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.

19. The Mime

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

Chapter 18: The Mime.

(Author's notes: In this chapter, Steel Butterfly will be fighting Fred Haprele's Akumatized form of The Mime with a little help from an assistant, Allen Lucero, also known as The Star Comedian.

Also, the first ever Question of the Day: do you think Marinette's imagining Alya's reaction to being told about the Ladybug interview being accidentally deleted in the original timeline was hysterical? Especially the indecipherable mutterings? I SURE DID! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Enjoy chapter 18.)

(Quantic Universe Earth 139, Paris, France, April 28th, 2015, third person POV...)

In the streets of Paris, Ladybug is flying as discreet as possible to avoid being spotted heading to her balcony.

She reaches her balcony, heads inside her bedroom, and detransforms.

Marinette remarks, "Phew! That was a close call."

Tikki states, "What you and Steel Butterfly did for Alya today was really cool, Marinette!"

Marinette replies, "You think so? I would've liked to do more, but I kind of forgot about the new superpower usage limitations that Steel Butterfly provided. Perhaps I should give a longer interview while leaving out crucial information that could be abused."

Sabine then calls from downstairs, "Marinette! Alya's here!"

Alya then says from downstairs, "Don't worry, Mrs. Dupain-Cheng, I'll just head on up."

Marinette states, "She didn't exactly wait long enough to actually tell me the big news. Quickly, hide, Tikki!"

Tikki successfully hides without being seen or making a sound.

Alya comes up from the trapdoor and remarks, "Girl, you will not believe what just happened to me!" On Marinette's balcony, Alya continues, "So, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly had just saved a bunch of construction workers from a supervillain! There were like a gazillion reporters waiting for the opportunity to interview them and... That's when this happened!"

Alya shows Marinette the interview on her phone, and Alya plays the video.

The video shows Ladybug rescuing a child and Steel Butterfly rescuing a trio of teenage triplet siblings.

Several photographers and reporters, including Nadia Chamack, continuously try to get Ladybug and Steel Butterfly's attentions by asking them for interviews while pushing microphones into their armored faces, the reporters' voices overlapping each other.

Suddenly, Steel Butterfly calls out at the top of his lungs, "SILENCE!"

A thunder crash is heard from the clear sky as Steel Butterfly's visored eyes glow to signify he was getting mad.

Everyone looks on in shock and fear as they kept their mouths shut.

Steel Butterfly continues calmer, "I don't deny that you all have questions, but unfortunately, my team and I have to find some way to clear our schedules for only one of you to interview us. And believe me, if there's one reporter among you that most of my teammates and I don't trust, aside from tabloid reporters who don't stop sticking their noses in other people's business, its Nadia Chamack."

Everyone gasped at what Steel Butterfly said.

Nadia then asks, "W-why don't you trust me?"

Steel Butterfly points out matter-of-factly, "Why don't I jog your memory? In some situations, you choose not to be patient when a good story in the city comes up, you put yourself at risk to get a good story without regard for the consequences, and you are very insensitive with whoever you want to interview. Take Armand D'Argencourt, for example. You tried to interview him after his loss of the Parisian mayoral election – without proper authorization, I might add – and the fact that you chose to keep pestering him about whether or not he was running in the election to avenge his ancestor Darkblade's defeat was the final catalyst leading him to get Akumatized into an armored knight sharing the name of Darkblade!"

Everyone muttered how Steel Butterfly was right and that Nadia should've suffered the consequences for being so careless with her job as a reporter.

Ladybug then says, "But I'm willing to give at least one of you guys a chance based on this, um, lottery of reporters that SB had given me."

Everyone watches anxiously as Ladybug spins the lottery wheel in her clawed hands and the lottery wheel lands on Alya Cesaire, who has been filming the whole thing.

Ladybug and Steel Butterfly turn over to Alya as Ladybug asks, "Hey! Aren't you Alya Cesaire, the girl who writes the blog about me? The Ladyblog?"

Alya replies, "Uh, yeah!"

Steel Butterfly comes up and says, "LB likes your work. She thinks it's awesome. Keep it up! BUT, if I hear so much as a single question related to our identities, you can kiss your career's butt goodbye! Do I make myself clear, young lady?"

Alya shivers under the underlying threat in Steel Butterfly's tone before responding, "O-of course!"

Suddenly, Ladybug's Miraculous beeps.

Alya points out, "Your earring, Ladybug!"

Ladybug shrieks, "Ah! Thanks. Better get going. Bug out!"

Ladybug takes off in flight.

Steel Butterfly turns over to Alya and asks, "Do you want to know why Ladybug's Miraculous was beeping?"

Alya replies before asking herself, "Yes. Please tell me why?"

Everyone gathers around as Steel Butterfly replies, "Ladybug's earrings, which are known to us as the Ladybug Miraculous, grant Ladybug the power of creation. She literally creates handy important objects to help us out on the battlefield. But the Lucky Charm objects are not exactly whatever it is that she wants. And when she uses her Lucky Charm thirty times, she has thirty minutes before she turns back to normal, and she has to recharge her powers. But for me, I'm not bound by that weakness because, as an adult Miraculous user, my Miraculous uses my body's energy to allow me to stay transformed for extended periods of time after using my primary powers, as well as being able to use them an unlimited number of times."

Steel Butterfly's handheld lie detector makes a bell dinging sound only once to signify that he's telling the truth.

Alya then asks, "That's a pretty cool lie detector. But, um, are you sure that Ladybug is okay with you sharing this kind of information?"

Steel Butterfly replies, "Last time I checked, Ladybug is okay with me and the rest of my crew sharing information NOT related to our identities, our love lives or anything personal. And besides, in case you all forgot, I am the leader of our team. I was chosen to lead this team because of my battle experiences and because I'm much smarter than the entire population of the city and the entire population of New York City put together."

Steel Butterfly's lie detector makes another dinging sound as the video finishes playing on Alya's phone.

Marinette remarks, "Wow... that was super... but is Steel Butterfly absolutely sure that Ladybug was okay with that kind of information being revealed?"

Alya replies, "Girl, it's a little known fact that Steel Butterfly despises liars to an extreme. And he did remind us that he was in charge of the entire team of superheroes put together, Ladybug included. So, because of that handheld lie detector he had, yes, let's just say we all knew Steel Butterfly was telling the truth. Anyway, that WAS super cool, right? Ladybug and Steel Butterfly know me! They know about my blog! Ladybug thinks it's awesome! Awesome! Awesome!"

Marinette replies with practice hidden in her voice, "Yeah, you bet it was cool!"

Alya then states, "Let me go get my laptop!"

Alya goes back down to the bedroom to grab her laptop computer.

Tikki comes out as Marinette remarks, "You were right, Tikki, I think that made Alya a little too happy."

Tikki then asks, "Can I see the video?"

Marinette replies, "Okay, but fast."

Marinette carefully shows Tikki the video, and Tikki watches with bated interest.

As the video on Alya's phone finishes again, Steel Butterfly then telepathically shows Marinette and Tikki a scratch-made video representing Marinette imagining herself telling Alya the video was accidentally deleted and Imaginary Alya's reaction to being told the video was deleted.

It was the same as the original timeline: Imaginary Marinette makes cheerful but remorseful muttering depicting her telling Imaginary Alya that she accidentally deleted the video and asking Imaginary Alya for forgiveness. Imaginary Alya growls and makes angry muttering depicting her angrily chastising Imaginary Marinette for deleting the video and chasing her while hitting Imaginary Marinette's head with her phone.

Steel Butterfly telepathically bursts out laughing throughout the whole thing.

But what made Steel Butterfly laugh hard was the fact that Imaginary Marinette and Imaginary Alya making the muttering sounds was not loud or clear enough to determine what they were saying.

Steel Butterfly telepathically remarks, "Not even I could make out what imaginary you or Imaginary Alya were saying in your mind, and that made it twice as funny! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Marinette telepathically shot back, "That's not funny!"

But Steel Butterfly ignored her as he disconnected, so to speak.

Alya then comes up – Tikki thankfully hid herself in her purse beforehand – and states, "Marinette, come on down! You've got visitors!"

Marinette and Alya head downstairs to Marinette's room.

Once there, they see Sabine, Fred Haprele and his daughter Mylene.

Sabine asks, "What did you say the show was again, Mr. Haprele?"

Fred starts to answer, "Well, it's..."

His daughter Mylene answers for him, "It's called "'The Mime's Extraordinary Adventures,"' starring the most talented, amazingly awesome actor and mime!"

Mylene pulls her father over to the side and finishes, "My father! Give it up for Fred Haprele!"

Marinette, Alya and Sabine applaud Fred.

Fred humbly bows as he remarks, "Thank you very much!" He turns to Mylene and finishes, "Thank you as well, Mylene."

Sabine states, "Well, congratulations! You must make your daughter very proud!"

Fred replies, "Now, all I need is my hat to complete my costume."

Marinette grabs the hat she designed and gives it to Fred as she states, "Here it is!"

Fred replies, "Thank you, Marinette! Saving me at the last minute."

Fred makes miming gestures to imitate that the hat is inside a box.

Marinette looks on in awe as Fed opens the imaginary box and puts on his hat.

Marinette plays along and holds the imaginary box.

Sabine remarks, "Ha! I don't think Mylene was exaggerating at all!"

Fred replies, "Why, thank you!"

Marinette briefly explains, "I fixed the tear in it, and I also sewed the pocket on the inside, just like you asked me to."

Fred replies again, "You've done a perfect job. Thanks to you, I'll have my good fortune charm right here, next to me at all times. A picture of my beloved daughter."

Mylene replies back, "Aw, dad..."

Mylene hugs Fred.

Fred's phone rings.

He immediately sees that the caller is Sarah, the director of tonight's show at the Eiffel Tower.

Fred starts to say, "Hello, Sa—"

He's interrupted by Sarah asking, "Fred, where are you?"

Fred replies, "Yes, I had to pick up the hat I needed to complete the costume!"

Sarah replies back, "I need you here now!"

Fred states in response, "It's not an excuse! I'm well aware that the bus leaves in less than half an hour. I'll be there!"

He closes the call.

Fred explains, "That was Sarah, the place director. She's very nervous about the premiere and she's just about ready to blow a fuse! So, I best be going. See you tonight at the Eiffel Tower, girls!"

Fred goes down the stairs as Alya replies, "We can't wait!" and Mylene states, "Love you, Dad!"

Meanwhile, mime understudy Chris – surname unknown to even Steel Butterfly – and place director Sarah are about to board the bus headed for the mime show.

Chris asks, "So, what's his excuse this time?"

Sarah answers, "He had to pick up his hat from a repair shop. At least, that's what he said."

Chris remarks, "Well, he's a very convincing actor."

Sarah retorts, "Actually, he's a really skilled actor. But he's always making excuses for why he's late, why he's..."

Chris asks, "Falling asleep in the middle of the rehearsals? Why he has to leave early? Why he's missing parts of his costume? Come on, Sarah! When are you gonna wake up and smell the coffee? But it's up to you if you want to make the show suffer."

Sarah replies sternly, "Look, you're his understudy, Chris. Just be ready to take his place in case something happens, understand?"

Chris replies back, "I won't let you down, Sarah."

Sarah states in response, "Thanks."

Sarah leaves as she misses Chris tipping his hat and chuckling mischievously.

But neither of them are aware that Steel Butterfly was incognito, recording everything he needs to make a convincing case to have Chris arrested for stealing and fraud.

A perfectly concealed Steel Butterfly smirks evilly at the notion that The Mime will be avenged through a combination of Madea-style getting even and the law.

Walking away to prevent Chris from listening, Incognito Steel Butterfly quietly says into his walkie-talkie, "Lieutenant, I'm preparing to initiate phase 2. Over."

Lieutenant Roger Raincomprix replies on the other end, "Excellent work, Steel Butterfly. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Over and out."

Steel Butterfly walks away, quietly laughing maniacally to himself.

In the bakery, Marinette, Alya and Mylene are having lunch together.

Mylene finishes her lunch and says, "Thanks, Marinette. I gotta go. I need to swing by my house to change before the show starts."

Alya's phone rings.

Alya checks her phone and sees her mother calling her.

Alya picks up and says, "Hey, Mom... really? Okay... Look, the show starts tonight. Great. Thanks!"

Alya and Mylene leave separately on a good note.

Meanwhile, Fred is hurrying to board the bus.

Along the way to the bus, Sarah calls him again, but Fred doesn't know that Chris was calling him through Sarah's phone.

And the two actors are unaware that the phone call was being tapped into by Steel Butterfly to further nip in the bud at the court that Chris should be arrested for his actions.

Fred says into the speaker of his phone, "Don't worry, Sarah, I'm early. I'm just around the corner."

Chris replies on the other end, "No, this is Chris. Sarah asked me to call you with a last-minute location change. The bus is picking us up in 10 minutes, in front of the Louvre Pyramid."

Fred states incredulously, "Really?! That's on the other side of town!"

Chris replies with some hesitation, "Yes, but, uh... It's closer to the Eiffel Tower."

Fred replies back, "Well, okay. Uh, fortunately, I'll just make it on time. Thanks for letting me know, friend."

Chris replies back, "Sure, no problem! We'll see you there!"

Fred and Chris hang up and Chris chuckles mischievously again, unknowingly playing into Steel Butterfly's metaphorical clawed hands.

Later on, Chris is talking to Sarah.

Chris states, "We have to get to the Eiffel Tower for the dress rehearsal. If you wait any longer, you'll be jeopardizing the entire production."

Sarah sighs in response as she replies, "You're right, Chris. Let's get going. You'll be taking Fred's place tonight."

Chris smirks as he replies, "I definitely won't let you down."

Unknown to them, Steel Butterfly is incognito, giving the unsuspecting Chris the middle finger as he mouths, "You better be prepared to keep the change, you filthy lying f***** of an animal."

Meanwhile, at the Louvre, Fred is waiting for the bus and he doesn't see it.

Fred asks himself, "Where are they?"

Fred runs into Theo Barbot and asks, "Excuse me, you haven't seen a bus with the poster for The Mime's Extraordinary Adventures on it, have you?"

Theo shakes his head no in response.

On the bus, Sarah's phone rings and it shows that Fred is calling.

Chris remarks, "He's got some nerve. Calling now? I wouldn't give him the time of day if I were you."

Sarah ignores Chris and picks up her phone.

Fred asks from his side, "Sarah, where are you?"

Sarah replies, "We waited for you, but you never came."

Fred replies back, "But I'm on time! In front of the Louvre pyramid."

Sarah asks, "What are you talking about? Why would we be meeting there?"

Fred replies honestly, "Chris said the meeting on the bus had been changed at the last minute!"

Everyone doesn't realize that Steel Butterfly orchestrated the whole thing to ensure that Chris suffered the consequences for his actions.

But Steel Butterfly anticipated that it would take more of a bigger effort to get Chris to confess.

Sarah replies, "Fred, I don't want to hear any of your lame excuses."

Fred asks, "What?"

Sarah explains, "It's not just this excuse, either. It's every excuse. It's always an excuse. Well, enough is enough. Chris will be taking the lead role in the performance tonight at the premiere. At least I can count on him."

Sarah hangs up.

But then, Steel Butterfly instantly teleports into the bus, causing the bus driver to stop the bus safely.

Steel Butterfly restrains Chris with electric handcuffs and says, "Sarah, I've got urgent news: Fred is gonna get Akumatized within a few seconds, and it's Chris' fault."

Chris opens his mouth, but SB telekinetically seals it shut.

Sarah asks, "How is it Chris' fault Fred gets Akumatized?"

Steel Butterfly explains, "It's simple. Chris was very desperate to get the lead role in tonight's performance that he stole your phone to lie to Fred about the change in the meeting at the bus stop, and he fed upon your complaints about Fred's excuses to convince you to replace Fred. So, basically, Chris here is guilty of stealing your phone and fraud, so to speak."

Sarah angrily turns over to Chris and slaps him across the face HARD.

Lieutenant Raincomprix emerges from a hiding spot in the bus and takes the electrically handcuffed Chris out of his seat as Sarah says, "Chris, you lying, sanctimonious b******, YOU'RE FIRED!"

In Hawk Moth's lair, just before Chris' arrest, the window opens.

Hawk Moth remarks, "Hmm. An actor who misses his own premiere. Now, that's a true tragedy."

Hawk Moth turns a butterfly into an Akuma.

Hawk Moth sends the Akuma on its way and says, "Go, my evil Akuma, let's hand this actor the role of a lifetime!"

The Akuma flies on its way to the Louvre.

In the present day, Chris' mouth is still telekinetically sealed shut as he muffledly shouts angry protests while he's being escorted to a police cruiser.

Chris' muffled shouts annoy Steel Butterfly to the point where he unsheathes his cane swordstick at Chris' nape and snarls, "Shut the f*** up, you piece of trash. You've caused more than enough trouble already, and don't expect me to save you from Fred's Akumatized form, whatever the hell it'll be."

Chris wisely stays quiet even after Steel Butterfly unseals his mouth.

Meanwhile, at the Louvre, Fred bemoans, "What did I do? I can't believe I fell for such an obvious lie from my own understudy. You're gonna be so disappointed in me, Mylene..."

The Akuma appears and infects Fred's picture of Mylene.

Fred looks straight ahead as Hawk Moth says, "Mime, I am Hawk Moth. I'm giving you the power to make whatever you gesture come to life. Destroy this premiere performance! You may be a mime, but they can't silence you! However, in return, you must bring me Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses. So, shall we get on with the show?"

Fred silently smirks, and the Akuma transforms him into The Mime.

He sees the posters for the show, he gestures an invisible sword and cuts the posters into tiny pieces.

Everyone screams in fear at The Mime and run away.

The Mime swings his invisible sword at the posters Theo Barbot is wearing, but the sword only cuts through the posters, leaving Theo unharmed as he runs away.

A police car with Lieutenant Raincomprix inside drives onto the scene with the sirens wailing.

The Mime stands still and mimics a baseball bat.

Once the police car comes close enough, The Mime swings his invisible baseball bat at the police car, knocking it into the sky.

(Two minutes earlier...)

Steel Butterfly finds an aspiring comedian and actor by the name of Allen Lucero eating in the Place des Vosges park.

Steel Butterfly sends a Tenshi to Allen's picture of his cat and the Tenshi merges with it.

Steel Butterfly says while projecting a hologram of Fred and The Mime at the end, "Star Comedian, I am Steel Butterfly. I'm granting you the power to make everything you gesture – and I mean EVERYTHING – come to life. At the same time, you'll also be given the power to show and tell people through words what you and I find to be a lame, but silly joke. In return, I need your help in deakumatizing this man: Fred Haprele, also known as The Mime. So, shall we get our show started?"

Allen Lucero, also known now as The Star Comedian, replies with his voice changed, "Now, let's get started, Steel Butterfly!"

Allen is turned by the Tenshi into The Star Comedian, a superhero fusion of both The Mime and the two iteration appearances of The Comedian in Watchmen.

The Star Comedian mimes a set of glider wings attached to a self-functioning jetpack and takes off in flight.

(Present day...)

The Star Comedian and Steel Butterfly arrive on the scene.

Steel Butterfly calls out, "Hey, Mime!"

The Mime turns over to the two heroes and scowls.

Steel Butterfly continues, "If there's something p***ing you off, perhaps we could talk about it."

The Mime shoots an invisible arrow at Steel Butterfly's shoulder pad, only for him to catch it.

Steel Butterfly snarls as he mimes a replica of the Death Machine Gun from Transformers Cybertron, only this one had real invisible bullets.

Steel Butterfly takes aim and sneers, "See if you can dodge THESE!"

Steel Butterfly pulls the trigger, causing the machine gun to fire multiple rapid rounds.

The Mime mimics a bulletproof shield and deflects the bullets.

Star Comedian sneaks up on The Mime from behind, only to get shield-bashed in the head for his troubles.

Steel Butterfly snarls and draws his swordstick, challenging The Mime in a swordfight.

The Mime obliges, gestures an invisible sword, and the two combatants clash blades.

Ladybug and Cat Noir arrive on the scene, and they are surprised that Steel Butterfly was holding his own against a villain with an invisible sword.

Star Comedian watches the scene unfold, and everyone watches aghast as Steel Butterfly shatters The Mime's invisible sword.

Steel Butterfly and Star Comedian gesture missile launchers on their forearm guards and fire their missiles.

The Mime jumps out of the way and fires his own rocket launcher.

Steel Butterfly slices the invisible rocket in two.

The Mime continues firing rockets, and with each rocket that The Mime fires, Steel Butterfly continues getting closer.

The Mime imitates a whip, and Steel Butterfly slices that in half.

On the sidelines, Cat Noir remarks, "Wow. Steel Butterfly's good at this."

Ladybug replies, "Yeah, but what if The Mime keeps this up all day?"

Hearing that question, Steel Butterfly uses his super speed and his accelerated perception to snatch The Mime's hat and rush over to his two comrades.

Once the world revolves back into normal movement, The Mime imitates a lasso and tries to toss it to his hat, only for Star Comedian to slice it in half with his combat knife.

Steel Butterfly monologues, "You want to know what was so great about my powers, Mime? I literally built a strong enough case to have Fred Haprele's FORMER understudy arrested for stealing and fraud. Basically, I did Fred Haprele a favor; Hawk Moth and The Mime just happened to show up at the wrong place and the wrong time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The Mime quickly disables Star Comedian and takes back his hat.

But before Steel Butterfly can even say "Time out", The Mime locks the four heroes in a cell and locks it.

Steel Butterfly roars, "DAMN IT! This is what happens when people like me monologue at the wrong time and when we celebrate too soon!"

The Mime mimics a car alarm remote and a car alarm beeps.

The cell disappears and Steel Butterfly flies onto The Mime's car.

The Mime throws him off, much to everyone's surprise, and he drives off.

Getting airborne, Steel Butterfly shouts, "DON'T JUST STAND THERE! AFTER HIM!"

The heroes take off in flight.

In the streets of Paris, The Mime is riding his invisible car and the heroes manage to reach him.

Cat Noir remarks, "Nice ride, but if I were you, I would've at least made it a convertible."

The Mime angrily steps on the gas, smashing other cars out of the way until the bus for the premiere is in view.

Steel Butterfly asks, "Remember my little monologue, guys? (Everyone nods) Well, it's true! Fred Haprele is The Mime!"

The Mime turns a street corner and gets out of the car like a Grand Theft Auto character bailing with a high risk of injury.

Ladybug asks, "Where's he going?!"

Ladybug gets in the driver's seat and says, "We gotta stop this thing!"

Star Comedian suggests, "Quickly, slam down on the brake!"

Ladybug asks, "What brake?"

Ladybug sees a woman and her child crossing the street, unaware of anything happening, and Ladybug quickly hits the invisible brake, bringing the invisible car to a stop.

Cat Noir remarks, "Not bad, for driving an invisible car."

Steel Butterfly gestures to the growing crowd as he adds, "But unfortunately, they'll never believe us if we try to tell them we saved their butts."

Meanwhile, the Mime mimics putting on a helmet and driving an invisible motorcycle after the bus.

Ladybug, Cat Noir, Star Comedian and Steel Butterfly fall to the ground as the invisible car disappears.

Ladybug and the others get back up as she says, "He's already off again! We gotta get to that bus before Mime does!"

Steel Butterfly opens a portal to the roof of the bus and the heroes jump onto the roof of the bus.

Cat Noir then asks, "Where could the Akuma be, SB?"

Steel Butterfly replies, "Inside his hat. The object is picture of Fred Haprele's daughter, Mylene Haprele."

The Mime appears on the scene in his invisible motorcycle.

Ladybug tries to make a net with her yoyo, but The Mime manages to jump through a hole in the net.

Mime jumps across many cars to land on the bus, and he brings out another invisible sword.

Steel Butterfly growls as he brings out his swordstick again.

Steel Butterfly charges first, and suddenly, the entire fight plays out in slow motion.

Everyone watches as Steel Butterfly... DODGES MIME'S SWORD ATTACKS AND GRABS HIS HAT, TAKING OUT THE PICTURE OF MYLENE WHILE REPLACING IT WITH A FAKE.

Of course, The Mime doesn't even notice as he slashes across Steel Butterfly's chestplate. But like before, the invisible sword doesn't even leave so much as a scrape.

Star Comedian and The Mime get into a swordfight.

Because of the bus continuing due to the bus driver's fear of getting killed with a head-on collision, that results in the swordfight to continue.

Steel Butterfly even played some battle music: the same battle music that was played during his fight with Darkblade several weeks ago.

The ending credits battle music from the ending scene of the film Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Not that Steel Butterfly actually likes the movie, mind you; just the music.

The swordfight continues, even after the bus finally stops.

Everyone is watching amazed as Star Comedian gets The Mime on the ropes.

But when the Mime manages to somewhat graze Star Comedian's leather and metal chestplate, Steel Butterfly snaps his fingers and The Mime is teleported in front of the Eiffel Tower and the heroes join in transit.

Steel Butterfly's faceplate morphs into an evil smile as he holds up the Mylene picture tauntingly.

Eyes open and mouth agape in silent shock, The Mime checks his hat and sees a photo of... Corvo blowing raspberries in a taunting manner.

But before the Mime can get the photo back, Steel Butterfly rips the picture in half.

Ladybug does her usual spiel and unleashes the Miraculous Ladybug cure, reversing the damage that The Mime caused – including somewhat grazing Star Comedian's chestplate – and reverting him back to Fred Haprele.

The heroes do their traditional fist bump.

The heroes disperse as Star Comedian is teleported to the now vacant Place des Vosges and is reverted back to Allen Lucero.

Steel Butterfly says through his Tenshi, "I'll call upon your assistance again next time."

Allen goes on his way home.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth fumes over his newest in the string of failures.

Hawk Moth states, "The show's not over yet, Steel Butterfly, Ladybug and Cat Noir. You three just wait. There's still a last act to come when you least expect it."

The window closes, engulfing Hawk Moth's lair in darkness once again.

Steel Butterfly, witnessing the whole thing from a distant rooftop, says while his voice is in a wind-like whisper, "We shall see, Gabriel. We shall see indeed."

Meanwhile, at the Eiffel Tower, The Mime show is about to begin.

Marinette, Alya and Miguel are sitting next to each other.

Adrien shows up and says, "Ah, hey. You three are here too. That's cool. I thought I was gonna sit here by myself."

Miguel laughs in response, "Hahahaha! As if! Come on, my boy."

Adrien takes his seat next to Marinette.

The Mime show begins with Fred and a carbon copy Steel Butterfly made miming according to their rehearsal scripts.

Later on, everyone leaves and expresses their feelings for the show.

Marinette remarks to Alya and Miguel, "I don't know what I loved more, the show or seeing a true mime, not like what Hawk Moth had in mind!"

Miguel then states, "Alya, right? Anyway, Marinette's got a nice surprise for you in the theater, onstage."

Alya gushes, "Ooh, I love surprises!"

Alya rushes inside and sees Ladybug and Steel Butterfly.

Ladybug calls out from the top, "Hello! Alya, right? The last time Steel Butterfly and I saw you, I was in a bit of a hurry to recharge my powers. Of course, I kind of forgot about the amount of times I can use my powers, but SB and I have got a bit more time now if you want to interview us for your Ladyblog."

Alya replies, "No... Seriously? Do I! Do I!"

Alya rushes up the stairs to the chairs.

Steel Butterfly states, "Have a seat, my dear."

Alya begins recording and says, "You don't know me, but FYI, this is like the biggest moment of my life."

Steel Butterfly chuckles warmly, catching both of the girls off-guard for a few seconds.

The interview went swimmingly well, especially when Steel Butterfly showed Alya through different kinds of holograms the ten reasons why even the likes of Ladybug has to keep her identity a secret.

Steel Butterfly's explanation went like this: "Reason number one: if Ladybug's parents ever found out who she was, chances are they would try to force her to retire permanently out of extremely unhealthy concern for Ladybug's safety or something else in that category. Reason number 2: tabloids and the press are savages. They'll literally cross several lines for a good story, especially when it comes to superhero secret identities. Reason number three: if the po-po found out who Ladybug was, they would try to force her to surrender the Ladybug Miraculous just because they don't trust superheroes that are not rookie vigilantes as the police tends to claim from time to time. Reason number four: if any new student at Paris' schools found out Ladybug's identity and that particular student happened to be a remorseless, sociopathic compulsive liar, that liar would try claiming to be Ladybug just to be famous and have everyone believing anything that the liar says. Reason number five: any sort of criminal or terrorist organization out there would not hesitate to capture Ladybug, steal her Miraculous and abuse its power to amass large amounts of money and big murderous body counts amounting to anyone trying to stop them. Reason number six: if the relatives of Ladybug's enemies in terms of normal criminals found out Ladybug's identity, they could try to sue her for causing irreparable harm to their criminal relatives. Reason number seven: if the world found out about Ladybug's identity, there would be a lot of legal ramifications, pressure, and public scrutiny for a young woman taking up the mantle of a magical ladybug-themed superhero despite being thoroughly trained for the job. Reason number eight: some heroes tend to be feared by some villains and normal criminals alike. Since almost every criminal here in Paris fears Ladybug, if they knew who she was, they wouldn't fear her anymore. Reason number nine: even Ladybug has to live a normal life. It would be extremely difficult for her to go shopping or go to the movies if people knew who she was. And lastly, reason number ten: if Hawk Moth found out who she was, the terrorist of Paris would not hesitate whatsoever to kidnap or outright kill Ladybug's friends and family to force her to surrender the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses. And trust me, with the way Hawk Moth is today, I know for a fact that he won't hesitate to Akumatize criminals and other supervillains alike to get what he wants. And since you already know about Hawk Moth's goals, you can make an educated guess on how disastrous it would be if any of Hawk Moth's allies in the future got the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses for him."

Outside the theater, Marinette rushes over to the entrance and slows down her beating heart through deep breaths.

Tikki remarks, "Alya's very fortunate to have a friend like you, even if it's the wrong time and place for us to know about Miguel's true origins yet."

Alya comes out with her eyes glued to the floor as she uploads the interview onto the Ladyblog.

Marinette exclaims, "Let me see!"

Alya replies, "Only after I finish uploading it onto my blog! There's no way I'm gonna lose this video!"

Marinette calls out, "Hey!"

The two girls laugh as Marinette chases Alya.

A hidden Miguel chuckles in amusement at the sight of the two girls running in the opposite direction.

Miguel discreetly transforms into Steel Butterfly and he flies off into the Parisian nighttime skies.

The End.

(Author's notes: In the next chapter, Guitar Villain will be faced with his polar opposite: Andreas Archer, also known as Guitar Hero.

At the same time, there'll be a bonus scene for the second part of Heroes' Day, BUT it's a surprise for you all.

See you all in chapter 19: Guitar Villain vs. Guitar Hero.)