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A young man is brought to the world of Miraculous Ladybug by Master Fu to help Ladybug and her allies. But the twist is, there's a different kind of Butterfly Miraculous in the Miracle Box that's completely different from the Moth Miraculous. Will Steel Butterfly fulfill his destiny, or will threats like Hawk Moth succeed? Chloe redemption. Future Bunnyx salt and redemption.

The_Fictional_Sema · Anime et bandes dessinées
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ch 6 : Lady wifi

(Author's notes: In this chapter and from hereon after that, Steel Butterfly's plans will be the same as Night Crow's plans in my deleted OC Miraculous Ladybug story with Marinette as user of the Butterfly Miraculous: utilizing manipulations of time and space, utilizing superhero schedules, getting our heroes leniency to catch up on missed schoolwork by secretly informing the teachers, and utilizing perfect, flawless clones to lead everyone else except for Marinette's parents astray.

Also, for every Tenshized superhero that Steel Butterfly makes, their superhero names are gonna be opposites of the Akumatized villains. Specifically, their names will be either synonyms or antonyms, with a lot of exceptions. Simply because the names of Tenshized superheroes Steel Butterfly creates to combat numerous non-canon supervillains who replaced the canon Akumatized villains whose debuts as Akumatized victims were averted or undone almost immediately – including the likes of Zombizou and Reverser among others – will come from various name generators I frequent these days.

Enjoy chapter 2: Lady Wi-Fi.)

(Francoise Dupont High School, September the seventh, 2014, third person POV...)

Everything was going pleasantly for the students of Caline Bustier's class.

Aside from Ms. Bustier checking and grading the students' assignment sheets, nobody in the class was causing any trouble... unless you were to count Chloe Bourgeois if she hadn't been deeply affected by the Ghost Punisher's Retribution Gaze and Sabrina Raincomprix changing herself for the better just because Chloe had changed.

Ghost Punisher's Retribution Gaze is the same thing as the Ghost Rider's Penance Stare, but it induces guilt into its victims by showing them how their actions impact the people around them, including friends and family.

And the Retribution Gaze works on virtually any kind of sinner, regardless of whether they feel remorse or if they don't, albeit with the option of being non-lethal. However, for someone like Lila Rossi, the effects won't take hold, even before Lila commits her more serious crimes in the future of this story.

As Alya was cutting out the face of a Ladybug picture, determined to find out who the spotted superheroine with ladybug-themed battle armor really is despite Marinette's warnings of the consequences for doing so, Ms. Bustier was talking to the class.

Ms. Bustier said, "I'm very pleased with how you all did on your last assignments. Some of you have really stepped up and I do appreciate it. Don't worry, though; you'll all find out your grades soon. Now, it's time to move on to our next assignment."

As Alya moves the faceless picture over Chloe's view, she clears her throat while pointing to a staring Ms. Bustier.

Alya quickly puts the photo away without spilling anything, feeling completely embarrassed.

Ms. Bustier takes a moment to notice Marinette in her desk next to Alya, and Adrien in his desk next to Nino. This causes Bustier to mentally sigh in relief, knowing that her favorite students are always on time, and always use the bathroom for only two to four minutes.

What everyone in the entire school didn't know was that Caline Bustier, the most kind-hearted, fair and compassionate teacher of Francoise Dupont High School who used to be a naïve bully-enabler with a screwed philosophy of turning the other cheek with bullies, was secretly the twentieth person to know that her two favorite students were the real identities of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Anytime either of them or both of them would go missing to fight akumas, mostly because of how equally important superhero duties were and how important were class grades, Caline was fair enough to make sure that no one else knows the real reason behind their disappearances. In addition to that, Ms. Bustier always made sure to secretly give Adrien and Marinette a chance to catch up on any schoolwork they might've missed. Usually because the two partners would often be too exhausted to catch up on their schoolwork. Along with the fact that thanks to Steel Butterfly, the two Heroes of Paris use clones to throw people off their trails. In addition to that, the two Heroes of Paris will usually play dumb to throw their class off their trail so as to make sure they don't get ratted out if their friends get Akumatized after finding out something about the two Heroes of Paris they weren't supposed to know just yet. Moreover, they would usually be given tips for self-defense, outsmarting an opponent and so forth in any of their martial arts classes. Furthermore, Marinette and Adrien would literally be given forewarnings about anything good or bad soon to happen depending on their actions in the current timeline. And on top of that, Ms. Bustier also managed to make sure some systems that ensure Marinette and Adrien never fall behind on their schoolwork and to make sure that no more people find out their identities were put into place. At the same time, with Steel Butterfly's help, Ms. Bustier made sure that the processes of making these systems were tamperproof, untraceable and completely irreversible.

Ms. Bustier was glad to see that Marinette and Adrien were paying attention throughout the entire class on that day. Although, upon further inspection from the perspectives of the other students, Marinette and Adrien seemed to be asleep, even though the both of them had been doing all of their work and paying attention throughout the school day. Heck, they might've been reading the tablet classwork in their sleep. But the soft snoring coming from the two sleeping superheroes and the two of them staying absolutely still says otherwise.

Suddenly, before Alya and Nino could even try to wake their friends, the school bell rings, signaling the class that the school day was over. Although, neither Marinette nor Adrien reacted at all; everyone noted that their friends were out for the count. Even Ms. Bustier noticed that Marinette and Adrien were in a deep sleep due to the twosome being somewhat heavy sleepers because of how exhausted they easily get due to their jobs.

Deciding to push aside for the time being Marinette and Adrien being unresponsive to the school bell ringing, Ms. Bustier states while passing out papers to the students, "Tonight, I want you all to read chapter three of the breathtaking 'France: The First Thousand Years,' then answer this simple questionnaire."

As the students start filing out of the classroom, Ms. Bustier says to Alya, "Make sure that they keep up the good work whenever they can. I know our friends can do it."

Alya asks, "But who's gonna wake them up?"

Thinking quickly, Ms. Bustier replies, "I'll wake them up. Don't worry."

This causes Alya to nod and to smile broadly, but without showing her pearly whites.

As Alya and the other students walk out of the classroom, they didn't see Ms. Bustier quietly closing the classroom door, nor did they hear her high heel shoes quietly clicking on the floor as she approached the two heroes without making a loud noise. In fact, if any of the students had Vulcan hearing and they stuck around, they might've been able to eavesdrop on Ms. Bustier's soft murmur aimed at the two sleeping secret superheroes. The most popular favorite teacher of the school said something quietly enough to not be heard by anyone other than herself, almost like a hopeful, comforting, compassionate, well-meaning, well-wishing and grateful prayer. While softly and slowly putting her hand on top of Marinette's head so as to not wake her up, Caline whispered low enough for only her to hear, despite the two heroes being in a deep sleep, "(Softly) Paris would be lost without you and your partners. The first one of your partners being the kind-hearted boy you love with all your heart, in your entire teenage superhero life. At the same time, I believe you would be lost without your other partners and your leader who is none other than an adult Miraculous user who knows what he's doing. Your leader, Steel Butterfly, has recently told me in private that despite his growing and never-changing anger issues, it does not change how much he truly cares about the both of you. In fact, Steel Butterfly told me that he cares about you and Adrien as if you two and Steel Butterfly himself were blood related. He said that he views you as the younger siblings he never had. I wish I could properly thank the twelve of you and your benefactors in private for your efforts to protect us from Hawk Moth and many other threats like him without compromising your identities. But I'm certain I'll have the first opportunity... when and only if you are ready to reveal yourselves to me whenever Hawk Moth is arrested. Of course, there are no words to describe how thankful and proud of you I really am. Try your best to get some extra sleep tonight, Marinette." Caline looks over at Adrien and continues, "(Softly) You try your best to get your beauty sleep tonight as well, Adrien. By the time you two kids arrive in time for our next day of learning tomorrow, I'll make sure to have the next lessons ready for you. And, I'll make sure to help you in whatever way I can. I know you kids might feel invincible, and I know you might think you're invincible. But I hope you and your kwamis remember that your Miraculouses and your suits of armor don't make you permanently invulnerable. I also hope that you remember that even superheroes need a break sometimes. And you should take a break whenever you get the chance. After all, even I know that we can't have you kids sleeping on the job. Hhhhaaaa." Quietly walking towards the light switch for the classroom, Caline quietly and slowly turns out the lights for the classroom so as to not disturb the sleeping protectors of Paris and so that the lights don't bother them when they wake up. She turns to see Tikki and Plagg smiling at her as she finishes, "(Softly) Thank you all for protecting our city, our families and our friends. Thank you, the twelve of you. Paris would be lost without you. I wish I could help you without getting in the way. Hopefully, I might get that chance someday, even if it takes fifteen years. Sleep well, and listen to your families, friends and your kwamis. May God be with you, kids."

As Ms. Bustier quietly leaves the classroom in preparation for having to eventually wake the heroes up, no one in the school, not even Mr. Damocles was aware of the secret superhero system the two out of eight protectors of Paris had set up for specific days of the week. Except for Ms. Bustier.

Both Marinette and Adrien realized, thanks to Steel Butterfly, that it would raise suspicions towards the school staff and their classmates if they both went missing for hours on schooldays to patrol for akumas, in addition to missing specific amounts of schoolwork. The twosome realized that it would only raise suspicions if that sort of thing happened on a daily basis. They both mutually agreed to have specific days where they would disappear during class so as to make sure the Akumatized villains are defeated and returned to normal in a given amount of time. From one week to the other, one of the partners would have Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while the other would take Tuesdays and Thursdays. Even though Saturdays are more likely to be days where Adrien has a photoshoot because of his modeling career and Sundays are more or less when some of the heroes attend church sermons because of their religious upbringing, that didn't change the one thing they relied upon without taking it for granted. That would be Steel Butterfly's mastery of time, in particular freezing and unfreezing time with a simple American football/European soccer and football time out call like in the English and French dubs for Saved By The Bell. With this kind of superpower in the team's arsenal, Marinette and Adrien were able to complete all school assignments, get lots of extra sleep, and hang out with friends and family without raising suspicions and red flags to anyone who don't know the real reasons behind the disappearances and tardiness of the twosome. They also took into consideration that Steel Butterfly's ability to traverse throughout time and space might've given him an enormous deal of foreknowledge that must be kept secret for the greater good and so as to prevent anyone from abusing it, thus disrupting the space-time continuum.

After another five minutes, Tikki and Plagg allowed Ms. Bustier to return and wake up their chosens. Soon, the heroes went home with their kwamis. Before they could get far, however, another Akumatized supervillain turned up.

(Steel Butterfly's voice-over POV as he writes in his Rorschach-inspired journal at the top of the Eiffel Tower while eating two boneless grilled chicken salads with mozzarella cheese and sliced berries without anyone being the wiser...)

Steel Butterfly's journal.

September 7th, 2014.

First and only journal entry for today.

Tomorrow's the day when we have to fight Lady Wi-Fi.

I can't imagine a more dangerous Akumatized villain with the ability to digitally teleport and control her phone for anything, including using icons as freeze rays, hoverboards, and padlocks. Along with the ability to teleport from one location to another or even flash-step Infamous style as long as there's a big quantity of mobile cell phones in the same room. In addition to the ability to make holographic film projectors with live-streaming options by using the camera icon on her phone.

Alya's cause of Akumatization is fairly straightforward: falsely believing Chloe Bourgeois to be Ladybug, and suspended by Mr. Damocles because of Chloe threatening to bring in her father, the Mayor of Paris, after Alya gets caught snooping in Chloe's locker just because Chloe had a Ladybug costume, but also forgetting the multiple signs that Chloe isn't Ladybug. Number one is this: Chloe doesn't wear the wig associated with the ensemble to resemble Ladybug's pigtailed midnight blue hair style. Number two, Ladybug's eyes are a different shade of blue compared to Chloe's eyes. Number three, Chloe is slightly slim but without any exercise routines for school or home life. And number four, Chloe is at least a few inches taller than the real Ladybug. And of course, Alya was also suspended just because there was no school policy about invasion of privacy as much as Chloe had hoped.

And also because both Damocles and Bustier are cowards who mistakenly believed for years that allowing Chloe's bullying actions to go unpunished was for the best to prevent themselves from losing their jobs.

But they didn't know – at least, until now in this timeline only – that Mayor Bourgeois is not the one in charge of an educator's job position or in charge of the city's funding for the schools.

But that's not important right now. What's important for now is this: due to me using Ghost Punisher to force Chloe to change for the better of her future and to spite the Thomas Astruc of my world who had the audacity to throw away Chloe's redemption story arc in the season 3 finale just to spite one of his former school bullies, my foreknowledge of the Lady Wi-Fi incident is screwed up bad.

Now, I don't know how Alya might get Akumatized if Chloe isn't her bratty self anymore.

But then again, I always wanted to see if I can have my newest champion compete in a fight against Lady Wi-Fi by simply being an opposite of her from my own Tenshization design.

For the past three days, Hawk Moth's villains were pretty straightforward as much as I remember: ridiculous outfit, sometimes even a suit of armor. Various superpowers as a result of not only the Akumatizations turning Hawk Moth's victims' emotions into superpowers, but also because of Gabriel testing his powers' limits to see what kind of powers he can give and what kind of powers he can't give. Usual Akumatization reasonings: revenge schemes. Rejections. Unfair firings. Being ignored. Being punished for doing things they're not supposed to, specifically kids and teenagers. Being ousted as being not so straight, and I'm only saying this so as to not anger or trigger the readers of this journal entry. Grief. Ideas or works being stolen or plagiarized. Aroused jealousy against anyone who has the victims' love interest's attention and affections. Regret stemming from certain choices made in the past that were spelled out for the Akumatized victims to understand. Friends abandoning the Akumatized targets for the next shiny thing. A compulsive liar's lies ruining the Akumatized victim's life. Frustration that comes from the victims not getting what they want immediately, particularly kids not getting treats or extra video game time. Someone disrespecting their peers' religious beliefs. Someone being bullied inside and/or outside of school. The Akuma victim being harshly treated as an employee. The Akuma victim being treated harshly as a child of someone, or even someone not getting the job position that they wanted all their lives. The Akumatized victim being bitter over their life choices and the family ties that they have. And so on.

The usual superpowers of the Akumatized villains revolve around the circumstances of the Akumatizations, the personality traits and hobbies of the Akumatized victims, their personal interests, and of course, their emotions.

The powers range from turning bigger and stronger with every physical attack that somewhat harms the Akumatized victim, specifically in the case of Stoneheart, control over technology in the case of Robustus, turning people into angels and/or coal statues in the case of Befana, making things disappear in a puff of smoke in the case of the Magician of Misfortune, making candy fall from the sky in the case of Candy Girl, causing a stampede of wild angry dogs in the case of the Dog Watcher, summoning demons from different cartoon seasons about demon battles like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 Lost Season for one notable example in the case of Punk Devil, making toys come to life and summoning the "real" Santa Claus in the case of Christmaster, and so on.

Like I said above, the Akumatizations work by transforming the victims' and champions' emotions into superpowers. The stronger the emotions are at the time of the Akumatizations, the more powerful the Akumatized champions will become. And it is to the point where in future Akumatizations, the Akumatized champions will be able to overcome previous weaknesses and become twice as powerful than the last time. Just like with Lady Wi-Fi's phone being connected to a satellite instead of Wi-Fi signals on Earth in the Felix episode during the incidents that Felix Graham de Vanily Fathom caused during his and his mother's visit to the Agreste mansion to reclaim the Graham de Vanily Twin Rings.

However, because Hawk Moth is targeting those experiencing negative emotions, it's sad to say that the Akumatized champion villains aren't as powerful as their heroic counterparts across time and space in this multiverse. If they were, it would be an even bigger assortment of disasters.

Thankfully, since the negative emotions are required for Hawk Moth's villains, suffice to say that he knows if one of his villains was granted tremendous power, his champion might turn on him and cause even greater chaos and destruction while being able to preoccupy him to prevent the purple-clad butterfly-themed magical terrorist from removing his traitorous champion's powers.

Also thankfully, since the Akumatized villains aren't as powerful as their heroic counterparts, we most certainly have nothing to worry about, the only exceptions being Robustus, Cat Blanc, Miracle Queen, Moolak, Ephemeral, Risk, Strikeback, Rena Rage, Shell Shock, Oblivio, Santa Claws, Destroyer, the unknown Akuma villain in the beginning of Heroes' Day Part 1, The Evillustrator, The Collector, Glaciator, Riposte, Befana, Gorizilla, and even The Dark Owl. So therefore, we'll have almost nothing to worry about for the future.

I just hope that Ladybug and Cat Noir can handle having to fight another of their classmates as an Akumatized villain.

In any case, over the course of my thirty-two thousand and fifty-six years worth of time travel and training, I've acquired infinite resources thanks to my good deeds and my divine ties with the pastors, ministers, and preachers of France, the United States, and so forth. Kind of like with Ra's Al Ghul in the Batman franchise acquiring his own infinite resources over the course of his six hundred years of life and resurrections thanks to the Lazarus Pits.

But the main difference is that I'm not an eco-terrorist or any kind of supervillain at all.

And the secondary difference is that I use my resources properly and responsibly based on my plans for the Miraculous Ladybug cartoon and based on my foreknowledge of this dimension's future.

Even with my foreknowledge of how things happen, great foreknowledge along with great power comes with great responsibility.

But in any case, I have to say that training myself in the various martial arts known to man – including fictional martial arts like Mirakung-Fu from Miraculous Ladybug, Circuit-Su, Metallikato, Crystalocution, Chōryūken, Mueikyaku, and Tahtib-tron from Transformers, Adhi from Prince Zarkon, Anbo-Jitsu from Star Trek, and Bushido from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among others, was all worth it. Using this kind of information along with me practicing my moves in the present day with and without my assortment of clones handling my other businesses, I've surpassed even the likes of The Shredder, Ra's Al Ghul, Batman, Superman, General Zod, Master Yoketron, Animated Prowl, Lockdown, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, Airachnid and many other fictional martial artists in terms of skill and years of experience.

Basically, what I'm saying is that I'm virtually and metaphorically untouchable.

But as far as I know thanks to my new divine ties, angels and demons as well as God in human form and in His true form are the only ones who can surpass me in combat in case I do something crazy or just plain dumb, such as trying to engage an army of flying demons by myself or going rogue as an extremely murderous antihero.

And I'm absolutely sure that even God's angel army can take me down since they're millions of years old and have trained with God's finest instructors for millennia to prepare them for the biblical battles in the future.

Now, I don't really classify myself as an antihero, but I did take a vow to kill all of the Miraculous Ladybug antagonists so far if they respectively ever committed their more serious crimes. Specifically in this timeline and in Miraculous Ladybug fanfictions from my Earth existing in this multiverse as alternate timelines and alternate universes that describe their crimes as being taken up to eleven and up.

One notable example in a few said alternate timelines in this multiverse involves Lila Rossi stealing the Butterfly Miraculous to become Gabriel's unofficial successor as Hawk Moth, killing Gabriel afterwards to prevent retaliation, and killing her own mother to prevent her from snitching or generally trying to give outside interference.

If I had been there in some of those timelines in some way, shape or form, I could've easily spared the citizens of Paris as well as an undeserving Gabriel Agreste a lot of heartbreak and trauma by simply killing Lila before she has the chance to kill her mother, before she has the chance to steal the Butterfly Miraculous, and before she has the chance to kill Gabriel in order to prevent him from interfering and potentially having her sent to prison while making sure that any of her attempts to expose his identity would be futile.

But in any case, I'm gonna try as hard as I can to rein in my murderous impulses, but no promises 'cause that's a promise I'm not sure I can keep.

But now, I must be off to prepare my plans to deakumatize Lady Wi-Fi.

More journal entries regarding my superhero/antihero status will soon come in the foreseeable and/or near future.

(Francoise Dupont High School, third person POV...)

Meanwhile, as Alya starts walking towards the main entrance of the school, she notices Marinette isn't behind her.

Assuming that Marinette has woken up and went to the girls' bathroom to wash her face, Alya opens the door to the girls' bathroom and asks, "Marinette? You in here?"

No one responded, so Alya left the girls' bathroom.

Alya comes up to Juleka Couffaine and Rose Lavillant talking to each other.

Alya asks them, "Uh, have you guys seen Marinette walking out of here after waking up?" Only to get an "Mmm-mmm" in response and the two girls shaking their heads to signify they didn't see Marinette walking out of the school.

As she starts searching in the girls' locker room, Alya notices Lynnette Bellecourt, a student from one of the higher classes, taking stuff out of her locker. Alya hides behind one of the lockers to see Allison take out of her locker... a replica of Ladybug's armored costume with an accompanying yoyo.

As Lynnette passes by without noticing the owner of the Ladyblog, Alya whispers under her breath for only herself to hear, "(Softly) Lynnette's Ladybug?"

As far as Alya remembers from class photos, Lynnette Bellecourt was as tall as Adrien Agreste was, and she was older by about two months. Lynnette had brown hair with green and pink highlights. She was as muscular as Josie Stronghold from Sky High was, and Lynnette was usually seen wearing formal clothing just because she prefers looking her best when she does her studies, as she puts it.

Lynnette Bellecourt was famous at the school due to her parents working for the school board of education in Paris. However, she happens to be twice as worse as Chloe in terms of being a bully. Unfortunately, her parents don't have any idea what to do about it. No matter how many punishments they give Lynnette, she never learns her lesson.

Outside, Lynnette boards her limousine, and Alya does her best to follow without being seen or heard.

Alya calls Marinette's phone despite it going to voicemail and says, "Hey, Marinette. Ring me ASAP. We gotta talk." Nino starts walking by. Alya says, "Nino, wait!"

Nino answers, "Yeah?"

Alya takes him by the hand, and starts pulling him to a nearby bench as she says, "Come with me, I need your help."

Alya and Nino sit on the bench.

Nino starts saying, "So—" But Alya shushes him so she can call Marinette's phone again.

Marinette's voicemail says, "It's Marinette, leave a message. Beep! He he."

Alya bemoans, "Ughh. I hate it when she goes AWOL to keep an eye for akumas so she can hide without telling me. She's not calling me back! And she didn't even wake up when the final bell rang!"

Nino replies, "Seriously. My man Adrien's the exact same way. But I guess you gotta take a break when your schedule is arranged by the assistant of Mr. Control Freak and he happens to be your daddy-o."

A secretly invisible and eavesdropping clone of Steel Butterfly was eternally thankful that Alya and Nino didn't know their best friends were the two Heroes of Paris he'd been training to fight against Akumatized villains with greater combat experience than the two of them – Ladybug and Cat Noir – put together.

Suddenly, Alya's phone rings to let her know about a new report on the news about Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly's deeds.

Nadia Chamack says in the video, "Once again, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly have saved Paris from the clutches of a menacing villain."

In the footage, Ladybug smiles shyly but broadly with her mouth guard retracted.

Alya looks closer in the footage to see Ladybug's yoyo held by the spotted heroine herself.

Alya takes a close look at Ladybug's yoyo.

Alya states, "Hey! I think I've just sniffed out who Ladybug is!" As she writes in her sticky note, she whispers to Nino, "(Softly) Lynnette Bellecourt."

Nino's eyes widen before he bursts out laughing and says, "Puhahahahahahaha! Lynnette Bellecourt? Seriously? She's too self-absorbed and arrogant to think of anyone but herself, much less save the world. Besides, what makes you think Lynnette Bellecourt is Ladybug? If she were, she would've been vain enough to reveal her identity on TV without a care in the world. As if she wasn't vain enough already. Besides, Ladybug has black, blue, pink and light platinum blue hair, she's tall enough to come up to Ms. Bustier's height, and Ladybug is physically fit enough to resemble Wonder Woman. You are cray-cray, lady!"

As she puts the sticky note in her bag, Alya retorts, "I am so not! You'll see!"

Meanwhile, as Marinette heads home, Tikki pokes her head out of Marinette's purse and says, "Well, time flies when you save the world one day and rest on another day while letting a clone and/or your partners do the job for you. The school day's already over!"

Marinette replies, "Tell me about it. I slept through a half day of school after Steel Butterfly told me what to expect, and I managed to get all my work done hours beforehand! We're very lucky he's with us."

Tikki looks at Marinette with a look of fear as she states, "Marinette, don't say lucky."

Marinette asks, "Why not?"

Tikki answers in a concerned tone, "Because, as far as his kwami has informed me in recent times, Steel Butterfly is devoutly religious. He refuses to believe in something he finds superstitious like good luck and bad luck because of his family's devout beliefs. He despised magic in all forms because of his divine faith and because of the risk of demonic possession before becoming a Miraculous user against his will. As you know from our first encounter with Hawk Moth, Steel Butterfly is literally foul-mouthed when he's in a bad mood, he's extremely violent when he's in a bad mood, and he's a hothead when people denounce God's existence, either in front of him, or if he's in earshot. Whatever you do, Marinette, don't make Steel Butterfly mad. Even though the Butterfly Miraculous prevents him from being Akumatized, he's still powerful enough to give the people he hates all manner of serious punishments equivalent to the Ten Plagues of Egypt and God's final judgment of the human race during Judgment Day thousands to millions of years in the future."

Marinette replies, "I'll try my hardest, Tikki. But it's only a matter of time before Steel Butterfly eventually snaps. And I needn't a reminder of how his berserker rage is the equivalent of the Ghost Rider from Marvel Comics when he's in a bad mood."

Tikki states, "On top of that, whoever Hawk Moth really is, he sure is literally keeping us on our toes."

Marinette laughs in response, "Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! But you don't have any toes! Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Marinette and Tikki enter the bakery and greet Marinette's mother.

Sabine takes note of how tired Marinette is.

Sabine asks Marinette, "Rough day of protecting Paris, honey?"

Marinette stretches and responds with a yawn, "Ahhhhh, very."

Sabine states, "Well, try to get some more rest and let your clone do the hard work more often so you'll be ready for the next day."

Marinette replies, "I'll try, Mom."

However, Sabine was not done as she said, "Also, try not to run around so much when you're transformed. Traveling very fast is what your wings are for. You're a superhero with the ability to fly. Besides, Steel Butterfly has informed me that the more you exercise while transformed, the more your Miraculous makes you burn calories faster."

Marinette ponders this as she replies, "That's funny; I didn't know about that. Rest assured, Mom, I'll try my hardest."

Marinette and her mother kiss each other on the cheek.

After going up to her room, Marinette starts on her homework for the day.

But before she has the chance, she notices the sticky note with something written in French. Thankfully, Marinette was easily able to read and translate French, having grown up in Paris all her life.

She reads it, "Call me. I know who the real Ladybug is!"

Tikki states, "No way! You think she knows you're Ladybug?"

Marinette replies, "I doubt it. As far as Steel Butterfly told me on the second day of school, Alya's always jumping to conclusions before she has her facts straight at one hundred percent. And she is extremely nosy in the sense that she chooses to ignore how knowing the identities of more than even two heroes could lead to disaster. On top of that, Alya doesn't like being undermined by anyone or doubted by anyone about her work. Especially when she doesn't check her sources, like she should. Whenever someone tries to point out something is entirely wrong with any part of her work, she denies it as she's entirely too stubborn to admit when she's wrong. Though her research is right when she takes her time, Alya also has a habit of never checking her sources or doing ethical investigating of her blogs while simultaneously demanding others to provide concrete evidence for their claims that can't be disproven or tampered with. Something that she is supposed to do as a wannabe reporter. And when it comes to liars, Alya can easily be swayed by anyone claiming to know any of her favorite superheroes, such as Ladybug and Majestia."

Tikki starts, "But just in case..."

Marinette interrupts, "No worries, Tikki. I got it covered."

Marinette tries to call Alya, but there is no Wi-Fi signal.

Marinette moans, "Dang it, there's no signal."

Marinette goes to the balcony to see if there's any signal, but the only thing she sees is a man working on the signal tower.

The man notices her and says, "Sorry, miss. Cell tower maintenance. The whole neighborhood's down. There won't be any Wi-Fi signals for the next hour."

Completely hidden, Tikki states to Marinette, "Come on, Marinette. You can try again later. Let's head down and finish your homework first while we still have the time."

Begrudgingly, Marinette starts on her homework in silence.

After finishing her homework and finishing her occasional early patrol that night, Marinette and Tikki prepared themselves for bed.

At the same time, Tikki and Marinette's natural powers of ladybug telepathy and ladybug control enabled them to inform any nearby ladybugs to follow their commands. Such commands include waking them up only when an Akumatized villain attacks in the dead of night, serving as spies to keep an eye out for trouble, and to keep tabs on Marinette's friends and parents.

However, unbeknownst to the two main heroes, their closest associate has manipulated the probability field surrounding Marinette and Adrien, thus giving them more good luck, and turning Hawk Moth's good luck into bad luck. However, Hawk Moth's bad luck will only manifest should he ever enter combat for any reason, such as saving Nathalie/Mayura from being captured and unmasked in the future.

Steel Butterfly chortles to himself, "Hehehehehehe. Prepare yourself for the wild butterfly and moth kingdoms when the time is right, Hawk Moth. You'll never stop me from fulfilling my destiny." With his voice still sounding like Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch versions of the Ghost Rider, Steel Butterfly starts laughing maniacally, "Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh! Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Steel Butterfly flew home and did his nightly exercise regiment.

After about two hours in frozen time, Miguel Guevara took a cold shower, brushed his teeth twice and went to bed too easily, having taken some sleeping pills.

(The next day...)

At the school, Chloe has arrived, completely eavesdropping on Alya explaining everything to Nino.

Nino states while managing not to make too much noise, "You need to have your head examined. If Lynnette's a superhero, then I'm the Wizard of Oz. Besides, even if you were to prove it and you turned out to be right, which won't happen, the odds are against you. On top of that, if you were right, pigs would start growing wings to fly from the people who would rather eat them for their meat rather than keep them alive on their farms."

Alya retorts, "I'm telling you, she's Ladybug!"

Nino replies questioningly, "Can you prove it?"

His answer was Alya grabbing him by the headphones and pulling him out of view.

In her bedroom, still asleep on her bed in her pajamas, Marinette wakes up when she feels a ladybug tickling her nose, causing her to almost sneeze in reflex. But she managed to stop herself from actually sneezing.

As Marinette tries to go back to sleep, she surprisingly found that she doesn't feel tired at all for once.

On the other hand, Tikki wakes up and asks tiredly, "What time is it?"

Marinette replies, "School starts in..." She checks the time on her recharged phone and continues in confusion. "...one hour and a half from now? Weird. This is a first. I don't think I've ever been early or on time for school before. But this time around, that's more than good enough for me nevertheless."

Aside from Tikki, Marinette didn't know how she started surprisingly managing to wake up on time, completely refreshed and managing to have her breakfast on time. But it didn't matter for now. For the moment, what matters is she has time to shower as she showers twice a day thanks to her superhero duties. At the same time, she also had enough time to get dressed, do her hair and have a nice, healthy balanced breakfast before school starts.

After Marinette had her breakfast, she decided to walk to school, seeing as how she has plenty of time and is not in a rush.

When she looks behind her back at the school steps, Marinette could've sworn she saw Miguel Guevara talking with her parents inside the bakery, thanks to her passing by before she exited the bakery.

Unbeknownst to Marinette, in the locker room, Alya sees her target getting her school supplies from her locker.

Alya grabs Nino by the face and says with a determined scowl, "Now, don't mess up your lines."

She pushes Nino to the locker, causing him to stumble and bump into the locker.

Nino says to Lynnette, "Oh, uhhh... Ladybug! Look over there!"

Lynnette looks where Nino is pointing, only to see no one in that direction.

Lynnette asks, "Uhh, what kind of lame joke is this?"

Nino replies, "Uhh, well, what I meant was... Did you see Ladybug yesterday? Isn't she amazing? I wonder who she really is."

Lynnette responds, "Uhh... stayed up too late DJ-ing, Nino? Obviously, you didn't get your beauty sleep, and it's making you delirious."

Alya sneaks over to where she could see the open locker, aims her phone's camera, and snaps a picture.

Suddenly, Lynnette's friend, Miriam Brunet, saw what was happening and said, "Uh, Lynnette! Alya's looking in your locker!"

Lynnette whirls around to see Alya with her phone in hand.

Realizing too late she had been caught, Alya quickly puts her phone behind her back and states, "Uhh... That's a lie! I so was not!"

Kim takes Alya's phone and keeps it above and out of Alya's reach because of his superior height.

Struggling with her height, Alya protests, "Hey! Give it back!"

Kim chuckles in amusement at Alya's attempts to get her phone back.

While holding out her hand in invitation for the phone, Lynnette clears her throat at the same time to signal Kim to hand over the phone to her.

With Alya's eyes widened in horror and fear, Lynnette looks through Alya's photos to see the one of Lynnette digging through her locker. Eventually, she stopped at the one she was looking for.

Holding out the photo on the screen for everyone to see, Lynnette remarks rhetorically with a smirk, "Who's the little liar now?"

(In Mr. Damocles' office...)

Lynnette states, "Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but is it true there's no school policy about invasion of privacy?"

Mr. Conrad Damocles, the young and muscular principal of Francoise Dupont High School, answers, "Why yes, Ms. Watanabe. There is no school policy about invasion of privacy."

Lynnette remarks matter-of-factly, "Well, the simple fact of the matter is, Alya here mistakenly believes that I was Ladybug. I honestly don't see how that's even possible. I mean, just because I have a replica of her costume for cosplay purposes doesn't mean I actually look like her or sound like her. Seriously, if I didn't know any better, I'd have sworn that Ladybug has some sort of voice modulator, a voice box if you will, inside her mouth guard to help disguise her voice. And besides, I don't even wear the stupid multi-colored wig that come with the rest of the ensemble."

Alya gawks and states, "WHAT?! You don't wear the wig?!"

Lynnette replies, "Nope! I only care about the wings that come with the fake armor ensemble. For Ladybug's armored wings, I think they're absolutely stunning!"

Alya is left gawking.

Then Alya growls, "Grrrrrr! She's no superhero, she's super-psycho!"

Alya storms out of the office.

(Meanwhile, in Hawk Moth's lair...)

As the window opens, Hawk Moth monologues, "Ahhh... School life. Such a science experiment. A petri dish of cultivating secrets, lies and betrayal, the thriving vivarium for my evil akumas." Hawk Moth energizes another butterfly into another akuma. Hawk Moth finishes, "Fly away, my little akuma, and Akumatize her!"

Meanwhile, as Marinette sits in class, thankful that she managed to make it to school on time, Alya has just run away from the school. Somehow, Alya knew that if she had stuck around, Lynnette would've tried manipulating Mr. Damocles into having Alya wrongfully suspended and the school blog suspended as well. Once she makes it to a part of the Seine, Alya tries to call Marinette, only for Marinette's voicemail to come up. The voicemail says again, "It's Marinette, leave a message. Beep! He he."

As Alya hangs up in frustration, knowing her friend was probably in class by then, the akuma flies into Alya's cell phone.

The all-too familiar violet light mask appears as Hawk Moth says, "Lady Wi-Fi, I heard through the grapevine that you're seeking to unmask Ladybug... I'd like to help you with that if you agree to help me too."

Alya/Lady Wi-Fi answers darkly, "I'll expose the lies of anyone who covers up the truth! Sign me up!" Alya is enveloped in the dark-purple ether.

Meanwhile, in Ms. Bustier's classroom, the lesson is going along smoothly. Aside from the not-so-minor hiccup that is Alya storming off – she did not get suspended in this timeline – Ms. Bustier's students were left to their study devices as the lesson continued.

Suddenly, the computer screen lights up, revealing Lady Wi-Fi in Mr. Damocles' office.

She declares, "I'm Lady Wi-Fi, revealer of the truth! For our first expose̒, your principal would like to share a little tidbit with you. So, Mr. Damocles, is it true that you were just about to wrongly suspend a student named Alya Cesaire today if she didn't storm off in time and if Lynnette Bellecourt had successfully manipulated you into suspending her by trying to call her parents despite the consequences involved?"

Feeling ashamed, Mr. Damocles answers, "Uh... yes, it is."

Lady Wi-Fi asked, "So, you admit you were just about to be biased? Unfair? Totally unjust?!"

Mr. Damocles replies, "Yes, I admit I was about to be."

Marinette notices the phone Lady Wi-Fi is holding and sees the ladybug and the multi-colored butterfly charms attached to it.

Marinette whispers, "(Softly) Oh, no! Alya!"

Making sure they weren't seen or heard, Marinette and Adrien quietly and discreetly snuck out of the classroom to transform. Then again, Ms. Bustier secretly knew what her favorite students were about to do.

After getting some distance, they signaled to each other where they will transform: Marinette in the sanctuary of her bedroom so as to avoid any traps Lady Wi-Fi might have, and Adrien in the boys' bathroom.

Making it to the bakery and heading up to her room, Marinette says, "Tikki, it's time to transform and save the day once again!"

Tikki replies, "Marinette, you know you will have to fight your best friend in order to save her from Hawk Moth's influence! But I'll tell you right now, it most certainly will not be an easy task, no matter what anyone tells you!"

Marinette answers, "So what if I have to fight Alya? I have no choice! I have to stop her before this misunderstanding of Ladybug's identity causes her to make a deadly mistake, one that will result in Hawk Moth setting his sights on a new target! If I fail this time, everything is lost forever! Tikki, SPOTS ON!"

Marinette transformed into Ladybug. Her transformation dance is more or less her original transformation dance from the original timeline, but with the addition of Marinette's gestures manifesting her added magical body armor. On top of that, Marinette made a gesture of grabbing an imaginary cape and spreading it outward to the sides while keeping her arms raised, thus manifesting her wings.

Ladybug takes flight, praying that Steel Butterfly and Cat Noir will be on their way to help her.

In the meantime, in his primary headquarters, Steel Butterfly finds a woman by the name of Pascale Bouchard in the Fifth Arrondisment with a positive aura surrounding her.

Steel Butterfly makes his first normal Tenshi and remarks, "Fly off, my little Tenshi, and grant me my champion."

The Tenshi, which is a purple and red butterfly, flies off to find Pascale.

Once the Tenshi makes contact with her phone, Steel Butterfly states, "Broadband Woman, I am Steel Butterfly. I'm granting you the powers of data manipulation and digital teleportation connected to satellites in Earth's orbit to help Ladybug and Cat Noir with their latest struggle. Can you help us deakumatize Lady Wi-Fi?"

Pascale/Broadband Woman replies, "Of course I'll help you, Steel Butterfly. Lady Wi-Fi needs a tune up. Sign me up!"

The soon-to-be familiar purple and red smoke envelops Broadband Woman as she takes form.

Broadband Woman is wearing the same outfit as Lady Wi-Fi, but with the purple and white replaced with black, orange and yellow. And another difference is that Broadband's outfit is retrofitted with kevlar and metal battle armor.

Soon, Broadband Woman was on her way to rendezvous with Steel Butterfly and the others.

Meanwhile, back in the school, Lady Wi-Fi says to the camera, "For my next scoop, I'll be taking you to meet the girl who's been hiding behind Ladybug's armored mask!" Lady Wi-Fi throws a pink stop icon at Mr. Damocles, freezing him. Lady Wi-Fi says to the camera, "Stay connected!" She turns off the screen with her Akumatized phone.

Ms. Bustier exclaims fearfully, "Everyone, for your own safety, go directly home right now! And don't forget to read chapters four and five!" The students run out of the classroom.

In the boys' bathroom, Adrien says to Plagg, "I highly doubt that Lynnette Bellecourt is Ladybug. Even if she were, I fell in love with Marinette, regardless of whether she's herself or the real Ladybug."

Plagg remarks, "Yeah, and if Lynnette was a superhero, she would've gladly revealed that big, juicy fact on TV just to get recognition. And if she was Ladybug, you'd have developed a crush on her. And I'm not even teasing you; I'm dead serious."

Pushing those cringy thoughts aside for the time being, Adrien calls out, "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"

With his jetpack, Cat Noir flies in the city and sees the Grand Le Paris hotel in the distance, where Lynnette is staying. He takes his staff and, using the zoom in camera, he sees both Chloe and Lynnette in their respective Ladybug and female Steel Butterfly costumes, Lynnette playing with her yoyo and Chloe playing with her cane swordstick and hand fan toys.

At this point, Cat Noir was trying his best to choke back on his impulse to laugh his tail-belt off when he saw his childhood friend in cosplay. He had to admit, his childhood friend was indeed doing a very good cosplay of his butterfly-themed partner, friend, and leader. Mostly because Chloe's costume came in a female option on an equal level to the male version.

Cat Noir states while trying to avoid laughing too hard, "Hmph! He he. What in the world? They're copycats. Die-hard fanatics. And whose bright idea was it to make Steel Butterfly's cane swordstick and hand fan into fake props to be used as an assembly of toys? And whose bright idea was it to make a Steel Butterfly costume for girls?"

Ladybug teasingly stated, "Who's being a sneaky kitty now?"

Cat Noir jolts as he looks to his left and sees his crush standing next to him.

Cat Noir says matter-of-factly, "Ladybug, you startled me."

Ladybug asks teasingly, "Oh, then you're scared, kitty? Hehehehe."

Cat Noir retorts, "You must think you're so funny. Well, I'm just as humorous as you are. Say what you will about this situation, but there's no denying that you and Steel Butterfly have die-hard fans."

Ladybug replies jokingly, "Copycats?"

Steel Butterfly could barely contain his hysterical laughter when he arrived as he heard the joke.

Cat Noir quips, "Anyway, aside from startling me and teasing me about it, it's actually nice to see you – the real deal."

Ladybug quips back, "Nice to know you're able to tell the difference between a real person and a die-hard fan who loves to cosplay as me."

Cat Noir replies, "Between the three of us, I learned from both of my parents how to recognize imposters for eight years. And that especially went for anyone trying to impersonate me, like my cousin, Felix Graham de Vanily."

Ladybug asks her established leader, "Stake out plan?"

Steel Butterfly replies in his Ghost Rider voice, "Yeah, definitely looks like it. So, do either of you have any idea why Alya thinks that Lynnette Bellecourt is Ladybug?"

Ladybug sighs in response, "Hhhhaaaa. Beats me, big butterfly. But she did leave me a note about it. Apparently, your predictions just came true when it comes to the way Alya tries to cement her future career as a reporter. Alya's always jumping to conclusions before she has her facts straight at one hundred percent. And she is extremely nosy in the sense that she chooses to ignore how knowing the identities of more than even two heroes could lead to disaster. On top of that, Alya doesn't like being undermined by anyone or doubted by anyone about her work. Especially when she doesn't check her sources, like she should. Whenever someone tries to point out something is entirely wrong with any part of her work, she denies it as she's entirely too stubborn to admit when she's wrong. Though her research is right when she takes her time, Alya also has a habit of never checking her sources or doing ethical investigating of her blogs while simultaneously demanding others to provide concrete evidence for their claims that can't be disproven or tampered with. Something that she is supposed to do as a wannabe reporter. And when it comes to liars, Alya can easily be swayed by anyone claiming to know any of her favorite superheroes, such as me as Ladybug and of course, the legendary American hero Majestia. I wanted to call her about it, but there was no Wi-Fi service for an hour in my neighborhood. Then, I got caught up in my homework, and the next thing you know, I ended up falling asleep in my own bed. Thankfully, I was able to make it to class on time, though the real reason why I was on time is unusual."

Broadband Woman turns up and remarks, "Yeah, and I can bet you this, Ladybug: knowing Steel Butterfly, he probably had something to do with it."

This left Ladybug and Cat Noir pondering over why Steel Butterfly manipulated events to make Marinette get to school on time.

Ladybug asks Broadband Woman, "And you're Steel Butterfly's latest champion?"

Broadband replies, "Yes, I am. I'm Broadband Woman, the total opposite of Lady Wi-Fi."

Ladybug takes note of how Broadband's armored outfit looks like Lady Wi-Fi's, but in opposite and different colors.

Soon, the heroes watched over the hotel until it was nighttime. Thankfully, they could tell that Steel Butterfly froze time without actually freezing anyone. But the people who are unaware of the heroes' identities will be left confused about the time, much to the other heroes' amusement.

All the while, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly looked into the cameras of their weapons to see Chloe trying to help Lynnette untie herself from her replica of Ladybug's yoyo.

This left the three heroes snickering over how Lynnette wasn't able to properly handle even a toy prop replica of Ladybug's yoyo.

Of course, they couldn't help but stare at how well Lynnette had her Ladybug wings designed. They couldn't help but stare at the wings on Lynnette's costume and they couldn't help but look at the butterfly wings on Chloe's costume, if only because it was made clear to the heroes that it's extremely difficult to make a replica of a specific jetpack that is actually a prop.

Suddenly, Chloe's phone rings.

Running quickly, Chloe answers her phone and says, "Hello?"

Suddenly, her phone starts to emit a bright pink glow. Chloe throws her phone in fear. Lady Wi-Fi appears.

Lady Wi-Fi greets mockingly and darkly, "Well, hello there, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly imposter."

In unison, Chloe and Lynnette run away, screaming in fear, but Lady Wi-Fi throws two pink pause icons at Chloe and Lynnette, freezing them in place.

Outside, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Broadband Woman and Steel Butterfly state in unison, "We got Wi-Fi!" "We got Wi-Fi!" "We got Wi-Fi!" "We got Wi-Fi!"

The four heroes fly to the hotel.

Inside, Lady Wi-Fi puts a camera icon above Chloe.

But before she starts broadcasting, Lady Wi-Fi croons mockingly, "Well, well... Looks like my hunch was correctamundo. And Chloe Bourgeois is Steel Butterfly? I highly doubt it. Steel Butterfly's a man despite the fact that he sounds like two different Ghost Riders speaking in unison. Although, now that I think about it, I don't really know who the real Steel Butterfly is. Oh, well. I'm sure that I'll find out Steel Butterfly's identity will come into my waiting hands eventually."

Lady Wi-Fi carries the frozen Chloe out of the way and out of view of the camera icon.

Suddenly, a big screen showing Lady Wi-Fi projects from the hotel. Lady Wi-Fi states to the viewers from Paris, "Everyone thinks that the girl beneath the Ladybug mask is a little angel. Well, think again, people! The real Ladybug is..." She removes the domino mask and finishes dramatically, "...Lynnette Bellecourt, everyone!"

Suddenly, the four heroes – including the REAL Ladybug – burst into the room without breaking anything.

Lady Wi-Fi gazes from the frozen Lynnette to the heroes and asks, "Who are you?"

Steel Butterfly telekinetically makes the camera icon move towards their direction to film him and his comrades.

Cat Noir states uncertainly, "Uhhh..."

Steel Butterfly replies bluntly, "One thing's for sure: we are certainly not die-hard fans in fake costumes like her!"

Lady Wi-Fi states angrily to the frozen Lynnette, "But I thought you were Ladybug!"

Cat Noir states humorously, "Sorry to bust your news story. Next time, double-check your facts!"

Steel Butterfly nods amusedly for added measure.

Lady Wi-Fi retorts, "You'll be sorry." She deletes the icons on her phone, taking out the camera and unfreezing Lynnette and Chloe. Lynnette and Chloe continue running, but the experience causes them to trip and fall while doing a terrible front flip.

Of course, what only Steel Butterfly knows was that a little black butterfly holding his camera was discreetly recording the improvisational flipping lessons.

Steel Butterfly mentally cackled in his head, knowing that he and the others have to focus.

Ladybug asks, "Is that you, Alya?"

Lady Wi-Fi replies, "Alya's been disconnected. I'm Lady Wi-Fi. News flash! Ladybug, let's find out who you really are!" Lady Wi-Fi starts throwing pink pause symbols from her phone, which the five heroes easily dodged.

Deflecting the symbols with his swordstick, Steel Butterfly called out, "Follow me!"

Steel Butterfly, Broadband Woman, Ladybug and Cat Noir each jumped above Lady Wi-Fi in pairs while Steel Butterfly teleported behind the Akumatized Alya. Lady Wi-Fi takes a chance and shoots a pause symbol, only to miss.

The four heroes sprint towards the stairs, with Lady Wi-Fi following while throwing pause symbols.

As the heroes start running down the stairs, Cat Noir asks, "So, what's the plan?"

Steel Butterfly replies, "She gets her powers from her cellular phone, and it has to have full Wi-Fi service to work."

Ladybug adds, "So, basically what you're saying is, we're leading her to the basement, where there's no service whatsoever."

Cat Noir finishes, "No service, no power. Nice one, pal."

Steel Butterfly states cheekily, "I have my moments."

While the others continued to the basement, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly stopped to make sure Lady Wi-Fi was still following them.

Sure enough, the pause signals were more than enough to answer that question.

Ladybug eventually called out to her teammates, "We've gotta go lower!"

Steel Butterfly could easily hear the taunt of "Hahaha, I've got you now, Ladybug. There's no escape!"

After throwing another pause icon, Lady Wi-Fi's phone informs her about the decrease in Wi-Fi service.

Growling softly, Lady Wi-Fi immediately figured out the heroes' plan and quietly rushed back upstairs.

Downstairs, Ladybug twirls her yoyo in a circle and the others have their weapons on standby, waiting for their ambush.

Steel Butterfly states to the others, "Be ready for anything, and be ready for when you hear the footsteps and the door."

After twelve seconds, the heroes did indeed hear Lady Wi-Fi's footsteps heading back to the hotel.

Steel Butterfly exclaims, "Aha! I knew it. She's gone back into the hotel."

As the heroes continue up the stairs, Cat Noir complains, "Must we use the stairs? I'm on a restricted diet, and I seriously don't need this much cardio right now!"

Ladybug states in response, "Focus, Cat!"

Steel Butterfly stops and shouts angrily, "SILENCE!"

This causes the others to stop dead in their tracks.

Steel Butterfly continues calmly, "Complaining about excessive amounts of cardio on a restricted diet and arguing about focusing on the task at hand is not getting us anywhere. Cat, when this – How should I say it? – episode of sorts is over, I promise you, I'll make sure to get you some chouquettes and chicken tacos. I just hope you're not lactose intolerant because tacos literally have melted cheese and/or shredded cheese as an ingredient."

Cat Noir's eyes perked up at the promise of chouquettes and chicken tacos. Coincidentally, Steel Butterfly's eyes behind his helmet's clear visor resembling the shape of a butterfly perked up at the reassurance that Cat Noir has nary an allergy to dairy products, and nary intolerances to dairy products.

Just then, one of Steel Butterfly's ladybug drones appeared and stated, "Uh, guys? Your Akumatized friend locked all the doors."

Corvo calls out from above, "Except for this one, but I fear it may be a trap."

Once they got to the unlocked door suspected to be a trap, Steel Butterfly looks at the others and he says, "Be ready for more surprises on three."

Broadband Woman starts counting, "1..."

Ladybug continues the counting, "...2..."

The heroes finish in unison, "...3!" "3!" "3!" "3!"

The heroes burst through the door without busting it up, only to find themselves in the hotel dining room.

On each of the tables was a single iPhone.

Cat Noir asks, "Still think it's a trap, ladybug drone?"

The ladybug drone replies, "Yep. Basically, Lady Wi-Fi can instantly teleport from one location to another using the strong Wi-Fi signal on an iPhone. This kind of superpower is called digital teleportation. And also basically on the subject of digital teleportation, with multiple iPhones in the same location in this particular case, such as this luxurious dining room, she can constantly teleport everywhere at once to make it impossible to attack or restrain her. Kind of like Kessler in the first inFAMOUS video game series teleporting rapidly to make himself difficult to attack."

Suddenly, one of the phones emits a pink glow and Lady Wi-Fi appears, cackling briefly.

Lady Wi-Fi resumes throwing pause icons at the heroes, causing the heroes to scatter.

As he vaults over multiple tables to avoid the pause icons, Cat Noir quips at Ladybug questioningly, "How now, brown cow? I thought it was you she was after!"

As Cat Noir takes cover behind a table he was using as a shield, a pause icon blasts the table and Cat Noir back towards a wall.

Cat Noir flops onto the floor, knocking over a table with one of the phones.

Ladybug ties Lady Wi-Fi with her yoyo, but she disappears and starts reappearing above one phone after another.

Lady Wi-Fi taunts, "Ha ha! You can't get me."

Ladybug retorts, "Yes, I can." She swings her yoyo around the room, breaking every one of the phones.

This causes Lady Wi-Fi to run into the kitchen, prompting Ladybug to give chase.

However, Lady Wi-Fi threw a lock icon at the doors, closing them and locking them in unison.

Despite her efforts, Ladybug had her hands restrained by padlock symbols.

Lady Wi-Fi brings out yet another camera icon.

Lady Wi-Fi says in the broadcast, "Who is Ladybug? Is she a superhero, or a super-weirdo? How can we trust the girl when we have no idea who she really is? We have the right to know!"

Lady Wi-Fi tries to remove Ladybug's armored ladybug-themed battle helmet, only to find that it won't come off.

Frustrated, Lady Wi-Fi asks, "Why the hell won't your helmet come off?"

Ladybug retorts smugly and matter-of-factly, "Uhhh... because it's magic? Honestly, the fact that my helmet is not a normal helmet that is easily removable, that should've been blatantly obvious."

(Minutes earlier...)

After assuring Cat Noir that they won't be needing the service elevator, Steel Butterfly brings out his own phone and discreetly hacks into Lady Wi-Fi's phone without being detected. Once that was done, he literally deleted the lock icon while managing to make an illusion of the padlock icon appear as if it was still on the doors.

Steel Butterfly instructed everyone to wait for his signal.

(And now...)

Steel Butterfly's cry of "NOWWW!" was met with the right results.

Once the door got kicked down, Cat Noir remarked, "You're out of minutes, Lady Wi-Fi!"

This causes Ladybug, Steel Butterfly and the team to chuckle a bit. Steel Butterfly stated, "HA! Now I will admit, my little kitten, that was pretty good."

Cat Noir couldn't help but smirk at the praise of his humor.

Lady Wi-Fi sneered, "Oh, how romantic. Tomcat's come to save his love bug."

Ladybug and Cat Noir looked at each other in unison and confusion while Steel Butterfly's visor lit up red to signify his growing anger.

Ladybug stated incredulously in response, "I am not his love bug!"

Cat Noir added, "And we are not together! Get that through your thick skull, and get that through Hawk Moth's thick skull before Steel Butterfly starts thinking about making a Tenshized version of the Ghost Rider to set loose on you."

To prove his point, Steel Butterfly's armored hands start manifesting orange, yellow, red, blue and white flames without burning anything. Thus, this shows that Steel Butterfly's powers also include the ones involving fire.

Gulping in fear at the scary sight of an armored butterfly-themed superhuman capable of manipulating multi-colored flames without burning even his own armor, Lady Wi-Fi throws a pause icon at Steel Butterfly, only to hit Corvo instead, as Steel Butterfly used a stone statue and a hologram projector to pull a prank on Lady Wi-Fi.

Steel Butterfly flash-steps inFAMOUS style as he remarks, "You can't touch this! Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na! You can't touch this!"

Steel Butterfly avoids the pause and padlock symbols before throwing an air shockwave at Lady Wi-Fi, only for her to dodge it.

Lady Wi-Fi throws more padlock symbols at Steel Butterfly, but he deflects them with his Turtle/Butterfly Shield.

Lady Wi-Fi throws a redirect pause symbol at Steel Butterfly, but Broadband Woman throws it back.

Lady Wi-Fi dodges the pause symbol and throws both padlocks and pauses at Steel Butterfly.

The butterfly hero flash-steps and throws an electrical shockwave at Lady Wi-Fi, but she dodges that too.

Before Cat Noir could land an attack, Lady Wi-Fi throws a padlock icon that throws the black cat hero into the walk-in freezer room. Cat Noir's ring lands out of his finger, causing him to detransform and causing Plagg to emerge, as the ring being removed was not intentional on Adrien's part.

Adrien starts shivering as he rummages for the Black Cat Miraculous.

Adrien cries out, "My ring! Where is it? I could use a little help!"

Shivering in an extreme manner, Plagg states, "Ooh... it's so chilly in here."

Just then, Steel Butterfly teleports into the room and remarks, "Duh! That's the whole point, Plagg! It's called a freezer for the sole reason of keeping food frozen in case of future preparations for extra portions of recent meals and for future meals."

Steel Butterfly spots the Black Cat Miraculous and hands it to Adrien.

Adrien slips the ring back on and says, "Thanks, Steel Butterfly. I owe you. Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"

Outside the freezer, completely oblivious because the door soundproof to any sound not directly in front of it, Lady Wi-Fi starts contemplating her goals.

Lady Wi-Fi remarks, "Well, well... what am I gonna do with all of you?"

Hawk Moth's light mask appears as he orders, "Get her to use her Lucky Charm! It'll force her to switch back, and her identity will be revealed. Her Miraculous will be mine."

Lady Wi-Fi croons mockingly to her opponent, "If you don't get him out fast, your crush will soon be slush! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!" She removes the locks from Ladybug's hands as she finishes, "Good luck with your cat popsicle! I have other news to cover!" She disappears.

Suddenly, a teleporting sound that combines various different teleportation noises happened in a loud ZIP WHOOSH sound.

Ladybug looked to her left to see her partner and her leader were safely out of the freezer.

This causes her to sigh in relief.

Ladybug whispered to the others, "(Softly) Hawk Moth doesn't know that I can hear him talking to his villains, and he doesn't know that my Lucky Charm doesn't start its countdown unless I spend a minute without using it. We're in the clear."

The other heroes sighed in relief.

(Meanwhile, outside of the hotel...)

Andre Bourgeois is outside with two police officers on standby. Beside him are Biff Bellecourt and Lorraine Bellecourt, Lynnette's parents.

Lynnette and Chloe run out of the hotel, completely changed out of their cosplay outfits, and they hug their parents.

Chloe checks her phone, only for Lady Wi-Fi to come out of it and fly up to the top of the hotel building.

Lady Wi-Fi starts broadcasting herself as she says, "What's up, peeps? Listen, everyone! I present you with the award-winning news story you've all been waiting for!"

While broadcasting, Lady Wi-Fi remarks, "Don't blink, 'cause Ladybug's about to drop the bomb on her real identity!"

Steel Butterfly looks at the overhead camera, walks towards it, and croons mockingly while shaking his finger and head in unison, "Unh unh unh! You didn't say, may I?" He puts a pan over the top of the camera icon while cackling mischievously and evilly.

Frustrated, Lady Wi-Fi asks, "What are they up to?"

Hawk Moth's light mask appears yet again as his disembodied voice orders, "Don't let my Miraculouses get away!"

Lady Wi-Fi exclaims, "Right!"

Steel Butterfly states, "We have to go to jam the Wi-Fi signal."

Soon, with a snap of his fingers, the four heroes instantly teleported to the roof, while Lady Wi-Fi was left with a trail of breadcrumbs to follow.

Once the heroes got to the roof, they see the Wi-Fi antenna.

Cat Noir remarks, "Here you are! Cataclysm!"

But before Cat Noir can destroy the antenna, Lady Wi-Fi quickly appears, having followed the trail of breadcrumbs all too well. She remarks, "Nice idea, kitty cat, but I'm not gonna let you cut me off so easily!"

Lady Wi-Fi starts firing pink pause symbols at the heroes again, while contending with Steel Butterfly's diversion of having his toy soldiers fighting her.

Eventually, Cat Noir resorted to throwing his staff at Lady Wi-Fi. But she dodges the metal baton, only for it to split in two, thanks to the fact that it can split in up to four pieces at a time. Lady Wi-Fi's symbols destroy the two staff pieces.

Then, Lady Wi-Fi sees Cat Noir about to use his Cataclysm to destroy the Wi-Fi antenna.

Lady Wi-Fi cries out, "Nooooo!" But it's already too late.

The destructive magic destroys the antenna, causing Lady Wi-Fi to fall off it.

Lady Wi-Fi's broadcast stops, and she checks the connection on her phone.

Lady Wi-Fi exclaims, "No! Lost the signal!"

Cat Noir pounces down and growls, "Gimme that phone!"

Soon, the heroes' combined efforts and Broadband Woman's powers being similar to an upgraded Lady Wi-Fi enabled them to win. In particular, Broadband Woman froze Lady Wi-Fi with a pause symbol as a last resort.

Once the phone is broken, the akuma started to fly away, only for Ladybug to catch it, purify it and cast the Miraculous Ladybug cure. However, this time, Ladybug didn't need to call upon a Lucky Charm object to cast the Miraculous Ladybug cure. Instead, she had to use her yoyo.

As everything is turned back to normal, Lady Wi-Fi turns back into Alya.

Alya asks confusedly, "What?"

The four heroes fist bump and exclaim, "Pound it!"

Alya exclaims, "Wow! Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Steel Butterfly! Oh, and you got another new superhero! Can I get a quick interview? Just let me grab my phone!"

Before Alya can turn around, the heroes silently left the scene, mostly because Cat Noir had eight and a half minutes left. The four heroes left via the rooftop entrance/exit, having been joined by an unfrozen Corvo.

Alya starts, "So—oh no! Where'd they go?"

Meanwhile, outside and far from the hotel, Cat Noir, Ladybug and Steel Butterfly made their way to an alleyway with no cameras while Broadband Woman gets far enough away from the hotel and into another alleyway with no cameras. And all the while, Corvo returned home to prepare for her next mission.

Steel Butterfly then states to Broadband Woman through telepathy, "You've done well, Broadband Woman. I'll call upon your assistance once again someday."

Steel Butterfly revokes the Tenshi and orders it to return to his primary headquarters.

Feeling tired, Pascale decides to return home.

Soon, the soft calls of "Spots Off" and "Claws In" signified that the heroes' duties were done for the night.

Tikki looks over at Steel Butterfly and says, "Thank you for looking over our owners."

Steel Butterfly mentally sighs in relief as he replies with semi-fake compassion in his tone, "You're most welcome, my little friend."

Steel Butterfly looks over the alley with his butterfly drones and listens with his super hearing, only to hear nothing and see no one hiding and eavesdropping.

Steel Butterfly states, "One can't be too sure, but it looks like the coast is clear."

Marinette states, "Got it."

Steel Butterfly remarks, "If Alya tries posting on her blog any of your identities, I'll make sure to lead her astray in the event of future Akumatizations and use amnesia dust if all else fails Hopefully, we won't need it. However, it WILL be a last. Resort."

Marinette and Adrien look at each other and back to Steel Butterfly.

Adrien asks, "You'd do that... for us?"

Steel Butterfly replies, "Of course I would. Armored butterfly angel's honor to the bitter end."

Marinette ponders this, and asks, "See you guys tomorrow?"

Plagg, Steel Butterfly, and Adrien each give off replies of, "Of course, Marinette," "You betcha," and "May God be with you all."

The two young heroes quietly run off in different directions with their kwamis hiding in their clothes and bags while Steel Butterfly wordlessly and silently takes to the air.

(In Hawk Moth's lair...)

Hawk Moth was fuming about his "on-screen" third failure in a row.

He states with a sneer, "Your masks and helmets will fall one day, Ladybug, Steel Butterfly and Cat Noir. Then you and your partners will have no choice but to hand over your precious Miraculouses."

His window closes, engulfing the room in darkness once again.

(The next day, in Marinette's room...)

Marinette muses to Tikki, "Sometimes, I tend to wonder what would've really happened if me, Adrien and Miguel didn't know who we were in some kind of alternate timeline. Particularly Adrien. On top of that, I wonder what would've happened if Steel Butterfly didn't exist."

Tikki asks, "Would you have told Adrien who you were if your heart and your head were telling you it would've been beneficial for your partnership, relationship and overall friendship?"

Marinette ponders the question before she answers, "Probably not until Hawk Moth was defeated. Sometimes, your heart tells you one thing, but a great superhero always listens to their instincts and their heads. All the same, I'm glad the early reveal was done by my parents' insistence and Steel Butterfly's machinations, but who knows how different everything would've been if Steel Butterfly hadn't been around?"

One of Steel Butterfly's reconnaissance butterflies flew into the room, completely under his control, and says in English, "Steel Butterfly said not to ponder on what ifs, even if they are part of the multiverse. What if scenarios distract you from everything happening here and now. But, if you do happen to have any questions for Steel Butterfly about alternate universes or parallel timelines, don't be afraid to ask."

Marinette replies, "Okay. I'll make sure to keep that in mind."

The butterfly flies off.

Soon, Tikki detects an intruder and hides herself in Marinette's bed.

Marinette knew what this meant: Alya had come by.

Alya shouts from underneath the trapdoor, "Got it!"

Marinette daren't flinch, for she doesn't get jumpstarted that easily these days.

Marinette turns around to see Alya coming from the trapdoor, with a new smartphone in hand.

Alya asks, "Wanna see my new smartphone? It puts my old phone to shame! Just look at these pics!"

Marinette states in confusion before asking in a teasing manner, "Huh? And what's with all these photos of Adrien? Are you going to tell me he's Ladybug now?"

Alya replies nervously, "Well... that's actually very funny, but now that you mention it, with a Cat Noir mask and a Cat Noir costume, don't you think Adrien looks a little bit like Cat Noir?"

Alya shows Marinette a photo-shopped picture of Adrien in a Cat Noir costume.

Thinking quickly to preserve her partner's identity, Marinette replies, "UHH! Are you out of your mind?! Adrien's tons more legit than Cat Noir! Besides, Adrien's too poshy compared to Cat Noir's chaotic and goofy nature."

Alya retorts, "Hey! I happen to think that Cat Noir is pretty slick. Besides, poshy? Is that even a word?"

Marinette states in response, "Last time I checked, yes it is. Anyway, stop taking photos of Adrien."

Marinette snatches Alya's phone.

Alya cries out, "Hey! Give it back!"

Alya runs after Marinette.

Marinette replies teasingly, "Nope!"

Alya protests, "Oh, come on, Marinette! What if you drop it? Everyone knows how clumsy you are!"

The two girls laugh as Alya chases her bestie.

(Meanwhile, at Master Fu's massage shop, in Steel Butterfly's POV...)

When I told Master Fu how close Hawk Moth came to discovering Ladybug's identity through an Akumatized Lady Wi-Fi, he was really worried.

But I said to him, "Don't worry, though; I made sure Alya didn't know about Marinette's identity. And if it comes down to a last resort scenario, I'll just use my amnesia dust to make sure Alya permanently forgets Ladybug's identity should she know about it in any way, shape or form."

Master Fu sighs in relief and states in response, "Then there is still hope."

I left the massage shop after that.

I took off to my apartment complex, which held my lair.

It was hidden in one of my three closets.

I went to the third one, lifted up a pair of shoes, and pressed a green button. The wall all the way on the inside split in half to reveal a hidden elevator. I went into the elevator and pressed the down button. I descended in the same manner as the elevator to the Batcave in Batman Forever and Batman Begins. Even though it was similar, it wasn't enough to invoke a copyright.

Anyway, once the elevator opened, I walked into an observation room. Inside, a window much similar to Hawk Moth's window opened, enabling me to watch over the entirety of Paris, both the city and the countryside leading to London.

I said to no one in particular, "Once again, the forces of good have triumphed over the forces of evil. But it's only a matter of time before Ladybug and Cat Noir discover Bunnyx and everything Master Fu and I have done will be called into question. I must make sure that Bunnyx is permanently replaced by someone who would be more than willing to spill the beans about apocalyptic alternate futures, like with Cat Blanc. Either way, because this show was controlled by Thomas Astruc and a few others, let's just say I'd be more than willing to get back at them for crossing the line with Bunnyx's choices regarding Cat Blanc, Adrien's f***** up high road advice in regards to Lila Rossi, and even Lila Rossi becoming Gabriel Agreste's successor as Hawk Moth in the future. I only hope that it's not too late."

(Steel Butterfly's voice-over POV as he writes in his Rorschach-inspired journal while thoroughly hidden from prying eyes in the sanctuary of his lair...)

Steel Butterfly's journal.

September 9th, 2014.

11:29 a.m.

First and only journal entry today.

Close call on even my part.

Lady Wi-Fi came very close to revealing Ladybug's identity.

But thankfully, we prevailed.

Unfortunately, I have a feeling that Hawk Moth isn't gonna stop until he gets what he wants, and he doesn't even care who he hurts or kills to do it if he ever chooses to commit murder outside of revoking his Sentimonsters' Amoks as Shadow Moth in the future.

Of course, since I know Hawk Moth, both personally and in the series, he truly is never going to stop until he revives Mrs. Agreste.

And the fact is that after about four years of little to minor big successes, he's eventually going to be driven insane by using almost all of the Miraculouses in the Chinese Zodiac Miracle Box all at once without dying and while being foiled by a combination of his own greed and teamwork from Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Bunnyx.

All the same, there'll be a lot more Akumatized villains to follow after Lady Wi-Fi.

But I'm gonna see if I can avert Rose Lavillant's Akumatization into Princess Fragrance as best as I can.

As much as I hate to admit it, there are some overly powerful and overly ridiculous Akumatized villains whose Akumatizations should be averted. Besides, some of them were Akumatized for petty reasons.

And that includes Chloe/Queen Bee being Akumatized just because she was chewed out for abusing the power of the Bee Miraculous to fake a disaster that she didn't know would've become a real one if Ladybug and Cat Noir didn't show up in time. Along with Chloe being Akumatized a fourth time just because Hawk Moth stole the Miracle Box and manipulated Chloe's greed and entitlement to the Bee Miraculous to convince her to betray the team and thereby set in motion her long overdue downfall and eventual imprisonment, in addition to the downfalls and imprisonments of her parents.

But in any case, I intend to make sure that at least ten or twelve Akumatized villains' Akumatizations become averted while leaving the others alone so as to prevent the timeline from shifting out of control and so as to prevent Hawk Moth from Akumatizing anyone else due to how paranoid and suspicious he would get if he found out that more than six or nine Akumatized villains had their Akumatizations averted for any reason. Especially if it happened six to nine times in a row.

While I have no love for Bunnyx because of what she did and what she didn't do in the Cat Blanc and Ephemeral episodes, I'm still strict about following most of the conventional rules of time travel and interdimensional travel.

Anyway, about Rose's Akumatization into Princess Fragrance... she's literally one of the most annoying characters of this timeline.

The simple fact is, she's too overly sensitive to mean things and mean people, such as Chloe before and after Miracle Queen, Queen Banana, and Penalteam.

And the same could be said for if Rose ever confronted Lila Rossi for lying to her about Prince Ali after finding out from either him or from Marinette or from Lila's mother that Lila is a big fat b***** compulsive liar.

But thankfully, I intend to avert Rose's first Akumatization into Princess Fragrance by simply intercepting any Akumas that come her way while simultaneously calming her down.

Granted, I hate the fact that I actually have to do it, but on the bright side, I wouldn't have to listen to Prince Ali's chaperone constantly focusing on his schedule and complaining about any and all forms of interference with his schedule.

And who knows? Maybe Rose in the future will finally learn to stand up for herself against mean people.

But until I know for sure, don't quote me on that, because I'm not holding my breath just yet.

And now, I must be off to my planning room so that I can iron out the finer details.

(Third person POV...)

The next day, as Miguel Guevara was coming home from his job as a book author making fictional stories in the same styles as fanfictions with the permission of the original work creators, another Akumatized supervillain showed up, by the name of Shriek Bat.

Shriek Bat went about her business, flying all across the city and shooting bullets and Batarangs at people, turning them into armored Batman clones depicting various iterations of Batman in suits of metal armor.

And these Batman clones literally went all over the city, fighting the Parisian Police Department thanks to them having the same combat training and experiences as the real iterations of Batman.

Steel Butterfly remarks as he flies in view of a news camera, "So, you Batman wannabes want to rumble in my jungle?! Then let's make it fair!"

Steel Butterfly visibly multiplies himself into the same number as the United States Army, much to Shriek Bat's shock and horror.

Steel Butterfly calls out, "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGE!"

Corvo imitates the United States Cavalry bugle call as Steel Butterfly's clone army charged towards the Batman clones.

From a distance, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lion Hunter, Rhinocharge, Blueclaw, Corvo, Cat Knight, Purple Changer with a replicated clone of Hawk Moth's Butterfly Miraculous Master Fu invented with the power of the Rooster Miraculous, and Venus Avian with a replicated clone of the Peacock Miraculous Master Fu also invented with the power of the Rooster Miraculous are watching the whole clone army vs. clone army fight between Shriek Bat's Batman clone army and Steel Butterfly's self-multiplied clone army.

Cat Noir then asks, "Okay, LB, you're second-in-command by Steel Butterfly's unanimous vote and by order of the currently unknown Guardian of our Miraculouses. What's the plan?"

Ladybug answers, "Let's help him out from the shadows; we can't have even Hawk Moth finding out about a second Peacock Miraculous and a second original Butterfly Miraculous. Not just yet."

As the clone army was dealt with, the nine other heroes looked around for Shriek Bat's Akumatized object, which was coincidentally a computer she had in her lair located in an alleyway leading to TVi News Building.

Cat Noir whispers, "(Softly) Cataclysm."

Cat Noir's Cataclysm destroys the computer, and Ladybug purifies the Akuma, her purification power combined with her Miraculous Ladybug cure returning Shriek Bat and her army back to normal.

Steel Butterfly rendezvouses with his nine teammates at the top of the Eiffel Tower in secret during all the confusion, making the primary team roster 10 heroes.

Steel Butterfly states gratefully, "Thanks for your help, guys. I wasn't sure if I was going to make it, but know that keeping your faith in the people around you and in our Father up high will allow us to pull off the impossible."

Léonce Chassaigne/Purple Changer replies, "Well, I intend to do well on my Bible studies as my grandparents requested of me when I started school just a few days ago."

Steel Butterfly smiles at that behind his helmet and through his expressionable faceplate.

The ten heroes dispersed, with Purple Changer and Venus Avian concealing themselves in different manners possible.