Duman's POV

My body crawls with pain as I lay on the cold stone bed. I drift in and out of consciousness. The pain never leaves even when the darkness claims me. When I am awake I can't focus on anything for longer then a few seconds, the pain is to great.

Whenever I wake I see shadows and blurs. Colours flash around me, faint voices blur together. My vision focuses sometimes. Gantlos is always there holding my hand. I'm grateful but will never tell him so. If I can find the strength I squeeze his hand trying to assure him I'm still here. I try to say his name but if I do the pain spikes and I black out. Sometimes rustic fairies come into focus, though I can't understand why they are there. We are going to destroy them all with the black circle. Why would they try to help me? I try to think of something Ogron said before I became so ill. Something about a false surrender? I try to grasp the memory but it slips away.

I feel the time pass. The times in the dark are becoming longer and I feel like I'm fading away. The pain has intensified. I don't wake for three days. When I do wake it's only because Gantlos lifts me up in his arms and sends pain spiking through my body, enough that it brings me back to the waking world. I groan loudly. I think he says something but I don't hear what he said. I struggle to see and hear what's going on.

He and the other wizards, Anagan and Ogron, are led to a large cave by some rustic fairies. Sybilla sits in the throne at the back of the cave with the Winx, Specialists, and Roxy before her.

It is strange. I am much worse then I have ever been but I can focus clearly and can somewhat hear what is going on. Ogron says something and Bloom replies. Anagan and Ogron turn to me while Gantlos walks forwards a few steps and sets me down. I grip his hand with all my strength as pain flashes through me. He doesn't pull his hand away. With his free hand he supports my back so I can stay sitting up. I groan loudly again hanging onto consciousness. I want to black out but my want to find out what's going on is greater.

Anagan is saying something over top of my pain filled moans. I catch a few words, "very concerned...long journey...could prove fatal..." Where are we supposed to be going? When what I heard sinks in it turns my blood to ice. Am I really that sick?

I'm panting now and can feel the sweat running down my forehead and back. The other wizards talk some more with the fairies. Gantlos leans down and says, "Nabu is going to take you to Gardenia...try to help you..." I don't catch any thing else. I grit my teeth and screw up my eyes against the pain. I try to take deep breaths but quickly give up.

Two of the specialists, Brandon and Riven, comes and supports me. I want to push them away but cant find the strength. As they pull me up I let out a sharp bark of pain. I hear Gantlos growl at the boys. I hated to ever be on the receiving end of Gantlos' fury. He scared me sometimes. I want to tell Gantlos it's okay, but I can't. I'm too weak and I would be lying. He always knew when I lied.

We leave Gantlos and the other wizards behind as we walk over to purple portal Nabu has opened. I start to panic but my body doesn't respond. I don't want to leave, I'm confused, not sure what is happening. Why are none of my brothers coming with me? They would never abandon me. What if something is wrong?

I start to whimper like a wounded dog. Pain washes over and consumes me. Both physical, and emotional pain at being separated from them. I tear slides down my face, I don't like crying. I let the darkness take me away but the pain follows.

I wake screaming in pain as Riven and another specialists, Timmy, holds me down. I hear Nabu call out to them, before he races into the adjoining room, "Think you can hold him for another five minuets?"

The specialist named Timmy yells after him, "FIVE MINUETS?!" I feel the same, like I won't be around in five minute. My skin feels like its on fire and my blood boils.

I want to get better, to be with my brothers, and they are trying to help but I can't make myself be still. I writher in pain and struggle to get free. I don't trust them.

With a surge of strength I never thought I'd feel again, I throw off the specialists just as Nabu runs into the room. I stand and stagger away from them. My vision blurs and twists. A golden light shoots from Nabu's staff and strikes me in the chest. Pain sears through me, then starts to ebb away.

I fall to the floor and lay on my side panting. The specialists are coming to beside the door. "Took your sweet time" one of them says. I try to get up but can barely lift my arms. Nabu comes and lifts me up onto the couch very gently and carefully. Why is he being so gentle? I'm still breathing heavily and can only look up at him through my half lidded eyes. My body feels so heavy but the pain has ebbed away and is dull rather then sharp. I look around the room we are in. The wall near me is completely covered in floor to ceiling windows. The light streaming through hurts my eyes and I wince.

"It is only temporary but I can make a cure from the temporary formula." Nabu says with a small smile. My breath catches as I hear this. Can he really take away the pain for good? I want to get up but am barely strong enough to stay awake.

Before I can stop myself I let out a low groan, "brothers..." I turn my head to the side.

The specialists take it the wrong way. They think I mean I want to be with them and see them. Which I do but my memory is clearing and if they go through with what they planned, I will die. Nabu will never help me if they do it. But I want them to. It's what we've wanted since it all began. I think as Nabu picks me up and opens a portal to Tir Nan Og.