isn't the first time someone has said something like that and she hated it when she was right, so she groaned. "Fine."
"Guys, Stoneheart's starting to drop her now." Sky Falcon said from the sky.
"Okay team, Let's do this!" Ladybug said.
"I demand my daughter's safe return!" Mayor Bourgeois demanded speaking from a microphone.
"Daddy!" Chloé screamed
"You know what? You're welcome to her!" Stoneheart grunted and then tossed towards them with all his strength.
Chloé screamed while flying through the air, and Mayor Bourgeois screamed frightfully.
Seeing her falling through his HUD and his targets locked on her, Sky Falcon chuckled.
"Sounds like music to my ears," he muttered, then he called out "SkyDive!"
Being prepared THIS TIME, his wings hummed with energy and they propelled him in a high speed dive towards her.
"Help! I promise I'll be nice to everyone, say please and thank you all—AH!" Chloé yelled but then swooping in to catch her before she hit the ground was Sky Falcon who was currently holding her in his arms as they landed safely. "I didn't promise."
"Actually I heard you loud and clear," said Gray Wolf, approaching them while holding out her collapsed bow with a grin. "I caught your promise on the audio recorder so whatever you say will be used against you."
Baffled and embarrassed, Chloé then rushed out of Sky Falcon's arms and hugged her father.
"My little princess…" said Mayor Bourgeois, relieved.
"We're clear to attack!" said Officer Roger
"Wait!" Ladybug yelled. "No, don't attack them! You know it'll only make it worse!"
"I have a new plan, unlike you!" said Officer Roger, narrowing his eyes. "Move aside and let the pros do their thing. You've already failed once!"
Just as she heard it, Gray Wolf walked up to him and grabbed the front of his shirt with one hand.
"Now look here Officer, you have no right to accuse us of one mistake! You say we've already failed once so tell me if having a broken arm and making Stoneheart bigger is a success in your eyes! You also failed at one point in your career, more times probably in your years than we did in one day! " Gray started, growling in anger."You think a pro like you has powers to defeat the villain, then guess what, You don't! This is way above your paygrade so instead, follow your own advice and let the real pros handle it!"
The troops nearby had their guns pointed towards her in fear the moment she confronted Roger and as much as they hated to admit it, they knew she was right. A startled Roger was weighing down his options and was a bit intimidated by the fierce glare that drilled into his eyes.
Edna who was there also knew this and walked towards them.
"Roger, Tell your men to stand down."
"Are you out of your…"
"You're the one who's out of their mind!" She snapped. "These heroes know what they're doing and have the powers and apprehending the only chance to defeat him will not be condoned so do it now and don't make me repeat it!" she commanded in a cold and menacing tone, giving him a death glare which caused Gray Wolf to shudder.
Wow, mom can really be scary when she needs to be.
After Gray released him, Roger, who was out of options, sighed in defeat and did as was told. Meanwhile, Edna, not changing her expression,walked towards Gray Wolf and gave her an encouraging nod.
"You and your team do what you do best, and save Paris."
"I will, ma'am." Okay, that felt kind of awkward addressing her mom.
Anyways, she walked towards the rest of the team. Apparently, Cat Noir already gave Ladybug the motivation she needed.
"You know Gray, I could have done the same thing you did to Commissioner Gordon," Sky Falcon said, having watched the brief confrontation.
"Believe me Sky, you would have done way worse than I did, so I had to save him from your wrath," Gray Wolf replied nonchalantly.
Stoneheart then began to cough as if he was about to throw up, which he then did. Everyone stared at a swarm of akumas erupted out of his mouth and then formed a face.
"People of Paris, listen carefully. I am Hawk Moth," said the face.
"Hawk Moth? That name's like real dumb for a supervillain! Couldn't you have come up with a better one?" Sky yelled causimg his sister to punch his arm, silencing him and they didn't miss the annoyed glare the face sent to their direction having heard his snarky remark.
"Ladybug, Cat Noir, give me the ladybug earrings and the cat ring now," Hawk Moth demanded. "You've done enough damage to these innocent people!"
Ladybug clapped sarcastically as she walked forward. "Nice try, Hawk Moth, but we know who the bad guy is. Let's not reverse the roles here. Without you, none of these innocent victims would be transformed into villains. Hawk Moth, no matter how long it takes, we will find you, and YOU will hand us YOUR Miraculous!"
She then charged at him swinging her yo-yo, and used it as a catapult to launch herself so that she was face-to-face with the cloud of akumas.
"Time to de-evilize!" she yelled, swinging her yo-yo around at the cloud.
Hawk Moth screamed as she continued swinging her yo-yo ran with blinding speed, snatching an akuma with every swing. The hero team and everyone else just looked at her, astonished.
Once the cloud of akumas disappeared, Ladybug landed on the Eiffel Tower and looked down upon the onlookers.
"Let me make this promise to you. No matter who wants to harm you, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Sky Falcon and Gray Wolf will do everything in our power to keep you safe!" she vowed and then opened her yo-yo, unleashing a busload of purified butterflies. Marinette's parents, Edna and the students were thrilled.
"Whoa" The twins said awestruck.
"Wow. Whoever she is beneath that mask, I love that girl," Cat said.
Hawk Moth was deeply disgusted with this display. "Agh! That's the problem with superheroes. They're too… heroic!" He then communed with Stoneheart. "Stoneheart, they're trying to take your loved one away from you. You must snatch their Miraculouses so they will be powerless against you!"
"Okay, Hawk Moth," said Stoneheart, beginning to pick himself up.
"Help me!" Mylène pleaded.
The Miraculous team then landed right in front of him. "You'll never take Mylène from me! Come to me, my stone beings!"
He then began climbing up the Eiffel Tower, and the stone beings across the entire city began to climb onto the tower themselves.
"We're surrounded!" said Cat Noir. "What do we do now? We can't attack him."
"Yes, but we know where the akuma is," Ladybug pointed out.
"In his clenched fist," said Cat Noir, looking up at Stoneheart. "The one he's holding Mylène with. So…"
"So we know he's in love with her," said Ladybug and then got an idea. "That's it! We don't separate Stoneheart and Mylène: we bring them closer together! They're made for one another! It's just that they don't know it yet. Sky Falcon, Take me up there."
Ladybug then jumped off the Eiffel tower only for Sky to catch her and they began ascending up it.
"Ugh. Not really following you, but guess I better trust you. Something tells me that this is how it's gonna be from here on out," said Cat Noir.
"Meanwhile, we're gonna take care of these guys" Gray Wolf said as she peered down towards them and took a deep breath.
"Alpha's Howl!"
With that, she emitted a sonic blast that knocked each and every one of the stone brings down the tower and onto the ground.
However, the other golems that weren't caught in the crossfire started climbing up to reach them as Gray Wolf drew out her bow and shot an explosive arrow at those below, knocking them down. Cat Noir then noticed the stone beings approaching from behind and started engaging them in combat.
At the same time, Ladybug and Sky Falcon were making their way to the top of the Tower. Police helicopters had completely surrounded Stoneheart, as it was a re-enactment of King Kong and Mylène was terrified. Sky Falcon reached the top and flipped Ladybug and they managed to somersault their way to the very top of the Tower, looking down at them.
"Help! I'm scared of heights!" Mylène pleaded.
"Everything's gonna be alright!" Ladybug assured her.
Stoneheart then roared loudly, causing the helicopters to retreat.
Cat Noir pulled out his staff and looked up at Ladybug. "How are you planning to get them closer than they already are?"
"By using our powers! Lucky Charm!" she yelled, tossing her yo-yo into the air and then suddenly, a red leather harness with black spots appeared. "A harness? What am I supposed to do with this?"
"Better figure it out 'cos we don't have enough time!" Gray yelled as she rushed to the other side and shot rounds of arrows, joining Cat Noir.
"Don't worry," said Ladybug, strapping herself to the front of Sky, who was a bit uncomfortable. She then swung her yo-yo and wrapped it around Stoneheart's clenched fist. "His hand! Get ready!"
Ladybug then pulled with all her might bringing the hand containing Mylène towards him, and she ended up kissing him. Stoneheart was completely shocked and released her, and thankfully she was able to grab hold of one of his large fingers. The akumatized paper slipped out of his palm and began falling, and Cat Noir jumped into action using his staff to knock it back up towards Ladybug as if it was a baseball.
"Home run!" said Ladybug wrapping it with her yo-yo. She then broke the object, and the akuma flew out of it. "No more evil-doing for you, little akuma. De-evilize— Huh?"
She stopped when she saw Stoneheart turning back into Ivan, and both he and Mylène began to fall.
"Great! What's the essence of being strapped together when we could have just split up and gone for both the akuma and the civilians?" Sky complained from behind.
She looked down at the two of them and then looked up at the akuma
"No, we'll go for Mylene and Ivan first." she responded.
and then with that, they both dived down.
"Cat Noir, Take care of Ivan!" Gray Wolf said.
"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir yelled and struck a piece of the Eiffel Tower, causing a metal girder to fall on its side. Both He and Gray slid on it and rescued Ivan. Ladybug then grabbed Mylene.
"Now!" Sky Falcon then spun around to face the butterfly for Ladybug to tosse her yo-yo up, catching the akuma almost instantly.
"Gotcha!" she said and the three of them landed safely on the ground, making Cat Noir smile.
Ladybug released the akuma, which turned into a normal butterfly and floated away. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!"
She then tossed the harness into the air, turning into thousands of small ladybugs that flew around the entire city, turning people back to normal and fixing all the damage that had been caused during the battle.
"Whoa," Gray Wolf stared as she and Cat Noir joined them. "Am I the only one seeing this?"
"Nope, not just you."
"Yeah," said ladybug , mesmerized. "It's beautiful and amazing. It's… uh… miraculous!"
Hawk Moth was absolutely furious. "This is just the beginning, Ladybug. You and your team may have won this battle, but I will win the war. I will get your Miraculouses. I will get the absolute power! And then my secret dream will come true!"
Everyone was starting to clear out; the police were removing the barriers and helping the victims.
"I think you two have things to talk about. Hm?" said Ladybug, placing a hand on both Ivan and Mylène's shoulders.
Ivan looked immensely embarrassed. "Oh, uh… I… Uh…"
"Maybe it would help if you read the lyrics to Ivan's song," said Ladybug handing Ivan's lyric sheet to Mylène.
Mylène began to read through it. "Wow, it's really beautiful. It's a shame you can't hear them when you scream. I mean, when you sing."
"It was scary, wasn't it," said Ivan looking ashamed." Is that why you left? I'm sorry, I'll be gentle."
Mylène then hugged Ivan, making his face turn pink.
"Oh, they're so made for each other," Ladybug smiled
"Like us two," Cat Noir smiled back.
"Okay guys, since we're official heroes, how about we go on our first patrol together tomorrow evening?" Sky Falcon suggested.
"Sounds nice." Ladybug said.
Then they heard the sound of their Miraculouses beeping.
"Well, I guess this is our cue to hightail it out of here," Gray Wolf said "And don't forget the team meeting."
With that, She raised her hands up for Sky Falcon to extend his wings and carry her by the hands as they flew off.
"We should better get prepared," Ladybug said. "Anyway, it's time to split. See you soon, Cat Noir."
She then swung her yo-yo and began swinging away.
"Can't wait, m'lady," Cat Noir bowed before leaving himself.
The next day
Scene: Outside the school.
Marinette and Alya were talking about yesterday's events just as they entered the school.
"So, by the time I biked to the Eiffel Tower, it was all over," Alya explained, looking immensely disappointed. "I'm way bummed."
"Don't worry. You'll get your scoop eventually," Marinette assured her.
"You're right. Next target: Ladybug, an exclusive interview!"
"Ooh. Sounds exciting."
"Oh, wait! Even better: finding out who's really under that mask."
"Uh-huh. Good luck with that one."
Just then, the Agreste car had rolled up to the school, and Gabriel was scolding Adrien via video.
"You disobeyed me, Adrien. Take a look at that school," he said furiously.
Adrien looked at the school and then back to his father, looking down. "Yes, Father."
"You will never, I say, never go back there again…"
"Father, no…" Adrian pleaded.
"Without your bodyguard," Gabriel continued, and Adrian's eyes lit up. "He will drop you off and pick you off every day. Nathalie has offered to organize you a new schedule. You'll be continuing your music, Chinese, and fencing classes and your photoshoots."
"Thank you, Nathalie. Thank you, Father!" said Adrian happily and got out of the car as quickly as he could.
Marinette and Alya had just arrived at Miss Bustier's classroom.
"No, wait," said Marinette and led Alya to the seats behind Nino.
This caught the twins' attention.
Chloé then arrived and saw Marinette and Alya sitting at her seat. "Uhh… You're in the wrong seat. Go on, get lost!"
"''All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing!''" said Marinette.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Chloé frowned.
"It means that I'm not putting up with your crud anymore, Chloé, and neither is anyone else around here, so take your attitude and go on, get lost!" said Marinette strongly, and all the other students laughed.
Camilla smiled, impressed.
Angrily Chloé sat down at Marinette's previous seat.
"Good job!" said Alya giving her a gentle tap on the shoulder.
Adrien then arrived at the classroom; he waved at Marinette, but she turned away still hadn't forgiven him for the incident yesterday. Feeling upset as he sat down next to Nino.
"Dude, you wanna make friends, right? Well, go talk to Marinette. You know, about the chewing gum," Nino advised.
"But what should I say to her?" he asked.
"Just be yourself."
School was now finished, but it was raining, and Marinette was feeling it with her hand.
"Hey," said Adrian, but she turned her head away from him as he opened his umbrella. "I just wanted you to know that I was only trying to take the chewing gum off your seat. I swear. I've never been to school before. I've never had friends. It's all sort of new to me."
Adrian then handed her his umbrella, and they briefly made eye contact. Marinette suddenly felt rather flustered as she stared into his eyes and slowly grasped the umbrella. She was so fixated on Adrian that she accidentally closed the umbrella over her head. Adrian couldn't help but laugh, and Marinette looked at him rather embarrassed, then began to smile and laugh as well.
"See you tomorrow," said Adrian walking down the stairs.
Marinette dropped her bag as he walked off. "Uh-huh!… see you to…mo… tomo… Haha! Whoa, why am I stammering?"
"Hey! I think I might have an idea!" said Tikki, appearing out of her purse.
Marinette's face turned bright pink, and Tikki nuzzled her cheek.
Plagg popped his head out of Adrien's jacket and looked up at him. "First day of school, and we already have two lovebirds."
"Whatever. She's just a friend," said Adrian and his eyes widened. "Oh… a friend…"
Marinette watched as Adrian got into the car and drove home; she picked up her own bag and stuff to make her way home.
Neither of them were aware that Master Fu had been watching the two of them at the school entrance.
"Excellent choice, Master," said Wayyz.
Master Fu rubbed his beard. "Those two are made for each other."
Scene: Paris Rooftops.
It was already 8pm in the city of Paris and what was supposed to be silence was filled with the bickering between two of the well known heroes.
"I'm telling you, 'The Miraculords' has a nice ring to it! It blends perfectly, rolls off the tongue and I'm sure the ladies will love it!"
"Ladies or men? You do know that name appeals mostly to the male population and befitting for a villain team, right?!"
"And so what? I don't even see you coming up with at least one idea!"
"Yes I did, and it's 'The New Musketeers'. Since we're the heroes of Paris, It differentiates us from the United Heroez."
Ladybug and Cat Noir had already arrived and was clearly watching the argument between the two siblings glaring at each other, not noticing their presence. While Sky Falcon was holding a notebook, Gray Wolf was holding a pen.
"Oh, and mine doesn't?"
"You know how it is, and then again, yours is a whole lot shittier."
"What do you even know? You have the taste of a singing puppy from a Disney movie!"
"Ha! That's rich coming from a chicken with the mentality of the classic crazed merc with a mouth!"
Both were already moving towards each other. Not wanting the fight to escalate further, Ladybug stepped between the two, surprising them.
"Okay, let's all just calm down for one minute." Ladybug said, trying to diffuse the situation.
"Oh good, you guys came." Sky Falcon said
"Yeah, and besides, what's the cat fight all about?" Cat Noir asked.
"We were thinking of what name to give to the team, and while Feather brain suggested we call our team 'The MiracuLords', I suggested we call our team 'The New Musketeers'." Gray Wolf started.
"But since you guys are here, I wanna know which name is the most suitable." Sky Falcon said, handing the book to Ladybug.
"It should be something we should all agree on," said Ladybug, going through the list.
Cat Noir started pondering. "Well, we did get our powers from our Miraculous"
"And we're a Miraculous Team…" Ladybug said, also pondering. Then an idea struck her as she snapped the book closed. "...How about 'The M-Team'?"
"Sounds perfect," said Cat Noir.
"Not Bad." said Gray Wolf.
"So it's official, We're the M-Team." Said Sky Falcon.
That was when they noticed a car being street chased by police cars.
The four of them stood side by side.
"First crime soon to be busted by us guys on our first patrol." Gray Wolf said.
"So what do we do Milady?" Cat Noir said with a smile.
Ladybug looked at her teammates then turned forward.
"M-Team," she said as she spun her yo yo. "Let's do this!"
And with that, the newly named M-Team sprung into action.
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