Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. In the last chapter/episode, Predaking fought the Autobots and beat them down at Hekta Mountain. I took a small break from writing because of work, but hopefully, I'll be able to divert my time more to my stories.

Once again, I'd like to thank all my contributors: (OCs/Story Ideas)

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These people give me ideas for chapters I work on and for future ideas and for that, I deeply thank them. I hope for their continued support as well as from all of you.

Now, transform and roll out!

*Vale. Vale City. 10:10 am*

Corporal Matthew Weir and the other Atlas Military people that went with him were in Vale with their personal mission: Look for the Autobots and thank them for saving them back in Anima. "Do you really think we'll find them in Vale?" Private Spyke asked.

"Even if we don't find them, we should at the very least find clues to where they are." Private Garcia reasoned.

"That may be true, but remember that they disappeared as soon as the fight was over." Private Bueller reminded.

"We have to at least try." Private Garcia insisted.

"Look, we're not disputing you, Carrol. We're just pointing out how hard it's gonna be finding these guys." Private Spyke said.

"I'm sorry, Dixon." Private Garcia apologized. "I-I just keep having nightmares about Orville being killed so gruesomely."

Carrol was starting to tear up. It was more than obvious that that mission in Anima had affected her greatly, with the sudden death of her brother and the Insecticon attack. Dixon slowly walked up to her and wrapped her in a soft hug. "We're okay, Carrol. We survived. I know it hurts. You have to stay strong, for your own sake." Private Spyke softly whispered.

Carrol sniffled with a few tears rolling down her face. "T-Thank you, Dixon." Private Garcia whispered.

"No problem, Carrol." Private Spyke whispered back. Suddenly, he blushed with Carrol's plentiful bosom pressed up against his chest. "N-No problem at all."

*Atlas. Abandoned Construction Tunnel. 12:32 pm*

There was noise occurring inside the tunnel. There was a pure black crane truck with azure blue lining and a black Deltic-Class Diesel Locomotive with yellow and red linings just sitting motionless.

"We've been here for so long, Eldritch." The crane truck suddenly started.

"I know, Igris, but what are we gonna do?" Eldritch asked. "We can't exactly go anywhere in this place. We don't even know if there are any Autobots on this planet, let alone Decepticons."

Igris merely sighed. "Look, we have to do something sooner or later. We can't keep hiding in this tunnel forever."

"You bring up a very valid point." Eldritch agreed. "I'm just once again saying we have to err on the side of caution."

*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. General Ironwood's Quarters. 13:01 pm*

For the first time in a long time, General Ironwood was genuinely happy with himself. Not only was Project: Cyber Warrior a success so far, but he was also in the process of creating several specialized squadrons that would have the knowledge of what they know about the Transformers so far.

To add to that, they also still had the parts of the dead Insecticons from the Anima mission and were still under extreme analysis. This had the potential of unlocking a new age of weaponry for Atlas, if not Remnant as a whole.

He went to his computer and brought up a growing list of people in the first special squadron:

Darkstar Personnel

Captain Kendall Idor

Corporal Lisa Clarrissa (Lynx Faunus)

Lieutenant Angela Torque

Private Courtney Fletcher (Mongoose Faunus)

Private Luis Aims

Private Randall Perry

"These are but a few of a growing number of people that will be in these special units." General Ironwood muttered to himself. Soon, more and more people will be joining this list alone."

"Ironwood. It's General Faust." She said on the other side of his door.

"Come in, General Faust." General Ironwood replied and General Faust did just that. "I was just going over the growing list of members of our Darkstar unit."

"Ah, yes. I personally recommended it. How is it coming along?" General Faust asked.

"Only six members so far, but the numbers will be growing." General Ironwood answered.

"Excellent, and Project: Cyber Warrior?" General Faust continued.

"Iron Phantom has a pilot and Argyos, Snowbreak, and Chillblade have passed initial neural interface testing." General Ironwood smiled.

"So, it's safe to say that things are proceeding very well." General Faust smiled back.

*Mistral. Mistral Grand City. Haven High. 15:30 pm*

Sun had just finished up with another school day. He was still thinking about what he saw those couple of months ago and wondering if he would see something like that again. "That robot that crashed that couple of months ago, where did it come from?" He quietly asked himself.

Subconsciously, Sun walked up to the crater that Strikecharge made when he crashed in Mistral. "This is where you crashed. Then, you just up and left. I might as well look into this further considering I'm getting more and more interested with this."

*Vale. Ren Residence. Living Room. 17:21 pm*

Ren, An, and Li were in the living having tea. "I still find it a little out there, sweetie." An said softly. "Two sides of the same alien race that's been fighting for millions of years."

"I know it's still a little farfetch'd, Mother. It is the truth, though." Ren insisted.

"We are not doubting you, son." Li assured his son. "We are just still wrapping our heads, so to speak."

"I know, Father. I'm just worried that you or my friends will get hurt more than we already have."

"You are referring to Jaune, aren't you?" An correctly guessed.

"Yes." Ren confirmed. "Jaune is still not well. His emotions are very much out of balance. You saw how he was in Atlas."

"Unfortunately, but we did." Li said. "One of these Autobots must have been a dear friend to Mr. Arc."

"Indeed, father." Ren nodded. "The name of this Autobot was Bumblebee who was also Jaune's guardian. He died in a big battle that we told you about."

"How horrible!" An put her hands on her chest.

"It was, but this did result in Jaune unlocking a new power and destroying a Decepticon all on his own." Ren added.

"That's good, sweetie. I just wish we could help out Jaune more and heal his lamenting." An expressed.

"I know, mother. I wish that, too." Ren agreed. Ren, An, and Li hugged each other.

*Vale. Vale Meadow. Near the Caverns. 20:12 pm*

The group of six were getting ready to move out to try and find Shockwave. "Are we all ready to head out?" Slash asked.

"Of course we are, Slash." Snarl snidely stated.

"We must be fully prepared to face Shockwave." Slug added.

"We will be ready for Shockwave, Slug." Grimlock growled. "We will destroy him."

"Grimlock, I think we should still remain cautious." Swoop advised, but Grimlock was having none of it.

"Caution is unneeded, Swoop." Grimlock retorted. "We must do anything and everything to track down and destroy Shockwave."

"Grimlock is right. He's gotten us this far, hasn't he?" Sludge asked.

Swoop sighed in frustration. "Of course you'd say that, Sludge. Grimlock is my leader too, but I'm not blindly following everything he does." He thought to himself.

"Alright. We're moving out." Grimlock ordered. With that, the Dinobots walked out of the cave and into the light, although Swoop and Slash did so reluctantly.

*Anima. Insecticon Hive. 00:12 am*

The Insecticons were just sitting around. "We have to do something! I'm bored!" Thrillipede complained.

"Must you keep complaining?" Kickback asked irritated.

Suddenly, there was a cybertronian engine being heard. "What is that, that?" Shrapnel asked. His question was answered in the form of the sound's source being a purple cybertronian vehicle which transformed into Shockwave.

"Shockwave!" Bombshell exclaimed.

"Greetings, Insecticons. The Decepticons have need of your services once again." Shockwave said, his red eye growing brighter.

Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter of Dustformers: Season 2. We took a look at the Atlas Military soldiers that left Atlas a couple of chapters/episodes ago and how they're doing. Private Garcia broke down a little understandably. Private Spyke and Private Garcia hinted at a slight attraction with each other while in Vale City.

We also take a look at a couple of Autobot OCs provided by OC contributor invictus113: Igris and Eldritch, two fembots, one a medic and the other a construction worker who have been hiding out in Atlas for the same time as the Ark crash-landed on Remnant four million years ago.

Not only that, but we also finally take another look at General Ironwood and find out he's actually begun forming multiple teams with a united objective: To track down and bring back any Transformers to Atlas for study. That's not like MECH at all.

Now, taking a small break from Atlas and Vale, we take a short visit to Mistral again and take a look at how Sun's doing. It's shown he's doing fine, but still wondering about the Transformers. Will he become involved somehow? Let me know if you have any ideas on that.

Back in Vale, we take a look at Ren and his folks. I thought we could take a look seeing as a couple chapters/episodes ago, we took a look at Nora's family.

In Vale Meadow, the Dinobots are mobilizing to try and track down Shockwave. We'll see how that goes a little later. Also, of course, Swoop is the most level-headed followed by Slash. Sludge blindly follows Grimlock without question despite being the calmest one, Snarl just quietly goes along, Slug is incredibly hostile, and Grimlock is utterly consumed with his desire for revenge against the top Decepticon scientist.

Finally, back in Anima, the Insecticons were just lounging around in their hive after a day's work of eating when suddenly Shockwave appeared and welcomed them back into the Decepticons under Megatron's orders.

Where will things go from here?

As usual, if you have any ideas (OCs, story ideas, etc…), please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.

PS: I'm sorry that this chapter/episode is a little shorter than the others, but I didn't have much inspiration when writing this one.