Author's note!I'm really sorry for not updating in like two weeks, but homework and my mother forcing me to work out everyday really limited my time to work. Today, though, i got a lot of time. I find this to be my best and funniest chapter. You will see why later on. Again sorry. But onto the story!
~Ferb~
We woke up as usual at seven o'clock. We built a crazy contraption that disappeared by that afternoon as usual, but there was nothing of today that was of the ordinary.. Phineas was out of character. He seemed out of it, far off, and a hidden sadness was exposed in his eyes. I wasn't the same either. Whenever Phineas acted weird I looked over my shoulder to see how Isabella was taking it. Only too late to realize that our friend Isabella wasn't with us, and was the reason for my brother's strange behavior. Fortunately, our impossible machine disappeared earlier than usual so we could visit Isabella during visiting hours.
If I know Isabella she will make sure that Phineas doesn't know what three taps means by this time today. She will probably create it as another meaning. I look out the car window, we have been driving for a while now, but rain is fogging up the windshield too much to get a good visual outside. Instead I look over at Phineas. He looks preoccupied and his eyes aren't really focused on anything. Poor guy, trauma must be getting to him. I'm lucky. I never show my emotions so no one can tell if I'm going 'insane or am completely happy. My emotions never get out of control. I will never freak out. I can't say the same for Phineas, he speaks whatever is on his mind, but one thing I know is Phineas can't deal with life changing events without experiencing a mood swing.
We got to the hospital parking lot. Our mother brought us all the way to the door of Isabella's room. She promised she would let us stay longer today and she would stay outside. When we walked into the room the atmosphere of the room was different. Nurses were bustling around helping Isabella, but the room had a cheery lift to it. On one side of the room there was a chart of some kind. Also a purple lavender candle was burning next to her bed. When the nurses saw us they started giggling and left the room. What the heck. These nurses were really weird.
"Hey Isabella!" Phineas cheers. She looks much better, but still in a coma.
Four taps
"Sorry? What are you sorry for?" he asks. I glance over at the chart. It is a list of what different taps mean. I look up four taps.
"Four taps: Hello" the chart reads. I nudge Phineas and point at the chart.
"Oh, you meant hello. Sorry 'bout that."
Five taps.
Phineas glances over at the chart. "Five Taps: What are you doing/ how are you."
"I'm fine, but I couldn't figure out what three taps meant when we were away. Your chart has a blank on it where three taps should be." Phineas noted.
Isabella raised her finger to say something else when a doctor burst into the room. "I have either found the cure for Isabella or am about to present her with her last breath!" He roared triumphantly.
~Phineas~
I gave a glance to Ferb, he blinked, we both weren't sure if this doctor was completely sane. He had brown hair that stuck up in every direction and inch-thick glasses that were as round as the bottom of bottles. He wore a lab coat that seemed to be covered with coffee stains on it and black trousers. "What do you mean doctor?" I ask politely.
"I am a researcher. I am studying Isabella since this is the first time a condition like this has ever ensued. I have been working hard in my lab to find a cure." He stated.
"So what did you find?" i ask. Maybe Ferb and I could check his calculations later.
"Well a coma is when everything is shut down. You are monitored carefully because you can't take care of yourself like eating, moving, and pretty much anything else. Isabella here seems to be more in a sleeping state. Except her mind and body is well rested, but she can't open her eyes or move anything besides her finger. This is because of the brain damage when she got in the accident. The brain has gone into protective mode where it is scared to move anything because it is in shock from being in so much pain."
"Doctor, you seem to be explaining her condition over telling us what you are going to do." I interrupted.
"Right, sorry, anyway I have created a highly hyperactive concoction of pure caffeine. This I'm hoping will give Isabella the boost she needs for her body and mind to completely wake up." He smiled proudly.
"Didn't you say it was dangerous?" I ask remembering how he said it would give her her last breath.
The doctor pushed his glasses farther up on his nose then started fiddling with his hands. "Yes, well there might be this problem with the formula that is even the slightest bit too much of this concoction entered her blood stream the caffeine would be too much for her little heart."
That last bit of information really hit me hard. "Isabella's heart is anything but little. She is fierce and tough, but loving and kind to everyone she meets I'm sure her heart could take it." I say defiantly. I catch myself though and add in, "But still take into thought of the right calculation."
He nodded, "Don't worry I've studied into the splendid organ of the heart. I know all its functions and problems. The heart is the best organ!" He seemed like he was about to go on a rant about hearts.
"Sorry, I forgot to ask this earlier, but what is your name?" I interrupt him again.
"Dr. Camden Andrew Heart" He beams with pride.
"Wait what?" I ask.
"That is my name sunny!" he says with a chuckle, "Camden Andrew Heart."
"So what you are saying is you are Dr. C. A. Heart?" Ferb asks.
"Yes." He says as if it is totally normal.
"Plus you are a doctor that specializes in hearts?"
"That pretty much sums it up. Hey if you think that is weird you should meet my sister. She is an eye specialist. Catherine Irene Ball. She just got recently married." He smirked at us defiantly.
"C. I. Ball?" I ask. His family is really weird.
Suddenly a Public Address system comes over an intercom. "Paging Dr. Temple. Dr. Nick A. Temple report to brain surgery!"
"Really? Am I the only one with a name that doesn't sound like my profession?" I shout to no one in particular.
"I'll leave you alone. Isabella's mother has already given me permission to give her the caffeinating shot. I'll go get it, I'll be back."
"Wait, Dr. Heart, what is the chance Isabella will live?" I ask.
He turns around and gives me a look of sympathetic 25% chance she will live, but if her heart is as strong as you say it is then 50%." Then he turns back to the door and heads out.
25%?
Isabella is going to...
Die?
Live?
yeah again if this doesn't make sense blame me because i wrote this over a two week period. Onto...
Review Replies!:
Midnight4568: Hey. Sorry for you to wait so long. Phineas may realize at some point. Maybe next chapter? Next one after that?
transformers fan 53: Yeah. Ferb is also a bit more romatic than Phineas. At least that is how FanFiction sees him as.
thewolfstar: :D thanks! I'm terrible at mushy stuff but sometimes I find a way to bring it out of me.
