An: Another chapter up… it might be a bit weak but that's only because I've been so busy and sick… the next chapter will be better promise so please read and review
"If we give up now then we've already defeated ourselves," Bloom answered, "besides even if he isn't here exactly with us I can still feel him watching over me," Bloom said. "Why are you so worried?" she asked.
Jade shrugged, "Don't know, but from what I've been reading we might have something to worry about."
Something to worry about… something to worry about… Jade had never been so right in her entire life… they had all underestimated her. True she was holding her ground but give or take five minutes and she would fail.
She was completely different then the Trix. She had no weaknesses to exploit, she didn't monologue, and her movements swift and graceful yet she managed to keep each blow as deadly as the last. And even though numerous of Bloom's blasts were hitting Lilith she had remained unscathed. Oh and she seemed completely and utterly sane, which was new for them usually the people that they had faced just wanted power… for the sake of having power… and that power usually made them completely insane… or more insane then they had ever been. Either way it both added up to them being screwed… as aforementioned above she wasn't your average day super-villain; she was usually two steps ahead of them at any given time, predicting the outcome and making sure it suited her needs.
And separating the three people who could possibly defeat her… Aly going of to fight Jade… Bloom could only pray that Aly made it out in one piece… and even their friends/allies had split up spreading their forces to thin… even if they did manage to defeat the Trix… the vampire was dead… they'd be to weak to properly defend themselves… they'd all die.
It wasn't supposed to happen this way they were supposed to have won by now but at the current moment not only was Lilith systematically taking them apart she was also forcing Bloom to change her perspective on life… which was even worse… the only reason she couldn't convert Bloom was because like Lilith, Bloom was also fighting for a cause… to save Sky's life… and though Lilith might truly be right about the Source being evil but she wasn't about to abandon Sky for that reason.
Besides being good and being evil are two extremes, no one is completely good… just like there is rarely someone completely evil. It's simply a question of morals… if you are willing to kill to get what you want then you are considered evil… if you give most of your possessions and time to people less fortunate than you then you are considered to be a good person. Societies morals dictate what is good and evil we can do something in one culture and be considered an evil person but if go to another culture you could be considered a hero. Lilith was considered a hero… the first feminist to many females but yet when you look through the eyes of the Starseeds she is just a rebel leader that they had to put down before she destroyed the natural balance of society… so what was she? A hero or the villain? And for once Bloom had no idea.
Lilith could see Bloom's physical fatigue, she could sense all of Bloom's mental shields slipping as she plunged deep into Bloom's mind attempting to do the same thing she had done to Jade… and of course she succeeded in reading Bloom completely finding the weakness' in her armour the doubts that she had tried to keep hidden. Her lips once again curled into a smile as she prepared the Reversus curse once again.
"Rev—" she began her mouth opening her hand outstretched, but she stopped and blinked the winds had picked up, and it was becoming difficult to breathe…
With speed and grace Lilith shot back just as Aly dived through the air letting all the wind smash into the ground in one concentrated blast. The aftershock of such a powerful attack was massive creating a shockwave that pushed both Lilith and Bloom back.
And as the dust settled Aly floated in that same exact spot that she had just attacked and for once she didn't look completely out of place she her face had a series of five castrated scars which Jade had placed on her face, which ran diagonally from her chin and on her tank top you could see the blood from where Jade's hand had gone through her. But then there was the power thing… for the first time her power was great enough so you were forced to see her as a possible threat.
Lilith casually raised an eyebrow two for the price of one… and combined there powers were barely a threat simply because she had greatly weakened Bloom. "You're still alive? I'll have to fix that," with that she raised her hand. But again with the speed that she had acquired from the power up Aly rushed her.
Lilith frowned in concentration and swung her hammer cracking Aly across the jaw, which of course sent her flying backwards into Bloom, "You may have gotten a power up but you don't know how to use that power do you?" again the look of utter boredom crossed Lilith's features as she expertly twirled the hammer on her fingers.
The two faeries got up, a look a relief on Bloom's features, "Jade," she prompted.
"Took off, I woke up and she was gone."
"Then she's back."
"No I think she just regained control for a couple of minutes enough to heal me so I didn't feel to weak."
"Then it had to be a telepathic attack again… but I thought…"
"You thought wrong faerie, taking over peoples minds are easy and it is easy to break out of holds like that but this time I burrowed deeper than Jade… I attacked her soul, even if she somehow manages to stop herself from killing you she won't be able to do it twice." Aly snickered and even Bloom cracked a smile causing Lilith to frown, "What?"
"You've already lost then," Bloom replied totally confident, amusement twinkling in her eyes.
"Well if I kill you now no matter what I still win," Lilith pointed out shifting her weight to the left.
"Aly we've never tried this but how about a convergence spell it might not be much but it might hold her off until Jade pulls her self together," Bloom muttered so that only Aly could here her.
"Good idea… but what do we want it to do before Jade comes," Aly whispered back.
"Subduing her that's all we need right now… it'll be better if we can conserve as much energy as possible." Bloom told her, her hands glowing red.
"And if Jade doesn't show?"
"Then we let loose and pray that it's enough," Bloom replied a slight frown on her face.
Musa frowned as once again another spell hadn't worked… convergence hadn't worked they were ten times stronger then when they were hooked up with the Gloomix. But even then they had been able to stop them numerous times, but they had changed they were more direct… and this time they were actually trying to kill them… not leave them like they had in Cloud tower when they were about to be deleted. And this directness made them more dangerous then ever before…
"Come on Musa we have to hold her off until Lilith's gone or they retreat or something…" Layla said her teeth gritted as she tried another spell but like all the others it did no harm.
"This isn't working we need a plan to beat her… them all together while expanding as little energy as possible."
"It has to be simple enough to pull off but to complex to see through…" Layla agreed.
"See through… See through… that's it an illusion spell… if we're too weak to take the Trix out then why don't we allow them to do all the work…" Musa said snapping her fingers.
Layla quickly caught her drift, "Ellie I think it's time for us to retreat, Musa a decibel blast to the ground would provide enough cover for us to make a quick retreat."
"Good idea, DECIBEL BLAST!" a strong attack smashed into the ground kicking up dirt and dust providing the perfect cover for them, as it left Stormy to hit nothing but air.
"So how do we contact the others and tell them our plan… without my sister's telepathy is out of the question, and Ivy is the only one of us who can't use telepathy," Ellie asked Musa.
"Damn it, and Dani's still useless due to the ritual… Jade's gone crazy… this plan won't work unless… Ellie we're going to hold Stormy off you've got to herd the other's one spot so we can pull this off… while you're herding them there try and give them as much information as possible, without letting the Trix know what we're planning," Musa said stopping in midair and dropping to the ground and facing towards where Stormy would attack them from.
Ellie didn't look back she was just trying to locate her sisters with them they would be able to contact them all telepathically.
Convergence had barely worked on she simply sent it flying back at them… they were only alive because they had managed to dodge it in time.
"The Dragonfire and the Griffin… even without the phoenix I believed that you would at least be tougher than this…"
"Bloom you're too weak to continue like this take a break and let me go toe to toe with her… it won't be much but you need a breather, and I need a victim to test my new powers on," Aly said looking at Bloom.
"Are you insane she'll kill you," Bloom screamed.
"No she won't and if it looks like she's about to you can step in, before she left she said my wind finally broke… so it's time I learned how to manipulate this power anyway." Bloom looked at her worry in her eyes, she had seen Aly's scars from when she had fought Jade… the only person who could heal her face was Jade herself and she was having an identity crisis somewhere.
"Fine but if it gets to tough then we continue together no holding back, with or without Jade."
Aly nodded and took off towards Lilith once again who was looking at them boredom with a hint of curiosity in her eyes. She sighed and dodged the attack a small smile playing on her lips as she attempted to block Aly once again only to come up empty. It was almost as if Aly had just disappeared. Lilith didn't even blink as she cocked her head slightly her hand snapping up and catching the Aly's arm the powerful blast still in Aly's hands. With the same grace she had used on Bloom, Lilith flipped Aly and before she hit the ground, she once again grabbed her leg, and threw her back towards Bloom. "You project your thoughts to much," Lilith answered the unasked question. "Besides I pity you now the line between bravery and stupidity was passed a while back."
Aly snickered at this as she pushed herself up, "Only the bravest would give there lives for others."
"But there courage will help them win any fight," Bloom finished for her.
Lilith blinked and shook her head at them, "That's a bunch of bullshit. No matter how brave or courageous someone is that doesn't change destiny… like it is my destiny to punish the source."
"And it's our destiny to stop you," Aly retorted.
"That is why our destiny isn't set in stone," Lilith replied, "This is one of the crossroads that happens the events today will dictate the future… you are fighting me only because a tyrant has vilified me as the enemy. Bloom you are fighting for people who destroyed your happiness just so you would fight me. Jade was smart enough to realize that I was telling the truth…"
"Shut-up you bastard you tricked her manipulated her against us…" Aly began only for Lilith to interrupt her.
"Not really I didn't lie to her or anything I might have twisted some of her memories and inserted a few fake ones, but that pretty much covers it. The only way for the curse to work is if the person agrees to join me. She did, all I really did was cause all the walls Jade set around her emotions to crumbling down… very much like Jericho… anyway with those walls gone Jade is emotionally unstable… each of her psyches will be trying to take over her body unfortunately the curse of the beast has created yet another psyche for Jade…"
"Wait what do you mean by psyche?" Bloom asked.
"You don't know… and you call yourself her friend, Jade has seen and done so much that to keep from going insane she split her personality into two groups entities like her phoenix force and the conduits power and then her emotions like love and hate are also separated, she does this to maintain some sanity…"
"Jade is completely sane," Bloom interrupted.
"She fought someone who was ten times more powerful then her and bent on eating her heart… I think that classifies as slightly insane," Lilith retorted.
"You got to agree with her on that one," Aly agreed whispering.
The plan was working all groups had met in the one area blasts were flying as both Musa and Layla prepared a convergence spell to smash against the ground. They did so and dirt went flying into the air… they would only have one shot at this…
"Ivy now!" Layla shouted.
"Deceiving Illusion," Ivy waved her glowing hands. The group waited for a minute and looked into the sky where the Trix had been, but in there place stood the Winx Club and a few of the BOBS.
"It worked?" Stella asked looking into the sky.
The Winx Club figures looked at each other and started fighting each other, "Yeah it worked but the spell will only last for five minutes so we'd better find Bloom and help her by the looks of it they'll probably be dead in the next two minutes," Ivy pointed out admiring her handiwork.
"Ivy's right let's go help Bloom and if she's got everything covered and if she does then we go save Aly," Tecna agreed.
He knew where she was… she was the only one with an empty hourglass, and it gave him a signal. Why she survived he had know idea but he himself couldn't bring himself to do his job to reap her soul. She was one of the few people who looked at him with no judgement in her eyes, she constantly reminded him of who he was, even though he himself didn't like what he was she said that she accepted it. And then there was the fact that there was no fear in her eyes… she wasn't afraid of him… she had seen past his face and there was no fear, no disgust she wasn't offended by him. That's why he had to help her in her time of need…