Plot
Sari joins Arcee's class on a tour of Metroplex so she can learn more about her Cybertronian origins, however her new classmates, Siren, Nightbeat and Hosehead all seem a bit disgusted by her organic nature, and her eating habits.
Arcee takes the class through the Cybertronian Intelligence Division offices, and Sari notices a disposal hatch to dump the remains of her lunch in, when she falls through the hatch.
At the bottom of the hatch, she touches a blue cube, that reacts with her residual Allspark energy and reactivates the spark of Blurr inside. Blurr explains how Shockwave crushed him into a cube and had Cliffjumper unknowingly dispose of him down the hatch.
Sari uses her tech-savvy powers to find an exit to the incinerator, when she accidentally activates an old Decepticon trap called Kremzeek...
Arcee and the rest of the class are inside the Council Chambers and realize that Sari is missing. The group start to look for her, when they hear an announcement about an intruder in the recycling center, leading to the class assuming it to be Sari.
Sari and the Blurr cube find themselves on a conveyor belt in the recycling center. Kremzeek reveals himself, and activates the conveyor belt, sending the two heroes towards a furnace, luckily however, Arcee and the other students manage to rescue them before they get killed by jamming the belt and other machinery.
Arcee speaks with Sari and Blurr about what is happening, but before long Kremzeek jumps into Nightbeat and tries to use her to get himself to Fortress Maximus so he can destroy the Autobots. Arcee manages to use a control panel to lock down the room, then attacks her possessed pupil with her laser blades.
Kremzeek jumps out of Nightbeat and into Siren, who uses his sonic powers to blow a hole into the wall. Hosehead tries to stop him from escaping by using his foam cannons, but Kremzeek switches bodies to Hosehead and runs away through the hole in the wall.
Sari transforms her scooter into her jet pack and catches Hosehead before he can reach Fortress Maximus, however Kremzeek instead jumps into the jetpack, ejects Sari from it and takes off at top speed.
All seems lost until Sari uses her strange powers to plug Blurr into her backpack and take on his super-speed powers, and Arcee tags along by holding onto her.
Sari and Arcee speed through Cybertron, going past Cheetor and Sideswipe, who are on patrol at the time, and head towards Fortress Maximus.
At Trypticon prison, Shockwave realizes that Kremzeek has been activated and is about to destroy everything. Shockwave admits to Megatron that he didn't intend to be on Cybertron when he was activated, much to Megatron's disappointment.
Inside the control center at Fortress Maximus, Jetfire and Jetstorm are manning their posts with Sentinel Magnus when Kremzeek lands inside the Fortress and takes it over, and begins to activate the photon pulse cannon, and points it towards the city if Iacon.
Sari, Arcee and the Blurr cube enter the room, and Sari manages to force Kremzeek into her body, however due to her being Techo-Organic he cannot fully control her. Arcee tells Sari that they need to contain Kremzeek somewhere. Sari remembers the soda bottle that she forgot to dispose of earlier and spits Kremzeek inside it, and seals it up, saving the day!
Later, at the CyberNinja Dojo, Optimus and Jazz use the Allspark fragments inside the Matrix to fully repair Blurr's body. Sari's classmates all sum up what they learned from the experience and Blurr happily races around the dojo, trying to find out what to do next, now that he is fully formed (and TFA season 4 was never produced).
Characters
Autobot
Arcee - Cybertronian Sports Car
Hosehead - Pick Up Truck
Nightbeat - Cybertronian Sports Car
Siren - Hatchback
Blurr - Cybertronian Race Car
Cheetor - Cybertronian Race Car
Sideswipe - Cybertronian Sports Car
Sentinel Magnus - Pick Up Truck
Optimus Prime - Truck
Jazz - Sports Car
Jetfire - Cybertronian Jet
Jetstorm - Cybertronian Jet
Cliffjumper - Cybertronian Car (Mentioned)
Bumblebee - Hatchback (Mentioned)
Ratchet - Ambulance (Mentioned)
Bulkhead - SWAT Van (Mentioned)
Prowl - Police Motorcycle (Mentioned) Dead
Decepticon
Megatron - Helicopter Incarcerated in Trypticon
Shockwave/Longarm Prime - Cybertronian Tank/Crane Incarcerated in Trypticon
Starscream - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)
Thundercracker - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)
Skywarp - Fighter Jet (Mentioned)
Other
Sari Sumdac - Human Girl
Kremzeek Trapped in Soda Bottle
Original Longarm (Mentioned) Disposed of by Shockwave
Ultra Magnus - Armoured Missile Truck (Mentioned) Near Death from Shockwave Attack
Tutor-Bot (Mentioned)
Isaac Sumdac (Mentioned)
Notes
- This storybook is based on the 2015 Botcon script reading
- Due to this being based on a live script reading, it includes various fourth wall breaks, I'll be ignoring them here where possible however, unless it seems pertinent for the plot etc.
- This story is set during the Stunti-con Job comic story.
- The "Headmaster Jrs" is a title normally given to the repaint variants of these characters from Japanese continuities (Shuta, Cab and Minerva)
- The three Headmaster Jrs use existing character models, like with many background characters in comics. Siren uses Bumblebee's body, Hosehead uses Sentinel Prime's, and Nightbeat uses Arcee's. Out of the three of them, only Nightbeat was fully revealed before this story as she appeared in the Complete Allspark Almanac.
- The trio also feature exaggerated gimmicks, Siren screams everything, Nightbeat tries to use her detective skills on everything, and Hosehead is Canadian....yup...that's the joke!
- This story shows that Blurr was probably killed when he was crushed by Shockwave, but Sari revived him with the Allspark Key energy residues inside her.
- In this continuity Kremzeek was a Trojan horse program made by Shockwave to disrupt Autobot systems and other technology....why is he a popular image amongst the Autobots in drinks etc then!?
- Arcee was given her laser blades (from the toy) from Ratchet, who was attempting to make her pointers for her lectures.
- This story indicates that the Fortress Maximus is not located in Iacon (as it aims it's gun towards the city)
