There were two cells, one on the right side and one on left. The right one was full of girls, three brunettes, two of them had glasses and one wavy hair, blonde with a very long hair and one with short blond-brown hair. The left one had boys, a tall black-haired and brunette, a light-haired boy with a scar on his nose, black-haired with a ponytail, and two brunette brothers.

"Let go of me you two!" they heard a voice in the corridor. They knew that voice. A gingered-haired girl and black-haired boy brought a brown-haired girl, she had short hair and a scar on her left cheek.

"Ally!" Kyra said. Drack and Mary throw Alice in the girls' cell. She was lying on the ground, she sat up and turned to them with an angry glare. Kyra hugged her tightly. "Ally, are you okay?" she asked. "Yeah..."

The villains closed the cell. Alice got on her foot and ran to the bars. "Let us out!" "Nope," Mary laughed.

"Why are you two doing this?" Andy asked. "Because Zepar wants to," Drack replied. "Why are you even listening to her?" Sabi wondered. "Thanks to our mother Kami we have life, but thanks to our queen we have immortality," Mary explained, "we'll do anything for her." "You know, you aren't the only ones here. The blonde and pink-haired, they are locked somewhere else," Drack said. "Be honest, are they okay? Is my best friend fine?" growled Sue. "Yes, for now," Drack answered, "Zepar wants to kill them herself, but only when they'll be all."

"She's waiting for Kid," Cole realized. "So, until Max is sleeping, they will live," Niki said. "Let's hope others will protect him," Sabi said. "Our hope is in hands of my stepbrother, Danish, and Dark," Dengyo reminded them. "Yep, we're screwed," Sue sighed. "Damita maybe isn't strong, but she is smart," Cruz said, "same with Bel."

"Don't forget Ree!" Kyra joined. "Do not rely on her that much," Drack said, "she's a lair." "Who asked you?" Cole wondered.

"W... Why did you kill him?" Ema asked Drack, "why did you kill Miharu?" "Your guardian? There was no reason. Zepar only wanted to get you on our side by that," Drack replied. "We killed them to show our loyalty to our queen," Mary added, "I didn't want to kill your father, Andrew, but she didn't give me another choice. I didn't want to kill my son, but..."

Their enemy was crying, she was so weak.

"That doesn't change the things you did," Justin said. "Ivi!" Kyra yelled at him. "Bro, I'm maybe an asshole, but even I think that was too much," Nicolas admitted.

"Well, I get it," Niki spoke up, "what Dark meant back then. So, you're doing this for love." "Yeah..." Alice joined, "you just want someone to love you, but every time there is someone to take them away. Sora Shinori, dad, Rex. Someone always steps in your way..." "So, you're trying to get Zepar's attention," Niki finished, "even your mother loves someone more."

"And Drack is only trying to protect you," Cruz joined.

Drack and Mary left.

"Welp, Zepar is avoiding killing by her hands," Sue noticed, "every dirty work here was done by someone else." "She wants to kill only three people herself," Cole said. "We gotta get out of here," Nicolas said, "quick." "Have patience," Andy said.

Sabi looked at the lock on the cells, it was electronic. "Justin, can you do something with those locks?" she asked him. Justin came to the bars, examined the lock. He shook his head. "I'm sorry. This type of technology... I never saw something like that..."

"Well, we can try to get through the bars," Niki said. Kyra immediately tried, but she didn't fit between them. "Looks like this won't work for you girls with that weight on your chests," Andy said. All of the girls gave him a death glare. "Andy, if we'll ever get out of here, I'm seriously gonna kill ya," Sue commented. "Agree. I'm sure Dark would fit in, but we just can't," Sabi admitted.

"There is a way out, I'm sure," Dengyo murmured. "You're right," Cruz agreed and went to the corner. He pushed a stone away, there was a hole. "The hell is that?" wondered Sue. "Damita used to be prisoned here, so Kami's Saichania Tank dug up this tunnel for her to escape," Cruz explained, "it leads to the control room, where we can turn off the locks and actually everything." "Yeah, but who will go?" Justin asked.

The youngest Komatsu was crawling through the hole to the control room. "Why wasn't I silent?" he asked himself. He didn't feel comfortable there, the darkness inside was waking his fear. "No... This is the only thing I can do for them," he murmured, "being weak isn't wrong, only thanks to that I can become stronger. Reese..."

Justin saw a light. When he got at the end he was in a room with a computer. He stood up.

"Alright, this cannot be hard for me."

He noticed his own bag with laptop and other stuff. They were about to use it, every information he had. He took the bag and started to find a way to free others.

There was a map on the monitor. There were three floors of the underground. The first floor from the top had visible cells. On the second were some rooms. And the third one had one room. It looked like cameras were there. He looked at the cells, he was right.

He checked the two rooms on the 2nd floor, Rex and Zoe. He had to unlock them. He looked at the last camera and saw Kami against some black-haired boy.

"I just need to..."

The second floor

They both were closed in their respective rooms, communicating through the monitor.

"Zoe, I'm sorry," he said.

"What are you sorry for?" she asked.

"If I didn't make that deal with Akuno, this maybe never happened," Rex explained. "This isn't your fault," Zoe assured him, "we will get out, Rex." "I'm so glad you're back," Rex confessed, "those four months... If I was with you-" "Stop blaming yourself, it was nobody's fault, plus I'm not the one who is hurt the most after that... I just have a headache sometimes. It's nothing. We need to get out before Zepar'll do something bad."

"Yeah. But we need a plan, we're in enemy's base," Rex said. "But you know it here, right?" Zoe asked. "Kinda," Rex replied.

"I just hope she won't hurt Reese and Max..." Zoe whispered, but Rex heard that. He knew Zepar is after all of them, he had nothing to comfort her with.

He could say only one thing: "They won't give up."

The doors of his room opened. "Mary?" he thought. He waited, expecting a trap. He went outside. Nothing.

Zoe came from the room next to his. Someone opened the doors. Why?

"Rex, do you think... someone is trying to help us?" Zoe wondered. "Maybe, but every 'good' person from Akuno isn't with them," Rex answered, "there are only Drack, Mary, and Zepar if I know..." "Let's find Paris and Ace first," Zoe said. "Good idea," Rex agreed and nodded.

The first floor

The cells opened.

"He did it!"

"Great job, bro," Nicolas said. "He maybe did it, but what now?" wondered Sue. "There is a room with the dinosaurs on the second floor," Justin's voice said, he got to the microphone. "Second floor?" Andy repeated. "Yes. And Kami is on the third floor. I just freed Rex and Zoe on the second floor," Justin explained, "just take-Ahh-!"

"Justin!"

He became silence.

"Cruz!" Alice turned to the tall boy. "You know where the control room is, right?" "Sure." "Wait, what are you planning?" Sabi asked her. "Justin is in trouble, someone has to find him," Komatsu twins replied as one, "you go for the dinos, we'll help Justin. And stop saying what I'm saying!" The twins yelled at each other.

"But, Ally, Nicolas..." "Kyra, they'll be fine," Cole assured her. Putting his hand on her shoulder. "Cruz will be with them."

"I'll go too," Ema said. "C-cousin, you think it's a good idea?" Sue asked. "Well, Sue, I never saw you worried about Ema," Niki said. "I'm not worried," Sue snapped.

"We can't waste our time here," Dengyo growled. "Who's wasting time?" Sue growled.

Surface, Taylors' house, Max's room

Bel, Dark, Kenji, and Chomp were standing around Max's bed, he was still sleeping.

"How long do you think he'll sleep?" Bel asked. "I... don't know..." Dark answered. "We have to wake him up!" Kenji said, "he's our only hope."

"Max! Wake up!" Bel shook with him. "Please, Max! Your friends need you. Please..."

"The power of that cosmos stone... is bigger than we thought..." Dark murmured, "he has to... wake up..." Tears were running down her face. "Dark..."

She took his hand. Some dark light appeared on their hands and disappeared after a while.

Max murmured something and opened his eyes. "You're awake!" Dark wiped her eyes. "Max! Get up. Others are in trouble," Bel said. "What?!" He quickly sat up. "What happened?"

"After you touched that stone, you passed out," Kenji replied. "No. I mean with others," Max corrected him. "We were in the café and after I left... Others disappeared," Bel explained, "Reese is gone as well. And they got Alice and Cole too. They told us about that. They're in Akuno."

"Akuno?" Max growled. He got to his feet and headed away, others followed him.

Lake

There was already someone standing when they got there, Zakuro Shiraki-Shinori.

"Kenji!"

"What are you doing here, Zakuro?" Kenji asked his stepmother. "You said Dengyo is in Akuno," Zakuro reminded him, "I am not leaving him there." "It... can be dangerous..." Dark said.

"He is my son, I just can't, even if it could cost my own life."

"So, you know how to get in the Akuno?" Max wondered. Zakuro shook her head. "There is no entrance. The only way inside Akuno is teleporting given by Zepar," she replied.

"But... There has to be a way, right...?" Bel whispered, her voice shook a little bit.

"Why I have to be the one to figure this out?" Max growled, "why they didn't leave Rex or Reese here?" "Max... You maybe aren't the sharpest tool in this, but... You're giving others hope..." Dark told him. "Dark..." Max smiled at.

Then he felt like something grabbed his leg. When he looked down there was some dark pool, it was like a quicksand. He screamed and tried to get out. "Max!" They tried to reach for him.

Kenji pushed Dark away from it. "Why me again?" Max wondered. "Zepar," Zakuro said and took Max's hand. "Zakuro, no!" Kenji grabbed her arm. Even Chomp tried to help. All four of them disappeared after a while.

"Dark... We let them..." Bel was still in a shock, she couldn't finish that line. "Bel, they are... Where we wanted to go..." Dark said. "What...?" "They're in Akuno..." Dark explained.

Underground, 3rd floor

Max was lying on the cold ground. He opened his eyes and saw a tall black-haired boy with black eyes and goggles on his head. He knew those goggles, but that was impossible.

"Long time, no see," the boy said. "Max? You're okay?" someone asked. Max sat up and saw Laura in her 16 years old body. "Kami?"

"Where are we?" Kenji murmured. He and Zakuro woke up. They all stood up. "Zak! Why are you here?" Kami asked her, "it's dangerous."

"I don't have time for this," the boy continued, "I was waiting for you, Max Taylor."

"Zak, take Kenji and get out of here," Kami said. "We'll take care of him," Max added and changed Chomp into a card.

"Zak! Go!" Kami shouted. "I have to agree," Kenji said, grabbed Zakuro's hand and ran away.

"Who are you?" Max asked the boy. "Max... There is something you don't know," Kami said, she turned to Laura.

"Wha-what?! L-Laura? How?"

She changed back into Kami. "It's a long story. I gave myself to Zepar to save Grey's daughter, but we can talk about it later," she told Max. "Zepar gave you immortality and you betrayed her. You know, sister, someone just won't give up this power," the boy said.

"Sister?!" Max repeated, "Rod?" "Of course," he answered.

"I thought you're dead, Rod," Kami sobbed, she was smiling, despite knowing he is under Zepar's control.

"You've been here the whole time... She lied to me..."

Rod activated a fire card in his hand. "No..." A red Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared. "Terry?!"

"Don't worry, Laura. We'll take care of it." Max swiped Chomp's card across his stone plate.

2nd floor

Rex and Zoe came to the suspicious door. "What do you think?" Rex asked Zoe. "I don't know," she replied, "this place is... weird. I feel like something is going to jump at us any minute, this door isn't an exception."

"We should go somewhere else," Rex said. Zoe nodded in agreement. They turned, but then heard dinosaurs' roars.

They looked at each other. "Was that..." "I have no doubt."

They ran back to the door. Rex stepped in front of Zoe and opened it. Two dinos jumped in their arms. "Ace!" "Paris, you okay?"

Other dinosaurs were inside in their chibi forms. "Looks like everyone is here," Zoe said. "Not everyone," Rex said, "I don't see Chomp here." "Does that mean that Max is still on a surface?" Zoe asked. "Maybe... Let's hope he is and Bel and the rest are with him."

"Hey, are you able to find your partners?" Zoe asked the dinos, "bring them the stones?" Spiny growled in agreement. "I see. They'll need you, guys," Rex told them. Tank roared at Ace and Paris. Dinos grabbed the stones and ran out.

"Do you think Sue and others are fine?" Zoe wondered. "Zepar wants us, not them. I can't tell if she will hurt them," Rex admitted. "After what she did to your parents and the guardians, I'm afraid what she can do to Reese," Zoe said. "I'm sure she'll be okay," Rex assured her, "first, we must get out."

1st floor

The four of them stopped. There was a crossroad.

"We should go left," Alice said. "No, let's go right," Nicolas objected. "You just wanna disagree," Alice snapped. "Stop you two," Ema growled.

"Nicolas is right, we'll go right," Cruz said. "Fine..."

They walked the right way.

"If that person hurt Justin I'm gonna kill him," Alice murmured. "I'm sure you can't," Cruz told her, "there is a big possibility that it was J." "Yeah..."

Ema stopped, there was a brunette boy with a green hoodie standing in front of her.

"M... Miharu...? No way... You can't be..."

"Ema, stop, he's dead," Nicolas reminded her. "Miharu!" Ema didn't listen to him, she ran towards her best friend.

She ran through like he was a ghost. "I'm sorry, Wada. I lo-" He disappeared.

"Miharu? No..."

"Was that a hologram?" Nicolas wondered.

"Something like that."

Drack materialized next to them. "It is based on Dino illusion move card," he explained, "when you'll touch them they'll disappear." "Why are you 'helping' us?" Alice asked. "They?" Cruz wondered. "Illusions to play with your hearts," Drack replied.

"Sorry for that," Ema said, "but if it worked on me, what about others?" "Andy would never fall for this," Nicolas said. "He maybe not, but someone else..." Cruz told them.

"Kyra!"

"Sis, you and Cruz save Justin. I'll go find Kyra with Ema," Nicolas said.

Surface

"What are we going to do now?" Bel asked, "there is no way in, no way out." "No... There is a way," Dark said. "But she said..."

"We can go through the lake, but... I can't..." "Dark? What's wrong?" Bel wondered.

Dark was staring at the lake, shaking. "I can't..." "Dark, you okay?" Bel put her hand on Dark's shoulder.

"I can't..."

"Dark, you're afraid of water, aren't you?" Dark carefully nodded. "I can't... Lo Siento... I... I still can see how... I almost drown..."

"Dark... It's fine. Go to Wendy, I'll find others."

"No... I have to... They need both of us. They helped me and now's my turn," Dark said with determination in her red eyes. She jumped in the lake, but she couldn't swim.

She was swinging her arms around her. "H-help!"

"Dark!"

Bel jumped into the lake and swam to Dark. She reached her hand to her. "Dark... Take my hand!"

The black-haired wrapped her arms around the brunette. "Are you okay?" Bel asked. "Si... G... Gracias..." "Next time think before your actions, please," Bel said. "Bel... Lo Siento... I thought... I thought I could do that, but..." Dark sobbed.

Bel sighed. "Don't cry. Just keep holding me, okay? We'll get to the Akuno, together," she assured Dark.

Then Dark saw a shadow in the water. "Uh... B-Bel...?"

1st floor

"How are we gonna get out?" Andy asked. "Well, we need to get our dinosaurs first," Niki said, "I won't leave Stegi here." "You're right," Sabi agreed, "who knows what they can do to Star." "According to what Justin said, they are in one of the rooms on the 2nd floor. I know how to get there," Dengyo said.

"Let's hope there's nothing that can attack us," Sue said.

In the other moment, they hear loud noises and bunch of footsteps. Something was coming.

"The hell's that?"

Sue hid behind Dengyo, she grabbed his shirt. Sabi ran into Andy's arms.

But then, they saw a pack of seven dinosaurs with stone plates in their jaws. They ran to their partners and gave them the stones. "Aaron! How did you get here?" Andy asked his dino. "Annie!"

"Wait a sec..." Cole noticed that little Corythosaurus didn't run to anyone. "Jessica...?" Cole looked around and realized it, "Kyra! She's gone!"

"Uh oh..."

"We must find her," Dengyo said, "she can be in danger."

1st floor

"Kyra... Why do keep getting into trouble?" Nicolas thought. He and Ema ran to the crossroad where they stopped. A brown-haired man similar to Nicolas was standing in their way.

"No..." Nicolas murmured. "Wait, who are you?" Ema asked the man. He was staring at Nicolas, no answer.

Kyra behind walked slowly to him. "Kyra? Wha-what is happening?" Ema was still asking, but he didn't answer.

"Nicolas..." Kyra whispered. She had a creepy smile, her eyes weren't as cheerful as always.

"Nicolas, who is that?" Ema wondered.

"D-dad...?"

2nd floor

"Now, how to get out?" Zoe asked Rex. "I don't know... There is no escape," he said, "we can only teleport out, so far as I know."

"There is a way," a robotic voice said. A half scream came from Zoe's mouth. It scared them both.

"J?"

"Of course."

"What do you want?" Rex wondered. "Why are you acting like this, Rex?" Zoe was confused, J was supposed to help. That's why Reese created him.

"I forgot you don't know about that," Rex said, "J is infected by a virus. When Drack got your communicator they did it. He took control over D-lab when you were gone." "Virus?" Zoe repeated.

"Yes, but I want to help," J said. "How can we believe you?" Zoe wondered. "What if I'll tell you there is one person on the lowest level, near to Zepar."

"You mean...?" she whispered. "My creator," J replied.

"No... Reese!"

3rd floor

Kenji was still running, dragging his stepmother behind. "Kenji, stop," she said, "we must go back." "Didn't you want to help Dengyo?" Ken asked. "Yeah, but what about m-Kami?" "Max will take care of her," he assured her, "we have to get somewhere where Drack or Mar-"

He ran into somebody. A woman around Zakuro's age with blue hair and blue eyes.

"Who are you?" Kenji wondered. The woman was smiling at him.

"Hikari Yori..." Zakuro said.

"You see. They haven't seen the last of us. I prepared terrifying surprises for them. The end is coming. Sooner or later, they'll be gone. It's already over."

There was a female figure standing in a dark room. Nothing around. She was holding the last crystal, her hand had dark marks with colors of the crystal.

"I wonder how they will react to... us."

To be continued...