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!

16. A Cretaceous Cruise

Chapter 16

A Cretaceous Cruise

"Whoa!" The D Team gasped in amazement and awe as they all stood in the presence of an incredibly massive cruise ship!

The large base hull stood tall almost the height of several storey buildings, at 180ft and its' length was about the size of nearly 4 football fields! It was covered in an oceanic shade of dark marine blue and white, as steam fumed up from the upper chimney which sat upon layers of floors and windows lining it. A large stairway leading up to it at the side, the entrance sealed by a long red ribbon, holding back a massive line of rich people and celebrities who were going on board, some of which included the football stars Ricardo and Deckham, along with gameshow announcer Tommy K and even a few movie stars from the movie studios at Los Angeles!

"We're actually here at the Royal Prince!" Max cried out in amazement and his grin grew massively wide.

"That thing's way cooler than how we saw it on the brochure!" Rex gasped pumping up with anticipation and his racing heart could barely contain his excitement inside.

Cera gulped down and sweated, "Yeah no kidding, I feel so tiny just looking at it." she croaked feeling overwhelmed by the massive size of the ship which made them look like ants. In fact it would make even the biggest dinosaur look inadequate in comparison.

"Oh it looks so incredible!" Zoe teared cup with joy as she clapped her hands together, "I bet they must have all sorts of famous or rich people on board too! I can hardly wait!" she cheered making sure she had her autograph book with her.

"Ahahaha! Settle down kids, I know how hyped you really are." laughed Dr Taylor as he and the Drakes came up to the rest of the group from behind. "Because I really am too! Hahahahah!" he then laughed and jittered uncontrollably, "A 5 star cruise on the high seas is something I've wanted for a really long time now!" he bellowed out, "And now it's reality!"

"Hahaha, I can tell you all are really excited for this." Aki smiled as she and the Drakes were in a more modest manner but no less excited for their family night cruise experience.

"Can you blame them though?" Reese said to Aki with a smile, "They never expected to win special tickets on their very first try at that draw lot this morning."

(Flashback)

Max and the others were having a stroll downtown in the city for one of their hangouts when they came by a stand where 2 men in blue and white striped salesman outfits and hats were holding a lucky draw lot where they had to draw a ticket to win at a big treasure, "Step right up for a chance to win free tickets on board the greatest cruise ship of all time! The Royal Prince!" The first man with a moustache called out.

"One draw per customer! This could be your lucky day!" The other followed.

Upon hearing their calls, Max's eyes brightened up with excitement and amazement, "WOW! I've heard of that!" he gasped clapping his hands together, "It's like one of the biggest and greatest cruise ships ever built since the Titanic! Didn't think it would ever be completed but now it is and we get a chance to ride! Yippee!" He cheered as he was about to run over for a draw, only for Zoe to grab him by the collar and hold him back.

"Oh come on Max, you don't really think you're going to win a ticket that easily do you?" she scoffed shaking her head in disapproval.

"Don't even bother, I bet these lots are rigged, I doubt they ever have something that valuable up as a prize." Rex shook his head shrugging his shoulders.

"Can't hurt to try now can it?" Max grunted as he shook himself free from Zoe's grip and he ran over to the front stall holding up his hand like an excited child hoping to be picked, "Over hear sir! I want to draw!" He said as the men rolled the draw lot and a ticket end stuck out of the ballot. Looking down to see Chomp at his leg he then smiled, "Hey Chomp, how about you have the honours of drawing us the tic huh?" He asked as Chomp wagged his tail and barked with enthusiasm. He then picked up his friend and held him up to the end of the ticket as he began to bite on it.

Behind him the others looked to one another raising an eyebrow at Max's decision to play, not fully approving of it themselves, "What do you think his chances are?" Cera asked.

Zoe then smirked rather smugly, "Heh, he doesn't stand a chance at all." she said shrugging her shoulders and holding her arms out, "With his luck there's no way he'd ever-"

"We have a winner!"

"Congratulations!" The men behind announced ringing their bells and whistling out to the entire street to hear.

"HUH!?" The others stared speechlessly as Max's apparent miraculous luck as he tossed Chomp into the air and caught him, "Woo hoo! We did it!" he cheered holding Chomp up high and spinning around with him, as he barked out happily and excited.

"Seriously!?" Rex and Zoe gasped as their jaws hung.

"Heh what are the odds?" Cera snickered folding her arms on her hips.

The 2 salesman then leaned in towards Max, "Young man you've just won 2 out of our 3 only grand tickets fit for 2 whole families!" One said holding out a pair of golden tickets with a cruise ship symbol on it.

"Now just enter your names and fill up these forms and you're all set for a deluxe cruise ride tonight on the Royal Prince's grand departure!" The other said holding out a pen and some forms for him to sign, as Max grabbed them out of his hand and cheered with sparkling eyes!

"AW YEAH!" he cried out, but before he could get to writing down, he looked behind to his teammates and called out to them, "Say guys, should I enter your names in?"

Zoe quickly rushed towards him grabbing his hand and kneeling down before him, "Oh please yes! I knew you could do it the entire time Max! In fact we all believed in you!" She cheered with glistening eyes, which was rather unnerving for Max but luckily she quietly turned back to Rex and Cera who stared at her fickleness, "Right guys?" she said through a rather hard smile, signalling she'd murder them if they said otherwise.

"Typical Zoe….." Rex sighed lowering his head in dismay while Cera chuckled covering her mouth with her hand as they went over to sign as well before handing them off to their families.

(Present)

Which was what brought them all here before the Royal Prince today, as Aki covered her mouth doing her best but failing to suppress her own amusement, "Hahaha how true." she giggled before looking at everyone present, "If it wasn't for Max's stroke of luck we never would be able to have this wonderful time together." she continued, "Christmas may have just past but I'm sure this experience will help us bond together as a family."

"Shame Dr Owen couldn't join us since he's away." sighed Dr Taylor as he frowned lowering his head, flashing back to when he gave the news to his old friend hoping he could join. Unfortunately he was at a dig at Hell's Creek in America and couldn't make it, so the news made him burst into tears and needing his assistant Patrick to comfort him.

As everyone sighed feeling somewhat empty and missing 1 person, Mrs Drake stepped in to say her piece, "But that won't change the fact this will be a relaxing vacation without any worries." she added as she smiled warmly hoping to lighten the mood.

Everyone then smiled knowing they might as well enjoyed it, Dr Owen would have wanted them too.

Soon the sound of a megaphone could be heard from above the cruise ship, as a noise of a ship horn was heard followed by an announcement which was followed by an announcement by a man in a suit who stood by the stairway leading up to the cruiseship, "Ladies and Gentlemen." he said as his voice caught everyone's attention an they all ceased their conversations and looked towards him, "Thank you for your patience." He said with a glad smile and bow, "We shall now present the grand opening of the Royal Prince!" He proclaimed as he he used a set of scissors to snip the ribbon and on cue fireworks began firing into the sky and exploding in glitter and sparkles amongst the night sky and the cheers of excitement an pleasure echoed amongst the crowds! "Please step in orderly fashion and we hope you have a pleasant evening." He said, though ironically no one paid his words any mind as they all rushed in on board, some nearly fell off the stairway and into the water due to being overcome with excitement and adrenaline!

The children could hardly contain their own excitement as even they felt themselves caught up in the moment, "Race you to the top you guys!" Max cheered as he ran off ahead of the others!

"Hahaha, prepare to eat my dust!" Rex laughed as he followed.

"Oh ho! Don't leave your old man out!" Dr Taylor laughed as he charged after them, followed by the girls.

"It's incredible that they even allow pets on board!" Dr Drake gasped as he saw a few celebrity women carry chihuahuas in their purses while boarding, "Oh I wonder if I'll be able to meet any famous celebrities and treat their furry friends! With that the pet town hospital will sure grow in popularity and credibility!" He cheered with glee and his eyes glistened brightly, "Look out world here I come!" he said as he bolted up the stairs!

"Hahaha, I'd better go and make sure he doesn't go overboard." Mrs Drake laughed as she followed her excited husband to keep him in line.

"You all enjoy yourselves." waved Aki as they all went ahead and soon she went in at her own pace, "I think I'll go in and check out the banquet hall and see what they have to offer." she said thinking of enjoying something more quiet.

"I'm with you there." Reese added as she followed her closely.

As they all got on board, they looked around in awe and amazement at what their eyes beheld them, "Look at all this…."

"Yeah…." They breathed to see so many people gathered and spread out across the deck, enjoying banquets, having small parties and lively conversations or enjoying the activities the ship had to offer, including water volleyball, pool diving, hockey and many more! In the background further ahead they could hear the lively harmonics of an orchestra playing by the outdoor tables near the banquet hall and there was even an ice sculpture of a mermaid where the finest wine and beer was being served.

"This is like a dream come true….." Zoe breathed with glistening eyes.

"Ahahaha! This is going to be the best night ever!" Max cheered with his arms out as he ran off to go play and the others followed after him after they summoned their dinosaurs out to join them. As the stairway was taken away and the ship tooted, signalling it was about to set sail, Rex could feel the sea breeze blow in his face and hair and the night sky passing by them, as well as the waves brushing against the hulls of the ship as they moved calmly wit the current, "Maybe this is the day Ace will really get over his fear of water." Rex thought to himself feeling hopeful and assured, "No better time to do it than now."

Turning around, he saw Ace was frozen in place, as he could see the land drift further and further away, and they were surrounded on all sides by water and more water! He shook violently and codlin;t even more his head to look behind, as his eyes fixed unblinkingly at the ocean, his worst enemy as it looked like it could swallow them at any time!

Rex soon recognised what this was as he faceplamed in dismay, "Oh no….."

Unbeknownst to the whole group, down in the lower deck, in the empty air paces of the hull needed to keep the massive vessel afloat, a dinosaur card capsule rolled about as the ship turned, as it kept slamming into walls of the hull, it began to get looser and looser with every hit, meaning it and the dinosaur inside it could pop open at anytime.

(Meanwhile)

Up onboard the ship, Dr Z laid down and sunk into the beach chair laid out for guests by the poolside, all dressed in nothing but a pair of ragged swimming trunks which apparently had a hole in it's side and other bits was wearing off. The rest of his body apparently was rather old, wrinkly, somewhat hairy with age spots around his body, something very few horror movies could match, "Aaaah, nothing like a relaxing quiet night on a boat to take your mind off the stresses of home." Dr Z said to himself as he kicked one leg up and used both his hands as a pillow while wearing a flowery eye mask as he took a nap to relax himself. Oblivious to the fact that many of the guests were avoiding him because of his hideous exterior, some were even whispering how he managed to get on board himself.

"He sure is enjoying himself now isn't he?" said Zander in flowery shirt and blue trunks as he sat by a desk reading a book while Ursula sipped on some lemonade in another beach chair in her usual white casual clothes and Ed sat at the side in a purple t-shirt and orange pants munching on some cake he got from the bar inside.

"Yes, and I think he deserves it for being such a wonderful and generous leader." said Ursula smugly as she took a break from her lemonade as she pushed down her sunglasses to get a good look at their leader looking so peaceful.

"Don't kid yourselves."

"You guys just brought him along hoping he'd forget about punishing you like you so rightly deserve." A pair of voices said from behind which surprised the Alpha trio!

"Gah!" They jumped in surprise, turning around to see Rod and Laura wearing casual wear themselves.

"Bet if you didn't by miraculous chance win that last grand ticket online earlier today, you'd still be at the end of him giving you the shock treatment." said Rod smugly as mixed expressions of guilt, spite and worry came upon the 3 members of the Trio.

"W….Well we can't deny that….." Ed muttered twiddling his fingers.

"But the fact we did it for him is what really counts!" Ursula then yelled shaking her fist at the obnoxious siblings.

"Yeah, because we care and not because we're scared of no punishment! That's all there is to it!" Zander followed tensing up and glaring at the kids who were undeterred.

"Right, keep telling yourselves that…." said Laura shrugging her shoulders before smiling brightly and with innocence, "Still it was nice of you to let us tag along too."

"Wouldn't want us to accidentally tell him that you lost megalosaurus yesterday now would you?" Rod followed as they all turned red and fumed at them.

"Grrr….." They gritted their teeth and it took every ounce of effort to keep them from going physical on the children, before Ursula quickly dragged the 2 men away and stomped off to blow off some steam.

"Come on boys, let's go enjoy the rest of the evening ourselves, no way am I letting those ankle biters ruin the rest of our vacation!" she grumbled as the 2 men brightened up at the idea.

"I'm all on it! I'm going to go have some fun at the pool." said Zander as he wrestled out of her grip and ran off to the pool, taking off his shirt and pants in the process.

"I can't wait to check out the buffet!" Ed's mouth watered as he rushed to the inside of the ship, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" he cheered as he disappeared inside, leaving Ursula by her lonesome.

She folded her arms crossly, "While you boys go waste your time on simple things, I'm going to go live it big and catch some moon rays!" she said as she went to sit at a chair which was lit by the moon's light with her sunglasses on, "Maybe if I'm lucky I'll get a talent scout to put me on the cover of next week's magazine! Ahahaha!" she laughed before soon dozing off.

"Moon rays? Is that even a thing?" Rod asked as he and his sister eyed the 3 adults go off to do as they pleased before going off to find something they could do for fun.

"We sure needed a break from studies and to get way from Helga," said Rod folding his arms behind his head, "for some reason she ended up making us do homework for the first time in a long while."

"Was really nice also for Seth to volunteer to stay behind and hold down the fort," said Laura with a smile before turning a little curious, "Though it seems rather unlike him, also did he really need to keep all the alpha scanners too?" She then asked feeling guilty, "I feel bad for not bringing Terry and the others along with us."

"Maybe he thinks we deserve a break after all we've done for him." Rod suggested, "Also he's gotta keep Helga in check too right?"

"Yeah, maybe…." thought Laura though at the back of her mind she knew something wasn't quite right.

(Meanwhile)

Back at Zeta Point, Seth was standing ontop of a floating platform before an experimentation room which was shielded by a see through glass protection barrier. At his console he placed in 2 alpha scanners into a pair of insertion ports which then glowed as they were synced in with the scanners' systems. He nodded seeing the system was functional, now to see how effective it was, "Alright, now to begin phase 1." He said as he slashed 2 dinosaur cards, materialising in the room was Ampelosaurus and Stegosaurus, as they both roared at one another as they circled and sized one another up looking for an opening.

Seth smirked seeing their behaviour was just as he had hoped, as he took out a pair of move cards, "Spike arrows!" he said slashing one move before looking to the next, "Engage shock wave!" He called out as stegosaurus' plates flared up as it glowed purple and fired out a barrage of arrows, which were easily repelled b the veil of water the ampleosaurus generated! Seth smirked seeing his test was a success, "Excellent, with this 1 person will be able to control multiple dinosaurs simultaneously." he said as his smirk soon became a sinister grin, "An excellent first step for what I have planned." He said as both dinosaurs charged at one another and met in a head lock!

(Back on the ship)

Meanwhile back on the ship, the D Team and their families were already making themselves at home on the cruiseship and already were getting into the spirit of things on board. On one end, a pair of bodyguards wearing sunglasses and suits were dragging a struggling Dr Drake away, who was flailing and crying out like a child while his wife was bowing down frantically, apologising to a couple of rich people in fancy clothes, for her husband's thoughtless attempt to give their pet poodle and persian cat a shot!

Spike on the other hand was indulging himself at the dining hall, in a large meaty meat combo consisting of a huge ribeye steak and several large chicken drumsticks, unbeknownst to him that Ed was snacking on a huge pepperoni pizza behind him. While Dr Z was moving into a scalp rub, Zander was playing at the hockey table with some other tourists. Aki and Reese were relaxing in their bathing suits next to the pool while Ursula was reading a good magazine nearby from here they were.

After yanking Zoe away from harassing some big time celebrities at the VIP lounges, the D Team spent some enjoyable time at the onboard casino playing some games with one another, though making sure to avoid getting into gambling with the big time card sharks and high rollers. Fortunately for Rex the bright lights and music in the casino was enough to occupy Ace's mind off the sea, but he still sighed knowing he still needed to find a way to get through to him somehow.

Soon they found themselves lying at the beach chairs staring up at the sky and pointing out star constellations as well as the occasional shooting star across the night sky.

"Ahahahah this really is the best isn't it?" Max asked as a waitress passed him a soda and he sipped on it at a beach chair.

"You can say that again. I'm really having the time of my life…." a voice next to him replied.

Max suddenly opened his eyes widely upon hearing the voice, "Wait a second, I know that voice….." Turning around he was then aback to see it was Rod lying down on the chair next to him as the 2 of them jumped out and pointed at one another in alarm!

"Gah! YOU!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing their cries, the other members of the D Team and alpha gang all regrouped together and they all got the surprise of their lives when they saw their worst enemies happened to be on the very same cruise as they were!

"No way!"

"The brats!"

"The alpha gang!?" They all exclaimed in disbelief before glaring at one another and facing off for battle with spite and hatred on their faces!

"What are you doing here!?" Zoe cried out.

"Is there no place we can go without you always dogging us at every step of the way!?" Ursula pointed at them.

"I could say the same for you creeps!" Zoe retorted.

"I'm surprised you were even on the boarding list!" Rex yelled which infuriated their foes.

"Why you!" Rod grunted.

"We were having the perfect time of our lives to take our minds off your meddling!" Zander screamed.

"But now seeing you again is enough to ruin it!" Ursula growled as she shook a fist at them, "So let's settle things here once and for all!"

"Heh, for once I actually agree with what you say." Cera smirked with confidence before she turned serious.

Their dinosaurs all barked and growled showing they were ready to fight too!

"Bring it on!" Max then yelled shaking a fist at the alpha gang, "We'll send you packing off this boat before you ruin anyone else's day!"

"That's our line!" Laura retorted, but just as they were about ready to tussle-

"Hi kids!" a friendly familiar voice called out to them from behind.

"Huh!?" As they all turned around to look, they saw Aki was waving a warm smily face at them, with a towel covering over the top half of her body and bathing suit.

Max stuttered and sweated upon seeing her, "M….Mom!?" he croaked seeing she dropped in at a most unexpected and inappropriate time.

"Ah!" Rod and Laura too were rather surprised to see her on board too, after the impression they left her yesterday they couldn't just fight like that.

Aki then leaned in towards them all as they tried their best to avoid eye contact from her, unsure of how to respond to her in this awkward moment, "Having fun kids?" she asked, "I was just taking a stroll along the boardwalk and-" Looking to the side she covered her mouth in surprise to see Rod and Laura, "Oh my! It's you two!" she gasped before leaning in close to them, "What a fancy surprise seeing you here. Hope you've been doing well since your visit to our house yesterday."

They both swallowed hard unable to do anything against her kindness and warm hearted welcome, "H…Hey there Mrs Taylor….." Rod sweated scratching his cheek in embarrassment.

"So….nice to see you again…." Laura squeaked folding her arms behind her back and blushing red.

The A Team however simply stared and blinked in confusion as to what was going on now. "Hmmm? What's going on here?" Ursula then asked.

Zander shrugged his shoulders, "Beats me."

"No one tells me anything so don't ask me." Ed added at the end.

The D Team themselves were in the same boat as they were, as they leaned in closer to one another, "This is getting awkward….." Cera whispered.

"Yeah, no way we can fight with her around….." Max hissed under his breath.

"So what do we do?" Zoe then asked.

"That's…..a good question…." added Rex at the end.

Overhearing their whispering Aki then stepped back quickly, "Oh? Was I in the middle of something? Oh I do apologise." she said.

"It's…..alright mom…." Max gulped as he turned red and smiled nervously, "We were just….catching up on old times with Rod and Laura that's all…haha…." he laughed in embarrassment as the others quickly nodded, inside they were screaming their heads off wondering why did they have to pretend to like the alpha gang of all people.

"Catching up?" Aki baked her eyes before looking to both sides back and forth a bit, "Does that mean you all know each other?" She asked as they all stuttered in response.

"Urk…..In a way you could say that." said Cera softly.

Aki quickly looked over to Rod and Laura before noticing the tiro standing nearby them, who were staring at her rather blankly. "And are these by chance relatives of yours Rod and Laura?" She then asked looking down at the children again.

"Ummm….."

"R…Relatives!?" The trio all gasped in surprise, as Ursula prepared to give Aki a piece of her mind.

"Why we are most certainly-"

"Are!" Interruptted Laura as she spoke out.

"Huh!?" The trio gasped in disbelief at what she said.

Rod then nodded, "That's right!" He said as he walked over to the trio, "Allow us to introduce here is Uncle Zander, Uncle Ed." he said showing off the skinny and plump men.

"Huh?"

"Say what?" They each blinked.

"And Auntie Ursula!" Laura sang showing her off to Aki.

Ursula turned pale and her jaw dropped upon hearing her say such a thing, "Aun….tie?" she choked as she pointed out shakily.

As Laura nodded, the D Team couldn't help but snicker about it, which served to tick her off anymore!

She turned red and gnashed her teeth so hard they could almost crack under the pressure she was exerting on them! "Grrrr! How dare you say that!? Just how old do you think I am!?" she yelled which took Aki by surprise as well as shocking the others knowing she'd blow off their secret soon!

"Ah!"

"Being called old by those brats is one thing, but you 2 of all people-" Ed and Zander quickly covered her mouth and held her back with everything they had! "Mmph!"

"Now now Ursula!" said Ed quivering.

"Settle down, let's leave this to Rod and Laura before you complicate things!" Zander said nervously as they quickly dragged her away while she continued to struggle and thrash in their grip!

As they began to pull her further away, Aki couldn't help but stare and find the scene played out before her most unusual, "Okay…..they're a rather interesting bunch…." she said trying to sound polite.

"You can say that again…." Rex sweat dropped as the others nodded with him.

"You'll have to excuse them," said Laura covering up for them, "They're kinda socially awkward…."

"Especially Ursula, she's really sensitive when it comes to her age." said Rod whispering to Max's mom as she covered her mouth in surprise.

"Oh my, I'm sorry to hear that." she said before turning over to the D Team who shuddered as she turned her attention to them, "Kids, make sure you be nice to Rod and Laura's uncles and aunt now will you?" she asked gently as she leaned down towards them.

"Errr….." Seeing no other way to respond back to her, they then nodded uneasily.

"Y…Yes of course….."

"We promise to give them the respect they deserve." They said holding a promise sign up, but inside they were literally screaming their heads off inside.

"I'd rather get eaten by a dinosaur than ever be nice to those jerks!" The fact they had to be nice to the people they fought against for so many months was tearing them up form the inside out!

"They're the worst scum of the earth ever!"

"Why do we have to play nice with them of all people!?" Their internal rage intensified as Rod and Laura literally snickered in front of them knowing they could get away with it and they couldn't do anything about it!

Seeing she had taken up enough of their time, Aki then stood up and backed away, "Well, I've interrupted your time together long enough, let me leave you all to it now." she said as she waved to them, "Play nice kids."

"S…Sure mom of course!" Max croaked nervously.

"We won't be of any trouble…." Zoe followed at the end as they all waved to her with smiling facades.

"We'll be on our best behaviours too ma'am." waved Rod and Laura before looking over to the trio behind them, "Right auntie and uncles?"

"We sure will….." Zander and Ed smiled just as painfully while sweating immensely from fatigue at trying to restrain Ursula, who was still thrashing about as strong as ever underneath! She herself couldn't decide who to clobber first, the D Team, Ed and Zander for holding her back, or Rod and Laura for calling her an auntie. The thoughts of who to give a smackdown to was making her boil up inside till she could explode like a volcano!

Oblivious to what was actually going on, Aki chuckled joyfully and smiled at them all with warmth and kindness, "Well, I'm off to see what else this place has to offer. Enjoy your time making new friends now." she said as she turned around and skipped away, "Lalalalala….." she hummed as she soon disappeared from sight and the D Team all let out a deep breath they didn't know they were holding in.

"Phew, that was a close one." said Max with relief as the experience had him feeling more overwhelmed than any outing he had with a dinosaur.

"You can say that again…." added Rex as they all got back to the real matter at hand, as they glared back at the alpha gang and the trio ran back to where they were rejoining their earlier conversation.

"Grr you got lucky this time!" Ursula growled pointing out at them after finally wrestling out of Zander and Ed's loosening group as they panted deeply with exhaustion, "But don't think you can hide behind your mommy's back every single time!" She then grinned, "Bet if you couldn't fight maybe you'd send her to fight your battles for you! Same goes for all of you!" She then yelled pointing out too the rest of them.

"Hey! Don't you dare talk bad about my mom!" Max yelled taking deep offence to it.

"And nobody talks smack about my parents either!" Zoe added as she turned red and fumed,

"Yeah! Unless you really want us to let you have it!" Cera and Rex felt the most hurt of all, considering neither of them actually knew their own parents either.

"Grrrr!" Tension was peaking between the 2 factions as spite and hatred flared up on both ends. They just couldn't wait to cut loose, the only problem was that they had no way to take out their frustrations on one another without causing a scene on the cruise ship, so that made it all the more harder for them to show any self restraint as their anger became bottled up and would soon explode into something uncontrollable if something wasn't done soon.

Seeing no good would come out it if they were to settle things with a battle, Rod soon came up with an idea that could work out without either side having to resort to violence, "Say I've got an idea." he said snapping his fingers, "How we can all settle this peacefully."

They all turned to him with curious or suspicious expressions, "Hmm?"

"What's that?" Some asked.

"Peacefully? I doubt it…." Others doubted.

Rod then smirked as he had the answer already, "There's a whole bunch of activities this ship has out for guests to play and keep themselves entertained." he said as he brought them all in, "So here's the deal. We'll play against one another, best out of 3 wins." He then looked towards the D Team and smirked, "If we win, you keep out of our hairs this whole trip."

"But If you win, you can do whatever you want." Laura finished, "Sounds like a fair deal don't you think?" She added folding her arms and the trio then snickered seeing they could enjoy wiping the floor with the meddling kids at a game they could easily turn in their favour.

The D Team however hardened their expressions taking notice of their foes' snickers and grins. "Not interested, you'll obviously pull wool over my eyes like you did last time!" scoffed Max turning away and folding his arms still holding a grudge against them for the times they cheated them out of dinosaurs.

Rex and Zoe then smiled seeing he was taking this other maturely, "Yeah that's right!"

"You show em Max!" They cheered praising him as Cera smiled.

Rod then smirked rather deviously, "Heh, what's the matter? Too chicken to prove yourself a man?" He snarked as Zander and Ed flapped their arms like wings and made chicken noises while hopping around, mocking Max and getting on his nerves, even bending down to mimic how chickens peck the ground for food.

"Why you…." Max gritted his teeth and clenched his fist as a huge tic mark appeared on his forehead.

Rex jumped seeing he was getting edgy again and tried his best to keep him from falling for it, "Max…calm down now….we don't want to-"

"Going to run home to your momma and cry about it?" Ursula then mocked as she faked crying and whining too before grinning maliciously, "Bet you'd be nothing without her huh?"

That was more than enough to tick Max off as he wrestled out of Rex's grip and yelled at the top of his lungs! "That does it! Calling me a chicken is one thing, but no one ever talks bad about my mom and gets away with it! I accept!" he yelled shaking a fist and the Alpha gang all cheered in victory seeing they got him hooked.

Meanwhile max's teammates sighed and face palmed seeing Max let his temper and ego get the best of him again, "Oh boy….."

"This isn't going to go over well." They each sighed in disappointment, perhaps next time they shouldn't get their hopes too high for their friend.

First was ping pong, and Zoe and Cera were partnered up against Ed and Zander, with their trust and teamwork, the 2 girls had the 2 bumbling men overwhelmed as they helped cover one another' weak spots while they had their opponents bumbling about or even crashing into one another!

"Gah!" Zander gasped as he missed a ball.

"Huff huff…." Ed gasped in exhaustion as he put his hands on his knees gasping for air after a while, as Cera and Zoe high fived one another!

"Keep it up! You can do it!" Rex cheered as their dinosaurs barked happily on the sideliness.

"Come on you clowns don't let those runts beat you!" Ursula yelled out stomping her foot as the 2 men sweated profusely with exhaustion.

"Oh man Zander! Why did they have to pick us for this!?" Ed whimpered and they shivered as their turn to serve came, and it seemed like they were ready for it!

Zoe then smirked seeing they could win at any moment now, "Alright! We've got them on the ropes now!"

"Just a little more…." Cera thought to herself as she narrowed her eyes.

"Hey look! A dinosaur!" a voice suddenly shouted out as they all turned to look outside the window!

"Huh!?"

"Where!?" They gasped in alarm but saw there was no one outside.

"Gotcha!" Zander shouted as he served the ball which bounced past Zoe and Cera as they turned back too late!

"Ah! No!" The D Team stared in disbelief as Zander and Ed did a happy dance together and cheered!

"Aha! We win!"

"Heh, can't believe you fell for the oldest trick in the book." Laura snickered on the sidelines as Rod grinned and Ursula stuck her tongue out at their fooled foes, who hardened their expressions in anger.

"Grrr…." The D Team growled infuriated by having the rug pulled out from under them when they were so close, but the game was far from over.

At the pool table, Ursula laughed out cockily as she landed down to take a crack at the game, "Ahahahah, watch how a pro does it and cry your eyes out half pints….." she said leaning down and aiming the pole at the ball.

Seeing an opportunity, Max snickered as he found a way to get back at them for earlier, "Careful auntie, if you bend too much like that you might hurt your back!" he mocked as Ursula gnashed her teeth furiously!

"GRRRR! How dare you-" She said as she struck out with all her might, only to punch a massive hold straight through the table! "Gah!" She widened her eyes seeing she blew her chance and the D Team jumped up and cheered!

"Alright! That's score 1 for the D Team!"

"Woo hoo!"

The trio then glared at the children with immense spite, "Grrr!"

As Laura narrowed her eyes crossly, Rod then folded his arms and smirked with confidence, "Heh, well enjoy your victory now because it won't last." he thought as he looked outside where the final event was about to take place.

Soon everyone got to the poolside where the final event, a swimming race was about to begin and it was between Rod and Rex, as both contenders were warming up to to race one another for the fastest swimming time to the end and back, and the tension was peaking.

"You can do it Rex!"

"Make him eat your bubbles!" Max and Cera cheered out for their friend along with all their dinosaurs on the sidelines. Ace however, shivered as he hid behind Cera's leg upon sight of the large body of water in front of him.

On the other side, Ursula and the others did a rather embarrassing cheer which Rod paid little attention to, "R-O-D! What's that spell!? Rod! Go!" They chanted.

Though he did however focus on the support his sister was giving him, "It's all on you now Rod!" she cried out at the top of her lungs, "Show them what you're really made of!"

Taking off his shirt and helmet and changing into his swimming trunks, he got over to his side of the pool, "I'll go first! Cannonball!" He cried out as he jumped in, causing a rather large splash!

"Hey!" As Laura jumped out of the way, the trio ended up getting soaked in the process!

As they came out of it, their hair was all splashed down and they were very much displeased.

"Seriously?"

"My clothes are going to shrink in this…." Zander and Ed muttered in discomfort.

Ursula however took it far more seriously as her makeup became runny and her favourite casual clothes were all drenched, as she gritted her teeth and clenched her fists yelling out in a flurry, "Why you! When this is over I'm going to spank you silly!" she cried out in discomfort stomping her feet.

"Whoa!"

"Take cover!"

The D Team however were able to back away in time, unfortunately one of them wasn't able to make it in time. As the wave of water came upon him, Ace froze in place, his legs shaking as he was paralysed by fear and unable to do a thing as it came down on him in a massive splash!

"Ah!" They widened their eyes to see Ace completely soaked as he then ran off in a frantic away as fast as he could from where they were!

Rex widened his eyes, "Ace wait! Stop!" His calls were unheard as Ace's thinking was overcome with fearful instincts, for Ace water triggered a horrific memory buried deep within his heart and he couldn't bear to even have so much a drop on it as it meant…..death to him…..

As he ran as fast as he could to get away from the pool, he failed to realise where he was going till he opened his eyes again and his heart skipped a beat as he found himself at the edge of a ship railing, leading down to a massive plunge below where the ocean's waves rocked the boat and splashed at the hull. Upon sight of the massive monstrous abyss deep below the blue waves, Ace froze and turned nearly pale, something which hadn't gone unnoticed by the D Team as they looked on.

"A…Ace?" Rex asked nervously seeing his friend had gone completely silent, as off his own soul had left his body and he was now but an empty shell….silent and still. When Ace soon came back to his senses he then cried out as he ran away without looking back much to Rex's alarm! "Ace come back!" he cried as he tried to follow him.

"Ah!"

"Wait Rex!" Before the D Team could follow after their friend-

"Hold it!" Rod yelled from the pool as they stopped to look back, "If any of you leave now, you're disqualified and we win." he said folding his arms and smirking rather smugly at them, much to their alarm and disgust.

"Why you….."

"How dare you!? That shouldn't count!" They yelled but Rod and the other members of the alpha gang were undeterred.

"You shook on it that you guys will be playing through the end," he replied, "If you leave now it basically means you're backing out, even you should know that."

"Yeah." The trio said to them in a mocking tone.

The D Team were stuck between a rock and a hard place, if they left they'd have to stay out of the Alpha gang's way for the entire night even if it meant they'd be plotting something, but if they stayed to finish their agreement Ace could get himself into trouble amongst the many other guests onboard, or worse, fall over board and they could lose him for good. The expressions of frustration and conflict was made apparent on their faces as they looked between their adversaries and back in the direction Ace ran off in.

"So what'll it be?" Laura asked as she shot them a taunting expression.

"Grrrgh!" Seeing no other choice, the D Team ran off ahead in pursuit of Ace as fast as they could, but not before they shot back a few words of spite behind them.

"We'll settle this later!"

"You won't get away with this!"

"We'll get you back and that's a promise!" They shouted out as they soon disappeared from sight and the Alpha trio danced about in victory.

"Would you look at that, they're turning tail and running away!"

"Ahahaahahah!"

"We showed them!" They laughed before sticking out their tongues and pulling down their eyelids mockingly. "Nyeh! Nyeh!"

"Looks like we've seen the last of their sorry behinds for a while now hahahaha!" Rod laughed as he and Laura high fived and then went to the pool for another dip.

Back with the D Team, Zoe glared at Max as they hurried along the boardwalk looking for the runaway carnotaurus, "Way to go Max, because of you now we can't do anything to stop whatever plan they have coming here!" she yelled angrily as Max gritted his teeth in frustration and pain.

"I'm so sorry guys….I really shouldn't have-"

"Save it Max," Rex interrupted him, "We'll worry about it later! Right now we need to get Ace back before something bad happens to him!" he yelled with desperation in his tone.

"We're on a ship, no way he could've gotten far." Max stated.

"You'd be surprised at how many places there are for a little dinosaur to hide on a ship." Cera replied as they continued on in their search for their lost friend.

Deep down in the hull below where the D Team were running past, as the ship turned, it caused the egg capsule to tumble across the floor till smashing open against a support. Inside was a water move card and a dinosaur card with a crocodile like head and red crest. Up above, a drop of water fell from a leaking pipe onto the cards, causing them to glow blue as they activated! The irritator let out a vicious snarl upon awakening, before sniffing the air and walking off sniffing the air and ground to determine its' surroundings and how it could get out.

(Meanwhile)

Back at the lab, Seth had just compiled together some data on a screen and slowly before him a move card was beginning to form on screen, it was going to be a new move card far more powerful than any other designed ever before, and any dinosaur that could master it would no doubt be fit to carry out his goal to create a new breed of evolved dinosaurs which he planned to repopulate the planet with. He smirked with delight seeing the fire card slowly take shape before eying Saurophagnax in the training room, which was panting with exhaustion and gasping for air, inside a very messed up room as a result of the dinosaur having been forced to train beyond its' limits, yet despite that the dinosaur was able to meet Seth's expectations, which made him Seth's prime candidate to be his pioneer of his new research and experiments.

Several thoughts and ideas were racing through his mind as his hands twitched showing how his body was unable to contain the many ideas and revolutionary theories exploding into existence within him, and how he couldn't wait to try them all out as soon as possible. It was only when a signal flashed on his computer, which brought his train of thoughts to a stop as he turned around to see the signal glowing over the water, "A dinosaur out at sea?" he raised an eyebrow with suspicion as he zoomed in on the location which pinpointed it to apparently a moving location. "That's where the royal prince is….." he then noted.

Upon cue, Saurophagnax let out an exhausted roar as he collapsed to the ground and returns to card form, which made him scowl somewhat, "How unfortunate saurophaganax, that I'll have to be cutting your time short a little early today." Seth muttered as he unplugged the fire scanner. He then flashed a sadistic expression as he turned it towards ampelosaurus and stegosaurus, who both shuddered and groaned in fear inside their glass beakers as he eyed them, "That means all the more time I can focus on you both." In their hearts they never met a human as evil or diabolical as Seth as they curled up and shivered looking away.

A small flying supply droid soon descended before Seth as he handed it the scanner, "Deliver this to Rod and Laura now." he said as the droid took it and beeped.

"DELIVER!" It said before flying away and out of Zeta Point across the sea.

As it departed Seth once again regained his maniacal expression as he pressed a button on his machine and turned up the dial to nearly full power, "Now, time to begin your next stage of evolution." he said as electricity surged through the beaker and into the bodies of the 2 dinosaurs as they roared and screeched in pain!

(Meanwhile)

"Ace wait!" Rex called out for his partner as he continued scurrying across the boardwalk and through the dining hall! The way he was able to run around tables, under chairs and quickly around people was something the D Team had to commend him for.

"Man he's fast…." Max grunted gritting his teeth and sweating tiredly with the others as they had a much harder time manoeuvring around themselves.

"Even faster when he's scared." Cera then thought to herself, wondering what is it about water that gets him so riled up and agitated.

"H…Hey!"

"Ah!" Various people cried out in alarm as he ran through their legs or entry tripped them over! Even tripping over a waiter and the food and drinks he was carrying onto some customers!

"S…Sorry!" Rex and the others had to quickly apologise to make up for the mess. Before they could continue, a head manager soon stepped up before them and eyed them seriously, causing them all to freeze in their tracks!

"Was that your dog sir?" he asked firmly.

Max and the others froze stiff at the man's piercing gaze, while Rex swallowed hard to force out the truth from his mouth, "Y…Yes he was….."

He then narrowed his eyes, "Well you'd better teach him some manners, if he makes another mess like that I'm afraid I'll have to report you to the captain and have you ejected from this cruise. Understand?" he said raising an eyebrow.

"Y…Yes sir, it won't happen again!" Rex nodded frantically as they quickly ran past. By the time they made it to the outside corridor where he ran off, Ace was nowhere to be seen in sight on both ends!

"Which way did he go now!?" Zoe cried frantically feeling worried.

Max gritted his teeth, "Let's split up! We'll find him easier that way!"

"Alright!" said Cera as she ran down one hallway with Rex, with Max and Zoe down the other.

As they passed by other passengers ,akin their way to the toilets or lower halls, Cera soon noticed Rex was growing increasingly frustrated and impatient, "Honestly, I'm getting sick and tired of Ace never getting over his hydrophobia for months now!" he hissed under his breath, which was beginning to worry her and Miku. "This time it's the last straw! When we get back home, I'm going drag him straight to the bath and make sure he doesn't leave till he gets over it once and for all!" he yelled gritting his teeth.

"Rex, don't you think you might be a little hard on him?" Cera asked as he looked to her with a serious expression which made her gulp in worry, "I mean, I'm sure Ace has his reasons for being afraid."

Thinking about it, Rex stopped run and sighed deeply, "I know that Cera….." he said before looking away, "But I can't keep letting him get away with it forever, he has to get over it sooner or later otherwise he'll be running all his life missing out on all the fun new things he could be enjoying with the rest of us." he said as he hardened his gaze, "Well enough is enough, I won't take it lying down anymore! I won't let him ruin our family vacation!" he yelled running ahead, "When I find him I'll be giving him a piece of my mind!" he cried out at the end before he disappeared, leaving Cera and Miku behind to contemplate what their eyes had just seen.

"I've never seen Rex like that before….." Cera breathed as Miku chirped in agreement wheel still staring speechlessly. She then shook "Well, even Rex has limits to his patience." Thinking it over she then began to understand that before she came on board the D Team, she was told there were times when we weren't able to fight at full strength because of Ace's fear of water. Because of that, Rex sometimes saw himself as a liability for letting the rest of us down when they could have used his help. "I understand now." she then said processing all of this along with Ace's fear of water.

Miku then chirped at her and she nodded back "I know Miku, Rex does mean well but I don't think he's using the right approach to it." she then put a finger to her chin in thought and closed her eyes, thinking it over carefully she then opened them realising what she could do, "Maybe we should get things from Ace's side of the story." she said to herself as she ran down the hallway and came to a map on the wall. "Now if I was afraid of water where would I go to hide on a cruise ship?" She asked herself as she narrowed her eyes at it looking over the possible places Ace could have gone. Looking at it Miku then chirped in her ear and she nodded in agreement with her partner's theory, "You're right Miku, somewhere inside would do." Scrolling over the map's interior areas she then focused her finger on a certain possible spot.

"This daycare area seems like a good place to start." she thought to herself as hurried in the direction of it. Soon she came upon a closed wooden door with a bright smiley face with rainbows on it. She opened it slowly and peeked in to find a play mat area with small playground equipment set up like mini slides and swings, along with a book shelf and several bean bags and pillows around to make the place comfortable. Strangely it was completely empty and devoid of laughter and excitement that a child's playroom would have. "Good thing the kids are all napping in the other room now." Thought Cera assuming that was the case as she stepped in. Looking around form where they were, Cera soon spotted a blue tail sticking out from under the slide, and she smiled with relief as she found the little carnotaurus had scampered off too. "Ah there he is." She said as she walked up to where it was. Looking under the slide she saw Ace was covering his hands over his head and shivering as if he was cold, terrified or maybe a little of both. "There you are Ace." She then said surprisingly him as he curled up inside and hissed defensively before shaking his head refusing to come out. Cera looked at him pityingly knowing what he was going through, but even so he caused quite a scare for them on the other hand. "It's alright Ace, I'm not mad nor am I going to take you back to Rex, at least not now." she said to him as he lowered his head shamefully, unable to look at her in the eye.

"But he is very worried about you, don't you think you should be going back to him now?" she then asked him with compassion though Ace refused to look back at her. Taking a chance she slowly reached out and petted him gently on the head to which he responded back by nuzzling in, feeling a warm pre scene emanating from Cera and feeling more at peace now. "I know Rex may seem harsh and forceful in getting you to overcome your fear, but I'm sure he's doing this because he cares for you." She said as she slowly ushered Ace out of his hiding spot as he looked up at her and Miku. "Maybe he just doesn't understand, it could help if you maybe tell us why you're so terrified of water in the first place?" As she asked that however, the little dinosaur shuddered and shook his head in refusal.

"I see…." Cera sighed realising that this hydrophobia of his must be deeply rooted. Still she couldn't just leave things the way they were, thinking it over she then looked over to her partner who was resting on her shoulder, "Miku, maybe you can talk to him, tell him what Max and the others think, maybe he'd be more open to talk." Miku nodded in response as she hopped down to Ace and then chirped. After a few exchanges in dino communication, Ace seemed more calm and willing to 'talk' now as he looked up at Cera anxious but trusting nonetheless. "Ready to talk now?" she asked as the blue dinosaur slowly nodded.

Miku then placed a hand on Ace's head, as if she was reading his very thoughts, and as Cera touched her she then glowed in a rainbow aura, as if she began to transfer those beer thoughts from Ace to her partner, as a vision soon appeared before her. The seven took place in prehistoric South America, near an ancient lake where dinosaurs such as saltasaurus went to drink and quench their thirst. Nearby, a mother carnotaurus stepped out of the brush for a drink followed by 4 hatchlings, which ere coloured, black, grey, brown and blue, the last one she soon recognised as Ace. While mother lowered her head down to drink, the young carnivores stayed near the edge of the bank, chasing after small flies that flew about, or even tried their luck with a scorpion! Ace, feeling bold tried to bite at it but it retaliated with a sting to his nose, causing him to back away. Shaking his head in disorientation he saw a dragonfly resting on a reed right above the water, thinking it to be an easier meal, Ace licked his lips and began stalking it slowly and carefully. He jumped up to grab it, but only succeeded in swallowing a mouthful of air as the insect took off before he could sink his teeth in it. Unfortunately his jump was a bit too strong as he ended up falling into the water! He then cried out and struggled immensely to keep his head above the water but his tiny arms and little legs couldn't do much to keep hm afloat! Every second as he lost energy he could feel as though the water was slowly beginning to swallow him whole and it would be the end of him soon, and seeing how his siblings were still on the banks playing and not realising he was about to drown made him feel abandoned and alone…..as his head slowly fell beneath the surface….. Luckily at the last crucial moment his mother heard his cries for help as she charged over and reached in, grabbing him with her teeth and bringing him back to shore in time! Nuzzling him at his chest he coughed out water violently and breathed deeply with relief to see she had come to his aid as she liked him all over dry. But the memory of his near death experience had burnt deep into his mind as everytime he looked at water all he could think of was death and its' slow, silent but deadly grip….Once it got you, it was over….

As the flashback ended, Ace looked down feeling horrible at reliving those thoughts and memories he tried hard to bury deep within him, but even the sight of water was enough to uncover them once again and he had never been able to move on since then, even a drop of it on his body would be like a poison to him even though it was what helped give him life too. "I see now…..I understand why you'd be so afraid of water now." said Cera sadly, "I mean, it's not easy to overcome a fear you develop as a baby." She said stroking his head gently as he remained silent. To his surprise, while he expected abandonment or scorn he saw Cera smile rather kindly at him, "It's fine though, there's nothing wrong with that, because everyone has something that frightens them more than anything else. I'm sure Rex deeps down respects and accepts you for who you are, it's what makes you well….you." she said to him.

"But the funny thing is, without fear, there can't be any courage." she added as Ace blinked and titled his head curiously. "From what I heard from the others, you've demonstrated it before in the past, and that really takes a lot of guts. Good on you." she said petting him as Miku chirped happily and Ace felt a little more confident in himself. After that her expression turned rather serious, "But facing your fear is one thing, mastering it is another." she said lifting his head up and looking him in the eye with both kindness and discipline, "Only the bravest and strongest of heart can do it, and after seeing you in battle so many times I'm certain you are capable of doing it too." she said with confidence. Ace's eyes glistened, amazed that she had such faith in him despite his weakness and trauma. Her nod then confirmed she meant what she said, "I mean it, why else would Rex and the others keep trying to help you overcome your fears? It's they believe in you and they'll never give up on you ever." she then brought him in for a hug, "Because they're your friends, and you aren't alone. They too have fears but they help one another overcome it, because they trust and believe in each other. Don't you believe in your partner at all Ace?" She then asked as Ace lowered his head down thinking it over carefully. In his mind he wasn't sure what to make of it, even if others believed he could do it, is it the same as him being able to surpass his own limits too? He wondered….

As he did, Miku chirped out loud and Cera nodded, "Miku's right." she said before looking back to him, "I know it's a lot to take in, but look at it this way." she explained, "Think of the water as….a whole new adventure like how you and the others go to all sorts of places no other person or even a dinosaur would go on a usual basis. You're always excited to learn and explore new experiences and sights, you've seen plenty of amazing things the land and air has to offer, so why not include the water too?" Ace stared with unblinking eyes, not once considering that possibility, "Think of it as something fun awaiting you as you step forth into an unknown world, instead of something to be afraid of. Maybe, try looking at it that way instead?" she said before gently patting him on the head, "You don't need to rush it either, you can take it at your own pace. One step at a time, we just hope you can at least try to make that first step." As she finished Ace then lowered his head down and began to contemplate over everything she just heard.

"Wow Cera. That was…..really deep…." Turning around, Cera was surprised to see the rest of the D Team were standing right behind her, apparently having heard her whole speech form start to end. Needless to say they felt impacted gy it as well.

"Oh there you guys are." she said standing up and picking Miku onto her shoulder again, "Sorry," she then added scratching her cheek, "I wanted to tell you guys sooner that I found him but well I…."

"It's cool no worries." said Rex understandingly, "In fact, I think it's best you didn't, because now I think I understand." Walking past her, Rex kneeled down to Ace's level and stroked his head. "Hey Ace." In response, Ace lowered his head and tried to turn away, but Rex made him look back at him as he looked into his friend's eyes with new realisation, "I'm really sorry buddy, shouldn't have been so hard on you, I had no idea it was really that bad." he said stoking him before smiling kindly, "You know Ace, friendship and trust does take a while and so does overcoming fears. If it's alright with you, I'm willing to start over with you and we can work it out again from the beginning." He asked as Ace blinked looking up at him. Rex then held out a hand, "So what do you say Ace? Are you up for it?" he asked. Looking to the hand, then to Rex's smiling hopeful expression and then to the same given off by the rest of the D Team and his other dino friends, Ace then nuzzled into Rex's palm answering him. "Haha, thanks Ace, that's all I can ask for." Rex laughed happily and also because Ace was tickling him.

"Aww that's just so sweet." Zoe teared clapping her hands together feeling touched.

"Yeah, it sure is." Cera added and Max smiled folding his arms feeling happy they worked it all out.

As Rex stood up he then turned around, "Say Cera?"

"Yes?" she blinked.

He held out a hand to her, "Thanks for that, I think I'll stop trying to rush things and take it a little more slowly from now on." he said gratefully, "I should try to consider Ace's feelings better too and try to understand him as my friend and not a pet."

Cera smiled gladly as she shook on his hand back, "I'm glad you realise it now." she said before looking down to see Ace, "I'm sure Ace knows how you feel too," the young carnotaurus wagged his tail and jumped up in excitement confirming her answer, "I have a feeling he'll be trying harder too from now on."

"That's all I'll ask for." Rex responded looking down to his partner and best friend who barked back.

"Phew, glad that's sorted out with." Max breathed with relief before grinning excitedly, "Now we can get back to enjoying ourselves an awesome cruise!" he cried out punching his arm out to the air. Though he ruined the moment the D Team did see he had a point on celebrating again as they nodded with him in agreement.

"Mhmm!"

Before they could head out again though, a familiar beeping sound soon came from their pockets catching them by surprise.

"Huh!?" They all took out hitter dinoholders and dinoshot and widened their eyes to see a signal on!

"A dinosaur!"

"It's here on this ship!?"

"No way!" They all gasped.

Max narrowed his eyes, "Of all the places one could show it had to be here, where there's tons of people about in the middle of the sea with nowhere to run!?" he exclaimed as the others looked to him realising the complexity of this situation.

"This will be tricky that's for sure….." Zoe commented scratching her chin.

"Well, let's just find it quick and hopefully it'll be in a place where there won't be so many people around." said Max shrugging it off.

He was about to turn and head out when Rex grabbed him by the shoulder, "But Max. Don't forget you made a deal with those alpha gang creeps remember?" he reminded him as he froze and stuttered upon seeing all their serious expressions.

"You even promised on our behalf without asking us first, that we'd stay out of their way didn't you?" Zoe added as he drooped down defeated.

"Oh yeah….sorry guys…." he muttered.

"Nothing we can do about it now…." Rex sighed shaking his head in dismay.

"What do we do then?" Zoe asked unwilling to give up like that but still saw no way out of this.

Thinking it over Cera soon came up with a possible loophole they could exploit to their advantage, "Technically it won't count unless we find it first." she said out loud as everyone looked to her, "If we find the dinosaur and they decide butt in, it means they're getting in our way which doesn't count."

"That can work." said Max seeing the logic in her words as Rex and Zoe nodded with a smile. "Also if we find it first before they do we might still have a chance!"

"Then let's not waste anymore time!" said Cera seriously, "Let's go look for it now before they do!"

"Right!" They all cheered as they left the baby play pen and split up in different directions to search for it.

As Max ran past a pair of beach chairs he didn't notice that his parents were relaxing there, with Spike wearing a pair of sunglasses while folding his arms as a pillow while wearing pair of swimming trunks and Aki was wearing a bath robe reading a book, "Ah, isn't this just the best Aki?" he asked dreamily as his wife smiled back at him.

"It sure is Spike, it sure is. Nothing can ever spoil this relaxing day." She said as she looked to the side to see Reese and the Drakes all relaxing too.

With Reese, Mr and Mrs Drake too

Below where they were however, the irritator had stopped sniffing and soon focused on a certain point on the wall in the hulls. Sniffing it and hearing a lot of pressure at the end, it realised it could maybe break free through here if it could focus its' attacks on that very spot. Raising out its claws and letting out a vicious hiss it began to slash away at the hull!

(Meanwhile)

"Aaaah this is the life." Dr Z hummed to himself dreamily as a masseur gave him a relaxing foot rub at the spa room, while he himself had face mask and cucumbers on his face, "I could get used to this forever…..If I had the chance I'd never go home….." he said before dozing off and snoring away.

Outside the Trio, now dressed in their usual alpha attire, relaxed easy in the beach chairs next to the pool feeling peaceful for the first time in a very long while.

"Ah this is the life, we finally got those brats kicked out of our hairs." said Zander kicking a leg up and resting his head in his hands like pillows.

"Oh if only our days could be like this everyday." said Ed with a big smile on his face.

"Let's just enjoy it while it lasts." Ursula muttered as she began to indulge in the moment, the only thing that would make it better was if they could do something about the other kids that were splashing about in the pool near them.

"Ahahaha tag you're it!" Rod laughed as he tapped his sister on her shoulder and he began swimming away while she tried to splash after him.

"Hee hee! I'm gonna get you!" she giggled as they splashed in the pool, before Rod suddenly stopped and looked up.

"Huh?" As Laura finally caught up to him she saw him staring up at the sky before he pointed out, "Hey look up there!" As she followed her brother's finger she saw it was a small flying droid which descended towards them before dropping off the alpha scanner, which Rod quickly responded by holding his hands up, "Ah! Got it!" He gasped grabbing it in time before it hit the pool. Already there was a call going on it, "Hmm?" Tapping it, the face of a familiar blue haired man appeared which surprised the siblings.

"Oh Seth, what's up?" asked Laura.

"You both might want to take a look at this." he replied as half of the screen shrunk down and revealed the map displaying a dinosaur signal at where they were.

Both Rod and Laura widened their eyes in surprise at the unexpected news, "Whoa! A dinosaur here on this cruise ship!?" Rod gasped.

"That's gonna be little tricky…." Laura muttered scratching her cheek in thought.

Seth smirked in response, "Don't worry, you'll figure out a way to get it, I know you will." he said which inspired some confidence in the both of them.

"Heh, you bet we will!" Rod smirked.

"Plus we managed to get the D Team off our backs tonight so this will be a singe!" Laura cheered holding a thumbs up and a big smile.

Seth nodded in acknowledgement of their efforts, knowing there was no way they could fail this time, "Very good then, over and out." he said as the screen turned blank as he logged off.

As he did, Rod looked over to his sister and smirked, "Alright Laura let's get to work!"

"Right!" She cheered as they both headed over to the edge of the pool to climb out, but as they arrived.

"We'll be taking that!" A claw suddenly shot out from nowhere, snatching the alpha scanner right out of Rod's hands!

"H…Hey!" he cried out seeing Zander grab the scanner with the claw and the Trio were snickering in their faces.

"Grrgh!" Rod grunted as he ran at them, "Give that back!" he yelled as Ursula held him back at the head with her hand with little effort!

"Tsk tsk tsk! Not a chance!" she said wagging a finger with her other hand, "You kids still have to go out and get changed, wasting precious time that could be used for finding the dinosaur."

"On the other hand we're ready and all set to go!" Ed added as he grinned widely.

"In fact by the time you're done we'll be back here with the card, or maybe even before that!" Zander mocked.

Both Rod and Laura sighed and shook their heads shrugging their shoulders knowing what they were really up to, "Don't tell me you clowns are still trying to get back on grampa's good side are you?"

"Just give it up already, it's obvious you'll fail." They said as the trio widened their eyes and they gasped in shock that they were found out so easily!

"EH!?"

"You're lucky grampa was willing to let you off easy just because you somehow managed to win these tickets." said Rod as he folded his arms and turned away from them.

"You're pushing it if you think you can pull it off," said Laura huffing, "Bet you wouldn't have won that bet against the D Team if it wasn't for us."

Their insults succeeded in infuriating the Trio as they gritted their teeth in anger and fumed red, "Grrr!"

"Oh well, at least we have more time to enjoy the activities they have here on board." said Laura as she hopped back into the pool uncaringly.

"So go on and knock yourselves out, don't think we'll bail you out again like we did yesterday." Rod concluded as he followed her.

Ursula clicked her tongue in annoyance as she shook her fist out at them, "Tch! We'll make you eat those words and teach you to respect grownups!" she yelled.

Laura couldn't help but hold in a laugh upon hearing her say that, "So you just admitted you're old then?" she snarked as said old lady turned pale and her jaw hung!

"Ack!" She picked it back up and turned red, steaming with rage as she shook her arms out, "How dare you!?" She screamed, lunging at the 2 kids only to be held back by Ed and Zander in time!

"Now now Ursula, let's just get a move on!" said Zander patting her on the back to calm her down.

"Time's a wasting!" Ed cried as she snorted in response.

"Grr fine, but when we get back with that card we'll see who's laughing then!" She yelled shaking a fist as the trio ran off to do their work.

Rod folded his arms and scoffed unbelievingly as they disappeared from out of sight around the corner, "That'll be the day….."

"Tag!" a hand suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

"Huh!?" The surprise made him jump as he looked around to see Laura waver her hands at him.

"Now you're it!" she giggled as she paddled away and her brother laughed in amusement before chasing after her!

"Ahaha! Hey no fair!"

As they enjoyed their fun in the pool, directly below them, several levels down the irritator was sniffing the air and the ground as the heat and stuffiness of the hull was beginning to irritate it very much, as it searched long and hard for a way to escape. Eventually, it came upon a part of the wall which had the faint scent of ocean water coming from behind it. Sniffing it, it's brain telling it was a hint of freedom though there was also the scent of danger too. Soon, the desperation for freedom drove it to to bet on its own instincts as it snarled out and began slashing at the hull, making deep incisions and cuts in the metallic hull. With each successive cut it could hear the growth in water pressure from the outside and before long freedom would be within reach.

Back on the upper deck, Ursula and the others, looked around for any signs of a dinosaur but all they saw were many celebrities enjoying the stars outside or the banquet on the inside, all in a calm mood with no topic of a dinosaur being brought up in the slightest.

"Okay then if I were a dinosaur on a cruise ship where would I go?" Ursula muttered putting a hand to her chin in thought, knowing they'd have to go somewhere less obvious to look.

"Well I'd go straight for the all you can eat buffet!" Ed cheered holding his hand up as his stomach began to rumble.

"Great, if only your brain worked as well as your stomach…." Ursula faceplamed. She then turned as she noticed Zander tapping her shoulder.

"You know Ursula, I was thinking maybe we should try looking in the last place we'd look on a ship first." he suggested to her.

"And where would that be Zander?" she asked.

Zander thought about it for a while, scratching his head in thought before speaking out, "Well maybe we could try underneath the ship, like in the lower decks or maybe even the hull!"

Blinking her eyes and taking it over, Ursula found some logic to his words, "That actually makes a whole lot of sense."

"Look!" Ed gasped pointing out to a door further down a hallway on their left, "That door leads to the lower levels of the ship!" he cried out as Ursula clapped her hands together joyfully.

"Good eyes Ed! You've actually done something useful today!" she cheered before shooting her arm out, "Let's go! We'll corner that dinosaur and it'll have no hope of escape! Plus when the brats show up they can't do anything about it either! Oh how I'm going to enjoy rubbing the card in their faces!" She said as the 3 of them grinned and snickered deviously as they skipped over to the door and went inside!

"Hehehehehe!"

(Meanwhile)

"Urgh, still no sign of it anywhere…." Cera grunted in annoyance as she checked the far side of the ship which was out at the port hand where a number of rich people gathered together to do wine toasts, have lively conversations, or even make confessions and proposals under the night as some even applauded the acceptance of a couple as they kissed one another. Cera narrowed her eyes at the scene, "By now we would have heard a cry or scream yet all's normal….." Thinking about it hard it was clear the dinosaur couldn't be on the outer deck where anyone would see it. For it to have gone hidden so long and unseen, meant it had to be very small (which was unlikely since the smallest dinosaurs as cards were still largely noticeable) or that it was in an area of the ship which may not be visited by people often, "Wait, maybe it could be….." She then widened her eyes realising the best possible location as she brought up her dinoshot to contact the others, "Guys! I might have an idea on where the dinosaur should be!" she said over the com as she ran off.

(Meanwhile)

Back under the ship, the alpha trio were trekking through the vast but empty halls of the ship hulls, finding nothing around for miles, as the heat and stuffiness of the the interiors began to get to them as many beads of sweat began to drip down their faces, even drenching their clothes right after they changed from their soaked clothes not long ago.

"Urgh it's so hot in here, why did I let you guys talk me into coming here?" Ursula grumbled as she felt annoyed and agitated feeling sweat trinkle down her neck and making her skin all sticky and smelly. First thing she'd do back home is take a 2 hour long shower.

Zander and Ed weren't enjoying it as much as she did but they pressed on nevertheless, "Well we're definitely close according to this," said Zander as he eyed the scanner's map while a few beads of sweat fell on it. Looking up, the sounds of metal cutting echoed ahead of where they were, "And I think I can hear something over there." he pointed.

"Let's go check it out!" Ed cried as they hurried over to where it was coming from. Hurrying over to where the sound was coming from, they looked from around the corner of a support pillar to find something unexpected.

"Ah!" They gasped before covering their mouths and hiding behind the pillar, upon seeing the dinosaur was slashing away at the hull.

The dinosaur stopped upon hearing the gasp and turned around to look for where it came from. It then gasped and sweated feeling exhausted. but with immense determination pressed on! Now there was a massive incision in the wall it was cutting at, a few more slashes and it would be able to tear a hole through!

"What is that?" Ursula asked as she and the others looked out from the pillar, making sure to keep their presence hidden.

"I think that's an irritator!" Zander pointed out as they could see it was still tirelessly cutting away at the hull.

Ed blinked his eyes, "Why's he slashing the wall like that?

"Maybe he wants to get out of here badly like we do." Ursula thought before chucking rather sinisterly to herself, "Hehehe, well if he wants to get out we'll be more than happy to help with that!" she laughed as she abandoned her hiding spot and took out a card! "Alpha slash! Blaze Tyrannosaurus!" she chanted as Terry materialised and roared fiercely!

Upon hearing it, the irritator responded and quickly turned around and snarled at his rival!

Meanwhile above, the crowds and tourists were surprised to see the sky suddenly turn multicoloured, while they were unsure of what it was, the D Team, on each other separate searches soon caught wind of it and recognised it instantly.

"A battlefield!" Max gasped as he soon rendezvoused with the others.

"Alpha gang!" Rex grunted knowing there was trouble.

"Come on!" Zoe yelled as they hurried off together to try and look for it. Meanwhile however, Dr Z was dozing off quietly while Rod and Laura were enjoying a relaxing mud bath in the spa room, unaware of what was going on outside.

Below deck, Terry charged ahead baring his massive jaws ready to snap at the smaller spinosaur! It however was faster as it was able to sidestep in time before delivering a swift bite to his leg! The tyrannosaurus however shook him off with little effort as it slammed back into the wall. Shaking it's head in disorientation it found itself cornered as Terry edged closer and closer, limiting its range of movement while roaring fiercely. It soon realised that were it stood, now was heavily weakened by its' previous attacks and now it may have just the final push it needed to break through and escape. Lowering itself to the ground it snarled out a battle challenge as Terry roared back in acceptance.

"Oh, so it wants to play does it?" Ursula mused before laughing out snobbishly as she took out a move card, "Hahaha! Fine, lets play! Take it out with Volcano burst!" she yelled slashing it and Terry began to glow!

"Gah! Ursula no!" Zander and Ed both gasped too late as Terry began to throw a stream of fire at the irritator!

In a flash, the irritator managed to leap to the side in time as the burst of fire melted a huge hole through the weakened hull, revealing a large wall of water on the other side as it cleared.

Ursula turned pale upon realising the grave error of what she had just done, "Uh….oh….." Without warning, a massive torrent of water rushed in and began flooding the entirety of the hull, swamping every nook and cranny and eventually engulfing the Alpha gang and Terry in its' blue grasp!

"GAAAAAAAHHHHH!" They all cried as they were swept in by the massive power of the waves and they were soon swallowed up by the sea itself!

In the ship's control system, an alarm went off and the captain widened his eyes in alarm along with his men as they gathered round to see the source of it displayed on the ship's computer monitor, "Ah! What's this!?" They gasped in alarm to see water was filling up the hulls, once they were submerged the ship would slowly sink into the abyss below!

"There's a breech in the lower hulls! We're taking water fast!"

"At this rate we'll sink!" Men around the captain cried as he turned to them.

"Quick prepare the life boats! Sound the alarm!" he ordered as they saluted him in acknowledgement before carrying out his command.

"Yes sir!"

Down below, water was slowly creeping its' way up the walls of the hull and all was silent until the Alpha gang burst out of the water while riding on Terry, who was kicking his legs up as hard as he could to keep his head above the water and to keep himself from drowning.

"Air!" They all gasped in relief before slumping down on him in exhaustion. Earlier after being pulled under they miraculously were able to grab hold of Terry's tail before slowly pulling themselves up to his back where he just surfaced.

Looking around them they could see their situation had just turned dire, "Look what you did Ursula! Now we're going to sink to the bottom of the sea!" Zander yelled angrily shaking a fist at her.

"And I still don't know who to swim!" Ed then whined.

"C…Calm down!" she said nervously, "We can still make it to the exit on Terry here, and then-"

Without warning, the irritator then popped its head up from the water a little to the side where Terry was, catching them all off guard as it snarled and hissed a them!

"GAH! It's back!" They cried out loud in alarm as the water dinosaur flashed blue and shot out a huge beam of water blasting the alpha gang off Terry's back! "GAAAH!" They screamed as they were sent flying up to where the exit door was, now they were completely drenched and dazed as they lay on top of one another near the stairs.

"Urgh….We're all soaked…." They groaned.

With no way to defend himself, Terry soon found himself the target of irritator's fury as it shot a beam of water at him as well, he struggled and roared in pain at the immense pressure blasted in his faec before the spinosaur charged and grabbed him by the throat and dragged him under! Spinning in a death roll movement like a real crocodile, Terry lost consciousness and returned to a card which soon floated gently to the surface.

"I've save you Terry!" Zander cried out as he took out his claw gun and shot it out to retrieve Terry's card floating in front of them.

Victorious, the irritator let out a snarl as it shot out of the water again before diving back under to make its' escape to freedom, much to the annoyance of the alpha gang.

"It's getting away!" Ursula cried out.

"Dr Z's not going to be happy about this…."

"And Rod and Laura won't let us hear the end of it…." said Ed and Zander nervously, knowing not only did they fail but they endangered the lives of countless people onboard the ship, including their boss and his grandkids!

Ursula gritted her teeth and clenched her hair nearly pulling it out in frustration, cursing about her problems on both bad luck and being stuck with nitwits before yelling out what they should do now, "Grrgh, let's just save ourselves for now and worry about that later!" she yelled as they ran up the stairs towards the door in front of them, with the water steadily climbing higher and higher after them!

Back above, the D Team had just arrived at the entrance hatch to the lower levels of the ship and as they did, the skies returned to normal much to their surprise, "Hey the battlefield's gone…." Rex breathed looking around them. Thinking about it there could only be 2 possibilities, one the dinosaur won or that the alpha gang did, and the D Team were praying hard that it was the former.

"Did you guys hear that rumble?" Zoe then asked remembering she heard a loud noise which sounding like the echoes of banging and smashing.

Cera nodded in response, "Yeah, it came from here." As she reached for the door she looked back to the rest of the D Team as they eyed her firmly and nodded, showing they were prepared to face whatever was down there. Seeing how everyone was looking prepared, she reached for the door, but nothing would prepare them for what was about to burst through it.

"GAAAAAHHH!" The Alpha Trio cried out as they barged through unexpectedly!

"WHOA!" The D Team either had to jump out of the way or were shoved to the sidelines as their foes ran off in a hurry, leaving them behind without a backwards glance much to their surprise.

"Urgh…what was that…." Max groaned as he rubbed his head painfully after hitting it pretty hard on the wall.

"Yeah, for a second there I thought I saw the old lady and the alpha gang…." Zoe muttered as she looked up from the floor wth Paris.

"I'd pummel you for that!" Ursula yelled as she stopped in her tracks and shook her fist out at the disorientated D Team, "But right now our only concern is to save ourselves!"

"So if you kids have any sense you'd run too!" Zander cried as they made a quick turn around the corner in the blink of an eye, much to their surprise.

"What's gotten them all in a flurry?" Rex blinked as he and the others looked in. They soon widened their eyes to see water was filling up the inside of the ship much to their disbelief and horror! "WHOA!"

"Close it quick!" Cera yelled as she and Rex shut it and they locked it firmly. "Phew that was close….." she breathed putting a hand to her chest in relief.

"Not for long! Look!" Max cried pointing out at theatre already seeping through the small heaps in the door much to the D Team's alarm as they quickly backed away form it, especially Ace who put the most distance between himself and the door more than the rest of them!

"Oh no!" Rex cried out in alarm as their situation began to turn dire! "We're taking water!"

"And fast!" Max added at the end as it began to come across his shoes.

The sounds of an alarm echoed across the halls of the cruise ship, which was about to turn an excitable oceanic experience into an undersea nightmare.

"Emergency! A massive leak has occurred in the Royal Prince's hull! All passengers please remain calm and make your way to the lifeboats while following the instructions of personnel! Evacuate immediately!" it said. All around, the screams of panic and fear echoed throughout the ship as loud footsteps could be heard all around from the sounds of feet rushing out to the surface ad from the lower levels. The D Team also kept back in as crowds of packed tourists and celebrities soon rushed out in front of them in a flurry as they were heading towards the lifeboats and jackets.

The D Team widened their eyes and their hearts began to race as the message of the alarm began to burn into their minds. "Gah!"

Wasting no time, Rex quickly ran ahead and waved to them urgently, "Guys we have to move quickly or we'll get left behind!" he yelled.

Max blinked snapping out of his funk before looking back to the door, "But the dinosaur! It could still be-"

"There's no time!" Rex retorted, his face sweating profusely, "Our parents are probably waiting for us and they'll get a heart attack if we don't meet them at the life boats!" he cried as Max gritted his teeth in frustration before looking back at the entrance and then lowering his head down.

"Grrgh…." He couldn't bring himself to abandon a dinosaur in need of saving, but the fact that they needed to evacuate themselves was equally important. It was a hard decision tearing him up inside.

"Max." said Cera to him as he looked at her with sympathetic eye, showing she knew exactly how he felt, "I know it's hard but, this time we really don't have a choice….." she said looking away hard as Zoe and Rex soon sported a similar expression as her.

Realising there was no other choice, Max took a breath and sighed deeply, "You're right….." he said his tone feeling hurtful as he turned serious, "We'd…better get a move on now." They all nodded as they hurried off together for the evacuation point with their dinosaurs in tow. Taking one look back at the door, Max eyed it with deep regret feeling he had failed utterly and the worse part was that there was nothing they could do about it….

Down below however, the irritator had just escaped through the hole in the hull after fighting against the water pressure with all it's might. After escaping into the ocean depths it quickly sped towards a large shoal of fish, opening its' large jaws widely and snapping up a bunch of them, before noticing some strange objects floating up at the surface, which turned out to be life boats. With deep interest it then shot up towards them.

(Meanwhile)

Back at the other side of the cruise ship, Dr Z stomped his foot in frustration at Ursula and the others upon hearing their report about their unsuccessful capture attempt below deck, "You did what!?" he growled fuming red and veins popping out in his forehead! If there was one thing worse than the ship sinking because of them, it was them having to interrupt his massage session about the ship sinking and that it spelt the end of their vacation! "And you lost the dinosaur on top of that!?" he added to their list.

They all sweated anxiously as Ursula tried to speak up and defend them, "Technically it escaped from us but-"

"That's the same thing!" Dr Z interrupted yelling in their faces as they all huddled together like frightened puppies!

"EEEK!"

"Figures as much….." Rod shrugged his shoulders as he put on his regular shirt, cap and goggles..

"Told you guys that you'd mess it up." Laura shook her head in disappointment as she put back on her large shirt, "Just like how you lost megalosaurus yesterday."

They instantly turned pale upon hearing Laura blurt out the failure they wanted to hide most of all from Dr Z, "EH!?" Turning to him slowly they saw his eye twitch and he shook intensely before letting loose all he had!

"Gah! Say what!?" he roared as he jumped up and shook his fists like a child in tantrum, "You lost my megalosaurus!? After I gave you 1 last chance!?" he growled as his breathing became deeper, his teeth gnashed and he twitted his fingers unable to hold back his rage and desire to trounce them once more!

"Umm Dr Z, as much as you want to give us a good thrashing can't we save it till we get back home?" Zander quivered.

"Yeah we're taking water fast! This whole ship could sink to the bottom of the abyss anytime now!" Ed cried.

"GRRRGH!" he growled as he turned red and fumed!

"He's right grampa," said Rod patting the old man on the back, "That dinosaur is probably long gone by now and there's no way we can get it!"

"At least we can get out of here and save ourselves." added Laura as Dr Z clicked his tongue.

"Tch! I'll deal with you 3 clowns later." he hissed as he walked up to them and grabbed the scanner they had as he began to dial on it, "Right now I'm calling Seth, at least he's someone I can really count on." he said as he turned to them, "Maybe after today I ought to send him to collect dinosaurs instead of you clods!" he growled as they huddled together and whimpered like dogs under punishment!

(Meanwhile)

At the emergency exit of the cruise ship, staff were ushering crowds over to the life boats as they allowed them in organised groups of equal numbers so that they wouldn't topple the life boats after getting in, while security was ensuring that the crowds didn't try to cut in line or push unnecessarily in the panic. Even though it was difficult to do so as some, driven by fear and desperation were able to push past and get on board in a panic as the boots then descended to the sea surface and moving away from the ship with the flick of an oar which came with each boat.

"Oh I do hope the kids are okay!" From inside the line, Aki looked around restlessly through the moving sea of people for any sign of their children, her heart racing ever faster as she could catch no sight of them, "What if they're lost somewhere on the ship or trapped!" She thought, as she envisioned the children, crying out for help as the water levels were rising high and Max even cried out for her pleadingly as the water swallowed him and Chomp up last! That was the lasts draw for her, "I can't stay here any longer, I'm going to look for them!" she cried as she tried to force her way out of the line much to Spike and the Drake's alarm!

"Calm down Aki!" her husband yelled grabbing her and holding her back with all his strength, "I'm sure they'll be here soon!"

"That's right," said Reese firmly, "We must have faith in them, they've been through far wor-" She then stopped herself realising she would blow their secret about their outdoor expeditions, "I mean they're stronger than we think, we must have faith in them." she corrected.

It did little to calm down Aki's nerves though, "But….but…." Before she could give into her worries again-

"Mom! Dad!" her son's voice echoed from outside. As they all turned to look they brightened up with joy and relief to see the children along with their pets run towards them waving their arms up to show they were there.

"Ah! Max! Rex!" Spike and Aki cried.

"Zoe! Cera!" The Drakes followed. They all rushed out of the crowd together, giving up the spots they got so they could embrace their loved ones closely to show they were there for them and that they were relieved to see them again after being worried.

"I'm so glad you're safe!" Aki teared as she hugged Max and Rex. As they looked up to see her smile she then shot them a rather unexpected look of anger, "You really had me worried sick!" she cried out frantically as they were taken back, "Where were you!? When the alarm went off and you weren't anywhere to be found I….I…." she began to choke at the end as Max reached in and hugged her again to calm her down.

"It's okay mom! I'm fine!" he said to her assuringly,

"In fact we all are!" Rex followed as he joined in.

"Zoe!" Dr Drake cried out dramatically as he gave his daughter a big bear hug, "Come to daddy! Daddy's here don't worry!" he said nuzzling against her face as she turned blue from him suffocating her!

"I'm glad you're….okay dad….mom…Reese….I'm fine too…." she said patting her father on the back and waving at her mother and older sister, "But….not in front of so many people…." she croaked as she tried her hardest to push him away.

Cera smiled gladly to see the D Team and their families together so happily once more, they truly were lucky to be blessed with them. She would've enjoyed the moment a little longer, but a tremor occurring underneath her feet woke her up back to the present as she spoke up, "Umm as much as I enjoy this happy get together but shouldn't we get on board the lifeboats now?" she asked as they all can back to reality as well.

"She's right, we'll save this happy reunion for later." said Aki firmly as the others nodded as they headed over to the lifeboats. Thankfully the crowd had lessened slightly so going through was much easier.

"Alright kids, onto the boat now, one at a time." said Spike ushering them onto one. One by one they got on board, lifting their partner dinosaurs on board too, till Cera and Miku were last.

"I think I can handle this just fine," said Cera to him seriously, "You and the other adults get into a boat too."

Thinking it over, Spike could tell she was serious about it and after considering it carefully he then nodded, "Alright Cera, I'm trusting you to take care of everyone else." he said as he entrusted her with the heavy responsibility as she nodded back.

"I promise." She said as she got on and their lifeboat was lowered down.

Meanwhile on the other side of the ship, Dr Z was pacing back and forth restlessly while his grandchildren kept their eyes focused on the skies looking and waiting hopefully for their rescue to come soon. Just when they were about to panic, a pink and yellow jet soon descended from the clouds above and soon hovered right above where they stood.

"There he is!" Laura pointed out as Dr Z gasped and his eyes glistened filled with hope.

Rod then switched on the scanner and the screen lit up with Seth's face on it, "Phew, thanks Seth you came in the nick of time." he said with relief in his tone, but before he could continue, Dr Z shoved him aside, "Whoa!"

"Hurry up! Pick us up already! We're sinking fast!" he yelled frantically as his eyes widened showing signs of anxiety in them.

"Of course doctor." Seth grunted, disappointed this could've been the perfect opportunity to get the old man off his back for good, but with Rod and Laura present he had no choice, he'd have to wait for another chance. As he reached to press the button he then noticed 3 of them were missing from the group, "Where are the others?" he asked.

"Hmm?" Looking around, Dr Z and his grand children could find no trace of the trio anywhere in sight.

"I don't know, they were here just a minute ago." Laura replied as Dr Z soon exploded out of impatience.

"Gah forget them! They can swim all the way home like they always do! It'll also serve them right for bringing this ship down on us!" he yelled before pointing out at Seth, "Now get us out of here now!"

"Gee grampa," Rod muttered, "I know we're sinking but there's no need to get so hasty, help's already here….." he said as Seth sighed and pressed the button.

"Very well doctor….." The jet's lower compartment opened up and 3 claws dropped down picking up Dr Z and the 2 siblings before bringing them inside and turning around to leave.

Shortly after Seth took them onboard, the trio soon stepped out onto the upper deck, with Ursula and Zander scowling and glaring daggers at a panicked Ed, "Did you really have to go to the bathroom now of all times Ed!?" Ursula yelled as the fat man covered his head and shivered.

"I couldn't hold it anymore….." he whimpered as Ursula face palmed and Zander let out a deep sigh of annoyance.

"Well at least we won't have to worry about-" Looking up the trio then dropped their jaws as the pink alpha jet soon took off leaving them behind!

"H…Hey wait! You forgot us!" They ran out to the front too late as the jet soon disappeared behind the clouds of the night sky, leaving them to either sink or swim, neither option was one they were keen on taking.

"Great now what do we do!?" Zander gasped as he ran around in circles grasping his hair.

"This is all your fault Ed!" Ursula growled pounding him n the head and drilling a knuckle sandwich into his scalp! "All because of you and your wimpy bladder now we're being sunk!"

"WAAAAAH! I'm sorry! If we get out of this alive I won't drink ever again!" he cried out loud as he hugged in his legs and shed tears as large as pebbles from his eyes.

"Grrgh!" Ursula growled before smashing his face into the floor and storming off to look over the railings, to see the deep blue ocean below and a massive sea ahead to who knows where their home could be right now. "We'll have to get home on our own…..somehow…." she huffed banging her head with frustration into the railings, "Think! Think!" she screamed as Ed soon recovered from his faceplate and joined Zander running around and screaming their heads off in a panic!

"What do we do!? What do we do!?"

"I do not want my grave to be a watery one!"

Having enough of their bickering, Ursula reached out and grabbed them both by their throats and pulled them, "Be quiet you numbskulls I'm trying to think!" she yelled to them both with fiery demonic eyes that stared into her soils, as they gulped down hard and sweated profusely in face of her immeasurable rage! "And unless you guys can think of something smart we'll have to swim back home for the umpteenth time!" She threatened as Ed suddenly cried out loud

"But I can't swim!"

"Okay calm down everyone," said Zander as he tried to push down Ursula's hands down from his and Ed's necks so they could breathe, "Let's put our heads together-" he soon caught sight of their ticket off the boat as he pointed out "There! We can use that!" he cried as Ursula and Ed turned to look, brightening up as they saw it as a gift from the heavens.

"Perfect! Let's go for it!" she cheered as they rushed to it.

The ship's captain was loading some of his personal thing onto a personal life boat of his, complete with motor and engine to boot, "They say a captain should always put the needs of his crew and passengers first before going down with his ship," he said to himself before snickering deviously, "But from this moment on I'm no longer-"

"Out of my way!" Ursula yelled catching him off guard, kicking him away and over the railings!

"ARGH!" he wailed as he plummeted into the water below with a big splash at the end!

"Come on boys! Hop in now!" she yelled as she grabbed the key he dropped.

"Right behind you!" they both said as they got in with her, lowered the boat slowly down to the sea surface before jetting away in the direction the jet flew off in!

(Later)

A while later, everyone had safely gotten onboard a life boat and were now pretty much stranded in the middle of the ocean with no way of knowing where to go, and even though some of them did they were rather reluctant to row all the way back to shore. While some of them grumbled and complained about their relaxing vacation or their honey moon now a complete mess, others were at least relieved to be alive. As the staff and rescue crew on their boat hauled up the now drifting sea captain on board, she of them were luckily able to get a signal on their satellite phone and were in the midst of sending an emergency distress signal, while a few others were able to salvage some flares and shot them into the sky hoping some passing by ships or helicopters would see.

Looking behind them, the D Team and their families looked behind to see the mighty Royal Prince eventually turn sideways and upside down till the rest of it was completely submerged except for the underside which was now flipped up. Max and the others gulped hard realising if they hadn't bailed they could have been underwater themselves. "Phew, thank goodness we all got out of that one." Aki breathed with relief putting a hand to her chest while sitting with the Drakes and her husband. "But I sure do hope Rod and Laura and their relatives all got out okay."

"I'm sure they're perfectly fine mom, no need to worry about them." said Max as he and the others smiled on nodded, though inside he was thinking otherwise, "It'll be a miracle if we don't see them again after today…." he grumbled on the inside, the next time they saw each other again would be too soon.

"I hope so….." Aki then sighed.

"How are you all holding up over there?" Max then asked feeling worried for his parents and also hoping to shift topics as their boats started to drift a little further away, prompting Rex and Cera to row a little faster to them.

"We're fine Max," said Spike, "Just a little shaken after that alarm we heard but mostly okay."

"Aww….I was really hoping to get a few celebrity contacts before we left…..that way I'd be able to advertise our clinic more…." Dr Drake then sighed covering his face with his hands crying dramatically, as his wife and older daughter Reese patted him on the back to comfort him.

"You'll get another chance dad….." said Reese with an 'are you serious?' expression.

"Are you all okay yourselves?" Spike then called out.

"We sure are dad." Max replied waving off to him before lying back in the boat to take a breather.

"It was really scary but everyone's fine at least." Zoe called out.

"Good to hear that!" Spike responded before turning over to talk to Aki.

Everyone smiled feeling a ease, till Max's expression turned rather downcast as he then muttered out, "Almost everyone…."

The rest of the D Team looked to him in confusion and surprise, "Huh? Who are we miss-" Cera soon picked up on what he was talking about, as they all looked back to the now overturned ship feeling rather sad themselves, "Oh…..yeah…."

"That dinosaur….it's probably still on that ship somewhere….or maybe the alpha gang grabbed it…." said Max out loud feeling like they failed either way, "No way we'll get it's card back now…." he said as Chomp nuzzled against him.

As everyone looked to him sympathetically, Rex moved over slowly to him, with Ace clinging on to his side while still terrified by the water surrounding them, as he patted Max on the shoulder, "Guess we'll just have to try harder next time, so that we won't let another dinosaur down." he said.

"Yeah…." Max replied without looking up to him, still dwelling on it and unable to move on. He would have stayed that way and passed it on to everyone else, had not a certain familiar noise beeping from his pocket gotten everyone's attention.

"Huh?"

Taking out his dinoholder, he widened his eyes to see it blinking red, "A signal!" he gasped as everyone gathered around to see it, while still making sure the boat was stable.

Everyone couldn't believe it either till they saw it with their own eyes, "No way!"

"It's actually still alive!" Zoe and Rex gasped.

"And it's…..right blow us?" Cera blinked her eyes in confusion to see it was indeed below where they were, where everyone from the ship was now.

Everyone fore as they saw a dark shadow appear right below the water surface under the light of the moon before disappearing deep again. Seeing it's movement, the dinosaur was no doubt circling them, hunting them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike…..this was a bad time to get careless, as they took positions eying the water on all sides, but for a while no movement, and that worried them.

"I don't like the looks of this…." said Rex uneasily as Ace clung tighter to his leg and the other dinosaurs were agitated, knowing a threat was near yet also unseen.

"Kids! Look out!" Spike suddenly yelled out and they turned to the direction he was pointing, as a large red 'fin' was charging straight at them!

"Whoa!"

"Move!" Max and Zoe cried out as Rex and Cera quickly pushed and got out of its' way in time! Barely avoiding it as the fin grazed against the side of their life boat! "Phew…that was close…." breathed Zoe putting a hand to her chest feeling at ease.

"Not for long!" Rex poitned out and they gasped seeing the 'fin' was now amongst the many other boats and people too, stirring panic and fear amongst the passengers as they were bumped or did their best to move out of the way!

"AAAAH!

"Is that a shark!?"

"That's no shark!" Various comments were thrown out from amongst the panicked crowds as they tried to row away in all sorts of directions, some were pushing others out of the way while others were pretty much stuck in 1 spot due to rowing in different directions!

"Over there!" A man yelled, as the fin reappeared further off in the distance! Soon however, they all realised it wasn't a fin, as it turned out to be the head crest of a large dinosaur which emerged with half of its body out of the water, screeching viciously and flaring its' claws out!

"AAAAAHHHH!"

"GAAAAHH!"

"It's a sea monster!" Screams echoed amongst the people as some even considered abandoning ship and swimming for their lives!

"Oh my!" Aki cried as Spike and the Drakes widened their eyes to see the dinosaur and that Aki herself could see it too!

"It's an irritator!" Max cried.

"A water dinosaur, no wonder it was able to escape the sinking ship…." breathed Cera, as good as it was earlier now that didn't seem like a good time. The water dinosaur quickly dove under water and sped underneath them, within seconds overturning a lifeboat or 2 and knocking the people off it!

"HELP!"

"I don't want to die!" They cried as they splashed for the nearest boat they could get.

"Stay out of the water!"

"SWIM!" Others yelled.

As the dinosaur appeared striking down on boats and snarling at hapless swimmers, Cera could tell it was toying with its' food before going in for the kill. "Guys we have to do something fast otherwise those people will end up as shark bait, or should I say dino bait!" she yelled.

"I know! We have to fight!" Max grunted swearing vengeance if the dinosaur decided to go after their families, who fortunately were rowing away on the outer end while the irritator was focused in the center!

"But there's no solid ground for miles!" Rex cried looking around to see no way they could fight properly.

"Maybe not, but we can use that!" Cera pointed out at the now overturned ship, which had a large enough base to use as a standing platform.

"That could work…." he said standing corrected.

"Yeah…." Max nodded before calling out to them, "Everyone! Row to the ship!"

"Mhmm!"

"Let's go!" As Cera and Rex began to row back, Rex noticed Ace was clinging rather tightly to his leg and shivering like an earthquake. "Ace….." he sighed, "I'm sorry buddy, but if we don't do this we're all going to become seafood for that irritator. I know you're afraid, in fact we all are right now." he said to his partner who looked back at him. "But I believe you can save us, you just have to believe in yourself too. Think you can do that….for us?" he asked with a smile as Ace hissed in frustration forcing himself to nod and wag his tail, as Rex scratched under his chin gratefully, "Thanks buddy." he said feeling assured he could count on him as they rowed towards the ship.

"WHOA!"

"AAAAAHHHH!"

"Here it comes again!" Some people screamed as the irritator charged and bowled over their boats into the water while others abandoned ship and jumped over board as it rammed them! As it raised its' head above the water it turned to the side and saw its' next victims!

"Gah!" Aki cried out as the ravenous dinosaur set its sights on her and the family and then made it's way over them! Till obi was looking over them opening its jaws wide and drooling saliva which leaked onto the boat.

Backing away as far as they could they soon found themselves cornered as the boat began to lean to one side, "N….Now now everyone," Spike shuddered as it reached them and was about tear their heads off! "Let's just stay calm and-"

"Hey! Over here you bully!"

"Leave them alone!" A set of voices shouted. As they all turned the irritator snarled seeing the D team on the hull of the ship and began to swim towards them, much to the alarm of Aki!

"Ah! Kids! What are you doing!?" she screamed grasping her hair frantically.

"Err Aki…." said Spike tapping her shoulder while smiling nervously, "You might want to brace yourself for this…." he said knowing there was no way out of this now.

As the irritator launched itself out of the water and landed on the boat, it roared ferociously as the D Team readied themselves for battle! "Altogether now!" Max yelled as they took their cards out!

"Dino slash!"

"Go triceratops! Roar!"

"Parasaurolophus! Bloom!"

"Carnotaurus! Blow them away!" All 3 of their dinosaurs materialised on the boat and roared, staring down the irritator as the skies turned multicoloured! It was too far for others to see the children but they could see the dinosaurs from where they were, while others stayed to watch in awe, while others decided to get away as fast as they could!

One boat in articular did the opposite as they all did, "I….don't believe it!" Aki gasped speechlessly as her eyes widened, "Those dogs….were dinosaurs!?"

"Err…." She then shot a glare towards Spike as he turned pale seeing her, "Err hehe…surprise honey?" he chuckled nervously shrugging his shoulders, while Reese facepalmed in dismay.

"Oh dear, this isn't going to go over well…."

"Start rowing there, now…." she said menacingly as Dr Drake and taylor both lowered their heads in shame.

"Yes ma'am…" they muttered as they began rowing towards the boat!

"When this is over, we're all going to have a nice long talk…." Aki thought to herself as they approached the battle.

Chomp charged first, but eh irritator grabbed hold of his horns with his arms and held him back at bay! As Paris rushed in to assist him, he quickly threw the large ceratopsian at her, throwing her back! Ace quickly jumped out of the way but stumbled and stepped back upon nearly slipping into the ocean!

"Ace come on! Get your act together!" Rex called out.

"I've got this!" Max grunted as he took a move card form his dinoholder.

"Be careful Max!" Cera warned him, "If you use an electric move carelessly there you may end up shocking everyone!" she shouted as Max stuttered in response.

"I'll….keep that in mind!" he lied clearly having considering the possibility of collateral damage. His moment's hesitation gave the irritator the opening it needed to jump into the water and dive away much to the D Team's alarm!

"It's getting away!" Zoe cried. As their dinosaurs scanned their surroundings for any sign of their attacker, and without warning, like a crocodile, the irritator struck out nearby Chomp's foot, startling him as he jumped back in surprise nearly knocking Ace and Paris over! Sliding back into the water it charge out of the water once again, snapping at Paris as she reared up n her hind legs and slammed down, but the irritator slid back into the water out of harm's way.

Rex narrowed his eyes seeing irritator's mock charges were to startle and agitate their dinosaurs, either to corral them together or that they'd make a mistake and create an opening for it to strike. "Ace! I'm going to use cyclone! We'll flush it out like how we did with baryonyx!" He called out to his partner, but before he slashed it, the water dinosaur shot out of the ocean glowing blue and firing a massive beam of water Ace! The carnotaurus quickly leapt forward and evaded the beam in time, but not before stumbling at the water's edge again. "Whoa!" Ace quickly jumped back frantically as Rex gritted his teeth in frustration at their trickiest battle yet, this irritator was exploiting the environment to its' maximum advantage and putting them into a corner.

"Falling water….." Cera breathed as she and Miku saw it's new mock charge tactic involved spooking Chomp and the others with various blasts of water from long range now.

"Man, that thing's really fast in the water…." Max grunted.

"And with that long range attack we can't get close enough….." Rex followed.

"I think this should do it!" Zoe cried as she took out a move card, "Metal wing!" Paris roared and 3 pteranodons took tot he air and circled the ship, scanning the water surface, soon spotting the irritator's dark shadow and screeching to warn them of its' incoming! "It's coming from over there!" Zoe warned pointing out at the far side as the irritator popped out of the water it shot out another burst of water, they were bale to dodge it better this time though barely as Chomp and the others were beginning to tire from fatigue and tension.

"Man! We still can't get close enough!" Max yelled in frustration.

"If only we could somehow get it to stay still long enough for a clean shot…" Cera thought, but the condition of the battle was making it hard for her to think clearly let alone devise the right strategy.

Without warning, Chomp's back leg came too close to the edge, and the irritator lunged forward and grabbed it, catching the triceratops off guard and dragging him down into the deep!

"Ah!" The others gasped.

"Chomp no!" It was fortunate Max couldn't see, as the irritator clamped its' jaws on Chomp's neck and spun into a death roll motion as the ceratopsian lost consciousness and glowed yellow, returning to a card which floated back to the surface. "NO!" Max cried as he saw the yellow light and Chomp taken out of the fight.

The others stared in disbelief at what they saw, "He took out Chomp…."

"And he couldn't do anything…"

"That's one crafty dinosaur…." Cera muttered as Max used a metal claw to fish out the card safely.

He clicked his tongue in annoyance before looking around for any signs of it, "Tch! Where is it now?" The pteranodons then screeched and he saw a crest approaching them fast! "Paris behind you!" he yelled as everyone turned, too late as the irritator launched itself out of the air, firing a barrage of fallign water blasts which shot the pteranodons out of the sky before they could evade in time! As they returned to card form, the irritator dove down and grabbed Paris behind the neck in its' jaws before taking her into the water with it!

"Oh no!" Zoe cried out as the same process repeated for her as a green light shone from beneath the waves and her dinosaur's card floated up to the surface.

"I've gotcha!" Max cried as he shot out the claw to save her card and metal wing before return them to Zoe, much to their relief.

Rex gritted his teeth seeing they were now down to only one dinosaur now, as he hardened this expression and focused on Ace, who was turning around frantically, agitated and anxious, as the boat continued to sink and the ocean slowly covering the surface, he was finding less and less room to move without getting wet. Rex knew if he was so preoccupied like this, he'd be a sitting duck for the irritator now. "Ace! You'll have to trust me on this!" he cried out at the top of his lungs in desperation, "Ace come on! We need you!"

Hearing a splash, the irritator's crest popped form the water and charged straight at them before leaping out of the water ready to sink its' flags onto the D Team themselves!

"AAAAAAHHHH!" As they raised out their hands and covered their faces, Ace felt something snap inside his head, as if time was slowing down he saw his best friends about to be eaten alive before his eyes….looking down to the water seeing it standing in between him and his family, he then snapped back to reality and roared before charging forward! Leaping into the air he grabbed the irritator by the throat and knocked them both back into the sea!

As the D Team looked up they saw the irritator was fighting hard to shake Ace off its' back but the smaller and more manoeuvrable carnotaurus was able to stay out of its mobility range as it thrashed about helplessly!

"Alright!" Rex cheered as everyone smiled brightly to see Ace fighting his fear at last, "I knew you could do it!"

"ti's just like that time…." Zoe and Max noted and Cera folded her arms with a confident smile knowing this time it was for good.

Eventually Ace managed to bring them both back to the boat, but the irritator soon school him off before diving back in! This time however, instead of waiting to strike, it emerged from the water ready to fire falling water once more!

Ace however was ready this time as he narrowed his eyes and roared! "Now we've got it!" Rex yelled slashing the move card, "Mayfly!" Ace slammed his foot on the ground before rushing ahead across the water surface like a speedy ninja! As the irritator launched its' beam of water, Ace suddenly disappeared from sight and spun around it across the water surface. Looking around and lost sign of him, it was about to dive under again but a split second before it could, Ace struck out at it from all sides without mercy before returning back from the blur onto the ship's hull.

Exhausted and out of energy, the irritator screeched in defeat before sinking below the water and turning blew, reverting back to a pair of cards which floated gently to the surface.

"Alright we did it!"

"Nice work!" Max and Zoe cheered over their victory as Ace walked over to Rex, leaning down to him as he stroked him on the face gently.

"Ace, you really were awesome out there." he said petting him with an encouraging smile, "Thank you, I always knew you could do it." Ace then roared out feeling proud of himself as Cera smiled and nodded. As she looked to the side, she and Miku soon froze as she saw a set of faces who had just came up to where they were, and she was far from glad to see them.

As Max used his claw to fish out the irritator and water move cards, "Max…." a voice said to him from behind.

"Huh?" As he turned around he turned pale with Rex and Zoe as well to see Aki folding her arms with a crossed expression faced at them, with the rest of their family un the background on the life boat eying them uneasily.

"Uh oh…." They all gulped knowing they were busted now.

(Later)

Hours later, rescue choppers and a coast guard ferry arrived on the scene to help all the survivors on board, as well as deploy boats to get closer to the people so they could help them on board more easily, especially the disabled, elderly or pregnant. As their turn soon came, Aki folded her arms crossly and turned her face away from the others, not giving them a chance at all to speak or apologise.

Seeing no one was willing to speak up because they were afraid or unsure of what to say, Max gulped hard as he began to open his mouth, "Hey mom…..we can explain-"

"I don't want to hear any of it." she said cutting him off before turning around, flashing a serious scowl which made them all jump and their hearts skip a beat, "Lets go home first. Then explanations can come." She said looking to each and every one of them, "From all of you….."

They gulped down and sweated hard before bowing in shame, "Yes….." they said as some guards came and helped them on board.

With chapter 16 the truth of the D Team is revealed to Aki at long last, something I wanted her to know about from the anime. This chapter was really long, took a while to put together but hope you enjoy it.

What happens next, hope you stay tuned for it! This chapter may be a little out of place here and there being inconsistent but overall wanted Ace to get over his fear of water. Wanted to make it more detailed for some characters but figured it would be too long so hope you are happy with this. Also for pokemonking0924 hope you enjoyed what I did with irritator here.

In response to reviews-

To Drew Luczynski

-Glad you enjoyed the home alone chapter, couldn't have come up with some of it without pokemonking0924.

To pokemonking0924

-Jurassic park has been an inspiration for that chapter a bit and nice pointing out the I rex too. Yup wanted to end Michelle off a little better than the anime did. Yup wanted to make it more serious than fun and games too.

Enjoyed your ideas too for that chapter.