"Are you alright?" Hound asks Vegeta. Vegeta has been quiet and distracted, "don't tell me you're beating yourself over this again?"
"I'm amazed you aren't happy I am."
"I know I was angry at you, but If you didn't care, you wouldn't be this bothered. You wouldn't be beating yourself over this. It's Jadin's fault; you know that. She knows about Jamie's condition. Bulma says Jadin returning to kill Jamie and watching Jamie struggle affected Jayce and J.R, especially after Jamie flatlined. She thinks it wouldn't have made a difference if the girls told us what happened when Jadin betrayed them."
Vegeta said nothing.
"You're bothered by something else?" Hound Observed.
"Several things. How bad are Jayce and J R. going to be tonight until Crosshairs or Drift come back and..." he couldn't finish.
"It's most likely going to be J.R., who will have a bad night. I'm hoping Jayce will continue to be relaxed with the painkillers. I'm not sure if we should separate them."
"Maybe we should when J.R. goes to sleep. It's bad enough J.R. will be dealing with that crap again, but it's not good for Jayce to be dealing with it right now. Well, you know it would be better if neither of them dealt with this."
Vegeta looked at the girls. J.R. was keeping busy on the tablet, which both Hound and Vegeta wondered why now? Why did she not want to use it during the day? But they liked how she was doing something. Jayce was already asleep.
"I'm going back. I won't be long," Vegeta says as he gets up.

"Jayce is already asleep?" Cade wasn't sure if this was bad or not.
"It's fine, between the painkillers and how depressed she is, it's expected at this point. It's good for her. She's supposed to be resting anyway. You know what I've been saying about the girls doing something."
Vegeta looked at Jamie, debating on whether or not to sit by her.
"Something else is bothering you?" Bulma asks.
"It's nothing important, and we'll find out… if Jamie recovers," he stood next to Cade. Bulma wasn't sure what Vegeta could be thinking about, but she brushed it off.
Vegeta stayed for twenty minutes before deciding he had to go back.
"How bad do you think J.R. will be?" Cade asks.
"Very." Bulma sighed.

"I didn't think you'd be that fast."
"I'm taking J.R. when she goes to sleep. We already know it's likely she'll be waking up in the middle of the night."
"I think she will have a hard time getting to sleep, might even try not to sleep," Hound sighed.
"I can't take her out of here. She'll refuse to and if Jayce hears her, damn it."
"Wait until they're both asleep. So...should I even ask?"
Vegeta frowned, "It's not looking good. I had to leave."
Forty-five minutes pass before J.R. tries to go to sleep. As Hound expected, she had a hard time falling asleep. She falls asleep a half-hour later.
"Maybe this is when not having as close a relationship is a good thing," Hound says.
"I think she knows you go to see Jamie. Crosshairs and Drift haven't. You know what both girls are thinking."
"I can't believe how rapidly they went from thinking Jamie will recover to she will die. J.R. had a theory Jayce thought was possible. Jayce left soon afterward. J.R. got more stressed being left to care for Jamie alone. Though Bulma taking over didn't help them. You know the rest. I tried to get Crosshairs and Drift to be with Jamie more, but they ended up anxious about the girls. They saw Jamie while Jayce and J.R. have been here, but not for long."
Vegeta listened, hating what he was hearing and thinking about the crap everyone went through from the moment they got Jamie away from Jadin. Saying nothing, Vegeta left the room. Hound could easily guess he was going back to see Jamie and wasn't bothered by it, nor did he find it strange that Vegeta was just with her less than an hour ago but wanted to see her again.

Bulma said nothing when Vegeta walked into the building, which concerned him a little, but he just walked by her and stood next to Cade by Jamie.
"Back already," Cade says.
"I know I should be with Hound-." Vegeta started, thinking he needed to explain why he's back already.
"I know. I don't dare leave Jamie for long. Though there's not much we can do to help Jayce and J.R., I should see them more. They need all of us to help them get through this," he sighed, "Hound knows you're worried about Jamie but will be back to help him."
"J.R. went to sleep ten minutes ago. I have a little time before either of them wake up." Bumblebee walks in five minutes later and stands on the other side of Cade. Bulma watched the three of them, hating how she still couldn't tell them any good news about Jamie.
Vegeta and Cade both insisted Bulma go to bed. Both worried she was too worried about Jamie to go to bed. They didn't blame her either. Bulma said she'd be done soon. Cade and Vegeta walked out of the building. Bumblebee's stayed with Jamie though he knew Bulma would assume he was staying to make sure she went to bed.
"You expect me to think you spend most of your time awake with Jamie, but go to bed, no problem?" Vegeta says once he's sure Bulma can't hear them.
"I don't; I'm worried about Jamie. I'd rather be right there with her and Bulma, but I don't think Bulma would like that."
"If Jamie is a high risk of flatlining, she should understand. I better go back to help Hound."
Cade just walked back to his trailer. Vegeta didn't stop him as much as he felt Cade should talk to Bulma. He just had Bulma open a portal for him.

"You could have stayed longer," Hound says as Vegeta walks in.
"No, sure Jayce will be asleep a little longer, we're hoping the whole night, but I don't think J.R. will be. If she wakes up, I'm getting her out of the room."
Hound agrees, knowing how upset J.R. could be. He got a syringe and gave it to Vegeta. They both wanted to help the girls without resorting to injection sedation but knew when they had to.

"Damn it. I had a feeling that would happen. That's not good if this will be every night until they get back." Hound fretted.
"Even then, she still could have them and Jayce. The longer this shit happens, the more upset and afraid they become," Vegeta looked at both girls who were still asleep.
"You can go see Jamie. These two seem to wake up calm but depressed."
"For how long? I think it's likely J.R. will try to run off and go to Jamie's dimension."
"I'm thinking the same. Maybe not right when she wakes up, but I wouldn't be surprised if she tries the longer they're not here. I think we should leave Crosshairs and Drift alone, but these two need them."
Vegeta waited until Jayce and J R. were awake and drank a bottle of the nutrition drink Bulma made before deciding he could see Jamie.

"I'm surprised you didn't come back sooner," Bulma comments as Vegeta walks into the building.
"I had to make sure the girls are fine for now. I know they could be a problem anytime, but Hound thinks they'll be fine for now."
"How bad was last night?" Cade asks. As Vegeta expected, he was sitting by Jamie.
"As we expected, Jayce woke up at eleven-thirty, but Hound took care of her. She was uncomfortable, so Hound could get her to take painkillers and lie down, she eventually went back to sleep."
"At least she's easy, for now," Bulma says.
"I figured she was like J.R. until she got injured."
"How bad was J.R.?" Cade asks.
Vegeta sighed, "she started talking in her sleep."
"She's been doing that a lot, damn it. Jayce did once. It's a way to figure out what they're dreaming about and why they're scared." Bulma says.
"I think this time she's scared Crosshairs and Drift won't come back. I was trying to figure out if Jamie was part of the nightmare because she can't sense Jamie's energy. I couldn't get her to calm down before she ended up with a seizure. You know how she is afterward, I didn't have to drug her."
"Damn it. It's not good that we have to use drugs every night but not as bad as seizures, even if they are temporary, hopefully."
"Hopefully?" Vegeta asked, worried.
"I know why they're both getting these seizures, but I don't know if they'll stop if Jamie recovers, or all this will affect all three of them for a while afterward."
"Someone has to get Crosshairs and Drift." Cade insists.
"No, they know the girls need them, but if they can't hide how terrified they are, they will not be any help to Jayce and J.R. You've seen how Crosshairs and Drift help them even though it's very little. It's the support they need. You and the Autobots have been lucky not to have watched Jamie go through a severe flare-up. Now they've watched her go through the worst and add that Jadin is the cause."
"I doubt it'll be the only time," Vegeta mumbled to himself. Vegeta stays twenty minutes before deciding to go back to Jayce and J.R.
"You think he will try to find Jadin?"
"Fourteen years ago, I would have said yes, but I know he's too worried about Jamie and maybe worried about Jayce and J R. to go find her. I know he hates the emotional pain Jayce and J.R. are in. Honestly, Jamie is one of the few people he cares about. I'm not sure if he feels the same way about Jayce and J.R. or just hates how Jamie's friends are hurting. Even if he was his old doesn't care about anyone else self; it would be difficult to find Jadin."
'wow' was all Cade could say.

Vegeta goes back to training instead of to the room. He didn't expect J.R. to want to join him a half-hour later. He figured out quickly that she was furious again, and he knew why.
Damn it, and there's nothing any of us can do. I know J.R. hates Crosshairs and Drift are distraught, hating they had to leave and still furious about Jadin's return and what she did. He got her to stop training an hour later. She was still angry.
"It's ok. Crosshairs and Drift will be back."
Vegeta knew not to say anything about Jamie. Like everyone else, he would like to tell Jayce and J.R. that Jamie will be ok. He took her back to the room after she cleaned up.

"I think J.R. is getting close to attempting to go to Jamie's dimension. She's angry along with distraught," Vegeta whispered to Hound.
"Damn it. They better come back soon. I'm not having Bulma sedate them until those two get back, and I doubt she'd want to either."
They watched J.R. lay in bed and use the tablet. Jayce laid in bed, facing the wall.
"I'm going back for a while."
Hound knew how upset Jayce and J.R. are bothered him and worried the Autobots could lose Jamie.

Vegeta told Bulma about how J.R. has been the past couple of hours.
"Shit. I didn't want to disturb them, but we might have to. Let me try sending a message. I know Crosshairs sent Drift a message two days ago, but I figured there was no response because Drift was in recharge. Hopefully, one of them isn't."
Bulma sent a message, but there was no response.
"All right, time to plan for if J.R. tries to run off to Jamie's dimension. I don't think Jayce will. Go ahead, sit by Jamie for a while. I'll go back with you so the three of us can try to make a plan." Vegeta sat by Jamie, and Bulma went back to work on her laptop. Cade walks in five minutes later. Bulma tells him what Vegeta told him.
"Great, I didn't think either of them would even try to run off to Jamie's dimension."
"It's possible they won't, but you know how those two have been. It's better to plan. It will be simple."
Cade didn't ask what she thought the plan should be. He just stood by Vegeta until Vegeta went back to the girls, and Hound forty-five minutes later, Bulma went with him.

"I can not stop them once they are in the portal, you know that Bulma," Hound says after Bulma tells him her idea of a plan.
"I'll go after them and get them to come back if Crosshairs and Drift are still in recharge. If we're not back in ten minutes, Hound, get your Cybertron form and join us. Hopefully, not to help me get the girls to come back. If it's just J.R., then stay here with Jayce."
Bulma and Hound agreed with the plan. Bulma wanted to check on girls before returning to Cade's dimension even though she knew they might ask about Jamie, Crosshairs, or Drift. Neither of them said anything. Bulma wasn't sure if she should like how they said nothing or not.

"There's a plan in place, and I think at least J.R. will try to go to Jamie's dimension," Bulma informed Cade.
"Great, how much worse can..." he trailed off.
Bulma said nothing.
Duh, this can get worse. Cade thought, looking at Jamie.

As Hound and Vegeta expected, Jayce and J.R. were quiet for the afternoon. They assumed Jayce had been asleep for the past five hours.
"How strong are those painkillers if she sleeps most of the day and night?" Hound wondered.
"Bulma knows how often Jayce sleeps. It's good for her. Might also be the depression adding to how she just wants to sleep. It's possible to even J.R. sleeps most of the day," Vegeta sighed.
"They're fine for now, go see Jamie."
Hound agreed and left the room.

Hound found Bulma and Cade standing by Jamie. He knew they were watching Jamie closely but worried she was showing signs of getting worse. He stayed out of the way.
Come on, Jamie. Please don't flatline on us again.
Bumblebee, using his holoform, comes in five minutes later and stands next to Hound.
"I don't know what's going on, Bee, but they've both been standing by her for at least five minutes, that worries me," Hound whispers.
They just watched, hoping either Bulma or Cade would tell them what's going on though they had a feeling they knew what was going on.

"Crosshairs?" Drift tries to wake Crosshairs. Crosshairs wakes up and sits on the edge of the bed. Drift sits next to him, "how long have you been here?"
"Two days. Wasn't my plan to slip into recharge right away. Have you been in recharge since you came here five days ago?"
"No, only a day before you came."
"Did you think you could stay in recharge until this was over?"
"No way we can stay in recharge for weeks. I know Jayce and J.R. need us-. "
"I know it wasn't easy to leave Jayce and J.R.," Crosshairs sighed, "all three girls aren't doing good, I debated leaving, but both Hound and Vegeta insisted I take a break."
"I'm amazed you left knowing Vegeta would be near then."
"He hates how bad this has effected Jayce and J.R. He's seen how Bad Jamie is. Besides, I think even if Hound had to take care of Jayce and J.R. himself, he would."

Drift waited five minutes before asking how the girls were before Crosshairs left. Crosshairs told Drift how bad Jayce and J.R. have been since Drift left and how he saw Jamie before coming here. He knew Drift hated hearing it. Crosshairs left out how Bulma was considering letting Jamie go.
"Damn it. Even with you being there. How much more distraught are they with both of us not there?"
"I know, but they wouldn't like seeing us upset. We needed the recharge anyway as much as I didn't want to leave, and I know you didn't want to leave either."
"Damn it," Drift says as he picks up the picture off the floor. Neither of them said anything for fifteen minutes.
"Come on," Drift says as he gets up and puts the picture on the bed, "let's go see Jamie."
"You sure?"
"Not really," Drift sighed. Crosshairs knew Drift wanted to see Jamie but was afraid to see how bad she was doing. Crosshairs felt the same way.
"All right, let's go," Crosshairs says. Drift opens a portal; they deactivate their holoforms and walk through the portal. They walked right to the building when they got to Cade's dimension.

"No." Drift cries.
Fuck not again. Come on, Jamie. Don't give up on her, Bulma.
They watch for thirty seconds before Crosshairs tells Drift they should leave. He had to push Drift to get him to move as Drift focused on Jamie.
No, no, no. Don't leave me, Jamie.
Bumblebee catches them walk away. He gets Hound's attention, and both watch as Crosshairs and Drift walk into the portal. "Fuck. Terrible timing. Come on, Jamie."
Both Bumblebee and Hound watch, hoping Cade and Bulma are successful.
Crosshairs and Drift sat quietly. Both hoping Bulma and Cade could revive Jamie, worried they'd be unsuccessful. Crosshairs also worried Bulma would give up on Jamie even if she was resuscitated.