Chapter 14

Desperately Seeking

Tecna

Timmy and the rest of the girls transported to a very scary, dark area of the Binary Galaxy. Up ahead was a mountainous lair where the sky above flashed green lightening.

"That isn't normal." Musa pointed up ahead.

"Yeah, totally creepy, I mean, have you ever seen green lightening before?" asked Stella as she shivered.

"That must be the Technolord's lair," Timmy headed into a sprint toward the tower up ahead, "I'm going in!"

"Wait, Timmy!" Bloom yelled as she flew after him.

"No, I'm not just going to wait while this guy's trying to hurt Tecna!"

"I know," Bloom finally caught up to him, "but we're coming with you."

"Guys, we don't have time to talk, our friend is in danger!" Layla started to fly toward the tower as the others followed.

It was time, Tecna woke up again, this time, strapped to a table as her very first nightmare had predicted. Above her were several green spheres, hovering above her legs, arms, everything except her head. By now, all she could think about was how her life would end, and the agonizing pain of her broken, scraped, infected ankle. She struggled to get up, but every time, the straps gave her a little zap. In a few minutes, the spheres above her started to glow brighter and brighter until that shocked her. The sudden feeling stunned her and left her heart beating rapidly. A few seconds later, Timmy burst through the doors with the rest of the girls following him. All the girls gasped in awe as they saw what was happening before their eyes. Once again, Timmy pulled out his laser and aimed it at the Technolord with extreme rage.

"If you did anything to Tecna, I'll...!" he pulled the lever, but the man jumped aside as the beam struck the ground.

"Relax, your girlfriend's fine, for now." The Technolord smirked. With that, Timmy's eyes widened as he saw what he was going to do to her.

"You just go help Tecna, we can handle this guy." Bloom told Timmy as she flew toward the other girls to give them their cue to step in. She readied her Dragonfire and blasted it at the Technolord. While the Winx were trying to defeat him, Timmy quickly darted toward his one and only love. Tecna had noticed the spheres begin to glow again and tried to tell him.

"Hurry... they're about to..." she began to say, but it was too late, the spheres had shocked her again, and when they did, she could see her whole life flash before her eyes. However, she was only shocked unconscious, but it felt and looked so much worse. A few more times and she would stop breathing from the sudden impact.

"No!" Timmy tried to knock the spheres down, but as he reached for them, he got a little zap on his finger. There was a barrier surrounding them that was what gave him the static shock. Timmy looked down with pained, hurt eyes; he could not stand to see Tecna in this condition. And to make things worse, he felt the heaviest bit of guilt on his shoulders that he had never felt before, or maybe it was Musa tapping him on the shoulder from behind.

"Huh?" he slowly turned to her, trying to force back tears.

"I will try my hardest, you can count on that." she encouraged him to know that if Tecna was gone, the feeling of emptiness would float around the Winx Club forever. She was Musa's best friend, and roommate, so if there was one tiny ray of hope, it would be used to its fullest extent. Musa concentrated on her strongest attack to break the barrier, luckily, it melted like ice. Timmy knocked every single sphere on the ground in anxiousness and as they broke, small explosions formed. He carried Tecna to a safe place, but the Technolord had spotted him.

"No one tries to hurt Tecna! Not even you!" Timmy carefully placed Tecna in a safe area and jumped back to attack the Technolord, "I can take you on right here, right now!"

"He's insane." Layla whispered to Stella.

"Love can do that to you, Amore told me that." Stella responded.

"I have a better idea," the Technolord aimed his hands at Tecna, who was around the corner. Just then, two blasts of energy appeared from them, heading straight for her. Timmy quickly dashed in front of the darting power blasts, but they swirled around him and continued to head toward Tecna. The energy lifted her into the air and she floated toward the Technolord. As she floated past him, he grabbed by the wrists and the energy around her disappeared. Suddenly, the ground of the lair shook, a chasm filled with techno lava formed behind where the Technolord stood. He hung her freely by the wrists over the edge of the ravine, she was still unconscious.

"Take one step further and your precious girlfriend gets it!" he ordered. Everyone stood completely still in terror, except for Timmy, who was infuriated by the shadow of guilt that hung over him.

"You wouldn't dare!" Timmy sprinted toward him, in efforts to grab Tecna's hand before she was dropped. However, he was too late, the Technolord had let go of her wrists and she began to fall down into the chasm.

"Tecna, No!" Timmy carelessly and courageously pushed him aside and dived in after her. All the other Winx girls watched in shock and awe as he jumped fearlessly down the ravine of techno lava.

Chapter 15

Words of Love

The Winx Club burst into angry tears as they saw Timmy jump.

"Yes!" the Technolord cackled, "As your friend falls into the lava, all her power will be absorbed by me. As for her... she'll be fairy dust!"

"Girls, let's take the guy down, for Tecna!" Bloom stood in front of the others and started the convergence, and the others followed.

Meanwhile, Timmy was falling after Tecna; he had to fall further in order to reach her in time. Finally, he was able to reach for her hand. He grabbed on to her tightly as they fell in mid air. Timmy just hoped that they would land on the rock floating on the techno lava's surface. Suddenly, he remembered that he had installed a grappling hook to his phantom blade. With his free hand, he fired the hook onto the side of the chasm and reeled himself in with Tecna held tightly in his arms, and she was still unconscious.

The Winx attacked with their strongest convergence, the Technolord was pushed to the edge of the chasm. He fall and actually splashed into the techno lava. Everyone watched a few moments later to see an arm grab on the edge the ravine, it was Timmy climbing out. He had Tecna safe in his arms.

"I suppose you defeated him?" he asked as he laid Tecna down to rest and knelt down beside her.

"I think so." Bloom and the others huddled around Tecna as Flora checked for a pulse.

"Oh no, I think the last shock did more to her then we thought." She gasped breathlessly, she couldn't find it,

"No, no, no, no, no." Timmy would not listen, the shadow of guilt hung over and all around him now. He had to do something, but he couldn't take it, he literally started crying.

"Tecna, I love you, those radiant teal eyes, the brilliant smile, and that amazing voice... I didn't want to leave you, but I also didn't want to see you in pain, that's way I left. I'm so sorry." Timmy spoke softly, trying not to let the other girls see him cry. He took her hand and felt her soft skin. All his tears fell on the back of it. Suddenly he could feel a pulse, a rapid one. Tecna sat up without opening her eyes, but tears of fear flooded from them. She was shaking more the ever before.

"Where am I, I have to get out of here." she struggled to move away from them. Timmy grabbed her hand as she quickly faced him, he could tell she was scared.

"It's all over, open your eyes." Timmy held her in his arms as she slowly opened them.

"Timmy, is it really you?" she asked, almost ready to try to get away, knowing what happen last time.

"Tecna, it's me, look." Timmy grabbed her hand again, "All your friends came too."

"Girls." she hugged all her friends as tears came down her cheeks, "I feel so helpless. Look at my ankle; it was scraped while those minions dragged me by the arms. Now I think it may be infected with dirt, I can't even walk."

"Oh Tec, this is my fault, I shouldn't have left you." Timmy held her in his arms once again, he felt so bad.

"I heard everything; those incredible words could have been what saved me from dying."

"Please don't say that Tecna, especially if it refers to you. I can't stand losing you."

"Okay, I really hate to break up the sweet moment, but we better get you home. That ankle looks totally whack." Musa looked away from Tecna's ankle with disgust as everyone laughed at her remark.