@mediwhumpmay 4; pain
@themerrywhumpofmay 4; chess pieces, stubborn
Fandom: Transformers
Rating: E
Warnings: None
It's a hot day in D.C., A day when staying hydrated is important. Lily chooses to drink hot tea as she does every morning and puts her stainless steel water bottle in her bag as she leaves the house.
She and Sunstreaker go to the training room for a little workout. The forty-five-minute workout is enough for anyone to need to drink water, but Lily goes right to the female shower room, and Sunstreaker doesn't think he needs to worry. The two go their separate ways until dinner.
Lily meets her friend, Veronica, at the park, a short walk from the base. The two knew there'd be tables under the shade of a large oak tree.
"Let's see how many chess games we can play before we lose the shade," Veronica comments.
The two get through three games in ninety minutes. It's one-thirty. By now, Lily is dealing with a dry mouth. Veronica doesn't know that she hasn't had any water today. Lily ignores the early signs of dehydration. Not wanting to ruin the short time the two have until they lose the shade.
By the time they start losing shade, Lily's headache is hard to ignore. Veronica decides to head home rather than to the base.
"How strange you're calling me," Sunstreaker says.
"Lily seems off. Like not her usual self off."
Sunstreaker sighs, "I was trying not to worry, but I suspected she hasn't had much water. I'll deal with it."
Sunstreaker finds Lily's water bottle in the mini-fridge in their room.
"Lily," he sighs in frustration.
Sunstreaker: Ratchet, I might be bringing Lily to the medbay for treatment for dehydration.
Sunstreaker goes downstairs to wait.
When Lily reaches the gate, her headache is pounding, and she's dizzy and can't deal with the bright sunlight.
"Ma'am, are you ok?"
"Just open the gate," Lily mumbles.
The two guards know Lily enough to know something is wrong. They let her in.
Sunstreaker watches Lily walk into the building carrying a chessboard. Right away, he sees she's not doing well. Seconds pass before he watches her fall, chess pieces flying everywhere once the box hits the floor and opens.
"Lily!"
Sunstreaker doesn't know a soldier also saw Lily go down and is getting Ratchet. He holds Lily, horrified she's not waking up as the seconds pass.
Even Jolt and Ratchet are concerned that Lily is unconscious. They hate telling Sunstreaker to stay out of the medbay for now.
Lightning walks down one of the hallways, seeing the situation. Rushing to support Sunstreaker. She skips asking what happened and takes her to the conference room by the medbay, knowing Sunstreaker won't want to go far and it'll be private.
"How the frag did she ignore dehydration this long?" Jolt asks, looking at Lily's vitals.
"Um, I know she's in critical condition, but remember Sunstreaker's anxiety issue?" Jasmine asks.
"Go ahead; we're almost done doing all we can to help her," Ratchet tells her.
As Jasmine thought, Sideswipe knows what's happening and struggles to support his brother.
"I don't know if he knows how bad dehydration can get, but he's thinking Lily is dying," Lightning explains, "that's when Sideswipe rushed in. I'd get my brother, Drift, and Jamie, but I don't think more friends around will help him. I'm worried about his anxiety."
Jolt and Ratchet decide to let Sunstreaker see Lily, though her vitals are still not in a good place which will frighten him. Add how she's still unconscious. They are worried it's been thirty minutes.
Sunstreaker hates what he's seeing, that he's only aware of Jolt and Ratchet's tight grip on him until he sits on the chair by the bed. Jolt and Ratchet tell Sunstreaker the infusion will be done in fifteen minutes, which will help Lily's dehydration.
"I should have ensured she was drinking water no matter how annoyed she'd be," Sunstreaker sighs.
"I'm not liking how she didn't drink water," Ratchet adds, "she'll be getting a lecture from me once she's ready to be discharged."
The medics leave the room as Sunstreaker sees Lily's concerning vitals on the monitor.
Sunstreaker is relieved he doesn't have to wait long for Lily to wake up. Lily sees a stay tear roll down his face.
"Do you have any idea how much you scared me?" Sunstreaker asks, failing to sound pissed, "how many times do I tell you that I'm used to this? My life requires acting tough, and you can't act like this. Look what happened. I felt like I was watching you die."
By now, Sunstreaker is crying. Lily feels well enough to sit up and hug him. Sunstreaker hates how this continues to be a problem. Uncertain if he can do anything. Worried one day, Lily will try to hide a serious injury that's not as easy to deal with compared to severe dehydration.
Lily is kept in the medbay overnight and needed two infusions. Ratchet lectures Lily before she and Sunstreaker leave.
The two go to the cafeteria for breakfast. Sunstreaker is terrified to see Lily in the medbay again like yesterday but doesn't want to be strict. Lily can tell Sunstreaker is worried but still gets hot tea.
She brings her water bottle when the two workout, hating how much she terrified Sunstreaker. Knowing there's no easy fix.
