Funny story: I wrote this chapter over a week ago and saved it in my computer. The day before this was supposed to be posted on Fanfiction, I checked for any errors I may have missed. Guess what I found?

Nothing.

The file was gone.

So I spent a couple days rewriting this, with a few tweaks here and there. So, without further ado, here's chapter 11 v2.

I don't own Dinosaur King.

The three teens appear in the middle of a plaza. They look around in awe of the view.

"Woah… This is a lot busier than I remember it…" Rex murmurs.

"No kidding…" Max says.

Zoe looks to the sky. "Hey, Rifele? You figure out where the crystal is yet?" she asks.

"Yeah. It's pretty close."

"How far is it?" asks Rex.

"I'd say around 3 miles, give or take."

The three teens facefault.

"Are you kidding?!" Max shouts. "It'll take forever to walk that far!"

"Huh? Really, how?"

"You might not have seen these before, but there're these things called 'traffic lights,' Rifele." Zoe mutters, crossing her arms. "They're a pain and they slow you down. But they are necessary…"

"Oh yeah. Man, you humans have it rough."

Zoe scoffs. "Anyway, like Max said, it'll take way too long to walk that far."

"Well… Have buses been invented in your time already?"

"Yeah." Rex replies.

"Just hop on one of those. It's right down the street you're on."

"Which way?" asks Zoe.

"East."

Max scratches his head. "Uh… which way is east again…?"

Rex groans. "Which way is the sun setting?" he asks.

"Uh…" Max points to the left. "That way."

"It's in the opposite direction. We go left." Rex explains, putting his hands on his hips.

Max chuckles sheepishly. "Right, I knew that…" he says awkwardly.

Zoe rolls her eyes. "Ugh. You two have cash?" she asks.

Rex flinches. "Well, yeah, but… I don't think the machines take money from the future…" he says.

Zoe turns to Max. "You?"

Max's eyes widen. He stuffs his hands in his pockets. "I, uh… I think I left my wallet in my room…"

Zoe rolls her eyes. "Fine, I'll bail you out." She leans close to him. "Just, this, once."

Max gulps and nods.

The girl walks over to a bus stop and plops herself down on the couch, crossing a leg over the other with a sigh.

"It'd be easier if Rifele had just teleported us to the stupid crystal…" she mutters, closing her eyes.

Rex sits down next to her. "Right?" he says. "Hopefully we get there before Goma does."

Max walks over and crosses his arms behind his back. "Sure we will!" he says.

A bus stops in front of them. The three teens get on, Zoe handing the driver some cash. The driver eyes them weirdly.

"Why are you three wearing slippers?" he asks.

They flinch.

"Uh… We-we're cosplaying! As, uh…" Max trails off.

"A-As a video game character!" Zoe adds hurriedly. "Y-Yeah, you know? That one character from that one game… that always wears slippers and um, a blue jacket?"

The driver's eyes light up. "Oh, that one! Yes, my daughter loves him. Good to know she's not the only kid out there with an obsession for skeletons."

The three force a laugh and quickly find some seats, sighing in relief.

"We're almost there, so wake that idiot up, will ya?"

Zoe rolls her eyes and pulls back her hand, smacking Max over the head.

"Ow, what was that for?!" he shouts.

"You weren't gonna wake up any other way." She mutters. "Anyway, quit whining, we're almost there."

Max exhales. "Wow that took a long time."

"It's only been ten minutes." Says Rex.

"Right…"

The bus comes to a stop. Zoe stands up. "This the place?"

"Yeah."

The three teens quickly get off, looking around.

"So, where is it?" asks Max.

"Uh… If I'm right, it should be right around where you're standing."

Max flinches and instinctively looks under his foot. A small blue crystal shines, embedded in the concrete.

Zoe and Rex crouch down. "Huh. Go figure." Says the latter. Zoe looks up at Max. "Guess today's you're lucky day, huh?"

Max chuckles and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess so!" he says. "Now let's get the crystal and get outta here."

Rex frowns. "Wait, how're we gonna get the crystal out?" he asks.

Zoe's smile fades. "Right… Uh…" she murmurs.

"We could try and force it out of the sidewalk." Says Max.

"Wouldn't that damage it?" asks Rex.

"No, of course not. You really think a magic ancient artifact traced back to dinosaurs would be fragile?"

"Fair point," Zoe says. "But how would be force it out of there?"

"You could use your powers." Rex suggests. "You're fused with Paris, so doesn't that give you a strength boost?"

"I only have super strength when I use the grass stone." Says Zoe.

"Then use it."

Zoe looks away, her hands fumbling with each other. "I don't know…" she says. "I-It changes our appearance and I don't want to risk drawing attention to ourselves."

Rex's eyes narrow.

Max cracks his knuckles. "Alright, then I'll do it." He says.

"Max, people will notice us!" says Zoe.

"I doubt they'll notice you too much. The only differences in appearance are your eye color and the mark on your forehead."

Zoe sighs. "Alright, but you can't use the stone here."

"Then where?" asks Max.

Zoe looks around. "Uh… Here, go to that alleyway."

They three wake their way to an alleyway near the traffic light behind them. Max pulls out his stone, closing his eyes.

Hey, Chomp? You there? he thinks.

I'm here. The dinosaur replies.

Max flinches. Wow, you sound a lot different than I thought. Your voice is deeper. He internally muses.

That right? Anyway, here's what you have to say to transform. "lucendi, tonitrui, procella, vis"

The teen nods and repeats the four words.

"Lucendi, tonitrui, procella, vis."

A yellow light engulfs Max and his eyes turn a bright golden yellow, the lightning symbol glowing on his forehead.

"Nice, it's the same as with Zoe." Says Rex.

Max walks back to the stone, Rex and Zoe following suit. Max smirks and pulls back his fist.

"Alright, time to crack open this-" Zoe cuts him off.

"Wait!" she grasps his wrist. "You'll destroy the sidewalk if you punch it like that, you have super strength, remember?"

Max chuckles sheepishly. "Yeah… whoops."

Zoe rolls her eyes and scoffs. Max touches the stone and tries to dig it out with a fingernail.

"It… won't… budge!" he grunts.

"What, was it in there when they first made the sidewalk?" asks Rex.

"It's possible. After all, these things are pretty old."

Zoe looks around warily. "Uh, guys? You mind speeding things up here? We're attracting an audience…"

Max and Rex look to find several people staring at them oddly. Zoe flushes. "Max, hurry up!"

"I'm trying!"

Rex sighs, shoving Max over. "Move over, let me see."

The teenager touches the stone before grabbing a pick out of his pocket.

"Why do you have a pick on you?" asks Zoe.

"My parents are archaeologists, what do you expect?"

Rex works the curved point under the stone and pulls it out, smirking.

"There we go." He says, holding it out in front of him.

"Nice, now we can go get you fused and kick Goata's butt!" cheers Max.

"Goma."

"Whatever."

"Geez, you're so carefree…"

"Oh, do you start talkin' you stupid lizard!"

"Max!"

The teenager turns to find a crowd staring at them, whispering things to each other. Zoe and Rex flush before grabbing Max and taking off. They stop in another alleyway, panting.

"Max, you made us look like idiots!" Zoe snarls.

"Hey, he started it!"

"I didn't do anything."

Rex rolls his eyes as they teleport to Max's backyard. Said brown haired teen yawns.

"I'm beat. Imma go take a nap." He says.

"Don't forget to revert back to your normal form."

"Yeah, yeah, got it." Max replies, waving the lizard off and walking to his room.

"Tch. Stupid kid."

Zoe stretches her arms and starts for the door. "Well, I should get going. See you later, Rex."

"Hold up."

Zoe turns to see a serious glint in Rex's eyes. She flinches.

"Rex, what's wr-"

"What're you hiding?"

Zoe eyes him confusedly.

"What're you talking about?" she asks.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about." Says Rex. "Back there, when you refused to use your crystal. You said it was because you didn't want to attract attention. That was a lie."

"…how did you know?"

Rex scoffs. "Come on, Zoe. It's been two years but I can still see when you're lying. You can't look anyone in the eye when you do."

Zoe looks off to the side.

"Alright, here's the truth…"

Rex waits, keeping a firm gaze on her.

"…If I use my stone… I'm afraid I might give in to my dinosaur's feral instinct. And if I do…" Zoe eyes him sharply. "I could destroy… everything."

Rex can't hold in the gasp that follows.

Cliff hangers. Lots of cliff hangers.

I'm so mean, aren't I?

I'm sorry that this isn't very long. But I decided I should get out one whole chapter as a sort of saga bridge before we get into the juicy stuff. Which, if you inferred from my above statement, means that the next chapter will be substantial. Hopefully.

And… I don't have much else to say, other than why this was so overdue. As for that, well…

Let's just say I've a newfound hatred for car accidents.

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