Rhino or Dino?
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"Talking"
Thinking
"Flashback"
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It was a normal day in the African savanna with the animals minding their own business, all except for one. A young rhino was running for its life from a dangerous creature that separated him from its mother. Unfortunately, a net draped over the rhino and stopped it in its tracks. A group of men looked over their prize with the leader, a man dressed like Spike who was wearing red shades, smirking victoriously at their catch. "A white rhino calf. Ha, ha, ha!"
Later that night, the men returned to the camp and caged the baby, ready to have it sold. "Another successful hunt!" The leader, known as Ungaro, declared as they tapped their drinks together in the form of a toast. As they had their dinner, one of the men pulled out a strange egg he found and examined it. "Huh? Where'd you get that?" Ungaro asked once he noticed the egg.
"I found it this afternoon, pretty close to where we bagged that final catch." The man explained. "Looks like an ostrich egg of some short."
Before they could decide what to do with it, they heard the sound of rumbling approaching them. The mother rhino had found them, and she was pissed.
The men screamed as the rhino smashed through the tent. "Aah! Get out, get out!"
"Get out of here!" Their efforts were useless and they had no choice but to run and wait for the mother to leave. While the mother continued her attack, she stepped onto the egg and opened it up, revealing the Dinosaur Card and Move Card inside. She also knocked over a lamp and the static mixed with the cards. The tent started glowing and the mother made a retreat from the dinosaur that appeared in the tent's place.
The dinosaur looked a lot like Chomp: except it had green scales, with some small brown ones on the back, and a much larger, also more vertical oval shaped when compared to Chomp's rounder, frill that had red and yellow markings that formed a pattern of circles that made it look like it had giant, red eyes on both halves, a horizontal red stripe in the middle separating the two haves like a nose. This dinosaur was a Torosaurus.
The Torosaurus roared to signal his entrance before hearing the sound of the baby rhino. Walking over to the source, he saw the baby cowering in fear of his presence. "Ah!" Ungaro and his men gasped at what appeared next. With one swing of his horns, the Torosaurus ripped off the front of the cage, allowing the baby rhino to escape and reunite with its mother. Ungaro watched the scene unfold and came to the conclusion as to what this creature was. "Whoa! It's an enormous rhinoceros!"
(Intro Theme)
In Sanjo City, the D-Team were currently in the middle of a soccer game against another team. "Over here!" A kid yelled out to the one with the ball. "Pass it, come on!"
Zoe stood nervously as she was playing goalie, a position she didn't want to be. "How'd I ever let myself get talked into playing goalie." She moaned to herself in worry.
"Don't worry, Zoe." Rex assured her. "They'll never get past me on defense!" With that, he slid beneath the kid and took the ball from him, causing the kid to trip.
"Whoa! Oh, oh, oh!"
"Way to go, Rex!" Zoe cheered. "Now South East just needs to score a goal!"
Part of South East was thankfully Max. He got the ball and passed it to another teammate. "Max!" The teammate called out as he passed it back to him.
"Heah!" Max leapt into the air and hit the ball into the goal with his head, scoring them a goal.
"Nice shot, Max." Rex congratulated before realizing Max's predicament. "Huh? Now that's what I call really throwing yourself into the game."
The blonde was referring to the fact Max got stuck in the goal net after his move. "Yeah, yeah! Just help me out of here, will you?" Max chuckled with embarrassment. While this went on, the Dino Holders started to go off in their bags.
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"Get in here! Another one of my dinosaurs has been detected!" Dr.Z yelled to the A-Team as they entered.
"Coming, Doctor!" The trio said before entering the room and noticing the large object in the center. "Huh?"
In the middle of the room was a large purple missile. "How do you like the new missile I made for you?" Dr.Z asked the trio. "This'll get you where you're going in no time!"
"But if we crash land, it's game over!" Zander reminded him.
"Would I do that to you?" Dr.Z asked him. "OK, I might, but this has a sure-fire parachute that'll open up and bring you down gently." He assured them.
Ursula grabbed her teammates by the necks and pulled them in before patting them on the backs. "I want you to know I'm behind you on this mission all the way!"
"You mean you're not going?" Zander and Ed asked.
"This mission is top priority!" Dr.Z told her, not letting her weasel her way out of this mission.
"See? Someone has to stay here and monitor the flight." Ursula said.
Dr.Z was having none of this. "Alpha Droids, help these three aboard!"
The Alpha Droids ran up to the trio and picked them up before carrying them up stairs to the top of the missile. "Boarding. Boarding. Boarding."
"Huh? I'm not booked on this flight!" Ursula said.
"I didn't pack properly!" Zander added.
"Will they serve lunch?" Ed asked.
The Droids reached the top of the missile and opened up the hatch, dropping the trio inside. "Aah!"
Once they were inside, Rod and Laura looked at their grandfather. "Ignition!" Dr.Z said as he pressed the activate button.
"Whatever happened to the countdown?!" Ursula asked as the missile flew towards Africa. "Whoa!"
"Happy landings!" Rod and Laura called out to them.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Dr.Z quietly laughed.
"Wow, that thing actually flew." Rod said in amazement.
"This one's your best invention ever, Grandpa." Laura commented him.
"I don't know. There've been so many." He said smugly.
"By the way, when did you program their parachute to open, Laura?" Rod asked as they left the room.
"Grandpa said he would program the parachute." Laura answered.
"Hmm?" Dr.Z quickly remembered he did say that and forgot to do it. But he quickly shrugged it off. "Oh, well. They've survived worse."
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After a bit, the missile crash-landed in the middle of the savanna, scaring nearby animals away, and then the parachute opened up, covering the missile. To make matters worse, the side that landed on the ground was the cockpit. The Alpha Gang groaned as they climbed out of the parachute. "Ugh. So much for that sure-fire parachute Dr.Z was bragging about." Ursula groaned.
"Oh, well, I'm just happy we survived." Ed said.
Zander immediately tensed when he saw where they landed. "Yeah? Well, I wouldn't speak too soon!"
"Hmm?" Ursula and Ed looked to see that they landed in the middle of a lion den, and the pride was hungry. "Aah!"
In a flash, the trio were on their feet, running from the hungry felines. "Ed, you hang back!" Ursula told him. "There's much more of you to be eaten!"
"I don't want to be some lion's lunch meat!" Ed told her.
"Come on, Zander! Do something! Why don't you call out Gigas?! Do I always have to think of everything?!" Ursula asked as the pride got closer.
From their headquarters, Ungaro and his men watched as the trio were chased through some binoculars. "Hey, looks like there's some new poachers in town." One of the men said.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about that." Ungaro assured them. "Doesn't look like they'll be around much longer."
"ALPHA SLASH!"
In a split second, Gigas appeared and scared the lions off with his mere presence and a roar. "Well! Something went right for a change." Zander said as he recalled the Tyrannosaurus before the trio sighed in relief. "Ah!"
"My quick-thinking must've shown them who's the queen of this jungle." Ursula bragged.
"Yeah, and you ain't lion." Ed added.
Ungaro, on the other hand, was shocked as to what happened. "What in the name of thievery was that thing?!" He asked in shock. "Where are these animals coming from!? Unreal!" He was so shocked, his shades started falling off. The poacher collected himself before coming up with a plan. "Come to think of it, that creature might be able to help us capture the other creature. Go invite those three to our camp!" Ungaro ordered his men.
"Right!" They said as they ran to meet the trio, who had collapsed after the adrenaline rush.
As they ran off, Ungaro had a twisted smirk on his face. "If I play my cards right, I could have two rare animals to sell."
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After inviting the trio over, the Alpha Gang and the poachers met up at their base of operation. "Welcome to our humble campsite, my friends. I'm Ungaro of the International Covert Wilderness Hunting Organization."
"Covert Wilderness Hunting Organization?" Ursula repeated before remembering where she heard that name before. "Hey, aren't those guys poachers?"
"We prefer the term collectors, if you don't mind." Ungaro requested.
"Ursula, these guys are crooks." Ed whispered to her.
"Yeah. Dr.Z told us to never hang out with the likes of them." Zander reminded her.
"Oh, and I supposed that you're just here sightseeing?" Ungaro asked, hearing their little whispers.
"Excuse me? Are you suggesting that we're poachers?" Ursula asked, taking offense to his comparison.
"Hmm." Ed thought. You know, come to think of it, even though we're after different kinds of animals, what the Alpha Gang does is really kind of poachy, too." He explained.
"Huh? There's no comparison." Ursula told him. "We use sophisticated electronic devices and rockets. Right, Zander?"
"With blinky lights." He added.
"You're after that big rhinoceros just the same as us, aren't you?" Ungaro asked them.
"And by that you mean?" Zander asked.
"Don't play dumb with me. There's a rhinoceros in these parts the size of a small zeppelin!" Ungaro explained.
"A zeppelin-sized rhinoceros?" Ursula asked, having a hard time believing that story.
"Hey, maybe it's really the dinosaur." Ed whispered, much quieter this time.
"With the money we'd get for bringing in an animal as rare as that one, we'd all be millionaires!" Ungaro declared, this time not hearing Ed. "And with the help of that unusual beast I saw you all with earlier, we should be able to catch it easily."
"Unusual beast?" Ursula repeated.
"The one that scared off all those lions out there." Ungaro reminded her.
Ursula's eyes widened when she realized that he was referring to Gigas. She brought Zander and Ed into a team huddle to discuss their next move. "So what do you think? Maybe we should team up with them for now and see what we can find." She suggested.
"They could be of some use to us in finding the dinosaur." Zander added.
"But don't forget they're poachers. What if they try to poach Gigas?" Ed reminded them.
"Those little peashooters won't phase him at all." Ursula said. "And if they try any funny business, we'll give them a thank you present." She said before turning around. "All right, Mr. Ungaro. Looks like we have a deal."
"Well, you've made an excellent decision." Ungaro said as they shook hands. "Now how about another look at that big animal of yours?"
"Oh, I don't know. He's pretty rough." Ursula said. "Ha, ha, ha!"
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"Here it goes!" Max called out as he got into position to give the ball a mighty kick
"Max!" Spike called out as he got his son's attention.
The sudden startle caused the boy to lose balance and fall over. "Aah! Ugh. Hey, Dad." He greeted his father, getting back onto his feet while rubbing his head.
"Didn't you hear your Dino Holder go off?" Spike asked him.
The D-Team gasped as a result. "It did?" Zoe gasped.
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"Reese, where did the dinosaur appear?!" Rex asked as they quickly ran into the room and regrouped with their dinosaur partners.
"In Africa. A country called Kenya." She told them.
"I've always wanted to go there!" Zoe beamed.
"Awesome!" Max said as they teleported away.
"Gee, That rings a bell. I know someone from Kenya." Spike said as he tried to remember who. "But I can't think who it is."
"Maybe it was a hippopotamus?" Someone sarcastically suggested.
"Yeah! That's it!" Spike agreed, leading to Reese rolling her eyes.
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The D-Team found themselves in a small brush in the savannah. "Wow, look at all this open space!" Chomp said as he and the other dinosaurs looked around in amazement. "The others would love it here!"
"It's called a savanna." Rex explained to the dinosaurs. "And it's home to lots of animals."
"Which makes this the perfect place to start looking." Terry said as he gave the air a sniff to attempt picking up the dinosaur's scent.
"Mm-hmm." The others agreed.
But before they could start, they heard someone give them an order. "Hold it right there!"
"Huh?" Out of the bushes, a bunch of men wearing uniforms surrounded them. "Aah!"
"Don't try to run." A blonde woman in the same uniform said as she walked over to them. "We're rangers from the Wildlife Protection Team. Identify yourselves and tell me what you're doing here!" She commanded.
"Well, it's kind of hard to explain." Max said, not wanting to lie, but also not wanting to tell them their mission.
"What are these animals?" The woman asked.
"They're our dogs. Why do you ask?" Zoe said as she hugged Paris and Spiny.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh." Max nodded sheepishly.
"Dogs? Ha!" The woman said, not amused by the answer. "I've seen dogs, and these are something different. I suggest you start telling me the truth, and you'd better start now!" She ordered. She was done playing games.
"I would, but you wouldn't believe it." Max told her.
That answer did not float well with her. "You're with Ungaro. You're poachers." The woman accused them.
"Poachers!" The kids gasped.
This was the last straw for the dinosaurs. "How dare you call them that!" Chomp yelled at them, shocking all the rangers. "They'd never do such a thing!" The others agreed and started growling at the rangers
"You can speak?!" The woman said in shock.
"Don't bother switching the subject back to us!" Spiny yelled at her.
Thankfully, before a fight could break out, Max's Dino Holder started beeping. Max picked it up and saw his father on the other side. "Hey, how are things going? Did you find anything yet?" Spike asked him, even though they've only been gone for less than five minutes.
"Dad!" Max said just as the woman took his Dino Holder away from him. "Hey!" He cried before slumping in defeat.
The woman continued to glare at them until she noticed who was on the other end of the screen. "Hey!"
"Huh?" The D-Team said in confusion.
"Aah! Is that really you, Mary?" Spike asked in shock.
"Yes, it is!" The woman, apparently called Mary, answered. "I haven't seen you since the World Lasso Contest, Dr. Taylor!"
"You stole that victory from me!" Spike cried at the shameful memory.
"Too bad you lassoed yourself in the final event." Mary said, laughing slightly at the memory
"My big feet!" He wept in embarrassment.
"Hey! Does that mean this is your son here?" She asked Spike once she noticed the similarities.
"Yes, that's my boy Max." Spike confirmed. "I see that you two have met."
Mary silently gasped as Max decided to spill all the beans. "We have, but she thinks we're poachers."
"Even though they're only children!" Tank added.
"And I don't think she likes Chomp and the others a whole lot." Max added.
"Is that true, Mary?" Spike asked, fearing this would have happened if they ran into her, or just the rangers in general.
"Well, now, wouldn't you agree they're a little strange looking?" She asked nervously.
"Uhh, listen, Mary. Let's talk privately for a moment." Spike requested.
"Oh." Mary wasn't sure what this was about, but she had a feeling it was something important.
The two of them went aside while the rest of the rangers watched the kids and dinosaurs. "Lucky for us the ranger knows your Dad." Terry told Max.
"That's for sure." Max agreed.
"Or we'd be in big trouble." Paris added.
"I can't reveal too much, but I assure you the kids are there on an important rescue mission." Spike finished explaining to Mary before hanging up.
"Sounds very mysterious." Mary said as she eyed Terry and the others. She then walked back to the group and handed Max back his Dino Holder. "Here's your device back, Max."
"Thanks." Max said as he took it from her.
"And, men, these animals are dogs." Mary told them.
"Really?" One said with confusion at her change in attitude.
"Sure they are." Another said sarcastically.
"Thanks, Mary." Max beamed with his friends as it looked like they were in the clear.
"Guys, it turns out these kids are actually here to help us find Ungaro and his men."
"Oh." The men realized, more convinced about this than the dog thing, while Mary leaned in to whisper to them.
"Dinosaurs aren't my department, but I'll help you guys out any way I can."
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All throughout the savanna, Gigas was terrorizing the animals with his appearance and his bad jokes. He started chasing a lioness until she fell into a pit the poachers made. "Looks like the lion sleeps in the pits tonight." He said as the poachers hulled their prize away. He later was chasing monkeys before one was caught in a net. "Monkey see, monkey die." He finally grabbed a crocodile with his mouth, scaring off the plover bird, and carried it back to the base. "Look, I'm smiling with a crocodile."
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"That creature of yours is pretty incredible to have caught all these animals with such ease!" Ungaro said as he inspected all of Gigas' captures: monkeys, zebras, lions, even rhinos and elephants.
"But we still haven't found this enormous rhinoceros you were telling us about. Just normal ones." Ursula told the poacher.
"It's still around here. We'll find it eventually." Ungaro assured her. "So, what do you call this animal of yours, anyway?" He asked her. "If you ask me, It looks like a dinosaur."
"Heh!" Ursula tried to find the best excuse possible. These guys can not know that they have dinosaurs or they'll never leave them alone. "It's a hybrid, actually. Half Great Dane and half, uh, crocodile." She quickly said before laughing. "Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
At that moment, Gigas appeared behind them. "Here's the next one." He said as he dropped the crocodile on Ursula's head.
"Huh? What?" Ursula asked as she felt the weight on her head and heard Zander whimpering in fear. Her answer as to what it was came in the form of a low growl. "Aah! A crocodile!"
"It's safe in the bushes!" Zander and Ed said as the trio ran into the bushes, only to be attacked by lions. "It's not safe in the bushes!" They screamed as they leapt into the air with the carnivores biting them.
Gigas sighed and began to walk off to find his next catch. As he did, he heard the sound of a gun clicking. "If you're trying to hunt me, try a bit better than that." He said as he smacked the poacher with the gun to the ground with his tail. "Besides, I'm worth more alive than dead."
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With the D-Team, Mary was giving them a ride in her jeep as they searched for the dinosaur. "It's such a big a peaceful place compared to the city, huh, guys?" Zoe asked them as they looked at all the herds around them.
"Yeah, but then poachers come here and disturb that peace. Right, Mary?" Tank replied.
"Yes, they come to capture and sell the animals or parts of them, which drives them to the point of extinction." Mary explained. "That's why most of the animals here are suspicious of humans and can be dangerous if you get too close to them."
"I think poachers are real creeps." Chomp said.
"Me too." Paris agreed.
Mary's point was made clear when something appeared and started ramming the jeep from behind. "Whoa!" Max yelled as he fell out of his seat.
"What was that?!" Zoe asked before looking behind to see it was an angry rhino attacking them.
When Max fell, his Dino holder fell out of his hands and landed on the ground, before getting stepped on by the rhino's large foot. "Ugh! My Dino Holder!"
"Let's go!" Mary said as she started up the jeep.
"Hold on." Max said as he jumped out to grab his Dino Holder.
Mary didn't hear him and was about to start up the jeep until a shadow loomed over them, scaring the rhino off. "Huh? Aah!"
Turning around when they heard Mary scream, the D-Team saw Gigas right on top of them. "It's Gigas!" Max gasped.
"The Alpha Gang." Rex said grimly.
Max looked at his Dino Holder and tried to get it working, but to no avail. "My Dino Holder's totally smashed! Sorry, guys. I can't get Chomp or Terry back to their full-size."
"What?!" The duo gasped.
"Then it's up to you, Tank." Rex told her. "You ready?"
"Bring it on!" She said eagerly as she was recalled.
"DINO SLASH! SHAKE HIM UP, SAICHANIA!"
"That's amazing!" Mary said as she watched the battle begin.
Gigas started by swinging his tail at Tank's face multiple times. But the Saichania responded by either dodging them or meeting them in a tail-lock. "Oh, come on, Gigas. That punny dinosaur's no match for you!" Ursula said as they drove right by them in their own jeep.
"Ungaro!" Mary exclaimed as she recognized the driver.
"Aah! The rangers!" He screamed in horror.
"And the old lady's with him!" Max added, pointing at the trio accompanied him.
"Can't I pull off just one job without you mini-meddlers messing it up?!" Ursula rhetorically asked in frustration.
When Chomp came into view, Ungaro immediately took interest in him. "That little one looks like a miniature of the monster rhino we saw last night." He said to himself. "Maybe they're related." Chomp heard this and growled at him
Back with the fight, Tank roared before she charged towards Gigas to pin him down. "Too slow." Gigas said as he whacked her away with his tail.
Tank landed on her back and was completely helpless. "Tank!" Chomp exclaimed as he ran to assist.
"Chomp, no!" Max said as he ran after him.
"He didn't even go full-size before going into battle." Ed said as they saw Chomp running towards Tank.
"That's not showing us any respect at all." Ursula said smugly. "So, smash that kid and his little runt too!"
"Erg. I know you want to fight him, Chomp, but you can't." Max said as he picked up the Triceratops.
Gigas roared before he charged towards them. "A little help here?!" Chomp called out.
"Max! Get out of there, run!" Mary told him right before the Torosaurus appeared from nowhere and tackled Gigas away, causing him to spin across the ground on his side.
"Aah!" Ursula gasped in horror, putting her hands to her cheeks.
"I can't watch!" Ed said as he covered his eyes.
"That's gotta hurt." Zander commented.
The team was amazed to see the Torosaurus while he walked over to Tank and helped her get back onto her feet. "Thanks, stranger." She thanked the Torosaurus, shaking her back to get the dust off.
"Whoa, a Torosaurus!" Rex said in amazement.
"He looks a lot like Chomp, doesn't he?" Zoe asked as she noticed the comparison.
Max noticed how the Torosaurus then turned his attention to Chomp and started to inspect him like a worried parent. "Do you think that he heard Chomp's cry and came here to help?"
"That's what he claims to be doing." Tank confirmed before getting back into the fight. She walked over to Gigas and started hitting him on the stomach with her tail.
"That's the way, Tank! Good job!" Rex cheered.
"Yeah! Keep it up!" Terry added.
While the others were distracted, the Torosaurus motioned for Chomp to follow him. "But Max will not like that I'm missing again while he has a busted Dino Holder." Chomp told him. The Torosaurus was having none of this and picked Chomp up by the frill and carried him away. "Fine, but this is all your fault!"
"Get back on your feet, Gigas!" Ursula told him before turning to Zander. "Don't just stand there. Use our Move Card."
"Spectral Lancer!" He said as he swiped the card.
Two lancers came out from Gigas' sides and he went for Tank. "Then we'll use Earth Barrier!" Rex said as he activated the card.
Tank slammed her forelegs and formed a purple shield around herself. And when the lancers made contact, they just shattered like glass. "What?! No one can block that attack!" Gigas said in shock.
"I can." Tank replied smugly.
"We got a problem." Ed told his teammates, gently tapping Ursula's shoulder to get her attention.
"What now?" Ursula asked in frustration.
"The Torosaurus got away." He pointed, showing the lack of the ceratopsian in the area.
"Huh?" Ursula said as she looked around, accidentally smashing Ed's head again.
"Ow!" Ed said in reply to the strike.
"Which way did it go? Zander, locate that thing!" She ordered him.
"All over it." He replied before calling back Gigas, just in time to avoid an attack from a charging Tank.
"After the Torosaurus, and step on it, now!" Ursula told Ungaro as they quickly reentered the jeep.
"Ugh? So these are all dinosaurs after all!" Ungaro exclaimed in excitement as he regained himself from the initial shock. "Fantastic! We're talkin' real money now!" He said as they drove off.
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"I can't believe it's an actual dinosaur!" Mary exclaimed as she looked at Tank in amazement.
"We get that a lot." Tank said as she was returned to chibi-form.
"No wonder your dad made me promise to keep this a secret." Mary said.
As the rest of the group conversed, Terry noticed that Chomp was missing. "Uh, guys, where'd Chomp go?"
"Hey, Chomp! Come here!" Max called out, but the Triceratops never responded.
"I wonder if Torosaurus took off with him thinking he'd be in danger from the Alpha Gang." Paris thought.
"I hope you're right." Max answered before working to open up the stone compartment. After what happened in Paris, he remembered how he was able to summon Chomp and Terry to full-size with just the stone, and the stones seemed to be impossible to break. So he, along with Rex and Zoe, realized they could do that if their Dino Holders ever got damaged. Only problem was the cap covering the stones was also damaged by the rhino's stomp. "Ugh. If I could just get this stupid thing open, I could use the stone to call him back."
"I advise against it." Ace told him. "It might cause the Torosaurus to panic if Chomp suddenly disappeared. We'd better find them on foot."
"Then we'd better get moving. The Alpha Gang and the poachers are already ahead of us. If we don't hurry, they'll take Torosaurus and Chomp." Rex reminded him.
"Ranger Mary?" Terry asked the ranger.
"Yeah. Let's go."
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The duo of ceratopsians found a water hole to drink from while they waited for the group to find them. But this resting spot soon turned to an ambush when Brontikens appeared from behind them with a loud roar. "Brontikens." Chomp growled. The Torosaurus noticed Chomp's eagerness to fight and motioned for him to stay back as Brontikens moved forward.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Now we've got you!" Ursula bragged as the gang appeared from the bushes.
"And there's the little brat's guy, too!" Ed pointed out.
"A special capture one, get one free deal." Zander said.
"An Alpha Gang discount." Ed added.
"Yes, this will be the big one. I'll make the Poacher's Hall of Fame for sure!" Ungaro declared as he started laughing like a lunatic. "Yehahahahahaha!"
"Let's go, Brontikens. Knock 'em back into cards before those little pests show up and ruin it!" Ursula commanded, ignoring Ungaro.
Brontikens gave out another roar before beginning the attack. A roar that didn't go unheard. "What could've made that roar?" Mary asked.
"Ever hear of an Apatosaurus?" Max asked.
"Don't tell me."
"We've got to hurry and get there!" The brunette told her.
"Okay!" Mary complied as the jeep sped up.
Brontikens and the Torosaurus both met each other in a headlock, the Torosaurus proving to actually be pretty strong. "Darn it. What I wouldn't give for some assistance right now." Chomp said as he watched the fight.
"Ask and you shall receive, Bro." Chomp looked to see the jeep come to a stop behind him, with Max comedically falling out due to both not wearing a seat belt and the door was open.
"Spiny, it's our turn now." Zoe said as she got him ready.
"DINO SLASH! GUSH OUT, SPINOSAURUS!"
"Bring Maximus out now to take care of this one." Ursula told Zander.
"Coming right up!" Zander said as he did the deed.
Once Maximus appeared, the world turned to that of a Time Warp. They were sent to an open field near a large lake with a waterfall. "Aw, man, I wish I could bring out Chomp." Max complained, not wanting the Torosaurus and Spiny to fight the duo alone.
"I really can't believe what I am seeing." Mary said as the battle resumed.
Spiny charged forward in an effort to attack Brontikens, only for Maximus to knock him away with her horns. This allowed Brontikens to meet the Torosaurus in another headlock. Max, on the other hand, was still struggling with his Dino Holder. "Ugh! Come on! Open up!" He struggled before falling over comedically.
Spiny hit Maximus repeatedly in the face with his tail before kicking her into the air where she landed in the lake behind them with a huge splash. Brontikens charged towards the Spinosaurus, only for the Torosaurus to stop him. "Insolent pest." Brontikens said. He grabbed the Torosaurus by the frill before throwing him towards Chomp.
Chomp tried to jump out of the way, but couldn't in time and was sent spinning away. "Oh, yeah, you're mine now, little fella!" Ungaro exclaimed as he opened his arms to capture Chomp.
"Oh, no!" Terry and Max shouted in horror.
"I've got this!" Mary said as she pulled out her lasso. "Hyah!"
Her lasso was able to land around Chomp and pull him in before Ungaro was able to even lay a finger on him. "What? Ohh!" He growled in irritation at another missed catch.
"I've got you!" Max said as he caught Chomp in his arms.
"This was all the Torosaur's fault." Chomp quickly explained his dissaperence before leaping out of Max's hands and landing by his Dino Holder, also having the idea of using the stone. "Let me try opening it." With just a few pokes from his horn, he was able to get the cover of the stones off.
"Ohh! Heh. What a great idea." Max said as he picked up the Lightning Stone. "Yeah! We're back in business!"
"DINO SLASH! TRICERATOPS, ROAR!"
Chomp landed and immediately charged towards Brontikens, who was repeatedly hitting the Torosaur's back with his tail, and knocked him down. Ungaro was in shock at what he saw. Such a shock that he didn't notice Mary wrap her lasso around him until he was already caught. "It's all over, Ungaro!" Mary told him.
"OK! I give up!" The poacher surrendered.
Back with Spiny, he dodged another one of Maximus' charges before hitting her away again with a tackle. Zoe decided to end this battle with a Move Card. "Let's go! Futaba Super Cannon!"
Futaba appeared right in front of Spiny and began charging his cannon. "Aah! Maximus, watch out! Incoming!" Zander warned her.
"You too slow!" Futaba said as he fired and landed a direct hit, defeating the Triceratops in the process.
"No fair!" Zander whined as he went to get the card. "I hate that attack."
Back with Brontikens, he got back up and glared at the duo of Chomp and the Torosaurus. "I can't imagine that Torosaurus has much energy left after all this." Brontikens said to himself as he noticed the green ceratopsian panting heavily. "So one final attack should finish him off!" He roared before charging forward.
"Here he comes!" Chomp warned before the two of them dodged Brontikens' charge by side stepping. The Apatosaurus realized this and stopped himself, his larger inertia playing against him again as he slid across the lake, and charged towards them again. "Oh, please tell me this'll work." Chomp whispered before going underneath the Apatosaurus.
Using all the strength he could muster, Chomp began to lift Brontikens slightly off the ground before tossing him back in front of them. "How is that possible?!" Ursula gasped. And here she thought Terry was the only one of the brats dinosaurs that could stand toe-to-toe with Brontikens.
"All right!" Max cheered. "Now, Lightning Strike!"
Chomp began charging up his attack, but in a twist, the Torosaurus was doing the same. "Wait, both of you?!" Ursula asked in horror.
The duo of dinosaurs roared together before firing their attack right at Brontikens, creating a giant beam of lightning that sent the Apatosaurus flying. Brontikens was defeated the second his back touched the ground. "Yeah, Chomp! Way to go!" Max cheered.
The Torosaurus looked at Chomp before collapsing due to the lack of energy and returned to his card. "That was totally cheating!" Ursula accused the D-Team. "You can't have two dinosaurs use the same attack at once!"
"That's teamwork." Chomp answered as he picked up the cards with his beak.
"Ergh! Why didn't you blockheads think of that?" She asked Zander and Ed once they returned with the cards.
"Because Maximus got turned back into a card, and Ed's too slow to think of something like that." Zander answered, not at all upset by another loss. "No offense."
"None taken." Ed replied with a smile, knowing it was true.
"Ugh! I'm tired of all your excuses!" Ursula yelled as she began to strangle Zander while Ed tried to get to her to stop. "We were just about to score a huge victory, and instead, we come up with nothing!" Her tantrum was cut off when Paris did her call from her cone and a rumbling followed. "Why do I hear a freight train coming?" She asked before looking to see that the rumbling came from an angry mob of animals emerging from the bushes. "Aah!" The trio screamed as the animals gave chase as revenge for capturing their brethren.
"Paris! You called them, didn't you?" Zoe asked her with a smirk.
"Maybe." The Parasaurolophus admitted with a blush while Zoe just giggled.
"Ahahaha."
"No!" Ungaro screamed as the Alpha Gang accidentally led the animals towards him while trying to escape. He crawled as fast as he could to avoid getting smashed. "Leave me alone! I'm sorry I poached you!" But the animals didn't care as they ran over him, still after the Alpha Gang. "Mom was right, I should've become a plumber." He said in pain before fainting.
"Zander, use what little brain you have and get us out of this mess!" Ursula told him.
"Why can't Ed be the one to think of something for a change?!" Zander asked.
"I say let's keep on running, and we'll be OK!" Ed answered. The trio continued on running until they realized both that the animals stopped chasing them and that they weren't moving anymore. "Huh?" Once they stopped running and looked down, they realized that they ran right off of a cliff and were now falling after trying to run back onto the ledge.
Thankfully the cliff was right above a river that broke their fall. "Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!" The trio struggled before Zander and Ursula grabbed onto a nearby floating log. "That sure was a close one, huh?" Zander asked.
"I can't swim! I can't swim!" Ed exclaimed before grabbing onto the log. "Finally, I feel safe now."
It wasn't long before they heard the sound of water rushing. "Do you hear that sound?" Ursula asked. "The only other time I've heard water this loud was that time at the-" She stopped when they all realized at the same time.
"Aaaah!" Waterfall! Not again!" The trio screamed before going off the edge.
DK
Once the poachers were all arrested, the D-Team and rangers worked together to free all of the captured animals back to the wild. At the moment, they were helping some of the baby animals get back with their families. Toro the Torosaurus was helping them find the correct parents. "I'm glad we could help get these animals back to their families." Zoe said.
"Hopefully now we'll have some peace around here." Mary said. "You know, we have pretty similar jobs of protecting animals." She told the kids.
"Yeah! And I guess you could think of Dr.Z as a poacher." Max said.
"Dr.Z?" Mary asked while the kids snickered at her confusion.
"Anyway, these animals really need you, Mary." Toro said. "I'm training the Triceratops now, so I hope that you'll keep on helping them."
"Thank you. I sure will." Mary said with a giggle before turning to the kids. "You keep helping the dinosaurs."
"We will!" The kids said proudly.
"Anyone hungry? How about some eggs?" Mary suggested.
"As long as they're not poached." Max joked, making everyone laugh. "Ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Dr.Z: What'd you mean you lost Zander?
Zander: Where am I?
Reese: It's OK. We've got you
Zoe: No Reese, stay away from him!
Chomp: Paris, I need to ask you something important
A/N: And now we have reached the 200 thousand word point. Thank you all for your support.
If you couldn't tell by the epilogue, Toro is the Lightning champion that'll train Chomp. I've gotten many guesses on the poll: 2 guesses for him being the Pentaceratops, and one for being the Diceratops or Pachyrhinosaurus. But a guest reviewer called PBC was the only one to guess correctly so give him a hand.
One last thing: the CWHO will return so be ready for that in season 2.
See you all later.