Chapter 21 is here! This chapter is the next day, and is in Selena's POV.

On with the chapter!

Chapter 21: Pauleen's Recovery

*Selena's POV*

I finally managed to finish Pauleen's robotic leg and implants. I headed to the operating room to show her.

I entered the room. Pauleen was lying on the bed, still asleep. I walked up to her and shook her arm.

"Pauleen, are you awake?" I asked. She woke up.

"Selena, digadig? What time is it? Why are you waking me up?" she asked.

"It's 6 in the morning, but I have something to show you." I replied.

"And what would that be?" she asked, a little annoyed.

"This." I held up the leg that I made. Her eyes grew wide.

"Yay, digadig! I'll finally be able to walk again!" she shouted, waking Todd up.

"Hey, be quiet over there!" he yelled. "I'm trying to sleep!"

"Sorry, digadig…" Pauleen said.

I explained what was going on. He calmed down, and I rolled his bed out of the room.

Once everything was ready, I turned on the machine with the medicine. Once she was asleep, I started working on repairing her leg.

I connected it as easily as I connected Dina's. Then I carefully turned her over so I could work on fixing her spinal cord.

I located the damaged area and started working. If I messed up here, not only would she be permanently paralyzed, but some of her vital organs could fail.

In other words, if I messed up, she could die.

I connected the ends of the damaged nerves. Then I connected the controlling nerves to the new leg, along with the robotic implants in her right leg. I added those to repair the damage caused by the shards that hit that leg. When I finished with what I could do, I shut off the medicine.

I really hope everything works.

*Pauleen's POV*

The medicine was turned off, so I started to wake up.

"I guess it's done, digadig?" I said. Selena nodded and moved the sheet. I had a silvery robotic left leg. It looked a lot like Dina's, only longer and thinner, due to the difference in our leg sizes.

"Cool, digadig!" I shouted.

"Ready to test it out?" Selena asked.

"Yeah, diga!"

"Okay, first, try moving your right leg." she said.

"Why my right leg, digadig?" I asked.

"I want to make sure that I fixed the broken nerves properly and cured the paralysis." She explained.

"Okay, digadig!" I said. I lifted my leg. "It works, digadig! I'm not paralyzed anymore!"

We tested all the functions of both my real leg and my robotic leg.

"Now it's time to try walking." Selena said. "It will be harder for you than it was for Dina, since you were fully paralyzed."

"Okay, digadig." I started to stand up, but I almost fell. My leg was weak from the damage. I finally stood up successfully.

"Okay, now it's time to try walking." Selena said, sounding a little nervous.

"Okay, diga…" I took a step forward. It felt very awkward, and I was very off-balance. After a few steps, though, I became more stable, and soon, I was walking almost perfectly.

"It works, digadig!" I shouted.

"Yay! My first attempt to repair a damaged spinal cord was a success!" Selena said in excitement.

"Wait, digadig… this was your first time trying this?" I asked. She nodded.

"Wow, digadig, you really are a genius." I told her.

"Thanks, Pauleen." She said. "I'm actually impressed at how quickly you adjusted."

"Me, too, digadig! I shouted.

I walked out, and I was immediately noticed by Todd.

"Pauleen!" he shouted. "I see you can walk again."

"Yep, digadig!" I replied.

"Yay!" he shouted, as he got up and ran to hug me, only to remember that his left arm didn't work.

"Uh, exactly why are you hugging me, diga?" I asked him.

He let go of me "Well, I… uh…" he started. "Okay here goes… I actually like you! I have had a crush on you for a year or two now. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."

"Really, digadig?" I asked. "Because I honestly always liked you, too! This is amazing!"

"Really?" he asked. I nodded.

"Yay!" we both shouted at the same time, only I added "digadig" at the end. I hugged him, and he hugged me, at least with his right arm.

"Uh… what's going on? What did I miss?" Dina said when she saw us.

"Todd and I admitted that we like each other! Isn't it great, digadig?" I said.

Dina started laughing. "I already knew you guys both liked each other." She said. "I just wanted to see how long it would take for you two to get together."

So with that, everyone was healed except Todd, who would get his implants in a few days, according to Selena.

"Everything is going great." I said.

A little too great. I thought.

Chapter 21 is done! Next chapter will be when Todd gets his surgery. Next time: "Chapter 22: Todd's Recovery!" Keep reading and reviewing!