Will tried no to show any outward signs of worry, or at least to the fact he could be found out than to the natural worry of wondering what was wrong with him. "So, how am I?" he asked and kept his heart rate down as he knew Ratchet had a lie detector built in.
The yellow-green mech pulled back as he finished scanning over the metal fragments. "My sensors indicate your vitals are all functioning regularly, though Optimus was right about the residual energy of the Allspark in you. It is simply fascinating."
Will straightened up, this was it. This was now the defining moment of what was going to happen; if he was going to be able to trust the Bot's enough to tell them about what he was really becoming. "So what's going to happen to me?"
He knew what was happening, but he needed to know what they thought.
"As…strange as this may sound to you, your body is starting to change from organic compounds to a structure of a Cybertronian. I am unsure of how long this process will last, nor do I know if you may feel any adverse effects." Ratchet explained. "Optimus said you mentioned chest pains?"
"Yeah, it kind of happens when…" Will trailed off, realizing he'd have to come clean right then and there about the whole Allspark thing, and he so wasn't ready for that can of worm to be opened. He was sure they were still going to be trying to wrap their helms about how the Allspark managed to do this in the first place. "It happens sporadically." He decided to finally say. "Is there something wrong?"
"From the readings, your heart is starting to show signs of spark energy and that may be the cause of your pain. Once the spark is fully formed your pain should stop." Ratchet replied. "Though it would be best if I were to monitor this closely."
Will felt himself instinctively step back as his shoulders tensed. Here it goes. "'Monitor closely?'" he repeated with some of the very real fear he was feeling while the rest was acting. "Are you going to lock me up or something like a science experiment?" he hissed wide-eyed.
Ratchet made a strange indignant sputtering sound and Optimus' shoulders twitched to convey his surprise again. "No Will, he does not intend to lock you up," Prime began pacifically, "he merely intend for you to come every day to ensure that there will be no other effects which could prove hazardous to your health."
Will felt his shoulder's lose its tension and he calmed down somewhat. "That's…that's okay I guess." He muttered.
"Where on this planet did you get the idea we'd lock you up?" Ratchet questioned; his vocalizer still indignant.
Will flushed shamefully. "It's what's in the movies, and if the government found out what was happening to me…well…"
"That will not happen, Major Lennox." Optimus said firmly and Will glanced up at him. "We are not your government, and we will not allow for one of our allies to be subjected to such treatment."
Will's eyes widened in awe; he'd had his reservations about how the Autobots were going to be handling this as he knew the reaction from his own government was going to be less than pleasant, but they were taking this remarkably well. Although he couldn't say for sure that all of them would take it well since Bumblebee and Ironhide weren't here at the moment.
His moment of relief was short-lived as reality set in. "But I'm going to have to come clean eventually; it'll only be so long before someone notices the metal, and I can't keep telling everyone that I keep getting hurt." After all, what kind of leader was he if he couldn't even stop himself from getting hurt so often?
Will could almost hear Galloway telling Morshower to replace him for his hazardous workplace 'injuries.' Although he knew the damage if he did come clean would be infinitely more damaging than if he didn't say a word. At least if he didn't say anything he could say that he didn't know and was…scared, but if he did say anything to the rest of N.E.S.T then he stood to lose more than just the trust of his soldiers.
A lot more. Will just hoped the 'Bots could keep their promise if anything ever did come up about experimenting on him.
"This is your decision Major Lennox; we will not speak of it to anyone until you are ready." Optimus said.
"Really?" Will questioned, and if they were going to be this lenient, then fighting back was going to be difficult until they reached something he didn't like. Though the one thing he really wouldn't like would be being locked up by anyone. "Both of you won't say anything?"
Optimus nodded and Ratchet crossed his arms. "As of now, you are my patient Major Lennox, and that implies some discretion."
And just like that, Will felt himself believe that maybe telling them the whole truth wouldn't be so bad. They were letting him decide what to do next about this, and until he could bring himself to fully wrap his head around this whole thing, he found that using the bandage excuse could be used for only a little while longer.
"Okay, while I appreciate you waiting until I was asleep, now what?" Will asked exasperatedly. Seriously, he thought the Allspark was done talking to him.
'The time is drawing near for when my presence will be completely merged with yours.'
Will straightened his back as he looked around at the glowing symbols. "How long? And what exactly does that mean?"
'It means that once I am gone, your transformation will be complete, and you will start to gain my memories more frequently.' The Allspark said softly, Will still not being able to determine if the 'voice' was female or male and decided to just give up trying to figure it out.
It was in his head, so it wasn't like it mattered, right? More important things were taking place currently.
Will though all too clearly recalled the dreams of a strange building he was in and feeling a sense of confinement. If that had been his life, no wonder the Allspark chose a vessel that could move and speak. Though that did bring up another point. "Why me, an organic? You could have chosen any other Autobot."
Amusement radiated through his mind. 'Because I know that if I had chosen one of my creations, then the violence would never have an end in sight. So I chose you, someone who had no knowledge of this war until recently and then still allied with a species that was out of the way.'
Will was wondering whether he should feel insulted or not, but decided he didn't really care since the Allspark proved to be rather clueless about how an earthling might take oh, being told that there about to be forcibly transformed into an alien robot and not have e choice in the matter. The Allspark really was neutral if it was still thinking there was some hope for its creations to get along.
He just wasn't sure if said creations were going to be inclined to listen though.