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sorry for the long wait and the short chapter... i got busy... i started to build the school in sims 4, I'll put it up on the gallery when I'm done. i have one building done... but i don't like the roof... the inside looks awesome though... the campus is really hilly, but lots in sims4 are devoid of hills so it won't be 100% accurate. I tried though. i can't wait till cats and dogs drops and i get to build a vet! (i pre-ordered the expansion like a month or so ago.) although the thing I'm looking forward to the most is the octagon roofs which we're getting in a free patch... i like octagons... they're different than boring old squares. honestly the game should have had them from the get go. I'm gonna make Plagg and Tikki as Cats as well, that will be fun! and then i could breed them, those kittens will be adorable!

oh, if anyone cares, The Alchemist is a nod to the anime/manga Full Metal Alchemist... she has ed's cape. but that's not the only reference she has. i would list more, but i'm sure ya'll wanna get to the chapter already.

as always, leave me feedback on what y'all think and enjoy.

~inudigifan201


Ch, 7. The Alchemist

Kitty and Lordbug got back to the classroom at the same time, but Alison… The Alchemist was gone!

"Where did she go?" Kitty looked around, her eyes locked on the teacher turned to stone. Poor Mrs. Buzzbe. She was a sweet woman who didn't deserve to be a formally human statue. She sighed and moved past her to investigate.

A window was open and the curtain flapped in the cool October wind. A chill went down her spine as she crept closer to the open window. She always hated the cold. She wished her suit was a bit more insulating. She rubbed her arms as she looked outside. Oh what she wouldn't give to live in like Texas or something, someplace warm year-round. At least closer to the equator.

A sliver of red caught her attention. "She's outside." She grabbed her staff. Why did it have to be outside? Why couldn't it be in the always hot and sweaty gym?

Before she jumped into action, she felt something warm on her arms. She looked back at her partner who had pulled a jacket out of his cubby that he left there for emergencies and placed it on her shoulders.

She blushed, understandably, as she put down her staff for a moment to properly put the jacket on. "Thank you." She picked her staff back up.

He blushed and scratched the back of his head. "You looked cold."

Her anger toward him from that morning had completely melted away. There was no way she could stay mad at him. So sweet, and so ignorant at the same time.

She nodded and hopped out the window. The cool October air hit her, but it didn't bug her as much. The jacket made her feel like Nicky was giving her a warm hug, which, she really needed today.

He followed her and they searched the outside campus as well as the woods that surrounded the school on three sides. The school was a bit hidden and the only road to it went through a tiny neighborhood. The school itself consisted of two buildings. The main building and a church whose basement served as the resident daycare. Liz loved walking into the great room that served as the cafeteria in the church. Little kids would always run up to her and hug her. The toddler army was led by Liz's cousin Sophia Collins. The youngest daughter of her mother's youngest sister. That kid and her little friends always brightened Liz's day.

The main building housed the pre-k to the 8th grade. Liz's class, the 9th grade, was in a back room of the upper level of the church. They were in there the entire day, usually. Liz figured she'd get more time outside of class now that she was a super hero. She smiled at the idea, she really didn't like school. She mainly went for Nicky and Sophia. Once in awhile their teacher would let them hang out on the playground, but Liz seemed to always bump into her other cousin and Sophia's sister Betty.

Betty was a tomboy by every definition of the word. She and Liz had nothing in common even though they were the closest in age. She and Liz never really did get along.

But, all that was neither here nor there as Kitty landed on a tall metal slide to overlook the playground. She could have sworn she saw the red cape go this way. She pouted as she sat and slid down. She always did love that slide.

Lordbug took to the roof of the main building, shielding his eyes from the sun as he scanned the campus. Kitty soon joined him with a pout.

"Where is she?" She asked.

Lordbug gulped. "Think she turned anyone else to stone?" He didn't want to think about Liz being a statue.

She blinked at him a moment. Then a Cheshire smile crept onto her lips. "Any purrrticular civilians that you're worried about bug boy?"

He blushed as he scratched the back of his head. "Her name is Elizabeth… I think the Alchemist is after her."

"Is she cute?" She swished her tail playfully as she continued to smile.

He nodded, his blush getting worse. "Yeah, she's cool."

Perhaps there was hope after all. She nodded with a huge smile. "Alright, let's go save your girlfriend." She used her staff to drop down to the parking lot

He paled. "She's not my girlfriend… I'm single." He almost shouted as he grabbed his yo-yo to fallow her. "I'm single." He repeated once he reached the pavement and stood beside her once again.

"Shush." She put a finger to his lips as her cat ears twitched. She marveled at how her already semi-sensitive hearing had been enhanced. It felt like all of her senses were enhanced.

The ground began to shake moving the few cars that were parked. He grabbed her and held her by the waist. The pavement cracked and crumbled as it started to come up from the ground. All they could do was watch in horror.

It was then the ground exploded like a volcano as The Alchemist laughed while she ascended from below the surface. She looked over the horrified heroes and gave them a smirk. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Marienkafer and Neko Kuro. Hawkmoth said you would try to stop me on my quest for revenge against Elizabeth. She also said I need to take your Miraculous."

Both heroes looked at each other confused.

"Hawkmoth knows German?" Lordbug asked.

"She knows Japanese?" Kitty raised an eyebrow.

The Alchemist shook her head. "That's what the old heroes called themselves." She rolled her eyes.

They looked at each other again.

"My Kwami said something about Hawkmoth being around 12 years ago." He looked back at the akuma. "What happened to the old heroes?"

The Alchemist shrugged. "I don't know." Then an outline of a purple butterfly covered her face. She listened intently, but then smiled with malice. "He died, she survived… and was pissed that her precious pussy cat took a dirt cat nap." She gave a small bow. "Hawkmoth sends her regards Neko Kuro."

Kitty crossed her arms as she angrily pouted. "It's Kitty Noir… although, it's kinda the same thing… Kuro and Noir both mean black and Neko means cat. But what does a past cat have to do with me?"

The akuma shrugged again. "Hell if I know."

Lordbug rolled his eyes as he grabbed his yo-yo. "I'm sure when we defeat Hawkmoth she'll tell us everything."

It was at that moment when four police cars and several news vans pulled into the parking lot.