"What? How… how did you get that Miraculous? And how…" A million thoughts ran through Ladybug's head. Lila had the faint energy of an Akuma, but she couldn't see an object that would show it. And why did she have a Miraculous? That was clearly Trixx, but did that mean Master Fu was in danger?

"Don't listen to her. Volpina is wanting to be independent. She was Akumatised. But a bit of her free spirit lives on in her." Monarda claimed as she placed a hand on Lila's shoulder.

Lila's smile faded as she suddenly grabbed her head. She let out a scream, falling to her knees as she gripped her hair hard. She looked up at Ladybug, her eyes threatening to let tears fall as she held her hand out.

"Help me Ladybug! I had a fight with my mom this villain came and…" She grabbed her head again, shaking it wildly. "I am trying to fight it, but the influence is too…" Her head was thrown back as she let out a blood-curdling cry. Her hands dropped to her sides as her body went limp.

"Lila?" Concern filled Ladybug's voice as she took a step forward, her grip on Cat's staff not loosening in case Monarda decided to attack.

"Lila… Lila is dead. I AM VOLPINA." Her head snapped back to look at Ladybug, cackling as she tilted her head. "Trixx, Let's Pounce!" Lila stood up as Trixx was absorbed into her Miraculous. Her costume returned as she laughed. She took a step forward, putting her flute to her mouth and began to play a melody. Next to the pair appeared three more Volpina, leaving four in total.

Ladybug took a few steps back as the Volpinas began to run amongst each other, mixing too fast for her to see and keep track of. She backed away more, getting closer to the connecting roof as she began to twirl her yoyo. She was about to charge when a black leathered hand touched the edge of the rooftop and made his way to the top of the building. Cat Noir panted as he looked over at Ladybug, clutching his chest as he gave her a sly smile.

"Cat Noir what are you doing here? And how did you even?" She just shook her head and plastered a wide smile on her face.

"Seems that my Kwami gave some of his power. Healed up, but not fully. Now, how about you and I take this dastardly duo down Bugaboo?" Cat gave his trademark smile as he held his hand out.

Ladybug gave a nod, thinking it odd for him to call her Bugaboo out of nowhere but she shrugged it off. She handed him his staff as she took a few steps forward. Her confidence in this battle returning as she began to twirl her yoyo. Her own vision was becoming a little disoriented. She had been hit hard a few times in the head and she was trying to maintain her focus as best as she could She was about to charge forward when she saw Cat's staff in front of her, then be brought back towards her.

The staff was brought to her neck hard, causing her to yelp and grab onto it as her yoyo hit the ground. She was lifted in the air, gasping as she kicked her feet out helplessly. She looked back at Cat, who had a devious glint in his eyes.

"Cat, what are you doing?" She said as she looked into his eyes. She stared at them, then scowled as she growled in anger. "You aren't Cat!"

He laughed, his voice turning to that of Volpina as the illusion disappeared. She looked at the other Volpinas, expecting them to disappear but they didn't. They all charged at her, which caused her to raise an eyebrow as one brought their knee into her stomach. Ladybug's mouth went agape, no noise made.

'They, they are tangible!' Her thoughts went wild, wondering if this was what she gained from the Fox Miraculous. Was it at its full, complete power now? Or did that Akuma amp up her powers to an 11?

Each clone got two hits in, punching her face, hitting her chest, kicking her stomach, using their flute against her face. Two and Three grabbed her pigtails, letting her be struck on the nose from the last clone's fist. They let go, causing her hair to come loose and fall down to her shoulders. The clones backed up as Monarda grabbed Ladybug's head, looking at her scuffed face, bloody lip and nose. Her Miraculous helped keep her durable, so nothing was broken but after what happened to Cat she could only hope.

"You know, you actually look beautiful with your hair down. You should let it down more often." Monarda had said as she held Ladybug's head up. She reached out, smiling as she was close to grabbing her earrings.

Ladybug let out a huff after taking a deep breath. She reeled foot back and connected it to Monarda's stomach, causing the purple villain to keel over. She brought her foot back up and kicked under her chin to knock her away.

Volpina looked over in surprise and left her self open. Ladybug let go of the staff and brought her elbow down hard on Volpina's side. She gasped in pain as she bent down, allowing Ladybug's feet to touch the ground. Ladybug clutched the staff, jumping in the air with Volpina. She thrusted her torso back, and Volpina landed hard on the roof with Ladybug landing on top of her suddenly. This knocked the wind out of her as she tried to breathe.

Ladybug rolled off her, grabbing the staff, her yoyo, and one of her scrunchies. She looked at the edge of the roof, hearing some noises come from below. She ran to the edge of the roof and flipped off it, manoeuvring in the air using Cat's staff as she embedded it into a wall to just a few feet above the ground. She landed on her feet and grabbed the staff, running toward the car and seeing that he was gone.

She began to panic, hyperventilating and feeling her chest hurt as she did so. She looked over at a rusted and shattered street lamp and then noticed Cat resting against a wall and clutching his wound. She let out a sigh of relief, hugging him tight as soon as she approached him. He let out a small groan from the pain. She let go, moving the hair out of his eyes as she saw the strain in them. She hadn't noticed the green sparks around his body until she got close. She grabbed his hand, noticing that the ring was missing the tops of its paw. Only the base remained.

"Cat, are you willing yourself to stay transformed? I know our time left after our powers are used went up to 15 minutes, but it has been longer than that since the fight. You didn't have to do that. This is one time I would have excused you for revealing yourself to me." She placed her hand on his cheek, rubbing her thumb across it as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I….I trust you...to finish...this… Not the time….for a ...reveal.." He coughed a bit, leaning his head on the wall as she looked at Monarda and Volpina landing a good distance away.

Monarda had a flame inside her eyes, her rage building as she held onto her cane tight. Volpina was clutching the space where she was just elbowed. Ladybug took the lone scrunchie she had, putting her hair up in a high ponytail. She heard a beep, pressing her fingers on her earrings. She had two full dots. When their powers got upgraded each mark had three stages to it, a minute on each stage to give a full 15.

"But I never used my power! What is happening?" She spoke to herself as she clutched the staff in her hands. She separated it into two, watching Volpina play on her flute.

The clones charged at her, though they seemed off. They looked normal to her, but there was something about them that was wrong. She swung one baton into the nearest clone, it fading into red dust to her surprise. The other clones all hit Ladybug, disappearing into red smoke as Volpina yelled.

"What the hell! I thought that you said that my powers were at full capacity!" She yelled as she furrowed her eyebrows at Monarda.

"Yes I did, but I also tried to tell you that you won't have unlimited access! That Akuma was to make sure that using your power doesn't transform you back!" Monarda yelled at Lila as she clenched her fist.

"Those two do not get along." Ladybug looked at the batons in her hands and then towards Lila. "She is much weaker despite this girl only having her Miraculous for a few hours. Lila must have gotten hers not that long ago. She doesn't know how they fully work yet. I mean I don't either but that is beside the point. Though if Plagg can hold on to give Cat more power, then Trixx could be doing the opposite to Lila."

It was hard for Ladybug to look past that exterior and see Lila. She wasn't totally evil, just a queen bitch. She was still a person and didn't deserve to be controlled. She twirled the batons, spun one time and threw them both at her full force.

Lila just screamed in frustration and stomped her foot down, beginning to yell at her "partner" for being a terrible user of the Butterfly Miraculous. Lila was too distracted to notice anything around her. Monarda just rolled her eyes when she looked and saw the flying obstacles. One hit Lila in the temple, causing the girl to go off balance and hold her head in pain. She turned around only for the second baton to hit her in the forehead. She stumbled for a moment, throwing her hand up and falling on her face.

"It's just you and me now Monarda. And you know how well that went last time." Ladybug slowly approached her, hoping that her bluff wouldn't be called.

Monarda just laughed, clutching her stomach as she picked Volpina off the ground by her tail and threw her over her shoulder. "Yes, I do know how well it went last time. And I don't plan on repeating that mistake. But the questions is, " she sprouted her wings, holding her cane out towards Cat Noir as the pommel flew open. Out came a giant swarm of silver butterflies. "Will you go after me or are we gonna see what happens when a cat who is feeling worthless is like as one of my Akumas. Bet he would look dashing in pink no?" She extended her finger and the swarm jet past Ladybug and toward their target.

It didn't even take Ladybug a second to think about what she had to do. She completely ignored Monarda as she flew off, swinging her yoyo and catching as many butterflies as she could. She circled the swarms, doing her best to not miss a single one. When one landed on Cat's ring she got wide-eyed, only to see the insect turn to dust and crumble away. She grabbed onto Cat Noir, throwing her arms around his neck and sighing in relief.

"Thank heavens that you are safe Cat Noir. I don't know what I would do without you! We need to get you to Master Fu's ASAP! There is no time to lose." Ladybug was running on fumes. Exhaustion was eeping its way into her, but the adrenaline to keep going till Cat was safe. She grabbed him, putting his arms around her neck as she heard him groan.

"Ladybug ...can...can we make it…."

"I still have a few minutes, I can do my best." She twirled her yoyo, latching it onto the nearest building and projected herself over the rooftop.

Ladybug swung as fast as she could, having to move across almost the entirety of Paris to get to Master Fu. Ever since his identity was known to Hawk Moth he decided to move far from his old massage parlour. He decided the next best option was to open a noodle shop. And they were surprisingly good. Ladybug arrived across the street to "Tu's Noodles." Every time she saw this sign she groaned. She walked toward the back, knocking on the door rapidly with the side of her fist.

"Master! I need you! Can you please come on out please!"

The door slowly opened, Master Fu looking up at Ladybug as he had a black eye and a swollen lip.

"Master Fu. I am sorry to barge in and I got a million questions on why you are beaten up, but I cannot wait for that!" She stormed inside the building, seeing the furniture and how some of it looked tossed around, the table broken in half and a hole in the wall.

Ladybug shook her head and brought Cat Noir over to the couch. She laid him down gently, getting on her knees as her earrings beeped. She let out a gasp as he transformation dropped, making her cover Cat's eyes with her hands suddenly. She mumbled to herself and groaned till she felt something touch her arm. Cat's shaky hand was holding his tail, with his other hand pointing to his face.

"Cover...my...eyes…"

She nodded, grabbing the leather belt and creating a blindfold for the feline hero. She smiled at this gesture, although he was probably tempted he wouldn't do that to her. She kissed the top of his head, rubbing it gently as she heard a purr escape his lungs.

"I am going to find some food to recharge! Wayzz! Where you hiding the good snacks." Tikki flew off, heading toward the kitchen.

Master Fu approached them, wearing surgical gloves and carrying a test tube filled with a purple liquid and a red toolbox. He lifted Cat's head up, pouring the drink down his throat as he swallowed. The small green sparks disappeared as the paw print on his ring became full once more.

"A special brew that is concocted for young Miraculous wielders who need more time after they use their powers. Very difficult to make as I only have 3, well 2, now. Now Ladybug, I am going to need you to remove Cat Noir's top." He opened the toolbox and began moving out two folding drawers that revealed more items in the bottom.

"What! You want me to undress Cat Noir!" Her face became flushed as she looked at Master with her lips moving inside her mouth.

"Just do it please. I have to prepare this for the pain." He didn't turn around as he grabbed a syringe and a small clear bottle.

Marinette took a deep breath, grabbing the bell and pulling it downwards with two fingers slowly. 'This isn't lewd. This isn't lewd! THIS ISN'T LEWD!' Were her only thoughts as she pulled the zipper down all the way to his waist. She carefully pulled his arm out the sleeves, pushing the top part of his costume under his legs. She looked at his body, trying not to focus on how he apparently works out like a mad dog. 'He could totally be a model with those abs. Grate cheese with them!'

She finally got a look at the wound and almost threw up. The blood did not travel far from the wound, only a few strands flowing along with his abdominal muscles. She grabbed a bottle of rubbing alcohol, applied it to a rag, and began to clean the wound and surrounding area. This got a wince from him, with her giving a quiet apology for this.

She moved away as fast as she could, letting Master Fu take over as he stuck the syringe inside of his. He set it to the side and inspected the damage. He wore a surgical mask and had shed his floral shirt for a white tank top. He didn't look like Mister Miyagi before he did now.

"The morphine will help with any pain you have and give you a very good feeling. Trust me, you will love it. Looks like she was able to get pierce a part of his liver, but no other vital organs. She did slice through an artery, but it is a minor cut that can easily be fixed. She wasn't going for a killing blow. If she was she wouldn't have struck here. She just wanted to do damage. Curious. She didn't seem like a murderer when I met her. But no time for that. I will need to perform a quick hepatoplasty and an arterioplasty."

"Gah! What is that! Is it dangerous? Is he going to die!"

"I am just repairing the wounds Ladybug. I am in my 190's. I thought to go to school for such situations as this in my youth. Why don't you go sit down in that chair, and tell me about our new enemy. We both had the displeasure of meeting her today."

She nodded her head, moving over to a folding chair and sitting down, tentatively waiting as she watched this surgery and began to explain the situation.

Monarda landed on the roof of a small apartment building, opening the door to get inside she dragged the unconscious body of Volpina down the steps. She unlocked the apartment and threw her on the couch. It looked like her housemate wasn't here at the moment, which was fine by her. She yanked the Miraculous off of Volpina and turned her back to Lila.

"Nooroo, Dark Wings Fall." Her transformation dropped and she fell to her knees, clutching her side as she let out a breath. Nooroo landed in her hand, receiving a gentle kiss on his head.

"Mistress was it really wise to use that technique on Lila? Not even Gabriel was able to master that technique. It is very dangerous." Nooroo pleaded as he flew up to be face to face with his new holder.

"It will be ok. It is nothing that I can't handle. But I will need to keep an eye out for her. Lila is more dangerous than she lets on. And call me B, ok?"

B reached up and grabbed a bag filled with marshmallows. She handed a giant one to him as Duusu was sucking on a circular peppermint.

"You two are back! Tell me, did everything go according to plan!" She said as she took a large bite from the candy.

"No Duusu, not at all. I didn't get their Miraculous and was almost about to lose my poor little angel here." She rubbed her finger across the purple Kwami's head as he nommed on the sugary treat.

She grabbed a book out from under her couch with a notebook. Nooroo recognized this as the Grimoire. She opened it to a section on the Butterfly Miraculous and rubbed her chin. Looking over the contents of the page she jotted down notes, muttering to herself as she flipped through it. She found an entire section written on the jewels themselves and what a broken Miraculous can do to a person. As she read on though she took note of some ways to fix the broken Miraculous, she took note of one that piqued her interest more. She grabbed the peacock from her pocket and took the brooch off her t-shirt.

"Duusu, it is dangerous to use your Miraculous as I could easily fall ill. I don't want you to think that you are broken though. The only thing that is broken is the jewel itself. And if Nooroo is willing to give some of his power, we can fix your Miraculous in no time."

"Well, what are you waiting for! I have been wanting this for oh so long!" Duusu screamed in excitement.

B stood up, presenting both Miraculous and smiled at Nooroo.

"B, you know that if you do this, you will need both of us right? I don't know how much you will be able to handle us both." Nooroo's voice held concern as he rubbed his small arms together.

"Don't worry. If I wasn't sure then I wouldn't try." She gave the Kwamis a wink as she began pushing her hands together.

The two Miraculous began to glow, the slightly glitchy looking Miraculous shifting from many different looking forms. It was as if it was going through every style it had taken through its entire life. Small sparks formed between the two jewels, the air becoming heavy as everything around her began to be blown away by a heavy wind. Her hair was raised, her skin turning blue and her eyes glowing purple. She felt pain rise up in her stomach, rising to her chest. It was difficult to push the two together, and her Butterfly wings shot out of her. She let out a yell, pushing both jewels together.

The air became lighter, her skin returned to its natural hue, and her wings were gone. In her palm, she held the combined Miraculous. She could feel the power emanating off it. She placed the jewel on her chest, the power welling through her entire body as she fell on one knee. This was nothing like wearing two Miraculous. She felt that when she wanted to know the sensation with the Fox and Butterfly. This...this was something new. Instead of one power in her, she felt them both. An equal force running up and down her body. Duusu and Nooroo shook as their entire bodies tingled. They both were affected by this union.

"Are you two ok? If you both are hurt in any way I will undo it!" B screamed out as held her fists to her chest.

"No, you don't have to do that. In fact, I feel much better than I have ever been before!" Nooroo yelled out as he flipped in the air. Duusu nodded in agreement, hugging her brother as they both looked at their chosen.

"Nooroo, Duusu, will you both help me in gaining the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous? It may be a long time coming, and it may be difficult, but with your powers combined, I know that we will be able to get those Miraculous and gain the one thing I want most in this world!"

The two Kwamis nodded, causing B to have a smile on her face as she looked down at Lila.

"Let's get this one home with her Miraculous and watch a movie when we get back! I vote cheesy rom-com!" She shook her hands in excitement as she had a goofy grin on her face.