At the Arc de Triomphe, a brilliant dark portal opened out of seemingly nowhere and the evil Hawk Moth walked out, flanked by his lieutenants, Reptile, Madame Romani and Brutus, who hefted his large battleaxe over his shoulder as he looked out to see his creation walking through Paris, looking for his destined targets.
He was in mostly grey armor with two gauntlets that had a few dials on the shoulders as well as two armored boots that clanked against the ground as he looked up with his deep red eyes as the terrorist and his flunkies looked downwards on him from their perch on the Trocadero.
"Master," Reptile said. "Are you sure that these heroes are all going to come? I mean, the Miraculous Team I get, but this Omni-Team? This isn't their home, what would they care about it?"
"They care about the world, Reptile," Hawk Moth said. "You don't know their kind like I do. They will do anything to protect what they believe, even if it's not their own home. They will come."
"Yeah," Madame Romani thought. "But what if they had the same idea with you?"
"I'm counting on it, Madame Romani," Hawk Moth communicated back, reading his servant's mind. "That Omni-Team has never faced anything like me before."
"Maybe not. But they're not going down without a fight. The Miraculous Team certainly won't. Why should we expect any different from these guys just because they're from another country?" Brutus thought.
"You're right. Americans can be vicious. Just ask the people who almost killed me in the war 200 years ago," Hawk Moth said. "But they will still fall regardless. Just like anyone else who dares to oppose me."
On the a nearby rooftop, Jen looked through Allison's telescope and glared at the far away rooftop and glared.
"Coward," she said in disgust and anger. "Hiding behind his lieutenants as if they were pawns in a chess game."
"True," Allison said, doing her sit-ups with her headphones blaring Metallica in her ears as she prepared herself for the battle up ahead as Kevin stood by, leaning against the fire escape with a sigh as Becky sat on a pipe and sharpened her weapons with a determined glance on her face as Gwen was meditating to loosen her mind up.
"Ben?" Kevin asked as Ben glared out at the akuma searching for them.
"This has to work. I'm not sure that the Miraculous Team is going to approve of our plan, sis," Ben said.
"They might not like the way us Americans think," Becky said as she got off the pipe. "But it's the only plan we've got. It might not even work."
"Lucky for us, the calvary's arrived," Gwen said as she got out of her meditative position and looked to see the fire escape door open as the 14 French teens they befriended burst through and gather around on the small rooftop.
"Why did you want us to come here in our human forms?" Max asked. "You know you're just prolonging the destruction."
"It's not going to matter with that Ampulla Amulet you guys have," Jen said as she looked on. "We don't want to draw attention to ourselves right now. We need to discuss a plan of attack with you guys before we charge in."
"Good point," Mika said to them. "But why would-"
"This guy is one of the worst people we've ever gone against. And we've dealt with tons of aliens," Allison said, punching the air. "Us Americans are smarter than you think. We're in your house right now. We just want your approval."
"Fine," Marinette said as they all looked to them.
"What's the plan?" Adrien asked.
"Okay," Ben said as he looked to the rooftop the psychopath was on. "There's a small window of opportunity here. It won't be open long, it'll close soon and Hawk Moth will have gotten away with it."
"We need to exploit that window of attack," Jen said. "Here's the plan."
"Those lieutenants of his won't let us go anywhere near him," Gwen said as she generated a ball of mana around her fist. "We need to separate him from them."
"And we have to take out that akuma as well," Becky said as she looked down.
"There's twenty of us and five of them," Kevin stated. "We have to split them up by splitting ourselves up."
"Four of us get one villain each," Allison stated. "Jen and Gwen have been practicing their portal spell for some time now. They can use it to open portals to separate his lieutenants from him that we'll follow them through while Ladybug, Chat Noir and the twins engage Hawk Moth himself."
"Okay, who gets what villain?" Alix asked as Ben and Jen looked on.
"The two of us, Ladybug and Chat Noir get Hawk Moth, Matter Girl, Dragonfly, Panda Rouge and Arachnid take on the akuma, Kevin, Antelope, Carapace and Louve Grise are going to take on Reptile..." Jen said.
"Lucky Girl, Rena Rouge, Queen Bee and Flamingo will battle Madame Romani," Ben said. "And that leaves Huntress, Grizzly Bear, Corbeau Noire and Forest Doe to beat Brutus."
"Oh sure," Becky said with a sigh. "Leave the only one in the group with no real powers to take on the strongest lieutenant Hawk Moth has. Why not have someone like Allison take him on?"
"Because, cuz," Ben said. "That's exactly what we want him to think we'll do."
"Smart move," Alix admitted. "Not going the most obvious direction."
"That's the American way," Ben said.
"You know that this is basically suicide for someone with no powers, right?" Kim asked.
"My sister has the heart and soul of a true warrior," Gwen said to him. "I believe in her. You don't need superpowers to be a superhero."
"Okay. I'll do it," Becky said with a smile as she turned to Ivan, Juleka and Mylene. "Looks like we're teammies."
"Don't worry, girl," Juleka said. "We've got your back."
"And how," Tamara said with a smile.
"We're here to show your country that Americans can be just as great superheroes as the French," Kevin said with a smirk as Allison came in and smiled.
"Ready?" she asked as she put her hand in followed by her teammates as she looked at the Miraculous Team and the American heroes all nodded at the French heroes with a smirk.
"Ready," Rose said with a smile as Max jabbed Kevin's arm and one by one, the Miraculous Team and their kwamis laid their hands on the pile as they smiled.
"And..." Gwen said.
"BREAK!" they all chorused as Marinette looked at the twins with hopeful eyes as Ben and Jen smiled.
"May I?" she asked with a smile.
"Do the honors," Ben said with a bow.
"It's hero time! Tikki, transforme moi!"
"Plagg, transforme moi!"
"Trixx, transforme moi!"
"Wayzz, transforme moi!"
"Pollen, transforme moi!"
"Mika, transforme moi!"
"Mulan, transforme moi!"
"Flint, transforme moi!"
"Tamara, transforme moi!"
"Ari, transforme moi!"
"Imp, transforme moi!"
"Pin, transforme moi!"
"Daria, transforme moi!"
"Muria, transform moi!"
The 14 teens were instantly transformed into their hero forms once their kwamis entered their respective miraculous and the Omni-Team (except for Kevin, who pulled on his face mask so no one would recognize him) all stuck their arms out and pressed their watches/Omnitrixes to suit up into their hero forms.
"By the way, if this works, you six are all invited to my birthday cotillion in three days at the hotel," Queen Bee promised.
"We'll keep that in mind, QB," Kevin glared.
"Let's do this," Omni-Pink said as she and the others leaped off of the building as she gestured to Matter Girl, who looked on to Absorber and signaled Panda Rouge, Dragonfly and Arachnid to follow her as they snuck through the shadows like ninjas as she placed her music from her phone into her ears as she sighed and let the heavy metal music play through her ears as she shouted out as Dragonfly zipped up next to her super fast as she glared after their target and breathed deeply.
"Nervous?" she asked.
"Always," Allison said. "No matter how many times I step onto the battlefield, I'm always just as nervous as the first time I did. The music helps calm me down."
"That's us too," Arachnid said as he rested on the wall next to her. "But we never let it show."
"Ready?" Panda Rouge asked as he stuck his pencil-spear out as they looked to Absorber.
"As I'm ever gonna get," Dragonfly said as she cracked her knuckles and looked out as Allison looked out and absorbed the metal from the railing on the stairs and leaped out and landed in front of Absorber and morphed her hands into blades as she ran out and ran forwards slicing him, only for him to grunt out as he dodged her swipes as Dragonfly flew forwards from behind and nailed him in the back of the head with her frisbee, catching his attention as he saw Panda Rouge lean on the railing as Arachnid leaped behind him and caught him with his lasso and shouted out as he kicked forwards, catching him before he grabbed his lasso and tossed him into Panda Rouge as he leaped upwards and grabbed Dragonfly by the throat before he focused and a greenish energy seeped from his arm into his body as he dropped her and she fell into Matter Girl's arms as he looked down.
"Who are you!?" she asked.
"I am Absorber! I have the power to absorb and copy the powers of any hero who gets in my way. Including you!"
He then zipped forwards towards Panda Rouge, who leaped backwards to avoid him as she looked to the New Yorker before him as he zipped away.
"I need a bike," she said with a glare. "Make it as fast as Dragonfly."
"Done," Panda Rouge said as he looked down to his pencil-spear and drew outwards to create a motorcycle, much like Matter Girl's own back home. "You know none of us have driver's licenses. We're only 13."
"Yeah, but I'm 18," Matter Girl said as she leaped onto the seat of the bike and revved it up as she glared after the akuma in the distance as Dragonfly stood beside you.
"Race ya," she said as she looked to the two boys beside her as they climbed up onto the rooftops.
"If I win, I get to tell my friends," Matter Girl smirked as Dragonfly limbered herself up as she floated in the air.
"You're on."
"Now!" Matter Girl said as she fired up the engine and sped after Absorber with Dragonfly flying right beside her as she raced through the streets with a glare, avoiding all the cars that came by her as Panda Rouge and Arachnid followed them closely from the rooftops.
The remaining members of this small alliance looked on from the darkened alley to the building on top as the Omni-Twins glared as Ladybug looked on concerned.
"We've never tried anything like this before, you know," she said.
"That's why it's going to work," Omni-Green said as Omni-Pink dialed in her Omnitrix and came across the one form she hasn't tried yet.
"Here goes nothing," she said as she slammed down the core and felt her DNA being rewritten as she felt a powerful surge of electricity flowing through every pore in her body as her hair grew spiky and her skin turned an electric blue with light blue glowing eyes and spiky snow-white hair with silver metallic demon-like horns growing from the hair a long tail with a spear-like tip, and deep orange thunderbolt markings on her arms and legs. She wore a one-piece pink sleeveless leotard with white on the sides and pink boots on her as she smiled.
"Discharge!" she shouted as she smiled and felt the power of the electricity dancing through her system as she cackled.
"Nice one," Kim said as Discharge looked to him and smiled.
"Literally, first time I've ever used her," she said as Omni-Green pressed his core down and transformed into...
"Spidermonkey!" he hooted as they looked to each other.
"Show-off," Arachnid smirked.
"Got the plan, guys?" Lucky Girl asked.
"You'd better be right about this," Kevin groaned to them.
"Hey, have we ever let you down?" Spidermonkey asked.
"Yes."
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that," Spidermonkey said as he looked to Discharge.
"Antelope?" she asked as Antelope looked to her as she focused and generated a ball of sparkling electricity in her hand as Antelope looked to her and took his batting position, his bat resting on his shoulder.
"You realize that we're walking into a trap, right?"
"Counting on it," Huntress said.
Discharge smiled as she tossed the ball of lightning to Antelope and he slammed it with his bat, causing it to go sailing up into the air and hit Reptile straight on as he looked down.
"NOW!" Lucky Girl shouted as she and the others all ran and leaped/flew upwards up onto the rooftop of the Arc de Triomphe as Discharge traveled through the city's power lines and appeared in front of them as Spidermonkey swung upwards and landed next to her as they glared at their adversary and his lieutenants.
Discharge glared as she and her brother transformed back into their normal forms and glared as they stepped forwards.
"You must be Hawk Moth," Omni-Green said as he chuckled to him. "Hi. We're the Omni-Team."
"And you and your lieutenants are going down," Huntress said with a smirk as she spun her spear in her hand and pointed it at them.
"Six more does not matter," Madame Romani glared as she generated her magic in her hands. "Our Master will take over this planet. It doesn't matter if we have to defeat every superhero on it."
"At least you have an understanding of how we work," Kevin said as he cracked his knuckles.
"You're never going to win, Hawk Moth," Chat Noir said. "For every hero you kill, there will be a thousand more."
"Then I'll kill them too," Hawk Moth glared as he got his cane ready.
"Why does every villain say that?" Omni-Pink sighed, rolling her eyes. "Okay, playtime's over."
Lucky Girl and her then focused as they took each other's hands and focused their energy as their eyes glowed pink.
"Portallus Projectum!"
With that, they thrust their hands apart and three pink-purple portals suddenly opened on the Arc de Triomphe.
"Now!" Rena Rouge ordered as they split up into their respective groups and engaged their lieutenants.
Corbeau Noire focused and manipulated Brutus' shadow to constrict him to where he stood as Grizzly Bear ran upwards and sucker punched him twice to force him into the portal with the two following him with Huntress and Forest Doe running closely behind him.
Lucky Girl ran up and sent a mana blast forwards that hit Madame Romani off her guard as Queen Bee flew in and shouted out as she generated a small cyclone from her top that caught her in its grip as Rena Rouge leaped up and kicked her into the portal with a glare as she followed her through it along with Lucky Girl, Queen Bee and Flamingo.
Reptile looked to see his comrades vanish through the portals only to be hit upside the head with Antelope's bat, followed by a roundhouse kick from Kevin as Louve Grise whipped out her fans and sent out a blast of cold air that sent him through the portal with the three and Carapace following as the portals closed behind them, leaving behind the pairs of team leaders facing down Hawk Moth alone as they glared.
"Excellent," Hawk Moth examined. "Separating me from my lieutenants so I'll have to face the four of you head on. I'll admit, a respectable gambit. But it will do you no good."
"Bring it," Chat Noir glared, twirling his staff in hand.
"Omni-Twins, I'm only going to make you this offer once. Join my army. Work for me," he said with a grin, despite knowing their answer. "It's your only hope of being on the winning side. We could turn this world into something better."
"You must be joking," Omni-Pink scoffed as she prepared her mana.
"We take orders from no one!" Omni-Green said. "Much less from a psychopath like you!"
"I see. Then I'm afraid that you and your team will have to die along with your friends on the Omni-Team.
"You're dreaming, Hawk Moth," Ladybug said with a chuckle as she, Chat Noir and the Omni Twins stood in a circle with determined looks on their faces, facing the madman.
"Perhaps," Hawk Moth admitted. "But is it so wrong to dream of a world where the ultimate evil rules over all those who inhabit it? Where I, Hawk Moth, command an army of thousands and all those who live in my shadow must bow to my greatness?! Is that so wrong?!"
"Uh... yes," Omni-Green smirked in mock thought.
"Fine. Have it your way."
Hawk Moth shouted out as his cane collided with Ladybug's yo-yo as they both shouted out before a flash of pink light flashed out as Omni-Pink transformed into Kung Fang and tackled him away with a well-placed ninja kick as she unsheathed her katanas with a glare and collided sword with cane as sparks flew from the two metal weapons as she ducked.
"The USA has come to play!" she shouted.
"Then you will all just as fast," Hawk Moth said as he glared and kicked her in the face, sending her back as she used her wings to adjust as Omni-Green slammed his core down and transformed into...
"Swampfire!" he shouted as he let loose some methane from his pores before igniting it into two jets of flame from his palms and Hawk Moth blocked it with a dark shield that he generated from his hand as he glared and let a dark pulse from his hands and slammed it into the plant alien, sending him close to the edge, not expecting the power that he possessed. "Didn't see that coming."
"Oh yeah, we also can't use our weapons to destroy the weapons of someone else who wears a Miraculous," Chat Noir said as he extended his staff and slammed it into the psychopath's cane as he glared as he smiled.
"You kids can't win against me personally."
"Maybe," Chat Noir said. "But we have a little specialty we call... cheating!"
Ladybug then wrapped her yo-yo around Hawk Moth's legs, sending him crashing as Kung Fang flew in and let loose a sonic screech from her maw that caught him by surprise before he let loose a blast of dark energy that sent her crashing down into the streets below.
"Sis!" Swampfire said with a glare before he turned to him. "No one touches my sister and gets away with it!"
"We're taking you down!" Ladybug said as Swampfire tackled him off of the roof before Hawk Moth teleported himself out of his grip and sent him crashing down into the ground as Ladybug and Chat Noir landed down by him and helped him up as his sister flew by him and glared as she touched down and hit the ground and she cracked her knuckles and joints as the respective pairs of team leaders looked over their enemy.
"Well, well," Hawk Moth chuckled. "Isn't this a surprise?"
"Not really," Ladybug said. "The entire world is against you. We go against everything you are about."
"That changes nothing. You're still newbies at what you can do. I've mastered my powers a long time ago. You don't stand a chance, no matter how much help you get!"
"This is so not how I wanted my vacation to go," Swampfire glared as Kung Fang sheathed her swords and transformed back into her default form, activtating her mana spheres.
"Doesn't matter. We've got to teach this guy a lesson," she said.
"All of us," Chat Noir agreed as he unsheathed his staff. "Now!"
They then charged forwards and collided with Hawk Moth as the screen cut to another rooftop.
Brutus went crashing out of the portal on the roof of a wide building as he looked with a glare to see his enemies approach. Corbeau Noire flew herself and Huntress out of the portal to face Brutus at the top of the building with a glare with Grizzly Bear and Forest Doe leaping upwards with a flourish as they glared at the red-haired warrior as Huntress aimed her bow at him.
"You thought this was gonna be a street fight, huh?" she asked as she aimed her bow carefully and then suddenly aimed it upwards, firing the arrow away as she sheathed her bow and then took out her spear and machete with a glare as Corbeau Noire took out her mirror, Grizzly Bear took out his brass knuckles and Forest Doe aimed her bow and kept her distance. "You're damn right it is."
Brutus only glared angrily as he put his hands to his chest and pulled out two long swords and sharpened them against each other as he and Huntress shouted as they advanced towards each other, their weapons scraping against each other as they both glared outwards as Corbeau Noire shot her mirror out and sent out beams of light that did little to pierce his thick armor as he kept up his relentless assault on Huntress, the warrior girl struggling to keep up with him due to her lack of powers as Forest Doe sent a flurry of arrows at him that did manage to nick him slightly off guard.
Grizzly Bear took advantage of this and slammed his brass knuckles together as he charged forwards and gave him a few swift uppercuts to the neck as he glared before summoning a warhammer and then slammed him backwards into Forest Doe, sending them both crashing down.
Corbeau Noire then flew upwards and manipulated the shadows behind Brutus to shift up and slap him back as Huntress ran up with a battle cry and unsheathed two knives from her belt and then spun them in her hands as she jumped up and stabbed him in the small nicks in his armor, causing him to shout out in pain from the distraction before he grabbed her raven hair and then socked her in the gut with his gauntlet, knocking the wind out of her as she was sent sprawling to the ground with a shout of pain, her spear and machete falling to the ground a little ways away as the latter stabbed into the concrete of the building as Forest Doe walked up and helped her up as she struggled.
"I knew sending me after this guy was a terrible idea," she groaned.
"We have to fight him. It's our only hope," Grizzly Bear groaned as Brutus walked up and pointed his sword to Huntress' spear and machete.
"Retrieve your weapons. I will not fight an unarmed opponent," he ordered as Huntress mustered up her strength and then grabbed her weapons as she glared.
"Et tu, Brute?" she asked with a hateful glance. "How can you care about honor when your master is a complete psychopath?"
"Hawk Moth gave me back what I had lost," Brutus said. "I will repay him by destroying you and your friends and serving at his side when he takes over the world."
"Over our dead bodies," Corbeau Noire said as she flew up with Grizzly Bear and Forest Doe taking sides by Huntress as she panted heavily and felt at her temple, noticing it start to bleed, due to her not having the durability that the others did.
"As you wish," Brutus said as they all charged and clashed with each other, the camera cutting away with the impact.
The camera then cut to Madame Romani as she hit the concrete ground and glared outwards at the portal opened up as Lucky Girl flew out on a mana platform, her hands surrounded by mana spheres as Rena Rouge appeared and twirled her flute staff in her hands as Flamingo and Queen Bee flew outwards as they appeared.
"You've dealt with the illusionist, Romani," Rena Rouge said with a smile as she looked over to her new friend.
"But here's the sorceress!" Lucky Girl shouted as she leaped down and sent out a burst of magenta flame outwards that Madame Romani blocked with a magical shield as Rena Rouge appeared and swung her flute staff outwards as Madame Romani blocked her nemesis' blows with a glare as she summoned her own bladed staff and kicked outwards as Queen Bee appeared and shouted out as she wrapped her trompo around the mad woman's leg and pulled, sending her to the ground as she glared outwards at the four heroines before her as Flamingo flew overhead and focused as she multiplied herself into 20 identical copies as she smiled.
"You and your companions are going down!" all of the Flamingos said simultaneously as they flew forwards and swarmed the woman as she shouted out and dealt with the several cane strikes that were hit on her as she shouted out and focused, letting out a powerful wave of energy from her body, destroying all of the copies and sending Flamingo flying outwards, only to be caught by Lucky Girl's telekinetic grip as she erected her in the air as she levitated several chunks of rock outwards.
"This girl's a tough one," Lucky Girl said as she focused and sent the rocks flying outwards as she thrust her harms forwards and sent the chunks of rock hurtling at the gypsy as she focused and sent a powerful beam forwards that broke the rocks. However, the chunks weren't small enough and she was sent backwards by the blow of the large chunks by her as she groaned.
"My turn," Queen Bee stated as she focused and spun her trompo around her, rapidly picking up speed as she formed a tornado that grew biger and bigger in the open air.
Lucky Girl levitated herself upwards on a mana platform and focused as she flipped through her spellbook and looked over her shoulder and spotted the Seine River by her and she smiled as she looked at the forming tornado and smirked before closing her eyes and her spellbook generated pink energy before she gripped both sides as she chanted, her eyes glowing pink as the others looked up at her, impressed.
"Aquata Risa Spackwata!"
With those three Latin words escaping her lips, she slammed her book shut with both hands as a torrent of water burst forth from the Seine and added itself to the tornado, effecitvely turning it into a hurricane that whipped forwards as Madame Romani struggled against the powerful winds as she felt a tap on her shoulder as she saw Flamingo and Rena Rouge behind her with a smile.
"Not so good at playing your own game, eh?" Flamingo asked as they both swung their respective weapons, swatting Madame Romani into the hurricane, which whipped her around as Lucky Girl smiled as Queen Bee sent the mad gypsy flying to the ground, leaving a huge indention in the concrete as she struggled to her feet.
"Any other ideas, foxy?" Queen Bee asked her friend.
The fox heroine nodded as she put her lips to her flute staff and played at it with a smile as she sent out her mirage power to construct an illusion of the four that stood over her.
"Illusions of us?" Flamingo asked. "Is that the best you could come up with?"
"It's a way to give us some time to focus on planning our next move to take this girl out for now," Rena Rouge explained as Lucky Girl nodded and focused as she got into a cross-legged position and focused, levitating off the ground.
"Meditating? Really?" Queen Bee asked.
"Shh! I need to focus my mana after that last bout. I have my limits you know."
"Had enough?" the illusion of Rena Rouge asked.
"Funny. I was about to ask you the same thing," Madame Romani shouted as she shot her arms out and sent several daggers flying at the four heroes who avoided the blades and sent out punches and kicks towards Madame Romani as she ducked to dodge, completely unawares of Rena Rouge controlling the illusions as the others planned out their next attack.
Reptile groaned as he hit the streets in the Trocadero as Antelope, Kevin, Louve Grise and Carapace standing by with a hateful glare on their face as Antelope pat his hand with his bat a few times and glared outwards as Kevin looked to him.
"Can I see that for a second?" he asked.
"Sure," Antelope said as the Osmosian absorbed the material from Antelope's bat and then smiled, bashing his hand into his fist.
"''Sup class. Today's lesson is Pain 101. Your instructor is Kevin Levin."
"And Louve Grise, Antelope and Carapace," the latter added.
Reptile glared as he produced his blade as the others glared.
"You could barely deal with me and some others when we were alone, Reptile," Antelope said. "But now we have some help."
"That matters not. You will fall as will every hero on this planet before our master takes over!" he shouted, swinging his blade rapidly before Carapace created an energy shield that blocked the swipes as Kevin dove under and swept under him as he and Carapace delivered a double-whammy to the head as he groaned and hit the ground.
"Your move, wolf," Kevin smiled as Louve Grise smiled and flicked her hands out to show her fans.
She then gave out an exaggerated howl before spinning and thrusting forwards, throwing out a super cold blast of wind that blew forwards, tripping him up as Antelope shouted out and ran upwards, delivering a strong strike with his bat that struck him hard.
"Taking it like a champ!" he said as Kevin smiled. "He's definitely the weakest of all of Hawk Moth's lieutenants, but he's definitely a killer."
"Don't take him lightly though. He's cold blooded, just like the lizard he is," Louve Grise said as she saw him getting back up and swinging his blade wildly towards her, but she dodged him with her swift moves as she saw Kevin run up and give him an atomic suplex on the back as he got really angry and started moving quicker with her swiftly dodging his blade as Carapace generated a force shield around her as he swung forwards and swatted the lizard man with his tonfas as Antelope bashed him with his bat and Louve Grise smiled before she inhaled sharply and breathed out a massive gust of air that froze Antelope on the spot as Antelope smiled as he held his bat in his hand and smiled, rearing himself up before swinging hard. "Batter up!"
He then swatted as hard as he could, blasting the lizard man down to the ground, unconscious and bleeding green blood from the nose.
"Well, that's a load off. Now we can help the others with Hawk Moth."
It was at that point that Absorber zoomed over by surprise and grabbed the wolf heroine where she stood and took a sample of energy from her, sampling her powers as he was suddenly run over as Matter Girl zoomed over on her newly created bike and swatted him with the back wheel, sending him staggering backwards as Dragonfly, Panda Rouge and Arachnid zoomed by and joined the fight as Louve Grise wiped her lip with a groan.
"Get away from my brother and my friends, you jerk!" Matter Girl shouted with a glare as Kevin glared as Panda Rouge prepared his pencil staff.
"Hey, you think you can draw me something? A mech suit good?"
"Done," Panda Rouge said as he got to work as Arachnid summoned his lasso and Dragonfly got her frisbee ready as she flew next to Antelope as Matter Girl got off her bike and absorbed the metal, forming two large maces form her hands as she glared hatefully as the two groups became one and ganged up on Absorber.
"Careful. He can absorb any of our powers and use them against us," Arachnid said as Absorber used Louve Grise's ice power combined with Dragonfly's speed to start to disorientate them as Carapace generated his shield to shield them from the ice.
"At least we don't lose our powers against this guy," Louve Grise said, showing off her super cold breath.
"But if he gets his hands on any of us, he can use them all against us like it's some kind of sick game," Antelope said. "Hawk Moth definitely thought this one through."
"...But what if we got someone with no powers to get this guy?" Kevin wondered. "I need to call Huntress. You guys keep him distracted!"
"Done!"
"I just hope that the others are having better luck than we are right now," Louve Grise asked as she charged forwards and let out her ice blasts, which Absorber countered with his own and she growled in anger.
Omni-Green as Spidermonkey groaned in pain as he was sent hurtling into a fruit stand as Ladybug and Chat Noir clashed with their mutual enemy as they both sent their weapons outwards, which he caught in his hands before he tossed them directly into Spidermonkey like it was nothing.
"I knew this guy was tough, but not this tough," Spidermonkey said.
Omni-Pink glared as she generated mana shield after mana shield at the madman's swings from his cane, which shattered on impact with each as she glared as she thrust her hands forwards and sent a mana pulse outwards that hit him before she adjusted her Omnitrix and glared.
"Here goes nothing," she said before slamming the core down and transforming into...
"Crystagirl! Crystatectus!"
She generated a shield of pink crystal in front of her, which blocked Hawk Moth's attacks as he grinned maliciously at her as she glared and Spidermonkey ran up and shot a silk string of webbing from his tail that managed to grab Hawk Moth in the back before he pulled forwards and sent Hawk Moth stumbling right into the fists of Ladybug and Chat Noir as they flew forwards.
"Stay away from my sister, you jerk!" Spidermonkey shouted as he shifted back into Omni-Green and glared, producing his energy swords from his gauntlets.
"It seems even heroes like you lack purity in their hearts," Hawk Moth said. "I can feel your hatred."
Crystagirl shouted out with her hands, sending tons of pink crystals that he blocked by swinging his cane forth as she glared and sent a powerful surge of magic forwards that hit him full blast and sent him back as Spidermonkey glared and the two leaders of the Miraculous Team stepped forwards and groaned, starting to feel the strain of the long battle.
"Careful, you two. We're immune to this guy's akumas due to our Miraculouses. You're not. Stay calm."
"Got it," Crystagirl said as she summoned her scepter to her hand and glared. "Crystem Sabris."
At that point, a large crystal sword grew from her scepter and she glared, swinging it to her side as Spidermonkey glared and Omni-Green blasted forwards with his gauntlets, sending out two green energy blasts, which Hawk Moth blocked with a dark shield.
"Surrender now and I might spare your lives."
"If you knew how us heroes act at all, you would know why we can't do that," Crystagirl said, swinging her sword forwards as Hawk Moth pulled his own blade out of his cane and glared as the two clashed as Chat Noir jumped in as Crystagirl leaped back and he started clashing as well, snarling at the psychopath before him as he focused.
"Cataclysm!" he shouted, his clawed hands glowing with black energy as he scraped them against the ground, causing a small quake that sent Hawk Moth off his feet as Crystagirl glared and focused, turning back into Omni-Pink before transforming into...
"Rockette!" she shouted as she struck a power chord on her guitar and flew forwards, sending a flaming skull to him as felt the full force of the attack and glared, a little hurt but still just as raring as ever.
"This guy is more stubborn than Vilgax," Omni-Green said to his sister as she twirled her guitar and glared.
"Doesn't matter, bro. We're sending this war pig crawling back to the sewer he came from," she said as she blocked a blow from his cane with an energy shield she generated from her guitar as she shouted out and ducked under, using her guitar like a staff against his sword as her brother transformed into...
"Big Chill!"
He unfurled his wings and flew forwards, phasing through his enemy's blows with his intangibility as Ladybug looked around and started focusing.
"Sixth sense time," she said to herself as her eyes showed her Big Chill and Rockette fighting for their lives followed by her own yo-yo and then Chat Noir and smirked to herself in mischief.
"Now," Lucky Girl said to her allies as Queen Bee and Rena Rouge levitated in the air and glared as Rena Rouge dispelled her illusions as Lucky Girl shouted out and got her by surprise with a blast of mana from her hands that sent Madame Romani flying backwards as she shouted out in fury as Madame Romani shot her head up and summoned two blades to her hands.
"Evil witch!" Flamingo and her copies all shouted as they surrounded her on all sides. "We're not scared!"
"Bring it on then," Madame Romani said as Queen Bee stuck out her trompo with a glare.
"Gladly."
She then spun her top around, creating a tornado quickly as she groaned from the effort as Lucky Girl shot her hand up and her tattoos glowed, her hands smoking with mana energy as she shouted out in fury as Flamingo snapped her fingers and her copies all shouted out as they swarmed the mad gypsy woman, shouting out in fury as they all swatted her, flying and slamming her with their canes, not letting up in the least bit as she shouted out in fury, blasting her best spells at them as they flew at her.
She did manage to destroy a few of the pink heroine's copies, but it was all for naught as Rena Rouge shouted out as she flew forwards and let loose the final blow to the head that managed to strike her forwards, sending her flying into Queen Bee's tornado as she shouted out in anger as she was whipped around by the force of the winds.
"Now, Lucky Girl!" Queen Bee shouted.
Lucky Girl nodded and closed her eyes before slowly opening them, revealing their glowing pink aura as she glared and put her hands together, slowly drawing them apart as she generated the largest ball of mana that she had ever mustered, her nostrils starting to bleed from the amount of pressure she was putting on herself.
"Here goes nothing," she said as she shouted out and tossed her mana bomb right into the tornado, which then detonated in a burst of pink energy, causing Madame Romani to fly back dazed into the Seine, groaning out in pain.
"That was a load off," Flamingo said as she groaned.
"Now we need to help out with the akuma," Rena Rouge said. "Let's go!"
They then all flew forwards to the Trocadero where the battle was raging on.
"How's it going?" Lucky Girl asked as she witnessed the team getting swatted like flies, only to land on their feet.
"Brutal," Matter Girl said. "This guy can absorb our powers and use them against us. He can only use them temporarily since I saw him stop using Louve's ice powers but his combos are good."
That was when she was suddenly swatted with a powerful blow from Absorber, using Antelope's superspeed and Kevin's strength against her, senidng her sprawling forwards across the ground, kicking up dirt and grass as she groaned.
"Man, I don't know how much more of this I can take," Dragonfly said as she groaned as she caught her frisbee that Absorber blocked.
"We've dealt with worse," Arachnid said as she groaned.
"You want me to use Shadow Protocol?" Corbeau Noire asked as she flew upwards next to her girlfriend.
"Not yet! Only when we have no other options," she said as she suddenly felt her arm get grabbed by Absorber as she felt a sample of her powers getting sucked out of her.
Absorber then kicked her aside and multiplied himself into 20 as he shouted out and rushed forward, grabbing Lucky Girl by the chest and then absorbed a sample of her powers. She shouted out in pain as she felt a sample of her mana being drained out of her slowly before Absorber tossed her to the ground before she was caught by Kevin before getting her bearings and she set her feet on the ground.
Soon enough, hundreds upon hundreds of mana bolts were flying through the air as the assembled heroes all gathered around each other and Carapace and Lucky Girl nodded to each other before they both brought their hands up, both generating their respective force fields, the pink and green energies blending with each other and strengthening each other twice as normal.
Carapace opened a few holes in the shield to allow the heroes who had projectile attacks to blast forwards, destroying a few of Absorber's clones, sweat visible on their faces as Antelope saw Reptile start to stir as he nodded to the Anodite hybrid.
"Reptile, 10:00," he said as Lucky Girl nodded before blasting a ball of magenta fire forwards, blasting into Reptile and sending him crashing into a park bench with a shout.
"You know, usually going against guys like this is the twins' job!" Kevin shouted.
"The twins are dealing with our mortal enemy right now!" Rena Rouge said as she groaned out, fatigue starting to set in. "Man, I don't know how much longer we can take this."
"This guy just won't quit!" Arachnid said. "And sooner or later, we're going to run out of gas!"
"This guy can run out of gas on our powers too," Matter Girl said as she looked to see the heroes around her, clutching her fist open and closed, thinking. "And he's not the only absorber in town."
"You want to absorb some of their powers?" Kevin asked.
"Maybe. I know what you went through when you were absorbing energy," she said. "But I've been practicing by absorbing small amounts and raising the dosage little by little so I don't go insane."
"But absorbing some of their powers might be too much for you to handle. You could mutate like Kevin did," Lucky Girl said, blasting out some more spells.
"Let's see how Huntress does first."
"That is, when she's ready."
Huntress groaned out in pain as she was tossed into Grizzly Bear and they both slumped down against the fire escape before getting back up, sweat pouring down their faces.
"Oh, and I thought the guys we fought back in America were tough," Huntress said. "This guy is just hardcore."
"Now you know how I felt when I first fought this guy," Grizzly Bear groaned outwards before he felt something tapping his shoulder.
He looked upwards to see Forest Doe on the fire escape, smiling to him and giving him a thumbs-up before vanishing from sight, using her invisibility.
"Okay, girls," he whispered. "Here's the plan. We just have to get him into position for Doe to blast him. Then, we can finish him off with our best moves."
"Sounds good," Corbeau said, flying up as Brutus looked to Huntress drawing her dagger knives and spinning them in her fingers.
"Funny," he said. "The Huntress teaming up with the animals."
"Nature is a hunter's best friend."
Grizzly Bear then grabbed her pelt shirt and tossed her towards their mutual enemy as she shouted out her war cry and stabbed him in the shoulder blades, causing him to shout out in pain before he grabbed her and then tossed her to the ground, drawing a dagger of his own and attempting to bring it down on her.
Thinking quickly, she took her spear and used all the strength she had remaining to restrain his arm and hold it back, not wanting him to stab her in the chest.
"You fought with honor, young warrior," he said. "But you must be defeated. Please do understand, I hold you in the highest respect."
"As do I," Huntress said with a groan of effort. "But it's not over until it's over!"
She then looked and saw Corbeau fly forwards and shoot out a beam of light from her hand mirror that briefly blinded Brutus and caused him to lose his focus as Huntress stabbed her spear into the ground, swinging herself up on it and then she spun herself around, kicking Brutus in the face several times before backflipping and then smiled, flipping her long raven hair back and she groaned outwards.
"Now, FD!" Grizzly Bear shouted.
Forest Doe appeared on the fire escape and then shot three of her arrows outwards that struck Brutus in the chest as he witnessed Huntress catch him with her spear and gave a strong kick to the face with a shout as Grizzly Bear smiled and gave him two powerful hooks to the face and chest, sending him to the ground.
"Caught you by surprise, huh?" he asked as he slammed his two brass knuckles together and smiled, generating his energy.
"Corbeau, now!" Forest Doe shouted as the raven hero shot her hands and mirror upwards and manipulated Brutus' own large shadow to bind him to the ground as Huntress smirked.
Grizzly Bear shouted out and slammed the rooftop with both of his glowing knuckles, causing the concrete to severely crack and start to cave in, sending dust up into the air around Brutus as he witnessed, stuck in his own shadow bindings as Corbeau kept her focus with a glare as the cracks formed a circle around the lieutenant and Huntress gave a smirk as she gave a cheeky smile.
"The thing about street fights," she said with a wink. "The street always wins."
She then lifted her leg up and slammed it down on the crack hard, causing the floor beneath Brutus to cave in and he fell down with a shout, barreling through the floors, hard concrete falling down around him as he smiled.
"He'll feel that in the morning," Corbeau said as she turned to Huntress who sheathed her weapons. "How did you figure out what to do?"
"We used his own strength and honor against him," Huntress said. "That's the oldest trick in the book. It's part of being a great huntress: knowing your prey."
It was at that point that she got a call on her Plumber's Badge and she reached down and picked it up.
"Talk to me Kevin?"
"Lady, we need your help! We're getting our butts handed to us by this akuma thing! He can absorb any of our powers temporarily!"
"So, what does this have to do with me?"
"You don't have any powers! He won't see you coming!" her sister's voice sounded over the badge. "We need you now more than ever!"
Grizzly Bear looked over the edge to see the battle between the gathered heroes and Absorber as they avoided his blasts while Lucky Girl sent her mana and spell blasts at him, which he took head on before blasting his own mana outwards, which she barely blocked with a mana shield.
"We have to help them!" Forest Doe said.
"We'll go," Corbeau Noire said as she levitated in the air. "You two archers are better up here where he can't see you."
"You're right," Huntress said as she flicked out her bow and then looked outwards to line up her shot as Grizzly Bear leaped downwards and charged his opponent as Corbeau flew alongside him, her mirror at the ready as they landed on the ground and charged forwards and then Forest Doe looked to her as she focused on the rim and lined her shot up.
"How's it going?" Corbeau asked her girlfriend as she appeared beside her.
"Not too well. Reptile and Madame Romani are down for the count but this guy is relentless," Flamingo said to her.
"You want me to do Shadow Protocol?"
"Not yet! We have a plan. It might work. Then, we go after Hawk Moth."
Matter Girl looked up to her and saw Absorber floating in the air, his clones having dissipated into smoke, Flamingo's powers wearing off.
"Bear," she said. "Throw me to him."
"You sure?"
"I think so," she said, prepping herself as she saw him and cracking her joints in preparation.
Grizzly Bear then grabbed her in both arms and tossed her like a javelin towards the akuma as she shouted out and headbutted him and grabbed his hands.
"Let's see how you like your own medicine, asshole!" Matter Girl shouted, grabbing his hand and then absorbing the energy that he had within him, copying his current powers and she shouted out in anger, blasting at him with a mana blast as her eyes glowed white and he was sent barreling downwards as Antelope looked upwards to see the slaughter happening.
"I am so in love with her right now."
"What?" Dragonfly asked, looking to him.
"Nothing!"
"Let's help! We're not letting the Americans have all the fun!" Louve Grise shouted as she ran upwards and leapt off of Antelope's shoulders, before giving out a few icy slashes with her fans and smashing Absorber down, right where he was smashed with Absorber's bat, sending him flying back.
Queen Bee smiled as she sent a tornado flying towards him as Dragonfly smiled and then sent her frisbee into it, smashing into him several times thanks to the erratic winds that dissipated as Flamingo multiplied herself and then smashed him several times with her cane as her girlfriend blasted him with her mirror as Lucky Girl appeared beside him and blasted him with her best mana blast, right before he fell down into a double punch from Kevin and Grizzly Bear.
It was at that point that Huntress and Forest Doe looked from the rooftop and smiled, drawing their bows back.
"Wait for it," Huntress said, pulling back the string as Arachnid lassoed him and tossed him into a kick from Panda Rouge.
"Whoa," Rena Rouge said as she leaped up and punched him and whacked him with her flute staff with a smile. "He was making mincemeat out of us but once we got the upper hand, we got it."
"That's what happens when you have some reinforcements," Matter Girl smiled as she let the energy out of herself and set herself down, before groaning outwards in exhaustion.
"I'll help," Carapace said as he set his hand on her and used his healing powers on her to get her energy back. "Better?"
"Much."
Absorber was tossed into the air thanks to Queen Bee and Louve Grise's blizzard combo as Huntress and Forest Doe let their arrows loose, hitting him dead on as they sent him crashing back down into the ground with a groan of pain.
"It's over, Absorber! Yield!"
"Never!" he groaned outwards in pain.
"Good enough for us," Dragonfly said as she looked to Kevin and Lucky Girl. "Do your thing."
Lucky Girl smiled as her tattoos and eyes glowed brightly and she shouted out in fury, sending her best magic blast forwards, slamming rightly into Absorber as Kevin absorbed the ground and then smashed him into the ground, sending him sprawling backwards as he groaned and fell unconscious, the dark akuma bursting from his body, fluttering upwards.
"May I do the honors?" Dragonfly asked as she charged her frisbee as the rim started to glow brightly and she smiled. "No more evil-doings for you, you stupid akuma butterfly! Time to relinquish you from evil!"
She then tossed her frisbee like a boomerang that destroyed the akuma in an instant before she caught it in a heartbeat.
That was when Absorber's form faded away to reveal Joe, who rubbed his head, graoning outwards.
"Ugh. What happened?" he asked.
"That takes care of Hawk Moth's lieutenants and akuma. Now we have to help the others with Hawk Moth," Rena said.
"Let's go!" Huntress said as she and Forest Doe ran up and they all ran or flew over to the sounds of the fight by the bakery where the fight with Hawk Moth was going on.
Rockette shouted out as she was blown through the doors of the bakery where Marinette lived as she startled Marinette's parents, Tom Dupain and Sabine Dupain-Cheng as they looked to see the Zepplian groan as she stood up and grabbed her guitar with a groan as they looked to her.
"What's up?" she asked with a groan. "Hey, you got any of those famous macarons I've heard about?"
Stunned, Tom reached into the display and handed her a pink macaron, which she bit into and fell immediately in love with at the first bite, re-energizing her spirits almost immediately.
"Aw man. Best macarons ever!" she shouted before running back towards them and then she played a power solo on her guitar before sending an electric shock out from the neck, blasting at Hawk Moth as he endured her charged blast as Big Chill flew overhead and set back down, blasting out with his gauntlet as Hawk Moth deflected his blasts with his cane and blade as he looked at the two sets of leaders with a glare as Ladybug and Chat Noir spun their yo-yo and staff respectively and Rockette glared, clutching her guitar with a savage look in her pink eyes.
"Why do you continue to fight when you know I am clearly superior to you?" Hawk Moth said. "You've put up a good fight, but I am clearly superior to every one of your forms. You stand no chance."
"Because we're heroes," Ladybug said.
"It doesn't matter how powerful you get," Omni-Green said. "The battle's not over as long as we're still breathing because that's what heroes too."
"We're citizen soldiers," Rockette said. "You can beat us down, but you'll never break our spirits."
That was when the other members of the assembled heroes came up.
"His lieutenants and Absorber?" Chat Noir asked.
"Down for the count and purified," Rena Rouge said with a confirming nod.
"So, they have failed me yet again," Hawk Moth grumbled as they looked on with a smile.
"That's what happens when you get a little help from your friends," Rockette said as Omni-Green smiled and slammed his Omnitrix core down, becoming...
"Chromastone!" he shouted.
Ladybug then smiled as she shouted out and spun her yo-yo around, wrapping it around Hawk Moth with Arachnid restraining him with his lasso as well as Lucky Girl, Rockette, and Louve Grise looked to the crystal alien and smiled.
"Now?" Lucky Girl asked.
"Now."
Rockette fired an energy beam from her guitar with Lucky Girl backing it up with an energy beam as Louve Grise fired a steady stream of ice outwards, which all hit Chromastone point blank, charging him up with energy as an ultraviolet aura appeared around him as Hawk Moth struggled in the grip of Ladybug and Arachnid as they groaned.
"Hurry! I don't think we can hold him much longer!" Ladybug shouted.
Chromastone shouted out as he smiled before shooting his arms out. "Time for Hawk Moth to taste the rainbow!"
He blasted his massive ultraviolet ray outwards as Ladybug and Arachnid hit the dirt, causing him to be bathed in the powerful energy, which quickly drained him, causing him to hit the ground as the 20 young heroes all gathered around the downed psychopath as he growled hatefully as they smiled, knowing he was obviously drained of energy.
"Had enough?" Huntress asked, aiming her spear at him.
"This isn't over, Miraculous Team. I will get my revenge on you yet. And you as well, Omni-Team," he spat before he was enveloped in black-purple smoke vanishing from view as the news crew all gathered around and cheered as Ladybug summoned the Ampulla Amulet and activated, letting a single grain of sand drop, instantly turning back the physical clock and reversing all the damage that was done to the surrounding areas as if nothing happened.
The cameras all surrounded the 20 heroes as the people all cheered them all on, some of them smiling at the applause and attention while others were simply playing it up, signing a few autographs.
"Okay, now that that's done..." Queen Bee whispered. "I believe we have a ceremony to attend."
"You got that right. All of us," Ladybug said, jabbing her as they turned to the Omni-Team, knowing what they had to do.
"Let's get out of here," Matter Girl smiled as she pounded her fist into her hand and they all ran off through the crowd, moving away as they all smiled and ducked into a large alleyway, transforming back as the kwamis all appeared and congraulated the team.
"No wonder you tied with my sister, Ally," Alya said "You're tough as nails. Just as tough as her and she's not even a superhero like we are."
"That happens when you grow up on the streets," Allison smiled, rolling her fist.
"Congratulations can wait. It's time for the ceremony," Mika said.
"Mika's got that right," Tamara said as the Omni-Team smiled to the Miraculous Team.
"You can trust us with your secret. Just like we can trust you with ours," Ben said.
"Ditto," Jen smiled as they took the hands of six of the heroes, teleporting to the Garden of the Ancients.
Once at the garden, the group walked into the Guang Baohu Temple, noticing that it now looked like the inside of a Shinto Temple from myth with the smell of incense and vanilla in the air as the Miraculous Team looked on and smiled, as they took sides.
"Go on," Marinette said. "Step forwards."
The Omni-Team did so before kneeling before Master Fu with a look of determination.
"Why are we doing this again?" Kevin asked.
"Show some respect, this is serious!" Gwen glared.
"Ben Tennyson, Jen Tennyson, Gwen Tennyson, Rebecca Tennyson, Kevin Levin, Allison Levin… you are here, because you have discovered the identity of one of the miraculous holders. As such, we have all decided to grant you the highest honour one can receive from us... becoming the keepers of the secret of the Miraculous order. Tell me, is it your wish to become a keeper of the secret?" Master Fu spoke in a gentle yet serious tone.
"Yes, Master Fu," Jen said, speaking for the group.
"Then, repeat" after me. I, (say your name here), solely swear…" -Master Fu
"I, Ben Tennyson/Jen Tennyson/Gwen Tennyson/Becky Tennyson/Kevin Levin/Allison Levin, solely swear…" -they all chorused, Kevin rolling his eyes.
"… to protect the secret of this order…"
"… to protect the secret of this order…"
"…by not revealing what I know to anyone outside of it…"
"…by not revealing what I know to anyone outside of it…"
"… And to always be ready to help the Miraculous heroes, in their time of need."
"… And to always be ready to help the Miraculous heroes, in their time of need."
"With that, I pronounce you six Keepers of the Secret," Master Fu said. "And, so you might be recognized by others who might also become keepers, we now bestow these upon you."
It was then that all the kwamis gave hands, forming a circle. Focusing, they started to glow. This glow lasted only a few seconds, after which six small pieces of golden metal in ancient Chinese symbols, with small tiny golden chains attached to them. Grabbing the necklaces, he placed them around the little girl's neck, smiling.
"Promise to never take them off. They'll not only signify you as Keepers to Manon and future Keepers of the Secret, but they will also protect you," Master Fu said with a nod.
"No offense, Master Fu," Becky smiled. "We're superheroes too. Danger follows us wherever we go."
"But we'll always be ready for it. We always have been," Allison said.
"Then I hope you packed your dresses for your vacation. Because you're all invited to my birthday cotillion in three days," Chloe smiled as she crossed her arms and smiled to the American heroes.
"Done," Jen said with a smile. "I was hoping to save my dress for prom night, but this works."
"Sure," Ben said with a smile.
"Do we have to?" Kevin asked with a groan.
"Yes, we do. It's impolite, especially since she's the mayor's daughter," Gwen said with a groan.
"Let's do it," Allison said with a smile as she tucked her new necklace into her shirt and smiled.
"Get ready. It's going to be the last day of our vacation," Ben said.
#3 days later#
It was night time at the ball room of the Le Grand Paris hotel as The Miraculous Team, clad in their homemade suits and dresses courtesy of Marinette were gathered, discussing the last few days with their new friends and smiled, raising their glasses of soda and punch to them as they smiled as Chloe stood up and Sabrina walked over to her with a gift.
A string section consisting of cellos and violins played throughout the ballroom.
"Man, it's boring here," Kevin said as his sister, clad in her black dress with a bow at the side and her hair in a ponytail, smiled, jabbing his arm before taking a bite out of a macaroon, which Marinette had provided from her family's bakery.
"Lighten up, little bro. I know you haven't been invited to a party before, but you could act a little more enthusiastic."
"I don't see that happening, sis," Kevin said and then sighed as Gwen walked over and took a bite of her crostini with chicken liver pate and smiled at him.
"So, how's the party?"
"It's fine, Gwen. Chloe knows how to throw an elegant party," he said. "And that's part of the problem. You know I'm not elegant."
"Both are true," Gwen said with a smile. "But this spread is amazing."
"That I'll admit is true."
Marinette was on the dance floor, dancing with Adrien with a smile as they looked up.
"You think we can trust them?" Adrien asked as he looked to the twins talking to each other as Marinette smiled as they passed by Rose and Juleka dancing as well.
"We're separated by the ocean, Adrien. Plus, they're superheroes too. We'll be fine."
Ben and Jen smiled as they looked to each other.
"So," she said to him, clinking their punches together in cheers. "We've had one crazy vacation, haven't we bro?"
"We sure did," Ben sighed, sitting down. "Nothing like what Mom and Dad had planned, eh?"
"Not at all," Jen said as they hugged. "Would you do it again?"
"Oh, in a heartbeat," Ben said as they both laughed together, cracking up. "In a heartbeat."
"Happy birthday, Chloe," she said with a smile as Chloe took the box and jabbed her best friend in the shoulder, adding her gift to the top of the stack.
"I'm sure it's going to be the best from you, Sabrina," Chloe smiled. "After all, you are my best friend."
They hugged before Sabrina walked off before Chloe's butler, Jean walked over and looked to her.
"Ms. Bourgeois, I have bad news," he said. "Jagged Stone called out sick today. He's not going to be able to perform."
"What?!" Chloe asked. "But Daddy specifically requested him to perform at my party tonight! Tonight's going to be a disaster!"
Jen heard this and looked on as she walked on over and put her hands at her sides, seeing the roadies set up guitars, drums and a piano on the stage by the string section.
"What's this I hear about Jagged Stone?" she asked as Allison and Becky walked over to her sides.
"He's sick. He can't go on tonight," she said. "And I have no one else to perform."
"Jen will perform!" Allison said as everyone looked over to her as her cheeks turned beet red and she gasped.
"Me?"
"Yes, you. You're an amazing singer and you have some really good songs in your collection. You'll do great," Becky said.
"You always do," Ben said, jabbing his sister's shoulder as she smiled and looked to the stage.
"Alright," she smiled. "I'll do it for you, Chloe."
"Let's hear it for Jen!" Sabrina said to the crowd as they all applauded Jen as she took to the stage as she ducked backwards and then snapped her fingers, activating a spell which summoned a stack of song sheets for her latest creation that she handed to the band members as she nodded her head and then took a guitar, which she slung over her shoulder and then smiled.
"This one's for our new friends," she said as she nodded to the band, the piano starting to play with the string section slowly playing as she started strumming her guitar rhythmically and then singing into the microphone.
"I woke up this morning
With this feeling inside me that I can't explain
Like a weight that I've carried been carried away
Away.
But I know something is coming
And I don't know what it is but I know
It's amazing, it saved me
My time is coming
I'll find my way out
Of this longest drought."
It was at that point that the rest of the band all kicked in, hitting it into high gear as she reached the chorus.
"And it feels like today, I know
It feels like today, I'm sure
It's the one thing that's missing
The one thing I'm wishing
The last sacred blessing and hey
It feels like today
Feels like today
You treat life like a picture
But it's not a moment that's frozen in time
It's not gonna wait til you make up your mind
At all
So while this storm is breaking
And while there's light at the end of the tunnel
Keep running towards it
Releasing the pressure that's your heartache
Soon this dam will break
And it feels like today, I know
It feels like today, I'm sure
It's the one thing that's missing
The one thing you're wishing
The last sacred blessing and hey
It feels like today
It feels like today
Oh, oh, oh, whoa
Oh, oh, whoa!
It feels like today, I know
(Feels like today)
It feels like today, I'm sure
It's the one thing that's missing
The one thing you're wishing
The last sacred blessing and hey
It feels like today
(Feels like, feels like, your life)
Feels like today
(Feels like, feels like, your life)
It's the one thing that's missing
The one thing you're wishing
The last sacred blessing and hey!"
That was when the music briefly stopped, leaving the dancing audience all stunned at Jen's beautiful voice with a smile before she finished with strumming the guitar with the backup singers finishing with her.
It feels like today
(Feels like, feels like your life)
Feels like today
(Feels like, feels like, your life
Changing...)
With the song finished, the audience all applauded and cheered wildly as Jen set down the guitar and hugged her brother with a smile as the Chloe and Marinette walked up to her and jabbed her arm.
"Great job, girl," Marinette said. "You're great."
"So," Ben said to Chloe with a smile. "Is she as good as we told you?"
"No," Chloe scoffed as everyone turned their heads to her and she smiled. "She's better. Your sister has a gift."
"It's not the only gift, you know," Jen said.
"Of course."
It was at that point that the party continued and they all danced the night away as the Omni-Team looked on.
"We're telling them about the Highbreed, right?" Gwen asked.
"Duh. We'll tell them before we leave in the morning," Allison said.
They then all continued partying, knowing that they had just added 14 more members to their ever-growing team against the DNAliens and the Highbreed. This was going to be epic when they finally faced off.
Next time on Ben and Jen 10: Alien Force
Darkstar Rising