The heroes gasped as the dust cleared and revealed the silhouettes to be cardboard cutouts left by Lila to taunt them. The three heroes stepped into the room and Bunnix growled as a recording started to play.

"Once again the famed heroes of Paris have failed to save three infants!" The female's voice cackled, "How pathetic! You know, I really expected a challenge when facing you guys, but this is way too easy. I mean you just followed the sound of a child crying." The sound of a child crying played and the heroes realised that she'd played them. Like always her deceptive ways got the better of them and they were back to square one.

Bunnix glared at the direction the sound was coming from, while Carapace and Chat Noir looked like their hope was running short. Twelve buildings searched and none contained the three missing infants they were looking for. Lila was right, if they couldn't find three children how could they save all of Paris from her?

"Well, the clock's ticking," The villain's voice broke the heroes' trains of thought, "And soon my patience will run out. Of course I wouldn't want anything happening to them, but things change with time." The sound of her cackling echoed through the building and soon died once the recording ended, leaving the heroes to stand in the room angry, hungry and tired.

"That's the last straw!" Bunnix spoke after a few moments of silence, "That bitch has gone too far!"

"I know, but what can we do right now?" Carapace looked at the heroine.

"We'll find a way to stop her," Bunnix smiled, making the other two smile, "We always do. Like with Hawkmoth. Evil always fails and good prevails!"

The three chuckled at her comment, the solemn mood taken away and replaced with a more friendly atmosphere. All of the pressure from the brunette's words was lifted and for a moment they all felt like this situation wouldn't end badly. No matter how bleak it seemed at that moment.

"Since when were you so wise, Bunnix?" Chat raised a brow.

"Since I had to babysit you guys' kids," Bunnix shrugged, "Seriously, they're all way too smart for their age."

"Well they do have superheroes as parents," Carapace spoke, making them all burst into laughter again.

"Well we'd better go," The heroine sighed as she noticed that they should go before Marinette, Alya and Chloe began to worry about them.

The two males nodded and the heroine then used her Burrow to allow them to leave the building in one piece. They went through the portal and were then transported right outside of Adrien and Marinette's house.

The sun was setting and the clouds had turned into a tinted shade of pink, resembling cotton candy, reminding the heroes that it was late evening. Meaning that they'd been looking for the missing infants all afternoon.

The sound of laughter and Alya's voice could be heard from inside, making the three heroes smile to themselves. It wasn't surprising for them to already hear the three women mucking about, they usually did every time they were left alone together often doing the weirdest things, even when they were all pregnant. But what made them all glad to be back was the scent of the food that was cooking. It smelt good and the aroma gradually drifted towards their nostrils, entrancing them to go inside like a mouse seeing a chunk of cheese.

Feeling completely exhausted the three heroes then detransformed, making sure that no-one had seen them, and opened the front door, ready to call it a day.

The three females were sat around the kitchen table, while they waited for the pasta to cook through. For most of the afternoon they'd just spoke about a few things and looked in Marinette's sketchbook remarking about her latest designs. They'd just had a pretty normal day, masking the abnormality that was actually going on.

Chloe and Alya tried to distract themselves as much as possible that afternoon and Marinette could tell. Both females were hurting inside and she couldn't imagine how terrible they must have felt. Knowing that their children were with such a dangerous and unpredictable person. It must have felt like a stab to the heart, failing to do what a mother should do: protect her children. The wound only got bigger the more they ignored it though and the bluenette noticed that. That was why she let them spend as much time as they needed to do anything and didn't say anything when they were a little emotional or needed her support and she'd give it to them, even if it meant doing things she normally wouldn't.

Her bluebell eyes went over to the akuma in its glass prison on the kitchen counter. It was still and hadn't moved in a while, but she could tell it was still alive from the occasional twitch of its wings. It couldn't hear anything they said through the glass, but she knew that Lila would find a way to spy on them. She always did.

The bluenette sighed as she played with her baby's dark hair, winding it around her little finger. She had so much on her mind and it was beginning to take its toll, like a few years ago when Hawkmoth managed to akumatise her. But this time would be different. She wouldn't do anything stupid and let her emotions get the better of her. She was more level headed now and would be able to deal with this.

"Marinette," Alya's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah?" The bluenette blinked as she came back to reality.

"Remember when we did that food challenge?" She raised a brow, a slight smirk on her face, "You know that banana and sprite one?"

"Of course," The bluenette smiled remembering when they were teens, "I ended up puking out half my stomach's contents after we tried that."

"But remember Chloe's reaction?" The brunette looked at the now blushing blonde. Her face was turning a bright shade of red.

"Yeah," Marinette giggled, "She couldn't even make it to the toilet, she just puked on the floor."

"Hey!" The blonde fumed, "I didn't know that I'd throw up so quickly!"

"Like that time you ended up falling headfirst into a pigsty?" Alya smugly raised a brow, before the three women burst out laughing, the infant giggling with them.

That day was hilarious beyond belief. They had all decided to visit a farm with their kids and somehow Adam got out of his stroller and ran towards the pigsties. Chloe had chased after him and in her panic, tripped over and ended up falling headfirst into the pigsty. Her face had been as red as a firetruck when she got back out and when she saw her son laughing at her, she turned redder. She never forgot that day, but always laughed whenever it was mentioned, never really feeling any shame about it. However her face always turned the same shade of red.

As their laughter died down, the three females heard the front door open and then close. Emma slid off her mother's lap and ran towards the door, her green eyes glistening and smiling widely, knowing who had just come in. The three women knew who had come in as well and turned to see Alix, Nino and Adrien in the doorway.

"Something in this kitchen smells good," Nino closed his eyes as he breathed in the aroma of the pasta and meat.

"It's the food Nino," Alya shook her head at him. While the others laughed. They were used to those two behaving like that. They always did.

"So, did you guys find anything?" Marinette asked, while Alya and Nino did their usual routine.

"No, everything was a dead end," Adrien sighed as Emma played with his blonde locks.

"Well we did find something," Chloe huffed, "Even if you guys didn't."

"Which is?" Alix folded her arms.

She knew that Chloe was upset because of her sons' being kidnapped, but she sometimes couldn't help being annoyed with her behavior. Granted she had improved over the years, but she still had a few of her snobbish characteristics and sometimes that was enough to peeve the pink haired woman.

"We found an akuma," Chloe spoke.

"An akuma?" Alix raised a brow.

"We did," Marinette clarified, before getting the butterfly from the counter, "Lila was spying on us with it."

The two adults looked at the akuma, frowning. How long had Lila been spying on them? Did she know everything or was she just doing this because she didn't know anything? They had no idea.

"Why didn't you kill it?" Alix looked at the three other women. Alya and Nino had stopped their charade and were now listening to what was going on.

"Because we think that it might be able to help us with Lila," Marinette answered.

Alya took the akuma from her and placed it back on the side. She didn't trust Lila with anything, not since she betrayed them. She knew that more was going on than there seemed to be.

Once the akuma was placed onto the side, the conversation went in a different direction with the three adults who just came in saying they were exhausted and the three women replying that they made dinner.

The group then enjoyed their evening, laughing, joking and reminiscing, forgetting about the issue they were facing in the real world. They all could say that that evening was the most fun they'd had in a while, since Lila changed sides and each person enjoyed themselves until it was time for everyone to leave.

They each bid goodbye and left the couple alone for the night. Patrol wasn't an issue for tonight as all of the heroes agreed that they needed some rest and that Paris wouldn't suffer if they missed a night.

Soon the three were ready for bed and instead of putting Emma in her crib, they let her sleep with them that night. They weren't chancing Lila coming in the middle of the night and kidnapping their baby.

Laying beside each other with their baby in between, the couple fell asleep. Forgetting about the waking world for a few hours.

The akuma's wings fluttered as it began to move forward in its glass prison, slowly but surely heading towards the glass wall. Instead of being flattened against the smooth material, it merged through it escaping the glass completely.

It fluttered towards the closest window and slipped through the frame. The light of the moon made its silhouette stand out against the dark night sky, yet it continued on until it reached a certain building. It fluttered through the rooftop entrance and landed in a female's gloved hand.

Her hair had purple tips and was tied in a ponytail with a short purple ribbon, she wore a dark purple suit with a black midsection and bow on the back going with her black tail coats, her black thigh high boots went with her elbow length black gloves and she wore a purple mask.

A slight smirk was on her lips as she knew the heroes had yet again underestimated her. Trapping an akuma in glass! Was Ladybug really that stupid? The female shook her head, laughing slightly.

"Good work," She gently stroked the akuma's delicate wings, "Now I need you to akumatise my little friends here."

She then looked at the three children cowering in the corner. They were in a fresh change of clothes and looked like they'd been taken care of, but they didn't trust this woman. She was scary and mean and their parents had told them that Aunt Lila wasn't feeling too well recently.

The woman glided over to the three children, with three akumas in her hands, each meant for one child. The children clutched each other, not wanting to know what the things in her hand were. They wanted to go home and get showered in hugs and kisses by mommy and daddy, eat sweets and treats and play with their toys. They didn't want to be here with Aunt Lila anymore.

The young woman the gently placed an akuma on an object for each child. For Percy it was his teddy bear, for Adam it was his blanket and for Arthur it was his pacifier. Like clockwork the children froze and the familiar purple butterfly outline went in front of the faces, the telepathic bond formed between the villain and her 'henchmen'.

"Dear sweet children," Lila smiled her tone soft and sweet, "Your mommies and daddies won't help me make the world a better place. They won't listen. But you'll listen to me, right?"

The three children nodded and she knew exactly what they wanted and they knew exactly what she wanted.

"Well then my sweet children," She smirked, "Go and get my miraculous and then you'll be able to be back with mommy and daddy!"

The three children were then replaced by a villain, each having their own unique power. The three villains smirked before taking off to find their parents. They'd help Aunt Lila fulfill her wish if they get to be with their parents again.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you guys enjoyed and don't forget to review. Thanks if you have reviewed, favorited or followed this story.

Alya: The drama is beginning!

Me: Yep, though I feel like I could've put this in Keep It Together.

Alya: Yeah, but it's too late now!

Me: I know, I know. But this story will probably be a full of ups and downs.

Alya: Really?

Me: Yep. It might even be longer than the other two.

Alya: I doubt that!

Me: Hey!

Till next time,

D.L.D