In Marinette's room, Marinette and Manon were playing with Marinette's Ladybug and Cat Noir dolls. I watched with my tail out of camouflage. Because both of them knew my secret, I could finally take comfort with my tail revealed.
"Here I am, m'lady!" Marinette said as she played as Cat Noir. She then played as Ladybug and said "Glad to see you, Cat Noir!"
"Of course you are! I'm the cat's meow!" I said in Cat's voice and then meowed, which made Marinette giggle.
"He shouldn't say that!" Manon said.
"No?" I said as she then frowned and shook her head at me. I then pretended to be El Dragon as Marinette lifted the El Dragon doll and said "This is no time to be goofing around, cat for brains! We gotta capture the villains' akumas before they…" I paused and looked at Manon. "Actually, what do the villains' want?"
"Uh…we wanna win!" Manon said as she just guessed.
"Yeah, but win what?" I asked.
"I don't know." Manon said. "What do they usually want?"
"Well, it depends by what they strive for." I answered. "Lady Wifi wanted to reveal Ladybug's true identity and Evillustrator wanted to get revenge on people who didn't appreciate his art! Then there was Rogercop, who wanted to bring justice out on everyone. But the evil Hawkmoth, who makes them bad, wants to take mine, Ladybug's, and Cat Noir's jewels from them, their Miraculous!"
"And what would happen if he did get them?"
"Then the villains win and chaos spreads."
"I know! I know what the bad guys want! We want the Miraculous! Then we'll win! Forever and ever! I'm gonna get your Miraculous, El Dragon, Ladybug, and Cat Noir! You-you goody two-shoeses! You'll be super-duper sorry!"
"You won't get our Miraculous!" Marinette said, pretending to be Ladybug.
"Oh, yeah?" Manon said and I watched as the dolls fight. At the end, the Element Gang dolls won.
"Yay! The Element Gang have won again!" Marinette said.
"No fair! You always win!" Manon said as she started sobbing.
"The Element Gang always win and the bad guys always lose." Marinette said.
"But you never let me play with the Element Gang!" She said as she began to cry.
"Oh, don't cry! Of course you can play with them! I'll even let you borrow one of them if you want." She said trying to make her feel better by giving her the Ladybug doll. But, when I heard footsteps coming from the stairs, I then hide my tail. Then Nadja came in and said "I'm back, Manon, have you been a good girl?"
"Mommy! Marinette didn't let me win!" Manon said as she hugged her mother and cried even more. "She didn't play fair and square!"
"Oh, Manon, you can't always expect to win!" Nadja said.
"Yes, you can! The Element Gang always win!"
"Well, you're right there! But they're superheroes!"
"You'll win next time, Manon." I said.
"Alright, now give the doll back to Marinette." Nadja said.
"NO! I wanna keep it!" Manon said.
"She can if she wants, I told her she could borrow it." Marinette said, explaining why Manon wasn't giving it back.
"And that's sweet of you Marinette, but Manon already has so many toys at home. I wouldn't even know where to put it." Nadja said as she tried to take the doll away and give it back to Marinette.
"NO!" Manon said as she kept a hold of the doll. This led to the arm to rip off. "Huh?"
"Look what you've done Manon! Give it to me." Nadja said to her, anger at her for disobeying. Manon then gave the doll to her and Nadja gave it Marinette. "I'm sorry, Marinette."
"Oh, it's nothing, I can sew it up again! It's no problem, really." Marinette said.
"I want that DOLL!" Manon said as she tried to get the doll back, but her mother picked her up and carried her on her shoulder as they left.
"No. You can play with it here, next time you come! Come on, Manon, be a good girl and say goodbye." Nadja said as Manon cried on her shoulder.
"Goodbye." Manon said quietly. Nadja's phone rang as they made it down stairs and she found Alec on the line when she answered it.
"Hi, Alec. Huh? Didn't I leave it for you on my desk at the station?" Nadja said.
"Uh. I left my bag up there, mommy!" Manon said as she ran back upstairs.
"Go quickly and get it!" Nadja said to her. She then put her ear to the phone and said "It's not there, huh?"
In Marinette's room, Marinette was sewing the arm back on the Ladybug doll.
"I think our heroes are in need of a little TLC." I said. We then looked and saw Manon standing there.
"Manon! What are you…" Marinette asked, but she was interrupted by Manon.
"I left my bag here!" Manon said. "Can I have Ladybug?"
"You heard what your mom said." Marinette said.
"She wouldn't know if I hide it!"
"Sorry, but I have to sew her up!"
"Pretty pleeeeease?" Manon said as she put up those baby doll eyes.
"Oh, don't look at the eyes." I said as I looked away.
"Oh, please, please not the baby doll eyes!" Marinette said as she looked at Manon. She then looked at me and I shook my head "no." Her mother said that she couldn't have it. But Marinette gave into the eyes. "Ugh. Okay, you can borrow Lady Wifi." Marinette groaned as she gave her the Lady Wifi doll.
"Can I have the Ladybug doll?" Manon asked.
"Hold on, Alec." Nadja said as she got off the phone. "Hurry up, Manon! We have to stop by the station!"
"Coming, mommy!" Manon said as she waved goodbye. She then put the doll in her bag and went out.
"Wow, she sure had you wrapped around her little finger!" Tikki said as she came out of hiding.
"No kidding." I said.
"What?! No, she didn… ugh." Marinette said. "Come on, you know I can't say no to those…"
"Baby doll eyes?" I said. "Just be glad none of our villains have them! You'd be rendered powerless!"
At TVi studio, Manon was playing with the Lady Wifi doll and an Element Gang magazine.
"Here we are, baddie! Haha! We've saved Paris again!" Manon said as she played with the Lady Wifi doll and magazine. "No! No fair! You always win!"
"I'm sorry, Alec. I thought I gave it to you. It must be in the studio." Nadja said as she apologized to Alec.
"No sweat!" Alec said.
"Can you just keep an eye on Manon for me, please? I won't be long." Nadja said to the receptionist. She then looked at Manon and saw she had the Lady Wifi doll.
"Where are you hiding… Ladybug?!" Manon said as she saw her mother in front of her with an angry look on her.
"This is one of Marinette's dolls!" Nadja said as she took the doll from Manon. "You took it after I specifically told you not to!"
"But… Marinette wanted me to have it!" Manon said to her mother.
"You disobeyed me. I told you the dolls were to stay at her house! You won't be needing these anymore." Nadja said as she put the doll in her bag.
"NO! Mommy, please don't!" Manon said as she tried to get the doll back.
"I'm not happy about this. Wait for me here." Nadja said and then she left.
"I didn't steal that doll. I want that DOLL!" Manon said as she laid on the couch on her face in sadness.
In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.
"Ah, what could be more pure than an innocent child's emotions? Especially anger. I love it!" He said. He then turned a butterfly into an akuma. The akuma flew out into Paris. "Akuma Dargon."
Chronicles of Kaze: Chapter 9
I then woke up and said "Yes, master?"
"There is a child who haves been punished by her parent. Take this akuma and commiserate with this frustrated child!" He said as the akuma then flew toward me.
"Then I guess it's play time." I said after I absorbed the akuma. I then used my Shadow Path to head into Paris.
In the subway, Me, Alya, and the gang rushed down the station to catch the train.
"The movie starts in thirty minutes. Or, we could buy your book first and go to the next showing." Marinette said.
"Either way, girl." Alya said. "Adrien, twelve o'clock!"
"There's no twelve o'clock showing." Adrien said.
"Not that twelve o'clock! That twelve o'clock!" I said as I point to the pole, but it was too late. He slammed into the pole.
"Adrien, are you okay?" Marinette said as she went over and helped him up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Adrien said.
"Come on!" I said as I dragged them both into the train.
"Sorry." Adrien said as he bumped into a passenger on the train
Back at TVi studio, Manon was still lying there on the couch. I then appeared beside her as the shadow and turned back into my normal self.
"What's wrong, little girl?" I asked as Manon looked up at me.
"My mommy took my doll away and called me a thief." Manon said.
"Parent trouble." I said. "I've seen this before. She shouldn't take away your fun. You're young. She doesn't understand what is like to be you. How about we play a new game?"
"A new game?" Manon asked.
"Yes. One that will allow you to play all you like with whatever you want." I said with a grin.
"Yes. Let's play." Manon said.
"Then let's make you able to play." I said as I put out my claw, put it on the wand Manon was holding, and induced it with akuma energy. Then Manon gave a look of rage. "Puppeteer, I am Akuma Dargon. From now on, you can control anyone!"
"Even the Element Gang?"
"Yes…as long as you possess their dolls."
"And I can win?"
"Yes, you will be able to win! But, it return, you have to get something for me!"
"Give you their Miraculous! I know!"
"What a smart little girl you are? So ready to play?"
"Yes, let's play." Manon said as the akuma energy transformed her into a villain with a black mask, a black, blue, and white dress, and a blue star wand.
"Then let's go." I said as I then transformed into Akuma Dargon.
"Wanna play a game?" Puppeteer asked the receptionist.
"Heeelp!" the receptionist yelled.
"I've got to get Element Gang dolls! I want those DOLLS!" Puppeteer said.
"Well, then…" I said as he used his powers and stretched out his hand into the studio.
"I'm sure I left it in here. Ugh. Where is it?!" Nadja said as she looked for the file. She then found it. "Ah. Here it is." I then stretched my hand in and grabbed the Lady Wifi doll out of Nadja's purse.
"Sorry, Alec! Here's the file you wanted." Nadja said as she gave the file to Alec.
"We'll need some help." I said as I then pulled it back with the Lady Wifi doll and gave it to Puppeteer.
Back at the subway, me and the gang were on the train, talking about the movie until we got to our stop.
"This movie's gonna be awesome!" Basar said enthusiastically.
"And it's gonna be our first one as a couple." Marinette said.
"You know it, Bugaboo." Adrien said, making Marinette giggle.
"I still don't know why you call her that." Alya said. "It's kind of weird, right?"
"Hey, to each their own." I said. "I hope Ali was able to keep our spots safe."
At the studio, Puppeteer lifted her wand as it began to glow.
"All right, Lady Wifi! Come to life!" Puppeteer said as she used her wand on the Lady Wifi doll.
Back at the subway, we watched as some kind of blue light began to transform Alya from the foot down.
"What—what's going on!?" Alya said as the light completely transformed her into Lady Wifi.
"Alya!" Marinette said as she watched it happen.
"Marinette! Give me those Element Gang dolls!" Lady Wifi said as she tried to grab Marinette.
"Lady Wifi?" I asked, confused by this.
"No! I'm Puppeteer! And I want those dolls NOW!" Lady Wifi said with a familiar attitude I thought I'd seen before.
"Puppeteer? The dolls?" Marinette asked, just as confused as I was. "I don't—I don't have them. They're at home! Why do you want them, Puppeteer?"
"Because, you said I could have them! Then Mommy said "no!" So give 'em to me now! Or you'll be super-duper sorry!" Lady Wifi said in a familiar tone.
"Hold on," I said. When Lady Wifi said that, I soon realized who it really was. "Manon?!"
"I want El Dragon, Ladybug, and Cat Noir's Miraculous to win! Forever and EVER!" Lady Wifi said as she just ran off.
"Manon! This isn't a game!" I said as I tried to catch up to Lady Wifi. I then looked to the gang and said "Come on, we need to go after her!" We then ran for the locomotive to transform.
"Excuse me sir, there's a…uh…cat loose on the train!" Adrien said, making an excuse to get the manager out of there.
"What? Thanks, kiddo!" the manager said as he then ran out.
"Cat? Really?" I asked him as our kwamis came out of hiding.
"Got anything else?" Adrien asked.
"Never mind." I said. "Let's transform. Nooroo, let's fly!"
"Tikki, spots on!"
"Plagg, claws out!"
"What about the movie? And the buttery popcorn?" Plagg said and was then sucked into Adrien's Miraculous.
Then me, Marinette, and Adrien transformed into El Dragon, Ladybug, and Cat Noir. Then the others followed our lead and we all left to go after Lady Wifi.
"So Akuma Dargon turned Alya into Lady Wifi again?" Posidacus asked. "If this gonna be like when we faced Stoneheart, then I am out."
"No. It's not Alya, it's Manon. She's been evilized." I said.
"Manon?" ShockBlade asked. "You mean the little girl we babysitted?"
"I told you giving Manon that doll was a bad idea." I said to Ladybug.
"What's this talk about dolls?" Cat asked.
"I've got some dolls she likes to play with." Ladybug said. "I model one for each of us."
"Wait a minute." I said as I remembered which doll Ladybug gave to Manon as Marinette. "Marinette, didn't you give Manon the Lady Wifi doll?"
"Yeah, why?" Ladybug asked.
"Well, if Manon is controlling Lady Wifi from a distance, then she's using something to control her." I said, seeing things clearly. "I bet she's using the doll."
"You mean like a voodoo doll?" Apolloid asked.
"Yeah." I said. I then snapped my fingers and said "That's it! She must be able to control people by using the doll modeled by them. That's why she's going after them."
"You're saying that, if she gets those dolls, we'll end up being controlled like Alya?" Posidacus asked.
"Yeah. Which means she'll be able to get our Miraculous." I said. "Come on! We need to get to them before she gets there!"
We then ran off to the bakery, but were met with Lady Wifi.
"Puppeteer! Such a shame, it's really not nice to steal from your babysitter." Ladybug said to Lady Wifi.
"Breaking and entering are grounds for a serious time-out." Cat said.
"Soon I'll get your Miraculous, you goody two-shoeses!" Puppeteer said through Lady Wifi.
"We'll see about that." I said as we all got ready to fight.
"Freeze!" Lady Wifi said as she shot an icon at me, but I dodged it just in time.
"Ha! You missed!" I said.
"Yeah and let her hit that poster over there." Cat said as he pointed over to the poster of him as Adrien where the icon covered his face.
"Remember how we defeated Lady Wifi the first time?" I said.
"Take out the Wi-Fi signal! Gotcha!" ShockBlade said as she went to do just that. I went over to grab the Element Gang dolls, but Puppeteer had Lady Wifi pause me. She then walked over to me.
"Nice move, Puppeteer, good girl! Now, take his Miraculous!" Akuma Dargon said to her as she then made Lady Wifi reach out for my brooch. But, before she could lay a finger on it, ShockBlade got rid of the Wi-Fi connector, making the pause icon disappear. I grabbed Lady Wifi's phone.
"No Wi-Fi!" I said as I smashed the phone, making sure she couldn't do it again. Me and the gang then grabbed the El Dragon, Ladybug, Torna, and ShockBlade dolls. "You won't be getting these either."
"I want those dolls. Lady Wifi!" The Puppeteer said as she ordered Lady Wifi to throw a couch at us. When we got it off of us, we saw that she was gone. I also saw that she took the Posidacus, Icedra, Apolloid, Cat Noir, Rogercop, and Evillustrator dolls.
"Did you catch her?" ShockBlade asked as she got back into the room.
"No. But we got some of dolls." Ladybug said, showing her the Ladybug doll.
"Yeah. But she still haves the others." I said. "We need to find Puppeteer fast, before you she turns us all into her puppets."
"I'll call Mrs. Chamack to see where she is." Ladybug said as she called Nadja on her yo-yo.
"Yes? What? Ladybug?!" Nadja said as she answered her phone.
"Where are you?" Ladybug asked.
"At the TV station." Nadja answered.
"Is your daughter with you?"
"Yes! She's playing downstairs! Why? Is everything okay, Ladybug?"
"Yes! Just don't move. We'll be right there!" Ladybug said as we then went off to fight Puppeteer.
At the TV studio, Puppeteer was waiting for Lady Wifi to come back with the dolls.
"I'm gonna use these dolls to beat Ladybug fair and square!" Puppeteer said as I gave an evil smug.
In the TVi studio lobby, we made it there just in time. It had seemed that Lady Wifi hadn't gotten there yet.
"She's still here in the building! We need you all outside!" I said.
"NO! I want to find my daughter!" Nadja said as she went up to me.
"We'll bring your daughter back, Mrs. Chamack. It'll help me more to know you're safe." I said as she then went outside.
In the TV studio, Puppeteer was beginning to use her powers on the dolls.
"Evillustrator! Come to life!" She said as she then used her power on the Evillustrator doll. At the Louvre, Nathaniel transformed back into Evillustrator. She then moved on to the Rogercop doll. "Rogercop! Come to life!" On a street corner, Lieutenant Raincomprix transformed back into Rogercop.
"This is better than I thought. A villain that recreates villains." I said as I watched. "Let's see the Element Gang handle that."
In the halls, we were trying to find the studio with me leading the way. Since I was here before when me and the gang did the interview, I remember how to get to the studio.
"Come on, we're getting closer!" I said as we kept running. We then stood at the door. "There it is." Then me, Ladybug, and Cat positioned ourselves at the door. "On 3. 1… 2… 3!" We then kicked the door open and went inside seeing that we were too late as Puppeteer held up the Posidacus, Icedra, Apolloid, and Cat Noir dolls.
"Posidacus, Icedra, Apolloid, Cat Noir! Come to Life!" Puppeteer said as she induced the dolls with her power.
"No!" Cat said as he, Posidacus, Icedra, and Apolloid were put under her control.
"Cat Noir! No!" Ladybug said as the four faced us.
"Use Cat Noir, Posidacus, Icedra, and Apolloid to seize the rest of the Element Gang dolls!" Akuma Dargon said as he slithered over to Puppeteer's side. "When you control that them, you'll have won everything, and the Element Gang will be defeated!"
"Gimme those Element Gang dolls! I'm gonna get your Miraculous!" Puppeteer said.
"Not so fast, rugrat!" Ladybug said as she tossed her yo-yo at Puppeteer's wand, but Puppeteer blocked it with Cat Noir. "Sorry, Cat Noir!"
We then watched as Rogercop and Evillustrator showed up and, with Lady Wifi, they joined our mind controlled teammates and got ready for battle.
"Four against nine?" I said as me and the gang saw we were outnumbered. "That's not very fair and square!"
"This is the moment I've been waiting for. Your time is up, Element Gang! You're doomed!" Akuma Dargon said.
"The Element Gang dolls, get them!" Puppeteer ordered as Evillustrator drew a phone for Lady Wifi.
"Thanks Evillustrator!" Lady Wifi said. "Now the dolls!"
"Well then…" I said as I pulled out a smoke pellet. "Come and get them!" I then tossed it on the floor and a cloud of smoke surround us. We then left as Akuma Dargon tried to clear the smoke.
"And, to think, I used to love those smoke pellets." Akuma Dargon said as he finally cleared the smoke and they all saw that we were gone.
"The dolls! They got away with then! Get them!" Puppeteer said and the villains and our teammates followed us to the roof.
"Where'd they go?!" Posidacus said as they looked for me and the team.
"First, we gotta get rid of them, then Puppeteer!" I said. Then ShockBlade shined a light on the villains, then I wrapped Evillustrator and Rogercop with my metal-bending. Cat Noir hit Ladybug with his baton, but she used it to throw him off the building. I then tossed Evillustrator and Rogercop at my three mind controlled teammates and knocked them down.
"If you want these dolls so badly, come and get them!" I said as I threw the doll to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
"I'm faster than you! You're gonna lose, El Dragon!" Lady Wifi said as she then went past me as I began to fly down. A girl picked up the dolls, but Lady Wifi grabbed them from her. "Gimme those dolls! They're mine!" Lady Wifi then left, leaving the girl to cry.
Back with Ladybug, she continued her fight with Cat.
"I'm gonna get you, Ladybug!" Puppeteer said.
"You'll be super-duper sorry!" Cat said.
While they were busy fighting, I went to fight Puppeteer. If I caught her akuma, she would lose control over the others.
"Now that you're alone, I'm gonna…huh?!" I said as I burst into the room, but found her and Akuma Dargon were gone. "Where is she?"
I then ran back up and found them in the studio lobby, where Lady Wifi handed Puppeteer the dolls. I also saw that the fight had moved in here.
"Now I'm the winner! Haha!" Puppeteer said as she held the dolls.
"Drop those dolls, Manon!" I said as I faced her.
"I'm not Manon, I'm Puppeteer!" Puppeteer said as she used Lady Wifi to attack me with pause icons, but I dodged them and even managed to get one on Akuma Dargon when he wasn't looking.
"Ladybug, a little help here?" I said as I kept dodging.
"You got it! Lucky Charm!" Ladybug said as she used her powers and it gave her a power strip. "A power strip?"
"You've lost, Element Gang!" Puppeteer said.
Ladybug then used her Lucky Vision and Lady Wifi's phone, Cat and Rogercop's feet, and the Evillustrator's arms flashed. Then the Evillustrator erased the wall in front of her.
"There may be four of you but I'm twice as dangerous!" Ladybug said as she flung Cat onto Lady Wifi and hit the others. Puppeteer lifted the Ladybug and El Dragon dolls to control us. Lady Wifi paused Evillustrator and Rogercop as Ladybug threw them at her.
"Ladybug, come to lif…" Puppeteer said, but was interrupted when Lady Wifi accidentally paused her.
"Thanks for the save." I said.
"No problem. El Dragon, if you please?" Ladybug said as she motioned to Puppeteer.
"Hold on." I said as I grabbed Akuma Dargon and carried him out. I then positioned him at a pole outside and then went back in. I then grinned and whistled as I stride over to get the wand. I took it out of Puppeteer's hands and broke it, releasing the akuma.
"Curtain call, 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 power strip into the air.
It exploded into a blast of energy, its energy turning everything back to normal. It even sent the villains back to where they were before and turned them back to normal and freed our teammates. Akuma Dargon even got un-paused and jumped head first into the pole. Then the akuma energy turned the Puppeteer back into Manon.
"What happened?" Cat asked as he and the others tried to steady themselves.
"You and the guys were puppets! But don't worry, you didn't do anything foolish!" Ladybug said.
"Good. And Ladybug, FYI, you can pull my heartstrings any day!" Cat said as he winked, making Ladybug giggle.
"I think you were better when you sounded like a five-year old girl!" I said, annoyed by him.
"Dang it!" Akuma Dargon said as he turned into a shadow and left.
When I got back to Goussainville, I went to my room and transformed back into my normal self for another plan failing again.
"No! This cannot be happening!" I said angrily. "This was not how it was supposed to happen!"
"Ease, Akuma Dargon." Hawkmoth said to me from his lair. "You'll get them next time. No need to be frustrated. There will be a new day and they will be destroyed!" Then the window closed.
Back at the studio, Nadja walked in and saw Manon.
"Manon!" She said as she went over and hugged Manon. "Thank you, Element Gang! Thank you."
"No problem." I said. "Come on, let's go home." I said as we then left to change back.
Back in Marinette's room, Marinette was apologizing to Nadja for giving Manon that doll.
"I'm sorry about what happened last time, Mrs. Chamack. I shouldn't have given her the doll after you told her no." Marinette said.
"Manon can be pretty persuasive sometimes." Nadja said.
"Yeah, with her…" I said.
"Baby doll eyes? Yes, I know." Nadja said. She then looked to Manon. "See you later then. Kiss, Manon!"
Manon then gave a kiss to her mother and said "Bye, mommy!"
"See you later, Mrs. Chamack!" I said.
"Buh-bye!" Nadja said as she left.
"I wanna play with the Element Gang!" Manon said.
Marinette looked at the dolls then me and Adrien (who was here to help out babysit Manon.) as we gave her disapproving looks. After that fiasco, I think we had enough of them. "I have a better idea. Why don't we go to the zoo today?"
"But I wanna play with the dolls! Pretty please!" Manon said as she tried to use the eyes again.
"Don't even try it, Manon." Marinette said.
"I love the zoo! I'm ready!" Manon giggled. I then put her on my shoulders and we ran off.
Well, that was a real child's play. At least Marinette finally learned that there are times when to say no. I bet Kade would be having an ice pack on his for a while. Though I have to say, it's gonna be nice to hang out with Manon. At least, when she's not using those baby doll eyes.