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!

12. Vaccination Vacation

Chapter 12

A vaccination vacation

It was night, after dinner with the Drakes and getting changed into her bluish night gown for bed, Cera yawned rather drowsily as she rubbed her eyes, "Alright, time to hit the hay." she said to Miku who had already hopped into her own bed at the table as she went under the covers herself. Yet despite all that she couldn't rest easy nor could she take her mind off the events that transpired the other day as she sighed still feeling overwhelmed herself, "Boy, things sure have heated up yesterday." she started out, "First we lost ampelosaurus to Seth, we came across an android and now Chomp and Ace are both sick….." she muttered earlier they visited and they refused to take their shots, thus settling for drinking medicine instead. "Who knows how things will turn out from here on….." She then sighed feeling a little anxious as Miku chirped feeling for her sadly. Hearing her made Cera feel a little better to know she wasn't alone in this at least as she smiled at her friend, "No point in worrying about it now….." she said to her as she closed her eyes, "Good night Miku. Let's hope for the best tomorrow morning." She said to her partner who too feel into a good night's slumber. Little did either of them know was that tomorrow was going to be another adventure waiting for them…..

Next morning as the sun rose and shone through the window drapes, a beam of light shone on Miku's face as she tossed about uncomfortably as it radiated her face. She tried covering up but still the rays felt rather warm as she rolled around hoping to get a comfortable position before tumbling out of bed and waking up groggily. As she stretched out her arms and let out a yawn, she heard the sounds of rumbling and muffled voices outside which she picked up on and she turned to the door ruffling up her feathers in agitation.

The sounds of steps downstairs followed by mutters and grunts due to shoving, caused Cera to moan as she slowly opened her eyes and blinked, "Mmrgh….." she saw the sun peering in through her drapes as she rubbed her eyes and stretched out her arms, "Yawn…..morning already?" she said as she stepped towards the curtains and pulled them open. Miku hopped to the side letting her pass as she opened the windows to take in the wonderful beachfront view of the house, as she took in a deep breath, "Ah, the fresh air and sounds of the sea surely does relax the mind and calms the soul….." she said closing her eyes dreamily as wind blew not her face carrying the salty smell of the sea. Till she suddenly opened her eyes and widened them in shock, "Wh…what the!?" she gasped before taking a look around to see there really was the open sea and a warm sandy beach in front of the house! "Ah! H…How did we….? Where are we!?" she rubbed her eyes and blinked again before rubbing her temple in thought, "Am I dreaming? Did Dr Drake by chance use me as a guinea pig for one his new vaccine formulas last night and I am hallucinating? Or is this….." she then shook her head, "Better go see Zoe about this, if she isn't there then this is a dream." she muttered to herself as Miku quickly climbed onto her shoulder too.

They both knew something clearly wasn't right and they planned to get to the bottom of this, as they exited their room and walked to the other side where Zoe's was.

She then reached for the handle and opened it, "Hey Zoe, I-huh?" she blinked in surprise to see she was at her balcony, apparently waving to someone. "What's she doing there?" She thought to herself curiously as she walked towards her from behind. As she looked a little over the railings she noticed Reese in her pyjamas, was waving at Zoe apparently. She was unsure as to why as she looked ahead, "What's going on-Ah!" she widened her eyes in shock upon seeng her answer, about a large group of alpha droids along with the alpha gang were present there and they appeared to be taking Dr Drake hostage! "Get down!" Cera then hissed as she brought Zoe down out of sight!

"H…Hey!" she grunted painfully rubbing her head before glaring at Cera, "What was that for?" she muttered before Cera suddenly covered her mouth!

"Sssh!" she hushed placing a finger to her lips as Zoe widened her eyes and sweated seeing her so serious. "Let's go back in nice and quietly, no sudden moves." she said firmly as Zoe nodded back in response.

"Mhmm….."

Looking around them she then gestured to go back to the room where it would be safest, "Let's go under the bed and talk, it'll be better for us that way." she suggested.

"Good idea." Zoe replied as they quickly hurried over to the bedroom and hid under as quietly as they could.

Looking around and feeling the coast was clear enough, Cera began to discuss with on Zoe over what was going on assuming she knew, "Alright Zoe, any idea where we might be?" she asked.

Looking out from the bed firmly Zoe then looked back to Cera, "From the looks of things, I'd say we're no doubt back on the Alpha Gang's island." she answered.

"The alpha gang's island?" Cera blinked her eyes before gulping down hard, "As in….their headquarters!?" she gasped covering her mouth.

"Unfortunately yes….." Zoe muttered as she gained an uncomfortable expression on her face, "I never imagined I'd come back to this horrible place again…..it brings back bad memories."

"Again?" Cera asked before remembering, "Wait, you guys did mention you came here once and almost never made it out again." she said as Zoe nodded reluctantly.

"Yeah, it was by sheer luck and the slimmest of chances we were able to escape." she said as she became rather insecure, "When I look at things now, I'm not so sure if luck's on our side again." she then shuddered as Paris crawled next to her and chirped while Cera and Miku looked on.

Cera then brought a finger to her chin in serious thought, "Hmmm….if they were able to teleport us to their base this easily, we're in real big trouble for sure….but still….." she then shook her head, "No I can't think like that, otherwise Zoe would be insecure herself, I'll have to be strong for us." she then thought before putting an encouraging pat on Zoe's head as she looked to her, "Hey cheer up Zoe, luck is something you make. If we try hard and put our heads together I'm sure we'll figure something out." she said comfortingly as Zoe then took a breath of relief.

"You're….right…..we've been in sticky situations before yet we never gave up and always pulled through," she said feeling more assured of herself, "There shouldn't be any reason why this one is any different….." she then smiled as she put on a more confident expression, "Thanks Cera, I needed that."

"Don't mention it." Cera responded as they shook on it. Listening carefully and hearing nothing suspicious, "It's quiet…..I think it's safe to come out now." she said.

"Yeah, it's getting a little dusty down here." Zoe added in agreement as she began to feel the sniffles coming up.

After the 2 girls crawled out again and brushed the dirt off their nightwear, Cera looked to Zoe quite firmly, "We'd better call the others, no way we can handle this alone." she said as Zoe tried to switch on her dinoholder but all that came up on the screen was static.

"My dinoholder won't pick up anything….." she frowned in disappointment as multiple buttons she pressed gave no result.

"Neither does my dinoshot work…." Cera narrowed her eyes as she tried the same thing but ended up with the same result, "No doubt it must be due to some sort of jammer." she muttered.

"Now that you mention it this did happen once before….." said Zoe putting a finger to her chin in thought as the door to her room suddenly opened.

Fortunately who stepped in wasn't an enemy but a friendly face much to the girls' relief, "Oh hi Reese."

"You were pretty smart to hide from them Zoe, Cera." her older sister responded.

"Yeah we hid under the bed when we realised where we were." Zoe replied with a smile before frowning, "But we can't get a hold of the D lab, something's wrong." she said.

"There's a jamming device here on the island." Reese answered her which confirmed Cera's suspicions.

"Just as I thought."

"Oh."

"But don't worry, I'll take care of that." said Reese firmly as she was prepared to leave and do her part.

"Alright, be careful." said Zoe to her as Reese began to head to her room and change.

"You both get ready too, and try not to draw too much attention to yourselves." she said to them both before she left and closed the door behind her.

"Will do Reese."

"You can count on it." They said as she left before looking to one another.

"Well, might as well get cleaned up." Cera then suggested.

"Yeah totally, no way can I go into battle in my Pjs can I?" Zoe replied as they went back to their respective rooms, changed into their usual wear after brushing teeth, getting their hair properly done and taking a quick morning showers before regrouping downstairs near the front door, which was now a large opening with the door slammed down on the floor.

"I knew the alpha gang were weird and strange, but to teleport our house to their front door is just crazy….." Zoe muttered as she came down the stairs with Paris to meet Cera who was already out first.

"Yeah, we really underestimated them for sure, a mistake we'd be wise not to repeat." she said as her friend nodded.

"I agree on that."

Cera then looked outside the opening to see the vast jungle on one side and the sea on the other, "You sure your sister can handle the jammer on her own?" she then asked feeling a little unsure, though all it earned was a chuckle of amusement from Zoe.

"Heh, have you met Reese? She's as tough as they come, if the alpha gang were smart they'd better not get on her bad side." she said with a smirk and holding her head up high.

"Hmm, when you put to that way guess we don't have anything to worry about then hehe…." Cera then snickered before noticing Zoe's dinoholder was getting a beeping light on it, "Hey look." she pointed out as Zoe quickly looked.

"I think I'm getting a signal!" she gasped with joy before dialling on it, "Alright, now to call in the others, no way can we handle this by ourselves. Come on, come on…." Zoe prayed as Cera hardened her gaze and kept her eyes on the call, hoping the other end would receive it soon.

As they waited tensely, their patience and hopes were rewarded and answered as Max's face appeared on the dinoholder, "Alright it's in!" Cera cheered with Miku chirping with joy.

"You guys!" Zoe cried to see them.

"Zoe!" Max smiled along with Rex and Dr taylor on the other end to see she was okay miraculously.

"I'm so glad I got ahold of you!" she then said with relief.

"Did you know that your house is gone?" Max then asked.

"Yes, I'm in it! And so is Cera!" she answered, "Somehow we're on the alpha gang's island!"

"No doubt they managed to teleport us here…." said Cera folding her arms seriously, also still wondering how to approach this situation and wondering how to prepare for it so it doesn't happen again, if they could.

"Reese is here too and she's working on some kind of plan to get us back, but I don't know how to help!" Zoe continued sounding worried.

"Listen Zoe! Cera!" Rex then said.

"Yeah?"

"Summon Paris and Miku to their full size! That will set off the dinosaur detector and we can come help you!" he continued.

"Good idea!" Zoe answered with determination as she switched off her dinoholder.

"Let's do this outside." Cera suggested to her as she nodded in response.

"Yeah." Before they could step outside though, they were soon greeted with a pair of unexpected guests who came up to the opened entrance of the house.

"Huh!?" They gasped in surprise as they came face to face with Rod and Laura!

"What's your house doing here on our beach?" Laura mumbled feeling cross to see her on their home while Rod stared in surprise.

Ignoring them, Cera and Zoe both charged pass them. "Ah!"

"We don't have time to mess with you guys! We're a little busy!" Zoe yelled to them as she hurried off to put some distance between them and their enemies.

As they hurried along the beach, a thought suddenly crossed Cera's mind as she dug in her heels and stopped herself in her tracks, "Wait a sec…."

Hearing her voice Cera stopped too as she turned to look back, "What's up Cera?" she asked as Cera turned around to look back at their now unguarded house.

"We're not actually going to just leave the 2 of them there to mess around with our house now are we?" she asked Zoe as she covered her mouth in shock and realisation.

"Ah!"

Cera narrowed her eyes seriously as she stepped forward a bit, "You go on ahead. I'm going back to make sure they don't touch anything." she said firmly as Zoe looked at her with concern.

"You sure about this? I mean it's still 2 of them against just you." she said feeling worried.

"They're still younger children than us, I'm sure I can handle myself just fine." Cera replied feeling assured of herself as she looked back to Zoe, "Now go, find a secluded spot to summon Paris so you don't draw too much attention to yourself. I'll join up with you as soon as I'm done." she said confidently as Zoe nodded in response.

"Alright, good luck." As she ran off down the beach, Cera raced back as fast as she could back to the house, seeing Rod and Laura just entering through the doors as she hardened her gaze at them both.

"Now it's time I gave those kids a little discipline…." she thought to herself as she came within feet of the house.

Back at the Drake residence, Laura and Rod had both entered the house and immediately began looking around to see what it was like, in their opinion they were feeling kinda underwhelmed that a member of the D team would be living in such a simple shack. It was at that point that Laura had an idea pop into her head as she tugged her brother on the sleeve, "Hey Rod?"

He turned to her, "Yeah Laura?"

She looked around and found it was indeed completely empty, "Looks like nobody's home now." she said before smirking deviously, "This could be our chance to dig up a little dirt on them! Maybe they might have left some cards or something we can use against them!"

Hearing his sister's right idea made Rod beat a fist into his palm in agreement, "Hey yeah! That's a great idea!" he cheered as Laura giggled happily at being praised.

"Sorry but I can't let you do that." a voice said from behind them which cut their victory celebration short.

"Huh?" As they turned around they were surprised to see Cera had come back unexpectedly.

"Don't you kids know it's rude to go poking in another person's home uninvited?" she said shaking her head in disapproval, "I don't usually like to pick on little kids," she said before popping her knuckles, "But it looks like I have to teach you some manners. Ha!" She yelled before jumping on them both much to their alarm!

"Ah!"

Soon the 3 kids were enshrouded in a vicious brawl as the place rattled and rumbled with the sounds of furniture being tossed about and things breaking here and there!

"Ow ow! Hey! Stop pulling my hair!" Laura cried out in pain as her pink hair got yanked on before delivering a karate chop to Cera's head! "Take that you meanie!"

"Ow!" she yelped covering it up!

"Have a taste of my knuckle sandwich!" Rod yelled as he delivered a punch to Cera's face as she stumbled backwards and grasped her face painfully before her eyes peered from between her fingers furiously!

Something snapped inside her as that was the last straw and she lost all self restraint, "Okay, that's it! You guys are really asking for it!" she yelled as she charged ahead and jumped on them both along with Miku who flared her fangs as she swooped on them too!

WHAM!

BAM!

SMACK!

A little while later, Cera bit into a piece of medical tape before ripping off the strip and then sticking it on the many other layers she stuck on Rod and Laura as she tied them both to the opposite sides of a tree! "There, that should hold you for a while." She smirked proud of her work while folding her arms on her hips, while also taking some amusement in seeing them squirm and struggle fruitlessly.

"Urgh….argh!"

"Can't move….." They grunted in annoyance seeing they were bound up pretty tightly and couldn't move an inch. While Cera only suffered a bruise here and there on her face she did a lot worse to the kids who had band aids over their cheeks or forehead, covering bite marks and scratches from Miku along with some bruises too, as they glared daggers at her in anger.

"When grampa finds out about this you're going to be sorry!" Laura yelled.

"Grrr! You won't get away with this!" Rod growled.

"Correction, you guys aren't getting away." Cera corrected, "After the trouble you caused us these past few days, no way am I taking any chances with you." she said as she turned around to leave, "Maybe this little time out in the corner should teach you both a lesson so you'll behave better next time." she said as she headed off in the distance leaving them behind as they hissed curses under their breath.

"Grr….."

"Tch!"

As she headed along the distance Cera was about to pick up from where she left off, "Alright, with that taken care of it's time to go help-" she stopped in her tracks as she realised she could capitalise on an opportunity she had, "Wait, maybe I can use this chance…." he thought before turning around and heading back to the house.

While Rod and Laura hung on the tape pondering what they could do to get out of this, they heard footsteps dragging in the sand which made them look up to see Cera again, which only seemed to make their mood more sour, "What do you want now?" Laura huffed as she puffed her cheeks.

"Come to gloat? Rub it it in our faces?" Rod grunted has he scowled hard.

Cera shook her head, "Nope just the opposite," she said, "I was thinking, maybe you both can make yourselves useful and help me out a bit."

What she said surprised them as they blinked at her in confusion before answering back, "Say what now?"

"Excuse us?" They each asked as she nodded.

"I need to get inside and help my friends get the house back to where it belongs," She said as she turned her head to the inner island, "If you tell me how to get in, I'll make sure to cut down a couple of layers of tape before I leave later so you guys can free yourselves." She explained, "Sound like a fair deal?"

"Us?"

"Help you?" Rod and laura looked to one another before exploding in uncontrollable laughter.

"Pfft! Hahahahahahahah!"

"You're funny you know that? Hahahaha!"

She then raised an eyebrow at them both and her gaze became serious and unchanging to prove she meant it, as they soon picked up on it.

"Oh you were actually serious?" Rod then stopped and growled at her, "In that case, you must be joking! Or better yet crazy!" he yelled with anger with his blood boiling inside.

"Yeah! Just what kind of idiots do you take us for? You think we'll just let you in through the front door to our home like that!?" cried Laura crossly, "Maybe that kind of trick would work on Ursula and her sidekicks but not on us."

"So you can just forget about breaking in!" her brother continued hurling the insults and threats, "Before long you'll be caught and be imprisoned in a place way worse than what you've just did to us!" he added before grinning, "No one's going to save you this time and there's nothing you can do about it!"

Miku hardened her gaze and hissed while Cera brought a finger to her chin in thought, "Hmm, these kids are hard nuts to crack….." she thought, "They're loyal that's for sure, and it's not me to use a bad cop method of interrogation….." She was tempted to use torturous methods or blackmail but wasn't about to cross the line and be any lower than they were even though she was running low on options. She was just about to leave and head inside on her own, when an idea popped into her mind, "Wait a second…..Yeah that could work…." She thought to herself seeing it as perfect as she hid a smirk to herself before turning around to leave again.

"Giving up already?" said Rod who mocked her while Laura snickered.

Cera grinned sneakily knowing this would work no doubt, "You're right, I'm wasting my time here with you both." she while sighing, "I mean, you're kids so I probably wouldn't expect much from you anyways."

Their ears perked upon hearing her words, "Say what!?"

"How dare you!?" They yelled offended.

She then grinned being they fell hook, line and sinker, "You heard me, you're still young and probably learning your way around," she continued mocking them, "Maybe you haven't explored your whole island HQ yet and you'd probably get lost in that jungle instead and you need a rescue party to come look for you."

They both grit their teeth furiously, if their hands were free they'd get up close and personal with her if they had the chance, "What did you say!?" they yelled.

"I bet even those 3 idiots would know more than you both, also they're way easier to crack, I bet I can get what I need out of them." she said shrugging her shoulders as she began to walk away, "See you, have fun hanging around." were her last parting words.

Seeing her act so smugly and treating them with disrespect was more than they could take as they exploded, "Grrr! You are so wrong about that!" Rod growled as he thrashed about in the sticky binds of the tape.

"Yeah, we know this island like the back of our own hands!" Laura cried shaking her little feet while hanging, "In fact, we know of an entrance hatch not far from here that leads right inside! And that's just one of the many entrances covered around the entire island!" she blurted out to prove her point as Cera stopped in her tracks.

"Alright I admit, you kids really do know your way around, I had you both wrong." she then admitted as Laura held her head up high.

"Ha!"

"And I do appreciate the helpful tip too. So thank you." she added at the end with a bright smile.

"You're welcome." Laura replied before blinking her eyes in realisation, "Wait a minute….." She then turned pale over realising what she had done, "Oops…."

Her older brother then glared to her, "Laura! You just gave it away to her!" he yelled as she sobbed and whimpered with regret.

"S…sorry Rod….."

After that Cera quickly returned Miku to card form before summoning her, "Dino slash! Microraptor shine!" As she did, Miku appeared on her shoulder in full size before Cera threw her up and she glided up to a tree which she began climbing up, "Alright Miku, go find that entrance hatch!" she said as Miku squawked back and glided through the woods with elegance and grace. Before she followed Cera looked back to the kids with a bright smile, "Thanks for the tip, you kids really are nice." she said sounding grateful, "As a token of my appreciation, remind me to let you guys go later. See ya!" she waved as she disappeared inside the forest leaving the 2 alpha kids hanging.

"ARGH! When we get out of this you'll be sorry!"

"Yeah!" They each yelled swearing vengeance on her one day, "Besides who ties up children and just leaves them be!? Come back!"

As Cera hurried through she then noticed the skies turned multicoloured which could mean only one thing, "A battlefield, looks like I'll have to hurry." she thought to herself seriously as she leaped over tree roots and moved vines out of her way as she continued onward. As she looked around she could tell there were plants of many different varieties on the island before she leapt over a small stream which lead to a larger body of water down below as a thought came to mind, "This place really is dense….." she thought, "From what I heard from Max and the others, this place is artificial and moving. Yet, all this is natural, so how do they do it?" she wondered looking around her to see the trees growing and that everything was lush and green, "There's still so much we don't know about the alpha gang, yet all we do know is that they do have something to do with the stones and dinosaur cards," she then thought to herself further as she hardened her gaze, "Maybe this could be a chance to learn more about them, no way can I pass this up, especially since they took that OOPART craft not long ago, not to mention a couple of dinosaurs from what I heard." she said to hurls with a nod knowing what she could do now to help the team and herself. A while later it looked as though she was lost, but at that moment she heard the sounds of squawking as she looked up to see Miku had perched herself on a tree branch calling out to her while clapping her wings before pointing over to another direction ahead of her, "It's that way?" Cera asked as Miku nodded in response. She then smiled taking out her dinoholder, "Good work, now come back." she said retiring her to small size as she acted as her compass leading her out to a game trial which lead to a large cylindrical shaped pipe with moss growing on it, along with red swirling stripes on it making it look like an oversized candy cane. "Looks like this is it." She aid to herself as she entered the elevator which took her inside, as she entered the enemy lair for the first time…..

As the elevator doors opened up she widened her eyes in awe to find herself in a very futuristic corridor underground, "Wow just look at this place, it's no doubt metallic and huge….wonder how they made it, must have taken years to put together, not to mention they managed to do it underwater….." she breathed as she walked on ahead. When she came upon the first door she opened it to find it had several computers on a long table with benches at it, "A study room? No doubt this is Rod and Laura's place…." she thought as she saw 2 screens were on, both with the same topics on. "Is this what they're studying?" As she took a closer look she saw it to have many complex problems and numbers on it as she narrowed her eyes in focus, "Reimannian geometry? Seems a bit much for a kid….." she mused before blinking in surprise, "Wait, why do I know this? Also the answer to this should be B not A, because-" She quickly shook her head snapping herself out of it, "Wait a minute I shouldn't, they ought to learn this by themselves, also I have better places to be." She said as she left the room untouched.

Another room she entered was a store room with several spare parts for alpha droids of different varieties laid out along the shelves, "This must be the room for the droids' parts….." she muttered as she hardened her gaze seeing them all laid along there, "Better keep on the lookout in case there are guards about…." she thought seriously before closing the door behind. Later after heading to another section she overheard a deep voice coming from what seemed to be the kitchen. As she peeked in she noticed a large housemaid at the cooking stove, "Hmm? Haven't I seen her before? Wasn't she from the movie studio that time?" Cera asked herself as she recognised her as Helga.

"Terry." she said monotonously as she went over to the fridge and opened it to find frozen meats and vegetables in bags before closing it, "Terry come out now." She said again as she opened the oven to find it empty before shutting it again, "It is your turn for a shot." She then added opening the hot boiling soup pot filled with red hot chilli stew before shutting the lid on it again.

Cera and Miku sweat dropped knowing she no doubt had kink in her head somewhere, but no way was she going to fix it, "Okay…..I'd better go now before she decides to cook us." she said nervously before heading off quickly. As she continued down the corridor she stopped when she noticed a rather unusual dark pink door with a see through glass. "Hmm? What's this?" Her curiously aroused she headed over there to see what it was all about, peering through she noticed 5 pods stationed there with glass fronts on them. "Are those pods?" As she looked above it had a label notice ontop of it, "Hibernation chambers? What the?" While she pondered over what purpose it would serve she took a closer look to find 2 of the pods were occupied! Inside them were a pair of adults, one was a blond female with glasses in a purple and blue clothes while the other was a man with brown hair and darker purple clothing. She widened her eyes upon seeing them inside, "Are there people in those things!? How could the alp[ha gang do something like that!?" She gasped in horror with Miku, who began clawing at the glass but to no avail. She tried to go in so she could get them out, but found the door wouldn't budge! She banged and tackled it a few times but to no avail as she panted in exhaustion, before noticing a code box next to it as she hissed in annoyance, "Tch! Looks like this door is password protected, guess I'll have to comeback later…." she felt guilty at being unable to help but there was little she could do but move on and return another time…..if she had that chance….

In the engine room, Reese had just exited to find Zoe to borrow her dinoholder if her theory was correct they might be able to go home yet, as Zander escorted her out after she convinced him to be cooperative. As they left, another door opened and Cera found herself in the massive engine room with a huge cylindrical core in the middle with a number of devices around it as well, the sight of it was most overwhelming for her as she walked about and explored it in amazement, "Whoa…..This must be the control room….." she breathed as Miku too looked around feeling restless and agitated to be surrounded by so much unusual technology. As she walked over to one device she noticed a lever was turned to an off button and it looked like a communications control as she narrowed her eyes at it, "Hmm, looks like Reese was here and she disabled the jammer." she said eying it, "Not sure how she did it but great work." Turning her attention to the front she saw the huge reactor core and systems controls at the front as she went up to it, "This has to be the teleporter no doubt…." She then narrowed her eyes seriously, "If they can teleport our house like that it'll be dangerous if we just leave them be, who knows what they might have planned later on now that they know where at least 2 of us live." she thought realising the significance of this as she quickly typed into it a few codes and then syncing it into her dinoshot. "Alright, looks like I'm in, now I should be able to access them remotely and keep my hacking connection hidden, at least for a while….." she thought to herself seriously before noticing a container nearby that was attached to the machine. "What's this?" Curious she walked up to it and had it opened as it displayed a central stone inside with red, blue and yellow spots on it which was most intriguing. "Is this a….stone?" Cera asked herself as Miku appeared on her shoulder and chirped with interest, before recalling it looked similar to the ones that Max, Rex and Zoe possessed. "Just to be safe I'd better not do anything with it till we get off this place." she said as her instincts told her it would be best to leave it alone, at least for now…..

Having finished her work here she decided it was time to move on as she went back through the way she came, "Alright once I've decoded some of these encryptions I should be able to access that door and get this people out. But for now I'd best focus on finding that OOPART, and if I can't, then the dinosaurs they captured." she thought as she left. A little while later she continued traversing the massive facility which was turning more into a labyrinth than a base, "This place is huge, it's easy to get lost here." She thought to herself as she brought something up on her dinoshot, "At least this map I downloaded should help a little." she said dealing on it and found she was coming up near a master room, as she came close to it she heard some loud rantings of an old man coming from it as she slowly snuck a look through the side of the door, to see a near bald old man who was ranting and shaking his fists in frustration.

"Grrr, what are those nitwits doing now!? Why haven't they found and vaccinated Terry yet!? I expected them to have finished the job hours ago! Wait till I-" he cried out as Cera and Miku both sweat dropped.

"Is that their boss Dr Z? Not quite the mastermind we were expecting huh?" she said to Miku, "He is as looney as Max and the others say he is." she then thought bringing a finger to her chin in thought, "Still, why he does sound kinda familiar?" She then shook her head clearing her thoughts before she got sidetracked again, "No can't worry about that now, right now I need to focus and find those dinosaurs and the pod." she said to herself as she continued on, following the map along the path to where it stated main laboratory. As they continued the area turned much darker and more sinister as Miku perked ups nd looked around restlessly for any signs of dance,r the tension in the air was making her skin crawl, and so did Cera as she felt immense pressure weighing down on her as they made their way further inside. "We've come in pretty deep huh Miku? Still not sure where we are but we might as well continue." she said to her partner who still kept her gaze in multiple areas to make sure they weren't followed,. It wasn't long till they came upon another elevator, "This elevator, no doubt there's something very eerie about it….I can even feel evil just emanating around this place….like we really shouldn't be here." she then hardened her expression seriously, "We've come this far so we might as well see this through." as she said that Miku nodded in agreement to stay by her side till the end of it as she pushed the button and the doors had opened, "Here goes….." she said stepping through, unbeknownst to them a scout drone in the shape of a pink eye had spotted them but kept out of sight till the doors had shut.

As they opened she found herself in what appeared to be an experimental lab which was only dimly lit, but it was enough for her to see and what she found was horrifying as she turned pale and her heart skipped a beat, "Ah!" Before her were 3 large containers with energy surging through them and in each one was a saurophaganax, stegosaurus and the ampelosaurus! The machine was no doubt modifying them in some way and whoever was doing so celery had no regard for their feelings or the suffering they were going through, she could see it in their eyes and each surge of power caused them to thrash and roar in pain and fury as they banged and thrusted at their glass cells but to no avail….

"This is…..horrible….What are they doing to you?" Was all she could mouth out as she placed a hand on the beaker with Saurophaganax as it snarled viciously and clawed at the glass, but she didn't back away, knowing its' reaction was because it was scared and in pain. It was inhumane, she knew the alpha gang was evil no doubt but she didn't imagine they'd get this low. After hearing another roar in pain she hardened her gaze knowing what needed to be done, "I'll have to get you out of here, but how?" she asked herself as she looked around hoping to find some sort of release button so he could get them out.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, not while my experiment is reaching its' next stage." a voice said to her from out of nowhere which caught her by surprise!

Cora's heart skipped a beat recognising it, "Ah!" As she looked up she hardened her gaze to see Seth was descending down form a higher level while in a remote controlled carrier as he was just above her while he stared down at his intruder with a sinister gaze. "You….." she hissed as Miku then snared aggressively.

"I must say, I never expected to see you again so soon, to think that you would be coming here to me." he said in amusement, "I assume you've decided to take up on my offer join me then hmm?" His comment seemed to only agitate Cera and Miku more so as he closed his eyes and shrugged his shoulders, "Heh, didn't think so." he smirked before eying her closely, "Nevertheless, as a researcher myself I can't allow this opportunity to go to waste." Raising his hand he then snapped his fingers causing a squadron of small flying drones to circle her from above and a group of robot soldiers assemble around her! Some were the basic alpha droid model with yellow spikes on the sides of their heads while others had larger flat heads though were about roughly the same size as they all said in unison.

INTRUDER! INTRUDER!

Cera sweated and gulped seeing she was surrounded on all sides, "These are new…." she said nervously, being outnumbered nearly a 100 to 1 were not the odds she liked at all….

"Indeed," Seth answered feeling proud of them, "In fact these droids are but merely side products. The teleporter which brought your comrade's house to our island was all made possible thanks to the OOPART I acquired from the museum." he said as Cera gasped in alarm

"What!?" Even Miku too was shocked to hear him reveal that.

"That's right, it was thanks to merely a few components I….borrowed from that craft that I was able to bring the island's systems to near full power." he explained, "In due time with but a few more integrations….oh even I don't know the possibilities and potential it can bring forth and that excites me to no end!" he proclaimed sounding maniacal before grinning maliciously at her, "To think you in a way helped made this a reality, so I suppose….I should be thanking you in a way."

"Grrr….." Cera growled furiously as she clenched her hand, to think he would use that precious artefact for something as vile and despicable as this…..

Noticing her anger served to confirm his suspicions about something he had hindered for sometime, "That look of aggression in your eyes," he noted observing her, "So it's true, you no doubt have some sort of attachment, or better yet a connection to that OOPART, yet you refuse to say it, or perhaps maybe you have no recollection." he said as he offered his hand to her, "Perhaps if you'd like, I can help you jog your memory again. I'll be getting whatever secrets you hold one way or another, but if you cooperate it will be far less painful." he said politely before suddenly taking out a fully charged lightning rod which made Cera grit her teeth and Miku fluff up her feathers with a snarl! "Now, are we going to do this the easy way? Or the hard way?" He then said as his expression turned vile and sinister, with the droids surrounding her on all sides and tightening their formation around her as they came closer slowly and slowly!

As they closed in on her, Cera hardened her expression and shot Seth a fierce glare, "You should know what my answer is already you sicko." she said as she clenched her fist and gritted her teeth holding herself back best she could from exploding, "First the dinosaurs and now this, I'll never cooperate with you in a million years! You can just forget it!" she yelled at him defiantly as he closed his eyes in disappointment.

"Very well then, then you leave me no choice." he scoffed before yelling out, "Seize her!" he commanded as several droids raised their arms and charged at her!

SEIZING! SEIZING!

As they closed in on her, Cera suddenly felt something snap inside her head as she reacted quickly! "Hiyah!" she cried out as she leapt and did a roundhouse kick which sent several of the droids flying back into others while the rest of them held their position!

"Hmm?" Seth blinked in surprise as Cera recollected herself.

She too was surprised herself at this unexpected development, "Did….I just do that?" she asked herself as she looked at her own hands, as she soon began to pick up some old self defence skills she had learnt a long time ago on her own….

When more droids charged at her she quickly responded! "Hah!" Ducking or jumping out of the way of some she retaliated by grabbing their arms and swinging them to the other side or even parrying some of their blows and turning their power against themselves!

As she kept them all at bay for a while, miraculously, Seth couldn't help but applaud which caught her attention as she looked up at him, "Impressive, it seems I may have underestimated you." he then said as a grin came upon his face, "It seems I'll have to start trying now." As he pressed another button, causing the doors to open again, this time charging in were super alpha droids, larger and bulkier variants as they lumbered into the room and surrounded her! Their presence made Cera grit her teeth in frustration as a drop of sweat fell from her cheek as she looked around frantically for any small chance of escape. Noticing this, Seth couldn't help but smirk disgustingly as he felt he had his prey cornered, "What's the matter? Did you lose all your bravado already?" he asked mockingly as his new soldiers surrounded Cera once more, filling up the holes she had made earlier in their defence formation, "Maybe it's time you came to your senses and just give yourself up."

"Tch!" she clicked her tongue and sweated anxiously as Miku too looked around seeing there was no way they could win this fight on their own, "As much as I hate to admit it….he's right….there's no point in fighting a battle you can't win." she said begrudgingly as she lowered her head. She then lifted it up and looked to the 3 dinosaurs who were still in the glass tubes as she gritted her teeth having to say her next words, "I'm sorry you guys, I'll have to come back another time."

"Another time?" Seth questioned before grinning maliciously, "Ha! Don't make me laugh, you won't get off this island at all! I'll see to it personally!" he vowed as he entered the commands and the droids all charged forward!

"Grr!" Cera and Miku both held their ground readying themselves for what was about to befall them….when-

TELEPORTATION SEQUENCE HAS BEEN INITIATED! TELEPORTING IN 3 MINUTES!

A computerised voice echoed through the room as Seth widened his eyes in alarm! "What!?" he gasped as he began typing n his screen on his platform, he gritted his teeth to discover the teleportation protocol was activated and it couldn't be stopped now, "Those children, this is their doing no doubt…." he grunted in annoyance as he banged his fist on it.

"Reese and Zoe did it…." Cera breathed feeling relieved they succeeded, and seeing him distracted was now or never, "Now's my chance!" she cried out as she turned around!

"Huh!?"

Seth turned in alarm as Cera quickly leapt up, using one droid as a springboard she jumped ahead over the group before landing at the elevator door entrance! "Hah!"

"Don't let her escape! Capture her!" Seth quickly ordered as he widened his eyes with fury! In response the droids chanted his order and charged after her!

CAPTURE! CAPTURE!

She pressed the button on the elevator and as it opened she quickly rushed in before pressing the close button as fast as she could! "Come on, come on…close already!" she cried in a panic as the droids charged ahead with their arms wide open! They came nearer and nearer and her heart began to race as they closed in! She closed her eyes and held her arms out, but as a stroke of luck, the elevator doors closed and what was heard on the other side was a loud thud as the droids all collided at the closed door in 1 massive pileup!

BANG!

Seeing they were safe for the time being, Cera placed a hand to her chest in relief as she fell down to the floor and breathed a deep sigh with Miku, "Phew…." she breathed with relief seeing they were in the clear as the elevator took them back up to the surface level, hopefully then she could rendezvous back with the others and then get off this place as soon as they can.

Back at the lab, the droids dispersed before going off to different entrances as Seth smirked disgustingly, "Heh, that's right go on ahead, it's cute to think you can escape." he said as he grinned, "Even if you do manage to get off this island it won't matter, as long as I have the teleporter in operating condition, it's only a matter of time till I have you and your secrets in my clutches." he added at the end as he clenched his hand into a tight fist.

Back on the beach, the D team looked on with relief to see that Zoe's house was now sent back to where to belonged and they could call it a mission success, "It worked!" Max cheered with the others.

"Yeah!" Zoe and Rex went.

They all then reached for their dinoholders knowing what to do next, "Alright, now it's our turn!"

Zoe then widened her eyes upon realising they were missing someone, "Wait!" she cried stopping them, "Cera's not here yet!"

"Say what!?" Max gasped in alarm.

"Then where is she!?" Rex asked before Zoe covered her mouth in horror fearing the worst.

"Oh no you don't think-"

"Run!" A voice cried out from behind them which caught their attention.

"Huh!?" They gasped and turned around to see Cera running towards them frantically with a sweating face and widened eyes.

They all brightened up with joy seeing she was alright, "Cera!"

"There you are!"

"We were worried about you!" They cried opening their arms out to welcome her, but instead tot heir surpie she zoomed past them without returning their feelings or even a hello! "Huh?" They went as they turned to see her leaving them in her dust.

"Talk later! Run now!" she screamed as she ran further off along the beach while dialling frantically on her dinoshot as her friends looked on curiously and puzzled..

"What's she talking about?"

"Wonder what's gotten her so riled up?" Max and Rex asked as they heard footsteps behind them. As they all turned they flinched and widened their eyes to see a massive army of droids charging at them while shouting in unison!

CAPTURE! CAPTURE! CAPTURE!

"GAAAAAAAHHHH!" They all cried in horror before they raced after Cera!

"Come on! Come on!" Max frantically dialled as soon all 4 of them were enveloped in light before being teleported! As they disappeared the droids all jumped but missed as they all crashed down on one another into one massive clump of metal while still chanting their order.

CAPTURE! CAPTURE! CAPTURE!

(Later)

"Phew, what a relief…." Cera breathed as she and the rest of the D team arrived back at the D lab safe and in one piece.

"It's good to be back." Zoe said in agreement before noticing someone in front of them, "And since you're here Reese I guess everything's okay."

"Man I still can't believe they were able to teleport your whole house." said Max to her and Cera as they nodded at him.

"Yeah, no kidding…." she replied still feeling stunned and not fully gotten over the experience.

"What's the big deal Max?" Dr Taylor asked, :You teleport yourself all the time."

"Yes, but this teleportation device was powered by the energy in the stone from Zoe's dinoholder." Reese replied as Dr Taylor gasped.

"Ah no kidding? That tells me these stones have a lot more power than what we've yet discovered." he said.

"If they use the energy of the stones, we can assume that the alpha gang are no doubt involved with them somehow, also that they may be in possession of some too." Cera stated as she brought a finger to her chin in thought, "My guess is fire, water and earth."

"That makes a lot of sense," said Rex in agreement, "Also it seems to match up with Terry, Tank and Spiny."

As he said that, Cera then flashback to how she saw a central stone in the machine's engine, and she still pondered over what possible purpose it could serve…..

As they talked about it, their dinosaurs played with one another till Paris walked up to a potted flower and snapped it up as Reese gasped, "Ah! My flower!"

Zoe blinked in surprise at her sister's reaction before looking to her, "What's so special about that flower anyway sis?" she asked curiously, "We could always get another."

"Oh, it was a….gift…." Reese replied uneasily as she scratched her cheek.

Zoe tilted her head, "A gift? From who?" it didn't take long before she managed to put 2 and 2 together, "Wait a second…." she widened her eyes in alarm, "Oh my gosh! Reese don't tell me you got that from Zander!" she cried out as the others looked to Zoe then to Reese in alarm!

"HUH!?"

"EH!?"

Reese turned her eyes away avoiding contact with the others as they discussed about it.

"You know a while back he did go all gaga over Reese and sang some creepy song to her too…." said Rex recalling a time when she was in the Mexican desert and Zander broke out in song as he confessed to her.

"Yeah, that was really disturbing." Max muttered as he sweat dropped shuddering at the thought.

"Oh dear…." Cera then mused knowing this was a complicated situation.

Noticing Reese was twiddling her fingers, Zoe puffed up her cheeks in disgust, "Ugh! Reese! I do not approve of this!" she yelled in protest.

"And I thought Dr Owen proposing to the old lady was bad enough." Max snickered as Rex sighed.

(Meanwhile)

"Achoo! I think I'm starting to get sick myself…." Ursula sneezed on Dr Z while massaging him with Ed, much to their alarm.

"Gah! Don't pass it on to us!" Dr Z and Ed both gasped in horror.

(D lab)

"Heh, reminds me of that time she tried to badmouth about Reese to that old pilot a whole back huh Chomp?" Max whispered to the yellow trike who barked, referring to a time at the airport when a megaraptor showed up.

"You know Zoe, give it time and Zander might actually become your brother law." Dr Taylor chuckled jokingly as everyone gained mixed reactions from his snarky comment.

"Huh!?"

"Say what!?"

"Oh boy that would be disturbing…." They said, though none of them was as bad as how Zoe took it.

"Hey! That's not funny!" she grow,ed shaking her fists in anger before looking to her older sister who was twiddling her fingers, "Reese! Tell him you'd never ever be with that guy ever! Besides, you don't have any feelings for a creep like that, not to mention he's a member of the alpha gang and you know all the bad things they do right!? No way he's your type!" she yelled.

Reese blinked her eyes and sweated nervously as her little sis began asserting herself over her as she gulped a bit nervously, "It's true they did a number of horrendous acts to the dinosaurs and to other people, that much I can't deny." she admitted.

"Ha! See I told you so!" she boasted holding her head up high.

"But….he's not all that bad if you ask me." Reese then added at the end as Zoe turned pale and skipped a heartbeat!

"…." She then fell to her knees and clenched her head in her hands, "This can't be…..my sister….." she then screamed her head off to the heavens in despair, "N…NOOOOOOOOOO!"

Everyone laughed in amusement at her dramatic act in response, even their dinosaurs were running around her in a circle as she continued her howls and wails.

"Hahahahahahah!"

Soon after it wasn't long till Cera broke out of the laughter first having an uneasy feeling at the back of her mind, "Wait a minute, why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?" she thought to herself as she scratched the back of her head.

(Evening)

That evening while Ursula and Ed were busy massaging Dr Z in his room and Zander was out singing a sad love song of heartbreak outside, Seth was typing away at a computer near the reactor core in the teleporter room seriously as Rod and Laura soon came in to join him.

"Thanks for getting us out of that loop Seth." said Laura feeling grateful.

"Yeah, that girl lied to us!" Rod yelled, "She didn't even come back for us like she promised!"

Seth then smirked rather sinisterly, "Heheh, you need not worry yourselves about her for much longer." he said as he loaded the map screen and began entering certain coordinates, "Very soon she and the rest of the D team will interfere with us no more." He said as the 2 children came up to him feeling interested in what he was working on. "After monitoring their movements and tracking the frequencies and wavelengths of the stones in their possessions, as well as their teleportation patterns over the past months, I have been able to triangulate not just their homes, bit no doubt their base of operations." He said as multiple lines appeared on the map indicating their movements, before marking 2 places being Max's and Rex's house before finally focusing on 1 point in between them, "Here." he pointed as the location turned out to be where the D lab was located!

"Ah!" Rod and Laura both gasped in amazement at what he said, "You mean we'll be able to get all the cards they stole from us back!?"

"It'll be more than that." he replied as he reached out for the red button on the computer, "With the push of this button and the loss of their base they won't be getting in our way anymore." he grinned with the plan of bringing their base to their island which would no doubt cut off all their resources and means of teleporting, along with all their dinosaurs they worked so hard to collect over the last few months…..victory was within his grasp as he reached for the button that would end it all…..

(Meanwhile)

"Almost got it….." Cera narrowed her eyes seriously as she typed away at her dinoshot with Miku's eyes fixed on her seriously. Since returning home to the Drake household she had locked herself in her room and she began typing through, its' screen depicting several encryption codes and firewalls as she raced quickly through them, bypassing as many security systems and protocols there were, she knew the alpha gang base would be a difficult place to hack into, but it was far beyond anything she had expected, nevertheless she refused to give up considering that the alpha gang now knew where they were she had to take extra precautions as her heart raced against the clock and she sweated tensely while Miku looked on, supporting her though every step of the way…..

Her work was only partially interrupted by a few knocks on her door as she looked up only briefly from her screen, "Hey Cera, dinner's almost ready." Mrs Drake called through the door, "You and Zoe probably had a long day today, she's been quite worn out and overwhelmed from what I can tell, no doubt from that stringed experience earlier today, so I made you both a very delicious and nutritious meal to get you both your strength back." she said kindly.

"Ok, just making sure I take care of one last thing first Mrs Drake." Cera called back to her as she quickly picked up from where she left off, "I'll be down shortly, won't be long now."

"Okay then." Mrs Drake concluded as she left.

Finally, after a few minutes of typing and cracking, Cera breathed a deep sigh of relief as she fell back on her bed in exhaustion, with Miku hopping next to her face to nuzzle at her. She then smiled pleased with herself as she nuzzled Miku's head with her finger, "There, that should keep them off our backs for a while at least." She said before getting off and heading downstairs for dinner, "Once I've cracked enough codes maybe I can find the password to that door, then maybe I can get those poor people out of there….." she then thought to herself, deciding to keep it to herself at least for now.

(At Zeta Point)

"Finally." Seth breathed with maniacal excitement as he hit the fire button on the teleporter with Rod and Laura looking back with anticipation and excitement! What happened next came as a surprise which caught them all off guard as suddenly the room flashed red and the arms went off like crazy!

BEEP BEEP BEEP!

"Gah!" Laura gasped as she looked up in a fright!

"Wh…what's happening Seth!?" Rod turned to him as Seth sweated and began typing on the computer to isolate the source of it!

"I…I don't know! Let me check!" he said as he found the systems were overloading and the circuits were malfunctioning causing the teleporter to go out of control! "Feedback!? Impossible!" he cried in alarm, "I'd better disconnect before it's-" Before he could finish the emergency shutdown, the computer then sparked before exploding in his face blowing him back along with the children!

BOOM!

"ARGH!"

"AAAAHH!" They were enveloped in a cloud of smoke which soon dissipated, with Laura coughing under her sleeves and Rod patting her on the back gently.

Cough! Cough!

"You okay Laura?" he asked as she looked to him with a smile.

"Y…yeah I guess." she replied, "A little soiled but I'm good." she said now partially covered in soot, in fact they all were a bit.

"Phew, that's a relief." Rod breathed calmly but it didn't last long as the moment was interrupted by an angry slam on the machine!

BANG!

"Ah!"

"NO!" Seth yelled in anger which made the kids shudder a bit at his sudden change in mood, they never saw him angry before and now that they did it was scarring to see him grit his teeth and tense up fiercely, like he could snap at any moment. He had reason too, considering the damage that had been done to the machine after months of hard work…."GRRRR!"

Getting Laura behind him Rod nervously walked up to the blue haired man and asked, "S…Seth? Is the machine….broken again?"

"Does that means we can't go back home…..ever?" asked Laura feeling sad as she clapped her hands together.

Seth said nothing for the moment before breathing a sigh and rubbing his temple, "No, the time drive remains functional but the teleporter is heavily damaged. It will take some time to affect repairs but it will be done." he answered sounding regretful on his part, clearly he celebrated too soon…..

"Phew that's a relief." Laura breathed seeing there was still hope for them to go back.

"Grampa wouldn't like it if he found out the time machine is broken again after it took so long to fix." said Rod.

"He's not the only one." Seth thought to himself as he did everything he could to keep himself from exploding again, it was taking every ounce of self control to do that.

Seeing there was no point in staying around any longer, Rod and Laura slowly began to back out to the exit, "Well Seth, we'll just leave you alone since that's how you work best, we need to go check up on Terry and the others anyways." said Rod as he and Laura quickly hurried out.

"Yes, you go on and do that. I'll see what I can do…..don't worry, rest assured you will be home soon, you have my word." he said as they let the premises. Doing a damage check he assed the machine's current state and his expression turned calmer upon seeing it wasn't as hopeless as he first anticipated, "I might be able to salvage at least 80% of the damage, but the long range targeting system is beyond repair, it seems it'll only work at close range now." he said as he narrowed his eyes in frustration, "Which means I'll have to get Zeta Point airborne for it to work…..which will be some time since it's in no condition to fly yet." he muttered as he brought a finger to his chin in thought, "That girl Cera, she must have had a hand with this somehow…..as far as I am aware none of the D team comes close to this level of hacking and programming….." he thought before a malicious smirk came upon his face, "Well played…..it seems I may have found someone worth my time and effort….."

And thus concludes chapter 12 where Cera visits Zeta Point for the first time and finds a few secrets in it too, as well as ensuring Seth doesn't try anything sneaky for a while. Wanted to address that bit since the anime didn't state why he didn't use the teleporter like he did this episode again later on, but it does work at close range so wanted to address it since in season 2 the backlander does teleport still.

Rod and Laura were kinda just there in 1 scene of the episode so wanted to expand on that a bit so hope you enjoyed the fun Cera had with them.

Also wanted to see the new droid models be used here and Cera demonstrating a new skill she remembered about herself and thats in self defence though it only happens when she has no alternative, since Miku isn't built on fighting she can't rely on her all the time so she has to defend herself in other ways. Her new encounter with Seth also heightens things too.

In response to Drew Luczynski

-Well they didn't mention anything about it in the anime so I thought I clarify it. They'll get it back eventually don't worry.

To pokemonking0924

-Glad you liked the discussion, yeah some chapters can't have Cera doing too much impact but you can be sure that this one she does. Also Dinoman did appear in the arcade game also.