My Secrets and Horrors
Chapter 21 – Safe for Now
Previously
Jason stared out of the window and watched as the group moved across the lawn towards the ship parked on the grass, a smile grew on his face as he picked a gun up from the floor and straightened his arm aiming it towards the group and fired.
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Ms Faragonda sat at her desk her head in her hands, the pile of paperwork still stood in front of her, not decreasing only growing. Her mind couldn't focus, she could only think about her girls and how everything was going, she was so preoccupied that she never heard the knocks on the door. The door opened and Griselda walked in, she sighed softly as she looked at her friend sat at her desk, her face showed her age being much more than it really was.
Griselda sighed as she made her way over to her friend "you can't keep going on like this, you know those girls will be okay and you know it, you are just worrying yourself."
"I can't help it Griselda, I love those girls like they are my own. It kills me not knowing where they are or if they are okay"
"Now you have to keep you head up and keep positive." Griselda said as she sat her friend up and made her to take a drink from a glass of water that was sat on the desk.
Faragonda sat staring at her best friend, a smile frown on her face "I try to keep positive, I have been through so many wars with these girls I just don't want to think that this may be the last"
"Then don't think of it like that, they will be fine." A low hun echoed over the school and both Ms Faragonda and Griselda looked out of the massive window in the office just in time to see a red fountain ship land on the front courtyard of Alfea. A smile spread across Faragonda face as she opened the giant window on to the balcony before flying down to the lawn to greet those inside.
Flora was led on the bed in the ship facing and staring at the wall, she had felt the ship land but did not make any attempt to move her body in too much pain and her mind somewhere else. Fear filled her heart as she worried about what Ms Faragonda would say, would she be banished from the grounds, handed straight over into the hands of the police.
Bloom glanced over at her friend only seeing her back but she recognized the slump of the shoulders and knew what she was feeling, she wanted to help but she just didn't know how. She changed her scene and looked out the window seeing the walls of Alfea as the ship landed in the court yard, as soon as the back door opened the girls was out closely followed by the guys, but Flora didn't move.
Riller looked over to her friend and concern filled her, she caught Blooms eyes and signalled with her head for her to give them some space, the red haired fairy left the ship leaving just Flora and Riller inside. Riller looked over at her friend and sighed softly before making her way over, Flora heard the footsteps getting closer and closer but yet she did not move. "Flora, we are here. Come on we will get you some proper medical help" Riller tried but she got no response. "Please Flora can you come with me, we need to get you some help…"
"You helped…"
"You need real help Flora, Ms Faragonda can give you that, please"
Flora sighed and rolled over onto her back a moan escaping her lips as pain swept through her, "You are in pain Flora and god damn it I'm going to help you even if that means I have to take you kicking and screaming" Riller responded as she forced Flora to sit up and swing her legs over the edge of bed, Flora gasped as the sudden motion hurt.
"Ow"
"Like I said kicking and screaming…please Flora let me help, can you stand for me please" Flora looked into Riller's eye and nodded and tried to stand but a pain shot through her side and she fell back onto he bed gripping her side and a tear falling out of her eye.
"I can't it hurts to much"
Concern filled Riller's eyes as she noticed that Flora's skin was paler than usual and there was small beads of sweat on her face, "Flora lay back down" Flora done as she was told still holding her wound. Riller gently pulled the hand away before pulling up the top to see the wound, she was shocked to see blood seeping through the bandages. "Damn, Right Flora we are getting you into that building and getting you some proper help, I may be good but I'm no medic."
"And how do you suggest that I can barely stand let alone walk." Flora moaned out, her hand now gripping the wound once more.
Before Flora could register what Riller had said she found herself being lifted bridal style into Riller's arms, "Like this" She slowly turned and began to walk out of the ship, Flora nestled comfortably in her arms.
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Ms Faragonda walked across the lawn towards the girls and guys a massive smile on her face, "Hello Girls, the mission went well I assume?" Bloom was the one who answered Ms Faragonda's question.
"Well we found Flora and learned the truth but I think it will be better for Flora to discuss it with you, but Flora got hurt saving Musa, Riven and Helia… she was stabbed. Her friend Riller fixed her up as best as she could but she isn't doing well. Ms Faragonda Flora isn't a bad person…"
"I know that honey now where is she?"
Before Bloom could answer Riller walked out of the ship and came into view of everyone, Ms Faragonda looked and gasped at the sight of her student being carried from the ship. "She needs help, the wound has begun bleeding again and I think it is infected. She can't stand. Please she is my best friend please help her." Riller cried as she held her now unconscious friend close.
Ms Faragonda couldn't stop the tears from falling down her face as she nodded, "Of course follow me" Ms Faragonda turned and began to walk quickly back towards the building, Riller close behind. As they entered the building the saw Griselda stood there watching them with shock on her face at the state of her student. "Griselda can you please alert Ofelia of Flora's condition and that we will be along shortly"
"Yes Ms Faragonda I will get on that immediately." The girls and specialists watched in shock as Griselda just disappeared in front of them.
"This way"
The walk was quick and silent as they made their way through the corridors to the infirmary where the school nurse was waiting for their arrival. Ms Faragonda opened a double set of doors which opened to a long rectangular room with beds lining the walls, an office was sitting at the back. Ofelia heard the doors open and left her office to find Ms Faragonda, and a strange woman holding an unconscious Flora in her arms. The rest of the Winx club and the specialists were behind them. "Oh my put her on the bed, and I'm afraid you are going to have to go" Ofelia replied as she pointed the last quote at the girl and specialists.
Riller walked towards the nearest bed and gently placed Flora down upon it and began stroking her hair as if to keep her calm. Both Ofelia and Ms Faragonda watched the scene with curiosity at the way Riller was acting with Flora, it was an emotion that was more than just mere friendship.
Ofelia smiled and made her way briefly to Flora's side and grabbed a pair of scissors from the medical cabinet by the bed, without a thought she cut Flora's top from her body pulling the fabric away revealing the bloody bandages. "Oh my" Ms Faragonda gasped as she saw the blood, Ofelia looked at the two girls.
"I'm going to need your help, we need to git her up so I can remove the rest of the t-shirt and to remove the bandages. I need to then roll her on to her side so I can treat the wound easier so I am going to need both of you to hold her body to stop her moving and to protect the area."
Riller nodded her head vigorously, "Of course I will help, she's my best friend!"
"I will too" Ms Faragonda replied as she took off her cardigan and stepped forward.
"Right let's get this thing going" Ofelia spoke softly.
Ofelia with the assistance of Riller was able to sit Flora up and remove the clothes and the bandages, before laying her back on her side. They all stared at the wound and noticed that it had a green tinge on the outside of the cut but the flesh had begun to knit together. "This is some nice needle work here" Ofelia said under her breath.
"Thank you" Riller responded as she stroked Flora's hair
"You did this?" Ofelia asked shocked. Riller nodded in response.
"Obviously I didn't do such a good job, it's made her sick."
"No it wasn't you're doing, I think the instrument used to cause the wound was poisoned with something. But I would need to do a blood test to find out what… the only thing I can do at the minute it put her on an antibiotic drip to fight it off until we know exactly what we are dealing with, but first things first we need to clean it an bandage it once more."
An hour later Flora was led comfortly in a hospital bed, her side had been cleaned and re-bandaged and an antibiotic drip was attached to her arm. Riller was sat next to the bedside refusing to leave, both Ms Faragonda and Ofelia had tried but neither had succeed, instead they left her there as they day in Ofelia's office overlooking the scene.
Ofelia smiled as she saw Riller stroke Flora's cheek tenderly, "She cares for Flora"
"Yes she does, but I have a feeling its more than mere friendship" Ms Faragonda replied with a small smile.
"You see it too"
"Of course I do, I see the way Riller looks at her, it's the same way Helia does."
"I just hope it doesn't cause any problems for them all, she had been through so much already and I fear she still has a long way to go"
"I think you may be right Ofelia, I think you may be right."
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The girls were sat in the courtyard of Alfea, silence was among them no one knew what to say. The specialists were once again at Red Fountain getting debriefed on the assignment, an important thing which could not have been delayed. Stella sighed as she fell backwards onto her back, laying on the green grass, "What are we going to do?" She asked the question hanging in the air,
"We wait, we can't form any plan with Flora unconscious, she knows most of the relevant information…" Bloom responded almost in a whisper.
"Well what about Riller, Riller as we heard spent years with Flora, she knows that place like the back of her hand. She could help"
"She could do, but Flora would kill us if we went off and done something without her knowing." Tecna responded.
It was silent once more and no one moved, no one knew what to do next.
Flora opened her eyes and shut them immediately afterwards from the bright light that stung her eyes, she opened them once more and found something on her hand, she turned to her side and was shocked but happy to see Riller fast asleep in a chair by her bedside, her hand clutching tight to Flora's as if never to let her go.
Memories once again flooded back to her, which seemed to be happening quite a lot but with so many memories hidden in the brain, stored away it was time some of them began to break free and resurface. Flora closed her eyes and let the memories flow, the good and the bad, but little did she know someone was going through their thoughts on Flora, more precisely…her weaknesses.