~A Place of Protection~
Chapter One: The Last Straw
It was the fiercest battle Alfea had ever seen. Darkar, Valtor, the Trix, and the Wizards of the Black Circle had joined together to create the Ultimate Super Force. And they only wanted two things, the Dragon's Flame, and the fairy that gave Earth the chance to have magic again; and they would destroy anything and anyone to get them. Most of the enemies the Winx faced wanted the Dragon's Flame, except for the Wizards, that was why they joined together to gain it. The Wizards only used the opportunity to grab Roxy while they had the power. That gave them more of a chance of success in both tasks. Even the Army of Decay from the Winx's freshman year had taken over the school of fairies. The scene was a horrid battle of fear, blood and a few ripped off pairs of fairy wings. Though, the Winx Club never gave in, especially with one more member added to their team. However there were times when hope became too far for them to see.
"They're too strong, it's hopeless." Flora groaned, landing next to Layla after being shot backward by one of Anagon's strongest attacks.
"We'll just have the keep trying." Layla encouraged her.
"You fairies are so naive, you have no idea that this time, we'll take over." Anagon cackled, surrounding them.
Meanwhile, the Trix' rot monsters had Tecna surrounded, they were about to devour her in decay when a voice rang from a distance.
"Get your slimy claws away from her!" Timmy swung in between Tecna and the rot monsters, and then drew his sword. He slashed every single rot monster the Trix were using to attack Tecna. After they were gone, he helped her to her feet.
"Are you okay?" He asked her worried.
"I'm fine for now, thank you Timmy." Tecna smiled, but Timmy knew that behind those thankful eyes, he could see that she was scared.
"Just stay down, I got this one." Timmy reassured her, but really, was he just trying to make her look weak when she needed to be her strongest?
"Timmy, honestly, I've done this a thousand times, don't you think I can handle my own battles anymore?" Tecna asked, giving him a serious look.
"Of course I think you can handle fighting your own battles, but I just don't want to lose you. This is the biggest battle we've ever seen and I don't want anything to happen to you. Do you understand that you need protection? You're too easily hurt." Timmy pulled Tecna close to him, holding her tight as if he never wanted to let go.
"Isn't that touching, it just makes me gag!" Stormy replied evilly, making the two young geniuses break their embrace.
"If you lay one finger on her, I'll…!" Timmy pulled Tecna behind him, and put up his shield. He had his laser gun ready, if chance needed it.
"Timmy, you can't fight Icy. She'll freeze you in a split second." Tecna whispered worriedly.
"I'm going to protect you if it's the last thing I ever do." Timmy reassured her, holding her even closer behind his shield.
"We won't touch her, yet." Icy laughed, shooting shards of ice towards Timmy's shield. He tried his hardest to block them, but he and his shield flew backward, and Tecna fell to the ground. Timmy was about to run back to her when Icy froze him from the neck down. He couldn't move, and feared that Tecna would be harmed, "Until you're out of the way." Icy continued, laughing. Then she conjured up more rot monsters to attack the fairy again.
"Timmy!" Tecna gasped, seeing Timmy merely frozen in the ice. She was so occupied with the fact that her boyfriend had been frozen, that she didn't see the rot monsters advancing towards her.
"Tecna, look out!" Timmy shouted, and Tecna turned around. After Timmy's last warning, the ice materialized, covering his mouth, he could only hope that Tecna would be okay. In an instant reaction, Tecna went to put up a barrier for herself.
"Defender Plate!" She shouted as the barrier formed around her, but the rot monsters kept coming. When they were at the barrier, Tecna tried hard to keep it going, but soon the barrier broke, and she was unprotected. The rot creatures slowly swallowed her in decay. All that was heard where the Trix' evil laughs and Tecna's painful screams.
Moments after the screaming stopped, Icy ordered the monsters to let Tecna go. When they did, she fell weakly to the ground, covered in bruises, blood and slime. Icy laughed wickedly at the sight before her. Timmy's eyes widened as he saw his beautiful beloved in this painful state. She was so wounded and weak that she could barely lift herself off the ground. Icy walked triumphantly behind the wounded fairy, and smiled cruelly.
"Now, for my favourite part." She cackled as she bent over and dug into the root of Tecna's wings, and torn them from her back. Tecna let out a piercing cry of pain, and when the deed was done, the Trix vanished with Tecna's wings. They didn't need them; they only wanted to leave as many fairies defenceless as they possibly could. However the only fairy they successfully wounded this badly was Tecna. Tecna was left to fall deep into unconsciousness, to spare herself the agony of her bloody wounds.
The remaining fairies, Bloom, Stella and Roxy, fought violently against the Ultimate Super Force. Finally the army became weakened, and with a combined attack, including intense amounts of Dragon's Flame, the villains were destroyed, and the witches were sent to a burning prison made of Dragon's Flame. Many were wounded during this great battle. Flora had a few scrapes and cuts from the intense impact. Musa was badly wounded, and Layla had to be taken in for treatment, but no one found poor Tecna. The three less wounded girls, Roxy, Bloom and Stella, went on an endless search for their missing friend.
"Hey, do you guys see that?" Roxy asked.
"It's an ice coffin, we know who's been here." Bloom observed.
"Wait girls!" Stella flew towards it, seeing part of Timmy's head from the top of the ice, "Its Timmy!"
"Then, where's… Tecna! Oh no!" Bloom swung around to see her wounded, bleeding, unconscious friend.
"I'll get Timmy out of that ice!" Stella fluttered above the frozen specialist, and shone her sun ray powers over the ice. The ice melted instantly, and once Timmy was completely unfrozen, his face went pale with shock.
"Tecna, no!" He ran toward his unconscious girlfriend, seeing her covered in blood made his eyes tear up and heart shatter. He gathered her in his arms and looked at her painfully. He couldn't care less if there was blood on his uniform, it was Tecna's, and it was worth it.
"Tecna, beautiful, innocent Tecna. Why, why do these things always happen to you? I knew you were going to get hurt, but this… this is more then any nightmare I could ever dream of. It's just… unspeakably sickening. Why would anyone think of doing this to you?" Timmy pulled Tecna close to him, tears flooding from his eyes. Then he looked up at Bloom, and suddenly it clicked. Almost every villain the Winx faced wanted her Dragon's Flame, and would spare no one in the process, absolutely no one.
"This… all this… every single thing that Tecna ever went through, is your fault, Bloom! All of it!" He snapped. Bloom, Stella, even Roxy's mouth dropped in shock, Timmy had finally lost it.