Chapter Fourteen
Penny and Missy sat on the couch for an interminable amount of time before they started to wonder where 'Fabio' had run off to.
"I'm gonna go check on him. I'll be right back" Penny declared while extracting herself out of the couch.
Heading towards Sheldon's room, Penny noticed the door was ajar. Sticking her head in she didn't see anything. It was the groan of pain that made her come further in the room to investigate. When she got to the other side of the bed she found Sheldon in the fetal position, clutching at his head.
"Sheldon! What's wrong?" Penny was by his side in seconds and trying to find the cause of his pain. She knelt by his head to get a good look in his eyes. She wasn't sure if it was Sheldon or if this was just an alter. She didn't want to call him by an alter's name and freak him out. He blinked slowly at Penny before tilting his head slightly.
"Penny. You know you are not supposed to be in my room. No one is allowed in my room"
Penny felt the relief palpitate through her. This was Sheldon. Her Sheldon. Not pausing to consider that she had unconsciously claimed Sheldon as her own, Penny leaned in further.
"Well Sweetie, that doesn't apply when you are lying on your floor clutching at your head"
"That is not part of the roommate contract but I will speak to Leonard about an amendment. It is a rather logical notion"
"Sheldon, why are you on the floor?" Penny wanted to know if the alter's had once again covered their tracks. The last two seemed to be rather scatterbrained.
Frowning, Sheldon pushed himself up till he was sitting upright on the floor. "I don't know. I went to my room earlier and " Sheldon's eyes glazed over for a second "must have fell. There is no other explanation for my memory loss."
'Crafty bastards' is all Penny could think as she helped Sheldon to stand. "Well Moonpie" she smiled at the automatic glare that was sent her way "let's go get you some Advil and an icepack"
"That sounds most appropriate Penny." They made their way into the kitchen, passing by a passed out Missy, and Penny got the amenities that she had promised. Handing them to Sheldon, she leaned against the counter.
"Sheldon, why do you think that you fell? There was nothing in your way" Penny hoped that if she tried showing Sheldon that there were blank spots in his memory that he would want to figure out why they were there.
"Penny…I don't know, which is not a normal occurrence as you are well aware of, but I'm sure the fall must have done something to my mental facilities. It may be pertinent to go get my brain scanned again" grimacing he turned back towards his room "Penny. I am going to go get some rest. "
Scrambling around the counter, Penny grabbed Sheldon's hand. This was a small window of opportunity that Penny had. Who knew when the next occurrence of alters would pop up. She had to have Sheldon actualize the problem now. 'Ugh 'actualize the problem', I need to hang out with some other people'
"Sheldon" the perfect question hit her "hey, what actually happened in Germany?"
"I lectured over there Penny. What else is there to tell?" Sheldon's confused expression made Penny more confident. 'He deserves to know what actually happened to him'
"I meant with the professor over there. Did he " and Penny was slapped. Stunned, she looked up into Sheldon's eyes. The look in the eyes showed that it was no longer Sheldon anymore.
"Girl, I am not the one you need get rid of first. Shelly isn't ready to deal with this kind of crap. Why don't you try to snuff one of the more useless alters. Just so you know," 'Fabio' leaned in close "I ain't going down without a fight." Flicking her in the forehead, he turned around and strolled out of the room.
Glaring at his back, Penny stormed out of the apartment and went across the hall to her own. Slamming the door and heading to her room, she went to her laptop to look up some much needed information.
"I'll give him a fight if that's what he wants. It's time to go Junior Rodeo on these alters."
