Ben returned to class and sat down, the ringing stopped and he could finally think clearly "Miraculous are complicated" Ben whispered to himself. Mrs. Moirah wrote the words "Class Trip" she turned to the class "students, as you may know this class scored the highest in the school, as a reward the district is willing to fund a class trip to the Central Park Zoo!" Most of the class stood up and cheered with Mrs. Moirah settling them down "we always give credit where credit is due and credit goes to Nadia!" Ben looked around to see everyone turn to one student and begin clapping, Ben looked behind him to see a girl with a shocked expression on her face, Ben followed the others and clapped noticing Nadia paying attention to him the most. Mrs. Moirah continued "I will now hand out permission slips, have them signed by Thursday, we will split up into groups of four on Thursday, make sure you get these signed by wednesday".
Ben sat with the others at lunch, while the others were talking about the trip Ben was lost in his own thoughts, he remembered his first fight with Tremaine and the fight against the other three from last night. An echoed voice called to him, bouncing around in his head before it became clear and it was Sophia who was trying to snap him out of "hey Benji, you look lost" Ben looked her in the eyes "I'm fine babe, I'm just...looking forward to the trip". Once school was out Ben and the others made their way to Ben's house, Ben thought of a way to get away from them so he pulled out his phone and put on his best Poker Face and prepared to lie through his teeth "hey guys, you guys go ahead to my house, I got something from an employer that might wanna hire me" Ben ran down an alleyway leaving them stunned and confused. Ben made his way to Adrien's prepared to ask so many questions, Ben flung the door of the Pawn Shop "Adrien! I need to talk to you" Adrien just stood there polishing a watch "hey Ben, like the renovations I've done?" Ben ran to the counter "my Miraculous...it talked!" Adrien looked confused "yeah...Miraculous do have things that can talk" Ben shook his head "no, no, no" the Miraculous itself talked to me, well not really, it was more like ghosts inside my Miraculous were talking to me" Adrien put the watch down and thought "let's run a test".
Adrien and Ben sat on the roof of the Pawn Shop "okay, Transform" Ben transformed and looked at himself "nothing unusual" Adrien said while pacing around him studying him "hmmm, power down for now, if you do hear the voices again, make sure to contact me as soon as possible" Beowulf nodded and transformed back into Ben "and just to be sure, try to limit your powers, don't exert yourself if you don't have to" Ben nodded and went downstairs where he noticed a peculiar set of earrings in the display case "that's a new piece" Adrien looked at what he noticed "ah! Those are a replica of the Ladybug Miraculous...I wonder where Ladybug is now" Ben looked at Adrien "maybe you should...go back to Paris one day" Adrien shook his head "no...Adrien died in Paris, now I'm just Donovan" Ben adjusted his backpack and headed to the door "well, I'll see you Adrien" Adrien nodded and watched as Ben exited the shop "God help that boy, the power he has is...disturbing".
As Ben was crossing the street a car flew past him nearly hitting him, he also noticed that the car alarm was going off in that car "stolen car" he whispered to himself before dipping into an alley "Sturnn, Let's Hunt!" Ben transformed and chased after the stolen vehicle but not stopping it. Beowulf saw the car pull into a bodyshop, Beowulf jumped to the window and peered inside while hanging off it. Beowulf saw three ski mask wearing thugs get out of the car and were met by Cobalt "Cobalt, even with powers you're still a lowly thug" Beowulf quietly opened the window and snuck in. Cobalt greeted the men "good job boys, Mr. Grayson will be pleased, pop the trunk" one of the men opened the trunk to reveal a briefcase and gave it to Cobalt, Cobalt opened it and Beowulf looked inside, they were new Pseudo-Miraculous. Beowulf decided to announce himself by whistling "wooooow Cobalt, that's some purdy jewlery" Cobalt looked around "you dolts were followed?!" One of the thugs responded "we didn't know!" Cobalt snapped back "you know the procedure on checking for the Wolf" the thug shrugged "we did the procedure but we didn't see nothing all the way here" Cobalt stomped his foot "well he's here now!" Cobalt retreated and tossed one of them a Pseudo "come back with his head and it's an instant promotion".
Beowulf jumped out of his hiding spot and into the light, two of the thugs got on either side of Beowul. Beowulf kept his hands at his sides with his guard down, one of them threw a wild haymaker at Beowulf which was quickly dodged and countered with a right cross that floored him immediately. The second one took out a tire iron and swung with Beowulf weaving to the side to avoid the wild strikes, Beowulf grabbed the back of his coat and kneed him in the stomach and tossing him into the side of the car taking him out. Beowulf looked at the last guy who was about to use Pseudo "look buddy, you don't wanna use that" the thug smirked "I think I do" he put it on with seemingly nothing happening. Beowulf noticed yellow cracks in the thug's skin as did he "what the-" Beowulf whispered before the cracks nearly consumed his body and he erupted causing Beowulf to be blown back, the smoke cleared and Beowulf hot to his feet to see a giant crater where the man used to be and standing there was a new Supervillain.
The villain stood there looking at himself, his costume was black with asymmetrical cracks along the torso, wedges on the outer part of the thighs looked like the carapace of an insect and the boots he had were two toed and they looked like the claws of a cricket. A haunting yellow light emanating from cracks and holes in the costume, his helmet was shiny and chrome and the mouth was shaped into a wicked smile with pointed teeth, the eyes were similar to a Jack-O-Lantern, both glowed with the similar yellow light, two antenna portruded from the top back of his helmet and curved back nearly going behind his head. Beowulf decided to speak up "sooooo...how's it feel?" The villain looked at Beowulf "it feels good" Beowulf steeled himself "so what am I gonna call you?" Beowulf asked with the villain conjuring a yellow ball of energy in both of his hands and looking ath Beowulf "I think Bombeetle suits me now" Bombeetle threw the ball which rocketed toward Beowulf, upon impact the ball exploded and shot Beowulf through the garage door and caused him to skid across the parking lot. Beowulf shook off the pain "nope, that was nothing, just a little blunt force trauma and third degree burns" Bombeetle's voice echoed from the garage "oh I assure you Hero, that little taste is nothing compared to what I got for you" Bombeetle threw the ball at Beowulf's feet which he dodged but the impact with the ground caused an explosion that threw Beowulf into a brick wall.
Beowulf fell to the ground but quickly recovered as Bombeetle threw two more in his direction, Beowulf dove to avoid the first one but was hit directly by the second one throwing him into the street. Beowulf propped himself onto his elbows still reeling from the attack. Beowulf clenched his teeth, his face became hot and his anger began to flare up, Bombeetle formed another bomb and lobbed it, Beowulf suddenly sprung into the air and flung his flail striking Bombeetle in the face, the blow caused cracked Bombeetle's helmet and his right eye was now visible through the crack in the helmet. Beowulf landed and pulled back the flail hooking Bombeetle's ankle and tripping him, Beowulf yanked the chain and pulled Bombeetle towards him dragging him across the pavement. Bombeetle threw a bomb but Beowulf dodged it and with one powerful pull he lifted Bombeetle into the air, Bombeetle fell toward Beowulf, Beowulf reeled back and threw his fist into Bombeetle's midsection "Wolfsbane!" Beowulf shouted while shifting Bombeetle to align with the ground, Beowulf took a step forward and smashed Bombeetle into the street creating a giant crater. Beowulf pulled a yellow orb out of Bombeetle "Devour the Power" he said before he absorbed the orb and his costume became yellow in color, Beowulf looked at Bombeetle in the crater and tilted his head, Beowulf pointed the Wolf Head at Bombeetle and began to charge a ball of energy.
Prowwl suddenly appeared and tried to stop Beowulf "what are you doing?!" Prowwl grabbed Beowulf's wrist and tried to pull it away but he was swatted away by Beowulf. Bombeetle began to crawl away "hey kid take it easy, I give I give just don't blast me, please!" Beowulf's vision began to blur and he shook his head a little, he suddenly snapped out of it, too late to stop the blast he fired. The shot barely missed Bombeetle's head evident of the small smoking hole in the ground, Beowulf yanked the Pseudo off Bombeetle "gimme that" Beowulf looked at the Pseudo then back to the thug "get outta here, don't let me see you ever again" the thug ran off in a panic. Beowulf stood there holding the Pseudo "what was that? The Power's never made me act like that" Prowwl floated slowly over to Beowulf "Prowwl!" Beowulf shouted before hugging the tiny creature "I'm so sorry, I don't know what happened" Prowwl began to think "let's go back home, we'll talk about it there". Ben got home and opened the door to see his friends and parents gathered around the coffee table "Ben, come in! We're about to play Uno!" Ben smiled and walked in excited to play.
Ben sat in his room, his friends had gone home and he was finally alone with his Kwami "okay Prowwl, what's your theory?" Prowwl cleared his throat "as you know, the Wolf Miraculous has always been in the hands of...unsavory individuals, from Warlords to Gangsters...to even Dictators, the Wolf Miraculous has always found itself in Evil's hands, you're the first wielder to possess the need to help people" Ben nodded and looked at his Miraculous "wow, never really thought about the history of this thing" Prowwl nodded while Sturnn gorged himself on jerky "what you may not know is how the Miraculous works when it is passed onto another, Miraculous are similar to a file cabinet or a hard drive, they store data, specifically they store just a little bit of an owner's essence, their soul, once you put on that Miraculous you were put into the system and will remain there until the Miraculous is destroyed in some way". Ben tilted his head slightly "so what does this mean?" Prowwl sighed "I hope I'm wrong but...those voices you hear, they may be the essence of the former Miraculous Wielders, organized in some way and communicating with you. If these spirits are infuencing you, then maybe Adrien was right, limit how kuch you use your powers" Ben responded "sounds good in theory, but what about stopping crime? If I'm handicapped like this then there's gonna be a lot more instances like tonight...hold on" Ben walked over to his desk and pulled out a Miraculous box "I think it's time for Sophia to become a solo hero...temporarily of course".
