User blog:Spikewitwicky/January 20th, 2017 - Spike's Journal Entry



I'm going to pick up Megan from pre-school in about an hour, but I'm catching the inauguration of President John MacLeod. And maybe it's because I just purchased a ticket to see Radiohead with Carly, but the line "this is a low-fying panic attack" keeps going through my head. This is finally setting in. In a few hours, Hussein Dunham will no longer be our president. These past eight years have been challenging, rewarding, sometimes terrifying, but during this time, I knew the Autobots had an unshakable ally.

Now - I have this feeling of unease. I have no idea what's going to come of this. It's a great unknown. It literally feels like if I were going into the depths of Autobot City, and the lights were suddenly cut - and there is no other light source.

I do have a vague indication of what's going to happen though. President MacLeod (I can't believe I'm writing this right now)'s election seems to have done the euqivalent of letting this pit-bull Sean Berger Jr.off his leash. He's always been an absolute asshole - again, at least his father seemed to repent the very last time I saw him (aside from the sentencing - and a few times I had to testify at his trial). His son - is openly hositle toward the Autobots, and it appears that Berger Jr. will have the president's ear.

Berger has put me on notice. He's put the Autobots on notice. He's threatened to literally evict my family from Autobot City. I haven't spoken to Crosscut, and I'm feeling Crosscut will tell me I have nothing to worry about. But stranger things have happened. Carly and I have enough money four a house, but...this is home. We've had a horrible track record for keeping our house, and now with a little girl to protect - and my dad. This is his home. He's comfortable here. I don't know how a move will affect him right now.

I'm scared - I'm concerned. But Prime has taught me not to shrink from adversity. This is the Autobots home. This is my home. If the 'bots want us to leave, that's one thing. But for anyone else, I'm not giving up without a fight. The Autobots have been demonized before - and they've come back. And I'm sure they'll do it again.

On a separate note - I'm starting to think Alpha Trion is finally getting around to asking for that thing he asked me to hold on to.