Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. Things have happened in the last chapter/episode.
Shockwave is working on something that's from Transformers: Prime. I hope people will like it when it's time.
Corporal Matthew Weir has entered Winter Schnee's quarters to talk to her about something. Who knows what it is.
Project: Cyber Warrior has been sped up with good results so far. Iron Phantom has been completed while Argyos, Snowbreak, and Chillblade works in progress.
*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. Private Lodestone's Quarters. 2:01 am*
Private Lodestone was feeling okay despite testing out the neural interface with the robot: Iron Phantom. The doctors immediately checked him out after the testing and found nothing wrong with him, so they gave him a clean bill of health. However, they did tell him to come to do a check-up every two days as a precaution which was reasonable. General Ironwood knocked on his door. "Private Lodestone."
Private Lodestone walked over and opened the door for his commanding officer. "General, sir." He saluted.
"At ease, Private Lodestone." General Ironwood chuckled. "You did a great job in Iron Phantom."
"Thank you, sir." Private Lodestone smiled. "It was my honor to pilot the first creation of Project: Cyber Warrior. I've heard that three more robots are being created as we speak, sir."
"Indeed. You heard right. Soon, we will be able to defend Remnant from this threat!" General Ironwood declared.
"I can hardly wait, sir." Private Lodestone agreed.
"Since you passed the initial testing, from this point forward, you are the official pilot of Iron Phantom." General Ironwood put his hand on Private Lodestone's shoulder.
"Thank you, sir." Private Lodestone said. "I will do my very best."
*Vale. Vale City. Blake & Pursuit. 6:12 am*
Blake and Pursuit were enjoying a simple, early morning drive. "I'm glad your family accepts me." Pursuit said.
"Same here, Pursuit." Blake smiled. "It also helps that you're my guardian."
"How is Mr. Arc faring?" Pursuit asked.
"The same as he's been for the last two months. Saddened, prone to anger, lashes out at certain people. We saw evidence of this when we were in Atlas." Blake explained.
"That is saddening to hear." Pursuit sighed as they continued driving.
*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. Winter Schnee's Quarters. 8:09 am*
Winter had heard the results of Iron Phantom's neural interface testing and was still slightly happy to hear it was a success, but she still thought it shouldn't have been sped up. This could have serious repercussions later down the line. She was more so worried about Weiss back in Vale. Was she alright? Were all of these alien robots as bad as General Ironwood was making them out to be? The questions kept piling up.
She got up and went out for some air. Hopefully, that would clear her head.
*Vale. Vale Meadow. Near the caverns. 11:56 am*
Six large figures were sitting around in the caves near their ship. "I still can't believe we're here on this planet." One of them said in a deep voice.
"Believe it." Another replied in a much lighter voice. "Question is: Is he here?"
"He must be." The third figure added in a female voice. "Why else would our ship crash us here?"
"Another question is are there other Autobots here?" A fourth figure asked.
"We don't need them." The lead figure growled in a raspy tone. "Sludge, Swoop, Slash, Snarl, Slug, we're enough to take him down."
"Grimlock. We have to face the facts that we're going to need help if we run into him again."
"Other Autobots are weaklings. They run when they should fight." Grimlock growled again. "We can take care of Shockwave on our own."
"You don't know that for sure." Swoop interjected. "We don't even know if he's on this planet."
"He's here. I can feel it in my circuits." Grimlock snarled.
*Vale. Vale City. Beacon High. 13:21 pm*
Jaune and Tammy had just finished their science class. Jaune was actually smiling right now. At this point, Jaune smiling was a rarity in itself. "Thanks for being my partner, Tammy," Jaune said.
"No problem, Jaune." Tammy smiled.
"You know, you're a pretty good partner." Jaune complimented.
Tammy blushed a little. "Aww, I only did my best."
"That's all anyone can do," Jaune added. "It's a standard principle."
"I'm happy I can make you smile." Tammy leaned into Jaune's side.
Jaune blushed at this. "U-Uh, I'm g-glad for t-that, t-too."
Tammy giggled in response. She always found it cute when Jaune stuttered. "Hey, maybe you want to hang out on the weekend?"
"That should be okay with my folks, but I'll ask them just in case." Jaune said.
"Alright! If it's okay, see you then." Tammy smiled. She then walked off leaving Jaune at his locker with a smile on his face. While he was walking to his next class, Pyrrha caught up to him.
"Hello, Jaune. You're smiling again." Pyrrha noticed. "Why is that?"
"Oh, just that Tammy and I were talking again." Jaune smiled.
Pyrrha's look became a little downtrodden at hearing that. "Oh. I see."
Jaune did notice this and put a hand on her shoulder. "Pyrrha, are you ok?" He asked.
"Y-Yeah. I'm okay. I just wish you would let us in a little more." Pyrrha stuttered. She began tearing up and brought Jaune into a hug. "I know it's been hard for you, but remember, you have friends and family that will love you no matter what and is always ready to help you."
Jaune began tearing up at hearing that. "I-I know, Pyrrha. You have no idea how happy I am to have that. You and the others are the best people I've ever met in my entire life."
Pyrrha regained a smile while holding Jaune in her embrace. There may be hope for her yet.
*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. Main Hangar. 17:21 pm*
Private Carrol Garcia had snuck out of her quarters and made her way to the main hangar. She saw a small ship that would fit her needs. "Going somewhere, Private Garcia?" Corporal Weir asked. Private Garcia turned around to see Corporal Weir, Private Bueller, and Private Spyke standing behind her.
"What are you three doing here?" Private Garcia whispered. "Are you three here to stop me?"
"Stop you? We're going with you." Private Spyke smiled. "General Ironwood's sped up Project: Cyber Warrior. It's all he's been thinking about for a long while now. We've seen that not all of these robots are here to destroy us. We have to find those robots that helped us back in Anima."
"What if they don't want to see us?" Private Bueller brought up.
"They have to know what the general's doing. He's not really thinking straight." Private Garcia voiced.
"You three do know the second we leave, we'll probably be listed as fugitives, slated for incarceration." Corporal Weir reminded.
"I don't think that matters when the general is off his rocker." Private Spyke commented. "So, we're all in agreement, then?"
"Yep." Corporal Weir, Private Bueller, and Private Garcia agreed. With that, they made their way to the shuttle and barely managed to escape the main hangar under fire. Now, they were heading to Vale, determined to find the Autobots. They had to find them to repay them somehow.
*Southern Vale Ocean. The Nemesis. Shockwave's Quarters. 20:01 pm*
Shockwave's project was nearing it's completion. He had managed to accelerate the results considerably. He walked over to the tube and put his hand on it. "Very soon, my creation. Soon, you will be able to be the ultimate Autobot hunter." He said stoically as he left his laboratory. The robotic creature inside the tube opened it's eyes which turned out to be yellow and let out a low growling sound.
Once he left his quarters, Starscream caught him on the way out. Starscream had a disgusted look on his face as always.
"Why do you follow a complete idiot like Megatron?" Starscream asked the one-eyed Decepticon.
"Lord Megatron is the most logical choice for our leader," Shockwave answered.
"I would be a much better and more successful leader than Megatron ever will be." Starscream boasted. "You should know that in your spark."
"Highly doubtful, Starscream. You just don't have the same viciousness and relentlessness as Megatron. You wouldn't be able to lead us for a day without screwing everything up. Unlike you, Megatron has clarity." Shockwave explained.
"Why you ungrateful excuse for a scientist! Was that your thought-out hypothesis?" Starscream mocked.
"No. That's just common fact." Shockwave deadpanned.
That got Starscream right in the spark. He'd never been insulted by Shockwave like that before. He attempted to punch Shockwave in the face, but Shockwave deflected the punch, brought Starscream down to the ground, and pointed his gun arm directly at his spark chamber.
"Feel fortunate that you have use to Lord Megatron. Otherwise, I would extinguish your spark right here and now." Shockwave threatened plainly.
" You should feel fortunate that I haven't taken you to the scrapheap." Starscream angrily retorted.
"Like you could ever take me down, Starscream." Shockwave deadpanned as he walked off.
Starscream growled as he got up and stomped off to his own quarters. "No one humiliates me, Starscream like that and gets away with it. Once I lead the Decepticons, they'll all respect me."
*Vale. Vale Forest. The Ark. Ratchet's Quarters. 00:12 am*
Ratchet was sitting at his desk working on something. Whatever it was, it had a green color to it and was in a tube. He wore a face of pure determination. "We need to be at the top of our game. Our survival depends upon it." He said. Suddenly, he got up and put the tube in a cabinet filled with other tubes filled with the same green substance.
"No other Autobots will die on my watch. I'll make certain of it." Ratchet added.
Hello, everyone. I hope you all like this newest chapter/episode of Dustformers: Season 2. Grimlock and the Dinobots are beginning to plan their move against Shockwave.
Jaune seems to be hanging out with Tammy more, much to Pyrrha's growing dismay. Tammy also seems to be putting more of the moves on the blonde knight. However, Pyrrha will play the game as well.
Project: Cyber Warrior has had its first successful test of the neural interface with Private Lodestone. General Ironwood is of course impressed with private Lodestone and has offered him the position of the pilot of Iron Phantom. I wonder how that will affect the war.
Speaking of Atlas, Private Carrol Garcia, Private Dixon Spyke, Corporal Matthew Weir, and Private Mitch Bueller have snuck themselves out of Atlas heading to Vale, determined to find the Autobots.
The bad news is that Shockwave's project is nearing completion. This will change things once it's completed. We also see Starscream's side that we all know and love. I apologize for taking this long to bring it out, but it's coming out now.
We also finally drop into Ratchet's Quarters to see how the poor medic's doing. It looks like he's working on something of his own as he's locked himself in there since Bumblebee's death. Like with Jaune, the guilt of being unable to save Bumblebee has been eating away at him.
As usual, if anyone has any OCs or story ideas, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me. I'm happy for all the support my stories are getting and I hope it continues.