One Day At a Time ✔️

Ch. 25 Second Attempt

Sideswipe's P.O.V.
I take Jamie to watch T.V. to give Crosshairs and Drift a break. They put the speaking valve in, but I don't think I'll get her to say something. Everything is fine for an hour until I think to get Jamie juice. I return to the lounge room to find Jamie missing. I can't go to Crosshairs and Drift's room to see if she went back there, but can I assume that's where she went? 

Jamie's P.O.V.
I have to get out of here. I can't let the Autobots take care of me like this forever.
"Stop!" A soldier yells as the two on guard trying to get me. I fly away before either can get me, but the wind in the trach makes it hard to breathe. I land in an alleyway, having a hard time breathing. I sit on the ground, trying to get my breathing under control. So much for getting out of here.

Sideswipe's P.O.V.
"YOU WHAT?!" Drift rages before running out of the room.
"How stupid can you be!?" Crosshairs scolds before running out of the room. I doubt he's going after Drift but telling Prime and Ratchet what happened. I don't think I'll be allowed to help find Jamie. 

"You idiot!" Ironhide scolds, "do you understand how dangerous this is!?"
I don't know what to say. Jamie seems like she wouldn't run off, but she feels guilty about how much more Crosshairs and Drift are taking care of her.
Ironhide tells me to stay in my room.

Three hours pass before Sunstreaker walks into the room, sits on the bed, and sighs. I'm not even going to ask. I can feel his frustration through the bond; they haven't found Jamie. She might do ok with the speaking valve on, but my luck; she's struggling to breathe.

Drift's P.O.V.
Where are you?
I worry as I drive around the city. Several Autobots have a section of the city to search, and I've searched just about every inch of my section. The others tell me they found nothing. Crosshairs meets me by an alleyway.
"The last place to search."
We walk a few feet before finding Jamie's red jacket.

Crosshairs' P.O.V.
"Drift!"
I watch him pass out, holding the jacket. Jamie is still struggling to keep her body tempura up and needs this even if it's the end of August; she wouldn't leave this behind. After moving Drift's head on my lap, I report our findings to Prime.
"Jamie," Drift mumbles.
"We'll find her."
Prime and Ratchet are here in seconds. Ratchet looks over Drift after hearing I didn't catch him when he passed out.
"You two go back to the base," Prime orders us.
"No, I—." Drift tries to argue.
"We'll find her, I promise," Prime says before going to his alt mode. 
Ratchet, Drift, and I go back to base, to the medbay.

Jamie's P.O.V.
I don't know if the cell is freezing or it's because I can't keep myself warm, but I'm freezing. 
"Well, still alive, I see.... for now," Megatron taunts, "I'll make sure my servos kill you."
Damn, I know I'm too weak to fight him.
"You could step on her right now," Starscream suggests.
"Na, I want to torcher her first."
The two walk away.
I'm even struggling to warm myself by firebending.

Mirage's P.O.V.
It will be hard to find Jamie and the cons this time, but I need to find her as soon as possible. Ratchet does the best he can to prepare a backpack of supplies. Glad we use these capsules; I'm carrying a backpack in my pocket. Lennox gave me the last location Starscream was seen.

Jamie's P.O.V.
It's been four hours since Megatron told me his plan. The soldier we've known as Fred stands at the other side of the cell door, with Megatron towering over him.
"Frenzy told me how much the Autobots struggled when you were close to death. I have an idea. Since you are still weak, the human flu should be enough," Megatron explains and walks away.
What is he talking about?
I watch Frenzy walk in with a syringe that has to be 12 ML, used for a few medications, but not the flu shot.
"That's too much," I warn them.
"Ah, so you will die? Perfect," Megatron smiles and walks away.
Frenzy forces me onto the cold floor, and he injects me.
"This isn't part of the plan, but this will help Megatron's plan."
Frenzy kicks me in every area he can before leaving the cell. All I can do is try to get warm and cry.

Mirage's P.O.V.
Twenty-four hours, and I've yet to find Jamie. It's scary thinking about what the cons could be doing to her, and she's still weak. 
I finally catch Starscream and follow him to the cons' hideout. I transform and go invisible. I search for twenty minutes before finding Jamie in a cell. I activate my holoform and get in the cell.
"Jamie?"
I hold her in my arms, feeling she has a high fever and weak breathing.
What did they do to you?
I get her out of the cell and deactivate my holoform.
Once out of the hideout, I use the device Ratchet gave me e and get a reading of Jamie's vitals.
:: Ratchet, I found her. I don't know what they did, but she's very sick and not responding to me.::
:: Scrap, I'm opening a ground bridge.::

The ground bridge opens, and Ironhide rushes out, ready for a fight.
"Go!" He urges.
The cons won't come after us; they believe Jamie won't recover from this.

Ratchet's holoform takes Jamie from my servo and goes into the medbay.
"They didn't attack me," Ironhide says.
"I don't know what they did, but they believe they've won, Ironhide."

Crosshairs' P.O.V.
I don't know how I got Drift to sleep, but I did. The question is, for how long before he has a nightmare?
Ratchet: Mirage found her; she's very sick. The good news is she doesn't need the ventilator.
Crosshairs: I got Drift to sleep, but I don't know how long without nightmares.
Ratchet: you two can come by tomorrow unless I text you otherwise.
Please, Primus, heal her; give us the Jamie we know and love before this shit.