Chapter 9: Attack From The Convicts
After following the footprints for a few minutes, a hissing sound appeared from behind the group. "Uh, guys, we've got some company!" Helia pointed out. Everybody turned around in surprise to see a gigantic ice-snake. They all split up to avoid one of its attacks. The girls transformed as the boys got out their weapons. "LOTUS FLOWER!" Flora called as she wrapped the snake in vines. "BLINDING RAY!" Stella screamed as she aimed her attack to stun the snake but it had begun to break free of Flora's vines so Helia wrapped his string around the snake while Flora recast her spell. To finish the snake, at least for now, Bloom decided to hit it "FIRE OF SIRENIX!" she shouted. The friends celebrated their short victory against the ice-snake but they all knew that Omega wouldn't exist without it so they all left as fast as possible before it awoke.
"So, where is she?" a voice spoke harshly. "Guys, have you heard this?" Musa whispered to the others, they all crowded as close to Musa as possible to hear what she was listening to. "She escaped, we're not sure where she went", another voice replied. "WELL FIND HER THEN!" the first voice yelled in return. The friends gasped in shock, 'Could they be talking about Tecna?' they all thought. They weren't aware that they were all thinking the same thing but they all hoped with their hearts that they were. They all leant away for breathing space then Timmy spoke for the first time since they had arrived there, "That means they don't know where Tecna is, we must find them before the convicts do!" "Wow! Somebody's confident!" Riven joked, who only got a handful of glares as a response. Behind them a convict emerged from an ice cave and instantly spotted the Winx and the Specialists. Just then Brandon, Riven and Flora fell to the ground, their ankles were wrapped in thick strings. Flora tried to shoot her captor but her spell didn't effect him. The three convicts began to drag their victims away but their friends were prepared to fight. Musa cast a sound blocking barrier around everyone, so nobody else heard the commotion. The remaining Winx distracted the convicts while Sky cut the ropes that Brandon, Riven and Flora were caught in. Then Timmy shot the convicts from behind and they fell to the ground immediately, Helia then the together before they woke up. "At least that's over!" Stella said, trying to be optimistic. "Next we need to find Tecna" Bloom instructed. Timmy continued what he was saying before they were attacked, "We know that she escaped from some convicts so she must be hiding somewhere. She should be safe, but hard to find".
"What is this place?" Tecna asked herself, she then stood up and began to examine the walls of the room. After studying them closer, she discovered that there were millions of symbols and letters, a bit like hieroglyphs, climbing up to the ceiling.