Miraculous Vampires

Thirteen - Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry

Marinette's POV

Suddenly my mind clicks. It feels like I've come out of a fog, and everything is clear again. I wonder where I am, and the memories come rushing back to me. I found Luka.

And then I remember. Luka used his mind control on me to try and turn me into a vampire.

I gasp and sit up. I look around and realize I'm still on the Eiffel Tower. It's evening, and the storm is still raging on. I'm about to stand up when suddenly Chat Noir crashes and hits the ground right in front of me.

"Chat!" I scream.

Lightning strikes as he struggles to get up, but he's quickly back on his feet. He pulls his baton out and sprints towards Luka. Luka shoots a punch, but Chat dodges. I watch as Chat uses his baton as a bat, and slams the weapon at Luka's nose. Luka gasps and stumbles back.  Blood drips from his nose and his eyes water.

"Stay away from the Ladybug!" Chat yells, standing his ground.

"What Ladybug?" Luka scoffs.

Chat smiles, then turns around and throws something at me. I catch it and quickly look to see what he tossed. Sitting right in the palm of my hand a pair of earrings. My earrings. I rush to put them on and jump up. Tikki swirls around in the air. I smile.

"Tikki, spots on!"

A wall of pink light surrounds me and I transform. When I'm finished I instantly feel safer.

Luka gets up from the ground, holding his shoulder. "So what if it's two against one? I still have my akumatized power: brainwash!"

"So that's why you have it, yet Chat doesn't!" I state in shock, looking in his eyes.

"Bingo, and now you're going to hand me you're miraculous," he says, his eyes filling with power. "NOW."

Suddenly I feel my brain enter the fog again. I feel trapped; bound with a rope around my arms. My hands lift and start to take off my earrings. Panic rises in my chest. My body is moving on it's own!

"Not so fast!" Chat shouts. He slams his baton in Luka's stomach as thunder crashes in the background. Luka coughs out air collapses as the rain pours down on us.

And just like that, I'm back in control.

Chat looks at me with urgency. "Don't look into his eyes, that's how he brainwashes you!"

"How did you break the mind control then?!" I ask.

"Easy," he says, turning back at Luka. "Instead of making you break eye contact, I made him."

Luka growls and tackles Chat, splashing them in the puddles of water on the tower. Using his own weight, he pins Chat and grabs his hand, trying to get his miraculous. Not wasting another second, I sprint towards Luka.

"Lucky Charm!" I shout.

"Fuck," Luka mumbles, and jumps off Chat before I can reach him.

I sprint after Luka with my yo-yo spinning behind me, carefully avoiding his eye contact. I sling it out in an attempt to catch him, but I miss. He then grabs the yo-yo string and pulls me towards him. I'm yanked off my feet, and I fall into his arms. He then pulls me against his chest and holds his arm around my neck, holding me hostage over the edge of the Eiffel Tower. My feet dangle 900 feet above the ground. He reaches over and pulls out both my earrings, and I instantly de-transform.

"Marinette!" Chat screams.

I swiftly look over at my hand. It's still glowing pink from my lucky charm which means that I still have a chance of curing him from the akuma. I just have to be sneaky about it, or else Luka will realize I still have my power.