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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

"I'm Queen Gambit! You are all now a part of my game!" Benji took out an earphone as he saw the entire café stampeding out of the shop. At the front door of the café stood a woman in her early forties, her hair is auburn and her eyes are light blue, she wore a cartoon-like crown and held a large sceptre, on her face is a mask consoling her identity.

"Mullo, we need to get out of here," Benji said as he looked inside his sweater to see his kwami sleeping happily at the bottom of his tucked-in top. "Rest up Mu, when I get out of here it is hero time."

Benji observed the café, there is only one entrance he can identify, the front door, which isn't an option because everyone who has tried to exit through the front entrance has been turned into a pawn. He crawled towards the counter, most of the staff had already tried leaving. "It's time Mu," Benji said as he softly poked the kwami, giving her a small slice of cheese.

"Thank you, Benjamin," the little creature said between bites.

"It's Benji- You know what? Nevermind, Benjamin isn't too far off."

"Mullo, get-"

"Who are you talking to?" A girl asked, Benji jumped and hit his head on the counter. "Geez, don't hurt yourself, it was just a question."

"No one! I'm talking to no one! I mean- I'm talking to myself- yeah... I talk to myself," the boy fumbled over his words, waving his hands around like a madman.

"Okay..." The girl's thick eyebrows narrowed, "You go to Jorden State High School, right? That's my twin's school, she's the prefect."

"How-?" Benji's brief question was quick to answer as the girl pointed to his school uniform, right, he forgot that his uniform say the school name on it.

"The name is Maddi," she pointed towards her name tag. "There is a staff exit back in storage, follow me."

Benji looked inside his shirt, Mullo had finished her cheese, now he just needs to get away from this girl. Maddi crawled towards the back exit as Benji followed her, crawling hurt like hell but no doubt less than Tartaruga's reticule if he were to become a pawn. Benji stood up and ran off the second he had seen the staff exit, "Thank you, Maddi!" He yelled before opening and slamming the door. Benji ran a few streets before he became winded. He was in an alleyway, not another person's insight. "Mullo, get squeaky!"

[ With the heroes ]

"So, Queen Gambit? Where did that name come from, you lose a game of chess?" Renard stood out the front of McKay's Café, his hands crossed and his flute hanging in his tail-like belt.

Peafowl laughed, "Imagine getting akumatised over losing a game of chess, talk about swore losers."

"You want to see a poor loser?" Queen Gambit aimed her sceptre at Peafowl, and a bright light appeared.

"Peafowl!" Tartaruga pushed Peafowl out of the fire line of the sceptre, being moments too late himself.

The heroes watched horrified as the turtle themed superhero turned into stone-like material, "Tartaruga!"

Queen Gambit chuckled, "Not the animal I was shooting for but works all the same." She walked up to Tartaruga, reaching for his miraculous.

"Paws off!" Night Noir launched in front of Tartaruga, using his baton to create a barrier between the lifeless Tartaruga and the akumatised villain.

She smirked, "Queen's Pawn, attack." Tartaruga grabbed Night from behind, his baton becoming useless as a defence.

Ladybeetle who was just arriving at the scene, wrapped Tartaruga up in his yo-yo, "What the hell is going on here!" Honeybee and Souris arrived behind Ladybeetle, the scene left them speechless. A stone version of Tartaruga wrapped up in Ladybeetle's yo-yo, his hand centimetres away from Night Noir's miraculous, Peafowl with a limp and Renard standing them uselessly. "Peafowl, what's wrong with your leg?"