"Have you figured out what happened?" Crosshairs asked.
Crosshairs, Drift, and Bulma were in the hallway.
"No, I don't think we'll know unless we ask J.R., which I strongly suggest we don't. If I had to guess, she had a terrible panic attack and became very stressed, which resulted in passing out. It's unheard of, but so are a lot of things Jamie has been through."
"Well, she won't be leaving now that she's seen Jayce," Drift pointed out.
"Not like it matters, J.R. will worry about Jayce at the junkyard," Crosshairs tells them.
"Maybe staying her will be good for both of them," Bulma said before going back into the room.
"She's hiding something," Crosshairs observes.
"We'll ask her later if the girls will be ok with Hound staying so we can go back with her."

They went back into the room. Bulma was checking to make sure J.R. is ok while J.R. stared at Jayce.
"Shit, you think she was trying to hurt herself as she did to Jayce?" Crosshairs whispered to Drift.
"Not good if that's what she was trying to do."
'Well, she's ok," Bulma told them, "well, you know."
"We're thinking she was trying to end up like Jayce. That's how bad she feels about what she did," Crosshairs informed Bulma.
"I think she'll stay with Jayce. Doubt she'll try to run off again," Bulma guessed before walking back to J.R.'s bed.
"I think if Bulma could, Jamie needs to be moved here, but I know she can't," Hound whispered.
"No, It'll be like at the junkyard," Drift said.|
"Like staying away from there makes any difference," Crosshairs added, "something is wrong that Bulma is keeping from us."
"What? Are you sure?" Hound couldn't believe Bulma would hide something from them now.
"Yes," Drift said in a sad tone before sitting on the chair by Jayce's bed.
"We're hoping the girls will be ok with you staying here. We're going to get answers some way," Crosshairs informed Hound.
They watched Bulma take J.R. off the monitoring devices and the oxygen. Bulma got her to drink a bottle of the nutrition drink before Crosshairs sat on the bed and hugged her.
I can't believe you tried to hurt yourself as you did to Jayce.
J.R. stared at Jayce; Drift got up and knelt in front of J.R, "she'll be ok. It'll just take time."
I'd love to tell you Jamie will also be ok, but I don't know anymore. Drift got up and walked out of the room. Bulma, Crosshairs, and Hound watched him leave, knowing he was upset. They didn't know that J.R. watched him leave until Crosshairs felt the tears on his hand.
Shit, she watched him leave. She knows he's upset, not good.
All Crosshairs could do as hug her tighter. J.R. tried not to cry, but she wasn't successful.
Bulma walked out once J.R. started crying.
She's hiding grim news. Hound thought.

Bulma walked by Drift and continued down the hall. Drift watched, wondering if she was going back to Cade's dimension or not.
Why are you keeping secrets, Bulma? Won't matter if you don't tell us Jamie will die or not. We've been watching her for twenty-one days now, and she already flatlined twice.

Crosshairs had to get J.R. away before she woke up Jayce. He knew she was distraught since she didn't even fight him to stay in the room. Drift watched Crosshairs carry J.R. away. He hated how distraught she was and how he wasn't in a good mental state to help.

Crosshairs walks into a room down the hall. He slid down to the floor. J.R. stopped crying, but tears still rolled down her face.
What's even going through your mind? Crosshairs didn't know what to say as he hugged J.R.
They have to go back and be with Jamie. J.R. thought, but she also didn't want Crosshairs to go.
"Go back to Cade's dimension," J.R. tried to say without starting to cry.
Damn it. Crosshairs thought.
"Let me help," Vegeta says as he walks in.
"Get out!" Crosshairs yells in an angry tone. J.R. looked at the two, expecting them to start an argument. Vegeta is pissed at Crosshairs for telling him to get out, but he is concerned about J.R. and wondering why is she distraught?

Something is wrong. Vegeta thought as he walked down the hallway.
He noticed Drift sitting on a chair in the hallway.
"What's going on?" He asks Drift.
"Bulma is hiding something," Drift gets up and walks down the hall.
Not good. Vegeta runs to find Bulma.

"Need any help?" Drift asked as he walked into the room and sat next to Crosshairs.
"Nothing you can do," Crosshairs sighed.
They couldn't talk with J.R. with them and knew she'd end up falling asleep.

"So?" Cade asked as Bulma walked into the building.
"J.R. woke up after Jayce fell asleep. J.R. became worried, but Crosshairs and Drift assured her Jayce would be ok."
"There's a but isn't there?"
"Yes, they know I'm not telling them about Jamie," Bulma sighed, "Drift is crushed, and J.R. knows something is wrong."
"I told you to tell them. Now they think it's certain Jamie will die," Cade took his place beside Jamie while Buma resumed her work on her laptop.

J.R. fell asleep fifteen minutes later. Crosshairs carried her back to the room the girls are now staying in and laid her down on the bed; Drift followed him. Both were happy Jayce was still asleep.
"Surprised you stayed here all this time," Drift said.
"Someone had to stay here. You should know by now that if Jayce woke up and didn't see J.R., she'd be worried," Hound commented.
"J.R. is thinking what we're thinking," Drift sighed, "she'll tell Jayce."
"Damn it. Jayce doesn't need that right now. It's bad enough J.R. found out," Crosshairs added.
"We need to go ask Bulma what's going on," Hound insisted.
"I'm here," Vegeta says as he closes the door.
"You?! Get out!" Crosshairs yells, Ready to fight now that he didn't have to worry about J.R.
"Easy Crosshairs, let him help. He's just going to watch Jayce and J.R., and we'll be quick," Drift says.
"And if either of them wakes up?" Crosshairs asked in an angry tone.
Hound wanted to go with Crosshairs and Drift, but he knew Crosshairs didn't trust Vegeta.
"I'll stay, you two can tell me what Bulma says."
"Fine," Crosshairs and Drift left the room. Vegeta moved a chair to a wall so he could see both girls.
"You're also angry at me, aren't you?" Vegeta asked Hound.
"You see what these girls are going through? What Jamie has been through the last fourteen years? How the hell they can even trust you and say you're a friend, I could never do that."

"Bulma, we need to talk," Crosshairs said as he and Drift entered the building.
"Tell them," Cade insisted.
"Shut up, Cade!" Bulma yelled.
"No need to tell us anything..." Drift trailed off.
"See, I told you, should have told them."
Bulma walked up to Cade and slapped him. Crosshairs and Drift couldn't believe Bulma slapped him.
"Pissed at me? You fucking let them think the worst by not telling them."
"You don't get it, do you?"
"Enough, what's going on, Bulma?" Drift asked.
"We could be looking at another eight weeks of this before Jamie shows significant improvement," Bulma said in a sad tone, "she's barely stable."
Drift said nothing; he walked up to the bed and sat on the chair.
"This is why I didn't want to say anything. You all right?" Bulma whispered to Crosshairs.
"I know why you didn't want to say anything, but it's better you did. Drift is just not liking how much longer the three girls will be dealing with this crap. I hate it too, but nothing you can do."
"You didn't tell him about after Vegeta tried to kill Jamie or the record J.R. didn't fully read?"
"No. I wasn't sure if you wanted me to."
"Well... he's your friend. You know him better than I do. If you think it's a good idea, go ahead."
Crosshairs nodded and joined Drift. Bulma watched, hating how she crushed them.
"It was the right thing to do," Cade assured Bulma.
"It would be great if I was wrong, and she'll recover in eight weeks or less. For now, the tests show it'll be eight weeks before she shows significant improvement."
"And then?"
"I don't know. I hope Jamie will be a little weak for a few weeks. I don't think Crosshairs, Drift, or the girls can take watching Jamie in and out of consciousness for a while. I'm afraid we're looking at both after Vegeta tried to kill her, and the record J.R. looked at rolled into one. This is the worst flare-up to date."
"That fucking bastard and she'll most likely keep trying until she's successful. Should I tell Bee?"
"If you want to."
Cade walks away. He found Bumblebee sitting on a car and told him about Jamie. As Cade expected, Bumblebee hated hearing it.

Strange, they're not back yet. Didn't think they'd be an hour, not good. Hound was lost in thought until he heard J.R. Crap, if she was dreaming about Jamie, I don't think I can help her.
She wasn't saying anything, but she had a scared expression and crying. Vegeta just watched,
knowing most likely Hound would be mad if he tried to help.
"Go," She said before Hound could say anything. Hound knew she wanted him to go back to Cade's dimension.
"No, I'm not leaving you two here alone."
"I'm here. I know you don't trust me, but something is wrong, and she wants you to find out," Vegeta said as he walked up to the bed; Hound hesitated.
"You do anything to them; you're dead," Hound threatened before leaving. Vegeta sat on the bed. He didn't expect J.R. to fall onto him. He knew from watching Crosshairs how to get her to calm down. He wasn't much for hugging, but he hated how upset she was. It was easy to figure out why.

Shit. Hound thought as he walked into the building, seeing Crosshairs and Drift by Jamie.
"What's going on?" Hound asked Bulma, whispering. Though it wasn't what everyone was thinking, Hound hated how much longer they'd be waiting for Jamie to improve.
"They've been there since I told them an hour ago. I was expecting them to talk about whether they'd tell Jayce and J.R., but they've been silent."
"I'm not even going to disturb them."
Bulma opened a portal for him.
This keeps getting worse. I should've known this could have happened. I should have continued trying to find ways to help Jamie fight severe flare-ups.
"Hey. Bulma, don't tell me you're beating yourself over this again?" Cade asked.
"You know I could have done more."
"Maybe you could have, can't change that now. All you can do is help Jamie the best you can now and research if making drugs to help Jamie in the future is possible."
"I'm going to check on Jayce and J.R. I don't think I'll be able to check on Jamie for a while. I hope nothing happened while they're around her."

J.R. calmed down fifteen minutes later, but she didn't want Vegeta to let go. Hound walks into the room but doesn't disturb them; Bulma walks in five minutes later.
"I didn't know you left them with Vegeta."
"I'm not leaving them alone here, and he insisted," Hound looked at J R., "you better tell her about Jamie. She's thinking like we were." He whispered.
"I guess," Bulma sighed.
"None of us like watching Jamie go through this and that she'll be going through this for longer than we'd like. You know it's better than leaving her to think it's certain Jamie will die. I know it's still likely, but we don't know," He continued to whisper.
"I will wait until Crosshairs or Drift come back. She'll still be very upset, and they get her to calm down better than the rest of us. I hope they come back before Jayce wakes up."
"What are we going to do to keep them safe?"
"What more can we do? Just another challenge."
Vegeta tried to get J.R. to lie down, but she fought him, Hound walks over.
"Let me try," Hound knew Vegeta wanted to talk to Bulma. They get J.R. to let go. Vegeta gets up, and Hound sits on the bed. J.R. leans onto him.
"It's ok," Hound assures her.
Crosshairs and Drift better get back soon.

"What's going on with Jamie?" Vegeta asks. He and Bulma are in the hallway. "I assume that's why J.R. is upset."
"J.R. thinks it's certain Jamie will die. Everyone besides Jayce is thinking this way. The only reason Jayce wasn't thinking that way is she was asleep," Bulma sighs, "tests show it'll be another eight weeks before she shows significant improvement."
"Damn it," Vegeta walks away; Bulma goes back into the room.