When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 55

She tensed a little before she nodded. "Yeah...kind of...I can read some words...I can write my own name, for example. And I can also write daddy's name, and Jack and your name in Cybertronian. I haven't practiced anyone else's name yet."

"Names are a good start." Ratchet seemed happy to know that, but he would test her on that very shortly. "There's plenty of time to perfect spelling."

Azura knew that and she was excited and nervous at the same time now. She did not know if she would have to spell out words, but she guessed she would have to. She glanced around curiously as she wondered where Ratchet was leading her. He soon turned left and walk through a door. When she looked inside, she chuckled a little as it was a little bit like a classroom set up. There was a large touch screen with a desk for her to sit at.

But she also noticed other things in the room. They were on a shelf in the room, and they seemed to be things that Ratchet had to help her learn. They could be puzzle, maybe an escape room as it has once been suggested to Ratchet. Whatever they were, Azura didn't quite recognize them. There wasn't many other items in the room, so Ratchet had kept it simple.

"Okay, so there isn't a great lot in here, but I don't want you to get overwhelmed. The first thing I want you to do...Ratchet gestures to the screen and picked up what looked like a touch screen pen. "抖阴社区 out the Cybertronian alphabet for me."

Azura looked at the one as Ratchet held it to her. She grabbed it as she approached the screen. "Um...the English alphabet...do you have that for reference?"

"Nope, not this time. It is better to memorize the letters without falling back onto the human language, Azura." The girl wasn't too happy about it, but she approached the screen and took a deep intake. "Do not rush yourself, take your time and write it out. I won't correct anything for you as you write. Once you finished, I will show you if you have made a mistake, and help you correct it."

Azura nodded as she understood. She was a bit uncertain, but she raised the pen and began to write out the alphabet. She realized that without the English alphabet to help guide her, it was harder to remember the Cybertronian alphabet. So she took a bit longer to remember the letters than she had hoped. But she knew that she could not use the English alphabet as a crutch all the time. There were some letters that she definitely remembered better than others, but now that she had to remember the alphabet without help, it was harder.

Optimus remained in the corner of the room as he watched Azura write out the alphabet. He smiled as he saw she was getting it right for now, but he was intrigued on how well she would remember the alphabet. She has done a good job, but he was aware she still relied on the English alphabet to make sure she was getting Cybertronian right, and he did feel as though she needed to start letting it go. But he wouldn't force her since she was still so very young.

Azura hummed a little as she reached halfway through the alphabet and paused to stare at the screen before she was about to continue when she heard voices outside the room. She recognized Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Jack, Miko and Raf, and she smiled a little, but she saw Ratchet giving her an expression that told her he did not want he to get distracted, so she looked back and she continued writing, though it was hard to not get distracted.

Though the door opened and she turned to see Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee. They did not step through the door as they could see Ratchet's unhappy expression. But Jack and Rafael walk into the room while Miko just took a peak and quickly decided she didn't want to watch. So she walked over to Bulkhead and they walk away to go and do something else. But Jack and Raf were curious about the room as they look around.

"It would have been a lot more polite if you knocked," Ratchet said bluntly, folding his arms as he frowned at the humans and glancing at both Arcee and Bumblebee. "Azura was in the middle of concentration, and you successfully distracted her."