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!

24. Vile Valentine

Chapter 24

Vile valentine

The season of love had come upon Sanjo City and like with other holidays before, everyone was getting into the mood, which involved nothing plenty of sweet talk, romance and lots of love. Many of the town buildings had begun hanging up pink or heart themed decorations around their homes or workplaces, such as balloons, banners and pink and red heart shaped bows too. Children at school were also giving out cards and chocolates to people they liked as friends or had crushes on. The same could also be said at offices and workplaces too, where some people were working up the courage to ask others out for dates. Others also ventured into florists or candy stores to pick up gifts such as bouquets and chocolates to impress their dates, or to pick up cards so they can write out love letters or invites to them too.

Some people who got lucky cheered for joy when their invites were accepted, while others had their hearts and hopes shattered after getting rejected as they then cried their eyes out. People were also sending gifts or parcels to their dates through the post office, acting as secret admirers so they could surprise them at another time. But the most prominent factor was the Valentine's fair which had finished setting up at an old amusement park at Sanjo City's outskirts, and people were riling up to go inside looking forward to spending the day with their dates and loves, and the streets were filled with cheers and excitement when the red ribbon to the entrance was cut and they all rushed in to try out the special attractions set up for that day.

Overall the town had been very peaceful, not a dinosaur sighting for months nor even a peep from the Alpha gang since Cera's return to the D Team, so they all enjoyed a nice well deserved welcome relief of peace and quiet…..or so they thought, for like every calm before the storm, a new bluster of trouble was soon about to blow over and make this year's valentine's a day to never forget.

At the taylor household, Aki and Spike were acting lovey dovey over a slice of rich chocolate cake the 2 of them bought the other day and were saving for this very moment where they could now take turns feeding each other bites of it while looking into one another lovingly. "Here you go Aki, the last slice just for you." Spike offered as he pushed the plate with the last piece of cake over to his lovely wife.

She smiled in response and shook her head, "Oh no Spike I couldn't possibly." she chuckled playfully before pushing it back to him, "Here you have it."

"Oh no, I insist you have it." Spike replied blushing red and grinning like an idiot as he pushed it back to her.

"Oh I couldn't possibly." Aki giggled as she slid the dish back to her husband, who finally had the perfect idea to settle this.

"Oh let's just share it equally." he said as he divided it in half with the side of his fork into equally sized pieces. Both parents poked the 2 sides of the cake before holding it out to the other, "Say ah honey." said Dr Taylor as his wife did the same.

"You too…" she sang as they fed each other the last bite of cake so everyone could be happy….or so it seemed.

"Eww gross…." Max groaned sticking his tongue out as he and Rex observed from the couch just by the dinner table.

"That time of year again Max?" Rex sweat dropped with a smile at him as Max sighed deeply and lowered himself forward.

"Yup, the time of year when mom and dad act weirder than usual." he said as Chomp and Ace looked up at him curiously. He then noticed the soccer ball nearby as he picked it up and headed for the glass sliding door, "Come on let's get out of here and have some fun."

"I'm with you there." Rex nodded with him agreement as they went to go play ball in the backyard, hoping it would be enough to keep their minds off the mushy mushy love atmosphere the house was getting infected with.

Little did they know, they couldn't escape from the festive mood so easily as Spike took notice of them so he called out for them, "Say Max! Rex!"

They both stopped and looked back, "Yeah dad?"

Spike went rummaging in the drawer a bit for something, before passing them to the boys, "You sure you wouldn't want to take these with you?" he said. As they looked in their hands their eyes widened and their jaws hung in disbelief to see they were a pair of pink cards with red heart themed patterns on them! They even had a cupid angel with a love arrow dead center of it! "You know, for those special somebodies you keep dear in your heart but never tell anyone else?" he snickered teasingly while clapping his hands together.

Both boys quickly turned red and dropped the cards while waving out frantically at him, "N…NO! Of course not!"

"Yeah! No way we'd ever get into that soppy mushy mushy stuff! Yuck!" they said blushing red and all flustered before looking to one another in a hurry.

"Come on Rex, let's split before we get infected!" said Max as he rushed off through the back gate so they could escape the clutches of Spike's love themed teasing!

"Yeah, wouldn't want the love bug to bite us too." Rex added as he, along with their dinosaurs who were still clueless as usual, ran out after them before shutting the fate behind.

As they left, Aki and Spike both stood out the back door smiling happily knowing what was in store for them down the road in their youthful lives, it was an inevitably in the end but it was still amusing to see how long they could keep it up, "Hehehe, boys will be boys." Aki giggled as she smiled closing her eyes, "They can deny it all they want but they'll come around eventually,"

"And when they do…sniff…oh they'll grow up so fast….they'll understand the joys and wonders love can bring them….sniff…." Spike sniffled as he pulled his hat down in salutations while hiding childish emotional tears under his eyes.

Aki smiled at her husband playfully before patting him on the back, "Oh they will dear, they will." she said to him as he began to blush red like a tomato himself.

"Ehehehehe….."

(Meanwhile)

At Pet Town animal hospital, Dr Drake hummed to himself in a rather jolly manner as he began rummaging through his closet in his room for something presentable yet also not too fancy, "Hmm hmm hmm…." As he began throwing random clothes out of his closet, Zoe and Cera overheard him as they passed by his door and walked down the stairs to the dining table, while Paris hopped after them and Miku sat on Cera's shoulder as usual. "Your dad's in a good mood today Zoe." said Cera curiously as Zoe giggled back at her.

"Hee hee, why naturally." she replied much to the latter's confusion.

"Huh?"

As they sat down at the table Zoe leaned in to whisper in Cera's ear what may be one of her parents' biggest secrets of all, "Valentine's day is the special day of the year where dad saves up enough money takes mom out on a special annual animal themed honeymoon." she said proudly as she held her head high and proud, "Last year dad took mom out to the zoo! And the year before that they went to the aquarium! AND the year before that they went out to a cat are with so many cute and fluffy kittens!" She said growing all the more excited with each one before reaching to the main point she was saving up to, "This time they're going out to sea whale watching and they'll be sailing right off into the sunset." she concluded rather dramatically as her eyes began to sparkle and she blushed red, "Oh how romantic….how I wish someone could do that for me one day…" she said with a warm smile herself as she clapped her hands together feeling happy for them while also fantasising about the day she would meet her own dream man one day.

"Right….." Cera replied back, not feeling too big or keen on romance herself. She then smiled encouragingly feeling happy for her, "Still it's great your mom has a really caring husband, not to mention extra reliable and devoted to his work too." she said complimenting her parents before looking to Zoe with approval, "You're really lucky to have such wonderful parents."

"Hee hee thanks Cera." Zoe giggled feeling touched by her compliment as Paris ate her vegetables from her bowl on the floor while Miku helped herself to some worms on the other side of the table.

As the 2 girls made breakfast for themselves, being some pieces of toast and orange juice, they settled down nicely as things always did. "I've wondered, how did your folks meet in the first place?" Cera then asked out of curiosity, which made Zoe grin rather cheekily.

"Oh it's a really romantic story." she giggled before leaning in close to her friend's ear, "You see-"

Whisper Whisper

After she explained the entire story, Cera felt her heart touched as she clapped her hands together, "Aww that's so sweet…." she said feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.

"I know right? Hee Hee…." Zoe grinned feeling proud of herself, "I bet my dad will even give Dr Taylor a run for his only in the field of romance."

"I'm not sure if we should be turning love and romance into a competition though…." Cera then sweat dropped at her remark as they went back to having their breakfast.

"Zoe! Cera!" Dr Drake's voice then echoed from the other side of the house catching their attention.

"Huh?" Both girls headed to the front entrance to see Mrs Drake just entering the car, in a wooly sweater and long jeans, while her husband wore a thick jumper along with baggy pants as well, "Yes dad?" Zoe then asked him.

"Your mother and I are just about to head out to the pier in a couple of minutes, so you 2 watch ourselves now while we're away alright?" he told them both as they nodded back at him firmly.

"Sure thing dad." Zoe replied.

Cera then eyed the car was just starting up and raring to go, "Heading out already?" she asked Dr Drake as he smiled to her in response.

"Yup! It's a long drive down to the pier after all," he said turning over to his wife in the car waiting for him, "We wouldn't want to miss our ride now would we honey?"

"Of course not dear." she smiled back at him, "Those whales aren't going to watch themselves now are they?"

"Hahaha no they won't." he laughed before heading up to the car's other door at the front. Before going in he waved to the 2 girls once more with a bright smile, "Well you both behave yourselves!" he said to them as the car began to drive off.

"You can count on us!" Zoe cried out while Paris stood on her legs and barked out to them.

"Of course." Cera nodded calmly with Miku still on her shoulder.

"Take care now! Bye!" Dr Drake called out to them once more waving out the window at them before the car disappeared around the corner of the street.

After the parents disappeared from sight, Cera and Zoe with went back inside the house. Thinking about what Mr and Mrs Drake had planned, Cera then turned to Zoe, "So, got any plans for Valentine's today yourself?" she asked as Zoe looked back at her, "Like anything special with Max or Rex?"

A moment of silence came upon the 2 girls, before Zoe began to snicker much to Cera's confusion. She did her best to hold in her amusement, but failed shortly as she began to explode into laughter, "Pfft! Ahahahah! You're funny you know that Cera?" she giggled while also trying to catch her breath, "Those 2 boys are like little kids, they'd be lucky to find dates who are as immature as they are, let alone someone who can put up with their antics every day of the year." she said at the end.

"Y…Yeah they sure would be…." Cera replied back feeling somewhat letdown by her answer, since she was pretty much friends with the both of them for so long she expected her to have at least a hint feelings for one of them. In fact, her instincts told her that deep down under Zoe's big talk she did find some charm in the boys' behaviour and may actually have some feelings for them beginning to sprout somewhere. She then smiled lightly knowing that there may be hope yet if she just be honest with herself….which would be a while given her somewhat snotty personality.

As they walked by one of the rooms, Zoe took notice of her older sister Reese who was typing away at the family computer and seemed rather focused on it. Grinning mischievously to herself and deciding to tease her a little, she skipped right in and leaned in playfully, "Hey Reese, do you have any valentine's plans yourself?" she asked while flashing a playful look at her, "Like having a secret special somebody you haven't told anyone about hmm?"

Upon hearing her snarky remarks Reese turned her head to her cheery younger sister and raised an eyebrow at her, "You're joking right?" she asked in an 'are you kidding?' tone before returning to her work on the computer, "I've outgrown all those silly childish things like cards and chocolates a long time ago back in middle school." she said simply, "Besides, I'm far too busy with work today managing the hospital while mom and dad are out, and would appreciate it if you go play somewhere else for the moment." she said sounding serious.

"Hee hee, we'll see about that…." Zoe giggled playfully as she skipped out of the room towards the stairs where Cera and Miku were waiting for her and Paris.

"You sure you should be saying so blunt in front of her like that Zoe?" Cera asked her uneasily as they went up, leaving Reese all alone downstairs.

While still online, she went to clearing out the family's junk emails as well as responding to any queries pet owners may have had about their animals, as well as giving advice to those who seemed worried about them falling sick. At the back of her mind despite being expressionless and serious most of the time, deep down she may have had a slight interest on romance a bit, but usually was rubbed off at being cold so no one ever gave her a chance once, so she may have felt slightly lonely at times. In fact, only 1 person was able to see past this and like her for who she was, and that thought had been engraved deep into her mind, the idea of Valentine's Day made her think about that person slightly more than she did normally and she couldn't quite shake it off, so she busied herself with whatever work she could find hoping to bury said feelings in the ground knowing it wouldn't work out even if she tried. Little did she know, was that today Valentine's Day had a special plan for her and that special person too.

"Alright, that's the last one." she breathed in relief as she replied back to the last email. Feeling tied she popped her fingers and rested them behind her head while she laid back a little in her chair, only to hear an alert sound coming from her computer which made her wake up. "Hmm?" Edging closer she saw it was a new email from an anonymous sender, "What's this?" Clicking on it, the subject revealed itself as, "From a….secret admirer?" she blinked her eyes in surprise and narrowed them to make sure she was seeing it right, and indeed she was, which made her feel suspicious, "Sounds fishy….." Clicking on it and scanning it for viruses to proved to be clean, "Seems safe though…." she mused but that still didn't make it feel that much better. In fact, she wondered who could've gotten her own personal email so easily, as far as she knew she didn't share it out to anyone she didn't know, so somehow they must have gotten ahold of it. After contemplating over it for a while she decided to give it a look at least, "Might as well see what it's about…." she said as she opened it. When she did, it turned out to be a very long, but also very deep and dramatic love poem!

"Oh my angel, long has my heart ached for you. Your heart is as golden as your hair, your shining eyes brighter than any sparkling jewel! No words could ever describe how pure and true my feelings are for you! I couldn't summon my courage to confess to you before, but cupid's arrow has struck my heart, giving me love for you so strong not even the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs could keep me down!" Reese at first felt somewhat suspicious, but with each word she read she felt herself drawn deeper in by the heart conveyed words, and she couldn't bring herself to pull away from them, "My heart cries out to you, I feel we have a connection, no…an unbreakable bond even! One so strong it ties us together through the ages like it was destiny to be!" It said deeply before ending off with a rather anonymous tip at the end, "Meet me at the Valentine's fair being held at the old amusement park in Sanjo City at 10:00am today, where our destiny awaits my angel!"

As she read out the last line she put a finger to her chin in serious thought, "Sounds a bit fishy…" she mused to herself before reading over the poem he sent, "But whoever this secret admirer is…..what he wrote is quite….romantic….." she admitted feeling quite warm inside. Whoever wrote this did it from the passion and emotions deep in his own heart, it came from someone who knew her yet she didn't. Thinking it over carefully she felt that someone who could write this well couldn't have been a man with ill intent, as she got out from her seat and decided to at least check it out, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to at least see who this is, he did went through the trouble of writing something so sweet and sincere after all….though I can't help but feel whoever wrote this sounds….familiar…." she thought carefully before sending in a reply to that person saying she would be there.

She then left the room and headed upstairs to her room, closed the door behind her and began cleaning up in the showers to make herself more presentable since she was going out to meet a secret admirer. She also made sure to brush her teeth and comb her hair, eliminating all trace of bed hair before changing into a more presentable outlook, being a greenish inner layer, coupled with a long sleeved wooly outer layer, while wearing a long dress like skirt underneath. Feeling good enough about her look she headed out her room and towards the stairs.

Meanwhile, Cera and Zoe were both enjoying themselves in Zoe's room, with Zoe reading a gossip magazine and Cera doing a little tweaking on her dinoshot, while Paris and Miku were taking a nap near the bed. Upon noticing Reese walk by the front of the open door, Cera looked up and blinked her eyes in surprise. "Hey Zoe look." She said as the pig tailed girl looked up too.

"Hmm?" Zoe blinked her eyes wondering if she was seeing things so she decided to see for herself. As they both looked out the door, they confirmed it was no trick their eyes were playing, "Huh? Is that….really Reese?" Zoe was deeply taken aback at seeing how neatly her sister was dressed before she stepped out through the door after putting on some classy high heeled shoes.

"Think she's going out somewhere?" Cera asked curiously as Zoe began giggling cheerily to herself.

"Hee hee, it's a date, no doubt about it!"

"How can you be so sure?" Cera asked raising an eyebrow, knowing from Max and Rex how quickly she jumps to conclusions and the trouble they got her into.

Zoe then gnashed a sudden glare at Cera which made her step back in surprise, "Because my sister never dresses up so fancy like that unless we're having family functions, and since we aren't having any at all, it can't be anything but a date!" she said before quickly shifting to a serious fired up look, "My sisterly instincts are all fired up now! There can be no other explanation for that!" she cried out making Cera sweatdrop uneasily.

"I see….."

"This is big, like really big!" Zoe yelled out at the top of her lungs before clasping her hands on her face as she processed the situation more carefully, "GASP! Wait a minute! My sister has a boyfriend none of us knows about! This is a red alert emergency! This needs looking in to!" she exclaimed as her heart began to race over the many horrible things that could go wrong with this picture, after having gone through a large collection of romance movies and books over the past couple of weeks.

Cera raised an eyebrow at her in suspicion, "Since when did that happen?" she asked as Zoe cried back to her dramatically.

"Since just now!" she yelled before suddenly turning aggressive and firing up, "There's no way I'll let any man have Reese without my approval!" she declared as she pointed up to the sky, "For all we know this man could be pulling wool over her eyes or taking advantage of her as we speak!" She then put her arm to her chest like a soldier saluted his commanding officer, "It's up to me to make sure she's safe! For my duty as a sister demands it!"

Cera shook her head in disagreement at Zoe's logic, "I'm pretty sure Reese is old enough to look after herself Zoe, not to mention she's way more level headed too." she said calmly.

A tic mark appeared on Zoe's forehead upon hearing that statement, "Are you saying I'm nuts!?" she screamed as her eyes reddened and she tensed a fist with a bulging vein on it and flashed it at Cera!

The red haired girl turned pale and waved her hands out frantically, "N…No of course not Zoe…..it's just-"

"Good!" Zoe cut her off in a firm tone, as she went back down the stairs while dialling on her dinoholder, "Now get prepped up! I'm calling Max and Rex and we're getting to the bottom of this and I won't take no for an answer!" she said firmly before clapping her hands, "Now chop chop! Don't make me repeat myself!" she growled staring tensely at Cera, who lowered her head and sighed deeply knowing this could only go wrong in so many ways.

"Sigh…..Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" she muttered as she went to her room to get her dinoshot and their dinosaurs ready, while Zoe rang up the boys and began nagging at them.

(Meanwhile)

At Zeta Point, a hatch opened up on one side of the island and ejecting from it was Seth in a pink and yellow jet, which fired off at full speed towards the skies, intending to recover whatever remains of Alpha vehicles he could find. With his newest project of dinosaur revival was reaching its final stages, he intended to harvest as much alpha metal as he could from the remains of their fallen devices and vehicles, knowing they could still be of some use even in their decrepit state.

Deep inside at the living room, Ursula was going through the current month's woman magazines, usually reading through the hottest gossip and fashion trends put her in a good mood, but today's theme was all about valentine's, love and romance both like in celebrity couples, themes in fashion and gossip! Not a single page gone by without a hint of love on it, and seeing it all made Ursula's blood boil! A tic make appeared on her forehead and she shook with immense rage and jealousy to hear about how much luck many women out there in the world had dream loves of their own fulfilled while she was still stuck single for many years! Unable to take it a second longer she crumpled up the magazine and snarled deeply like a raging beast, "Grrrr….." she growled gnashing her teeth and taking her frustration out on her own chair by kicking it against the wall!

"Umm Ursula?" Ed spoke up as he sat at the couch on the other corner eating a bag of crisps.

"What!?" she snorted like a mad bull which made him drop his goodies all over the floor!

"Gah!" he gasped holding his hands out, "I…I was just wondering, what's gotten into you all a sudden? I mean Zander and I haven't gone anywhere near you today so I don't see why you're so uptight."

She scowled at him and clenched her hand into a fist which shook immensely with rage as she looked away from him, "Ed….do you even know what day it is today?"

"V…Valentine's day?" he squeaked nervously, "But, I don't see what-" Before he could finish she grabbed hold of the chair she kicked and then tossed it at the wall with all her might, causing it smash apart into pieces like glass!

SMASH!

"WAAAH!" he screamed jumping off the couch he was at, which was enough to jolt a bit of memory back into his noggin, "Oh yeah, I remember now….." he gulped.

"Every year, when this 1 day of the year comes, I only get reminded….of the pain utter humiliation I suffered on my very first….." she breathed deeply as she flashbacked to her youth, when Ed and Zander offered her cards and chocolates to make her feel appreciated one time on her very first Valentine's day, everyone then turned to laugh at her thinking she was into dorks, which made her turn red with embarrassment and she hadn't been able to live it down since. Since then she had been singled out as the odd girl of the class which stretched on from kindergarten to even high school. She never got the attention she wanted, as all the boys in class that she dreamt of going out with often had dates and not one of them asked her. Every Valentine's day served as a reminder of what she could never have or find, and each year passing made her grow more spiteful towards the day since it never gave her what she wanted.

"And since then each and every Valentine's was exactly like the one before it!" she cried out loudly shaking her fists in a flurry while pulling on her hair, "GRRRGH! Why should everyone else be happy and I don't!? It drives me insane!" she growled gnashing her teeth out of envy and anger which made Ed cower back nervously!

"If it helps though, Zander and I never get any dates on Valentine's Day, or any day at all…." he muttered painfully while twiddling his fingers before crying his eyes out upon remembering the many times he tried to ask a girl out only to be utterly rejected, "WAAAAH!"

Ursula scoffed uncaringly as she turned her head away from him, "That's because you guys are naturally born losers compared to me, a beaming beauty." she scowled folding her arms before yelling out at the fat man, "For someone of my caliber to not even get so much as a card is unthinkable!" she growled at the end sounding offended.

"Gee thanks…." Ed pouted feeling that he was hurt needlessly at her careless remark, like she was intending to rub salt in his old wounds.

Blinker her eyes and looking around she took notice that one member of their group was missing from their trio, "Say, where is Zander anyway?" she then asked as Ed turned to look too.

"Now that you mention it….."

The sounds of loud cheering from the outside corridor caught both their attention, "Woo hoo!"

"Huh?" They both looked out to see Zander was skipping along the hallways, like a joyful idiot without a care in the world while singing at the top of his lungs, "She said yes! She said yes! Whoopee!" he announced doing a spin like a ballerina before continuing on his way towards the fight hangar.

Both his friends stared back weirdly at him as he disappeared from sight, "What's gotten him in a peppy mood?" They both felt he was sick or something because no way was he ever that happy unless-

They both widened their eyes and looked at each other, "Wait a sec, did he just say-"

"No way…." They quickly ran to his room to see the computer he left on inside. Checking it and saw his email was still open, they widened their eyes at their starling discovery inside, "Gah!"

"He has a date!?" They both exclaimed in disbelief seeing the email reply saying she sender was agreeing to meet Zander at the amusement park earlier in the afternoon!

Seeing this made feelings of rage and envy build up within Ursula as she fumed red and exploded, "Argh! How dare he get a date instead of me!? It's….it's…..unacceptable!" she snared demonically as she began pounding Zander's desk in frustration.

Curious, Ed then clicked on the email and as it opened he turned pale at what he found, "That's not all! Look who it is!" he called out to Ursula as he pointed at the screen seeing who he called out to, which depicted a young blond haired woman with glasses and wearing a lab coat, "Reese….Drake…." upon reading the name, Ed's eyes widened and his heat skipped a beat, "Gah! She's that wacky doctor's older daughter!" he exclaimed in alarm while pointing at the profile of her onscreen, "Who also happens to be the big sister of that annoying brat girl!"

"Say what!?" Ursula exclaimed in alarm as she leaned in closer to the computer. Seeing the woman's face made her grit her teeth and snarl viciously, "How dare she seduce Zander like that!?" she hissed twiddling her fingers, thinking in her mind that there was absolutely no way someone like her could ever think of having anything to do with Zander.

"For all we know Ursula, she might even get him to spill the beans about our plans right?" Ed suggested, though her mind was on something different from him.

"How could someone a beautiful as me get outshines by a man as skinny as a skeleton!?" she wailed falling onto her knees and feeling betrayed.

"Err…..good enough I guess…." he sweat dropped at her antics.

She then began popping her knuckles vowing vengeance for this indignity, "Grrgh! I swear when I find him I'm going to-" Her rage quickly subsided when she noticed an unusual tab that Zander had also stored on another side of his computer, which she curiously clicked and it opened up to show a webpage filled with red and pink borderlines and a pair of big hearts in the center of the screen, "Hey what's this?" she asked curiously as Ed came up beside her to see too. The title of the page soon popped up showing off a pair of cupids holing it in a banner, "Match in the making?" Ursula read out loud before shrugging it off, "Pfft! That's the lamest name for a dating website I've ever heard." she said snarkily before noticing the pictures of several hunky men on the page after that, some of which had gnarly beards or tough guy motives, while others seemed like the kind family man type. "Oooh there are a lot of manly hunks on this here site." as she passed through the choices Ursula felt her heart soar through the skies of heaven, and her mind wandered off into several fantasies over her potential future with the men displayed onscreen.

"Oh! Maybe I do have a chance to finally find the man of my dreams!" she cheered with sparkling eyes, taking back what she said about the website earlier before rushing over to the computer and beginning to create a data file based on her! "Okay, I'll just have to make myself appear extra attractive and I'll have more than enough men grovelling before me, begging on their knees to ask me out! Hahahaha! It's pure genius!" she snickered to herself as she added a photo of herself and edited it out with an altering feature to remove any wrinkles, make herself look more slim and elegant, "Alright a little of this…and a bit of that…." she said before adding into her profile plenty of amazing things about herself which included being a super model celebrity and being the leader of a charity that saves orphaned children and animals.

"Umm Ursula?" Ed tapped her on the shoulder while she grinned sneakily at the screen while she continued to add all kinds of lies about herself to make herself look good, though Ed himself didn't think that was such a good idea, "Are you really sure you're allowed to do that? I mean this is the internet, you should watch what you post you know? With all kinds of shady characters skulking about and all."

"Oh please Ed," she muttered back to him while still focused on the screen, "I'm a grown woman, if anything people out there should be worried about me!" she cried before adding the final touches, "And…done!" She said clicking the enter button and creating a full profile about herself that was guaranteed to attract men by the millions to her in no time! Feeling proud of herself she clapped off her hands, beating off any dust on it, before folding her arms on her hips seriously, "Alight, now let's go tail that double crossing Zander and stick him in his place for good!" she said firmly as she fired up with anger and jealousy, "He'll see what happens when he steps out of line and gets what I don't!" she declared as she rushed out towards the vehicle hangar.

"Y..Yeah…sure Ursula…." Ed muttered as he walked after her feeling rather unmotivated, knowing this would come to bite them in the butt sooner or later.

(Later)

At the entrance to the amusement park was a rather attractive fountain in the shape of a flower squirting out water from the center of it. Sitting by on the edge of it was Reese, who was surveying her surroundings and keeping an eye out for the anonymous sender who asked for her to meet him at this very spot and at this very time. So far she had been sitting there for nearly 10 minutes and saw no one who seemed to be the one who emailed her earlier in the morning, as nearly everyone who passed her was already part of a couple eager to get inside and have fun. She sighed to herself feeling that this may have been a prank mail to her and was even about to consider leaving, but decided at the lasts second to wait a few more minutes first.

Unbeknownst to her, she was being spied on by 4 young kids who popped their heads from behind a bench some distance off from where she was, "There she is!" Zoe pointed out as the others turned to look at where she was focusing on, though not as enthusiastic as she was.

"I feel like a criminal doing this….." muttered Max feeling guilty as he felt they were eavesdropping or meddling in private matters they shouldn't get themselves involved with.

"I think the term was called….stalker I believe?" Cera then stated.

"That sounds way worse…." Rex sweat dropped at the remark.

Grumpy because they got way better things to do-wanted to get away from love but now forced to get involved with it

"Shush!" Zoe hissed holding a finger to her lips as she shot them all furious glares which silenced them, "One more word out and I'll sew your mouths shut!"

Her 3 friends sighed deeply, "Ugh….Fine…." clearly they felt being forced against their will to do this, not only did they feel like eavesdropping was wrong but some of them wanted to have nothing to do with Valentine's and love, and now they were being forced to get fully involved with it today.

"But at least tell us again why we're doing this Zoe?" Rex then asked.

"Yeah, care to explain why you dragged us all the way out here?" Max pouted crossly.

She turned to them with a serious look, "It's to protect Reese you guys!" she cried all paranoid, "Don't you see? Reese usually coops herself up in the lab or at home at the computer so she doesn't go out much! For all we know this guy she met online could be some kind of hoodlum just waiting to make easy pickings of her!" she then firmly put a fist to her chest, "As her sister it's my job to look after her like every other good family member should!" she said like it was her sworn duty, as the others squinted or raised an eyebrow at her.

"I think you watch way too many tv shows Zoe…." muttered Rex feeling annoyed while Max moaned seeing this scenario was exactly like that time she jumped to conclusions with a pilot at the airport months ago.

"Reese is a grownup, she can handle herself just fine." said Cera after recalling her strangling Dr Taylor one time, "She's responsible enough to make her own choices and decisions, it's her own life and we shouldn't decide for her." she added, "In fact, I'd be more worried about any thug who even thinks of messing with her, they'll gave themselves beaten to a pulp in less than a minute."

"Urk…." Zoe croaked having forgotten that part about her sister, but she shook her head in defiance and refusing to admit her mistake, "Well maybe she'll meet someone completely sneaky and rotten to the core who'll catch her off guard! You'll never know!" she cried out to them as the others sighed or groaned in dismay at her stubborn attitude.

"Oh yeah? Name one person who can do just that to Reese." Max replied snarkily.

As if right on cue, "My angel!" A familiar voice suddenly rang out in the distance, making Reese and the D Team focus in the direction it came from. Running towards her with a waving hand and a big grin on his face was none other than Zander of the Alpha Gang! "Ahahahahah!"

"Oh?" Reese mused in surprise.

"HUH!?" The D Team gasped in alarm as their eyes made contact with the person who apparently was the one who called Reese out here! This set off many red alerts in Zoe's head while the others still were stunned in disbelief at what was going on.

Blinded by love and excitement, Zander paid no attention to his surroundings as he ran, before long he ended up tripping over and uneven tile which made him fall forward and his face planting on the ground! "WAH! Oof!" His epic fail was enough to make Max and Rex snicker in amusement, while Zoe kept her guard up thinking it could be an act.

"Ah! Reese gasped with concern as she got off where she was sitting and ran to him, "H…Hey are you alright!?" she asked out of concern.

"Urgh….." he groaned painfully with his face still on the ground, but as he looked up to see Reese's face he brightened up with joy as a huge smile came across his face, "Oh! I knew you'd show up! I just knew it!" he cheered happily as he suddenly spring back up to life and on his feet, much to Reese's surprise at his fast recovery, "I was so nervous when I sent out that email, I thought I sounded like a weirdo and that you might just send it to the trash. But when you replied back to it I-"

Reese blinked her eyes at his last words, "W…Wait, you sent that email?" she asked as Zander nodded back at her.

"Yup, that's me!" he grinned pointing a thumbs up to himself.

Reese then frowned slightly at him in response, "The sender address was labelled anonymous amour….that sounded quite fishy to me, and a bit uncomfortable to say the least."

Realising the error in his actions, Zander then chuckled nervously as he scratched the back of his head, "Err hehe sorry about that…I kinda thought that if I used my real address you'd be put off by it after you knew who I was."

"Heh, well using an anonymous address doesn't help much either though." Reese chuckled back at him.

"I'll be sure to….remember that next time. Heheh…." he then laughed to himself in embarrassment.

That aside, Reese then narrowed her eyes rather suspiciously and folded her arms, "So then, why did you call me out here?" she then asked him as he gasped in alarm.

"Oh yes right! Of course! I almost forgot! Please forgive me umm…Your name's Reese right?" he stuttered somewhat.

She raised an eyebrow in turn, "Yes…it is." she replied back uneasily to his question.

"Alright then here goes….Ahem!" said Zander clearing his throat at last. A moment of silence passed between both of them, and mustering all the courage in his heart and soul Zander quickly clapped his hands together in a pleading position, "Will you please go out with me!?" he cried out loud before uttering a silent prayer deep inside his heart that she would accept.

As he asked her out in such a blunt and direct way, Reese covered her mouth with her hand in surprise at his sudden and unexpected request, "Oh my…."

Nearby the D Team were flabbergasted at Zander's intentions too, "Huh!?"

"Say what!?"

"Is he nuts!?" Max, Rex and Zoe went in surprise as they widened their eyes in bewilderment.

Cera then gulped nervously "I knew the alpha gang were loonies, but this guy may be the biggest nutcase of them all."

"I'm actually surprised he's willing to be serious about this." Rex added while Zoe gritted her teeth and growled in anger.

"He's got some nerve thinking can ask Reese out of the blue like that, knowing who she is and think she'll accept! Just who does he think he is!?" she yelled popping her knuckles as she stood up preparing to step right in, "Why I oughta-" Before she could march in and give them both a piece of her mind, her friends quickly grabbed hold of and held her back!

"Ssh! Not now!" Rex hissed as he covered her mouth with his hands while Max and Cera tried their best to restrain her thrashing arms and body!

"Control yourself Zoe!" Cera cried out pleadingly as they barely managed to bring her down and behind the bench again and out of sight!

"Like I said in my email to you, I've wanted this for a long time but never had the courage to do it till now! I've spent several weeks straight planning ever single word of that email and mustering up every ounce of whatever speck of courage I had in me to be truthful to my feelings and confess how much you truly mean to me my angel!" Zander proclaimed out loud as he knelt down on one knee to Reese as a show of respect and formality, "And now….I think now is the perfect time to be honest with you and myself!" he concluded at the end in a Shekespearan sort of manner.

Reese blinked her eyes in surprise at everything Zander said and done just to arrange this meeting between them both, she had to admit it was quite commendable for him to be truly honest with her, "I'm…flattered by you asking me out like this….." she said feeling touched before thoughts of worry and insecurity came upon her due to him being a member of the Alpha Gang, "But well…." she began to look away from him slightly, which he soon picked up on.

"Oh! If you're feeling suspicious of my motives well don't be!" he said as he opened all his pockets on his coat and pulled them out, showing he had nothing suspicious of the sort inside, "Look see? Nothing on me! Not devices, no gadgets, and certainly no dinosaurs! Heh, as far as I know none of my teammates know anything about our little rendezvous here." he chuckled before getting back to the point at hand, "So please? Will you be….my valentine?"

Reese sweated a little nervously as she began to contemplate this important decision that could maybe even decide the fate of the battles between the Alpha Gang and D Team, "I uh….well….." she said uneasily while looking around in various directions further highlighting her insecurity.

In the background behind the bench Zoe began biting her nails in anticipation of her answer, "No Reese, don't do it!"

"Ugh, no way is this going to work out." Max groaned as he and Rex were starting to feel sick at the thought of Reese and Zander going on a date.

Cera noticed her friend's concern over her sister's decision as she smiled and patted her on the back, "Relax Zoe, you're overreacting she'll turn him down without a second thought." she said having full faith in Reese's judgement.

Max then nodded with Cera and smiled at Zoe together with Rex, "Yeah you can relax, before long she'll be saying-"

"Since you went through a lot of trouble to arrange this….meeting with me….I suppose it wouldn't hurt a bit…." Reese then added at the end blushing rather shyly. Her statement brought a set of mixed reactions from everyone who was watching her and Zander.

"AH!" Zander gasped all bright eyed and filled with joy as he blushed red and filled with hope.

On the other hand each of the D Team felt their hopes shattered and their minds blown beyond belief! "Eh!?"

"Wha!?"

"No way!"

Cera widened her eyes realising they were being too loud as she grabbed them all and forced them to lay low and hide, "Gasp! Get down!" she hissed bringing finger to them as she had them all lowered to below the bench so they wouldn't be seen as Reese and Zander turned around.

"Did you just hear something?" Zander asked curiously feeling certain he heard a voice, or more precise a few voices.

"Maybe it was from somewhere else…." Reese then assumed shrugging it off as nothing.

With negotiations out of the way, Zander then coughed and cleared his throat before holding out his hand in a bashful manner, "So umm…shall we?" he croaked as his hand shook with embarrassment and worry.

Finding his reaction to be amusing, Reese couldn't help but giggle herself, "Hee hee, alright then." she said as she took his hand, much to Zander's joy and excitement, as they both walked over to the park entrance to buy tickets.

As the D Team looked up from their hiding spot behind the bench, they could only stare unblinkingly at the scenario that was playing out before their eyes.

"Th…They're actually…." Max pointed out weakly with a shaky hand.

"Going out….." Rex finished for him.

"I can't unsee this….." said Cera feeling the world had just been turned upside down, "This must be a sign of the apocalypse for sure…."

"I thought….I'm seeing a nightmare….but if you guys can see it too…." a mad grin came across her face as she flared up in a demonic purple aura, "Then it's time to kill him!" she cried out loud psychotically, which was truly frightening even for her friends who cowered back in alarm at her declaration!

"Wha!?" As she stood up and stomped out preparing to give Zander a piece of her mind, Max and Rex, shocked that she literally meant what she was going to say, ran out ahead and held their arms out trying to stop her!

"Easy now Zoe!"

"You're not thinking clearly! Don't do something you'd regret!" They cried out but their pleas fell on deaf ears.

"Out of my way guys!" she growled threateningly which made them turn pale, "That creep put a spell on Reese for sure, and I'm going to make him extinct like the dinosaurs!" she said popping her knuckles, "And you guys too if you don't get out of my way!"

"Urk…." They both croaked and gulped nervously realising she was serious and she'd do it without hesitation.

Not wanting things to escalate any further, Cera then decided to say her own piece, "M…Maybe Zander's really taking Reese out on legit date and he isn't up to anything at all?" Cera then stated bluntly, which earned her some funny looks from max and Rex, as well as making Zoe's evil aura flare up even more so! "You're right, what am I thinking? He's rotten to the bones and you can never trust the alpha gang as far as you can throw them." she sighed eventually relenting to the others and also realising how ridiculous her own statement was too.

Zoe then punched a fist right into the palm of her hand, "We'd better nip this forbidden love in the bud before it blossoms into a nightmare that would doom the world!" she announced firmly before eying the rest of the D Team present, "It's now or never guys! Are you with me!?" she then yelled shooting a piercing glare at each of them, saying she wouldn't accept no even if they begged her to, much to their chagrin.

"Guess we don't have a choice now…." Rex sees have to save Reese

"After all Reese did for us it's natural we look out for her too."

"Come on let's go and get this over with fast…." Max want to hurry up so he can go home and watch tv

"But we need to stay quiet, don't want any of them to find out we're tailing them too."

Nearby, hiding in some bushes were both Ursula and Ed, who poked their heads out from their hiding spot and using some binoculars to zoom in on everything Zander said and was doing with Reese. "This doesn't look too good Ursula…." Ed muttered feeling worried about Zander was getting hooked by a member of the D Team, "At this rate, he'll blurt out every one of our secrets! Or wore, he might even leave us of good and join up with them! That's just horrible right?" He asked looking up to Ursula but stuttered when he saw her grip tightening on her own binoculars so tightly that they were beginning to crack apart!

"Grrrgh! How dare he get a date on Valentine's day instead of me!?" Ursula she hissed filled with envy as her eyes turned orange demonically! "That hussy must have put some kind of love spell on him or something! And I'm going to set him straight and show him whom he should be worshipping!" she growled as she shook with rage, "The one and only me! No one's going to take away my henchmen from me! Nobody!" she shouted out to the sky as Ed gulped down hard.

"Whoa you do care….in a way…." he then muttered, "But how are we going to do that?"

"Well we-" Before she could finish her sentence a ringing sound came on her alpha scanner which caught their attention.

RING! RING!

"Hmm?" As she took it out of her pocket and switched it on, she blushed red and went all teary eyed when she saw the notification she received, "Ah! A date request for me!?" she squealed in a fangirl manner that someone had responded to her profile and now had just invited her out for a date!

"Really?" Ed mused raising an eyebrow at her suspiciously, "Didn't think anyone would actually get back to you with all those lies you fed into your profile."

Upon hearing his snarky remark Ursula tightened and shook a fist at him, "What was that?" she threatened as he covered his head in a fright!

"N…Nothing!"

Ignoring his whimpering she looked back at the profile of the person who accepted her date request, which had no picture displayed though, as she began to read it out loud. "It says it's from a man named Fossil Hunting Hero….very strong, loyal and brave, the adventurous kind who'll brave deserts, swamps and bogs just for me!" she said giddily as she felt she finally found her dream man whom she always longed for when she was a little girl, "Oh it's like he and I were a match made in heaven…." she said before blushing red and drooling at the fantasies of her being carried in the arms of a super muscular man with wavy golden hair, with rocky abs and guns the size of mountains, dressed in a loincloth while also sporting a flashy grin which made her nose bleed! "Aaaah….." she said dreamily as she hugged her alpha scanner to her chest.

"Urgh…." Ed moaned feeling both sick and weirded out, more than usual, knowing this could end badly in so many ways he couldn't count that high.

"Ed, change of plans!" She then said suddenly as she shoved him her alpha scanner much to his alarm!

"Wha!?" He gasped as she stood up and began to hightail it back to the alpha jet they took which was further off!

"You go take care of Zander! I've got a date with destiny! Yippee!" she squealed with excitement and anticipation as she hopped into the cockpit and began powering it up!

"W…Wait a minute! Come back here!" he cried out to her, but his words fell on deaf ears as she quickly took off into the sky leaving him behind! "Oh boy not again…." he then groaned in annoyance before facepalming himself at the fact that this was happening again for the umpteenth time, only this time it was all on him to make sure nothing went wrong, which as usual, was impossible.

(Later)

Around nearly every corner of the amusement park had been designed perfectly for dating or married couples, some of the rides such as tea cup spinners and haunted house were designed in a way that girls could cling onto their dates if they were ever scared. Other activities included trust falls, sack races and 3 legged races too which helped in getting pairs to bond closer to one another. On occasion there were a few unusual stands, for those unlucky enough to be stood up or broken off by their dates, which provided unusual goods such as love potions or even cursed rings to make others fall in love with them or get others to break up with the person of their dreams.

One couple however didn't seem particularly engaged or interested with any of these activities, as they both sat at a cafe table together under an umbrella staring at one another awkwardly. As they sat there doing nothing practically but look away from each other, unsure on who to go about their 'date' there were some passerbies who made gossip remarks behind their back which luckily they couldn't hear.

"Ugh, she's got awful taste in men…."

"How'd a loser like him get hooked with someone as cute as her!?"

"I wish I was him.…"

"Should I call the cops on that guy?"

"Maybe we should dump some hot glue on him…."

For several minutes nothing happened between them, and feeling they wouldn't get anywhere unless someone started a conversation, Reese decided to break the silence first. "So umm…how's things going on for you.…you know being in the alpha gang and all….it must sound….rough?" she asked.

"Oh it's not so bad." Zander replied, "We live on an island after all, so the beach is pretty much a minute walk from home, not to mention there's plenty of fresh ocean air to wake up to every single day of the week. It certainly helps take your mind off the stress of work and abuse from an ungrateful boss too." He answered simply as Reese nodded in acknowledgement.

"I see, that's looking at things on the bright side…."

"Mhmm….." he nodded back at her, "So…how are all the dinosaurs and cards you've taken from us?" he then asked sounding awkward, "You are looking after them right?"

"Well we….make sure they're safe and well cared for." Reese answered uneasily, since they pretty much looked the cards in the vault and not actually take care of them literally, it would be far too costly and too much trouble for them all. Reese however became somewhat suspicious at his question and narrowed her eyes at him, "Though I hope you're not asking me for any favours."

Zander stuttered and waved his arms out in a frantic, "N…No! No! Not at all! Just asking that's all heheh….." he chuckled nervously, "In fact, we should't be talking about being on opposite sides or about dinosaurs at all today, it's just us and no one else!" he cried out, "But since you are a vet and take care of animals, taking care of dinosaurs must be a singe right?"

"Ehehe…In a way…." Reese chuckled uneasily back at him, before the silence descended upon them both once more.

As Zander whistled to himself he then screamed inside his head to himself, "Come on Zander think! You can do better than this! This is the moment you've dreamed of! To spend some one to one time with your angel and impress her! Right now she's only getting a bad first impression!" he yelled to himself as Reese looked away from him, which he took as her wanting to try and get away from him for being such a screwup.

"Are you…okay?" Reese then asked him seeing he was fidgeting about and sweating profusely.

He quickly turned to her in response, "S…Sure I am! Haha!" he laughed taking a napkin from his pocket and wiping himself dry, "It's just that, it feels very hot today and I'm sweating like I'm being cooked in an oven!"

"Haha, well they did say tomorrow there will be some heavy showers coming in." Reese chuckled.

"Hehe, well that's a relief, I'm sweating so much right now even my socks are getting drenched now." Zander then croaked realising he said something rather disturbing and he couldn't take it back, "Gah! What am I saying!? I'm such an idiot! It's not like we are actually an item or anything!" He cried on the inside as his eyes began twirling around in confusion making him feel rather dizzy and unable to straighten his thoughts properly.

Seeing he wasn't feeling quite himself, Reese felt that he probably needed some time for himself, and she also saw this as a chance for her to get a little space for herself, "Umm Zander?" she asked standing up.

He looked to her, "Y…Yes ange-" He shook his head stopping himself from saying something awkward in time, "I mean Reese! Anything you want I can call for it!" he said with a nervous smile.

She then pointed to the side with a finger, "Actually I need to go to…powder my nose…." she answered as he turned quiet at her.

"Oh you mean the bathroom?" he replied before nodding politely to her, "Okay then sure, go right ahead. I'll be right here waiting…." he said quietly as she slowly began to pace away from him.

"Thank you. I need to go an…wash up a bit." she said as she walked off in the direction she had pointed in.

The moment she was out of sight, Zander began banging his head on the table repeatedly, "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" he cursed himself believed to have scared her off and this had to punish himself for this indignity! "Why did I have to go running my mouth like that!? I've gone and scared her off and now she's never going to come back!" he cursed himself inwardly before planting his face on the table, with a river of tears washing out over the edge of the table down to the floor. His behaviour was so bizarre it put off a number of people walking by or sitting near him. Raising his head and sporting an expression of determination he then tensed up unwilling to give up hope just yet, "C…Calm down, it's not the end of the world yet, maybe she will come back and she does need to wash up….." he said positively before his tears began to well up in his eyes once again, "But what if she doesn't? WAAAAAHHH! It's not fair!" he bawled falling back into negativity once more and at losing all hope.

(Meanwhile)

Reese headed into the ladies room further off where a set of food stands for snacks such as popcorn and cotton candy stood, along with a grab bag stall. As she went inside the washroom, she quickly took off her glasses, turned on the tap and smashed water on her face a few times as she took a deep breath to clear the many thoughts of confusion and anxiety which were running through her mind at the time. She didn't how to explain it, not once had she felt this way in her entire life, for her to be acting in such a manner was unlike her, she barley knew Zander except for being a member of the alpha gang, and yet he was being genuinely nice to her and had no ill motive in the slightest. The many thoughts of conflict began warring against one another inside her mind and heart, whether to be wary because he was with the enemy and could easily turn at anytime, or that she should give him a chance.

As drops of water began dripping down from her face she let out a deep sigh as she stared down into she sink for several seconds while trying to process these thoughts of hers carefully like a scientist would….but to little avail, "Sigh…..This isn't working out….." she muttered to herself, "Zander worked so hard to set this up for us, and yet I don't seem to be giving him the appreciation his efforts deserve….." she said feeling guilty about herself, "It's just, we're on opposing sides and yet at the same time…..I just don't know what to do…." she added at the end feeling torn. As such as she wanted to, she didn't have the heart to leave after hearing all the effort Zander mustered into arranging this moment for months since their last encounter, she not only felt obliged, but also deeply touched by his actions too, "I just wish I could do something to make him feel a little bit better….if only I could reciprocate his feelings and give him the experience he had hoped and worked so hard for." she thought to herself with a deep sigh. Little did she know though, was that her wish about to be granted in a way she would never see coming.

Just outside where the restroom was, a young man kneeled down before a young woman as he held up a small box to her in his hand, "My dear and lovely Iris." he said bowing down before opening the box, revealing a gold ring with a small but sparkly jewel embedded in it! The sight of it was enough to make his future finance widen her eyes in shock at both his proposal and the gift he was presenting before her. "Will you….marry me?" he then asked as he looked into her eyes with a most hopeful expression and emotion in his eyes.

The woman was at a loss for words and breath, as her heart raced and pounded inside her, as a sense of feeling overwhelmed and moved took over her, "Ah…Oh Bobby I…I…."

Next to them though, a teenage boy and his date were at the grab bag stall, as the boy reached into the large brown sack and rummaged around inside it till he got a hold of what seemed to be a nice gift for his girlfriend. Grinning eagerly he yanked it out but stared at in in surprise and curiosity to find it was a metallic egg shaped, "Hey what have we got here?" he asked as he looked all around it trying to determine what it was.

"Oh! Open it up and see!" his girlfriend then urged him as she shuddered with anticipation over the goodie that was inside it. Upon her request her boyfriend opened it, only to find there was a single card inside, with a golden border and a picture of an ankylosaur like dinosaur in the front. "Is that a….card?" she asked.

"Weird….not what I was expecting at all." The boy blinked his eyes before frowning in disappointment, hoping it was a special gift or at least some chocolates he could give for his date.

Before long the sun shone through the clouds above, as a beam of light pierced the gem encrusted ring, it caused a spectrum of rainbows to erupt in many directions causing the couple nearby to cover their eyes!

"Ah!"

"My eyes!" A stray rainbow beam shone on the card in the other pair's possession, causing the card to suddenly shine too much to their alarm!

"Huh!?"

As it died down, 3 pawpawsaurus appeared in the area! A large brown male with black stripes, an equally sized female which was yellowy orange, and the last one being a pink juvenile! As the family appeared before the people who were in the area, they all screamed in alarm and terror as they all ran in separate directions in a panic!

Summons 3 dinosaurs

"WAAAHH!"

"Dinosaurs!" The man dropped his ring in the panic as he and his fiancé split up from each other.

"Dinosaurs!"

"Run away!" The couple too became separated in the flurry of panicking people as the 3 dinosaurs became disorientated and panicky themselves being surrounded by so many people at once as the bellowed out in agitation before charging off and bulldozing over stands wherever they went!

(Meanwhile)

"Argh! Where'd they go now!?" Zoe screamed in frustration as the D Team came to a lot in the park near the lake where some people were hoping to get out on pedal boats together. They tried to follow Reese and Zander all over the park but despite their best efforts they ended up losing their trail and now they were lost in the park themselves without a clue on how to find them now.

"Huff….we've been walking for hours Zoe…." Rex and the others panted after she dragged them all over the place for a long while, but she didn't pay them any attention as her shape eyes continued scanning their surroundings for any signs of a blond haired woman with glasses or a skinny man in an ugly coat.

Cera looked around her side to find a few game stands which included ball toss or cupid's arrow archery where men were trying impress their lady friends with their skills or win them over, but none of them were Reese or Zander, "No sign of them anywhere….." she said disappointedly

"How did we lose them anyway?" Rex sighed deeply as he leaned against a nearby cosplay changing booth, which also doubled as a photo booth where couples could dress up as their favourite TV or game characters and pose together for cool shots.

Zoe gained a huge tic mark on her forehead as she gritted her teeth and fumed red, "Maybe if someone didn't stop to buy hot dogs at that stand earlier we might have caught up to them by now!" she yelled directing her anger on Max who went to the corner twiddling his fingers in shame.

"Hey I was hungry….." he said feeling guilty of being the one responsible, but he couldn't bear to go a second longer on an empty stomach. Without warning, Zoe suddenly grabbed him by the collar much to the others' alarm as she glared into his eyes! "ACK!"

"How about I give you a knuckle sandwich!?" she hissed pulling back her arm and tightening her hand into a fist ready to let loose at any second! "Will that be filling enough for you?"

"Gulp!" Max swallowed hard as his heart skipped a beat as he stared back into the menacing eyes of Zoe which looked almost like a berserk gorilla ready to go primal on him at any second! "N…Not the face!" he yelped covering it with his hands hoping he'd be able to protect some of his teeth from getting knocked out of his jaw!

Cera then stepped in and tried to pull her away from the poor boy, "Come on Zoe, give Max a break," she grunted in annoyance noticing Zoe's grip was really tight and stubborn as she was, "I'm sure he didn't mean it! Just let it go!" she wheezed as she tried hard to pull them apart.

Rex then joined in, jumping in between Max and Zoe as he was able to wrench him away from her much to his relief, "Plus you're kinda making a scene." he said at the end, looking around them onlookers backed away nervously or began gossiping about Max and Zoe being something like a breakup gone terribly wrong, it was really embarrassing….

That however wasn't enough o deter Zoe as she continued thrashing her arms out while still in Cera's grip, "I don't care!" she yelled fuelled by frustration and impatience, even Cera felt her strength giving out clearly underestimating the other girl's tenacity before she finally broke loose! "It's because of him that we've lost Reese and now she's all alone, easy pickings for that…that slime ball!" she yelled pointing at Max who cowered behind Rex, before she fell to her knees crying her eyes out, "Oh who knows what kinds of horrible things he's going to do…..WAAAH! I'm so sorry sis…."

The others looked at her and sweat dropped at her childish behaviour, even raising an eyebrow at her too, "You really don't Reese at all do you?"

"And you're supposed to be sisters too…."

She then regained her earlier angry look as she stood back up and flared up with rage, "Grr! I swear if he tries anything on my sister, he's gonna-"

BEEP! BEEP!

A familiar sound cut her rants off short and in time, "Huh?" As they all looked on their devices they widened their eyes at what they saw.

"A dinosaur here!?" Max gasped in alarm before the sounds of panicked screams and cries for help echoed at the further side of the park, where everyone else was turning to look out of curiosity.

"It's nearby too!" cried Cera upon hearing a bellow in the direction the screams came from too.

Zoe then clenched her hand into a fist in anger, "I bet it's the alpha gang, it can't be anyone else!" she yelled before becoming concerned, "But that means Reese is-" in her mind she began worrying over Zander using Terry about to eat a defenceless Reese who fell on the ground running away, Spiny who was dragging her down into a watery grave or Tank about to squash her with her tail while he laughed out loud maniacally! "Quick! We've got to go now!" She yelled to her teammates as they nodded firmly with her in agreement.

"Right!"

"On the double!" Rex and Max nodded as the 4 kids charged in the direction of the screams.

Further off, Ed had just came out from the snack stand carrying a load of treats in his hands which included popcorn, corndogs and cotton candy. "Hehehe! Now we're talking!" he chuckled greedily to himself as he poked his head through his snack load as he began turning around looking for any sign of Zander or Reese, having lost them after being distracted by food, "Now where did they go off to? They couldn't have gone far…" he muttered to himself as his eyes scanned his surroundings hoping to pick up a trace of either of them, only to come up with nothing much to his disappointment. "Oh well…at least I get to spend time with you guys." He said looking on the bright side at his one true love, food! His mouth began to drool as he began to think over which he should try first, so many snacks so little time, maybe he should take them all in at once!

He was about to do that when he heard a blinking sound coming from his pocket, "Huh?" Dropping all his goodies on the ground to free his hands he reached into his pocket to take out his alpha scanner which was glowing red. "Whoa a dinosaur! Talk about a lucky score!" he grinned seeing it was nearby. He then remembered what he was doing earlier as he looked out feeling conflicted, "But Zander….." he quickly shook it off knowing what took priority, "Nah, he can take care of himself, first thing's first!" He then dialled on the scanner to call for backup, "Hey Ursula! Come in-" His voice came out from the other scanner in his other pocket, which snapped him back to reality as he recalled what happened earlier, "Oh yeah right….." he sighed deeply, "Sigh…guess it's on me today…." he muttered at the end before trotting off in the direction the dinosaur detector pointed him in.

Just as he left the premises, Zander stumbled in, with the front half of his body leaning forward as if he was in despair or very weak and unmotivated himself, "Oh what am I going to do….because of me my angel's gone….spirited away and never to return….." he whimpered wallowing in self pity and in his insecurities over his failures. Suddenly the sounds of bellowing and screaming woke him up from his fuzz, "Huh? What the?" as he turned to see a number of people running out fleeing in terror from something no doubt, "Ah! That sounds like trouble!" he gasped before scrunching his face in realisation, "But that's where my angel went!" He then pointed out to the sky firmly with strength and confidence, "Never fear! Your knight in shining armour is here to save the day!" he declared as he ran off towards the chaos without fear or any sense of caution at all.

(Meanwhile)

At the sight of so many people screaming and running about around them, the 3 pawpawsaurus grew increasingly agitated as they barely managed to move or step around without realising at the last second they were going to squish a person! The situation was so bizarre that the youngster cried out in a fright as it ran off, splitting away from its parents much to their alarm as it bulldozed over several stands and stalls in a panic! The parents cried out wanting it to come back but the screams of so many people blocked out their cries to it, and the people running around screaming their heads off kept them from going after their child!

"EEEEK!"

"It's going to eat us!" Cries of terror echoed through the park side as the bonds of love were being tested for many couples present, both young and old. While some held on to their partners refusing to let go of them, others were not so lucky.

"Get out of the way!" A man yelled shoving some others aside leaving his date behind!

"H…Hey! Are you just going to leave me!?" she cried out offended before noticing the male pawpawsaurus was stumbling by and about to squash her underfoot! "WAAAAHH!" she screamed a she scurried away before the foot stomped on the ground and leaving a huge crack in the ground!

Meanwhile Ed had ran in on the scene seeing so many people running and screaming for their lives. He smirked seeing he was on the right track, and then saw a pink tail sticking out from behind some bushes near a park bench, "Aha! There you are!" He cried out pointing at it, his voice startled the young dinosaur as it quickly abandoned its hiding spot and barked out at Ed defensively, while he stared back at it curiously, "Huh? A pawpawsaurus? Didn't the brats get that one from us a while back?" he asked himself wondering how this was possible before he shrugged his shoulders, "Oh what difference does it make, I've got myself a dinosaur to wrangle and I know just the dino for the job!" he said grinning eagerly as he took out a card and an alpha scanner, "Alpha slash! Blaze Tyrannosaurus!" Terry soon appeared on the field, stomping on the ground and roaring ferociously, as the skies turned multicoloured in the battlefield! People further off who could see his massive red build widened their eyes and ran off in a panic!

"Ehehehe! Gotcha now!" Ed grinned as Terry lowered his head towards the terrified baby dinosaur and snorted in front of it, as it cowered against the corner of the wall, scared stiff, but not before letting out a cry of help! A cry which echoed across the field and was soon picked up by its parents, which were nearby as they both turned around and started barreling towards their child!

As it continued to cry for help, Terry halted his advance at the last second, before gazing upon the helpless baby dinosaur with sympathy….as it curled up defensively and barked out in a futile defiance he couldn't help but be reminded about how Cera had taught him to stand up for the weak, now….he couldn't bring himself to harm to such a young dinosaur as he took a step back.

Ed couldn't believe his eyes as he stared speechlessly for a few seconds before yelling out in frustration, "Wh…What are you waiting for Terry!? He's right there for the taking! So get him already!" he yelled out impatiently. Terry looked to Ed again unsurely and then back to the pawpawsaurus a few times, unable to decide what to do, for he knew no matter what choice he made he'd come to feel some kind of regret on the inside later on. He didn't have to worry much about making a decision for long though, as the vibrations surged through the ground and the stands around them shook violently as the earth trembled! Looking around Terry tried to pinpoint where it was coming from till he focused in a single direction, to see a large dust cloud approaching in fast ahead!

"Huh? What's that?" Ed muttered as he put a hand over his eyes for a better look.

To his and Terry's surprise, the 2 adult pawpawsaurus barged into the scene, bulldozing over several stands and trampling over them as they took positions in front of their young, with the mother holding back to shelter it while the father stepped forward and bellowed defensively at Terry who took a step back started by the unexpected arrivals!

"Gah!" Ed gasped jumping back a bit before slowly chuckling nervously, "Er….Hehehe, 3 dinosaurs for the price of one? Looks like my lucky day!" he snickered trying his best to act tough, "Go Terry! Take them all down!" he cried out punching his arm forward. Shaking his head clear of doubts, Terry roared out loudly as he charged ahead to meet the male pawpawsaurus in a head on fight!

It was at that point the male shone a bright rainbow colour and bellowed out, calling his mate to take a stand beside him. Together they leaned in and kissed, generating a gigantic pink energy heart to shoot out towards Terry!

"WHA!?" Ed's jaw hung in disbelief at what he was seeing! Terry widened his eyes as he realised he was charging straight into an attack, and what's worse his momentum kept him going and he was unable to stop, slow down or turn around in time as the heart hits its mark! He roared in pain as several other hearts erupted from the big one before falling down forward and collapsing on the ground, the impact causing the other hearts to fly out in separate directions! "GAAAAH!" Ed screamed as he jumped into some bushes unwilling to let even a single one hit him! Meanwhile the hearts began to spread around the park, hitting their marks on several people who were still in the vicinity, either hiding, fainted or still hadn't managed to escape yet as they began to glow in pink energy while crying out loud with the surge of energy flowing through them!

Reese soon stepped out from the washroom nearby the battle, the noise having caught her attention as she stepped out to investigate the cause, "What's going on out here?" She then widened her eyes to see a stray energy heart was shooting straight towards her, "AH!" she gasped as she froze in place and she widened her eyes unable to move in time as the heart quickly enveloped her in pink light! "AAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed out loud as she felt a surge of energy course through her! So much that she eventually collapsed on the ground and fainted!

Nearby, Zander was running in a straight line when he heard the scream much to his alarm, "That voice!" he gasped before gritting his teeth, rushing on determined to find and protect his darling angel from whatever dinosaur was wreaking havoc on this beautiful day, and ruining the date he worked so hard to plan! Coming to the open area he widened his eyes to see Reese lying down by the restrooms, "Gah! Reese!" he gasped as he rushed over to check her. Before he could examine her more thoroughly, a bellow nearby made him look up and he turned pale and cringed to see 3 pawpawsaurus were facing off against a downed Terry! "Uh oh, looks like a battle!" he gulped before looking down at Reese who was still breathing thankfully, but unconscious, "This is no place for an angel like you to be!" he said scooping her up into his arms like a princess carry. Mustering all the energy he had in his arms he quickly ran out of the area, taking Reese with him to a much safer place to wait out the battle, "And we're out of here!"

As they disappeared from the scene, Ed popped out his head from the bush as he looked around cautiously, checking the coast to make sure it was clear, "Is it safe to come out now?" he asked himself as he looked back, widened his eyes in shock at what he saw next, "Gah!" Terry stomped his foot as he forced himself up to his feet though groggily! As he opened his eyes he then widened them as all 3 pawpawsaurus suddenly glowed rainbow in unison! They all then lined up and leapt into the air, grabbing onto one another's tails before forming a perfect circular wheel with heir own bodies! They spun rapidly, coating themselves in several pink energy hearts before rushing forward, grinding away at Terry's back as he roared out in pain! He tried his best to hold his ground but eventually the continued shredding by their spikes and the force of their armoured bodies pelting him repeatedly caused him to give out as they sent him flying back over Ed's head!

"Oh no Terry!" Ed cried scrunching up his face in horror as the red tyrannosaurus landed hard on the ground! He tried to get back up again but soon gave in to fatigue as he collapsed on the ground losing consciousness and returning to a card! "I've got you!" Ed cried as he ran out of the bushes and snatched the card on the ground. Looking back to see the pawpawsaurus family bellowing and barking triumphantly before waddling away, completely disregarding him seeing the danger to have passed. Ed gritted his teeth and shook a fist at them with spite, "Grr! This isn't over! You hear me!?" he yelled cursingly before realising something else that was off, "Huh?" As he looked around he saw several couples get together unexpectedly, as they gazed into each others' eyes as if they were completely head over heels for each other! "Wh…What the…?" he gulped uneasily.

"Will you go out on a date with me?" A young man asked as the woman nodded eagerly with joy.

"Oh of course I will!"

"In fact let's get married right this instant!" The man then asked as his date grinned and nodded with excitement.

"Oh yes! Yes! Yes! I do! I do!"

Around Ed came the sights and sound of young couples filled with young love as they were bathed in a pink aura of hearts and energy, "You're my sweetie pie!"

"You're the apple of my eye!"

"Honey bunny!"

"Smoochy poo!" Came various sweet talks and compliments between couples, some of which seemed to have huge age differences between each other too!

The scene was far too much for Ed to handle as some of them even began to hug or kiss each other with passion as well, "Yeesh….creepy…." he shuddered feeling weirded out. As much as he once hoped for love himself, he didn't want anything like that to happen to him, it'd be too much for his pure and innocent heart to take. "I'd better hightail it outta here because things get even weirder….." he thought to himself as he quickly ran off, not wanting to take any chances before one of those crazed love puppies might come after him!

(Later)

"Urgh….my head hurts…." Reese groaned as she slowly came to her senses. As she did she cringed hard as a surge of pain coursed through her head, and she wasn't quite sure how it happened to her. She would've thought about it a little more, had not a familiar voice suddenly called out to her in relief.

"Oh thank goodness you're awake!"

"H…Huh?" As she opened her eyes and her vision became clear, she came face to face with a relieved Zander, who had her resting on his lap on a nearby bench after having brought her to safety out of harm's way. "Z…Zander? Wh…What happened?" she asked as she looked around to find herself near the ferris wheel of the amusement park. "And…how did I get here?"

"Oh, I found you knocked out nearby the washroom just now, next to a really big and nasty dinosaur too!" Zander answered her before helping her sit up on her own, "But don't worry, you're safe now and that's all that matters."

Reese then blinked her eyes in surprise at his words, "Wait so…you saved me from the dinosaur?" she asked feeling somewhat amazed and in awe.

In turn, Zander blushed rather red feeling sheepish as he scratched the back of his head, "Well in a way you could say that haha…." he chuckled feeling proud of himself before clearing his throat and becoming normal again, "But really it's no big deal, you saved me once in the desert so now we can call it even haha!"

As he finished, Reese for some reason began to feel her heart thumping hard against her chest, as if she had a deep longing for the man who saved her life! She couldn't explain how or why, but she could feel her own body heating up warmly and her eyes began to glisten as she began blushing a deep red herself! "Oh Zander…." she breathed in a tone which made the man feel slightly concerned.

"Umm….Reese?" He then asked uneasily taking her sudden signs as being ill, "Are you okay? You're not sick are you?"

"Oh Zander….." Without warning she suddenly reached in and wrapped her arms around him in a close hug!

Her sudden actions caught him by surprise and he flabbergasted, "H…Huh!?" Unable to respond or think properly he could only stare at her speechlessly and do nothing as she hugged him closer and tighter to her! "Wh…What are you….Wha!?"

She then looked into his eyes filled with excitement and happiness, "My hero…..no…my guardian angel." she breathed as Zander began to sweat anxiously.

"G….G…Guardian angel!?" he exclaimed as he tried to wrestle his way out of her grip, "R….Really it's nothing!" Before long he began to enjoy her being so close to him so he gave up on resisting her, and decided to just roll with it, "But still does feel nice haha….."

"Hey Zander?" she then asked him in a sweet soothing tone.

"Ah! Y…Yes?" he then gasped as she suddenly leaned in on him directly till she could look at him in the eyes, "GAH!?"

"Can I ask you for a lit-tle favour?" she asked as she began twiddling his chest playfully with her finger.

The sensation was so new and unexpected, he felt his own temperate rise up a couple of degrees as he began sweating profusely from excitement, "S….Sure of course! Anything you want!" he said heating up while his heart began to race.

She then looked into his eyes, "Would you mind….singing me that wonderful love song you did for me the first time we met?" she asked him as his heart skipped a beat at her most unexpected request, "I hope it wouldn't be a problem would it?" she added at the end with sad puppy dog eyes, which were more than enough to win the hearty man over.

"Oh why….why certainly not! It would be my honour!" he said without hesitation as he stood up straight and cleared his throat, "Ahem!" Doing a few spin dances he then let out every ounce of passion from his soul, "Oh my angel! I love my dinosaur! But when I look into your eyes I think I love you moooore!" he sang at the top of his lungs with passion and pride, "Be my jurassic valentine! Falling deep into your eyes! I love the way you archeologize! Angel stay with me forevermore! And love me like your dinosaur!" He concluded striking a pose at the end.

"Oh that was just beautiful." Reese applauded before clapping her hands together and smiling lovingly at Zander, "I hope you would consider doing an encore." she then asked hopefully.

The man then blushed bright red and he grinned eagerly with excitement, "Oh why certainly!" he bellowed out before doing the same thing again with the intention of pleasing his angel.

While they did that, they were unaware that further off on the outskirts of the park, the 3 pawpawsaurus were making their way through the downtown area of the city, heading for the river bank hoping to find water and food. Unbeknownst to everyone, they were also giving off an aura of rainbow light and heart energy which was sweeping through the streets, covering over people who were unaware of it or couldn't get away in time, as they soon got back up and fell in love dreamily to the first person they locked eyes with!

(Meanwhile)

As the D team ran to another area of the park, the skies soon retuned to normal signalling the end of the battle and bringing disappointment to them, "Oh no the battlefield's gone now…." Max grunted in annoyance that they lost the trail.

Rex narrowed his eyes at the only explanation there could be, "Guess that means the alpha gang beat us to the dinosaur." he said seriously.

"Great….just what we don't need," Zoe muttered, "They're always doing what we don't want them to do."

Cera then placed a hand on her shoulder hoping to bring in some words of encouragement, "Well there's always the chance that they failed right? Hopefully the next time we see it the dinosaur's worn out and easier to capture to." she said hoping they'd look at things on the bright side.

Zoe thought about it for a bit before sighting with her, "Let's hope so," she said before looking around, "And hopefully we find it quickly before-" Suddenly she caught sight of something she didn't thought possible. In an instant her heart skipped a beat and she turned pale like a ghost before screaming out at the top of her lungs, "GWAAAAAAH!" she cried before fainting on the ground!

Her friends quickly turned to her in alarm, "Huh!?"

"What is it Zoe!?"

They asked as they helped her sit back up and she opened her eyes weakly.

"Did you see the dinosaur!?" Rex cried out to her up front.

She shook her head to Rex's question, "No…something…way worse….and scarier!" she cried out as she pointed ahead.

"Huh?" They all then followed her finger and looked, "What are you talking abo-"

Soon they all widened their eyes and their jaws dropped in bewilderment at what she saw, "HUH!?"

"EH!?"

"SERIOUSLY!?"

Ahead of them, was Reese and Zander, smiling and laughing together like they were having the best time of their lives ever. And what's worse, they ere actually close to each other, holding hands….The sight was something that none of them thought would ever happen, and yet…it did….as the world was flipped upside down before them.

"Is that-"

"They're holding hands…." Max and Rex mouthed out with unblinking eyes.

"I see it….but I can't believe it…." Cera muttered feeling stumped of the first time in her life. Everything she thought she knew about Reese, now was flushed down the toilet…..

"I must be in a nightmare…." said Zoe weakly as she turned pale and life seemed to fade from her eyes, "No way…..Oh poor Reese what happened to you….." she whimpered falling on her knees and forward, drowning in a pit of despair and her soul seemed to have left her body for good. As the couple passed on by them, Zoe quickly regained her senses and flared out with beastly red eyes and a mad aura around her! "That snake….he must have drugged her! That's the only explanation! Big sis would never do what she's doing right now!" she growled clenching her hand into a fist before smashing it down into the ground, causing it to crack under the force she exerted!

"Gah!"

"WHOA!" Her friends jumped in shock and backed away from her, as Zoe began to breathe deep and heavily, he4 fingers itching to grab hold of a certain man's neck and snap it like a twig! "If you even think of getting close to sis I'm going to pulverise you!" she hissed immensely as Cera, Rex and Max huddled together worriedly for their lives, as well as for what she might do to Zander or Reese even!

"I don't know if she's joking or not…." Max sweated anxiously.

"Let's not stick around a second longer." Rex as he turned pale like a ghost too.

Slowly Cera ushered them to tiptoe away carefully and put as much distance between them and the ticking time bomb that was Zoe, "Yeah, let's hightail out of here and-"

"Come on team, we're going to put a stop to this right now!" Zoe yelled as she turned over to them in a flash, and throwing their plan to get away out the window! For her sneaking around and watching from afar was out of the question, now this was personal!

"W…Wait, what about the dinosaur that's still on the loose?" Max then asked anxiously.

"Dinosaur! Schminosaur! We can deal with a dinosaur anytime! Saving my sister from that….that…..disgusting slime ball comes first!" Zoe retorted much the dismay of the others, even if it was to protect her sister she was definitely pushing it if she was going to completely disregard the wold dinosaur on the loose.

Rex then raised his hand out offering a suggestion, "Umm….How about we split into teams and we-"

Zoe then shot a fierce glare which silenced her, "Oh no you don't!" she growled as she reached out and grabbed them both by the collar! "You're all coming with me! I'm not about to let my snuggle up to that creep like a shameless hussy! And you guys are going to help me!" she hissed as she dragged the 2 boys with her like a mother with her naughty children.

"H…Hey you're stretching my collar!"

"You're…choking me!" They cried out loud as she struggled to pull away from her but to no avail. Cera was about to try and sneak away, but that plan turned to a bust when Zoe suddenly focused her attention on her!

"You too Cera! NOW!"

Sweating nervously and not wanting to test her patience, Cera cracked in defeat seeing she had np other choice now, "Y…Yes ma'am….." she said as she followed them after Reese and Zander.

Not far away, Ed had actually stumbled upon Zander walking together with Reese, and he was eying them through his binoculars from behind a corner, "I'm impressed Zander, I didn't think you'd be able to win her over that easily." he whistled impressed, having underestimated his capabilities, maybe he ought to ask him for tips on how to win over the ladies next time. Taking out his alpha scanner for a moment he saw the signal stating the pawpawsaurus were still not eh move, "Sure those dinosaurs are still on the loose….." looking at it and then at Zander up ahead, he then shook his head deciding on what he really ought to do first, "But as his best friend it's my job to see this through for him first!" he announced firmly as he trotted off after the couple while remaining hidden from sight.

The pair soon stopped by the tunnel of love, which was a small river like ride going through a dark tunnel where the entrance flashed with a bright heart shaped light show, and couples sat inside white swan shaped boats which were carried along by the man made currents through a dark magical experience inside where both sides could enjoy being close to one another the entire trip. The perfect place for every dating pair to try out on, and a big must in Zander's book as they stood before the entrance booth to the ride.

"Here we are my dear angel." he said showing off the lovely and flashy attraction to his date, "The perfect ride for young couples! It even says so on the sign there." he then said pointing out at the sign depicting a man and woman closely hugging one another in the swan boat while surrounded by many cupid angels flying around them.

Reese then looked to him feeling rather nervous, "A…Are you sure Zander? It's just so dark and spooky inside too." she said feeling worried and concerned.

He then grinned in confidence before holding his head up high, "Never fear! I Zander shall be here to protect you at all times! You can count on me!" he boasted out loud with much bravado.

"Oh hearing you say that makes me feel that much safer…." she then said with a bright smile which further fed Zander's ego.

"Hahahah…." he chuckled feeling proud of himself as they went past the turnstiles and then went into a boat which made its way slowly into then dark tunnel.

Before long the D Team just managed to arrive in time to get a glimpse of both Reese and Zander go in through the tunnel only to be swallowed up by the darkness inside, "No! He's got Reese! We have to go after them!" Zoe cried out in worry.

"But it says couples only Zoe…." Cera pointed at the sign which was marked by a big red highlight on it. Moving in closer to read it, Zoe's eyes narrowed and she scowled at it, finding the tule to be rather ridiculous and unfair.

"Yeah, just how do you plan on going in there anywho?" Rex then asked. He was soon about to regret asking, as the pig tailed girl then looked behind to the 3 of her friends carrying a rather mischievous smile on her face which made them all gulp nervously.

"Wh…Why is she looking at us like that?" Max asked as she started walking towards them.

"I don't know and I don't like it already…." Rex croaked as he took a step back.

Meanwhile on Reese and Zander's end, the couple rode along the dark halls of the tunnel which soon began to lit up with various pink shaped hearts or outlines of cupids too, with smoothy jazz music being played in the background to try and make the atmosphere more romantic for the pairs participating in the tunnel ride.

"See this isn't so bad Reese, nothing to worry about." he said to her as he put an arm around her shoulder to comfort her.

"Oh but it's still pretty dark…." she then said before suddenly latching onto his arm tightly! "Hold me close will you?" she asked looking into his eyes as he squealed out loud!

"WHA!?" He could feel his heart beating against his chest and slowly bullets of sweat were trickling down from his forehead all the way along his back too, unable to find the right reaction or response to this! "What the heck's going on here!? Why's my angel clinging onto me like it's for dear life or something!?" he screamed to himself in disbelief while feeling the words being taken out from his mouth and leaving him speechless, "This can't be real! Is this a dream!? Yes that's it! This is all a dream! Maybe Dr Z will yell at me and I'll wake up!" he thought to himself inside his head, hoping it was a dream and at the same time hoping it wasn't.

Noticing him to be spacing out, Reese then spoke up to him with concern, "Zander?"

"Eh!?" he jumped in surprise at the sound of his name being called. Looking down he blushed red and became deeply flustered as Reese continued to nuzzle playfully against him!

"I'm sorry, but I feel I really need to be close to you," she said looking up to him scared, "The dark can be really scary, you don't know what's lurking out there and I need a big strong man like you to protect me." she said as she rested against his chest and leaned on him much to his dismay and chagrin!

"I…I…I…." he croaked weakly and began to sweat with anxiety, especially when she looked up at him in the eyes.

"Is something wrong? You're sweating profusely and you're breathing heavy." she asked with concern before putting a hand on his forehead, "Are you sick? Do you have a fever?"

"Gah…." his jaw hung speechlessly as several dirty thoughts began to run through his mind and it took every ounce of self control and mental discipline he had to fight against them.

Oblivious to this, Reese continued to make further advances on him as she edged closer and closer, "Because if you are I can take care of you, I am a doctor after all. Well technically an animal doctor but I'm sure I can nurse you back to health too." she said at the end with an angelic smile.

The thought of it made him gulp nervously at the thought of her being his personal nurse in bed, feeding him grapes and taking his temperature for him. He grinned cheekily to himself at the thought of such a dream, "Ehehehe….."

Seeing his face was nearly drenched, "Here let me get that for you." she then said reaching into her pocket and taking out a handkerchief which she then used to pat him dry, "There doesn't that feel better?" she asked with a bright smile as he then blushed a deep red feeling he was indeed in heaven.

"Well if this is a dream, don't wake me up…." he thought to himself before fainting!

As he fell unconscious, Reese widened her eyes and cried out in concern, "Zander!? Oh what's wrong!? Are you alright!? Say something!" she wailed with teary eyes as she leaned in closer to him for a better look, "Speak to me! Zander!"

Right behind her, Zoe was spying on them using her special zoom in goggles which were pretty handy in the dark, but what she saw them was beginning to push her even further one the edge as she snarled viciously, "Grrr! Why that slick talking weasel….." she growled while gripping onto the neck of her swan boat, which was slowly beginning to snap!

Max shuddered at her immense strength as he sat nervously next to her, if she could do that to a piece of wood, there was no telling what she might do to a human neck! Paralysed with fear, he said nothing if it meant he'd keep his neck from getting wrung.

Behind them, Cera whistled nervously as she looked away from Rex as they sat in the next boat together, "I feel awkward sitting in this…." Rex said as he tried his best to ignore the fact that this was a ride for couples and Zoe pretty much forced them into these pairs against their will, and also at how awkward it was to convince the man at the front to let them in since he saw them as rather young to be dating already.

A little further off, as Zander and Reese's boat passed by, a snorkel tube popped up and squirted out some water, as Ed surfaced from underneath. Usually he was afraid of water but the boat ride had a rather shallow depth so he could wade in just fine, "Man why does Zander have all the luck with the ladies?" he pouted feeling jealous before feeling something coming up behind him. "Eh?" As he looked around he widened his eyes to see the next swan boat coming straight for him! "WAH!" he cried waving his arms out before it smashed right into his face and scuba mask before he sank to the bottom like an anchor!

BANG!

Glub…Glub….

(Later)

After that, Reese and Zander were standing before a theater which had been set up for the famous play Romeo and Juliet, where many couples were already going in to witness the reenactment of one of the greatest masterpieces of all time. The sight of the many people entering made Reese's heart flutter with excitement as she breathed deeply with joy and peace, "Oh Zander that looks lovely." she said before looking at him pleadingly, "Can we see that?" she asked him as she flashed a set of puppy dog like eyes at him which he couldn't say no to.

"W…Why of course! Anything for you!" Zander chuckled in agreement as Reese smiled back in relief.

"Oh you certainly are the sweetest." she said snuggling up to him as he blushed red and laughed out loud in pleasure.

"Ahahahaha!"

As the D Team ran into view, with Max, Rex and Cera panting with exhaustion after Zoe had dragged them all over the park while tailing Reese and Zander, she could only just see their 2 targets just enter the theater room past the entrance, "There they go guys! After them!" she pointed out, but no one responded to her, "Hmm?" Turning around she noticed that they were starting to sneak away, which made her puff up her cheeks crossly. "Hold it mister!" she growled as she then grabbed hold of Max by the collar once more!

"Wah!" Max croaked as he turned around nervously and froze when he came face to face with a sinister smile from Zoe, with plenty of evil intent behind it!

"Where do you think you're going?" she giggled before turning furious and making his blood run cold, "Don't forget! You're my date now come on!" she yelled as she began dragging him to the front of the theater entrance!

"B…But we're not even dating! Let me go cut it out!" Max cried as he squirmed about trying to break free but to no avail. Looking ahead to see Rex and Cera were still there, he then cried out to them pleadingly, "H…Hey guys! Help me please!" he wailed out desperately as they were his last hope.

Looking to one another and weighing out the risks of going through an angry Zoe to see him, and deciding it was;t worth risking their necks the 2 of them both smiled and waved to him in response, "Good luck Max!"

"You both enjoy yourselves now!" they congratulated as his jaw dropped in disbelief.

"Say what!?" he cried out loud as he shook his arms out, "You traitors! Wait till I get my hands on you!"

"Don't worry about a thing!" Rex replied to him encouragingly, "We'll be sure to get the dinosaur!"

"In the meantime you both have fun!" Cera added at the end as they turned around to leave. Unfortunately the 2 of them weren't about to get off as easily as they thought.

"You're staying too!" Zoe yelled out to them, her words making them freeze in their tracks seen there was no way out of it.

"Ugh…."

Inside the theatre room, as the play had just began, dozens of people had gathered inside the seats till they were nearly filled up to the brim and right now they began murmuring with one another over how it would go, some of them already tearing up at hoe emotionally moving the scene was to them. Girls crying tears of joy and sadness while their boyfriends either let them cry on their shoulders or handed them hankies to blow on.

Reese and Zander both sat in the middle of the audience as they saw the scene where Romeo was proclaiming his love to Juliet. "I'm so sorry to be taking you everywhere on such short notice." said Reese to Zander feeling somewhat insecure about herself being selfish, though fortunately for her the man himself was quite forgiving himself being a fool for love.

"Ahahaha! I…It's nothing at all!" he laughed waving his hand at her like it was no big deal, "Stuff like this is really no trouble at all! Besides, as long as you're happy, I'm happy and that's all that matters!" he said.

His words made Reese smile once more, "Oh Zander…." she said clapping her hands together before leaning against his shoulder a bit, which made him blush red and heat up once again for the umpteenth time!

"Wha!?" he gasped as she began looking directly into his eyes again,

"You're such a romantic you know that?"

"Y…Yeah you really think so?" he grinned nervously before scratching his head and looking away, "Hehehe…."

A few rows behind them, Zoe gnashed her teeth violently while gripping her chair's arms as she spied on them using her goggles. Every second that passed with Reese clinging onto one of their worst enemies ever made her desires to do something drastic grow even more so, "Grr! Reese would never go out to watch something like this! No doubt he poisoned her or something!" she growled viciously as her chair's arms began to crack slightly under the pressure she was exerting on them, "I swear that guy is really pushing my buttons…..the first I get I'm going to completely pulverise him!"

Sitting a few chairs beside her were Max, Rex and Cera, who eyed her carefully and saw her gaze seemed fixated completely on what was in front of her. Seeing what may be their chance, Cera looked to Max and Rex and nodded, giving them the signal, "Alright she seems distracted." they thought as she slowly got out of their chairs and began to sneak away from her, "If we're quiet enough maybe we can tiptoe out of here and-"

"You guys stay put." She suddenly grunted which made them freeze!

"Ack!" They croaked uneasily before instinctively sitting back down again.

"Seriously?" Max pouted crossly seeing they were so close to the doors yet so far too….

She then turned a bloody red glare at them which made their souls want to try and escape their bodies on sight, "If I see any of you missing from your seats, I swear I'll make you regret it the next time I see you, got it?" she hissed in a deep voice as they nodded with reluctance.

"Yes ma'am…." They groaned, finally giving up all hope of escape for good….

The play soon hit its' midway mark and Reese clapped her hands together feeling turned on by the mood the play was bringing in, "Oh this just lovely." she said as her eyes glistened brightly. While Zoe kept her eyes fixated on them both, and the rest of her friends bored out of their mind as Max and Rex had already fallen asleep and era was struggling to keep her eyes open, only waking up again after her head hit the back of her seat another time.

"Yeah…it sure is…" Zander replied finding it to be rather moving himself. Thinking about it both families were in a way like the Alpha Gang and the D Team, being hated rivals always at one another's throats, and the feud could possibly end at the hands of a romantic relationship between 2 of their members. He then shook his head worrying about the chances of him and Reese ultimately facing a horrific end, as a theatre usher stepped up to where they were seated.

"Your refreshments sir." he said handing Zander 2 cups of canned soda as well as a large box of pocky sticks, which was served instead of popcorn.

"Oh thanks." He said taking them out of the usher's hands and then handing Reese one of the drinks, "Here you go." he said passing it to her as she took it with gratitude.

"Oh thank you, such a gentleman you are." she said gratefully as she opened it and began drinking it.

As Zander did the same and began drinking out of his cup, he felt Reese tugging at his sleeve as he turned to look.

"Hey Zander?" she asked holding out her open cup to him, "Would you like to try some of mine?"

Zander nearly choked on his own drink and coughed out a bit before dropping his jaw, "Huh!?"

"I can't finish it, if you like you can have it." she asked flashing puppy eyes while hiding out her can to him.

Zander gulped down nervously, pondering over the fact that Reese really meant what she said about being unable to finish her beverage, or that she was aiming for something else from him, "Umm…err…." he replied anxiously while scratching the back of his head. He wanted to run away but his feet felt glued to the spot so he couldn't get away!

His delayed answer made her heart sink as she frowned, "Or do you not want it?" she said sadly as Zander stuttered uneasily, knowing he had to make an answer soon.

"I…I…"

"Ah!" Zoe widened her eyes in alarm as the rest of her friends sported mixed but equally worried and concerned looks on their faces.

"Oh boy…."

"I can't watch…."

"This isn't going to go over well…" They each said as Zoe waved her arms out frantically.

"No big sis! Don't do it!" she cried out before being hushed by some of the other people sitting near her!

As Zander stared at Reese's drink, paralysed by his inability to decide, Zoe then gnashed her teeth viciously and hissed under her breath, "You creep! You wouldn't dare!"

Hidden at the back after miraculously sneaking past the front, Ed remained tucked in and out of sight at the corners as he shook his fist out encouragingly, "Oh yeah Zander! You have her in the palm of your hand! Go for it!" he cheered inside his mind rooting for his friend to go all the way!

Looking to Reese's sad expression and the drink she held up to him, Zander gulped down hard as he tried his best to think rationally and logically as his heart began to race and many voices started screaming off inside his head, "Could she be setting me up for something?" He then grasped his head tightly and pulled his hair in frustration, "Argh! Why do women have to be so complicated!? I can't take this pressure!" he cried out using his inside voice before accidentally knocking the can out of Reese's hand! "Ack!" he yelped seeing the whole thing spill on the floor underneath his chair, much to his relief and Reese's disappointment.

"Aww….." she sighed sadly as she covered her mouth with her hand.

"S…Sorry about that….." Zander sighed at letting her down, though at the same time he was also relieved himself that he was able to make it out of that one unscathed.

"It's alright…." Reese pouted feeling disappointed that her advance tactic failed.

The D Team all let out deep sighs of relief at what may have been Reese's lucky break, "Phew thank goodness….." Cera breathed putting a hand on her chest on relief.

"That was cutting it a little too close for comfort." Max muttered leaving back in his chair while Rex just nodded.

"Smart move you creep, if you did take it I'd have stomped you into jelly."

Ed meanwhile rubbed his watery eyes painfully, "Waaah! How could you tease me like that!?" he whispered to himself feeling betrayed.

As the played continued on and neared its climax, the D Team each took turns in giving reasons to leave early, "Umm Zoe?" Mind if we…go outside for a bathroom break?" Max asked as she muttered back to him.

"Hold it in." she grunted without even turning to look, making Max click his tongue in frustration.

"Can I go stretch my legs a bit?" Cera asked.

"Deal with it." she replied.

"I can get us some refreshments." Rex raised his hand, before getting shut down like the others.

"No thanks, stay put."

"So much for that idea…." Cera sighed as the 3 of them lowered their heads and fell forward in dismay.

Eventually as the play was about to reach the final scene, Zander then lowered himself forward almost out of energy, having to fully recovered form his close shave just now and still in conflict with himself, "What is going on today?" he thought to himself wondering how things had gotten so out of hand and out of the blue. He then shook his head and smiled lightly, "Maybe I should worrying and just enjoy the moment. Yeah that's it! I always wanted my angel to return my feelings and here she is doing it now! I should be happy!" He told himself that he should be happy with how he was making his dream girl even if it did feel somewhat rushed and sudden, "Is it because I saved her from that dinosaur earlier that she's so grateful and all heads and heels over for me?" he then asked himself.

"Maybe I just wasn't prepared to go through with it all." he told himself after calmly as he took in a breath and let it out calmly, "I've got to calm down." As he said that though, Reese shifted her hand to move over his as he shivered nervously and gulped down, "Gah!" he gasped as he turned to look, seeing Reese was feeling more at peace and secure being by his side. "Oh get a grip Zander! It isn't like you to be all confused and all! You should be enjoying this!" he yelled to himself before looking down to see the box of pocky sticks inside, "Perhaps some snacks will help take my mind off things." he thought to himself as he took one out and began biting on it. As he looked back to his side to see Reese staring at him he then took another out and handed it to her, "You want one Reese?" he asked while still sucking on the one he already had.

Reese smiled as she shook her head, "Oh that's fine, we can just share." she said as she opened her mouth, "Aah." and then clamped it onto the other end of Zander's biscuit stick!

"EH!?" he gasped through his teeth as Zoe suddenly stood up from her seat and cried out loud!

"GAH!"

Max and Rex shuddered knowing this could only ned so badly, "Urk!"

"Oh dear…." Cera gulped realising this may could be the trigger to wha may be a Valentine's doom bringer about to befall them, as she nervously turned to Zoe whose aura was flaring up even more so with her sheer shock and spite!

As Reese began walking her lips up the pocky stick, Zander shivered paralysed with excitement and anxiety! He wanted to bite down on the biscuit and break it fast, yet for some reason he couldn't find the strength to do it! "What do I do!? What do I do!? This is like that scene from the comic books I was reading the other day!" he screamed to himself as Reese's lips neared making contact with his own!

Zoe, unable to take it a second longer finally snapped as she took out her dinoholder much to everyone's alarm, "Over my dead body!" she screamed taking out Paris' dinosaur card!

The rest of her teammates cried out to her, "Zoe wait!"

"You can't do that here!"

"Somebody stop her!"

"Is she nuts!?" Ed cried out in alarm as he bolted for the door without hesitation!

"NO! STOP!" Her friends all yelled as they jumped at her, but their cries and efforts came too late as she slashed the card!

"Dino slash!" A green light shone and Paris took full sized form as she let out a loud bellowing sound which shook the entire room!

ROAR!

Her appearance caused all the people inside to cry out in terror as they began running for the exits! "AAAAAHHHH!"

"It's a monster!"

"Run for your lives!" They all screamed out loud as they ran for their lives in the midst of Paris' rampage, as she charged around, knocking down the sets with her tail and head, as well as driving the actors off stage as she screeched loudly in her search for Zander and Reese!

As she let out a sonic screech from her crest it caused the entire structure to begin collapsing down on everyone! "WAAAAAH!"

"That creep's getting what's coming to him!" Zoe cried out in a blind rage, disregarding everyone else in the room, all that mattered to her was taking care of Zander once and for all!

Max and Rex were able to find each other despite the many people running about, pushing and shoving them aside but they managed to regroup outside as they fell to their knees panting in exhaustion, "Huff….You…okay Max?" Rex wheezed whole on one knee, looking at his friend who was on all fours as he looked up to him.

"Barely…." he breathed in exhaustion before turning around to sit on his butt. Looking ahead to hear sounds of roaring and smashing inside he hen gritted his teeth in frustration at how much Zoe had lost it this time, "Tch! I can't believe her! Is she nuts?!" He hissed as he sat up and began popping his knuckles having lost any sense of self restraint and patience himself, "She's gone too far now! I'm going in to stop her now!" Max grunted as he began marching towards the theater once again.

"I'm with you this time, she has to stop one way or another…." Rex huffed in agreement as he followed Max having all he could take from her shenanigans for one day. Friend or not, she had to be taught a lesson. Before they could take out their dinoholders and their cards, Cera suddenly ran out in front of them and waved her hands.

"Hang on guys! This might be your only chance!" she cried out to them hoping it would get them to stop, and luckily for them it did as they blinked their eyes in confusion.

"Huh?"

"What to you mean?" They both asked her.

She then eyed the seriously, "Right now may be your only chance to get away from Zoe, capture that dinosaur as soon as you can!" she said before hearing the sound of Paris roaring inside and turning around to look for a moment and then facing back at them, "Meantime I'll stay here and keep her occupied, maybe even throw her off your trail too!" she said, "So hurry and go now!"

"Urgh…." seeing there was no point in arguing a second longer, also realising that Cera was making more sense than Zoe did, Rex and Max both nodded at one another in agreement before looking to her with affirmation, "Alright, we'll leave you to take care of Zoe, we're trusting you!" said Rex to her firmly entrusting the with the task, as she nodded back at them.

"Also look out for Reese too if you can!" Max cried out, "We'll be back before you know it too!" he concluded, as they both ran off towards the direction which the dino detector pointed them in.

Cera then waved her hands out, "Please hurry, I don't know how long I can keep her busy, so come as soon as you can, maybe sooner!" she called out to them at the end.

(Later)

It was evening and many of the park's visitors were beginning to leave with their dates before it got dark, while the few remaining were hoping to watch the sunset together or to wait till night time hoping to catch some shooting stars under the sky.

Reese and Zander managed to meet up soon after, after Paris' unexpected appearance at the play theatre and ruining the entire show for everyone, and they were walking along the path near the riverside which had railings on the sidelines to prevent anyone from falling in by accident. As Reese came close to Zander, he grew increasingly flustered and short of breath as she tightened her grip on his arm and leaned in. "Wh…What's going on today?" he screamed inside his mind sweating like crazy while also turning red feeling all flustered and turned on, "Why am I so uneasy? I should be happy yet I can't feel it too." he then turned his head uneasily to Reese who was looking at him with glistening eyes and with a blushing red face too. "She just keeps staring at me, she'd never have gone this far before. Could she be sending me some kind of hint or message?" he thought to himself looking away and avoiding eye contact, his heart pounding hard and fast against his chest unable to handle his his warring emotions running wild within him, between self control and his excitement he gritted his teeth tensely as the 2 sides of him clashed heavily with one another!

"Zander?" she then asked as the man suddenly let out a gasp of air he didn't know he was holding in!

"Gah!" he choked before taking in a few quick breaths of air and then quickly turned to look at Reese before she could worry, "Y…Yes Reese? What's up my angel?" he asked her as she hung close to him and looked around them as people walked past or stood on the sidelines.

"When people see us, do you think they can tell we're a couple?" she asked him.

"Err…." he scratched his chin looking away, trying to think carefully how he could answer her properly without hurting her feelings while also remaining perfectly honest himself.

Reese however took his action the wrong way as she leaned in closer to him with sad eyes, "What's wrong? You don't want to be seen with me?" she sniffled.

Zander jumped in surprise at her words as he waved out his hands frantically, "N…No that's not it at all!" he cried out sweating bullets, "I didn't say anything like that! Ahahahah!" he then laughed nervously with a forced smile, which put a pure one on Reese's face much to her relief.

"Oh thank goodness!" she cheered clapping her hands with joy, which made him sigh with relief himself.

"Phew….for a second there I thought I was toast." he wheezed before taking a breather thinking the worst was over, unfortunately he couldn't be more wrong.

"Then it's okay if we get close like this right?" Reese suddenly asked as she wrapped her arms around him!

"GAH!" he gasped to his alarm as another rush of emotions flooded his mind, his heart once again pounded hard inside his chest, as if the ribcage containing it could crack and split open at any moment! Both form his heart and Reese's unusually strong grip on him! He steamed red before pushing her away as hard as he could with all his strength and determination, before managing to wrench himself free from her grip!

"Ah!" she gasped covering her mouth in shock that he was rejecting her. She was about to burst into tears when Zander spoke out to her.

"Reese, I'd actually like to make a….trip to the bathroom a bit," he said thinking up the first excuse that came to mind, "I'm all drenched and sweaty after today's events so I need to wash up a bit!"

"Would you like me to accompany you?" Reese asked pleadingly, clapping her hands together and staring at Zander with shining eyes almost like a puppy's! "I can help clean you up and give you a new set of clothes if you like?" she offered.

He tensed up feeling his heart could literally explode at any moment, as he yelled out at the top of his lungs, "N…NO! NO! I can do it myself!" he yelled declining her 'generous' offer as he turned and ran off as fast as he could, making sure to avoid eye contact with Reese, as she called out to him.

"Please come back soon!" her voice echoed to him as she put a hand on her own chest, feeling her own heart feeling light and warm, which made her smile a pure angel smile, though little did she know was that this smile of hers' wasn't 100% pure…

(Meanwhile)

"Alright, where did that slime ball go?" Zoe grunted stepping out from the theater entrance as she looked around her surroundings, her eyes piercing like a hawk's predatory gaze searching for Zander and her sister who was no doubt under some kind of love spell, after having realised they weren't inside anymore and they somehow slipped past her. It was then she soon realised she was on her own and her friends had all abandoned her, as she widened her eyes in disbelief, "And where did they all run off too!?" she exclaimed seeing even Cera had abandoned her too. Soon her anger was amplified a hundredfold, her hatred towards Zander combined with her frustrations at the disloyalties of her 'friends' as she fumed red and gnashed her teeth with fury! "GRRGH! Unbelievable! I can't even count on my own friends to help me with this emergency situation! Talk about unreliable!" she screamed her head off at the top of he lungs, so loud that people around her backed away nervously or pretended they didn't see her as they walked away cautiously.

She then began breathing deeply, her eyes reddened and she began popping her knuckles, "Guess that means I'll have to straighten them all out myself too, but first things first!" she then grinned maliciously as she begun plotting something diabolical, "When I see him, I'll have the pteranodons drop him off a cliff into a chasm of spikes, no, I'll have seismosaurus stomp him into jelly! No wait! The oviraptors should pelt him with rotten rock hard eggs!" she cackled to herself almost sounding like an evil mastermind, "Oh I just can't decide!" She suddenly widened her eyes in realisation, "Wait….maybe I'll just use them all at once!" she gasped before rubbing her hands together, "Hee hee hee! It's perfect, too perfect! It'll also serve as a warning to any man who even thinks of making a move on sis! And then-"

WHAM!

"OW!" She yelped as a sudden blow to the back from out of nowhere took her by surprise! Losing consciousness and her eyes turning blank white losing their pupils, she fell to the ground and face planted, while her fingers and legs still twitched with muscle spasms making her look almost dead!

Cera then stood above her, shaking her head in disapproval at her about to take things too far, "Ugh…That's it…." she mumbled as she grabbed her legs and began dragging her off, "We're going home now….." she said as she took her unconscious friend out of the park where she couldn't harm anyone anymore for the rest of the day.

(Meanwhile)

Zander gets away-says best day of his life, didn't think it would be fast but not complaining (About to confess and propose)

Further off in the distance, in an open area of the park, where some men were offering to take their dates home in a fancy ride back, Zander stopped by near a bench at a flower bed to catch his breath and still his racing heart over everything that had happened. It was far more than he could take, personally he'd prefer fighting dinosaurs than going through so many close encounters with his angel like that, made evident as he knelt down and placed a hand on his chest to catch his breath, "Phew….I finally managed to get away from her….as much as I love my angel even I can't take in so much of her at once…." he wheezed while still sweating rather profusely. "I didn't expect her to be so hasty like that, it's like she's an entirely new person from the angel who saved me in the desert a while back." he said as he stood up and looked back the way he came from, "Not that I'm complaining or anything, that doesn't change the fact that I'm finally having the date of my dreams! This is the best day ever!" he then cheered shaking off is concerns instantly and jumping up and down like an excited child ready to receive a new present.

He was so into himself and his blessed luck that he failed to notice someone had just walked up to him from behind the flower bushes he was at, "You sure are a lucky man huh Zander?"

"GAH!" Zander jumped in a fight before turning around to yell at the person who started him, "Don't do that!"

"WAAAH!"

Taking a closer look, Zander soon recognised the fat purple haired boy who had snuck up on him surprisingly well, "Huh? Ed?" he blinked unexpectedly as his friend was now lying on the ground after being startled himself by Zander's screaming..

"H…Hey there buddy…." Ed waved back at him nervously.

"What are you doing here?" Suddenly Zander began to suspect him of ill intent as he scolded hard at him, "Wait….don't tell me you were actually spying on me!?" he yelled as he leaned in and stared at Ed with a terrifying expression!

Unable to lie to Zander's scary serious face, Ed then held out his fingers together, "Err….maybe a little?" he laughed nervously.

Zander gained an angry tic make on his forehead as he grabbed Ed and pulled him up! "You've got some nerve!" he yelled out loud in close range of his face.

"GAH!" he screamed in a panic as the taller man stared at him with a menacing look!

"I don't know what your game is but I'm not about to have any of it!" he growled menacingly at Ed before shaking him violently, "Now fess up, what are you doing here or I'll feed you to Spiny when I get back home!"

"Gwaah! Okay I'll talk! I'll talk! Just stop shaking me!" Ed screamed as Zander loosened his hold on him and Ed managed to yank himself loose. After that he explained from the very beginning how he and Ursula were following his tail after his departure from Zeta Point, and then later there was a dinosaur that appeared not far from this area. Ed then mentioned how he tried to capture it but it got away from him so he had been trying to follow it but ended up losing its trail, only to find Zander actually scored a date with Reese much to his surprise. And after that he was following him since.

"I see….." Zander scowled at Ed folding his arms and tapping his foot while Ed grovelled down on the ground in begging dog position.

"Sorry for not telling you anything Zander," he apologised feeling a bit guilty for his actions, "I wanted to make sure you were okay, and seeing how much fun you were having I didn't want to spoil your little date too." he said, "Even though it really tears me up inside…" he thought to himself painfully on the inside over how Zander was able to get a date when he couldn't.

His friend fortunately forgave him with a light smile as he patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay Ed, at least you didn't do anything to mess up our date." he said before stretching his arms wide and jumping for joy like a lunatic, "In fact, it's been the absolute best! I've never been so happy in my life before! I feel like cupid's arrow has hit dead center of my heart and Reese's! It's as if fate had tied some sort of red thread of fate between us and our destinies are now intertwined with each other!" he sang as he skipped and danced about, making onlookers back away nervously from him, "I've had the best day ever and soon it may even be my best life ever!"

"Oh yeah that's right, good for you buddy! I'm so proud of you I could just cry." Ed praised him as he applauded his efforts too, even tearing up slightly like a parent to a child the just grew up, "Maybe we should be thankful that dinosaur played a little part in it too, now you both can be happy forever." he then stated rather carelessly, which brought Zander's happy parade to a sudden stop.

"W…Wait….what?" he mouthed weakly, feeling the world had just stopped still for him upon hearing those very words.

"Oh didn't I mention it yet?" Ed replied, "The dinosaur that showed up earlier was a shiny pawpawsaurus! To be precise 3 of them! In fact they used some kind of weird lovey dovey attack that made everyone else around them go all goo goo eyes for each other!" he said all excitedly and filled with energy. His news however seemed to make Zander lose his as the ugly truth became known to him, he said nothing as Ed continued to explain what he witnessed up close, "In fact that girl Reese, I think, was acting almost the same as they were, guess she must have got hit by a stray blast or something."

"I….see…." Zander croaked as he lowered his head down, inside emotions of conflict warred within him, as he began to contemplate over the day's events with Reese. It all made clear sense to him now….the Reese he knew would never act the way she did, she would never fall for him so easily like that, she was under the influence of the dinosaur….as much as he wanted to deny it, in the end all of that wasn't real….and now he felt his heart had been toyed with, as it slowly cracked apart inside him under the weight of betrayal.

"Some might think it's unlucky, but I call it super lucky!" Ed then cheered before elbowing him playfully oblivious to his true feelings, "Because now you'll have the best date of your life and after that-"

"No….I won't accept it." said Zander cutting him off much to Ed's surprise.

He blinked for a few seconds before dropping his jaw, "Huh!? Wh…Wha!?" he exclaimed in disbelief thinking is friend may have lost his marbles, "Have you lost it Zander!? Passing up this chance to get informa-I mean! You've got the girl of your dreams eating out of your hands, all yours and crazy over you like a lovesick puppy!"

"Yes, and that's why I can't do it." his friend said to him as he turned to him seriously. Looking down at himself and thinking it over carefully he then took a serious breath, "The love between us…isn't real….and right now….she isn't my real angel….." he mouthed out painfully at the truthful realisation, "As much as I love her, I don't want it to be like this, I want to win her over through my own effort and not by some trick. Maybe if it was any other day as part of the alpha gang….but not now….." he said, "I want her to love me back too for who I really am as well, not because she fell under a dinosaur's spell….." He then looked over to Ed who was eying him with concern and thinking over what he said and the choice he was making, "I'm sorry Ed, but I just can't go through with it like this…..I hope you can understand this much at least…."

"Zander….." Ed breathed feeling moved by his deep speech, and also filled with understanding over why he would believe that too. With that, he couldn't see any reason why he shouldn't support his choice or go against it.

"Go….I want you to take care of that dinosaur for good." he said to Ed as he looked away from him, "If it goes back into a card maybe she'll snap back to her normal self, and Reese can be my true angel once again….." he said with a painful smile.

Ed was about to walk away but he stopped in his tracks and looked back to him, "Are….you sure about this buddy?" he asked, to which Zander nodded back at him with a firm look on his face.

"I am." he said with a nod, "I may not be an expert on how to be a good date, but I do know what love is….and I want to show her that and set things right once and for all." he said as he began to walk away himself and smile lightly, "I guess I should be thankful for you telling me this Ed….before I realised the ugly truth of this when it was too late…." he concluded wanting to be honest with himself and Reese, otherwise he'd only be hurting them both.

Feeling touched himself Ed nodded and smiled back at his good friend, "You're a real man you know that Zander?" he said before grinning with a thumbs up at him, "You can count on me to get the job done! Your right hand wingman is on the case!" he said before running off somewhere else to look for the 3 pawpawsaurus that were still running loose somewhere.

As he left, Zander took a deep breath with a new clarity in his eyes as he looked up to the sky which was beginning to turn orange with the sunset, "Well Reese, it's time I became honest with myself….and showed you my true feelings!" he announced out loud as he headed back the way he came, ready to face the truth like a true man would.

(Meanwhile)

"We've got to be on the right trail Max." said Rex to Max beside him as the 2 boys were running tirelessly across the river bank which cut through the city.

"I hope we find it soon….ugh….I don't know how much more I can take…." Max groaned feeling sick, after what they witnessed earlier they knew they had to find the dinosaurs soon otherwise it could be the end of Valentine's Day and all of sure love before they knew it!

(Flashback)

Earlier after splitting off from Cera and Zoe, the 2 boys went over to the edge of the park where the dinosaur's signal originated from. When they got there they were greeted with a number of unsettling sights. Several couples present there were lost in love with one another, as if nothing else in the entire world meant anything to them except to be with the person they were lost in love with.

"I love you."

"No I love you."

"I'll do anything for you."

"No I'll do anything for you." They said to one another either standing near broken down stalls, sitting at benches or sitting at tables, before leaning in to one another and kissing passionately while embracing each other closely. The sight was something the 2 boys would only see in one of Zoe's romance movies which she forced them to watch against their will, but to see it up close in real life was far more nauseating to them as they turned green with churning stomachs ready to burst at any moment!

"Ugh gross…." Max moaned as he covered his mouth and his cheeks puffed up, doing his best to hold it all in before swallowing it back down uneasily.

"Yeah let's go focus on finding that dinosaur before things get…..I don't want to say it." Rex added feeling sick as the 2 of them covered their eyes and ran in another direction as fast as they could without looking back. Unfortunately for them, what they saw was merely the beginning of horrible things to come.

Before long they saw a rather crazed and horny punk teenager (in a hard rock getup with tattoos on his arms and ripped up clothing and a mohawk hairstyle) jumping up at a tree where a young girl was clinging onto for dear life as she kicked out at his face! "Get away from me you animal!" She cried in horror as her kicks from her high heels, along with her handbag slaps did little to nothing against the mad lust driven beast that was trying to get at her!

"AHAHAHAHAH! Come to papa!" he laughed maniacally as he got back up instantly after being kicked down the tree, seeing her efforts to resist him as playing hard to get!

"EEEEK! HELP MEEEE!" she squealed.

At another side, a young nerdy boy with glasses breathed heavily and deeply, gasping for air as he was backed up against a wall with a woman pressing against him while playfully tickling his chest with her finger, "Umm…sorry but I don't know you.…and this is all so sudden but-ah!" he was cut off as she leaned in to his face and she smiled rather mischievously as she eyed his face, or more precisely-

"Those freckles all over your face look so much like delicious chocolate chips…." she said rather seductively as she leaned in really close for his comfort, "Mind if I peck at them a bit?"

"I…I…well….uh…." The boy's eyes twiddled around in confusion and anxiety before he mustered all his willpower and strength to push her away from him! "Sorry I gotta go now!" he cried out loud running away as fast as his legs could carry him, leaving behind the flirtatious woman on the ground as she raised her arm out for him.

"Wait! What about my feelings!" she cried out tears of heartbreak, "We were meant to be together!"

As Max and Rex continued along their search for the dinosaur, best they could without paying too much attention to the fiasco around them, they soon came across far worse scenarios starting with a man eying dreamily at a young girl waiting by the bus stop while on her phone, "She's the girl of my dreams….." he said unaware his girlfriend was standing right behind him, and she was far from pleased at the words which left his mouth.

"Oi! How dare you!?" she screamed in anger as she used her handbag and swung it down on the man's head with all her might!

WHAM!

"OW!" he cried as he face planted on the ground, leaving a huge imprint of his body on the sidewalk!

"That's it we're through! Hmph!" she huffed bitterly stomping away while her ex-boyfriend twitched while still on the ground unconsciously.

At another end, a blond hunk man and a slim elegant woman were holding hands with each other while their secret crushes in the bushes, being a somewhat nerdy girl and average looking boy respectively, were crying their eyes out over having their partners of their dreams being in love with someone else, "Oh love how could you be so cruel!"

"Life isn't fair!" They each cried feeling devastated beyond belief.

Things got even weirder when a group of ladies had gathered around a single young man as they were arguing over who would get him, "Hands off my man!"

"No he's mine!"

"Get away from him you thieving cat!"

"Hmph! All's fair in love and war ladies!" They each yelled as they tugged at his arms or tried prying one another off, not that the man minded as he closed his eyes and laughed dreamily to himself at his blessed luck.

"Ehehehe….."

The worst of it all was when a young teenage girl in a frilly skirt was seen running away screaming her head off in a panic, "AAAAAHHHH! GET AWAY FROM ME!" The sounds of the ground trembling followed her, as a huge wave of crazed men and boys charged after her with love in their eyes!

"WE LOVE YOOOOOU!" Their voices echoed together as they charged relentless after her into he streets!

After seeing all sorts of scenarios that could only be found in anime series, Max and Rex didn't know what to believe anymore, "Man are we having like a love epidemic or what?" Max gulped nervously seeing so many different love related incidents around them before shivering, "I hope it isn't contagious….brr!"

Rex gulped uneasily, feeling worried about the thought too, before recalling something familiar about this, "Say…..isn't that what's going on with Reese just now?!" he cried out smacking a fist into the palm of his other hand, as Max widened his eyes.

"Hey you're right!" he gasped, "I'll bet it was the dinosaur that did this to these people! There can't be any other explanation!"

"A dinosaur being able to make people fall in love? That's new…..and really weird…." Rex mused before shaking his head and turning serious, "But yeah I agree, no way would Reese ever swoon over Zander like that….let alone any guy in particular." He said. While he knew the old Reese was strict and scary at times, in the end she was their Reese, and it was up to them that they get her back to normal before she does something she won't be able to take back. The same could be said for all the people who were infected by the love plague that surround them both now.

"Maybe if we turn the dinosaur back into a card everyone will go back to normal again!" Max assumed.

"I hope so, if not, we can at least save others from falling under anymore…ugh…love spells…." Rex muttered uneasily as he heard cries of heartbreak or maniacal laughter all around them, making the 2 boys feel more put off and uneasy, as well as reminding them of how serious this mission had just become for them.

"Yeah, who knows how messed up things will get if we don't stop it in time." said Max as they hurried along, following the trail of 'love' left out before them which the dinosaur had paved out, vowing to put a stop to this madness before things got even more worse than it was now.

(Present)

The 2 boys had pressed on for a long while, and they were beginning to tire after a long run ahead with nothing turning up, the sight of so many innocent people under the evil influence of false love and their desire to fix things kept them going for a while but even that was reaching its' limit as they were on the verge of returning home and trying again later. That was, until Max began to catch sight of something up ahead of them, "I think I see something up ahead!" Max cried as up ahead, 3 large figures were soon coming into view. As they got closer they couldn't believe I when they saw 3 dinosaurs together, "Whoa! Check it out!"

"Pawpawsauruses." Rex followed as they calmly observed from a safe distance, a large brown adult and another, an orange one of similar size, were drinking water from the river while the smallest individual, a pink one, was munching on some grass nearby from where they were.

"3 of them too. Looks like a family." Max noted as they observed the adults finish their drink before walking over to the youngster and nuzzling it gently, "Those 2 must be mother and father…."

The small pink one then barked and wagged its tail happily in response, "And that one must be the baby." Rex concluded. The mother then began digging in the ground and plucked out some roots she found inside before dropping them off near the baby. It then sniffed what she brought it before graciously eating it all in one gulp, while the father nuzzled his son and licked him affectionately, "Aww, they look so happy together." said Rex feeling quite moved by the scene.

"Yeah, they sure do….." Max nodded, smiling like his friend did, before it became replaced by a frown upon realising what they had to do, "But…if we leave them be they'll just end up causing more and more trouble for couples and families everywhere." he said before shuddering uneasily, "And we….wouldn't want Reese to stay all messed up as she is now right?" he asked as Rex's optimism vanished too.

"You're right Max…." he sighed heavily before looking up to see the mother pawpawsaurus pluck out some leaves from the bush before handing them over to the youngster as it began to munch on them, with the father observing them in the background, "I don't want to ruin a happy family moment but….we've got to do what we've got to do." he said knowing the right thing they had to do now.

Max then became conflicted and unsure, "But how are we going to fight them anyway?" he then asked Rex hoping he had an answer, "No way we can just charge in head-on like we always do right?"

"Good point there." Rex noted. He put a finger to his chin in thought, hoping to figure out the best solution to deal with the dinosaur family without having to resort to fighting and hurting the needlessly. Before he could think up such a plan, a familiar voice suddenly called out to the both of them and interrupted his train of thoughts.

"Then why not you just leave to me!" A voice echoed from above which made them look.

"Huh!?" They gasped to see it was none other than Ed, who stood above on a higher ledge ledge from where they were at, smirking at them while folding his arms!

"Hehehe!" he snickered looking down on them before sliding down it and placing himself between the D Team and the 3 pawpawsaurus who took notice of him, and became defensive and on alert.

"YOU!"

"Alpha gang…." said Max and Rex in frustration since he came to ruin everything.

"If you can't decide, why not just leave it to me then?" he said to them in a mocking tone before pointing to himself with his thumb, "I'm taking these 3 dinosaurs with me whether you like it or not!" he grinned taking out 2 dinosaur cards and an alpha scanner, "Alpha slash! Gush out Spinosaurus! Clobber them Saichania!" Spiny and Tank both appeared in full sized form in front of him and they roared out furiously raring for a fight! Their appearance startled the pawpawsaurus group as they looked up from their feeding.

The boys then narrowed their eyes in anger, "Oh yeah!?" Max growled clenching a fist and punching it out at Ed.

"Not if we have anything to say about it!" Rex followed as they both took out their cards and slashed them out.

"Dino slash!"

"Triceratops! Roar!"

"Carnotaurus! Blow them away!" As Chomp and Ace appeared in full sized forms they roared out at their opponents, who answered back with roars of their own! Both sides stared down as the skies turned multicoloured, while the pawpawsaurus family held back, the male urging his mate and young to get behind him as he remained on alert.

Ed knew as much as he wanted to go after the family of dinosaurs there was something he had to take care of first, "Spiny! Tank! Take them down!" he ordered as they both roared and lunged out at Chomp and Ace!

"Go Chomp! Protect those pawpawsaurus!" Max cried as the triceratops growled and charged ahead at Spiny!

"Get in there too Ace!" Rex commanded as Ace rushed in to deal with Tank!

As Chomp charged towards Spiny, the spinosaurus quickly used his large arms to hold Chomp back! He felt his toe clown scrape against the ground as the triceratops slowly began to push him back! He snarled and hissed in annoyance before deciding to assess the situation carefully realising the brawn was lacking he had to use brains. Looking carefully and calmly, he soon noticed a spot behind Chomp's frill he could take advantage of! He then loosened his grip and let Chomp thrust out only to sidestep it in time and then delivering a swift bite behind his frill, as his opponent roared in pain!

"No Chomp!" Max cried out in horror.

Tank swung out her tail but Ace swiftly dodged it by leaping out behind her before turning around and then snapping at her legs! She jumped back in time and then remembered a new move she had learnt recently as she quickly curled up into a spike ball and rushed straight at Ace catching him by surprise! The massive force combined with her hard armour and sharp spines felt like a huge spike mace being swung out at Ace's face as he was sent flying back and he landed with a hard thud on the ground!

"Ace!" Rex gasped in disbelief before seeing Spiny throw Chomp out to the side.

"Nice work you guys!" Ed cheered deeply impressed before taking out a move card, "Now take this brats! Shockwave!" Slashing the move, a veil of water erupted around Spiny which he then shot out at Chomp, causing him to be deeply submerged in all the water as he tried desperately to escape but to no avail! Seizing the chance, Tank roared as she spun around and swung her tail with full force, the club driving straight into Chomp's chest as he coughed out painfully and staggered back heavily battered!

"Oh no Chomp!" Max gasped as Rex widened his eyes speechlessly at what he just witnessed.

"Ah!"

"Hooray for teamwork!" Ed jumped up and down cheerfully as Spiny and Tank both roared out in triumph.

As Chomp struggled to get back up on his 4 legs, Ace rushed in to help him while Max held back and clicked his tongue, "Tch! Can't believe they got us like that." he hissed in frustration.

Rex narrowed his eyes, "Hate to admit it…but that was pretty good.…." he muttered, "When did they learn to fight together like that?" he then wondered. Rex didn't have much time to think about it though, as Spiny and Tank pressed their advantage without hesitation, as they rushed ahead towards Chomp and Ace for a full on assault! "Here they come again!" he cried as Max gritted his teeth and hardened his expression.

"Grrr….."

"Ahahaha! We've got you now!" Ed laughed snobbishly holding up his head and folding his arms, but his moment of glory was cut short when a loud bellow sounded behind him! "Hmm?" Looking behind he widened his eyes as the male and female pawpawsaurus began to glow brightly before leaning in and kissing each other, causing a huge pink heart of energy to form before it shot out straight towards Ed and the alpha dinosaurs! "What the!? WAAAAH!" he cried flailing his arms out as he jumped out of the way, as the heart struck Spiny and Tank both in the back causing them to roar in pain before crashing to the ground!

Max and Rex stared in disbelief at what they witnessed, as Chomp and Ace regrouped by their side and out of the firing lines.

"No way…." Max blinked his eyes speechlessly.

"They say love is the most powerful thing of all but I didn't think it could be used like that….." Rex breathed admitting that the move was quite impressive.

Ed however didn't share Max and Rex's admiration, as he gritted his teeth and clenched his hand into a fist spitefully, "Grr! That was just sneaky! You'll pay for that!" he yelled out shaking his fist before turning back to his dinosaurs who were groaning deeply and only just managed to regain their senses. "Spiny! Tank! Get back up and take those 2 down!" he demanded impatiently as they soon got back up on their feet.

"Get ready Rex, they're getting back up again…." Max warned as the 2 boys and their dinosaurs prepared themselves.

Luckily for them, Tank and Spiny were still rather dazed and shaky as they stood up uneasily and their vision was still rather blurry too, "Come on you guys! Get a grip on it! We cans till win this!" Ed shouted out at them as they groaned in a dazed manner, becoming slow and sluggish as each step they took caused them to stumble about.

"Looks like they're still under the after effects of that love attack Rex." said Max feeling relieved.

Rex then smirked, "Yeah, and now's our chance to take them by surprise!" he said to the brunette who grinned back at him.

"Yeah you're right!" he cheered in agreement as he took out a move card, "Lightning spear!" Max yelled slashing the card! Chomp surged with electricity as he rushed ahead fully charged as he took Spiny by surprise! Ramming him up into the air and spearing him with a huge jolt of electricity before tossing him back down to the ground! As Chomp landed on the ground without any trouble, Spiny crashed down hard, shaking and spasming with electricity before retuning to a card!

"Wah!" Ed exclaimed as his jaw hung out and he scrunched up his face.

Tank turned around slowly and groggily, too late to respond as Ace quickly rushed in front of her! "Now it's out turn! Mayfly!" Rex declared unleashing Ace's strongest move! The carnotaurus stomped the ground and roared before rushing towards Tank and disappearing in a blur before spinning around her and striking her from all angles in a flurry, causing her to collapse down to the ground in defeat before returning to a card!

"Awesome!"

"We did it!" The boys cheered in victory while Ed scrunched his face and pulled his hair in shock and disbelief.

"GAAAAAH!" he screamed before stomping his foot out in frustration, "No fair! No fair!" he cried out as he ran over to pick up both dinosaur cards, "I'll get you guys back for this! Make my words this isn't over!" he swore looking up at Max and Rex with spite before turning tail and running away!

"That takes care of the alpha gang." said Max with a smile seeing they were finished with one problem now.

"Now for the pawpawsaurus family." Rex added turning serious as the 3 dinosaurs growled agitatedly as they faced off against Chomp and Ace who roared back at them! The large male stepped forward and bellow aggressively as the female and baby held back behind him, which made Rex narrow his eyes firmly, "Looks like that one's the leader." he said.

"Maybe if we take him out the other 2 will be easier to handle." Max suggested, "Me and Chomp will take him, in the meantime you hold back the other two." he said to Rex who nodded back at him in agreement.

"Gotcha!"

Chomp roared as he lowered his head and charged straight into battle! The male pawpawsaurus bellowed as he rushed forward and head butted Chomp in between his horns as the 2 ended in a stalemate! Backing up the 2 dinosaurs rushed in at one another again, colliding in a tie once more before pushing and shoving at one another aiming to throw the other off balance!

The female and baby lumbered in hoping to back up the male, but Ace leapt in front of them blocking their way! He lunged forward and snapped at the baby, forcing it to back off a bit. Nevertheless he refused to back down and he barked out in defiance. Ace hesitated attacking at first, as he stepped back unwilling to cause the youngster any harm, only to be blindsided when the mother rushed in and struck him on the side sending him back a few feet! He roared in pain but dug in his claws as he gripped the ground and stabilised himself so he wouldn't fly off!

"Oh no…." Rex muttered uneasily as Ace roared out against the mother and baby pawpawsaurus who stood shoulder to shoulder against him! "Man, the baby's using himself as a shield to protect the mother while she goes in for the attack…." He noted knowing he didn't want to hurt the baby more than he needed to, so the mother would take advantage of his hesitation. He also had to admit the courage and bond both parent and child had with each other was a very strong weapon and wouldn't be easy to break, as the baby lunged in at Ace with mock charges, pushing him back while the mother kept trying to strike him from his side! He barely managed to dodge in time before he landed on the ground, only for both dinosaurs to surround him in a pincer attack! "Urgh…that's some teamwork they've got." Rex muttered seeing he was in a tight spot now.

"Guess a family that sticks together, fights together too." said Max having overheard him. Chomp however managed to get a lucky break as he was able to jump out of the male's way in time, before making it to his side and flipping him onto his back! "Alright I've got him!" Upside down and helpless, the male could only struggle in vain as Chomp began using his forelimbs to pound at the ankylosaur's soft underbelly repeatedly! "Keep them off my back a little longer Rex! We can win this yet!" Max called out to Rex who nodded back at him.

"I'll try!" He replied turning back to Ace who still had his claws full with the mother and baby pawpawsaurus circling him! The male then bellowed out a cry for help which made both dinosaurs turn to see him being attacked by Chomp! Angrily the female bellowed as she rushed ahead towards them, as Rex widened his eyes realising what she was attempting to do, "Ace stop her now!" he cried, but as the carnotaurus tried to chat after her, the baby jumped in his way, using his body to trip him up as he crashed down to the ground! "No!" Rex then turned to Max in alarm, "Max watch out!" he warned as the brunette looked.

"Gah!" He widened his eyes to see the female within seconds of reaching his partner! "Chomp behind you!" His warning came too late as the female pawpawsaurus knocked him away, seeding him flying across the field and slamming to the ground hard! "Oh no!"

"Ah!" The boys gasped seeing their opening had closed, as the female lowered her head underneath the male, using all the strength and determination she had she flipped her mate back right side up! He shook himself groggily before nuzzling his mate gratefully. The sweet moment didn't last long as they turned and focused their attention on Chomp, who was now vulnerable himself!

"Man that's some teamwork and trust they have…." Max muttered in annoyance seeing that Chomp's energy meter was reaching the red zone now.

Rex gritted his teeth in frustration before calling out to his partner, "Ace! Chomp needs some help! Back him up!" he cried. Responding to his call, Ace forced himself up to his legs and rushed out to Chomp's side. Unfortunately this proved to be an error, as the pawpawsaurus family all growled in unison while glowing rainbow!

"What are they doing!?" Max gasped taking a step back as the 3 dinosaurs quickly surrounded Ace and Chomp on 3 sides to their alarm!

"It must be another move!" Rex suggested, as they powered up with energy and charged ahead, delivering a triple sided head slam, crushing Chomp and Ace together as they roared in pain! Hearts also erupted from the impact as both dinosaurs slumped to the ground heavily battered!

Both boys gasped in shock at the triple play the dinosaurs did, "Ah! Chomp!"

"ACE!"

They gritted their teeth seeing the 3 dinosaurs were backing away, preparing to unleash another paw paw rush! As they glowed rainbow, they cried out desperately, "Ace get up quick!"

"You can do it Chomp! I know it!" They cheered on at the top of their lungs! Their eyes opened quickly, as their words reached their ears and hearts. Responding quickly in time they jumped out of the way in time as the 3 pawpawsaurus ended up crashing into one another! They then bellowed out in pain as they became dazed and disorientated!

"Alright! They're still in this!" Max cheered feeling hopeful as Chomp and Ace regrouped and roared out fiercely!

"Yeah, thank goodness." Rex breathed in relief before looking to Max, "Now let's show them a little teamwork of our own!"

"Mhmm!" Max nodded seeing they had the perfect opportunity right in front of them now, this time they won't miss! "Rex! You first!"

"Alright! Ninja attack!" Rex slashed the move and Ace rushed ahead splitting into 6 clones of himself as they quickly surrounded the 3 dinosaurs, striking out in many directions as once! Slowly he began tightening their formation, packing them closer to one another as he closed the gap between them, before they were corralled together in a single area and unable to move! "Let em have it Max!" Rex then yelled seeing that as the perfect opportunity to get them all at once.

"With pleasure!" Max grinned seizing the chance as he jumped into the air and slashed down the move card, "Lightning strike!" Chomp began charging a huge sphere of energy between his horns as a yellow aura erupted around him, staying on his hind legs he threw out a huge bolt of electricity towards the 3 pawpawsaurus, striking them all together at once as they bellowed out in pain and retuning back to their dinosaur card which floated gently to the ground!

"We did it!"

"Aw yeah!" Max and Rex cheered high giving one another while their partners both roared victoriously, as they did the battlefield disappeared and the sky returned to normal.

After returning Chomp and Ace to their small size, Max walked over to the dinosaur card and picked it up he looked at it with sympathy, "Sorry you guys, but you left us no choice." he sighed as Rex walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder with compassion.

"Yeah….But at least with them as a card they can't cause anymore trouble," he said with an encouraging smile that made Max smile too, "Plus everything should go back to normal."

As they slowly went back home, back the way they came they came across by the very same people they passed by along the way, and what they saw was a completely different picture from earlier.

"Huh? What the? What am I doing here?" A young woman blinked her eyes in confusion before noticing the fat bearded trucker she was clinging onto. Upon sight of him she turned pale and screamed in terror, "Eww! Get away from me you hairy ape!" she squealed smacking him in the face a few times before running away!

"Huh!? But you just said you liked me!" The man cried out feeling devastated before desperately trotting after her, "Come back!"

Some on the other hand had it much worse, "Honey please I'm so sorry! I swear I didn't know what came over me! You're the only one I love! Honest!" A teenage man pleaded to his wife who folded her arms and scoffed unconvinced looking away from him.

"Hmph!"

As they continued on the stretch of misguided love and broken hearts, Max and Rex both couldn't help but feel very sorry for the couples whose relationships were messed up or those who were simply chasing a fantasy of love that was never meant to be, "Scratch that….Almost everything will be back to normal…." Max groaned as he lowered his head in dismay.

"Yeah…." Rex nodded in agreement while Chomp and Ace followed them from behind. They that some broken relationships may be irreparable, and if not, really difficult to rebuild. Despite, Rex soon caught sight of something on the lighter side which made him smile with relief, "At least not all of them though. Look!" He said pointing out as Max turned to look too.

On the other side of the road some dating or married couples were able to fix their relationships in no time, while others, ironically had their ties made stronger as the pawpawsaurus' love influence had managed to get some of them to be brutally honest with one another, and those couples now officially began dating each other without any insecurities or worries.

"Wow, guess they actually did something good after all…" Max whistled impressed.

Rex nodded, "Even if the love they spread around was fake, those dinosaurs had a love between them stronger than other I've ever seen," he said recalling back to the battle and how difficult it was to beat all 3 dinosaurs who were tied together deeply, "How they were willing to go through anything for each other to the end, even I didn't think we'd pull it off."

"Just shows how love really is something that should never be toyed with." Max mused.

"Yeah…." Rex breathed as he folded his arms behind his head as they continued home, "I wonder if we'll ever find love like that Max." he then muttered out loud, which made him stop in his tracks along with Max. They both looked at each other and stared blankly for several seconds before grinning childishly.

"Nah! Hahahahahah!" They said together before exploding into uncontrollable laughter over how ridiculous that would be.

(Meanwhile)

Back at the park, Zander noticed the sky turn multicoloured from where he stood, as he gulped down seriously and nodded in affirmation knowing that it was time now, "Good luck Ed…." he said wishing his friend luck as he took a deep breath, "Alright….it's time to do my part….and make things right." he said as he walked towards the pier side where he broke away from Reese not long ago. Soon Reese came into view, where he left her at the railings overlooking the river side where she rested her head on an arm on the railings looking dreamily as she was before.

"Oh I do hope Zander comes back soon." she said taking in a breath and letting it out nicely, "I can't wait to tell him how much of an excellent wife I'll be for him." she thought with joy and excitement as she imagined cooking for him, washing his back or letting him lie down on her lap when he was all worn out from fatigue. Looking up to the sky she then smiled every more brightly than before, "The sky's all beautiful now…." she thought oblivious to the fact there was a battle going on, "Perhaps it's a sign Zander and I truly are meant to be….." she breathed at the end blushing red.

Zander, having overheard every word she said, sighed hard and painfully. As much as he would enjoy what she planned to do for him, he knew better than that and what the right thing to do was. Swallowing hard and putting on a firm expression, he then called out to her, "Hello? Reese?"

She turned around and she brightened up to see Zander approaching her, "Ah! Zander you're back!" she cried as joyful tears were welling up in her eyes, "I was so worried when you were gone for so long, I couldn't bear being a second longer without you….." she said sounding hurt as she placed her hands over her chest, "But now that you're here, I can finally-"

"No." he said firmly cutting her off, already knowing what she was about to say.

For Reese, time felt as though it had stopped and her heart skipped a beat, "Wh…What?" she croaked feeling very weak and bewildered over what he said to her.

Zander gritted his teeth knowing it was painful for him too, but it had to be done, "I said…no…Reese." he said back to her firmly, "I'm flattered and touched by everything you've said and done for me today, and I did enjoy our outing too….." he smiled lightly a bit before shedding a tear from one of his eyes, "But I'm very sorry to say this….but we can't keep going on like this." he said looking away, which was no doubt the hardest and toughest thing he ever did his whole life and career as a member of the Alpha Gang.

His words were like a dozen daggers striking out and piercing her delicate heart, and like the pain from physical wounds, many heavy and bitter tears began to well up from Reese's eyes as she cried out painfully, "Wh…Why?" she wept feeling devastated beyond belief, "Why not!? Are you saying that you don't care about my feelings at all!? That you don't love me at all?!"

Zander quickly waved his arms out in response, "No of course not! I always have and will love you with all my heart, soul and being!" he cried before lowering his head, "The real you that is….which you aren't now…."

"Wh…What do you mean!?" Reese asked confused, "This is the real me! This is how I always-"

"No." he interrupted her once more, "Right now you aren't thinking clearly, you're under a dinosaur's spell!" he answered her before taking her hand and looking into her eyes, "But I know the real you! You're kind to everyone and every animal in need, you give them tender care and heart in your actions to help them." he said, "The same way you saved me in the desert weeks ago, out of the kindest of your own heart…that's the you I've always loved!" Reese went completely speechless and her eyes widened in shock at what he said to her. "That's what makes you truly special to me! That's how I want our relationship to be! So please my angel! Come back to your senses! Come back to me!" he cried out to her with every last ounce of passion and emotion from the bottom of his heart and soul to her.

Reese's jaw fell and she was at a loss for words, all she could do was croak out a few measly words, "Zander….I….I…."

As she said that, the skies suddenly returned to normal catching Zander's eyes, "Ah!" he gasped as the many colours faded away to be replaced with the orange sunset as normal. As he did, he widened his eyes seeing Reese was losing her vision as she slowly fell forward, her sight and energy leaving her as she collapsed!

"Ugh….."

"Reese!" Zander cried out as he reached out for her, the last thing she could see before her vision blacked out.

A while later, Reese twitched and she moaned groggily as she slowly began to stir, "Urgh…."

"Reese! Wake up! Please say something!" a familiar voice echoed inside her head. As she slowly began to open her eyes, her vision blur at first soon began to clear, and as it did, she came to she found herself in Zander's arms while at a bench.

"Z…Zander?" she mouthed weakly as her eyes met his relieved face.

"Oh thank goodness you're awake!" he breathed feeling an immense weight lifted from his shoulders, "I don't know what I would've done if you were unconscious and would never wake up!" At the back of his mind he was also hoping she wouldn't be like a sleeping beauty where he'd have to wake her up like the prince did.

Looking around to find she was near the entrance to the park and that there were no people around either meaning everyone had gone home, "Wh…What happened to me?" she asked, "Last I remembered was seeing a dinosaur out from the washroom and then-" her head began to throb, forcing her to clutch onto hit with her hand, "Ugh….it's all a blur now…and my head really hurts."

"Take it easy now, I'll help you up." said Zander as he slowly helped her up, using himself to support her as she shook about unsteadily.

"Maybe I might even need to see a doctor myself…." she thought to herself before smiling at Zander for his kindness, "Th…Thank you." she said as he grinned back at her, "Wow, you're a real gentleman Zander….thank you very much." she said almost forgetting that he was even a member of the Alpha Gang.

"It'll be my pleasure." he said bowing to her.

As she looked up at the sky she saw the stars were beginning to come out and the sky was turning rather dark too, "It's getting late now." she said frowning at how much time had passed and she didn't know anything about it, "I don't remember too much about our day together….I'm sorry…." she said feeling guilty about not being able to give Zander the experience he was hoping for, the last thought which crossed her mind before she passed out.

"It's alright Reese, don't fret about it. Just rest and take it easy now." he said calming her down while patting her hand, "All that matters is that you're safe and back to your senses. That's all that matters to me." he said taking it and looking into her eyes.

"Sure….although…I do feel as though…we did have quite an experience."

He then blushed red and snickered, "Hehe, you can say that again." he thought it best he kept that a secret, otherwise she might never be able to live it down. "I can take you back home if you'd like, I'll drop you off at your place." he offered her, but she shook her head politely and pushed his hand away.

"I appreciate the offer, but I'm good. I can find my way back home just fine, thank you." she said feeling grateful before rubbing her head a bit, "I think I might need the time and space alone to…get my thoughts straightened out a bit too."

"Alright then." said Zander respecting her choice as she slowly began to walk away, stumbling a bit at first but she soon got a good pace going as her senses started retuning back to normal. He then widened his eyes in realisation of something he almost forgot, "Oh wait! I almost forgot!" he then called out to her making her stop to look back at him.

"Hmm?"

Reaching into his pocket, he plucked out a purple tulip flower and handed it over to her while kneeling down, "Here." he said as she took it and eyed it with admiration, "I….wanted to give this to you much sooner today…but I just couldn't find the right time and place for it….and now seems like a better time than any other." he said twiddling his fingers shyly while blushing red sheepishly.

"It's lovely." said Reese sniffing it and finding its' scent to be rather captivating. She then smiled warmly at him, "Thank you….I love it very much." she said with gratitude from the bottom of her true heart.

"Ahahaha I picked it out from so many others, I think it suits you perfectly." he laughed proudly while scratching his head.

"Mhmm." Reese then nodded as she kept it in her own pocket, "I'll take extra special care of this one, I promise." she said at last before bowing down politely, "Well then, it was a nice day with you. I won't forget this." she said to him as she turned around to leave.

"Bye bye my angel! Till we meet again!" Zander waved to her as she walked in the direction of the park entrance, and as she slowly disappeared from sight, Zander then sniffled heavily and blowed his nose with a hanky he pulled out form his other pocket.

While he was dwelling in the pain of his heart having made what may have been his hardest choice his entire life, Ed soon trotted in from behind, patted him on the back and smiling considerately to his best friend. "You're a real man Zander." he said complimenting him proudly, "You did the right thing…sniff…and I'm…really proud of you!" he sniffled feeling moved himself as he wiped his eyes with his forearm.

"Sniff…Thanks Ed….for understanding!" Zander sniffled with a light smile before letting out a deep sigh of pain as he soon came to a realisation of a hard truth, "Also….we're of 2 different times….it may seem impossible…." he sniffled heavily before tensing up his arm tightly as a fist, "But that doesn't mean I can't try!" He cried out to the sky as he took a firm stand and let out every ounce of emotion and passion deep from within his heart and soul, "Oh my angel! It's more than I can take. Without you by my side, my heart will break! Oh it's you that I adore! Say you'll love me like you love your dinosaur!" he sang loudly.

Ed clapped eagerly when he finished, praising Zander's performance, feeling inspired and moved himself to never give up either.

As Zander then turned to look back at him, he then asked curiously upon noticing something, or more precisely someone was missing, "Say…where's Ursula? Isn't she with you?"

"Y…Yeah you're right…Can't believe I forgot…" Ed then blinked his eyes realising he hadn't noticed for a while, "Come to think of it….." he muttered putting a finger to his chin as he remembered what she said to him before they split up.

(Meanwhile)

"This looks like the place." said Ursula as she looked at the noted address on a sheet of paper, looking up she widened her eyes in amazement to see it was a fancy seafood restaurant in Paris, "Woo, it's a fancy restaurant in the middle of the city of love too! Perfect for my very first Valentine's Date!" she jittered with excitement and joy as she capped her hands together and drifted off into wonderland once again, "This is just like that dream I had, when the man I've been waiting for my whole life has foamily come to meet me…." she said dreamily before snapping back to reality and looking through the windows, to see many of the tables were already occupied with either couples or families, "But how do I know where he's-"

Her eyes soon caught sight of a table for 2, and in it was a person who had the menu covering up his face. Upon sight of him, Ursula blushed bright red and her eyes glistened, "AH! That must be him!" she cried out loud filled with emotion, "Oh dream man and life of eternal happiness here I come!" she went as she ran inside like a child. Halfway there she slowed herself down, "Okay now Ursula, calm down, you don't want to give the wrong impression…." she told herself thinking carefully as she calmed herself with a breath, though love and excitement was still on her mind as with each step she took her heart began pounding within her chest even harder, screaming for her to reach out to the man of her dreams without hesitation. As she came before him and sat down at the chair in front, "Excuse me," she then swallowed hard and sweat dropped nervously before asking, "Are you by chance….Fossil Hunting Hero?"

"Hehehehe, so you've received my invitation as I expected." the man behind the menu chuckled which made her squeal with joy and excitement that he truly was the one!

"AH!"

"I knew the moment I met you online that it was fate that we'd meet right here at this very moment, my lovely Ursula." he said in a deep manly voice which made her heart flutter.

"Oh! I knew you'd get me!" she teared up clapping her hands together, "I feel I could die of happiness right now! If this is a dream don't wake me up!"

"Indeed, this was destined to be! It was written in the stars and along the chronicles of time itself! All the choices we've ever made were to lead us to this exact place in time!" The man proclaimed, continuing to pour heartfelt words and each one was making Ursula's heart race with excitement at each one, "And now-" He then lowered the menu to reveal his true self, "We can finally settle down and get married!" Dr Owen cheered as he held his arms out to her.

In an instant, Ursula's fantasy shattered like glass and her heart almost stopped as she tuned pale, in realisation that the man of her dreams turned out to be the man of her worst nightmare! "EEEEEEKKK!" she screamed out loud like a damsel in distress would in a horror movie! So loud that nearly everyone in the restaraunt turned to look at her oddly.

Dr Owen didn't care however, for all the mattered to him was that the woman he had eyes for had finally come to accept him and his love! "Ahahahah! I'm so touched you're finally being honest with yourself my lovely Ursula! Sure it took you a while to realise you can't fight destiny but all that matters is that we can tie the knot and seal our intertwining fates with each other once and for all hahahahah!" he laughed out loud as a shade went over her eyes. He then grinned cheekily and leaned in closer to her face, "Come on now, admit it, you know you want to." he said with a bright smile. Suddenly, he was met back with a furious glare which made him sweat drop nervously, "Huh?" In the blink of an eye, he was sent flying with a single punch to his face as he flew up tot h clinging and slammed into it! "ACK!" Before falling back down to the floor and smashing onto the table again! "AAAAAH!"

CRASH!

As the dust cleared Dr Owen's face was seen swollen, battered and bruised with broken teeth and a bloody nose with broken glasses to complete the look!

"GRRRR!" she growled stomping her foot on the ground and steam snorting from her nostrils like a bull! Which was enough to make some of the customers clear out in a panic!

"E….Excuse me madam, are you ready to-" she then delivered a swift kick to the waiter nervously asking for her, striking him straight in the gut as his eyes widened in pain! "OOF!" he croaked before clutching his stomach and falling down on the ground out of commission!

"That's it! I'm so done with love and men!" she screamed out loud as she stomped herself out of the restaurant, intending to erase her profile once and for all from the dating website once she got home.

Back with Dr Owen, his limbs were spasming and twitching as he let out one last word of pain before passing out, "Urgh….."

(Later)

That night back at the D Lab, Zoe lowered her head shamefully towards her big sister, who sat in her chair with one leg over the other, folding her arms and staring at her with an emotionless yet piercing stare! "You were spying on me the entire time Zoe?" she muttered crossly while raising an eyebrow.

Zoe shuddered in response as she quickly got down on her knees, "B…But it was for a good reason sis! Honest!" she begged as she clapped her hands together pleading for mercy, "I was trying to keep you safe like a good sister should! That creep Zander could have done something horrible to you while you were still all….lovesick because of those pawpawsauruses!" she stuttered uneasily at the end before looking back to where her friends were with a hopeful expression, "But in the end we're really glad everything worked out and no one got hurt! Right guys!?"

Max, Rex and Cera however weren't amused either, and had no intention of playing along with her innocent act this time, "We would have been able to deal with those dinosaurs much sooner if you'd let us go earlier." said Max in a rather angry tone.

"Now I feel bad about all the messed up relationships we could've prevented," Cera sighed deeply when she thought about all the unfortunate tragic love stories that were made on this very day, "This is no doubt the worst valentine's day for so many heartbroken couples now." she said shaking her head.

"And we all know who to blame for that." said Rex as they all focused their gazes on Zoe who turned pale being the focus of everyone's anger and blame!

"H…HUH!?" she cried in disbelief and shock, as her jaw hung and she slowly slumped to the ground in defeat knowing she was the cause of the heartbreak of so many innocent people today, "How dare you!? T…Traitors! You're supposed to back me up! And you-" She then began shouting out at her friends at them leaving her out to dry.

As Max and Rex both argued with her over who was right and wrong, each side trying to put the blame on the other while trying to defend their own sides, Cera sighed shaking her head in disapproval as she walked off to find some peace and quiet, unwilling to play referee this time.

Reese too had the same idea as she turned around in her chair back to her work, though her mind was more focused on other matters for the time being. She then rested her head on her arms as she leaned down on her desk in deep thought, her memories slowly had been coming back to her after her walk home to clear her mind, and after recalling every single detail and even that transpired, she couldn't help but feel rather embarrassed and disgusted at how she behaved, "I can't believe all the things I did because of those 3 pawpawsauruses, I won't be able to live this down for a while…." she grumbled to herself before turning her head back to see her sister still quarrelling with her friends while their dinosaurs just stood and watched. "Perhaps I should thank them at least for caring…." she then chuckled as a smile soon came on her face as she looked to the new flower she got from Zander on her desk, which she had put in a vase and further in and out of Paris' reach so it wouldn't get eaten like her last. As she looked at it intently she smiled dreamily as she became reminded of Zander's heart-moving speech which helped in snapping her out of her love sick craze….the words he spoke and the emotion he conveyed were forever embedded in her heart, whether she might return this feelings on her own or not, she couldn't deny that she would never forget this day, as she smiled and hummed his signature love song to herself, which she had to admit was starting to rub off on her.

And thus concludes chapter 24, a valentine's day themed chapter fitting of the secret dinosaur pawpawsaurus and its loved based attacks. Hope you enjoyed the humour that ensued here, most of it came from ideas of an episode from Ah my Goddess which I found humorous too. Also if I'm not mistaken, Zoe's english VA also played in that series too as one of the main characters. In case anyone was wondering, the first battle happened at the further edge of the park so the rest of the people who were further inside didn't quite hear about the battle. Part of this chapter's idea was also thanks to pokemonking0924.

Took the opportunity to give Zander a little more character too, he can be honest and good when it comes to Reese and make a little a little humour with Ursula and Dr Owen too. If it seems out of character for Reese and Zander here, let's just say its' the dinosaur's influence for the former and the latter wanted things to be honest and sincere, he does know the meaning of true love which he showed involving the saurolophuses. Also on a side note Terry and the others still are influenced a bit by their time with Cera, such as Terry being more sympathetic, Tank curling up into a ball mid fight like how she normally does as a chibi, and Spiny fighting smarter while noticing Chomp's weak points too.

As for how Zoe's parents met, will leave it up to your imagination.

Stay tuned for the finale of season 1 now approaches.

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Drew Luczynski

-I once thought of a government action chapter but realised it would span into an arc and it would take too long. The D Team is also very forgiving and understanding and all they cared about is having her back, and the fact she never truly left them also helped too.