Of course Max had to chip her uncle.
Of course their relationship had to be revealed through video.
Of course she had to ask her friends to watch over them while they spend some quality fun time around the city.
Of course her uncle had to be akumatized and was now mind-controlling people with his music through his guitar.
Marinette was on her way to turn her friends (most importantly Chloe) into Fang's next meal when they stopped, just in time to find a dark pink wave turning everyone it hits into rocking and jamming mind-controlled zombies.
Just as she was about to transform, a man with long pink hair landed before her.
He wore a dark punk rock-star outfit, complete with spikes and very tall boots with heels. He also sported a black butterfly mask surrounding his eyes. Held in his arms was a butterfly-shaped dark purple guitar.
"Hey there SKIPPING STONEEEEE!" The new villain sang in a very high note while he jammed on his guitar.
Marinette and Fang gaped in shock, "Uncle Jag?!"
"Check out your awesome Uncle Guitar Villain in akuma threads!" Guitar Villain jammed on his guitar once again.
Marinette cocked an eyebrow. Seriously Hawk Moth? "Guitar Villain"?
Oh those guys are so dead.
And so not getting free VIP passes.
Marinette tensed when Guitar Villain pointed his guitar at her, "This next number is dedicated to my no. 1 niece!"
He struck a chord, unleashing a wave...
"Okay... Okay... I know I really mess up, big time..." Queen Bee held her hands up in defense, trying to (albeit fail) calm down her glaring teammates, "But, maybe... Hawk Moth found, another victim to akumatize...? Who is NOT... Jagged, Stone...?"
Her teammates, including Louve Grise, knew she was just trying to get them to stop getting mad at her.
Still... It would be a HUGE relief if Jagged Stone wasn't the one akumati...Why does that sunhat flying towards them look familiar?
Chat caught the sunhat in his claw and gave it a sniff. (Don't judge him.)
By the scent of sugar and freshly baked bread which he picked up, it was definitely her sunhat.
But that means...
"He-llooo Miraculous Team!"
The heroes looked up, their faces tensed when they saw their leader, arms crossed as she was held in the claw of a dark purple dragon. On the back of the dragon was the akumatized form of their favourite rock-star.
"You guys are so dead to me." Marinette whispered angrily.
"Time to join the PAAARTYY!" Guitar Villain struck his guitar, unleashing a dark pink wave towards the heroes.
The heroes leap out of the way, only for the wave to hit a couple of bystanders, turning them into mindless, dancing zombies.
"Okay that's not how I want to rock it out." Grizzly remarked as they dodged another wave.
"Now I know I really messed up..." Queen Bee dodged another wave.
"Big time." Rena Rouge added, moving her head to miss a wave.
Running on all fours, Louve Grise dodged every wave that Guitar Villain struck. At the same time, Panda Rouge drew a giant tennis racket to whack any wave that came at him.
Flamingo continuous dodging was wearing her out until she couldn't run no more and collapsed on all fours.
Just as she was about to be hit by the wave, Corbeau Noir came into her defense by deflecting the wave with her hand mirror.
Both heroines smiled in relief...until the wave hitted Grizzly Bear.
Forest Doe gasped in horror, "Grizzly!"
Grizzly Bear nodded his head to the beat of Guitar Villain's music before slamming his fists on the ground, creating a small earthquake that knocked down his teammates several feet away.
"Yeah..." Guitar Villain nodded his head, "Congrats, Teddy Bear. You're my new personal bodyguard."
"'Personal bodyguard'?" Marinette echoed in disbelief, "You already have a dragon."
The villain briefly turned to his niece, which gave Dragonfly the chance to hit his head with her Frisbee. But it only annoyed him.
"Now I'm going to catch me a Dragonfly!" With one strike from his guitar, he had the dragonfly heroine under his control.
The brainwashed heroine threw her Frisbee at Antelope, knocking him against the wall.
This also gave Guitar Villain the chance to make the hero jam to his hypnotizing music against his will.
"Ooh. And I want a puppy." The villain pointed his guitar at Louve Grise.
"For the record..." The wolf heroine dodged once again, "I'm... a... wolf!"
Just as she finished, she was struck by a wave. She jumped on all fours at the beat of the music, completely under Guitar Villain's control.
"Oh no..." Queen Bee muttered in worry as the villain pets her best friend as if she was an actual dog.
What have I done...?
Marinette couldn't believe her own eyes. Normally, when they fight a villain, especially one with mind-controlling powers, one member of the team would get brainwashed into fighting the others. Just one!
And now she just witnessed her akumatized uncle turning four of her friends into his personal bodyguards.
And by the way he's scratching Louve Grise's chin, guard... wolf(?).
The sound of someone clapping catches their attention.
"Splendid performance Guitar Villain."
Hawk Moth...
The mysterious enemy of the Miraculous Team appeared with an amused smirk, "I apologize for the delay. I was suppose to akumatize him yesterday, but someone had to be the caring little niece."
Marinette glared at the butterfly-themed villain.
"I do wonder what happened that made him vulnerable to my butterflies once again." Hawk Moth mused.
Queen Bee looked down in guilt. If she wasn't so obsessed in seeing Jagged Stone singing with XY, he wouldn't have been akumatized, and her friends wouldn't have been brainwashed.
"Guitar Villain," Hawk Moth turned to his latest creation, "why don't you leave the rest of the Miraculous Team to your new servants?"
"Yeah..." Guitar Villain nodded and snapped his fingers.
Immediately, Grizzly Bear, Dragonfly, Antelope and Louve Grise attacked their teammates while their master fled the scene on Dragon Fang with Marinette still in his claws.
Hawk Moth watched the heroes fight each other... for a minute before disappearing in a swarm of butterflies.
Chat knew he had to save Marinette.
Once his teammates assured him that they have everything under control, Chat leaps from building to building, chasing after the rock-star villain, determined to save his princess from his Dragon's claws.
Unaware that a certain butterfly was on his tail.
Marinette knew she couldn't transform while she was still in Fang's grasp, but she knew she has to purify her uncle.
She groaned loudly, hoping it will catch the attention of either her uncle or Fang. And it did.
"Whoa. Skipping Stone. You don't look so good." Guitar Villain remarked worriedly as Marinette continues to feign sickness.
She pretends to almost hurl, which finally made her akumatized uncle make Dragon Fang settle her down gently on the roof.
She knew her awesome, sweet uncle was still in there.
Now to transform and save him!
Just as Marinette was about to flee, Chat Noir extended his staff and knocked Guitar Villain off Dragon Fang.
Chat smirked... until he saw Marinette's scowling look.
"Uh... Sorry...?"
"Oh you'll be sorry Kitty Cat..."
Chat wasn't quick enough to dodge Guitar Villain's hypnotizing wave...
But he wasn't the one hit...
Chat screamed Marinette's name as she fell off the roof and was heading straight down to the hard, rocky ground. Just as he was about to jump after her, someone else caught her.
And it wasn't any of his teammates...
Or Guitar Villain...
Or his dragon...
She never touched the ground... Good! She'll be able to feed her friends to Fang after all.
Marinette opened her eyes. They grew wider when she realized Chat wasn't the one who caught her.
It was a moment of deja vu all over again. When she was at the Seine, and she tripped.
Only to be saved by him...
This... was the second time...
Hawk Moth gently lowers Marinette back to her feet. He interrupts her attempts at a thanks, "You should go."
The teenager didn't say anything else and fled. When she was just a few feet away, she briefly glanced back at her nemesis while his back was turned, wondering why a madman like him would save her twice.
As expected, Guitar Villain blamed Chat for making him harm his niece, and he tried many times to strike the cat hero down with his own guitar, without even playing a single note on it. He even asked Fang to incinerate him.
Chat couldn't blame him. Even if they weren't directly related, and even though Jagged Stone was akumatized, he could see how much he cared about Marinette as if she was his own niece.
Now he really regrets chipping Jagged Stone.
Just as Guitar Villain was about to strike again, he was stopped by Hawk Moth's butterflies.
"I'll handle this, Guitar Villain." Hawk Moth turned to Chat, "You have an interview to attend to."
The rock-star villain nodded and jumped on Dragon Fang, leaving Chat Noir to face Hawk Moth.
"I never did take you as a gentleman villain." Chat remarked as he strikes with his staff which his opponent parried with his sword-stick.
That was the first time he witnessed his enemy saving the girl of his dreams. And based on what Marinette said before, it was also the second time she was saved by their nemesis.
As Chat Noir, he was suspicious, wondering why the very person terrorizing their town would save a (not so) mere civilian.
As Adrien... No way did Butterfly Brain just touched HIS PRINCESS!
And the way she stared at the guy...in his arms...
He was too absorbed with his thoughts that it gave Hawk Moth the chance to knock him down on his feet.
The villain raises his sword-stick to deliver the final blow...only to be stopped by a black-spotted red yo-yo.
The next thing Hawk Moth knew, he was pulled to the ground, right next to a black-spotted, red foot.
"Aw Kitty..." Ladybug teased, "You're having a party without little ol' me?"
Before her teammate could reply, Hawk Moth roughly pulled her down just as he quickly got back on his feet. He attempted to stomp on her, but she quickly rolled out of the way before leaping into the air, and swiftly kicking her adversary right on the face.
Hawk Moth slightly reeled back from the impact and massaged the area where he was hit. He glared at the spotted heroine, which then turned into a wicked grin.
"I hope you'll enjoy the, encore, Ladybug." He bowed before disappearing in a swarm of butterflies.
By the time the last butterfly flew away, the rest of the Miraculous Team, who were not brainwashed, had arrived at the scene, looking guilty.
"Sorry we ruined your quality fun-time." Queen Bee apologized, "Mostly me."
Ladybug wanted to remain angry at them, but then sighed, "I can't blame you guys for everything. I knew someone would find out eventually. I just didn't think you guys would be that smart to find out. Or...obsessed."
No argument with the last word.
"But now's not the time to play the blame game." She points to the direction her uncle went, "We have to stop my uncle before...?"
Everyone was caught by surprise when the arm Ladybug was pointing with suddenly did the wave. Soon, they found the leader of the Miraculous Team... rocking out.
Just like the people affected by Guitar Villain's hypnotizing music...
"Guitar Villain turned Ladybug into a mindless rocking zombie!" Corbeau Noire gasped.
"No! Guys! It's still me!" Ladybug managed to stop her teammates before they could bring out their weapons.
She understood why she was suddenly dancing like Guitar Villain's victims. After all, she was hit as she took the hit that was meant for Chat.
But why was her mind still intact? Why wasn't she brainwashed just like her friends?
Rena Rouge cocked a suspicious eyebrow at her friend, "If it's still you..."
While Ladybug unwillingly twirled, Rena used her finger to push her down, and into Chat's arms.
To the team's relief, their leader wasn't brainwashed.
As evident by the way she was stuttering in Chat's arms, like she would normally do.
The next thing Chat knew, Ladybug was leading him in a lively waltz, before dipping him.
"If only you were this light on your feet when your uncle isn't akumatized." Chat whispered.
Ladybug smiled back. Maybe getting her uncle akumatized wasn't that bad after all.
An annoyed Queen Bee had to ruin the moment, "O-kaay... Let's go find Jag before... he does whatever he's gonna do."
"He did say he had an interview to attend to." Chat recalled.
Ladybug thought for a moment, the realized, "He's doesn't have an interview, but I know someone else who does. Miraculous, move out!"
She gracefully leaps into another roof. When she landed, she twirled, like a ballerina.
Ladybug gave out an annoyed sigh, "We have got to fix this soon."
Her teammates followed her and the heroes ran across the roofs in order to catch up to Guitar Villain.
"By the way;" Chat asked Carapace, "Where are the others?"
Carapace grinned, "Taken cared of."
Meanwhile, the mind-controlled heroes were rocking out to Jagged Stone's music coming from Carapace's phone, which he left behind.
It sounds crazy, but the moment the brainwashed members of the Miraculous Team heard their master's music, they stopped fighting their teammates and started rocking out like crazy.
This gave the still-sane heroes the chance to leave and help Chat Noir and Ladybug.