Chapter 8: Shocking Views
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Sorry about the wait. This one took a while but I think you'll like what I have planned. I also have a huge surprise with a familiar face you all might now. I hope you like what I have planned.
At Metropolis High, Lois Lane was walking down the hall to the Journalism Club or as she called it, the Daily Plantoid.
Opening the door, Lois saw Leslie sitting on her desk causing her to narrow her eyes.
"Leslie Willis, I see you let yourself in. Again. What brings you by?" Lois asks walking to her desk.
"Just saving your newspaper, Lois. I've got an idea that'll make it at least somewhat readable." Leslie said.
"Make it fast. I got deadlines." Lois said.
"Picture this, a gossip column written by yours truly." Leslie said.
"Not a chance." Lois said not even looking up.
"What? Why not? Worried I'll upstage the puff pieces you write?" Leslie asks showing a paper with Wonder Woman saving a cat. "Saving cats? Seriously?"
"Look, Willis. You got spunk, gumption, bravado, all qualities of a great reporter, but gossip columns are too mean, and not to put too fine a point at it, so are you. Anything else?" Lois asks opening her laptop.
Growling Leslie turns to walk away, but as she stops at the door she turns to see Lois drinking from a mug. Smirking she takes out her phone and by rubbing her fingers together sparks of electricity run down the cable towards Lois causing her to yelp and spill her coffee all over her shirt just in time for Leslie to take a picture.
Zooming out of the picture we see Leslie laughing as she uploads it online.
"Too mean, eh, Lois Lame? Well, the public loves mean, and I'm gonna give 'em all they can handle." Leslie grins as the follower numbers went up.
In the picture room, Leslie uses her powers to turn on the lights much to Jimmy Olsen's horror as it ruined all his pictures.
Next, Barbi was walking down the halls but Leslie sabotaged the electric door causing her to walk into it multiple times.
As Barry was running down the halls, Leslie zaps him from behind causing him to jump and smash headfirst into the wall.
Finally in Biology class, Garth was disceting a starfish and feeling horrible about it.
"You deserve better, buddy." Garth said before Leslie zaps it causing the starfish to leap onto Garth's face making him fall to the ground.
In the hallway, Kara, Karen, Jessica, Zee and Babs were laughing at the post while Sam, Marinette and Kara were looking from behind.
"Poor Garth." Marinette cringed.
"Why do you all laugh?" Diana asks.
"Because it's funny." Babs laughs.
"Funny? Is this what the world of man finds humorous? The suffering of others?" Diana asks.
"It's just a little embarrassment Diana. We all have them." Zee said.
"And you feel lousy and hurt when someone mocks you on it." Marinette said speaking from experience.
"It sucks." Sam said.
"Hey look it's Lois Lame!" a boy points as everyone laughs at Lois as she walked to her clubroom.
"Hey Lois, bet you wish you had a gossip column now." Leslie said but Lois rolls her eyes.
As she reaches for the door Leslie zaps it making Lois flinch in pain and fall back causing everyone to laugh.
"Ugh this girl reminds me of Chloe." Marinette said.
While Lois scrambles to pick up her papers she looks to see a hand in front of her. Looking up she saw Sam offering some papers to her. "Need some help?"
Smiling Lois nods. "Appreciate it."
Later that day at the mall, Leslie was walking around looking for more embarrassing moments to snap when she noticed a group of people getting in the elevator.
"Ooh things are looking up. Or should I say down." Leslie grins with sparks coming from her fingers.
Nearby, Marinette was leading Diana to the shoe store.
"I was told these should would withstand vigorous activity." Diana said.
"Yes well I don't they meant Infantry training." Tikki said popping out of Marinette's bag.
"Diana they're high heels. To them vigorous activity is just walking." Marinette explains.
"Walking? Vigorous? Ha. I laugh at your creative wordplay Marinette." Diana said thinking that was a joke.
"Just go return the shoes. I'll meet you right here." Marinette said as Diana walked away.
"So Marinette, what do you say we got get something tasty?" Tikki asks hoping for something sweet when suddenly they heard screaming.
Looking over they saw the elevator glitching up.
"Tikki!" Marinette said they quickly ran out of view.
As the elevator plummeted to the ground a yoyo flew in and caught the elevator just before impact.
"Phew that was a close one." Ladybug said lowering it down slowly letting all the people out.
When all the people cheered for her Leslie pushed past them.
"Hey what's the deal lady? You ruined my shot!" Leslie points.
"Your shot? You wanted this to happen?" Ladybug asks catching her yoyo.
"Uh yeah because it's funny." Leslie said.
"Human suffering is not funny. How would you feel if you were in that elevator?" Ladybug points.
"But I wasn't." Leslie points out.
"Even so, do you really want to just be the mean girl with the photos? If you keep this up sooner or later you'll mess up and then you'll be the one laughed at." Ladybug said.
"Wow, I never thought of it like that before. Wouldn't be very fun if I was on the other end of the photo." Leslie said faking a concerned tone.
"You keep doing this site of yours Leslie and you'll be miserable." Ladybug warns.
"You know what you're right Ladybug. Tell you what. Why don't you and the rest of the Miraculous Heroes watch my webshow tonight for an extra special announcement? Just for you." Leslie winks.
"We will." Ladybug said walking away.
"Excellent." Leslie grins.
That night, everyone was watching Leslie's webshow at Karen's house.
"Hey everyone out there in Leslie Land. Tonight I've got a special announcement to make. Someone so thoughtfully pointed out my channel is not something I should be doing if I want to be humiliated myself one day. So therefore I'm retiring. And handing over the site to new management! I'd like to introduce your new host..." Leslie said as she walked out.
Suddenly thunder and lightning echoed loudly as a girl crash landed in Leslie's chair, she had blue skin, black clothes and spiky glowing hair. This was Livewire.
"What up, Metropolis? The name's Livewire. And you thought what Leslie was doing was mean in spirit. Well, you ain't seen nothing yet. I'm gonna supe things up. As in super-prank, super-laughs, and super-humiliation. And Ladyboo and the Miraculous Heroes, just try and stop me!" Livewire taunts before blasting the screen causing Karen's laptop to emit smoke.
"Uh Marinette, I don't think Leslie took your advice to heart." Tikki said.
"That is not what I meant when I told Leslie to stop." Marinette cringed.
"Ha! Seriously? Ms. Swak Jock thinks she can scare us? Now that's funny." Kara said.
"This is almost like when we fought Stormy Weather." Sam recalls.
"Yeah she uses electricity too, we better be careful." Marinette said nervously.
First up, Supergirl met with Livewire to take her on.
"Get ready to lose." Livewire said firing a blast of electricity at Supergirl but she just brushed it off.
"Nice try." Supergirl said before firing her heat vision knocking Livewire near the movie theater. "You're gonna need more than that to stop me."
Livewire looks up and grins. "You asked for it." Holding up her hand she absorbed all the electricity from sign and fired a giant blast of lightning that blasted Supergirl into a garbage truck causing everyone to laugh.
Next was Green Lantern.
In the middle of the streets, Livewire fired bolts of electricity at her but Green Lantern made a giant tire to absorb them.
"Rubber absorbs electricity. So you can't zap me so easy." Green Lantern said before throwing the tire at Livewire who jumps out of the way. Creating a bow and arrow she fires at her but Livewire dodges.
"Well then I'll just have to be creative." Livewire said turning into electricity and racing through electronics.
"Where'd she go?" Green Lantern asks when Livewire appears out of a phone behind her.
"Gotcha!" Livewire said kicking Green Lantern in the butt making her fall to the ground with her rear in the air.
Next up was Zatanna.
In the park, Livewire had gotten so popular she got cheering with her dramatic entrance.
"What up Metropolis?" Livewire calls out.
"You call that an entrance?" Livewire looks to see Zatanna magically appear next to her. "That's an entrance."
"You win this round, but I win best looks." Livewire said firing electricity.
"What I look way better than—" Before Zatanna could finish Livewire zaps her hair making it spiky like a porcupine causing everyone to laugh at her and Zatanna to run away crying.
Then there was Batgirl.
As Livewire was racing through the street lights Batgirl was chasing after her on her scooter.
"You can't lose me that easily!" Batgirl said firing Bataraangs at her but Livewire dodged with ease.
"Not without your wheels." Livewire said flying in creating a flash of light.
When Batgirl looks around she saw no sign of Livewire. "Where did she go?" Suddenly the brakes were slammed hard causing Batgirl to fly off.
Turning around she saw her scooter spring to life. Screaming in horror Batgirl runs for her life as she was being chased by her own ride.
Having had enough of this, Silver Claw was up next.
"Ooh finally the boy." Livewire grins.
"Moon Call!" Silver Claw said releasing a sonic howl destroying all the lights around them.
"No tricks this time. You're gonna pay." Silver Claw said drawing his sword.
"En garde." Livewire said creating a sword of electricity.
Both of them clash weapons causing sparks to fly, as Livewire lunges forward Silver Claw dodges and elbows her in the gut before leaping up and kicking her in the face sending her crashing into a pet store.
Groaning Livewire looks to see a spiky dog collar near her.
"End of the line." Silver Claw said ready to bring her in.
"I don't think so." Livewire throws the collar that wraps around his neck. "Bad dog." Livewire grins firing electricity which flies towards Silver Claw and zaps 1the collar she threw on him causing Silver Claw to scream as it zapped him around the neck.
Finally, Bumblebee went in to try and stop her, but her high tech suit just made her easy for Livewire to take over and ended up with complete control which let her force Bumblebee to break dance while she was crying for mercy.
In Karen's room everyone was watching Livewire make Bumblebee dance.
"These videos are the best. Miraculous Heroes are the worst. Bumblebee, funniest video ever!" Babs read aloud causing Karen to cry.
Turning around everyone saw Karen sobbing in the closet.
"And I'm never ever, ever coming out again! Ever!" Karen declares.
"It's not that bad Karen." Jessica said.
"Hold still." Faang said putting ointment on Sam.
"Ow, my neck." Sam groans as the ointment was being applied on the burns from Livewire's homemade shock collar.
"Don't worry it's almost over." Faang said.
"Is it that bad?" Sam asks.
"Scars are nothing to be ashamed of. They are proof of a warrior's strength." Diana said trying to make him feel better.
"Hmm those aren't scars Diana, those will go away in a few days." Tikki said.
"Good thing too." Marinette rubs Sam's wound causing him to flinch in pain. "Hey it's okay."
As she applied some more Sam sighs in relief. Looking over at Marinette treating Sam she couldn't help but feel jealous wanting Sam to look at her like that when suddenly they heard music from Livewire's web show.
"Waddup, Metropolis? Livewire here with a major-razor invite to all my shockateers. Glen Morgan Square. Midnight. Come see my most epic prank yet. And Miraculous Lamoes, specially you, Ladyboo and Wonder Wimp. You should come too. If you dare." Livewire said before it showed an image of her kicking Green Lantern in the butt over and over again.
"Livewire dares challenge us again? Now this is funny. Tell me I am right." Diana said but not many were eager to respond.
In Glen Morgan square, everyone was gathered in front of a large stage.
Popping out of an alley behind the crowd, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Zatanna, Bumblebee, Silver Claw and Ladybug were all suited up.
"Uh I don't know about this." Green Lantern said.
"Why do you show so much fear when so many have come to see us triumph?" Wonder Woman asks.
"They didn't come to see us win. They wanna see Livewire make fools out of you and me." Ladybug said.
"Waddup, Metropolis? You ready for the prank night of the century?" Livewire asks walking on stage causing the crowd to cheer. So you may be wondering what Livewire has in store for her beloved shockateers? Let's kick things off as the queen of mean memes unleashes some mean memes." First was an image of Supergirl in the garbage. "Ha! Explains her recycled outfit." Next was Batgirl running from her bike. "Looks like Batgirl still needs training wheels." The next image was Green Lantern. "Look everyone I found the cause of greenhouse gasses." Then there was Zatanna next to a porcupine. "Who wore it better? Zatanna or Porcupines?" Then there was Bumblebee. "Looks like bees don't dance."
As everyone laughed Ladybug looked to see each of the girls feeling absolutely awful when finally Silver Claw with the collar on appeared.
"There's a bad dog am I right folks?" Livewire laughs along with everyone else causing Silver Claw to rub his neck.
"But wait we're missing two. Where are Wonder Weenie and Lady Buzzkill?" Livewire calls out.
"Guys we have to go out there." Ladybug said.
"Why? They'll just laugh at us." Green Lantern said.
"And they'll keep laughing at you until you stand up for yourself. Livewire is mean but these people aren't. They know when a line is crossed." Ladybug said.
"Agreed, sister." Wonder Woman said ready.
"Hey Livewire!" The audience turn to see Ladybug and Wonder Woman walking towards the stage.
"Well look who's here." Livewire grins.
"Livewire, your reign of cruelty and humiliation has reached its end." Wonder Woman said.
"No I don't think so. If anything it's just begun!" Livewire said as Ladybug threw her yoyo but Livewire zapped it making Ladybug drop it.
Wonder Woman draws her sword but Livewire sidesteps the attack and blasts Wonder Woman causing everyone to laugh.
"See Ladybug? People love mean. No one likes the nice guys." Livewire smirks.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug throws her yoyo into the air and from it a Chinese finger cuff appeared. "What the?"
"Oh look even Ladybug's attack is on the fritz." Livewire said as everyone laughed at her.
"You won't stop me Livewire, it doesn't matter how much your humiliate me or my friends." Ladybug declared.
"Is that right?" Livewire smirks attacking Ladybug knocking her to the ground.
As Livewire continued her attacks the laughter started to come to a stop as Ladybug was pushed back.
"Time for the punchline." Gathering a lot of power, Livewire fires an electric fist at Ladybug when Wonder Woman got in between and raised her shield causing them both to take the attack and fly backwards causing everyone to gasp.
"Time to end this." Livewire was about to move in when Silver Claw leaped in and slashed Livewire away. "Oh look the bad dog."
"Back off Livewire. You're done." Silver Claw said.
"You say that but everyone loves me." Livewire said but no one responded.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Silver Claw said.
Growling Livewire gathers up electricity before attacking them, this time Supergirl, Batgirl, Green Lantern, Bumblebee, and Zatanna joined in to help protect their friends.
"Took you guys long enough." Ladybug smirks.
"Thanks for knocking some sense into us." Silver Claw said.
"We can save the compliments for later. We have to stop her." Wonder Woman said.
"Can you guys get me in close?" Ladybug asks.
"Just say the word Ladybug." Batgirl grins.
"Go!" Ladybug said as they charged in towards Livewire.
"You think you can stop me?! Fat chance!" Livewire fires electricity but Supergirl jumps in and absorbs the attacks before Zatanna waved her hand and countered the others.
"Allyoop!" Green Lantern said making a trampoline for Ladybug to jump on launching her high into the air.
As Livewire looked up Batgirl and Silver Claw run in and nail her in the gut before Bumblebee zaps Livewire making her fly back towards Wonder Woman who holds her down.
"And trapped ya!" Ladybug said linking Livewire's fingers in the finger cuff.
"Please like this little thing can hold me." Livewire pushed her fingers together to let go but ends up zapping herself every time she tried causing everyone to laugh at her with each failure. "Hey stop laughing!"
"Not so fun when it's you, is it?" Ladybug smirks.
Livewire growls when Ladybug throws her yoyo tying her up. "I think it's time you took a nice long trip to cool your head."
Spinning her around and around before letting go sending Livewire flying.
Holding up her phone a figure in the audience took a picture of this.
The next morning, the figure walked into Metropolis High to the Daily Plantoid and showed Lois the picture.
"Shocker in Glen Morgan Square. Bully gets what for." Lois read. "I like it. You got an eye for good news miss."
"Thanks, I have a knack for this stuff." She said.
"You know I could use a good reporter to help me out with the hero section, interested?" Lois asks.
"What the heck? Could be fun." She said.
"Welcome aboard miss..." Lois said looking up.
Standing in front of her was a girl with long brown hair, tan skin, a red jacket and light gray pants.
"Lila, Lila Rossi." She declared.
"Welcome aboard Lila." Lois said as they shook hands.