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Nathaniel looks at the footage from the past few akuma attacks, they all had some feature related to worms, he has to talk to Marc about this. Maybe this can be some plot point in their comic!
Rushing over to the art club room, he walks over to Marc, eager to show him the footage. Except his boyfriend isn’t there.
“Hey, do you know where Marc is?” Nathaniel asks Alix.
“Haven’t seen him.” Alix shrugs, before getting back to her work.
Nathaniel tried calling him a couple of times, but there was no answer. He decides to go look for him.
Nathaniel found him fighting in an alley. That’s… not what he was expecting.
“Marc!” Nathaniel calls out, worried.
Marc looked back for a second, but that second was all the assailant needed to stab Marc in the leg before running off.
“Marc!” Nathaniel rushes over, “That’s a lot of blood!” he exclaims, worriedly.
“It’s fine,” Marc reassures him.
It doesn’t work.
“This is all my fault!” Nathaniel cries.
“No, it’s not, it’s that asshole’s fault!” Marc says, “I’ll stab him the next time I see him!”
Neither of them notices the little butterfly land in the bandages that Nathaniel took out of his boyfriend’s bag.
“Worm Shield, I am Wormmoth, I can give you the power to protect those you love, just give me Ladybug and Chat Noir’s miraculous”
“Yes Hawk- wait Wormmoth?” Nathaniel asks, confused.
“I beat Hawkmoth and stole his miraculous, so I’m the villain now. Do we have a deal or not?”
“Oh, uh, yes Wormmoth,” Nathaniel says.
Nathaniel can feel himself come back to his senses.
“What happened?” He asks dazed, “Wait! Where’s Marc?!?”
“You were akumatized.” Ladybug explains, “Don’t worry Marc is fine”
A loud beep sounds.
“That’s my cue to go.” Chat Noir says, running off somewhere.
“That’s the tenth akuma that has something to do with worms,” Nathaniel can hear Ladybug mumble before she swings off.
“Nathaniel!” Marc rushes over to Nathaniel, hugging him.”
“Marc! Your wound!” Nathaniel exclaims worriedly, looking at Marc’s leg.
“It’s fine, it was just a shallow cut,” Marc says.
“I’m glad you’re ok,” Nathaniel says.
“I love you” Marc breathes out.
“I love you too,” Nathaniel says before pulling Marc into a kiss.
Marc seems a little startled but kisses Nathaniel back.
“Dammit! I totally thought that was the one!” Amanda says, with slight frustration.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get better at it and steal the miraculous!” Dirrt says, “I believe in you!”
Amanda smiles softly, “Thank you Dirrt, let’s start working on our next plan!”