Why did today have to go so wrong? First, she failed to confess to Adrien, then she gets beaten up by an Akuma, and now her partner…She couldn't understand what went wrong today. Just a couple of hours ago she was teaching Kagami how to make a boy swoon over her, showing her the proper way to lead into a kiss, and how to act adorable to make the boy want to hold you. In retrospect, Marinette had never done any of these things yet, but she still took the effort to learn how and somehow eventually spread that knowledge. She had hoped that would be the turn around for that day.

She couldn't move. She couldn't comprehend what just happened. Her partner, the man she trusted more than anyone, was just impaled with a sword. Tears stained her mask, and she felt a sensation surging through her body. She felt horror at the sight, but it was overshadowed by hate. That hate was growing fast. Anger subsiding it as she looked at Monarda. Her Ladybug Vision became active, which usually only happens when she summoned her Lucky Charm. But right now, highlighted was this new Moth. This was her target. This was the only thing that she needed to get her hands on. Her fists clenched hard as they shook, and she swore that her fingers would be able to burst through her gloves if she balled her fists any harder. She glanced at Cat, his mouth moving a bit as his ring began to glow with black energy. He at least was smart enough to do that.

"PUT HIM DOWN! NOW!" She sat up and rested on one knee, holding her yoyo in one hand as her fist stayed in the other.

"As you wish!" Monarda extended her arm out to the edge of the roof. She placed her foot on Cat's back, pushing him off the blade and letting him go over the edge.

They're about 6 stories up, and even with his Miraculous active, he would still be in a great deal of pain. Ladybug sprinted toward the roof, securing her yoyo to the base of a water tower. She dove off the roof, using her momentum to swing herself toward Cat Noir. Her arm was stretched out, reaching to grab him and secure him in her arms. She was close, but a pair of feet knocked into her chest, sending her flying across the street till she ran into a bus stop.

Cat Noir landed on top of a small car, completely destroying the roof under his weight and busting the hood as glass went every flying. The car alarm blared but slowly died down. Ladybug rubbed the top of her head, the glass on the bus stop cracked and threatened to shatter. She stood up, glaring at Monarda and charging at her. She decided to charge as well, moving much faster than she expected.

Monarda was surprised at her speed, not having her seen this fast ever on the videos of her battling Akumas. She did notice one thing was off. Ladybug's eyes were red. Gone were the bluebell orbs, but now they were replaced with a crimson colour. At this distracted moment, Ladybug landed a right hook onto her opponent's jaw, sending the false hero flying into a brick wall.

"How is she this strong?" She looked at Ladybug and saw that her fist had what looked like a red aura but it quickly disappeared. This was something she had never seen before and was sure that Ladybug was unaware of it herself.

She looked to see Ladybug was charging at her, slamming her open palm into the wall as Monarda swiftly dodged to the left. She hopped on one leg, moving clumsily as she used her wings to balance her out. Ladybug moved like lightning throwing punches, elbows, and kicks in moves that showed she had studied Baguazhang martial arts style.

Monarda was not without her own training in martial arts, able to block and even land a few blows on Ladybug herself. This was not enough though, as Ladybug had more time with her Miraculous and adjusted herself to using it with the added abilities.

Monarda jumped in the air, quickly spread her wings, flying toward Ladybug and grabbing her. She ascended into the air, moving as fast as she could while holding her breath. Ladybug began to have trouble breathing. Her vision was blurry and she was losing consciousness. She had to do something quickly. She swung her feet, sending them up and connecting them to Monarda's face. She let go of Ladybug to grab her nose, not noticing Ladybug flip above her and land on her back. The string of Ladybug's yoyo wrapped around Monarda's neck. She kicked on Monarda's back, pushing the both of them down and toward the earth.

They fell for 20 seconds the sudden wind hurting Monarda's stomach as the sudden atmosphere change got to her. They landed on the same roof the met, cracking it as the sound of bent metal could be heard. The string was tightened around her neck as Ladybug grit her teeth. Fury in her eyes as she felt no remorse toward what she was about to do.

"You think you can just come to my town! Try and fight me and my partner and try to kill us! You have some nerve! You are worse than Hawk Moth! At least he didn't try to literally murder us! Well, let's see what it is like on the other side!" Ladybug had gained tunnel vision. She only saw Monarda and how much she wanted to hurt her, and even kill her. Emotions were clouding her judgement, all of them negative. A voice in the back of her head kept telling her no. She couldn't kill. She wasn't like that. She could get mad, but she would never cross that line.

"L…..ladybug…."

This snapped her out of the headspace she was in. The voice of a stupid cat who she wouldn't let down and disappoint. Her grip on the string loosened a bit as tears fell from her eyes. 'What am I doing! I am no killer. I would be no better than the people who think it is ok to kill. I am sorry Cat. I let my anger get the best of me.'

Monarda smiled, her cane appearing in her hand as she opened the top of it. A silver butterfly flew into the yoyo, causing Ladybug to release her immediately. She crawled out from under her, coughing as she rubbed her neck. She took a deep breath, spitting out a bit of blood and looked at Ladybug who just stood there, a silver outline of a butterfly covering her face.

"Good. Good. That was much easier than I expected. I don't know where that burst of power came from, but this game is over. Now Ladybug, you are going to do me a favour."

Ladybug looked at Monarda, her body wanting to move, her innermost thoughts screaming at her to resist. She tried to move any part of her body. Her right hand slowly began to form into a fist. Monarda kept talking, not paying attention to what Ladybug was doing.

"You are going to go down there and get me his Miraculous. I know that he activated his power so I wouldn't be able to touch it. I know you will think of a way to do it yourself. I will let you two live this one time, but if this somehow goes south, then I will have no choice but to end your lives. Though you were the only one that I was worried about. Cat Noir is just useless without you."

Ladybug fought more, twisting her body back a bit as her fist was brought back. Her arm going behind her back as her eyes twitched.

"So hop to it! And while you're at it-"

Ladybug brought her fist into Monarda's gut, causing the purple-clad villain to buckle over in pain. She looked at her fist, seeing a small red outline along her arm and wrist once more. She took a few steps back, clutching her stomach as she looked at the bug. Ladybug brought her fist back and connected it into her jaw. Monarda was thrown backwards, colliding with a chimney and causing the top to break off.

Ladybug panted, the butterfly outline on her face shattered as the Akuma flew out of her yoyo. She looked at it, tossing her yoyo at it and quickly purifying the little bug. She turned her attention towards Monarda, noticing that Cat's staff was on the ground she picked it up, slowly making her way towards the purple-haired girl.

"Why do you care so much about that stupid cat. You know as well as everyone else that he doesn't matter. He is your sidekick. An insignificant little welp. You can easily replace him with another cutie." Monarda smiled wickedly. She slowly moved to sit on one knee, her stomach crying out in pain.

Ladybug stopped walking when she heard these words. "You are wrong." Ladybug looked down, clutching the staff tight as she suddenly looked toward Monarda. "He is irreplaceable! I don't care if he was Cat Noir, Viperion, King Monkey, or any different superhero. The man behind that mask is my best friend! My partner! I will never leave his side no matter what! I will fight until I am almost dead if it means that he can live to see another day. I love him." 'But in what way?' She thought to herself. "There is no Ladybug without Cat Noir. If he were to ever quit I would be rid of my Miraculous because that is how much he means to me." She mentally apologized to Tikki, hoping that her words didn't hurt her. "And right now you are trying to take him from me. Which means you are going to pay severely for all the harm you caused him."

Ladybug sprinted toward Monarda, screaming as she jumped in the air and held the staff up high. She just wanted to knock her unconscious. Nothing more. She was better than that. Hopefully, Cat would forgive her for what she almost did earlier. She landed on the ground roof, bringing the staff down to hit Monarda.

A red and white looking object was stopping the staff, and behind it stood a girl in a costume. She lifted her head up, her brown hair and covering her eyes a bit only to reveal herself to be Lila dressed as Volpina.

"Hello, Ladybug. Long-time no see." She said quietly to the red and black-spotted heroine, who only looked in horror at the sight of the girl.

Ladybug jumped back, looking at Lila confused.

"Lila! What are you doing here? I can see that you were Akumatised, and I will find a way to help you with your problem peacefully without a fight. Right now I am dealing with someone 1000x more dangerous."

"Akumatised? I wasn't Akumatised." Lila smirked as she twirled the flute in her hands.

"What? Then how-"

"Trixx, let's rest."

Lila was walking down the street, hands in her jacket pocket as she strolled through the streets of Paris. It was a cool night, and she was once again left home alone. She didn't feel like eating the casserole her mother made, hating the taste of cream of mushroom in her food. She couldn't tell her mother the truth about her cooking, as it would just shatter her heart. Thankfully she was moving out in a couple of weeks so she wouldn't have to lie to her anymore. She didn't have a problem lying to the people of Paris, but her mom was a different story.

She held a gyro in her hand, biting down on the sandwich as she walked past a park. There were kids playing with their parents and friends, oblivious to the world around them.

She felt an uneasy presence near her. She quickly turned around and looked around, seeing nothing she slowly took a bite out of her gyro. As she turned around though, there was a masked figure waiting for her. This woman had giant wings on her back and dark purple hair that reflected the red of the setting sun.

Lila jumped in surprise, clutching her chest as she coughed. She hit her sternum gently, trying not to choke on the food she had eaten.

"Lila Rossi. I have been looking for you. And I am going to need your help with a very special project that I am working on." Monarda said, her voice sinister and had a small hiss to it. She smiled, tilting her head at the Italian girl as she swallowed her food.

"What do you want with me? I am not exactly a superhero." Lila sassed as she eyed the woman.

" I know you hate Ladybug with a passion. I want her taken down. And I know that you do too. Why not work with me to do so?" She extended her hand out to the girl, smiling wide with an evil look in her eyes.

"That offer is tempting, but unless you can Akumatise me permanently, then I don't see how I can be of much help to you outside of making a certain girl's life more miserable than what it already is." The offer was very tempting, but it didn't have much security in the long run, as it meant Lila could be powered down at any moment if they found her Akuma object.

"You don't have to worry about that. I have it all taken care of. I have a plan. I may need you only once. And that may be tonight. If my plan should fail, then I will discuss how I can get you more power."

Lila put her hand on her chin, thinking for a moment before smiling and nodding her head.

"Alright, I will accept this little offer. So, what do you think you are going to Akumatise?"

"That won't be necessary right now. All you need is this." Out her pocket she produced a necklace with a fox pendant.

Lila looked confused and grabbed it about to comment when suddenly an orange light surrounded her and there was floating a small creature.

"Hello, I am Trixx. I am the Kwami of Illusion." He said as he looked down. He did not have the energy to play anymore and wondered if Nooroo used to feel this way. Monarda was nice to him, but the presence he felt from Lila was honestly terrifying to him.

"You….you actually got me a Miraculous!" She yelled out as she put on the piece of jewellery. She examined it, rubbing the small crystal-like object in the centre. The orange had turned into a more reddish colour, which only made her happier as she looked at it.

"I need you to hide out, if Ladybug is getting the upper hand on me, AND if I give you the signal then you will come to my aid. I am confident enough in my own abilities to take that false hero down." Monarda slammed the pommel of her cane in her hand watching as Lila did her best to pay attention to Trixx as he reluctantly explained his power to her.

"Trixx! Let's pounce!" Lila felt a surge of power course through her. The power of a Miraculous was nothing compared to an Akuma. She was finally Volpina for real. She then noticed a silver butterfly fly to her chest, disappearing as she felt something latch to her heart. Her mind felt a bit uneasy, but she just brushed this off for now as she shook her head. The iris of her eyes having a small purple hue to them with the now brightened green. The orange to her outfit was redder now, but the rest was the same in design.

"Monarda, let's go fuck up a bug."