Hello, bots and cons. Centurion here and welcome back to Dustformers: Season 2. In the last chapter, Winter and the other Atlesian Military defectors find a warehouse to stay in, Shockwave makes the Commandos out of the six vehicles taken from Atlas, The other kids talk to Jaune about his attitude towards Winter and the others, the Autobots faced the Commandos who demonstrated the ability to combine into Warbotron, and finally, we revisit Cybertron where the strange Transformer is overlooking a large ship. So yeah, quite a bit happened in the last chapter.

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*Cybertron. Unknown Location. Unknown Time.*

The strange robot was sitting in some kind of throne room. A blue and seafoam green Transformer walked up to the throne. "Lord Straxus, the ship is nearly complete."

"Excellent news, Tsunami." Straxus responded. "Where's Deadfire?"

"I'm right here, my lord." Deadfire responded in a female voice as a raspberry red and plum Decepticon walked in.

"What have you to report?" Straxus asked, his body still concealed in darkness.

"Your forces are ready, my lord." Deadfire bowed.

"More excellent news." Straxus's red eyes glowed brighter at hearing that.

"Lord Straxus, Novawing has also reported that our little project is nearly ready for testing." Deadfire added.

"Very good." Straxus chuckled darkly. "Leave me, you two."

Deadfire and Tsunami left at Straxus's request, leaving him in silence within his throne room. Looking out a window, he began gazing into space. "Soon, it will begin." Suddenly, an energy blast slightly shook the throne room, making his eyes glow brighter. "Who dares to encroach?"

*Remnant. Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. 6:01 am*

Ruby and Yang had gotten up earlier than usual even though it wasn't a school day. Their minds were kind of preoccupied with the same thoughts. "Rubes, do you find it odd that everyone but us have seen a strange looking Transformer in our dreams?" Yang finally asked.

"Now that you mention it, yeah. I wonder why that is." Ruby brought her hand to her chin.

"Maybe it requires something special to allow a bot to show up in our dreams." Yang shrugged, a little confused.

"That's a possibility." Ruby nodded.

"Also, if I may bring something up, Winter and the others did let us and the Autobots know about those new Decepticons." Yang suddenly remembered.

Ruby picked up on the subject change quickly. "That is true, but despite that, not many of us or the bots trust them, especially Jaune."

"Well, Winter is Weiss's sister, so Weiss will voice for her." Yang added.

"That doesn't change the fact that Jaune definitely doesn't trust them, and probably never will." Ruby retorted.

"Unless something happens that causes him to rethink things about Winter and the others." Yang shot back.

"Why do I get the feeling that something's gonna happen to warrant that?" Ruby asked with a roll of her eyes.

"Simple: The Transformers." Yang sported a grin.

"On that note, I hope a new Autobot comes. With the Decepticons having six new members to bolster their forces, we're gonna need all the bots we can get." Ruby stated.

"True that." Yang agreed.

*Vale. 30 kilometers outside Vale City Limits. Abandoned Warehouse. 6:10 am*

Dr. Clovis had been up since 2 in the morning, working on new designs. He was so immersed with what he was doing that he didn't notice Winter walking up behind him. "What are you working on, Dr. Clovis?" She asked.

Dr. Clovis jumped up in shock. "Oh, sorry, Winter. I didn't hear you walk in. I've been working on new vehicle designs so we can actually operate here without being detected by Atlesian forces."

"Good work, Lucas." Winter gained a small smile.

"I'm just still pissed at Ironwood for not revealing any information about that giant robot back at Atlas." Dr. Clovis admitted.

"I understand your anger and frustration." Winter sighed. "The man threatened to arrest my own sister in front of me, everybody."

"Not to mention ordering the arrest of the robots who actually helped defend Atlas." Dr. Clovis added.

"That's why we're in Vale: To make a brand-new start." Winter reminded.

"Maybe we can make our own organization." Dr. Clovis suggested.

"That… isn't a bad idea." Winter pondered. "However, for now, we must remain very, very vigilant. We don't know what the Atlas Military are up to as we speak."

*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. General Ironwood's Quarters. 7:43 am*

General Ironwood was still steaming angry from what occurred a while ago with the Decepticons storming Atlas, the Autobots and the kids escaped again, and to add on top of that: Winter, Dr. Clovis and other soldiers left with them! He slammed his fists on his desk hard. "GODDAMNIT!"

General Faust ran in, thinking something bad had happened to Ironwood. "Are you okay, sir?!"

General Ironwood calmed down enough to respond to General Faust. "Yes, General Faust, I am okay somewhat."

"With permission, sir, but you don't really sound fine with how you were crying out." General Faust stated.

"You are right on that front, Irene. We lost our main scientist for Project: Cyber Warrior, we lost those robots and those kids. On top of that, Winter, along with many other soldiers have deserted the Atlas Military, and for what?! FOR WHAT?!" Ironwood roared.

"Keep your cool, General Ironwood." General Faust insisted. "I have a few projects I've been assembling a few new divisions and specialized squadrons for."

"I see. Would you mind telling what those are?" General Ironwood was calming down somewhat.

"I've been assembling a new division called Darkstar." General Faust revealed.

"Show me." General Ironwood was slowly gaining a new smile.

*Atlas. Atlas Military Headquarters. Darkstar Division Quarters. 8:12 am*

General Faust and General Ironwood walked into the quarters of the new Darkstar Division. What he saw impressed him greatly: A bunch of Atlesian Military soldiers though wearing black and red uniforms, multiple vehicles being built, and even a man-made Transformer that had a black and blue color scheme. "Very excellent to see." General Ironwood grinned.

"Thank you, General Ironwood." General Faust grinned back. "Just because we lost Dr. Clovis doesn't mean we've lost Project: Cyber Warrior."

"This is very enticing news indeed." General Ironwood kept his grin. "What is the name for this bot?"

"I was thinking Wild Streak." General Faust answered.

"A good name. I assume it's more of a ground unit instead of air" General Faust reasoned.

"We will have their technology and bring peace to Remnant." General Faust reminded.

*Vale. Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. Ruby & Yang. 13:31 pm*

Ruby and Yang were taking a nap as they were a little tired today. However, this would cause something to happen. While they were napping, their dreams would take a turn.

*Ruby & Yang's Dreamscape. Unknown Time.*

Ruby and Yang were in a white void that all their friends had wound up in. "Is this where the others wound up in during their dreams?" Yang asked.

"It has to be." Ruby answered.

"Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long..." A voice called out. The sisters turned to the source which turned out to be a large white and silver robot with a feminine figure and wings and a crown-like tiara on it's head. "I am Helia. It is nice to meet you two." She waved at Ruby and Yang.

"Nice to meet you too, Helia." Yang waved.

"Why are you contacting us?" Ruby asked, curious.

"To let you know that a great secret is hidden on your planet." Helia answered.

"What secret?" Yang asked.

"It is..." Helia was cut off for some reason as a bright light covered the entire void.

*Remnant. Vale. Rose-Xiao Long-Branwen Residence. Ruby & Yang. 14:18 pm*

When Yang and Ruby woke up, they were astonished as they not only finally had a Transformer pop up in their dream, but this Helia tried to tell them about a secret hidden on Remnant. "Well, that was something." Yang stated simply.

"Agreed, but what did Helia mean by a secret hidden on our planet?" Ruby pondered.

"It must be something really big to be on our planet." Yang guessed.

"Whatever it is, we'll find it and use it for good." Ruby grinned in determination. "We have to before the Decepticons find out about this. The same goes with the Atlas Military."

"That's a very good point." Yang remembered.

*Vacuo. 20 miles outside Vacuo Grand City. 19:59 pm*

A new crater has just been created from another meteor crashing down in the desert sands. Out of the crater crawled out a large red robot which the very defining feature of what looked to be a large cannon in the chest as well as a faceplate over it's mouth. "Ka-Blam! I'm here. I will warn you all of what's coming, Bam!" The robot declared.

Straxus has been namedropped! This is big! If Straxus has been introduced, something will definitely be happening. Not to mention, we've already met two of his subordinates in the beginning of the chapter: Tsunami and Deadfire. Also, another named Novawing has also been namedropped. I'm sorry there isn't much action in this chapter, but this is another prelude chapter to another multi-parter.

Back on Remnant, Ruby and Yang are shown having a conversation mostly regarding Winter and the other Atlesian Military defectors.

Speaking of those defectors, they've been working to build their own forces. Winter is more than motivated and determined to make the Autobots, the kids, and their families trust them, especially Jaune.

We also take a look back in Atlas and see General Ironwood has become angrier since the Siege of Atlas. However, General Faust reveals to him that she's been working on a few things of her own. The one shown is Darkstar. Not only that, Darkstar seems to be picking up the pieces of Project: Cyber Warrior. Yeah, that pot still hasn't boiled over yet. Finally, General Faust's first name has been revealed: Irene. This however shows General Ironwood's further descent.

Meanwhile, back in Vale, Ruby and Yang finally had a dream involving the white void and a Transformer popping up by the name of Helia starting to tell them about a secret hidden on Remnant. What does this mean? Finally, a new Transformer has landed in Vacuo. A very familiar one to many fans.

Little factoid: Straxus has never, ever appeared in a Transformers cartoon. He's only appeared in comics. He almost appeared in Transformers Animated, but his scene was cut for time. Yet, his role in the original comics back in the day and in part thanks to Simon Furman, is one of the most iconic and character-defining things ever, at least in my opinion.

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