I don't own Saints Row or Winx Club.
Gardenia
A man stood outside the Pixie Dust, by the back entrance. He was around 5 ft 6, and was wearing a pair of sunglasses, a white tank top, black leather jacket and a pair of faded blue jeans. He looked sadly at a picture of himself with his sister Darcy and his then girlfriend Flora. He then sighed and removed his sunglasses, revealing amber-coloured irises.
"I will find you again, Florales. Even if it takes the rest of my undead existence." He said, before walking around to the front, where he showed the doorman a mark on his hand.
"Darcy's in the back if you wanna speak to her."
"Thanks." The mysterious man then walked into the Pixie Dust, where he saw an overturned table at his feet. He heard laughing and looked over to his right to see Darcy and The Boss talking to each other about their lives.
"So anyway, when he gets out of whatever rustbucket he was trying to destroy that day, he has that whole 'what did you do' look on his face, so I throw him the keys and say to him 'Do me a favour. When you check the trunk, just remember you should have offered me something better than twenty per cent.', so he checks the trunk, and BAM. His girlfriend is in one of the cars he smashed into."
"Wow! From the sounds of things, you did a lot to eliminate the gang problem in Stilwater."
"I did, even though it usually involved getting rid of the competition, piece by piece." Darcy began blushing again, only to hear the sound of someone clearing their throat.
"Sounds like someone's having fun. Sure looks like it, too." The man said, noticing all of the vampire corpses left by The Boss.
"Ben! What the hell are you doing here? I thought Flora said she didn't want to see you after..." Darcy whispered, but was interrupted.
"I know what she said, Darcy. I just need to clear the air with her, get some things off of my chest."
"Uh, care to introduce me to your little friend here?" The Boss asked.
"Oh, yeah. This is Ben. He's an old friend of mine from England."
"England? Reminds me of a very annoying hacker I knew."
"Anyway, Ben, this is my new friend. Her name..."
"Isn't important."
"I understand. Besides, I believe we've already met. Does a bar by the name of 'On Track' mean anything to you?"
"Yeah, it was where I saved my friend Shaundi from the world's craziest, and possibly highest, DJ. Why?"
"I owned that place."
"Oh, sorry."
"No, it's fine, really. Besides, the insurance paid for me to move to Steelport and start all over."
"I guess it all worked out, then."
"Yeah, I guess it..." Ben was interrupted when Flora literally flew through the window and tackled Ben to the floor, hissing at him and showing her fangs.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU ASSHOLE?! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NEVER TO COME NEAR ME OR MY FAMILY AGAIN!" Flora screamed, clearly furious that Ben was there.
"Listen, Florales, I never meant for things to go the way they did during the War."
"YOU SOLD US OUT TO THE FAIRIES!"
"Yes, I know I did! Don't you think I wake up every day, constantly regretting what I've done?!" At this, Flora stood up, allowing Ben to do the same.
"It's Flora now."
"Look, Flora, I had no choice. That scumbag Atilla was holding my family hostage. If I didn't tell the fairies where you guys were, he would have killed them."
"Well, I can understand that but don't expect me to trust you. Because of you and Atilla, we were nearly left extinct."
"I know, and I'm sorry. The reason why I'm here is because I need a place to stay."
"Don't you have your mother's little prison dimension for that?"
"No. That's sort of the thing. She threw me out and disowned me when she learned of my involvement with Atilla."
"Although I sorta think she did the right thing, I... Suppose you can stay with us for a while."
"Thank you." Ben said, before hugging Flora, who hesitantly returned it a few seconds later.
"If you ever do anything like that again, I'll be the first to rip your throat out." Flora whispered in Ben's ear.
"So, what exactly is all this? 'Cause I am really confused right now, and I'm guessing I'm not the only one." Viola said, climbing through the broken window and walking over to Ben and Flora.
"Oh, right. Uh, Viola, this is Ben. Ben, this is Viola DeWynter."
"Nice to meet you." Viola said, shaking Ben's hand.
"You too."
"Anyway, Ben is my ex-boyfriend. I broke up with him after that whole deal with Atilla Von Cantro."
"Right."
"And he's also my brother." Darcy explained.
Outside the Pixie Dust
Shaundi and Pierce were sat in the Bear APC, doing nothing.
"Ugh. Man, I'm bored. Hey, Pierce, you ever think about the way The Boss is sometimes? Like, what made her a complete nutjob in the first place?"
"Can't say that I have. Why?"
"I don't know. I guess it's just one of those things we'll never figure out, huh?"
"Yeah. How'd the movie deal go?"
"Terrible. By the end of it, she needed a new cell phone."
"Oh, shit, really?"
"Yeah."
"What happened? She throw it or something?"
"No, it's a little more complicated. Long story short, a woman called Icy, who just so happens to be a witch..."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Like, casting spells, turning people into frogs, mixing potions, that kind of witch?"
"Casting spells? Yeah. Mixing potions? Probably. Turning people into frogs? Not that I've seen."
"Right."
"Anyway, Icy used her magic to freeze The Boss' phone. She dropped it and it shattered into a million pieces, and get this, Viola's a witch too."
"Viola? The Syndicate girl?"
"Yeah, that's her."
"Damn!"
"Also, Kinzie's apparently a fairy."
"You serious?!"
"Yep. When we were on our way over here, Kinzie literally blew the wing off of the plane with a fireball. Like, the entire wing!"
"So that's why the plane had to crash-land."
"Yeah. Exactly." Suddenly, there was a flash of light in the Bear, which caused Shaundi and Pierce to look behind them. What they saw caused Shaundi to faint and earned a silent 'Holy shit' from Pierce.
"Johnny? Is that you?"
"Yep. I'm back, and this time, I'm goin' nowhere."
"Damn, man! It's good to see you!" Pierce said. Suddenly, Shaundi woke up again.
"Uh, Johnny? Where are we?"
"Last I checked, somewhere called Gardenia."
"Gardenia? Never heard of it. The last thing I remember is passing out in Stilwater."
"Stilwater? Wait a minute. Shaundi, we haven't been in Stilwater for nearly 10 years."
"Yeah, we have. We were there yesterday, when The Boss killed Maero." Realising something was wrong, Johnny left the Bear, opened the passenger side door and grabbed Shaundi before running inside the Pixie Dust, where he found the Boss, Darcy, Ben, Flora and Viola.
"Johnny?" The Boss said.
"So this is Johnny Gat. Gotta admit, I'm impressed." Flora said.
"Thanks. And you are?" Johnny asked.
"My name's Florales de Mortis, but you can call me Flora." Flora said, blushing, which did not go unnoticed by the rest of the group.
"Thanks. Listen, I need you to look at Shaundi."
"Why?"
"She's sayin' that The Boss only killed Maero yesterday. Now, before anyone asks about Maero, it's a long story."
"What?" Feeling a strong urge to check on Shaundi, The Boss quickly ran to her side and placed her hand on Shaundi's head. They both began glowing a dark blue colour for around fifteen seconds.
"She's OK, but something's wrong with her. It's almost like she's got a second personality."
"Whoa! How did you do that, Boss?" Shaundi asked.
"How'd I do what?" The Boss said, confused.
"Do what you just did. Like, you just basically read my mind."
"I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Anyway, where's Kinzie?" The Boss said.
"I know a friend from Solaria who works as a doctor. I sent Kinzie over to her place for a few hours." Darcy said.
"Thanks, babe."
"No problem." Darcy then walked over to The Boss and kissed her, earning a half-confused, half-shocked look on Johnny's face. Shaundi walked over to Viola and Flora.
"Wow, Boss. I didn't think you swung that way."
"Really, Johnny? Then again, you didn't even bat an eyelid when I said my first partner's name was Alex."
"I thought Alex was a man." Johnny said, which only ended in The Boss flipping him off with a smile on her face.
"So, uh, you two care to join me on a trip to Solaria?" Johnny said, referring to The Boss and Darcy. Darcy was about to speak, but The Boss got there first.
"We'll catch up with you. Go ahead."
"Alright. See you soon." Johnny said, before teleporting to Solaria.
"How the hell does he know about all this?" The Boss asked, confused.
"I don't know, but I do know he's a vampire. Let's catch up to him before things go crazy." Darcy said.
"Vampires?! Oh, no!" Shaundi said.
"What?" Viola asked.
"They... They killed my dad and my little sister when I was 3. My mom's missing."
"Well, Shaundi, if you need anything, Viola and Ben are here for you. I'm sorry, but we really have to go."
"Alright. You go, and tell Hacker Girl I hope she's alright." With that, Flora teleported herself, Darcy and The Boss to Solaria.
Shadowhaunt
Icy and Stormy arrived inside Shadowhaunt, where a group of 3 men were waiting for them. One of them wore a black and red suit, the second a dark blue light-up jacket, a black shirt underneath and grey jeans, and the third a green lucha libre mask and matching suit.
"Ah, Icy and Stormy. What took you so long?" The man wearing the blue jacket said. He had an English accent.
"Yes, and where is the fairy? I thought we specifically instructed you to come back either with her or not at all. Did you forget our instructions?" The man in red asked, with a hint of frustration in his voice. He had an accent not unlike someone that would be from either Central or Western Europe.
"Sorry, Mr Loren, sir." Stormy said, clearly afraid.
"Do I have to teach you the consequences of failure again?" The masked one said.
"No, Killbane, that won't be necessary. Besides, your associate on Domino already did that for you. Oh, hi, Matt." Icy's remark was only acknowledged by Killbane. Matt simply gave Icy the thumbs up, not looking up from his laptop for a split second.
"How is Bloom anyway?" The man now known as Killbane said.
"She's fine. Still got a REALLY short fuse, so nothing new there." Killbane chuckled on hearing this.
"So, you did not find the fairy?" Loren asked, slightly irritated.
"Well, we did find her, but she got away." Icy said.
"Ah. That clears things up." Loren said, before quickly pulling out a pistol and firing off a single round into her left knee.
"What the hell, you asshole?!" Stormy said, which only earned her a bullet to the arm.
"The next one shall go through your heads. Do I make myself clear?" Loren said. Icy and Stormy simply nodded in pain.
Wow! So, another chapter completed, and another plot twist, or 3 to be exact! So, Icy, Stormy and Bloom are working for the now-revived Syndicate, The Boss is using magic and then immediately forgetting about it, and Shaundi's got a split personality? What will happen, and could one of the Saints wind up being turned? As always, thanks to Midnight Lost for letting me set this story in the universe of their Crimson Flame story. Chapter 5 will be up soon.