A Village in Africa
A man stood infront of a glowing fire, he was in a trance as he stared into it. Suddenly someone came into his hut "Akida, it is time" Akida sighed "yes, it is time to end this, Berko will be brought to justice." Akida put out the fire and stepped out of his hut and into another one where an older man was lying in a bed hooked up to life support "father, we are finally going to get justice" Akida's father coughed and responded "be careful my son, New York is a place of noise, lights, and it never sleeps" Akida laughed and nodded "yes father I know, you told me stories about it when I was young" Akida held his father's hand "I will not fail in this, not even a Miraculous will stop me, my training will see to that" his father smiled and touched his face "then you are worthy of the mantle" his father pulled a ring off his finger "take it, use it to bring Berko back so that I may look him in they eye one last time before he is punished" Akida took the ring and put it on "I am honored father, now nothing will get in my way" his father warned him "do not let your desire for revenge cloud your judgement, there is another in New York that fights for justice" Akida nodded "The Wolf" his father continued "you will be intruding on his territory, he might see this as a challenge" Akida scoffed "then I will meet his challenge and beat him, because what is a wolf to a lion?" Akida stepped out of the hut and his team joined him, his gaze sharpened and his resolve was steeled "my father might not make it to the trial...if we must, we will take Berko's life".
Back in New York
The alarm of a bakery began blaring as burglars began to loot the place "c'mon you idiots, let's get out of here before-" he was cut off by someone saying "before what?" The crooks turned to see Beowulf in the window "shit he's back?!" One of the burglars said before trying to flee. Beowulf kicked up a chair and kicked it at the burglar breaking it over his body causing him to fall to the floor, one of them rushed at him with a crowbar, with one swift step Beowulf hit him with a gut punch dispatching him. The last crook jumped out of the window, Beowulf leaped out and was about the throw out his flail to catch him but was interrupted by another voice "I got this one" Arachna lept down from the rooftop and launched a leg at the criminal impaling his leg. "Oh shit!" Arachna blurted out instantly regretting what she had done. Beowulf rushed over tearing off the crook's sleeve and tying it around his leg "the police are on their way, they'll take care of this". Beowulf waited there with the man until the police arrived with an ambulence, Beowulf jumped onto the roof Arachna was on, Arachna was panicking and pacing back and forth "oh my god I'm so sorry Beowulf, I thought I would just knick him but I put too much force into it I-" Beowulf cut her off "I need the Miraculous back" Arachna looked him, her face in shock. Beowulf put his hand out "c'mon, I need it back" Arachna backed away slightly "this is just a fluke" she pleaded but Beowulf wasn't having it, he lowered his voice to a near growl "you've had a couple of flukes, property damage is at an all time high and you rough up criminals much more than needed" Arachna sighed "I want to keep being a hero" Beowulf responded "and you'll get another chance to prove you CAN be a hero, I admit you have been able to hold your own in fights against other Miraculous Wielders, but when it comes to the common criminal, you're way to zealous to cause bodily harm" Arachna sighed and said "I don't want to give it up" Beowulf stepped up, everything seemed to stop right at that moment "don't make me take it, that's the last thing I want to do" Arachna took off her Miraculous and gave it to Beowulf "thank you, you'll know of my decision" Beowulf said before putting away the Miraculous "just take me home" Sophia retorted.
The next morning Ben sat on the couch and watched the news, the reported on TV was discussing the arrival of an African Prince "today we welcome Prince Akida of the very secretive Ombawa Tribe in West Africa, the prince is here in his father's steaf, this is most likely due to him being next in line for the throne, he has come today do discuss and share in his heritage with the world so that we may know more about it" Ben finished his cereal wiping his face with his shirt "I swear I saw this in a movie once". Ben made it to school where he saw Sophia, Ben snuck up behind her and hugged her, he didn't expect it when Sophia hip tossed him to the ground. Sophia put her hands to her mouth "babe! I'm sorry but you know not to do that" Ben lied there for a bit "it's okay, I had a crick in my spine anyway and I think you fixed it" Sophia helped Ben up and kissed him "I'm so sorry Benji" Ben held her hand and they made their way to class where Mason was waiting for them "hey Mason, where's Arnie?" Sophia asked, Mason answered "his parents took him to the meeting with the Prince that came into town" Ben responded "didn't know Arnold's parents were involved in politics" Mason cracked his neck "yup, I think they had Arnold as a political maneuver, create the perfect kid to rule the world someday" Ben laughed before they all entered class and the lessons began.
Ben walked out of class, he couldn't shake this uneasiness he was feeling deep within. Ben opened his jacket and spoke with Sturnn and Prowwl "hey, I think something's gonna go down at that Summit tonight, call it a hunch but whenever something big happens in this city, chances are Miraculous are gonna get involved". Ben stopped by his apartment to get ready, Ben packed the Bat Miraculous "this fight might get intense so I'm gonna need some more firepower" Prowwl flew infront of Ben "then why don't we bring Sophia or Mason along?" Ben shook his head "we also need to be careful, this is a political matter, any kind of recklessness could trigger something that...not even I can help with". Ben strapped on his backpack and entered the kitchen where his parents were watching the Summit on TV "oh Ben! Come and sit with us!" Ben put his hands up "no thanks mom, I'm actually heading to the Summit myself, Arnold and his parents are allowing us to attend" Ben's mom clapped her hands excitedly "ooooh! Get some pictures and video for us!" Ben nodded, hearing his dad's snore made him chuckle before he went out the door.
Beowulf stood on a rooftop on the other side of the street to the Embassy, the cars and spotlights illuminated the streets while Political Figures exited cars and entered the building. Beowulf nearly fell off the roof when he saw Tremaine step out of a car accompanied by Berko and three unknown bodyguards "those must be those bug creeps from last time" Beowulf whispered to himself "looks like my hunch was right, this is gonna get ugly". The next car revealed Timothy who was unguarded, Tremaine turned around and glared at Timothy who smirked at Tremaine before pushing passed him, Tremaine reached back and grabbed Timothy by the collar but his hand was smacked away by Timothy "hands off old man, or I'll turn you into a pile of ash" Tremaine gritted his teeth and let it go while Timothy walked away. The last car arrived and Prince Akida stepped out accompanied by a man and a woman, the man was pracitcally a wall, all muscle from head to toe, the woman was quite small with red hair styled in a mohawk, once everyone was inside and the outside area had calmed down, Beowulf stepped back and ran forward taking a huge leap and landing square on the roof of the Embassy. Beowulf looked inside, the Meeting Area was similar to a movie theatre in layout only smaller.
2 Hours Later
Beowulf lied on the roof bored out of his mind "maybe I was wrong, maybe nothing is gonna happen, now that I think about it, no one would make a move at an event this big".
Meanwhile within the Embassy
Berko looked around, he was visibly nervous, Tremaine noticed this "Berko, if there's something that's bothering you, you'd better spit it out" Berko whispered back to Tremaine "Prince Akida is here, and I know he's after me" Tremaine retorted "then why did you come?" Berko responded "because I have protection under you" Tremaine patted him on the shoulder "then there's nothing to be scared of". Berko looked back at the rows behind him to see Akida staring at him, the Prince snapped the pencil he was holding and that made Berko's eyes shoot forward "Mr. Grayson, I must excuse myself, I need to go to the bathroom" Tremaine shook his head "that's not a good idea Berko, the safest place is right next to me" Berko got and made his way down the stairs and toward the hallway. Akida kept his eyes on Berko but was distracted by a call he was getting on his earpiece, Akida touched it and whispered "what is it? No...understood". Akida looked at his female bodyguard and nodded, she responded with a nod before unsheating a dagger and approached Berko who had gotten up and began walking not noticing he was directly in the path of her. The bodyguard rushed forward, Berko had no time to react, she thrusted the dagger forward but her wrist was caught by Tremaine "heard your boss has a quarrel wit one of my guys" she attempted to pull her wrist from his grasp but he was too strong, she then smirked and nodded in the direction behind Tremaine, the large man came up from behind and put Berko in a headlock. Tremaine saw this and quickly punched the woman knocking her down before he rushed and punched the man causing him to let go of Berko and stumble backwards.
Back on the Rooftop
Prowwl saw this and yelled for Beowulf "something's happening!" Beowulf sprang up and looked inside "finally..." Beowulf made his way down. Tremaine wrestled with the large man while the woman ran into the hallway, meanwhile, Tremaine's security detail slipped away as did Timothy. Beowulf noticed the Prince was gone aswell, right as he noticed that a costumed individual rushed out of the hallway knocking Tremaine back. Beowulf grabbed onto the head of the window and swung back, he swung forward and went through the window landing square inbetween Tremaine and the Miraculous Wielder "sorry, but I'm crashing this party". Beowulf looked at the person, she was clad in a dark brown leotard with a spotted pattern, her mohawk was wild and spiky and it ran all the way down her back connected to her costume, she had an eyemask, a sash was draped across her chest and athletic tape covered her arms all the way up to the elbow. Beowulf looked back at Tremaine who had judt recovered "what do you want with Tremaine?" Beowulf asked with the Hyena cackling "we are not here for him, we're here for Berko, our elusive snake in the grass" Beowulf raised an eyebrow "so you plan on murdering Berko at a Political Event and think I, or anyone else would allow it?" A voice from above interjected "you do not have the authority to allow anything Wolf" Beowulf looked up to see a man on the railing who jumped down accompanying the Hyena "my name is Kion, and this is Shenzi, and we will have Berko's head by the end of this" Beowulf tightened his fist, this fight was inevitable.
