User blog:Doomflower/IC/Arcee's Personal Journal Entry

(Arcee keeps a personal journal. It's written in Cybertronian, and is kept in a hidden and heavily encrypted file on her own data storage, separate from Teletran. In other words, no hacking allowed! What I share here is for entertainment purposes only. It is not to be considered IC knowledge.)

When I returned to base for a new assignment, I really didn't consider the possibility that things were going to be even worse than when I left. Granted, my last assignment was fairly remote, and I was conscripted to defend a fairly small industrial town against being razed by Decepticon forces who decided that the town would make a better throughway to their nearest base. It took quite a few cycles and considerable determination, but I think the Cons finally lost interest in that little town. They didn't really expect that much of a fight. It's the little victories that matter, because they add up. So that really boosted my morale...all the way up until I returned to Autobot City.

So I return to base, and do some combat training with Elita One and Zipline. Seeing Ultra Magnus again was great, too. We haven't had a chance to catch up, yet, but I'm hoping that will happen soon.

And Springer. What can I say about the Wrecker that I haven't already said a thousand times before? We have a history. We work very well together. We play...very well together. This homecoming, however, wasn't quite as joyous as previous ones. Homecomings are generally joyous affairs for us. However, this time, I've barely even spoken to him.

But there is someone I did speak to at length, and that's Blurr. I heard from Sky Lynx that Int-Div could use some assistance, and since this is work I've done in the past, I went to see him about it.

Seems that Red Alert has gone missing. He was the Int-Div's CO. With him unaccounted for, Blurr has had to fill in that position himself. And like the good guy he is, he's been working non-stop to keep everything together. And basically, Int-Div has turned into 24/7 damage control. I had to coax him a lot to admit it. He's absolutely miserable.

Since when do Autobots live by the philosophy, 'Every mech for themselves'?? How ridiculous!

Now I'm pretty much determined to rejoin Intelligence. Autobots don't leave each other to 'fend for themselves'. I can't even put into words how much this annoys me, so I'm just going to end this here, and burn off some frustration in the training room.