Sari, No One's Home

Left alone in the Autobots' home base, Sari must defend it against an intrusion by the Constructicons.

Summary
At the Autobot base, Prowl is going through his obstacle course, and passes with ease. Sari comes in, and decides that anything a living hunk of metal can do, she can do better. Prowl allows her to proceed, but only at one quarter speed, which proves to be about a quarter speed too high for her as a swinging crane arm clocks her in the back of the head, knocking her flat on her face. Sari starts complaining, and an amused Prowl consoles her, when Bulkhead barges in, complaining about the sound of constant dripping. Tracking it down, he finds the drip in an oil leak in Bumblebee's arm. Ratchet offers a tune up, but Bumblebee is adamant about being in perfect working order. Before a proper argument breaks out, Optimus, appears and turns on the news, which shows Mixmaster and Scrapper robbing oil from an auto-supply shop. The Autobots debate whether or not the two bots will remember them, and the fact they have to get to them before Megatron. The Autobots transform and roll out, but Optimus stops Sari from following, pointing out that a) the last time she was near those two, they nearly took her head off, and b) a kid isn't going to be a match for a two story robot. Prime catches up with the rest and they head towards the pairs last known location, not noticing that Bumblebee's leak is leaving a trail straight to the factory. Sari meanwhile is moping over being left home alone...before realising she's been left home alone! She then proceeds to stuff her face with chocolate, strap herself to a crane and have her own homemade funfair ride, and attempt Prowl's course at full pelt (it goes about as well as the first time).

The Autobots are en route with Bumblebee's leak slowly driving Bulkhead insane. After reaching his limit, he slaps an "I love Autobots" sticker on the hole, and it seems to solve the problem. Unfortunately, they were a little late, as Scrapper and Mixmaster have spotted the trail. Lamenting their inability to remember where they got the real good stuff, they decide to follow the yellow twit's road, and see if it leads em to anything worth drinking.

Unknown to all and sundry, Megatron has picked up the Constructicons location. He hands Blitzwing a barrel of oil, ordering him to find the pair and bring them back, while at the same time avoiding confrontation with the Autobots. Blitzwing is of course happy to oblige, transforming to jet mode and heading for the city.

Meanwhile, the Constructicons have arrived at the factory, and Mixmaster promptly melts the door. Sari, hanging out in Prowl's room with her headphones on, doesn't hear the alarm go off.

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Real-world references

 * there's a cunning similarity between this episode and the "Home Alone" movie.