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Previously on Destruction...
Her parents had experienced two stressful days but were reassured by Gabriel Agreste who had learned about Marinette's attempt from watching the news. It came as a huge surprise to her parents when he said he'd pay for all the medical fees from her surgery and stay at the emergency room as well as her stay at the mental health facility for adolescents. He also promised he'd get a therapist and psychiatrist to aid her through whatever means necessary. "With time, I will ask her to work for my company."
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There was a long day ahead of Investigator Fae Blackmire and James Crow. Both stepped out of a black Ford Mustang car. They closed the door behind them and headed up the stairs of the school Lila Rossi attended. It had been well over a year and a half since Blackmire had seen Lila Rossi. Today, Blackmire and Crow were going, to begin with, to Marinette's homeroom class and spread off from there. An hour ago, they spoke to Marinette's parents, giving them information about what they knew about Lila and how their daughter was impacted. Poor girl.
Crow had found Lila Rossi through the blog called the Ladyblog. A blog dedicated to the heroes of Paris, France. Yet, they've been sighted elsewhere. Places like New York City, New York, and Shanghai, China. And they had popped up about two in a half years ago. The age of superheroes was here. It seemed that only a select few countries around the world had their own superheroes.
Both EU officials walked up the stairs of the school. At first, both of them had some problems because the principal of this school denied everything that had happened. Was this guy an idiot? Probably.
Principal Damocles stood at the top of the stairs with his hands behind his back, "Welcome to my school, Investigator Blackmire, and Detective Crow. My students are all in their classes. Caline's homeroom is up the stairs. It's the first door to your right. If you need anything, I'll be in my office." he opened the door for them. Mr. Damocles provided an empty classroom that they could use to do these interviews. So, both of them went to that classroom and put their things down. Detective Crow was to record everything if the students allowed them to. If not, Crow was going to write some notes down about everything said student said. On the other hand, Blackmire was to prepare for each interview. These were not going to be interrogations. It was quite simple. They were here to gather information and evidence on Lila Rossi to put her away.
Crow set off to get the first student.
From Marinette's homeroom, the list was in alphabetical order, starting with Adrien Agreste who was followed by Chloe Bourgeois followed by Ivan Bruel, and so on and so forth.
Detective Crow returned with the blond model, Adrien Agreste.
The blond shook Blackmire's hand and sat down in the chair across from her and Crow.
"Hello, Adrien," Blackmire greeted politely. "I see you declined to be recorded, which is perfectly fine. Anyways, allow me to get to the point so you can return to class as soon as possible. I'm sure you're devastated about Marinette's attempt and I hear she's recovering well."
He nodded slightly.
Blackmire wasn't going to get up in these students' faces. These students weren't mindless adults like that principal who thought it wasn't a good idea to have security cameras around the school. In Chloe's words, that was 'ridiculous, utterly ridiculous'.
"Tell me," she started slowly. "What do you think about your classmate Marinette Dupain-Cheng?"
"She's an amazing friend," he answered her almost immediately. "Though, I feel like she hates me. She's always been stammering and running away from me. Am I doing something wrong?"
Was he kidding? Was this kid really this oblivious?
Crow was about to say something, but it wasn't his place. So, he kept his mouth shut.
"No, I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I'm sure she values your friendship."
His eyes seemed to light up at hearing that.
"You say Marinette is your friend, so I want to ask you if she may have had anyone who was mean to her."
"Other than my model partner Lila, no."
Lila. Her name popped up rather quickly when Blackmire asked the second question. She looked down at her notebook and scanned the list of questions she had. She expected to have a long conversation with the model about Marinette, but now, she needed to move on to phase two. Digging into Adrien's personal life to see what Lila Rossi was really like. " I'm going to change the topic now. You speak of the girl named Lila. Tell me, what is she like?"
The blond model shifted uncomfortably in the chair. His body language wasn't at all subtle towards the officials. "I don't really like Lila. I know she lies, but every time Marinette exposed her, she ended up being akumatized by the villain Hawkmoth. I told Marinette to take the high road so Lila wouldn't get hurt, yet Lila at one point managed to get my very good friend Marinette expelled. I did manage to convince Lila to get her back in the school, but..."
Blackmire didn't push. She feared for the worst.
Crow paraphrased what the blond was saying.
"Nevermind," he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. It was obvious that Lila Rossi had done something horrible and Adrien was extremely uncomfortable to say anything about it. There was something he just didn't want to tell them. Along with his best bud Nino, he too had been touched in inappropriate places. There were bruises on his shoulders from her biting him as well as scratch marks too. He seemed quite traumatized by whatever this girl had done.
And Detective Crow could only assume Lila Rossi had sexually assaulted this poor boy. Learning this infuriated him greatly. He had two sons. Crow was aware that girls were not the only victims of sexual assault. Boys were also victims too. Just... not many came forward because of stereotypes. "You don't have to talk about this. Thank you for your time. You may leave."
The blond nodded. As he took his leave, he had put on a fake smile and thanked the both of them.
She waited for the door to close all the way before speaking. "This is much worse than I thought," Blackmire said as she placed one of her hands underneath her chin.
Crow nodded in agreement, "I believe this is the second school Lila Rossi has struck again in sexual assault. I just fear for the worse. How many lives has she traumatized for her own pleasure?"
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Texting isn't exactly a private thing especially if there's an ongoing case going on. A friend of suicide victim six turned in some screenshots that are not related to their friend. Rather, another friend who had sent them screenshots of his conversation with Lila Rossi. The gender of this friend still remains anonymous for privacy reasons. The screenshots were taken at night between the times of 9 pm through 11 pm.
Toby Riley was a student at Hexside. A school where middle and high school students were in the same building, but never really engaged with each other because it was such a big school. Toby is now seventeen years old and his whereabouts are unknown.
The following text thread is a long conversation between Toby Riley and Lila Rossi. During this time, Toby was about to be sixteen while Lila was thirteen years of age. Viewer discretion is advised.
Toby: {The first text message sent is a blurred picture of his penis.}
Toby: Shit! I didn't mean to send that to u!
Lila: Who did you mean to send it to?
Toby: Not u obviously. Please ignore that text message.
Lila: Why would I do that when I can use your picture against you if you decide to out me like how your friend's friend is doing so? I can hurt her by hurting you.
Toby: U wouldn't dare.
Lila: I have many connections, you know. My uncle is the Sheriff of the police that ensures the school's safety. I can easily say you blackmailed me into sending you nudes for sending me a picture of your penis.
This seems to silence Toby. Seems this threat worked. Cue about a week later when he strikes a conversation with her for the last time before he disappeared.
Toby: I'll do anything if u would just stop harassing Vivian!
Lila: Anything?
Toby: Yes!
Lila: Are you home alone?
Toby: Why?
Lila: Well, I wanted to do something with you. You did say anything.
Toby: I'm home alone.
Lila: Good. I'll be over in a bit.
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Learning Marinette had tried to end her own life took its toll on the mayor's daughter. She grew quiet and distant. There was no more teaming up with Lila. There were many reasons why she had teamed up with her. One of those reasons was that Lila had a deep hatred for Ladybug. But the other reasons were all messed up and the blonde refused to think of those reasons.
After Adrien, Chloe was next. While her head was held up high, her pretty baby blue eyes looked at the ground in sadness.
"Chloe?" Blackmire called her name for the third time in an attempt to catch the blonde's attention.
She blinked a few times and looked up from the ground, "Yes?"
"Was Marinette a friend to you ever?"
"I bullied her since we were kids, but never to the point Lila had. I really don't want to hurt anyone. I wanted my mother to be proud of me since Lila claimed that she knew her. I'm really sorry for what I've done. I wish I could make it up to her." Yes, she did bully Marinette. She had expected the bluentte to stand strong. She just didn't expect to lose someone who at least tried to befriend her.