By: Elizabeth
Author's note: Just a little thing I wrote and it takes place a couple of weeks after the formation of Team Lightyear. It just Mira's thoughts and frustrations. I may do more of these, I haven't decided yet. But this one was kind of fun to write.
Dear Diary,
First, let me say this: My team consists of nothing but nutcases! I must have been drunk when I agreed to join the team. If I had known that I would be paired with those three, I would have stayed at home on Tangea. At least there I was not getting my sanity tested on a regular basis.
Don't get me wrong, when Buzz chose me to join his team, I was thrilled. Imagine working with Star Command's finest ranger! It would be exciting and not to mention helpful for my career. My God, was I mistaken. The man gives me a headache sometimes. Buzz is so full of himself and being a ranger that it is scary. Talk about an ego! And so condescending at times. Just because this is my first year out of the Academy does not mean that I don't understand anything. I was the top graduate of my Academy class for crying out loud.
And I wish he would lay off the "Princess" stuff. Actually all three of them need to stop it. Booster kept calling me "Your Highness" and Buzz kept calling me "Princess" today. Those are not my name. MY NAME IS MIRA!!!! MIRA!!! M-I-R-A!! HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT?!
Speaking of Booster, he's sweet but he goes a little overboard with his adoration of Buzz. I could have strangled him on patrol today. He's prattling off story after story about Buzz's heroics. About drove me up the wall. But all in all, Booster is probably the only member of my team who doesn't cause me much stress.
And the robot, XR, is just completely crazy. Buzz told me XR was completely different before he had to by rebuilt by the LGM's after Warp Darkmatter blew him up. He apparently was nothing like the girl-crazy, sexist, sarcastic chunk of metal he is now. When the LGM's were rebuilding him, did they accidentally put in an overactive lust chip? I honestly would like to know cause he tries to hit on me all the time. And if he isn't hitting on me, then it is some bimbo somewhere else.
But I am sure that the three of them are thinking not so nice things about me. Stuck-up, spoiled Princess comes to mind. Unfriendly, temperamental bi-…okay, maybe I do have a bit of an attitude. But you have to if you're a woman in this business. You have to be able to handle the same stuff as the boys. It's harder if you're a girl and even harder if you're a member of royalty. It's like you have to doubly prove to everyone that you can do it.
I'll write more later. I have to report for duty.