Kerri couldn't wait to give the good news. She ran to the open underbelly of ultra Magnus' ship and yelled up to him

"Commander, permission to come aboard? I have good news."

The ramp that she was standing on started to rise up into the vessel. When it stopped she climbed off and made her way to the cockpit, where Magnus was sitting. He turned away from the console and looked down at her.

"Good news would be most welcome right now," he said.

"Well, Optimus and I have convinced Ratchet to let to handle some patrols."

Magnus actually looked surprised. "How did you-"

"Actually, it was Prime. I suggested it, but I don't think he was buying until Optimus stepped in," the woman laughed. "Anyhow, you're free to start tomorrow. We'll keep up the therapy in the meantime."

"She looked up at Magnus and smiled. "You're getting there, Commander. I promise."

Ultra Magnus didn't know what made him ask, but he did. "Would you like to go for a flight?"

Kerri looked at the Commander with shock. Ultra Magnus was inviting her to fly with him! Onboard his ship!

"Really? I, I would love to," she stammered.

Magnus smiled, and Kerri felt herself blush head to toe.

"Good," he grinned at her. He put his servo out and see walked onto his palm. He set her on the console and then commed Ratchet to let him know.

"Be careful," was all Ratchet responded.

"Of course, Doctor."

Magnus powered up his ship and looked down at Kerri. "Any particular destination?"

"Can we head for the mountains?"

"Mountains it is."

The ship lifted off of the ground turned.

"Hold on," said Magnus, as he wrapped his new servo around her protectively. The ship shot off into the night.

Kerri felt like she was in a dream. Here she was being swept away to the destination of her choice but an alien who apparently had more gentleman in him than any human male she had ever come across. And it felt wonderful. Magnus' servo felt like a warm blanket wrapped around her body. Her arms were free, and she was absentmindedly running her hands along the outside of it. The warm metal seemed to vibrate to her touch. In this moment, neither felt the need to speak, but merely gazed out into the nightly expanse before them. For the first time in a long time, she felt happy and safe.

She glanced at Ultra Magnus' face and saw the same thing, and it made her smile.

They were now over the mountains, and flew so low that the belly of his ship seemed like it was going to scrape in the highest peaks.

"I have an idea," he said. "If you climb onto my shoulder you'll be able to see better."

He raised his servo up to his shoulder and she climbed on before spinning around and sitting. Her left hand held onto his turret while she gazed out over the snowy expanse. The night sky was clear, and the mountains were bathed in moonlight. Magnus slowly flew along the ridges while she stared in wonder. Nature, in all of its magnificence, still amazed her.

"Maybe a silly question, but did you have mountains on Cybertron?"

"Metal ones, and not snow-covered. This is…beautiful," Magnus answered.

They flew for hours like that, marveling at the picture laid out beneath, barely speaking. When it was time to return to base, neither failed to show their lack of disappointment. As the ship touched down once again Kerri sighed.

She climbed back into Magnus' palm, and found her face mere inches from his.

"This has been the best evening of my life, Ultra Magnus. Thank you for sharing it with me."

She leaned in and kissed him in the cheek.

The Commander rubbed her cheek and smiled.

"The pleasure was all mine."

Notes: First of all, I want to thank everyone who likes my story, special thanks to fellow Magnus fan Optimus-is-bae for the review. This is my first fanfic and by no means and I'm a writer. I'm just a fan who feels like Ultra Magnus isn't given nearly enough love. The chapters of this story will be short, because that's really all that I have time for. I will, however, throw in a couple of long chapters here and there. Lastly, while this story is rated T, it will definitely get a little steamier. I'm not sure if it will reach an M rating. Truthfully, I'm a grown woman who still giggles at smut, so we'll see. Lol

Thank you all again :)