Hello there,
Welcome my friends to the next chapter of Miraculous: My Iron Skin.
Sorry for the delay, work has been busy, I wanted to update some of my other stories and I had to move some chapters around because I wanted to do a POV/Milo focus chapter, with him investigating a case with another detective. I also wanted to do the Miraculous World Special.
Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this story as much as I had writing it, and now on to the reviews.
James the Apple: Glad you think so. I put that last moment to show that while Travis and his dad have a bit of a rocky relationship, they still care about each other. Yeah, I'm a big fan of of the show. If he is the real devil or human who thinks he is, I'll leave that ambiguous for now. I thought it was obvious that Milo would turn out to be Argent Hawk. I guess most people agree with you that Russian Milo is best Milo.
deku rose: Maybe his parents are religious? Okay, Edgy Hawk that is funny. Yes, I'm going to do the Miraculous World Special.
Boo the ghost: Happy you like it. Yeah, I could have made the fight longer. As for the whole Vic drama, I'm not going to get too much into it (Though I do believe him). The voice section is just how I imagine the characters sound like, and the reason I thought Vic would be funny for a kwami, who have high pitched voices, to instead have a voice that sound like Qrow from RWBY.
Now story time!
During the afternoon, Iron Spider had called Ladybug and Cat Noir to meet with him atop the tallest building of Paris. Cat Noir had already arrived, standing with Iron Spider on a roof overlooking the city.
"You know, you impressed me." Iron Spider said, "Your taking Ladybug having a boyfriend very well."
"I have a question... for God." Cat Noir said, turning his gaze towards the heavens and dropping to his knees, "WHY!?"
"...I take that back." Iron Spider said just as Ladybug arrived.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Ladybug said.
"Actually, I want to show you something." Iron Spider said walking up to a wall, placing his hand on an unassuming spot, which activated a scanner.
"Stand ready for biometric scan." a soft male voice said as Iron Spider moved back his lenses, allowing the near invisible blue light to scan them, "Scan accepted, welcome Iron Spider."
The unassuming wall slid aside to reveal a hole, large enough for them to walk through and leading to an elevator. Ladybug and Cat Noir followed after Iron Spider, stepping into a elevator. which began to move downwards once the door closed behind the heroes.
A short ride down, the elevator doors slid open again and the trio stepped out. Ladybug eyes widen in shock when she realized what room she had entered.
The last time she had entered this room was in the Darkest Timeline. But unlike then, the room was still in pristine conditions instead of the ruins it had been. The eight seats were placed around the large round stone table with a logo depicting stylized letters TM.
"What is this place?" Cat Noir said impressed, looking around the base.
"This is going to be our secret base." Iron Spider said, "I thought it would be good for us to have a place to meet."
"How... did you afford this!?" Cat Noir said, turning to the male hero in red.
"It's a gift... from my mentor." Iron Spider said, gesturing to the table, "Well what do you think? We have enough place for us three plus extra's."
"Yeah, extra's." Ladybug said, having a small flashback to what had happened the last time she was here or what had happened outside the back entrance, how the Resistance Fighter had been slaughtered by King Tyranno.
"Who is this mentor of yours?" Cat Noir said, as the trio took a seat at the table.
"Would you believe me if I say he's Batman." Iron Spider said.
"...I'm not sure if your joking or not..." Cat Noir said, "But this place is awesome! Right m'lady?"
"Yeah..." Ladybug said, relieved in knowing that the Darkest Timeline shouldn't exist anymore, "Awesome."
On the invite of Mrs. Shine, Marinette and her parents where being led by an assistant, carrying a cup of coffee, through the building where the Grand Fashion Rejouissance was being held.
"Honestly, Marinette." Sabine said as her daughter was fidgeting with he hat in her hands, "It's perfect the way it is!"
"I don't know... I feel like it's the ugliest hat in the world!" Marinette said, before suddenly panicking, "I have zero talent! And everyone's gonna find that out..."
"You're a great designer, Marinette." Tom said trying to encourage her, "Besides, if your hat was so ugly, why would it be hand-pick it for the fashion show?"
"But what if people see that it's a synthetic pigeon feather and not a real one?" Marinette said, "Mrs. Shine is gonna think it's lame..."
They arrived at the main area where the show would be held, a few of the models where practicing their stage walk for the show under the direction of Mrs. Shine, who was sitting in a chair, her husband on his phone next to her.
"Okay, stop, stop!" Mrs. Shine shouted, standing up from her chair and pointing to a blonde model, "Takamaki, you know I love you. But step, step, step, spin is not rocket science!"
"Mrs. Shine, your guest have arrive." the assistant said, holding out the cup, "And here's your frappuccino."
"Thank you, Gaston. Everybody take ten." Mrs. Shine said, accepting the cup from her assistant before turning to the Dupain-Cheng family, "Hello there!"
"I guess Travis got more than his accent from his mother." Sabine said, shaking hands with the woman.
"Like my sense of style." Mrs. Shine said with a laugh as she introduced herself to the family, "It's so nice to finally meet you, Travis told me so much about you. Only good things, I assure you."
"We have heard a lot about you as well or seen actually." Tom said, "Marinette has been watching you since she could turn on the television."
"Dad!" Marinette said embarrassed.
"That's not a bad thing, I took an interest in fashion designing at a young age myself." Mrs. Shine said, gesturing to the back of the stage, "How about I give you a tour about the outfits we will be displaying? Have you ever done a catwalk walk?"
"No, I haven't." Marinette said.
"It's not all that difficult." Mrs. Shine said friendly, "You have to come from your core really tight, shoulders down, neck long... and then just think 'murder,' and walk." she then demonstrated it, pulling it off flawlessly.
"Your really good at that." Sabine said looking over her shoulder, "Almost as good as your husband."
"Oh no, that's just how he walks." Mrs. Shine said as she gave the two woman a tour, while the two men just hung back.
"So..." Tom said, trying to make small talk with the much shorter man, "How about the Liverpool soccer team?"
"Yeah..." Mr. McGrath said with his arms crossed, "I don't really watch sports."
"Oh..." Tom said a bit awkward, "So the new Wizarding World game looks great."
"Yeah..." Mr. McGrath said, sounding disinterested, "Looks great."
"So your pretty well off right?" Tom said, "Do you have a Tesla? I always wanted to drive one of those."
"No, I don't have a Tesla." Mr. McGrath said turning to the much taller man, "What about a Lamborghini?" he added with a smirk.
Meanwhile at the apartment, where Milo, Alya, Nino, Nathaniel, Alix, Juleka and Rose where having a meeting with Travis.
"Thanks for showing up." Travis said, before pulling a large white board on wheels into the living room, "It's seriously hush-hush. Top secret, classified information."
It show various diagrams, idea's connected with drawn on lines and other sort of formula's. On top of the white board was written in red letters, 'Marinette's birthday plans'.
"Dude, this is all sort of crazies." Nino said.
"Well your not one to talk." Ava said walking into the living room from the kitchen area, "Because you all willingly hang out with the dork that is my little bro."
"What are you doing here?" Travis said annoyed, "Aren't you suppose to practice for the show with mum?"
"Not in the mood and Adrien wasn't there either." Ava said, walking towards the board, "So planning your girlfriend's birthday? That's cute." as she began to study the writing.
"Travis, who is this?" Alix said.
"This word for a female dog is my sister." Travis said, gesturing to her.
"I know, weird with me looking like this and Travis looking like himself." she said stroking her chin, "It's a good thing you actually did this, little bro. Because you suck at birthday presents."
"So your going to arrange a ridiculously romantic date for Marinette's birthday?" Rose said, "That's so sweet!"
"Yeah, if it's only the two of you." Ava said, "But wouldn't her friends want to celebrate it with her?"
"Yeah..." Travis said rubbing the back of his head, "I didn't thought about that..."
"Your doing one thing right at least." Ava said turning to her brother, "Your being a thoughtful boyfriend."
"We can help you throw her a party." Nathaniel said.
"Big time!" Juleka said.
"We know we can always count on you." Alix said, "So you can count on us too."
"Yeah dude." Nino said, "So where would we hold it?"
"Ah, thanks guys." Travis said gratefully as the group began to brainstorm, flipping the board over so they had a clean slate to write on, "Worst case scenario, we can always hold it here." putting down the options.
"It is a pretty cool apartments." Nathaniel said.
"What about Morning Star?" Milo said, putting in his suggestion, "We can go for drinks there, the music is great and the atmosphere is amazing."
"Morning Star?" Ava said with a raised eyebrow, "Isn't that the club where the owner thinks he is the devil?"
"Yes, that is the one." Milo said.
"Oh, I always wanted to visit that place." Alya said excited.
Meanwhile down in the city, Adrien walks through the streets to get to his destination.
"Adrien!? The Adrien Agreste!?" a voice startled him from behind. Turning around he saw that it was Eirwyn, wearing a amused smirk on her face.
"You already here?" Adrien said relieved, "I thought it was some fan. People are going crazy over this ad."
"You starred in an ad? I had no idea!" Eirwyn said with a laugh, "That's awesome!"
"I don't know about that." Adrien said as the two continued to walk towards the theater, "In fact it's really quite embarrassing."
"I thought it was cute... Hey, isn't that your dad's limo?" Eirwyn said, pointing to Agreste limo at the end of the street.
"Shit..." Adrien said, when there wasn't anywhere for him to hide, "Actually I-I snuck out without permission. I'm supposed to be home right now..."
"You did? Adrien, you rebel!" Eirwyn said, dragging him to a nearby bus stop, "Quick question, have you seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier?"
"Yes?" Adrien said a bit confused at the random question, "Why?"
In the corner of the busstop, Eirwyn pressed Adrien against the glass wall before pressing their lips together, moving in sync as the car drove by them.
The car was long gone when the two parted for air. Eirwyn smirked at the embarrassed Adrien. Neither of them realized that someone had taken a picture of them.
"Adrien and Eirwyn are dating." the person who snatched a picture of them said.
After a quick stop at the food stall to buy themselves some snacks. Adrien and Eirwyn headed in the cinema. It was already dark inside, they slide down the row, having seats in the middle of the theater, in comfortable leather seats.
"Glad we made it." Adrien said, "Thanks to you, my father won't find out."
"You aren't allowed to go to the movies?" Eirwyn said surprised.
"I am. With my bodyguard or Nathalie, of course." Adrien said, "But I'm not sure my father would've allowed me to see this particular movie."
"Not allowed and you just went." Eirwyn said approvingly, "I'm impressed."
"Maybe your already rubbing off on me." he said a bit embarrassed.
"Rebellion always starts small but still... All this trouble to go to a movie?" Eirwyn said, "We could have gone to Travis and use the movie theater there."
"It's a very rare movie that I've never been able to see." Adrien said, "It's not on the Internet and my father's hidden the only DVD somewhere at home."
"Still sounds like something Uncle David would have, somehow. Like that Maybach Exelero." she said as she ate some of her popcorn, "What's so special about this movie?"
"My mother played the leading role." he said, "It's only being shown once. Today, in this theater. I couldn't talk to my father about it... So I was really grateful you wanted to come along."
"Perhaps you can show me how grateful you are later... In my hotel room." Eirwyn said with a smirk, "And with that I mean we have the..."
"Radiant. Carefree."
Suddenly the Adrien fragrance ad is playing on the screen.
"Dreamy. Adrien... the fragrance."
"So that's the ad." Eirwyn said, "First time I have seen it." then the movie is about to play.
The movie screen shows the 'Graham Films' logo on a black background. The opening shows a scene of a rainy day in Paris with the text 'Production A. Bourgeois'. The next scene shows a woman walking on the riverside of the Seine with an umbrella, with the text Solitude appearing next to her.
Adrien gasps when he sees the text 'Emilie Agreste' at the next scene.
Once the movie ended, Adrien and Eirwyn exited the theater. They walked through the street thronged with night revelers and lined with closed shops.
"That was a beautiful movie. Not my usual cup of tea, but I liked it." Eirwyn said, "You seemed to be really enjoying yourself."
"I did." he said with a smile, "I-I had fun with you." but the smile dropped from his face when he realized they took a wrong turn and they were surrounded by three shady looking guys.
"This doesn't look good." Adrien muttered.
"Why?" Eirwyn said as Adrien put himself between her and the shady guys, "Oh is this the mugger convention or something?"
"Not muggers." one of them said, brandishing a knife, "We just want to borrow some money."
"Oh, is that all." Eirwyn said, "How much?"
"It's a good thing you got a nice bod." one of the shady guys said, looking her up and down, "Because your not very bright."
"I'm just wisecracking before you guys make a big mistake." Eirwyn said casually, surprising Adrien.
One of the shady guys eyes twitch enraged as he suddenly lung forward. Adrien attempted to move Eirwyn out of the way, but to his surprise she pushes him to the side, as she knocked the guy against the side of his head.
His balance lost, the man stumbles backwards as Eirwyn hit him against the head with a back spinning kick, due to which he slams head first against the stone pavement.
Enraged by what happened to his friend, the other shady guys rush forward, each brandishing knives. Eirwyn duck under the first strike, grabbing the outstretched hand and with a powerful uppercut sending him through the air.
The man falls down onto the ground where he lies still.
Seeing two of his allies defeated, the third shady guy aggressively makes a stabbing motion. Eirwyn was too slow to efficiently evade it, Adrien was sure she was stabbed in the upper arm.
But before he could make a move, a black Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 came to a screeching stop.
The door of the driver side swung open, and Mr. McGrath came rushing forward. As he reaches the shady man, Mr. McGrath grabs his arm, turning around one time to build up momentum, as swung him into the ground, before snapping it with a kick.
"You two alright?" Mr. McGrath said just as Eirwyn giddily leaps into his arms, shaking her legs in delight.
"Uncle David!" Eirwyn exclaimed as she hangs on Mr. McGrath's outstretched arm, "It's so good to see you! Did you miss me? Did you miss me!?"
"Nope." Mr. McGrath said as they shared a grin while he pats his niece's head, "You alright there Adrien?"
"Yeah... I'm fine." Adrien said, immediately going over to Eirwyn, "What about you? I thought you were..."
But in the spot where the knife had stabbed or cut her, but all he saw was a tear in her jacket, some droplets of blood on it but no wound to speak off.
"What but..." Adrien said confused, "I thought you were hurt..."
"Oh, I must have ripped my jacket against the knife." Eirwyn said a bit surprised, "Or else I would be bleeding like any meat person."
"Eirwyn..." Adrien said, "Why didn't you tell me you were a Sentai Ranger."
"A Sentai Ranger? Oh, can I be the pink one, I like pink." she said, "But seriously though, I have this guy as an uncle. He made sure I could defend myself." she gestured to Mr. McGrath.
"I can't always be around to protect you and once again I was proven right." Mr. McGrath said, turning to Adrien, "I assume, your dad doesn't know your out here?"
Adrien shook his head at this. To his surprise the father of his friend, who he had pictures as a very stern man, gave a simple nod. "Alright, you two get out of here." he said, gesturing to the unconscious men, "I'll take care of these guys."
"I... thank you, sir." Adrien said, "I owe you one."
"Just be good to my niece." Mr. McGrath said taking out his phone, "Than we're even."
"By the way." Eirwyn said, "Why were you driving around?"
"Rarity had invited Marinette and her parents to rehearsals, trying to butter her op so will chose to become her apprentice instead of Audrey's." he said, "I got bored so I and Tom went for a drive. I dropped him off back home and have been driving around. Now scram."
During the week leading up to the Grand Fashion Rejouissance, Mr. McGrath had to return home on some sort of business meeting. On the day of outside the eagerly awaited event, Marinette looked out the window of Mrs. Shine's limosine, sitting next to the woman herself, as a crowd had gathered outside the Grand Palais.
"Are you nervous?" Mrs. Shine said.
"A little." Marinette said as she saw Chloe, her father and mother, stepping out of their own limousine, "Oh no! It's Audrey Bourgeois! The harshest fashion critic in the entire world. She's gonna hate my hat for sure!"
"There is no need for this, my dear." Mrs. Shine said encouragingly, "I make no mistakes when it comes to fashion... Except that one time when I was younger when I made five ball dresses to their exact request for my friends... But we don't really talk about that. But my point is, don't be nervous it's your time to shine!"
The limousine came to a stop, the door was open and Mrs. Shine and Marinette where overwhelmed by cheers and the flashing of camera's.
"There she is! The majesty of fashion, director of 'Shine' brand, Mrs. Shine!" the host of the live broadcast said as Mrs. Shine waved at the gathered crowd as she and Marinette walked the red carpet.
The two entered the Grand Palais, interview area where Marinette spotted Nadja interviewing the Bourgeois trio.
"...Audrey, like the slogan of your magazine says 'If it's in good taste; it's in 'Style Queen!'." Nadja said, "So, what's in good taste this year?"
"Judging by the way you're dressed, you obviously don't know my dear." Audrey said, "For your information, the trend this year is glitter."
"Glitter!? There's no glitter on my hat!" Marinette thought, "This is a fashion disaster!"
"As the editor of Style Queen, you spend a lot of time in New York." Nadja continued, "It must be nice to be with your family for a change here in Paris."
"She's very happy to see me. By the way, Mom." Chloe said, pulling a little gift box out of her jacket, "I have a little something for you."
"Clara... Uh, Chloe, what is this?" Audrey said, "This wrapping paper is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. You're fired."
"Darling, please, you can't fire Chloe." Mayor Bourgeois said, "She's your daughter!"
Backstage in one of the dressing rooms, where Adrien was wearing the black suit, the first of many for the fashion show. The blonde is looking at himself in the mirror and fixing something about his jacket.
"I feel awkward." Adrien muttered.
"Because you look ridiculous." Ava said, walking in in her own fashion dress, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it."
Adrien gave a small nod when he heard a knock on the door. Walking over to door to open it, his face visibly lights up when he sees it's Eirwyn.
"Hello, Eirwyn." Adrien said.
"I'll leave you to it." Ava said, exiting the room.
"She loves me." she said with a smile before turning to Adrien, "So... about the other day..."
"I'm so sorry I got you in that crazy mess, Eirwyn." Adrien said, "Plus, with that photo leak, now everyone thinks we're a couple."
"Oh, that's terrible, yeah." Eirwyn said with mock indignation, "But I did wanted to talk about... us and where we are going."
"I understand." Adrien said with a sad nod, "All this sneaking around must be difficult."
"What no? That's actually pretty fun." Eirwyn said, "No I wanted to talk about, how I have to travel a lot for my music career and your here in Paris... What I'm trying to say is, it can be difficult but I would want to give it a try."
Marrinette was sitting on a chair, waiting where all the clothes for the show was, watching all the models getting ready for the event.
The hat she had made was laying on her lap, when she heard the familiar, "Hello there."
"Travis." she said happily, "Your here!"
"Of course I'm here." Travis said, "I know I have been busy lately, but I need to support my girlfriend."
Marinette jumped up out of her chair, jumping up and dropping her hat to the ground as she hugged him. They both simultaneously want to grab the hat, their foreheads bump into each other.
"Sorry." they both said as Travis picks up the hat and Marinette the feather.
"Oh, no." Travis said, "I hope it's not too hard to fix it."
"Oh, you know, it doesn't really matter." Marinette said, "This hat is a complete failure anyway."
"What makes you say that?" he said confused, "It looks great."
"No, it does not." Marinette said, "I really messed up. I'm a total no-talent."
Travis takes the feather out of Marinette's hand, "Mari, everything's gonna be fine. Your hat looks great. I think it's awesome and so does my mum." he said fixing the hat, "And if there is one thing my mum knows, it's fashion."
In the main hall where the fashion show being held, Marinette and Travis walked along the catwalk, hand in hand to the seats his mother had reserved for her and Marinette's family.
Tom and Sabine are waving at them, the two sat down just as the Bourgeois family came walking up from a different direction.
"How dilapidated is this place?" Audrey said looking around the arena, "And I have to share the front row with this group of low-lifes? Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous." she sits down.
"Actually, you and Chloe aren't that different." Marinette said, earning a glare from him, "You both take after your mothers."
"...Yeah, that makes sense." Travis said a bit annoyed.
"Speaking of, she mentioned something about ruining five ball dresses." Marinette said, "What was that about?"
"Yeah, we don't talk about that." Travis said, "When it happened, I wasn't born yet."
"...My mother always sits in the front row!" Chloe suddenly shouted to Nathalie.
"Not today." Nathalie said unimpressed, "Mr. Agreste has reserved a seat for you in the second row."
"This is unacceptable! Gabriel cannot do this to me!" Audrey said, "I'm the one who discovered him. Without me, he'd still be drawing his unworthy designs in his dismal, grim studio!"
"I can offer your seat to someone else if you don't want it." Nathalie said in the same unimpressed voice.
"How dare you!" Audrey said, "You're fired!"
"Why am I not surprised that that Chloe's mum is a Karen." Travis thought.
"I don't work for you." Nathalie said, "I work for Mr. Agreste."
"We'll see about that!" Audrey said, taking out her phone and dialed Gabriel's, but all she got was his voicemail making her growl furiously.
"I assume from your expression that I'm not fired." Nathalie said.
"This is unacceptable! I will not view a fashion show from the second row, ever!" she walks off and her daughter follows.
"Just going to throw it out there." Travis whispered to his girlfriend, "But Nathalie is a badass."
The fashion show was under way as multiple models showed off the different outfits on the catwalk. Ava did just struck a pose when Adrien walked the catwalk behind her, showcasing Marinette's hat. Many pictures are taken as Marinette is shaking out of nervousness.
As Adrien walks over the catwalk, he glances back at Eirwyn, who was sitting next to Travis. At the end of the catwalk he stops and strikes some poses.
"Oh, Eirwyn likes." she said with a smirk which disappeared when in a puff of golden dust an akumatized victim appeared.
It was a woman with bright and sparkly golden skin. She wears sunglasses with dark shades over her eyes and her head appears to have pulled-back gilded hair in the style of a crown with five black pointed stones attached around the front. She wears a golden leotard, with a black strap on her left shoulder and pointed black edges around each leg. She also has medallion high heeled boots. She also wielded a a long gilded staff, having a bud-shaped tip with a black chevron line around it on top.
"A fashion show without the queen of style?" the victim said, "Glitteraly unacceptable!?"
"Is this supposed to happen?" Tom said to Travis, "I've never attended a fashion show before."
"No it's not." Travis said, immediately beginning to figure out a scenario to get to a isolated location to get into uniform.
"Where is that ungrateful Gabriel Agreste?" Style Queen said, "I demand that he kneels before me!"
"My father isn't here!" Adrien said, was being pulled behind Ava by his friend's older sister.
"Well then. If fashion-disaster daddy isn't here, I'll just have to settle for Agreste Junior!" Style Queen said, raising her staff, "You're fired!" she shoots a gold dust at Adrien and Ava, turning them into golden statue.
A horrified Travis looked as the crowd ran off, in the chaos he lost Marinette and her family, which was enough of a reason as he rushed to a secluded spot somewhere backstage.
Turning around the corner, he reached for his bag to take out the spider head. He placed it on his chest, and was about to transform when he heard someone call his name.
"Travis." Eirwyn said, "Is that one of them Akumatized people?"
"Yeah, it is." Travis said, tapping his chest to transform into his suit.
"Okay I'm coming with you." Eirwyn said, looking at his suit, "I like the new costume. The red touch is very nice."
"...Did you even bring your suit?" Iron Spider said, but from the look of her face, he knew she didn't.
"I left it at the hotel." she said, "I'll go get it and join you."
"If we haven't defeated the victim by then." Iron Spider said before rushing off.
Inside the main hall, people are still being turned into golden statues by Style Queen, who laughs in an evil manner.
"Mom." Chloe said.
"Claudine... uh, Chloe." Style Queen said, transforming into golden dust and rematerializing in front of her, "I'm 'not' mom, I am Style Queen. Do you want to be fired, too?"
"No, no, I really don't, Style Queen." Chloe said, "But this is not the way..."
"Are you disagreeing with me." Style Queen said, raising her staff, "Your fired!"
But before the beam could hit her, Iron Spider came flying in and pulling the blonde away from the attack.
"Spidy!" Chloe said.
"That's me." Iron Spider said, putting her down.
"What an atrocious suit." Style Queen said, shaking her head, "That bug looks so last year."
"How many times do I have to say this, spiders aren't bugs!" Iron Spider, using a blast from his gauntlet, but the beam when straight through Style Queen.
"You're a couple of sizes too small to beat me, Iron Spider." she said, as he hit her with a continues stream from his gauntlets, "You still don't get it, fashion victim? I... am invincible!"
She smashes her wand on the ground; Adrien's and Ava's statue crumbles and gets sucked into the wand; she then flies away as gold dust.
On the top most deck of the Eiffel Tower, Style Queen appeared from her trail of gold dust, she smashes her wand on the ground, gold dust comes out and a statue of Adrien and Ava, lying on a table, materializes.
"Keep this for me, sleeping beauty." Style Queen said, putting the akumatized rose in gold-Adrien's mouth; makes a force field around them.
What she didn't know was that a red and gold drone, one of the many Iron Spider had began deploying to keep track of crime and possible Akumatization cases.
In Fu's massage shop, the man was sitting down as he made himself some tea when Ladybug came in.
"...No, I can't get a hold of Cat Noir either. Okay, I will see you at the Eiffel Tower, be careful Spidy." Ladybug said through her yo-yo before hanging up and turning to the short Asian man, "Master Fu, Cat Noir has disappeared. We can't beat Style Queen without him!"
"Don't worry, Cat Noir is fine." Master Fu assured her, "He's just lost his Miraculous."
"What!? He's 'just' lost his Miraculous!?" Ladybug said, "This is a disaster!"
"That tomcat's really gotten himself stuck up in a tree this time."
Ladybug turned around to see Plagg laying on a nearby table, eating a piece of cheese. "Lemme guess, you're Cat Noir's kwami?"
"Yes, he tends to copy me a bit too much. Yet, lately, he's been doing really silly things." Plagg said, devouring the cheese before floating up, "In five thousand years I've never experienced such an irresponsible Miraculous owner. As a result, he's lost his ring and it's just me that's able to help you out."
"No!" Master Fu said at once, "It's out of the question, Plagg. You are way too dangerous without an owner."
"Dangerous? Me?" Plagg said, "Name one instance."
"Does the disappearance of Atlantis ring a bell with you?" Master Fu said, "The Leaning Tower of Pisa? The dinosaurs!"
"Okay, maybe I went a little far with that." Plagg said, "But I was young!"
"Neither Cat Noir nor Plagg can help you today." Master Fu said as he walked to the phonograph.
The kwami of destruction sigh in defeated, "We'll see about that." he said before flying away, phasing through the wall.
He takes out the Miracle Box and places it before Ladybug.
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, pick an ally you can trust to fight alongside you on this mission. Choose wisely; such powers are meant to serve the greater good." Master Fu said as the Miraculous were on display, "Once the mission is over you will retrieve the Miraculous from them."
"I need someone who can actually immobilize my opponent." Marinette said, her hand hovers over the Miraculous of the Fox, but she changes her mind and picks up the Miraculous of the Bee, "I know 'just' the right person."
Iron Spider is flying trough the sky when he received a call on his display which read, 'mum'.
"Hello mother." he said picking up, "Is everyone okay?"
"Everyone is fine." his mother said concerned, "The people turned into statues haven't fallen apart yet. Tom and Sabine are fine, but they haven't seen Marinette either."
"I see..." Iron Spider said concerned, "Everything will be alright, Team Miraculous is on their way."
"Hurry up, when your father finds out..." Mrs. Shine said, "He will come back to destroy Style Queen, then he will go hunt down Hawk Moth and..."
"Not caring if he has to burn down all of Paris, as long as Hawk Moth is one of the people that goes down with it." Iron Spider said as he spotted a small black kwami fly up next to him, "I'll have to go."
"Okay, be careful." his mother said before hanging up as he began to hover in the air in front of the kwami.
"Hello there." Plagg said.
On the staircases leading up Eiffel Tower, Alya is walking up filming while she walks. She jumps up when she's addressed.
"Alya." Ladybug said, holds out the Miraculous Jewelry Box, while the girl is still filming, "Here is the Miraculous of the Bee which grants the power of subjection. You will use it for the greater good."
But it was at this moment that Style Queen materializes out of gold dust, "Ladybug!" she said, "You're out of fashion. Give up!" she shoots a beam of gold dust.
"Watch out!" Alya said, pushing Ladybug out of the way, but got herself hit instead.
Ladybug rolls over the ground, the Miraculous falls out of her hands and rolls off the Eiffel Tower.
"Where's Cat Noir?" Style Queen said, "Oh, lemme guess. He's hiding because he's ashamed of his outfit."
She was forced apart by a surprise blast of energy, "Who dares?" Style Queen said.
"I do."
Ladybug looked up to see Iron Spider landing next to her. But instead of his usual red and gold, he was wearing a skin-tight textured suit with grey accents on the knees and upper arms as wall as the grey symbol on his chest. Black gloves and boots. His now black mask still covered his entire head, but his lenses were now dark green with a green outline.
"Spidy?" Ladybug said, getting back to her feet.
"What kind of ridiculous outfit is that?" Style Queen said, materializing on a floor above them, "Who are you suppose to be?"
"Call me... Spider Noir." he said, "And this year, black is the new black!"
She shoots more gold beams at them, but the duo of heroes evades. Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm, only to receive a bottle of glue.
"What am I suppose to do with that?" she said confused.
"She is glitter..." Spider Noir said, pointing to the French flag waving behind them.
Spider Noir rushed forward to distract Style Queen as Ladybug rushed towards the flag, grabbing it and smearing on one side of the flag.
Style Queen and Spider Noir run towards each other, he dodges more gold dust rays as Ladybug managed swipe the flag through Style Queen resulting in a glued side covered in the gold dust.
"A glue diet? That's original." Style Queen said, "But I'm still going to..." it was then that she notices a big portion of her abdomen missing.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Ladybug said, "Do you have indigestion?"
"How dare you?" Style Queen said, becoming enraged, "I'm gonna squash you like the nasty bugs you are!"
"For the last time, spider's aren't bugs!" Spider Noir said annoyed as, drawing both hands back he held out his hands as a black aura began to emit from them, "Cataclysm!" he places the bottom of their palms together, discharges a massive black beam of energy.
A big explosion erupted through the tower, as the Cataclysm pierced through the sky, parting the clouds in an instant. The force field around Adrien and Ava shatters as the Eiffel Tower, along with its foundation crumble, the nearest bridge also cracks. An entire skyscraper goes down, the tip of the Eiffel Tower falls off, a piece of debris falls on Style Queen.
"...I think I might have overdone it..." Iron Noir said, shocked at the damaged he caused, before turning to Ladybug, "You better hurry and fix everything."
"Of course." Ladybug said, smashing the cracked force field, and noticing the golden rose, "It's always me picking up after you boys mess."
Ladybug breaks the rose and the akuma flutters out, "No more evil-doing for you, little akuma." she said, throwing her yo-yo which managed to capture the akuma, purifying it.
She throw her yo-yo into the air, releasing a wave of red energy, which swept over Paris repairing the damage done to the city and it's people, like fixing the cracks in the bridge; catches the tip of the Eiffel Tower before it can fully fall down.
"W-What am I doing here?" Audrey said, having turned back into her normal human self, "You're all fired."
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Spider Noir said as they fist bumped.
"I hope Cat Noir finds his Miraculous." she said.
"Don't worry." Iron Spider said, giving a two finger salute, "I'll make sure Plagg is on him like mold on cheese."
"Great!" Plagg said inside his head, "I'm already rubbing off on you!"
Inside Gabriel's atelier, the man himself stepped out of the secret elevator hidden behind the picture of Emilie. On his control panel, Nathalie is calling him.
He accepts the call and Nathalie spoke, "Sir, you took a big risk today, especially regarding Adrien."
"If only I could tell Adrien why I'm doing this. He would understand." Gabriel said, turning to look at the picture of Emilie, "Style Queen was my greatest masterpiece. How could she have failed? How could I have failed? What should I do now?"
Outside the Grand Palais from behind a pillar Ladybug saw Spider Noir drop Adrien and Ava off, before flying off as she herself detransforms and Tikkie flies out.
"Marinette, aren't you forgetting something?" Tikki said, "You have to bring the Miraculous back to Master Fu!"
"But the magic ladybugs already brought it back. Didn't they?" Marinette said, but her kwami shakes her head, "Wait! If they didn't then I... lost a Miraculous! I have to back to the Eiffel Tower right now! Hide Tikki!" she was about to run off but bumps into her parents.
Marinette, there you are." Tom said, "We've been looking for you everywhere in the Grand Palais. Are you okay, sweety?"
"Ah, I'm fine." Marinette said, "Thanks to Ladybug and Iron Spider, I'm no longer a glitter statue."
"What would we do without Team Miraculous?" Sabine said, "We're finally going to get to watch the fashion show and witness the success of our daughter and her amazing hat."
"I... Actually, I have, uh..." Marinette said but her parents didn't listen and she was force to come along with them.
"Don't worry Tikki." she whispered to her bag, "No one will find the box. We'll get it right after the show."
The fashion show is continuing in the Grand Palais. Lights dance around the room as Adrien and Ava walks the catwalk and poses. Alya is live streaming the event through her phone, "Scoop. The hat Adrien Agreste is wearing was made by my BFF, Marinette! Anything you'd like to say during my livestream?" she said turning to her friend.
Marinette waves and smiles at the camera awkwardly before turning back to the stage, where the models stood to the side, making way for Mrs. Shine.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Mrs. Shine said, "I ask you what is clothing!?"
But she received a surprising respond from someone behind her. Everyone in the hall looks surprised, Audrey crosses her arms in disgust as Chloe mimics the same pose as her mom.
Adrien turns around and is shocked of seeing his father standing on the catwalk, for the first time of his life after Emilie's disappearance.
"Clothing is the world. The grand will that binds the heavens, the earth and mankind, covering all." Gabriel said, he walks on the catwalk towards Adrien and stops.
Adrien stands there, frozen in shock. He takes off his hat as his father pulls him in for a hug, Adrien wraps his arms around his father. The paparazzi start taking photos of Adrien and his father in embrace.
Later that day in the interview area of Grand Palais, many reporters and paparazzi where present. To the side of it, Travis was dragging Marinette to his mother and sister, who where talking with Gabriel and Adrien and the Bourgeois.
"My dear Audrey." Gabriel said, "I heard about the unforgivable misfortune you had to endure."
Audrey extends her hand out to Gabriel to kiss, "I'm still quite overwhelmed." she said, taking her hand back.
"I want you to know that I've fired the person who was responsible for the misunderstanding." Gabriel said, "Only one row in the house is befitting to Audrey Bourgeois and that's the first."
"Let's not overdo it." Audrey said.
"Did you enjoy the show?" Mrs. Shine said.
"It was a beautiful show." Gabriel said as Audrey takes Adrien's hat off of his head and looks at it, "This hat is not a 'Gabriel Agreste' nor a 'Shine'. Are you responsible for that?" looking at Marinette in an intimidating manner.
Marinette looks nervously, but behind Audrey, Mrs. Shine gave her a thumbs up as Travis whispered to her, "You got this."
"Y-Yes." Marinette said, smiling nervously, "I... I'm the one who created it."
"Marinette won the fashion design competition for the Grand Fashion Rejouissance." Gabriel said, "She was chosen by me and Rarity."
Audrey lifts her glasses to get a better look at the hat, "It's the most... Exceptional thing I've ever seen! You're a visionary, Marinette! Glitter's had its day." she said, lifts up her arms, expressing herself, "Feathers are the trend of tomorrow! I haven't felt this much emotion since... well you." she looks at Gabriel.
"She does have talent." Gabriel said, giving Marinette a rare smile.
"You wanna be a fashion designer, right?" Audrey said, Marinette nodded as the woman placed the hat back on Adrien's head, "Then come to New York with me! I'll make you the biggest name in fashion! I'm sure Rarity already offered you to be her apprentice but under my guidance, I'm sure you'll even upstage Gabriel."
Marinette puts her hands in front of her face, not knowing what to choose. She is a bit reluctant, because she needs to protect Paris, but to refuse being what she dreams of and now she has the opportunity to choose between apprenticing under two of the biggest icons in the fashion industry.
Chloe has her head down. She is seething with anger, "It's... It's ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!" she said turning her head up, "I've never been to New York with you and you're taking Marinette Dupain-Cheng!?"
"I'm taking her because she's exceptional Claudette." Audrey said.
"I'm exceptional, too!" Chloe said.
"The only exceptional thing about you, my dear is your mother." Audrey said.
Travis, Marinette, Adrien and Ava look at each other, they look sympathetic. "While a sick burn, even I think that's going a bit to far." Travis thought, "Especially after Chloe actually is making an effort by trying to be a better person."
Mayor Bourgeois holds Chloe by the shoulder, but Chloé pushes him away, "I'll show you how exceptional I can be!" she said and with that she walked away.
That evening in the Le Grand Paris hotel, Milo stepped into Chloe's room. Having come here the moment he had gotten off work to support his upset girlfriend. Even the anger he felt towards himself for not being there to protect Adrien from the events earlier that day.
The things her mother had said to her had hit her deeper than even she woud admit. Cuddled up against each other on her sofa, an arm around her shoulder as the female blonde holding a mysterieus jewelry box.
"Where did you get that?" Milo said, recognizing the pattern on the box.
"I found it at the Eiffel tower." Chloe said, "I went there after Iron Spider saved me, to try and get my mom back..."
She opens the box, a ball of energy appears around the bee themed hair comb, a bright ball flies out.
The ball forms into a small yellow creature. Three curved stripes wrap around her head, and each stripe grows smaller as it ascends up her forehead. Her small stinger, visible at the rear, is also striped. Her antennae, arms, and feet are black, while her eyes are golden with blue sclerae. She has a row of white upper teeth, and she has black eyelashes. A small light yellow tuft is located below her head and around her neck, with a small area reaching onto her stomach.
"Hello, my queen." the bee kwami, Pollen said.
Chloe gasp surprised while Milo was slightly taken aback by the appearance of another kwami.
"Well..." Kwehh said from inside Milo's coat, "This is becoming interesting."
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