Broken ankle...Clicking noise?!

The only sure way to know is talk to your doc. Have him take new xrays that day and have him show you what he is talking about. It may be the plates and screws, it may be bone hitting bone. I have reconstructive heel surgery (sort of, I crushed my heel practically to powder 4 years ago and was told we had to let new bone grow around the old crushed bone because you can't "reconstruct" the heel) Well, the bone grew back oblong and super thick. My new doc got in there shaved my heel down inserted the shavings into another spot to shim my ankle. After healing, my pain shifted from the right side of my ankle to the top of my foot.
As it turns out I still had two screws in there and the plan was to remove those when he straightened out my hammer toes yesterday. The doc said the rigid screws were preventing my bones from flexing which contributed to the pain. Also it can take up to 6 months or more for the swelling to completely go away, which can change how things align and move in your foot.

Experience. message me if you need more info or support. This is a pain in the *** recovering from foot/ankle damage and it may help talking to someone who is also currently going through it.

it is normal you have metal plates and screws it is only them making contact or the bones hitting it is very normal just dont apply too much pressure