Neither Jayce nor J.R. knew what to say next. The two mechs wanted the girls to talk without having to start the conversation.
"Are you ok?" Jayce asked J.R.
"I'm fine," she replied, trying to slide off Crosshairs and leave, but he put a tight grip on her. She didn't even try breaking free. She knew she and Jayce had to talk.
"No, you're not," Jayce spoke in a low fearful tone, "what's wrong?"
It was clear both girls were worried they'd provoke the other. J.R. wasn't used to talking about emotion and tried her best not to show any weak emotion. Sure, she let tears loose a week ago, and she would not let herself be weak again or at least try not to.
"Besides being pissed at Jadin? Besides having to watch Jamie fight for her life?!" J.R. fumed. Crosshairs had loosened his grip since she could get down. He must have known she wouldn't run off. Jayce realized Drift did the same, so she slid off Drift. The mechs felt the two girls wouldn't walk away from this, "Jadin hurt all of us. You're more stressed than usual and have nightmares," she looked at Crosshairs and Drift, "they can't even look at Jamie."
Jayce wasn't too surprised to hear that. Crosshairs was not pleased J.R. told Jayce, and Drift wasn't surprised she knew. J.R. gave up hiding her emotions and let tears lose. She didn't care about the salt of the tears stinging the cuts on her face causing pain. Jayce, already being emotionally drained and seeing J.R. cry, starting tearing up. Was this what the mechs wanted to happen? No. They looked at each other, wondering if this was helping their friends.
:: Holoforms?:: Crosshairs asked, thinking they can't do anything as 18-foot Cybertronians, Drift nodded. The two activated their holoforms— Crosshairs hugging J.R. and Drift hugging Jayce, getting them to sit on the ground.
"I already said this to Jayce, but I'll say it again to both of you; if Jadin returns, we'll all take care of her," Crosshairs promised. This made Jayce and J.R. feel a little better. Crosshairs had heard jokes sometimes helped, but he was terrible at jokes.
"Jamie will be ok, and this guy can get his partner back," he pointed to Drift, who smiled a little, and the girls laughed.
"Not bad, Crosshairs," Drift smiled.
"I hate to interrupt," Cade jumps in, sounding concerned, the mood changes. The girls' and Drift's smiles disappear and turn to concerned expressions.
"I'm sorry I killed the mood, Jayce you better look at this,"
Jayce and J.R look at each other, very concerned before Jayce gets up and follows Cade.
"Shit," J.R. mumbles, but Crosshairs and Drift heard her. Crosshairs tightened his hold. J.R. didn't bother trying to break free or say anything. She wanted to follow Cade and Jayce but didn't want to know what the problem was. She hated Jamie wasn't even improving, and now she might be declining. J.R. gave up hiding her emotions and let them lose, burying her head on Crosshairs' chest. He hugged her tighter. Drift wasn't sure what to do but watch, frowning.

"What's the problem?" Jayce asked as she and Cade approached Jamie. He just pointed to the monitor. Jayce observed the monitor for a few seconds with a worried expression. Cade stayed out of her way, as Jayce did a blood test. Cade was concerned Jayce still had a worried look when she finished the test.
Shit. Cade was convinced something was wrong. Why now? Why at all?
"Anything I can do?" He asked but was sure he couldn't do anything.
"No...not much I can do either. "
Oh yeah, this isn't good. Jayce would always provide details. Cade wanted to tell her to sit, and he'd take over, but he couldn't. All he could do was watch her prepare an infusion bag. When Cade saw the name of the drug on the bottle, he knew at least part the problem. Cade walked away to give Jayce space.

Cade watched J.R., Crosshairs and Drift from a distance trying not to disturb them. Surprised, J.R. is showing her emotions Crosshairs doing his best to comfort her.
Drift noticed Cade and studied his expression.
Something's wrong. Drift thought.
If he turned off his holoform and walked away, J.R. would notice, and she was calm. He'd like to keep her calm for a while. He'd have to wait until later to see if either Cade or Jayce would tell him anything. He looked at Crosshairs, not bothering to hide how he's worried. Now Crosshairs was worried, but both did their best to hide it from J.R.

One good thing about a junkyard is there are several storage buildings. The girls weren't using the one Cade would sit on the roof and have Hound create secure lines to call his daughter. This time he just wanted to sit and watch the sunset. Getting lost in thought, he didn't hear Hound.
"Cade?" Hound said for the fourth time before Cade heard him.
"Huh?"
"Do you want me to create a secure line?"
"Not now, Hound."
"Is something wrong?" Bee asked. He was sitting on the roof on the right of Cade. Cade debated saying anything since he didn't know what the problem was, but he knew something was wrong.
"Something is wrong. Jayce won't tell me what, but I watched her, and from what she was prepping, it's most likely not good," Cade sighed. Bee and Hound are now also concerned.
"When will this shit end?" Hound wondered.
"I know. Hopefully, Jamie will recover soon. The three of them are hurting from what Jadin did. That'll take time to heal. "
"I wish - we could help."
"Crosshairs and Drift are trying, Bee. Not much more we can do than what they're trying."

Twenty minutes later, J.R. joins Jayce. Crosshairs and Drift left the girls alone.
"What's going on?" J.R. asks, "can't pretend nothing happened. I don't care how bad it is. Tell me!"
"No need to get angry. There's a rise in the chemical and not a small one, that's not good. I'm hoping it's-," An alarm on her phone interrupted her, "shit. Let's go!"
She and J.R. ran into the building.
"Shit," Cade mumbled as He, Bee, and Hound watched the two girls run. He debated between waiting to find out what's going on and if they needed help for a minute. It was strange they ran so he decided he better see if they need help. Bee and Hound didn't follow. He wasn't prepared for what he saw.

"Cade, take over!" Jayce looked at him. He ran over to take over what she was doing. Cade couldn't believe how calm Jayce was while doing chest compressions. She waited until he was ready before removing her hands.
Shit, come on, Jamie, you got to fight.
Jayce worked fast but carefully to get the drugs needed. After 5 minutes of chest compressions and administering drugs, Jamie's heart started.
Good, and I didn't have to shock her heart. Jayce thought, relieved.
"Now what?" J.R. asked.
"Give me a minute," Jayce answered.
"Why do I feel like this has happened before," Cade commented.
"A few times," Jayce sighed, "though we've kept severe flare-ups to a minimum."
"Before Jadin betrayed us."
"Doesn't matter, the point is we are prepared," Jayce sat at the table and opened her laptop to record what just happened, "also partly why we keep a record of all this except this time there's an added variable."
"So..?" J.R. asked.
"Nothing more I can do but monitor."
"I wouldn't even tell them, Jayce. Now I get how hard it is for you to tell them anything about Jamie's condition."
"And you know they'll ask and want to know," Cade commented.
"I can't tell them now. I have to stay here."
"Later then," J.R. said before leaving.
"Why don't you?!" Jayce yelled, but J.R. ignored her. Cade followed J.R.

"Why are you following me?" She grumbled and kept walking.
"Are you all right?"
"I'm fine," She said with sadness in her voice.
"No, you're not, J.R. You can't keep hiding how you're feeling," J.R. stopped walking and turned to face Cade, "you expect me to think you're fine after what just happened? I know you're not."
"I am...just leave me alone, please," J.R. walked away; Cade didn't follow her.
J.R. snuck around the junkyard to find a place to be alone. She didn't want the Autobots to find her, especially Crosshairs and Drift. She couldn't leave now. Sure she did this morning, but she was afraid to now after what just happened plus she didn't want Jayce to fight her when she came back. She tried to relax but wanted to be near Jamie.
"Back so soon?" Jayce looked up from her laptop.
"I... I'm afraid Jayce," she sat across from Jayce.
"I am too," she sighed, "there's nothing I can do. She's stable, but there's still a high level of the chemical in her blood."
"Which caused...you know. If Jamie is too weak to fight-"
"No, J.R., don't think that way," though Jayce was having a hard time thinking positive herself, "come on, let's take a break."
J.R. nodded though she'd rather stay. The two sat on the cars near the building. They didn't want to go far.

Five minutes pass before the others join them.
"How is Jamie?" Drift asked. J.R. put a hand on Jayce's shoulder. Jayce had to force herself to tell them what has happened.
"No," Drift said in a sad tone. He and Crosshairs rushed into the building. Jayce watched, trying not to cry at the thought that she just crushed two sparks. Bee and Hound were shocked at what happened. Everyone now feared Jamie wouldn't survive. Jayce wanted to be with Crosshairs and Drift, but both Cade and J.R. stopped her.
"Leave them alone for a while," Cade advised.
"This is why I didn't want to tell them anything," she cried, "you see what I just did?"
"It's still better than not saying anything," Hound tried to assure Jayce.

The two mechs stared at their friend. They didn't know what all the medical equipment was, but the sight still crushed them. Jayce walked in ten minutes later, standing close to the entrance. The two mechs turned to face her.
"I'm sorry," she sobbed.
Drift picked her up and walked out of the building. Crosshairs followed him. They found J.R. still sitting on a car, waiting for them with concern on her face. Drift put Jayce down, who was now coughing from crying. Drift activated his holoform and hugged her.
"It's ok," though Drift was no longer sure if Jamie would be ok. He was afraid he'd lose his friend. He wanted to calm Jayce down. It took a while before Jayce stopped crying. He knew he couldn't take her away from the junkyard, no matter how prepared she was, nor did he want to leave. He suggested Jayce do what she likes to do when there's downtime. She'd hopefully be distracted but nearby if needed. She went to a carport away from the glaring sun and some distance from Jamie. Though only fifty feet, she was comfortable with that. Drift watched to make sure she was ok before deactivating his holoform. Crosshairs watched as he walked into the storage building where Jamie was but didn't follow Drift.
"Still can't see her?" J.R. asked. Crosshairs didn't answer. J.R. wanted to get him to see Jamie.
Be with her, Crosshairs. I don't want you to regret not seeing her one last time if she dies. She wasn't aware Crosshairs was looking at her. Crosshairs watched a tear go down her face.
"You ok?" He asked. She just got up and walked away.

J.R. joined Jayce but sat across from her quietly. Jayce was too into the game she was playing to notice J.R.
"How long have you been sitting there?" Jayce finally asked.
"Twenty minutes. "J.R. replied. She noticed how tired Jayce was, but it was only four P.M. J.R. was hoping it was late enough that Jayce would go to sleep. J.R. would like it if she could tell Jayce to back to her dimension, but she would say no anyway. J.R. was thinking about how they need to change the arrangement they have so she could help more. She knew just as much as Jayce, but Jayce decided it would be better if just one of them cared for Jamie when she suffered a flare-up. If neither of the girls joined Jamie in traveling to a dimension, friends in that dimension knew how to care for her.

Forty minutes later, Jayce decided she had enough of a break. J.R. watched her leave before running to catch up to her, but she didn't stop her.
"He's still in there?" She asked Crosshairs. He nodded. Jayce was concerned. She wanted to check on Jamie anyway. Crosshairs and I.R. followed her. She walked five feet before stopping. She was crushed at what she saw. Drift had activated his holoform. He was sitting on a chair by the bed and had fallen asleep. His head was resting on his hand that was holding Jamie's hand. She stood still, hand over her mouth for a few seconds before deciding she had to leave. J.R. watched Jayce run out of the building and noticed Crosshairs left, and she left soon afterward but caught Cade heading over.
"Don't go in there, Cade. Leave Drift alone," J.R. advised him, "he's not taking what Jayce told him well."
"Can't be worse than a week ago."
"It is," she said as Cade walked by her. He didn't listen to J.R. and walked into the building. He walked five feet before stopping, taking one look at Drift and walking out.
"Ok, you're right."
"I told you. I think Crosshairs wants to be with Jamie too, but he's afraid."
"They're afraid we'll lose Jamie. You see now why I was worried about telling them? They were hurting now I crushed their sparks." Jayce jumped in.
"How would you avoid them finding out?" Cade asked, "they'd find out eventually. I'm sorry, but I would have told them even if you told me not to."
"I also would have told them," J.R. added.
"I know you guys would have. You two aren't weak when it comes to that."
"No, you're not weak. You don't want to hurt them any more than they already are, but like I've been saying, that's not helping," Cade explained.
"You're not weak. I know you meant well." Jayce felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to find Crosshairs using his holoform.
"Have you been listening to us?" J.R. asked.
"Have you seen Drift?" Jayce asked, "you see how bad I hurt him?"
Crosshairs frowned.
"How about you, Crosshairs? Are you all right?" J.R. asked, hoping he'd say something.
"No, but I'd rather know how Jamie is, Jayce, and so would Drift."
"I don't think so," she said and walked away. Crosshairs wanted to know how Drift was though he knew how Drift is taking the news. He had to force himself to see how Drift was since he'd have to see Jamie.

Crosshairs wasn't surprised at what he was seeing, but it was still upsetting. He put a hand in Drift's shoulder, waking Drift.
"Hey, you ok?" Crosshairs asked.
"I'm terrified Jamie won't survive."
"I am too," Crosshairs moved the other chair by Drift and sat down. Drift saw the pain on Crosshairs' face. He knew Crosshairs wanted to see Jamie, but also didn't want to. Drift felt the same way, but his fear Jamie could die made him want to be with her.
"Come on, Jamie. You can fight this." Crosshairs hesitated holding her hand. Drift grabbed Crosshairs' left hand and put it on half of Jamie's, he then put his right hand on the other half of Jamie's, overlapping Crosshairs' a little. Neither of them knew what to say. They just sat in silence.