Miraculous: Chloe Bourgeois Time Travel Fix-It.

Chapter 14: Czar Rex, Seraphim Sentinel, and Sovereign.

(Three hundred and four thousand, six hundred and third Quantic Universe Earth, Paris, France, Saturday, September 19th, 2015, third person POV...)

Alya says in a recording for the Oracle Knight Blog, "Don't blink now, because we are live from Paris. Yo, peeps, it's Alya here, bringing you the one and only Oracle Knight Blog."

A helicopter whirs over head and Alya asks, "Huh? What is that? A helicopter? And Ladybug flying after it?"

Ladybug flies after the helicopter, her wings fluttering and buzzing as she flies.

Ladybug is heard exclaiming to lead Alya and the Oracle Knight Blog viewers astray even though Alya doesn't know it yet, "Oh, my gosh, I'm late for my superhero intel meeting!"

Ladybug "accidentally" drops a book as she gets recorded flying faster and past the helicopter.

Alya remarks before asking as she spots the book, "Hang on to your socks, 'cause we're going to be going for a ride! And why would Ladybug have a superhero intel meeting? Wait, what's this?"

Alya runs over and picks up the book.

Alya remarks, "Freak out! What we have right here and now is no ordinary book; it's a tenth grade history book. And I should know, because I have this very exact same book. Could our very own Ladybug be a high school student, (Zoom out to reveal the Oracle Knight Blog website where Marinette is watching the video from) in real life? Whoa!"

Marinette remarks, "Hah! See, Tikki? I told you my plan was gonna succeed!"

Tikki replies, "Even so, Alya must not find out who you are. You know how persistent she can be with her blog totally dedicated to our army."

Marinette then says, "Actually, I plan on bringing her in one season early."

Tikki starts to ask, "What?! But – "

Marinette replies, "No buts, Tikki. King Hornbill and the others said that one of the reasons why Alya believed Lila's lies in the first place along with being one of the reasons why our friendship fell apart outside of Lila's lies is because I chose not to reveal my identity to her for four – count 'em, four seasons of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Venus Thrushcrown even said that that decision to keep my identity a secret from Alya for four seasons is one of the dumbest and most wrong decisions I've ever made, and one of the dumbest choices a Miraculous Ladybug character has made to date. And he also says that even after revealing my identity to Alya in the Gang of Secrets episode, Alya still refused to believe me about Lila's lies, and both him and I chalked it up to a combination of lazy writing and Thomas Astruc refusing to even clarify whether or not Alya was educated about Lila's crimes, her willing collaboration with Hawk Moth at the time excluded because we still didn't know about it. Also thanks to Astruc."

Tikki asks, "But how can you be sure that Alya won't reveal your identity, aside from the example you gave her on your second day of school after the battle against Stoneheart and his army of clones?"

Marinette replies while showing the comic books of Civil War issue 2 and One More Day issues 1, 2, 3, and 4, "It's simple; in these comic books, because of Spider-Man's support of the Superhero Government Registration Act, he had to reveal his true identity of Peter Benjamin Parker to the whole world as a final test of supporting Iron Man's stance on superheroes working for the United States government, and even though he finally got his revenge on the original Green Goblin Norman Osborn by having him sent to prison at long last, Peter grew to eventually regret his decision for a world wide identity reveal because his Aunt May was shot and was not gonna make it, with the assassin being hired by none other than Wilson Fisk, also known as The Kingpin of crime. So, Spider-Man made a deal with the demon overlord, Mephistopheles, to have his identity no longer public knowledge, but with the price being that his marriage to Mary Jane Watson would have to be non-existent from there on. Even though Peter didn't want to live the rest of his life as a single man looking for love again, he knew that he had to accept the deal, and personally, I believe firmly that Peter shouldn't have done that at all."

Tikki asks, "Why, Marinette?"

Marinette replies, "Because, Tikki, even if May Parker died, Peter would still have his friends in his civilian life and in various superhero teams along with Mary Jane to help him through his grief and set him on the right path before he could even follow the path of his 1994 alternate universe evil counterpart Spider-Carnage. And besides, outside of Mephistopheles, making a deal with the devil regardless of metaphorical or literal meaning in real life or in fiction, even for a superhero whose identity was publicly revealed, is a planet-sized no-no. But apparently, the writers at Marvel Comics didn't even give a damn about it; they were just in it for the popularity and money coming from the fans."

Tikki didn't want to admit it, but she knew from the inside and on the outside that on all counts, Marinette was right.

Marinette then says, "Anyway, until then, I intend to show Alya the illustrations about Khepri, La Déesse Coccinelle from Ancient Egypt. Hopefully, it should drive away her attention to Ladybug's identity until we get to the day of the Lady Wifi incident. And if not, then I'll have to, how can I put it?... rescind my invitation to the Oracle Knights, metaphorically on the invitation part."

Tikki nods in understanding.

Then, Alix asks, "So, how exactly did you lose the book in the original timeline for real?"

Marinette answers, "According to my photographic memory, I was saving a couple from a burning building and I realized that I was running late for history class, and I thought I'd be able to get there faster by hitchhiking on a helicopter. But apparently, this time around, I remembered to make a fake history textbook to throw Alya off the scent of my identity."

Alix nods in understanding before saying, "Well, good luck, Mari."

Alix leaves.

Later, Marinette and Alya get off the bus and start making their way to the Louvre.

Alya remarks, "Can you believe it, Mari? All I gotta do is find out who this history book belongs to and BAM, I figure out Ladybug's identity! I'm so on this one!"

Marinette asks, "Are you really that desperate to know her identity? 'Cause if she finds out, she'll think that you hate her that much."

Alya replies, "I don't hate Ladybug!"

Marinette replies back coolly, "Ladybug might see it that way."

Alya asks, "Why?"

Marinette answers, "Remember what I said on the second day of school: you post Ladybug's identity on your blog, and the next day, she ends up murdered alongside her family and allies in the Oracle Knights. So, by that reckoning, if Ladybug found out that you posted her identity on your blog, she'll immediately think that you hate her and thus want her dead. Remember, superheroes like Superman, Majestia, Spider-Man, Batman, Knightowl, Rorschach, Green Lantern, Booster Gold, The Flash, and Sparrow among others keep their identities a secret to protect themselves, their families, and their friends from prosecution, from legal mitigation, from provoked retaliation, and to ensure that their private lives remain private. I mean, for someone like Ladybug, if she wanted to go shopping or go to a movie premiere, she'd have to have kept her identity a secret to prevent herself from being bothered or from potentially getting mugged or raped. And trust me, Als, that's a bunch of serious matters."

Alya replies, "Oh."

Marinette then adds, "And for another example, in the Marvel Comics Civil War comic issue number two and the comic book issues one, two, three and four for One More Day, because of Spider-Man's support of the Superhero Government Registration Act, he had to reveal his true identity of Peter Benjamin Parker to the whole world as a final test of supporting Iron Man's stance on superheroes working for the United States government, and even though he finally got his revenge on the original Green Goblin Norman Osborn by having him sent to prison at long last, Peter grew to eventually regret his decision for a world wide identity reveal because his Aunt May was shot and was not gonna make it, with the assassin being hired by none other than Wilson Fisk, also known as The Kingpin, the Kingpin of crime. So, Spider-Man made a deal with the demon overlord, Mephistopheles, to have his identity no longer public knowledge, but with the price being that his marriage to Mary Jane Watson having to be non-existent from there on. Even though Peter didn't want to live the rest of his life as a single man looking for love again, he knew that he had to accept the deal. You don't want that to happen to Ladybug just because her identity was revealed, now do you?"

Alya looks down in shame as she answers, "No."

Marinette then says to change the subject, "And seriously, do you really expect to find out Ladybug's identity from a textbook that our school uses?"

As they continue into the Louvre, Alya replies, her dampened mood uplifted, "Yep, because our school is indeed the only one that uses that kind of book! Ha! So, all I gotta do is find out which girl in tenth grade lost her book yesterday. There are forty-three girls, not counting you or myself."

Marinette remarks, "Forty-three, you say?"

Alya elbows Marinette lightheartedly and answers, "Yep, because somebody managed to remember to bring their history textbook back to class yesterday."

Marinette replies, "Yes, thanks to my eidetic memory, I managed to remember to return my textbook to class. You know I have a strict policy about forgetting things regardless of the status of my memory."

Alya leans towards Marinette with a suspicious hum and a narrowed eyes expression.

But Marinette remains stoic.

Alya chuckles before saying, "Okay, you got me; I was just teasing you, Marinette. Of course I'll drop you from my suspect list, since you returned your history book to school."

Just then, as they enter the Egyptian exhibit, Marinette hears Jalil Kubdel running into the exhibit while carrying a folder full of papers, and she heard him so well because of her super hearing.

Marinette gently yanks Alya out of the way as Jalil breezes past them and trips, making his papers fly everywhere.

His pendant falls and he picks it up.

Jalil says in relief, "It's not broken!"

Marinette says in French, "Espèce d'idiot, fais attention où tu vas!/ You idiot, watch where you're going!"

Jalil replies, "I'm sorry, girls. Hey, you're in the same grade as Alix, right?"

Marinette answers in English, "Yes, and I presume you're her older brother, Jalil Kubdel."

Jalil and Alya look at Marinette in suspicion and Jalil asks, "How'd you know?"

Marinette answers flawlessly, "When I introduced my own relatives to Alix, she told me about you being her older brother, although, some of the things she says that you do, let's just say they're not exactly nice, especially with evidence detailing how much she's been telling the truth."

Jalil replies before asking and then before calling out as soon as he spots his father, "(Sighs) I guess that makes sense. But anyway, you're into Tutankhamun, too? Dad!"

Jalil runs off.

Alya then says, "Weird. So, say again, girl, why are we here? This exhibit's got something to do with Ladybug? For reals?"

Marinette answers while pointing at different illustrations and symbols, and while pointing out inaccuracies, "Yes, as you can see, that woman with the Ladybug Yoyo is Present Day Ladybug's Egyptian predecessor, Khepri, also known as La Déesse Coccinelle, exact Egyptian Ladybug identity unknown. She came into existence around Tutankhamun's time three thousand and three hundred years ago, because the Pharaoh in Egypt five thousand years ago is actually King Menes. (Alya: Crazy!) Anyway, according to this, around Tutankhamun's era, his stepmother Queen Nefertiti had died a year after Tut became Pharaoh. So, he planned to make a sacrificial offering to the Egyptian sun god Ra – who doesn't exist, I might add – by offering a human soul pure of heart to please him as a new consort, with the ritual being carried out by one hundred mummies in an ankh formation and with Egyptian magic thrown into the mix. But then, La Déesse Coccinelle stopped him before he could carry out the ritual. The reason why is because, for one, King Tut was dabbling in magic that no human being should dabble in, and second, in order to revive Queen Nefertiti, it's an equivalent exchange kind of deal."

Alya asks, "Oh, just like the Ultimate Miraculous Absolute Power Ladybug and her team described on their first day?"

Marinette replies, "Ding ding ding, that's right."

Alya then asks, "So, who was the first Ladybug Miraculous holder five thousand years ago, bestie?"

Marinette answers, "My sources claim that the woman in question is called Piáo Chóng, the first holder of the Ladybug Miraculous in Ancient China five thousand years ago right around after the time where the Miraculous jewels in all were forged."

Alya then types into her Oracle Knight Blog folder all of this information for a later debriefing.

Meanwhile, in Adrien's bedroom, Adrien is watching the same video from the Oracle Knight Blog shown earlier that day.

Alya says before asking as she notices the tenth grade history book, "Hang on to your socks, 'cause we're going to be going for a ride! Wait, what's this?"

Alya runs over and picks up the book.

Alya remarks, "Freak out! What we have right here and now is no ordinary book; it's a tenth grade history book. And I should know, because I have this very exact same book. Could our very own Ladybug be a high school student, in real life? Whoa!"

Adrien remarks, "I can't believe how crazy I thought this was. I mean, Marinette clearly told me how this played out in the original timeline, and considering what she told us about her plan, I'd say that we have it easy knowing each other's identities, outside of the odds of us having the exact same history textbook and even outside of the odds of us going to the same school."

Plagg asks, "So, do you still think it was a good idea for the lot of you to know each other's identities from the start, even outside of the benefits including avoiding the repeat of the same problems from the original timeline?"

Adrien replies, "Marinette said that it may not be easy, but as long as we don't date each other until my father is defeated, as long as we avoid saying things in civilian or superhero guises that we shouldn't, as long as we keep ourselves alert even in our sleep, and as long as we avoid getting too comfortable around each other, we'll make this work. And besides, Marinette also said that you'd sound like Tikki and Master Fu just by asking that question."

Plagg replies, "Yeah, you're right."

Plagg then asks as he passes Adrien a quarter of a roast beef sandwich, "Want a piece of this roast beef sandwich?"

Adrien replies, "No, thanks; I just ate."

Plagg replies back, "Right, I forgot; humans have a digestive track and kwamis in our normal forms don't, in addition to your father currently being strict with your diet whenever asked."

Plagg finishes up his lunch.

Meanwhile, back at the Louvre, Alya asks, "So, Hippolyta was real and was a Ladybug Miraculous holder?"

Marinette answers, "Yes."

Alya asks again, "The very mother of Wonder Woman herself?"

Marinette replies, "The very same, albeit without Wonder Woman or any other DC Comics superhero or supervillain being real."

Alya remarks, "That's crazier than I thought!"

Marinette then says in a whisper, "(Softly; sharply) Alya, keep it down, please; the museum has a noise ordinance policy."

Alya replies in a whisper, "(Softly) Oops, sorry."

Just then, Jalil and Alim Kubdel come up and Jalil says, "I'm telling you, Father, it's right there in the hieroglyphics."

Jalil goes to gently push Marinette aside, but Marinette instinctively grabs Jalil's hand and twists his wrist slightly counter-clockwise, making him softly yell in pain.

Marinette then says, "Push me or otherwise harshly touch me again, and I break both your wrists."

Marinette puts Jalil's wrist back and Alim says before asking, "You'd better listen to her, son. Now, what was it you were about to say?"

Jalil says as he points to several illustrations, "Right there, as you know, the one with the scepter is Tutankhamun, the first. And right there, opposite of him is Nefertiti, his princess. There are exactly one hundred mummies beside them. She died several years before him, and the sun god Ra took her as his goddess."

Marinette growls under her breath.

Alim says, "Yes, I know all that. I'm the director of this exhibition, remember?"

Jalil replies, "Then you also know that Tutankhamun wanted to bring his princess back to life, by offering the sun god a new wife. This seemed to illustrate the fact that this is the ritual he came up with. Nobody has ever managed to successfully and fully decipher the hieroglyphics, but I have! It's a magic chant that needs to be recited in order to complete the ritual! I'm sure of it!"

Marinette whispers, "(Softly) I can see this is an opportune moment for Akumatization if Jalil is denied what he wants."

Alim then says, "Jalil, these types of frescoes are almost always the illustrations of legends that either are real or are not. They called this one a legend in particular for a reason."

Alim starts to walk away, but Jalil says, "That's what everyone thinks, but I know it's real. I can prove it!"

Alim asks skeptically, "Oh, really? And exactly how are you gonna be able to prove it?"

Jalil says, "I just need to get my hands on Tutankhamun's scepter and recite the spell!"

Jalil goes to touch the scepter, but Alim says as he stops his son, "Are you serious? Are you out of your mind? Don't even think about touching that Egyptian scepter; I'd lose my job on the spot and you'd be thrown in jail for not just touching museum property, but also for dabbling in potentially dangerous magic. It's a priceless historical artifact, not a toy!"

Jalil protests, "Come on, Dad! We have to try out the spell! What if Tutankhamun had found a way about how to bring dead people back to life?"

Alim then snaps, "Listen, Jalil, that's enough! Get your head out of those papyrus scrolls and focus on the real world; this one!"

Alim leaves.

Jalil drops his papers, looking saddened.

Jalil then looks furious and he snarls, "You'll regret this, Dad. I swear it."

Jalil storms away.

Off to the side, Marinette growls, "That piece of s(bleep!)"

Alya exclaims aghast, "Marinette! Watch your mouth!"

Marinette snarks back, "You're not the boss of me, Alya. At the rate that Jalil's feeling right now, he's bound to get Akumatized into a replica of King Tutankhamun, and even outside of that, he doesn't recognize when he has his history facts all wrong, and he clearly doesn't care about the logical reasons why he shouldn't dabble in things like Egyptian magic. And he also clearly doesn't care about the fact that touching historical artifacts in this museum will make his father lose his job and land Jalil in prison. Which means, I'm outta here."

Marinette runs off, and Alya watches her go.

Alya sighs as she remarks, "Well, on the bright side, at least I'll be here for the next Akuma before the Oracle Knights show up."

Hearing this, Marinette mentally remarks, "That's partially the idea."

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth remarks as the window opens, "There's nothing wrong with living out a fantasy. Especially when I can make it a reality."

Hawk Moth turns a butterfly into an Akuma and sends it off while saying, "Fly away, my evil Akuma, and transform that young man!"

The Akuma flies off to the Louvre.

Meanwhile, in Pipevine's lair, Pipevine senses the positive emotion of joy from Jamil Khalifa, a museum worker at the Grand Palais who got the latest work of historical art brought to the Grand Palais to be handed to the Louvre as long as there's additional space.

Pipevine remarks, "Well, there's nothing wrong with this one."

Pipevine makes a Kamiko and says, "Fly on, my little Kamiko, and empower the joy in Jamil Khalifa's heart!"

The Kamiko flies off to the Grand Palais.

Meanwhile, Swallowtail and Flat Sparrow sense the positive emotions of calmness, happiness, gratitude, hope, confidence, and satisfaction from museum guards Maleek Kumar and Shaquille Kuang, who are feeling the way they are not just because of recent promotions, but also because of opportunities to spend more time with friends and family.

Swallowtail remarks, "Well, for Maleek, I can easily give him a promotion of my own."

And Flat Sparrow adds, "And with my own powers, I can easily give Shaquille the confidence he needs to be able to help save the day."

They both make a Guard and a Tenshi before sending them off.

Outside the Louvre, Jalil is sitting on a stone path, looking upset.

The Akuma flies into his pendant, and Hawk Moth says, "Pharaoh, I am Hawk Moth. I have endowed upon you the magical powers of the ancient gods. You must do me a favor in return for this gift."

Jalil/Pharaoh replies darkly, "My precious Nefertiti will come back to life!"

Jalil turns into The Pharaoh.

At the Grand Palais, the Kamiko makes contact with Jamil's armlet and gloves.

Pipevine then says, "Seraphim Sentinel, I am Pipevine. I'm granting you the powers of the greatest angels of Heaven to date. My team and I need you to help us deakumatize Hawk Moth's latest champion victim, Louvre worker Jalil Kubdel, aka The Pharaoh. But be warned: he has the power to switch his faces to different animals representing mythological Egyptian gods that don't exist, such as a jackal face that turns humans into mummies and a dog ape face that creates time bubbles capable of making any prisoner move and talk in slow motion."

Jamil/Seraphim Sentinel replies, "In the name of The Lord, victory shall be for the Oracle Knights!"

Jamil turns into Seraphim Sentinel, a seraphim-inspired version of the Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2018 versions of The Vulture combined with the Captain America iteration of The Falcon, albeit with the design of The Vulture from Spider-Man: Web of Shadows in the mix being the pre-symbiote version.

Seraphim Sentinel flies off to the Louvre.

Meanwhile, the Guard and Tenshi make their ways to Maleek and Shaquille before merging with their respective wallets, glasses, ring and chained dog tags, ID badges, and watches.

Swallowtail and Flat Sparrow say one after the other, "Czar Rex, I am Swallowtail. I'm granting you the powers of the greatest angels of Heaven to date. My team and I need you to help us deakumatize Hawk Moth's latest champion victim, Louvre worker Jalil Kubdel, aka The Pharaoh. But be warned: he has the power to switch his faces to different animals representing mythological Egyptian gods that don't exist, such as a jackal face that turns humans into mummies and a dog ape face that creates time bubbles capable of making any prisoner move and talk in slow motion." "Sovereign, I am Flat Sparrow. I'm granting you the powers of the greatest angels of Heaven to date. My team and I need you to help us deakumatize Hawk Moth's latest champion victim, Louvre worker Jalil Kubdel, aka The Pharaoh. But be warned: he has the power to switch his faces to different animals representing mythological Egyptian gods that don't exist, such as a jackal face that turns humans into mummies and a dog ape face that creates time bubbles capable of making any prisoner move and talk in slow motion."

Maleek/Czar Rex and Shaquille/Sovereign reply in unison, "In the name of the Lord, victory shall be ours!" "In the name of the Lord, victory shall be ours!"

Maleek and Shaquille turn into respectively an opposite color armored version of The Pharaoh and an armored version of Angel/Archangel from X-Men Apocalypse.

They take off to the Louvre.

Just then, in the Egyptian exhibit, a museum employee blows his whistle and says, "Hey, you!"

The Pharaoh then says, "Thoth, give me time!"

His face changes into a dog ape's face, and he creates a time bubble before throwing it at the museum employee, imprisoning him in it.

Then the Pharaoh traps several civilians inside time bubbles, and Alya avoids one.

Alya grins and gets out her smartphone before turning on her video recorder and she begins to record the Pharaoh.

The Pharaoh spreads his arms and says to the time bubbles, "Get out of here, faster!"

The bubbles fly out of the room.

In Marinette's hiding spot in the girl's bathroom, she sends out an alert to her team and transforms into Ladybug before flying towards the Egyptian exhibit.

Alya whispers as she records the Pharaoh taking King Tutankhamun's scepter, "(Softly) OMG. I'm coming to you live, Oracle Knight Blog viewers. I'm at the scene before any of the Oracle Knights! This is incredible!"

In Adrien's room, Adrien and Plagg watch as The Pharaoh's face changes back to King Tut's funerary mask.

Plagg remarks, "I said it before, and I'll say it again: you could use the face changes!"

Adrien says, "Plagg, Claws Out!"

Back at the Louvre, The Pharaoh takes the papyrus and the security gates close, but the Oracle Knights including Seraphim Sentinel, Czar Rex, and Sovereign, and minus Cat Noir manage to get through before they fully close.

Ladybug asks, "You do realize that that is considered stealing, right?"

The Pharaoh replies, "Actually, I'm taking back what rightfully belongs to me."

Ladybug brandishes her sword and shield while saying, "Maybe if you were the real King Tutankhamun, which you're not!"

Alya records the Oracle Knights and says, "(Softly) Look at the Oracle Knights and their new angelic champions go! If I'm dreaming, don't wake me up!"

Ladybug then says, "Tomcat Noir, can you handle a bit of an annoyance for me?"

Tomcat Noir replies, "With pleasure."

Tomcat Noir picks up Alya and rushes out at full speed against the now shattered gate bars, much to Alya's shock and indignation.

Ladybug charges at the Pharaoh and he easily dodges her proficient sword strikes before dodging her shield attacks, and then dodging her sword and shield combo attacks.

Then Pharaoh grabs Ladybug by her sword and swings her around before swinging her into a wall, but then, she lands feet first on the wall and launches herself in a spinning motion, allowing her to strike the Pharaoh multiple times with her sword, shield, and fists.

Upon the final strike, the Pharaoh launches Ladybug back first into the wall, and she flops onto the floor.

The rest of the Oracle Knights then gang up on Pharaoh, and after fifteen minutes of non-stop fighting thanks to their superior numbers being amplified by Ladybug and Tomcat Noir being added to the mix, it was a matter of time before the Pharaoh was beaten to a pulp, but not necessarily to the brink of death.

Scarlet Spots then goes to remove the Pharaoh's pendant, but then, the Pharaoh does a breakdancing multi-direction kip-up that knocks away all the heroes.

But then, Seraphim Sentinel snags the pendant and then The Pharaoh bashes the angelic champion away.

Then, after the Pharaoh knocks away Czar Rex and Sovereign, he puts his pendant back on and says, "Sekhmet, give me your strength!"

The Pharaoh's face changes to a lioness face and he bends two of the bars on the gate away from each other enough to make an exit, but then Cat Noir remarks, "How nice of you to hold the door open for me!"

Cat Noir tries to jump and slam his staff on the Pharaoh's head, and just as the Pharaoh grabs Cat Noir by the face, Cat Noir bashes the Pharaoh's hand away.

But then The Pharaoh grabs Cat Noir's face by his other hand and throws him into a coffin.

The Pharaoh remarks, "Enjoy your coffin! Hahahahahaha!"

The Pharaoh starts leaving.

Alya hides behind a pillar and records Ladybug as she uses her super strength to open the coffin with little difficulty, and Alya remarks, "This is hecka crazy! Keep your eyes open and on the screen!"

Alya notices the Pharaoh looming over her, and she says nervously, "Hiya!"

The Pharaoh places his right hand on Alya's face and says, "Your face. Fate has placed you on my road path. Come with me!"

He slings Alya over his right shoulder and walks out.

Alya exclaims, "Hey, hands off the threads, I can walk myself!"

Ladybug notices this and aims her taser pistol before firing, and even though the Pharaoh and Alya got electrocuted, it wasn't enough to stun Pharaoh into unconsciousness.

Ladybug then says as the Pharaoh turns around at the opposite end of the gate, "You have until the count of three to let her go before I set my taser pistol to kill."

The Pharaoh laughs as he retorts, "You won't do it; you need her alive as much as you do, and superheroes don't kill."

Ladybug switches the taser pistol to kill, and the Pharaoh hurriedly closes the bars and runs away.

Ladybug chitter-snarls angrily.

Ladybug approaches the bars and slices them to pieces with her sword.

Cat Noir remarks, "I said it before, and I'll say it again: Alya is one brave chick."

Ladybug retorts, "And this is the first time I'll say it in accordance with my memories: if by brave, you mean bossy, feisty, persistent, willingly ignorant, obsessive, determined to a fault, slightly gullible, passionate, and so forth on her good and bad traits outside of Lila's lies and my identity? Yes, that's her."

The Oracle Knights then assemble, and Ladybug says, "Let's fly to the roof; chances are the main hallway to the entrance is loaded with time bubbles."

The Oracle Knights take flight and they head to the roof.

Outside the Louvre, The Pharaoh throws Alya to the ground.

Alya says, "Hey!"

The Pharaoh says, "Onto the next phase of the plan. Anubis, bring me mummies!"

His face morphs into a jackal face and his eyes shoot white laser beams at forty civilians, turning them into mummies.

The Pharaoh then says, "Soon, we'll be together again, my Nefertiti! My long-lost love!"

Alya says, "This is gonna be one major scoop!"

Alya sets up her phone and taps Pharaoh's left shoulder while asking, "Uh, excuse me, Pharaoh, but what exactly is going on here?"

Pharaoh answers, "I'm going to be carrying out the secret ritual spell to bring Nefertiti back to life!"

Alya replies as she asks again, "Ahh, gotcha. You're talking about the spell shown on the papyrus, right?"

The Pharaoh replies, "Correct! The one hundred mummies and the offering!"

Alya asks again, "What offering?"

The Pharaoh answers, "To persuade the sun god Ra to give me back my sweet princess, I must give to him something in return. A human soul pure of heart!"

Alya scoffs, "Dude, that's so hard to come by these days."

The Pharaoh replies, "But I've already found her! You look so much like her!"

The papyrus scroll shows an illustration seventy-five percent similar to Alya except for the fact that reading glasses weren't invented until sometime between 1268 and 1300.

Alya goes bug-eyed as she asks, "Say what?!"

The Pharaoh cackles.

Alya then says on the video, "Ladybug, this is Alya! I just found out that I'm the sacrificial offering to the sun god! Please hurry!"

Alya then sees a figure on the papyrus and she remembers what Marinette said about La Déesse Coccinelle being the Egyptian Ladybug Miraculous holder three thousand and three hundred years ago.

The Pharaoh then starts the ritual in no time, unaware of the Oracle Knights' plan, with the Ladybug costume in hand.

The Pharaoh then says, "Oh, sacred Ra, god of the sun, I, Pharaoh, offer to thee a pure soul! The sacrifice for the return of Nefertiti!"

The Louvre pyramid lights up and as the Pharaoh speaks, it shoots a beam into the sky that starts spreading darkness.

The Pharaoh says, "I bow to you, and present this gift with my mummies! In company, we pray to you the safe return of Princess Nefertiti! Awaken, Nefertiti! Awaken! Awaken, Nefertiti! Awaken!"

The mummies say in unison, "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..." "Awaken, Nefertiti... Awaken..."

The mummies carry Alya towards the pyramid, and Alya shrieks, "LADYBUG!"

Ladybug then slips the toy earrings into the Pharaoh's hand at the same time she discreetly snags his amulet pendant necklace without him noticing, and the Oracle Knights manage to take back Alya.

The Pharaoh then demands as he sees the Ladybug Miraculous in his hand is a toy, "Ah, the Ladybug – wait! A toy? You tricked me!"

Ladybug then grips the pendant and breaks it.

Then, Ladybug purifies the Akuma and unleashes her Miraculous Ladybug.

Jalil then asks disoriented, "What just happened?"

The heroes share a pound it.

Alya then comes up and asks, "Thanks, Oracle Knights! But, uh, I gotta ask: how old are you, Ladybug? Seriously."

Ladybug answers, "I'm turning eighteen tomorrow."

Alya looks shocked at that.

Ladybug then snarls to Jalil, "Young man, we need to talk."

Jalil and Alya gulp in unified fear, with Jalil looking like he's about to scream at Ladybug's furious expression.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth exclaims then says, "What?! You might have gotten away this time, Oracle Knights, but I assure you, some day, wherever you are, I will have your Miraculouses, and then you'll all be nothing! Nothing at all!"

After the heroes rip into Jalil for what he was doing, his Akumatization included and excluded, Jalil was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and his father was told to hire someone else to replace Jalil because Jalil had just been fired, and Alim was in the clear because his employers knew Alim did his best to warn Jalil about the consequences of his actions even though Jalil chose not to listen.

Inside the Louvre, Alya walks back in and sees Marinette.

Alya asks, "Marinette, where have you been?!"

Marinette answers, "I was hiding in an alleyway and saw the whole thing on your blog."

Alya then says, "Well, I hope you weren't mummified; there was forty mummies trying to swap me out for Nefertiti! Creepy!"

Marinette asks, "Say wha?"

Alya replies, "Yeah, and if it weren't for you, I'd never have found out that Ladybug has a history of a legacy spanning five thousand years."

Marinette smiles a bit as she remarks, "Well, what are friends for?"

Alya grabs her bag and they head out.

Alya then says, "Anyway, I don't get it; why would Ladybug have a tenth grade history textbook?"

Marinette answers, "My guess is that she wanted to remember much of the history that has been going on for the past fifty centuries after she had been given her Miraculous on the 3rd of September this year. After all, all the great leaders of the future learn from the mistakes of the past."

Alya says before saying as she notices the textbook is gone, "Yeah, you're probably right. Immortality in the divine sense aside, it's sometimes hard staying in the loop about the evolution of humanity and technology. Hey, what the?! Ladybug's textbook is gone!"

Marinette walks ahead and silently chortles to herself.

In Marinette's bedroom, Marinette says, "Now I get it. I know I'm not five thousand years old, so, have you been watching over humanity ever since before the Miraculouses were invented?"

Tikki answers, "Yes. Kwamis like me and superheroes like you have existed ever since before and after the Miraculouses were invented and ever since the mage founded the Order of the Guardians."

Marinette asks while gesturing to a picture of Tikki in the papyrus, "So, that was you in the papyrus too?"

Tikki asks in response, "What do you think?"

Marinette replies, "(Sighs) That's what I thought. But you don't look five thousand years old, though that may just be because you're semi-immortal."

Tikki replies back, "Yes, we kwamis are near-immortal, and I was invented by the Big Bang!"

Fluff then comes up and says, "And just so we're clear, Tikki, I happen to be the oldest kwami in existence because of my time traveling powers. I spend so much time in the past, the present day, and the future to the point where even Bunnyx's successors had to help me keep track of how old I am."

Marinette asks, "Then you knew Ladybugs who were different from me in both this timeline and the other one, right?"

Tikki answers, "Yes, and you are different in the sense that you're surprising, unpredictable, calculative, intelligent, devoted to logic, endearing, compassionate, loving, faithful, strategically brilliant, determined, loyal, protective, action-driven, and talented. You're even able to learn fast."

Marinette kisses Tikki on her forehead and Tikki says, "You better get to sleep, Marinette. Remember, you have that history test on Monday!"

Marinette replies, "Yep, and like the last timeline, it's on Ancient Egypt."

Marinette goes to sleep, and so does Tikki.

The next morning, Marinette looks over her list and says, "Oh, great. Here comes Alya's first Akumatization into Lady Wifi. Well, at least we have advantages this time around."

The End.

(Author's notes: How do ya like that? Yes, I shortened the fights from here on out, because, let's face it, an army of superheroes plus foreknowledge plus extensive Guardian, ninja, and military styles of combat training plus different iterations of the original Butterfly Miraculous and the original Peacock Miraculous in heroic hands equals shorter fights. But that just depends on whether or not Hawk Moth makes his villains tougher to combat impossible numbers.

In the next chapter is the Lady Wifi chapter, but how much will be changed by this time? Only one way to find out.

See you all in chapter 15: Lady Internet and Techno-Master.)