No room to swing a Cat?

23 - Ladybug to the rescue

Before the classes with Pierre de la Coste Marinette was so nervous that nothing could calm her down. Even her memories of the last talk with Adrien – especially its end with the Cheshire Cat mug in the leading role, that had lightened up her day, couldn't help her now.

When de la Coste appeared at the door, Marinette's stomach made a triple flip, and she clenched her fists. Fortunately, her project had been safely put down on the table before, otherwise it would have been ruined right now. She glanced at the design to check if it was okay, and because of that she missed the moment when the most hated teacher turned into an ordinary pig. Before students managed to express their delight, a strange furry creature entered the classroom and yelled:

"What will you say now, you pig?! Maybe that will teach you to respect the others!"

The students applauded, but Marinette felt torn between her duties and satisfaction of seeing her oppressor punished so spectacularly. She was sure the creature was akumatised, yet she had no idea about the reason of akumatisation nor superpowers of the villain. All in all, she had to defeat the opponent as soon as possible. And to do so, she had to escape the classroom quickly and unnoticeably.

"Quiet!" the supervillain silenced the students. "You're not better than him! I'm Fur Fury and I'll teach you to respect our planet and animals!"

The joy was immediately gone. Some girls began screaming in horror, and Marinette felt she was running out of time. She had to leave the room somehow and to help her colleagues to run away from the supervillain. Fortunately, Pierre de la Coste – at the moment in the form of a fat hog – was making a fuss that engaged Fur Fury enough to create an opportunity for superheroine.

Hidden behind desks, Marinette led her colleagues to the exit. She was the last who went through the door, but before she did it, she looked back if everyone had left the classroom. At that moment, she noticed Cat Noir who had just appeared on a window sill. He was checking the room to assess the situation. And finally, their eyes met. His face twitched as if he was horrified with a thought how close to the danger she'd been. Marinette nodded to give him a hint that everything was okay with her. After that she ran away to let him focus on the fight.

She immediately went to the toilet to transform into Ladybug, so she could go to fight by her partner's side. When she jumped in the classroom she saw Cat Noir trying to avoid Fur Fury's shots. The Hog de la Idiot was squeaking and writhing – and definitely not helping in the fight against the supervillain.

"I'll turn you into a mouse, you alley cat!" Fury yelled.

"I admit I'm Cat Noir, but I don't eat mice!" the superhero laughed. "Actually, I barely eat meat. You could say I'm almost a vegetarian."

Ladybug glanced at him amused. A couple days ago he ate a pizza with salami that was totally opposite to a vegetarian meal.

"You can lie all you want!" Fury mocked. "But as soon as I hit you, we'll know the truth! You'll turn into an animal you've just eaten."

"Oh... So you're one of those fanatic vegetarians..." Ladybug commented ironically just to distract the opponent.

"This world is heading for destruction!" the superviallain yelled, unknowingly touching her WWF panda necklace.

"Thank you for helping in its way!" Ladybug answered back, noticing a plausible object hiding the akuma.

"Not true! All I want is to make people aware what they're doing to those animals, to the planet!"

"Lucky charm!" Superheroine stopped chatting and went to the action.

After a second she caught a plate with a steak on it. Fur Fury rushed at her immediately, but Ladybug eluded the attack luckily, shouting to Cat Noir: 'The necklace!'. He destroyed it with his 'cataclysm' and the fight was over. Ladybug purified the akuma. Seconds later both superheroes recognised a famous supermodel, sitting on the floor, confused, not remembering anything that had happened.