Third story, here we come! The beginning will jump around, but the whole story won't be like that. Let's go!
It is midnight, the streets of Paris are silent, empty. No sign of any living thing is anywhere to be found. Out of nowhere, Butterfly and Volpina appear, being chased by the police.
Butterfly: I still don't get why they're chasing us!
Volpina: They think we're the baddies who attacked Paris in the past!
Roger: Freeze, Gabriel!
Butterfly: Haven't you noticed I'm a girl? What did we do wrong, anyway?
Roger: You assaulted police officers and broke out of imprisonment!
Volpina: But they locked us up for no good reason!
Roger: Quiet, Volpina! Ladybug considers you a serious threat!
Volpina: That Volpina was an akuma victim, I'm the real deal!
Roger: Don't you talk back to me! Arrest those two!
The police force tries to arrest them.
Volpina: Fine. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. No more running away, we need to fight back and prove our innocence!
Butterfly and Volpina fight against the police.
Track 01: Running With the Wild Things
Running With the Wild Things
Both:
Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh!
Volpina:
Ooh, they don't hear us, read us bedtime stories from their textbooks! Ooh, try to reign us in, blind to our intelligence! Standardization, of the masses, give us a number, fail or pass us! Education, manipulation, decide our fate but never ask us!
Butterfly:
We're about to boil over. You can't keep us down forever! We got too big for the cage, you locked us up in! Let's mark this down as the day, that we start something. So open the gate, open the gate, 'cause when we finally escape, finally escape, we'll be tearing through the streets, running with the wild things!
Both:
Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh!
Butterfly:
Hey, why you waitin'? Quit carvin' notches to count the days 'cause
All:
One two three four!
Butterfly:
They're losing power! See 'em growing weaker by the hour! We're about to boil over. You can't keep us down forever!
Volpina:
We got too big for the cage, you locked us up in! Let's mark this down as the day, that we start something. So open the gate, open the gate, 'cause when we finally escape, finally escape, we'll be tearing through the streets, running with the wild things!
Both:
Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Standardization, of the masses, give us a number, fail or pass us!
All:
Standardization, of the masses, give us a number, fail or pass us!
Both:
Education, manipulation, decide our fate but never ask us!
All:
Education, manipulation, decide our fate but never ask us!
Volpina:
Never ask us!
Butterfly:
Never ask us!
All:
We got too big for the cage, you locked us up in! Let's mark this down as the day, that we start something. So open the gate, open the gate, 'cause when we finally escape, finally escape, we'll be tearing through the streets, running with the wild things!
Both:
Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Oo-ooh! Ooo-ooo-oh! Ooo-ooo-oh!
Ladybug walks out of the shadows.
Ladybug: What is going on here?
Roger: Ladybug, we just caught Hawk Moth and Volpina making a run for it.
Butterfly: My name is Butterfly...oh forget it.
Ladybug: Uh, the Hawk Moth you captured is a girl, and she doesn't look like Volpina.
Volpina: We're on your side, Ladybug! You believe us, don't you?
Ladybug: Alright, everyone stay here, I need to figure some things out. You two aren't off the hook yet. Lieutenant Roger, I wouldn't be too concerned about them. If anything, they're just a couple rebellious teenagers, they don't seem like a real threat. Bug out! (wraps yo-yo around a street light and swings away)
Ladybug enters Master Fu's hideout.
Master Fu: Hello Ladybug, why are you here so late?
Ladybug: Did you happen to give away the Moth and Fox Miraculouses to two girls?
Master Fu: Yes, actually, I assume you've just met them.
Ladybug: Alright, good! I just wanted to make sure they didn't steal them, I found them being chased by the police. Volpina claimed they were heroes, but the last time Volpina pretended to be a hero she was lying.
Master Fu: You have nothing to worry about. By the way, where is Cat Noir?
Ladybug: I haven't heard from him, yesterday he went to talk to his father, and I guess it brought back some painful memories for him. Do you know anything about Gabriel Agreste, like why he became Hawk Moth in the first place? Adrien seems to think it has to do with his mom who went missing.
Master Fu: I'm sorry, I don't remember much. All that I can remember is that I gave away the Moth and Peacock Miraculouses, and they disappeared.
Ladybug: I'd better get back home, and clear things up about those girls. Bye. (exits)
Ladybug is on her way home when she passes the Lahiffe's house. Curiously, she peeks in through the window and sees Nino and Adrien asleep in their beds. She smiles and goes home. The scene changes to San Fransokyo the next morning. Tadashi enters the garage to find Hiro asleep at his desk. Tadashi wakes him up.
Hiro: I fell asleep in the garage again, didn't I?
Tadashi: Yep.
Hiro: This is driving me nuts! I have no idea how to work this portal thing, we're going back to school tomorrow, just, ugh! I mean, I already helped you build your armor, and I fixed mine and rebuilt the microbots, then linked them with my helmet, and now, I've been working on this thing for weeks and weeks, and yet, nothing, I've made no progress, nothing.
Tadashi: Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. Let's see here. It looks like all you need to do is switch the coordinates to another location. (punches in the coordinates for San Fransokyo Park, turns on) Ok, let's test this. I'll go to the park, and when I get there, I'll text you to throw a marker through the portal.
Hiro: Ok, I hope this works!
Tadashi arrives at the park. He texts Hiro and the portal appears, a marker flies through it. Tadashi takes the marker and goes home.
Hiro: Did it work?
Tadashi: (holds up marker) You tell me!
Hiro: Yes! We did it! Ok, now one of us should try going through.
Tadashi: I don't know if that's a good idea. Remember last time?
Hiro: Yeah, but you went through that portal.
Tadashi: Technically I was dragged through by Cat Noir.
Hiro: Still, it's the same thing. I may not have a Miraculous, but I'm not helpless.
Tadashi: We were separated once, I'm not letting that happen again.
Hiro: I guess you're right. We need to test it more. Still, I can't wait until it's fully operational! I mean, the possibilities are endless! Just imagine where we could go with this thing!
Felix: Hiro? Tadashi?
Hiro: Oh no, what's Felix doing here? Couldn't he have at least told us he was coming over?
Tadashi: Relax, I'll hide the portal, you keep him out of the garage.
Hiro: Hey Felix! How's it going?
Felix: I just thought I'd stop by. What were you just doing?
Hiro: A school project.
Felix: But school didn't start yet.
Hiro: SFIT gives summer assignments, Tadashi and I are doing it together.
Felix: Can I see? I'm really into science, at least I think I am! What's wrong with me?
Hiro: I wish I could explain everything, but the truth is, I don't fully understand. But I promise you, Felix, we'll find out what happened to you. As for the project, it's kind of not done yet. You know, we're still testing it, and we can't let anyone touch it or it might not work right. You understand, right?
Felix: Yeah, I get it.
Tadashi: I did it. Hi, Felix!
Marinette scrolls through her contacts list. She selects Alya and calls her.
Marinette: Hey Alya, did you get your schedule yet?
Alya: Yeah girl, I got Miss Bustier again. Did you?
Marinette: No, I got Mr. Haprele.
Alya: I didn't know he was a full-time teacher.
Marinette: He got promoted, Mylene told me.
Alya: Aw man, I was hoping we would get the same class! I'm gonna see if Nino's in my class. You should check with Adrien!
Marinette: I don't know, he hasn't been answering my calls ever since he went to talk to his father, I'm really starting to worry about him.
Alya: Then you should go visit him in person! He can ignore your phone calls all he wants, but he can't ignore you if you show up on his doorstep!
Marinette: What if he doesn't want to talk about it?
Alya: The adorable picture of you guys in front of the ferris wheel in San Fransokyo proves otherwise!
Marinette: What? Where did you get that picture from!?
Alya: Avery sent it to me, oh my gosh, my ship sailed!
Marinette: Why does everyone call us a ship, I mean, seriously?
Alya: Ha ha, I'll talk to you later. Bye! (hangs up)
Tikki: So, are you going to talk to Adrien?
Marinette: I'd better, I need to know what happened. And I need to know if we're in the same class!
Marinette walks to the front door and knocks. Mrs. Lahiffe answers.
Mrs. Lahiffe: Oh, Marinette! We weren't expecting you.
Marinette: Hi Mrs. Lahiffe, I just came to talk to Adrien.
Mrs. Lahiffe: He's in his room, he hasn't been the same since he went to talk to his father. I'm not sure if he's in the mood for a visitor, but I'll tell him you're here. (walks inside)
Tikki: I wonder what made him so upset.
Marinette: I don't know, but I do know that we have to help him through this.
Mrs. Lahiffe: You can come in, Adrien wants to see you too.
Marinette: Thanks. (enters, walks to bedroom, closes door) Hi Adrien.
Adrien: Marinette! (runs to and hugs, crying)
Marinette: It's alright. What happened?
Adrien: Well, when I went to talk to my father, he told me that he and my mom were once superheroes. (pulls out Peacock Miraculous) This belonged to father, it's a Miraculous, he was a hero named Paon. And mom had the Moth Miraculous. Together, they protected Paris from evil, just like we do now. When I was born, they both decided that it would be too dangerous for me if they continued to be superheroes, so they locked all evidence of their superhero identities away in a safe so I could have a normal childhood. One day when I was at Chloe's house, my parents' enemies tracked them down. They tried to fight back, but they stole the Miraculouses. So, my mom made an offering: if they gave back the Miraculouses, she would sacrifice herself to them. And that's exactly what happened. They took her away to an unknown location where she was never heard from again. Father was determined to find her, so he took her old Miraculous, and made Nooroo tell him about the most powerful ones, the Ladybug and Cat, and that combined, they could give someone ultimate powers. So, he decided that he had to get his hands on them so he could find his old enemies and get revenge on them. As for mom, it's unknown where she is, or whether or not she's even still alive. There's no way to find her, and even if we find out where she was taken, she was most likely killed instantly. So, that's it. She's gone forever, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Marinette: Don't say that, she's still out there, I can feel it, and we'll find her. Also, I have some interesting news, Master Fu gave the Moth and Fox Miraculouses to two girls, I met them last night. Who knows, maybe they could help us find your mom.
Adrien: I hope so.
Marinette: On a potentially happier note, who's your teacher this year?
Adrien: Mr. Haprele.
Marinette: Yes! Me too!
Adrien: At least one good thing happened this week!
A portal opens behind them, Marinette and Adrien step away from it slowly. A rock with a note tied to it flies through, the portal closes.
Marinette: "Hi guys! I sure hope this works. I'd show up in person but I don't want my arms to separate from my body. So, pretty cool, right? Anyway, I hope you get this. - Hiro." Huh, I guess the portal's working. I wonder what-
The portal opens again, another rock flies through.
Adrien: Look out! (pushes her out of the way, picks up note) "P.S., I'm sorry if the rocks hit you in the head."
Marinette: Well, I'd better get going. See you at school. (exits)
Adrien: Can't wait, m'lady.
Whew! Finally done with this chapter! This sure took forever!