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Part #7. Lila is on the edge of abyss. Second spot and second conversation. Andre's ice cream. So we met.
Francoise-Dupont school, fifty minutes after conversation between Copier and Miraculous team.
Copier was cruel for her offenders. Lila understood this fact when she became puppet in villain's hands and when she returned her normal state.
It was… weird. Yes, that was weird to look at all your actions as if you are only watcher. And you can't do anything as if you are wired.
Copier knew about this fact somewhere. Maybe she knew about it because Marinette is in the same state as she now.
Lila didn't like Dupain-Cheng. She hated her. But she was glad when Marinette showed herself to Miraculous team. It meant a lot to her. This nightmare will be ended today. She felt it. She also knew that Copier would gonna be defeated. Marinette will return to their lives… But she wouldn't be able to see her because she would be removed from school before Marinette came back there. Lila had already repented about her morning decision so many times.
Then she felt a warm of her body. How? For last half hour since Mr. Agreste's confession she hadn't felt her body because it was under Copier's control. Did she really understand how to resist to a person who controls you? She tried to move her left leg. It moved only on 0.5 inches but it still was very big progress… which was interrupted.
"I see that little liar resisting to me? Nah-nah, you wouldn't run away from me. You know that it was so stupid to move your leg but not your finger? In this way I could don't notice it. But now… I will return to you your body control."
Lila blinked. It seems to her?
"Of course not! It isn't seemed to you. But did I say that I will let you free? The final punishment… You remember that I called you bitch today? And do you remember that word which is rhymed with 'bitch'? And if you wouldn't sleep on the History lessons you would be knew how witches ended their lives."
And now, Lila with a gag in her mouth was tied to basketball post. Around her there were firewood and they were laid in the form which reminded circle. In five meters in front of her Copier stood and stared at her with evil smile.
"It is your final punishment, lying bitch! I'm not so tough to burn you down as same as inquisition. But who said that you are not gonna be burnt? You will burn yourself from shame after I do this." Copier transformed into Volpina and sent into Lila illusion which left her in her underwear. "Say thanks to me that I didn't make you naked." Then villain transformed into Pixelator. "Say 'cheese'!"
And then she found herself still tied, still on the firewood but on the white background.
"Oh, don't worry. We're gonna meet one man who will show yourself to the whole world. But wait. Why should he do this if I'm here?" And Copier transformed into Lady Wi-Fi. "We're live in 5… 4…"
"We're close to him. Hey Jean! Conduct us to Andre." Chloe greeted her butler with unexpected kind in her voice.
"Mademoiselle Bourgeois, are you alright?" Butler asked her with surprise in his voice.
"Of course I'm, Jean. Just conduct us."
"As you wish, mademoiselle."
They did only few steps when they saw new screen of Lady Wi-Fi. That meant that she wants to tell them something new. But then they noticed that those screens are appearing on the whole alley. This message was sent to whole Parisians.
"And we're live! You can see the final punishment for girl whose lie webs laid on our town as suffocation. As I heard right all my friends called her bitch. I'm a poet in my soul and I always trying to find a rhyme when I've got inspiration. And now my inspiration hinted me about Middle-ages. Let me introduce a woman who would be burnt on the bonfire if it was Middle-Age."
Lila understood what Copier meant in her words about burning from shame. She couldn't resist anymore and she fainted.
"So… Now defective Miraculous team…"
"For what reason we're defective?" Chloe got indignant.
"Who are you without me?" She transformed from Lady Wi-Fi form into Ladybug. "Who will lead you in fight? This silly kitty," She said it with twisting her lips and Chat felt how it was hurting hear this with mocking tone from his Lady but he immediately reminded himself that they are talking with akuma, "whose battles couldn't spending without any stupid puns and boasting? Or to this Foxxy tail girl? Let her do that and she will play to you dead March. Turtles are always slow and Quennie… You are such an arrogant as that you will do your manicure while others fighting. See? You are nothing without me."
"At this moment you're not Ladybug. You are akuma! And it is matter to us to return our Ladybug back despite on the fact that she's akumatized now."
"Okay. Let me remind you that you have got only one hour. Or I will show my mercy to this bitch and throw this torch onto firewood. You've got one hour. The final countdown started." And before she stopped her live Copier showed them an illusion of sandglass.
"Monsieur Andre is staying on the bridge. He looks a little upset but I think he will help you because he is very kind."
"Thank you, Jean."
"Now dude believe to me and my intuition." Carapace said to Adrien. "You should buy two types of ice cream: one which is yours taste and one which she is always got. I think that in those lines there was hidden hint and I told you already what it is. Now go. It's your mission."
Chat nodded and took Valentine's card and Tikki's present. Then he couldn't resist more and hugged all his team.
"Please be careful with Voice. But if you will make on him some bruises I wouldn't be upset. I didn't forgive him yet. And don't let him injure you all."
"We swear."
"And I think that I should drop my transformation before I will show myself to him. I will be under the bridge. But please, distract him to prove that he will not see my transformation."
"Okay."
"Good luck dude."
"Jean, get back to the hotel and wait us there."
"Of course, mademoiselle Chloe." Jean ran away as fast as he could and disappeared around the bend.
"Now kitty it's your turn." Alya said and then trio of them landed in front of ice cream man in their superhero form and greeted him. Meanwhile Chat hung on the bridge. Then he heard that trio swung away; he proved that nobody don't stare on him and dropped his transformation. It was weird but Plagg didn't say anything his usual but only whispered "Good luck, kid." And then he flew away into Marinette's purse where Tikki was hiding.
"Mr. Andre, can you help me?" He called ice cream man.
"Oh, poor boy. How did you get there?" He helped climb onto the bridge.
"Well, I met Miraculous team and they told me that I can help beat this akuma if I will remind this girl who she is and… that I love her. Your ice cream can help her because we both bought ice cream before. But before I came here I met hypnotized people and barely escaped from them. And then I hid so I came to you from underground. But there was again a wave of hypnotized so I don't understand how I did get there."
"Oh you came here to save Paris? I remember you and I remember her because you both bought your ice creams almost in the same time."
"Really?" It was a headshot to him. How he didn't notice her then? "Um… Sir, can you give me two ice creams? But can you put them in glasses?"
"One of those is to her? I still feel that she loves you and that if she was there she still would have her last ice cream. And yours is changed… I still see those dark as night hairs, her bluenette eyes but you see that she loves pink and she is still red. It is very interesting... Here is yours. And here is hers. In glasses as you asked. Good luck, kid. Save her and save Paris."
"Thank you, Andre. You really helped us."
Adrien ran away, hid and transform. Then he took two glasses of Andre's ice cream and put purse on him again. He grounded those items to don't lose them while he was transforming.
After ten minutes he arrived to stadium where they had battle with Stoneheart. He didn't notice anybody. Then he remembered that they defeated Stoneheart near with Eiffel Tower. He arrived there and saw a sign which told to him that he was awaited on the observation deck. He shrugged and entered to elevator. When he was on a halfway to his spot he began to sing:
"Do I look lonely?
I see shadows on my face
People have told me I don't look the same…"*
"It seems that I've got some guest's." Voice of truth said.
"Neutralize them and get their Miraculous! I have a guest too." She brushed away butterfly from her eyes and stared at the elevator. It opened and she heard inside of it male's voice singing:
"...watching the sky fall
The lace in your dress tangles my neck
How do I live?"*
A/N: * - Panic! At the Disco, "Death of a Bachelor."