Authors note- I wanted to thank Chrissiemusa for helping me with the chapter.
Chapter 4
As the lights of the teleportation faded the girls could see that they were standing in a room with computers and other equipment. Stella walked over to one of the tables in the room and ran a finger across it before turning to look at the magenta haired girl of the group.
"I thought that we were going to your parent's lab Tecna." Stella said as she looked at her finger covered with dust, "Not some unkempt room."
"This is their lab." Tecna said as she walked over to one of the computers.
"Well it looks like it has not been used in years." Layla said as she looked.
"It hasn't." Tecna said as she wiped the computer screen off before turning the power on, "My father was arrested years ago because of the drug that was used on Roxy."
"What about your mom?" Bloom asked as she watched her friend work at the computer.
"Hello Tecna!" A voice said, "How long has it been dear?"
"Too long." Tecna said before turning to look at her friends, "Girls allow me to introduce my mom."
"What did you say?" Stella asked, "That computer is your mom?"
"No." Tecna said as she shook her head, "My dad used my mom as a test subject for Spiffy, when she reached the point of withdraw she tried to commit suicide like I am hoping that Roxy does not do." The girls could see tears starting to fill the corners of Tecna's eyes, "She almost succeeded but my dad saved her, unfortunately she had fatally wounded herself. My dad transferred her mind into the computer system of the lab."
"So you mean that your mom is only a." Bloom began to say.
"Yes I am only a computer program now." The voice said, "What brings you all here today?"
"I need to check something out." Tecna said as she looked at Roxy, "One of my friends has been injected with Spiffy and I need to find a way to counteract the drug."
"Oh dear." The voice said, "But Tecna there is no way to counteract Spiffy."
"There has to be." Tecna said as she started to type at the computer, "dad was trying to figure something out to help you before you wounded yourself."
Bloom walked over behind her friend and looked at the computer screen that Tecna was working at. She put her left hand on Tecna's shoulder, as soon as she touched her she could feel Tecna try and move her shoulder away from the touch.
"I know that this is going to be hard." Bloom said, "But can you remember what symptoms your mom went through after being given Spiffy."
Tecna turned to look at her friend with tears slowly rolling down her cheeks. After a few moments she turned to look at the others in the room.
"I didn't want to remember this but knowing what Roxy is going to go through will help us out." Tecna said with sadness in her voice, "After my dad injected her with the drug my mom went through multiple phases of withdrawal. The first was she developed a fever. After that she became depressed, she then became angry at everyone around her before trying to hurt the people around her." Tecna turned her vision back toward the computer as she continued, "After that she started to put herself in dangerous situations."
"Why did she do that?" Flora asked.
"I don't know but it was during one of those times she fatally hurt herself." Tecna said as she continued to work at the computer.
"I'm sorry to ask but what did she do?" Musa asked.
"She climbed to the top of one of the taller buildings near our home." Tecna said as she stopped typing at the computer for a few moments, "Then she jumped off." The girls could hear the pain in Tecna's voice as she said that.
All the other girls in the room gasped when they heard what Tecna's mother had done.
"I am so sorry Tecna." Layla said.
"I need to find a way to help Roxy before it's too late." Tecna said as she turned back toward the computer screen.
"Is there anything that we could do?" Stella asked.
"I just need sometime to look through all of the data." Tecna said, her fingers typing frantically.
The girls quietly sat in chairs on the other side of the room together as Tecna continued to work. As they sat they were trying to keep Roxy's mind off of what happened.
"Damn it!" Tecna yelled as she slammed her fist down on the table.
"Is everything okay?" Flora asked as she turned to look at her friend.
"No." Tecna said as she looked over at her friends, "There is no information on how to counteract the drug."
"Don't worry Tecna will find a way to help her." Bloom said as she walked over to her friend.
As Bloom was walking over to Tecna the sound of scraping metal startled her. When she turned back around she saw that Roxy had collapsed to the ground and Layla was right next to her.
"Girls she's burning up." Layla said with fear in her voice.
"We need to take her somewhere to get help." Flora said as she dropped down next to Layla.
"But where?" Stella asked.
"Maybe Ms. Faragonda would know a way to help her." Bloom said.
The girls nodded their heads before transforming again. Layla and Flora carefully lifted Roxy up off of the floor before teleporting out of the room followed closely by Stella and Musa.
"She'll be fine Tecna." Bloom said as she looked over at her friend.
"I know." Tecna said as she shut the computer off.
"Be careful dear." The voice in the room said, "And good luck too all of you, I hope that you will be able to help her."
"Thanks mom." Tecna said before her and Bloom teleported out of the room.
Ms. Faragonda was sitting at her desk when the girls arrived in her office startling the elderly woman.
"It's good to see you girls." Ms. Faragonda said when she noticed who was standing in her office. Ms. Faragonda noticed the faces on the girls and saw that Flora and Layla were carrying someone on their shoulders. "Is everything ok?"
"No Ms. Faragonda." Bloom said as she looked over at the two people with a person in their arms, "Something has happened to Roxy."
Ms. Faragonda looked over at the young woman in the arms of Flora and Layla and quickly stood up from the chair that she was sitting in.
"Let's get her down to the nurse's office." Ms. Faragonda said as she walked toward the door of her office, "When we get there you can tell me what happened."
Everyone quickly made their way to the nurse's office and entered. After placing Roxy on one of the beds, Ms. Faragonda and girls walked out into the hallway leaving Roxy in the care of Ophelia the school's nurse.
"Now what happened?" Ms. Faragonda asked as she looked at the six people standing in front of her.
The girls told her about Bloom and Roxy being captured by the Trix, and how Roxy was injected with Spiffy. Tecna then told Ms. Faragonda about who had created the drug and what had happened on Zenith in the lab. When they were finished talking Ms. Faragonda told them to follow her to her office. When they arrived she told the girls to sit down while she walked over and grabbed a book from one of the shelves.
"I know of a spell that will help but we need a few items before we can use it." Ms. Faragonda said as she sat down in her chair.
"What items?" Bloom asked.
"You need to get a tooth from a Volcano Dragon on Pyros, a Pure Moon Crystal, a Life Lilly, and the Scale of an Ice Dragon from the Omega Dimension." Ms. Faragonda said.
"I'll go and get the Pure Moon Crystal." Stella said, "It's on Solaria."
"The Life Lily is on Linphea." Flora said.
"Ok so we know where everything is." Ms. Faragonda said, "Stella I want you to get a hold of the specialists because they will be needed also. Tell them that you and Brandon are to go to Solaria to get the crystal." Ms. Faragonda turned to look at Musa, "Musa I want you and Riven to go and get the scale." She then continued to turn her vision toward Flora, "Flora you and Helia will be going to get the lily." She finally turned to look at Bloom, "Bloom I want you and Sky to go and get the tooth from Pyros."
"I can't go with that ass hole." Bloom said, "Can't Layla go with me?" She then turned to look at Tecna, "Or Tecna or even Timmy?"
"No Tecna and Timmy will be helping me get things ready for when you all get back, and Layla must stay here to keep Roxy from hurting herself." Ms. Faragonda said as she looked at Bloom, "I am sorry but he is the only one available to help you."
"Fine." Bloom sighed with anger in her voice.
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