This is dedicated to my baby sister, Clara Raven-Marie, who died this weekend. Enjoy.

2 years ago

BOOM!

The sound of the third explosion rocked the entire cavern, making it rumble and shudder violently. The five girls steadied themselves and looked to the exit door nervously. The slightly muffled sounds of mechas and blasters could be clearly heard over the drowning roar of explosions outside their hideout.

Tecna, the magenta-haired genius of the group, dashed towards the computers to check on the surveilance cameras.

A handful of Blakk`s men are heading this way- Musa, Aisha! Intercept those fools. We must not let them through the caverns!` Tecna ordered in a firm, clipped tone. Her eyes stayed fixed to the six-grid images across the screens.

The two named girls leapt out of the shadows. Donning slinky black battle suits, the Shadow spies snatched their blasters and leapt onto the back of their respective mechas. Together, they galloped towards the exit.

`Dammit Tecna! Are you serious? For Terra`s sake, they`re riding towards their deaths!` Stella yelled, her blonde locks whipping about.

Flora gripped the assassin`s shoulders and growled out. `Look Stella, it`s either we fight or they kill us. Besides, our friends are out there, putting their necks on the line. We can`t just turn a blind eye to them.`

Stella shrugged the flower girl`s hands off. `Flora, this is suicide and you know it.`

Before Flora could retort to that, another explosion racked through the walls of the hideout. She and Stella had to shield themselves from the descending rocks. The whole place was falling apart.

`... Diamond! ...Tecna! Can...you read me?` The static voice of Kord came in through Tecna`s radio.

Tecna picked up the communicator and set the ear-piece on loudspeaker. Adjusting the mouthpiece, she cleared her throat.

`Loud and clear, Angry Troll. What`s the status at Yudi valley?

`... chaos! ... Chaos! I tell you... We are been overrun... by Blakk`s forces. Pronto`s unconscious and several of our men... are... either killed or incapicitated... The rest of us are in full retreat...`

Slamming her fist down the keyboard, Tecna closed her eyes and hissed a curse through her clenched teeth. Why did this have to happen?

The magenta-haired genius tossed a glance at Stella and Flora, they had stopped bickering and were now checking their mechas. Tecna then sucked in a shaky breath and adjusted her headset once more.

`Angry Troll, have you established contact with Shane...?`

`... No... No... I haven`t seen-`

BOOM

A resounding explosion tore through the speakers, cutting off the radio signal instantly.

`Angry Troll... Kord. Kord! Do you copy?` Tecna screamed into her mouthpiece as she tried frantically to re-establish connection.

`KORD!`

Flora watched as the terrible ordeal unfolded before her. Even at a few metres away, she could still feel the waves of shock and despair that emanated from her friend. Flora`s entire body shivered and tensed as she felt it splash through her like ice-cold water. It made her throat constrict, and stomach coil.

In other words, she could feel Tecna`s pain...

Blinking back her tears, Flora made her way towards the tech genius. She barely noticed Stella`s hasty exit nor the continuous, muffled sounds of battle taking place outside the hideout. Right then, Flora`s attention rested on the tech genius, who sat within her circular keyboard podium.

`Tecna?`

The said girl only tensed in response, eyes still downcast as her fingers kept twiddling with the cord of her terra coloured headset, while the other was fisted against her chin. Flora almost choked out a sob at the sight. Although it made her somewhat angry, she quickly reminded herself that this was Tecna. The rational girl-genius who displays little to no emotions. Who knew what happened around an unstable Tecna...

Smoothing out the non-existent creases in her pink shorts and jacket, Flora leaned towards the keyboard podium and decided to try once more.

Placing both hands on the podium`s top, Flora began, `Tecna, are you alright?`

`He's gone...I can't let this happen...I promised...call Musa and Aisha back. No one else will get hurt...goodbye my slugs...forever.`

With that, all of the Terra Orna (The name of the Winx Club in Slugterra) drank from a potion and disappeared...never to be seen again. Meanwhile, 6 girls appeared in Magix, and created what became famously known as the Winx Club!