Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly

by bigvic150

A young man is brought to the world of Miraculous Ladybug by Master Fu to help Ladybug and her allies. But the twist is, there's a different kind of Butterfly Miraculous in the Miracle Box that's completely different from the Moth Miraculous. Will Steel Butterfly fulfill his destiny, or will threats like Hawk Moth succeed? Rated T. Chloe redemption. Bunnyx salt and redemption.

5. Simon Says

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly.

Chapter 4: Simon Says.

(Author's notes: Just like in the "other" story chapter, Marinette will NOT be grounded in this chapter or in any other chapter. The reason why Marinette was initially grounded in the original episode chapter was because of her duties as Ladybug hindering her grades and because of the fact that the kwami b**** Tikki convinced Marinette to keep her identity a secret from her parents. Personally, if I were in Marinette's shoes – Metaphorically, of course – I would tell my parents about it in the first place, and I don't f****** care about the consequences. So therefore, in this chapter, because of Steel Butterfly's foreknowledge, because of Marinette's usage of her perfect, flawless clones, and because of her own genius intellect combined with her eidetic memory, Marinette managed to dodge punishments. Besides, I think it was unfair that Marinette got grounded just because of the fact that her duties as Ladybug force her to keep secrets from her parents and force her to lie to everyone in stark contrast to her hatred of liars.

However, there's a small plot twist in terms of Miguel adding a comment on Ladybug saving a cat stuck in a tree during the second flashback. This one is for most cat lovers. It involves Leppey telling Miguel, Marinette and her parents about all of the benefits of having a cat as a pet to contrast the disadvantages.

Lastly, Hawk Moth's identity will be revealed to Ladybug and Cat Noir early in the story, specifically in this chapter. Thankfully, no catastrophe has happened to the space-time continuum... yet. But should a disaster arise, Steel Butterfly will solve it... with help from different Time Guardians and heroic time travelers, including a younger version of Bunnyx in another version of this timeline who is aware of the screw up of her main timeline counterpart and doesn't make the same mistakes she did.

Enjoy chapter 4.)

(Paris, France, October fifth, 2014, third person POV...)

Alec Cataldi calls out on the TV, "Welcome back to everyone's #1 favorite live game show: The Challenge! Let's give it up for our awesome contestant, Nino!"

Nino comes up onto the stage and Alec continues, "So, Nino, you're a student and a DJ. That's pretty awesome! Check out the decks we got for you!"

Nino observes the Digital Audio Workstation provided for him.

In the Dupain-Cheng's living room, Tom and Sabine are taking a close look at Marinette's weekly report card with Steel Butterfly's civilian counterpart Miguel Guevara by her side.

As he finishes looking at the report card, Tom states in an astonished tone, "I can't think of a thing to say. You've really risen above and beyond to increase your grades, Marinette. But tell me, what did your clone do while you were in P.E. on Monday morning?"

As a flashback plays out, Marinette answers, "She saved an out of control police helicopter from crashing."

Sabine asks, "And Friday evening while your clone took your place in study hall?"

As another flashback plays out, Marinette answers again, "Saving a cat stuck in a tree. And honestly, that's a classic. I mean, saving cats stuck in trees is supposed to be a job for Cat Noir, Black Cat, Catwoman, or even Superman."

Miguel snorted in amusement at the Superman reference.

Tom and Sabine even snickered at the reference to one of their favorite fictional superheroes.

Miguel added, "But if I'm being perfectly honest, I think that cat took a liking to Ladybug despite the fact that she normally doesn't attract cats because she has a ladybug theme to her appearance, but not a cat theme like her dear partner. For the record, I'm well aware that Marinette is fond of dogs and hamsters, two of the numerous banes of my life. I'll get more on that another time. And besides, even if she did attract cats, I sincerely doubt she'd be able to keep even one stray cat out of trouble if it kept following her all the way to her duties as Ladybug. And even if that didn't happen, I'm well aware that there's no guarantees you guys would be able to keep even a single cat as a pet while living on the top floor of a bakery. There are many complications to having a cat as a pet. Chief among them being this: they have a tendency to shed fur during the summertime, especially the long-haired breeds. Their litter boxes are smelly and must be cleaned regularly. They damage furniture if there's no scratching post. Many people today are allergic to cats in general, they may be allergic to cat fur, and/or they may be allergic to cat dander. Taking a pet cat to the veterinarian is an expensive thing to undertake, especially if one wanted to get their cat spay neutered. They can kill small animals such as bunny rabbits. They are strong-willed. They can get fleas. They may wake you up at the wrong time. They can be very vocal in wanting attention. They might refuse to use the litter box as a sign of getting over grief from the death of a fellow cat or a dog that was raised alongside them. They fight for territory if there's more than one or more than two. Some tend to be violent towards their owners in terms of them misunderstanding cat body language, petting the cat all wrong, attempting to abuse them, or because of chemical imbalances. They tend to not respond to their owners sometimes when they're in heat in the summertime. They scratch or bite when they're playing or when they're threatened – often not including some of the more dangerous breeds of cats such as Savannah cats and Bengal cats. They occasionally puke up hair balls because they lick their fur coats to keep them clean. They can't eat chocolate because it's poisonous to them as equally as to dogs. They kill birds to eat them as part of their natural carnivorous diets. They reproduce very quickly if they aren't spay neutered. They may try to eat sweets despite the fact that they don't have the required nine thousand taste buds needed to taste sugary treats like human beings do. They tend to hide if they move to a new residence and they haven't gotten used to the environment without any material possessions from their owners. Cats can't be fed cold meat whatsoever because feeding a cat cold meat makes them sick. You have to take care of a cat if you own it in the first place. Many people underestimate the costs of having a cat. A cat you own has a tendency to get lost in an unfamiliar environment. Cats have a tendency to get sick, sometimes and often rare times. A pet cat may get involved in an accident that could get them killed. Cats are not always obedient. Saying goodbye to a dead cat is very hard to do. Cats tend to approach anybody who happens to be afraid of them while disregarding their ailurophobia. Some breeds of cats are hard to breed and reproduce, such as the Abyssinian cats. White cats with blue eyes are prone to becoming deaf. They NEVER come to your defense in the event of a home invasion or a burglary. And, most of all, if a cat owner dies at home, their pet cat literally eats the skin off their owner's corpse. Seriously, I learned about it on the internet after researching what happens to cat owners who die at home. And besides, chances are we might have a cat come into this house for some reason, and we won't even see it coming."

Leppey replies, "That may be so, but there are also advantages to owning a cat. As I'm sure you're all aware, cats are low maintenance. They cost less money than dogs. They are perfect for living in an apartment or in large enough cities like Paris or New York City. Most of them are more quiet than others most of the time. They're independent enough to keep themselves entertained for hours. They don't bother you if you're working from home or if you have young children napping. They keep your house pest-free, even from insects like house flies and spiders. They have long life spans. Petting a purring cat can lower your stress and anxiety levels, in addition to lowering your blood pressure. They improve your cardiovascular health, thus making you less likely to have a heart disease or a stroke. They prevent your kids from developing allergies by being exposed to them within the first few years of their lives, including allergies to cat fur and cat dander. They reduce feelings of loneliness if you have minimal quality time with family and friends or if you live by yourself after graduating from high school and college. They help deal with emotional issues. Owning a cat can help you overcome difficult times in your life, including grieving over the death of a relative or a friend you cared about the most. Owning a cat can help you become more responsible in many aspects of daily life. Cats are known to be humorous. Cats can be important for older people. They're suitable for small enough homes. Cats are good listeners if you're going on a rant about your problems and your day in general. Petting a purring cat can help you heal from any wound much faster due to the volume that cats purr. Cats make men more likely to get asked out on a date than those that own dogs. Their enhanced sense of smell enables them to detect pregnant women, thus enabling the good news to spread to one's spouse. Cats can smell things that are often dangerous, such as hazardous, flammable gases in the event that some carbon monoxide detectors and smoke detectors might not work. Cats live longer when they're indoors. Cats live longer when they're spayed and neutered. Cats are kind to other cats and/or dogs as long as they're raised together. Cats literally provide you extra comfort, relaxation and warmth when they sleep with you on your own bed. Exposure to cats from an early age all the way to adulthood boosts your immune system. Interacting with cats lowers triglycerides and cholesterol levels. Interacting with even one cat increases sociability and helps you become good at making small talk. Owning a cat is said to be able to improve the environment. Cat owners are said to be smarter. Owning a cat can reveal much of your personality. They provide great companions for anyone in need of one, especially if a child is in a deep state of grief. And most of all, they help save your life by meowing consistently if there's a gas leak in your home, a farm animal with a leg stuck in an inactive piece of farm machinery, or if your relative is about to have a seizure of any type. But all the same, we have to be on guard in case a cat comes into this house for any reason."

Miguel replies, "Hmph. Yeah, and I'm pretty sure that if Adrien were involved in this conversation, he would literally go on and on about the benefits of owning a cat, just like you did, my dear friend."

As he says that last part, a small Tabby cat comes into the living room via the window.

Leppey, Tikki, Miguel and the Dupain-Chengs look on in shock.

Miguel mutters, "Sometimes, I just hate being right."

Leppey states in response, "Somehow, I somewhat agree with you on that one, Miguel."

As Tikki presses the pause button on the TV remote to pause the channel, the Tabby cat without a collar comes up to Marinette and rubs against her right leg.

Miguel's lips twitch as he attempts to keep on a straight face while Marinette looks on in shock, anxiety and worry.

Tom and Sabine look at each other, seemingly at a loss of what to do.

Marinette picks up the Tabby cat and starts petting it.

The Tabby cat starts purring loudly in response to the affection given to it.

Miguel mentally grumbles to himself that he should've taken into consideration the fact that some people naturally attract cats without even trying.

Suddenly, Miguel hears a young girl calling out for her cat, who has been identified as Ariel.

Marinette and her parents hear the girl calling out for her cat as well.

With a quick whispered call of "Leppey, Elegant Wings Live!" Steel Butterfly carefully takes the cat Ariel to the young girl calling for her cat as she approaches the bakery.

Once the girl sees her lost cat, she cries out, "Oh, Ariel! I was so worried!"

The cat meows at her.

Steel Butterfly presents the cat to the little girl as she exclaims, "Merci, Steel Butterfly!"

The girl hugs the butterfly hero and she takes off with her cat in her arms.

Steel Butterfly teleports back into the living room and transforms back to normal.

Miguel then states, "Personally, I would prefer having NO pets whatsoever. Outweighs the pros and the cons at the same time. But even if it weren't for that, I'd still have trouble keeping up with a cat just because of the fact that I get repulsed by bad smells all too easily, I have serious tolerance issues, and I wouldn't exactly be able to keep such a pet out of the crossfire of our war against Hawk Moth, Mayura, and any other villain twice as worse as them put together."

Tikki then states, "Miguel, even if we agreed about the positives and negatives of owning a cat, there's still one thing I don't agree with."

Miguel raises an eyebrow in confusion and asks, "And what would that be, by any chance?"

Tikki answers crossly, "The fact that the Great Guardian of the Miracle Box assigned you as the leader of our team. My Ladybugs are the leaders of their teams. It's not right for the Great Guardian to choose a well-trained rookie from another dimension as the leader of our team."

Miguel sneers in a Ghost Rider-style level of intimidation, "That maybe so, but I've trained for fourteen years. I'm not a rookie anymore. And besides, the Great Guardian's orders are orders. His word is law. His judgment is final, and unlike him, I won't tolerate insubordination among the ranks. Especially in terms of the fact that you wanted Marinette to keep her identity a secret from her parents."

To say the least, Tikki was very intimidated and scared at the ghostly scowl on Miguel's face that showed he wasn't gonna take any crap from the kwami of creation.

And if one were to look very carefully, one would see Miguel's teeth slowly sharpening themselves to a point as a sign of his increasing anger.

Meanwhile, the TV unpauses as Alec says to Nino, "So, the challenge the viewers have chosen for you is... To get the mayor of Paris, Andre Bourgeois, to dance! Thank you for agreeing to play with us today, sir. What are Nino's chances tonight, sir?"

Mayor Bourgeois replies on the screen, "Zero. I despise dancing. The last time I set foot on a dance floor, Madonna was in kindergarten."

In the Dupain-Cheng living room, Miguel was laughing hysterically.

Leppey, Marinette, her parents and Tikki couldn't understand why he thought Mayor Bourgeois' response was funny, but they can agree that seeing Mayor Bourgeois bust a move might be a hilarious sight to see.

In Hawk Moth's lair, the terrorist of Paris muses as his window opens, "The Challenge... what an interesting concept. A TV show with such potential with negative emotions. Oh, the destructive mayhem we could cause..."

In Marinette's bedroom, Marinette was explaining the whole thing to Alya.

Marinette then asks, "Can you believe I've risen above and beyond with my grades?"

Alya answers, "Well, I'm gonna say that on the one hand, I believe it, and on the other hand, I can't believe it at the same time. It's almost like... you have some sort of guardian angel feeding you vital intelligence."

Marinette puts on a straight face as she states in response, "If I had a guardian angel, I wouldn't be able to hear his or her voice unless I was alone, now, would I?"

Alya states, "True, true. I don't know about you, but I'm more than willing to say that I'm rather enjoying the fact that we get to spend lots of quality time together. And the things you can do are amazing! I mean, like, I'm amazed that you can literally make lots of nice fashionable clothes and costumes for every one of our friends and the clubs and whatnot at the school, even if some people don't celebrate Halloween due to its religious affiliation with the lord of demons."

Marinette retorts matter-of-factly, "Yes, but bear in mind that the commissions I'm asked for cost money for the materials, the time and effort I put into making them, and the amount of work hours I need to do it all while simultaneously maintaining an adequate sleep schedule. Because of this, it should always remind you that just because we're friends doesn't mean you're getting your clothes and costumes for free."

Alya looks on in wonder as she didn't know about that at first.

At the studio, Simon Grimault arrives and tries to shake Adrien's hand, but his bodyguard shields him and stands protectively in front of him.

Adrien quietly protests in shock, "No! It's okay!"

Then Alec calls out, "Victory! Challenge conquered by Nino. You moved your head to the beat, Mayor Bourgeois! That counts as dancing!"

Slightly panicked, Mayor Bourgeois replies in denial, "What?! That's not true! My neck was... itching, that's all."

Alec replies back non-caringly, "Relieving an itch to the beat counts as dancing, too! Nino, congratulations. You'll return in one week to meet your next challenge! And now, for our next contestant, please welcome Simon Grimault!"

As Simon goes onto the stage, Nino approaches Adrien and his bodyguard off the stage.

Adrien says a bit quietly for his friend to hear, "That was awesome, dude!"

Alec says to Simon, "Mr. Grimault, from my understanding, you're a hypnotist. And from what we've been told here at the studio, you use cards to hypnotize people to get what you want from them. Am I right?"

Simon replies timidly, "Yes, I'm a hypnotist, but I don't necessarily use my skills to get anything."

Alec is surprised at this, but he ignores it – much to the anger of the watching Miguel Guevara from across the city – and says in response, "So, Simon, your challenge today is to use your talents to bring a very elusive celebrity to this very TV set! Give it up for the king of fashion, Gabriel Agreste!"

Gabriel appears on the screen in his chair with his back turned.

He swivels around to face the camera and asks in a bored tone, "What is this show? I was told this was an interview."

Nino calls out to Adrien quietly, "Dude, your dad is on the screen!"

Alec states to the timid hypnotist, "Do your thing, Grimault. Let's see if you can bring Mr. Agreste here with your hypnotic persuasion!"

Simon starts to say, "I told you, I don't make people—"

But Alec interrupts him as he exclaims, "Ha! A shy hypnotist! How funny is that, Gabriel?"

Gabriel replies in a neutral but sarcastic tone, "Hilarious. Ha ha ha. Your show is pathetic. And so is your contestant, for that matter. Control me? Never gonna happen. Not by a long shot."

Gabriel ends the transmission on his end.

Alec asks, "Huh?"

Adrien says to Nino glumly and with a hint of anger in his tone, "Yeah, that's my dad, all right. Personally, I can't wait to see what Steel Butterfly has to say about that."

Alec then says insensitively, "Looks like Mr. Agreste has turned on your challenge. Game over!"

A picture of Simon is shown on the screen with a red X being plastered on it.

Simon starts to protest, "But that's not fair! I didn't even get time to..."

But he doesn't finish as he's lead off the stage.

But before anyone can do anything else, the doors burst open and Steel Butterfly emerges from some black and blue smoke in a strut of pure anger, with a familiar demonic wrestler's theme song from the year 1998 playing on a radio drone.

As the radio drone continues playing the music with sounds of thunder crashing in synchronization with the bells banging, Steel Butterfly snarls demonically with his eyes transfixed on Alec.

As Simon Grimault leaves and everyone is horrified at the sight, Steel Butterfly sneers in his demonic voice, "You have no idea what you've done, Mr. Cataldi! By being insensitive about someone's loss and not taking into consideration what they have to say about the challenges they're given, you become the catalyst that gets people like Simon Grimault Akumatized. And that literally makes my job and Ladybug and Cat Noir's jobs harder. You better shape up your behavior in regards to contestants' losses, or else Judgment Day will come for you thousands of years early. That's your only warning, f*****."

Everyone winces at the profanity as Steel Butterfly teleports out of the studio, leaving Alec Cataldi gaping while frozen in place like a computer stopped working.

In Hawk Moth's lair, the villain of Paris states, "Yes. Humiliation and anger. The perfect elements for transforming a loser into a winner. And while I can't Akumatize more than one person at a time, Simon Grimault will do just fine." He turns a butterfly into an Akuma and finishes, "Fly away, my little Akuma, and Akumatize him!"

The Akuma flies to the studio as Simon is picking up the cards he dropped after he was booted out of the studio's main interview room.

The Akuma infects one of the cards.

As Simon looks ahead, the butterfly outline symbol appears as Hawk Moth monologues, "I am Hawk Moth. You are now Simon Says. I will help you be the most powerful hypnotist ever. You will help me in return when the time's right. And in addition to that, I'm making you immune to the power removal ability of Corvo, the holder of the Crow Miraculous. So, do we have a deal, Simon Says?"

Simon Grimault/Simon Says replies, "Simon says yes."

He picks up the remaining cards as he turns into Simon Says.

He reenters the studio as he declares, "Simon says the show is not over!"

As Alec snaps out of his funk, Alec calls out, "What on Earth?!"

Simon Says picks a card and he says, "Silence! Simon says you're lame! As lame as a duck!"

A symbol of a duck appears on the card and Simon Says throws it at Alec. Alec starts to act like a duck.

On the roof, Steel Butterfly is watching the whole thing from invisible camera drones and he's laughing maniacally.

Steel Butterfly is laughing so maniacally, someone could easily mistake him for a villain dressed up as him.

Composing himself, Steel Butterfly senses the positivity radiating from Simeon Coutrot in the Tenth Arrondisment. Then he makes a Tenshi and says, "Fly away, my little Tenshi and find Simeon Coutrot."

The Tenshi flies away and merges with Simeon's empty book that he was about to use as his personal journal.

The mental connection is established and Steel Butterfly says, "Simeon Says, I am Steel Butterfly. I'm granting you the power to liberate hypnotized people and demonically possessed people with your voice. I need your help to deakumatize Simon Says. Do we have a deal?"

Simeon Coutrot/Simeon Says replies, "Simeon says yes. We do have a deal."

Simeon becomes Simeon Says.

Meanwhile, Adrien's bodyguard charges Simon Says, only for the Akumatized hypnotist to say, "Simon says stop!"

A pause symbol appears on the next card as Simon Says throws it at Gustavo, causing him to freeze in place.

Then Simon Says continues, "Simon says you are a gorilla!"

He throws a gorilla card at Gustavo and he starts to act like a gorilla.

Adrien runs to the door, closes it behind him, runs to a supply closet while avoiding security cameras, and calls out, "Plagg, Claws Out!"

In a smooth transition, the incident involving the wanna-be animals is shown on Marinette's computer screen.

Tikki exclaims, "Marinette, look!"

Marinette sees the screen and states, "Ah! I gotta go, Alya!"

Alya replies from her end "Have a good one! I'll get back to my babysitting."

Marinette asks, "Do you think Steel Butterfly is there already, Tikki?"

Tikki replies, "Maybe. But we won't know until we get there."

Marinette calls out, "Tikki, Spots On!"

Ladybug jumps from her house's roof and her armored wings start buzzing as they come to life.

Ladybug starts flying towards the studio at a controlled form of maximum speed.

At the TVi studio, Simon Says announces to the camera filming him, "Gabriel Agreste turned down my challenge and he will pay for it! By midnight tonight, he will entertain us in this very TV studio. Gabriel, I'm coming to get you!"

Cat Noir eavesdrops from above in the ceiling girders.

Cat Noir asks quietly, "He's gunning for my dad?"

In his lair, Hawk Moth mutters, "It's risky, but it's given me an idea. Good luck, Simon Says."

From his hiding spot in the utility closet, Steel Butterfly muses, "This plan is risky, but it's the only shot I have at getting Marinette and Adrien on the fast track of finding out Hawk Moth's identity. I hope I can pull it off."

Cat Noir sees Nino hiding and shushes him.

He jumps onto Simon Says and quips, "Cat Noir says zip it and give me those cards!"

Simon Says throws the cards and Cat Noir rushes to pick them up.

Simon Says retorts, "My gorilla will take care of you. Simon says... knock him out!"

Simon Says throws a card with a boxing glove at Gustavo, who knocks Cat Noir out of the studio.

Cat Noir quips, "I may not always land on my feet, but I always bounce back!"

Cat Noir jumps out of the way just as Gustavo was about to punch him, only to end up punching through the wall instead.

Simon Says picks up the cards and muses, "I could use an army."

Outside the studio, a group of people are waiting for the elevator, but Simon Says comes out of it.

Holding up a card, Simon Says announces to the group, "Simon says... you are all soldiers!"

The people run away, but they don't get very far before Simon Says throws several soldier cards at them.

Simon Says continues, "Simon says... search all over Paris, my army, and find Gabriel Agreste!"

The hypnotized "soldiers" start moving forward slowly, as they are hypnotized zombie soldiers in terms of their movements.

Meanwhile, Cat Noir is fighting his hypnotized bodyguard.

Cat Noir attempts to hit his bodyguard's head with his staff, only for Gustavo to grab it and throw it far enough for Cat Noir to not be able to reach it.

Cat Noir starts to quip, "Better watch out. My sensei taught me that..." But he gets grabbed by Gustavo in a bear hug. Cat Noir continues in a squeaky voice, "...size doesn't matter!"

Meanwhile, Ladybug kicks the door to the studio and starts twirling her yoyo in a circle, but she sees no one inside.

Nino comes out of hiding and says, "Ladybug!"

Ladybug says without hesitating or stuttering, "Hey! Nino Lahiffe, right? You okay?"

Nino replies, "I'm fine, but my boy Adrien's still here somewhere!"

Ladybug replies back assuringly, "Don't worry, we'll find him."

As Cat Noir is slammed into a wall, he states, "I never should've quit karate."

The nearby elevator opens and a lady comes out.

She gets frightened at the sight before her.

Cat Noir gets the idea to trick his bodyguard into thinking that Ladybug was there in the lady's place.

An invisible Steel Butterfly mentally identifies the lady as someone somewhat closely resembling Lila Rossi's mother.

Cat Noir says, "Oh, hey there, Ladybug."

Gustavo looks to where he is tricked into thinking Ladybug is.

Cat Noir breaks free from Gustavo's grip, dodges all of his military-style punches and throws him over his shoulder into the elevator.

As the lady runs away, Cat Noir snarls, "Enough already! Cataclysm!"

Cat Noir uses his Cataclysm to make the elevator malfunction, and the elevator falls with Gustavo in it.

Sensing someone behind him, Cat Noir picks up his staff and spins it, only to see Ladybug, Corvo, Steel Butterfly, Nino and Adrien's perfect, flawless clone standing there.

Steel Butterfly remarks, "Next time, pick up our scents behind you before trying to attack us. That's what Wolverine did to detect Mystique disguised as Storm."

Corvo nodded to add her two cents.

Cat Noir replies, "Oh, sorry. I thought one of you guys was Simon Says."

Nino replies as well, "I saw him! He's got an entire army together!"

Cat Noir adds, "He's looking for Gabriel Agreste. We better get to him faster than they can!"

His Miraculous beeps and Steel Butterfly snaps his fingers, his magic reenergizing Plagg and the Black Cat Miraculous.

Cat Noir states, "Thanks, Butterfly Man."

Steel Butterfly replies, "No problem, but for future reference, don't EVER call me Butterfly Man again."

Cat Noir grins sheepishly.

Steel Butterfly opens his right hand and creates a portal to the Agreste mansion.

In the Agreste mansion, Adrien's clone asks Nathalie calmly, "Nathalie, where's my father? He's in danger."

Nathalie replies, "He knows already. Don't worry. He has a plan."

Gabriel is shown at the top of the staircase.

Gabriel states, "Good evening, Corvo, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly."

Steel Butterfly makes a "tipping your hat" gesture while holding an imaginary hat. And Corvo salutes Gabriel, completely taking everyone by surprise.

Nathalie snorts as she tries to compose herself, much to the surprise of everyone in the room.

Steel Butterfly remarks, "So it seems that for the first time, your assistant finds something humorous."

Nathalie coolly replies, "I can neither confirm nor deny that."

Steel Butterfly replies back, "Hmph. You can deny it all you like, but it ain't gonna work. Anyway, as much as I'd love to trade snappy comebacks with you, quite frankly, I'm already bored and Simon Says will show up any minute."

Gabriel states in response, "Don't worry, Steel Butterfly. I have a plan."

Adrien's clone says to "his" father, "You think of everything, don't you, Dad?"

Gabriel turns to his "son" and responds, "I sure do. Head up to your room. You've had enough excitement for today." He turns to Nathalie and finishes, "Nathalie, make sure they stay there."

Nathalie escorts "Adrien" and Nino to the real Adrien's room.

Gabriel says to Corvo, Cat Noir, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly, "I have to apologize for my son, Corvo, Cat Noir, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly. He's like his mother. Way too overly dramatic."

Corvo, Cat Noir, Steel Butterfly and Ladybug mentally scoff, "Pfft. Overly dramatic, our a*****" "Pfft. Overly dramatic, our a****." "Pfft. Overly dramatic, our a*****" "Pfft. Overly dramatic, our a*****."

Ladybug replies, "I honestly don't think that he's being dramatic this time. He's right, you know. Besides, Simon Says is a real threat. If he gets a hold of you, he can easily hypnotize you into confessing secrets that you might be hiding in your heart and soul, or even worse, he can humiliate you by hypnotizing you into thinking that you're a butterfly or an airplane on TV."

Gabriel replies, "I'm well aware of Simon Says' twisted sense of humor. But what could possibly happen with you four here to protect me?"

Gabriel puts his left hand on Ladybug's shoulder armor while smiling genuinely as he continues, "Besides, what if I can hypnotize Simon Says into thinking that he's Hawk Moth?"

Steel Butterfly replies for his protégé, "You'd have to be a 'Gabriel Says' to do that."

There was some silence before Gabriel started laughing.

Everyone could see for themselves that it wasn't normal for a fashion designer who usually kept his emotions in check laughing at something that Steel Butterfly said, even if it wasn't that funny.

Of course, what nobody but Ladybug and Cat Noir realized was that Steel Butterfly had a natural and somewhat twisted sense of humor and his humor is so great that he can make anybody laugh. Even those who hide behind stone facades.

Nino asks Adrien's clone, "You sure your old man isn't some kind of robot or something?"

"Adrien" replies, "When and wherever my father's concerned, I'm never sure of anything."

They enter Adrien's room.

Nino exclaims, "Hoho! Dude! I've seen stadiums tinier than your room! This is amazing!"

"Adrien" says to his best friend, "Make yourself at home. I'm gonna make sure that Simon Says' army is not too far from here to alert everyone else."

Nino asks in response, "How?"

Adrien's clone reveals a tablet underneath his underwear drawer and replies, "I have secret access to the security cameras just in case I need to sneak out for anything, including hanging out with you guys."

Adrien's clone and Nino see Simon Says' army amounting to over one hundred and seventy-five hypnotized Parisians approaching the front gates just a few hundred feet ahead.

Sending a mental message to the real Cat Noir and to Steel Butterfly, Adrien's clone manages to help Nino relax with some apples.

Meanwhile, Corvo, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly are looking at some pictures of Adrien modeling.

Gabriel asks aloud, "Isn't he flawless?"

Steel Butterfly points out matter-of-factly, "Absolutely nobody on God's green Earth is flawless, Mr. Agreste. Even your own son isn't perfect. Every human being will always have flaws until the aftermath of Judgment Day, the aftermath of the Battle of Armageddon, and in the aftermath of Christ's Second Coming. After all, if Adrien wanted to tell you about his flaws, he would've been able to do it with you paying close attention."

Gabriel hums in curiosity as he muses, "Hmmm. I haven't thought of that before. Perhaps there are things I can learn from a religious superhero."

Steel Butterfly quietly exhales in relief.

Of course, nobody noticed that Cat Noir had quietly and temporarily left to keep an eye out for Simon Says' army.

Then Gabriel takes notice of Steel Butterfly's brooch and says, "I've never noticed your brooch before. It really is unique. May I?"

Steel Butterfly allows Gabriel to take his brooch, but once the brooch is removed, nothing happens.

Gabriel mentally realizes that he had been tricked with a clone of Steel Butterfly with a non-magical brooch that doesn't return him to normal once removed.

Deciding to play along, Gabriel hands the "brooch" back to "Steel Butterfly" and says, "It's a very interesting brooch, Steel Butterfly. To think that such a magic artifact could easily grant its user incredible power. It's unbelievable."

Ladybug's yoyo rings.

As Nathalie comes into the room, Ladybug asks, "Cat Noir, where are you?"

Cat Noir replies, "Keeping an eye out for Simon Says' hypnotized army."

Steel Butterfly adds, "And they're coming this way from the front."

They both enter the room as Steel Butterfly's clone dematerializes with Gabriel's back turned, even though the inter-dimensional hero knows that the secret terrorist of Paris is already aware of the deception.

Cat Noir quickly closes the window and exclaims, "Close off all exits! They're coming from the front! Do as I say! Engage the self-defense system, we need total lockdown!"

Slightly indifferent at being told what to do, Gabriel uses his DNA scans to engage the lockdown protocols.

The automated announcer says, "Lockdown engaged."

The defense system shuts down the windows with reinforced bulletproof metal shutters and the turrets on the roof of the gate cock some taser guns in warning.

Gabriel asks Cat Noir curiously, "How do you know so much about the security system?"

Cat Noir replies, "I've heard from newspapers that you spent millions of French euros to build the security system to protect your son, yourself and your staff."

Gabriel replies back, "That's true. Don't worry, they won't get in. This house is built like a fortress."

Steel Butterfly points out with holographic views from the outside cameras, "Yeah, but what about Simon Says ordering his troops to knock down the gates and ignore the taser guns?"

Gabriel looked stunned as he didn't take that into account.

Steel Butterfly face-palms and he growls in exasperation.

Outside, Simon Says declares to his hypnotized troops, "Simon says destroy!"

He throws bull cards at his army and they knock down the gates all at once with little effort.

Inside the mansion, in Gabriel's atelier, the lights are off except for the alarm lights, which blink red.

Then the automated announcer says, "Emergency power on."

The lights turn back on, and the cameras show Simon Says' army getting through the security system... EVEN IGNORING THE TASER GUNS, as Steel Butterfly predicted.

Cat Noir exclaims, "There are too many of them. Steel Butterfly's right; your defense system is failing!"

Ladybug suddenly gets an idea and says, "Adrien and Nino! I better go get them!"

Gabriel activates a hidden wall with two remote controls and says, "Here, Nathalie. Pick the controls in case you need to unlock an exit. She's coming with you."

Ladybug and Nathalie rush out of the atelier.

Cat Noir says, "I'll reinforce the outer defenses. Go hide in the atrium. It's not safe in here."

Gabriel sneers, "No one tells me what to do. Not even a superhero."

Steel Butterfly replies, "Technically, that's not entirely true, sir. Technically, your fashion company's board of directors and Audrey Bourgeois are the ones who tell you what to do when it comes to running your spot in the fashion industry. And as shown in the first Spider-Man movie, the board of directors can easily fire you if they find out your actions behind the scenes are against the law, even if they would understand your intentions. Look it up sometime if you don't believe me."

As Cat Noir takes the other controls, he adds, "Yeah, and you're in danger, just like everybody else! So stop pretending you're above us all and do what I tell you to!"

Gabriel looks on in shock.

Cat Noir's scowl, on the other hand, still remains fixed on his face.

Gabriel then smirks slightly as he remarks, "Quite a temper. You remind me of someone."

Cat Noir exits the room via the window and Gabriel looks at the large enough portrait of Emilie Agreste longingly.

Steel Butterfly teleports out of the room and temporarily freezes time while mentally chortling and monologuing, "It's only a matter of time before your plans go down the non-existent toilet. And by the time you finally realize the consequences of your actions – which I find highly unlikely – it'll already be too late. By the time Emilie is revived, it'll already be too late to lie to her about everything you've done. If Adrien is sacrificed in exchange for his mother's rejuvenation, I'll make sure to kill you by giving Mayor Bourgeois your head and feed whatever's left of you to the most savage animals I could find. You will have abused the Moth Miraculous for long enough by then. And by the time you meet God, Judgment Day will come for you thousands of years early to show you the consequences for your actions spelled out for your deluded, arrogant mind. But until then, I'm gonna enjoy averting the Akumatizations of some of your powerful villains and some of your more ridiculous ones. You better prepare yourself for Heroes' Day and prepare an army the equivalent of the Decepticon, Sharkticon, Insecticon, Predacon, Terrorcon, Vehicon, Maximal and Autobot armies from the entire Transformers franchise I loved in my dimension. You better prepare such an army to take out me and my allies on Heroes' Day, otherwise I'll just summon a Tenshized army resembling many different kinds of superheroes and reformed supervillains amounting to the quadrillion mark to outnumber you while making them immune to your Akumas, immune to the powers of your villains and immune to the Sentimonsters you and Mayura will make in a branched off timeline of this dimensions should we fail to arrest you the first time you step into the public light. Soon, I will revive your wife for you. You'll be sent to jail for your actions as a terrorist. Nathalie will be on trial for aiding and abetting a terrorist. Adrien will be educated by his mother, his aunt, his secret girlfriend, his future parent-in-laws, his friends, and me, his mentor, about how real life works. Including when it comes to the differences between taking the high road with tabloids and taking the high road with compulsive liars who turn out to be terrorist collaborators who won't hesitate to be stupid enough to become your successors in the future. And most of all, your company's board of directors will definitively fire you and have you permanently replaced as your brand is rebranded. It's only a matter of time. Until next we meet, Gabriel Agreste, a.k.a., Hawk Moth/Collector/Scarlet Moth/Shadow Moth."

Steel Butterfly unfreezes time and secretly catches footage of Gabriel using the lift to travel to his lair and uttering, "Nooroo, Dark Wings Rise" to become the magic-abusing terrorist of Paris.

Outside the mansion, Simon Says' army is invading the front doors to the mansion.

Hawk Moth walks to the center of the room – confirming that Steel Butterfly's footage was genuine, even if he didn't know it yet – and says, "I don't think that's a good idea, Simon Says."

Simon Says retorts, "Gabriel is here!"

Hawk Moth replies, "Yes, but don't forget our deal. I feel Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir nearby. Once you've got them in front of you, you'll be able to honor our agreement. Just take their jewels, the Miraculouses."

Simon Says replies back, "It's as good as done. Simon says we'll defeat them!"

Inside the mansion, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Nathalie enter Adrien's room.

Nino asks, "Ladybug! Cat Noir! What's going down?"

Steel Butterfly teleports into the room and replies, "What's going down is that we need to move to safer ground."

Steel Butterfly takes out a long chain from his new cape and swings it in a straight upright circle multiple times to open a portal to the Dupain-Cheng bakery.

Nathalie is astonished that Steel Butterfly has a cape capable of generating anything from a subspace pocket dimension and that the butterfly hero can easily open portals by swinging a chain in a straight upright circle like a Marvel Comics Sling Ring. Even if she doesn't know about Steel Butterfly's other powers.

Adrien and Nino enter the portal, only to be met with Marinette's perfect, flawless clone.

She hugs them tearfully while Nathalie watches.

Steel Butterfly assures Nathalie that they're safe, as long as they stay put.

In Gabriel's atelier, Steel Butterfly and Nathalie enter the room.

Gabriel asks, "Where's my son?"

Steel Butterfly answers, "I teleported them to the Dupain-Cheng bakery. I took into account that Simon Says would try to capture Adrien to watch you die by Simon Says' clutches, so I teleported Adrien and his friend to the last place Simon Says would think about looking for them, should it come down to it. Adrien will be alright as long as he and his friend stay put."

Gabriel hums in curiosity.

Over the course of the next five minutes, the hypnotized army breaks into the mansion while destroying the security cameras.

Gabriel asks Nathalie, "Are they coming?"

Nathalie hears the army through the door.

She tries to keep the door locked, but the hypnotized army knock it over.

Nathalie is knocked back, and she manages to sneak under her desk while nobody was looking.

Steel Butterfly teleported out of there, deciding to temporarily leave Hawk Moth's civilian identity to his fate.

The hypnotized army restrain Gabriel despite his own physical strength somewhat augmented by the power of the Moth Miraculous.

Simon Says walks into the room, looks at Gabriel to his right and croons, "Gotcha."

All the while, Steel Butterfly secretly has Simeon Says liberating Simon Says' army from his control, one member at a time.

The three Heroes of Paris arrive in the atelier, only to see the room empty with knocked over paintings and the security terminal/Gabriel's personal computer terminal knocked over.

Cat Noir snarls, "Well, that's just great!"

Meanwhile, at the TVi studio, Simon Says appears on camera and says, "Welcome to another exciting hour of 'The Challenge!' Good evening again from Simon Says. Viewers, I've kept my promise to you all. Here's Gabriel!"

Gabriel appears with Gustavo holding him by his shoulders, and Gabriel visibly scowls.

Simon Says holds up a card and announces, "Simon says... you are a butterfly!"

Simon Says throws the butterfly card at Gabriel.

Gabriel starts jumping around while flapping his arms like they were wings and he goes on a "Flap flap, flutter flutter, flutter flutter, flap flap" repetition.

Steel Butterfly is laughing maniacally as he's recording everything on video.

Even Corvo is snickering at the whole thing.

Steel Butterfly remarks excitedly, "I can't wait to make a few memes off of this!"

Cat Noir asks crossly, "Must you always humiliate people who do such things unwillingly, Steel Butterfly?"

Steel Butterfly coldly replies, "Cat Noir, if you knew who Hawk Moth was, you'd want to see him humiliated too. More on that for another time."

Ladybug says, "We've gotta save Mr. Agreste!"

Steel Butterfly mentally chortles, "Sure, so I can kill him myself if it comes down to it."

Simon Says declares, "Tomorrow, butterfly, you will be no more."

Ladybug observes the cards and theorizes, "The akuma's gotta be in one of those cards."

Cat Noir asks, "But which one? There are so many of them."

Steel Butterfly replies a bit non-caringly, "We'll find out soon enough."

The four heroes kick open the doors to the studio.

Simon Says states to the three heroes, "Steel Butterfly, Corvo, Ladybug, Cat Noir, you can save him by giving me your Miraculouses. Do the right thing..."

Steel Butterfly sneers, "Hell no!"

Ladybug replies to Simon Says, "In your dreams. Lucky Charm!"

Ladybug throws her yoyo in the air and another ladybug-patterned yoyo appears.

Ladybug catches it.

Cat Noir asks, "A regular yoyo? But you've already got a magical one."

Ladybug hooks the normal yoyo to her hips as she replies, "I'll figure it out later."

As Corvo, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly charge, Simon Says declares, "Simon says... your yoyo is useless!"

Simon Says throws a card at Ladybug's yoyo, the card showing a black and white version of her yoyo with a red X crossed over it.

The card makes impact with the yoyo and it falls to the floor.

Ladybug tries to throw it, only for the yoyo to flop to the floor again.

Ladybug picks up the yoyo by its string and the unbreakable cord snaps, thus showing how useless it is now.

Cat Noir and Corvo rush to Simon Says as he begins to say, "Simon says... your weapons are—"

But he doesn't finish as Cat Noir knocks the card away.

Cat Noir states mockingly, "Useless? I don't think so! I'm not gonna let you get a word in edgewise!"

Cat Noir and Corvo fight Simon Says and the hypnotist dodges all of the respective heroes' attacks. But with the odds being two to one, it was getting increasingly difficult for the Akumatized hypnotist.

Ladybug is ripping up the cards to see if the akuma is in one of them, which there isn't, much to her growing panic and frustration.

And all the while, Simon Says' army keeps busting into the studio, leaving Steel Butterfly and his new Champion occupied with liberating them from the hypnotist's control.

Simon Says begins to declare, "Simon says—"

But he is interrupted because he has to dodge another staff thrust and another sword thrust.

Cat Noir says at the same time in a taunting manner at the top of his lungs, "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na-na-na!"

And Corvo is saying very loudly, "BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU, SIMON SAYS!"

Simon Says uncaringly explains, "It doesn't matter whether you can hear me or not, all that is important is what Simon says!" Simon Says picks up several Black Cat Miraculous cards and finishes, "Simon says remove your Miraculous and give it to me!"

Simon Says throws the cards at Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly, who dodge the cards while simultaneously pushing Ladybug out of the way.

Meanwhile, Gabriel is still on his repetition of vocalizing the sounds of a butterfly's wings flapping.

Simon Says decides that fun time with Gabriel is over and decides to fully get his revenge.

Simon Says picks up a card and states to his target, "Simon says... take off, little airplane!"

Simon Says throws an airplane card at Gabriel, and he starts acting like an airplane with his arms stretched out to the sides and making airplane noises.

Steel Butterfly is still recording and he laughs maniacally as he exclaims, "AHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I freakishly forgot about this part! It's so flipping HILARIOUS!"

Cat Noir snarls, "It's not funny!"

Steel Butterfly flips him off, shocking even Ladybug, as even she didn't know how much of a potty mouth and potty everything Steel Butterfly is when someone ruins his fun or when he's in a bad mood.

Gabriel runs out of the room, still making airplane noises.

Cat Noir exclaims, "He's headed for the roof! We have to stop him!"

Steel Butterfly says, "You three take care of Simon Says. Meanwhile, Simeon Says and I will handle our resident airplane. I may hate Gabriel with every carbon-based fiber of my being, but he has a son to care for."

Steel Butterfly mentally adds, "Even if he's too oblivious, too arrogant, too delusional and too f****** stupid and stuck in the past to realize it."

Steel Butterfly rushes after Gabriel while... imitating the engines and machine guns of a military combat plane.

Simon Says croons mockingly, "And how will you defeat me without your yoyo?"

On the roof, Gabriel is still running with his arms stretched out and still making airplane noises.

Steel Butterfly gets in front of Gabriel to restrain him, only for Gabriel to keep going in the opposite direction.

Letting out a frustrated roar, Steel Butterfly manages to keep Gabriel restrained by holding him by his shoulders.

Despite even Hypnotized Airplane Gabriel's physical strength being somewhat augmented by the Moth Miraculous, he doesn't have his full superhuman strength now that he's not transformed, and therefore he's unable to break out of Steel Butterfly's gentle, but unbreakable Kung-Fu grip.

Steel Butterfly snaps his fingers and the same yellow and orange-colored superhero resembling an armored Simon Says states to the fashion mogul, "Simeon says you are released from Simon Says' control!"

As Steel Butterfly releases the secret terrorist of the city, Gabriel snaps out of his funk and when he sees that he was about to make it to the ledge to make a fatal jump, he gulps in fear before stepping backwards as carefully as possible.

While this is happening, Simon Says prepares four black cards of death as he declares again, "Simon says it's over!"

He throws the cards, only for Corvo's knight sword to slice them in half without any side effects.

Corvo says, "Follow my lead."

The three heroes charge towards Simon Says.

Simon Says takes out a card and says fearfully, "Simon says..."

Ladybug knocks the deck of cards out of Simon Says' hand. Corvo's sword cuts through it.

The akuma flies away, only for Cat Noir to use his Cataclysm on it, showing the heroes for the first time that akumas can be Cataclysmed.

Simon Says states bewilderedly, "That's not possible! I made your yoyo useless!"

As Simon Says slowly reverts to normal, Ladybug replies while holding out her usual yoyo, "This one, yes." She holds out her other yoyo and finishes, "But not that one. Miraculous Ladybug!"

The energy ladybugs revert all of Simon Says' victims back to normal and fixes the damages to the Agreste mansion that some of them did.

Corvo, Ladybug and Cat Noir do their signature fist bump.

They go up to the roof and see Gabriel is alive without a scratch.

They also see Steel Butterfly and Simeon Says flying in the air via their winged jetpacks.

The usual pleasantries are exchanged and the heroes depart.

Cat Noir reverts back to Adrien in his room, thankful that there's no cameras or hidden microphones – Plagg made sure to double check when the opportunity came knocking.

Adrien starts showing Plagg pictures of his mother on his phone.

Plagg hears the door opening and hides in Adrien's shirt.

Gabriel comes into the room and hugs Adrien, taking him by surprise.

Gabriel says tearfully, "I'm so sorry, Adrien. I had no idea how much I was neglecting you."

Adrien asks, "Are you feeling okay, Dad?"

Gabriel composes himself and replies, "What happened today opened my eyes, son. I nearly lost everything I still had, and I nearly took my sort of good expectations of you to my grave. I've organized a nice dinner with the Dupain-Chengs tonight. You can wear whatever it is you feel comfortable with."

Adrien replies, "Of course, Dad."

Gabriel leaves the room with a genuine smile on his face.

Of course, what Adrien would discover that night during patrol was that Steel Butterfly's new recent Champion, Simeon Says, biblically ordered Gabriel to spend more time with Adrien, loosen up his strict, overbearing expectations, and let Adrien have some freedoms, such as having a birthday party every time Adrien's birthday comes up.

At the same time, Adrien would discover that Simeon Says was the biblical opposite of Simon Says, with Simeon's commanding voice being like the commands that God would give to his children both in the Bible and in biblical-based cartoons and movies. When asked about it, Steel Butterfly replies that hypnotists are mostly associated with the original forces of evil: the armies of Hell. Steel Butterfly added that, after all, having two hypnotists wouldn't exactly work and it wouldn't be a good thing.

For Adrien, the weirdest thing was that Gabriel took an instant liking to Marinette Dupain-Cheng, and wanted Adrien to date Marinette, saying that she was a one-of-a-kind for someone like Adrien.

Of course, during patrol that night, Steel Butterfly managed to reveal the red flags suggesting Gabriel was Hawk Moth that SB observed during the Simon Says incident.

Including Gabriel realizing that Steel Butterfly used a clone with a non-magical replica of the Butterfly Miraculous to throw Gabriel off course when he showed interest in it.

Steel Butterfly also said this: "Regardless of whether Gabriel is Hawk Moth or not, one thing is certain in this timeline as much as the original timeline: as long as Gabriel or someone else is Hawk Moth, you guys won't be able to have a kind, compassionate, healthy relationship with either each other or with different people. Therefore, if you guys do make your relationship in your civilian lives public, take precautions just in case Gabriel tries to blackmail Marinette into breaking up with Adrien by threatening to pull him out of school. Remember everything I told you about the Cat Blanc timeline and practice the methods we talked about."

Ladybug had to ask, "Is Gabriel Agreste really Hawk Moth?"

Steel Butterfly answers, "I normally can't answer so as to avoid catastrophe with the space-time continuum, but yes. Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth."

Cat Noir then asks, "Why is he a terrorist if he was convinced to be a partial opposite of what he used to be recently?"

Steel Butterfly asks in response, "Do you guys remember my revelation of Hawk Moth's goals during the second Stoneheart attack?" The two heroes nod, prompting their leader to continue, "Well, Gabriel wants to use the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses to be granted a single wish he could use to revive Mrs. Emilie Agreste. You see, last year, Emilie fell into a coma because the Peacock Miraculous in Gabriel and Emilie's possession was damaged and Emilie overused it. Despite Gabriel's demands to stop using the damaged Peacock Miraculous because of his wife's coughing fits, dizzying spells and worsening headaches, Emilie refused to listen, making her as stubborn and reckless as the two men in her life: her husband and son. When Gabriel deciphered one part of a Miraculous spellbook to find a way of curing his wife, Gabriel found out that the Ultimate Miraculous Power could be used to revive Emilie. And even though Gabriel is aware that there'll be a price to pay in order for the universe to maintain balance, he doesn't care about it at all, leading to him being cocky, overconfident and reckless about the whole thing. The simple fact is, despite his strategic brilliance as Hawk Moth, Gabriel always overlooks the easiest solutions to his problems, and he's literally too impatient to consider using alternative options to solve his problems. For Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth, he believes that Paris and the world would be best burned as long as he gets what he wants. And his exact words to my revelation of his goals that day were, and I quote, 'As long as I get what I want and all of my enemies are obliterated, nothing else matters!' So, I would strongly suggest using the methods and tactics I gave you to ensure that Hawk Moth suffers the consequences of his actions and to ensure that the Cat Blanc timeline does not come to pass."

Steel Butterfly then hugs Cat Noir and says, "Adrien, I may not know what it's like to have to fight a relative who turns out to be a supervillain or a magic-abusing terrorist, but know this: you're not alone. You have me, you have your bodyguard Gustavo, you have your aunt Amelie, you have your cousin Felix, you have Marinette, you have Nino, you have Alya. Heck, you practically have almost everybody you met at Francoise Dupont during the second day of school. And know this: we're not gonna make you and your family and friends pay for your father's sympathetic wrongdoings. Even if there's a slight chance he'll change, he'll most likely ignore such a thing because he's too afraid of the past and he's too afraid to move on and enter a relationship with someone else."

After comforting Cat Noir, the three Heroes of Paris patrolled the skies of Paris together.

The next day, Tom and Sabine were brought up to speed about the situation.

And even though Tom was angered at the thought of Gabriel Agreste being the magic-abusing terrorist of Paris, Miguel warned him that Gabriel's power of Akumatization includes Corruption Inducement and it won't be beneficial to have Tom Dupain Akumatized just to settle a petty grudge.

Tom and Sabine comforted Adrien while he cried while Steel Butterfly made sure to shield Adrien's sadness from being detected by the Moth Miraculous.

Sabine said to Adrien, "Honey, Tom and I may not know what it's like to go through what you're going through, but know this. You're welcome to stay with us after your father's arrested and put on trial, and just in case Steel Butterfly can't revive your mother. And since you and Marinette know each other's identities, feel free to come by if Plagg needs to recharge."

For the next week, Adrien chatted with Tom and Sabine, sharing sob stories, embarrassing stories of their respective love interests and their respective parents, and sharing their respective reasonings as to why some superheroes need to reveal their identities to their loved ones while taking into consideration the consequences for doing so.

Of course, when Adrien was asked about what kind of pet he would want to have one day – not that Steel Butterfly was surprised at all – Adrien said he always wanted to have a cat after hearing about the advantages and other good things that come from owning a cat.

Of course, Steel Butterfly once again went into a rant about the disadvantages of owning a cat that most pet owners have to take into consideration.

And so, Adrien and Miguel respectively made plans to own a cat at some point in the future after Gabriel is arrested and thrown in prison, just as long as the two heroes could fit quality time with cats into their schedules.

One week later, on Marinette's TV, The Challenge is on the air again.

Alec Cataldi says to the viewers, "Welcome back again to everyone's #1 live game show, The Challenge! Last week, our cool DJ friend Nino won the challenge. So, let's welcome him back again. Come on out, DJ Nino!"

Nino enters the stage.

Tom and Sabine were looking over Marinette's second report card of the month.

Tom says happily, "You did it again, Marinette! You executed a perfect attendance record and you weren't late or absent all week, even without the usage of your clones! Excellent news, Marinette. You can go join your friends on the set."

Miguel replies for Marinette, "Actually, Nino's gonna request for Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir to appear on The Challenge. So, we should be going."

At that time, Alec announces, "So we upped the challenge for you tonight, Nino. This time, you're gonna have to get three celebrities dancing instead of one or two! However, this time, you can choose your opponents."

Nino replies smugly, "Oh, hohoho. I've got this one in the bag. I'm gonna pick three buds whom I know won't let me down. Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir!"

Miguel looks over Tom and Sabine's befuddled faces and states smugly, "Told ya so!"

Marinette and Miguel call out respectively, "Tikki, Spots On" and "Leppey, Elegant Wings Live" and they fly to the studio, joined by Cat Noir in transit.

The End.

(Author's notes: There you have it, folks.

Also, as for when we'll be seeing more of Simeon Says... we'll probably see him in Heroes' Day, alongside a heroic version of Simon Says fighting alongside the other Tenshized superheroes and the primary Heroes of Paris.

See you in chapter 5: A Santa Claws Christmas Special.)