"Talking"
"Comm"
Thinking
Data-Burst
Wheeljack was on his berth, staring at the ceiling... I'm an inventor, and yet I can't even invent anothing that fragging works... What's wrong with me? He mentally snapped at himself. Trying desperately to figure out what went wrong... This time.
He continued to stare at the ceiling when suddenly he heard a knock at the door. "Who is it?" he asked.
"Ratchet and Optimus. Wheelajck we need to talk" Ratchet answered. Hoping they wouldn't have to order him.
"Ratchet, please. Just leave me alone... Please" Wheeljack said, through qiuet sobs.
"We're not leaving Wheeljack... Not until you tell us wants wrong, so please let us in... And we can sort this out" Optimus stated, in a calm voice.
Wheeljack turned over, his back to the door, and thought. Should I? His answer came soon enough when there was anothing knock on the door. "Wheeljack... Please, we can help you. But you have to let us in" Ratchet stated, in the calmest voice he had. Not many people ever saw Ratchets calm, gentle side. But Wheeljack was one of the lucky ones.
Wheeljack turned over to face the door, data-burst the code to open the door. The door swung open to admit the commanding officer, and the medic. Ratchet and Optimus entered as Wheeljack sat up on he berth. "Thank Wheeljack" Optimus said, as he and Ratchet sat on the chairs.
Wheeljack looked like he had been crying. This made both Optimus and ratchet worried, the inventor very rarely ever shed a tear. It wasn't like him to cry. "What's wrong Wheeljack?" Ratchet asked.
"What makes you think anothing is wrong?" Wheeljack said, getting off the berth to walk over to the energon despencer.
"Wheeljack, ever since I had you in the med bay, you've been upset about something... And we're not leaving until you tell us want it is" Ratchet stated, turning to watch Wheeljack pour three cups of energon.
He gave Ratchet and Optimus a cup each, then went back over to the berth and sat down. "It's nothing. I... It's just I spent so much time on that invention only to have it blow up" Wheeljack lied, looking away, so that Optimus and ratchet couldn't see the tears fall.
Ratchet got up and sat next to Wheeljack on the berth... "Wheeljack. You know, you can tell us anothing" he said, putting his arm around Wheeljack.
"I know" he said.
"Then please Wheeljack. Tell us what's wrong" Optimus said kinkly.
Wheeljack wiped the tears away, then faced his leader. "I told you what's wrong. I'm fine, now please leave" he said sharply. But neither Optimus nor Ratchet made any move to do so.
"Wheeljack I've been around my men long enough to know when they're lying. So you can either tell us what's on your prcessors... Or I can order to tell us. And I really don't want to do that" Optimus said, leaning forward in his chair.
Wheeljack knew he couldn't get out of this... He took a deep breath, and explained what was wrong. "I can't do anything right" he sniffed.
"How do you figure that?" Ratchet asked, pulling Wheeljack closer.
"Well... All my inventions and experiments end up the same way. Either not exploding or just plain not working... I can't figure out where I go wrong, I just... I don't know what to do" Wheeljack explained, through quiet sobs.
Ratchet and Optimus shared a worried glance. Before looking back to the inventor. "Wheeljack, you just need to find... As the humans put it, 'your calling card'. You need to give it time, you can't give up... Look there are things that you've done on this base, that no one else could... Maybe you need a break... Take the next week off... No inventing, no going near your lab and definately no working. Understand?" Optimus asked. Wheeljack looked over to his leader, seeing a soft smile on his face.
He smiled and nodded. "Yes sir" he said.
"Good, now get some rest" Optimus stated.
Ratchet looked at the inventor, and gave him an order he couldn't refuse. "Wheeljack, under medical order. You're on bed rest until 0900 tomorrow. Got it?" Ratchet said.
Wheljack nodded. "Yes sir" he said, lying down on his berth.
"Good, get some recharge. I'll be checking on you every couples of hours. So don't think you can fool me" Ratchet said, as he and Optimus left, leaving Wheeljack to recharge on his own.