Gwen: "Luckily, this time, you have a secret weapon."
(Gwen said as she crossed her arms.)
Ben and Jen: "Us!"
(Ben and Jen said at the same time.)
Juleka: "You think so?"
(Juleka asked.)
Kevin: "i mean, come on."
(Kevin stated.)
Kevin: "This Hawk Moth guy is bad news. But he's been fighting you and your predecessors for centuries now."
Gwen: "The six of us, however, only showed up five years ago when he was still a statue."
(Gwen said.)
Gwen: "He doesn't know who we are or what we can do. I don't even think he fathomed the existence of aliens at all."
Master Fu: "You may be right."
(Master Fu said.)
Master Fu: "But even so, he has a way of turning the tides back in his favor with his akumas."
Jen: "We're ready, Master."
(Jen said.)
Jen: "Hawk Moth will never see us coming."
Master Fu: "Before you start planning a method of attack, I must prepare the ceremony."
Becky: "Ceremony?"
(Becky asked.)
Ben: "What ceremony?"
(Ben asked.)
Master Fu: "Oh yeah. This is only the second time this happened. Since we revealed ourselves to you, a ceremony is required to pronounce you six as Keepers of the Secret. It's been a few months since the last one, though."
(Master Fu said.)
Marinette: "Yeah, and Manon is someone I know well. We only just met you guys."
(Marinette said.)
Allison: "We'll be ready."
(Allison said with a nod as Master Fu walked off to set the ceremony up as the 20 teens walked off.)
Master Fu: "While I'm getting ready, you guys just go back to Paris. I'll contact you when I'm ready."
(Master Fu said.)
(As he walked off, the teens sighed and walked off to the Garden of the Ancients as Jen smiled at the beauty of the flowers.)
Jen: "I'm just waiting for someone to pinch me and wake me up."
Ben: "You're not dreaming, sis."
(Ben said, jabbing her arm as they walked off as they smiled.)
(The next afternoon after that at a medical lab somewhere in the city, a man was working on a science experiment in his quarters and fixed up as some of the workers passed by him and chuckled as he sighed and fixed it.)
worker: "Hey, look. It's Joe, the geek!"
(one of them said.)
Joe: "I'm not a geek! I'm a scientist!"
(he shouted as the workers walked away, laughing.)
Joe: "Don't listen to them, Joe. Once this puppy is perfected, you'll show them all your genius."
(He then connected a few wires together, a few sparks flying out as he did as he looked at his computer on the Miraculous Blog and looked to see news of the team-up with the American Omni-Team the day before.)
Joe: "Interesting. French and American heroes setting aside their differences to defeat a common foe. Just like old times."
(As he looked at the article on the blog, he didn't realize until it was too late that the chemicals by him started to smoke and bubble since he neglected to turn off his Bunsen burner.)
(He looked back to see the undesired result of his labor and he completely deadpanned at that.)
Joe: "Oh crap."
(he said as the chemicals blew up, covering his face in soot.)
(That was when the lab's boss suddenly burst through the door as he saw Joe standing there as his boss started to twitch.)
lab's boss: "What is this?!"
(he asked.)
Joe: "I don't know what went wrong, sir!"
(Joe panicked as his boss folded his arms at the mistake, a scowl plastered on his face.)
lab's boss: "You are suspended for the rest of the week!"
Joe: "But sir-"
lab's boss: "No buts, Joe! You're lucky that I don't fire you for this!"
(he said as he pointed to the door.)
lab's boss: "Out before I change my mind."
(Joe then frowned hard as he packed his things and marched out the front door with a glare, his anger and frustration at the mistake with his experiment not escaping the gaze of a certain evil lizard man lurking in the bushes by the lab.)
Joe: "They don't see my genius."
(he said.)
Joe: "Someday I'll show them all just how great my smarts are!"
Reptile: "Master."
(Reptile said as he put his hand to his head.)
Reptile: "I think I may have found your perfect akuma victim for both the Miraculous Team and those Americans."
Hawk Moth: "Thank you, Reptile."
(Hawk Moth thought in his lair as he put his hands together and generated a sphere of dark energy, which resolved into a purplish-black butterfly which he then sent flying out of his lair.)
Hawk Moth: "Nothing is more troubling than people not seeing the genius that you have within you. Fly away, my beautiful akuma and evilize him!"
(The akuma flew away through the city towards its intended victim, flying right by Marinette's window as Chloe stood on her stand, clad in her brand new chiffon off-the-shoulder yellow dress with black in the ruffles with a few flower-like designs on the flaps.)
Marinette: "Do you like it?"
(Marinette asked as Chloe looked down and admired the dress in a full mirror.)
Chloe: "No, I don't like it."
(Chloe said as she smiled and winked to Pollen, who floated by her.)
Chloe: "I love it!"
Marinette: "I knew you would. It's kind of inspired by your hero outfit, but just different enough so no one will put two and two together."
(Marinette said.)
Tikki: "Tell me that your dress for the cotillion isn't going to be red with polka dots."
(Tikki said.)
Marinette: "No, are you crazy?"
(she said as the two chuckled.)
Marinette: "Wait until you see the other dresses and the guy's clothes too."
Chloe: "Oh... oh no."
(Chloe said as she looked out the window to see the akuma butterfly flutter by the window.)
Marinette: "Okay, fun time's over."
(Marinette said as she took out the phone.)
Marinette: "I'll get the others. Including our new friends."
Chloe: "Wait until Nadia Chamack gets her hands on this story."
(Chloe said as she got her normal clothes and went back behind the changing curtain to change out of the dress.)
(At the Le Grand Paris, in Gwen and Becky's room, Gwen washed her face from the lack of sleep from the previous night and sighed.)
Gwen: "That Hawk Moth is definitely bad news."
(she said to her sister, who was sharpening her spear, machete and arrows on the bed with a yawn.)
Becky: "Yeah. But if he has the guts to show up himself, we're taking him and his cronies out. All of us."
(Becky said before a concerned look on appeared on her face as she saw the butterfly appear.)
Becky: "And it looks like we're not going to have to wait a long time for it."
(They then heard a ringing of their phones as Ben, Jen, Kevin and Allison ran in and they saw a text message from Marinette.)
Ben: "Time to team-up."
(read their phones as they looked to each other and ran out of the door, knowing that Sandra was watching over Emma for the day as they ran into the city as the akuma flew down towards Joe, who was still bitter about what happened before the akuma entered him and an outline of a purple moth mask appeared around his eyes.)
???: "Absorber."
(a voice said in his head.)
Hawk Moth: "I am Hawk Moth. You have been shunned and ignored of your genius for far too long now. I am giving you the power to copy the abilities of others and using them at your will. In return, I only ask that you kill the Miraculous Team and bring me their Miraculouses. And you must also destroy the Omni-Team for good measure. Me and my lieutenants will join you on the battlefield shortly."
Joe: "Of course, Hawk Moth."
(Joe said before his entire body was enveloped in black smoke as he looked upwards with a glare.)
[To Be Continued...]