Double Dino Trouble
Disclaimer: Dinosaur King is owned by Sunrise, Shout Factory, 4kidsTV, and any other company I missed. I own nothing
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"Flashback"
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One of the last places a dinosaur would be is the South Pole. The temperature was too cold for them, and food for both carnivores and herbivores was next to impossible to find. Alone, no dinosaur would last more than a few hours. But this time things would be different.
It all started with a colony of penguins that were taking care of their eggs. For the most part, it was a relatively simple procedure. But there were was an exception. A skua attack not long ago saw the end of a few eggs, and separation of others from their parents. During the reclaiming of eggs, one of the penguins accidentally picked up the wrong kind of egg. Not a different type of penguin egg, not one that belonged to another parent in the colony, but instead a capsule that was buried in the snow. Not knowing what was really in the egg, the penguin continued on standing on it, covering it with its body while it watched for any signs of hatching.
The penguin continued walking until it felt something poking its legs. Looking down at its feet, it saw that the capsule had opened due to all the shaking. Yet, instead of a baby penguin, it saw nothing. Confused how nothing was there, the penguin failed to notice two cards in the snow. That is, until a blue glow emerged from underneath it. The other penguins looked at the glow while the one penguin rose high into the air.
When they glow faded, there stood a light brown sauropod with darker brown markings on its legs, around the tail, on the head down the neck, on the nose, and a large one on the back. The nostrils had moved to the placement of 'in front of the eyes, but not quite snout'. But that wasn't the surprising thing about this dinosaur. That honor would go to its tail, which was a club tail like an ankylosaur with two small spikes. This dinosaur was a Shunosaurus.
The first thing the Shunosaurus felt was the freezing cold temperature. When the Shunosaurus raised her head to get a better look at her surroundings, the penguin slid off the Shunosaur's back like it was a slide. The flightless bird crashed into a pile of snow that had another capsule in it. The capsule rolled out before it was stopped by the Shunosaur's foot. The collision with the foot caused it to open up and two cards to come out. Once the cards were picked up by the wind, the started to glow, causing the Shunosaurus to back up and give the new dinosaur room.
This time the dinosaur was a small theropod, colored with stripes of red, white, and black, small spikes along its back, one tiny red one on its forehead, and somewhat of a large nose. Like Ace, it also had laughably tiny arms with four fingers. This dinosaur was a Majungasaurus.
Like the Shunosaurus, the first thing that hit the Majungasaurus was the cold. He was taken by such surprise that he almost fell to the ground. Stumbling from the shock, the shook his head to regain himself before noticing the Shunosaurus looking right at him. He was not familiar with this kind of dinosaur, and the same could be said for the Shunosaurus. Despite the confusion, both of them felt that the other had use for them.
(Intro Theme)
It didn't take long for the signal to be picked up by the Dino Holders. And once they discovered the location, Spike wasted no time in making sure his son and friends wouldn't get frostbite. "Dad, is this really necessary?" Max asked as his father put a fifth winter coat on him.
"Yes! What kind of father would I be if I had my own son go to the coldest place on earth with no protection?" Spike asked rhetorically. "Did you honestly think you'd be able to complete this mission in a t-shirt?"
"We were able to in Siberia." Max muttered.
"Siberia is like Florida when compared to the South Pole." Spike retorted as he wrapped a scarf around his son's neck.
At first Zoe and Rex thought they would've been spared from the heavy winter wear, but Mia seemed to share Spike's concern and was covering them in preparation for the cold as well. "Why aren't you smothering Paris, Spiny, and the others?" Zoe asked as Mia placed a hat on her head.
"Aside form the fact someone didn't have any coats their size." She sent a glare in Spike's direction, causing him to shrink in shame as he was supposed to try and get some doggy-sized coats. "When you send them out full-size, the coats will either be torn or fall off. It would be better for them to get used to the climate immediately."
"I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be a problem." Tank assured her before turning to her partner. "Right, Sire?"
Rex was covered in so many coats, scarves, and hats that it was almost impossible to see any of his skin. "Mm-mmm-mmmmm!" He muffled.
"What?" Tank asked in confusion.
"Mm-mmm-mm-mmm-mmmmm!" Rex muffled again, sweat flooding down his head while his face turned blue.
"You need to speak up. I can't hear you." Tank responded.
"Mmmmmmm!" Rex yelled in frustration before he collapsed due to lack of oxygen.
"Rex?" Tank asked, slightly nudging the king.
"Look what you've done!" Spiny suddenly yelled at Tank and Mia. "You killed the King!"
"What?!" Mia screamed in shock.
"Spiny, don't be stupid. He's fine." Tank responded, not showing any urgency, before removing the scarves covering Rex's mouth and nose. "Now, what were you trying to say?"
She was greeted by a slap across the face by Rex, causing her to roll across the floor 'till she stopped by Spiny. "Told you." Spiny said.
"What a drama queen." Spike joked as he tied another scarf around Max's neck. "Right, Max?"
What he didn't realize was that he was doing the exact same thing to Max. "Dad...you're chocking me...let go."
Spike quickly realized his son was suffocating and undid the scarf. "Gah! Sorry, Max.
"Maybe you shouldn't have us wear so many coats." Zoe said, already taking off some of hers to avoid the same fate as the boys. "I actually like living."
"That actually seems like a smart idea." Spike pouted in defeat, embarrassed by his actions.
"Spike has a point." Mia agreed. "But I still want you to take a food warmer so you don't starve."
"You're not my mom." Max told the Maiasaura.
"I'm everybody's mom!" Mia yelled back, almost knocking Max and his father off their feet with her raised voice.
Zoe winced at Mia's tone. "If that's what I sound like when I get bossy I think I have some apologies to make."
"You can start by helping me get these coats off." Rex grumbled, still having trouble breathing in so many coats.
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Just like with their target, the first thing the D-Team felt when they arrived in the frozen tundra was the freezing cold. While the kid's winter clothing helped block out most of the weather, their dinosaurs weren't as fortunate. "Oh my god!" Chomp exclaimed. "How is it this cold?!"
"I'm pretty sure my nose just froze!" Terry said. "And, for the record, it's very painful!"
"At least you can feel your nose!" Spiny added before asking. "Did my nose fall off? Am I noseless?"
"Noseless you are not." Tank answered. "Though, don't quote me in thirty minutes. And that's me being hopeful."
"That my nose would last that long?" Spiny wondered.
"That we'd last that long." Tank replied. "I see my tail falling off in the next minute."
The kids just stood back and watched as their dinosaurs moaned and complained about the cold. "Guys, don't you think you might be overreacting just a bit?" Max asked them.
"NO!" They all shouted back, almost making Max jump out of his skin.
"He's does have a point, though." Ace brought up. "I doubt the dinosaur would be able to survive 24 hours in this weather."
"How long so you think it has?" Rex asked.
"Depends on what kind it is." Ace answered. "I'd give a carnivore a few hours. But a herbivore would be lucky to survive two without any food."
"Then we'd better get to work." Max declared, clapping his hands together. "We can cover more ground faster if we split up."
"Didn't you get lost in the jungle the last time we tried that?" Paris reminded the brunette.
"That was just because my Dino Holder got soaked. Reese fixed that mechanic not long after, in case you've forgotten." Max reminded them. "Besides, didn't you hear what Ace just said? That dinosaur will be dead if we don't find it and turn it into a card quick."
"You do have a point." Rex agreed, rubbing his chin in thought. "All right, my team will go check by the ocean. That's where most of the food around here comes from."
"We can search by those mountains over there." Zoe pointed to two peaks not too far away from where they were. "They dinosaur might take refuge in the caves."
"I guess we'll make sure it's not around this place." Max said.
"Great. Give us the wide open space, why don't you?" Chomp grumbled.
Max ignored him and continued explaining his plan. "We'll all keep in contact over the Dino Holder. If any of us spot anything, alert the others right away."
"Right." Rex and Zoe agreed before the team went in different directions to search of the dinosaur. Hoping they'd find it before it was too late.
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Meanwhile, deep under the water, the Alpha Gang were approaching the coast of Antarctica in a submarine. Similar to a certain type of submarine, they were peddling to get it moving since it seemed to lack an engine. And like the dinos, they had nothing to keep them warm. "Ugh!" Ursula groaned loudly. "Was this really the best thing Dr.Z had to offer?"
"That's for sure." Zander agreed. "What did he make this out of, a freezer?"
Ed's stomach grumbled at the mention of freezer. The fat man put a hand to his stomach to calm it down, unintentionally stopping his peddling, causing the sub to slow down. Ursula turned around and glared at Ed. "Ed, stop thinking about food and start peddling!"
"But I'm hungry." Ed whined. "And it's so cold."
Ursula grit her teeth in annoyance. "If you want out of the cold then peddle faster so we can get this mission over with!"
"And return to some nice steamy, hot showers!" Zander added.
With the promise of warmth driving him, Ed took what Ursula said possibly too literally as he started to pick up the pace with his peddling, going so fast it was impossible to actually see his feet moving. This sudden burst of power gave the sub a speed boost. It was send rocketing across the water, sending Zander and Ursula flying to the back of the sub. "Okay, Ed, I think that's fast enough." Ursula told him, slightly shaken by the speed boost.
"I can't stop it!" Ed told them, unable to stop his legs from picking up speed.
"What?!" Zander and Ursula exclaimed.
The trio screamed as they sub continued going at lighting fast speed. Just when it seemed that they were about to go even faster, they felt the sub crash into something that made Ed fall off his peddles and land on top of his teammates. "Well, I think that's over." Zander commented, muffled by Ed's weight.
"You better hope nothing else bad happens today, Ed, or you're in for some serious pain!" Ursula threatened as she threw Ed off herself. Right when she said that, the hull of the sub started to burst as water started flooding in. "Ed, What did you do?!" Ursula screamed in panic.
"I don't know!" Ed quickly replied as they all got up and covered the hole with their bodies, which really wasn't a smart idea as the water was obviously freezing cold.
"He must have crashed into an iceberg." Zander guessed, just as another part of the sub burst.
"Great. Now we're going to die just like the Titanic." Ursula said sarcastically before turning to Ed. "I hope you're happy, you fat clown!" She said before lunging at him.
Ed was able to dodge her attack and found himself getting chased around by a peeved Ursula. "I'm sorry, Ursula! I couldn't see where I was going!"
"When I'm done with you, you won't be able to see at all!"
As that happened, Zander found himself trying to block both holes, one with his hands, the other with his feet, with little effect. "Uh, guys? A little help?" Zander asked just as another part burst.
We'll check back with them and see how they survive this later.
DK
Not too far off the coast, Team Rex was searching for any signs of the dinosaur. "Are you sure it would be anywhere around here?" Tank asked, constantly swinging her tail to keep it warm as per Rex's suggestion to keep it from falling off.
"I'm positive." Rex answered. "It's pretty much impossible for it to find food any other way. Especially if it's a herbivore." He added quietly.
"And what about if it needs to drink?" Tank brought up. "Unless your geography is wrong, this water is part of the Southern Ocean, which is saltwater."
"Then it probably would have to drink from the ocean." Ace assumed.
"If they have to be drinking all that salt then we'd better keep moving." Tank said, the two males agreeing with her.
They walked for a little bit before Ace noticed something in the snow. "Guys!" He called out as he ran to check it out. It appeared to be the remains of an egg shell.
"What? What is it?" Rex asked as he and Tank went over to the Carnotaurus.
"I found the remains of an egg." He told them.
Tank immediately thought the worse. "Are you telling me that the dinosaur was another mother that just lost her egg?"
Ace sniffed the inside of the shell before shaking his head. "No, I can't pick up the scent of dinosaur or anything similar. I'm assuming it had to belong to something from here."
"Then it's most likely a penguin egg that was broken by a skua or something similar." Rex concluded.
"So this was a complete waste of time." Tank grumbled before stomping off. She stomped up a small snow steep until she accidentally caused it to collapse from the constant stomping, leading for the Saichania to roll down the steep. "Stupid snow." She grumbled as she got back up. As she shook the snow off her head, she noticed that parts of it weren't white but instead red. "So, if yellow snow means pee, what does red snow mean?" She asked the boys.
"Blood." Ace said grimly as he sniffed it to see if it was from the dinosaur. But once again it was not familiar.
Rex walked over to them and noticed something in the snow. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was a flipper. "I think the dinosaur was here." He told them.
"Are you sure?" Ace asked as he and Tank looked at the flipper. "Could've been a leopard seal."
"No." Rex shook his head. "A leopard seal would've most likely eaten the whole thing and left no remains." He explained.
"I find that very hard to believe." Tank interjected.
"Regardless of if I'm correct or not, I do know that leopard seals most likely hunt in the water." Rex continued. "And if my suspicions are correct, there's a matching flipper just around here." He dug a little in the snow before coming across another flipper. "As I thought. The dinosaur must've attacked this penguin and ripped off the flippers when feasting on it."
"That seems most likely given a penguins anatomy." Ace said. "Carnivores cared more about the middle of their prey and didn't worry about the head and limps very much." He explained. "With these knowledge, we can deduce that the dinosaur is a carnivore."
"I can't tell if that's a good or bad thing." Tank said as they continued their search.
Right as they left, the Majungasaurus emerged from the ocean. And in his mouth was a large amount of kelp.
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Around the mountains, Zoe's team were searching for any clues of the dinosaur being in the area. "Any sign of it?" Paris asked Zoe.
Zoe put on her googles to see if she could notice anything out of the ordinary. Which was easier said than done since she's never been to Antarctica till now. "Nothing so far. What about you, Spiny?"
Said Spinosaurus was climbing one of the peaks to the top. "I feel fine!" He yelled while climbing. "I feel happy!"
"Spiny!" Zoe yelled to get his attention. "Do you see any signs of the dinosaur!?"
"I can see my grave from here!" Spiny responded.
Zoe and Paris looked at each other with worried expressions. "Is it possible to get a heatstroke from the cold?" Paris asked. "Like a cold stroke?"
"I don't know, and I'd rather not try to find out." Zoe answered before climbing after Spiny. "Spiny, get down from there! You'll hurt yourself!"
"You're not my mom!" Spiny replied snobbishly.
A tick-mark grew on Zoe's head. "So that's the game we're playing." She said to herself before responding to Spiny's insult. "If you don't get down from here right now I'm telling Tank!"
"Jokes on you! She loves me!"
"Guys, please stop yelling." Paris warned them, moving out of the way before the inevitable.
"Spiny, I'm serious! Come down now before you hurt yourself!"
"How 'bout instead you suck my-" Spiny was cut off by something that caused the whole mountain to shake. "Uh-oh." The snow above Spiny and Zoe immediately reacted to the sudden shake by falling right on top of the two of them, dragging them down the mountain with it before landing in a large pile at the base.
"Not how I expected it to happen, but it happened." Paris said to herself before running over to them. "Are you guys okay?"
Her response was two pairs of eyes appearing from in the snow. "I think that might be a clue." Spiny said.
"Don't think you're off the hook for this, Spiny." Zoe glared at the Spinosaurus, who responded by closing his eyes. "I know you're still there!"
"Damn it! I was hoping you'd fall for that."
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Not too far from where they started, Max's team were having little to no luck in finding the dinosaur. And the reason why could all be pinned on Terry's whining. "I'm serious, guys, I'm pretty sure I can only smell my own boogers at this point."
"Terry, can you please stop." Max told him.
"You would say that! You're all dressed up and peachy!"
"Bro, we're all cold." Chomp reminded Terry, gesturing to the ice cubes on his horns.
"The difference is that your horns effect your breathing 0%!" Terry retorted. "I, on the other hand, have to now breathe out of my mouth to survive!"
"It'd be a lot easier if you just shut up." Chomp muttered.
"You think I should just return him to his card 'till this is all over?" Max whispered to Chomp.
"As much as I want to say yes, I'd have to say that's not a good idea. Knowing how Terry is, he'd get upset that you assumed he couldn't handle the cold and never let you hear the end of it." Chomp groaned. "I think he's been chatting with Brontikens way too much."
"So we're doomed either way?" Max said, earning a nod from Chomp.
"I know you two are talking about me!" Terry yelled at them from the back, causing the group to stop in a bad location. "If you think this is no big deal, why don't you take off all those coats, Max!"
"Terry, now's not the time." Max tried to calm down the Tyrannosaurus.
"No, shut up and listen to what I have to say!"
"Bro, we understand that you're cold." Chomp groaned, rolling his eyes at his brother's ranting.
"No, you don't! I'm not just cold, I'm on the verge of death! How hard is it for you two simpletons to understand my pain!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, even though his speech is something like that of telepathy.
However, all this screaming and shouting caused the snow piled up behind the trio to start coming down on them, resulting in a large avalanche that swept them off their feet. "Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" The three of them screamed as they were carried away and buried deeper and deeper into the snow.
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"Well, that was an experience I wouldn't like to relive." Zoe said as she scrapped to the snow off her coat.
"Which part? Falling from the mountain or being buried in snow?" Paris asked.
"Both." The pinkette responded, slightly glaring at Spiny for his misbehavior. "Regardless of how it started." Her glare strengthened. "We at least know that our target's in the area."
"What makes you so sure that it was a dinosaur that caused the mountain to shake?" Paris asked.
"Because I doubt that there's any TNT lying around." Zoe said.
"I don't know. Given how the Alpha Gang are, would it really be a surprise if they were mining for more of that metal?" Spiny asked.
"Why would they mine in Antarctica? Even for the old lady that's dumb." Zoe said before they started searching for the dinosaur around the mountain. "Let's go."
Going along the outskirts of the mountain, it didn't take long before the three of them found where the dinosaur was. Well, at least how to find where it was. "I think we're onto something." Zoe told her team as she pointed out a trail of large footprints.
"Those could be mammoth prints." Spiny said.
Zoe looked back at the Spinosaurus. "First of all, mammoths didn't live in Antarctica. Second of all, mammoths are extinct." She told Spiny, still a little upset about earlier.
"These do look a lot more like sauropod prints." Paris pointed out as they followed the trail, stepping in one to measure how deep it was. "Definitely seems to be about sauropod size."
"How do you even know that?" Zoe asked as they continued following the trail. "No offense, but I didn't take you for the kind to know the statistics of dinosaur sizes. Especially with footprints."
Paris blushed slightly at the comments. "Just a lucky guess?" This lead to Zoe making what would probably be considered a meme face as a result.
They continued in following the trail until they found themselves at the entrance of a cave. "It has to be in there." Zoe said. "It must've made this cave to keep itself warm from the cold.
"Oh, no it didn't." Spiny objected.
The girls looked at him in confusion. "What'd you mean? It makes perfect sense." Paris pointed out.
"Not with this perfect of a tunnel." Spiny said. "Look at it, the curves are flawless. There's no way a sauropod would be able to complete such a task."
This only made the girls more confused. "How do you know this?" They Both asked.
"I'm dating a Saichania. You think I don't know how my girlfriend works?" Spiny answered before thinking about what he just said. "Wait, did I word that wrong?"
Before either of the girls could answer, there was an explosion right in front of them. The three of them screamed and dropped to the ground to avoid any debris. Dust filled the area and blocked their visions. However, Spiny was able to briefly see the tail of the culprit. And just as he suspected, which surprised him a lot, it was a club tail. "I think we should run!" Paris suggested, already bolting back the way they came.
"You don't need to tell me twice!" Zoe agreed. "Let's go find the others! Come on, Spiny!"
"I told you it wasn't a sauropod!"
Not long after they were gone, the Majungasaurus arrived at the cave with the kelp in his mouth. The Shunosaurus saw that her roommate had returned and came out of the tunnel. She noticed the kelp at her feet and lowered her head to grab a mouthful. It wasn't the most pleasant tasting thing in the world, but it was better than starving. This was all part of the plan, the Majungasaurus would have found food for the both of them while the Shunosaurus made shelter so they wouldn't freeze to death. To the onlooker, these two would look a lot like a married couple.
While the his roommate ate, the Majungasaurus decided to go take a nap before he went hunting again. But just as he was about to find a comfortable place, he smelt something in the air. It was an unfamiliar scent, but still smelt like dinosaurs. He turned to the Shunosaurus and asked her if anyone had visited or was invited over, but got no as an answer.
If no one had came with their knowledge, then that means that someone is possibly after their cave. Knowing what would happen if they lost the cave, he roared for the Shunosaurus to follow him. They had to track down these trespassers and get them off their territory if they were to survive without any problems. There just wasn't enough for more than two dinosaurs.
Finishing up her kelp, the Shunosaurus followed in suit. The Majungasaurus sniffed the air and picked up the scent of which way the trespassers went.
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"OK, what we need is an escape plan. Anyone got any ideas?" Max asked his team.
"Hmm. I got nothing." Terry answered
"I have an idea. Why don't we just try digging our way-
"Stop interfering with our plans, Chomp!" Terry yelled at the Triceratops. "We're going to freeze to death thanks to you."
"I know we're going to freeze to death, but you don't see me whining." Chomp retorted.
There was a long silence before Max said. "I'm dying on Chomp's side of the pile."
"Can't you just make us big and have us-"
"I can barely tell where you are, much less move my arms." Max cut Chomp off. "Besides, cards can't move through solids."
"So how do you know which side is mi-"
"Shhh."
Chomp took slight offense to being interrupted again. "Don't shush me."
"No, Chomp. I think I hear something above us." Max said.
Chomp and Terry listened and heard the sound of movement above them. "Hey, you're right!" Chomp realized.
"Help!" Terry screamed as loud as he could. "We're trapped in the snow and running out of oxygen!"
"Mostly because you keep yelling." Chomp muttered.
Max groaned at his partner's constant bickering. "Can you please hurry! I'm pretty sure my friends are having freeze strokes from the cold!"
"Do you really have to bring that up?" Terry growled, sounding almost embarrassed.
"If it'll shut you two up for five minutes, then yes!" Max answered, starting to get snappy himself.
After a minute or two, the snow on top of them started to give way to light. "No! Not the light! I still have so much to do with my life!" Terry cried.
"I find that hard to believe." Chomp muttered sarcastically, the cold getting to him as well.
But it wasn't the sweet embrace of death that was on the other side of the snow. Instead, they saw Ace, Rex, and Tank digging away at the snow. The three of their faces showed huge relief when they say their friends. "Max, are you okay?" Rex asked.
"Aside from the sheer cold, I think I'll live." The brunette replied.
"It's a good thing we found you when we did. I'm pretty sure there was a second avalanche burring you." Ace said before he and Tank were recalled to their chibi forms.
"You can thank Terry's screaming for both." Tank added.
"Hey!" Terry yelled, but quickly shut up when he heard the snow move again.
"Anyway." Rex said before anymore bickering started. "I believe we found were the dinosaur was. It was over by the ocean hunting penguins. We think it went over by those mountains to stay warm."
"Hey, guys!" Zoe called out, prompting the group to turn to their direction as they approached them. "We saw the dinosaur in the caves by those mountains."
"Well, not exactly saw it. We just know it was there digging tunnels." Paris clarified.
This made Rex's team confused. "How was a theropod digging tunnels?" Tank asked.
"Theropod?" Zoe blinked in confusion. "No, what we saw was a sauropod."
"Wrong, it was an ankylosaur." Spiny interjected. "I actually saw the tail." He bragged.
"And you're positive it was an ankylosaur?" Tank asked.
"Babe, I've been hit with your tail so many times. I know when I see one."
"I'm inclined to believe you." Tank admitted. "However, the evidence we found is not that of a ankylosaur."
"And what evidence would that be exactly?" Zoe asked, starting to get a little annoyed.
"We found the remains of penguin flippers that had to be caused by the dinosaur." Rex explained.
"There are other animals that might eat a penguin, you know?" Zoe countered.
"We considered that. But the work done did not match that of a leopard seal. And there aren't any other carnivores in the area that could tear off a penguin's flipper." Rex objected. The two of them started getting into each other's faces, each with a look that could kill.
"We at least had physical evidence to back us up! All you did is make assumptions!"
"Assumptions?" Rex took offense to Zoe's remark, a tick-mark appearing on his head. "At least I actually know my Antarctic biology!"
Now Zoe had a tick-mark appear. "What're you implying? That I don't know my biology!"
"Of course not." Rex said, now looking pretty smug. "You just need help with it. Just like with all your subjects."
Now Zoe's face was red with rage. "Oh, you did not just call me dumb!"
"I'm not. I'm just saying that I'm smarter than you." Rex countered. "I seem to remember you needing me to do most of your homework for you more times than you think!"
"Well at least I'm not weak!"
Now Rex's face was starting to look red. "What did you say?!"
"You heard me! You're pathetic at sports! The only reason you think you're good is because everyone you're playing with feels bad for you!"
"I am also mad too, for some reason!" Spiny interjected.
Rex lunged at Zoe in rage. The pink-haired girl catching his fists with her own. "Spoiled brat!" He yelled at her.
"Smart ass!"
"Yelling things is fun!"
"SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUP!" Max finally snapped, causing everyone to stop yelling, and surprisingly no avalanches. "Enough of this! I have had it up to here with all this bickering, whining, and yelling!"
"But, Max-" Chomp tried to speak up before getting interrupted.
"No, Chomp! I don't want any excuses! You guys are friends, for heaven's sake! After all we've been through together you shouldn't be fighting like this!" Everyone looked down in shame, knowing Max was right. Pausing to catch his breath, Max also realized what he had just said. "Guys, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"
"No, Max, you were right." Terry cut him off. "I shouldn't have been complaining just because it's cold." He then turned to Chomp. "Sorry about snapping at you, Chomp. And burying you two in an avalanche."
"It's fine, Bro." Chomp assured him. "I shouldn't have been so snappy."
"Rex, I didn't mean to insult you. I swear I didn't mean any of it." Zoe apologized.
"It's okay, Zoe, I didn't mean anything I said either." Rex said before holding out his hand. "Friends?"
"Friends." Zoe replied as they shook hands.
"Good." Max said before squatting down and pulling out his Dino Holder. "Now, back to matters with the dinosaur. From what our searches have showed us, long-necked theropod quadruped with a club tail." As he spoke, the brunette drew a depiction of the dinosaur in the snow with handle of his Dino Holder. "Does this look familiar to any of you?" He asked the dinosaurs.
The dinos looked at Max's drawing. It had the body of a sauropod, head of a theropod, two feet from both, and a club tail. They all looked at each other, not knowing what to say about Max's drawing. Except for Tank. "I'll tell you what that is. The Kill-Me-asaurus."
"I've never heard of that type of dinosaur before." Max said, clearly not getting her sarcasm, earning several face palms from his friends.
It was at that moment that they heard the roar of a dinosaur. "I think we're about to get our answer." Ace said.
But just after that roar was a second roar that sounded completely different. "Okay, what was that?" Zoe asked.
"Did the dinosaur just change its roar?" Max guessed.
"Hey, why don't we ask those guys?" Spiny pointed behind them.
The D-Team turned around and saw the Shunosaurus and Majungasaurus approaching them. "A Shunosaurus and a Majungasaurus!" Rex identified.
"That explains why there were so many different clues." Zoe realized.
Ace perked up when he heard this. "Wait. Are you saying that none of you checked the Dino Holder to find out that there were two dinosaurs in the area?" He asked the kids. All they did in response was whistle, pretending to ignore him. "I don't believe this."
"Whatever they are, they don't stand a chance against Chomp and Terry." Max said before recalling them both.
"DINO SLASH!"
"GO, TRICERATOPS! ROAR!"
"FLAME UP, TYRANNOSAURUS!"
Once they landed, Terry noticed that the pain his nose was going through before was completely gone. "Hey, my nose is better now!"
"Is this really the time?" Chomp glared at his brother.
"Sorry." Terry sheepishly replied before they both ran down the slope to meet their opponents in combat. The Shunosaurus and Majungasaurus saw them coming and got into battle stances, the Majungasaurus in a pouncing position while the Shunosaurus got into a defensive one.
The two brothers stopped about a foot away from their opponents and started snapping and roaring at them, which the other two dinosaurs returned. "That's the way, guys!" Zoe cheered.
"Don't let up!" Rex added.
Terry roared as he went for the Majungasaurus. But the Shunosaurus got in his way and knocked him back with her hide. As Terry slid across the snow, the Majungasaurus took the opportunity to bash Chomp's head with his own. "Well, that didn't work." Chomp said.
"They wouldn't be dinosaurs if they lost at the first hit." Terry said before charging again, this time with Chomp.
They mentally both decided to go for the Majungasaurus since he was the smaller of the two. But before they could touch him, the Shunosaurus blocked their path again with her body. This gave the Majungasaurus the opportunity to sneak around behind them pouncing onto Terry's back before leaping off, causing the T-Rex to fall to the ground, giving the Shunosaurus the opening to smack both of them away with her tail, all in the blink of an eye. "You okay?" Chomp asked Terry as he tried to help him up.
"I'm fine." Terry grunted as he got onto his feet. "Man, for two dinos that just met they have the idea of tag team down to a T."
"What'd you mean?" Chomp asked.
"The Majungasaurus is using his speed to go on offense while the Shunosaurus uses her strength to protect him on defense." Rex explained at the same time as Terry to Max. Using the exact same words, no less.
"So I need to be faster than the Majungasaurus in order to take him out." Max said as he got out a Lightning Move Card. "And then we can take on the Shunosaurus without much trouble. Lightning Strike!" Electricity gathered in Chomp's horns before he fired the attack at the Majungasaurus, who responded by quickly getting out of the way. "Damn." Max hissed. "I better do something fast before they have the chance to respond. Volcano Burst!"
Terry swung his head around before lighting a trail of fire at the Shunosaurus just seconds after Chomp's attack. But it wasn't fast enough and the Shunosaurus was able to reduce most of it by tossing up a large amount of snow with her tail. "What?!" Terry gasped at his attack being countered so easily. And just like the last time his attack failed, it was his opponents turn to attack.
Both of them glowed blue and while respectively before they activated their Move Cards. The Majungasaurus roared before running forward and disappearing. Terry got into a defensive position, immediately recognizing the Move from a rather embarrassing battle from his past. "Heads up! He's using Mayfly!"
However, before either of them could move an inch, they were both being pelted from all sides by the Majungasaurus. When the attack stopped, Chomp fell to the ground and returned to his card. Terry stumbled in pain, but still held on.
Now it was the Shunosaur's turn. Rearing up on her hind legs, a vortex of water appeared around her. The same vortex appeared around Terry and started making him spin 'round and 'round. When it stopped, Terry fell to the ground and also returned to his card. "No!" Max cried at his friends defeat.
Rex and Zoe showed shared the feeling of distress before it was replaced determination. "Don't worry, Max. We've still got this!" Zoe assured him as she prepared to call back Spiny and Paris.
"Zoe, wait!" Rex stopped her, confusing both her and Max. "Use this instead!" He tossed a card to Zoe like a boomerang.
Zoe grabbed the card and saw that it was Guru's. "Guru?"
"It was his request that he join us on our next mission after he saw the last one against Killer." Rex explained. "And he's not the only one."
"What'd you mean?" The others asked. Rex gave a smirk and pulled out a card with a Wind Element.
"DINO SLASH! ALLOSAURUS, BLOW THEM AWAY!"
In a white glow, Ally appeared with a roar. "It's time for heads to roll!" She shouted with enthusiasm.
"So why's Ally here?" Max asked.
"Someone had to keep Terry from hurting himself." Ally gave a mental smirk. "So obviously I was chosen right after Guru."
"That's not how I recall it." Rex said, remembering how it really happened.
Rex was talking with Guru in the training room about his proposition. "Are you sure you want to join us?" Rex asked.
"Your Majesty, my worry about the remaining dinosaurs being even stronger looks like it has come true. First there was Grumpy, and now there was Killer. You can't keep expecting yourselves to win every battle with just the same six at where you are now. And there is no telling when the next dinosaur will appear, so getting stronger through training isn't a reliable answer."
"I guess you're right." Rex said as he put a hand to his chin in thought. "Even still, I think more than one reserve would be better."
"Then who would you suggest join us?" Guru asked.
Right when he said that, Ally burst into the room. "Oooh! Oooh! Pick me! Pick me! Me, me, me, me, me, me, me-"
"...Shut up." Was all a blushing Ally could say in reply. Zoe laughed at the Allosaur's embarrassment before summoning Guru.
"DINO SLASH! GO, AMPELOSAURUS!"
Guru appeared next to Ally and the new battle began. Both Guru and Ally went on the offensive and charged forward. The Majungasaurus quickly moved out of the way and the Shunosaurus blocked their path like she did before. However, this time was different as there was someone who was of similar size and shape to counter both.
Guru swung his neck and the Shunosaurus and hit her hide. The Shunosaurus stumbled back and responded by doing the same to Guru. With his bodyguard in trouble, the Majungasaurus head butted Guru to the ground. But before he could get another attack in he was pounced by Ally. The Allosaurus grabbed the Majungasaur's neck in her mouth and tossed into the air.
The Majungasaurus crashed in the snow and quickly got back onto his feet before meeting Ally in a headlock. The Shunosaurus tried to attack Guru while he was down, but the Ampelosaurus was able to stop her knocking him away with her neck by stopping it with his own. "Wow!" Ace said in amazement. "Both sides seem to be evenly matched!"
"Well, it doesn't look like it'll stay that way!" Paris pointed out as she noticed their opponents backing up from their struggles.
"Paris is right." Terry said, having been reclaimed and recalled to his chibi-form by Max. "I know that move. They're going to use their Move Cards again!"
"We got the answer to that!" Zoe replied. "Aqua Vortex!"
"Mayfly!"
All four dinosaurs glowed the colors of their elements before using their Move Cards. Ally and the Majungasaurus both roared into the air and charged towards each other. They both disappeared before intertwining in a circle they made where the opponent usually stands, snapping their jaws at each other whenever the opportunity presented itself. Once the circle faded, there were flashes of blue and red in the air as the two theropods clashed. It was impossible for the naked eye to see them hitting the other with their body, biting the other, or scratching their opponent. Eventually the two of them came to a stop across from each other. At first it looked like Ally lost when she stumbled, having to use one of her feet to hold herself up. But then the Majungasaurus gave a roar of pain and collapsed to the ground, returning to his card in the process.
With Guru, he and the Shunosaurus both reared up onto their hind legs and activated Aqua Vortex. A vortex of water appeared around the one they were already engulfed in. Both sauropods held on tight, planting their feet into the ground as best they could, trying to keep themselves from getting swept up by the water while also increasing their own attack's power. Eventually, Guru's feet were starting to slip and give. Seeing thst he was starting to lose, Guru roared as he put all his might into the attack. Soon the Shunosaurus got overwhelmed by the attack and started spinning around and around, weaking her own attack and allowing Guru to calm down slightly. Finally both vortexes disappeared and the Shunosaurus fell to the ground. After a few seconds, she too returned to her card. "All right!" The rest of the D-Team cheered as they went to collect the cards.
"That was awesome, babe!" Terry congratulated his girlfriend. Ally simply giggled like a schoolgirl and nuzzled her mate in response.
"Are you okay, Guru?" Rex asked as he checked on his father's best friend.
"My hind legs are a little sore." Guru answered, lying down in the snow to put pressure off them. "But some time to rest should allow them to recover."
"Good." Rex nodded.
Meanwhile Max grabbed the Majungasaurus while Zoe grabbed the Shunosaurus. "And that's two more friends!" Max said, making a V with his fingers.
"Any idea what you're going to call him?" Zoe asked, referring to the card in his hand as she gestured with the one in hers. "I think I'm going to call her Aqua." (That's Aug-wa, not Ack-wa).
"Hmm." Max looked at the card and thought about it for a bit. "I think Swift will do."
The dinosaurs smiled at the results and the fact that they could now go home and escape this cold. That is until Chomp realized something. "Wait a minute."
"What is it, Chomp?" Max asked.
"I just realized. We hadn't run into the Alpha Gang at all today. And this time we have the cards before they could show up and ruin it." The Triceratops explained.
"Oh, yeah. You're right." Tank realized. "They never showed up so I forgot all about them. I wonder what happened to them?"
"Maybe they're dead!" Spiny said darkly before laughing. "Hahahahahahaha!"
Tank whacked him on the head, even though she did find the thought funny. "No, that'd be too convenient for us." She joked, earning laughs from everyone else.
DK
Of course, the Alpha Gang wasn't dead. They were just frozen solid in ice from their sub flooding with water. Thankfully for them, fate was being kind to them as they washed up on the shore of the 7th continent. Right after they did, the ice that encased them started to crack until it broke completely thanks to a red hot Ursula. "I am not an old lady!" She yelled loudly before looking around confused, not knowing their location. "Uh, guys, where are we?"
"Judging from the Alpha Scanner, I'd say we just washed up on the coast of Antarctica thanks to Ed's crazy petaling." Zander replied.
"I said I was sorry." Ed quietly retorted.
"Great. Now, can we find the dinosaur so we can go home already?" Ursula asked, starting to shake from the cold air. "I'm pretty sure we never packed any sweaters."
"Or a scarf." Ed added quietly.
"Well, from what the Alpha Scanner's telling me, we might be a little late on that." Zander said, looking down at his scanner, showing no dinosaur signal at all.
Ursula's head slowly turned around like she was a monster from a horror movie, her face screaming bloody murder. "What do you mean we're a little late?" She asked, sounding very unstable at the moment
Zander nearly peed himself at the look and tone Ursula gave him. "What I'm trying to say is that while we were frozen, the brats may or may not have come and grabbed the dinosaur. Assuming it didn't die." He answered with a sheepish grin. "Heh-heh."
At this news, Ursula turned her attention off Zander, much to his relief, and slowly moved it to Ed, making the short man probably wet himself. "Well, Ed? Any last words before I use your stomach as shelter?"
"Uh, um." Ed looked around frantically for an escape. "I mean, we could just call Dr.Z and tell him that it died in the cold. After what just happened, can things get worse?"
He got his answer when a leopard seal suddenly appeared from behind them and snapped its jaws at them. "Aah!" The trio screamed as they hovered in the air in fright before running away from the giant seal, who was starting to chase after them. "Don't go after me! I'm to pretty to die!" Ursula pleaded.
"Don't go throwing us under the bus again!" Zander yelled at her.
"I don't even like taking the bus!" Ed added as the leopard seal nearly got them, particularly Ed's butt. "Aaaaah!" I guess fate decided it was generous enough to them today.
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Cornelius: Ladies and gentlemen! I am happy to announce that the return of the Colosseum's notorious Gladiator Battles!
(Pyro roars and leaps right in front of Chomp before breathing fire on him)
(Pawpaw coughs as poison is breathed at his face)
(Terry bites a Yangchuanosaurus on the neck, dragging her to the ground and placing a foot on her neck to keep her pinned before giving a loud roar to a crowd of people)
A/N: 400,000 words baby!
I'm sure some of you may have realized that Max has not been having such good luck this season so far with him not doing well in two battles already. Well, I can confirm that his luck will start to change if you couldn't already tell. But the main reason that was added was because I wanted Torch, Guru, and Ally to battle their season 2 counter parts. And I would need to remove the main six dinos form the equation for that to work. I'm pretty sure it was worth it.
Like before, I was worried with this chapter. Probably more than last time since there wasn't exactly much for me to work with. It was just D-Team get confused by there being two dinosaurs and Guru and Ally save the day. Sure I was able to come up with some jokes like Spiny's mountain climbing, and Terry's whining. (Which, let's all be real here, you'd do the same if your nose was frozen too).
I probably could've finished this sooner if I spent less time napping and more time writing. Heh-heh
As for the Alpha Gang, this is kind of the start of a decrease in their appearances and impact on battles, as I'm not expecting them to appear in every single episode like they did before. But I could easily change that.
Hopefully this chapter was funny and lighthearted enough for you all, because the next two are going to be serious and extremely dark.