Hawkmoth

This was it. He never expected to get so many akumas at once, never even dreaming it was possible. He didn't have the same numbers as heroes day but still enough to over well Ladybug and her allies. He pulled out the burner phone and dialed, "Volpina, get ready for action. Stay in the shadows but observe the fight.

"Yes Hawkmoth."

"My akumas, rise up and lure Ladybug and Chat Noir into a trap. Gamer, level up your mech but do it quietly. Timebreaker, charge up and be ready for a do over. Dark Cupid, Evilustrator, take to the skies and watch for the heroes arrival. Horrificator, cause a scene. Target the source of your anger. The rest of you be ready to ambush the heroes." He let out a small smile as my acknowledgements to his orders came in, victory was finally in his grasp.

Lady Wifi followed her akuma brothers and sisters, feeling like there is something she has forgotten

Kagami and Luka

The two of them sat at an outdoor cafe, sippy fruity drinks in silence. Kagami wasn't sure what she was thinking these days. She had steeled herself that morning with the phrase she had once told Marinette, "I will not hesitate. I will not hesitate." But it was as of the moment Luka was in her presence, she lost all self control, barely able to speak around him. Then when the so called friends showed up, she tried to attack them.

Luka simply didn't know what to do. First she was barely replying to him, next she was trying to murder Marinette and Adrien's former classmates. He almost wasn't able to keep her from doing so, pulling her off the boat as he tried to convince her that they weren't worth it. If there was one thing he knew for sure about Kagami, it was her loyalty to Marinette that might even surpass his own.

"Sorry for losing my temper earlier." Kagami's voice snapped him back to the present. "I still haven't forgiven them for what they have done."

"Neither have I really," Luka admitted, "Marinette goes above and beyond and they just turn on her like that, it's horrible."

Kagami opened her mouth to comment when the Evilustrater soared past on a glider. As citizens panicked and ran, Timebreaker zoomed past, tapping people as she passed them. Both of the secret heroes glanced at each other, blurting out, "You better get to safety and hide, I need to check on something," before bursting past each other.

When Ryuko and Viperion jumped up on the same roof top, neither of them realized that they transformed less than fifteen meters from the other. Because that is when they saw the true number of akumas loose in the city.

Adrien and Felix

Adrien picked up his phone, unsure when he put it on his desk. Opening it he saw the message he sent. "Felix, did you message someone on my phone?" Not getting an answer he opened the video, horrified at what he found. "Oksy Felix this isn't funny."

"No, but it will certainly get at least one of them akumatized. Then I can finally reach out to Hawkmoth and get the power I need to bring back my father."

"Felix, Hawkmoth can't bring back your dad. I'm sorry, but that's not possible."

"It is with the miraculous of Ladybug and Chat Noir, I can wish him back to life. You could even wish your mom back."

Adrien struggled to keep his shock contained. Could the miraculous do that? But at what price? "Felix, power like that does come free. There is always a price that will need to get paid."

"I am more than willing, even if it requires sacrifice."

Before Adrien could respond, Horrificator burst through the windows, screaming at them. Adrien dove out of the room while Felix approached the fear eating akuma. "Hawkmoth! I wish to speak to you!" Horrificator only roared at him, lunging at him. Felix dodged narrowly, smirking at the monster, not afraid as he stood before her. Horrificator roared, trying to create fear to feed off of.

Before Felix could try to call upon Hawkmoth again, Chat Noir burst into the room and slammed Horrificator through the windowed wall. Satisfied the akuma was far enough to not be an immediate threat, he glanced around, but Felix was gone.

Marinette

As she left the rink, a shadow fell over her. Dark Cupid flew over the rink, but he wasn't trying to shoot anyone in sight. That was odd, his whole reason for being an akuma was to make people hate each other. That's when she spotted Gamer's robot zapping people in the streets as Stoneheart towered in the direction of Agreste Mansion. "Tikki, why are there at least three akumas at the same time? I thought Hawkmoth could only akumatize one person at a time."

"If a group of people are feeling the same emotion for the same reason, the akuma can use a single object related to said emotion to akumatize them all. However, Hawkmoth may have trouble controlling them all at the same time."

"Well, I guess we gotta catch them all. Oh no, Chat is rubbing off on me." Marinette ran into the nearby alley, transforming and pulling herself onto the roof. Using her bug phone, she found the locations of her team, Chat at Agreste Mansion, Viperion and Ryuko two blocks away. The yoyo buzzed, Chat was calling her. "Kitty? What's going on?"

"Well my cousin pissed off what appears to be all our former classmates and cause them to get akumatized. Horrificator and Stoneheart are outside the mansion. Lady Wifi, Bubbler, Reflecta and Princess Fragrance are not far behind."

"Viperion and Ryuko are close to your position. I got Dark Cupid and Gamer here. I'll try to get one without the other catching me."

"Okay, I'll try to find Felix and keep him safe."

"Got it. Make sure you turn on your ear piece."

"How could I resist the sound of an angel in my ear?"

She blushed red as her suit, "Don't make me mute you." She heard Chat's laughter as they switched to ear pieces, struggling not to giggle. Looking out, she watched at Dark Cupid seemed to suddenly start flying in circles above, as if waiting for instructions. Gamer seemed to be at level two. If she took him out before he maxed leveled, she would be able to save her lucky charms for rest of the akumas.

A block over, Gamer leveled up to level two, gaining two long legs. Looking around, she spotted a discarded paint can. All to easy.

Chat Noir

As Ladybug disconnected, Chat looked out at the six akuma assembling outside the mansion. "Probably should find Felix and try to keep them at a distance until Ladybug is here to purify them." Dashing around the room, he confirmed that Felix was no longer there. He groaned, searching the whole mansion for Felix would be time consuming and that was something he was short of. Rushing into the hallway, he ran into a frustrated Natilee and Gorilla. "Where is Felix?"

"He is in Adrien's room, Adrien said so before he shoved past me."

"Which way did he go?"

Natallee gave him a confused look while the Gorilla pointed, grunting, "That way, first hallway on the left." Nodding his thanks, Chat rushed off again, thankful for a least a hint of his cousin's location.

Ryuko and Viperion

Timebreaker was on the verge of reaching full charge when she got tripped over by a pole from a stop sign. Crashing through a bus, she pushed herself up, trying to clear her head when she felt her skate being pulled off. Ryuko quickly sliced through with her sword, causing Timebreaker to change back into Alix. "What? How did I get here?"

Viperion discarded the pole, looking around urgently as his band sounded his first warning. After six attempts, they had finally stopped Timebreaker from fully charging. "Where is the akuma?"

Ryuko shrugged, no akuma having come out of the skate when she broke it. "Maybe there is only one object between them all?"

Alix glared at them, "Hey the last thing I remember, I was watching Adrien Agreste insult me and my friends over video message." Both heroes gave her disbelieving looks, "Hey, I'm telling the truth."

Ryuko shrugged while Viperion confronted Alix, "You been akumatized and from the looks of it, all of your friends have been as well. Any idea what the object may be?"

"My friend Alya was holding her tablet when we watched the message, maybe there?"

"Okay, thank you. Get somewhere safe and hide. Things may get ugly." Alix nodded and ran off, as Viperion turned his gaze to Ryuko, who was glaring at the retreating girl. "Hey, snap out of it. We got a job to do. I need to recharge first."

She nodded, "Okay, you hide and recharge quick."

Ladybug

Gamer piloted his mecha through the streets, searching for targets when a paint can slammed into his viewscreen's camera. Temporarily blinded while his newly installed wipers worked at removing the paint, Ladybug jumped off the high balcony on the building Gamer was passing. Spinning her yoyo as a shield, she fell towards the mech.

Gamer barely spotted her in time, unable to move out of the way as she cut into his control cube, quickly pulling him out of the falling mecha. Landing next to the loot orb, she snapped his glasses, disappointed at the lack of an akuma. Max stood up, squinting at her, "Ladybug? What's going on? I can't see."

"You have been akumatized. Do you know what the object is?"

"We were watching a video on a tablet."

"Hmm, if Lady Wifi is out here, she would have the akuma then." She turned on her earpiece, "Kitty? Gamer is down and Dark Cupid seems to have headed your way. I am going to get Max to safety then meet up with you guys."

"Got it, I found Felix and am trying to get him out of here. He has gone a little bit over the deep end and I may have knocked him unconscious."

"Bad kitty, did he deserve it?"

"Yes." He sounded frustrated over the earpiece.

"Fine, you are forgiven for now. See you soon."

Max squinted at her, "Ladybug, judging by the odds against you and your current team size, you will need additional reinforcements. I volunteer myself."

"No, Max, I need to get you somewhere safe."

"But Ladybug, I have used the horse miraculous before."

"The answer is still no. I don't trust you anymore and your identity was exposed. I can't give you a miraculous again." Shoving him inside of a nearby shop against his protests, she walked back over to the loot orb. "I wonder what I will get this time," she pondered as she touched the orb.

The Akumas

Lady Wifi scowled. Their target had escaped them and both Timebreaker and Gamer were taken down already. She had ordered Dark Cupid, Evilustrator, Stoneheart and Horrificator to fall back and meet up with her main group. With out Timebreaker, there would be no do overs so she had no room for anymore errors.

However things weren't perfect. Reflecta clearly was considering giving them a makeover, Princess Fragrance wanted to turn them into her zombies, Bubbler was simply not listening to her. Hawkmoth seemed to rely on her to keep them in order, which didn't make sense. If he gives them powers, why can't he influence them more? She had enough responsibility holding the akuma empowering them all.

"Seriously? Why on earth would anyone dream up of your costume? It's hideous and has no taste." Lady Wifi turned to see Reflecta glaring at Bubbler.

"At least I can do more than change people's appearance!" So her boyfriend turned akuma is going to play nice either. Great.

"Says the college frat kid who used his powers to throw a party."

"Enough!" Her tone startled the three akumas. "We are down two members and we can't waste time bickering."

Dark Cupid and Evilustrater landed behind her. "Gamer and Timebreaker got nailed," Dark Cupid smirked, "They didn't even put up a fight."

"Shut up! We need to stick together and take them head on. They are still separated. If we choose one now, the whole group is weakened." Lady Wifi scanned the surrounding city, one direction was Gamer's last location, another was Timetagger's. A flash of movement on another rooftop caught her attention: Chat Noir and Adrien Agreste. "We can go for Adrien later. Taking down Chat Noir's back up is our first priority. Stoneheart, Horrificator, make a scene, lots of damage. Evilustrator, be ready to ambush the heroes that show up to fight them. The rest of you come with me, we are going after the second group. No one goes solo"

Evilustrater was already sketching as the giants ran off to bring terror to Paris. The rest followed her to a hiding position, ready to ambush.

Chat Noir

He usually had control over his temper, years of growing up with Chloe certainly helped with that. But Felix had crossed a line and he didn't feel like being patient with his cruel cousin. Leaving his cousin on the rooftop of Chloe's hotel, he quickly headed back to the action. Chat thought he spotted Ryuko and Viperion earlier and was eager to link up with them before anything else crazy happened.

He came up behind them, startling the duo. "What? Why were you surprised by my amazing appearance?"

Ryuko glared at him while Viperion simply went back to looking at the group of akuma below. "Stoneheart and Horrificator left first, with Evilustrator shadowing them. The remaining akuma are following them, maybe to ambush us from behind after we take on the giants?"

Ryuko frowned, "That wouldn't end well for us, pinned between them all. Looks like Lady Wifi is with them. According to Timebreaker, I mean Alix, it's in a tablet, the one Lady Wifi is carrying?"

"So let's attack the second group then," Chat decided, "Then maybe we can end this whole mess in one shot."

"Who are they after?"

"Some kid named Felix, I hid him on a rooftop."

Viperion stared at him wide eyed, "You left him alone?"

"He was getting on my nerves," Chat shrugged.

Ryuko stared him down. "Preach."

"Hey!"

Volpina

She watched as her pathetic classmates struggled below. Even with powers and greater numbers, they were already failing. It was as if without Marinette leading them, they couldn't do anything right. She would lead them but Hawkmoth warned her to stay hidden. He didn't reveal his grand plan to defeat Ladybug and her team yet, which made her restless. She wanted revenge on Ladybug and her powers doubled. If Hawkmoth came out and led them all, the so called heroes wouldn't stand a chance.

But of course, he wouldn't come out. She started to move to the Mayor's hotel, if Chloe was home, maybe she could relieve her boredom with a little illusion to push Chloe farther away from Ladybug.

That one block in town that is cursed today

People ran away screaming as Horricator grew to almost to full height, Stoneheart bashing cars out their path. Evilustrator hovered at what he thought to be a safe distance above them. That is, until Ryuko's wind dragon sucked him down, forcing him towards the trio of heroes awaiting him. Landing flat on his face, he lost his grip on his drawing pen, which was crushed under Viperion's foot. "Nice one, so what's next?"

Before Chat even opened his mouth, the building they stood on shuddered. Looking over the edge, they spotted Stoneheart making his way up. Horrificator was snarling at them, readying herself to climb as well. Landing behind them was the remaining akuma zapped in via Lady Wifi's powers, weapons all pointing at the heroes. "Aw cats."

Lady Wifi smirked at him. This is your one chance to surrender and give us your miraculous. Then you can tell us where Adrien Agreste is."

"And if we refuse?"

"It will hurt a lot."

As Chat opened to make a witty reply, a loud crash was heard from below. Peering over the edge, he spotted Horrificator knocked over with a giant red and black mecha smashing her pin. Mylene looked around confused as Stoneheart freaked out. He swung at the mecha, knocking it back. "Water dragon!" Ryuko flooded the distracted akuma's side of the roof, knocking them off their feet. Chat lunged at Lady Wifi, hand swirling with dark energy. Swearing, she grabbed Princess Fragrance and Reflecta and zapped away, leaving behind Bubbler and Dark Cupid.

"Hey!" Dark Cupid shouted, clearly pissed that he got left behind. Bubbler simply laughed before launching a flood of bubble traps at the trio. Chat spun his baton in circles, blocking the onslaught from hitting Viperion as Ryuko summoned her final power, lightning. Dark Cupid dropped, unable to move.

"Did you have to hit him that hard?" Viperion questioned as he hurled his harp at Bubbler, knocking him back.

"He deserved it." Viperion looked at her shocked as Chat used his first cataclysm on Bubbler's wand. What surprised both of them was when he called a second cataclysm, destroying Dark Cupid's pin.

"That's new."

"Perks of being pawsome." Both Ryuko and Viperion rolled their eyes, groaning loudly.

Ladybug pulled herself over the edge of the building. "Why does he have to grow everytime you hit him? I couldn't even get to his akuma."

"What's he doing now?"

"Beating the mech out of my mecha. And I just got it too," she pouted. "I don't think he saw me eject out."

"So I'm guessing you took down Gamer then?"

"Yep, Max wasn't happy about not getting his miraculous. Where are the final three?"

"Teleported away."

"How? I trashed the tower on my way here."

"Satellite upgrade?"

"Ugh."

Viperion threw up his hands, "Stop, please slow down for those of us not in sync with you."

"Sorry, old habits," Chat shrugged as Ryuko's second warning went off. "So now what, Bugaboo?"

"Where did you leave Felix?"

"Chloe's place, figured she would recognize him."

"Okay, let's head there now. Ryuko, recharge and keep an eye on Stoneheart, just incase he gives up on the mecha. Viperion, you are with us. Let's go!"

Lady Wifi

They emerged near a cellphone tower across the city. Lady Wifi scanned across the city's networks, searching for a sign of their target: Adrien Agreste. She found a video feed from some kind of burner phone, an orange clad girl smirking. "Dear akumas! I hear you are in search of Adrien Agreste. I am next to him as I speak, so Wifi get over here."

Before Reflecta or Princess Fragrance could comment, she had zapped them over to the source, Volpina waiting with a smile. "Enjoy, I must leave before I am caught." With that she was gone, leaving them with a stirring Felix.

"Adrien, how good to see you. You have very rude and we are here to punish you."

Felix looked confused, then smirked as he recognized the akumas. "Are you sure about that? Well come and try!" All three shot at him as he burst forward, dodging every shot at him with ease. He knocked over Reflecta, causing her to shoot Prince Fragrance. The two Reflecta's glared at each other as Lady Wifi tried to track Felix, her pauses going wide as Felix rolled before slamming his shoulder into her stomach. She gasped for air as Felix snatched her tablet away from her, backing away from akumas.

Chloe walked out just as Felix started to call upon Hawkmoth again. Looking at the akuma, then at Felix wearing Adrien's clothes doing what sounded like a satanic chant to Hawkmoth, she simply backed up inside and closed the door.

Lady Wifi's face was lit up by Hawkmoth's emblem. "What do you want, Felix?"

Felix was started, "You know who I am?"

"Your simple tricks don't fool me, thanks for the group of akumas. However they clearly failed despite having the superior numbers."

"Perhaps you just need new talent?"

"What are you proposing?"

Before Felix could give his proposal, a yoyo slammed into tablet, releasing the akuma. "No more evil doing for you little akuma."

As Ladybug released the purified butterfly and Viperion moved to assist the girls, Chat turned his attention to Felix. "Look, you can't go around causing trouble like this. People get hurt and that's not acceptable."

Felix simply glared at him, stomping away to the hotel stairwell door. Ladybug walked back over to him, "That could have gone better."

"Let's hope I have a second chance." Nodding at Viperion, they left without giving their former classmates a glance. Alya watched wistfully after them, wishing to be able to talk to them. For now, she would just have to bottle it up. This sucks.

Amelie

She had been searching the mansion for her sister's rings. As she entered the rooming with massive painting of her sister, she scowled. Emelie had to get everything, the richest man, the rings, even the so called miraculous. She didn't care for the miraculous, but the rings were a family heirloom. They were priceless and the day their mother gave them to Emelie was the worst day of her life. As she searched the room, she was unaware of Gabriel rising from his hidden room. "Amelie, could I help you with something?"

"Oh Gabriel, I don't want to worry you."

"Good, in that case, I request that you and Felix leave once Adrien's bodyguard returns him to the mansion. He has caused trouble and framed Adrien, causing an akuma to attack him."

"But why?"

"I told you why, now pack your things. Natilee is gathering Felix's items as we speak." With that he strode away, while Amelie glared at the ring on his hand.

Gorilla soon arrived with Felix and helped Natilee with loading the luggage while the two families faced each other off, Amelie spewing fake apologies. "Just get in the car and leave before you cause further trouble," Gabriel was barely able to contain his annoyance. Without another word they got into the car and were taken away by Gorilla. Gabriel and Natilee walked away as Adrien stayed to watch them leave.

Once they boarded the train, Felix glanced at his mother. "Were you able to find the rings?"

She sighed, "No, but you did well with the distraction." She put her arm around him, "But I want you to stop chasing those myths about the miraculous. Your father is done, my sweet Felix. Nothing can change that." Behind them, Lila Rossi smirked. Recruiting another ally for team Hawkmoth is going to be a piece of cake.

Adrien and Marinette

They watched the video their former classmates had sent as they sat outside a cafe, enjoying a simple evening meal. "They seem sincere," Adrien commented. Marinette simply grunted, unsure what to think. It was good to see Lila finally exposed, but she wasn't ready to forgive them yet.

Adrien glanced at her in concern, opening his mouth to ask her if she was okay when an excited squeal was heard. Looking over, he spotted Wayhem, waving excitedly at them. "Hi Adrien! Who is she? Wait are you two dating?" Marinette smiled as she stared at the screen while Adrien smiled at him. That is until he took a photo of them, "This is amazing! Adrien Agreste has a girlfriend! I must post this on the fan page!" He eagerly tapped away on his phone.

"No, Wayhem don't!" He was too late. A notification popped up on Adrien's phone. Marinette opened it hesitantly, revealing the photo of the two of them leaning against each other smiling. And then the fangirls started to comment.