A/N This is an idea I got when I read the prompt above from Pinterest. Also, this takes place before Cybertron was destroyed. Also, Ricochet belongs to DarkerStars

   It was midnight and a Flare was in peaceful recharge, dreaming of her days as a sparkling and the end of the war. That was until a certain Autobot decided that it was time to get up.

   The deep blue Autobot could feel somebody lightly shaking her.

"Flare!" A mech's voice whisper yelled.

"What?" Flare asked, admittedly a little agitated at being woken up.

"I need your help!" The voice hissed.

Opening her optics, she blinked a bit trying to adjust to get them to adjust.

"What with?" Flare asked, the sooner she got this done the sooner she could go back to recharge.

"Ricochet!" The Autobot who she now recognized as Ironhide said.

All of a sudden Flare was wide awake, "What happened!? Is she hurt? Is she sick?"

"Shhhhh! You're gonna wake the whole base!" Hide exclaimed while at the same time trying to keep his voice down and quickly covered Flare's mouth.

"Sorry," The younger Autobot managed to get out though her voice was considerably muffled by Hide's hand.

The black bot took his hand off of Flare's mouth after he was sure she would keep her voice down.

"Sorry," she whispered, "So what did you need help with exactly?"

"Ricochet, she's crying and I don't know what to do," Hide said and he honestly looked helpless as he said that which would have been comical if Flare hadn't been so tired.

"Go comfort her," Flare said in a deadpan tone.

"How do I do that?" Hide asked with an agitated sigh, "she isn't exactly a newborn that I can rock to sleep."

"Start with hugging her and go from there," she told him.

"With what?" Hide asked and Flare didn't know if it was just his tired brain or what.

   "Good Primus Hide!" Flare exclaimed as she started for Ricochet's room with Hide sheepishly trailing behind her.

Flare entered the sparkling's room to see a little toddler Che on her bed, in a ball and crying.

She sighed.

"Step aside and let the master take care of her business," Flare told Hide as she walked over to Ricochet.

Hide rolled his eyes, "Right Miss Master."

"I'm not the one who woke somebody up at midnight because they didn't know how to get their child to stop crying," Flare shot back.

Hide did not respond since he couldn't really deny and he was too tired to come up with a witty comeback.

The blue bot smiled in triumph as she gently put her hand on Ricochet's shoulder.

"Che?" Flare whispered gently.

The sparkling sniffed and looked up at Flare, "Aunty Flare?"

"Yes honey it's me," she said gently, reaching out her large metal hand and wiping the tears off Che's faceplate.

Ricochet suddenly moved and launched herself into her aunt's arms causing Flare to have a mini heart attack as she got caught the sparkling in her arms. She was very much glad she didn't drop Che, especially with Hide in the room.

"It was horrible!" Little Che sobbed into Flare's chassis.

"What happened Che? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but it would be easier to help you if you told," Flare told the sparkling gently.

   Che nodded but just kept crying. Flare rubbed the sparkling's back until Che eventually fell asleep.

Flare gently put Che on her bed and tucked her in then kissed her forehead. She turned to Hide.

"That's how you do it," She told him.

Hide nodded, "Promise not to tell anybody?"

Flare nodded, "as long as you delete all the pictures you took of Che and I."

"Oh come on Flare!" Hide protested.