"So then I have to use my superpower, still unstable, as we all go crashing down to the ground." Alya listened as Spidey narrated the story. It was mostly photos and silent clips, to help reduce the risk of an identity reveal, and help make sure nobody started to go off on Akuma victims. Governments around the world were still trying to figure out how much leniency went to those that were mind controlled or brainwashed, but that didn't stop the public from putting blame on them all the same.

"Alright, and you've mentioned your superpower separate from your normal enhanced speed and agility, so I'm assuming it's something only you can do like with Ladybug's lucky charm and Chat Noir's cataclysm?"

"Every Miraculous user gets one." Spidey explained. "Ladybug can make things, Chat Noir destroys things, Hawkmoth can make supervillains." He said. "But they come with limits, which is presumably why old hawky only makes one akuma at a time. So you can rest assured Paris that we're not gonna have a supervillain army stomping at our doors anytime soon."

"What about Stoneheart?"

"One time error. As long as Ladybug purifies the Akuma before it flies away, it won't spread out and affect more people." He explained. "And not to toot our own horn a bit, but we've really fallen into sync the past two akuma's. Plans just fall naturally into place when we all work together."

"So, who's the leader then?" She asked.

"Oh, no doubt Ladybug." Weird, most people in this position would make themselves the center of attention. "She has an authoritarian vibe and seems the most likely to strangle me and Chat if we get out of line." He may be a showboat, but the spider themed hero was a pragmatic show boat at least.

"Having the instant fix it power doesn't hurt either right?"

"It's not so much the instant fix but being smart enough to know how to use it. If you gave me a towel and told me it was the key to beating up a weather witch, I'd laugh and ask what you're smoking."

Definitely a crazy gal. "So … bt dubs, what's the scoop on the romance front?"

"Chat's infatuated with Ladybug and I want to ship them." Spidey said shamelessly.

"And there's no third wheel tension between the three of you?" She teased.

"Hey now, there's plenty of blondes in the sea of Paris to sing romantic songs to in the moonlight." He smirked. "A mask isn't a priority for my interest. Besides, my heroic career's just getting started. I can worry about dates when I'm older and have a few wrinkles under the eyebags."

"You'd think someone that smells like coffee would have no eyebags." She noted, turning to the computer plugged up to Spidey's chain. "So I can use all these images?"

"I filtered out anything too sensitive, feel free." He shrugged. "Just don't bother trying to use it to figure out our identities. Quantum masking makes it impossible."

"Quantum what now?"

"Let me put it this way …" He said. "What color is Ladybug's hair, how tall is she, and how old is she?"

"That's obvious." She answered. "It's blue … ish …" Alya blinked. "And she's four … six foot …" She shook her head, really concentrating. "She's teen … ish?"

"See, you can't figure it out based on context clues. It blurs the image in your head to keep you from connecting the dots. It even works on scent if the guard dogs back in New York were any indication." He chuckled.

"Okay … wait, how are you gonna find Hawkmoth then?"

"That…that we're stumped on." He sighed. "We only have a vague understanding of what his mask looks like due to that little announcement he made with Stoneheart. And given how his method of evil involves butterflies we can't exactly follow a trail back to him either. Fighting off the Akumas is the best we can do for now."

"Don't worry, my blog will do the best we can in tracking him down." Alya smiled, going through the images … pausing on a small clip. "Hey … do you see this?"

"Ladybug doing athlete level gymnastics while you zoom in on her butt? Didn't know you swung that way, but to each their own."

"No, not that." She zoomed in closer.

"That wasn't a denial." Spidey teased. "I'd put in a good word for you if I wasn't sure if Chat would Cataclysm me in the ribs for it."

"Look here. Here's a video from one of your patrols." She zoomed in closer. "Look at Ladybug and what she's carrying."

Spidey leaned in. "…A book?" He asked. "Like I said, she's pretty smart, so of course she would read."

"A highschool book." She corrected. "The same kind from My school!"

"…Well one never stops learning, so maybe she just… likes having a refresher ever once in a while?"

"It all makes sense. The youth, the slickness…the fact she's always close by whenever trouble goes on around us… there's only one explanation." Alya smirked widely.

"Ah, Alya.."

"I can't believe it… In front of my eyes all along!"

"I'm sure we can just…"

"LADYBUG GOES TO MY SCHOOL!" Alya cheered. "France's biggest hero goes to my school!

"… Oh that woman is so gonna wring my neck." Spidey shook his head.

"Wait, if she goes to my school… then that means Chat noir isn't much of a stretch either!" She jumped in the air. "Two superheroes in my school!"

"Look at the time, I think someone lit the spider signal, gotta bounce!" The hero jumped off the roof.

"Wait, your chain is still hooked up to my-"

CRUNCH

"... Computer."

"…I can pay for that, sorry!"

Alya probably would be more mad…But it was impossible when Spidey just gave her the biggest scoop of her life! She couldn't wait until she told Marinette's all about this! She was going to be thrilled!

"I am going to KILL SPIDER-MAN!" Tikki's holder shouted for what felt like the five thousandth time already. "All he had to do was NOT film me on patrol, but no! He had to show off, and now Alya's on the verge of figuring out who I am!"

"Not that I'm shifting blame from Spider-man, but shouldn't you have been more careful with carrying your personal items as Ladybug?" She brought up.

"I thought they all magicked away somewhere Tikki! How else do I keep the exact same clothes on and same stuff in my pockets?"

"Quantum Masking."

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS!" Marinette screamed out in both frustration and exhaustion.

"It means no one will be able to figure out your identity just by looks and voice alone, no matter how obvious it is." She said.

"So Alya won't be able to put two and two together?"

"Not unless you call her Alya without ever 'learning' her name as Ladybug." Tikki brought up the girl's first hero experience.

"Oh criminy, I'm doomed." Marinette covered her face. "Alya's seen me up close both as Marinette and Ladybug. It's not going to take her long to figure out who I am."

"You may still have an out." Tikki told her with a firm stare. "Remember all the times I've mentioned past holders?"

"Yeah, you guys probably have a few hundred years of them, right?" Marinette guessed. "The earliest one I can recall was Joan of Arc … still processing that."

"Kwami go back to the beginning of time. Back to the time where the Koala, Snake, and Axolotl lived in relative peace." Tikki continued. "There's been almost thousands of holders." And that wasn't even getting into the constant multiverse looping itself over and over with big bangs and big crunches.

"So … I could blame it all on a woman much older than me?" Marinette asked. "Or man I guess … although that would really mess with the name 'Lady'bug …"

"Your spiraling." Tikki sighed. "The museum should have some references to one of the ancient ladybugs. Point Alya in that direction and it might lead her to believe that 'Ladybug' is much older than she looks."

"Right!" She grinned, returning with the rest of the group as the tour began.

"Greetings travelers, as I show you all the true nature of our Egyptian history." The tour guide said.

"Jalil, could you stop being dramatic for five minutes?" Alix asked with an eyeroll.

"It's my tour sis, and I can lead it however I want!" The guide shouted at her holder's short classmate, before clearing his throat. "Now, let us talk about Thoth, the ape faced god of time." Peter raised his hand. "Yes, a question?"

"Are you using the less popular variety of Thoth's face compared to the Ibis that's more well known and mentioning his relation to time in regards to winning five nights from Konsu rather than his actual domain of knowledge in an effort to show you've done your research over every story and article?" He asked.

"…." The tour guide looked lost at the jumble of facts Marinette's American friend had spouted, before shaking his head. "Moving on.."

"Wow, he didn't even address the complication." Max noted. "Why was he hired?"

"My dad's the boss." Alix cleared up. Ah, nepotism seemed to still be a well used concept. "Still, never took you for a history buff Peter."

"Comes with the territory of being a nerd. That and the school books back in America constantly go through revisions given that super humans like En saben Nuer and Namor have been around for centuries." Wait, was Apocalypse still around? She thought for sure Thor and hercules took care of that guy.

"I can't tell what's worse, being stuck with a terrible tour guide, or listening to you try to be more competent than you are." Marinette's bully rolled her eyes.

"Better than listening to you talk period." Marinette grumbled.

"What was that Dupain-Cheng?" Chloe glared.

"I said look at that, something else to rant about." Her Holder spoke with an eye roll.

"Now here is actually a new exhibit of some carvings recently uncovered in a new tomb." The tour guide went on. "And look at these hieroglyphics. They speak of a woman with the body of a spider from a foreign land capturing a cult of Aeep's all devouring darkness with her chain like webs and devouring their corrupted flesh."

Another one of Annasi's holders. Yeesh, that one was a particular piece of work. Worst part was he wasn't even guilty. 'Plagg killed the dinosaurs and got off okay. I get a cannibal and suddenly I'm the bad guy'. It wasn't about scale, it was accountability and responsibility! How Pollen stood him was a complete mystery.

"Actually sir, I'm pretty sure if you're talking about the snake that wants to devour all, it's name is Apep." Peter corrected again.

"Apophis is also acceptable if you're using the Greek word for it." Max added.

The tour guide looked like he was going to either faint from stress or snap at the two for being corrected, but took in a deep breath. "Let us … continue … to the pharaoh Tutankhamen… and his wife, Nefertiti …"

"Nefertiti was the wife of his father Akhentaten." Max stated.

"Unless … oh my." Peter gave a mock blush. "I never knew the people of Egypt loved their mothers so much."

"I thought your snark was Chloe-centric only?" Nino asked with a light chuckle.

"Nah, I get my licks in whenever I can, usually only to people who deserve it. Tour guides that don't do the bare minimum research fit the criteria." He answered. "Plus, apparently my mere presence and voice is enough to piss her off, so two heads for the price of one."

"Wait, did they say a spider with chains?" Alya stayed in place, looking back at the hieroglyphics on the walls while everyone else kept going.

"Pssh, Marinette, one of the ancient ladybugs should be with those hieroglyphics." Tikki whispered in her holder's ear. "Draw her attention to that."

"Hey Alya, maybe we can look to see if there's anyone else who looks like a modern day hero." Marinette said, looking around the exhibit. "We might find someone interesting."

"I don't know Marinette. It takes a lot to draw my attention."

Her holder looked around, and spotted something. "Oh, so this picture of what looks like a lady in spots with a yo-yo won't do it for you?"

"A lady with a what now!?" Well, plus side, Marinette's identity was safe. Maybe Tikki could look around and see if Plagg's old holder had some images.

Alix looked over to Adrien. "So … has he always been … like this?" She gestured to Peter, who was doing the civic duty of driving her brother nuts.

"Actually Akenaten wouldn't try and make a deal with the gods, his whole thing was he tried to overthrow them and install a new religion into Egypt, but I'm sure you knew that." The American grinned shamelessly.

"Half the time, yeah. He said it has something to do with 'nerds fight with words' or something like that. I think he just likes being funny." Adrien nodded. "Most of the time though it's backhanded comments towards my father."

That made sense. From what Alya and Nino said about the guy, he was a real piece of work. "If you ask me he could do well with having tapped his mouth every now and then." Chloe grumbled.

"Oh come on, why is it so hard for you two to be around each other?" Adrien asked with a pout.

"Because one of us has a soul, and the other one is Chloe." Peter snickered. Classes were definitely a LOT more livelier witnessing the two go at it head to head. Seeing Chloe practically loose her cool was something not often seen with cameras nearby to record the meltdowns. "Where was I … oh yeah. Can I nominate Max to give the tour now?"

"Can get at least FIVE minutes of no counter talk so I can at least explain my favorite part of the tour…is THAT so much to ask!?" Her brother shouted.

"Sure sure, go ahead." The boy conceded. "I'll save my really scathing criticism for after the tour."

"Very well, now onto our latest exhibit. This ancient scroll depicts Tutenkamen, after the death of his beloved wife Nephratiti, whose soul was claimed by Ra to be his bride."

"Oh no, he's talking about this again." Alix shook her head.

"Didn't I say that Nephariti was the wife of Tutenkamen's father earlier?" Peter asked. "Made the whole 'mom' joke and everything."

"I think he's taking advantage of the five minute rule he imposed." Max whispered. "That or he's stubborn."

"Stubborn, definitely stubborn." Alix sighed. "He's been going on for the past month about performing a resurrection spell using the sun."

"-And through the scepter of Tutenkaman, he was able to summon Ra and offer up a new wife to take Nepratiti's place, though the ritual was never completed due to interference."

"So he wanted to kill an innocent woman for the life of someone he loved?" Adrien asked. "That's….really messed up. Trading one life for another isn't worth it."

"I, however, have been able to decipher the spell that was used back then, and with the right tools, I believe I can recreate the circumstances to perform the ritual." Her brother went on like he didn't hear a thing.

"He's not being serious, is he?" Peter asked Alix.

"Deadly I'm afraid." Alix nodded. "Dad had to stop him five different times from grabbing the scepter. That's why he put him on tour guide duty."

"In fact, now might be the perfect time to demonstrate the-"

"Jalil Kubdel!" And there was the man in question. "Are you still telling that ridiculous fanfiction like nonsense!?"

"It's not nonsense dad! It's the truth!"

"Look, if you're gonna run around the exhibit and talk, the least you could do is keep it historically accurate." Dad chastised. "I've told you a million times to fact check all your work before giving tours, and to never….EVER mention any kind of magic or spells!"

"But magic is real! It's our job as historians to be as accurate as possible!"

"Accurate enough to mess with ancient artifacts and on the likely chance of being wrong you disgrace heritage, and on the off chance you're right some girl DIES!?" Dad shouted. "Do you even HEAR how messed up that sounds to the normal person!?"

"You know with it being a wide known fact Thor beat up a time traveler from the 23rd century in ancient times, how can we be sure it's not historically accurate?" Peter smirked. "You know, with magic being more widely excepted as fact by most people."

"Don't let dad let you hear that. He's finicky about adding 'supernatural' revisement to the exhibits. The heroic age has not done wonders for his temperament." Alix chuckled.

"And if anyone mentions the possibility of the gates of Osiris being real ONE MORE TIME, I will not hesitate to club them!" He shouted. "You know what Jalil, you're banned."

"WHAT!?"

"No more exhibits, no more museum, no more job!" He shouted. "Until I can trust you to act like a sane rational person, you're not allowed in the museum anymore." Dad walked away, leaving her brother to slump on the floor.

"Harsh." Sabrina muttered.

"Don't feel too sorry for him. Dad'll take two days to cool off and Jalil will apologize, and then the cycle will repeat within two weeks." Alix shrugged.

"I don't think that's gonna happen." Nino said. "You know what happens when someone gets scathed harshly around here these days?"

"Oh, relax. I doubt that there's going to be another akuma forming. I mean, the fact that two of them formed near us is already a big coinciden-" Peter trailed off as they watched as a purple butterfly fell onto Jalil's necklace. "...You think this latest Akuma will be enough to convince your old man?" He asked, slowly backing away.

"Hardly. If anything, it's just going to make him more likely to disown Jalil when it's all over." Alix affirmed as she began to move closer to the exit.

"Yes Hawkmoth! I shall do as you say, and bring about a new age onto this world!" He shouted, his body enveloped in purple energy as what was left of her brother became a massive man with pitch black skin, golden accessories adorning his body, and a massive golden head. "I am the Pharaoh!" He shouted, turning to them. "Anubis, make these non believers walk the line of life and death!" With a cry, his head became a golden jackal, as the eyes fired off orange lasers at Max … who became a mummy.

"RUN!" Adrien cried out, already making his way to the door.

"Child with glass upon his face, you too shall join my army!" They said, keeping their gaze on Peter as another laser was fired.

Peter ducked. "Look, if this is about the mother-comment, I'm sorry, but I don't think your love is going to be socially acceptable in today's modern age!"

"Thoth, give me your time!" Their head changed into a golden baboon, firing off a massive bubble that locked Peter away.

"Hhhhooooooowwwwwwww?" The boy asked, slowly trying to bang his hand against the wall of the bubble.

"I have the power of all the ancient gods!" Her brother shouted as he grabbed the scepter of Tutekamen. "Now, you shall become a mummy as I sacrifice the souls of a hundred undead, and a pure hearted maiden, to bring back my wife!" He marched over to the trapped Peter.

"Cataclysm!" A flash of black rushed in as Chat not pressed a glowing hand on the bubble, disintegrating it as he lept forwards and pounced on the Pharagh wannabe. "Sorry, the gift shop just ran out of pure hearted maidens. If you want a wife, how about a dating service!?" They took their staff and hit Jalil away. "Alright Pe-alright kid, you run off, I'll take care of issues."

"Will do Chat, you're the best!" They shouted, running away.

"Now it's just a Pharaoh against a god of cats, how do you feel about that?" The black hero asked.

"Bastet! Give me the ferocity of all felines to destroy this imposter!" With another glow, their head changed to a golden cat, as they rushed at Chat Noir with a flurry of sharp claws at high speed. Now was probably a good time to book it before she got caught in the middle…but Alix was SO beating Jalil over the head with this when it was over.

"Okay, if I call you the god of all kittens will you let up?!" Chat Noir shouted as he was pushed into a corner, doing his best to parry the sharp claws that were tearing through the steel around him. In hindsight, he was acting a little rashly in transforming, but with Peter about to be mummified, getting him to safety was the top priority in Adrein's mind. Now he was down a cataclysm and had four minutes until he detransformed.

"Simply give me your miraculous while I perform my ritual to Ra!" The Pharaoh shouted, continuing to attack … until a Yo-Yo wrapped around his left arm, and a chain around his right, giving Adrien a moment to breathe. "What is this!?"

"The cavalry!" Spidey shouted. "Thanks for holding him off Chat, I was in the can when everything went down! Web's got everywhere if you know what I mean. "

"TMI Spidey, I don't need to hear the details." His fair lady gagged the two pulled the akumatized villain back.

"The goddess Ladybug, my arch nemesis!" His what now? "Sekhmet, give me strength!" The head turned into a lioness, as they pulled, sending his lady slamming into a wall.

"Haha, sticky powers for the win!" Spidey shouted … until the Pharaoh pulled hard enough to rip out the very ground the web head was sticking to. "You know Sekhmet is actually the daughter of Ra and more known for breathing fire and hot winds. What kind of historian are you if you don't get that detail right?" They asked as they were slammed into a wall.

"Begone spider, there is no darkness for you to devour." They spoke. "Horus, give me wings!" Their head changed to a falcon, as they began flying out of the room.

"Alright … can someone give me the rundown?" Ladybug asked as she pulled herself up.

"Well bugaboo, that would be a ticked off tour guide who wants to sacrifice one hundred mummies and an innocent soul to bring back what he 'thinks' is Nefertiti … and I don't wanna know if an Akuma can make that happen." Chat said. "His akuma is in his necklace."

"Although supposedly our kwami's are little gods tied to our miraculous, it would be a stretch for one 'god' to give the power of other god's to someone else." Spidey said. "At that point why not just give yourself said god power?"

"It's the Kwami of Transmission. Hawkmoth can only give out powers." Ladybug said. "And from what we saw from Bubbler, Stormy Weather, and now the Pharaoh, only specific powers to fit the person's emotions … otherwise he would just get an akuma that would instantly take our miraculous by looking at it."

"So don't piss someone off in hero mode and we should be good. Sounds simple enough." Spidey grinned. "After all, the people love me."

"Yeah, you're as lovely as aged camembert covered in mold." Ladybug rolled her eyes.

"Least I don't look like a walking watermelon." Spidey crossed his arms. "But speaking of camembert, Chat, why don't you recharge while we give the Pharaoh a history lesson?"

"Sounds good. I'll be back in a sec, so you two just keep being PAW-setive." Adrien snickered as he lept behind a corner, making sure no one else was around. "Plaag, claws in."

In a flash of black and green, his Kwami flew out of his ring. "Ancient egypt. That brings back memories. Egyptians really knew how to treat a cat with respect."

"You had a holder back then?" He asked, holding out some cheese.

"It was a chick who mistook me for Baset or something like that. We had fun, fought alongside Konshu's fist a couple of times, all the crazy stuff back then." The Kwami said as they began ravaging the treat. "Annasi's holder was pretty insane though. Sure she devoured a cult that would've brought a bunch of black goo demons from space, but at least clean up the blood, no one likes a messy eater….well, I'm messy, but that's just me."

"...So was she always cannibalistic or was that after the spider miraculous was given to her?" Adrien asked.

"She had some sort of motto about 'burrying the evil within my corpse'. And nah, their holders are always super varied. Most of the time I get stuck with goodie two shoe kittens …"

"You mean me?" He asked.

"Yeah, exactly. Fu says they have to be completely pure hearted or else we'll destroy the universe or something. Honestly, the guy's a worrywart. You kill the dinosaurs once and suddenly everyone's on eggshells around you."

"... You killed the-not important. Are you done charging?"

Plagg rolled his eyes. "I'm sure they can hold out a bit."

"Isis! Give me magic!"

"The goddess of fountains and healing should not translate to telekinesis!"

"Funny, Spidey's quips sound a lot like Peter's snark." Adrien thought about it for a second. "...Eh, probably a coincidence. Now let's show this pharaoh why he shouldn't cross my path. Plaag, Claws OUT!"

He felt the suit merge onto him as he ran back into the fray. "So bugaboo, what did I miss?"

"He made a couple more mummies, threw me and Spidey around for a bit, and stole the papyrus." Ladybug explained, pulling herself out of a wall.

"All I need now is a pure and innocent soul!" The villain shouted. "Then I shall complete the ritual you stopped five thousand years ago, Ladybug!"

"Wait, Ladybug is five thousand years old!?" Everyone turned their heads…and saw Alya with her phone out filming the fight.

"What the-I thought I told you to NOT go rushing into fights anymore!" Spidey shouted.

"I was here anyway! I'm looking for my friend, Marinette!" Alya shouted back. "She just up and vanished when the akuma showed up!"

"Rushing into danger for a friend … you shall be my sacrifice!" The Pharaoh shouted, beginning to march to the girl.

"Whoa, hey! I get that it's tempting to bring someone back!" Chat took out his baton and tried to attack from behind. "But if your the real Pharaoh Turkmenistan, then ask yourself if this is what your true love would really want!"

"Her last words were a wish of an eternal paradise to rule over, together!" He shouted. "Toth, give me time!" Their head changed again, as they shot out time slowing bubbles.

"Stay back cat, these aren't the kind of bubbles we can beat with water!" Spidey grappled him back before he could get hit.

"Alya, we can find your friend later, now's a good time to run!" Ladybug shouted, using her yo-yo to snap him by the legs.

"You shall not stop me again, Ladybug! Ra, give me the sun!" The Pharaoh's head changed into a hawk, as he shot out a wall of flames between them all and Alya. "Now, come with me, sacrifice."

"I'm at the center of an Akuma attack for once….BEST DAY EVER!"

"You know, most people wouldn't be happy as they're about to be sacrificed to an elder god!" Spidey shouted, sending a chain to the sprinkler system and forcing water into the room. "Good to see Parisians can have a brighter attitude about that!"

"That Alya girl is really crazy." Chat notted, shaking off the water getting on him.

"Crazy, stubborn, slightly delusional, determined, pretty much, yes." Ladybug nodded. "I think we need to run a distraction, have Chat grab the necklace from behind."

"Offering to be the bait for once?" Spidey asked.

"He's my mortal enemy after all." She smirked.

"Well, aren't you the pure hearted Maiden?" Chat smiled. "Good thing Pharaoh didn't thing to grab you instead … although that would make the whole 'grab miraculous' thing easier for him if that was the case.'

"Lets not start giving baddies better ways to fulfill their evil plans." Spidey raised his hands. "Right now I need to give our lady here a refresher course in how to make a villain violently mad at them."

"No need, you teach me more every time you speak."

"They grow up so fast." The web head whipped an imaginary tear away. Their team was finally coming together.

Marrinete flipped over to the scene … "Okay, looks like we may need to dive and conquer more than usual." She noted, looking at the ARMY of mummies walking around the opening. This was not how she wanted today to go. Sure, she couldn't blame the Alya in danger thing on Spidey, because she wouldn't be here if Marinette wasn't trying to cut off her trail, but everything else was just really, really bad timing and Hawkmoth.

"You make a fair point." Spidey nodded, looking around. "Well as a guy who's had to deal with small time gangs I'm better experienced in dealing with numbers. I'll go after the hundreds of mummies, you go tick off the terrible tour guide."

"RA! I bring to you a sacrifice!" The Pharaoh shouted up to the sky. "Accept my offering, for the return of my wife, Neferiti!" A black vortex opened up as a beam of light began to rise.

"Okay, totally not into the sacrifice thing, but I got an amazing view from up here." Serious Alya, for once let the danger of the situation actually stick to your thick head for once! "Hey Ladybug! Spidey! Don't worry about me, I totally believe in you guys!"

"That's the confidence boost I needed today! Have at thee, you tomb raider knockoffs!" The web head shouted, throwing his chain around and wrapping a bunch of mummies up, throwing them into a window. "I really hope those new bodies are super durable, I never invest in civilian insurance!"

"Trust me, they're more in pain over your bad jokes than anything physical." Ladybug smiled as she leapt ahead. She began running up the pyramid, trying to wrap her yoyo around Alya. "Ritualistic sacrifices are sooo fifth century, you might want to get with the times!"

"You shall not stop me again, Ladybug! Horus, grant me flight!" The villain blasted off the ground, rushing into her at mach speed.

"You stop an ancient evil Egyptian sacrifice one time and everyone gets critical over it." She played off, adding to the credit that 'ladybug' was older for Alya, and hopefully everyone else will believe.

"So cool!" Alya shouted with glee, obviously buying it … before she was snatched by the Pharaoh … taking Ladybug for a ride as she tried to keep hold.

"The gods be on my side Ladybug, I shall not fall to the likes of you!" He landed on the ground. "Sekhmet, give me strength!" With another head change, he pulled Ladybug over, punching her in the face REALLY hard … ow. "Thoth, give me time!"

A bubble was shot around, as everything seemed to speed up around her, like a cassette tape on fast forward. The Pharaoh approached, only for Chat to jump behind and try to grab the necklace.

"Nowwaitameowment." It was hard to keep up with what they were saying with everything looking like it was on fast forward. " 'snowexciseforbeingabadhost.

"Onetrygoodasany." She turned to see Spidey pointing his hand at her. "Adhesion." And with that, Ladybug was yanked out of the time bubble … into the spider themed hero, and into a wall.

"... You … really … need to work on that."

"I told you… the force … is unpredictable." He coughed. "Now might be…. a good time for... that lucky charm."

"Yep … Lucky Charm!" She threw the yoyo up … as a stone tablet fell into her hand. "Sometimes I wonder if this is Tikki messing with me in some way."

"Hey, they just don't make ancient tablets like they use to." The web head shook his head, as her brain was trying to come up with an idea… one that involved using the tablet and Spider man.

"You're too late!" The villain threw away Chat Noir, as they grabbed Alya again. "Soon, the ritual will be complete!" He walked to the light … ritual …

"Spidey … if the Akuma's messing with his head …" She thought aloud. "And the Pharaoh thinks all legends are real … we should probably start dragging him out, and push him in instead."

"Gotcha, play into the brainwashed victim's delusion." He nodded. "High school history and google, don't fail us now."

She stood up. "Pharaoh, stop this plight!" She shouted. "You are being manipulated by forces beyond comprehension!"

"Silence Ladybug! The gods have imbued me with their gracious gifts, and i will not let those gifts be in vain!" Pharaoh shouted.

"Think about it … the Spider is here, that means there is evil to devour." She spoke. "I stopped you from sacrificing that soul, and a voice tempts you to betray many lives from one …"

"But…no, not, the voice gives me power, with it I can finally free my wife..!"

"Does that sound like the voice of a benevolent deity?" Spider-Man asked. "Or does that voice whispering in your ear sound like Apep, the devourer!?"

The villain looked conflicted, actually floating downward. "Let us free you of this curse! The tablet holds the answer!" She held out her lucky charm. "Don't let Apep win! Live for Nepheiti! Live your life how she wanted you to live it!"

"Nepheiti…no, I'll Bring her back….stay out of my head vile voice! I will not heed you call any longer!"

"Cataclysm!" Chat Noir landed a hand on the necklace from behind. "Guess you forgot I recharged before coming back."

The Pharaoh was once more covered in the purple mist, before reforming into the tour guide from earlier. "Wha …"

Ladybug grinned, looking at the butterfly. "No more evil doing for you little Akuma, time to de-evilize!" With a swing, she caught it, as a white butterfly left. "Bye bye little butterfly … now then, Miraculous Ladybug!" She shouted, throwing the tablet into the air.

A swarm of ladybugs returned the mummies to people, and fixed the damage to the meuseum. "These guys are gettting easier to handle with every fight." Spider-man smiled as all the damage disapeared. "Come on, let's pound it for another win for team miraculous!" He stuck out his fist.

She wanted to roll her eyes, but Chat sent her a playful look. "Come on, it's all in good fun."

Ladybug gave that a thought. "Fine." She sighed with a small smile as all three of their fists met.

"Pound it."

"So Ladybug!" Alya tan up to them. "Is it true that you're five thousand years old?"

"Age isn't everything." Ladybug waved off. Good, she got Alya of the trail.

"Ah, don't be mad Ladybug, you don't like a day over five hundred." Spidey quipped.

"Hey Spidey, don't be agist. I happen to think with maturity comes beauty." Chat grinned.

"I'm already five seconds away from killing Spidey, don't add yourself to the list Chat."

"Aww, and we haven't even opened the can on the long list of couger jokes." The spider said cheekily. "Old lady, cat, it's all right there."

BEEP BEEP

"Next time you better hope there's an alarm to save you from me strangling your neck." Ladybug shot back as she sent her yo-up to a ledge.

"Given we always use the lucky charm, that's a good possibility!" He had to get in the last word, didn't he?

Peter cracked his neck as he detransformed. "Man, haven't been hit that hard since … ever." These akuma were getting more and more brutal. "Hey Annasi, is there anyway to … you know, train Adhesion? Ladybug and Chat Noir don't have to worry about their powers." He asked the munching kwami.

"Well, that depends on what you mean by worry. Once a cataclysm starts, it will continue to spread and it will destroy, even things and people you don't mean too. And Lucky charms don't always give a solution that the user can figure out." Annasi said, burping coffee breath. "It's a case by case thing for different holders of different miraculous."

"Okay…but can I train it?"

"Course you can. Though first you gotta stop being afraid to use it on people." Annasi answered bluntly.

"I broke an arm you know." He deadpanned back.

"And you didn't pull the arm clean off, clear restraint on your part." The flying spider rolled his eyes. "You can make it as precise or broad as possible. As for the how…that's up to you bud."

"Really?"

"Like I said, different holders can have different uses. Not all holders are alike. One Spider was able to pull a tearing reality back together. Another just mixed coffee and vinegar together … despicable bastard."

"Again, your standards for what count as good and evil are really, really mixed and inconsistent."

"I'm like a web. Different strands and threads connecting together and spreading everywhere." Annasi shrugged. "There's nothing consistent about me…except for coffee beans."

"Of course it is." He chuckled, before seeing someone familiar in the distance. "Alya!"

"Oh, hey Peter!" The red head waved to him. "Could've sworn you would've booked it home by now with the whole Pharaoh business."

"Got stuck in a weird bubble before Chat Noir freed me. Couldn't escape too easily after that with all the mummies everywhere." He explained. "Just got out of the supply closet after hearing the endless moaning of the undead cease."

"That checks. Wanna help me edit the blog? I have a new theory about Ladybug." She grinned.

"What would that be, that she's an alien from the third dimension?" Peter asked.

"No, that ladybug and all the other miraculous holders have a long, long history that probably goes back hundreds, maybe even thousands of years!"

"Strange. I could've sworn that Ladybug didn't look a day over thirty." Looks like Alya was off the 'Ladybug is a high schooler' thing.

"You see, that's what I thought...but something else came to mind." Alya nodded. "I saw the ladybug hieroglyphs and I wondered for a while if that was the same lady running around Paris today…until I realized something that the reason why Hawkmoth is attacking Paris is because he wants their 'miraculous'. And if the miraculous is what gives them their powers, it's something they have…it's something they can give away!"

Well … that ended even more poorly than before. "And you think telling people that someone they know could be Ladybug is a good idea when a super villain is already looking for them?" Peter asked, trying to fix his earlier mistake of the textbook. Maybe giving such an in-depth explanation about his powers wasn't such a good idea.

"Well duh, I'm an ethical journalist, I'm not going to expose her identity on the web.."

"Good…"

"But she clearly needs better help concealing her identity, so when I find her, I can help her out."

"... Or we could not try to figure out who she is." Peter suggested

"I'd rip off my own leg before giving up a mystery." Shit. "Now we're gonna have to use your computer. Spider-man accidently destroyed mine, and you still owe me for ditching during Stormy Weather."

"That's fair." It seemed both sides of his life kept racking up debt with her. That better not be a constant.