day 9: "musical mayhem"
A crash resounded. Everyone in the audience gasped, and the orchestra came to a screeching halt. Ladybug and Chat Noir landed on the stage, crouched and at the ready. The akuma burst through the backdrop, sending pieces of the set flying into the audience.
"Chat!" Ladybug shouted. "You go low! I'll go high!" The akuma stomped on be ground, shaking the stage. He nodded, leaping into the orchestra.
It was still dark, which wasn't a problem for him, but would be a problem for everyone trying to evacuate. He blinked, ushering some people out of the pit.
Suddenly, Adrien found himself behind a piano. He looked up at Ladybug, gracefully apprehending the akuma. It was slowing down, its head caught between two massive props, and Ladybug was getting closer and closer to cleansing it. He stretched out his fingers over the keys, and began to bang out the greatest concerto ever to be played within the concert hall.
The sound rang through the building. Chat kept his eyes up, narrating the fight between his Lady and the monster above. He used the lower octaves for the akuma, and the higher, sweeter pitches for Ladybug. He kept a careful eye on them; if Ladybug needed help, he didn't want to be too far removed from the fight.
Suddenly, the akuma was captured and purified. The second the white butterfly disappeared, Chat played his final note. The auditorium went quiet, and then erupted in cheers. He moved onto the stage to join Ladybug, grabbing her hand and thrusting it into the air like a referee would a boxer. He held it up and then together bowed them both over.
She turned toward him, perplexion written all over her face. "You play piano?" she asked.
He winked at her. "There's a lot you don't know about this alley cat, My Lady."
Her earrings began to buzz, so she laughed and said goodbye, zipping through the streets of Paris wondering what other secrets her kitty had hidden up his sleeves.