It was about ten minutes into the lesson that Marinette felt cold chills again.
Adrien whispered, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine." she answered. "It least, that's what I'd like to believe."
Ms. Mendeleiev turned in her direction. "Is there a problem?"
"Well... I don't know why... but... I can't help but have a feeling that something..."
Nathaniel noticed something out of the corner of his eye. "Marinette, behind..!"
Suddenly a vine grabbed Marinette by the ankle. She screamed as she was dragged out of the classroom and into the air. Adrien ran after her and from the railing, saw a young woman floating in midair, glowing with green energy all around her. She was in a rose shaped dress with a green top. The skirt was mostly pink with a red hem to represent rose petals. She wore bright green gloves that extended past her elbows. A crown of roses was seen in her hair, which was now waist-length and filled with many green streaks. While most of the roses were red, one of them was black with hints of purple.
Marinette looked up and saw her captor. "Who are you?"
The akumatized villain looked at her scornfully. "Really? You don't remember the name of the person you hurt?!"
Nino joined Adrien on the railing, saw the akumatized villain and gasped. "Zoe?"
"The name's Flora now! And you will all pay for what you've done! Starting with this one!" Using her magic, she made three vines with thorns appear and they attacked Marinette. They pricked her, cutting through several layers of her skin, and she began to bleed. Adrien ran outside the school.
"We got high trouble! Plagg, claws out!"
He transformed and ran back into the building, only to find Nino being thrown into the wall by Flora's vines. He was knocked out instantly.
"Leave her alone, you witch!"
She scoffed. "I'm not a witch, I'm an enchantress!" She threw several thorns at him. After dodging them all, he charged at her. "Rose wind gust!" She threw a huge gust of wind with rose petals in it, sending him flying out the door.
"You're the one who hurt me the most, Marinette! You will pay with your life!"
A purple light mask appeared around her eyes. "Hold it! You're not supposed to kill her! You're supposed to bring her to me!"
"What? You want her alive?! What for?"
"That's none of your concern."
"Give me a reason!"
"I'm the one who gave you your power, and I can easily take it from you!"
Flora felt her arm twist in pain. She screamed in agony. "Ow! OW! Okay, I get it! Stop, stop, STOP!" She panted. "Okay, you get her alive, but I'm still torturing her." The light mask vanished. "But first, to be sure no one interferes with my plan."
Marinette closed her eyes. She heard various noises, but she drifted in and out of consciousness and had no idea what happened to her classmates. A few minutes later, she returned. "Alright. Where do I take her?"
Her light mask shone again as Hawkmoth answered, "Hmm. Take her to Temple IV apartment complex. I'll take her from there."
The light mask vanished as she and Marinette floated upwards and out of the school. Cat Noir quickly pursued them. She quickly flew across the sky, using her magic to hold Marinette, who was trapped within her vines. Cat Noir threw his staff at Flora, but he swiftly dodged it. She threw thorns at him only to dodge.
"You'll never stop me from saving her!"
"Watch me." She tangled him up in thorns.
"No!"
"Bye-bye kitty." She turned off and continued on her path. He detransformed.
Before he could say anything, Adrien ordered, "Plagg, help untangle me!"
He obeyed Adrien's command. Meanwhile, Flora had reached the Temple IV Paris Apartments, holding Marinette in her arms.
"Excellent. You have her." Hawkmoth said. He looked at her closely. She was bleeding from her left cheek, both of her arms and right leg. She had several bruises and cuts on her body. Her clothes were stained with blood. "Is she dead?"
"She's alive, but barely. She fainted shortly after I stopped Cat Noir from following me." She heard the sound of heavy footsteps and fast breathing. Cat Noir had returned. He had found the building and was about to ascend the apartment complex. "You better get your prize out of here. I've got this." As he climbed towards her, she charged with purple energy. "Deadly Nightshade!"
She threw a ball of purple colored energy towards him. The attack hit him, knocking him to the ground. He got up as Flora jumped down, but he was dizzy and he was then knocked to the ground with a kick to the knee and one to the stomach. His head hurt, he felt like he was spinning, and his vision blurred.
"Cat Noir! NO!"
That scream was from Marinette, and it was the last thing he heard before he fell into a coma.
Meanwhile, in Hawkmoth's lair, the Moth Miraculous wielder carried an unconscious Marinette into his lair. He set her down, chained up her wrists and her ankles, and lit an oil lamp, creating a flame. Slowly, Marinette woke up.
"Uh... Oh, my head..." She took a closer look at her surroundings and saw Hawkmoth smirking. "Hawkmoth!"
She got up and ran towards him, only to be stopped by the chains holding her back. "Ah, you're awake. You survived Flora's wrath. Such a pity. Death would be better fate for you than what is to come."
Marinette glared at him. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't you get it? I'm one step closer to victory now that you're in my clutches!"
"Let me go, Hawkmoth! I don't have anything you want!"
"Don't lie to me, Marinette." He approached her and whispered into her ear, "Or should I say, Ladybug."
She gasped and Hawkmoth had taken the earrings. Then he opened her purse, only to find Tikki angrily attacking him. He grabbed her.
"How are you even going to wear those earrings? You don't have your ears pierced." the kwami retorted.
"You're right, but you know, there is more than one way to wear a Miraculous."
He threw Tikki into a lantern, which she tried to phase out of, but it didn't work. "Hey, what is this?!"
"Specially designed trap."
He took one of the earrings and placed it onto the lower part of his right sleeve. "He's using them as cuff-links? No fair!" Tikki complained. He did the same for the left side, then grabbed Tikki.
He looked at the kwami. "Who are you?"
"Tikki. Why does it matter? I'll never obey the likes of you!"
"Silly kwami, you don't have a choice! My Miraculous, my rules! Tikki, black spots, appear!"
Tikki was sucked into the Ladybug Miraculous against her own will. Marinette exclaimed, "Tikki!"
The young heroine was helpless to watch as Hawkmoth's new form began to show. His pants added ladybug designs to the upper half and black spots could be seen across the sleeves of his shirt. He also got a ladybug themed helmet, similar to that of a samurai's. She couldn't push down the feelings of hopelessness and failure, and started crying. Hawkmoth smirked. "Soon Cat Noir will come right here, and his Miraculous will be mine!"
He laughed evilly. At the same time, Cat Noir woke up in the hospital. He moaned and put his hand to his head. "Ow... Where am I?"
"You're in the hospital. Hopital Saint-Louis to be exact."
"The hospital?" He widened his eyes. "Where's Marinette?!"
Jade Ninja nodded sadly. "By the time we arrived, it was all but too late. Marinette was gone and Flora was the only one there."
"Don't worry, Cat." Renard tried to reassure him. "Me and Abeille put Flora in her place." Cat Noir started crying, much to his friends' confusion. "Cat Noir?"
"I... I failed. I promised that I would protect her. Now that I've failed, I can't help but feel shame and sorrow."
"I don't even get it. What did Hawkmoth want from Marinette anyway?" Renard asked his team.
Jade answered, "I thought it was because she contributed in the downfall of Queen Bee and Volpina."
Abeille nodded. "That is the most common theory I've heard of, but it was never confirmed." Cat Noir widened his eyebrows briefly, but nobody noticed. He got up from the bed. "Where are you going? And where's Adrien?"
"I have to make things right. And Adrien went back to his home."
He left the hospital. He realized the reason why Marinette was targeted by Hawkmoth, but he realized it all too late. He went back to his home, and he detransformed. His father was there.
"Adrien?" Gabriel asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Dad, I need you to get more Camembert. Plagg's gonna need it. I got bad news."
His face became really tense. "Oh no, what happened?"