A Miner Disaster
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"Talking"
Thinking
Flashback"
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The sky was clear as the Alpha Gang flew across it in one of their blimps. They were on a special mission as this time they weren't hunting for dinosaurs at all.
Ursula looked through the binoculars before noticing a mine ahead of them. "That must be the mine Dr.Z was talking about." She told her teammates.
"Mm-hmm." Zander said as he looked at a metal detector called the Alpha Counter in front of him. "And the Alpha Counter seems to be just barely detecting something." He told them as he showed them the results. "So I think we might be in luck."
The counter was in the shape of a horseshoe, with the left side slightly showing blue. The reason they need all of this is quite simple.
"Here's your mission!" Dr.Z told the trio back at Zeta Point. "Dig up all the Alpha Metal ore you can get your grubby little hands on!"
"What's Alpha Metal?" Ursula asked, showing both confusion and disinterest.
"You blockhead!" Dr.Z scolded her. "Alpha Metal is the unique metal that all of the Alpha Gang's devices and equipment are made out of." He explained to them. "I need it to repair our precious machines and get back to my evil plans!" He said before he started laughing sinisterly. "Ehahahaha!"
"I wonder what it is Dr.Z needs to repair?" Ed asked the others once the flashback was done.
"What doesn't he need to repair?" Ursula replied as she laid back in her seat. "Everything he's made breaks down eventually, except this thing we're flying in."
As if God himself heard her, the blimp then shook, startling the trio inside, before it started to descend from above. "Great! Do something fast!" Ursula told the two men.
"The engines are overheating." Zander told them as he checked the situation. "And the backup motor won't start 'cause there's no fuel in the gas tank!"
"Ursula, wasn't that your job to fill it up?" Ed asked her as he gave her a small glare.
"Never mind that!" She told him. "We've got to throw stuff off! It's the only way to keep us in the air!"
A little bit later, the back hatch opened up and Alpha Droids they brought along in pod mode began falling out of it. "You do realize you'll need them later, right?" D.R.O.I.D, who was brought along to supervise the other Droids, asked, unable to watch his soldiers get thrown off from such a great height.
"They got legs, don't they? They can walk up the mountain on their own." Ursula retorted as she and Ed kept on tossing the robots overboard.
After a bit of throwing, the blimp was able to start rising again. "It's working! I think we're gonna make it!" Ed said happily.
"Lucky for you, Ed, because you were gonna be the next to go." Ursula told him.
On the ground, the Alpha Droids started getting up one by one. "Droid." "Droid." Droid." "Droid."
(Intro Theme)
While they were able to stay in the air longer thanks to the weight loss, the blimp started to descend again once it reached where the entrance to the mine was. "Slow down! Can't you land this thing a little more carefully?" Ursula asked before the blimp crashed.
"Sorry, but it's hard to drive safely without fuel!" Zander told her as they slid across the ground before they collided with the head of the mine. The bottom half of the blimp broke off and continued on sliding down the path until it was stopped and the Alpha Gang, along with D.R.O.I.D, flew out of the window and into a conveniently opened elevator before it closed. "Going down?" Zander asked before the elevator started to do just that.
Ursula, Ed, and D.R.O.I.D screamed as the elevator descended pretty fast while Zander didn't seem at all effected, even while he was sitting upside down. "Why are we still moving?" Ursula asked.
"Well, at least you can't blame me this time." Zander joked before the elevator came to a stop and all four of them fell out.
Once they fell onto the floor, the blue on the Alpha Counter started to rise. "Look!" Zander told the others. "The Alpha Counter is going crazy " There must be tons of Alpha Metal in this mine!"
"Finally, some good news." D.R.O.I.D said as he started readjusting his head.
"What are we waiting for? Let's start digging!" Ed said eagerly.
"We finally got a lucky break!" Ursula exclaimed as she jumped to her feet. "This is going to be our most successful mission ever. I just know it!" She declared before giggling.
"Isn't that an easy way of jinxing us?" Ed asked her.
"I'd rather not have this lucky break turn unlucky." Zander added.
"I have a feeling our luck is going to stay this time." Ursula told them before explaining her plan. "Call out Armatus and have him dig a lot of holes to find the metal. And then he and Maximus can move all of the rocks and dirt outside with the rest of the Alpha Droids once they arrive."
"But first." Zander said. "Let's take control of this mine shaft. Hee, hee!" He and Ed snickered.
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Barely a mile away from the mine, the D-Team were out looking for fossils on the side of a cliff. Max sprayed some of the dirt away before his brush was able to help make out what he was looking at. "Hey, look! I found a trilobite fossil, you guys!" He told the others. The others came over to see that he was correct, marveling at his find.
"Good job." Spike complimented his son. "You know, it was in this very spot back in 1968 that the fossilized spine of the first Futabasaurus was discovered." He told them. "Since Futabasaurus was a type of animal never seen before, there could be other types here as well."
"And dinosaurs get their names from whoever discovers them, right?" Max asked his father.
"For us humans, yes. Though I'm not sure about actual dinosaurs." Spike told him.
"It's pretty much guaranteed to be the same name." Ace answered. "I haven't heard of one dinosaur that is called differently than what we called their kind."
"Well, then you'd better get used to hearing the name 'Maxasaurus' again." Max said with a smirk, crossed arms, and closed eyes.
"Oh, please." Zoe rolled her eyes as she started climbing up the cliff to see if she could find anything there.
"Be careful, Zoe. That's a pretty steep wall, you know?" Paris warned her.
"I'll be fine." Zoe assured her before her foot knocked a rock off and made her lose her balance. "Whoa!"
She started to fall, but Max acted quickly. "I gotcha!" He called out and helped break her fall by catching her. "Zoe, are you all right?" Max asked the pinkette.
"That looked like it had to hurt." Spiny said as he walked up to her.
"I told you that it was dangerous." Paris told her.
"I'm fine, guys. Something just made me lose my balance." Zoe said before noticing something about the rock that did. "Wait, isn't that a capsule?" She asked the others.
"No way!" Max gasped before he ran up, grabbed it, and opened it. "There's a card in here!" He told them as he showed them the card that was inside. It was a yellow card with a Futabasaurus on it.
"A Futabasaurus Card?" Zoe asked as she took a hold of it. "It looks like a Move Card from the color." She observed as she flipped it over. "And it has the Water Crest!"
"So, that's me. Right?" Spiny asked.
"No, it's for Terry-of course it's you!" Tank yelled at him.
"So does that mean I get an assist buddy like Paris?" Spiny asked, his eyes widening with excitement.
Before Tank could reply, a beeping was heard. "Another dinosaur's appeared." Max said.
"Two actually." Rex pointed out as he zoomed in on his Dino Holder to show two signals.
"Reese, activate the mobile lab in the truck." Spike told her.
"Right." Reese nodded before she went to fetch her laptop to get a better look at the signal. "There it is." She said before telling the others. "The signal's coming from a mine around here." She told them.
"Oh, thank goodness." Chomp sighed in relief about not having to go all the way back to the D-Lab before he and the rest of the team went to where the dinosaurs were.
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"Dinosaur! Run for your lives!" The workers screamed as they ran away from the mine.
Spike stopped the truck and the team got out. "They're here, all right. Come on, guys!" Max told them as he ran towards the mine entrance.
But before they could enter, the mountain's side exploded and Armatus emerged, roaring on his hind legs. "It's Armatus!" Terry exclaimed when he saw the Stegosaurus.
The Stegosaurus went back on all fours and was soon followed by Maximus rolling a large rock outside. "And Maximus, too!?" Ace added.
Armatus raised his tail in the air, and the D-Team got ready for a fight. But instead, he hit the mountain again and walked into the new tunnel he made. Maximus continued on rolling the large boulder outside of the cave.
"What are they doing?" Spike asked as he joined up with them.
"Looks like they're moving rocks out of that mine." Zoe told him. "But I wonder why."
"Maybe they're building another secret base or something." Rex guessed.
"Maybe the nice, old lady could answer those questions." Spiny said as the rest of the Alpha Gang came into view.
Ursula heard this and turned to the team. "You'd better not be talking about me!" She threatened Spiny.
"Are you here for a little coal mining experience?" Spike asked them accusingly.
"It's none of your business what we're doing. Maximus, get them!" Ursula ordered the Triceratops.
"Really?" Maximus asked as she stopped rolling the rock. "Yes! Finally some redemption!" She cheered as she charged towards them.
The D-Team tensed as they noticed the Triceratops approaching them. "You ready, guys?" Max asked the others
"Sure am." Zoe and Rex replied as they all recalled one of their partners and slashed the cards.
"DINO SLASH! FLAME UP, TYRANNOSAURUS!"
"DINO SLASH! SHAKE EM UP, SAICHANIA!"
"DINO SLASH! GUSH OUT SPINOSAURUS!"
All three dinosaurs surrounded Maximus as they landed. The Triceratops stopped a bit before she weighed her options. Knowing he was the weakest, she hit Spiny with her tail, knocking him to the ground, before going after Terry and Tank. Tank responded by running up to her as well, before quickly moving to the side and smacking her away with her tail. Maximus landed on her back before Terry jumped onto her stomach.
"You okay, Spiny?" Zoe asked as she ran up to him.
"Uh, I think I am." Spiny replied as he got back up.
"Great. Then why don't we bring out your new assist buddy?" She suggested with a wink.
"I have an assist buddy?" Spiny asked in shock.
Zoe ignored his forgetfulness and got out her Move Card. "Go, Futaba Super Cannon!"
Spiny glowed blue and roared as a large puddle appeared in front of him. "Uh, Ed, what's happening?" Ursula asked the short man.
"How should I know?" Ed replied.
"Whatever it is, I don't like it." Zander commented.
Out of the puddle, a snake-like creature emerged with a purple neck and sharp teeth that almost seemed crooked emerged. Its underbelly was a whitish blue. The rest of the body, which was underwater, wasn't like a snake, but more like a seal. Its back was blue while its four flippers were a much darker shade of blue that looked almost purplish.
"Ah!" Everyone gasped when they saw the new player that entered. "Whoa! That's a Futabasaurus, kids." Spike told them.
"I've never seen anything like that before!" Chomp said in shock and amazement.
Terry walked up to the Futabasaurus and stood right next to him. "So, what exactly can you do?" He asked the plesiosaur.
The Futabasaurus turned to Terry and responded by water gathering in front of his mouth before it fired a cannon of water right at the Tyrannosaurus. Everyone gasped as Terry was defeated by the water cannon, even the Alpha Gang. "Terry!" Max cried as he went to grab his card.
"What the hell, Spiny?!" Tank yelled at him. "Don't you know how to control your own partners?!"
"Okay, I may be dumb, but I'm not that stupid!" Spiny shot back. The Futabasaurus saw Spiny roaring at the Saichania and started to gather up water for another cannon, thinking his summoner to be in danger.
Tank, however, noticed this quickly enough to act. "Oh, no you don't!" She yelled at the Futabasaurus before hitting him on the head with her tail club.
While this was going on, the Alpha Gang was just watching. "So, can anyone explain to me what's going on?" Ursula demanded.
"It would seem that the Futabasaurus is fighting against the brats." Zander observed.
"Thanks, Einstein. Now tell me why!" Ursula said in annoyance.
Before Zander could make an assumption, Armatus burst from the mountain. "Oh, wrong turn." He said as he turned around and went back inside. As he did, his tail caught the Futabasaur's neck in between two of his spikes. "Hey! Watch where ya standing, mate!" One of the spikes scratched the Futabasaur's neck as Aramtus pulled his tail out. The Futabasaurus gave a massive roar of pain before he descended into the puddle and it disappeared, taking him with it.
"What'd you do that for, Armatus?! He was on our side!" Ursula yelled at the Stegosaurus, who ignored her as he walked into the tunnel.
Seeing that that whole situation was over, a confused Maximus turned her attention back to the D-Team and charged forward. "Come on. I think we better get out of here for now." Spike told them as he drove the truck up to the kids.
Zoe looked and saw no sign of the Futabasaurus Card on the ground, meaning he went somewhere else. "Yeah, I guess so." She sighed as Rex recalled Tank and they got into the truck and drove away. Spiny saw them retreat and joined them before Maximus could strike him with her horns.
"Well, looks like they're running away." Maximus said smugly as the Battlefield disappeared.
"And it's still our lucky day." Zander added.
"Yep, It almost makes me want to do a victory dance." Ursula said.
"I'd dance with you, but I usually need some music." Ed told her.
"Oh, who needs music when you have a natural, built-in sense of rhythm like I do?" Zander asked as he shook his hips.
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Once they felt they were far enough away, Reese stopped the truck, and the D-Team was able to regroup. Immediately, the door opened and Tank pounced onto Spiny's foot started hitting it repeatedly with her tail, which didn't do much since he was full-sized and she wasn't. "What the hell happened back there!?" She asked angrily.
"I don't know! He didn't like me!" Spiny answered honestly, shaken up by what he had just saw and all the running.
"That doesn't make any sense." Terry said. "When Paris first summoned the Pteranodons, they didn't just openly attack everyone."
"Well, they did ask who was the enemy." Paris reminded him. "I don't remember Futaba saying anything."
"Futaba?" Max asked her.
"Yeah. I figured since he was a Futabasaurus why not call him that." She explained.
Ace thought for a bit about their situation. He lived near the ocean, so marine reptiles were never impossible to see. But when one was seen, it would almost certainly either swim away like a scared fish or attack. He then remembered what Beta told him once.
"Of course!" He exclaimed, startling the others. "That's because he can't speak period!"
"What'd you mean?" Rex asked him.
"Marine reptiles, like Futabasaurus, were seen on the same level of intelligence as dinosaurs and pterosaurs. But because they could never leave the water, or at least go no more than a few inches, they almost never could find a way to interact with dinosaurs, and by extension learn English."
"So the whole reason Futaba attacked us all was because he's an idiot." Tank assumed.
Ace shook his head. "No. He just thought everyone was his enemy and would most definitely attack and eat him. You yelling at Spiny didn't help him at all see otherwise as the only dinosaur he believed wouldn't harm him was the one who summoned him."
"So we just need to get Futaba to see we're all on the same side and he won't attack us anymore?" Max asked Ace.
"That's my theory. Yes." The Carnotaurus nodded
"Then you guys can go ahead." Zoe told them as she climbed onto Spiny's neck. "I've got to find Futaba."
"I thought he was with you." Spike said.
"No. He disappeared after Armatus attacked him, so I didn't recall Spiny in case he's still out there." Zoe explained as Paris hopped on too and they went off to find Futaba. "Be careful!" She warned them as they vanished up the mountain they were on.
"All right, now we know why Futaba might have been acting the way he did. But I'd still like to know what the Alpha Gang was doing." Spike said.
"Maybe by rolling those rocks around, they were trying to build up strength or something." Terry suggested.
"Well, I still think they are building another base." Rex said, sounding confident with his theory.
"Either way, we can't let them get away with it! Let's head back." Spike said as they all got back into the van, minus Reese who opted to go back to the lodge they were staying at, and drove back the way they came.
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Back in the mines, the Alpha Gang continued in searching for any signs of Alpha Metal. This continued on going until they hit a fork in the cave. "Great. There are two tunnels here." Ursula complained. "Which way do we go?"
"Let me get a reading." Zander said as he stepped in front of the caves and checked them both with the Alpha Counter. The blue on the counter, which flipped sides somehow, was much larger on the right side now. "Hmm, very interesting." Zander said before he made his decision. "It's definitely the right one."
"Let's go." Ursula said as they walked into the tunnel.
On the other side of the mine, Armatus and Maximus continued on their jobs, with some help from the Alpha Droids now being supervised by D.R.O.I.D. "Carry. Carry. Carry." They repeated as they carried small rocks.
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Back with Zoe, she and her team were still searching for where Futaba ended up. Seeing how his kind almost never left the water, they decided to search by large bodies of water. At the same time, Zoe was trying to check in on Max and the others from her phone. But every time she did, she got no results. "For some reason, the call won't go through." She told Paris and Spiny as she hung up again.
"I hope they're all right." Paris said, starting to worry about their friends safety.
At that moment, they noticed a fisherman struggling to reel something in. "You wanna see what he caught?" Zoe asked Paris, wanting to get her mind off of the situation with the Alpha Gang.
"Sure." Paris replied as she and Zoe hopped off of Spiny and went to see what it was.
The two of them ran up to the dock just as the fisherman was able to reel in what he caught. Zoe hugged Paris in fear as the water erupted, meaning he caught something big. Once the water cleared, it was revealed to be Futaba.
"Aaaah!" The fisherman screamed as he dropped his pole and ran for his life. Futaba sunk beneath the surface and swam away.
Zoe let go of Paris and looked at the ripple that the Futabasaurus made. "Well, at least we found Futaba." She said. "Hey, Spiny! We need you to help us search the lake!"
"Why do that when there's blood all over it?" Spiny asked as he joined up with them. Both girls looked and saw that there was a small trail of blood in the lake, going towards the shore.
"How did we not notice that?" Zoe cursed herself for missing such an obvious clue.
Following where the trail was the freshest, they were able to come across Futaba lying on the shore. The plesiosaur was licking his neck, which had the wound from Armatus on it, while other wounds were on his head, from Tank, and mouth, from the fishing pole. Futaba winced from the pain the licking caused, but had to continue doing it in order to stop the bleeding. "Oh, you poor thing." Zoe cooed as she knelt down and petted Futaba on the head, avoiding the club wound. Futaba wanted to attack her out of fear, but he barely had enough energy to move right now. "I bet those hurt, don't they?" Zoe asked him. Futaba responded with a weak shrill before lying his head down. "Don't worry. I can help you." Zoe assured him and recalled Paris.
"DINO SLASH! PARASAUROLOPHUS, BLOOM!"
"Nature's Blessing!" Zoe activated not even a second after Paris came out.
Paris gathered the energy before giving it to Futaba. The Futabasaurus felt his wounds heal completely. By the time the energy disappeared from around him, it was like he was never injured to begin with. Seeing he had his energy back, Futaba dove back into the water and swam away. "Great job, Paris." Zoe complimented as she recalled her back into chibi-form.
Futaba turned around briefly and looked at Zoe. This alien creature along with a flat mouthed dinosaur actually helped him. All his life, he saw dinosaurs as something that would hunt him down. Yet these two helped him survive his injuries, even after he attacked their friends, at least he assumed they were with the dinosaurs he fought earlier. Maybe dinosaurs weren't as bad as he thought they were.
Zoe waved at Futaba before the Futabasaurus started swimming around the lake. "Looks like he's all better now."
"That's a relief." Paris said.
"I really got to get a hold of Max to let him know what's going on." Zoe said as she pulled out her phone. When she tried calling again, all she got was static. "I still can't get through. I hope they're all right."
Futaba saw that the three of them looked distressed and swam over to see if he could help them in any way. In the back of his mind, he told himself that this was just paying off the debt for healing him and should stay cautious.
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Meanwhile, the rest of the team continued on walking through the tunnels in search of answers, but so far they have come up fruitless. That is, until Maximus showed up, pushing another rock outside. "Quick! Hide!" Max whispered as they all hid off to the side before Maximus could see them.
"They're still rolling all of those rocks around." Terry whispered.
Unfortunately, this was loud enough for Maximus to hear. "What are you doing here?!" She asked them angrily and advanced towards them, thankfully not charging.
"Crap! She spotted us!" Max exclaimed.
"You all get out of here. I'll take care of this situation." Spike said as he got out his lasso. "Hyah!" As he swung his lasso out to get it ready, he accidentally hit the lamp above them and broke it, making the whole cave dark. "Oops."
"Now you're not gonna be able to see her at all, dumbass." Tank scolded him.
"Don't worry about that." Spike assured them. "Just go."
"All right." Max said as they ran away.
As Maximus got closer, Spike got his lasso ready. "Are you sure you wanna tangle with me?" Spike asked her.
"Dude, you realize you are screwed right now?" Maximus told him, swinging her horns to get the point across.
Spike ignored her and tried to think of a way of attack. That way came in the form of a broken electrical cord that had static around it. "Heeyah!" Spike quickly grabbed it with his lasso and latched it onto Maximus, electrocuting her in the process. "How's that feel!?" Spike rhetorically asked before he was electrocuted himself due to his lasso conducting the electricity. "Gaaah!"
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Back with Zoe, she had taken a rowboat out to the lake to spend some time with Futaba. Right now she was currently petting him on the head. "You're really cute, Futaba." Zoe laughed before she was accidentally knocked out of her boat. "Wah!"
Paris and Spiny, who were onshore at the moment, quickly got up and were ready to dive in to save her. But before they could, Futaba quickly went under the boat and picked Zoe up with his back. Zoe laughed at the turn of events. "Ha, ha! This is fun! And you are, too!" She told him as she hugged his neck. The Futabasaurus responded with a friendly roar. It was nice to have friends after living alone in the ocean all his life.
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Back with the Alpha Gang, the Alpha Counter was completely blue. "The Alpha Counter's off the charts!" Zander exclaimed. "This bolder must be made of solid Alpha Metal."
"Good. Then let's take the whole thing back." Ursula said.
"But how are we supposed to get something this big back to Dr.Z's lab?" Ed asked.
"Simple." Ursula responded before turning to the Alpha Droids. "Hey. Take this rock and roll it."
"Rock and roll." The robots saluted.
"I guess we won't need Maximus and Armatus to dig anymore tunnels. So go ahead and return them to their cards."
"Roger that." Ed and Zander said as they completed the order.
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Back with Zoe and Futaba, the Futabasaurus was picking up speed and he prepared to make a jump. "Faster!" Zoe encouraged him. Futaba obliged and picked up speed before jumping over the boat and landed in the water with a large splash, his rider squealing with delight. "Wheee! Hahaha!"
Once they resurfaced, Zoe got off Futaba and back onto the boat. "Wow! That was a lot of fun." Futaba roared in agreement. "I just wish that I could get through to Max so I could tell him." Zoe said as she pulled out her phone and tried again, thankfully not wet from her time in the water.
This time the results were different. "Hello?" Max asked from the other side.
"Oh, Max! Finally!" Zoe beamed.
"Hey, Zoe. How's the search for Futaba coming along?" Max asked her as they walked back outside along with a charred up Spike.
"We were just playing in the water." Zoe answered.
"Really?" Max asked in surprise.
"Yeah. He's actually really friendly once you get to know him." She said as she pet the Futabasaur's head, to which he responded with a friendly roar.
"Well, tell him that we might need him again. We still have no idea what the old lady and the others are doing."
"Ugh! I heard you say old lady! How can I be old when I am just a miner?!" Ursula yelled somewhere in the mine.
"Ba-dum, tssst!" Zander said in reply to the pun, making drum motions with his hands.
"We're totally ready to come help now." Zoe told them as she roared back to the shore.
"Great! I'll have Dad come and pick you up, okay?"
"Okay, thanks." Zoe said before she hung up.
"So, Zoe was able to tame the Futabasaurus already?" Tank asked once the call was over. "I thought it'd take her forever just to get him to not eat her."
"His kind aren't stupid." Ace reminded her. "They just don't understand dinosaur culture and language well."
Back with Zoe, she arrived back at the shore and met up with Spiny and Paris. "I managed to get a hold of Max. Dr. Taylor is coming now to pick us up."
"Yay!" Spiny cheered. "They're not dead!"
Zoe rolled her eyes before she turned to Futaba. "We're gonna need your help with battling the Alpha Gang. They're the bad guys that hurt you." Zoe explained. "Just remember that anyone who is a friend of ours is a friend of yours." She said before she recalled him and Spiny.
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Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang was walking down the caves with the rock behind them. "Where are we, Zander? Are you sure this is the right way out of here?" Ursula asked the tall man.
"How am I supposed to know?" Zander replied. "Armatus dug so many holes and tunnels everywhere that this place is a labyrinth, please!"
"I hope those Droids don't get tired of pushing that rock and go on strike or something." Ed told them.
"Are you kidding me? They're robots. They don't know the first thing about strikes." Ursula told him,
"Well, it'll be a lot easier for us once we're heading downhill." D.R.O.I.D told them as he supervised the transportation of the boulder, smartly from behind.
"Wait. Downhill?" Ursula repeated as she stopped and put two and two together. "With a huge rock behind us?!"
"You might want to start running now." D.R.O.I.D told them as the rock started rolling down the hill. The Alpha Gang screamed as they ran for their lives.
Outside the cave, the D-Team heard noises and were about to see what was going on. They got their answer when they saw the Alpha Gang running outside. They quickly got out of the way and managed to avoid the boulder that ended up knocking down the Alpha Gang Like pins. "Now that's a strike." The trio said in pain, lying flattened on the ground.
"So are you building a secret base, or are you exercising?" Terry asked as they walked over to them. "Which is it?"
"Can't you see we're bowling?" Ed said weakly.
Ursula growled and quickly got onto her feet. "None of your beeswax what we're doing. And now you'll pay for sticking your nosy noses in."
"ALPHA SLASH! LET'S GO, TRICERATOPS!"
"Send those brats back where they came from!" She commanded the Triceratops.
"Yeah? You wanna fight? Sounds good to me!" Terry said.
"That makes two of us!" Tank added.
"Guys, Dr. Taylor told us to wait for him and Zoe." Rex reminded them.
"Don't worry. We can easily take them." Max said as he got Terry ready.
"I guess we really don't have a choice." Rex sighed as he did the same with Tank.
"DINO SLASH! BLAZE, TYRANNOSAURUS!"
"DINO SLASH! COME ON OUT, SAICHANIA!"
Once they landed, they both went to attack Maximus. The Triceratops responded with hitting them both with her tail.
Terry was knocked back while Tank was able to stand her ground, absorbing the hit. "That's the way Maximus! Show 'em what's what!" Ed cheered.
Tank responded by getting below Maximus before she lifted her up with her head and tossed the Triceratops away. "Way to go!" Max cheered.
"Hey, guys!" They turned to see that the truck had arrived and Zoe hopping out of it. "Room for one more?"
"Is Futaba ready?" Rex asked her, not wanting any more hardships to happen right now.
"Don't worry. We got this." Zoe said as she got ready.
"DINO SLASH! GUSH OUT, SPINOSAURUS!"
"Um, I think we might have a problem." Zander said as Spiny entered the fray.
"Thanks, I've noticed." Ursula grumbled before turning to Ed. "Ed, do something."
"I could ask them nicely to go away." Ed told her before getting out his own Alpha Scanner. "Or I could just crush them with a dinosaur."
"ALPHA SLASH! CLOBBER THEM, STEGOSAURUS!"
Once Armatus landed, he hit his tail on the side of the mountain and entered another hole he made. Ursula ran up and tried to get his attention. "Hey! Armatus, get back here! Where are you going?! We're done mining! It's time to battle now!"
"Lightbulb." Armatus said in reply, which just confused Ursula.
Back with the fight, Maximus backed up as the odds were really stacked against her. "We're super outnumbered without Armatus. This is looking bad." Zander said, having been handed a Scanner by Ursula.
"I think we better just grab that Alpha Metal and get rolling while we still have a chance." Ed suggested.
"What are you, a quitter?" Ursula asked him before immediately agreeing. "Good idea." She complied before they ran.
Zoe saw them running as well as noticed the Alpha Droids pushing the boulder away. "Spiny! Stop those robots." She commanded.
Suddenly, the mountain beside them burst. "Surprise!" Armatus said as he caused Spiny to be knocked down from the blast.
"Aaah!" Zoe screamed as she had to crouch down to avoid getting crushed by debris before Armatus went to assisting in the fight.
"Are you all right, Zoe?" Spike asked as he ran up to check on her.
"I'll live." Zoe said as she got back up and pulled out her Move Card. "Looks like we'll need some extra help. Futaba Super Cannon!"
Futaba appeared and immediately fired a water cannon onto Armatus, remembering his target as the one who hurt him earlier. The Stegosaurus was knocked back and slammed into the wall. "Oh, no." Ursula said when she saw Futaba appear and attack Armatus.
"Looks like he's not on our side anymore. So much for our lucky day." Zander said grimly.
Futaba took this time to look at his surroundings. He noticed a Triceratops that had similar markings to the Stegosaurus, meaning they had to be allies. He then noted the Tyrannosaurus from earlier was fighting the Triceratops. That must be one of Spiny's friends. It also meant he should probably apologize for attacking him earlier since they were on the same side.
But then he noticed Tank and remembered her attacking him too. While she was charging towards Armatus, he charged up another cannon and hit her in the flank, causing her to slide across the ground in pain.
"No, Futaba!" Zoe cried out to him. But Futaba didn't listen as he leapt out of his puddle and slammed into Tank as she was getting back up. Another puddle appeared where he landed and he began to charge up his attack again as Tank once again slid across the ground on her stomach.
But before he could fire, something grabbed his neck and caused him to miss. That thing turned out to be Spiny's jaws. "No! Bad, Futaba! Bad!" He scolded the Futabasaurus as he let go of his neck. "We do not hit friends in fights!"
Futaba looked at Spiny in confusion. Why was he defending her after she was mean to both of them? Weren't friends supposed to be nice to each other? Thankfully, Spiny, almost like he knew what the Futabasaurus was thinking, had the answer. "She may be cranky at times, but she's still nice when she doesn't have her pride take over." He explained before turning to Tank. "Now, both of you apologize, now." His tone held no room for disagreement or argument.
Tank looked at Spiny with shock. This idiot was actually calling the shots, and doing it pretty well. Tank locked eyes with Futaba. She could finally notice the fear and confusion in his eyes, as opposed to the mindless eyes she thought he had. Sighing to herself, she knew what to say. "I'm...sorry."
Futaba responded by charging up another cannon. Zoe gasped, Tank tensed, and Spiny was about to stop him again, but the cannon fired not at Tank but Maximus and Armatus, who were trying to attack the unsuspecting dinosaurs from behind, hitting them both at the same time.
Zoe took this as the moment to finish this up. "Spiny! Finish them with Ultimate Water!" Spiny roared as geysers erupted in columns next to him before a huge tidal wave appeared behind him. The Spinosaurus then began sliding across the ground before he hit both dinosaurs, causing them to be knocked away. Futaba then hit them again with his Super Cannon before they landed, taking them both out. Futaba and Spiny both gave roars of victory as the cards floated to the ground.
"Hey! Have you forgotten that you were on our side?!" Ursula asked the Futabasaurus. "Come on!"
"Guess Futabasaurus aren't that dumb." Ed replied as he and Zander picked up the cards.
"That's perfect. And I thought I finally found someone dumber than the two of you." Ursula sobbed as she fell to the floor, their lucky day ruined. "Let's go. It's a long walk back home."
"That's okay. Ed could use the exercise." Zander commented.
"Thanks." Ed replied angrily.
While they bickered, Zoe walked up to Futaba and pet him on the snout. "Futaba. You knew exactly who your friends were and who your enemies were, didn't you? Thanks."
"You...welcome." Futaba said.
"Well, that should be the end of their plans for a while." Spiny said happily.
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Once they got away from the D-Team, the Alpha Gang felt more victorious. "Well, at least we got a giant boulder with plenty of Alpha Metal to spare." Ursula smirked.
That smirk faded when the boulder rolled downhill again. "And I think they're going for a spare!" Zander exclaimed.
"Run for it!" Ursula screamed as they repeated the process again. "If we survive this, then I'm going to go on strike!"
"Did you have to say strike?" Zander and Ed asked as the boulder got closer before getting another strike.
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"Well then, why do you suppose they were so determined to take that big rock with them?" Spike asked the kids as they looked into the sunset.
"Probably so they could keep exercising with it." Terry said.
"They're building a secret base." Rex replied smugly with crossed arms.
Zoe ignored the debating and looked at the Futabasaurus Card in her hands. "Welcome to the D-Team." She whispered to it before hugging the card.
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After arriving back at Zeta Point, the Alpha Gang didn't get the warm reception they were hoping for. "Nincompoops!" Dr.Z yelled at them. "Would you like to see all of the Alpha Metal that was in that boulder you brought me?!"
"Sure." Ursula replied as they grabbed magnifying glasses and saw a tiny piece of glowing rock that could fit in a trimmed fingernail.
"I could've carried that in my pocket." Ed said in shock.
"You could've filled up every one of your pockets, and it wouldn't have been enough." Dr.Z told them. "I need a hundred times this amount. I couldn't even build a toaster with this."
"But the Alpha Counter said that..." Zander stopped when he realized what went wrong. "Oh, shoot."
"If you want more you're gonna have to have us bring back the whole mine for you, because we don't know how to mine." Ursula said, gesturing to the bandages, casts, and crutches all over their bodies.
"Not to mention the Water Move Card those brats got. It kicked our buts and then laughed at us when we got run over by-"
Ed wasn't able to finish his sentence when Dr.Z heard him mention the card. "What did you say? Something about a Move Card?"
"No, not a Move Card! A groove card!" Ursula quickly said as they covered Ed's mouth.
"I heard what he said! He said they got a Move Card!" Dr.Z yelled at them. "How could you let that happen?!"
"Well, it's a funny story." Ursula quickly said. "It all started with a blimp ride."
"And no fuel! Ha, ha!" Zander laughed nervously.
"Yeah, no fuel." Ed added.
"Enough! The next time I send you out on a mission, you'd better come back with more than a pebble!" Dr.Z threatened them. "Now, hold still!" And the sound of bowling pins being knocked down was heard.
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Max: Why was the Alpha Gang robbing a bank?
Reese: There are small differences in their skulls
Dr.Z: I have a plan!
Brontikens: I hope you're ready for this Terry. I've already gotten revenge on your brother, and now it's your turn
A/N: Well this one was a lot of fun. Not only is this one of my favorite episodes, but I was also able to be more original with it thanks to the Alpha Gang having no Water Dinos. It was also able to give Spiny some character development.
So a bit about Futaba just to clear some things up. At first, he was afraid of all dinosaurs since he'd thought they'll eat him. He only attacked Tank because he saw her attacking his summoner, and that's bad for him. Also, his kind don't really know English so he'll be speaking in broken English for probably the whole first season.
I've also gotten more votes so thanks for that.
I hope you're all excited, because the next chapter is the midseason finale! And what better way to have that than the one-v-one rematch between Terry and Brontikens!
Get ready!