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Sorry for the late update. Work and personal problems seem to be getting the better of me.
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Seth laid there in complete silence trying to get some rest as he ignored the bots as they went to do whatever they normally do as they left him alone in medbay to rest. He had tried to drift back to sleep and might have dosed off for a few minutes however his mind was in complete and utter chaos as he struggled to figure out the entire situation of a mess he somehow ended up in. Nothing made any sense and it was honestly driving him practically insane. He was pulled out of his thoughts when something landed on his chest with a very gentle thump. He blinked his eyes and noticed his very familiar looking purple and black color Nintendo 3ds system resting on his chest.
Only reason he reconised it as his was due to the fact it had a bright almost neon crimson red firey desighn of Diablo 3's demon hunter's crest insignia on the cover. It was custom made Nintendo 3ds system that he paid a hell of a lot of money to get made for him let alone having the trade mark of the diablo's 3 character class symbol that was own by Blizzard entertainment put on it. It had been pure hell to go through all that but he somehow managed it. Even though his mother nearly blew a gasket when she saw how much the custom made system had cost her since she had allowed him to use her credit card to have it. Smiling he began playing one of his many games he had stored away on it. Soon he had something to focus on other than his situation and his injuries. He had forced his injured body to sit up straight once more so he could play his game for a while.
How long Seth played his game he had no idea. He was eventually pulled from his thoughts when something icy cold pressed aginst his back making him scream as he jumped in fright causing him to also hiss in pain loudly from how his body had moved from his fright. He turned his head to see Ratchet glaring at him as his finger had pressed against his back without any warning. Ratchet shouldn't have been able to sneak up on me like he did, how the hell can he move so damn quietly when I know for a fact I wasn't that obvious to my surroundings!? Than again i'm so stressed out about my situation I might have been that obvious to my surroundings. Seth angrily thought in his mind besides being a bit embarrassed.
"Don't do that! Are you trying to give me a heart attack, Doc!" Seth snapped at him as he sort of had the feeling that his hair might have been standing on end from how Ratchet just startled him just now.
"You're suppose to be resting, you little gremlin." Ratchet growled at him.
"I am resting." Seth said flatly as he turned off his game and shoved it under his pillow.
"This is not resting this is doing the complete opposite of resting!" Ratchet snarled at him.
"I grew bored! We humans get bored rather quickly, and for the record I have been resting for the most part. I haven't gone exploring the base, haven't tried following you bots around or sneaking off with anyone on a mission or something along those lines!" Seth growled as he pointed out things that Miko was famous for doing.
"Which is a good thing, that your not another Miko. However the fact remains that you nearly died, the energon that is still in your body needs to rest and it can only do that if your resting. The more you're awake right now and moving about the energon in your body is getting agitated which could cause problems for your recovery." Ratchet snapped at him.
"You said you don't know what kind of effects the energon in my body will have on me!" Seth snarled at him as he began letting his temper take over to some degree.
"And I still don't! However i'm going by what I witnessed when you were out cold and from the blood sample I took from you as I ran a few tests on it. You need to rest for a few days without any sleeping medication that i'm strongly tempted to use just so you can get the needed rest that is needed." Ratchet snapped back at him.
"Fine...whatever...so tell me Doc, does Jack, Miko and Raf know about me yet?" Seth asked. Ratchet looked ready to question him how he knew Jack, Miko and Raf however he just let out an annoyed sigh as he remember who he was dealing with.
"No...they most likely will learn about you latter this afternoon when Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead pick up their charges from school. Which is why I want you to get as much rest as you can since Miko is going to be wanting to meet you or worse playing her guitar." Ratchet said looking almost grim at the thought of miko practicing her guitar music.
"How much will they know about me? I mean...I'm from another dimension where I practically know more about them besides you guys than they and you guys know about me." Seth asked softly.
"Optimus, decided that it would be for the best if you were the one to tell them about your situation or at least with what your comfortable in telling them and we would support your decision." Ratchet said as he watched his charge in concern.
"The best would to be honest with them and tell them I'm from another dimension like I told you guys and Agent Fowler. They would find out the truth eventually and would be hurt that we didn't trust them with my situation in the first place." Seth said sighing.
"Very well, but please get some rest you little suicidal gremlin. I don't want you to suddenly drop dead on us, than me trying to hide your corpse from the others." Ratchet said as the corners of seth's mouth twitched upwards.
"Fine whatever you say Dr. Hatchet, besides if I do kick the bucket or drop dead on ya...I'll just come back to annoy you for all eternity besides singing the most annoying songs on earth, till you went nuts." Seth said as he laid back down down.
"How the pit do you know that horrible-" Ratchet growled only to remember who and what he was dealing with. "You know what never mind...just get some rest." He grumbled before he stood back up and turned to leave the room.
"Hey Ratchet, thanks...for everything you have done for me, even if I don't show it...also sorry if I'm only a burden for you. Seems like that's all I ever been to people." Seth said startling Ratchet as he turned to look at his charge only to notice his charge had drifted back to sleep, due to exhaustion which Ratchet wasn't too surprised about. Ratchet walked slowly back to his charge as he bent down as he covered Seth up once more with the blacket in order to keep his charge warm. Ratchet said nothing more as he stood back up and walked out of his medbay only to notice Optimus had been standing there for a while.
"How is he?" Optimus asked as he looked at Ratchet.
"He's sleeping...besides still being a suicidal gremlin, who will most likely be the death of me. How long have you been standing there?" Ratchet asked in annoyance.
"Long enough...and Ratchet, you know what I meant." Optimus said as he watched him.
"I honestly don't know Optimus...he shows sighns of neglect, loneliness, and the depression is rather obvious with him besides that temper of his. However I can tell he has some sort of survior's guilt going on as well. What more do you want me to say, Optimus? I've only known the boy for a few hours." Ratchet said crossing his arms as he stared at his leader. Optimus could tell Sethiroth was emotionally unstable in some ways but didn't think it was this extreme and had hoped to be wrong about his suspicions. However it seemed Ratchet was only confirming his own concerns about the boy. "Why are you making me the boy's guardian when you are much better suited to look after him. Even Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee are much better choices."
"Ratchet, Sethiroth has known you longer than us...he would be better off with someone he is more familiar with." Optimus pointed out.
"Only by a few hours! That human is going to put me in an early grave, the moment he gets the chance Optimus! I'm far too old to be entertaining that suicidal little gremlin, he needs someone younger to watch him."
"Ratchet, I'm not changing my decision. You are better suited to help Sethiroth move on from whatever personal demons he might have lerking inside him especially if he is suffering from some form of Survivor's guilt...or post traumatic stress distress order. He needs you Ratchet, and I believe you need him as well." Optimus said.
"I do not need that suicidal little imp, Optimus." Ratchet growled as he looked ready to pull out his wrench and hit Optimus with it.
"Even so...He does need you Ratchet...even if he wont admite it or even yourself about you needing him." Optimus said as Ratchet looked ready to argue but Optimus contined speaking. "Sethiroth, also reminds me of Megatron before the war started...I just don't want to see the boy following the same path that Megatron has chosen for himself."
"So I'm not the only one who noticed that his personality is almost similar to that of Megatron's." Ratchet said quietly under his breath that went unheared by Optimus as he continued.
"However at the same time Sethiroth, also reminds me a lot of you, old friend. Maybe more so than that of Megatron." Optimus said with a small smile leaving Ratchet shell shocked for a moment before everything hit him at once.
"That gremlin is nothing like me, Optimus!" Ratchet yelled in protest.
"He is more like you than you are willing to admit, Ratchet." Optimus said with small smile before he walked away.
"The suicidal little gremlin is nothing like me, Optimus! He's a suicidal little glitch of gremlin that might be the very spawn of Megatron's for all we know!" Ratchet snarled as he followed Optimus.
"Sethiroth is not that bad, Ratchet." Optimus said.
"You weren't the one who woke up with that little glitch covered in your energon!" Ratchet huffed.
"He's not trying to offline you or any of us, Ratchet." Optimus said with a sigh.
"Just wait Optimus...he's slowly bidding his time to feed us to scraplets or something!" Ratchet growled.
"Ratchet, your over reacting." Optimus said in slight annoyance yet he was more amused by how Sethiroth ahd gotten under Ratchet's skin in such a short amout of time to make Ratchet this worried about the boy.
"I wonder how the kids are going to react to the fact we have another human at the base?" Bumblebee asked in his series of beeps, clicks and whirls just as Optimus reentered the main room of the base with Ratchet following him.
"I bet their going to be excited...though I almost feel kind of bad for Seth. I mean we all know Miko is going to be questioning him like crazy." Bulkhead pointed out.
"Optimus...do you want us to tell the kids about Seth's situation?" Arcee asked him as she turned to face their leader.
"I strongly believe that it's up to Sethiroth to decide how much he wants revealed to them." Optimus said.
"So when do we ask him?" Bulkhead asked.
"Don't any of you go bothering my paitent, when he finally drifted of to sleep! That suicidal gremlin said, it's better to tell them the truth than leave them in the dark." Ratchet snarled.
"Makes sense...not to keep the kids in dark on this." Arcee said. "However is it really wise to tell them Sethiroth's entire situation? When we don't even know that much about what's going or anything about Sethiroth when he clearly knows everything about us?"
"That may be true Arcee, our young guest holds many secrets that we do not yet understand or know of yet. We have to wait till Sethiroth is ready to reveal those secrets and give him our support. We will allow Sethiroth to tell them what he wishes to reveal to all of us. " Optimus said softly.
"By the way...how is Seth doing?" Bumblebee asked in concern glancing towards medbay.
"He's going to be the death of me...that's how he is." Ratchet growled in irritation as he walked over to the ground bridge controls.
"He is fine, Bulkhead. Sethiroth just needs to rest and to take it easy. We need to make sure the children do not disturb him too much." Optimus said calmly as he glanced at Ratchet.
To Be Continued...