Sorry for waiting to update for so long, i had it planned out for a while but i couldn't really put if down right. finally i finished it two days ago, so here it is, i will try and make more chapters faster, i know i said it before but i will try and do it this time

Adrien smiled as he washed the dishes. The dinner was perfect, good food and he had actually talked with Marinette and her parents over it! They had reacted badly to how Adrien described his dinners with his father and then when he spoke of how his life was when his mother was still around Tom and Sabine had looked at each other and Marinette had the last of the plates. Meanwhile, Tom had gone down to make some more dough for tomorrow's bread and Sabine was finishing up the last of the days' paperwork as he and Marinette cleaned up dinner. He looked at Marinette as she dried them off and for a moment he imagined that they were older and blushed at the image that invoked. As Marinette finished the last dish and looked at him Adrien blushed and looked away and started to put the cleaned dishes away. As she reached for another plate she grabbed Adrien's hand as he put it down and they both looked at their hands before their heads snapped to each other before they both looked away from each other.

Marinette giggled a little and looked away as Adrien blushed. Sabine started to laugh a little and both of them looked at her who only smiled back at them and Marinette blushed and looked away from her as Adrien looked down.

"That's all kids, I'll put the last of them away and you all go and watch something on Marinette's computer," Sabine said and Adrien and Marinette looked at her and she smiled at them.

"Mom?" Marinette asked as she looked at her mother, something about the way she had said that bothered her. Marinette had to admit that sometimes she wasn't sure what was bothering her, but sometimes the way they talked made her think they had known something, other times they seemed as obvious as dead ants.

Sabine just smiled at them, never giving off any clue to what she knew or thought she knew. Inside she was laughing up a storm at how Marinette was looking at her and it kept all she had to stay silent.

"It's fine, you all go now, and Adrien? You can't sleep up there," Sabine said and Adrien looked at her before blushing as Marinette blushed as she looked at her mother with an open mouth.

"MOM!" Marinette said and Sabine laughed.

"Go on, I've got this and have a good talk, and only a talk," Sabine said as Marinette led Adrien away, both of them blushing and looking away from each other, Marinette leading Adrien by his hand.

As soon as they were gone Sabine got up and moved towards the dishes and laughed a little as started to get to work. Oh, those two are so cute! I wonder if this will finally stop those two from dancing around each other? And if they go on a date before the month is out then I win the pot! Sabine thought with a grin as she finished putting the plates away. The two of them had been dancing around each other for too long as far as she and Tom were concerned.

The problems with the school…that was even more than they needed now, and with how Hawkmoth seemed to be getting stronger every attack and with the new villain, the kids needed something to change before the two of them broke. And I will have a nice long talk with whoever gave those two those items! I just want to have a few minutes alone before I call the kids back in! I mean who gives out magic items with genies without teaching them how they can be used the right way! She thought as she scowled and put the last dish away. Looking around the room before she walked away, heading downstairs to talk to Tom. As she reached Tom he was kneading bread quite fiercely and from the scowl on his face she

"So pretending it's his father or his mother?" Sabine asked and Tom looked back at her over his shoulder and sighed.

"Both really," Tom said and Sabine nodded. The talks the two of them had had over the last few days painted a worrying picture that they didn't know what to feel about them. The stories Adrien told spoke to them about either overprotective parents or people who were trying to mold a child a certain way, and Sabine didn't know what she hoped the truth was.

"Good cop bad cop approach then?" Sabine asked and Tom nodded. "I feared that was the case."

"I know," Tom said miserably as he worked out his frustrations. Too much of Adrien's story about his parents and the life with them had struck him as wrong. But it was how he describes how Chloe was raised that bothered him even more, Marinette had let her feelings for Adrien blind her and she hadn't seen many bad parents in her life but the two of them were worried about what Adrien's family was really like.

Sabine personally had an idea about Gabriel, and she hoped she was right but part of her hoped she was wrong if only to spare Adrien from questioning everything that he knew about his parents, and she felt terrible for hoping that. Tom had his own problems with his parents, he loved them and all, but the way Adrien talked about his parents had given him flashbacks of a few friends that had been abused emotionally, and the parallels made him worried about

"The stories he told, they seemed to paint her in a bad light, I mean the time she said that she'd talk to Gabriel about going to a fair, but how they couldn't because she was sick?" Sabine asked and Tom nodded. That story and a few others caused a lot of alarms to flare in Tom's mind, and what had happened to friends of his when he was younger also bothered Tom.

As Tom kept kneading the dough Sabine only stood there, both of them lost in their thoughts. As they stood there they both let their minds wander and tried to find anything that might have told them they were wrong, but everything that Tom and Sabine knew about people told them that something had been wrong in the Agreste household long before Emilie Agreste had disappeared.

"So when's your mother due back again?" Sabine asked and Tom smiled at her.

"I last heard from her about a week ago, she said she'll be back in Paris in about ten or so days from then, so soon few. She said something about a back to nature retreat and she met this group …..and since she and dad are better she'll be staying at his place," Tom said and Sabine released a sigh and smiled.

"Yes, I wonder what will happen first? Marinette accidentally walking in on Adrien in the shower and passing out or Adrien doing it and he faints?" Sabine asked and Tome chuckled and smiled.

"I think Marinette. Adrien can make a good pun, he gouda the distance and wouldn't moew-out from that. And maybe we should look into a new child monitor or tell them we know?" Tom suggested and Sabine giggled.

"Well at least Adrien and Marinette won't have to bunk with more than one other being for a while," Sabine said softly and Tom chuckled and a moment later a knocking came from the door. Looking towards the storefront they saw one of their employees looking at them from outside. "Janet? Her next shift isn't until Monday."

Tom shrugged and Sabine walked over and let Janet in. Janet was a tall woman of about eighteen years with red hair she wore in a bun, she had blue eyes and wore a simple blue dress most of the time and she went to a cooking school, Tom and Sabine having a deal with the school to let students from it work for credit in a few classes.

"Janet, what is it?" Sabine asked as she let her in.

"Mrs. Chang, hey. Sorry to bother you but I think I left my phone in my apron." Janet said and Sabine smiled and Tom chuckled as he stuck his head out and looked at her.

"So you're the owner of that red phone. You're just lucky that we always empty all pockets before we wash them my dear." Tom said and Janet blushed and looked away.

"Sorry boss," Janet said and Sabine giggled as she brought her inside.

"Oh, it's fine. I remember when Marinette accidentally forgot a pink cloth in one of them, died all the aprons pink!" Sabine said and Janet looked at her in shock and then started to snicker and Sabine started to do so as well.

"So that's where the Pink Apron on the door to the kitchen came from?" Janet asked and Sabine nodded as they both started to laugh and Tom chuckled from the kitchen.

As Tom looked at the two of them he moved towards a draw and opened, removing a small clear plastic open box and then carried it towards Janet.

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As soon as Adrien entered Marinette's room she closed and locked the door behind her and moved a small box onto it and put another box on top of it and huffed as she blushed.

"So that's what you do to keep them out Marinette?" Adrien asked as their Kwami came out of hiding. Marinette nodded as her blush died and she looked at Adrien it took all she had to keep from blushing and nodded.

"Yeah, and that statue? It's used to hear what I'm saying, one of the parental guidance series, Tikki and me have taken out about five of them in the last few months!" Marinette said fondly and Adrien nodded, having dealt with a few tricks from either his father or Nathalie had used to try and spy on him before Gabriel had finally stepped over the last line Adrien had.

Adrien looked around Marinette's room as she sat down on her bed as Plagg and Tikki flew around the room above them in the air. So far the time he had been spending with Marinette and her family was wonderful, but he thought he might have seen something pass between Sabine and Tom when he talked about his life when his mother was around, but he didn't know for sure and didn't want to know.

And while he didn't want to think badly of his mother, seeing Tom and Sabine interact with Marinette, even he had seen something different from how his mother raised him. He didn't want to but so far, the rose-tinted view he had of his mother was slowly being destroyed, and he didn't know what the truth was but he could only hope that he was strong enough to handle it. And then there was how he had been

When he had a free moment last night he and Tom's hand talked about Lila, how he was always taught not to raise a fuss, how a few liars had a breakdown on set and other stories about diplomats getting away with terrible things according to other models. In the face of something like that, how could anyone fight back when it would only cause nothing in the end?

Tom had sat him down and talked about a lot of things his parents had told him growing up, and other lessons he had learned here and there over his life, things Tom had straightened him out on. And looking back Adrien had seen what Tom meant, and a lot of things about boundaries and limits that his father hadn't told him about. But he still wondered why his parents had wanted him to learn the things he had.

"It shows they care I guess, but then that's not what we need to talk about is it?" Adrien asked and Marinette blushed pink and looked away as Tikki giggled and Plagg grinned.

"Yeah… so let's call the others, Max should have everything ready for us," Marinette said as she turned her computer on and moments later Nino, Max, and Markov appeared in a box on the screen and he grinned at them.

"Sup dudes, have a nice diner with the Dunpain-Chengs Bro?" Nino asked with a smirk and both Adrien and Marinette blushed and looked away as Nino chuckled and Max grinned.

"Salutations my friends! Good evening, anyway they should be on in moments and there they are…." Max said as a box with Alya, Sabrina and Chloe in it appeared.

"Max, is everything safe, no one will be able to listen in?" Sabrina asked and Max nodded with a smirk.

"Yes, I made sure of it. It's quite interesting, I made it so the program will crash if more than the original number of computers tries to get into the chat the program crashes and I'm sent the IP address. This is as good as I can make on a rush job. If I had more time then I could do a better job but….." Max began.

"LIA'S WORKING FOR HAWKMOTH!" Alya cried out suddenly, interrupting him and Marinette rocked back as Adrien's mouth dropped open.

Nino and Max went bug-eyed and Alya blushed and looked away, but the bomb she had dropped caused everyone who hadn't learned this to stare at her in shock.

"What?!" Adrien asked and Chloe scowled as she crossed her arms.

"We think she's working for Hawkmoth. And her mom might not be that high up if she's even a diplomat!" Chloe said bluntly and Marinette felt dizzy as she sat down as Adrien squeezed her shoulder.

"What do you mean, how could you have even thought she could be working for him?" Marinette demanded and Sabrina spoke up.

"She's Volpina right, then that means that she or another Illusion Akuma was behind the Hero's Day attack! And the scarlet Akuma's that happened after you were expelled by Damacolis, it was only the second time he's ever done that, that means he has to prepare beforehand so how did he know?! The only way is if Lila told him!" Sabrina said and Marinette went still and stared at the screen, a million different thoughts crystalizing as Adrien went still and Max swore under his breath.

"Give me a moment, Markov prepares to scan a video file!" Max said as he turned to another computer and started to type away as Markov jacked into it.

"What are you, wait go back, Chloe. What are you talking about her mother, explain it more clearly," Marinette demanded and Chloe nodded, a grimace on her face.

"Okay, it's government policy, when a mad brainwasher is at large you keep all policymakers away from the city he's in. And even the president moved away after Ivan's episode," Chloe said and she looked down, Marinette could see a hint of shame in her former actions.

Marinette sighed, deciding not to bring up how Chloe had been a part of that. And she didn't want to bring up how Chloe had tried to act like her mother and looking back on how the so-called 'Style Queen' was Chloe's actions made a lot more sense, and none of it was good as far as Marinette was concerned. All in all, she and Chloe needed to have a long talk in person, a way to clear the air between them both.

"And get this, I saw Gabriel in the park talking with Lila from his limo, he didn't tell Lila to get you expelled girl, she did it on her own!" Alya said and Adrien blinked as Marinette's mouth dropped open.

"What?" Adrien asked and Alya looked at him as Chloe looked away.

"Yeah…." Alya trailed off and looked at Adrien as Chloe looked down and away. "Look sunshine, according to what I overheard, he hired her to spy on how you acted at school and how people treated you, he didn't want any leaches or people who took advantage of you."

Adrien blinked and shook his head after a few moments. "No, no. That doesn't make sense, Chloe and I've picked out more of those people than he has, and once or twice we've detected a few of them even when they slipped by dad's last assistant!"

"Yeah, that's the only thing that really bugs me the most about this. Gabriel is a control freak, you know and I know it. Having a spy he couldn't control go off the leash that much, no way," Chloe said bitterly and looked at Adrien who looked away and she just sighed. "Adrien, come on, you know he is. If he let her get Marinette expelled then he gave her the rope to do it, why he treated her like that I have no but we both know he would have done it that way."

"Yeah. Or he knew she would and didn't say anything to stop her," Adrien said bluntly and shook his head.

Adrien didn't know what to feel, on one hand, Lila might have done it on her own, but his father hadn't even once asked how he was handling public school. If he had asked him about how the other students were treating him, that would be one thing but he never even asked once, just lived in the same house and never even talked to him about it.

Marinette looked at Adrien and sighed, something about this was bothering her, an old feeling that she couldn't identify. However, before she could say anything Markov beeped.

"Done! I have the camera data from the Tower on Heroe's day and I have identified Lila as being on the premises!" Markov said and suddenly a screenshot of the tower appeared, Volpina turning back into Lila as she hid from the heroes. Marinette stared at the image and then at the date and time stamp in the corner and scowled.

"So she wasn't with her mother out of the city," Sabrina said darkly and they all looked at the screen with anger, they knew that this showed that Lila had been lying about one thing, and that made the fact that she was likely lying about other things that much more likely.

"I always thought she was just a compulsive liar really, but this? When you told me about what you saw Reporter, I thought that was as low as she would go, but this? Is it possible that she actually wants to be Akumatized?" Chloe asked in disgust and Alya nodded.

"And Lila was the reason I was pulled from school, she stole my father's book

"The book of the Guardians of the Miraculous, that I showed to Master Fu first before I gave it back to Gabriel…Adrien, did he say where he found it?" Marinette asked and Adrien nodded.

"Yeah, mom and dad went to Tibet for their honeymoon, mom found it in a bookstore…." Adrien said and Chloe's mouth dropped open in horror.

"Oh god, Hawkmoth followed Aunty Emilie and Gabriel back to Paris!?" Chloe said shocked and Marinette nodded, a hard look on her face.

"It makes sense, I mean after the Collector and Simon Says, the odds of him being Hawkmoth are few if any, I mean it makes sense…." Marinette said and Adrien nodded.

"Yeah, after Master Fu made Feast and lost them all, then Hawkmoth had to have found the Miraculous and the book…" Adrien said and Nino nodded.

"After he spent years tracking down the rest of them, and the chaos of the Second World War must have made it impossible…" Nino took over and Max whistled.

"When he failed to figure out how to translated the book, he dropped it in a store to see who would bite and tracked Adrien's parents back to Paris," Max continued and Sabrina gasped.

"Then maybe he was getting tired of waiting, he had to have started his attacks because he was sure he wouldn't find the others the way he had been so he finally took action!" Sabrina reason out and Marinette nodded.

"And Plagg told us that the wish is all about balance, so by healing someone else will have what the first one was heal from right?" Adrien asked and Plagg sighed and shook his head.

"If we're lucky kids, Pompeii wanted better harvests so the volcano ash really helped enrich the soil and Atlantis's noble wanted to be unconquerable so the island sank, that girl who wanted to punish nobbles who killed her family caused a nine-year famine in China," Plagg said bitterly and Marinette and Adrien gasped.

"What did the little dudes tell you bro?" Nino asked and Adrien swallowed and looked at Marinette.

"Pompeii's Eruption, Atlantis sinking, and Famine have been some of the results of the wish," Marinette said bluntly and the others all paled in horror.

Chloe hugged Sabrina who stared into space as Nino whistled and Max went white as he realized just what keeping the Miraculous from Hawkmoth was really about.

"It's all a balance, for one action then must be another. All of those actions caused the wishes to come to pass, but the way they did must be up in the air," Adrien said bitterly and shook his head. "And I bet if he is after it to heal someone, then someone who is loved by the sick one will get struck down with what they had."

"Or death on a mass scale is even possible, we have even more reasons to keep it out of his hands then, don't we all?" Alya said and they all nodded.

Sabrina looked at her phone and cursed before she looked up. "Lila's talking to the others on the group chat! Give me a few moments to see where she is, I think maybe I can trap her!"

"Do it Brina, let's see what we can find out from her," Chloe said and Sabrina grinned.

Marinette was about to say something when Tikki floated over and put her hands on Marinette's mouth, shaking her head as she looked at her friend.

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Lila cleaned her hair with a towel as she walked back to her room from her shower and sighed, so far everything today was perfect. She had seen the data about the early part of the fight on the Ladyblog and how Alya had been stuck and asked for anyone who had a piece of the battle to send it in so she could try and get a better picture of the battle. I suppose that would-be reporter would finally come across something when she couldn't go and get the story….what's this? A new Bee hero? Ohhhh I can't wait until Monday, I'll have two targets to stir the pot, and that's not talking about how we have to have a new class rep! I think I'll say how I can't do it because I might have to leave for one of my 'charities'. I can't wait until I can finally talk to Adrien, I'll explain the facts of life and I'll have a new boy toy for a while. Lila thought as she purred and imagined all she could do to Adrien.

As she walked into her room she looked around and sighed as she got her clothes out for tomorrow and gathered her sleepwear, frowning on her 'seduction set' that she had hoped that she would be able to break it out finally. Her room was normal for how she lived her life, a few framed posters and a painting of her hometown, a desk with a modern-looking computer on it next to a window, and a dresser across from her bed with a place to put her laptop next to her bed.

As she finished getting dressed to sleep she looked out and smirked, with luck everything would go her way and soon, everything would be perfect until her mom and she had to move again. But if her modeling gig sparked a career like she hoped, then sooner or later she'd be able to move out and Grabbing her phone she went to the class chat and saw that once more Marinette and

TravelStar; Hey all! It's good that the Akuma was dealt with, but I wonder why they were fighting town hall?

RockRocker; Me and Mylee were with her father,

FlowerChild; I was with Rose and her brother at their home, everything is okay here! I can't wait until my project is done, I think you'll like it guys!

Gothleta; I know I do so far, and I'm happy it was away from the river this time, the last time one of them took to the rivers my brother and I had to hold our mother back from attacking it!

RockRocker; Where is she anyway, I mean the last time I was there during and Akuma incident she almost

Lila frowned, she hadn't been able to figure out where Juleka lived, but from what she was reading she might have to look into that more. And whatever project the two were working on, she wondered if she could angle a way to get a part of that, if they were doing extra credit then anyway to profit off the work of others, then that was just good business as far as she thought.

SuperPen; Me and Marc were at his house, everything was quiet here, so it attacked the town hall?

Copdaughter; I don't know what happened, but dad will probably tell me the general things tonight.

Timehopper; So glad my dad wasn't on tap to go and beg the man for money. Of course, if my brother was there he would be all about the mystic nonsense he's sure about.

TravelStar; Oh Alix that's wonderful that he's safe, it reminds me of a time a friend who works at this museum in Russia and how he was almost caught up in a terrorist attack. I was so glad I convinced him to show us his latest find when I started feeling strange about something!

Copdaughter; Oh Lila, that's terrible! No wonder you always try and stay away from the Akuma's! You must be so brave and smart to notice when things are so wrong! Say, are you out now?

Lila smirked and giggled. Finally I'm getting into that stupid cop's daughter into my web! I just need to reel her in. She thought as she grinned before typing away.

TravelStar; No, I'm home. I was lucky and all, I had a lot of mail to answer and everything just built up you know? With all my work, so when the Akuam Alert happened, I was able to hunker down and ride it out.

As Lila kept typing away at her phone she never noticed a light on her computer go red.

FlowerChild; Good job! Anyway, I have to go guys I just got what I was waiting for, see you at school or about town!

FlowerChild has logged out

RockRocker; I just saw the news, there's a new Bee hero guys!

Lila looked at it and grinned, if she could attack Chloe now, if she could get the little entitled bitch to make a big enough mess, then even Chloe's father couldn't keep her in school!

TravelStar; Oh my, did Ladybug really go through with it after all?

CopDaughter; What do you mean Lila?

Lila grinned as the others all sent question emojis and she knew she had them hooked, now to start laying the groundwork.

TravelStar; Well, you didn't hear it from me, but lately Ladybug has been worried about Chloe, how she always seems to be around when Akuma or are the reason most of them happen…. She's been wondering if some of them aren't on purpose…. Or just really bad luck.

Lila grinned as she looked at the chat, letting her poison sink in, all it took was to wait a few seconds before the class all started to talk about it.

RockRocker; She might be a pain, but she's been trying to be better, and with her mother as a role model…..

SuperPen; Say no more guys, if Chloe was looking to act like her mom, then that explains a lot.

Actfear; To want a parent to love you, that's something every one of us can feel and understand right? I want to act like my dad, so I guess Chloe copied her mom, and like Rocker said, she's trying to be better lately, she hasn't even caused an Akuma in a month, and I'm not talking stalker boy!

Gothleta; Yeah, I mean I turned down that boy after he asked me out and he was Akumatized because of it, no girl alive could

FlowerChild; How many ex's, or people who asked for a date have been Akumatized?

RockRocker; As one of them, too many. But I didn't even come across the best, so maybe embarrassment was a cause for some?

Lila scowled as the conversation went away from Chloe and scowled but she sighed. "Will those idiots even take the bait that I leave out? What is with these fools, are they all such goodie goodies? Maybe I should throw something at Kim?"

TravelStar; I guess you're all right, but I'm worried that Chloe will try something on Monday because of everything, you know with the new Bee. After what happened with Marinette, I guess I'm jumping at shadows, with how

Timehopper; Kim was all about how Marinette is required to have a hearing Lila, no matter what someone does you are given the protection of law to defend yourself, that's the law and the Principle broke it!

Lila fumed as the class talked about laws and evidence, none of that mattered. She was the victim, her play should have had those fools falling over, she had tricked her teacher but the rest of them were showing signs that she should step up her game, maybe a few more acts, or should she discover another one who helped Marinette?

Gothleta; The Owl is always crooked, and the Zombie teacher is all about protecting the greater by sacrificing the one, I always hated her for that.

RockRocker; Yeah, and she's been like that for a long time, no offense but remember how she handled at her birthday, but remember how she got Akumatized guys? That means she cares, in her own way.

Gothleta; But that doesn't give her a pass, I mean she shouldn't be a teacher if she can't teach right and protect her students!

Actfear; Yeah, she should have gone with Marinette and Lila!

Timehopper; Of course as long as one student needs help she expects the rest of us to bend over backward to do it ourselves and well the Owl doesn't care as long as he's not bothered about

SuperPen; Guys, about what happened the other day….. I told my friend about and he laughed before he realized I was telling the truth.

Timehopper; Well, see you guys later, I need to go and get supper ready, talk to you all later!

"Those idiots! By the saints, when will it finally get in their heads that what I showed them all was 'true'!" Lila growled and dropped her phone to grab her pillow to scream into it.

"When will that those fools realize I'm the one who won!? And that little bitch, when realizing that no matter what I will always come out on top, that she'll never have a future? Just like all the others who got in my way." Lila growled as she looked up at her ceiling and scoffed.

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Marinette stared at the screen and swallowed as Adrien started to growl. "Calm down Adrien, please."

"No way Mari, I'm looking into the laws, see if we can bring back the guillotine for her," Chloe growled and Alya nodded.

"I'm there, need someone to hold her down?" Alya asked blank face as she looked at the screen on their end. She couldn't believe that such a bitch had tricked them, tricked her. That she and Nino had let a monster like her spend time with their siblings, she didn't how but she would get even with her.

"Akuma!" Sabrina suddenly cried out and everyone looked at their screens in horror.

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Lila sighed and shook her head, sometimes she wondered if she could dump them before she screamed and exploded on these idiots. As she pouted a purple butterfly flew through her open window and she smiled as she held out her Volpina necklace and smiled as the Akuma entered her necklace and an energy mask formed over her face.

"Hello Hawkmoth, how are you tonight?" Lila asked before she clutched her head as a spike of pain lanced through her head. Why did the plan fail Lila, and why should I not punish you! I am not in the habit of keeping those who fail me around! Hawkmoth sent causing Lila to hold her head as the pain increased before it lessened and she panted as she tried to get her wits back.

"I did everything the right way, I did! Everything was perfect, don't blame it on me!" Lila snarled and she felt a twitch from Hawkmoth. Very well, however, I have a plan in the works, I will contact you soon. When I tell you what to do, do it! I will give you one more chance, do not FAIL or I will have to….cut you out. Hawkmoth sent and Lila swallowed as she got what he was saying and nodded before she remembered that he couldn't see her.

"Whatever you need Hawkmoth, I will do it. All to defeat Ladybug," Lila said and looked towards her necklace and tried to keep how she was feeling away from her voice. You have given me many a target and have helped me out more than anyone else, I expect you to carry out the plan to the letter my dear, if you fail there will be consequences! Hawkmoth sent before the butterfly flew away and Lila was all alone in her room.

As she glared down at her floor she kept calm for a few moments before exploding. "That scum-sucking fool! I can't believe I have to work with that idiot to get back at that Ladybitch!" And then there's that Mari-bitch! I mean may the goddess grant me patience, how hard is it to get a boy toy and put that half-breed bitch in her place?!"

As Lila huffed and fumed she let her emotions out, since Hawmoth had just contacted her, she knew that he wouldn't use her as an Akuma so she was free, another reason that she loved it when he contacted her. As she finished she sat down and sighed, a long-suffering sigh escaping her as she leaned back.

"Why do things have to happen to a good girl like me, why can't the rest of the people in the world just be happy that they're in the dirt like they belong?" Lila asked and leaned back

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"Why do things have to happen to a good girl like me, why can't the rest of the people in the world just be happy that they're in the dirt like they belong?" Lila's voice said as Marinette just blinked as Plagg started to laugh madly as he rolled on Marinette's desk.

"Plagg!" Tikki said and Plagg kept laughing.

"Sorry Tikki, I can't help it! Whenever we run into those delusional idiots, I always crack up!" Plagg said as he kept laughing.

Max had been able to hack into Lila's computer easily, and turning on the computer's camera, they had all seen Lila accept the Akuma, Marinette had almost transformed but Adrien had stopped her as they watched Lila actually talk with Hawkmoth, Marinette had almost passed out, they had thought Lila was working with Hawkmoth but this, part of her was hoping they were wrong.

"Gods damn her, I knew she was slime but this!? I'm gonna bring back the guillotine just for her!" Chloe snarled from her window on Marinette's screen as Sabrina sighed and shook her head.

"And we can't give this to the police, because if Max does then we're all go down for hacking and accessories," Sabrina moaned and Alya nodded along with her and but everyone looked at Max as he coughed.

"But this means we know about her, and we can watch her from now on," Max said and Nino grinned.

"Yeah man! I mean she still thinks we're not on to her, well most of us anyway," Nino said and he looked at the others, a frown on his face and he looked away. "Well, everyone but Kim cause of how he said you deserved a hearing Dudette."

"Kim did, oh because of that report he did a few years back," Marinette said and frowned, a strange look coming over her face as she started to think up a plan and grinned as she looked around at the others. "Guys, this is important, did Alex say anything that might show that she was onto Lila?"

"No, why?" Alya asked and Adrien grinned as he started to understand what Marinette was getting at.

"Thinking of asking her as Ladybug to keep watch on her Milady?" Adrien asked and Marinette nodded.

"Time for Alix to be awesome," Marinette said and Adrien grinned.

"What's that mean dudes, does this have anything to do with that time my bro time-traveled back as an Akuma?" Nino asked and Chloe perked up and looked at Alya who looked shocked.

"Wait, what?" Sabrina asked and Max gasped.

"That tagger who appeared after Mr. Pigeon that one time, I was nearby and heard the rabbit hero say Chris, so I figured it was him," Nino said with a shrug and Marinette nodded and Chloe just shook her head at this before going paler as she realized what this meant.

"Wait, that means someone will use the Peacock for evil in the future?!" Chloe demanded and Marinette nodded and Sabrina started to mutter to herself as Max started to run calculations in his head as Markov hovered next to him as Nino tugged his hat down over his eyes. Alya stared at Marinette and Adrien through the screen as they sat there and just absorbed the fact that whatever the outcome, they would still have to fight for years to come.

"Guys? Lila said 'Just like all the others who got in my way', right? Who was she talking about?" Sabrina asked and everyone looked at her, Max of all people looked at Markov and nodded, a motion that everyone but Nino missed.

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Penny walked into the bar and looked around, spotting who she was looking for at a small table in the corner. She walked over and saw that they were far enough away that no one would overhear them and she knew Vincent cared about his subjects, so there was that at least.

Vincent had been feeling terrible since Adrien had left the shoot and he had heard from his own lawyer that someone wanted to talk to him about Adrien. Vincent felt for the kid, he really did. He respected his boss but there was something about the old man that bothered him, and his new model….she was toxic. The girl had a story for everything and she had to be at the center of attention and sure, in his business he had dealt with Diva's before, but Rossi… she was even more wrong than Chloe was after her mother left. As Vincent sipped his tea and tried to not let the worst reasons why lawyers were contacting him about Adrien go through his head he looked up as someone pulled a chair out and was about to open his mouth when he blinked and realized who was sitting down with him.

"Rollings? What are you doing here?" Vincent asked as Penny looked at him.

"I needed something, Vincent, something off the record," Penny said and Vincent scoffed and looked away. Penny looked at Vincent and hoped he knew something about Lila, the way Nathalie had said Lila was worrying, the way that Sabine had spoken about what had happened was concerning, and Vincent's reaction, that was troubling in the extreme.

Vincent sighed and looked back at Penny, his mind going strange places. He knew Jagged and Penny, at least he thought he did, and those two were good people and if anyone could help Adrien then it would be them and Chloe.

"What do you want to know?" Vincent said after a few moments and looked at his coffee as Penny sighed and looked down.

"I heard about a new model for Gabriel, what do you think about her? Hear any tall tales from her?" Penny asked and Vincent scowled and looked away.

"She's a diva, no saying that is an insult to divas! She's a menace and I think the only way that she got the contract was because she did something for the elder Agreste," Vincent growled and looked up at Penny's gasp.

"He did things with her?!" Penny whispered in horror and Vincent nodded. He looked at her in confusion before he realized what she thought he meant and blushed as he shook his head.

"No, Not like that!" Vincent exclaimed, cutting through the sounds of other conversations. The hush caused them to look around and Vincent smiled and waved, the other people in the room looking at them for a few moments more before going back to their own as he looked at her.

"What do you mean then?" Penny asked and Vincent sighed and looked away

"I mean she might be spying on Adrien for Gabriel," Vicente whispered with a hard look and Penny rocked back and looked at him in shock.

"Oh," Penny said faintly and Vincent nodded.

"Yeah, I'd say more but the contracts say we can't talk about anything that's said on set, a little legalism that Nathalie set up years ago after a model almost caused the company to fold, long story I can't talk about because of a contract I signed, got a nice bonus that year,' Vincent said shaking his head. And that and a few other aspects of my contract are all that kept me from calling the authorities on that bastard Agreste! Vincent thought with a scowl and Penny nodded.

"I wasn't expecting that," Penny said and looked at Vincent. Vincent shrugged and looked away, feeling terrible about how he couldn't help Adrien out.

Penny didn't always have a thing to say to that, she only looking at him as a waitress came up to the table.

"Can I get you anything gov?" The redhead girl who looked to be about twenty years old, tall and curvy asked as she brought out a notepad. Penny saw Vincent grin as he saw her, turning his head towards her and beaming at her.

"Nothing for me thanks. I just came to talk to a friend," Penny said and the waitress nodded.

"Well if you change your mind, just come to the counter," The waitress said as she walked away, Penny looking at Vincent as he watched her and sighed.

"Got a crush?" Penny asked with a smirk and Vincent blushed and looked away.

"What, a crush on her?! No, no. She's just photogenic but she doesn't want to go into that my world, a lot of others have already asked her to model for them, but she doesn't want to," Vincent said and shook his head, the girl was a looker but she had this presence that caused all who worked the camera to want to capture in their art, but the girl was very adamant about not going into that world.

"Her choice. But for me, I like the background work most of all," Penny said with a smirk and Vincent laughed with her and nodded.

As Penny looked at Vincent she remembered another reason that she needed to find Vincent, with their next tour happening soon Jagged wanted a few shots of him in a costume for his show for one of his new songs, and Vincent was one of the best in the business.

"Vincent, how free are you in about a month?" Penny asked and Vincent frowned and looked up at her.

"If things happen as I think they will, I think I'll be free….. but if I'm needed elsewhere I won't so please understand," Vincent said and Penny nodded at smiled back as she stood up.

"Perfect, I'll get in touch with you once we learn about anything else," Penny said as she got up and Vincent shook her hand.

As Penny left him Vincent looked at the waitress who moved around the bar and sighed, she was beautiful but she carried herself differently, she seemed to have this air about her that would look wonderful as a model but she wouldn't even take a step into that life. For a moment he wondered what had happened to her, but he would work her down, and hopefully, he would change her mind.

Penny walked out of the restaurant into the darkening air of Paris and smiled a she looked around, people were going around more than they normally did, the night after an attack by Hawkmoth was concerned a rest period for many, people were having fun and kids were still playing in the parks, having a good time.

She remembered how Jagged had been offered a contract to play a gig after the next Hawkmoth attack a few weeks ago and how he had just played a few songs he had already released. They had seen a lot of people just having fun, and with everything this city had dealt with they all deserved it. She passed a woman having a good cry and Penny smiled a little as the woman looked up with a smile on her face. Penny nodded to the woman who nodded back and she moved on, wondering if the Hotel would have more of that wonderful soup they had last night or if they had something better.

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Nathalie paced back and forth, a dark look on her face as she moved. They had finally gotten the report back from their investigator and everything was there, every school Lila had ever been to, every town. And there was a trail of lives she's ruined over the years, friendships and relationships she's destroyed and every person she's used. And to make it even worse, it seemed that Lila had learned to do this to people. I don't like any of this, I knew that she was a rat, but this? What are they after, this is even more complicated than I thought. I knew there was something wrong with Lila, but this is too much! She thought as she looked over at Gabriel's office, a strange feeling going through her.

She had told Gabriel that she didn't think Lila would help their plans, and she was right! He thought her feelings came from the fact that Lila had tricked her and Gorilla to get into the mansion, and she had thought he might have been right but this proved that she was right about her. But with everything that was going on, if this was brought up in court that would hurt Gabriel's and Adrien's relationship, he had said that he had a few plans to work around that, but this was too much!

As she sighed and shook her head a beeping from her tablet let her know that Gabriel was coming down from the top part of the lair, she could wait a few moments and gather her thoughts, but she knew that Gabriel would summon her soon. As she stood there she locked down the mansion, a quick check on the surroundings showed nobody around and she sighed and walked towards the office. As she opened the doors she saw Gabriel sitting down at his desk, looking at his monitor.

He looked up at her as she walked into the room with a hard look on her face. "Nathalie, what is it?"

"We finally got the report back from our investigator sir, the one we sent to find out about Lila," Nathalie said as she handed over a folder and he looked at it. "I was right about her, but I was underscoring how bad she is, and her mother."