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Part 2 starts where Part 1 left off:
“Fly away my little Akumas!” Dark Guard announced. “Find the Los Angelinos as they despair over the Miraculous Heroes’ final hour, and corrupt their hearts!”
“OH FUCK!” Jack shouted, still shocked of what he’d helped Purple Guard accomplish.
“Will you shut up!?” Dark Guard put her weapons down and grabbed Jack by the collar of his shirt, with a surprising amount of strength. Her strength and agility seemed to be enhanced from dual-wielding the Butterfly and Cat Miraculous. “In fact, I think I should shut you up…permanently.” She walked over to the open window. “You’re of no use to me now since I’ve taken your Miraculous.”
Jack’s suppressed fear of heights kicked in the second he looked down. “C-Can’t you Akumatize me again? Livin’ without the guilt of that would be so much better.”
Dark Guard throws Jack off the building, but Ladybug riding a ladybug Sentimonster saves him. Jack is relieved, but confused, to see Ladybug’s still alive.
“Miraculous Ladybug fixed the injury. It’s designed to reverse something a vill- an Akuma- does. Sorry, you’re not the villain. Look, when we get back to Master Fu’s, can you please just tell us what’s going on?”
They get back to Master Fu’s shop and watch the news.
“Ladybug defeated, and Chat Noir in the clutches of the terrible Purple Guard: this is LA’s worst nightmare!” Before the reporter could continue, the camera swerved to a swarm of black butterflies overhead. One of them landed on the reporter’s microphone, Akumatizing her immediately. She got up, now Prime Queen, and announced, “Dear viewers, it has come to my attention we should prepare for the coming of our new glorious leader, Dark Guard!”
Jack reacted by hiding his face in his hands. “Just…turn it off. I get the point.”
Mark turned off the television in the massage parlor and explained to Jack, “Thanks to you we have…” He did the math in his head. “Like, 44 former Akumas running around! You’re lucky they seem to only be going after previous Akuma victims, or we could have a ton more to deal with.”
I estimated 43 Akumas because there were 25 in the first season, 24 (speculated) in the second season, minus 3 visiting Akumas (Wade, Bob, and Jon), minus 2 Heroes-turned-Akumas (Ethan and Suzy), and minus one “Cursed” from the future (Audrey/Timetagger.) Thoroughly explaining how much Jack’s Akumatization has screwed things up doesn’t make him feel any better. Jack explains why he’s been feeling this way, including his jealousy towards Ladybug’s powers, and feeling like he’s being overshadowed by his teammates.
Jack: “Even after everything that’s happened… part of me still wants to be Ladybug.”
Mark: “I know that won’t go away easily, but thanks for talking about it.”
Jack: “Yeah, I’m glad to tell you.”
Fu says Ladybug needs to get back out there and fight the Akumas, but Mark knows he needs help.
“Too many people have been Akumatized,” Mark pointed out. “I’d be an idiot to fight them alone. I know he screwed up, but please let Jack take up another Miraculous. We need all the help we can get.”
“Mark’s right,” Jack said. “I can’t run from my mistakes. I need to fix what Cat-alyst started: get the Cat Miraculous, get the Butterfly Miraculous, and stop Dark Guard once and for all.”
“I know what it’s like to make mistakes, but hopefully, you can correct yours. Sean McLoughlin, this is the Miraculous of the Turtle.” Master Fu showed him the jade bracelet he usually wore. “It grants the power of protection. You will use it for the greater good, then return it to me. I hope I can trust you this time.”
Jack took a deep breath and put the bracelet on. Wayzz came to his side and said, “All you have to do is say, ‘Wayzz, shell on.’”
Jack wouldn’t mangle the Kwami’s activation phrase this time: “Wayzz, shell on!”
Jack’s Turtle Hero form would probably be named Carapace, and look similar to Carapace from the show.
“Cool, I look like Captain America!” Jack smiled. “Maybe a little bit of Borderlands Athena too.”
The Miraculous Heroes split up to cover more ground. Ladybug runs into Invisibelle, and de-Akumatizes her into Selene.
“Ladybug?!” Selene gasped as she got up. “The real Ladybug?”
Ladybug scoffed. “Of course it’s me.”
“I thought you were hurt by Chat Noir. I thought he was Akumatized. He swore allegiance to Purple Guard!”
Ladybug couldn’t let Selene lose hope. “Chat Noir is fine. He made a mistake, but he’s not Cat-alyst anymore. We can fix everything, you’ll see!”
Selene: “I’ll tell people not to lose hope. The real Ladybug and Chat Noir are out there, still going strong!”
Ladybug: “It is Heroes’ Day, after all. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”
While filming Dark Guard’s takeover, Prime Queen unintentionally broadcasts Ladybug and his friends defeating and purifying multiple villains. Dark Guard realizes this will cause the non-Akumatized Los Angelinos to unite, so she tells Prime Queen to “Turn that shit off!”
The citizens do unite, helping however they can. Soon, the Miraculous Heroes are storming Dark Guard’s fortress, the Wilshire Grand Center. Carapace makes it to the top first, and has a one-on-one battle with Dark Guard. Their battle is interrupted by…
Chat Noir!? This Chat Noir turns out to be a Sentimonster, but it helps keep Dark Guard occupied until all the other heroes can arrive. Carapace and Ladybug talk down Dark Guard, and point out that Violet helped them against an Akuma once.
Something breaks through to Violet. Dark Guard gives the Butterfly and Black Cat Miraculous to Ladybug and Carapace. Like Jesse before her, she’s not entirely sure what she was doing, but allows herself to be arrested and interrogated. Thankfully, the Butterfly Miraculous makes it back to the Mother Box this time. However, it’s still somehow causing evil to be unleashed. Fu decides to do some research into what the source could be of this evil. For now, Mark, Jack, and the other Miraculous users take a break from their superhero lives.