Constellation

Chapter 12: Diagnosis and Memories

April POV
The Professor and I were in the infirmary Tessa was in. She had blacked out minutes earlier and the professor was trying his best to help her. "Will she make it?" I asked. "It is unlikely. The damage is critical and she may remain in a coma for a while," the Professor replied, shaking his head sadly. I sighed, putting my hands over my face. I felt a robotic hand on my shoulder and looked up to see the Professor with his hand on my shoulder. Neither of us remembered about the Professor's bad injury. The Professor suddenly glitched, falling to the ground on his hands and knees. He put his hand to his sparking side. "Professor!" I said in alarm as I knelt down to help him. He grabbed my hand and as I pulled him up. I put my arm around his back and helped him to the engine room. We passed Donnie, who looked at us in concern. "Professor? Are you okay?" Donnie asked. "Never better-never," the Professor replied, glitching. Donnie noticed the large piece of the Professor's robotic abdomen missing. Donnie came over to help me carry Fugitoid to the engine room, where Donnie and I repaired him. He had a lot of spare parts in the storage closet, surprising both me and Donnie. I remembered the sight of blood in the corridors as we walked back to the bridge, pausing and collapsing to my knees, hands over my mouth as I closed my eyes tightly. I felt 2 pairs of hands lift me up. I stood back up, my legs jelly. I glanced to my side to see the Professor and Donnie on both sides of me. I smiled weakly. "thanks guys," I muttered. Once we arrived in the bridge, I sat down in my station. We pulled up to some station to refuel and repair the tachyon jump engines. Once we were finished, we blasted back off again. I sighed. I was really worried about Tessa, and the others were too. Donnie put his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, she's strong," He said. I guess he was right. She does have a bunch of powers anyway. "I guess your right..but I can't get that sight out of my head. Raph..Casey. They're both dead!" I exclaimed, nearly falling to the floor once I stood up. The Professor turned around, stepping out of his station as he walked over. "I can't keep the memories from playing back..." I muttered, gripping my head. Donnie knelt next to me and hugged me, the Professor joining in too. "That's alright. Surely they'll go away soon," the Professor said gently. I nodded, taking in a deep breath as I hugged them back tightly.
I must of fell asleep, because next thing I knew I woke up in a sort of awkward position. My head was on a sleeping Donnie's lap, and my legs were on the Professor's. I blinked, looking up at the Professor, who seemed to notice my gaze. "Oh hello April!" He chirped happily. "Did I-I fell asleep didn't I?" I asked for clearance. The Professor nodded. "Donatello did as well," he said. I moved my feet from the Professor's leg, gently lifting my head off of Donnie as I sat up between the 2. I poked Donnie, and he woke up screaming. "MONSTER!" He screamed. The Professor and I laughed. "There's no monster, Donnie," I said as I glanced at him. I stood up just as Donnie and Fugitoid did. We walked back to the bridge, we were nearing another planet. I sighed as I glanced out the window at the vastness of space. "Now it's only us and Tessa.." I muttered. "Actually...Leonardo is loose on the ship," the Professor said in guilt. "Oh," I muttered. "Yea, but that's why we'll all continue to stay in the infirmary to look after Tessa when it gets late," Donnie said, getting a nod from the Professor in response. I headed into the infirmary to check on the critical girl. She remained I her unmoving state. I sighed, glancing around. I noticed Donnie come in behind me. "Hey," he said. "Hi Donnie," I greeted. "I'm going to go fetch the Professor," Donnie said. I nodded as Donnie exited the room. I heard some bang from the wall next to me, causing me to turn. "Hello?" I asked, glancing around the room. I noticed as the room suddenly got a lot darker. In confusion, I walked around the room,seeing nothing  but Tessa laying on the infirmary table. I noticed Donnie hadn't returned yet, so I decided to leave. I began to walk out of the room, but before I could exit, the entrance was suddenly blocked. I felt a sudden bad feeling and pain in the side of my head as I was punched to the floor.