"What's up bloggers? LadyWifi here live, standing in line for tonight's Jagged Stone concert, backstage passes included," Alya aimed her phone camera at herself as they waited in line along with most of their class. Luckily their small group had a small line near a side door, while the normal attendees stood in a line starting at the box office and going down the street. Marinette was surprised at the length of the line despite the winter weather beginning to pick up.
"And with me here folks is none other than Ladybug herself," Alya pulled Marinette into frame with her, Marinette offering a shy wave. Alya got a notification, one of the viewers asking about Chat Noir.
"Unfortunately, Chat Noir isn't with us today."
"But you are definitely missed Chat," added Marinette. Alya smiled at her friend and moved onto interviewing other people in line, since Ladybug already admitted during a summer concert to Alya she was a fan of the rock star.
Next to Marinette stood Nino and Adrien, Adrien bouncing excitedly while reading something over Nino's shoulder. Marinette made a bold move since Chloe wasn't around and moved closer to Adrien to look at Nino's phone.
"Watcha doin'?" Marinette asked looking up at Nino.
"It just got announced on Musicians Monthly the Oh Boyz are getting back together for a reunion tour. I'm trying to find out if they are coming to Paris."
"Musicians Monthly?"
"Your main stop for all things involving the musical world," answered Nino with a smug grin.
"There, tour dates," Adrien pointed quickly at Nino's phone, who would have missed it with his continuous scrolling.
"European Tour Dates," the three teens scanned the list, their eyes all coming to rest on Paris dated for summer of next year.
"Sick! I gotta check if Alya wants to go," Nino excused himself from his friends to find Alya who was interviewing Rose and Juleka.
"D-did you know of the Oh Boyz before this? Because I haven't." Marinette asked Adrien, congratulating herself on barely stuttering.
"Yeah, even though my family liked classical music, I could sometimes find my mother listening to them in the kitchen."
Marinette giggled at the thought of Adrien's mom dancing in the kitchen, probably a bit more graceful than her papa when he trapped her mom into dancing with him when they made dinner together.
"I think I still have a video saved," Adrien pulled out his phone.
"I don't think it's the Oh Boyz though," he scrolled through his videos, opening one of a woman who had Adrien's sunshine blond hair and green eyes. Based on the video, it look like she was making lunch for three people.
The video shook a little as Adrien approached his dancing mother, who mixed making lunch with dancing and singing.
"Did you know it couldn't be enough?
'Cause I need what's stolen away
Taking all that to a better love
When you need it all the way"
By this part in the video, Mrs. Agreste had pulled Adrien into her dance, but briefly broke off for a solo dance as he continued to record.
"Every love went through your head
Giving love turned bad
Maybe love can soothe your pains
Making up, make it better, better, better, better."
The video ended as Mrs. Agreste pulled the camera out of Adrien's hands, presumably to put it down so they could keep dancing. Marinette could also hear a more masculine laugh at the end of the video.
"That was my dad at the end there. Mother usually succeeded if getting one, if not both of us to dance with her." Marinette looked up at Adrien to see a tear glistening in the corner of his eye, threatening to fall.
"You alright?"
Adrien quickly shoved his phone back in his pocket, before wiping the tear. He shrugged.
"I guess, I mean it will be two years since she disappeared soon. Luckily though my father agreed we should spend Christmas at home this year, unlike last year."
"That's good, right?"
Adrien offered a weak smile.
"I'd like to think so."
"MARINETTE!" Alya came rushing back over, Nino trailing behind her, face still focused on his phone.
"Nino and I are going to the Oh Boyz concert this summer!" Alya squealed. "This needs to go on my blog." Alya began typing furiously on her phone.
"And now we are good. Tickets bought and paid for," Nino answered confidently as he finally put away his phone.
"And posted," Alya tapped her phone to submit the post, but still kept out her phone out,now possibly searching for something on the internet.
Marinette peeked over her friend's shoulder to see her intently researching the Oh Boyz, probably for a follow up post.
"Alright students, if you could just line up in a single file, and enter this way, we'll begin the backstage tour," Penny Rolling called from the slightly opened side door. The students shuffled into a more line like formation, with Marinette standing in front of Alya and behind Adrien, and Nino in front of Adrien.
"Hello Marinette, good to see you again," Penny said as Marinette presented her the ticket.
"Good to see you too. Is Redd still here?"
"No, she resigned yesterday. She's going home to help her family business."
Marinette smiled and continued inside.
"You know girl, you never did give me the details of what happened yesterday," Alya whispered as their line came to a halt inside the backstage hall.
"Same as it said on the blog, got super hero strength from the hero Tikki, then helped her and her hero family get back their powers." That's all Marinette dared to write, careful not to mention Volpina (true to her word) and Tikki's civilian identity. The only people who knew were her and Chat Noir, who scoured through every comic book he had to finally find one of Team Miraculous. According to the cat boy, he was ordering the rest of the hero series for them to read together over Christmas Break.
Alya gave her a suspicious glance, but let it go, instead starting to record their journey through the backstage.
Penny led the tour, other musicians and back up dancers getting make-up put on, while others searched for their costumes.
Marinette looked back to see how Alya was enjoying it to see Alya stopping at a door with her phone pressed against the door. Alya waved for Marinette to join, which she obliged.
"Listen. Bottom line is that Bob Roth Records cannot afford to be number two in sales! Or rep a number two rock star! Get real, Jagged! You're going to have to modernize your music. Change the way you look. Get a whole new style!" they could hear an older voice, presumably taking to Jagged.
"You want to talk about real? I'm a genuine rock 'n' roller, Bob, not some pop star in diapers. I'm a real artist. Real talent! Even my hair is real. And that's what people love about me."
"What are they talking about," Marinette whispered to Alya.
"XY just topped the rock charts according to Musician Monthly. I take some of the higher ups where Jagged is contracted at aren't too happy," Alya pulled up the website polls to show XY had beaten Jagged by a few hundred in the polls.
"Alya, Marinette," Nino whisper/called to them as their group was about to turn the corner, Marinette and Alya raced to catch up with the group.
Their class had front row seats on the Mezzanine level of the theater, Penny leaving the students to return her attention back to her client.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom," Alya stated before rushing off, the orchestra seats below beginning to fill up.
Marinette was about to settle into her seat when she noticed Nino looking at her strangely.
"What?"
"I never seen a girl going solo to the bathroom before." Adrien chuckled while Marinette looked highly unamused.
The theater slowly began to fill up with people until the room was packed with people.
"How long does it take for girls to go to the bathroom," asked Nino, looking over to Alya's still empty seat.
Marinette shrugged as she removed her heavy winter coat to lay it back on the seat. The lights began to dim as the curtain parted, the crowd cheering with wild anticipation.
"Alya's going to miss the opening," Marinette looked down the row to only find it filled with not Alya people.
"Ladies, and Gentlemen, Reptile Aficionados of all ages, give it up for Jagged Stone!" From the center of the stage rose a box of sorts, the lighting revealing inside Jagged Stone in his rocking glory.
"And who is this?"
The students of Francois Dupont all facepalmed to see Alya inside the box with Jagged, filming them both with her phone.
"Honestly at this point we should have expected this," commented Nino.
Just then the ceiling burst open, sending the crowds scattering in fear of the fallen debris, some striking people. Above the hole was a helicopter, extending a long arm with a magnet towards the box. It grabbed the box holding Jagged and Alya, taking them away from the theater.
"Marinette your yoyo," Nino called to Marinette in the panic.
"I left it at home," Marinette responded as security ushered the crowds out of the theater. She pulled out her phone to find Alya still recording on her phone.
"Hey Everyone, Jagged Stone and I have just been abducted by a Helicopter. Stay tuned for more details when we hopefully get better ser-" the video cut out, leaving everyone wondering where they were.
"Dang it, she lost service. Nino, can you track her phone."
"Maybe," Nino pulled out his phone as their group made their way down the stairs to the first floor.
"I'll call Chat, see if he can come over and help investigate."
"I'm going to go to the bathroom," Adrien ran off heading towards the bathrooms once they reached the ground floor. Marinette waited until they were outside of the building and clear of the entrance before calling.
Chat picked up on the second ring.
"Hey Bugaboo, has the concert started yet?"
"Nope, nor does it look like it's going to. Jagged Stone has been kidnapped."
"WHAT?!"
"I know, and they have Alya too. Can you meet me over at the theater."
"I'll be over in a minuet," Marinette hung up the phone with a groan.
"Anything on Alya's location," Marinette edged closer to Nino as she donned her overcoat.
"It looks like they just hit the ocean going a southerly direction."
Ambulances and police cars began to show up, most of the crowds heading home for the night rather than stay in the cold. Chat popped out from amongst the crowds.
"That was fast," commented Marinette.
"Only for you my lady," Chat took Marinette's hand to kiss it, but she quickly pulled back, sending her freezing hand into her pocket.
"Let's go Chat, let us know if you have any new leads Nino."
Nino nodded, retreating into the dispersing crowds.
"Excuse me officer," Marinette tapped a policeman's shoulder who was putting up caution tape.
"Yes miss?"
"Can I speak to Penny Rolling or Officer Roger? They know me as Marinette Dupain-Cheng." The officer nodded and called in Officer Roger on his communicator. They received a quick response back and were let back into the theater. They found Officer Roger talking to an older gentleman and Penny Rolling.
"Marinette, thank heavens you're still here. Redd said if she couldn't be reached for an emergency to contact you."
"Penny, who is this?" Asked the older gentleman.
"This is Marinette Dupain-Cheng, also known as Ladybug. Jagged Stone is as good as returned Mr. Roth with Ladybug on the case," answered Officer Roger for Penny.
"And Chat Noir," added Marinette, introducing her partner to the police officer. They both shook hands while Marinette looked over Mr. Roth. Was he the one talking to Jagged Stone earlier?
"Do you know the identity of the girl that was taken with him?" Asked Officer Roger.
"Alya Cesaire, she's my best friend and aspiring journalist. She runs LadyWifi's blog."
"That does explain the notification of a live stream earlier today," commented Penny, "Is she still live?"
"Her stream cut out a little while ago, but they were heading south. We will keep you posted if we have any new leads."
"Thank you Marinette," Penny pulled Marinette in for a hug.
"Please get him back safely."
"Will do Penny." Penny let go to wipe her tears, then proceed to shake Chat's hand as the two teens left the scene.
Those injured by the debris were either being treated on site or sent off in ambulances. News reporters were gathered around to talk to the officers as Marinette and Chat slipped away to the side of the theater.
"What are your thoughts My Lady?"
"I don't know Chat, a part of me says we need to watch Mr. Roth."
"Mr. Roth?"
"Before the concert I heard him talking to Jagged Stone about how he needed to change things to be on top. A stunt like this is making great publicity."
They both looked over to where Mr. Roth had appeared and was talking to reporters, still escorted by Officer Roger.
"You're probably right Bugaboo, but if XY only hit top two days ago, would that be enough to pull en elaborate stunt."
"Probably not, but it is something Mr. Roth is going to take advantage of, so he may ignore the kidnappers demands."
"Let's then check him tomorrow, along with Penny."
"Alright," Marinette looked around to see the area void of the attendees.
"I hope the rest of my classmates made it home alright," commented Marinette as they left the site, thinking of one particular person.
Chat only nodded in agreement.
Marinette arrived at the hotel where Jagged had been staying early the next morning. Penny was still staying at the hotel while Mr. Roth was returning back to record company headquarters that afternoon.
Chat messaged her he was going to be late due to prior commitments, so Marinette hurried inside the warm hotel. She was glad to find Chloe was no where near the first floor as she proceed to the elevators, pressing the number for Jagged's floor.
The whole thing was rather strange from Marinette's point of view. Based on Nino's analytics and the media, Jagged soared back into number one spot because of his disappearance. Wherever Alya was had no coverage or wifi since she hadn't been able to update her blog, or she just didn't know the wifi password to wherever they were kept. The tracking had been scramble as soon as the helicopter made its way to the ocean. Whoever stole Jagged Stone had planned well enough to cover their tracks. Their only clue would be the demands that hopefully came soon.
The elevator came to a stop at the right floor, Marinette walking towards Jagged's suite when she saw Mr. Roth in the hallway on the phone.
"This is a good thing." She heard him say as he paced.
"What's a good thing," Marinette came up behind the older man, slightly surprising him. But he regained his composure rather quickly.
"That we have you to help us Miss…" Mr. Roth hung up his phone conversation, putting his phone away in his coat pocket.
"Marinette, we met last night."
"Right."
"Have there been any demands?"
"Just Penny."
"I meant from whoever captured them."
"No, nothing yet, but I'll keep you on speed dial," he patted his coat pocket.
"But I never gave you my digits."
"OK. Must've been some other teen who means well. What was the number again?" He pulled out his phone.
"Penny has it, I'll ask her to send it to you."
"Right, that works as well. Now if you'll excuse me Miss Marinette, I have an important meeting I need to get to," Mr. Roth rushed down the hall to the elevator, leaving Marinette to continue to Penny's room.
"Penny, it's Marinette."
The door opened immediately to a disheveled Penny, makeup barely done and hair standing on end.
"Thank heavens you're here," Penny practically pulled Marinette inside. The room was as tidy as when Marinette last saw it, although Fang occupied the entire couch. It almost looked like the crocodile was as depressed as Penny with his master gone.
"Any demands or clues from the police?"
"Nothing, I've scoured the internet for every video of the incident with no leads. There was no identification number on the helicopter, or logo. Not even a clear image of whose in the craft." Displayed on the table where various pictures from the internet, with no clear information on the helicopter or its pilot.
She picked up the picture of the helicopter when it first appeared, called Nino on her watch.
"Nino, I'm going to send you a picture of the helicopter, see if it's listed in Henchco Magazine.
"On it."
"Henchco Magazine," asked Penny.
"The place where all villains get their weapons and vehicles. Everything untraceable and unregistered. If its a villain who took Jagged, we eliminated those in the music industry who don't like Jagged and poorer criminals who wanted cheap ransom and stole a helicopter."
"Genius!"
"Yep its Henchco's latest model, very pricey, I don't think even Hawkmoth could afford it legally. Maybe Antibug after a successful sale or one of her employers," answered Nino
"Or…" Marinette set back down the photo, picking up one that attempted to zoom on the pilot.
"Or who?" asked Nino.
Marinette raised an eyebrow.
"Oh dear god I hope not." Marinette could hear Nino hitting his head on the desk.
"Who?"
"Someone Nino is very familiar with it."
"How many times do I have to apologize."
"Once every time they try to commit crime."
"Then I will hold that apology until proven otherwise."
"Can you tap into Mr. Roth's phone. See if he go any calls?" asked Penny.
"Sure, give me a minute," Nino began typing on the keyboard.
"You suspect Mr. Roth."
"Not him as the kidnapper, but I think he may not be in a hurry to get Jagged back. Jagged told me before the concert that Mr. Roth wants to change everything about Jagged that makes him, well, Jagged. Just to beat XY out of the polls."
"Chat and I were coming to a similar conclusion last night. And I saw Mr. Roth in the hallway talking to someone about a good thing."
"I knew it," Penny flopped into the couch, startling the crocodile. "And any calls to his office are redirected to his cell phone. If he doesn't want me or the record company to know about any demands…"
Penny began to cry, Marinette immediately sitting beside her.
"And I got it. He's made several calls to the accountant at the record company, and two from an unknown number."
"Alright Nino, see if Chat can make it to an appointment this afternoon at Bob Roth Records."
"Hey Marinette," Marinette turned her head to see Chat Noir jogging towards her.
"Sorry I could be here sooner, piano lesson," Chat stopped beside his lady who almost looked frozen as she stood in the cold outside the record company office.
"Want me to warm you up?" Chat opened his arms, which Marinette fell into, squishing her face into his black jacket.
"So warm," she muffled. Chat, not entirely expecting that reaction, hesitantly wrapped his arms around her, resting his chin on her head.
"Better?"
"Much. Thanks Chaton," Marinette continued to muffle. They stood their for a couple moments while Marinette regained her senses and pulled out of the hug.
"Let's get some answers," Marinette proceeded into the building with Chat following her. The building felt barely warmer than outside.
"Hello, we are here to see Mr. Roth. We are working on Jagged's case and Mr. Roth told us to head straight up if we have any new developments," Marinette informed the secretary manning the front desk.
"Of course, fourth floor, third door on the right."
"Thank you." Marinette and Chat proceeded towards the elevator, Chat finally speaking his mind when they were inside.
"My lady, if I recall correctly, Mr. Roth never told us to come to his office directly."
"I told him we would keep him posted on developments. Time was never mentioned."
Chat smirked.
"Sneaky bug."
"I wasn't able to keep a secret identity for years without picking up a few things."
"Who did know your identity when you first started?"
"My parents first, well actually I guess my first client, but they probably forgot about me by now. Then my parents, and then Nino."
"And your parents were fine with it?"
"Very supportive actually so long as I kept up with my studies." The elevator dinged, letting the conversation die as they headed to Mr. Roth's office.
Mr. Roth was sitting at his desk with his back turned to the door. Marinette and Chat proceeded inside and approached the desk. Mr. Roth began to swivel in chair to face his desk, a cup of coffee in hand.
"Life without Jagged Stone... is heartbreaking," Marinette was sure he was going to say something else until he saw her and Chat.
"You seem real upset," commented Chat as he crossed his arms, unimpressed with how Mr. Roth was taking the situation.
"Miss Marinette and Mr. … Cat," started Mr. Roth, forgetting Chat's name. "Jagged Stone is like family to me. But what can I do?"
The phone at his desk began to ring. Mr. Roth picked up the phone.
"Sorry, gotta take this. Yo. Go baby."
"We are not your baby!" Came a high pitched voice with a thick french accent.
"Moni, give me the phone," an older gentleman responded, also with a french accent.
"Must be a wrong number," Mr. Roth quickly silenced the phone.
"Don't think so. And I hate to tell you, but I definitely know those voices," answered Marinette as she pressed the unmute.
"You do?" Mr. Roth began to look nervous.
"A bad idea."
"We'll give you another chance."
"Moni, please let me talk."
"Pere, I'm speaking."
"I have...
"It's my turn.
"Son...
"Pere!"
Marinette ended the call, "Oh, yeah. I've got everything I need."
"You mean?" started Mr. Roth.
"That's right. I know where to find Alya and Jagged Stone." Marinette turned to Mr. Roth and gave her best cordial smile.
"Thank you for your time Mr. Roth." Marinette left the office, with Chat on her tail.
"So, where are they?"
"How do you feel about a tropical island?" asked Marinette with a mischievous smile.
"So now can you tell me?" Chat asked for the upteenth time since leaving the record company. Marinette refused to say anything about their mysterious destination until Nino had hooked them a ride. They now rested on a boat while their ride was filming a tv show.
"Yes, you've followed the Ladyblog right?"
"Since Ladybug started."
"There's one enemy I'm not allowed to put on the blog due to potential lawsuits he threatened, but remember when the power went out in France?"
"Yeah, some billionaire I think you mentions, just no names.
"His name is Sir Monsieur the First. Nino tried to be my partner for that one, and ended up encouraging Sir Monsieur to become a villain."
"Is that why Nino was apologizing?"
"One per every time Sir Monsieur commits a crime."
"Then who was the younger person?"
"Monsieur Monsieur the Second, or Moni as you heard on the phone. His son."
"Crazy doesn't not fall far from the tree with that family it seems."
"Hey Ladybug, is that the island," asked the cameraman. Marinette looked out to sea to find the Monsieur's private island residence.
"That's it. Thanks for the lift Judd," Marinette pulled out their windsurfing equipment, passing a helmet and goggles to Chat.
"Are you kidding, Ladybug? It's the least I could do after you rescued me from that rhino stampede."
"Oh, that was no big. What was that show called again?" as Marinette as she prepared to go out into the water.
"Teasing Wild Animals."
"Sounds like you had a wild time," responded Chat, following Marinette along the wake of the waves from the boat.
Marinette and Chat snuck through the halls of Sir Monsieur's lair, so far, nothing evil striking out to attack them.
"So far so good," whispered Chat.
"Don't say that out loud, you're going to-"
"Welcome, Ladybug," came Sir Monsieur's voice from overhead.
"Jinx it."
"It's so nice you could drop by."
The floor opened beneath where Marinette stood, sending her into a hole. She quickly threw her yoyo, which latched onto the side of the hole, halting her fall. Below was a pool of green water.
"Marinette, you ok?"
"So far, I'll be up in a minute." Marinette swung herself towards the wall, pushing herself to jump to the other side, using the momentum to climb.
"Miss Possible, I have gone to a great deal of trouble to mutate an octopus," came the voice again, chat laying down with arms outstretched to help Marinette when she got closer to the top.
"You've got the most whacked hobbies," Marinette commented.
"I have been dreaming of watching you do battle with him."
"Well, keep dreaming." Marinette came to the place where her yoyo stopped, and passed it, grabbing onto Chat's extended hands.
"I would appreciate it very much if you would continue your fall now."
"Thanks, but no thanks." Chat pulled her back onto the ground.
"Ah, I am loathe to force the issue, but…" Chat was then shoved onto of Marinette, throwing them both into the hole and into the water.
Marinette swam back up to where the water was shallow, looking up to see her yoyo still clinging to the near top of the hole. Chat Noir practically jumping out and clinging to a rock for dear life.
"Now I know why cats hate water."
"You do know you aren't an actual cat Chaton."
Chat frowned at Marinette then made a nasty face at the water. As if in response, from the water rose the mutated octopus.
"Do cats like octopus or are they scared of that too," asked Marinette as she jumped in to fight.
"Octopus are ok for dinner. Could live without the mutated one though," Chat jumped over to another rock as the octopus was about to strike the one he was previously on.
"Nino, got a serious 112 on our hands," Marinette phoned in Nino on her watch.
"Talk to me."
"The recipe for my current disaster. Start with a nasty deep pit. Add Chat and me. Stir in one killer octopus." Marinette and Chat jumped and dodged the octopus, Chat sticking to higher ground while Marinette kept to the water.
"Are we talking regular octopus or mutant?"
"Definitely mutant," screamed Chat as the octopus nearly took a bite out of his pants.
"Let me see what I can find."
"Please and thank you," responded Marinette
"And Hurry," urged Chat. Chat attempted a karate kick, which hit the octopus in the head. Put the mutant octoped used one of its arms to grab onto Chat. Marinette was quickly grabbed next, the octopus threatening to eat the two.
"Don't you even think about it," Chat growling as he pinched the octopus' arm that was holding him. The Octopus released Chat, which Chat grabbed onto one of the enlarged teeth and flipped himself up to Marinette, using the momentum to pull them down to the water. He was quick to punch the octopus arm holding her, the octopus recoiling a couple meters.
"Thanks Chat," Marinette turned to thank her hero to find him running to the safety of the wall.
"Got anything Nino?" Marinette asked as the octopus tried to strike again. She barely managed to jump out of the way.
"Listen to this, when octopi are mutated, certain traits get amplified. Including responsive nerve endings."
"Short version please," asked Chat at the Octopus grabbed him from his perch.
"He's ticklish."
"Ticklish? You've got to be kidding me," responded Marinette as she found herself back up against a wall by the mutant.
"Under the armpits," answered Nino.
"All 8 of them?" asked Chat, the blood rushing to his head while being held upside down.
Marinette reached out for one of the Octopus' underarms and began to tickle. The Octopus began to laugh. Chat smiled and reached his hand out to another arm, and began to tickle, the Octopus laughing, enough to drop Chat. Chat quickly made his way to the wall and proceeded tickling other arms.
"LB, you find an exit, I got this tickle monster covered."
Marinette nodded, finding the exit between some hidden rocks.
"Come on Chat."
Chat leapt over to where his lady stood and they made their exit down a tunnel, eventually leading to an automatic door. It opened for them into Sir Monsieur's office just as another door let out Alya and Jagged Stone. Both groups rushed to surround the Monsieurs.
"Marinette!" Cried out both Alya and Jagged Stone.
"And Chat Noir!" Alya giggled in excitement, pulling out her phone to film everything.
"Did Penny send you," asked Jagged?
"Yeah, she was very worried about you."
"Enough. You are all testing my patience. Now you will test my latest toy," Sir Monsieur pressed a button and a laser shooting contraption came out of the wall.
"I thought you said it wasn't a toy, Pere," commented Moni while looking at the weapon.
"It's an expression," retorted Sir Monsieur as he pressed another button. The weapon fire, frying some Jagged's hair in the process.
"That is a good look on you. You can be my opening act," Moni looked all excited.
"That was just the low setting. Now let's see who's hot on the charts," SIr Monsieur turned a dial and pressed the button again, Jagged, Chat, and Alya preparing to be fried. Marinette jumped onto the desk and drop kick Sir Monsieur. She then proceeded to jump onto the wall for moment to leap towards the charging weapon, redirecting it to Moni.
"PERE!"
"Moni, are you alright," Sir Monsieur rushed to his son once the smoke cleared. Everyone turned to see Moni's clothes and hair mostly burnt, along with severe burns where clothes hadn't covered previously.
"Do I look tanner now? Because the pain may be worth it."
Sir Monsieur grabbed Moni's hand and lead him away from the group, " Come on Moni, we will fight another day."
Just as they were about to make it to their escape, Marinette jumped in front of them. THey turned around only to find Chat, Jagged, and Alya cornering them from behind, Alya grinning maliciously as she continued filming.
"But, Father, how will I become a super pop star now?"
"So are you going to tell me how you escaped or not," asked Marinette as she and Alya sat in their seats. Once Jagged had returned, he had quit Bob Roth Records, and had signed on with a new record company. Jagged insisted on another concert to make it up to the fans who came to the last concert, this time inviting Chat Noir as well.
Marinette and Alya sat in the same seats as last time, but Nino sat by Alya while Marinette sat by Chat Noir. Adrien unfortunately couldn't make it this time.
"Exactly what it says on the blog," Alya replied with a mysterious wink.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Reptile Aficionados of all ages. Please welcome Jagged Stone!" The crowds rose in applause as the curtains rose, Jagged learning from last time not to do a box entrance, was instead sitting alone at a piano wearing the glasses Marinette had made.
"Good Evening Paris!" Jagged called out, the fans raging in enthusiasm.
"This is my first live concert ever! It's amazing!" commented Chat while looking over at Marinette.
Marinette offered a smile, happy for her friend.
"I would like to dedicate this song to the people who saved my life. You know who you are!"
The four teens gasped in surprise as Jagged began to play a musical piece on the piano. Chat grabbed Marinette hand, Marinette looking up to see Chat's eyes sparkle in excitement. Marinette gave his hand a gentle squeeze before looking back at the stage to enjoy the concert.