Irma : Finally, time for some payback.
Will : Irma, it's just a story, and we are just looking for answer, not starting a war again.
Irma : You no fun, you know that.
Me : Girls, the disclaimer.
Will : Alright, storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., or anything else from the show.
Me : Now, on with the show...
Chapter 8 : Trouble In Medimn
The guardians and Regents were finally in the world of Medimn. They were looking for answers to both the attack on Meridian and an attempt of kidnapping Irma. They were being lead by the guard they captured earlier. They were trekking in the weird looking forest. 'Ugh, these pants are just annoying!' Cornelia mourned as she struggled through the terrain.
'Attention everybody, Cornelia Hale, the Earth guardian,' Irma quipped as she smirked at the looked of Cornelia's face.
'Shut up, Irmy,' Cornelia said as she moved a branch out of her way.
They were walking instead of flying, since the guard could only recognise the route to the palace on the ground than in the air. They were careful not to attract any attention as they wanted to have a peaceful word with the king.
They have been trekking through the forest for half an hour now, but they were no closer to the kingdom. The girls were getting impatient as they haven't found the kingdom yet. And one of the girls had just loose it. 'That's it!' Irma yelled, which caught the attention of the girls and Regents.
'What's it?' Will asked as she raised an eyebrow at Irma.
Irma got passed Will before she grab the guard by his collar before looking at him face to face. The guard was now shivering as he doesn't know what will the girl do to him. 'Now listen here, I have a tortoise to feed, my boyfriend is expecting me in three hours and I really want to get out of this place. So, here is the deal, if you lead us to your kingdom ina faster pace, then maybe I won't have to feed you to the wild animals back in Meridian,' Irma threaten the guard as he was now even scared of her than before.
'It... it's... this way...' the guard said out of fear as he pointed the route behind him. Irma then let go of his collar before looking back at her friends.
'What?' Irma asked innocently as she raised an eyebrow at them.
'Nothing,' the rest of the girls replied before they continued their journey. With the guard shaken up, they were going on a much faster pace, thanks to Irma's threat on him.
Meanwhile, in Meridian, Zarla and Irma were heading out the cave, hoping to find the guardians. Zarla doesn't fully trust Irma as she was the group jokester anyway. She knew this as the current water guardian has the same personality as the previous water guardian. Even if the guardian stated that she could be trusted, Zarla doesn't believe her. She was keeping a close eye on her as she wanted to be on the safe side.
'So, what's our plan?' Irma asked, which snapped Zarla back to reality.
'Huh? Plan? Right, our plan is to find something to drag the guardians out before we fight them,' Zarla stated which Irma raised an eyebrow at her while crossing her arms.
'And how are we going to do that? You also need to know that I can sense that the original me has travel to another world which I cannot describe,' Irma explained. Zarla forgotten about that, as she smacked herself on her forehead.
'So, when are they coming back?' Zarla asked.
'I can't say. I only can sense her weakly,' Irma stated.
'What do you mean, weakly?' Zarla asked.
'I don't know when she will be back, nor could I tell where she is. But whenever she is near me, I can sense her,' Irma continued to explain, which clear things up for Zarla.
'Then we will have to wait for them to return to Meridian,' Zarla stated with a little sadness as she will have her vengeance later as the guardians were now on another world.
Back in Medimn, the group were now closer to the kingdom. As they were taking a rest, Will could sense that something wasn't right about the place they were resting. Will was having a sick stomach as she could sense that something was definitely wrong. 'Guys, I think it's best we move out of here,' Will said, worried about the danger they would face, and the safety of her friends.
'Why?' Cornelia asked.
'I have a bad feeling about this spot. It's like something is watching us before they strike,' Will explained as she looked around for any sign of movement in the bushes.
'Will, you have to chillax, everything will be fine,' Irma said before realising that she has spoken this before, but she couldn't tell where was it, and when was it. She thought that it was just déjàvu by saying that.
'I will have to agree with Will here. Like she said, something about this place doesn't seem right,' Matt said as he stood beside her.
'I second that,' Taranee stated before looking at the rest of the group.
'I am having twitches on both of my ears, which means that there are dangers nearby,' Napolean stated while his ears were still twitching.
'Irma, I thought you said that you wanted to find this kingdom before going what you want to do,' Cornelia reminded her as she crossed her arms.
'Alright, alright,' Irma said before getting up. She dust off herself before crossing her arms. 'Lets go,' Irma said which the girls began to continue to head to the kingdom.
As the girls left, there were veins moving towards them. If they have left later, the veins could have grab them. Will was right as they have left just in time. As the group trekked through the forest, Napolean's ears began to twitch again. He looked back to find out what was following them, but all he could see was just veins hanging on the trees. Napolean was puzzled as when there was veins hanging around. He just stare at it, before shrugging off that it was just his imagination. He then continued to the kingdom with the rest of the group.
They have been walking for sometime now. Will then have another bad feeling about the route they were taking. She could feel that something bad was coming up in the route. 'Guys, I think we should use another route to the kingdom,' Will stated as she stopped.
'Will, will you calm down. Besides, what's the worst it could happen if we continue to walk down this route' Cornelia said.
'Alright Corny, I'll try to calm down. Like you say, whats the worst it could happen,' Will said before they continued to move down the route. Behind the group, a few veins were catching up to the group. Napolean ears were twitching again as he could sense danger wasn't far from them.
'Kiddos, I can feel something isn't right here,' Napolean stated as he stopped. The rest of the group then stopped, wondering what was wrong.
'What wrong Napolean?' Will asked. 'And why do I have a sinking feeling?' Will asked as she, Taranee, Cornelia, Hay Lin, the guard and Mr Huggles were beginning to sink. Will then realised that they were in a quicksand.
'Quicksand!' Taranee yelled as she looked around her.
'Thank you Ms Obvious,' Cornelia said sarcastically. They were struggling to maintain calm while trying to get out of the quicksand.
'Irma, quicksand contains water, try to help us out!' Will cried out as they were sinking slowly.
'Got it!' Irma replied before she concentrate on the quicksand. She was trying to control the water in the sand to push her friends out of the sinking situation.
Will was hoping that this would work, but she saw something creeping up on Matt, Irma and Napolean from behind. It was the veins that were following them. 'Matt, Irma, Napolean, behind you!' Will cried out.
Matt turned around before he noticed that there were veins everywhere. It was heading towards them as Matt and Napolean were defending themselves and Irma, as she was trying to get her friends out of the quicksand. But their hope of defending themselves was short as they were now tangled in the veins. Matt was hanging upside down while Napolean was struggling to free himself. Irma stopped before she turned around to see that she was next. She tried to defend herself, but she can't as a vein sneak up on her before grabbing her leg. It then lifted her upside down. 'What is going on here!' Irma yelled as she tried to free herself from the restrain on her leg.
'Irma, the veins are made out of water. Try to drain it!' Taranee called out, as Irma nodded.
Irma was draining the veins of its water. The veins was beginning to turn brittle as it was turning brown. When Irma has completely drain it of water, she managed to free herself from the veins. She landed on the ground on her back as she mourn out of pain. She couldn't catch herself in time as she didn't expected that it was that fragile after the vein was drain out of water. She quickly got up before looking at her friends that were in the quicksand. They were now chest deep into the quicksand.
Irma then tried to concentrate on the water in the sand again. But it was cut short as she felt herslef lift off the ground again. 'This is getting annoying!' Irma stated as she was lifted off the ground. But it didn't stopped like the first time as she was being dragged up, above the trees. Irma then heard some roaring from behind her. She slowly looked behind her before she noticed what was grabbing her. It was a huge Venus fly-trap plant, which could eat a human.
Irma was now struggling to free herself as she drained the vein restraining her leg. But she noticed that the plant has outsmarted her as it grab hold of both of her hands. 'Why you little...' Irma then tried to free herself from the retrains on both of her hands, but without success. 'Okay, this is so not a good situation,' Irma thought as she was slowly being dragged closer to the plant.
Meantime, Matt and Napolean were trying to free themselves from the veins while the girls and the guard were now shoulder deep in the quicksand. They tried to fly out of the quicksand, but they can't. Cornelia tried to search for anything to help them, but with the sinking into the sand, she couldn't concentrate as she was panicking. 'Will, what are we going to do?' Cornelia asked.
'Let me try something,' Will stated before she tried to move her hand. She managed to take her hand out of the sand before opening the palm of her hand, revealing the heart. She concentrate on it, asking for its help. The jewel was glowing brightly now, engulfing the place with its light. The girls closed their eyes from the bright light emiting from the jewel.
When the light had fadded, the girls slowly opened their eyes. They noticed that they were out of the quicksand and were safe, even though they were covered in sand. They noticed that they were beside the quicksand as they carefully avoiding it. Will notice that the heart only help them out of the sand, but the veins still have Matt, Napolean and Irma. 'Taranee, Hay Lin, go and try to free Irma. We will try to free Matt and Napolean,' Will took charge as the others nodded.
Taranee and Hay Lin took flight while the others went to get the two Regents out of the tangled veins. As Taranee and Hay Lin were above the trees, they noticed why Irma was struggling. It was a giant Venus plant. 'Hay Lin, you try to free Irma while I distract it,' Taranee stated about her plan. Hay Lin nodded before she went to Irma while Taranee headed straight towards the plant.
Irma was getting closer to the plant. She was still struggling to free herself, but with no avail. 'Let me go, you overgrown weed!' Irma yelled. Suddenly, she noticed that the veins that were restraining her hands and her leg were cut. She managed to catch herself with her wings. She turned around to see that it was Hay Lin who help her out. 'Hay Lin? How did you get out of the quicksand?' Irma asked, noticing that Hay Lin was covered in sand.
'No time to explain. We have to cut this weed,' Hay Lin stated as she flew pass Irma. Irma then followed her.
Taranee was distracting the plant while Hay Lin and Irma were haeding her way. When she notice that Hay Lin has manage to free Irma, she nodded to them. It was a signal that it was the two girls turn to take the plant down. 'Irma, remember the last time we took out a plant?' Hay Lin asked.
'Yeah, I remember. Just give me a couple of minutes,' Irma stated before she flew pass Hay Lin as she stopped.
Irma was now a few feet away from the Venus plant. 'Plant contains contains 75% of water, which I have trouble draining it,' Irma said to herself as she dodge the veins. She then tried to concentrate to manipulate the water inside the plant.
Meantime, Will, Cornelia and Mr Huggles were helping Matt and Napolean out of the veins. The guard was tied to a tree, preventing him from running off. But the three of them was later in a mess as they were now hanging upside down. 'Sorry Matt,' Will stated as she gave him a weak smile.
'Never mind,' Matt replied as he sigh.
'We need to call Taranee, maybe she could help,' Cornelia suggested.
'And get her into this mess, I better not risked it,' Will stated, disagreeing on Cornelia's suggestion.
'So, what are we going to do now?' Matt asked.
'For now, we wait for the the others for help,' Will said before realising that the veins were now cocooning them from their legs. 'And they better be quick,' Will stated. Cornelia tried to control the veins, but without any success as more veins has caught her arms, preventing her from controlling them. Will wanted to shoot lightning at the veins, in hope of freeing themselves, but she risked getting her and her friends electrocuted.
Back at the battle, the three girls were now fighting the giant Venus plant. Irma was trying to manipulate the water in the plant while Taranee and Hay Lin were dodging the veins that were trying to get them. 'Irma, will you hurry up!' Hay Lin cried out as she barely dodge a vein.
'I'm... trying...' Irma said as she was struggling with the water in the plant.
'Hay Lin, you will have to help Irma. I have a bad feeling that the others are in trouble,' Taranee stated which Hay Lin nodded. Taranee then went back to others, hoping that there wasn't anything bad happening to them. Hay Lin was now heading towards Irma while dodging every attack by the plant.
Irma notice Hay Lin was heading straight towards her. She continued to try to control the water in the plant. The plant was now shouting as Irma has finally managed to control the water. She quickly move it out of the plant through the mouth. It was like a fountain as Irma moved the water. 'There is too much water in it,' Irma stated as she moved the water, while noticing that Hay Lin was already beside her.
'Irma, you could do it. Cause Taranee just sent me a telepathy, saying that the situation was really bad down there,' Hay Lin stated after Taranee has went back down.
Under the trees, everybody, except for Taranee, were now struggling to free themselves from the veins cocooning them. 'Hang on guys,' Taranee stated as she aimed her fireball at the veins, restraining her friends.
Will saw that a vein was behind Taranee as she struggled to find a way to call out to her. 'Taranee! Behind you!' Will yelled through telepathy. Taranee turned around before she was lifted into the air by the vein before it began to cocoon her.
'Okay, not going as I hope,' Taranee stated as she tried to shoot it down, but her arms were restraing later.
'Where is Irma and Hay Lin?' Cornelia asked, as her mouth closed up by the veins yet.
'They are fighting this huge Venus plant. I hope they manage to get us out of here,' Taranee stated.
'They better,' Cornelia said.
Back above the trees, Hay Lin was protecting Irma as she was still moving the water out of the plant. 'Irma, I can't hold it much longer. You need to hurry,' Hay Lin said as she was now struggling to defend herself and Irma.
'I'm trying...' Irma said as she concentrate even further. Irma could feel the water inside the plant was quickly depleting. 'Just... a little... bit more...' Irma said softly as the water was now getting lesser.
Hay Lin didn't notice a vein behind her. It got her leg before pulling her away from Irma. 'Irma! Help!' Hay Lin cried out. Irma couldn't respond to her help as she was about to drain it completely of water. Hay Lin notice that there were a lot of veins heading straight for Irma. Hay Lin was about to call out to her friend when her mouth was covered.
'Man, this plant is smart,' Hay Lin thought.
As the veins were closing in on her, they were starting to turn brown. Irma notice that the plant was almost completely drain of water when she notice brown spots on it. 'Almost there...' Irma stated. The vein has caught her leg, but Irma just ignored it as she continued to drain it. Veins were now restraining her torso, neck, legs and arms, but Irma kept on draining it.
While Irma was draining it, she could feel that the veins were tightening its grip on her, trying to stop her from doing what she was doing right now, but she kept on going. She could feel the pressure on her body as she tried to ignore the pain. She bit her lower lip, to counteract the pain.
When she couldn't take it anymore, she noticed that the veins have stop tightening its grip on her. Suddenly, the veins became brittle as Irma has freed herself. She looked back at the Venus plant before realising that it was finally drained out of water. She went closer to the plant, making sure it was drained out of she flick her fingers on the plant, it crumbled like ashes while Hay Lin freed herself from the veins.
'Irma, you did it,' Hay Lin said before giving her friend a hug.
'I.. know...' Irma said between breaths as she needed to catch her breath as she gone over board on her powers again.
'Come on Irma, lets get the others,' Hay Lin stated before she helped Irma to fly back to join with the others.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group were about to be cocoon when it stop right at their necks. Taranee notice that it started to brittle. 'Guys, I think we can free ourselves now,' Taranee called out.
'How do you know?' Cornelia asked, as her eyes were covered.
'Trust me. Just moved your arms and you'll see,' Taranee stated as she freed herself from the brittle veins. The rest did as Taranee did, and were surprised as how easy was it to free themselves.
'What happen to the veins?' Will asked as she stretch her body from all of the restrains.
'By the look of the brittle of the veins, I'll say that Irma drain it with water,' Taranee explained.
'Then where are they?' Matt asked.
'We're right above you,' Hay Lin called out as she was giving Irma a lift. Irma was so exausted that she couldn't even flap her wings anymore.
'Irma, are you alright?' Will asked as Hay Lin set her down.
'If you were mentioning about getting captured by the veins, twice, almost completely drain out of power and completely exhausted, I say I'll be fine,' Irma said sarcastically.
'We can't go any further. The guard is out cold,' Cornelia stated as she noticed that the guard was laying on the ground, out cold.
'Then what shall we do? We don't know where we are right now,' Hay Lin stated.
'How about explaining yourselves,' a voice sounded. Will and the others got into battle stance, except for Irma as she was exhausted. They were surrounding her, trying to protect her and themselves.
'Show yourselves!' Will called out.
Then a figure walked out of the bushes, followed by his men. 'Tell me, why are you five fairies and those three weird creatures doing here,' one of them stated as he drew out his sword.
'We are the Guardians of the Infinite Dimension. And those creatures you mention are the Regents of Earth, with the winged Regent which is my boyfriend,' Will explained, not taking her eyes off the figure.
'Guardians of Infinite Dimensions. I thought it was just myths and rumours about them, but I didn't know they were real,' he said before putting back his sword. 'Okay, rebels, you can stand down,' he ordered which the rebels did as they were told.
'Thanks,' Will said before she and the rest of the group stand down as well.
'Why are you guardians doing here?' he asked.
'We came here for answers on why did the king attack Meridian, and tried to kidnap my teammate,' Will explained.
The figure was surprised about the situation. He took a look at where was Will pointing and noticed the water guardian, who was taking a rest, look familiar. He then looked back at the leader of the guardians. 'Sorry, I haven't fully introduce myself. My name is Saldern, the leader of the rebellion. We have been fighting against the king's power as he has been overtaxing the people, giving limited amount of food and starving the people, and been trying to conquer other worlds whenever he feels like it,' the rebel leader stated.
'Remind me of Meridian when it was under Phobos ruling,' Irma whispered to Hay Lin.
'I'm Will, the leader of the guardians, the keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar,' Will said.
'Will you aid me by stopping the king,' Saldern asked.
'I might try to, but one more question I have to ask you,' Will said, which Saldern raised an eyebrow.
'What kind of question?' Saldern asked.
'After you notice my teammate, the water guardian, why do you look so surprise?' Will asked as she pointed at Irma.
Irma looked at Saldern, wondering what was going on. 'She look exactly like the king's maid. Though their eyes are a little different, but they look almost identical,' Saldern explained. 'Besides that, what is she wearing around her neck?' Saldern asked as he noticed the jewel around Irma's neck.
'That is the Heart of Aquariat,' Will described.
'I thought only the leader of the guardians can hold the heart,' Saldern said as he scratch his head.
'It's a long story,' Will stated.
'But right now, we need to head to the kingdom, cause we need to find some answers,' Taranee stated, cutting in.
'I think you guardians better not see the king. He wouldn't tell anyone about his reasons, even guardians,' Saldern explained.
'Oh, I see he will answer,' Will stated.
'Trust us, we deal these things before,' Cornelia stated as she stood beside Will.
'If you really wanted to see the king, your friend, the brunette, must stay with us underground. Or the king will suspect something,' Saldern stated as he pointed at Irma.
'I have a name you know,' Irma shot back.
'Irma, chill,' Will stated before looking back at Saldern. 'If what you're saying is true that things maight get really bad when the king notice her, then she will stay with you,' Will agreed, which Irma stared at her in disbelief.
'No way! I want to find out why he wants to capture me, then I will follow you guys,' Irma protested.
'Irma, didn't you listen what did Saldern told us, the king might recognise you by the look as you look like the maid, so why don't you stay with the rebel leader. Besides, we already know the answer to that,' Cornelia stated.
'Hey Corny, when did you get so intuitive,' Will asked.
'I just want out of this world, as soon as possible,' Cornelia stated as she fling her blonde hair as yellow leaves came out of it.
'I almost forgotten, a an hour ago, the king plans to attack the other world you told me about, but we managed to disrupt his plan,' Saldern explained, which lighten up the girls.
'Great, then we have less things to worry about it now,' Will stated.
'The guard is coming back, we need to leave Saldern,' one of rebel told him.
'Alright, we better hurry,' Saldern stated as the rebels left the place instead of him, as he needed to wait for Irma so he could show her the way to their hideout.
'Irma, you need to follow him,' Taranee stated.
'But...' Irma was about to protest, but Hay Lin quickly cut in.
'We will tell you all about it after we finish, deal?' Hay Lin said.
'Fine,' Irma said before she got up. She almost lost her balance, but Hay Lin managed to get her back on her feet. 'Boy, I still can't believe I'm still this tired,' Irma commented before she followed Saldern into the bushes to hide.
As the guard came back to his senses, he looked back at the guardians and the Regents. 'Alright, time to go,' Will said before helping him up.
'Where is the other girl?' he asked.
'You best be hurry, or the Venus plant comes back again,' Will warned him as he nodded. They then began to head to the kingdom again while Irma followed Saldern down into a secret tunnel. Irma looked back at the guardians as she sigh before heading down into the tunnel to hide.
Okay, seriously, I thought this won't be a long chapter, but I misjudge it. Anyway, I got nothing else to say here other than when are you updating VampireWater98? I wanted to know what happen next. Reviews, for this chapter, thanks.
