Last time Stella introduced Sasami to her cousin Roderick. The two liked each other from the start. Just as Stella was celebrating her success as a matchmaker, Tecna got a message from Faragonda: The witches are attacking the school. Our heroes managed to get back to Alfea in less than ten minutes, but are they too late? On with the show!
Chapter 6: One vs. Three
After eight and a half long minutes, The Night Rider emerged from hyperspace above Magicx. "We'll land just outside your school," said Lucinda. "That's great," said Bloom. She, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Layla had already transformed into heir Fairy outfits. "I sent a sub-space message to Riven, Helia and Timmy," said Sky as he and Brandon readied their energy swords, "They'll meet us there."
The ship landed just outside the Alfea gates. As Bloom and the others exited the ship, she saw to her horror, smoke rising from the school library. "Oh no," said Musa, "We're too late." "It's not too late," said Bloom as they hurried inside onto the campus, "Not yet."
They met up with Faragonda in the middle of the courtyard. "I'm amazed you girls made it back so fast," said the headmistress. "You can thank Stella's cousins for that," said Tecna.
"What exactly happened here?" asked Bloom. "Those witches," said Faragonda, "They just teleported in and started blasting anyone they saw. We tried to stop them but they were too strong. They're in the library doing who knows what."
"Don't worry Miss Faragonda," said Bloom, "We'll stop Icy, Darcy and Stormy, just you see." "Something doesn't seem right with all this," said Flora as she, Bloom, Layla, Musa, Tecna and Stella hurried towards the library, "What would Icy, Darcy and Stormy want in our school library?"
Meanwhile…
"Where is it!" raged Stormy as she shot a bolt of dark lightning at another bookcase, setting it on fire, "How many bookends can a stupid pixy library have?" "Apparently a lot," said Darcy as she admired her Shadow Rider ring, "I got to say, joining up with Malaketh must have been the best thing we've ever done by far. I feel more powerful already."
"These rings have increased our powers," said Icy, "But I'm more curious about the Stones of Power. I want to know exactly what kind of power they grant once you have all of them." "Well we won't know until we find the f#ck$ng stone that's supposed to be here," said Stormy as she kicked a random bookcase. As if by fate, an indigo colored stone fell from the top of the bookcase and bashed Stormy on her head.
"How's that for blind luck?" said Darcy as she helped Stormy up, "You alright?" "Just peachy," grumbled Stormy as she felt her head, making sure it wasn't bleeding. "Well we got what we came here for," said Icy as she picked up the stone, "Let's go, we'll worry about Bloom the next time we're in the neighborhood."
"Why leave in such a hurry, Icy?" asked Bloom as she and the others entered the library, "And what's that you got in your hand?" "None of your business, Bloom!" snapped Icy as she held the stone behind her back, "So why don't you and your pathetic friends get out of our way?" "You three are the one who's pathetic," said Musa while Layla used her waterpowers to extinguish the fires, "Breaking into our school just so you can steal a bookend, I mean what's up with that?"
"What we do with our spare time is none of your business," said Darcy, "Now get our of our way or else." "Let's just skip the taunting and fight," said Bloom, "But let's do it outside where we have more room to move around." "Gladly," said Icy as she slid the stone into her pocket, "I can use some fresh air, this whole place stinks of goodness; it's nauseating."
They made their way out to the courtyard while the staff and students of Alfea watched from the many towers and turrets of the school. "So, which of you pathetic pixies wish to die first?" asked Stormy. "I think it's you three who have a death wish," said Lucinda, for she, Beauregard, Amanda, Sasami and Ryoko watched from one side of the courtyard while Sky and Brandon waited at the other end.
"Who's that?" asked Darcy. "That's my cousin," said Stella, "And she's a whole lot of woman!" "Really," said Icy, a nasty smile on her lips, "Perhaps your cousin and everyone else would like to join in," she pulled out the bag of metal pellets Malaketh gave her and took a handful of them, "Let's see you fairies handle this!" She threw the pellets to the ground. Three seconds after the last pellet landed they exploded, and in their place were several robots that looked to have been grown instead of built. Each had several metal claws on their hands and one red eye in their heads.
"Cool," said Darcy, "Biological robots, this should be wicked." "Okay biots!" yelled Icy, "Destroy them all!" The biots then charged Bloom and her friends. They fought as best as they could but they seemed to be indestructible. That is until Sky stabbed one in the eye. It crumbled into dust. "That's it," said Sky, "Bloom! You have to take out their eyes!"
"That's great, Sky!" shouted Bloom who was currently fighting Icy in midair, "But I'm a little busy right now!" She narrowly dodged an ice beam, and shot a fireball back at Icy. Meanwhile Musa and Flora were facing Stormy, while Layla, Tecna and Stella were contending with Darcy. "Too slow!" shouted Stormy as she dodged a sonic blast form Musa. The thunder witch sent a bolt of dark lightning at Musa, who dodged it. "You're not so fast yourself," taunted Musa, "Have you gained weight?"
Back on the ground Sky and Brandon had finished off most of the biots, and was watching Lucinda and Beauregard fight. "Amazing," said Brandon, "Their movements are exactly timed together, it's like they fight as one person." "It could be because they're twins," said Sky.
Meanwhile Amanda and Ryoko were standing with Sasami and Roderick. "Don't worry princess," said Ryoko, "I won't let those things get you." "I wonder what they are?" asked Amanda, "Those biots as the witches called them." "I'll bet Little Washu would know what they are," said Sasami. Before Amanda could ask who Little Washu was, a stray dark lightning bolt had hit part of a nearby tower, and empty tower to be exact. A large sized part of the masonry broke from the rest of the tower and fell towards the ground, right to where Amanda, Roderick, Ryoko and Sasami were standing.
Before it impacted, Ryoko grabbed both Sasami and Roderick and, for lack of better words, teleported out of the way. They reappeared fifteen feet to the left just in time to see the building chunk hit the ground. "Are you alright?" asked Ryoko. "I'm fine," said Roderick. "Me too," said Sasami "Just a little shaken up."
"I'm fine too in case anyone was wondering," said Amanda as she brushed some dust from her shoulder, she had managed to jump out of the way just in time, "That was too close." "Yeah," said an irritated sounding Ryoko, "Too close." Just like that, (insert finger snapping sound) Ryoko flew up into the air and towards the fighting. "Hey!" she shouted to the fighting fairies and Witches, "Which one of you threw that spell that nearly crushed us down there?"
Ryoko's shouting had interrupted the fight and everyone was hovering in midair. "That would be Stormy's fault," said Darcy, "She still has trouble with her aim." "You're a f#ck$ng stool pigeon, Darcy!" spat Stormy. "I don't care on who tells on who," said Ryoko, "Your spell nearly crushed Sasami and Roderick. I cannot forgive that!"
"I'm not asking for forgiveness," said Stormy, "So why don't you come over here so I can kick your ass into next week?" "Oh I'll come to you," said Ryoko, "But I'll be the one kicking ass and taking names." Faster than Bloom could blink, Ryoko vanished, reappeared in front of Stormy, and delivered a very hard right jab to Stormy's stomach, knocking the wind out of her.
Gasping for breath, Stormy fell to the ground. Darcy and Icy landed next to her. "You bitch!" shouted Darcy, "I'm gonna rip you to shreds!" "You keep telling yourself that," said Ryoko as she landed on the ground, "Why don't you act on your words and get over here?"
"You are so dead!" shouted Darcy as she rushed towards Ryoko, "I'll send you straight to Hell!" Ryoko had a rather calm look on her face as she seemed to vanish into the ground. Darcy stopped right where Ryoko stood, an extremely puzzled look on her face. "Where did she go?" asked Darcy. Suddenly, Ryoko emerged from the ground behind Darcy, grabbed onto her legs and pulled her into the ground up to her waist. "I hear you witches can walk through walls," said Ryoko as she emerged fully from the ground, "Let's see you walk your way out of that."
Darcy struggled to free herself from the ground, but couldn't move an inch. "What the f#ck are you?" asked Icy. "I'm a space pirate who now works as a bodyguard," said Ryoko, "What the f#ck are you?" "I'm the instrument of your death!" shouted Icy as she shot several ice shards at Ryoko. Ryoko mealy held out her right hand and an orange energy saber formed in her hand. She blocked each ice shard as if swatting a fly.
"My turn," said Ryoko as she shot several orange energy bolts at Icy. She managed to dodge about half before one caught her in the arm. The rest slammed into her torso and face. "Is that all you witches got?" asked Ryoko before she began to lose her footing. Darcy had freed herself from the ground and had cast a spell that was messing with Ryoko's equilibrium. Within seconds Ryoko had collapsed to the ground.
"Let's finish her now!" said Stormy who had regained her breath. "No," said Icy, "We have what we came here for, let's not waste any more time." She glared at Bloom, "Next time, Bloom," said Icy, "I'll kill you next time." With a dark purple flash the three witches vanished.
"Ryoko!" exclaimed Sasami, "Are you alright?" "Nothing hurt but my pride," said Ryoko as she sat up, "I hope that wasn't the norm for this school." "Only on really bad days," said Bloom as she and the others powered down, "I hope that was exciting enough for you." "It was," said Ryoko.
"You two have some awesome moves," said Brandon to Lucinda and Beauregard. "We do what we can," said Lucinda. "When you're an Outlaw," said Beauregard, "You either learn how to fight or die."
"What were those things the witches summoned?" asked Layla. "I don't know," said Tecna, "They appeared to be biologically grown robots." "That's just wrong on so many levels," said Flora, "Robots aren't meant to be grown."
Just then Riven, Timmy and Helia arrived with their energy swords ready. "What happened?" asked Riven, "Where are the witches?" "You just missed them," said Musa. "Damn," said a disappointed Riven as he, Timmy and Helia deactivated their energy swords.
At that time three more came into the Alfea courtyard: Carmen Dawson, Cloud Tower student body president; Elise Caplin, Cloud Tower genius and Morgan Rodgers; Cloud Tower prankster. "Where's Icy!" exclaimed Carmen, a look of cold fury on her face, "Where is she? I'm gonna kill that bitch!" "Calm down Carmen," said Morgan, "You're gonna blow a gasket."
"I don't care!" said Carmen, "I've got a score to settle with Icy!" "You just missed them," said Stella, "They left already." "Sh$t!" said Carmen, "I so want to kill Icy." "Well I want to kill Stormy," said Morgan, "And Elise wants to kill Darcy. But you don't either of us complaining."
Just then Faragonda and Griselda came walking up to Bloom and the others. "We just assessed the damage to the library," said Griselda, "at least third of the books were burned or damaged, but nothing irreplaceable was lost." "That's good news," said Bloom, "But this whole thing doesn't make any sense. Why would Icy, Darcy and Stormy be interested in stealing a stone that's been serving as a bookend?"
The end of chapter 6. Next chapter Icy, Darcy and Stormy deliver the stone to Malaketh, but their victory is short lived. Why? You'll have to wait to find out. Until then, please review, and I'll see you next time!
