Chapter Six: The Trix' Next Move
Just as expected, the Trix were watching the sweet nature loving couple from the trees, Darcy looked over at her older sister with a growl of frustration.
"I knew it'd be too soon to make the next move, Icy." She hissed, "Everyone still has their guard up."
"That nature fairy has too many allies, she's smarter than we thought." Icy whispered.
"Then how come it was so easy to infect the technology fairy?" Stormy inquired.
"We attacked when they least expected it, and it was innocent enough." Icy explained with a venomous grin on her face.
"Let's just wait until things die down a little." Darcy suggested quietly.
"No way, we've already lured her into our trap, we got to finish the job." Icy snapped in a low voice.
"I've got this, ladies." Darcy assured her two sisters with a sly grin on her face, as she began to conjure up one of her many dark spells to make sure that the fairy of nature did in fact get infected with the magic virus.
After concentrating hard on the voice of nature, Flora turned to look at Helia with scared eyes as she began to get up from the ground. The expression on her face told him everything he needed to know.
"It was the Trix, that flower was infected with the magic virus, wasn't it?" That was a rhetorical question, and he didn't need her to answer, "Did you smell it?"
"No, and neither of us touched it." She answered, the couple began to hurry back to the school grounds of Alfea, but before they could even take a step, birds started attacking them in every direction. They were crows from the Dark Dimension, and as they surrendered Flora she became magically drained, falling to the ground right next to the infected flower. When the crows retreated, Helia looked around for her in a panic, only to discover where she had fallen.
"Flora, are you okay.., what just happened?" It didn't take him long to realize what danger his beloved was just put in.
"Oh no.., Helia, I think the witches might have been watching us.., they wanted me to be infected." The nature loving fairy's eyes widened when she got off the ground and noticed just how close to the flower she fell.
"Just like Tecna, the symptoms aren't going to show right away, but we have to go to Nurse Ophelia and tell her what happened." He insisted as they continued to walk back to the school for fairies.
Once Flora and Helia reached Alfea's grounds, they spared no hesitation to find the school nurse, and just as expected, she was in her office. Helia knocked slowly, and when Ophelia noticed the seriousness of the expression on their faces, she immediately figured out what had just occurred.
"The Trix haven't eased up yet, they know they have the advantage and they can use it against us." He began solemnly.
"Darcy successfully got me infected with the magic virus by means of a rare species of flower that I know is not at all dangerous." Flora clarified as an extension to his statement, and with that sudden information, the nurse got up from her desk and walked towards the couple.
"We better get you to the hospital, Flora, they are more of a help to you than anything I could ever do." She regretted to tell them both, "Hopefully they can spare you the pain that Tecna suffered." The fairy of nature just lowered her head to remember that this magic virus, the same one that she is now infected with, had put one of her dearest friends in severe stabbing pain, and was possibly killing her from within. At least now that Tecna was in the hospital, the medical professionals there could slow down the process long enough to do something about it.
It wasn't long before Flora was standing beside Helia in the same ward that the doctors put Tecna in, Nurse Ophelia was explaining everything to them while the frightened couple waited anxiously for any response. The doctor that Ophelia was talking to came up to Flora calmly, but the look on his face was saddened, then he turned to face Helia, then back at Flora.
"We don't know when the symptoms are expected to start, it could be hours, or it could be tomorrow morning, just like your friend." He began, "I think it's best to keep you here overnight and monitor you for any of the symptoms your friend had." Flora just sighed when she heard this, it scared her to hear Tecna screaming in the dorm room back at Alfea, and she couldn't imagine what kind of pain would cause such a logical, level headed person to lose herself like that. Flora was petrified to be in the same condition, and she looked at Helia for comfort, any that he could provide.
"I need to stay with Flora." He insisted firmly, "if this magic virus is just as frightening as she has described to me, then I will fight with every ounce of my being to be by her side every step of the way."
"Oh Helia." Flora gushed, cheeks turning as red as roses. The doctor led them down a hallway to an empty room where Flora could stay the night, and she sat on the bed as Helia followed her lead.
"I'll return to Alfea to inform the headmistress and get your things." Nurse Ophelia told them, leaving the room, now the nature loving couple was alone. Helia once again stared deeply into Flora's emerald green eyes, pulling her closer to him and caressing her long light brown hair through his fingertips. Just like Timmy, Helia had no idea what to do for his treasured beloved, all he could do was stay by her side to the bitter end. It felt like hours later, Flora had seemed to have fallen asleep in the strong arms of her loving boyfriend, but suddenly she jolted upright, feeling sharp pain within her heart.
"Helia.., I think it's starting." She gasped, trying desperately not to let out a cry of agony. Helia just panicked, and pressed the call button for a doctor to come immediately. Seconds later one entered the room, and the scared expression on both Flora and Helia's faces told him that the symptoms of the magic virus were now taking effect.
"Alright, I'm going to lay you down gently on the bed," the doctor told Flora softly, "just try to keep her from screaming until I get back. We have to get a strong pain relieving potion that will be able to numb it." Helia's heart raced without effort as he watched over his enchanting, delicate orchid, now he knew exactly what Timmy was experiencing not too long ago. The sharp pains returned once more, and Flora began holding her stomach where it resided. She tried so hard not to cry out, but just like Tecna, there was only so much she could endure.
"Just hold on, Flora, I know we can make it through this." Helia reassured his beloved girlfriend in a soothing, soft voice, attempting with all the passion for her to console her. He continued sliding his fingers through the strands of her hair while she rested on the bed, and all she could do was tremble in agony and fear.
"What about Tecna, what if both of us can't be saved?" She asked in a shaky voice, causing the pacifist Specialist to get even closer to her, and he pecked her sweetly on the forehead.
"I am just as willing and determined to fight for your life as Timmy is for Tecna's, so I'll do anything to keep from losing you, I promise." He reassured her in the most passionate of whispers. While he caressed Flora's long brown hair, she tried desperately to hold back from screaming.
I really hope I didn't you Flora and Helia fans justice with this chapter, I have never dabbled too much in freestyle Flora and Helia romance before so it's new for me. Please let me know what you think.