When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 21

"Proximity sensor!" Bulkhead snapped at the girl. "Quick, hide!"

Jack, Raf and Miko finally realized and ran behind Bulkhead's leg. Azura saw that Miko did not drop her guitar and when she ran behind Bulkhead, the cord stretched out. She hoped that Fowler wouldn't notice, but it was highly possible that he could. She didn't even need to move and simply turned towards the elevator. When the doors open, Fowler walked out with a grumpy expression, while also holding several bags.

"Prime!" He shouted angrily as he walked forward before looking at Azura with a smile. "Don't mind me, Azura. I have retrieved your clothes, food and other items from the unit." He placed the bags down as Azura smiled and walked up to the second-floor platform to retrieve the items. Fowler held out her pink purse that she left behind at the unit. "Make sure you don't lose this again. We don't need to be dealing with money theft too. But I do hope there is a fridge and freezer somewhere, there was a bunch of ice cream left behind."

"There is. I'll just have to take them there." Azura opened the bags to see what was in what. "Thank you, Will. I really, really appreciate it." Azura missed food, even if she was satisfied with low-grade energon. "Ice cream sounds nice at the moment."

Fowler smiled at the girl and walked away. "While you deal with that..." He glanced up and looked around. "Prime! Where are you?" He placed his hands on the railing and glared at Bulkhead.

"Agent Fowler, uh, he's not here," Bulkhead spoke to the man in a slightly nervous, uncertain tone. "Nobody's here...except for myself and Azura, of course." He smiled at the man as the agent frowned.

"Well, where did he go?" Fowler demanded in frustration. "Wait, don't tell me, he's out pancaking a mini mall!" He turned to walk towards the stairs, making Bulkhead move to the side slightly to keep the kids out of sight, but in doing so, Azura saw his foot was pressing against the cord. She put her purse over her shoulder and picked up the bags with clothes, she would deal with her food afterwards. "Now I don't know what language you bots speak on your planet, but Prime promised he would handle the decepticons." Azura glanced down when she heard the sounds of the guitar strings being pulled, likely from Miko trying to keep a hold of her guitar while Bulkhead tried to keep them hidden. Bulkhead seemed to notice, but he tried not to make it obvious. "And blowing a crater in the middle of Nebraska is not what the word handles means in English. So you tell Prime..." Fowler paused as he finally noticed the cord, the speakers and the sound of a guitar. He was confused when he saw the cord and looked at Bulkhead curiously. "Since when are you bots electric?"

Azura tensed a little as she walked towards the stairs quietly, she knew that Fowler would not be happy about this at all. And as they realized they were caught, the three kids walked out from behind Bulkhead's leg. "Hey, how ya doing?" Jack began in a nervous tone.

"Contact with civilians!" Fowler snapped, hitting the railing in frustration with his hand. "Team Prime has really gone off book this time. Wait, don't tell me, you're running a day care center!" He glanced at Azura as she made her way down the stairs. "Or maybe someone ran their mouth while they were at school." She looked at him in surprise. "Maybe that explains why the local school was ransacked last night."

"Woah, woah, woah, this is not on Azura!" Bulkhead said abruptly, disliking that Fowler went to accuse Azura of saying something. "It is a long story, but Azura is not the one responsible for this. You would be wise to hold your tongue unless it is true regarding her."

"Is that so?" Fowler challenged, placing his hands on his hips. "Because that is what it looks like to me."

"We're, interns," Jack said enthusiastically with a nervous smile. "Azura didn't say a thing to us, we just found out about an awesome internship, and here we are."