This chapter will bring the action for the rest of the story, beware, it might get a little intense.
Btw, can you guys please not mention MasterChef60, her stories give me an upset stomache. 'nough said. She's my Winx fanfiction writting rival, there are so many things I'd say to her if I got the chance. I'm actually glad she isn't still writting, no offense to ppl who knew her.
Anyway.
The six girls walked down the main streets of Magix, trying to decide between pizza or hot dogs and sundaes for lunch. Just then the witches stomped up to them, out of breath and panting.
"What happened to you? Got your powers taken away or something?" Bloom laughed.
"Aren't you three supposed to be doing time in Light Haven?" Musa asked.
"We're sick of that place! And speaking of sick, we heard about your little condition." Stormy smirked as she pointed to Tecna.
"Why would you want me?" Tecna asked, she was trying so hard to sound strong, together, confident, but inside, she was petrified.
"Nothing directly, we just though we'd use you for the undoing of your friends." Icy laughed.
"Don't think so, Icy!" Bloom shouted.
"Tecna, are you sure you can handle taking on the witches?" Flora asked Tecna quietly.
"I can, just make sure that they don't hit the others." Tecna replied. She wasn't going to show weakness, not right now. All the girls transformed, even Tecna, after; the first thing she did was put up a shield, to look like she wasn't weak, to keep a collected front. Tecna was about to shot an attack with the others, but something stopped her, she stopped herself. Something was wrong, she froze. She could do nothing, not even focus her magic for one attack.
"Tec, are you okay?" Bloom asked worriedly, she wanted to answer by saying she was fine, she could say it in her head, but her mouth froze open.
"Can you hear us?" Stella called, again, Tecna wanted to respond, but couldn't.
"It's working; they're so focused on their friend, now we have our chance." Icy smiled, but unfortunately for the witches, the Winx were all huddled together, one would surely notice if the other was hurt. Tecna tried hard as she could to move her arm, to use her magic, but in minutes she began losing breath, and was gasping for air. The shield broke, and the other girls gathered around her to reassure her that she was going to get help, Bloom had speed dialled Nurse Ophelia, who was going to bring Timmy with her. As Tecna gasped for air, her gaze was fixed on the three witches, who now thought this was too serious to be messing around with, even for witches as evil as them, they knew when not to make a move. Regardless, Tecna's eye line met where the witches stood, and as she went into a daze, their faces stayed as clear as day in her mind.
Flashbacks
Freshman year, the time Musa was ambushed by the senior witches at the Hex Café, the girls had just transformed, but Tecna took an unexpected hit from Stormy.
"I find this whole thing shocking!" Stormy had made that ironic comment out of her own pride; Tecna was hit and went flying backwards, only to hit the ground unconscious. Though, she let out a frightened shriek before hitting the ground.
"And I see you do too." Stormy continued her snide comment as Tecna fell unconscious.
New flashback
Sophomore year, Cloud Tower. The exchange student program, possibly the worst experience of Tecna's life. Trying to find the hidden piece of the Codex on her own didn't seem too hard, unfortunately it had some pretty bad consequences for poor Tecna. As soon as she was sure where she thought the Codex had been on her digital map of Cloud Tower, the senior witches had appeared from an eerie looking mouth in the wall. Without her friends to back her up, Tecna felt an uneasy feeling grow within her as the witches drew closer, lead by Icy's evil laughter.
"You found the Codex." she smirked.
"So where is it, mainframe?!" Stormy had insulted, and any other insult would have not been taken personally, but this one struck Tecna's confidence right where it would hurt the most. But she couldn't let the witches get to her, not when she was without backup.
"Like I'd tell you!" Tecna shouted, trying so hard to keep the little blast to her confidence from weakening her collectedness. She had only one option left, to transform, and take them head on. In the middle of doing so, a frozen sheet of ice surrounded her as the spell "Ice Coffin" was chanted by Icy, and then with a proud smirk, she replied "Boya." As Icy turned around, she noticed Tecna's digital map still floating in mid air.
"Check it ladies, she left us a map, even nerds have their uses. The Codex is ours." she declared. The three witches examined the map and left to search Cloud Tower for the Codex, leaving poor Tecna to freeze in the most uncomfortable position. She wanted to cry, and tears run down her frozen cheeks, immediately turning into icicles. If it hadn't been for Flora and Stella, she would've never survived.
New Flashback
Senior Year, again at Cloud Tower, looking for the ancestral witches' crypt. Stella had just flew out of sight and the girls wanted to follow her to make sure she was okay. Tecna, wanting to prove her survival skills from Omega, and counteract last year, volunteered to fight on her own.
"You go, I'll deal with them." she replied proudly, only to have that pride stomped on by Stormy's attack, trapping her in a whirlpool.
"Deal with this." Stormy had said as the attack was formed.
Why is it always me? Tecna thought, but the only thing heard from her was moaning as she tried to struggle free. Again, Flora was the one to help her out. Musa and Flora had decided to stick around to back Tecna up. Once again, Tecna felt useless without help.
End Flashbacks
"Tec, answer us!" Stella panicked, suddenly; Tecna fainted again, this time in pure fright. Every single memory, every insult from the witches had come rushing back to Tecna in a huge wave of reality. She couldn't fight with the girls, she was useless.
"Tecna, somebody help!" Layla called.
"Don't panic yet Layla, Ophelia's going to come with Timmy." Bloom assured her.
"You should call again, say it's urgent, an emergency!" Stella replied in alarm. Bloom called again, explaining everything as the rest of the girls tried to cool Tecna down.
"We're on our way." Ophelia was horror struck when she heard what happened, they ended the connection, and five minutes later an ambulance drove up the street and stopped by their spot on the sidewalk. The Winx's faces went ghost white when Ophelia, Timmy and two older men ran toward them.
"Oh no, Tec!" Timmy's eyes widened and his heart raced with great fear. He was about to run to Tecna's side, but the two other men beat him to it with the bed from the back of the ambulance.
"Alright, lift her up gently, gently now." the driver ordered as the two men lifted Tecna onto the bed and moved it into the back of the ambulance.
"Tecna! I have to see her!" Timmy was about to run into the back of the ambulance when the two men stopped him. He tried to get out of their grip.
"He has to see her," Ophelia stated firmly, "It's a requirement." Then the two men let go of Timmy's arms, and he ran to see Tecna.
"Don't worry girls, your friend will be just fine. You'll be able to see her in the Retreat Realm in a few days." one of the men told the other girls, their faces were still filled with worry and shock. Moments after the ambulance doors shut, two other men from Light Haven ran up to the girls.
"There they are, get them!" one of the men ordered as they ran past the Winx and arrested the witches, who too were shocked silly by the events that just happened.
"Did these witches do this?" the man asked the Winx.
"No sir." Bloom told him evenly.
"Come on ladies, you deserve to be in the highest security in LH." The other man replied as they both dragged the witches away.
"You girls take care." the other man replied generously. The girls waved without euphuism, and stared back at the ambulance, which was about to drive away. Inside, Timmy watched the witches get arrested, and knew it would be a good thing to tell Tecna when she woke up. The ambulance started and hovered away to an aircraft station, where Tecna would be transported to the Retreat Realm.
So, was it too scary, or just enough action?
