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Chapter Thirteen: Crimson Despair

Two students were walking to their university. A male and a female. The girl had black hair with red highlights; green eyes, and she wore a blouse with blue jean shorts, white socks and white running shoes. Her name was Lauren Greenwood; and she was a musician; known as Countess Contessa. She was also a Lesbian. "Hey, dude, have you ever thought about blocking your crazy ex-girlfriend, Isabella?" she'd ask.

"I, um, don't really know how to," the male admitted sheepishly. "This is my first phone."

The guy in particular had messy dark brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin. He wore a white shirt with blue pants and white shoes. This was Nico. He had dumped Isabella due to her being WAY too clingy; how she yelled what she wanted to do; not letting him decide on what he wanted to do; not letting him hang out with his female friends; and even his male friends. That was the last straw.

"Oh, I know how!" Lauren perked up. "Can you pass me your phone?"

"Um, sure," Nico replied, passing his best friend his phone.

Lauren would go to the contacts page. "Here. You go to the contacts, click on the person you want to block, and find the three little dots in the corner. Hit that button, and you'll see a drop down menu. When you see the block button, click it." She would click the block button. "Done. She's blocked."

"Oh, thank goodness," Nico let out a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, so here's hoping she doesn't bother you again, or get a new phone number to text you again," Lauren said.

"Please don't remind me," Nico groaned. "She would always have that idea. I wish there was a way for her to just leave me alone for good."

"I wish I could help you there. Too bad I don't find her attractive at all," Lauren said.

"Right, you're a Lesbian. But Isabella doesn't care. She hates you," Nico sighed.

"Whenever I say that I'm not romantically interested in you, it just goes through one ear, and out the other ear. She doesn't care that I'm a Lesbian. She thinks that any girl or guy is a target to her," Lauren groaned.

Nico was about to speak, when a loud, shrill, female voice would catch his attention.

"NICO ALEXANDER MARTIN!"

"Oh no," Nico paled.

"What?" Lauren looked at him, noticing the pale look on his face. "Is it?"

"Yup," he nodded. "The Wicked Witch."

Lauren was about to laugh, when she saw a young woman storming towards them. She had a fair skin tone, and jet black hair in a side plait; along with hazel eyes. She wore a black and pink top with long purple sleeves and a matching skirt with pink, blue and white trainers. This was Isabella Montgomery. There was also a ring on her finger.

"What do you want, Isabella?" Nico groaned, already annoyed.

"Did you just BLOCK me, Nico Alexander Martin?" Isabella growled.

Nico took a deep breath, staring down his ex-girlfriend. "Yes, I did."

Isabella turned to Lauren, focusing her anger on the Lesbian. "LAUREN GREENWOOD, I KNEW IT WAS YOU! I'LL NEVER LET YOU HAVE HIM! NICO IS MINE, AND MINE ALONE!"

"Oh no," Lauren groaned. "Isabella, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm a LESBIAN. This means that I DO NOT HAVE SEXUAL ATTRACTIONS TO MEN OF ANY KIND."

"And besides, we've already been broken up for a month," Nico tried to say.

But Isabella didn't listen. "You will RUE the day you broke up with me, Nico Alexander Martin. RUE IT!" With that, she stomped off angrily.

Nico and Lauren looked at one another in shock.


A mechanical whir broke the chamber's silence, and ghastly blue light was allowed into the circular room. The moment the light struck the white forms along the ground, the butterflies, now luminescent, took to the air. They filled the dim chamber as a cloud of beating wings, hovering around the figure in the center of the room. It would soon reveal Hawkmoth, along with Mayura.

"The perfect negative emotion: a girl angry about her ex dumping her. She will make the perfect akuma," Hawkmoth smirked. He held out his hand for a butterfly to land on it. Once it did, he covered his other hand over the butterfly, giving it the dark energy to turn it into an akuma butterfly. Before letting it go, he turned over to Mayura. "I believe we can have a Sentimonster help this girl."

Mayura smirked, taking a feather from her hand fan, and giving it the dark energy to turn it into an amok. "Yes, this is a good idea."

"Go, my evil akuma, and corrupt this girl's soul!" Hawkmoth let out, twirling his cane and slamming it onto the ground.

Mayura blew on the feather to let it out into Paris to follow after the akuma. "Fly away, beautiful amok, and enhance and hone that frustration!"


Isabella was walking down a sidewalk, fuming to herself. "That rotten Lauren Greenwood will PAY for stealing my precious Nico Martin away from me!"

The akuma and the amok would soon find Isabella fuming in anger. The amok soon floated down and absorbed itself into the ring first. Then, the akuma absorbed itself into the ring; which turned it a dark purplish-black in colour.

Isabella looked up in rage as a dark look came on her face, and the hybrid outline of the akuma and amok sign appeared as well.

"Crimson Despair, I am Hawkmoth. So, you're angry about an ex? Well, from now on, you can use your ring to shoot fire blasts and create fiery weapons," Hawkmoth began.

"Crimson Despair, I am Mayura. To help you in your quest, you will be assisted by Flame Mistress, a Sentimonster under your complete control," Mayura continued.

"But in exchange, you'll need to do one thing: seize the Miraculouses of Ladybug, Cat Noir, Ocelot, and Lionne! Do we have an agreement?" Hawkmoth asked.

"Oh yes we do, Hawkmoth and Mayura! I'll do anything to make Nico Alexander Martin regret dumping me! He and I will get back together, and nothing will ever tear us apart! NOTHING!" Isabella grinned darkly. The mask soon faded away, and Isabella would be covered in a dark purple ether. Behind her, a blue-black ether would form into her Sentimonster.


"Okay, Nico, I'm sure that your ex is…." she pales seeing a bright red light. "Harmless?" she squeaked.

"Thought you could get away from me, didn't you, Nico Martin?" a sinister voice asked.

A flame appeared out of nowhere. In the flame was a woman; with fiery red hair, crimson red eyes, and wearing a knee-length crimson red dress, with long white socks, red boots, and white gloves. She also wore her ring, which was now a dark crimson red.

"Isabella?!" Nico exclaimed. He seemed surprised and honestly a bit terrified.

"I'm not Isabella anymore! I'm Crimson Despair!" She began firing fiery blasts. "YOU BELONG TO ME, NICO MARTIN! FLAME MISTRESS, GET HIM!"

The Sentimonster, dubbed Flame Mistress would fly after Nico; who began running away. She would have reddish skin, and her ears are more jagged. The sclera of her eyes become black, her nose is shortened, her mouth is more stretched out, and she gains a flame-like tail and hair. She wore a flame-patterned frock and boots. She had flame-like hair, tattered bat-like wings capable of flight, four clawed fingers, pointed ears, sharp teeth with elongated fangs, and a forked tongue. She'd hiss as she chased Nico.

"Get away from me you crazy bat!" Nico yelled.

"I'm no bat, I'm a demon," Mayura and the Sentimonster spoke at the same time; with Mayura being in Hawkmoth's lair.

Nico was honestly scared shitless. He hoped that Ladybug, Cat Noir, Ocelot, and Lionne would show up soon.


"It won't be long before Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lionne and Ocelot show up and face their doom," Hawkmoth let out, before laughing evilly.


Marinette, Adrien, Roland, and Juliette each managed to get away so that they could each transform into their alter egos.


Marinette

Marinette ran into the ladies restroom, and quickly found a free stall. She went in, and locked it. "Another Sentimonster?" she groaned.

"Marinette, no matter what, you're the only one who can stop and purify the akuma and the amok!" Tikki let out.

"Yeah, you're right. Tikki, Spots ON!" Marinette declared, as she transformed into her alter ego, wearing a red superhero jumpsuit covered in black spots and with a black collar/turtleneck. Her yo-yo was wrapped around her waist with a red string. On her face is a red mask with five black spots that are in a symmetrical design, and the waterlines of her eyes are coloured black. Her earrings are red with five black spots in a quincunx pattern, and the bands holding her hair back become red ribbons, resembling a ladybug's antennas or a ladybug flying when she's moving. Her eyes became a vivid azure. She'd pose, before using her yo-yo to swing out to the scene.


Adrien

Adrien ran to hide in the mens restroom, getting into a stall, and locking it. "Alright, Plagg, Claws OUT!" he declared, as his ring would turn black, and gain a green paw print on its face. He has cat eyes with green sclerae, dark green irises, and oval pupils. His hair becomes longer and untamed, and it covers his normal ears. Cat Noir wears a textured black skin-tight catsuit with metal details. He wears matching gloves that have claws on the fingertips and boots with a hidden wedge, silver toes, and paw-shaped treads. He has a golden bell on his neck, connected to a zipper on the front of his costume, and a long belt that wraps around his waist and hangs out from the back like a tail. He wears black cat ears and a black mask around his eyes. He would pose, before running out to join Ladybug to fight the villain of the day.


Juliette

The French teen would run to hide behind a tree. Luckily, no one was around. "Leena, Let's ROAR!" Leena would be absorbed into the barrette, which turned gold, and looked like a lion's paw. Juliette's eyes turned hazel, and became cat-like, and her platinum blonde hair was taken out of its braid, turning auburn, and becoming straight. Her clothes would be soon be replaced with a sleeveless golden and strapless dress that reached to her knees, and golden arm-length gloves with black claws on them. She also had long black boots, that had a golden lion logo on the back of each boot. A golden belt would be wrapped around her waist, and it had a long, lion tail attached to it. There were two holsters on her dress; each of them contained a dagger. Finally, a golden superhero mask would appear over her face. She would pose once her transformation was complete.


Roland

Roland would find a place to hide, behind a dumpster. It wasn't his first choice, but he had no other options. "Occa, Streaks On!" He declared, as Occa is absorbed into the silver oval hair clip: which turns black and the inside turns a golden yellow. It has 5 rosettes inside.

Roland soon wore a golden yellow suit with large streak spots on the arms, torso, back, and legs that have a thick black outline and are light yellow in the middle. He has a light yellow middle section down his middle that goes slightly down his thighs before curving under him and partly up his butt. Around his waist is a belt-like structure that holds a long tail that is golden yellow with black spots. His tail is very heavy and usually used for leverage, but can be removed to wield like a flail. He wore tall boots that point up to his knees with a black heel and a light metallic yellow toe that are fashioned like paws.

The sole of his boots also have paws on the bottom. His collar is black and goes up his neck; though it comes down in the middle with a diamond shape around the middle of his collar bone. His mask is heavily marked like an ocelot's face with black and white markings on golden yellow. His eyes gain a blue sclera and turn to slits like a cat's do. He has fake ocelot ears including oceli on the back of them. His hair also gets long and shaggier, the longest parts on both sides of his head gain a golden yellow ombre at the ends. He has gauntlets with heavily armored fingers joints and knuckles that end with sharp claws at the ends. He would pose at the end of his transformation.


The four heroes would soon meet up on a rooftop; seeing Crimson Despair and Flame Mistress acting Paris.

"Okay, so what's the plan, Ladybug?" Ocelot asked.

"We need to do something to the Sentimonster first," Ladybug responded.

"How will we do that?" Cat Noir asked.

"We need to trap it somewhere, so it can't escape," Lionne tapped her chin.

"Not a bad idea," Ladybug said.

Suddenly, Flame Mistress would notice them! "Crimson Despair, I've found the heroes," it spoke out; with Mayura speaking through it at the same time.

Crimson Despair floated up. "Excellent work, my Sentimonster. Let's grab their Miraculouses, so I can get back to making Nico pay for dumping me," the akuma smirked wickedly.

"Not gonna happen you creep!" Cat Noir yelled.

"I'm no creep," Crimson Despair smiled sinisterly.

"Cat Noir, please don't," Ladybug began.

Crimson Despair would use her ring to summon a flaming sword.

"Okay, it looks like we need to aim for her ring," Lionne said, as she dodged the flaming sword.

"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug shouted, throwing up her yo-yo. Magical ladybugs would surround it, before an item dropped into her hand. "A magazine?"

Lionne would take a look at it. "It's not just any magazine. It's a geeky one."

"Now what am I supposed to do with this?" Ladybug wonders.

"We need to find someone to pretend to be a geek. Maybe this 'Nico' person Crimson Despair is after," Ocelot offered.

"Okay. Ocelot, you're with me. Cat, Lionne, go and find this 'Nico' person," Ladybug said, handing them the magazine.


Nico was hiding in an alleyway, and nearly jumped when Lionne and Cat Noir jumped into it.

"Lionne? Cat Noir? What are you doing here?" Nico asked.

"We're here to find out more information about the akuma, and what got her so riled up," Lionne replied. "Who is she?"

"She's my crazy ex girlfriend, who's mad at me for blocking her from contacting me via phone," Nico responded.

"That's insane," Lionne shivered. "Why couldn't you just tell her in person? Wouldn't that have worked?"

"Actually no, it didn't," Nico replied. "I broke up with her a month ago, and she just got clingier. She kept glaring at female friends of mine, and even after I kept telling her we were done, she kept saying I was hers."

"Okay, that girl's officially cuckoo. But we have something in mind that we need your help with," Cat Noir said.

"And what is it?" Nico asked.

"We need you to pretend to be geeky," Lionne said.

"And how do I do that?" Nico asked, blinking a bit.

"Well, you need to slouch, wear geeky glasses, put your stomach out, and say geeky things," Cat Noir said.

"I can try," Nico responded. "I can't guarantee I'll be good though."

"Just do your best. I know you can do it. I know that you can help us," Lionne said calmly.

"Alright," Nico replied, still a bit uncertain.


Cat Noir, Lionne, and the disguised Nico would make their way to the scene, where Ladybug and Ocelot were fighting the akuma and Sentimonster. Ladybug's earrings were beeping. "I've got three minutes left!"

"Hey, Crimson Despair! We've got a surprise for you!" Lionne shouted.

"A surprise?" Crimson Despair asked.

The butterfly outline appeared around her face. "It's a trap! Don't fall for it!" Hawkmoth shouted.

Crimson Despair growled. "Shut it, Hawky! It must be my Nico, changing his mind about dumping me!"

The butterfly outline disappeared from her face immediately, and she glanced down to what the heroes were about to show her.

It was Nico, however she wouldn't recognize him at first glance. He was currently slouching, putting his stomach out and had glasses on now. He was currently reading the magazine lucky charm.

"Nico?" Crimson Despair said darkly. "I wasn't aware that you had a twin."

"So you think it's weird?" the so-called twin asked, adjusting the glasses. To prevent voice recognition, Nico had decided to change his voice for this occasion.

Crimson Despair lowered herself to the ground. The fire around her faded. "What happened to you?! My beautiful and sexy Nico Martin?!"

Deciding to take a chance, Nico immediately reached out to get the ring off of Crimson Despair's finger.

"No!" Crimson Despair screamed, trying to get the ring back. As soon as the ring left her possession, Flame Mistress suddenly halted, and stood still. Lionne would quickly paralyze the akuma before she could lunge for the ring.

"Cat Noir, now!" Nico yelled, throwing the ring to the black cat hero.

"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir would catch the ring with the hand activating his destructive power. The ring would turn to dust, as the akuma and amok would make its way out. As soon as the amok came out of the ring, Flame Mistress would vanish in a cloud of blue and black ether.

Ladybug would quickly open up her yo-yo. "No more evil-doing for you, amok and akuma! TIME TO DE-EVILIZE!" She would catch them both, and the yo-yo would close. "Gotcha!" Then, she would turn to release them both. Once the purified feather and butterfly were gone, she'd take the geeky magazine. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" she shouted, doing the Miraculous Cure. Magical ladybugs would go around Paris, fixing everything that had been damaged. The akuma herself would be transformed back into Isabella, and her ring was repaired.

"Pound it!" the four heroes let out fist bumping one another.

Isabella would go over to slap Nico. "I will never forgive you," she snarled, picking up her ring, and leaving.

Nico would hold his now red and stinging cheek with one hand; using the other hand to take off the fake glasses that he had been wearing. Ouch, that slap had really hurt. But at least she was done with him.


"She's still angry," Hawkmoth smirked. "I can't wait to use her again one day."

"But we failed again," Mayura deadpanned.

Under the fluttering wingbeats, Hawkmoth growled and his cane creaked under the pressure of his grip. He clasped a hand over his brooch, and his voice rumbled against the metal walls, "Curse you, Ladybug. Your luck won't last forever." He then shouted to the window, as the metal shutters began to close, "I shall have your Miraculous one day!"


"That last akuma was really insane," Renée spoke up, as she walked home with Juliette and Roland.

"I know, luckily we were able to hide, right Roland?" Juliette asked.

"Yeah," Roland nodded simply. The three would soon get to his street. "Well, here's where I split up from you two. See you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Renée smiled back.

The three teens would soon make their way home.


Next time: A new school is introduced; and a young boy is akumatized into Partier; after a mean girl tells him that his parties will never be as popular as hers.