Chapter 22: Pixelator

Today, we were at the Grand Paris. Our class was having a work experience and all of us was dressed as a worker. I even saw Kim put on a bellboy hat.

"Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Bourgeois, we're able to have our work experience field trip today at the Grand Paris luxury hotel. Each of you will get hands-on experience with one of the many jobs here at the hotel. You'll be graded on your effort, which will affect whether you pass or fail the class." Ms. Bustier said.

In the Hotel's main hall, as she walked by, I decided to ask Ms. Bustier about this assignment.

"Do I really need to wear this?" I asked her as I was dressed as a Queen's Guard. "This is Paris, not London. I feel ridiculous wearing this."

"I'm sorry, Axel, but you're gonna have to unless you want a bad grade." Ms. Bustier said.

I then sighed in depression. Then Marinette and Alya came around in their assigned costumes. Marinette was dressed as a fashion designer and Alya was dressed as a photographer.

"Who exactly assigned these?"

"I'll give you one guess." Alya said as she motioned over to the mayor.

"Why do I even bother?" I said with a grim look on my face. "Of course, Chloé would be responsible for this. But how come I'm dressed in this?"

"Actually, that was my idea." Frost said as he came over. "Besides, you actually look the part."

I then groaned as he walked away. Then the door opened and Jagged Stone and Fang came in.

"Hey, isn't that…?" Marinette said and I finished it by saying "Jagged Stone? Yeah. And it looks like he brought Fang with him."

"Excuse me, but this is a luxury hotel, not a…" The mayor said, but he was interrupted by Jagger's pet crocodile Fang.

"Daddy!" Chloé said as she went over to him. She then whispered "That's Jagged Stone, the rock star. He's sold millions of albums, he's very famous."

"Mr. Stone, welcome to the Grand Paris Hotel! I am Mayor Bourgeois, the owner of this luxury establishment, in fact, the most luxurious in all of Paris. How might we serve you?" the mayor said.

"How'd you think? I didn't just come here to admire your lobby." Jagger said.

"Jagged would like to check into your most luxurious suite." Penny said.

That was Penny Rolling, Jagged Stone's agent. What? Sometimes I listen to Rock'n'Roll.

"And Fang better get a real bathtub, not a tiny water hole like the one in that hotel across the street." Jagged said. I should've guessed the pet of a rocker would like that.

"We have everything you need, Ms. Fang. Even a state-of-the-art entertainment center!" the mayor said as he looked to Penny. I snickered a bit for the mix up he made.

"Fang's my crocodile." Jagged said as he pointed to Fang.

"Mr. Stone, we have everything you require for your…Fang. Would he, um…enjoy a bubble bath?" the mayor said nervously.

"Crocodiles don't like bubble baths. That dries their scales out!" Jagged said.

While they talked, a photographer quietly entered the hotel. And this was one I knew anywhere. His name was Vincent Aza. I met this guy before when he tried to take pictures of me and the gang during a battle. Fang saw him and followed him. We all managed to see him when Fang got over to Vincent and made him scared. Vincent stood on the table in fright as Fang growled at him.

"Oh, no. Not him again." Jagged said as he saw Vincent.

"Remember me, Mr. Stone? Vincent Aza! Just one photo to show everyone in the world that we're best buds! Come on, please! I'm your biggest fan!" Vincent said from the table.

"I know, you've been to my last 36 shows. But we are not friends." Jagged said.

"There! Look into the lens!" Vincent said as he pointed his camera at Jagged.

"Hey, aren't you the same guy who tried to take pictures of the Element Gang during one of their battles?" Frost asked as he got in front of Vincent's shot.

"Well, yes." Vincent said as he lowered his camera. "I would've gotten a perfect shot if I didn't lose my camera."

"Hey, it's better the camera than your own life." Frost said. "You seem to be a real risk taker, huh?"

"Yeah. But one must do everything to get the perfect photo. Now, if you excuse me." Vincent said as he then raised his camera and tried to take a picture of Jagged.

"Didn't you hear Mr. Stone? You still haven't got it, have you?" Penny said as she grabbed Vincent and carried him out of the hotel. "No photos!" She then grabbed his camera and threw it away. It would've broke if Vincent didn't caught it. "Good reflexes. Now don't let me see you near Mr. Stone again. Or next time, you won't get your camera back." Then Penny went back inside, leaving Vincent to look disappointed.

In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.

"I sense brewing anger and frustration. Perfect father for my evil little akumas. It won't be long now." He said. He then turned a butterfly into an akuma. The akuma flew out into Paris. "Akuma Dargon."

Chronicles of Kaze: Chapter 14

In Goussainville, I woke up and said "Yes, master?"

"There is a photographer who has been rejected by his idol. Take this akuma and evilize him!" He said as the akuma then flew towards me.

"Then I'll need the only one who can give him the evil surge." I said after he then absorbed the akuma. I then turned to Berthona and said "Berthona!"

"Yeah?" Berthona asked as she went over to me.

"We got a new villain to get and I think your gloominess is just what we need to get him onto our side." I answered.

"No one knows gloom better than me. I'll guarantee it." She said. Then I then used my Shadow Path and began to heading into Paris, taking Berthona with me.

In the streets, Vincent was walking down the sidewalk, upset about not getting his photo. Me and Berthona went past him and into an alley, where we turned back into our normal selves.

"Hello there, my friend." I said as Vincent looked up and saw both him and Berthona in front of him. "No need to be glum. We are here to help, chum."

"How? Do you have a photo of Jagged Stone?" Vincent asked with a frown.

"No. But we have something that we think we'll cheer you up." I said.

I then motioned Berthona to take this. She then nodded and went over and started to talk to Vincent.

"Listen, I know what it's like to be rejected for what you love. I've had a rough life, one where you can't even find the joy of childhood. It is a reason I don't usually smile. But we have something that can get you your joy back." Berthona said. "Don't you think it's now time for the people who wronged you to feel your pain?"

Then Vincent gave an angry look and said "Yes."

"Then let us give you the greatest gift ever given to one person." I said as then used his claw and induced Vincent's camera with akuma energy. Then Vincent gave a look of rage. "Pixelator, I am Akuma Dargon. And this is my associate, Blackout. We're giving you the power to capture your hero's smile, forever. But in return, you'll need to do some capturing for us as well."

"Yes, master." Vincent said as the akuma energy transformed him into a villain wearing a black and cyan, cyber lined suit with a pixelated camera lens logo on the chest and his camera turned into a visor helmet that covered his right eye and the camera lens on the left side.

"Then let's get on with our photoshoot." I said as he then transformed into Akuma Dargon.

"I like the sound of that." Berthona said as she transformed into Blackout.

In the Grand Paris, Jagged and Fang go into the elevator and the mayor greeted them.

"Geez, doesn't Vincent ever give up?" I said to Marinette with annoyance as I kept my pose at the front door. "He's gonna get himself arrested if he keeps it up."

In the luxurious suite, Jagged played with Fang.

"Mr. Stone is going to need a new pair of shades for tonight's gig. Red, white, and blue with two large Eiffel Towers on them. Can you get that for him?" Penny said as she talked to the mayor.

"Of course we can!" The mayor said as he then looked to Frost and said "Frost, would you mind getting those? You are our hotel's gopher."

"Yes, sir." Frost said as he went to get the shades.

At the Eiffel Tower, Frost bought a pair of shades with Eiffel Towers on them.

"These should do the trick." Frost said, but then he stopped and had a second thought. "But, maybe these aren't even close to what Mr. Stone wants."

At the suite, Jagged saw the shades Frost bought, but they weren't the right shades.

"Where are the Eiffel Towers?" Jagged asked.

"Um…here." Frost said as he pointed the glass of the shades to reveal the Eiffel Tower printed on them.

"This is a joke, right?" Jagged asked and Frost gave a worried smile. "What are you doing? Trying to ruin my career?"

"But, Mr. Stone, the glasses you want don't exist!" Frost said.

"Do I look like I care? Just get me those sunglasses!" Jagged yelled as Frost ran out of the suite in fright.

In the lobby, Frost sulk in depression as he walked around.

"Great. Now what am I going to do?" Frost said to himself. "I bring him shades to only find out that they were the wrong ones. Where am I gonna find the shades that Jagged Stone actually…" He then saw Marinette and got an idea. He then went over to Marinette and said "Marinette?"

"What's up, Frost?" Marinette asked as Frost came up.

"I need a favor." Frost said. "Can you make me some sunglasses? Ones with big Eiffel Towers on them?"

"Of course. But why?"

"They're for Jagged Stone. He needs them for his next show."

"Say no more. Come on, I got all the materials at my house."

"Oh, thank you, Marinette."

Then Frost and Marinette ran out of the hotel so she could work on the sunglasses.

After they did, Akuma Dargon, Blackout, and Pixelator went in.

"Excuse me, sirs and miss, can I…help you?" A worker asked as he and Kim went over to meet them with looks of fright.

"Look into the lens…" Pixelator said as he got his camera ready. Both Kim and the worker looked into the lens. After that, Pixelator pressed a button on the camera, zapped them, and digitized them. "Photo finish."

"Now that's a perfect photo op." Blackout said with a sinister grin.

"You said it." Akuma Dargon said, agreeing with her. Then all three of them went into the hotel.

"What the…?" Chloé said as she then looked to see Pixelator, Akuma Dargon, and Blackout in front of her. She then ran over to them with an angry look on her face. "Excuse me! You can't be guests at this hotel! My father only allows the most important celebrities on this floor, not criminals like you."

"Well, look who's trying to be employee of the month." Akuma Dargon said sarcastically. "Pixelator, how about adding her photo to the collection?"

"You got it!" Pixelator said as he got his camera ready. "Look into the lens, miss!"

Adrien tried to get Chloé out of the way before Pixelator was about to take her pic, but he ended up getting zapped along with her. After see them get digitized, me and the gang then decided to run for it before he got us too.

The next thing Chloé and Adrien knew, they found themselves in a white space.

"What the…" Adrien said.

"What just happened?" Chloé asked.

"I think we've been like…digitized or something." Adrien answered.

"What do you mean 'digitized'?" Chloé asked.

"I don't really know, but I don't think it's a good thing."

"Well, I can fix this. Leave it to me." Chloé said as she then pulled out her phone. She tried to call her father, but the signal couldn't get through. "Daddy? Daddy… Daddy?!"

At the Dupain-Cheng House in Marinette's room, Frost watched as Marinette tried to find something.

"Where did I put them…Oh!" Marinette said as she got an old pair of shades and showed them to Frost. "Voila!"

"But they're pink." Frost said.

"They won't be when I'm done with them. This is either gonna be the most amazing pair or the ugliest pair of shades in shades history. Ms. Bustier is grading us on effort, right?"

"Oh. I hope Mr. Stone likes them." Frost groaned as Marinette took the lenses out of the shades. "Or completely hate them."

Back with Adrien and Chloé, they continued to walk through the void.

"Ugh! I still can't get through to anyone!" Chloé said as she tried to use her phone again. "How can there be no cell reception here? Ridiculous!"

"It just goes on forever. No doors, no walls, no nothing…" Adrien said.

"You mean we're stuck here? Forever?" Chloé said with fright.

"No. There's gotta be a way out somewhere." Adrien said. "I hope…"

At the Grand Paris, Marinette and Frost entered the hotel, looking for everyone.

"Adrien? Axel? Tricha? Meri?" Marinette said as she searched for me and the group.

"Chloé?" Frost said. "Jay? Trustin? Basar?"

"Where is everyone?" Marinette asked. I saw them and went over to them.

"Frost, Marinette!" I said as the rest of the gang came over. "Thank goodness, you're okay."

"What's going on? Where is everybody?" Frost asked.

"Hiding. Akuma Dargon is back and with a new villain." I answered and both him and Marinette looked at each other with fright.

In the hall way, Pixelator opened the door to a room and found Alec Cataldi in it.

"Jagged Stone?" Pixelator said.

"What?" Alec said.

"Look into the lens!" Pixelator said as he saw Alec and readied his camera.

Meanwhile, Frost gave the shades to Penny.

"I'll give them to Mr. Stone." Penny said.

"Can't you deliver them to him now?" Frost asked.

"He's…resting." Penny answered.

Back in his room, Jagged Stone was in the bathroom, giving Fang a bath.

"Now who likes having his belly scratch? Daddy's little Fang!" Jagged said to Fang.

"Okay, no problem. Just trying to do the job right the second time." Frost said.

"Got it." Penny said.

"Thank you…" Frost said.

Then a knock came to the door and Penny opened it to find Pixelator, Akuma Dargon, and Black-out.

"Thanks for your help, Marinette." Frost said.

"No problem." Marinette said.

"Okay. Now we better get out of here before…" I said, but I was interrupted by Penny saying "Who are you?"

"Look into the lens!" Pixelator said as he then zapped and digitized Penny.

"Run!" I said as we all ran for it. Frost ran down the hall and me and the gang headed to the elevator to get ready to take these villains down. "Time to transform!" Then our kwamis came out of hiding.

"Nooroo, let's fly!"

"Tikki, spots on! Ha!"

Then me and Marinette then transformed into El Dragon and Ladybug. Then the others followed our lead. We then headed out to fight Pixelator.

In Jagged's room, Pixelator, Akuma Dargon, and Blackout broke in and saw Jagged.

"Hey, there! Time for your photoshoot!" Pixelator said as he readied his camera.

"How did you get in here? I don't know about any photos. Fang, attack!" Jagged said as he ordered Fang to attack. Fang then rolled over and got ready.

"See you later, alligator." Pixelator said as he zapped and pixelated Fang.

"What? Fang? Fang! Who are you?" Jagged said as he saw it happen in front of his eyes.

"I am Pixelator, your biggest fan, Mr. Stone. Can I called you Jagged?" Pixelator said.

"No!" Jagged said.

"I want to immortalize you, Jagged! I'll be your one and only fan! You will belong to me for eternity! Now, look into the lens." Pixelator said as he was about to zap Jagged, but I managed to save him. "El Dragon, we meet again. Oh, and I see you brought Ladybug and the rest of your gang. I've heard a lot about your teamwork."

"This doesn't have to be this way, Vincent." I said to him. "Come in peacefully or we will have to use force."

"My name is not Vincent! It's Pixelator! Look into the lens!" Pixelator said as he tried to zap us, but we managed to dodge it. Ladybug grabbed a flower vase with her yoyo and threw it at Pixelator, but he dodged it. Jagged Stone hid under a table while we fought. Pixelator kept zapping us. ShockBlade tried to use her claws to attack Blackout, but they got zapped and digitized by Pixelator. So did Ladybug's right arm. We managed to get Jagged Stone out of the hotel before he got all of us.

"Ugh! Where did they go?" Pixelator said in frustration.

"If you want Jagged, you must find the Element Gang." Akuma Dargon said to him.

"I don't have time to deal with them!" Pixelator said.

"You do and you will." Akuma Dargon said as his eyes glow purple and Pixelator began to groan like he was having an excruciating headache.

"Ah! Okay, okay! Tell me what to do." Pixelator said and Akuma Dargon's eyes went back to normal.

"I command an excellent photograph of the Element Gang with their Miraculous. I need to get those powers! So listen very carefully." Akuma Dargon ordered.

At Francoise Dupont High, me and the gang were hiding in Mr. Damocles' office with Jagged.

"I can't stay here. I'm performing tonight." Jagged said.

"Don't worry, you'll get to do your gig." I said.

"And you'll even get to wear some awesome shades!"" Ladybug said.

"Uh?" Jagged said in confusion.

Ladybug then giggled and said "Look. While we're catching this guy, Pixelator, we need you to stay put where no one would think to look for you. Same goes for you, Frost."

"Hm. Is this safe? This is a school." Mr. Damocles' asked.

"Exactly. This villain would never expect his favorite idol to be in a principal's office." I said. "Now stay here while we deal with Pixelator. I know about Vincent Aza. He's a crazy photographer. Whenever he sees the chance to get a picture, he takes it no matter what."

"I'll say." Jagged said. "He's come to every one of my shows this year. He's also sent me stacks of letters, gone through my trash, he even followed my mother to her weekly bingo night!"

"That's creepy." Torna said.

"Uh, not really, it's just a bunch of elderly ladies getting together having fun." Jagged said.

"Well, I know where he lives." I said. "Thanks to all the letters he'd sent me, I got his address."

"Then let's go." Ladybug said as we prepared to leave, but ShockBlade just sat there on the floor. I bet she was pretty horrified on losing her claws. They had been her most useful tool. For some of the missions we had, they really came in handy. I was about to go over to her, but Ladybug insisted instead.

"Hey, you okay?" Ladybug asked as she sat next to ShockBlade.

"I'm fine. I just…" ShockBlade said and sighed.

"Sad about losing your claws?" Ladybug asked.

"Yeah." ShockBlade answered. "For most of my life, those claws had always helped me when I needed them. In battle or in a trap. Without my claws, I'm nothing. I'm just…useless."

"Hey, there are still other times when you didn't need your claws." Ladybug said. "It wasn't the claws that made you helpful. It was you. They were just a tool, but they aren't useful without someone to use them." Ladybug then stood up and put out her hand. "Come on. Let's save Paris."

Then ShockBlade gave it some thought and saw she was right. It wasn't the claws alone that got her and the rest of us out of situations, it was her thinking that got us through. Even without her claws, she's still a hero. So she took Ladybug's hand and Ladybug help her up. We all then went off to fight Pixelator.

Back in the void, Adrien and Chloé continued to find a way out.

"Plagg, I gotta find some way to transform." Adrien said to his kwami.

"Come on, what's the rush?" Plagg said. Then Adrien looked at him with upset. "Fine. If you insist, at least find me some cheese."

"I'm gonna see if there's a way out down there. Don't go anywhere." Adrien said to Chloé.

"Where am I gonna go?" Chloé sarcastically asked.

At the Champs-Elysees, Pixelator, Akuma Dargon, and Blackout continued to look for Jagged Stone and us.

"Ah, the Champs-Elysees. Perfect. May the photoshoot begin." Akuma Dargon said as Pixelator began zap and digitize people.

Back with me and the gang, we made it to Vincent's room and saw a lot of photos of Jagged Stone on the walls.

"Oh, this isn't creepy at all." Apolloid said.

We then looked around and saw other photos of other people who looked familiar. I then saw one that was moving. I looked into it and saw Adrien and Chloé in it.

"Ahhhh!" Chloé screamed as she saw me.

"El Dragon?" Adrien asked as he saw me.

"What are you two doing in there?" I asked.

"El Dragon! Please, please get us out of here. It's terrible in here! I mean, it's only terrible when you're not around." Chloé said. I looked around and Théo and Mireille were trapped in photos too. Most of Paris' citizens were trapped.

"What happened to you?" I asked the people who were trapped in the photos.

"It's terrible, this man with Akuma Dargon and Blackout, he...took a photo of us and we ended up trapped in here!" Théo answered.

"Pixelator." I said, realizing who he was talking about. "Where'd you last seen them?"

"While we were just simply strolling the Champs Elysees!" Mireille said.

"Then that's where we're heading." I said. "Don't worry. We'll get you all out. Element Gang, let's go!" me and the gang then left to face off with those crummy villains.

Back in the Champs-Elysees, Pixelator continued to zap people with Akuma Dargon and Blackout following behind. Pixelator then saw Nadja Chamack.

"Excuse me, sir? Sir? Care for an interview with the reporter who spreads the villains' voice?" Nadja said as she tried to interview Pixelator.

Back in Mr. Damocles' office, Mr. Damocles, Jagged, and Frost watched the interview.

"I will continue my photoshoot until Jagged Stone turns up here in the flesh! Where are you, Jagged? Your biggest fan awaits you! All I want is one photo! Otherwise, soon, the people of Paris will be nothing but memories." Pixelator said as he then zapped Nadja and the camera man. "Hahahahahaha!"

"This is terrible!" Mr. Damocles said.

"I've got to do what Pixelator says!" Jagged said.

"You can't be serious! It's dangerous out there!" Frost said as he tried to stop him.

"Who cares about danger? Jagged Stone can turn down a television appearance! Just imagine what it would do for my career!" Jagged said as he left to meet Pixelator and Frost then followed him.

At the Champs-Elysees, the police had arrived to stop Pixelator, Lieutenant Roger appeared, but Pixelator zapped him.

"Got an itchy trigger finger, huh?" I asked as I got Pixelator's and his associates' attention.

"I was expecting you, Element Gang." Pixelator said as he got ready to zap us.

"The akuma is in his camera. We'll take care of Akuma Dargon and Blackout while you get it." I said and me and the gang went to do so while Ladybug handled Pixelator. Pixelator then started zapping her, but she dodged them. She hid under a car, but Pixelator found her.

"Look into the lens!" Pixelator said as he tried to zap her. Ladybug continued to dodge the zaps and she tried to grab a lamppost with her yoyo, but she fell and Pixelator now had her cornered.

"Wait! I have a proposition to make!" Ladybug said "If you free those innocent people, I'll organize a photoshoot with Jagged Stone!"

"No! Don't listen to her!" Akuma Dargon said as his glow purple again and Pixelator began to feel excruciating pain. He then began to reach for the button. Before he did, ShockBlade then used her fingers to shoot a volt out and zap Pixelator's camera, knocking Pixelator off Ladybug. It then began to glitch and people were being freed. I even saw Ladybug get her arm back. Adrien and Chloé, who end up in the hotel, were freed as well. Nino was reading his Math book and he saw them.

"Dudes! You just scared me!" Nino said.

"Fill in for me, will you, Nino?" Adrien said as he then saw the TV.

"What do you think I've been doing this whole time?" Nino said. Plagg appeared in the room and Sabrina saw him and fainted in fear.

In the streets, Adrien hid under a billboard to transform.

"Let's get going. Plagg, claws out!" Adrien said as he then transformed into Cat Noir.

Back in the Champs-Elysees, Pixelator got up as his camera stopped fizzing out.

"Ah! You fried my camera!" Pixelator said in anger.

"No need to get all crabby! Just give us the akuma and we'll go." ShockBlade said. Cat was about to take Pixelator's glasses off, but a civilian spotted him. Pixelator then saw Cat and fought him. Pixelator then threw him off.

"Thanks for dropping in." Ladybug said.

"Not very handy, I see." Cat said.

"Okay. That's enough!" Pixelator said as he tried to use his camera, but it didn't blast. My guess was that ShockBlade's volt had shorted out its capabilities.

"Out of the way!" Blackout said as she got ready for battle. "They're mine."

"Still the gloomy Gus, huh, Berthona?" ShockBlade asked her.

"My name is not Berthona, it's Blackout!" she said. "And it's better than having joy ruin your day."

"How can that happen?" ShockBlade said. "Joy is the greatest thing in the world. It makes you all warm inside. It makes you smile."

"It also brings trouble. My joy was taken away because of it. Joy of games, joy of fun, joy of laughing, joy of smiling, all ruined my life. No matter what joy I had it only got me in trouble. It had done the worst to my dad too. You of all people should know that the less joy you have, the better. Joy only makes you weak. It is what makes you weak. Without joy, you can do whatever you want without being distracted or make one mistake."

"Joy doesn't make anyone weak. It only makes you stronger. That is why I'm still stand." We all then watched as ShockBlade then began to glow yellow. "Joy is what you have when you cherish the moments you get with your friends and family. It helps you when you are at your worst. Joy is what makes everything perfect. It can be enforced. But our definitions of joy are different. Your kind may have ruined your life, but that's because you let it be. Because there isn't any joy in you from your past, you now have nothing that can help you see the truth of it." We didn't know it, but the photo that was containing ShockBlade's claws was glowing in the same color. "When you have joy in your family, love then flourishes from it. Because I still have it, then it means I'm stronger than you ever thought of me. You may had a joyless life, but I will not let you bring that pain to others. This is a promise. And let me just say you…are…never…gonna…win!"

When the glow got even brighter and electric sparks began to surge around her body. We then knew this meant one thing. Then the picture then turned into an orb of energy and then headed out the window. It then went to ShockBlade and turned into some kind of weapon. ShockBlade had evolved and gained new powers and a new weapon. Her claws had turned into a staff with a ring as big as a basket-ball hoop. Her armor was a bit similar to her old one. She had lost her tiger like features, but they were now imprinted on her staff. She had a mask that covered her mouth and a new headband with three spikes that pointed upward.

"What? No fair!" Blackout said, disappointed that ShockBlade had evolved.

"All's fair in love and war." ShockBlade said as she got ready to battle.

Blackout and ShockBlade clashed in an epic electrified battle. Through most of it, ShockBlade had the upper hand. She even knocked Dargon out by shooting an electric blast from her staff. We all then watched as they battled. I saw that Pixelator was trying to fix his camera. Then both of them were pushed away from each other from the force of their blasts clashing. "Hey, Blackout! Do you remember Whiger? Well, I think it's time for you to see what us tigers can do. Especially in spirit." ShockBlade then gripped her staff with both hands in front of her and stabbed it into the ground. Then the staff began to create sparks and an orb at the top of it.

"You can beat me." Blackout said as she then pointed her crossbow at ShockBlade and began to charge it for a blast. "Who do you think you are?"

"Just call me ShockStaff." ShockBlade, I mean ShockStaff, said as the orb became as big as the ring. She then pulled the staff out of the ground and pointed the top of it at Blackout.

"Dark Storm Barrage!" blackout said as she then blasted multiple blast in a row.

"Electro Tiger Blast!" ShockStaff said and then the orb went around the ring and then turned into a blast as it left the ring. Then the blast turned into a white energy tiger and started roaring as it headed for the blast. It seemed to hold it off, but Blackout's eyes then widen in shock as the energy tiger roared as it went through her blast and then slashed at her crossbow. Then the tiger returned to the staff as the crossbow then exploded and sent Blackout into a wall. We were all amazed that the blast was able to destroy Blackout's crossbow.

"Finally." Pixelator said as he then got his camera fixed. He then pointed it at ShockStaff. "Now look into the lens."

"Hey, there, Pixelator! I've heard you wanted my photo!" Jagged said as we all looked to see him standing behind Pixelator.

"Get out of here, Mr. Stone!" I said as we then joined up with Ladybug and Cat.

"It's me you wanted all this time, wight? Well, here I am. In the flesh." Jagged said.

"Look into the lens..." Pixelator said as he pointed his lens at Jagged.

"Wait, wrong side. This isn't my best angle. No, no, wait. The lighting's all wrong. Does my nose look shorter this way? Oh, I know, this is better." Jagged said as he repositioned himself.

"Ugh..." Pixelator said, becoming impatient. "Hurry up already!"

"Ladybug, don't you think it's time to use your Lucky Charm?" I whispered to her.

"Oh, right. Lucky Charm!" Ladybug said as she then used her powers, which gave her a powder compact. "A powder compact?"

"I don't think it's time to work on your make-up." I said. "Cat, you think you can trap Akuma Dargon?"

"Easy-peasy." Cat said as he then went to over to a stone pillar. "Cataclysm!" he then used his powers on the pillar and made it collapse. When Akuma Dargon was about to wake up, the pillar fell on him and knocked him out again.

"There, I think I'm ready." Jagged said.

"No more moving! Look into the lens!" Pixelator said as he got ready to zap him.

Ladybug then used her Lucky Vision and Cat's staff and the powder compact flashed. "Cat Noir, batter up!" She said to Cat as she tossed the powder compact to him. Cat hit the compact with his staff and its mirror reflects Pixelator's beam, zapping him into a picture and leaving his camera unattended.

"Huh... How did... Huh?" Pixelator said as he was trapped in his own trap.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as she tossed the powder compact into the air. It exploded into a blast of energy, its energy turning everything back to normal. I then crushed the camera and released the akuma.

I then crushed the camera and the akuma flew out.

"Frame this, akuma." I then 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." Then the akuma energy turned Pixelator back into Vincent after he was brought back.

"Oh, shoots canceled." Akuma Dargon said as he then grabbed Blackout, turned into a shadow, and left.

"Huh? What happened? Where am I?" Vincent said as he tried to recollect what happened.

"Pound it!" Me, Ladybug, and Cat said as we pounded for another victory.

After we got back to Goussainville, I tossed Berthona aside and turned back into my normal self.

"Next time I assure you it won't be a photo finish!" I said. "I won't stop, Element Gang! I'll destroy you!"

In the Grand Paris, Ms. Bustier thanked the mayor for the field trip.

"Thank you very much for this work experience day, Mr. Bourgeois. I'm sure we'll all remember it for a long time to come." Ms. Bustier said.

"So do I. Oh, wait, I almost forgot. Jagged Stone's giving a concert tonight, so, I'm giving tickets to the students who demonstrated the greatest effort today." the mayor said. Penny then gave tickets to me, the gang, Alya, Frost, and Chloé.

At the concert, we were all waiting for Jagged Stone. He then got on stage where the sunglasses Marinette made for him. Frost gave Marinette the credit for creating them.

"Good evening, Paris!" Jagged said as he ready to rock.

"It's my first live concert, ever! It's amazing!" Adrien said.

"Yeah, amazing!" Marinette said.

"But it's even better that I'm here with you." Adrien said.

"Oh, you." Marinette said as she giggled.

"I'd like to dedicate this song to the people who saved my life. This one's for you, Element Gang." Jagged said which amazed us all. He started playing and we all busted a move to it.

Well, that's what I call a photo-finish victory. It's pretty cool that Jagged Stone actually dedicated a song to me and the gang, right. Now there's a moment I won't forget.