video;

[stubbornandfrustrating]

[The video clicks on and shows nothing but the ceiling of a room for long moments before it rattles and a hand obscures the camera. There's a scrape and a soft groan as Ratchet hauls himself as much into a sitting position as he can manage and finally manages to pick up the communicator and turn the camera towards himself.]

[He looks exhausted, his optics dim and his mouth drawn down. The hand not holding the communicator up is pressed carefully to his windscreen and his ventilations are labored as he wakes up a little more, his optics focusing in the low light of his room. His voice is soft and fuzzy with static when he speaks.]

Hey. What did I miss?




LOCKED to Spinister
I need a status update on Krok. Now, please. I can't get up to go check on him myself.

Comments

[stubbornandfrustrating]

[Ratchet shakes his head.]

It's our fault you felt like you had to do this in the first place, and I know it. The least I can do is try to make sure you're all right and keep people off your back if I can while you try to fix it. It's more than we were able to do.

[triggerhappycopter]

Thank you.

I gotta.

I should go check on Krok now.

[He pauses before getting up, however.

There was... one more thing he needed to come clean about. It was just a debate of whether or not he should tell Ratchet now when the other medic was still wiling to keep quiet until the procedures have been seen through to.

... Yeah, later. Definitely later. He can tell Ratchet about Rodimus' surgery when Krok and Fulcrum were safe. Decepticon trust was a delicate thing and Spinister was still very much a Decepticon.]