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!

19. Hunters become the hunted

Chapter 19

Hunters become the Hunted

On one of the large volcanic islands of Indonesia, the island of Komodo to be precise, all was peaceful and calm as a deer browsed on a nearby bush and some wild boar nearby were foraging, digging up roots or grubs in the soil, till one of them managed to unearth an unusual egg shaped rock, except it was made of metal. One boar sniffed it before knocking it against a tree and it smashed open revealing a pair of cards inside, one being an ornithopod dinosaur. The smashing of the egg shook the tree, causing a few leaves to fall from it down to the floor, some covering the cards which then caused them to glow green in response!

The bright glow started the animals and sent them packing into the jungle, as a small green camptosaurus took form. Looking around it sniffed the air for food before settling to browse at a bush. As it began munching green leaves its senses became blind to danger lurking behind it in the underbrush, as a set of carnivorous reptilian eyes locked onto it while it was distracted. Locking onto their target, something large and fast darted out from the bushes, opening its jaws widely they snapped on the unwary dinosaur's leg!

As the sharp teeth sank into its' limb, the camptosaurus let out a holler of pain and agony, its echoing cries of pain sent several animals running in fear through the forest and out onto the open plains, and birds flying out from the forest!

(Meanwhile)

Back at Pet Town animal hospital, Max and Rex slept soundly in their guest room together under the covers. As Rex slept peacefully on his end on the bed, Max rolled over till his arm hung over the side and he was drooling while muttering out various words in his sleep, "Hehe…..yes mom I'd like a really big and juicy steak for dinner thank you…..Zzzzz" Little did either of them know, was that Chomp and Ace had both wandered into their rooms, having just woken up from a good night's sleep they were excited and couldn't wait to start the new day with their partners, who apparently were still tuckered out and in dreamland after their skirmish with Seth the other day.

Chomp jumped up onto the bed and began digging at Max who covered his head under the blanket, pawing on him but to little avail as it only served to make Max pull the covers over him more. Scowling in annoyance, Chomp leapt down to the floor and tugged at the blanket, urging Ace to help him as they both yanked the covers off, exposing Max lying on the bed with his butt sticking up! Seeing little choice, also feeling tempted himself, Chomp opened his mouth wide before taking a big bite out of Max's bare behind!

CHOMP!

"YOW!" Max screamed as he jumped out of bed and ran around rubbing his sore and throbbing butt, while Rex shot up straight out of bed in alarm!

"Huh!? Wh…what the!?" he cried out looking about frantically having been woken up suddenly and almost getting a heart attack!

"Ow ow ow ow ow!" Max cried out, his face tensing up with pain and cringing deeply as he rubbed his sore backside, before an expression of rage and anger soon replaced it, "Who just bit me!?" he demanded as he looked down to see Chomp and Ace staring back at him, and Rex crawled out of bed to stand by his friend's side. Max then gritted his teeth angrily and tensed up "What'd you do that for Chomp!? I was in the middle of a great dream and-" his anger soon subsided when he and Rex suddenly widened their eyes in realisation, "Wait a minute, Chomp?" Max blinked his eyes before finally seeing his buddy was now fully recovered, as he ran around him and barked with excitement! "Chomp!" Max cheered with relief and happiness as he opened his arms widely and the yellow triceratops jumped into them! "Oh Chomp you're okay!" he cheered rubbing his face on his beloved partner's.

"He sure is Max." Rex smiled feeling happy for him, before realising he was forgetting someone important himself as he looked down, "Ah! Ace!" he cheered as Ace leapt into his arms and licked his face with joy, "Hahaha! Stop that! It tickles!" Rex laughed as he petted his partner's head gently.

"Oh buddy! So good to see you again!" Max laughed before looking back at Chomp with eyes glistening with hope before hugging him close, vowing to never let him go through something so horrible ever again.

"Glad you're back to your old self too Ace." Rex added feeling just as relieved as Max was for his partner as he let him down on the floor, "You really had us worried there…" As he finished both he and Chomp jumped up and down in excitement and barked before running around the room actively, leaving Max and Rex both at a loss for words, "Wow, Mrs Drake wasn't kidding when she said you guys would recover quick." Rex whistled impressed.

"Must be a dinosaur thing Rex." Max replied as his friend nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, maybe."

Right at that very moment, Zoe suddenly barged into the room, startling the boys as she panted exhaustedly, still in her PJs and with her hair still down and messy, "Max! Rex!" she gasped taking them by surprise.

Both boys blinked at her surprised to see her so uneasy and exhausted first thing in the morning, "H…Hey Zoe…."

"What's up?" They both asked.

Zoe however quickly ran straight up over to the brunette and looked him in the eye, "Max, it's an emergency! Have you seen Cera!?"

"C…Cera?" he gulped feeling uneasy to see her stare into his eyes so closely and he backed away, "Umm no I haven't. I just woke up." he responded scratching his cheek while Rex observed the situation carefully, feeling something was up.

"Go check the house quick! It's urgent that you do so now!" she then demanded as she turned to rush out of the room.

"Okay okay! Sheesh what's gotten you all so uptight this morning?" Max hissed in annoyance at her demanding attitude all of a sudden, and for ruining their moments with their now recovered partners.

Wha she had to say though caught them all by surprise, "Because Cera's gone missing!" she cried out as both boys widened their eyes in shock!

"Say what!?" they exclaimed together.

(Later)

A while later, after the D Tea searched the house high and low they could find no trace or sign of Cera present no matter how hard they tried. Realising how much more significant the problem was, they then called together their parents who rushed over to the Animal hospital as fast as they could as soon as they heard the alarming news. Before long, everyone else soon gathered at Zoe's house and now they all sat together in the living room eying the D Team rather seriously or with concern, "Is this true Zoe?" asked Mrs Drake with sadness as the others all eyed her the same way.

Zoe lowered her head unable to keep eye contact with her mom, "Yeah…..I didn't want to believe it either but….it is…." she said choking with each breath, "At least that's the impression I got, when I woke up this morning to check in her…..only to find her room completely empty….." she then reached into her pocket and pulled out a scrap piece of paper which she unfolded, "Along with this note…." looking around to see she was the center of attention, she took a breath readying herself before reading out the letter.

"Dear friends, no….everyone whom I consider family,

No amount of thanks we can offer can ever be enough to repay you all for the kindness and experiences you have given us these past few weeks. Our time together was short and how much we truly wished it could be longer, but owe you more than we ever could. Which is why it pains us more than anything that we have to say goodbye, after our last mission together, I realise now I care about you too much to keep putting you all in danger.

I've now decided to find my own path now, I understand if this is sudden and you may not be able to forgive me for this, but this is a decision I've made on my own. I sincerely hope our paths do cross again one day, but until that day comes…..I wish you all the best….

Sincerely, Cera and Miku.

"Cera….." She ended rather slowly and painfully before her hand lost energy and her grip loosened, dropping the sheet of paper as it floated to the ground and landed. The whole room was filled with stunned silence and sorrow was shared between every person present, feeling emotionally touched by Cera's words and unable to comprehend why she would do something so…unthinkable….

"Oh no….." Mrs Taylor covered her mouth in shock as Mrs Drake and Reese lowered their heads sadly looking away.

"Oh Cera….."

"How awful….."

A few of them, even the men were beginning to tear up emotionally after hearing Cera's parting words on the note, before Max however, stood up in anger and punched his fist into the palm of his hand.

"Argh! What was she thinking!?" he growled angrily which shocked everyone as they saw him gritting his teeth and breathing deeply, "How can she just up and disappear like that!? After everything we did for her…..she just leaves without saying goodbye….without saying a word to us….." he said stomping on the ground and then walking over to the wall to punch it, as his fist shook and a tear dropped form his cheek painfully like blood, as the others looked to him sympathetically. Even Chomp didn't have it in him to try and approach his friend in his current state.

"Max….." was all Rex could say as he looked away from his outraged friend and Ace could only look up at him, "If anything, I'd say what happened that day really must have affected her more than we thought…." he said as Zoe looked to him.

"I was here the whole time, if anyone should be blamed for her feeling like this is me." She said lowering her head and Paris went over to nuzzle her, though sensing her partner's sadness caused her to droop down in misery too, "Also, I was the one who made her get caught….Sniff….." she sniffled bitterly, every ounce of her being filled with remorse and regret feeling responsible for putting her close friend in that situation, as her friends Max and Rex came in to comfort her with their presence as well as close friendly embraces.

"There there Zoe…." said Max patting her gently on the back while she sniffled at him.

Rex then reached out and put a hand on her shoulder compassionately, "What happened was beyond our control…." he said wth a light smile, "We can't possibly blame you for what happened."

Zoe sniffled as she wiped away some tears from her eyes before some more filled in to replace them, "I guess but….sniff….it don't make things any better….." she wept before reaching out for a piece of tissue to blow her nose. Their 3 dinosaurs whimpered sadly feeling her pain, before giving way to Aki as she walked in towards her and embraced her in a loving motherly hug.

"It's alright, we're here now sweetie….everything will be alright." she said in a warm soothing tone which made her feel safe and secure, "I'm sure Cera wouldn't blame you either for whatever happened, I just know it." she said looking into Zoe's eyes, who sniffled before smiling lightly herself.

"Th…Thanks Mrs Taylor…." she said thankfully, feeling much better herself. Her change in mood brought smiles to the other members of the family around her seeing that she's already over it now.

Max too was happy for Zoe and the others for a while, before narrowing his eyes and tightening his fists slightly without anyone noticing. In his mind he realised the only one who truly was to blame for this was Seth, no doubt he set his sights on Cera for some reason, no doubt for the knowledge she has on dinosaurs. No doubt she had secrets that even she wasn't aware of, and knowing Seth he'd stop at nothing till he'd get them in order to further his own twisted goals of dinosaur manipulation. He was responsible for driving her to make this decision since she felt they would be in danger if she stuck around, and the thought of it was making him boil up inside as he gritted his teeth, "Grrr….." Chomp too noticed it as well as he hardened his expression in agitation, instincts telling him Seth was someone truly evil.

"What I'm worried about is will she be okay?" Aki then said catching everyone's attention as her own expression became filled with concern, "She's now all alone out there…..I'd hate to imagine what trouble she mouth get into." she added as murmurs of worry echoed between the other members of the family in the room.

Unwilling to give up nor let his friends and family fall into doubt themselves, Max decided to take action as team leader as he then stepped into the center of the group, "Hey," he said as they all looked to him as if he was going to give a big announcement. He then smiled with confidence, "We shouldn't doubt Cera that much, she's tougher than we think, not to mention she has Miku with her too, so she isn't actually alone." he stated looking on the positive side as he looked around to everyone else eying him, "Also she's lived all on her own before we met her, and in my book that's tough, so I'm sure she can take care of herself just fine." he said feeling confident and proud.

Thinking back on his words they all soon realised what he said was very much true, and that Cera was no doubt stronger than any one of them too, for her to make a decision like this meant her resolve and feelings for everyone's wellbeing were even stronger than what they first thought. Rex smiled in agreement with Max as he walked up to his friend and put a hand on his shoulder, "You're right Max," he said feeling moved by his speecg, "We shouldn't worry too much about her, it's what she would've wanted from us."

"Yeah that sounds very much like her too." Max nodded.

"But still we should try and find her to make sure she's okay." Rex then spoke up out of concern as Zoe stepped up to the other boys.

"Yeah, I agree with Rex." she said still with some worry but significantly less than before, "In the end she's still 1 person and only 1 little dinosaur. Not that it's bad or anything but….well…." she stuttered looking away.

Unwilling to sit back doing nothing anymore, Aki then stood up before heading to the house phone, "I'll….go notify the authorities," she said walking over to it and dialling, "With them maybe we might be able to at least a better chance of locating her, maybe there'll be a witness who's seen her too."

"You do that Aki, in fact I'll help you out on that." said Mr Drake standing up next, "I'll go see if I can print some Missing Posters, with any luck someone might have seen her and then get back with us."

"I'll help you with that dear." Mrs Drake followed as they went upstairs to the computer to plan and design an appropriate poster, even considering whether a reward should be put up if Cera gets found by anyone else.

"In the meantime," Spike added as he got up feeling emotionally moved by the children's words and the drama that played out before his eyes, which were more emotionally filled and touching than any soap opera he had ever watched on TV before, as tears welled up in his eyes and he choked on each word he said, "You kids just…..do what you do best….even if it hurts….." he whimpered as he left the living room to find a place he could cry his eyes out in private, while the D Team looked on either happy or in embarrassment for his childish behaviour.

"You got it dad." Max nodded feeling pumped up and ready for action before looking to the rest of his teammates present, "Come on guys, let's all do our part to find her, and when we do we'll show her she's an irreplaceable part of the D Team and whatever problems that come our way we'll face together! Because that's who we are!" he vowed making sure they wouldn't rest until they had found and brought home their friend, no, member of the family back safely.

"Max….." His words had a show of charisma and inspiration for Rex and Zoe as they too felt their spirits lifted and feeling motivated too, knowing they cannot and will not ever give up.

"Whatever you have planned we're with you all the way!"

"Same here to the ends of the Earth!" They each said as Max smiled back and they did a fist bump together with each other.

"Thanks you guys." he responded back as their dinosaurs went in a circle and did the same, this time with head bumps, "For Cera."

"For Cera." They all said together in unison like the 3 musketeers in the book.

From the sidelines, Reese sat on the couch with a proud smile on her face at how much and far they had grown since finding the first stones and cards, only more so since Cera came into their lives, and everyone in the room no doubt had and was impacted by her in more ways than they could believe. "It's great to see them work together with a united purpose. Cera truly has been a great influence on them all." she thought to herself knowing she had a role to play as well. Standing up and walking over to them, "I'll do my part as well." Reese said as headed to the front door to put on her shoes, "Let's see if we can trace her from the D Lab." She said opening it and stepping outside.

Max nodded and looked to everyone else, "Right, let's go." they nodded with him and followed Reese out to the D Lab to get to work.

(Later)

At the main room in the D Lab, the rest of the gang eyed Reese closely as she typed away at a screen depicting several algorithms and codes on it rather intently, "A while ago Cera and I were implementing a homing function in the dinoholders," she stated as she held up Max's dinoholder as an example, "That way we'll be able to pinpoint your exact locations in the event any of you were to get separated from the others or if you somehow lost your dinoholders."

"That definitely would come in handy." Max whistled folding his arms behind his head, also realign who they had issues with their dinoholders before such as it getting damaged because they accidentally dropped it, though it was mostly him.

"Always thinking for the wellbeing of the team." smiled Rex, "It's time we helped look out for her too." he added at the end as Zoe nodded firmly.

"With any luck we might be able to-" Reese suddenly stopped as an ERROR icon appeared on the screen which caught her by surprise, "Hmm? That's odd…." she muttered in annoyance as she typed again, going back a few codes and retyping the protocols only to end with the same result once more.

Judging from the screen and the annoyed expression on Reese's face, they could tell those weren't very good signs, "What is it Reese?" Zoe asked unsure if she wanted to know the answer herself.

Her sister then let out a deep sigh in disappointment, "I can't seem to trace or pinpoint her signal anywhere…." she said painfully thinking she had failed.

The kids widened their eyes at her words, "What?"

"How can that be?" Max and Rex asked in disbelief that Reese herself, the D Team's tech head, was stumped.

Reese then folded her arms and pushed up her glasses in thought, "If I were to guess, she must have activated the cloaking function for her dinoshot. The same programme she helped install into your dinoholders." she explained while putting a finger to her chin in thought, "With that it means even if she summons a dinosaur, the signal will still be blocked." she mused.

"That's very handy when you look at it…." Zoe admitted though not in this case.

Rex sighed folding his arms, "Guess that means she was serious about not wanting to be found." he thought knowing if she was so smart tactically no doubt covering her own tracks would be easy and that made things that much more difficult for them to find and help her if she would need it.

"Aw man! That stinks…." Max grunted punching his fist into his palm with annoyance and frustration before taking a breath and calling himself down looking at things on the bright side as she always suggested to them, "Well there is at least 1 good side to this."the said as they looked to him, "If we can't find her then the alpha gang surely can't either."

"I suppose that's a good way of looking at it." Rex thought before hardening his expression, "But they are persistent, especially Seth, knowing him he'll stop at nothing till he finds her."

"Then it seems I'll have to double my efforts then," said Reese in repose as she returned to the screen and began typing through recent events and activities, as well as hacking through police feeds and satellite tracking (something Cera had taught her a while back) "Hopefully I'll be able to trace her location before he does." she said narrowing her eyes knowing the tall order she had.

Zoe then cheered on her sister, "If anyone can find Cera, it's you Reese! I know you can!" she said with full faith in her tone.

"I'll do my best Zoe, no promises though…." Reese replied as she continued typing away.

Max and Rex nodded, "We'll take what we can."

"For now we-" before Rex could finish, their dinoholders suddenly flashed red and they all looked to it in alarm as it caught them by surprise, "A dinosaur!?"

"Now of all times….." Max gritted his teeth, this being the first time he wished there wouldn't be one.

"You 3 go on ahead, you have work to do." said Reese to them assuringly that she would get the job done, "In the meantime I'll stay here and try my best to decode and hopefully disable the cloak best I can." she said feeling hopeful in her own skills that she could pull it off, "After I ready the teleporter to send you of course." she added at the end as she switched screens and typed away.

"Okay…." Max replied knowing there wasn't much else they could do at this time now as he gestured his friends to hustle up, "Come on guys, let's go."

"Mhmm." They nodded as they ran over to the teleporter.

"So where is it this time?" Zoe asked as they got on board.

Reese then brought up the location on screen, "It's somewhere along the Indonesian Islands." she said, "The island of Komodo to be precise, it's somewhat populated but also has natural environments ranging around volcanic hills, savannah and forest. The coasts even have coral reefs and see grass beds, making the place a popular diving spot for tourists."

"Wow, sounds like a place I'd really love to go visit on holiday!" Zoe then cheered clapping her hands together in excitement while Paris chirped happily too with her.

"Except we're there on a mission remember?" Rex reminded her.

"Yeah yeah, but it wouldn't hurt to enjoy ourselves too." Zoe replied pouting her cheeks, "Isn't that what Cera once-" she suddenly stopped herself realising what she was about to say, knowing she'd only make everyone distracted if their thoughts would be focused on Cera and not the mission, "Never mind…."

"Let's just get this over with." said Max shrugging it off before calling out to Reese at the controls, "Fire up the teleporter Reese." he called as the blond woman finishing keying in the coordinates.

"Mhmm." she nodded pressing the activation button and the D Team were soon enveloped in light. After that Reese quickly shifted screens back to the codes only to recall there was something about their target destination that rung a bell in her mind, "Wait a minute, Komodo…." Immediately shifting back an zooming in on the specific island they were heading for, she soon widened her eyes in realisation of the dangers is posed, "You three wait!" Her warnings came too late as they soon vanished in the light and she couldn't stop it in time, "Oh dear they're gone…." she sighed as her expression became filled with concern and worry, "I hope they'll watch out for the local wildlife too, if I know anything about that place, it's that there are pretty much living dinosaurs on that place…." she thought putting a hand to her chest.

(At Zeta Point)

At the Alpha gang's HQ, Dr Z jumped for joy and had an enormous grin spread across his face as a signal blinked over the Indonesian islands, "Woo hoo! Another dinosaur has just appeared!" he cheered in excitement while Seth narrowed his eyes at said location. Dr Z however paid him no mind as he turned around to pick the only 2 agents he could trust, "I'd better get Rod and Laura to get ready and-"

"I wouldn't recommend that Dr Z." said Seth which caused him to stop and look back at him in curiosity.

"What's that?" he blinked as he walked back up to his assistant who pointed out where the signal came from.

"Take a closer look at where the signal is originating from." he said seriously as Dr Z squinted his eyes at it.

Eying it and seeing there wasn't anything particularly special about it to him, he then turned to Seth, "So it's on an island, big deal we pretty much live on one!" he cried.

"True," said Seth putting his hands into his pockets calmly, "But this island may not be the most suitable place to send children to." he then took out a computer pad and typed on it before showing it to the old man, "Take a look at this and see for yourself." He said handing the tablet over to him.

As he began skimming over the notes and scrolling down, before coming to the main points Seth wanted him to focus on, he jumped in surprise, "Gah!" His jaw hung and he turned uneasily over to Seth while going pale, "Is this….for real?" he shook intensely.

"Would I ever lie to you Dr Z?" Seth smiled back at him as he closed his eyes and looked away, "I too care for Rod and Laura's wellbeing like you. It wouldn't be right for you to send your own grandchildren to a place like this, even if it was to capture a dinosaur." he said as Dr Z scorched his chin in thought and folded his arms.

"You make a good point." he replied tapping his foot on the floor before pacing back and forth, unable to come up with an idea he turned his attention back to Seth, "So what do you recommend then?"

The blue haired man smirked in response already having an answer, "Surely you haven't forgotten about your most loyal followers have you Dr Z?" he replied as the scientist looked back to him in confusion.

"Huh? Who could you be talking about?" He asked blinking his eyes. Though after giving it some careful thought he then widened them in alarm, "Gah! You can't mean…Those 3 nincompoops!?" he exclaimed almost speechlessly at the thought that Seth would actually suggest them of all people to undertake this task, "You expect me to entrust them with this mission after all their blundering failures!?" he yelled out in anger.

Seth looked back to him, "What other choice do we have doctor? Surely you can't expect droids to do the job either would you?" he replied calmly.

"Well, no….but why not you?" Dr Z then asked, "You've never disappointed me once so who better to send that you?"

Hs assistant smirked in response but turned around as he was about to take his leave, "I am flattered Dr Z, but…..I have matters to attend to regarding the time machine engine today." He said as he began walking away, "As well as Saurophaganax too…" he thought to himself before stopping to look back at the stunned Dr Z, "Also, this might also serve as a fitting punishment for their said failures as well, wouldn't you agree?" he suggested as he closed his eyes and folded his arms in thought.

"….." Tapping his foot on the floor for a moment and giving thought to Seth's words, he then opened them back having made his decision, "Grrgh….very well Seth, since you insist." he said deciding to take a gamble and trust in his most trusted assistant's words.

"Of course doctor." Seth bowed to him politely before leaving, but not before a sinister smirk came upon his face, "Once those 3 fail to return back to Zeta Point, it'll become that much easier for me to continue my work under Dr Z's nose, and then I'll have everything ready….." he said to himself as he disappeared into the shadows.

(Meanwhile)

At a lodge further off in the mountains of Sanjo City, inside was now quite empty, except for a single bed at the window corner, a table and chair in the dining area right next to a kitchen side with stove and sink, as well as a refrigerator. But on the table though, sat a white dinoshot which was blinking red, before being picked up by a hand. The person who picked it up was wearing a rather drab cloak which covered their face, and began pressing some buttons on it before disappearing in a column of light.

(Later)

A while later, a small blue dimetrodon themed jet was seen flying through the skies before coming through some clouds and the large island as depicted on the map came in sight and on screen as Zander grinned and made the announcement, "Here we are gang, Komodo Island!" he cheered out.

Ed then put a finger to his chin in thought, "You know that name does ring a bell but I can't seem to put my finger on it…." he muttered to himself out loud.

"Oh who cares Ed!" Ursula responded as she sat at the backseat as she shook out her fists, "This is our lucky break! After all those times we messed up we're given a chance to make up for them!"

"I knew there was still a reason why Dr Z kept us around!" Zander cried out as emotional tears ran down his cheek which was soon mirrored by Ed.

"He still has faith in us that we'll succeed, oh I'm starting to feel emotional thinking about it!" he sniffled as he used one arm to cover up his eyes and then wipe away the tears.

"Then let's prove to him his faith in us isn't misplaced!" Ursula [proclaimed as she pointed out at their target destination, and Ed and Zander acknowledged her orders.

"Right!" They said together as they pressed down the controls and they jetted in for a landing.

As they came in closer, Ed saw it as the right time to decelerate for a proper and safe landing procedure as he began dialling buttons on the controls and began to pull back on the controls, "Alright now to take us in nice and smooth…." he thought as he pulled up, but bizarrely saw no change in the speed they were descending. As he tried a few more times he turned pale and his heart skipped a beat, "Oh dear…." he squeaked as Zander and Ursula both looked to him uneasily.

"Umm Ed, we're coming in a little too fast, can't you pull us up?" asked Zander looking nervous.

The fat man turned to him uneasily and sweated anxiously, which put his flying partner off when he saw his nervous expression! "I'm trying, but the controls aren't responding!" he cried out as both his friends cried out in alarm!

"Say what!?"

"Not again! Just when things were looking up for us!" Zander exclaimed clenching his face in with his hands.

"Pull harder you nitwit! Or else we're all going under!" Ursula demanded as she began hammering his head with her fists!

"Yow!" Ed screamed as the pain spurred him tor try harder for their sakes, as the jet soon began to plummet out of the sky uncontrollably! "I'll try! HURGH!" he yelled out, turning red as he pulled up with all his might!

SNAP!

As he heard the sound, he opened his eyes and saw he had the entire steering control yanked out of the machine, "Uh oh…." he said turning to the others who stared stunned at him, before turning pale like ghosts and screaming out!

"EH!?"

"We're going to crash!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHH!" They all cried as the jet spiralled out of control and crashed into the mountainside leaving a plume of smoke erupting from the crash site!

BOOM!

(Meanwhile)

A bright light soon shone on a hilltop overlooking a grassy plain, as it died down the D Team stepped out of the light and onto Indonesian soil, "Well here we are guys." said Max as he and Chomp looked on and around in awe of the island's natural beauty and scenery. In fact, Zoe, Rex, Paris and Ace too were taken back by the open skies, warm tropical air and cooling breeze that blew across the field and over them. Looking down they caught sight of the island's first inhabitants.

"Wow, look at all those deer!" Zoe gasped as she looked down and saw a large herd of deer grazing in the lowlands below peacefully.

The others soon followed where she was eying they too couldn't help but be impressed themselves, "Yeah, never seen so many before." Rex whistled.

"And over there! Are those horses?" Max pointed out in surprise after catching sight of small group of large wild horses resting in the shade under some trees, "Aren't horses supposed to be in stables or being used by people for riding to racing?"

"Not these ones apparently." said Zoe as she eyed the group.

"I've heard of these," said Rex speaking up, "200 years ago this type of horse used to be tamed when people first settled on these Indonesian islands, now they live wild and free." he said, "Not only that, there are even buffalo and wild boar on these islands too."

"This sounds like one really wild place," Max breathed impressed as he soon noticed apart from the plains there was a large forest blanketing on the outskirts of the grasslands where they lead up to a few mountains further in the distance.

"Look all these grassy plains and forests that stretch really far, not to mention those mountains." Zoe pointed out the many different unique habitats spread out across the island, "No wonder this place is designated a national park."

"Yeah, it helps keep the peace at least." said Rex, "Indonesia does house some pretty rare and unique species not found anywhere else in the world, so it's good that the government helps preserve places like this."

The peace didn't last long though, as the echoing cries of an animal in agony echoed in the distance, catching the ears of the D Team and their partners as it put them on alert!

"What was that sound!?" Max exclaimed as Chomp and the others became on edge, Zoe and Rex were on alert seeing they seemed agitated, and even more so when the deer and horses quickly galloped away as fast as they could from the forest, as birds took to the sky where the noise echoed from!

"Whoa! Look at them go!" Zoe then gasped in amazement hearing the sound of the animals' thundering hooves.

Rex and Max focused their attention on the forest further in the distance, "Could be a dinosaur in trouble out there in those woods!" Max suggested seriously as Chomp hardened his gaze and barked in the direction the wail came from.

"Then we'd better go check it out!" Rex added as they carefully went downhill making sure not to stumble or fall amongst the rocky outcrops in the hillside, before arriving safely on flatter ground and making a run for trees, unaware that they were being watched from the tall grass by a pair of hungry reptilian eyes…..

As the D Team hurried as fast as they could, having their own partners act like compasses and lead the way through smell or hearing, a clearing in a grove of trees soon came into view from the trunks and branches ahead, and narrowing his eyes a bit, Max caught sight of what they were looking for, "Look over there!" he pointed out excitedly as they arrived in the glade, and in the center of it lay down a big green herbivorous dinosaur with a line of white stripes along its body and ending with a yellow underbelly. It was curled up in a resting posture and breathing rather heavily and the D Team held their partners back from rushing in, and they all approached it slowly and cautiously hoping not to awaken or alarm it.

"Is that a camptosaurus?" Zoe asked curiously.

"Yeah looks like it….." Rex nodded confirming it. As he eyed its rather large and bent body down to its tail, he widened his eyes upon noticing something terribly wrong with it! "Look at its' leg!" he pointed out as the others looked to it and gasped in horror!

The dinosaur carried a massive a set of lacerations and bleeding bite marks on its' right back leg, and the wounds around it were still quite raw and blood was oozing out of them and dripping onto the ground till it was nearly a small puddle! There were even flies buzzing around it and the leg twitched in pain, the camptosaurs let out a bellow in agony and pain as another surge of pain struck through its limb as it kicked out!

The sight of the raw wound was enough o make the D Team sick and make their dinosaurs feel put off by the sight as the backed away slightly, "Urgh, that's terrible," Max groaned covering his mouth to keep himself from hurling. Zoe had to cover her eyes and look away, while Rex gritted his teeth almost feeling that dinosaur's pain, while their partners held back uneasily, sensing whatever could have gave the dinosaur that injury was no doubt nearby but they were unable to tell what it was or when it might be back, and that worried them deeply.

Their human partners were unaware of this and kept their attention focused on the writhing dinosaur before them, "No wonder it's wailing in pain so loudly." said Rex feeling sorry it was suffering so much.

"I'm getting sick just looking at that wound….." Zoe croaked, she was used to seeing animals get wounds treated at the hospital but never anything like this, "What could have done something so horrible?" She said putting on her goggles and uneasily zooming in for a closer look, "It looks kinda like a bite mark doesn't it?" she asked.

Max and Rex squinted their eyes a little for look and soon saw it couldn't be anything else, "Now that you mention it, it does…." Rex replied in surprise.

"Let's take a closer look and see what could have done such damage." Max suggested as he walked closer to it, and the others followed behind him closely and carefully so not to startle the injured dinosaur they came to bring home.

It didn't take ling for the resting dinosaur to pick up their scent however, as it quickly reacted defensively, raising up its head and bellowing out loudly at them!

"Whoa!" They quickly stepped back as the camptosaurus got all defensive and agitated, their partners hiding behind their legs worried over what would happen.

Rex gritted his teeth and sweated uneasily, "Be careful guys, that dinosaur's agitated, it thinks we might be trying to hurt it!" he warned.

"Easy now, there's nothing to be afraid off, we're here to help you." said Max as calmly as he could as he tried to step forward with his arms open to show he was no threat, but the camptosaurus bellowed back at him, stomping out its arms at Max refusing to let him come any closer. Getting the message Max stopped in his tracks and turned around to Rex and Zoe hoping they might have an idea they could try out, "Ummm any suggestions guys?"

Unfortunately neither of them had one as they either looked away uneasily, "Not really….." said Rex shaking his head.

"We could turn into a card so it could heal hopefully….." Zoe then suggested before turning rather unsure of herself, "But the only way to do that is if it trusts us or if we battle it."

"As of now neither seems to be an option." said Rex observing the camptosaurus' behaviour, and they could clearly see it was no doubt aggressive and agitated because of the pain it was suffering, and they couldn't bring themselves to fight it when it was already in such a state.

The herbivore bellowed at them defensively once more as the D team continued to observe, seeing they were stuck between a rock and a hard place over what to do, "Doesn't look like it'll be letting us come any closer, I don't blame it for being wary after that injury it suffered." said Rex pityingly for the dinosaur's suffering and agony.

"But we can't just leave it here for the alpha gang to grab it." said Max in response feeling deeply concerned, knowing how despicable and unforgivable they were, he had no doubt they wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of a weak and vulnerable dinosaur, and this one in agonising pain would no doubt be no exception…..

"Or for whatever attacked it to come back." Zoe shuddered rather uneasily. Not many modern animals would be able to do this much damage to a dinosaur, even a rathe moderate sized one like camptosaurus, but if there was one out there, it was here in this very island and would no doubt be back soon to finish the job. What's worse, if it could do that to a dinosaur who knows what it'd be able to do to a human! Thinking the situation over as calmly as she could, Zoe quickly brightened up upon realising something they could try out, "Wait I've got it!" she cheered up as the others looked to her curiously.

"You do Zoe?" Rex asked as she nodded in response.

"Yeah, something I remember Cera did once." she said before looking down to her partner who looked back to her curiously, "Go on Paris, let it know we're okay." she said nudging her partner a bit, stroking her on the head and she chirped happily at being encouraged. Sporting a brave expression, the little dinosaur walked up to the larger herbivore, who eyed her warily but was more at ease since it was a fellow dinosaur this time. As they conversed for a while exchanging words in dino language, it wasn't long till Max and Rex both picked up on what was going on.

"Oh yeah….I remember this…." Max breathed remembering a while ago when they were with pinacosaurus, trying to help clam it down when it was trapped and agitated in the rockslide. Apparently Cera still was with them in spirit more than they first thought.

After Paris barked out, the camptosaurus breathed smoothly before nuzzling at her gently, and she giggled with joy much to the relief of the D Team seeing it trusted them now.

"Alright, looks like it's calmed down now." Zoe breathed as Paris barked urging them to come closer, and barking back at camptosaurus to let them know her friends meant it no harm, as it held back but calmed down more easily as they came within arm's reach of it.

"Phew, thank goodness for that." Max breathed with relief.

"If that didn't work I don't know what would." said Rex, his heart still beating rather quickly, worried the dinosaur might suddenly turn on them but thankfully that wasn't the case.

The camptosaurus looked to them all calmly but then moaned in pain as a sudden streak of pain surged through its bad leg once more making the D Team feel more sorry for it.

"I really want to help that poor dinosaur…." said Max sadly not wanting it to suffer anymore.

"Yeah but what can we do?" Rex asked unsure of what to do in this case, even with medical treatments it would still take a long while to patch up that bleeding wound and they didn't have that.

The D Team were stuck in a bit of a conundrum, till Zoe suddenly snapped her fingers realising there was something they could do, "I've got it!" she cheered as she took out her dinoholder and held out the move card nature's blessing, "Just what the doctor ordered!" She said proud of herself while her friends brightened up with joy.

"Oh yeah!"

"With that camptosaurus will feel better in no time!"

Zoe nodded, "Mhmm, now I'l just summon Paris to full size and then-"

"Not so fast there!" a female voice cried out to them from the underbrush which took them all by surprise!

"Huh!?" As they all looked, 3 figures soon leapt out from the bushes and stood before them with sinister intent on their faces!

"Hahaha, did you really think we'd just let you walk in and take that dinosaur hmm?" Ursula said smugly.

"This is payback for all those times you humiliated us!" Zander yelled out tensing up with anger.

"We're going to enjoy giving you a good thrashing!" Ed grinned popping his knuckles.

The D Team gasped in alarm before turning defensive at their old enemies, "Not you guys again!" they cried out as their dinosaurs barked out in anger.

"Ahaha! Oh yes us." Ursula laughed snobbishly before sporting a rather sinister smirk, "Now if you know what's good for you, you'll step aside and hand that dinosaur over to us now." she threatened as Ed and Zander began snickering.

"Grrr!" unwilling to abandon camptosaurus, the D Team quickly took positions, putting themselves between the defenceless dinosaur and their hated enemies.

"We're not going anywhere!" Max yelled shaking his fist out.

"Yeah, you creeps better back off this instant," Zoe then cried out, "Can't you see this camptosaurus is really hurt and in no shape to even move?!" she said as Paris barked out and the injured camptosaurus wailed out in pain, as it struggled to stand only to stumble back down weakly.

Taking notice of their injured target only made the alpha gang's grins widen, "Oh that makes it all the more easier for us!" Ursula cackled rubbing her palms together.

"Don't you worry, once we take it back home we promise to give it the best treatment it could possibly get." said Zander holding a thumbs up.

"We'll even throw in some tender love and care too!" Ed smiled clapping his hands together.

The D Team did;t buy a word they said as they only hardened their resolve, "Tch! Yeah right, not if we have anything to say about it!"" Max clicked his tongue.

"You'll have to go through us first!" Rex yelled defiantly.

"You're not laying 1 finger on that dinosaur!" Zoe concluded as their dinosaurs barked out before being returned to their card forms.

Ursula then grinned with delight hoping for this because it would make things all the more sweeter for them when they return home victorious, "Hehe then I suppose we'll just have to-" She suddenly stopped realising something was wrong with the picture as she blinked her eyes and squinted them at the D Team, "Say…." she then pointed out at them, "There's only 3 of you brats this time. Where's your friend?" she asked as the D Team then widened their eyes and gasped out loud.

"Ah!"

Ed and Zander soon followed an they picked up on it too, "Yeah come to think of it you're right Ursula." said Zander scratching his cheek with interest.

"Wonder where that red headed girl ran off too." Ed muttered as he looked around them to see if she was hiding nearby but saw no trace of anyone for miles, concluding it was just the 6 of them.

"Urgh…." The D Team members then sweated tensely wishing Cera were here, no doubt they'd have the numbers advantage and an edge over the alpha gang if she was here.

It was then Ursula grinned sinisterly as she thought of an idea to rattle them for the fun of it, "What's the matter, you 3 ditched her cos she was dead weight or something?" she pointed at them mockingly as the D Team gasped in shock.

"What did you say!?"

"Ah!" They yelled.

She then laughed out loud snobbishly seeing she was getting at them and she couldn't resist wanting to rub it in some more, "Ahahah! This will make things a whole lot easier for us!" her careless words served only to anger the 3 children even more so as they tensed up and widened their eyes with rage.

"Grrr!"

"Shame on you, we didn't think you could be as bad as us!" said Zander joining in.

"We didn't think you had it in you, guess you proved us wrong, you really are growing up aren't you?" Ed said complimenting them in a mocking kind of way, and that served as the last straw for them.

"How dare you say that!?" Max yelled out at the top of his lungs, making both Ed and Zander jump in surprise!

"GAH!"

"We'll make you wish you hadn't say that!" Rex growled as he gritted his teeth and tensed a fist out at them, "We warned you to back off but now you've made it personal!"

"Get ready you creeps! Cos we'll shut you down for good this time!" shouted Zoe at the end!

As Ed and Zander shivered and hugged one another in a panic, Ursula whoever didn't get the message as she began laughing out loud in response, "Oh? Did we hit a nerve? Ahahaha! Good!" she said intending to rub it in some more.

Her sidekicks then turned to her in alarm at what she was doing, "Umm Ursula, I think we shouldn't push it!"

"Yeah, they look like they're out for blood now!"

She paid them no mind however as she took out her alpha scanner, "If you kids thought that was painful just you wait! Because now we're about to bring in some real hurt!" She said with a smirk, before scowling at Ed and Zander who were both shuddering in fear, "Come on you two! Back me up will you!? Do I always have to think of everything!?" she yelled at them which made them jump in surprise!

"Ah! Y…Yes Ursula! Right away!" Both men stuttered as they took out their own scanners and readied themselves for battle.

"You asked for it!" Max growled swearing no mercy this time around, "Get ready to-"

The rusting of leaves in the underbrush around them made them all stop as they looked around curiously as it got louder.

"Huh?"

"Hmm?" The bushes and shrubs around the area soon shook even more violently, all around them the sounds of claws raking the ground as well as deep hissing echoed through the forest, putting them all on edge.

Sniffing the air the camptosaurus then bellowed out in a panic and writhed about restlessly hoping to get up and away, but still held down by its bad leg!

"Ah!" Zoe gasped in alarm to see it suddenly so agitated, before paling at the realisation that its attacker, or perhaps attackers had finally returned to finish the job! "Uh oh…."

"Guys," said Rex uneasily as the noise got louder and louder, "I think….we're not alone here…." As he finished his sentence a number of large lizards suddenly burst out of the brush and surrounded the group on all sides along with the weakened camptosaurus! They came out from everywhere and so quickly they didn't have time to react and were now trapped!

"Wh…What the!?" Max widened his eyes as Rex and Zoe stood with him back to back uneasily at the sight of the newcomers.

"GAH! Wh…What are these things!?" Ursula squared in disgust as Ed and Zander huddled around her sweating bullets.

"Whatever they are they've got us surrounded!" Zander cried out as his heart raced like a jack rabbit on steroids while Ed dropped his jaw and turned pale as a ghost!

Rex then narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth tensely seeing their escape routes were all cut off, "This doesn't look good guys….."

"Yeah, never thought I'd ever see lizards as big as a grown man." Max grunted while Zoe hung back eying the lizards closely and not taking her eyes off them for even a second, for if she did that would be the first and last mistake she would ever make….

"Wait! I remember now!" Ed suddenly gasped smacking a fist into the palm of his hand as a thought suddenly crossed his mind. Everyone else then focused on him.

"What Ed?"

"Remembered you left something back home?" Ursula and Zander each asked him.

"No! These lizards!" he pointed out while shaking uncontrollably with fear, "They're komodo dragons! The largest lizard in the world! In fact they're the top predators here! Capable of running down even the fastest prey on the island!" he cried out as the rest of the D Team soon picked up on his words.

"Thanks for the biology lesson Ed," Ursula muttered with sarcasm, "But any idea on how we can get out of this mess!?" she then screamed with her hair frazzling out in a panic!

"Err….working on it….." he muttered twiddling his fingers as the dragons hissed and lunged forward, making them jump as the lizards snapped at them!

"GAH!?" The dragons then drew back from their mock charge quickly, hoping to stir them up and cause them run away from one another's safety!

Rex eyed their attackers more closely as a recollection of something he picked up from biology class came back to him, "That's right! They're named after the island of Komodo! Which also happens to be the only place in the world they can be found!" he said out loud.

"Lucky us….." Zoe shuddered huddling closer to the boys and their dinosaurs too were on edge as the large lizards came in closer and closer to them! They barked out loudly but the dragons were undeterred.

"Tch! Looks like we stumbled right in the center of their territory…." Max clicked his tongue as a bead of sweat then dropped from his cheek and he tensed up on edge, "I bet these guys were the ones that gave camptosaurus all those nasty injuries!" he then cried out as he turned to see camptosaurus was bellowing out in a frantic, no doubt panicking in fear to see its predators had found it again!

"I don't doubt it….." Rex swallowed hard seeing they could be ending up as side dishes, "If they could do that to a dinosaur, I'd hate to imagine what they'd do to us…." As much as they all liked reptiles, the thought of getting eaten up by a pack of them was a completely different matter altogether!

Looking around a surge of horrible memories flooded the camptosaurus' mind, as the thought of it being attacked on the leg viciously earlier and then nearly being chased down by the large lizards caused its senses to be overcome by fear and adrenaline! Losing all sense it forced itself onto its legs and mustered enough energy to leap over the line of dragons before rushing ahead into the bushes with a handful of komodos on its tail!

"Camptosaurus no!" Rex gasped reaching his arm out as the dinosaur ran off into the underbrush.

"Wait! Come back!" Zoe cried pleading for it to stay but it was too late, despite its' wounds it was out of hearing range before long and it disappeared into the green depths of the forest!

"Hey the dinosaur's escaping!" Ursula cried out before pointing in the direction it ran in, "Quick after it!" She ordered Ed and Zander but before they could make a move they suddenly found their paths blocked! "Wha!?" More dragons soon burst out of the undergrowth and circled around the 6 humans on all sides and let out dancing growls and snarls while baring their vicious teeth at them while slowly closing in for the kill!

"Looks like they mean business." Zander croaked backing away.

"Please don't tell me what I think they're after!" Ursula whimpered as beads of sweat began dripping from her face.

"If you're not thinking they want to eat us then I won't tell you!" Ed cried out, "Then again, they've been known to eat people too so it's something to consider." he muttered at the end which earned him a whack to the head by Ursula!

"I told you not to say it! I even said please!" she yelled at him in frustration as he rubbed his sore bump.

"This is bad guys…." gulped Max seeing they had little room to run and that camptosaurus was completely helpless out there on its own now, "Like really bad….." he cried out as his heart began to race uncontrollably.

"No need to tell us twice Max…." Zoe sweated nervously and her eyes widened in fear with Rex's as they were surrounded on all sides! "Sure wish Cera was here, she'd know how to think up a good plan in the most urgent situations…" she thought to herself soon after.

As the kimonos closed on the alpha gang's side, Ursula suddenly realised something she could do as she burst out laughing evily, "Ahahaha! These little geckos want to mess with us?" she then took out her alpha scanner and Terry's card, "Wait till I bring out the REAL lizard king, then we'll see who's tough then!" she declared.

"No Ursula! Don't do it!" Ed suddenly grabbed her hand and stopped her at the last minute much to her annoyance.

"What now Ed?" she grumbled.

"These dragons carry a venom so potent it lets them take down huge prey as big as water buffalo!" he warned as everyone else heard it and their hearts either skipped a beat or their blood ran cold at his words, "Just 1 nip and you're done for!" he screamed out loud as he grasped his hair.

"Say what!?" Ursula exclaimed before screaming out loud and leaping into his arms! "Gah! Hold me!"

"Hey!" he gasped in a alma before stumbling and falling down! "Oof!

"If we summon Chomp and the others to full size we'll be making them an easy target!" Rex cried out realising that no matter what they did they'd still be at a major disadvantage.

"So what do we do then!? Sit around and let them make us entrees on a forest buffet!?" Max yelled loudly hoping he would have a solution, only to turn pale when his friend stuttered with no answer.

"I…I…." before he could finish the komod dragons finally lost all sense of caution and rushed in for a full on assault, catching the whole D team off guard!

"WHOA!"

"EEP! They leapt or jumped out of the way in time as the jaws of the dragons snapped close, only just missing their legs but as they stumbled away they ended up dropping their own dinoholders on the forest floor away from them!

"Gah! The dinoholders!" Max gasped in alarm as he tried to reach out for them.

"Forget them Max! We've got to save ourselves first!" Rex yelled in a frantic grabbing his collar and pulling him back in time just before a dragon snapped its jaws on his legs!

"But-" He had no time to resist as a bunch of them suddenly charged straight at them all full speed!

"WAAAAH!"

"Run for it!" Max and the D Team cried out fearfully as they rushed into the bushes hoping to lose their attackers in the trees!

Ed and Zander quickly saw them go and they had the same idea as they did,"It's every man for himself!" They yelped before running after them, throwing their alpha scanners at the dragons without hesitation before disappearing into the woods!

Seeing herself all alone and abandoned, Ursula turned pale realising she lost her only 2 human meat shields "H…Hey! Don't you clods dare leave me behind!" she demanded before seeing all the dragons swarm in at her in full force! "AAAAAAHHHH!" she screamed out loud before running in after them, dropping her scanner in the process!

"Gah!"

"WHOA!"

"EEEK!"

"WAAAAAHHH!"

Soon the forests were filled with the mixed sounds of human screaming and the snarling and hissing, the scene only obscured from above by the tree tops, concealing the carnage that was taking place deep down within before soon being replaced by sheer silence.….

A little while later, when the clearing was devoid of any life for miles around, the sounds of smooth gliding echoed through the forest, as a white microraptor landed gently on a branch above. Looking down to see the discarded dinoholders and alpha scanners, she then dropped and floated down gently to the ground, hopped put where they were before sniffing them closely. After that she lifted up her head to make sure the coast was clear, sniffing the air and eying the area carefully. After confirming it was indeed safe, she let out a loud cry, and before long a human figure, dressed in a drab cloak stepped out from the underbrush and came upon the 6 devices, looking down on them and eying each of them carefully, before scooping them all up in her arms.

(Meanwhile)

Much further off in the distance, Max and Rex came to a stop in clearing surrounded by several large boulders and rocks where they took shelter behind to use as cover against the ravenous pack of komodo dragons. Looking behind the boulders to see they were safe and in the clear, they both let out a sigh of relief and fell down on their butts gasping for air in exhaustion and tried to still their racing hearts which were still beating hard from their brush with death!

"Huff….huff….think we lost them Rex?" Max wheezed a few words before falling down on his back and gasping for air like a fish out of water.

"Urgh….seems that way….." Rex grunted as he felt his own legs throb sorely after having run for quite a while without looking back, even recalling how his leg nearly got grabbed or bitten a few times, and having the warm breath of the large lizards breathe on his skin and their jaws nearly sinking into his flesh!

"Man that was a close one…." Max cringed sweating with exhaustion as he picked himself up, forcing himself onto his legs with all his strength.

Rex nodded, "Yeah, too close for comfort." he answered as he accepted Max's hand and helped himself up, "For a second I thought I'd be dragon food…."

"Well at least we're all okay," Max grinned looking on the bright side. Hearing some footsteps behind the boulder they were at, Max had a feeling who it was and smiled welcomingly as the person behind stepped out, "You doing alright Zoe?" Instead of her however, stepped out a green haired woman, one which the boys were shocked beyond belief to lay eyes on!

"Huh!?"

"You!?" They exclaimed at Ursula who stumbled back in shock at seeing them with her!

"What are you doing here!?" she gasped before glaring at them viciously.

"I was about to say the same thing!" Rex yelled back as he and Max got on the defensive ready to fight back!

Max soon however picked up on something serious which made him realise something far more important, "Rats, that means Zoe is out there on her own….." he grunted in realisation as Rex looked to him in alarm.

"Then we'd better find her before she becomes food for those komodos!" He exclaimed in horror at the thought of her being mangled in a dragon feeding frenzy!

"Yeah." Max replied in agreement as they both ran off, leaving the old lady hanging as she stared at them in disbelief at how easily they forgot her presence.

Taking offence to it she gritted her teeth and shook her fists out at them, "Hey! Don't you dare ignore me!" she yelled out, "Come back here! I'm not through with you yet!" she jumped up and down.

Max then stopped in his tracks and looked back, "Oh yeah? Well we've got a bigger problem to take care of." he said huffing uncaringly, though Rex had other ideas.

"Don't worry Max, the both of us can take her just fine." he said deciding not to leave anything to chance and knowing a loose end like her could spell disaster for them later if left unchecked or unattended to. He tried to reach to his back pocket to grab his dinoholder and Ace's card, he only grabbed hold of his backside. Feeling nothing but air as he waved it around, he looked down and turned pale seeing his device was gone! "Uh oh…." he croaked nervously turning pale as Max looked to him curious as to why he was quiet all of a sudden.

"Rex? What's up? Where's-" Max widened his eyes guessing the situation, "Wait…don't tell me-" he pointed out at his friend who turned to him nervously.

"Yeah…it is…." he croaked sweating anxiously.

"Oh boy…."

Ursula huffed and folded her arms feeling offended they were taking her lightly and ignoring her just because they had the advantage in numbers, "Hmph! You brats may have me outnumbered but I won't be out battled!" she yelled out as she tried to reach into her pocket for her scanner and card, only t fond they were missing from her possession too! "Ah! Where's my alpha scanner!?" she exclaimed as the boys looked to her and eyed her oddly. "Hold on, give me a minute…." she asked as she scuffled through her pockets hoping it was still on her.

"Hehe, fat chance of that happening." Max grinned realising she was pretty much without dinosaur too! "Guess that means we-" As he tried to reach for his own he realised he lost his too! "Ah! My dinoholder!" he screamed out loud as he put his hands all over himself to try and feel around for it to no avail, "Rats! We must have dropped them while we were running away from the dragons!" he gasped out loud as Rex sweated nervously as they now had another problem to worry about! Though apparently Ursula was on the same boat as they were as the 3 people present stared at one another rather awkwardly.

"So what now?" Rex then asked hoping anyone had an idea on what to do in this situation.

Ursula suddenly laughed out loud to their surprise, "Ha, what do you think twerps!?" she then began to pop her knuckles and grinned sinisterly as she began to approach them, "You naughty children are about to get a good spanking courtesy of Ursula the Great!" she snickered ready to get up close and personal with them, letting loose all the frustration pent up within he for so many long months!

Max and Rex both hardened their expressions with anger, "In your dreams old lady!" They each yelled which served to tick her off even more than she was!

"Why you!" she screamed out loud at the top of her lungs while stomping her foot on the ground, "How dare you call me that!?" Her screams were so loud they caused nearby birds in the trees to fly away. As she stomped her foot on the ground next to a large burrow under the boulder, a deep rasping hiss echoed from deep within it.

Hiss….

"Huh?" The very sound caused the 3 humans to skip a heartbeat as they looked down uneasily to it. Scraping sounds from inside it could be heard, and before long a mother komodo dragon's head popped out from it and snarled at them!

"WAAAAAHHHH!" They all screamed in a panic before running off together in the distance! As soon as they were out of sight the dragon lost interested and crawled backwards back into her nest to sleep.

(Meanwhile)

"Huff, that was the 2nd most horrible experience I ever felt…." Zander moaned sweating profusely all over as he and Ed came to a clearing which they felt was enough distance put between them and their hungry attackers.

"If that's the second I shudder to think about what took 1st place." Ed muttered as sweat dripped from his brow and onto the forest floor as he rested his hands on his knees.

Zander then smiled looking to his friend as he fell on his knees, "Well all that matters is that the 3 of us got away without a scratch Ed." He then looked over to his side where he felt a third person was leaning against a tree, "Right Ursula?" Upon closer look he stuttered back in shock realising it wasn't her but Zoe! "Gah!"

"She's not Ursula!" Ed pointed out in lame as he fell back on his butt.

Zoe looked around behind her and she jumped in alarm herself to realise who she needed up with in all the confusion! "Eeek! And you're not Max and Rex!" she cried out before hardening her expression and getting into a defensive posture, "Well if it's a fight you want then you've-" as she reached out to her back pocket to grab her dinoholder, only to be grabbing a handful of air instead! "Huh? What the?" Looking down her heart skipped a beat when she realised her device and Paris were missing, and that she was pretty much defenceless! "Uh oh…." she croaked turning uneasily to her enemies who were grinning sisterly and closing in on her!

"Hehehe, looks like we've got you right where we want you!" Zander cackled holding his arms up.

"Any other day you might beat us but this time you're all alone now!" Ed grinned popping his knuckles as he and Zander turned maniacal and continued their advance on Zoe, who sweated anxiously and stepped back.

"Ehehehehe!"

"Oh no…." Zoe croaked knowing she was lost and alone in the woods, with no way of fighting back or calling for help this time! She felt helpless, alone and weak as she continued backing away as Ed and Zander closed in on her.

"Say your prayers girlie!"

"Any last words?" They grinned as they came in closer and closer, enjoying every second of harassing their prey until she would be completely begging for mercy!

Zoe then gulped down hard, this could no doubt be her last moment, but she had no idea what to say in response to them, "I…I…." Without knowing as she took another step back, she stepped on a large tree root, only that it felt rather fleshy and thin. Pressing down on it, a large hiss could be heard from the bushes which caught everyone's attention! "EEP!" Zoe squeaked as she felt the root underneath twitch and she jumped off realising it was a tail and ran towards Ed and Zander to their surprise! As the 3 of them look closer, a large komodo dragon burst out of the bushes and snared at them viciously!

They stared for a few seconds before running away in a panic form the big lizard, erasing the lines between enemies and focusing only on survival! "EEEEK!"

"WAAAAAAHHHH!" The dragon was about to give chase but stopped midway, upon tasting the air and sensing a much more appealing meal nearby, as it stuck out its tongue tasting the air and turned in the other direction in search of this far more tantalising scent.

(Meanwhile)

Max's side had just burst through a large group of bushes and came to rest at the center of a long game trial in the middle of the woods in order to catch their breath, "Huff….that was close…." Ursula wheezed as she fell on her backside and checked herself all over to make sure she was completely and fully intact, before checking out one of her legs and hugging it close to her, "I almost felt my own leg getting chewed off….Can't have that now can we?" she said in a strange motherly tone before nuzzling it and kissing it all over

Max and Rex both shuddered feeling disturbed as they turned away doing their best to ignore her.

"This forest must be full of komodo dragons." said Max looking around them, narrowing his eyes at the dense undergrowth which could easily hide a large monitor lizard with little effort.

"Yeah, no kidding….." Rex nodded in agreement before becoming concerned, "I just hope Zoe will be fine out there on her own."

"Same here….." Max replied feeling more worried about their own safety for the time being, especially since none of them had any dinosaurs to protect them.

Rex could tell what Max was thinking, before looking to Ursula and cringing hard knowing he was going to regret saying this seeing they had little options available to them, "Much as I hate to admit it, if we're going to have even the slimmest chances of surviving without our dinosaurs we'll have to work together." he said feeling sick just having to force those very words from his mouth.

Upon hearing his outrageous suggestion, both Max and Ursula widened their eyes, "Say what!?"

"You expect us to work with a creep like her!?" They exclaimed out loud together before snarling viciously with hatred and spite at one another.

"Forget it!" Max growled clenching a fist at her.

"For once I agree you little ankle biter!" spat back as her eyes reddened with veins, "I'd rather jump off a water fall than team up with the likes of you!" she screamed out loud causing Rex to smack himself in the face.

"You're right, what was I thinking? It'll never work out….." he groaned shaking his head, wondering why in the world would he ever think up something so ridiculous.

"Music to my ears." Ursula replied as she turned around and began to walk away from the pair of boys.

"Hmph…." Max huffed doing the same as Rex ushered him to stay close.

"Come on Max, let's just get a move on, she'd only us slow us down anyways." he said knowing they had far more important things to do now.

"Yeah, we'd be better off without her." Max replied to him in agreement, though their insults weren't unnoticed by Ursula, whose ears perked up their their comments behind her back.

"Better off without me!?" she cried out in disbelief before folding her arms on her hips and holding her head out high, "Ha! You twerps are dead weight for me to ditch when I feel like it!" she boasted while pointing out mockingly at them, "I'll find my own way off this horrible island all by myself and I'll be taking that dinosaur too!" she then cackled.

"Good luck with that old lady." Both Max and Rex said unconvinced as they walked on together without a backwards glance.

Their snobbish attitudes and shrugging her off like she was garbage served to anger her even more so, "Why you!" She hissed as she began to pop her knuckles and veins tensed up around her forehead, "Looks like I'll have to teach you some manners first!" Stomping forward towards them she was about to let herself loose completely in the 2 children while their backs were turned, intending to take them by surprise! When the sounds of a shrieking dear echoed through the forest, which made her turn pale and jump in shock! "EEEP!" Immediately realising she was still in the jungle filled with vicious predators she rushed forward full speed and sped ahead of Max and Rex taking them by surprise!

"GAH!"

"WHOA!"

As they recovered from their unexpected shock, Ursula then shot a rather spiteful glare at them both before swallowing her pride and screaming painfully, "Alright fine you win!"

"Huh?" They both blinked their eyes in confusion at what she meant.

"For now we'll hold the hostility and order a temporary truce!" she said as she held her hand out to them while looking away and avoiding eye contact with them, "Let's shake on it to seal the deal!" she said puffing up her cheeks and blushing red in embarrassment, feeling humiliated about having to resort to teaming up with her most hated enemies of all.

"…" Max and Rex too were rather hesitant about agreeing to this deal, knowing Ursula pretty much had the loyalty as a jackal and would no doubt try to sucker punch them when she was done or use them as scape goats at the first sign of danger.

"What do you think Rex?" Max whispered uneasily while turning an eye to Ursula who then fell on her knees flashing unnerving puppy dog eyes at them while holding her hand out now.

Rex sighed in disappointment, "She won't take no for an answer, even if we try to leave she'll just stick onto us like gum on a shoe…." he muttered feeling regretful about proposing the truce in the first place, though there was no turning back now.

"Ugh….you make a good point there." Max moaned before begrudgingly walking over to usual and shaking her hand while looking away himself, "Fine…..Not like we have any other options." he said pouting in annoyance and avoiding as much eye contact as possible before pulling it away.

As soon as they parted hands, Ursula suddenly stood up tall and laughed out snobbishly out loud, "Ha! A wise decision, you kids should be thankful someone as beautiful and talented as me is on your side!" she boasted before turning serious, "But when we get out of this, it's back to business as usual and we'll be taking that dinosaur out of your puny hands!" she stated out loud which made both boys narrow their eyes or harden in anger at the fact she was intent on doing just that when they were done and she thought she could get away with it too.

"Grr…."

"Till then we'll be setting some rules and boundaries! First we-" As she began on rambling out loud about herself and what they shouldn't do around her, the 2 boys slowly walked away from her, tiptoeing as quietly as they could while poking their fingers in their ears hoping to block out as much background noise as they could.

Max then leaned in to whisper to Rex once more for his opinion on the matter, "You don't actually trust her do you Rex?" he asked squinting his eyes back at Ursula who was still full of herself and indulging in self-worship, they never had met someone so narcissistic and vain in their entire lives and they hoped they never would have to again.

"Not as far as I can throw a full sized dinosaur." his friend answered mirroring Max's expression and feeling uneasy about this 'truce' himself, "But right now neither of us have a choice, though we'd keep a close eye on her in case she tries anything." he whispered back to Max as they both groaned and sweat dropped in dismay as Ursula continued to ramble on and on about herself as if she was the center of the universe.

(Meanwhile)

At Zoe's end they had just came to a clearing further away in the distance, where they came to a stop to catch their breath. While Zoe stabilised herself against a tree, the alpha duo with her were far more deprived of energy and fell down to their knees or face planted on the ground from fatigue! "Boy…that sure was close…" she panted placing a hand to her chest.

"Are they gone? Please say yes….." Ed whimpered as he gasped for air and slumped down to the floor in exhaustion.

Zander was resting his arms on his knees before looking behind them and taking a breather to see they weren't followed by any dragons, "Don't worry, we're in the clear for now." he said holding up an 'ok' sign to the fat boy who breathed a deep sigh of relief in response.

"Phew. For a second I thought we'd be history…." he said picking himself up, still feeling slightly shaky but mostly okay.

Zoe meanwhile gritted her teeth, feeling sick on the inside realising there was only one way they'd be able to have even the smallest chance of surviving in the forest with so many predators about, "It really ticks me off inside to say this but….urgh…." she swallowed hard and cringed painfully knowing she'd have to wash her mouth out as she prepared herself to utter some words she considered forbidden, "If we're going to survive we'll have to team up, I'm sure even you both know that's the only way." she forced out from her mouth before covering it feeling sick.

Looking to each other, Ed and Zander didn't see much choice and they couldn't afford to complain in their current situation, "She does have a point you know Zander."

"Yeah….." Zander nodded reluctantly before they both eyed her pleadingly, "Okay fine missy, we'll do it, but don't tell Ursula anything okay?" he begged clapping his hands together for mercy as Zoe sighed and shook her head, also cursing her dumb luck under her breath over how she'd end up stuck with these 2 goons, while hoping Max and Rex were having it better than she did.

(Meanwhile)

"Argh! This jungle is horrible! Not to mention it's so hot! I'm getting all sticky all over! Like eeew!" Ursula whined out loud as she began tearing up over dramatically as she refused to take another step further. Around her mosquitoes kept buzzing around her face and her hair turned oily after getting drenched in sweat under the tropical heat, as well as making her skin all slimy and moist too. Her clothes were also beginning to get soiled by dust and dirt, and her shoes suffered the worst, stepping in muddy dirt wherever she went was beginning to make her heels sore and some of it even got inside! To her this was pretty much a fashion disaster and her worst nightmare all rolled up into one mess! "Oh world how could you be so cruel to sweet beautiful me!?" she wailed out loud in her own version of agony and despair, as Max grinded his teeth nearly going crazy himself and dangerously tempted to go physical on Ursula himself!

"Ugh…..If I could just wring her tongue out…." he hissed under his breath as he pulled his gloves on higher, ready to get dirty himself before he was stopped by a hand on his back.

"Just ignore her Max…..play it cool….." Rex whispered to him, though evidence of him losing his own cool could be seen as his eye twitched and veins forming a tic mark on his forehead were popping out.

"How much further are we!? I don't want to walk anymore! I'm tired!" Ursula cried out loud as she began slamming her fists on the ground like a toddler rebelling against her parents.

Looking at one another and sweat dropping at the drama playing out, they were finding it hard to believe she was still the same old lady who gave them so much trouble time and time again in the past.

"And she calls us kids?" Rex muttered in disbelief sighing deeply and giving up on any little hope he may have had on her being useful to them.

"Must resist…urge to….strangle her…." Max hissed under his breath as he gnashed his teeth furiously, inside he was having an inner war between self restraint and his desire to let loose all his frustration and anger, and so far his desires were slowly beginning to take it over.

"Argh….my feet hurt! If this keeps up my soft feet will end up getting corns! Also my precious shoes are filthy!" Ursula whined out loud before tearing up like she had lost a loved one, though in this case the only one she loved would've been herself….

Taking a deep breath Max decided wisely that she wasn't worth it as he turned around with Rex, "Maybe you shouldn't wear high heels then." he muttered in annoyance as Ursula's jaw dropped at his careless comment.

"Ah! You take that back! These are limited edition!" she retorted flashing out her pink shoes before rubbing her temple, "Can't believe I'm saying this but I'm actually starting to miss Zander and Ed…." she muttered before screaming out and shaking her hands like a child throwing a tantrum, "They're never around when you need them most! They should be here carrying me or giving me a pedicure by now!" she cried out crocodile tears.

"Sheesh, I knew you were old but didn't think you'd whine so much like a little baby." Rex groaned face palming himself.

"Maybe she's a baby in an old lady's body." Max snickered in amusement and his friend soon joined him.

Hearing them snicker about her made Ursula shake a fist at them one more as she was boiling up in both blood and rage, "Watch it….don't start with me or I'll mangle you!" she threatened as she then hoisted herself onto a nearby rock and sat down comfortably on it, "But I'm willing to let it slide if you both give me a foot massage right the instant." She then stated casually as she took off her shoe and flashed her feet at them, which were now all mucky with bits of dirt and even a few small bus crawling in between her toes and nails! It was a sight that was even more scary than any horror movie the boys watched in their lives as they turned green and shuddered!

"Ugh! Gross!" They yelled out backing away from her quickly.

"Never in a million years would I ever do that! To your feet or anyone else's for that matter!" cried Rex at the sight of the abomination nearly made him throw up, but thankfully he held it in in time!

"You've got some nerve, just who do you think you are!?" Max growled pointing at her feeling outraged she actually had the nerve to demand them to rub her filthy feet!

"Hmph! Don't you know by now?" Ursula scoffed before striking an elegant pose to show off her slim body, "I'm the most beautiful woman in the world! Ursula the Great and head of the alpha gang!" she proclaimed striking a pose, "It's only natural for someone like me to be deserving of the finest royal treatment! You should be honoured I'm even letting you rub my poor feet sore from walking all over these hills and trails to who knows where! She said acting innocent and helpless like she was some movie star damsel in distress.

The boys raised an eyebrow at her before looking to one another, "I'm starting to wonder how those other 2 bozos put up with her." whispered Rex to Max.

"Yeah, they must be tough to endure this kind of attitude and treatment every day." The spiky haired boy nodded back at him, feeling sorry for her 2 sidekicks for having to put up with her ridiculous shenanigans pretty much every single day of their lives.

"That or they're such wimps who just do as they're been told." Rex added on.

Seeing her foot wasn't rubbed by human hands after nearly a minute, Ursula lost her patience and cried out in annoyance, "Hey!" she shouted as the boys looked up to her with narrowed eyes. She then clapped her hands, "Chop chop! Don't leave me hanging here! I gave you an order and I expect it to be followed!" she then demanded.

In an instant her words were enough to make both boys turn around without a backward glance, "Do it yourself." said Max uncaringly.

"Yeah, we're not wasting anymore time here." Rex followed as they both continued on down the trail leaving Ursula hanging back!

She blinked her eyes in disbelief at the disrespect they showed her before gritting her teeth and clenching her fist tightly she could squeeze the juice out of an apple! "How dare you!?" she screamed putting her shoe back on and hurrying after them, "Making me do things myself, you brats are such animals!" She growled as she caught up to them, "Haven't your parents taught you any manners? You're supposed to listen to grownups and do as they say! That's what kids do!" she yelled over their shoulders.

"Heh, yeah well it's natural for kids to rebel against adults too." Max smirked in response.

Rex the smiled and eyed her next, "Besides, since you're the grownup here shouldn't you be setting an example for us to follow hmm?"

Their snarky remarks were beginning to push Ursula's buttons more and more, sending her into a near complete nuclear meltdown, "Grrr….." she fumed red wondering to herself if this truce was worth holding herself back from clobbering the both of them and leaving them for the island scavengers.

"You even treat your friends like garbage," Max added as he glared at Ursula, "Like we'd ever want to listen to someone like that." he said as Ursula's rage then subsided slightly.

"Friends? You mean Ed and Zander?" she blinked her eyes in surprise at their statement.

"Well duh, you 3 always hang out like peas in a pod," said Rex shrugging his shoulders, "If you're not friends then I don't know what you are."

She then folded her arms and huffed, "Hmph! If you must know they're simply lackeys and grunts, they do as they're told and that's all there is to it!" she said firmly, "Also, they need to be put their place too! It's only natural, beneath the leader they're all lowly and inferior to you in every way!" she announced as Max and Rex scowled at her in disgust.

"Well too bad, that's not how it works in the D Team." said Max.

"Yeah, we're all equals and no one outweighs the other." Rex added, "We treat one another fairly and with respect, sticking up for one another through thick and thin." he said proudly as he and Max continued on their search for Zoe, "Then again I suppose a thug like you wouldn't understand." he said looking back at Ursula once more before ignoring her again.

"Grr…." The old lady gritted her teeth and huffed before stomping on after them refusing to say another word to them.

"Let's be glad Zoe's nothing like her huh Max?" Rex whispered to Max next to him as they continued onwards down the trail.

Max nodded in agreement, "Yup, totally." he said with a smile.

(Meanwhile)

"Keep back you guys, I don't want either of you breathing down my necks." Zoe threatened them as she walked ahead of them with her arms folded behind her head before sniffing the air and pinching her nose, "Nor do I want to infect me with your disgusting body odour, you guys really should get a shower." she said to them.

"Hey I showered this morning….." Ed pouted feeling hurt and offended.

"Hmph, why do you have to be in charge? Why not let us lead?" Zander pouted grumpily.

"Yeah, we're grown men compared to a little kid like you who hasn't even started high school yet!" Ed yelled in agreement as he tensed up and tightened his hands into fists.

"Fine, then you guys go ahead and lead." said Zoe in response as she looked back to them with an uncaring expression on her face.

Both men's faces brightened up with shock, joy and amazement at her words, "R…Really!?"

"You mean it?!"

She smiled brightly at them, "Mhmm, with you guys at the front you're sure to attract the attention of pretty much every dragon in the area, and while they're munching on you I'll be on my way home." she then added at the end as the 2 bozos then turned pale and speechless.

"Urk…." Losing their energy and at a loss of words to retort back with they then smiled and gave way to her humbly.

"On second thought you lead the way!"

"Yeah! You're way better at it than we are!" They each said praising her while she smirked deviously seeing it went exactly as she expected.

"That's better." She said cockily as she continued onwards and they trailed behind her.

"Aww…..Just when I thought we could finally boss someone around, then she ends up bossing us." Zander muttered.

"It's not fair!" Ed cried bitterly as he covered up his eyes with an arm.

Hearing their whining behind her back, she then turned around to look at them, "Why do you guys put up with that old lady anyways?" she asked with annoyance.

Suddenly to her surprise both of them flared up with anger and yelled back, "Hey! How dare you call her that!?"

"You take it back right now or else!" They threatened her with tensed fists and glaring murderous expressions, as she widened her eyes and her heart raced in a panic as they came in close to her, much to close for her comfort!

"Whoa whoa! Take it easy! I'm sorry!" she cried out apologetically whole shaking her hands in a frantic.

(Meanwhile)

In another area, Max, Rex and Ursula were watching from within some bushes a pair of large male komodo dragons rearing up on their hind legs trying to pin the other down in a vicious wrestling match over territory, before one of them finally managed to pin the other and began raking his claws over his defeated rival.

"Whoa, would you look at that…." Max breathed in amazement, feeling overwhelmed by the sheer strength the giant monitor lizards carried within them.

"Such power too…" whispered Rex as he narrowed his eyes as he felt the wind blow on them, "Good thing we're downwind and they can't smell us, no way would any of us want to get in the middle of that." he thought.

Ursula on the other hand wasn't impressed as she let out a yawn in boredom, "Please, I've seen better moves on wrestling-" suddenly she widened her eyes sensing that someone had said the 2 forbidden words and she felt triggered, turning red and fuming with rage as she began to bellow out! "Gah! I'm not an old-"

"Ssh!" Max and Rex quickly covered her mouth in alarm as they sweated profusely and eyed her!

"Be quiet! Unless you want to make more noise and attract more dragons too us!" Max hissed as the green haired woman yanked both heir hands off her face.

"Tch! Get your filthy hands off me!" she hissed as she tensed a fist at them, "Do that to me again and I'll make you eat your teeth!" she threatened.

"Hmph, just you try it old lady." Rex scoffed as he and Max crawled away and Ursula fumed red and tensed up, doing everything she could to think happy thoughts and fight the temptation to clobber them best she could.

"Grrr!" she growled before following after them, in her mind she swore the second they were out of this mess or the first chance she got, she'd rip them apart with her bare hands and feed their corpses to the dragons!

(Meanwhile)

"She treats you guys like dirt, why not just stand up to her? Also why are you standing up for her?" Zoe asked curiously as they stopped by the side of the game trail for a break, with her sitting on a rock while Zander and Ed sat on an old log on the opposite side from her.

"If you really must know, we and Ursula go way back to our childhood days." Zander replied grumpily folding his arms.

"Yeah we've been together as long as we remember." Ed added putting a finger to his chin in thought, "Sure we may have had our squabbles here and there but we're also kinda like siblings in a way too."

"So we're sticking by her side no matter what comes our way!" Zander pointed up to the sky with pride.

"Because we're the alpha gang!" They both chanted together with confidence and energy.

Zoe however sweat dropped unconvinced, "I bet you guys are just too scared to go against her aren't you?" she said to them as they lowered their heads down in defeat.

"Urk…."

"She got us good Zander…." Ed muttered.

Zander then buried his face in his hands, "I thought that would work." he said with shame.

Taking pity on them, Zoe then kicked herself off the rock and walked up to them, "If you guys don't like it, just stand up for yourselves and say no." she asked as both men gasped and hugged one another in shock, finding it hard to believe that Zoe was giving them advice, let alone she was asking them to do something that was equivalent to opening Pandora's box, "Much as it pains me to say this….Take my advice," she said closing her eyes and turning around facing away from them, "Unless you guys want to remain her wimpy boys the rest of your lives, do something about it or she'll keep walking over you." she said before walking off down the path once more, leaving the 2 men to contemplate their place in life as they looked to one another.

"Can we really do that Zander?" Ed asked curiously as Zander began to think about all the harsh times Ursula treated them like doormats and scapegoats, leaving them to do all the hard grunt work when she was no better than they were.

"She does make a point Ed..…" Zander admitted as they followed after her. Enemies or not, she did give them important advice, and no way would they ever want to be treated unfairly by Ursula for the rest of their lives, once they were out of this mess they were going to be an all new Zander and Ed!

(Meanwhile)

Further off beneath a large rock formation was a large mud puddle which was still moist and partially filled with water in it, though it was dark and slimy, as well as smelling putrid and with several flies swarming around it. There, the camptosaurs, desperate to find relief to its bleeding leg wound and increasingly stinging pain, began to wallow in the mud pool hoping it would bring some relief, but instead its' efforts only served to cause it even more discomfort as it bellowed and wailed in agony.

Hearing the rustling of bushes around, it looked up and froze in fear as a group of dragons emerged from the underbrush and soon had it backed up against the rock and it had nowhere else to go! It tried to stand up, but it staggered and wobbled greatly, barely managing to stand straight let alone move as it bellowed out defensively, hoping o ward off its' relentless pursuers. The dragons however didn't buy it, as they opened their massive jaws and drooled disgusting saliva ravenously as they hadn't had a decent meal for weeks, and now was feeding time…..

They closed in, tightening their formation and edged in closer and closer to the helpless dinosaur as it was finally backed against the rocks unable to escape, paralysed by fear it could only bellow and wail out for help but to no avail….

The dragons licked their lips and hissed before charging in! The camptosaurs closed its eyes and looked away, unable to take it anymore and finally accepting its' fate….

SHRIEK!

A sudden shriek from above soon caught their attention, as the dragons halted their advance and looked up, and so did the camptosaurus as its eyes faced the direction where the new shriek came from. Sitting perched safely above the hunt was a white microraptor who flared up her wings and snarled while glowing brightly, causing the camptosaurus to look away as the light forced it to close its eyes, and the komodos growled in annoyance as the light disoriented them and drove them back into the bushes!

As the light died down, the camptosaurus looked up once more to see that its' attackers were gone, as it breathed slower with relief, before wailing out once again with a strike of pain coursing though its' bad leg! It slumped back down into the mud unable to move, feeling all hope was lost as it lay back in the soft mud pool which it felt was about to become its' death bed. The microraptor however, chirped from above to the sick dinosaur as it looked up once again, seeing its' saviour glide down gracefully till it landed on its side. As both dinosaurs locked eyes with one another, the raptor chirped calmly and they exchanged a few words in dinosaur speech before the raptor glowed brightly, sending some energy from herself into the green herbivore!

The energy transfer revitalised the camptosaurus as it mustered the strength to stand up strongly, though its wound still leaked blood and it felt rather numb and sore still. It was then a cloaked figure, stepping out from behind the rocks came over and stood before it. It then arched its back and growled defensively, till the raptor jumped off its back and glided onto the figure's shoulder, chirping at it to let it know all was alright as it calmed down, letting the cloaked person approach it close enough to gently stroke it on the face. After that, the figure took out what appeared to be a spray medicine bottle from under the cloak before lowering down to the bleeding and muddied wound on the camptosaurus' leg and preparing to spray it.

(Meanwhile)

"Zoe!"

"Hey Zoe! You there?" Max and Rex meanwhile shouted out at the top of their lungs hoping their lost friend would hear their cries, as they traversed deeper and deeper into the forest path they were on and to their disappointment their calls went unanswered….though not completely….

"Urgh give it a rest already, your voices are really beginning to burst my eardrums!" Ursula muttered feeling sick, while sticking her fingers in her ears hoping to block out their calling.

They instead scoffed and loomed away from her, "Hmph, well too bad, we're going to keep shouting out till we find Zoe!"

"So get used to it or you're on your own!" They each said ignoring her ranting before calling out for her again.

"Can you hear us!?"

"Where are you Zoe!"

As annoyed as she was she had to admit she was rather moved by their determination to find Zoe no matter what and they weren't planning on giving up anytime soon, "I can't believe how much they actually care for that pint sized runt of a pest." she said to herself in thought before looking up in thought, "I wonder if Ed and Zander are worried about me as much as they are about her."

(Meanwhile)

"There's only 1 person we never have to worry about and that's Ursula!" Zander declared proudly and with confidence as he and Ed walked behind Zoe who was in the lead, as she folded her arms behind her head and looked back at them.

"Really? Not even a little?" she liked curiously.

"Mhmm!" Ed nodded with a confident smirk, "Ursula's as tough as they come! She can take care of herself just fine!" he boasted out loud putting a fist to his chest, "From our experience getting blasted by geysers, crashing down, falling off water falls she still comes out alright!"

"Very true, in fact, if she has a run in with those komodo whatever they're called, I'm more worried about them and not her." said Zander in agreement as Zoe sweat dropped uneasily.

"Whoa, those guys really have it rough….no wonder they usually aren't so right in the head…." she thought to heroes before looking back ahead and smiling lightly, "Still it's kinda nice they have such faith in her….." she then thought seeing that they did are for their teammate in a way at least.

"Actually I'm more worried about us." said Ed rather nervously twiddling his fingers as Zoe and Zander stopped to listen in to what he had to say, "From what I read up komodo dragons are really relentless when it comes to hunting." he said biting his fingernails and shivering with terror, "Like snakes they smell by tasting the air and they're really intelligent for reptiles and-"

"Would you please stop talking!" Zander interrupted covering his mouth while shaking like and earthquake and his teeth chattering uncontrollably, "The more you bring up about those oversized lizards, the more I feel like my heart's going to explode from all this pressure!" he squeaked looking frantically around the game trail they were walking upon to make sure they were alone, as well as the bushes and thick grove of trees that surrounded them on every corner.

Ed gulped realising he too was making himself anxious as he quickly shut himself up, "S…sorry…." he croaked with regret.

"Actually no." said suddenly which surprised the 2 men as they looked to her, eying her as if she was crazy.

"Hmm?"

She then focused her attention on Ed, "What else do you know about komodo dragons?" she asked rather seriously, "Maybe something you know can help us find some kind of weak spot on them so we know how to handle them the next time we come across them."

Ed's eyes glistened with joy and feeling appreciated by another for the first, "Hey that's actually a really good idea!" he cheered before gasping in surprise, "Huh!? Did you just ask something from me nicely!?" he exclaimed dramatically as he then became emotional, "No one ever does that…." he sniffled as tears welled up in his eyes.

His change in mood was enough to make Zoe sweat drop uneasily, "Okay….." clearly the alpha gang were way bigger nut jobs than she and the others gave them credit for.

"Hold it right there!" Zander interrupted suddenly as he waved his arms out before pointing at Zoe, "Why should we tell you anything!? We're mortal enemies, we don't need to be looking out for you!" he then demanded as Zoe stood firm.

Ed then wiped away the tears form his eyes, "You make a point Zander…..though do we really have to?" he asked feeling unsure of whether this was a wise move.

Zoe then shrugged her shoulders in response, "Fine then, sort this out yourselves then, I'm out of here." she said as she began to turn around and walk away from the 2 bumbling buffoons as Ed caved in almost instantly!

"Gah! Okay I'll talk!" he cried out as he fell to his knees begging her to stay!

Zander looked to him in alarm, "Ed?!"

The fat boy however flashed a glare at the skinny man as he was taken aback by surprise, "Look Zander, right now all that matters is getting out alive and I'll do anything for it!" he yelled back standing up to him while shaking a fist, "So if you got a problem you can go on your own then!"

"HUH!?" Zander turned pale as a result, both at Ed's threat to him and the fact he had the bearings to do it in the first place.

Even Zoe herself was quite impressed at the route he was taking, "Wow, he's actually standing up to him, not bad…." she whistled admittedly as Zander fell forward weakly in defeat.

"Urgh….Alright fine….." he whimpered seeing there was no other choice now. He then sat at the sidelines taking a back seat as Ed took charge and began to clear his throat and make his very detailed lecture on the biology of komodo dragons.

"From what I remember, they're hide is really thick and tough, kinda like chain mail in a way." he said, "Also those claws of theirs are really strong and sharp, don't want to get clawed by those things." he said shuddering a bit, "They can swim out to sea too, and like snakes, that tongue of theirs lets them hone in on prey up to 10km away! Not to mention they have really great eyesight, and can see things as far away as 300 metres!" he said really getting into it, "But that's not all, their venom acts like an anticoagulant! Meaning once it bites you won't stop bleeding for a while, till eventually the wonder animal bleeds itself out and-mmmh!"

He stopped as Zander jumped in and covered his mouth, shivering and sweating immensely as he eyed him like a fugitive hunted by the law! "Thanks a lot Ed for bringing up a hundred and one ways those lizards could make a meal out of us…." he hissed as Ed sighed with regret under his covered hand.

"S…Sorry…." he muffled.

Zoe blinked her eyes in amazement meanwhile, "You're quite informed on this, but is there anything that could help us?" she asked sounding much more polite than Zander was.

Ed then pulled his friend's hand off his mouth as he paced about in thought"Hmm….." he put a finger to his chin before an idea popped up in his head, "Oh yeah there might be a couple of things!" he cheered smacking his fist in his palm.

Zoe and Zander brightened up seeing there may be hope for them yet, "What's that?"

"Well they're reptiles so they need to be in the sun to keep warm in order to be fully charged and active!" Ed pointed out, "But if it gets too hot they need to cool down in the shade!"

Zander then gave it some thought, "Hmm….right now it's not that hot so that wouldn't help much." he said as Zoe looked up to see the clouds covering up the midday sun in the sky.

"Also what else….Oh right!" He stuck up his finger in recollection of another idea, "They may have good eyes, but they have poor night vision so they're only active during the day!"

"So we'll be safe at night then?" Zander asked.

"For the most part, but it's still a while till night so we can't have that either." he replied folding his arms, "But they can't see things that are stationary very well."

"Oh you mean like a t rex, where you stand still and it can't see you?" Zoe asked.

"That's only a myth, believe me we tried that before with Terry once," Zander replied as he and Ed lowered themselves downcast.

"Big mistake, we ended up with getting our bare behinds bitten off." Ed whimpered rubbing his back side as an old scar from Terry's bite began to throb the moment he remembered that life scarring moment.

"But it's still something we could try out at least." Zoe suggested while ignoring that last part.

"Now let's see…what else…" Ed began again, "They're large and heavy, but they can't climb trees! At least, not adult dragons." he said as he then brightened up with an idea, "Hey that could work! We'll just stay in the forest and avoid the open grasslands where they'll easily run us down!" he called out opening his arms widely, "And with so many trees around we'll escape them easily!"

"That could work." Zoe smiled knowing he could do it while Zande rushed in and hugged him gratefully.

"Oh Ed I take back everything I said! You're a genius!" he praised as Ed blushed red feeling honoured and also a bit embarrassed.

"Ahahahah! Well I do have my moments." he chuckled as they both held hands and spun around in a jolly dance while Zoe smiled feeling happy for them both despite them being enemies with one another.

"Well at least these 2 get along fine…." she thought to herself before sighing with concern, "Hope things are as peachy on Max and Rex's end." she said to herself as she looked up to the skies hoping they were fine wherever they were.

(Meanwhile)

"I'm getting worried, I hope we find Zoe soon." said Rex with concern as he and his group traversed through the jungle trail which was beginning to grow thick and slightly sticky as the ground grew moist and muddy.

"Same here Rex…." Max replied as he kept reaching to his back pocket and kept grabbing nothing but air, before shivering with anxiety, "Man I feel almost naked without my dinoholder." he sighed deeply lowering himself down, feeling his spirits being brought down, even if they got out and met up with the others they still had to find their cards and devices, which would means searching the entire island for who knows how long, and then the dinosaur….they were used to braving big challenges but he wasn't sure if they were up to the task this time.

"Me too…." Rex sighed his heart feeling heavy at the massive wall of an ordeal presented before them now. "I never imagined how helpless we really are without our dinosaurs." he added at the end, being reminded of an incident at camp not long ago, except they had Cera to bail them out that time, but now…..

"Goes to show how wimpy you kids are without your precious dinosaurs to hide behind! Hahahahaha!" Ursula laughed pointing at them while holding her head high.

Max clenched his fist and gritted his teeth at her throwing such insults so casually at them, "Grr!" he was tempted to give the old lady a piece of his mind, when Rex stopped him last minute.

"Ignore her Max." said Rex tapping his shoulder before hushing. "Ssh! Look." he then whispered pointing ahead of them through a bush. As Max popped his head through it along with Ursula, they both tensed up as a large dragon came into view, tasting the air in search of prey and on the prowl. It lifted up its head and hissed having caught scent of something, as the 3 humans quickly pulled themselves back in and crouched low so their scent wouldn't get blown by the wind and give their positions away.

All they could do now though was huddle low and wait for the danger to pass…..though it didn't seem like that would be a viable option as the dragon held its position and looked around scanning its surroundings.

"What do we do now?" Max whispered hopefully at Rex, who shrugged his shoulders uneasily.

It was then they both focused their gazes at Ursula who stuttered when they asked, "Got any ideas?"

"You're looking at me?" She blinked her eyes in surprise, in an effort to hide her lack of an answer she quickly shook her fist out at them, "Do I have to think of everything here!? Weren't you the one that suggested we team up!? You figure it out!" she hissed as the boys sighed in dismay.

"Grrgh, guess we were kidding ourselves to expect anything from you." Rex muttered and Max shook his head.

"Let's see…we've gotta hide our scent somehow…." Looking down to the ground Max noticed his shoes were sinking into the ground slightly, and that it was moist and darker than it was before. Scooping up some of it, he saw it was mud and that was when an idea lit up in his head! "Wait I got it!" He said brightening up and the others looked to him.

"What Max?" Rex seemed a little put off when Max scooped up 2 handfuls of dirt and directed his attention at him.

"Sorry about this Rex." he said apologetically in advance before suddenly splattering it on the blond boy's clothes much to the latter's alarm!

"H…Hey!" Rex gasped as Max began smothering not just his shirt but also his pants and even some parts of his face in mud!

"If we're going to hide our smell this should help." Max explained as he soon did the same with himself, even putting some mud on his face like paint.

Rex himself felt slightly sick at the smell of the mud, but Max did have a point on where he was going and they didn't really have any other options to work with, "Ugh…okay fine…." he then sighed with discomfort as he began to put some mud on his own face like face paint too.

Ursula felt almost like throwing up after seeing the 2 boys play in the dirt like pigs, but she shuddered when they both grabbed handfuls of mud and then grinned at her directly! "Alright your turn!" They each said as she slowly tried to back away from them and their ideas!

She turned pale and shook out her hands in a frantic, "Oh no! Don't you dare-" Without warning they began throwing mud pies in her face as well as pelting her clothes all over with dirt and soil! "ACK!" Her voice became muffled as more and more mud became piled on her all over! In fact each throw was even delivered with a hint of spiteful intentions too, which made the act a lot more enjoyable to them while they tried and failed to hold back any laughter.

By the time they were finished nearly her entire being was completely smile, as pulled off a large chunk off it off her face she huffed and snared deeply with rage, her eyes turned dark red demonically and even her nails and teeth looked as though they sharpened into claws and fangs ready to sink in! "How….dare….y-" Before she could unleash her primal rage on the 2 miscreants who dared to show her such disrespect, Max and Rex quickly brought her down and covered up her mouth much to her surprise! "MMPH!"

"Sssh!" They both hissed at her with an alarmed expression while holding fingers to their lips. Peeping through the bush once more, the komodo was still looking around for any signs of prey, before turning in a other direction and lumbering off into the bushes, the spectre of death passing by as the 3 humans felt a wave of security and peace wash over them.

"Phew…it's gone now…." Rex breathed as Max let out a gasp of relief which he had been holding in.

Ursula however wasn't all that grateful for what they did as she threw off their hands on her face and hissed at them, "Grrr! I swear when I get out of this I'll pay this back 10 times over!" she swore under her breath pointing at them, vowing to avenge her now tainted fashions the second they got out of this mess and back to business as normal.

"Stop your whining, just think of it like a mud bath or something." Rex grunted while Max huffed in annoyance, nearing the end of their tolerance of the overbearing old lady as she held her head up high snottily.

"Hmph! Who are you to talk so lightly about mud baths? Do you lot know so little about spa treatments?" she snorted as she began to trot off, "Consider yourselves lucky I'll let you guys live for now, maybe you'll prove to be useful meat shields." she said snobbishly as the D Team boys grunted and picked themselves up before continuing down the path with her, hoping they wouldn't need to put up with her for much longer.

"Hmph…"

(Meanwhile)

"Phew…I thought going out into the open is a bad idea." Zander asked breathing heavily and sweating deeply as he hurled himself up a steep ledge at a hill side which was outcropped with large stones, clumps of grass and mud scattered around the area, with Ed wheezing and lying on his back gasping for air, putting his hand on his chest feeling his heart about to explode at any second!

Zoe on the other hand found climbing the hill much easier compared to them, as she looked down from the higher ledge she was on, "Yeah, but if we can get to higher ground up that hill there's no way they can follow us up." she explained, "Also, from what I remember as long as we go against the direction of the wind, it won't carry our scent for them to pick up on." she added as she slumped up and grabbed another overhanging ledge as she pulled herself up further, putting much greater distance between herself and the lower levels.

"If you say so…." Zander muttered uneasily, as he grabbed onto another ledge and hoisted himself up. Ed on the other hand struggled greatly as he could barely keep up with Zander, lagging behind as he jumped up and down unable to reach the spot where Zander pulled himself up from.

"Urk…" he began to panic seeing he was almost going to be left quickly behind as he called out for help, "Umm Zander? A little help here?" he pleaded as Zander looked down from the edge he was at.

"Ugh…." he groaned in dismay, face palming and shaking his head wondering why he had to be stuck babysitting their team's liability. As tempting as it was to leave him he couldn't help but pity the poor fat boy for being so weak, though at the back of his mind he knew they would never have gotten this far without him so this could be the least he could do for him. As Zander lowered his hand enough for Ed to grab it, he felt a massive weight pull him down and he could feel his won ribcage being crushed against the ground as Ed pulled down on him from below! "Urgh! Would it kill you to lay off the candy once in a while!?" He screamed as he pulled back as hard as he could, turning blue as he held in his breath but also feeling his arms being wrench out of their sockets slowly!

"Hey!" Ed cried back taking offence to his words, but before he could retort back at him, a menacing hiss was soon heard from below which made his heart skip a beat.

Hiss….

"Huh?" As the 2 of them looked down they saw a pair of large dragons climbing up the hill towards the both of them!

"WAAAAAHHHH!" They both then screamed being overrun with fear! As a result Zander accidentally dropped Ed as he felt back down on the ground!

"WHOA!" he gasped as he landed back on the ledge and looking down he could see the huge lizards were coming at him! With their massive claws they made climbing up the steep hill look easy, as they set their sights on their now cornered and juicy prey! "GAAAH!" Ed screamed out loud at the top of his lungs as he tried jumping up and down to reach where Zander was, still missing the part where he could grab! Looking back down and turning pale with the lizards advancing every second, he cried out loud for help, "Z…..Zander! Help!" he begged as the dragons managed to catch up to where he was, their heads only popping up on the edge where Ed was standing! He then tensed up and froze stiff as the began to flick out their tongues and pick up his scent!

Zander too felt his blood run cold seeing his friend was in danger and about to become lizard lunch meat, "O…Okay Ed! Stay still, don't move and I'll think of something!" he cried out frantically waving his arms hoping to calm him down, but deep down inside he too was a nervous wreck as he then clenched his face unable to concentrate and think up a rescue plan! "Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!" he cried out as the dragons reached where Ed was and began smelling him all over!

Ed sweated profusely and was on eat verge of wetting his pants, frozen in fear and unable to move a muscle he pleaded to himself inwardly hoping the dragons would back away or lose interest. Unfortunately, the dragons could see him perfectly well as a helpless and juicy morsel as they opened up their massive jaws, baring several sharp serrated teeth while hissing, ready to sink into their next meal, and all he could do was whimper, "Mommy…." closing his eyes and beginning to cry out his last few moments of life as one of them began to strike out at him! "WAAAAHH!"

Zander wailed out in despair as he was about to see his best friend get eaten alive before his own eyes. He was about to jump out in a last ditch effort to get Ed out, when a stone from out of nowhere was flung forward and struck the dragon on the head, knocking it off course and only to bite the other! Before they both snarled and growled at one another, distracted.

"Huh?" Zander looked up in surprise, and so did Ed, and they both gasped to see it was none other than Zoe who had come to their aid! "Back off you overgrown iguana! Shoo!" she cried out as she grabbed a handful of stones and skidded slowly down to the lower levels from up high, before throwing more and more stones and pebbles, bonking the 2 big lizards at their heads or bodies, before they realised this meal wasn't worth the trouble and they quickly beaten a hasty retreat into the long grass below the hill.

Both men were speechless at what just happened, as they looked to Zoe and then down at the fleeing dragons a few times before pointing out at her, "Did you just?"

"Hey, you going to just stand there?" she interrupted raising an eyebrow at them, "And are you just going to sit there and let them come back for seconds?"

They then widened their eyes in realisation at what she said, "Oh! Right!" They gasped as Zander lowered himself down for Ed, but as he struggled to hoist up his fat friend, Zoe sighed taking pity on them as she lowered herself down to help Zander hoist Ed up to the higher level of the hill, it wasn't an easy task but they managed to accomplish it together.

As the 2 of them gasped in exhaustion and relief, Zoe just brushed away some sweat from her brow, "Phew, glad that's over with…." she muttered to herself feeling proud of what they accomplished.

"Say…." Ed then asked catching her attention, "Why did you save me? Thought you hated our guts." he asked curiously and with interest.

"Even I'm speechless." Zander followed feeling he was in the same boat as he was.

Zoe then blinked her eyes and gave it some thought, why did she reach out to save them? She could've left them to their fate and then be rid of them for good in the future, as well as for all the trouble they put her and the D Team through, but deep down, she knew what truly was the right thing to do in the end as she smiled lightly back at them, "As much as I dislike you creeps, even you don't deserve to be mauled by a dragon." she answered as the 2 men looked to one another.

"Ursula would just leave us to fend for ourselves…." Ed then muttered looking down on the ground with guilt and remorse.

"Very true indeed…." Zander followed in agreement with him.

"Well I'm not her, in fact we do this for one another, that's what a real team does and what makes us strong." she replied with a smile as she continued on upwards to the top of the hill, "Maybe if you guys did that you'd be better off." she said giving them one more word of advice as she continued on without a backward glance.

As they observed her pressing on and persevering despite the dangers they faced, as well as her words for advice to them, they couldn't help but feel a little more respectful towards her as a result, not to mention seeing her as far better role model than Ursula ever could. They looked to one another contemplating everything they experienced and heard from Zoe before moving upwards together.

(Meanwhile)

For Max's side things had turned for the worst unfortunately….

"Run for it!" Max cried out as he and Rex ran as fats as they could, with Ursula suddenly zooming ahead of them with teary eyes!

"WAAAAHHHH!" she screamed loudly like a little girl as a large pack of dragons were suddenly hot on their heels!

Moments ago the 3 of them had stumbled across a dead buffalo carcass being mauled in a Komodo feeding frenzy, a sight far more gruesome and horrendous than any they had saw on a nature documentary. They intended to sneak by them quietly, but Ursula couldn't hold it in as the sight of the mauled buffalo and dragons ripping away flesh from bone was more than she could take, as she turned green and suddenly threw up where they were! The sound and smell was picked up almost instantly and having noticed intruders on their territory the dragons quickly gave chase after them!

"You 2 hang back there!" Ursula screamed loudly, "There's more of you for them than me!

"No way!" Max yelled back in response as he saw a dragon about to bite his heel! "WAAAH!" he screamed jumping up and missing the bite in time!

Looking around frantically for any kind of escape route, Rex quickly saw their ticket out! "Over there a tree!" he pointed at it and they all turned to see a fairly reasonable sized tree, large enough to hold them and with branches close enough to grab on to! "Quick climb!"

"No need to tell me twice!" Ursula squealed as she quickly scurried up the tree with little effort, driven by fear and adrenaline she made up to some of the higher branches first before hugging onto them like a frightened cat!

As Max and Rex climbed up as fast as they could midway, a stalk that Rex grabbed hold of suddenly snapped and he lost his balance causing him to fall back! "AH!"

"Rex!" Max cried in alarm as he quickly reached down and grabbed his arm in time! "I've got you!" His friend's weight was beginning to pull him down slowly, as he gritted his teeth in frustration and pain at having to hold onto the branch and his friend at the same time! "Urgh…." he grunted as Rex looked around, hoping to find some sort of leverage he could secure himself to, but the nearest branches were out of reach for him as he took tensed up with frustration.

Looking down below, Rex paled as one dragon stood up on its legs and leapt up to snap at him, only just missing his foot as he lifted it up in time! "Whoa!"

"GAH!" Max cried as the sudden jerk caused him to slip slightly down! As more and more dragons began copying the first, rearing up and lunging up at the tree, Rex tensed realising that the branch Max was on was slowly beginning to crack and snap, unable to support their combined weight! Before long they both would plummet to the ground and end up as dragon dessert! Unwilling to pull his best friend down with him, he decided there may be only one way out of this.

"Max! You have to let go!" he demanded willingly.

His friend however wasn' about to have any of it, "NEVER!" he screamed back in anger, "Rex, you and I are more than buds, ugh…we're a team!" he grunted defiantly as he hang on, "If you fall then I'm falling with you!"

"But Max-"

"Say no more!" Max interrupted, "I'll get us out of this, that's a promise!" he yelled as his face turned red with pain as he pulled up on Rex's arm as hard as he could.

"Max…." Rex sighed feeling touched at his loyalty, but seeing his grip was beginning to loosen, the branch slowly cracking apart and the dragons snapping below, he closed his eyes and taking one more breath as he raised his free hand and attempted to make Max let go by force…..

Up above from her personal spot, Ursula grinned to herself with delight seeing an opportunity better than any other. With a simple kick she could be rid of 2 of her most hated thorns in her side forever! The thought of it ran through her mind like a freight train as she snickered sinister, moving away from her spot on the tree before slowly and sneaking up behind Max who had his hands completely occupied at the time.

She was just about to give the final shove, when she recalled what they said earlier, how their loyalty for their friends was truly what made them strong as a whole, their self sacrifice and determination to keep one another going through thick and thin…..and seeing it before her eyes made her feel…touched….she couldn't explain it but suddenly she lost her desire to do the deed, no she couldn't do it at all….even she couldn't comprehend why either…..

Shaking her head clear she then gritted her teeth furiously to herself as she swallowed her pride, "Oh I'm so going to hate myself for this…." she muttered to herself as she grabbed hold of Max from behind to his surprise!

"Huh?" Looking up he was surprised to see it was Ursula thing hold of him!

"Hold still, you can do that right?" she asked him firmly. Before he could finish, mustering all her upper body strength she yanked the 2 boys up and pulled them to higher levels of the tree much to their surprise! Both at her strength and what she was doing for them!

"WHOA!"

"AH!"

Pulling them up, the branch Max was at soon snapped and fell ontop of the head of one dragon, which caused the rest of the group to back away cautiously.

After settling them on a much sturdier branch, she then began gasping for air to catch her breath while Max and Rex stared at her in disbelief.

Max pointed out at her, "You….saved us?" he asked unable to comprehend what just happened, he knew they alpha gang were crazy nuts but this was beyond what they expected from them. He and Rex were beginning to think maybe there might have been some small hints of good inside their crooked hearts….

She then looked up was them with a hard scowl, "Don't flatter yourselves, now we're even." she huffed looking away from them, "Besides, I still someone to get me out of here…."

"That's reassuring." Max muttered taking back what he said while Rex frowned in disappointment.

A while later they stay high above the frenzy below, but after a while the dragons realised there was no way they'd reach the 3 humans anytime soon, so they turned around and retreated back into the brush much to the humans' relief.

"Looks like they're giving up." said Rex but they still held back out of caution fearing it may be a trick of trap, recalling the night with the szechuanosaurus, after that experience they wouldn't take chances so easily. After a few moments, they could confirm it was safe and clear.

"They're gone," said Max as he looked to Rex and Ursula on his side, "Okay let's move before they come back."

"Mhmm," the both nodded as they began to lower themselves slowly bit by bit down the old trunk of the tree.

"Hey guys!" A familiar voice soon called out to them from below as they were climbing down.

"Huh?"

"Was that?" As they looked down they all brightened up to see it was none other than Zoe, along with Ed and Zander too who were awaiting them and were as glad to find them alive and safe too!

Max and Rex quickly brightened up, "Zoe!" they cheered before leaping down to the ground and running up to her.

Ursula on the other hand slipped and fell on her butt! "YOW!" Cringing with pain and rubbing to sorely, Ed and Zander came around her to pick her up.

"Man are we glad to see you!" Max cheered and Rex smiled before looking over their friend to check her for any injuries and they breathed calmly seeing she was fully intact.

"You okay there?" Rex then asked out of concern hoping she didn't encounter any trouble while she was out alone with the 2 Alpha clowns.

"Sure am, thanks." she smiled with relief that she was alive and well herself, and so were her friends, "Same to you too. Glad you both are-" She then blinked her eyes eying them oddly noticing they were covered in dirt and grime all around their clothes and faces, and the smell was way worse than how they looked, "Sniff…Ugh….Also why do guys smell like you came out of a pigsty?" she muttered pinching her nose and looking at them in disapproval.

"Long story….." Max sighed lowing his head down.

"Your parents aren't going to like it when you come hoe all filthy like that…." said Zoe looking at them all over with disapproval, thinking only kids would play around in the dirt like animals.

"We know…." sighed Rex in agreement.

On the other side though it wasn't as happy or rosy a reunion with the Apha gang, the second Ursula regrouped with her henchmen she began berating them almost instantly. "Where were you 2 clowns!?" she demanded, "All this time I could have used your help stuck with those horrid ankle biters and you guys were having a tea party with brat girl!?" she growled as Ed and Zander looked away fearfully, twiddling their fingers or lowering their heads down in defeat.

"It's err….complicated Ursula…" said Zander unable to confess the truth, while Ed just whimpered.

She then folded her arms and rubbed her temple calming herself down seeing the bigger picture now, "Well whatever, now that we're together again we can focus on getting our alpha scanners back and then we-"

Hiss…

A deep menacing hiss echoing from the bushes soon stopped her, followed by the rusting of bushes everywhere around the big tree which put everyone on alert.

"Huh?"

Max and the D Team tensed up as the ruling become louder and echoed from all around them this time…almost like earlier…. "I've got a really bad feeling about this….." he said under his breath as he gritted his teeth tensely.

"I think we'd better-" Before he could finish the entire pack of dragons, ranging from full grown adults, juveniles and adolescents soon surrounded them on all sides, this time completely cutting them from any and all escape routes this time! Some had even got close to the base of the tree trunks where they all stood, meaning even if some were lucky enough o get on others definitely wouldn't! This time it really was curtains for them all as the dragons hissed and snarled viciously before closing in without fear!

"WAAAAAAHHHH!" The Alpha gang all screamed as they huddled up together and shaking in terror!

"There's so many of them!" Zoe gasped in alarm, way more than any they've ever seen before since they set foot on the island!

"Any suggestions guys?" Max quivered seeing some of them were really close to tasting his shoes as they flicked out heir forked tongues at him, "I'm open to them!" He then screamed looking to Rex as he gritted his teeth anxiously.

"Working on it….." he gulped turning pale, as he held out his arms to keep Zoe and Max behind him as they were backed further and further away from the safety of the tree as the dragons began to circle around like sharks, waiting for an opening to strike!

"Come on you lamebrains!" Ursula cried out to Ed and Zander whose teeth began to chatter, "Can you think of something useful for once!?"

"It's not so easy when you're about to become part of some all you can eat buffet!" Zander wailed clenching his face.

"It's been nice knowing you guys!" Ed cried out loud as he opened his arms and hugged both Ursula and Ed close to him so that he wouldn't get eaten alone.

"Urgh…." They groaned before shoving him off and then turning pale with the giant lizards coming closer within striking range at their legs! A few even attempted to toy with them by lunging in with mock charges to make them jump too, which made the situation far more agonising and dire for them before both teams were eventually cornered back to back with one another on all sides!

As the 6 humans found themselves at death's door, Ursula then looked to the side to see the D Team still together refusing to turn tail or run, deciding to stand up for one another. Inside her heart seeing as they were all doomed now, she decided now would be the time she confessed what was on her mind as she swallowed up the last of her pride, "Hey you." she said to Max and Rex who were behind her directly.

"Huh?" They turned their heads slightly around to see her as she closed her eyes seriously. Even Zander, Ed and Zoe were eying her to see what she had to share with the group before their last few moments came.

"Your names and Max and Rex right?" she asked before smirking slightly, "I've got to admit, even though we've been enemies for a long time, I never thought I'd say this, but it's been a pretty swell and I may actually….sorta respect you a little now."

Zander and Ed were taken aback by what she said, "Huh!?" At first they assumed she had given in to madness because of their dire situation, or then again it could be truth too….Ursula usually was rather fickle in her mindset at times.

They looked to one another thinking over what she said to them, "Gee….I don't know what to say about that."

"Me neither…." They said to her feeling unsure and slightly conflicted about being complimented by their enemies.

"Well if we're being honest here." said Zoe deciding to join in as she took in a deep breath and looking behind her to Zander and Ed, "Our time together may be short, but I have to say, maybe you guys aren't that bad….."

They both sniffled before deciding to say what was on their minds too, "Well in that case, I've gotta confess, we kinda sorta, always respected you kids!" Zander cried out.

"Too bad it isn't going to do us any good now…." Ed whimpered as he began to wet his own pants as the Komodos now had them completely surrounded and cornered!

Despite being faced with overwhelming odds, Max hardened his gaze angrily with determination, "Well I'm not going down without a fight!" he yelled out as he grabbed a nearby stone and he waved it warningly at the huge lizards, "Bring it on you oversized salamanders!"

"Max….." Rex breathed before smiling at being inspired by his courage, "Well if you're fighting then I am too!" he said with determination as he pumped up his fists ready for a fight.

"I won't quit either!" Zoe added as she grabbed a nearby stick and waved it like a bat ready for battle!

"Don't just stand there you buffoons! Grab a stick or something!" Ursula then demanded as Zander and Ed both nodded without hesitation.

"O…Okay!" They said before grabbing any sharp rock or stick they could use and then tossing it over to whoever didn't have a weapon on them!

The dragons held back, snarling menacingly as their prey tensed up, armed and ready to fight to their last breath! Both sides stared down one another and the tension was peaking, the first who made the wrong move would no doubt be the one to lose in the end…who would it be?

Neither side got the answer though, as a loud bellow could be heard not far from where they all were, which caused several birds to fly out from the canopy and over the kids and making everyone look above and around them curious as to what just happened, "What could have made that sound?" Zander then asked.

"Whatever it is it's coming in fast!" Max pointed out as the sounds of trees being knocked down and foot stomps were approaching them quickly! As they all turned to look, the camptosaurus suddenly burst out of the the brush and bellowed loudly as the komodo dragons all turned to face it head on!

Everyone couldn't believe their eyes, "It's camptosaurus!" The alpha gang gasped in surprise to see their saviour turned out to be the dinosaur they came to capture, or more in fact, the helpless dinosaur they intended to take while it was suffering earlier.

"Did it come to save us!?" Rex gasped in surprise.

"Run!" Zoe cried out to it pleadingly, "You don't stand a chance being all wound-" Upon closer look at the leg where the dinosaur's wound was, she was taken aback by what she saw, "Hey look! It's leg's all bandaged up!" she pointed as they all saw a set of white bandages were wrapped tightly around the leg.

"Yeah…..you're right!" Max gasped, "But still, what's it going to do?"

As the dragons snarled fiercely and began lunging towards the camptosaurs, it suddenly glowed green and an aura of leaves surrounded it before it reared up on its back legs! The grassy leaves then seeped into the ground before it and as the dragons crossed over that spot, it suddenly began to gave way and a massive pitfall opened up and swallowed the pack in!

"WHOA!" Everyone gasped in alarm at the camptosaurus' surprising counter attack and the hole it generated grew in size too!

"Get back!" Rex yelled holding his arms out as they ran back putting as much distance between themselves and the camptosaurus' move which soon began to suck in more and more of the dragons into the pit!

Soon nearly the entire pack fell into the deep dark pit which also had a number of green roots and tree vines sporting out form it, their shrieks and growls dying away as they fell into the darkness, and the ones that did manage to avoid the hole or climb out in time quickly scurried away realising this was one prey they didn't want to mess with. "No way…." Rex breathed in awe as the camptosaurus on its own managed to scatter the entire dragon pack after being hunted down as the prey not long ago, now it was able to turn the tables on its predators. Before long the vicinity was clear of the large carnivorous lizards and the battle was one as camptosaurus reared up on its legs and bellowed in triumph before slamming back down.

"Whoa….that's a big hole…" Max breathed in amazement as he and the D Team walked closer to the dark pit before them before stepping back away from it for safety after looking down into the deep darkness inside it.

"Woo hoo! We're saved! We're alive!"

"Ahahahah! That showed them that dinosaurs are the real lizard kings!"

Approaching the D Team who had earned her trust earlier, the camptosaurus now stood before the 3 children with a calm expression. Zoe then stepped out feeling it was safe as she bowed down respectfully to their saviour before putting her hands on her snout, "Thank you, you saved us…." Zoe said gratefully to the dinosaur while stroking her, as she then moved in and brushed up against her face and even licked it with affection, "Hahaha, such a friendly dinosaur isn't she?" she giggled as her face became wiped over with dino slobber.

"Yeah…." smiled Rex with Max as they came in to pet the dinosaur themselves too and she nuzzled into them. Now that left only one more loose end to tie up….

"But….what do we do now?" Max asked as they all gained unsure expressions on their faces.

"Good question." said Rex folding his arms on his hips as the dinosaur bellowed calmly at them, "Even if we wanted to turn it into a card, we can't. Not without our dinosaurs or stones."

"This is a pickle….." Zander muttered scratching his head wishing for a solution himself. If they couldn't battle over the dinosaur they had to find another way to resolve this, not to mention they would need to go find their missing devices too.

"Shall we decide with rock, paper, scissors then?" Ed asked raising his hand out though everyone paid him no mind much to his sadness.

At that moment, the camptosaurus turned around and flicked its head forward, urging them to follow it as it trotted calmly into the brush and the 6 people eyed it curiously. "Is it asking us to follow?" asked Zoe.

"Well, it did save us so I guess we can trust it." Rex added as he and the D Team followed it.

"What have we got to lose?" Ursula muttered seeing no point in worrying about it as she and the Alpha gang trailed behind the D Team at a walking pace, keeping together so they wouldn't get lost or separated again.

As the 6 humans followed behind the camptosaurus for a little while, they soon came to a small cave at a rocky wall at the edge of the forest. Inside it was a small nest made of twigs and large leaves, and settled gently in them were a set of small devices that brought joy and hope to the Alpha Gang and D Team as they brightened up in amazement upon sight of them!

"Ah!"

"No way!"

"Our dinoholders!"

"And our alpha scanners!" They all cried out before rushing in and grabbing their respective machines with their hands and then hugging them closely with deep joy.

"Awesome!"

"It's a miracle!"

"Oh how I missed you so much!"

"I'll never let you out of sight again!" They all said feeling more appreciative of them now and that they finally had the means get off the island and go home at last.

Before that though, the D Team quickly took out their dinosaur cards and slashed them gently up and materialising before them were 3 of their partner dinosaurs who wagged their tails happy to see their owners as they came in to lick or cuddle against them

"Chomp! Oh I'm so glad to see you again!" Max cried out in joy as the young trike leapt into his arms and began nibbling on his face as he always did, "Ahahaha!"

Rex lowered himself down to his knees as Ace began licking his hands and face, "Hey there Ace, you're safe now don't worry." he said stroking the carnotaurus' head nicely.

"You too Paris, oh I missed you…." Zoe sobbed as she hugged in her partner who hummed in enjoyment feeling warm and safe in her arms. As she looked up, Zoe saw the camptosaurus who seemed to be pleased that they were reunited at last with their close friends. She nodded gratefully before reaching out and petting the green herbivore on the nose, "Thank you very much." she breathed as the dinosaur let out a deep hum in response. Rex and Max soon heard it as they went over to it and began thanking it themselves too.

Meanwhile the alpha gang were doing a ring around the roses dance with one another to celebrate the occasion, laughing and giggling with glee or shooting their hands out like this was a momentous celebration, "Woo hoo! This is the best day ever!" Ursula cheered before she stopped in realisation, "Wait a second, since the komodo dragons are gone and we're back together…that means…." she then turned serious and yelled out pointing out at the D Team, "We can now take that dinosaur card from you!" she declared catching the D Team and even her own teammates by surprise!

"Huh!?"

"You're kidding!"

"Say what!?" Max and the others gasped in disbelief, even the camptosaurs was taken aback by Ursula's sudden declaration of war immediately after she and her gang got their things back.

"Hey she's right!" Zander gasped smacking his fist into his palm, "Now that we're together again that makes our truce officially over!" he announced joining Ursula's side without hesitation.

Ed not wanting to be left out, reluctantly sided with them thought a part of him didn't really want to, "Umm….No hard feelings?" Ed shrugged his shoulders feeling slightly guilty about it and hoping the D Team wouldn't take it too personal.

The camptosaurus sensing danger quickly took shelter behind the D Team as they stood their ground firmly ready to protect it with their own lives.

"Hey! That's just low you creeps!" Max cried out feeling disgusted tensing his fists at them.

"Yeah! Camptosaurus saved us all and this is how you repay her?" Rex yelled in anger.

"Err let me think…." went Ursula as she pretended to think it over before sticking a tongue out at them, "Duh! You brats are now basically standing there begging for us to take your cards!"

"So what better chance than now?" Zander grinned eager for a fight.

"I don't really know about this but okay….." said Ed at the end deciding to go along with it, since this was bound to happen eventually so might as well go on with it.

"Sigh same old Alpha gang." Rex sighed face palming himself, wondering how he could have been so stupid to expect anything from them.

"Guess it's too much to expect from them huh?" said Zoe shaking her head in disapproval while Max tensed up furiously.

"Alright since you insist then here goes!" They then returned their partners to their cards and slashed them!

"Dino slash!"

Altogether their 3 dinosaurs appeared in full size and roared out at the Alpha gang.

"Haha! Bring it on!" Ursula laughed pumping her arm up, "We'll be taking that camptosaurus and your dinosaurs!"

"And there's nothing you can do about it!" said Zander mockingly pointing at them.

"No hard feelings kay?" said Ed quietly as they all flashed out their alpha scanners.

"Let's go!" Ursula chanted as she prepared to summon out her dinosaur! Pressing the button to eject the card out, she then widened her eyes at something she didn't foresee, "Huh!?" her eyes widened in alarm and her heart skipped a beat seeing that her card slot was empty! "Wh…Where's Terry's card!?" she exclaimed out loud in disbelief, "It's supposed to be here!"

"Say what!?" Ed and Zander then gasped in disbelief.

"Gah! Spiny's missing too!" Zander cried out in shock to see his card slot was empty too.

He and Ursula then focused intently on Ed as he stepped back nervously at the pressure now on him, "Ed, please tell me you have Tank at least?" They asked him hopefully.

Shaking uneasily at being their only hope left, Ed did the same and checked his scanner, and he turned pale and gulped down painfully hard at what he saw next, "Uh oh….." he muttered in response seeing all their hopes now snuffed out. Turning over uneasily to their waiting and paranoid expressions he smiled nervously, "Umm…..I can imagine I have her, does that count?" he chuckled as his friends croaked in defeat.

"Urk…."

Overhearing what the Alpha gang were blabbering with one another, the D Team then smirked with mischief seeing they caught a really lucky break this time, "So you guys still want to go at it?" asked Max feeling rather gracious as Chomp, Ace and Paris roared out at the 3 stooges catching them off guard!

ROAR!

"Aaaah!" They screamed in terror before scurrying away like rats into the forest!

"We'll get you next time you brats! This isn't over!" Ursula cried out swearing revenge as they disappeared into the green depths and out of sight.

Before long sunset came upon the island of Komodo, with the daylight fading the D Team wasted no time in returning their partners to card form and then with the push of a button so did the camptosaurus, with it in their hands the D Team could rest easy knowing it'll recover completely inside the card and it'll no longer need to suffer anymore pain.

"Phew, despite what happened today, I'd say it was a pretty good experience." Max breathed wiping sweat from his brow finally easing up and believing the worst was over at last.

"Guess that means we ought to train ourselves better so we wouldn't be helpless next time we end up without our dinosaurs." Rex thought knowing this was one lesson he learnt from today and it was a lesson he'll be putting into practice without a doubt.

"Yeah," said Zoe in agreement as she folded her arms behind her head in a relaxed manner, "Also, it was kinda fun hanging out with the alpha gang, maybe a little," she admitted looking away, "But something I won't recommend trying out again."

"True." Max and Rex added in agreement.

"There's still something I don't understand though." said Zoe after that as she recalled something strange from earlier.

Her friends looked to her curiously, "What's that?"

"Camptosaurus' leg was bandaged up when it came to help us," she said turning to them and they all remembered the huge ties of white cloth and strips around its' bad leg from before when it came to save them, "Could that mean that someone is around here on the Island besides us?" she then pointed out as Max and Rex drifted into thought.

"Good point Zoe." said Rex folding his arms.

"Could've run into a friendly villager who pitched in to help it out." Max suggested while scratching his cheek.

"I guess….."

Max then folded his arms behind his head deciding not to think about it and focus now act they already accomplished, "Well all that matters is that we have the card now and without a fight, so now we can finally get out of this nightmare." he said before dialling on the dinoholder as fast as he could, wanting to get back to civilisation and into a nice hot bath.

"Agreed," nodded Rex as he and Zoe did the same, "When we come home I plan on having dinner and not be someone else's." he said.

"Tell me about it." Zoe giggled as they soon became enveloped in glowing light and were about to be transported safely home. At the last few seconds though, as Zoe looked up at the evening sunset which bathed the sky in a mixture of bright orange agsint the dark blue background of twilight, she marvelled at its beauty and treasuring it for as long as she could before they would go hime….when a four limbed figure, feathered with a long tail glided across the sky fr a split second, a shape which was almost too familiar and even flashed white!

"Huh?" Blinking her eyes in surprise and rubbing them she saw it was gone, but Zoe could've sworn she saw something and it almost looked like….an old friend of theirs from somewhere, "Was that?"

Max heard her and he looked to her with interest, "Something up Zoe?" he asked as Rex followed his friend's gaze at her.

She then shook her head shaking it off as nothing, "N…No…." she said in response, "It's getting kinda dark now, I think I was just seeing things….." she said as they then disappeared in the light and went home.

(Meanwhile)

At the beach, the alpha gang burst out of the forest in a panic, before coming to a stop near the edge of the water they dropped down either panting on their knees or slumping to the sandy ground with exhaustion, "Huff….huff….you think we lost them?" Zander asked pleadingly before falling flat on the sand.

"Looks that way…." Ed muttered looking behind and taking a breather to see they were in the clear.

Ursula however was far from pleased, as she instantly exploded with rage and turned it over on her 2 cohorts, "GRRRGH! This is all your fault you morons!" she yelled pointing to at them.

"EH!?"

"How is this our fault!?" They each exclaimed.

"If you hadn't dropped the scanners we never would've lost our cards in the first place!" she answered back gritting her teeth and shaking her fists, "Now because of your blundering buffoonery, not only are we returning home empty handed but now we'll be showing up without Terry, Tank and Spiny!"

It was at that point both Ed and Zander lost all ounce of self control, having all they could take from today and after hearing what Zoe had to say to them about being lapdogs and doormats they finally had enough, "Alright that's it!" Zander screamed out as veins tensed around his forehead, "Who are you to be putting the blame on us!?" he pointed back at her.

"Yeah, you ran away too!" Ed followed up tensing up his hands into fists as well, "And you lost Terry! You're just as responsible for this mess-up as we are!"

"Admit it!" They both yelled in unison together.

Urusla's jaw dropped and she stepped back in disbelief, unable to comprehend how in the world would her 2 punching bags of friends ever had the nerve to stand up to her, let alone talk back and get angry! She then tensed up her fists and yelled back at them, "What was that!? I dare you to say that to my face one more time!" she demanded as she gained a tic mark and began popping her knuckles.

"Oh yeah!?" Ed and Zander marched up towards her and they were about to engage in a 3 way battle royale brawl to decide things once and for all! Before they could start though, they heard the sounds of deep hissing happening right behind them which snapped them out of their moment.

Hiss….

"Huh?" Turning around they suddenly turned pale and froze stiff to see the pack of komodo dragons from earlier had all emerged out from the undergrowth and bushes and now had them completely surrounded on the beach with nowhere else to run!

They huddled together like lambs for the slaughter as the huge lizards tightened their formation and corralled them further back at the water's edge before lunging forward!

"WAAAAAAHHHHH!" The trio screamed shaking their hands out before jumping into he sea and swimming for their lives! "Here we go again!" They cried out loud as the dragons snarled and dove into the water swimming after them, hot on their tails into the sunset!

Further off at a glade hidden by several trees surrounding it, the cloaked figure stood there with the wind blowing against her, revealing her legs which were covered by a set of long pants and a skirt ontop. Looking up, the white microraptor soon perched herself on a branch near her after landing gracefully, before launching herself down and landing on the figure's shoulder. She then scratched the raptor's chin, who then cooed with enjoyment before she returned her to card form by pressing a button on her dinoshot which she took out from under her cloak, then slashed the card again to turn her to a small form. Removing the hood from her cloak she revealed herself to be one other than Cera, as she reached into her pocket and pulled out 3 dinosaurs cards from inside it as she narrowed her eyes at them, "You 3 won't be causing anyone any more trouble for a while." She said to Terry, Tank and Spiny as she held 3 of the D Team's enemies in her hand and they were at her mercy. "Now what to do with you?" She then asked herself at the end before pressing another button and disappearing in light once more.

And here's chapter 19, quite a comedic chapter which encourages the D Team and Alpha gang to put aside their differences at least for a while, got the idea from the pokemon episode Forest Grumps, as well as an episode for them to try and survive without their dinosaurs. As for Cera, this proves she'll still be keeping an eye on her friends from the shadows in this small mini arc which will be around 3-4 chapters, as for what she'll do with Terry, Tank and Spiny, wait and see. This idea came from the fact that the Alpha gang somehow manage to miraculously get their cards back after a loss, so thought to see what happens when they fail for once.

Also the camptosaurus' move was chaos green, a DS grass move that gives a status effect to an enemy, but here it just used the hole to deal with the komodo dragon pack which then climbed out of the hole angrily and then chasing after the Trio in vengeance!

Some of the ideas for this chapter were also thanks to pokemonking0924 so thank you. Lately I've been feeling less motivated to write since I am still doing this whole story on my own and having recent commitments come up which makes progress slower, still hoping if someone would be interested in joining me in writing this story if they are interested.

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-Glad you enjoyed it, don't worry Cera has her signal cloaked so she can't be tracked down. Also, her solo arc will play an important role down the road.