[Thursday, mid-morning]

I'd commend Red for managing to lock Sunstreaker in that closet, especially after he managed to get away from First Aid.... if it wasn't for the fact that I now need to straighten his back struts along with all the other injuries he's got from the 'training' incident...

Hmmpff... training incident my aft.  I'd bet my stash of high-grade that he and Sideswipe were fighting about Primus knows what!

[Thursday morning, early hours]

*slumps against a med. berth, optics still focussed on Steeljaw*

Flushed his energon lines, cleared as much of the visible rust as we can. Primus only knows if there's more in his fuel lines, but I can't risk flushing them again, I need to get energon back into him.

Frag it... *sighs* I've reattached his flank gun, repaired his leg and reconnected and replaced the torn wiring. The rest is mainly cosmetic and can wait til he's back online and keeping down energon. There was some damage to his mouth and throat, I have no idea what from, and frankly, I don't want to know.

Physically, Steeljaw should be fine (provided we managed to get all the rust out), but mentally, I'm not so sure about. I've never seen him snap at another Autobot, not snap and actually mean it. He took a chunk out of First Aid and very nearly got me. Time spent with Blaster and the rest of the cassettes should help. But I'd recommend a visit with Smokescreen.


*sighs*

And now I've got to go drag Sunstreaker's aft out of a storage closet and back down to med. bay...


((*OOC If I'm taking liberties with Steeljaw's recovery, message me?))

You know, if you asked me what I'd been doing for the last day, I don't think I'd be able to tell you... Huh... really ought to recharge slightly more often.

And then when I decide to walk down to med. bay to catch up on all the reports, I see Sunstreaker being chased by First Aid.  I have no fragging clue what that's about and I just know that someone's not telling me something.  Especially after seeing Sideswipe in the med. bay!

At least the storm's easing up.

It feels as though I don't know what's going on... The rec. room's a mess, Sideswipe's been treated by First Aid for 'training injuries'...

Wheeljack's gone off to speak to Beachcomber... still need his help recalibrating Mirage's vocaliser. That would be of course if I could get hold of anyone! I think they're holed up in a conference room. I saw Hound rushing over in that direction at any rate.

I have this horrible feeling my med. bay's going to be inundated soon... and not just with supposed training injuries... 

*stretches as his systems power back up after a short but extremely satisfying recharge.  As soon as he onlines his optics, he realises he's not in his quarters anymore.  Sweeping his gaze round the untidy room it settles on a box of energon goodies with a data pad propped up against it*

What the...

*trails off as he suddenly remembers everything*

Oh frag... need to fix Mirage's vocaliser.  Poor mech's going round sounding like he's out of one of those 'blue movies' the humans are so fond of.  Have to say though, the voice certainly suits him.  And certainly produces an interesting reaction

Gah... I slipped into recharge on Wheeljack.... *pauses*  But we were in his workshop... how the frag did I end up in his quarters?

*stands up, intending to find Wheeljack and the answers to his questions, but staggers slightly*
Well, he said to have them, so I might as well have a few... *picks up a handful of energon goodies and heads towards the med. bay*

There's nothing like being a battlefield medic to bring it home to you how much your friends mean to you.

All too often I find myself working on those I care about.  And it doesn't seem to show any signs of stopping any time soon.

For a medic sworn to help others, I can't help but want to deactivate Vortex for all the damage he's done to Mirage.  This wasn't an accident.  It was slow and deliberate torture.  I can't even begin to imagine what he must have gone through.  *shudders*  I don't think I want to imagine.

It actually manages to look worse that when Wheeljack blows himself up.  Admittedly, when the daft fragger *affectionate smile* does that, he doesn't tend to rewire all his circuits when he does.  Maybe lose a limb or two...

And I still haven't fixed Prowl's fragging doorwing yet.  He was right when he said I was preoccupied.  Having managed to stabilise Mirage's spark (and repair the chamber as best I can.  Just wish it was easily replaceable) and sort out most of the internal wiring, it's just mostly cosmetic damage left.  I just hope when he onlines, he's still the same Mirage.  Don't know how Jazz would take that.  He's been hanging around ever since I brought Mirage back.  Guess he's really worried...

 Right... that's the Aerialbots dealt with.

Sunstreaker I aim to talk with when both of us are less exhausted and angry... I know there's something bothering him, I just don't know what and that weighs on my spark.

Red Alert didn't turn up for his final check and I hate to say it, but I'm too depleted to go running around the base to drag him down to med. bay.

Right, recharge, preferably uninterrupted.

If anyone disturbs me for any other reason than an emergency, I will weld them to the ceiling.  And that goes for you too Sideswipe, NO pranks!

Primus hates me.  That's the only explanation.

Things have been non-stop.  If it's not been Decepticons slagging us to the Pit and back, it's been Wheeljack and Red Alert virtually having a brawl in the rec room.  Followed by Sunstreaker wanting to teach Slingshot a lesson and dashing out of med. bay when he's not fully fixed.

Now I'm waiting on Fireflight to be rescued.  He decided to take a swim...

And then Bluestreak took Wheeljack's suggestion (why anyone in their right processor would take one of Wheeljack's suggestions on board...) and started removing all the cat hair left by his pet with what appears to be super-strength duct tape... and of course he managed to get completely tangled up in it.  Him and the cat...

*sighs* 

Primus must hate me... either that or I'm dreaming... and I'm not entirely sure Cybertronians can dream! 

Now I've just got to get this solvent off... and avoid Wheeljack... slag it all... he only left his comm link open!  When we were ... interfacing and Swoop overheard...

Sunstreaker - fixed
Sideswipe - fixed
Prowl - fixed

Anyone else need anything or can I just go recharge now?

Except I can't because I now have to explain the mechanics of bonding to Swoop... I never should have made that agreement with Wheeljack about theory and practice... how was I to know they'd actually want a demonstration? 
And it's all Sunstreaker's fault....

And Red Alert looks suspiciously like he's overcharged... so no doubt he'll be in my med. bay soon, purging his tanks... *grumbles*

I need a vacation...

 Primus must hate me... that's the only reason I can figure out...

Annual tune ups are the bane of my life... I spend far too long chasing mechs around to make sure they're functioning properly and do I ever get thanked for it?  No!

And then Sunstreaker has to go and pick a fight with Omega Supreme... and then Teletraan's running on what appears to be battery back up...

All I want is a cube of high grade and a nice long uninterrupted recharge...