Drift POV

You're lucky just to need stitches, J.R, and your blood pressure didn't drop too much and returned to normal fast.

What's concerning is Cade says this isn't normal, but he can't find anything else wrong.

"I will inform Bulma about this, but she's fine."

Bulma is like a doctor to all three girls but mostly to Jamie. I just hope we don't have to have her come here and help with severe injuries.

"Oh, fuck," Cade exclaimed.

Jamie is standing by the door, terrified. J.R. is still unconscious. I covered her with a blanket, so Jamie shouldn't find out about the wound. Cade's response to seeing Jamie in the room didn't help.

"She's ok," I assure her.

"No, she's not," Jamie mumbled.

Shit, I figured J.R.'s energy had to have changed with the drop in blood pressure but not enough to cause alarm. I crouched down, so we're making eye contact.

"I want you to concentrate on her energy," I waited thirty seconds, "you sense she's ok now, right?"

She nods and hugs me.

Please don't ask what happened.

"She'll be ok, Go ahead," Cade tells me.

I picked Jamie up and walked towards the door.

"No!" She cries and tries to break free.

This is not like Jamie at all. Now I'm worried. Did she go back to sleep and had a nightmare about Jayce or J.R. getting injured after seeing them both unconscious? Regardless, I don't want to show her J.R.'s wound.

"J.R. will be ok," Cade says, standing by me. I know Jamie still didn't want to leave, but she stopped fighting me.

Hound and Bumblebee stood by the medbay as I walked out.

"Sorry, she's quick," Bumblebee apologized before he and Hound went into the medbay.

I went back to Jamie's room and sat on the bed. Things keep getting worse, and it seems there's no end in sight. Jamie is still hugging me, but she isn't crying. I'd rather guess what upset her than ask. She'd end up crying if I asked.

Crosshairs POV

"Jamie knows what is going on," Jayce sobbed.

"No, she doesn't," Bumblebee says as he walks in, "she saw J.R. unconscious but doesn't know what she did."

"Three times now she's seen either J.R. or me unconscious. How long before she finds out? I can't take it anymore."

"I know," I hugged her and rubbed her back as she cried.

All we can do is comfort her as she cries and keep her safe, which has been backfiring on us. What is it going to take for you and J.R. to start feeling better? I laid on the bed with her. Jayce took longer to calm down, but she fell asleep.

I went down to the medbay. Bumblebee and Hound were there. J.R. has been unconscious for a half-hour. Cade showed me the wound and what he did.

"You can take her to her room. She should be ok but take the portable monitor with you."

I took the portable monitor from him and put it in my pocket before carrying J.R. to her room. I laid her in bed, making sure she's covered. She will be mad we've been seeing her with just a bra. Glad we didn't have to take her gi off completely. Not even going to lie with her, I'll sit at the desk. I may still get yelled at, but I can't leave her alone after what she just did. Why J.R.? You were so worried Jayce would harm herself, now you've hurt yourself worse than the wounds Jayce gave herself. I know, but now, many humans would give up on these two, but we will never give up on them.

J.R. wakes up five minutes later. She tried to move to her side but was in a lot of pain. I don't think she could answer me; I sent a text to Cade about her pain. J.R. had tears rolling down her face but wasn't making a sound.

Was the pain tolerable, but now you're in more pain or unaware of the pain before you passed out?

This perplexes even Cade, he wasn't sure if it's just because of the stitches. For now, we opted for a local painkiller. The injection was painful for her, which is unusual. I laid with her, and she fell asleep ten minutes later.

Two in the afternoon and the three girls are asleep. It troubles everyone hearing about J.R.'s sudden intense pain. Cade is sure the local pain injection wouldn't block the pain if it's an internal injury or bleeding. He felt her abdomen as to took care of the wound and did the injection, nothing felt off. We then talked about how J.R. even got a weapon and what we could do to keep her from doing self-harm again and Jayce from trying to kill herself. It's getting more challenging keeping Jayce safe. J.R. is easy; she had that one weapon. We locked it in the weapons room. Last, we talked about how it seems there's no end to this, or it's looking like it'll be an ending we don't want. I went with Drift to Jamie's room while Bumblebee stayed with Jayce and Hound with J.R.

Drift POV

"Jamie knows something happened to J.R.,"

"What?" Crosshairs exclaimed, looking at Jamie.

"I don't know if she went back to sleep and seeing both Jayce and J.R. unconscious the past two days caused her to dream about them getting injured, or J.R.'s energy changed when her blood pressure dropped, and it was a big drop. Wish we could sense energy like them in our holoforms, then I wouldn't be guessing."

I forgot Crosshairs has been unaware of J.R.'s condition since he brought her to medbay. He couldn't believe what happened.

"That has to be it. Even if it's not, seeing her friends unconscious in medbay is scaring Jamie- add that we were not even in a battle. She knows something is going on. Only a matter of time before she demands answers from us." Crosshairs sat on the bed, frustrated. I sat next to him, not sure what to say. We're all not sure what to do now with Jayce and J.R. They're not even close to recovering mentally. Jamie is close to finding out which would be a disaster.

"so, how was J.R. when she woke up?" I asked.

"She woke up in pain, which leads me to think she wasn't quiet because of her pain tolerance."

With that, Crosshairs left. I know he doesn't want to leave J.R. alone for long after what she did.

Cade POV

I waited until three to check on Jayce and J.R.'s wounds. Jayce's should be fine since she cut herself with a razor, but she has several cuts on each leg that are two inches long. I'd rather be safe and make sure they're healing properly. I could ask Hound to do it since he's watching her, but I'd rather look myself.

"I still can't believe she did that," Hound says, looking at the wounds with me.

"After what J.R. did today, this is nothing but still troubling. Things are getting worse every day. I hate to say it, but Jayce and J.R. would be dead by now if we weren't here. We'd never know, but Jamie would watch them die. We've been able to distract her. Question is for how much longer?"

I ended up waking Jayce, which was a good thing. The way her nightmares have been, It's likely I could end up scaring her as I took care of the wounds. I know she wouldn't take care of them, and these aren't wounds; you can just bandage once and leave alone. I was expecting Jayce to stop me, but she laid quietly.

"Done, I still can't believe you did this, Jayce. This isn't the way." I said before I left. I brought the supplies back to the medbay. I went to my room, thinking of the usual questions the Autobots have and thinking what if Jayce does something that I have to resuscitate her? It's scary knowing I could end up doing the same on Jamie again, likely several times. Maybe not for several months but it's still scary. We've lucked out, it's been four years since her last severe flare-up but we know how unpredictable her illness is.

Two hours later.

Jamie went to the house while the other two stayed in their rooms. Now J.R. won't eat, which confirmed our fear; she was trying to bleed to death—even after Jayce scared her twice with her attempts to kill herself. Crosshairs tells me he scared J.R. into thinking he'd leave them last night. Now she doesn't care?

We're all thinking, what can we do?