Dinosaur King Retold Chapter 41: Beast or Famine, a dinosaur king fanfic

Beast or Famine

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

"Talking"

Thinking

"Flashback"

It was a busy day at Sanjo City's Chinatown as many people started gathering outside one particular restaurant. Among that long line was the D-Team and family. "This is quite a long line for a restaurant." Aki observed.

"We'll end up ordering dinner instead of lunch." Reese said, not really ecstatic about this little outing.

"Evidently, we weren't the only ones who heard about this place on the news last night." Spike said.

"Well, it's not often that Johnny Cook, the Traveling Chef, makes an appearance in Chinatown." Rex reminded them.

"Yeah, And his famous crab and egg-fried rice is supposed to be incredible." Max added, already fantasying the image of the food. "I can't wait!"

"Oh, all that fresh crab encased in a golden layer of eggs. I can practically taste it already. I've been dreaming about it all night." Zoe gushed. "Oh, it's gonna taste so good!"

"Cut it out. Talking about it's just making me hungrier." Max told her, playfully glaring at her.

Chomp sniffed the air before picking up some delicious scents. "You guys smell that?" He whispered to the others as they picked up the same smells.

"Oh, yeah." Terry replied, feeling the drool build up in his mouth. "Smells like a buffet in there."

"Why don't we help ourselves then." Chomp suggested, almost grinning.

"But wouldn't we get in trouble?" Paris asked. She was also hungry for whatever delicious scent she picked up, but she also. Did not want to get in trouble by wandering off.

"Not if we stay together." Chomp assured her. "Come on, guys." He said before he led them into the restaurant.

"I bet Chomp and the others are looking forward to having some, too." Max said, not realizing they just left. "Don't worry, guys." It was then he looked down and noticed a lack of dinosaurs present. "Uh, where'd they all go?"

"Huh? Oh, no." Rex said when he and Zoe realized their partners were gone.

"Don't tell me they snuck inside." Zoe said before they went to look for them.

Inside the restaurant's kitchen, Johnny Cook, who was really another disguise for the old man from before, was preparing another crab and egg-fried rice. He poured some scrabbled eggs into a wok before he started stirring it around. Others gathered around to watch as he started tossing the rice around the stove.

Once he was done, he poured a golden-colored sauce over it and presented it to the other cooks. "My masterpiece." The old man said proudly.

"Oh, wonderful." The other cooks applauded. Unbeknownst to them, one of the eggs that 'Johnny Cook' had to make his masterpiece was not an egg at all, but a dinosaur card capsule.

(Intro Theme)

Once they discovered their partners went missing, the D-Team searched all over to find them before they ended up doing some damage that they'd have to pay for. In one restaurant a woman was about to dig into a large piece of meat she just had delivered. "Delicious." She said before noticing there were two dinosaurs on the table. "Huh? Aah!" She screamed when she saw Terry and Ace looking down at the meat with Terry about to have a bite.

"Terry!" Rex said as he quickly ran by and grabbed both of them before they could ruin her lunch. "It's okay. Sorry about that!" He apologized.

"Wait! I just wanted a bite!" Terry struggled. Ace just remained calm. He knew better than to eat other people's food that they paid for, despite what it looked like earlier.

"I hope you enjoyed your meal." A cashier said as a woman was paying for her dinner. A mother and daughter were waiting in line behind her when Tank and Spiny walked by. "Huh? Oh, what cute doggies." The daughter gushed.

"Say goodbye to them, dear, we have to go." The mother told her.

"Okay." The daughter said before she went to hug them. "Bye, little-"

Zoe came in and immediately scooped the two of them up. "I'm sorry, but they don't do very well around strangers."

"That's not untrue." Tank said.

Meanwhile, Chomp and Paris found themselves in the food storage. "Perfect. All the food we can eat and no one to shoo us away." Chomp said.

"Chomp, shouldn't we head back to the others soon?" Paris asked, not liking being completely separated from them, even if she was with her boyfriend.

Before Chomp could assure her, a cook came in carrying a butcher knife. "Okay, so he wants the freshest meat we have." He said before noticing Chomp and Paris. "Huh? Ha!" He crouched down and looked at them in confusion. "Are you two on the menu?" He asked them.

Hearing this, Paris quickly hid behind Chomp while he prepared to charge to protect her.

"Uhh!" Max exclaimed as he just made it before they got slaughtered, or, more accurately, the cook got slaughtered. "You don't want them! They taste terrible!" He quickly told the man, waving his hands frantically.

After managing to round up all of their dinos, the kids found their table and sat down while putting their partners underneath. "Now, don't wander off like that again, you guys." Max scolded them.

"You could get in big trouble." Rex explained.

"Or get us in trouble." Zoe added.

"Sorry." Chomp apologized, looking down in shame. "It was my idea. I was just so hungry for that crab and egg-fried rice."

Max say this and gave Chomp a pat on the head. "Just wait a bit and you'll all be able to have it." He said before he closed the cloth and sat back down with his friends.

"All right, here we are." A waitress announced as she brought them their food. "So who's ready to try some delicious crab and egg-fried rice from Johnny Cook?"

"I am!" Max quickly answered.

"Don't forget, he who's paying gets to dig in first." Spike reminded him.

"What?" Max asked, having never heard that before.

While that happened, 'Johnny' was continuing to make more of his rice. As he grabbed one of the eggs to crack it open, he accidentally grabbed onto the capsule from earlier and hit it on the wok. It opened up and four cards fell into the fire before activating. "Whoa."

Back in the dining room, Max handed each of the dinosaurs a small plate of food based on their diet. "Here's some appetizers for you guys." He said.

"Hey, where's the rice?" Spiny asked as he only saw meat on his plate.

"You'll get yours when we order seconds." Max answered before closing the cloth again.

"Hey, where did Mrs. Taylor and Reese go?" Rex asked Zoe.

"They went to the ladies' room." Zoe answered.

"I'd sure wish they hurry up." Spike said impatiently.

"Oh, they won't mind if we start without them." Max assured him before they all put their hands together in a praying manner. "And now..."

"Let's chow down." Everyone said together, including the dinosaurs.

But before anyone could even take one bite, the door to the kitchen burst open and a dinosaur came out. The dinosaur was a large theropod, about as large, if not larger, than Terry. It was mostly a golden color, with brown markings running along the back, covering most of the face, and on each of the arms and legs, along with small brown and gold spines on its back from head to tail, largest on center back. This dinosaur was a Mapusaurus.

"Aaah!" Everyone gasped or screamed as the dinosaur made her way through the restaurant. The D-Team all got out of the way before she stepped on their table, crushing it and their food in the process. But thankfully not Max's visor, which was sitting on one of the seats. The Mapusaurus continued on walking until she burst through another wall and exited the restaurant, in search of more tasty treats like the crab and egg-fired rice she just had. "A Mapusaurus!" Spike quickly identified.

"And she knocked my golden crab and egg-fired rice on the floor!" Max said angrily as he picked up his visor and looked furiously at his ruined lunch while he put it back on.

"Forget that, Max. We need to stop her before she destroys the city!" Spike reminded him.

"Oh, all right." Max grumbled as they all left to hunt down the lunch murderer.

Once they were gone, Aki and Reese came back from the ladies' room and say the restaurant was a huge mess. "Huh? My goodness! What could've happened here?" Aki asked.

"Probably an accident in the kitchen that forced everyone to evacuate." Reese assured her. She knew that this type of damage had to be from a dinosaur, but she didn't need to get Aki involved when it was clear the kids were already on the case. "Why don't we eat somewhere else?"

"Oh, I know just the place." Aki said.

Back with the Mapusaurus, she had just found herself a place filled with many different types of food to try. Unfortunately, there were many of these hairless mammals running around that were disrupting her train of thought. Summoning her Move Card, she roared to the sky before meteors started raining down on the area around her, scaring all the people in the area away. The D-Team saw the meteors and quickly hid under a nearby building to avoid getting crushed. "What's this Move?" Zoe asked as she and the boys covered their faces from the heat while their partners moved behind their legs.

"Heat Eruption." Terry answered. "No doubt it's the Mapusaur's Move Card. We gotta hurry and get her back into her card."

"Yeah." Rex agreed. "Before she does even more damage to Chinatown." He said before he and Zoe pulled out their Dino Holders.

"No." Max said as he stuck his arm out to stop them, sounding very pissed off. "This is my fight. She didn't just damage Chinatown, she murdered my lunch. I didn't even get one bite of my crab and egg-fried rice." He said before recalling Chomp, who was just as angry as his partner.

"DINO SLASH! PAYBACK TIME, TRICERATOPS!"

Chomp landed and let out an angry roar. "All right, Mapusaurus. Prepare yourself!" He said angrily before charging towards her. The Mapusaurus turned around and noticed her opponent.

Chomp continued on charging until he noticed one of the rooms in the building that had a bin full of cabbages. Instantly forgetting his anger, he turned away from the Mapusaurus and ran into the room. "What? Chomp, where are you going!?" Max called out.

"I'm hungry!" Chomp called back.

"That building must be a food storage, and he's going after something in there." Rex realized.

"Grrr! Fine!" Max huffed. "Chomp was just me showing mercy! Let's see how she deals with Terry!"

"DINO SLASH! DESTROY HER, TYRANNOSAURUS!"

Once Terry appeared, he immediately went after the Mapusaurus. Only to stop when he noticed a room full of meat, hanging from a rack. "What? I skipped breakfast so I could have the rice."

"Max, they're as hungry as you." Rex told his friend. "Let us help." He urged.

"No!" Max quickly shouted in retaliation. "She needs to pay for her crimes against me!"

"But you don't have any other dinosaurs." Zoe pointed out. "They're both too busy eating."

"Good thing I don't have just two dinosaurs with me then." Max smirked as he pulled out two Fire Element cards.

"What?"

"DINO SLASH! COME ON OUT, DASPLETOSAURUS AND CARCHARODONTOSAURUS!"

The rest of the D-Team were surprised when Bali and Coal appeared from a red glow. "Why do you have Bali and Coal with you?" Tank asked.

"Beta says that I'm not doing my job in training Terry, so I have to go on missions and train him there." Coal answered, sounding partly excited for being on a mission, and partly annoyed at Beta.

"And Bali?" Rex asked.

"I lost a bet with Nessie." Was his reply before they both charged towards the Mapusaurus.

The Mapusaurus took note of her new opponents and decided to use another one of her Moves. She opened her mouth and began charging up a Fire Cannon. "What? She has two Move Cards!?" Max exclaimed before she fired. Max responded by quickly grabbing a Move Card to counter. "Fire Cannon!"

Coal began charging up her own fireball before both she and the Mapusaurus fired. The two attacks collided and created an explosion that sent embers everywhere. Including the rooms Chomp and Terry were in, burning their lunch. "My cabbages!" Chomp cried as the veggies went up in flames.

Terry grabbed one of the meat chunks and began to eat it. "Little crispy, but it's still tasty."

At Zeta Point, Seth was currently looking at the map of the world when he noticed a blinking dot on Japan. "Rod, Laura, come here." He called out to the two kids. "There. Another dinosaur sighting."

Rod and Laura entered the room and saw the blinking dot on the map Seth pulled up. "All right." Rod said.

"Let's go." Laura added.

"Rod and Laura reporting for Alpha Gang duty." They saluted together.

Seth nodded in confirmation. "Good luck." Once they left, he resumed his research with the map.

Rod and Laura were able to make their way to the hangar, this time without Helga catching them, and both got into a pink aircraft. The aircraft rotated as it turned to the door to the runway before the door opened and it rolled in. Part of the island opened up as the aircraft appeared on the outside. "All set?" Rod asked his sister.

"You bet." Laura answered. "Let's go!" They both said together before taking off for Chinatown.

In his room, Dr.Z was currently undergoing the torture of Ed reading him a bedtime story while Zander massaged his feet. "And then the Big Bad Wolf said to the little pig, 'I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.'"

"Why didn't he use a dinosaur to knock the house down?" Dr.Z asked.

"Huh?"

"How does he expect to catch a bunch of pigs by blowing on them? This is the dumbest story I've ever heard!" Dr.Z yelled.

"Most people know the story and don't tend to question the wolf's strategy, you know?" Zander said as he continued his massage.

"Aah!" Dr.Z yelled before kicking Zander in the face. "You're rubbing my foot, not tenderizing a steak!"

"Dr.Z, I have a delicious lunch here for you." Ursula said as she rolled in a tray with porridge. "There you go." She said as she placed the bowl next to him.

"I don't want it." Dr.Z refused like a little child.

"What?"

"Every day, it's the same boring thing! Well, I want something different! I want a corn-dog!" The doctor whined.

"Ugh." Ursula could only groan in annoyance.

"Stop whining like a little child." Helga told Dr.Z as she entered the room, making the A-Team sigh in relief.

"I can't help it." Dr.Z cried. "How am I supposed to get better if my food doesn't make me happy?"

"Hmm." Helga said in annoyance. "All right, then. I'll give you a special topping on your porridge." She said.

"Okay." Dr.Z weakly replied before Helga took off the lid and placed a boiled radish in the food. "A boiled radish! Thank you! Thank you!" Dr.Z cheered like a little child.

Helga took a spoonful of porridge and cooled it down before giving it to Dr.Z. "sat up."

Dr.Z ate the spoonful without any problems. "Mm, mm, mm! So good."

"Uh..." Was all the others in the room could say in reply. How did Helga do it?

Meanwhile, Rod and Laura flew over Chinatown until they were able to get a view of their target. "Look, Laura. There's the dinosaur." Rod pointed to the golden carnivore.

"I'll set us down." Laura said while she also started sending video feedback to Seth. "Are you seeing this, Seth? We've located the dinosaur."

From Zeta Point, Seth was able to perfectly see the feed Laura was sending him. "A Mapusaurus." He identified. "Could be useful."

Suddenly, the door to the room opened to reveal the trio on the other side. "Dr.Z's even more unreasonable than ever, if possible." Zander complained as he and his teammates the room.

"He even criticized my bedtime story." Ed added, feeling pretty hurt.

"We could use anything just to get away from him." Ursula said before noticing the dinosaur on the screen. "Hey, why didn't you say there was a dinosaur, Seth?"

"Well, I'm only just now getting this footage from Sanjo City's Chinatown." Seth answered.

"No way!" Ursula gasped. "Did you just say Chinatown?"

"Who cares about the location? This is our chance to get away from Dr.Z!" Zander pointed out.

"I know, but when I hear Chinatown, all I can think about is a giant plate of squid jerky." Ursula said as her eyes turned into hearts and she shook her body with her hands clasped together as she thought about the delicious meal.

"Ooh." Zander and Ed both groaned before falling over.

"How are my dear grandchildren, Helga?" Dr.Z asked while the maid was still in his room "I assume you're making sure they stay caught up with their homework?"

"They've barely done any homework for days now." Helga responded.

"What?"

"Seth has been sending them out on missions to capture dinosaurs for you at least twice now." Helga explained.

"That's what Ursula and her lunkheads are supposed to be doing?!" Dr.Z yelled. "They even said they caught me the Saurophaganax themselves!"

"It was actually Rod and Laura who got the card." Helga told him.

"What?!" Dr.Z almost burst into flames in anger from literally everyone lying to him.

"So these missions were not on your orders, Doctor?" Helga asked, starting to realize something else was going on.

"Of course not!"

"Right. Of course not." Helga repeated with a glare. It was time she put an end to this little game of Seth's.

Back in Chinatown, the Mapusaurus was knocked back as Chomp kept continuously swinging his horns at her like a raged bull. "Chomp, calm down!" Bali told him as the rest of them caught up with him. "You're never this pissed when fighting."

"When someone scorches a great meal you found right in front of you, you'd be angry too." Terry answered.

"That's nothing, Chomp!" Max called out to him. "We both lost out on a delicious bowl of crab and egg-fried rice thanks to her!" He reminded the Triceratops, which only made them both more pissed.

"Again with the rice?" Coal asked. "Can't we focus on the battle?"

"You'd feel the same way if you tasted it." Terry whispered before looking to make sure Max and Chomp couldn't hear him. "Don't tell them, but I kinda ate some off the floor when they weren't looking." He admitted, sounding pretty embarrassed and a little ashamed.

"And what did it taste like?" The Carcharodontosaurus asked.

"...It tasted like something from Seikatsu herself." Terry said.

As they continued on fighting, Chomp charged at the Mapusaurus once again. She reacted by quickly hitting him with her tail, sending him crashing into a pillar that held up the Goodwill Gate, causing the large sign to fall. "Oh, no! Are you all right, Chomp?" Max asked.

"I'm fine." Chomp said as he got up. "Just another reason to clobber her!" He roared before charging back in.

While this went on, Rod and Laura sneaked up from behind him. "Well, look who it is." Rod smirked smugly.

"Is it okay if we join the party?" Laura asked before they both pulled out Alpha Scanners.

From the rooftops, the rest of the D-Team watched the fight and noticed the two Alpha Gang kids preparing a sneak attack. "I told him it was a bad idea to do this alone!" Rex said before he got out his Dino Holder to call out Ace and Tank.

But before anyone summoned a dinosaur, something caught Rod and Laura's noses. Something delicious. "Huh?"

"That smells good." Laura smiled before they both followed the smell like they were zombies.

"What the hell was that?" Tank asked.

Ace took a few sniffs and was able to faintly pick up the scent they're following. "Seems Max and Chomp aren't the only ones who go nuts over the rice." He told them.

"You gotta be kidding me." Zoe said as she and Rex both slumped over. That was just sad.

Elsewhere, Spike was looking for the Mapusaurus on his own, with minimal results. "Hey, kids, did you find the dinosaur?" He called out, but got no reply. "I should've just stayed and finished my lunch." He said before sobbing.

At another part of town, Aki and Reese found another restaurant to have their lunch. One that wasn't trashed by hungry dinosaurs. "Here you are, ladies." The waiter said as he handed them their order.

"This is the tapioca I told you about, the best in all of Japan." Aki said cheerfully.

"How much have you eaten?" Reese asked, worried by her attitude

"Oh, scoff if you like. But first, you should at least try it." Aki encouraged her.

"I'm not sure this is what I should be doing right now." Reese thought as she looked outside. "Oh, well." She thought before she took a sip and tasted it for herself. Her eyes widened when she tasted the tapioca. "Whoa, this is good."

"See?" Aki said before they started having more. "Makes you feel like there's not a care in the world." As she said that, the heads of the Mapusaurus, Coal, Terry, and Bali all passed by the window they were sitting in front of.

And somewhere in the Pacific, Helga was running across the water at blinding speeds.

Back in Chinatown, the Alpha Gang flew a badly constructed aircraft through the city before it crashed into another food storage. The trio coughed as climbed out of the smashed window. "Another perfect landing." Ed said before he collapsed, thankfully not on any shattered glass.

"Squid." Was all Ursula could say before she started searching the kitchen like crazy. Eventually, Zander and Ed joined her in the search. "A kitchen like this has to have some squid jerky here somewhere." Ursula said as she searched through all the containers.

"I found some cheese that smells like feet. Will that work?" Zander asked sarcastically.

"Jackpot!" Ursula suddenly yelled as she held up a giant squid jerky. "I found some, and it's huge!"

"Well, that ought to keep you fed for a while." Zander commented as he noticed a spotlight shining down on her.

"I just thought of something. I should take it back and share it with Dr.Z." Ursula suggested, right before the Mapusaurus appeared behind her and ate the squid in one bite, killing the spotlight in the process.

"Aah!" Zander and Ed gasped as the Mapusaurus ran away.

Ursula immediately fell to the floor and started sobbing. "Whaaaa! My beautiful squid jerky gone! I was looking so forward to eating you! It's not fair!"

"Stop, you murderer!" Max yelled at the Mapusaurus as he rode through the room on Chomp.

"Wait, guys!" Terry called out as he followed.

"What's this old lady doing in the way?" Coal asked Bali and they ran past the crying Ursula.

Immediately, Ursula changed from sobbing to raging. "How dare you call me old!" She growled as he whole face turned red and her eyes were white.

"She didn't mean you." Zander assured her, not wanting to suffer her wrath in her current state.

"Yeah, she meant the other old lady crying over a squid." Ed said, causing Ursula to revert to normal.

"Now that you mention it, we need to find another one right way." She quickly said before resuming her search.

"Huh?" Zander and Ed both said in confusion, surprised it actually worked. Better than getting clobbered, I guess.

As all this was going on, 'Johnny Cook' was still in his kitchen, making for crab and egg-fried rice. As he did his work, Rod and Laura caught up with the smell and noticed him working through the hole the Mapusaurus made. Laura gave another sniff and was able to tell it was the same smell they were following. "Yummy."

"Let's go see what he's making." Rod said before they entered the kitchen. The two walked in a were able to notice what 'Johnny' was working on. "Hey, is that crab and egg-fired rice?"

"Looks great." Laura said before the wall burst from behind them.

Turning around, both of them saw Helga coming to a stop, looking very pissed off. "Huh? Helga!" Rod gasped.

"What are you doing here?" Laura asked nervously, worried Helga would ruin another mission.

"It's time to get back to your studies." She told them, crossing her arms over her chest. "Come with me."

"Aww." Rod sighed.

"Not yet. We can't go until we've tasted this crab and egg-fried rice, please." Laura pleaded, not even caring about the main reason they were there.

"When we get home, I'll make you my own crab and egg-fried rice, which is far superior, anyway." Helga told them.

This made 'Johnny' stop his work and glare at Helga. "What?! You think you can actually out-cook Johnny Cook?" He asked the android.

"Mm-hmm." Helga nodded.

"I'm afraid that you might have that bun of yours pulled too tight. But if that's what you claim, you've left me no choice but to challenge you to a duel." 'Johnny' declared before sparks literally started coming out of both of their eyes, confusing Rod and Laura.

Back in the streets, the Mapusaurus roared as she continued running from the dinosaurs chasing her. "You guys, I think we should split up and try surrounding her." Bali suggested.

"That's not a bad idea." Max agreed before they came to a fork in the road. "Terry, Chomp, you're with me. Bali, Coal, take separate directions."

"Understood." The dinosaurs said before they split up.

As that all happened, Helga and 'Johnny' were both cooking their own crab and egg-fried rice at lightning speeds. "Hmm, where did she learn to cook like that?" Johnny thought, intimidated by Helga's skills. "Look at her go. It's possible she actually knows what she's doing." He could only watch as Helga picked up her speed. "She's like a machine. I could be in trouble after all."

Back outside, the Mapusaurus was still running from Chomp and Terry, mostly Chomp. "You there, Bali?" Terry called out as he started picking up the Daspletosaur's scent.

Bali appeared from around a corner and ran towards the Mapusaurus. "Leave it to me." He replied.

The Mapusaurus saw that she was in trouble and decided to activate her final Move Card. Fire gathered in her mouth as she swung it around before she leapt up into the air and started coming down, spinning while she did so. "What?! Since when did we allow dinosaurs to have 3 Move Cards?!" Chomp asked in shock from the incident.

At the D-Lab, Dino suddenly bolted up from the nap she was having on a comfy rock. "Note to self; flatten Chomp when he gets back." She told herself before going back to sleep.

"That Fire Bomb isn't so scary when we have our own!" Max said before he activated the Move Card. Bali began doing a similar action to the Mapusaurus before he too leapt into the air and collided with the other bomb. There was a blinding light of fire before both dinosaurs fell to the ground.

In the kitchen, the stoves began to run out of gas. "Ah, I think we're running out of gas for the fire." 'Johnny' realized.

"What kind of sneaky trick are you pulling?" Helga asked furiously as she tried to turn up the gas, but to no avail. "I need a much larger flame!"

Back outside, the Mapusaurus and activated another Heat Eruption. The other dinosaurs quickly took cover from the oncoming meteors. "Not this Move again!" Max shouted in frustration from underneath Chomp.

"Fire! I need more fire!" 'Johnny' yelled before one of the meteors crashed right on top of him and Helga, engulfing them both in flames. "Yeah! That's more like it!"

"I could use even more!" Helga said, both not fazed at all by the fire.

After a while, both of them presented their plates to the children, the two of them completely scorched. "Enjoy, children." Helga said.

"Enjoy mine more." 'Johnny' said.

"Wow, this looks great." Both of them said as their eyes sparkled at the food. "Today is our lucky day." They said as they put their hands together to pray.

Back with the Mapusaurus, she stopped her attack and noticed that Bali had gotten back up. Looking for another way to escape, she noticed Coal caught up with them and that Max's team blocked the last exit. She was completely surrounded. "You can't get away." Max said as he hopped off Chomp. "Now I just have to get you back in your card, and I can go eat." He opened up his Dino Holder, but when he did, all his Move Cards accidentally fell out and scattered. "Huh?"

"Max, hurry up! We're losing her!" Coal said as the Mapusaurus noticed the opening.

"I know! I'm picking 'em up as fast as I can." The brunette said as the Mapusaurus had a headlock struggle with Chomp before she pushed him aside. "Huh?" Max said before the Mapusaurus leapt over him and Terry. "Hey, wait! You're not getting away after you took my rice from me!" Max yelled before chasing after her again.

As the battle continued, an aircraft flew over the city. Inside of it was Seth. After finding out that Helga had vanished, he knew it was time to take matters into his own hands.

Back in the restaurant, Rod and Laura had just finished their lunch. "Okay, we're ready to decide." Rod told the two chiefs. "Now, both were great.."

"Mm-hmm." Laura agreed before they both said. "But the winner is...Helga and her Wok of Furry."

"Aaah!" 'Johnny' gasped in shock as he had just been bested.

Helga just gave a nod. "Now it's time for us to head home." She told them.

"Aww." Both kids said, but obliged nonetheless. Couldn't really be upset after having a meal like that.

As they left, 'Johnny' was just speechless as what happened. "I failed, but how?

Helga responded by offering him another plate. "Take a bite and see for yourself." She offered.

Deciding he had nothing better to lose, Johnny took a spoonful and put it in his mouth. "Hmm." He chewed before swallowing. Immediately, his eyes widened in amazement. "Incredible!" He exclaimed before dropping his spoon. "I surrender my spatula." He said before bowing to Helga. "I am defeated."

As Rod and Laura approached their ride, a familiar voice called out to them. "Rod, Laura."

The two of them turned around and saw Seth. "Hey." Rod greeted.

"Oh, hi, Seth." Laura said.

"Where are you two going?" He asked them, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, Helga says we have to go home now and get back to our studies." Rod explained.

"I'll explain the situation to Helga." Seth told him. "You two worry about capturing Mapusaurus."

"All right!" Rod exclaimed.

"That sure beats studying, doesn't it?" Laura asked, already knowing the answer.

"Let's go!" Rod said before they went after the fight.

"Thanks, Seth." Laura said as they ran past him.

Seth didn't need to turn around to know that Helga was behind him, glaring daggers at him. "Let's talk." He told her, only moving his eyes in her direction.

Back at Zeta Point, Dr.Z's rumbling was able to be heard around the whole island. Well, if there was anyone there. "What is everyone trying to do here, starve me?!" Dr.Z yelled. "I should've been feed dinner hours ago! Helga? Seth? I haven't eaten lunch, and I'm getting cranky. You won't like me when I'm cranky! Ursula, Zander, or Ed!" After getting no response, Dr.Z looked down sadly. "Hmm."

"Would you please shut up?!" Gigas said with annoyance as he and a full-sized Brontikens entered the room. Well, Brontikens more just stuck his neck in. "Some of us are trying to watch stuff!"

"Oh, Gigas, Brontikens, I can always count on you two." Dr.Z had tears coming out of his eyes. "Now show me some love."

"'Sigh'. I think I have some leftovers." Gigas said as he went to their living quarters.

A little while later, he returned, carrying a large bone in his mouth. The doctor started slightly freaking out due to the size of the bone. "Wait. I'm suddenly feeling bet-" Dr.Z was cut off by Gigas dropping the bone on top of him.

"That'll shut him up." Brontikens said before they both left to resume their respective activities.

Back with the fight, Max had gathered up his Move Cards and was able to catch the Mapusaurus again. "Blazing Spin!"

Terry's mouth grew fire before he grabbed the Mapusaurus by the neck and spun her around before throwing her into a building. As the Mapusaurus got up, Max prepared for the finishing blow. "Thunder Ba-"

"Not so fast!" Rod and Laura told him, causing the brunette to miss his Dino Holder and fall to the ground as he did his usually spinning when using that move.

"Uh! That's not fair, stopping me mid-attack." Max told them as he got back up, rubbing his head in pain.

"Not you two again." Chomp groaned.

"We just had the most delicious food ever." Rod said.

"Now we're full and ready to catch our dinosaur." Laura said before they pulled out their scanners.

"HERE WE GO!"

"COME ON, MAXIMUS!"

"LET'S DO IT, ARMATUS!"

"Why don't you stay out of our way!" Coal roared at them once the two dinosaurs appeared.

"Anyway, that dinosaur isn't yours! She's ours!" Bali told them. "Figuratively speaking."

"That's right, and we have to hurry and capture her now so we can get back to the restaurant for our crab and egg-fried rice!" Max added, making everyone, minus Chomp, groan in annoyance.

"Ugh."

"Crab and egg-fried rice?" Rod repeated.

"What a coincidence, that's what we just ate." Laura said.

"What?" Max and Chomp asked simultaneously.

"And wasn't it the best food you ever had?" Rod asked his sister, oblivious to their fatal mistake.

"The best food on the whole planet." Laura said while smiling, both having their eyes closed.

"Oh, yeah?!" Max asked angrily.

"Say that again!" Chomp demanded them. "Come on, I double dare you!"

"Huh? What's wrong with you?" Laura asked.

"Now you've done it." Terry said as he and the other two carnivores backed away nervously. Even the Mapusaurus kept her distance from those two.

"You've had crab and egg-fried rice, and we haven't even tasted it yet?" Max said as the anger inside him finally burst. "That is the last straw!" He and Chomp roared together, lightning coming off of Chomp's horns as he did so.

"Take it easy, you guys!" Bali called out to them.

"Those two become more alike every day." Coal commented.

"That's it! Everyone dies!" Max declared as he ejected the Move Card and swipped it properly this time. "Thunder Bazooka!"

Chomp charged at the two of them like mad before he leapt into the air and started spinning towards them. "I'll see you both in hell!" Chomp told them before he collided with them both.

Maximus roared in pain before she crashed into a building. She only had a second to react before Armatus landed on top of her, something he probably enjoyed before they were both carded. "Huh. Took 'em both out at the same time." Coal said as they slowly came out of hiding.

"Whoa, that was fast." Rod said in shock.

"The battle's over already?" Laura asked, both unable to comprehend what happened.

"Never mess with those two and their food." Terry warned the two kids as they hastily grabbed their cards and left. "Bad things happen."

After he said that, Max chuckled darkly. "Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!"

Meanwhile, Seth and Helga were conversing about Rod and Laura's recent missions. "You don't know what you're talking about." Seth told her. "Rod and Laura have been sent on these missions by Dr.Z himself with instructions to capture dinosaurs. To interfere with that for the sake of homework is to directly disobey his orders."

"That's a nice story, Seth, but I happen to know it is you who are disobeying orders." Seth grit his teeth when he realized his lie wasn't working. "Dr.Z told me himself that he never sent the children on those missions." Seth silently glared at her. "Protecting Rod and Laura is my primary function, und you are using them for your own purposes. I'm taking both of them home immediately. Goodbye." With that, she turned around and walked away.

"Oh, Helga." Seth thought, feigning his sadness. "If only you'd kept your mouth shut. Maybe you'd still be alive."

"Good grief. For once I wish that people would do as they-aah..ooh" Helga suddenly started to short-circuit as her eyes turned dull and lifeless. This was caused by Seth placing a lightning rod on her back, shutting her off completely.

"Farewell, Helga." Seth said as she fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes before he placed a foot on her head. "Do say hello to Dr. Ancient for me." He said before he pressed his foot down, crushing her head.

Back with the fight, Max decided to finish the Mapusaurus off once and for all. "Gatling Sparks!"

Chomp immediately went for the Mapusaurus and struck her with his horns before repeatedly jabbing her. With one final jab, the Mapusaurus was knocked away and finally defeated. "That should teach her." Chomp said.

"Great job, Chomp!" Max said as he walked over to the cards and picked them up. "Look at you now." He said to the Mapusaurus card, sounding very unstable. "Completely helpless."

"Max, what are you gonna do?" Terry asked, not liking the tone of his voice.

"She killed my lunch. She must pay!" Max said before he gripped the card to tear it up.

"Dude, it's just some rice!" Chomp said. Even he found this to be extreme.

"Some rice I've been wanting to eat all day! And nothing you say will make me spare her!" Max said before he began to tear the card.

"Max, don't!" Max stopped, thankfully before tearing the card at all, and saw Rex running towards him with the others. "You might want to see something before you kill her."

"Mmmm!" Max said as he swallowed another spoonful of crab and egg-fried rice. "I can't believe you did this all for me!" He said to his friends.

"We didn't really do much." Rex said as he and his team had their own. "There were just plates of them lying all over the place."

"I believe that there shouldn't be any more tension between you and Sweet Tooth." Chomp said as he ate with Terry, Coal, and Bali.

Max looked at the Mapusaurus he was sharing a table with and chuckled nervously. "Ehehe. No hard feelings about me want to kill you, right?" He asked her sheepishly as he rubbed his neck.

"Eh, I would've done the same if I was in your place." Sweet Tooth replied before digging into her meal. "This place has the best food ever!"

"You've seen nothing yet." Max told her as he grabbed another mouthful of rice. "Wait 'till you try hamburgers." This was the start of a beautiful new friendship between two food fans.

As the sun set at Chinatown, the Alpha Gang haired their crafts and began to fly away, save Ursula, Zander, and Ed, who had to ride on a swing carried by the two ships. "We went all the way to Chinatown for nothing." Ed said sadly. "Not even one morsel."

"Not true." Zander smirked before reaching into his jacket. "I grabbed a little something." He said before pulling out a squid jerky

"Aah!" Ursula gasped as her eyes sparkled. "More squid jerky!" She gasped before she tried to grab it, with Zander keeping it away from her. "Oh, Zander, way to go. I can't wait to eat it." But, as their luck would have it, a seagull flew by and took the jerky from them. "Huh? Aah!"

Inside the ships, Rod and Laura were communicating with Seth. "Hold on. What happened to Helga?" Rod asked.

"Weren't you just with her a few minutes ago, Seth?" Laura recalled.

"She said she had business to attend to in Chinatown." Seth answered. "I suspect she'll catch up with us later." He said before cutting transition, leaving Rod and Laura confused.

Immediately once he did, another call came on. Seth answered it and saw who it was. "I'm assuming everything went smoothly?" The one on the other side asked.

"Yes. Helga is gone for good." Seth assured his friend. "Dr.Z won't be a problem, so our plans can go on without any interruptions."

"And you're sure she won't come back?"

"My friend, it'll be a miracle if we ever see Helga again." Seth said with a wicked smirk.

"Goodbye, Chinatown!" Zander and Ed said as they flew away.

"Goodbye, squid jerkyeeeee!" Ursula cried.

Below them, the old man sailed away on a cruise ship, going who knows where.

And, in a cargo hold laid Helga's body. Her head had been smashed into two pieces while parts were scattered all over the place.

Next time on Dinosaur King

Max/Ursula: This place is a disaster!

Reese: The signal's coming from Barcelona

Max: That's where mom is!

Rex: It's an Allosaurus, and she's going nuts!

Allosaurus: Well, aren't you a strong one?

Terry: What!?

A/N: Damn this episode, makes me hungry while watching it. I don't like crab, but I'd gladly have some crab and egg-fired rice if Max left any, which he probably didn't. And I allowed him to have some since I felt he needed a break, and so he and Sweet Tooth wouldn't have any tensions between them.

Sweet Tooth was actually one of the last dinosaurs from this season to be named, along with the Pentaceratops. I have to thank Earth Beast for his help.

On the topic of fans, Harold Godwinson recently published a spin-off of this story in the crossover section, Arendelle Tundra. Go check it out and support it.

So, what was my reason for adding Coal and Bali into this battle? Because they had Moves that matched Sweet Tooth. This won't be the only time minor dinosaurs take part in battles with the D-Team.

And finally, Helga. Is she dead? Weeeeeell, she is a robot and can be repaired. But somebody would have to both find her and be able to fix her. Also, there will be other deaths in this series.

You've been warned.