(A/N: IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK! I finally decided to bring this story back to life! I think I was kind of drifting and this break was definitely what I needed. Happy reading!)

After the disappointing loss of the D-Team, Ed called the Styracosaurus and Terry back to their cards. Ed then resummoned Terry back into his tiny form. Spiny and Tank ran over to Terry and the three immediately got into a three way wrestling match. Laura used a robotic arm to grab Ace's card and handed the card to Dr. Z. The old man laughed as he held all four of the D-Team's dinosaurs in his hands. "Yes, my dinosaurs have come back to me!" He smiled. Max's eyes narrowed at the scientist. "What do you mean your dinosaurs? Chomp isn't your dinosaur, none of them are!" He snapped. Dr. Z glanced over at the brunette. "Oh yes, the dinosaurs that became cards are mine you snappy brat. I'm going to put your four little friends here to work building my dinosaur kingdom." Dr. Z told the kids. Rex tried his best to contain his anger, but his anger was boiling over. "What's that supposed to mean?" He hissed.

"They'll never obey you!" Zoe added. Ren fought against the Alpha Droids that were holding her back. "Those dinosaurs belong to us!" She stated. Max nodded in agreement as he also struggled against the droids. "Our dinosaurs aren't your slaves you old fossil face!" He shot. Dr. Z slowly turned his head from the cards to Max. "What did you call me?" He asked. Ursula grabbed Max by the chin and turned his face to meet her glaring eyes. "You better start minding your manners, little boy. You can start right now by apologizing!" She told him. Max tried to pull away from Ursula's grip. "I'll never apologize to him, forget it!" He yelled. Rod looked his grandpa professor. "So what are we going to do with them. We just can't let them go can we?" He asked. Dr. Z thought about it for a few moments. Zander waved his hand excitedly. "Dr. Z, you could have them work for Ed and I!" He suggested quickly. Ed immediately jumped in on the new idea. "Yeah! We could have them go and get lunch for us and stuff and really boss them around!" The shorter team member chimed. Ursula glared at them. "Are you kidding me? You two aren't even qualified to boss around a worm!" She told them. Zander smiled at her. "What do you mean? I just tell them to go from right to left, right to left-"

"Put a sock in it!" Ursula scowled. "The only one who would be bossing them around is me!" Zander and Ed cowered in fear and hugged each other. They whimpered as Ursula yelled at them. "Alright, I can live with that." Ed said quietly. Dr. Z stomped his feet. "Quiet! I'm the one in charge around here and don't you forget it!" Dr. Z said. He then looked off to the side to see Rex with another dinosaur card about to summon it. "Hey what are you doing? That's mine!" Dr. Z told him. Rex held up the Ceratosaurus card. "The Ceratosaurus that you were beating up before is now mine! Let's go!" Rex swiped the card. It was the D-Team's only hope. A light blue light surrounded the dinosaur as it grew into attack mode. "Go Ceratosaurus! Pay them back for what they did to you now!" Rex told the dinosaur. The giant blue and purple dinosaur roared as it reared up. Dr. Z, Ed, Ursula and Zander all screamed and ran from the dinosaur. While they were distracted by the Ceratosaurus, Rex turned to the other D-Team members. "Guys, let's go!" He said. Max nodded. He did a half flip, putting his weight on his back and the droid that was holding him in place. That droid began to break under the pressure. With no wasted time, Max kicked the other droid that has holding him hostage and landed back on his feet. Ren brought up a knee and kicked a droid in the chest, then body slammed the other one to the ground and kicked it. Rex and Max dealt with the two that surrounded Zoe. Ren, Max and Zoe still had their hands tied behind their backs. The ran down the nearest hallway looking for an exit. "Alpha Droids, catch those brats!" Ursula commanded as she ran. Rex ran up to an elevator door and pressed it open for Max, Ren and Zoe. The D-Team ran inside. The door slid shut right before the Alpha Droids got to them. "That was a close one." Zoe said. Rex began to undo the ropes on Max's hands. Max looked to Zoe. "But we still need to get our cards back! There's no way I'm letting the Alpha Gang keep Chomp." Max said. He felt the ropes around his wrists loosen and he was able to pull them apart and in front of him as the rope fell to the ground. "Or Paris, but there's only three of us!" Zoe added. Rex began to work on the ropes around Zoe's hands. "We're definitely outnumbered, but the bonds we have with our dinosaurs isn't something we're going to give up so easily. Ebony and the others are counting on us." Ren told them. Rex nodded as Zoe's hands were now free and he moved to work on his sister's. "If we can't rely on numbers, we'll have to outsmart them. The Alpha Gang isn't the smartest bunch out there." Rex said.

"Yeah." Max agreed. Ren's hands were finally freed and the elevator doors opened. The room the D-Team walked into was Seth's laboratory. The room was gigantic and there was so much going on at once. "What kind of place is this?" Max asked. The D-Team ran to the nearest wall of a corner to spy and give them some cover. "I don't know. What do all these machines have to do with dinosaurs?" Ren asked. The D-Team observed as robots did various tasks around the large room. "And there's a whole bunch of robots, that's what's so weird." Zoe adding. Rex thought for a bit. "Robots and droids, maybe they're from a different planet." Rex sounded optimistic and intrigued. Ren tried to keep from laughing. "Yeah that makes sense, they're Martians." She teased. Max pointed to the hover car that Seth controls. "Someone's up there! He must be controlling this whole thing!" Max said a little loudly. Seth turned his head to look down at the D-Team. "Max, I think you said that a little loud." Ren said. The D-Team ducked in for cover and crammed themselves together. They found themselves on top of one another. "Do you think he saw us?" Zoe asked. Robots began moving towards them with red eyes. "Intruder. Intruder. Intruder." The robots said. The D-Team quickly got to their feet and ready to run. "I think that's a yes." Rex said before they all bolted the opposite direction back toward the elevator. The door slid shut and the D-Team heard the robots clanging against the doors of the elevator. They all let out a sigh of relief. Zoe looked at the controls to the elevator. "It looks like we're going up, but where?" She asked. Max said. "Anyplace is better than there." He replied. Ren slipped her handed into her hoodie's pocket. "That depends who's waiting for us when the door opens." She said. The elevator dinged. The D-Team simultaneously looked at the door as it opened. Standing there was the same old lady that Max, Ren and Rex ran into while trying to follow Paris and Zoe. All four of them screamed. Helga dragged all four of them with one hand. Rex, Zoe and Max all protested, but Ren just crossed her arms and let it happen, she was tired of running and standing for that matter. From left to right looking down on the four it was Ren, Max, Rex then Zoe. "You children have some learning to do." Helga said. Max looked between Rex on his left and Rex on his right. "Learn?" He asked. There was snickering above them that Zoe recognized instantly. "It's those kids!" She exclaimed. Rod and Laura were watching them get dragged by the maid from the top of a staircase. "You four may have escaped from the Alpha Droids, but you're going to wish you never ran into Helga." Rod said. Laura laughed. "Good luck guys!" Laura joined in the mockery. Helga looked up at them. "If you two have nothing better to do than laugh, get down here or I'll give you a real reason to laugh!" She threatened. Rod and Laura looked at each other before walking alongside Helga to their normal study room. Helga let the D-Team rise to their feet. "You children have some studying to do." She said.

"Study?" Max said as if he were disgusted. Helga began to push the four into the room. "We don't even live here!" Ren added. The D-Team tried to push back, but it's like Helga had super strength or something. "I did all my homework last night!" Rex added. Helga grabbed Rex and Max by the collar of their shirts. "What do you expect us to study anyways?" Zoe asked as Laura shut the door behind them. Helga sat Max and Rex down at some computers. "Quiet. You are children, and children must study." She said. The computers flashed on. There was very complex math and science equations that popped up. "What is this?" Max asked. Rod walked up and leaned his weight against one of the computers. "You know, geometry and arithmetic, from the general theory of relativity?" Rod asked Max. Max looked dumbfounded. Laura sat at one of the other computers. "You're kidding me, you don't know this?" She asked. Ren came up behind Rex and looked at his screen. She felt her head spinning. Since she travels and changes schools so much, she's pretty behind in math and any other classes for a girl her age. "Hey this is pretty cool!" Rex said. Max looked at his best friend. "You're kidding, you get this?" Max asked. Rex said and chuckled a little. "Actually, not at all." He said.

Dr. Z was in the same room he had all of the other cards in. "Those little brats thought they could infiltrate my hidey hole and get away with it?" Dr. Z laid down five cards across a table. Chomp, Ace, Paris, Ebony, and the Ceratosaurus card. "I've had the last laugh too. Now I have all my precious cards back. They won't be interfering with that anymore." Dr. Z looked around the room and realized that all of his other cards were gone. "They're gone! All my precious dinosaur cards are gone! I bet those rotten kids have them!" Dr. Z said and ran out of the room. "Ursula, get you and you're filthy goons out here this instant and get to the bottom of this!"

Max fell asleep staring at his geometry. Ren poked his shoulder. "Max wake up! We don't want to get caught sleeping!" She said. Max wearily looked at her. "What can she do, give us detention? We're already prisoners." He replied. Ren put her hands on her hips. "Yeah, but if we get that old lady-" Ren started before Max covered her mouth frantically. Ren grabbed his hand and moved it from her mouth. "Not that one. I meant the other one." Ren giggled a little. Zoe was sitting at another computer next to Laura on the other side of the table. "Yeah, I don't think it's smart to get her mad." Zoe added. Ren nodded. "If we get her mad, we'll never get out of here!" She said. Rex looked around. "Where is she anyways?" He pointed out. Rod shrugged "Probably cleaning something." He suggested. Max jumped up from his computer. "Then let's go!" He cheered. The rest of the D-Team got up and headed for the door. "So you think you're just going to walk right on out of here?" Rod asked. Max opened the door. "I don't see why not, the door is open." Max said. He took one step outside the door. Helga suddenly appeared at super speed, making some tufts of Max's hair move from the breeze. The D-Team's pupils all shrank with horror. "We missed you!" Max lied. Helga's face was flat. "So you're a comedian." Helga seen straight through the lie. Zoe pushed her way to the front. "Is everything ok?" She asked. Helga looked at her square in the eyes. "Nice try missy!" She snapped. Ren looked at Helga's pocket and noticed the stack of dinosaur cards. "Where do you four think you were going? Study time is not over!" Helga told them. Rex thought of a quick reply. "We were going to go to the bathroom, but come back here right away!" He said. The others nodded in agreement with his lie. "What kind of dummy do you think I am?" Helga asked and pointed to the bathroom that was inside the study room. Helga slammed the door in their faces. "You won't get anything by Helga." Rod told the D-Team. Max glanced at the bathroom again. "Actually, I do need to go." Max ran to the door, shut it, then opened it a few seconds later. "Guys I found a way for us to escape!" He said. Ren, Rex and Zoe came up to him. "Did you find a window we can climb out of?" Ren asked sarcastically. Max looked to Rod and Laura. "If you guys are tired of studying, come here and help" Max said. The siblings looked between each other, then back at Max puzzled. "You want our help?" Laura asked. Regardless, they still joined in. Max opened the bathroom door more. "So where's the window?" Rex asked. Max turned around once at a door to the bathroom closet. "I never said window, look." Max opened the closet and pointed at a wrench that just so happened to be inside.

Helga was sweeping when she had a super sense that the children were leaving the room. She opened the door to find Max drenched in water. "What do you think you're doing?" She commanded. Max looked up at her. "Sorry Helga, the toilet just blew up." He replied. She glared at him. "You are lying!" She hissed, then she looked at all the rest of the kids who were also drenched in water. "Then why are you soaking wet?" Helga asked. Ren shrugged and simply responded, "The toilet." Helga looked to the bathroom and quickly walked to it. "Oh my! This is very bad!" She said. Ren walked up with her. "Yup big trouble right?" She asked. As Helga was looking over the damage from her spot, Ren tried reaching for the cards in Helga's pocket. Helga slapped Ren's hand back as the maid walked into the bathroom. "Ren, we gotta go now!" Max whispered. Ren looked back at them and nodded. The kids all left the room and Rod and Laura took the D-Team to an elevator which took them to the surface. "That was fun." Rod said stepping out of the elevator. Laura, followed by the D-Team, also stepped out after her brother. "Yeah, we never escaped Helga before." She added. Ren pondered about the cards that were just inches from being in her reach. "I almost had the whole deck of dinosaur cards..." She said. Max's eyes lit up. "You did?" He said. Ren sighed. "Yeah but that stupid maid lady knew I was going for them, they're in the pocket in her apron." She said. Rex eyed the two kids in front of them. "So who are you two and what are you doing here anyways?" He asked. Rod and Laura led the team and talked as they walked. They introduced themselves. "And you're the D-Team! Max Taylor, Rex Owen, Ren Hounder, and Zoe Drake!" Laura stated. The D-Team's jaws dropped. "How do you know this? Have you been spying on us or something?" Rex asked. Rod shrugged. "Everybody knows you since you were on that gameshow and everything." Rod replied coolly. Ren shook her head. "But I wasn't there." She said softly. Nobody heard her. "Are you a part of the Alpha Gang?" Zoe asked the two kids. Rod laughed a little. "Sorta, kind of. We do a bunch of stuff to help out our grandpa." Rod chuckled.

"That mean guy is you're grandpa?" Ren asked. Laura looked at her. "He's not really that mean. He just gets excited about dinosaurs. He has this big dream of being the dinosaur king someday." She said. Max tilted his head. "Dinosaur king?" He asked. Rod nodded. "That's right! He's also devoted his entire life to building his dinosaur kingdom." He replied.

"He acts more like a lunatic than a king if you ask me." Rex replied. Rod put his hands behind his head. "I don't remember asking. Besides, Grandpa didn't create the cards to begin with." He said. The D-Team looked between each other. "Then, who did?" Ren asked. Rod threw his shoulders up, shrugging them. "Can't tell." Rod said. Laura just laughed as she looked back at them, specifically at Ren and Rex and laughed. The two blondes looked at each other and then shrugged. "So after we told you that Grandpa is trying to collect all the dinosaur cards, will you stop interfering with his plans?" Rod asked and stopped walking to face the D-Team. Laura also turned around and the D-Team stopped walking. "Can you just leave him alone?" Laura asked.

"Leave him alone? The dinosaurs are in trouble because of him and they're asking for help!" Max retorted. The others nodded in confirmation. "And whatever your grandfather says he wants with the dinosaurs, it's not what they want at all." Rex said. Zoe took a step forward. "And you know the old la-" Zoe started before Ren covered her mouth. Ren mouth her hand a few moments later. "I mean Ursula and the other two. You must see how horrible they treat their dinosaurs like they don't even matter and stuff." Zoe finished. Ren folded her arms. "That Saichainia especially. The Ed guy doesn't even summon that poor dinosaur properly. That advanced scanner must be hurting that Saichainia when it gets summoned. I should know because I have the stone he needs to summon the dinosaur for real." She said with a bit of saltiness in her voice. Rod and Laura looked behind the D-Team. "Yup, that is too bad..." Rod said.

"You were about to call be an old lady, weren't you?" Ursula's voice boomed over the conversation. The D-Team slowly turned around to see the Alpha Gang trio with an army of Alpha Droids. The droids circled the D-Team. "Capture. Capture. Capture." All the bots said. Ursula held her Alpha Scanner that had Dr. Z on call and he was cackling. "They found us." Max said. Rod shrugged and pulled out another Alpha Scanner. "Oh that? I sent them our coordinates." He said. Laura giggled. "Now you're going to be prisoners again!" She said cheerfully. Dr. Z smiled into the camera. "Good work, kids. Good work." He said. The trio approached the D-Team. "There's no escape for you this time." Zander said. He wiggled his fingers as he neared. "Not that we can think of." Ed said. He took a step closer. The D-Team stepped back. "Not without dinosaurs." Ursula added. Suddenly, a plane swooped from overhead, almost straight into everybody. "Max I'm here!" Spike called through a window. Everyone's jaws dropped. "D-Dad?!" Max exclaimed. Everyone followed the track of the plane. "Who's that?" Rod asked.

"Don't worry kids, I'm coming in for the rescue!" Spike said. Reese, who was driving the aircraft, frowned. "There's nowhere for me to land this hydroplane." She told Dr. Taylor. Dr. Taylor put on a parachute. "Don't worry, I'm ready for anything!" Spike got prepared to jump. Reese looked in her mirror at him. "Do you know how to work that?" She asked him. Spike approached the door and held onto his hat. "No clue! But how difficult can it be?" Dr. Taylor opened the door and jumped. He struggled to figure out how to open the parachute. He then figured out he had it on upside down when he opened it, then floated into the trees head first. Max and the rest of the D-Team broke away while everyone was in shock of what just happened. "Dad!" Max called. They raced to where Spike had landed. They found him hanging upside down a foot above the ground from a tree. "Max I've come just in time to save you! But first, can you save me?" Dr. Taylor asked. Ren facepalmed. "No problem..." She said. Zoe pointed to the oncoming rush from Ursula and her gang. "We better hurry up, because here they come!" She exclaimed. Rex got into position to release the parachute from Max's father. "Are you ready?" Rex asked before unhooking the parachute. Ursula and her trio were followed by all of their Alpha Droids. "Quit running away you brats!" Ursula called. Dr. Taylor whipped out his lasso and pointed it at the Alpha Gang. "I recognize you three! You're the Alpha Gang monsters who are always threatening my kids!" Spike said. Ursula held up her Alpha Scanner that was still on the call with Dr. Z. "What? And who are you supposed to be, Buffalo Bill?" Dr. Z asked. Spike stood tall with pride. "I'm dinosaur expert Spike Taylor. PhD. Sworn Dinosaur Protector." He stated.

"You're obviously not much of a parachuter." Ursula said flatly. Dr. Taylor stepped in front of the D-Team. "The important thing is that I'm here to rescue these kids, that's what parents do. You know me as a brave paleontologist, but I'm also a concerned dad." Spike said. Max smiled and had to wipe a tear out of his eye. "So now villains, you will take my whip of extreme justice!" Spike whipped his lasso a couple of times to the side as warning. He was about to use it against the Alpha Gang when his lasso got caught in a tree. "So much for that." Ren said. Dr. Z growled. "Listen up! You kids give back the cards you stole or this paleontologist dad is going to be Terry's next meal!" Dr. Z yelled through the speakers. The yelled was so loud the Ursula's arms shook. "Who?" Dr. Taylor asked.

"ATTACK!" Dr. Z yelled. The Alpha Gang pulled out their scanners and their respective cards. "Alpha Slash!" The trio chimed. All three of their dinosaurs roared all at once. "Ready, run for it!" Dr. Taylor yelled. The D-Team all ran into the forest. "This way!" Rex yelled. Dr. Taylor and Max were behind the others. "Why, what's this way?" Dr. Taylor asked. max didn't look at his dad, he kept his eyes on where he was going. "A ventilation duct. We have to get Chomp and the other cards back." Max said. Spike looked down at his son. "But I thought the old man said you had all of the cards." He said puzzled. Max's eyes narrowed remembering what Ren said about the cards being in Helga's pocket. "He doesn't know his cleaning lady has them." he replied. The D-Team approached the hole where air enters the base from. Zoey dove in first. She was followed by Rex, who was followed by Ren. Max leaped in after Ren and Spike after Max. They ran to the coded door. "Open Sesame!" Max called. The door slid open, then back closed after everyone was back inside.

Dr. Z ran for the room he left the five cards in. "Time to summon a dinosaur. I'll start with this one!" Dr. Z picked up Chomp's card. "I'll take much joy from turning that squirt's Triceratops into one of my Alpha Dinosaurs." Dr. Z placed Chomp's card into position. Suddenly, Dr. Z got a call. "What is it?" He asked. The video popped up of Seth. "Dr., part of the engine is operational. I would like for you to come and test it out." Seth told the doctor. Dr. Z's eyes lit up. "Oh really? That's the only thing going right around here today. Proceed! Let's get this thing going!" Dr. Z demanded. Seth nodded. "Very good, Doctor. Over and out." Seth hung up the called. Dr. Z returned to his machine and powered it up. the process was just about to happen when Dr. Taylor's lasso stuck onto the card and whipped it away from the machine in time. "Oh no you don't! These cards don't belong to you!" Spike said. Dr. Z started a rampage. "I had to explain this before, all cards belong to me including that one you have and the four on the table in front of you!" He fussed. Rex grabbed all four cards from the table and handed Paris to Zoe and Ebony to Ren and kept Ace in hand. Max got chomp from his father. "Not good." Dr. Z said. Rex put the Ceratosaurus card into his pocket. "Don't you know better than to leave your cards lying around?" Rex asked. The D-Team summoned their dinosaurs into their small forms. Chomp leaped up onto Max. "It's great to see you too, Chomp. Are you ok?" Max asked. Rex smiled down at his Carnotaurus. "Glad to have you back, Ace." He said. Zoe knelt down by Paris. "Welcome back!" She beamed. Ren got onto her knees and rubbed Ebony's forehead. "I missed you, Ebony." Ren grinned. Footsteps were heard which distracted the D-Team from their reunion with their dinosaurs. "Ok, so you're good at escaping, I'll give you that. Dr. Z, we'll get rid of these pests for you." Ursula said. The D-Team picked up their dinosaurs. She pulled out her Alpha Scanner. Ed and Zander also pulled out their Alpha Scanners. "Here we go!" They were just about to summon their dinosaurs when Helga walked into the room with some soup. "Dr. Z, your lizard soup is ready!" She called. The D-Team turned towards Helga. "Yuck!" The all said in unison. A miniature earthquake seemed to happen. Max moved in towards Helga. The earthquake made him trip. Chomp leaped from his arms and ripped the pocket of Helga's apron open. The dinosaur cards flew into the air. Spike lassoed them up and got them into his hand. "Now we have all the cards! Let's find a way out of here!" Spike stated proudly. The D-Team quickly fled the scene in search for an exit. "Don't let them get away!" Dr. Z howled.

The D-Team ended up on the surface looking for Reese's plane. "Is this where you told Reese to meet us with the plane, Dr. Taylor?" Zoe asked. Dr. Taylor walked toward the end of the pier where Reese was supposed to land the plane. "Yes, this is the location we agreed upon." Dr. Taylor said. Ren walked up beside Spike. "Is it me, or are we and the whole island moving?" She asked. The other squinted hard before they could also tell the island was moving. "That means the whole island is artificial." Dr. Taylor said. Rex looked out of the ocean. "Who are these guys..." He asked. Ferocious roars were heard from behind them. The D-Team turned around to see Terry, Spiny, Tank and the Styracosaurus facing them. "This is the end of the line! Terry and his friends are going to finish you off!" Ursula said. Max recognized the other electricity orientated dinosaur. "It's Styracosaurus! I forget about him. This is going to make things a lot harder. Are you up for it, Chomp? Let's save your friend!" Max turned Chomp into a card and slash it. "Dino slash! Triceratops, ROAR!" Max called. Rex turned Ace into a card. "Dino slash! Carnotaurus, blow them away!" Rex called as he slashed his card. Zoe turned Paris into a card. "Dino slash! Go Parasaurolophus, bloom!" She called out. Ren eyes narrowed as she pulled out the stone in her pocket. She turned Ebony to a card and swiped the card over the surface of the stone. "Dino swipe! Let's rock and roll, Stegosaurus!" The D-Team's dinosaurs were all ready to go. Dr. Taylor handed four moved cards out to the kids one per each type of their dinosaur. "These move cards were in that pack, give them a try." he said. Max took them with a smile and handed them out. Rex slashed his "Ninja Attack!" Ace ran at super speed. It was like he tripled himself. He surrounded Spiny and attacked from all angles until Spiny was a card again. Ren slashed hers. "Earthquake!" Tank dropped into a crevice and slammed shut onto Tank. "This is karma at its finest. Using your own move against your stupid fake ways of summoning dinosaurs. This is to prove the real thing is always better than a rip off!" Ren told Ed as Tank turned into a card. Zoe slashed hers. "Stomping Hammer!" Paris ran to the Styracosaurus and knocked it over. Then, Paris stomped on it until it turned into a card. Max slashed his. "Go, Lightning Spear!" Max slashed the card. Chomp charged Terry and launched the T-Rex into the air and a spear of lightning came down and struck Terry. Terry turned into a card. All of the D-Team's dinosaurs roared in victory. They all got called back to their respective owners and Ace, Paris, Chomp and Ebony were turned into their chibi forms. Chomp ran by and grabbed the Styracosaurus card and handed it to Max. "Good job, Chomp." Max congratulated.

Reese landed the hydroplane not far off shore. "Hurry up kids!" Dr. Taylor was the first person out there. He opened the door and the kids climbed into after turning their dinos into cards again. "So that's a dad..." Rod said. He and Laura watched Dr. Taylor help the kids into the plane before getting in himself. "Kinda nice, isn't it." Laura added.