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Hawkmoth took the bee miraculous out of the box and held it in his hand, turning his head to stare back at the blonde teenager. “Miracle Queen I'm giving you an akuma to increase your powers all i ask in return is..”
“Ladybug and Cat Noir’s miraculouses.” Chloe’s smile grew and her eye contact didn't waver as her hand reached for her miraculous.
Hawkmoth knew he had won. There was no way Ladybug and Cat Noir could beat Miracle Queen AND all of the annoying children they roped in to help them. He released the bee miraculous to Chloe.
Chole slipped the comb into her hair and smirked at Hawkmoth when Pollen appeared. “They won’t know what hit them. Pollen, buzz on!” As she felt her costume appear and the power flow through her, she knew that Ladybug had abandoned her, and, judging by the miraculous box in Hawkmoths hands, had abandoned the guardian too. Her trust placed in the hero of Paris was fully crushed, none of the joy or hope that came with seeing the red and black spots fly around the rooftops remained. Being passed over again and again even though she was clearly the best was hard enough, but this time the bug had gone too far! Not only did she not give Chloe the hair comb even when the akuma was her PARENTS and she would definitely know how to beat them, instead giving it to that upstart dragon, but she also LOST the whole miraculous box. Useless, utterly useless! Queen Bee would never have let this happen! Queen Bee was a hero who didn’t fail in what she set out to do. She would show Ladybug who was the best. She would prove once and for all that she didn’t need anyone. That Queen Bee was the best hero. She wouldn’t let her adoring fans down.
Her transformation complete, she looked at Hawkmoth. Flicking her hair Chloe said “Before you akumatize me, release my parents. Otherwise no deal.” Determination only a teenager with an over inflated ego showed in every inch of her stance, she wasnt budging until her parents were back to their dumb selves. Something she could have done without Hawkmoth, if Ladybug was thinking straight. Chloe shifted her weight and waited.
Hawkmoth knew he had won this time. With Miraculous Queen on his side he could control the other miraculous holders. Ladybug and Catnoir would be weak against their friends leaving him to grab the earrings and ring. His goal was so close and the fact that it used the girl Ladybug ignored was a sweet additive that made this victory that much better.
“Fine” with a snap of his fingers the monster flying through Paris flashed with light and disappeared, leaving the mayor of Paris and a very successful fashion critic falling from a rooftop, to be quickly saved by a confused Ladybug, Cat Noir and Ryuuko.
His moment had finally arrived. Hawkmoth opened his cane to release the akuma he stored there. “Fly my little akuma! And evilize her!”
The black butterfly fluttered to Queen Bee and absorbed into her miraculous, turning it black. Hawkmoth allowed himself a grin as the butterfly mask formed over Queen Bee. “Now you know what to do?” He said, even before she became Miraculous Queen.
“Oh, I know…” Queen Bee smirked as Hawkmoth felt her rejecting his akuma.
His shocked face gave Chloe life as the little black butterfly flew back out of her hair comb.
Aghast, Hawkmoth had no time to react to her resistance as Queen Bee jumped into action. She yelled “Venom!” as she leaped the short distance between her and the villain stinging his neck just as he pulled up his cane to block. As Hawkmoth fell to the ground, paralized, Queen Bee’s smug face said enough for him to know he’d been duped by the teenager. “You’re ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous, if you think I would join you tacky team! None of your outfits even look good.” with that response Queen Bee picked up the dropped Miraculous box. “Now, what should I do with this? I should give it to Ladybug, but she shouldn’t have lost it in the first place.” She looked down at the extremely angry, frozen Hawkmoth. “Well, finders keepers Hawkmoth. I have to go be miraculous'' and with that she flounced off.
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The minute Chloe made her way down the stairs she stopped to think. With that second thought she could have hit herself, she should have grabbed Hawkmoth's miraculous! She turned to go back up the stairs and then thought better of it, looking back down at the box she carried in her arms. Getting the many miraculous’s away from Hawkmoth and safe again was Top Priority. But where to hide it? Her immediate thought was Sabrina, but that was quickly discarded as both Ladybug and Hawkmoth knew who Chloe’s bestie was, and Sabrina was a follower at best. Any pressure put on her and she’d crack like an egg. It came to her in a flash of inspiration. She rushed back up the stairs, ran to her cupboard, and ripped the door open. The time was of the essence, her poison wouldn't hold Hawkmoth for long, and when he was free there would be a LOT of running. Pushing those thoughts from her head (she’d worry about that when it came to it) Queen Bee pushed the small miraculous boxes to the back of her secret compartment in her cupboard. Her hair comb started to beep, emphasising the time crunch.
The miraculouses safely stashed, she grabbed the miraculous box and ran down the stairs again, this time out the door as well.
There were quite a few people, waiting to see Audrey and Andre Bourgeois arrive back from their akumitiasation. An opportunity! Queen Bee stumbles a bit as she changes from sprinting to walking, and then stops outside the hotel doors. “People of Paris! Your hero, Me, Queen Bee, has saved the miraculous box from Hawkmoth!” she holds up the box for everyone around to see. “I am the greatest, and you can thank me once I have safely hidden the box. You can thank Queen Bee!” leaving people gapping at her speech she sends out here top and wizzes off through the roof tops.