Do you know what Guitar Villain loves more than the sound of music?
The glorious sound of his music rival's demise...
And his brainwashed fans cheering on him.
He raises his guitar, "Love to break it to you, Big Baby. I'm going to the top, while you're going DOOOOOOWWWNNN!"
Guitar Villain slashes the rope, causing XY to scream as he plummets to his doom.
But the pop-star never made it down as he was caught by Chat Noir. The cat hero, along with his teammates, were riding on top of Dragon Fang as he flew pass the Eiffel Tower.
Fang flies towards the roof of a building, where Chat drops (literally) XY off, before flying back to the Eiffel Tower.
"What did you do to my dragon?!" Guitar Villain asked in disbelief when Ladybug petted Fang and he didn't even snap at her.
"The same way you did to our friends." Ladybug replied as the team got off Fang.
"Only better." Queen Bee added.
The team approached Guitar Villain, prepared to fight back anything he throws at them.
The akumatized rock-star grinned, "Let's dance."
He snaps his fingers, summoning his mind-controlled villains. Like a pack of wolves, they stood protectively in front of their leader, defending him from the Miraculous Team. They move sideways, moving their arms up and down in a rather creepy rhythmic movement as music played in the background.
"Oh no. Not the Zombie." Chat shakes his head in disappointment.
"I'm all in for a good dance battle, but couldn't they just go with Swan Lake?" Queen Bee complains.
Ladybug's left foot began tapping on its own, and she smirks, "For once, I agree with you, foot."
Chat Noir smirks as he holds out a hand out for Ladybug, "May I have this dance my Lady?"
Ladybug smirks at him as she places her hand on top of his.
Giving a few seconds to relish the fact they were holding each other's hand...
The dancing zombies attacked the team, only to be knocked away by Ladybug as Chat Noir spins her around in mid-air.
One zombie attacks Forest Doe, but she swiftly dances and dodges any attacking zombies that came her way. Some, she gracefully knocks down with her foot.
She doesn't want to admit it to the others, but she just wants to bob her head to the beat of the rocking background music.
Not hypnotized... Just you know.
Corbeau Noire and Flamingo swiftly dodges the zombies as they waltzed. Flamingo dipped Corbeau, allowing the raven heroine to kick a zombie away while doing so. Flamingo then twirls her partner around, her shadow spinning as well, knocking every zombie that came their way.
Queen Bee leaps and twirls from one zombie head to another. She brings out her top as she spins in mid-air, knocking down every zombie within the circumference.
As Guitar Villain watched in disbelief as his minions were getting beaten up by a bunch of kids with fancy foot-works, Ladybug and Chat Noir were already a few feet away from him.
The two heroes nodded to each other. Chat spun Ladybug in mid-air several times before throwing her at Guitar Villain.
Ladybug shuts her eyes as she braced for impact. She could feel herself landing on top of the villain.
For some reason, he manages to stand his ground and wrapped his arms around her.
She opens her eyes.
It was NOT Guitar Villain she landed on...
"This is gonna get weird."
Hawk Moth grinned at the heroine in his arms. He snaps his fingers, commanding Guitar Villain to play a slightly soft tune on his guitar.
At that moment, Ladybug regained her senses and attempts to kick Hawk Moth in order to free herself. The butterfly villain anticipated her move and twirls her around, making her dizzy.
Eventually, the two adversaries found themselves engaging in a dance battle of their own.
To be honest; There's more dancing than fighting.
Also there's the part of who's leading.
Ladybug's teammates couldn't help but watch with disturbed faces as their leader danced with their enemy.
They managed to snap out of it when they realized they still have to get to Guitar Villain. They still managed to beat every zombie that came their way, but that wasn't enough to stop them from glancing at their leader now and then.
Chat, was, clearly, NOT, PLEASED...!
As much as he wanted to pry HIS(!) Lady away from Butterfly Brain, he knew he had to get to Guitar Villain first. Even if he has to ignore...
Why is Mothball suddenly smiling like a stalker maniac at HIS(!) Lady?...!
Hawk Moth had just dipped Ladybug just before she tried twisting his arm. To the spotted heroine's surprise, Hawk Moth was smiling.
Not wickedly smiling. He was, smiling, rather...
warmly...?
Hawk Moth was still smiling even as he brought Ladybug back up. For some strange reason, the spotted heroine noticed that the music was even softer than before, and Hawk Moth was holding her... gently...-er...
Oh boy. This is gonna get pretty weird.
"This takes me back..." Hawk Moth mused as he begins to reminisce.
Two people, a man and a woman, waltzing together...
The woman had dark blue hair...
Her smile...
He could never forget that smile.
Even during his imprisonment...Even after a thousand years... She remained in his mind.
He looked down at his dance partner, who, by the look on her face, was confused by his sudden change of expression, "Almost makes me not want to annihilate you."
...
"Almost..."
He twirls the spotted heroine once more.
Ladybug feels likes she has been spinning for a hundred times. When she finally stops, she feels dizzy.
And...she shouldn't have looked down.
Chat Noir stopped when he heard Ladybug's scream. To his horror, the girl of his dreams was falling in mid-air!
He rushes to save her, but was held back by the zombies. The others wanted to help, but had to face the same fate.
Fang attempted to fly down and save her, but was tied-down by the zombies using rope.
Ladybug plans on using her yo-yo to stop herself from falling. Unfortunately for her, Hawk Moth had grabbed it before spinning her to her doom.
The butterfly villain grinned with anticipation as he watched his enemy slowly descending to her doom.
Her smile...
Hawk Moth's face twisted into confusion. Why would he...?
Just as Ladybug braced herself for impact, she was suddenly caught by an orange blur who landed on the side of the Eiffel Tower.
"Rena Rouge?" Ladybug shot up in surprise as her fox teammate let her go.
"Before you ask... Not taken care of." The fox heroine spoke.
Seconds after she said that, the rest of the team appeared.
Along with the hypnotized ones.
Grizzly Bear balled his fists as he attempts to slam them down on Carapace. Luckily for the turtle hero, he jumped out of the way, making his teammates slam his fists on the beam of the Tower.
The Eiffel Tower shook, along with its occupants. This made Hawk Moth let go of Ladybug's yo-yo, which was caught by its rightful owner.
Panda Rouge drew two pairs of giant scissors to cut Fang free. The dragon flew towards Ladybug to give her a ride before flying above the Eiffel Tower.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug spun her yo-yo into the air. A swarm of ladybugs appeared, creating...
A set of bubblegum sticks?
Ladybug was confused when the object landed in her hands. Just how was she suppose to...?
"Strike down your dragon if you have to."
"But...!"
Ladybug shot her head in surprise. She was unprepared when Fang suddenly flew right, dodging a blast from Guitar Villain's guitar.
Ladybug placed a hand over her heart, wondering why she suddenly felt... so hesitant. And guilty.
She recalled the Akuma Attack yesterday, when she heard Hawk Moth telepathically communicating with Majique, telling her to take the Miraculouses.
She realized Hawk Moth just did the same thing with her uncle. Only this time, Guitar Villain was hesitant to hurt Fang.
Which even made her more determined to save him.
She looks down at her teammates, who were now freed from the zombies' clutches thanks to her newly-arrived teammates. Then she stared down at Guitar Villain.
The sticks of bubblegum are useful after all.
She commands Fang to fly down, just so she can toss Queen Bee the gums.
"Can you guys show me who's the best bubble blower?" She winks mischievously before taking to the skies once more with Fang.
Her teammates were confused... Until they realized her plan...
Queen Bee popped a stick of bubblegum in her mouth and gave Rena Rouge one. Panda Rouge grabbed the set and popped a stick in his mouth just as he slingshot himself at a group of zombies. On the way, he gave the set to Flamingo.
Ladybug jumps, or rather dances, and twirls, off of Fang and landed in front of Guitar Villain.
"I'm starting to get tired of the same old song." Ladybug taunted.
Guitar Villain roared as he raises his guitar and strikes the spotted heroine multiple times only to miss.
Ladybug leaps out of the way, revealing Queen Bee who blew a big pink bubble in front of Guitar Villain, who unfortunately collides with it, causing the bubble to pop, covering him in a pink, sticky mess.
The other heroes blew their own bubbles too, which then popped on Guitar Villain's zombies.
As the villain attempts to remove all the bubblegum off of him, Ladybug grabs his guitar, strikes a few victory chords on it, and then smashes it on the ground, releasing the corrupted butterfly.
"Party's over Little Black Dude!" Carapace catches the akuma in his shield, purifying it before releasing it back into the night sky.
As always, Ladybug used her power to fix all the damage from the Akuma Attack. Guitar Villain transforms back into Jagged Stone, just in time to witness the Miraculous Team doing their signature fist-bump. Fang, now returned to his crocodile form, jumps on his owner and happily licks him.
"What just happened?" Antelope asks in confusion. His teammates, the ones who were brain-washed but are now purified, were equally confused.
Louve Grise found herself biting Rena Rouge's tail, and spits it out in disgust.
After a few seconds of explaining to their now-normal teammates of what happened to them, the heroes approached the rock-star with guilt on their faces.
"Mr. Stone, we're sorry we told everyone about your secret." Panda Rouge apologized.
"We didn't mean to." Queen Bee added, "We just... We went crazy with this side of you we never knew, and we... We just couldn't keep our big mouths shut."
"The Dupain-Chengs are really lucky to have you as a family." Chat added.
Ladybug smiled at her teammates before offering to escort Jagged Stone to the bottom of the tower.
Ladybug's teammates landed on the roof of a nearby building, the same building Hawk Moth was waiting for them on.
"Not the encore I was expecting." Hawk Moth crosses his arms in disappointment.
"Yeah? Well too bad." Rena Rouge snapped back, "Gotta say, didn't think you were that desperate to take our Miraculouses."
"So desperate that you stalked Jagged Stone just to akumatize him and didn't find another victim." Dragonfly added.
"Yes... Desperate..." Hawk Moth grinned before disappearing in a swarm of butterflies.
Louve Grise cocked an eyebrow, "He wasn't stalking Jag..."
This caught her teammates' attention. If Hawk Moth wasn't stalking Jag... But Marinette told them...
Saved her again...
The only one who can sense who's going to get akumatize next...
No...
The sound of the media and flashing camera snapped them out of their thoughts. Down bellow, many reporters were swarming Jagged Stone with questions about his relationship with the Dupain-Chengs.
The rock-star clearly wasn't enjoying the attention.
Looks like the Miraculous Team has a new mission.
Once Ladybug got Jagged Stone and Fang safely on the ground, she quickly found a place to de-transform back into Marinette.
She knew she was going to get a LOT of unwanted attention, but deep down, throughout the whole ordeal, she was worried about her uncle.
Jagged quickly diverted his attention away from the reporters when he saw his niece and quickly hugged her in relief, thankful he didn't hurt her when he was akumatized.
Unfortunately for the three, (counting Fang) Marinette's appearance only made the reporters even more restless as they swarmed the teenage girl with questions.
"Don't you guys have any respect for privacy?!"
Marinette was surprise when Chloe appeared before the reports and raised her phone above them, playing a sound of someone with a high-pitched voice terribly singing one of Jagged Stone's songs.
That was one way to drive the media away.
Chloe stopped the recording, which also stopped the terrible singing, "Me during sick day."
Marinette cringed. She never sung that bad whenever she was sick.
Does she...?
"Mr. Stone," Chloe looked down in guilt as the others joined her, "we, kinda told the Miraculous Team about you and Marinette."
"We chipped you when you weren't looking, and that's how we found out." Max added, "But don't worry. We got rid of it. Just, don't ask how."
Jagged doesn't think he even wants to.
"Marinette is our friend," Rose added, "and as her friends, we should've respect her privacy and not tell anyone about it."
"We're sorry we ruined your reputation." Adrien was the last to apologize before the group left their friend with her uncle and his croc.
As they left, Marinette wasn't the only one who smiled at their apology.