Lila growled as she watched the three women cook together. She'd always wanted to be part of their friendship group, and had been, but she couldn't be their friend knowing the supported the very thing she hated. She played with a loose strand of her ponytailed hair before focusing on the group again.
The female glared at the bluenette as she stirred the contents of the pot. She always got in the way of everything, often being the root of all this hate. Lila sighed, why did Marinette get everything? Why not her? It just didn't make sense and it scared her. Deep down she knew that she would never be able to get what she wanted, but the arrogant side of her told her to go on with her plan. It told her that she had to do this, she had to cause as much pain and destruction as possible to the people she cared deeply about.
Lila scowled as she heard their conversation drift to the baby growing in Marinette's womb. It made her jealous overheat and bubble over like when you overcook pasta on a stove. It built up and up, until it finally took over and over spilled, eventually overtaking everything else.
After everything she'd done, every piece of information, every lie, every single thing she'd done to help him and how does he repay her? He only crushes all her hopes and dreams. Smashing them before they even get to become a reality.
The woman looked at the three infants all huddled in the corner. They'd just woken up and their eyes were wide with fear. They didn't like Aunt Lila anymore, she was scary, she was mean and most of all she'd taken them from their mommies and daddies.
She smirked at the children, her teeth glinting in the low light of the room, making her look even more menacing than before. The three children hugged each other squealing in fear. They wanted to go home, to see mommy and daddy and know that they were safe and loved.
"Don't worry, Percy, Adam and Arthur," The female purred as she turned her back to them, "I'll make sure you all go home and soon this'll all be over."
Something about the way she said it made them all shiver. This lady didn't seem nice and now they were beginning to think that she was up to something. They began to look at each other, nodding slightly if they understood what was going on. They had to find a way to escape before Aunt Lila did anything bad.
The three females were cooking together when Alya spotted a violet butterfly on the wall.
"Kill it!" The brunette grabbed a spatula and began to aim randomly for the butterfly as it tried to escape.
"Kill what?" Marinette and Chloe asked in unison.
"The akuma!" The brunette gestured towards the insect, "Are you blind?!"
The two shared a look before they spotted the purple insect trying to escape. They gasped and soon they were in complete chaos.
Chloe and Alya were both trying to kill the akuma, using their shoes, cutlery and more or less anything they could find to flatten the insect, while Marinette looked for something to contain it.
Her eyes searched the kitchen as she thought about what she could use. A box? No. A plastic container? Maybe not. A glass and paper? It worked with other insects.
Working fast, the bluenette grabbed the objects she needed and went to help the brunette and blonde, who were now yelling as they tried to swat the insect. Alya had a hardback book from her handbag and was jumping about trying to squish the thing, while Chloe had gotten hairspray and lighter from hers and was going to burn it alive. Just as the blonde had lit the lighter and was about to spray the hairspray, Marinette got between them and the akuma and captured it in the glass, while trapping it with the paper.
"Quick thinking, Mari," Alya smiled.
"I still think we should've killed it," Chloe pouted, "I mean it saved me using my hairspray, but still."
"But maybe we could trace it back," The bluenette looked at the butterfly.
It was the first time she'd seen an akuma up close and she had to say it was actually beautiful, despite it being evil. Its deep black and violet wings fluttered as it tried to escape, probably following Lila's commands. The three females peered at it more closely before bringing up a question they all were thinking.
"You think we should kill it or keep it?" Alya asked.
"I say we kill it," Chloe looked straight at it, knowing Lila could see her, "I mean it's evil."
"But maybe we could use it," Marinette suggested, "Obviously now Lila can use several akumas, because of the spell book, but maybe we can find out her next move from it. I mean she can't hear us through the glass, and it seems like she'd have one less villain on her side."
"True," Alya nodded, "I agree. Chloe?"
"Fine," She huffed, but the other two women laughed. They knew that she was only being moody because her sons were missing.
"I'll put it somewhere later," Marinette placed the glass and paper on the kitchen counter and the three women went back to making lunch, acting as if nothing happened.
They knew that once the others had gotten back from patrol they'd want to know what happened, but right now they were just enjoying the calm before the storm; because they knew that they'd rarely get a break with all that had been going on recently.
Soon lunch was made and Emma was toddling about the house, following the three around. It was just like it was an ordinary day, but everyone knew it wasn't.
Chat Noir, Bunnix and Carapace went from rooftop to rooftop as they tried to narrow down their search for the missing infants. They'd been searching since around midday and so far had covered a small part of Paris. Many people knew about the missing infants and had been organizing search parties to help look for them. It had shocked most Parisians that someone would take three innocent children in the dead of night, but then again this was Luna Moth, the replacement of Hawkmoth. She was exactly like him but worse.
The three heroes sighed as they came to another place they suspected Lila was using. This was the twelfth building today and so far they'd come across abandoned buildings, or elaborate traps left by the female for them.
Bunnix went in first and leaped the side as she let out a yelp. An anvil had landed on the floor right where she stood and had crashed through the wooden flooring. Chat and Carapace's eyes were wide with surprise, but they soon snapped out of it and looked at the rope left from the anvil.
"Looks like she expected us again," Chat's ears perked at the sound of crying, "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah," Bunnix's rabbit ears picked up the sound as well, "It sounds like...crying?"
"You don't think-" Carapace didn't finish his sentence as the heroes were sprinting up the stairs, dodging several traps left for them by the villain.
A handful of grenades went off and stairs collapsed as the heroes rushed up, not caring about their own safety as they worried about the infants. The crying was getting louder and soon it was clear and distinguishable. It sounded like three infants pleading for their parents, and the heroes knew exactly who those infants were.
The sound brought them to the sixth floor, where they found several doors all going down the hall. After searching so many buildings in one day, the heroes had learned that Lila hid some 'surprises' behind the wrong doors. Often including snakes, an completely open floor and occasionally an akuma. By now the trio knew that they had to choose wisely.
The crying suddenly stopped and they were left in complete silence, the dim hallway laid out before them. They looked at one another before looking down the hall again.
"From what I heard the crying came from down there," Bunnix pointed to a door on the left.
"I heard it from there," Chat Noir pointed to a door on the right.
"Left," Bunnix grunted, "I can tell it's left."
"Maybe she split them up," Carapace interjected before Chat could speak.
He could sense the rising tension. Whenever a situation get stressful something like this always happened. Usually it was between Ryuko and Queen Bee, as they had help from other heroes during stressful situations, but he didn't expect it to be Chat and Bunnix. They were the most calm and collected out of everyone.
"Carapace is right," Chat looked down the hall before looking at Bunnix, "Could you use Burrow to check if they're in there."
"Sure!" She smiled, everything now back to how it was.
The heroine then used her ability to create a portal into the room and peeped through to find herself in an empty room. There wasn't anything in there except from a few dusty pieces of furniture and cobwebs. The heroine sighed before puling back and facing the guys.
"No-one's in there," She gazed at the door Chat had said they were behind, "They have to be in there."
The two other heroes nodded and the three of them stood in front of the door. They already knew what the other two were going to do.
"On three," Chat looked straight at the door, "One...two...three!"
On three they kicked down the door, causing dust and pieces of wood to fly everywhere from the amount of force they applied. The sound of coughing was heard and the heroes tried to get the dust out of their eyes. Their vision was blurred and they could make out three silhouettes.
Once the dust cleared they entered the room and gasped at what they found.
A/N: Double update today! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and yeah, that's about it!
Alya: So? What do they find?
Me: That's for next chapter.
Alya: Why?!
Me: Because suspense makes you want to read on, plus it helps me write longer chapters.
Alya: True, true. So...thought about how the story will play out?
Me: I've got the main idea but I've got to fill in the middle.
Alya: Yeah you don't want to make this too short, or it'll be pointless.
Me: I know, I know.
Alya: Just don't ruin my reputation and we'll be good.
Me: Ok then, no pressure at all!
Till next time,
D.L.D