Chapter 4
In Tecna's bedroom, she lay on her bed, still sobbing, but with Timmy's comfort, she felt better then she had. Timmy had put a fan next to her bed to cool her down, he had also called the school nurse. This was much more than a bump on the head now, and Timmy had worried himself sick over his poor, sweet loved one.
"I don't think you understand Timmy, I never meant to cause that much panic. Everyone at the party must've seen me unconscious, they must've seen me like this and the only person I wanted to know was you." she sobbed.
"Just try and relax, and listen to my voice okay. I'm glad you tried to come and tell me because these things you just can't ignore. And I know you're embarrassed, but I can't understand why you're so emotional, you've always tried to keep so calm in a situation like this."
"I honestly don't know why I'm being so emotional, I guess a part of my mind just… gave up."
"How is she?" the nurse asked as she came in the door.
"You called her too?" Tecna panicked, everyone in the school knew about her fainting spell out on the quad, and now the nurse knew too.
"I had to Tecna, because I care about you." Timmy replied, he could see more tears well up in her eyes, then he looked at the nurse.
"She's still embarrassed about it." he told the nurse.
"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" the nurse asked Tecna calmly.
"I'm so hot, and cluster phobic, it feels like everything's coming at me all at once." Tecna explained in complete fear. Timmy was now in a state of panic, he didn't know that Tecna felt that bad, that scared. Tecna was now gasping for air and flinching every which way as if she was trapped in an invisible box, everything spun in circles and she could only hear the familiar voices of Timmy and the nurse.
"Oh dear, it seems that your condition is worse than I estimated." the nurse checked her clipboard.
"Just how bad was the impact?" Timmy asked, trying to keep himself calm, he could only take so much of what was happening to his treasured girlfriend.
"It was so bad that it could effect her way of thinking forever." the nurse explained, "if we don't act quickly."
"I'll do anything, just please, tell me what I need to do." Timmy pleaded.
"You won't have to worry yet, she just needs rest, actually it's best if she doesn't do any major thinking until we get her out of this fearful, emotional state." the nurse explained, then she looked at Tecna for a moment before looking back at Timmy.
"Do you think you could get her to lay down for me?" the nurse asked him. Timmy placed gentle hands on Tecna's shoulders to ensure her that everything was going to be fine. She looked up at him with an unsure expression.
"Just lay down Tecna, nothing bad is going to happen, I promise." Timmy replied softly. Tecna slowly lowered her head onto her pillow, but she still looked like she wanted to run away. To her, everything looked like it was coming at her, she was unsure of everything around her, all she knew was that Timmy was there, willing to calm her down and give her all the comfort she needed.
"Okay, try and keep her still, but don't frighten her. With her already cluster phobic sensation, pinning her down is just going to make it worse." the nurse instructed. Timmy kept his hands firmly on Tecna's shoulders with the slightest bit of pressure.
"Everything's going to be okay." he replied. Tecna groaned nervously, wanting to run, and crawl into a dark space where she couldn't see anything. She knew Timmy wouldn't let her get hurt, but at the same time, she felt so unsure of her surroundings.
"Alright sweetheart, now I'm going to shine this light on you forehead, this device is going to tell me just how bad the collide with the cave wall was." the nurse explained calmly to Tecna, she understood what the device would do, but she was still uneasy. The nurse took out a device that looked like a flashlight with buttons on it. It was like a portable MRI scanner, one of the magical universe's technological advances. And yes, from none other than Tecna's own realm. The device was able to scan anything from a broken leg to major brain damage, without the person feeling a thing. The nurse shone the light over Tecna's forehead, Tecna had to close her eyes to dim the light. She was trying to break free of her cluster phobic state, all she wanted to do was run. She felt Timmy's hands on her shoulders, which was the only thing that kept her from having an emotional fit. Despite everything she felt, she couldn't understand her own behaviour. The nurse turned the light off, and Tecna squinted her eyes open. The nurse looked at the device and told Timmy what it said.
"Oh no," she began, "I looks like the logical part of her mind has been taken over by emotion, she won't be able to think logically at all. And for technology fairies, that's almost the only way they know how to think."
"So can this be fixed." Timmy asked.
"Yes, only if she stays in bed for two weeks, no amount of major logical thinking at all, plenty of rest, and I suggest you keep her calm at all times. We don't want another fainting spell." the nurse instructed as she left the room.
"All this, just because of a bump on the head." Timmy pondered, was there something Tecna wasn't telling him.
"Timmy?" Tecna asked nervously, she had to tell him that this wasn't the first collide with a cave that she had encountered that week.
"I know you're scared, and unsure of what's going on, but I will promise you that everything will be better in a few days." he reassured her.
"That's not it… when I got hurt… it wasn't the first time." Tecna tried to explain.
"When did you get hurt? Tell me everything." Timmy squeezed her hand in reassurance, he was panicked, how bad did this one bump on the head become?
"We were fighting Baltor with the Water Stars… there was something in his box of spells that could control them. He shot a power blast at all of us except Bloom… but I guess it was how I landed on the ground that is effecting me now."
"What do you mean?" Timmy asked, gently putting pressure on her shoulder.
"I think the reason the other girls aren't affected is because when I collided with the wall, I fell in an uncomfortable position, in other words, I fell upside down."
"What… oh, no wonder you're in this condition Tec, you need to sleep now, two major impacts like that are much more serious than just one. I'm going to tell the nurse what you told me, it could mean a loss of all your critical thinking… forever." Timmy dreaded the very thought of not being able to talk to her about all the technological advances anymore, that was what she lived for, she was a technology fairy, her life was logic.
"Timmy no!" Tecna suddenly cried out, she too feared the loss of her only way of life, but she also feared being alone now that it was just her and Timmy.
"Shh." he repeated comfortingly, "I won't let that happen to you, and neither will the nurse or any of the others. We all love you, and want to help you as much as we can. You just need to sleep, and rest you mind." Tecna lay down on her bed and closed her eyes, she knew Timmy wouldn't leave her, so she wasn't as willing to hide anymore.
