Lila had one single thought on her mind as she raced in the direction of the Eiffel Tower: make Ladybug pay for everything, no matter what it took or the consequences. However doing that in her current state as a regular person with exceptional lying skills wasn't going to make that happen. Her only chance was to get Hawk Moth to reakumatize her into Volpina and catch the red pest by surprise while they were celebrating what they thought was a victory.
Looking up towards the observation section of the Eiffel Tower Lila could see the purple clad supervillain observing the scene before him and he had a look of both fury and shock. As soon as she reached the base of the giant landmark she started shouting up and waving her arms frantically.
"Hawk Moth, down here," screamed Lila frantically jumping to get his attention. "Give me my powers back and I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of Ladybug. You can have her Miraculous and then so much more if you help me get rid of her. That insufferable pest has gotten on my nerves for the last time."
Hawk Moth looked down and now realized the deceitful girl shouting up to him and with a big scowl on her face.
"Mmmmm, perhaps the whole day is not lost yet, we still have someone that is willing to get her hands dirty," said Hawk Moth with a grin. "Alright then miss Rossi, I'll give you another chance to take down Ladybug and get me hers and Chat Noir's Miraculous." As he called down to her Hawk Moth raised his cane and released another akuma from the top that started to fly down towards the brunette.
Lila lowered her eyelids halfway as she waited for the akuma to descend to her, blinded by her rage and desire to tear into Ladybug.
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As Ladybug and Chat Noir finished their signature fist bump the looked up towards the Rangers in their amazing giant mech. The firepower this machine possessed was beyond recognition and made the characters on Mecha Strike 3 look like babies.
"I was really worried about this one m'lady. There were three or four instances where I wasn't sure we were going to pull it off this time," said Chat Noir now resting on his staff that was pressed into the ground.
"I definitely know what you mean, when we were stuck in that clay bindings I had all but given up when Volgator was about to slice me in two," said Ladybug flashing back to that moment where her life flashed before her eyes.
Right on cue as they were enjoying their victory both of their Miraculous started to beep. They had about four minutes until they transformed back into their civilian selves.
"We might have to recharge our kwami's before we confront Hawk Moth and the Rita witch," said Chat Noir glancing at his ring. "Thankfully the Rangers don't seem to have any kind of limit on their powers that makes them transform back."
"Yeah, that sure is convenient for them, it would be nice to be more like Hawk Moth in that regard and not have to recharge when we use our powers," said Ladybug glancing towards the Eiffel Tower where the villains were still gathered and probably regrouping.
Both of the heroes were looking around for a place they could separately recharge their powers, Ladybug spotting a pillar on a roof just a few buildings away.
"Over there, we can take separate sides and refuel before...NOOOOOOOO," screamed Ladybug noticing a single figure at the base of the Eiffel Tower looking up. "It's Lila, she's trying to be akumatized again," she said pointing frantically in her direction.
Chat Noir's head snapped in the same direction and his eyes shot open as he saw a new akuma come from Hawk Moth's cane and start flying towards the girl on the ground.
"Are you kidding me right now, I have had just about enough for one day. Quick Ladybug, no time to recharge, get the akuma," shouted Chat Noir as both he and Ladybug rapidly leapt off the root and towards the scheming brunette that was reaching desperately toward the purple butterfly flying down towards her.
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Still wearing a malicious grin on her face Lila was watching the akuma fly down towards her, wishing it would do so a little faster. She wanted her powers back right away. Suddenly as the butterfly was getting close she noticed two figures quickly flying through the air in her direction. Realizing who it was almost had smoke coming out of her ears. Ladybug and Chat Noir were rushing towards her, no doubt to stop the akuma from giving her back her powers.
"Come on come on, hurry up," Lila said desperately as she jumped up towards it, trying to grab it before the heroes arrived.
The akuma was only a few feet away, she could almost taste her powers again as her fingertips reached for it. Her teeth were clenched and her face was cringing as she stretched with every ounce of energy she had.
With one more jump she was about to grab it, her mouth wide open in a grin of excitement, her fingertips inches away.
That's when it was snatched right out of her grasp. Out of thin air Ladybug's yo yo had swooped in and captured the akuma less than a second before Lila was about to grab it and stick it into her hair piece. Momentarily losing her focus as the akuma was snatched she lost her balance and landed on the ground in a big thud, falling right onto her ass both Ladybug and Chat Noir landed in front of her. Both were wearing huge frown on their faces which Lila returned with interest.
"You truly are the most despicable person I have ever met in my entire life Lila," said Ladybug frowning down on her. "To actually want to be akumatized just to come after me has got to be as low as a person can get."
"I have half a mind to just drop you into a prison cell myself as a citizens arrest," said Chat Noir clutching his staff really tightly.
"You two think you're so perfect, one of these days you are going to fail this city and lose everything, mark my words," said Lila growling as she stood back up. "I'm not even gonna pretend anymore, I'm with Hawk Moth and sooner or later I will get my powers back and get you Ladybug. And there's no way that the police will arrest me because I'm just a poor innocent girl that was a victim of a supervillain," said Lila with a smirk.
"You can say that all you want, but karma has a way of catching up to people, and you've got a mountain load of bad karma right now that's ready to crash right on top of you at anytime," said Ladybug getting right into Lila's face as the girls both starred daggers at each other.
In the distance sirens could be heard approaching from multiple directions as the authorities were now closing in with the monsters destroyed.
Still up on the Eiffel Tower the villains were looking down at the scene below them and also looking in the direction of all the approaching sirens. Hawk Moth had fallen to his knees in despair from yet another failure. He had been so close to victory and getting the Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous. Yet once again they had slipped right through his fingers and he was left with nothing.
Rita was also pacing back and forth with her hand clutching her forehead, having received another one of her signature headaches that those pesky Power Rangers gave her every time they ruined one of her plans. Not even coming to a different timeline where the Power Rangers had succeeded. They followed her and her minions and still stopped her.
"I just can't believe it. Once again I have failed to get the Miraculous and fulfil my wish to bring the love of my life back to me," Hawk Moth said softly to himself looking at the floor.
"Ohhhhhh, my head, such a headache. I hate those Power Rangers. Why can't I ever win against them?" Rita quietly mumbled to herself rubbing her face in agony.
Suddenly Squat and Baboo, who had been complete wallflowers so far during all of this, stepped forward towards their queen.
"Um, excuse me Rita, but considering that the Rangers were able to come here and there are other superheroes here as well, um, maybe it would be best if we go back to our own timeline," said Baboo with Squat nodding in agreement.
"Yes your evilness, I don't think facing two sets of heroes is going to be good for us," said Squat hopefully. He and Squat honestly just wanted to flee like the cowards that they were before things got any worse.
Rita clenched her fist together as she looked up at the Ultrazord with the Rangers still inside.
"Yes, I don't want to stay here with those other pests as well as the Rangers. Space Piper, get us out of here," said Rita angrily to the monster that had gotten them here in the first place.
Hawk Moth heard Rita announce her intentions to leave and stood up, looking at her in disbelief.
"What, you're just going to leave, are you really that much of a coward that you give up after one defeat," said Hawk Moth. He was going to suggest they flee the scene and come up with a new plan. He was far from ready to give up on his goal.
"I have no desire to stay here now that I've seen there are other heroes in addition to the Power Rangers," said Rita with a frown. "That's more of a headache than I can handle. The Power Rangers give me enough of that as it is. Space Piper, hurry up and make a portal to take us back to our own timeline."
Hawk Moth looked at his so called partner with complete disbelief. If she was willing to run away so quickly after one failed plan how competent of a partner could she be anyway. In fairness he has no idea how many times the Rangers have defeated her in her own timeline. But the fact that she's running immediately after the battle is over is not a good sign of a partner that will be useful.
Rita, Goldar, Squat, Baboo, and Finster were all gathering around as the Space Piper was beginning to perform it's ability to open a portal to take them back to their own timeline. Hawk Moth kept looking from them and back down to the ground where Lila Rossi was being confronted by Ladybug and Chat Noir. He didn't really seem like any other options were available for him today. With Ladybug already stopping his second attempt to akumatize the girl and Rita fleeing, not to mention the Power Rangers were still here in their all powerful giant robot, Hawk Moth was intelligent enough to realize it was time to cut his losses for the day and get out of there before he was caught himself.
"Curse you once again Ladybug and Chat Noir. I don't care how many times I have to keep coming for you, one way or another I will get your Miraculous and have my wish fulfilled," Hawk Moth said out loud to himself while looking over the edge.
Rita however heard what Hawk Moth said just as the Space Piper was creating the portal to take them all back to their timeline.
"What? Hey, what do you mean fulfill your wish," called Rita trying to get Hawk Moth's attention.
But it was too late, the Space Piper had already started to process of taking them away, and before Rita could step away to confront Hawk Moth about what he said the portal started to flash and consume the villains. Seconds later they all vanished and were gone. At the same time Hawk Moth had leapt from the Eiffel Tower and was fleeing the scene before anyone could come after him.
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*Earth 2
In a large flash of light and electricity Rita and her minions had reappeared in their home back in their own timeline. Looking down they saw the same familiar Earth that they had tried to take dozens of times but failed. Rita however at that very moment couldn't care less about that as she screamed in agony.
"NOOOOOOOO, I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE!" screamed Rita clutching her magic wand extra tight. "SPACE PIPER, TAKE US BACK TO THAT OTHER TIMELINE, I MUST KNOW WHAT HAWK MOTH WAS TALKING ABOUT."
Finster lowered his head in worry as he stepped forward to address Rita about this.
"Um, my queen but I'm afraid we can't do that," said Finster trying to stay behind a table. "The Space Piper's power is limited in that it can only take us to a certain timeline one time. Once left he can never travel to that same timeline a second time."
"WHAT, ARGH, THIS CAN'T BE," screamed Rita again slamming her fist down on the table so hard it left a crack. "You are the most useless minions ever, all of you. I have such a headache I can't stand it. I hate those Power Rangers," Rita groaned in agony as she walked away towards her room to lay her head down.
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*Paris
"Let's get down their everyone, Ladybug and Chat Noir might still need our help," said Jason as the Rangers all leapt out of the cockpit of the Ultrazord.
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The five Rangers leapt down to the ground in flying somersaults, landing right behind Ladybug and Chat Noir with Tommy also making his way over from where he'd been commanding the Dragonord.
Now that the Rangers were out of the zords everyone of them began to glow and turn back into a giant ball of energy. Side by side all the zords headed back to the portal and disappeared back to their own timeline, leaving the Rangers to finish cleaning up the mess in Paris.
"So, I take it this girl is the one that was that insanely ugly monster?" asked Billy gesturing towards Lila who frowned at his comment but quickly put on a sweet and innocent looking face.
"Yes, I'm so sorry for the trouble I caused, Hawk Moth made me do those horrible things," said Lila putting her hands together giving off a fake angel like appearance.
Ladybug gave a huge scowl at her words, knowing full well they were all a load of crap, Chat Noir mimicking the look.
"Well we're definitely glad to see that you're okay now and we were able to get you back to normal without hurting you," said Zack nodding his head.
"Don't listen to this liar, she knew full well what she was doing the whole time," said Ladybug narrowing her eyes as she looked at the brunette. Lila faked looking surprised at these words, but in reality was smirking in her head.
"Ladybug how could you think I would knowingly want to hurt you or Chat Noir with everything you've done for Paris," said Lila putting a hand over her heart to sell it.
"Oh spare us, we may not be able to prove it but we're not going to sit her and let you spout off your ridiculous lies without calling you out on it," said Chat Noir.
All this definitely was getting the Rangers attention. They didn't have any previous interactions with anyone here so they weren't aware of their history. But their natural instinct was to listen to the heroes that they just fought with and helped save Paris.
"You're telling us she was willingly fighting us and helping Rita and Hawk Moth?" said Kimberly to Ladybug.
"Oh you better believe it. This girl lies with every breathe she takes, but unfortunately we never have anything to prove it," said Ladybug while Lila again smirked in her head.
At that moment the sirens had gotten really loud as both the police and ambulance were arriving on the scene. The helicopter with the media was also landing in the clearing with Nadia Chamack emerging with her microphone and cameraman
"Ladybug, Chat Noir, and whoever all of you are, glad to see that everything went well again in the name of the law," said officer Roger stepping out of his car and smiling towards the heroes. "Ah miss Rossi, you must have been the akumatized victim. Do you need any kind of assistance?"
Lila started to pretend she had an injured leg, which was actually quite believable since it was pretty scratched up after the hard fall when she was separated from Amalgator.
"Ohh, yes my leg is feeling pretty injured, I think I do need to have it checked out," said Lila starting to make her way towards the ambulance where medics were standing by.
Nadia was also rushing forward hoping to get a word with the latest 'victim' before she could leave.
"Miss Rossi, this isn't the first time you've been akumatized, could you please tell us if you remember anything while you were a giant?" asked Nadia putting the microphone near Lila's lips.
Ladybug and Chat Noir were both shaking with anger as the liar was walking away and they couldn't prove anything.
"Oh, well, no I unfortunately don't really remember anything so I guess I can't really comment on that," said Lila smiling sweetly.
Nadia pulled the microphone back and put her arm on Lila's shoulder as they both looked into her camera.
"Well Paris it looks like once again Ladybug and Chat Noir have saved the city and one of our innocent civilians," said Nadia with a reporter's tone and grin. "And this time they had help from some new friends. Stay tuned as we attempt to speak with these new heroes."
As the cameraman lowered his gear to go to a break Lila was about to climb into the ambulance but it seemed everything wasn't quite finished yet.
"WAIT, HOLD ON, I'VE GOT A SCOOP YOU'RE ALL GOING TO WANT TO SEE," shouted someone running as fast as she could towards the gathering.
Everyone turned to the sound of the shouting, Ladybug and Chat Noir both looking intrigued as they instantly recognized who it was.
"Alya?" both of the heroes said together as the runner of the Ladyblog took a moment to catch her breathe once she arrived.
"Phew, well...I was...worried...I'd be too late," said Alya taking deep breathes as she bent over holding her knees.
Everyone had stopped what they were doing to look at the girl. She was well known throughout the city as the one who brought the most accurate and up to date info on Paris' heroes despite her young age.
"Officer Roger, you're going to want to stay pretty close to Lila right now," said Alya slowly getting her breathe back as she pulled out her phone. "It seems little miss truthful here isn't as goody goody as she's always claiming to be. Everyone, you're all going to want to take a look at this," said Alya holding her phone up for everyone to watch as she hit play on her video.
The cameraman had quickly gotten his camera back up and started recording as the whole crowd gathered around and watched what was on the video. Turns out Alya had been right nearby Lila when she was talking out loud to herself before running off to try to get to Hawk Moth.
"I hate you Ladybug. I hate you so much and one way or another I will put an end to you."
The video then showed Lila running towards the Eiffel Tower. Alya had quietly pursued her. As Lila watched the color had begun to drain from her face and she slowly started to step away from everyone.
"Hawk Moth, down here. Give me my powers back and I'll do whatever it takes to get rid of Ladybug. You can have her Miraculous and then so much more if you help me get rid of her. That insufferable pest has gotten on my nerves for the last time."
The video moved on to showing Lila trying to jump and grab the akuma just as Ladybug got there to capture it. The real Lila was trying to turn around and slip away but officer Roger had noticed and reached to grab her arm before she could do so.
"Hold it right there miss Rossi, I might have some questions for you," said Roger still watching the video.
"You two think you're so perfect, one of these days you are going to fail this city and lose everything, mark my words. I'm not even gonna pretend anymore, I'm with Hawk Moth and sooner or later I will get my powers back and get you Ladybug. And there's no way that the police will arrest me because I'm just a poor innocent girl that was a victim of a supervillain."
As the video ended everyone turned and was now looking right at Lila with furious frowns on their faces. Ladybug and Chat Noir however couldn't stop their faces from smirking as the liar had finally been exposed and nothing was going to cover this one up.
"I told you karma had a way of catching up to people. The fact that it caught up to you in a matter of about two minutes makes it so much sweeter," said Ladybug crossing her arms as officer Roger looked down at her in disbelief.
"Lila Rossi you are under arrest for crimes against the city of Paris," said Roger as he began reciting a laundry list of crimes Lila had just been exposed for. During all this Nadia was getting back in front of her camera while Lila was shaking in terror.
"This just in Paris, it seems that miss Lila Rossi, known model for the Agreste brand has been revealed to be a supporter and willing aide for the supervillain Hawk Moth," said Nadia ecstatic for a scoop so huge. "How long has this seemingly innocent girl been scheming against the good citizens of Paris and our heroes. We'll keep you updated as we learn more."
Officer Roger was now putting Lila in cuffs and escorting her to the police car as Lila was starting to get over the shock and stared at Ladybug with pure hatred.
Ladybug just smiled back knowingly, satisfied that the girl was finally going to get the justice she deserved. This would also help her out so much at school as Marinette.
The Power Rangers stepped forward beside Ladybug and Chat Noir as Lila was being driven away in custody.
"So I guess her life is about to turn completely upside down. How long has she been a problem for you?" asked Jason.
"Longer than I care to keep track of to be honest, but I think our problems with her are finally at an end," said Ladybug as she heard her earrings beep again. She was down to only one minute until she transformed back.
"Oh crap, I almost got completely sidetracked. We gotta get out of her m'lady, I'm down to my last minute as well," said Chat Noir showing his ring.
"Hey, could you possibly meet us on that roof over there, we'd like to talk to you before we have to go and we really can't stay much longer," said Jason pointing to a tall batch of buildings in the distance with a few walls the heroes can take opposite sides of.
"Yeah, let's get over there quick," said Ladybug launching her yo yo and Chat Noir extended his staff.
Mere seconds later they had both landed beside each other while the Power Rangers all teleported to the roof as beams of light. As they landed they everyone looked at each other, Ladybug and Chat Noir smiling at their new friends.
"So, we were wondering if the two of you had given any thoughts towards what we briefly discussed in that alley earlier. You know, about knowing each other outside of your masks," said Jason looking back and forth between the two.
Ladybug and Chat Noir's eyes opened a bit wider. They had completely forgotten about that little incident due to all the chaos. They both looked at each other and were rapidly thinking about the whole thing.
They only had about thirty seconds to make up their mind.
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A/N Well that is that for the trouble. Hawk Moth has fled, Rita is back in her own timeline, and Lila has been exposed as the pure liar that she is. I debated endlessly whether or not Lila would be saved or destroyed by the Rangers and kept going back and forth several times. I didn't actually decide what to do until I was actually writing the very part itself where I finally decided not to destroy her but instead would have her exposed. It would have been so sweet to have the Rangers destroy her but all in all, I think exposing her in front of everyone is way more satisfying. And Now Ladybug and Chat Noir have very little time to make a very huge decision. Do they keep their identities secret from each other or do they decide to be more like the Rangers and know each other both in and out of their masks. Find out next time. Please remember to leave a review as to what you think of the story.
