Art of the Crystal
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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While not one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Easter Island Heads, or the Moai, were still one of the world's most famous icons and tourist attractions. And, as is the common with famous locations now a days, there was a capsule in the area.
Somehow remaining hidden atop one of the heads for over a year and a half, a capsule finally broke its silence and fell from the top of one of the heads. It rolled down the hill and continued on going until it crashed into a rock and opened up. When it did, a gust of wind blew the cards away until they landed on a patch of dirt and activated.
The people nearby turned and saw emerging from the purple glow a dinosaur that was a member of the stegosaur family. It was a bright orange while its back a more redish-orange that stretched down at places, forming markings that resembled stalactites, and a tan underbelly and legs. The plates on its back were a lot smaller than Lola's and Armatus', coming off more like yellow spikes. And speaking of spikes, one of the most notable features were the large spikes on the dinosaur's shoulders that curved like they were pointing towards the tail. This dinosaur was a Tuojiangosaurus.
After the obligatory screaming and running away from the dinosaur by bystanders, the Tuojiangosaurus took in her surroundings. The first thing she noticed where the large head statues. Having no memory of her time aboard the time machine, this was the first time she had seen humans so it wasn't the shape that intrigued her. Well, that was only half true as she did find their size impressive. However, admiring architecture was not why she was drawn to them.
She picked one of the heads and walked around it, inspecting the strange rock. Yes, this will do. Even since she was released, she had a itching feeling at the tip of her tail. Could this be what she needed all along? Deciding to test that theory, she roared and reared up onto her hind legs while glowing purple. The tip of her tail then formed into that of a Quake Saber.
The Tuojiangosaurus looked back at her tail with amazement. This was what she was looking for. Wasting no time, she decided to test her new tail out and sliced one of the heads.
(Intro Theme)
At Zeta Point, the signal was already picked up and the trio were preparing to take off. In a bizarre moment of seriousness, they rode an elevator up to where Dr.Z was with their transport, the same large chopper that The Professor used in the last Cosmos Stone hunt.
The door to the elevator opened and the trio stepped out. The walked over to a bright light in the center of the dark room and stood at attention before saluting their leader. "Alpha Gang reporting for duty."
"Good. I see some training might have finally given you some discipline." Dr.Z said, actually impressed by his minions not complaining for once. The trio wanted to rebuttal to that insult, but they also didn't want to immediately make their boss retract his statement. So they just lowered their hands and continued to stand silently at attention until he was done speaking.
"I'm expecting victory from all the work you've been putting in training those clones. But just to be on the safe side, I'm giving you something special to help in dealing with those brats." Dr.Z said before gesturing behind himself to show the trio their new weapon getting loading onto the craft by Droids. It was a large missile launcher with an open top/door drivers seat, a red and white missile already shown to be in loading position. No doubt there were others inside the truck.
"Oooh." The trio awed at the sight of their new weapon. "Where did you get the money for this?" Ursula asked.
"Hopefully not my card again." Zander commented.
"No, this was a donation by the Forty Thieves." Dr.Z explained. "Well, they'll say I stole it, but since they work for me all their cool weapons are officially my cool weapons."
"Can't argue with that logic." Ed nodded in agreement.
It was then Ursula realized a flaw with this plan. "Wait, I thought you told us to bring back the dinosaurs alive?"
"And you will with Slasher and Screamer's help, I presume." Dr.Z responded, almost sounding doubtful for a second. "From what I documented from their training, those two are designed as the perfect tag team. The missile launcher is just in case you get into any trouble with the dinosaur. Or, more appropriately, to blow those brats to smithereens! Ehahahaha!" He laughed like a maniac.
"But wouldn't the missiles also blow the dinosaurs to smithereens?" Ursula pointed out.
Her boss just waved the greenette off. "They're dinosaurs. They can handle a few missiles."
"I think you're giving them a little too much credit, Dr.Z." Ursula muttered quietly, but still loud enough for everyone to hear.
"I have to agree with Ursula, Dr.Z. Don't forget, it was a nuke in the form of an asteroid which is the reason dinosaurs went extinct in the first place." Zander commented.
"Well these aren't nukes!" Dr.Z scolded them both. "Besides, you can just as easily aim them to not hit directly. The manual is literally just a pamphlet." He showed this by holding up said pamphlet at tossing it to them. "Now go and win me some dinosaurs!"
"Yes, sir!" The trio saluted again before boarding the chopper.
Once they were on board, the ceiling opened up and the chopper was airborne, heading straight for Easter Island.
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"Can you at least give me a hint of where you're taking me?" Terry asked Ally. "And don't say 'someplace special' again. That is not a good hint."
"Oh, quit being a big baby." Ally assured her boyfriend. "I know you love surprises."
"Yeah, but those surprises usually don't involve me wearing blindfolds." Around the Tyrannosaur's eyes was a large, red blindfold that completely covered them. And, if that wasn't enough to make him nervous, there was also one wrapped around his snout, allowing him to still breathe but blocking his smell so he couldn't cheat and tell what it was by smelling the surprise. Ally was walking next to him, gently nudging him where she wanted him to go. "Blindfolds never lead to anything good."
"Well, there's always a first ti-lamp post." Ally tried to warn Terry, but wasn't quick enough and Terry banged his head on the metal pole, slightly denting it out of shape.
"Oww!" He hissed as Ally guided him around the obstacle. "Is what you have to show me really this important?"
"Well, you can judge for yourself because we're here!" Ally said with excitement as they came to a stop and she took off Terry's blindfolds.
She first took off the one covering his nose, and the Tyrannosaurus was able to smell the familiar smell of meat. Figures, considering who planned this event that they were at a restaurant. But when his eyes were able to see, he was surprised to find out it was not a local fast food place or something similar. It was actually a bistro, one that was usually always booked. Even more surprising was the table set in a style that had to be for the two of them, with all kinds of meats Terry instantly recognized as either his or Ally's favorites. "Wow." He said with amazement, having a hard time coming up with other words to say.
"Happy anniversary, honey." Ally said as she gave her lover a nuzzle.
This statement confused Terry, but he still accepted and returned the display of affection. "Um, Ally? We didn't start going out until after the Battle of Sanjo City earlier this year."
"I know that. But to day is the one year anniversary of when we first met in Barcelona." Ally reminded him.
"Oh, yeah." Terry said as he now remembered it was a year ago since Ally's rescue.
The Allosaurus continued on heading for the building, expecting to see lots of meat inside such a large structure, when she felt something grab her tail and pull her down. Turning her head around, she saw her tail was grabbed by an unknown theropod. [Well, aren't you a strong one?] She said to Terry.
"You got that right." Terry smugly replied.
[I always did like males with strength.] She said as she got back up.
"Yea-wait, what?!" Terry asked, getting very flustered.
[I mean, I know a lot of males wanted me, but you're the first one to actually catch me.] The Allosaurus growled softly as she slowly started walking forward, dragging Terry with her. [You've got quite the teeth. I wonder how strong you are in other areas.] She winked at him and Terry immediately caught the innuendo.
Seeing he was too flustered to attack, the Allosaurus started to spin him around with her tail before she forced him to let go and he was sent flying towards the Sagrada Familia. "Nooo!" Everyone cried as Terry crashed into the building.
"You know I still get teased about that by the others." A flustered Terry reminded his girlfriend once the flashback was over.
"Yeah, our relationship did start off rocky. What, with me constantly flirting with you, you eventually having enough, and finally I protected you from a meteor." Ally recalled the ups and downs of their pre-dating relationship. "But that's all I'm the past. We should focus more on our future." She told Terry as she sat down at one end of the large table, gesturing with her head for him to do the same.
"I still can't believe you were able to get all of this." Terry said with amazement as he took a seat.
"Trust me, it wasn't easy." Ally said, closing her eyes as she remembered all the hardships it took to get this reservation, not seeing Terry starting to glow red. "It took months of planning, and-"
"Uh, babe?" Terry tried to say while he still had the chance.
"-and getting the money was not an easy task, even after I talked down the price, let me tell you." She opened her eyes and saw that her lover had disappeared. "Terry?" She looked around. She knew he wouldn't just up and leave, especially with a table full of all his favorite meats.
Her answer was given when she saw a streak line of red in the corner of her eye heading for the D-Lab. She frowned as she knew what this meant. "Of all the bullshit in the world, I don't think I've ever seen such bullshit like this before." She growled before standing up and glowing blue, differently to how Terry was glowing.
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Terry's card eventually made it to the D-Lab and Max called him back out in his chibi-form. Like Ally, he also was slightly miffed about having to be taken away from such a promising meal. Key difference was he was only slightly miffed. "Did you really have to do that?" He glared at Max.
The brunette chuckled in embarrassment and rubbed the back of his head. "Hehe. Sorry, Terry. But there's another dinosaur, and duty calls." He apologized.
"I've figured that out. But it probably would've been safer to not bring me along this time." Terry said in response.
"But, Bro, you're the strongest of us all." Chomp said before muttering quietly to himself with an annoyed face. "At least that's the lie they all chose to believe."
"That may be true. But I told you not to disturb me for a specific reason."
Before anyone could ask what Terry was referring to, the lab doors swung open. "MAX TAYLOR!" Ally screamed as she came to a stop, eyes locking on her target.
"Oh crap!" Max screamed when he realized what he had done.
"I SHOULD KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!" Ally quickly stomped over to Max with full intention of harming him severely.
Max quickly backed away from the furious Allosaurus, who got up in his face in no time. "N-now-now, Ally, I didn't mean to ruin your moment together with Terry. I-it's just that there is another dinosaur out there and we might need Terry's help!" He kept on backing up until he was backed up against the desk, Ally's face millimeters from his.
"And you couldn't bother sending us a message or coming in person?" Ally rhetorically asked, stopping the shouting for now.
"Uhhhh." Max's face was pale and he was sweating buckets as he felt the Allosaur's hot breath. One wrong word, and he'd be past tense. "I didn't think of that?" He squeaked. The silence that followed was all Max needed to know he just killed himself, and even his new co-king position wouldn't save him now.
"….I'LL RIP OFF YOUR NUTSACK, AND THEN NAIL IT TO MY DOOR!" Ally roared right in Max's face, making the boy almost go deaf.
"But you don't even have a door!" Max pointed out, assuming that was what Ally said.
This didn't phase the Allosaurus at all. "THAT WILL BE YOUR BALLLLLLS!"
"OH GOD!" Max screamed in horror. Any male should know the fear he is feeling right now.
Despite not being a guy, Zoe certainly did. "Um, Terry? Shouldn't you do something!" She quietly pleaded him to step in.
Terry, who was watching the scene play out in amusement, quickly snapped back to reality at Zoe's urging. "Huh? Oh, yeah. Better stop her before she follows through." His nonchalant attitude and comment did not ease Zoe's worry's. The chibi Tyrannosaurus walked over to where Ally and Max where and leapt in between them. "Ally, reign in the threats."
The sudden appearance of her boyfriend was enough to get Ally to back up, allowing Max to breathe. At least it was assumed he was breathing when he collapsed to the floor, face as white as a ghost. However, it didn't erase the anger. "Terry, it took me months to set up that feast. The hours I had to work collecting garbage and other crap gave me cramps in places I still don't understand how I got them. And this little shit-" She used her head to gesture to Max on the floor, who had a hand on his racing heart, trying to slow it down from beating at the speed of a race car. "Probably ruined everything."
"Look, you know Max, and he wouldn't have done this if he knew what you were planning. And you know that these dinosaur appearances always happen only when it's convenient."
Ally looked down in consideration. "I guess so." She said before looking angry again. "But I'm still mad."
It was then Max quickly leapt back onto his feet with an idea. "Hey, how about you come with us, Ally?" He suggested. "You and Terry can spend time together kicking butt against the new dinosaur and the Alpha Gang. How does that sound?" He asked nervously, hoping to have pleased her rage.
It did work in catching Ally's interest, as she put a claw to her chin in thought before answering. "It's a start." She told him.
Hearing that, everyone, especially Max, gave out a huge sigh of relief. "Phew!" Once they were all calmed down, Rex decided to ask the question. "So where's the dinosaur this time, Reese?"
Also recovering from Ally's outburst, Reese quickly leapt back into action and pinpointed the dinosaur's location. "It appears to be coming from Easter Island." She confirmed before getting the teleporter ready.
Hearing that, Ace perked up. "Did you say Easter Island?" Not even waiting for a confirmation, the Carnotaurus uncharacteristically shouted. "Yes! I've been wanting to go there for ages!" While leaping into the air with a pumped fist. When he saw the looks he was given by the others, he landed and chuckled nervously. "Hehe. What? I have dreams."
"At least your dreams are reachable." Spike grumbled from the sidelines, also wanting to go to Easter Island.
Suddenly, their was the sound of something getting hit that made everyone jump. Looking in the direction of the teleporter, they all saw Ally standing their, the lamp above shaking from her back making impact with it. "Well, I'm waiting." She said impatiently, even going so far as to tapping her foot.
"Coming, your highness." Terry joked before quickly whispering to Max. "No offense, man. She needs the pampering right now."
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With the Alpha Gang, their chopper landed on Easter Island and the hatch opened. The missile launcher drove onto the sand with the trio riding in it, Ed at the wheel. When it came to a stop, Ursula stood up in her seat and looked with a pair of binoculars. "Well, now comes the not so fun part. Finding that dang dinosaur."
"You don't make it sound like it'll be fun." Zander commented as he mimicked Ursula's actions in the opposite direction.
"Sarcasm is a foreign language to simpletons like you." Ursula muttered spitefully, resisting the urge to smack Zander and focused on searching for clues. "It's probably somewhere else."
"What was your first clue?" Zander sarcastically asked. This time he did get smacked for that comment.
"Ed, take us inland." Ursula commanded the short man while still growling at Zander.
"Rodger that." Ed complied and drove forward.
But as he did, Zander and Ursula forgot to sit back down and were promptly knocked out of the vehicle, face planting into the sand. Ursula pulled her head out, spit out the sand in her mouth, and saw the vehicle driving away. Immediately, she was on her feet running after it alongside Zander. "Hey, Ed, get back here!" She yelled at the driver.
"Don't leave us here!" Zander pleaded to his best friend/brother.
Ed did hear them, but because of the speed he was going he just assumed it was some bugs caught in the wind. It wasn't until he was about ten miles from where they arrived that he noticed something was off about his teammates. "Geez, you guys are really quiet back there." He assumed he was telling them. "I would've expected at least one insult about my driving by now." When he got silence in return, this time he huffed in annoyance. "Hmph! If you're giving me the silent treatment because I ate all of those brownies, the least you could do is give me a simple-Oh, crap!" Ed exclaimed when he looked back and noticed the backseats were empty.
Immediately his face paled and sweat came down like rain as he frantically checked the rear view mirror to make sure he hadn't gone too far without them. Good news was that he could see them keeping up with the vehicle. Bad news was they had just chased after it for ten miles and were basically seconds away from collapsing. "'Gasp! Gasp!' Ed, you turn that thing around right now if you know what's good for you!" Ursula threateningly order him while panting heavily, sounding like her lungs were about to expire.
Ed gulped heavily, swallowing a dinosaur egg sized lump in his throat, before putting the machine in reverse. As the launcher slowly backed up, Ursula and Zander were able to stop and catch their breaths, relieved they wouldn't have to keep running. That relief, however, ended very quickly as they noticed Ed wasn't stopping, unable to see his teammates behind him or through the mirror. "No, wait! Ed, stop the tru-mmmph!" Zander tried to plead, jumping up and down in a futile attempt to get the short man's attention before getting run over, Ursula jumping out of the way and into a sand dune.
Thankfully, Ed felt that he had ran something over and quickly stopped reversing and moved forward again. "Hang on, guys! I think I ran over something!" He called out to his teammates. At least Zander would be thankful if he basically wasn't glued to the tries, moving along with the back left and still getting his face crushed every time it went around. When Ed felt that something was still stuck to the vehicle, he finally stopped it all together. But as one last middle finger to poor Zander, his face was underneath the tire.
Ed got out of his seat and went to see what was interfering with his rescue. "All right, what could possibly be stuck to-Zander!" Ed screamed when he saw his taller teammate's limb body. "Hang on, buddy! I'll save you!" He cried before quickly grabbing Zander's legs and pulling him from underneath the tire.
Once freed, Zander breathed in one giant breath of air. "Daylight! Sweet daylight!" He cried in relief.
While those two clowns were recovering, Ursula poked her head out of the sand. Immediately, she could feel all the particles stuck in her hair. "Oh, great." She groaned as she ran a hand through her green scalp, removing some of the sand. "This'll take forever to clean off."
Turning her frustration into anger, and directing it at the driver, she marched over to where Ed was and bashed his head in. "That's it, Ed! No more driving privileges for you! Zander, you take the wheel." She commanded.
Zander weakly lifted his head up and noticed they had parked right by some of the Moai. But, while they were fascinating works of art, what was more interesting was the state they were in. "Uh, I think that won't be necessary." He said as he got up and pointed towards the statues. Ursula, and Ed once he popped his head back up, looked at where he was pointing and saw something they never thought they'd see. And since this is the Alpha Gang, you know that means something.
All of the statues in the area were unrecognizable. They appeared to have been sliced, or rather carved, into random shapes. Immediately, Ed got nervous. "Eh, do you think the natives might've decided to reshape their heads?" He suggested, afraid of the realistic answer.
"Something tells me they didn't hire him to do anything." Ursula pointed towards one of the last statues closest to them. And right in front of that statue was the Tuojiangosaurus, working away at it with her Quake Saber.
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After teleporting, the D-Team also came across the Tuojiangosaur's handy work. However, these were some of the first ones she worked on, so the designs weren't really that impressive. For the most part they were surprised to see the Moai in such a state, but Ace took it hardest of all as he fell to his knees and cried out. "You maniac! You ruined it!" He then started punching the sand. "Curse you! A curse upon your whole species!" He yelled before sobbing. "Bwaaa!"
From behind, the rest of the team watched in mostly confusion. "Uh…." Zoe turned to Rex. "Is he O-"
"No." The blonde simply replied with a head shake. "He's probably going to be like this the entire time we're here."
"Seems kind of childish of you ask me." Max commented while rest his head behind his arms.
"'Cough'! Says the guy who tried to kill Sweet Tooth over some rice. 'Cough!'" Ally muttered while fake coughing.
Max immediately tensed when he heard that. Few seconds later, and he was curled up on the ground anime style, complete with shame hanging over him. "Why did you have to bring that up?" He asked through the shame he was feeling.
"Because your pain is payment." Was Ally's reply, looking proud at her handy work while the rest of the team, minus Terry, were slightly disturbed. Terry just knew it was best to let this play out.
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Back with the Alpha Gang, they stayed quiet as the watched the Tuojiangosaurus continue her art. The stegosaur was so focused on her work that the trio were certain she didn't even notice them. Keeping a sharp eye on her target, the Tuojiangosaurus slowly moved her tail through the statue. She paused briefly to look at the drawing she hand in the sand below her, as a short of guide she drew with a stick. Backing away to chef a better view of her work, she noticed that a small portion near the top left was off. Not a problem as with a quick swing from her tail, the unwanted portion came off. The Tuojiangosaurus was now able to take a moment to admire her completed work. The Moai's new form was not anything recognizable. She was still learning how to carve with her new Quake Saber Move. Still, she believed that this was her best work yet.
The Alpha Gang trio, still keeping silent, were also amazed at what they had just witnessed. There was something almost moving about what they had just witnessed. Zander in particular was in tears. "That's the most beautiful piece of art I think I've ever seen." He said as the tears streamed down his face, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his eyes.
"Who knew dinosaurs could be such good artists?" Ursula said as she started hatching a plan that was foolproof.
"Yeah." Ed agreed. "Too bad we have to blow them both up." He said as he prepared the first missile for fire.
"What?!" Ursula shrieked in horror before yanked Ed out of the truck. "No! What did I just tell you!? No touching the launcher!" She scolded the short man before bashing his head in again.
"But you said I only couldn't drive." Ed pointed out once his head popped back out.
"And that includes driving the missiles!" She yelled back in retaliation before taking a deep breath to calm herself down. "Boys, do you know what they say about catching flies?"
"Uh, make sure you keep your mouth closed?" Zander guessed.
Ursula face palmed at his stupid answer before replying. "No, that you attract them more with honey than vinegar. Think about it. What is one of the reasons the brats have more dinosaurs than we do?"
"Because they always kick our butts." Ed answered depressingly.
"I don't see what this has to do with catching flies." Zander said. "Because honestly, I think some cheese would be more appealing than some vinegar."
"Ugh." Ursula groaned as she once again face palmed at both of their answers with both of her hands before sliding them down to reveal her annoyed face. "It's because they are always befriending them and turning them against us." Zander looked like he was about to say something, but Ursula quickly cut him off. "If this is about flies again, I'll tear your tongue out."
That shut him up and allowed Ursula to continue her plan. "If we want to capture the remaining seven dinosaurs, we'll have to sweeten things up a bit." She explained.
"Ooh. Now I get it." Zander finally realized what the earlier comment was a metaphor for.
"But don't the brats also fight the dinosaurs before capturing them?" Ed pointed out. "I'm pretty sure they've used force more times than friendship."
"It doesn't matter when they do it, before or after capture, they still use it and put that dinosaur into their own army. That dinosaur then follows them without any question." Ursula said. While she spoke, the trio imaged a cartoony version of this scenario in their heads with poorly drawn stick figures and white backgrounds.
"Don't we do the exact same thing with the Alpha Controller?" Zander interjected.
"Yes, but all that does is make them into mindless animals. Save that for the dinosaurs who already have taken sides against us. We need to change our strategy if we want to really get some new allies." The greenette finished as the cartoony scenario they all imagined came to an end. "Now, stand back and watch me work."
"Nothing good can come from a line like that." Zander whispered to Ed as Ursula approached the Tuojiangosaurus.
As she approached the stegosaur, still admiring her work, Ursula did something shocking and tossed away her Alpha Scanner. Ed reacted and quickly caught it in his hands, his belly sliding on the ground as he did. "Are you crazy?!" He hissed in her direction. "What if it attacks you?"
"Will you just ssssh!" Ursula snapped back in a hushed tone. "I will handle this!" Turning around, she called out to her target. "Hey, Tuojiangosaurus!"
If Zander and Ed weren't already horrified by their leader's plan, their pale meme faces were the nail in the coffin. She approached a wild dinosaur unarmed, and just called out to it like it was her own dog. True, Ursula dying meant they would suffer less. But she was also the closest person they had to a sister. She basically was their sister. And that's just leaving out what Dr.Z might do to them when they told him Ursula had been killed.
The Tuojiangosaurus heard Ursula call out to her and turned around to see the strange mammal, well unfamiliarly strange to her, waving their hand. Assuming this was a sign of non-hostility, she deactivated her Move Card as to not possibly send the wrong idea.
Seeing she was in the clear, Ursula stopped in front of the Tuojiangosaurus and spoke to her. "I have to say, this is probably some of the best artwork I have ever seen. And I've been to Paris, France." She told the Tuojiangosaurus. The dinosaur didn't quite understand what the greenette was talking about, but knew a compliment when she heard one. "You know, I could be a model for you." Ursula suggested.
When the Tuojiangosaurus tilted her head in confusion, she clarified. "I mean, I would pose for you, and you would use that fancy Quake Saber of yours to make art of me from those statues." She explained before hastily adding. "And maybe defend each other from those brats while we're at it." She mumbled before asking the dinosaur. "So, what do you say, friend? Do we have a deal?"
A happy roar, followed by stomping front feet and swinging tail was the Tuojiangosaur's answer. "I'll take that as a yes." Ursula smiled at her plan working.
From the sidelines, even Zander and Ed were impressed. "I can't believe this is actually working." Zander whispered to his partner.
"Yeah." Ed nodded in agreement before adding. "Still waiting to see how she messes this up."
"Thirty bananas says the hates what the Tuojiangosaurus creates." Zander wagered.
"I'd make it forty if I didn't believe the same thing." Ed replied.
After a few minutes of trying out poses that ranged from causal to seductive, Ursula decided to go for something simple and just sat on a large flat rock, hands on her knees, with a light smile on her face. Figured it was best to not go overboard with a possible new artist. The Tuojiangosaurus appreciated the simplicity since this was really the first time anyone modeled for her, much less appreciated her artwork. In a world where the main priorities in life were finding food, raising young, fighting, and avoiding dangers where top priority, having a taste for art was not something many other dinosaurs subscribed to.
Ursula stayed like that for about twenty minutes, painfully resisting the urge to scratch any itches that appeared during that time as to not mess up the Tuojiangosaur's concentration. Armatus isn't the only member of the stegosaur family with keen eyesight. But in order to use it to the full extent, complete concentration was needed. And in a lonely field with just herself and a trio of mammals that are way quieter than the ones from the Jurassic, the Tuojiangosaurus was able to achieve said concentration, always having one eye on her model every few seconds as she chiseled away at the statue. Carefully inserting her Quake Saber to cut out unwanted sections while also snipping away at parts that stuck out like they were strands of hair.
Finally, the Tuojiangosaurus backed away from the statue and gave a soft roar to signal she was done. "Oh, you're done?" Ursula perked up, giving I to temptation and scratching her itches. With a nod from the artist, the greentte woman leapt to her feet. "Finally! Now let's see what you made!"
Zander and Ed, hearing the commotion, looked up from their card game. "Oh, boy. Here it comes." Ed said with a slightly concerned tone. Only slightly as he saw this coming a mile away.
"Rest in pieces, Tuojiangosaurus." Zander said grimly with a hand to his heart in pre-mourning.
The Tuojiangosaurus moved out of the way and allowed Ursula to see what she created. "Ooooh, I can't wait to see how beautiful you…made…me." She jittered with excitement before stopping when she saw what the Tuojiangosaurus created. "What. Is. That?" A few feet from behind the girls, Zander and Ed took a quick glimpse at the sculpture, and it was just as they feared.
Probably more due to the Tuojiangosaur's lack of experience instead of malicious intent, the stone sculpture of Ursula was not a sight to behold. Instead of something so beautiful and majestic it could be placed in a museum, or better yet something Ursula could take home and place in her room so that when she wakes up every morning the first thing she sees would be herself, what she got was something so ugly that words couldn't describe how disgustingly ugly it was. It made the head of Lady Nessie, the same head that gave Nessie the Amargasaurus nightmares for months, look like a masterpiece. That's how ugly it was.
Ursula started sheathing with rage. "Is this a joke to you?" She rhetorically asked the Tuojiangosaurus. The stegosaur titled her head in confusion. Did she not like her artwork? "I offered to model for you, and this is what you give me in return?!" Her voice started to sound like a demon, her eyes turning red with rage.
Sensing the impending explosion, Zander and Ed retreated to a safe distance. "Run, bitch! Run!" Ed warned the Tuojiangosaurus.
But it was too late to run. "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! I'LL VAPORIZE YOUR ASS!" Ursula screamed at the dinosaur so loud that it wasn't an exaggeration to say everyone on the island, including the D-Team, could hear her clearly.
"Something tells me I know where to look." Zoe said, actually worried by how loud they scream was compared to the other times she's insulted Ursula and lead the others to where the heard it come from.
Before the Tuojiangosaurus could respond, or at least get her ears to stop ringing, Ursula was at the missile launcher, preparing the one head set up earlier for fire. "This'll teach you to take advantage of my generosity!"
"Ursula, no!" Ed screamed as the missile locked into position.
"We're supposed to bring it back to Dr.Z alive!" Zander attempted to remind her. But the shaking of the missile in place was enough to say it was for nought.
"FUCK THAT!" Ursula screamed at them before pulling a lever and firing the missile directly at the Tuojiangosaurus.
The Tuojiangosaurus assumed Ursula was charging an attack in her rage and tried to run. But the missile was too fast a blew up just inches from her. Thankfully, either due to Ursula not aiming properly in her rage or Dr.Z knowing his henchmen would screw things up still and had missiles not strong enough to kill a dinosaur, the Tuojiangosaurus was still alive, albeit very injured.
If the screaming from Ursula didn't frighten the D-Team, the explosion coming from the direction they were heading definitely was the icing on the cake of worries. "We need to get there now!" Terry urged as everyone picked up the pace.
But someone had a different plan. "You're running to slow!" Ally told them all as she used her head to lift everyone else onto her back. "Hold on tight. It's gonna be a bumpy ride!" She warned her teammates, who immediately grabbed onto her as tightly as possible, and dashed as fast as she could. And for a Wind Dinosaur, fast meant really fast.
Back with Ursula, the greenette woman glared in anger, grinding her teeth, when she saw the Tuojiangosaurus struggle back onto her feet. "So you survived that, huh?" She then smirked evilly. "I'll be sure to correct that mistake!"
Zander and Ed saw that look and knew if they didn't do something they could kiss their butts goodbye, possibly literally. "Ursula, please just let me and Ed take care of the dinosaur!" Zander pleaded from their hiding spot, behind the truck.
"Yeah! We need to save those missiles for the brats!" Ed agreed and pointed out.
Speak of the devils, a familiar roar was heard. Ursula perked up, temporarily forgetting her rage, and listened closely as the roar was heard again. "What kind of roar is that?" She turned around and asked her teammates.
"Sounds to me like an Allosaurus." Zander commented. That was when the realization hit. "Wait, didn't we see an Allosaurus before?"
"Yeah, in Barcelona." Ed confirmed.
"And if we saw it before and it's not one of ours…" Ursula started saying before all three finished together. "Then that means!"
Ally gave out another roar and slid to a stop like a horse. Her riders wasted no time jumping off before the dust settled, revealing the teens with hands on their hips, glaring at the trio alongside their partners. "Ugh." Ursula groaned, dragging a hand across her annoyed face. "Great. Now my second least favorite people in the world are here."
"You got that ri-" Max started to say before Zoe cut him off with a question.
"Wait, second least favorite? I thought we would've been your number one least favorites?" She asked Ursula.
"Oh, believe me, after constantly calling me old! Ech!" The greenette paused briefly to twitch at the use of the O-word before continuing her tangent. "You were my least favorites! But now, after that Tuojiangosaurus took advantage of my kindness, she must pay with her life!" She pointed angrily at the target of her aggression.
"Huh?" The D-Team looked to where she was pointing and saw the Tuojiangosaurus now back on her feet, looking at all of them angrily, as could be told by the now appearance of a battlefield. While Ally got ready to attack, the others just looked confused. "I don't get it. How could she have 'taken advantage of your kindness'?" Ace asked her. The others nodded in agreement, finding it impossible that the stegosaur was at fault here.
Ursula's angrily look hardened, actually creeping everyone out. "You really want to know?" She asked her enemies like it was a dare. "She made THAT!" She pointed at the accursed sculpture that survived her attack, the true source of her violence.
"Uuuh." Once again, the D-Team looked where she was pointing as saw the deformed Moai. Seeing it clearly, they all recoiled at the image. "Ooooh." Max said while wincing.
"Not the most flattering depiction." Rex commented.
"The sculpting's good, but did it have to look so life like." Zoe tried to look away, but she couldn't.
Only two didn't react with disgust. One was Spiny, who broke his silence to say. "It-it's beautiful." With tears in his eyes. Tank whacked him on the head for that one.
The other was Ace, who started seething with anger. "You mean she's the one that ruined my dream visit?!" Not even waiting for a confirmation by the Alpha Gang, he attempted to bolt towards the dinosaur, only to be held back by Chomp grabbing his tail. "Let at her! That monster! I'll kill her!"
"Ace, calm down! We can just have Spectre revert everything back to normal once we finish this fight!" Chomp tried to reason as Ace seemed to slowly pull him.
That, thankfully, seemed to snap the Carnotaurus out of his blind rage. "Oh, yeah. I forgot he can do that." He said.
There wasn't time for someone else to respond as the battle began. The Tuojiangosaurus and Ally charged towards each other and bashed heads. Quickly separating, the stegosaur went for the classic move from documentaries and swung her tail at the Allosaurus. But Ally leapt out of the way in time for the thagomizers to only slice through air. This left the Tuojiangosaurus open to getting tackled by a headbutt from Ally, who was careful to avoid the shoulder spike.
While everyone else was distracted by the fight, Ursula took this as an opportunity for some sweet revenge. "The statue can wait." She said quietly to herself as she prepared the next missile. "Besides, those two knuckleheads are right. It would be better to use these to get rid of more annoying pests." The weapon clocked into position and was ready to fire. Now all she had to do was pick the target. "Death by missile is too quick for that Tuo-traitor-saurus, so she can live for now. The Allosaurus is too fast and can probably dodge easily. Not to mention it uses Mayfly, which makes it ludicrously faster." She eyed the remaining D-Team, who were busy cheering Ally on.
"Come on, Ally!" Rex cheered with pumped fists.
"You can do it, babe!" Terry encouraged before something else caught his senses.
"Make her pay!" Ace shouted aggressively, making the others look at him with blank expressions. "Sorry." He said with a sheepish look on his face. "Still a little upset about the Moai."
"Those brats are as hard to kill as cockroaches, or Helga. So, one can't blame me for cursing those ants with a sludge hammer. Or should I say, evaporating them with a bomb! Hahahahahahaha!" She laughed as the missile locked into place and started shaking again, awaiting release. "I would say it was nice knowing you brats." She said as she began to pull the level, slowly for dramatic effect. "Then again, no it was-aaaaaaaaaant!" She screamed as something pulled her hair hard, causing her to not only accidentally change where she was aiming the missile, put also release it.
"Huh?" The D-Team heard Ursula's screaming and turned to see the missile heading in their direction. "Aaaaah!" They all screamed in terror.
"Get down!" Rex shouted before he tackled Max and Zoe to the ground, their dinos quickly following suit. Thankfully, due to the intervention, the missile flew right over their heads and exploded. "Whoa!"
"That was a close one." Tank said, unburying herself from the sand.
This misfire was thanks to Terry sneaking onto the launcher unnoticed, biting onto Ursula's long hair, and pulling it like it was a rope in tug of war. "Hehe. Gotcha." Terry smirked as he continued pulling.
"You little sneak! Let go!" Ursula demanded as she tried to pull away, but only ended up making the pain worse. "AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH!"
As much as Terry would have found it funny to keep pulling until he ripped her hair off, the Tyrannosaurus believed that between this and the sculpture she's suffered enough embarrassments for one day. "OK." He said as he opened his jaws, releasing the green hair.
"Waah!" Because she was still pulling when he let go, Ursula was knocked back and crashed into the control panel. "Errrgh." Rubbing where Terry had bitten, the greenette rose to her feet with hate in her eyes. Yet Terry didn't seem the least bit intimidated. "You damn lizard!" She screamed as she grabbed the chibi T-Rex by the throat and started strangling him. "Forget about bringing you back alive! No way would Dr.Z ever want to deal with a dinosaur like you! So, I'm going to do him a favor and wipe you off the census!"
Even while being choked and shaken like a rag doll, Terry just looked smugly at Ursula's raging face. "If that's a challenge then I accept. But you might find a problem with that." Before Ursula could even respond to the confusion Terry was giving her, the Tyrannosaurus glowed red and returned to a card in Max's hand, despite Ursula's not so best effort to capture the beam.
"You're gonna need to stop that machine so Ally can fight Tuojiangosaurus without the worry of getting blown up." Max told the card, assuming he could somehow hear him, before releasing the beast.
"DINO SLASH! FLAME UP, TYRANNOSAURUS!"
When Terry appeared, he appeared right in front of the missile launcher. This made the Alpha Gang, particularly Ursula, feel very small in comparison. "Ummm." She smiled nervously and hid her arms behind her back so Terry wouldn't attack her as she tried to aim a missile at him. "Guys." She said to her teammates through her teeth, not taking her eyes off the theropod ahead of her. "A little help, please?"
"Don't worry, Ursula! We'll show this T-Rex that the T really stands for trash, and then we'll take it out!" Ed declared as he and Zander got out their Scanners.
Complete silence filled the area as everyone, even the fighting dinosaurs that paused for the moment, just stared at Ed for his comment. The silence was only broken by the howl of the wind going by. It was then broken again by Zander saying. "That insult was terrible."
Ed looked down in shame. "I know."
"ALPHA SLASH!"
"LET'S GO, MAPUSAURUS!"
"COME OUT AND LET THEM HAVE IT, ANCHICERATOPS!"
Both Clone Dinosaurs landed and roared at the Tyrannosaurus in front of them. Terry roared in retaliation but did back up slightly, more to play it safe then out of any actual concern. "Bring it!" He goaded the two of them.
Slasher and Screamer looked at each other and nodded silently. Screamer then charged towards Terry, only for the Tyrannosaurus to snap his jaws at him. But this was part of the plan as the Mapusaurus Clone came to a halt and moved his neck out of the way of the teeth. His response was to do the exact same thing to Terry, who responded exactly how Screamer did. While this went on, Slasher snuck behind Terry and swiped his foot with his tail. The Anchiceratops Clone quickly got out of the way as the red Tyrannosaurus fell onto his back. "Uagh!" Terry hissed as he tried to get back up.
Only for Slasher to charge into him, making Terry roll across the sand like a tumbleweed before he crashed his back against a Moai sculpture. "Normally this would be the part where we would make quips about how weak you are." The Anchiceratops commented as he once again charged towards Terry.
"But, honestly, we prefer to have our actions speak for themselves." Screamer added as he leapt onto Terry's stomach, making the Tyrannosaurus roar in pain from the weight of a dinosaur nearly his exact same size on top of him, and started stomping his foot on Terry's gut. Slasher quickly joined in, only he was jumping on Terry like a child on the bed.
"Terry!" Everyone cried out in seeing him in such pain. Even if he was their strongest, everyone had only so much they could take.
Seeing her boyfriend getting harmed like that made Ally furious. "Grrr!" Roaring in anger, she used that rage to bash the Tuojiangosaurus on the head with her own, knocking the stegosaur back.
Back with Terry, he was starting to have enough of getting ganged up on. "Get. Off. Of. ME!" He roared angrily as he attempted, and succeeded, in rising to his feet. The shift in balance caused both clones to abandon their attack.
But this was in favor of a new one. "Mmmm." Screamer looked towards Zander and Ed and made motion towards Terry with his head with grunting. "Mmm! Mmm!"
The two men understood what that cue meant. "We got your back, Screamer!" Zander said as he and Ed both pulled out Move Cards and did a Fusion Move. "Blazing Thrust!" They said together.
Both clones started glowing their respective elemental colors while Terry prepared for what was next. Screamer activated his Move first, swinging his head around while fire formed in his mouth before leaping to preform a Fire Bomb. Terry attempted to try and run away and dodge, but Slasher showed up in front of him and tackled him into the air, preforming a Lightning Spear. While Terry twitched in pain from the attack, Screamer struck the Tyrannosaur's behind, creating a massive explosion. Both clones landed on the ground with ease opposite of each other. Terry crashed in between them with a loud thud. When the dust cleared, it was obvious he was wounded heavily. But he could still fight as he struggled back onto his feet.
It was easy for Max to tell what the Alpha Gang's plan was. Have the clones battle Terry so he can't handle the missile launcher, then use said missiles to take out the Tuojiangosaurus and Ally. This reminded him of their over dirty trick of waiting for the opponents to exhaust themselves and swoop in for an easy win, and the thought made him angry. "Oh, no. You are not pulling that trick again!" He declared before recalling Chomp. "Chomp, keep those two away from Terry."
"DINO SLASH! GO, TRICERATOPS! ROAR!"
"Don't go getting all excited, Max!" Zoe told her boyfriend as she recalled Paris. "We're helping out, too."
"Thanks, Zoe." Max smiled at his girlfriend's quick assistance.
"DINO SLASH! SPRING UP, PARASAUROLOPHUS!"
While Chomp and Paris landed besides Terry, Chomp facing Slasher while Paris face Screamer, Ally continued her battle with the Tuojiangosaurus. She knew about the Alpha Gang's cheap trick for this week thanks to the explosion. This meant they would no doubt try it again unless she finished this fight quick without using too much energy.
Problem was she couldn't figure out a way to do that and currently was basically playing a game of chase with the Tuojiangosaurus, using her agility to outrun the bulkier herbivore. While this was tiring the Tuojiangosaurus out, it was more helping the Alpha Gang if anything. All they needed was for the Tuojiangosaurus to get too tired to chase after her, and bam! One missile for one Dinosaur Card. Maybe two if she was too close to the blast.
She needed to go offensive. That meant getting close to the tail, and those thagomizers. Of course, a spiky tail can't hurt you if it can't move. And that was Ally's plan as she charged towards the Tuojiangosaurus with open jaws. The stegosaur responded by once again swinging her tail at the Jurassic theropod. "Perfect." Ally mentally smirked as she, instead of dodging like a sane dinosaur would, grabbed the tail in her teeth between the thagomizers. The Tuojiangosaurus gasped and desperately tried to free herself. But the Allosaur's meat loving jaws held firm. "You've fallen right into my trap." Ally bragged to her victim.
If the Tuojiangosaurus could talk, she'd probably be saying 'more like you've fallen into mine' as she glowed purple. Ally noticed the glowing but still held on. Most Earth Moves didn't require the use of the tail. And the few that did couldn't be preformed with her jaw clamped down on it. That was what she believed, but it was the wrong belief. Stones appeared on her tail once again as her Quake Saber reappeared. To Ally, she immediately regretted this choice of attack, and even more not running away as one of the stones went directly into her mouth. This made the Allosaurus gag. "Awck!" She had to let go, and as she stumbled back the Tuojiangosaurus slashed her with Quake Saber. "Ugh!" Ally groaned in pain as she dropped like a rock to the ground. With her opponent down, the Tuojiangosaurus took this moment to catch her breath. Panting heavily while never taking her eyes off the opponent.
From atop the launcher, Ursula saw the whole thing. "Perfect." She smirked as she prepared her second to last missile. "Thank you, Allosaurus. You've just made things a whole lot easier for me. Not only do I get two Dinosaur Cards, but also the chance for revenge on that backstabber!" She pulled the lever and the missile fired towards the two Jurassic dinos. With how tired and injured they were, this should take them both out.
But one thing Ursula did not account for was Terry. He recuperated much faster than Ursula thought he would, which she didn't think would happen at all, and leapt in front of the missile's path. "Max!" He roared out to his partner.
The brunette quickly turned to see what Terry needed help with. Instead of freaking out when he saw the missile approaching them, he kept his cool and picked the Move Card he felt would do best in this situation. "Tail Smash!"
Terry roared as he glowed red before he swung his tail like a bat towards the incoming missile. The first swing, coming from the right, missed due to being too early. But the second one from the left hit right on the target. His tail struck the missile's side with enough force to change its course, sending it rocketing towards the sky where it harmlessly exploded. He turned around to see Ally looking at him with amazement in her eyes. "Consider this us getting even." He told her, obviously referencing when she saved him back in Sanjo, making his girlfriend blush as her expression changed to one she normally has when she spies a large ham.
"My hero." She said with admiration.
While anyone else watching was amazed at what Terry did, or at least impressed as it was Terry who did it, Ursula was less than thrilled. "Bull!" She called out to the Tyrannosaurus. "There is no way that should've happened! That thing should have exploded in your face! I do not care where you hit it, you should be fried!"
As Ursula ranted, jumping up and down furiously with her hands in fists like a child having a tantrum, Tank started planning something. "Spiny." She whispered to her boyfriend. "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so, Tank. But I'm pretty sure if they would put Terry and Chomp into Smash Bros first before they included us." The Spinosaurus responded.
"No, you idiot." She growled as she whacked him on the head. "Follow me." She gestured for Spiny to follow her.
The two chibi dinosaurs crept over to the missile launcher, careful to avoid the brawling dinos around them. Once at their destination, Tank started to climb up to where Ursula was standing. "Spiny, follow me." She whispered so that the greenette woman didn't hear her.
"I still don't know what you are pondering." Spiny pointed up as he climbed up after her.
"Just follow what I do and you will." Tank replied as her forelegs reach the platform Ursula was standing on, still ranting about Terry's success.
"Hitting an active missile anywhere would make it explode!" The greenette woman continued to yelled and stomp her feet.
"Perfect." Tank smirked at Ursula's obliviousness. Without warning, she leapt up and grabbed Ursula's cape.
"And another th-AAAAAAING!" Ursula screamed as she was dragged down by Tank's tugging. Turning around, she saw the chibi Saichania pulling at her cape. "You little pest! Let go!" She yelled at Tank before grabbing her cape and pulled it towards her.
"Oh, I get it now!" Spiny said as he copied Tank and also latched onto the cape. "No capes!"
"Yaaah!" Ursula screamed as the combined pulling of both dinos dragged her out of the truck and into the sand below, her upper body stuck like an ostrich head. "Why is everyone picking on me?" She asked while muffled by the sand, which she realized too late was a bad idea and got sand in her mouth but was unable to free herself.
Seeing Ursula mysteriously fall over, not aware it was Spiny and Tank's doing, Terry turned his attention to the Tuojiangosaurus. Charging forward, he headbutted the stegosaur away just as she approached Ally. The Allosaurus got back onto her feet and looked at her Tyrannosaurus lover. The two nodded silently and went to attack their target together. The Tuojiangosaurus had no time to react as Terry grabbed her tail and tossed her into the air, where Ally proceeded to jump onto the herbivore's side and sent her crashing to the ground.
As for Screamer and Slasher, they were not faring so well. Their whole battle style revolved around tag team strategies, so alone, while not defenseless, they were not as affective. Chomp and Slasher clashed horns like they were two swordsmen before Chomp backed away and tackled Slasher away. He then proceeded to drag the Anchiceratops Clone across the ground with his own horns in the sand before putting them underneath his opponent and throwing him into the air.
Screamer faired slightly better, but that was just due to Paris not having as many natural weapons on her. This was demonstrated when he dodged her tail swipe and bit onto her crest. However, that proved to be a mistake as this allowed Paris to use her loud call right in the Mapusaur's face. "Aaaaaaugh!" Screamer, well, screamed in pain as his ears were ringing. This left him open to a kick to the gut by Paris.
Seeing as the fight was going well, Max and Zoe decided to end the Alpha Gang threat. "Hey, Zander, Ed!" Max called out to the two men.
"I'm afraid to know what this is about." Zander murmured as Max got Ed and his attention.
"Probably something painful." Ed commented.
"We got to see your combo moves. Now how about we show you ours!" Zoe said as she and Max both ejected Move Cards and slashed them together. "Green Plasma!"
Paris glowed green and roared, summoning Flora. Choosing her closest target, which was Slasher, the Tupuxuara flew right into his face several times from different angles, slamming the Clone Anchiceratops every time she hit. This left him open for Chomp's attack. Summoning electricity, he grabbed Slasher with Plasma Anchor and lifted him into the air. There, Flora slammed into him several more times, actually breaking the Plasma Anchor's hold. None of that mattered as this was all part of the plan. Slasher was still high in the air and came plummeting down. Chomp waited for him to come close enough and then smacked the other ceratopsian away with his tail. That was all it took to knock Slasher out of the match.
"That's one down!" Max and Zoe cheered while high diving each other.
"Ha! Try and out do that, Fauna!" Flora bragged at being better than her sister as she prepared to be recalled.
"Hey, Flora!" Looking down, the pterosaur saw Tank waving to her. "Mind giving us a hand here?"
"Sure thing!" Flora replied and dove down to see what Tank wanted.
Meanwhile, it was Screamer's turn. "Now, Double Crusher!" Max and Zoe said as they swiped two new Move Cards together.
Chomp's eyes flashed as he charged towards the Mapusaurus, still dazed from Paris' call, and tossed him into the air with his horns. After electricity started flowing through him, Chomp leapt up over his target and preformed a Thunder Driver, bringing the Clone Dinosaur down and drilling him into the ground. Surprisingly, Screamer held on. But not for long as Paris roared to the sky. Out of purple storm clouds, Gertie's large foot came down, crushing the theropod and taking him out of the match for good.
"All right!" Chomp cheered as he and Paris bumped sides.
"Aaah!" Zander and Ed gasped in horror as they quickly went to retrieve their cards.
Seeing her work was done, Gertie prepared to be returned when Tank also called out to her. "Gertie, perfect! We need you for something!" Tank gestured for the giant sauropod to come over to them just as Flora took off with her instructions.
What was her task? That would be grabbing Ursula in her talons and lifting her into the air. "Waaah!" Ursula screamed as the ground went further away. "You stupid bird thing! Put me down!" She demanded while she struggled in the Tupuxara's grasp, not realizing how her words could be thrown back at her.
"Oh, I will." Flora responded sinisterly.
Ursula gulped as her pupils shrunk at her captor's tone. "Wait, that's not what I meant! That's not what I meant!" She quickly tried to rephrase herself, which didn't matter at all to Flora.
At the same time, Terry and Ally decided to finish their target off. Ally stomped her foot and glowed white before she charged forward. The Tuojiangosaurus prepared for another head on strike, but was shocked when the Allosaurus disappeared. Having no idea where she went, the Tuojiangosaurus looked around frantically when Ally circled her before she called out. "Mayfly!" And began pelting her stegosaur opponent multiple times. Sliding to a stop, Ally watched as the Tuojiangosaurus fell to the ground. "All yours, babe!" She called out to Terry.
"Thanks, honey!" Terry said as Max activated his finishing move. "Volcano Burst!" He called out as fire filled his mouth and eyes and he sent a column of it towards the Tuojiangosaurus. The flames struck their target and the herbivore cried out in pain before reverting back to her card. "Yeah!" Terry roared in victory.
"Aww, man. Lost again!" Zander groaned as he and Ed joined back up once they got their cards.
"Please tell me you were taking notes, because I feel that might be helpful." Ed tried to look on the bright side before realizing there were only two of them. "Hey, where's Ursula?"
"Aaaaaaah!" He got his answer when the greenette woman came crashing down in front of them. "This has to be the worst day ever!" She cried while face planted in the sand.
Before Zander and Ed could comfort her, they heard someone say their names. "Hey, Alpha Gang!" Tank called out to them playfully. Despite knowing whatever the Saichania was going to do next was gonna be painful, they still looked in her direction, Ursula lifting her face out of the sand.
There, they all paled when they saw the missile launcher pointing in their direction, curiosity of Gertie, with the last missile loaded and pointed directly at them. "Two words; tank missile!" Tank said as she pulled the lever.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The trio only had time to scream and huddle together as the missile flew right at them and exploded in their faces, sending them flying into the air. "Alpha Gang's blasting off again!" They cried before disappearing as twinkles in the sky.
"I get it!" Spiny suddenly exclaimed. "Because your name's Tank, and you fired a missile at them."
"Yes." Tank said as she closed her eyes and looked quite smug. "I'm rather proud of that one."
DK
After returning back home, asking Spectre to repair the Moai the same way he fixed Sanjo City, and introducing Crystal the Tuojiangosaurus into the herd, everyone went off to do their regular things again. Seeing that their new friend had a natural loving for art, Zoe decided to help Crystal out by giving her painting lessons. Turns out that she was already a natural. "Wow, Crystal! This looks amazing!" Zoe complimented the Tuojiangosaur's painting off a savanna she assumed was her old home.
The Tuojiangosaurus blushed at the compliment. "Thanks." She said bashfully, putting the paint brush in her mouth down. "And thank you for showing me these paint brushes. It's a lot easier to create then with my tail."
"Oh, I'm sure you can learn to carve beautiful sculptures with the right practice." Zoe assured her.
"Perhaps." Crystal shrugged before taking her brush and dipping it into blue paint for the sky. "But I think I want to paint for a while first. Be able to express myself in ways I wasn't able to before."
At the same time, Terry and Ally returned to their feast, thankfully untouched. After Max was able to talk to the restaurant owner to keep them from kicking the two carnivores out, Ally was able to forgive the boy for his earlier stupidity. Now, the two lovers sat next to each other, gorging themselves of the meat in front of them. "Happy anniversary, Terry." Ally said as she nuzzled her lover's cheek.
Terry said nothing at first and returned the nuzzle. "Happy anniversary, Ally."
Next time on Dinosaur King:
Dr.Z: The next Cosmos Stone is somewhere in D.C
Sheer: No doubt the Alpha Gang will use this as an opportunity to invade
Spectre: Which is why I asked some friends for assistance with this mission
(Door opens to reveal Rod and Laura)
A/N: Happy Birthday to me! I'm not twenty-three. Instead I'm twenty-two. And my present's a chapter for you! Well, that sucked.
This chapter was a lot of fun to write once I figured out how things would play out. It felt nice to just go back to simpler chapters after the titan that was the last one.
I do have a shout out I'd like to give to an online friend of mine. A YouTuber by the name of Jairex actually was insane enough (insane in a good way) and actually found voices for all the dinosaurs in the story, even those that haven't appeared yet. While I can't say they all fit perfectly, I can appreciate the hard work he put into it. And hey, might be a good motivation for a challenge if anyone thinks they can come up with better voice actors for our favorite, and least favorite, dinosaurs.
One last thing I want to say, and it is unfortunately not so happy. Some of you may have noticed the change in cover image. Not major, but it is different. It was made by yours truly. The reason why for the change is because I have discovered that the creator of the original cover; Linker101, or Liam the Gamer, has been partaking in bullying behavior, namely harassing people for their different opinions of movies he likes. Because of this knowledge, I've wiped my hands clean of him, blocked him on all sites we share, and plan on forgetting about him. And I suggest you all do the same. Don't bother saying anything to him, just leave him alone and let him think about his actions in solitude.
And please don't fill my reviews section with comments about him. I just want nothing to do with him.
To end on a happier note. 600,000 words! Even though a lot of it came from editing previous chapters.
See you all next time.