25: Jake

You let out a groan, grasping your hair and resting your head on your knees. The recent events replayed through your head like a broken record player, echoing over and over.  Nathaniel's caring words... His hug... Your ...! And letting Chat get away, too?!

You huffed, sitting up with a determined face. You had your sulking time, so now it was time to forget that ever happened.

So, you stood up, concentrating. Chat Noir had gone to find Ladybug.

You needed to make sure she wasn't found.

You sent of a whisp, knowing it could make it at a much faster speed than yourself. It quickly zoomed off to Marinette's location, seeing she was still stuck in her chair. You smirked. 

You tried to make it so you could see both her and your normal vision, but of course, it didn't work. You then tried to make it so you could hear everything that happened in Marinette's location but still see from your point of view. It worked! Though, if Chat sneaked up on you, and you couldn't hear... Well, that wouldn't turn out well...

You started to make your way to the warehouse, when...

You saw him.

Jake. In an alley. With the same people you saved him from weeks ago.

Anger bubbled through you, burning through your limbs and core. You smirked, jumping to the ground on the other side and turning back into your normal form. If you were going to beak Jake up, you wanted to do it like this. You listened into their conversation, enabling your normal hearing. 

"Not got your other victim to save you, right?! I swear, I feel sorry for that dumb girl, falling for your tricks..." A voice snarled. It was one of the males. It was the exact same group, three boys and two girls.

"So what if she fell for it?!" Jake growled, backed up against the wall once more.

"So you admit it! You used her, didn't you?! Just like you did to us! What did you do to her, huh?" A girl growled. Jake laughed.

"I needed to get to her model friend. That's it."

"I bet you did it again. You were looking for his secrets! Do you even know what you did to Via?! Her mom's hated all over the world, now! Both their lives are ruined! She had a future, you know that?! Now she can't do anything, because everyone hates her mom!" The same girl yelled, her voice getting raspy from the amount of yelling. Emotion ripped through her voice and she looked as if she was going to cry.

"Calm down... It's okay..." The other girl sighed, putting an arm around her shoulders and calming the girl.

"See what you did?! You're ruining lives, for frick's sake! We're going to beat you up until that gets into your head, idiot!" The boy snarled. Another boy cracked his knuckles while the other held a baseball bat over his shoulder.

"It's not my choice! I don't want this!" Jack gulped, getting into a defensive stance.

"Stop lying!" The boys yelled, racing forward. Before they could touch the boy, you rushed in, kicking one away, spinning on your hell, then elbowing the other. The third stumbled back in surprise.

"Hey, don't touch him." You growled. Jake gasped as the three boys heaved for air, laying on the floor with infuriated expressions. The two girls whimpered.

"Y/N!" Jake gasped.

"He's my kill." You snarled, turning toward him. Jake's eyes were filled with fear as you quickly connected a right hook, sending him crashing to the ground with a groan. He tried to scramble away, quickly stumbling off the ground, but before he could run away, you kicked him harshly in the side, sending him to crash into the wall. "Well?"

"Y-Y/n... I'm sorry, I-"

"Don't try to apologize. You're a jerk, we all know that now. So shut up and take your beating!" You yelled, kicking him in his diaphragm, causing him to heave for air. 

He tried to run once more. He was slow from his injuries. You grabbed his wrist and spun him toward you, turning to the side and pulling him to your right, holding your other arm beneath his stomach. He yelled as you flipped him over, smashing him into the ground. You pulled him off the ground, throwing him to the other side. As he flew past, you pushed your knee into his stomach, pushing his back into it, causing him to let out a large groan. You continued to fight him, and he took it. He didn't even try to defend himself.

"Ugh. Weak." You snarled. Jake lay on the floor, breathing heavily. The group of three boys and two girls were completely frozen. They stared, eyes wide, before they started to cheer.

"Payback!!"

"You deserved it, idiot!"

"Karma! It's what you get!"

You scoffed at their victorious cheers. They didn't even do anything... You remembered Marinette and quickly turned into your whispy form, causing the group's cheers to turn into terrified yells as they started to run. They ran off, leaving you to chuckle. You decided leaving Jake beat up was better than taking his happiness, since sadness would numb him to the pain, leading him to not care about it.

You left the alley, Jake showing no signs of protest. You erased him from your mind, switching to your whisp vision.

"Chat Noir....! Chat Noir...!!" Marinette gasped, crawling toward the window. How the heck did she escape her restraints?! They were somehow loosened. You didn't know how... Marinette continued to call for Chat weakly, shuffling toward the window. Was he nearby?! You switched to the normal-vision-but-hearing-from-the-whisp mode and raced toward the warehouse. You looked around, finding that Chat wasn't nearby. You made sure to not be seen as you snuck in, finding Marinette still struggling weakly.

You laughed as Marinette stared at you with lifeless eyes. Her movement slowly ceased.

"Aww, Marinette~ You're still trying? How cute. Come on, Chat won't find you. Just give up already." You sighed. Marinette tried to claw at the ground to pull herself forward but ultimately gave up.

Suddenly, she yelled,

"Spots on!-" A large flash, "Lucky ch-" Before she could finish, you clamped your hand over her mouth. Her eyes were wide but slowly closed shut. She passed out.

You laughed, "That was easy!"

You stretched as you returned to your regular form to put her back in her chair, when you felt a sharp pain on the back of your head which quickly dulled. Your vision swirled and senses faded as you fell into unconsciousness.

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