User blog:Spikewitwicky/July 22, 2019 - Spike's Journal Entry



After what seems years, the United States was liberated from Cobra occupation by G.I. Joe this week. I was actually in Washington, D.C. during the battle. And good lord, did they come in fast. I was in D.C. to talk to some members of the House, just an update about the Autobots. For history's sake, Cobra allowed some forms of government to exist. They wisely decided that while yes, they could take over a country as big as the U.S., big surprise, they didn't have the resources to do stuff like continue food inspections, send out Social Security checks, and approve new cancer-treating drugs.

Anyway, after meeting with House members, I went back to the hotel. I just wanted a beer, read through some reports, and maybe either read or watch a baseball game. But word quickly got out to people - something was going to happen. Soon. So stay in, and find cover.

And for hours, me and probably 400 other people crammed the lowest part of the hotel while the battle waged on. It's weird, I've been in a lot of fights with the Autobots and Decepticons. But human battles...I haven't been in many. And I don't plan to be. I don't know if it's because I feel like I'm protected with the Autobots, but stuff like Friday night - I felt the same fear that others around me felt. Something about human weaponry - maybe it's the crudness of it compared to what I see with the Autobots, genuinely unsettles me. Again, I was a civilian along with the hundreds of others.

After a night where I got zero sleep, I was put into a group that was liberated. Cobra is likely still lurking around. Maybe some sleeper agents have already been set up. So, the group I was with were searched. IDs checked. Etc. And then, I spoke with General Hawk, who realyed what he wanted to tell the Autobots about what to do now.

Thankfully, Joe casualties were at a minimum. And now, we are free to again travel to those big, occupied cities. No curfews. No seeing Cobra brazenly patrol streets with automatic weapons while people go about their lives. We are finally free again.