When All Lights Go Out I (TFP)

Chapter 85

Jack, Miko and Raf rush over to a nearby rock to hide behind, though Jack peered back around as he saw that Azura was now facing Skyquake. He widened his eyes as he was immediately concerned by this. After all, Azura was still a lot smaller and weaker than the zombie con. He glanced at the fire on the ground and saw it was already going out. There was no fuel on the ground for it to keep spreading, which was a good thing, but there were bigger issues than that now. And Jack clenched his hands as he was not sure of what to do. Azura was a danger to them and herself at the moment.

"Azura, get away from that thing!" Jack shouted, making Miko shriek and try to pull Jack back. "Stop it, Miko!" He glared at the girl who was looking at him fearfully. "I know Azura launched a breath of fire at us just before, but this dimension is obviously causing her system to react badly, and it is like something else is controlling her. I'm not sure if it's just self defence or not, but her optics are still white." He looked back at Azura and saw Azura blast plasma at Skyquake, hitting the right shoulder successfully. "I can't just stand here and watch!"

Jack ran back at around and Miko watched in horror. "Jack, wait! She could kill you!" Miko shivered a little as she noticed the drop in temperature. "Brrr, and I don't know if it is just me, but it is starting to get kind of cold here. And...is that the sound of wind whistling?"

"I am noticing that too." Raf stepped to the side to watch Jack rush over to Azura. "And I have long sleeves on, and I am still noticing the temperature change." He frowned for a moment before gasping. "Oh no...Azura can control the weather...and while this dimension may not have any actual weather patterns, she could create some kind of weather phenomenon."

"Like...a snowstorm?" Miko asked and Rafael nodded. The girl groaned and looked back at Jack. "Just what we need."

Jack could not hear what the two were talking about at this time, as he was focused on Azura. Yes, she just unleashed a wave of fire at them, but she was disoriented, and this dimensional shift clearly caused some kind of negation reaction in her system. Now, whether it was due to her actual system or crystal, that didn't matter anymore. As far as Jack knew, Azura needed to be helped. And she was not fit to face off Skyquake, even if he was slow. But one wrong move, and Skyquake could kill her.

Azura groaned and held her head, shaking it without realizing Skyquake was about to kick her. The plasma blast at his right shoulder damaged the con, but he did not back down. "Azura! Look out!" Azura looked up and saw Jack running at her. She hissed and turned, with her chassis glowing a light blue, before he suddenly tackled her and pushed her out of the way of the zombie con. When she landed hard, she groaned and glared at Jack. "Come on! We got to move!"

Azura felt him grabbing her wrist and pulling her to her feet to follow him. She stumbled as she followed him and blinked, her vision changing slightly as she ran with him. "You...attacked..."

"No, I just saved your life!" Jack stopped and turned to face her for a moment, placing his hands on the sparkling's cheeks. She glared at him and Jack hoped she would listen. "Please listen to me, Azura. We are not a threat to you. I want to help you." She whimpered and looked away, still unsure as she could not understand why he would want to help, when it seemed that they had caused this to happen. "You need to stay with us, or we are all going to get lost here permanently."

Azura blinked and grimaced a little, with her optics flickering between white and blue at this time. "My head...feels weird...I hear what you say, but I..." She turned her head when she heard the growl from the zombie con and she hissed loudly. "I need to..."

Jack pulled her to the boulder to stop her from facing the decepticon. "You can't face him, Azura! Come on!" He managed to drag Azura to the other side of the boulder and turned to face her. "We don't want you to get hurt. Your carrier will not want you to do that. You're still an infant!" Azura stared at him before she turned suddenly. "Don't you..." Jack widened his eyes when she began to heave again, and once again, thickened bile was what she was purging onto the ground.