Chapter Two

"Tecna, wake up." Timmy replied gently as he touched her shoulder, he had laid her down to rest on his rolled up cape. He never left her side the whole way home.

"Timmy?" Tecna asked weakly, she was so unstable that she couldn't sit up straight.

"Yeah, it's me, how many fingers?" Timmy asked as he held up two fingers. "Three... no two, wait, three." Tecna guessed. Timmy gathered her up in his arms, he felt so very guilty that everyone was focusing on Bloom when Tecna could may as well collapsed from pure impact.

"You're too tough on yourself, don't wait anymore. If you feel funny, tell me, or anyone. We care about you." Timmy whispered as he carried her off the ship.

"Timmy?" Tecna asked weakly.

"Yes, anything you need, it's yours." He replied.

"Why can't I see straight?" Tecna continued. "Tec I... when I was with you earlier, I saw a bump on your head." Timmy explained.

"What?"

"You're way more hurt than you thought, I don't know how you got hurt so badly."

"It was a trap... I was tricked and... If it weren't for Bloom, me, Stella and Musa would've been destroyed." Tecna explained faintly.

"It'll be okay, I'll get you to the nurse as soon as possible."

"It's just a bump, it goes away."

"Not if you can't see straight, Tec, don't deny that you're hurt. It's not right." Timmy carried Tecna inside and waited for the rest of the girls before taking her the school nurse.


The nurse gave all the girls and Timmy a look of pure sympathy for the now sleeping technology fairy.

"If she told someone as soon as she got hurt, then she would've slept it off. Now I'm afraid the impact has spread to her mind.""Will that effect her thinking at all?" Timmy asked.

"We'll do a few basic tests once she wakes up, if she passes them, she'll be fine."

"That's good, I feel really bad for taking the attention away from her." Bloom sighed.

"Maybe now you know just how much of a spotlight hog you are!" Layla snapped.

"Cool it you guys." Musa began, "We don't wonna wake Tecna."

"Wow, Musa. What is she, like five?" Stella joked.

"Seriously Stella, she's sick and hurt." Flora scolded. They left Tecna to sleep, but Timmy never left the room. He again caressed her hair through his fingers and took a deep breath, trying to force himself not to dramatically embrace his beautiful sleeping fairy goddess of technology.

"At least Baltor's destroyed, now nothing else will hurt you." He whispered softly. The nurse was working on her student patient records when she noticed him.

"Aren't you going to go back to Red Fountain?" she asked.

"I can't, she needs me to comfort her in her time of need. I can't leave her now." Timmy explained.

"You love her, don't you?" the nurse asked.

"More than logic itself, it wouldn't be worth its while without her." Timmy answered.

"I can only do so much, but I knew how powerful love can be.""I know. I just... need to know if she'll be alright before I go. I care about her, I always have." Timmy took another deep breath as he watched Tecna sleep motionlessly on the bed; he gently touched her hand and squeezed it in reassurance.


Tecna woke up, more stable than she had been. She could see much better and her headache had gone away, but she was still a little woozy. The nurse did her tests and, like any test, Tecna was outstanding at it.

"She'll be back to normal in a week, just try to have her take it easy for a while. Don't do too much thinking." The nurse instructed.

"I can't be... smart for a week." Tecna hesitated.

"You'll always be smart Tec; you just can't challenge yourself until we know you can." Timmy placed relaxing hands on her shoulders, and she sighed in defeat.

"I really wanted to go to the party tonight, but I guess I need more rest, sorry Timmy." She began to walk wobbly out of the room when Timmy grabbed her hand.

"Hey, listen. We can sit somewhere quiet where the music won't be too loud, and we can talk about anything you want, from the latest technological advices to our fondest memories. You don't even have to dress up or anything, it'll be just you and me, I promise." Timmy told her.

"I don't deserve a guy like you Timmy, you're too sweet." Tecna replied.

"You deserve all the rarest jewels in the universe, if I had them, they'd be yours in a heartbeat. A girl like you, with both exquisite beauty and a brilliant mind, is indescribably rare." Timmy replied as he guided Tecna down the hallway to meet with her friends.