With the Miraculous team, they are on the house boat while the Kitty Section Band playing some music together while the others listened as Marinette came by on her school, which the others saw her through the window.
"Why is she running like that? She's not late." Nino pointed out, since Marinette isn't late this time so she shouldn't have to rush.
"Creature of habit." Alya said, which cause all of them to laugh.
"But still, even a broken clock is right twice a day," Sam joked.
"She must be rushing for something important to tell us." Molly said with a knowing smirk. "And she should be announcing herself right about… now." She said as Marinette got on the boat.
"Hi. Hello. Hey, there." Marinette said with her arms raised.
"Hi Marinette." They all exclaimed with a smile.
"Right on time." Jacob said with a smirk while Molly nudge him, which made him chuckled. "You said it, not me." He said in amusement.
"Yeah, true." Molly said with a smirk.
Marinette then went and talk to each of the Kitty Section. "Hi, Rose. Hi, Ivan. Hey, Juleka. Ankara." She said to each of them before she turned to Luka behind her. "Luka, I was looking for you." She said as she gave a sheepish chuckle. "I-I waned to talk to you about- about the new Kitty Section stickers." She said as she brought out said sticker of their band logo. "See, the thing is, I put the logo of Bob Roth's record company on them, seeing as he promised you the record contract and all. But…" She gave a slight chuckle. "...since the deal never came through, um, I was wondering if we should keep them, throw them away or-"
"You sure that's what you really wanna talk to me about?" Luka asked, knowing that there is something else in Marinette she wanted to tell.
Marinette put the sticker away as she gave a sheepish blush. "Well…" She started.
Luka gave a smile as he look at his friends. "I forgot to grab my capo and picks. I'll be right back." He said as he guided Marinette out.
The others watched them go as Kara spoke. "Luka is really a great friend. He even knows when Marinette needs relationship help even when she's rambling." She commented.
Daniel nodded, "I think you can understand Marinette trusted him with the Miraculous of the Snake," He commented
"It wasn't just to know your enemy's next move, but to also understand your friends and know how to solve problems." Sam added.
"I still feel bad that we didn't rescue Sass from Monarch yet. Luka would be really effective in the field." Juleka said to them, knowing her brother would be a big help to them.
"Well, Monarch has to use Second Chance at one point." Daniel said with a shrug. "Because from how we've been beating him so much, it's only a matter of time before he uses it. And from this point, the bad guys still lost."
"Though it will be a challenge to know when he'll use them since Second Chance turned back time and erase our memories." Molly stated. "For all we know, he could have used it already and we wouldn't even know it."
Sam rubbed his chin, "Well, if that's true then why do we still win? Monarch would be able to use the knowledge from second chance to warn his Akumas what we're doing."
"Don't worry, I get the feeling he's just having bad luck." Daniel said with a smug smile. "It's just a matter of time before we get that Miraculous back."
"That pun was intention and you know it," Alya accused as Daniel raised his hands in surrender.
"Okay, okay. No more time puns." Daniel said in defeat before he gave a smirk. "Although, Alix would keep saying it 24/7." He commented.
And then they saw Adrien coming in with the keyboard. "Hey, guys." He greeted them.
"Hey, Adrien. You're on time." Jacob said with a smile.
"Sure am. Though, is there a place where I can put my keyboard for a bit before next practice?" Adrien asked.
Nino jerked a thumb below deck, "Check with Luka dude, he's in his room talking with Marinette." He said.
"Wait, him and Marinette? Alone, talking?" He asked in concern.
"Oh, don't be so jealous, Agreste boy." Sam said with a wave of his hand. "Luka just knows what Marinette wanted to talk about something, and that's pretty much it."
"Yeah, they've already broken up and Luka accepted your Marinette's guy," Alya said with an assuring smile. "Marinette just wanted some advice from Luka, you've got nothing to worry about."
"Oh okay." Adrien said in relief before he walked down the stairs of the house boat with her keyboard.
And then they heard Marinette screaming in started, which they all smiled in amusement. "Marinette saw him." Zoe said with a shook of her head with an amusing smile.
"Yeah, saw that coming." Alya said with a chuckle.
And then saw Marinette rushing upstairs with an embarrassing smile with a blush as she saw her friends smirking at her. "What?" Marinette asked innocently.
"Marinette, we heard you scream the second you saw Adrien. Seriously, we can recognize you screaming even if you were on the Eiffel Tower." Kara pointed out with a chuckle.
"Okay, yeah. I am a bit of a screamer, but can you blame me. I'm still working on some issues." Marinette said in defense.
"We can see that. When are you gonna tell him? This is your chance after all." Nino pointed out. "Adrien already said it in song form but now all you have to do is say it back."
"Easy for you to say." Marinette said before she saw Adrien coming up with his keyboard again, which made Marinette stiff up and frozen with a huge blush. "Hi, again, A-Adrien." She stammered.
"Hi again, Marinette." Adrien said with a smile and blush on his face.
The others watch in amusement while Marinette stood frozen in front of Adrien. "Everytime she sees that guy, she freezes faster than water in an artic blizzard." Nathaniel whispered to them.
"I don't think she could breathe either." Sam added while seeing Marinette not moving a muscle the slightest, like she was stung by Venom.
"So, Marinette, you wanna listen to her rehearsal?" Adrien asked.
"Well, I uh, I mean, sounds fun, but I…" Marinette tried to explain before Penny came in with a concern look while carrying a folder. "Hey, look it's Penny." She quickly said surprised to see her, but also relief something else have change the topic.
"Jagged?" Penny called out while looking around for Jagged Stone as she turned to the teens. "Hey, have you kids know where Jagged is?" She asked.
"No, but maybe Luka might know." Juleka said as Penny nodded and went below deck.
"Looks like Luka is popular today." Daniel commented.
"Well, he is the nicest person and he knows how to find the right words." Marinette said with a smile.
"That's true. The dude is like a therpist for others." Nino said in agreement.
The others are then surprises by Bob's sudden arrival, who is having a fuming look as he enter the house boat. "What's Bob doing here?" Ivan asked.
"I don't know. But this sailor is about to get a firm talking for coming into the Captain's ship." Ankara said as she cracked her knuckles and stomped into her house boat after Bob Roth, while the others had a amused look.
"This should be good." Sam said with an amusing smirk.
"Should we be worried that Bob just went into the boat house without permission?" Jacob asked with a smirk.
"From how this man acts, I think he's in for a world of humiliation." Kara noted.
"Knowing Mom, she's about to throw him overboard." Juleka said with a knowing smile.
After a short moment, Ankara then got Bob into a floaty as she tossed him overboard, which he screamed in started from that as she turned to the others.
"So, shall we begin rehearsal?" Ankara asked them with a smile.
The Kitty Section band then started playing their instruments as Rose sang. "You don't kneed to skyrocket. Don't need no deep pockets. To be a princess if you need tenderness." She sang.
The others watch as Luka came in as he look at Marinette and Adrien with a smile as he pictured Ladybug and Cat Noir next to each other.
"You don't need no fancy 'clothes-es'. No romances or roses. No amazing comeliness if you need a caress." Rose kept singing before Bob suddenly came back on deck as he clapped his hands to them.
"How did he got back up here so fast?" Kara asked in surprise.
"No idea." Sam shrugged, surprise himself.
"Wow. Amazing kids. It's hot, it rocks. It's a moola maker." Bob complimented. "How would you like to sign a contract with me?" He asked.
They all look at Bob in silence. "Actually, Bab, you already offered to sign us." Luka reminded him.
"And you never followed up. Did you forget?" Marinette asked with a look as she held up the sticker.
"Huh?" Bob asked in confusion before he remembered and shook his head. "Uh, of course. I remember. I was just waiting for the right reason. I mean, the right time." He corrected himself for almost making a mistake. "I was waiting for the right time to have you guys sign the contract." He said as he lifted up the contract.
Ankara then stepped up in front of Bob with her hands on her hips. "There's no way I'm letting the kids sign anything with a shark like you, Bob." She firmly said.
Bob gave a look from that as he went close to Ankara's face. "Nobody asked you, skipper. Make yourself useful and get us a pen so we can sign the contracts." He suggested.
Ankara groans as she cracked her knuckles again, which again, toss Bob overboard with another floaty as he screamed and hit the water.
"Mom." Luka said with a small smile as Ankara look at her son.
Ankara remember what her son is saying. "I know. I should stop throwing people overboard. But they get on my nerves! Everyone does!" She said in defense before she gave a smile at her children. "Now that I think of it, you and your sister are the only people I've never felt like throwing overboard."
"You should try to think of people the same way you think of us." Luka said with a smile. "Everyone deserves a chance, Mom. Even the worst people. Anyone can change."
"Seriously, Luka is good at this." Daniel said again to his friends.
"Well, I wouldn't say everyone deserves a second chance," Molly commented, knowing a few people who weren't redeemable, Monarch being at the top of this list.
"Jagged Junior's right, Ankara." Bob said as they all turned to see Bob coming to them again.
"Okay, seriously, is this guy an olympic swimmer?" Daniel asked with a brow, seeing that Bob just got off from the boat and back on twice.
"What would we do without that kid, huh?" Bob asked as Ankara groaned again and cracked her knuckles, about to toss him overboard again as he quickly raised his hands in surrender. "Oh, he's right. I changed. And I'll prove it to you." He said, not wanting to be thrown overboard again. "Granted, I wasn't always straight up with you in the past. When I said I'd sign you up, I was lying." He honestly said.
"Huh?" The Kitty Section bands all said in shock.
"There's a shock." Molly said sarcastically.
Sam looked at Ankara, "You can throw him overboard now," He said as Ankara cracked her knuckles.
Bob saw this as he quickly raised his arms. "But that's all over now. Today, I listened to you, and your super sounds opened my heart and- not an easy thing to do- my wallet too." He said with his arms spread. "Which is why I've got aa whole new deal for you. A contract that won't just protect you, it's going to spoil you." He said as he brought out the contract.
"Where does he even get these contracts?" Jacob questioned.
"His lamebrain?" Molly guessed as the two laughed together.
"Come on, just sign this so we can put our little differences behind us and move forward." Bob said as Luka gave a suspicious look before he turned to his friends.
"I mean, a first album." Rose said.
"With a record company." Ivan added.
"That is so cool." Juleka said.
"Do you think you can trust him?" Marinette asked uncertainly.
Luka gave an uncertain look before he sighed. "Let's give him a chance." He said.
Jacob walked up to Luka, "Careful Luka, I got a bad feeling you just made a deal with the devil," He warned.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Luka assured before Bob place the contracts on his suitcase and spread them out.
"There. Sign here, here, here, here, and There." Bob said while pointing at the spot where they would sigh as the Kitty Section all sign the contracts.
Before anyone would could sign it, Molly halted them, "Before you sign, maybe stop and read it first?" She suggested.
"Oh, you don't have to. There all legit. I can assure you." Bob waved off before Molly gave a glare and grabbed them.
"I think being extra careful is necessary incase your walking into a web of lies," She said
"Go ahead. Be my guess, you'll be assured." Bob said with a smile.
Molly kept her glare as she look at the contracts carefully, inspecting each of them as she gave a brow. "Huh, you know these actually do look legit," She started before glaring, "Legit to seize ownership of everything Kitty Section owns! Their songs, their costumes, Website, every future item and prevents them from starting another band!"
Bob went wide eyes as they all glared at him. "W-Well, uh, I-I do run a company, so, you do know that…" He tried to say before Luka came up with a glare.
"I gave you a chance to prove you've changed, but you only prove that you are still the same!" Luka yelled out, which made the others surprised by his outburst.
"Come on, Jagged Junior, you would be rich, rich. You won't be rich as me, but there's nothing I can do about that." Bob assured before Daniel saw a Megakuma flying towards them and heading for Luka.
"Oh no! Luka watch out!" Daniel cried out.
But it was too late as the Megakuma entered Luka's guitar as it turned black and Monarch's symbol mask appeared.
"Oh no." Daniel gasped. "If Monarch gets to Luka, he might turn back into Silencer or Truth." He said in panic before Huanglong appeared behind him.
"I won't let this young nice man get akumatize. It's time Monarch was given a warning." Huanglong said seriously.
"Wait, how can you help him or do that?" Daniel asked his kwami.
"I can simply do this!" Huanglong called out as he sneakingly entered Luka's guitar without anyone noticing as the guitar gave off a twisty golden root design over the black coloring.
Luka then felt another presence in him as Monarch's voice spoke first. "Silencer, I am Monarch. This unscrupulous producer wants to steal your voice. But I can give you back your old powers and allow you to silence him forever." Monarch said as Luka struggled, " I sense something else... panic... fear... Why are you resisting so strongly? Do you have something to hide...? Could it be that you know...?" He asked before realizing it,"You know the identities of the Miraculous Heroes!" He declared as Luke struggled to resist him.
"Do not tell the abuser anything, young man!" Huanglong's voice spoke next as Monarch's mask transformed into a dragon like one over Luka's eyes, which made him gasped in shock as he heard another voice. "Luka Couffaine, I am Haunglong, the Golden Dragon of Center," Huanglong said through his mask.
"Dragold's Kwami?" Luka asked in surprise.
"How can you communicate through my Akuma?!" Monarch questioned, feeling shock and disbelief by this since he could hear Haunglong too from his end.
"I am the embodiment of the Dragon king itself, I am the most powerful Zodiac Kwami in existence. And I give you a warning Monarch, give up and return the rest of the Miraculous and let my brothers and sisters go or else." Huanglong threatened as in Monarch's Lair he saw the golden true form of Huanglong, his red eyes boring right through his very soul.
"Or what?! You're just a Kwami like the other! And I will have the Miraculous and make my wish!" Monarch yelled out.
"What you're doing isn't right. You've caused the Universal Balance of power to be thrown off all for the sake of your own greed," Huanglong told him lowly, "You claim to be the most powerful force on this planet, but to me you are but an unworthy footnote in the long winded history of the Miraculous!" He called out.
Monarch gave a frighten look before he found the courage to stare back at him. "You are not the one in control here! I hold all the Miraculous! I have all their powers! And I will have Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous, and soon I will have yours!" He stated.
Huanglong roared back as Monarch felt himself physically pushed back from the force of the roar and covered himself.
"Do not compare yourself to I, human! You are nothing but pathetic mortal with a greed for power that can't be controlled!" Huanglong roared to Monarch as the man scooted back, "I have the power to completely eradicate you right down to the tiniest memory! You have been warned Monarch! Never target this boy or any other being who knows the identity of the true Miraculous wielders! Because if you do, then pray I will never find this dark hole in which you dwell." He warned while giving a fierce glare with a growl, which made Monarch flinch as Huanlong disappeared from his lair and back to Luka.
Huanglong's mask appeared over Luka's eyes, "You are safe boy, let this man trying to shackle talent hear your voice and stand up for your friends' freedom!" Huanglong encouraged.
Luka gave a determined look from Huanglong's words. "I will never let anyone hurt my friends! Never!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his guitar and smashed it to bits, which made everyone gasped in shock at what just happened as Huanglong and the Akuma flew out while the Kwami flew under the boat while the Megakuma flew away and entered the Voyage.
"Wow." Daniel said in shock.
Bob was shocked by this as he turned to Luka. "I'd rather never make music again than make it for you. If silence is the only way to escape from you, so be it." He said determinedly as he ripped the contracts, which made Bob angry.
"You can't do that. I was gonna make you a star!" Bob firmly said. "And those contracts were gonna make you millions!"
"Money and contracts are just paper." Luka firmly said before Ankara came up while cracking her knuckles again as she glared at Bob.
"I don't care, I got duplicates! I will try!" Bob exclaimed before he was thrown overboard from the boat as he splash into the water.
They others all look at Luka in shock. "Dude, whoa." Nino said in shock.
Sam glanced at the others, "Watch out for the quiet ones," He commented.
Daniel then look over at Huanglong from his bag. "Huanglong, what did you say to snap Luka out of it?" He asked his Kwami.
"I merely give this young man the confident he needs to break free from his negative emotions and threatened Monarch if he ever tried to akumatize our friends." Huanglong explained while giving a serious look.
"Wait, you spoke to Monarch through his connection with Luka?" Daniel asked in shock. "How did you do that?"
"You shouldn't underestimate my ability, Young Master." Huanglong said with a small smile. "There are many more abilities you have yet to unlock. And possessing an akumatize object is merely a scratch on the surface."
"Buddy, you are full of surprises. You gotta tell me every powers you can do." Daniel said with a smirk.
Luka then picked up a broken piece of his guitar as the others gave him sympathetic expression. "Can you fix it?" Marinette asked softly.
"No. No one can." Luka said before he turned to his friends with a small smile. "But Bob Roth didn't break me. He can't buy my inner tune or make me betray my friends." He said as his friends smiled at him.
But then, a portal opened up as Bob Ross, now all gold with a golden disk with a blond hair, came out of it. "Maybe I can't buy it, but thanks to this gold record, I can steal it and become rich. He exclaimed.
"Luka, watch out!" Rose exclaimed, getting in front of Luka before Bob threw his disk at her, turning her into a pink record player.
"Rose!" Molly exclaimed in shock as Bob's record returned to him before Rose's floated up and started playing.
"With all my heart I love Juleka." Rose sang on the record while Juleka gave a blush from Rose's words while the others look in shock. "Luka, Ivan, Marinette and Alya. And everyone and all my friends, and…" She kept singing while the others, even Bob, looked in shock.
"Lame. I knew this band was worthless." Bob complained as he snapped his fingers. "Come on, Voyage!" He exclaimed before they all gasped. "Voyage into oblivion!" He exclaimed as Rose's record player fell into the portal in deep space as he gave an evil cackle.
Daniel growled. "What did you do to Rose, Bob?!" He demanded.
"The names Gold Record now. And as for your friend, she's in space where no one can hear her sing." Golden Record answered with an evil smile.
"Run, kids!" Ankara called out to the children. "I'll take care of that shark." She declared as she grabbed Golden Record's disk, but the second she touch it, she turned into a disk as well.
Ankara's disk then floated up as she started singing. "If I had to forget every song. Every rhyme, every word that I used from…" She sang as Golden Record shook his head.
Luka looked around while looking at Marinette and Adrien as he toss his piece of his guitar away. "Quick, follow me!" He exclaimed as they all followed Luka into the house boat.
"Come on, we gotta hide. Quick!" Luka exclaimed as he stopped Marinette. "Stop! The haul is full. Go. Hide in the cabin." He said as Marinette nodded her head in understanding and ran into the cabin.
The others all went off to hide and transform too, "Great, just when I though we were in the clear with Akumas!" Jacob complained.
"Well, we need to transform and face him." Sam called out as he was about to say the words before Molly stopped him.
"Wait, we can't transform now! If Bob still knows we're here, he'll suspect that heroes suddenly appear in the childrens' place, giving away our identities to Monarch!" Molly pointed out while gesturing to the room. "And there's no place to hide from him to transform!"
"Where's Marinette?" Adrien asked while noticing that Marinette wasn't with them.
"She must've hidden somewhere." Luka lied, since Adrien is not ready to know the truth yet.
"Or gotten captured by Gold Record. I've got to go and help her." Adrien said in worried.
Luka looked at Adrien firmly, "If she's been captured the only ones who can help her are the Miraculous heroes, including Cat Noir," He said pointedly.
Adrien's eyes widen in shock as the others, "You, you know?" Adrien said in shock.
"You remember the Wishmaker fiasco?" Luka asked as Adrien nodded. "Well, the first two times, Wishmaker hit both you and Ladybug, making your childhood dreams come true and revealed your identities." He explained quickly.
"W-Wait, you knew, and you didn't tell anyone?" Adrien asked.
"Heroes aren't supposed to reveal their secrets. Besides, I never sell out my friends." Luka said with a small smile while looking at the others. "And the rest of the team too."
They all look at Luka in awed before they gave him a warm smile as Juleka spoke. "You are an amazing brother, bro." She said to him.
Luka smiled at his sister before he put Adrien in a closet. "Come on, Adrien. Hide here so Gold Record won't see you." He said as he closed the door.
The others all look around before Gold Record appeared through a portal. "You can't escape me, Jagged Junior. Your music is mine!" He tossed the disk at him.
But Juleka stepped in front of her brother and got hit as she turned into a disk. "Juleka!" Kara cried out.
Juleka's disk then floated up as it started playing. "Like a flower you drift in silence. You float on the water and you dance. The ripples on the surface. Leaves traces of you…" She sang.
The others all looked in shock, as well as Golden Record, as they listen Juleka's sing. "Gotta be honest, when she sings, its pretty good." Sam commented.
Bob just shook his head. "Wow. So with you people, it's like the lamer, the better. That thing will never make me rich." He said as he snapped his finger. "Come on. Voyage, voyage." He said as Juleka's disk entered the portal and disappeared with Ankara and Rose in space.
"It's time to record that album you owe me, Jagged Junior." Gold Record said to Luka as he threw his disk at him, but Ladybug's yo-yo wrapped around him as she got him out of the way of the yo-yo.
"We need to get out of here!" Ladybug exclaimed as she drag Luka out while the others hid in the engine room.
"Okay, guys, we gotta transform while he's distracted!" Daniel exclaimed as the Miraculous Team nodded while he turned to Alya, Zoe and Mylene, "Think you can cover us?"
"Well, since Gold Record is only after Luka, we can manage." Alya said as the three girls smiled at their friends.
"And I just called Kagami and she's on her way!" Zoe added.
"Great, now it's time to transform!" Daniel exclaimed as they all nodded, "Huánglóng, Heaven's Ascend!" He called.
"Báihǔ, Earth Rise!"
"Nán Fāng, Fire it up!"
"Qīnglóng, Wind Rage!"
"Xuan Wu, Water's Flow!"
"Orikko, Sunrise!"
"Stomp, Make Way!"
"Ziggy, Bleat it!"
"Wayzz, Shell on!"
They all transformed into their Miraculous form and before they charged out of the room they see Cat Noir tumble out of the closet and tossed a rubber ducky at the disk aimed at Ladybug as it transformed and played with duck sounds in rhythm.
"A ducky?" Caspian asked with a brow before Carapace bobbed his head to the rhythm.
"But you gotta admit, it is catchy." Carapace said while moving his head to the beat before Phoenix lightly slap him.
"Not the time, Carapace." Phoenix said.
Golden Record smiled at the music. "Ah, this one's a hit. No way I'm sending you to space, Ducky. Voyage, voyage!" He exclaimed as he opened a portal to his record office.
"Really? Even as a villain he thinks a ducky is a better singer?" Terrapin asked with a brow.
"The guy has a weird taste in music," Hydrake commented.
"But this just proves that even objects can be affected by his disk, which will make our weapons useless if it touches them," Dragold said seriously. "We need to keep our distance between us and that disk."
"I'm warning you. I'm a terrible singer." Cat Noir taunted as they saw him facing Golden Record.
"It's fine, Kitty. You can just dance." Golden Record he exclaimed as he threw his disk at him, but Cat Noir dodge it.
"Missed! You're as terrible a villain as you are a music producer." Cat Noir said as he ran out the window of the boat and into the city as Golden Record opened a portal and was about to follow Cat Noir into the city.
"Quick, before the portal close!" Dragold exclaimed as the heroes all rushed out of the engine room and through the portal as he kicked Dragold back from behind before he threw his disk at Cat Noir. "Sorry, but Cat Noir isn't for sale!"
Golden Record grunted as he turned to the Miraculous Team. "Well, this should be interesting. More disks for my album to make me even richer." He taunted as he threw his disk at them, which they all dodge.
"Sorry, but we're not going to sing for you!" Hydrake exclaimed as they all started to run around Golden Heart while dodging his disk.
"Hey, it's starting to look like your record's broken." Cat Noir taunted as he got close and did kicks over Golden Record, who dodge them. "It's your turn to dance now!"
"Voyage!" Golden Record exclaimed as he enter through a portal.
"Hey he's getting away!" Rooster Bold exclaimed as another portal opened up as Golden Record retrieve his disk before it closed.
"I really hate the powers of the Miraculous when a supervillain is using them." Cat Noir sighed.
"Especially when it's one as powerful as the Miraculous of the horse," Carapace added in agreement.
Just then, another portal opened up as Golden Record toss his golden disk at them. "Scatter! He can't take us all at once!" Dragold explained as the heroes jump into a distance.
They each took sections of paris, but each time, Golden Record is there as they narrowly escape and dodge his disks and they immediately regroup, "Okay, this isn't working." Minotaurox panted.
"We can't get close to him and get the Akuma without turning into record disks!" Caprikid complained.
"If we can't touch him, and we can't keep him in one place, what exactly are we suppose to do!?" Hydrake questioned.
"If I could extract the Horse Miraculous out of him, we would have a chance at beating him, but like as any villain, I need him in one place, and immobilize!" Dragold exclaimed.
"Did I miss something?" A voice called out as they looked up and saw Ryuko standing over them.
"Ryuko, are we glad to see you!" Cat Noir said in joy as Ryuko jump down to them.
"Okay, what's the situation?" Ryuko asked her team.
"Quick version, Bob, Akumatized, Golden Record, turns people into records and reveals their secrets." Caspian explained. "If any one of us or even an object like our weapons get touched, we get turn to music disks. Keep distance. And he has the power of the Horse, so watch your every side."
Ryuko was wide eye from the explanation before she nodded. "Alright, so what's the plan?" She asked.
"We're working on it." Phoenix said while keeping watch. "Where is Ladybug? We need her."
Just then, Cat Noir's staff started ringing as he answered it. "Team, it's me." Ladybug said through the staff. "You all gotta keep Golden Record busy long enough form me to come up with a plan to defeat him." She instructed.
"Don't worry, Milady, we're getting along like cats and dogs." Cat Noir assured with a smile.
"If by getting along, don't you mean we're the mouse and he's the cat." Caspian sarcastically said with his arms crossed.
"Don't worry, Ladybug. We certainly got his attention." Dragold spoke. "You just do what you do, but hurry, we can't keep this up forever." He pointed out.
"I'll see what I can do." Ladybug said as the call ended.
And then, another portal opened up behind them as they turned and saw Golden Record sticking his head out through the portal with a smug look.
They all sighed tiredly as Cat Noir spoke. "It's not gonna work if we say 'time-out'?" He joked with a small smile.
"Mm-mmm." Golden Record shook his head with a smug look.
"Run." Dragold said as they all scattered away from the disk while also keeping close so that Golden Record doesn't hear their secrets as they jump through rooftops while dodging the golden disk.
After a few minutes, Dragold ran across the rooftops as he got a text from Ladybug on his sword as he look at the message. "Meet me at the Eiffel Tower. I have a plan.' Well okay." He said as he then contact the rest of the team. "Guys, Ladybug is telling me to meet up at the Eiffel Tower. Think you all could manage?" He asked.
"Go. We'll keep the Akuma off your back." Ryuko answered.
"We got this cover buddy. Just go meet up with Ladybug. I have a feeling that she's got you a chance to extract the Horse Miraculous." Hydrake added.
"Got. But be careful and keep your distance." Dragold said as he ended the call and jump over the golden disk and ran as quickly to the Eiffel Tower where he saw Luka and Ladybug at the top before he landed.
"Okay, I'm here. But better be quick, because the others are barely holding up. Golden Record is using Voyage faster than we can react." Dragold told Ladybug.
"Don't worry, we have a plan. And it inolves Luka to lure him in as bait." Ladybug said while gesturing to Luka.
"Wait, but Luka, are you sure you want to do this? If he catches you, you'll reveal your secret." Dragold said in concern.
"I have to do this, for our friends sake." Luka said with determination. "Even without the snake Miraculous, I can still help." He said.
Dragold smiled, "Sass would be proud of you, dude." He said, which made Luka smile before he turned ot Ladybug. "Okay, Ladybug, tell me where should I fit in?"
"Hide at the top of the tower over Luka, and if Golden Record appeared behind him, take the chance and extract the Horse Miraculous out of him before I release the Akuma." Ladybug instructed.
"Right." Dragold said as he climbed over them as he look over Luka and gave a thumbs up as Luka went up to the music sets as he played rock music as it went through the speaker.
"If it's my music you want, Gold Record, then come and get it!" Luka exclaimed as he played the guitar.
Dragold and Ladybug waited as Ladybug told the others of the plan as Golden Record opened a portal behind Luka as he threw his disk at him.
Luka accepted the hit as turned into a player and started singing. "We all have moments of doubts and pain. They're all parts of our inner tune, you know." Luka sang as Golden Record stood here in awe at Luka's singing.
"Now!" Ladybug called.
Dragold then jumped behind Gold Record and started in his extraction position. "Miraculous Extraction!" He called out, thrusting his hands forward.
Golden Record felt the energy drawn out of him as white and black mixed energy started to come out as Monarch's light mask appeared.
In Monarch's lair, Monarch clutched his head in pain as he screamed. "AAAAHHHH!" He screamed in agony as the horse ring started flickering.
In Kaalki's cage, she started glowing as she gave a smile. "And with this extraction, do we part." She said as she glowed bright as she and her Miraculous disappeared into a bright light as Monarch fell to the floor with his depowered horse ring.
Gold Record fell to his knees as a brown orb of light escape from him as Dragold caught Kaalki and her Miraculous. "I got her! Now go for it, Ladybug!" He exclaimed.
Ladybug use a makeshift bow and arrow as she hit Gold Record's disk as it flew out of his hands before he regain his bearings.
"No!" Gold Record called out as his disk flew to where the other heroes are on the rooftop.
"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir exclaimed as he used his powers to destroy the disk as the Megakum flew off as Luka's disk stopped playing before he could reveal his secrets.
"No more evil doing for you Megakuma, Time to De-evilize!" Ladybug exclaimed as she toss her yo-yo and caught the Megakuma. "Gotcha. Bye-bye little butterfly." She said as the butterfly flew away.
And then the other heroes came to them. "That was way too close. We were gonna become record players." Phoenix said as Hydrake place a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, and we already know one secret." Hydrake said as he and Phoenix gave flirting smiles.
"If you please, Milady." Cat Noir asked as he gave Ladybug's Lucky Charm to her.
"With pleasure, Kitty-cat." Ladybug said as she toss her lucky charm into the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!" She exclaimed as the miraculous ladybugs restore everything to normal, including the four victims that were turned into record disks and was sent into space as Gold Record turned back into Bob Roth.
"Pound it!" The heroes declared, slamming their fists together as Dragold looked at the glasses and Kaalki in his hands.
"That's another Miraculous reclaimed and Kaalki is now saved." Dragold said as Kaalki clutched her stomach.
"While I thank you for freeing me, young heroes, but may I please have some food?" Kaalki asked politely.
"Don't worry, Kaalki, we'll take you back to your holder and get you some food to get your strength back." Ladybug assured.
Luka smiled, wondering how he never realized Marinette's secret identity sooner.
A little bit later, the team made it back to the boat house with Bob Roth as Ladybug gave him the magical charm. "Bob Roth, this magical charm will protect you from Monarch." She said, offering the charm.
"Again with that trinket. I don't want it. It's worthless!" Bob yelled as he dropped the magical charm as Ladybug gasped from that before Bob saw something else. "Ah. Now this is gonna win me a fortune." He said as he snatch the contract back from Cat Noir. "Thank you for fixing everything, Ladybug." He said before he laughed
"We should've ripped those up when we had the chance." Rooster Bold muttered as the others nodded.
And then Ankara came up from behind Bob. "Give me that contract, Bob." She threatened.
"Never." Bob said as he clutched the contract. "Jagged Junior's gonna sign and sing for me or I'll make his friends' lives a living nightmare." He threatened.
Ankara growled before Luka smiled. "Mom, I acknowledge that you made an effort to remain calm and you tried to give him a chance." He said to her.
Bob then got close to Ankara's face. "You think I'm afraid of you when we've got superheroes whose job is to protect Paris's citizens?" He questioned as he gave a laugh. "Dream on. You can't touch me. I've got the law on my side and I can do whatever I want." He said with his arms crossed.
"Oh, no, gang. I'm afraid I'm about to transform back. I've gotta go." Cat Noir said with a smirk, which made Bob nervous.
"Dear me, so am I. Such a shame." Ladybug said, playing along as the heroes smirk.
"Yeah, same here." Dragold added.
"Same." Terrapin said.
"I've got somewhere to be." Caspian said.
"Up for the movies?" Hydrake asked Phoenix.
"It's a date." Phoenix answered with a smile.
"I must be going as well." Ryuko added with a smirk.
"See ya," Minotaurox waved.
"Places to see," Caprikid called.
"Ciao," Rooster Bold said.
"Later, dudes." Carapace said.
The heroes all scattered as they were out of sight, leaving a scared Bob Roth with Ankara and the angry teems as he stuttered nervously. "Wait, come back. I can draw up a contract for you too!" He exclaimed.
Ankara cracked her knuckles, and Bob knew what that meant as he was toss overboard again and screamed into the water.
Luka ripped up the contracts with a smile after Ankara went below deck. "You've saved Kitty Section, Luka!" Rose cheered.
"You guys can play gigs again." Mylene siad as the others heroes return in their civilian forms.
"I don't think so, guys." Daniel said with a serious look. "We have a problem. Monarch knows that Luka knows the heroes identities. And he nearly got what he wanted since Luka was this close into revealing it. Especially Ladybug and Cat Noir's, including the Zodiac Team as well, and nearly revealed the other heroes again."
"He's right. I'm happy that the Kitty Section could go on, but I'm a danger to all of you if I stay here. I have to leave Paris." Luka said as they all gasped.
Daniel walked up to Luka, "Whoa, whoa, whoa there Luka, let's not go crazy here. I get you need to protect the heroes identities, but leaving Paris is just a little overkill. Maybe there's another way for you to stay hidden and be safe." He said.
"How?" Luka asked solemnly.
Daniel have an idea as he look at the glasses Miraculous he haven't gave Max yet as he wrapped a shoulder around Luka. "How about we go for a walk? We'll talk about it before you make a choice." He said as he walked Luka off the boat while still wondering what Daniel meant.
"Well, okay." Luka said with a nod as they all look at them go.
"I hope Luka doesn't have to leave." Juleka said hopeful for her brother.
"I'm sure Daniel will talk him out of it." Marinette said with a smile. "He's an understanding and reasonable friend like Luka." She added.
"Yeah, Daniel got this covered. Like he does for us." Adrien said in agreement as they all smile at where the two boys walked off to.
With Daniel and Luka, the two kept walking until they were at the distance from the boat while Daniel look around. "Okay, Luka, this way." He said as he entered an alleyway while dragging Luka with him.
"Whoa, Daniel. What's going on? I thought we were going for a walk to talk." Luka said in confusion.
"I know, but I understand why you wanted to leave Paris to protect Adrien, Marinette, your sister and all of our identities, but we can't let you just leave because of Monarch. So I'm taking you to our new base." Daniel said as he put on the glasses as Kaalki appeared before Daniel gave her some food. "Here, Kaalki, eat quick, I need to get you to your owner anyway, and fast." He said.
"Understood." Kaalki said as she started eating her food.
"Wait, Daniel, I don't get it. Doesn't Monarch know where the Resistance HQ is, and I don't wanna hide underneath the school until Monarch is defeat." Luka pointed out.
"I'm finished." Kaalki said.
Daniel nodded as he gave a smile to Luka. "Who said anything about the school?" He asked as Huanglong appeared.
"It's time to go before someone sees us, Young Master." Huanglong advised.
"On it, buddy. Kaalki, Full Gallop!" Daniel exclaimed as he transform into a his version the horse Miraculous as his costume was a brown long coat, his antlers longer, the horse boomer rang on his back. "Bronze Stallion ready." He said.
"Whoa. That is impressive." Luka said with a impressive smile.
"Thanks, but no time for compliments, Luka. We gotta move." Stallion said as he raised his hands. "Voyage!" He exclaimed, opening a portal to a strange room as he entered. "Come on. There's no time." He said to Luka.
Luka nodded as he entered the portal before it closed as he saw that they were in a room some monitors, beds, crates and some lightings as he notice that the entire place looks like an abandon station.
"Wow, what is this place?" Luka asked in awed as Daniel detransformed.
"Dismount." He said as he took off the glasses and Kaalki went in them. "Well, once upon a time it used to be an underground station, the city doesn't use it anymore. When me and the others found it we decided to make it a second base outside the school after Monarch found it." Daniel said as he entered a room and input a code as it opened to reveal a room that looks like a living space while they saw Max and Markov working on the monitor center with many screens.
"Is it nearly done, Markov?" Max asked his robot friend.
"My calculations are saying tha 99.8% that this will work, Max." Markov informed while downloading a program onto the monitors.
"Max, Markov?" Luka asked in surprise as the two turned to see him and Daniel behind them.
"Daniel, Luka, wow, this is unexpected." Max said as he stood up. "As you can see, the Miracle Den is nearly complete. Just a few calibrations and some tweaking and we'll be good to go." He informed.
Daniel nodded, "That's great, Max. But I've come here for two reasons. The first one: I think these belong to you." He said as he brought out the horse Miraculous glasses to him.
Max smiled at as he accepted it. "The Horse Miraculous. This is great." He said as he took off his glasses and switch it with the horse Miraculous as it went into camouflage mode and Kaalki appeared. "Kaalki, you're back. Amazo-bites!" He exclaimed.
"Oh, it's nice to see you too, Max dear." Kaalki said before clutching her growling stomach. "But um, do you happen by any chance got some food?" She asked with a sheepish smile.
"Oh, I do." Max said as he gave some food to Kaalki as she enjoy her snack. "Thanks for bringing her back, Daniel. I grew fond of Kaalki before she was taken." He said.
"Anytime, buddy." Daniel said with a smile before he got serious. "But the second reason we're here is because Luka needs a place to lay low from Monarch. The last Akumatization helped Monarch learn that Luka knows our identities, so until we defeat him this might be the only place for him to stay safe." He said.
"Well, we have bunks in the Den, and we have some food and rations down here that will last for a good while. Anything for a friend." Max said with a smile.
"How long have you guys been setting this up? Where did all this stuff come from?" Luka asked in awed.
"After we got back the Miraculous of the Goat, I figured we needed a decent place to hide out and plan our next move," Daniel explained, "After a bit of searching around, we stumbled upon this place, then with a few baked goods from Marinette's parents, some technology, cameras and equipment from Jacob's father, and then a bit of shopping for the extras we didn't have and the Miracle Den is born." He declared while motioning around the Miracle Den.
"Wow, you guys thought of everything." Luka said with a smile before giving a concern look. "But are you sure that Monarch won't find this place?" He asked.
"Don't worry. Molly and Marinette read the Miraculous Spell book and were able to place magical emotion blocker charms around the base, meaning Monarch wouldn't be able to sense any Negative emotions in a 10 click radius of the base." Max revealed.
"And also, we created a block so that the Alliances rings don't work here in case someone with a ring comes in." Daniel added with his arms crossed. "Chew on that, Monarch." He boasted.
Luka gave a smile as he look around the base. "Wow, you guys are taking this Resistance and Hero thing to the next level." He complimented.
"While your staying down here, you can keep us up to date of what's going on topside." Max said, gesturing to the screens, "With mine and Markov help, we're able to see through any camera in the city and the magical communicators we developed should help us know where and when the next Akuma will show up,"
"If it means stopping Monarch and getting back with my band, I'd be happy to help." Luka said as he with a determined smile.
"And don't worry, once we get Sass back, you'll be welcome in the field. Because Monarch now may know you know the other heroes identities, but once we get the snake Miraculous, he will only forget that you're the snake holder." Daniel added with a smile. "But he would still know that you know the other heroes identities, but Viperion will be completely unknown to him."
"Then we better get to work," Luka declared, ready to help the heroes defeat Monarch and rescue Sass and the other Kawmis.