Ben stared out the window of his class, his mind drifted off as his battle with Pangolin played over and over in his head, his body definitely remembered as he was still sore days after the battle had ended. A ruler slap on his desk brought him back to reality, Mrs. Moirah was standing there "Mr. Williams, perhaps you will know, what is the purpose of the pythagorean Theorem?" Ben thought about it "anytime we want to know the square length of one side of a right triangle when we know the other two" Mrs. Moriah pursed her lip and nodded "very good Mr. Williams, your test grades aren't a fluke afterall" Ben sighed in relief when Mrs. Moirah walked away, Arnold leaned over and whispered "you seem distracted Benjamin, is everything okay?" Ben whispered back "I'll talk to you guys about it afterschool".

The bell finally rung and Ben was making his way toward the door when someone bumped into him making him drop his books, the person then kicked a couple of the books before heading out. Ben could tell by the leather jacket that it was Grayson, Ben picked up his things and was helped by Sophia and Mason "don't let Grayson push you around like that man, do something" Sophia shook her head "Timothy will get his dues, finals are next week" Arnold walked over "Timothy is in the bottom ten percentage of students in the school, if nothing changes then he is guarenteed to be expugated from the school" Sophia nodded but then asked "do you keep track of everyone in the school?" Arnold answered "no, I have been keeping track of everyone in our class, Timothy Grayson is at the bottom in personal test scores of our class". Ben sighed and put his books away "do you guys wanna hang out today?" Mason rubbed the back of his head "can't, I have family therapy to go to today" Arnold also declined "I have to accompany my brothers to their football game today" Sophia shrugged "I'm free".

Ben and Sophia walked out of school "so, where to?" Sophia asked with Ben answering "my place?" Sophia lit up "oooh yeah, you guys have name brand cookies at your place".

Ben and Sophia walked down the suspiciously empty sidewalk "man, since Pangolin's announcement, not many people have been out and about" Ben nodded but said nothing "I don't blame them considering how bad he beat Beowulf" Ben held his head down as they walked, ashamed of his defeat at the hands of Pangolin a week ago, there really was no going back to the way things were. They passed by a bank when a strong gust of wind made them stagger "whoa! What was that?" Sophia asked, Ben looked back to see the bank's revolving doors spinning at incredibly high speeds with various sized bills strewning the ground. Ben tightened his gaze and walked over with Sophia following "Ben...what do you see?" Ben looked down to see a shoe print with a distinct paw design "these footprints are from someone with a Miraculous Powers" Ben stated with Sophia questioning "are you sure?" Ben looked back at her a nodded. Ben looked a bit forward to see something lying on the ground, Ben picked up the peculiar object "red sunglasses" Ben whispered.

Ben and Sophia got to Ben's house where they grabbed some snacks and went into Ben's room, Ben contemplated while Sophia looked at the evidence "okay so, the thief has super speed and wears red sunglasses, that doesn't tell us much" Ben laid back and looked at his ceiling "this thief has an M.O. So he must be a personality" Sophia looked out of the window and stated "my uncle is familiar with...unsavory characters, I'll give him a call". Sophia dialed some numbers on her phone and began talking to someone "hey Uncle Marty! I have a favor to ask, can you meet us at this address? Okay thanks, you're the best" Sophiahung up then texted something and smiled at Ben "we've got a lead".

Ben and Sophia got to Ray's Pizza and Sophia saw someone she recognized "there he is!" She opened the door and rushed over hugging the person nearly crushing them, Ben walked in and joined them, Sophia let the man go and he breathed in "jeez Sophia, you're gonna crush this little man's bones". Marty had grey hair that was growing on the sides of his head, he had thick glasses and a brown leather jacket and skinny jeans, he was obviously trying to look young, but the wrinkles on his face betrayed him. Marty looked at Ben and pointed his thumb at him while looking at Sophia "boyfriend? Or are you stringing this boy along?" Sophia scoffed "no, just a friend, he's new in town, anyway, we need your help with something" Marty the gestured with his hands in confusion "whadda ya want? Need to get out of town to elope? In it with da Loan Sharks? Witness protection? What?" Sophia sighed and pulled out the pair of red sunglasses" we need ta find the owner of deez sunglasses Marty" Ben noticed a very distinct accent on Sophia's voice, she was very good at hiding it.

Marty studied them "where did you get a pair of these?" Sophia answered "we got em at a crime scene of a robbery, I know you've got some comnection. Who do they belong to?" Marty took off his glasses and sighed "they belong to a guy named Berko, South African guy, he came here a couple of years ago and got swept up in the life of swindlin' and pickpocketing, he's the fastest guy this side of the globe...if he's here, then Pangolin must've called in the big guns". Marty fiddled his glasses "look kids, don't get mixed up in all this, I couldn't forgive myself if something happened to you, I don't want to face your parents if that happened" Sophia looked down at the glasses "Uncle Marty, you should visit your brother" Marty sighed "I doubt he would want to see me, I didn't approve of him marryin' your mom" Sophia put her hand on his shoulder "you should see him Uncle" Marty smiled "if you kids want to find Berko you're gonna find him at Midnight Fortune, that's where he would be, since Cobalt got arrested the ol' Midnight has been trying to find new management, a lot of powerful folks from around the globe are aiming to control it" Sophia hugged Marty "thanks Uncle Marty" Marty smiled but then warned the two "don't even think about going near that place, you call the cops as soon as you get there".

Sophia and Ben got to the gat of Chinatown "okay, I'll call the police" Sophia said but Ben stopped her "if this guy has a Miraculous, the police might not be enough, Beowulf should be here" Sophia looked at Ben "how are we supposed to contact him?" Ben pulled out his phone and called a bogus number "hey Beowulf, we've got a lead on a Miraculous Holder at Midnight Fortune, okay" Ben put his phone away "let's get out of here" Sophia nodded and they began walking away. As they were walking Ben started talking "I never knew you were so into solving cases Sophia, never seen you this determined, not even with Volleyball" Sophia didn't respond so Ben looked back seeing no one "oh man, she went back didn't she?" Prowwl and Sturnn came out of his jacket pocket "we need to save her" Prowwl stated "yup, Prowwl, Let's Hunt" Ben transformed and took off after her.

Sophia was crouched behind looking at the people exiting the bar "hmm" she whispered "hmm is right" Sophia almost screamed but Beowulf covered her mouth "you should get out of here" Beowulf stated with Sophia shaking her head and removing his hand "I can't, not when I'm this close to cracking the case" Beowulf sighed "I don't want you getting hurt" Sophia smirked "I'm a big girl if you haven't noticed, I can take care of myself". Beowulf grabbed Sophia by the waist and lept up to a rooftop leaving her there "stay here" he said sturnly before leaping off the building and sneaking into the Midnight Fortune. Beowulf busted the vent open and walked on the rafters careful not to make a sound, suddenly a bullet whizzed past Beowulf and he nearly lost his balance, a voice eminated from above, it spoke in a thick accent "come down from there boy, we know you're there" Beowulf sighed, his cover had been blown.

Beowulf jumped down to see a speaker blasting crowded bar sounds and an empty bar "a trap, clever" Beowulf stated, someone came out from the back of the bar, Beowulf recognized the red sunglasses with gold outline, his skin was dark and his head was shaved, his smile was highlighted by a shiny gold tooth, his suit was white and red and his shoes were golden and shimmering "well well well, if it isn't the hero of New York, when I heard you'd taken out of Cobalt I thought you would be a challenge, but if it's this easy to fool you then well...I was mistaken". Beowulf looked Berko up and down "looking for my Miraculous? Don't worry, it's right here" he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a beaded bracelet "Speed! Full Sprint!" A Kwami appeared from his coat pocket and was sucked into the Miraculous causing him to transform.

Berko finished transforming, his costume consisted of a bodysuit with visible chest padding, he wore goggles and a braided tail draped behind him, his entire costume had a cheetah print "let's see you keep up with me, Duma!" Duma began shifting and disappeared in a flash, Beowulf was suddenly struck and taken off his feet, another blow sent him into a pool table. Beowulf reorganized himself and Duma finally reappeared "hehe, too fast for you?" Beowulf wiped the sweat off his forehead and taunted Duma. Duma took the bait and rushed forward, Beowulf saw this and trip kicked Duma into a wall "not really" Beowulf quipped. Duma flipped back up and rushed Beowulf tackling him into the wall of booze, Beowulf elbowed Duma in the back and grabbed him by the fabric of his costume and flipped him through the racks of alcohol causing droves of bottles to crash onto the floor. Beowulf grabbed Duma by the head and reeled back his fist, he then punched Duma across the bar making him break through a wall "what's the matter? Too tough for you?" Duma got up and wiped the alcohol and blood off his his head and yelled "you just made a big mistake child!" Beowulf and Duma then pounced forward at eachother.

Sophia paced around the roof of the building "ugh, I can't believe I'm on the sidelines on MY case, this is so not fair!" She then heard the commotion in the bar "looks like the fun started without me". Sophia went to th edge of the building and looked at the door, right when she did Beowulf came crashing through it "oh man, looks like he needs help" Sophia looked around and saw the fire escape to the building "bingo" she whispered. Beowulf got up and rubbed his head, he noticed Sophia coming down "no, don't-" he was interrupted when he was grabbed by Duma and was dragged across the ground, Duma then flung Beowulf across the ground and into a stall. Beowulf jumped out of the wreckage "man, I do a lot of property damage to this city" Duma paced in place "what's wrong hero? Can't keep up?" Beowulf smirked under his mask. Duma was ambushed by a clone and held in a full nelson, Duma became noticeably weaker in the legs until he took off with the clone and quickly dispatching it. Duma appeared infront of Beowulf and shrugged his shoulders before punching Beowulf knocking him down.

Beowulf began to think "gotta formulate a plan but I need time, and this guy isn't gonna give me any" Beowulf suddenly created a number of clones, this bewildered Duma and Beowulf took the opportunity, one of the clones grabbed Beowulf's arms and swung him making him dropkick Duma, the clone then tossed Beowulf to Sophia while they attacked Duma. Beowulf landed infront of Sophia "I need your help" Beowulf stated with Sophia crossing her arms in response "I coulda told ya that" Beowulf reached behind himself and revealed a jewelry box "I'm gonna have to give you this" Sophia's eyes lit up "a Miraculous?" Beowulf nodded "Sophia Briggar, this is the Miraculous of the Spider that grants the power of ensnare, you will use it for the greater good" Sophia picked up the jewelry box and opened it to reveal a hair tie.