Dinosaur King Retold Chapter 36: Ninja Nightmare!, a dinosaur king fanfic

Ninja Nightmare!

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

"Talking"

Thinking

"Flashback"

[Dinosaur Language]

It was a sunny day at a nearby dig site when the D-Team arrived with Spike. "Hello. How's it going?" He asked one of the workers. "I'm Dr. Taylor, here to see the dinosaur tooth you found."

"Right over here." The worker pointed to a tooth sticking out of the cliff.

"Well, now, let's see." Spike said as he knelt down and closely examined the tooth. "Huh?" He asked himself as he pulled out his magnifying glass and noticed something about this tooth. He blinked twice as he started to realize something was off about this fossil.

After Spike was able to identify what it was, the D-Team all went home, very annoyed. "Oh, I can't believe we came all this way to see a dinosaur fossil." Zoe sighed. "And all we got..."

"Was an old fang from some dumb pig." Rex finished angrily.

"Actually, they say wild boars are very intelligent animals." Spike quietly said, almost crying due to the embarrassment.

"Smart enough to know they're not dinosaurs." Max said like a smart-ass before noticing a sign in front of him. "Huh? Ninja Village?" Reading this gave Max a huge smile on his face. "Oh, ha, ha, ha! Yeah! What'd you say, Dad? Can we go? Can we go?" He asked his father as he danced anxiously in front of the sign.

"It'll at least give us something fun out of this trip." Terry pointed out.

"A bunch of ninjas?" Spike replied, clearly not showing the enthusiasm.

"I'm with Max. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun." Rex said.

"Come on, Dr. Taylor, let's go!" Zoe urged him.

"Uh, well-" Spike didn't have time to reply as Rex and Zoe grabbed him by the arms.

"Follow us." Rex said as they lead him to Ninja Village, where Max was already running towards.

"Nothing to be scared of." Zoe assured him.

Spike screamed as he was being dragged towards the village. "Here we go!" Terry exclaimed as he and the other dinosaurs ran after Max.

"They'd better not try any ninja shenanigans on me!" Spike yelled.

(Intro Theme)

Nina Village turned out to actually be a pretty popular place. All over the town, people were taking photos, going to see the attractions, or watching the performers. "Begone, invaders, and leave Ninja Island in peace!" One of the performers said from atop a roof.

He jumped down and the audience watching applauded for the performance. "Thanks, folks. There'll be another performance at 3:00." The show director said to the crowd.

"Bravo! Bravo!" Many people in the crowd cheered as they went to do other things.

As the D-Team walked through the village, Spike had a huge, excited grin on his face. "Wow! Just look at all these costumes, you guys! An emperor! A samurai! A sumo wrestler! He exclaimed before running off.

"Well, it seems like your dad is having the best time out of all of us." Zoe smiled as she saw Max's embarrassed reaction to his father's behavior.

Suddenly, a familiar-looking old man ran quickly towards them before leaping over their heads and landing in front of them. "You three kids look like the adventurous type." He told them as he got back up. "What say you to an offer? You think you can handle something like this?" He asked as he handed them a flier.

Max took the flier and read it aloud to his friends. "Become a real ninja, along with your pet."

"Hey, that sounds fantastic!" Zoe beamed.

"All right. Where do we sign up?" Max asked the old man, but realized that he had vanished without a trace. "Where'd he go?"

"Did he disappear? Or was he never there to begin with?" Spiny asked himself.

"You guys, there's another ad!" Ace pointed out.

"I think it looks fun. Let's do it." Paris said.

"Yeah. Okay." Max replied, still bothered about the old man. "I feel like I've seen that old ninja man somewhere before."

"I get it." Spike said as they walked over to where the contest was. "This'll be a contest where owners and their pets compete to see who's tough enough to make it through the rigors of ninja training."

"Yeah, I think that was obvious." Tank told him.

The place was filled with owners and animals dressed up in ninja wear. There were dogs, cats, a parrot, a pig, a snake, even an elephant. Max dressed himself in a red ninja outfit while Chomp and Terry had on purple masks. "Is this really necessary?" Chomp asked, a little embarrassed by the outfit.

"Yep! So if it's toughness and teamwork they wanna see, then the three of us will show 'em!" Max declared.

"You got that right!" Terry said as he gave a small roar, or whatever noise he makes in chibi-form.

Rex had on a white outfit while his partners had pink masks on. "The three of us never back down from any kinda challenge, do we, guys?" Rex asked them to get their blood pumping.

"Let's do this!" Tank exclaimed.

"I'll do my best." Ace replied.

"And don't forget us!" Zoe said as she and her team walked over to them. Paris had a red mask on while Spiny was wearing a Batman mask. Zoe herself was wearing a pink outfit.

"Wow, you look great, Zoe." Rex complimented her.

"What did you expect?" Zoe replied smugly.

"To be a ninja, one must look like one." Spiny told them

"Then why are you wearing that Batman mask instead of a ninja mask like the rest of us?" Tank asked him.

"This was the last one. And Batman's ninja-like, right?" Tank rolled her eyes and walked back to her team.

"You're beautiful." Max said to Zoe out of nowhere.

"Huh?" Zoe gasped, her cheeks flushing red.

Max quickly realized what he said and noticed everyone's reaction. "Did I just say that out loud?" He thought as he tried to cover his head in embarrassment.

"He is right, you do look beautiful." Chomp said to Paris as he walked up to her.

"Thanks. But just because you're cute, don't think I'll let you win." Paris replied brashly.

"Well, well. Someone's gotten a confidence boost." Chomp said jokingly.

"I have you to thank for that." Paris said before giving her boyfriend a quick nuzzle. "May the best dinosaur win."

"Agreed." Chomp said as he returned the affection.

Once the contest began, the first obstacle was to get across a pool of mud. Rocks were placed all over it as stepping stones. Despite that, this proved to be much more challenging than it appeared. "All right. Here goes nothing." A cat owner said as they both leapt onto the rocks. But he soon quickly realized the slipperiness of the rocks and fell in. "Whoa-oh!" This obstacle knocked out a few contestants, including the pig.

The next challenge was to climb up a net to the top. Many were eliminated due to either getting knocked off by their pets by accident, or by simply getting stuck. They then had to use tires to cross a lake, or simply swim across if you were an elephant. After that was crossing a single log before having to go through a trench of rolling boulders.

The D-Team managed to get through them all. "Aah!" Max yelled as his team ran across the mud pool.

"Ace!" Rex exclaimed as he stopped the Carnotaurus from falling.

"Faster, Spiny!" Zoe said while she held onto Paris, who held onto Spiny as he swam across the lake.

The three of them all managed to catch up to each other at the logs, where each took their own separate path. While running across his, Max slipped and started to fall. "Whoops! Aah!"

"I got ya!" Terry said as he pulled him back up by the foot.

Once they reached the boulders, they were the last ones left as the rocks carried the others away. "Come on, guys!" Rex said to his team as they got out of their hiding space.

"Let's go, team!" Zoe said as they followed Team Rex.

Max was about to catch up to them, but another boulder got in their way. "Move!" Terry yelled as he tackled Max and Chomp into the safe space.

"Whoa, close one!" Max said as they emerged from the space and continued the race.

While the kids were having their ninja race, Spike was walking through the village fields to find something to do. "Ah, the fresh air of the countryside. Even the manure smells good." His thoughts were broken by the sound of an audience clapping. "Huh?"

Looking to the source he saw a stage show of the Dino Troopers battling ninjas. "Take that!" The red trooper said as he kicked some ninjas away.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha! Gotcha!" The villain said as he appeared in smoke.

"Hey! This looks like a lot of fun." Spike said as he went over to watch the show.

Meanwhile, all three of the D-Team teams were at the last stretch of the race, climbing a cliff and reaching the top. The old man looking down at the kids and dinosaurs from the top. "I was right. It's down to these three after all." The man thought.

Zoe was currently struggling to keep her grip as Paris and Spiny leapt off of her to get to the top faster. But this caused Zoe to lose her grip on the rope and let go. She quickly grabbed onto Paris' tail and started to dragged her down with her. Paris quickly grabbed onto the ledge that Spiny was on. "Spiny, help us."

Spiny looked down at them with a blank expression before pressing his foot on Paris' face. "There can only be one!" He said before he pushed them both off the cliff.

"No! Aah!" The two of them screamed before they landed on a bouncy mattress that broke their fall.

"Well, thanks, Spiny. You just eliminated your team." Max told him.

"No, I'm still here." Spiny retorted.

"Spiny, the whole team needs to make it to the finish line. It's in the rules." Ace explained.

"What?!" Spiny yelled as he realized his big mistake.

"Looks like it's down to just you and us, Rex." Max told the blonde, turning his attention back to the race.

"Yeah, and you're going down." Rex said before they both resumed climbing.

"Hang on there, Bro! We're almost at the top!" Terry said as he helped Chomp up the cliff.

"We can do this, Ace!" Tank said as she and Ace leapt up the slopes.

The four dinosaurs were head and head with who was the fastest until Terry started to slow down. All his work on protecting his team, who only got here because of him, mind you, had left the Tyrannosaurus exhausted. "No, you can't stop now!" Max told him.

"Victory is in our grasp!" Tank said as she almost was at the top.

"Tank, careful." Rex warned her. "You're kicking of rocks."

One of the said rocks hit Ace on the head and knocked him unconscious. He accidentally grabbed Tank's tail with his teeth and pulled her down with him. "You moron!" Tank exclaimed as she tried to keep her grip, but couldn't and fell down with Ace and brought Rex with them. "You're morons!"

"Actually, this is more your fault." Rex told her as they bounced up and down on the trampoline.

"...Shut up." Was all Tank could say.

With no more competition to worry about, Max's team were able to give Terry time to get enough strength to continue climbing. The Tyrannosaurus put a claw at the summit and pulled himself up, followed by Chomp and Max. "Finally." Terry said before he collapsed and fell asleep.

Max and Chomp looked around and realized that they were the first ones at the summit. Max gained a huge grin and shouted to the heavens. "I'm the king of the world!"

At Zeta Point, Dr.Z twitched. "Why do I feel like someone just said they were king of the world that I'm supposed to rule?"

The brunette grabbed Chomp and spun him around. "Ha, ha! Yeah! Way to go, Chomp! We did it! We beat everybody!"

"We sure showed them who the true ninjas are!" Chomp said proudly.

"Nicely done". The old man congratulated them as he walked over. "For successfully clearing the ninja obstacle course and being the only ones to reach the summit, I award you this Ninja Master Scroll." He declared as he handed them the scroll.

"Whoa. Thanks a lot, Mister Ninja." Max said as he accepted the scroll.

"Punch that guy's lights out! Give him the elbow!" Spike cheered as the Dino Trooper stage show continued, accidentally giving the guy next to him the elbow.

"Take this, Ninja Hero!" The villain announced before he fired two blasts of wind towards the red trooper. The actor dodged the blasts and they collided with the cliff behind them. What they didn't realize was, by doing so, they caused a capsule to fall off the cliff and open up.

"Evil will never triumph!" The red trooper declared as he pulled out his sword. "Now taste my justice! Yah!" He held his sword up into the air and the sun's rays reflected off of it. One of the rays landed directly on the card and activated it.

Out of the glow came a trio of raptors. They were green with darker green spots all over their bodies. One, in particular, had a white and pink feather crest with black stripes on its forehead, identifying it as the leader. The other two had barely noticeable, green feathers on their heads. The performers saw the raptors and immediately ran for their lives. "Aah! Dinosaurs! Dinosaurs!"

"A gang of Deinonychus!" Spike exclaimed, accidentally choking a guy as well.

Max and Chomp walked arrogantly through the village while Terry walked like he lost a big battle. Considering Max and Chomp weren't giving him the credit he deserves, he might as well be. "Yeah! A full-fledged ninja!" Max cheered.

"It is with great humbleness that we accept this award." Chomp said as they both closed their eyes, Max putting his hands together like a ninja, before opening them again. "In your face!" They both mocked the others.

"Congratulations, even though you two barely beat us, and you know it!" Tank bitterly reminded them.

"So, what does the scroll say on it, anyway?" Paris asked, wanting to not start a fight.

"I don't know. Let's see." Max said as he opened it up. "That's weird. It's pictures. An evil eyeball, a heart, a dinosaur footprint, and a crown."

"Dinosaur and a crown?" Ace repeated. "But that doesn't make any sense to be on a ninja scroll."

"What's it mean?" Zoe asked.

"A royal footprint?" Rex suggested.

"Guys, it's obviously a form of self-promotion." Spiny told them. "The scroll reads 'I love Dinosaur King.' Obviously, the people behind whatever that is made the tournament."

"Yeah, that would make sense." Terry said.

"Something Spiny doesn't do often." Tank muttered.

"Hey, kids!" Spike called out to them. "Can you stop these guys for me!?" The team turned around and saw Spike running after the Deinonychus trio.

"Whoa! Deinonychus!" Max gasped.

"And there's three!" Rex added.

It didn't take long for this sighting of three dinosaurs to make the news. "This just in! As you can see in this exclusive footage, several dinosaurs have just appeared in the resort town of Ninja Village!" The Anchorwoman said.

Dr.Z was watching the news and when he saw the dinosaurs, he had a huge smile on his face. "My Deinonychus! I always knew I'd find you someday!"

"Hmm?" Ursula asked as she and the others appeared from behind him.

"You know them?" Ed asked.

"From where?" Zander added.

Dr.Z growled in offense to the questions. "Of course I know them!" He told them as he said their names as their pictures appeared on screen. "That's Dino! (Deeno)." He said pointing to the leader. "This one is named Danno!" He pointed to one of the bald ones. "And that one's Sue!" He finished with the one sliding across the floor.

"Sue!?" The A-Team exclaimed before collapsing at the randomness of the name.

"The three of them are Secret Dinosaurs I took great care to raise from tiny hatchlings!" Dr.Z explained.

"This story sounds familiar." Ed said as they sat up.

"What's with all the Secret Dinosaurs, and why would you name one Sue?" Zander asked.

"Believe me, these Deinonychus are nothing like the other ones!" Dr.Z yelled at the trio. "Now listen up!" He said as he started having flashbacks to their training. "We went through hard training day after day! Through wind and rain, they withstood the toughest in ninja preparation I could devise!"

A trio of Deinonychus chibis were running through a rainstorm, bashed with sticks, had to sit under a freezing waterfall, through into a giant frying pan, and when they were finished, they had tears in their eyes. Dr.Z was also crying, but out of joy.

"I whomped 'em, stomped 'em, baked 'em, and shaked 'em until they grew into fine ninja dinosaurs!" Dr.Z finished his explanation.

"Why ninja training?" Ursula asked.

"And more importantly, why Sue?" Zander asked again.

"Because I like ninjas and once I had a turtle named Sue, okay?" Dr.Z explained, annoyed by the stupidity.

"Ugh." The Alpha Gang all groaned in response to the answers. "But, Dr.Z, isn't that dinosaur abuse?" Ed asked.

"Is it?!" Dr.Z replied as he smacked Ed before realizing what was also on the television. "Aah! It's those horrible kids! We have to catch my Deinonychus before they do!"

"Yes, Doctor!" The trio saluted.

A few minutes later, the team was in another aircraft, preparing to launch. "Booster rockets, online." Ed announced.

"Destination, Ninja Village." Zander groaned.

"Glad you could join us, Doctor." Ursula said dryly as Dr.Z took what was normally her seat, forcing her to sit on the floor.

"Move your head!" He told her as he kicked her.

"Blastoff." Zander said dryly as the rocket took off. But as the aircraft picked up speed, they noticed it was a lot faster than normal.

"We seem to be taking off a lot faster than usual!" Ed realized.

"Did you add something to the engines, Dr.Z?!" Zander asked, now starting to get worried.

"Just a little nuclear power!" The doctor calmly replied to the horror of the trio before crying out. "Dino, Danno, and Sue, I'm coming for you!"

Back at Ninja Village, the Deinonychus were currently eating out of a bowl of dumplings they found after scaring people eating them away. "There!" Max pointed out as they arrived on the scene.

"Max, Deinonychus are ferocious carnivore dinosaurs." Spike reminded him. "You've got to get them into cards before they hurt somebody!"

"Or continue stealing all the food!" Chomp added as he growled at them freeloading off the food of others.

"Yeah! Don't worry, Dad. Chomp and I can handle anything." Max assured his father. "After all, we are master-level ninjas!" He finished with a smirk.

"OK, I know you're both doing this on purpose." Terry told them as Chomp was recalled.

"LET'S GO, CHOMP! DINO SLASH! GO, TRICERATOPS! ROAR!"

Chomp landed with Max on his head. "Never fear, good citizens, for Ninja Dinosaur Chomp and his master are here! Behold!" Max said as he sat like a ninja.

"What?" The other gasped.

Immediately, a crowd of people appeared and started taking his photo. "Aw! Thanks, everybody!" Max sheepishly said as she rubbed the back of his head.

"Hey, Hollywood!" Rex called out to him.

"Stop goofing around and get going, Max!" Zoe scolded him.

"Yeah, all right, already." Chomp replied, disappointed by the end of the attention.

"Ah!" Max gasped when he saw the trio leap out of a bush and run away. "There they are, Chomp! After them!"

"They won't get away from me!" Chomp said as he leapt over the crowd and started to give chase. The trio saw them and immediately picked up the pace. "Man, these girls are fast!"

Max looked up and noticed that they were about to charge into an entranceway. "Uh-oh! We're gonna collide with that wall!" Max exclaimed.

"Jump off and I'll go after them!" Chomp told him.

But Max never had the chance to as the trio stopped in front of them before leaping high into the air, so high it was almost as if they left the earth completely. Chomp stopped where they were and looked around in confusion. "Where'd they go? Deinonychus can't fly!"

"That's the point of the attack." Terry quickly realized. "Get out of there, guys!"

"Terry, don't worry about us. We're master ninjas. We can take anything they throw at us." Max assured him.

Suddenly, a large meteor came down from the sky and crashed right in front of Chomp. The blast sent the two of them flying back before Max landed on the ground, with Chomp right on top of him. The Triceratops returned to his card while Max groaned in pain, somehow not dead. With their opponent down and out, the Deinonychus leapt out of the meteor and ran into the nearby ninja house.

"You all right, Max?" Rex asked as they ran over to him.

"Uuuuuuuuuh." Was all Max could say in reply, his eyes taking on a swirly shape.

"Really? You mean to tell me the great master-level ninja isn't unbeatable." Zoe asked in an almost mocking tone.

"This isn't the time to make jokes, Zoe." Paris told her.

"Paris is right. Didn't you notice what color they glowed when they activated that Dynamic Galaxy attack?" Terry asked them.

"I noticed. It was multicolored." Rex answered. "Which means they are Secret Dinosaurs."

"Right, and with Max unconscious, we can't use Chomp or me to fight them, so you'll be down a lot of muscle." Terry reminded them.

"So, what? We're not defenseless here." Tank told him.

"I agree! We can take 'em!" Spiny declared.

"We really have no choice." Ace replied.

"I'll do my best." Paris said.

High in the air, the Alpha Gang were starting to begin their crash landing. "We're coming in for a landing, extra-super-fast, too!" Ed exclaimed before realizing something. "Aah! Did you put some good brakes on this thing, Dr.Z?!"

"Aaah!" Ursula and Zander gasped in horror after realizing how bad this crash might be compared to the other ones.

Dr.Z looked indifferent to when they took off. "Of course it has brakes." He assured them. "See for yourselves. Hee, hee!" He chuckled before pulling a lever

"Huh?" The Alpha Gang gasped at what he meant before the floor opened up beneath them. "Ooh!" They screamed before reappeared in the back of the rocket as parachutes. "The next time you think about asking a question, Ed, just keep it to yourself!" Ursula yelled as the velocity started building and made her mouth flap.

"You're too close, Ed! You'll make us both crash!" Zander exclaimed as Ed's parachute came closer to his before they both got tangled up.

"And both of you stay away from me!" Ursula yelled as they started spinning towards her. "I don't want to get tangled up in your mess!"

But it was too late, and the trio were spinning around as the rocket picked up more momentum. "Hahahahahaha!" Dr.Z laughed maniacally as they approached the ground.

"This is gonna hurt!" The trio said before they crashed on a mountain.

Back at Ninja Village, the team, minus Max and Chomp, went into the ninja house yard. Terry sniffed the ground before picking up a familiar scent by the well. "All three of them went down here." He told the others.

"That seems odd." Zoe said.

"Yeah, but I think Terry's nose is probably right." Spike said as he pointed to the footprints by the well. "These are either Deinonychus footprints or one really big chicken."

"So?" Terry asked them. "Who wants to lead us in."

"Ninja masters first." Rex told him.

"Thank you for acknowledging my efforts." Terry replied proudly before hopping in, followed by the others.

Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang slowly limped through the village in search of the Deinonychus. Their whole bodies were covered in casts, and Dr.Z even had to use a cane to keep walking. They stopped when they heard people running out of the ninja house screaming. "It's a dinosaur!"

"A dinosaur?!" Dr.Z exclaimed with delight. "Apparently, my Deinonychus are in that ninja house!"

"Outta the way!" A woman told them as a crowd of people ran over the Alpha Gang.

When the dust cleared, the four of them laid flattened in the streets. "Ouch." Was all Dr.Z could muster to say.

Inside the ninja house, the D-Team walked through a darkened passageway after they all entered a well. A torch was provided so they could be able to see what's in front of them. "The well led to a secret passage." Rex said as he looked around with the torch.

"And these are Deinonychus claw marks." Spike identified some gashes on the wall. "The three of them definitely came this way."

"But it looks like a dead end up ahead." Paris said as she pointed to a wall in front of them.

"Maybe for some." Ace said as he ran forward and pulled on a rope that was in front of them. Once he did, a secret stairway opened up. "But not for those with a keen eye."

"Good job, bud." Rex said as he patted Ace on the head and lead the others up the stairway.

Once they reached the top, they moved a floorboard and ended up in a room. "Where are we?" Zoe asked as they looked around.

Terry looked around as well, before gasping when he saw the Deinonychus in the room across from them. "Ah! There they are!" The trio heard him and ran in different directions to confuse them. "Hold on!" Terry said as he, Spiny, and Tank ran after them.

"Wait, guys!" Rex called out to them before the floorboard closed down on the rest of them. "Whoa!"

With the Alpha Gang, they were on the house's porch, looking for the raptors. "Dino! Danno! Sue!" Dr.Z called out. "Come out, come out, wherever you are, my little ninjas! Don't be afraid. Come to Dr.Z! Where are you, Dino? Danno, don't you remember me? Sue, you were always my favorite, but don't tell the others!"

As they continued walking, Ed noticed the silhouette of a Deinonychus licking itself. Before he could tell the others, the doors opened up and Sue grabbed him.

"Don't you want to see your dear, old Dr.Z?" Dr.Z continued calling out to them.

Zander looked behind him and noticed that Ed wasn't there. "Did you managed to get lost again?" He asked aloud before feeling something grabbing his jacket. "Huh?" Before he could react, Danno lifted him into the ceiling.

"Huh?" Ursula turned around and noticed her partners were gone. "Hey! All right, where are you two? Don't you dare run off and leave me alone with him or I'll- aah!" She was so busy making threats that she didn't notice Dino appear from the floorboard and pull her in, covering her mouth so she couldn't scream.

"Why are you hiding from me?!" Dr.Z asked the trio of Deinonychus. "You three spread out!" He ordered his minions. But when he turned around, he saw nothing except a slightly raised floorboard that fixed itself. "Hey, where did everybody go? Hello?"

The Deinonychus took the Alpha Gang to their new lair and threw them against the wall. The trio whimpered as the three raptors approached them slowly, looking pretty famished. "All right, we need a plan. Could one of you please think of something intelligent?" Ursula asked her teammates.

"We could scream like a bunch of babies." Ed suggested before two ropes appeared in front of them. "Or I can pull on this rope." He suggested as he pulled the one closest to him. The result was a small pan falling on Ursula's head.

The two men tried to stifle their laughter, but Ursula could tell what they were thinking and bashed them on the heads. "Something funny?!" She asked angrily.

The Deinonychus roared as they prepared to finish the humans once and for all. "Well, let's try pulling this one!" Zander quickly said as he pulled the rope. The wall behind them opened up, and the trio rolled through before it closed.

Danno walked over to the wall and scratched it with her claws. [Damn, they got away.]

[That won't be a major problem.] Dino assured her sister. [We know this place way better than those fools do. We'll hunt them all down, one by one.] She declared before they all went to capture more humans.

"I can't believe Terry, Spiny, and Tank ran off like that." Rex said as he and Ace entered another room.

Ace looked behind himself and noticed they were alone. "I hate to tell you, but Zoe and Paris are gone, too!" He exclaimed as the floor opened up from beneath him. Rex didn't hear him as he was already in another room at the time.

Zoe entered the room from behind a piece of wallpaper. "Give me a break. Where'd everyone go?" She asked herself. "Talk about inconsiderate." She crawled into another room through a small cabinet.

Once she was gone, Ursula appeared from the other side of the cabinet. "Phew! Those dinosaurs were awful, and I'm not just talking breath here."

"True." Zander and Ed agreed as they appeared from underneath a samurai helmet and in a vase respectively before disappearing.

"When I find Ursula and those twits, I'll clobber them!" Dr.Z declared as he appeared from underneath the vase Ed was in and disappeared.

"I could've sworn that I just heard Dr.Z threatening me." Zander said as the trio reappeared.

"Let's stay lost!" Ed said.

"And speaking of bad breath, I'm not sure whose is worst." Ursula commented.

"I heard that." Dr.Z said as he reappeared from beneath the vase. "Now go find my dinosaurs!"

"Yikes!" The trio exclaimed as they vanished.

"Where'd they go?" Dr.Z asked as he tried looking in the vase for Ed but somehow couldn't find him.

"Aah!" Spike yelled as he slid down a floorboard that opened on top of Dr.Z. "This place is dangerous!" Then the floor opened up beneath Spike and Dr.Z was knocked down by the floorboard. "Aah!"

With Tank and Spiny, they found themselves in another room with two levers in front of them. "Mmmmm. Just pull the lever, Spiny." Tank said, getting impatient by the Spinosaur's lack of action.

"But which one is it? I remember this in that one movie about the llama. One lever leads to a pool of crocs." Spiny pointed out.

"Ugh." Tank sighed in annoyance. "Spiny, they wouldn't do something that dangerous. Just pull one already!"

"Fine." Spiny said as he pulled the one to the right.

Immediately, the floor beneath Tank opened up. "Wrong lever!" She screamed as she fell down and landed in a splash. A few minutes later, she reappeared, soaking wet, and with a piranha biting her tail. "OK, why would they even have that lever?" She said as she flicked the piranha away. "Get out of my way." She said as she pulled the lever to the left and was crushed by a statue.

"I'm beginning to see a pattern." Spiny said as Tank muffled angrily.

"Mmmmmm!"

"This house sure is confusing." Rex said as he walked through another dark hallway. Thankfully, another torch was supplied for him.

Suddenly, he heard a hissing sound behind him. The blonde quickly turned around and saw nothing. Another hiss came from behind him again, but again there was nothing when he looked.

"OK, this is getting old! Show yourself!" He ordered the mysterious presence. He heard another hissing sound and looked up to see Dino in a passageway. Thankfully, he did not make the obvious JP reference.

[Nice job, human.] The lead Deinonychus said before she pounced on him.

"Aah!" Rex screamed as he was tackled to the floor by the raptor. The torch rolled out of his hands and landed right by Danno and Sue. Thinking quickly, Rex grabbed Dino's throat with his hand and tried to push it away. The Deinonychus responded by constantly slashing her claws at him, which he was lucky enough to not get cut.

"Rex!" A worried voice called out. Suddenly, Dino was tackled to the ground by someone. Rex quickly grabbed his torch and looked to see Terry.

"Terry! Thank goodness you're here!" Rex said as he quickly ran over to the Tyrannosaurus.

"I smelt them from down the passageway." Terry explained. "Stay behind me, I'll fight them off." As Terry growled at the raptors, Rex did as he was told. While he wasn't expecting Terry to be able to last against them, he knew he wouldn't do much better.

Dino got up and growled at the intruder. [This doesn't concern you, kid.] She told Terry.

"If you're hurting my friends then it does concern me!" Terry responded. "And I'm an adult like you! I'm just in this small form!"

"Uh, Terry? What's going on?" Rex asked him, confused by the Tyrannosaur's word choice.

"We're having a conversation." Terry explained. "Let me do the talking."

[Fool! That human is not your friend! He is your enemy!] Dino hissed.

"And how do you know that he is?" Terry asked, getting angry with the accusations.

[He's obviously allied with the old man!] Danno told him.

[Yeah! We saw him and his minions here earlier.] Sue added.

"What're they talking about, Terry?" Rex asked him.

"They think we're with the Alpha Gang."

Rex looked up and saw the anger in the Deinonychus' eyes. Not only that, he saw a mixture of fear as well. Sighing to himself, Rex stepped forward. "Rex! What're you doing?!" Terry shouted, being just as surprised by what the blonde was doing as the Deinonychus.

"Look. You have to believe me when I say that we are not your enemies." Rex told the trio. "We're nothing like the Alpha Gang. We help the dinosaurs, not harm them."

[And what makes you think we'll believe you?] Dino asked, now curious by this human's behavior.

Rex couldn't understand what she said, but had an idea about what it was. "You remember a Therizinosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus?" Dino nodded in confirmation. "Well, they're members of our herd. Diamond, the Pachycephalosaurus, told us all about what Dr.Z did to her and the rest of you Secret Dinosaurs."

"I swear that he and the other kids are nothing like the Alpha Gang." Terry told the trio. "They're the bravest, kindest, and most caring humans you can find."

Danno and Sue looked at them unconvinced. [What a load of -]

[I believe you.] Dino said.

[What?!] Danno and Sue exclaimed. [You can't be serious!] Danno yelled at her sister.

[Yeah, it's obviously a lie to let our guard down!] Sue added.

[Unlike you two, I actually studied humans when they lie. This one is not lying.] Dino said as she walked over to Rex and bowed to him. [Please forgive us for attacking you.]

Rex didn't need a translation to understand what she was saying. "It's all right. I forgive you." He said as he scratched Dino under the chin, something the Deinonychus liked a lot by her twitching foot and wagging tail.

[If Dino trusts you, I guess we can too.] Danno said. Sue nodded in agreement as they both bowed as well.

"Thanks." Terry said. "By the way, can you help us find our friends?"

[More humans?] Sue asked as they got back up.

"Well, there is a pink female, but also a Saichania, Spinosaurus, Carnotaurus, and Parasaurolophus." Terry explained.

[We can find them easily.] Dino said as she lifted up Rex and placed him on her back.

"What's going on?" Rex asked Terry.

"They're going to help us find the others." Terry said as Danno put him on her back.

[Hold on tight, human. It'll be a rough ride.] Dino warned him.

Throughout the rest of the ninja house, everyone was not having as much luck. "This funhouse is not very fun!" Ursula yelled.

"I wish people would start disappearing!" Zoe said in frustration.

"Zander, hold my hand!" Ed said worryingly.

"Children! Come back!" Spike called out.

"Okay, Ed, I've got you." Zander assured his friend.

"Hey! Watch it, Zander, that's not Ed!" Ursula yelled at him.

"I'm telling you, Tank, the lever which was just pulled would be safe now." Spiny told her.

"If you're so confident why don't you try?" Tank suggested. "And stop breathing down my neck."

"Okay, I do many random things, but that's not me." Spiny told her.

A few minutes later, the Deinonychus ran out of the house with the D-Team on their backs. "Well, at least that's over." Zoe said as they hopped off the raptors.

"I'm here for you, my Deinonychus!" Dr.Z called out.

"Aaaand I spoke too soon." Zoe slumped.

Dr.Z appeared on the roof and looked down at the trio. "Dino, Danno, and Sue!" He leapt off of the roof and landed on his head. "Aah! Oh, I need to remember to pack my helmet." Dr.Z said as he got back up, rubbing his head. "All right, you three! You're coming with me!" He ordered. The Deinonychus responded by hissing at him. "What's the matter, my children? Don't you remember me?"

[Too perfectly.] Dino hissed.

Suddenly, the old man from before appeared in a cloud of smoke. "Huh?"

"Try putting this on." The old man suggested as he handed Dr.Z a purple ninja outfit.

"Oh. Well..." Dr.Z said as he accepted the outfit and the old man disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Give it up, Doctor! They've chosen to come with us!" Terry told him.

"Stay out of this, salamander!" Ursula shot back as the trio appeared out of the well.

"They're not interested in a reunion with you." Rex warned them.

"They'll change their minds once they see me in this!" Dr.Z declared as he put on the outfit. "Look!"

The trio stepped back when they saw their old master in an outfit like the old days. "You probably think I was too hard on you during your ninja training, but the fact is I did it all out of love." Dr.Z explained to the trio. "Every whack, every bonk on the head, every time I threw you off a cliff, I was only because I loved you!" As Dr.Z said this, he and the Deinonychus has flashbacks to their training. "You don't know how hard it was on me. I just wanted you to grow up and be strong and, uh, n-ninja-like! Now that we're together again, you can thank me for my sacrifices, Dino, Danno, and Sue!" Dr.Z opened his arms as tears of happiness started to come out of his eyes. The trio responded by stepping back. "Where are you going?"

"That doesn't sound very grateful." Zander said as they watched the scene play out.

"Must be a dinosaur thing." Ursula assured him.

"They must be really grateful, then." Ed said.

Dino gave out a roar and the three of them ran towards Dr.Z. "Come give me a big hug now, Dino, Danno, and Sue! Let me know how you really feel!" Dr.Z cried as he was ready to accept the embrace.

[With pleasure!] The three of them yelled as they kicked him to the ground before they started to beat him up with Danno and Sue stomping and kicking with their feet and Dino both jumping on and punching his back.

"Ow! Ow!" Dr.Z screamed before he was able to slip out of the attack. "What is wrong with you?!"

[What's wrong with us?! It's more what's wrong with you! You seriously think we buy any of those lies you're telling us?!] Dino roared furiously at him. [We've seen real kindness from humans now, and you've never given us any.]

Dr.Z couldn't understand them and took it as something else. "Rrr! So you want to take on your master? You want to prove yourselves, huh?"

"You really should stop before they kill you!" Paris warned him.

Dr.Z ignored her. "I respect your courage, but you ought to know when you're in over your bony heads! But bring it on if you think you can beat me!" The Deinonychus responded by punching him in the face and resuming their clobbering of him. "Ow! Ah, this is nothing! Ah!"

"Ohh, man!" Ed said as they watched the Deinonychus exact their revenge.

"I guess we've got no choice but to save him." Ursula told Zander.

"Yeah, I suppose." Zander answered before getting out his scanner and a card.

"ALPHA SLASH! GO, APATOSAURUS! DESTROY!"

Brontikens landed behind the Deinonychus and managed to distract them long enough to allow Dr.Z time to escape. [You!] Dino hissed at the new challenger.

"So, we meet again." Brontikens replied calmly.

[Attack!] Dino ordered before the three of them charged forward. Brontikens swing his tail at them, but they jumped over it with a backflip and each kicked a part of the Apatosaurus, Dino going for the head while Danno and Sue went for the neck and flank, before landing on the ground. The trio landed in a single-file line and grabbed each other's tails to make a chain before Dino swung it at Brontikens like a whip, hitting him in the face.

"That's Whip Attack!" Terry told the D-Team as they watched the fight, deciding not to intervene.

The trio then leapt into the air, not as high as when they performed Dynamic Galaxy, and started spinning before they all collided with Brontikens. The Apatosaurus grunted as he took the attack head-on, literally, as he blocked Dino's with his head while Danno and Sue attacked from both sides. The trio leapt away when they had no more spin left. "That Spinning Attack has no effect on me!" Brontikens told them.

Dino noticed this and decided to use their last Super Move. [Danno, Sue! Crossing Attack!] She commanded, pointing at their target.

Danno and Sue charged forward before they looked like comets heading towards Brontikens before they struck him from different sides that made an X. Brontikens stumbled slightly, but was able to hold on. [No.] Dino said as she knew their chances of winning were now hopeless. The trio huddled together as they backed away from the advancing Apatosaurus.

"Guys, you gotta help!" Terry told the others, knowing as well the Deinonychus stood no chance.

"He's right. They can't handle him by themselves!" Zoe agreed.

"Let's go!" Rex declared.

"DINO SLASH!"

"CARNOTAURUS, BLOW HIM AWAY! SHAKE HIM UP, SAICHANIA!"

"GUSH OUT, SPINOSAURUS! SPRING UP, PARASAUROLOPHUS!"

"Remember to attack him together!" Terry reminded the other dinosaurs as they ran to help the Deinonychus.

Ace, Tank, and Spiny heard this and all leapt in front of the Deinonychus and growled at Brontikens. "So, you all want to challenge me as well?"

"Shockwave!" Zoe called out.

Spiny gathered a whirlpool around himself and sent it towards Brontikens, making the Apatosaurus struggle in the water.

"Good job, Zoe! Now then, Tank, let's use Ultimate Earth!" Rex told the Saichania.

"And, Paris, heal the Deinonychus with Nature's Blessing!" Zoe instructed the Parasaurolophus.

As Paris healed the trio, Tank's eyes glowed purple before large, purple crystals appeared around Brontikens, who had just gotten free from the whirlpool. As Tank charged forward, she started smashing the crystals until she hit Brontikens dead center. "Don't cut yourself." Tank joked as the Apatosaurus was knocked back and landed with a loud thud.

Brontikens tried to get up, but found himself getting pelted by the Deinonychus trio, slowing him down as he tried to shake them off. "Get off me, you pests!"

[Now!] The trio told Rex.

"Understood!" Rex responded. "Sonic Blast!"

A large tornado formed around Ace before disappearing into the clouds. Ace leapt into them, and when he returned, he had a large column of wind in his mouth. Ace fired the attack and the wind spun around like a tornado doing loops, as that's basically what was going on, before it struck Brontikens and the Deinonychus, blowing them off their feet and defeating both of them.

The Deinonychus card floated in the air before landing at Rex's feet. "Game over! The card is ours!" He told the Alpha Gang as he picked it up and held it in the air.

As the sun began to set, the Alpha Gang walked home in defeat as they carried Dr.Z in a litter. "Ask me now, I'll tell you what." The trio sang. "Dinosaurs will kick your butt. Left, right, left, right-"

"Oh, Dino, Danno, Sue." Dr.Z said sadly. "Why would you turn against your master? Where did I go wrong?" He said before crying. Clearly, he's learned nothing about how he treats his dinosaurs.

Back at the ninja house, it was nighttime by the time Max and Chomp, who they called out after the fight, finally woke up. "Ugh, what happened?" Max asked as he got onto his feet.

"I feel like I got hit by a truck." Chomp said weekly, doing the same.

"Dino here hit you with a Dynamic Galaxy attack and you were knocked out while we did all the work." Tank explained.

"What? But we're supposed to be ninja masters." Max retorted, disappointed that he missed the whole mission.

"Correction, I'm the master. You two wouldn't have gotten anywhere near that finish line if it weren't for me." Terry reminded them, getting feed up with their arrogance.

"That's..." The duo stopped themselves as they realized that Terry was correct. They had been acting extremely cocky as of late, and practically ignored the Tyrannosaur's efforts during the contest. "Shoot, you're right. Sorry, Terry."

"It's fine." Terry accepted the apology. "Just don't do that again."

"Anyway, shouldn't we head back to your home now?" Dino asked.

"Yeah, let's go." Max said before they started walking back home.

"Hey, what'd you think happened to your dad?" Rex asked the brunette.

"There was another human in there?" Dino asked, surprised by this news.

"Yeah, but he's fine. Probably just goofing around." Max assured them.

In fact, Spike was actually panicking a lot. "Stay away, you ninjas! Don't try any of that stealth-type stuff!" He warned as he walked with his back to the wall. Eventually, he noticed a rope. "Ah. Well. Looks like you're no match for Dr. Spike Taylor! Ha!" He mocked the nonexistent ninjas before pulling on the rope. When he did, a large pan fell on his head and knocked him out.

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Dr.Z: From now on you'll act only like dogs!

Zander & Ed: It's an Iguanodon!

Ursula: You've saved our lives, Iguano

Seth: The way you treat them, it's a surprise they ever come back. I know I wouldn't

A/N: Well, this was fun. Definitely one of my favorite chapters so far.

The decision to knock Max and Chomp out of the episode was always something I was gonna do. The way Max acted when Chomp clearly was the only reason he won at all, he needed some good karma. And why I didn't knock out Terry...I forget.

Having the D-Team fight with the Deinonychus came to me while writing this chapter. This mainly came from the fact that I just didn't like the idea of Brontikens losing to all the Secret Dinosaurs when he's supposed to be the strongest. Even though he only lost due to being tired and gravity the other times.

The scene with Spiny and Tank I was thinking of having with the Alpha Gang in Temple Tempest. But I couldn't find room so it was cut and moved here. And given how they threw large boulders at people, I'm positive they'd allow those traps in the ninja house.

Finally, this won't be the last time we see Dino language. But it won't be common. I can only see it happening two other times in the series. And it's with pretty important/ big characters.

See you all soon.