Scene: Exterior, Marinette arrives on her scooter, dismounting it, and quickly runs towards Liberty. Alya, Nino, Nathaniel and Zoé are seen on the couch on the deck.
Nino: Why is she running like that? She's not late.
Alya: Creature of habit. (everyone laughs)
Marinette: Hi, hello, hey there!
Everyone: H,i Marinette!
Marinette: (starts walking to everyone and greets them one by one) Hi, Rose! Hi, Ivan! Hey, Juleka, Anarka! Luka— I was looking for you! (laughs nervously) I— I wanted to talk to you about... (rubs her hair) about... the new Kitty Section stickers! See, uh, 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 (giggles) since the deal never came through, uhm, I was wondering if we should keep them, throw them away, or—
Luka: You sure that's really what you wanna talk to me about?
Marinette: (blushes and says) Weeeell…
Luka: (to everyone) I forgot to grab my capo and picks. I'll be right back. (walks away with Marinette)
Scene: Interior, Liberty, in Luka's room. Luka and Marinette are sitting beside each other on his bed.
Marinette: There's a problem with me, but... I don't know what it is. As you know, there are things I can't tell Adrien, but it turns out, there are also things I can't even tell myself. And if I can't tell myself, how am I supposed to tell Adrien? (pauses) Oh, no! I'm the worst! It's so selfish of me talking to you about my love life when I broke your heart! I'm so terrible! I don't know how you even could've fallen in love with someone like me, or how anyone could have!
Luka: (starts to play a ballad on his guitar) You didn't break my heart, Marinette. You enriched it with new songs. Ones that are sometimes cheerful, and sometimes sad. The only thing that breaks my heart is seeing such a miraculous buddy be so hard on herself.
Marinette: So, you're saying that... I'm not cruel... or pathetic? Oh, thank you, Luka! (hugs Luka) I feel so much better! I don't know what I'd do without you! (kisses Luka on the cheek)
"Well, you can be a little pathetic sometimes. But that could be easily overlooked, Marinette," Luka honestly stated to his former crush in which everyone else (including Marinette herself) murmured in agreement.
Luka: If you need me, you know where to find me. (Marinette and Luka walk toward the stairs.)
Marinette: Thanks, Luka… (As both proceed to leave the room, Marinette spots Adrien coming down the stairs with his "damaged" keyboard piano, which leaves Marinette panicking...) WAHH!
Adrien: Hel-lo there, Marinette!
Marinette: (stutters) H-Hey, Adrien! What a surprise! (attempts to push Adrien's piano out of the way) We're stuck. (laughs awkwardly) How silly being stuck! We should try to loosen up!
(In Luka's point of view, he sees Adrien and Marinette as Cat Noir and Ladybug, respectively.)
"I guess I couldn't get that image out of my head ever since I found out about those two by Wishmaker, huh?" Luka rhetorically asked in which everybody else nodded in agreement.
Adrien: It's ok to be stuck sometimes, (holds Marinette's hand) I can help you—
Marinette: (blushes upon contact of Adrien's hand on hers) Loosen up? Nah, no, no no, no, no, no, no. It's okay. I can do it myself! (runs away, flustered)
Adrien: (continues to go down the stairs) Luka! I was looking for you. Uh, something's wrong with my keyboard: one of the keys is acting weird. (presses one of the "broken" keys)
Luka: You sure that's what you really want to talk to me about? (Back in Luka's room, Adrien now sits with Luka.)
Adrien: Thanks to you, Luka, I can finally hear my inner tune and I heard my love for Marinette. But I feel like Marinette still can't hear hers, or maybe she just can't find a way to express it. It's like there's something inside that she... can't get out, like a secret side that wants to remain hidden.
"Please don't remind me!" Marinette groaned to her boyfriend towards what he just said on-screen with everyone else chuckling in amusement.
Luka: And that scares you?
Adrien: What scares me is that this might be making her feel upset and... I wonder also if you could love someone fully when you don't know them completely.
Luka: You know, I'm not always the same person when I'm with you or Marinette, or when I'm with the gang, my mom, my sister or my father. Which Luka's the real one? All of them, I guess? So you don't know me completely, either. And yet, we're still close friends, right?
Adrien: (hugs Luka) I don't know what I'd do without you!
Luka: (gives back the keyboard to Adrien) Looks fine to me.
Adrien: Thank you Luka! (grabs his keyboard and walks out the room)
Luka: You know where to find me!
Jagged Stone: (appears from the window behind Luka) Hey, son! I, uh, have a super important question for you about, uh... (tries to find an excuse) this guitar pick!
"Is this our new normal? Our dad pop up from outside our window?" Juleka asked her brother in exasperation in which he responded with a small shrug while everyone else chuckled in amusement.
Luka: You sure that's what you really want to talk to me about, Dad? (Yet again, both sit down on Luka's bed for the "therapy" session...)
Jagged Stone: Actually, I'm wondering how I could become a better father. What can I do for my kids and that kind of stuff, you know? Should I take you on a trip? To a theme park? I can't even write you songs 'cause the ones you're doing with Kitty Section are better than mine.
"Did Jagged Stone actually say that our songs are better than his?!" Rose asked excitedly as she gushed in happiness that she and the rest of Kitty Section are doing so well.
"At this moment in the future, yes!" Angel clarified with a smile in which all of Kitty Section cheered and hi-fived each other in pride.
Luka: (plays a slow-rock riff on his guitar) You could just spend time with us.
"It'd be a miracle if you can convince my father that!" Adrien half-jokingly said towards Luka in which everyone else laughed hard in agreement.
Jagged Stone: But I can't stay here, son, 'cause, you know, it's not like I'm getting back together with your mom. And besides, things have been really cool with Penny.
"So, Jagged's finally with Penny?" Marinette asked curiously as well as the rest of the audience in which Angel confirmed with a nod. Half of the audience gushed at the thought of Jagged and Penny together.
Luka: No one expects you to get back together with Mom. Least of all, her. But that doesn't mean you can't come here whenever you want to see us.
Jagged Stone: Okay, son. I don't know what I'd do without you.
Luka: You know where to find me, Dad.
Penny: (off-screen) Jagged?!
Jagged Stone: Uh-oh, sounds like Penny knows where to find me. (sneaks out the window where he came in) I'm supposed to be working at the studio!
Penny: Luka! Have you seen your dad? We've been looking for him everywhere, he needs to be recording new songs right now, and Bob won't get off my back and—
Luka: You... sure that's what you really want to talk to me about? (And another episode of Dr. Luka Couffaine's "therapy" session ensues, with Luka and Penny both sitting on the bed.)
"Just for your peace of mind, guys, if you need to talk to me privately, you all don't have to make fake excuses. Just say that you need to talk to me in private. I'm sure you all can respect each other's privacy," Luka said with a chuckle in which the teens in the audience nervously chuckled back.
Penny: No, I don't know why I'm in love with your father. He's disorganized, childish, selfish, and musically speaking, he's no David Bowie. Truth be told, your dad's a walking disaster. So why do I love him?
Luka: Hmm. (plays an upbeat riff on the guitar) Does he make you happy, Penny?
Penny: Yeah. I just can't figure out why!
Luka: That's actually how you know it's love. It's there, but you can't explain it.
Penny: You're right. Thanks, Luka. What would I do without you?
"You know, dude, if this whole "making stringed instruments" thing doesn't work out, you'd make an awesome therapist!" Nino complimented Luka on his therapeutic skills in which everyone else murmured enthusiastically in agreement.
"Indeed, Luka. You are very wisssse beyond your yearssss," Sass said towards his holder with a smile in which Luka responded by petting his kwami who let out a delightful hiss.
Luka: You know where t— (Bob Roth barges in Luka's room.)
Bob: Penny! Where's Jagged? Why aren't you answering my calls? He's supposed to be recording a new album for me! It's in his contract!
Penny: I-I'm looking for him, Bob. I thought I'd find him with his son but he's not here.
Bob: His son? (walks to Luka and grabs his face) Jagged Stone has a son? I can't believe someone would be foolish enough to have a kid with that good-for-nothing. (Anarka enters the room.)
Anarka: That "fool" would be me, Bob, and you boarded my boat without my permission!
Bob: (mockingly) Oh, yeah? And what are you going to do about it? (Anarka cracks her knuckles furiously.)
Scene: On the deck of the Liberty. Anarka throws a screaming Bob overboard and he falls into the Seine. She turns around to join Kitty Section.
Everyone in the audience giggled at Ms. Couffaine throwing Bob overboard on-screen.
Anarka: So, shall we begin rehearsal? (On Ivan's signal, the band starts playing their song.)
Rose:
You don't need to skyrocket
Don't need no deep pockets
(As the band continues rehearsing, Luka walks by and looks at Adrien and Marinette sitting beside each other on the floor, and once again, in his point of view, he sees them as Ladybug and Cat Noir.)
Rose:
To be a prince or princess if you need tenderness
You don't need no fancy clothes
No romance or roses
No amazing comeliness
If you need a caress—
(Bob claps off-stage, interrupting their rehearsal.)
Bob: Wow! Amazing, kids! It's hot! It rocks! It's a moolah maker! How would you like to sign a contract with me?
"YOU ALREADY OFFERED!" The teens in the audience (with the members of Kitty Section being the loudest) exclaimed to Bob on-screen in exasperation.
Luka: Actually, Bob, you already offered to sign us…
Marinette: And you never followed up. Did you forget? (shows Bob a Kitty Section sticker with the record company logo)
Bob: Huh? Uh... of course! I remember! I was just waiting for the right reason, uh, I mean, the right time! I was waiting for the right time to have you guys sign the contract! (brings out sheets of papers containing the contracts)
Anarka: (stepping in) There's no way I'm letting the kids sign anything with a shark like you, Bob!
Bob: Nobody asked you, skipper! So why don't you make yourself useful and get us a pen, so we can sign the contracts? (Anarka cracks her knuckles once again and throws Bob overboard.)
"How strong is your mom?!" Kim asked the Couffaine twins as he and everyone else once again giggled at Ms. Couffaine throwing Bob overboard on-screen.
Luka: Mom…
Anarka: I know. I should stop throwing people overboard. But they get on my nerves. Everyone does. Now that I think of it, you and your sister are the only people I've never felt like throwing overboard.
"So, we all should be worried about your mom except you two?" Alya half-jokingly asked the Couffaine twins in which everyone else (including the twins themselves) laughed hard in amusement.
Luka: Then, you should try to think of people the same way you think of us. Everyone deserves a chance, Mom. Even the worst people. Anyone can change…
Bob: (off-screen, walking aboard the houseboat) Jagged Junior's right, Anarka. What would we do without that kid, huh?! (Upon hearing his voice, Anarka cracks up her knuckles again, preparing to throw Bob overboard for good, but stops as she sees Bob panic.) He's right! I've changed! And I'll prove it to you. Granted, I wasn't always straight up with you in the past. When I said I'd sign you up... I was lying. (Everyone gasps.) 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! Which is why I've got a whole new deal for you! (pulls out a bunch of contracts) A contract that won't just protect you: it's going to spoil you! Come on! Just sign this so we can put our little differences behind us and move forward! (Luka seems to look confused. Rose and the others are enthused.)
Rose: I mean... a first album…
Ivan: ...with a record company…
Juleka: (mumbles) Yeah, that'd be so cool!
Marinette: (to Luka) Do you think you guys can trust him? (Luka turns to look at Bob, grinning, in which he returns a suspicious look back at him.)
Luka: Let's give him a chance. (Bob spreads the contract sheets on top of his briefcase, pointing at it to let them sign it.)
Bob There. Sign here, here, here and there. (After Rose, Juleka, Ivan and Luka sign the contracts, they share a group hug.)
Rose: We're making a record! (Record screech. Bob is now seen dressed up in a scuba outfit.)
Bob: RIGHT! You're all fired except for Jagged Junior! Jagged Senior is no use to me anymore! All he wants to do is spend time with his family instead of making me new albums, and since he's not bringing in the moolah anymore... Jagged Junior will replace him! You can always turn a celebrity's kid into a celebrity! The rest of you useless zero-talent kids can clear out! (A wide-eyed Luka objects.)
"WHAT?!" Everyone in the audience asked loudly in anger and confusion towards Bob on-screen, especially Kitty Section.
"That was his plan all along. He only wants to sign Luka up as a solo artist, so that he can exploit him as Jagged Stone's son," Angel explained as everyone in the audience growled in anger.
Luka: You can't make me work for you without my friends.
Bob: Of course, I can! That's what contracts are for! Read it and you'll see! (The gang shift their eyes on the contract in their hands and collectively gasp in realization.) Oh, boohoo! You should see your faces! You shouldn't have signed! You should have been more careful and listened to the old pirate! But you didn't, and now it's too late! (wears his goggles and snorkel as Anarka throws him overboard yet again) Don't-care-I-got-the-contraaaaaaacts! (returns to the houseboat shortly after) You can throw me overboard as many times as you like... but you signed. You're mine. (The gang re-reads the contract.)
Anarka: It's full of small print and ambiguous phrasings — he really tricked you.
Ivan: He can fire us whenever he wants?
Bob: Yep, and I just did, by the way.
Rose: The name Kitty Section belongs to him?!
Bob: Yep. It's ugly, but it's mine.
Marinette: He owns everything you've made and will make over the next thousand years!?
Bob: Gotta cover all bases.
Zoé: Marinette's costumes, the music video Nino shot, the website Mylene runs…
Bob: All mine!
Adrien: And you can't even start another band together?
Bob: Course not, that'd be unfair competition! EVERYTHING belongs to me! Everything you are, everything you say, everything that's in your hearts belongs to me! I own E-VE-RYTHING! (Luka, after being bombarded by Bob Roth's contract plot twist, whispers to himself)
"Always an important lesson: ALWAYS read contracts before signing them!" Angel said to her audience, doing the best she can to emphasize. "And besides, you're all teenagers: shouldn't your parents/guardians sign those contracts along with you to make them officially legal?" Angel then asked in which after some thought, everyone else murmured in agreement, still angry towards Bob on-screen.
Luka: (gasps) It's... all my fault…
"NO, IT'S NOT!" Everyone in the audience quickly exclaimed to Luka, trying to reassure him that what's happening on-screen isn't his fault.
Scene: Monarch's lair. The lair window opens.
Monarch: A pure soul shattered once again by good old Bob's greed. The weeping of an artist is music to the ears of my megakumas. Kaalki, (Kaalki's pod flies towards Monarch) your power is now mine! (absorbs the power of Migration and creates a megakuma in his hands) Voyage, my megakuma!
Scene: On the deck of Liberty. Luka is still at a loss for words about the contract.
Bob: Don't look so sad, Jagged Junior! I've fired all your buddies, but I'm keeping you! And you're about to get rich! RICH! Who needs friends when you've got cold hard cash? (the megakuma is now seen flying towards them) You won't be rich as me, but there's nothing I can do about that - blame the contract. (The megakuma enters Luka's electric guitar.)
Everyone in the audience (especially the teens) gasped in shock, fear and despair when Luka was about to be akumatized on-screen.
Monarch: (from his lair) Silencer, I am Monarch. This unscrupulous producer wants to steal your voice, but I can give back your old powers and allow you to silence him for good! All I ask for in return are Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous.
Luka: (while resisting the akumatization) No— No! (grunts)
Monarch: (from his lair) I sense something else... panic... fear... Why are you resisting so strongly? Do you have something to hide...? Could it be that you know...? YOU know the identities of Ladybug and Cat Noir!
"Apparently, Monarch can practically read his akuma victims' minds, so he can sense that you Luka know Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities," Angel explained as everyone else (especially the two heroes) gasped in shock and panic.
Luka: (continues to resist) No, I'll never tell you! NEVER! (smashes his guitar on the wooden floor and breaks his connection with Monarch as the Megakuma flies out of the guitar and enters a portal)
"Bro, you broke your guitar," Juleka softly said towards her brother after a gasp and long silence from the audience in shock.
"Well, it's either this or betray my friends against my will," Luka softly said as he looked at the two heroes who responded to him with grateful smiles.
Monarch: (from his lair) NO! I was about to find out who Ladybug and Cat Noir really are! I must find a way to make that boy talk!
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. (tears the contract in half)
Bob: You can't do that! I was gonna make you a star! And that contract you're ripping up was gonna make you millions!
Luka: Money and contracts are just paper. (As Anarka walks toward Bob again, Luka steps aside and lets her do her thing: throw Bob overboard.)
Bob: I don't care; I got duplicates! You're miiiine! (splashes into the water)
Monarch: (from his lair) Anger, frustration, and greed! That will suffice! Voyage! (The megakuma comes out of a portal, flying towards Bob's pile of contracts. He says from his lair) Gold Record, I am Monarch. This young "rebel-rebel"'s refusing to sing for you? Well, I'll give you the power to force him to! He will give you everything that's in his heart. There will be nothing he can refuse you or hide from me! Not even his secrets! All I want in return are—
Bob: Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous. You got yourself a deal, Monarch! Sign me up! (succumbs to the akumatization and transforms into Gold Record)
Monarch: (from his lair) To help you, I'm also giving you the essence of the Miraculous of Migration. It will allow you to teleport anywhere you want as quickly as you desire. Transfer! (taps on his ring with the horse symbol, transmitting the power of Migration to Gold Record through his Alliance ring. Back on the houseboat, Luka picks up his broken guitar.)
Kaalki whimpered in fear at the thought of using her superpower for evil with Max trying to comfort her.
Marinette: Can you fix it?
Luka: (bitterly) No. No one can. (smiles) But Bob Roth didn't break me. He can't buy my inner tune or make me betray my friends. (A portal created by Gold Record appears in front of them and steps out, threatening them.)
Gold Record: Maybe I can't buy it, but thanks to this gold record, I can steal it and become RICH! (throws his disc like a boomerang, targeting Luka)
Rose: Luka, watch out! (She steps in to keep the disc from hitting Luka, which hits her instead and gets trapped inside a record. And just like that, a song is created to let out all her secrets, that is, by singing her heart out.)
Rose:
All my heart, I love Juleka
(Juleka smiles and blushes.)
Rose:
Luka, Ivan, Marinette and Alya
And everyone and all my friends
And unicorns! And bunnies! And I even love the people I don't like!
Gold Record: (as Rose continues singing) Lame! I knew this band was worthless! Come on, Voyage! Voyage into oblivion! (snaps his fingers, transporting Rose's record into outer space) HAHAH! There! In space, no one can hear you sing!
"So, he turns you into musical records and you sing whatever you are feeling inside. And if he doesn't like it, he sends them to space," Angel explained about Bob's powers as Gold Record much to her audience's shock while Rose hummed in slight anger, offended by what Bob said about her record on-screen. "So, if he gets to Luka, he can possibly reveal Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities in his song," Angel explained further in which everyone else shared looks of concern and panic as they nodded in understanding.
Anarka: (stomps towards Gold Record...) Run, kids! I'll take care of that shark! (...and eventually gets touched by Gold Record's disc, trapping her inside a record as well)
If I had to forget every song, every rhyme
Every word that I use...
(Luka turns to look at Marinette, and knowing her superhero identity as Ladybug, he quickly looks for a way to get her to transform.)
Luka: Quick! Follow me! (The gang immediately runs to follow him.)
Anarka:
...from morning to night time
And I could only save one last word, a beacon
Then that last word would be "freedom"
Luka: Come on! Go hide! Quick! (Marinette, being the last one to go below the deck, gives Luka an opportunity to...) Stop! (blocks Marinette) The hold is full. Go hide in the cabin! (Marinette, as intrigued as she is, nods anyway and does what Luka said. Luka proceeds to run downstairs, leaving Marinette to do what is needed to do)
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! (transforms into Ladybug)
Anarka:
Would be, would be... freedom
Gold Record: Voyage! (sends Anarka's disc into outer space)
Scene: Below the deck of Liberty. Luka joins the gang to hide.
Adrien: (running towards Luka) Luka, where's Marinette? Have you seen her?
Luka: She must've hidden somewhere…
Adrien: Or got captured by Gold Record! I've got to go help her!
Luka: If she's been captured, the only ones who can help her are Cat Noir (Adrien gasps, figuring out Luka knows his secret identity) and Ladybug! Come on, hide here. (He shoves Adrien to hide in a closet, leaving both him and Plagg bewildered on Luka's sudden actions. Running again to hide, Gold Record teleports in his room shortly after and blocks his way.)
"So, now I know that he knows?" Adrien asked curiously as well as the audience as the blond boy pointed at Luka.
"Yeah. And eventually, he'll let Marinette know that he knows too," Angel answered after nodding in confirmation.
Gold Record: You can't escape me, Jagged Junior! Your music is MINE! (throws his gold disc at Luka, but this time, Juleka protected him and gets trapped in a purple disc)
Juleka:
Like a flower, you drift in the silence
You float on the water and you dance
The ripples on the surface leave traces of you
Gold Record: Wow... So with you people, it's like the lamer, the better. That thing will never make me rich. Come on, voyage, voyage! (snaps his fingers and teleports Juleka's disc into space) It's time to record that album you owe me, Jagged Junior! (throws the gold disc again, and just before Luka gets hit, Ladybug wraps her yo-yo around Luka and pulls him towards her, avoiding the disc)
"I don't know why he doesn't like your songs. They sound pretty cool!" Ivan said about Gold Record's victims on-screen with most of the audience murmuring in agreement.
"This is Bob. Obviously, whether he has good taste or not is debatable," Marinette noted about Bob, in which the audience once again murmured but also chuckled in agreement after some thought.
Ladybug: We need to get out of here! (pushes Luka out of the door, escaping Gold Record)
Gold Record: Two for the price of one! You can sing a duet! (He attempts to throw the gold disc at Ladybug and Luka as Cat Noir comes out of the closet and quickly throws a rubber duck to keep anyone from being hit by Gold Record's disc. The rubber duck turns into a yellow disc and starts quack-singing.) Ah, this one's a hit! No way I'm sending you to space, Ducky. Voyage, voyage! (teleports duck disc into his office)
"Exhibit A on your point, Marinette: he thinks a song full of duck quacks is a hit," Angel pointed out, in which her audience laughed in agreement. "So, if he likes your song, he'll put you on his office walls," Angel explained further, making her audience nod in understanding.
Cat Noir: I'm warning you: I'm a terrible singer.
Gold Record: It's fine, kitty. You can just dance! (throws his gold disc at Cat Noir)
Cat Noir: (evades the gold disc) Missed! You're as terrible a villain as you are a music producer. (leaps out the boat)
Scene: Les Olympiades. Cat Noir lands on the ground, followed by Gold Record who teleports after him. Gold Record throws the gold disc at him, but he is able to dodge it.
Cat Noir: Hey, it's starting to look like your record's broken. (attacks Gold Record with his staff) It's your turn to dance now!
Gold Record: Voyage! (escapes to teleport and appears on Cat Noir's blind side, catching his gold disc and escapes again)
Cat Noir: I really hate the powers of the Miraculous when a supervillain is using them. (Gold Record returns and throws his gold disc at Cat Noir as the feline evades it successfully.)
"The power of Teleportation really is annoying if it's used against us," Adrien noted, agreeing what he's saying on-screen along with everyone else.
Scene: Canal Saint-Martin. Cat Noir lands on the bridge. Gold Record teleports to his blind spot once again, throwing his disc at him.
Gold Record: Here, kitty, kitty! (Cat Noir evades the disc and leaps away.)
Scene: On the rooftops. Cat Noir shifts his head side by side on a look out for Gold Record as he may appear anywhere at any time. A portal opens in front of him with Gold Record's disc coming out of it, causing Cat Noir to lose balance and fall off to a lower building.
Cat Noir: Hey, no fair! I can't play both cat and mouse! (Gold Record throws his disc at him again as Cat Noir makes his run. The gold disc hits a pigeon this time, trapping it in another disc and playing pigeon sounds. By the subway, Cat Noir manages to escape Gold Record and catches his breath. He opens his ringing cat phone.)
Ladybug: (on the phone) Cat Noir, it's me. You gotta keep Gold Record busy long enough for me to come up with a plan to defeat him.
Cat Noir: Don't worry, m'lady, we're getting along like cats and dogs! (Upon closing his cat phone, Gold Record peeks his head through a portal, finding Cat Noir yet again. He sighs) It's not gonna work if I say "time out"? (Gold Record shakes his head 'no', smiling.)
Scene: Île aux Cygnes. Under a bridge nearby, Luka and Ladybug go into hiding.
[Superpower Sequence]
Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (receives a knitting needle. Ladybug uses her Lucky Vision to spot a fiddle, a guitar, the speakers and Luka.) I've got a plan. But to make it work, I need to use you as bait. Are you willing to take that risk?
Luka: Of course, Ladybug. I trust you. But do you realize the risks? If Gold Record captures me, I'll reveal everything that's in my heart.
Ladybug: I'm sure whatever's in your heart is no problem.
Luka: (worried) It is, Marinette. In this case, it is.
Ladybug: And if you're worried you'll reveal the name of someone you're in love with, that's okay! It's no big deal!
"Girl, did you hear what he just said?!" Alya asked her best friend in exasperation that the latter practically ignored Luka calling her by her real name on-screen.
Luka: You're not listening, Marinette.
Ladybug: Everyone's allowed to be in love, even when things get complicated and— (realizes that Luka has been addressing her as her civilian self) What... did you just call me...? (Luka shrugs with a bitter smile.) Uh— How about Cat Noir...?
Luka: I know, too.
Ladybug: How could I— I was careful! I would never—
Luka: It's not your fault, or Cat Noir's. You didn't make any mistakes, and you won't make any today, either. I trust you.
Ladybug: What would I do without you?
Luka: You know where to find me.
Scene: On the rooftops. Gold Record and Cat Noir continue fighting.
Gold Record: Tag! (He throws his gold disc at Cat Noir, causing him to fall off to another roof after he evades the disc. The disc touches a chimney where Cat Noir is hiding from behind, trapping it inside another disc and playing a song.)
Cat Noir: That's an artist that's sure to go up in smoke real soon!
Gold Record: Maybe, but guess who will be on the B-side of that record? (A guitar riff is heard from afar, making Gold Record to shift his head to the sound, which is coming from the Eiffel Tower. Luka is then seen playing the guitar on top of the Eiffel Tower.)
Luka: If it's my music you want, Gold Record, then come and get it!
Gold Record: Ah! Finally, the rebel-rebel's come to his senses! No one can resist excessive moolah! (Cat Noir opens his cat phone.)
Ladybug: (on the phone) Don't stop him, Cat Noir. It's part of the plan. (ends the call)
Gold Record: Voyage! (He teleports to the Eiffel Tower, about to capture Luka from behind as he throws his gold disc at him. Ladybug hides at the back, waiting for the perfect time to catch Gold Record off-guard. Sensing that Gold Record is already behind him, Luka lets himself get captured and trapped inside a disc.)
Luka:
We all have moments of doubt and pain, you know
They're all parts of our inner tune, you know?
If you can dance to the beat of my heart, you'll know
I'll tell you all I know
"Wow, Luka! Your song rocks!" Kim said as he and some of the audience bopped to Luka's singing on-screen.
Monarch: (from his lair) Yes! (As Luka's record continues to play, Ladybug holds up a makeshift bow and arrow from the fiddle and her Lucky Charm and shoots it at Gold Record's gold disc...)
Gold Record: NO! (...sending it flying away from the Eiffel Tower to the rooftops where Cat Noir is.)
Cat Noir: Cataclysm! (breaks the gold disc as the megakuma flies out)
Luka:
I'll tell you all, you know
I'll tell you who—
(Luka's record stops playing upon Cat Noir's Cataclysm.)
"YES!" Everyone in the audience cheered that Gold Record's been stopped before Luka can reveal anything on-screen.
Monarch: (from his lair) NOOO!
Ladybug: No more evil-doing for you, megakuma! (opens her yo-yo) Time to de-evilize! (captures the megakuma) Gotcha! (frees the purified butterfly) Bye-bye, little butterfly!
Cat Noir: (leaps to the Eiffel Tower to join Ladybug) If you'd, please, m'lady? (gives Ladybug the knitting needle)
Ladybug: With pleasure, kitty cat! Miraculous Ladybug! (She throws the knitting needle in the air, restoring all the damages caused by Gold Record, as well as freeing the people trapped in discs. Cat Noir holds up the broken akumatized object, reverting it back to a bunch of contracts. Gold Record is back to his normal self.)
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it! (Luka smiles at them at a distance.)
"Pound it!" The two heroes once again fist-bumped and kissed in victory.
Scene: Liberty. Ladybug gives a magical charm to Bob.
Ladybug: Bob Roth. This magical charm will protect you from Monarch. (places the magical charm in Bob's hand)
Bob: Again with that trinket! I don't want it, it's worthless! (drops the magical charm on the floor and spots the bunch of contracts in Cat Noir's hand) Aha! Now this is gonna win me a fortune! Thank you for fixing everything, Ladybug! (laughs maniacally)
Anarka: (storms in behind Bob) Give me that contract, Bob!
Bob: Never! Jagged Junior's going to sing for me, or I'll make his little friends' lives hell.
Luka: Mom, I acknowledge that you made an effort to remain calm and you tried to give him a chance.
Bob: You think I'm afraid of you when we got two superheroes whose job is to protect Paris' citizens? (cackles) Dream on! You can't touch me! I got the law on my side and I can do whatever I want!
Cat Noir: (with a hint of sarcasm) Oh no, m'lady, I'm afraid I'm about to transform back. I've gotta run!
Ladybug: (sarcastic) Dear me, so am I! Such a shame. Oh, well... bug out!
Cat Noir: Woohooo! (The heroes leap away, leaving poor Bob with wounded pride.)
The teens in the audience giggled sort-of maniacally in reaction to the two heroes leaving Bob in the strong hands of Ms. Couffaine on-screen.
Bob: (stutters) Wait! Come back! I could draw up a contract for you, too! (Anarka throws a comically screaming Bob to the banks of the Seine, for good this time.)
"I have to admit: I really enjoy seeing your mother throw unsavory people like Bob overboard," Kagami said with a smile to Luka who laughed in agreement along with everyone else.
"I think we can all agree that we don't sign on with this guy," Luka noted to the rest of Kitty Section about Bob who murmured enthusiastically in agreement.
"But, in spite of everything, Bob is still the most successful music producer around. It's gonna be hard to find another one," Ivan then pointed out, which made Kitty Section think in deep thought.
"We still have time to figure that out," Luka then answered in which Kitty Section nodded in agreement with a smile.
Scene: Monarch's lair.
Monarch: You defeated me today, Ladybug. But your time is running out! Now that I know the young musician holds the secret to Ladybug and Cat Noir's identities, I'm not going to let him off the hook, and believe me, I will make him sing! (The lair window closes.)
Scene: Liberty. Luka tears the rest of the contract into pieces.
Rose: You saved Kitty Section, Luka!
Mylène: You guys can play gigs again!
Luka: Thank you, my friends. I'm so happy that Kitty Section's adventure will go on. But I have something important to tell you. I can't be a part of this adventure anymore. (Everyone gasps.) I can't stay in Paris. I'd be a threat to everyone I love here because I know the secret identities of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
Adrien: But if no one finds out, you're safe!
Luka: Monarch sensed that I knew when he tried to akumatize me.
Marinette: Ladybug and Cat Noir will always protect you.
Luka: I can't become the priority, not when they have to defeat Monarch to free Paris. (The gang clamors simultaneously.)
"Love the self-sacrificing and all, Luka, but where exactly are you gonna go? It's not like there's a government-sponsored protection program," Alya asked in which everyone else (including Luka) are deep in thought about that. Angel then just pointed to the screen telling them to watch further, so the audience turned their attention back to the screen.
Zoé: (interposing) We can't write Kitty Section's music without you!
Marc: (interposing) Who's going to listen to us?
Ivan: (interposing) But what are we going to do without you?
Mylène: (interposing) You're like an inspiration to us…
Luka: The music can be written without me. Kitty Section's and your inner tunes. I know you can already hear what's in your heart. And as for the band, trust Juleka. (The gang turns to her.) From what we heard earlier, she's the most talented one in the family.
Juleka: I mean- I... don't really think I'm all that good—
Anarka: Woah woah woah woah! Let's slow down with the big heroic sacrifices! You're still a teen, Luka, and you'll do as your mother says. There is no way I'm letting you run around the world without adult supervision.
Jagged Stone: (off-screen) I'll go with him! (Anarka cracks her knuckles.)
Luka: Give him a chance, Mom.
Anarka: Jagged, you old pirate! You don't expect me to believe you're willing to give up on the rockstar life? The five-star hotels? The money? The fame?
Jagged Stone: I already have, Nanarky. When I saw Luka stand up to Bob, I knew my son was right. I tore up my contracts too and fed the scraps to Fang. (Fang growls in agreement.) So, if you give me a chance, I'd like to try and be a father. For once.
Anarka: (to Penny) And you're okay with this?
Penny: Yes. And I can help Luka with schoolwork when we're on the road.
Anarka: I thought your guitar was your only family!
Jagged Stone: Well, from now on, my family will be my only guitar. (Anarka turns to look at Luka and sighs deeply. She then extends her arms out for a hug, to which Jagged responds, exhilarated.) Ha-hah! Awesome! (hugs Anarka. Juleka and Luka join in their hug as a family...)
Rose: This is so beautiful! (...and the rest of the gang join in for a group hug, as Luka exchanges glances of reassurance at both Adrien and Marinette. The frame freezes, and photos of Luka, Jagged Stone, and Penny traveling around the world are shown on screen.)
"OK, everybody. That's all for today! We'll finish everything tomorrow!" Angel announced and everyone in the audience left for their respective bedrooms.