Chapter 1: Darkness Rising Part One
In a dark, and mysterious location, a young girl in a wheelchair wheeled herself to a meeting room.
In the meeting room, a young man was sitting at a table. He was wearing a business-like suit, that was mostly silvery with a bit of yellow. On a yellow tie, was a black tie clip. He had on a silver and yellow mask as well.
"Ugh, couldn't you have gotten here sooner," a snarky voice piped up, this one sounding feminine. Her hair was concealed by the teal hood she wore, and her outfit was mostly teal anyway. It looked like a bodysuit. She had a teal mask around her dark brown eyes as well. She had on a bangle on her right wrist.
"Hey, I'm stuck in this wheelchair," the girl piped up. "And plus, my throne wouldn't have been able to move." She transformed into Monarque.
"Exactly, older sister," another voice piped up. This one belonged to a male who had reddish-brown eyes surrounded by a black mask, which had 6 dots on it- 3 on each side. His entire outfit seemed to be black. He had on black combat boots and black gloves in combination with his suit. "After all, we can't have Monarque missing the meeting now can we?"
"Oh be quiet you jackass," the teal-clad girl scoffed.
"That's enough from both of you," a male that seemed to have a Scorpion like attire spoke up with a glare.
"Come on, I don't get why I'm here too," a cheerleader scoffed, walking into the meeting room, annoyed. "Why do I have to be here with my annoying brother?" She transforms into a deer-themed villain, thanks to a pendant.
"Hey, I'm not that bad," the boy besides her scoffed, turning into a Peacock-themed villain.
The Deer villainess rolled her eyes.
"Shut up," a rebel-like girl scoffed. She puts the belt on and transforms into a raccoon-themed villain.
Wordlessly, a male wearing a white shirt and black pants put a ring on his finger and transformed into a Black Cat themed villain.
"We're here for a reason, aren't we?" another male asked, putting on a brooch and transforming into a jellyfish-themed villain.
A girl dressed in all black rolled her eyes, putting a circlet on top of her head, before transforming into a dragonfly-themed supervillain. "Just tell us the plan, Firefly guy, before I get angry. And you won't like me if I'm angry."
A male puts on a cuff bracelet, transforming into a cheetah-themed supervillain. "We're here now, so just deal with it," he said simply.
"Whatever," the Dragonfly villain replied.
"Let's just get this over with," a girl commented. She put on a necklace, transforming into a shark themed villain.
"I'm with her," the last girl gave an uncaring shrug. She put on a chain necklace and transformed into an Eagle themed villain.
"So, how are we going to have each of our wishes granted?" Monarque asked the Firefly guy, a little annoyed.
"Simple," the Firefly guy answered. "Time will tell."
"What the hell?!" the Scorpion villain yelled out. "You should've had a plan!"
"Well, I can create a perfect puppet with my akumas," Monarque said.
"And how's that going to help us?" the Snake girl glared at Monarque.
"Because then we'll have an upper hand," the Spider Boy grinned at the Snake girl.
"Maybe you can go out and try and trap one civilian in your webs," Monarque grinned. "Seduce her, if it's female."
"I don't think that's going to be usefu-" the Cat villain spoke up.
"HEY!" the Jellyfish villain spoke up. "Only ONE PERSON on this team can be the seducer! And that person is GOING to be ME! Got it?"
"We'll have one male, and one female seducer," The Deer deadpanned. "Okay? We're not arguing about this. EVER."
"I don't see why you'd work as the seducer," the Shark spoke aloud, glancing at the Jellyfish. "You're too loud and too obnoxious to make a female fall for you."
"I trust him," Monarque said, looking at the Spider Boy. "And I know that he'll be able to succeed in seducing a girl."
"Well then," the Deer said, looking at Spider Boy. "I trust that you're up to the task?"
"I can," Spider boy grinned.
"I don't think he can," Jellyfish objected. "I'm the better seducer!"
"You have no evidence," Shark deadpanned at Jellyfish.
"Shut up, Jellyfish before I punch you in the brains," the Dragonfly girl snarled.
"You don't intimidate me you know," Jellyfish spoke to Dragonfly.
"Really?" Dragonfly gave a pissed off look. She cracked her knuckles.
"Really," Jellyfish replied with a cocky look.
"Nobody asked for your opinion," Shark glared at Jellyfish. She looked at Dragonfly. "Now are we going to have a problem?"
"If he keeps bugging me, I will punch him in the brains," Dragonfly growled, cracking her knuckles menacingly.
"Great, now that those two are out of the picture," Snake spoke up. "I nominate myself as our female seducer."
"I don't see it," Spider commented.
"And how would you seduce guys? With a love potion? Lame," Deer replied.
"I'd have a better chance than a weak ass deer," Snake retorted.
"You have no right to say that!" Peacock growled. "Deer are not weak!"
"Thank you, brother," Deer replied.
"Yeah yeah whatever," Peacock replied.
"Well," Snake spoke up. "I'm still convinced I'd have a higher chance than, say, Eagle."
"Well then," Eagle grinned dangerously as she eyed Snake. "Do you want to bet on that?"
"This should be interesting. I wish I had some popcorn right now," Cheetah Boy said.
"Oh I'll bet you for sure," Snake smirked.
"Snake, it's a bad idea-" Spider tried to reason.
"Shut up Spider and let me prove myself useful, unlike you," Snake snarled.
"He's got a point," Eagle smirked. "Once you bet, there's no turning back. Are you still up for this?"
"Hell yeah!" Snake replied. "I bet I can seduce FIVE guys before you! If I win, you owe me fifty dollars, if I lose, I owe you twenty."
"Tsk tsk," Eagle shook her head. "I'll raise the stakes. Whoever loses has to pay the winner one hundred dollars. Bear in mind that you wouldn't have to suffer through the potential loss of one hundred dollars if you'd just made the money amount even."
"Oh snap. Now I want some popcorn," Cheetah guy said.
"Snake, don't-" Spider spoke up.
"SHUT UP SPIDER!" Snake yelled at her brother before facing Eagle. "It's a deal."
"This is not going to end well," Black Cat grumbled under his breath.
"Well, Spider should be going out first. One villain out at a time," Monarque said. "After you all come up with a codename."
"Serpente," Snake grinned. "I got my codename first, I'm better than you all."
"No, you got yours second," Spider retorted. "I'll just go with Araignée."
"Because I got mine before yours," Monarque smirked, blowing a kiss to Serpente.
"Except your name is horrible," Serpente retorted.
"Your words are horribly chosen," Araignée commented dryly.
"I'm going with Biche," Deer said.
"Leopardo is mine," Cheetah said.
"Mandíbulas," Shark stated.
"Your names are boring," Serpente yawned.
"At least ours are actually cool," Peacock glared. "As for me, I'll go with Paon Bleu."
"Good name, brother," Biche smirked at her brother.
"Thank you, sister," Paon Bleu smirked back.
"Aquila Oscura," Eagle spoke in a deadpan.
"Escorpión," Scorpion spoke.
"Luciérnaga is the only name you'll need from me," Firefly commented, a serious expression on his face.
"Mapache Malvada," Raccoon smirked.
"You don't need to call me by anything else other than Black Cat," Black Cat spoke.
"What about Señor Mediano-" Jellyfish started to suggest.
"Black. Cat," Black Cat glared at Jellyfish.
"Fine, be that way," Jellyfish frowned. "I'll go with Puntura."
"Now if that's all of us, Araignée, you can go out first to seduce a girl," Monarque said.
"HEY!" Puntura yelled out. "I never agreed to having this weak link spider seduce a hottie!"
"Shut up," Monarque glared at Puntura.
"I'm going out with him!" Puntura yelled. "And that's FINAL!"
"One at a ti-"
Too late. Puntura had already left. Oof.
"This isn't going to end well. By the way, I'm going with Libellule Maléfique," Dragonfly deadpanned.
"I regret letting him in on this," Escorpión groaned. "He's going to mess everything up. And he wouldn't like to face the consequences."
"Then we can simply take his powers away if he messes up 3 times," Monarque said, "and give it to someone better."
"I'll go as well," Araignée commented.
The two villains had separated from one another, each going to find a different girl.
Walking around was a girl. She had black hair that had a teal streak, blue eyes, and fair olive skin. She seemed to be wearing a plain black tank top with a black jean jacket tied around her waist, as well as blue jean shorts and black sneakers. This was Winter.
Puntura saw her and smirked to himself. He walked up to her slowly.
Winter eyed the weirdly dressed male and raised an eyebrow. "You have a weird sense in fashion," she said offhandedly.
"Why, it's just to appeal to you, baby," Puntura grinned in what he thought was seductive to her.
"Ew, no," Winter shuddered. "I don't know who you are underneath that outfit, but you are not my type."
"But baaaaabe," Puntura grinned. "It's fate that we met-"
"The only fate you'll be met with is a restraining order if you don't get the heck away from me," Winter scowled.
"You know you like me," Puntura winked.
"Um, newsflash, the only thing I like about you is absolutely nothing," Winter retorted, before punching him in the face.
"OW!" Puntura held his face. He grinned despite his pain. "Well, I know beneath your exterior, you're falling in love wit- OW!"
Winter had kicked him in the family jewels and watched as Puntura groaned in pain. This was really not his day, but this guy was just being too creepy for her. "Stay the hell away from me if you know what's best for you," she commented with a glare towards the Jellyfish villain before walking away, leaving Puntura in his lonesome.
Meanwhile…
A sweet young 16 year old girl was sitting on a bench, reading a book. "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson. It was a good read. Her name was Jasmine Williams.
Araignée was heading to the park for a much more...hopefully successful try at seducing than whatever Puntura got as a result.
Jasmine was clearly focused on her book, so she didn't notice that someone had come into the park.
Araignée noticed Jasmine and smirked to himself.
Jasmine kept reading her book. Eventually, she took a break; putting a bookmark to save her spot, and placed her book into her school bag.
Araignée got ready to shoot his web. He just had to wait for the right time.
Jasmine gathered her belongings, before she stood up, ready to go home.
The minute she stood up, a web was shot in Jasmine's direction. It hit her and she was wrapped up in a web. Luckily she would still be able to see, breathe, and talk.
"W-wh-wh-what's happening?!" Jasmine was scared, almost panicking. She tried to break free from the web.
"Dear beauty," Araignée said calmly, approaching the panicking Jasmine. "Your attempts to break free are futile. Besides, we wouldn't want to ruin your true beauty now would we?"
"True...beauty?" Jasmine was confused. "What on earth are you talking about?" Her eyes widened. "Wait...me? But...why?"
"Because you're the prettiest of them all in this park," Araignée answered, winking. "People would be jealous of what beauty you have. It'd be a shame if you threw it all away if you continued to struggle this much."
"I…..I….." Jasmine was starstruck. She had no idea what to say. But she was blushing. "Um...thanks?"
"No problem, gorgeous," Araignée winked at her, smirking seductively.
Jasmine's face got even more red. God, what was happening?
"Don't worry," Araignée spoke calmly, as if he were trying to prevent her from panicking further. "You won't be harmed...as long as you don't get in the boss's way. However, I'm sure you wouldn't do that, princess."
"What are you talking about? What boss?" This was getting Jasmine even more terrified. "I don't know what you're going on about, but this is insane."
"Don't worry about it," Araignée answered. "The boss doesn't matter right now."
Jasmine's heart was pounding fast. This was bad. Very bad.
"HEY!" a voice shouted. It belonged to Jasmine's older brother, Oscar. The boy looked pissed. He had been given a break from his job at the coffee stand at his university. And he came to see his sister: trapped in a web. "LET GO OF MY SISTER RIGHT NOW YOU CREEP!"
"Fine by me," Araignée shrugged, and the web around Jasmine vanished. "Now, would a creep really let her free? Answer me that."
Oscar glared at the spider guy. "Shut up. You're a freak. You must have hurt my sister. I want you to stay away from her."
"Oscar…" Jasmine was a bit terrified at how angry her brother was.
"I'd never physically hurt her," Araignée countered. "But, if you insist…" he started to walk away.
"And STAY AWAY!" Oscar shouted.
Back at HQ….
"And we're back!" Puntura wheezed out.
"And judging by that, I can immediately assume he failed?" Paon Bleu glanced at Araignée.
"Don't know, wasn't paying attention to whatever he was doing," Araignée shrugged.
"Strike one, Puntura," Biche smirked. "Two more, and your powers get taken away."
"HEY!" Puntura yelled. "I DID NOT FAIL!"
"Your bloody nose says otherwise," Araignée countered.
"Did you succeed, Araignée?" Monarque asked.
"I got somewhere," Araignée answered. "But then someone had to come along and tell me to go away. Partial success, partial failure."
"Well. Whoever it was would be a perfect victim for my butterflies," Monarque said, stroking one of her butterflies. "Besides, my wish would be to let me walk again; after being trapped in this wheelchair."
"As if I'm giving up my ring any time soon," Black Cat mumbled under his breath.
"Don't worry, Black Cat…" Monarque said. "I won't be needing your ring...yet."
"You say that like it's a guarantee," Luciérnaga commented.
"I'm just liking this power, that's all," Monarque replied, smirking wickedly.
"I think we can all appreciate this power," Serpente smirked. "After all, we're far stronger than those weakass civilians. And probably, I'm stronger than you all."
"You demonstrated nothing today," Black Cat glowered at the Snake villain.
"Well, I think that we're all rotten. To the core," Libellule Maléfique said.
"For sure," Araignée agreed.
"Hell yes," Mapache Malvada replied.
Both Biche and Leopardo nodded in agreement. Even Monarque grinned at this.
"I see we have come to agree on a term to call ourselves," Luciérnaga commented. He kept a neutral face, as he wasn't one for nicknames.
"Come on Luci," Puntura grinned. "Surely you like it."
"Do you want to be kicked off the team this early?" Luciérnaga threatened.
"No…" Puntura frowned.
"I would like that a lot. Because he's so annoying," Monarque glared at Puntura.
"I agree," Mandíbulas added. "He's done nothing of use."
"Neither have you!" Puntura countered.
"At least I don't spend my free time annoying the hell out of my teammates," Mandíbulas retorted.
"Enough arguing like children," Luciérnaga glared at them. "Or I will kick you both off the team with no hesitation."
"Sorry, boss," Mandíbulas responded.
"What she said," Puntura agreed.
"Aww, I liked the arguing," Leopardo said. "It was dramatic."
"For now, we should wait for a perfect chance to strike back," Luciérnaga announced. "Or a perfect chance for Monarque to get us a puppet of an akuma to lure out any potential heroes that might be resting out there."
"Don't worry, boss. You can count on me," Monarque said. "I'm not going to disappoint you. In fact...I have a perfect name in mind for one future akuma. Hybrid. An animal freak with different animal body parts; turning civilians into animal freaks."
"Fascinating," Luciérnaga commented.
Monarque nodded. "It won't be long before that pathetic Guardian...whoever they are...will activate some pathetic heroes. And they'll be meeting their doom. FROM US!"
In a teahouse on the other side of the city….
A 342-year old woman sighed as she set down her tea; infused with a youthful potion.
"Mistress Roxanne!" a tiny voice piped up. This voice sounded frightened.
"Kianna?" Roxanne turned to the voice. "Is everything alright?"
"No!" Kianna freaked out a bit. "I fear some people might not be using the Miraculouses for their intended purpose."
"Then I guess it's time I did some recruiting," Roxanne replied.
TO BE CONTINUED….