Chapter 5: Lady Wifi
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter sorry about the wait. This one was a particularity tricky chapter to write, but I think you will be interested in the changes I've made. Please review and enjoy.
Today in class everyone was listening to Ms. Bustier's lecture, well almost everyone. Alya had a picture of Ladybug and was holding it up to the girls in her class hoping for a clue until she turns to her teacher and quickly hides it.
"Is Marinette still in the girl's room?" Ms. Bustier asks.
"Uh I don't know Miss." Alya said as the bell rang.
"Now I want all of you to read chapter three of France: The First Thousand Years and then answer this simple questionnaire. See to it that Marinette receives this." Ms. Bustier said handing an extra copy to Alya.
As she walks towards the door at the same time as Sam and the two of them bump into each other.
"Oh, uh sorry about that." They both said at the same time nervously.
"Uh you first." Sam said allowing Alya to walk out.
Once she leaves Sam lets out a sigh ever since she kissed him at the Louvre he didn't know what to think sure Alya was definitely pretty, smart, funny, and a blast to be around. "If only taking to her was as easy as dealing with Hawk Moth." Sam said walking out of the classroom.
Outside Alya was on the phone. "Hey Marinette, call me, ASAP." Alya said when she noticed Sam walking out. "Sam wait!"
"Uh yeah?" Sam asks when Alya grabs his arm.
"Come with me I need your help." Alya said pulling him away.
At a bench by the river the two of them sit down. "So what is it?" Sam asks when Alya puts a finger to his lip and tries calling Marinette but fails.
"Ugh I hate it when she goes AWOL. Where is that girl?" Alya sighs.
"Yeah she does do that disappearing act often." Sam said in agreement when Alya's phone gets an alert. She opens it to see a news video.
"Once again Ladybug and Cat Noir have once again saved Paris from another menacing villain." The News Reporter said turning the camera to Ladybug who was waving to everyone.
"Hey, I think I've just sniffed out who the real Ladybug is." Alya said taking out Marinette's tables and a note, scribbling a message for her. Alya leans in close to Sam and whispers. "Chole."
Immediately Sam bursts into laughter. "Chole Ladybug? Have you even met her? Chole is no way a superhero."
"You'll see." Alya said getting up.
The next day at school Sam and Alya were at the front entrance of the school when Chole pulls up in her limo.
"Alya please think this through, there is no way Chole is Ladybug." Sam said.
"I'm telling you she's Ladybug." Alya said grabbing him again.
"What is with you and all this pulling?" Sam asks.
They follow Chole to her lockers as she puts her stuff inside Alya turns to Sam. "Don't mess up your lines." She said pushing him towards Chole.
'Oh, I can't believe I'm doing this.' Sam thought. "Hey Chole, did you see Ladybug yesterday, I wonder who she really is." Sam said.
"Ha nice try Sam, but if that's your way of coming onto me forget it." Chole scoffs while Alya tries to take a picture of the inside of Chole's locker.
"Chole! Alya's looking in your locker!" Sabrina snitched causing Chole to turn around.
"I was so not that's a lie." Alya said hiding her phone when Kim comes up behind her and grabs her phone. "Hey give it back!" Alya said as Kim handed to Chole.
"Who's the liar now?" Chole asks showing a picture Alya took of the inside of her locker.
In the Principal's office Alya was in there with Chole, Sabrina and Kim.
"She's guilty of invasion of privacy. I have proof!" Chole said showing Alya's phone.
"What? All I did was take a measly photo." Alya said.
"I'm sorry Chole, but there's no school policy on invasion of privacy." The Principal said.
"Then breaking and entering." Chole accused.
"I didn't break in, it was open." Alya said.
"And nothing was stolen?" He asks.
"Only my very soul. My locker is my secret garden. He who enters uninvited burglarizes my inner being." Chole said breaking into tears.
"Right. An hour of detention Alya." The Principal said.
Smirking at the fact she was getting her way Chole decides to go in for the kill. "Are my ears failing me? One miserable hour of detention for a heinous Criminal. Sabrina." Chole snaps her fingers and Sabrina steps forward.
"The rules state any student guilty of theft must be suspended for one full week." Sabrina states.
"Yes, but she hardly stole anything." He said.
"I'm not sure my father would agree with you on this." Chole said busting out her dad is the mayor card.
"Well no Chole there's no need to involve the honorable Mayor in a simple locker situation." The Principal said when Chole reaches for her phone and dials her father up. "What I mean to say is Alya your suspended." He said and Chole hangs up.
"That is so unfair, I'm gonna protest this on the school blog." Alya said standing up.
Holding up her phone Chole smirks causing the Principal to sigh. "The school blog is also suspended as well."
Alya glares a Chole. "She's not a superhero! She's super psycho!" Alya grabs her phone and storms out.
At his unknown location Hawk Moth saw the whole. "Ah school life such a science experiment. A Petri dish of cultivating secrets, lies and betrayal. A thriving vivarium for my evil little Akumas."
A butterfly flies into Hawk Moth's hands and darkness forms around it. "Fly my evil Akuma and evilze her." Hawk Moth said as the Butterfly flies out the window.
Outside the school by the river Alya was sulking when the Akuma goes into her phone.
"Lady Wifi I heard that you're seeking to unmask Ladybug I'd like to help you if you agree to help me, too." Hawk Moth said.
"I'll expose the lies of anyone who covers up the truth. Sign me up." Alya said as the Akuma transforms her.
Sitting in class Sam was thinking about what happened to Alya. 'I can't believe Alya got suspended for looking in Chole's locker she didn't even do anything.' Sam thought when Marinette walks in only to find the seat next to her open.
"Hey where's Alya?" She whispers.
"She got suspended." Sam said shocking her.
"What!" Marinette yelled startling everyone.
"Marinette if you're going to be late can you be more discreet?" Ms. Bustier asks.
"Sorry." Marinette said before leaning towards Sam. "What happened to her?"
"She got accused of breaking into Chole's locker because she thought she was Ladybug." Sam whispers.
"What!" Marinette yells again.
"Marinette, go to the Principal's office!" Ms. Bustier said.
As Marinette grabs her bag and walks out the door Adrien looks to Sam. "What do you mean?" Adrien asks.
"Alya thinks Chole is Ladybug. I know it's crazy." Sam said.
Adrien looks over to Chole who winks at him.
As class resumes the projector turns on to reveal Alya in a black mask and black jumpsuit with the Wifi symbol ion it.
"I'm Lady Wifi, Revealer of Truth. Your Principal would like to share a tidbit with you. So, Mr. Damocles is it true you wrongly suspended a student named Alya today?" She asks.
"Yes, it is." Mr. Damocles admits.
"So, you were biased, unfair, and totally unjust?" Lady Wifi asks.
"Yes, I was." He admits.
"Well viewers for my next scoop I'll be taking you to meet the girl who's been hiding behind the Ladybug mask. Stay connected." Lady Wifi said firing something from her phone freezing the principal in place.
Sam looks in shock to see it was a stop logo on him. 'Alya no.' He thought.
"Alright everyone please go directly home and don't forget to read chapters 4 and 5." Ms. Bustier said as they all packed up their things.
As everyone ran to the exit Sam headed towards the Janitor's closet and lets Faang out.
"Oh man I should've gone with her to the Principal's office, Faang we need to save Alya." Sam said.
"And we will Sam, but you need to calm down if she still thinks that Chole girl is Ladybug we know where to look." Faang said.
"Right, let's go. Faang Teeth out!" Sam said as his bracelet glows and he transforms into Silver Claw.
Running across the rooftops Silver Claw comes to a stop when he is across from the Mayor's Hotel. Having his eyes glow bright Silver Claw looks in to see Chole dressed in a Ladybug costume trying to use a Yoyo.
"I want to laugh, cry and shudder all at the same time." Silver Claw said as Cat Noir arrives next to him.
"Hey Wolfy, find something?" Cat Noir asks.
"Yes, but I kind of wish I didn't." Silver Claw said as Cat Noir has a look.
"What it can't be?" Cat Noir said.
"You know it's a little weird when two boys are spying on a girl." They both turn to see Ladybug standing next to them.
"Ladybug…but." Cat Noir said confused.
"What you boys don't honestly think she's the real Ladybug." Ladybug said as they look inside to see Chole tying herself up with her own Yoyo.
"Yeah of course not." Cat Noir said.
"No way." Silver Claw chuckles.
"Who would believe she's the original Ladybug? She's just a diehard fan." Ladybug said.
"Clearly." Silver Claw said.
As night came Chole was still trying to untangle herself when her phone started to ring. "Hello?" She said when her phone starts to glow, Chole sees this and throws her phone across the room and out of it Lady Wifi appears.
"Well, hello there, Ladybug." Wifi said taking her phone out.
Chloe tries to make a run for it, but from her phone Wifi throws a pause logo stopping her in her tracks.
Outside the three heroes see this and stand up. "We got Wifi, let's go." Ladybug said as they ran towards them.
Inside Lady Wifi throws the record Logo as she walks towards Chole. "Well, well so my hunch was correcto mundo." Lady Wifi said as she appears on every screen in Paris. "Everyone thinks the girl behind the Ladybug mask is an angel. Think again, people. The real Ladybug is Chole Bourgeois everyone." Lady Wifi said taking off her mask when Ladybug, Cat Noir and Silver Claw bust in shocked at this Wifi looks to Chole and then Ladybug. "Who are you?" She asks.
"Seriously?" Silver Claw said as he gestures to Ladybug.
"But I thought you were Ladybug." Lady Wifi said looking at Chole.
"Sorry to bust your news story. Next time double-check your facts." Cat Noir said.
Lady Wifi undoes her attacks and the pause logo on Chole and the record one come undone.
"Alya?" Ladybug asks.
"Alya's been disconnected, I'm Lady Wifi. Newsflash. Ladybug let's find out who you really are." Wifi said launching her attacks at Ladybug who dodges them.
"Follow me." Ladybug as the three heroes jump past Lady Wifi and run towards the stair case.
"What's the plan?" Cat Noir asks as they ran downstairs.
"Her powers come from her phone. In the basement there's no service." Ladybug said.
"And once she loses her powers we get her." Silver Claw said as he ran ahead when a blast almost hits Ladybug.
"We got to go lower." Ladybug said as they continued.
"I've got you now Ladybug." Lady Wifi said firing another blast only to find out she no longer had any bars.
At the bottom of the staircase Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Silver Claw all had their weapons drawn.
"Get ready." Ladybug said.
"So, what do you do when you're not Ladybug?" Cat Noir asks causing Ladybug to sigh.
"Can't you see we're a little busy right now." Ladybug said when they heard footsteps moving away.
"She's gone back into the hotel." Silver Claw realizes.
They run up the stairs to see Lady Wifi had locked the doors.
"Hey, you guys know we might actually know each other in real life." Cat Noir said as they ran up the stairs.
"I doubt it." Ladybug said when they finally reach an open door. "Alright get ready for an ambush." Ladybug said as they ready their weapons.
They charge through only to find there was no ambush.
"What the?" Silver Claw said.
Looking around they saw they were at the restaurant and on each of the tables was a phone.
"What's with all the phones?" Ladybug asks when one of the phones glows and Lady Wifi appears.
Lady Wifi lets out a laugh as she fires pause icons at them.
"How now brown cow. I thought it was you she was after." Cat Noir said jumping behind a table only to have Lady Wifi blast it sending him tumbling backwards.
Using the opening Ladybug throws her yoyo wrapping it around Lady Wifi's arm. "Silver Claw!" Ladybug yells as he charges at her with his sword, but at the last second Lady Wifi disappears.
"What the?" Silver Claw turns to see wherever a phone was Lady Wifi could appear there.
"You can't get me." Lady Wifi said.
"Yes I can." Ladybug smirks.
Using her yoyo Ladybug smashes phone after phone forcing Lady Wifi to retreat to the kitchen.
As Ladybug runs after her Silver Claw and Cat Noir are right behind her when Lady Wifi locks the door.
"No, no, no. Hold on Ladybug!" Cat Noir said.
"Is there another way in?" Silver Claw asks as Cat Noir looks at the map of the hotel.
"Of course, the service elevator. I'll go help Ladybug you stay here incase Wifi makes an escape." Cat Noir said running off.
Inside the kitchen Ladybug was fighting off Lady Wifi with pots and pans dodging her attacks when Lady Wifi hits her arms with the lock icons trapping her.
Lady Wifi grins as she brings up the record icon again broadcasting this everywhere. "Who is Ladybug? Is she a superhero or a super werido? How can we trust the girl when we have no idea who she is? We have the right to know." Lady Wifi said reaching to take off Ladybug's mask, but for some reason it won't come off. "Why isn't this coming off?"
"Uh, because it's magic." Ladybug said as Cat Noir comes down the service elevator.
"You're out of minutes Lady Wifi." He said.
"Ah the tomcat has come to save his lovebug. What happened to the mutt?" Lady Wifi asks.
"I am not his lovebug." Ladybug said.
"We'll come back to that later." Cat Noir when Lady Wifi blasts him into the freezer locking him inside with a lock logo.
"What am I gonna do with both of you?" Lady Wifi asks when Hawk Moth speaks to her telepathically.
"Get her to use her lucky charm. It will force her to change back and her identity to be revealed. Then her miraculous will be mine." Hawk Moth said.
"If you don't get him out soon, he'll be slush." Lady Wifi cackles undoing the locks on Ladybug. "Good luck with your cat popsicle I have other news to cover." Lady Wifi said leaving.
Outside the hotel the mayor gestures for Chole to make a break for it when she reaches her father Chole's phone rings, but when she answers it Lady Wifi jumps out and onto the roof.
"Listen everyone. I present you with an award-winning news story. Ladybug is about to drop the bomb on her real identity." Lady Wifi said.
"Yeah sorry, but that's not happening today miss." Lady Wifi turns to see Silver Claw standing behind her.
"So, it appears the wolf wants a piece of stardom as well." Lady Wifi smirks.
"Hate you to tell you this, but your show is cancelled." Silver Claw said getting into a fighting stance.
The two of them lock eyes before they both charge at each other.
Lady Wifi fires multiple pause icons at him, but Silver Claw runs past them.
Getting in close Silver Claw throws a punch only for Lady Wifi to block it. Lady Wifi jumps to deliver a kick to the side, but Silver Claw grabs her leg and throws her backwards.
"Is that all you got?" Lady Wifi asks when Silver Claw charges and delivers a round house kick to the gut sending her falling backwards.
"Where the heck are those two?" Silver Claw asks as Lady Wifi gets up.
Back in the kitchen.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug spins her yoyo creating what appears to be a box. "This must be some lucky box." She said before noticing the microwave. "Of course."
The Lucky charm was non-microwaveable so by putting it in the microwave and moving towards the lock on the freezer Ladybug disrupted the signal disabling the lock and freeing a very cold Cat Noir.
"You okay, Cat Noir?" Ladybug asks when her earrings started to beep.
"You used your lucky charm, there's not much time." Cat Noir said.
"I know here's the plan." Ladybug leans into whisper what he needed to do.
Back on the roof Silver and Lady Wifi were continuing their fight. "Gotta admit Wolfy you can fight, but it's over." Lady Wifi knocks him back to the wall with a punch and fires lock icons trapping his arms. "You know I could probably get double the viewers if I unmask two super heroes." Lady Wifi said walking towards him.
Silver Claw looks in fear as she approaches when Cat Noir runs out from the door behind them and heads toward the Wifi antenna.
"Here you are. Cataclysm!" Cat Noir said as his ring glowed and dark energy surrounds his hand. He runs to the Wifi tower only to see Lady Wifi appear on top of it.
"Nice idea kitty cat, but I'm not going to let you cut me off that easily." Lady Wifi said firing pause icons at him.
As he dodged all the attacks Cat Noir throws his staff into the air which splits into two pieces. The two pieces fly towards Lady Wifi who blasts them both with ease. As she looks around for Cat Noir she realizes what he just did and looks down in horror. "No!" She yells as Cat Noir hits the Wifi Tower with Cataclysm destroying it and as a result all the powers that came from her phone were stopped freeing Ladybug and Silver Claw.
"Thanks Cat Noir." Silver Claw said walking over.
"Any time buddy. Now give us that phone!" Cat Noir said as they both charged at Lady Wifi.
Lady Wifi struggles to fight them off and keep her phone away, she pins Cat Noir to the ground, but Silver Claw grabs her from behind. "Oh no you don't!" Silver Claw yells when Ladybug's yoyo flies in wrapping around Lady Wifi's phone.
They look to see Ladybug catch the phone and throw it to the ground releasing the Akuma. "No more evil doing for you little Akuma. Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug throws her yoyo capturing the Akuma and turning back into a butterfly. "Bye bye little Butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug throws her lucky charm into the air and undoes all the damage from the fight and turns Lady Wifi back into Alya.
"Pound it." The three heroes said fist bumping.
"Wow Ladybug, Silver Claw, and Cat Noir! Can I get a quick interview? Let me grab my phone." Alya said turning around when Ladybug's earrings beeped.
"You've only got a minute left." Cat Noir notices.
"Come on let's go." Silver Claw said as the three of them ran out.
"So…oh no where'd they go?" Alya asks.
In the lobby Ladybug runs to an empty room when Cat Noir grabs her arm. "Please stay, I won't tell anyone cat's honor." He said.
"Nobody must know who we are, not even us." Ladybug said going inside.
Cat Noir reaches for the handle to look inside but stops himself and walks away.
"Hey, you did the right thing." Silver Claw said.
"Thanks, but I really wish I knew." Cat Noir said.
"Maybe someday." Silver Claw said as Cat Noir left.
As Alya was walking out of the hotel she looks around when she notices Sam sitting by the front looking tired. "Sam?" She said causing him to look up and smile.
"Alya you're ok." He said getting up.
"Of course, I am what are you doing here?" She asks.
"I came looking for you, after I heard you got suspended I was worried about you and called the principal we talked it over and he said if you come in for one hour of detention he'll drop the whole thing. After I saw Ladybug, Cat Noir and Silver Claw going after you I rushed over and have been waiting here all day." Sam said bringing a smile to her face.
"You did all that just for me?" She said blushing slightly.
"Yeah I mean it's not the same without you and when I saw the what happened to you I rushed over as soon as I could and." Sam explains when Alya leans in and kisses him on the lips shocking him.
Alya wraps her arms around him smiling. "You are the most amazing person I've ever met."
Looking at her smiling face Sam takes a deep breath mustering up ever last ounce of courage he had. "Hey Alya, I want to ask you something?"
She looks up curiously. "What's up?" She asks.
"Alya Césaire you are an amazing girl, you're determined, smart, kind and the I love everything about you, Alya *deep breath* will you be my girlfriend?" Sam said an Alya turns red.
"Me? Be your girlfriend?" Alya said in shock.
"Oh my god did I rush it? Oh I'm so embarrassed I-"Sam said freaking out when Alya grabs his shoulders.
"Oh, shut up and kiss me already." Alya smirks kissing him on the lips again, after recovering from shock Sam slowly wraps his arms around her kissing back.
When they separate the two of them gaze into each other's eyes. "So, is that a yes?" Sam asks.
"You know it is." Alya smiles. "So new boyfriend care to walk me home?" Alya asks.
"Absolutely." Sam said as they reach out and hold each other's hands as the new couple walks away.