Happy New Year! What a great way to start it by adding another great chapter of Sari's Life as a Teenage Robot. This one's going to be a another short one since the last one I did took a little longer then expected. But at least it would be simple, but complicated at the same time. Simple because I know how the plot would go, yet complicated because I need to do a little research. So bare in mind that at least it would be taken care of soon enough. Speaking of the last chapter, got some good things going on with it. Another review from Dark Maiden95 and 88 hits. I'm getting popular by the second! Still, I don't know why no one won't give me much of the reviews as of late. Guess they don't want to and I'm desperate for attention. But at least there were people who are posting my story on their favorites. So at least I'm glad about that. Now on this chapter, Sari went back to cleaning up her room while her father was busy building the spacebridge. But as she was repairing, she discovered a brand new ability. Wonder what it is? Let's read on.
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated or Sari
Chapter Seven: Repair Girl
A few days later, everything was back to normal for the Sumdacs. Sari was in her room fixing it up while her father was with Bulkhead building the spacebridge. Since she was finally able to get rid of all the trash and dirty clothes and such, Sari decided to fix up the room that was till damaged due to Masterson's tinkering and removing. So she needs to fix them all up and get everything up and running again. Her father did want to get painters and movers to help make the room look like that of a teenager's room. But until then, Sari had to take care of a few things herself. So far, she was able to fix the lamps and cleaned out the drawers to make room for her socks and panties she bought at the mall. Now she needs to clean her desk and put a number of office supplies into it. But before she could do all of that, she had to fix up a few things.
For example, that time when she was at the factory and she repaired the decommissioned assembly line just to train herself. When she transformed into her robot battle mode, her clothes she just bought were transported to a pocket dimension for safekeeping. But when she reverted back to her normal self something truly embarrassing happened. When she came out of the stack of empty boxes she was in after the training sort of backfired on her, she looked down and noticed that her white slim Capri pants were torn up leaving her with a ripped hem that goes up to the middle of her thighs. She was in a state of shock and couldn't believe what just happened. After that incident, she tried on other clothes and used them to test the transformation between her human form and her robot form. From what she could tell, all the shirts and jackets she got bode well with her changes. But anything from her jeans, pants, or skirts that go below the knees would tear up due to transforming. Thankfully, she has skirts that go above the knee that won't cause any problems what so ever. So in fairness, she decided to get rid of some of the pants and long skirts that would cause some trouble. Her father helped her out on most of it, as he gave half to charity while the other half to his employers since they have teenage daughters of their own. She of course left a few pants and long skirts in her possession as she might use them inside while using the short skirts outside. She might even wear her own dress for a couple of days until it was necessary to change.
Another problem was her friends. Normally, she would return to the Autobot's base and show her friends her new looks and maybe hang out a little bit without any problems. But there was a bit of a complication. You see, the Elite Guard came to Earth in pursuit of Wasp who was suppose to be a Decepticon spy. But based on what happened back at the caves, the Autobots found out that it wasn't Wasp who is the spy. Turns out it was a Decepticon by the name of Shockwave who have disguised himself as the Autobot Long Arm, the head of Intel. Apparently he was using Bumblebee to help falsely accuse Wasp in being the spy and took him to the Stockade for life. But Wasp managed to escape the place and was on the hunt for Bumblebee just to get his revenge and somehow found him on Earth. After what happened with Bumblebee and the whole mix up with the both him and Wasp, being that they both look alike with a different helmet, Wasp made his escape and is still on the run. Now the Elite Guard needs to remain here and search for Wasp, even though they found out the truth, Sentinel still believe that he might be a threat. They might even capture a few Decepticons along the way. Another thing why they are there is because Bumblebee called Sari and told her to not head to the base until the Elite Guard leaves. This is because Sentinel has a fear with organics since that incident on Archa Seven. And it's one thing of being afraid of organics, but if he sees a techno organic like her he would flip. So it's wise of her to stay away until they leave. Besides, she's as busy as ever as her room still needs some work.
After making a few fixes, all of her drawers were cleaned and organized as she close the last one. Smiling to herself, she wiped her hands in a finished fashion and was proud of that accomplishment.
Sari: "Done! Everything is organized and in their place. Man that was easy."
Looking around her room, she could tell that she's almost finished. All that's left is to repair some of the serious stuff and move some furniture around while getting new ones. But looking at the rest, she soon realized they needed some work. The one thing that would need work is her jukebox. Judging by the looks of it, Masterson did some heavy damage with it. The circuits were exposed, the glass is broken, most of the CDs are out, and the frame of the jukebox seems to be torn to shreds. Sighing to herself, she approached it and was a little disappointed by it.
Sari: "Couldn't believe Masterson was dissecting my jukebox. That is my most favorite thing in the room."
And indeed she was right. Her father got her that jukebox when she was five. Mostly it was once children's music, but as she grew older, she was interested in a variety of music. Dance, rock, hip-hop, pop, any type of music she would enjoy. Of course this was when she was going through different phases going through childhood so she had to experience what the world would offer. It was also evident that her father gave her that Soundwave toy for her birthday, which was a creation from Megatron before the whole mess started, just to listen to music. And now that she's a teenager, her taste in music would change once she listens to it. But with her jukebox destroyed, she doesn't know what to do. Sighing to herself, she placed her hand on the jukebox and felt a little depressed.
Sari: "Oh well… At least I had a good time with this. Maybe dad can get me a new stereo set for Christmas as well."
But the moment she touched the circuits that work the jukebox, she could see a light blue glowing around her hand. She doesn't know why it's doing that, but the second that happened, her brain was working on overdrive. In her head, she could see images of the jukebox including blueprints, schismatic, and instructions of how to repair it. It felt really strange, almost like she knows what to do in repairing it. Just as she was looking into this new ability, she heard the knock at the door.
Prof. Sumdac: "Sari, can I come in please?"
Immediately, Sari let got of the jukebox and the glowing disappeared from her hand. Sari found that part strange and didn't know how that happen. But she still needs to open the door to let her father in. As she approached the door, she opened it and saw her dad with a toolbox in his left hand and parts for the jukebox on the right.
Sari: "Hey dad! What's up? And why do you have a tool box with you?"
Her father looked down at the toolbox and looked back to give her an answer.
Prof. Sumdac: "Ah, yes. Well, Bulkhead had to leave to the base early to help search for Decepticons. And being that I have nothing to do today, I think it's wise I help you fix your room. And the one thing I should work on is your jukebox. If your not busy…"
Sari look back at the jukebox and then turned to her father to respond.
Sari: "Oh no. Of course not. I was just finishing organizing my stuff. Please come in."
The father nodded and entered the room. The moment he approached the jukebox, he started to work on it. As he was repairing the jukebox, Sari asked him something.
Sari: "So dad, what's going on with my Christmas presents. You're getting me what I need?"
Issac paused for a moment and could tell that she wants to know what's happening for her Christmas present. He knows what he needs for her daughter, just needed to wait for the moment to leave without her knowing it. He thinks that maybe after he repairs a few things in her room, he might head back to the mall and buy that Vespa along with other teenage things she needed. So sighing to himself, he explained to her that he's taking care of it.
Prof. Sumdac: "I haven't gotten around to that yet. But rest assure Sari, when I'm done with this, I'll head back to the mall and get whatever you want. And I promise you this. On Christmas Day, you will be in for a really good surprise."
Sari smiled and could tell that her father got everything on top of the whole Christmas shebang. As he was trying to fix this up, he notices something completely wrong. Rubbing his chin, he was unsure of all of this.
Prof. Sumdac: "Hmm… This is bad."
Sari took a closer look and wondered what he meant.
Sari: "What's bad?"
Prof. Sumdac: "That jukebox. That's what's bad. Apparently Masterson had done more damage then expected. I know he likes to take things apart but I never really thought it would be that brutal. The circuits of damaged, half the chips seem to be removed and are missing at the moment, half the lights on the boarder aren't working, and there's no sound on one of the speakers. Long story short, this thing is beyond repair and there's no way of getting it back up and running."
Sari slumped her shoulders and sighed to herself. She knew that was bound to happen and wish there was a way to help him. But that's when something occurred. Apparently, the moment she touched that jukebox, multiple images of the jukebox appeared in her head and started to give her hints and steps. It's almost like she is reading the problems the jukebox has and need to fix it. Almost immediately she started to blurt something out.
Sari: "Actually dad, I don't think it's beyond repair.
Her father turned to her and was confused.
Prof. Sumdac: "Oh really? And why is that?"
Sari then placed her hand on her hip and started explaining some things.
Sari: "Well dad, it's all in the matter of how to repair something like this. First of all, we need to replace the power circuits with some new ones that match the brand. Since they are the ones that start the power they need to be installed immediately. Next is the computer selector, it's still in good condition but Masterson must've crossed the wires too much that there's an error in opening it. What we need to do is to arrange the wires back to its original state. The yellow wires needs to be connected to the yellow plug, blue wire to blue plug, green on green plug, and red on red plug. The storage router that stores all the CDs is still working, it just missing a few gears. You have to install these new gears properly, but they need to be the right size or they won't connect really well. There are two sound cards for the amplifier. The one on the left is working properly, but the one on the right is fried completely. The result is that Masterson poured coke on it. Don't know if it was on accident and he did that on purpose. But it needs to be replaced if I'm ever going to listen to the sound in both speakers. Then there's the motor that runs the CD. That part is missing and we need to install a new one. Lastly, the lights on the border area are off and the problem relies on the bulbs either removed or burnt out after too much use. Any bulb that is like that needs to be replaced immediately."
The professor just starred at his daughter and blinked a couple of time, really confused at what she was saying. Sari just looked at her father and could tell he didn't understand her.
Sari: "At least in theory anyways."
Issac blinked a couple of times and wasn't sure what to say. His daughter never knew much on how to work on machines yet she said things that a professional would do. Feeling a little speechless, he began to talk.
Prof. Sumdac: "Sari… How do you know all of that?"
The young techno organic shrugged her shoulders and tried to explain.
Sari: "I don't know. I just sort of touched the jukebox and a lot of images appeared in my head. As far as I remember."
The professor looked at her daughter and was more confused then ever. But from what he could understand, is that she now knows how to fix it. So he asked her again.
Prof. Sumdac: "Do you know the steps on how to repair a jukebox?"
Sari: "I think so. I mean, I touched it so I'm pretty sure I know how to put it together."
So the professor nodded and knew what they should do.
Prof. Sumdac: "Then it's wise we get started immediately."
The young teenage girl smiled and nodded with glee. So the two began working on repairing the Jukebox. For over an hour, the two kept on working while Sari gave her dad the specific instructions. They started replacing the power circuits with new one, then they brought the wires that operate the computer selector back to their original positions, next they installed the gears that would match what Sari said, then replace the damage sound card on the right amplifier with a new one, install a motor for the CDs itself, and finally replacing all the broken or burned out bulbs with some new ones for the lights. Once everything is in place, Sumdac did the only thing he could do, plug the jukebox in and hope that it works.
Prof. Sumdac: "Okay. Looks like everything is in place. All that's left to do now is to plug it in and see if it works. Keep your fingers crossed Sari."
So Sari crossed her fingers and waited for something to happen. The moment the professor plugged the jukebox in, the lights went on and the computer screen came online while the jukebox started to play some Katy Perry song Sari liked the listen to. The two watched on and was amazed that the jukebox is working. Even Sari herself was surprised being that she knew on how to fix it.
Sari: "I don't believe this. It actually worked!"
Issac looked on and nodded with his daughter on that.
Prof. Sumdac: "Yes Sari. But I believe it was you who helped fix this in the first place. You said when you touched it, you saw images?"
He looked at his daughter, looking for some answers. Sari just rolled her eyes around and tried to explain it.
Sari: "I told you, I don't know. I just touched it and I saw these images and stuff in my head. Don't know how, but I now know how it works and how to fix it. That's all."
Her father cocked an eyebrow and was unsure at what she means. But he decided to ignore it and start doing what he needs to do next.
Prof. Sumdac: "Very well then. At least the jukebox is working well. It just needs some more music since Masterson must've took them or destroyed them."
He then started to walk away and exit the room.
Prof. Sumdac: "I'm going to go to the mall to get some presents for you, along with some music for your newly repaired jukebox. Call me if you need anything."
Sari smiled and waved her hand.
Sari: "Okay dad. Have fun!"
In a matter of seconds, Sumdac left the room and the door closed behind him. As he was gone, Sari rubbed her chin and found this new ability interesting.
Sari: "So I now can scan any machine and solve the problems they have."
She then started to smirk and was liking this.
Sari: "I'm like a one woman repair girl. Awesome!"
So she went back in organizing a couple of more things while listening to her music on her repaired jukebox.
There you have it. What a way to end 2011 and begin 2012 with another chapter added to the books. And you know what, I'm just about finished. All I need to do now is add a few more chapters and I'm done. Stay tune for the next chapter where Sari get a little hungry for something other then food. Trust me, you not going to miss this. Have a Happy New Year everyone! Please Review.