Drift wasn't sure why Jayce would go to Jamie's dimension, no way being here wouldn't upset her more than being at the junkyard. Drift worried Jayce wanted to be alone to harm or kill herself.
I was hoping to be back here for a better reason.
Drift looked around the building Jamie had built years ago for any of her friends to stay at her dimension. She made sure most of the building was built for the Autobots height. The place has a mix of human and Autobot technology. Drift looked around the building made of metal before finding Jayce sleeping on the couch. He moved a large metal block the Autobots use as seats next to the couch.
You needed to get away, but why here? He wondered as he watched her. Drift also wondered if Crosshairs would bring J.R. here. He was hoping she was also asleep by now.
Bulma checked on J R. two hours . Bulma was relieved to see J.R. sleeping.
"You want me to take her?" She asked Crosshairs.
"No, I don't want her near Jamie, at least not until she's improving," Crosshairs replied.
"Are you going to avoid her as well?"
"I don't know. I hate seeing Jamie critically ill and J.R...," he trailed off. After watching how upset she was, Crosshairs didn't want to leave J.R. alone, "I want the team back to the way it was before that bastard attacked. I've seen how Bee and Hound hate watching the three girls in this situation. None of us thought Jayce and J.R. are emotionally hurt until they showed us the record of Jadin's betrayal. We should have never asked to see it."
"No, Just seeing Jadin is enough to trigger those memories. They were hurting the second Jadin showed up. You and Drift have been doing all anyone can do. They won't start feeling better until Jamie improves. All three of them will take time to heal, though I don't know if they can heal from Jadin's betrayal."
"How bad was it when that bastard, Vegeta, tried to kill her?"
Crap, he doesn't know Vegeta's my husband? Great, now is not the time to tell him.
"It was a long three months. Jamie was as she is now for a month then several periods of being unconscious for several days. She was still weak for a month afterward. The record J.R. referred to, Jamie, was like this for two months before starting to recover. She didn't finish looking at that record, but it was another month before she recovered. I think her body adapted so she wouldn't be left weak like the first time. Still, she was kept away from fighting for an additional two weeks, Not my instruction, Optimus Prime's. This flare-up happened two years after Vegeta tried to kill her. She had several severe flare-ups but not as bad as the first, the one J.R. looked at or this one, but the last one was years ago. I'm sure everyone knows we can't prevent severe flare-ups 100%."
"Damn it," he looked at J.R., "I don't know how much more Jayce and J.R. can take."
"And what about you and Drift? I'm concerned you two are neglecting yourselves to help Jayce and J.R."
"I want to kill that bastard. Jadin hurt the entire team."Talking about Jadin angered Crosshairs. Bulma left to check on Jamie and go back to her research.
Bulma wasn't expecting to see Bumblebee, Cade, and Hound still in the building. They told her how they didn't want to leave. She knew Jamie wouldn't be improving for some time but had to make sure she wasn't getting worse. She went back to her research when she finished checking on Jamie.
J.R. woke up two hours later. Crosshairs was relieved she wasn't woken up by a nightmare but would have liked her to sleep longer. No way she wasn't still tired after being up most of the night and only getting four hours of sleep. Crosshairs noticed Bulma left a bottle of water. He got J.R. to drink it but wondered, did she even eat anything before Jayce left? He'd wait a little longer to see if J.R. wanted to eat. Crosshairs noticed J.R. closed her eyes. He wasn't sure if she was going back to sleep because she was tired or just too depressed to do anything else.
Jayce noticed Drift when she woke up.
Oh shit. Jayce thought.
"I didn't know you'd follow me here. I wouldn't have come here if I knew you'd follow me."
"Jayce, you know I'm here for you and J.R., not just Jamie."
"No, I'm just a burden to keep you away from Jamie, and now I made you follow me here."
Now Drift understood; though she tried keeping him from getting upset by not telling him anything until Jamie almost died, after that, she wanted him to be with her as much as possible, but that's when the nightmares scared her, so he focused on her. She thinks Drift will be more upset being in Jamie's dimension., though she's making herself more upset.
Drift activated his holoform, sat on the couch next to Jayce, and hugged her.
"You know I could have had one of the others stay with you while I was with Jamie."
Drift wondered if J.R. felt the same way?
J.R. got two more hours of sleep before deciding to get up. Crosshairs watched her eat very little.
"Let me take over," Hound said, standing behind Crosshairs.
"Do you just wait for me to come around here?" Crosshairs smiled.
"Yeah," Hound laughed, "I want to help."
"I don't know. J.R. is not doing good; she's struggling."
"I got it."
Crosshairs walked towards the building as Hound sat across from J.R. as she watched Crosshairs walk away. She still wanted him to be with Jamie but also wanted to be with him. Hound watched J.R. as she tried to eat. She got up and walked away five minutes later. He followed her. J.R. went to the back of the property, sat by the fence, knees up, arms resting on her knees, and her head resting on her arms. Hound kept his distance but would be there to comfort her if she started crying.
Damn, I hate how much she's struggling. She needs Crosshairs, but Crosshairs should be with Jamie more than he has been.
Crosshairs figured Bulma would be on her laptop when he walked in. He was a little surprised Cade and Bumblebee left.
"You want me to leave you alone?" Bulma asked.
"No, it's fine." Crosshairs replied as he walked towards Jamie. He sat by the bed and held her hand.
She still has a high fever, damn it. Come on, Jamie, stop scaring us. We need you to recover.
He knew Bulma was watching, but he let himself cry. It still amazed Bulma at how Crosshairs and Drift stayed strong until they were alone with Jamie. She figured they were too worried about Jayce and J.R.
Jayce did not know how long she'd stay in Jamie's dimension; she just had to get away. Drift wanted to see if she does better being away from what's going on though he wasn't sure what he'd do if that was not the case. As far as he could tell, being in Jamie's dimension isn't helping her. Sure she got a little sleep, but she's distraught to do anything. He didn't want to force her, but he hated how she didn't want to do anything.
By now, J.R. is laying on the ground, asleep. Hound sat by her to block the sun. Bumblebee walked up to them. He was no longer using his holoform.
"Tired of not being able to say anything?" Hound jokes. Bumblebee was too focused on J.R. to be bothered by Hound's terrible joke. He watched her twitch.
Damn it, let her get some sleep for a bit.
Hound was expecting her to wake up.
Crosshairs knew he had to get back to J.R. but didn't want to leave. He was afraid Jamie could not fight the flare-up for much longer. What if this was the last time he'd see her?
Damn Drift, you need to come back. I'd hate if you returned after Bulma says Jamie can't be revived, to watch her disappear from the dimension.
Bulma watched, seeing the fear on his knew he heard her promise J.R. she wouldn't give up but knew he was afraid Jamie's body could give up for a third time and that might end up being the last time.
We're all holding on by a thread at this point.
Crosshairs left an hour later, unsure what to expect when he got back to J.R. but hoping she'd be asleep though he knew it was very unlikely. Crosshairs wasn't expecting to see Bumblebee. J.R. was awake. She was sitting against the fence with her head resting on her arms, resting on her knees. Hound was sitting on his knees beside her, hand on her shoulder, but got up when he noticed Crosshairs.
"You're right; she's not doing good. I got her to talk a little. She says she feels alone."
"Damn, She watched Drift, and Jayce leave."
"She slept a little, but I think she was dreaming of the rest of us leaving or something close to that, and she's terrified of that happening. Most likely why she told me."
"Not the first time, I suspect he felt the same way when Jayce left the first time and with Jamie being down. Those three are a team. Then add Drift leaving to go after Jayce."
"You five are like a team within the team. J.R. feels more comfortable with you than me, Which might be a good thing during this situation, but you need to be Jamie more too."
"I doubt I make her feel any better. Nothing will until Jamie improves."
"At least she doesn't feel she's alone."
"It would be better if she felt that way when any of us are with her."
"Maybe, though with how she is, it's good she feels better being with one of us. There's something else bothering you, isn't there?"
"I'm concerned she might think she's a burden like Jayce has been thinking."
Crosshairs walked towards J.R. Hound walked away. Crosshairs wasn't expecting J.R. to lean on him when he sat next to her. At that point, Bumblebee left. Crosshairs put an arm around her.
"You're ok, and you're not alone. Drift and Jayce will come back."
"How long are you going to stay here?" Drift asked Jayce.
"I don't know."
"You know J.R. is most likely upset you left. Even though she has Crosshairs and the others."
"I know, but I can't be there. I can't watch Jamie die. You need to go back."
Damn, she gave up. She wants to be alone, but she's not in a good place mentally to be alone, nor is J.R.
This was all Drift needed to know that being here will not help Jayce. He didn't want to force her to go back either.
Ten pm, Jayce fell asleep on the couch. Drift wanted to contact Bulma, hoping to talk to Crosshairs."...I don't know what to do," he finished telling Bulma how Jayce is doing. Jamie's dimension wasn't helping her, but she wanted to stay."I..I don't know either. I want to tell you something that will show Jayce that Jamie will be ok-.""I know. I can't lie either.""Are you all right? Crosshairs was with Jamie earlier, and I saw how afraid he is.""I am terrified Jamie will die. I hate watching Jayce and J.R. struggling with this. I'm worried they will hurt themselves."Most likely, that's what Crossshairs thinks. Bulma thought."Would it be possible to get Crosshairs?""I can try, but J.R. isn't doing good after watching you and Jayce leave."
Bulma left to see if Crosshairs would step away from J. found Hound heading to the building and asked him to take over for Crosshairs. The two went to tell Crosshairs that Drift wanted to talk to hesitated, but he also wanted to talk to Drift.
Drift told him about Jayce before Crosshairs could tell Drift about J.R."...She feels alone. After watching you and Jayce leave and with Jamie down. I'm the only one left to her. Hound's trying to help but..""It's good she goes to just you.""Yeah, that's what Hound thinks, but he wants to help.""Hound's right. It's good she has one of you to go to, but I get it, It would be great if she'd let all of us help her." Bulma jumped in."How long are you two staying there? Crosshairs asked."I don't know. I don't want to leave Jayce alone, and she doesn't want to come back.""If being there isn't helping Jayce, then it won't help J.R., though maybe being with Jayce will help her. Even a little is something-.""No. That's abandoning Jamie!" Bulma yelled."Oh, crap. Bulma, do you think Jayce not sensing Jamie's energy will frighten her?*"That had to have been what frightened them both last night.""It's likely," Bulma replied."Should I bring her back?""I don't know. Jayce doesn't want to, and waking up here will upset her, but...""More than not sensing Jamie's energy?" Bulma asked."This is just getting more difficult," Crosshairs decided he had to get back to J. wanted to end the call to get back to Jayce, worried she'd wake up sooner than usual and more frightened. Bulma checked on Jamie before going to bed.
Crosshairs worried about Jayce after he and Drift realized Jayce would be frightened if she can't sense Jamie's energy. He told Hound about Jayce. Hound wanted to tell Crosshairs to go to Jamie's dimension and help Drift, but he knew Crosshairs would refuse to go.
