Hawk Moth and Mayura
Location: Medieval Castle
The first to wake up was Gabriel. He picked himself up from the cold stone floor of the castle, groggy and holding his head.
"Aaagh... where am I?" He looked around, trying to get his bearings, only to find his faithful assistant lying just a few feet away.
"Nathalie!" Gabriel rushed to Nathalie's side, rousing her awake as he helped her up.
"Nathalie, are you okay? Are you hurt?""No, sir, I-I'm fine." Nathalie brushed the dirt from her clothes before moving to do the same for Gabriel. She stopped herself short, however, and slowly brought her arms back to her sides.
"Is this the doing of an Akuma, sir?"Gabriel brought a hand to his chin.
"Possibly, although I don't remember creating one, nor being targeted..." As the two mulled over their situation, an electronic tone sounded - Nathalie's phone. She fished it from her pocket and, reading it over, pointed the message at Gabriel.
"It seems as if something else is responsible for this," she said.
"'Crossroad', 'tokens', this is all too much for just one Akuma.""Hmm." Gabriel looked at his feet. Two small stacks of poker-chip-like tokens sat on the floor, purple and blue, one for both of them. He knelt down to collect his five, and handed Nathalie's to her.
"One hundred tokens for a wish." He paused to inspect the tokens before a smile spread on his face.
"This is it, Nathalie. No more chasing after Ladybug and Cat Noir. This is our big break!"Nathalie offered Gabriel a warm smile and closed her fist around her tokens.
"Well, then, how should we start?"
Ladybug and Cat Noir
Location: City - Rooftops
Meanwhile, a young girl found herself waking up on a tall building's roof. She didn't panic right away, though; instead, she yawned and stretched as if she were simply getting out of bed. A second to take in her surroundings, though, made her jolt right onto her feet.
"Waaah! Who, what, where-- how did I get up here?!" She scrambled to the edge of the roof, peering over the lip for a split second, before throwing herself back to more-or-less safety.
"This isn't Paris! It must be Hawk Moth's doing. Tikki?" Marinette opened her small purse, and out from inside floated the little ladybug kwami herself, yawning as well.
"Yaaaaawhh... What's wrong, Marinette?""I don't know, but we have to figure it out! Tikki, Spots On!"As soon as she turned into Ladybug, the heroine brought her Yo-yo up and flipped it open like a phone.
"Let's see if Cat Noir picks up... wait, what?" The first thing on her tool's screen was a message, not one she opened, detailing the rules of the Crossroads. She was even more confused than before.
"Tokens? Is this some kind of weird game?""If it is, we're a shoo-in to beat it!" Cat Noir leaped onto the roof right then, nearly scaring Ladybug clear off.
"Thought I heard your sweet voice, milady! Lucky you, you wouldn't have been able to handle yourself if you got taken here by yourself." Cat Noir leaned on his staff, flashing Ladybug with his trademark grin.
It took all of Marinette's will to not roll her eyes.
"Please, you're the lucky one here. You're useless without me, like a cat in the rain."Cat Noir
did roll his eyes, letting the jab roll off him.
"I've been awake for a few minutes now, and nothing's tried to take my Miraculous, so I don't think Hawk Moth has anything to do with this. Maybe it's one of those hidden camera reality shows?" Cat Noir looked around, smiling at any place he thought a camera could be hiding.
"Hmm, maybe. But stay on your guard, we can't be sure of anything yet.""Some reconnaissance then, milady?"Marinette nodded, and the two leaped from the roof, swinging and vaulting to the streets below!