When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 84

Jack and Miko glance at each other with concern, due to the fact they were still not understanding. Rafael was thinking quite deeply about it though, as he began to think outside the box. "Another place, but in the same place."

Jack looked at the younger boy in surprise. "W-W-What do you mean?"

"We're probably in a different dimension. Some kind of alternate reality. And somehow, it's affecting Azura..." Rafael paused as he noticed Azura walking towards them with her hands out. She was walking carefully, but she hunched forward slightly, and she was trying to focus. "She is at least on her feet. But this could be like a shadow zone or something."

Miko rolled her eyes as she thought that was silly. "Nerd alert!"

Jack sighed and turned to Azura. "We are right here, Azura." He reached out to touch her right wrist gently. "You are safe. We are confused like you are, and we trying to figure it out." Azura did not respond at first, but Jack pulled back in surprise when she let out a low grumble, that sounded like a strange growl. That surprised the three children. "Um, I promise you, we won't hurt you."

Azura growled again, her quivering optics lock onto the three children, who were looking back at her fearfully. She glanced up and she could see the shadows of the autobots, but she could not see them. "You promise, but something has happened." She looked back at the children and narrowed her optics at them. "You fear me...s-so...you must have done something." They shake their heads desperately and they were left unsure of what to do now. Azura was disorientated, but she was also feeling threatened, and seemed to think they did something, and yet she did not recognize them. "H-However..." Jack hoped she was seeing sense. "Y-You a-a-are all saying the same thing. Y-You don't know what happened. Different dimensions?" Azura glanced at Raf who took a step back from her. "I don't know what to believe."

"Well...we don't really know either, to be fair." Jack felt that they were in danger of Azura, even though he did not believe she would kill them. "Look...we are just as confused as you. Um...I think it would be best to...stay calm and we can try and work this out. I think that is a reasonable thing to do. Right?" Azura sighed deeply, though she made no indication of whether she agreed with him or not. The three moved away from her and turned to follow the autobots. Jack lowered his voice to speak with Raf and Miko. "We should keep our distance. I am not sure why this is affecting her. It's affecting her whole system, and we should try to keep our distance, and not do or say anything that might make her react badly."

"But...she growled. Like...a dragon." Miko was nervous as she didn't know how Azura could do that. "I thought she couldn't do that. Nor is she supposed to be able to transform. She's still an infant...right?"

"Well, she is related to the dragon, so that could be a reason she can transform sooner than other autobots. Plus, she probably does not need to scan a dragon mode, she probably also has one." Raf glanced ahead at the autobots. "Hopefully, though, we won't need to be worried about that for too long. Ratchet is smart, hopefully he'll figure it out quickly."

The teenagers were all in agreement. They hoped that Ratchet would be able to figure this out, as they could be stuck here forever if not careful. Regardless, they had to also ensure that Azura came out of this unharmed. At least they could not physically harm her, but she could harm them. And with her showing signs of her dragon part, that might not be a good sign. They worried she might actually transform into a dragon very soon, though she also may not.

"Look, Skyquake's tomb is empty." The autobots stop by the tomb, looking into it, which seemed to be empty, though Optimus was not too concerned, even if he commented on it.

"How did we miss Skyquake rising and shining?" Bulkhead questioned in confusion, glancing around to any sign of the con, but there didn't seem to be any.