Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. A few things happened in the last chapter/episode.
The Dinobots are moving out to track down Shockwave, the remaining members of the Anima mission have come to Vale searching for the Autobots, General Ironwood has authorized the creation of multiple specialized teams to deal with the Transformers and bring them in for study (mostly), we take a look at how Sun's doing in Mistral, and Shockwave has found the Insecticons and brought them back into the Decepticon ranks.
Also, we visited Ren's folks and Ren in their house talking about the Transformers and such.
Once again, I'd like to thank all my contributors: (OCs/Story Ideas)
Spartan-100
SnowBranwen
PaperView
Mobian
cryo threshold
D3ADPOOLK1d
invictus113
Optimus912001
Perseus12
Sithlord-666
Lordofuselesness
TomtomtheWriter
Mol2311
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.
Now, this chapter has been quite a long time coming as it was suggested back in Season 1. Now, I'm finally getting to it.
Now, transform and roll out!
*Vale. Vale City. Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. 04:33 am*
Hightrail transformed into robot mode all of a sudden with a small scream. This still woke up everyone in the house. They all walked out to see what was going on. "Hightrail, what's wrong?" Wildfire asked in concern.
"I-It's nothing. D-Don't worry." Hightrail stuttered. "I-I just want to be alone right now, okay?"
"Okay, Hightrail." Ruby whispered. Hightrail walked off into a secluded part of the forest. Ruby's facial expression changed to one of sadness. "Hightrail..."
*Vale. Vale City. Pyrrha & Snipewing. 06:23 am*
Pyrrha and Snipewing were doing a little early morning patrol on the lookout for any sudden Decepticon activity. "Nothing so far." Pyrrha informed.
"Okay, it looks like Vale is still safe for the time being." Snipewing acknowledged. Snipewing was feeling a little better with Pyrrha around, so it was a start. Slowly but surely, she was recovering.
*Vale. Vale Forest. 20 meters from Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. 8:12 am*
Hightrail was sitting on a slightly tall stump in a forest clearing just thinking. For some reason, she felt sad today. Tears were rolling down her face. "Mom… Dad…" She breathed with sadness.
"Hightrail…" Ruby whispered. The young Autobot turned to see Ruby sitting beside her on a boulder.
"What are you doing here, Ruby?" Hightrail whispered back.
"I'm sorry, Hightrail. I know you wanted to be left alone, but I wanted to see how you were doing. After what happened to Bumblebee and how it's affected Jaune, I don't want you to be sad." Ruby explained.
Hightrail was stunned by Ruby's kindness and determination to keep her happy. She smiled slightly. "Thank you, Ruby." She sniffled.
"What's wrong?" Ruby asked.
"I-I was just thinking about my parents," Hightrail answered.
"Your parents? You never mentioned anything about parents." Ruby raised an eyebrow.
"It's hard to talk about it." Hightrail admitted.
"I know that feeling. Are you at least comfortable enough to tell me cause I won't tell anyone else."
"So, this is where you two have been!" Zig exclaimed as she and Zag walked behind them.
"How have you been, Hightrail?" Zag asked.
"Hightrail's sad right now." Ruby had her head hung down.
"Why?" Zig asked.
"I-I'm just thinking about my parents." Hightrail sniffled.
"Oh." Zig and Zag muttered together.
"Do you two know what happened to them?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, Zig and I knew them personally." Zag sported a sad smile. "We were part of the 2nd Armored Division."
-Flashback Start-
*Cybertron. 2nd Armored Division. Nova Cronum. 4.9 million years ago* (No POV)
Decepticon blaster fire was everywhere. A cybertronian SUV completely loaded with weapons was rolling down a beaten up street. The SUV was joined by three cybertronian jets above it. "Fuselage, Tailspin, Airlane. This is Steelgrip. Please respond."
"We're reading you loud and clear, Steelgrip." Fuselage responded. " Did you hear from Zig and Zag?"
"Nope." Steelgrip chuckled. "They've probably gotten themselves in trouble again as usual."
"Calling Autobots. This is Banshee. I'm pinned down in Nova Cronum Power Plant with Zig, Zag, and the 19th Reactionary Battalion!"
"Banshee! This is Steelgrip! I'm on my way with Fuselage, Tailspin, and Arilane! We'll back you up!" Steelgrip informed.
"10-4, Steelgrip!" Banshee confirmed.
"Steelgrip! This is Torron!" A new voice called.
"Sir! We're on our way to the Nova Cronum Power Plant to assist Banshee, Zig, Zag, and the 19th Reactionary Battalion!" Steelgrip clarified.
"Acknowledged, Steelgrip! Highwind, Roadkit, and Hightrail are with me. It'll take us a couple of megacycles to reach the power plant!"
"Of course, sir!" Steelgrip replied.
*Cybertron. Nova Cronum Power Plant.*
Banshee, Zig, Zag, and the 19th Reactionary Battalion were fending off a massive Decepticon force. "Sweet Solus Prime! They just keep coming!" An Autobot shouted.
"Don't worry! Backup is on it's way!" Zig assured.
"How do you know that?!" Another Autobot asked.
"Because Commander Torron is on his way." Zag quickly answered.
"Torron?! The 2nd Armored Division!" A third Autobot exclaimed before getting shot in the left arm joint. His arm started sparking. "When will he get here?"
"He said it will take a couple of megacycles for him depending on Decepticon interference." Banshee interjected.
"Then we'll hold out the best we can!" A fourth Autobot grinned.
Even though their hope was renewed, the Autobots couldn't hold the Decepticons off forever. One Autobot got shot directly in the left optic. This particular Autobot went down but wasn't dead yet. This Autobot chose to remain on the ground and take a back seat position. Surprisingly, he could still shoot his weapon with decent accuracy.
Another Autobot on the other hand had their left leg joint blown off their body. This one went down as well, but it wasn't able to get back up as easily. "Arrhh! My leg!" He screamed in a great degree of pain.
An Autobot that was colored lime green with white lining and a red cross symbol on their chest ran to the wounded Autobot. "I've got you." The Autobot said in a female voice. She noticed a Decepticon trying to sneak up on her, but she blew its arm off giving the other Autobots an easy target.
"We've got you covered, Quickpulse." An Autobot grinned.
"Thanks for the assist." Quickpulse grinned back. "Now let's get you out of here."
"We got a whole platoon coming in!" Zig screamed out.
"Then we defend this position until backup arrives!" The commanding Autobot ordered.
The intruding Decepticon platoon was cutting through the Autobots when suddenly one by one, they were taken out by a silent force. When the Decepticons turned around, they only saw a yellow blur with a stinger protruding out of it's arm.
Soon, the Decepticon platoon was taken out, but there were still more trying to flood in. Suddenly, a bunch of missiles hit the Decepticons, taking them out. "We have arrived!" Fuselage announced.
"YEAH!" The Autobots cheered.
"We made it, you two troublemakers!" Steelgrip declared as he transformed to robot mode.
"Steelgrip!" Zig and Zag ran to him and hugged him. "We knew you'd make it!"
"Well, I couldn't let you two have all the fun now, could I?" Steelgrip rhetorically asked.
"Zig! Zag! You two are here, too?" Bumblebee asked with a smile.
"Bumblebee!" Zig and Zag cheered as they ran over to the Autobot scout.
"It's good to see you, too." Bumblebee smiled.
"Thank Primus you made it, Steelgrip." The commanding Autobot grinned.
"Not only Steelgrip." Torron said as he finally arrived.
"Commander Torron, sir!" The Autobots saluted.
"What do you all say we get out of here?" Torron asked.
"Yes, sir!" The Autobots acknowledged when all of a sudden, a plethora of Decepticon Fighters were heard overhead.
"Uh oh! The Cons have called in air support!" Quickpulse commented loudly.
However, a white, golden yellow, and blue 'Spear' class fighter jet with the Autobot symbol flew in and unleashed a moderate flurry of missiles at the enemy air force. The Autobots on the ground cheered.
The jet transformed to robot mode, revealing a femme figure. "How did you get here before me, Torron?"
"That's simple. I stick to the road while you have your head in the stars, Highwind." Torron teased.
"I keep telling you that travel by air is the way to go." Highwind cutely retorted.
Torron merely shook his head gently with a smile and closed optics. "Come on, everybody, let's go." He said.
-Flashback end-
*Vale. Vale Forest. 20 meters from Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. Hightraik, Ruby, Zig, & Zag. 9:10 am. Present day.*
Ruby was in awe at hearing the tale of Hightrail's parents. To hear they had their own division back on Cybertron and took down an impressive number of Decepticons. She didn't know that Zig and Zag were from the 2nd Armored Division. "Wow. Hightrail, your parents sound awesome."
"I honestly didn't know that because I wasn't born on Cybertron. I was born on a ship that already left Cybertron." Hightrail explained.
"Wait. Really?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah. It was quite a shock to all of us." Zig sheepishly admitted.
Hightrail started tearing up again. "I-I barely got to know them."
-Flashback start-
*Outer Space. 2nd Armored Division. Unknown Time.*
"Well, this was unexpected, you two." Roadkit commented.
"I think it's sweet." Zig retorted.
"So, what will you name her, sir?" Steelgrip asked.
"Her name will be Hihgtrail." Torron smiled.
"Mom? Dad?" Hightrail spoke with her cute voice for the very first time.
Highwind touched her new daughter's cheek. "We're right here, sweetie." She chirped.
"Welcome to the universe of the living, Hightrail." Torron kept his smile.
"Sorry to spoil the moment, you two. We've got an object heading straight towards us. From the look of it, it appears deliberate." Banshee informed.
"Try to maneuver the ship out of the way. Give this object a wide berth." Torron ordered.
"Dad? What's going on?" Hightrail asked.
"I don't know, Hightrail." Torron admitted.
"It changed direction to match us!" Banshee shouted. "It's right on top of us!"
"Brace for impact!" Tailspin yelled as the object hit the ship, causing a small explosion. Hightrail's optics flickered on and off, so she couldn't see anything really well, but she was able to faintly make out a tall robot with a mostly purple, pale blue, and red color scheme with a different looking eye on the left side and holding a pair of energy knives before her whole world went black temporarily.
When her optics managed to open, the ship was on fire everywhere. The last thing she saw was her mother crawling toward her, putting her into an escape pod and pressed the button to launch her off the ship before her optics closed again.
-Flashback end-
*Vale. Vale Forest. 20 meters from Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. Hightraik, Ruby, Zig, & Zag. 9:10 am. Present day.*
Hightrail's optics were leaking by this point. "I never saw my parents again after that."
Ruby hugged Hightrail's leg while the twins hugged her in general. "It's going to be okay, Hightrail." Ruby said, tearing up herself. "You've got me, Zig, Zag, and the others."
"T-Thanks, you three. I'll do my best to fight the Decepticons and make my parents proud." Hightrail declared with pure convivtion.
Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this chapter/episode of Dustformers: Season 2. We finally get the backstory on Hightrail. It took a long while to get here, but I did it. There was no flashback though, helped through by the twins.
In this flashback, we finally take a look at the unit: The 2nd Armored Division which Zig, Zag, and Hightrail were all a part of. The idea of the 2nd Armored Division was actually provided way back in Season 1 by my very first OC contributor: Spartan-100.
2nd Armored Division Members: (These are all courtesy of Spartan-100)
Torron
Highwind
Steelgrip
Roadkit
Banshee
Zig
Zag
Airlane
Fuselage
Tailspin
Speaking of this flashback, please let me know how I did with its depiction. We also saw another Autobot OC of mine: Quickpulse who is another medic. Who knows if we'll see her again. We also see Bumblebee again in the flashback.
Now, I'm planning another big multi-parter like Insecticon Swarm in the beginning of this season. Anyway, as usual, if anyone has any ideas for Dustformers: Season 2, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.