Welcome to the final chapter in the season 3 trilogy. Many of you have probably guessed that Lila will be taking the place of Chloe in this finale and you would be right. I also want to state here that Master Fu is staying put in my stories until he is ready to pass on his duties of being the Great Guardian to Ning Sun/Peace Keeper.
I hope you like my twists to the end of this trilogy. A new Miraculous will be used and I hope you enjoy Flapper the Kwami of Love who plays a big role in the end of this story.
It was Tuesday morning and time was running out for Ning. Her flight back to New York was scheduled early Sunday morning. She had yet to complete her mission of either identifying Hawkmoth or make him weaker.
Her superiors would not be happy and she hated to imagine what actions the French government would take if she wasn't able to show them that Hawkmoth was becoming a lesser threat.
An exhausted Ning was trying to wake herself up with some orange juice and it was only helping a little. It had been a long night. Sitting on the table next to Ning, Wayzz was enjoying his breakfast of baby carrot slices.
He looked at the young woman, his future wielder. After hearing what happened to Marinette yesterday, the woman had stayed up half the night perfecting her potion and testing it. It had worked, but he wasn't sure they would still need it considering that the person it was designed for was under house arrest. Ning had maintained that if Lila was brazen enough to commit a crime in broad daylight, then she probably had a backup plan on how to escape.
Fu sat down at the kitchen table with his morning tea. He had creases under his eyes from not being able to sleep most of the night after Chat Noir had informed them what had taken place.
Jill, Arron, and Prickker hovered near him. They had picked up on his emotions and were trying their best to help the Guardian not be overwhelmed by them.
Jill was hanging from the man's left shoulder, leaning her head against his skin. "Please don't be sad Great Guardian. Ladybug is tough and she's survived worse."
The man let out a sigh of defeat before remarking, "She shouldn't have to be surviving anything. A fourteen-year-old girl shouldn't end up in the hospital for an extreme ear infection or a brutal assault."
Arron tapped his horn against the man's fingers. "There shouldn't be a dangerous teenager in the school either, but it happened anyway. You have a right to be angry about what happened, but you also have to realize you couldn't control any off it."
Arron knew the only person to blame was Lila herself. Even with her mental disorder, her actions showed she planned this and it wasn't something spur of the moment idea because of her mental disorder. The kwami also knew while the anger towards teenagers was justifiable, they needed to focus on channeling it to something productive so Hawkmoth couldn't take advantage of the small group.
"Allowing your anger to fester is putting the Miraculous wielders in danger. If you are still angry then focus it on your efforts to prevent this from happening again," Arron advised.
"It would also be helpful to let go of your fear as well. Right now we're vulnerable to attack and your fear could put us all in danger," Prickker reminded him.
Master Fu knew they were right. "I'm going outside to meditate. Would you care to join me, daughter?"
Ning, who was now fully awake, shook her head. "With Marinette in the hospital, I should patrol to make sure the city is okay. I'll also swing by Lila's place to make sure she's still in there. I have a strong feeling she's going to try to escape."
"Don't draw attention to yourself. We can't let on that Ladybug is out of action should an Akuma show up." Ning agreed with her adoptive father before heading out as Isra Santos.
The best patrol is when no one realizes you're not on patrol. Getting on the bus the young woman decided to map her patrols and where she would need to catch the next bus to her next destination.
Her first stop was too well known landmarks that Akumas frequented. Luckily there were no Akumas at the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triumph. Seeing the Arc reminded her of her initial meeting of the Miraculous heroes. She had come a long way since then.
Once she was done checking out the landmarks, Isra walked past other Akuma hotspots such as the TVI studio, the Grande Paris hotel, and a quick glance at the school.
Looking at the college it was so hard to believe what had occurred yesterday. Despite the crimes committed there yesterday, it was still open. "Hopefully, the school board provided enough councilors to help everyone process what happened yesterday. I'm glad Lila's been expelled," she whispered to herself.
Now it was time to check on the girl herself. Lila's court appearance was scheduled for next week after all the charges were filed and the families had time to talk with their lawyers.
Heading over to Fox Burrows, Isra stopped inside a café to use the restroom. Inside the bathroom, she changed out her contact lens for a special pair that not only could record video and she could zoom in by blinking her eyes.
This was going to be a quick pass near the property. Just enough to make sure that Lila was staying locked up at home. Ten minutes later she confirmed that Lila was inside the home and from what she saw through the window the teenager was getting a serious talking to.
Satisfied, Isra headed to the closest bus stop to catch a ride back to the shop.
Inside the estate, Lila stewed as she glared at the monitoring device strapped to her ankle. Before she was released to her parents, the police had put this on her to ensure she didn't go anywhere until her court appearance next week.
Currently, her parents were in the conference room with her grandparents and the rest of the heads of the nine families. She had no doubt they unfairly disinherited her from receiving any of the company's revenue and she would never be employed at Treasure Incorporated.
She wished she knew what other unfair punishments they were going to give to her. It wasn't like she could be sent to jail due to her age. So what if her dad was of French origin? He had spent so much time in Italy and her mom was born there along with her, so she was an Italian citizen, not French.
The court might not see it that way so she would have to persuade them. Not to mention Marinette was still alive and she hadn't hurt her that badly. Really, they were all blowing everything out of proportion.
Why couldn't her mother have listened to her? If anyone had a mental disorder it was her mother. She switched from being stern and fuming to caring and sad in a few minutes. Clearly, she had bipolar and was the one in need of help. "Maybe that's why she didn't believe me when I told her we were criminals. How can she and the rest of the family not see that? I don't understand why anyone would be happy with just being business people. Especially business people who are getting softer and kinder to others."
Lia spat on the carpet not caring what her family thought about it. They had locked her into the suite from the outside as well as making sure she couldn't open any windows. All the rooms that had a door, except for the bathroom, were locked as well to prevent her from taking anything that might help her escape. Her phone, computer, and the flat screen had been confiscated after she was expelled from school.
Her folks didn't want her to have fun now that she no longer had to go to that stupid place. In fact, when she had gotten home last night most of her belongings had been removed from her room, and now inside the family vault, which she didn't know the combination to.
It was clear to Lila that she needed to get out of this house. The next step after that would be acquiring cash, a weapon, and a fake ID. Once she had those things she would cause an akumanzation, stealing the evil butterfly before it had a chance to reach its intended target.
"I know from the Startrain incident that I can control the akumanzation process once I'm outside of Hawkmoth's range. With that kind of power at my disposal, no one will ever get in my way again," Lila said to herself.
That man owed her. She had gone well out of her way to setup Marinette as a target multiple times and he hadn't bitten once. If he wouldn't do her bidding then she would make sure his akuma did.
Now, back to planning her escape from the estate. She wanted to get out of here by tomorrow morning at the latest.
In the conference room, Simon pounded a gavel on the table to quiet everyone down. Everyone, even Lila's parents agreed to the disinheritance. It was when Simon had asked the other families what other punishments they thought would be appropriate, they all started screaming over each other.
"That is enough! Everyone here wants the appropriate measures to be taken. Therefore there must be a consensus of what additional punishments should be given to my granddaughter.
There will be no punishments based on violence and as I have stated before, I'm not asking my son and daughter-in-law, to disown their daughter! So stop demanding it."
The look Simon gave everyone was fierce enough that they all shrunk in their seats. Nobody was going to protest against what he wanted. Satisfied that they weren't going to start shouting again the patriarch banged his gavel again to draw their attention.
"I understand you want to distance yourselves from my granddaughter. You can all ignore her existence or state that you don't consider her a member of this family. Understood." The others nodded.
"Alright, we'll start with the Canuto family. What additional punishment do you think would be appropriate for Lila?"
Mr. Canuto handed over a list of ideas. "My family wants at least two of these punishments to be implemented. We also need to issue a statement rather by the end of today or we'll be hammered on the news."
Jeanne reviewed the list of punishments. Many were violent, from simply cutting off all her hair to give her a whipping. She looked for less violent punishments.
"I think we can agree that denying access to her bank account and restricting her movements in and around the estate are reasonable punishments. Vino? Do you agree?" Her son nodded and they moved on to the next family.
Mrs. Granncho wanted a written contract baring Lila from ever entering a Treasure Incorporated warehouse or office. After hearing about what happened at the school she was going to do everything in her power to keep people safe from the maniac.
The Chaveo family had only one demand. That all of Lila's accounts were to be examined by forensic experts. It was the only way to be certain there were no illegal funds in her bank account and see what other dark surprises were hiding on Lila's online life.
The Sables and Arcers stated that they both wanted Lila off the property after her court appearance. No matter what was decided she was not welcomed here anymore.
The Andeans, Grise, and Fennel's demands were pretty much the same. If Lila didn't end up in a detention center or prison, she had to go to the long term health care facility Dr. Rocky suggested.
The families put all the punishments to a vote and they were agreed on. Vino and Olivia just sat there. They both were still in shock and despair. Even knowing what their daughter was like it was heartbreaking realizing there was nothing you could do to help their child.
It hurt Simon and especially Jeanne's heart to see their son suffering like this. They knew how much his family meant to him. It was why he remained in Italy so Olivia could stay nearer to her family.
Now all his dreams had fallen apart and neither he nor Olivia knew what they were supposed to do next. Nothing would get better for the two of them knowing Lila's actions would haunt them for the rest of their lives.
After the meeting adjourned, Jeanne insisted they come down to the dining hall to eat with them. She was cooking her son's favorite foods tonight and Simon promised to fetch the best wine from his stock to drink to enjoy with the meal.
An hour later the four of them were all sitting at the dining table to eat. Olivia picked at her food before laying her utensils down. "Jeanne. Simon. We really do appreciate all the efforts you put into making this scrumptious meal. We're just not in the mood to enjoy it."
As Olivia started to stand up, Jeanne begged the woman to stay and talk with in-laws. "I want to shoulder some of the burden placed on you."
Olivia broke down crying again. "Y… you…just... don't understand Jeanne. I failed as a mother. I've been trying for years to correct Lila's behavior. Teach her right from wrong. I feel like this is all my fault."
Vino hugged his wife and assured her it wasn't her fault. "You can't keep blaming yourself. I know you think Lila inherited your genes for a mental disorder. Lots of women go through postpartum depression and go on to be wonderful mothers."
Olivia opened her mouth to reply when Simon interjected. "I recall you telling us no one knows how a person develops this disorder. I'm a hundred percent confident that no one caused this to happen."
The patriarch and matriarch explained they were overly harsh when it came to Lila's behavior because they were trying to push her towards the right path. Help her realize that the world would not bend to her will. They too felt as if they failed their granddaughter.
Of course, those feelings were replaced by disbelief and rage the next morning when they discovered that somehow Lila managed to slip the tracking device off and had attached to an old stuffed animal. They also discovered she had made off with a considerable amount of cash from the emergency money fund. Worse, they found one of the antique hunting knives was missing.
Out on the streets of Paris, Lila was coming out of a government office. She had brought fake documents to the office to get a new ID. Her ID stated her name was Lisa Siro, an anagram of her name.
She had also dyed her hair to black and tied her hair back in a long braid. She had raided the laundry room before she left and was now wearing one her of cousin's prissy outfits.
She checked her watch. Her family had to have noticed she was missing by now. The emotions she had stirred up would ensure at least one of her members would be out rampaging the streets trying to find her.
"Hawkmoth, you better make the ultimate Akuma, because I will need it for my plans," she giggled to herself. All she had to do was move around the city until the Akuma was formed and then she would be able to track it.
Adrien was in class listening as Ms. Bustier was teaching them about Civics when an announcement came over the PA system. "Attention all students and teachers. The school is closing right now due to an emergency. Everyone, please contact your parents to have them pick you up."
Everyone was confused. What type of emergency would send them all home? It wasn't an Akuma attack because the alarm hadn't gone off, so what else was considered an emergency?
Adrien called Nathalie, but she didn't pick up. Neither did his father. He texted the Gorilla and got no response. He was concerned but decided to go over to Marinette's home to see how she was doing.
Marinette was surprised to see Adrien, but also relieved. She picked up her crutches and hobbled over to her boyfriend. "I'm glad you're okay. I was worried about you, especially after the police contacted us."
Adrien looked at her confused. "Why would the police call your family? Does this have to do with the school closing early?"
Marinette gasped, realizing he didn't know. "Lila somehow got her tracking device off her and now she's loose in the city. Her grandparents confirmed she has a weapon on her. The police called to warn us because they fear she's trying to finish what she started."
Which explains the school. They didn't want to put any students at risk if Lila decided to get revenge on the student body he thought. They needed to find her fast. "I'm going out on patrol. Hopefully, I can find her and bring her back to the police."
Marinette grabbed his hands. "I can't let you go out on your own. She's too dangerous."
"You're hurt. You can't go out as Ladybug. You need to rest and get better."
"What if there's an Akuma? You're going to need my help."
While Adrien was trying to convince Marinette to stay home, the anger was growing inside Simon and Jeanne Rossi as they went over the recording to see how Lila managed to slip off her tracking device and get out of the suite that had been locked from the outside.
On the screen, the time stamp read 2:35 a.m. Lila was awake and seemed to be manipulating her ankle. After then minutes of struggle, she slipped out of the room and returned five minutes later with a heavy book and a towel.
She placed the towel in her mouth and bit down. Raising the book high, she smashed it down on her ankle. The towel muffled her scream as her ankle joints dislocated.
Ignoring the pain, she quickly slipped the tracker off and then popped the joints back in place. She bit down harder because only a trained doctor should perform a reduction and it hurt a lot doing it by herself.
After putting the tracker on the stuffed animal, she went into the bathroom and came back with a nail file. It was very small and thin. She managed to stick it into the lock and jiggled it around for a few minutes. The lock clicked and the door was open. She hurried back to her room to grab her backpack, which she stuffed in a bulging file, the left the suite.
At 3:00 a.m. she snuck upstairs and hurried into the private bathroom for the heads of the different families. She emerged half an hour later with her hair black and styled differently.
She made a stop in the lounge to take money from the safe and played around with the display case where the knives were before she managed to lift the glass just enough to grab one of them.
She got out of the house by going to the delivery dock and raising the door enough for her slide under. That part of the house was currently being reconstructed to increase its size, while also repaving the driveway.
She knew that the area wasn't under as intense surveillance as the rest of the house. That's why she used it to escape Simon concluded to himself.
She's out of control, Jeanne thought to herself. Her mind wondered where Lila's ASPD started, and where Lila's motives began. Never in the history of the nine families had there been anyone like her granddaughter.
Unconsciously, Simon and Jeanne locked their wedding bands together as they held each other's hand. Simon had specially designed the rings so that every time they locked together, they would both remember how much love they shared.
Inside his lair, Hawkmoth had been feeling the growing rage and fear from Fox Burrows estate and parents and students. The police were practically on a woman hunt for this girl.
Nathalie came off the elevator with a grim expression. "I've locked down the mansion as you asked. I sent a text to Gorilla to pick up Adrien from the Dupain-Cheng bakery as soon as the new installments on the limo are over."
Hawkmoth nodded and asked if the man had acted suspiciously when he heard what his boss had in mind for the car.
Nathalie raised a single eyebrow before pushing her glasses back up. "I believe he thinks it's becoming a standard for you to adding more protection on the car with all the danger caused by your Akumas, not that he's aware of your identity.
Requesting bulletproof glass for all the windows and having an assistant emergency drive program installed is all a part of the Agreste package deal." Setting her tablet down, she asked him if he had selected a target yet.
"I have. Not only will these two be tough enough to get the Miraculouses, but as a bonus, they'll make sure that the monster is secured and out of the city posthaste. The sooner that girl is gone, the better for all of us."
Nathalie agreed with him. The first time she had been akumatized, she had tried to hunt her boss to death. The second time, she had made the illusions successfully, but the rage of losing her power nearly cost Ladybug's life. Gabriel/Hawkmoth wanted the Miraculouses certainly. However, after the incident with Marinette's akumanization he had sworn to never create a situation when someone could be killed.
As Chameleon, she dared to disguise herself as Adrien in an attempt to ruin his social standings with his peers and teachers. That incident could have hindered profits if people actually believed Adrien had been misbehaving like that.
Lost in thought, she hadn't realized that Hawkmoth was persuading his victims to do his bidding. "Patriarch and Matriarch, your granddaughter's actions have caused irreversible damage to your reputation and business. She should be punished for what she has done.
I'll give you the power you need to punish her. In return, I ask that you procure Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculouses for me. Do we have a deal?"
At the estate, Simon and Jeanne agreed. The black and purple smoke covered their entire body and when it faded away the new Akuma stood in place.
The two of them had been fused back to back with their hands interlocked. Matriarch was dressed in a chartreuse gown with a cream-colored underskirt with strap sandals on her feet. Her facial features were the same. The only differences was her hair was fully gray and she had a silver tiara in her hair.
Patriarch was in a teal suit with a navy colored jack over it. His shoes were short black boots and he wore a gold crown on his head with his full gray hair.
"It is time to put our foot down don't you agree Patriarch?"
"Indeed, Matriarch. Let's get started." The sound of rocket jets hummed under the feet and they took off going straight through the roof and then flying through the air.
Chat Noir jumped across rooftops and used the zoom-in feature in his baton to look for Lila. "She might have changed her appearance, but this cat has a great sense of smell."
"Compared to other human's maybe," Plagg muttered in his brain.
Chat Noir was about to retort when he saw the latest Akuma flying through the air. "Why does Hawkmoth have to attack now? I'm going to need some help with this one."
Meanwhile, Matriarch/Patriarch landed in the middle of the street causing cars to swerve off the road. "Permission to commence facial recognition scan, Patriarch?"
"Granted Matriarch. Let's find our target." There was a hissing sound and the two sides started spinning around shooting red beams from their eyes as they scanned the local populace.
People screamed in fear and panic. Others jumped out of the way as the spinning couple traveled down the street for a few blocks. The Akuma came to a halt disappointed.
"Target, not found. Commencing take over?" Patriarch asked.
"Indeed, my love," Matriarch replied. The sound of rocket jets could be heard as they took to the air once more.
They were halfway across the neighborhood when they were knocked out of the sky by two superheroes who jumped on the Akuma in midair and kicked it to the ground near the business district.
A crater had been formed when the Akuma crashed into the ground. Chat Noir and Ryuko held out their weapons waiting for the smoke to clear. When it did, Matriarch/Patriarch walked out of the crater without a scratch on them.
"Chat Noir, lovely to see you," Matriarch commented.
"Are you stepping out without Ladybug? I don't think she would approve of you going behind her back with Ryuko."
Chat Noir replied, "Ladybugs are beautiful indeed. To stop the two of you a dragon force was needed."
Ryuko nodded and added that they were interfering with an important mission. "Surrender, so we may get back to looking for a fugitive."
The Akuma smiled correctly assuming that the heroes were speaking about their granddaughter. "We seek the same fugitive. We should work together instead of against each other."
The heroes shook their heads. It went against their code to aid an Akuma in reaching their goal. Even when they shared the same goal.
Matriarch/Patriarch frowned unhappily. "Then if you're not with us then we shall take your Miraculouses," they said in unison. The hissing sound was heard again and then the Akuma started spinning again.
Instead of a facial recognition beam, this one was blue and fired a laser at the two heroes. Both of them jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. The Akuma spun closer to Ryuko who used her foil to hold them back a little bit.
She could feel her weapon folding as she struggled to keep Matriarch/Patriarch from spinning into her. She heard Chat Noir shout for her to jump. She jumped into the air remembering her lessons on how to land. At the same time, Chat Noir swept his baton close to the ground causing Matriarch/Patriarch to fall over.
Ryuko darted towards them to get a closer look for what might be the possessed item only to back-flip and side jump when the Akuma shot out and up. She tried not to give in to her frustration.
Chat Noir tracked the Akuma as it flew higher into the air. Once more the red beam shot out of doing a sweep across the city. The beam suddenly tapered and then started flashing.
"Target found and locked on," Matriarch called out loudly.
"Initiate capture mode. We want our granddaughter alive long enough to penalize her," Patriarch reminded her. They zoomed away at high speed to intercept the target.
Chat Noir and Ryuko were hot on the Akuma's trail. They needed to stop the Akuma before someone got hurt, or worse, killed.
Lila wasn't even trying to hide. She was in the open standing in front of a store window glancing around. When she heard the sound of a rocket jet she moved away from the storefront. She easily identified the Akuma. "Grandma and Grandpa. I'm a little surprised that you two got akumatized. I figured it would either be Mom again or Dad. At least I have a chance against you," she scoffed as she tossed her braided hair behind her shoulders.
Patriarch, who was facing her, seemed scandalized by what he was hearing. Laser beams came out of his eyes again burning across the sidewalk. Lila didn't even move as the beam got closer.
At the last second, she rolled out the way so that the beam bounced off the glass and back at the Akuma, who screamed in pain as the laser impacted Patriarch's face.
Patriarch, brought his joint hands with Matriarch up to protect to shield his eyes from the burning sun. "Patriarch! My love are you alright," the other half of the Akuma questioned desperately.
Hearing, the screams of pain, she whirled around and locked onto her granddaughter who was just standing there leering at the Akuma. Matriarch was angry but refused to give in to her lower instincts. "You are being a very bad granddaughter!"
"Please, I'm bad? You never gave me what I deserved! Money, power, prestige!" Lila screeched in ferocity. "I was the best grandchild, but instead you rewarded my skiver cousins and scolded me for doing what needed to be done to get ahead."
Exasperated by Lila's self-center insolence, Matriarch eyes started to glow. Instead of red or blue, they turned yellow. "Tractor beam engage!" The yellow beam shot out of her eyes and locked onto Lila who was soon outlined in yellow.
She let out a yelp as she started being dragged closer to Matriarch. She fought with all she had, but couldn't shake free. Ironically, she prayed the heroes would show up right now.
As if she summoned them herself, Chat Noir slammed his weapon on top of Matriarch's head causing the beam to shut off. Ryuko appeared next to Lila and grabbed her wrist. "We need to go. Follow me," the superheroine stated, her voice colder than usual.
The Italian girl whipped her wrist free and then shoved Ryuko to the ground. The heroine started to get up when Lila stepped on her wrist and got down low enough slash the hunting knife against Ryuko's wrist.
Thankfully, the suit protected her wrist from actually getting cut, but the pain did cause her to lose her grip on her foil. Lila snatched it up and kicked the dragon heroine in the head to prevent her from taking the weapon back.
Chat Noir was keeping the Akuma busy as he looked for the item. He spotted the joint wedding rings. Before he could react, he felt something shoved into his back. The pain was intense and he fell over on his side with tears in his eyes.
Through the blurriness of his eyes, he saw Lila walk past him. She dropped the hunting knife which was covered in black fibers. She had tried to literally stab him in the back!
Before he could process this information, what he saw next made him want to throw up. Lila let the tractor beam pull her closer to Matriarch/Patriarch. When she was about a foot and a half from them, she revealed Ryuko's foil and cut off her grandparents' ring fingers!
Instantly the couple returned to normal and started trying to stem the bleeding while searching for their missing digits. Lila got to them first and with glee slid the rings off the fingers before dropping the digits far away from their owner.
She fished for something in her bag and revealed a toy crown which she placed on her head. Dropping the rings, she stomped on them releasing the akuma which she quickly snatched and shoved into the crown. "Hawkmoth! You remember me right? I want you to give me the power to rule over others and make them do my bidding no matter what it is!" Hawkmoth's mask flashed a few times over her eyes.
Across the way, Ryuko had recovered the digits and was holding Jeanne and Chat Noir who held Simon, all witnessed an unparalleled occurrence. The akuma was trying to get out of the crown and fly away only for Lila to shove it back in.
"You owe me Hawkmoth! I gave you the perfect victim again and again yet you refused to akumatized that b**** no matter what I did to her. I won't let you take this power away from me!"
Suddenly, Hawkmoth's mask disappeared. The usual purple and black smoke appeared yet it was larger than anything ever seen before. Another difference was that mauve-colored lights were shooting out of the smoke.
When it cleared away they all saw the Akuma Lila had become. She now looked like a grownup version of herself. Her hair was still black and in a long braid. Her eyes were now red and her lips black. She wore a plum gown with a black bodice. A pair of dragon wings formed a high collar around her neck. Large rounded shoulders gave way to short billowing sleeves. Her corset was laced up with black silk.
Her skirt was long and empire shaped stopping at her ankles and revealing sparkling black heels. On her back was a short cape with an uneven hem connected to the dress. On her head, her crown had gotten bigger and shiner now that it was made out of pure gold.
Lastly, her entire body was outlined with a mauve colored aura, which seemed to be getting darker. "At last, I'm who I'm meant to be! Villainess Queen! Hawkmoth will wish he never tried to take my power. After all, he won't need it after goes brain dead!"
Not willing to stick around the heroes got out of there and to the closest hospital to drop off the elderly Rossi. They soon rushed out knowing they had to stop Lila/Villainess Queen once and for all.
"Get to the training HQ. I'm going to call up Ladybug and have her get the other female wielders their Miraculous. We're going to need everyone's help with this."
Ryuko nodded and took off. Longg would need to rest and recharge before they joined the battle again. Meanwhile, Chat Noir called his partner and wasn't surprised that she picked up on the first ring.
"I was watching the attack on TV, but the news helicopter pulled away right after Lila akumatized herself. What happened?" Ladybug demanded.
Chat Noir gave her the cliff notes version. "We need to gather all our temporary heroes if we're going to take on Villainous Queen. From what she said, she's planning on controlling everyone in the city."
"Peace Keeper is already disturbing the other girls' Miraculouses. Swing by the Guardian's and get the boys' Miraculouses. I have to go present a Miraculous to a new wielder because we'll need her help to survive this."
Ladybug hurried across the rooftops. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a huge beam of light shooting straight to the top of the sky. All at once, clouds started to form and she had a bad feeling about this.
Distracted she landed on her injured ankle. Intense pain shot through her body.
"I told you that the suit wouldn't completely diminish the pain. You shouldn't be transformed and running like this, not with your injuries."
"If I didn't, then there would be no way to stop Lila. I'm willing to risk my health if it ends this nightmare." Clutching the box in her hand tightly she continued on her way.
A few minutes later, she landed on Chloe's balcony. The blond saw her and hurried outside. "Ladybug, what are you doing here? Are you hurt?"
"I'll be fine, I just need a minute. Have you been watching the news?"
The blond nodded and told her that the beam was now spreading slowly across the city and whenever it came into contact with someone, their eyes changed to purple and they walked stiffly towards Villainess Queen while praising her name.
"My father and mother, are doing their best to evacuate the guests to someplace safe, but there are so many and I'm not sure where they can go to avoid being turned into Lila's slaves."
Ladybug nodded in understanding. "The rest of the Miraculous Team is assembling to take on Villainess Queen, but since she knows everyone's powers we need a trump card to turn the tide."
Chloe blinked in disbelief as Ladybug held out a small box to her. "Chloe Bourgeois, this box contains the Miraculous of Etiquette. With it, you can join the Miraculous Team and help put an end to Lila's evil actions. Once the mission is done you will return the Miraculous and never speak of what happened."
Chloe had tears in her eyes. Ladybug had seen her changing to be a better person and trusted her to help in the battle ahead. She took the box and opened it. A bright pink light popped into the air and turned into a tiny pig kwami.
"Greetings young miss. I am Daizzi. I can tell you are from high society. I'm sure you are as impeccable as myself. Please place my Miraculous around the ankle of your dominant leg."
Chloe did as she asked and listened as Daizzi explained the transformation phrase, her power, and weapon. "Shall we get started, my good lady?"
Chloe nodded. "Daizzi, Please Change!" The little kwami dissolved into her Miraculous as the magic took over Chloe. Soon she was standing in her superheroine suit.
She wore a soft pink bodysuit with a black stripe going from her collar down to her hips. Around her waist, she had a black belt with a pink buckle. Attached to the belt was a brown bag. Her gloves were black and elbow-length and her boots were also black that stopped just a few inches under her knees. Her right boot had the Miraculous around her ankle.
She had on a pink mask and the part of her hair that started her ponytail was pink. On the back of the suit was a tiny ribbon shaped like a pig's tail. "Call me Henwen."
Ladybug nodded and then lead her to the training area. For her credit, she didn't complain about the smell from the dumpster as it was moved to get inside. Walking down the steps Henwen's eyes widened as she saw the entire training area.
Peace Keeper was talking strategy with the others when she looked up and gave a wink to Ladybug for getting a new recruit. "Who is your new recruit Ladybug?" Her question drew everyone's attention to the new heroine.
"Everyone, meet Henwen. Henwen, meet everyone." They all said hi to each other. "I brought in someone new to have an advantage over Villainess Queen. What's the latest update?
"Half the city has turned into Villainess Queen's mindless slaves. She's armed them with weapons that she conjured. She forcing them to bring people to her to join her army. Anyone who refuses gets serious injuries," Sirius explained.
"Her power is quickly spreading across the city. It is only a matter of time before everyone's under her control," King Monkey added.
Peace Keeper brought up a map of the city to show what parts had already been taken over. There was fear in her eyes and it wasn't for herself. Judging by Nooroo's flickering charm something was very wrong with the kwami.
Apparently, Villainess Queen had forced her psyche onto Hawkmoth's and successfully displaced his. The man's bond with his kwami was being suctioned away and into her gaining access to the Butterfly Miraculouse's power.
If this continued for too long, not only would Hawkmoth end up brain dead, Nooroo would cease to be corporal. The Butterfly Miraculous would never be able to be used again to help the stakes that high it was imperative, they come up with a foolproof plan.
Villainess Queen was the toughest Akuma to this date. She had taken over the Élysée Palace. She had taken over the President's private residence after using her powers to enslave everyone, including the president.
Villainess Queen smiled as more pathetic beings were brought to her. This time it was a biracial couple with that stupid baby that Hawkmoth loved to akumatized.
That stupid baby was crying so loudly it was making her head hurt. "Shut that mongrel up or I will do it for you!" she snarled. This is why she hated children.
August's mother rocked him in her arms as her husband kept her safe with his. August's cries got louder. He was tired and hungry.
Villainess Queen snapped. "Get rid of that baby! You two will now serve me!" From her hands, a mauve colored energy came out and engulfed the adults turning them into slaves.
"You two go deal with all the brats that keep coming in. If I hear any more noise from them, do what you have to do to shut them up by any means necessary."
Watching her slaves walk-off turned her attention to her majordomo, Mr. Damocles. "How much longer until the whole city is under my control? My patience is wearing thin."
Mr. Damocles knelt and kissed her feet before informing her all of Paris would belong to her in a little under half an hour. Scowling, Villainess Queen smacked the man across the cheek.
"Unacceptable! This city needs to be under my complete control in the next ten minutes or else. Now get to it," the Akuma struck the man's other cheek. Useless slaves.
Standing up from her throne, Villainess Queen touched her fingers to her temple and focused her mind. Her aura got brighter as she started to suction more of the bond. She ignored the tiny voice that told her to stop or she would kill someone.
After all, the world is made up of winners and losers. Villainess Queen was the only winner and everyone else was a loser. They should take pride in the fact she was even letting them serve her. Their pathetic lives were a thing of the past.
Settling back into her throne she was surprised when Ms. Mendeleiev, who was wearing a jester costume, came into the throne room with a tablet. "What are you doing with that? I told you to practice being comicalness."
Ms. Mendeleiev did a full kowtow before offering the tablet to Villainess Queen. The Akuma snatched it out of her jester's hands and ripped off the sticky note telling her to turn the tablet on
She did and she was surprised to see the tablet was live-streaming the heroes. All known Miraculous wielders were standing side by side as Ladybug started to address the Akuma.
"Villainess Queen, this is the only warning you're going to get. Release the citizens of this city, surrender your possessed item, and turn yourself over to the police. If you refuse, then my team will have no choice except to take you down by any means possible. For once in your life, do the right thing." The live stream stopped and there was a request for a video response.
Villainess Queen threw back her head and let out a cackle. The pitiable, self-righteous, and untalented heroine of the city thought she would do the right thing. She sent a reply telling the heroes they could try but would fail miserably.
Getting the message, Ladybug sighed and closed her yo-yo. "We're going into battle. Remember to stick with your partner and do whatever it takes short of harming someone to defeat Villainess Queen."
The partners were Rena Rouge and Carapace, Honey Bee and Kkachi, and Bunnyx and King Monkey. Sirius and Viperion had teamed up and so had Street-Rat and Ryuko. The group's trump cards, Peace Keeper and Henwen were not with them because they had a secret mission to carry out.
Staring down at the growing amount of slaves in front of the Élysée Palace. The only way to get to the Akuma was through them. Clasping her yo-yo tightly she told everyone to charge.
With a few leaps, the Miraculouses heroes descended into the courtyard as the two-person teams got to work in thinning the crowd to reach the door. Right now they could only use their weapons and hand to hand combat skills. Their powers needed to be used when they confronted Villainess Queen.
Rena Rouge stood back to back with Carapace. Instead of charging head in she analyzed the situation. There were lots of middle aged people coming towards them and getting closer. They needed room to move.
"Carapace, we need some space!"
"On it Rena." Carapace swung one meteor head to the right knocking over the closest slaves before using the other head to clear the left area. Rena then jumped towards the slaves that were starting to walk over their fallen ones.
With a swift kick and shove from her flute, people started falling over like dominoes. It helped that they were all stiff and didn't have the knowledge to use their weapons effectively.
Honey Bee was making some progress as she lassoed another group of slaves and sent them spinning into the side of the building. "Sorry!"
"Honey Bee, watch out!" Kkachi shouted as she side jumped and brought up her saber to protect her partners back from being speared. Putting as much force as she could Kkachi shoved the weapon back causing the slave to stumble and fall over.
King Monkey spun Bunnyx around in a death spiral. Her metamorphic gel had taken on the form of a rake as she racked people off their feet. Once she was done, she pulled herself up and King Monkey used his Gada to demolish all the weapons strewn around the area.
Sirius's hand-to-hand combat skills had developed dramatically He ducked, weaved and threw a few punches managing to disarm a small group carrying icepicks for weapons.
"Cover your ears, Sirius!" Viperion called out. He then started strumming a horribly off-key tune on his harp. The high pitched sound was painful enough that the slaves dropped their weapons and started to stiff walk away in a hurry.
Street-Rat jumped higher and higher with the help of her jump rope causing slaves to strike at each other. Ryuko would swiftly disarm them before they hurt each other. When Street-Rat came back down she made sure to smash the weapons.
"Are we making any progress?" Street-Rat asked her partner.
The dragon heroine disarmed a few more people before striking their heads together to get them to stay down.
She looked up and towards the entrance where Ladybug was using her yo-yo with her great skills to stop the slaves from attacking. Chat Noir was in a rare form today. He was splitting his baton in two and throwing it around before tackling one or two slaves. His baton would take out the rest and he would repeat the process.
Ryuko turned back to her partner and stated yes. They needed to keep it up as they made their way closer to the entrance.
Behind the palace, Peace Keeper and Henwen stealthily made their way through the gardens. Slaves were everywhere redoing the entire garden so it would look like Villainess Queen's face.
They had just made their way past the last garden when Peace Keeper shoved Henwen into a bush holding up a finger to tell her to be quite. She scanned the area. They were close to the doors, but to get to them they would have to make a run for it because it was exposed.
As they prepared to run for it, Peace Keeper felt a presence nearby. She didn't know who the wielder was, but she did know which kwami was nearby. "Come on out Mayura. There's no use hiding."
Henwen's head jerked up as she saw Hawkmoth's partner Mayura drop down from a nearby tree branch. The pig-themed heroine reached for her bag of tricks when Peace Keeper told her to stand down.
"We can take her," Henwen whispered to Peace Keeper. Mayura came closer and still the adult did nothing.
"You'll learn in life there are times you need to work with your nemesis to take down the bigger menace," Peace Keeper whispered back. Straightening up, Peace Keeper met Mayura halfway and they started having a hushed conversation.
The new heroine strained her ears trying to listen in. She caught a few words such as; Nooroo, Hawkmoth, and truce. Mayura's Miraculous glowed and so did one of those strange charms on Peace Keeper's necklace. "This duo just became a trio," she muttered to herself.
In her private suite, Villainess Queen's fingers clenched tightly onto the arms of her throne. Her army of slaves, which was growing with each passing minute, had failed to keep the heroes out.
"I gift them with weapons and knowledge of how to use them and they still fail! How hard is it to kill a bunch of teenagers?" she growled. "GUARDS! REPORT HERE THIS INSTANT!"
Four guards came running into the throne room. Each trying to reach her first and praising her the whole time. The Akuma snapped at them to stand at attention.
The four guards were Mr. D'Argencourt, the Gorilla, Mr. Dupain, and Nora. Villainess Queen summoned more energy and transformed the four of them into their Akuma forms, (she made sure Gorizilla was short enough to move through the palace.).
"Destroy the heroes and bring me their Miraculouses. Don't fail me!" The four of them nodded and marched off. Sitting back down Villainess Queen smiled "Hawkmoth's power is almost all mine. This city is almost my own. I can't be defeated!"
The heroes were making their way through the east wing of the palace when Darkblade stepped out of the Silver Room. "In the name of Villainess Queen you will surrender your Miraculouses," he commanded as he swung his long sword at the group.
Ryuko jumped in and caught the blade and performed a perfect disengage. She pushed Darkblade back into the Silver Room. "Keep going! Street-Rat and I can handle this."
The rest of the heroes took off as Street-Rat rushed into the Silver Room. Whipping out the jump rope, she smacked one handle against Darkblade's chest with no effect.
Darkblade swung his sword in a wide arc causing both heroines to pull back. The blade sliced clean through the swan statues standing next to the armchairs. He swung again and this time he sliced the main sofa in half. "You wenches shall not defeat Darkblade."
"You did not just call us wenches," Street-Rat stated calmly.
Darkblade didn't reply. He just brought up his sword to bring down on the girl's head. He didn't expect her to catch the blade in her jump rope and use her power. "Improvise!"
The rope changed into a large magnet. The sword shot towards Street-Rat, who quickly backed away. Taking advantage of the moment Ryuko moved in to use her power. "Blaze!"
Darkblade was struck directly in the chest by the golden energy. The guard took a step forward as the energy got stronger. It became too much and he crashed into the fireplace as the mantel broke and crumbled on top of his head.
The other heroes had run into trouble as they made their way to the staircase that went up to the President's private apartments. In the Paulin Dining Room, the group encountered Gorizilla.
Even with his diminished size, the only way the rest of the group could continue was if Bunnyx and King Monkey stayed behind to deal with him. Currently, the partners had managed to avoid having their heads taken off by a flying glass table.
"Whoa, keep your eye out for flying objects," King Monkey joked. Bunnyx glared at him before ducking behind a serving station as Gorizilla tore down a rod with sphere lights.
He pounded his chest before he started smashing the chairs into a million pieces. King Monkey's hiding place was destroyed in seconds. He fought back with his Gourde. Both of them were equal in strength.
Bunnyx watched the two brutes shoving each other around destroying the rest of the room. If we could undo Villainess Queen's influence we could gain a powerful ally for our side.
Her eyes then spotted something hanging on the man's wrist. It appeared to be a watch. An idea formed in her head, but she would need to trust her partner to pull it off. Manipulating her gel weapon she formed a conductor's baton. Coming out of hiding she called out to her partner. "King Monkey, let him have it!"
The hero did a back flip and charged up his weapon. "Fighting Spirit!" The outline of his spirit rushed out the weapon and pinned Gorizilla to the wall. The guard kept hooting and trying to push back, but King Monkey kept the power going thanks to his increased stamina.
Bunnyx ran a few feet before sliding across the floor. As she neared the target, she reached out with her tiny baton and tapped the wristwatch. "Time Port!" Hopefully, this would work to her advantage.
The wristwatch glowed baby blue and the hands started spinning backward. The further back it went the Gorilla returned to his normal form until he was no longer a slave. He blinked a few times and then nodded his head in thanks.
In the Portrait Room, Viperion looked sadly at the destroyed paintings of Queen Victoria and Queen Isabell II on the floor. Weredad had already forced Sirius to destroy a few busts and several other portraits.
"Villainess Queen shall rule forever!" Weredad bellowed as he reached up and pulled down the beautiful crystal chandelier. He swung it as a bat and Viperion threw himself over his partner as they hit the ground.
"My calculations say we're over our head in this fight," Sirius quipped. Viperion didn't reply as he rolled his partner across the floor and off the giant rug which the guard had just picked up.
Bellowing loudly, Weredad yanked the rug off the floor sending Viperion straight into a desk. Weredad started loping towards him when Sirius struck him in the back of the head with his baseball bat.
Weredad started to wobble as he stars forming around his eyes. Viperion quickly activated his power. "Tuning!" The melody played catching Weredad in its trap.
Both heroes and guard sat down on the ground calmly. As Viperion kept playing Sirius sheathed his weapon and tiptoed closer so he could use his power on the guard. "Fateful Choices!"
Thirty seconds later Tom Dupain was slumped on the ground snoring and the boys were letting out sighs of relief.
On the Escalier Murat, Rena Rouge and Carapace had been dealing with Anazi for the past few minutes. The girl was an intense fighter and it was hard to fight on a staircase while making sure you didn't break your neck.
"I'm thinking I'm going to have turtle soup with a side of the fox!" Anazi laughed as she launched more spider silk at the group. Rena Rouge and Carapace jumped off the staircase landing near the base.
"We need a new strategy to beat her," the hero remarked.
"I have an idea. You use offense and I'll use defense. I'm sure I can do it this time."
Playing a different tune on her flute Rena Rouge focused as hard as she could. Swinging the instrument forward she shouted, "False Trail!" Anazi was forced to cover her eyes due to the smoke.
When she could see again, Rena Rouge surged forward for a full-frontal assault. "You're going down!" The six-armed lady punched her top fists at the heroine, who dodged to the other side.
Anazi stayed on her toes moving to the other side of the staircase swinging punches again. The two opponents kept getting pushed down the steps only to go higher and higher until they were on the second floor landing.
Anazi reached out and snagged Rena Rouge and held her in a tight embrace. "What you going to do now turtle boy? Your partner is mincemeat!"
"I'm not sure of that." Anazi was startled when the girl in her arms vanished into thin air. Before she could recover she was sent tumbling down the stairs by the real Rena Rogue and into Carapace Shell Guard.
Anazi tried to break free but only ended up knocking out herself. She then reverted back to Nora. Without any guards or slaves, Villainess Queen was vulnerable.
At the moment, Villainess Queen was in the midst of fighting Ladybug and Chat Noir, while Honey Bee and Kkachi dealt with dredges of the court. The aura around the Akuma was getting closer to becoming royal purple. If it turned that shade, then it meant Hawkmoth was dead and Nooroo ceased to have a corporeal form.
Villainess Queen had a murderous look on her face. No matter how many slaves or energy blasts she threw at the two main heroes it never connected. "Why do you keep interfering with my life?! Everything is perfect now except for you two!"
Chat Noir extended his baton trying to knock off the crown. The Akuma weaved at the last second so he only ended up destroying a priceless painting. Recalling it, he snarled back, "Nothing in life is perfect! Your world is nothing, but a nightmare!"
Villainess Queen grabbed her cape and pulled it off swiftly. She poured a fraction of her power in it before hurtling on the floor near Chat Noir. The cape morphed into a giant shadow chimera. She smirked as she was deeply impressed by her growing power.
The chimera reverberated the whole suite. The lion and goat heads took a deep breath and launched fireballs at the hero. Chat Noir had to side jump and then do a back flip as the snake tail launched forward trying to inject him with poison.
The chimera launched itself in the air and opened its jaws wide revealing razor sharp teeth. The cat hero threw his baton at an angle satisfied it kept the lion head from biting him.
The same could not be said about the goat head who launched a massive fireball that connected with Chat's left shoulder. He let loose a howl as he felt the fire going through his suit.
"I can hold off your skin from burning, but you have to move now!" Plagg shouted in his mind.
Chat Noir got up and started circling the beast. He took off his belt and looped it. Dodging the snake head he rolled under the beast and quickly slipped the loop part around the goat head's mouth and pulled it tight muzzling the head.
He didn't see the snake head tail whipping around to bite him, but Honey Bee did. She sprang into the air and shouted. "Swarm!" The swarm of bees started stinging every inch of the shadow beast until it died.
Chat Noir started to say a quip only to cry out in alarm as giant energy blast headed straight towards Honey Bee, who was unaware of the danger.
Kkachi kicked Mr. Damocles away and clutched her saber tightly as she called out, "Honor Guard!" The saber replicated a dozen times forming a barrier protecting Honey Bee from the blast.
Ladybug was struggling against Villainess Queen. Her injuries were starting to flare up and she couldn't move as fast as she usually did. Villainess Queen held out her hand and a knife appeared in it.
She lunged at Ladybug who swiftly made a shield for herself. "You are only delaying your death. The world doesn't need someone like you in it." She pressed forward lunging again and again at the heroine she most despised.
That exact moment Ladybug's bad ankle gave out. She fell to her knees, her shield gone. Villainess Queen lunged forward to drive the knife into Ladybug's right eye, only be stopped by something striking her weapon and sending it flying into a fireplace.
Hearing something whizzing in the air towards her hair she ducked letting the battle pass over her. Taking a few steps back, her left heel got stuck in something sticky. Looking down, Villainess Queen couldn't believe what she saw. Her shoe was stuck in a big wad of gum. Pulling her foot free of the shoe she sent a blast towards the ceiling. Parts of it started to come down on the floor forcing all the Miraculous heroes into an adjoining room.
Out of the rubble, there was a burst of green energy as the Shell Guard shield faded away revealing Mayura, Peace Keeper, and Henwen. Even with her being caught off guard, Villainess Queen still believed she held all the cards.
"Mayura, nice to see you. I figured you would jump at a chance to work for me, with your boss about to kick the bucket and all." Villainess Queen chuckled darkly before her expression changed to amused. "I supposed you two are heroes? A dirty pig and a nutcase dressed up pretending to be a secret agent? Ladybug must have scraped both of you from underneath a barrel."
"The only thing that's going underneath is your body," Mayura whispered. Closing her fan, she drew closer and started a heated hand to hand attack. Despite her fragile health, her love for Hawkmoth was keeping her at full strength.
Henwen joined the fight. She didn't have any combat experience, but she did know a few tricks of her own. She darted around the fight and grabbed a hold of the Akuma's long braid and pulled it tight.
Villainess Queen shrieked as she started to lose her balance. Her left hand sent out a blast at Mayura, who was caught on the edge and went flying toward a wall. Peace Keeper managed to catch her before she slammed into it.
With her right hand, the Akuma summoned another knife and used it to cut off her braid. Henwen stumbled as she tried to regain her balance. Spinning on her heel Villainess Queen managed to cut deeply into the pig heroine's right cheek.
The teenager held her hand to her cheek and was shocked to find it covered in blood. Luckily she didn't panic and instead her leg shot out and connected with Villainess Queen's left kneecap.
She wasn't sure if she had shattered it, but it was enough time to make it to the other side of the room as Villainess Queen screeched to the high heavens in pain. By now Ladybug and all the other Miraculous wielders had entered the main room and backed the Akuma against one of the large window seats.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug called out as a bottle of wine landed in her hands. "What am I supposed to do with this?"
"Drink to my immortal reign over all of Paris. By now everyone is under my control and I have the full power of the Butterfly Miraculous at my disposal. Time for you to die!" she screeched as she raised her hands. She was going to obliterate them to smithereens.
Only, nothing happened. She tried again and still, nothing happened. What was going on? Why weren't her powers working?!
Nobody except Peace Keeper knew the answer to that. She had finally figured out a method to deliver the potion into someone's body without the target being aware of it. She had given Flapper a sewing needle soaked in the potion. All the kwami had to do sneak up to Villainess Queen and land on the back of her neck before driving the needle into her neck. It was such a tiny prick she doubted the Akuma knew that she had been stung.
With Villainess Powers draining away back to the real owner of the Butterfly Miraculous, Flapper phased outside the palace to unleash her power. "Big Heart!" Giant hearts flew across the city touching each person. As soon as the heart made contact the love they felt was enough to break the grip Villainess Queen had on the population.
Villainess Queen was shocked. This couldn't be happening to her. "NO! I will not let you win Ladybug!" She recklessly charged at the superheroine, who had shaken the bottle of wine so hard, the pressure shot the cork out!
It connected with Villainess Queen's crown which went flying through the air. Chat Noir jumped in the air and Cataclysm the crown setting the akuma free. Ladybug snatched the akuma and cleansed it before sending out her largest Miraculous Cure to date.
Lila was furious as she returned to normal. "You stole my power! I'm going to kill you!" The teenager started to pull out her knife when Henwen stepped in front of her. "Mannerism! Lila, sit down and wait calmly for the police to come to arrest you."
Lila thought that was a ridiculous notion until she felt her body acted on its own accord and sat down with her hands behind her back. She struggled to get up, but her body refused to obey her.
That was the power of Mannerism. It caused the target to mind their manners and do whatever they commanded to do. A nifty power when you were dealing with a rude child.
In the aftermath of the battle, Mayura was allowed to leave unhindered and with her broken Miraculous because of the oath she had sworn to Peace Keeper. As much as the heroes hated letting her go, they knew she might be the only one able to heal Hawkmoth's mind.
All the heroes were awarded for their efforts in stopping Villainess Queen. The President of France even gave them Medals of Honor for their heroic deeds. Of course, the medals had to be kept at the training HQ to prevent someone from accidentally stumbling upon them.
After such a big battle, training sessions were suspended for two and a half weeks to give everyone a chance to recover. Without those sessions, they never would have been able to stop Villainess Queen.
As for Lila, because she showed no remorse for her actions and actively evaded arrest while working with a terrorist, she was given the max sentence for her crimes. Thirty years for terrorism, one year for fraud, and three for assault. There were also charges brought upon her for her cyber-crimes and her actions towards Alya. There would be added time for several misdemeanors
In total, she would be spending at least the next fifty years behind bars with daily therapeutic treatment in an attempt to rehabilitate her. Only her parents held out hope it would work.
They would also love their daughter. While she had broken their hearts they both knew this what was best for everyone. They had already announced they would doing their best to help the victims of Lila's crimes.
As for Peace Keeper, her superiors were pleased she had stopped a psychopath from becoming an international threat and enjoyed hearing that it would be some time until Hawkmoth fully recovered. With the EMC all back asleep and the city safe, Peace Keeper boarded her plan home glad to know the City of Love was safe for now.