Chapter Nine: Disaster

The very next day, Tecna and Timmy stood by the wing-shaped gates of Alfea. The sky was clouded over, and just like in Tecna's dream, she stared onward in terror. The predictions of her dream continued as she felt Timmy's hand grasp hers in reassurance.

"Remember our plan?" Her asked her, and she nodded, fighting back nervousness and hesitation. Timmy had one of the Red Fountain hover-bikes ready, and they both boarded. Normally, Timmy would let Tecna fly beside the hover-bike, but he couldn't be too careful. She still had her injured ankle, and Great Dragon forbid if she got attacked unexpectedly. Timmy flew over the forest surrounding Alfea and headed to the wide-open space of Lake Roccaluce. He knew that if the Electrocutionor was going to target Tecna, it was going to be right out in the open. Here, there would be no innocent bystanders to get caught in the potential damage that would be done. Timmy landed the hover-bike by a big rock; it was big enough for Tecna to crouch down and be entirely hidden from sight. He helped her off from the hover-bike and guided her to the hiding spot.

"Okay, don't come out until I give you the signal." He instructed.

"I got it, Timmy." Tecna responded with a slight smile, staring into his hazel eyes behind his glasses. Suddenly, by impulse, he pulled her into the tightest embrace and kissed her passionately. "What was that?" She asked him when their lips parted.

"I could never forgive myself if you got hurt from this." He gulped, almost hesitant to let her out of his grasp.

"I thought you said you didn't have any doubts." She remarked, her own nervousness beginning to surface once more.

"I was wrong, but I also know that you have a responsibility to protect your realm. I want to do anything I can to help you, even if I'm scared to the very core that I'm going to lose you in the process." He admitted, "I'm just as terrified of what will happen as you are, but we are terrified together, and we don't back down from our responsibilities." Tecna was speechless, she didn't know how to respond. Timmy was so brave, putting himself in the line of fire for something she was obligated to face herself. He did promise her that she would never be alone again, and she was unsure of the lengths he would go to in order to keep that promise. After a few moments of silence, she spoke.

"You need to go; we can't wait anymore." She insisted hastily.

"Right." Then, he kissed her on the forehead quickly before taking off on his hover-bike. He stood out in the open, glaring out into the distance. On the other side of the lake, Electrocutionor could detect Tecna's magical presence. Though, it couldn't fire because its target wasn't in range. The Electrocutionor emerged from the trees and Timmy could see its enormous form coming closer to him. Timmy was not a direct threat to the Electrocutionor, but he was a direct lead to Tecna's location. This made it easier for Timmy to use himself as bait to distract it. he started up the hover-bike and flew off towards it. However, what Timmy didn't expect was that the Electrocutionor would begin shooing its cannon at him. That didn't matter as long as he could distract it. It continued to blast its cannon in every direction that Timmy flew, destroying trees and wildlife in its wake. Tecna stayed in her hiding spot, although she was terrified of what would happen to Timmy. Her nightmare from the previous night was coming true right before her eyes. She fought the temptation to scream; or run out from the rock and transform so she could get the Electrocutionor to attack her instead. Timmy continued to fly further away from Tecna's hiding place, and when he was far enough, he gave her the signal through communication from her handheld device. Tecna transformed into her Enchantix and flew up behind the gigantic robot. She held her breath as she miniaturized and continued to fly toward its chest plate. Just as expected, there was a hidden access door behind it, and she slipped inside.

"Timmy, I'm in." She told him over her handheld device, and she heard a deep sigh of relief.

"Way to go, Tec. Do your thing." Timmy praised her as she gave him a confident response before ending the connection. Then, she flew slowly toward the complex control panel before her. Tecna took a deep breath, channeling every ounce of her magical energy into one powerful ball. Then, she sent the energy into the control panel, but it cost her dearly.


Once Timmy knew Tecna was inside the control room of the Electrocutionor, he waited anxiously. It stood there, stunned briefly before electricity began shooting from within it. The electric surge was so great that it surrounded the robot from top to bottom. Timmy's face began to be horror stricken when he witnessed this, and he tried to connect to Tecna's handheld device. There was no connection, the device had been shorted from the high voltage. Suddenly, the electrical surge stopped completely, and Timmy had to fly his hover-bike out of the way as the Electrocutionor plummeted to the ground. All was still, nothing moved. Timmy's breath hitched as he feared the absolute worst.

"Tecna, no!" He flew up closer to the disabled gigantean robot to find the access door to the control room and jumped from his hover-bike to open it. He practically tore the door open in a panic and was horrified from the sight on the other side. On the floor of the control room, the electric energy still consumed Tecna's body as she was convulsing furiously. He was afraid to run to her, to hold her and stop her agony. It took a few more minutes for the convulsions to subside and the energy to diminish. Then, Timmy ran over to the love of his life and pulled her into his embrace. He could feel her heart pulsing fiercely from the impact, but he feared the impact would be too much for her. He feared her heart would stop.

"I'm going to get you back to Alfea." He struggled to let the words out. He felt an enormous weight of guilt loom over him as her got up off the floor with Tecna gathered in his arms.


Timmy drove as fast as he possibly could back toward the school for fairies and ran through the main entrance. He was met with the rest of the Winx Club and Mrs. Faragonda.

"What happened?" Flora asked, horrified and scared for one of her dearest friends.

"She defeated the Electrocutionor," Timmy took deep breaths, he hoped to the Great Dragon that he was right, "but she needs medical attention right now!" There was no time for further questions, Tecna was rushed to the school's infirmary and nurse Ophelia performed some basic magic stability tests. Timmy and the rest of the Winx waited in the infirmary's main room before the nurse came out.

"Will Tecna be okay?" Bloom asked as the nurse walked out.

"Physically and mentally, she'll be fine." Nurse Ophelia informed them, "Although I'm not so sure about her magic. I'll need to put her through some more advanced magic stability tests. Timmy, you will be notified immediately when I find anything out. In the meantime, I suggest you go back to Red Fountain. Wash up and try to get some rest, if you can." Timmy heaved a sigh that was trembling. There was nothing he could do right now, and he believed all of this was his fault. He felt he shouldn't have let her convince him to go through with this plan when her ankle had been injured. Then, when she did have her own doubts, he was confident the plan would work. It did, but his fears had come true along with it. He should have listened to his intuition, those fears existed for a reason.