This story takes place between the episodes Scrapheap and Con Job (Chapter 9 & Future chapter 10)
Chapter 1: Accidents Happen
All Start Gym:
"Come on girls! Competition is in three days! 5 6 7 8!" I yelled to my team as they were currently doing a floor routine. We have a competition in Las Vegas in the next three days and I want the team to do well. The only reason I yell at them is because I know they're good, but I don't want them to get all big headed and cost us the competition.
"Geez relax Jordyn! We're doing our best here and the girls are doing very well!" My friend and Co-Captain Emily told me.
I turned to her to look at her and sighed, "I know, I know! It's just that I'm kind of tense right now."
Emily just smiled at me and said, "Why don't you go work on you balance beam routine for the solo competition? I'll handle the girls for you!"
I just smiled at her and said, "Alright just make sure the girls stay on task please?" Emily then gave me a thumbs up and went over to the girls.
I then headed towards the balance beam to practice my routine and stretched a little before getting on. When I got up there I wiped the dust from hands onto my legs and began my routine. I've practiced this routine it seems like a million times. Flip after flip, keep your balance, keep your hands and feet balanced I kept telling myself. I got most of the routine down except for one part that is challenging because it's a flip that makes you go high up in the air and land with only one foot on the beam. I've only tried a few times nearly falling each time and I thought I would try and practice it again. I took my stance and got the momentum I needed and jumped up as high as I could. When I was in the air, I knew I didn't have it because I wasn't in the right position to land on the beam. Next thing I knew I came down with a lot of force slamming my ankle and toes on the beam. An earsplitting crack rang out through the gym and then it was dead silence until Emily came running up to me as I was grabbing my foot.
"Oh my gosh Jordyn what did you break?" She said frantically to me.
"I think my ankle and a few toes possibly."I said to as calmly as I could even though I was in some serious pain.
"Someone help me get her to my car so I can get her to the hospital! Annabelle you're in charge until I get back." Emily ordered as she helped me up with some help from one the other girls Sarah.
As soon as I got into Em's car, we immediately went to the hospital. The hospital! Oh no mom's gonna freak! Emily and I sat there in complete silence until we got to there.
Jasper Medical Center:
Emily and I walked into the hospital, well in my case I hobbled. That's when we saw my mom and she looked at me with a look shock on her face, but quickly recovered and rushed over to me.
"Jordyn sweetie what happened?" Mama asked me while examining my right foot.
Emily answered for me, "She was doing an advanced flip on the balance beam and overshot her landing and slammed her ankle on the balance beam coming down."
"Jordyn honey you have to be more careful and think before doing a flip you're not comfortable with." Mama said looking at me with worry on her face.
"Mama it's alright accidents happen especially in gymnastics you know that! Besides it doesn't hurt that much anyways!" I said trying to calm her down.
"Well we should get you examined and X-Rayed now!" Mama said directing me to a room and she turned to Emily. "Thank you Emily for bringing her here!" She said sincerely.
"No problem June. Anything for my best friend." Emily said smiling as she went to sit down.
To say the least I hate sitting in the examination room, waiting to hear the amount damage I did to my foot. Mama and I sat in relative silence for awhile not wanting to speak and make the situation more tense than it already is. While looking at my wrapped up foot and ankle I kept thinking on how I ruined everyone's chances at competition and for the fact that I tried a flip that I wasn't ready for. Stupid move on my part I have to say. Hopefully I won't be out for too long and I can get back to competing with the team. As we kept sitting there for what seems like forever a thought came to my mind, how is Jack, Arcee and everyone at base gonna react to this? If Arcee flipped out over the burns I had on my hands, she'll blow a fuse for sure when she sees my foot. I was brought out of my thoughts to the sound of the door opening.
"Hello there Jordyn. How are you feeling?" The doctor said to me as he sat down looking over my foot.
As much as I wanted to sarcastically tell him everything is just plain dandy, I just said politely, "I'm fine! Thank you."
The doctor then put up my X-Rays and said, "Well Jordyn it seems like you broke three of your toes and your ankle as well."
Mama then asked, "How long will Jordyn's injury last?" Knowing that I was anxious to find out the answer.
"By looking at her X-Rays I would say about…six to eight weeks at most. I'm sure you'll heal faster than eight weeks since you are athletic person, but Jordyn I want you to keep it wrapped up tightly and wear this boot until it heals properly." He explained to me in a serious tone of voice.
I then looked up to him, "So no crutches?" I asked him hoping I wouldn't be that crippled.
The doctor then laughed and said, "No not for this kind of injury."
"Well that's a relief! I really hate using crutches!" I said laughing slightly.
"I'm sure you do Jordyn. Now I want you to go home and prop your foot up with some ice to reduce the swelling, but every so often you can get up and walk around on it for short amount of times. Well I hope to see you again in two weeks for a check up on your foot." The doctor said to me as he helped me up off the table.
Moments later Mama and I walked down the hall to the waiting room area and were surprised to see Emily still there. Emily saw us and then got up to walk over to us, anxious to hear what the doctor said to me. I then told her what was broken and about how it would take six to eight weeks for me to get back to normal. She wasn't shocked to hear this, but a little sad to hear that I'll be out for awhile.
"Well Jordyn you need to get home. I'll just tell my boss that I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off." Mama said while looking at me and Emily.
Emily then spoke up, "Hey don't worry about that, I'll take her home! It's not a big deal."
"Yeah mom Emily can take me home so don't worry about taking the rest of the night off! I'll just see you in the morning." I said convincingly to her.
"Oh alright as long as you do what the doctor told you to do when you get home! I'll see you in the morning!" Mama said while giving me a hug.
"Thank you Mama! Love you and I'll see you in the morning!" I said while we separated from the hug and she went back to work.
Emily and I then went to the parking lot and got into her car and took off to my house.
Darby House:
After about ten minutes we reached my house and Emily pulled up into the driveway. We sat there in silence for moment and then I said, "I just want to say I'm sorry for doing that flip! I knew I wasn't ready but I did it anyways and cost the team one member-!"
"Jordyn calm down it's not as bad as it seems and trust me we'll be fine for competition! I don't want to hear any buts from you because you have trained us well and we are ready for competition! I'll take care of the team while you rest for the time being! We'll miss you when you're gone so don't hesitate to come visit us!" Emily said to me with a smile and hugged me. "Do you need any help getting out of the car Jordyn?"
"No I'm fine! I'm not that crippled you know! I'll see you later Em and tell the girls that I will be back soon!" I said with a smile on my face as I shut the door.
I then went into the garage to drop off my bag and thank goodness Arcee wasn't there. But in the back of my mind Arcee and the others will be wondering where I am and why I'm not there at base. Ugh there was no way of avoiding them so I decided to call Jack who was currently at base with the others.
I got my phone from my pocket and dialed Jack's number. The phone rang for a few seconds until Jack picked up, "Hey Jordyn! How's it going?"
"Hey Jack and not much really I just got dropped off at home by Emily so can you get Ratchet to Groundbridge me to base please. Oh and one more thing don't freak out when I come through the bridge either." I said in warning to him.
"Sure thing Jordyn, but why would I freak out? What happened?" Jack asked in confusion.
I just sighed and said, "You'll see when I get to base." I then hung up as a Groundbridge came into my garage. I then hesitantly walked through the bridge, leaving our garage empty.
Autobot Base:
As I was walking through the bridge I was greeted by everyone who didn't notice my foot yyet, but as soon as they looked further down at my feet the dam broke.
Jack and Arcee then came rushing up to me, "Jordyn what in the world happened to your foot?" They both said with worry in their voice.
"Yeah seriously what happened are you ok?" Raf asked me with a worried look on his face.
Miko then decided to ask, "Did you get in a fight or something and didn't tell me?"
Optimus's voice then appeared, "Let Jordyn explain what happened without bombarding her with so many questions and assumptions." That seemed to shut everyone up as I took a deep breath to begin explaining.
"I was practicing my routine for the balance beam to get ready for competition in three days when I tried to do a very hard flip and overshot my landing. I then slammed my foot and ankle against the balance beam really hard while coming down. I broke my ankle and three of my toes in the process so that's why I'm wearing this boot." I finished as I looked up at the bots.
Arcee then knelt beside me, "Does it hurt really bad?"She asked with concern evident in her voice and on her face.
"It did at first, but right now not too much! Nothing to worry about I'll be fine!" I said trying to calm her down.
Jack then came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder, "So how long until it heals?" Jack asked me while looking at my foot.
"The doctor said six to eight weeks, but it may not be even that long since I'm an athletic person." I said with a disappointed look on my face.
"So that means you can't go out for rides for awhile huh?" Arcee said in sadness and disappointment.
I just sighed, "Not for the whole eight weeks! Just for the next week until everything calms down and then I can go back riding again." I said with a smile trying to cheer Arcee up.
Arcee then got a smile on her face, "Alright I can take a week! Sounds reasonable! Once your allowed to ride again, I promise to take you riding through the mountains!" Arcee then said to me with a determined look on her face.
"Looking forward to it Arcee! So who will take me to school in the mornings and to base afterwards?" I asked looking at all of the bots.
"Dude Bulkhead and I will totally pick you up! Right Bulk?"Miko said excitedly to me while punching my shoulder.
"Of course we will! Don't worry Jordyn I'll be your ride for the next week!" Bulkhead said as he smiled at me.
I in turned smiled as him and said, "Thanks Bulk! I appreciate it!"
"But that doesn't mean you go off speeding to Primus knows what speed because I want Jordyn to go to school and the base in one piece understand? Because if you don't Bulkhead so help me I will make you wish that you were being eaten by scraplets again!" Arcee threatened Bulkhead while he took a step back.
"Easy Arcee! Bulkhead won't let anything happen to me." I said reassuring her that I'm going to be fine.
Arcee then looked at me, "I know he won't, but you know how I can get sometimes." She said with a smile.
I just smiled back at her when Ratchet decided to enter the conversation, "I may not know much about human medicine, but aren't you suppose to keep your foot elevated when it's broken during the first few days?"
"Oh right yeah I am! I was going to do that when I got home, but I came here to tell you guys what happen so you wouldn't have to worry." I explained as I remember what the doctor told me.
Optimus then looked down at me and said, "We appreciate you telling us Jordyn! So if there is anything that you need help with don't hesitate to ask any of us. "I just smiled at what he said in appreciation.
"So let's get you off your foot!" Arcee said as she picked me up and carried me to the couch and gently set me down. Jack, Miko, and Raf then followed grabbing a pillow to elevate my foot with.
"Guys I appreciate that your helping me and all, but it's not necessary I can handle it." I said to them humbly.
Jack then smiled and said, "Your always so stubborn Jordyn, but this time you need to relax and let us take care of you for a few days alright no arguments!"
I just sighed and said, "Alright fine I give up!" Jack then got ice from the human size freezer and put it on my ankle to reduce the swelling.
Miko then came up to me and said, "So can I call you cripple?" She then started snickering and waiting for my reaction.
"Not unless you want to spend you sixteenth birthday in a boot like mine!" I said to her and she immediately stopped snickering. I then started to laugh at Miko's facial expression and everybody else started to laugh as well. Miko then started to pout, but eventually gave up and started laughing with us. I then thought to myself that even though I can't do gymnastics for awhile, but at least I have the Autobots and Jack, Miko, and Raf to cheer me up for the next two months. Maybe it won't be so bad after all!
Well there you go my first chapter of many to come for this section of stories. I will continue to write more stories like this because I wanted to add more to my other story "An Unexpected Family." So please read and review. So until next chapter peace out.