As Drift expected, Jayce is calling Jamie's name. She is getting more difficult to wake up. As Drift tried to wake her, he worried about how Jayce is getting worse and how J.R. may not be too far behind. Jayce wasn't any better when she woke up. Along with a racing heart, crying and hyperventilating, Jayce was panic attacks are getting worse. I don't know if it's because she's not sensing Jamie's energy or getting more stressed the longer Jamie is down. She's not doing any better had told Drift to contact her; maybe a visual showing Jamie was alive would help, but Drift wasn't sure. Jamie was alive, but she's fighting for her life and losing. Drift debated making Jayce go back as he held her. Drift knew she'd fight going back to sleep once she calmed down.

It relieved crosshairs that J.R. didn't wake up in the middle of the night. He knew it didn't mean she wasn't depressed, and she could end up waking up tonight. She laid awake. Crosshairs wondered what was going through her mind and how bad of a night did Jayce have. J.R. thought Crosshairs wasn't watching, she got up and ran as fast as she could while trying to open a portal.
"What the? Stop!"
Crosshairs ran after her. He knew she was trying to get to Jamie's dimension. He grabbed her before J.R. was successful.
"Let me go!" She yelled, tears going down her face, but she didn't break free from his grip; instead, she hugged Crosshairs. He carried her back to the area they were at until she calmed down, hoping Hound would come around. He needed the talk to Bulma but didn't want to bring J.R. with him. Crosshairs figured J.R. is worried about Jayce and wanted her to come back. J.R. calmed down after five minutes. Crosshairs knew J.R. had to eat. That meant bringing her close to the building, and he hated that.

"Are you waiting for us?"
Crosshairs saw Hound waiting for them at the table.
"Yes, I figured that the only way I could help is to give you a break, and since I can't when she's sleeping," Hound explained as they watched J.R. get food, "she's still not eating much. So how was last night?"
"She didn't wake up, which is good, but I doubt her nightmares are over. She just tried to go to Jamie's dimension, though. "
"You going to take her?"
"Bulma claims if I take J.R. away from here, then we are abandoning Jamie. Drift sees how being in Jamie's dimension isn't helping Jayce. I don't know how she was overnight yet. Watch her; I will talk to Bulma about this."

Crosshairs found Cade and Bulma as he entered the building. Seeing the two of them in the building this early in the morning worried Crosshairs a little. He told Bulma about what J.R. tried. Cade listened to what he had to say.
".. Should I let her go to Jamie's dimension?" Crosshairs finished.
"I don't know, I-"
"We'll be back, Bulma. We're not abandoning Jamie, I promise, and Drift would too."
"Wait to hear from Drift."
Doubt we'll hear from him until tonight. Crosshairs thought as he walked away.

Crosshairs didn't like that J.R. tried to leave the dimension; he kept his discussion with Bulma short. Hound and J.R. weren't at the table outside. Crosshairs knew where they were. J.R. always wants to go to the back of the property. J.R. was laying on her side. Hound was sitting next to her but got up when he saw Crosshairs.
"She ate very little," Hound informed him as he handed him what J.R. didn't eat.
"Can't make her eat. I'm just not sure if this isn't enough."
"It isn't, no way two of those are enough, especially if she doesn't eat for eleven hours."
Hound walked away. Crosshairs put the food down and laid next to J.R., hoping this isn't what she'll do all day.

"I'm concerned about J.R., Bulma. She eats very little.""What's she eating?"
"Granola bars. Only two of them."
"Not the best but not the worst. Can't make her eat. We just have to make sure she eats something."
"Weren't you taking over so Crosshairs could be with Jamie?" Cade jumped in.
"He's too worried about J.R. I don't blame him. She feels alone, and after what she tried this morning," Hound sighed, "she'd try that again and no way I'd be able to stop her. Maybe he'll be able to be with Jamie when J.R. falls asleep, which might be soon, I hate that."
He sat by Jamie.

The only good thing about being here is that Jayce can sleep longer without being woken up by the sun. That's not a good enough reason to stay here. Not with how bad her panic attacks are becoming. She has to go back. Drift watched Jayce sleep as he thought of how to get her to go back. He didn't want to force her, but he knew he might have to since Jayce will refuse to go back.
"Why are you still here?" Jayce asked when she saw Drift.
"I'm not leaving you alone here," he told her as he sat beside her and hugged her, "you have to go back. J.R. feels alone without you, and being here isn't helping you. What if you're wrong?"
"No!" Jayce yelled as she broke free from Drift's hug and ran off.
Great, you're leaving me with no choice, Jayce.
He got up and watched her run up the stairs. He found Jayce in Jamie's room, looking at the one photo Jamie had printed. Drift stood at the doorway.
"I let them down, and now they'll lose their friend. I broke Drift's spark." she laid on the bed and started crying.
Shit, now it makes sense. Drift realized.
Drift walked away to contact Bulma.

"..Not only did she give up on Jamie, she thinks she failed to help Jamie," Drift explained to Bulma, "no matter where she is, she'll be upset, but I think sensing Jamie's energy makes her feel a little better until she goes to sleep."
"How was last night?" Crosshairs jumps in.
"I didn't know you were around."
"Hound insisted I be with Jamie though after what J.R. tried to pull off this morning," Drift became worried, "she tried to go to Jamie's dimension. If being there isn't helping Jayce, then it won't help her."
"I'm tempted to bring Jayce back myself. Last night was the worst so far."
Drift explained what happened.
"I don't want you to force her to come back, but Jayce and J.R. need each other. It seems sensing Jamie's energy is the tiny piece of hope Jayce has. I'd go talk to her myself, but if J.R. sees I left..." Bulma trailed off.
"Maybe...if J.R. and I could come with you..."
"Hard to tell if that'll convince Jayce to come back or J.R. will want to stay with Jayce. It's risky, but if you want to try that, Crosshairs."
Crosshairs wasn't sure if this was a good idea, but if it'll help Jayce and J.R. They had to get Cade involved with the plan.

Cade is concerned this is a terrible idea. Which was understandable, Jamie flatlined for the second time a little over twenty-four hours ago. They had to be strict on how long Bulma was away, which made what they wanted to achieve more of a challenge. As Drift thought, Jayce ended up crying herself to sleep, and J.R. is still sleeping. They aimed to put the plan into action later in the afternoon.
"I would like to go back to my dimension while J.R. is still sleeping. She needs better food than what she's been eating," Bulma left the building. Neither Cade nor Crosshairs questioned why Bulma didn't just go to the town nearby. They both assumed she also needed more medical supplies. Cade took his place by Jamie. Crosshairs knew something else was bothering Drift but didn't want to ask him with Cade around.
He got back to J.R. and told Hound about the plan and how, like Cade, he was concerned this was a terrible idea.

Bulma came back an hour later.
"That was fast," Cade commented.
"I just had to get a few things."

Bulma gave J.R. some of the food she brought back, hoping she'd eat some of it.
"More useful capsules?" Cade asked as he watched Bulma.
"I'm so annoyed with myself for not thinking of how useful these would be for the girls. Maybe not for every adventure but useful in a situation like this."
She tossed a capsule that revealed a mini-fridge.
"How would that not be useful no matter the adventure?" Crosshairs asked, "that would be better than the girls eating granola bars."
"I was thinking when they're in battles, but duh, those don't last forever," Bulma laughed at herself, "I can give you a capsule with a few of those lunchboxes or the fridge, Crosshairs."
"It doesn't matter; I just want her to eat better," he looked at J.R., who ate a little more before walking away.
"Well, that's better than what she ate this morning," Hound commented. Crosshairs got a quick lesson in using the capsules before getting back to J.R. "How long do you think Jayce and J.R. will be like this?" Hound asked.
"This may be situational depression mixed with the pain of Jadin's betrayal, but I can't be sure. We won't know until Jamie wakes up."
Cade and Hound knew not to ask about Jamie. By now, they could tell by the monitor and how warm she still feels, Jamie wasn't improving. Bulma went back to the building, Cade followed, but Hound went to find Bumblebee.

Cade noticed Bulma had two blood samples.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Looking to see if I can do a blood transfusion. I've never figured out why Saiyan blood can reduce the level of the chemical."
"And not human blood?"
"I never tested human blood to see if it would act the same. This works, and I couldn't test everyone's blood at the time and Vegeta-."
"Wait; what? Vegeta?" Cade exclaimed.
"Not so loud. Yes, Vegeta, I was just testing his blood, wondering if a blood transfusion would help Jamie. I would have tested our human friends' blood, but Jamie was going through a flare-up and took a serious turn downhill; I had no time. The small sample seemed to break down the chemical, and, while it was a risk, I did a blood transfusion. It was try that or let her die anyway. This time, though, I'm not sure."
"Not sure this time?"
Cade waited for an answer.
"Not going to work..yet. Interesting, unless my sample to too small but-."
"I get it; the chemical is way too high."
"Maybe, but I don't want to experiment this time. Call me crazy, but I'd rather experiment in my dimension, not in another friends'."
"I get it, though I don't think you'd try if you were in your dimension. I think you'd wait no matter where you were. It's ok; I know you're doing all you can."
"I hate I can't do more," she went to sit by Jamie.
"It's fine. You're why Jamie has kept this adventure up for this long."
Cade left her alone.

"What's wrong?" Hound asked Cade.
"Bulma is getting stressed and feeling guilty about how she can't do more, just like Jayce. Even though she's helped Jamie for fourteen years."
"You think she's giving up?" Hound whispered in case J.R. walked by.
"No, she just wishes she did more to help Jamie, so maybe Jamie wouldn't be the way she is this long."
And maybe she thinks she could have prevented Jamie from flatlining twice.

Three hours later, Bulma and Crosshairs are informed that Jayce is awake, and they can come to Jamie's dimension as they planned. Crosshairs deactivated his holoform and transforms. Cade watches them leave, still unsure of the and Drift were sitting on the couch when Bulma, Crosshairs, and J.R. got there. Crosshairs reactivated his holoform. Bulma asked the two mechs to leave her with the girls for a while. Crosshairs and Drift walked away.
"Something is bothering you." Crosshairs started as they walked away.
"You know the one photo Jamie had printed?" He asked as the two walked upstairs to Jamie's room.
"Yeah."
The two entered the room, and Drift picked up the photo.
"Jayce was looking at this when I heard her..." Drift trailed off.
"What did she say?" Crosshairs asked as he took the photo.
"She thinks she let us down, and we will lose Jamie."
Crosshairs knew there was more to it. He knew what else Jayce said that Drift didn't want to repeat.

Jayce and J.R. said nothing for a few minutes. Bulma wanted them to talk without starting the conversation, but she realizes she will have to start the conversation.
"Jayce, you need to come back. Being here isn't helping you, and J.R. needs you."
"No, she has Crosshairs-."
"No! You, Jamie, and I are a team!" She got up and faced Jayce. By now, Drift and Crosshairs are watching, "I can't believe you gave up on her!" J.R. slapped Jayce across the face. Crosshairs wasn't sure if J.R. is trying to start a fight.
"Stop!" He yelled as he grabbed her arm. He got her to sit down on the couch. Drift sat next to Jayce, who was shocked at what J.R. did.
This wasn't going as looks like I will have to do most of the talking. Bulma thought.
"J.R. is right, Jayce. I've been watching Jamie go through this longer than you have. True, like everyone else, I am afraid she won't survive, but I'm not giving up. You know what she's been through just from reading the records. You forget I watched her fight to survive Vegeta's attempt to kill her-."
"Ok, I get it," Jayce interrupted.
"Forget it," J.R. got up and walked up to Jayce, "I can't believe you don't understand what you're doing."
She slapped Jayce again and ran back to the portal. Crosshairs tried to get her before she left, but he couldn't.
"Go before she hurts herself!" Drift urged Crosshairs. Both Bulma and Crosshairs returned to Cade's dimension. Drift got up to look at Jayce's face. J.R. cut her, and Drift suspected Jayce would end up with swelling. He knew J.R. slapped Jayce hard but most likely not as hard as she could. Jayce was trying not to cry. She wasn't sure what to do now. Drift sat beside her and hugged her. Jayce gave in and cried; the tears were causing the cut to sting.
I deserve worse.

"Stop!"
Cade grabbed J.R. Bulma, and Crosshairs saw Cade trying to stop her. Crosshairs helped Cade get her on to the ground. Crosshairs got her to stop fighting them. He carried her away, hoping she'd talk to him if they were alone when she calmed down.
"She needs help. She just tried to pull the plug."
"She's angry at Jayce. Things didn't go well. She's most likely keeping emotions bottled up. I know she doesn't talk about that stuff."
"You're way too calm."
"This isn't new to me," Bulma walks into the building, Cade followed her.
"Well, nothing happened here while you were gone," he said as he sat beside Jamie. Bulma was surprised Cade didn't ask how she's used to J.R.'s attitude, but she was very concerned about J.R.

You're keeping emotions bottled up again. Crosshairs thought as he held J. the failed conversation with Jayce, Crosshairs knew she was angry at Jayce, but J.R. needed to talk about it.
"You want me to help?" Bulma asked as she knelt beside Crosshairs, "I know she's keeping emotions bottled up."
"She's very difficult."

"Go make sure J.R. Is ok. It's better if I don't go back."
"No, I'm not leaving you alone. You need to come back with me. You know what J R. meant."
"She's angry at me," she touched her face, "she'd probably like to kill me now."
"No, she wants you."

Bulma and Crosshairs got J.R. to talk. As Crosshairs suspected, J.R. was furious at Jayce for leaving again and giving up on Jamie. She felt Jayce abandoned them. She wanted Jayce and Drift to come back. Bulma left bothered by how much the girls are declining emotionally. Crosshairs watched J.R. fall asleep.
They'll be back, and it'll be ok. Crosshairs held her close.

"What happened?" Cade asked as Bulma walked into the building.
"J.R. is keeping emotions bottled up. I don't think talking about it helped her much, but it's better than keeping emotions bottled up."
"You're not worried she will try to pull the plug again?"
"No, she was furious, but the longer Jamie is down, the more hope they both lose."
"I think we're all like that. After watching Jamie flatline twice and it's all still unknown."
Bulma nodded.

Bulma contacted Drift and told him what happened when they got back and what J.R. kept bottled up. He didn't know Jayce was listening, but she still didn't want to go back.
"SHE'S BEING SELFISH! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME, JAYCE!"
"Bulma, stop-."
"NO, SHE IS BEING SELFISH! SHE KNOWS J.R. FEELS ALONE WITHOUT HER AND CROSSHAIRS IS LEFT TO HELP HER ALONE. I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE WITH JAMIE AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO WORRIED ABOUT JAYCE!"
Drift turned and saw Jayce, she was out of Bulma's view, but he saw how scared she is.
Great, now she really won't want to go back.
"And you're not? You didn't watch Jayce and J.R. struggle with watching Jamie fight for her life for the first twelve days. You didn't watch their emotional decline after the first time Jamie flatlined. I think you know half of the struggle," Drift ends the video call.
Though Drift wasn't as angry as Bulma was, It was still shocking to Jayce to see Drift angry. He walked over to Jayce, who was trying not to cry."It's ok," he said as Jayce hugged him and let herself cry as he hugged her back.
We should go back, but we can stay here as long as you want.

Cade couldn't believe what Bulma said or that she got that angry. Cade left the building before she saw him and went to his usual spot to watch the sunset, but there was no destressing this time.
"Cade, why don't we call Tessa?' Hound suggested. He was no longer using his holoform, "you haven't called her since this crap all started." Cade agreed. Though he was happy hearing his daughter's voice, even if he couldn't talk to her, it didn't help him.
"What's wrong?" Hound asked.
"Bulma is furious at Jayce and Drift. She yelled at Drift, and I suspect Jayce heard it all. How the hell Drift stayed calm is beyond me."I'm not surprised."
"I think Bulma just kept Jayce from coming back."