Chapter 40
Nathalie entered into the office of Gabriel, which sat in front of his desk on his computer, then the assistant closed the door and approached her boss, which looked up at her stern.
„Have you got anything?" Questioned the blonde, then Nathalie showed Gabriel the same USB stick and gave it to his hand.
„I have recorded their talk before in my room and I think you will like to know, that this Nathaniel Kurtzberg actually is the one holding the snake miraculous with him. This proves then, that the bracelet he was wearing on that point is his miraculous,"
„Let me hear it first," Gabriel mentioned plugging the stick into the tower of his computer, then opened the first date on the top to reveal the recording Nathalie has brought him.
"You know yesterday was a little an unlucky day for many of us. Luka just did that because Ladybug needed someone to help her and Onyx out until Hydra came. In anyways your mother and Alya would have found it strange if we would just take your miraculous off or anything right in a situation like this,"
"I still don't feel like telling my mom all of this with the akumas. I believe Ladybug also wants to be present during the talk to help me out. How else can I alone explain why I got the snake miraculous. For some reason Ladybug picked me. It either was fate, fear or just a lucky shot. I never expected to have the chance of becoming a superhero and I did take the chance,"
"If I may ask dude, why exactly did you accept the miraculous?" Questioned Nino. "Did you just do that, because you always wanted to be a hero?"
"Yeah…..and sort of I had a crush on Ladybug since the day she saved me on my birthday and I hoped to be able to impress her. In the end, it didn't work out in any way as she was hitting on Onyx instead, afterward, she stopped and preferred to be single for the moment or just focus on her task,"
Gabriel fast-forwarded the recording stopping several seconds later to listen to the other bit of the record.
"Super Snake, I will pass by you tomorrow at some point of the day. Be ready to expect me"
Gabriel reversed two seconds back to get the full notice of that comment and nodded as he was right.
"Next morning a meet up on the top of the Trocadero. Topic: Absence of Super Snake. Super Snake, I will pass by you tomorrow at some point of the day. Be ready to expect me,
"It's for your Super Snake side," Nino warned earning a nod from the redhead.
"I check it out later, my phone is charging right now," Nathaniel advised. "I'm curious to know what the future plans of her are at the moment without my absence,"
"Same or what Hawk Moth will do next. If it gets worse it will be hard for them to deal with the akumas like yesterday with Lila and Marc,"
"Yes….by the way, didn't they say, they would come with you?"
"Lila's mom had the idea to arrange a bodyguard for her thinking that would solve the situation and Marc didn't want to come alone,"
"Okay, that's odd. We weren't alone here. He would have us or at least me,"
"You know Marc sort of has…..trust issues,"
"Oh…...I thought we were good friends and that we could trust each other,"
"That's how far their conversation about the miraculouses went. The rest is only about someone's crush and the friend Nino left later and nothing is more to be heard," Revealed Nathalie watching Gabriel close the tab of the recording.
"Okay, tomorrow Ladybug is eventually going to discuss what to do about Super Snake's absence. This means at the moment they're unable to use him in their fights. Their friend Nino is Adrien his best friend and also the wielder of the turtle miraculous, if we take him out too, the heroes will only be a trio. Without a snake and a turtle miraculous holders, the superheroes won't be able to hold on long enough to defend themselves," Gabriel theorized making Nathalie nod.
"A strong akuma at this point would be perfect for use,"
"Yes, but before that, I have a better idea and we will need these two boys for it," Citated the fashion designer. "How high is the chance for you to find a way to get them?" Questioned Mr. Agreste watching Nathalie smirk and take out of her jacket the peacock miraculous.
"You'll see, before the sunset, I will have the boys with us," Nathalie stated placing her brooch on her jacket. "On the other hand, I'll need to get a vehicle which won't be recognized by anyone,"
"Hmm, I'll see what I can organize" Gabriel mentioned. "Don't worry about it,"
"Good, I will leave the house as myself and drive around the city. I've seen before the superhero Onyx above the roofs and to not attract his or anyone's attention as Mayura this is the safest way I have,"
"Good and if you're in trouble call me on my smartphone instead of landline,"
"Of course Mr. Agreste. I see you later," Nathalie left her boss back, which looked at the image of his wife on the desktop of his computer.
"We're getting closer to catch them my darling. It's just a matter of time,"
The next day Marinette walked into the court of the school making her way towards a trash bin that was placed next to a bench, where Alya currently sat telephoning with someone. Marinette smiled as she spotted her friend and before she took her seat, she opened her backpack and took out a bunch of posters and images, which were all from Adrien Agreste the model she was in love with before, then looked one last time at them.
"Life doesn't always go the way we expect it will. If we see each other ever again I hope we're able to be normal friends. Technically we are but I mean…..we can see each other like that now with the separate lives we're having. I'm glad to know your new life in London is great, maybe that all was supposed to happen…... I hope your happiness there will be infinite," Marinette recited dropping all the posters into the bin and sat down next to Alya, which had just finished her call.
"I thought you had dropped these posters away already?" Alya mentioned seeing Marinette shake her head.
"I had stored them away in a drawer and yesterday decided to ask Luka to help me get rid of them,"
"And you two did?"
"Yeah, including that agenda of him," Marinette answered. "Those posters I had found under my bed, some behind the lavatory in my room,"
"Well and now your room is free of Adrien stuff?"
"I hope so,"
"Also those future 35 gifts for his birthday?" Alya asked making Marinette blush at the question.
"I never told you about those?" Marinette asked making Alya chuckle.
"Yes, but apparently you told this Chris. Well, first you lied out of embarrassment and later on confirmed it what it actually was,"
"Oh so he told you that?"
"Yes….well he told Nino as we were together on the outside with our siblings to be exact," Alya explained making Marinette nod. "Are you per coincidence free this evening?" The best friend asked making Marinette shrug her shoulders.
"After 7 pm I am busy. Before I can do something,"
"Is it because of Luka?"
"Yes, yes. He…..promised to rehearse with his band and I would be there to see them,"
"I thought about going to the cinema with you if you had time,"
"Maybe the weekend would be fitting for me. Save me for the afternoons, those are better hours for me currently,"
"Okay I do," Agreed Alya, then searched on her smartphone for movies, that would air on the coming weekend.
Nino Lahiffe came along and sat down next to Alya, then placed his arm behind the girlfriend to peck her on the cheek and waved at Marinette.
"Hey girls," Nino greeted, then observed his girlfriend look for movies. "Are you girls going out tonight?"
"No, but at the weekend," Alya answered. "Marinette can't tonight,"
"I'm only free before the 7. Ladybug called the heroes for something important and I think I need to be there too,"
"That sounds curious. What is it about if I may ask,"
"Something about Super Snake being injured. I don't know it either to be honest. Anyone has a good suggestion for me, what I should pick for dinner tonight. I'm all alone, my parents are going to Chris' theatre act and I'm home alone,"
"If you want you can dine with us," Alya suggested. "Nora will join us for dinner tonight and I could ask mom to count with you?"
"If they don't mind. I'm in," Nino responded making Alya smile.
"Good," Stated Alya watching over the court to see Luka walking along with Juleka and Rose. "Luka has arrived," Alya warned patting Marinette on her leg, making the blue-haired girl smile and get up.
"I will be right back, I have to tell him my success about the posters and….uh something else," Marinette explained moving on making Alya shake her head and look at Nino adjusting his cap.
"This girl will always remain a mystery to me," Alya said crossing her arms.
"You could just try to figure out what's going on with her life. Probably easier than figuring out who Ladybug is," Nino suggested seeing Marinette approach the trio.
"Morning Marinette!" Rose greeted excitedly. "I just heard you liked the song Luka wrote about you!"
"Oh really?" Marinette asked a little abashed seeing Rose nod along with Juleka. "G….great,"
"Yes, but she hasn't heard it yet. She needs to hear it along with the voice and the instruments,"
"I'm eagerly waiting for it," Marinette commented making Luka smile, then Marinette grabbed Luka's hand and looked at the girls. "May I borrow Luka for a few minutes. It's urgent,"
"Okay go ahead," The short girl replied, then both walked to the side of the court, so they were able to talk together for themselves.
"Hey, I have been thinking last night about the meeting of today. I and Tikki came to the conclusion to take you and Onyx closer to me to introduce you to the miraculous box. In case something in the future happens to me or I'll need to pass by the miraculous box away, you two have the knowledge I got from Master Fu,"
"Are we really getting closer to something critical?"
"It's just an idea, but I really would be glad if that was possible for you two"
"Okay, as soon as Onyx agrees, inform me and we meet up with you,"
"Good, I will send him a message," Marinette said taking out her smartphone to write down a text to the cat-themed superhero. "Dear Onyx, I really need to talk to you about the custody of the miraculous box I have at my house. Text me ASAP," Marinette said while texting the sentence and send it to the superhero.
"What will you do about Nathaniel, if he's in the hospital with the miraculous?"
"I'm…..oh shoot I had planned in passing by Nathaniel because of his mother," Marinette remembered.
"At what time?" Questioned Luka watching Marinette race at the exit.
"Make up an excuse to protect me, anything!" Marinette begged making Luka warp his face wondering where she is heading to.
Marinette crashed on the stairs against Luka's friend Jin falling down on top of him.
"Woah," Jin complained, then looked at Marinette, which lied surprised under the girl.
"I'm sorry," Apologized Marinette getting up, then she ran away making Jin stare confused at the girl, afterward he grabbed his smartphone he had dropped on the ground to look at the message he had received.
"Dear Onyx, I really need to talk to you about the custody of the miraculous box I have at my house. Text me ASAP,"
Jin opened Ladybug's account and pressed the voice call button, leaning the phone on his ear waiting for the heroine to attend the call. "Okay," Jin texted on the chatbox a message to the heroine and checked it before he pressed the sent button.
"I have a break at 10:00. Call me there, when possible," Jin wrote down, then put his smartphone back and spotted on the stairs Kagami come up, then he waved at the girl, which greeted him back.
"Hello Jin, Yi's not here yet?"
"No that I know. I just got here," Jin answered. "And for some reason, Marinette ran out crashing against me, I don't know why though,"
"Maybe she forgot something at home," Kagami mentioned looking at the bakery seeing Marinette disappear on the side of the house.
"Okay, must be something important then", Mentioned the boy watching more students get onto the plot of the school, further he saw his romantic interest Yi come along, then he exchanged looks with a neutral Kagami and the raven-haired girl got stairs up to meet them.
"Hey you two," Yi greeted. "Did you sleep well?"
"Could have been better," Jin answered crossing his arms behind his back, making Yi chuckle.
"Shut up, if you knew what I have dreamt about last night,"
"You guys have dreams?" Kagami asked curious. "I don't remember when it was the last time I had a dream,"
"Okay I have almost every night a dream, I just don't remember what they are about," Explained the older boy.
"What were you dreaming about last night, if I may ask?" The blue-haired girl asked watching Yi lean on the wall with her back.
"Hawk Moth was in there, I was there and everything was on fire," Yi mentioned. "It was weird, really,"
"Okay?" Kagami replied a little confused about the dream. "But were you yourself or….?"
"My other me," Yi answered, then Kagami rolled her eyes to see Etienne from fencing class walk into the court, then she looked back at the two childhood friends.
"I'll be right back, I have promised Etienne to hand him out a book," Kagami warned, then got into the court leaving Yi back with Jin.
"What does Kagami mean with your other you?" Jin questioned, then Yi whispered into Jin's ear.
"She knows my identity. She caught me transforming,"
"Oh….." Jin responded seeing Yi nod. "But at least it was your friend,"
"Yeah,"
"What else happened in your dream if I may ask,"
"Oh right look I uh didn't tell the whole thing as you as Onyx were present too and I couldn't tell this in front of her,"
"Okay, did I do something bad there?"
"Yes well, you were there along with me and Hawk Moth. Suddenly you turned your back against me and stated, what would be if you were working this whole time with Hawk Moth and you were just using me and….later on Hawk Moth stole my miraculous and left me back along with you,"
"Ouch, how did you come to such an awful dream?" Jin asked placing his hand on the girl's shoulder, which shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know. I thought it was really happening, but it ended up being a dream and in the morning at breakfast I remembered, I watched a movie yesterday night, where the main girl's crush betrayed her and went on to destroy the world,"
"Wow, did you watch Helga the ice queen?" Questioned Jin making Yi shake her head. "Weird the scene sounded like it was from there,"
"No, but my dream was similar to the movie, just we were on the protagonist's place and the boy protagonist turned out to be bad,"
"I wouldn't do that to you Yi," Jin mentioned. "You know that,"
"I know, but it felt so real I couldn't handle it," Yi commented then Jin placed his arm around Yi to cheer her up.
"I don't have any reason to turn my back against you and the others. You will see with the time we will defeat Hawk Moth and everything will be alright," Jin comforted the girl, then his smartphone rang and Jin took out his smartphone to see Ladybug was calling, then Jin attended it.
"Is everything okay LB?" Jin asked.
"Why are you calling me LB?"
"I'm in public space, that's why,"
"Great, look I just retrieved back the snake miraculous to keep it, until Super Snake feels better. Is it possible for us to meet at 10 at the top of the Françoise Dupont school?"
"Yes, it is," Jin responded. "Do I need anything else?"
"No it's fine for now, otherwise I send you a message,"
"Sure see you later then,"
"Bye!"
Jin put his smartphone back, then looked at Yi.
"Ladybug texted me before, that she needed to discuss with me something about the miraculous box," Jin whispered carefully. "I think something big is going on for her to be asking me that,"
"What will be about the others?" Yi questioned making Jin shrug his shoulders.
"Maybe she will say it tonight. You don't need to worry, it has nothing to do with your skills. You're amazing and Ladybug even said so the other day with the two Reverser akumas. We were lost without you and Aspik. Not only on that day but also on that night we caught the flying airplane," Jin recounted grabbing Yi on her hand while caressing them. "You're just as important to our team as anyone else,"
"Thanks, but I'm a little afraid if something harms to you and…..you know...you disappear for good,"
"I won't let this happen so easily. Trust me," Jin assured holding her hand up to give it a kiss making her smile, then the school bell rang and both turned around and shrieked as Kagami stood there with a smirk on her face seeing the two.
"Uh…..how long have you been standing here?" Jin questioned.
"I just saw you right now kissing her on her hands, What else did I miss while I was gone?" Kagami questioned watching Jin shrug his shoulders.
"Well I would tell you, but you better ask Yi. She's your friend after all," Jin replied giving Yi a wink making the childhood friend nod, which placed her hand on Kagami's shoulder.
"I tell you that at the break. I haven't managed to get my stuff yet," Yi spoke seeing Kagami nod, then both walked together to the wardrobe, while Jin smiled and made his way up to the classroom.
Up at Miss Bustier's classroom, Lila got into the classroom along with a well-dressed man, then Miss Bustier noticed the man and got curious wondering why the man was there with Lila.
"Is that your father, Lila?" Miss Bustier questioned making Lila sigh.
"I wish it was," Lila answered making Miss Bustier a little uncomfortable, then the man gave the teacher an envelope, which she opened to read it through. "Okay, I guess this is no issue,"
"Wow Nathaniel, did you do plastic surgery?" Kim joked watching Lila sat down, while the bodyguard sat on the bench next to her trying to squeeze himself behind the table. "No shit, what is this guy doing there?"
"My mom hired a bodyguard to protect me," Lila responded. "He's about 95% around me 24/7 a day,"
"Wow, that's harsh,"
"What about the other 5%?" Max questioned. "Break time?"
"Yeah and bathroom privacy. I ain't going to use it if he's always around,"
"Honestly I wouldn't like it either, if I was using the toilet I had the bodyguard with me," Kim enunciated earning a nod from his best friend.
"Adrien had a bodyguard too and no one ever questioned him about it," Alix pointed out bewildered at the boy's interest.
"Yeah, but he never came to school like Lila's," Kim stated.
"Come on kids, you can talk about it afterward. Lila's mom had her reasons to do that," Miss Bustier warned the boys. "Everyone is acting slightly differently than the others since we have new heroes over Paris,"
"But they have been doing a good job Miss Bustier. The cops at my dad's workplace are relieved about it and can keep the focus on their own missions for now," Added Sabrina watching Miss Bustier walk to the lavatory to get her water glass. "Is your belly notable now?"
"Just a little bit," Miss Bustier answered. "Don't worry in a month or two, you will slowly notice it growing,"
"As my idol was pregnant you barely noticed anything, just around the 8th month," Alya mentioned looking at the entrance of the building waiting for Marinette to appear. "At least some people,"
"I know what you mean. Not all women are alike. Some have intense pains during pregnancy some not that strong,"
"The latter option explains, why my mom never knew she was pregnant with me," Nino noticed making a few classmates laugh. "Serious she had no clue she was pregnant until the 6th month,"
"I've heard of cases on TV, where people only knew on the day they had to give birth. That's crazy," Alya added earning a nod from the boyfriend.
"Yes, I understand" Miss Bustier implied holding her hand behind the back. "Where's Marinette?"
"I've been asking this question too. She was out there before,"
"Okay, sorry but I will start the lessons, I'll talk with her about it, when she's back," Miss Bustier announced and closed the door of the classroom at the time the bell rang for the start of the lessons.
"Wasn't she with Luka?" Asked Nino quiet looking back at his girlfriend.
"I assumed they were together unless they decided to run out together somewhere as Adrien and Kagami did once during fencing class,"
"Okay, I really wonder, where she would be going with him at this time,"
Nathaniel sat in the winter garden along with a few patients watching a teenager on a wheelchair singing and behind him stood an adult with a bass playing a cheerful pop song, while the boy sang to the melody.
Nathaniel enjoyed listening to the voice of the boy, by nodding to the rhythm of the song, afterward as the duo was done with the play all applauded for the interpretation.
"Thank you for your appreciation. It means a lot for me knowing that I can share my talent with everyone here and make everyone's day. If you don't mind, I'm going to take a break," The boy told, then the bassist grabbed the wheelchair of the boy and moved him into the corridor, which had a sign leading to the cafeteria.
Nathaniel picked his crutches, then tried to walk on them slowly heading towards the corridor with the restrooms, then stopped noticing the door of the one with the wheelchair was locked, then he walked to the wall, so he could lean himself against the wall.
"Honestly Ladybug could have waited a little with taking Sass home," Nathaniel told himself waiting for the restroom to open up. An elevator opened its door and into the corridor entered the raven-haired woman Nathaniel met on the other day as Adrien came to visit.
"Hi Mrs. Agreste," Nathaniel greeted the woman, which turned red at Nathaniel's comment.
"Who me?" Nathalie asked, then she saw Nathaniel was the one who talked, then she tried to fake a laugh. "Oh, you're the friend of Adrien. How are you doing?" Nathalie asked looking down at his arms to see, if she could spot his miraculous anywhere then noticed he had nothing in his arms, then furrowed her eyebrows curious at the disappearance of the miraculous.
"I'm getting better," Nathaniel answered watching Nathalie grab his hand to analyze his hand. "Is there something?" Nathaniel asked taking away his hand slowly.
"Sorry about my curiosity, I thought your nails were…...whiter than usual,"
"No I think they're normal," Nathaniel said looking at his hands. "Why?"
"I knew someone who had health issues, because of white nails,"
"Okay…."Nathaniel responded, then noticed the restroom door open up for a woman in a wheelchair to tax out, then Nathalie held the door up gently watching the woman wave at the assistant as thank you, then Nathalie closed the door and watched Nathaniel head to the restroom.
"I was waiting to get in here," Nathaniel mentioned, then Nathalie opened the door back to let Nathaniel enter into the restroom, Nathalie looked around to see no one was looking and closed the door behind them and walked to the lavatory to get some towels and Nathaniel noticed the woman was inside the restroom.
"Excuse me, I have to pee," Nathaniel warned watching Nathalie look at him confused. "I need to let water out…..you know….urinate," Nathaniel tried to explain believing the woman would understand other words, then Nathalie shook her head to get out of her distraction.
"Oh, I didn't notice the lavatory was in the same restroom as the toilet bowl,"
"Yeah….." Nathaniel answered placing the crutches beside the lavatory, then watched Nathalie add hand sanitizer onto the towel. "You know there is one specific for the toilet seat," Nathaniel pointed at the dispenser beside the toilet paper, which Nathaniel took a look at, and before he ripped off a sheet of toilet paper Nathalie grabbed Nathaniel by his chest pulling him against her to cover his mouth, hearing him mumble under his breath.
"Shhh hold still," Nathalie ordered seeing Nathaniel pass out, then she lied Nathaniel down on the floor. Nathalie opened the door, then glanced out and heard someone shout and Nathalie looked around to see a nurse head to the restroom Nathalie was in causing Nathalie to swallow hard and the nurse got down at Nathaniel to check his heartbeat.
"Mr. Kurtzberg, are you alright?" The nurse asked while Nathalie thought about a way to get out of there, then found the solution.
"Thank goodness, you're here. This young boy just got into the restroom recently and I heard a weird sound coming from here and as I came to see I saw him lying here," Nathalie made up earning a nod from the nurse, which moved her arm above to the red cord hanging beside the lavatory, which she pulled activating a beeping sound on her smartphone and over the arc of the restroom, where Nathalie stood a red light turned on and Nathalie walked out of the restroom and a male nurse came from behind the assistant to enter into the restroom and pressed the green button at the inside of the room, then questioned the woman in a Slavic language. Nathalie observed the two talk in their mother language as they were checking out on the boy, then Nathalie looked at the napkin in her hand and put it in the pocket of her jacket and made her way out through the staircase leaving the two nurses back, which picked Nathaniel up to carry him out of the restroom.
At the break Onyx sat on the roof watching the students inside the court having a break, then behind him landed Ladybug with the miraculous box and sat down on the ground, then whistled getting Onyx's attention, which walked on his knees to the superheroine.
"Wow, that looks like an easter egg," Onyx mentioned making Ladybug shake her head.
"Not at all," Ladybug said passing with her hands over the dots stopping on the third one, then pressed it to open up the drawers to show the miraculouses that were in there.
"Wow!" Onyx commented widening his eyes at seeing all the various miraculouses that exist. "And they're all based after the animals of the Zodiac Sign,"
"Oh really? I didn't notice that,"
"Yes….well except for our miraculouses, and those here,"
"Okay, so this is where all the unused miraculouses are kept. The ones, that are missing here are in use, including those here. Those are the ones from Hawk Moth and Mayura,"
"Who's Mayura actually?" Onyx asked.
"She hasn't shown her face so often as Hawk Moth, but she's his assistant or somehow connected to him," Explained Ladybug.
"Okay, and how did they come to those miraculouses?"
"It's a very long story, long before I had the honor to become Ladybug. We just need to make sure, when we get closer to Hawk Moth, that we take his and Mayura's miraculous, so no more damage can be done,"
"Okay,"
"Each miraculous has different powers and meanings. People are also able to use two miraculous, even more, to be precise, but this makes you feel tired and powerless due to the amount of energy it makes you consume. In a bigger emergency, the best thing would be to use two miraculouses only. This is what I did on that day along with Jade Neko, the girl, that was Ryuko before,"
"Okay and what about the power-ups?"
"I left my tablet at home, but I can tell you that tonight. What you need to know about the potions is, that they have a special receipt, which you have to collect various odd things like a…..a human tear, grass, dead insects and such and after the receipt you have to make the potion and as Master Fu told me to do so add inside a specific snack. This is why the potions are macaroons. The receipts are written in a coded language, but most of the important parts I have noticed down in my diary"
"Okay sounds hard,"
"Master began to teach me how to read it, but we never got far enough for me to be able to read it through. I know the pages, that are really useful for me like the potions and how our miraculouses work, the rest remains unknown for now,"
"Alright, what else do I need to know,"
"Hmm later on I could list you down the miraculouses, but what would also be a good start for you would be putting your eyes on some people to see if they're worth to fight along with us in the future if we don't defeat Hawk Moth soon enough,"
"Sure," Onyx answered, then Ladybug closed the miraculous oval-box and got up along with the cat-themed superhero.
"Thank you for listening to me,"
"No problem, it's great to know more about the miraculous after all these moments we've been using them,"
"Yes, I know. I'm so glad you're here with me and the others, I really don't know what would have been if you and the others weren't here for me. You all deserve my biggest thank" Ladybug mentioned making Onyx smile and give the girl a thumb up, afterward she embraced the superhero which chuckled at the deed, then wrapped her arms around her. "Thank you,"
In the afternoon Nino got out of his apartment and walked downstairs to leave the building and picked up his smartphone to send his girlfriend Alya a message,
"I'm on my way babe, see you later," Nino texted walking to the zebra crossing, which was on red, then he took out from his pocket wireless earplugs and put them into his ear, then pressed on the play button to play music from a house playlist and looked at the traffic light waiting for it to turn green.
Nino crossed the street as it turned green and walked beside the line of the road, where cars were parked and the third car in the middle was a white family with the slogan of a rental service. On the driver seat sat a person holding a journal in front of the face, then pulled it down to uncover head and eyes, which belonged to the supervillain Mayura, the alter ego of Nathalie Sancoeur. She watched Nino walk while distracted listening to music, then Mayura placed the newspaper on the co-driver seat, then turned the engine of the car on and moved the gearshift to the reverse button and pressed the park pilot on, so the car reversed back by itself, afterward on the dashboard ordered Mayura to put it back to drive, which she did afterward to have the car have pull the steering wheel fully to the left side, going slowly forward and ordered Mayura to put it on Reverse again to drive backward. Another time Mayura pushed the lever to the D and the car slowly managed to go out by itself of the park while Mayura made sure everything around her was safe and after the car was out of the park, she was able to get her own hands on the wheel again, so she could drive off.
She pursued Nino, which was trotting on the sidewalk and Mayura observed the road in front of her, where there was a crossroad. Before the crossroad, there was a bistro with an alley beside it giving Mayura an idea, then she made her way towards the alley and entered into the alley and got behind the back of the car and opened its trunk and hid behind the wall waiting for the boy to get closer to the alley.
"Come on, you're almost there," Mayura whispered to herself waiting for the boy to come closer to the alley, then Mayura heard Nino's humming getting more audible making Mayura smirk afterward Nino showed up and Mayura packed Nino shrieking him and dropped him into the trunk of the car, then stole the smartphone of him and closed the door hearing Nino swear.
"Hey! Get me out of her!" Nino shouted, then Mayura knocked on the door loud to shut the boy down.
"Quiet! No one's going to dare to get you out of here," Mayura warned entering into the car.
"We will see!" Nino complained beginning to knock with his fists on the inside of the car, then felt the car move backward. "You know as soon as I'm missing you will have a bunch of superheroes going after you and your lover's back!"
"Silly boy, for what reason do you think I would want to kidnap you?"
"You're a supervillain, the list has various options,"
"Don't worry, you'll soon find it out. And do me a favor and shut your mouth,"
"I live in a free country, I can say what I want," Nino said, then felt the car brake harsh causing Nino to hit his nose on the hard back of the seat. "Ouch, you drive like an incompetent driver!"
"If you don't shut your mouth, I'll do more of those brakes. With no vehicles behind me, I can do this as much as I can,"
"Impossible, you will only call attention to yourself….ah!" Nino cried pushing his earplugs out as Mayura used his smartphone to put the music louder. "You're making me deaf!"
"Then shut up or I'll do it again," Mayura warned making Nino sigh annoyed at the woman.
"Okay, whatever, just do me a favor and put the volume back on 10 and I'll be quiet for good," Nino warned receiving no answer from the woman, then Nino sighed sad at the situation he was in. "Oh Alya I'm so sorry,"
