I'd like to thank SharpieMassacre for editing and helping with this chapter x
Finally D-day arrived; the day when they would say their goodbyes, possibly forever. They all departed in different directions to see their families before they left for Magix Museum. After all her friends left Tecna opened up an inter-dimensional portal to Zenith, and of course accompanied by Timmy. Hand in hand, together they stepped into the stunning realm of Zenith.
"Wow Tecna! Zenith's amazing!" cried Timmy as he looked around at the futuristic buildings and advanced hover cars. There were so many automated operating systems running at once throughout the city of Interface. Timmy was taken aback by it all as couldn't believe the ratio of people to robots he was seeing. The city was generally a pristine white with the odd flecks of colour dotted around, generally being people's hair colour and clothes. He was surprised by the diversity of hair colour since the city was so plain, and thought it would only logical that the colour of their hair would be too. But instead he saw people with bright blue, earthy green, vivid magenta and crimson red hair.
The sun was glowing high in the sky, and the air was warm and still. Tecna smiled proudly as Timmy admired her city. She didn't really understand what he found so amazing about Interface; she'd lived there all her life so the city had never struck her as astonishing. Zenithian attitudes and emotionless ways were a way of life for Tecna, but as her personality and emotions developed, she began to understand why outsiders would find this unusual. Now she had Timmy by her side, her perception of the world around her had changed. The barrier between logic and emotion had been a hard barrier to break, but this change had made her a better person. Ignoring the typical sights that she saw around her, she continued to walk with Timmy dragging along behind her.
"Come on Timmy! We haven't got all day. I need to get this over and done with, and then we need to meet the girls as soon as we can." She walked quickly and confidently as to not waste any more time.
"Tecna, stop!" Timmy suddenly shouted to her as if her life was in danger.
Before Timmy could stop her she stepped out onto the road with a hover car headed in her direction. Timmy was baffled by what he saw next. What appeared to be an invisible wall materialised in front Tecna and pushed her back onto the pavement where she stood out of harm's way. Timmy's heart skipped a beat as he ran to her side having been a couple of metres behind when it happened.
"What…was that?" asked Timmy as his brain tried to rattle with what just occurred.
Tecna seemed unscathed by the whole ordeal and fiddled calmly with her short hair, "Oh that was just the Automatic Reflex System," she explained to the confused specialist, "Since Interface had it installed a few years ago the number of accidents on the road has decreased dramatically."
"Please don't do that to me again Cupcake. Are you all right?" asked Timmy nervously as he reached his hands towards hers and held them for comfort.
"I'm fine, please just stop worrying," moaned Tecna as she snapped her hands away from him in an annoyed way. She couldn't help but feel irritated by the slight hiccup in her time planning.
"Stop worrying? Tecna, I could lose you forever tonight. Please just slow down a bit…" He trailed off as he gazed more around the magnificent city, "Can we just enjoy this walk through the city?" he asked desperately.
Tecna sighed and brushed her bang out of her eye nervously. She spoke timidly, "I'm sorry Timmy. I just don't think it's hit me yet. I guess I've put on a brave face, but underneath, I'm terrified. I guess it's pretty illogical to hide my emotions at a time like this."
"I'm sorry you feel that way Tecna, but remember I'm always here for you," he smiled sympathetically at her, "Just tell me next time, ok?"
She smiled weakly at him, "I will. I've been totally irrational. Come on…we can walk together," she said as she reached for his hand. Timmy smiled as they continued to walk peacefully through the busy street hand in hand like a couple.
Soon they approached her house on the corner of the street. The texture of the walls resembled a material much like plastic and was white and shiny in colour. The front 'garden' was panelled with white slabs and didn't have a speck of dirt in sight. Tecna stepped walked over the pristine slabs and nervously rang the doorbell still hand in hand with Timmy. They watched through the translucent window as a figure approached the door. The door handle slowly opened to reveal a thin, pale, and lean woman whose hair was long, but had the same magenta colour as Tecna.
"Tecna, how lovely to see you," said Tecna's mother in a monotonous tone. Timmy had forgotten the true nature of a Zenithian since Tecna had become much more open to her emotions. He expected Tecna's mother to lean in for at least a hug to greet Tecna, but again was surprised by her response.
"Who is this?" questioned Tecna's mother as she gave a quick glance at Timmy and raised her eyebrow slightly. He couldn't tell if she was disapproving of his company or if she was just genuinely asking.
Tecna spoke slowly and nervously, "Mum, this is Timmy…my boyfriend." Timmy felt his toes tingle when he heard Tecna say the word 'boyfriend'. He was so grateful to have such an amazing girl like Tecna to spend his time with. Although, he'd done his best to put off meeting Tecna's parents for years as he feared what their opinion might be of him. Then after remembering how unemotional Zenithian's typically were…he couldn't help but feel they wouldn't think he was right for her.
"Right, well you had better come in," she said with the intention of being friendly, but instead came across very cold. She turned on her heel and led them into the house.
Tecna turned her head to Timmy and smiled, while Timmy looked at Tecna very nervously.
"Don't worry, she does approve of you, I can tell," Tecna squeezed his hand reassuringly. She walked into her house and let Timmy follow her lead. Timmy breathed a sigh of relief and followed close behind Tecna and entered the lounge. As he did, he looked around to see many photographs of Tecna when she was younger. She had the same short magenta hair in every photo, but he still couldn't believe how much she'd changed since they'd met. There was a deep purple glass coffee table hovering in the centre of the room and a large flat screen television (at least 80 inches) opposite, embedded in the wall. The walls were crystal white and the carpet was a soft, fluffy cream colour under the spotlights which were powered by magic.
He looked towards the pastel purple sofa to see Tecna's father engrossed in the screen he was reading from. He was very tall and had short ocean green hair. Timmy felt quite intimidated by him looking at his build. He was sure if they had a fight that he'd be squished like a bug.
"Ah, Tecna, how very nice to see you," he said standing up politely to see his daughter. "And this must be Timmy, we've heard all about you," he continued. Tecna's father came across far warmer than her mother. Whether it was a man to man thing Timmy didn't know.
"Err…you have?" asked Timmy apprehensively and quickly fidgeted his glasses.
"Of course we have. Now Tecna, you don't usually come to see us this time of year. It is only logical that there is something you want to tell us," he looked sternly at his daughter and awaited a response.
Tecna coughed nervously to clear out her throat, "Oh, yeah. Well you've heard about the realm of Utopia and the legends of Pandora, right?" She began to explain.
"Affirmative."
"Well, the legend is unfortunately true and Pandora is coming back to destroy everyone and specifically Zenith," she paused as she cringed at the thought of her city reduced to disastrous rubble, "Because her power is pure, she is very strong. So the Winx Club and I are going to gain Elementix to fight Pandora. Except, if we fail, we…" struggled Tecna, "…we will die." She stuttered the last couple of words and turned to Timmy and buried her head in his chest weeping uncontrollably; she could no longer hold back her emotions.
Timmy felt like he had been stabbed in the stomach as Tecna buried her face in his chest. He could only watch as strange expressions formed on Tecna's parents faces. They had no idea how to react to Tecna's decision or her own reaction. Their faces remained somewhat monotone, but Timmy could tell by the look in their eyes that they were in deep thought and shock.
"Tecna, you are strong, we know that. But are you sure this is your only option?" Her father asked quietly.
"I'm sorry, but I've made my decision. If we don't do anything, the universe will crumble," she sobbed. She had never intended to end up in this state, but the prospect of death scared the living daylights out of her. Unlike her sacrifice into the Omega Dimension, she was sure her chances of making it out of this mission were much smaller in comparison.
"Remember, that whatever you do, we support you. And that we… that we… love you," stuttered Tecna's mother. Tecna watched in shock as a silent tear fell down her mother's face.
"Eleanor, compose yourself," commanded Tecna's father.
"No Chip," Eleanor refused, "The fact that we could lose our precious daughter is one of the few instances where I believe it is appropriate to let myself go. Logic doesn't even come into the matter," she cried and wiped away some of her tears with her hands.
Chip took a moment to think about the situation before finally concluding his reaction.
"Your mother is right Tecna. We love you and that is all that matters." He walked up to Tecna and wrapped his arms around her to show his affection. Eleanor soon followed to show her support in her decision.
Timmy watched closely because he was very confused by the whole situation. One minute her parents were acting like robots (he didn't like to think so, but it was true), and the next minute they were showing all the affection that they could find in their hearts. He never realised how strong love really was. He was sharply biting his tongue to prevent himself from breaking down. The last thing he wanted to do was ruin this moment between Tecna's family.
Tecna broke away from her parents and wiped the last crystals of tears from her teal eyes.
"I have to go now. The longer we wait… the stronger she becomes. I love you both," she sniffed and replied strongly.
"We love you too, and we believe in you, always remember that," reminded Chip.
"Bye…"struggled Tecna.
"Goodbye Tecna," wept Eleanor clutching Chip in her arms, "We know you will succeed," she whispered just loud enough that only she and her husband could hear.
Tecna forced a smile before exiting her house. As she closed the door behind her she launched herself at Timmy. Tecna was still struggling to tear herself away from her family… possibly forever.
"Shhh, shhh. Come on Tecna, I'm sure you'll do fine. You'll have me by your side the whole time," he spoke softly whilst rubbing her back to show his support. Tecna broke away from him a bit and looked through her watery eyes to look at Timmy for reassurance. He brought his hand up to Tecna's face and brushed away her tears. He smiled at her and she smiled back. He gave her a quick reassuring kiss on her moist cheek.
"We'd better get back to Alfea then," she breathed, forcing back the tears and standing up strongly. Timmy handed her the device that brought them to Zenith. She tapped a code into its control panel and the fuzzy green inter-dimensional portal opened up in front of them; blinding both of them temporarily.
"Goodbye Zenith," she muttered before stepping into the portal with Timmy close behind her. She could only hope at this point that it wouldn't be a final goodbye.
I'm sorry that I have used the word 'said' a lot when Tecna's parents were speaking, but it was to show how little emotions that they showed.
Also, Tecna, Eleanor and Chip or TEC, it was an accident but I thought that was quite funny.
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