When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 13

Azura looked at Fowler thoughtfully and smiled, feeling happy that she would have somewhere to sleep. "I guess...I will take it." She looked into the building for a moment. "Let me grab my other bag and I'll go with you. But if I see that we are leaving Jasper when I get in the car, I will make a fuss."

"Understood." Fowler smiled as Azura ran into the house to grab her bag. "Just know that I will drop in from time to time. But Cliff won't be able to as often as me without drawing attention."

Azura was a bit sad by that, but she understood. She walked back out and walked towards the dodge. "That's fine...I don't want to get Cliff in trouble. I am sure Optimus would want you to bring me back when I'm found."

"That was the exact order I was given," Cliffjumper confirmed as Azura got into the passenger side and Fowler got into the driver side. He started the engine and drove away. "I must say, I am curious about how you got out. I searched the base thoroughly and did not find anything that would indicate that you could get out."

Azura smiled slightly. "You probably couldn't find it because you're too big."

"Right, right..." Cliffjumper chuckled lightly at her response. "And to be honest, I really am sorry about all of this, Azura. You never deserved this at all. You deserved to know much sooner."

"I am also still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I'm Cybertronian," Azura said as she stared out of the window. "I look and feel like human...but it would explain why I haven't gone through the normal puberty stuff, like periods and such."

"And what is that?"

Fowler and Azura glance at each other with wide eyes when Cliff asked what she meant by periods. "It would be best if you did not know, soldier," Fowler said with a smile. ""He glanced at Azura as she chuckled lightly. "I think Ratchet explained it to me that it was due to the power of the Matrix in your system or something that has allowed you to appear, eat and live as a human."

"He said that...but..." Azura looked at her skin with a frown. "Does that mean my flesh is actually metal? Or is it actually flesh and muscle? Are my organs even organic?"

"Well, I can kind of answer that for you," Cliffjumper responded gently as he listened to her questions. "When we are born, we don't have the protective covers that you see us with at birth. We are given them sometime after our birth and grow with them. Our protoforms are a lot more fragile, and need protection. Your skeleton will likely be your protoform as it will be made of metal. Some of our organs within our system are soft and flesh-like, but are made of a unique metal that is only found in Cybertronians. Your flesh would be made up of that same substance. It may look, feel and respond like human flesh, but it is not exactly the same. If that makes any sense."

Azura was not sure if she would be able to answer that, so she did not. "What about transforming? Would I be able to do that?"

"I really don't know...if you can, it wouldn't be a vehicle mode. You likely have a t-cog in you, which is the system that even allows us to scan and transform into vehicles." Cliffjumper paused to the think for a moment. "The only think I can think of would be the Matrix giving you the ability to maybe scan something that is no necessarily a vehicle, but maybe something else. Like a special creature, I don't know. That's speculation though."

"That makes sense. She doesn't look like she would even be able to transform into a vehicle." Fowler looked at Azura as she turned her head to look outside. "Don't worry, Azura. I am sure you'll figure things out."

Azura just shrugged and nodded as she stared outside. She thought about a few more things before looking at the dash. "I overheard Ratchet mention something about low grade energon. Is that something that I really need to have?"