Isekai'd as the new French Miraculous Superhero Team.
Chapter 27: Pixelator vs. Distortion.
(Quantic Universe Earth 19274729568301958374, Paris, France, October 30th, 2015, third person POV...)
In the lobby of the Grand Paris Hotel, Ms. Bustier states, "Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Bourgeois, we are now able to have our work experience field trip today here at the Grand Paris luxury hotel. Each and every one of you will get a hands-on experience with one out of the many jobs the hotel has to offer."
She sees Ivan and Alix having a pillow fight.
Ms. Bustier sighs in irritation before concluding, "You'll all be graded on your efforts, which can and will affect whether you pass or fail the class."
Ivan and Alix look sheepish while Sabrina and one of the hotel workers lightly giggle at the sight.
In the lobby, Ms. Bustier then continues before asking Chloe, "Now, every one of your jobs have already been decided for you all, so please try the best effort you can muster. Chloe, if you may?"
Chloe takes over as she starts saying, "Okay. Now, I did the hardest I can to place you where your talents remain steadfast and places that can help you grow, mature, and work on things that can prove to be a bit of a problem later in life. First things first, Kim, you will be working as an assistant doorman alongside our best doorman, Oberon. With this opportunity, you can learn how to deal with annoying people without losing your temper or getting into a fight, and this'll also help you learn how to stand your ground while being polite as well as be able to determine if someone might take advantage of your intellect level. Those are the 3 basic things you need to work on in order to help you in similar job situations in the future."
Kim looks sheepish before walking over to where he was placed.
Chloe continues, "Up next, Nino, Juleka, Rose, the three of you will be working with the chefs in the kitchen. Over time at school, I've taken mental note of how the three of you tend to eat the cafeteria food despite the fact that it's not always the best in quality taste, smell, temperature, gripping, or texture. And I've also noticed that you three also have a habit of eating out at restaurants, which is also not healthy considering how specific types of food are prepared depending on the cooking ethnicity and methods of the employees and owners in question, aside from the fact that restaurant food is not always the best in similar categories and aside from the fact that not every restaurant has one hundred percent good reviews, and you also tend to bring simple lunches like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, or even ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch since some of you guys eat pork. Now, all of that in itself is fine and dandy, but I believe you would like to learn from our cooks how to make homemade food to eat that looks fantastic if not fancy, and tastes decent enough to be considered from a restaurant that practices homemade cooking. Not only that, but in the future, when you 3 have jobs and apartments of your own, the cooking experiences will help you save money and not have to go to even an IHOP Paris for pancakes."
Rose replies, "Well, that's thoughtful of you!"
Rose, Juleka and Nino follow Marlena Cesaire to the kitchen correctly decided for the threesome to work in.
Chloe and her father had also specifically chosen the one that doesn't have any expensive kitchen equipment to accidentally destroy beyond repair.
Chloe notices Alya looking at her confused, so the Bourgeois heiress explains, "In case you're about to ask why I didn't assign you with your mother, Alya, it's because I assigned you, Nathanael, Mylene, and Sabrina to our Public Relations unit. As a reporter, you'll need to know all there is about public relations for your future job with either TVi News or any other legitimate and trustworthy news company in Paris. Mylene, Nathanael, the same applies to actresses and artists. The reason why Sabrina is assigned to Public Relations alongside the rest of you is kind of obvious."
Sabrina adds, "I'm required to learn all about public relations if I'm going to help Chloe run the hotel in the future when Mayor Bourgeois decides to retire for good reasons."
Sabrina, Alya, Nathanael, and Mylene leave with Ms. Martti.
Chloe remarks before saying, "Quite so. Ivan and Alix will be helping the janitors. The reason why is because it'll give them both a lot of work to get done and hopefully it'll prevent them from breaking anything too expensive to repair or replace. Even if Ivan is the opposite of Kim, I know you both all too well to comprehend that you'd turn the job into a competition, so therefore, we might as well make the competition in question cooperative, obliging, and friendly while learning some basic and advanced cleaning skills for future reference in the future when you get houses of your own and you need to clean up the place of anything that can cause rot, decay, chipped paint jobs, compromised structural integrity, or even attract pests."
Alix replies half-heartedly, "Aw, come on, we aren't that horrible."
Alix leaves with Ivan and Kaitlynn.
Chloe continues, "Okay. Next, Max, you will be working with our security division. More correctly, you'll be working with the security cameras and learning how to use them. You'd have to sign an NDA and it takes a peak-human level genius to memorize all of the technical terms and idioms, as well as memorizing how to use the security equipment. But I'm positively certain that you'll be able to do it."
Max remarks, "Ooh, do I sense a challenge? I can't wait, but I do believe that there's a 70% chance that you underestimate my abilities."
Max goes with the main security guard, Enzo, to the security room.
Chloe then continues further, "As for Adrien and myself, we will be manning the reception desk. The main reason why is because Adrien needs to work further on his people skills, and I'll accompany him for both running damage control and for teaching him in using the booking mainframe."
Adrien replies, "There's a first for everything, and I can't wait!"
Chloe concludes to lead everyone else except for Adrien astray, "And last, but not least, is Marinette. Sadly, you were a tad difficult to select for a job. There's not that much for a rookie future fashion designer to do. We don't require anyone to redesign and renovate the rooms, and we don't need anyone to rebuild the curtains. We also didn't place you in the kitchens since you already know how to cook, along with the fact that we didn't want to overcrowd the kitchens. But we also didn't put you in receptions since like Adrien, you don't know how to use the booking system and also because working the booking system is a two-person job. So, we put you as a gopher. This can easily teach you how to deal with annoying, impatient, foul-mouthed, nasty-tempered, arrogant, greedy, and generally demanding customers in the future. And trust me, you're likely to encounter such a category of customers when you start taking fashion design commissions."
Marinette replies before asking, "Understood. Shall I stand by and wait by the luggage carts, then?"
Chloe replies, "Yes."
Marinette salutes Chloe and goes to the luggage carts.
A few minutes later, Jagged Stone came onto the scene, with his crocodile Fang on a leash, his agent Penny Rolling by his side, two luggage carts being hauled into the lobby, and Kim was pushing one of the luggage carts with minimal effort and while being extra careful.
Chloe scowls before setting her face to a neutral setting before anyone notices.
Mayor Bourgeois starts marching towards Jagged, but Chloe stops him to whisper into his ear, "(Softly) Dad, that's Jagged Stone. He's the famous rock and roll superstar who sold millions of albums in different countries around the world, such as America, Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Spain, and Japan. He has a pet crocodile he named Fang to protect him from attackers, and also because of 2 reasons: 1, crocodiles are one out of 35 natural predators of cats and small dogs. And 2, Jagged's been allergic to animal fur ever since he was five years old, and because his agent Penny Rolling is lethally allergic to cats. And Jagged is a bit eccentric, but whatever you do, do not turn him away. If you do, our hotel's reputation will be tarnished irreversibly by his fanbase, and trust me, the fanbases of any famous celebrity can easily be triggered into going on a legal rampage for their pedestal heroes."
Mayor Bourgeois' eyes widened as he realized Chloe was right.
Chloe mentally remarks, "While my current dad is a good person, he's still the kind of rich person who looks down on people who aren't as rich and famous as he is, no matter what kind of class on the fame, wealth, and so forth on the economic, celebrity, and political ladders of the world that person is or those people are. He can fake it good enough to fool people except for me, and even though I love him enough to have the gutso to talk some sense into him sometimes, he can fake it all he likes and I can ignore it while I'm practicing my acrobatics with Sabrina. But I'd rather not allow Mayor Anaximandre Andre Bourgeois to fall short and foul up just because someone from a lower class but with enough money to afford a hotel room did something unheard of or something he didn't like, such as bringing a docile pet crocodile into the hotel. Besides, fanbases are truly as metaphorically blood-curdling as a horror movie villain whenever they feel like their favorite celebrity was wronged, whether or not it was true, and even if it wasn't something as serious as aggravated assault or getting served with a lawsuit."
Mayor Bourgeois then says as he approaches Jagged Stone and bows before asking, "Mr. Stone, welcome to the Grand Paris Hotel! I am Mayor Andre Bourgeois, the sole owner of this splendor hotel establishment. In fact, the Grand Paris is the top luxurious hotel in the entire city. How may we serve you?"
Jagged huffs, "How do you think? I didn't come to this hotel just to admire and compliment your lobby."
Penny states, "Mr. Stone would like to check into your most lavish hotel suite."
Jagged adds, "And Fang had better get a real bathtub, not a small water hole like the ones in that hotel across the street."
Mayor Bourgeois replies respectfully before questioning, "Well, rest assured, Mr. Stone, we have everything your crocodile requires. Even scrubbing brushes if needed. Um, would he like a bubble bath?"
Chloe points out before Jagged can answer the question, "Dad, bubble baths dry a crocodile's scales, and that's dangerous as that runs the risk of the crocodile becoming dehydrated. Just like how it's dangerous for a crocodile to be in sunlight in any climate for too long."
Mayor Bourgeois looked horrified, while Jagged, Penny, Ms. Bustier, and Kim looked surprised that Chloe knows as much about crocodiles as Jagged and Penny do.
Jagged remarks, "Nice to see your daughter knows as much about crocodiles as Penny and I do."
Chloe goes back to Adrien and says, "All right, Adrien. See if you can try doing what I told you to do. If you get stuck, don't hesitate to ask for help, all right? I'd prefer it if you did ask for help and admit that you forgot what to do rather than mess up the mainframe by booking it wrong. Don't get me wrong, I probably could fix the booking system with no difficulties or complaints, but I'd rather not have to do it. I got more important things to do than fix up a messed up booking system."
Adrien replies, "Got it, Clo. Well, I think I got everything down, but I believe I might've forgotten how to do this properly."
Meanwhile, Vincent Aza quietly sneaks into the hotel lobby without even Kim or Oberon noticing.
Vincent is about to hide himself but Marinette exclaims while holding a taser, "Hold it right there, intruder!"
Everyone gawks at not just Vincent, but also at Marinette holding a taser.
Jagged groans, "Ough. Oh, no, not him again."
Vincent remarks slightly shakily, "R-remember m-me, Mr. Stone? Vincent Aza! Just one photo to show everyone in the world that we're best friends! Come on, please! I'm your biggest fan!"
Jagged replies boredly before saying sternly, "I know, you've been to my last 36 shows this year. But we are not friends."
Vincent loops his left arm around Jagged's shoulders and says while getting ready to take a picture, "There, look into the lens."
Marinette quickly runs up to Vincent and kicks him hard in the b's, making him yell in pain, making him drop his camera, and shocking pretty much everyone in the lobby, including Chloe.
Marinette snarls, "Didn't you hear Jagged the first 36 or so times in a row, you garbage scum?! He doesn't want to take a picture with you because he has a personal life to attend to outside of his concerts and because he hates rabid fans, just like every other celebrity who either loves their fans or treats them like garbage!"
Marinette then takes Vincent's camera and gives it to Penny while saying threateningly, "If Penny, Fang, or I see you anywhere near Jagged here in Paris or somewhere else in the near future and the far future, I'll be sure to knee you in your choppers so hard that you'll pee blood for a month!"
Vincent seethes with anger, but his anger turns to fear when he sees Marinette aiming her taser at him with one finger on the stun/kill switch, and she says, "Now, under normal circumstances, murder is generally illegal in Paris and I ordinarily would've left executions to the city people if you were a horrendous mass murdering terrorist and if capital punishment wasn't prohibited since 1981, BUT if you ever so much as sign up with our local terrorist Hawk Moth, I'll be sure to set this taser switch on kill! I'm serious and I will do it, even if it means throwing away my future by being sentenced to life imprisonment!"
Vincent bellows as he charges, but Marinette instinctively fires her taser, dropping Vincent to the floor.
Ms. Bustier exclaims aghast and fearfully, "Marinette!"
Marinette looks expressionless as she points out while showing the switch on stun, "I was bluffing to make him scared of me. Did you all really think I would just outright murder a rabid obsessive Jagged Stone fanboy? No way."
Marinette hands the other security guard his taser and says, "Thanks for watching my back, sir, but in the future, don't ever allow teenagers in middle school or high school to handle such powerful and dangerous weapons unless the teenagers in question are training to be security guards or police officers or military-sanctioned soldiers, and unless the teenagers in question know what they're doing."
The security guard nods.
Vincent is taken away by police, and when he wakes up, he notices that his camera was confiscated.
Vincent softly growls in anger.
In Hawk Moth's lair, the window opens and Hawk Moth remarks, "I sense brewing anger, frustration and sadness from a rabid fanboy, the perfect fodder for my evil little Akumas. It won't be long now, and then victory will be mine."
Hawk Moth charges a butterfly into an Akuma.
Hawk Moth sends off the Akuma and remarks, "Fly away, my little Akuma, and evilize him!"
The Akuma flies into the police cruiser and the Akuma infects one of Vincent's concealed spare cameras.
Hawk Moth remarks, "Pixelator, I am Hawk Moth. I'm giving you the power you need to capture your hero's smile permanently. But in exchange, you'll need to do some capturing for me as well."
Vincent/Pixelator replies, "Yes, Hawk Moth."
Vincent is turned into Pixelator and he digitizes both the police officer in the cop cruiser and then the police car.
Then, he makes his way back to the Grand Paris.
In Purple Streak's observatory in Miraculous Headquarters, she says to Parsafal Gougeard, "Are you ready?"
Parsafal replies, "Yes, ma'am."
Purple Streak merges a Tenshi with Parsafal's own digital camera before saying, "Distortion, I'm giving you the power to disrupt any powers, including the powers of Akumatized villain victims. Will you help us in dealing with Pixelator?"
Parsafal/Distortion replies, "Yes, Purple Streak."
Parsafal becomes Distortion, an armored battle suit wearing opposite of Pixelator in opposite colors.
The French Miraculous Superhero Team takes off in flight to the Grand Paris.
All the while, Chloe, Adrien, and even Ms. Bustier calmed Marinette down, but Marinette's glare at Ms. Bustier in particular made the redhead woman realize that anything she said that Marinette wouldn't want to hear can easily set her off.
After Marinette got back to work, Chloe and Adrien continued as they were.
Adrien states, "Aaaand done. Did I miss anything, Clo?"
Chloe looks over and says, "Well, you did good, Adri-honey, except for one crucial task."
Chloe presses a few keys before moving aside and saying, "Just like that."
Adrien replies, "Ah, okay. I'll do much better the next time we have a field trip to this hotel."
Chloe smiles as she replies back before she explains, "I'm positive you'll do splendidly even more next time. Now, when there's no one in the hotel trying to book a room no matter if the receptionist is on break or not, we don't just stand around and do nothing at all. Instead, we are required to look thoroughly over the program that displays the days when people are scheduled to leave and to give those who are close to their leaving days a call so they won't forget and overstay. Normally, you're supposed to call them a day before it's their day to leave and notify them if they have stayed for a long duration of time and/or you call them a couple of hours before they're supposed to leave if their stay was shorter than five days or shorter than a whole day. Is that understood?"
Adrien replies, "Yes, ma'am, understood."
Adrien clicks open the spreadsheet and sees a lot of people amounting to 157 people to call.
Adrien's eyes widened as he remarks, "Um, that's a lot of people to call and to notify about their leaving days."
Chloe points out, "Adrien, Adrien, Adrien. That's only the total list of guests sorted in alphabetical order. You'd need to alter the filters so that way the list would be sorted out in the checkout times."
Adrien replies sheepishly, "Oh. Okay."
Meanwhile, in Jagged Stone's luxury suite, Penny explains before asking, "Mr. Stone is going to require a new pair of sunglasses for tonight's show. Red, white and blue with 2 large Eiffel Towers on them. Can you get that for him?"
Marinette answers, "I know for a fact that street vendors don't have the kind of shades you specified, but I do believe that I can make them by hand out of an old pair of sunglasses I have somewhere at home and out of anything else I have."
Penny replies, "Excellent. Now, please get going; time is short."
Marinette nods and speedwalks out of the hotel via the stairs before running out the door, spotting her teammates and her new temporary comrade among them on the rooftops along the way back home.
In Marinette's bedroom, she finds an old pink pair of sunglasses.
Marinette remarks, "Aha!"
Tikki points out, "But they're pink."
Marinette replies while quoting the Savior, "Oh, ye of little faith. Watch."
Marinette snaps her fingers and the shades come out in red, white, and blue with 2 large Eiffel Towers on them.
Tikki shakes her head.
Marinette rushes back to the hotel.
In Jagged's suite, he remarks, "Marinette, you truly are outstanding! This is so rock 'n' roll!"
Marinette replies, "I'm glad you like them; it took me 4 minutes to make them, and another 5 minutes for the marker colors to dry."
Jagged nods in understanding before doing a double take and seeing Marinette's tall and muscular physique.
Marinette questions, "What you staring at?"
Jagged questions in response, "How long did you spend exercising, maintaining a healthy diet, and all that jazz?"
Marinette answers, "Nine years at most. I'm 13 currently, and I turn 14 in April. But the rest of the story lies in the genetics of my father's side in our family."
Jagged looks stunned before he numbly nods.
Marinette then leaves the suite and goes to the rooftop to transform into Ladybug while letting Fanette lead everyone astray, thankful that none of the security cameras recorded her ascension to the roof.
Once at the outdoor pool on the roof, Marinette states, "Tikki, spots on!"
Marinette transforms into Ladybug.
Meanwhile, Pixelator comes up to the doors of the hotel.
Oberon questions, "Excuse me, sir, can I help you?"
Pixelator replies while pointing to his eye camera, "Look into the lens."
Kim and Oberon pose for the camera, and as soon as Pixelator presses the button, a beam shoots out and digitizes them, sending them into a white-filled room inside picture frames at Vincent Aza's apartment.
Pixelator remarks, "Photo finished."
Pixelator walks into the hotel, stepping on Kim's doorman hat.
While this was happening, Chloe grabs Adrien and pulls him down so they can hide behind the reception desk.
Adrien presses the Akuma Alert Button on the desk.
Chloe whispers to Adrien, "(Softly) Adri-honey, I want you to listen to me very carefully. It's not safe in the hotel now that Vincent Aza has somehow become Akumatized into Pixelator. Ergo, we have to leave the building without being spotted or heard. When he gets to the stairs, we wait until he completely goes up the stairs and vanishes from sight, then we will quietly crawl to the doors and the moment we're outside, we run as fast as we can until we get to the next nearest Akuma Bunker for me to stay there and for you to rendezvous with our teammates. Got it?"
Adrien replies in a whisper, "(Softly) Yep."
Chloe uses her compact mirror to watch Pixelator until he reaches the stairs.
The second he stands on the first step, Chloe closes her compact and signals Adrien to keep waiting.
Chloe peeks to see Pixelator looking around everywhere except the reception desk before shrugging and going up the stairs.
The second he's gone from sight, Chloe signals Adrien and she starts quietly crawling to the doors, with Adrien close behind.
But then, just as they were about to reach the doors, Pixelator, for some odd reason, went back to the lobby, saw the twosome crawling their way to the doors, and he digitizes them.
In the white room, Adrien questions, "What the hell?"
Chloe states, "Ah, nuts, we got hit because he came back into the lobby for some odd reason. I shoulda known!"
Adrien replies before theorizing, "You did your hardest, Clo. I think we've been digitized or something."
Chloe remarks sarcastically, "Gee, thanks for the info, Captain Obvious."
Adrien rolls his eyes and says, "We should start searching around this place. It'll give us a way to kill time and I highly doubt we'd have cell phone reception as long as we're digitized."
Chloe remarks before saying, "But of course. In situations like this one, no cell phone reception is available. Lead the path, Adri-honey."
Chloe and Adrien walk around for 20 minutes, and when Chloe checks her phone, she sees how much time passed.
Adrien stops walking as he remarks, "It's almost like it goes on forever. No doors, no walls, no ceilings, nothing."
Chloe replies, "Adrien, I love you like the little brother God wouldn't give me, but I won't allow myself to be stuck here with you permanently. Let's keep searching until we get transported back to the real world."
Adrien questions, "Hey, what's so bad about me?"
Chloe replies, "It's nothing personal that warrants a therapy session; I have my whole life planned down to the last details, and those details don't include getting stuck in an empty white room with you or anything else or anyone else that gets trapped in here the longer Pixelator does his rampage. Oh, and don't even think about transforming just yet; people who get trapped in here later on will start asking questions."
Plagg replies, "I hate to say it, kid, but Blondie's got a point."
Meanwhile, Pixelator knocks on a door to a room.
Shockingly, no one is answering, so Pixelator zaps the door and sees no one inside.
Growling in frustration, Pixelator exits the room and zaps the door back into place.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom of Jagged Stone's luxurious suite, Jagged is giving Fang a bath complete with used soap in the water of the bathtub.
Jagged remarks, "Now, who likes having his belly scratched? Daddy's little Fang, that's who!"
Suddenly, as Pixelator appears in front of the door to Jagged's suite, Ladybug watches from the ceiling in stealth mode, crawling on the ceiling like Spider-Man.
Pixelator knocks on the door and waits.
Penny opens the door and questions upon seeing Pixelator, "Who are you?"
Pixelator remarks cheerfully, "Look into the lens."
Just as Pixelator was going to digitize Penny, Ladybug scratches his face with her claws, making him yell in pain as blood splatters onto the floor and onto Penny's face, making her look at Pixelator in shock and confusion.
Ladybug and the French Miraculous Superhero Team decloaks as she remarks, "Didn't think it'd be that easy, did you, Aza?"
Penny growls in frustration upon hearing Pixelator's surname from Ladybug's own mouth.
Pixelator remarks, "So, you're the legendary French Miraculous Superhero Team. I've heard such pathetic things about all of you, Ladybug included. Look into the lens!"
Pixelator attempts to zap Ladybug, but the beam disintegrates upon coming into contact with her armor.
Pixelator questions, "Huh?!" and he tries again. But the second beam disintegrates against Ladybug's armor.
Pixelator snarls, "This isn't possible! No one is immune to my picture beam!"
Screechclaw replies, "Hawk Moth didn't give you the memo; our team and our other allies are immune to your powers and the powers of Horrid Captain, Aunt Glass, Stormy Weather, The Pharaoh, Lady Wifi, The Bubbler, Rogercop, Horrificator, The Evillustrator, and so forth on Hawk Moth's list."
Pixelator then does head-stomping hopscotch to get to Jagged's suite door before digitizing it and Penny, seeing as how she wanted to get a view of the team.
Ladybug roars as she flies towards Pixelator and kicks him hard in the nuts, making him yell in pain again while also shouting, "Ough! Right in the berries again!"
Ladybug deploys her Wolverine claws and growls while imitating the actual Wolverine.
Pixelator tries a harder beam of digital pixels, but it's still no use.
Pixelator then gets an idea as he hears Jagged call out, "Fang, attack!"
But Fang just rolls over onto his back.
But then, Fang sees Ladybug's Wolverine claws and walks over to her.
Everyone is watching, and for some reason, not even Pixelator wanted to get involved as much as he didn't want to find out what Fang was going to do.
Fang cuddles up against Ladybug's leg before standing up straight and nudging his nose against her Wolverine claws.
This greatly confuses everyone, including Jagged and Pixelator.
Even Hawk Moth in his lair was confused about why Ladybug seemed to be a good news magnet for otherwise carnivorous animals that can eat a human being if properly raised by their parents in the wild.
Hawk Moth mutters, "This definitely takes strange, bizarre, and all other synonyms of the word to a whole new level."
Ladybug retracts her Wolverine claws and gently pets Fang's head with her right hand.
Fang seems to be enjoying it, as evidenced by his lolling tongue that reminds even Ladybug of a dog.
And this eventually evolves to the point where Fang is growling happily as Ladybug scratches Fang gently with her unbreakable and invulnerable fingernail claws.
Suddenly, Pixelator snaps out of it as he remarks before zapping Fang, "See you later, alligator."
Ladybug gets up and deploys her Wolverine claws while making them run super hot, much to even Jagged Stone's shock and awe.
Ladybug runs towards Pixelator and tries to slash his eye-camera, only for Pixelator to dodge out of the way.
Pixelator aims a beam at Ladybug's Wolverine claws, only for Distortion to telekinetically disintegrate the digital energy beam.
Pixelator snarls at Distortion, who deploys a battle staff.
Pixelator tries to digitize the battle staff, but Distortion strums the staff's buttons like a sonic guitar, making the beam disintegrate and causing Pixelator to cover his ears in pain.
Ladybug states threateningly, "I'll make this simple. Surrender immediately and we won't hurt you. Refuse and you won't be getting home after we release you from Hawk Moth's control. Limited time offer; clock's ticking."
Milo Tigger perfectly imitates the sound of a clock on a timer ticking down.
Pixelator zaps Milo Tigger, but the results are the same: no effect.
Hawk Moth then takes control of Pixelator to say, "I should've known that what you said at that press conference was true: that you and all manner of your allies are immune to my powers and the powers of my villains!"
Ladybug remarks before cackling like the Transformers Prime Megatron, "Well, isn't that just so sad? Hehehehehahahahahahahahahahahaha, huhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
Hawk Moth gives Pixelator control of himself back and Pixelator tries to charge at Ladybug, but she times it right and slashes open the eye-camera without harming any of his eyes or any part of his face.
Ladybug captures the Akuma and releases her Miraculous Ladybug to undo the damage Pixelator did.
Pixelator turns back into Vincent Aza.
Vincent questions in a disoriented manner, "Huh? What happened? Where am I?"
Ladybug growls at Vincent, and she restrains him in her yoyo.
Ladybug states, "Ms. Rolling, please call the police before I lose my cool."
Penny nods before going for her phone.
In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth snarls, "I assure you that the next time around, it won't be a photo finish! I won't stop until I get what I want, Ladybug! I will destroy you!"
The window to Hawk Moth's lair closes.
Later, at the Grand Paris, Ms. Bustier remarks, "Thank you very much for this work experience field trip day, Mr. Bourgeois. I'm certainly positive that we'll all remember this for a long time to come."
Mayor Bourgeois replies, "So am I. (Penny taps his shoulder) Oh, wait a minute, I almost forgot. Jagged Stone's having a concert tonight, and so therefore, I'm giving tickets to the students who demonstrated the most effort today. And so far, Marinette, Adrien, Nino, Chloe, Sabrina, Mylene, Nathanael, Max, Alix, Ivan, Kim, and Juleka have altogether displayed the most effort in their assignments!"
Even Juleka looked happy at that.
Penny gives tickets to Marinette, Adrien, Alya, Nino, Chloe, Sabrina, Mylene, Nathanael, Max, Alix, Ivan, Kim, and Juleka.
Chloe then examines her ticket before giving it to Rose, much to everyone's surprise, including Marinette for once.
Rose questions, "You're giving me your ticket, Chloe?"
Chloe answers, "Yes. I'm not fond of rock and roll music, and I can't stand being anywhere near loud noise. Being anywhere near or close enough to loud noise gives me an instant headache, and makes me liable to pass out if I don't move away in time."
Even Ms. Bustier looked shocked at the admittance that Chloe easily gains a headache by exposure to loud noise.
Chloe then continues, "Additionally, rock and roll music is not exactly part of my interests, but I know you and Juleka love rock and roll music, and since you two are presently in a relationship, why not turn this opportunity into a date between you two?"
Rose and Juleka blush with their eyes widened, and even Ms. Bustier looks shocked at Chloe being considerate and serious at the same time. And if the look on Chloe's face was any indication, even Rose and Juleka could tell that the Bourgeois heiress was being serious.
Alya questions uncertainly, "Chloe, is this a joke?"
Chloe answers seriously, "No, Alya, this isn't a joke. Rose and Juleka are among the select few in our class group that love rock and roll music, and they're interested in girls, and they're presently in a relationship that they don't show in public to protect themselves from homophobes by at least a smidge, so why not give them this opportunity to attend a Jagged Stone concert?"
Alya looks at Chloe's face and she sees for herself that the daughter of Mayor Bourgeois and Audrey Bourgeois never jokes about something as serious as this.
Rose then says bubbly while hugging Chloe gently, "Oh, thank you, Chloe!"
Chloe hugs Rose back, but then she lets out an "Oof" the moment Juleka joins in, making this a group hug and surprising Chloe with how strong Juleka is despite not having an exercise schedule in spite of the P.E. classes at Francoise Dupont.
Juleka then says out loud, "Yes, thank you, Chloe. We appreciate this opportunity."
Mayor Bourgeois looks on in shock, and he suddenly remembers that Chloe told him that if he ever showed any signs of being a homophobe regardless of whether or not Chloe was in a relationship with another girl, the city council, President Benoit, and even his supporters would be left with no choice but to see to it that he gets evicted from office and sent to prison for anything that is considered to be a hate crime against homosexuals. So, Mayor Bourgeois sucks it up and places a hand on Chloe's right shoulder while saying, "I'm so proud of you, Chloe."
Chloe nods before going upstairs, planning to take a nap due to becoming exhausted from the moving around before and after Ladybug and her team dealt with Pixelator.
Later that night, in the TVi Studio, Jagged Stone's concert is taking place, and everyone is having a good time.
Jagged calls out to everyone in the studio, "Good evening, everyone in Paris!"
Everyone cheers and makes loud noises.
Adrien says to Marinette, "This is my first ever live concert! It's truly incredible!"
Marinette replies, "You said it!"
Jagged then reveals as he announces, "I'd like to dedicate this next song to the girl who saved my life today and ensured that the so-called Pixelator would end up being taught a lesson. This one's for you, Ladybug."
Jagged plays the song dedicated to Ladybug on the piano, much to Marinette's surprise.
Everyone listens to Jagged's song, along with the lyrics he sings.
After Jagged finishes, everyone cheers, including Marinette and Adrien.
The End.
(Bonus scene: Marinette pays tribute to Jagged Stone without making it public. August 18th, 2035, third person POV...)
In the hotel she was sharing with Adrien, Jagged Stone, and Penny, Marinette took her own guitar and played a soft-sounding acoustic version of the Eric Draven guitar solo from The Crow.
She had decided to play that song on her acoustic guitar as a tribute to Jagged even though her inner Mikaela Haselwood hated Jagged Stone for not only abandoning Juleka and Luka Couffaine before the start of Miraculous Ladybug, but also for cheating on Anarka Couffaine and dating Penny Rolling. Although the stern talking-to and educational lesson on the consequences of a celebrity cheating on their spouses combined with a forced confession and beg for repentance prayer to God enabled Mikaela to not only get her revenge on Juleka, Luka, and Anarka's behalves in a sense, but also to ensure Jagged would find Jesus and repent for his breaking of the "Thou shalt not commit adultery" Commandment before it was too late.
After Marinette finishes her song, she puts her guitar in its case before whispering to the sleeping forms of her husband and her associates, "(Softly) Good night, Adrikins. Good night, Jagged. Good night, Penny."
Marinette heads to bed without waking anybody up.
(Author's notes: In the next chapter, we shall see how Chloe, Marinette, and the others get prepared for the Princess Fragrance incident.
So therefore, see you all in chapter 28: Aroma Rose vs. Princess Fragrance.)
