Dinosaur King Retold Chapter 10: Dino-Snore!, a dinosaur king fanfic

Dino-Snore!

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

"Talking"

Thinking

It was Nighttime in Sanjo City as construction went on in many sides of town. In one tunnel, a capsule fell onto the ground. Dirt landed on top of the cards as it opened up and the cards began to glow.

The dinosaur resembled Tank a lot. Except it was brown all over, the head and stripes across the back a darker shade than the rest, with the exception of its club tail and a few bumps on its head and front legs which were yellow, while its back lacked the spikes and was more smooth and plated. This dinosaur was an Ankylosaurus. Some more dirt fell on top of the dinosaur, but he was too busy sleeping to care.

(Intro Theme)

In another part of town, more construction was going on. This particular location was, in fact, the Taylor household.

While some were able to channel the noise out, a certain blonde and his dinosaur partners weren't so lucky. Rex groaned as he lifted the blanket off his head. "Pretty hard to sleep around here, huh, guys?"

"Yes." Ace replied.

"Tank, you any better?" Rex asked as he looked under the bed.

"If curling up into a ball is the best way to stop all that noise then you have your answer." She replied sarcastically, briefly poking her head out of her curled position to answer before putting it back.

Rex responded with another groan as he put his pillow over his head. "Dah!" This was gonna be a long night.

The next morning, Max gave out a yawn as he and his dinos walked into the kitchen. "Morning, guys! Hey, Rex, good day for a catch!" He said before he noticed how tired Rex and his dinos were. "Woah! What's up? You guys look terrible."

Rex looked at him, and Max could get a better look at the bags under his eyes. "Thank you." He said dryly before quenching his fist in anger. "I couldn't sleep a wink with all that noise outside."

"What noise?" Terry asked.

Rex sat up in surprise. "What?! You mean none of you heard that super-loud construction going on all night long?!"

"I guess I didn't." Max told him. "Did you guys?"

"We are heavy sleepers." Chomp replied while Terry nodded in agreement.

"Well." Tank said as she soon stood up. "That must be nice. I wish I was oblivious to every single thing that was going around me like you nimrods." She said sarcastically.

"Yeah! We slept great! Right, guys?" Max said with a smile, not catching onto the insult.

"Tank, tone it down on the sarcasm." Ace told her without opening his eyes.

"You know what I had to wake up to this morning besides cramps?" She asked Max and his team. "The smell of my own butt since I had to curl up into a ball to channel out any noise. And that still didn't block out most of it. It was not a pleasant sleeping experience!" She screamed before Ace knocked her out with a whack to the back of the head from his tail.

"That should hopefully better her attitude." He said before trying to sleep again.

Back with the boys, they were still having their conversation. "What'd you getting all upset for, Rex. I mean, it's just noise, who cares?" Max told him.

"I'll tell you who cares; me!" The blonde answered. "Maybe if you weren't so clueless you would, too!"

Max's expression now turned into an angry one. "Oh, yeah! Well, it's better than being uptight like you!" He answered.

"And if you weren't so clueless, I could explain to you why it's not better!" Rex retorted.

"All right. That's enough now, time to eat." Aki said as she brought in their breakfast.

Yet the two boys didn't listen. "Excuse me for getting a good night's sleep!"

"You sleep so much your brain's gonna rot!"

"That's because it's important for a kid to get at least ten hours of sleep! Right, Mom?!"

While they argued, Chomp and Terry just watched them argue back and forth. "Not again." Chomp groaned as he put a paw to his forehead. This was becoming the fossil incident all over again.

Back with the construction crews, they were currently moving through a tunnel and were removing a pile of dirt that was blocking their path. However, this pile of dirt was where the Ankylosaurus was having his nap. Awoken by the noise the construction workers were making, he roared and ran to a different place to sleep while the workers all ran for their lives from the armored herbivore.

Back with the Taylors, Max and Rex were having their breakfast, bowls of rice, while now ignoring each other. "Could you two at least relax while your eating?" Aki asked them. "Otherwise, you're going to have very bad stomachaches." She warned them.

"Fine, but Rex started it." Max told his mother.

"No, you did!" Rex told him.

Aki sighed. "Just finish your breakfast." she told them.

The boys both gave each other a humph and returned to their food. It was at that moment that the Dino Holder started to go off, briefly distracting them from their grudges.

Down in the tunnels of the subway, the Alpha Gang was currently looking around for the dinosaur. Ed was holding a flashlight to give them light "I don't like it down here." Ursula complained. "Are you sure we're in the right place?" She asked Zander.

"According to Dr.Z, an Ankylosaurus was detected right in this area." Zander told her.

"Oh, that's comforting." Ursula replied sarcastically. "You mean the same man who blows up his own laboratory every other week?"

"Yep! That's our fearless leader!" Zander and Ed beamed before getting serious again. "Let's keep looking, we can't go back empty-handed after a victory." Zander reminded them.

Ed continued to look around with his flashlight before he noticed a brown and yellow object in the dirt. "What's this?" He asked as he went up to get a better look. "Is this part of an old subway car or something?" He said as he touched the object.

Big mistake on his part as the dirt began to erupt. "Aah!" The Alpha Gang screamed as they realized what Ed was touching was the Ankylosaur's tail. "It's the dinosaur!" They all screamed and ran away as the Ankylosaurus slammed his tail into the wall, creating a large tunnel.

Ed caught his breath as he placed his free hand over his heart. "That was close, I almost lost my head!"

"Lucky you didn't, or I wouldn't be able to hit you!" Ursula told him before hitting him on the head. "Now let's go tail that dinosaur!" She ordered as the Ankylosaurus walked into the tunnel he created.

"But, Ursula, he already has a tail." Ed told her.

"It's just a figure of speech, Ed!" Ursula told him before hitting him on the head again as they followed the Ankylosaurus, making sure to keep quite some distance from that tail.

At the D-Lab, Rex and Max meet up with Zoe and they all ran into the lab. "Reese, where's the dinosaur?" Max asked as they ran in.

"Underground in our city." She told them.

"Huh? Yet we still need to teleport?" Chomp asked.

"There's too much construction for you to go there by foot." Reese told him.

Zoe looked around and noticed something, or someone, missing. "Hey, where's Dr. Taylor?"

"I'm not sure." Reese told them. "Said something about a very important errand."

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Dad all morning." Max said as he just realized his father's absence.

"And you just realized that now?" Rex asked before looking all smug. "There's Max being totally clueless again." He announced to everyone.

"Knock it off, Rex! I am not!" Max told him.

"Just calling it as I see it." Rex said smugly.

"Burn." Spiny whispered to Chomp.

Tank and Ace just watched this play out. "So this is happening again?" Tank asked Ace, now realizing the tension between the two.

"Yeah, so please try and avoid the sarcasm until this passes over." Ace told her.

"No promises." She responded.

Back with the boys, Rex was chuckling at Max's anger before Zoe decided to step in. "That's enough! You argue more than Reese and I, and we're sisters for crying out loud!" She told them before grabbing the boys and walking to the teleportation pad and transporting away.

When they were gone, Reese asked Utah. "What is she talking about? I don't have time for silly little arguments." She sighed before returning to her work. "She'll hear about this later."

When the light faded, the D-Team was behind a fence that showed a forklift that was facing a large hole in the ground. "Look at that!" Tank said as she surveyed the damage.

"Do you think maybe it was the dinosaur that did it?" Zoe asked.

"It's possible if it's an Earth Element." Tank told her.

"I wonder if it tried to come above ground, but got scared so it went back underground again." Rex thought.

"Let's go look for it." Max declared as he and the others ran down the nearest stairs to reach the subway.

Once they went below the stairs, Rex decided to say something. "Hey, Max, you guys look that way. And we'll look over here." He said gesturing to behind himself.

"Wouldn't it be easier if we all stay together?" Paris asked.

"I'm sure Max wouldn't want to look for it with an uptight guy like me." Rex said bitterly.

"That's fine with me!" Max said angrily before he, Rex, and their dinos all went in their directions. Leaving Zoe and her team behind to decide which one to go with.

"Eh, we went with Rex last time. Let's see if Max is the better choice. Spiny said.

"OK." Zoe said, though she was still unsure about all this. "Wait for us, Max, we're coming with you!"

"Welcome to our annual big bargain sale!" A man with a megaphone said as he addressed a group of people waiting in a long line outside his shop. "Today only you'll find our outdoor adventure merchandise at prices so low we're practically giving them away!"

In the line, Spike was crunching a ticket that had the number 86 on it and looked like he was literally about to explode. Or at least break a blood vessel in his eye. "I've waited so long for this day to come!" He thought to himself before he heard an air horn go off.

"And let the sale begin!" The man said before getting out of the way of the doors which had just opened.

Immediately a stampede followed with everyone pushing and shoving their way through. "Out of my way! Move it or lose it, buddy!" Spike said as he pushed his way through the crowd and tried to find any outdoor materials related to dinosaurs. "An infrared dino-grill! I've always wanted a dinosaur tent! I don't believe it! My very own dinosaur egg-shaped pillow!"

After a few minutes, Spike paid for what he wanted and left the shop with his new camping supplies. "Thank you, sir! See you next year!" The man with the megaphone said as Spike walked back home.

"Oh, yeah, what a score!" Spike said with a smile on his face. Soon the earth began to shake. "Yaa!" Spike exclaimed as the Ankylosaurus burst through the wall.

People began to scream and run in fear of the dinosaur, while Spike just looked at it in awe. "Whoa! An Ankylosaurus!" All the panic caused the man with the megaphone to fall to the ground, and the megaphone to start making feedback. The Ankylosaurus shook his head as he swung his tail in the air and made another tunnel. As he went down the tunnel, Spike had sparkles in his eyes. This was his chance to capture his own dinosaur. "Oh, man. Why didn't I bring my lasso?" He said before grabbing his supplies and going after the dinosaur.

Meanwhile, Max had decided to check the sewers for the dinosaur. Making Zoe regret joining up with him. "Pretty smelly down here, isn't it?" She asked Max as she plugged her nose.

"Hmm, really?" Max asked before sniffing the air. "That's funny, I don't smell anything." He told her.

"What?!" Zoe exclaimed. "Well, now I can totally see what Rex was talking about." She said to Paris.

"What was that?" Max asked as he heard Zoe whisper something but couldn't make it out.

"Oh, nothing!" Zoe said as she didn't want to offend Max by taking Rex's side in this argument.

Soon they all felt the earth shake, they all looked to see the Ankylosaurus passing up ahead. "Hey, there it is!" Max said.

"Looks like an Ankylosaurus." Terry said.

"Let's go!" Max cheered before he stopped when the Alpha Gang came into view.

The Alpha Gang were following the Ankylosaurs trail when they noticed the D-Team in the area. "Hold it!" Zander told his teammates. "Those brats have followed us here again!"

"And this is as far as you'll go!" Ursula told the D-Team.

"That's what you think old lady!" Zoe said in response.

A tick mark formed on Ursula's head as she tried to attack Zoe, making Zander and Ed hold her back. "Urrr! You make it very hard for me to be nice!"

"Calm down. Remember your breathing exercises." Ed assured her to calm her down.

"That dinosaur is ours. So you can all go home." He told the D-Team.

"Forget it! We're here for that dinosaur." Chomp told them.

"Yeah? How's your Styracosaurus friend?" Zander asked the Triceratops.

Chomp's glare hardened as he looked like he was about to kill them. "Max. Now." He told him coldly.

Seeing a battle was about to begin, Zander looked around quickly and saw a pipe. "That's what you think!" He said before he and Ed ran over to the pipe and began to turn the wheel on it. "Time for Alpha Gang to turn up the pressure!" They both cheered before water burst from the knob on the pipe and blocked the D-Team's path.

The D-Team gasped as they saw a giant wall of water blocking them from the dinosaur. "It's too strong!" Max said. "There's no way to get through!" He told them.

"Well if you can't go with the flow then you should just go! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Ursula mocked before the trio ran after the Ankylosaurus.

"Hey! Get back here, cowards!" Chomp said before looking for away around.

"We could try going from above." Paris suggested.

"No! There's no time!" Chomp told her.

Max looked at his friend in worry. Chomp was never this aggressive before. He guessed that he was still upset about losing Thorn to the Alpha Gang.

"Hey, Ankylosaurus!" Max looks up and saw his dad running after the dinosaur.

"Look! There's my dad!" Max told them.

"Spiny Powers activate!" Spiny suddenly said before running up to the pipe the water was coming out of in an effort to block it. Needless to say, it ending with him getting swept away and right back to where he was, only soaked this time. "Yeah, let's go around." He told them.

Chomp growled to himself before suddenly having an idea. "Spiny, you might be onto something."

With Rex's team, they decided to take the subway train as a way to search for the dinosaur. "OK, guys. We have to pretend you're dogs, so don't say anything in English." He whispered to his dinos.

"Got it." They both whispered in reply before all three walked onto the train and took a seat.

"We can look for that dinosaur from here." Rex thought to himself before he felt himself yawn.

Later, the trio fell asleep as the subway continued on going down the tunnel. They were currently the only passengers on the train at the moment. Suddenly the brakes began to screech as the train came to a halt, causing all three of them to wake up. "Ooh!" They all fell on top of each other as the train shook around and finally stopped. "Huh?" Rex said as he got back up. "I wonder where we are?" He asked as they looked to see where they stopped.

In the front of the train, the driver was looking to see what was blocking their way. "What'd we got up ahead? Did the tunnel collapse or something?" He asked as he looked at the brown mass blocking his path.

Sure enough, it was the Ankylosaurus who raised his tail before attacking the train. "What the?! I'm getting out of here!" The driver said before leaping out of the front of the train in time to avoid the club tail. "Ahh! What kind of creature is that?!" The driver asked before running away.

The force from the impact was enough to shatter the train's lights and shake the whole thing. "Wahh!" Rex and his dinos screamed as they were knocked back.

After recovering, Rex looked out the door to see what was going on. "Where is it?!" He asked before he noticed the dinosaur. "Whoa! It's an Ankylosaurus!" Rex told his partners before he ran to get his Dino Holder. But before he could use it, the Ankylosaurus slammed into the train again and caused the device to fall out of Rex's hands. "Oh, no! My Dino Holder!" He exclaimed before all three were knocked back again by the Ankylosaur's attack on the train. "Ahh!"

The Ankylosaurus kept on slamming into the train again and again, and every time he did it got smaller and smaller. Rex and the others were holding onto each other as the whole train shook. "Just hang on tightly!" Tank told them as she wrapped her tail around a handlebar. It was too dangerous to go and retrieve the Dino Holder. They would need a miracle to survive.

That miracle came in the form of really loud rock music baring through the tunnel. "Huh?" Rex said as he looked up. "Now what was that!"

That loud music came from a railroad cart used by the Alpha Gang. Zander and Ed were currently pushing the device that makes it move while Ursula sat on her throne and laughed maniacally. "Ha, ha, ha, ha! It's amazing how much less stressful traveling can be when you have some good music to listen to." Zander and Ed just had scowls on their faces as Ursula tried to act like she was contributing while doing nothing again.

The loud music made the Ankylosaurus shake his head in annoyance as he tried to channel out the music. Rex and the others took this time to see what was going on. "Great, the Alpha Gang's here." Tank said annoyed.

Ursula stopped laughing when she said that. "Oh great, another one of those brats is ahead." She told her teammates as she pointed in his direction.

"Finally an excuse to stop." Zander said.

"Maybe we could have a lunch break?" Ed asked her.

"Right after we catch the Ankylosaurus, and the kid, and his dinosaurs. Ed initiate capture!" She ordered before Ed took out his Alpha Scanner.

"GO, STEGOSAURUS!"

Armatus appeared and gave out a roar to signal his entrance. In the sewers, Max and Zoe noticed the signs that a battle has begun. "Huh? You hear that?" Max asked his friends.

"Yeah, it sounds like a battle's just begun." Zoe told him.

"We got to go find it!" Max said before they all ran after the battle.

Back with the fight, Armatus surveyed his situation before ramming into the train. It was too narrow to go across so he had to go through. If he was lucky he could push it into the target and flush the brats out. Backing up, he charged again and slammed the train.

Inside the train, Rex, Ace, and Tank held on for dear life as Armatus continued on attacking the train. Back outside the Alpha Gang cheered for Armatus. "Let's go, Armatus! Get your man! Surround it and point it! Because you can, yay!"

Armatus paused for a second and looked back at them in confusion. "Wait, was that second one supposed to imply I'm gay?" He asked them.

With Armatus distracted, Rex's group took this moment to recuperate. "Maybe we can sneak through the front of the train." Ace suggested. "It sounds like the Ankylosaurus left."

Right when he said that, the Ankylosaurus slammed into the train once again. "You were saying?!" Tank yelled at the Carnotaurus as they were knocked back.

As the two dinosaurs continued to attack the train to reach the other, Rex and his dinos continued to hold on. "Wish I had my Dino Holder." Rex said under his breath. He soon felt one of his partners leave his embrace. He turned to see Ace running towards the front of the train. "Where are you going, Ace?"

"To do something risky that might work!" He answered.

"Ace!" Rex said before going after him. The front of the train was unrecognizable when Ace leapt out a hole and grabbed the Ankylosaurus by the neck. The herbivore shook his head around, trying to get the little carnivore off. "Come back!" Rex told him once he reached the front and saw what the Carnotaurus was doing.

"Go while there's still a chance!" Ace said before the Ankylosaurus used his tail to slam him against a wall. The tail continued slamming and made a hole in the wall for them to escape from.

"Ace!" Rex cried before he and Tank went to pick him up. Scooping him up, Rex walked through the hole with Tank in tow.

Suddenly, the Ankylosaurus raised his tail and hit the ceiling, causing rocks to fall down on them. "Aah!" Rex screamed as the hole got covered.

The Alpha Gang gasped when they saw what happened, but not out of concern for Rex. "The little brat is getting away!" Ed pointed out.

"Not for long!" Zander said before grabbing the Scanner from Ed's hands. "Spectral Stinger!" Zander said as he swiped the Move Card.

Crystals appeared on Armatus' back before firing them at the Ankylosaurus. "Let's see ya avoid this!" He said as he fired.

The crystals couldn't go too high or else they'll hit the ceiling, but they can go sideways. Many crystals pierced the top of the train and caused it to become flattened while the rest attacked the Ankylosaurus. When the crystals disappeared, Armatus walked over to the other side of the train to claim his prize. Yet he was in for a shock when there was no card there. "What the!?"

"Way to go!" The Alpha Gang cheered as they ran over.

"Yeah, but where did he go?" Armatus asked them as he move aside and showed the lack of an Ankylosaurus Card.

"I think you beat it into the ground." Ed told him.

As soon as he said that, the ground began to shake and the Ankylosaur's roar was heard. "Don't you know it's bad luck to predict a battle before it ends!" Ursula scolded Ed while shaking him.

Armatus looked around to see purple rays shooting up from the ground and approaching him. When they were right on top of him, the Ankylosaur's feet came up from the ground and tossed Armatus into the air. "Shit!" He screamed as he landed on his plates, making him stuck like a turtle on its back.

The Ankylosaurus then proceed to hit Armatus on the stomach many times with his tail before Armatus was carded. Seeing his opponent has fallen, the Ankylosaurus took his leave for a new sleeping place.

The Alpha Gang could only look in shock. "That was impressive." They all said in unison. "It would appear Ankylosaurus just used Mole Attack." Zander explained. "And that's a tough one to beat. Just ask Armatus."

"We can't lose!" Ursula suddenly said as she broke out of her trance. "Not this quick." She ran over and picked up Armatus' card. "Oh, what happened?" She said before looking at Ed. "This is your fault, Ed, for jinxing it! And why are you just standing there? Go get the cart and bring it over here, now!" She ordered.

Ed and Zander quickly ran to the other side of the crushed train and picked up the railroad cart and carried it over the train. "This is heavy." They both said as sweat flicked off them from all the hard work.

Once on the other side, they put the cart down and fell to the ground, panting heavily. Ursula on the other hand got back on her throne. "OK, break time's over. We've got a dinosaur to catch, so let's get this pathetic show on the road!" She told them.

"Guys, look!" Someone called out. The trio turned to see the rest of the D-Team appear. Max's visors were lit up to give them light. "You'll pay for what you did!" Chomp growled, referring to the trick the trio pulled that they were able to get past by having Chomp block the water flow with his body.

"Not you again. I thought I flushed you pesky little rats down the sewer." Ursula said, not at all intimidated by their return. She knew they'd find away across. "Cue the exit music." She told her partners while she slouched on her throne.

The rock music began to play again and the trio were off again. "Let's follow them!" Max said as the my began to take charge.

"Hey, guys. I didn't know they were selling Dino Holders down here." Spiny said as he ran up to them with a Dino Holder in his arms.

"That's Rex's Dino Holder!" Zoe exclaimed.

Max's eyes widened. "What?!" He said as he ran over to see if it was true. Sure enough, it was his Dino Holder. "What happened?! Where'd you find it?!" He asked Spiny urgently.

"Right over by the ruined train." Spiny pointed out.

"Ruined train?!" Max exclaimed.

Terry sniffed the air a few times before confirming. "I smell no bodies. He's not here." He told Max, easing he brunette's worries slightly.

"Max, I didn't realize you cared so much about Rex right now." Zoe told the brunette as she put hands on her hips, looking like she proved a point.

"Nor did I." Max said before taking the Dino Holder from Spiny and continuing their search. As they continued, his harsh words from that morning rang through his head like church bells. "Oh, yeah! Well, it's better than being uptight like you!" He couldn't help but feel guilt over that.

In another tunnel, Rex sat on the other end of tracks while holding Ace and Tank in his arms. "Are you all right, Ace?" Rex asked.

"You really scared us." Tank told him

"I'm sorry. I was just trying to help you both escape." The Carnotaurus said as he looked down in guilt.

"No, I'm sorry." Rex told him. "If I hadn't dropped my Dino Holder this never would have happened."

"Yeah, plus you did a good job taking on that Ankylosaurus." Tank complimented

Ace tried to hold back a blush while Rex listened to some distant machinery through the vents. "The subway can be pretty loud huh?"

"Not at all like the caves in the old days." Ace added.

"So I guess that Ankylosaurus had to sleep through just as big a racket as we did last night." Rex told them. "It's a good thing Max can't hear me right now, or he'd make fun of me again." Rex said before getting up. "Anyway, let's try and find a way out." He said before all three followed the tracks to the nearest station.

Meanwhile, Spike made his way to the subway and was continuing to search for the Ankylosaurus. "Hello? Ankylosaurus? Where are you?" He soon heard the noise of a train horn and lights behind him. "Hmm?" Turning around, he saw a train was right behind him. "Yaa! A train! Run!" He exclaimed as he ran for his life while the driver had a panicked expression on his face. Why Spike didn't run to the side I don't know. Neither do I know the purpose of this scene.

Back with the Ankylosaurus, he found another place to continue his nap when he was disturbed by rock music blaring. Opening his eyes, he saw the Alpha Gang's cart coming towards him.

"There it is!" Ursula said. "I told you if we pushed the cart a little faster it'd be worth it! All of our hard work has paid off!" She said cheerfully.

"Whose hard work?!" Zander asked accusingly.

"Never mind, just grab it." Ursula told him as the Ankylosaurus started to get up and run off.

Grabbing a lasso he had, Zander swung it around before tossing it and the armored dinosaur. "Hi-ya!" The lasso did its trick and wrapped itself around the tail. "Now that's how we cowboys do it back at the ranch."

"You've never been on a ranch, Zander." Ed pointed out.

"Well, uh, I've had ranch dressing." Zander answered before turning his attention back to the dinosaur. "Yee-haa!"

"This is almost too easy." Ursula said as she sat back. "Looks like the best way to tail a dinosaur is to actually have it by the tail."

"Go, Alpha! Go!" Zander and Ed cheered.

Things were starting to go south as the Ankylosaurus began to pick up speed. The loud noise for some reason wasn't going away, and it was making him scared. As Rex and his dinos ran down a tunnel, they began to hear loud music playing. "Hey, what's that?" Rex asked.

Looking forward they saw the Ankylosaurus running down an intersection while the Alpha Gangs cart now hard sparks coming off it from all the shaking. "Turn down the music!" Ursula told Zander.

"I can't! It's broken!" Zander told her before they got out of earshot. Well, not the music.

Rex and the others plugged their ears in pain. "Ow, it's too loud!" Rex said. "That poor dinosaur's just trying to get away from all the noise."

"He's not from around here like us. If we don't calm him down he'll go on a blind rampage!" Ace warned them.

"What's that?" Rex asked.

"If a dinosaur's in a state of panic, they might start running around, destroying everything in their path." Ace explained. "They normally ended with the dinosaur being put down." He said grimly.

Rex's eyes widened in horror. If they didn't stop the Ankylosaurus, then the authorities might kill him for something he didn't mean to do. "Quickly!" He said before they ran after them.

Back with the Alpha Gang, they were holding on for dear life as the cart began to shake off the rails. "That dumb dinosaur ruined the entire system!" Ursula complained. "Lucky it was just a rental."

"Yeah, but it's again on my card!" Zander told her.

"Look!" Ed pointed out as they were heading for a bright light.

"It's about time!" Ursula said as she got up. "Once we're outside, we'll have enough room to use Gigas for a battle!" Victory would be theirs once again.

Or at least it would have if they didn't end up on a tiny bridge. "Well, at least the music stopped. I can finally hear myself think." Ed said.

"Really? What's the sound of silence?" Ursula asked sarcastically.

While the Alpha Gang bickered, the Ankylosaurus noticed that his path ahead was blocked by rubble, leaving him with nowhere to go. And with him standing out in the open, everyone noticed him.

"What is that!"

"It's enormous!"

"I thought they were all extinct!"

"Yeah, dinosaurs have been extinct for sixty-five million years."

"Oh my goodness!" Were just some of the shouts from the people below.

All the shouting was causing the Ankylosaurus to get annoyed. The music may be gone, but now all these new noises were appearing. Shaking his head and tail around in frustration, the Alpha Gang shuddered as he did so.

"You think he's wagging his tail like a dog 'cause he's happy?" Zander asked.

"Somehow I don't think so." Ursula told him.

Their answers came with the Ankylosaurus hoisting his tail into the air and sending the Alpha Gang flying when the rope connecting the cart to his tail snapped.

With the Alpha Gang defeated, the Ankylosaurus turned to see Rex and his group arrive on the scene. Coincidentally, at the same time, Max's group arrived from below and saw the dinosaur. "There it is!" Max said as they ran closer.

"I need my camera."

"Look at that!"

"It's amazing!" More voices said from below.

Ace and Tank growled at the Ankylosaurus before Rex grabbed their tails. "I don't want you guys to go after him this time, OK?"

"Got it." Ace replied

"Fine." Tank also replied, though clearly not happy about it.

They looked back up when they heard the Ankylosaurus roar in pain. Helicopters had arrived and police sirens were going off. "Stand back!" An officer ordered through a megaphone. "Everybody, stand back!"

This only made the Ankylosaurus even more upset, and Rex noticed. Quickly running over to the side, he yelled as loud as he could. "Everybody has got to stop all of the noise! The noise is scarring the dinosaur! Please stop!" He begged.

But his efforts were in vain as the noise just increased. As the Ankylosaurus shook his head around, Tank took this opportunity to attack. "Take this!" She screamed as she leapt towards his head, only for him to use it to bat her away.

"Tank!" Rex exclaimed before he and Ace quickly dodged an incoming tail. "Ah! That hurt." He growled as he grabbed the railing.

"Rex!" Looking down he saw his friends running towards him. "Rex!"

"Max! Zoe!" Rex said in delight.

Max climb onto the top of cars until he was close enough to toss Rex his Dino Holder. "Here! Catch!" He said as he tossed it to his friend.

Rex caught it in his hands and immediately went to work. "Thanks, Max!" He said before he swiped his cards.

"DINO SLASH! CARNOTAURUS, BLOW IT AWAY! SHAKE 'EM UP, SAICHANIA!"

As both dinosaurs materialized, the Ankylosaurus gave a roar of intimidation. All three dinosaurs stood their ground as a helicopter flew overhead. "You ready, guys?!" Rex asked them. "Let's go!"

Ace charged first and gave a bite to the Ankylosaur's neck. When he backed away due to lack of an impact, the Ankylosaurus used his club tail to smack Ace over the edge.

"Ace!" Rex exclaimed.

"I'm fine." Ace said as he got up from a window that softened his fall.

"Hang on, Ace!" Rex said before bringing out a Move Card. "Let's go, Tank, Dino Swing!"

Tank glowed purple and charged at the Ankylosaurus. The Ankylosaurus stood his ground expecting a head-on collision, but was surprised when the Saichania turned him around, grabbed his tail, and swung him around until he was also tossed over the side. "He's yours now, Ace!" Tank said as she looked over the tail to see the fight. But was surprised to see that the Ankylosaurus landed on his feet. "What?!"

Once he landed, the Ankylosaurus began to headbutt Ace repeatedly. When he had an opening, the Carnotaurus sidestepped and flipped the Ankylosaurus onto his back. "That should do it." He said before leaping onto the Ankylosaur's stomach and jumping on it repeatedly. As he did, the Ankylosaurus was pushed deeper and deeper into the ground before he disappeared. Ace got out of the hole to see nothing but the crater he created. "Where'd he go?"

His answers came in the form of purple energy beams approaching him from the ground and tossing him into the air. Ace landed on his side while the Ankylosaurus watched to make sure he didn't get up. "What kind of Move was that?" Rex asked as he watched from the railing.

"Mole Attack." Tank answered. "That must be a way he activates it."

"I think he's hurt this time!" Zoe said. She, Max, their dinos, and the crowd of people watched as they held their breaths.

"Your Move Card!" Max told him.

Rex nodded and got his Move Card ready. "Here we go! Cyclone!"

A tornado formed around Ace as he charged towards the Ankylosaurus again. Due to his heavy body, the Ankylosaurus couldn't get out of the way in time to dodge the tornado that picked him up high into the air before dropping him onto the ground. The Ankylosaurus glowed purple and returned to his card. "All right, Ace!" Rex cheered.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Tank added before they went to meet up with him.

On the ground, Max and Zoe went to pick up the cards. "This is so cool. We got the Dinosaur Card and the Move Card." Max said with a smile.

"Hooray for winning!" Spiny cheered.

Ace glowed white as Rex recalled him and Tank and turned them back to their chibi-forms. "We won, guys! And it's all because of you!" Rex said as he petted their heads.

Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang was hanging from a satellite antenna as they watched the battle. "Those runts captured Ankylosaurus! And we're stuck with a bird's eye view!" Ursula growled as she clutched her fists.

"I don't know, this is a nice view." Ed said

"That was supposed to be our dinosaur!" Ursula said, ignoring Ed's comment. "I wish we were back on the ground!" She said as she began to shake the antenna around with all her trashing.

"Uh, Ursula?" Zander said weakly.

"What?!" She asked before the antenna snapped and they fell to the ground.

"Be careful what you wish for!" Zander said as they were falling.

Back with the team, Rex was handed both of the cards and looked at them in thought. "I think all he wanted was some peace and quiet." He told his teammates. "He couldn't take all the noise of the city, so he went underground. But it turned out the be just as noisy down there, so that must have made him go berserk."

"Probably, but how did you figure that out?" Zoe asked.

"Just like Trooper here." He said, gesturing to the Ankylosaurus Card in his hands. "I'm a little uptight. Right, Max?" He said smugly.

"Oh, I don't know." Max said embarrassed, blushing and scratching the back of his head before addressing his friend. "Uh, about this morning. I'm sorry I kind of got carried away." He apologized.

"That's OK." Rex assured him. "Thanks for getting my Dino Holder back. I'm sorry I called you clueless, 'cause that's not true at all. So all's forgiven, right?"

"Yeah." Max chuckled.

"Well, I'm glad that's over." Chomp said.

"Me too. No more fighting, all right?" Zoe told them.

"Hey, kids!" They turned to see Spike coming towards them.

"Dad, where have you been?" Max asked.

"I was watching your battle. Rex, you guys did great." Spike told them.

"What's in the bags?" Spiny asked.

"Something very exciting! Wait and see!" Spike said excitedly.

Back at the Taylor household, Spike had unpacked all of his camping supplies in the backyard. "Ha, ha, ha!"

"This stuff was your super important errand?" Chomp asked as he tugged the dinosaur tent.

"That's right! They're all extremely rare and I waited in a very long line for them, so be careful." He warned.

"Don't worry, I will." Max said as he tossed the egg pillow in the air like it was a ball.

"What are you doing?!" Spike asked as he snatched the egg from his son midair. "If any of this breaks I'll have to wait another year for it to be on sale again!"

"Sshh!" Zoe said as she put a finger to her lips. "Keep it down!" She hissed quietly.

The reason why was because Rex and his dinos were currently inside the living room, sound asleep on the couch with lots of peace and quiet to help them catch up on their missed sleep.

Meanwhile, at the D-Lab, the other dinosaurs were watching the new arrival also catching up on his sleep. "So... is that all he does?" Salty asked.

"I believe so." Utah answered.

"Oh, come on!" Coal complained. "After hearing how he fought, I want to challenge him!" She decided to shake him with her head a bit to wake him up.

This proved to be a terrible idea as Trooper got up and growled at the Carcharodontosaurus. "Three."

"What does-"

"Two."

"Coal, I would-"

"One."

"Quiet, Utah. I want a- Wahh!" Coal was suddenly tackled by a really pissed-off Trooper.

As Coal cried in pain as Trooper's club tail kept on hitting her in the stomach, Salty and Utah just watched and winced at every impact. "I think we should give him his privacy." Utah whispered to Salty.

"That would be more safe for us."

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Zoe: I'm doomed

Ursula: It's that pilot from the Swiss Alps!

Dr.Z: That book is full of Dinosaur Cards!

Max: You wanna go to the Mega Mall?

Jet: Dive! Dive! Dive!

A/N: And with that another chapter done. This would have been finished sooner, but I started an online class. And it's become one of the worst experiences of my life, not exaggerating. I'll try and get another one out by the end of the month

As for where Trooper got his name and personality from. The name just came to me, and the personality has to do with the grumpy loner type he comes off as.

Also, I started a poll so don't forget to vote. See you guys next time!