Everything was back to normal. They all were on the roof of the Backland, celebrating their victory when they heard several cars approaching.

Andy looked down to see them, a group of black cars. "Guys! There's a delegation here!"

"What the heck do you mean?" Nicolas asked him, glancing as well.

"Yeah, who'd go here after such a fight?" Kenji joined them.

"...Shuryo..." Sora realized, "we're doomed..."

"Shuryo?" Niki gasped, knowing that name.

"Who is Shuryo?" Kyra wondered.

"The head of government's department of abnormal activities," Reese answered, "Sora is right; we're in trouble."

"Chomp and the others are exhausted, but they might be able to scare these guys off," Max suggested.

"No," his father told him, "don't call out your dinosaurs no matter what."

Then a male voice was carried to them through a megaphone. "I demand every single citizen to leave this ship and meet with us on the ground."

Sora gulped. "It is him..."

"So, we'll go? Or..." Sue crossed her arms.

"We'll go." Reese nodded.

"What the hell?!"

"There is no point in resistance," Amy said.

"We don't have a reason not to go," Zoe agreed.

They all teleported under the Backland, facing Shuryo and his men.

Niki hid behind Nicolas right away.

"So, you have nothing to do with this?" Shuryo asked, his hands folded behind his back, "Dr. Spike Taylor, Dr. Reese Drake, did you seriously think I wouldn't find out?"

Reese was about to react to that, but Shuryo raised his hand. "Don't. I won't be fooled by your lies this time."

"Boss, we can easily explain," Sora said.

"You'll have enough time to explain," Shuryo told him, "Taiho, arrest these three." He ordered one of his men.

"Even Shinori?" Taiho, a black-haired man with tanned skin, looked at his boss. Shuryo nodded. "Especially him." "...yes, sir."

"What?!"

Taiho and other men obeyed, arresting Spike, Reese, and Sora. She was the only one not struggling.

"Hey! Leave them alone!" The rest didn't want to let them just do that.

Max and Cole pulled out their cards; Aki kept them from summoning their dinosaurs, remembering what Spike told them.

"You three take all responsibility for any events that happen on this machine and note that today will not come unnoticed."

Knowing that the three are in trouble, Trias did the only thing he could at the moment. "They aren't responsible for anything."

"Oh, really? So, you are more informed than I am? How so?" Shuryo wondered.

Cretacia managed to see through her husband's words and she joined him. "We've built that machine and own it."

"I see." Shuryo nodded. "If that is the case... Taiho, you know what to do."

Taiho locked handcuffs around the Ancients' wrists.

"You have no right to do this!" Sabi objected, "none of your people are part of police forces."

Shuryo frowned, raising his eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

"I am a daughter of lieutenant and sergeant Kons, I know enough about this stuff; you cannot arrest anyone without police forces unless the mayor approves it and I honestly doubt he would."

The man chuckled. "I don't need approvals. Wada cannot stop me. He nor your parents will not stand in my way; my men are holding them and his family in his house, waiting for my orders."

"You won't get away with this!" Ema snapped at him.

He grinned devilishly as his eyes on her. "Oh, I already have and not even the mayor's daughter can stop me."

"That's where you're wrong."

"I don't think so. Take all five into the cars."

Shuryo's men obeyed, heading in the cars.

"No offense, sir, but aren't they going to save Wada now that you told them where we hold him?" Taiho asked his boss quietly.

"That is exactly why I told them," Shuryo replied before they left.

The others could only watch the cars drive away.

"Why didn't you let us save them?" Cole asked his mother, "our dinos could have just scare those guys off."

Aki only frowned at him, glaring.

"Um..." He sweated.

"Your father wouldn't ask you not to do that if he didn't have a reason."

"But we can't just let that guy arrest them," Zoe said, "We gotta do something."

"It might be better if we don't interfere," Dengyo exclaimed.

"May I remind you that our families' lives are on the line here?" Sabi growled, "you'd do the same."

"I would, but you heard for yourself, we shouldn't use our dinosaurs, plus we are only limited to five metal plates to summon them, not to mention that one of them was just taken away from us. Without the crystals, most of us are simple kids; your astrological knowledge, Kenji's cameraman skills or my fast reading are useless. There isn't really a rational thing we can do to help."

"Well, there still is hope," Niki spoke up and everyone looked at her; she was playing with her long blond hair, "I might have an idea."

—

All of Shuryo's prisoners were standing in his office as he sat down, talking. "I must admit that the lie I was given two years ago was very convincing and impressive."

"To tell the truth, I am not proud of any lie I have said," Reese admitted, "they've never brought anything good."

"Now I wish to hear the truth," Shuryo said, "though, I am not sure I'd get any of that from you."

"Boss, could I know why you arrested even me...?" Sora wondered.

"Because you are a traitor, Shinori."

"I can't even count how many times somebody said that word today..." Spike commented.

Shuryo pressed a key on his laptop and a recording of a certain conversation sounded from the computer.

"What even is this place?" Sora's voice asked from the recording.

"Can you keep it a secret from Shuryo and Wada?" Spike's voice questioned.

"Sure. I wouldn't betray fellow guardians," Sora's voice reassured him.

"This is Backland," Spike from the recording replied.

"What...?" Sora murmured.

"A time machine," Reese's voice joined.

"You're joking..." Sora said with the recording.

The recording ended.

"Bugs..."

"Of course there are bugs on the ship. Before we moved it over the forest, bugs were placed all over it in case I don't get another chance to enter it again. I was met with such an utter backstabbing, Shinori."

Sora sighed. "Why am I not surprised? You always have a plan. And FYI, boss, I'm quitting."

"What do you want with us and the machine?" Trias asked Shuryo.

"I want power."

"Again?" Cretacia murmured in irritation.

"Huh?" Shuryo raised his eyebrows.

"This isn't our first rodeo; you're like the fifth one with this motive."

The man stood up. "I only want to make Sanjo and Japan great; an army of dinosaurs won't have a worthy opponent. I just need you to help me."

"Never!" they all snapped.

"I honestly doubt there is anything you can do." Shuryo pulled out a fire dinosaur card and a lighter. "It still seems I'll have to get help by force."

Then, a beeping sound came from the computer. Shuryo hit a key to answer the call.

"Yes, Taiho?"

"Sir, you have a guest," Taiho's voice said.

"A guest? Bring them in my office."

"Yes, sir."

Soon the door opened and Taiho brought a teenage girl with very long blond hair in. Then he left. Shuryo recognized her. "Nicole, long time no see."

"Hi, uncle Seiji!" She smiled and hugged him.

"I'm glad to see you, but I am busy."

"Well, I am sorry..."

"No, it's alright."

Suddenly, the beeping sound started again. Shuryo did the same as before. "What now, Taiho?" he asked annoyedly.

"A dinosaur just appeared at Wada's house!"

"What?!" A grin formed on his face. "Perfect. Nicole, I need to leave for a minute now; can you stay here?"

"Well, sure!"

Shuryo nodded and left, closing the door behind him.

"Well, Niki Saka to the rescue!"

"Wait, wait, wait, you're Shuryo's niece?" Sora wondered.

"Unfortunately...Well, we can't choose our family. Time to get you out of here." Niki pulled out a lockpick and started freeing them all. "It's an irony that he was the one who taught me picking locks."

Handcuffs fell to the floor, setting them all free.

"Nicole, did you actually think through a plan to free us?" Reese asked her.

"Well, only the part of getting here; I can't get credit for everything. So, others are all over the city, switching the dino signals to distract Seiji and his men."

"They only have four metal plates available," Trias remembered, "we can't lose time." He gave the last metal plate to Niki, so they have at least one dinosaur if things go wrong.

They quickly left the building, avoiding and knocking out several guards. Once they escaped, however, they were met with Shuryo again.

"Betrayed by my most reliable man and my own niece; how sad."

A car swiftly stopped behind him and a brunet man in a leather jacket walked out, pointing a gun at Shuryo's head. "Add another name to your list of betrayals."

Shuryo smirked. "You can't stop me, Miharu."

More people exited the car including Ema, Sabi, Sue, their families.

"Surrender, Shuryo, it's over," the mayor, who left the car, told him.

"You're right it is over," Shuryo agreed, slowly putting the fire dinosaur card to the lit-up light he was holding.

His former prisoners noticed. "The card!"

Niki immediately caught the signal and summoned her dinosaur before her uncle could. She ordered Stegi to stop him. The Stegosaurus smacked the greenish-haired man with his tail, tossing him away.

"I'm sorry..."

It took Shuryo a while to get back to his senses, but he was already surrounded and arrested by the Kons.

His men left the building to see what is going on; they weren't brave enough to even try going past the dinosaur.

Niki stroked Stegi's head proudly.

The brunet that threatened Shuryo, Jeff Miharu, threw the gun away, reaching his hands in front of him. "Lieutenant, I'll make it easier for you." Kon arrested him.

Wada sighed. "Ema, I must admit that not even my carrier is safe and it might be one of the most dangerous ones." He glanced at his daughter. "I shouldn't have controlled your life."

"And?" his wife added.

"And I shouldn't have made a minute-to-minute schedule for you."

"And?" his brother-in-law added.

"And I should have let you leave whenever you want."

"And?" Sue added.

"I should have let you meet whoever you want."

"And?" his 10-year-old son Otto added.

"I should have been more of a father to both of you."

Ema smiled softly. "Well, I think you can fix that if you do me a few favors."

"Anything."

Sabi growled in annoyance, glaring at her communicator; two dinosaur signals in the city were constantly switching. "Andy's and Cole's groups keep calling their dinos for the distraction."

"What the hell did you expect?" Sue asked her, grinning, her arms folded behind her head, "they are idiots."

"Yeah..." Sabi smiled slightly. "They're our idiots..."

Not long after, they all met up again and soon parted their ways in groups.

—

Lucy headed to the coast by herself. She leaned on the railing, gazing into the water. She was so lost in her thoughts that her ears completely blocked any sound that would distract her. She was snapped out only when somebody touched her shoulder.

She quickly jerked her head back to see Dr. Owen smiling at her.

"Hey, Foster..." she murmured.

"Is it okay if I spend some time by your side here?" he wondered.

"I don't mind..." She looked back into the water; he leaned on the railing as well.

"You'd usually be smoking. What's wrong?"

"Guess I don't have a reason to keep killing myself anymore."

"Oh..."

"He betrayed me."

"He was under a spell; he didn't know what he was doing," Foster tried to explain from what he knew.

Lucy shook her head. "That wasn't everything he did to me. He flirted with other women right in front of me...!"

"I know how it feels..."

She saw Foster's reflection lower his head.

"Founding out that your supposed soulmate has chosen someone else instead of you will haunt you for life... At least, it still haunts me..."

"Foster... They just weren't the right ones for us."

"Yeah." He smiled at her.

She grinned back, blushing.

—

It was getting dark.

Reese was sitting in a hospital corridor, waiting. She was holding her hands together, staring down.

The hospital recovered quickly after the Akuno events and everyone got back to work.

Wendy was walking through the corridor when she spotted her. She sat beside her. "How are you?"

"Nervous..."

"Why are you here? Did you get hurt during the chaos?"

"No...I mean, yes, but it isn't serious," Reese replied, "I'm here because of something else." She touched her wound. "I need to make sure if my mistake was worth it..."

"I see. Then I wish you good luck."

"Thank you..."

—

Meanwhile, the Taylors and the Drakes were preparing for the dinner that was interrupted by Laura before the Akuno events, having the Ancients join them.

They were in Backland's kitchen, cooking and talking.

"So, only two days, huh?" Max said quietly.

"It isn't a very long time." Zoe shook her head.

"Yeah... I'm going to miss you all..." Rex sighed. "I wish I could stay here a little longer..."

"Rex, could we speak to you in private?" his father asked him.

"Huh?" The trio looked up at him.

"Sure." He nodded and left with his parents.

The others looked at one another.

The family went into another room; the door closed and Trias started; "Your mother and I have been thinking—it depends purely on your decision—you can stay here at home while we travel back into the future."

"You mean like...letting you leave again?" Rex gazed at him confusedly.

He nodded, making the blond frown and turn away.

Cretacia gasped. "No, no! Rex, please, don't take this wrong way! It's not like we don't want to be with you-"

"That isn't what I think..." Rex stopped her. "...I...um...I've lost you both too many times; I don't know if I can do it again, but I can't leave everything and everyone I've grown up with again..."

"That's why we're giving you a choice," his father told him, "We shouldn't have forced you to come with us; we realized how much it hurt you when it was too late. If you choose to stay here, we won't be mad; we know we leave you in good hands. What Rod told the Pterosaur opened my eyes; the happiness and lives of the ones we love are worth breaking any rules of the universe."

"Right!" Cretacia agreed, smiling weakly, "they're your family more than us."

Rex quickly turned back with tears in his eyes. "That's not true! Yes, I've known them longer and I want to stay here, but that doesn't mean anything. You'll always be my parents and I'll always love you through all the time that'll keep us apart..."

"Oh, Rex!" Cretacia spread her arms and hugged her son tightly, crying.

Trias held his tears back, but couldn't take it anymore. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he wrapped his arms around them both.

"And we can't separate you from your girlfriend," Cretacia teased.

"Alice isn't my girlfriend!" Rex objected, blushing.

"I've never mentioned her name~"

"A-anyway, I...I need to tell you what happened while you were gone," Rex sobbed.

Soon, they came back in the kitchen; the others noticed that Rex was in tears.

"What happened?" Aki worried.

The blond smiled. "I'm staying here."

Everyone gasped delightedly, smiling.

Max hugged his best friend; he was happy that he'll still have him by his side.

"That isn't everything," Trias added, "it might be for the best to leave your dinosaurs with you."

"What...?" They were all shocked by his sudden change.

"The cards will get to us eventually; separating you would be unfair. We'll do anything to fix the Space Pirate ship to get back to you all."

Suddenly the door opened again and Reese walked in. "I apologize if I'm late I..." She touched her wound. "I needed to make sure...if it was useless or not..." A smile formed on her face. "I'm healed..."

"That's amazing!" Zoe rushed to her, embracing her. "I'm happy for you."

Reese stroked her head, but her smile vanished.

—

The next day, the mayor Wada brought his daughter Ema, his niece Sue and her friend Amy with their dinos to the airport to meet a certain family. Ema insisted that he makes sure this family travels to Sanjo as soon as possible. Sue dragged Amy with them to meet the family.

"I hell owe you for this, cousin," Sue admitted.

"It was nothing," Ema told her, "what wouldn't I do for the family..."

"But why am I here?" Amy wondered. Her lizard Hana III was on her shoulder.

"You'll see," Sue replied, leaning her elbow on her other shoulder, "I'm sure you'll like this."

"Okay..."

After a while, an Indian royal family approached them. The daughter and her little Deltadromeus headed to the girls.

"And here they come."

"Should...I do something? ...like bowing?" Amy asked Sue.

"Well, she is a princess."

Amy blinked at her friend and turned to the princess, bowing.

"Woah, you don't have to do that," the princess told her and glared at Sue, "she's just pranking you."

Sue sweated a little as even Amy glanced at her. "Sorry, girl. Anyways, Meena-" Before Sue turned to her, the princess hugged her tightly. Sue wrapped her arms around her.

"I hell missed you, girl."

"I missed you too."

Meena then looked at Amy. "It is so nice to meet you, Amy, I've heard a lot about you. I'm Meena."

"N-nice to meet you too..." Amy blushed. "You know me?"

"Of course!"

Sue put herself between them. "So, basically, I've complained about you not talking to me quite a lot..."

Both of her friends chuckled.

"I wanted you two to meet because...Meena saved you in a certain way," she said.

"What do you mean?" Amy titled her head.

"She helped me open my eyes; unlike anyone else, she had patience with me and she trusted me. It led to me saving you from the Akuno and...saving...my own butt... Basically, she's just as amazing as Zoe!"

The princess blushed and smiled.

Meanwhile, Hana II the Euoplocephalus, Annie the Daspletosaurus and Ellen the Ampelosaurus played with Meena's Deltadromeus Blue. He was wagging his tail happily.

—

They headed to the Backland where others were.

Justin was fascinated by the whole place, so Rod decided to show him around.

Zakuro also loved the thought of traveling through time; she was talking to Trias while their significant others were spinning on chairs. Zakuro is a historian, so she is very interested in this concept.

Lucy and Foster were talking and Kyra, Cole, Max, Zoe, Rex, and Alice were playing with the dinos.

Then the door opened and Sue, Amy, and Meena walked in.

"Bow, everyone! The princess enters!" Sue said.

"Sue, please, no..." Meena chuckled.

"Meena!" Zoe gasped and cuddled her friend.

"Hey, Zoe!" The two friends greeted each other.

"Alright, princess, you're lucky because to thank you I brought you right to your dream come true! Rockstar!" Sue called.

Cole headed to them with a deep and acting bow. "Ladies~"

Meena was gazing at the tall boy with amaze and admiration.

"Your royalty, I've heard you are my fan; I'll be glad to spend time with you if you wish so," he said.

"Sue, you're amazing," Meena told the brunette.

"I know..." Sue shrugged.

Sora and Cretacia stopped spinning on the chairs. The paleontologist was upside down and her eyes fell on Rex and Alice who were having fun together; it made her remember.

She jumped off the chair and rushed to take a book and headed to Alice. "Ali! I have something for you."

"For me...?" The brunette looked at her confusedly.

Cretacia nodded and gave her a book. '101 sure-fire ways to be popular with boys even if you're a dinosaur geek who's always out hunting for fossils.' "I bought this one while we were in Luminary; I hope this will help you..." she whispered and winked at the teen, "I had it when I was your age and I'm married thanks to it."

Alice's face turned red in embarrassment, stuttering nonsensically.

Rex blushed as well, smiling.

Alice took a deep breath and smiled. "Thank you, Cretacia."

Drack who was also there with the Drakes rolled his eyes. He headed away. "I'm done..." he murmured.

"Where are you going?" Mike asked him

"Away from here. I am not a good guy after all; I don't have a reason to be here." Drack waved his hand, showing them his back.

"Drack?"

"What?" He stopped and looked back to see Mike smiling at him.

"Thank you."

Drack grinned modestly. "Don't mention it."

—

On the evening of that day, somebody knocked on the front door of Vivian's house; she is Mike's mother. She opened the door and saw a person she'd never expect to meet again in her life.

It was Drack; his body was much older than we knew it.

"Hey, Viv..."

—

It was the day. Everyone gathered at the lake; Rod and Laura were sure that is the place since the time warps that transported them the first time appeared also there. They were right.

A portal opened.

"Well, it's time..." Laura murmured.

"Kami?"

She turned back. Zakuro approached her. "Thank you for telling me the truth."

"Thank you for understanding..."

Cruz looked at her as well. "It was a pleasure to meet you, Kami—I mean, Laura."

She smiled.

"I'm grateful to you for taking care of my little sister, Cruz," Rod told him.

"We'll come back as soon as possible," Trias said, "until then, please, take care of Rex."

"Of course."

"I'll miss you..." Rex sobbed and hugged his parents.

With warm goodbyes, they all left. The others were waving and some were even crying. Only one person did nothing; she was standing in the back, lowering her head and curling her hands into fists, hoping that no one finds out the truth that remains undiscovered.

—

So, this is the end... 2019 was my most productive year and this was a very successful decade for me; that's only thanks to you.

Raven came up with the idea of Cretacia giving Alice the book and many more. Bel, CarnotaurusMan, Veronika, Miraki, and imyouknowwho were a big support and inspiration as well. Thank you all.

Sure, I am working on new projects including a sequel and I'm considering a prequel, but I am busy, so until June there won't be constant posts.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the remake of my first story and I look forward to entertaining you again soon.