Alpha Bets it All
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"Talking"
Thinking
"Flashback"
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On the coast of Monaco, a capsule was being carried by the waves. As it was near a port with many boats currently there, one of them ran over the capsule. The capsule sank beneath the waves and opened up. On one of the boats at the dock, two fishermen were currently laughing about something when the water behind them erupted. The men froze as they saw what emerged.
The dinosaur was a spinosaur like Spiny, but she was much smaller and lacked the large sail/spine on her back. She was green all over, with darker green stripes on her back. She also had a very tiny crest in between her eyes. This dinosaur was a Suchomimus.
Shaking the water off herself, the Suchomimus licked her lips and began to get on the boat. Both men screamed and ran away. "Ahh! What is that!?" One of them screamed.
"It's a sea monster!" The other man screamed as he noticed what the Suchomimus was after. "And it wants the fish! Go on, take it! It's yours!" The Suchomimus lowered her head to where they were keeping the fish and began to chow down.
Once she ate her fill, the Suchomimus did a backflip, or just dove back first, into the water. The men just looked over the edge in shock. What the hell was that creature?
(Intro Theme)
At the Taylor household, Terry and the other dinosaurs were having their breakfast while Max, Rex, and Aki watched. "They sure can eat can't they." Aki said as she watched them eat.
"Well, they have big stomachs, so they need a lot to fill them." Max said.
"If they keep this up I'll have to start ordering dog food by the truckload." Aki joked.
"Please, you'd need ten trucks if they were fully grown." Max joked, not realizing what he said.
"You mean they'll get bigger?" Aki asked, getting a little alarmed.
Before Max could answer, Rex put a hand over his mouth. "Max is just fooling around Mrs. Taylor." He told her. "They're all already fully grown."
"That's a relief." Aki said before going back inside.
Once she was gone Rex sighed in relief. "You need to be more careful." He told Max, whose face was turning blue until Rex let him go.
Max took in a big breath of air before addressing his friend. "Sorry, the joke just came to me. And besides, you know how bad it has to be at the lab with the others." He joked with a smile. "I'd hate to see that food bill."
"That is so true." Terry said as he and the others finished their breakfast and went back inside, Rex following shortly after. Max was about to join them when he saw Chomp was still eating his. Or rather, was not eating his. He was currently sitting under the tree with his bowl in front of him, and it was barely touched.
Worried for his friend, Max walked towards him and crouched down. "Hey, bud, you OK?" He asked.
"What'd you think?" Chomp replied bitterly.
Max sighed and sat next to him. "Chomp, I know you're still upset about Thorn and the Card Folio. But I know we'll get them back."
"How'd you know?" Chomp told him, his anger rising. "For all we know, they locked him away somewhere for good."
"That doesn't sound like something the Alpha Gang would do."
"That's what we do with the others."
Max shook his head. "Yes, but not forever. Once we're ready, we can show the world who you really are." Max pulled Chomp in for a hug. "Just always look on the bright side, Chomp. That's what keeps me going every day." The hug helped calm Chomp down and made him think about what Max told him. While it didn't seem like looking on the bright side would bring Thorn back, it was a better idea than being angry and miserable all the time.
As the two had their moment, Rex and the other three dinosaurs suddenly ran back outside. "There's another dinosaur!" Rex told the duo, showing his blinking Dino Holder.
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Once at the lab, Reese used the map so they could get a better look at the signal. "There it is, right on the Mediterranean coast." Spike said. "It looks like...Italy?" He guessed.
"Close, but that's actually Monaco." Reese corrected. "The second smallest country in the world."
"That's right, and of course, we all know the smallest country in the world is Rhode Island."
"Rhode island isn't a country." Max laughed at his dad's wrong answer.
"The smallest country in the world is Vatican." Utah told Spike.
"Let's head out, you guys!" Max told his team.
"All right! I'll be right behind you!" Spike told them.
"But we'd be done and back before you're halfway there." Spiny said.
Spike just sighed as he was bested again by logic. "Can you at least bring me back a souvenir?"
"How about a new Dinosaur Card!" Chomp said cheerfully, which surprised the others that he was being happy again, not that they were opposed to this change. Whatever Max told him must have made him feel better, and they hopped it would stick, especially Paris.
The team got onto the pad and teleported away. Once they were gone, Utah looked at Spike. "How'd you forget Rhode Island's a state, not a country."
"He's an idiot, that's why." Trooper answer from the sanctuary as he was eating a bush while Shep was using his tail as a slide. "Can someone get him off me before I hurt him, by possible accident?" When Mia heard that, the Ankylosaurus soon realized he really should have chosen his words more carefully.
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Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang had already arrived in Monaco a while ago. And they were mostly suffering. Zander and Ed were in their underwear while they both were serving Ursula like slaves while she relaxed in the shade with a new pair of sunglasses she bought. Both men were panting heavily while they were sweating like pigs. "It's hot, Ursula." Ed said as he fanned her with a large leaf.
Ursula just sighed in happiness. "I know. I fact I'd be lovely if you could bring me an ice-cold lemonade, Ed."
"And just how am I supposed to do that?" Ed asked
"Go buy one!" Ursula ordered.
"You spent every penny we had at the Royal Family souvenir auction!" Zander reminded her, who was holding up the umbrella.
"You even sold our plane tickets home!" Ed added.
"Then you tried to pawn the Alpha Scanners, but nobody would give you anything for them." Zander told her.
"Then you made us sell the clothes right off our backs. You kept saying those Princess Grace sunglasses were made for you!" Ed said as they all remembered how Ursula was at the auction.
"Ugh! I'm not leaving here without at least one piece of royalty!" She screamed in frustration while Zander and Ed covered their bodies, having just had their clothes ripped off them and sold.
Ursula chuckled nervously as she remembered everything the boys told her. She was never gonna hear the end of this from both them and Dr.Z. "We're practically naked, but at least you have your precious knock-off sunglasses!" Zander yelled at her.
"Hey! These are real! They came with a warranty!" Ursula retorted, defending her precious sunglasses. "And men's underwear looks just like swimsuits anyway." Ursula told the two.
Just as she said that, a group of people passed by and laughed at the near-naked men. "Something tells me they're not admiring my trunks." Zander said sarcastically with a blush on his face. It took him all his will-power not to rip off Ursula's clothes so she'd know what it felt like.
Suddenly Ed's Scanner began to beep. "Hey, dinosaur!" He alerted the other two. "And according to this, it's close too."
"What? Don't tell Dr.Z was right again." Ursula said.
"He did predict one would show up." Zander reminded her.
Right at that moment, Dr.Z's face appeared on the screen. "How about that? My fortune telling was right again. Now, thanks to me, you are already in position to grab this dinosaur." He said before noticing Zander and Ed's choice of clothing. "Zander and Ed, what are you wearing?"
"W-what'd you mean, sir? We're just awaiting your orders." Ed stammered.
Rod and Laura, who were also in the room at the time, looked at them with puzzled expressions. "Well, I hope you're also awaiting for some pants." Rod said.
"What happened to you guys?" Laura asked. "Did you forget to pack your bathing suits or something?"
"Funny you should ask, Laura. We're undercover so we're blending in with the crowd." Zander told her.
"That's blending in?" Rod asked, obviously not buying the obvious lie.
"Anyway." Ursula butted in. "We got a dinosaur to catch." She said before hanging up.
"And you'd better do it, too!" Dr.Z yelled.
Once the call was over, Rod asked his grandfather. "So, what'd you think their chances are?"
"Bad." Dr.Z answered.
"But they did get a big head start with Grandpa predicting the location." Laura told her brother.
"Yes! And of that prediction goes to waste they'll wish they never heard the word Alpha Gang!" Dr.Z said angrily.
"I don't believe in that fortune-telling junk anyway." Rod said, ignoring his grandpa's tantrum. "There's no science to it."
Dr.Z suddenly stopped his tantrum. "That's it."
"What's it, Grandpa?" Laura asked.
"I'll make a new prediction to see if those three bozos will succeed!" He said before running over to the map table and messing with the bones again.
Rod and Laura sighed as they left the room. When they did, they saw the new arrival watching them. "So this is how they capture dinosaurs?" He asked them. When they responded with a nod, all he could say was. "They're all idiots."
Back in Monaco, the Alpha Gang had just begun to search for the dinosaur. "All right, boys, let's take home a second win in a row." Ursula told them.
"Right!" Both men said as they ran off, only to see Ursula wasn't following them. "Aren't you coming?" Ed asked her.
Ursula stopped her stretch and responded. "Don't you think one of us should stay and enjoy the beauty of Monaco?"
"We're not here on vacation!" Zander reminded her.
"You got Maximus and Armatus. That should be enough." She told them.
"Isn't it bad enough we have to do this in our underpants!" Zander said angrily.
"Yeah, Ursula! We need you and Gigas too since we don't even know what kind of dinosaur we're up against." Ed reminded her.
Ursula frowned as she realized there was no way out of this. "Fine. I can't even catch a break on the French Riviera." She muttered as the hunt began.
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At the docks, the D-Team had just arrived and began to look at their surroundings. "So, I guess this is where it showed up." Max said.
"From what I read about Monaco it's not only a resort: there's tropical wildlife preserves, marine museums, even a world-famous aquarium." Rex told the others.
"And I read that celebrities from all over the world come here for their vacation." Zoe said.
"Yeah." Rex confirmed.
"Maybe we'll see one!" Zoe gushed.
"And the Monaco Grand Prix is a really famous car race." Ace added.
"And this country is supposed to be tiny?" Terry asked. "Man, they really overdid themselves."
Their sightseeing was soon interrupted by a group of fishermen. "Let's get it! Come on!" The lead man shouted as they ran to where the Suchomimus was last seen with spears.
"What's going on?" Max asked the leader.
The leader stopped and addressed the team. "Didn't you kids hear? A giant monster came out from the sea! We've got to chase it away before it devours everything and everyone!"
The group gasped when they heard this. "Did the monster happen to look like a dinosaur?" Max asked him.
"Come to think of it, it did." The fisherman said when he thought about it. "But how did you guys know that?"
"We came here to catch it." Rex told him.
Instead of feeling relieved, the fisherman just looked confused. "How are you going to do that? This thing's huge." He then finally noticed the little dinosaurs at the kids feet. "What are those?"
The group immediately tensed up. "Uh, they're our dogs, sir." Max responded.
"Those aren't dogs!" The fisherman told them, sounding slightly insulted at the kids for thinking he'd fall for that.
Before they could continue, more fishermen ran past them. "It's coming for me!" One screamed before he tripped and fell.
"Hey, are you alright?" Rex asked as they walked up to him.
"The monster came back! And it attacked us again!" The man told him.
"Where is it now?" Max asked him.
"It wiped out the rest of the catch, and then it dove back into the sea. But it'll be back." The man said as he started shaking with fear. "We've all got to get out of town!"
"Don't worry, Mister, we'll catch it for you!" Max proclaimed as he gave a thumbs up.
Before anyone could say anything in response, the lead fisherman yelled when he saw Spiny eating out of a crate containing the fish he caught. "Aaaaah!"
"Spiny! Get out of there!" Zoe told him, but the Spinosaurus didn't listen and continued on eating.
The other fisherman got up to see what was going on. When he saw Spiny, he backed away in horror. "Ah! That thing looks almost exactly like the sea monster, but smaller!" He pointed a finger at the Spinosaurus, who was still eating the fish.
The lead fisherman, seeing the similarities, gripped his spear in anger as he turned to the kids. "You say you catch dinosaurs, but you got smaller dinosaurs walking around with you."
The kids got nervous as the men advanced. "Well, duh! How else can you battle dinosaurs?!" Spiny told the fishermen, having finally stopped eating the fish. "Not with sticks, I can tell you that."
"Spiny!" The other dinosaurs shouted at him for speaking in front of strangers, before quickly realizing the damage was just made worse by scolding him. "Crap." Terry said with wide eyes. The last thing these guys needed to hear was talking dinosaurs.
"They can speak?!" The leader gasped in shock before looking at the kids again, silently demanding an explanation from his furious look.
"It isn't what it looks like." Rex told them.
"It looks fishy." The other fisherman told him.
"We're here to help!" Max said, but to no avail as the fishermen grabbed them all before they could run away.
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"I'll hold onto these things!" The leader said, referring to the Dino Holders, before locking the kids in the ship. "And don't even try to escape!" He warned them.
"You're making a big mistake. We need them!" Max begged.
"How'd you think we knew about the dinosaur!?" Rex asked them, hoping they'll listen.
"Yes, that's what we'd like to know." The leader told them.
"If you don't believe us, contact the D-Lab that sent us here." Zoe told him.
"What's that!? A lab that sends out kids and talking baby dinosaurs?!" He said looking at the cage the six dinosaurs were being held in.
"Actually, we're adults in-"
"Shut up!" The leader yelled at Chomp before kicking the cage. "That sounds even more suspicious." He said before walking off.
Nearby, the Alpha Gang was watching. "Great, those kids beat us here again." Ed said.
"Doesn't matter, they managed to get themselves locked up somehow." Zander reminded him. "Ha, ha!"
"And now that dinosaur is ours for the taking, so let's go!" Ursula told them.
Zander and Ed immediately got nervous and tried to cover their underwear.. "I don't know, Ursula." Ed told her. "The beach was bad enough, but do we really have to walk through town in our undies?"
"Oh, just act casual." Ursula said before dragging them off.
"You can't leave us in here! This is animal abuse! I demand my rights!" Spiny said as he started shaking the bars, or at least trying to since they were metal.
"Shut up, Spiny! It's your fault we're in this mess!" Tank shouted at him.
"How is this my fault?"
"Really?! You ate the fish that those fishermen caught!" The other dinosaurs scooted to the other end of the cage as best as they could to avoid the oncoming confrontation.
"They should have put a sign up." Spiny retorted. "How was I supposed to know it was theirs?"
Before Tank could blow her top at Spiny's idiotic reason, the boat started to shake, knocking the D-Team off balance. The Suchomimus came up from the water right next to it and ran into town to look for more fish. And somehow the fishermen, who were on the same boat, mind you, didn't notice her or feel the boat shake.
Inside, Max and Rex saw what happened through a porthole. "That dinosaur looked like a Spinosaurus." Max said.
"Yeah, but smaller." Rex told him. "I think it was a Suchomimus." He assumed.
"Suchomimus?" Zoe asked, as she either never heard of or forgot about this one.
"It was a dinosaur that was excavated in Africa, near the same place as Spinosaurus." Rex explained. "It was thought to mainly live on fish like Spinosaurus, too, so that would make sense why the fishermen claim it's eating their fish."
"The only way these fishermen are gonna believe us is if we catch that dinosaur!" Zoe said worryingly.
Max looked through the window when he noticed the Alpha Gang were also nearby. And somehow they didn't see the dinosaur either, despite it appearing probably right in front of where they were standing. "It's the old lady!" Max said
Ursula heard those words and got so angry her eyes were red. "Grr! I don't ever want to hear those words again! I'm not an old lady! I am a budding young girl! Do you-"
"Who are you talking to?" Ed asked her.
Ursula realized they didn't hear the insult and tried to play it cool. "I was just thinking aloud, that's all." She said, hiding a blush.
"Are those fishermen still out there?" Rex asked.
"Let me check." Max said. "Hey, fishermen! Let us out! We know what the sea monster is!"
"Shut up!" The leader told them.
Suddenly, Max's Dino Holder came on. "Hey, Max, have you located the dinosaur yet?" Spike asked from the other side.
The leader turned around and saw that one of the devices had a person on it. "I'm not Max. And who are you?" He asked Spike.
Spike got a little worried when he saw some stranger instead of his son, but tried to play it cool. "Who am I? I'll tell you who I am. The question is, eh, who are you? That's...who?" He finished weakly.
The fisherman just looked at him. "That made absolutely no sense at all. You want to try that again?"
"Yes I would, thank you!" Spike said, regaining his composure. "I'm the renowned Dr. Spike Taylor of the D-Lab.
"Never heard of you." The fisherman said. "So it seems the kids were telling the truth about that part."
Spike fell over in embarrassment and Reese just sighed. "Just tell us where his son and his friends are please?" She asked him.
The fisherman shook his head "No can do. They've been taken into custody until further notice."
While anyone else would normally freak out, Reese knew she had some friends that would make negotiations easy. "What was that?" Someone asked before growling.
The fisherman looked to see a very angry-looking group of Salty, Coal, Mia, Utah, the Pteranodon trio, and a slightly beaten-up, but still angry-looking, Trooper. The fisherman blinked a few times when he saw the dinosaurs. "Are those..?"
"Real live dinosaurs?" Reese said. "Yes, yes they are."
"How is that possible?" He asked.
"I think the D-Team we sent out to prevent the dinosaur from destroying your city can answer that." Reese said calmly. "Now you can let them go, or we can do this the easy way."
"But that is the easy way."
Reese shook her head. "No, the easy way would be transporting the rest of the dinosaurs to where you are." She told him. "I have your exact location set and ready to transport." She smirked as she saw the man's pale face when he thought about the angry mob of dinosaurs literally breathing down his neck. "Your move."
"Listen here, I'm going to keep on punching this door until you open it!" Max shouted as he was hitting the door. Soon the door opened and his fist made contact with the fisherman's nuts. The fisherman slumped to the floor in pain while everyone took in what happened. "Oh, sorry about that." Max apologized, but the smile on his face said otherwise.
"Some guy claiming to be your dad and some lab chick are calling on your little TV thing." The fisherman said weakly as he held his wound.
Max quickly grabbed his Dino Holder and addressed his father. "Dad, it's a Suchomimus!"
Spike, who was back on his feet, told his son. "You have to catch it quick, son. But to do that, you'll have to show these men what you can do with the cards, and prove that you're for real."
"Really?!" Max asked with a smile on his face.
Spike gave his son a thumbs up. "Give 'em a little taste."
"All right!" Max said before he hung up.
Once Max told his friends the plan, they carded all their dinosaurs in front of the fishermen, who were shocked at what they just saw. "Your sea monster's a Suchomimus." Max explained. "And we'll use these to catch it."
"DINO SLASH!"
All six dinosaurs appeared in their true forms in front of the men. They all backed up when they saw the tiny dinosaurs turn into big ones. It was even more shocking when they disappeared into cards in a second and reappeared as tiny chibis. Max chuckled when he saw the fishermen's expressions.
"I can't believe what I just saw." The leader said once he regained his composure.
"What'd ya think now, fellas? Are you convinced?" Spike asked.
"I don't know what to think." The fisherman told him as he looked like he was about to faint.
"You've got to let the kids do their thing." Spike told him.
The leader thought for a bit before asking his partner. "Mm, should we let them go?"
The team's faces lit up when it seemed they'd get a chance. "Even if they are on the level, we can't have dinosaurs running all over town." The other fisherman reminded the leader.
The leader nodded. "We'll let one of you go." He told the kids.
"Thank you, sir!" They all beamed with gratitude.
"I'll go!" Max volunteered right off the bat.
"Why you?" Rex asked, little upset Max asked before him.
"Chomp and Terry would clobber it." Max told him.
Rex shook his head. "Ace and Tank would do better. You saw how fast it was, Ace and Tank mix speed and power while you just have power." He explained.
Max growled as he realized Rex had a point. "But it can also swim." Paris suddenly interjected. "We know Ace won't go into the water, and I don't Tank will do much better." She reminded everyone, Ace's shuddering proving her point.
"Unfortunately, she's right. I don't know how to swim and fight at the same time." Tank admitted, much to her and Rex's disappointment.
"Then I'll do it!" Max said as he realized he won the argument.
At least he thought he did. "I think you're forgetting, Max, we have someone who's both fast and can swim." Zoe told the brunette.
"Who is..." Tank asked before she realized who Zoe and Paris were referring to. "No! No! No! That's it! We're doomed! Game over! We're done!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, startling nearly everyone in the area.
"Tank, it's really not that bad." Ace assured her.
Tank pounced on Ace so hard she was almost choking him. "Not that bad?! Our hope for success lies with Spiny!" She said as she pointed to the Spinosaurus with her tail.
"There's a caterpillar over here." Spiny said as he watched the little creature crawl past him.
Zoe saw Tank's distress and comforted her, gently rubbing the Saichania's head. "Don't worry, Tank, you can count on us!" She said as she gave a thumbs up. Yet Tank's expression of anger and bitterness didn't change in the slightest.
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Meanwhile, The Alpha Gang were currently inside Monaco's famous aquarium. "What exactly are we doing in an aquarium, Ed?" Ursula asked.
"According to the Alpha Scanner, the dinosaur's last position was right near here." He told her.
"I haven't been this embarrassed since I was pantsed in gym class." Zander said. While Ed's underwear could be mistaken for a swimsuit, with its size and stripes, he wasn't so lucky, stuck with basic white ones that only covered his privates and exposed most of his legs. It didn't help that his legs also had a lot of hair on them, which made it even more embarrassing.
Ursula growled. "Then maybe you should hurry up and find the dinosaur!" She had it up to here with their constant complaining.
Suddenly, the Suchomimus dove into one of the tanks and started snacking on the fish inside. "Never mind! It just found us!" Ed said as he got his scanner ready. But before he could summon someone to battle, the Suchomimus' tail slammed against the glass, causing it to shatter and flood the room. While everyone ran away or was swept by the current, the Suchomimus continued on her hunt. "It's lucky we were dressed for this, huh, Zander?" Ed asked as he and Ursula held onto a giant polar bear statue.
"Very fortunate." Zander replied as he hung onto a sign next to the statue. It was unknown if he was being sarcastic or not.
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Meanwhile, Zoe had just sent her plan into motion to lure out the Suchomimus. She was currently in the back of a pick-up truck driven by the lead fisherman with Spiny and a large amount of fish with her. "I hope luring this dinosaur out isn't a mistake." The fisherman told her.
"If all goes according to plan, it won't be." She told him while stopping Spiny from eating the fish. "Focus, Spiny. It could be anywhere."
"Then maybe it's in the fish." Spiny said as he looked at the fish sternly, waiting for the Suchomimus to jump out, despite the impossibility.
Back at the docks, Max, Rex, and the other dinos were waiting to see if Zoe and Spiny would return victorious or not. "So, you think Zoe's gonna be OK?" Paris asked.
"I still think it should have been me that went." Max complained.
"Come on, look on the bright side." Chomp told his partner what he told him.
"I am. I just wanted to go." Max complained, which made the others sweatdrop.
"Still, even if the plan of using fish for bait does work, Spiny will just help the Suchomimus eat it all." Tank said, imagining how it would play out in her head, which was the two of them feasting on a large pile of fish.
"Spiny has more self-control than that." Terry told her. "He only ate the fishermen's fish because he didn't know it was theirs."
"No, he doesn't!" Tank snapped. "His brain is, at best, the size of a walnut! I'd like to remind you all that Spiny has never won a battle before!"
"He did in Egypt." Paris said, starting to get annoyed with Tank's attitude. "In fact, we may have lost if it weren't for him."
"Pfff! That's hard to believe." Paris growled quietly at Tank's attitude. She knew Spiny better than any of them, considering they lived together. He wasn't a weak as he seemed, and she knew he'd prove that today.
Back with Zoe and Spiny, they were still driving when Spiny saw something in the water. "Look, whales!" Zoe looked where he was looking and saw a green shape appear and disappear into the water. "I think it was a humpback."
It turned out actually to be the Suchomimus as she jumped in front of the truck and nearly stepped on it. The fisherman quickly dodged and sped the truck up. When she saw her meal was vanishing, the Suchomimus began to give chase.
"Well, it looks like your fish bait worked." The fisherman told Zoe.
"Yeah, but can you pull the truck over?" Zoe asked him. It was the best way so they could battle her.
"Are you kidding me! No!" The fisherman said before speeding up more. No way was he going near that thing! "Ahh!" He screamed as he saw the Suchomimus right on top of them.
"You've got to stop! Mister, pull the truck over!" When she didn't get a reply, Zoe realized it was time to do things the hard way. "Guess we have to go to plan B." She said before getting Spiny ready.
"DINO SLASH! GUSH OUT, SPINOSAURUS!"
Once he was out, the world turned into a Battlefield. "A Battlefield!" Max said excitedly. "That means Zoe found the dinosaur!"
"Told you they could do it." Paris told Tank.
"He still has to beat it first." Tank said. "Plus, who's to say it wasn't the Alpha Gang who found it?" She muttered.
Speaking of which, the Alpha Gang had just come out of an alleyway, panting, when they saw the truck and two dinosaurs race by. "That little brat." Ursula growled.
"She's already got one of her dinosaurs out here." Ed finished.
"Fine. We'll send one of ours out, too." Zander said before grabbing his Alpha Scanner and summoning Maximus. "Maximus, follow those dinosaurs! And step on it!" He told her before the Triceratops joined the race.
The truck quickly made a turn with the Suchomimus hot on its heels. Spiny followed directly, almost slamming into a wall due to his larger size, and Maximus simply went through the turn. "I knew this was a bad idea." The fisherman said to himself. "I got myself into the Dinosaur Grand Prix, and the winner gets me for lunch!"
Eventually, the race was able to be seen by the rest of the team. "Awesome! You almost got 'em!" Max cheered.
"You're doing great!" Rex added.
"You can do it, Spiny!" Paris cheered as loud as she could. Tank just watched silently, a little surprised he made it this far.
In order to keep the Suchomimus from leaving the race to find easier food, Zoe occasionally tossed fish so the Suchomimus would still want it. And, frankly, this was the best fish she's tasted all day.
Back in the rear, Maximus was starting to get tired. "Why did I skip breakfast again!?" She asked herself.
"Maximus looks like she's running out of gas already!" Zander told the others.
"Then do something about it!" Ursula ordered him, even though he wasn't giving Maximus any commands.
Seeing no better option, Maximus decided to take another path through some alleyways to ambush the truck and capture both dinosaurs. "Look, she's taking a shortcut." Zander pointed out before she disappeared from their view.
"But isn't that cheating?" Ed asked.
"No, it's only cheating if you get caught." Ursula said.
But Maximus was caught by Spiny. Only he didn't see this as cheating. "Wait, I didn't know we could use shortcuts." He said when he saw Maximus take another path. Thanks to his stronger legs, Spiny was able to leap from the tops of many buildings like a superhero to catch up to the others. "I'm Superman!" He announced to anyone listening.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Ursula yelled when she saw what Spiny was doing.
"But you just said-" Ed was cut off by Ursula threatening to bash his face.
"That only implies when it's us! We're villains, they're not!" She told the cowering man.
When the truck reached another part of the harbor, Maximus leaped in front of the truck and caused the Fisherman to lose his grip. Zoe fell out while the truck slide until it fell on its side. "Aah!"
As the Suchomimus arrived and Maximus got ready to finish her off, Spiny suddenly descended from the sky and knocked Maximus away with his head. "I believe I can fly!" He said as he did said actions.
"Good job, Spiny." Zoe said as she got back up.
Maximus recovered and charged again at the Spinosaurus. Spiny saw this coming and batted her away with his tail. "Batter up." Spiny said as he grabbed Maximus by the throat and spun her around many times before finally letting go. "Four!" He cried as Maximus landed in the water, the impact creating a small wave that shook the docked boats, and returned to her card. "Goal!" Spiny cheered.
"All right!" Zoe cheered before she remembered the Suchomimus was still there and able to fight. "Watch out, Spiny!"
Despite her warning, Spiny didn't have time to dodge as the Suchomimus charged forward knocked him down. He got back up and tried to hit her with his tail, but she leapt up high into the air and knocked him back down, sending the Spinosaurus sliding across the ground. "Aw, crap." Spiny said as he realized he was getting too tired to fight after the race and scuffle with Maximus. "I think I may have ran out of HP." To make sure he didn't get up, the Suchomimus grabbed Spiny by the throat and started to bite down, slowly withering away his energy.
"No!" Zoe cried as it seemed it was over as the Suchomimus bit harder and harder. But luck was on her side when Spiny was able to kick the Suchomimus away and get back up. "All right! Now let's finish this up once and for all!" Zoe said before activating her Move Card. "Shockwave!"
"Let's do this!" Spiny roared as water surrounded him. He fired the tendrils at the Suchomimus. But, unlike the last time when he used it, the water didn't surround the Suchomimus. Instead, it just struck her and sent her flying.
The Suchomimus landed on her back and struggled for a bit before finally getting carded.
"Way to go! You did it, Spiny!" Zoe cheered as she ran to pick up the card. "We got another Dinosaur Card." She then turned to the fisherman. "I think you guys can go back to fishing now."
"So, I guess you kids really are dinosaur hunters, aren't you?"
Zoe shook her head. "I wouldn't say, dinosaur hunters. We're more, dinosaur friends."
"Well, either way, you're really brave." This comment made Zoe blush in embarrassment.
"Well, I hope that wasn't too much of a shock." Spiny said. "Eh? Eh?"
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Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang were currently looking for where Maximus is after the Battlefield disappeared. Ed checked the scanner, but all it said was 'target missing'. "Hmm, we've lost Maximus' signal." Ed told the others.
"That's strange. I wonder where she could have gone." Zander said.
Ursula continued on looking until she saw something floating in the water. "Aaah!" She gasped, alerting her teammates. "That's Maximus' card floating out there." Realizing what they had to do, they all took a deep breath and dove right in.
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Back with the D-Team, Zoe and Spiny had just showed them the Suchomimus Card they obtained. "Great job, guys." Chomp said.
"We knew you could do it." Max said.
"Well, almost all of us." Paris said as she looked in Tank's direction with a small glare.
"Hmph!" Tank simply huffed and looked away. This was too embarrassing for her, and it wounded her pride.
"Aw, don't worry, buddy." Spiny said as he walked over to Tank. "You'll get your chance next time." He told her, not understanding the reason for Tank's attitude.
"I'm sorry we doubted you kids." The lead fisherman apologized. "To make up for it, well let your...dogs eat all the fish they want."
"Too bad half of them are herbivores." Max muttered, but loud enough for the others to hear and chuckle.
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Things weren't looking so good for the Alpha Gang once they told Dr.Z the obvious news. "Once again you fail completely!" Dr.Z said over the communicator. "Not only did you lose the Dinosaur Card, but you also made the Alpha Gang an underpants wearing laughingstock! As punishment, I refuse to pay for your tickets back home!"
"What!?" The Alpha Gang gasped. "But we don't have any money." Ursula said.
"And it's hard to get a job without-" Zander was cut off when Dr.Z hung up in anger.
"Dr.Z, your dinner is ready." Helga said as she approached him.
"What'd you want!?" The Doctor yelled at the same time before realizing who he was addressing. "Heh heh."
"I see. A little cranky are we? I guess you won't being eating after all. Too bad, cause I made your favorite, Liverwurst Pancakes." Helga said before walking off.
"No! Wait! Please! I love Liverwurst!" Dr.Z begged.
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Back and Monaco, Spiny, full-sized, and the Suchomimus, named Sushi, were inside one of the boats, having an all-you-can-eat fish buffet. "Man, this is so good!" Sushi said.
"I know! Why is it everyone else hates fish?" Spiny asked.
"Because they don't understand the greatness of sushi." Sushi said.
Both of them laughed at her pun before continuing their meal, all the while Tank, in ber chibi-form just watched silently from above. "Maybe he's not as useless as he comes off as." She thought. "Though they're gonna eat more fish than Sushi was eating beforehand at this rate."
Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang were having a sale to give themselves enough money to go home. "Step right up, folks. Best food on the beach." Ed said to the gathering crowd.
"With prices to match." Zander added. "You can't beat the Alpha Gourmets."
"Corn on the cob roasted to perfection and seasoned just the way you like it." Ed said as he was fanning some corn he had over a grill. "Come and get it!"
"The way this stuff is selling, we could be flying home as soon as tomorrow." Zander said as he worked on the gourmets. "Not only that, we should be able to scrape enough to buy a couple pairs of pants." He said eagerly.
"But not until we hit the party scene." Ursula interrupted, lounging in the sun in a swimsuit. "With these sunglasses, my picture will be in so many magazines I'll be famous."
"Yeah, I bet they'll be talking about you so much your ears will be burning." Ed joked.
"Watch it, your ears are burning." She warned the short man.
Sure enough, Ed forgot to fan the corn for a bit. Trying to grab one, he yelped when it burned his hand. This caused him to accidentally toss it into Ursula's ear.
Ursula paused for a bit as she felt something in her ear, before screaming when she felt the pain. "Aah! My ear is burning! My ear is burning!" She screamed as she dove into the water to put the fire out.
"Ursula, can you bring that corn back? The customers are waiting."
Ursula growled. "Oh, I'll bring it back alright! And when I do, you'll be getting an earful!"
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Reese: A dinosaur in the middle of the ocean?
Max: The Alpha Gang must be close
Rex: Real close!
Dr.Z: Intruders!
Ursula: Since you've made it this far, your reward will be the introduction of our newest member!
A/N: Well that's the last chapter for the summer. Hope you all enjoyed. Don't worry, I still have a schedule that will give you constant updates.
The reason why I made it Spiny over Ace who battled Sushi was simple. Spiny hasn't had a moment to shine and I wanted to give him one.
The results for the poll were a 50/50 tie between Ace and Tank. Thank you DaDog and Nphillips0115 for voting. I will have a new poll for Zoe's team out for the next two chapters, so if you missed the previous poll, vote now. I think I know who will win.
See you all next time.