CHAPTER 26: Special Agent Stella

"But who? Who would be in on the inside? We don't even know anybody here?" Bloom covered her face trying to think.

"What if they aren't from here? What if they just followed us here?" Musa sat down on the couch and kicked her feet up. "We just need to find something in common with all the crime scenes."

"Thanks Musa, I will take over from here!" Stella stood up as Musa rolled her eyes. "Here is what we know. Flora, Trista, and Layla were all taken. Flora was kidnapped by that hag Kathy, Layla was seduced by a stunning man with a weird eye, and Trista we know was taken by a green haired woman in a puff of smoke. What's the connection?" Stella looked out to her audience of five. They stared back at her silently. "Well, that's the thing. There may not be any. I uploaded the video Tech sent and listened to the audio. Listen." Stella pulled out her phone and pushed a button.

"Your part is very important. You are the queen of this game, willing to go anywhere, any number of spaces. Now all we need is the player. He will move the pieces all into place. Now, come with me!"

"See!" Stella smiled. Nobody moved. "Come on guys! The creepy lady said he. Now, after reviewing the tea leaves Flora left, I noticed the difference." Stella waved her hand and a large white screen appeared. She walked over and pulled a table in front, placing a computer magically on top of it. "Look at the tea leaves in this picture." Stella's fingers raced over the keyboard. "Now look at this one. I edited it so the words they stood for are under them." Michelle stood up to get a better view.

"'K. A. T. H. Y.' Okay, that makes sense. 'Work' '4' 'girl' evil' '!'. Okay, so what does that mean?" Michelle crossed her arms, waiting for the reply.

"Well, I thought about it. Try putting it into a sentence. My guess is that Flora was pressed for time and could only do some many words, that or drugged so she couldn't concentrate. Here's what I got. 'Kathy works for an evil girl.' Unless the man is gender confused, I think we have two different kidnappers."

Everything turned grey. Time slowed down.

"Stella? What just happened?" Hotaru and Roxy both shouted at once. "Jinx! Double jinx!" They both giggled as Michelle rolled her eyes.

"Oh, that was my bad. I put a spell on the room so that when I said my find, I would feel like what happens in NCIS episodes." Stella blushed. It should turn back….right…..now!" Everything went back to normal. "See. No harm no foul. And we are one step closer to finding our captives." Stella smiled.

"No! We are NOT on step closer!" The rest of the gang jumped at Michelle's outburst. "We have no idea who kidnapped anybody! Don't even say Kathy, Stella!" Stella snapped her mouth shut.

"Actually we do." Michelle and Hotaru both bowed as Rini walked in. Rini winked to Hotaru. "I have some information we might be able to use." Michelle and Hotaru both stood up.

"Here, ma'am, you may take my seat." Michelle motioned to her spot on the couch. Rini shook her head and took a spot on the floor by Roxy and Hotaru.

"Now, what were you talking about before I interrupted?" Rini pointed to the board. Stella quickly filled her in.

"Ah, I see. Well, I know who that green haired woman is." Rini pointed to the photo on the board so Stella could enlarge it. "Her name is Emerald and I hate that girl. She gave me hell when I was younger and she is at it again."

"I was right Rini!" Mina, Rei, and Lita entered the room. Mina was glowing with pride. "I told- where is Ami?" Mina looked around the room confused.

"Oh my gosh! I forgot about Techna! I will go back and get her" Musa jumped out of her chair.

"Sit down!" Musa sat on the ground quickly raising an eyebrow at Stella. "We will not lose another Winx Clubian. We will ALL go. Even the old ladies, the princess, and the goth girl." Stella shrugged her shoulders at the glares. "Let's move out!" And with that, Stella turned on her heels and stormed out of the room. Everyone sighed and followed her, hoping Techna could make Stella shut up.