A.J. was relieved that he was now alone. For one thing, he could put his attention to treating Timmy. Another was that he had a hunch about what had happened to Timmy; why he wouldn't wake up from his coma.
And if his hunch was correct, he had to be careful who he let know.
Jimmy Neutron, Cindy Vortex, Libby Folfax and Carl Wheezer just stood there stunned at the revelation of Sheen's upcoming nupitials.
"Let me get these straight," said Libby, a bit of tension rising in her voice, "Sheen is engaged to be married to a princess?"
"Dat's what I said," said the creature, "to Princess Oom Laa."
"Oom Laa," said Cindy, "that's her name Oom Laa?"
"Dose you all have hearing problems?," questioned the creature, "I'm getting tired of repeating myself."
"Who's this Aseefa?," asked Libby.
"It's me," replied a blue skinned female.
"Yeah," said the being, "for a while it looked like you and Sheen had a thing going, so that's why the king ordered you locked up."
"Her and Sheen," demanded Libby, anger rising, "exactly how many girls has Sheen been involved with on this planet?"
Phineas Flynn heard a noise. It sounded like Perry so he immediatedly cut his communication device off and leaped into his life raft shaped bed.
Perry the Platypus came up the stairs. For a second, he thought one of the boys might have been awake or worse that they might have seen him in his secret agent mode. Perry actually had mixed feelings on that. One part of him desparately wanted to share his secret with Phineas and Ferb. The best day, in fact, they ever had was when they fought the second dimension Dr. Doofensmirtz.
On the other hand, he could not bear the fact that he would be separated from the boys should his double life as a secret agent came out. The platypus was proud of work with the O.W.C.A. and enjoyed it, but first and foremost, he was a family pet. Phineas and Ferb were family to him.
He wished there was some way that he could stay with the Flynn-Fletchers and also be completely honest with them as well. Perhaps even enlist their help...,
No, he, didn't want to put the boys in any danger. They proved they could handle dangerous situations, but he would be devastated if something happened to either one of them. He still remembered the chilling statement that the 2nd dimension Doofensmirtz told Phineas:
"You know all that's going to happen from you guys coming up here is that I'm going to have a brand new platyborg and maybe even a boyborg."
Perry shuddered. That someone would be willing to do that to a child was frightening. He had, often, heard reports being a secret agent, of children being mistreated. In fact, his nemesis, Dr. Doofensmirtz was a prime example. Why someone would do that to a child was...beyond this monotreme's comprehension.
Miles away, in Dimmsdale California, another child was trying to help his best friend who had been hurt. He had been working on him and running tests for about an hour. When the results of the test came back, they confirmed his suspicion. He knew what to do now, and he knew who would be able to help him.
In the main part of the Timmy Cave; there was a group, Timmy's parents, godfamily,friends and his former enemies. They were all waiting to hear the news about Timmy. The heard the door open up to the room where Timmy was at and saw A.J. come out.
"How's Timmy, A.J.?," Wanda asked.
"The same," replied A.J., "but I now know what's wrong."
"Well," said Cosmo, clearly worried about his godchild, "don't keep us in suspense A.J., tell us."
"First; before I tell you anything," began A.J., "I'm going to need to treat Timmy to pull him out of the coma and I'm going to need some help."
"Okay, A.J.," said Tootie getting up, "What do you want..."
"No, Tootie," A.J interrupted,. "Not you... I need help from Mr. Crocker."
Aseefa had a realization and then asked
"Is your name Libby?"
"How did you know that?" asked the african american girl, "did Sheen tell you?"
"Yes he did," replied the blue skinned warrior Zeenu native, "in fact, I know for a fact he still loves you Libby."
"Oh really." Libby said sharply, "and how do you know that?"
"Because," replied Aseefa, "you were the reason he broke up with me."
Phineas was relieved that Perry hadn't seen him awake. The last thing that the boy with the triangular head wanted was to get Perry in trouble with the O.W.C.A. While pretending to be asleep, Phineas thought about how to talk to Perry or somehow communicate with him in secret to let him know, that he remembered everything.
But how could you talk to someone who was unable to talk? Oh sure, they had made that animal translator that one time, but the only sound they heard from Perry was that typical chattering noise he made.
Of course, it was likely that Perry was talking gibberish deliberately so as to not to blow up his cover. There was only one person who he knew that could help with this situation. He peeked over at his sleeping brother.
"Ferb," he thought to himself, "I know what we're going to do tommorrow."
"You need me to help Turner," Crocker said with surprise, "why?"
"I'll explain when we get into the room," answered A.J. who then scanned around the room and added, "where's Jorgen and Norm?"
"They went to Fairy World to discuss something with the Fairy Council," replyed Binky.
"So the Fairy Council isn't here?," asked A.J.
"Yes," said Mr. Turner, exasperated, "A.J., no offense but what's going on? What is happening to our son?"
"Mr. Turner," said the african-American genius, "I know you're worried about Timmy, but you're going to have to trust me, please."
The Turners took this in and Mrs. Turner said,
"Okay, A.J. we trust you. After all, you have been looking out for Timmy."
A.J. nodded and said,
"Thank you. Mr. Crocker, would you please come with me?"
Jorgen and Norm had poofed into Fairy World and were headed towards the Fairy Council Chambers.
"Thanks Norm," said Jorgen, "for coming with me to talk to the Fairy Council."
"No problem jarhead," replied Norm, "but I'm not sure why you wanted me to be with you. I'm not exactly their favorite magic being especially after what I revealed."
"That's exactly why," said Jorgen, "you can be very persuasive Norm by the simple fact that you can be so blunt and honest. That bluntness can cut so deeply into people, it almost forces them to do the right thing."
"The right thing," Norm repeated, "You know Jorgen? You're going to ruin my bad reputation."
Both genie and fairy laughed as they approached the council chambers.
"Well," said Jorgen, "are you ready go into the lion's den?"
"I've been there many times," said Norm wrly, "just part of being "lowly genie".
"A.J.," Crocker began, "what's going on with Timmy? And why do you need me?"
"Mr. Crocker," said A.J., "do you have your anti-magic devices with you?"
"Well, yes," said the hunchbacked teacher, "you know I do."
"We're going to need them to help Timmy," said A.J.
"You think something magical is causing him to be in a coma?, questioned Denzel.
"I know something magical is causing it," A.J. admitted.
"How do you know that?," asked the elementary school teacher.
"Because when I ran those tests on Timmy, I discovered it. I'm not sure who did this to Timmy; but it apparently happened during the last few second that he was still in the Darkness." A.J. paused and then added, "and even though I don't know exactly who's responsible; I have four suspects."
Crocker was taken aback and asked,
"Wait, when you asked about the Fairy Council you were relieved when that little fairy Binky, said they weren't here. Are you saying...?
"Yes," replied the African-American genius, "We have a traitor on the Fairy Council and he tried to destroy Timmy."
Old Man Tang finally woke up. He had to be dreaming. He must still be dreaming because he could still smell fire and brimestone. He got up and saw the beings he had previously seen. He looked up on the cliff like structure where that creature was. He shuddered.
"Who...are you?" questioned Nguyen Tang.
"You must know Tang," replied the creature, "I told you that you were in Hell so who do you think I am?" He added mockingly
"No," said Tang, "I can't be dead and I certainly can't be in Hell."
"Well you're half right," replied Lucifer, "You aren't dead but you are most certainly in Hell."
"Why am I here?" Tang asked.
"I need a tool to spread more evil," the devil replied, "and you're the best tool in Dimmsdale."
"I'm not your tool," Nguyen snapped, "and there is absolutely no way I ever would be."
"And why not old man?" questioned the devil bemused.
"Because I'm a church going man."
This caused Lucifer to roar with a frightening evil laugh. A bone chlling laughter. He then said,
"You don't think that I have agents in churches or even helpers? In fact, my best weapon can often be respectable people."
"I don't understand," the elderly Asian man admitted.
"Think of one of my names, Tang. The tempter. I don't just use clearly evil people. One of my most effective strategies is to corrupt good things or good people, and if I tempt a truly good person by twisting their good intentions into something that is clearly wrong or bad. Well, that's the best damage I can do. Not that you were ever truly a good old man. In fact, you're another one of my best weapons. A flat out hypocrite. So spare me the self righteous act and prepare for your assignment."