Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. I took a little break from this story to focus on other fictions, but I'm back.

In the last chapter/episode, we learned about Hightrail's parents and the 2nd Armored Division, the unit that Zig and Zag were also apart of. We saw a mysterious Decepticon that attacked their ship and supposedly killed everyone but Hightrail and the twins. This idea was given to me by Spartan-100 back in Season 1, so I give my thanks.

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, let's jump in!

*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. Project: Cyber Warrior Hangar. 4:00 am*

Project: Cyber Warrior had still been successful. Aside from Iron Phantom, Argyos, Snowbreak, and Chillblade were testing successfully which made General Ironwood very happy. Things were proceeding at a moderately good pace. In face, a new fifth robot named Frostwing was being built. Now, all they had to do was to find where the Transformers were hiding and reverse-engineer their technology.

Suddenly, there was a knock on his door. "Come in."

The door opened and General Faust walked in. "The construction of Frostwing is proceeding slightly ahead of schedule."

"Excellent news, General Faust." General Ironwood smirked. "Anything else to report?"

"Only that Frostwing's weapons are specifically receptive to ice dust which we had in storage." General Faust added.

"That's interesting. That will definitely be something to see in combat." General Ironwood brought his hand to his chin.

"If we ever find them." General Faust reminded.

"We'll find them, General Faust. We'll find them." General Ironwood assured, albeit a little darkly. "If Remnant can be more prepared to ensure what happened at Vale Beachfront doesn't happen again, we need to find out all their technology to guarantee Remnant's future."

*Vale. Vale City. Belladonna Residence. 6:21 am*

Blake, Kali, and Ghira were having tea and, like with Ren and his folks, talking about the Transformers. Ghira and Kali were rather happy that their daughter had a protector. "Pursuit seems like a good guardian to you, Blake." Ghira smiled.

"After what we learned in Atlas, I'm so worried about you, sweetie." Kali said softly, close to tearing up.

Blake hugged her mother, tears starting to pool in her own eyes. "I'm still sorry for not telling you, Mom. Look at it this way, though. Pursuit is a great guardian and will go out of his way to protect me, even if it's him getting hurt in the process."

"We're just worried that you'll get hurt nonetheless." Ghira added.

"Dad, if the Autobots lose, we're all dead anyway. The Decepticons will either enslave us and take our world's resources or completely annihilate us." Blake retorted.

"We know, Blake. We just want you to be careful." Kali said.

Blake smiled at his parent's concern for her. This was why she was fighting with the Autobots. She didn't want anything to happen to them. She brought her mother and father in for a family hug.

*Vale. Vale City. Nora & Ironhide. 7:56 am*

Nora and Ironhide were on patrol yet again. This was also an excuse so they could spend time together and have conversations. "Nora, I'm gonna get right to the point this time. How is Jaune?

Nora sighed sadly as she had a feeling all the Autobots asked her friends how her fearless leader friend was. "He's the same as usual as he's been since Bumblebee died. He's on edge, moody, gets irritated or angry easily, sometimes lashes out at people, so focused on what he's doing in front of him, doesn't smile when he's with us, trains with his weapons, and he just locks himself in his room all the time now."

"I see. Is there any time when he does smile?" Ironhide asked.

"Only when he's with a girl from school named Tammy Goldberg." Nora answered.

"Sorry, Nora. I honestly wish I could do more to help." Ironhide expressed.

"We all do, Ironhide." Nora hung her head down in sadness.

Ironhide saw fit to change the subject to something less depressing. "Anyway, how does it feel to become an Autobot?"

Nora gained a widespread grin. "Oh, it's awesome! I can finally break Decepticon legs on equal footing! My Autobot name is Valkyria!"

"Sounds great. Doesn't Jaune have the same ability?" Ironhide asked.

"Yeah. His name is Arcknight." Nora replied. She was about to continue when she saw one of the soldiers from the Anima Mission sitting at an upcoming cafe. "Ironhide, stop!"

Ironhide slowed down and skidded to a halt and discovered what Nora screamed about. "Nora, isn't that one of the people you had to go on a mission with when you were essentially held hostage by the Atlas Military?"

"Yeah. Corporal Matthew Weir." Nora responded. "What the hell's he doing in Vale?" Nora began going into a small panic. "What if General Ironwood found us? What if he sent the Atlas Military after us? What if they find you all and dissect you to little pieces?!"

"Nora, you need to calm down. Ironic considering how I am, but panicking doesn't help anything. You need to calm down, take a step back, and analyze the situation." Ironhide advised.

Nora took a couple of deep breaths to calm down. Once she was calm enough, she listed off what was going on: Corporal Matthew Weir was in Vale, he was sitting out in the open in a cafe, and she didn't know why he was here or if there were any more soldiers hiding just to get Ironhide. Making a decision, she took her scroll and called the others.

"Nora? What's wrong?" Ren asked in concern.

"Corporal Matthew Weir is here in Vale in a cafe I'm looking at right now." Nora said.

"You mean one of the Atlas Military soldiers back in Anima?" Ruby asked in slight panic.

Nora merely nodded in confirmation. "Oh, no! General Ironwood might have found out where we all live!" Weiss panicked.

"Not to mention the Autobots." Pyrrha added.

"We have to throw him and any others off the trail." Jaune pointed out.

"I'll see what I can do until you guys get here." Nora assured. "Wish me luck." With that, she turned off her scroll and exited her vehicle, walking to where Corporal Weir was sitting. When he looked up, he saw Nora sitting right in front of him.

"Hello again, Ms. Valkyrie." Corporal Weir greeted.

"H-Hi, Corporal Weir." Nora stuttered nervously. There was sweat starting to roll down her head and face.

"You don't have to be nervous around me, Ms. Valkyrie." Corporal Weir tried to reassure the ginger bomber.

"H-How can I not be nervous?" Nora continued stuttering. "After what your commanding officer did, I have a legitimate reason to be nervous."

"Well, I'm just going to tell you that my commanding officer doesn't know I'm here." Corporal Weir revealed.

Nora was taken aback at hearing that. "Your commanding officer doesn't know you're here?"

"Not at all. I'm here to find those robots that helped us in Anima." Corporal Weir cut right to the chase.

Nora stopped herself from saying whatever and just sat there for a couple of minutes. "NORA!" Ren shouted. Nora let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "Oh, hello again, Corporal Weir."

"At ease, guys. I'm not here on orders." Corporal Weir chuckled.

"Yeah. Sorry if we don't believe you, Corporal." Jaune sarcastically remarked. "Especially after what happened in Atlas."

"Jaune, please." Pyrrha put a hand on his shoulder. Jaune seemed to calm down.

"The others that came with me are in the cafe." Corporal Weir continued. "You see, we left Atlas and came here because we want to thank those robots for saving our lives back in Anima. If it wasn't for them, we'd all be dead."

"There's no doubting that. I'm sorry to say this, but General Ironwood is a little obsessed with this." Yang bluntly stated.

Corporal Weir sighed. "You kids don't know the half of it. He's sped up Project" Cyber Warrior despite protests." Before he could continue, he was interrupted by Blake.

"What's Project: Cyber Warrior?" Blake asked.

"Basically... The Atlas Military are making their own robots." Corporal Weir answered, making the kid's eyes go wide with that information. The Atlas Military were making their own Transformers? How could they even do that? Where would they find the tech needed to actually do that? The conclusion they came to in their heads was unanimous: If the Atlas Military was able to do this, they would be in trouble for sure.

*Vale. Southern Vale Ocean. The Nemesis. Depth Strike's Quarters. 9:01 am*

Depth Strike was in his quarters, coming up with new strategies when Megatron knocked on the door. "Come in, Lord Megatron."

Megatron did just that. What he saw when he walked in impressed him as the walls were littered with tons of different battle stratagems. "I see you've been busy since we've been down here."

"It's a good way to pass the time, Megatron." Depth Strike commented.

"You were one of the best strategists on Cybertron. We will see if that reputation holds up on Remnant." Megatron commented back.

"I will help us achieve victory over the Autobots, no matter where we are, Lord Megatron." Depth Strike bowed.

*Atlas. Northern Wastes. 11:10 am*

The same, blue-eyed snow leopard was simply walking around. It looked like it was pondering something. It kept pausing in it's movements and glancing into the horizon. Suddenly growling a little, the snow leopard continued walking to wherever it was going. It seemed like it had a central purpose in it's movements.

*Vale. Vale City. Dustbucks Cafe. 12:12 pm*

The kids and Atlas Military group were still talking very important topics. The kids were still shocked. "So, this Project: Cyber Warrior is really along and still continuing to be advanced." Ruby muttered with shock and slight fear.

"Exactly. It's been in overdrive ever since the Anima Mission." Private Spyke added.

"By the way, how's the little girl we saved from Anima?" Private Garcia brought up.

"Nora's family adopted her." Ren answered which made Nora smile.

"That's sweet of them to do." Private Bueller smiled.

"What will you all do if the Atlas Military finds you?" Weiss asked.

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it." Private Bueller responded, looking at Weiss and smiling slightly.

"Private Bueller is right. We'll have to deal with that when the time comes." Corporal Weir said.

"Anyway, I want to find those robots to thank them for saving us in Anima." Private Garcia began tearing up at the mere memory. Jaune could tell Carrol was genuine with her feelings. He got up and hugged her, surprising her and caused her to squeak cutely.

"We're still so sorry about what happened." Jaune said softly.

Carrol didn't respond and settled into the embrace, not noticing Dixon tensing a little. "I think they would accept your thanks." Carrol smiled at this. She felt that they would meet the Autobots at some point, sooner or later.

*Cybertron. Unknown time. Unknown location. Unknown time.*

On the metal planet, in a moderately high tower with purple lining, a dark blue robotic figure was sitting around when a signal device started beeping loudly. The robotic figure looked out at the device. "So, you're still alive, Megatron..." The figure got up and picked up a strange pickaxe weapon and walked out.

*Cybertron. Unknown time. Cybertron's Core. Unknown time*

The core of Cybertron was showing no signs of color. The only colors it had are a dull gray and black in a complete stationary position. However, all of a sudden, it began pulsing rapidly, like it was signaling someone or something.

Hello, everyone. I hope you all liked this new chapter/episode of Dustformers: Season 2. We take a look at the Belladonna residence like we've been doing with the others, Nora and Ironhide are doing another patrol in Vale City and having a conversation, we take a look at Megatron and Depth Strike and Depth Strike's various stratagems.

Back with Nora and Ironhide, they find Corporal Matthew Weir sitting at a cafe. Nora began panicking and would have continued if not for Ironhide telling her to keep calm. She calls the others and tells them that she'll try to distract him until they get to the cafe. Obvously, Nora is very nervous when talking to Corporal Weir, who's just calm and collected as well as cut to the chase, getting to the topic of the Autobots. The surprising thing is that Nora is shocked into silence. Luckily, the others showed up before she started turning blue. The big thing is that the kids now know about Project: Cyber Warrior. Also, is there some romance going to be brewing between Private Mitchell Bueller and Weiss Schnee? We'll find out later.

Meanwhile in Atlas, a fifth robot for Project: Cyber Warrior named Frostwing is in the process of being built, which pleases General Ironwood. Frostwing also seems to be receptive to ice dust. We also take a look at that blue eyed snow leopard. I wonder where that will go.

That's not all. We travel to Cybertron in the present day. On Cybertron, we see a mysterious dark blue robot with a pickaxe weapon. Try to figure out who that is. Also, we visit Cybertron's core which actually starts lighting up for a tad.

As usual, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know in the comments/reviews, or personally PM me.

-Stay safe-