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59. Heroes' Day Part 2: Mayura

Scene: TV Screen.

Prime Queen: Don't be bemused, it's just the news! Thank you for joining us for this very special program. You will have the chance to witness the victory of our great leader, Scarlet Moth!

Akumatized villains: Hail Scarlet Moth! Hail Scarlet Moth! Hail Scarlet Moth!

"Well, that's an annoying chant," Luka noted and everyone else grumbled in agreement as they covered their ears, trying to not to listen to it anymore.

Prime Queen: Today shall be known as... Villains Day!

Tom and Sabine are seen watching the news broadcast from Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. Then Nora, Ella, and Etta are seen watching the news broadcast from the Césaire apartment before the scene switches to Catalyst in Hawk Moth's lair.

Catalyst: It's time, Scarlet Moth.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Akumatized villains: Hail Scarlet Moth! (stop when Scarlet Moth raises his cane)

Scarlet Moth: Ladybug. Cat Noir. I can feel your close presence. If you want to save Paris and all its people, I'll give you one last chance. Give yourselves up and bring me your Miraculous!

Scene: Palais de Chaillot rooftop.

Cat Noir: Penny for your thoughts, M'lady?

Ladybug: It's like he's been preparing for this for a long time. But we...we're not prepared for this.

Cat Noir: Yes, we are! We've already fought them all and we won! And there are five of us this time!

Ladybug: If we want to win, we have to defeat Hawk Moth, even though we've never fought him before. (stands up) Hawk Moth! I hope you enjoyed Volpina's illusion because the real Ladybug will never hand you over her Miraculous!

Cat Noir: (stands up) And we've got a better idea! You're gonna give us your Miraculous!

Carapace: (stands up along with Rena Rouge) You may have an army of akumatized warriors...

Rena Rouge: ...but we're a whole team of superheroes!

Queen Bee: (stands up) You're going to wish you never wore that utterly ridiculous costume!

Everyone in the audience chuckled at on-screen Queen Bee's comment towards Hawk Moth in both amusement and agreement. But soon after, everyone cheered and applauded as the five heroes on-screen prepared to fight.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Scarlet Moth: (laughs maliciously) I understand you want to fight. Then so be it. Guitar Villain. Frightningale. Music! (Guitar Villain and Frightningale play thunderous music while the other akumatized villains charge towards the Miraculous Supers)

Prime Queen: And so it begins. The scarlet army is on its way to crush these pathetic Miraculous holders.

Ladybug: Don't forget our main objective. We want to get to Hawk Moth.

Cat Noir: Simple plan then. Go for the big bad boss.

Rena Rouge: Let's get him!

Carapace: I'll cover you!

Queen Bee: You can count on me, Ladybug.

Stormy Weather: Cyclone! (makes a huge twister appear)

The Pharaoh: Horus! Give me your wings! (flies and picks up Princess Fragrance)

Stormy Weather: Thunderbolt! (aims at Ladybug)

"Old memories coming back to haunt you, huh?" Angel noted about the old akumatized supervillains attacking and everyone else nodded in agreement.

Ladybug: Carapace! Shield! (Carapace throws his shield at Ladybug, protecting her from Stormy Weather's attack; Riposte then attacks Ladybug, but she dodges this) Your swords are no match for Cat Noir! Show them what you got! (Cat Noir charges towards the akumatized villains with his staff) Queen Bee, Pharaoh's pendant! (Princess Fragrance aims at Cat Noir, but Carapace blocks the attack)

Cat Noir: Well done! (Queen Bee hits the Pharaoh's pendant with her spinning top, breaking it and releasing the akuma)

Ladybug: (captures the akuma) Rena Rouge! Rescue!

Rena Rouge: Good aim, Chloé! (catches a falling Jalil and then throws her flute at Princess Fragrance's perfume, turning her back into Rose)

Princess Fragrance: NO!

Queen Bee: It's Queen Bee to you, Fox! (catches Rose. Ladybug captures the akuma. Cat Noir and Carapace deakumatize Riposte and Mime while Ladybug captures their akumas)

"Oh, what's the point?! We all know who you are, anyway!" Alya jokingly reminded Chloe who frowned but stayed silent as she can't argue with that. Meanwhile, everyone else giggled in agreement.

Cat Noir: We make a pretty cool team.

Ladybug: Not bad! But it's not over yet.

Scarlet Moth: It's all going to plan, Catalyst.

"It's all going to plan? Aren't you guys winning?!" Ivan asked, confused as everyone else who aren't the heroes that day.

"Hawk Moth was luring us into a false sense of security. He made us believe we're winning before he pulls the big guns," Adrien explained and the four other heroes nodded in confirmation.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Catalyst: Nothing's more delightful than leading them to believe that they actually have a chance of winning when their future has already been decided!

"See?" Adrien pointed out and everybody else nodded in understanding.

Scene: Scene switches to the Eiffel Tower and then the Le Grand Paris front doors.

Scarlet Moth: Over to you, Dark Cupid.

"Me? What does he need me for?" Kim asked, not remembering this at all.

"Don't you remember, Kim? Your power as Dark Cupid was to get rid of all love, therefore creating negative emotions. So, you helped Scarlet Moth re-akumatize people all over again," Angel explained to the teen athlete and everybody else murmured in understanding.

André: People of Paris. Just like our superheroes, we will never give in to evil and villainy. Together we shall resist! Together we will triumph! (receives phone call) Huh? Ahem. Yes, honey?

Scene: Le Grand Paris rooftop. Audrey Bourgeois has her things packed and Butler Jean is putting them inside the Bourgeois helicopter

Audrey: What are you doing? Hurry up, André!

Scene: Le Grand Paris.

André: Yes, yes, my dear. I'm on my way. (hangs up and slowly backs away) Meanwhile, I will supervise Paris' defense... from my helicopter! (goes inside the hotel) Thank you! (runs off)

"Coward!" Alix shouted out over to Mayor Bourgeois on-screen. "No offense, Chloe."

"None taken. That was pretty cowardly of my daddy," Chloe said in retrospect.

Scene: Le Grand Paris rooftop.

André: (runs towards Audrey and Butler Jean) Audrey, my darling. Where's our Chloé?

Audrey: Out playing superheroes again probably. (Dark Cupid fires an arrow at André, Audrey, and Butler Jean, causing their emotions about Chloé being a Super to become negative.)

"Excuse me, Mother?! I was trying to help save all our butts here! Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" Chloe retorted back to her mother on-screen and everyone else either eye-rolled or chuckled in agreement.

André: Chloé shouldn't be playing the superheroine!

Audrey: It's unacceptable! Utterly unacceptable!

Butler Jean: Mademoiselle will have to be punished.

Scene: Eiffel Tower

Scarlet Moth: Nice work, Dark Cupid. The Bourgeois family is now in place to follow my plan. (sends scarlet akumas to Le Grand Paris) Hahahaha!

Scene: Le Grand Paris rooftop. The scarlet akumas infect the gold rose on Audrey's hat, André's sash, and Mr. Cuddly.

Scarlet Moth: Style Queen, Malediktator, Despair Bear.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Scarlet Moth: Chloé never does what she's told, huh? Well now I'm giving you the power to punish her once and for all! (Audrey, André, and Butler Jean are turned back into Style Queen, Malediktator, and Despair Bear)

Stormy Weather: There's bad weather on the way! (attacks Ladybug, who blocks the attacks with her yo-yo)

Cat Noir: (extends his staff on the ground so that Queen Bee can stand on it) Your forecast was wrong, Ice Queen! (flings Queen Bee, who uses her foot to break Stormy Weather's parasol and releases the akuma) Gotcha! (catches a falling Aurore. Rena Rouge throws her flute at Rogercop's whistle, breaking it and releasing the akuma)

Ladybug: Your days of attacking innocent people will soon be over, Hawk Moth. Lucky Charm! (receives a tennis racket and looks at her surroundings) Get ready! I'm gonna need all of you!

Scarlet Moth: The time has come, Dark Cupid. (Dark Cupid fires arrows at all the de-akumatized: Rose, Kagami, Aurore, Jalil, Roger, and Fred, giving them negative emotions and allowing Scarlet Moth to re-akumatize them on, Princess Fragrance, Riposte, Stormy Weather, Pharaoh, Rogercop, and Mime)

Ladybug: What?

Prime Queen: What an incredible twist! Those lousy heroes didn't even see it coming!

Cat Noir: Hawk Moth is using Dark Cupid to create all the negative emotions he needs. (Dark Cupid fires an arrow at Ladybug, but she dodges and the heroes continue to battle the akumatized villains while Dark Cupid fires more arrows)

Carapace: It's a nightmare!

Ladybug: Stay focused, guys! Villains must never prevail!

Scarlet Moth: Fall on them like rain, my scarlet akumas! (sends a swarm of scarlet akumas towards the Supers)

Ladybug: Huh? (notices the scarlet akumas) Watch out!

Cat Noir: Oh no.

Prime Queen: (as the superheroes battle the akumas) Now watch Scarlet Moth's relentless plan to get rid of your precious protectors. Mwahahahaha! (The Pharaoh begins to overpower Carapace; Rena Rouge notices that Dark Cupid is aiming an arrow at Carapace)

Rena Rouge: Carapace, watch out! (Dark Cupid fires an arrow at Carapace, but Rena Rouge jumps in the way and takes the hit instead)

"Now I understand Cat Noir's impulse in saving Ladybug from time to time," Alya noted about her (as Rena Rouge) saving Nino (as Carapace) from Dark Cupid's arrow and everybody else nodded in understanding.

Carapace: Rena? No! Not you!

Rena Rouge: (growls) Hands off! (pushes Carapace away from her) You flyweight!

"Great, babe! Now you sound like your sister," Nino noted about the negatively-affected Rena Rouge and everybody else lightly giggled while Alya looked down in embarrassment.

Ladybug: (notices an akuma approaching Rena Rouge and captures it) Rena Rouge, don't let any negative emotions take over you, or you might get akumatized too, and that's exactly what Hawk Moth wants!

Carapace: (slowly approaches Rena Rouge) Hold on!

Rena Rouge: You are not cut out to be a hero! (lunges at Carapace, but he restrains her) Let go of me, you weakling!

Carapace: Shh. Easy. (Princess Fragrance fires her perfume at Rena Rouge and Carapace, but Queen Bee blocks the attack with her top)

Queen Bee: You don't have to worry about me, Ladybug! I'll never let my emotions get the better of me!

"And I jinxed it!" Chloe muttered to herself, remembering what happened after seeing her parents re-akumatized.

Scarlet Moth: You should never say... "never".

Style Queen & Malediktator: Chloé! (They appear in front of her)

Queen Bee: Daddy? Mommy?!

Ladybug: Queen Bee! Focus!

Malediktator: By the power vested in me, stop playing superheroes! (he and Style Queen attack Queen Bee, who blocks their attacks with her top)

Rena Rouge: (pushes Carapace away and allows an akuma to infect her Miraculous) I am now... Rena Rage!

"Rena Rage? Oh, that'll really catch on!" Alya sarcastically groaned in frustration at the name her evil Rena Rouge self just gave.

Carapace: NOOOOOO! (saddened, an akuma infects his Miraculous)

Ladybug: Carapace, no!

Shell Shock: There is no more Carapace. There is only Shell Shock! (throws his shield at Ladybug, she dodges)

"Great! I gave myself a lousy supervillain name too!" Nino himself also groaned in frustration at the name his evil Carapace self just gave.

Despair Bear: (latches onto Queen Bee, who still is fighting Style Queen and Malediktator) Stop! (holds her in place, allowing Dark Cupid to shoot an arrow at her and an akuma to infect her Miraculous)

Cat Noir: Queen Bee!

Queen Wasp: That's Queen Wasp to you, Cockroach! (throws a punch at Cat Noir, but he dodges)

"Why am I not surprised?!" Chloe herself also groaned in frustration since getting akumatized as Queen Bee and into Queen Wasp has happened before.

Cat Noir: This might be a good time to use that Lucky Charm of yours, don't you think?

Ladybug: I need all of us to make it work! I can't do anything with it now! (The akumatized villains begin to surround Ladybug and Cat Noir. Frightningale and Guitar Villain continue to play music)

Scarlet Moth: Game, set, and match, Ladybug.

Cat Noir: I don't see how we're going to get out of this one, M'lady.

Ladybug: We can't lose hope, or we'll get akumatized, too.

Cat Noir: Pretty cataclysmic situation, huh?

Ladybug: (gasps) Cataclysm! That's it! Beneath us, Cat Noir!

Cat Noir: Of course. Cataclysm! (uses Cataclysm on the ground below them, allowing him and Ladybug to escape)

"You two are retreating?!" Alix asked the two heroes in disbelief at what they just did on-screen.

"We needed to feed and recharge our kwamis since we just used our powers plus we need to come up with a new plan since our superhero allies are out of commission," Marinette explained as if it were obvious and after some serious thought, everyone else murmured in agreement that it was the best thing to do at the moment.

Prime Queen: No more Ladybug and Cat Noir! Have they destroyed themselves or...?

Scene: Sewers. Ladybug and Cat Noir are running.

Ladybug: I'm about to transform back. I'll go this way. You go that way. (she and Cat Noir run on opposite sides of the sewer. She detransforms)

Marinette: That was a close one. (reaches into her bag and pulls out a macaron for Tikki)

Cat Noir: Claws in! (He detransforms)

Adrien: (pulls out a piece of cheese from his pocket) Enjoy it, but don't take too long. We don't have much time.

Plagg: Let's share it. (splits the cheese in half) You're gonna need it, too.

Adrien: Thank you, Plagg. (takes the cheese)

"Plagg is sharing his cheese?! Has the world gone mad?!" Trixx jokingly asked about Plagg sharing his cheese and everyone else laughed hard in amusement.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Scarlet Moth: Animan, track down Ladybug and Cat Noir. They must not escape. (Animan shapeshifts into a panther)

Scene: Sewers.

Adrien: You okay, Ladybug?

Marinette: Hawk Moth has never re-akumatized so many people in one go. Something's changed.

Adrien: Maybe he's figured out how to boost his powers, just like we did.

Marinette: You still think we can win?

Adrien: Like you said, we can't lose hope. People are relying on us.

Marinette: But our team crumbled.

Adrien: Then let's go back to what's always worked. A duo. You and me against the world, m'lady.

Marinette: (smiles but then gasps upon hearing a noise) They're coming! (Several akumatized villains head their way)

Adrien: You like water rides? (runs towards the sewer waters)

Marinette: (runs in the same direction) Don't forget to put your diving gear on. (jumps into the water with Adrien, eyes closed) Tikki, power-up! (tosses Tikki the aqua power-up)

Adrien: Plagg, power-up! (tosses Plagg the aqua power-up. Marinette and Adrien transform into Aquabug and Aqua Noir and swim through the sewer pipes until they come across Syren)

"Ew! You two actually swam in the sewer water?!" Chloe asked in disgust, sounding a little bit like her old self.

"Got a better idea, Queen Bee?!" Marinette retorted back to the blonde girl who chose not to answer as she doesn't have one. In response, everybody else laughed in agreement.

Aquabug: Syren! (Animan jumps into the water and shapeshifts into a giant catfish)

Aqua Noir: Better get fishing. (swims towards Syren while Aquabug swims towards Animan. Aqua Noir breaks Syren's bracelet while Aquabug breaks Animan's pin, releasing the akumas. Aquabug captures the akumas and Syren and Animan are turned back into Ondine and Otis, who have trouble breathing underwater until Aquabug and Aqua Noir give them their yo-yo and staff to use as a breathing device) It's gonna take a lot of time to de-akumatize all these villains one by one.

Aquabug: Which is exactly why we have to take on Hawk Moth directly. He's using his cane to re-akumatize his victims. If we can destroy it, he won't have an army fighting for him anymore. (gasps upon finding that the sewer water is starting to freeze; she and Aqua Noir retreat)

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Scarlet Moth: (laughs maliciously as Frozer begins to freeze all of Paris) Behold my triumph, Parisians! Your champions are trapped!

Aquabug & Aqua Noir: (jump out of the freezing water) Spots Off!/Claws In! (transform back into regular form)

Ladybug: (aims her yo-yo at Frozer's ice skates, breaking them and releasing the akuma, which she then captures) You sure don't want to miss what's coming next! Time to show everyone that the real Ladybug is back! (releases all the captured akumas)

Scene: Césaire Apartment.

Nora: Look! The heroes are back.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Scarlet Moth: Stop filming, Prime Queen!

Darkblade: No more escaping for you knaves. Down with the enemy!

Ladybug: I suggest we take a little detour.

Cat Noir: Couldn't agree more, M'lady.

Scene: Streets of Paris. The duo proceeds to run from the Scarlet Army.

Cat Noir: Any miraculous ideas, M'lady?

Ladybug: Besides running and surviving you mean?

Nora: Parisians, we can be heroes just for one day!

Parisians: Yeah!

"Yeah! Go, big sis!" Alya excitedly cheered as she saw her older sister lead the crowd against the supervillains.

"An army of regular civilians?! Now, that's what I'm talking about!" Luka said excitedly, especially after seeing his mother in the crowd.

"I couldn't agree more!" Kagami said excitedly herself.

"Now that was the true meaning of Heroes' Day!" Marinette said as she smiled, remembering how much of a big help these people were in the battle. Everyone else cheered and applauded in agreement.

Darkblade: What? A revolution?! Charge! (Darkblade's Army charges at the rebelling Parisians.)

Gina: Are you okay? (Ladybug grabs her hand and stands)

Marlena: It's awesome seeing you guys again.

Gina: Parisians are all on your side.

Marlena: We will slow them down. You two go save the world!

Ladybug: You are all fantastic. Thank you! Take care!

Cat Noir: Thank you!

Scene: Eiffel Tower

Scarlet Moth: Get them my giants. Destroy Ladybug and Cat Noir! And anyone else who tries to stand in your way! (The Scarlet Giants salute Scarlet Moth)

Scene: Streets of Paris

Parisian: Hey! (calls the attention of Gigantitan using a car)

Gigantitan: Car... Vroom! Vroom!

"OK, how did Hawk Moth think it was a good idea to re-akumatize the baby again?!" Alix asked in disbelief and everyone shrugged and frowned in response.

Scene: Ladybug and Cat Noir are running on top of building rooftops.

Cat Noir: People are amazing!

Ladybug: That's precisely why you should never give up hope, kitty!

Scene: Eiffel Tower. Scarlet Moth speaks to Catalyst in Hawk Moth's lair.

Scarlet Moth: They're more resistant than I expected.

Catalyst: But we still have the last phase of our plan. (Scarlet Moth walks away)

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Ladybug: Take care of the ice cream man, Cat Noir!

Cat Noir: With pleasure! All this fighting has made me hungry. (Ladybug and Cat Noir deakumatize Glaciator, then head for Scarlet Moth on the Eiffel Tower. It's an illusion. He gasps)

Ladybug: It's down to the three of us, Hawk Moth!

"Don't be fooled, everyone! That's not the real Hawk Moth," Marinette quickly pointed out the Hawk Moth illusion on-screen, surprising everyone.

"Then...ohhh. That miserable witch became Volpina again?!" Alya asked as she groaned at another of Lila's misdeeds along with everyone else while the two heroes nodded in confirmation.

Cat Noir: Cataclysm!

Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (receives a miniature Miraculous box) It's a sign, Hawk Moth. A sign that your Miraculous will wind up inside this box!

Scarlet Moth (Illusion): Are you sure you're not making a serious mistake? How would you know if the wish I was planning to make with your Miraculous wouldn't have been beneficial to everyone?

Ladybug: If you were to make a wish, there'd be a price to pay. Why don't you tell us your wish, Hawk Moth?

Scarlet Moth (Illusion): Give me your Miraculous and you'll find out.

Volpina: Unlike you, I'm not afraid to use these powers.

"And she's not red like the others. That must mean that she got re-akumatized as Volpina willingly," Nathaniel said as he saw Volpina on-screen and everybody else is starting to angrily agree with that theory too.

Scarlet Moth (Illusion): Since you are so good, why didn't you bother to try and change the world for the better?

Ladybug: We are changing the world every day by our actions. Not just by wishing it at the expense of innocent citizens!

Cat Noir: Whatever your wish it can only be evil judging by the havoc you wreak. (The heroes head towards the illusion Scarlet Moth while the real Scarlet Moth sneaks behind them)

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Catalyst: The time has come! You are about to triumph at last.

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Ladybug: (holds out the Miraculous box in front of the illusion Scarlet Moth) It's not too late. You can fight for good, with us. (Ladybug spots the real Scarlet Moth behind her and Cat Noir through the Miraculous Box's reflective surface, therefore pushes them out of the way before Dark Cupid or Scarlet Moth can hit them and then de-akumatizes Dark Cupid)

Scarlet Moth: No!

Ladybug: You're such a coward, Hawk Moth!

Cat Noir: But there's no hiding this time! (Ladybug and Cat Noir fight Scarlet Moth and eventually manage to grab his cane, which Cat Noir destroys with his Cataclysm, turning Scarlet Moth back into Hawk Moth and de-akumatizing all his akumatized villains)

Hawk Moth: No!

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair.

Catalyst: NO! Argh! Ah!

Scene: Eiffel Tower.

Hawk Moth: Alright, kids. Watch what a man who's got nothing to lose can do! (While he fights Ladybug and Cat Noir, Catalyst goes into Gabriel's safe and takes out the Peacock Miraculous)

Hawk Moth: (after overpowering the duo) You're never going to win. Not today or any other day. You're still so green, young superheroes. You can't even stay transformed after you've used your powers. (nearly grabs their Miraculous, but is stopped by Carapace, who throws his shield at him)

"Wait! Hawk Moth can stay transformed even after using his powers?! How come we heroes can't?!" Alya asked in shock as well as everyone else.

"It's because we're still kids. Only adults can stay transformed after using their powers," Marinette explained, remembering Timetagger when she and Cat Noir fought alongside Bunnyx. "I know. Not fair, right?" Everyone else shook their hands in agreement.

"There's something I never told you two. Miraculouses were actually never meant to be worn by children or teenagers. Adults only. But I still haven't deciphered on why the magic doesn't last as long. I might have to go further into the Grimoire or ask the old Guardians now that the temple has been restored," Master Fu confessed to the two heroes and everybody else.

Rena Rouge: Need a hand?

Ladybug: (uses her yo-yo to create a net around the Eiffel Tower) You're caught in our net, Hawk Moth. You're not going anywhere!

Queen Bee: Venom! I'll paralyze him, then he'll be all yours, Ladybug. (The five superheroes approach Hawk Moth)

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. Nathalie, now as Mayura, plucks a feather from her hand fan, charges it with energy, and sends it to the Eiffel Tower.

"Introducing Mayura!" Angel announced as soon as Mayura appeared on-screen.

Scene: Eiffel Tower. The feather enters Hawk Moth's broken cane.

Mayura: (from Hawk Moth's lair) Hawk Moth. (Hawk Moth gasps) I am Mayura. You're up against the wall, plagued by your deepest, darkest despair. Let me help you.

Hawk Moth: No, don't do that!

"What's his deal? How come he doesn't want her help?" Kim asked curiously and everybody else including the heroes shrugged as they also don't know the answer.

Mayura: Let your despair be embodied in a powerful protection. (Hawk Moth reluctantly accepts Mayura's help, causing a giant purple moth to appear and use its wings to push the heroes away.)

Ladybug: What is that monster? (latches onto it with her yo-yo, but before she can attack it, Mayura uses her power to make it vanish)

Ladybug: (notices a feather coming out of Hawk Moth's cane) A feather! The second Miraculous that Master Fu lost...

Cat Noir: ...was a Peacock!

"What's with the moth monster?!" Marc asked in shock as well as everyone else as they aren't exactly aware of sentimonsters and amoks.

"That is a sentimonster. The Peacock Miraculous gives its holder the power to send out a feather called an amok like how Hawk Moth sends akumas. Once someone's been infected with an amok, the holder gives that someone the power to create a monster or some sort of physical form based on their emotions," Master Fu explained about the Peacock Miraculous and everyone else nodded, starting to understand.

Queen Bee: Ladybug! Hawk Moth! (The five Supers find that Hawk Moth is gone)

Cat Noir: He must've escaped when that monster appeared.

Ladybug: Hawk Moth is no longer working alone. He had help from the owner of the Peacock Miraculous. (Queen Bee hands her Hawk Moth's broken cane) Maybe this will help us track him. ( Hawk Moth de-transforms, exhausted)

Nooroo: Master? (The cane in Ladybug's hand fades away)

Rena Rouge: There goes our last chance of finding him.

Ladybug: He must have de-transformed. (notices her earrings are flashing) We've got to split guys. But before that, Miraculous Ladybug! (Ladybug throws the miniature Miraculous box in the air, then takes off with Rena Rouge and Carapace and collects the Fox and Turtle Miraculous from them while Cat Noir collects the Bee Miraculous from Chloé)

"Ohhh, we were so close!" Chloe yelled out in frustration and everyone else groaned, similarly frustrated.

"True, it is frustrating. But many small victories are better than one huge failure," Master Fu wisely pointed out to cheer everybody else up and after serious consideration, they saw the wisdom in those words and agreed with the old man.

Scene: Master Fu's place.

Master Fu: (puts the Fox and Bee Miraculous inside the Miracle Box) Thank you, Marinette.

Scene: Agreste mansion. Gabriel speaks to a drained Nathalie.

Gabriel: I told you never to use the Peacock Miraculous!

Nathalie: I had no choice, sir. I had to save you! (coughs)

"What's wrong with her?!" Chloe asked in curiosity and disdain rather than genuine concern. Everyone else turned to Adrien, hoping he could answer.

"Nathalie has been getting sick a lot lately. Coughing and dizzying spells," Adrien said as he recounted witnessing Nathalie's declining health.

"And apparently, that comes after transforming into Mayura," Marinette said, based on her observations. "So, the Peacock Miraculous has been making her sick somehow."

Gabriel: It's damaged. It's way too dangerous.

"Oh, the Peacock Miraculous has been damaged! That would explain that woman's declining health. I might have to check into that further in the Grimoire," Master Fu said as he felt sorry for Nathalie despite her using the Miraculous for evil purposes.

Nathalie: I want to help you all the way to the end. (smiles)

Gabriel: (glares at her but then smiles) Thank you, Nathalie. (puts his hand on top of hers) For everything.

"Is it just me or does Nathalie seem to be in love with your dad?" Marinette asked her boyfriend and everyone else murmured in agreement, beginning to see that too.

"I thought as much. One time when my father was trying to talk to me, I assumed that he was gonna tell me that he had moved on from my mother with Nathalie. He then got mad and walked out," Adrien said as he recounted that moment.

Scene: Place de Vosges. Lila bitterly watches her classmates having a picnic from her bedroom window.

"Somebody's bitter about the heroes winning and everyone having a good time," Marinette teased in a sing-song manner about Lila on-screen and everyone else giggled in amusement.

"That was a fun picnic we all had," Mylene softly said as she cuddled up with Ivan, smiling at that memory along with everybody else.

Chloé: (to Sabrina, who offers her a plate of cookies) There's no way I'm trying your homemade stuff. Too risky! (eats a platter of sushi instead while Sabrina cries. Adrien attempts to sit down next to Nino, but Alya sits there instead)

Alya: Taken. (Adrien tries to sit on the other side, but Alya jumps there too) Taken as well, but there's a free seat over there. (points towards Marinette)

Mylène: Here! Here! Here! (stops when she notices Marinette staring at her)

Adrien: (approaches Marinette) May I?

Marinette: No. Um, go away. No, I mean, go ahead. Please stand, I mean, sit.

Everyone once again giggled at Marinette's squirrely attitude towards Adrien while the girl facepalmed in embarrassment.

Adrien: Thanks. (sits besides Marinette but soon receives a phone message and then notices his bodyguard waiting for him from afar) Oh no. My father wants me to attend a charity event he's throwing. I can't stay. (stands up and looks down at Marinette) I wanted to tell you. Rose was right earlier. You're always helping people. Like that day you helped Juleka overcome her class photo curse. Or when you partnered Nathaniel and Marc together to make that comic book. Or when you helped me get to the movies so that I could see my mother on the screen. That's why everyone jumped at the chance to help you with the picnic. So today, it was our turn to help you. You're our everyday Ladybug. Have a good evening, Super-Marinette. (walks away)

"Awww! That was so sweet!" Rose gushed and everybody murmured loudly in agreement, smiling at that moment as well.

Marinette: (watches Adrien walk away and runs towards him) Adrien! (bumps into him) Uh... I, uh… (Miss Bustier's class gasps. She kisses Adrien's cheek) Thank you!

Adrien: (smiles) You're welcome, Marinette. (waves goodbye and walks away as the whole class cheers for Marinette)

"In case you haven't caught that by now, clueless boy, she was making a move!" Alya said in frustration that nothing happened after that and everybody else groaned, similarly frustrated, while Adrien blushed in embarrassment.

"So, that's the second season. Starting tomorrow, we are starting the third and final season we are gonna watch. Good night, everybody!" Angel announced. Everyone was heading to their respective bedrooms until Adrien started to remember something and gasped in realization.

"Marinette, Tikki, Plagg, and Master, can I talk to you guys for a few minutes? Something important!" Adrien begged his girlfriend, the guardian, and the two main kwamis who immediately agreed, concerned for the blond boy.