Chapter 27| hallucinations

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"How are you feeling?"

I turned my head to look at Mirage. "I am fine, why do you ask?" I muttered. "Because you are acting strange lately," he said. "It's nothing, Mirage... just a little bit stressed," I said. "Why? I am helping you," he said. "Mearing is stressing me out... she's working on my nerves," I muttered, not a complete lie. Dino studied me, not quite sure if he had to believe me or not. "Anyways...  I am really busy, so if you excuse me," I said, passing him.

((Dino's P.O.V))
She passed me without saying anything else. She's acting so weird lately as if she wasn't there with her mind. My worry only started to grow in the next few days. She started to have panic attacks, I had to sit her down and tell her stern to calm down and breath, why she had them? no clue. Her panic attacks only seemed to worsen, she had them more often and more serious. I had scanned her once during an attack, her spark was beating uncontrollably, I seriously feared she would have an heart attack or something.
She told me she's fine and that it's just Mearing but I don't believe her anymore. I walked over to the medbay, I don't know what she was doing right now. I told her to take a day off. "Ratchet, we need to talk," I said, closing the door. "About what?" he asked, turning around. "Cat's mental health... she has serious panic attacks, for no reason... is there a possible way she is hallucinating? She's denying it and got mad at me for asking, but I am almost completely sure," I said.

"Has she slept? Humans go insane if they don't sleep... some of them even commit suicide," he said. "I fear not... She's up early and stops late with work, I even doubt she's even sleeping at night, maybe an hour. I don't know, maybe she's not sleeping at all, but whatever causes her to be this way only seems to get worse and I am worried. I seriously feared her heart would stop beating or she would have a heart attack. She had a panic attack and she panicked over her panic attack... I was barely able to calm her down. I can't help her if I don't know where this is coming from... what the source is. She's all rambling out about not knowing the answer.... she thought I was going to beat her up... why would she be afraid of me, I have never beat her before. I can't hurt her... what am I supposed to do? I am running out of ideas," I said.

"I know where that's coming from actually..."

I snapped my head towards Ratchet. "Her brother... as you know abusive has seriously injured her when she didn't know the answer or wasn't able to solve a case. She's so afraid it even affects her now... she probably has nightmares about her memories she has locked away for so long. "So, what should we do?" I asked. "There's a limit about what I can do, Mirage... but we need to make sure she sleeps," He stated. "What do you mean? You can not help her?" I asked. "No, I can't... it's a mental illness... it would help if she talks about it, but she's just afraid I fear," he said.
"I heard something today... I heard some soldier talking about sending Cat to a mental hospital... are they really planning on doing that?" I asked. "You aren't the only one that sees she's going downhills, she's mentally sick, Mirage. They have asked my opinion..." he said. "What did you say?" I asked. Ratchet was quiet for a moment "I have confirmed what their thoughts, I can't lie... they're not stupid, it's a process," he said. "They can' t sent her away, you know that. I need more time... I need to get to her core... Ratchet, you need to give me more time. I need more time," I said.

"You might don't have time, Mirage!"

"She's scared... everything is based on fear! You just confirmed that! Have you told them it's based on fear?" I asked. "The Decepticons and bad people are after her... she's won't survive it... what if she dies for real this time?" I asked. "She's a hybrid, she's immortal," Ratchet said harshly. "It's not my decision to make, I don't want this either... but I have nothing to say. It's the human government, it's not Prime that decides eventually. I am sorry but I can't help you with this, Mirage."
"Take her to the medbay, some sleep will do her good," he said. "I am not going to drug her again," I sulked. "You don't have to, I will do it personally this time," he sulked. I sighed and left, a horrible feeling spread through my body, making me feel sick. I needed Cat, they can't just lock her up like an animal.

I found her in the office "Cat... Ratchet wants to talk to you," I said. "Why?" she snapped, not even looking at me. "I don't know... he said it was important," I sulked. She got up with a groan, passing me. I decided not say anything over the mental hospital.
"What is it about, Ratchet?" She snapped as she walked in. The medic turned around, studying her. "You look tired..." he mentioned. "Just get straight to the point," she grumbled. "You will stay here, for observation," he said. "What?! Why! I am not injured!" she snarled.

"Take her weapons, Mirage," he ordered me. I looked down at her, seeing the fury in her blue eyes. "Don't make this harder and just give me your weapons," I whispered. "You set me up again!" She snapped. "no! I didn't! Why would I!" I exclaimed. "Enough! Hand him your weapons right now!" Ratchet shouted. I saw her flinch, never seen that before. "I am not going to argue with you," he hissed. I sucked in a breath as she handed me her weapons, still with a deadly glare on her face. "I have work to do!" she snarled. "Mirage is able to handle it!" he snapped.

"Lay down!" he ordered her. "What if I don't?" she snapped. Ratchet turned around, walking over to the counter. "Just lay down!" he snapped. She refused and I stepped back a little. Ratchet turned around, pointing a gun at her. "Oh! So now you're gonna shoot me~" she cut off as a dart hit her. I grabbed her as she collapsed, guiding her on the floor. I looked into her eyes, seeing fear, sadness and grief mixed in her ocean blue eyes. She was indeed scared and it made me feel bad.
She closed her eyes and was out. I picked her up and laid her down on a medical bed, covering her up. "Sleep well, temper," I whispered, pressing a kiss on her forehead before resting my head against her, softly thumbing her cheek. "Humans ruined her..." I muttered as I turned towards Ratchet. "They ruined her..." I snapped before walking off.

The next day I returned to the medbay. I hopped Cat had a nightmare less night. I expected her to yell at Ratchet for keeping her in the medbay or to see her stand there and scowling at me, but she wasn't there. Did she escape? I frowned while walking over to Ratchet in the other room. "Where is Cat? Did you dismiss her?" I asked. He perked his head up "They took her... there was nothing I could do..." he said. "What do you mean they took her?" I snapped, storming over to him. "Mearing  decided... they sent her to a mental hospital, Mirage."

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