Over the next couple months Bloom gradually came out of her protective shell and bonded with the Winx, she kept most of her past secret though over time she did let little details about her life slip and over this time the Winx trusted her more and more and learned not to push her about her past, even Techna grew closer to her, mostly from observing Bloom for any hint of a hostile nature and was surprised that it only showed itself when Bloom was questioned about her past.

Bloom was currently in the forest with the rest of the Winx, Palladium had just been ranting about the voice of nature and how they had to listen to it to find their way to a clearing, the class had been set off in groups and so naturally the Winx went off as one group.

Flora was leading the way, Techna was been sceptical about the whole thing been a fairy of technology did have its disadvantages such as been as far out of touch with nature as possible, Bloom, however, was distracted, she hadn't seen the Mistress since that night and she had so many question.

-Six months and nothing, no hunt, not even a whisper from this supposed Mistress- Bloom muttered.

-We've been constantly scanning for her but it seems futile…but I do have a suggestion- VD replied.

-Shoot- Bloom replied.

-So far we have bonded down to the genetic level, except I only make up less than half of your DNA, perhaps if we bond further we will be able to detect her- VD theorized.

-And you're just thinking of this now- Bloom stated, losing patience having been searching for months and VD had the answer all along.

-It's risky do to the nature of my species you would become more violent, aggressive, destructive…you would be more like our father, Venom, we'll be stronger, stronger than ever but you could lose yourself- VD explained gravely.

-Except unlike my father I wasn't filled with hatred when he bonded with your father and became Venom- Bloom replied.

-No you're filled with loneliness and grief, darkness without measure and you know it, it is buried deep within your soul but if we bond any further we may not be able to keep it at bay- VD explained.

-But we both want to keep it at bay, unlike Venom who nurtured the hatred of our father…we'll be fighting it, after all if that loneliness gets out it'll consume us and create a monster, so we'll fight it together with our combined forced nothing will be able to destroy us not even the darkness of my heart- Bloom replied.

-Very well, but in order for us to bond further after so long I will have to place us in suspended animation- VD explained.

-In other words, we can't merge any further…YET- Bloom responded with a slight sigh in her mental tone.

-Correct- VD replied.

Meanwhile…

A specialist ship with a couple of freshman specialists aboard were transporting a hunting troll to an interrogation facility as it is rumoured that it used to work for the descendants of the ancestral witches and if so would be able to tell the authorities who and where they are and what they are up to. However, what the specialists weren't planning on was been attacked from the outside by said witches causing enough damage to the ship for it to crash and allow the blue hunting troll to escape.

The specialists climbed out of the wrecked ship and just stared at the damaged ship, there was a large gaping hole in the engine emitting black smoke, Sky let out a heavy sigh.

"Timmy you repair the ship while the rest of us go hunt down the troll" Sky stated, Timmy just nodded and walked past Sky, retrieving the necessary tools from the inside of the ship before beginning to repair the ships engine so that once they recapture the prisoner they can actually take it somewhere and decrease the chance of it escaping again.

The specialists began to follow a trail of large foot prints that led deeper and deeper into the forest and into a more swamp like area of the forest.

"Brandon scan the local area for any other possible threats" Sky stated, Brandon pulled out a small rectangular device, similar in design to a PDA and began scanning the area for any possible threats.

Meanwhile…

The Winx were now deep into the forest and searching for the clearing.

"I still don't hear anything" Techna whined.

"You don't hear nature Techna, you feel it" Flora replied for the umpteenth time.

"But how do you feel nature?" Techna asked.

"By becoming one with it, open your mind and your heart Techna and you will feel nature" Bloom replied, Techna just turned to Bloom with a shocked expression, she hadn't expected Bloom to answer, especially when she grew up in a city one earth that depended on technology for every little thing like an incredibly primitive version of her own planet and she knew that the citizens on earth weren't exactly completely against deforestation so to say it was surprising someone from her planet could 'hear' the voice of nature was a massive understatement.

'Maybe it's due to her been a Symbiote host after they are organic biological life forms, perhaps like most animals they are sort of tuned into nature, they can feel it so perhaps the Symbiote can' Techna mused.

a feral growl was heard, the Winx froze and slowly positioned themselves so they were back to back and looked in every direction for the origin of the growl, Bloom spotted a pairing of glowing eyes in the darkness of shadows casted by a couple of trees.

The creature took a couple steps and illuminated by sunlight and revealed to be a blue troll, at least twice the size of Bloom in height and wasn't exactly lacking in muscle either. Bloom's gaze hardened as she glared at the troll, she knew she was the strongest and the fastest in their group, especially since she was bonded to VD, the only problem was could she beat the troll without surrendering her secret.

Bloom charged at the troll and thrust a punch, aiming for its gut only to have her head backhanded by the troll and sent flying into the bushes, knocking down a tree she hit in the process.

Meanwhile…

The Specialists had found the toll closing in s couple fairies from Alfea, they hid in the shadows, doubting it be wise to just charge at the troll like the redhead had and it didn't doubt such reckless actions would only cause more casualties.

"Brandon any news on the scans?" Sky asked in a whisper.

"Yeah, it's just processing the results now…shit" Brandon cursed in a whisper when he saw the life form the scans were detecting.

"What?" Riven asked, his blade already out and active.

"Scans are registering a Symbiotic life form" Brandon stated.

"A Symbiote, okay we capture the troll but if any of us see any signs of the Symbiote we make it our prime target, no mercy" Sky stated activating his own blade.

"Agreed" Brandon and Riven muttered in unison as Brandon activate his blade and positioned themselves in the bushes to the left, the right and behind the troll.

As they prepared to attack Brandon caught sight of the redhead and just stared at her as she slowly rose to her feet, regaining her balance, he just stared, he knew how strong trolls were and after the hit she had taken and to the head no less she should have been barley alive at best, the redhead glared at the troll and Brandon heard her mutter.

"Okay so much for plan B, guess we're back to plan A codenamed Mayhem" Bloom muttered.

Brandon went wide eyed when a thick black and red liquid emerged from the redheads skin and began to cover her from head to toe, her height increased as did her muscle density and within seconds stood a large monster of black skin and red streaks, Brandon pressed a button on his ear piece, activating it.

"Guys you may want to hold back a bit" Brandon whispered.

"Why?" came Sky's reply.

"I've spotted the Symbiote" Brandon answered.

"Then that is our new target" Riven spat in a hushed tone.

"No, it's host is an Alfea freshman, we can't risk harming an innocent, but now that we know who it is if we can get a sonic weapon we can separate them and save her" Brandon explained briefly, he heard a sigh from Sky.

"Fine, we'll stick with the troll and observe the Symbiote for the next time" Sky stated.

They then watched as Mayhem leapt out of the darkness the trees had granted her and landed between the Winx and the troll, the Winx had been preparing to fight the troll and were about to transform when Mayhem landed between them and the troll, they just gawked at her.

"What the hell is that?" Musa practically screamed.

Stella just stared at the 'creature' as memories began to flash before her mind's eye, memories of the beast that attacked the ogre the fay she met Bloom though then it had been all black, her hand went to her forehead as she tried to process the information.

She had nearing unconsciousness when she heard a feminine voice, she had seen a figure with fiery hair within seconds it was consumed with a thick black liquid and within seconds the monster appeared and terrified the ogre.

"You…I…remember you" Stella stuttered not sure to be terrified or relieved at seeing the 'monster' as memories continued to flash before her mind's eyes.

The troll charged at Mayhem, ignoring the armed Specialists as they stepped out of their hiding spots and began closing in on it only to stop and watch as the troll rose its fists over its head, combining them into a single fist and attempted to slam its fists on Mayhem's skull, intending to take her out in one shot only to have mayhem grab both his wrists in the grip of her right hand before slamming her fist into the trolls gut, using a certain angle so that he didn't go flying off.

The troll took in a sharp gasp and coughed up some blood, stumbling back from the pain and sheer force of the blow. He raised his eyes and stared at Mayhem.

"Who…what are you?" it gasped out in a gruff voice.

"We are Mayhem" Mayhem cried in a psychotic voice almost identical to Venom's except feminine, Mayhem enjoyed mimicking her father's voice it really terrified her enemies.

"And what are you?" it asked, taking on a battle stance as if it was about to charge at her like she had it earlier.

"Your worst nightmare" Mayhem cackled as her left hand morphed into a katana and her right into a doubled sided axe, the troll's eyes widened with fear as it stumbled back even more, the others just stared at Mayhem as it rose her axe hand and brought it down on the troll with incredible speed and force.

The troll rise its left arm to defend himself only to have the axe cut strait through his forearm, he cried out in pain as his limb fell to the ground with a thud, blood pouring out of what remained off his limb.

The troll glared at Mayhem with anger and fear , his instincts screaming at him to run while he had the chance, however, the troll finally noticed the Specialists and doubted Mayhem would let him just walk away in cuffs, it was too much of a gamble, his only chance was to hope he could overpower Mayhem, or at least distract her long enough to escape.

The troll pulled back his fist and struck Mayhem in the gut only to let out a gasp of pain, it was like punching concrete, little did he know that Mayhem was practically a Mega-Venom since the offspring was almost always stronger than the parent and thanks to Bloom's powers, which she had researched extensively had evolved her Symbiote to an entirely new level and that the troll was nowhere near her league.

Techna just stared at Mayhem and observed her closely, there wasn't a doubt in her mind it was Bloom, it was good she was defending them it showed she still had some control over the Symbiote but the way she was fighting, so violent and gory so psychotic it worried her especially when her weapon wasn't ready yet, it had taken her this long just to find a way to contain the Symbiote, no one else had managed to contain a Symbiote excluding small pieces of one, nothing discovered could contain a whole Symbiote but she did have a theory on a material to contain it and had used it when constructing the weapon but she still wasn't entirely sure it would work.

"Pathetic" Mayhem chuckled as tentacles erupted from her body and sharpened until their ends were like spear tips, her tentacles shot at the troll with such speed and immense force it pierced its flesh and ran it through, sampling it's DNA in the process, just in case the troll had anything that could be of use to them, Mayhem retracted her tentacles and reabsorbed them before slicing it's head off with her makeshift Katana and watching the creature drop to the ground.

"Mayhem I remember you" Stella stated.

Mayhem turned to the blonde fairy, her maw vanishing, smoothing out, her weapons reshaping into hands again and the red streaks vanished and now she just looked like an attractive girl in a black spandex suit.

"But the question is how much do you remember about me?" Mayhem asked.

"That you were the one who saved me from that ogre" Stella replied.

"You saved her! Why?" Musa asked sceptically.

"For fun, it gets boring on Earth when you keep a low profile" Mayhem replied, which was mostly the truth.

"Until next time" Mayhem stated, glad that Stella didn't remember who she was, before raising her arm and shooting out a stream of webbing, hitting a tree and swinging off into the air and putting about a mile distance between them before taking on her natural appearance and doubling back and meeting back up with the Winx and Specialists as they headed back to their ship, unaware of the fact Techna and Brandon were keeping a close eye on her, once they got back, the Specialists gave the Winx a lift to the clearing and explained to Palladium about the troll, having decided in advance to keep their traps shut about 'Mayhem' at least until they had a way to fight her and survive, but they weren't looking forward to coming up with an excuse as to why their prisoner was dead.

A/N Sorry I took so long, hope you all like it, plz review.