Bumblebee, Cade, and Hound stayed with Jamie. Drift did as Bulma instructed and laid Jayce on the ground. He could tell she was feeling tired and weak. Crosshairs sat next to Drift, hugging J.R. She wanted to be with Jayce, but now he thought he should have kept her away.
"It's ok. Jayce is just tired," Drift assured her. As Drift expected, Jayce fell asleep five minutes later. J.R. watched, worried. Crosshairs realized he had to get her away from Jayce. He tried to get her to get up, but she refused.
"No," she cried. Crosshairs and Drift just looked at each other.
She wants to stay, but staying here is making her more stressed. Should I carry her away? Crosshairs debated.
He hugged her tighter as she let herself cry. Bulma comes five minutes later. She wasn't surprised at what she saw. She knew Jayce would end up falling asleep and that J.R. was anxious about Jayce.
"She wanted to stay. I wasn't sure if I should carry her away from her," Crosshairs told her.
"That wouldn't have helped," she knelt beside Crosshairs, "here, J.R."
She handed J.R. a bottle of water. J.R. took it and drank the entire bottle, and the other bottle of water Bulma had for Jayce. Bulma, Crosshairs, and Drift realized how much the girls were neglecting themselves.
"Come with me," Bulma was concerned that J.R. is dehydrated. Crosshairs got her to go with Bulma while Crosshairs stayed with Drift. The two mechs sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Not good. You think Jayce passed out from being dehydrated and stressed?"
"If it is, then she needs help now, not when she wakes up," Drift picked Jayce up and walked away, Crosshairs followed him.
Bulma had J.R. sit down and sip a bottle of water. She knew that meant Jayce is also very dehydrated. Bulma explained what was going on to Cade, Bumblebee, and Hound as she prepared IV fluids for Jayce.
"Bulma," Drift said as he walked into the building.
"I know," she said as she finished. Crosshairs sat by J R. She leaned on him as she continued to drink the bottle of water. Drift sat on the ground, still holding Jayce.
"Isn't she going to feel you poke her?" Cade asked.
"No."
Cade watched Bulma and how she got an IV line in without waking Jayce.
"This will take an hour," she said as she hung the bag. Twenty minutes pass before J.R. wants to leave.
"Let her," Bulma tells Crosshairs.
J.R. walks out of the building while Bulma gave Crosshairs a bottle of water before he left. Crosshairs wanted to ask about Jamie; It's been five days since he and Drift were informed about her, but afraid to ask. Drift watched him leave before looking at Jayce, hating how bad she neglected herself and trying to avoid looking at Jamie. The others left the building. They all tried to come up with a way to help the girls, Crosshairs, and Drift. They knew it would be a challenge. Unknown to them, Crosshairs and Drift were thinking of taking the girls away from this dimension for a while.
Jayce woke up two hours later. Bulma told her how she passed out from both stress and severe dehydration. Drift got Jayce to leave before she looked at Jamie. Drift wanted to get Jayce to do something, hoping to distract her, but she didn't want to do anything. Taking a bottle of water from Bulma, Drift took Jayce to a shaded area, which was by another building on the property. J.R. and Crosshairs sat by the fence at the end of the property. J.R. was as alone as she wanted to be right now.
Two more hours passed, both mechs were getting concerned that the girls have eaten very little today. This also made them want to get the girls away.
The girls eventually got some food; Crosshairs and Drift left the girls alone. The two mechs talked about taking the girls away from here for a while and if they should ask about Jamie before going to talk to Bulma. Cade, Hound, and Bee are still with her.
By now, Bumblebee stopped using his holoform. When he saw Crosshairs and Drift walk over to them, Bumblebee stayed with the girls, so Crosshairs and Drift could talk to Bulma.
"Bulma, we know you said taking Jayce and J.R. away wouldn't help, but we're taking them-."
"No, that'll just make them more upset," she interrupted Drift.
"And staying here isn't?" Crosshairs yelled. Bulma wasn't sure what to say. Before anyone could say anything, Bumblebee ran towards them.
"We have - a problem."
"What?* Bulma asked.
"They want to- pull the plug."
"What!?" Everyone exclaimed. They all ran out of the building. They wanted to listen to what the girls were saying.
"... she's not getting any better; she's getting worse. Why else would Bulma keep us from seeing her?" Jayce fumed
The others listened, shocked at what Jayce is thinking.
"Ok, say you're right. Why hasn't Bulma done it already?" J.R. got up and walked towards Jayce, "Jayce, with all the medical knowledge you have, you know what you're saying is shit."
She was about to sit next to Jayce, but Jayce got up, pushed J.R. to the ground, and ran off. Drift ran after her as J.R. watched, shocked. Crosshairs ran to J R. and helped her up.
"I think she's serious," J.R. tells Crosshairs as she let tears roll down her face.
"Shit, and you, J.R.?" Cade asked. Crosshairs gave him a look of disgust, though he also wanted to know.
"I don't know. Jayce is right, Jamie is getting worse but...," she couldn't finish before crying. Crosshairs got her to leave the area with him.
"This isn't good. You think Jayce is serious about turning off the ventilator?" Cade asks when Crosshairs and J.R. are out of sight.
"If she wasn't dealing with so much stress and emotionally drained, I'd say no, but she's not thinking straight."
"Do we have to guard Jamie?" Hound asked, worried.
"I don't think so. Crosshairs and Drift seem to want to watch Jayce and J.R., and either Cade or I am with Jamie."
Hound tells Bulma and Cade the plan he and Bumblebee has. Bulma and Cade both agreed it was a good plan.
Crosshairs and J.R. sat by the fence. By now, J.R. stopped crying. Crosshairs was lost in thought concerned that what Jayce told J.R. may cause J.R. to have a nightmare about it. All he could do was hope he was wrong.
"Crosshairs?"
"Hmm?"
"What do you think? Is Jayce right?"
"No, you're right. Bulma would have known by now if Jamie wouldn't survive, but she doesn't. There's a lot of unknown."
"But what do you think?"
"I don't know, Jamie is a fighter and has been through this several times."
J.R. said nothing more. She wondered what Drift thought, and would Jayce try to pull the plug?
Drift caught up with Jayce and hugged her tight, the only way he's been able to calm Jayce down even if it still took awhile. Jayce is bawling, and Drift hated there is not much he could say. She calmed down a bit after five minutes. Drift made sure she had some water.
She was thinking of a plan to leave. No matter what Crosshairs and Drift said, Jayce still felt like a burden with her nightmares and passing out today.
Tomorrow morning, I'm leaving.
Eight PM, J.R. wanted to make sure Jayce was doing ok. Drift is sitting next to Jayce, who is laying on her side facing him, still upset. J.R. sat on the other side of Drift, and Crosshairs say next to her.
"She ok?" Crosshairs asked Drift.
"No, she doesn't want to do anything," Drift replied in a sad tone, "what about you, J.R.? You ok?"
"No," she whispered, so Jayce wouldn't hear her tell Drift she was afraid Jayce is serious about pulling the plug. Crosshairs knew by Drift's expression what J.R. told him. J.R. didn't want to stay long. Drift watched her walk away.
"It will be another long night for both of us," Drift sighed.
"I'm worried they will start harming themselves...and now Jayce could harm Jamie."
"We're getting them out of here tomorrow. I don't care what Bulma thinks. Anywhere is better than here," Drift said, looking at Jayce.
Crosshairs nods before getting up and walking away.
Bumblebee, Bulma, Cade, and Hound are with Jamie.
"Bulma?" Cade called out as he watched the monitor. Cade got Bee and Hound to move as Bulma walked towards them. Bulma watched the monitor for ten seconds before realizing what was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Hound asked. Bulma didn't want to tell anyone, not even Cade.
Oh shit, it's happening again. Cade thought. Bumblebee and Hound became more worried since Bulma didn't want to tell them. The three of them watched Bulma.
"Bulma, please, what's going on?" Hound asked.
"Jamie's heart rate is dropping. With the high level of the chemical and high fever...," she trailed off.
Bumblebee, Cade, and Hound knew what she was trying to say. They watched her work, hoping whatever she was doing would stabilize Jamie.
"That's all I can do," Bulma tells them as she hung an IV bag ten minutes later, "all we can do is
wait now."
"What are the chances she'll-?" Cade asked.
"Honest answer? inevitable."
"What would the lie be?"
'That I don't know if it'll happen but unless this works."
"You think.."
"No, not yet. I'd say never, but I know that's not possible. This is almost like after Vegeta tried to kill her. By Jayce's records, The only difference is Jadin made sure Jamie was exhausted before injecting. It doesn't mean this will be a repeat of that time, but I'm not giving up yet."
She's lying, Jayce tried to figure out how much of the chemical Jadin injected but couldn't. This must be a lot worse than what Vegeta did. Cade thought.
"Should Bee and I not give Crosshairs and Drift a break tonight then?" Hound asked.
"No," Bulma replied.
They all just sat and waited. Hoping the drugs would work but planned for if they didn't work.
Ten PM, J.R. is asleep, Crosshairs is relieved she has no problem falling asleep.
As Drift expected, Jayce is trying not to sleep,
You're too scared to sleep now.
Drift watched Jayce fight sleep. Drift expected Jayce to fall asleep by now considering how exhausted she is. Jayce fought falling asleep for ten minutes before giving in and falling asleep. Drift was relieved but wondered how much sleep will she even get?
Drift stared at the stars lost in thought when he heard Jayce cry out.
"Jamie!" Jayce cried. Drift saw her tossing around and kicking her legs. He felt how tense she was as he moved her onto his lap, hugging her tight.
Only two hours of sleep and these nightmares are getting worse.
He was sure Jamie dying was part of the nightmare.
Cade wanted to check on the girls; he rushed, knowing what may happen back at the building. He found J.R. was sleeping, wondering if she'd end up waking up. He was hoping to find Jayce sleeping. Cade watched Drift try to wake her up. Hearing Jayce call Jamie's name.
Shit.
He wanted to stay and try to help Drift, but he had to get back to the others.
"...She was calling Jamie's name." He finished informing the others about the girls. Bulma took a minute to figure out what Jayce is thinking from what she said earlier and how she called Jamie's name in her nightmare.
"She thinks it's certain Jamie will die, and we're just avoiding the inevitable, so she wants to pull the plug. She's most likely dreaming about watching Jamie die," Bulma guessed.
She's dreaming that as we wait to see if the drugs will work or not, shit. Cade watched the monitor. An alarm sounded; their fear is happening.
