The First Victim - Part Two

Marinette and Alya sat down and pulled out their notebooks for class. Miss Bustier was organizing a few papers on her desk. Looking around, Marinette thought the room looked sort of empty. Chloe was talking noisily to Sabrina like usual, Kim was watching Max mess around with some sort of gadgette, Mira was setting a couple of textbooks out, and Rose was pulling papers out of her bag. However, Adrien was sitting alone. He and Alya had seen Nino earlier, but he left to go to the bathroom and never came back.

Miss Bustier looked around confused. Nearly half of the class was missing.

"Excuse me, everyone, but does anyone know where the rest of the class is?" she wondered.

The students looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Strange, it's not like this class to be late or skip." Miss Bustier stood up and walked to the door.

"I'll be right back. Until then… just get everything else ready for class."

Marinette watched Miss Bustier leave the room and turned to look at Adrien. He shrugged. She gave him a worried look, and he, too, began to wonder where everyone was.

After fifteen minutes of silence, Chloe finally spoke up.

"This is ridiculous! We've been doing nothing for how long! Where is everyone?" she crossed her arms.

"Relax, Chloe, I'm sure Miss Bustier will be back soon. She'll tell us what's going on," Adrien assured her. He looked back at Marinette, who started to stand up.

"Actually, I'm going to look for Miss Bustier. She's been gone a while."

Alya looked at Marinette and said, "We all should."

Others in the room stood up, even Sabrina.

"I guess you're right. Besides, there's nothing else to do." Chloe stood up and crossed her arms.

Just then, something in the hall tipped over and hit the ground with a crash. This caught the attention of everyone, especially Marinette, Adrien, and Mira.

"What was that?" Alya wondered. She walked over to the door, only to be interrupted by Marinette.

"Alya, wait. We don't know what's out there." Marinette walked over to Alya, but just as she did, the door swung open.

Marinette and Alya found themselves looking at a supervillain. He wore dark clothing and had bright red skin. The students recognized him immediately.

"Mr. Damocles?" Marinette took a step back.

"I am not Mr. Damocles anymore!" the villain announced. "I am Eraser, and I'm tired of all of you and your attitudes!"

He touched Alya with a staff that looked like a long, twisted pencil. She disappeared into thin air, which made Marinette jump out of the way before he could touch her, too.

"Ugh, you're a principal. It's your job to look after students, not hate them." Chloe rolled her eyes.

"You!" He pointed at her with his staff, "You're the worst! I'm sick of putting up with your attitude!"

"Whatever, my Daddy can fire you if he hears about this."

Eraser's eye twitched and he raised his staff.

"Chloe, stop moving your mouth and run!" Adrien shouted. He, Marinette, and everyone else were already by the door. Chloe dodged Eraser's attack and followed them.

When Adrien and Marinette were alone in the janitor's closet, they stopped to rest before transforming.

"I can't believe Hawkmoth is akumatizing people again," Marinette sighed.

"It's been months. If he's had the Miraculous that long, why did he wait?" Adrien wondered.

"What about Pavona? She has the Peacock Miraculous, which once belonged to Hawkmoth, so maybe the Butterfly Miraculous has a new owner," Marinette tried thinking of why Hawkmoth would pass on the Miraculouses.

"Whatever it means, we need to stop that villain before he erases everyone at school. It's been awhile, but I still have my touch." Adrien winked at Marinette, and she was forced to smile. His Cat Noir was definitely showing.

The two transformed and prepared themselves for the first supervillain they had faced in months. Before the two went to battle Eraser, Cat Noir stopped Ladybug.

"Do you think we should give out a few other Miraculouses? Their powers could really come in handy, especially the Snake's."

"I would, but most of the holders have been erased," Ladybug shook her head, "I guess it's just the two of us."

"There's nothing wrong with that." Cat Noir gave Ladybug a quick peck on the cheek before opening the closet door.