Chapter 7: Copycat
Today, we were starting somewhere else. It was a morning at the Dupain-Cheng House. Marinette was on her balcony with Tikki, talking about how she would asked Adrien out.
"How about inviting him to a movie then?" Tikki suggested.
"Right, Tikki. Can you imagine that conversation?" Marinette said.
"'Hey, Adrien, would you like to gah-wuh, glah.'" Tikki said, imitating Marinette.
"Exactly. I can't help it. Every time I see him, I get all clammy and I feel like fainting." She said. It was just a guess, but I think she was fantasizing Adrien's face on a cloud again.
"So…basically the only way you could have a normal conversation with him, is if you're blindfolded."
"Pretty much."
"There is a very simple solution, Marinette. It's called a cell phone. You just need his number."
"I know who'll have Adrien's number!" Marinette said as she called Alya. It was only after that she called me to help with what to say on the phone.
In the park, there was a crowd gathered and I knew why. Today, they were unveiling the new Element Gang statues, showing as a token of gratitude. Théo the sculptor and Mayor Bourgeois were facing the crowd with the statues covered with a sheet behind them.
"I'm sure you've outdone yourself, Théo." The mayor said to him.
"It was my honor. And I can't wait to meet Ladybug, I hope she'll autograph the photo I used as the inspiration for the statue." Théo said.
"Oh, it's nearly time. Ladybug and Cat Noir should already be here by now." The mayor said.
In Marinette's room, me and Alya were helping Marinette call Adrien.
"Look, we all know improv's not your bag," I said as I gave Marinette the pad with the suggested words written on it. "So just stick to this script."
"But all the teachers say I don't sound natural when I read." Marinette said. She was right about that. The last time I heard her read something out loud, she sounded like a robot.
"Then memorize it. It's pretty simple." I said. "You can do this. Just don't improvise. Got it?"
Marinette looked at the phone and the script, gasped, and then said "Forget it! This is never gonna work."
I then decided to get it over with and tapped the call button on Marinette's phone. "Too late. It's dialing." I said as me and Alya jumped behind Marinette's couch. Marinette gasped and panicked while holding her cell phone in one hand, not knowing what to do. Thanks to my super hearing, I heard Adrien's voicemail.
"It's come to voicemail!" Marinette told us.
"Leave a message! Don't improv!" Alya told her.
Marinette gulped and then said "Uhh, hello. Uh, Adrien's voicemail, uh, this is Marinette, who, uh, has a message for you, of course, cause it's, uh, your phone, so, umm, heh, heh, heh, call me see you later bye!" She then threw the phone onto the couch. Me and Alya then looked at her with exasperation. "What? What did you expect me to say? 'Hey, hot stuff, this is Marinette, I'd ask you on a date to a movie, but I've got such a crazy crush on you that the only way I can talk to you without foaming at the mouth is over this stupid phone.' Pretty ridiculous, right?"
"If you wish to hear your message again, press 1. If you wish to erase your message, press 2." We heard the automatic voice said on Marinette's phone. Marinette gasped as all found out that she didn't end the call.
"Hit 2! Hit 2!" Alya said. Then Marinette lunged over and tapped her phone. Though, instead of deleting the message, she accidently saved it to Adrien's phone. She then screamed as she slouched on the couch in depression.
"It's not as bad as you think." I said.
"Hmm?" She said as she looked at me with disbelief.
"Okay, it's bad." Her face changed back into depression. "But you are gonna have to tell him one of these days, some way or another. Think of it this way, no more secrets!"
"The voicemail recorded my whole conversation."
"Big deal!"
"I called him 'hot stuff'." She said with face down on the couch. She then looked at me and said "He cannot be allowed to hear that message, Axel! If he does, I'll die of shame!"
"Okay, okay. I got an idea. If Adrien's phone went to voicemail, it means the dude's busy. Which also means, you can get to it before he does." I said. "Hmm, I wonder where he'd be…"
Marinette then got up and pulled down a large copy of Adrien's schedule from the ceiling.
"Of course! He's got fencing club after school, that's why he didn't pick up!" She said as she pointed to that part of the schedule. "It ends in exactly twenty-two and a half minutes." Both me and Alya looked at her with shock that she had Adrien's entire schedule.
"You are literally insane. You know that, right?" I said as she giggled nervously.
At College Francoise Dupont, Adrien was taking fencing classes, while Plagg was in his locker, eating Camembert. He yelled as Adrien's phone vibrated underneath him. It told him Adrien got a new message, but he shut it off and continued to eat his Camembert. Back in the gym, Adrien defeated his opponent and pulled up his mask.
"Gotta get a drink of water. I'll be right back." He said as he ran to his locker and opened it. When he opened his bag, he saw Plagg inside and he ate the entire container of Camembert Adrien had in there. "Plagg, you pig!"
"You have 1 new message." Plagg said as he burped.
"Move, please, so I can check my voicemail." He said as Plagg floated beside him. He checked his phone and saw the voicemail. "Hmm, don't recognize this number." He then switched to the clock and saw what time it was. "Oh, no, now we're late! Time to transform, Plagg!" Adrien then transformed into Cat Noir and headed for the unveiling ceremony.
Back at the Dupain-Cheng House, me, Marinette, and Alya were running down the stairs. We went outside and saw Cat Noir.
"Woo-hoo! Yeah-ha-ha! Ha! Hahaha!" He said as he leapt from building to building.
"What is that cat up to now?" I said as I looked to see him.
"Hey, everybody!" Cat said to the crowd as he landed in front of the statue. That's when I realized it. Today was the statue unveiling. I was so busy that I forgot.
"They're unveiling Element Gang sculptures today!" Alya said as she saw it happening. "I totally spaced!"
"Me too." Marinette said.
"Me three." I said.
"Uh, you never mentioned going to the unveiling before." Alya said, giving us a questioning look.
"I'm not, I mean, I am! Uh, I mean, I forgot?" Marinette said.
"I mean I forgot." I said, making an excuse. "I have an important errand to run and it's today. I see you girls later." I then ran off and called Basar and the others and told them the unveiling ceremony was today. I then found a good hiding spot and transformed.
"Hey, Paris! How you doing?" Apolloid said to the crowd as we all showed up in our elemental forms.
I was able to see Marinette even more stressed because she was now torn between erasing the message off Adrien's phone and attending the ceremony as Ladybug.
Alya then said "Listen. About Adrien's cellphone, what if we go right after?"
"If we wait after the ceremony, Adrien's fencing training will be over, and he'll have his phone back by then." Marinette said.
"Shoot. I gotta cover this event for the Ladyblog… I'm sorry, Marinette!"
"Don't sweat it. I can manage. I think!"
"You sure?"
"Yes, yes. I'm sure."
"Cool. Good luck, and stay out of trouble. And don't improv!"
"Isn't Ladybug supposed to be at the unveiling?" Tikki said as she appeared on Marinette's shoulder.
"Yes, but Marinette needs to be at the school first." Marinette said.
"But it is a ceremony in your honor."
"And it's my honor that's at stake right now. I'll be in and out of there in five minutes. We can be at the ceremony in no time!" Marinette then started running to get Adrien's phone and erase that message.
Back at the park, the ceremony was about to begin, but we didn't see Ladybug anywhere.
"Excuse me, Cat Noir, but Ladybug's not here." Théo said, walking up to Cat Noir.
"Don't worry about Ladybug. I'm sure she'll be here any minute. I can handle this situation alone for now. I'm the one in charge anyway, you know." Cat said.
I then bonked him on the head with my staff and said "I'm the one on charge, cat for brains. And don't worry, Théo. She'll probably be here any minute. Why are you so worried?"
"It's just that, I wanted to ask her to autograph this photo. She's amazing. She's so brave and smart, the way she always saves everyone…" Théo said as he held up a photo of Ladybug. Cat glared at the photo, but Théo didn't notice.
"Perhaps the ceremony should commence. It might bring her here faster." The mayor said, seeing there wasn't much time left.
"Please, just one minute more, Mayor Bourgeois, she's going to come, I can feel it…" Théo said.
Back at College Francoise Dupont, Fencing class continued on and Marinette made it to the locker room.
"...I'm there!" She said. Then she and Tikki saw all the lockers.
"Oh, boy." Tikki said.
"Which one's his?" She said trying to see which one it was.
"If you call him, you'll make his phone ring." Tikki suggested.
"Nice, Tikki!" She said as she called Adrien and put her ear against the locker to figure out where the ringing was coming from.
Back at the park, the ceremony was about to begin and still no sign of Ladybug.
"It's only proper for Paris to pay homage to those to protect us from evil." The mayor said as he unveiled the statues. "The Element Gang!" I had to say it, Théo did good work with these statues. They really captured our likeness.
"Can I get some photos for the Ladyblog?" Alya asked. Théo looked at Ladybug's statue and sighed sadly.
Back at College Francoise Dupont, Marinette was still looking for Adrien's cell phone.
"Hurry, they're finishing up!" Tikki said.
"There it is!" Marinette said as she found his locker. She tried to open the locker, but it was locked. "Gah! It's locked!"
"Ta-dah!" Tikki said after she phased through the locker and opened it from the inside.
"Nice, Tikki!" She said as she called Adrien and put her ear against the locker to figure out where the ringing was coming from.
Back at the park, it was too late for Marinette now. The ceremony had just ended.
"These statues are amazing. One thing's slightly off though- I'm actually taller than Ladybug." Cat said to Théo.
"Ladybug didn't show up. I just wanted to express my adoration for her. Let her know that everything I had went into her statue. I'm sure if she took a little time to get to know me, she would see how much we have in common. Our devotion to the things we love." Théo said.
"Hey, don't mean to burst your bubble, but you know, Ladybug and me, we're a thing, you know?" Cat said.
Théo looked at him with surprise and said "Really?"
"Yeah, we're like this." Cat said as he crossed his fingers.
"Yeah." I said, looking at Cat with an annoyed look. "If you call annoying her a thing, then yes."
"Who asked you?" Cat said, looking at me angrily.
"What does Ladybug see in him?" Théo said as he walked away angrily. After that, me, the gang, and Cat left, going back to our normal lives.
Back at College Francoise Dupont, Marinette was trying to unlock Adrien's phone.
"They're coming! Put back the phone!" Tikki said as the students in fencing began to go to the locker room.
"I haven't erased the message yet!" Marinette said as she continued to unlock the phone.
"We're out of time and we really ought to be getting to that ceremony, come on!" Tikki said. Then Marinette hid behind the door as it opened.
"Whew! That was rough. Ha, ha." A student said as he got in. Marinette edged out the door without anyone seeing her. As she left the building, Cat Noir landed on the roof. Having to change back, Adrien opened the locker room door and stepped in, whistling. He opened his locker and took his bag.
At Théo's studio, Théo was furious from what Cat said. I knew he would be mad, but not that mad.
"A thing, huh? You don't even take love seriously. Calling it a thing…" Théo said as he pushed a sculpture of Cat Noir to the floor. "You don't deserve her! I do!"
In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.
"Disappointed by Ladybug, and jealous of Cat Noir. The perfect formula for disaster." He said as he sensed Théo's jealousy. He then turned a butterfly into an akuma. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him!" He said as the akuma flew out into Paris.
Back at Théo's studio, the akuma flew into the crumpled photo in Théo's hands, infecting it with its energy.
"Hello, Copycat. I am Hawkmoth." Hawkmoth said as Théo gave a look of rage. "Once you get rid of Cat Noir, you can take his place. And Ladybug will be yours forever."
"The very thought of it makes me purr." Théo said as the akuma energy began to transform him.
In Adrien's room, Adrien was looking for his phone.
"Ugh, where is it?" Adrien said as he glared at Plagg.
"What are you looking at me for? I didn't eat it. I swear!" Plagg said, swearing him he didn't eat his phone.
In Marinette's room, Marinette was trying to figure out how to unlock Adrien's phone.
"How do you listen to messages on this…" Marinette said as she tried. Then the phone rang and she looked to see that it was a call from Adrien's house. Marinette then scrambled away from the phone. "It's Adrien! He's looking for his phone! What if he tracks it? He'll figure out I stole it, I'll be arrested for grand theft, I'll spend the rest of my life in jail, and worse, I'll never get to go to the movies with Adrien!" She said as she depicted what she feared. She then collapsed on the bed in fear.
"Oh, Marinette. You really need to get your priorities in order." Tikki said.
"I know. Some days it feels impossible to balance being Marinette and being Ladybug." Marinette said.
Back in Adrien's room, Adrien got sent to voicemail.
"Ugh, it must still be at the gym." He said as he canceled the call. He then grabbed Plagg, who was in the middle of eating, and left to look for his phone.
At the Louvre, Cat Noir, who was actually his villain look alike Copycat, strolled down the museum hall, humming his way down there. The civilians were surprised and some held up their phones to take pictures or videos.
"Don't mind me. Just stealing this painting. Go about your business." Copycat said as he stepped across the rope, stole the Mona Lisa, and ran off.
"Hey!" A civilian said as he placed a hand on Copycat's shoulder and Copycat tripped him.
"I gotta get this on camera!" Another civilian said as he began to record the theft.
I was on my way to Marinette's house when I heard a police call on the radio connection app on my communicator and it said there was a code 211 at the Louvre by, what I didn't expect, Cat Noir. I then called the Basar on my communicator and said "Basar, I need you to check out the Louvre. We got a code 211 over there."
"What's a code 211?" Basar asked on the communicator.
"It's police code for a robbery. Somebody stole the Mona Lisa."
"Who?" Basar asked.
"Cat Noir." I answered. "I know Cat's annoying, but he wouldn't steal. I need you to meet me over there and so we can see what's going on."
"You got it." Basar said as he ended the call. I then went to an alley where no one could see me.
"Let's see what that cat's up to." I said as Nooroo got out of the pocket. "Nooroo, let's fly!" I then transformed into El Dragon and went to check on the scene.
On the streets, Adrien was being driven by his chauffeur. He then watched the news report on the theft at the Louvre.
"And in some astonishing news, there's been a spectacular theft at the Louvre. Amateur video showed without a shadow of a doubt that the thief is none other than the famous hero, Cat Noir." Nadja said on the screen.
"This painting is the cat's meow." Copycat said as he ran away with the painting on the video.
"'Cat's meow?'" Adrien asked in shocked that someone was pretending to be him. He then got out of the limo and ran to the school. "Not only is that person a fake, he's a terrible fake!" He then transformed and jumped off the building as Cat Noir.
In Marinette's room, Marinette was wearing goggles and baking mittens and tried to operate Adrien's phone with a Q-tip.
"Ugh, of course Adrien would own one of these super-expensive high-tech smartphones. I can't even figure out how to work this thing." Marinette groaned as it wasn't working.
"Maybe it would help if you took of those silly mittens." Tikki suggested.
"And risk leaving fingerprints? No way." Marinette said. Then her phone rang and she answered it to find Alya was calling.
"Problem fixed?" Alya asked.
"Almost. I haven't erased the message yet, but I'm working on it as we speak.'" Marinette said.
"No way. You palmed his phone?" Alya said, surprised to hear this.
"Yes? No? Uhh…" Marinette said. "I mean, I was planning to give it back. Actually, where are you? I can use some help."
"No can do. I'm waiting for additional deats at the Louvre on the Cat Noir robbery." Alya said.
"What? Somebody robbed Cat Noir?" Marinette asked.
"No, girl. Didn't you hear? Cat Noir came in and stole the Mona Lisa! In broad daylight! Ladybug's gonna turn up for sure, and I do not wanna miss this. Just chill and I'll be over later." Alya said.
"'Kay." Marinette said as she ended the call and looked at Tikki. "Cat Noir is a lot of things, but he's no thief." She then took off the goggles and mittens. "Time to transform! Tikki, spots on!" She then transformed into Ladybug and head to the Louvre.
Over at the Louvre, Cat Noir beat us there and the police prepared themselves as he appeared.
"Whoa! Easy, tigers! You've got the wrong cat!" Cat said. "That thief's an imposter. I'm the real Cat Noir!"
Then Agent Roger ordered the police to stop.
"Let me check out where the robbery took place. I have a knack for finding clues. You know, animal instincts." Cat said.
"Of course. Come with me. Thanks for your help, Cat Noir." Agent Roger said as he led Cat to the crime scene. They entered the museum, Cat searched around to find some clues to who it was. He looked to the floor and found Théo's lollipop stick on a table. I've known him long enough that he always carries a lollipop stick with him. At that moment, Agent Roger pressed a button and trapped Cat.
"Hey! I'm the real Cat Noir!" Cat said from behind the bars. "I'm way slicker than that guy."
"Kitty's in the slammer. I repeat, kitty's in the slammer." Agent Roger said on his walkie-talkie.
Meanwhile, us and Ladybug arrived at the museum and saw Mayor Bourgeois and the police.
"Mr. Mayor, this is ridiculous. I'm sure there's a simple explanation." I told him.
"Kitty's in the slammer, El Dragon." Agent Roger said. Then Ladybug tried her hand at it and said "Don't think you're gonna keep him in there…"
"Now, now. Leave it to the experts, Ladybug. We've got it under control." Agent Roger said. This was getting us nowhere. The police weren't gonna believe us.
Meanwhile, in the museum, Cat used his Cataclysm power to break the bars and free himself. He was confronted by police officers after that.
"Thanks for the warm hospitality, but I gotta split, so…I'll just say this one more time." Cat said as he got out his staff. "You've got the wrong cat!" He then knocked his way through the police.
"Cat Noir is getting away!" An officer said to Roger over the walkie-talkie. I managed to hear and we saw our chance to get in there and help Cat prove his innocence. Ladybug told him Cat was innocent as we ran inside and saw the police officers on the floor.
"Well, if he's so innocent, then why is he running away?" Roger said.
"Well, if you were wrongly imprisoned, wouldn't you run?" Ladybug said.
"She haves a point." I said.
Meanwhile, Cat ran away from the police. While hiding, he started calling us with his staff. Ladybug's yo-yo receives Cat's call along with my staff. We managed to catch up with him and helped him escape.
"Requesting assistance, I repeat, requesting assistance. We are in pursuit of the suspect…" Roger said.
"Cat Noir, what's going on?" Ladybug asked him.
"You know I'm innocent, don't you, Bugaboo?" Cat said.
"Stop playing around and calling me Bugaboo." Ladybug said, annoyed by that.
"Yeah. This is serious!" I said.
"I'm gonna find the real culprit and save my tail. I'll get back to…" Cat said. He was interrupted by a helicopter. "Wha!"
"Huh?" Ladybug said as we all saw the helicopter above us.
"Give yourself up, Cat Noir!" A police officer said. Then Cat left to lose them.
"Aren't you gonna go after him?" Roger said to us.
"Uhh, I'll leave it to the experts." I said. "Come on. Let's see if we can find the real culprit." I whispered to Ladybug and we left to do exactly that.
Cat managed to get to the subway, where he turned back into Adrien and he walked upstairs.
"Come on, let's get him!" A police officer said as they went down there to search.
"If you want my opinion, I'd say the thief was akumatized." Plagg said as he ate his Camembert.
"That much I had figured. See that lollipop stick?" Adrien said as he lifted the lollipop stick and recognized it to belong to Théo. "The sculptor. How did I not see that jealousy coming a mile away?"
"Yours or his?" Plagg joked.
"Ha, ha, so funny." Adrien answered sarcastically.
Outside Théo's studio, Adrien got there as Cat Noir and said "Gotcha, Copycat."
Meanwhile, me and the gang were traveling from the tops of a building, when me and Ladybug received a call. We answered them and found it was Cat Noir.
"Huh? Cat Noir, where are you?" Ladybug asked.
"I found his den." Cat answered.
"Who?" I asked.
"My Copycat." Cat answered.
"Copycat?" I said, realizing what he meant. "Oh, you just had to tick off, didn't you?"
"Hey, I didn't mean to." He said.
"What are you two talking about?" Ladybug asked me.
"If you'd been there this morning, you'd know what we were talking about." I said. "Cat, tell us where you are."
"No, this is between me and him. I got myself into this mess, so I'm gonna get myself out." Cat said as he ended the call.
"Cat? Cat!" I said. "Oh, I just know he's heading for a trap. Come on, I think I know where he's at." We then went off to Théo's studio.
At Théo's studio, Cat was searching for Copycat when he saw a box with a cat sculpture and a note on top of it.
"'Cat's in the bag?'" Cat said as he read the note. Then the box burst and he found himself in chains. He tried to use his Cataclysm to break free, but Copycat appeared and placed Cat's hand on a wood plank. He destroyed it instead, wasting the Cataclysm.
"I don't get what Ladybug sees in you." Copycat said as he walked in front of Cat. "A fool who so easily falls into my trap."
Cat tried to get his staff, but found it was gone.
"Looking for this?" Copycat said as he revealed his possession of Cat's staff. He then lifted his up, both staffs look exactly alike. "Which one should I pick up? My one or my one?" Cat's staff rung and Copycat answered it using Cat's voice. "Ladybug, El Dragon, hurry up. I've caught the imposter at Théo Barbot's workshop."
"We'll be there in thirty seconds." I said over the communicator.
"Don't come here, Ladybug! It's a trap!" Cat said, but Copycat ended the call.
"Too late, Cat." Copycat said with his normal voice. "The Element Gang on their way, which was my plan all along."
"They won't be duped. They know me too well." Cat said.
"I know you well too." Copycat said. He then pulled out the infected photo from his pocket and looked at it. "And from now on, Ladybug'll love me, not you!" He then pointed at Cat with an angry look.
"Love me?" Cat said with confusion. He then realized what Copycat meant and played along. "…You're right! She loves me! That's why she'll be able to reveal your true identity!"
"Copycat, stop this small talk and get me Cat Noir's Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said to Copycat. Copycat knocked Cat Noir down and was about to take his ring, but we appeared before he could. Copycat was surprised and Cat was glad we showed up.
"There you are." Copycat said with Cat's voice.
"Cat Noir! He really looks like you!" Ladybug said as she looked at Cat and Copycat. I was able to tell who's who thanks to my akuma sense. But, if I was gonna get close to him, I was gonna have to trick him, so I pretended I didn't know.
"That's because I am me!" Cat said.
"Where is his akuma?" Ladybug asked.
"Inside his ring, of course. Grab it." Copycat said and Ladybug went to grab it.
"Ladybug's doing all the work for us. What sweet irony." Hawkmoth said from his lair.
"He even has the same powers as you." Ladybug said as she heard Cat's ring beep and saw it only had four pads left.
"Simply amazing, isn't it?" Copycat said.
"If you don't believe I'm the real Cat Noir, ask him about our love for each other." Cat said.
"Uhh…" Ladybug said confusedly.
"Have I ever lied to you, Bugaboo?" Cat said as he winked at her.
"Well, before we get to any of that," I said as I went passed them and stood in front of Copycat. "I have something to give you, Cat."
"Really, what?" Copycat asked.
"This!" I answered as I punched him right in the face, sending flying into the wall. "Sorry, Copycat. You can't fool my akuma sense. I can see the akuma energy coming right off you."
"Stay out of my way, El Dragon." Copycat said in his normal voice. He then looked to Ladybug. "I love you, Ladybug! I'm way better than this mangy alley cat!"
"Sorry, but liars are losers." Ladybug said. "Cat Noir may annoy me to pieces, but he's never lied to me."
"And no one beats up the Cat, but me." I said.
"Thanks for the compliment. I think." Cat said.
"Do it now, take his Miraculous!" Hawkmoth said.
"If I can't have you, then nobody will! Cataclysm!" Copycat said as he got ready to attack.
"Let's wrap this up! Lucky Charm!" Ladybug said as she used her powers, which gave her a spoon. "A spoon? What am I supposed to do with this?"
Copycat was about to use his Cataclysm on Ladybug, but I held Cat's chains up so that Copycat broke them and freed Cat Noir.
"Great job." Cat said as the chains turned to dust.
"Thanks." I said. "Where's his akuma?"
"The photo in his pocket. Let's make it snappy." He answered.
"Ha, ha, ha! You're going to change back before me." Copycat said.
Me and Cat then fought Copycat.
"He's pretty good." I said.
"Don't need to rub it in!" Cat said.
"I told you I was better than him." Copycat said.
"But I'm better than both of you!" I said as I took Cat's staff and gave it back to him. In the fight, I managed to grab Copycat's arm, but only found out I grabbed Cat by mistake.
"Hey, it's me!" Cat said.
"He's lying! I'm the real one!" Copycat said.
"Ugh, now you're both annoying me!" I groaned. "And FYI, I already know who's who, you dumbbells." This fight led to both Cat's and Copycat's tossed out of their hands. I then looked at Cat and said "Cat Noir, scratch attack!"
"Gladly. I love a good cat fight." Cat meowed as he went in to attack Copycat.
While we fought, Ladybug used her lucky vision and it showed her Cat Noir's staff, a wooden rod, her yo-yo, and the spoon. Ladybug got the idea of what it was for and used them to make a fishing rod.
"Time to go akuma fishing!" She said.
The hook snagged Copycat's belt and Cat saw his chance and opened Copycat's pocket. Ladybug then used the fishing rod to lift Copycat into the ceiling, which caused the photo to fall out of his pocket. Then I grabbed his photo and tore it, releasing the akuma.
"No more copy catting for you, akuma." I said as I put my staff in capture mode. "Time to de-evilize!" I then caught the akuma. "Gotcha!" I then released it as a purified butterfly. "Goodbye, little guy."
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as she tossed the spoon in the air and it repaired everything, even returned the Mona Lisa. Copycat turned back into Théo, who was caught by Cat Noir.
"Nice catch!" I said to Cat.
"I'm so glad you could tell the real cat from the fake one." He said.
"Guess you're glad I'm the leader, huh?" I said. The Cat's ring beeped and he saw he only had one pad left.
"Better help the fellow out. His crush just got crushed." Cat said as he began to leave. He then, under his breath, said to himself. "That makes two of us."
"Ugh…" Théo groaned as he tried to recollect what happened to him. "What am I doing here? El Dragon? Ladybug?"
"I'm sorry I couldn't make it this morning, Théo." Ladybug said.
"Can you autograph it for me?" Théo asked.
"Of course I can!" Ladybug said as she autographed the photo and gave it back to him. "You've got some real artistry here. You've really captured my essence."
"Thank you, Ladybug." Théo said. "And don't worry. I know about you and Cat Noir. It's okay."
"Huh?" Ladybug said in confusion. She then looked at me.
"Don't ask." I said.
At College Francoise Dupont, Cat made it back there, turned back into Adrien, and searched for his phone. He then gave up and returned to the car.
"Didn't find it." He said.
In Marinette's room, Marinette was with me and Alya and we helped her unlock the phone.
Marinette then erased the message and said "You know what? I'm gonna tell him I found his phone. That'd be a good way to start up a conversation, wouldn't it? And I'll invite him to the movies."
"That's our girl." Alya said.
At College Francoise Dupont, Adrien was talking with Nino about his missing phone.
"Maybe you dropped it somewhere." Nino suggested.
"Well, if I did, then, whoever has it found it in the boys' locker room. I was checking my voicemail during fencing practice." Adrien said.
"Do it now!" Alya whispered to Marinette.
Then Marinette put Adrien's phone in his bag, which fell over.
"Huh? What the…" Adrien said and saw that his phone was in his bag. "I already looked in here a thousand times!"
"You need some time off." Nino said and then he got an idea. "Hey, I know, let's go to the movies tonight."
"Hey, dudes, mind if new friends tag along?" Alya asked.
"Sure thing!" Nino answered.
"Yay!" Marinette said as she looked at Adrien and jumped for joy.
Yeesh! Now I know how it felt like when Cat and Posidacus had two of me. Well, me and Ali went to the movies as well and it was a coincidence that we went to the same. It was a bit distasteful being near that cat, but being with Ali made it a whole lot better.