The Beetle charged forward with his horn lowered, Beowulf front flipped over him but was caught by the Centipede's claws. Beowulf tried to pry them open but he was too strong and slammed Beowulf into the ground, the Centipede leaned close to Beowulf's face "weak, frail, not like me" Beowulf struggled to get out "lemme guess, your name's a pun or mash up of some word and Centipede right?" The Centipede laughed "not quite, I'm a little more educated, call me Scolistrike" Scolistrike held Beowulf there and the Ant rushed thrusting her rapier forward, Beowulf put his foot in Scolistrike's chest and flipped him onto her and escaped. Beowulf then heard the sound of a fan and turned to see the Beetle revving his wings as if they were a motor and laughed "call me Kabuto!" Kabuto blasted toward Beowulf and hit him smashing him into a building, Beowulf had managed to keep his horn from actually hitting him. Kabuto smirked and flipped Beowulf with his horn launching him into the sky, Scolistrike jumped up and brought down his gauntlet onto Beowulf launching him back down to the ground forming a crater. Beowulf felt his brain spinning in his head and tried to get up only to be stabbed in the shoulder and pinned by the Ant, she leaned in until her head was right next to Beowulf's "my brothers like to play with their food, I don't find any use for it" Beowulf responded "well, thank you I guess" she then dug her rapier deeper causing Beowulf even greater pain "that doesn't mean I don't find the fun in it" Scolistrike landed and walked over "c'mon Empress Ant, let's stop toying with him and finish this" Empress sighed and kept Beowulf pinned and a handle appeared from one of Scolistrike's gauntlets, Centistryke grabbed it and pulled out a blade.

Scolistrike raised the blade and brought it down only to get a dropkick to the chest from a clone made by Beowulf, the clone sprang off of Scolistrike and punched Enpress freeing Beowulf. Beowulf jumped up and backed away "time to vanish!" Beowulf raised a small ball and threw it on the ground causing the entire surrounding area to be filled with smoke that blinded and choked the villains. Beowulf made it to the top of a building and hid while the villains made it out of the smoke "where is he?!" Kabuto yelled with Scolistrike smacking him in the head "don't bother with that now, we need to find Cobalt and the others and off them tonight, if not, Pangolin's gonna have our heads" Kabuto grumbled "he doesn't even have his Miraculous, how much of a threat can he be?" Scolistrike sighed and quickly slashed Kabuto in the chest causing him to scream in pain. The sounds of sirens could be heard in the distance "damn, it's the police, we'll have to continue this later" Scolistrike and Empress jumped away and Kabuto limped after them. Beowulf caught his breath before peeking over the side to see that they were gone, Beowulf made his way back to his apartment and snuck in. Beowulf de-transformed and the pain began to settle in his shoulder "better patch this up" Prowwl and Sturnn wrapped the wound and Ben checked his phone to see 36 messages and 20 missed calls "oh boy" he whispered before calling his mom "hey mo-" Ben couldn't even finish when his mom exclaimed "it's him!" Ben pulled his phone away from his ear as the cheering began, once it had died down Ben put his ear back to his phone "hey mom, don't worry about me, I'm home now" he and his mom talked for awhile until she told him they were coming back home from the police station.

Ben put down his phone and walked to the balcony, his wound was burning as was the rest of his left arm "I lost again today" Ben said, Prowwl floated over to him "what do you mean Ben?" Ben sighed and leaned against the balcony "what did I accomplish tonight?" Prowwl thought about it "you saved Cobalt" Ben scoffed slightly "yeah, saving a psychopath from another psychopath made this injury worthwhile huh?" Sturnn suddenly flew over and rammed into Ben's cheek knocking him to the floor "what's the matter with you?! We saved lives today, how many people do you think could've been hurt by the fight between Cobalt and Berko?" Ben rubbed his cheek and lifted himself up, Prowwl floated infront of Ben "my brother, as brash as he may be, has a point, don't you think you also helped Timothy today? Not just with defending him against Shellshock, but even...bonding with him" Ben made a 'tch' sound and got up "bonding with Timothy? Not likely, he's just someone I've gotta take down" Prowwl crossed his arms "this way of thinking is bad Benjamin, believing someone can't be redeemed is a very narrow way of thinking, and a dangerous one at that, closing yourself off from enemies that can become friends may turn you cold and distant to the ones you have already bonded with" Ben sighed "you're right, you're both right, this isn't the way I want to think but, it's hard, every bad guy I fight is in it for themselves, selfish sociopaths that only care about themselves" Prowwl and Sturnn sat on his shoulders "Ben...this responsibility isn't easy, there are decisions you have to make for the greater good, even if that choice might not sit well with you" Ben leaned against the balcony to suddenly see his dad's car park on the sidewalk "crap, they're back, you two hide" his Kwami flew into their hiding spots when he heard the thunderour footsteps of his dad trailed by two, less heavy set of footsteps.

Ben walked into the kitchen just as his dad unlocked the door followed by his mom and Sophia, Ben could barely get a word out before all three of the rushed him. Ben managed to wriggle out of their death grip and slip past them "guys, I'm fine" all three of them turned, his mom walked over and hugged him "my baby is safe" Ben hugged her back. Ben and Sophia sat in his room, she rewrapped his wound "man, the person who wrapped this did a shit job huh?" Ben chuckled "yeah" after she was done Ben turned to her and she rested her head on his and began to tear up, Ben put his hands on her cheeks and looked at her "I'm safe babe" the tears began to run and they embraced. Ben woke up the next morning, Sophia was sleeping next to him "must've dozed off during all that crying" Ben stretched and got ready for school, Sophia got up shortly after noticing Ben was getting ready "hey! What do you think you're doing?" Ben looked at her puzzled "I'm...getting ready for school?" She popped out of the bed and marched over to him "with that injury? No way, you have to go to the hospital" Ben reassured her "I'm fine, it just needs to heal" Sophia pouted and Ben sighed "look, if something happens during school I'll make sure to tell the teacher, they'll send me to the hospital" Sophia sighed "fine...but if you do get sent, make sure to let me and the guys know, also your parents". Ben smiled and kissed her forehead, Sophia noticed that Ben was nearly her height as he walked off into the bathroom "huh, when did that happen?".

Ben and Sophia arrived at school to hear the telltale whisperings of their classmates directed at them "never gets old, does it babe?" Ben said with Sophia nodding "mhm" Ben noticed Mason and Arnold rushing toward them "and here they come" Ben whispered. Mason stopped infront of them "we heard what happened...dude, why does all the awesome stuff happen to you?" Ben chuckled "I'm just a magnet for danger" Mason laughed and punched Ben in the shoulder causing an excurciating amount of pain which caused him to crumple "oh jeez dude, I'm sorry" Sophia punched Mason in the side "the hell's wrong with you?" Ben got back onto his feet "I'm fine, just a flesh wound" Ben made his way to class when a ringing in his ear began to slowly get louder. Ben sat down in class where Mrs. Moirah stood at his desk "Mr. Williams, I'm glad to see you're alright, after what happened yesterday I was sure I'd have to wait to tell you that you had the highest marks in the class on the exam, congratulations!" Ben didn't hear a word she said as the ringing consumed his entire sense of hearing, he stared out the window into the city focusing on a single point, Ben called out "hello?" Something answered back.

Ben found himself in a void with a voice calling out to him "Beowulf" Ben looked at his hands to see that he had become Beowulf "what?" He whispered with something dashing past his vision, Beowulf backed up and whirrled around in a panic "who's there?" White smoke surrounded him and began to take shape, multiple figures emerged covered in smoke, they called to Beowulf "Beowulf" Beowulf looked for his weapon but he didn't have either of them. Beowulf looked around "who are you?" He asked with one of them appearing behind him causing him to turn around "You" The figure spoke before Beowulf snapped out of it, the ringing was gone and he was back in class with Mrs. Moirah standing infront of him "Mr. Williams? Are you alright?" Ben rubbed the back of his head "yes, Mrs. Moirah, I'm still a bit shooken up from what happened" Mrs. Moirah nodded "well, if you need to be excused just let me know" Ben nodded "will do" Ben could barely pay attention to the lesson when the ringing returned, it became unbearable and Ben raised his hand "may I be excused to the bathroom?" Ben stated with Mrs. Moirah being caught offguard "y-yes Mr. Williams, you may be excused" Ben rushed to the bathroom and ran into the stall. Ben leaned against the door and wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed deeply before looking at his Miraculous "what do you want?" Ben found himself back in the void where they were waiting for him "we want to teach you" Beowulf looked around "teach me what?!" They didn't respond "TEACH ME WHAT?!" One of them stepped forward "teach you strength" another one stepped forward "control" the others stepped forward "teach you POWER".