When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Azura awoke the next day feeling rather happy. What she had experienced in her dream that night was something she definitely was not going to forget. She learned a lot, and she hoped to practice that when Optimus takes her somewhere this weekend. She sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes with a yawn. She didn't know what time it was, but she didn't care. She knew she would get told if she was going to go to school today or not, so she was in no hurry to get up. She looked around and saw that Optimus was not in the room and that was fine. She looked around on her berth for a moment before she stretched out her limbs and stood up, walking over to the stairs to climb down from the berth.

She glanced towards the fish tanks and smiled. She wondered if she could convince Optimus to go to the aquarium today, even though the new tanks are not ready to take fish just yet. She simply wanted to check out the aquarium and maybe put some fish on hold or see what fish can be ordered if the aquarium did not have the species of fish she was after. She would ask him soon as she reached the bottom of the stairs to make her way to the bathroom first to use the toilet.

After that, she grabbed her brush to tidy up her hair and walked over to her closet and thought about wearing a dress today. She hummed softly before grabbing a pink sundress. She smiled at it and got changed into the dress. She stood in front of the mirror and danced as she looked at her reflection, watching the dress move as she danced. She was feeling pretty happy and she braided the sides of her hair and put flower pins into her hair. She felt pretty and she was happy about it. She was happy she did not need makeup on her face, and makeup probably wouldn't be ideal on her skin since it was metal, and not actual flesh...which she was still trying to wrap her head around of course.

She walked away from the mirror to feed the fish and check on the tank itself when Optimus walked into the room. His gaze quickly looked down at Azura and he smiled as he watched Azura feed the fish. "Good morning, Azura. I hope you slept easy."

"I did." She glanced up at him briefly as she gave the fish the food they needed. "I feel well rested." She looked back at the tank as the fish ate the food, and she spotted some algae growth on the glass. She grabbed an algae scrub sponge to clean the algae off the glass inside the tank. "Have you been given news about the school today? And how is Agent Fowler?"

"Bulkhead sent us a message that students can return to the school this morning," Optimus responded as he knelt down. He saw that Azura was wearing the pink dress and she had some lovely pins and brains in her hair. Azura smiled when told school was on today and he didn't want her to think she would miss out. "I will take you to school and pick up when it ends, Azura. But I want you to make sure you are keeping an eye out of any potential decepticon activity. We don't know if the decepticons will even come back during the day, but they were brazen enough to break into the school already. As for Special Agent Fowler, he is still unconscious, but he is recovering."

"I will be careful, Optimus. I will watch the others too." Azura didn't look at him as she responded. She was happy to hear that Fowler seemed to be recovering. "I do know that it is still a risk that Jack could be targeted even if he chose to leave." She still felt sad that Jack had chosen to leave. She understood that he was just afraid, and she didn't blame him. "I kind of wish I could walk away from the danger too."

"I wish for that for you too, Azura," Optimus said to her gently as he watched her finish cleaning the algae off the glass of her tank. "But this war is far from over. Ratchet is still studying the specs that Miko provided to us at this time. He's been at it all night."

Azura looked up at Optimus in surprise as she grabbed a syringe and filled it with a chemical to detoxify any ammonia the might have been released from the algae scrub. "I would have thought he would want to recharge after what you been through."