This time, Dragnarok has to face off against one of Paris' street performers, The Mime.
Entry #21
Class Election just flew by and I'm glad Marinette won, as it's nice to see Chloe get knock down a peg. Still, the blonde brat is nothing to someone I know. Anyway, I've still been trying to figure out what those words mean...
Opening Intro(Could Have Been Me by The Struts)(I don't own the song)
Drake was in his room busy working on solving the mystery of the words he muttered, much to the annoyance of Spyro and Cynder.
"Why are you so obsessed with this?" Spyro asked.
"This isn't a murder case." Cynder said.
"I know that... I just want figure out why I'm muttering these words..." Drake said as he continued to stare at the bulletin broad. Suddenly, his phone went off. Picking it up, Drake saw that it was a text from Marinette inviting him to this performance called "The Mime's Extraordinary Adventures". "A mime performance? What is Marinette dragging me into this time?"
"A break from your bizarre fixation with those words." Spyro said, getting a glare from the human. "I mean... It'll help take your mind off it."
Drake sighed, seeing the dragon's point.
"Alright... Let's go."
After Drake boarded the bus, he sat down next to a woman who was with a man dressed as a mime.
"So, what's his excuse this time?" The man asked, as Drake, who couldn't help it, listened in.
"He had to pick up his hat from a repair shop. At least that's what he said." The woman said.
"Well, he's a very convincing actor." The man said.
"Actually, he is a great actor. But he's always making excuses for why he's late, why he's..." The woman started before being interrupted.
"Falls asleep in the middle of rehearsal? Why he has to leave early? Why he's missing parts of his costume? Come on, Sarah! When are you gonna wake up and smell the coffee? But it's up to you if you wanna make the show suffer." The man as the woman, Sarah, sighed.
"Look, you're his understudy. Just be ready to take his place in case something happens, okay?" Sarah said.
"I won't let you down, Sarah." The man said, getting a thanks.
"Talk about a lack of faith..." Drake silently muttered to himself.
Once the bus reached it's destination, Drake got off the bus before spotting the mime dressed man talking on the phone.
"No, this is Chris. Sarah asked me to call you with a last-minute location change. The bus is picking us up in 10 minutes, in front of the Louvre Pyramid." The man, who was named Chris, said before listening to whoever was on the other end. "Yes, but, uh... It's closer to the Eiffel Tower... Sure, will see you there!" Chris then hung up the phone.
Normally, Drake wouldn't care about this sort of thing. But after starting his second life as Dragnarok, Drake learned to look for people who will either be akumatized, or cause someone else to be akumatized, and this guy was starting act like the latter. The young man then noticed that woman Sarah walking up to Chris.
"We have to get to the Eiffel Tower for dress rehearsal. If you wait any longer, you'll be jeopardizing the entire production." Chris said.
"You're right, Chris. Let's get going. You'll be taking Fred's place tonight." Sarah said with a sigh.
"I definitely won't let you down." Chris said.
Drake, deciding that he had heard enough, walked into a alleyway. Once he saw that he was out of sight, Drake let Spyro and Cynder out of the fanny pack.
"You guys heard the set up for another akuma, right?" Drake asked in a annoyed tone.
"Yep." Spyro and Cynder said.
"Glad to know I wasn't the only one. Transform Me!" Drake shouted before transforming into Dragnarok. Once the transformation was complete, Dragnarok held his hand out into a peace sign. "Don't Dare the Dragon!"
As Dragnarok flew through the air, he looks down to the streets, trying to find anything abnormal. He then spotted Officer Roger running away from a mime with purple skin.
"Looks like I found my target." Dragnarok said. He then noticed Ladybug was also at the scene.
"It looks like Mylene's dad's hat. Oh no! Mr. Haprele? If there's something ticking you off, we can talk about it, you know?" The spotted hero said.
"So this guy is Mylene's dad, huh?" Dragnarok muttered. Although he did wondered why Ladybug was able to recognize the man's hat. The Mime mimics a bow and arrow before shooting invisible arrows at Ladybug.
"Or maybe not." Ladybug muttered as she dodged the arrows. Seeing her in distress, Dragnarok flies in and fires a Phantom Fright, causing the Mime to be stunned while Dragnarok grabs Ladybug before flying off to safer ground.
"So... What are we going to do?" The draconic hero couldn't help but ask. Before Ladybug could say anything, she spotted the Agreste limousine and runs to it with Dragnarok following behind.
"Get out of the car and find a place to hide, I'll cover you." The spotted hero said to Adrien, Nathalie, and the Gorilla, as they were in the limo.
The Mime then came along and started firing more invisible arrows. The two heroes dodged while Ladybug crushes the Mime's invisible bow with her yo-yo. But the Mime opens an invisible box, and takes an invisible bazooka from it. Ladybug avoids it, but the Mime then mimics a whip, and uses it to grab Ladybug. As the villain was about to pull the spotted hero in, Cat Noir arrives and pushes the villain away.
"Keep those hands to yourself, clown!" The feline hero said before looking at his partners. "It's okay, I've got this."
"My pleasure, Cat Noir..." Ladybug said.
"You better leave some action for me." Dragnarok said. Just as Cat Noir was just about to charge at the villain, The Mime mimics a cell and traps the three heroes.
"Apparently, not seeing is believing." Ladybug said as Dragnarok started banging on the invisible bars.
"We can't let him go like that!" Cat Noir said. The Mime then mimics a car before driving off. That's when Dragnarok could no longer feel the invisible bars.
"What the..." He muttered. Cat Noir then decided to chase after the villain.
"No, wait, don't!" Ladybug said, worried about her partner crashing into the bars, only to see that he was fine.
"There, I did it." Cat Noir said.
"I wish you did." Ladybug said before realizing something. "When he started miming the car, the bars disappeared."
"He probably can only have one invisible item existing at a time." Dragnarok said, catching onto Ladybug's train of thought. He and Ladybug then took off, following the villain, with Cat Noir right behind them.
"Hey! Wait!" The feline hero cried as he followed them.
After a while, the three heroes managed to reach the invisible car.
"Nice ride, but if I were you, I would have at least made it a convertible." Cat Noir taunted.
"He's one of the actors from the theater troupe, and he's after that bus!" Ladybug said, seeing the bus the Mime was following. Said villain got out of the car, letting it drive off with the heroes.
"What the?!" Dragnarok shouted in shock.
"Where is he going? We gotta stop this thing!" Ladybug said as she managed to get inside the invisible vehicle.
"Slam down on the brake!" Cat Noir shouted as he and Dragnarok clung to the roof.
"What brake?" The spotted hero asked as she tried to feel for it. Looking up, Dragnarok saw something that nearly made his heart stop.
"Ladybug!" The draconic hero shouted as he pointed ahead. Following his hand, Ladybug spotted a woman and child crossing the street. Luckily, she managed to hit the invisible brake, stopping the car.
"Not bad, for driving an invisible car, Course, they'll never believe us if we tell them we just saved their lives." Cat Noir said. Nearby, the Mime mimes that his is putting on a helmet before driving off on a invisible motorcycle.
"He's already off again! We gotta catch up with the bus before he does!" Ladybug said before Cat Noir grabs her and hangs her on his shoulder. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Good thing you have friends in high places. Hold on!" Cat Noir said before using his staff to elevate Ladybug and himself in the sky, with Dragnarok flying up with them.
"I could have done this on my own." Ladybug said while rolling her eyes.
"But we're the cat-and-bug team, remember?" Cat Noir said.
"Bug-and-cat team, you mean." Ladybug countered.
"What am I? Chopped liver?" Dragnarok asked.
"Fine, bug-and-cat-and-dragon team. Now drop me off over there." Ladybug said. While she still didn't trust him, Ladybug did at least accepted Dragnarok as a "sort of" member of the team. "Now drop me off over there."
"Keep grip." Cat Noir said before using his staff to drop Ladybug to were the bus was with Dragnarok flying behind.
"Where could the akuma be?" Cat Noir asked.
"Inside his hat!" Ladybug instantly answered, getting confused looks from the two male heroes.
"How'd you know that?" Cat Noir asked.
"I'd also like to know how." Dragnarok said.
"I have hidden talents. Trust me on this one." Ladybug said before using her yo-yo to make a net and throwing it at the Mime. But the villain dodges it and jumps onto the bus. That's when a Odonata flew in and crawled under the Mime's hat.
"Hello Mime, I am Damselfly. I bestow upon you the power to make your invisible constructs more powerful." Damselfly said, getting a thankful nod from the villain.
"You two better distract him." Ladybug said.
"Gotcha." Cat Noir said as Dragnarok nodded. As the two distracted the villain, with Cat Noir jumping around the villain while Dragnarok fired a few Siren Screams, Ladybug snuck up to the villain and tries to get his hat. Unfortunately, she was spotted, as the Mime attacks her. Ladybug dodges as Cat Noir knocks the villain off the bus, but Ladybug grabs the Mime's hand. Ladybug was about to fall off, but Cat Noir grabs her while Dragnarok grabs him.
"His hat! Grab his hat!" Ladybug shouted, not noticing the Mime was reaching for her earrings.
"Look out!" Cat Noir shouted as Dragnarok shoved the villain off the bus.
"We got to get the passengers to safety!" Ladybug said.
"Can I lend a helping paw?" Cat Noir asked, with Dragnarok giving a silent groan.
"Yeah, cover me!" The spotted hero said as she entered the busy.
"Hurry up, my lady!" Cat Noir shouted. Dragnarok, meanwhile, was looking over the area.
He then spotted the Mime approaching the bus and started firing invisible arrows, which the draconic hero used his Wing Shield while Cat Noir used his staff to block them. But one of the arrows managed to to hit one of the bus' wheels, causing it to go out of control. Dragnarok flew in front of the bus and used his strength to stop it. The Mime reaches the bus and starts fighting Cat Noir. The villain was about to take the feline's ring, but Ladybug uses her yo-yo to tie up his hand.
"I don't know what's made you this violent, but I don't think your daughter Mylene would approve!" Ladybug said. The Mime didn't seem to like that as he got out of the yo-yo and mimics a bomb before throwing it at the heroes, but they just barely dodged it.
"Who are you, Bomb Voyage?" Dragnarok snarked.
"He sure brings a whole new meaning to silent but deadly." Cat Noir said.
"Ughhh... Lucky Charm!" Ladybug shouted as she threw her yo-yo into the air, summoning... a shoebox.
"Seriously?" Dragnarok asked in pure annoyance.
"A shoebox? Great. There better be some explosive boots in there or something." Cat Noir said, mentally agreeing with Dragnarok. Ladybug looked around for a bit before coming up with an idea.
"Of course! We have to make him really angry! Blow his fuse!" She said.
"You don't think he's angry enough?" Cat Noir asked.
"It'll probably make things worse." Dragnarok said.
"Cat Noir, you're good at annoying people, do your thing!" Ladybug said, getting Dragnarok to start laughing.
"Hey!... That is true." Cat Noir admitted, causing Dragnarok to laugh harder.
"Gotta borrow these." Ladybug said as she grabs Sarah's glasses before grabbing a Mime poster. "A watch, a magnifying glass, some light..." She then uses the shoebox, glasses, and poster with the bus' light to project the poster on the Eiffel Tower. "Voila! A homemade projector. Hey, Mime! Nice poster, don't you think?"
The Mime spots the projected poster and gets angry. He then mimics a sword and slashes the Eiffel Tower, causing it to fall on him. To protect himself, the Mime mimics a shield and holds it over his head, blocking the tower, but keeping him trapped.
"Yes! Remember, he can only mime one thing at a time." Ladybug said.
"So he's cornered. Good thinking, my lady." Cat Noir complemented.
"I'll admit, it wasn't a bad idea." Dragnarok said. Using his staff, Cat Noir plucks the hat off the villain's head and gives it to Ladybug, who takes a photo out of it and tears it, releasing the akuma.
"No more evil-doing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug shouted before using her yo-yo to catch the Akuma. "Gotcha!" She then releases the purified butterfly. "Bye bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Activating her final power, Ladybug repair the Eiffel Tower while returned everything back to normal. The Mime then turns back into Fred.
"What happened? How did I... get here?" He said, looking around confused.
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Cat Noir said while fist-bumping as Dragnarok took off.
"The show's not over yet, Ladybug. You just wait. There's still a last act to come when you least expect it." Hawk Moth said, angered by another defeat.
"It'll be curtains for you, you spotted cockroach." Damselfly snarled as the window closes.
The mime show was about to start, as Drake was sitting next to Adrien. Both he and the blonde model noticed Marinette and Alya walking in before taking a seat next to them.
"Ah, hey, you're here too, cool. Thought we were gonna end up sitting by ourselves." Adrien said.
"Glad that wasn't the case." Drake said before returning his attention to the show. He unzipped his fanny pack a bit to let Spyro and Cynder watch. As the show started, Drake mentally puts today's earlier problems into the backseat of his mind as he watched the performance.
And that's that. Been meaning to ask, but do you guys think of Damselfly?