Summary – A collide with a cave wall gives Tecna a bump on the head, which causes strange things to happen to her. Will the once level headed technology fairy be as logical again?
Introduction
The air based replica of Timmy glared at Tecna evilly, what was going on? No matter, she shot a strong energy blast at it, hoping it was easy to defeat, but she couldn't be more wrong. As soon as it didn't disappear, she began to worry. The last attack it had shot at her was pretty strong, who know what this thing was capable of doing. Whatever it was, it did just that. The replica of her boyfriend shot a powerful air attack that knocked her from flight. She collided with the cave wall and hit her head. The way she fell was most uncomfortable and she fought she could get up, but she had no idea that it was worse than that. Her head hurt so much from the impact, but she had to keep it to herself until she got back to Alfea. The air creature was stepping toward her, ready to deliver the final strike, but then, it disappeared. Tecna slowly got up from her helpless petition on the ground, and put forceful pressure on her forehead. A while later, Musa and Stella spotted her.
"I was waiting for you." She admitted.
"Yo Tec, are you alright?" Musa asked.
"Well, aside from the fact that all this was a trap and my head hurts, I'm fine."
"What happened?" Stella asked. Tecna pointed to the cracked cave wall that she had collided with, and the two girls gave concerned looks.
"That was from you?" Stella asked.
"That... whatever it was... was really strong, that attacks it had could knock me off my feet." Tecna explained.
"Are you going to be okay?" Musa asked.
"Yeah, it'll go away if I take a nap, but let's go help the others first."
Stella, Musa and Tecna caught up to Bloom, who happened to notice Tecna was holding her forehead just to ease the headache.
"Hey Tec, is something wrong?" Bloom asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine for now." Tecna fibbed. At that moment, she wished there was a soft place for her to rest he head for just five minutes, but she never liked being the center of attention. She was the type of person who put her friends' needs before her own, and right now, Layla and Flora could be in trouble.
"Let's go find the others." Bloom suggested.
The girls spotted Flora and Layla collapsed on the ground. Baltor, now a monster, was about to give them the final blow. Bloom shot him with her Dragonfire power.
"Bloom?!" he shouted.
"Don't forget about us." Stella replied. Despite Tecna's headache, she grabbed Stella's hand to deliver a combined attack.
"Are you ready girls? Enchantix Convergence Power!" Stella ordered as she, Musa and Tecna preformed the combined attack. As strong as Tecna wanted her contribution to the attack to be, it wasn't very strong. Baltor shielded the attack with an electric barrier.
If it weren't for my pounding head, I would've done better than that. Tecna thought to herself.
"Is that it?" Baltor asked sarcastically.
"I thought that was pretty strong." Stella admitted.
Thanks Stella. Tecna thought again, she was glad their failure wasn't due to her weakness.
"As a beast, Baltor is more powerful than he was as a wizard. But I have an idea, there a spell I learned on Pyros that just might work." Bloom told them all as Baltor came closer to them. Out of nowhere, Helia's laser string gloves wrapped themselves around Baltor's neck. The boys all stood proud as Helia held Baltor down.
"Did ya miss us?" Riven asked jokingly.
Timmy! I knew that air creature was just a decoy. Tecna though to herself again as she saw Timmy standing there. He looked right at her, hoping she was alright.
"You're alright, yay!" Stella cheered as she saw Brandon.
"It's good you're all here." Baltor said as he snapped Helia's strings off his neck, "That way I can destroy you all together." The ground shook underneath his feet, and everyone began to get worried.
I have no strength for this, I can fly away, but now my head just hurts so much I can't concentrate on anything else...no, I can't show weakness, I just have to... what is Bloom doing? Tecna thought once again. Bloom had said something but her ears were ringing too much to pay any attention, but now she could see what Bloom did.
"Power of the Dragonfire, leave me and go find Baltor's fire." Bloom had said, than a small flame emerged from her chest and she collapsed unconscious.
"Bloom!" Stella ran over to her best friend as the little flame floated toward Baltor.
"Look." Musa pointed, and Tecna could finally see what was going on.
"It's her Dragonfire." She said, although her mind was hazy, she had an idea of what Bloom had done. Sky ran straight for Bloom and gathered her in his arms. Although Bloom was now first priority, Tecna at least had to tell Timmy that she wasn't well, but she couldn't draw attention away from her unconscious friend. So she watched and tried to understand what Bloom's flame was doing to Baltor. A few minutes passed, and the fire was still defeating Baltor from within. Everyone could hear Baltor yelling in pain.
"Bloom, talk to me." Sky pleaded.
"She's not here Sky; she's over there, fighting for all of us." Stella explained. After five more minutes of seeing Baltor suffer, he suddenly exploded.
Bloom did it; I didn't think it was possible. Tecna thought wearily, she was almost ready to collapse, herself. But she kept her cool and waited until everyone knew Bloom's condition.
"Bloom saved us." Stella replied
"But what happened to her, is she gone?" Sky asked, surprisingly, he was starting to cry.
"She can't be gone!"Stella cried. Suddenly a flash of light blinded everyone, Tecna had to stay standing, her head hurt so much, but Bloom was more important than a little headache. Finally, Bloom opened her eyes, she was alive and unharmed.
"Bloom, darling. You're back!" Stella cheered, Sky's face lit up with so much relief and happiness. Tecna sighed heavily, seeing that her friend was now alright. She ran toward Timmy and unintentionally stumbled into his arms.
"Tecna, what's wrong?" he asked.
"I can't hold this back anymore, I need somewhere to rest. My head is killing me." She finally admitted.
"Tec, we completely forgot about you." Bloom and the rest of the group ran straight for her.
"This is why I don't say anything; I don't like being the center of attention." Tecna whispered.
"Tecna, you're not feeling good, someone needs to know." Timmy told her.
In the Red Fountain ship, Tecna finally got the rest she deserved. Her head rested against Timmy's chest as he stroked his fingers gently through her hair. Suddenly he spotted something.
"Helia, Flora, come look at this." He whispered. There was a big bump on Tecna's head, the pain in her head was from impact, and she must've gotten hurt when he wasn't there. Why didn't she say anything?
"Oh, why didn't she tell us?" Flora asked.
"We were so busy worrying about Bloom that we didn't notice that Tecna was so weak." Helia replied.
"You should've told me sooner, Tec." Timmy whispered, still caressing his fingers through her hair, he could hear her quiet, steady breathing and wished he would've been there for her in her time of need.