Miraculous Ladybug: Get me out of here

The Return of the Epic Gamer

A/N: Last chapter of the year... Happy New year 2021! Let's hope 2021 is better than this mess of a year...

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Believe it or not, for once in my life, I was... actually having fun with my step-sisters. Yeah, for real. Avril had bought them a console, so I was teaching them how to play Ultimate Mecha Strike III. And it was going... much better than I expected it would.

We were all sitting on the couch in the living room, controllers in hand. I was in the middle; they were sitting beside me.

"... And then you can also do cool moves like this," I told them, waving my controller. "Watch: Triple Cosmic Kick!"

My mecha IRON lunged out, kicking another mecha in the face. It knocked it out with one kick.

"Ooooh," my sisters gawked.

"Now you try," I told them.

The twins grinned at each other, holding up their controllers. After picking their mechas - the ladybug and black-cat themed ones of course, you can guess who chose which - they got to work on their Ultimate Mecha Strike III journey. Surprisingly, Mardi was getting the hang of it it pretty quickly. She reached level 2 before long. I must say, I was a little proud. And envious. Lucetta, on the other hand, was not quite as talented.

"Double-whammy kick!" she shouted. However, her kick only did a little damage to the mecha she was fighting. It proceeded to attack her mecha, taking it out.

"GAME OVER," the game boomed.

"This game is stupid," Lucetta threw down her controller.

"You just need practice," I told her. "Trust me, it took me a while to get the hang of it."

"Yeah, sis," Mardi jumped in. "You just need to practice!"

Lucetta huffed. "You're just saying that because you're good at the game."

"Aw, come on, Lucetta," I jumped in, winking. "Maybe if you're nice, I'll show you a few more tricks."

Both the sisters looked interested in that. Mom and Avril stood by the entrance, arms around each other. Proud grins were on their faces.

"It's so nice to see you all getting along," Mom clapped her hands together. "Who wants pizza for dinner tonight?"

"Me!" Avril chirped.

Mom stared at her.

"Sorry, honey, you know I had to," Avril laughed.

"We want pizza!" the demon twins cheered.

"Pizza's fine with me," I said nonchalantly, screaming with joy on the inside.

"Pizza it is!" Mom decided, grinning wide. "And I'll get some gingerbread for you, John."

That visibly made me smile, I'll admit it.

Avril sat on the couch with us, crossing her legs. "You kids will have to teach me about all this video game stuff."

The twins cringed at each other, then at their mother. "No, Mom, go away!"

I cringed a little as well. "I appreciate the enthusiasm, Avril, but, uh, yeah..."

Avril sighed. "You kids won't even give me a chance."

"You wouldn't understand any of this, Mom," Lucetta told her mom.

"But you don't understand any of this either, Luce," Mardi told her sister.

Lucetta glared at her sister. "Hey! I get it plenty fine! I just need some practice and stuff!"