My Secrets and Horrors
Chapter 23 – HomeFront
Previously
"No, not forever just until we find the cure…" The nurse replied quickly, she hated to see the fairy stuck in the bed but there was nothing that she could do.
"Which could take forever"
"Flora your friends are looking into it, they think they are close you just need to hang in there for a little longer." The nurse spoke softly.
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The sun was beaming down through the window lighting and heating the room, the girls except Flora were all sat around living room of the dorm, half of their mind was on the cartoon playing on the TV while the other half was on Flora. "Ahhh I can't sit here for much longer, I'm worried sick. We still haven't found a cure for Flora…what if we can't?" Stella said as she held her head in her hands.
"Don't think like that Stella, there has to be a cure out there, we have the pixies searching the library, Tecna has her computers searching the entire realm wide web for any information and we have asked everyone we know if they have any ideas and we have come up with nothing yet, but the pixies or Tecna's gadget may find something we only have to wait."
The room was left in silence once more as no one knew what to say, they knew the chance of finding a cure was slim but they needed to try, they needed to find one they couldn't let Flora die or spend the rest of her life stuck in bed with an IV in her arm.
A loud beep echoed through the room and all eyes turned to face Tecna's computer which was sat in the corner, "what was that?" Bloom asked curious, slowly Tecna stood to her feet and made her way to the machine, a look of excitement and shock on her face. She sat down in the computer chair and looked at the screen.
"We found one, the computer has found a cure." Tecna spoke and at those words the girls scrambled to their feet and ran over to Tecna to check the results themselves.
"Really? Flora would be so excited to hear the news, what is it?" Musa asked
"It looks like some plant called the Holikic flower, you boil the flower in water and then drink the water… the plant is native to Melody."
The girls was silent as the new information sunk in, "the flower is on melody? What does it look like?" Musa asked, Tecna's fingers flew across the keys as she brought a picture of the flower up on the screen. "I know that flower, they grow up in the mountains of Melody, I used to see them all the time when I and my father went up to the cabin."
"So wait, you know this flower?" Tecna questioned
"Yes I do"
"So we can find this flower in no time?"
"Yes, of course the mountains can be dangerous but what mission have we gone on that wasn't dangerous…" Musa replied with a smile on her face.
The girls looked into each other's eyes and they all knew the same thing, they were going after the cure.
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Helia stood outside the door, his head leaning against the wood as he breathed in slowly trying to control his nervous breathing, he knew he had to see her but not that he was here he was scared to even knock on the door. "Come on Helia, you are specialist for god's sake and its only Flora" he whispered to himself to try and boost his own confidence. He took one last deep breathe before knocking on the door and awaiting for the answer.
A soft come in echoed through the door, and Helia pushed his fear aside and opened the door. As the door opened he saw his goddess led on the bed, staring out the window, the IV drip still in her arm. She looked better than she did before, colour had returned to her cheeks and her breathing was more natural.
Flora slowly turned to face her visitor and her eyes grew in shock as she saw just exactly who her visitor was. She stared at the specialist for a few minutes not quite knowing what to do, or how to react.
Helia smiled softly before walking into the room closing the door behind him and made his way to the visitor chair. "Hello Flora, I hope you don't mind me visiting…I can leave if you want me to"
"No Helia, I don't mind"
"Thank you" Helia replied and the room fell into silence once again.
Flora broke the silence once more, "What are you doing here Helia?"
"I came to talk to you"
"About what?" Flora asked curiosity
"About us"
"What about us…" Flora asked slightly scared.
Helia sighed and looked at the floor "do you really love her Flora, do you really love Riller?"
"Yes, I do"
"Wasn't I good enough?"
"Oh Helia, you were perfect but I can't help my sexuality any more than you can help be male … it is noted throughout history of people who had numerous lovers, and I'm not different. I am bi and I am in love with two people. You can even accept it or leave Helia, I'm sorry but that is the way it is…I'm sorry there is no other way."
The specialist stared at the fairy, "I know you can't help it flora, but did I do anything wrong?"
"No Helia you have done nothing wrong, don't think like that"
"Ok flora, I, I need some time to think…" Flora knew that he needed time but it still hurt to hear it.
"Ok Helia, take all the time you need"
Without another word he got up and left the room with only one destination in mind, his room. Flora turned and stared out of the window a small smile on her lips she was happy Helia had taken it so well, well as well as she could have hoped.
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The figure stood there staring at the window of the building, watching just simply watching the people within. Their trained eyes watching everything that went on within the room, memorizing every move, every word that came out of their mouths after all assassins were experts in all languages, including lip reading.
Their fingers raced across the keys of the laptop writing everything, they saw. Making notes of everything, as any little piece of information can be extremely useful. The person sighed and looked at the screen seeing the notes that they have jotted down.
They hated their job but they had to do it, not everyone could be free like Riller and Flora were, but maybe they would be.
With one more quick glance at the window they packed up their equipment and jumped down from the tree and ran out of site. Heading back to their master, their life.
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The girls where stood in front of Ms Faragonda's desk waiting for her to return after she was called out of the office on a so called emergency. They were there to ask permission to go ahead on their mission to find the flower to save Flora, they hoped that the mission would get a thumbs up but they knew the headmistress cared about them too much to risk their lives.
Twenty minutes had passed and the girls had settled themselves around the office finding numerous places to sit and wait, their legs growing tired. "How long is this going to take, the longer we wait here the more damage is being done to Flora" Stella replied as she crossed her arms.
"We need to be patient Stella, we don't know how important the reason was for Ms Faragonda to leave… we have to give her some time." Tecna replied sighed softly as she did.
"I know" Stella sighed.
As if by fate the door to the office opened and Ms Faragonda walked in and made her way over to her desk and sat down. "Now girls what was it you wanted to speak to me about?"
"We have found a way to save Flora!" Musa answered.
"Really, well what is it?" the headmistress asked intrigued on what the girls had found.
"Well Tecna searched the web and found out about a flower called the Holikic flower, it grows on Melody and once boiled in water and drank it will equal out the poison in Flora's system."
It was silent for a minute or so before the headmistress spoke, "It sounds like a very dangerous plan girls, are you sure you want to do this?" Each of the girls nodded and said their yeses in their own way. "Well girls you will go even if I say no, so I guess you better start packing while I alert Red Fountain and the boys" Ms Faragonda smiled softly at the girls.
"Thank you Ms Faragonda" Bloom said with happiness as she stood and left the room the rest of the girls following closely behind.
The girls returned to their rooms and started to pack their bag for the trip to get the flower, each of their minds on the mission ahead and their sick friend who was stuck in the infirmary.
Riller was walking through the corridors heading towards the winx's dorm room, she knocked and entered to see the girls sat on the sofas with a bag at each of their feet. "What is going on here?" Riller asked as she walked into the room and took a seat on one of the sofas.
"Tecna has found a Flower that once brewed in water will be able to heal Flora. Ms Faragonda has given us the go ahead to go and get it…" Bloom replied as she zipped up her bag.
"That's great news, are all of you going?"
"Yes, we are all going and the boys are…" Stella replied.
Riller sighed "As much as I would love to go with you I better stay and keep an eye on Flora, if he found out where she is, he would be able to kill her with no trouble, she is a sitting duck in her condition."
"It's okay Riller we understand, but take our word we will be returning with that flower, she is our best friend and we are not going to let her die, not after she saved our lives." Tecna spoke trying to convince the girl that they would not fail her.
Riller sighed, "I know, I trust you… you get that flower and I will protect the home front, I know they are coming, It's just a matter of when they will strike."