No More Mr. Nice Guy [Completed]

Chapter 8: Not Marinette Anymore

Chat Noir ran towards the classroom, this time he heard multiple screams while running through the hallway. He was expecting Chloe to be the one who's screaming but he was dead wrong.

When he entered the class, he saw everyone floating in mid air except for Mariette who was busy smiling at them. Obviously, she was the one doing that and she was enjoying herself. So much that she didn't even notice Chat Noir standing there...Gazing at the terror she was bringing.

He yelled "Stop!"

But Mariette (I mean, Vexer) ignored him. He threw his baton towards her but it stopped a foot away from her. Obviously, she was doing that too. But in doing so, she lost her control over everyone else who came crashing to the ground.

But Thank God, no one got hurt. Chat ordered them to leave and before he could say anything else, they all had left the room. Now he was alone with her.

"YOU!" Said Vexer. "You let them go. Now you shall pay!"

She used her telekinesis to lift up the benches and threw them at him. He dodged them while running for cover behind the teacher's desk.

"Marinette, stop!" He yelled.

Suddenly, the throwing stopped and the teacher's desk was now floating around too. He turned around to face her.

"Marinette... I know you don't want to do this." She laughed.

"I'm not Marinette anymore, Kitty Cat. I'm Vexer. And I will not stop until I get even with everyone who has wronged me."

"What did I ever do that you want to get even with me?"

"You were born." She uttered and threw the teacher's desk at him.

However, he jumped on it and then jumped towards Vexer, pinning her against the wall.

"Marinette please. I know you're still in there. You have to fight Hawkmoth's control." He said while still holding her arms in place.

"C-Chat Noir? P...Please...Save me. I can't stop myself." Marinette pleaded in her soft friendly tone.

Realizing how tight he's holding her (and that might hurt her) he let go and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"What can I do to help?" He asked.

She threw him an elbow at his face and then punched him in his guts. Grunting from the pain, he takes a few steps back then looked at her in confusion.

"What can I do to help?" She mocked him. "I can't believe you fell for that. Haha. You're not a brave hero. You're just pathetic." She said with a grin.

"Ow. Since when can girls hit so hard? What powers did that mad man give you anyway?" He asked.

"Don't you dare call him that. Hawkmoth gave me everything. He gave me the ability to stand up for myself. To be better."

"I'm afraid you've been lied to. Getting akumatized and hurting people who hurt you doesn't make you better than them. It makes you weak."

"HOW DARE YOU! I will show you just what I'm capable of." She replied while throwing another bench at him which he dodged.

"Is that really everything you want? To hurt people?"

"No. Just the ones who wronged me. Who betrayed me. Who lied to me."

"What about your friends?"

"My friends hurt me. And now, I'm going to hurt them back. Starting with YOU! You let them get away on purpose." She said while tossing more things at him.

"Now be a man and fight back!" She screamed.

"This isn't you Marinette. I know what you really want is to forgive and forget. But no matter how hard you try, you can't forget the pain they've caused you. Let me help you." He said while reaching out his hand towards her.

(I know what you're thinking. Why not cataclysm her bag? He knows the akuma is there. But when he does, the akuma will be free. And there's no Ladybug to purify it right now either. So he's stalling until she arrives.)

Vexer saw Chat's eyes widened that proved that he does care. And that he actually wants to help her. But before she could even consider it, an outline of a butterfly appeared on her face and she grinned.

"Nice try kid. But Marinette is mine.... One of the advantages of having an akumatized victim for a few days is that they lose themselves and do everything I tell them to. I control her every action. Her every word." Chat could hear Hawkmoth speaking to him. Along with Vexer, echoing every word. Chat gulped. Hawkmoth was talking directly to him (well not directly to him but you get the idea) His friend is now a puppet for a physcopath.

"Let her GO!" He demanded.

"And I will. As soon as you surrender your miraculous to me. And Ladybug's too." Was the answer.

"Not gonna happen." Chat replied.

"Then this will be the end of you." The butterfly outline faded away and Marinette smirked.

"You heard the guy. I'm going to have to finish you little Kitty." She said while smirking.

"No, you won't. Because Ladybug will-"

"Ladybug, ladybug, ladybug.... That's all you ever talk about. But guess what? I've never heard her talking about you. And I don't see her trying to save you either. Get the hint? Or is that too much for your feeble mind to process?" She teased.

"No. Ladybug would never abandon me."

"Don't you see? We're the same. We both let the people we love, hurt us. But I can help you. Just give me your miraculous and we can-" she said while walking towards him and slowly making her way to grab his ring.

But he tightly gripped her hand midway with his other hand.

"No! You're just trying to trick me again but it won't work. I won't fall like you did. I won't betray her."

"SHE DOESN'T LOVE YOU!" She screamed and threw Chat Noir to the side.

He got smacked to a wall, and then fell down to the ground. Revealing a dent on the wall. He grunts and looked up.

"You have no proof." He said while slowly pulling his head up to face her.

She walked towards him. "Fine... Have it your way. But I'm gonna enjoy this." Vexer finished while cracking her knuckles.