Summary (and needless author backstory): I started writing this for the TF2007Fun Kink Meme. Then real life decided to become a mess for awhile and the meme has been moved due to the old one reaching the limits for comments. So I decided to rewrite and repost what I've done so far and get the other chapters finished as well since real life has decided to settle down for now.

The prompt was: Appalled at his recklessness Red Alert decides to instruct the young Arielbot Fireflight in safety. Fireflight becomes enamored with Red Alert attempting to do everything he can to lengthen the lessons.
Eventually Fireflight can't wait anymore and attempts to interface with Red Alert.
Updated: Probably every weekend.
Disclaimer: I really don't own anything to do with the Transformers except some action figures.

Fireflight tried to slip through the hallways of the Ark unnoticed. Luckily, everyone seemed to be on shift or in recharge. If he could just make it to the washracks without being seen then everything would be okay and no one, especially his brothers, would be any wiser about his accident. He didn't think it was possible to die of embarrassment, but he didn't want to find out. He also didn't want or need any more jokes about his "shiny thing" obsession. That wasn't even the reason he crashed while on patrol. Not really anyway. "Stupid lightning. Stupid birds. Stupid every thing on this stupid planet," he muttered in an unusually angry manner as he yanked on a particularly wedged in branch in his shoulder.

So, moving quickly and quietly through the halls, he dislodged as much shrubbery as he could while leaving a trail of drying mud. "At least this day couldn't suck anymore," Fireflight muttered right as he passed by the Security Office. As if some fate had heard and accepted that statement as a challenge the door opened and Red Alert call out to him.

Red Alert had been keeping an optic on the wayward Aerielbot through his cameras ever since he caught the tail end of a rather spectacular aviation incident on one of the perimeter feeds. Red still wasn't sure if Fireflight, the geese, or the sudden storm was to blame. Probably a combination of all three, Red decided.

The security director knew something had to be done to rein in the plane's recklessness. These little accidents could go from amusing to tragic quickly. Red also knew it would be up to him to step in and try to make a difference. Silverbolt seemed to have his hands full with the whole aerial squadron and didn't have any extra time or energy to deal with the youngest. Optimus would probably be the only other person who would notice and care enough to step in, but he had even less time than Silverbolt. Wheeljack would care, but wouldn't notice due to his current project taking up a huge amount of his attention and time. Everyone else would just make a crack about the Aerielbot's attention span and go about their day.

Red followed Fireflight on the monitors until the youngster was right outside the security office door. Just as he was slipping by Red triggered the automatic door. "Fireflight, can I speak with you for a moment?"

Fireflight's shoulders slumped as he turned and walked back toward Red Alert's domain. In all his sneaking he had forgotten that the security cameras were always watching even if no one else was. "Yes, Red Alert?" he asked as he automatically straightened up in the presence of the officer and tried his best to pretend he wasn't covered with mud and tree remains. He had no doubt "a moment" meant "a joor" and "talk" meant "lecture."

Red fought the urge to sigh (a habit he had unfortunately picked up from the humans). He had planned on a nice long lecture about safety, situational awareness, and proper behavior for Autobots. However, he hadn't counted on Fireflight looking so... pathetic was a good word the security director decided. Or those big blue optics that could get almost anything out of anyone. The "look" never worked one hundred percent with Red, but it was just enough to have him switch tactics. He woud skip the lecture and get right to the punchline.

"Starting tomorrow, after your shift, you will meet me here. I will be teaching you the basics of safety. I will arrange everything with Silverbolt and Optimus. Any questions?"

It took Fireflight a few moments to process that was the extent of the "lecture". "For how long?" he blurted out and promptly wondered exacty how much of his foot he could fit into his mouth. It wasn't everyday someone outside his team volunteered to spend time with him and he didn't want to seem ungrateful.

"Until I feel you are no longer a danger to the native flora and fauna of this planet, your fellow Autobots, or yourself. You are both a walking and flying disaster so this may take a while. Now go clean up. You will have a very busy day tomorrow," Red stated simply. Jeez, Red, don't sugar coat it or anything, his inner voice chastised him. "Don't worry, Fireflight, you are young but I know you can do this," he quickly added to take the sting out of his assessment. "Now go."

'Flight all but dove for the door in a hurry before Red could change his mind and just lecture him or bring up any more opinions on his abilities. He was oddly excited about the prospect of spending one-on-one time with anyone. And Red was nicer to him than some of the other Autobots.

The security director almost laughed at Fireflight's completely gobsmacked expression as the flyer practically ran to follow his order. His mirth died a quick and hard death when he realized just exactly what he had gotten himself into. These lessons would seriously cut into his alone-just-the-way-he-liked-it time. Turning back to his console he activated a comm link to Silverbolt.

A/N: Spell checker said things were cool, but sometimes we disagree. Also, just a heads up. In this story Red doesn't necessarily have a permenant glitch per se. He's just hyper aware of all that could go wrong and doesn't have the best brain-to-mouth filter when it comes to relating his thoughts. The events of "Auto Berserk" just made his reactions worse. That's not to say that in this story the other Autobots don't believe he is glitchy and sometimes he plays along. Personally, I like to think he does have a glitch, but I wanted to try something different than my other stories that I may clean up and post later. Finally: Please review and if you know a Beta that needs a good home let me know.