Chapter 29

Time napped

As a bright light emanated from the Backlander, a group of people consisting of Cera, Rod, Laura and the Ancient family soon appeared from its glow, as Max and Spike both ran up to greet them upon their return.

"Rex! Cera!" Max cried out.

"How was the future!?" Spike then asked.

"How long were you guys gone?" Max asked deeply interested and excited to hear about what they were up to since they left, even if it wasn't long, and how was their trip too.

"We were out there for only a day when the ship broke down." Rex replied sounding rather concerned and not sharing in Max's enthusiasm.

"Sabotage?" Spike mused wondering about the possibility.

"I'll bet the alpha gang did it!" Max then suggested feeling convinced of it.

"No, it couldn't have been them this time." Laura replied vouching for her grandfather and his goons this time.

"Helga had given them a timeout so they could think about what they've done." Rod added.

Cera nodded, "It's true, I couldn't even heard all their whining from outside." she said before shuddering upon hearing their noisy rants and crying after Terry and the others began making a mess in the bathroom and they all had to clean up after them.

Dr Ancient soon became serious as he knew full well the real reason they had to return here on such short notice, "It wasn't sabotage. Someone came out of the time-space continuum and attacked the ship." He said in a rather concerned tone, the thought of it still lingered on in the back of Cera's mind and she still hadn't gotten past not, but she still kept it to herself not wishing to bring up any more worries or suspicions.

"Who was it?" Max asked feeling worried.

"Fellow time travellers?" Spike took a guess, though it didn't make much sense as to why they'd attack if they were no threat at all, also it'd be dangerous for both sides if that happened.

"We couldn't determine their identity…." Cretacia replied.

"Whoever they are they had very advanced weapons." her husband finished before hardening expression as the memory of the energy beams that attacked them forced them to retreat, "I get the feeling they're not done with us and they're going to come back."

"Ahoy!" A familiar voice called from above which made them all look up to see a familiar android popping his head out from an opening.

"Jonathan! What's wrong!?" Dr Ancient cried out to him as he hung out of the opening.

"I'm afraid the time drive suffered some severe damage in the attack we suffered." he called out, "I'm afraid we have no choice but to remain here and affect repairs." he said as the others frowned upon hearing the bad news.

Dr Ancient and his wife then hardened their disappointed looks seeing the predicament they were in, "I see….how unfortunate…" he said before giving Jonathan some new instructions, "See what you can do to fix it."

"As you command sir!" Jonathan responded politely as he pulled himself back inside the ship to get to work.

Ancient soon turned to everyone else who was part of the Backlander, "In the meantime we're all going to have to stay here and make the most of it, until the engine is repaired we aren't going anywhere…." he said painfully knowing who hard it would be on his son and his friends.

"Aww…." Rod frowned.

"Just when it seemed like we were all going to get a happy ending….." Laura pouted sadly since she and her brother were really looking forward to their home and parents.

"Can't be helped…" said Rex in disappointment having been looking forward to seeing his original home in the future times.

"That's too bad…." Zoe sighed sympathetically for them as the others began to mirror her look of concern.

Cera too as well, not just for them but also seeing she may have to wait a little longer before she can figure out more about herself, though that was the last on her worry list for the time being seeing the situation on their hands now.

Before long the entire Backlander soon faded away much to their surprise, "What happened to the time machine!?" Max gasped as a beam of light erupted down from it before it vanished.

"It's in stealth mode." Jonathan answered calmly.

"Why do you need to hide it?" Zoe asked curiously.

"Well we wouldn't want anyone else to get spooked out seeing a giant UFO in the sky again after seeing Black T-Rex come out of it and wreak havoc just now." said Cera shrugging her shoulders.

"Dad also thinks it's possible we were followed here." Rex added.

"Any idea who it might be?" Spike asked seriously as he began brushing his beard with his fingers.

"To follow you they'd need very advanced technology." Reese stated.

"Which they had." Dr Ancient replied in agreement with her statement, "Our attackers moved very easily through time and space."

"Which means they're not from our future since the only way we can travel through time is by using the power of the 6 stones." Dr Cretacia added.

On her mind, having experienced that attack first hand, at the back of her head she felt the attack to be so familiar, like she had suffered something like that similar own the past…..if that were the case maybe she came from another time too so perhaps her attackers were indeed the same….

Seeing everyone was in a rather serious mood, which was rather scary, Aki decided to help lighten the mood and make it easier on everyone's shoulders as she stepped in, "Even travelling by car is extremely exhausting so you must be extra tired." she said warmly before clapping her hands together, "Please come in and have some tea and lemonade with us."

"Hey our lemonade's got some real pulp in it, it's pretty awesome." Spike added in agreement feeling very enthusiastic about his wife's home style lemonade.

"A guy just like me who likes pulp in his juice." Dr Ancient smiled feeling better already and finding a man he can no doubt relate and bond with, both in dinosaurs and beverages.

"Nice." Dr Cretacia replied happily accepting Aki's offer as the 6 parents walked into the house.

"What about you Dr Drake?" Spike asked the chubby man as he and his wife joined them.

"Pulp's good." he answered excitedly as they all stepped inside and made themselves comfortable at the living room.

Cera smiled happy to see all the parents getting along, despite what they went through there was no point in worrying and they might as well live in happiness now and not miss out on it while it lasts. At the same time she began to wonder of she had parents of her own too…..

"So er….where's Chomp?" Max then asked curiously as their parents left them be, which snapped Cera out of her thoughts as she looked back to her teammates.

"Yeah? And Paris." Zoe followed.

Cera smiled glad to see they still cared for their partners.

"Up in the ship, you want to see em?" Rex offered them.

"You bet I do!" Max answered without hesitation.

"I bet they can't wait to see you guys again for sure." Cera smiled as Miku suddenly climbed out from out of nowhere onto her shoulder and chirped in excitement to see her comrades reunite with their partners again despite it only being a coupe of hours.

"Come on Jonathan!" Rex turned to the robot butler.

"If you're all going up to the ship, I'd like to come along and have a look inside." Reese then asked feeling deeply intrigued by future technology ever since running into the Alpha Gang's base one time and having studied Jonathan.

"Sure come on!" Laura replied eagerly, "I'll give you a tour myself!" she grinned along side her brother.

Jonathan's eye glowed as the teleporter was activated and the whole bunch of them were brought up into the ship. Little did any of them know, was that their split up from their parents was going to set both sides down separate paths on a new adventure transcending time and space.

As they arrived at the reactor core room, Reese began taking a look around, finding the atmosphere to be much more welcoming with Seth gone and the Alpha gang now reformed. Cera exited the room momentarily and soon returned from the card vault with Chomp, Ace and Paris as the D Team took out their stones from the console as they began slashing out their dinosaurs and summoning them to their chibi forms.

"Chomp!" Max cheered with brightened eyes as he opens his arms widely and welcomed his partner into his arms! "Oh! Hahaha!" He laughed as Chomp pushed him down, but then cringed as the young trike suddenly bit his nose! "OUCH!" He reid but then smiled seeing he was still the same as he always was, "So happy to see you!" he laughed as his nose became all swollen.

Meanwhile Paris nuzzled in at her partner's cheeks, "I know it was just a day but I missed you so much!" said Zoe happily as she cuddled her partner.

Cera and Miku both smiled happily seeing all was just as they should be. Though Ace was more interested in something else instead of Rex as he hoped up near the reactor core, "Come here Ace! Come on!" Rex called to him as he jumped off.

As Reese came to see what he was sniffling at, she then stopped in surprise to see a set of devices laid out neatly in the compartment, "Wow, what are those?" she asked interestedly.

"Whoa, never saw those before." Laura muttered in surprise as Rod and Jonathan joined them.

"Cretacia is trying to develop a fully integrated dino bracer." Jonathan explained as Reese took hold of one of them for closer examination.

"What's a dino bracer?" Reese asked as she looked it all around.

"It's like the dinoholder," Jonathan answered, "But it's a lot more technologically advanced and has features you wouldn't think were possible. Especially in such a small contraption." he said modestly while not trying to offend Reese's own invention. As they all gathered for a closer look, Miku leapt off Cera's shoulder before running around and playing with the other 3 chibi dinosaurs like they always did.

"She felt inspired by the dinoholders," said Cera as she stepped in, "So she thought she build something similar which would further help in her research back in the future." she said its a smile before blushing red a bit, "Also I….kinda made a contribution to it too. Hehe…" she chuckled as the others looked to her in surprise and amazement.

"Really?"

"That's cool." Max and Zoe said in awe.

Rex the nodded in acknowledgement, "So how does it work?" he then asked feeling like trying out his mom's invention himself.

"Well…..how about you figure it ourselves guys?" Cera winked back, "Wouldn't be fun if I just told you right?" she said with a giggle, though in actual fact she had no idea how it worked herself since she didn't try it yet.

"Hehe, good point." Max chuckled in agreement, as he bought it much to her relief, "Also if it's anything like our old dinoholders, I think I have an idea on who to use it already…." he said as he took a closer look at the bracer in Reese's hand and noticed an opening for stones to be inserted and a slot area for arts to be slashed. Noticing another device next to the bracers he picked it up to look more closely, "What's this?" he then asked curiously.

"It's a dino gadget." Jonathan answered him, "Cretacia says it will make the dino bracer even more powerful."

"Not sure how though, but she said that device will store your cards way easier than the dinoholder did." Cera added as Max eyed it all around with awe over how special the device looked and no doubt was.

"Cool." he said eying it intently hoping he might get to try it out. In fact Rex and Zoe too had similar ideas themselves.

"Well, now that that's out of the way, who wants a look at the control deck?" Laura cheered as she did a little spin, her statement awakening excitement and enthusiasm in Max and Zoe who were now like tourists onboard the Backlander, despite only visiting a few times only.

"Oh! Me! Me!"

"Don't leave me out of it too!" They cheered raising their hands as they followed the Alpha siblings to the door to the upper deck. Reese smiled seeing they were still kids at heart as she, Cera and Jonathan followed after them.

They soon passed through the doors and arrived at the control unit where the ship's operation modules were held, "Here we folks! The control deck for the Backlander!" Both Rod and Laura announced showing off the ship's pride and joy as Max and Zoe looked around in awe and amazement.

"Hey…."

"Awesome…." They breathed taking in the sights and seeing the blinking screens, flashing buttons and futuristic technology all around them.

"How ingenious…." Reese breathed as Jonathan walked her up to the front to see the controls up front.

"So how does it work?" Zoe then asked.

"Here I'll show you." Rod smiled as he showed her to one of the screens, "You just pick the time period you want, engage the warp drive and hit launch." he explained as he dialled in a few buttons which displayed the command routines onscreen.

As the D Team looked in awe at how skilfully Rod implemented the codes, Max then turned to him with a smirk, "You make it look so easy."

"Hehe, cause it is easy." Rod chuckled, "Dr Ancient said he'll let me drive it sometime."

"Well you did have a hand in the repairs so it's natural you know the inner makings of the ship." Cera commented as she folded an arm on her hip and smiled with approval, "It's great that he trusts you and I know you'll live up to his expectations."

"Hehe thanks Cera." Rod smiled back while Max breathed in awe at the thought of not just Dr Ancient's faith in Rod but also that he would no doubt be able to pull it off or even more.

"Wow…." The door behind them soon opened and a familiar female android walked in catching everyone's attention, "Hey! How's it going Helga?" Max smiled as he greeted her.

"Where are the others?" She asked looking around curiously for the Ancients, "It's time for calloustanics!"

"They're at Max's house." Rex answered her, now that they sorted things out with the Alpha Gang they felt no need to fear her any longer just long as they still behaved and kept on her good side.

"We'll start with a round of sit ups and jumping jacks." she then said with authority.

"We're kinda busy right now…." Max replied reluctantly, though also feeling glad they had a valid excuse to use on her so they could get out of her exercise routines.

"That's too bad because it is on the schedule…." Helga muttered feeling rather disappointed at that. Little did she know was that the chibi dinosaurs were actually doing just that, before Chomp slipped off and needed Ace and Paris to pull him back in.

Not wishing to displease her, Cera then stepped to the side giving herself a bit of space from the others, "Well if it makes you feel better I wouldn't mind giving it a little whirl." she said as the others eyed her strangely, "I've been feeling a little tense being cooped inside so I guess it wouldn't hurt to stretch a bit." she answered them quickly so they wouldn't get any funny ideas on their minds.

Helga was about to smile when suddenly a phone ringing from Reese's pocket caught everyone's attention.

RING RING

"Huh?"

Reese quickly picked up the phone to answer it, "Hello? Dr Owen?"

Rex blinked his eyes in surprise at how quick his adoptive dad had arrived in Sanjo City, "He's here already?" he asked.

Max and the others smiled at him, "How nice, now Rex's parents can meet him." he grinned knowing they'll get along just fine. His optimism was short lived, as Reese was soon about to bring the gang terrible news that would change the course of their lives forever….

"What!? The house has vanished!?" she exclaimed in disbelief as everyone gasped in shock!

"Huh!?"

"Say what!?"

"You can't be serious about this!" They cried but Reese's concerned look proved that she was right, and that deeply worried them as to how it might have happened…not to mention their parents were still inside too….

"Alright we're coming!" said Reese as her expression hardened, "Just see if you can find anything that can help!" she said at the end as the phone call ended and she directed her attention to everyone else, "Everyone, we have to go back now!"

"Yeah." They all nodded in agreement knowing they had to see this for themselves, "And quick!"

Rex quickly looked over to Jonathan, "Jonathan!" he yelled.

"I'm on it! Activating teleporter!" he responded as he pressed a button, causing the group to be enveloped in bright light and then fading from the room, leaving behind Jonathan and the alpha siblings inside.

"Oh dear…what's happening now…." Laura sighed nervously as she lowered her head feeling both sad and worried, "First Seth turns on us and now the Ancients go missing along with the other parents?"

"Our day just keeps getting better and better…." Rod sighed deeply shaking his head, wondering what did they ever do to deserve this?

(Meanwhile)

As the group arrived back at Max's place, or more precisely where it was, they widened their eyes and gasped in shock to see a massive crater where the house once sat, and inside Patrick and Dr Owen were busy checking for clues as they scoured all over the dirt and mud hoping to find something left behind they could use, but to no avail despite searching with a fine toothed comb.

"AH!"

"This is bad…." said Reese worryingly.

"My mom and dad were in there…." Zoe cried.

"So were mine!"

"Mine too!" Rex and Max gasped in shock as they all stared speechlessly over how this could have occurred, the entire house gone and their parents with them just like that…..

"Oh no…." Cera's heart fell heavily and soon she fell on her knees seeing this to be a far greater calamity than she first expected, not just her friends' parents were spirited away to who knows where, but also close friends of her's too were now mysteriously gone, "How could this have happened? And why now?" she asked herself before a thought crossed her mind, "Wait….could it be the same ones who attacked us earlier?" she breathed to herself thinking carefully and suspecting the 2 events may have been connected.

"Excuse me! Dr Owen!" Reese cried out to him, "Do you really think it was an alien who did this?" she asked as the others were soon starting to believe him after a phenomenon like this occurring there couldn't be any other explanation.

As Rex began typing away on a certain device he plucked out from his pocket, Patrick and Dr Owen stood before the D Team, "Let me put it to you this way! He was extremely large, had wings and flew like a bird!" he said flapping his arms out

"Now just wings but a bad haircut!" Patrick added as he mimicked his boss' movements while jumping up and down.

"A big alien with wings and a bad haircut?" Cera asked raising an eyebrow and looking at the pair of men still acting as weird as the answer they gave. She saw them do all kinds of strange and goofy things before but this really took the cake, "What kind of a description is that?"

"It's true! We saw it with our own eyes!" Dr Owen protested trying to back up his claims, "We saw him come out of a weird red space ship out of a portal of some sort!"

"Then after that he left on that same ship and teleported the house away like it was nothing!" Patrick cried out in response.

"AH!" Max and Zoe gasped as they widened their eyes.

As Cera began to ponder over their descriptions more carefully, it was then she began to realise something very important, something….that she once knew as she widened her eyes in realisation, "It's almost like….." A memory soon flashbacked before her eyes, as 3 winged silhouettes in the sky, a large burly male, a skinnier male with spiky hair and a slim female with long hair and a bow tying it together began throwing out orbs which materialised into gel like monsters which began rampaging a rather futuristic city, tossing over vehicles and driving people out from their homes! The monsters also carried an insignia, unique to their faction on their faces while the 3 flying figures also commanded them to cause destruction and chaos wherever they went while plundering the homes of the innocent for any riches they had, before eventually using cards and summoning out dinosaurs! Being an abelisaurus, gondwanatitan and a lilienstrenus which began terrorising the people in the city, each of them crying that same symbol on their heads as they screeched ferociously, their roars echoing in Cera's mind.

Noticing Cera was spacing out, Max and Zoe then turned to her and asked, "Hey Cera?"

"Are you…okay?" they asked wondering why she went silent all a sudden.

Snapping out of her thoughts and shaking her head clear, her expression then became rather grim, "Guys, I know Dr Owen and Patrick aren't usually the brightest bulbs in the house…." she said while hiding the fact she was tensing up and shaking, "But this time…I think they're for real…."

"How can you tell Cera?" Zoe asked curiously as Cera just looked back at her hardly.

"I don't know….it's just a…gut feeling…." she answered with an expression that was unknown to Reese, Zoe and Max.

Before they could ask her anymore though, "Guys! Our parents are travelling through time!" Rex cried out as the others tuned to him.

"What do you mean!?" Zoe asked.

"I mean the entire house was carried off by a time machine!" Rex answered her seriously.

"With them inside?" Owen asked, "How do you know this Rex?"

"I can track them using this TPS device." he answered his foster father firmly as he held out the handheld device in it.

"TPS?" Reese asked.

"Time positioning system." Rex answered, "It's like GPS but for time." He said as he flashbacked to when his dad and mom gave him that device, "The Ancients gave it to me in case we ever got separated…." After their long separation for years they decided to take measures to made sure that never happened again, unfortunately that big fear had came to pass…..

"Incredible….." Reese meanwhile breathed in amazement, while it may not have been the best time to admire the device she still couldn't help but be impressed at how far technology had developed.

"I can't believe this happened….again…." Rex sighed deeply, having just found his long lost parents only for them to be gone again like that….

"Don't worry…." said Zoe trying to comfort him though unsure how, while Cera said nothing but held a rather solemn expression, understanding his pain and loss and knowing trying to comfort him or butter it up would only make it worse.

"She's right Rex!" Max responded both with determination and anger, "This time's different! This time we can find out where your parents are and follow em!" he said with hope in his voice knowing they can do something about it this time.

"But the time machine is broken Max remember?" Zoe replied

"Then we better up there right now and fix it!" Max pointed up as Owen and Patrick looked in the direction of the ship though could see nothing as it was still cloaked.

Rex thens field with hope, "You're right Max!" he said feeling motivated and moved by his words, "Let's go find our parents and rescue them!"

"Yeah!" Max nodded as the others became pumped up and psyched for a rescue mission.

Seeing how everyone was getting into the mood, Cera smiled feeling glad to have not only met but to also be a part of their wonderful family, one she'd protect with her own life to the end of time as she turned serious, "Guys." she said catching everyone's attention.

"Huh?"

She walked up to them, "You all stuck by my side when Miku and I needed you most….." she said before looking up seriously and putting a fist to her chest with determination, "Rest assured I'll do everything I can to help you find them, I promise."

Rex smiled along with everyone else, "Thanks Cera,"

"Having you on board makes us feel a lot better." said Zoe clapping her hands together.

"Whoever took our folks, we'll find them and make them pay for it!" Max gritted his teeth as he punched his fist into his open palm as Cera nodded in agreement.

"You can count on it." she said before putting a finger to her chin in thought, "If my suspicions are correct….the ones who attacked us earlier could no doubt be the same ones who took them."

"I wouldn't put it past that." said Reese as she folded her arms in agreement.

"Come on! We can't waste anymore time dawdling! Let's go and repair the Backlander!" said Rex as he cried out loud to the sky, "Jonathan!"

"I'm beaming you all up now!" he said from up above as the whole lot of them were brought inside the ship.

As Helga walked by minding her own business, she stopped to see the 4 children of the D Team run past her without even saying a hello, "Where are you all off to in such a hurry?" she asked crossly at their rude behaviour.

"No time to talk Helga!" Rex cried behind them with urgency.

"The house just got snatched away with our parents inside!" Zoe yelled.

"And we need to fix the time machine so we can go after them!" Max concluded as they soon disappeared from sight.

As she pondered over what they said, she folded her arms and closed her eyes in thought, "Hmmm….." It was then she gained a serious expression on her face before walking off to the bathroom to give Dr Z and his henchmen a chance to earn an early release from their timeout.

(Later)

After the D Team arrived back with the others they briefed Jonathan, Rod and Laura about the situation at hand, and needless to say they were all in for quite the shock when the heard the news. In no time at all they quickly rushed to the reactor to affect immediate repairs. Things were proceeding somewhat slowly and not much progress was made since they had few hands of expertise on board and most of the D Team didn't really understand much of what they were working with. Soon however, Helga soon came back into the room bringing them rather fortunate or unfortunate news….

"I have good news everyone!" she said as they all looked to her, "Dr Z has informed me he is willing to lend his services in the time machine repairs."

"Dr Z says he wants to help us fix it?" Max asked rather suspiciously.

"He says it is far too difficult to do without him." Helga replied.

"The problem is we don't trust him, even as far as we can throw him." Rex stated as he pushed a tool chest on a trolley past them.

"Which isn't very far…." Zoe added in agreement.

"Right…." Max breathed before looking around finding the room to be rather quieted than he last remembered, "Say….Where are the alpha droids?" he asked curiously, wondering why they hadn't come across a single robot besides Jonathan and Helga since they came on board today, "I'd take their help over Dr Z's anyway."

"They're all undergoing a massive reboot." Laura answered him.

"After taking Zeta Point back from Seth we had to make sure they undergo a complete systems wipe and restart if we want to clear out any of Seth's control over them." Rod explained as the rest of the group sighed in disappointment.

"That's a shame, the one time we need them most and they're not there for us…." Zoe frowned as she and the others lowered their heads down sadly seeing that option was out of the way.

Max then looked up to where the others were working, "Hey Jonathan! How's everything going for the war generator up there?" he called.

"I'm afraid there are some complexities that are beyond my comprehension." the android answered as he descended from a higher platform.

Hearing that didn't instil much confidence in the D Team, though who were they to judge since they didn't understand much of how the systems worked, even Cera herself despite being a tech head herself found the machinery rather complex to understand.

"The Ancients were the ones who built this thing….and admittedly with them gone the next best mind we can…no…have to rely on is that nutcase Dr Z…." Cera thought

"Max if you want to finish fast you should really consider getting grampa's help." Rod stated as he and his sister came down from the other side.

"Just keep an eye on him and don't let him trick you." Laura added.

"Easier said than done if you ask me." Cera muttered as she dolled her arms and closed her eyes in suspicion, "Even if his intentions were good, which is very unlikely, chances are he'd mess it up way worse than it is now." She then looked up tot he alpha siblings, "You guys even said so yourselves the stuff he makes breaks down or malfunctions eventually." She pointed out which made Rod sweat drop in realisation.

"She's got a point there Laura…." he said to her as she sighed sadly.

"Yeah….but still…."

Max soon began to see the situation was becoming desperate and they didn't have time to debate, they had more than enough trouble already without conflicting with one another on what to do next, "Rex if this takes too long we could lose them for good!" he said.

"I know…." Rex replied feeling angry at having to be reminded of their situation.

"I'm sorry to say that fixing an enormous time warp generator takes an enormous amount of time." Jonathan said with deep regret before pointing at Rex's device, "And they're starting to fade from your TPS tracking system." he said as Rex looked to it and hardened his expression seeing the signal was weakening.

Realising the urgency of the situation and how short on time they were, Max reluctantly decided to take an all or nothing gamble, "Listen! I think where're gonna have to take a chance on Dr Z! I mean who knows what our parents are going through now!" He said with urgency in his tone.

Seeing without any other options to rely on, Rex took a deep sigh as he finally relented, "Alright fine…." he said before looking to Helga, "Helga, let them out now, but make sure you give them a warning in case they do try something or step out of line."

She nodded and put a fist to her chest with affirmation, "You can count on me on that!" she said before rushing out to the front door and taking her leave to fetch the rest of the Alpha gang.

As she left the rest of the D Team hardened their expressions realising their hands had no doubt been forced now, "This better work….it has to….." Rex said seriously seeing their situation had now gone desperate so they had to take risks if they were to have even the slightest hope of making progress and saving their parents.

Seeing they made their minds up on what to do, Cera narrowed her eyes seriously knowing she had to do something as well to help prepare them for the worst, "In that case….." Looking over to the side and seeing the Dino bracers and Gadgets Cretacia left behind, she began to load them into a triceratops like case nearby before taking them outside.

"Cera where are you going?" Zoe asked her as they saw her heading to the door.

"I'm going to find Reese," Cera answered, "If my intuition is right we'll need dinosaur help like before, hopefully Reese and I can finish these bracers and gadgets before we set off again to rescue your parents." She said holding up the case to them before putting on a confident smile, "Besides, I'm sure it'll be fun to battle with your partners again like old times right?"

As she said that the D Team brightened up with excitement at the thought of having to fight with dinosaurs again, "Oh! Yeah! Go do that!" Max cheered with eagerness.

"If you can it'll be a big help for sure!" Zoe smiled clapping her hands together.

"At least we can count on you for this." Rex nodded with affirmation, knowing they could also count on their partners to help them too, like they always had before.

Cera nodded back at her friends with reassurance, "And I promise I won't let you down." she said taking her leave while Miku went to go over and play with the other dinosaurs by rolling around the trolleys and in circles chasing each others' tails. As she exited the room and strolled along the hallways to find Reese she narrowed her eyes seriously as thoughts soon crossed her mind, "I'll do anything and everything for them….after all they did for me and Miku, it's time I returned the favour." she vowed to herself to stand by them through the end. Eventually after some time of searching through the ship, she found Reese up at the upper deciding a checking at some of the main systems and command routines which made her smile with relief to have found her, "Hey Reese there you are." she said catching the older woman's attention.

"Oh Cera, how are things with the time machine going?" She then asked curiously.

Cera sighed and shook her head, "Slow but steady, it's more complicated than we thought…." she then hardened her expression rather bitterly, "So complicated we need Dr Z to help with it…." she muttered as Reese covered her mouth in surprise.

"Oh my, it's that bad?"

"Unfortunately…." Cera sighed before returning to the matter at hand, "In any case, I was looking for you." she said as she held up the case, "I need your help patching these up." Opening it it revealed the 3 dino bracers and gadgets inside as Reese leaned in for a closer look.

"The dino bracers and gadgets….." she said with interest.

"I figured we might as well finish what Cretacia and I started in her honour," Cera explained, "Also there's a chance we may need to fight with dinosaurs again, so I thought we could give Max and the others a little more firepower for that."

Reese then smiled at how thoughtful she was, "Well thought out Cera," she said feeling glad to have someone so selfless and reliable on there side as she stood up from her seat, "Let's get to work then." she said as they headed to the work room to put the final touches on them. Like old times, the pair continued running simulations as well as welding parts together to make sure the systems ran at optimum levels, that the devices could contain and control the powers of the stone plates and that the gadgets wold be able to deliver the right move cards at the right time when utilised. They also utilised the blueprints Cretacia left behind while scanning Cera's dinoshot to use as a template to work from, and after half an hour or so they made monumental leaps in new features and functions, "The technology and resources here are so advanced, we've made far more progress than I first expected." she said proudly as they were near 98% finished.

"Glad to hear that Reese." said Cera feeling pleased to hear her say that and knowing Max and the others would be glad about that too, "At this rate we should be finished before the time warp is repaired." She then blinked her eyes in realisation that they had forgotten someone, or more precisely someones, "Say, where's Dr Owen and Patrick?" Cera asked looking around and finding no trace o the 2 goofy grown men.

Reese blinked her eyes looking up from the work table, "Now that you mention it….I haven't seen them since we came on board." she said looking around and not even hearing their novices for miles, which was unusual since the 2 of them were quite loud blabbermouths, "They must have gotten lost somewhere…." she mused before looking at Cera, "You go find them, I think I can handle the rest on my own."

"Alright then Reese, we'll leave everything up to you." The red headed girl replied as she took her leave and left the older scientist to her work, gully trusting in her knowing she'd pull through for them all as she always did. As she left the room she brought up a map on her dinoshot which traced her current location, "Good thing I still have the map on my dinoshot to refer to." she said to herself as she walked down the path nearby the kitchen, "Now if I were Dr Owen where would I go?" she thought to herself seriously as she continued waking straight ahead, towards Seth's old lab thinking that's where a scientist would go. She then heard a series of voices along the hallway in front which made her ears perk, "Hmm?" As she focused harder she soon recognised them as all too familiar.

"Maybe once those brats see how much they need me they'll learn to respect their future king! Ahahah!" Dr Z cackled to himself as he strolled along another hallway towards the reactor room, with the trio and their dinosaurs right behind him. Soon however a figure stepped into view which made them stop to look,

"Huh?"

Cera soon came into view carrying a rather serious expression on her face, the sight of her made Dr Z and the trio grin rather sneakily, "Hehehe! I see you lot have finally wised up and decided to come to me for help!" he grinned folding his arms and holding his head up high, "It's only natural since I'm the only genius who can comprehend what your meager minds can't!" he boasted snobbishly as he twirled some hair on his beard while the trio stuck their tongues out at her.

She however remained unfazed and looked away from him, "Don't flatter yourself you coot." she scoffed as she turned around and folded her arms, "The only reason we let you out was because we're desperate, short on time and that we have no other options left." she said crossly at the fact they had to rely on them of all the people they could turn to for help, "So why don't yo guys go make yourselves useful and help us instead of yourself for a change."

"Oh we'll be more than happy to help." Dr Z snickered before pointing out at her, "That is if you give me the respect I deserve as the future dinosaur king!" he demanded.

"Yeah, and you take back all those times you called me an old lady!" Ursula cried out shaking a fist crossly having not forgotten every single insult they hurled at her during their adventures before taking down Seth.

"And…err…..grovel before us!" Zander and Ed added on, wanting to join in milking the moment.

Ursula however delivered a swift blow to both her heads without warning!

WHAM!

"OW!"

"Hey who are you clowns to boss them around!" she growled shaking a fist at them as a tic make appeared on her forehead, "If anyone deserves that privilege it's me!"

"Sorry…." They whimpered sadly as they clutched their heads painfully.

Cera whoever was in no mood to play any of their silly games today as she thought of a counter argument knowing just the thing that would rattle Dr Z enough to get him to cooperate, "How about you guys get to work or we'll never go anywhere." she said before smirking at Dr Z, "In fact you'll be stuck here forever in the past and be remembered as nobody who couldn't accomplish anything worthwhile in his life, heck maybe no one will even remember or miss you on top of that."

Upon hearing her words smashing down his ego, Dr Z quickly turned pale at his worst nightmare coming true, "GAAAH!" he squealed clutching his face and turning pale which made his henchman gasp to see him turn out as such before they glared back at her.

"Now that's just low!"

"Take it back right now!" They said to her angrily while shaking fists at her.

"I'll do that, when he proves me wrong." she replied undeterred knowing she could take on all of them single handedly in fist fight with ease, but there was no need for she had a much smarter way of getting them to cooperate, "That is, if he can fix it that is." she said smugly which made Dr Z flare red with rage.

"Why you!" he growled as his spirt and rage was fired up much to his minions' surprise, "Of course I can fix that machine with my eyes closed!" he roared pumping up his arms and flaring with energy and ambition in his blood! "I'll show you all myself! Come on team! Let's move and show these brats the true might of the Alpha Gang!" he yelled to the Trio as they saluted him and stood firm like soldiers ready for battle.

"Okay!"

"Simple…." Cera then sighed seeing how easy he was to manipulate, no wonder Seth was able to take advantage of him so easily….

Nevertheless that didn't stop her from giving him a warning to make sure he did ONLY what he was told, "Don't make us regret this, or you will." he said shooting a hard scowl at the old man, which made his minions shudder worryingly, knowing it would be most unwise to pick a fight with her.

Nevertheless Dr Z remained undeterred, in fact he intended to fix eh machine anyways of only to fulfil his own goals when this mess was all over with, "Eheheh! I assure you lot that you have nothing to worry about!" he giggled sinisterly before doing a spin, "After all you're in the hands of a capable genius!" he announced pointing up to the sky proudly.

"And his equally capable assistants!" The Trio follow striking team poses of their own with their boss.

Cera however just stared and raised an eyebrow in suspicion at them, "Somehow I don't feel that confident at all." she thought to herself fearing they'd do more damage to the warp drive than it already suffered.

Paying her no mind Dr Z soon began to dive deeper into and indulge in his own self ego, "In fact the only tools I need are my eyebrow curler and my earwax remover! Ahahahah!" he laughed out loud which made Cera's stomach churn.

"Ugh….gross…." she moaned before holding in a hurl and swallowing it down, "Hope he's not getting the systems infected with his germs…." she shuddered at the thought of his gunk clogging out the systems and maybe even causing a virus in the mainframe.

"Alright Team! We've got a generator to fix and my destiny as dinosaur king to seize! In the name of Dr Z let's do this!" He announced pointing to the sky before taking a beeline for the reactor core room.

"Yeah!" His minions cried out as they charged down after him, with Terry and the others following close by.

As they soon disappeared from sight Cera then sighed, "That takes care of them…." she said feeling glad to be rid of them at last before remembering the matter at hand, "Now for-"

"Patrick, are we there yet?" Another familiar voice soon called out from the other end of the hallway which made her look ahead.

"Where yet Dr Owen? We don't even know where we are going." Patrick wheezed as he came into view, carrying Dr Owen on his back like a piggyback ride. The poor fat man was sweating profusely and was on the verge of collapsing on the ground, "Also, can you please walk now, my legs are getting tired…." he pleaded desperately as his legs shook and he fell to his knees. The sight of him suffering like that made Cera feel rather sorry for what Dr Owen was putting his assistant through.

Dr Owen however clung onto his bag like a spoiled toddler unwilling to get off from his comfortable spot, "But Patrick I'm-"

"There you guys are!" Cera cried which made them look at her.

"Hm?"

"Oh Cera there you are!" said Dr Owen with Dr Owen with relief as he jumped off his assistant at last.

"Boy are we glad too see you miss." Patrick wheezed before falling down and face planting on the floor, relieved to finally have gotten that enormous weight off his shoulders.

"We seem to have gotten lost while exploring and can't find where the others are." Dr Owen explained.

"I can see that…." Cera sweat dropped before opting up ahead, "Well if you're looking for everyone, they're just down that hallway in the engine room making repairs."

"Ah! So it's that way then?" Dr Owen smiled as he beat a fist into his palm in realisation. "Thank you very much! You've been a big help!" he smiled as he took her hand and shook it with gratitude.

"You're welcome." she replied, "Though Dr Z and the Alpha gang just joined them so maybe it's best-"

"Dr Z and the Alpha gang?" Dr Owen interrupted her before blinking his eyes and putting 2 and 2 together, "Wait that means…." He suddenly turned bright red and steamed with infatuation and his eyes began to glisten with love, "AH! My lovely Ursula!" He screamed out loud jumping for joy, "Oh my darling! I thought I'd never see her again but she's here too!?"

His mad proclamation for the old lady was making Cera and Patrick both feel uneasy knowing how well this would turn out, "Oh dear…." they both aid as Dr Owen felt the strength return to him as he set his sights on only one thing on his mind, marrying Ursula!

"Come to me my love! It's time we be honest with one another! We shall set forth down a path of love that transcends time itself! Ahahaha!" he laughed loosely before racing down the halls like a hunting dog!

"Dr Owen! Wait! You mustn't! Come back!" Patrick cried as he trotted after him until they both disappeared from sight.

"There he goes again….." Cera let out a deep sigh knowing the only way this scene would play out. On the bright side it was a straight line from here on so the 2 of them wouldn't get lost this time at least.

Luckily for her things were looking up as another voice soon called out to her, "There you are Cera."

"Hmm?" Looking ahead she saw Reese with the same triceratops case she brought the bracers with.

"Oh hi Reese. You finished already?" she then asked.

"Uh huh." Reese nodded which brought a smile to the young girl's face, "Now let's go see how the others are doing." she said as the 2 of them went down the halls to the reactor room. As they entered they saw Dr Z was already tinkering with all kinds of tools in all sorts of places wth his men bringing him equipment or fixing parts in other areas further from him as the D Team, Jonathan and his grandchildren watched closely to take sure he wasn't going to try anything or mess anything up.

"Everyone!" Reese then announced as her voice caught the attention of the D Team, "We've finished work on the dino bracers!" she said as she opened the case she was carrying and showed off the completed devices to their rightful owners.

"Wow!" Max breathed in awe as he pressed open the compartment which revealed the slot for the stones to be inserted, "Awesome!"

"Reese this is so cool!"

"They're great Reese!" Zoe and Rex both said with excitement and amazement as they began clipping on their bracers and gadgets.

"You know guys, maybe next I could figure out how to extend the range of your TPS device." Reese then offered wishing to be of more help to the others considering rescuing the parents was something which concerned her as well.

"That would be great!" Rex cheered in agreement knowing it would come in handy no doubt.

"You know," Rod called from above, "There's a crystal that has all of the information you need inside of it."

"Really?" Reese then asked feeling interested.

"If we take it down to the D Lab I bet you could figure out how it works Reese." Rod confirmed for her.

"Then what do you say we get going right now?" she then said with a smile as the boy and his sister came down to the lower levels.

"Dr Owen! Stay away from me!" Ursula suddenly cried out cutting the moment short. Everyone then turned to look and see Dr Owen was chasing her around like a dog after a mailman!

"But it's been so long Ursula! Moun Petit Ursula!" he cried overcome with love overriding all his senses. Pretty soon the other 6 dinosaurs began chasing them thinking it to be a fun game of tag.

"Poetry will get you nowhere!" She cried out but still he didn't show any signs of giving her up anytime soon.

"Stop Dr Owen!" Patrick cried as he joined the chase after his boss till it looked like a chase skit from right out of a cartoon!

"Um hey dad…what are you doing?" Rex asked finding the situation to be very strange and weird, considering they were in the middle of a very important task and he was kind of interrupting them.

Dr Owen then stopped to answer, "Just trying to convince Ursula!" he proclaimed proudly before the other dinosaurs and his assistant Patrick crashed into him! "OOF! AAAH!" He cried as Patrick and the 6 dinosaurs rolled over him painfully, "To be your new mother…" he croaked at the end after getting back up.

"No chance!" Ursula cried out in refusal before scurrying somewhere else to hide.

Cera and the others soon sweat dropped in surprise seeing Dr Owen still hadn't given up on that wild pipe dream of his, "Awkward…..wonder how Dr Ancient and Cretacia would think about that…." she whispered to Max and Zoe.

"Not to mention they're supposed be separated by centuries apart so can that be a thing?"

"That sure complicates things….." They both said to her in agreement while Rex sighed in embarrassment.

"Oh wait!" He then widened his eyes in realisation, "You just met your birth mother….so now I guess you have 2 dads and a mother…." he said scratching his head rather sadly and feeling quite awkward, feeling as though like he might lose his place in Rex's heart as his father, now he has found his real family.

Fortunately Rex didn't think like he did as he smiled with deep appreciation, "And I'm really lucky to have a dad as amazing as you and 2 birth parents as well?" he said as everyone else smiled feeling glad for him. In fact of it hadn't been for Dr Owen to take care of him, he never would have met them all nor developed a love for dinosaurs like his original parent had wanted him to be, in a way fate showed kindness to him by sending him to the museum where he was found, which eventually set the young boy on a path that would lead him to be the best son the Ancients could have ever asked for.

"Oh Rex….You're the one who's amazing." Dr Owen replied most proudly, "You becoming my son was the best thing that ever happened to me…." he said in a way which moved the hearts of everyone listening in to him, making the awkward and pervy man he was earlier look like a passing phase, "I should never have doubted how strong our bond is. Not ever…." he then said.

As moving and touching that scene was, another form of romance was soon about to sour the moment.

"Oh my angel! I love my dinosaur!" Zander sang as he began dancing around Reese and playing his guiro, "But when I look into your eyes, I think I love you more!" The others just stared unable to comprehend what was going on before their eyes, and Zoe was getting flashbacks of their nightmarish 'date' back on Valentine's and she was mustering every ounce of self control to keep herslef from going berserk! Fortunately Zander's salvation from divine sisterly rage was about to come from a source no one would've expected, "Be my-AAAH!"

"Zander! There's no time for romance here!" Dr Z cut him off rudely as he kicked him away and ending his grand finale! And for good reason too as Zoe's inner anger began to subside.

While the others were relieved they didn't need to hear Zander's awful singing any longer, Cera couldn't help but sigh a little sympathetically, "Aww…it was kinda sweet in a creepy way…did he really have to do that?" she thought to herself seeing he wasn't doing anything wrong.

Dr Z then turned his rage towards Dr Owen and Patrick, "And you! You're distracting my workers with your disgusting puppy love!" he growled before pressing a button causing the both of them to be teleported away back into the crater where the Taylor household was.

As they disappeared the others then shot a couple of scowls at Dr Z seeing his actions to be unnecessary and needlessly cruel to both their guests and friends, "Now that was just rude…." Max grunted.

"Yeah, we were having a moment there." Rex added on top of that.

The old man then turned back to them, "Well if you lot have time to spare on mushy mushy family moments then maybe you can use it to help me with these last few repairs!" he screamed his head before folding his arms and huffing, "That is, unless you want to see your parents again?"

That very question made the D Team more on edge and more spiteful towards him. It was low for him to bring it up like that, but at the same time he was right, they couldn't afford to have any delays, each second passing by meant their parents were getting further and further from them, and they had to make it count if they were to have any hope of rescuing them.

Seeing no other way they relented, "Fine, but you better be right about this." said Rex as he shot Dr Z and the Alpha gang a final warning glare as they returned to their stations to affect repairs.

"I'm heading down to the D Lab to make a few adjustments to the TPS," Reese then spoke up believing she'd be able to work better there, "With luck I might be able to implement it into the D Lab's mainframe so we can maybe track your parents from here and keep in contact with you all when all set off." she added which brought smiles to the others' faces.

"That'll be really handy Reese!"

"Thanks!" Cera and Zoe cheered with bright smiles.

"Don't mention it," said Rod holding a thumbs up and a grin, "Anything to help find your parents again and to get back with ours." he said as they were soon enveloped in bright light before being transported to the lab. Before they vanished he then leaned in to whisper something to his sister, "Heh, maybe I might consider being part of their team instead of grump's when this is over." he then snickered which brought a cheeky grin to Laura's ace.

"Just what I was thinking Rod." she giggled as they vanished from the reactor core room.

(Later)

A while later, as everyone began focusing on their allocated jobs to do, either bringing new parts or repairing damages around the core, they managed to make plenty of progress aside from the minor hiccups such as the dinosaurs playing with the spare parts or tools or that they got in one another's way but in the end all proceeded well. After the last piece was inserted, Jonathan then did a quick sweep around the room checking the mainframe and systems once more before narrowing his eyes, "Alright, the time drive seems functional now, but there's only one way to be certain…." he said to himself before pointing out to the door, "Everyone to the deck!" he bellowed as everyone looked up and stopped what they were doing.

"You heard the android! Let's follow him!" Dr Z cried as everyone hopped out from their stations and ran out to the upper deck leaving behind their tools and any bits of grime and dirt they also dug out from inside the machine.

Not long after they left, Helga soon stepped in with a vacuum cleaner and hardened her expression crossly and folded her arms on her hips in disappointment, "Messy messy….when will they ever learn…." she grumbled shaking her head in disapproval before she began vacuuming the mess they left behind.

(Meanwhile)

As everyone arrived up at the upper deck, Rex took out his TPS to check on his parents' signal, and the results were worrying,"The signal's getting weak…." he said with a hint of anxiety in his tone.

"What happens if it disappears?" Max asked, feeling like he should yet he feared the answer regardless.

"Then we won't be able to find the exact location of our parents." Rex answered reluctantly, "Even if we can get the ship into time warp there's no way we'll be able to follow them!"

"We could lose them forever in an endless sea of time and space….." Cera said heavily as her heart began to sink at the horrible thought of their worst case scenario coming to pass….

"Oh no…." Zoe sighed deeply with worry along with Max as hope of finding and rescuing their parents was beginning to seep from their spirits.

As much as they didn't want to rush Dr Z with the repairs, time was indeed of the essence so they had to be quick otherwise they'd lose their chance forever….Fortunately their dinosaurs didn't feel the same as they were, as they spun around in a chair in a carefree manner till they got all dizzy, even Miku fell off the chair as the world spun before her eyes.

"Why the long faces?" Dr Z interrupted them as he hopped in a seat, "Don't you know no one likes a sad sack!" he said before pushing buttons randomly on the console in front of him.

"What's the matter? Someone take your candy?" Ursula said mockingly at the D Team as she and the trio joined their boss and everyone else at the front.

"Or maybe they stub their itty bitty widdle toe?" Zander followed taking amusement and seeing it as a chance to rub it in since they wouldn't dare fight knowing they were needed.

The D Team hardened their gazes at their unlikely allies feeling offended that they were rubbing in their misery. Cera too feeling for them and it was taking all she had to keep herself from exploding in anger at their careless comments at the D Team's dilemma.

"Will you be quiet?" Max grunted as he and the others shot furious glares at the Alpha gang, only holding themselves back from getting personal only because they needed them to help with the repairs, though that didn't mean they could attack them in another way.

"Yeah just zip it old lady!" Zoe cried out.

Like a blast from the past the signature insult hit Ursula like a bullseye as she exploded in anger! "Hey! How dare you call me an old lady!?" she screamed furiously with Zander and Ed only barely managing to hold her back.

Cera was tempted to put the Trio in their place, as she began popping her knuckles and a shade covered her eyes menacingly unbeknownst to her teammates. She was about to let loose everything she had in her when a voice suddenly broke her out of her rage.

"Great news everyone!" Dr Z cried out with a big grin on his face,"I have fixed the machine!" he announced as he pressed another button proudly.

"Yeah?" Max and Zoe smiled with hope as any hard feelings they had towards the Trio soon vanished.

"It's really fixed!?" Rex asked feeling hopeful that they could finally make a move after the long wait, while Cera raised an eyebrow in suspicion at the old man.

"I said I'd fix it! I fixed it!" Dr Z muttered feeling offended at their doubts in him, "And now I'm telling you it's fixed! Am I the greatest or what!?" he cheered as he did a spin and struck a pose at the end.

"Woo hoo!"

"Hooray!" The trio cheered out loud praising their body in all his glory and talent, clapping or shooting out streamers in celebration.

Despite his claim of success, Cera narrowed her eyes with suspicion, having recalled Rod and Laura telling her earlier about Dr Z having a history of building defective equipment which only broke down or malfunctioned soon after, but under the circumstances he was their only chance so like it or not she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt….for now….

"Now quickly! Put the stones in the warp panel!" he pointed out as the D Team placed their stones into the console, completing the stone set as their dinosaurs looked on with interest. "Now Jonathan! Try to fire up the war generator!" Dr Z then instructed as the android obediently followed.

"Alright then here we go!" he said keying in some functions into the monitor as the engine began to rumble and echo through the halls of the ship.

"Nothing like the sweet sound of time folding in on itself." Dr Z smiled feeling proud of himself. As the rest of the D Team listened on, everything seemed fine, but little did they know was that this was merely the calm before the storm, a storm Dr Z was about to bring down on them all. "Now all we have to do is set the time we want and then in no time we'll be there!" he said waggling his fingers at the D Team who stared back at him suspiciously, "Altogether who's the greatest evil scientist of our time!? Heck! Maybe of all time!" he cried out as he cockily hit some buttons which caused lights in the control deck to light up brightly as the ship began to start up!

"Hmm!?"

"Huh?" Everyone looked around worryingly as the roar of the machines got louder and soon they began to activate and speed ahead!

"That isn't supposed to happen! I didn't tell it where we want to go!" Dr Z cried frantically as the others looked to him in alarm that something was going wrong!

"HUH!?"

"WHAT!?" They all cried as suddenly they shot ahead through the skies and soon through a time portal, very soon they were drifting endlessly through a time stream with no idea of where they were heading!

"No one set a destination!" Zander gasped clutching his face in fear.

"I know….." Ed squeaked nervously as he sat down on his legs and hugged them in like a terrified child.

"So them…where is this thing taking us?" Ursula asked nervously.

"Stop complaining you three!" Dr Z yelled getting sick of their lack of faith in him before deciding to relish in his own premature triumph while everyone else looked around restlessly trying to figure out what was going on, "Hahahaha! We're travelling through time! That's all that matters!" he then laughed out loud cockily as the chibi dinosaurs all popped their heads out from their hiding spots after just being spooked by the time machine's sudden activation.

"No, what matters is that we end up whenever our parents are." Zoe corrected him nervously, fearing the worst over what would happen to them at this rate.

As Rex checked his TPS to see whether they were on the right track, unfortunately what he saw was the complete oppose of the results he hoped for, "This is bad! We're losing the signal!" he cried seeing the light flashing to glow dimmer and dimmer with each second passing!

"Argh! We were tricked!" Max shouted out at Dr Z as Cera aimed her frustration at him too.

"That or he messed up real big this time and doomed us all." she added on top of it.

"I didn't trick you but I would've if I thought of it." Dr Z snarked as he sat back in his chair and folded his arms behind his head uncaringly, "All that's important is that we're on our way."

"On our way to where!?" Rex yelled in frustration already having enough of his bad attitude.

"Ha! He doesn't have any idea where we're going!" Max cried.

"That's ridiculous! Ahahaha!" Dr Z then laughed out loud unwilling to admit he had screwed up real bad, while putting up a facade of confidence, one the trio were quick to see through.

"Tell the truth Dr Z!" Zander then demanded as he and the others became worried for real, "We're racing uncontrollably through time and you have absolutely no clue where we're headed!" he shouted angrily with concern.

Cera couldn't help but smile seeing he's being smart for once.

"And plus now we're separated from Rod and Laura!" Ed added on top of that.

"What?" Dr Z gasped in shock at the thought of leaving his 2 grandkids all alone back in the past and at how careless he was.

Zoe then looked to the others, "Now that he mentions it I haven't seen them since they went to the D Lab." she said.

"They left!?" Dr Z cried in alarm.

"Great," Cera then muttered face palming hard, "Now the only 2 people from the alpha gang we can truly count on are left behind and we're stuck on this ship spiralling to who knows where while surround by nincompoops…." she moaned to herself, "It's like being lost at sea but a thousand times worse!" She cried out feeling increasingly worried, also rather sad since they were looking forward to going home only to have their hopes dashed once more. That meant she'd have to go work on communications and hope that Reese had the TPS systems managed on her end, if they manage to survive their ordeal.

"If we keep going like this we could end up at the beginning of time!" Ursula squealed.

"I didn't think of that…." Dr Z muttered.

"Since when do you think of anything!?" Cera then yelled out loud.

Dr Z then widened his eyes taking offence at her statement, "GAH! What nerve!" he growled shaking his fist at her while a tic mark appeared on his forehead.

"She does have a point there, considering you turned on my dad without thinking in the first place." Rex grumbled as he shot a glare at the old man, making him sweat with no way of defending himself.

"Urgh…."

"I can't steer us to our time destination." Jonathan stated doing his best to key in the right protocols which were being rejected one after the other, "I'm afraid those controls aren't working at all!"

The D Team then raised an eyebrow at the man they put their misplaced faith in, "Fixed you said?"

"Guess we were kidding ourselves to expect anything from a whack job like him."

"Rod and Laura were right about you being a quack." They each said which further added to Dr Z's frustrations.

"Say what!?" he exclaimed at the realisation that even his own grandchildren were talking smack behind his back. "When I see them again I'll set them straight for talking such bad things about me behind my back." he hissed gnashing his teeth before looking down to the only 3 remaining people he believed could even have some having hope of faith in him, "Of course you 3 still believe in me right?" he then asked them with puppy dog eyes but all he earned form them were expressions of insecurity or unsureness.

"Umm…."

"Err…." They all muttered either scratching their heads or whistling causally while looking away from him.

"Ugh…." seeing he was quickly losing face he then cried out frantically, "Do something!" he demanded since he didn't have any ideas at all and usually relied on others to do the work for him.

"What if we're going toward the end of time!?" Zander then cried out as his heart began racing panicky.

"Either way we'd be destroyed!" Jonathan pointed out.

"Ah!"

"Destroyed?" Zoe squeaked weakly as they all began fearing the worst case scenario, it was a race against the clock counting down to their own demise if they didn't do something soon.

"If that happens we won't be able to save everyone else!" Cera gasped knowing the consequences it would have.

"What if you made a crash landing!?" Max then suggested hopefully.

"I could do that but there would be 2 dangers." Jonathan responded uneasily knowing the risks that came with that choice.

"What are they?" Max asked nervously.

He turned back to answer him, "One would be the crash, the other is we don't know where'd we end up." he said, both of which made valid points but under the circumstances they had to take that chance.

"Everything does have its risks…." Cera said in agreement before turning serious, "But if we do that we might be able to affect proper repairs and then go after the others better later!" As she finished a red alarm lit up catching everyone's attention and setting them further on edge.

Realising the urgency of their situation and the dangers they'd be in if they didn't try anything soon, Max then became serious, "I say go for it!" Max he yelled having made up his mind and knowing what had to be done if they were to have even the slightest hope of serving this.

Seeing his point, Jonathan then accepted his reasoning as he began to give it his all! "Alright! Hang on!" he yelled as he turned the time machine around, which soon vanished into another time portal on the side as it was steered off the path they were on.

As they shot through the new time warp tunnel a stream of energy shot ahead of them as they erupted at the other end, being a lush green forest of some sort as they began racing towards the ground itself!

"WAAAAAHHH!"

"AAAAAAHH!"

"We're going down!" Max cried as they all hit the ground with a huge thud which sent everyone flying about and out of their seats!

"AAAAH!"

CRASH!

As the ship landed with a crash into the ground, a huge cloud of dust erupted from the land and it sent ground tremors through the earth, before a loud shriek suddenly echoed from outside.

Screech!

"Huh?" Cera was the first to wake up caught sight as she popped her head up and looked around, before catching sight of something ahead in the open sky. The shape of the flying creature bore a close resemblance to one of the move cards Zoe used in her arsenal, "Was that a-"

"Oh?"

"Huh?"

Everyone soon looked up to see Jonathan had managed to get the ship airborne once more as they slowly began looking around to assess their surroundings hoping to deduce where they ended up now.

"Where are we?" Max then asked.

"There's some pretty big clues right below us." Rex pointed out as a screen lit up, depicting a group of large herbivorous dinosaurs grand down below on the lowlands, a species which Max instantly recognised.

"Those are triceratops!" Max gasped in amazement.

"So that means we're in the-" Zoe

"Cretaceous period!" Rex finished for Zoe, just as surprised as she was. Cera too was speechless at the time period they all ended up in, they were being in the time when dinosaurs still lived on the planet and weren't mere fossils, sure they had them as cards now but only as a mere fraction of their species compared to the vast herds that were spread out across the and below.

"Hey guys." Max then looked behind and found out there were some people missing from their band of misfits, "Where's the alpha gang?" he asked as they began looking around the room hoping to find any traces or clues they left but none turned up.

Feeling suspicious they were up to no good, Rex quickly turned around to the console, "Their stones are gone!" he gasped realising that they must have gone down, and without their stones they wouldn't be able to go anywhere either!

"Those creeps!" Max growled in annoyance as the rest of the D Team realised they were up to their old tricks again.

"Hey over there! Look!" Zoe pointed out at a screen which just lit up.

"Huh?" As they all looked, they saw Dr Z and his minions run out to the open prairie before summoning out Terry, who began chasing after and snapping at the peaceful herbivores who were minding their own business!

"AH!"

"NO!" The D team gasped in alarm at them harassing the dinosaurs for his own amusement.

Cera clicked her tongue at the sight, "Guess they didn't learn their lesson about messing with the dinosaurs…." she hissed.

"This is just like the last time we came here…." Jonathan grumbled in disappointment seeing it to be just like a replay of what happened before.

Max clenched his hand into a fist not willing to standby and let them have their way, "Grr! They won't get away with this!" he grunted before looking to the others, "Come on guys! Time to take these these babies out for a test spin!" he said as he held his arm out and flashed the dino bracer clamped on it which shone in the light!

"Yeah!"

"Can't think of a better time than now." Rex and Zoe cheered in agreement as they ran off to grab their stones from the console and then insert them into the bracers.

As her friends got themselves prepped for battle, Cera couldn't help but eye what they were doing with some degree of worry, "Are you sure guys?" she asked feeling unsure, "Those things aren't tested yet, I'm not sure if they even work."

"We'll have to take our chances!" Max responded firmly as he and the others loaded up their old move cards into the dino gadgets, "If we don't hurry they'll end up hurting those poor dinosaurs who can't fight back against Terry who can use move cards!"

"He's right, there's no more time to waste." said Rex as Zoe nodded with both her friends.

"Guess you're right about that…." Cera sighed seeing no other way before opening her eyes seriously, "But I'm coming with you to make sure you can bring out Chomp and the others in case it doesn't work." she said while folding her arms.

Upon her words the rest of the D Team smiled with encouragement, "Thanks Cera," said Max putting a hand on her shoulder, "Unlike Dr Z we can always count on you for anything."

"Heh, just like old times." Zoe grinned as she nodded affirmatively back to them.

Max then pumped up his fist taking initiative, "Right, let's go now!" he said as he pressed a single button which returned Chomp to his card.

"Hey it works….so far…." Cera blinked her eyes in surprise that it worked really well, much better than she first thought.

"It's good enough for us!" said Rex as he and Zoe did the same to their partners and Cera used her dinoshot to return Miku to a card too. Rex then looked over to the front deck, "Jonathan!" he yelled as the butler acknowledged his orders.

"Right away Master Rex!" He said pressing a button as the D Team were enveloped in bright light and disappeared.

As they appeared on the ground they caught sight of the Alpha gang causing trouble right in front of them, "There they are!" Cera pointed out as they saw Terry had set his sights on the triceratops herd who were panicking as they huddled together, the large adults keeping the young behind. Cera then sighed noticing Terry seemed to be enjoying himself too as the hunter picking on such helpless prey, no doubt she had to discipline him on that later when this was over.

"Hey! You leave those dinosaurs alone!" Max yelled catching the Alpha Gang's attention as they rushed out.

"Sure I'll leave them alone!" Dr Z snickered insincerely, "Just as soon as I capture them all and take them back to join my dinosaur kingdom! Haha!" he cheered as his henchmen stuck out their tongues mockingly at the D Team!

To them that meant they had to do things the hard way as usual, "Come on guys! Let's stop em!" Max grunted as he slashed his card, "Dino slash! Go! Triceratops! Roar!" he yelled summoning Chomp to full size as he roared out and charged ahead to protect his own kind!

"Hey…it actually works!" Cera cheered as her face brightened up happily to see its' success

"Nice!"

"Good job Cera!" Rex and Zoe both cheered her on knowing the same can no doubt be said for their own bracers.

She then blushed and scratched her head sheepishly at their praise, "Thank Cretacia and Reese, she designed it and the other patched it up, I just helped out." she said before looking ahead seriously, "Let's just hope it handles and functions like it's supposed to." she then thought as Chomp charged into battle!

The sky soon turned colourful as Chomp caught Terry off guard, charging and knocking him over at his side away as he took a stand in front of the herd! The other triceratops were amazed at their mysterious saviour, a lone trike taking on a tyrannosaurus? That was almost unheard of. Regardless sensing the great courage this individual had they took a stand behind Chomp as he roared out defensively against his old rival Terry!

"You're gonna pay for that!" Dr Z growled angrily at Max spoiling his fun as he took out a move card, "Volcano burst!" Slashing it Terry roared charging up flames in his jaws before throwing them at Chomp, who heroically put himself between Terry's attack and the herd as he used his own body to shield them from any harm as they roared out in a panic and in awe at their mysterious protector!

"Chomp! Go and get em!" Max cheered him on as he withstood Terry's fiery assault!

Rex narrowed his eyes noticing the whole alpha gang was fixated on the battle, "They're all distracted." he said before looking to Zoe and Cera, "Come on guys, now's our chance to stop the rest of them before they try anything else!"

Both girls then nodded in agreement with him, "Yeah! Right behind you!"

"Heh, just like old times!" Cera smirked as the 3 of them took out their cards and slashed them across their devices!

"Dino slash!"

"Carnotaurus! Blow them away!"

"Spring up Parasaurolophus!"

"Shine Microraptor!" All 3 of their dinosaurs appeared on the field and stomped up to right behind the Trio who were completely oblivious to their presence, as Ursula soon blinked her eyes noticing something was off.

"Hmm? Hey do you guys feel something breathing down your neck?" she asked curiously as she looked to the 2 men next to her.

On closer inspection they both realised there were 2 large shadows covering over them, "Now that you mention it…." As they turned around they widened their eyes and turned pale to see Ace and Paris looming over them both, with Miku on top of Ace flaring out her wings and fangs! "Ack!" They stuttered and turned pale realising they were caught off guard.

Shaking in fear an looking over to the D Team who were shooting glares at them, "Don't even think of trying anything, got it?" Rex warned seriously as they nodded together in unison while sweating bullets!

"Uh huh…."

Meanwhile Terry was about to fire off another volcano burst, but before he could fire it, a group of dinosaurs inspired by Chomp's bravery leapt in to join the battle! An ampelosaurus ran from out of nowhere to knock Terry over to a pachycephalosaurus and styracosaurus on the other end before they both threw him over and he crashed down to the ground! Cera had to admit it was kinda painful to see poor Terry get ganged up on like that, but he was acting like a total bully and she also felt rather touched by how dinosaurs can truly stand up for each other when united together.

Max soon saw his chance, "And now! Lightning strike!" He declared as the move card elected from his dino gadget and he slashed it, charging Chomp with electricity which he then fired off at Terry! The surge of lightning knocked Terry out of the battle and returned him to a card! "Alright!" Max cheered triumphantly as Dr Z retrieved Terry's card with a claw before begrudgingly turning back to his hated enemy.

"Alpha gang!" he yelled refusing to accept defeat, "Bring out Spiny and Tank now!" he ordered pointing out at Max this time meaning business!

"I wish we could…." Ursula croaked as the other dinosaurs completely cornered her and the trio, "But if we did we'd be lunch…."

"What do you mean?" Dr Z grumbled as he turned to look back, only for his weak heart to skip a beat realising his time was up! "Gah!"

"It's over Dr Z!"

"Yeah you leave the dinosaurs alone!" said Rex and Zoe in disappointment.

"Thought you would've lender your lesson after the last time, but it looks like you'll need to be reeducated." Cera shook her head in disappointment as Ace walked up to him and roared while Miku screeched from ontop of him!

"Th….That's a good boy! Settle down now!" Dr Z shivered nervously as he surrendered.

Chomp's moment of victory didn't last long though, as soon the other dinosaurs grew increasingly restless and agitated, as something was triggering their primal instincts of fear and caution, which worried everyone else who saw.

"Huh? What's going on?" Max wondered curiously, but the answer he was going to receive was one that he wasn't going to like one bit.

"Everyone! You must return to the ship immediately!" Jonathan yelled out in a panic as he charged out from the Backlander and everyone else turned to look.

"What is it!? What's happening Jonathan!?" Rex asked.

"Up in the sky! A giant meteor is racing towards us!" he wanted pointing out to the sky itself!

"Huh?" Max and everyone else turned to look up and were caught completely by surprise as the sky began to turn red, as meteors soon began to rain down from the sky itself! "Whoa!"

As Cera stared worriedly at the incoming meteor and asteroids trailing behind it, she soon began to realise that the time period they ended up in was at the end of the dinosaur's reign, the very mass extinction event which wiped them out which was only spoken of in theories, they were now seeing it with their very own eyes! The very cataclysmic event which Dr Ancient came to save the dinosaurs from in the first place, which he came to realise when the stones, containing their final wishes and hopes for another time to answer and save them had reached out to him.

"Time to get out of here!" Dr Z screamed frantically as he ran back to the ship as fast as his little old legs could carry him!

"Wait for us! WAAAAH!" The trio squealed as they ran back to the timeship and were beamed back up to safety!

Miku, Ace and Paris were both paralysed by fear to see their incoming doom approaching them, so Cera, Rex and Zoe quickly returned them to their cards and began to make a beeline for the ship only to realise Max was walking out in front of them!

"Come on Max! Let's get out of here!" Zoe cried.

He said nothing but his gaze reminded fixated in front. As the others looked in the direction he was facing they soon realised why, "But Chomp…..he ran off with the other dinosaurs…." he said sadly as his partner ran off following the herd. His instincts were telling him to follow the herd, not wanting them to perish in the flames about to befall them all. Cera soon began to realise this was hard, not jut for the D Team who loved dinosaurs with all their heart, but also Chomp who would only be able to watch his species be wiped out and he could do nothing to prevent it….

Realising if they stayed they'd all be doomed, Cera cried out to him once more, "Max! Call him back now!"

Waking up from his thoughts he gritted his teeth painfully as he began to make a really hard choice, "Urgh! Hey Chomp! Come back! Hurry!" he yelled as Chomp stopped and looked back, before being returned to a card and safely back into Max's hand. As he looked up he could only shudder as a rain of fire soon came upon the ancient world, leaving flames and destruction in its wake marking the end of the age of dinosaurs….he could only stare speechlessly as the nightmares he dreamt of before were now happening right before his own eyes, and they were far worse than anything he first thought.

"Watch out Max!" Rex cried to his friend worriedly but he still remained frozen, paralysed by his own emotions as well as the panicked cries of fleeing or trapped dinosaurs who would either met their end by the meteors or the destruction that they caused! Unable to stand by any longer, Rex ran up to him and shouted out to wake him up, "Max hurry!" he yelled before running back to the ship himself.

"Come on Max!" Zoe followed.

"Well save them another way! Right now we need to save ourselves!" Cera followed as she chased after Rex and Zoe, avoiding a meteor in time, "Don't forget! If you're gone then who'll save your parents!?"

Upon hearing those words, Max took one last look at the ancient world before it would cease to exist, before reluctantly turning his back on it and all the dinosaurs that would soon be wiped out without mercy. As they teleported in the Alpha Gang and Jonathan were all at the controls ready to move!

"Get this tin can out of here before we become extinct along with the dinosaurs!" Dr Z cried out in a panic. As much as the D Team would hate to admit it, perhaps the dinosaurs would be better off being safe in Dr Z's dinosaur kingdom instead of being subjected to extinction so brutally like now.

As the ship began to power up, the D Team could only stare helplessly, overwhelmed with grief and sadness as dinosaurs burned in the fire, screeching for help as families became broken or separated forever, "It's terrible….those poor dinosaurs are doomed…." No words could describe the emotions that were going through them right that moment as the dinosaurs they loved so much with all their hearts were being wiped out.

"We are ready to launch!" Jonathan yelled out, "But I still cannot set a target time!"

"Just get this thing going now!" Dr Z yelled frantically, uncaring where they went as long as they got out of this doomed time period alive! Without hesitation he pressed the button which sent the Backlander shooting forward through she skies as a time portal opened! As the D Team eyed the devastated ancient world before them, fire raining down mercilessly and the dinosaurs helpless before the might of the meteors, they could only stare speechlessly….unabel to do a thing for them no matter how hard they tried…it devastating especially for the chibi dinosaurs who could only watch their brethren perish in the flames. Before finally vanishing from sight, Cera caught sight of a single giant meteor, with 7 colours inside it, crash down into the earth itself causing a massive pillar of dust and fire to erupt from its collision before blanketing the planet in darkness…..which she narrowed her eyes at suspiciously at the light it gave off as the portal closed behind them, "What….was that?" Was all she asked herself as Miku narrowed her eyes aggressively seeing it to be part of the calamity which doomed her species.

As the gang travelled through the time stream, everyone was still trying their best to get past their near death experience back in the dinosaur world though it wasn't easy having first saw the event first hand with their very own eyes, which was far worse than anything they imagined could have ever happened to the dinosaurs. Cera shook her head clear seeing they were in the clear now, she breathed a deep sigh of relief seeing they were alive and made it out in time, though it didn't help her friends as they still stared unable to move on, having their minds scarred after seeing the calamity that had befell the dinosaurs they loved so much.

"I wish there was something we could've done." said Zoe feeling very sad.

"Me too." Rex added feeling guilty at being unable to help them when they needed it most, "But I guess that was their fate…." he then said at the end deciding there was no way around it now that it was done and it was far beyond human control.

"Yeah their fate…." Max said pained at the decision mother nature made and seeing how helpless any living creature would be in face of her, "And I guess there's no way you can change fate…." While it was hard to accept that it was the reality of some cases, in the end if it wasn't for this event then it wouldn't give rise to humanity or the world they knew….though that still didn't make them feel that much better realising the beautiful world that had to be sacrificed in order to give brith to their own civilisation. If only there was a way for dinosaurs and people to coexist…..

"It's not all that bad guys." Cera then spoke up which made them all focus to her who was smiling rather positively, "Look one the bright side, thanks to Dr Ancient at least some of them will be able to continue their legacy in the future." she explained hinting the dinosaur cards back in the vault behind them, "Not to mention Chomp, Ace, Terry and the others too." she then said motioning to the other chibi dinosaurs nearby who were looking at her too, "If it wasn't for what the Ancients did they all would've been wiped out for good." she said petting Chomp on the head a little with a smile of encouragement, "But now they have a chance for a new life in the future, once we find your parents of course." she concluded at the end.

As they all looked to one another pondering over her exact words, they could see there was truth in her words, thanks to Dr Ancient at least some of the dinosaurs will live to see tomorrow and they were the ones to have saved them in the start. Feeling relieved that they did manage to make a difference to some even if not all, was enough to keep their spirits strong, "Yeah….I guess you're right…." they nodded knowing it was the truth and they had to be in high spirits too if they were to hold onto the hopes of rescuing their parents and setting things right.

"Thanks Cera, we needed that." they said in response as she smiled back to them.

"Don't mention it." she replied feeling happy she was able to lift all their spirits up and getting them to not think about what they can't do or change in the past, but to focus on the future and what they can do in the future, and that meant finding their parents and saving the dinosaurs they had with them now. Little did they know, was this group of time travelling heroes was soon about two find the guide that would lead them on a brand new adventure which made their past experiences look more like school field trips, and one that would echo through the halls of time for ages to come.

It was at that moment a bright light suddenly shone by the corner of her eye, which caused it to twitch as she turned to face, only to widen them in sight of a shining bright tail and a set of wings which opened up in the time stream! It was a flying feathered pterosaur, bathed in light resembling that of the 6 stone plates, flying gracefully through the time tunnel, so bright and beautiful….it was nothing like she had ever seen!

"Hey guys look!" Cera pointed out as they everyone in the ship fixated their eyes on the new arrival flying in front of them! They too were entranced by the creature's majestic beauty and words couldn't describe the emotions they were feeling just looking at her.

"AH!" Max gasped while others stared speechlessly, and Dr Z's jaw hung.

"What is that thing?" Zoe pointed out curiously as they all kept their eyes fixated on the pterosaur.

Cera was completely mesmerised, and so was Miku, but her heart skipped a beat as the pterosaur suddenly spoke to them all! "You are all in great danger." she said in a gentle tone, one which Cera seemed to have heard somewhere though she couldn't put her finger on it, "But if you follow me, I will guide you all to safety." As she continued to speak, everyone, including the Backlander itself was bathed in the bright rainbow light of her aura which was indeed like that of the stones, "And I will also guide you to your destiny." she said as she drifted further away in front of them, guiding the ship along her flight path through time.

"That…pterosaur…." Cera breathed to herself as she felt her heart skip a beat and a memory flash before her eyes, "It's just like….." When she was adrift in space helplessly, then a great flying creature made of pure light energy descended upon her in her final moments before shining radiantly and causing her vision to black out. As she came to again, she blinked her eyes and shook her head realising she indeed met this very pterosaur once….in a dream? Or was it, in the past? "Ah…..could it….be?"

And thus concludes the debut to season 2, stay tuned for Cera's first battle next chapter and how she'll throw down with the pirates along with the D Team! As shown here Cera meets her saviour for the first time as far as she knows unaware they met once in the past, as well as slowly picking up new pieces of her pat as she joins the D Team on a new adventure through time and space to save their parents and all reality as they know it.

In response to reviews:-

darkblade2814

-Yup and Cera will be taking part in the pirate battles too in a few ways you wouldn't expect.

Anonymous

-Stay tuned.

Drew Luczynski

-Just felt that of dinosaurs did live on in the anime like Seth wanted how would that affect humans and their growth of civilisation too. Also because no one summoned more than 3 dinosaurs max.