This is what I had written for Chapter XIV before deciding to try a rewrite.

Golden Eagle

Chapter XIV:

Banshee

Ladybug, Cat Noir and Golden Eagle arrived on scene of a traffic accident. There was a single car carrying two people and an oil tanker involved. The driver of the oil tanker was out but the two others were still trapped inside!

"Got a plan, Ladybug?" Golden Eagle asked.

"Two people trapped, three of us and a leaking oil tanker..." Ladybug said "Taking into consideration our respective abilities... Cat Noir, Golden Eagle, you two deal with getting the people out. I'll locate where the oil tanker is leaking and use Lucky Charm to seal,"

"Alright, I'll use my wings to get to whoever's nearer to the centre of the reck. Cat, can you ask the cops what cars the remaining people are in?" Golden Eagle asked.

"Sure thing, G.E.," Cat Noir agreed.

"Alright then, let's go!" Ladybug announced.

Golden Eagle glided on the wind as it whistled through the Parisian street. She closed her eyes to activate Eagle Vision before snapping them open to inspect the pileup. Ladybug cautiously landed by the oil tanker and began looking for any leaks. Cat Noir landed on the street and he approached Lieutenant Roger for information on who wasn't out yet. However, Jagged Stone pushed forward and grabbed Cat Noir by the shoulders.

"My son and his girlfriend are in there!" he screamed.

"Whoa, slow down. What was that, Jagged? Your son?!" Cat Noir asked.

"Yes! Jagged Stone, Jr., he's 18 and he's with his girlfriend, Annika! Please, save them!" Jagged frantically begged.

Golden Eagle overheard the panicked King of Rock and intensified her gaze. Through a slight gap between the mashed-up metal, she saw what looked like pale blonde hair with violet steaks similar to Jagged's own highlights. Carefully riding the wind, she softly landed on top of the pileup and leaned over to look down the gap. There was definitely someone with blonde-and-violet hair down there.

"Hello?!" she called down "Are you conscious?!"

The hair moved and two faces looked up as the trapped victims moved to see who was calling to them. One was a boy with half his face obscured by his somewhat long hair. The other was an incredibly pale girl with dull blonde hair and grey eyes that seemed to shake back and forth involuntarily.

"Cat! I've found them!" Golden Eagle yelled "A guy with blonde-and-purple hair and a girl I think has albinism!"

"That's J.J and Annika!" Jagged exclaimed.

Cat Noir leapt over, shakily landing by her and looked down at the trapped J.J and Annika. Carefully, he positioned his staff and extended it down to them. He activated the camera of his staff and they had a look on Golden Eagle's wrist dock.

"Looks like J.J grabbed Annika during the crash, his arms are wrapped around her but his legs are pinned. Annika looks pretty scratched up but doesn't seem to be trapped by anything. I think we can get her out the fastest," Cat Noir judged.

"Right," Golden Eagle agreed "Hey! Annika! You think you could reach Cat Noir's staff?!"

"I... I'm not sure! Maybe?!" Annika called back.

J.J unwrapped his arms from around her and she army-crawled forward, dragging her legs behind her. She reached up and took hold of the staff, clinging to it for dear life. Golden Eagle spread her Golden Wings and hovered above the staff, gently lifting it upwards. Carefully, Annika rose up through the wreckage and squeezed through the gap. Cat Noir took her into his arms and jumped back down to the ground to where Jagged was waiting. The rock star hugged the albinistic young woman before paramedics guided her to an ambulance. Now all that was left was getting J.J out before the whole thing exploded.

"Hey, Ladybug?! How's the whole 'stop anything exploding' part of the plan going?!" Golden Eagle called.

"Pretty good, can't see any leaks so far! But... a segment of the container is meshed into the pileup so I can't check it out!" Ladybug called back.

She came out from behind the oil tanker and joined Golden Eagle on top of the pileup to have a look at the situation with J.J. She looked around and saw Golden Eagle's wings still glowing like a morning sun.

"Eagle, how long until Golden Wings wears off and you turn back?" Ladybug asked.

"Uh..." Golden Eagle checked her Miraculous to see the second segment go dark "Not long, about three minutes,"

"Okay, then let's make this quick,"

Ladybug wrapped the end of her yoyo around Golden Eagle's wrist and had her lower her down the gap to J.J. The tension from the crowd thickened. From her... bird's eye view (pun totally intended)... Golden Eagle could see Ladybug as she freed J.J's legs from the wreckage. However, the moment J.J was moved from his trapped position, black liquid began pouring in. J.J had become delirious from the pain and so was unaware of the presence of oil. Ladybug looked up at Golden Eagle and they looked at each other with a look that said "so... how do we stop people from freaking out?". Golden Eagle looked over at Cat Noir and called him over. He leapt forward and looked down, only to immediately stumble back at the sight of the oil.

"Take it easy, Cat Noir, don't want to alert any civilians," Ladybug hissed up at him.

"Annie..." J.J mumbled.

"We've got to be careful. One spark and this place goes up like fireworks in London on New Year's," Golden Eagle said "I'll lift them out as carefully as I can. Cat, you grab J.J and get him out of here as soon as he's up. Ladybug, got anything to add?"

"Nope, let's do it," Ladybug agreed.

Carefully, Golden Eagle lifted them up as Ladybug simultaneously rewound her yoyo. Cat Noir reached out to take J.J as soon as they were clear but the sound of a stray piece of metal echoed around them as it skidded across the wreck.

"Move!"

No one knew who exactly screamed that but the command was followed. Bright red light filled Golden Eagle's vision and she was thrown back, skidding across the rooftop before coming to a stop. She warily opened her eyes to see her transformation wear off and flames taller than the surrounding buildings came from the street, the smoke reaching into the sky like a black cloud of death.

"No..."

Alicia ran to the edge of the roof and looked down into the streets. Cat Noir was on the ground, curled into a ball. He seemed battered but not hurt. She looked over to where Ladybug was and saw her weakly getting up. It was lucky their suits protected them from too much harm. Alicia sighed in relief but then remembered J.J. She looked around for him until she saw a collapsed figure at the edge of the fire with their lower half ablaze!

"J.J!" Jagged screamed.

Firefighters immediately began putting out the fire and extinguished J.J before the fire could spread past his legs. Annika screamed in horror at the sight of his burned legs and had to be sedated herself. Alicia fell to her knees and leaned against the roof edge, the shock setting in. She felt nauseous and stumbled away from the edge to throw-up her breakfast cereal. The smell of the burning invaded her nose and made her throw-up again... and again. It felt like an eternity since she moved to Paris and became Golden Eagle but it had only been a few weeks, not even a month. Alicia was still a n00b at the superhero game and to think otherwise was foolish.

Annika and Jagged rode in the ambulance with J.J on the way to the hospital. The drowsy Annika leaned against the rock star as he stared at his son. J.J's face was pale with his hair in disarray. The paramedics worked furiously until they reached the ER and the stretcher was pulled out, taking J.J off to surgery. Annika was treated for the bruised ribs she'd sustained in the crash and given a hospital bed to sleep off the sedative. As she came to, she instinctively wrapped her fingers around the promise ring J.J had given her for their first anniversary.

"J.J..." she whimpered as tears ran unchecked down the sides of her pale face.

An akuma came fluttering in through the window and inhabited the promise ring. Annika's unsteady grey eyes snapped open as Hawk Moth took control.

"Banshee, I am Hawk Moth. It was Ladybug and Cat Noir who failed to save your true love. I give you the power to wail for their demise but once they are down, you must do something for me,"

"What about Golden Eagle?"

"I do not have any use of her. Destroy her and her Miraculous,"

"Yes, Hawk Moth,"

When a nurse came in to check on her, the window was smashed open from the inside and an ear-piercing scream was hard from outside.

Alicia shakily returned home and immediately went up to her room. She collapsed onto her bed and Donno came flying out of her hood. He sat on the bedside table and she turned her head to look at him.

"Donno... did I fail?" Alicia asked, tears in her green eyes "It was my job to pull them out of the wreck... but Jagged Stone's son still got hurt... meanwhile we got out of it without a scratch thanks to our magical suits..."

Donno looked at her before floating over to her scarred hand. She sat up as he pulled off the plaster that covered the fresh wound.

"Remember when you got this?" he said "That woman's, Amie's, arm was broken during the fight. You even de-transformed but you still saved her. If you hadn't intervened, the fire would have started and J.J and Annika wouldn't have survived. I know it's hard because you wanted to completely save them but you got Annika out and J.J to the point he's got a fighting chance of surviving,"

"But that smell..." Alicia cried "The fire burning..."

She curled up to continue crying and Donno comforted her, nuzzling down beside her face. The moment of silence when the only sound was her sobs was interrupted by a blood-curdling scream! Alicia got up, cleaned off her glasses and looked out the window. Flying around in the sky was a woman with paper-white skin, long curly black hair, a black feather dress and two black wings coming from her back. She let out another scream and it shook the buildings, glass rattling.

"Looks like there's no more time for crying," Alicia said "Donno, wings out!"

Banshee looked down on Paris and at all the loving couples walking the streets. How dare they be happy when her love was fighting for his life! With her feathered dress tailing after her, she took in a deep breath before screaming down at the street. The people dashed out of the way and the ground was blown apart come impact with the sonic cry.

"Ladybug! Cat Noir! Surrender to me your Miraculouses!" Banshee screamed "Golden Eagle! Accept your punishment!"

"What? Don't want my Miraculous? I'm hurt,"

Golden Eagle came gliding over on the wind and she gently hovered to try to stay in place. The two bird-like beings looked into each other's avian eyes before they suddenly got moving. Banshee screamed an ear-piecing shriek that made Golden Eagle's ears ring before the akumatized villain shot at her with black wings flapping. Golden Eagle grabbed her bow and used it to block the hits being directed at her.

"You've got nice moves..." as the superhero looked at the villain, she noticed her grey eyes shuddering back and forth involuntarily "Annika?"

Banshee pushed Golden Eagle away and stared at her with hurt in her eyes.

"I am Banshee!" she yelled "And I will wail for you, for Cat Noir and for Ladybug!"

She suddenly flew away, leaving Golden Eagle in midair over the street. Ladybug and Cat Noir arrived soon after Banshee had left and their teammate landed on the rooftops to join them. The three teenaged superheroes watched as the villain flew off into the distance.

"Learn anything?" Ladybug asked.

"Her name's Banshee, power is sonic screams and it's my fault she's been akumatized," Golden Eagle said.

"What? How is it your fault?" Cat Noir asked, looking at her with concern.

"Banshee is Annika," she explained "The girl from the car crash earlier today. With her boyfriend's life in peril, Hawk Moth must have taken advantage of her heartbreak. If I'd just... I..."

Ladybug put her hand on Golden Eagle's shoulder and they looked at each other.

"Eagle, we all did our best. J.J and Annika would have been killed if you hadn't been there to help get them out," she said "This is all Hawk Moth's doing. He's the one who took advantage of Annika's sadness. And now, we have to save her again,"

Golden Eagle nodded and the group ran over the rooftops in the direction Banshee had flown off in. She didn't seem to have anything of her original outfit on so where was the akuma hiding? As they caught up to her, Cat Noir extended his staff to send him flying into the air and he struck Banshee between the wings. She screamed as she went down and landed with a thud in front of Notre Dame.

"Give it up, Annika," Ladybug said.

Banshee pushed herself up with her black hair in her face and glared at the three of them.

"I'm not Annika! I'm Banshee!"

She let out a wail and and Golden Eagle pushed Ladybug and Cat Noir out of the way before gliding upwards herself. Banshee stretched out her wings to take off when Cat Noir pounced, wrapping his arms tightly around them.

"Sorry but your flight's cancelled," he said "Cataclysm!"

The feathers of Banshee's wings were blown away in the wind, leaving nothing behind. She looked back at Cat Noir with rage and let out another sonic scream, sending him flying. Golden Eagle swooped down and caught him before he could slam into the wall. She gently glided to the ground and lay him down but the Cat was out cold.

"Cat? Cat, wake-up. Cat! Cat Noir!" Golden Eagle yelled at him "Wake the heck up!"

Banshee fought off Ladybug as she looked for a means of escape despite Hawk Moth's insisting on getting the Cat Miraculous. She threw Ladybug off before turning towards Notre Dame and screaming at it. A giant hole was punched through to the underground and Banshee jumped in.

"Cat Noir! Golden Eagle! Are you two okay?" Ladybug asked, desperately.

"I'm fine but Cat's out cold!" Golden Eagle exclaimed "I think I've figured Banshee out, though,"

"Then explain!"

"Back in Ireland, a banshee was the mythological harbinger of death. If it wailed for you, then you were the next to die," she explained "I think if Annika lands a direct hit on you with a wail, you'll end up like Cat Noir! He's not dead but that won't last long. We need to de-akumatize Banshee and fast!"

There was a beep from Cat Noir's ring which gave them a deadline. Golden Eagle pulled him onto her back and they leapt down the hole in the ground after Banshee.

Having night vision probably would have been helpful in the dark and Eagle Vision was only helpful for a telescopic view. They had to rely on the light shining down through the cracks in the ceiling in order to see.