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Sorry if Alya seems out of character. It's kinda hard for me to write her. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm pretty terrible when writing everyone. Except Queen Ghost. She's mine, and I love writing her.

Ladybug paced the roof of a building located near the Eiffel Tower. "Plan... I need to come up with a plan.." she muttered over and over again. About every 10 seconds, she would look up to the famous landmark, see Queen Ghost with her captive, and start pacing again.

Cat Noir, meanwhile, was using his baton as a camera to zoom up to the Eiffel Tower. The He could see Queen Ghost sitting on a throne made of bones- When had she gotten that?- with Alya tied to a pole nearby. Zombies guarded their prisoner while ghosts flew around Tower, flickering between visible and invisible. Alya squirmed around, trying her best to break loose, but it was useless.

Sighing, he put his baton away and turned to Ladybug. "What's the plan, bugaboo?"

Ladybug shook her head. "I don't have one. We can't give our miraculous to her, but we also can't let something bad happen to Al-that blogger girl."

"So what do we do?"

Ladybug frowned. Alya, she knew, was being used as leverage. Queen Ghost seemed to have absolute confidence that they would hand over their miraculous in exchange for Alya's safety.

That gives us an advantage, she realized.

Her partner was still looking at her, waiting for an answer.

Ladybug smirked. "I think I have a plan."

• • •

"Ten minutes left. It won't be long before Ladybug and Cat Noir show up, and you get your miraculouses, Hawk Moth."

"Excellent plan, Queen Ghost."

"Why, thank you." Queen Ghost giggled. "Those heroes won't hesitate when their friend Alya's life is on the line. And then, finally, you will win and I will take over Paris!"

"Are you having another creepy telepathic with Hawk Moth? Haven't you guys bragged about how you're going to 'win' enough?" The said friend huffed. "Seriously, don't you villains have anything else to do?"

Queen Ghost turned to her as the butterfly outline faded from her face. Growling in anyonance, she said, "And don't you have anything other to do than annoying us? We have a plan, and it's going to work."

"Ladybug and Cat Noir are going to defeat you. What makes you so sure that you'll be different from all the other akumatized villains?"

Queen Ghost's eyes narrowed. "You do realize that I could order my zombies to throw you off the Eiffel Tower? I wouldn't talk too much."

Alya rolled her eyes. "Please. I've read enough comic books to know that you won't kill me, because you still need me for leverage. You'll only throw me off or turn me into a zombie if Ladybug and Cat Noir refuse to hand over their miraculous."

Queen Ghost sputtered, apparently not knowing what to say. Finally, she turned to one of her zombies and ordered: "Get me a gag! This Alya girl is too annoying." The zombie produced a white cloth (from where, Alya had no idea) and proceeded to gag her with it.

Alya just rolled her eyes again. It's going to be a long day, she thought.

• • •

Later

"Times up, Alya!" Queen Ghost cackled. "It's 6:02, and Ladybug and Cat Noir never-"

"Sorry we're late to the party." Ladybug smirked. Next to her, baton in hand, was Cat Noir.

"So, ready to hand over your miraculous?" Queen Ghost asked. "It would be such a shame if my zombies dropped her off the Eiffel Tower... accidentally, of course."

Ladybug locked eyes with Alya. She was gagged, but her eyes spoke for her: Don't worry about me. Kick their butts and deakumatize her! But she didn't want to risk her best friend's life.

Ladybug sighed. "You win, Queen Ghost." Holding back a smile, she raised her hands to her ears.

Exactly like they had planned, Cat Noir leaped forward, hand outstretched, and, before anyone could react, yelled, "Cataclysm!" making Alya's bonds crumble to dust.

"Zombies, attack them!" Queen Ghost shrieked. She herself raised her wand and pointed it at Cat Noir.

But before she could shoot, Cat Noir jumped off the Eiffel Tower, carrying Alya. Ladybug saw him set her down on the sidewalk, with Alya recording it all on her Ladyblog. The two superheroes had agreed that Cat Noir would go recharge after saving Alya, then rejoin the fight.

She turned her attention to the zombies and the villain in front of her. Queen Ghost was staring in shock at the direction that Cat Noir and Alya had gone.

"You ruined my plan!" She complained. "I was going to collect your miraculous for Hawk Moth, then backstab you and turn you, Cat Noir, and that Alya girl into a zombie, but you just had to ruin it all!"

Queen Ghost frowned and turned to her zombies. "Well? Get her miraculous!"

You guys have every right to be dissatisfied with this chapter. I'm not too happy with it because I feel like the characters are OOC (Out Of Character) but I decided to just post it as it is.

I was going to close the poll, but the 2 choices are tied, so I'll just keep it up until next Thursday.

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