Well, New Year, new chapter. Man this story seems to be getting popular by the second. I mean I just did this cause I think Sari needs a side story behind season three since she never appeared most of the time. Now it looks like it is a big hit. Maybe later in the near future, I might have to do a story that takes place after season three. I mean, since it did ended in a good way, it needs to have more of the Transformers Animated story. Back to the story, it would seem that I have two reviews and 67 hits on my counter for the last chapter. The usual reviewer, Dark Maiden95, says another great thing about my story and asked for a favor. She stated that if I would add some type of conflict between her and some other character. That might work under some occasion. But to be honest, I'm just doing a story involving Sari getting use to her teenage robotic body. Maybe I'll do it in another story. Got another viewer called Mazabam who reviewed me thank goodness. But he said to me that in the near future there wouldn't be any CD's of any kind. Well, I guess you do have a point. But hey, you never know. I mean when did CDs made their appearance? The late 80s to the early 90s? And yet they are still sold in retail stores worldwide. Who knows, maybe they might still exist in the near future. But enough of the history lesson. Let's hurry to the next chapter of Sari's Life as a Teenage Robot. Throughout the time she was upgraded, she still felt a little hungry, yet she was eating the food she needed. What could be the problem? Could it be her Cybertronian side? Let's find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated or Sari

Chapter Eight: Energon Thirst

Two more days later, everything was okay. With the Autobots and the Elite Guard were searching for Wasp and the Decepticons, the Sumdacs were doing their own thing. Issac Sumdac was not only busy with the spacebridge with Bulkhead by his side, but also with Sari's Christmas present. After repairing the jukebox, he went back to the mall to do a little Christmas shopping for his daughter. He had already got her some movies, music, books, and a couple of video games teenagers are usually into. But also, he was able to get his hands on the Vespa he was looking at after the clothes shopping he had to endure. What he wanted to do is to modify the Vespa that way it merges well with her robot mode. And what better way to give her something that would be compatible to her upgrade then a jetpack. So he started working on the insides and added some things that might work.

Meanwhile, Sari was finishing with organizing her room and managed to take care of some things that are important to her. She knows that her father is having movers and painters coming to her room to tweak the place up a bit, so she had to finish some things up first before they could do the work. After removing stuff from the shelves and trunks that she didn't need, she placed her stuff in a box until she gets some new furniture. The moment she was done, she placed her hands on her hips and was proud at her work.

Sari: "Done and done. Man, all that work can really take a lot out of you."

The moment she said that, she could hear her stomach grumbling. Placing her hand on her stomach, she sighed and didn't know it would be that soon.

Sari: "Seriously? I already had a big lunch and now I'm still hungry?"

She then sighed to herself and could tell this was going to be one of those days.

Sari: "Oh well… Guess I better get a snack if I'm able to finish this place."

So Sari left her room and headed to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat.

In the kitchen, the place was stacked with food and there was nothing empty. Since her father was a successful scientist, they always have assistants helping them with their groceries. Most of it is Indian food from her father's heritage while the rest is junk food and American for her. Immediately after her room cleaning, she decided to get an apple for all of her hard work. But after she was done eating it, she was still hungry. This never happened to her since she was a child, a child before her upgrade of course. So she ate another apple, and another, and another. And still, she couldn't fill her hunger. As she was eating, her father entered the kitchen and was going to get a drink of water after all the work he has done. He noticed his daughter and greeted her.

Prof. Sumdac: "Well hello Sari. How was your day?"

Sari looked at him and smiled.

Sari: "Pretty good so far. I'm just finished with my room before the movers and painters get there. What about you?"

Prof. Sumdac: "Oh, the same old same old. Bulkhead and I are almost finished with the spacebridge. Just need to make some adjustments with the flux compacitor. Not to mention I'm working on one of your presents. When I'm done, you would be very happy."

Sari smiled and guessed that it was a car, not realizing that it was actually the Vespa.

Sari: "Oh I can't wait for my present dad. Getting goose bumps already."

Sumdac smiled and could tell that she's going to be in for quite a surprise. As he finished drinking his water, he started to notice the four to five apple cores on the kitchen counter with another apple she's already eating. Looking at this, he raised an eyebrow and was unsure about her.

Prof. Sumdac: "Sari, how many apples have you been eating?"

The daughter looked at the apple cores and made a quick guess.

Sari: "I don't know… Five… Six maybe…"

Prof. Sumdac: "Don't you think that you're eating too much?"

Sari started to chew her next apple and explained to her father about that.

Sari: "Sorry dad, but I can't help it. I always had this strange hunger for some reason. I tried anything and anything to keep myself full, but for some strange reason my stomach is still empty. Don't know why, but it continues to nag me and forcing me to eat more food then ever."

The professor rubbed his chin and found that really strange. He finds that weird that his daughter would want to eat more then before. At first, he thought that now that she's a teenager, she needs to eat more due to her metabolism or something. But then he remembered how she turned into a teenager. It was because she upgraded herself with the All Spark key she once had. If it's not her organic half, could it be her Cybertronian half? So he asked her that?"

Prof. Sumdac: "Don't you think maybe that it doesn't have to do with your human side?"

Sari: "What do you mean dad?"

He shrugged his neck a little and explains to her technically.

Prof. Sumdac: "Well, I was thinking that maybe this has something to do with your other side. You know, your machine side."

Sari looked at him oddly and finds his answer a little strange. But when she put two and two together, she started to understand him.

Sari: "Hold up dad. You're telling me that maybe my Cybertronian side is making me hungry?"

Prof. Sumdac: "Well, not like that. I think something in your robotic part is telling you something. Perhaps we should see Ratchet and find out what's the problem in you.

Sari groaned to herself and finished with her apple.

Sari: "Fine… Whatever…"

So the two decided to leave and headed to the Autobot's base to see Ratchet.

Half an hour later, the two reached the base and saw Ratchet. Sumdac was able to call him up before they leave and told him the problem Sari is having with her Cybertronian half. Concerned, the med bot decided to let them come and see for himself. Thankfully, the Elite Guard wasn't present at the time. They along with the rest of the Autobots were searching for both Wasp and the Decepticons. So Sari was relieved that they didn't see her yet, or else there would've been some problems between her and Sentinel. As they were in the med bay, Issac told Ratchet about Sari's problem. Ratchet rubbed his servo in the back of his head and tried to piece it all together.

Ratchet: "Now let me get this straight. You're telling me that Sari is feeling hungry despite all the food she ate and it might have something to do with her Cybertronian half?

The professor looked back at her daughter that's on the berth and simply replied.

Prof. Sumdac: "Technically, yes. I never seen her ate so much in my entire life and I'm a little concerned by this sudden appetite she is having. Plus I cannot take her to the doctor cause of her true nature. Perhaps maybe you can see what's the cause of her hunger."

The medical bot looked at Sari and could tell that she needed some help. Since the incident the moment she upgraded, it would be a matter of time before more problems start to occur. Sighing to himself, he said to them in the most annoying voice.

Ratchet: "All right fine. Let me go check on her. By Primus this is going to be a pain in my aft."

Turning to her, he instructed her on what to do.

Ratchet: "All right Sari, I want you to lay on your back for a couple of seconds. Just going to scan your body for anything that is wrong. Just don't move while I'm scanning okay?"

Sari nodded and laid on her back, waiting for the scan to happen. Ratchet then went to his computer and typed a few keys down to begin scanning. As he finished, he looked on and saw the scanner above the examination table glowing a green hue. Sari felt a little tingle in her body and it felt a little good, almost comforting under some occasions. As the glow shines on her, Ratchet looked on the computer to see the inside of the techno organic. Ratchet finds this very interesting. Though on the outside she's 100% human, on the inside she's very Cybertronian with circuits, metal, and gears. He could even see a spark chamber where her spark is located. At least that answers his question of if she had a heart or spark. He also see stuff that organics have on the inside, like artificial lungs to breathe air and a tank shaped like a stomach to store food. But as he was looking at this, he caught something that wasn't right. Rubbing his chin, he pondered about that while the scan was done.

Ratchet: "Hmm… That's interesting…"

Sari got up from the berth and looked at him oddly.

Sari: "What's interesting? What are you talking about? Is it bad? Please tell me it's bad."

The medical bot turned to her and tried to come her down.

Ratchet: "Calm down Sari. It's nothing that serious. The scans says that your body is low on energon."

Both Sumdacs looked at each other and were a little confused. They then looked at him and spoke to him at the same time.

Issac and Sari: "Energon? What is energon?"

Ratchet groaned to himself and gave them an answer.

Ratchet: "Energon is known as energy fuel for our race. It is the main power source for all of our machines and weaponry. But it's also our prime food source. It helps keeps us functional and healthy under human terms."

The Sumdacs listened in and could tell what he meant by it.

Prof. Sumdac: "Ah… I see… It's the energon that keeps you alive and without the energon, you would go offline."

Ratchet turned to the professor and nodded on what he said.

Ratchet: "Precisely. It's actually one of the many reasons why the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons started. Lack of energon and the Decepticons wanted to use all known power sources around the galaxy to extract it. And that's the one thing we didn't want. It was illegal to extract energon from other planets, even organic planets. I'm pretty sure that they must've extracted energon from this planet, but there's no proof that they have been doing it. Anyways, energon is the food we Cybertronians drink and it helps us stay functional no matter what. And since now that we found out that Sari is part Cybertronian, she needs energon to survive."

Sari listened in on what he said and couldn't believe this. Lowering her head, she was shocked at the fact that the only reason she was really hungry is because she didn't drink any energon. But there were still questions that need to be answered. So she looked to him and started to explain some loose holes in Ratchet's explanation.

Sari: "But this doesn't make any sense. I mean I never had any energon before in my life. So why I would need it now?"

Ratchet thought this one through and came up with an assumption.

Ratchet: "Maybe it has something to do with your biology. When you were a kid, you didn't need any energon in your system. But now that you've upgraded yourself, your body needs energon to sustain your system. This could explain why you had a variety of mods, including ones that we don't know about yet. I'm surprised that you were able to survive this long without any energon in your system."

Sari heard the last part and smiled, knowing that she had additional mods in her body that can help her fix and repair things. Even Ratchet doesn't know about them yet and decided to keep it a secret until its time to tell them. But she still feels a little awkward about drinking energon. Heck she doesn't know if there is some around. Thankfully, Ratchet smiled to tell her about that.

Ratchet: "Luckily for you, we have plenty of energon to drink."

Sari lifted her head and was surprised by this.

Sari: "Really?"

Ratchet nodded and approached a storage door that was once used for spare parts. Inputting a certain code to unlock, the door opened up and revealed what appears to be a large amount of glowing pink cubes. Sari and her father looked on and were in awe by this. This is when Sari asked the medical bot about that while pointing to the cubes.

Sari: "Is that energon?"

Ratchet: "Well of coarse it is."

Sari: "Then why are they in the shape of cubes?"

Ratchet: "Because even though energon is the main fuel source for us, it's also an unstable substance. Any hit on a laser gun, a huge explosion, or a swing of a sword would ultimately blow it up. To make sure that doesn't happen, we store the energon in these cube containers to prevent any leakage. Of course they are still vulnerable and one hit would blow the whole thing, big enough to demolish a building."

He then picked up one of the cubes and brought it to Sari.

Ratchet: "Thank the All Spark that we took all the cubes out of Omega Supreme. If we didn't then we would have some serious problems looking for some here."

Once he placed the cube on the table, he took out a pointer and pierced a hole at the top. From there, he took out a metal cup his servos won't crush and poured some of the liquid into it. After he was done, he gave the cube to Sari and told her to drink it.

Ratchet: "Here you go. Drink it up. It will make you feel better."

Sari looked down at the cup and was a little nervous. Slowly looking up, she started to ask him something else.

Sari: "Is this safe?"

Ratchet raised an optic and finds this a bit off.

Ratchet: "What are you talking about? It's a hundred percent safe. Observe."

He then started to drink the cube and let it go down his pipe. The moment he went to his fuel tank, he removed the cube from his mouth and enjoyed the taste.

Ratchet: "Mmm… See? Perfectly harmless."

Sari look back down to the drink and was cautious. But being that she needs to drink this to sustain her Cybertronian parts, she had no other choice. So taking a deep breath, she slowly drank the stuff and hope for the best. But the moment she drank it, she immediately coughed it up and was gagging completely. She then looked up to Ratchet and was angry with him.

Sari: "Yuk! You call this harmless? That stuff is gross!"

Ratchet looked at her and could tell she didn't like it. So he glared at her and retorted back to her.

Ratchet: "That stuff is energon and it's good for you! Drink it!"

Sari: "Yeah? Well apparently my stomach didn't like it. What if I don't drink it? You said that my Cybertronian parts would fail right? So at least my human side would be okay."

He crossed his arms and groaned to himself.

Ratchet: "I don't think so. You see, you're Cybertronian side is connected to your organic side. If your Cybertronian side shuts down, then your human side won't last long. In short, you might go offline in a matter time. Or in human terms, you might die."

That made Sari feel completely silent about what he said. After hearing that she might die if she doesn't drink the energon, she started to have second thoughts. Serious second thoughts. Being that there is not much of a choice, she sucked it up and drank all the energon in her cup while pinching her nose to try to not gag. Drinking the whole thing, she could feel it twinkling down her throat and was a little shaky. Tasting the energon, it felt like she is drinking water. But there was some kind of electricity in that water and it dances within her body along with a gooey like after taste. Trying to get that out of her system, she coughed a bit and was a little sick.

Sari: "Oh man… That was so bad…"

Ratchet sighed and thought that this was weird.

Ratchet: "I just don't get it. Everyone on Cybertron likes to drink energon."

Issac watched Sari drinking energon and figured things out.

Prof. Sumdac: "Maybe you are right Ratchet. But perhaps maybe it's because being that she's techno organic, her human self couldn't stomach the energon in her system. This could explain why she didn't like it."

Ratchet looked at the professor and could agree with him about that.

Ratchet: "Guess you do have a point professor. But if she needed to survive, she needs to drink it no matter what."

Sari then took a deep breath and got the drink out of her system, being glad that she was able the drink it completely. She then looked at the med bot and asked him one more thing.

Sari: "All right… I'm done drinking this stuff. So how many times so I have to drink this energon?"

The Autobot looked at her and answered her question.

Ratchet: "Well let's see… A normal Cybertronian needs his or her daily intake of energon two to three solar cycles. But by your condition, age, and techno organic nature, I would say you need to take it twice a solar cycle. I would say take one after breakfast and one for a late afternoon snack."

Sari's eyes were wide and couldn't believe this.

Sari: "Seriously? I have to drink this slop twice a day? That stuff tastes bad!"

Ratchet retorted back and told her to shut it.

Ratchet: "That stuff helps you stay functional. And whether you like it or not, you will drink it. Understand?"

Sari groaned to herself and knew this was bad for her.

Sari: "Fine! Whatever… Just as long as I live through this, I'll be okay."

Ratchet then thought of something else.

Ratchet: "Now there's the matter of how we're going to give you the energon. Can't let you come in the base everyday and give you a drink. That would be a waste of time."

Issac thought of that too and came up with an idea.

Prof. Sumdac: "You know what. I can create a drink dispenser for her in her room with an energon cube inside. That way she would get her daily energon without leaving the house."

Ratchet thought about that and figured that might work.

Ratchet: "You know, that might actually work. We better get started working right away on that."

The two then walked together and leave the medical wing. As they were leaving, Ratchet asked Issac for a favor.

Ratchet: "By the way Issac, about that space bridge you are building with Bulkhead. You think that maybe I can use it to find Omega Supreme? Since I need to get him back sooner then later."

Issac looked at him and answered his question.

Prof. Sumdac: "Oh but of course. It is important that we bring back Omega before Megatron finds out how to stop transwarping all over the galaxy."

As the two left, Sari remained on the berth feeling a little sick. Since drinking that energon, her stomach felt a little quizzy from the taste. But sadly, this is something she needs to get use to since she needs to sustain her Cybertronian part. Groaning, she started to speak to herself while they were gone.

Sari: "Argh… Guess there is one thing I don't like in being a techno organic. And that's drinking energon. This is something I really need to get use to…"

That handles chapter eight for the New Year. You see, I always wondered if since Sari is techno organic that she would need energon to keep her cybernetic components operational. Not to mention that I had read a few stories involving techno organics drinking this stuff. But hey most of it was in my head and I need to do something to keep Sari's life more complicated then usual. On the next chapter, Sari wanted to know more about her existence. I'm pretty sure you are wondering what would happen in that chapter, but I'll have to let you wait until the moment I upload it. Please Review.