At Dupain-Cheng House, Sabine was preparing Tom for his presentation at school.
"Ready, papa?" Marinette asked him.
"As much as I'll ever be." Tom answered. Then Tom and Marinette left the house.
"Happy Career Day, my darlings!" Sabine said as they left.
Yeah. Today was Career Day at school and everybody's parent was coming to talk about their job. Well, almost everyone. I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Agreste didn't show up in person to explain his job. I wished I knew why he was so reclusive.
At College Francoise Dupont, my mom already explained her job as an EMT. Then Frost's father started telling about his job as a construction worker. After that, Tom then started explaining his job.
"My day begins at 4 a.m. every morning because the bakery opens at 7. You think that the life of a baker is pretty routine, making the same pastries, rolls, cakes... but actually, it's different every day. One day someone might order a cake in the shape of the Eiffel Tower, and another day you might…" Tom explained.
I was listening to him, but I also used my metal bending powers to put my ear to the wall, with the camouflage to make it looked like it wasn't stretched out, and heard Adrien trying to call his father from outside the classroom. Adrien left him a message, asking if he could come down for Career Day.
"You okay?" Plagg asked.
"Yeah, whatever." Adrien said as he went back to the classroom. "Nothing new."
"Marinette will come around and pass out some croissants baked fresh this morning." Tom said as Marinette then started handing out croissants.
"Thank you, Mr. Dupain. Now, let's meet Alya's mom, who is head chef at the Grand Paris hotel, owned by our mayor, Mr. Bourgeois." Ms. Bustier said.
Then Marinette looked at Adrien and saw his depressed look. While Alya's mother began to explain her job, Chloé opened a case with a bracelet inside. Knowing her, her father would have gotten her the most expensive bracelet in Paris. She then closed the case and gave it to Frost.
"Keep it safe." Chloé said. "Don't let it get in the wrong hands!"
"Don't worry." Frost said as he put it in his bag. "It's in good hands."
Unknown to him, Plagg saw it and went to see what it was. Yeah, Plagg hasn't really seen much of jewelry, so he didn't know it was a bracelet.
"Is that Camembert?" He said as he entered Frost's bag. "Huh? Oh, that's not Camembert… But it is very shiny. I like shiny, hmm!"
"Unfortunately, I have no dishes to share. But maybe Mr. Bourgeois will invite you all to the hotel and treat you to lunch!" Alya's mother said.
"He, he…ohh… Ah! Ah!" Plagg said as he balanced the bracelet on his hand. Then the bracelet slipped off and out of the bag.
"Wahh!" Marinette said as she tripped over the bracelet.
Every student here, including me and the gang, gasped. I was surprised that Chloé did so as well.
"Marinette, are you okay?" Adrien said as he helped her up.
"Yeah. I just tripped on something." Marinette said.
"And there goes Murphy's Law." Frost said as he face slapped himself.
"Don't worry." Chloé said to him. "It just happens. It wasn't your fault."
"Next on the list is Sabrina's father, a policeman. Officer Roger!" Ms. Bustier said and then our classmates gave him an applause as he came in.
"I've been a police officer for 15 years, and I firmly believe that every citizen is innocent until proven guilty." Officer Roger said as he explained his job.
Then Frost gasped as he looked into his bag and saw that the bracelet was gone.
"Uh-oh." He said with a worried look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Chloé asked him as she looked at him with confusion.
"I think I lost your bracelet." Frost said.
"What?!"
"I don't know what happened. I had it a second ago."
Then Officer Roger blew his whistle and said "Well then, would it be a coincidence you had and it was gone? Maybe you stole it."
"Me?" Frost asked with surprised. "Why would I steal it? I've never stolen anything in my life."
"He's telling the truth." Chloé said, defending Frost. "He's my best friend. He would never steal from me. You're calling him a liar?! Daddy!"
"Roger, stand down." the mayor said to Officer Roger.
I even saw Chloé smile at Frost and he smiled back at her. Though I saw that Officer Roger wasn't gonna give up. The reason for this was that, when me and the Element Gang came around, crime had been quite slow.
"Please, everybody!" Ms. Bustier said as she calmed everybody.
"Need I remind you that as mayor of this city, I am your superior!" the mayor said to him.
"But, sir, your daughter had been robbed. I just can't…" Officer Roger said.
"All right. Then you're no longer a police officer!" the mayor said. Even I was shocked by this.
"Mayor, you can't be serious! Over this one boy?"
"This is my daughter's friend we're talking about! You're incompetent and you're fired! Get out!"
"Aww…" Officer Roger said as he left in depression. I actually felt sorry for the man. He didn't have to lose his job.
In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.
"Parent-child relationships can be so complicated. And the perfect breeding ground for stress. When there's no more law and order, there's only chaos left." He said. He then turned a butterfly into an akuma. The akuma flew out into Paris. "Akuma Dargon."
Chronicles of Kaze: Chapter 4
I woke up and said "Yes, master?"
"I have a job for you." He said as the akuma then flew towards me. "There is a cop who had been deprived of his duty. Take this akuma and take control of this policeman!"
"Looks like the law is on our side." I said after I absorbed the akuma. Then I then used my Shadow Path to head into Paris.
In the street, Roger got in his police car.
"Hah! He expects me to let a suspect go? That's just, just…criminal!" He said in rage as I appeared behind the car.
"It truly is." I said as I appeared on the side of car as my normal self. "Really makes you burned up inside to see people doubt you, huh?"
"It does." Roger said. "It doesn't seem like I get any respect as an officer of the law."
"Yes, I know. And crime has been slow lately." I said. "Aren't you tired of having people do your job? You know this isn't the first time. You know that the Element Gang have been doing just that. And now you've lost your job. Don't you think it's time to take this in your own hands? You're an officer by heart. Why not just do it by yourself? No one to give you orders."
"Yes." Roger said as he remembered those painful memories.
"Is that whistle important to you?" I asked as he pointed to the whistle Roger was wearing and Roger nodded "yes". "May I see it for a moment?" then Roger gave his whistle to him. I then induced the whistle with akuma energy and gave it to him. "Now you will become a true policeman." Then Roger grabbed the whistle and gave a look of rage. "Rogercop, I'm Akuma Dargon. This city needs a true ruthless righter of wrongs, and that is where you come in."
"Yes, sir!" Roger said as the akuma energy transformed into a human with blue and some metal parts here and there and his shoulder pads looked like police lights.
"The Element Gang must be destroyed if you want to attain ultimate retribution!" I said as I then transformed into Akuma Dargon. "You will help me seize El Dragon, Ladybug, and Cat Noir's Miraculous! Do we have an agreement?"
"Affirmative. The Element Gang will be powerless against me and justice will prevail in the streets of Paris." Rogercop said and then the akuma energy then transformed the police car and it looked like it just came from the future.
"Then let's roll." I said as he got into the passenger seat and we went out to serve out justice.
Back at school, Sabrina, Chloé, and Frost were looking around for the bracelet. While they did that, I then sensed akuma energy. I then got out my phone and turned on the news watcher app to see what was going on. I had this made to see if there was any villain activity. It was originally made for the Dark Gang, but I modified it to pick up on evilized villains too.
In the streets of Paris, Ms. Mendeleiev threw a piece of litter on the floor and Rogercop came in, grabbed the litter, and flew to where Ms. Mendeleiev was.
"Huh?" Ms. Mendeleiev said as she saw Rogercop.
"You're under arrest!" Rogercop said.
"What? What for?" Ms. Mendeleiev asked.
"You threw litter on a public sidewalk, jaywalked, and crossed the red light." Rogercop said.
"Well, I suppose I did. But you can't arrest me!" Ms. Mendeleiev said. "Who are you anyway? You don't look like a policeman!"
"I sentence you to trash duty." Rogercop said as he shot her with lasers from his gauntlets her, the energy forming a pair of handcuffs on her with the left cuff blue and the right cuff red. He then blew his whistle, which controlled the handcuffs, and made Ms. Mendeleiev put the litter in the trashcan. "Next mission: Seeking justice on Mayor Bourgeois."
Back at school, when the news reports didn't show up, I decided to take the investigation into my own hands. I then got Marinette and Adrien outside, where I then called Plagg to get out here. When he did, I saw my suspicion was right when I saw the bracelet on his head.
"I won't bother you with the story. It's a long, boring…" Plagg said.
"Oh, yes, you will explain and fast! Do you realize how big of a problem this is, don't you?" I said.
"If by big you are referring to my rock-hard abs? Well, thanks for noticing!" Plagg said.
"Why you thieving, little…" I said as I was ready to strangle him, but then we all heard some footsteps and saw Rogercop with Akuma Dargon. "We'll finish this later. Now we have a bigger problem."
"Hey! You can't just walk in here!" Mr. Haprele said as he saw Rogercop and Akuma Dargon. Mr. Haprele was my Theater Arts teacher.
"I can go wherever I want, whenever I want. I am the law." Rogercop said to him.
"Well, I'm the authority around here…" Mr. Haprele said.
"You are guilty of obstructing the path of justice!" Rogercop said as he fired some cuffs at him. "I sentence you to move around!" He then blew his whistle.
"Wait! I can't control my arm! What are you…" Mr. Haprele said as he began run uncontrollably out of the room.
"Time to transform!" Adrien said, but he stopped when I said "Hold on! You can't transform while that bracelet's stuck on Plagg."
"What? Why not?" Adrien asked.
"Because, if you do, the bracelet will get absorbed with Plagg. This might damage your powers." I said before looking to Marinette. "Marinette, you take the others and try to stop those villains. I'll try and get this bracelet off Plagg."
"Okay." Marinette said as she and the others went off to transform.
"Mwahahahaha! It won't be long before the Element Gang show up to meet their doom!" Akuma Dargon laughed.
When they got to a safe place, Marinette then said "Tikki, spots on! Ha!"
She then transformed into Ladybug. Then the others followed her lead. It seemed my tactics had really become an inspiration for her because she led them on a stealth attack.
"Wait, isn't that Officer Roger?" Posidacus whispered.
"It is." Apolloid whispered, realizing who it was in that metal armor. "Looks like he got evilized."
"Guess he really was depressed on losing his job." ShockBlade whispered.
"Come on, let's figure out where his akuma is and beat him." Ladybug whispered and they all stealthily followed Akuma Dargon and Rogercop.
"Where is the mayor?" Rogercop said as he entered the classroom.
"Dad?!" Sabrina said, shocked to see her dad's new uniform.
"Sabrina, look." Frost whispered to her as they looked to see Akuma Dargon beside him.
"Hello, may I help you?" Ms. Bustier asked.
"Where is the mayor?" Rogercop said.
"I think he already left, sir!"
"Are you lying?"
"Yes. I mean, no!"
"If no one speaks up, I'll put you all under arrest!" Rogercop said. He then walked over to Chloé. "Where is your father?"
"I don't know!" Chloé said.
In the locker room, I tried to get the bracelet off of Plagg's head. I was using my pincer hand to do it.
"I thought it was a Camembert box! Anyone can make a mistake!" Plagg said.
"You're always thinking with your stomach! Wait…hmm." I said as I got an idea. "Do you have any Camembert on ya?" Adrien then gave me a piece and I spiced it with pepper. "A bit of pepper…" I then gave it to Plagg and he sniffed it.
"Ah, ah, Ah-CHOO!" He said as he sneezed, causing him to fly off and the bracelet to get off his head.
"Gesundheit!" I said as I grabbed the bracelet and put it in my tail compartment. "I'll return this later. Now let's get to the others." We then got ready to transform.
"Nooroo, let's fly!"
"Plagg, claws out!"
We then transformed into El Dragon and Cat Noir and headed out.
In Mr. Damocles' office, Mayor Bourgeois was demanding Mr. Damocles to find his daughter's bracelet.
"I'm warning you! If you don't find my daughter's bracelet by this evening, I'll cut off all your city funds for the school. Understood?" the mayor said.
"But, sir, how am I supposed to…" Mr. Damocles said, but then Rogercop came in.
"Didn't anyone ever teach you to knock before entering?" the mayor said.
"Justice doesn't need an invitation." Rogercop said to him. "Mayor, you're under arrest for abuse of power."
"Look who's talking!" the mayor gasped. Rogercop was about to put handcuffs on him, but Ladybug and the gang appeared and stopped him.
"Element Gang." Rogercop said as he saw them. "Paris has a new righter of wrong. Your services are no longer required."
"Exactly." Akuma Dargon said. "You've done nothing but cause trouble. Rogercop here is gonna repair all the damage you've done."
"We can't let you go around accusing everyone of any little wrongdoing!" Ladybug said as she and the gang went on the attack.
Rogercop shot lasers at them, but they dodged them. The battle led outside of Mr. Damocles' office. From there, they saw Mr. Haprele, who was still running.
"Hey, tin can!" Frost said as he then hit Rogercop with his binder. Then Rogercop turned and faced him. "Uh-oh." then Rogercop put handcuffs on him and said "You are under arrest for assaulting an officer of the law. I sentence you to remain silent." He then blew his whistle and Frost felt his lips getting stuck together, like they were sewed shut.
"Frost, are you okay?" Chloé asked as she and Sabrina went over to him. Frost tried to talk to them, but his lips wouldn't move. He could only mumble. Rogercop saw that the mayor was escaping and he and Akuma Dargon began to chase him.
"Hey! Come back here and fix my friend!" Chloé yelled at them.
"Don't worry, we'll fix this." Apolloid said to her as he and the gang went off to stop Rogercop. Ladybug tried to catch him with her yoyo, but he managed to escape. Rogercop saw the mayor, but me and Cat stopped him.
"You are disturbing justice, you two. You are going to pay for this." Rogercop said to us.
"You can add bodily harm to the charges!" Cat said and we then went on the attack.
Rogercop tried to shoot us with lasers, but we dodged them. We tried to attack him, but he knocked me into the wall and Cat into the trashcan. I managed to get up and went in front of Rogercop.
"Listen! You're Sabrina's dad and a good cop! Don't let this villain make an evil cop out of you!" I said, trying to reason with him.
"Don't listen to that liar! Take his, Ladybug, and Cat Noir's Miraculous! They're the real criminals!" Akuma Dargon told him.
"Justice must prevail in the streets of Paris!" Rogercop said as he did what he was told. He fired lasers at me, but I dodges them. When I was dodging them, I soon found that his whistle was emanating with akuma energy and knew that had to be the akuma. I tried to reach Rogercop and take his whistle, but he swung me into the school's court. "The Mayor must pay for getting rid of his best police officer!"
I then heard mumbling and saw Frost running towards Rogercop. He grunted as he attacked the metal covered cop. Then Rogercop picked him up.
"Hey, put him down!" Chloé said as she charged at him, but she was grabbed by Akuma Dargon.
"Let's take them with us." Akuma Dargon said. "The mayor will give up easily if we have a good trade."
"Yes. Soon he will pay for his crimes." Rogercop said.
"Hey, put us down!" Chloé said as Rogercop and Akuma Dargon took her and Frost to the car, put them in the back seat, and then drove off into the streets.
"Frost!" I said.
As we drove, we heard the roof thud. We then looked into through the rear view mirror and saw Cat Noir. Rogercop then set his car to aerial mode and tried to shake that mangy cat off.
Back with us, we looked to see the car was flying with Cat on it, trying to hang on as it flew through the air. We then decided to fly up there and me and the gang got on the roof with Cat.
"Missed us?" I asked him.
Then we gasped as the car started spinning. Cat fell off, but Ladybug caught him with her yo-yo. Frost mumbled angrily at Akuma Dargon and Rogercop as Rogercop hit the brakes and activated the Autopilot.
"Ugh! Would you shut up back there?" Akuma Dargon groaned angrily.
"Thanks for the lasso, lassie." Cat said as he got back on the car.
"No problem, Cat." Ladybug said.
Then we looked and saw Rogercop on the roof with us. We fought Rogercop, but he dodged our attacks. Rogercop pounded the car, making it spin. We all tried not to fall off.
"Keep your ground and don't fall off!" I said as we continued to attack. Rogercop knocked Ladybug and she began to fall.
"Grab on to me!" Ladybug said as she tossed her yo-yo, but it missed and she continued to fall.
"No! Ladybug!" Cat said, then he turned to Rogercop with a look of rage. "What have you done?!" He tried to attack Rogercop, but got caught.
"Snatch his Miraculous! His ring!" Akuma Dargon told Rogercop telepathically.
Rogercop tried to take Cat's ring off, but Cat threw his staff inside the exhaust pipe using his legs. This caused a small explosion that fired away the staff and made Rogercop lose his grip on Cat, who then fell off.
"Cat Noir!" I yelled.
I decided to save Cat first and me and the gang left to do so. Cat was heading for the river.
"Ugh! Unn, uh…nice day for a swim!" Cat said as he tried to grab his staff. He grabbed his staff, but he was still falling. He nearly hit the water, but Ladybug grabbed him with her yo-yo. "Well, hey. I'm head over heels to see you, my lady."
"Least I can do for you, Cat." Ladybug said as she kissed him.
I then cleared my throat and said "Hello? Crazy law-enforcing villain we need to stop?"
"Oh, right." Ladybug said.
We all then went off to catch up with Rogercop. Rogercop and Akuma Dargon were in the car when the GPS found the mayor. Then they flew towards where the mayor was.
"There's no point running after him anyway. He's way out of our reach now." Ladybug said.
"Well, if it's the mayor he wants, he'll be heading straight for the City Hall." I said.
"Do I sense a plan?" Apolloid asked.
At City Hall, Rogercop and I managed to break in as we were gonna get our "chat" with the mayor.
"Let's go!" Rogercop said as we headed for the front door with Frost and Chloé still in the car.
"Call up all available police forces, ASAP! That's an order!" the mayor said on the phone as he saw us.
"Ahh!" a civilian screamed as Rogercop made a hole in the door with a laser from his car.
Then the car entered the city hall. It wasn't long until it parked right in front of the mayor's desk and we got out of it.
"Bourgeois, I'm taking over. Relinquish your powers." Rogercop said to him.
"Never!" the mayor said and Rogercop put handcuffs on him. "These handcuffs won't change my mind."
"Then maybe this will." Rogercop said as he motioned to me and I pulled both the Fire Dragon's cousin and the mayor's daughter out of the car.
"Daddy!" Chloé yelled from my grip.
"Don't you dare put a finger on my little girl!" the mayor said. Seeing there was no other way out, he sighed and said "Fine. I relinquish my power over to you."
"So much for mayoral powers! Haha! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" I said, now that the city was under our command.
Back with us, we watched as a broadcast played before our eyes with the mayor and Rogercop in it.
"Paris has a new superpower." the mayor said. "His name is Rogercop. I hereby relinquish all authority to Rogercop. All citizens are ordered to answer at him."
"The Element Gang are now outlaws. They must be hunted out and taken into custody immediately." Rogercop said.
"Let's go get 'em!" an officer said as police officers tried to catch us, but we managed to escape.
At City Hall at night, me and the gang were hiding from the police.
"So now, we're the nation's most wanted felons?" Cat said, not believing this was actually happening.
"And we haven't done anything!" Ladybug said, not believing it either.
"Yeah! You can't accuse someone without proof! We should go and defend ourselves in the Court of Law!" Torna said.
"Not while Rogercop's the Chief of Justice." I said.
"How many times have we saved Paris?" Apolloid sighed.
"We're still saving it." I said.
When a squadron was on patrol, Cat, ShockBlade, and Posidacus appeared and the police saw them. Then Cat did a little dance.
"Something about Paris just makes you wanna dance." Cat said as he danced.
"You won't be dancing after I'm through with you. Arrest them!" Rogercop said and the officers tried to catch them.
"Does that mean you won't be joining us?" Cat said as he, ShockBlade, and Posidacus dodged the officers.
Inside the City Hall, me and the others entered, trying to deploy an attack, and Chloé noticed us.
"Go, Element Gang, go." Chloé whispered in a normal tone.
Rogercop turned around and saw us and I looked exasperated at Chloé.
"Element Gang, it is time for justice to prevail." Rogercop said as he shot lasers at us, but we managed to dodge them.
"You got justice and revenge all mixed up, Rogercop! Lucky Charm!" Ladybug said as she used her powers which gave her oven mitts. "Oven mitts? What am I supposed to do with this?"
Then we started dodging the lasers Rogercop was shooting us with.
"Fabulous…so wickedly fabulous!" Akuma Dargon said with a grin.
Outside the City Hall, Cat and the others had defeated all the officers.
"Okay, show's over. Sorry, no encore tonight." Cat said as they entered the City Hall and joined us to take down Rogercop.
"Get his whistle! That's where the akuma is!" I said.
Then Rogercop blew his whistle and said "Get the Element Gang!"
Then Frost, Chloé, and Mr. Bourgeois tried to pin us, but we take managed to get past them. Though my staff did kinda mess up Chloé's hair.
"Hey! My hair!" Chloé yelled.
"Sorry!" I said. Rogercop shoots lasers at us, making hide from his sight.
"Stop shooting like an idiot and seize their Miraculous, Rogercop!" Akuma Dargon said.
"How do we get the whistle now?" Apolloid asked. Rogercop found us and shot lasers at us.
"When you're ready, my lady." Cat said to Ladybug.
Ladybug then used her thinking vision and it showed Rogercop's arms, the mitt, and a belt light up. Ladybug then grabbed the belt.
"Okay, I have an idea but I still need something like…a ring." Ladybug said. Rogercop made a hole in the wall and we escaped. Ladybug grabbed the oven mitt and hid. "Where am I gonna get a ring from?"
I thought about what she said and then got the idea of what she could use.
"Ladybug, catch!" I yelled as I got the bracelet out and tossed it to her.
"That's Chloé's bracelet! Exactly what I need." She said as she caught the bracelet. "Fend off Rogercop as long as you can."
"Will do!" I said as we then went on the attack.
"Cataclysm!" Cat said as he used his powers to destroy the floor beneath Rogercop, who fell through it. Akuma Dargon was about to strike, but Posidacus soaked him with water and ShockBlade shocked him, knocking him out. Cat was held by a cuff, but I managed to break it with my staff. Meanwhile, Ladybug used the two mitts attached to the belt to cover Rogercop's hands. She then used the belt to tie the hands, and then took Rogercop's whistle.
"I gotcha!" Ladybug said as she then stomped on the whistle, releasing its akuma.
"Noooooo!" Rogercop said as his whistle was destroyed.
"No more law-breaking 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." Cat Noir and Ladybug made it just in time to see it.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as she tossed the oven mitts into the air. It exploded into a blast of energy. Its energy repaired all the damage and turned everything back to normal. It even got rid of the handcuffs. Frost was glad he could be able to speak again. Then the akuma energy turned Rogercop back into Officer Roger.
"Uhh…what am I doing up here?" Officer Roger said as he tried to recollect what happened.
"Pound it!" Me, Ladybug, and Cat said as we pounded for another victory.
"Time to lose the fuzz." Akuma Dargon said as he turned into a shadow and left.
"As Rogercop would say 'Justice has prevailed in the streets of Paris!'" Cat said. Then I heard both Cat and Ladybug's Miraculous beep.
"Come on. I think our boys in blue can sort this out." I said and then we all left. Before I got outside, I put the bracelet back in Frost's bag.
When I got back to Goussainville, I went to my room and transformed back to my normal self.
"You may have eluded me this time, Element Gang, but one of these days, Hawkmoth will be ruling the world and we'll be his generals! And none of you will be a part of it!" I said.
At City Hall, Officer Roger was returning Frost's bag to him.
"I think this belongs to you, sir." Officer Roger said.
"My bag!" Frost said as he took it. He then looked into it and found the bracelet. "Chloé, look."
"My bracelet! But…how?" Chloé said, confused by it.
"Roger! You found the bracelet?" the mayor said, amazed by it.
"Actually it turns out it was in Frost's bag all along! Must've fallen into a side pocket when that girl tripped over it." Officer Roger said.
"Well, Roger, I do apologize for being so accusatory and firing you for no good reason." the mayor said.
"Yeah. Looks like Roger really proved his worth as a cop. I'd say that'd be wrong not to keep him on the force." Frost said.
"Of course, Mr. Murphy! You're absolutely right. And actually, it's Lieutenant Roger now." the mayor said.
"Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm proud to be on the force and I vow to uphold my firm belief that every citizen is innocent until proven guilty." Roger said.
"Very good." the mayor said.
"A valuable lesson learned. Right, Chloé?" Frost said.
"You said it." Chloé said as she hugged him.
Well, that was the first time I was ever chased by the law. Now I know how criminals feel like when being chased. Hope that never happens again.