Ladybug and Chat Noir made their way on the rooftops towards the scream. Mystic must have done unfrozen someone else in order to torment them. The hero pair moved faster and faster as they remembered how Mystic had nearly drowned a man earlier. Who knew what she would do now. Screeching to a halt, the two teens saw Mystic holding a girl, probably between the ages of ten and fifteen, over the edge of the Eiffel Tower.
"Why are you doing this to me?" the girl shrieked.
"You thought you were so much better than me. You thought that my reading habits were stupid. You made my life a living hell. I'm just repaying the favor now." Mystic's taunts echoed loudly.
"We can't let her hurt the girl," Ladybug whispered to Chat. "I don't care if that girl is the next Chloe Bourgeois, she doesn't deserve this."
Chat chuckled softly. "I'm still kind of surprised at how differently you treat Chloe in and out of costume."
"I don't treat her that differently." Ladybug shot Chat a stern look. "And that is beside the fact. Right now we have to deal with Mystic."
The akuma victim - was she really a victim now that she had control of Hawkmoth - was flying out from the tower, still holding the poor girl by the shirt. "I want you to know this before you plummet to the ground: your days of bullying are over. And I, Mystic, am the one to stop you. I, who was once Elena, am putting an end to your tormenting ways."
"That's new. Akumas don't usually share their original identities," Chat murmured.
"Everything about Mystic is new, Chaton." Ladybug leapt off the building. "Let's go!"
The pair dashed towards the Eiffel Tower, trying to get there in time.
"You leave her alone!" Ladybug yelled at Mystic. "If you use your new powers to hurt her, you're no better than she is."
Mystic looked up. "What do you know about that, Ladybug? Do you have any idea how much it hurts to be bullied? Do you know the desire to use your powers to heal the wounds of your heart? How are you in any way qualified to stop me?"
"I understand more than you know. I also have been bullied by a classmate. She tries to tear me down, and has come close many times. However, whenever she does something to me, I have to be nice in return. I stand up for myself and for others, but I try to be gentle and kind in doing that. When I am Ladybug, I put aside all of the pain in order to do my job. When you have powers, you cannot use them for evil."
Mystic laughed. "I can do whatever I want. I have control of Hawkmoth. I have control of time. I have control of the world. And I have control of you two. In fact, since I have control of you, I say you cannot stop me from exacting my revenge on this bully. You will not save her. You will not stop me."
With that speech, Mystic opened her hand and let the poor girl plummet to the ground. Ladybug and Chat Noir watched helplessly as she fell over a thousand feet. Ladybug tried to leap to save her, but Mystic's command rooted the heroine's feet to the rooftop. Ladybug attempted to catch the schoolgirl with her yoyo, but her hand refused to release it. Chat pushed the button to extend his baton, but it malfunctioned. There was nothing the heroes could do but watch as the girl fell to her death. Ladybug looked away, her heart tearing in two. Chat noticed and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, bugaboo. Look at me." Chat knelt beside the weeping savior of Paris. "She's not the first casualty we've had. She's not the last casualty we will have."
"Not helping, minou."
"You have the power of creation. Every time we fight an akuma, you restore Paris to what it was before the attack. That includes raising the dead who were slain in the fray. This time will be no exception." Chat wrapped his arms around Ladybug. "We need to be strong, Marinette. We can do it."
Gulping, Ladybug nodded. "Right. We have a plan. We need to stick to the plan."
"Find Hawkmoth. We can do this, m'lady."
Ladybug took a shaky breath and watched as Mystic flew away, laughing. "We have no choice. Mystic may have started out as an akuma victim, but now she is becoming worse than Hawkmoth. She is no longer after our miraculouses. She does what she wants, no matter the effects it will have on anyone else. That cannot be allowed to continue."
Chat stood, helping Ladybug to her feet. They looked down at the broken body on the ground near the Eiffel Tower. Ladybug was right, this could not be allowed to continue.