EmeraldMoonGreen, who owns Eclipse, asked for this one. Here you go, Amiga! Enjoy! :)

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A Soft Spark Under That Stern Demeanor

Eclipse pouted when she saw Ultra Magnus working on a data pad in his office. Everyone else was relaxing, but the Wrecker Commander wasn't taking time to relax. "He really needs to take a break," the small femme said to herself. She knew he was stern and strict, but even the best leaders needed to lighten up sometimes and have some fun.

Getting an idea, the femme quickly reverted to her Night Fury form and crouched low on the ground, sneaking into Ultra Magnus' office very quietly and making no sound. Wheeljack had taught her some stealth moves a few days ago and she used them to move undetected.

Ultra Magnus was focused solely on the datapad he was typing on that he didn't even detect the femme beside him until a black blur snatched the datapad away from him. Jumping up, the leader of the Wreckers pulled out his gun, but stopped short at seeing it was only Eclipse and she held the datapad in her jaws. Sighing, he put away his weapon. "Eclipse, bring that datapad back here," he said in a firm, but even voice.

She giggled. "Come and get it!" She said teasingly as she ran out. Ultra Magnus quickly followed her, calling out to her to give back the datapad.

The others were all relaxing when they saw Eclipse run in with a datapad in her mouth and she immediately flapped her wings, taking to the air and giggling. "What are you up to, Eclipse?" Starscream asked, an amused smile on his face.

"Trying to get Ultra Magnus to relax," she said, but the words came out muffled due to her trying to talk around the datapad.

Smokescreen chuckled. "So, you took the datapad he was working on?" He asked and she nodded. "How did you get it from him?"

"Snuck up on him," she said, her words again muffled as she pointed to Wheeljack. "Stealth."

Wheeljack's optics widened before he laughed heartily. "You must have been practicing those stealth maneuvers all day yesterday to be able to sneak up on Ultra Magnus without him detecting you," he said.

"She nearly got away with hiding some of my wrenches before I caught her," Ratchet said, giving Wheeljack a look, but his smile proved that he was proud his daughter had some stealth maneuvers down.

Ultra Magnus appeared and his gaze fell on Eclipse, who squeaked and flew upwards a bit more before flying over his head to escape. He quickly took after her, making the others in the room chuckle in amusement.

Optimus and Prowl were in the Autobot leader's office when Megatron came in with his report. "Things are quiet," he reported.

"Good, and our Energon stores are fully stocked," said Prowl, looking happy.

"Good," said Optimus.

"Come on, Ultra Magnus. Gotta catch me!"

Hearing Eclipse's voice, the three looked at the open door to see the small femme flying by with a datapad in her mouth and Ultra Magnus was trying to catch up to her. Prowl blinked before he chuckled and Megatron and Optimus chuckled. "Looks like she's trying to make him relax," said the former leader of the Decepticons.

"By making him not work on the datapad she has in her mouth," Optimus said, smiling.

"It's good to have a sparkling on base," said Prowl. "Even though she does tend to be mischievous sometimes."

"Oh, you know she just wants to play and she does get us to not work all the time," Megatron said.

Eclipse now ran past again and they decided to see how the chase was going and so went to the main room where everyone else was as they saw the femme come running in, still holding the datapad and Ultra Magnus was gaining on her. Letting out a squeak, she went to run, but then slipped, losing her grip on the datapad and accidently swallowing it. "Oops," she said sheepishly.

"You okay, Eclipse?" Arcee asked.

Before anyone could say anything, Ultra Magnus stormed in and he looked mad. "This is why you shouldn't be messing around with datapads, Eclipse," he said in a scolding voice.

"I'm sorry," she said softly, but the mech had already lost his temper.

"You should also stay out of an office unless given permission to enter," he said, still scolding her.

"Magnus, calm down," Optimus said.

"She was just playing," said Starscream while running a quick scan to see that the datapad was in Eclipse's stomach and had thankfully not gotten lodged in her throat.

"That gives her no excuse," the leader of the Wreckers said firmly.

All the time he was scolding her, he didn't notice the change that came over Eclipse. She hunkered down, looking like she had been kicked and let out a small, pitiful whimper.

Everyone stopped talking when they heard that whimper and turned to look at Eclipse, shock filling them at what they saw. The young femme was curled up on the floor, cowering as her claws tore into the floor, like she was trying to keep herself anchored or to possibly dig a way to escape. Her armor was turning white, which was another shock. "Please, don't hurt me. I'll be a good girl," they heard her mumble pleadingly.

Ratchet immediately went over to his daughter and stroked her back. "Shh, it's alright, sweetspark. Daddy's here," he cooed to her.

Hearing him, she practically jumped up into his arms, shaking a little and tears were in her eyes. He took her to the medbay and as she lay on the berth, she suddenly heaved and spat out the now-ruined datapad. "Yuck," she said, making a face.

Ratchet chuckled. "Well, even I could have told you those wouldn't make a good snack," he said teasingly.

But instead of giggling, he heard Eclipse start whimpering and she began crying and he saw why. Ultra Magnus had stopped by, but now looked uncertain as the young femme cried. Silently, Ultra Magnus left the medbay and Eclipse managed to calm down.

Anytime he walked by the lab for the rest of the day, Eclipse would burst into tears, which made Ultra Magnus begin to feel guilty as he realized he had no doubt caused the small femme to go into another flashback and he reached his office, sighing.

"What have I done?" He asked himself, though he knew what had happened.

He had to make it up to Eclipse somehow, but how could he when she burst into tears every time she saw him?

Will Ultra Magnus make it up to Eclipse? Read on! :)

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