A/N: I forgot that Smokescreen, Ultra Magnus and the Predacons went together. I fixed it, though.

I've been grounded, sorry it took so long to update. I also changed the rating, since in the next few chapters there may or may not be some use of violence. Not anything or anything. Would you guys be fine with that? And lines act as dividers. Just a BTDubs.

You all know that the Autobots have Hanger E right? (If you didn't, or just had a blond moment like me, then now you know ;3) It enpands underground, like their old base. Hence very similar setting.

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Chapter 2: Snowstorm

Five Autobots filled the training room; Bumblebee and Arcee were sparring in the center of the hanger being cheered on by their human counterparts, Rachet busily typing on a datapad and Bulkhead testing out different music tracks with Miko.

Optimus watched, half-interested at his surroundings. He was still rather tired from the previous night; he hadn't exactly gotten the best recharge.

The hanger door opened and two pairs of pedsteps echoed above the training room. They both sounded rather angry, and soon voices joined them.

Smokescreen was the first to enter, followed by Ultra Magnus. The young Autobot's servos were cupped over his helm, and he looked rather disgruntled. Ultra Magnus didn't look much better. Everybot stopped what they were doing and watched the twosome.

"Uh... You guys okay?" Miko asked tentatively.

"No. No we are not. Someone," Smokescreen turned around to give Ultra Magnus a death glare. "Suggested that we double back FIVE times on the way here. With, like, no recharge!" At that he roughly huffed his ex-vents, looking slightly murderous.

Ultra Magnus snorted, then growled "Well I'm just making sure that no one discovers where we are. Stand down."

Smokescreen snarled then threw his servos in the air. "Fine! Fine!" He stomped off towards his recharge berth, grumbling furiously.

Ultra Magnus' in-vents stalled, sounding surprisingly like a sigh. He left to go to his recharge berth, when Optimus got to his peds and laid his servo on the general's shoulder. He slowly turned around to face the Prime.

"Just one question." Optimus pried gently. The general's in-vents stalled again, this time making a submissive sound.

"Where is Wheeljack?"

"He's off driving. Again. I do not know when he will come back." Ultra Magnus left for some much needed recharge as soon as the large servo lifted off his shoulder.

Optimus nodded and went to go sit back down when a soft femme voice drifted to his audio receptors. "You should get some rest."

He turned around to face Arcee. Her faceplates wore a concerned expression.

"You look like you had an awful recharge. Go ahead, we'll wake you up if there's trouble."

Sleepily, Optimus nodded, but his CPU was raging. You're a Prime! You don't need rest!

"Are you sure?" The large Autobot asked. The femme bobbed her helm. "You've looked awful for the last few solar cycles, ever since that mine attack. Now go."

She made a shooing motion with her servo and smiled, turning around to face Bumblebee.


Optimus trudged off towards his recharge berth when something distracted him. The thoughts about the mine had been whirling through his CPU, creating a mini-storm of pain in the back of his helm.

Taking a sharp right, the Autobot ended up back in the Groundbridge room. The computers were still off, causing the room to have a dreary atmosphere. He went to turn on the lights suspended from the ceiling when the door to the hanger began to shudder and rumble.

Optimus whirled around, his right servo transformed into a large-barreled blaster. Slowly edging towards the door, his hand outstrethed, ready to open it.

The hanger door was thrown open to reveal nothing out of the ordinary. Except one thing. Sheets of white fluff slammed the ground around the military compound. A snowstorm, in Jasper, Nevada.

The Cybertronian cautiously trudged out, the cold ripping at his his chassis. His right servo transformed back, his large digits stretched toward the sky. A whirl of snow spiraled past him and up towards the sky.

Optics narrowed, partly out of suspicion, partly to keep the snow out, Optimus made his way back to the hanger and hurriedly shut the large door. He returned back to the training room, still trying to shake off the snow crusted all over his body.

When Arcee glanced back to see who the oncoming pedsteps belonged to, she almost earned a kick to the faceplates. The others soon turned around to see what the commotion was about, several jaws dropped.

"What happened?" Someone gasped. Optimus shifted to gaze pointedly at the ceiling. "A snowstorm." He muttered.

"Here?" He heard Raf ask. "But that's not...?" The youngest human trailed off and Optimus turned to look at him. Confusion and a slight wonder warred on his face.

The group returned to the hanger door. Ratchet took a deep cycle of air and gripped the handle, cautiously swinging it open. The white flakes outside took the opportunity to rush in, blasting over its victims with no mercy. The door haltingly rumbled shut as Ratchet battled the frosted-over hinges.

"I-i just can't..." Raf stood stock still, his mouth opening and closing soundlessly. "You said it." Miko whispered awestruck.

"How? It feels like a desert most the time and-" Ratchet was stopped mid-rant when an alarm went off. He launched himself at the main computer and furiously began typing. Optimus flinched when his research popped up, but the medic was too busy to read it and pulled up another page. A map of Earth pulled up and a small beacon pulsed on its surface. It was the location of the Decepticon mine from earlier.

Optimus growled mentally. The Autobots were going back to that anomaly. Great. At least they could possibly learn more about it.

The Cybertronian warriors, and scout, looked up at their leader. "Autobots, prepare to roll out. Don't worry about Ultra Magnus and Smokescreen, they need the rest." Optimus nodded at Ratchet. "Open a Groundbridge." It's time to get some answers. He thought, adding to the statement.


Lol, fail cliffhanger XD And my muse was not cooperating.

Again, so sorry for the time it took to upload. New chapter should come sooner.

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