Bulma worked on the plan for Jayce while Drift sat by Jamie for the past hour.
Come on; I can't take this anymore. None of us can. Drift read the monitor, which worried him even more. Please, don't let her flatlined on us again.
The fear Jamie could flatline, and Bulma and Cade can't revive her terrified him. Bulma didn't seem worried but, that didn't help Drift not feel terrified. By now, he knows how fast things can go downhill.
Crosshairs decided it was time to join Drift. Hound insisted they stay with her all night since Jayce and J.R. won't be waking up in the middle of the night. This suggestion worried Crosshairs a little; is Hound losing Hope?
"What are you working on?" Crosshairs asked Bulma when he noticed her working on something with medical supplies.
"Working on the plan for Jayce. It's not as simple as what I did tonight."
Crosshairs sat next to Drift but said nothing. Cade walks into the building five minutes later.
"I'm surprised they're both back."
"Most likely, Jayce and J.R. won't be waking up in the middle of the night, but if they do, Hound is there, and Vegeta can help."
"Crosshairs trusts Vegeta enough to leave?"
"Maybe or the need to be with Jamie is making him trust Vegeta."
"You're leaving the girls with Vegeta?" Drift asks.
"They'll be asleep all night."
They both looked at Jamie, hoping not to end up watching her flatline again and that she wouldn't.
By eleven, Crosshairs and Drift realized they might be keeping Bulma from going to sleep.
"Bulma, if we need to leave, then tell is. It's fine," Drift told her.
"It's fine, Drift. I know you two are quiet. I'm almost done."
"All right," Drift said before turning to Crosshairs, "I hope she will not be up all night," he whispers.
Bulma finished what needed to be done and headed to the other side of the building. Crosshairs and Drift were surprised to see that she had a sleeping bag like Jayce and J.R. used at the beginning of this nightmare. They learned enough about capsules to know she could have brought something more comfortable.
By midnight the two were debating on going back. They decided that they'd need to stay in Bulma's dimension tomorrow, so they might as well stay with Jamie. Both stared at Jamie, hoping she'd start improving sooner than Bulma thinks and wouldn't flatline again. They stayed with her, but the fear that this could be their last time also influenced their decision.
They're still here. Guess Crosshairs and Drift will be here all night. Cade thought, looking at Crosshairs and Drift from the building entrance before going to his trailer.
Drift decided had to walk away for a while. Crosshairs watched Drift walk out of the building.
Damn it, he went from ending up falling asleep while sitting by Jamie to being terrified to stay for long and walking away distraught.
He held Jamie's hand.
Come on, Jamie, fight this.
Drift sat on the roof of a storage building, looking at the stars. Crosshairs joined him fifteen minutes later. Neither of them said anything. They looked at the night sky for a while before ending up falling asleep.
The sun woke them at 5:30 A.M., but they were afraid to see Jamie, yet they also wanted to see her. Bulma wasn't awake, yet so they sat on rusted cars. They wanted to wait for Bulma before going back to Jayce and J.R.
"She's not doing good. Those numbers are slowly dropping except for the body temperature, not good that it's going up," Crosshairs says.
Drift was lost in thought to say anything.
What are you thinking, Drift? Crosshairs wondered. Drift decided he had to go back to Jayce and J.R. fifteen minutes later. Though they'd most likely still be asleep, he couldn't stay here any longer. Crosshairs watched him leave, not knowing Bumblebee was behind him.
Damn it. Crosshairs was about to go into the building when he noticed Bumblebee.
"He's terrified, Bee."
"And-you?"
"Yeah, I am, all right let me put it to you this way, I'm afraid, but he and the girls are frightened. What we read on the monitor last night wasn't good. We're all afraid Jamie will flatline again."
Bumblebee activated his holoform and walked into the building with Crosshairs. He frowned at what he read.
"See? Though I'm not sure if he should have went back to the girls. If they can tell he's frightened, they'll become more frightened, which is not good for Jayce. I hope he will not avoid seeing Jamie now, either."
Bumblebee nodded in agreement and left Crosshairs alone.
"Where's Drift?" Bulma asked when she noticed Drift wasn't with Crosshairs.
"He left an hour ago. He's frightened by the numbers on the monitor."
So they were both distracted by the girls to read the monitor last night? Good thing too, if Drift is this frightened.
She said nothing to Crosshairs as she cared for Jamie and recorded notes. Bulma continued working on things for Jayce. She had to wait for Cade before leaving. Crosshairs stood by Jamie. He worried she'd flatline again and that Drift will avoid seeing her. He had to walk away ten minutes later and waited for Bulma by the pile of cars.
Cade came in fifteen minutes later. Bulma was now on her laptop. Cade was surprised Drift left until he read the monitor.
Shit. I see why Drift left. Amazing Crosshairs stayed.
"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to leave?" He asked Bulma.
"No, but if I don't go this, Jayce could cause her injury to become more serious. I'll be quick though I wanted to find Drift."
She gathered what she needed and walked out of the building.
Crosshairs didn't like that Drift wasn't in the room. Jayce and J.R. were still asleep. Bulma got to work as Crosshairs and Hound watched.
"Have you seen Drift?" Crosshairs asked.
"No, he didn't stay with Jamie all night?"
"No, we didn't. Jamie isn't doing well again."
"Shit."
They both hated how Jayce was put on a monitor. They knew Bulma knew what she was doing.
"It's just standard procedure," she assured them. "Just for today."
"I doubt it if they're that frightened." Hound commented. "And J.R..."
"No, Hound, this is only being done because of Jayce's injury. I'm hoping for a day or two at most. I have to go back now," Bulma walked out of the room.
"J.R. will not like this."
"Nope," Crosshairs sighed and sat on the chair by J.R.
Damn it, Drift, where the hell are you?
Hound wasn't sure if he should stay or go back to Cade's dimension. It was a choice between watching Jayce and J R. struggle or Jamie.
"Back so soon?"
"I told you I'd be quick. I'll be going back in a couple of hours. Bad enough, J.R. won't like seeing Jayce sedated. If I bring Jayce here, J.R. will come, and neither of them should see Jamie after last night."
"And if Jamie's energy is low. Are you sure you can go between dimensions several times today? I don't want you to overwork yourself."
"I have to," Bulma returned to her work on her laptop. Cade walked out of the building.
Not much I can do to help. Someone has to be here with Jamie, and if she flatlines, we both need to be here.
Two Hours pass before J.R. wakes up.
Shit. Crosshairs watches J.R. look at Jayce and sees the scared look on her face. She got out of bed and walked up to Jayce's. She hated seeing Jayce on a monitor and infusion pump. She ran out of the room.
"Crap," Crosshairs and Hound ran after her.
"Get back here!" Crosshairs yells.
Drift was walking down the same hallway when he saw J.R. and ran towards her to stop her.
"Stop," Drift says while holding both of J.R.'s wrists. She let tears roll down her face.
Crosshairs and Hound are now standing behind J.R.
How do I explain this without scaring her?
"Jayce is ok. This is to help her recover from the concussion."
It wasn't a lie, Drift just left out a detail, but instead of fear, J R. felt guilty.
Shit. I did this to her.
"Come on, you need to eat," Crosshairs insisted. The two of them walk down the hall.
"That went well," Hound says sarcastically.
"No, Hound, she feels guilty more than upset."
Drift headed back to the room. Hound followed him but didn't enter the room with him. Drift looked at Jayce, hooked up to a monitor, and asleep because of the drugs.
Damn it. Even if it's good for her, I hate this.
He looked at all the cuts she ended up with the past few days, worried she'd give herself more and that J.R. would resort to self-harm. After watching Jayce go through the effects of the concussion for a day, Drift was sure she wouldn't fight Jayce again.
Hound watched Drift walk away five minutes later.
I know, I hate how we had to do this even if it's good for Jayce, even if it's just for a day or two, we don't need two girls down.
Drift peeked in the room Crosshairs and J.R. are in. J.R. was leaning on Crosshairs, and Crosshairs had an arm around her.
I hope she at least drank some if the nutrition drink Bulma made Drift walks away.
"Bulma, I was thinking, could J.R. end up having a seizure like Jayce?" Cade was standing to Bulma, who was still on her laptop.
"Hard to say for sure, but I feel it's likely. J.R. is frightened like Jayce though Jayce has the concussion as an added factor of what caused hers."
"They just keep on dealing with more shit."
He sat beside Jamie. Bulma stood beside him.
"I never answered your question."
"What quest...," Cade started before realizing what she was talking about. He looked at the monitor, "you... you're giving up?" He asked, worried.
"I don't know. How much longer can Jamie's body fight? How long before Jayce or J.R. go too far? Jamie's a fighter. How else did she survive several severe flare-ups? But this is the worst, and, if I let her continue, it'll be the longest she's been in a coma. She's been lucky to have no effects from being in a coma for a lengthy period, but what if she isn't this time? And-."
"Bulma, stop. I know, Cade walked away.
Not good. I don't know if I'd give up on Jamie yet, but something tells me Bulma is.
Cade watched Bulma return to her dimension five minutes later. He returned to the building, worried she turned off the ventilator.
Oh good, she didn't. I can't believe I'm even worried about this.
