This one features an OC I created almost by accident: Zoe Chevalot. She had a passing mention in chapter four of my Lilanette Week 2018, and a review later I found myself expanding the character. Just don't ask what lurks in my deranged mind, OK?

Day 4: She's in Danger

"What? No, I'm not after Adrien." Lila said to the strange blonde girl who had confronted her about a supposed crush on Adrien, Zoe Chevalot. AKA, Zoe the Fangirl, as even Adrien and Nathaniel. But every time she asked about that nickname, everyone replied that she'll find out all too soon. "And even if I were, things have happened." It was even the truth, though not the whole truth. As it was, she was trying to understand what she felt for Marinette, the class representative that had all but dragged out of her room and effectively forced her to not become a shut-in with some very creative lie. She didn't want to think what would have happened had she been allowed to wallow in her anger… At the very least, she wouldn't have patched things up with Ladybug and cleared that misunderstanding. "But why do you ask? You aren't dating, aren't you?"

"Not yet!" the blonde replied. "And we don't need to, it's fate! Fate! And soon enough, as I'll have dealt with that chinetoque skank that dares sitting near hi-"

Zoe didn't complete the phrase, as Lila's right cross at the slur had knocked her out. Just in time for the akuma to miss her-and get into Lila's bracelet.

"Not again…" Papillon said. "It's not about you, it's just that the last time an Akuma switched targets… Well, it was Gigantitan. Would you please calm down? I'm behind schedule with Zoe's weekly akumatization."

"'Azzo hai detto?"

"She gets akumatizable once per week out of jealousy. I think it's why everyone calls her Zoe the Fangirl, among other things. Aaaand… I just got you too angry. Well, Volpina, would you help me deal with the-"

Lila broke her bracelet. She absolutely didn't want to get akumatized again. That, and she really, really wanted to find out why Gabriel Agreste hadn't filed a restraining order yet.

"She's the prefect's daughter, that's why." Chloe explained. "And while the Ministry of Interior has put him and the police under daddy until Papillon is dealt with(1) because daddy is much more efficient with that, he still wields enough power that not even Gabriel Agreste can take him lightly."

Lila facepalmed. It was worse than the worst that had happened back home-Italy had more than a few issues with abuses of power, but any big name would have had their child committed for less. Especially with the repeated brainwashing.

"And you know the worst part? She usually targets Marinette for such things as tripping when she sees Adrien." Chloe continued. "At least it explains how she runs so fast…"

That was it. Marinette was in danger, and if the authorities were powerless and Ladybug could only stop the single incidents, then she'd step in. And she knew exactly what to do.

"Lila, why did the prefect call the embassy protesting for you continuously beating up his daughter?" Lila's mother asked her.

"I'm knocking her out to prevent her akumatization, mother." Lila replied with a smile as she checked the state of her right MMA glove. "She used to get akumatized at least once per week, but now that I punch her every time the akuma gets in one of her things she's not turning anymore. I'm doing her a favor, really."

"Her and her dentist. By the way, your father ordered you Winning gloves for this."

Well, that would be useful. Especially with the new schedule of attempted akumatizations. She wondered why did Papillon up it…

"Run that by me again?" Nathalie asked her boss, unsure if she had heard correctly.

"I said I'm trying to akumatize the fangirl daily so that the repeated punches will give her punch drunk syndrome(3) and have her hospitalized." Gabriel replied. "I can't get a restraining order, scaring her away with continued akumatizations failed, but this, this may work!"

Notes

(1)Paris doesn't have a municipal police force, law enforcement being provided exclusively by a specific subdivision of the national police force. Thus I explain mayor Bourgeois' control over the police as the Ministry of Interior transferring it to him for unspecified reasons.

(2)Winning is a brand of combat sport gear, best known for the enormous price of their gloves and offering the best hand protection in the world. Outside of Japan they're available only through mail order.

(3)Punch drunk syndrome is a neurodegenerative disease caused by too many punches to the head. It's commonly found in boxers, hence the name.