Just so you know, with this new job I got, updates may be slower. So don't expect much.

You made it to our main attraction, the three-ring circus in the big top tent. We hope our clowns will entertain you before making you the main event.

"If this were a video game," said Chat Noir as he and Ladybug entered the circus. "This would be the last level. Still don't want to use the gun?"

"No. I'm fine with this," said Ladybug as she twirled her yo-yo. "I don't want to get into anymore trouble as it is."

"Speaking of trouble," said Chat Noir as they walked into the center ring. "We should have run into some by now."

"What do you mean?"

"You know, a guard or a booby trap." A spotlight shone on them. "Or an ambush."

Suddenly, they were surrounded by the freaks that were once their classmates. "VELCOME..." A platform rose from the floor and Tökkentäkker appeared, holding his cane like a scepter. "TO ZE GREATEST SHOW UNEARTHED!" Then he saw the Mask strapped to Ladybug's belt. "Take ze Mask from her!"

The Fox Women bent down on all fours and began to stalk the two heroes. At once they pounced, but Ladybug and Chat Noir ducked just in time and the foxes bumped each other in the heads, knocking themselves out. The conjoined Sabrina and Chloe charged at the heroes carrying a garrote, but the Miracle Heroes tripped them and they tumbled into a pole. Rose and Juleka used their horns to command an army of snakes to bite her, but she used her yo-yo to snatch the horns out of their hands and fling them into a safety net.

Kim lifted up a hundred ton barbell and tried to smash Chat Noir like a walnut, but the cat hero smacked him in the face with his staff, making him drop the barbell on his head. Ivan grabbed him and tried to squeeze him to death, but Ladybug made him release his grip by poking him in the eye with the yo-yo and toppled him over on top of Mylene. Max and Nino flew down with chainsaws, but Chat Noir used his gun to shoot their trapeze lines, cutting them in the process and making them fall into the safety net on top of Rose and Juleka.

"Vou're ruining my show," snapped Tökkentäkker as he swung the cane at Ladybug, trying to make a grab for the Mask.

"Show's over, creep!" Ladybug shouted as she grabbed the cane, only to slip and fall on her back.

What happened next? Maybe she didn't secure the Mask to her belt well enough. Or maybe Tökkentäkker somehow managed to undo it and tried to grab it. Whatever the case, the Mask slipped from Ladybug's belt and it flung up into the air. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as it fell... and landed right on Ladybug's face.

Suddenly, there was a flash of green lightning and thunder as Ladybug spun around like a tornado before coming to a halt. She was on her hands and knees, her back facing Chat Noir. "Bugaboo! What- I... are you okay?"

Ladybug shuddered and shivered as she slowly rose up. "Okay? I am..." She suddenly spun around. "...GREAT!" Chat Noir jumped back with a yelp. Ladybug's costume had become a bit more revealing, her pigtails were longer and wilder and her face... It was frightening. Lime green skin, large red eyes, a small nose and square teeth too big for her mouth.

"GAH! L-Ladybug?"

"Who were you expecting? She-Ra?" Ladybug laughed.

In the massage parlor, Master Fu suddenly dropped his tea and grabbed onto a nearby table. Wayzz flew up to him and asked, very concerned, "What is it, Master?"

"I fear...something terrible has happened to Ladybug!"

"Nein," Tökkentäkker muttered as he watched the whole thing. "Nein, nein, nein, nein, nein, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEEEEEIIIIIIN!" He suddenly began to grow larger and rounder, almost like a giant balloon.

"Would you look at that," Ladybug said. "He found a costume the size of Chloe's ego!"

Chat Noir looked down at his gun. "I don't think this pea shooter can pop something that big."

"Pfft, you worry too much," Ladybug said as took out the yo-yo. Well, it looked less like a yo-yo and more like a giant medieval flail. She swung it and it made contact with the giant balloon's surface... and it bounced right off and crashed into her face. "...ow. Let's not do that again."

"Maybe you should turn on the old charm," said Chat Noir, still disturbed by Ladybug's transformation. "And I mean old charm. Without the Mask."

"Pbbtt," Ladybug blew a raspberry at him. "Where's the fun in that? LUCKY CHARM!" She twirled her yo-yo in the air and its magic created... "AAHH!" She jumped out of the way when an old-fashioned bi-plane landed on the ground. "A plane? But I don't even have a pilot's license!" Her lucky vision, which had become an unnatural swirl of green and red, highlighted only two things: the plane and Chat Noir's gun. "Oh, the irony. Getting in a dogfight with a cat."

"Huh?" Chat Noir yelped as Ladybug grabbed him and placed him in the rear seat of the plane and hopped in the pilot's seat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ladybug Airlines, please buckle your seat belts as we are expecting some turbulence. Sit back, relax and HANG ON FOR YOUR LIFE!"

"AAAUUUUUUGHHHH!" Chat Noir screamed as the plane took off and flew up to the strange, wobbly, inflatable thing Tökkentäkker had become. He suddenly started coughing up beach balls. Exploding beach balls.

"Of course they explode," Ladybug muttered

Chat Noir had to use his gun to shoot down the balls before they made contact with the plane. "D-do you even have a plan?!"

"Truth be told, I'm just winging it! Get it?"

"NO BAD PUNS!" He crossed his arms and mumbled, "That's my thing."

"Anyway, see that cane?" She pointed to the cane Tökkentäkker was holding. "That game controller on its head has to be where the Akuma is. I just got to get a little closer... Now!" Just as the plane passed by Tökkentäkker, Chat Noir leaped out of the plane and shouted, "CATACLYSM!"

"NEEEIIIIIIIN!" the giant balloon screamed as the cat hero placed his hand on the game controller, releasing the Akuma within.

At this point, Chat Noir expected Ladybug to take off the Mask and do her purification, but instead, she took out a fly swatter and squished the Akuma, destroying it entirely. "Eew. Wouldn't want one of those in your knickers," she muttered as she used the yo-yo to purify the remains and throw them in the garbage. "Now where was I? Oh, yeah. MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" She kicked the plane and it exploded in a wave of red and green spots, undoing all the damage and the carnival disappeared.

At the same time, Tökkentäkker turned back into Rudi. "Wh-Where am I?"

"Oh, yeah! How's that for a show stopper," exclaimed Ladybug.

It was then that Chat Noir noticed something odd. "Ladybug, your earrings aren't blinking."

She put a hand on her earrings and said, "Huh. So they are. That means with this Mask on, I can be Ladybug forever! Whoo-hoo!" She did a funny dance as she cheered, "Wait till Adrikins gets a load of this!"

"Adrikins? Ladybug, did you...just imitate Chloe?"

"Aw, what's wrong, jealous?"

"Ladybug, I think you wore that Mask enough."

Ladybug sighed and took it off, reverting to her usual self. "Sorry about that," she said, handing it to him.

"It's alright, Bugaboo, I..." Then he realized it. Ladybug's earrings didn't blink and beep like they should when they used her power. He looked down at the Mask and saw the words, "Made in Taiwan" written on the inside. Ladybug smirked and ripped her face off, revealing the green underneath.

"PSYCHE!" She laughed as she took off like a rocket and flew across the sky.

She landed on a building, still feeling very good and proud with herself. "That was...thrilling! I didn't think I had it in me! And best of all, with this, I can be Ladybug forever! Nothing can stop me! Not even Hawk Moth! I..." Suddenly, she stopped and realized, "But what will Mom and Dad say when they find their daughter gone? Ah, who cares? They'd never understand how much responsibility I have being Ladybug! Maybe I can even get Adrien to like me!"

And then she pulled the Mask off. "No! Not like this! I can't..."

Suddenly, something heavy hit her on the head and she was knocked out.

"Marinette! Wake up!"

The girl slowly awoke with a groan to find Tiki above her. "What happened? What hit me?" Then she realized, "Oh, no! I'm back to being Marinette! Did anyone see me!"

"No, thank goodness," said Tikki, clearly irritated. "But you lost the Mask!"

"What?!" She looked around and all she could find was a note saying, "Thanks for holding onto my Mask. Love, Big-Head."

"That was irresponsible of you," scolded Tikki. "You let the Mask on your face! You nearly went crazy!"

"It was an accident! Besides, we bet the villain, right? And with Big-Head getting his Mask back, it won't happen again, right?"

"Just be more careful next time!"

"I promise I will."

Rudi threw the Mask under his bed. "Oh, I cannot believe I did that!"

What, not put me on when I told you to do so? Right when you were about to be akumatized?

"SHUT UP! I just hit Ladybug with a pipe! How am I ever going to live it down! And she wore you! Did you tell her who I was?"

Hey, your secret's safe, bub.

There was a knock on his door. His mother came in and said, "Rudi, there's a Lieutenant Kellaway here to see you."