Chapter 10
A Mesozoic Mess
As the bright sun rose over the horizon and enveloped Sanjo City in its warming radiance, Cera woke up feeling rather cheery after the party she and the others had over at the Taylor's the other night, considering they were willing to throw her an authentic birthday party for both her and Miku it was something she'd never forget for a long time, and made her feel all the more appreciative and blessed to be part of their family. Nevertheless, as she looked out the window, feeling positive as always, she didn't want to feel entitled or take it all for granted as she turned around to see her now messed up bed and she folded her arms intending to do something about it.
After cleaning up and changing out of her pyjamas into her morning attire she got to work on making her bed and tiding up her bedroom, from arranging the things at her table and ensuring all dust was swept out of the tightest nooks and crannies. As she finally dumped the last scoop of dust init the waste bin, she folded her arms pleased with herself and her accomplishments, "Phew! There all done." she breathed patting herself on the back knowing she did a job well done.
Her door then opened as she turned to see who it was, "Hey Cera good morning." a rather cheerful Zoe sang as she stepped in. As she looked around she then covered her mouth taken aback slightly, expecting it to be a little messy at least, "Wow, this place looks neat and sparkly." she complimented looking around, not seeing even a trace of dust on the books or desk.
Cera smiled feeling honoured, "Thanks, I make sure to clean up after myself pretty much every day now." she said as Zoe smiled back.
"That's sweet of you, though you didn't really need to you know." she said.
"I may be a guest in your home," Cera then shook her head, "But it's still your house and your rules, I can't just keep imposing on you guys all the time right? That'd be just rude and inconsiderate." she said as Zoe was then at a loss for words at her roommate's selfless and considerate behaviour, "Also, this is kinda like thanks for the birthday party you all threw for me yesterday, I just wanted to show you guys how much I appreciate it and that I care." she concluded as Zoe nearly hung her jaw unable to respond back properly to her.
"Wow Cera, a lot of people sure could learn a thing or 2 from you about being responsible." she breathed before smiling herself feeling lucky, "Especially Max and Rex for sure…." She then muttered under her breath with a pout wishing they'd do the same once in a while.
"Oh I'm sure anyone would have done the same." Cera responded, "It's only natural, pitching in to help your parents out with the cleaning now and then, it just shows you appreciate them and aren't taking them for granted. I'm sure even Max and Rex do the same right? In fact, I'm sure they're taking good care of home while Aki's out in Spain as we speak." she said.
Zoe turned silent at her last sentence much to Cera's confusion. It was then she began to snicker, failing miserably at holding in her amusement before she exploded into uncontrollable laughter, "Pfft! Hahahahahaha!" she giggled while covering the top of her face.
Cera blinked her eyes in confusion, "Did I say something wrong?" she then asked as Zoe managed to catch her breath and her laughter began to slow.
"Oh! Sorry sorry it's just…..Ahahahah! Sorry I can't help it!" she cried out, "It's just the thought of Max and Rex actually being responsible is just hilarious! Ahahahah! Oh I can't stop myself!"
"Huh? Really? They can't possibly be that bad can they?" Cera then asked as Zoe finally managed to get ahold of herself.
"Hee hee, how about I let you in on something Cera? Just between you and me." she said looking around to make sure they were completely alone in the room, before narrowing her eyes seriously into the red haired girl's, "But you have to promise not to tell anyone, especially not Mrs taylor got it?" she asked seriously as Cera sweated feeling anxious.
"Umm….my lips are sealed?"
"Excellent, now listen here." After that Zoe began to retell the incident that happened several weeks back, when they went out to rescue a maiasaura and how the boys had left the house as messy as a pigsty since the last time Aki left on holiday, and boy did Cera take it as a revelation….as she stared speechlessly at something she didn't think was possible.
"Oh…..never thought they'd be such slobs….." was all she could say in response.
"Heh, that's exactly the reason why they need people like us," said Zoe patting her on the back, "Otherwise they'd be living in a garbage dump for a home with all sorts of creepy crawly guests like roaches or even rats!" she exclaimed as Cera began to cover her mouth to hod, back her own laughter.
"Guess it's a good thing we're nothing like them huh?" she said through her covered mouth as Zoe closed her eyes and grinned in agreement.
"Yup, totally."
They both then laughed together over the helplessness of the boys while heading downstairs, and after having breakfast with their partners, their dinoshot and dinoholder at the desk began to flash red indicating the appearance of a new dinosaur.
"Well, looks like duty calls again." said Cera cheerfully as she picked up her dinoshot followed by Zoe grabbing her dinoholder which lay next to it and they both headed outside with their partners in tow, Paris carrying Miku on her back.
After arriving at the lab and meeting up with the rest of the boys, Reese had just managed to finish pinpointing its exact location, and boy was it a surprise for everyone, "A dinosaur just showed up in Barcelona?" Max asked curiously, "That's where mom is!"
Upon hearing the news Dr Taylor's eyes glistened brightly with joy, "It has to be a sign!" he proclaimed raising his arms out to the sky before clapping them together, "Now I know Aki and I were meant for each other."
Seeing him acting all lovey dovey over his wife was beginning to make the 4 kids nauseous as they squinted their eyes at him with no comment.
"Yeah well we better get going." Zoe then stated as the others nodded with her in agreement.
"Right."
As they began to head for the teleport, Dr Taylor then widened his eyes and reached his hand out for them, "Wait!" he cried as they stopped right upon the teleporter and Reese was only 1 button away from activating it. "Kids don't you think you ought to take me along this time!?" he cried before blushing and jiggling with glee, "Your mom probably misses me a lot!"
They all eyed him awkwardly, most of all Max who couldn't believe his dad was acting like a goofball at his age, "Err I think she'll probably be okay." he said.
"Not to mention you can't come since you don't have a stone or card….sadly…." Cera added at the end feeling kinda regretful he always missed out on some of the greatest adventures ever.
Sighing momentarily, Dr Taylor then patted his fist into his palm upon realising something else he could do, "Alright then, I'll write her a letter! Give me a second!" he said as Max groaned in dismay.
"Awww…."
"But we don't even know where she is…." Rex pointed out as Zoe smiled back at them brightly.
"Come on it's for true love, it's the least we can do." she said as Cera nodded with her in agreement.
"It's been a while since she gave you guys a phone call, might as well let her know that you're all doing fine." she said as the boys found no way to respond to their logic.
"Err…."
A while had passed when Dr Taylor finally managed to scramble together a sheet of paper and a pen with appropriate ink levels to use, along with a suitable sized envelope. But after that it still took him several minutes to put together and find the words he wanted, as the boys began showing signs of impatience such as shoe tapping or shaking restlessly.
"Umm Dr Taylor, as admirable as your love is for mom, we don't exactly have all day you know?" said Rex as Dr Taylor cringed upon realisation of his holding them up.
"I know I know, I'm almost finished!" he cried out as he sweated profusely coming to the last few lines, "Which words to use….oh I'll just use both! There! Done!" he said proudly as Max and Rex sighed with relief that it was over at last. Though they both felt a little grossed out when Spike even gave the envelope a smooch after he sealed it shut, much tot he girls' amusement. "Now Max, promise you'll get this to her." he said handing the letter shakily as his son took it. Side note if he did see her there he'd have to explain quite a lot to her on how he ended up where she was now.
"Okay okay….sheesh…." he groaned lowing his head in dismay with Rex looking on awkwardly and Zoe and Cera smiling for them.
"Oh! And tell her to bring me back a pair of those bullfighter pants okay!?" Dr Taylor cried out waving to them as the teleport glowed.
Upon hearing his words, Cera frowned, "Bullfighting pants? Really? That's really bad mojo…." she muttered under her breath before she and the others vanished.
Very soon the D team arrived in an open street as they looked around and took in the sights, "Whoa so this is Barcelona." Max breathed in amazement.
"What a beautiful city…" Zoe said in awe.
"Agreed…" Cera nodded seeing so many happy people going bout their daily affairs without a worry in the world, "Sure wish we could enjoy the sights and appreciate the time while we're at it." she then added as she folded her arms.
"We can, AFTER we get the dinosaur." said Rex seriously as the others looked at him with frowns, as if he was some sort of party pooper….though he did have a good point.
"Fair enough…." said Cera, "Besides, a dinosaur causing a panic sure would spoil the mood." she added at the end as they set off on their dinosaur hunt. As they passed by and turned into another intersection, Miku looked around the back from Cera's shoulder before noticing 3 ladies passing by, 1 of them with short brown hair. After blinking her eyes and shaking her head she looked again to see that she was gone, before shrugging it off thinking it couldn't be possibly Aki, and looking onward with Cera.
While on the hunt, Cera decided to enjoy whatever sights they did come across and the first one happened to be one she didn't quite enjoy, "The coliseum." Cera said seriously as she looked up at it from a distance with the others.
"That's where they have all the bullfights." Max breathed in awe as Zoe looked on with disapproval.
"I would never go to one of those, I think bullfighting is really cruel." she said as Cera nodded with her.
"I agree on that."
Max turned to them feeling offended somewhat, "Hey, it's an ancient tradition."
"Well there should be change then." Cera responded as Rex sighed wishing it were true.
"If only it was that easy." Without warning, as a pair of matadors walked along the street, one of them flashed a red cape which caused Chomp, Ace and Paris to bark and run crazy towards it!
"Whoa!"
"Paris get back here!" Zoe cried out.
Cera saw Miku was flaring up her feathers and hissing agitatedly, "Get inside Miku!" she said hiding the little dinosaur inside her hair so she couldn't see.
"Get these animals away from me!" the matador carrying the cape gasped as he waved it in alarm and it only seemed to agitate the 3 dinosaurs all the more!
"That red flag is driving them crazy just like it does with the bulls!" Max cried.
"Then we'd better get them away from it!" Rex gritted his teeth as they grabbed onto their dinosaurs and quickly dragged them out and away before things escalated any further!
A little while later they paid a visit to yet another frequently visited site at Barcelona, one which Max took great interest in as he laid eyes upon it, "So this is Sagrada Familia?"
"Yeah it's really famous." Zoe answered, "Antonio Gaodes started building it over a century ago and it's still not finished.
"Wow, he must be really old…" Max commented as Cera sweat dropped in response.
"That's one way of putting it….." she laughed nervously.
Meanwhile Rex paid his the sights no attention as he still kept his senses on high alert while looking all round them. Seeing no clues or any commotion he narrowed his eyes confirming they were in the wrong place, "Still no sign of any dinosaurs, we should look somewhere else…." he said as the others reluctantly followed him to a large fancy set of stairs where an attractive dinosaur fountain was.
Zoe and Max both took interest in it as they edged in for a closer look, "I've gotta get a picture of this."
"Yeah me too." they said taking out their phones for a picture.
Rex scowled with annoyance as he stomped right over to where they were, "Hey!" he cried out surprising them, "Just in case you guys forgot, we didn't come here to sightsee."
As they frowned in disappointment, Cera decided to step in to back them up, "True, but we still hold enjoy life while we can." she said, "It's not everyday we get to visit another country so easily while everyone else works so hard to earn enough for a single trip." As she finished, a large explosion sound could be heard not far from where they were, catching their attention!
Roar!
"And of course there's a time for duty." she then said at the end seriously as they ran up to a higher spot for a better look. As they all looked closer they saw a massive cloud of dust erupt from the streets across them, and Cera narrowed her eyes knowing this had to be a large dinosaur. As it cleared, her suspicions were confirmed as a light blue dinosaur with red crests emerged and roared ferociously!
"It's an allosaurus and it's going nuts!" Rex gasped as they all looked on.
"That would be an understatement….." Cera then commented seriously as the big carnivore snarled and rushed onwards towards the town's national symbol and pride!
Zoe checked on her guidebook checking the maps and her expression confirmed Cera's worries, "Oh no, it looks like it's heading right for the Sagrada Familia…." she said as they all turned to her in alarm.
"What!?"
The locals looked on in sadness and horror as the vicious dinosaur closed in on their precious symbol of their culture, "Our national treasure…."
"Cannot somebody stop it?"
"I can't bear to watch…" They all said around the D team, who decided to take action to protect their livelihood.
Taking the initiative, Max retuned Chomp to a card, "We'll stop it! Dino slash! Go triceratops! Roar!" he cried out as the large triceratops appeared before them with a loud roar! "Alright Chomp, you've gotta protect that building!" Max ordered as his partner roared and launched himself towards the ground and charged full speed towards the ravenous carnivore! Racing as hard as he could, he managed to catch up with the allosaurus and pull it back by the tail!
"Way to go Chomp!" Zoe cheered but to their horror the smaller dinosaur seemed to be dragging Chomp along overpowering him!
"Huh!?" They all looked on in horror as the carnivore began to swing Chomp round and round before shaking him off effortlessly and throwing him straight into the very building they were hoping to protect! "NOOOOO!" Chomp's massive body punched a hole straight through the historical building which caused the entire structure to collapse ontop of him much to everyone's horror!
Max gritted his teeth seriously, "We'd better go check on Chomp!" he said rushing off first as the others called back their dinosaurs and raced towards the scene! With several angry locals in tow as well….
As the dust cleared, Max found Chomp lying down weakly amongst the rubble as he came to his side, "Chomp! Are you okay!?" he gasped as the ceratopsian looked to him groggily, still haven't been able to recover from the enormous building's fall on him…..
"For such a lightly built dinosaur it sure packs a lot of power." Cera noted, clearly underestimating its strength and knowing it'd make things that much harder…..
Her throughs were soon interrupted as an angry voice yelled out to them, "Look what you've done!"
"You've ruined the cultural landmark!" They yelled furiously as they began throwing stones out at them!
"Wait stop it!" Max cried out as they he and the other D team members tried to hold out their hands or shield themselves from the incoming stones! Fortunately or unfortunately they didn't have to worry for long as the allosaurus turned around and faced them all with a vicious roar! Sending the crowd into a panic as they ran off screaming in terror!
"AAAAAHHHH!"
"Run for your lives!"
"Every man for himself!" They all cried as wind picked up around the ravenous dinosaur as it rushed ahead at Chomp at full speed!
Cera and Miku widened their eyes as they yelled out to the others, "Oh no! We'd better clear out now!"
"Ah!" As they all quickly ran out of the way, the carnivore spun around Chomp too fast for him to see before striking him repeatedly on all sides and leaving the wounded triceratops to collapse froths wounds!
"Chomp no!" Max cried as his partner cried out in pain before turning back into a card. Victorious, the allosaurus sniffed the air hungrily before rushing off in another direction down the street.
"There it goes again!" Zoe pointed out as Max went to reclaim Chomp's card!
Rex gritted his teeth, "After it!" he yelled as the others took off.
Before following them, Cera stopped to eye the ruins of the once great Sagrada Familia, as the sight of its in pieces made her freeze and shake in horror, as a flashback coursed through her mind, as she pictured a large group of dinosaurs including a monoclonius, indosuchus and abelisaurus along with packs of pink velociraptors and swarms of pteranodons of different colours swooped in from the sky and began attacking a small town where its people ran about screaming in terror and how they left the place in ruins. Each large dinosaur also had a certain crest like symbol on their forehead and sides as they reared up and roared in anger, as a much younger Cera hid behind a corner covering her head crying in fear! She shook intensely and tensed so much she didn't realise the others had left her behind and she lost track of her surroundings. Even Miku nipping at her ear or nudging her couldn't snap her out of her faze, as she tried hard to wake her partner up but to no avail. Ironically, it was the sound of the allosaurus' roar soon which was able to wake her up from her daydreaming. Shaking her head clear and focusing on the fact she couldn't let it continue to roam wild and free, she quickly followed the rest of the D team, with Miku eyed her with concern.
As they only barely managed to see glimpses of its tail turn through corners in the blink of an eye, Max could only deduce 1 conclusion from observing. "Man it's fast, no doubt we'll need Ace if we're going to stand a chance of keeping up with it." he grunted.
"On that note I agree." Rex replied in agreement as they saw it trust its head through a store as it began munching on large sticks of ham, before running off in another direction down the street.
"He's really hungry that's for sure….." Cera commented, knowing at this rate it could decimate the town's meat supply in a matter of days.
"Whoa! I wonder where it's off too now." said Max seriously as it scampered off.
As Rex looked in the direction it was heading off in, he widened his eyes, "To the meat shop!" he cried out as they all hurried! As they arrived at the entrance they saw a pair of female customers along with a female butcher run out of the store in a fright, knowing they hit the right place. As they came closer, Cera widened her eyes at their dumb luck, a familiar woman was staring straight into the eyes of the allosaurus, frozen in place out of shock and fear.
"Max look!" Cera pointed out as they came closer, "Is that who I think it is?"
"It's my mom!" he cried.
"It looks like she saw the dinosaur and froze in her tracks!" Rex pointed out as he began to panic like the others, knowing one wrong move would spell utter disaster.
Cera placed a hand to her chin in troubled through, "What do we do now? This can get really complicated….." she said uneasily.
Max gritted his teeth as he acted on instinct and shouted out, "Hey mom! Run away!" he yelled catching her attention.
"Hmm?" She turned to him surprised, "Well hi Max….."
Cera swallowed hard in response as she saw them all together, "This is….awkward…." she said.
Aki didn't have much time to react as the breathing of warm air on her face made her turn back to the ravenous allosaurus, which roared fiercely at her as she fainted unconsciously.
"We've got to hurry before she becomes dessert!" Cera then cried out in alarm as the dinosaur began helping itself to several hams that were just above Max's mom.
Looking around Rex saw something he could use, "I've got an idea!" he gasped as he ran to the side and grabbed a large ham, "Look over here allosaurus! This one's much bigger!" he yelled out to the beast courageously!
"Huh!?" Cera widened her eyes in shock as the allosaurus turned and snapped up the ham with little effort. As it did it raised its claws out and moved slowly towards Rex hungry for more! "Are you crazy!?" Cera gasped unsure whether to think Rex was either brave or just plain crazy!
He then turned to her with a serious expression, "Well what other choice do we have!?" he yelled as Cera gritted her teeth standing corrected.
"Urgh….okay fine, just be careful." she said with concern.
Rex quickly turned to Max as the allosaurus neared them, "Get your mum while I distract him!" he yelled.
"Good idea!"
"I'll help you!" Cera followed as they ran out of the carnivore's way, which paid them no mind as it focused on Rex who had gotten hold of another large ham.
"Come and get it allosaurus!" He said as he and Zoe ran off in the distance luring further away from their friends.
"Is she alright?" Max asked Cera as she looked closer.
"Hmm…." narrowing her eyes and checking her pulse she smiled at ease before looking ton the brunette, "She's just fainted, don't worry, she isn't hurt in anyway." she said as Max let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew that's a relief….." he breathed wiping away the sweat from his brow. Noticing a bench nearby he then reached for his mom's legs, "Come on, help me get her onto that bench there."
"Mhmm." Cera nodded as she hoisted Aki from the front side and they both rested her gently there while she was still out.
After setting her down, Max sat back down panting for air, "Urgh….she's kinda heavy….." she gasped as Cera eyed him seriously.
"You'd better not say that when she wakes up, you know how sensitive women can be when it comes to weight." she said as he gulped at her serious expression.
"Will keep that in mind." he nodded as he rested down and gasped for some air, before suddenly remembering something important, "Oh, I'd better not forget this otherwise dad would fossilise me." he said quickly reaching into his front hip pack before taking out the love letter his father asked him to give. He then settled it down nicely next to his mom and he and Cera both smiled knowing she would be in for a lovely surprise once she wakes up.
"Guys! We've got trouble!" A voice called out to them both. As they turned they saw both Rex and Zoe hurry back to them rather frantically, and without the ham or allosaurus it didn't seem like a good sign...
"Huh? What sort of trouble?" Cera asked as they panted with exhaustion before answering.
"It's Rod and Laura! They showed up and stole the ham from us!" Rex answered as Max and Cera both gasped in alarm!
"Huh!?"
"Along with allosaurus' attention!" Zoe followed while Max clenched his fist in frustration.
"Grr those rats! Always getting in the way….." he grunted with annoyance.
Cera then looked to everyone else unsure of what to do herself, as she then asked hoping for suggestions, "So what now?"
Thinking it over quickly an assessing the situation, Rex soon came up with a rather daring and risky but also desperate plan in mind as he said to them, "Actually, I think might know what we can do." he said as he had the others lean in and he whispered to them.
Whisper Whisper
"Well what do you guys think?" he then asked as they nodded feeling confident about it.
"Mhmm! Sounds like a plan!"
"I'm all for it!"
"Me too!" They all said as Rex nodded in response.
"Alright, let's hurry, we might not have much time left." He said as they quickly spread out to get what they needed.
After a while of hard work, preparations soon came along perfectly as everyone did their parts.
"This will work perfect!" Max called out yanking off a large red tarp from above a canopy.
Zoe then ran in with 4 large hams and settled them down at the tarp's corners, "You think 4 of these hams will do?" she asked.
"Yeah, we'll tie them together with this!" Rex answered after getting a piece of rope to tie to the tarp! After they all finished tying them together, Rex then took out his dinosaur card, "Dino slash! Carnotaurus! Blow them away!" Ace appeared in his full sized form with a roar, as he lowered his head down his mouth began to water upon sight of the hams tied to the tarp! He began to snap at them, only to be stopped by Rex who got in his way, "Whoa whoa Ace stop! We need those hams!" he cried waving his arms out as Ace grunted. Seeing his disappointment, Rex moved in to stroke his head gently, "Listen, once we're done you can have as much as you like, okay?" he asked. Thinking it over, Ace then gave his friend a nod of reassurance as the others smiled pleased to see him be reasonable. "Thanks buddy."
Cera suddenly rushed in with a full sized Miku on her shoulder, "I found the allosaurus!" she called out as the others brightened up.
"Good job Cera!" Max praised, "So where is it?"
"It's at a construction site not far from here," she answered pointing out the entrance to the butcher's, "Right now it seems to be in a fight with Spiny." she then added as the D team were taken back in alarm.
"Spiny!?"
"So the alpha gang are going to beat us to the card before we have everything ready!?" Rex and Zoe gasped.
"Rats!" Max grunted punching into his hand with frustration.
Cera shook her head in response, "Not quite, that allosaurus seems to be holding its own pretty well," she feeling confident on who would emerge victorious, "In fact it's got a pretty powerful move of its own, I'd be more worried about Spiny."
They then breathed out in relief, "Phew."
"That's good to know."
"Either way the battle will be over soon, so we'd better get Ace ready as soon as we can!" she then said as they became serious.
"Right!"
"Okay guys, now help me get this on him." said Rex as the 4 of them were then able to spread the tarp over Ace well, till he wore it like a toreador cape, which Cera had to admit made him look rather smart.
"Looking good….." she said as Ace growled feeling happy to be praised, "I also had Miku do a little perimeter check, the best place we can fight to prevent any more collateral damage or endanger anymore innocents would be….." she then paused feeling a bit guilty to admit there was only 1 place they could use to ensure the wild dinosaur couldn't escape and they could fight at their fullest, "The bull fighting coliseum….."
Zoe turned rather sour before shaking her head, "We don't really have any other choice."
"Well we'll just have to make the best with what we've got." said Rex in turn while Max nodded.
"Mhmm." Eying Ace, it was a miracle he wasn't trying to snap at the hams or at the tarp itself like he was earlier with Chomp and Paris, "Let's be glad he isn't being driven nuts himself…."
Rex then walked up to his partner and patted him with encouragement, "Alright Ace, you know what to do! Go get em!" he said as Ace roared and took off.
As they prepared to follow, Cera held herself back at the last second to see Aki was still lying at the bench and she looked with concern, "You sure it's alright to just leave her there?" she asked as the others turned to stop.
Eying her, Max then smiled, "Mom's tougher than she looks, don't worry, besides it'll get way more complicated if she woke up to find us here instead of home right?" he said as Cera gave it some thought before agreeing with him.
"You make a good point there." After that she then thought to herself before asking curiously, "By the way Max, is Chomp still able to fight?"
Taking out his dinoholder and checking his partner while still in card form, the dinoholder displayed his energy levels were still very low and in the red, "Not really, he still looks pretty banged up from that last fight…." he said shaking his head.
"I see…." Placing a finger to her chin in thought she then opened her eyes already having a backup solution, "In that case." she turned to Zoe who was standing nearby, "Zoe, may I borrow Paris for a little while?"
She blinked her eyes in surprise at the sudden request, "Huh Paris? Why?"
"To buy you guys some time," Cera answered, "Ace will need your support so in the meantime I'll keep Rod and Laura busy, no way they're just going to sit back and let us do as we please right?"
Zoe thought about it and saw there was logic in her words, "I see what you mean." She then looked up with concern and some mild insecurity over entrusting her partner over to Cera, "But, will you be able to take them both on by yourself?" Even though they were friends she was planning to do something rather drastic and that didn't inspire much confidence in her."
Cera though smiled by with reassurance, "Don't worry about me," she said before winking, "In fact I have a secret weapon I've been hoping to use for sometime now, and I can't think of any other better time than now." she answered, but before they could ask she quickly cut them off, "I'd tell you more but then it'd be a little too long. Just trust me please."
Eyeing her dinoholder and seeing the determination in Cera's eyes, Zoe then nodded in response, "Alright…." she said taking out Paris' dinosaur card and entrusting it over to her, "Promise me you'll take care of her okay?"
Cera nodded firmly, "I will. Now go!" she said.
"Mhmm." Zoe nodded firmly as she then hurried off after Ace and the boys.
After they left, Cera looked to Miku who was on her shoulder, who let out a firm chirp before her expression turned serious, "Alright it's time I did my part." she said as she ran out in another direction.
At the construction site, the allosaurus managed to throw Spiny off balance and he landed ontop of the Alpha Trio, squashing them flat as he returned to card form! It roared ferociously, though it's victory was interrupted as Ace ran in, flashing the red cape and hams tied to it before running in the direction of the coliseum, prompting the hungry predator to change after it!
"Hey! It's getting away again!" Rod gasped, "And now they're stealing it from us!" he then gritted his teeth noticing that the 4 hams the D team had were more of an effective magnet than the one ham they had.
"After them quick!" Laura pointed as they prepared to zoom after them!
Before they could though, a voice stopped them, "I don't think so!"
"Huh!?" Leaping into their path was Cera as she held out her arms stretched out with a firm expression on her face, "You'll have to get through us first!" she yelled taking out a card, "Dino slash! Spring up Parasaurolophus!" Upon slashing the card Paris appeared in full size before the 2 alpha kids and roared out at them!
They were taken aback by surprise before they both smirked with confidence, "Oh? So you think you can take us both on by yourself?" Laura giggled in amusement, "Hee hee! You've got guts I'll give you that."
Rod closed his eyes and smirked, "Heh, fine we'll play with you a bit, I'm sure we can spare a few seconds." he said confidently as he and his sister took out a pair of dinosaur cards and slashed them!
"Alpha Slash!"
"Blaze Tyrannosaurus!"
"Shake em up Saichania!" Both their dinosaurs appeared on the field which caused the sky to change multicoloured as a result.
"We were hoping to bag that allosaurus but you'll do just fine." said Laura.
"With you out of the way we'll have 1 less pest to worry about." Rod snapped his fingers as Cera narrowed her eyes seeing the 2 powerful opponents she was faced with.
"We'll see about that." she said before punching forward, "Let's go!" she cried out as Paris roared and charged ahead! In response Terry let out a ferocious growl as he charged and they both collided heads together and began pushing against each other till Terry slowly began to overpower the grass dinosaur, her legs dragging back against the ground as she slowly began to lose ground!
"Hang in there Paris! Don't give up!" Cera cheered for her as Paris held firmly and tired her hardest to push back! Out of nowhere though, Tank rushed in and grazed at Paris' side with her spines causing her to roar in pain before Terry sent her back flying with the swipe of his tail! "No!" Cera cried out as she struggled to get back up, with Terry and Tank closing in on her.
Rod grinned while his sister laughed out, "Haha! It's 2 against 1, there's no way you stand a chance!" she said as Tank went up to Paris and raised out her tail ready to bring it down on her!
To their surprise though, Cera instead smirked, "Whoever said it was 2 vs 1?"
The siblings blinked, "Huh?"
"What are you talking about?" They then asked in confusion.
"This!" she answered shooting her arm out, "Go Miku! Power siphon!" The young microraptor appeared out from behind Paris and let out a screech while flaring her wings, surprising Tank as she jumped back! It was at that split second moment Miku jumped forwards and latched onto Tank's face as she glowed brightly, her aura enveloping the saichania who then thrashed about and cried in pain!
"Tank!" Laura cried out.
"What the!?" Rod gasped taken aback, "Did she use that parasaurolophus as cover for her microraptor?" he then gritted his teeth realising they had walked right into her trap! With Tank off balance and distracted, Paris saw her chance to get back up as Terry rushed in roaring viciously and baring his fangs! She quickly countered though by letting loose a sound blast from her crest which drove him back, he roared in pain while shaking his head clear in disorientation.
Meanwhile Tank attempted to remove her parasitic hitchhiker as she raised her tail and prepared to slam it down! Reacting quickly, Miku jumped off in time as the saichania's tail club hit dead on her forehead as she groaned groggily, knocking herself out cold! Seizing the chance, Miku climbed back onto the now unconscious ankylosaur as she glowed brightly again, tapping into her host's brain stem with parasitic perch! After that, Tank's eyes opened, only now they glowed red as she let out a loud roar in anger!
Cera smirked seeing it was now finished, "That's it! Now let him have it!" she called out as Tank turned around and began charging at Terry who was still recovering from Paris' sound attack! Running straight ahead she delivered a huge swipe with her tail to his chest, knocking him backwards as he groaned in pain! She didn't let up as she delivered another swift blow to his head before finally sweeping him over with he tail once more and causing him to crash down!
Rod widened his eyes and gasped, "Gah! Laura what are you doing!?" he yelled in anger as he turned to his sister, who was frantically pressing buttons on her alpha scanner.
"It's not me!" she cried out sweating anxiously, "I've lost control of Tank! That raptor's brainwashed her or something!" she said as Rod gritted his teeth and shook his fist in anger at Cera!
"Grrr! That's just low! Turning our friends against one another!" he yelled.
Cera raised an eyebrow at his statement, "I'm low? You guys are ones to talk!" she then yelled back, "Going through lengths to experiment on dinosaurs and using them against their will! I'm here to make sure you don't hurt anymore innocent dinosaurs!" Tank then snarled as she put herself between Terry and Paris, shifting her side and swinging her tail out at the T rex, waring him off while Paris held back to recuperate.
Her strategy had the siblings completely stumped knowing they'd lose either way, "I can't afford to use a move card otherwise I'd end up hurting either Tank or Terry….." Laura shook intensely.
"And I can't afford to have Terry attack Tank when we need her…." Rod gritted his teeth with frustration as Tank began roaring and charging at Terry!
"Tch! Looks I've got no choice now…." Laura hissed under her breath as she pressed a button to return Tank to her hand card form, leaving Miku to land down on the ground now without a host before the monstrous Terry who loomed over her! "Sorry Rod…." she said to her brother as Rod nodded understandably.
"It's fine Laura, I can handle this myself!" he yelled before pointing out, "Go Terry! Pay her back for what she did to Tank!" Terry roared ferociously as he raised his foot prepared to crush her under!
The young raptor screeched in terror but Cera wasn't about to have any of it, "Miku quick get back!" she yelled recalling her partner like Laura did to her hand, as the tyrannosaurus' foot stomped down and cracked the ground!
Rod snapped his finger in frustration, "A lucky escape but you can be sure won't happen again!" he yelled defiantly as he slashed a move card, "Take her down Terry! Neck crusher!" Terry roared after glowing with the move card and he charged towards Paris with the intent of finishing her off!
"I promised Zoe I wouldn't let anything happen to Paris, and I intend to keep that promise!" Cera then yelled taking out the secret weapon she had been saving for this moment, "Go super impact!" She yelled slashing the ultimate grass move card! As a result Paris roared out rearing up on her legs being surrounded by an aura of leaves! Before long a massive supersaurus erupted behind her which reared up on its legs towering up and letting out a huge bellow shaking the earth itself!
Rod and Laura both looked up in awe and shock to see their new foe presented before them, "Whoa!"
"No way!"
Even Terry himself paced back nervously, cancelling his own attack as the enormous sauropod crashed back down on the ground, the shockwaves nearly knocking him off balance. It then lowered its head gently and nuzzled Paris, encouraging her that it was safe as she leapt onto its head before it swung her straight out at Terry! The red t rex had no time to react as Paris collided straight at the front of him! He tried his best to stand his ground but the force of the throw along with Paris shredding at his underside eventually caused him to give way as he was knocked backwards over the alpha duo to their shock!
"Terry!" They gasped in alarm as he crashed several feet away, before letting out a roar in pain and returning to card form.
Cera smirked and gave a wink to the troubled duo, "And that's game." she said.
They both turned to her with displeased expressions, "Hey! That's just not fair!" Laura whined.
She however smirked back at them, "Since you guys claim that the cards were all yours in the beginning, guess you shouldn't have made them to be that powerful to begin with. I'm just using them that's all." she said shrugging her shoulders while also referencing them back to when they had their velociraptors. The fact she used their own words against them was rubbing salt in their wounds as they both swore under their breath.
"Urgh….we'll get you back for this!"
"Yeah! This isn't over!" They yelled cursingly before speeding off away in the distance on their scooter.
As they disappeared from sight, Cera returned Miku to her chibi form who perched on her shoulder. After she chirped into her ear, Cera replied, "Maybe there is good in them somewhere huh Miku?" she said as the raptor chirped again, having remembered how Laura was unwilling to have Tank or Terry hurt each other, showing they truly did care for their own dinosaurs at least despite what they did to others, "Let's just hope they make the right choice next time….." she thought to herself feeling hopeful in their potential for change.
"Urgh…my head hurts…." a voice behind them groaned catching their ears. As they turned to look they saw the alpha trio slowly coming too, as they groggily and unsteadily came to their feet.
"I feel like a mountain just fell on me…." Ed groaned rubbing his forehead as Zander stumbled about and nearly face planted after suffering several injuries all over him due to Spiny crushing them just now under his weight!
Ursula narrowed her eyes crankily at them, as if she had woken up from a bad night while covered in bruises, "Just be grateful we can still move, last thing I want to end up like is bedridden like Dr Z….." she muttered as the others groaned with her in agreement. They soon felt deep heavy breathing blow on them, which made them blink in confusion, "Eh?" Turning around they widened their eyes and jumped to see Paris in full size who roared at them together with supersaurus who was still present as they both stared down on the 3 defenceless humans! "EEEEKKKK!"
"You guys looking for a fight too?" Cera then asked as she folded one arm and raised an eyebrow at them.
They widened their eyes and stumbled back upon sight of her, "Gah! N…No no of course not!" Ed cried out.
"We're just enjoying the sights here in Spain, not looking for any trouble at all!" Zander quivered before Ursula brought him and Ed together in her arms in a headlock!
"In fact we were just about finished and ready to leave!" she then turned to them both menacingly as they paled upon sight of her, "Right boys!?" she growled as they nodded frantically in response.
"Y…yeah that's right we're leaving now!" They each said before turning around, "So we'll just be getting out of your faces! Bye!" They cried out scurrying off in the direction Rod and Laura both left in, "Rod! Laura! Take us home with you!" Their pleasing cries echoed as they soon disappeared out of sight.
"Figures….." Cera said shaking her head in disapproval before returning supersaurus to card size. After that she smiled pleased at Paris, "You did great out there. Good job." she said to the green dinosaur who let out a happy cry and stomped her foot with pleasure, "Hey I know, why not we be partners too huh?" she then asked jokingly as Paris then reared up on her hind legs in surprise! Miku as well looked to Cera in alarm before she bonked her own head playfully, "I'm just kidding. Can't you both take a joke?" They both seemed to eye her rather seriously as she chuckled in amusement at their reactions earlier, "Hehehe….Now to get you back to Zoe." she said returning her to card form.
Looking up at the sky she could still see it was still multicoloured above, which could mean only 1 thing, "Looks like there's still a battle going on at the coliseum, better see who the others are doing." As she hurried along in the direction of the arena, she had only just stepped through the front entrance when the skies cleared and returned to normal, and she arrived at the stands to see Ace gorging himself on the 4 hams that were tied to the red tarp with great delight, which was great since he came out on top in the end, though Cera couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed for missing out on the action, "Oh, looks like it's over now…..shame…." Nevertheless she still smiled and clapped for them as they all turned to her after hearing her, "Great work you guys." she said to them pressingly.
"Hey Cera," Max waved after Rex recalled Ace to a card, "So how did things go?" he asked as she held her head up and smirked with confidence.
"Nothing I couldn't handle." She said before turning to Zoe, "Oh and here you go." she said returning Paris' card to her.
"Thanks Cera." she said smiling at her back.
"Told you I kept my promise." said Cera before reaching into her pocket and plucking out a card, "Oh and you should take this too."
As Zoe took it she widened her eyes in surprise at it, "Whoa it's super impact!" she gasped as the others came to look too.
"Is this the secret weapon you were talking about?" asked Rex looking to her as Max grinned.
"No wonder you were so confident it'd work." he said, "You really did think things through for us huh?"
Cera nodded in response, "I always do." what she didn't tell them though was that at the back of her mind was that she had a mild flashback of a rather uneasy vision….one she couldn't quite understand or describe, and she probably didn't want to at all….
"Well since were done here we might as well head back, it's time for dinner too." said Max snapping her out of her thoughts, "Not to mention mom's going to be back soon this evening, we'd better make sure everything's nice and-" before he could finish his sentence, both he and Rex passed realising they hadn't cleaned the house yet, and no way could they count on dad having done any of the housework at all since they left…..looking to one another they nodded before looking to both Cera and Zoe together.
"Umm Zoe and Cera?"
The 2 girls raised an eyebrow at them, "Hmm?"
"Think you could help us with one teensie little favour when we get home?" asked Max as he motioned with his fingers while he and Rex both put on rather innocent smiles and puppy dog faces at them both, which only seemed to make them more uneasy instead.
Zoe sweat dropped as the teleporter light began around them, "Why are you smiling at us like that?" she asked as Cera soon realised they were trying to butter them up so they'd help with cleaning up, fat chance of that happening.
"If you're thinking what we are thinking, you can just forget it." She and Zoe both scowled at the boys who then lowered themselves forward and frowned in disappointment.
"Awww….." they whined as they vanished.
(The next day)
Later that night, Aki took her flight home at around sunset at Barcelona and due to the time difference between Spain and Japan, she arrived home late in the evening back in Sanjo City. When her family came up to greet her, Max, Spike and Rex most grateful of all to see her, she then told her family everything while they sat around Spike's campfire including having strangely seen Max in Spain the other day.
It was then they tensed up and tried denying it saying they were home the whole time, though Aki was rather insistent she saw him before her very eyes, "It's true! It is! I could've sworn I saw you in Barcelona, Max." Aki said assuringly.
Everyone immediately started laughing nervously, "That's impossible, Mom. How could I get all the way to Spain and back in just one day without a plane?" Max stated.
"I know it doesn't make any sense, but he looked just like you." Aki replied feeling most convinced, "And that's not all, I found this letter from your father." She said as she pulled it out, blushing as she looked at it.
It was then the D Team realised the slight screwup they may have made then, "Oh, Aki, wait!" Spike suddenly pleaded, not wanting her to read it out loud in front of everyone.
"Let me read it to you. It's so sweet." Aki said before reading the letter. "'Dearest Aki, my love, without you here the house feels like a blimp with no hot air.'" The others all groaned when they realised how bad Spike's letter was while he chuckled in embarrassment. "'No, wait, like a donut with no hole. No, more like a dinosaur without its roar. Oh, never mind please be safe and come home soon. P.S., the house is a disaster. Love, Spike." She ended at the end.
It was then after hearing the letter again was Max reminded of what he had to do urgently, "Oh, that's right. Gotta run." Max said as he quickly got up and ran past her rather rudely. "I didn't clean my room yet."
"Uh, me neither…." Rex said as he followed him.
"We'll help you guys." Zoe said as she and Cera followed them both seeing this as the perfect time to skedaddle.
"Hmm…" Aki mused curiously as she watched them leave before looking back down at the letter. "But I still can't figure out is you got this letter to me." She wondered.
"The power of love, Aki." Spike answered her.
"Love?" Aki repeated in surprise as Spike sat up.
"Mm-hmm. It was the sheer power of my love for you that carried that letter across the endless ocean." He said strongly and with passion.
Aki gasped when she heard that, getting a serious blush on her face. "Oh, Spike. That's the most romantic thing you've ever said to me." It was as though she was falling in love with him all over again.
"Welcome home, Aki." Spike said before they embraced together.
"Glad to be back, honey!" She replied feeling her love and passion for her family reignited stronger than ever!
Meanwhile, the kids and dinos watched the scene with smiles on their faces, feeling touched by the moment like it was out of a romance movie….Till suddenly it was interrupted abruptly, "Better get to your cleaning, boys." Zoe said to Max as she pointed to the mess inside.
"Huh?" The duo said before they remembered what they said. "Uhh! I guess that means you're not gonna help us." Max said.
"How come making a mess is so much easier than cleaning it up?" Rex whined as he and Max both sighed in defeat while Zoe and Cera both cheekily chuckled behind their backs in amassment.
The 4 chibi dinosaurs then began to bark and run about the garden away from the house to which Max took notice, "Hey! Chomp! Ace! Paris! Miku! Get back here!" he whined shaking his fist at the fleeing dinos, "There's no way you guys are getting out of cleaning here too!" He ranted unwilling to take all the blame and responsibility himself.
"If anything they'd made things way worse than they already are Max…." Cera then smirked shrugging her shoulders as he grimaced and slumped down before seeing no other way, as he and Rex limped right inside to take their lumps and responsibility. After today they were never taking mom for granted ever again.
And there's mesozoic mess, I will be following some episodes through like this but not all of them, also wanted to let Paris show off using super impact since it was only used once by altirhinus. Hope this didn't disappoint. Stay tuned for next time.
In response to pokemonking0924
-Hope you enjoyed Seth and Cera's first meeting, wanted to make it as impactful as I could. Next time they'll meet will be in Planes, trains and dinosaurs but in vaccination vacation they will have another encounter which would be more impactful. Though Cera lost her old timepod she managed to get something out of it, as well as a flashback. She'll eventually pick up pieces of herself here and there eventually. Yeah wanted to explain how Seth would get cryolophosaurus but don't plan on having him use it till season 2.
To Drew Luczynski
-Well Dr Z isn't so bad at times, sometimes he can be good, though not for this occasion as eventually he goes back to being a whiny baby in this chapter. Still he can show remorse and good at times. Also yeah the pod is what Seth uses to improve and help fix up Zeta Point more since I wanted to address that bit since he kept saying there were missing parts.