A/N: It kinda amazes me how people are still coming across this story and it makes me feel bad that I haven't been updating this story despite the plans I have for this story. School and work is the main reason why I haven't updated. I want to get this story done, so I'll root for updating this story every two weeks to a month. Thank you, enjoy!

Previously on Destruction . . .

As for Nathaniel, he was no more. To listen to reason was past him. His one goal? To take out Lila without those investigators. And when Ladybug and Chat Noir show their faces and save Lila, he planned to destroy anyone who stood in his way to end Lila.


'I am Shadowmoth. Your name is Dark Inferno. I sense you want to protect the person you love, but a wave of burning anger within. I can help you take revenge on the person who is hurting the people you love. all you have to do is get me Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous.'

"With pleasure, Shadowmoth." Inferno stared at the area he was in. There was only one thing on his mind. Revenge and maybe a little justice as well. He noticed that Marc was gone and that saddened him a little. He could never allow himself to lay a finger on him like that. Even at this moment as he was under the influence of Shadowmoth. His anger fueled his powers.

The villain knew where Lila was headed next. In about fifteen minutes, the class was going to be let out. The next class was science. And this class had a teacher who didn't tolerate Lila's lies. However, the school never did anything about it either.

It pissed him off greatly.

Dark Inferno waited these few minutes. Out in the open, he could humiliate her. Anyone who got in his way would be executed.

However, he didn't have to wait for these fifteen minutes to be up. He saw Investigator Blackmire escorting his classmate Nino to the room where students were being interviewed. Those who were close to Marinette and those who were close to Lila. And trailing behind them was a not-so-sneaky fox. The villain emerged from the shadows of the Investigator, Nino, and just a bit of Lila.

A dark orange grin appeared on his dark face whereas only the same dark orange color appeared on his eyes. From a regular human, Dark Inferno was about eight feet tall. His back was towards Blackmire and Nino. And he was facing her.

"Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well!~" his voice was raspy. It was like multiple people were talking within him when it was only him. "What do we have here?" He reached out to grab her with his large black hand.

Lila practically screamed for help as she was being grabbed by this new villain. "Help!"

Behind Dark Inferno, Blackmire pushed Nino behind her. She had never seen anything like this. Then again, she had skimmed through the Ladyblog and other sources of news from Paris that involved these akuma attacks. It kind of confused her since magical girl heroes were a childhood dream, long forgotten as she grew up. And magical monsters? It was difficult for her to understand. The Italian investigator asked the boy behind her, "Does this happen a lot?"

"Yeah, dude, I mean ma'am! Shadowmoth targets people who are experiencing negative emotions and bam! They turn into creations like that!" he said as he pointed to the villain. "We should head to safety. Ladybug and Chat Noir will be on their way soon!"

Blackmire nodded. "We won't proceed with your questioning yet. I will bring you to safety." She guided him to the classroom where the questionnaires were being conducted.

Dark Inferno kept his smile. "I'm going to put you through a lot of hurt for what you've done!" He slowly began to squeeze his hand tighter, causing the girl to scream for her life.

~~~{{ Character Perspective Change }}~~~

There was that cry for help and an agonizing cry that echoed through the school that made everyone freeze. This caused all the students to walk out of their classrooms to what the fuss is all about only to see an akuma attempting to kill Lila.

Alya pulled out her phone to record the latest akuma attack. She foolishly ran down the stairs to get a closer take. "Here at Collège Françoise Dupont, Shadowmoth has brought us another villain." She showed her audience the villain who barely took any notice of her.

"Help!" Lila cried.

Alya directed her phone to the poor soul who had been grabbed by the akumatized person. "Lila?" she asked out loud. The brunette kept recording. Her eyes widened slightly when she saw Blackmire and Nino.

Nino... She missed him dearly, but at the same time, she was angry at him. It was so random when he said he didn't like Lila. He practically said he didn't want to hang out with her because he was scared. She remembered asking him why, but he didn't answer. And that frustrated her.

Lila was a good person. Lila wasn't hurting other people. She was just an innocent girl who had a life of good. She helped many people out. And she admired Lila for wanting privacy because a lot of people could have been after her just because she knew all of these amazing people.

Marinette on the other hand was just jealous. Couldn't she just be happy for Lila? She saw Lila and Marinette very alike. Couldn't they just get along?

Alya simply didn't understand. She couldn't understand. So, she just left it at Marinette being jealous. Marinette being a totally different person than the person she thought she met at first.

"...Put you through a lot of hurt for what you've done!" was all the brunette hurt. Was this villain talking to Lila?

"Hey!" Alya screamed as she turned off her live stream. "Lila didn't do anything! Put her down now!"

Dark Inferno turned his body slightly to look down at the brunette. "You're a damn liar."

The brunette saw Blackmire and Nino go in the opposite direction they were headed. They were going to seek shelter until this villain was taken care of by Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"What the hell are you talking about? Lila is a pure person who would never hurt a soul!" it was starting to get on her nerves that just about everyone was saying the same bullshit over and over again about Lila.

The villain swung his body to face this brave reporter. "Look who's talking. You left Marinette for this girl." He swung his hand down to show the liar twisting and turning in his grip.

"Ow! You're hurting me! Ah! My ankle!" she cried. "Ow!"

"I can make you hurt for real. I can make you hurt for hurting Marc."

"Nathaniel?" the reporter asked.

"Nathaniel is no more, reporter girl. I am Dark Inferno. My sole mission is to protect the person I love and punish those who hurt him." After saying that, the villain took a mighty jump and was out of her sight.

~~~{{ Character Perspective Change }}~~~

Transformed as Chat Noir, the hero in leather-clad followed the villain. He could have intervened when Alya foolishly confronted the villain, but he didn't. Thankfully she didn't get hurt, but he was still pissed at her. There was that video of Ladybug being pushed. He watched the video as Adrien. And thankfully he was there to catch his wonderful Ladybug as Chat Noir. Damn. That b tch really made him angry. His anger could have gotten the attention of Shadowmoth.

Lila on the other hand was a horrible person. He didn't want to save her, but he had to. After all, he was one of Paris' heroes. He was a loyal partner to Ladybug.

Though, Ladybug didn't seem to like Lila too much either. The interactions he witnessed between them were just Ladybug brushing her off or dismissing the girl. She always called her out in some way, which made the ugly girl scoff or just agree with Ladybug in this shrill voice he hated so much. Lila could act as innocent as she wanted, but she could never fool him anymore. She couldn't fool Ladybug in the first place.

And the horrific actions that followed were something he couldn't simply forget.

Anyways, Chat hid behind a chimney and took out his baton. He extended it slightly to keep an eye on the villain and to send a call out to his partner. "LB, it's your lovely partner Chat Noir. We have a bit of an issue here. You should come here soon and join me in a catfight." He ended the call and looked down at his baton to get a view of what he should do.

Ladybug did advise him not to jump into a conflict right away and start a fight. Because without one or the other, they could really get themselves into a sticky situation. So, it could benefit them both if they could just think for a moment instead of doing mindless hero work.

Anyways, Lila was still screaming for help. She was calling out for Ladybug and Chat Noir to come save her.

Ugh. Her voice was really annoying. Could she ever just shut up?

Chat sighed softly. Until his wonderful Ladybug got here, he had to improvise. "How should I distract the villain?" he wondered out loud. "Maybe with my awesome puns, but what would Ladybug say?"

In a somewhat higher voice than his own, he said something he thought his partner would say, "No, Chaton! We need to focus on getting this handled."

"I know M'Lady! What's your plan?"

"Have you really lost your mind without me, Chaton?"

Her voice spooked him. He slowly turned around to look at his lovely Ladybug. She looked tired, but she was here. It made his heart flutter every time he saw her. She was an incredible person. La de dah. "I- I mean I-"

She gave him a tired smile. "Any idea what caused the akuma attack?"

He wanted to ask what was wrong, but then again, he respected her. He no longer really pushed on personal details as that made her uncomfortable. But maybe after this fight, he'd let her know he was there for her. "A student by the name of Nathaniel was targeted because of Lila."

The spotted heroine sighed. "I'm not even surprised anymore. Did you see a possible location where the akumatized object is?"

"Yeah," Chat replied. "There's the bracelet he's wearing. Maybe it's significant to him?"

Ladybug nodded. "Let's... get this over with." She still had that tired smile on her face. The ladybug-themed superhero threw her yo-yo to another rooftop. She swung from rooftop to rooftop with Chat following close behind her.