Boulder, Chase, K-9, and Jackie were with Graham and Cody at the maple orchard.
"We use pumps to harvest maple sap from the trees," Graham explained as tubes sucked the sap into a machine. "It's mostly water, so the machine filters it out." he picked up the syrup result in the pitcher.
"Leaving delicious syrup! Yum!" Cody licked a syrup drop on his finger.
"Odd. You dislike carrot soup but enjoy this plant based liquid," Chase noted.
"Because it's great on pancakes!" Cody licked another drop off his fingers.
"I prefer butter," Jackie said.
"Yeah, syrup makes my fur all sticky," K-9 said.
"The festival's about to start!" one of the horticulture kids shouted.
They walked to the huge pancake stack.
"The internet's gonna love this!" Jackie said.
"Welcome, everybody, to the annual Griffin Rock Syrup Harvest! Are you getting this, Huxley?" Mayor Luskey asked.
"Of course!" Huxley said before muttering to himself, "because nothing says 'Prime Time' like watching the sap run."
Heatwave adjusted the step ladder the mayor would be climbing while Blades put a giant butter on top of the stack.
"Chief Burns!" Huxley approached him.
"Ugh," Chief face palmed. "This guy. What is it?"
"Have you considered starring in my new reality show? I call it 'Prescott's Bots'!"
"Our own TV show?" Blades whispered excitedly.
"The answer is still 'no'," Chief said.
"Our work is very dangerous and they're not your bots," Ally said.
"That's what makes good TV! The danger part, that is. Ally, don't you want to inspire more female Muslims to become first responders?" Huxley asked.
"You're headline when I first came here was 'Terrorist in Police Clothing', Mr. Prescott."
"Ehh..."
The crowd cheered as the mayor reached the top of the ladder.
"All right, all right, simmer down," Mayor Luskey said. "As mayor, I am honored to kick off this year's harvest by pouring this first bottle-"
"Pitcher!" Jackie corrected.
"Pitcher of liquid gold!"
"That's for oil. The fuel kind!"
"I know that!"
"That's going online!" a random teen said.
The mayor poured the syrup, but fell and screamed as the stack fell.
Heatwave caught him and they got covered in pancakes.
Boulder and Emerald prevented the rest of the stack from falling.
Chroma and Chase helped Heatwave get the pancakes off him and the mayor. First Aid did a mediscan.
"Mr. Mayor, what does this pancake politico say about this year's harvest?" Prescott shoved the mic into his face. "Is it a bad omen?"
"The syrups has just got a little extra kick this year," the mayor said.
"'Pancake politico'?" Ally asked to no one.
"Chief Burns, remind me to use less butter next year," the mayor started to walk back to his house.
"Dude, your toupee is on the bottom of your shoe!" T.J. said.
xxx
The bots were back at the firehouse cleaning up.
"This syrup's amazingly sticky," Boulder said as he cleaned syrup off Emerald's back.
"Everyone, make sure you're sparkly clean for my- our reality TV debut!" Blades said.
"Chief isn't going to allow it," K-9 said as Cody and Jackie washed the syrup from his fur.
"He is not fond of looky loos," Chase said.
"We'll have to be in bot mode all the time," Heatwave said.
"It's called acting," Blades said.
"Dad would never allow you guys to be on network TV," Cody said.
"What about cable?"
Everyone groaned.
"We have a YouTube!" Jackie said. "Prescott wants to make an animal cops show, too."
"Starring you?" Blades asked.
Jackie shrugged her shoulders.
xxx
"Well, I don't know how despite all the protection rights on the island, but Huxley's been given the okay for a pilot episode," Chief said.
"Don't worry, Agent Fowler will come here soon," K-9 said.
Huxley walked in with eight cameras and the bots went into bot mode.
"I hope you're ready for the thrilling world of non-scripted television!" Prescott said. "I've assigned each of you a camera."
"Make sure you get my good side- both of them," Kade said.
"I-I'm feeling a little self-conscious," Graham tugged at his shirt collar.
Ally blushed and hid behind her hijab.
T.J. gave his sister bunny ears, earning a poke in the eye.
Blades waved at the camera.
Dani elbowed him. "Wrist joint's acting up."
"Jackie's visiting a friend on the mainland," Cody said.
Chief moved the camera out of his face. "Huxley, do NOT interfere with our rescue missions!"
"I won't. I'll do one-on-one interviews in my video control van," Prescott said. His cell phone started to ring. "Hello? Okay, we'll shoot first thing in the morning!" he put his phone back into his pocket. "First off, animal control!"
xxx
"Listen, Newsy, you are going to stay on the boat while me, Jackie, and our bot take on some animal smugglers!" Lindsy ordered.
"Yes, ma'am," Huxley sat at his computer on the boat.
xxx
Chief answered the emergency line. "Emergency dispatch."
"Uh, Jackie just mauled about twenty smugglers to death, Game of Thrones style," Prescott said.
"What?!"
"Yeah, they were pointing guns at her and she went dragon, the animals are okay. Sh-she needs a psych evaluation."
"Which island is this?"
"The one five miles northeast from Wayward. And Prescott's Bots will start filming in one or two weeks. God, that was brutal."
xxx
Two weeks later, Prescott was filming the program.
"Chief Burns, what kind of danger do you look for driving the mean streets of Griffin Rock?" He asked.
"I don't look for danger, I just try to be ready for when it happens," Chief said. He pulled Chase to the side of the road, near the intersection. "Take this intersection for example," he got out of Chase, "we have our worst accidents here."
"Multi-car pile-ups? Overturned big-rigs?"
"Fender-benders around once a month."
"Why? Distracted drivers?"
"Well, that and-"
Don sped by the stop-light.
"-that."
"Traffic violation," Robot Chase said," "permission to pursue?"
"Granted," Chief got in and buckled his seat belt.
"Yes! A car chase!"
Don pulled over and Chief gave him the ticket.
"That was only two seconds!"
"Sorry, Huxley. I guess we're just good at our jobs."
xxx
"Prescott and Ally were in Donna's Cafe. Prescott was interviewing her.
"So, Ally, what sort of crime have you seen prior to you becoming a police officer?" he asked.
"well, my hometown, Acceptance, Michigan, has gotten hate male and vandalism due to the residents," Ally said.
"Why? Islamophobia?"
"More like Islama-douchbagery if you ask me. There's only three Muslim families, mine included, along with LBGT community, disabled people, and one former sex offender."
"What did that last guy do?"
"He was intimate with his girlfriend, they were one year apart, you fill in the blanks."
"Oh... do you know any good jokes?"
"I got a new haircut and no one noticed."
xxx
Kade got out of Heatwave and saw Mr. Pettypaws being chased by a Roomba.
"A frightened cat, a vengeful vacuum. Will this kitty-cat be kitty-caught?"
"Robot, take care of it," Kade said.
Heatwave transformed, picked up the rouge Roomba, and turned it off.
Mrs. Neederlander hugged her cat.
"What? You couldn't let the furball sweat a little? I-I'm trying to have a little drama here!"
xxx
T.J. opened the news van door. "Then turn the animal control series to Animal Planet!"
"Do you think I'm crazy? I'm amazed she wasn't arrested!" Huxley turned back to the screens to see Dani and Blades already done with the boat emergency. "It's already over? You're massacring me, people!" he threw back his coffee cup.
"Ow! I'm good! Skin's just red."
"Sorry."
"It's cool."
xxx
The bots were in the bunker discussing Mr. Prescott's negativity to their rescues.
"It's okay, Chase, I think you did great," Chroma kissed his cheek.
"To be honest, cat rescues are more of Jackie's specialty," Heatwave said.
"Are we rescuing too fast?" Boulder asked.
"Mr. Prescott just want's what makes good TV," Cody said.
"Then we do it in style!" Blades said with jazz hands.
"Are you stupid? We'll end up on Ridiculousness," First Aid said.
xxx
Man, we need a better fence around the lion cage, Jackie thought in dragon mode as she stood between Nancy and the lion.
"Give me the FOOD!" the lion roared.
Jackie reared, spread her wings, and roared slamming her front limbs into the ground.
The lion ran away whimpering with its tail between its legs.
Jackie lowered her head so Nancy could climb up.
"Hey, Kid! Get a good grip on her horn!" Miko said.
Jackie raised her head with Nancy on top and got her upper half out of the enclosure and laid her head on the ground, allowing Nancy to get off and into her mother's arms.
Jackie carefully got all the way out with help from the bots and saw Chief and Huxley arguing.
"Here, Jackie, drink this. You'll un-dragon faster," Jack opened a cola for her.
"Let's get her away from those two," Miko pointed at the two arguing men.
"Why?" Kade asked.
"So she won't get too stressed out."
xxx
Huxley snuck into the garage and took the squilsh lava lamp. I hope the Burnses are ready for their close up!
He snuck back out, not knowing K-9 saw it all.
"Chief, I think Huxley's up to something," he commed.
xxx
Later that evening, Chief answered an emergency call.
"Emergency dispatch."
"There's trouble at the dam!" A distorted voice said.
"Should we hurry... Huxley?"
xxx
"Yes! Wait, what?"
"Phony emergency calls are highly illegal. Consider your TV show cancelled."
K-9 showed up behind Huxley and growled.
"Uh, your dog is loose."
"I see that. Can you drop him off at the firehouse?"
"Yes, Chief Burns," he turned off his cell phone and looked at the dam. "Another dud!"
K-9 followed him inside the van and buckled up.
"Wow! Good dog! Very safe, too!" Huxley scratched K-9 behind the ears before buckling up and drove to the firehouse.
K-9 saw the empty lava lamp and thought he saw an unusual green glow from the dam. I hope he pulls over so I can contact Chief if he gets out! I hope Jackie's on a ride so I can tell her!
xxx
Huxley and K-9 pulled to the stoplight in the wooded area.
"I-I mean, I just want a bigger audience, you know? " Huxley asked K-9.
K-9 nodded.
"Maybe I can cohost the YouTube channel!"
K-9 perked his ears and whined.
"Fine, editing!" Huxley looked in the rear-view mirror and saw a speeding semi. He stuck his head out the window. "Hey, slow down! You're gonna-"
The truck crashed.
K-9 unbuckled as Huxley got out to call 911. He ran into the forest and bumped into a deer.
"Can you send a message for me?" He asked.
The deer cocked her head in curiosity.
xxx
"Oh! What's this?" Miko put on a metal life jacket like Jackie's, but with pink neon instead of blue.
"The new Nyaid," Jackie said. "It can put out fires."
"How?" Raf asked.
"CO2 and water," Jackie's hair and eyes turned blue. She grabbed Miko's hand. "Time to test it out."
"Uh, what?!" Miko asked.
xxx
Kade hung up on Huxley. "Dad, Huxley called in another-"
"Guys, I don't know if Huxley called this in, but a semi driver crashed and the thing's on fire!" K-9 said.
The line rang again.
Chief answered it. "Well, that's just great!"
"What is it?" Cody asked.
"Jackie says there's 'lime Jell-O' in the reservoir."
xxx
"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" Miko screamed as Jackie filled Miko's water reserves using the mayor's hose water.
"What is going on?" Luskey asked.
"There's a fire," Jackie said as she closed Miko's reserves. "I'll make a burn zone."
xxx
Huxley poured out his coffee pot on the flames to put out the fire, didn't really work, when the emergency team showed up.
"I didn't do it! Dangerous intersection, remember?"
Chase and Boulder moved the truck.
"Where's the driver?" Chief asked.
"He ran and it looks like your dog did, too."
"Guys, we need fire breaks!" Kade said.
"Can I help?"
"Get out of here!" Chief said.
"Dad, Lindsy said that Jackie and Miko took the new Nyaid to put out the fire."
"You can take those two back to Jackie's!"
xxx
Miko's water hoses weren't working when Huxley showed up.
Uh, I really need to work out the kinks, Jackie thought...
xxx
"Why didn't I learn that in firefighter training?" Kade asked as Heatwave used maple sap to put out the fire.
"Hey, this is a good substitute!" Heatwave said. "Kade, hook up a hose to my reserves!"
The team saw flames jump Jackie's firebreak.
xxx
Huxley was running back and forth from his van with pots of coffee to put out the fire while Miko used the garden hose.
Ally and the twins showed up with fire extinguishers.
"Where are your bots?" Luskey asked.
"Couldn't get them in time!" Ally said.
"Jackie, do a belly flop!" Miko commed.
Jackie body slammed the flames, putting 50% out, but was too winded to again.
Heatwave used the sap to put out the flames.
"Huxley, your show is-"
"I changed my mind on it," Huxley said.
xxx
"Where's Boulder?" Blades asked. "He's helping me pick out a book."
"He and Graham are helping Doc with the squilsh," K-9 said.
"I got a text form Jackie," Cody said. "She wants us to see the news."
Huxley, Ally, the twins, and the truck driver were cleaning sap off the mayor's house.
"Best show ever!" Blades said.