All right everybody, I'm back with a different type of story. Thought I take a break from my Titans story and move on to other shows. This time, I'm focusing on the show Transformers Animated (Which came from the people who did Teen Titans) and the character I think was being looked down on is Sari Sumdac. Now I know most of you might be upset about this, but Sari is by far the most interesting character in the show. And the moment she upgraded herself and turned her to a teenage Autobot warrior, I knew she was going to make a valuable asset to the team, since she never do much with them in the past two seasons except hanging out and searching for All Spark fragments. But between Transwarped and Human Error, she was absent throughout most of the season. I kind of find that strange why they did that and character of teenage Sari had shown up less in the third season. So I was thinking, what Sari did during her absence? That decision led to a story, this story. Here, I'm going to talk about Sari and what she was doing after Transwarped and before Human Error. Watch her as she goes through booth teenage life and learning about her techno organic self. You might be surprised at what she does. Hope you enjoy it.

Chapter Notes

This first chapter takes place right after the third part of Transwarped while Sari was recovering from her All Spark overload. Not to mention her father was there taking good care of her.

Disclaimer: I don't own TFA or Sari Sumdac.

Sari's Life as a Teenage Robot

Chapter One: Realization

It was a sunny crisp day in Detroit, Michigan as the citizens were going their everyday business. But that wasn't the case a few days ago. You see, there were a few incidents within the city. For one, there was Masterson who took the body of Starscream and used it to attacked Burger Bot. Then there was the big rock creature from space that terrorized the town. Not to mention the Autobots were nearly offline by Megatron, who took over Omega Supreme at the time. But there was one incident that happened that surpassed the rest, and that was Sari Sumdac.

The moment the rock monster appeared, the Autobots went after it being that Bumblebee was in the creature. But Sari stayed behind per Optimus Prime's orders because she was too inexperienced and ever since she discovered that she was half Cybertronian, the team was a little concerned at her potential. Of course, she was upset about this and wanted to do something to save her friend. By looking at her key, which has the power of the All Spark within, she decided to do something risky, inserting it into herself just so she could get herself an upgrade. The end result, she transformed into a teenage girl around the age of 16 with robotic armor on her chest to her arms, a helmet over her heard, and a pair of bright blue Cybertronian eyes. Not only that, but she had additional mods within her body that could help her. With quick thought, she turned on her light blades and hurried to catch up with her friends. When she got there, she used all her moves and weapons to dispose of the monster and rescued her friend. Everyone was shocked and surprised at the fact of how Sari battled the monster on her own and how well she fought. Even Powl was amazed that all of his circuit-fu he taught her was more approved then when she was a child. They all thought she did a good job. But the moment after she fought the rock monster, something went terribly wrong.

For after the fight, her body was on autopilot and started to wreak havoc all over the town without her stopping. Not only that, but everything machine she touched caused them to blow up. The Autobots tried to stop her but proved to be fruitless. Even Bumblebee, being that she saved her, as she saved him. The end result, he got stabbed by Sari's blade right through his chest plate and close to his spark. They knew it would only be a matter of time before Sari overloaded on the inside and destroy the entire city. So Ratchet did the only thing he could do, fire his EMP gun at her shut her down before its too late. Fortunately, she was alive and her memory bank was still intact. But all that All Spark energy in her caused her to crash and needs a lot of rest. This is where our story starts.

At the Autobot base in the rural section of Detroit, Sari was sleeping in the med bay. After what she been through, she deserved a good recharge. On the berth, her father, Professor Issac Sumdac was sitting by her side, keeping her comfortable. Ever since he heard what happened from Optimus, Issac hurried to the base and see if his daughter's all right. The moment he saw her, he was shocked to see that his daughter had suddenly turned into a teenager. He thought that she was in an accident, not upgrading and reeking havoc all over the city. Hearing what the others were telling him, he decided to stay by her side and watch over her until she's ready to go home. While he was sitting by her side, he was on the phone talking to the board.

Prof. Sumdac: "I know we have the meeting to repair the damage Powel did to my company. But I can't do it right now. You see, my daughter had suffered a minor accident and I need to be by her side until she feels better. Just move the meeting to next Thursday and I'll call you when my daughter is up. Thank you."

He hung up his phone and rubbed the temples of his head. It's one thing in taking care of the company that was going on a downward spiral thanks of Powel, it's another looking after Sari after what she's been through. He couldn't balance one thing after another. As he was contemplating this issue, Sari overheard him and slowly opened her eyes. Looking at her father, she sighed and told him in a calming manner.

Sari: "Dad, why don't you go to the meeting and repair your company's reputation. I'm going to be all right. Besides, you've been here for three days and you didn't leave my side since."

Sumdac heard her daughter and turned to her, feeling a little guilty for what happened to her.

Prof. Sumdac: "I can't Sari. You see, I've been trapped as a prisoner for Megatron for almost a month and the only thing I could think of is you. Ever since you came to me, I had to take good care of you, even though I was a little strict. But that is because I love you and would do anything to protect you. Even if I was free from that vile place, the first thing I would do is have you in my arms."

Sari heard that a smiled, knowing that he cares for her more then his company. Issac then slouched down and was a little sadden about something else.

Prof. Sumdac: "After all, all this was my fault. If I haven't told you the truth sooner, then you wouldn't have been in this predicament. I mean, look at you! You're so, so…"

That's when Sari interrupted him and said what he was going to finish.

Sari: "Different? Yeah, I know… Everyone told me that. But you don't have to beat yourself up because of me. See, it was my fault as well. I was the one who decided to use my key to upgrade myself. I was the one that nearly blow up the city and almost took the life of my closest friend."

Sari cringed at the fact she stabbed Bubblebee, her closest friend she ever had, in the chest plate. Shaking that thought out, she continued her conversation with her father.

Sari: "Besides, you shouldn't worry about me. The Autobots have been taken real good care of me since you were captured. I mean, their guardianship was a little sloppy. But they managed to keep me out of trouble, mostly. And even if you didn't tell me the truth, I would've find out by now. Not to mention that I would still love you even if it goes down to that."

The professor listened in and was surprised by this. Even after she found out about the truth of her existence, she was extremely mad at him. But after the incident with Masterson, she was able to apologize to him and protect him from the Masterson Unit that was attached to Starscream's body. Optimus was right on one thing. She needed some time to cool off. Who would've thought that one moment would bring her back to him? Turning to her, he wanted to know something.

Prof. Sumdac: "So, does that mean we're a family again?"

Sari simply smiled warmly and responded back.

Sari: "Of course. You might have keep my truth from me, but you are still my daddy."

Within that moment, the two accepted each other's apology by giving each other a heart-warming hug. It was then that they have become a family again. While they were hugging, someone walked into the med bay and saw this moment in front of his optics. That person was none other then the Autobots medical officer, Ratchet. Looking at this moment, he cleared his voice processor and interrupted.

Ratchet: "I see you are feeling a little better."

The two immediately stop hugging and looked at Ratchet. Sari then panicked and tried to calm down.

Sari: "Ratchet! I didn't know… I thought that you were… How long have you been standing there for?"

Ratchet shook his head and answered her in a respected manner.

Ratchet: "Not too long. Though I could see you two finally made up."

He then approached the terminal and checked to see Sari's status. Issac then started to feel concern and asked the Autobot about her.

Prof. Sumdac: "Well Ratchet, how is she? Is she going to be all right?"

After looking through the data, Ratchet sighed in relief and told the professor what he thinks.

Ratchet: "Looks like she's functioning normally. There are no abnormalities in her body and no signs of another All Spark overload. She's apparently back to normal."

Both Issac and Sari looked at each other and were glad that she's doing fine. But Ratchet continued on his diagnosis.

Ratchet: "However, I might need her to remain at the med bay for one more night for a few tests. There's no telling if there are any other problems in her body."

Issac heard that and lowered his head for a moment.

Prof. Sumdac: "Oh, I see…"

There was a bit of silence in the room until Sari came up with something.

Sari: "Hey Ratchet, can I ask you something."

The medical officer heard her and answered back with his optics on the computer.

Ratchet: "Sure thing kiddo. Ask away. I'm all audio receptors."

Thinking about how to summarize her questions, she took a deep breath and went on with it.

Sari: "I was just wondering, what happened to me when I lost control?"

Ratchet stopped what he's doing and peeked back to see her.

Ratchet: "Now why do you want to know about that?"

The young techno organic thought this through and continued on with her questioning.

Sari: "Well, the moment I upgraded myself, I thought I have everything under control. But just as I was finishing with that rock monster, my body went in a killing frenzy, destroying everything that got in my way. I don't understand why that happened so fast. Do you know how that happened?"

Ratchet paused for the moment and was trying to figure out how to answer her question. Knowing that she would want to know the question, he turned to her and told her straight on.

Ratchet: "I don't know how to put this to you Sari, but I'll make it as simple as I could."

He then opened a compartment on him and took something out. Sari looked on and wondered what he was doing. But the moment he took something out of the compartment, she soon realized what he was carrying. On the palm of his servo was a futuristic key she always held on to since she was a child. Looking at it, she could tell what it is.

Sari: "Hey! That's my key!"

Ratchet: "That's right, it's your key. I'm pretty sure you already know that the key held the power of the All Spark from within. The only way any equipment and machine would work is by inserting the key into it and the energy activates on its own. But that key did create problems, like the birth of the Dinobots, Black Aracnia almost draining the planet of life, even Megatron brought back to life. But apparently this key certainly has a mind of its own that… Well… Why don't I show it to you."

He went back to the computer and typed a few key sequences. Upon doing it, the screen changed and showed a diagram of the key on the left side and a 3D model of a teenage Sari on the right. Both Sumdacs looked at the screen and notice the key had light in it but faded to darkness as light emanated through Sari's body with multiple arrows pointing to the right. With the screen showing the image, Ratchet went back to explaining things.

Ratchet: "As you can see through this graph here, your key is the main power source for the All Spark. Powerful enough to bring a dead mech to life and dangerous enough if it falls into the wrong hands. When you use the key to upgrade yourself, the energy was transferred from the key into you. This could explain why you body overloaded. It also explains why the key no longer works, as proven when I was trying to repair Bubblebee with it."

As the two listened in on Ratchet's theory, Sari put her hands up and was confused by it.

Sari: "Whoa, whoa, whoa… Back up. So you mean to tell me that I'm now a walking All Spark bomb?"

She quickly turned her head away and couldn't believe what she just heard. Her father could tell she was reacting badly by all of this and tried to comfort her while Ratchet eases her hurt.

Ratchet: "Just be glad that I used my EMP gun on you to stop the All Spark overload or else the whole city would be lost. Luckily, I've managed to rewire some circuitry on you and bypass the mods that caused your malfunction. So it would seem you won't go into another overload anytime soon."

Listening to the diagnosis, Sari looked back at the medic and wanted to know something else.

Sari: "What do you mean by bypass?"

Ratchet lowered his head and wondered how he had to say it. Thinking of no other options, he looked up to her and told her straight forward.

Ratchet: "As far as I know it, most of your mods must've suffered through a lot damage during your overload and were on the verge of shutting down. To prevent that from happening I had no other choice but to disable those mods until you learn how to control them properly."

Sari: "So you're saying I'm now defenseless."

Knowing that didn't work out, the medical bot tried to make a few bright sides out of the whole mess.

Ratchet: "Well, not entirely. I would seem your energy blasters from your hands are the only one that were not infected, and you still have some strength, speed, and agility of a Cybertronian. And I still don't know if there are other mods in your body I didn't check yet. Wise option is to take my advice and take things slow so that way you could get use to your new body."

Upon finishing his theory, he approached the Sumdacs and gave Sari her key.

Ratchet: "Here take this. I know it's drained of energy, but you can keep it as a memory."

Sari looked at the key and understood what he was saying. Sure the key did some bad things since then, but it did help her a lot. It helped her in searching for All Spark shards, detecting any energon signature, even used it to operate machinery just to help her friends. Starring at the key, she smiled and took it from his servo.

Sari: "Thanks Ratchet."

Ratchet smiled and nodded back. He then looked at the professor and told him to leave.

Ratchet: "Professor Sumdac, why don't you head back to the tower? Your company needs your help in fixing its reputation."

The professor looked at Ratchet and was a little unsure at that decision.

Prof. Sumdac: "You sure that is wise? I need to stay beside Sari just so I could take care of her."

Ratchet chuckled a little bit and told him it was all right.

Ratchet: "Don't worry about her. I'll watch over her through the night and let you know if something comes up. Bubblebee will take her home first thing in the morning."

Still, Issac doesn't know if he would do that. That's when Sari comes in and told him her thoughts.

Sari: "Dad, just go home. I'll be all right for one night."

He looked at his daughter and could tell that she would be fine with her friends.

Prof. Sumdac: "If that's what you want, then I guess I'll leave."

Sari smiled and knew he was going to follow her advice. Ratchet helped the professor leave Sari's big berth by offering a servo. Once Issac was on his palm Ratchet lowered him to the floor and told him something else.

Ratchet: "I'll have Bulkhead take you to the tower. He wants to ask you for a quick favor."

Prof. Sumdac: "Oh sure Ratchet, that will be nice."

The moment Issac left the Med Bay, the doctor turned to Sari and told her to get some rest.

Ratchet: "And you should be recharging for the night. You've been through too much after your upgrade."

Sari nodded and rested back on the berth, sill looking at the medic.

Sari: "Thanks Ratchet. Night…"

Ratchet smiled and left the medical ward, leaving Sari to sleep peacefully on the berth. While she was sleeping, she held on to her key at the palm of her hand.

There's the first chapter. What do you think? Love it hate it? Well I know its just the beginning of the story, I'm pretty sure the chapters will get better in the near future. Next chapter will be her having a bad dream, an apology for Bumblebee, and her coming back home. Please Review.