Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. Shockwave's project is nearing completion which is obviously a very, very bad sign. Who knows what havoc it will wreak upon Remnant.

Adding to that, The Dinobots are on Remnant and are planning their next move against Shockwave. Well, mainly Grimlock is and is absolutely not listening to any of his team who are trying to get him to see reason. Come on, it's Grimlock. Getting him of all Autobots to see reason is very difficult.

Private Dixon Spyke, Private Carrol Garcia, Private Mitch Bueller, and Corporal Matthew Weir sneak out of Atlas and are headed to Vale to try and find the Autobots. General Ironwood won't be happy to find this out. Not to mention that Winter is questioning the general and is worried about Weiss.

Jaune Arc and Tammy Goldberg seem to be getting closer, much to Pyrrha's dismay, but she's not out of it yet. Tammy has a headstart, though.

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Now, let's jump right into the action!

*Southern Vale Ocean. The Nemesis. Shockwave's Quarters. 4:10 am*

Shockwave had tinkered all night working on various projects, mostly with the robotic form in the tube. He had gotten ahead on these various projects, but the one in the tube was finally ready. "At last. You are complete."

The creature growled lowly in response to Shockwave's words. Pressing a couple of buttons, the tube began filtering all the liquid out.

*Southern Vale Ocean. The Nemesis. Main Conference Chamber. 5:21 am*

All the Decepticons were gathered by Shockwave's request. "Wonder what the top scientist wants all of us here to see," Thundercracker whispered.

"We'll just have to wait and see," Skywarp whispered back.

"Whatever it is, it'll probably fail miserably." Starscream mocked.

"If that were the case, how come Shockwave has killed more Autobots than you." Strikecharge brought up, making the Seeker sputter.

"Shockwave is one of the most valuable Decepticons. Unlike some of my other warriors, he's never failed me." Megatron reminded.

"Thank you for coming, Lord Megatron. All of you." Shockwave said walking into the room.

"Alright, Shockwave. What do you have that will amaze us?" Octoshock asked.

"Yeah, it better be something good." Trap Widow added.

"Decepticons, may I present the ultimate Autobot Hunter." Shockwave introduced. Seconds later, thunderous footsteps were approaching the room. Then, something big walked in. The Decepticons were utterly shocked at what they were seeing. It had sharp claws, large wings, a quadrupedal form, sharp teeth, yellow eyes, and a pointed head. Megatron was not so much fearful of this new creature but intrigued as its wings unfolded and let out a small roar.

"Incredible." Cindershot whispered in intrigue.

"A Predacon?!" Starscream shouted. "I thought they were extinct!"

"Not a true Predacon. This specimen was born in a laboratory." Shockwave explained.

"It does my spark good to see you tampering with creation once again, Shockwave." Megatron smiled.

"This thing looks awesome!" Flamewar exclaimed.

"The Predacon can be used to track down the Autobots and destroy them." Shockwave then held out a bit of Energon in a small container. "A sample of Autobot Energon. This will be enough for it to track them" The Predacon viewed the container and it's eyes glowed a little brighter.

"Then let the hunt begin." Megatron grinned.

*Vale. Vale City. Arc Residence. 7:13 am*

The kids and their families were hanging out at Jaune's house. The kids were in Jaune's room while their families and siblings were outside for the time being. "I wonder why the Decepticons haven't made a move yet." Yang pondered.

"Maybe they're biding their time, waiting for the right moment to attack." Blake answered.

"Perhaps a new Decepticon has joined their ranks. We can't rule that out." Ren brought up.

"Let's try to not think about that, Renny." Nora said. "That's a worst-case scenario."

"What do you think, Jaune?" Pyrrha asked.

Jaune shook his head for a minute. "Sorry, guys. I spaced out for a minute." He rubbed his head a little sheepishly. "I'm equally concerned about the Decepticons and the Atlas Military."

Weiss hung her head down a little. "Winter..." She whispered.

Ruby walked over and hugged Weiss. "Weiss, your sister seems like a really tough cookie. She must be alright."

Weiss began crying. "She must be worried sick about me and Mother."

"I'm sure Winter will listen to her heart instead of her orders from General Ironwood." Ruby tried to assure.

Weiss hugged Ruby back while still crying. "Thank you, Ruby."

"No offense to your sister or Atlas, Weiss, but General Ironwood is kind of a nutcase." Yang commented.

"Are you kidding, Yang?" Jaune asked rhetorically. "The man basically threatened us and our families into helping him as he wants to know about the Transformers just so he can kill them all without ever asking which are good and bad. Not to mention that when the Atlas Military tried fighting the Decepticons at Vale's Beachfront, they did nothing to harm them and got wiped out. Plus, this Project: Cyber Warrior has me even more worried than before."

"You're rambling, Jaune." Ren deadpanned.

"Sorry, its just that we know the Atlas Military is as big a threat to us as well as the Decpeticons." Jaune finished.

"Well, you're not wrong there, but remember that Rubes here wiped any knowledge they had on us off their database." Yang reminded. "Plus, Wheeljack finally got the ground bridge working. Now, how're things with you and a certain Tammy Goldberg?"

Pyrrha subtly tensed at Yang's question while Jaune blushed a little at Tammy being mentioned. "Tammy and I are just fine. We're hanging out often. She's a good friend. Not my best friend like all of you, of course."

"Would you say she's the one for you?" Yang wiggled her eyebrows. Pyrrha tensed up more at that.

"No, I wouldn't say that. It's still too early to tell." Jaune said truthfully which made Pyrrha relax.

*Vale. Vale Forest. The Ark. Main Lobby. 9:45 am*

Optimus Prime was looking at Teletraan-1's monitor for any sign of recent Decepticon activity as they've been quiet for a while. The last time this happened, a Decepticon Cruiser entered Remnant, a battle at Vale's Beachfront took place, and Bumblebee was killed in action. That alone broke Jaune, Snipewing, and Ratchet who had not come out of his quarters since then.

"Optimus, are you okay?" Elita-1 asked walking on.

"Yes, Elita." Optimus replied. "Just thinking?"

"About Bumblebee?" Elita correctly guessed.

Optimus sighed knowing he wouldn't evade Elita-1 for very long. "Yes. It still haunts me that I couldn't save him, just like all the Autobots I failed to save."

Elita hugged her sparkmate. "Optimus, it wasn't your fault. The Decepticons are relentless. They won't stop until every last one of us are dead."

"His death has broken Snipewing and Ratchet. We're gonna need them." Optimus said.

"Don't forget poor Jaune." Elita whispered sadly. "He is the most broken of the three."

"Optimus, we just found some Energon!" Wheeljack exclaimed running in.

"Where, Wheeljack?" Optimus asked.

"In the Hekta Mountains." Wheeljack responded.

*Hekta. Hekta Mountains. 12:22 pm*

Ironhide, Wildfire, Pursuit, Full-Throttle, and Hound drove through the Ground Bridge with the kids in tow. "So, these are the Hekta Mountains. A decent landscape." Ren stated.

"Not many people actually come to the Hekta Mountains. Though, some people do come to the forest before this mountain range to have camping trips." Weiss added.

"Let's find the Energon and bring it back," Blake said. With that, they began exploring the place for Energon. However, they heard a flapping sound. "What's that sound?"

That was answered very quickly as the Predacon came into view. It let out a ferocious roar just before it breathed fire at the Autobots and kids who barely made it to cover behind a few boulders. It let out another roar. "A dragon?! How the hell did the Decepti-creeps get a dragon?!" Nora screamed.

"Nora, what's a dragon?" Ironhide asked.

"A huge, flying, fire-breathing lizard!" Nora exclaimed bringing her hands to her face.

"Whatever it is, we've got to take it down!" Wildfire shouted.

"How? It's in the air right now! We have to find a way to bring it down!" Hound reminded.

Full-Throttle then got an idea. He grabbed a grenade and threw it as high as he could. Seconds after that, he shot it, causing it to explode and hit the Predacon. It didn't do much though except make it go to the ground. It hit the ground with a powerful force. "Come and get some, beast!" Full-Throttle shouted.

He fired at the Predacon which did little but irritate it a little as it swung its tail at him, knocking him back a few feet. Wildfire took a chance and jumped onto the Predacon, but the beast detected this and rolled onto it's back which prompted Wildfire to jump out of the way. Before Wildfire could attack, she got grabbed into the Predacon's mouth and thrown into a mountain wall.

Hound managed to land a couple of hits on the Predacon before being thrown at the mountain. He transformed to vehicle mode before that, but it wasn't enough to evade the next attack which involved him being thrown a little high into a mountain wall and falling back down to the ground, hard.

Pursuit brought out his Energon Glaive and attempted to strike the Predacon, only to have the large beast swing its tail. Pursuit jumped out of the way and performed a reverse slash making a tiny cut before the Predacon slammed him to the ground which made him wince in pain.

Ironhide punched the Predacon, actually hurting it a tiny bit. "Let's rock." He said. The Predacon roared as it charged Ironhide who ran towards the opponent. The Predacon attempted to bite Ironhide, but the old Autobot managed to dodge in time and land another punch to its faceplate. Breathing fire, the Predacon tried to roast Ironhide, but a well-shot grenade from Nora gave her guardian the opportunity for Ironhide to dodge the fire. However, the Predacon

"We're not even scratching it!" CLUTCH exclaimed.

"Thanks for stating the obvious, CLUTCH!" Full-Throttle exclaimed back.

"How are we gonna deal with this thing?!" Yang screamed.

Suddenly, a ground bridge opened up and the Autobots and kids ran through it. It closed seconds before the Predacon could follow them through. It flew into the sky and roared.

*Vale. Vale Forest. The Ark. 13:01 pm*

"You're saying you fought a robot dragon?" Wheeljack asked.

"Yep," Ruby said, popping the p. "That's exactly what we're saying."

"It beat five Autobots down with little to no effort," Weiss recalled.

"Hearing that is scary," Zig admitted.

"Hmmm..." Optimus pondered.

"What is it, Optimus?" Elita asked.

"I have to think about this. This sounds familiar to a couple of things I read back on Cybertron long ago." Optimus muttered as he walked off.

"Anyway, are you all okay?" Snipewing asked.

"Snipewing, they must be okay since they're here." Bolt added. They were all thinking the exact same thing: Where did that robot dragon come from? Why was it here? Why did it suddenly attack them without reason? Was this it or was this only the beginning of something?

Hello, everyone. I hope you liked Let The Hunt Begin! The Predacon: Predaking is here which is very, very bad news for the protagonists. He's how he was when he was first introduced in season 3 of Prime. Despite that, Predaking's the same as Grimlock in the sense that he's wicked awesome! Predaking essentially kicked the Autobot's asses this chapter and without transforming. Ironhide withstood the Predacon the longest, but he still got his aft kicked. This may only be the beginning of this project of Shockwave's.

Hekta is an OL (Original Location) of mine for this story. It's a forested/mountainous terrain that not many people travel to and with apparent Energon in the mountains themselves. How did that happen? We'll find that out later in the story.

I'm glad the OC/Story idea contributor's list I'm keeping track of is increasing steadily. I'm happy you are willing to give me ideas. credit for your ideas goes to you all except my own ideas. I hope it continues to increase throughout this story.

As always, if anyone has any OCs/story ideas, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me. If you have any Predacon ideas, the same thing applies.