Jolt discovers Jamie is having an anxiety attack in the middle of the night. He gets Ratchet to help him calm Jamie down.
Jolt POV
I had to go back to N.E.S.T. to take care of a patient. They called me, and I figured I'd let Ratchet sleep all night for once in a long time. I do not know when was the last time he slept all night.
I walk into the house and hear someone hyperventilating. Listening to the sound for a few seconds, I realize who it is. I turn on the lights, which are not pleasant to this person. Jamie sat in the space between the staircase and the wall. I don't have any supplies with me, not even a medical capsule.
I rush up to the room I share with Ratchet and get the box of medical capsules. I've never dealt with Jamie will she's awake; I need Ratchet. I hate to scare him, but I tell him I found Jamie by the stairs on the first level before we rush downstairs.
Ratchet POV
For Jamie, this can mean anxiety or her medical condition. Jolt has had training for her condition. I understand why he wants my help if the problem is an anxiety attack. I'm treating this as an emergency and not stopping to wake up Drift.
I can tell from the stairs; this is an anxiety attack, but why at three in the morning? What led her to come downstairs?
She's dealing with abdominal pain from anxiety. She's sweating, which is different.
I sit on the floor and move Jamie to my lap, sitting her up a little to take her jacket off. Jolt put the oxygen concentrator on her finger and listened to her heart as I tried to help Jamie get her breathing under control.
Jolt POV
I knew she had anxiety attacks, but I hate watching her go through one. I'm glad these don't happen often, yet I worry that's going to change. I don't know why when we don't know what set this off.
Ratchet struggles to help Jamie. It doesn't help that she ends up throwing up. I had a bin ready just in case, but Jamie ends up crying, which is not helping the situation. It's a challenge to listen to her heart and breathing as she's crying. She's hyperventilating and crying at the same time. I debate getting Drift, but it's concerning that Ratchet is struggling.
Things get worse as we watch Jamie slip into a seizure.
Ratchet POV
This is possible, but rare. This has happened to Jamie's friend, Jayce, but her anxiety attack wasn't like this before the seizure.
"She's already frightened," Jolt reminds me, "should I-?"
"No, not until her breathing is under control. I don't know if it will be once she's out of this."
Thirty seconds felt like thirty minutes. I hug Jamie close to me once the convulsing stops. I hate how frightened Jamie is. I don't know if she understands what's going on now, judging by her crying. Her breathing is stable, but neither of us wants to use drugs to get her to stop crying.
I've seen what Crosshairs and Drift do, but this is not working, not even while standing up.
"Let's try a small dose," Jolt suggests.
He gets the syringe ready and cleans the area on Jamie's arm.
"Easy, this is going to help," Jolt assures her before injecting the drug.
Jolt POV
This is a drug, Ratchet, and I created; it works faster than what humans use. Jamie is calm within five minutes and asleep within ten.
I tell Ratchet to stay where he is while I clean up. We're going to find out what triggered this.
We look around Jamie's room for clues once she's in bed. Drift told select Autobots her code to unlock her phone.
"Damn," I sigh, realizing I found a clue.
"Everything she loves to do is causing anxiety," Ratchet says in a sad tone.
Jamie is becoming more complicated and challenging to help. Depression is slowly eating away at the human we know. Everyone asks so often; what can we even do to help her?