An: I hate camping… I was away for the past three days on a leadership course or I would have updated sooner… and you know all I really got from the whole stupid experience was a spider bite and hundreds of mosquito bites… bugs spray doesn't work… as well as stiff joints and a greater understanding at how much I miss my computer when I'm away and a even greater understanding at how much I HATE CAMP… anyway in this chapter it's the end of Flora and Remy's relationship and a quick look at what the villains are doing… and a note Jade is going to explore her evil side in this story which will cause a very… dangerous rift between her and the Winx Club especially Bloom and Aly… and very soon will be the introduction of the BOBS an idea I thought of quite recently but I've already started to work on it… I will move the story ahead a couple of weeks in the next chapter, cause I'm still sick from camp… which I hate… and I really don't want to do another chapter like this one… just searching for an antidote sucks… so I'll put it here now THE Winx Club doesn't find one… anyway I have to say this I watched the second and third episode of Winx Club and all I can say is two things was there a rift between Riven and Musa if there was what the hell happened… and I totally feel for the Trix sisters… anyway enough said on to the story…
"But we don't even know where to start," Bloom worry was etched in her face.
"Black market," Remy offered, Flora glanced warily at him, the glint in his eyes told her everything, and Remy would never change no matter how hard he tried.
"We could ask Helias to join us, maybe he'll know something," Flora said.
"That pansy-ow-" Riven winced at where Musa had elbowed him hard.
"I can ask my father maybe he can find a bottle," Stella offered.
"What about Jones she's part demon maybe she could find us a snake demon," Bloom said.
"I could keep on searching on the World Wide Web." Tecna said.
"Can I help?" Aly said entering the room.
Musa frowned, "Who are you again?"
Aly scowled, "Alianne Sky Paladin, also known as simply Aly Jade knows me and so does he." Aly pointed to Peter who nodded.
"Whatever, Pete your watching her, not me," Remy said, with a roll of his eyes, "Wait how old are you 12."
"15," Aly said angrily.
"That's a bit young don't you think Pete," Remy said looking at him with a wicked look in his eyes.
"I don't know what your talking about," Pete muttered.
"Whatever, as long as she stays out of the way," Riven said stopping the two from joking around.
Aly ran her hands through her jet black her, her startling blue eye sparkled in excitement. "What about the underworld, there's probably loads of demons who could help us locate a snake demon," the room went quiet.
"Do you have any idea how dangerous the underworld is?" Remy whispered.
"Never been there but I'll go if it means Jade will be live," Aly said strongly.
"Are you insane if one of us dies because we went to look for a cure in the Underworld, Jade if she survives will kill us," Brandon said.
"So we don't get killed," Aly said.
"I can't take any of you to the underworld, you are to inexperienced to be fooling around in the underworld." Remy said firmly, "I'll go by myself to get it."
"Your not that much older than us," Flora argued.
"I'm 20 Flora, I'm a legal adult, and frankly none of you have the street smarts to last a day in the underworld,"
"What's that supposed to mean," Flora said angrily, "You're a retired thief,"
Remy shrugged and changed the subject, "Beside it would be better if we split up you know ground," under his cool demeanour he was seething.
"Fine I'll go with you," Flora said.
"No, it takes a person like Jade to survive in the underworld," Remy said.
"Jade's been to the underworld," Aly said in awe.
"Yeah, when she was 15, she went with Jones the two came back with hundreds of uncut diamonds, as well as bunch cursed objects the ones that you sell in the black market for a fortune." Remy said proudly causing anger to flare within Flora he still liked Jade a lot. "Of course there were roughly 40 high-level demons on her tail, and hundreds of lower demons after her as well. The next thing they know half of them gone it. Jade and Jones took most of them out, and the rest ran away." Remy said grinning as he retold the story adding great detail, and exaggerating greatly.
"Excuse me, but we need to save you girlfriends life," Flora said coldly causing everyone but Remy and Aly to turn to her.
"Whatever, anyway… there was this time that Jade was in the racing realms…" Flora scowled and walked out of the room.
Bloom whacked Remy on the head, "I think you just got dumped," Timmy said.
"What? No way," Remy said as he looked around for Flora, he sighed, "She's in love with that new Red Specialist, it wasn't going to work out anyway, it's not like I don't love her, I do just like I love Jade, that's why I moved away from here, I couldn't trust myself to be around her, of course if she being Flora does hook up with that dude from Red Fountain I can give him a black eye before I go out in the world to make a name for myself." Remy said.
"Can I go with you to the underworld?" Aly said.
"Yeah but Pete has to come anyway all the Renegade leaders, have to steal something from the underworld, but we need to keep in touch, so we would know if someone found a snake demon,"
"Alright, So you three go to the underworld," Tecna said, "Bloom, Sky and Stella and Brandon can go to the black market with Makoto, and Musa, Riven, Flora and Helias should start in the swamp realms… Me and Timmy will keep you all informed with the latest news." Tecna said.
"Remember we only have a month, people…" Bloom said with a sigh.
"Yeah, Jade won't die…"
Jones sat in her lair… "Jade will not die, neither will any off the Winx Club however we will send some of our toughest demons just to test out these theories. You however my little toy will be Jade's test… but she can't beat you no matter what nor will you fully have to manifest in your third form," Jones said pushing herself onto the conduits lap.
"Jones…" Icy began.
"Mistress," Jones snapped at Icy.
Icy frowned at this but continued, "Mistress the Wisperian crystals have detected the third and final power…"
"That power will go to Stormy, tell her to take the demons of her choice, and leave immediately find this Aly person… oh and Icy do I need to remind you that I can read your mind," Jones said with a growl.
"Yes mistress," Icy said keeping her mind clean of all thoughts.
"Now to pay a visit to my old friend Eris the goddess of Chaos," Jones said with a grin.
"Wait, when do I get my turn, I want Jade's heart…" Darcy snarled, she wasn't completely powerless, but her powers would return fully in a month's time of course… but Jones ignored her.
There wasn't much to do when you were in suspended animation… all you had were memories… good or bad it depended on your life… lately her life had been okay… but that's not what her soul was focusing on…
"Oh you poor fuck." Darcy said. "Don't you wish you'd been a good girl and died back when I sent Flair after you? But no…you had to be a hero. Well my dear girl, being a hero has a very, VERY high price." Darcy said. And then she was suddenly right up in Jade's face. "Time to pay up."
And Darcy brought the rake down, the spines slashing across Jade's back, and she finally screamed out loud as all the nerve endings ignited at once, rearing up, as Darcy swung the rake back and slashed/struck her across the side, ripping open more flesh wounds on her left arm as she rolled from the impact.
"Ho boy, are we having fun yet?" Darcy asked.
"YOU'RE A MONSTER! A MONSTER!" Yusuke was screaming.
"I am what they made me." Darcy said as she walked up. "You consider that."
And she broke the handle of the rake over Jade's back, and when he reared up from THAT blow she slashed her, hard, across the face, ripping apart her features in a line of bloody wounds as she was flung back onto the ground.
The memories of Darcy faded… leaving worse…. way worse memories in its wake…
"Like I said, whose turn is it to die Sangara?" a 14 year old version of herself said laughing at the bloodied body in front of her. The body twitched spastically as the person tried to get up…
"Kill him my little puppet… kill the man who dares anger the goddess of chaos…" a voice hissed in her ear, "And the gift that you seek from me will be yours…"
"Die," Jade snarled as she plunged her hand outward, ripping the man to shreds.
"Very good my darling… the gift…" the voice hissed in Jade's ear as the goddess of chaos appeared in front of Jade annulling the spell that had been on Jades emotions and her soul causing Jade's eyes to brighten, "is Death…" Eris cackled evilly as Jade stared in horror at her bloodied hands and at the corpse in horror… Eris disappeared still laughing… pictures of everyone she killed floating down towards made Jade collapse and start sobbing.
'I don't want to see these memories…' Jade screamed into the darkness that once again overwhelmed her.
"We did it, 24 million dollars!" the boy whooped in the air, causing Jade to cringe and look self consciously around… "So what are you going to do with your share of the money?" the boy named Jarreck said turning around looking at the empty space that used to hold Jade and the two briefcases of money… but instead held to gangsters holding huge weapons. Jade sat watching on a nearby rooftop.
"JADE!" the boy screamed as the men began to pummel him… blood sipping out numerous head wounds…
Jade glared down at the boy who was now seconds away from death, a grimsmile on her face… "It's just business Jarreck just like what you did to Ryuk," Jade snarled at him and kicked the body out of her way, heading back to the club with 24 million dollars.
Again darkness overcame her…
"Daddy!" Jade ran to hug her real father… who collapsed in the small child's arms. Ignoring the blood on her father Jade hugged him tightly… laughing not knowing that this was the final time she'd see him. "I luv you daddy," she whispered into his chest… as her father hugged her back.
Jade's father pulled the child away from him and looked at Jade's namesake eyes, "Come here and hug your old man," Jade giggled also for the last time in her life and hugged him again tighter.
"Oh daddy your so silly… your not old…" Jade said happily oblivious- now that she had her favourite man in the whole world beside her- to the carnage outside.
Her memories went back further to the day she was born… how she was recalling these memories freaked her out…
"She is the key of fire… her cousin is the key of the Earth… and her sisters in both soul and magic will experience being the key to the air and water… she and only she will experience the pure delight of destroying things… and the joy of recreating life."
Her mother shook her head, "No she will have a good life, destiny can change…"
"Fire brings life and fire also brings destruction! Your highness, but something you do not understand, something you have never understood…is that the two are linked! One cannot exist without the other!" The seer said. "Her destiny only has two paths, other than that it's otherwise carved in stone the path of destruction or the path of rebirth it's her decision to no one can make that decision for her." The seer looked at Jades father who now held his precious daughter.
"Tell me more…" he looked at the hard stare his daughter gave him before gurgling at him.
The seer looked at him, "What would you like to know?"
Jades father sighed and looked at Jade, "Will she ever be happy?"
The seer cocked her head and chose her words carefully, "When she looks back on her life she will be… content."
Was she content… most of her life had left destruction and death in her wake… so was she truly content?
"So this is the underworld, its not so creepy," Aly said to Remy who rolled his eyes…
"Yeah until the demons come out, were just lucky now," a crack of lightning slammed into Remy's back sending him flying.
Pete groaned, "Way to Jinx it," the two turned around as Pete had his head slammed into a wall by a burly fist.
Aly laughed nervously… 'what would Jade do in this situation,' Aly thought, 'first she would help Remy and Pete up, so they could help her…' actually Jade would have assessed the situation that was basic knowledge… Aly ran over to help Pete up, but Stormy appeared in her view.
"Hello, pixie…" Stormy cackled…
Aly blinked, "And you are…" she prompted.
Stormy blanked, she knew her sisters were ruthless and famous but come on… "Stormy Trix and you have something that belongs to me…"
"Trix… Trix… are you somehow related to Darcy and Icy Trix… a cousin maybe…"
"Sister…" Stormy growled.
"And you have the power to…" Aly said enjoying.
"Control the weather…"
Again Aly interrupted Stormy, "No one can control the weather only ask it favours…"
"SHUT-UP!" Stormy roared again, as she shot another lightning bolt at Aly who sidestepped it.
"Wow know wonder no one knows your name your not as dangerous as your sisters."
Pete watched in amazement as Aly taunted Stormy…
Aly sighed dramatically, "You want to see how to aim…" Aly hand went into a claw shape and she made a swiping motion, "GRIFFIN CLAW," there was no visible attack to see but something hit Stormy in the chest cutting through her outfit, causing blood to flow, Stormy went down.
Demons surrounded the witch who soon disappeared… "Peter are you okay…" Aly said turning to him.
"That's right just pretend I'm not here…" Remy said with a roll of his eyes as he got up with a slight wince. The two ignored him causing him to sigh…
"Yeah that was amazing… you should show Jade that move…" Peter gushed, "I didn't see anything… if Jade saw you maybe she'd train you… you could be a legend…"
"Really" Aly said hopefully.
"No…Jade mastered the art of assisted spontaneous combustion in roughly 3 seconds… a move like that won't impress her… plus she won't teach anyone what she knows… don't know why…" Remy said with a deep thoughtful frown.
"Don't touch anything… " Makoto said not turning around heading towards a stall.
"It's so big how do we find on little bottle," Bloom said.
"That's why we brought Stella…" Brandon said with a grin… who watched as Stella grilled another tender on the whereabouts of the snake venom…
"Hello Pixie…" Icy cackled at Bloom, she was surrounded by 8 high level demons…
"Icy," Bloom hissed.
"Well it's good to see you remember me… but I only came for your dragon fire and this… Icy held up the only bottle of Snake Demon venom and froze it and crushed it… in her hands.
"You… You…"
"What's the matter Bloom cat got your tongue," Icy laughed cruelly, "I want that dragon fire Bloom and if I have to kill you for it then so be it,"
"You Bitch," Bloom roared as she lounged at Icy.
"My, my the little pixies got a tongue on her and a temper to boot…" Icy laughed as she dodged Bloom's feeble attack. "I never did get to properly thank you for putting in that hell hole last year," Icy growled at the memory… "Ice Coffin!" the ice witch roared as Bloom was frozen solid.
"Bloom," Stella cried worry etched on her face.
"Sorry," a female demon said stopping the specialists from stopping Icy as she sauntered over to Bloom, "But your fight's with us," the demon cracked her knuckles menacingly.
"Yeah your going to have to go through us," another one added.
"That's fine by me," Brandon said embedding his sword deep into the chest of the demon watching it explode.
"This time... Pixie it's over after I take your dragonfire I'm going to end your pathetic miserable existence," Icy growled at Blooms frozen body.
An explosion of ice and fire caused Icy to take a step back, "Think again Icy your not getting your hands on my dragon fire…" a sudden burst of dark magic slammed into Blooms back sending her flying.
"Icy," a dangerous voice hissed from the shadows, "I never said you could attack the Winx club what are orders if your subordinates do not follow them, when we get back you will be punished." The figure growled.
Icy paled slightly but kept her angry expression on, "Yes mistress."
The voice laughed cruelly, "At least I won't have to add to your punishment Icy." The figure snapped her fingers and Icy and the demons disappeared.
The Winx club stared at the figure in the shadows who laughed at them and disappeared.
"Okay what just happened?" Stella asked.
"Yeah who were those people…" Makoto questioned.
"Icy has a few more tricks up her sleeve, and she's working for someone else… and that person even freaks Icy out… that's got to be bad… plus she's gotten stronger… really strong… its really creepy."
"And Icy usually goes around with an entourage of demons…" Makoto questioned.
"No that's new she'll probably be around her sisters… or a troll and a duck…" Sky said.
"Then she's more dangerous than before…" Makoto concluded, "But Bloom defeated her… so she should be able to do it again… right…" they nodded, "then we are worried for what exactly…" he prompted.
"She wasn't at her full strength, and that ice coffin kept me there longer than I expected… where ever she got that power probably from that freaky shadowy thing is definitely a lot stronger than me…"
"So we do have cause for concern then," Makoto sighed, "We need to get out of here that was probably the only snake demon venom…" Makoto cursed, "Now we have to go to the black market…"
"Wait isn't this the black market?" Stella questioned Makoto.
"Yeah but compared to the one I'm talking about this ones grey…" Makoto said. "This is where the real baddies hang out… I'm talking vampires, demons, werewolves… that sort of thing… and quite possibly. "
