Dinosaur King Retold

by Drew Luczynski

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

27. Double, All or Nothing

Double, All or Nothing

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

"Talking"

Thinking

Flashback"

DK

For once since the beginning of their feud with the D-Team, the Alpha Gang wasn't doing something illegal. Instead, they were at a bank in Sanjo City with two giant checks. One of them was for 'finding' the Loch Ness Monster, the other was for winning Gobble Gobble.

The woman at the front desk blinked in confusion. "I, um, forgive me, but what are these, exactly?" She asked the trio as they placed the checks down, which were so big they ended up blocking them.

"What are they?" Ursula rhetorically asked back as she and her teammates stuck their heads out from behind the checks. "But, you're the banker, aren't you? These are checks that we'd like to cash. And we'd like it all in small bills, please." She explained.

The banker looked at them and the checks before laughing. "I get it! Those guys in accounting got me again!" She waved it off as a joke.

"No, I don't think that you do get it, lady!" Ursula said as she got up in her face, her frustration quickly building. "You're the bank, and banks have money. So you take these checks and give us some of it!" She demanded.

"They're a little bulky to carry around, you see." Zander told her, trying to calm down the situation so they won't get kicked out.

"Yes, I'm sure that's true." The woman told them. "But the problem isn't the size, it's just that those things aren't real money." She explained.

"Huh?!" "No." The trio gasped.

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"What do you mean 'not real money?!" Dr.Z yelled at them once they returned to Zeta Point and gave him their report.

"It was humiliating!" Ursula cried as she watched the checks get eaten by the dinosaurs, who were hungry for just about anything, especially Gigas. "And they were all laughing at us!"

"Then they threw us out." Zander said.

"Without a sucker." Ed muttered sadly about being denied free candy.

Dr.Z growled at this turn of events. "What self-respecting evil gangster can't even pass off a bad check?!" He asked them angrily. "The whole reason the Alpha Gang is going broke is because you mess up all of my plans!"

"Maybe the plans are the problem." Ursula muttered.

"No, it was clearly all your constant shopping in London, Monaco, and Paris." Zander reminded her, making the green-haired woman tense at the mention. "Why'd you think we took away your online shopping privileges?"

"Thank you for reminding me." Ursula grumbled while she looked away in shame.

"The inventions could still use some work, too." Ed muttered.

"Stop!" Helga yelled at them all as she placed her container on the table. "There's plenty of time for this blaming after lunch! It's time to eat now! So you can all take your seats!"

"Yes, Helga." Dr.Z said in defeat as they all took seats with Rod and Laura at the table.

"Right!" Ursula agreed, happy to get out of being scolded for her shopping again.

"I'm starved." Zander and Ed both said.

"Oh, what are we having?" Rod asked as Helga poured the food into his bowl, a type of soup. As she did, he noticed a rock fell into his soup. "Hey! Was that a rock?"

"No money for groceries means that 'cream of gravel soup' is all you get." Helga told them as she finished pouring the soup for everyone. "Bon appetite."

"But, Helga, how am I supposed to conquer the world on an empty stomach?" Dr.Z asked. His answer was Gigas coming over to the table and drinking up the soup himself. "Aah!"

"Keep your snouts out of mine!" Ursula said, holding her bowl away from the table as Armatus and Maximus joined Gigass in eating out of Rod and Laura's bowls, which the two herbivores promptly ignored and moved on to hers once they finished their first bowl.

"I guess we're not the only ones who are hungry." Ed said as Gigas was also eating out of his bowl while finishing up Dr.Z's.

Gigas finished his meal and looked right at Dr.Z. "What are you looking at?" The doctor angrily asked him. The Tyrannosaurus responded by slightly opening his mouth and growling from both mouth and stomach. "Helga, bring some more soup!" He said quickly. "Otherwise we'll all end up as dinosaur food!"

"Just thank your god that Brontikens isn't here. He'd eat all the soup before we'd even have one drop." Gigas told him.

"Oh, yeah? Where is he?" Laura asked.

"Training. As usual." The three dinosaurs replied simultaneously.

In the training room, Brontikens was currently attacking wooden dummies with his tail, snapping them in half with just one strike. As he continued training, an unstableness formed in his eyes. His warrior pride told him an important battle was looming ever closer, and he was going to make sure he won this time.

(Intro Theme)

"Oh, man, I've been wanting this game!" Max said as he looked at a TV in a game store showing a game with a pink chibi Triceratops walking.

"You already have a ton of games you never even played once, Max." Rex reminded him.

"Yeah, but if you want it that bad, then save up your allowance and buy it." Zoe told him as she and Rex continued walking with their partners. "Since you love being such a big spender."

"Who are you calling a big spender?" Max asked as he ran to catch up with them.

"You. You're always spending every penny you have." The pinkette told him. "You had to buy two popsicles?" She asked as she pointed to the frozen treats in his hands that already had a bite in each, one blue and one green.

"But, that's because I bought one for Chomp, but then it turned out he didn't want one after all." Max explained.

"You just wanted both flavors. You never bought one for me." Chomp said.

"You're just remembering wrong." Max told him as he held the green popsicle up to his head, where Chomp was lying. "Just take a bite and tell me you want one."

Chomp obliged and took a bite. Once he did, he felt his brain get squeezed tightly. "Oh my god!" He screamed before it went away and he started sucking on the popsicle.

"Chomp." Max groaned as his friends laughed. "Thanks for making me look bad, and now you gave yourself a brain-freeze."

Before Chomp could reply, they heard the sounds of sirens going off. "Huh?"

Turning their direction towards a nearby bank. The doors opened to reveal four robbers running with two large bags on their shoulders. "Move!" "Let's beat it!"

They saw a tall man with tan hair and red shades and a short man with black hair and regular glasses carrying the large bags, while a blue-haired woman with a ponytail ran behind them. Their leader seemed to be an old man with a tan beard. As they laughed at their success, the old man failed to notice where he was running. "Hey! Watch out!" Max warned him. But it was too late and they crashed into each other. They fell to the ground, and the old man's wig fell on top of him

"Hey, watch where ya going, ya brat!" The old man said as he removed his wig. "Can't you see that I'm working here?!"

"Dr.Z?!" Everyone said in surprise.

"It's Dr.A! You spell it with an A!" The old man yelled at them.

Suddenly a car pulled up with the sacks of money on top and the woman rolled down the window. "Aha!" Dr.A said at the perfect timing of their escape.

On closer inspection, it was noted that she and the other two looked exactly like the rest of the Alpha Gang. "Come on, let's make some tracks!" She told Dr.A.

"Hold on. The old lady's in this, too?" Zoe asked.

"Listen, you! I'm not old! This is just a disguise!" The Ursula look-alike yelled at her.

"Uhh." Was all they could say in reply as to what's going on.

"Hold it right there!" A cop told them. "You're under arrest, crooks!"

Dr.A just laughed as he and his minions pulled out some weird looking guns. The cops put their arms in the air as the D-Team gasped. "Aaah! Somebody do something!" Paris exclaimed as she hid behind Zoe's legs.

The gang pulled the triggers and the guns fired. The cops cowered and the waiting for the end. But instead of bullets, flags and confetti came out of them. "Huh?" The D-Team said in confusion.

Taking advantage of the situation, Dr.A got into the car and it drove away quickly. Zoe got her goggle cameras ready for some photos while Max got his Dino Holder out. "Ready, Terry? Let's stop these crooks!"

"Bring them on!" Terry roared.

"DINO SLASH! FLAME UP, TYRANNOSAURUS!"

Terry landed behind the car and grabbed onto it by the bumper, causing it to stop in its tracks. The gang looked behind themselves and screamed when they saw who had stopped them. "Aaaaaah!" Terry lifted his head up and tossed the car behind himself. "Whoa!" While the rest of the team continued screaming, Dr.A's eyes were full of joy. "A real dinosaur!" He cried happily.

The car crashed and the bags opened up and spilled out the loot. The gang landed and Dr.A looked right up at Terry. "A Tyrannosaurus."

The Ursula look-alike knew what he was about to do and grabbed him by the collar before he got too close. "Boss, we've got to get out of here!"

"Forget the money!" The Zander look-alike said.

"Let's go!" The Ed look-alike said as they quickly got into the car and drove away, the hood falling off at the hasty retreat.

"That should teach 'em." Terry said as he was recalled.

"So, what exactly was the Alpha Gang doing robbing a bank?" Rex asked.

"And why did they panic at the sight of Terry?" Ace added. "Surely, the would have brought out Brontikens or something." At the mention of his rival, the Tyrannosaurus flinched.

"Weird." Was all Max could say.

DK

Eventually, the events of the bank made it onto the news. "Witnesses have identified the organizer of today's bank robbery as Dr.Z, the leader of a crime syndicate known as the Alpha Gang." The Anchorwoman reported as the screen showed a picture of the look-alikes.

"That is ridiculous! I have never robbed a bank!" Dr.Z yelled at the screen. "And even if I did, I wouldn't do it wearing lipstick!"

"Also caught on the security video were his three henchmen." The camera then showed individual photos of each of the team.

"They look just like us!" Ursula exclaimed.

"Except I have better hair." Zander said.

"And I'm thinner." Ed added.

"All of the stolen money was recovered by police officers soon after the robbery, but unfortunately, the criminals were able to make a successful getaway." The Anchorwoman said. "Witnesses say they were frightened off not by security, but by the appearance of a dinosaur, though this is unconfirmed."

"Why would we be scared of a dinosaur? Now I know it wasn't us." Dr.Z said.

"What I want to know is how four other people could look so much like us." Ursula said.

"I've always felt that I had a long-lost twin brother somewhere." Zander said, sounding like he was about to tear up.

"I thought you were an only child, Zander." Ed pointed out.

"Maybe we were separated at birth, and he was adopted and raised by circus clowns! You don't know what my childhood was like!" Zander retorted, sounding defense.

"Well, they say that everyone has a look-alike somewhere out there in the world." Ursula told them. "And it looks like we just found ours."

"Hmm." Dr.Z thought for a bit before telling his minions. "I have a plan."

DK

"What'd you mean that wasn't the Alpha Gang?" Max asked Reese once they were at the D-Lab.

"Look. There are small differences in the shape of their skulls." Reese said as she showed them the skulls of the two doctors and how they didn't perfectly line up.

"Oh, yeah." Zoe realized as she saw the differences.

"And the same with the other three. They're close, but different." Reese explained, doing the same thing with those skulls.

"You're right." Max realized.

"That's way too close for it to be just a coincidence." Rex said.

"You don't think they're.." Tank started.

"Twins?!" Everyone exclaimed.

"Like Bruce Willis!" Spiny added.

"Are you suggesting all four of them are twins?" Spike asked.

"Based on these scans, it's highly likely." Reese answered.

"If so, then, man, is fate lazy." Trooper said. The last thing they needed was another Alpha Gang running around.

From the training room, Coal listened in on the conversation below. "Looks like those freaks you beat up weren't the Alpha Gang, but instead their twins." She told Terry.

Terry stopped biting onto a life-size Apatosaurus dummy and looked at Coal with bewilderment. "You can't be serious." He told her.

"Just ask Reese. I heard the whole thing." Coal told before looking at his work on the dummy. She noted how all the bite marks were on the feet, or a small few scratches on the chest. "If you want to take him down, you need to hit his weak points. Which in the case of an Apatosaurus would be its neck." She told the Tyrannosaurus.

"In case you haven't noticed, his only weak point is impossible to reach!" Terry yelled at her as he tried to reach the neck, but couldn't get a good enough grip on it and fell onto the floor.

"Then focus less on the bite and more on just hitting him!" Coal told him.

Terry looked at her in confusion. "He's huge. How the hell am I supposed to knock him around?"

Coal rolled her eyes. "I didn't say knock him around, I said hit him. Remember this, large size is both a blessing and a curse in a fight. You taught me that when you defeated me in China." She said before she left the room.

Terry stayed as he pondered what she said. "A blessing and a curse."

DK

Meanwhile, in a small warehouse on top of a larger one, the second Alpha Gang were currently discussing what happened earlier that day. Despite losing all of the money, Dr.A was rather happy instead of furious. "Ah, I've always wanted to see a real Tyrannosaurus, and now I have." He said as he looked at a toy of the same dinosaur he had in his hand,

"And thanks to that Tyrannosaurus, we lost all of our money." The Ursula look-alike, known as Mersula, reminded him. "Now we don't even have enough cash to buy ourselves dinner."

"So what!?" Dr.A yelled at her. "We can rob a bank anytime! How often do you get to see a real dinosaur, huh!?" He asked before hugging his toy against his cheek. "It's been my dream since I was a little boy. So how could I not be overwhelmed with childlike emotion?"

Just then, the lights outside began to flash white as the whole roof began to shake. "What's that?" Dr.A asked as he put his toy away and opened the window just as the light began to dim. "What?!" All of them gasped.

"I would have called ahead, but I didn't have your number, Big Brother." Someone said as four silhouettes appeared.

"What? What did you say?" Dr.A asked as the silhouettes revealed to be the actual Alpha Gang. "Who are you?"

"No way!" Mersula gasped.

"They look like us!" The Ed look-alike, known as Ted, exclaimed.

"Impossible!" The Zander look-alike, known as Tanner, gasped.

"It's true!" Zander exclaimed as he started to cry. "We are twins that were separated at birth, Brother!"

"So were you guys raised by circus clowns?" Ed asked them.

"They're our twins?" Dr.A asked in surprise, alongside his henchmen.

"She's obviously the older one." Mersula said.

"I don't know what to say about that hairstyle." Tanner said.

"He's fatter." Ted pointed out before they all ran outside.

"Long...lost." The second Alpha Gang said as they ran.

"Twins!" The real ones finished as they all ran to hug each other.

All of the men embraced each other and laughed with joy it almost seemed like they were crying, while the two Ursula's just chuckled nervously at the idea of themselves hugging and instead gave each-other shoulder pats. "Ehehehe. Uh, how ya doing?"

"So, Brother, to what do we owe this honor of our long-lost twins suddenly appearing here out of the blue?" Dr.A asked as they separated.

"Well, I... need cash." Dr.Z told him quietly.

"You came to borrow money?!" The second Alpha Gang exclaimed.

Dr.A regained his composer and addressed his little brother. "I'm sorry, but we're broke."

"What?!" Dr.Z exclaimed angrily. All this work for nothing?

"This is why you should have waited before asking for money." The second Alpha Gang looked to see Brontikens in his chibi-form slowly approaching them. "If they had any, it's probably to stop the landlord from kicking them out. That or to buy more toys." Brontikens said as he whacked the shelf containing the toys with his tail, causing some to fall down.

"Hey! Don't break my toy dinosaurs!" Dr.A yelled while Dr.Z curiously walked over and picked them up.

"So, I see you like dinosaurs, too, is that right?" Dr.Z asked his brother.

"Yes." Dr.A answered before looking at Brontikens. "And in fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd say he's some type of miniature Apatosaurus."

"And you'd be correct, Brother!" Dr.Z told him. "However, he's no ordinary miniature! Ursula!"

"Yes, sir!" Ursula said as they got out their Scanners. "Here it goes.

"ALPHA SLASH!"

Another bright light filled the area, this time from the inside, and the whole room exploded. When the debris cleared, Dr.A was face to face with Brontikens in his true form. "Ah, fantastic! A full-size Apatosaurus!" He said in astonishment before noticing the other three.

"Dinosaurs!" The rest of the second Alpha Gang gasped.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Dr.Z laughed at their reactions. "So, what'd you think?"

"Incredible." Mersula said before they were recalled. "Hey, now where did they go?"

"Right here." Ursula said, gesturing to the glowing cards in their hands. "They've been safely turned back into cards."

"However, if you don't hand over all your money." Dr.Z threatened his brother.

"ALPHA SLASH!"

"I'll be forced to turn them loose." He told them as the dinosaurs appeared again.

Dr.A did not take kindly to the ultimatum. "You idiot, I already told you I'm broke thanks to one of those dinosaurs botching our last job!"

This gained Brontikens' interest. "What kind was it?"

"A Tyrannosaurus, only red." Dr.A told him, turning away and crossing his arms.

"Interesting." Brontikens said as he was recalled again with the others.

"Anyway." Dr.A said, shifting the subject. "If you're my long-lost twin brother coming to meet me, shouldn't you be bringing me money?"

"Aah! Why, you!" Dr.Z yelled, a tick-mark appearing on his head as his minions tried to calm him down.

"All right, calm down." Ursula told him.

"This really isn't going very well." Zander said.

Dr.A ignored them and turned his attention to the carrier they used. "Do these wheels of yours got any pick-up?"

"I'm happy with its performance." Dr.Z answered.

"In that case... ha, ha, ha!" Dr.A laughed. "I say we take a little road trip."

DK

Back with the D-Team, Zoe and her team ran as fast as they could to Max's place and found the others in the backyard. "My Dino Holder detected something, but just for a second."

"Yeah, it showed up on ours, too." Max told her.

"It was too quick to get a fix on it, so I'll bet you it was the Alpha Gang." Rex told them.

"I sure wish we knew what they were up to this time." Max said

Hearing them say Alpha Gang made Terry tense up. Just like Brontikens, his own warrior pride told him of the upcoming battle. "No, not now. It's too soon."

DK

The two Alpha Gangs were currently flying over a desert until a city came into view. "What is that place?" Ursula asked.

"A huge city right in the middle of the desert!" Zander exclaimed.

"There's a lot of money there?" Dr.Z asked his brother.

"Oh, yeah!" Dr.A told him. "Las Vegas is where people come to throw their money away." He explained as the craft landed in some bushes by a large casino.

"Really? If that's true, then I'm here to collect all the trash." Dr.Z declared as he stepped out and looked at their target.

"Maybe I'll sit this one out." Ursula said as she and her partners exited the craft. "I really don't enjoy sorting through garbage."

"They don't really through it away, you airhead." Mersula mocked her as the doubles joined them.

Ursula took offense to this. "Did you just call me an airhead?!"

"I did! You got a problem with that 'Little Sister?!"

"You're the problem, 'Big Sister?!"

"Ursula!"

"Mersula!"

"Huh?" They both stopped their arguing as their teammates pulled them aside.

"Aren't we supposed to play nice until we get the money?" Ed asked.

"That's right, Ursula. We've got to keep these guys on our side for now." Zander told her. "So you've got to control that anger of yours, or you'll ruin it for the rest of us."

"Errr." Ursula growled as she knew he was unfortunately right.

"Here, you'll need to wear this." Dr.A said as he handed his brother a pink dress.

"I will not wear a dress." Dr.Z firmly told him.

"And just in case, you'd better take this, too." Dr.A added before handing him a gun. "But try not to use it unless it's an extreme emergency."

"I already have a gun." Dr.Z told him, pulling out the one he used when the D-Team invaded his headquarters.

"But this kind is guaranteed to make them give you the money." Dr.A told his brother. "It's a special kind of gun."

"Okay." Dr.Z said unsurely as he took the gun offered. It did look like it could fire a larger bullet.

"In exchange, you'll lend me your dinosaur cards and that Alpha Scanner." Dr.A explained his plan.

"Fat chance!" Dr.Z told him.

DK

Eventually, Dr.Z realized that he had no choice and complied with both of his brother's wishes. And, yes, he hated it. "This is humiliating. Pink has never been my color." He told his brother as they walked to the front booths with their minions behind them, all wearing disguises as well.

"We have to wear disguises. We're wanted in twenty- five states." Mersula told him.

"Make that twenty-six. In this one, we're wanted by the fashion police." Tanner added.

"No surprise there." Zander commented.

"I feel fat." Ed said, wearing a maid outfit alongside Zander.

"At least you don't look like a reject from a high school marching band." Ursula told him as she looked at her outfit in depression.

"Or Goldilocks on steroids." Dr.Z added.

Eventually, they reached their target. "The vault is just under that booth." Dr.A told them. "Keep quiet and let me do all the talking."

"Fine, just don't do anything stupid." Dr.Z warned him.

They both walked up to the booth and Dr.A reached into his pocket. "Give me all of your cash or be crushed!" He threatened the woman in the booth as he pulled out the Scanner and Brontikens' card.

"What?" The woman asked in confusion.

"Don't say I didn't warn you!" Dr.A told her as he slashed the card.

Unfortunately, it was the wrong way and he had a chibi Brontikens on his head. "Aah! Get this thing off on my head!" Dr.A exclaimed as he struggled to keep his head up.

"Brontikens, get off." Dr.Z told him before the Apatosaurs obliged when he decided it wasn't funny anymore, kicking off Dr.A's wig in the process.

"Excuse me. Do you mind if I ask what you're doing?" The woman asked them.

"How about I show you?" Dr.A replied as he regained composure and pulled out his gun, scaring the woman in the booth. "Hand over all of your money, now!" He ordered as his minions joined him with their own guns.

The woman pressed a button under her desk and an alarm went off. People began to panic as the booths closed and the cops began to enter. "Uh-oh. That's not good." Dr.A said as they got surrounded.

"Drop your weapons and put your hands in the air." A cop told them as they all pointed their own guns at the criminals.

The second Alpha Gang obliged, but Dr.Z was having none of that. He took out the gun his brother gave him and fired, only to find out it was full of streamers. The cops looked at them in confusion while Dr.Z looked at his gun, which now had flags hanging out the opening. "Hey! What kind of trick is this?!"

"I told you not to shoot, you bumbling amateur!" Dr.A scolded him.

"How was I supposed to know that you're all talk and no action?!" Dr.Z yelled at him, ditching the disguise. "Give me back my stuff!" He ordered as he snatched back his scanner and recalled Brontikens.

"ALL RIGHT! ALPHA SLASH!"

A full-sized Brontikens appeared and scared away all the cops before all of his feet were on the ground. "Come over here, Brontikens! I wanted you to shatter this shutter!" Dr.Z commanded him. "This is where all the money is!"

"But the real prize has yet to come." Brontikens said as he obliged to Dr.Z's command.

DK

At the D-Lab, Brontikens' signal was just detected by the Dino Holders. "They're at it again!" Max exclaimed.

"Where is it, Reese?" Rex asked her.

"It's coming from Las Vegas, Nevada." Reese told them.

"The entertainment capital of the world!" Spike said with excitement.

"All right, everyone. Let's get going." Terry said, though his nervousness was showing. His warrior instincts knew his training was about to be tested, whether he liked it or not. At the press of a button, they were all transported to Las Vegas.

When they got there, they noticed the chaos outside of the casino. "What'd you think happened?" Paris asked.

"I don't know." Max replied. "Let's go check it out."

"Hey, kids!" They turned to see a policewoman approach them with others following. "You three need to clear out. This area is a crime scene." She told them.

"But what's going on, officer?" Rex asked.

"There's been a robbery in the casino, and one of the witnesses reporting seeing a dinosaur, too." She explained.

"Ah!" The D-Team gasped as she ran off to deal with the situation. "It's the Alpha Gang! No doubt about it!" Tank declared, stomping her foot.

"But now the Dino Holder's not showing anything." Zoe said as she pulled hers out to confirm her point.

"Hey, you're right." Rex said as he and Max checked theirs.

"Think they managed to get away?" Chomp asked.

"No." Ace told him. "With this many cops in the area, I'm guessing they're still inside. We'll just have to wait for them to come out, and stop them before they escape with whatever they want."

DK

Inside the casino, the Alpha Gang laid waste to the room and all of the guards, thankfully just tying them up, and managed to find the vault easily. Brontikens, now in chibi-form, stood guard while the two groups collected the loot, all having dropped their disguises completely, and filled five large backs with as much money as they could possibly carry.

"Ha, ha, ha! We found it!" Dr.A laughed. "Just look at all this loot!" He then turned to his brother. "That was incredible, Dr.Z. You're not such a bungler of a burglar after all. With the way you controlled that Apatosaurus, it's clear that we have the same dinosaur-loving blood running through our veins, my lost-long twin brother." He said as he gave Dr.Z a hug around the neck.

Dr.Z, on the other hand, decided enough was enough. "Aah! I'm not your long-lost twin!" He told Dr.A as he freed himself from his embrace. "That was all a bunch of baloney!"

"What?!" Dr.A gasped.

"After I saw your pictures on the news, I made up the whole story just to get you four to go along with our little scheme." Dr.Z explained. "But now that I see what morons you are, I'm starting to think we should have carried this out on our own!"

"Oh, yeah?!" Dr.A questioned him. "Well, what about us both loving dinosaurs?"

"Coincidence!" Dr.Z told him. "Both of us have a staff of losers, so what?"

"We're not total losers." Ursula rejected, though her tone said otherwise.

"It's just that our success rate is low." Zander said in a similar tone of voice as Ursula.

"You're total losers for believing us." Ed told the second Alpha Gang.

"No!" Tanner and Ted screamed in horror.

Mersula, on the other hand, was pretty smug. "Huh. I figured as much. From the beginning, I was wondering how my so-called 'younger sister' could be such an old lady."

"Rrr! Who are you calling old lady!?" Ursula asked her with yellow demon eyes. "You're so old, your wrinkles have wrinkles!"

"Yeah? Listen, you're so old, when you look in the mirror your reflection hides!" Mersula shot back.

"I'll get you for that!" Ursula declared.

"Stop!" Dr.Z yelled as he got in between the two. "You're wasting time! Besides, this is really getting old."

"Who are you calling old?!" Both women yelled at him, making the doctor cringe and fall over. "It couldn't be me." Ursula muttered.

"Enough!" Dr.Z told her as he leapt back on his feet. "We've got to get all this loot loaded up and then get out of here, now!"

"Yes, sir!" The trio affirmed.

"You're not going anywhere with this stash!" Dr.A said as he and his minions blocked their path to the money.

"That's what you think!" Dr.Z told him. "I've got an Apatosaurus that says we are!" He recalled Brontikens and his card appeared in his hand. "Alpha Slash!"

Outside, the D-Team's Dino Holders started blinking, indicating Brontikens was summoned. "It's back!" Max exclaimed.

"And it looks like someone's coming." Chomp told them as he pointed to the entrance.

Sure enough, the second Alpha Gang came running out the doors before the police stopped them. "Stop right there and identify yourselves!" One officer ordered.

"Look! It's that weird doctor guy from this morning!" Zoe said as she checked with her goggles.

Suddenly, Brontikens burst from the building, scarring all the cops. "Aaah! What is that thing?!" One of them asked in horror.

"Your worst nightmare." Brontikens replied as the Alpha Gang showed up with large bags of money on the trio's shoulders.

"Great. Now it's our weird doctor guy." Zoe said sarcastically.

"ALPHA SLASH!"

Ursula and Zander called out the rest of their dinosaurs, Ursula having done Maximus and Armatus while Zander did Gigas, and the attack began. "Go! Spectral Destroy, Brontikens! Ha!" Dr.Z activated the Move Card.

Brontikens gathered the energy on his back before he fired at some of the police cars. The blast caused them to explode and start a large fire, scaring away all the cops. Armatus proceeded to smash cars with his tail, while Gigas and Maximus did so by jumping on top of them. The second Alpha Gang ran for their lives before leaping into a nearby bush.

Terry watched in horror as the Alpha Gang continued their attack. This was by far the worst thing they have ever done. Growling in anger, he turned to Max. "Everyone, we need to stop them before they kill someone!" The rest of the D-Team agreed and got ready for battle.

"DINO SLASH!"

Gigas noticed the color changed and immediately got worried. "Uh-oh. Guys, we have company!" He yelled to the others. But, due to the smoke, he couldn't see them, or Chomp and Paris tackling him.

While Ace pounced on Armatus, and Tank and Spiny smacked Maximus with their tails, Terry looked around for Brontikens. Due to the smoke, he could barely see in front of him. Thankfully, his kind were known for smelling rather than sight, so he was able to smell that the Apatosaurus was nearby.

From the bush, the second Alpha Gang poked their heads out and watched the fight. "Where are all of these dinosaurs coming from?" Tanner asked.

"And how will we get away?" Mersula added. "Boss, since you seem to like dinosaurs so much, why don't you do something?" She suggested.

"Like what? You want me to go out there and offer them treats?" Dr.A replied angrily.

On the other side of the battle, the real Alpha Gang finally noticed the fight going on. "Hey, aren't those dinosaurs with the bratty kids?" Dr.Z asked.

"Yes, that's correct." Zander confirmed.

"Ha! We've got you now, old geezer!" Max told them.

"And you too, old lady!" Zoe added just for spite.

"Okay, I didn't hear that." Ursula mumbled as she looked away in annoyance.

"Well, looks like we hit the jackpot!" Dr.Z told them. "We've got a bunch of money, and now we'll take your dinosaurs!" He declared. "Show 'em, Brontikens!"

Terry immediately got onto his guard and had his eyes peeled for any signs of danger. He noticed a small, gray object approaching him quickly and grabbed onto it with his mouth. Getting a better feel of it, he could deduce that it was Brontikens' tail. "I see you've been training." Brontikens said as he showed his head to the Tyrannosaurus. "However, it was not enough." He told his opponent before lifting his tail up and slamming it down hard repeatedly. But Terry did not let go.

His friends were not having much better luck. Gigas knocked a charging Chomp into Paris and Ace with his tail, sending them crashing into a car, before Armatus jumped into all three of them. And Maximus grabbed Tank's tail and threw her into a building before doing the same to Spiny. "My liver!" Spiny cried as he slid down the building.

The D-Team saw that their friends were in trouble and quickly acted. "Ninja Attack!" Rex said as he activated the card. Ace quickly ran up to Armatus before surrounding him with clones and hitting him repeatedly.

"Metal Wing!" The Pteranodons appeared and swooped down to Gigas and sliced him with their wings before he collapsed.

"Water Sword/ Quake Saber!" Water formed out of Spiny's mouth while Tank's tail had a crystal lightsaber form from its tip. Both of them aimed at Maximus and sliced her, causing her to collapse, too.

"How's that, Thick Thighs?" Tank mocked.

All three of them slowly got back up and slowly began to back away and huddle together. Brontikens could see this and began to yell at them. "Come back, you cowards!"

Seeing they had the chance they were waiting for, Max got their final attack ready. "Go! Final Thunder!"

Chomp charged forward before knocking all three of them down with his tail and hoisted them all into the air at once. He then fired a strike of lightning at them, causing all three to become paralyzed. Then an arc of electricity formed around him before it broke into seven individual bolts and fired at the trio. Each one hit individually before the attack stopped and they were falling from the sky, twitching as they did so.

"Aaah!" Dr.Z gasped as they landed right on top of their carrier, causing it to explode and for them to be carded.

The cards appeared in Ursula and Zander's hands while the group watched in silence. "That's going to make it a little tuff to get home." Ursula commented.

"Yeah! How's that, Doctor?!" Max cheered before asking the doctor mockingly.

Dr.Z's distressed look soon changed to a smirk. "It seems you brats have forgotten that we still have one player left." He gestured to Brontikens, who didn't even feel Terry biting his tail anymore as he kept slamming it on the ground.

The rest of the D-Team quickly ran over to assist Terry. But Brontikens was having none of that. Using his foot, he kicked up some gasoline from the police cars with his hind leg and threw it onto the ground around them, creating a ring of fire that surrounded the two. "I'll have no interferences." He told them.

The rest of them tried to find a way around, but Terry let go of Brontikens' tail and stopped them. "Guys, leave us alone. This is my fight."

"Bro, you're being stupid!" Chomp told him. "Now is not the time to get all prideful."

"It isn't my pride you should worry about." Terry told the Triceratops. "It's his." He gestured to Brontikens, who was kindly allowing them to have this talk. "I know what he wants. He wants revenge."

"I know, he mentioned that back at the volcano. But he already got it." Chomp reminded him.

"Against you, yes, but not against me." Terry explained. "This rematch needed to happen someday, and I decide that it happens today!" With that, he turned around and began to face Brontikens.

"Bro!" Chomp tried to object, but the flames blocked his view.

"I can't tell if you're really brave or really foolish for going through with this." Brontikens said as he got ready. "I've been waiting for this moment ever since we first fought. I hope you don't plan to disappoint me."

"You'll see how much I've been training." Terry told him before he charged forward. His goal was to pin Brontikens down so he can damage the Apatosaurus much easier. He leapt forward, trying to reach the neck, but Brontikens saw this coming and hit him away with his head.

Terry landed right by the fire, thankfully not getting his face burned. He heard and felt the footsteps of Brontikens charging towards him. Looking up, he saw the sauropod lifting a foot up to crush his neck like he did in New York. Thinking fast, he quickly rolled out of the way before getting back up. Going for it again, he leapt at Brontikens, but only managed to hit his side, causing the Apatosaurus to stumble a bit.

Up in the air, Jet and the Pteranodons were watching the whole fight, reporting everything that occurred. "How's Terry doing?!" Max asked the Pteranodons. After what Chomp told him, he couldn't help but worry.

"Too soon to tell who's winning." Jet replied.

Back with the fight, Terry noticed how his attack managed to hurt Brontikens and decided to try it again. He charged forward, but Brontikens was prepared this time and met him in a headlock before he could jump. "And that's checkmate." Brontikens told Terry. Before he could ask what he meant, Brontikens' tail caused Terry to trip and fall onto the ground. Brontikens took this opportunity to bat Terry away like a golf ball with his head.

Terry got back up and was panting heavily as Brontikens slowly walked towards him. "You sure are powerful." Terry told him. "I can barely get a scratch on you."

"Don't be surprised, Terry. I commend you for putting up a good struggle, but the cat can never beat the tiger, as they say." Brontikens responded before coming to a stop. "I've already gotten revenge on your brother. Once I'm done with you, the Pachycephalosaurus and Seismosaurus will follow. Then you will all know once and for all who the strongest dinosaur is."

Terry looked around frantically, trying to find something that could weaken him. Yet all that was around them was the slowly dwindling fire. Terry then remembered what Coal told him earlier. "Large size is both a blessing and a curse." He told himself. "What the hell did she mean? All that size is used for is hitting me like a truck. It has no drawback."

As Terry tried remembering what Coal meant, Brontikens swung his neck at the Tyrannosaurus once again. Terry snapped out of his thoughts in time to see this and quickly jumped over it and landed on the other side. "'Phew'! Good thing I...saw that coming. Wait, that's it!" He realized. "His large size makes his attacks harder when they hit, but he sacrifices speed and unpredictability thanks to him being so large. The question now is, how to use that to my advantage?"

"Are you done whispering to yourself?" Brontikens asked Terry, snapping the Tyrannosaurus from his thoughts. Brontikens gave a roar before charging forward again. Terry charged forward as well. Brontikens saw this coming and swung his neck at him again. But instead of simply dodging, Terry used this as a leverage and leapt onto the Apatosaurus. "What!?" Brontikens asked as he tried to throw Terry off, but the Tyrannosaurus had managed to climb onto his back.

"I don't believe it!" Jet gasped before telling everyone below. "Terry actually has Brontikens struggling a bit!"

Terry then began to bite down onto the sauropod's back. Brontikens roared in pain before reaching back to grab Terry to through him off. Terry saw his head approaching and quickly let go before jumping off, making Brontikens bite onto his own back by accident. "Hey, now. Why're you bitting yourself?" Terry joked.

Brontikens growled in anger at this comment. "Grrr! Enough games!" He yelled before charging forward again.

"You know, you should really change your strategy around a bit." Terry said as he met him in another headlock. "It's always charge forward, swing your head, try and squish me. For the ultimate fighter, you really are as predictable as they come."

"Grrrrrr!" Brontikens growled even louder at the insult before getting his tail ready to swing at Terry. But Terry was ready and stopped it with his foot before he pushed back onto Brontikens so quickly it took the sauropod by complete surprise. Brontikens tried to push him back, but the Tyrannosaurus was proving to be too much for him. With a loud roar as a signal, Terry headbutted Brontikens with all his might, and the sauropod fell to the ground.

At this time, the fire began to dwindle to nothing and everyone could see the outcome. Terry had Brontikens on the ground, with a foot on his neck to prevent him from getting up. "Word of advice before you challenge us again; stop relying on the same attacks again and again." Terry told him. "Also, get that temper of yours under check."

Brontikens looked at Terry with hatred in his eyes before he slowly nodded. His head hit the ground, and returned to his card due to the pain and lack of energy.

As everyone cheered at Terry's victory, the card went into Dr.Z's hands. He was shocked at what just happened. They managed to defeat Brontikens without assistance.

Seeing they had no dinosaurs left, Dr.A decided now was the time to attack. "Hand over all that money!" He demanded.

"Yeah! We stole it fair and square!" Mersula added before the group got into a catfight over the money. "Yah!"

"Who pulled my hair!?" Ursula yelled

"Give us back our money!" Zander demanded.

"It's our money!" Tanner countered.

"But we stole it!" Ed retorted.

"We stole it first!" Ted shot back.

"Our money's flying away!"

"Huh?!" Hearing what Dr.Z shouted, everyone stopped fighting and noticed that the three Pteranodons were carrying the money with their talons as they circled above Paris. "What's the matter? You missing something?" Zoe asked them smugly as Paris roared in triumph.

"That'll teach ya!" Max added with the same smugness in his voice.

Seeing the kids got the money back, the police took the opportunity to apprehend the criminals, surrounding them from all sides with each officer having a gun in their hands. "Hold it right there! You're all under arrest!"

"Aah!" Dr.Z growled. It can not end like this. Going to jail like some common criminal. He was the leader of the most fearsome band of villains this world has never known since the Nazis.

"I can't go to prison. I look terrible in orange." Ursula whispered to him.

Dr.Z ignored her and tried to find a way to escape. "Huh?" He found that way in the form of a sewer pipe. "He, he!" He chuckled before he quickly removed the lid and jumped in. He was followed by Ursula, then Ed, and then Tanner.

"Not you!" Ursula said as she kicked him back up and Zander jumped in.

"Wait for me!" Dr.A called out as he jumped in. But they closed the lid on him, causing him to hit his face on the gravel and leaving him at the mercy of the cops. "Can't crime pay sometimes?" He asked as he began to sob.

DK

Once they managed to escape, the Alpha Gang began the awfully long walk home through the sewers. "I've got to admit, it was kind of fun that the Alpha Gang has doppelgangers." Dr.Z said.

"They looked just like us, too." Ed added.

"That's what doppelganger means, Ed." Zander told him.

"I thought they were nothing like us." Ursula commented.

"I thought they were just as dumb!" Dr.Z yelled back, making all of them wince as his loud tone echoed.

DK

"Now for an Action News update." The Anchorwoman said on the TV at the Taylor Household the next day while Max, Rex, and their partners had their lunch. "This has just come in. Las Vegas authorities are reporting that they've made four arrests in the armed casino robbery, and that all of the stolen money had been safely returned to the vaults."

"So, do you really think those robbers really are related to the Alpha Gang, Rex?" Max asked as he took a bite of his sandwich. "And ya think it's possible they're all twins?"

"The way they were fighting, it didn't seem like they were family." Rex replied. "But, I don't know."

"They sure looked alike. That we can all agree on." Chomp said, making everyone nod in agreement.

DK

"I don't know if that was Grandpa's ancestor or not, but it looks like he's going to prison." Rod said as he, Laura, and Seth looked at files he pulled up about the second Alpha Gang that appeared in large pictures above them."

"According to these articles, that group has had more than their share of problems." Seth told them as he pulled up more.

"In that case, maybe they are related." Rod joked.

"True." Seth agreed.

"Speaking of Grandpa, shouldn't he and the others be back by now?" Laura asked.

DK

Back in the sewers, the Alpha Gang was panting heavily from all the walking. "Ah! We've been walking for hours." Dr.Z sighed, taking a short break before resuming.

"We can't let the cops catch us." Zander added.

"What If our body doubles ratted us out?" Ed asked.

"They can't." Ursula told him. "Isn't there a crooks' code or something?"

"Yeah, 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'." Zander told her.

"I wish you three stayed in Vegas!" Dr.Z yelled at them again.

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Seth: Why don't we put the dinosaurs to work instead of the humans?

Dr.Z: How can we do that with four dinosaurs?

Seth: I have my ways

A/N: And so we reached the beginning of season 1.2. What a fun ride this was.

For those of you wondering, I can up with Tanner and Ted's names. Mersula And Dr.A I got from Netflix subtitles.

But I'm sure you're all interested in the big fight. The big one-on-one was added for three reasons. First was to add something epic for the midseason finale. Second was the fact that I needed to show the D-Team can defeat Brontikens without much assistance. If he's going to appear more, this had to happen. And the final reason was to show more of Terry's character. In case you didn't notice, Terry is a warrior who loves a good fight. I'll admit, though, this fight was a challenge to compose.

I did get one person who commented on element boosters. I'm not adding them into this story, period. I'm sorry I just don't like the concept.

With nothing else to say, see you all...tomorrow actually.