Field of Screams
Disclaimer: Dinosaur King is owned by Sunrise, Shout Factory, 4kidsTV, and any other company I missed. I own nothing
"Talking"
Thinking
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In the city of Olé in Brazil, a huge parade was taking place. Many people had brightly colored floats and clothes and danced across the street while others watched. The event was also being recorded and broadcasted around the world. "You can feel the excitement in Brazil as the Olé Festival shifts into high gear." The Anchorwoman said as the camera panned from the screen to her. "But it's the main event that has fans anxiously awaiting. And that's the festival's Olé Cup soccer match. This international tournament began with 32 teams, but only one will emerge from the finals as the world champion of soccer." She said as various photos of the stadium and people cheering were shown.
Back in Brazil, while everyone in town cheered with excitement, far in the outskirts of the city, a capsule fell into a bush and activated the card. The dinosaur was an ornithopod, but lacking a duckbill so it wasn't a hadrosaur, instead being a type from the iguanodont group. It had a gray body, with grayish-green spots all over. On both of its arms were spikes where the thumbs would be. But the main feature was a large, yellow nose. This dinosaur was an Altirhinus.
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At the Taylor Household, Max and Rex's groups were all watching the soccer match on TV. "We're just minutes away from kickoff at the Olé Cup finals." A male news reporter said. "And the stadium is packed with fans from both teams. Who will take home the trophy?" He asked. "Will it be the local champions, Team Olé, or the powerful Euro FC? It could come down to a battle between these two superstars, Ricardo and Deckham." When he finished, images of both players appeared on screen.
"Probably Euro, don't you think?" Rex asked his partners, all three of them sitting on the couch.
"They have been having a good record all season." Ace replied. "So I think it's highly likely."
Before Tank could add her thoughts, Max interrupted. "You eggheads got it all wrong! Euro's gonna lose big time. Olé's gonna clobber 'em." He was currently outside, bouncing a soccer ball on his knees. "I bet Ricardo gets ten goals."
"That's two more than what I bet." Chomp added.
"Right, Ricardo." Rex said with an all-knowing smile. "I guess I must have forgotten what a big Ricardo fan you are, Max."
"I'm his biggest fan!" The brunette corrected. "Did you know he trains at home by playing soccer with his dog? So if I practice playing with Chomp and Terry, maybe I'll be twice as good as Ricardo someday."
"We'll see about that!" Terry said as he swiped the ball from Max and began dribbling it away with a mixture of his head and kicking.
"Hey! That's a foul!" Max said as he ran after the Tyrannosaurus. "Get back here!"
"Chomp, catch!" Using his head, Terry passed the ball to the Triceratops, who stopped it with his feet before putting it in his mouth and popped it. "You're not supposed to use your mouth!" The Tyrannosaurus yelled at him.
"You know I can't help but bite into things!" Chomp replied in defense.
"I guess practice is over." Max sighed as he picked up the flattened ball.
"Looks like Ricardo won't be worrying anytime soon." Tank joked as the TV switched from talking about Ricardo to Deckham.
"Ooh! Deckham is on!" Zoe screamed as she and her team ran into the room and sat right in front of the TV. "Wow! How cool is he?! I don't know who started calling him the Prince of Europe, but they couldn't be more right!" She fangirled.
"I didn't know you were such a soccer fan, Zoe." Rex told her.
"It's really only when Deckham is playing." Paris explained.
"Of course." Zoe added. "I bet he's gonna score the winning goal today, too." She fantasized.
"What?!" Max exclaimed as he entered the room. "No way! Team Olé's gonna win today because Ricardo's gonna make sure of it!"
"Dream on, Max. Navin Deckham has it won." Zoe told him, unintimidated by his claims. "He's the best player in the whole world. Not to mention he's totally hot, but that goes without saying." She gushed, putting a hand to her ear.
"It takes more than great looks to become a great soccer player. And there's no possible way a pretty boy like Navin Deckham is taking home the Olé Cup." Max retorted.
"Sounds to me like you're jealous, Max." Zoe glared back at him.
"I am not!"
Zoe's expression then softened into a more smug one "But, I can understand why. Not everyone can be both an amazing athlete and super cute and the same time, you know? Stop being so hard on yourself." She teased.
"This isn't about me! Ricardo and Olé are better!" Max stomped his foot on the floor in frustration.
"We'll find out soon, right?" She shrugged smugly
"We don't need to find out! Augh! Why won't you just admit that Olé is the best?!" Max yelled while throwing his head back, getting really frustrated with Zoe's worshiping of Deckham.
"Because they don't have Deckham." Zoe sighed happily.
Rex and the others watched the banter between the two in silence. Well, except for Chomp and Terry, who were outside having a tug of war over what was left of the ball, and Spiny, who chanted. "Ship! Ship! Ship! Ship!" It was then the Dino Holder started beeping. "Ship?"
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Once they were at the D-Lab, Reese was able to pinpoint the dinosaur's location. "Where'd the dinosaur appear, Reese?" Max asked.
"South America." She replied. "Near the town of Olé."
"Olé?" Everyone gasped in surprise, minus Zoe who looked more excited.
"I remember Olé." Spike told them. "One spring break I went there for the festival." He then pulled out two maracas and shook them. "Boom, shaka, laka, la!"
"That festival's going on now!" Max exclaimed at his father.
"What if the dinosaur hurts Navin Deckham?!" Zoe asked in horror.
"Or anyone else." Spiny added casually.
"You mean the soccer player?" Reese asked, her attention suddenly peaked, which rarely happened.
"That's right." Spike realized. "There are thousands of people there for the festival and the soccer game. A huge panic over a dinosaur could cause a lot of injuries."
"Let's get going then." Rex said as he led the others onto the platform.
"Good luck. Enjoy the parade, kids." Spike said as they teleported away.
Once they were gone, Reese pulled a tiny picture of Deckham out of her lab coat. "Navin Deckham. What a babe."
"Huh?" Spike asked in confusion of her attitude change from normal, making Reese blush in embarrassment as she hid the card back in her coat.
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In Brazil, the Alpha Gang was already there and were currently dressed up as sphinxes and an Egyptian queen in the parade. "Why are we doing this?" Zander asked Ursula. "I don't see any dinosaur in this parade."
"Neither do I. And this costume's starting to itch." Ed added.
"Quiet. You're supposed to be guard dogs, and dogs don't talk." Ursula hissed.
"We're not dogs, we're sphinxes. Which are half-lion, not dog." Zander corrected.
"That's great. I have one half-lion and the other half-clown working with me. Maybe if you had half a brain, you could help me find that dinosaur."
"But I do have half a brain." Ed told her. "And anyway, how are we suppose to see it in this giant crowd?"
"Hey! Maybe if we climb up on that gorilla float, we'll have a better view?" Zander suggested as he pointed to the float.
"That's actually a good idea." Ursula admitted. "Onward and upward!"
"And we're off!" Zander and Ed said, about to run to the float, before Ursula whacked them on the head with her staff.
"Wait! Stay in character. Keep dancing." She hissed. The trio hummed a conga tune as they went over to the gorilla float. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."
On another side of the parade, the D-Team were watching the floats and dancers pass by. "This crowd is huge." Paris said, slightly uncomfortable at the huge amount of people present.
"I can see why. It's an awesome parade." Terry replied, oblivious too her worry.
They all then heard the noise of people screaming. "What's all that about?" Max asked as he looked to where the screaming came from. Expecting to see the crowd getting eaten, chased, or trampled by a dinosaur, he instead saw a bus with people near an open window repeatedly chanting 'Ricardo'. "Is that Ricardo?" He asked as he squinted to get a better look. Sure enough, Ricardo was out signing autographs before his big game. "It is him! I don't believe it! Team Olé! Yay!" He cheered as he ran to get an autograph.
"Wait. Hold on, Max!" Chomp and Terry said as they ran after him.
"Forget it. He's obviously already forgotten what it is we even came here for." Rex said to himself. "Right, Zoe. Uh, Zoe?" Rex asked as he noticed her making weird eyes.
"It's really him! He's even cuter in person!" She gushed as she saw a bus with Deckham pass. "Deckham! Over here Deckham!" She ran over to the bus, her team in pursuit, and pushed herself to the front. "Excuse me! Excuse me!" She eventually made it to where she was face to face with him. "I'm your biggest fan in the whole universe." She told him with a huge blush on her face. "Could I have your autograph, Mr. Deckham, please?"
"You're awesome!" Spiny shouted, though Deckham couldn't see him through all the people.
"Where do I sign?" The soccer player asked Zoe.
"Uh, uh!" Zoe frantically looked around when she noticed she didn't have any paper on her before finding a perfect substitute. "On her!" She said as she held up Paris to him.
"Huh?" Both Deckham and Paris said at the same time.
"That's perfect." Rex muttered to those remaining. "They've both forgotten why we came here."
"It's to ruin the soccer game, right?" Spiny asked, rejoining them.
"No, but we'll probably end up doing that anyway." Tank replied sarcastically, knowing how these things go.
Then heavy footsteps were both heard and felt, snapping Max and Zoe both out of their fan-crazes and regrouping with the rest. On the gorilla float, the Alpha Gang was on top looking for the dinosaur. Well, Ursula was currently stuck in one of the gorilla's arms. "Ow! Let me go! Stop it! Put me down you big ape!" She whined as she struggled in the gorilla's grasp. "Didn't you see the movie? You're supposed to love the beautiful woman, not crush her into jelly."
"Too easy?" Zander asked Ed when they heard Ursula's last comment.
"Too easy." Ed replied.
"Hey, Ed. If this thing's on wheels, what's making those loud footsteps?"
"I've got a pretty good guess. Ursula, behind you!" Ed exclaimed when he saw what was responsible.
Ursula turned around and saw herself face to face with the Altirhinus. The herbivore roared before tearing apart the gorilla float with the swing of his head from underneath, sending the Alpha Gang high into the air and the crowd into a panic.
"Whoa! Is that an Iguanadon?" Zoe asked when they saw the dinosaur.
"No. With that big nose, that's got to be an Altirhinus." Ace corrected her identification.
Seeing the float was destroyed, the Altirhinus decided to leave and look for something else to do. "Let's get him." Terry said.
"Right." The others replied as they ran after it.
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The Altirhinus continued searching until he stumbled upon a truck carrying melons. The truck driver and everyone else in the marketplace ran for their lives while the Altirhinus started eating the melons. "There he is!" Terry said as he led the others to the dinosaur.
"That's right. Altirhinus were herbivores." Max said.
"Looks like this one was starving." Rex commented.
"You'd be hungry too if you were in a card for possibly years." Tank replied.
"I know I can relate." Chomp joked.
"Never mind that. He's gonna wipe out the whole marketplace." Zoe said.
"Ace, let's take care of this." Rex told the Carnotaurus before recalling him.
"DINO SLASH! CARNOTAURUS, BLOW HIM AWAY!"
Ace landed and immediately knocked the Altirhinus down with a tackle, also knocking the truck away. The Carnotaurus roared before charging forward for another attack. But the Altirhinus got back up and hit the Carnotaurus in the face with his tail before doing it again and knocked him down. "Ace! Get up, pal!" Rex told him.
The Altirhinus went in for the finishing blow, but Ace bumped heads with him before hitting him with his tail and starting to push him back. "All right!" Max cheered.
"Yeah! Keep it coming, Ace!" Rex supported.
Sadly the fight attracted unwanted attention. "I'll take over from here."
Everyone turned to see who said that. "It's the Alpha Gang!" Paris exclaimed worryingly. Ursula pulled out a scanner and got a card ready.
"GO GET 'EM, MAXIMUS! SHOW 'EM HOW IT'S REALLY DONE!"
Maximus appeared and leapt over the D-Team to where the fight was, all of them gasping at her jumping power. "Wow!"
She landed right behind Ace and knocked him away from her main target with a swing from her horns. "Nothing personal." She said to the Carnotaurus, even though that was probably a lie.
"Hey! Old lady, we were here first!" Zoe yelled at Ursula for interrupting their fight.
"Augh! You'll pay for saying that!" Ursula told her. "Maximus, forget about the dinosaur, and go crush that snot-nosed girl!" She ordered the Triceratops.
"But, the dinosaur?" Zander reminded her.
"Yeah, what if Dr.Z finds out?" Ed asked.
"All right, fine!" Ursula gave in, not wanting to face Dr.Z's wrath. "Get the dinosaur first. Then pummel the pipsqueak."
"Already on it." Maximus replied before she grabbed onto Ace's tail before he could attack the Altirhinus again.
"Let me go!" Ace struggled, kicked her in the face with her feet.
"We'll have to defeat Maximus before we can go after Altirhinus, Ace!" Rex told him.
Ace nodded and continued kicking until Maximus let go. He leapt in front of her and the two of them then meet in a headlock. "Hang in there, Ace! Come on!" Zoe urged.
"All right. This has gone on long enough." Ursula said. "Hurry up. Use her Move Card, Zander." Ursula told the tall man, who had the scanner now.
"Here it goes! Spectral Punisher!"
Large crystals formed on Maximus' horns before she fired at Ace, scrapping many buildings to reach her target. The Carnotaurus ran as fast as he could to get away before finally doing a backflip over the laser. "What?!" The whole Alpha Gang gasped.
"Whoa. That was a dodge." Max said in shock.
"That was nothing." Ace told them. "Rex, now!"
"You got it!" Rex said as he knew the Move Card Ace wanted. "Ultimate Wind!"
Ace glowed blue before roaring and charging forward. A few seconds later, he leapt into the air and flew like a missile. He continued flying 'till he collided with Maximus in an explosion of wind and stopped behind her. The Triceratops collapsed and returned to her card. "Way to go!" The D-Team cheered.
"Wha?! Aah!" Zander and Ed exclaimed before running to retrieve the card. They haven't seen a Move like that since that combo Max did back at Zeta Point.
"You guys, where'd the Altirhinus go?" Max asked.
"Must've ran away while we were fighting." Ace hypothesized.
"That's just great. Thanks a lot, Alpha Gang!" Tank yelled at them.
"Ha! Well, it was our pleasure." Ursula said smugly as she picked up Maximus' card. "You know, nothing makes our day quite like ruining yours."
"I think I know how to ruin it worse." Ed said with a smile.
"And I think I like what you're thinking." Zander told him. "Let's go!" They all said as they ran after the Altirhinus.
"No way. We've got to get to the dinosaur before they do." Max told his teammates.
"Right." They all agreed before running off as well.
In another part of town, the Altirhinus had found the building where the floats were being held. Seeing this as a great place to crash after the meal and fight, he laid on the floor and went to sleep.
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"So, Max, tell me again why you think we should head to the stadium to look for it?" Rex asked the brunette.
"Because that's where the game is gonna be. So, of course, that's where Altirhinus is gonna go, too." Max replied.
"What?" Terry asked. "Why would he care about that?"
"I don't think dinosaurs watch soccer, especially wild ones. Don't you think he'd probably go look for food in the mountains or something?" Rex asked.
"Nope. There's food at the game." Max told him.
"Right. I'm sure he'll love nachos." The blonde replied sarcastically.
Chomp stopped mid-step when he started putting the pieces together. "You're not just taking us there so you can see the game, are you?" He asked Max.
"Whaaaaat? Nooooo! I honestly believe the dinosaur would want to go and see the game himself!" Max retorted, obviously doing a bad job sounding like he was not lying. Everyone rolled their eyes as they continued.
"Heads up!" Someone said as a ball rolled towards them. Chomp stopped the ball with his horns and rolled the ball back to them. "Hey, look, he's pretty good." The boy who kicked the ball told them.
Chomp tried to bite the ball to see if this one was more stable than their own before Max stopped him. "Don't bite that, Chomp." Max hissed as he scoped him up. "Sorry about that. He'll chomp down on anything. Here you go." He said as he kicked the ball over a fence to the other side, where a group of kids were playing their own game of soccer.
"Nice kick." The boy said as he caught the ball. "Why don't you come over and play with us for a while?"
"That'd be awesome. It's gonna feel like I'm practically playing in the Olé Cup myself." Max said with a smile. "Count me in!"
"Time out, Max." Rex pulled him back by the hood. "Do you even remember what we're here for? We still haven't found that Altirhinus." He reminded him.
"That's probably because he's asleep somewhere. After he wakes up, we'll find him easy."
"Uh..."
"So, let's play!" Max said as he ran to the game.
"Don't forget me. I'll play midfield!" Zoe said as she joined him.
"Guess that means I'm goalie again." Rex sighed as he joined them, knowing it was going to end badly for him.
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Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang had decided to try searching through the parade once again with a new float they designed. "Olé, everyone. Olé!" Ursula said as she and the others waved from the top of their float.
"They love our float." Zander said as he noticed the crowd talking about their float and taking pictures of it.
"Yeah! This was a really great plan, Ursula." Ed praised.
"There's nothing about this that doesn't make me want to kill you all." Armatus muttered. He was the float. Decorated with a pink hat, ribbons going along his side that were wrapped around his plates, and a pink bow with an umbrella on his tail.
"Calm down, Armatus." Ursula told him. "If that Altirhinus shows up, you'll already be out and ready to fight." She reminded him.
"Right, and with a getup like this on, nobody will even guess that you're real." Zander added before chortling.
"If Maximus sees me like this, I swear to god." Armatus muttered before he was interrupted by a barking dog. "I don't have time for you!" He roared at it, scaring the dog off.
"Settle down, Armatus. Take it easy." Ursula said softly to him.
"Down, boy." Zander and Ed replied.
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In the float storage building, a group of men were looking over one of the floats. It was one with a giant grass soccer ball. "I don't get this float." One of the men said.
"What's to get? It's a soccer ball made of grass." Another replied.
"I know, but why so big? It doesn't even fit in the goals."
Just then the Altirhinus came out of hiding. "Holy! A dinosaur! Get back!" The men all ran away while the Altirhinus teared the float apart to reach the grass ball. Once he did, he gave the ball a shove with his nose and rolled it off the float.
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Back with the D-Team, the game was reaching its climax. "Great pass!" Zoe complimented her teammate.
"Shoot it, Max!" The boy from earlier said as he passed it to the brunette.
"Here it goes! Gooooal!" Max cheered as he scored a goal.
Rex was unable to do anything except fall onto the ground in a failed attempt to catch the ball. "This is why I play defense." He muffled through the ground.
"That was a lot of fun." Zoe said as they all met up in the middle of the court.
"Great game, you guys." Max told the boy before shaking his hand. "Thanks a lot."
"Thank you, Max."
Off to the side, the dinosaurs were watching the game. "It's amazing that soccer is the same everywhere." Paris said. "You could play with anyone no matter where in the world they come from."
"And that's why people consider soccer to be the greatest game in the universe." Chomp said.
"And now breaking news." The Anchorwoman said over the TV.
"What's going on?" Rex asked as he and the other kids went to where the TV was.
"A dinosaur has appeared on the road leading to the stadium where the Olé Cup finals are about to begin."
"See? I told you he'd head for the stadium." Max said smugly to Rex, who just sighed in embarrassment, mostly from the game. "Come on. We've got to hurry up and get there, too." He said before grabbing his socks and shoes, since the game was played barefoot.
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"Give it up for our winning samba dancing team, the Alpha Ganglers!" A fabulous-looking announcer said as the crowd cheered while the trio and their 'float' stood on the stage and revived their praise.
"Thank you all! You have excellent taste." Ursula beamed, all three wearing yellow leis around their necks and waving their hands in the air as a sign of gratitude and enthusiasm. "Let the thrill of our victory carry you through the day!""
The only one not celebrating was Armatus, who still was upset about being the float and having to wear bows and ribbons. "If this ever comes up again, there will be no mercy." He growled quietly, but his threat was unheard.
Unfortunately, the mostly happy moment couldn't last as Dr.Z called them on the Alpha Scanner. "What is this?!" He asked once he was picked up, a projection of him popping out of the screen like it was a 3D hologram. "Am I watching a new episode of 'Dancing with the Fools?!'"
"Dr.Z?"
"That dinosaur is out causing all sorts of trouble, while you three are here doing the rumba!"
"Samba." Ursula corrected.
"Never mind, look!" The screen then changed to show the Altirhinus pushing the soccer ball to the stadium.
"Hey! Almost looks like it's playing soccer." Ed giggled.
"That's because it is playing soccer!" Dr.Z yelled. "In fact, its love of soccer is exactly what you're going to use to capture it." He said before cackling.
"I'm not sure I follow." Ursula said.
"Are we going to start up a Dinosaur League?!" Zander asked excitedly.
"No, you pea-brain!" Dr.Z said as his image appeared again, making Zander frown in disappointment. "But if I told you any more, you'll only mess it up." He said, crossing his arms and looking away smugly. "All I can say is that you'll need Armatus' skills for this. Just go to the stadium and await for further orders." He told them before hanging up.
"You've been great, folks! See you next year." Zander said hastily as they recalled Armatus and made a break for the stadium. "Exit, stage right!" They announced together, leaving the crowd confused as to where the float went.
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"I'm reporting these images live from Olé Stadium, where fans are in a panic, rushing to evacuate amid reports that the dinosaur is heading right for it." The Anchorwoman said as she showed the footage. "And here it comes, a huge dinosaur, rolling... a giant ball made of grass?" She said with confusion over what exactly was going on. This was a new level of weird for her.
In Brazil, Max led the others to where the Altirhinus was heading. "He's going inside."
Once he entered, the Altirhinus continued on rolling the ball into the center of the stadium while people inside ran for cover. "Well, at least we got him cornered." Terry said once they entered.
"Should I call out Chomp?" Max asked before noticing something else helping the evacuation. "Huh? Hey, Ricardo!"
"Now's not the time to fanboy, Max." Rex reminded him.
"But it's so exciting!" Max told him, resisting the urge to fanboy again, before giving in to Rex's reasoning. "All right." He said disappointedly.
Zoe followed the two boys before she collided with someone. She found herself getting caught in someone's arms and gasped when she saw who it was. "Ooh."
"I'm sorry, love. Are you alright?" Deckham asked her.
"Navin Deckham!" Zoe said in shock.
"Haven't we meet before?" He asked her.
"Yes!" Zoe said before fainting from giddiness.
"Um, Zoe?" Max asked her.
"Do you know her?" Deckham asked them.
"Yeah. Sorry about that." Max apologized.
"We'll take care of her now. Thanks." Rex said before he and Max dragged Zoe away from the soccer player and off to the side where she wouldn't get in the way.
"I must be dreaming. It's too wonderful to be real." Zoe sighed dreamily as the boys put her down. "Navin Deckham remembered me!"
"Zoe, snap out of it!" Paris urged as she nudged her with her snout to wake her up from her fantasy, with minimal success.
"Um, guys?" Chomp pointed in the direction of the Altirhinus. The ornithopod was tearing up the grass ball in frustration, caused by something, before charging towards them.
"I hope you're ready, Chomp." Max told him.
"Let's play ball!"
"DINO SLASH! GO, TRICERATOPS! ROAR!"
The grass in the stadium disappeared once the battle began. The Triceratops landed and immediately charged forward and knocked the Altirhinus away. The Altirhinus slid on the floor before rearing up to hit Chomp with his forelegs. Chomp sidestepped and hit the Altirhinus in the face with his tail. "Keep it up, Chomp!" Max told him. Chomp grabbed onto the Altirhinus' tail and threw him across the stadium.
Suddenly, part of the stadium exploded. Once the smoke cleared, a dinosaur head popped out. "Howdy, mates!"
"Well! That Altirhinus puts up quite a battle, don't you think?" Ursula asked, announcing their presence. At least her and Ed's as Zander had mysteriously vanished
"Great. Not you again." Tank said in frustration.
"If you think you're sorry to see me now, just wait! I got a special surprise for the three of you interfering half pints." Ursula told them.
"What kind of surprise?" Max asked them.
Before she could answer, there was a voice coming from the press box. "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the first-ever Dinosaur League Soccer Match!" Zander said over the microphone.
"So that's where he went." Ed said to Ursula, who was looking very ticked off right now at the idiocy being displayed.
"Geez, that's almost a you level of stupid." Tank said to Spiny before realizing he wasn't there. "Spiny?"
"This first battle is a three-way free-for-all of Chomp the Triceratops against Armatus the Stegosaurus and Rocko the Altirhinus!" Spiny said over the mike, joining Zander in the box.
"OK. I guess he's now known as Rocko." Tank said to herself before turning to the other two Alpha Gang members. "Mind telling us what on earth this plan is?"
"Since you asked nicely. Ed, release the ball!" Ursula told him.
"Right." Ed said before sending a small drone, carrying a large gray ball, in between the three dinosaurs.
"Fans, this here ball was designed especially for dinosaur soccer." Zander said.
"Should we go over the rules?" Spiny asked his co-commentator.
"This is dinosaur soccer! The only rule is to hit the ball into the goal!" Zander told him. "Now let the game begin!"
Ed blew a whistle before dropping the ball in front of Armatus. "Y'all got no chance against me!" The Stegosaurus warned them as he placed a foot on the ball. "I've got mad skills, in case y'all have forgotten." He then gave the ball a kick before dribbling it to one of the goals.
Rocko roared before going in to steal the ball. The Stegosaurus kicked the ball over to Chomp. Chomp stopped the ball with his feet before quickly moving it away from Rocko. "And the game starts out with some fierce competition from Rocko!" Zander started commentating.
"Whoa! Look at that!" Max said in astonishment.
"They really are playing soccer." Rex said in an equal amount of shock.
"I think we had similar sports like this back in the day." Tank admitted, remembering being told of a game that did sound similar to soccer. "Yeah, it was called kick rock. Though it was not very popular from what I heard due to the fact the game was about kicking large rocks, which was very painful for the players and often led to injuries or even crippling for life. And Rocko must have been a competitive player of that game."
"That would explain why he is so strong. Apparently he never skipped leg day, seeing as he moves just fine." Max joked before warning his partner "So be careful, Chomp!" The Triceratops nodded before resuming the match.
"It's working! Just like Dr.Z said!" Ed said with a smile, seeing a plan of theirs going smoothly for once.
"Who would have thought you could fuse Alpha Droids together to make a ball?" Ursula asked sarcastically.
"Well, I can't think of a more enjoyable way to capture a dinosaur." Armatus said as he walked over to the bleachers and laid down. "While the Alpha Droids do all the work, we get to sit back and watch a soccer match." He said before they all chuckled.
"And Armatus seems to be taking a nap." Spiny said once he noticed the Stegosaurus.
"I'd be tired too if I was dressed up as a float and walking all over town in a parade." Zander said.
"I thought I said never to mention that!" Armatus yelled at the press box.
"Why would the Alpha Gang give the dinosaurs that soccer ball?" Terry asked.
"I'm sure they're up to no good." Tank said.
"I'm going to call back Chomp." Max decided, not wanting Chomp out there when they did execute whatever they had planned.
But before he could, Ursula told Ed. "Ed, time to unleash the Droids."
"Okay! Alpha Droids, scatter now!" With the press of a button, the ball erupted into a ton of Alpha Droids.
"Oh my god! The ball is really made of robots! Who would have seen that coming?!" Zander asked, forgetting that he was told the plan.
"Scatter. Scatter. Scatter." The Alpha Droids landed in front of the two dinosaurs, but after being rolled around like a soccer ball they were very dizzy. Their voices started sounding more distorted as their eyes spiraled and the moved around like they were drunk dancing.
"They're supposed to attack!" Ursula said in frustration, with a slight hint of whining. "Besides, we won the award for best samba."
"Um, they're not dancing, Sheila. They're dizzy." Armatus told her.
"Another invention from Dr.Z goes bust." She sighed before regaining composure. "So, begin Alpha Gang plan B!" Ed knew what this meant and activated the secret weapon.
"LET'S GO, GIGAS!"
"And the Alpha Gang have brought in a T-Rex! How will the opposing team respond?" Zander asked.
"That's an illegal substitution." Max told the Alpha Gang. "Red card! That player has to leave the field right now!" He said, literally pulling out a red card he had for no reason.
"And he brings out the red card! Looks like that guy's outta here!" Spiny said.
"Sorry, runt, but you're not the referee here. And even if you were, we play by our own rules." Ursula mocked as she stuck her tongue out at him and pulled at the bottom of her eyes before going into ordering mode. "Go get 'em, Gigas! And hit 'em hard!" She told the Tyrannosaurus.
Gigas roared before charging forward. He grabbed Chomp by the neck and tossed him aside like a ragdoll. "No! Chomp!" Max exclaimed.
"And it seems Gigas chooses to ignore the red card entirely." Spiny said.
"I'd say that's cheating on his part, but everyone knows the only rule in dinosaur soccer is to survive the game and make goals." Zander said.
"Ace, Tank, I'm sending you both in to help Chomp." Rex told his partners while Max got Terry ready, too.
"DINO SLASH! CARNOTAURUS, BLOW THEM AWAY! SHAKE 'EM UP, SAICHANIA!"
"DINO SLASH! FLAME UP, TYRANNOSAURUS!"
All three dinosaurs landed on the ground, nearly on top of the now downed Alpha Droids. "Regroup." The robots said, sounding like they were turning on, before latching themselves into the trio, pinning them to the ground. "Attack. Attack. Attack."
"No! Shake 'em off, guys!" Max told the trio.
"Looks like those robots needed a kick start." Zander told Spiny.
"We all need that sometimes. I need it a lot, apparently." Spiny replied.
Gigas roared as he went for Rocko. Chomp tried to stop him, but was stopped when Armatus tackled him away mid charge. "Ergh! Tear 'em apart, you two!" Ursula growled in suspense as she unintentionally grabbed onto Ed's neck and started squeezing it.
"Uh, Ursula? That crunching sound is my neck bones cracking. Let me out." Ed told her as he tapped her arm, hopping that would get her attention.
"Take that Triceratops out!" Ursula yelled at the Stegosaurus like a crazed soccer fan, ignoring Ed's pleads and squeezing him tighter.
Armatus obliged swung his tail and hit Chomp dead center just as he got back up. The Triceratops went flying into a goal before knocking it away and hitting a wall. He fell to the ground and was carded thanks to using up energy in the game. "Gooooooooal!" Zander and Spiny cheered as the words appeared on the jumbo screen. "A goal!"
"I'm coming, Chomp!" Max said as he ran for the card.
"One down, and we even scored a goal, too." Ursula said with a smile.
"Great. Can you let go now?" Ed asked, starting to turn blue and lose feeling everywhere. When Ursula did free him from her suffocating grasp, he sucked in a big breath of air and was finally able to use a Move Card. "Go, Spectral Lancer!"
Crystals formed out of Gigas' sides as he went for Rocko. The other three dinosaurs managed to shake the robots off and tried to stop him. But it was no use as he picked up the Altirhinus and slammed him into a wall with all his might until he backed off once he was one-hundred percent positive Rocko was defeated, which he as once the ornithopod hit the ground he returned to his card. "And that's how the king of the dinosaurs does it. Or rather the vice king." Gigas said to the defeated Altirhinus, deciding to not risk insulting Brontikens, even in his absence, as he roared in victory.
"Sad to say, it was a tragic death." Spiny said, forgetting that Rocko wasn't dead.
"But that's what fighting's all about!" Zander yelled before they both screamed. "Gigas wins!"
"Yeah, well they don't win the card." Max said, having grabbed Chomp's card, before going to get it, only to be blocked by Gigas and Armatus.
"Oh, that's where you're wrong." Ursula mocked as she picked up the card.
"Gigas! Armatus!" Zander said as he ran up to them with a microphone. "You just won the first-ever Dinosaur League Soccer Match. What are you going to do now?"
"Will you knock it off!" Ursula told him as she hit him on the head.
"Fine, I was just having fun." Zander muttered, rubbing his wound, before recalling both dinosaurs.
The drone that dropped the ball came back with a helicopter net and the trio grabbed onto it and flew away, a large magnet picking up the Alpha Droids. "We had a ball, squirts! Better luck next time! Olé!" They mocked before laughing. "Ahahahaha!"
"Aw, man!" Tank said in disappointment.
"Hey, I couldn't do anything." Spiny reminded them as he rejoined the group. "If Zoe wasn't going beddy-bye I would totally not be goofing off."
Max growled in frustration. "Alpha Gang, take that!" He kicked a nearby soccer ball as hard as he could and hit the drone's propeller. The trio screamed as the drone crashed to the ground. Unfortunately, this didn't make them lose the card. "I promise, that'll be the last time you beat us to a dinosaur." He swore to them.
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Once they returned home, Zoe showed off her signature to Reese. "Cool, huh?" Zoe told her sister, who was holding Paris at the moment. "Can you believe it, Reese? I really got Navin Deckham's actual autograph! I've decided I'm never, ever, gonna wash it off of her!" She declared, making Paris nervous, before gushing. "He was so cute!"
"Maybe I should study the effect of ink on dinosaur skin." Reese told her.
Zoe knew what she really meant. "No way!" She said as she swiped Paris out of her grasp.
"Please?" Reese asked shyly.
Paris sighed as it looked like this was gonna last forever. But her thoughts changed when she saw Spiny in the window, holding a hose in his mouth with water dripping. Now she was more worried about what Zoe and Reese were going to do to him.
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At Zeta Point, Armatus strut down the halls as he went to see Maximus. After successfully grabbing the Altirhinus card, he felt this was the perfect chance to impress her. He entered their chambers and saw her reading something with Gigas. "Howdy, guys! What's up!" He said cooly.
"Nothing much." Maximus replied, sounding like she saw something funny. "Just reading this magazine, is all." She said before laughing at what was on the page alongside Gigas.
Armatus walked over to see what was so funny. On the magazine was a picture of him as the pink float. Immediately his good mood was gone. "Son of a-!" He ran out of the room in a rage to find the ones who put him in that outfit. Even in victory, the Alpha Gang still can't ever win.
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Rex: Maybe, they're all not getting enough exercise?
Max: I'd imagine living in a large box would get anyone stressed after a while.
Manager: Get rid of that thing, you so-called experts!
Announcer: Please enjoy our ceremonial dance.
A/N: Ok, this chapter was fun to write and I'm hoping this'll be one of the funniest for you guys. It's also my shortest.
So someone asked a few of the following questions.
"Will you skip Big Apple Grapple?"
Answer: No
He also then asked again for just Eoraptor and Eocarcharia to appear. I'm sorry, but I'm staying with only Anime Dinosaurs. Even if I added only those two, I'd just feel like I had to include the rest, and like I said, it overcomplicates things.
I've made another poll asking for which dinosaur you think is the strongest in the whole series, so please vote.
See you all next time.