Disclaimer in the first chapter.
Austin and Wash Crosby belong to GirlPower54.
Chapter Three: Hypno Man
A marathon was happening in Paris. Thankfully, it was the weekend. Two boys were taking part in this marathon: a 12 year old boy, and a 17 year old boy.
The 12 year old boy had a peach skin tone with a fair tan, blue eyes, light brown hair, is sorta chubby with a fake amount of muscle. He wears a red and blue striped shirt with a green star in the middle of the shirt, blue jeans, a black unzipped hoodie, white socks, black/blue sneakers, and a red and blue baseball cap.
The 17 year old boy has dark brown hair that reaches his neck, tan skin, circular ocean blue eyes, muscular. He was wearing a black shirt with red stripes, blue jeans, black converses and white socks, blue beanie, a gray digital watch, and blue fingerless gloves.
Also taking part in the marathon was Juliette, and her sisters. The three did some stretches.
Standing to the side was Roland, along with Renée. The two had come to support their friend in this marathon; which was being done for charity.
The five of them soon heard an "On your marks, get set, go!" indicating the start of the marathon.
Juliette and her sisters took off, running.
"Go Juliette!" Renée cheered.
Austin took off as well, determined to beat his adopted brother, hopefully for once. Every time he took second, and this time, he was hoping to make it different.
Wash, however, was already ahead of Austin.
After a long marathon...
A random male had gotten the fastest time in his age group (50+), which was under an hour and 50 minutes.
Meanwhile, it was time to announce the winner of Wash and Austin's age group.
"The winner is...Wash!" the announcer announced. "He got the fastest time from this age group of 12-17! Come up and get your medal!"
Wash eagerly went up to claim his medal. Another first place.
Austin, however, was furious. He'd been trying so hard to get that first place position, to finally beat his brother at something, but no. That just couldn't happen. He clenched his fists.
"Man, he beat you badly," the announcer had the nerve to say to Austin.
"...Shut up," Austin said slowly, seething and full of fury.
In a mysterious location, a window opened up. Hawkmoth was standing there.
"Ah, a dejected man who can never win against his adopted brother? I can change that for him," Hawkmoth grinned, as he held out her hand for a butterfly to land on. He covered her hand, before allowing it to gain dark energy. Releasing the akuma, he declared "Fly away, my evil little akuma, and have this hypnotist join my side!"
Austin was still seething, full of fury. His fists were clenched, his eyes were narrowed...everything about his appearance right now screamed 'negative emotions.'
The akuma flutters down and lands on his watch. A voice purred in his head.
"That announcer was completely wrong. You should have been declared the winner…" Hawkmoth said.
"I should have been declared the winner, indeed!" Austin agreed, still seething. A dark rust color appears around his eyes as well as a light butterfly outline.
"I can change that for you, young man. I can give you the power to use hypnosis and telekinesis. But, I don't give this power for free. In exchange, I want you to grab the Miraculouses of Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lionne, and Ocelot. Do you agree?"
"It's a deal," Austin spoke aloud as dark magic began to transform him.
"That's my hypnotist. Go forth, Hypno Man, and embrace your new powers!" Hawkmoth declared.
Once the transformation was complete, he had jet black hair, pale white skin, and hypnotic green eyes. His digital watch became a hypnosis necklace, which is around his neck. He is now wearing a black shirt with a white bow tie, black pants with a white stripe on both sides, a black and white striped beanie, black dress shoes, and black fingerless gloves that have a white spiral on them.
People were cheering happily for Wash, congratulating him on winning.
"Why are you cheering for him?" a voice was heard. It didn't seem like the announcer who had said that.
"All hail Hypno Man!" the announcer declared. His eyes were glowing green, with white spirals in them.
"A-Austin?!" Wash exclaims, terrified.
"Oh, Austin's not here anymore," the villain known as Hypno Man smirks. "I am Hypno Man now."
"Stay away from this little kid!" a woman declared, holding her arms out to defend Wash.
"Oh relax...calm down," Hypno Man instructed calmly, as to not alarm her further. "There's no need to get all defensive..."
"Kid, run," the same woman whispered. "We'll try and hold him off before Ladybug, Cat Noir, Ocelot and Lionne arrive."
Wash nodded and quickly took off to find a place to hide.
"Look at me," Hypno Man continued with his instructions.
"Never!" the crowd demanded.
"Well, have it your way," Hypno Man shrugs, before holding up his necklace to hypnotize the crowd.
The green and white pulses of waves go over the crowd, who struggled to listen, but eventually… they fell under the spell of the akuma; their eyes becoming green, with white spirals.
"Find Wash," Hypno Man instructed, "Bring him to me."
"Yes, Master Hypno Man!" the crowd declared in a monotone.
Hypno Man smirked to himself. Master Hypno Man. He could get used to this.
The crowd shuffled out, arms out like zombies. They try to go and find Wash.
Marinette and Adrien hid in different spots, transforming into their alter egos: Ladybug and Cat Noir. Meanwhile, both Juliette and Roland transform into their alter egos, Lionne and Ocelot; after finding places to hide. They meet up on a building roof.
"Okay, here's the plan. Cat Noir, Lionne, you try to find the akuma. Ocelot and I will try and find Wash," Ladybug said.
"Sounds like a plan," Cat Noir replied, as he and Lionne took off. It didn't take them long to find the akuma.
"Well, well. Cat Noir and Lionne! You'll make the perfect addition to my army!" Hypno Man declared.
"Sorry, but we don't want to join your army of zombie freaks," Cat Noir said confidently.
Hypno Man laughed. "Unfortunately, you don't have a choice." He holds up his necklace to the two heroes. Green and white pulses of waves go over the two heroes.
"Cat Noir, fight it!" Lionne shouted.
"I'm...trying!" Cat Noir replied.
"There's no point in resisting," Hypno Man laughed evilly. "Soon, you'll be under my control..."
The Cat and the Lion heroes both kept trying to resist, unfortunately, their eyes soon turned green, with white spirals.
The light purple butterfly mask appears over Hypno Man's face.
"Yes! Have them take Ladybug and Ocelot's Miraculouses, before making them give you their Miraculouses!" Hawkmoth communicated telepathically with his akuma.
"My two new slaves...here's what you're going to do..." Hypno Man smirked.
Meanwhile, Wash was still running to try and find a place to hide. It didn't help that now he had a giant crowd behind him, trying to take him back to his now villainized adoptive brother.
A young man charged forward to grab his leg. "LONG LIVE MASTER HYPNO MAN!" he declared.
Wash screamed loudly and ran forward, narrowly dodging getting his leg grabbed. That being said, he still didn't feel safe. He was defenseless. He had nothing he could defend himself with even if he tried.
A yo-yo grabbed him, and flung him to the rooftop. Ladybug smiled at him. "Hey, kid, you alright?"
"Ladybug?" Wash questioned, suddenly relieved. "I...I think I'm alright," he answered, still occasionally glancing behind him because he was still nervous that the crowd could appear at any minute.
"Think you can tell Ladybug and I what got your brother so upset?" Ocelot asked.
"Um, he's my adoptive brother," Wash corrected hesitantly. "I guess he's mad about me getting first place…? I don't think what the announcer said helped either."
Ocelot shivered. "Ouch. That's rough. Poor guy. Don't worry kid, we'll bring him back to normal."
Ladybug nodded. "But we'll need your help. Would you like to distract Hypno Man?"
Wash thought for a moment. He'd be at danger but...was that really his biggest concern?
"I'll do it," he decided.
"Great. First things first, we need to come up with a plan. We can't charge into battle," Ladybug replied.
"I think we have a problem," Wash said.
"What do you mean?" Ocelot asked.
"Look behind you," Wash said, pointing.
The two heroes turned to see Lionne and Cat Noir.
"Have you found the akuma?" Ladybug asked.
"Give us your Miraculouses!" Lionne said, with no emotion.
"Oh no! Cat Noir, Lionne!" Ocelot shouted.
"Look at their eyes, they're hypnotized!" Ladybug exclaimed.
"We must take your Miraculouses!" Cat Noir said, also, with no emotion.
"Well, it looks like we're gonna have to fight our teammates," Ocelot got into a fighting position.
Hypno Man was waiting for the army to return. The light butterfly mask appears over his eyes again.
"I don't like being kept waiting, Hypno Man. I want those Miraculouses now!"
"You'll get the Miraculouses," Hypno Man responded. "As soon as I'm done with my brother."
"UGH, fine. But if you don't get them soon, then I'm removing your powers, got it?!"
"I've got it under control, Hawkmoth," Hypno Man replied.
The light butterfly mask disappears from the eyes of Hypno Man.
Fighting their teammates took some time, but Ladybug and Ocelot eventually had to tie up both Lionne and Cat Noir, so they could beat the akuma.
"So, we understand the plan? Wash distracts Hypno Man so he could grab the akumatized object?" Ladybug asked.
"You got it," Wash replied.
"Gosh, I really hope this plan works," Ocelot said.
"When have my plans ever failed?" Ladybug asked.
"Good point," Ocelot replied.
"Looks like we're going to need my...LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug shouted, throwing her yo-yo into the air. Magical ladybugs surrounded the yo-yo, before an item dropped into her hands. It was a pair of nunchucks.
"Okay, so what are you going to do with those?" Ocelot gazed at the nunchucks.
"Let's get down below," Ladybug said, using her yo-yo, and grabbing onto Wash, as the two made their way down the building. Then, she pulled Ocelot aside. "I'm thinking of giving Wash the nunchucks."
"Are you crazy?! He's only a little kid!" Ocelot was wide-eyed.
"We don't have any other choice," Ladybug said. "Wash, catch! You can use this!" the spotted heroine shouted, tossing the 12 year old some nunchucks.
Wash caught the nunchucks and basically took off running...again.
"Well, well. Look who decided to show up," Hypno Man smirked over at Wash. "On the plus side, I didn't even need my army to come and get you. You came of your own free will."
"Austin…" Wash trailed off, trying to find the correct words. "You don't need an army to let them know you win." He didn't mean it, for it was mainly being said to distract him.
"I've told you, Austin is gone! I'm Hypno Man!" the akuma roared. "And if you're not going to give me your medal, I'm going to take it from you!" He used his telekinesis powers to try and lift the medal off from around his adopted brother's neck.
While Hypno Man was doing that, albeit somewhat successfully, Wash decided to throw one of the nunchucks at him.
Hypno Man smirked, using his telekinesis to stop the nunchuck. "Oh, was this your brilliant plan?" He threw the nunchuck back to Wash, harshly.
"Ah shoot, I was sure that would work," Wash mumbled as he dodged the nunchuck.
"UGH, STAY STILL YOU NASTY LITTLE BRAT!" Hypno Man shouted angrily.
"I'll stay still when you become my brother again," Wash responded, "you've left me basically no other choice."
"Huh?" Hypno Man asked.
At that point, Ladybug and Ocelot took down the rest of the army.
"It's 3 against 1, Hypno Man! Game over for you!" Ladybug announced.
"NO!" Hypno Man shouted.
"Wash, grab the necklace!" Ladybug shouted. Her earrings were beeping. She had 3 minutes left. "And hurry!"
Wash threw the nunchuck at the necklace. It broke and the akuma came fluttering out.
"No more evildoing for you, akuma," Ladybug began. "TIME TO DEEVILISE!" she captured the akuma in her yo-yo. "Gotcha!"
Turning around, she released the akuma. "Take care, little butterfly." She took one of the nunchucks. "Ready, Wash?"
Wash took the other nunchuck. "I'm ready."
"On three, we do the Miraculous cure. One...two...three!" She threw the nunchuck in the air. "Miraculous," she began.
Wash also threw the nunchuck he was holding in the air. "Ladybug!" he continued.
The magical ladybugs go around to fix everything that Hypno Man had caused, turning the army back to normal, and fixing the broken necklace to become the watch again. This even snapped both Cat Noir and Lionne out of the hypnotic spell that they were under.
Hypno Man turned back into Austin, who looked confused. "Ugh...What happened?" he asked.
"POUND IT!" Ladybug and Ocelot said.
"Whoa, did we miss the fight?" Lionne asked, confused.
"Yeah, I'm afraid so. Ocelot will tell you about it when you and him patrol tonight," Ladybug said, as her earrings beeped again. "I should get going. Bug out!"
The other three heroes left, as Wash picked up the watch from the ground.
Austin rubbed his head, still confused about what had happened.
"Austin?" Wash asked, turning his attention back to his brother. "I believe this belongs to you." He held out the watch.
"My watch!" Austin exclaimed, taking it back. He hugged his brother. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I was just so mad that you kept winning everything."
"It's okay," Wash replied, returning the hug. "Maybe we can share this first place?" he suggested.
"Wait, are you serious?" Austin asked.
"I'm serious," Wash responded.
"I'd like that," Austin grinned.
Later that night...
Both Ocelot and Lionne were patrolling Paris.
"So, did I hurt you?" Lionne looked at Ocelot.
"You would never hurt me, Lionne," Ocelot replied, as he looked at her. "But...I've always wanted to know who you are behind the mask."
Lionne laughed. "You should know the rules, Ocelot. We have to keep our identities a secret, otherwise, Hawkmoth would use it against us."
"Yeah, you're right," Ocelot said, sighing. The two continued to patrol Paris, until they decided to call it a night.
"Guess I'll see you at the next akuma attack?" Lionne asked.
"Yeah, you'll see me," Ocelot replied.
And so, the two left, going back to their respective homes for the night.