AN: This story is a sequel to The Game is Up. If you haven't read that, I would advise you do as this story pretty much picks up where that story left off. With that, if you already read that, welcome back! I hope you enjoy this story.

On November 2nd 2016, Ladybug and Cat Noir finally found Hawk Moth with help from a new super, The Hornet AKA Liam Rejeter. In addition to him, they also found help in the previous Ladybug and Cat Noir: Marinette's Aunt, Bridgette Dupain and Liam's 21-years-older brother, Félix Rejeter. After they captured Hawk Moth's Miraculous, the man himself got away. Now, the police are hunting him down, but soon there will be more trouble...

Collège Françoise Dupont, December 19th 2016.

In Miss Bustier's class, Liam and Marinette had arrived for their lesson, but for the time being had to wait outside. Liam had brought some gifts for each student in the class. He didn't know that many of them, but he tried to give them gifts from what he had learned about them. The gifts were wrapped up and Marinette ad Liam placed them on the students' seats. Marinette was wearing her winter outfit, while Liam was wearing his second outfit that he wore when he fought Replay.

"So each one's got a gift?" Marinette asked Liam.

"Yeah. Even Chloe and Sabrina. The two I'm really looking forward to are Alix and Nathaniel."

"Why those two?"

"That day I fought Replay, people started bombarding me with praise. I was suffocating, but those two came to help me out. I was going to Adrien's to help him out. Big problem: Nino was supposed to come, but we left him behind." Liam chuckled. Marinette laughed. "Anyway, I hope people don't want to be my friends just because I got them these gifts. I want them to know me and then judge me."

"I'm sure they will."

"That's actually another reason why I like Nath and Alix, I became friends with them from that race with Alix and a fondness of Nathanael's drawings. I just wish he'd show them to yous."

Marinette smiled. The bell rung as the rest of the students showed up in their winter outfits. They stood and waited for Miss Bustier to let them in. She eventually opened the door and spoke to the students.

"Right, you can take the presents off your seats, but don't open them. We're gonna open them together. Everyone's got one." Every student went to their seats and picked up the presents so they could sit down. To her surprise, even Marinette had a present. When they were all seated, Miss Bustier spoke again. "Okay, go ahead." Everyone started opening their presents and gasps were heard throughout the room. "Who'd like to say what they got?"

"I got a camcorder!" Nino said.

"The newest skates!" Alix answered.

"The Shining DVD!" Juleka said.

"A letter from Prince Ali!" Rose squealed.

"Some of my drawings in frames." Nathanail whispered. "I know who got us these!" Everyone turned to face tomato head. "It was Liam!"

Everyone looked at Liam next to Nathanael, and he wasn't paying attention as he was listening to music through headphones. "Now in my remains, are promises that never came. Set the silence free, to wash away the worst of me." Liam felt his skull burning as if everyone was firing lasers at him. He looked up saw everyone looking at him. "What? It's Linkin Park."

"You got everyone these presents?" Alix asked.

Liam observed the class with his eyes. "Maybe."

"Thank you, bro." Nino answered.

"Oh, that was nothing! An apology for going off with Adrien and ditching you. Plus, I heard you were aspiring to make movies. It's not much, but it'll get you started. That letter was actually written by Prince Ali, I just had to ask. That Shining DVD was from a collection of Stanley Kubrick movies my brother owned. He had that and Full Metal Jacket twice. The new skates and the frames, I was looking forward to see your reactions."

"Why those in particular?" Nathanael asked.

"Because you two were the first two who I really... connected with when I came here. There was that race, the aftermath and then there was those drawings that Nathaniel did. Would you like to show them?"

Nathaniel held his frames to his chest and made his confession. "I didn't show anyone beforehand because I drew these with out anyone's permission. It's a few of us, myself included as alternate versions of our akumatized selves." Nathanael turned one of his drawings around to show everyone his interpretation of Timebreaker. She no longer had the helmet that she had worn, revealing Alix's pink hair. Instead she had black goggles with green circular lenses. Her costume had changed from a silky leather to cotton with her hands and forearms exposed. The hourglass symbol had changed from red to pink. Alix took one look at the drawing and was speechless. "The idea for Timebreaker and Bubbler here was to take what they looked like and find ways to show how they could look realistic, like Marinette could make these costumes if she got hold of the right materials. I mean no offence, Nino, but The Bubbler was not the most intimidating villain."

"He means you looked like a Happy Meal Toy." Liam interrupted. The class laughed, even Nino. Miss Bustier cut the students off.

"Okay, class. I hate to cut this short, but we do have to keep moving. So, I'd like to congratulate a few students. First off, Marinette, you've improved your attendance and punctuality the past few weeks, well done. The most improved student is Nathaniel. Well done, you've stepped up a lot."

"I owe it to Liam."

"Speaking of Liam, you and Lila have tied for best newcomer. That's out of the whole school. And finally, student of the year in this class goes to Max Kante. Congratulations, Max."

"Just doing what I'm supposed to."

"Right. Well, today we are going to-" BOOM! The building to the right of the school blew up in flames and some of the school was damaged. Windows blew apart and shards cut Mylene, Sabrina and Kim, whilst a piece of a window frame hit Juleka on the head and the ground shook hard enough to knock people off their seats. Alix and Nathaniel fell to the floor, Alix hitting her head. The fire alarm went off and Miss Bustier quickly assisted everyone in recovering and leaving the building, whilst all the other students and staff left through fire exits. The entire school population gathered at the park near Marinette's bakery. Seeing the carnage, Sabine and Tom came outside to try and calm people down. Mr Damocles soon addressed the staff and students.

"Okay, all teachers form a line side by side with some distance." The teachers complied and stood side by side with enough distance between them that the students could see who is who. "Now each class line-up in front of your teacher." Each class lined up in front of their teacher. "Right. Name Check. Miss Bustier, you first."

"Adrien Agreste." "Present."

"Chloé Bourgeois." "Present."

"Ivan Bruel." "Present."

"Alya Césaire." "Present."

"Juleka Couffaine." "Present."

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." "Present."

"Mylène Haprèle." "Present."

"Max Kanté." "Present."

"Alix Kubdel." "Present."

"Nathaniel Kurtzberg." "Present."

"Nino Lahiffe." "Present."

"Rose Lavillant." "Present."

"Lê Chiến Kim." "Present."

"Sabrina Raincomprix." "Present."

"Liam Rejeter." "Present."

"Lila Rossi." "Present."

"All students accounted for, Mr. Damocles. Some of them did obtain injuries."

"Nurses!" Mr Damocles ordered. "Help Miss Bustier's students. Ms. Mendeleiev, roll call."

As Ms. Mendeleiev roll called her students, Liam was looking around at his classmates that were being seen to by the nurse. In between his deep breaths made visible by the cold, the mumbling crowds of students and ringing in his freezing ears, he could hear crying from behind him. Turning round, he spotted a young girl in a puffy coat and trousers. She was holding a white cane, showing that she could not see properly. Liam walked over to her.

"Are you okay?" Liam asked. The girl kept crying. "My name is Liam. What's yours?"

The girl started sniffling. "(Sniff-sniff) K-Krystal. (Sniff-sniff)" The girl kept looking straight forward.

"Okay, Krystal. What's wrong?"

"(Sniff) My brother. H-H-He's gone missing. He was w-w-walking around (Sniff) the park because I can't see, but now I don't know where he is!"

"Krystal, I'm gonna tell my teacher, okay. She'll help you. Okay."

"Okay."

Liam turned and stepped forward twice. "MISS BUSTIER!" Everyone turned to face Liam. "I need your help, please!" Miss Bustier ran over to him. "This girl. Her name's Krystal, she was with her brother, but she doesn't know where he is. We can't leave her here on her own."

"Right. Hello, Krystal. I'm Caline Bustier. I want to help you find your brother. Do you know when he went missing?"

Krystal started to calm down. She stopped crying, but still stuttered. "H-he told me to stay here. Th-that he saw something suspicious at a b-b-building. A-a few minutes lat-ter, there was this bang." Miss Bustier looked at Liam and sighed. At that point, sirens were coming round the corner. The firefighters had arrived to tackle the blaze.

The trucks drove to the corners of the building and stopped. Climbing out of the truck was Bridgette, Marinette's aunt and Tom Dupain's sister, in a firefighter suit and helmet. Seven other firefighter climbed out of the trucks, including the fire chief, distinguishable by his orange jacket.

"Heard it just blew up." The fire chief said to Bridgette. "Find the power generator to the building. The suppression system should've kicked in."

"Yes, sir." Bridgette responded. The brunette went to the side of a truck to put on an oxygen mask. One of the firefighters preparing the hoses spoke to Bridgette.

"Isn't that your brother and his wife over there?"

"Yeah. They must be helping the students. Chief thinks the power's been cut, could be arson."

"That's for your husband to find out when we've put it out."

"Boyfriend. I'm gonna search around the perimeter, see if there's an external generator." Bridgette, having put on an oxygen mask, ran as calmly as she could towards the fiery structure.

Back at the park, many students observed the fire, while Miss Bustier was still tending to Krystal as well as her students.

"Okay, Krystal. Let's see if anyone else has seen your brother. Liam, can you-?" Miss Bustier turned to talk to Liam, only to find that he was gone. "Liam? Liam?!"

At the first opportunity, Liam had snuck away. Hiding behind a dumpster in an alleyway. Liam uncovered his watch. "At least those pesky moths aren't chewing it anymore. Here we go." Liam tapped the lens of the watch and began his transformation into the Hornet. As soon as his transformation finished, he activated his wings and flew towards the building, the crowds cheering him when he arrived and some students including Alya, started filming with their phones. When he got there, he used the heat sensor glasses Bridgette had given him to see if he could find anyone in the building. There was one figure sat down, not moving an inch. "There's someone in there!" The Hornet saw Bridgette and flew to her. "This the generator?"

"Yeah. What are you doing, Liam?! Did anyone see you?"

"No. Can you fix it?"

"Yeah, the suppression system should start up now."

"I'm going in. There's someone trapped."

"No!"

"I'm supposed to be a superhero. I'm going."

Bridgette hesitated. "Ugh. Be careful!"

The Hornet nodded and flew to the front again. Seeing that the person was still in the building, he called down to the Firefighters. "There's someone in there! I'm going in." Hornet started flying towards a window when...

"SHOCKWAVE!" A seismic blast shot out of the building and hit the Hornet, sending him crashing into a wall. When he came around, the figure burst out of the building. "Paris, Hawk Moth may have been defeated, but every time you beat a disease, nature creates another one. I am Fire Ant, and I am here to stay! So who ruined my work?!" Fire Ant saw the firefighters, Bridgette now rejoining them. "Of course." Fire Ant pointed his arm at them and started his flamethrower. "Try fighting THIS!" Hornet came around and quickly threw himself at Fire Ant, knocking him to the ground and repeatedly punching his helmet. Fire Ant tried to put his feet on the Hornet's chest to blow him back, but the Hornet caught on, grabbed Fire Ant's foot and twisted it, causing Fire Ant to scream in pain and launch his jetpack, sending him into the air. "Ladybug and Cat Noir had Hawk Moth, you've got me! See you around!" With that, Fire Ant boosted off, the Hornet's wings too damaged to fly after him. When Fire Ant was gone, Bridgette and the Fire Chief walked over to the Hornet.

"Judging by your stature," The fire chief spoke. "You're just a kid."

"And judging by Fire Ant's stature," Hornet retorted. "So is he. He seemed to be after me. He's gonna attack again to lure me out and even if it's gonna kill me, it'll kill many innocents if I don't fight him."

"Well, he might have blasted you into a wall." Bridgette said. "But A, he needed to use his superpower to do that. He yelled Shockwave and B, you're standing up fine while he had to fly to escape because you beat him. You weren't even ready for a fight, but you still beat him. You did good. In fact, he caused all this damage. You kept him away from harming people. Now go wherever you got to get healed. But you know what?" Bridgette turned to the students. "This guy just saved us without LB or Cat Noir. I think he deserves a round applause." Bridgette started clapping, soon the rest of the Fire Crew clapped as well. The students started clapping and cheering for the hero. Underneath his mask, Liam was gleaming. "Now go and celebrate, pipsqueak!" The Hornet ran, but stopped and turned back. "I'm here when you need me!" The new hero ran again, back to the alley where he first transformed, and changed back into Liam. Liam ran back to the crowd and mingled with Alix, Nathaniel, Marinette, Adrien, Nino and Alya.

"Where did you come from?" Alix asked.

"I've been here the whole time."

"You okay?" Nathaniel asked. "You look out of it."

"Do I?" Liam's vision started blurring. "Wait, there it is. The explosion must have hurt me..." Liam started losing breath. "More than I thought..." Liam's legs gave in and he collapsed.

"Liam!" Marinette shouted, alerting the staff. Adrien pulled Liam into the recovery position and Nino checked Liam's breath.

"Thank god. He's breathing."

"Liam." Alya said as she closed Liam's hand around hers. "If you can hear me, squeeze my hand." Alya couldn't feel any pressure. The nurses came over as Liam started convulsing.

"Clear the area, please!" The nurses checked Liam over. "Right. We need to get this kid to a hospital."

AN: If it's not clear, Fire Ant's attack injured Liam more than Liam thought it had. He just lied that it was the initial explosion so that no one would know that he was fighting Fire Ant. Originally, Fire Ant was going to be named Bullet Ant, I changed it because I felt that it wasn't intimidating, but cringe-worthy. I'll let the jury decide if Fire Ant is better or not. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one will take some time, but I will say that it will focus on the Hawk Moth problem and introduce more characters that were originally intended to be in The Game is Up. I hope I see you again. See you all later!