Author's Note: Thank you for the amazing reviews, for those readers and fellow writers who made this their favorite and for those who followed. I am SO sorry for the late update because I got so hooked up with the exams and then there's my College Algebra problem set and that's four pages, people. To make it short, college is the reason it took me too late for an update. Okay, look forward to a plot twist.

~princessamber081898

Disclaimer: I don't own Winx Club

Chapter Two: Warming Up

The girls were all in the kitchen. Tecna's laptop was open for everyone to see. The girls keep on throwing it quick glances. They were currently making their infamous blueberry pancakes at the headquarters. (A/N: Yeah, even Stella's cooking.) They were all wearing white tank tops with their initials neatly sewed in the middle and shorts. Well, Bloom was wearing blue, Stella's shorts were yellow, Flora's were pink, Layla's were green, Musa's were red and Tecna's were purple and aprons over their clothes and their hairs are tied in different styles of French braids. The boys found their bodyguards like that, in the kitchen. When they first met them yesterday, they thought they were just your regular stereotype girls.

"So, do you guys need to be somewhere today?" Bloom asked Sky.

"No, I don't think so. Maybe we could spend the day talking about how we'll pull this off to the public and to the fans and if we really want them to think we're dating, we'll have to convince them through going out to dates," Sky answered.

Bloom, Flora, Layla, Tecna and Musa blushed and Stella smirked at her friends. The Specialists were confused. Actually, among the six, Stella's the only one who went on a date, a cover-up or not.

"I'll break it down for them. We'll have these pancakes ready before you know it," Stella said as she ushered the men out.

It took the five girls a full minute to recover and by that time, it was time for breakfast. First, Brandon took a bite. "Hmmm, blueberry. My favorite," he said as he sat down.

"Yeah, be…" Riven said. He was cut off because Nabu elbowed him. Something that didn't go unnoticed to Musa and Tecna's keen eyes. (A/N: Hmm, what do you think is Riven wanted to say.)

"These are great!" Timmy exclaimed as he sat down, too.

"Of course, those pancakes are one of our specialties," Tecna said.

They all laughed until a window popped up on the laptop screen. Tecna looked at it and frowned.

"What's wrong?" Stella asked.

"We've got intruders with toys," Tecna said. They all huddled to take a look. They saw that and the intruders were men with big guns. They were unfortunately outnumbered and they don't have any weapons gun combat is the last thing they expected from being bodyguards.

"Girls, those really are strangers," Brandon confirmed.

"Walk slowly to your rooms and get your essentials. Wait till you get onto the top flight before you start to run away," Bloom whispered. She turned to the girls, "Winx, you know what to do."

Tecna closed her laptop and put it in a backpack that was waiting in the trunk of her car. Flora already alerted Daphne about the situation while Bloom called Ms. Faragonda.

"And I was so looking forward to the talks about dating," Stella joked.

"Stella, this is no time for jokes. You have to understand that," Amber said

The men waited outside. They are actually The Jaguars, assassins and have been on the world's most wanted list for so long and since they are so discreet no one caught them, yet. The Winx moved like shadows, if they can't outnumber or out shoot them, they can surely outrun them. Their cars have been upgraded to someone's typical spy car. So it will be easy to get away.

"The Winx are getting away!" a man yelled. (A/N: Everyone, this is not a typo.) The Jaguars open fired. It was a good thing that their tires and cars were bulletproof.

"Is it just me or are The Jaguars actually after us and not the men?" Musa asked.

"We've got to focus on getting The Specialists out of here and away from danger, Musa," Tecna said.

The Jaguars had two SUV and the girls went different ways to shake their chasers away. One car went after Layla and Nabu until they were cornered. Layla shifted gears and Nabu looked at his driver with a determined look on her face. She looks ready to bump the SUV so they could make a window to get away and shake them off.

"Roxy, are you up there?" Layla asked the earpiece. "Nabu and I need a window to get away. Could you give it to us?"

"Of course," Nabu heard a new voice through the earpiece.

Suddenly, a bullet that came out of nowhere shot the driver of the SUV and another shot the hood of the car.

"Thanks, Roxy," Layla said. The Jaguars got off the car and shot at Layla's windows. Layla cursed.

"Layla?" Nabu asked.

"Layla Tides, surrender!" demanded a Jaguar.

"Never!" Layla yelled and she stepped on the acceleration pedal so hard their car went over the SUV.

When they arrived at the safe house, everyone else was there safe. They found Brandon and Stella talking in the living room of the safe house.

"Is everyone okay?" Layla asked.

"A bullet grazed Flora's arm. What about you?" Stella asked.

"I'm fine. Is Flora going to be fine?"

"She suffered a lot more worse than this. You know that, of all people. Helia won't leave her side," Stella said.

"Helia?" Nabu asked.

"Yup. Their bedroom is empty of the others and Flora's getting her rest so I think it'll be best to leave them alone for a while," Brandon said.

"What do we do now?" Layla asked.

"Bloom is online with the agency now," Stella answered.

Stella and Layla sighed.

"What's wrong?" Nabu asked.

"Something is not right here," Layla replied.

"What do you mean?" Brandon asked.

"We thought The Jaguars were after you. The Jaguars are known for their discreetness in assassinations, almost like a shadow. Musa heard them say that The Winx - our team - is getting away. Doesn't that strike you as odd? If those Jaguars really are after you they'd be saying your group's name and not ours," Stella said.

Author's Note: So what did you think? Did you like or hate it? Tell me by reviewing. I have an announcement though so you better read this. I won't be posting until the end of the month maybe because I'll be busy with the exams and other school-related stuff. Don't worry, I'll be back to update this story.

~princessamber081898