It was a shrill and unforgiving sound that met their ears, a guttural screech, exactly the sound you would expect in a horror movie. The Forgotten towered over Chloe's shivering form, and was wearing a grin that would make Cheshire Cat proud. Chat turned to Marinette, worry flashing in his eyes. She understood, and gave him a bitter smile.

"Go save the day, I'll be fine, you stupid cat,"

He grinned then ran towards the akuma and Chloe, launching himself off his staff. Marinette felt a small tap from her purse hanging by her side, and understood once again. Racing towards the classroom to the left of them, Marinette got ready to transform. With just a few words, she was clad in red and black, and once again racing, but in the opposite direction this time. She stopped at the door, readying herself to strike, use surprise as an attack, until she heard a faint squeak, a small yowl. If they were hurting Chat, they wouldn't see the light of day, she swore inwardly. Her legs tensed, all senses on high alert. All it would take was a well placed pounce, some hand to hand combat, and she would save them all. She couldn't afford to underestimate Rose, or well-akumatized Rose. The Forgotten was powerful, as Rose was passionate. Marinette wondered why Rose was attacking so violently, what Chloe had provoked her about. Forgotten? As in memories, of what? She hadn't gotten a proper look at the akuma, and couldn't aim for the akuma if she didn't know where the akuma was hiding. It could be anything, earrings, a brooch, a clip, or even a-

Oh

It was so simple, Ladybug couldn't believe she'd missed it.

Oh.

Juleka, Rose's best friend, and whom had a crush on Rose, had given her a new hairclip every year. They were all usually one color, but the newest one was three colors, in a monochrome scale. Black into blue into pink. The clip this year was shaped like a rose, Juleka was ever so the comedian, and Rose had worn it everyday since Juleka gave it to her. The colors didn't match her, except for the light pink that complimented Rose's natural blush, but she looked more mature with those colors. The black brought out the pupils of her rather large eyes, making them seem larger, a cartoonish effect. The blue contrasted her peachy skin tone, making her seem tanner. Rose loved it, even kissing Juleka on the cheek when she had first received it. That was where the aauma was, most likely, if Marinette was lucky. Being Ladybug, she usually was.

Ladybug finally pounced, those thoughts clearing her head in half a second as she felt her foot land on something soft, but firm. Human, or akuma. If she had stepped on Chloe, she wouldn't hear the end of it, or even if it was Chat. Both of them were drama queens, but only one being lovably so.

She heard a screech, and was glad to know it wasn't Chat Noir. It was the akuma, lying down on the floor with Chloe and Chat in the corner. Why was Rose laying down, was it to surprise Ladybug? In that instant, acting more as Marinette than Ladybug, she held her hand out to help The Forgotten up. With one swift movement, Ladybug was pulled to the ground by her hand and discovered she couldn't stand up.

"Rose, what are you going to do to me?"

"Ladybug, what makes you think I'll do anything to you? Except taking your Miraculous, in that case. I like you, I looked up to you. It's Chloe, who insulted me that gets hurt here. You just got in my way, and I needed to subdue you. Thanks for saving Paris, but this isn't a citywide affair."

Marinette had never heard Rose talk so much, even in-akumatized. She needed to stall her until she figured out a way to escape and free Chat and Chloe

"What did she do? Chloe, I mean. Most akumas have powers based on their situations, so did Chloe make fun of a memory or something that holds value?"

Her voice cracked, giving the effect of being in pain, which The Forgotten grinned at.

"No, she took my clip. She was walking by me and stopped to admire my clip, until a few minutes later Juleka asked where the clip was. It had disappeared, and the only one devious enough to do it had been playing with the clip only minutes ago. It didn't take a genius to figure it what had happened,"

Ladybug could just about work her arms free of the akuma's power, now that The Forgotten was preoccupied. Her legs started to get free when she heard a loud yowl, too catlike to be Chloe. The Forgotten stopped talking for one second and glanced up to see a leather clad superhero pounce on her. The element of surprise. What surprised Ladybug, with how strong Rose had seemed, was that in physical combat she wasn't strong. Sure, she was fast, but her punches hardly had substance to them. No power, like a "memory" of power. In half a minute, Chat had pinned her down, and Ladybug freed herself completely, now that the akuma was surely caught. Ladybug realized then, that if the clip wasn't on Rose, where would the akuma be? It could be in her earrings, her socks even, maybe-

Oh.

Chloe had stolen the clip, but did the akuma have to be with the host at all times?

It was worth a shot, she figured.

She waltzed to Chloe, and grabbed her bag with protest from the now unfrozen Chloe. The Forgotten was struggling, she could hear her screaming curses at Chloe, like a child throwing a tantrum. The clip was there, blackened to the point by glance it was recognizable as the akuma. WIth one quick flick of the wrist, the akuma flew out of the clip and was caught in Ladybug's purifying yoyo.

"I free you from evil!"

The white butterfly flew out of of the yoyo, and Chat walked over.

"Bye bye, pretty butterfly,"

Rose was sitting on the floor, looking utterly dumbfounded as she grabbed for the clip and slipped it into her hair.

"I didn't cause too much trouble, did I?" Her face was a bright hue, similar to Nathanael's hair. From the doorway, a dark form rushed towards Rose, enveloping her in a hug.

"Juleka, thanks."

"I guess that settles that," Chat Noir said with a grin, "Pound it,"

Sometimes, evil is overwhelming. It was rare to have cases like this, and recently, the villains had been getting stronger each time. Tiki and Plagg were worried, if they could barely manage to defeat The Forgotten, what would be next? Who would be too powerful to defeat?