Adrien walked towards the bakery that saturday evening, smiling to himself. He managed to leave the mansion without the gorilla following him, and he didn't even have to sneak out this time. His father just told the bodyguard to let him be, since it was a short walk to Marinette's. He was pondering if he should buy her flowers on the way when he recognized a familiar face.

''Lila'' He whispered to himself, though he knew Plagg could hear him just fine. She was chatting with Mylene. Probably trying to make sure her story was still being believed by the class. She shouldn't even bother, thought Adrien, sour. She had that girl eating from the palm of her hand already.

He had the urge to hide from them for some reason, but couldn't do it on time before the Italian girl saw him. She stood in her position in front of the boy, suddenly paralyzed, eyes wide open.

''Hey Adrien'' Said Mylene, oblivious to the tension between Lila and the model.

''Hey Mylene'' Greeted Adrien, utilizing one of the famous Agreste smiles. Mylene responded with one of her own. ''Would you mind if I robbed Lila from you for a second? I just want to chat'' He said. Lila looked a bit panicked still, but Mylene accepted anyways. ''Just don't fight, ok?'' She warned before leaving them alone.

''What do you want, Agreste?'' Asked Lila with all the poison she could infuse her voice with. He smiled again, actually liking being in an honest situation with the liar. No one to watch, no more pretensions.

''You are gonna die if you keep doing what you are doing'' He said, voice low. She opened her eyes in fear again, but then composed herself and anger took over.

''Is that a threat?'' She demanded. He shook his head.

''You know what I mean. My mother was a holder of the peacock too, you know. Before she ´´disappeared´´'' He tried his best to not lose it while mentioning his mother to the girl, and he succeeded. He had gone over so much since the last time Lila riled him up by mentioning Emily. He now knew what happened to his mother, the tightness in his chest he felt was different. It was a muted longing, nostalgia mixed with still some sorrow. But no more anger because he didn't know why she left, no more desperation at trying to keep his memories of her intact. It still hurt, but he had control over it now.

Lila still looked like she wanted to run away from him and Adrien realized that this was not an act. There was no one around to misdirect, just him.

''Why the sudden worry, Kitty'' She teased after seemingly getting a bit over her slight trembling. He hated how the nickname sounded coming from her mouth.

''I don't like you, and I never will. But saving people is still my duty, you are playing with things you know nothing about, Lila. It's time you stop'' He said and then he took one arm out, hand open, waiting for her to give up her miraculous. He knew it wasn't gonna work just like that, but he had to try. Lila let out a fake laugh.

''Don't pretend to be a hero now, we both know what you are'' She said full of vitriol, then she whispered ''You are destruction, a monster, and I will show Paris the truth'' Lila smirked, though her lip was still trembling, and walked past him.

''See ya'' She said as if they just had a talk about the weather.

He watched as she turned the corner of the street, then ran to an alley. This was his chance. He called for his transformation before Plagg could say whatever he tried to tell him, and sneaked above the Italian girl. This was it, he would find her house, get the miracle box back, and finally fix this mess he got his friends in.

The cat hero followed Lila around for an hour before she finally went back home. She talked to a bunch of people, both from their class and outsiders, throwing more lies at them about how bad she had it after Chat Noir destroyed her house. He had to stop himself from intervening a couple times and just let her do her talking. As infuriating as it was, he knew it would be a futile effort to try to defend himself, she would just double down on her attacks. Besides, he smiled sharply, this is what he wanted all along. Lilas new house location.

Chat Noir waited a bit for the girl to enter, then he saw a light on the duplex turn on. That must be her room, he concluded, climbing the walls silently to peek in. Lila was having another cough attack inside, and he saw Duusu worriedly trying to comfort her. That poor kwami, not having a break since who knew how long ago. But then Lila started talking, and the hero thought at the beginning that she was chatting with the tiny god, but no, the kwami floated quietly while the girl was having a one sided conversation. That was weird.

He was preparing himself to wait until she left the room to search for the box when Lila suddenly looked at the window, straight at him, as if someone told her to do so in that moment. They locked gazes for a second before she screamed for her transformation. His cover was broken, and he had no idea how.

Oh well, he would fight for the miraculous, then. He jumped inside the room and Pavona already was taking a feather out of her fan. She whispered some hushed words, still looking at him with those terrified green eyes, and first he thought that whatever she tried to summon failed. But then a giant hand grabbed him from outside, taking him out of the place.

The sentimonster was an enormous golem made of blue stone, with streaks of green metal decorating its body. The eyes of the creature shone with a bright purple light, and that same energy surrounded his upper body in what looked like flames. Alright, he thought, this was possibly the most terrifying Sentimonster he had ever seen, bravo, Pavona.

After exchanging a couple blows with the creature, Chat Noir quickly noticed that this monster was predicting all of his moves. It was like it was made specifically to repel him. And that made a whole lot of sense. Lila was terrified of him, and the peacock miraculous used emotions to create sentimonsters. This was the result of the girl trying to defend herself from the one thing that paralyzed her in fear. And it was working.

The black cat hero was thrown across the river in front of Lila's duplex, and he landed hard on the stone of the other side. The golem then leaped and, with more agility that one would expect from such a giant being, it landed on top of him, taking the air out of his lungs. This was bad. The suit offered some protection, but with no Ladybug by his side, and the monster made specifically for him, he knew there were few possibilities of him winning this fight.

The people around the location fled in terror, which was one less concern for the hero. Whatever damage this battle caused, it was not going to be fixed easily. He had to leave, he decided.

He coughed as he stood up, but the golem was not wasting any time. The monster did a backhanded slap as soon as the hero was on his feet, sending him away again. This time he landed in the water, though, so he had a bit more of a window to recuperate and plan something. He got a flashback of his fight against Refleckdoll, but was not sure if this creature going berserk after using his power on it would be any better. Maybe it would let him retreat and get the other heroes if it lost control of itself. Better than nothing, he thought.

''Cataclysm!'' The cat screamed as he launched himself from the waters towards the golem.

The creature didn't even try to avoid him, taking his black fist in the face, which didn't produce a single crack. The sentimonster stood still for a moment, as if making sure Chat knew his plan didn't work, then took his arm.

The boy only had time enough to whisper ´´oh oh´´ before the creature smashed him against the ground. Once he was down again, the monster let go of his probably broken arm and then proceeded to stomp his limp form with his giant foot. The whole battle would have killed a normal person, but Chat Noir was accustomed to resisting some damage. Problem was, this was the first time he felt a line was about to be crossed, and the suits protection would ooon mean nothing.

The monster lifted its foot again, preparing to smash him once more. The hero took that moment to make a choice. He could take Destructions form to get out of this, but Marinette's words resonated in his mind over and over. He decided he would not disappoint his lady, not for this.

He breathed in, then whispered ''Cataclysm'' And instead of using it against the fast approaching foot, he used it on the floor beneath him. Stone crumbled and he landed on one of the tunnels that comprised Paris's catacombs.

He had to move fast before the beast broke more of the city trying to find him. He really hoped Lila's curse would make her dissipate the creature soon, otherwise he would have to go back before having the chance to heal, to fight him again.

To his relief, as he limped away from the location, the pounding of the golem against the stone stopped.

Lila coughed. This was getting worse, she thought. Everytime she made a sentimonster now, she would feel like crap right after. At least she taught Chat Noir a lesson. But the joy that thought instilled in her lasted little, as she panicked with the realization that they now knew where she lived. How could she ever go back to sleep if they started coming for her box now?

''You need some minions, my child'' Suggested the voice. Lila wanted to be mad at the mocking tone of the female ghost that haunted her, but she had to admit she was useful. She warned her of the cat spying on her just now, and had only been giving her advice since she started paying attention to her words.

''I don't have anyone I can trust with a miraculous'' She said after her coughing fit stopped.

''Find someone, you will need them anyways to get the jewels you need for the wish'' She was right, of course. Lila knew she was in a predicament.

She didn't have as much time as Hawkmoth had when he tried to get the same thing as her, and he didn't even succeed after all his effort. He also had Mayura with him. Lila wasn't stupid, she was perfectly aware of the power difference between just her and the so called heroes of Paris.

''Alright'' She said, gathering her strength to go out again.

Chloe hummed softly in her room as she spread her favorite perfume around. She always did this, but she would be lying to herself if she didn't have new reasons recently to have her living space as presentable as possible. She had been getting a lot of surprise visits, after all.

And speaking of which.

''Chloe Bourgeois'' Said a feminine voice from her blonde tried to hide the disappointment she felt as she turned around and confirmed that this was not her usual guest. And it was not Ladybug either.

''Who are you supposed to be?'' She asked, scrunching her nose. The girl in front of her was no superhero for sure. She had blue skin and a nasty smile. The dress was cute, though.

''I'm Pavona, and I come here with a proposition for you'' Said the blue girl. Chloe was not impressed.

''Uh huh'' She merely responded, making her disinterest clear. Pavona smiled even more, then moved her fan away and revealed a tiny box she held on her other hand. Ok, Chloe was a bit interested now.

Pollen came out of the box as soon as Pavona opened it, and greeted Chloe as she always did. The blond girl felt tears welling up as she cheek-hugged the Kwami instead of pretending she was not impressed with her presence. She missed her so much!

But then she realized that if she had Pollen, that meant this was Lila Rossi. Even if she couldn't recognize her at first, Luka had told her that the liar had stolen the miracle box and all the trouble she was creating for them. Chloe frowned as she realized this was probably not a free gift.

''Oh don't look at me like that, Queen Bee'' She said, mockery on her voice as she mentioned her hero name ''I don't want your soul or even for you to like me. We both know we will never like each other'' Well, she was right on that one.

''What do you want?'' Asked Chloe, feeling defensive of the bee that floated next to her face. She still didn't have the comb with her, as Pavona held it in the box. The blue girl closed it, and the kwami disappeared once more.

''I've found some pests in my house recently, I just need someone to come whenever I need a bug… or a cat, smashed'' She smirked. Chloe snorted. If that girl seriously thought she would betray her Adrikins AND Ladybug for her, she was crazy. And that is not even mentioning Luka and the fact that he, the new guardian, trusted her.

''Get out'' The blond snarled, pointing at the window. Pavona looked as if she didn't expect that response at all.

''Don't you want your deal Pollen? Why are you so loyal to Ladybug, when she never ever gave it back to you?'' The blue girl rambled, trying to convince her. It was not going to happen.

''Out!'' She screamed, and it even looked like Pavona was intimidated as she left.

Chloe hmphed when she was alone again. She waited years already for her Kwami, she could wait a bit more to earn her back the right way.

Marinette had spent that whole saturday drawing furiously, non stop, not even to eat with her parents. Which is why her room was a mess right now, papers and fabric scattered around. Tikki was sleeping on her usual spot, having just enjoyed her dinner cookie.

She literally jumped when a loud thud above broke her concentration. It must be her kitty, she thought, then she frowned. Didn't he say he was going to walk here as Adrien? Wait.. That was some time ago, wasn't it? Crap.

She had lost the track of the hours, like she always did when she got in the zone, that evening. She completely forgot that Adrien was supposed to come visit her to tell her what he thought on her designs for the gala.

The girl hurried to open the roof door, then peeked outside. Instead of making one of his ridiculous but kinda hot poses on her balcony and greeting her, Chat Noir was a black mass huddled on the floor. Worry filled her immediately, and she started calling his name as she climbed out.

''Chat? Chat!'' She said as she shook his shoulders. He moved, groaning, just enough for her to see his bloodied face.

''H-hey, Bugaboo'' He greeted, smiling as if his teeth being the color of wine wasn't a problem.