Eclipse onlined to empty air. She lifted her head to see Jazz sitting at the desk, reading over a datapad. He paused and looked over at her.
"I see ya are online finally," he greeted her. The femme gave a small snort before stretching out her wings to their full size. She glanced at her internal clock and groaned. She was supposed to help the now Autobot-Guardians get settled down in a few breems. She sat up then stood, pausing for a moment to let her gyros restabilize. She walked over to her mate and crossed her arms, leaning on his shoulders.
"So, whatcha reading?" she asked him. He glanced upwards and chuckled.
"Nothin' excitin' love. Just reports." There was a knock at the door and the femme straightened up and grabbed her visor, slipping it on. The door slid open to reveal Prowl.
"I would assume you are ready to help assign the new recruits?" he asked her.
"Yeah, yeah. I am. See ya Jazz!" she called, walking out the door. As she followed Prowl down the corridors, the rest of the Autobots greeted her with a call of hello or a wave. She entered the command center to see the eight other Guardians standing near each other, War Blitz at the head. He turned to look at her when she came in and gave a soft smile.
"Hello sister," he said, picking up the human term. She smiled.
"It's good to see you again Blitz. I thought you might be dead." He chuckled.
"Takes more then some Decepticons to get rid of me." They laughed before Eclipse turned to look at the others. There were a total of three femmes and four other mechs. Eclipse mentally recalled what they did and began thinking on where they could be located. With few quarters left in the Ark until new ones could be built, some would have to bunk with another. She could hear Red Alert mumbling about security compromises.
"Well, lets see. I think that two of the femmes, Quick Shot and Dune Rider can share one of the empty quarters. Waterfall could share Hound's quarters if it's all right with him. She likes nature as well," she told Prowl who wrote what she said down, "Blast Off could share with Trail Breaker. Full Spin might do well with Preceptor. If Ironhide would agree then Hellsing would be good with him. Fire Cracker and Bumblebee would get along well. And War Blitz. I hate to say it but he might do fine with Wheeljack." Prowl glanced at her.
"With Wheeljack?" he asked.
"Things don't blow up around him usually and he can easily protect himself if he needs to. Plus they have common interests that wouldn't involve blowing things up." Prowl nodded in resignation before walking away to assign rooms. Eclipse mingled with the other Guardians, answering questions they had.
Firefly onlined, sensing Ratchet next to her. She rolled over to look up at him. The CMO looked down from what he was reading and smiled.
"Recharge well?" he asked, watching her sit up.
"Yeah. What's up for today?" He chuckled.
"The twins decided to pull a prank on Ironhide earlier. He apparently gave them some nice dents for it." Firefly didn't miss the sound in his voice.
"What do you mean apparently? You didn't see them?" His smile grew bigger.
"Well, Jazz did ask me to knock them over the head since they threatened to wake Eclipse. And I really didn't feel like getting up and disturbing you to fix them so…I just let Prowl take them to the brig. It's nothing serious." Firefly stared at him a moment before breaking out into laughter.
"You're evil Ratchet," she cried, leaning against him. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"No, just not willing to disturb my bond-mate." She laughed softly, snuggling against him.
::I love you Ratchet:: she said over the bond.
::Same here:: They reveled in the silence for a moment.
"Ratchet! Bumblebee's did his leg in!" Ironhide called from the medbay. Ratchet groaned in annoyance then tried to stand. Tried being the key word. A piece of his amour had gotten snagged on the horn on Firefly's elbow. In his haste to get up and not hurt her, he over extended and ended up falling backwards, crashing to the floor. Firefly gave a cry of worry as she looked over the edge of the berth. A string of colorful curses erupted from his vocal processors. She sighed in relief.
"At least I know you're all right," she said, shaking her head, "Stay there Ratchet. I'll take care of Bee." The femme medic walked out of their quarters, leaving Ratchet to sound off another string of curses.
A week later, things had returned to normalcy. Or as normal as the Ark could get. Eclipse and Firefly had gotten together one night to simply talk. They were sitting a little bit high up so that no one could sneak up on them. But they mostly sat there for the view of the night sky.
"I think it's kinda sweet that Waterfall has a crush on Hound," Eclipse said, leaning back.
"Yeah. But Hound seems confused on why she stutters so badly. I guess it gets worse when they are both in their quarters."
"At least they have a lot in common. Hound isn't dense. He'll pick it up soon. Just so long as they twins don't to move things along," Eclipse stated, grinning over at Firefly. The medic groaned.
"Let's not bring up that," she exclaimed, putting a hand over her optics.
"They are bound to get themselves in real trouble once they start pranking the Guardians once they get settled in," Firefly mentioned. Eclipse agreed with a nod of her head.
"Now that Centercord's gone, we can finally have a real life. Me with Jazz, you with Ratchet. Hey, maybe even Hound and Waterfall." Firefly smiled.
"It's going to be nice. The war isn't over, but at least we won't have to go through it alone."
"I think that one day we will be able to have a family, don't you 'Fly?" The medic looked at her.
"It would be nice. Jazz would make a great Creator. He cares so much. And I think Ratchet would love to have a sparkling of his own. Though his cursing would be a problem," she laughed. Eclipse chuckled with her before going silent. The two looked up to the stars, watching a falling star fly overhead. Firefly turned and noticed Eclipse crying.
"Hey, you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah. Tears of happiness 'Fly. Tears of a Falling Star."
EH: That's it for Tears of a Falling Star. But there will be a sequel. Not sure when but I will work on it and Ties of Destiny. For all my readers and reviewers, I love you to death. Thanks for you're support. I'll write soon!