Dinosaur Queen

by HunterHQ

A young girl named Cera and her partner Miku awaken without a clue as to where or when they are, even as to who they are. Join them on their journey as they work together through trials of many kinds to dig up their past and piecing it together, while battling foes across space and even time itself!

9. Birthday blues

Chapter 9

Birthday blues

"Seth! Explain yourself right this instant!" Dr Z yelled furiously as his most trusted assistant stood before him in his room with his trademark moody expression upon returning from Chinatown.

"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about doctor." he replied but his attitude only seemed to further irritate Dr Z.

"Don't play coy with me!" he yelled angrily shaking his fist, "I know you've been sending my grandchildren out behind my back to capture dinosaurs these past few days!" Upon hearing those words Seth narrowed his eyes, knowing that Helga no doubt informed him of his recent actions, "For one thing that's what Ursula and her henchmen are for! Second, you're taking them away from their assignments and studies!" Dr Z continued as he shot a furious glare at him, "And finally, you're endangering them by sending them out there alone to fight vicious man eating dinosaurs!" he screamed, "What so you have to say for yourself!?"

Seth said nothing momentarily, at first he was tempted to knock him out with a fully charged lightning rod he had with him, but instead he kept his composure and bowed at him with respect, "With all due respect, I have most faith in your grandchildren's abilities, in fact I've even seen first hand the potential they wield." he said politely.

Dr Z blinked his eyes curiously as he heard what Seth said, "What sort of potential are you talking about?"

"The kind that is necessary for us to secure the remaining dinosaurs out there, as well as several new ones that have recently appeared as well." Seth answered as he reached into his pocket, "In fact, I'll have you know that it was thanks to their efforts I was able to acquire this saurophaganax and stegosaurus." He said revealing the 2 dinosaurs he had with him much to Dr Z's surprise.

"Ah!" he gasped in amazement as Seth handed him the cards to see, "My precious grandchildren….acquired these?" he asked.

"Indeed." Seth answered with a polite bow, "In fact I believe they can accomplish far more in a few hours than Ursula and the others can in a few months." he continued as the old man stared back at him with a hard gaze, true he had brought him success but to do something like this without his permission and behind his back was beginning to cross the line for him.

"….."

"There will always be time for homework and studies," Seth continued, "But opportunities are most rare and when you're presented with one, it's only natural you capitalise on them, so you can see why I had to take matters into my own hands, I couldn't possibly leave things to chance." he said.

"I see…" Dr Z then thought bringing a finger to his chin in thought.

"Still, I admit that I should have gotten your permission first beforehand, and I do hope you accept my sincerest apologies." Seth added at the end, but at the back of his mind he thought otherwise, if only he truly meant that.

Thinking it over Dr Z handed the cards back to him, "Very well Seth, I'll let you off easy for now." he said before eying him seriously, "But be warned. Next time, I won't be so gracious, try anything again behind my back and I'll have to remind you who's in charge by putting you in your place." he said giving a firm warning.

"Understood doctor….." Seth replied undeterred as he turned around to take his leave.

Before he could leave through the door though, "By the way, where's Helga?" Dr Z then asked as Seth then stopped in his tracks, "She said was heading out to fetch Rod and Laura earlier this afternoon and yet I haven't heard from her since. You wouldn't by chance have seen her have you?" he asked.

Seth said nothing at first before smirking to himself sinisterly and then giving his answer, "I ran into her not long ago." he said, "She said she had some business to take care of in Chinatown and won't be back for a few days."

"What sort of business would require her to be absent for days?" Dr Z then asked.

"How should I know?" the blue haired man replied, "If you ask me though, I'd say it's something we all can benefit from wouldn't you agree?" he stated looking back at him.

Thinking it over Dr Z did see Seth had a point, with Helga gone for a while they could relax and take things easier and have no need to worry about her being so strict with them, also they could get away with doing whatever they wanted too and she'd never know. "I suppose….." Dr Z thought before shaking his arms out childishly, "But still, with her gone who's going to be taking care of me and my bad back? Not to mention all the chores!" he cried.

"I believe you already have 3 who are more than capable of filling in Helga's shoes until she gets back." Seth replied referring to the Alpha trio, as Dr Z patted his fist into the palm of his hand.

"You're right!" he gasped, "In fact, putting those 3 nincompoops on her duty will serve as the perfect punishment until Helga gets back!" he said before laughing out joyously, "Ahahaha! Oh I knew I can always count you Seth! You've never disappointed me!"

"I'm honoured to hear that doctor." said Seth as he left the premises, along the way back to his lab downstairs he then grinned maliciously, "Heh, simple minded fool. A man with no vision as yourself could never comprehend my ideas. By the time you even have a clue as to what I'm really doing, you'll already be obsolete, or better yet extinct." he thought out loud as he entered the elevator taking him down to Zeta Point's lower levels.

(Meanwhile)

Back at the Taylor's house, the gang had finally made it home after a long but rather eventful day out. What should have been an enjoyable lunch with Johnny Cook's legendary crab and egg fried rice, turned out to be a colossal bust after a mapusaurus came in and ruined everything, and by the time the D team managed to subdue it, Johnny ended up leaving once more, so they all had to go back empty handed and empty stomached…..

"Aw man!" Max moaned in agony as he fell back into the couch and looking weakly up at the ceiling, "I really wanted to try out Johnny Cook's crab and egg fried rice! It's not fair! It's that mapusaurus' fault!" he then cried out throwing a tantrum while flinging his arms out uncontrollably like a little kid, while everyone else sweat dropped at his behaviour.

"Max that's enough now." his dad said folding his arms firmly as his son lay down on the couch and raised his arm weakly, as if there was a light calling out to him and he reached out weakly to grab it, along with Chomp who lay down on the ground exhausted and starving for even a leaf.

"Ease up Max," said Rex as he walked over and looked at Max, "I'm just as disappointed as you are, but you don't see us acting like fussy children."

"Besides, whining and complaining isn't going to make it any better." Zoe added as she folded her arm on her hip.

Max then teared up bitterly as he threw yet another tantrum "I don't care!" he cried out fussily, "I mean we waited nearly all day just to get a seat and now we come home with nothing! I'm so hungry I'd eat a horse!" He cried under his breath, in fact if he had the chance he'd literally do it too. As he finished, Chomp cried out in pain from an empty stomach, while Ace and the other dinosaurs became rather grumpy too for having nothing to eat themselves. After that Rex, Zoe and Dr Taylor heard their stomachs growl too as they either blushed or looked away while whistling.

"I hate to admit it but I'm hungry too….." Rex groaned falling forward.

"Yeah…..same here….." Zoe whimpered rubbing her belly.

"Well then, hope you've got plenty of room then." A caring voice said to them from behind.

"Huh?" As they all turned they widened their eyes in amazement and joy.

"Ta da! Dinner is served." sand Aki as she held up a pair of plates, one with braised chicken feet and the other with fried noodles! Reese then came in while carrying a bowl filled of beef stew which steamed rather strongly to show it was freshly cooked.

As they laid the dishes out at the table, everyone else looked on with pure awe, "Whoa!"

"Amazing!"

"It's beautiful….." Max teared up as Cera laid down a rather familiar dish, as Max looked up to her, "Is this?" he pointed as she then nodded confirming his answer.

"Yup, crab and egg fried rice fresh out of the pan." she answered proudly as she called out to the dinosaurs, "Come and get it everyone!" she called placing down mixed vegetables for Chomp and Paris while handing salted fish and fried pork to Ace.

"YAHOO!" They then split with the adults eating at the dinner table while the kids and their partners ate over by the TV.

"Let's dig in!" Max quickly wolfed down his share of food, stuffing it down his throat without even chewing!

"Max, Max take it easy, the food's not going to be running away." Aki chuckled in amusement as he looked up to her.

"I'm not taking any chances! After what happened today I'm wolfing it down right this instant!" he replied, his mouth still partially full before he finished it off and holding out his empty plate, "Seconds please!" He called out before the process was repeated once more.

The others had barely finished half their share when they saw Max finish off his second helping, needless to say they were amazed both in a good ad bad way, "Whoa, look at him go." Zoe breathed.

"Better not get between him and his food," Rex commented finishing a bite of noodles before noticing their dinosaurs were eating happily too, 1 enjoying it more in particular, "Or Chomp for that matter."

"Wow! This stuff's great!" At long last after finishing nearly 5 helpings of crab and egg rice, Max's belly was heavily stuffed till it was as bloated as a balloon, before covering his mouth feeling a big one coming, "Burp! Ah, man am I stuffed…." he said before looking over to the adults side, "Thanks mom, really appreciate this."

Aki chuckled, "Oh I can't take all the credit here," she said warmly before eying a certain member of the group who was particular helpful tonight. "Cera was the one who helped out mostly with the cooking, Reese and I simply prepared the ingredients."

As she said that, the kids widened their eyes in surprise as they looked to Cera who blushed red in embarrassment with all the attention she was receiving, "Whoa! For real!?" They gasped in amazement and awe.

Cera scratched her chin feeling somewhat nervous, "Ehehehe….well when I stayed on my own for a while I did have to cook for myself." she said twirling a bit of hair in her finger as she answered, "Luckily I found a cooking website online, made by Johnny himself surprisingly, and I stumbled upon many recipes there." she said, "Since you were really looking forward to that rice I thought I could at least try it out and hope it would make you feel better. It might not be the same as he would actually make it, but sure hope it suffices." She then asked hopefully as she bowed down.

Everyone then smiled in response, "It sure does." said Max licking his lips in delight.

"You're really talented that's for sure, I'm starting to wonder if there's anything you aren't good at." Rex commented.

"Well whatever it is, I sure hope it wouldn't matter at all." Zoe added as she folded her arm and laid back on it in the chair. "We're happy with you the way you are."

"You coming into our lives is like a blessing from the heavens, not a day goes by that we aren't grateful for it." said Spike over at the table as everyone showered her with praise and appreciation, she couldn't help but feel a bit emotional and tear up.

"Thank you…..everyone…." she sniffled a bit as she wiped away a single drop from her eye.

As Max noticed there was still one piece left on his plate, he quickly took it up in a single bite, "Mmmm, man this stuff is almost as good as the way mom does it." he commented as Aki looked over to him.

"Hmm?"

He then waved out his arms frantically, "N…Not that it ever will be of course!" he choked realising what he said before waving frantically at Cera, "Oh but yours is good too Cera! I just-"

"Hahahaha! It's fine no offence taken Max." she laughed in amusement, "Just doing what I can to help everyone else be happy that's all, it's a way of saying I care and thanks."

As she said that everyone felt touched and decided to give her a cheer, "Let's give it up for Cera! To her and her delicious dinner!"

"Hip hip hooray!"

"Woo hoo!"

As they did so, Cera smiled rather brightly as she received all the praise and emotional encouragement from everyone, but yet at the back of her mind she felt as though something was still missing as her smiled dropped slightly, "…"

Later that night, as Cera had gotten settled back into her room for the night, she smiled feeling at peace as she saw Miku nuzzle up in the small critter bed that was on the desk next to her own. "That was quite an adventure today wasn't it Miku?" she said to her partner who nodded back at her in response. As she laid back into her bed and thought about their family fun earlier in the afternoon, chasing down the mapusaurus and having all sorts of fun and experiences together, not to mention the many great times they had as well with the entire D team and family, "It's been a blast since we met up with Max, Rex and Zoe since that day." she thought to herself as she folded her arms behind her head, "I feel lucky that we were able to find ourselves amongst such great people, and dinosaurs." She then said before her smile vanished and was replaced with one of concern and confusion, "And yet…..I don't feel we're that closer to learning about….who we are really, and where we came from….and why we're here…" Noticing Miku had already fell asleep, she then shook it off and smiled before getting under the covers herself, "Well, there's no point worrying about that now, we'll let tomorrow worry about itself. Good night Miku." she said as her eyes slowly closed and she fell asleep.

(Meanwhile)

Later that night downtown in Sanjo City, a massive construction project was underway for the development of a new apartment complex. Several machines had already been sent ranging from tractors, cranes, bulldozers and a pile driver, and they were now busy laying the foundation for the complex to be put up. It would have gone smoothly, if it weren't for a few unexpected complications the workers encountered, "Hey, what's the matter with this pile driver!? It's supposed to go way deeper than this!" A man in worker clothes and construction helmet grumbled impatiently as he pressed the button multiple times and yet the hammer from the pile driver didn't seem to make much impact in the hole.

"Oi! What's taking so long!?" A plumper man with a large brown beard and moustache, wearing ripped up jeans and a stained white singlet top yelled to him as the worker sweated anxiously to see his boss, "We're supposed to get stage 1 of this new apartment complex ready by tomorrow morning! That foundation was supposed to be finished hours ago!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.

"S…Sorry sir!" The worker responded anxiously, "But the pile driver just won't go any deeper!" he cried.

"Let me see." As the boss went over to check the machine's hammer and parts he could see no errors or anything wrong with how it currently was, "Machine seems alright….."

"Maybe it's the ground itself that's too hard?" the worker then stated in the hopes of bringing the boss' attention away from taking out his anger on him.

"Ridiculous," The fat boss grumbled as he hopped out of the pile driver to inspect the hole to see if there was anything jamming it, "There's no way anything could withstand-" As he looked down it he widened his eyes and froze in surprise at what he saw inside it, "No way…." he then breathed as he knelt down and began brushing away at it with his gloved hands.

"Umm….you okay there boss?" some other workers asked as they came around to where he was.

By the time he brushed away more dirt, he found what appeared to be a large plate of metal, and no doubt there must be more buried deep underneath where they stood! "Boys! I think we've found something!" he then cried out in a,ament as they all went to fetch their digging equipment to uncover what sort of treasure or artefact they may have stumbled upon by chance.

(Next morning)

At the Taylor's house, Aki had just left for her reunion in Spain and so once more left the house in the care of the boys. Now Spike was having an important discussion with them both along with their dinosaurs to set out boundaries to follow, "Now kids, since mom has just left we're going to have to set some rules." he started out firmly while folding his arms with a serious expression, "Unless of course you want Zoe to pile all those duties on your backs for being irresponsible."

As he added that part at the end, both Max and Rex shuddered as bad memories returned to them, "Ugh, who needs that…."

"Yeah totally….." Even Chomp and Ace shivered in fear of Paris and Zoe giving them firm lectures too.

Neither of them wanted to have a repeat of those events, while also worrying about the potential fact that Cera herself might turn out to be like her, then they'd have 2 bossy girls nagging at them! "Alright, for starters we'll have to clean up after ourselves from now on, that includes after meals, our messes and after we get out of bed." Dr Taylor clapped his hands.

"Sounds easy enough." said Rex in agreement knowing he was capable of doing that on his own, "Also if we see a mess we should volunteer to clean it up too without waiting for someone else to do it." he added at the end which pleased Spike very much.

"Exactly, as well as taking initiative and setting a good example for others to follow, that's the way to go Rex." he praised as Rex chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"You're certainly a role model that's for sure." Max smiled as he headed over to the couch, "In the case, hope you don't mind cleaning my room for me while I check out whats's on TV." he said as he hoped on it with Chomp and switched it on, much to the surprise of Rex and his dad.

"Excuse me?" the blond haired boy blinked with suspicion while his dad shot him a firm glare.

"That's not what I meant Max….." he said shooting him a look that sent shudders down Max's spine!

"Aw come on dad," he then whined, "There's no need to do things so soon, mom only just left and it's not that messy. Besides we-" As he looked to the screen and flicked through the channels randomly, he then caught sight of something rather intriguing as he passed and stared at the screen, "Huh?"

"Max, don't look at the TV when I'm talking to you." said Spike firmly, but instead he received no response. "Max." He then said raising his voice assuming his son to be rude and ignoring him.

"N..no not that dad." Max replied quickly, "Take a look at this." he said showing the news report to him and Rex as the news anchorwoman appeared on screen live downtown.

"We're coming live from downtown in Sanjo City, where apparently a massive unidentified craft has just been uncovered beneath the construction site for the city's newest apartment complex." She explained while holding a microphone. Behind her at a construction site was a rather large hole that was dug with the help of several construction vehicles like bulldozers and tractors, and deep inside it was a very large aircraft, in the shape of a dinosaur egg yet also somewhat and pointed like a fighter jet, even sporting a blade like wing, with one wing broken off and buried nearby in the soil. It was unlike anything they had ever seen before.

"WHOA!"

"Would you look at the size of that thing….." They gasped in amazement. In fact the entire craft seemed to have been buried in the ground for a very long time, evidence shown from its' highly stained outer husk and several parts broken off and scattered in different areas. Nevertheless, its' presence was enough to draw hundreds of people from all over Sanjo City as they gathered around the pit and were kept at bay by authorities as they tired to get a picture in!

"Experts who have gathered here currently have little to no idea as to the origins of this craft or to what even its purpose would serve. With a design no doubt far beyond what we have today, yet being ancient beyond belief. Some even believe that this may be a newly discovered OOPART that could no doubt become an eight wonder of the world." The anchorwoman continued as some important scientists and archaeologists had gathered at the front trying tests on the vehicle, but none of their drills or tools seemed to make so much as a dent on it.

"To think something like that would be buried deep underneath our city…." Max blinked his eyes in amazement while Rex and their dinosaurs stared.

Dr Taylor quickly rushed to the house phone to make an emergency call, "I'm going to notify Dr Owen and our closest associates, this is the discovery of the century!" he cried out in a hurry as he began dialling, "Imagine, maybe there could even be evidence of extraterrestrial life out there just inside that thing! Who knows what secrets of the universe it may even hold! Oh the excitement is making me shudder!" he squealed as his eyes teared up like an overly excited kid waiting to get his present.

They sweat dropped seeing him act all childish once again, but they did get the point. "Yeah….who knows what that thing might have in store for us….." said Rex looking at the craft closely, "We'd better tell Zoe about this now." he then said.

Max then nodded in agreement, "Yeah no doubt she and Cera will want to hear about this." he aid as he dialled on his dinoholder.

(Meanwhile)

At Zeta Point, Seth sat at the couch eying the news channel to catch on up recent events happening in the world to see if there would be any opportunities that he could take advantage of. It was then that Rod and Laura were passing by that they noticed him there so they went and approached him curiously. "Hey Seth, didn't think we'd find you here." said Rod with interest.

"What are you doing?" Laura asked curiously as he turned to them with an approachable smile.

"Hello you two," he said, "I'm merely taking some time off from my work to keep myself up to date with current events." he explained.

"Didn't think you were the type to sit down at the couch and watch TV." Rod commented folding his arms behind his head.

"Heh, even geniuses need a breather now and then," Seth smirked, "Balance is essential in every experimental equation and aspect of life."

"That makes sense….." Laura mused before saying something on her mind, "You know with Helga away I feel like I can finally play for once without her checking in every few minutes to make sure we aren't dozing off or taking a break without her permission." she said.

"Yeah, same here, I can't remember the last time I was this relaxed." Rod added feeling in a good mood himself too. "I could get used to this."

"Considering that Helga won't be back for a while, feel free to take as much time as you both need." said Seth to them before giving them another assignment, "Also, while she's away you can take the time to come up with a nice gift for your grandfather, his birthday is coming up and I'm certain he'll appreciate it very much."

The kids' eyes widened in surprise before looking to each other, "Hey you're right!"

"How could we forget that!?" they gasped.

"Well we've been so busy studying and going hunting for dinosaurs it must have slipped our minds." said Rod scratching his cheek in thought.

"Looks like we know what we're going to do today!" Laura held up her arms excitedly.

"Yeah, I'm going to design a fancy toy Grampa will love more than anything else!" said Rod filled with motivation as he turned around to head for his work room.

"I'll help too!" Laura cheered behind him as they left the premises.

After they were gone, Seth smirked to himself seeing there was now no one that could possibly interfere with his plans anymore, it was only a matter of time till he eliminated the D team once and for all then nothing would be able to stop him from completing his work. It was at that moment an opportunity presented itself to him when the same news of an unusual space pod was uncovered in downtown Sanjo City. As the anchorwoman explained, he then folded his arms and narrowed his eyes feeling intrigued, seeing it was nothing he had ever seen in this time nor his own, no doubt it was worth checking out.

Little did he know was that Cera and Zoe was also seeing the exact same news report on TV as he was, and while Zoe was no doubt interested and curious about the unusual OOPART discovered, she didn't notice Cera and Miku were completely fixated on it, as if it somehow sparked some kind of deep interest that she couldn't explain, "That….looks familiar….." she breathed in amazement knowing she had to get a look at it.

(Later that day)

"OW!"

"Watch it!"

"Get off me!"

It was late afternoon and after hours of going through a massive traffic jam for nearly the entire day, the D team finally made it downtown, or at least as close as they could get to the OOPART which was now covered up with a large brown tarp to keep it from getting affected by any outside elements like rain or wind which would affect it, as well as to keep any onlookers from getting too close or taking any pictures of it. As the D team fought hard against others pushing against them, Spike was able to make his way to the front, his eyes brightened with hope as he jumped out of the crowd and landing past the line, only for the guards to grab hold of him, "Let me through! I'm an archaeologist! I deserve to have a close look at that craft! I demand you let me at it!" he cried out as he then teared overemotionally before being thrown into crowd once more! "NO!" he wailed before being swallowed by the sea of people and even getting stomped all over them repeatedly!

"Dad….." Max groaned faceplaming in dismay before sighing at the sight of the massive crowd before them all, "Look at all these people, it's like a war zone here." he muttered, deciding it was bets that they kept Chomp and the others in their cards before they got off the car, no doubt they'd get lost or worse trampled while in this.

Rex looked to him, feeling exhausted having been fighting against shoving people nearly all day, "Can you really blame them? We've just found a UFO right in the centre of our city! Who wouldn't want to see this?" he said.

"Oh I can't wait to see it up close!" Zoe then gasped clutching her hands together in excitement, "Imagine if there really is life out there in the universe, and yet we barely even know our own planet."

"I know! The suspense really is killing me!" Max then followed up cheering for excitement, he watched all kinds of sci-fi movies in the past ranging from beings sent from the future to outer space aliens, the possibilities were limitless as he and Zoe jittered with excitement.

Rex couldn't help but smile in amusement at their childish behaviour, "Hehe, I'm sure we're all excited as you guys are." he chuckled before turning to the side, "Surely you feel the same way don't you Cera?" He then blinked his eyes in surprise to see that she was no longer where she was standing initially, "Huh?" As he looked around trying to find so much as a trace of her through the ever moving and growing flood of people but to no avail, "Hey, where did Cera go? A minute ago she was just here."

Unbeknownst to the rest of her friends, Cera pressed on determinedly as she fought her way through the large crowd, resisting their pushing and shoving non stop, while squeezing through every and any gap she could find between them. Eventually, her hard efforts and determination was rewarded as she was able to slip by under the barrier line, while the guard was distracted by holding back a few toddlers from wanting to go under the line. As she made her way to the back of the tarp, away from all the prying eyes of visitors, she then noticed the coast was clear as she slowly lifted up the tarp and saw the large metal hull of the OOPART aircraft, which she had to admit looked vaguely similar to one she might have seen before….as if she may have even rode in something like this in the past…..

She narrowed her eyes knowing she had to confirm it for herself, as she raised her arm out and touched it. As he fingers made contact with it, she suddenly had a flashback shoot through her mind, as she sat inside a certain cockpit of a vehicle and it shook rather violently while she travelled through a multicoloured tunnel, it's systems began to overload and surge with electricity before finally being enveloped in a bright light and her screaming! "AAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"Ah!" Cera then gasped in alarm as she took her hand back and clenched it tightly, she also began sweating and gasping for air as if she had escaped from a life or death situation! As she widened her eyes she slowly, uneasily, brought it over to forehead as she pinched her temple lightly, "What…was that?" she asked herself as she took the moment to recollect her thoughts. After she did she narrowed her eyes and reached out for it again, thinking she might be able to learn more, unfortunately she wasn't about to have a second chance-

"Excuse me ma'am." a firm voice spoke to her from behind which made her jump!

"Ah!" she gasped in alarm to see a guard had found her, "You shouldn't be here. Please come with me." he said as he grabbed hold of her arm and began to pull her away!

Cera widened her eyes seeing she was being dragged further and further away from what would be the key to solving her past, as she struggled as hard as she could to resist, "Please sir, I really need a closer look at that craft! I really need to!" she begged, but her pleas fell on deaf ears as she was dragged on, as she was eventually thrown out behind the line and back onto the streets.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry but we can't allow anyone pass this line." he said firmly as he folded his arms and shot a glare, "We can't allow anyone to do anything that could possibly damage it in any way." Seeing she seemed rather desperate he then put on a light smile, "We do however have plans to have this delivered to the Sanjo City museum tonight, where it'll be put on display for everyone to get a proper look in the morning. If you would be so kind as to wait, that would be very much appreciated."

She then turned around to plead once more, "But sir I-"

"Cera!" a voice suddenly called out to her, which then smashed all hope of her getting another chance, as she looked around she saw none other than Max, Rex and Zoe hurrying over to where she was.

"There you are!" Max cried as he and the others came to her, then shooting serious expressions. "Where'd you been!? We've been looking for you!"

"Do you have any idea how worried we were!?" Rex added.

The guard curiously looked to Cera, then to the 3 kids then back to her, "Are you with her?" he then asked as he pointed at Cera.

"Y…yes officer." Zoe gulped nervously, worrying that something may be wrong, "Why?" she asked uneasily.

"Your friend here was trespassing behind the security line, she even had the nerve to touch the craft so we had to have her removed." the guard answered as they turned to her in alarm.

"Huh!?"

"Say what!?"

"Cera why'd you do that!?" They all cried out as Cera found no other way of explaining herself, as she sweated anxiously and felt herself backed into a corner.

"I….I…."

Rex then faceplamed, "I understand getting excited, but I never expected you didn't think you'd go that far!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah! I mean you actually got to touch it!? No fair! I wanted to do that!" Max then frowned gritting his teeth in frustration as Zoe and Rex sweat dropped at his behaviour, missing the point s usual.

"Max…."

Realising the trouble she caused, Cera then lowered her head, "I….I'm sorry guys….I…I don't know what came over me….." she apologised uneasily before bowing to the guard, "We're really sorry sir."

Thinking about it the guard then shrugged his shoulders in turn, "Since you're kids I'll let it slide this time." he said which brought some relief to the D team, "I'd advise you to get back to your parents though, it's getting rather late now and we won't be allowing anymore visitors." he suggested as they nodded.

"Yes sir."

Looking around Max saw the sun was indeed beginning to set and some of the visitors were already been forced to leave the premises, much to the discomfort of some of the D team, "Looks like we'll have to come back later….." sighed Max who was really looking forward to seeing the OOPART with his own eyes, but also anxious about having to go back through the massive traffic jam back home….."Come on guys let's go….."

"Alright…."

"Yeah…." they said in response as Max began to main off his frustrations.

"Aw man….I was really looking forward to seeing it up close with my own eyes." As he cried out, Cera turned her eye back to behind her as she eyed the covered OOPART slowly being picked up by a forklift and loaded onto a hauler truck as it drove off in the distance down the road. She narrowed her gaze, knowing she wasn't done with it yet, and she won't be until she gets the answers she's been searching for all this time…..

(Meanwhile)

Back at Zeta Point, it was a grand day for the alpha gang, for them there could be no other day or event that could be more important than today, as the Trio presented themselves before Dr Z in bed, while serving him a rather large birthday cake as his meal in bed, "Surprise!"

"Happy birthday Dr Z!"

"Here's to the day you came into the world and graced us with your very existence!" They each chanted while throwing streamers and balloons into the air, while wearing party hats and blowing party favours. They did so with all their heart as they presented their very best to entertain him and to show him their upmost gratitude and loyalty to him.

He however, didn't seem willing to return to them any sort of gratitude of his own though, instead their performance seemed to sour his mood as he glared daggers at them, gritted his teeth furiously while clenching his blanker in his hands! "Grrr…"

Upon hearing his gnashing teeth and growling, the trio felt a chill pass them as their partying soon came to a halt and they stared rather nervously at their now glaring boss, "Umm Dr Z? You're looking a little tense…." Ed whimpered softly.

"We worked really hard to make your 65th birthday perfect." said Zander clapping his hands together.

"Aren't you happy for us that we even remembered?" sang Ursula as she held her arms out to him rather lovingly.

"Happy? Happy!?" he shouted which caused them all to jump and huddle together in fright!

"GAH!"

"You expect me to be happy after all the pain and misery you've made me suffer these past months!?" he screeched as he grabbed hold of the cake in front and threw it at them!

"GAH!" As they jumped out of the way and scattered, they felt their hearts crack as the cake they worked so hard to bake for hours get reduced to a mess as it splated on the wall and dripped down to the floor.

Dr Z then teared up and shook intensely with immense rage and anger welling up inside him, as the trio slowly and nervously turned back to look at him, "The only thing this day brings me is misery and pain, the fact that my time in this world is growing thinner and that I'll my final moments will be of nothing but regret when I realise my dreams of becoming Dinosaur King are never fulfilled!" he cried rather bitterly before pointing out at them, "And I have you 3 to blame for bringing me nothing but failure! For failing to capture any more dinosaurs and to secure me the resources I need to rebuild the time machine so we can all go home! At this rate I'll pass on in this timeline as a mere nobody!" he yelled as he began wiping away some heavy tears from his eyes before glaring at the trio once more, who felt devastated by what he said. What he was about to say next was about to fire daggers into their very souls, "I almost regret taking you in, and now I might even consider throwing you all out!"

"GAH!" they all gasped in unison, of all the insults and threats he threw at them, that was the most hurtful and devastating of all…..

"Please don't doctor!"

"We have nowhere else to go!" Zander and Ed cried out clapping their hands together while Ursula decided to suck it up and bow before Dr Z with respect.

"We honestly feel awful and responsible for causing you this much pain, we really do." she said sounding serious before looking up to Dr Z, "But rest assured tomorrow morning we will bring you a present you'll love for sure!" she swore as the other 2 men followed in sync.

"Yes sir!" they both said firmly.

Dr Z, unimpressed and unconvinced simply scoffed in response, "Unless it's a new dinosaur card nothing you give me will ever fill this hole in my heart at falling short of my dream!" He then cried out grabbing his pillows and throwing them as hard as he could! "Now get out! Get out! I don't want to see your faces again!"

"AAAAAHHHH!" The trio cried out as they were pelted mercilessly with pillows! A little while later they left his room all covered in feathers, looking almost like humanoid birds.

"Phew….that was a close one…." Ursula breathed before sneezing out a feather! "Achoo!"

"Yeah, I never want to go through that again…." Zander muttered sadly.

"Did you see his eyes? I felt like I was staring right at a man eating lion….." shivered Ed.

Ursula looked to him in response, "You can't blame him for being like that Ed, I mean we haven't exactly given him anything that made him happy at all right? As far as I know all we did was take and take from him…." she muttered.

"So true…."

Thinking about everything he had done, even if it was harsh and half hearted they didn't really give him back anything that would make up for the sacrifices he made for them during their earlier days…..his words still echoing within her mind and even her soul, unable to shake them off. Till she then clenched her fist and gritted her teeth in anger, "GRR! The nerve of him!" she roared blowing off all her feathers at once as she began stomping her foot and screaming her frustration out, "We worked hard day and night to prepare him his special birthday surprise and that's how he repays us!?" She growled before slamming her fist into the wall and making it crack, which caused Ed and Zander to both jump in a fright!

"AAAAHHH!" they gasped shivering together.

Ursula then sighed before going to her knees, "After everything we did for him….working our butts off with our own blood, sweat and tears, how we endured his punishments and harsh treatments day after day…..since we were taken in by him…." she then said sadly as her close friends came over to help comfort her.

"Ursula…." They gathered around and gave her a rather encouraging hug before she sniffed and stood up firmly with determination once more!

"Well I won't give up! We promised him a present that will surpass all gifts he's ever gotten and we're going to get him one!" she announced, "We'll travel to the ends of the earth, up then highest mountain or even the deepest sea, with all 3 of us putting together our efforts there's nothing we can't accomplish!"

"That's the spirit Ursula!"

"I've never been so inspired before in my life!" Both Zander and Ed gasped in amazement as they appeared to be worshipping a hero and role model of highest caliber.

"Hehe that's what I hoped to hear from you two." she chuckled cockily, glad that the pep talk she practiced from watching an adventure movie she watched not long ago had paid off.

Clearly it captured their hearts more than anything, "We're with you all the way!"

"For Dr Z!"

"YEAH!" They all cheered fired up

"But what are we going to get him that would blow his pants off?"

"Good….question….."

They panic over promise they can't keep

"I might be able to help you with that." a familiar voice spoke to them which caught their attention.

"Huh?" As they tuned to look they saw a man in a trench coat walk up to where they were as he eyed them with an approachable smile.

"Seth? What are you doing here?" Ursula then asked.

"I was passing by when I overheard your….passionate speech." he answered as he folded one arm on his hip, "Needless to say I couldn't help but feel…..moved myself by your devoted loyalty to him." It was then he began reaching into his pocket and began pulling something out of it, "As such I've figured out the perfect gift you can get for him that should make him forget and forgive all your past….mistakes." he said handing them a recent news article he downloaded and printed from the internet.

As they read it curiously they saw it depicted a rather large dinosaur egg shaped jet that was recently unearthed and delivered to the Sanjo City museum, it was unlike anything they had ever seen before, even making some of their machine look like toys in comparison, "What's…this?" asked Ursula as she and the others looked up at Seth, as he flashed them a rather sinister smile in response.

"Just follow my instructions carefully, and mark my words you will bring Dr Z home the greatest gift the world will ever know." he said.

(That night)

It was almost midnight, and since the afternoon the moment she laid eyes and even laid her hand upon the mysterious unearthed aircraft, Cera had been very restless. Now she was writhing and and rustling about in her bed, as she kicked off the covers and most of her pillows off. "Urgh….ugh…." she groaned as she thrashed about, as she dreamt:-

Herself inside some sort of driver's seat and vehicle, traveling through a multicoloured energy tunnel, suddenly being hit from behind by a blast of energy, causing her vehicle to face several errors as it suddenly fried up and exploded in her face, "AAAAAHHHH!" she then screamed as a light enveloped her after that.

"Ah!" she gasped as she woke up suddenly, "Huh?" looking around she found herself in her room once more and that all was still normal as it should be. She placed a hand to her head to calm its' throbbing, "Oh…only a dream….." she breathed placing a hand to her chest in relief as she breathed rather heavily, doing her best to calm down her racing heart. She was also sweating rather profusely, as her back felt rather drenched in sweat too and her bedsheets and pillow where she rested even. After rubbing her temple and clearing her thoughts she heard the sounds of scratching coming from the window. As she turned to look she saw Miku had hopped out of bed and onto the window side and was scratching at the glass panel quite restlessly. As she walked up to her little raptor, who looked back at her she then smiled in response knowing what she was thinking, "Couldn't sleep either huh?" She asked as Miku chirped in response. "I was thinking the same thing…." she said as she went to go get changed into her normal attire. After she did, she got her dinoshot ready and allowed Miku to hop onto her shoulder, "Come on let's go." she said as she slowly exited her room. Looking to the left and right of her to make sure the coast was clear, it was dark and silent as the clock struck 12 at midnight. She then placed a finger to her lips as she eyed Miku, "Ssh….if we move out quietly we might be able to get by her." she whispered as she slowly tiptoed over to the stairs.

As her foot came upon the first stair, it made a small creak sound, which was enough to sit Paris awake in Zoe's room. Hearing them, she opened the door slilghty to see Cera's head just leave her eyes as she went down the stairs. After that she hopped onto Zoe's bed and began rubbing her with her head and nudging her too. "Urgh….." Zoe groaned groggily as she continued to sleep, even giggling to herself as she dreamt about Max and Rex giving her a spa treatment and trying her like a queen. Paris huffed in annoyance as she suddenly let out a loud shriek noise from her crest at point blank range!

"Gaaaah!" she screamed waking up and then falling out of bed! "Urgh…." she groaned rubbing it knowing she bumped on it. She was about to give Paris a stern lecturing to, when she instead barked rather frantically and worried which made her change her mind at the last minute, "Huh? P…Paris? What's wrong?" she asked worried as Paris then ran to her window and began tapping at it, while urging her to come see. "Hmm?" As she went over to the window to look out, she was rather surprised to see Cera had wandered off outside the front door and down the streets, "Cera? Where's she headed off to?" she thought curiously, bringing a finger to her chin before widening her eyes upon realisation, "Could it be?" she asked herself before getting changed herself and dialling on her dinoholder, "I'd better call Max and Rex and let them know about this too…." she thought seriously.

A little while later, Cera arrived to the entrance of the Sanjo City museum which though didn't look too impressive at first glance, being similar to that of a rather moderate sized glass dome which sat ontop of a smaller 2 storey foundation, it still housed a number of the country's most precious and treasured artefacts, the newest one being the OOPART aircraft that was uncovered earlier int he afternoon. She peered through the bushes looking left and right, scanning the dark night streets for any signs of security or patrols. After Miku returned to her side, gliding down from afar and chirping to her, she then nodded in acknowledgement. "Looks like the coast is clear." She said before returning Miku to small size. She then walked up to the front entrance to see that the 2 handles were chained together with a rather firm lock, meaning there was no getting in through the front. "Hmm….the place looks locked up tight, but there's got to be a backdoor somewhere." Cera then thought to herself hardly as she took out her dinoshot and began dialling on it, "Maybe if I take a scan…."

"Cera!" A trio of voices suddenly shouted out from behind her, which broke her concentration.

She then accidentally dropped her dinoshot upon hearing them call her name, "Ah!" As she turned around uneasily, her heart skipped a beat and she sweated upon seeing the rest of the D team, and their partners standing before her, painting with exhaustion but no less serious as they eyed her, "Max, Rex…Zoe?" she said uneasily as they gasped for air, drenched in sweat before glaring at her. She never accounted for them following her this late at night so she didn't know how to react or respond to this.

Max rested his arms on his knees before shouting out, "Huff….what are you doing here!? First sneaking around earlier today now you're trying to break into the museum!? Have you lost it!?" He sneered as Cera, for once shook in worry stepping back but cornered against the locked door. Zoe, Paris, Ace and Rex too were rather uneasy to see Max in such a state so they backed off a bit even though they could understand him being so angry, "I know you were crazy about seeing that ship, but this is getting way out of line!"

Miku shivered and hid inside Cera's hair, leaving her to face her friends on her own, "I….I…." the wrong words could spark an intense wildfire of anger, she knew that much so she had to choose her words carefully, the problem was she herself was at a loss for words and unsure of how to respond back to them.

"You've got some explaining to do and we're not leaving until we get one!" Max then yelled furiously as Chomp barked just as mad, "Especially for it being right in the middle of the night!" he hissed, his eyes reddened hinting he was very cranky from Zoe waking him up with her call.

Fortunately for her, Rex was still feeling rather calm and collected as he stepped forward between them both, "Hold on, there's no need to corner her like that. I'm sure she has her reasons." he said to Max as he breathed and eased up slightly, but kept his glare at Cera.

Zoe then looked at Cera feeling sympathetic for her knowing she must have had her reasons like Rex said, but after seeing the boys all angsty as they were they did have a point, on the other hand for Cera to go this far and behind their backs, they had to know what was going on. "Ever since this morning when that news report came up you've been awfully quiet and even snuck behind out backs." she said as they all looked to her firmly, "At dinner time you were awfully quiet as well, and I could easily see through that fake smile of yours too, no doubt something was on your mind since the start of the day."

"…." She said nothing in response.

"You're keeping something from us aren't you?" Rex then questioned seriously. "No doubt it has something to do with that machine they uncovered isn't it?"

Hearing his statement, Cera clenched her hand tightly feeling rather hurt and insecure inside, she knew in her heart she had to tell her friends, but at the same time she didn't know if she could or how….."….."

As they saw her expression change, they too began to realise it was personal to her no doubt, "Cera what's going on?" Max then asked finally calming down.

"Is it something you really can't tell us?" Zoe followed clutching her hands together tightly.

"Don't you trust us?" Rex then asked as Cera was nearing her breaking point.

Seeing no other way of getting out of this, on top of that, she knew she couldn't keep running away anymore, Cera then sighed deeply and took a deep breath as she finally confessed what was on her mind, "Guys I'm sorry for not telling, you were right, friends shouldn't keep secrets from each other….even if they are personal ones…." she said admittingly.

"Personal? What do you-" Max then realised and widened his eyes, "Wait, you mean?"

Cera turned her head to the side trying to avoid eye contact, "I'm not sure exactly," she said uneasily and feeling unsure of herself, "It's just, when I saw that aircraft on TV today, it's like….something just clicked in me, I felt like it was…calling out to me and Miku…." she continued uneasily, with each word being excruciatingly painful to admit and force out, "You can call me crazy if you want, but….I think maybe I saw it before somewhere….like in a dream I had once…..and that I really need to know what it holds…maybe it just might have some answers to who I am or even where I came from, I don't know for sure if this is the case, but I feel I just have to try and know." she said sadly.

"Cera…." It was at that point the D team realised this was something she had on her mind for sometime, and the fact that she didn't know anything about herself was no doubt tearing her up from the inside since then, yet she kept burying her emotions all inside her to keep the others from worrying about her. It was no wonder she couldn't say anything, she thought about them and their wellbeing a lot more than they first knew…How she kept denying herself and her own personal feelings all for them…..never before and they met someone so selfless, and yet if she truly had a connection with this strange craft which was now locked inside the museum, maybe she was someone truly special….

"I'm sorry I didn't say anything earlier….it's not like I didn't want to…it's just…I-" she was cut off as all 3 members of the D team came around and hugged her closely. "H….Huh?" She blinked her eyes in surprise as she saw them all huddling around her, all of them feeling close, even to the point of weeping with her, along with their dinosaurs too who could sense her sadness and they came in to comfort her too.

"We're the ones who are sorry Cera," said Rex, "For not realising this sooner…." he then added softly as they all gave her a little more space as she looked at them all.

"We understand now….." said Max looking away, feeling guilty for snapping at her just now.

"Cera, you should have just told us from the beginning." said Zoe as she walked up to her, taking her hands into her own, "We're friends and we look out for one another's needs and shelter eat others' burdens,"

"Yeah, you didn't need to keep it quiet and go it alone, in fact we almost never do." said Rex as he came in next to them both.

"You say it may not concern us," said Max at last as he put a firm hand on her shoulder, "But anything that would affect one of us is already something that would concern us. We're there for each other, we thought you might have already known that."

Cera shook felling overwhelmed with emotion before tears began to form and fall from her eyes, "But I….no….you're right….I should have been honest with you all from the start." she sniffled as Max patted her comfortingly on the back.

"Tell you what, first thing in the morning we'll all go and check out that OOPART with you, then we can solve this mystery of yours together." he said as they all nodded at his statement in agreement.

"Together….how could I have forgotten about that…." Cera breathed before wiping her tears from her eyes as well as her nose. After that she put on a more firm expression as she nodded, "Okay guys, I-" She then stopped upon hearing the sound of an engine coming closer.

"Huh?" They all heard the same thing and even began to feel their clothes blow up a bit, along with the trees and bushes ruffling up by an incoming breeze. Which seemed to be coming from above!

"What's that?" As they looked up they noticed a rather large pink turtle shaped ship preparing to descend nearby where they stood.

"Quick let's hide!" Max yelled in alarm as he and the others quickly hid in the bushes nearby. As it landed, Max narrowed his eyes firmly as its' engines quieted down, "I know that ship…." he breathed recalling seeing them at the iron works factory. As it opened up, 3 people then came right out of it as he widened his eyes in alarm, "It's the alpha gang!" Max gasped as Rex and Zoe covered his mouth!

"Ssh!"

"They'll hear you." They each said seriously while holding a finger to their lips as he nodded back.

"Sorry." he muttered under their hands.

Zander and Ed stumbled after at pulling the backdoor after a couple of times. After that they took out a pair shovels and were ready to dig a hole underneath it, till Ursula face palmed in dismay before opening up a side window! After that Zander first hopped in, Ed got stuck and needed Zander to pull him, till Ursula got impatient and kicked his butt inside before hopping in herself.

"What could they want with the museum?" asked Zoe curiously as she put on her goggles to zoom in for a better look.

Cera narrowed her eyes, "Nothing good I'm afraid."

"Let's follow them closely, but stay hidden." Rex instructed as they nodded to him, heading for the open window and shadowing the Alpha gang slowly and carefully from behind…..

As the Alpha gang walked through the dark halls of the museum, the firs being the ancient artefacts exhibit, "Ugh, it's as dark as a dungeon in here, can't see a thing." Ed mumbled as he reached into his pocket and pulled something out, "Maybe this flash light would help." he said as he switched it on, as it shone on an ancient tutan mask with unusual markings on it but its' appearance was horrendous, resembling an ancient fiend as Ed turned pale and screamed out loud! "GAAAH! Hold me Ursula!" he cried out jumping into the lady's arms and nearly bringing her down!

As much as she wanted men to be clingy to her this wasn't one of those occasions, "ARGH! Get off me you bonehead!" she growled in annoyance as she threw him off!

"Oof!"

"Give me that!" she hissed grabbing the light from his hand, "Just what made you all jumpy all a sudden?" she grumbled before flashing it at the Tutan mask, which sent a mild shiver down her spine upon seeing its' large freaky eyes, unusual mouth and tusk like teeth, "Okay that's disturbing…." she muttered shivering slightly before turning the flashlight away.

"Now do you get it? This place gives me the creeps." whimpered Ed as he shuddered like a frightened child.

"Lots of places give you the creeps Ed." Zander muttered, "Even the dark and dust bunnies make you run for cover."

"Just stay close, don't wander off and don't touch anything." grumbled Ursula as she and Zander walked on ahead.

"Uh huh." Ed nodded as he trotted after them not wanting to be left behind.

After passing through the modern technology section of the museum, Zander took out his own flashlight and shone on the map to find directions, "Alright, which way do we go now?" he muttered trying to get a good look, while Ursula continued to look around for signs, her expression turing rather sour and impatient considering it was late at night and past her beauty nap. "Hmm, according to this it should be right up ahead." Zander then pointed out as he flashed a light down the hallway to the 'OOPARTs' section.

"Umm what was it that Seth asked us to snatch from this place again?" Ed then asked.

"Urgh, did you forget already you birdbrain!?" Ursula grumbled as she delivered a swift blow to his head!

WHACK!

"OW!" he cried as he covered up the bruised spot in pain.

She then glared down at him, "He said we're here to get that weird spaceship they dug up earlier today, said it would make the perfect present for Dr Z." she said, "Seth even said it might even hold technology or power we could use too. If we managed to get our hands on it, we'll get on his good side again for sure! He'll be the happiest old man in the world." she cheered doing a childish spin in excitement as the pain finally managed to jog Ed's short term memory back.

"Oh yeah! That!" he gasped snapping his fingers.

"Finally Ed, that only took like 20 times before it finally stuck in that pea sized brain of yours." Zander muttered snarkily before Ed pointed out something they hadn't taken into account.

"But how do we get it back home after we find it?" he asked as his words stopped Ursula's dance where she was and she lowered herself down in a frown.

"I….haven't got a clue…." she groaned admittedly as her 2 friends then fell on the ground in dismay!

"Ugh…."

Little did they know was that the D team were spying on them from behind a pair of large Chinese vases and they hardened their expressions upon realising what their plans were, "Tch! They're really trying to take that OOPART and use it for their nefarious purposes…." Rex hissed.

"Then it's up to us to stop them!" Zoe added pumping up her arm as the others nodded to her in agreement.

"Mhmm."

It was then that Chomp turned to the side and saw a rather juicy looking potted fern, as he then wandered over to it and began to munch on it to his delight. Hearing the sound go his loud chewing, Max turned around and flinched in alarm to see what he was doing, as he hurried over to where he was, "Ah! Chomp no! Come back!" he cried grabbing hold of the little triceratops and pulling him back, but Chomp's mouth had clamped onto the leaf of the fern pretty hard that as he pulled him, he pulled the potted fern along with him, as it landed and smashed against the floor as Max dived back behind his hiding spot!

SMASH!

"ACK!" The D team flinched upon hearing the loud noise, and so did the Alpha gang as they turned around in alarm!

"Huh!?"

"Who's there!?" As they flashed their lights ahead and saw the smashed potted fern they then shone it around where it was, the D team sweating anxiously as they tried to hide their bodies and their dinosaurs away from the lights to keep from being seen.

"I don't think we're alone here Ursula…." Zander quivered.

"Could be a rat or maybe a ghost!?" Ed then followed up as Ursula gritted her teeth at him in annoyance.

"Get real Ed….." she grumbled before yelling out, "Alright! We know you're there! So come on out and show yourselves!"

"It'll make it easier for all of us, well more for us technically and less for you but that's the same thing!" Zander then followed up from her.

As the D team held their breaths, they could tell their enemies wouldn't let up and it was only a matter of time before they came over to look themselves. "So much for the element of surprise…." Cera groaned as she and the others turned to shoot glares at Max and Chomp, who sweat dropped and tried to hide his face from them.

"Ugh, sorry guys, looks like the jig is up." he muttered nervously while twiddling his fingers.

Rex then lowered his head and sighed, "It's fine, we were going to do this either way." he breathed before looking to them all, "You ready?" he asked as they nodded back at him.

"Mhmm." they said seriously.

"Let's kick these guys out of here." said Cera firmly as they nodded together in agreement.

"Alright, let's do this!" said Max firmly as they all appeared from their hiding places!

"Hold it right there you burglars!" Cera yelled catching the Alpha trio by surprise!

"Gah!"

"You kids!?" Zander gasped clapping his hands onto his face in horror.

Ursula flared up red and stomped on the ground in frustration, "Seriously!? Is there no place we can go where you can't follow and interfere!?" she yelled.

"Isn't it way pass your curfew? Shouldn't you be in bed by now?" Ed then asked politely.

"When crooks like you are up and about there's no such thing as rest!" Max yelled.

"We're going to give you 2 choices, you leave now or we kick you out ourselves!" Zoe followed up.

Ursula smirked as she pretended to think about it, "Hmm, I think we'll go with C, clobber you kids into paste!" she yelled out with a grin as she and Ed took out their alpha scanners and cards!

"Alpha slash!"

"Blaze Tyrannosaurus!"

"Clobber them Saichania!"

Both Tank and Terry appeared on the field and roared at the 4 kids as they readied for battle.

"Guess it's the hard way then." Rex muttered before turning to his battle partner, "Let's get em Max."

"Oh yeah!" Max replied as they retuned Chomp and Ace to card form!

"Dino slash!"

"Go Triceratops! Roar!"

"Carnotaurus! Blow them away!" Both their dinosaurs appeared on the field and faced off against their respective rivals, as the space turned pinkish and multicoloured signalling the battle field!

"Go get em guys!" Rex cheered as Chomp and Ace charged ahead!

"Show those twerps no mercy!" Ursula yelled with Tank and Terry following up!

Chomp quickly gave a charge and thrust, with Terry being able to dodge by sidestepping it! He tried to snap at Chomp's tail but the trike managed to dodge in time before his horn locked with Terry's jaws!

Ace leapt in to try and bite Tank, but she quickly countered with a tail swipe, anticipating this Ace leapt back out of the way at a safe distance but the ankylosaur kept swinging her tail at him, keeping him from getting closer.

Unbeknownst to them all, Seth's fly drone was busy observing the battle while clinging to a wall, and he was viewing it all on a computer in a pink jet which was hovering on the roof of the museum, "Looks like everything is going as planned." he smirked to himself as he took out an alpha scanner and a card, "Come forth Spiny!" he called out as the spinosaurus materialised on the roof and roared out! "Tail smash!" Seth commanded slashing the move card as Spiny glowed and began slamming his tail on the area where he stood, each hammering hit he delivered caused the spot to crack further and further, making Seth's smirk grow with each consecutive hit, it wouldn't be long now…..

Back at the battle, Chomp knocked Terry to the side off balance before getting under him and throwing him away! "That's the way to go!" Rex cheered.

"Keep it up you guys!" Zoe cried out as Ace grabbed hold of Tanks' tail and was now in a game of tug o war with her!

Cera however narrowed her eyes and focused her attention away from the battle and towards the entrance to the OOPART section, "Now's my chance, while they're all distracted I think I can get what I need. Just have to sneak pass them…." she thought to herself as she slowly slid by at the side, sneaking behind pillars, vases and exhibits like old model cars before finally managing to get through.

"You can do it!" Zoe cried out as she looked to the side and noticed someone was missing, "Huh? Cera?" Looking around finding she was nowhere to be seen she then widened them in shock, "Guys! Cera's gone!"

Max looked to her and widened their eyes in alarm, "What!?" he exclaimed.

"Don't tell me…." Rex narrowed his eyes.

Zoe turned to the other side to see the OOPART exhibit up ahead and she had a feeling where she had gone, "Hang tight guys, I'll be right back!" she called out to them as they nodded firmly trusting her.

"Okay Zoe!" Max yelled as he focused back with Chomp.

"We'll handle things here! Go get Cera!" Rex followed as he continued to support Ace.

After that she ran around the battle, fortunately unnoticed by the Alpha gang who were fixated on their opponents they didn't notice her slip behind them and into the next room.

Meanwhile as Cera ran down the long hallway past small glass exhibits of old pottery and vases, she finally came upon the OOPARTs exhibit, which was rather small and had only a few small displays of artefacts like metallic daggers or ancient boots, but the largest one of them all happened to be the very one she had come to see, "There it is…." she gasped in amazement as she laid her eyes upon the mysterious ship, which was now encased behind a layer of protective glass in the center of the room. "It looks perfectly intact….and safe…." she breathed as she walked up to it slowly, feeling a wave of peace or nostalgia coming right from it….."Why do I feel like I've seen this before? Could it have something to do with….me?" she asked herself as she slowly neared it. Inside she could the machine somehow calling out to her, as if a piece of herself was somehow buried beneath that metallic alloy and machinery….

Miku as well as she seemed to flare up her feathers and her eyes turned into slits, as if she could feel the same as Cera did.

She then turned serious knowing this was her chance to finally get some answers for herself and learn who she was, "Only one way to find out." Cera decided as she approached it and raised her arm out to touch the glass framing it was shielded within. As she got within inches of laying her hands upon it, she suddenly felt a few bits of stone and dust fall on her head, along with the room….shaking?

Rumble…..

"Huh?" As she looked up, without warning part of the roof suddenly cracked and gave way causing a large chunk to fall out of the ceiling straight for her! "Whoa!" She widened her eyes and quickly did a barrel roll to get out of the way, as the rocks smashed down where she stood and cracked apart, leaving cracks in the floor too. She placed a hand to her chest as she took a deep breath of relief, "That was close." she said before noticing Miku popping her head out of hair looking rather anxious, "You okay Miku?" She asked as her partner chirped in response, as she smiled feeling relieved again. "Thank goodness."

They didn't have much time to celebrate as soon a loud roar could be heard from above! As they looked up, leaping down through the hole and landing before them was a large purple spinosaurus, which snarled viciously forcing Cera to back away upon recognising him, "Spiny!" she gasped as Miku went back into hiding leaving her to face the large water dinosaur alone. She then gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes, "But wait, if the alpha gang is out there fighting, who's using him?" She asked herself, but then heard the sound of an engine from the roof. As she looked up, a large pink jet with a yellow nose cone slowly hovered down through the hole Spiny made and she could see there was definitely someone inside the front seat, but she couldn't make out who it was. "Rod and Laura?" She thought before shaking her head, "No, the vibe I'm getting is way too sinister….In fact, it's almost…evil…." she then thought to herself as the glass front opened up.

She tensed upon seeing a tall blue haired man with red face paint appear from within as he smirked rather sinisterly as his eyes met hers', "My my what a surprise, I expected Ursula and the others to occupy all the D team, but it seems you managed to slip past them. No surprise there…." he said as Cera held her ground firmly, while Spiny backed away to give the man some space. "Though I suppose I should be thankful you were able to make it here, for I've heard much about you, Cera was it?" He then asked sounding as polite as he could, "It's so nice that we're finally able to meet."

Upon hearing her name being mentioned by this new member of the alpha gang she tensed up and hardened her expression, knowing this man was on a completely different level than the other members she had seen, no doubt….this man was indeed one of the worst…..

"You must be Seth…." she then said piquing the man's interest.

"Oh? You know who I am?" he mused raising an eyebrow.

"I heard about you from the rest of the D-team," she said answering with disgust, "They told me all about you and how you manipulate dinosaurs, turning them into weapons and fighters." her expression then hardened and she clenched her fist in anger tightly, "The very thought of it sickens me."

"Is that what they told you?" he replied before chuckling in amusement, "Hmph, you have me all wrong I can assure you. All I am doing is merely assisting the dinosaurs in unlocking in the potential they would have achieved if they had never gone extinct." he said as Cera narrowed her eyes at him, not buying any words of his. "But enough about me, we have business to discuss." he then said which surprised her.

"Business?" she asked suspiciously.

Seth nodded, "I've had my eye on you for sometime, for you to be able to defeat my velociraptors no doubt takes a level of dinosaur expertise and knowledge." he said.

Cera then gritted her teeth in anger, "So he's the one who put them through so much suffering." she thought to herself as Miku popped her head out slowly, already despising Seth the moment she laid eyes on him.

"It's clear there's something about you that's different compared to the rest of those children." he continued, "Who are you really? Is there something about yourself you haven't told them? Hmm?" She tensed at his words, she couldn't tell anything to them because she didn't know….and yet….if she did, could she?

"It won't matter much though, I'll be discovering that for myself, but there's no need to resort to violence." he continued, "I can no doubt tell you have potential of your own, potential you don't yet even realise. A talent that's no doubt being wasted on the likes of the small minded."

Cera then became filled with anger knowing he was referring to her irreplaceable friends that way.

"With my genius, I can no doubt bring out even more of that potential within you! Join me and we can usher in a new age of dinosaur evolution!" he proclaimed loudly and smirked while offering his hand to her.

Cera glared back at him already knowing just the answer to respond with, "That's nice and all but you can just forget it." she spat much to Seth's displeasure.

"…." His expression of a smile vanished and was replaced with a scowl.

"Join you so that you can tin to experiment on countless more innocent dinosaurs against their will? I'll never help you with anything that's so immoral, or better yet evil! It's not fair to the dinosaurs, in fact, I bet they'd rather be extinct rather than be used as lab rats in your experiments!"

He then smirked as she finished her words, "Hmph! I seem to have heard that somewhere." He said recalling Max saying that to him at the iron refinery, along with a certain man who had disagreed with his methods a long while back….in the end she was just like them, "How disappointing, it seems I was mistaken, you really are no different from them after all, just another nuisance in my way which I'll have to eliminate, in due time….." he sighed, "You're all nothing but naive children, you could never understand nor comprehend my vision for the world. In the case, we are done here." he added before turning to the spinosaurus who eyed back at him awaiting his orders, "Spiny, let's go. It's time we got what we here came for." As he said that Spiny obeyed instantly without question as he slammed his tail against the glass shielding of the metal pod, causing it to shatter into several pieces on contact!

Cera widened her eyes in shock at what Seth had came here for, "Don't you dare touch it!" she cried out in alarm, catching his attention once again.

"Hmm? Now what could you possibly want with this….machine?" He then asked as his jet then floated directly above it, "Why would you care so much about it? Is it that you hold some kind of emotional attachment, or better yet a connection with it?" he asked as Cera stuttered, at a loss for words.

"I….I…."

Seth then smirked is interest piqued deeply, "How very interesting." he mused scratching his chin in thought, "Perhaps you are more valuable than you at first seem." As he said that his expression turned into a malevolent grin! "Maybe I should take you as well!" he yelled as Spiny roared out and made a charge at her!

"Aah!" Cera widened her eyes and tried to make a run for it. Not realising it she then accidentally ran into a corner and as she turned around it was too late as Spiny walked up to her slowly and hissing menacingly with each step. "Urgh…" she sweated intently knowing she was trapped, but as Spiny was about to make a lunge-

"Leave her alone you big bully!" a female voice yelled out making the large dinosaur turn around, to see Zoe and chibi Paris facing off against him! "Pick on someone your own size!"

"Zoe!" Cera cried joyously to see help, while Seth hardened his expression into a scowl.

"Hmph….another nuisance…." he grunted in annoyance.

"Let's go Paris! Save Cera!" Zoe cried out returning her partner to a card, "Dino slash! Parasaurolophus! Bloom!" Paris bellowed loudly and Spiny roared in response as they both faced each other off.

Back at the main entrance Chomp and Ace had Terry and Tank on the ropes as they backed them against the corner, "This has gone on long enough." Rex said hardening his expression before turning to his side, "Max let's end this now!" he called out.

"I couldn't agree more!" his spiky haired friend grinned as he took out a move card, "Go Lightning spear!" As he slashed the move card, Chomp surged with power before thrusting his horns under Terry's chest and shooting a surge of electricity through him like a spear, before the tyrannosaurus collapsed down and shook in pain before returning to a card!

It was then Rex's turn, "Cyclone!" he called out as Ace was enveloped in wind, as he struck out and rammed Tank, who was sent flying into the air by the wind before she crashed back down on her back retiring her to card form!

"AAAAH!" the 3 members of the alpha gang claimed to see now they were left completely defenceless!

"No this can't be! Not when we were so close!" Zander cried out as he and Ed got back their cards.

"Alright you creeps, beat it!" Rex yelled as Ace roared viciously making them back away!

"You too old lady!" Max followed up further irritating Ursula.

"Grrr! How dare you!?" she gnashed her teeth and she twitched her fingers while her eyes flared orange, "Mark my words you'll regret this! Next time I swear it!" she yelled pointing at them as they took their leave back out the window they came and then taking off in their ship outside empty handed!

With the battle now over, both Max and Rex let out a sigh of relief knowing it was over. "Phew, that takes care of that." Max breathed before he and Rex soon noticed something strange was still going on.

"Wait a sec, why's the battle field still up?" Rex blinked his eyes as Chomp and Ace sniffed the air sensing something.

"AAAAHHH!" a pair of female screams could be heard from the other side of the museum which the boys quickly picked up on!

"Cera!"

"Zoe!" They gasped along with their dinosaurs in alarm before looking to one another, "We've got to hurry to the OOPART exhibit!" Max yelled as they both nodded to each other and rushed ahead!

Meanwhile, Paris was knocked back by Spiny and she was beginning to fall to her knees in exhaustion, she was used to dealing with Spiny on a regular basis but never like this before. Zoe panted tiredly too, but decided it had gone on long enough as she took a move card, "Metal wing!" She cried out as the 3 pteranodons swooped to the air and came together as a dive bomb!

Unfortunately for her, Seth smirked having anticipated this coming a mile away, "I don't think so." he said taking a move card, "Shock wave!" A veil of water surrounded Spiny and he threw it forward, deflecting the 3 pterosaurs and sending them flying back as a card!

"Ah!" Cera and Miku gasped in alarm! Being able to block metal wing was no easy feat for sure.

"No way! He blocked them!?" Zoe exclaimed caught by surprise.

Seth grinned seeing his opening, "Now to finish you! Tail smash!" he announced as Spiny roared and swung his tail repeatedly, smashing against Paris' twice before the 3rd knocked her into the wall, leaving a massive crack where she hit and returning her to card form!

"Paris no!" Zoe cried out as she ran to grab her card.

Seth smirked seeing there was no longer anyone in his way, "Now, with that out of the way, where was I?" he smirked as he had Spiny focus back on Cera who backed away nervously as he loomed over her and bared his huge teeth at her!

"Cera run quick!" Zoe cried out to her as she tried to turn and run for the exit!

As she tried to, Seth turned his attention to her furiously, "There is no escape!" he yelled out as Spiny charged ahead and leapt forward, landing in front of her, and the shockwaves generated by his landing sent Cera flying back a bit! "Urgh!" she cried as she fell on her backside on the ground, as the spinosaurus roared at her, "Tch! He's cut off our only exit…." she clicked her tongue as Seth began to approach at her from the other side while in the jet.

"Now, we can do this easy or the hard way." Seth chuckled knowing he had her completely cornered.

"Or how about neither!" a voice suddenly yelled out! As Spiny turned in the direction he heard them, he failed to respond in time as Ace and Chomp both charged and knocked him away as he skidded across the floor and hitting the wall on other side!

"Max! Rex!" Zoe and Cera both cried out in joy to see them.

"You guys alright!?" Max asked as he and Rex came up to them both.

Cera nodded, "Yeah, now that you're here!"

They all smiled gladly before looking up and hardening their expressions into spiteful scowls as they laid eyes upon their new enemy, "It's him….." Max narrowed his eyes recognising him as Seth, no doubt the worst villain of the alpha gang of all.

As Seth eyed them he then narrowed his eyes,"It seems there are more pests I'll have to exterminate…." he muttered in annoyance.

"The only one who's about to exterminated here is you!" Max yelled out, "Go get him Chomp!" The trike roared as he charged ahead, only to be held back by Spiny after the large carnivore used his huge arms to hold Chomp back and preventing his horns from reaching him!

Seeing Chomp couldn't get anywhere near him and that he was locked in an even struggle, Ace decided to tip the battle in their favour, "Ace! Get in there and help Chomp!" he yelled as Ace roared and sped ahead towards them! Seeing him, Spiny quickly threw Chomp down to the ground towards Ace as he skidded towards him!

"Chomp no!" Max gasped in alarm!

"Ace get out of the way!" Upon Rex's warning, the carnotaurus quickly reacted and leapt over him and continued to charge full speed towards Spiny! "Alright! We have him now!" Rex cheered.

"Wrong!" Seth yelled back, "I've got you right where I want you!"

"Huh!?" Rex then gasped.

"Take this! Tragedy of the sphere!" As he slashed the move card, Spiny shot out an orb of water straight in Ace's path! The carnotaurus, roared out in horror to see water before him, but he couldn't stop as his momentum drove him straight into the orb which swallowed him up and sloshed him round inside, as he struggled to catch a breath of air to no avail! Helpless, Spiny then roared before charging ahead towards the sphere as he knocked Ace straight in the chest and out of the water and across the floor as he returned to a card! He couldn't handle the fear of drowning, the suffocation due to lack of air and finally by the sheer sudden impact of being knocked out of it all.

"Ace no!" Rex cried out in alarm to see his partner defeated.

Seth then smirked sinisterly as he and Spiny returned his attention toto their last loose end, "And then there was one." he said as Spiny walked up menacingly towards Chomp who was now all alone and defenceless on the ground.

"Grrr!" Max gritted his teeth angrily, seeing he clearly underestimated Seth's abilities, no doubt his skills were on a level that surpassed the trio, Rod, Laura and even Dr Z! Nevertheless, he was still an enemy that had to defeat no matter the odds as Chomp still struggled to get back to his feet but to little avail! "Chomp! You've got to get up now!" Max pleaded as Chomp heard his cries but couldn't return them, as he fell back down to the ground exhausted, after fighting Terry he had little fight left in him for this, Max realised that and what's worse…..he couldn't do anything about it…..

As Zoe and Rex looked on helplessly, and Seth grinned maliciously seeing victory was within his grasp, none of them noticed Cera had slipped off to the sidelines taking out her dinoshot

"Spiny, it's time to put these children in their place. Finish him off now!" He ordered as Spiny roared and charged ahead towards the defenceless Chomp!

As he neared his defenceless victim, Max gritted his teeth and sweated in frustration, "This can't be happening…." he hissed.

"Oh it has indeed happened," Seth gloated before his eyes widened maniacally, "And now it's over!"

"NO!" They all cried as Spiny launched himself at Chomp ready to deliver the final blow!

"Now Miku!" a voice suddenly yelled surprising everyone in the room!

"Huh!?" The D team gasped.

Seth widened his eyes, "What!?" As he and Spiny both looked up, a full sized microraptor shot down from above and landed smack ontop of the spinosaurus' face! "What's this!?" he gasped in alarm as he turned to the side to see Cera with her dinoshot in action!

"Cera!" Zoe and the others cheered seeing she was fighting now!

"Go! Power siphon!" She commanded as Miku glowed red and began to absorb precious energy from the spinosaurus! He tried desperately to shake her off but to no avail! As he tried reaching for her, she jumped off in time as he ended up slashing his own face and bringing himself down! After that, Miku quickly glided over to Chomp, where she rested herself on his face, "Now energy equaliser!" she called out as Miku then shone blue, transferring the energy she absorbed from Spiny to Chomp, as he opened his eyes and stood up with a mighty roar!

"Alright Chomp!" Max cheered.

Zoe and Rex then turned to Cera, "Great work!"

"Nice teamwork! You really came through for us!" they cheered as she nodded.

She then looked to Seth firmly, "And now you're the one who's about to be finished!" she yelled to his frustration.

"Tsk!" he hissed in annoyance seeing Spiny was now weakened immensely, barely able to stand on his 2 feet. As much as he hated to admit it, he lost…..

"Now it's time we wrapped this up Chomp!" Max cried out as he prepared to slash a new all powerful move! "Go gating sparks!" He cried out as Chomp ran up underneath Spiny and began shooting a barrage of electrical bullets through his body repeatedly, like a gatling machine gun before thrusting upwards and knocking him back across the ground! The spinosaurus roared in pain before turning back to a card.

"Alright we did it!" Max cheered as Chomp roared loudly, Zoe and Rex both jumped up happily and Cera smiled happy for their victory.

The only one who didn't enjoy it was Seth himself, who used his grappling claw to retrieve Spiny's card back, "Hmph…..how disappointing…." he scoffed before returning his attention to the D team.

"Alright Seth, you've lost here, now leave!" Max yelled out as the others soon followed him.

Upon seeing himself outnumbered with a full sized triceratops and microraptor protecting them, Seth saw nothing to gain by staying to fight. Even he was smart and tactical enough to know when to retreat, "Very well as you wish, since you have put on a good show for me I will take my leave." he said politely as he bowed to them, then turning to Cera who had rejoined them, "And you, I think I have an idea on what makes you so special, I do hope we meet again." He said sitting back down in the seat. His words left a rather hurtful mark in Cera, since he really got under her skin and he was definitely not someone to take lightly….

"I wont forget this and you'd do well to remember, it would be unwise to cross me again, next time I won't be so gracious." he then added as the glass covering of the jet closed up and he began to fly away back to the hole above.

"That's right! Don't come back!" Zoe yelled out to him shaking her fist.

Upon hearing her words, Seth then smirked, "I know said I would leave," he said before suddenly turning around, "But never said I'd be going empty handed!" Suddenly a set of mechanical claws shot out from his plane which then grabbed hold of the OOPART ship and with a thrust of his jet boosters he took it up with him much to the D team's horror!

"The aircraft!" They exclaimed in shock.

Cera widened her eyes in horror as she saw what may have been the key to solving her past, being taken away, "NO!" she cried out as heavy tears tripped from her eyes and fell to the floor.

"Farewell." was Seth's final word as he took off above through the hole in the roof.

"Hey you get back here!" Max yelled angrily as he charged ahead with Chomp, but to no avail as Seth soon sped away and the OOPART disappeared into the skies with him. Max clenched his fist in frustration as he lowered his head down, though they won the battle, they lost this war…..

"He got away….." Cera breathed sadly lowering her head as the others came around to comfort her with their presence, best they could.

"Cera…..I'm…sorry…" Max said to her feeling guilty for letting her down.

(Next morning)

The next morning found the entire D team was found watching television at Max's house where a news report was being issued in regards to last night's events as they eyed it seriously.

"We're coming live from the museum of Sanjo City where an outrageous heist has taken place last night." said the anchorwoman at the museum where many securities were gathered inside the museum and coutisde it, with several officers doing patrols around the perimeter and inspectors and detectives setting up crime scenes. "The mysterious OOPART uncovered yesterday has mysteriously vanished, no doubt stolen by air as there was a massive hole in the ceiling found. There has also been evidence of property damage though the cause of which is unknown-"

As they continued watching, everyone became firm and serious as they switched it off. The only one who wasn't present was Dr Taylor, who was crying his eyes out in bed having lost the chance to study something that may have come once in a lifetime, also worrying how he would tell his colleagues about the unfortunate events that turned up earlier…..

"It's a good thing we didn't leave behind any clues huh guys?" said Max to the others as they nodded.

"Yeah, too bad the camera feeds got cut too, no doubt that would have to be Seth's handy work." Rex commented recalling they mentioned that on the screen, also knowing there was no way the Alpha trio would ever be smart enough to do that.

"On the bright side it works for us too since they won't be able to trace back to us." Zoe then smiled as the others did with her.

"That's one way of looking at it." said Max in agreement, though their smiles soon vanished as they noticed Cera was still staring at the blank screen, no doubt having something on her mind still, as the D team could only look on unable to say or do anything that might bring her any sort of comfort or help…..they could understand though, what may have been the only clue they had to learning about Cera and who she was, was now lost and sh was back to square one. It was serious blow…..

After a while, Rex then nudged Max as he looked to him firmly, "Max, go on, say something." he said as max lowered his head uneasily before taking up on it.

"O…Okay…." he said as he walked over to Cera, "Umm….Cera…."

Hearing his voice she then looked up to him curiously, as soon the others gathered with him, "Hmm?"

"We're really sorry about last night." Max apologised looking away to avoid eye contact, in fact none of them could possibly look at Cera in the face after no doubt letting her down. "We really wanted to help you, and we did our very best but-"

To their surprise, she ended up bringing her arms around them all as she embraced them in a warm and welcoming hug!

"H…Huh?"

As she let go and looked to them all she then smiled warmly, "It's okay you guys, I'm sure there will be other chances I know it." she said as she looked to them and their dinosaurs who gathered at their feet, "All that matters is that now I know I'm not alone anymore, that Miku and I really do have such great and irreplaceable friends." she said as Miku perched herself on her shoulder and chipped happily, which brought a smile and wave of relief to the D team to see she wasn't too utterly devastated.

"Cera…."

"I was worried too much about the memories I lost," she continued as she reached down to stroke Chomp, Ace and Paris gently, "That I nearly forgot about the ones I've currently made with you…and the many new ones that may be waiting for us to forge together down the road from here on. And whatever comes our way we'll face it together." She then said to them firmly as they clapped for her pleased.

"Heh, that's a great way to look at things."

"You're definitely strong that's for sure."

"And you can count on it that we'll help you get your memories back one way or another, that's a promise." Max and the others promised her as she nodded in acknowledgement.

"I know you'll keep it." she said to them before recalling something that might serve as consolation for their efforts, "If it makes everyone feel better, I did manage to remember a small bit about myself."

Hearing her say that made them all brighten up with excitement as they gathered around to hear what she had to share with them, "Oh really!?"

"That's awesome!"

"So what is it?" They all asked with anticipation.

Cera then blushed that they were paying her so much attention as they were, even their dinosaurs too were nuzzling themselves against her legs wanting to hear her out. Even Miku nodded to her, encouraging her to tell them, "Well…." she started slowly while scratching her cheek.

"Yes?"

Taking a breath she then answered them, "Believe it or not, it just so happens today's my 12th birthday."

As she said that their eyes widened and they were taken aback beyond belief ,"WHOA!"

"No way!"

"For real!?" They all exclaimed.

"Yup it sure is…." she answered confirming them as she blushed shyly, "I know it's not really much but-"

"Not much!? Are you kidding!? It's an awesome special day!" Max cried out cutting her off, "Yeah, in fact I'm going to go get dad to order take out tonight, we'll have pizza as tall as the leaning tower of Pisa itself!" he said running upstairs with Chomp, to bring Spike the news.

"I'll even head down to the store and get us a boatload of snacks!" Rex added as he jumped off the couch and rushed outside with Ace.

"Just you wait, today will be the best birthday ever for you!" Zoe promised as she ran outside with Paris to bring in some gifts she had at her house as well as tell her parents about it too.

"Hehehe…" Cera chuckled to herself happily as she sat back in the couch and looked over to see everyone act selflessly all for her, to make her feel welcome and truly a part of the team, she knew at least this was where she belonged….

"I think I can move on at least for now," she thought to herself feeling more calm and at peace with the person she had became now, "I may not know who I am, or what the future holds, but I won't let that affect who I am in the present." she thought at last as she looked outside to the sky to see a bird fly past the sun.

(Meanwhile)

Back at Zeta Point, things as usual weren't turning out well for the Alpha trio, but little did they know that things were about to take a rather different turn for them this time around.

"Go in there Ursula!" Zander and Ed cried out as they were trying hard to push Ursula through the door to Dr Z's room!

"Why me!? You guys do it!" she exclaimed as she held her arms tightly around the edges of the door to prevent herself from going through it! There were even tight cracks forming on the sides showing her tight grip on it, followed by her palms which were increasingly strained as the men kept pushing on her!

"You're the one who made that promise to Dr Z, so own up to it!"

"Yeah, it's only fair." They then said to her as she then thought about it and realised they were right.

"Oh well err….." she scratched her cheek uneasily before deciding to negotiate with them, "Okay how about this, we all go together and own up to him." she said before sweating rather anxiously about what kind of punishment they'd be facing this time around, "It's unlikely he'll forgive us or let us off the hook after we failed to deliver a promise we couldn't keep….." she then shook her head and cleared her thoughts. "But as his loyal henchmen it's only natural! So you boys in or in!?" She then yelled to them as they looked to one another in thought.

"Hmm…." As they eyed one another, they gained a small smirk as they nodded in response.

Ursula then smiled with relief but grinned deviously to herself on the inside, with the intention of selling them out and leans them alone to face Dr Z's wrath the moment they let their guard down. "Okay then, lets do this." she said as they narrowed their eyes and got ready to open the door to face Dr Z. "One, two-"

"THREE!" Zander and Ed called out without warning as they shoved inside!

"H…Hey!" she cried in alarm as the combined strength of both men threw her in without warning! She then looked up to them and glared furiously, "What was that for!?" she growled shaking a fist at them in anger.

"Just be honest, you were going to shove us in and hang us out to dry weren't you!?" said Zander folding his arms crossly as she turned pale and sweated.

"H…How'd you-" she pointed at them weakly.

"What are you 3 lugs doing in my room?" a cranky voice spoke to them as they turned their attention to Dr Z together, as they planned…..

Stepping up first, "H…Hey Dr Z…." said Ursula as she shook uncontrollably in her high heeled shoes while twiddling her fingers about, while Ed and Zander held back and swallowed hard unsure how this would turn out. "About that incredibly awesome present we promised you the other day? Well you see-"

"What is it?" he then asked cutting her off much to their surprise.

"Huh?"

Dr Z looked away from them with an uneasy expression, clearly he was conflicted on the inside, "I was thinking about how I behaved yesterday to you lot and I…." he said before gritting his teeth in anger, "Urgh I can't believe I'm saying this but…I'm sorry!" he shouted painfully, in fact being forced to utter those words was enough to tear his own heart in two.

The 3 stooges were taken aback as they gasped in bewilderment, "EH!?" They exclaimed wondering if Dr Z lost his marbles this time around in his old age.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you! There you happy now!?" he yelled at them once more as he took a calming breath, "I now see you were just trying to make me feel better and cheer me up….in your unusual and ridiculous manner….." it was then he put on an excited childish face like a kid waiting for a well deserved reward from his parents, "And so I'm looking forward to this incredible present guaranteed to blow my pants off! Do tell me what it is won't you?" he then asked as he blinked at them with innocent puppy dog like eyes.

It was at that point the alpha gang felt extremely guilty and pained on the inside, no way they could possibly tell him the truth and smash down his hopes on his most special day, no way his old heart could possibly take it this time around. But they gave him their word, and they crossed a road there was no coming back from…..

"Err…."

"Well doctor…."

"You see….." As they began beating around the bush hoping to find someway to weasel their way out this time around, their saviour came to them in the form of someone most unexpected.

"It's just been completed." said a voice from the monitor which then appeared before them.

"HUH!?" As they all looked they saw none other than Seth himself who had appeared at the most unexpected time.

"Seth?"

"Ursula, Zander and Ed here made a valuable contribution to my recent work." he said as they eyed him in confusion.

"Eh?"

"Do you have any idea what he's talking about?"

"Not a clue…." they said to one another but decided to play along with it so they wouldn't get in trouble.

"Thanks to their assistance I was able to acquire a…valuable piece of technology unlike anything we have ever seen or experienced."

Dr Z then blinked his eyes, "Oh? And what sort of machine are you talking about Seth? Do tell?" he asked as Seth smirked

"This." He then gestured to the side to reveal none other than the dinosaur shaped jet from the museum!

"Ah!"

"That's…."

"No way…." They gasped amazed that Seth was now in possession of the OOPART they worked so desperately to steal the other night and they couldn't tell how he managed to pull it off when they couldn't. Either way it was welcome relief.

"I must admit, the nature of this piece of equipment surpasses anything we have ever come across or even developed in our time." he then explained to Dr Z, "I have yet to decipher what it's origin or function is, but after taking it apart piece by piece, I found that it's power core is capable of generating immense amounts of energy which we can use."

Dr Z widened his eyes with interest upon hearing his words, "Oh?"

"Given time," Seth continued as he got to the best part, "I'll be able to integrate it into our main systems, and thanks to its components I'm able to replace nearly all the time machine's missing components, allowing it to potentially perform far better than how it was initially, which would potentially eliminate the need for anymore alpha metal mining."

"AH!" Dr Z and the alpha gang both brightened up with immense joy at the incredible news, Dr Z with seeing hope that they could time travel again in due time and the trio for not having to go out on anymore alpha metal raining excursions anymore.

"Incredible! Well done Seth!" Dr Z cheered shaking his arms out with pure joy and excitement, "Pretty soon we'll all be on our way home for good! After we capture the remaining dinosaurs that is." he then added at the end calmly before cheering his lungs out once ore, "Oh how I'll have to tell Rod and Laura about this!"

Seth nodded before turning over to the Alpha trio, "And you have them to thank for making this all possible. Isn't that right?" he then asked them as they quickly responded.

"Err y…yes of course!"

"What he said!"

"It's nothing but the truth!" They said quickly while nodding their heads off.

Dr Z turned to them and shone the brightest smile he ever had in years, one which they hadn't seen since the days of their youth, "This is the greatest present I could ever ask for! Ahahahah! Well done you 3, you did something right for once! Even I'm impressed!"

"Ahahah oh it was nothing Doctor!" Ursula laughed nervously while she blushed and scratched the back of her head.

"Anything to make you the happiest man on the planet!" Zander added clapping his hands together.

"It's the least we can do after all you've done for us." bowed Ed with respect as Dr Z continued to laugh in a jolly manner.

"Eheheheheh! This calls for celebration!" he cheered, "Tell Rod and Laura, they're free from their homework and assignments, today's all about fun and play all day!"

The alpha gang then got into full on party mode as they finally began to cut loose and celebrate as they pleased, probably was the first time in a long long while. "Woo hoo!"

"Let's crank up the music to 11! Let's get this party started!"

"Without Helga around we can finally cut loose and go wild as much as we want! Oh how I almost wish she wouldn't come back." Little did they know was that they were about to regret those words as they brought in all sorts of food from the kitchen and toys from the basement which soon began ti clutter up the halls of Zeta Point.

"Ahahahah! Today is the best day of my life!" Dr Z cheered as Seth smirked seeing his face on the monitors before switching it off.

"Heh, enjoy yourselves as much as you want short sighted fools." he chuckled to himself as he brought himself down to his computer and began typing on it, as he saw what he had on it he developed a most malicious expression on his face, "For now, the real work begins." he said to himself as the screen first depicted several components he acquired from the pod which allowed him now to harvest and extract alpha metal from the alpha gang's fallen machines and vehicles, which he had been working hard to salvage over the past few months. The metal in this devices had far more use in machines he planned to develop, and they would no longer take up space or use up any more time and resources, much like the doctor himself he believed he'll be eliminating with ease soon.

Another screen he had depicted 3 new droid model types he was also beginning to work on which was now possible with his newly acquired resources, the first being a small air type droid with small claw like arms built for carrying supplies or travelling fast, a more durable model of current droids with large heads and finally a bulky droid model with large upper body builds.

Going over what he had so far, the only remaining components he lacked were the remaining stone plates which were in the D team's possession, which will be retrieved in due time, of course there was still the matter with Cera to contend with, whom he truly acknowledged as a potential danger to his plans out of everyone he knew and encountered, but in due time he knew he'd have her dealt with after he discovers what secret she may hold with the dinosaurs, a secret that will soon be his…..

"Very soon, my vision, my destiny will be fulfilled." he said to himself as he then took out a dinosaur card which he also found was embedded inside the pod, which depicted that of a cryolophosaurus on it.

And thus concludes chapter 9. As stated this one takes place after beast or famine, and then the messes both the D team and alpha gang make from their respective parties are then found in the next episode, mesozoic mess, which I will be going over with too. I wanted to write this as a chapter to focus on Cera and help with her character development, hope I didn't disappoint.

Here sadly for Cera, Seth acquired her old timepod, and with it he'll be able to fully repair and power the time machine again in due time, wanted to address that since it wasn't in the anime, as well as how he acquires the new super alpha droids too (As well as give appearances for DS droids such as supply droids that use fukuisaurus or the droids encountered in Asia) and how he gets cryolophosaurus, which was inside the pod. Also had Seth use Spiny since he used Terry and Tank before so thought he might use the last of the alpha gang dinosaurs, also because in reference to the DS how Seth used a spinosaurus quite skilfully, and to make Spiny more of a threat when used properly. Since Spiny got hit with the most powerful elemental moves apart from gatling spark in the anime, I thought I'd have Chomp do it here to him.

Fun fact, the remote controlled mouse that Dr Z uses in mesozoic mess to sick Terry, Tank and Spiny on the Alpha trio is Rod and Laura's gift to him.

Hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned.

In response to pokemonking0924:-

Glad you enjoyed it, I enjoyed writing it up too. I don't have plans for thanksgiving but I might have one for New Years Eve.