Dinosaur King Retold

by Drew Luczynski

What if Terry, Spiny, and Tank Joined the D-Team? What if the translator was actually used? What if there was a dinosaur king? All these questions will now be answered in the epic retelling of the D-Teams adventures to save the dinosaurs.

3. Battle at the Pyramids

Battle at the Pyramids

Disclaimer: Dinosaur King is owned by Sunrise, Shout Factory, 4kidsTV, and any other company I missed. I own nothing.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Other Dimension Speech"

DK

"Help us." "Save us." That was all that came out as the bright glow engulfed the D-Team. The same voices said the same thing over and over.

"How? How can we help?" Max asked as he pushed buttons on his Dino Holder, trying to get something to happen.

"Can you at least tell us who you are?" Rex asked. For some reason, he couldn't help but feel he heard the voices before, but he had no idea as to where he did.

"Maybe they can't hear us." Zoe suggested.

The glowing continued for a while until finally it subsided. Spike slowly walked up to the kids, trying not to hopefully unleash any supernatural, freaky magic. "Uh, kids? Is there a problem with your Dino Holders?"

"Dad, it's talking to us!" Max exclaimed. Terry and Chomp both shook their heads trying to recover from whatever trip that was.

"Wait, you're serious!?" Spike asked. After getting a confirmation nod from the three kids, Spike had a huge smile on his face, like he had just won the lottery. "Yes! I was right! In your face, Reese!"

The kids could only sweet drop at the paleontologist's celebration. Terry, on the other hand; had something on his mind. "Uh, guys? Not that I don't enjoy being like this, I mean, it is my true form. But how exactly do you make me small again?"

(Intro theme)

After finding a way to turn Terry back to his small size, the D-Team went to the D-Lab to figure out more on this case. Right now, the three Dino Holders were laid out on a desk with Spike and the kids looking down at them. Chomp and Terry were currently exploring around the D-Lab, as this was their first time there.

"So, it was asking you for help?" Spike asked trying to get the full story.

"Yeah. You guys think maybe it was the dinosaurs communicating to us through the stones?" Rex asked.

"That could be." Spike theorized. "It's most likely they're asking for protection from those Alpha Gang members you went up against." The group then started to have flashbacks of their encounter.

"Who were they?" Max asked himself as he recalled the fight they had less than an hour ago. "They attacked Chomp and Terry with those weird-looking dinosaurs for no reason. And then when they were hit by an Electric Charge and Volcano Burst they turned into cards. None of this makes any sense at all!" While this is going on, Chomp was currently biting on the skeleton of a Placerias. Trying to find an apparent weak spot on the large object, and failing.

"I bet you they found some stones, too." Max finally said to the rest of the group. They could only nod in agreement. But that only made them more curious. Just how many stones were there?

"Zoe!" The group turned and saw Reese coming down the stairs. "Must I remind you, you're supposed to call before stopping by?" The older girl said to her sister.

Zoe mentally slapped herself. "Sorry. I forgot."

Reese just sighed. "Whatever, just remember next time, OK?" She then turned to Spike. "Dr. Taylor, you got a call from Dr. Owen." She said as she held up a phone with a picture of another paleontologist on it, a blonde-haired man with a beard and mustache wearing glasses and a brown beret giving a peace sign and sticking his tongue out.

"My dad?!" Rex exclaimed.

"Doh! I'm always losing that thing!" Spike said as he checked his jacket for holes before chuckling nervously.

He grabbed the phone from Reese and plugged it into the screen, which was a holographic earth. Immediately, the picture of the doctor enlarged and was sent into video mode. As the picture appeared, Spike could only smile at his friend. "Ah, Dr. Owen. Dug up anything new?"

Said doctor could only smirk. "I found a funny bone." He then began to laugh as he shook his hands around before giving his college two thumbs up. "Hahahahahaha! What's all the fossil about?"

Spike only chuckled and copied what he did. "Mmmhmmhmmhmmhmm! Dinosaur jokes!"

The two then began to partake in a really bad dance routine. The only thing worse was their "song" going. "What makes di-no-saurs ex-tinct! Not ta-king a bath we think! Dig it!" Needless to say, everyone sweatdropped at this minus Chomp who just walked over to see what was going on.

"Think...Stink. Smelly dinosaurs. Yep, it's still funny." Spike said to himself.

"When will that joke get old for them." Max whispered to Rex.

"Probably when they're extinct." Was the blonde's reply.

"Hehe." Dr. Owen had a quick laugh before regaining his composure. "Anyway, I have news regarding those Dinosaur Cards you told me about. More cards have been found."

"What!?" Everyone exclaimed at the same time as they all smushed to the screen. Not even two days and already more cards have been found.

Dr. Owen began to explain his discovery. "I'm here at a dig site in Alberta, Canada. Along with some amazing fossils, we also found two more cards." He then showed the two cards to the D-Team. Rex and Zoe instantly recognized them.

"Carnotaurus!" Rex exclaimed.

"And a Parasaurolophus!" Exclaimed Zoe.

As Dr. Owen flipped over the cards they noticed something. The Carnotaurus Card had a Wind Symbol on the back, while the Parasaurolophus Card had a Grass Symbol, something Rex and Zoe quickly noticed. "Look, Zoe. Those markings on the back." Rex pointed out to her.

"They match the stones we found." Zoe finished the blonde's thought.

Chomp watched, and while he liked the idea for more dinosaurs to join their new herd, he was really bored. Deciding to bite something for stimulation, the little Triceratops began to chomp on Max's leg, causing the boy to fall over and attempt to get his attacker off him. "Ouch! Chomp, let go!" He yelped at the sudden attack.

It was then Dr. Owen finally noticed his son. "Ah, Rex, is that you, my boy?"

"Dad, I've been here the whole time." Rex said with a deadpan tone and look.

"I sure hope you're behaving yourself at the Taylors house. Do I have to give my speech again?" He asked as he leaned up close to the screen.

Rex backed away a bit, obviously crept out by his dad. "No, that's fine, Dad." He reassured. "But could you possibly send the cards over to us?"

"I sure can. I'll overnight them to the lab and you should have them first thing tomorrow morning." The paleontologist then turned to Spike. "Anyway, Dr. Taylor, I look forward to your analysis. And Rex, you can learn a lot from Dr. Taylor so pay close attention, OK?"

"Yeah, I will." Rex nodded at his father.

"Great. I have to get back to the dig now, but I'll send the cards over as soon as I can. Call if you need anything." Dr. Owen said before hanging up.

The screen then turned off and Spike unplugged his phone. Rex and Zoe looked down at Max, who was now being tickled by Chomp's biting. "Stop biting me, Chomp! Please! Aah!" He laughed.

"I can't believe you and I will get our own dinosaurs by tomorrow! This'll be awesome!" Rex exclaimed with a smile on his face. Now they wouldn't feel so left out.

Zoe could only have hopeful eyes. "I hope I get a really cute one!"

"It'll be nice to have more friends to add to our herd." Terry said as he leapt down and landed on Max's face, maybe by accident maybe not.

The only one who wasn't happy was Dr. Taylor. "What about me?! If anyone should have a dinosaur it's me!" He cried. He then grabbed the Dino Holders and began biting them, trying to get them open. "I just have to figure out the secret of these things!" He exclaimed as he kept on trying.

"Uh, Dad?" Max asked with a deadpan look as he got up with Chomp and Terry on his head.

Reese came over with some books and grabbed the Dino Holders from Spike's hand. "The stones chose Max and the others because they touched them first. Show a little self-control." It was times like this Reese forgot she was a lot younger than Spike, and frankly, everyone else did too. Spike could only slump in defeat.

"Uh, Reese, what are those you're carrying?" Max asked as he and Zoe started backing away from the books.

"Dino Holder manuals." She said as she tossed them each manuals, unaware she was crushing Spike's hand, or simply didn't care. "They're to be used for more than swiping your cards. There's a carrier for the stones and extra cards as well."

"This'll take a year to read!" Max exclaimed. Even Rex felt like this was a little big for a manual.

Zoe could only glare at her sister. "You know, you may like sitting inside and studying all day! But some of us like to have fun! Maybe you should try that!" Reese's response was simply letting go of Spike's hand, allowing the doctor to fall to the floor.

As Max went to his dad, Chomp looked at the book. "So, what is this reading?"

"Maybe Zoe can teach you. Since she wants to do something fun." Reese said, causing the younger sister to glare at her again.

Max leaned forward and looked at his dad. "So, Dad, what's the deal with Dr. Owen? I thought we were going to keep the whole thing about the cards a secret. Did you change your mind and tell every dinosaur expert in the world?"

"No, Dr. Owen's the only one who knows besides us. He's a close friend of mine and taught me a lot of what I know, so I know I can trust him." Spike answered as he got back up.

"You guys are forgetting, there are others." Rex said with a serious tone.

"Who?" Chomp asked.

"Remember, Bro? The Alpha Gang." Just saying those words made Terry turn cold-blooded for a second, along with Chomp.

DK

At the Alpha Gang's hidden island, things were not going well. After getting word that the mission failed, Dr.Z was furious. And he was letting everyone know about it.

"Unacceptable! Un-ac-ceptable!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. "How did some snobbish kids get their filthy hands on my cards! And how did you three not get them back!" The angry doctor was currently facing a bunch of lit up equipment that could have been mistaken for lava lamps. In some were cards and small animals, while others had elements like wind and fire. Since the kids had some trump cards, they were going to need some as well.

Rod and Laura were also present during the doctor's experiments. Laura took one look at the equipment and turned to her brother, who could only nod grimly. "Grandpa, the energy level's too high."

"She's right." Rod added. "And the way we pieced the equipment together it could blow at any minute." Dr.Z looked at both his grandkids and listened to what they said. Maybe he could tone it down a little.

"Yeah, and that's not the only thing." Ed commented as he and his two fellow teammates were also present at the time, all feeling really uneasy at the doctor's sour mood that came when they told him about their failure. Ursula and Zander could only nod nervously at Ed's comment.

And it was at that comment Dr.Z instantly forgot about toning down the equipment. He leapt into the air in front of his minions and began shaking his fists wildly. "You fools! You think this is a joke?! Move Cards are my specialty! And once I make the perfect ones, I will teach those kids a lesson once and for all since my crack team of professionals couldn't handle it themselves! I'll take it upon myself to bring those kids to tears!" Seth, who was also in the room, simply left without saying a word. He had better things to do than listen to his boss' temper tantrums.

As Dr.Z landed on the ground, he failed to notice the equipment starting to glow. But his two grandkids defiantly did. "OK, Grandpa, we have to go study." Laura said as she and her brother left. If their calculations were correct, the blast should only destroy the whole room and not get to them if they're far away enough.

The A-Trio had the same idea. "I-uh-hear Seth calling." Ursula said nervously.

"I hear my mother calling." Zander said.

"I hear nature calling." Ed added as the trio attempted to leave the room. Keyword: attempt.

Dr.Z wasn't fooled by his minions' excuses. "Stop right there!" He ordered the three. "You three will stay right here until my experiment is finished. Understood?!"

"Yes, sir." All three droned as they slumped over. Maybe, if they were lucky, the blast would kill them.

The equipment began to glow even brighter, as did smile. "Here it comes! My ultimate creation!" He thought as he opened his arms, laughing maniacally.

And, just as his grandkids predicted, the whole room was caught in a huge explosion, to the point the whole room vanished. Both Z and the A-Trio's clothes had burned up, leaving all four in their underwear. The trio fell over as Dr.Z coughed up smoke. Maximus, who was grazing outside, got smoke in her nose and sneezed, right onto Dr.Z.

And if this could get any worse, Helga soon marched into the destroyed room. And boy was she pissed. "I'd like to speak with you in private, Dr.Z." She said calmly yet angrily. The doctor tensed up at her threat. "But, in the meantime, I want this mess cleaned up by dinner team or there will be no dinner time!" Dr.Z sighed as anime-style tears came out from his eye. This was not a good way to spend the afternoon.

DK

Later in Egypt, a capsule, just like the one Chomp and Terry were in, opened up. Inside it were three cards, two yellow and one gray, and a stone with three drops of water as the symbol. The desert wind blew against the cards and sent the three flying away from the pyramids and into a city. The cards landed right by a table that two men just finished eating from. One of them bumped against the table and caused his drink to fall. The cup opened up and water spilled on the cards. Immediately, the cards started glowing blue, as did the knob on the stone far away, and another dinosaur emerged.

The dinosaur was mostly gray, except the upper half of its body was purple, going along from its eyes to its back, with a large gray spot near the color border. Most notable about this one was its, large claws with three fingers, crocodile-like mouth, and most of all, a blue sail on its back with purple outlining it top and bottom. The dinosaur was a Spinosaurus, and it let out a loud roar to signal its entrance.

"HHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

DK

As night approached the Alpha Gang's base (let's just call it Zeta Point from now on), the team were having their dinner. Gigas and Maximus were both eating out of dinosaur-sized bowls as the A-Trio and Z ate at the table. As Dr.Z was moving his silverware under his plate, his Alpha Scanner started blinking red. He knew what this meant. "Ah! Another one of my darling dinosaurs has been activated." He said with a smile as he picked it up to see where the signal came from.

"Dr.Z, no toys at the table!" Helga said angrily. Clearly, she did not get the situation.

"I know that, but how can I eat when another one of my cards has been located." The doctor said without even looking up from the scanner. He then looked at his trio of henchmen. "Ursula! Zander! And Ed! We're off on another capture mission!"

"Yes, sir!"

"No, you're not!" Everyone immediately got tick-marks as Helga stopped them from getting up. The maid had a red aura surrounding her as she glared at the four. "No one is leaving until I see every plate is clean!"

Dr.Z could only slump down in his seat. "Yes, Helga."

"And don't think I don't know about those vegetables you have hidden under your plate, Doctor." The maid said as she looked down.

"Aah!" The doctor got extremely nervous and tried to find an excuse. "Those aren't mine, they're Ed's."

But that didn't work as Helga began to discipline him. "I wasn't asking!" She said before the sound of smacking filled the room. As this happened, the two dinosaurs left and went somewhere in the lab.

DK

At the same time, Max and his family were also having dinner. Just like with Dr.Z, Max was trying to hide his vegetables. However, he did much better as he had a miniature Triceratops to feed them to. So while he wolfed down the parts he actually could stomach, Chomp was getting a proper feast of his own. He also didn't have his visor on, as was a rule for the table.

Rex normally ate all of his food, but today he was barely able to eat any of it. The excitement was eating him. "Dr. Taylor, do you know when the cards are going to get here?" He asked, looking up from his dinner.

Spike thought for a bit. "I believe your dad said he'd ship them Double Express, which means they should be here at about 7:12 tomorrow morning." He said before quickly adding. "Uh, give or take."

Again, the excitement was eating the blonde away. "Awesome! Soon I might have a partner of my own!"

"What do you mean by partner?" Rex froze as Aki asked the question. Him and his big mouth.

Thankfully for the blonde, Spike knew what to say. "Oh, well, Rex is planning on getting a dog just like Max has, right!" Rex only nodded as the doctor chuckled nervously.

Aki noticed their odd behavior but decided to ignore it. "So we'll have three dogs, then? Remember who will be taking care of them." She cheered with a smile. Rex only nodded his head as he went back to eating. Aki then noticed something on her son's plate. "Max, you ate all the green peppers and carrots!"

Max could only smile smugly. "Oh, yeah! You made the vegetables extra good tonight! Could I have some more, if that's OK with you at least? Pass the broccoli, please!"

Terry looked up from his bowl of dog food and saw Chomp licking his lips. This probably meant Max was a carnivore like himself. Hopefully, that meant there were more food options because while he did enjoy his dinner, he did wish the humans had better meat to eat than this dog food. It's a little too dry and not the same as a fresh kill in the old days.

As they continued eating, Max's phone soon started to ring. "No cell phones at the table, Max." Aki reminded him.

"It's from Zoe. Let me take this." Max said as he left the table. He answered the call and saw Zoe on the screen. And judging by the look on her face, something had happened. "What's up, Zoe?"

"Turn on the news! Hurry up! Don't just stand there, Max!"

"The news?" Max went to the living room and turned on the TV.

Immediately, the news showed up and showed the Spinosaurus going on its rampage as people ran in terror. "Come on, guys!" It said in a stupidly sounding tone. "I just want to play bingo! Top or bottom?! I don't care!"

"Another dinosaur!" Spike said as he ran up and grabbed the screen. "And this time it's a Spinosaurus!"

The screen soon zoomed out as an anchorwoman appeared on the screen. "We have just revived these reports from Egypt where a live dinosaur has appeared near the Pyramids of Giza."

"No!" Max gasped.

"In Egypt!" Rex exclaimed as he looked at the screen.

Soon both of their Dino Holders began blinking some small light. "What's this light?" They both asked.

"All citizens have been forced to take immediate shelter." The Anchorwoman said. "But, thankfully, there have been no reports of injuries." The screen the Spinosaurus was on soon cut to static when he lunged at the camera. "Now a word from our sponsor."

Soon one of those DJ radios began showing up on the screen asking for callers. Soon a phone rang and it was picked up. "Yeah, hello?" A familiar voice said. "Could you- OK hold on for a sec." The sound of slapping soon came from the TV. "OK, that's better. Could you play Video Killed the Radio Star?" Soon the song started playing. "Thanks, guys! I'll be right in!" Everyone questioned what that meant and soon a large smash was heard followed by screaming people and more smashing noses.

That's when the D-Team realized it was the Spinosaurus who made the call, and he somehow knew what modern-day music was and was dancing to it. That raised many questions.

DK

The whole team regrouped at the D-Lab an hour later to discuss their plans. Spike had the idea to take a plane, but he was having little to no success.

"What?! There are no flights until tomorrow night! You must understand, I have to get to Egypt right away!"

As he was arguing on the phone, Reese hooked up the Dino Holders to her computer to try and get some idea on the glowing. "So, does it say in the manual why the Dino Holder lights up like this?" Max asked.

"I guess this means you didn't read the manual." Reese assumed without needing to look up from her computer.

"I did. The whole thing." Rex answered. Of course the only responsible one would do what he is told.

Max didn't believe him. "No, you didn't! You must have skipped pages, or skimmed through the whole thing!"

"No, I didn't!" Rex objected. "Maybe if you bothered to read you'd notice most of it is just blank pages."

"What's the deal with that, Reese?" Zoe asked as she flipped through her own manual to see if Rex was right, which he was

"There's still so much we don't know about the stones and cards." Reese explained. "So every time we make a new discovery we'll then add it to your manual."

Zoe could only just look at her sister like she was nuts. "Too much time on your hands?"

Soon, Reese noticed something. "Well, this is interesting." She lifted up her glasses to get a better look. The others came by and saw a map of the world. On the map were two blinking lights. One in Japan, where they were, and one in Egypt.

"Look! That's where the Spinosaurus appeared!" Zoe announced as she pointed at the blinking dot.

"So it seems the Dino Holders were telling you when and where a new dinosaur appeared." Reese declared.

"No way! For sizzle maz dizzle dog!" Spike said as he ended his call a joined up with the others looking at the computer.

Max only looked at his dad in embarrassment. "Dad, you need to spot listening to so many funky music videos, OK?"

Chomp and Terry got up on the desk and looked at the map. "Uh, how long would walking take?" Chomp asked, not exactly understanding what he was looking at.

"Too long if it was possible." Reese said as she continued pressing buttons on keyboard. Suddenly, some multicolored zigzag lines appeared on the screen connecting the two dots. As everyone leaned in with curiosity, Reese had a revelation on what this might mean. "Could it even be possible?" She thought. She might have found a way to get to Egypt.

DK

At Zeta Point, the Alpha Gang was just about to have their ride ready for take-off.

"Are you sure this thing is safe?" Ursula asked as she eyed the aircraft.

"Absolutely not!" Dr.Z declared. This made Ursula give him a questioning look. But before she could question him further, the door to the room opened and Gigas and Maximus came out.

"What took you guys so long? We don't have all day!" Ursula yelled at the duo.

"We simply needed to grab our third member." Gigas said as he and Maximus moved aside, revealing a third dinosaur.

It was a mostly black quadruped with large white, stripe-like markings all over its body. It had yellow plates going all along its back, and four yellow and brown spikes at its tail. Like its two friends, it also had three markings on its body. This dinosaur was a Stegosaurus.

"Who told you you could bring Armatus!?" Dr.Z yelled as he walked up to the large theropod.

"If we run into those kids again, we might need some backup." Gigas answered without even moving.

Dr.Z stroked his beard, pondering the idea for a bit, before he came to his conclusion. "All right, he can come along."

"Might kind of ya, Doctor." The Stegosaurus said in a mixture of a Western and Australian accident.

A tick-mark grew on the old doctor's head. "For crying out loud, I thought we patched that!?"

The plated dinosaur mentally smiled. "Mate, ya can't fix what ain't broke." The dinosaur's eyes then narrowed. "Now. Where's my trucker hat?" A crane soon lowered from the ceiling, placing a large hat on the Stegosaur's head. He was ready to hunt some varmints.

DK

Eventually, the Alpha Gang's purple rocket made it to Egypt. The device was shaking a lot and had many bandages, so it was a surprise it stayed airborne for so long. Zander looked out of a periscope pointed at the ground to locate the dinosaur. He soon was able to find the large, spiny theropod directly below them. "There you are." He announced.

"Perfect!" Ursula declared. "Zander! Drop the bomb!" She ordered.

"Yes, ma'am!" With the press of a button, the Spinosaurus would soon be seeing daisies. He pressed the button, and nothing happened.

Until toast popped out next to where Ed was sitting. "Yay, toast!" He cheered as he took a bite.

The other two just looked at each other. "Plan B?" Zander simply suggested.

"Plan B." Ursula said as she opened the hatch and grabbed her scanner. She pulled out two cards and told them. "All right, you two. Go get that Spinosaurus, now!" Before she swiped them on the slot.

The world turned into a Battlefield (The term for when the sky and landscape looks painted over during dinosaur fight) again as Gigas and Maximus landed behind the Spinosaurus. The theropod turned around and looked at them. "Oh my god! Are you Batman and Robin?!" He asked the two attackers

The two dinosaurs just looked at each other before getting into attacking position. "This will be easy." They both thought. However, they were unaware the Spinosaurus was carrying a secret weapon with him.

DK

At the D-Lab, Reese had just figured out she may be able to transport them to Egypt in no time at all. The team was standing on a platform underneath a large lamp shaped like a dinosaur mouth, with Spike constantly running back and forth with supplies, while she explained her theory.

"So, let me see if I get this. You believe you can teleport us to wherever the dinosaurs are?" Max asked.

Reese nodded her head. "I believe the dinosaur search function and the transport function are linked together." Reese explained. "Now all we need to do is a test run."

"Is that dangerous?" Zoe asked.

"You'll be fine. Probably." She finished under her breath so they couldn't hear her. It didn't work for Zoe as she slumped over. Why did she have to be the sister to a genius?

"All of the technology is in here so just press the button and you'll be sent to Egypt." Reese finished as she wrote this down in her notebook.

"Don't forget me!" Spike said as he came over carrying an umbrella and spear in his hands. "I'm a paleontologist! A dinosaur expert could be really handy out there!" He was not going to let the opportunity to get a dinosaur of his own slip out of his hands.

While Rex and Zoe rolled their eyes, Max smiled at his dad. "Great! Let's go!"

"Yes!" Spike muttered to himself as he got on the platform Max and the others were standing on.

Max pushed a button and soon the outline of the platform began to glow. Soon Max, Chomp, and Terry vanished without a trace as the light died down.

Everyone just stood there blinking as they looked at where Max was just standing before. "It worked!" Rex said as he made sure Max was gone by feeling where the brunette was with his foot. "For some reason, it only works on Max, Terry, and Chomp." He turned to Reese for an explanation.

Reese began writing down in her notebook again. "Note to self. Only those with a dinosaur and stone can be transported."

Rex and Zoe nodded. They would have to wait for their partners to arrive before they can help their friend. Spike, on the other hand, had anime tears coming out of his eyes. "It's not fair!" He cried to the heavens. "I wanted to go!"

DK

After almost less than a second after he pushed the button, Max's surroundings changed instantly. One second he was in the lab, the next he was in the desert. "So, it worked." He said to himself as he looked around. The place looked all painted over, like it was when the Alpha Gang attacked.

Terry sniffed the air a bit to get used to his surroundings. These weird-shaped mountains, he'd later find out are called pyramids, were everywhere. He turned his head and soon saw what they came for, and he wasn't alone. "Aah! Those weird-looking guys are here too?!" He cried out. Max and Chomp looked over at his direction and saw what he was talking about.

The Spinosaurus was panting heavily while his two opponents looked like they were still full of energy. The large theropod looked around as for any means of escape from his attackers. He soon noticed something in the sand that looked like enough to buy him time. "Oh, look! Distraction!" He yelled as he ran off to rest and recover.

Maximus was about to charge after him when Gigas stopped her with his foot. "Out of my way, idiot!" She yelled.

"Tell me, Maximus, what's more important? A job or some big fat revenge?" The Triceratops turned her head and noticed what her partner was talking about. The kid and his little dinosaurs were here as well

The Triceratops popped her neck as she got into a charging position. "Oh, definitely revenge!" She announced as they both charged towards the trio.

In the rocket, Zander was watching everything unfold from his periscope. "OK, good news; the Spinosaurus looks like it can't handle much more. Bad news; the runty kid from before is here." He turned to Ursula. "Gigas and Maximus are attacking them now. Should we let them?"

Ursula only laughed. She waved her hand in a relaxed manner. "Let them have their fun. Besides, it gives us more time to relax in this cozy little rocket of ours." She said as she slumped over in her seat.

Back on the ground, the two Alpha Dinos were almost at the kids. "Uh-oh!" Max didn't waste any time grabbing his Dino Holder and pressing buttons. "Get ready, guys!" He announced as the two smaller dinos turned into cards in his hand. He grabbed both of them, flashed them to look cool, and slashed into the slot. He even let out a battle cry as he did so. One that he created with Rex and Zoe earlier that afternoon.

"DINO SLASH! GO, TRICERATOPS! AND TYRANNOSAURUS!"

As he made his battle cry, fire and lightning once again erupted from the slot. The two smaller dinosaurs went through their transformations before landing back in reality, full-sized. Max smirked as they landed. "Now we got 'em. Go for it, guys!"

His partners roared as they two charged at the attackers. Soon all four heads met and collided, Chomp with Maximus, and Terry with Gigas. Chunks of the earth came up from the ground as the collision shook everything. The Spinosaurus, who was lying down behind one of the pyramids at the time, looked over and began to watch the fight taking place with interest in the new dinosaurs.

After a while, Terry backed away to go for a new approach. This gave Gigas the opening he needed to grab the unsuspecting Tyrannosaurus by the neck and throw him onto the ground.

"Terry!" Chomp cried out as he soon lost focus of the struggle he was in.

"Bad move, rookie!" Maximus said as she knocked Chomp onto his side with her head. She then went to his stomach and began to push him across the ground. "Never take your eyes off your opponent!" She lectured him before ramming him into the Sphinx. While she was constantly ramming him, Gigas grabbed Terry with his mouth and slammed him onto the ground repeatedly.

"No! Come on! You can do it, guys!" Max cried out to his dinosaur friends. This was ending up just like the last fight. Soon enough, the Dino Holder screen began blinking red, and that was when Max remembered his secret weapons. "Right, I can use Electric Charge and Volcano Burst." He told himself as he pressed a button, ejecting the two Move Cards.

This however didn't go unnoticed by Zander. "Better watch out. That little brat's using his Move Cards again." He told his team.

"What?" Ursula asked, clearly not remembering the previous fight that happened less than 24-hours ago.

Thankfully, Ed filled her in. "Remember what happened last time? He kicked our butts with those Moves!"

Ursula then had a depressed look on her face. "Oh, gee, I'm so upset." The look soon changed to one of triumph. "Not! I have a card, too!" She pulled out Armatus' card from her scanner. "Ha, ha, ha! Go!" She cried out as she slashed it. Only she made one fatal mistake.

One that Zander and Ed clearly noticed. "Ursula, no!" Ed cried out

"You can't do that in here!" Zander added. But it was already too late.

The rocket bulged out until it couldn't anymore. It burst, sending the Alpha Gang flying in all directions as the Stegosaurus formed and landed right in front of Max.

The impact was enough to make the boy stumble over and drop his cards. As he regained his composure, he noticed he was missing his cards. "Oh, no! My Move Cards!"

But before he could run after the cards, the large spiky tail of the Stegosaurus got in his way, making the boy freeze in place and look at the mostly black face of the tail's owner "Howdy, mate. Name's Armatus. Look at my trucker hat." He announced looking up at the hat on his head.

Max growled as he tried to think of something to do. Suddenly, something else landed right behind Max. "I'm back!" A voice said as a blue glow appeared and suddenly Armatus was hit across the face with a tail. Max looked behind him and saw the Spinosaurus repeatedly smacking the Stegosaurus with his tail. Soon he stopped after the third smack and the receiving dinosaur fell down. "Woah! That was like some kind of Tail Smash." The Spinosaurus said as he looked at what his Move Card can do.

Armatus got back up and noticed something was wrong. "My trucker hat!" He cried out as he noticed it wasn't on his head anymore. "Y'all done gone fucked up now, boy!" The plated dinosaur got a fire in his eyes as he swung his tail towards the unsuspecting Spinosaurus, knocking him onto the ground. To make sure he didn't try that Move again Armatus put a foot on the theropod's neck and began to push down. "You I liked better as a card."

Max got up and punched the Stegosaurus on the hind leg. "Stop hurting my friends, you big bully!" He said as he tried to hurt the larger opponent to no avail.

Annoyed by Max's poor attempts at damaging him, the Stegosaurus only responded by putting his spiky tail on the kid like it was a cage, trapping him in between his long spikes. "Don't be the hero, mate. It'll only get ya killed."

Max could only watch as his two friends and his rescuer got slowly beaten by the Alpha Gang dinosaurs. It would seem all hope is lost. "What now!?" He said to himself as he covered his eyes, unable to watch his friends being hurt.

Suddenly, two bright lights of green and white appeared out of nowhere. Both Max and Armatus shielded their eyes as they turned towards the glow. Out of the glow came two people that Max was both surprised and really happy to see. "Rex?! Zoe?!"

The other two looked at Max and got worried expressions on their faces when they saw him trapped in the spiky tail. Those looks quickly turned to ones of determination. Rex grabbed his Dino Holder and turned to Zoe. "Are you ready, Zoe?!" He asked as he began pressing buttons.

"Let's go!" Zoe replied as she began to do the same.

When he pressed the button, a card ejected from Rex's Dino Holder. He grabbed it, struck a pose, and flashed the card, showing a picture of a Carnotaurus. He then swiped the card against his slot. As he did, wind came out.

"DINO SLASH! YOU CAN DO IT, CARNOTAURUS!"

A miniature version of the dinosaur was soon spinning in the air. Its dark-blue legs grew with a burst of wind. Little bumps all over its back grew, and the yellow horns on its head grew before its eyes glowed. It leapt forward and roared to signal its transformation completed. The body was like that of Terry, only much thinner. It was completely dark blue, minus yellow stripes along its side and horns on its head. And all over its side were little bumps. Also, its arms were laughably short, even by dinosaur standards. However, it had the rare four-fingered claws to make up for that somewhat.

Max looked at the Carnotaurus in amazement while Zoe posed and flashed her card, showing a Parasaurolophus, and slid the card against the slot, grass coming off as she did so.

"DINO SLASH! COME ON OUT, PARASAUROLOPHUS!"

The little herbivore spun around in the air before its back legs grew with a burst of grass, then its forelegs grew, finished by a large cone-like shape on its head before the eyes glowed. The Parasaurolophus reared up on its back legs and roared signaling the finished transformation. It was mostly green, except for a whitish underbelly and green stripe on the back, the large cone on its head was a blue is green. It had four legs, but only two of them were legs 100% of the time, meaning it could walk and run on two legs. It also had a duck-like bill for a mouth, which was common for hadrosaurs like itself.

Max looked at the other dinosaur in shock as well. The two dinosaurs didn't waste any time in ramming straight into Armatus, causing the Stegosaur to lose his balance and topple onto the ground. Both Max and the Spinosaurus got back up and rejoined the fight. Max grabbed his Move Cards and called out to his partners. "Chomp! Terry! I'm coming!"

They could only respond by looking in his direction and collapsing on the ground. Gigas looked over the weakened Terry and place a foot on his throat.

"Terry!" Max cried out as he feared Gigas doing the worst. Thankfully, the Spinosaurus had an idea.

Again, he started to glow blue, but instead of powering up his tail, a whirlpool surrounded his body. "Prepare yourself, oreo! For the wrath of the Fire God; Poseidon! Shockwave!" The theropod announced his attack. Soon, a whirlpool exploded into tendrils that were launched at Gigas, who was engulfed by the water. The Tyrannosaurus shook his head around, trying to get free, even barfing some water from his mouth, only to be head butted by the Spinosaurus. "I feel that if I felt that, I would be dead." The Spinosaurus said to himself.

This managed to distract Maximus long enough to not realize the Carnotaurus approaching and ramming into her head. She was knocked back a bit but managed to recover. She left Chomp alone and went to assist Gigas. It's not like the Triceratops was getting up anytime soon.

The Carnotaurus went back up to Chomp and examining him closely. After a bit, he was able to give his verdict. "He's hurt! And bad!" He said to the others.

Max had a worried look on his face as he began to fear the worst again. He soon felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and saw Zoe with a determined look in her eyes. "Don't worry, Max, this should help." She ejected a Move Card from her Holder and activated the card. "Nature's Blessing!" She announced. "Reenergize Chomp, Terry, and the Spinosaurus!" The pinkette commanded.

The hadrosaur glowed green as leaves began to surround her body. The green dinosaur then roared as a tornado of green energy erupted from her mouth. The energy landed on the three chosen targets and soon all three felt their strength back. The Spinosaurus gave Gigas a nasty bite to the neck while Terry and Chomp slowly got back up onto their feet. Chomp gave a roar as he announced his return to the battle. He looked and saw who was the one who healed him. A female Parasaurolophus? He then remembered Rex and Zoe's cards they asked for from Dr. Owen.

Max watched Zoe as all three of the dinosaurs got their full strength back. "What was that?" He asked.

"That was one of her Moves." Zoe explained.

"Hey, Max!" They both turned to Rex. "Let's use all our Moves at once to finish this up!"

"What? You have a Move Card, too!?" Max gasped in surprise.

Rex could only give his trademark smirk. "Yeah, so you in?"

"Oh, I'm totally in!" The Spinosaurus said as he gave a roar and charged towards Maximus.

"Bring it!" Maximus said as she got into a fighting stance. "I'm not scared of a little water!"

"Then taste my Tail Smash!" He called out as he glowed blue and began repeatedly hitting Maximus on the face. "Hopefully you didn't use makeup!"

Max pressed a button and the second Move Card he got for Terry came out. "All right, Terry, let's see what you can do with this! Neck Crusher!"

Terry glowed red and soon charged straight towards Maximus. The Spinosaurus backed off, giving Terry the room he needed to lift the Triceratops off the ground with his head. He then spun around, waiting for his victim to fall down. He then hit her neck with his tail and sent her flying to a pyramid. "Not so funny having your neck smashed now, is it?!" He roared at the Triceratops.

Rex then grabbed his Move Card. "Cyclone!" As soon as he slashed the card, the Carnotaurus began to glow white. Clouds began to form as a tornado soon came down over him. Instead of harming him, the tiny theropod roared and made the wind form a barrier around him. He then charged towards Armatus, who had just recovered from being knocked down.

"Stay away!" The Stegosaurus pleaded. But it was all for nothing as the Carnotaurus grabbed him by the tail and tossed him to the same pyramid Maximus landed at.

"Electric Charge!" Max cried out as he swiped his final Move Card. Chomp got his electrical powers again and charged towards Gigas. The Tyrannosaurus attempted to dodge this time, but was too slow and Chomp struck him once again. The theropod was sent flying right into the head of the Sphinx. He glowed red and returned to his card just as the head fell off the body. At the same time, Maximus and Armatus glowed yellow and purple respectively and joined Gigas in defeat.

The kids cheered and the dinosaurs roared in victory. The two herbivores' cards landed on the damaged pyramid and were suddenly swiped in an instant. Max gasped and then noticed Gigas' card by the ruined Sphinx. As he tried to grab it, a long claw soon came out of nowhere and grabbed it before them. Suddenly; a camel appeared with three laughing mummies on its back, one of them holding the claw with the cards. Or a least they looked like mummies, but they could talk. "Who's your mummie now?" One of them mocked.

The kids, Chomp, and Terry soon recognized the voices as the mummies revealed themselves as the Alpha Gang. The Carnotaurus and Parasaurolophus assumed they were a threat, while the Spinosaurus backed up in surprise. "Oh my god! It's Team Rocket!"

Everyone just looked at the large theropod blankly, like he was crazy or something. A lightbulb soon went off in Ursula's head. She got a mischievous smile on her face which only crept out her teammates. "Say, big guy, why don't you join up with us? We could use a big, strong dinosaur like yourself."

Ed and Zander looked at her like she was crazy. Was she seducing a dinosaur? The rest of the D-Team was about the tell him not to, but the Spinosaurus already made his choice. "Nah, I like these guys more. Plus, you guys were attacking children so technically you're outlaws." He said cheerfully.

A tick-mark grew on Ursula's head as her whole face became red with rage. Soon she snapped. "OH, SO NOW YOU DECIDE TO BE SMART, YOU RETARDED PIECE OF CRAP!"

The Spinosaurus stepped back again, shocked at the insult. It brought back painful memories. Tears threatened to fall out of his eyes, but someone prevented them.

"Hey! This Spinosaurus is a lot smarter than you, old lady!" Zoe yelled back. This made the spiny theropod shocked. No one ever stood up for him before.

"Excuse me!" Ursula retorted. "I'll have you know there is a huge difference between old and experienced!"

"Oh, really?! I thought they meant the same thing!" Zoe yelled back. Rex and Max backed away from their friend as they didn't want to be near her wrath, experience taught them that.

Before Ursula could say anything else, Zander covered her mouth. He did not want to start a fight when there were five angry dinosaurs in front of them, and they had nothing to defend themselves. "Well, it's been fun chatting, but now we must be off. Onwards, camel!" He said as he kicked the camel. Soon the camel started moving in the reverse direction. "I said onwards, not backwards!"

"They just keep getting weirder." Max said to his friends. They could only nod in agreement.

Zoe turned and saw the Spinosaurus approach her. "You guys really want me on your team?" He asked, tears of joy coming out of his eyes. "Everyone's said I'm only dead weight."

"Nonsense." Zoe said. "The way you fought that Stegosaurus and T-Rex was awesome! You'd never slow us down!" Everyone else nodded in agreement.

The larger theropod soon started crying as he nuzzled Zoe. "Consider this the start of a beautiful friendship!" He soon glowed blue a returned to his card along with his Move Cards. The cards flew across the desert before landing in front of an object. Zoe ran up to grab the cards and picked up the object the cards landed on.

"A Water Stone?" She asked herself as she picked it up. She suddenly was engulfed in a blue glow.

"I think we know who to give the Spinosaurus to." Rex said with a smile, Max nodded his head in agreement.

"Are you guys sure?" Zoe asked as she got back up.

Max leaned onto his friend's shoulder. "Come on, Zoe. It's clear you guys are meant for each other. Besides, the Dino Holders can only hold up to two stones anyway. We'll just give the next one to Rex and then we'll all be even." Zoe smiled as she placed the stone inside her Dino Holder. Immediately, a water symbol appeared on it next to her grass symbol.

After turning their dinosaurs back into cards, and Chomp and Terry into chibi-form, Rex and Zoe decided to properly introduce their new partners. "Hey, guys, wanna met Ace?" Rex asked as he swiped the card backwards. A miniature version of the Carnotaurus appeared next to him. "It's a perfect name for him 'cause it means number one and he's my first dinosaur."

"Pleased to meet you all." Ace said with a bow of the head.

Zoe then swiped her cards, calling out a miniature Parasaurolophus and Spinosaurus. "And this is Paris." She crouched down and introduced the Parasaurolophus, who was completely quadrupedal in this form.

"So, what's that mean?" Max asked.

"Well, she's a Parasaurolophus, but Paris is a much more cuter name. Like it?" She asked the tiny herbivore.

Her response was to give a small dance on her hind legs, making cute, small noises before noticing the others watching, some, like Zoe, even giggling quietly. She soon shrunk back in shyness and hid behind Zoe. "I like it." She said in a soft voice.

"Wait, so what's my name?" The Spinosaurus asked.

Zoe placed her hand in his back and thought for a bit. "Well, since you're a Spinosaurus, how about Spiny?"

"I love it." He said cheerfully. But this was mainly due to the fact he had Armatus' trucker hat land on his face.

Max smiled at his three new teammates. But soon he remembered something important and his eyes widened at the realization. "I just forgot! I don't know how to get back home!"

"It's in the manual. All we have to do is put the Dino Holder in reverse and we should be back home." Rex answered calmly before looking around. "Can you believe it? We're really in Egypt." His friends looked around and realized he was right. With no dinosaurs to fight, they now were able to start to fully grasp they were standing in the middle of the Pyramids of Giza; one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Zoe then had a smile on her face. "Hey, guys, why don't we stay for a week or two site-seeing."

Everyone liked the idea, except for Rex and Ace. "Zoe, we kind of have school tomorrow, and I don't know how we would explain our absences." He said as he facepalmed. Ace nodded in agreement. While he didn't know what school was, he did know they weren't prepared to survive here in the desert.

The others could only slump over in disappointment. "Smart people ruin everything." Zoe muttered to herself.

Rex simply gave his trademark smirk again. "I never said we couldn't stay a little while longer."

Everyone soon got huge smiles on their faces. This was going to be fun. They all ran off in different directions while Rex stayed behind with Ace. "Chomp and Terry were found in our own town, Spiny was found here, and you and Paris came from Alberta." Rex told Ace. "You think there may be more cards all over the world?" He asked his partner.

Ace paused a bit to think. "It seems most likely. I don't know how much the world's changed, but I do know the more cards we keep away from the Alpha Gang, the more dinosaurs that will be safe." Rex nodded in agreement. This might be much more serious than they thought.

DK

Back at Zeta Point, Dr.Z looked into his repaired test tube. Inside were three Move Cards with a strangle symbol on the back, but not the Alpha Gang logo. It was instead a dark-purple diamond with two axe blades coming out of the sides and a white and pink dot in the middle that looked like an eye all inside a larger pink hexagon, just like the markings on his dinosaurs.

"Yes!" He cheered. "My ultimate Move Cards have finally been completed. Soon I'll have enough of these to make my dinosaur kingdom unstoppable!" He then laughed maniacally to himself before noticing something. "Shouldn't those three fools be back from Egypt?" He asked himself.

With the A-Trio, they were currently dealing with trying to capture a runaway camel.

"Don't dessert us in the desert!" Ursula called out to the camel.

"Lucky for us it's a rental, huh?" Ed asked, once again trying to lighten the mood and failing.

"Lucky for you! We put this camel on my credit card! Get back here!" Zander yelled as they chased the camel into the sunset.

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Spike: A real live Saichania!

Spiny: I knew a Saichania once.

Ed: Zander use the Move Card!

Rex: Ace, talk to me!

Tank: As a great teacher once told me, can't touch this!

A/N: And episode two is done! I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did writing it. And next time I'm excited because we get the introduction of my favorite main dinosaur!

How many references could you make out in this chapter by Spiny and Armatus? I put in a pretty good amount.

On the topic of our little Spinosaurus, where I got the personality from was in a really old crossover idea that'll never happen so don't ask. And why he went with Zoe instead of Rex was mainly due to the fact he's rivals with Paris in canon and the name sounds familiar to the way Zoe named Paris, also so each of the D-Team have a predator-prey duo.

I'll also do QA at the end of chapters if there's any questions so ask away.

Read, review, fav, and I'll see you guys next time!