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!

28. Dinosaur War

Chapter 28

Dinosaur War

At Zeta Point, The D Team and Alpha Gang hang back tensely against the wall of the small hallway they were able to squeeze into, as Black T-Rex's snout and massive jaws came into view at the entrance. It sniffed the air catching the scent of puny prey inside, but knew it had no way of getting at them since it not even its head was small enough to squeeze through. As it growled in frustration everyone hung back and hardened their expressions or sweated anxiously unsure of what to do next, feeling like rats in a hole being cornered by a cat outside and they had nowhere to run.

After snarling and hissing in anger it then pulled its head back and everyone watched as its shadow seemed to leave followed by deep footsteps which gradually softened hinting that it had left strangely.

Waiting for a few moments, there was nothing but an ominous silence filling the hallways and the heirs couldn't tell whether that was a good or bad thing, but one thing was certain, they couldn't stay where they were forever, sooner or later they had to make a move if they wanted to stop Seth, the question was how.

"You think it's gone?" Zoe asked nervously as she clapped her hands together.

"I don't know….." Rex narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth feeling pressured like never before, a mutual feeling shared by everyone present.

Cera then looked up and edged slightly to the front knowing someone had to check, "It's quiet….a little too quiet….." she whispered as she slowly moved up to the front.

"Maybe it gave up or it went off to try and find another way to get us." Laura then suggested, thinking it was safe to come out.

"Let's go see." said max as the gang ran outside to see, only to find out that they were completely wrong as Black T-Rex was still waiting for them out in front and roared out ferociously!

"WHOA!"

"AAAAAAHH!" They cried in alarm as they ran back inside, avoiding his huge jaws in time which slammed through the nook of a hallway they ran through!

As they turned around to see the huge beast staring at them straight, Cera narrowed her eyes and gritted her teeth, "Tch! It's not just big it's smart too…." she hissed in frustration realised he tricked them into thinking he had left so they'd lower their guard and come out to investigate.

"Not the best of combinations…." Rod gulped as a drop of sweat dripped from his cheek, seeing they had their work cut out for them.

"How are we going to stop black t-rex when we can't even slow it down!?" Max cried.

"Maybe we can make it run out energy like it did before?" Zoe suggested feeling hopeful.

Max however narrowed his eyes doubtfully, "I doubt it." he replied, "Cos since then Seth engineered it to be more powerful…." he said as everyone grew even more uneasy realising that was indeed what Seth would do, being the excessive perfectionist he was.

"If that's the case….we don't really have a lot of options open do we?" said Helga with concern.

For the whole group it was like caught between a rock and a hard place, with an ever closing gap. They couldn't run forever, like the minotaur in a man it would only be a matter of time before they got caught. To make matters worse, last time they couldn't even scratch black t-rex and now he's even stronger.

All had seemed hopeless, till Cera thought as hard as she could, trying to remember the research she and Reese did not long ago before coming here, till she recalled the very single flaw in t-rex's strength that they could exploit, which was also their only hope now, "As powerful as it is, it just might have 1 weakness after all…." she said narrowing her eyes and everyone turned to her in surprise at her words.

"Huh?"

"What kind of weakness!?" Spike and Jonathan went.

"Tell us now!" Dr Z demanded.

Seeing their predicament and how she was the center of everyone's attention now, she decided to get straight to the point seeing there was no time and point beating around the bush, "Alright, it's only a hunch but after doing a little scan on that tyrannosaurus, Reese and I found it's protected by an energy shield." she explained, "The same kind of shield which saurophaganax uses to protect itself when using fire scorcher, except it also allows it to resist single enemy attacks to an extent as well."

"Same kind of shield?" Laura blinked her eyes curiously as she recalled how it was able to resist Chomp and Ace's moves earlier.

Rod narrowed his eyes in response, "No doubt Seth must have modified that way to make it invincible…."

"No wonder none of our moves could scratch it earlier." said Zoe putting a finger to her chin in thought.

Cera folded her arms and nodded, "True, but after your fight with saurophagnax I found the answer to our problem." she then said as everyone looked to her once more.

"Really?"

"You did?" They asked as she nodded back.

"Mhmm. That shield only resists one type of attack at a time, but not when 2 types of attacks are unleashed together at once." she said, "I didn't think it'd be possible to pull it off, but apparently fusion moves are the only kinds of attacks that can get through that shield and damage it!" she then said as everyone brightened up in surprise and amazement at her theory.

"AH!"

Dr Z then folded his arms and smirked smugly, "Ehehehe! So then that means it's because of my genius we've figured out how to take down that abomination of a dinosaur once and for all!" he cackled proudly before patting himself on the back and showing off himself, "Come now, no need to thank me or anything."

Ignoring him Cera continued to explain what their best and possibly only strategy may be, "Of course, against black t-rex which is so much bigger than saurophaganax, we'll need a way bigger move and lot more dinosaurs to even have the slightest chance of pulling it off." she said.

Max nodded, "Good point there." he said knowing that even Chomp and Ace's thunder storm bazooka would be no more than a bee sting against it, "At least we've got that covered." he then said feeling confident and Rex and Zoe nodded with him knowing they had just the firepower to do it.

The others weren't sure what they meant but they decided to take the D team's word for it, "But even if we manage to beat t-rex, that still leaves Seth to take down." said Jonathan, "By now he's more than likely to replace the stones we got back so that he can use them to for whatever scheme he's plotting." he said angrily.

"If we could just get those stones he wouldn't be able to start the time machine." Spike added at the end rather seriously at the fact they had 2 big jobs to pull off in so little time.

"There's a way to get to the control deck without going through black t-rex!" Rod then cried out having realised another way.

"Then let's do it!" Max said in agreement.

"He's right!" Dr Z then interrupted as he pointed to the back of them, "You can get there underground!" Having realised what he just said he used in surprise, "Wait a minute did I actually just say something that was helpful and cooperative?"

"Uh huh?" Max nodded at him, while Cera smiled happy he was starting to change for the better.

Seeing they wasted enough time planning and discussing, "Come on!" Rex then called them all as they headed in the direction Dr Z pointed.

Seeing them run and about to escape again, the black t-rex burned with rage inside as he quickly charged up a black and red fireball in his jaws which he fired straight down the hallway! One which Cera took quick notice of as she widened her eyes in horror, "It can use fire scorcher on its own now!?" she exclaimed having realised Seth must have used Dr Z's secret dinosaur research to grant it that ability!

Everyone turned back and cried out in alarm at her words as the fireball closed in on them! "WAAAAAH!"

"Duck!" Spike yelled as everyone quickly, hit the deck and fell down to the ground, the fireball narrowly missing them before exploding and creating a massive hole in the ground!

BOOM!

As fire and energy emitted from the shockwaves, it sent both Max and Cera flying straight down it along with their dinosaurs and they had no time to respond as they were sucked in! "WHOA!"

"AAAH!"

"MAAAAAX!"

"Cera!" Spike and Rex each yelled out in alarm. His cries fortunately were quickly answered as Johnathan rushed towards the hole ad least down it after them much to everyone's amazement!

Nose diving straight down the hole, he soon caught up to both children and their dinosaurs before grabbing hold of them both and using himself as a shield to break their fall!

"AAAAAAH!"

BOOM!

A cloud of dust erupted from the crash, with Max holding Chomp carefully and Cera embracing Miku in her hands so she wouldn't be seriously hurt. As they opened their eyes to find themselves miraculously unscathed and on the lower floors they looked around curios as to how they ended up without a scratch, till they felt something underneath them, "Urgh….Huh?" They both got up and widened their eyes to see their saviour was now sparking heavily with damage!

"Ah! Jonathan!" Max exclaimed in horror as he and Cera both went over to him with worry and fear in their eyes, "Are you alright?" Max asked him with concern as Cera covered her mouth in shock.

"Please say you're fine!" she pleaded as Jonathan soon responded back to them.

"Urgh…." the male robot groaned groggily as he struggled to get back up to his feet, "I just need to….get my head screwed on straight!" he said twisting his head and tightening it in so he could think and act properly again.

"You don't look too good…." said Max bluntly.

"Yeah, you look pretty banged up…" Cera admitted he was right as she looked up and down the damaged robot's body and seeing him covered in injuries, "Not to mention you're sparking all over…."

"It's nothing a thousand volts to the head won't solve!" He replied simply without any worry as Cera blinked her eyes in surprise.

"Whoa…." was all she could say while shocked at the fact he was making it sound like it was nothing. No doubt future technology was far beyond her understanding or anyone else's.

"The machine room is located down this way just beyond those doors!" said Jonathan as he pointed ahead down the path where they landed.

Max and Cera both narrowed their eyes readying themselves knowing the final battle for them was just up ahead, "Alright then-"

BEEP!

A beeping sound soon came on Max's dinoholder, "Huh?" he took it out to switch it on as the others looked to see who it was.

"MAX!" Zoe cried through the screen before being pushed away by Max's worried father.

"Are you 3 okay!? What's going on!?" he cried in alarm.

"We're right outside the central control deck where the time machine is!" Max answered calmly with a smile as Cera held a hard expression on her face.

"Seth's not getting away this time." she said before looking to Max, "I'm coming with you Max, you'll need backup for sure, it's time we finished this once and for all." she said clenching her hand into a fist to show she was serious and was going to have his back the whole way. In her mind though, she also had the intent of wanting to settle the score with Seth too, after what he did to her as a bad memory flashed through her mind once more.

"Mhmm." Max nodded accepting her help before looking to the others on screen, "We're going in! You handle the black t-rex!" he said as they shifted into a divide and conquer strategy now.

Zoe then pushed aside Spike as she cried out a few last words of concern, "Be careful!"

Rex then stepped in next to her, "Jonathan you take care of Max and Cera!" he ordered firmly.

"Rest assured I will!" he vowed as Cera and Max both looked to him.

"I feel much safer already." Cera said trusting herself into his ever capable hands.

Looking to everyone Max turned serious as he lead his small squad into battle, "Okay let's go!" He said as they ran off down the halls to the time machine's entrance, Chomp trotting behind and Miku perched on Cera's shoulder as they headed towards Zeta Point's heart of evil. They made great progress but it wasn't long before they faced Seth's last line of defence against intruders, "Huh!?" They stopped as a blockade of large super alpha droids appeared before them, rallying together like a huge wall refusing to let anyone pass!

INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! CRUSH INTRUDERS!

"Now what!?" Max gasped in worry seeing the huge amount of resistance they had to get pass.

Cera narrowed her eyes tensely as she got into a fighting stance, "Looks like we'll have to fight our way through if we want to get to Seth…" she muttered, as a drop of sweat fell from her cheek signalling she was rather nervous and worried about their chances against so many powerful enemies standing in their way.

Despite being heavily outnumbered, Jonathan remained undeterred as he stepped forward with an angry look in his eyes, "I'll take care of them!" he said before charging ahead much to everyone's alarm!

"Jonathan!"

"You're in no shape to fight! Come back!" Cera and Max both cried out but he didn't listen as he went straight into battle!

"I promised Rex I'd look out for you both!" he yelled at them while skilfully punching away droid after droid without difficulty, "And I keep my word!" he added as he leapt out of their way and delivered swift counters to every one of their attack attempts!

Max and Cera both looked on in awe at his sheer skill and ability, "He's good…." Cera whistled impressed seeing now why Spiny had such a hard time just now. Her expression became more concerned as wave after wave of droids soon emerged from almost everywhere, "But still there's still so many…." she said tensely as they came closer and closer and that Jonathan was still pretty damaged and didn't want to test see how long more he could last on his own!

CRUSH INTRUDERS! CRUSH INTRUDERS!

"We've got to help out Jonathan Chomp!" said Max seriously as he retuned his partner to card form.

"We'll back you up too Max!" Cera added as she did the same with Miku.

He looked to her and smiled with reassurance, "Thanks! Now let's go!" he said as they both prepared to slash their cards!

"Dino slash!"

"Go triceratops! Roar!"

"Microraptor! Shine!" As their dinosaurs appeared they roared out a the droids stepped back slightly in worry at their new threats.

Cera grinned recognising the fear in their eyes as she gave the signal to press their advantage! "Time to clean house!" she yelled as they all charged ahead! Chomp did most of the heavy front work by punching holes in the droids' formations, flinging them away like rag dolls, while Cera and Jonathan helped take care of the ones that did manage to jump on him, prying them off or delivering reversals that sent them into their own comrades! While Mas stayed out fit the way he helped in calling out on droids that tried to sneak attack them, and Miku leapt from droid to droid, coaxing them to punch one another or crash into the walls!

A while had passed and the waves of incoming androids had kept the group at bay and they weren't able to make much progress and time was running out.

"Tch! There's no end to these things….." Cera clicked her tongue in frustration, while wondering how they were able to make so many. Shaking her head she leapt forward and swept a droid off its feet before grabbing hold and looking its arm behind it, taking her frustrations out on the unfortunate machine which sparked violent as its arm was being dislocated literally!

Realising some time had indeed passed since he last saw the others, Max then took up his dinoholder, "I'm gonna check on the others." he said as he called on it, "Hey Rex!"

The blond boy soon appeared on screen, "Max! Cera! Have you found Seth yet!?" he asked.

He shook his head while Cera and Jonathan helped to keep the droids off him, "Not yet but we're getting close." he said, "How are you guys doing there with the black t-rex?" he then asked.

"We're using all the dinosaurs we have but it's still not enough!" Rex answered, "I need you to send Jonathan up here with your cards! That should help even things up!"

"Will do!" Max responded as he opened his dinoholder and took out 4 secret dinosaur cards from it.

Having defeated another droid herself and tearing out its' head, Cera saw what Max was doing as she recalled something else, "Oh yeah, I almost forgot I had this too!" she said as she reached into her other pocket and took out a pawpawsaurus card.

"Jonathan!" Max called out to the android who through away another large alpha droid away.

"Yes Max?" he said as he looked to see Max and Cera both approaching him.

"I need you to take these cards to Rex and the others!" he said as they handed him the 5 secret dinosaur cards, their last and most powerful of the dinosaurs they had on them.

"Alright." he said acknowledging his instructions, "But what about….these androids?" he then asked with worry as the last couple of droids rallied together for one last desperate attack to protect their master.

CRUSH INTRUDERS! CRUSH INTRUDERS!

"Don't worry! We'll send them to the scrapheap!"

"Mhmm, these buckets of bolts can't stop us!" Cera nodded with confidence.

Seeing their answers and determination was enough to convince him to entrust them with this task, "I'm on it!" he said as he raced past the remains of the defeated droids as he headed for the surface to give the others the backup they needed.

Seeing him run off, she turned around in surprise to see Max had climbed on Chomp's back so easily, "Climb on Cera!" he said holding out a hand to her to which she readily accepted.

"Thanks Max!" she said gratefully before settling Miku right behind Chomp's frill, "Now for a little extra juice! Energy equaliser!" glowing in a rainbow aura, Miku then attached herself to her larger companion who roared out powerfully as he was charged with energy!

"Okay buddy! Ride out!" Max cried as Chomp roared and charged straight ahead like a bull to a red matador's cape!

As he bowled over droids like they were nothing, Cera widened her eyes and tears began flung out of her eyes with the wind and pressure blowing in her face! "WHOA! You don't come with seat belts remember!" she cried unsteady while Miku hang onto her for dear life!

Max on the other hand seemed to be enjoying himself just fine, "Go get em Chomp! Yeehaw!" he cheered as they came closer and closer to the end zone. Eventually they soon came to the end after bashing through the final wave of droids! "That's the last of em!" Max cheered with relief that they wouldn't be facing anymore interference from here on.

"And there it is!" Cera pointed out as they saw the front doors, which Chomp easily smashed through like it was nothing! As they got inside, they both got down from Chomp, and Cera caught sight of the huge reactor core in front of them, as well as their objective right in front of them, "There's the console!" she pointed out as the central stone along with a set of copy stones around it sat in the machine.

"If we take those stones we can stop the time machine!" said Max firmly as he and Chomp headed over towards it.

"Yeah." Cera nodded seeing there was nothing stopping them now. However,r that very thought which crossed her mind soon filled her with caution as she stopped following Max at the last second, "Wait, this looks too easy….Where's Seth?" she thought to herself curiously as she looked around to see no one else was in the room but them. That worried her seeing it was all too quiet, "Knowing him he should have it guarded or booby-" She then widened her eyes and cried out, "Max wait!"

Unfortunately her warning came too late as an alpha ball descended from out of nowhere and generated a set of electrical bars which ensnared them all like a cage!

"Whoa!"

"Oh no!" They gasped as they found themselves trapped like rats on all sides with no way to get through.

"Hey what are these things!?" Max cried as he reached out to touch one to see what it would do. It proved to be a bad idea as he suddenly received a sparking jolt in response! "AH!" he yelped much to Cera and Miku's alarm when Chomp shrieks in pain having touched one himself, spurring them to keep their distance away from the edges!

"Ahahahaha!" a sinister laugh from above caught their attention. As they both looked up they widened their eyes to see none other than the mastermind himself descending from a higher platform!

"Seth!" Cera cried out as she pointed at him.

"They're highly charged electro bars designed to keep little pests like you from spoiling big plans like mine!" he explained smugly feeling pleased with himself at how easily he caught his enemies like flies in a spider's web without having to even lift a finger.

"NO!" Max cried in alarm in realisation that they were now trapped.

"Tch! So he was expecting us the whole time…." Cera clicked her tongue in frustration at their situation.

"Yes." he answered cockily as he made his way to the console, "We're about to go travelling through time." he said as he pushed on a lever, causing the pumps on the reactor core to move, as energy started to flow through it and a roaring sound of machinery echoed through the halls of the lab!

Max and Cera both widened their eyes and their dinosaurs grow increasingly worried as they realised they were too late to stop him now when everyone counted on them more than ever, "AH!"

"This is bad!" They each said in alarm, before finally realising what Seth's true intention was.

(Meanwhile)

Back above ontop of Zeta Point, the entire metal surface of the island suddenly rumbled which made everyone turn to the central tower behind them, and they all widened their eyes in shock to see energy light up through it!

"AH!"

"What!? What is it Rod!?" Spike gasped worryingly.

"It's done! He actually did it!" Dr Z answered already starting to panic, "Seth started the time machine and if we don't stop it we'll all get blown into the next dimension!" he exclaimed.

Despite the danger of what was going to happen soon they still had a problem they had to worry about now, "We need more dinosaurs to beat that black t-rex!" Zoe cried as she looked back to the battle, seeing the other dinosaurs were roaring out at the enormous dinosaur, fighting together as a united front despite their differences in species, sensing the giant to be an enemy which threatened them all.

Despite their numbers it was obvious that the smaller dinosaur were outgunned as the tyrannosaurus roared at them in defiance! "Too bad there's only a 3 dino limit per device otherwise we'd have an entire army out by now." Rod grunted in frustration seeing Black T-rex wasn't threatened in the least.

The T-rex then swept out his tail sending a massive burst of wind and power which sent Terry flying back across the surface of the ship and swiftly dispersing the rest of the herd! Maiasaura bravely bellowed as she jumped ahead in an attempt to tackle the behemoth enemy dinosaur, but t-rex responded with a swift and brutal kid which repelled her as easily as kicking a can! She cried out in pain before crashing down and returning to a card instantly much to Zoe's horror!

"NO!" she cried in horror, having a personal connection with that dinosaur and to see her go down so painfully like that felt like a punch to her own soul!

"I've got it!" Spike cried as he whipped out his lasso and snagged the card before it could blow away in the wind! As he got it back he held it in his fingers with a grin much to her relief.

They didn't have much time to rest on their laurels though, as t-rex was far from finished with his assault, this time kicking out once more at ceratosaurus and megaraptor, returning them to their cards too!

"Tch!" Rex grunted in frustration seen even with their numbers they were still clearly outmatched.

"We'll help with the clean up too!" cried Rod as he and Laura quickly shot out their grappling claws to retrieve the cards in time! Turning around t-rex set his sights on ampelosaurus as he lunged his head forward ready to snap up the measly little sauropod! Luckily irritator snuck in and charged up a ball of water in his jaws and fired falling water straight at the giant carnivore's eyes! Causing him to stumble and lose his balance before shaking his head in disorientation! Turning to see the pest that would dare strike him, irritator snarled and flashed his claws and teeth, only to become t-rex's next victim! As he roared and raised his foot to squash irritator like an ant, he was lucky to jump out in time before getting crushed! Narrowly escaping death, the irritator backed away cautiously as t-rex stared down on him preparing to attack once more.

Seizing the opening provided, Hannah the euoplocephalus charged up quake saber and struck out at the tyrannosaurus' other foot, but the saber only shattered into pieces against it and enraged the giant, who kicked out and sent the ankylosaur tumbling across the field before returning to a card for Rod to rescue! Daspletosaurs flared red and jumped into the air preparing to use fire bomb, grabbing onto t-rex's neck but he was easily shaken off! Having lost patience with these pests, black t-rex fired out fire scorcher straight ahead, which the other dinosaurs were only barely able to avoid in time as the meteor fired away into the horizon! Taking advantage of their disorientation, he quickly swung his tail out and landed a critical blow at daspletosaurus, sending him flying into irritator as they both crashed down and returned to cards!

"Not again…." Rex grunted in annoyance as everyone looked on anxiously seeing their forces were dwindling rapidly.

"We'll never win at this rate!" Rod cried out in alarm after having retrieved both daspletosaurus and irritator.

Dr Z however could only feel anger rising inside him rather than fear as he gritted his teeth and hardened his gaze, "GRR! Unacceptable! It's time we pulled out all the stops! Ha!" He cried slashing another card an summoning out albertosaurus who roared out fiercely!

"I agree!" said Laura to her grandfather as she took 2 cards out, "Here goes!" she cried as she summoned out gigantspinosaurus and stegosaurus together!

Albertosaurus and gigantspinosaurus both rushed head on against the charging tyrannosaurus as they both rushed ahead glowing in their elemental auras and unleashing explosion and crystal crusher, rushing ahead with pointed crystal lances and as a fiery meteor! Both their efforts however proved in vain as black t-rex rushed ahead and sent them both flying back returning them to card form!

"Oh no!" Zoe cried while Spike widened his eyes in shock at how fast their reinforcements were being taken out.

"Grr! I expected more from these new dinosaurs!" Dr Z cried feeling frustrated that his high expectations in the new dinosaurs were greatly misplaced, after seeing how they were being taken down so easily.

"Tch! We're starting to run low…." Rex grunted realising they were still barely making a dent in their enormous enemy despite their efforts. He quickly summoned out allosaurus, who rushed ahead to join the fight against the black tyrannosaurus while he ran off to grab both albertosaurus and gigantspinosaurus.

It was when he ran out and split off from the group, that black t-rex caught sight of him and soon realised the bigger picture. Despite being smaller and more insignificant in his eyes, as long as they were around they'd keep summoning dinosaurs like there was no tomorrow no matter how many he defeated. Now that was about to change as he was going to tackle the problem at the source and eliminate the human his master despised the most! Charging up another fire scorcher attack he threw it out with full force! Ace, Paris and the other dinosaurs didn't move much thinking his aim was off, but as they turned to look behind they were shocked tons it was because they weren't his target as the fireball shot straight at Rex!

"Take cover!" Spike cried out in alarm as everyone looked on in horror at what was about to befall the young boy!

"Look out Rex!" Zoe cried as the meteor closed in and he had no way to escape it's path in time!

"AAAAH!" he widened his eyes and cried out, but when all hoped seemed lost for the young boy, his guardian angel came to his aid in time!

Jonathan quickly leapt in front and shield his master from the incoming attack just like he did last time with Terry, only now, the attack was far worse than before!

"NO! JONATHAN!" Zoe cried as everyone looked on speechlessly at the butler robot selflessly putting his own artificial life on the lime, holding the flames back before they died down leaving him nearly burnt and charred to a crisp.

As Rex looked up he saw Jonathan turn to him, now sparking with electricity and short circuiting, "Are you…okay?" Rex asked him nervously.

"Ma…Max sent me instructions to gi..give you these di…dinosaur cards….Rex…" he said in glitchy voice, handing him the cards before falling down on his back, nearly drained of all energy and damaged.

"Ah!" Rex then walked up to his protector, despite not knowing him for long he no doubt had a deep emotional and spiritual connection with him, embedded in his mind from the moment he leapt out to save him years ago in the time stream, "Jonathan….You're hurt…." he said empathetically.

"Use cards before too late…." the robot said in a dying voice before turning silent peacefully as if he was passing on. Rex stared at him, a shade covering his eyes vowing inside to not let his sacrifice be in vain.

"Poor Jonathan…" said Zoe sadly as she and the others ran up to where Rex was. He then stood up seriously, knowing there was no time to mourn.

"He's right." he said as he turned around to hand them the 5 secret dinosaurs given to them by Max and Cera, "Hurry, let's use the cards. Everyone take one!" he said as they each took a card.

"Dino slash!"

"Alpha slash!" Slashing them, pachycephhlosaurus, deinonychus trio, megalosaurus, therizinosaurus and the pawpawsaurus family all appeared shining in bright rainbow light together as they roared out furisouyl, ready for battle!

"AHAHAHAHA!" Dr Z laughed in excitement at seeing all the new dinosaurs together as he ran out without thinking much to his grandkids' alarm.

"Hey wait!"

"This is just like in that dream I keep having!" He cheered as he jumped on the back of pachycephalosaurus, "You're about to find out black t-rex! You never should have messed with me! The true dinosaur king!" he yelled bravely as if he was leading the dinosaurs into battle, while black t-rex roared out answering said challenge with a show of strength, intending to settle things now once and for all!

(Meanwhile)

Back inside the control room, things were taking a turn for the worse as Seth's plan was reaching its near final stage.

"You're using the time machine to send your mutant dinosaurs back to when the real dinosaurs went extinct!" Max yelled out angrily through the electric cage while Cera narrowed her eyes and hardened her gaze at the catastrophe that would arise because of that.

"Correct." Seth answered without trying to hide it, "Except my dinosaurs aren't mutated, they're evolved."

"They're still fake!" Max yelled in response shaking his fists.

"Complete abominations! A disgrace to the true dinosaurs!" Cera followed in complete agreement.

Seth however shrugged off their comments as he gave his counter argument, "They will survive extinction and then we'll get to see what things would be like when dinosaurs still ruled the earth." he explained as they anger briefly subsided.

"Huh?" Max breathed feeling conflicted. He truly loved dinosaurs and didn't want them to to go extinct, after his last dream one time where he witnessed their demise before his own eyes he wished he could save them all….could this really be for the best? He wondered himself.

"It's almost too much for the imagination to handle isn't it?" he said a proud smirk that he was finally about to make history and his dream of bringing forth a new and all powerful breed of dinosaurs to the world was coming to fruition!

Cera however had a completely different idea and worry in mind though, "But don't you see the bigger picture!?" she then yelled out as Seth and Max both turned to her, "Even if your plan does succeed and dinosaurs do survive extinction, what do you think it'll mean for humanity!?" she cried out, "For all we know mankind may not have even come into existence and in the end you'd only wipe yourself out too and you'd never be able to see the disgusting world you'd make with your own filthy hands! All your effort would have been a waste!"

"AH!" Max widened his eyes in horrified and realisation at Cera's point. As much as he loved dinosaurs and wanted them to live on, he still wouldn't wish it if it meant the sacrifice of countless innocent lives to do so, on anther note Seth's dinosaurs were all products of his evil science, tainting nature and its decisions while trying to play God. In the end, as hard as it was he had to agree with what his friend had to say as he turned back to Seth to see how he would respond.

The man held a rather emotionless expression on his face which lasted for a few moments, at first it seemed as though he was giving it actual thought and consideration as to the possible risks and repercussions it would carry. But such hopes soon died away as a sinister smirk replaced it, "Heh, did you honestly think I haven't taken that factor into account?" he said before he widened his eyes maniacally, "And even if I didn't, frankly….I don't care what happens to humanity at all!" he proclaimed to the pair's alarm!

"Say what!?" Max exclaimed as his heart skipped a beat upon his outrageous answer.

"How could you say that!?" Cera followed though her voice also carried a hint of anger as well.

"Simple, I'm not only improving upon nature, I'm also fixing nature's mistakes." he answered in an caring manner, "The dinosaurs were cheated out of their reign and now I'm giving them a second chance at life which they so rightly deserve. I've come this far and I have no intention of turning back anytime soon." he said, "If humans have to disappear then so be it, after all we've done so many horrible things to the world we live in. War, corruption, pollution you name it. This world is filled with nothing but loathsome humans in its misguided pursuit of….progress…." he then said closing his eyes calmly, "I believe it's about time we gave it back to its rightful rulers, the dinosaurs, who know no such crimes. You could say I'd be doing the world a favour by putting an end to this failed epoch wouldn't you agree hmm?"

Cera then clenched her hand into a fist as she shouted out at the top of her voice every ounce of anger and spite she had against Seth, "GRR! You're heartless madman! Eliminating billions of innocent lives out of your own selfish ambitions! You may in fact doom all life on planet Earth!" She couldn't think of anyone else in the world she hated more than him.

"You won't get away with this! I swear it!" Max roared shaking his fists in response vowing to stop him if the electro cage wasn't holding him back!

Suddenly without warning, the console at the rector core started to glow brightly, followed by a beeping sound which could only mean big time trouble was approaching!

"Huh?"As Seth turned to look at where the alarm was coming from he gritted his teeth seeing the source of it, "NO! NOT THAT!" he cried worried as the copy stones glowed and sparked with electricity which was soon surging into the reactor core! "The power matrix is startling to collapse in on itself!" he gasped in worry as the reactor core began to accelerate and surge with discharging electricity. He had ran every single possible simulation and none of them specified this in the results, "Maybe there's something wrong with the copied stones…" he said to himself as he began typing on the console to try and isolate the exact problem and hopefully rectify it otherwise everything he worked for would be for nothing.

"He's pretty distracted….." said Cera to herslef seeing he had pretty much forgotten their presence as she arrowed her eyes at their opportunity to catch him off guard, "This might be our best chance…"

"We've got to get out of here…." Max then grunted as he looked around the cage to still see no way of slipping out.

"I know…." Cera replied seriously in agreement as she looked around to see there was no way of getting to the alpha ball that was generating the cage. "The gaps are too small to get through, even for Miku." Even if they were big enough it wasn't worth risking her precious friend getting fried or worse if she made the attempt. Seeing them trapped like rats in a cage was making her feel agitate at the fact Seth was still in front of them and they couldn't do anything to stop him or the craziness that was soon about to unfold, based on his reaction earlier no doubt something bad was about to happen to them all and they were sitting ducks now.

Thinking about it hard and long, Max then brightened up as an idea came to mind, "Huh? I know." he said as he turned around to Chomp.

"Hmm?" Cera blinked her eyes wondering what he was up to and she got her answer as he returned Chomp to card form. He then walked over to the front of the bars as Cera and Miku both tipped aside to give him his space, "Now if I could just slash the card right outside of these bars…" he thought out loud, but as he tried to, his hand ended up grazing against one of the bars which sparked! "AH! OW!" he gasped as he dropped his dinoholder in the process which slipped outside and out of reach!

"Ah! Max!" Cera gasped as she ran to him clenching his hand painfully, "You okay?" she asked him as he looked up to her with a hurt expression.

"Yeah, I am…." he breathed.

Hearing the clanking sound of the dinoholder, Seth turned around and smirked, "Hmph! Pathetic." he scoffed before completely disregarding them and returning to his matters at hand.

His arrogance made Cera click her tongue in annoyance, "Tch!" she vowed to make sure that his cocky attitude would soon be his undoing, and she knew just how to do it.

"Oh yeah? Just watch this." Max grunted as he prepared to take a huge gamble, which Cera soon stopped as she put a hand on his shoulder.

"Wait Max, let's not risk that." she said to him as she handed the boy her dinoshot, "Here, use this." she said as he took it from her hand.

"Huh? Really?" he blinked his eyes in surprise as she nodded and smirked.

"Go get him." she held a thumbs up to which he grinned eagerly.

"Heh, you bet." he said as he turned around and opened up the dinoshot's card slot. As Max began to slash Chomp's card on the dinoshot, Cera smiled seeing they could get the drop on Seth now, only to realise she forgot one final important detail as she saw him try to activate the card, "Wait Max no! That's the wrong way!" she cried out holding her arm out!

"Huh?" Her warning came too late as Chomp was indeed summoned but in his small form! "AH!" Max gasped in alarm as Cera gulped realising their plan may have been a bust!

"Oh no…."

Yet hope wasn't all lost, as Chomp turned around to face Seth, his back turned to him and completely unaware! He growled angrily as he ran around to take him by surprise!

Seth meanwhile was too distracted on the reactor core before him as electricity surged and fumes began to seep from it, hinting a possible meltdown and the destruction of the entire base! "The stones seem to be fine…so why is the system collapsing!?" he thought to himself realising he had to do something fast, "I've got to figure-" As he began typing on computer to isolate the problem, Chomp leapt out and snapped at his arm when he least expected it! "Huh-AH! Let go of my arm!" he cried in alarm as he tried to shake the little triceratops off him, but Chomp's mouth climbed shut on it like a vice and he refused to let go no matter how hard he was being shaken!

"Go get him Chomp!" Max cheered on as the little triceratops held on for dear life! The fate of the world resting on this one battle!

Seeing her comrade fighting with all his might and unwilling to let him suffer alone, Miku then nudged Cera a bit and she flared out her wings screeching furiously stating she wanted to fight alongside him too.

"You want to go too Miku?" Cera asked to which the feathered dinosaur nodded. "Alright then." she said deciding to trust her as she turned to Max once more, "Max."

He nodded knowing what she wanted, "Yeah." Handing her back the dinoshot she returned Miku to a card then slashed her again!

"Dino slash!" Miku appeared once more as a full sized raptor before jumping onto Seth's back and climbing up to his face where she began snapping and pulling his ear!

"AAAARGH! Get off me!" He yelled as he tried to throw her off, but each time he tried to reach for her, Chomp ended up snapping harder on his hand and he was unable to feed both dinosaurs off as they clawed at his face or Chomped hard on his hand!

"Go get em Miku!" Cera cheered her partner on.

"That's it Chomp you can do it! Don't let him go!" Max cried out encouraging his partner to bite as much as he wanted, the fate of the world resting on this one battle!

(Meanwhile)

Meanwhile on the upper deck, the battle between the D Team's dinosaurs and Seth's black t-rex raged fiercely. Both sides refusing to yield, neither gave way, until eventually, the power of trust and bonds between the true dinosaurs through their combined fusion move were able to overcome Seth's evil science, pushing through and landing a devastating final strike against the black dinosaur! At long last, after a gruelling battle, the black t-rex glowed and roared in pain, but also with a hint of relief that it could now rest in peace at last, soon lost out and transformed into black energy which was absorbed into Zeta Point's tower, signalling the D Team's victory!

"YEAH!"

"YAY!"

"HAHAHAH!" The entire gang cheered together in triumph that everything was now over, but their celebration was cut short almost instantly, as an earthquake suddenly shook the surface which made home stumble about!

"WAAAAAAH!"

Falling down on his knees, Dr Taylor looked over the edge and widened his eyes in amazement at what he saw, "Hey look everyone!" he cried pointing down as the others came to look too.

"Huh!?" They gasped in amazement to see the prehistoric forests covering the city, as well as the dinosaurs that were infesting it were disappearing altogether!

"The city's going back to normal!" Laura smiled as the others inroad her expression.

"Yeah you're right!" Rex nodded feeling relieved they didn't need to worry about the townsfolk being endangered any longer. Realising there was still a job they had to do, he stood up firmly and looked to everyone taking leadership once more, "Alright, we've taken down t-rex, now let's go stop Seth!"

They all nodded, "Right! Max and Cera need us!" said Zoe as they all looked towards the elevator.

"Let's go!" Spike cried rallying them as they ran towards it to aid Max and Cera, to finish what they started once and for all.

(Meanwhile)

Before long, power to the room began to short out and the electro bars soon dissipated away leaving Max and Cera free once more!

"HEY!"

"We're free!" They each said happily seen they could move once more before focusing their anger towards Seth who was still struggling to get Chomp and Miku off him!

"Looks like your plan failed!" Max mocked him but suddenly, a time portal opened up behind Seth which quickly sucked him inside!

"WAAAH!" he cried as the vortex took him by surprise and he attempted to pull his attackers in with him!

"Miku!" Cera widened her eyes as she quickly returned her partner to a card which she tucked into her pocket, Chomp sadly wasn't as fortunate as he ended up being sucked into the vortex along with Seth!

"Chomp!" Max leapt out and managed to grab him by the legs! "NO! URGH!" he grunted as he tried to pull his partner back out before suddenly getting overpowered by the pull of the vortex and getting sucked in himself!

"MAX!" Cera yelled in alarm as she ran to grab him by the torso! He maintained a tight lock around him and tried to pull back, but she could feel her legs slowly being dragged against the floor towards the portal and it was only a matter of time before she'd lose all her strength and get sucked into the void forever! She gritted her teeth and turned red as she began to loose her breath and the energy in her arms was beginning to give way, "ARGH! HELP!" she cried out pleadingly, and thankfully help had just arrived!

"Help's on the way Cera! Hang on!" Zoe cried out to her as she and the others had just entered Seth's lab and were rushing towards her as fats as their legs could carry them!

Seeing them she brightened up with hope and joy to see they had come to her aid, which suddenly vanished as she felt herself jerk forward due to the vortex's pull! "Hurry!" she cried out loud with her last breath as they arrived at her in time!

Meanwhile inside the vortex, Max stared down Seth who was hanging on by a thread, or more like hanging onto Chomp for dear life, "Let go of Chomp Seth! It's over!" Max yelled.

"Never! I'll see a world filled with my evolved dinosaurs if it's the last thing I ever do!" Seth retorted in defiance.

"No you won't cos I'll just keep stopping you!" Max growled back as he felt himself pulled deeper into the portal! "WAAAH!" Fortunately at that last second everyone had arrived to tug on both him and Cera as they held onto him together, unwilling to let him fall alone, if he was going to be lost then so were they! "I love dinosaurs, but even I don't want to see a world full of ones you've created! You've no right to do that to them! EVER!" Max yelled back vowing to stop Seth if he were to ever try anything like that again.

"URGH!" Seth grunted losing his grip but also angrily swearing vengeance for this defeat. Before he could attempt to pull his enemies down with him once again, Chomp quickly opened his mouth and releasing his hold on the man causing him to be pulled into the endless void of the time vortex! "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" His cries of agony echoed before dying out as he disappeared deep inside the eternal void.

"WAAAAAH!" Max cried as he was pulled out of the portal by the others and they all crashed down! "I've got you Chomp! Huh?" he cried with relief before looking back to see everyone else was lying back like a stack of fallen dominoes! "Thanks guys."

"Phew, that as close." Spike breathed with relief.

"Too close if you ask me…" Cera wheezed as she got back up from the floor.

"I'm glad you made it.…"

"Welcome back Max." Rex and Zoe both said to him with warm smiles.

Smiling back at them, Max then went to hugging his partner close to him, "Chomp, I'm so glad you're safe!" he cheered happily that he was safe with him now as he embraced him closely.

The moment didn't last long however, as the portal soon closed and revealing a sparking time drive console! "Uh oh!" Rex gasped as it began sparking even harder and that could only mean big trouble!

"WAAAH!" Everyone ran for cover as the fake stones inside began exploding followed by a massive surge in feedback to the reactor core!

"It's overloading again!" Cera cried as her heart began to race and her eyes widened with horror at whatever new danger that was about to befall them all!

"We have to put the original stones into the console or the whole machine will explode!" said Rod to the others as they quickly mobilised.

"Come on!" said Rex with urgency in his tone.

"Okay!" Max followed as they each took out the stones from their devices and slowly fitted them back inside the console, fitting together like an ancient jigsaw puzzle, which soon caused the entire system and the reactor core itself to calm down. The threat averted at last, the heroes took a breather as the machine quieted down and began moving normally like it should.

"Purring like an atomic powered kitten again." Spike then commented feeling pleased at their success.

As everyone took a breather at the fact the crisis had finally been averted and the world was saved, Cera then opened her eyes upon realising something else, "So guys, where's t-rex's card?" she asked looking to Rex, Zoe and the others.

"Hmm?"

"Card?" They blinked their eyes in confusion at Cera's question.

"Yeah, I mean you're all here because you defeated black t-rex right? So you must have its dinosaur card."

Upon her statement they looked to one another with a puzzled expression before looking back to her, "That's the weird thing….we beat it but it didn't change back to a card." said Rex as Cera raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Huh?"

"After we beat it…." said Zoe.

"It just….vanished into Zeta Point's tower and that's when everything outside seemed to go back to normal." Rod followed.

"I see….." Cera then folded her arms and closed her eyes in thought. Her best guess, the when the t-rex was defeated at last, it must have lost control over all its power and therefore couldn't return to a card, so more than likely it exploded and the energy was absorbed into Zeta Point which no doubt caused the base's systems to shut down and destabilise in turn. Regardless of whatever the case was, she closed her eyes wishing it safe passing into the after life where its soul could rest in peace without being desecrated by Seth again.

Speaking of the topic, "Where'd Seth go?" Rex then asked Max and Cera curiously.

"He got sucked into a vortex." Max answered, also feeling relieved having realising had the others not come in time he and Cera would have shared the same cruel fate as he did.

Cera narrowed her eyes at the very spot where the vortex was. Deep down in her heart, she knew that despite being unable to save him, there was no way he could possible change his ways after bear witnessing the man he really was. Personally after all he did to them, she knew the world would be a far better place without him and hoped this was the last they'd ever see of him.

"Just remember kids, that's what happens to people like that." said Dr Taylor firmly as everyone began taking it to heart. Rod and Laura especially, feeling glad that they were the ones to help change their grandfather and his henchmen, otherwise they may have joined Seth in a fate just has or maybe even worse than him.

It was at that moment that a mysterious screen suddenly appeared before them which caught their attention with its bright light!

"Huh?" As they all turned to face it, they could see the bright screen was starting to dim and an image could just be seen barely through the light.

"Something's coming out of the light." said Rex as a room appeared onscreen, with a pair of adults inside hibernation pods. A man with brown hair and a woman in glasses with blond hair just like Rex's.

"Those same 2 people I saw last time…." Cera thought to herself before quickly putting 2 and 2 together, "Could it…be?"

"Umm…who are they?" Rex asked with interest as Rod and Laura stood at the screen with shocked expressions on their faces before turning back to answer Rex, unsure of how he'd take it.

"Rex….that's your mother and father…." he said as everyone became completely and utterly speechless. They thought their ears were deceiving them, but Rod's firmness confirmed he was indeed true to his word this time. As Rex stared unable to comprehend what was going on, Spike then blinked his eyes upon recalling Jonathan's story from earlier.

"But….how is that possible?" he asked, "Last we heard they were….."

"Dad." Max stopped him after tugging at his shirt which made his father cut off his sentence at that moment.

"Oh right…sorry Max…." he said lowering his head.

As everyone stared with unblinking eyes at the people they thought were lost forever, Cera couldn't help but utter a few words out from her stunned beyond belief mouth, "I can't believe it…." she breathed, "Dr Z….really was telling the truth."

Hearing her words the others looked to her, "What?"

"Dr Z?"

"What does grampa have to do with this?"

"And what do you know?" They asked as they focused their attention on her completely.

She then turned to them all and cleared her throat, "Well you see-" She then explained the entire story from start to finish, what Dr Z confessed to her much earlier, every sentence and nothing left out. As she concluded Dr Z's heartfelt tale, everyone became even more surprised and bewildered at the second truth that the old doctor had kept from them all the entire time.

"I don't believe it…." Zoe blinked her eyes.

"Dr Z….did something…really good?" Max croaked.

"I didn't think even grampa was capable of being so selfless like that." Laura muttered having gained a newfound respect for her old grandfather she never thought she had.

"Neither did I." Rod followed.

"I didn't think he was telling the truth at first." Cera admitted, keeping it to herself having recalled she had came across Rex's parents one time on her first visit, yet never mentioned it because only now she recalled it, "But…guess now we realise he meant what he said in the end." she then said as everyone looked to one another, "Maybe he's….not such a bad guy after all…."

"Yeah….I guess…." said Rex in agreement before becoming slightly firm.

"Still, he did cause a lot of trouble so he'll have to pay for that later." Zoe muttered as she folded her arms behind her head.

"But right now," said Spike with an eager grin as he put his hand on Rex's shoulder, "I think it's time for a much needed family reunion." As everyone smiled eager to meet Rex's parents either for the first time or again, they all headed towards the secret room as fast as they could, though Rex held a rather emotionless expression on his face while remaining silent. Nearly his whole life he wanted to know where he had came from, and now that he finally had the answer, he didn't know how to respond, nor he knew how his parents would take it. Would they recognise or even accept him? Such questions spiralled through his mind as he hung back, not saying another word. His behaviour was noticed by Cera who understood what he was going through, she herself wouldn't know how to take it if she were to meet with someone from her past yet couldn't. That though would be another matter saved for another time…..

Before long the group made it to the entrance to the secret room, the very same one Cera herself stumbled upon a while back, "Here we are." said Rod as he noticed the code box on the door locks, "Now for the entrance code." after he dialled in the code to the security locks, they released and allowed the group to enter the room to find Rex's long lost parents lying in the pods in a deep serene slumber.

"There they are Rex." said Max to his friend who was still hiding behind him.

"They look peaceful too." said Zoe clapping her hands together feeling warm and fuzzy.

"Yeah," Laura nodded in agreement before she and her brother walked up to the pod's switches, "But they've had a long enough nap already."

"Time for a wakeup call!" said Rod eagerly as he pressed the release button, causing the pods to open up.

As they did, Dr Ancient and Cretacia finally awoken after their long months of deep hibernation before smiling at one another and at their guests who had come to greet them, "Hello there Laura, and Rod." said Dr Cretacia warmly while also greeting some new faces that had came to welcome them back home.

"Welcome back!"

"Hi Mrs Ancient!" Rod and Laura both said greeting their old friends.

"I am glad you are safe and sound." said Helga with respect.

It didn't take the pair long though to notice there was a boy with blond hair hiding behind Max, "Huh?" Taking a closer look he peeped out shyly as Max nudged him playfully with his elbow.

"Hey go on Rex. Just introduce yourself." he whispered.

Both parents were taken aback by the name they heard, "Your name's Rex!?" Dr Cretacia gasped in surprise, which confirmed that was indeed his true name. As Rex stepped out so his long lost parents can take a good look of him they took notice of something he was wearing around his neck, "Can it be?" she said reaching out to touch it, "I know that amulet…."

"Yeah!" A memory soon coursed through Dr Ancient's mind as he recalled the day his wife brought their baby boy into the world and the bright smile of hope he had on his face. As the memory passed and was replaced with a teary eyed Rex, both parents soon brightened up with immeasurable amounts of joy.

"Oh Rex! It really is you isn't it!?"

"My boy!" They each said before embracing him in a warm hug and crying tears of pure joy.

"Oh darling!"

"Look how big you've grown…." Tears of emotion welled up in Rex's eyes, as a piece of his heart had began to fit inside completing him. It was that moment he finally found out who he truly was, where he belonged with and that he had a family which loved him deeply.

"No tears! This is a happy moment!" Spike wept trying his best but failing to fight back the tears welling up in his eyes before lowering his head and covering his face with his hat unable to take it all at once.

As everyone smiled and grinned treasuring the joyous moment carved into their hearts and memories for life, Cera couldn't help but put a hand on her chest feeling her heart touched by this herself, "Beautiful….." she breathed smiling brightly. "If Rex can find his family….maybe I can too…." she then thought as she became more confident and assured of herself, "I'll just have keep holding onto hope and never give up….just like everyone here…." she said filled with determination. It was now she began to realise that fate had lead her to this point in space and time, and if it could carry her this far to bring Rex back to his family and save the world from Seth, maybe there was still a chance in there for her to find herself too.

(Later)

A long time had passed after Rex's fateful reunion with his parents. Yet despite the beautiful moment the fact remained for the D Team that there was still more work to be done due to the aftermath of the chaos Seth had caused. After briefing the Ancients on everything that had transpired since their return from the ancient world, they could hardly believe their ears. They couldn't tell which was more unbelievable, the fact that Seth and Dr Z were the ones to betray them and cause so much chaos threatening their Noah Ark project, or that Rex himself and his friends were the one to help fix it by gathering the dinosaurs again. They were also surprised too about Cera herself too, being someone who can use dinosaurs yet never met her before, which was a deep mystery still even for the 2 genius scientists who thought they knew everything. While they didn't know, Cera wasn't put off too much because all that mattered was that her friends were okay, who helped guide her to this point in time.

After that they got straight to work on fixing the damage done, starting with Jonathan, who was tended to by Dr Ancient himself and reprogramming all of the alpha droids to a far less evil purpose than Dr Z and the Alpha gang had for them. Meanwhile after Reese dropped the Trio and Dr Z back on the island, they were given a strict disciplining by Helga, after making them apologise for what they did she shut them inside the bathroom giving them a mega sized timeout for all the trouble they caused. On top of that, Helga also dumped Terry, Tank and Spiny in with them to keep them company, though the antics they'd have to put up with the 3 dinosaurs in a locked room would be far worse than any other punishment they'd ever taken from her.

After that they worked gathering the rest of the cards from the D Lab and now are busy sorting them into new dinosaur card capsules along with their move cards, which was when Rex had brought starling news to the rest of his friends.

"What do you mean you're leaving today?" Max asked.

"When did that happen!?" Zoe exclaimed shocked at the fact Rex was going to leave them so soon, maybe even forever!

"Well, mom and dad said we have to go right away…." said Rex rather sadly at the unfortunate but no less inevitable fact, after realising the truth and finding them again it was only a matter of time.

"What's the big rush all about?" Zoe then asked really wanting to know the reason why.

"Dad says the backhander has already been in this time period way too long." Rex replied as his parents were calibrating some last few checks while Spike just looked around his surroundings aimlessly.

"What's a backlander?" Max asked curiously.

"Oh, that's the official name of the time machine." Rex answered him.

"I like that name better than Zeta Point." Cera added as she nodded in approval before adding in an edmontosaurus into a card capsule before doing the same to an anatotitan.

"Do they think it will still work?" Max asked feeling unsure after the damage it suffered earlier.

"Yeah it seems alright." Rex replied feeling confident the machine will work just fine, "I guess those copied stones that Seth made were the reason it went berserk before."

The sounds of chuckling from behind caught their attention.

"Huh?" As they turned to look they saw Jonathan stepping into the room carrying a lunch box while trotting along in a very happy mood.

"Nothing like a central processing overhaul from one's creator to put a major spring in one's step." he said feeling rejuvenated 100% and he couldn't wait to get back to pleasing his masters once more.

"Glad he's much better too." said Cera with relief that Dr Ancient was able to remove every trace of damage from the robot, who no doubt had a heart purer than any gold in the world. Of course that was to be expected from the man who built him in the first place, he had to have known him inside and out for that.

"Almost done with the last systems check!" said Rod to the others quite excitedly.

"And then it's time to hit the road!" Laura added holding a thumbs up having been waited for this moment to return after a long time.

The D Team was happy that Rod and the others could go home, but there was a downside to this happy ending. Each step achieved in repairing the ship meant one step closer to parting ways with their dear friends and saying goodbye.

"I'll miss Rex…." Max sighed, "But Ace too…." he smiled lightly as he saw their dinosaurs playing with each other happily as they always did, though Miku decided to keep close to Cera instead for a change as she perched on her partner's shoulder. Seeing them having fun and then never getting to play with or even see them again was going to be like they'd give up a piece of their own souls and hearts if they parted ways.

Cera could tell this too as she looked at the dinosaurs enjoying one another's company, unaware of the fact this might be their last time with their human friends. She herself on the other hand…..

"What about you Cera?" Zoe then asked her red haired friend as the others soon focused their attention on her. She stared back at them with an unchanged emotionless expression, knowing wha they were going to ask. She herself has already decided but she wasn't fully convinced whether it was the right call or not as she did her best to hold her poker face.

"Yeah, now that we've found all the dinosaurs and fixed the whole mess with the alpha gang." Max continued for her, "What are you going to do now?" he asked out of curiosity.

She swallowed had knowing she had to answer back, and no matter which she chose she'd be hurting either herself or her friends, "I…err….well….." Of all the questions they would ask, she feared this one the most. What would she do now? Where would she go? Soon she took a breath of air to clear her thoughts, having an answer already and no matter how pained she was to say it she knew it had to be done, though that didn't mean it was going to be easy, "I've been….talking it over with the Ancients for a bit and err…."

Fortunately or unfortunately a certain main was unintentionally going to bail her out, this time, "I'm so impressed that you were able to collect all of these dinosaurs." Dr Ancient suddenly interrupted in awe as he came over to see their work with the cards, "You 4 kids have done a fantastic job. Really great!" he said complimenting their achievements and talents. The fact they bonded with dinosaurs and were able to master them to such an extent was far beyond anything he had ever expected out of them.

"Yeah well we never could have done it without a lot of help!" Max replied modestly, "From Chomp and Paris and Ace!" he said looking to the 3 dinosaurs then turning around to 2 other special friends, "And Cera and Miku especially."

"Thanks you guys." Cera replied looking away with a blushed smile, "It means a lot for us."

"That's not all." Zoe added, "Laura and Rod helped us too."

"Collecting some too in a way." Cera stated as she remembered them swiping some cards from the D Team sometimes.

"Though the whole thing would have been a lot easier if our grampa hadn't been such a problem." Laura admitted as she and her brother felt really bad about what they did, "Sorry guys…."

"Thanks but don't worry about it Laura." said Max forgiving her completely, "I'm just glad that all of us got to be friends."

"Mhmm."

"Yeah." Zoe, Cera and Rex went in agreement with him.

"Oh! Speaking of Dr Z where'd he go?" Spike then asked curiously.

Rod and Laura looked to each other and grinned mischievously, "Hee hee, oh don't worry about it." Laura giggled.

"Yeah, let's just say grampa and the others are getting just the right amount of discipline as we speak." Rod smirked folding his hands on his hips and holding his head up proudly. The rest of the gang shuddered that could only mean Helga, and whatever she'd do to them would be way worse than what they went through with Seth and black t-rex any day of the year.

It was then that he rest of the D Team remembered something they were asking their friend and her decision as they soon focused back on her, "So Cera." said Rex as she turned to see them all looking at her.

"Y…Yeah?" she asked uneasily.

"You said something about discussing with my mom and dad." he said as her mood saddened slightly.

"Oh that." She could tell they were wanting to know her decision on this serious matter and she couldn't weasel away out of it this time, "You see…I've been thinking….." taking in a breath and readying herself she became serious, "Guys….I've been thinking long and hard about this….and really it wasn't easy but I've made my mind up." she said as the rest of her friends stared back at her, preparing themselves for whatever answer she'd give them and making sure they'd support her choice too, "I truly enjoy my time with you guys, but….I still have a past and memories to recover too." She then looked to the side with Jonathan was working at the controls and Rod and Laura still checking the systems, "And after seeing what Ancients and the others have come up with, with the time machine and all….I feel as though I have a lead at long last." she said with a leith smile before sighing and lowering her head feeling pained herself knowing she'd have to part ways with something important either way, "I told Dr Ancient about my predicament and he said he'd be more than happy to help me find the missing pieces to my past, and with the technology and capabilities in the future, I feel me and Miku might be able to find out where we came from, and if not, at least get close to it." She said trying hard to fight her doubts and insecurities about having second thoughts, "I'm sorry…but…this is what I really want…and opportunities like this don't come very often so….well…."

The rest of the D Team looked back at her with saddened looks, "Cera…."

"So you're going too huh?" The rest of her friends said feeling for her and understanding her voice, as well as it being just as her don her as it was for them.

"I know it's hard you guys…." she said as she looked to the friends she had to leave behind here in this time, "Max, Zoe….you both have been irreplaceable friends and I couldn't bare to part ways with you, in fact I think Rex feels the same way." She said looking to the blond boy who was feeling somewhat guilty that not everyone could be happy under these conditions, "But, based on the circumstances it's unfortunate and unavoidable we have to part ways at this point." She then looked to Miku on her shoulder and nuzzled her, "Also I….don't want Miku to be like…the only dinosaur left behind in this world after today." Miku cooed with affection and slight sadness as Cera lowered her head with guilt, "And I…I know it isn't fair but….well…."

Max and Zoe looked to one another before nodding at each pother and smiling at Cera, "We understand." said Max giving him her full support much to her relief.

"Go, find your own path to walk and I'm sure you'll the answers you've been hoping for all this time." said Zoe as she took her hand in.

"And I'll be sure to help you find it too," added Rex with firmness, "It's the least after what you and your partner did for us and the whole D Team."

Max then gave a big grin as he reached out and patted Cera on the shoulder, "The ride was fun while it lasted and we enjoyed every moment of it." he said with confidence as Zoe nodded with hum, "We have no regrets about meeting you, they were the best memories of all."

"Something you'll take back and add to your own when you do find you who you really are." Rex added at the end.

Looking to them all, Cera could feel emotion well up deep in her heart, unable to express it she began to sniffle and shed a few tears from her eyes feeling touched. Not wanting to let their parting be bittersweet, she wiped them away and smiled back at them, "Yeah. I'll remember that always." she nodded while sniffling a bit.

Her friends patted her on the shoulder encouraging her to be strong for them, "We'll miss you very much."

"Be sure to keep in touch." Said Max and Zoe trying to hold in their emotions themselves too.

"We will, promise." Rex nodded with Cera with affirmation this wouldn't be the last they see and hear from each other.

In the background, Rod and Laura looked on, feeling the sadness and emotional scene get to them too, as they turned around and walked away, unwilling to handle it much longer.

"All systems are primed and ready!" Jonathan then called out to them as he manned the controls at the front of the control deck, "Go ahead and insert the stones into the console!" he instructed.

Max turned to his friends with a smile, "What do you say? Ready to go Rex? Cera?"

"Yeah." his friend replied calmly, "But I'm not going to get all mushy. Cos I know I'm going to see you guys again."

"Well said Rex." Cera nodded as she looked to everyone else, "After all we've been through, there's no way we'll let our story end off like this. It'll be way too depressing and anti-climatic too." she added putting a hand on Max and Zoe's shoulders.

"Yeah, for sure."

"That's right!" Zoe added in agreement to Max, "With the time machine you can visit me and Max anytime." she said before looking down at their dinosaurs, "And Ace can visit Chomp and Paris too."

"Yeah." said Rex feeling confident about that idea, though Cera and Miku weren't quite feeling up to it.

"Are they planning to keep Paris and Chomp here?" she thought feeling unsure about this. Sure it would be painful and Max and Zoe wouldn't bear being able to part ways with their dinosaurs, but at the same time they'd be like the only dinosaurs left in the world and that wouldn't be fine after considering why they were being brought in the first place. Either way was a double edged sword, destiny could be a cruel mistress sometimes and she knew how unfair life sometimes worked.

Dr Cretacia and Ancint soon stepped in, "I'm sorry." she said with a hint of regret despite her smile, "But I'm afraid all 3 of you must give up your dinosaurs."

"What?" Max gasped in alarm as Zoe too was shocked.

"Those dinosaur cards were created as a way if preserving the species." said Rex's dad hoping they would understand, "You'll need to give them back so we can keep them in a safe place forever."

Upon hearing his reasoning, Max and Zoe both felt devastated, "No…I can't…." he said pained beyond belief as his heart became heavy as they all looked to see their dinosaurs still playing innocently with each other. Rex too was sad to see his friends having to part with their partners and it didn't help much that he'd be the only one with them. "That would mean I'd…never see Chomp again…."

"Or Paris…." Zoe sighed.

Cera knew the right thing to do on this hard choice, and yet that didn't make it any easier for her nor was it any fairer, as she looked away unable to see them part. Miku too felt the same as she did as she cooed and nuzzled next to her face.

"Chomp…." Max wept as tears began welling in his eyes. Unable to control himself anymore he cried out and ran to hug his partner close to him, "Oh Chomp!"

"Paris!" Zoe did the same as Max as she leaned in to pick up her partner whom she treasured almost like family.

"I'm really gonna miss you pal," said Max as he held him up to his face who began sniffing him curiously, "But I'l remember the great times we had together and I promise I'll never forget you." He said trying to hide his pain with a however could sense Max was keeping something from him as he began to nibble his nose like old times, like their first ever encounter. "So you have to be…brave and…." His nibbling made him flashback to all their good times and soon being choked with tears he couldn't hold it in any longer as he cried out in pain and sadness at their bittersweet parting, "CHOMP!"

"My sweet Paris you take care…." Zoe wept as she stroked her partner's crest, as she leaned in close affectionately to Zoe's face.

"Ace buddy you've been a best friend to me and I'm really gonna miss you…" said Rex as he held up the carnotaurus in his hands like a baby.

Hearing their cries of parting made Cera tear up herself, worrying that Dr Ancient might even ask her to give up her only known friend from the start of this while journey of hers. "Miku….." hearing her name spurred the young microraptor to nuzzle at her shoulder. Smiling to see how attached she was to her, Cera smiled and sniffled as she petted her on the head with her finger, "I promise even if it's for their cause….I won't let them take you without me." she whispered to Miku as she rubbed her feathery head into her face.

"Must not cry…again…" Spike thought to himself as he smiled covering his face up with his hat.

Before long the rest of the D Team returned their cherished partners to their cards and removed the stones from their dinoholders before handing them all to Dr Ancient, "Will you promise you'll take good care of em?" Max asked as Rex's dad gave them his full assurance.

"Yes." he vowed.

It was soon time to part ways as Zoe, Spike and Max both head to the teleport site and a bright light soon began to envelop the 3 of them, "Take care you guys." Cera said as she waved her hand to them.

"We'll be in contact." added Rex.

"We know you will." said Dr Taylor in response as their time to go had come upon them.

"Max! Zoe!" Rex called out to them for one more favour as the bright light of the teleporter became brighter, "Call my dad in New York! Tell him what happened! And that I'll see him as soon as I can!" he said to them, still holding onto Dr Owen in a special place in his heart, one which he'll never forget for all eternity despite being separated by centuries of time and space.

"Sure you got it!" Max replied with rather sad eyes but still willing to fulfil his friend's last wishes. Spike then leaned in and hugged both him and Zoe, encouraging them to send him off with smiles as they all grinned happily and with energy. "Alright! See ya Rex!"

"Bye everyone!" Zoe concluded.

As their friends vanished in the bright light and appeared down below in front of the Taylor residence, Rex shed a tear taking a good hard look at his best friends of all with Cera putting a hand on his shoulder to comfort him, telling him not to worry and that they will see them again one day.

"Jonathan? Is everything ready?" Dr Ancient then asked his butler who was at the controls.

"Yes master Ancient," the android replied, "With just the push of a button we'll be on our way in the blink of an eye."

His master then smiled pleased with the news, "Very well, then let's-"

Cera then widened her eyes in realisation of something important, "Wait." she said stopping them much to their surprise.

"Hmm?" They all turned to look at her in confusion.

"Is something wrong Cera?" Dr Ancient asked her feeling puzzled, assuming she either might have changed her mind or forgot something important.

She then looked to them in response, "Before we go, shouldn't we fix everything that's happened in this time first?" she asked with concern as screens depicting the straightened leaning tower of Pisa, damaged Great wall of China, the destroyed Sagrada Familia and several other damaged monuments appeared on screen, "If we leave things the way they are no doubt there'll be impacts in the future right?"

"Ah!" Rex widened his eyes in surprise, "Of course! I can't believe I almost forgot about that." he cried punching his fist into the palm of his hand, realising the people of the current world would no doubt still have questions about everything that's taken place and the backlashes the changes in this time would bring about in the future.

Fortunately his father anticipated something like this, as he put a comforting hand on his son's shoulder, "Have no fear Rex, Cera." he said to them both with reassurance, "The Backlander is also equipped with a special function to handle situations such as this, in the event we accidentally caused something that would affect time down the road." he said as they widened their eyes in surprise at what he said.

"AH!"

"Really!?"

Dr Ancient nodded as he looked to Jonathan, who nodded understanding what he had to do, "Behold!" he announced as he pressed a button on the consoles. The timeship soon began to emit waves of energy from it, spreading across the entire of the planet, undoing every ounce of damage caused by dinosaurs or dino related events over the past few months, returning them to normal as if they were nothing! What would have taken people days or even months to repair, they accomplished it within mere seconds. The sight of it all filled the kids with amazement at what they saw, it was truly nothing like they had ever seen in their lives.

"Amazing…." Cera breathed in awe as Miku widened her eyes speechlessly.

"Yeah…it's almost like….magic…." Rex mirrored her tone and expression of amazement.

"This is nothing sweetie." said Dr Cretacia with a rather proud smile before petting his head, "When you go back home to our true time, you'll be even more impressed." she said leaning down to him as his eyes brightened up.

"You mean like…Flying cars, huge skyscrapers, robots everywhere like in the movies!?" Rex cried out like an eager child.

"Hee hee, even better than that." she giggled, "Anything you can imagine will be 10 times better I promise you." she said as Rex pumped his arms up and jumped in excitement.

"Oh it sounds just awesome I can't wait!" he said laughing with glee, while Cera smiled and shook her head in amusement, for all his calmness and level headed attitude he still was a kid on the inside whole she was more reserved.

Seeing how eager his son was for their new home, Dr Ancient saw now reason to keep his son waiting, "Hahaha! Well wait no more, because here we go!" he declared pointing out to the front as Jonathan pressed the switch!

"Time to time travel!" he bellowed as the ship sped into the distance and a portal opened up in its flight path ahead.

Looking at the screens depicting the taylor household, the very place he grew up for most of his life, "Bye everyone….we'll miss you…." Rex waved at it knowing they would be sending him off with smiles and good wishes too, yet though the parting was painful he knew deep down this wouldn't be their last.

"Where one chapter ends, another begins….." Cera thought to herself as she took to heart all her experiences and memories of this chapter of her life, and with full intention of making it just as or even better as they entered into the time tunnel. Little did she or anyone know, was that their new adventure was just around the corner, one that would test their bonds and resolve across space and time itself…..

(Later)

A while later, Cera was now searching through Seth's computer files as she typed away at one of the main computers with Jonathan standing by her and Miku on her shoulder. Being in the very lab where he conducted his evil experiments was making her feel very uneasy and even now the cries of dinosaurs screeching in pain still echoed through the halls so she wanted to get this over with as soon as she could. "This must be it….." she said having found what may have been the data Seth swiped out of Jonathan's head back in Russia, though there was only one way to find out, "Is this is it Jonathan?" she asked turning to him as he opened the file and large amount of research files and data sheets were released onscreen.

"Hmm…Yes, this is indeed it." he confirmed it as he narrowed his eyes, his expression hardened as he found bits and pieces of 'extra' data included too.

Data which Cera soon began to recognise, "Looks like Seth combined Dr Ancient's data with his own and twisted it with data from a….certain source too….no wonder he was able to make such a powerful dinosaur too in black t-rex." she said after observing it all.

"How unforgivable…" Jonathan growled as he clenched a fist in anger and he shook with rage, "What we did to save the dinosaurs…he used so he could twist them to his purposes….like he was playing God…."

Cera could understand what he was feeling, in fact she too felt just as angry about what he used his talents for which could have been used to serve far nobler goals, "Guess in humans it makes sense, sometimes those who are too smart or have too much power in their hands can't help but misuse it and think they are higher than others." she sighed shaking her head as she knew the result of his misguided actions, "Let's be glad he isn't around anymore."

"Indeed." Jonathan nodded in agreement, knowing it would be troubling if he succeeded in his maniacal ambitions, and shuddering at the thought of the horrible world he would create out of his mad science. He soon drifted into deep thought, "Still….to revive a dinosaur form a fossil….that's something even Dr Ancient nor Dr Cretacia weren't able to do." be mused, admitting even that was something to be commended, "In all our data gathering we never came upon anything such as that….so how did he?" he wondered.

"Who knows….." Cera replied. While she was unsure as to where he got that data, she had a certain suspicion she may have played a partial role in that tyrannosaurus' creation so she couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty herself for it to have been revived only to suffer and perish again later….question was…how did she have that data? Another mystery she'd have to unravel in due time.

Little did she know was that Jonathan had a strange feeling himself too, feeling that when Cera does get her memory back maybe can shed light on using her mysterious knowledge and expertise on dinosaurs for a far nobler cause than Seth ever could, though that was something for another time, "I must return to my duties now, in the meantime feel free to go wherever you please on the ship Cera, you have earned the right and privilege."

"Thank you Jonathan. I appreciate it." She bowed to him in respect as he took his leave from the lair. After that she typed away at the computer and soon found the blue prints for Seth's ultimate move card, "So this is free scorcher….." As she ran over its schematics and energy levels she narrowed her eyes while Miku hissed angrily at the damage it caused them, "Such a horrible move….." She grunted as bad memories of it being used to cause so much pain and destruction flooded her mind. She intended to erase it at first, but stopped herself at the last second upon recognising an alternative, "I wonder…even if it was intended for evil, maybe it can be repurposed to serve good." she wondered as she began typing away at it, "With just a few tweaks….maybe it won't hurt the dinosaur using it and there wouldn't be any need to alter one too." she thought as she began changing the move's energy needs to make it easier on the dinosaur using it and in turn reducing some of the energy outputs so that the damage caused would be reduced. Soon a new and improved fire scorner move card materialised and was ejected out of the computer, which Cera took hold of and smiled proudly at it before exiting the room.

She soon headed to check on the dinosaur card vault, passing by Rod and Laura's room where they were doing some of their last bits of homework with Helga supervising them. As she went inside she began taking a look through some of the cards present inside a secure glass egg shaped casing, which included abelisaurus, udanoceratops and fukuiraptor, as well as a couple of move cards with tie breaker (tapejara) and a trio of rush cards featuring gallimimus, struthiomimus and dromicieomimus. As she began sorting through the bunch, she heard the sound of the door opening behind her and she and Miku turned around in surprise to see who it was, "Dr Ancient?"

"Ah Cera, so this is where you've been." he said kindly as he entered and walked up to her.

She then bowed down rather respectfully to him, "I just really want to say, I can't thank you enough for this, offering to take me back so you can help me figure out who really am….you're really you're too kind." she said filled with undying gratitude, something which even Miku reflected as she cooed and lowered down seeing Dr Ancient as a leader in his won way.

"There is no need for thanks." the man replied as he put a gentle hand on her shoulder, "In fact, I should be the one thanking you and your friends for taking good care of my son Rex." he then said as he reached slowly to Miku, who gently nuzzled into his hand trusting him, which felt great considering how fluffy she was.

"Of course, he's been a great friend." Cera replied with a smile, "In fact there's nothing I wouldn't do for them, after all they've done, taken me in too and gave me place to be, not to mention helping me remembering things I didn't know of…..I owe it to them who I've become now regardless of who I was before." she said feeling thankful meeting them and treasuring the memories and experiences they made together.

Dr Ancient smiled seeing Cera's attitude, a selfless and noble heart for both dinosaurs and people, and also…a new potential too which he hadn't seen in anyone ever before, not even his own son or the D team, "You know Cera," he said as he walked past her to look at the cards inside the safe. "It's as I thought, when I saw you and the whole D Team together, I knew you were all indeed a special bunch no doubt." he said before focusing on Miku, "You all bonded with your dinosaurs, taught each other many great things neither could do alone, taking each other to great heights as you learnt about each other on your journeys together." He then looked up at her with admiration, "You've definitely brought about a new horizon and potential for dinosaurs and man when we go back to the future, a new horizon my wife and I didn't think could be possible when we first embarked on this mission, and for that I really am grateful."

Cera felt moved by his inspiring words as she bowed down to him in respect, "I'm honoured we were able to inspire such good feelings in you."

"In fact, I feel as though you might be special in your own way too." he then said as he looked at her device clamped on her waist, "That dinoshot you possess, and the appearance of several kinds of dinosaurs we never encountered before on our trips to the past…..no doubt they must be connected somehow." he said rather seriously as Cera looked up at him, "And I promise you that we'll help you find your way, you have my word on it." he said with a confident smile and clenched hand into a fist.

As he said that Cera and Miku bot could feel hope in their hearts, hope that they could count on to help them find the missing pieces of their past and then put it together again. "Thank you Dr Ancient, it means a lot to hear you say that." She said feeling touched and putting her full faith and trust in him knowing he can indeed help her find her way. That and also, at the back of her mind…. she felt she knew him deep down somewhere but couldn't put a finger on it….

Dr Ancient was glad to hear Cera's hopes being revitalised but soon his expression turned somewhat sour and filled with regret too, which she quickly took notice of,

"Is…something wrong?" she asked curiously and with concern.

He then lowered his head and let pout a deep sigh, "I still can't believe it though….the things that happened while we were still in stasis…." he said as he began recalling all the events that transpired behind his back the entire time in the ancient world and while they were trapped in their hibernation pods, "I can't believe Dr Z and Seth would resort to do such horrendous acts." he then said angrily at what happened and how he was powerless to stop it, how it got by him and his wife and wishing he could have done something earlier, "Dr Z wanting to use the dinosaurs for his amusement was one thing, but Seth…I knew he was gifted but for him to use his own talents to take things this far…." He said feeling regret at putting his trust in that madman, taking him on board as his apprentice when realising he was gifted in research and science, had he known things would have turned out like this…."How could I have not foreseen this sooner?" he hissed cursingly to himself as he clenched his head in his hands. Because of their selfish acts and mad ambitions they caused far more problems for the very dinosaurs they came to save and to countless innocents too.

Cera looked at him sympathetically, understanding his pain as she walked up to and patted him on the back, "Dr Ancient, I know it's hard, but you didn't know and you really couldn't have done anything at the time." she said as he looked to her, "For Seth using Dr Z as an unwitting pawn in his scheme and for twisting the dinosaurs like lab rats. He fooled everyone too, and what he did was unforgivable…." She then smiled lightly, "But it's in the past now and that's what matters. And now….Seth's gotten what he deserved." she added knowing he paid the price for his actions, the only sad part was that he didn't even realise what he was doing was wrong, he had fallen into a pit he couldn't be rescued from and there was nothing that could be done for him.

"Perhaps…." said Ancient as he lowered his head down and taking a breath thing to move on from it, though a small part of him wished he could change him before it was too late….Shaking his head he decided to focus on the remaining matter at hand, "But that just leaves Dr Z, in fact he's also to blame for what went wrong too."

"You're not wrong there." Cera admitted knowing the old doctor did his fair share of crazy deeds himself, before realising that unlike Seth he still did have some degree of good in him, "If it makes you better, from what he told me, he truly did feel bad for what he did and he saved you both in the end." she said to him which helped Dr Ancient restore a small amount of faith in his old friend, a little, "Also, I guess he just wanted to be known for something great himself in the end, and….if it wasn't for Dr Z we never would have been able to take Seth down." she added, considering if it wasn't for his move cards they weren't able to build the connection and bonds they needed in order to take down Seth for good, "So in a way….I guess he's also responsible for helping to create this new possibility for man and dinosaurs which you all can now bring forth to the future when you go home." she then said at the end which made Dr Ancient smile with hope.

"That's one way of looking things on the bright side." he admitted as he stood up firmly again and smiled proudly at Cera, "Seeing you kids truly are gifted at that…..heh, we adults sure can stand to benefit from you a lot, we might have to try it sometime." he chuckled before deciding to get back to other matters at hand, "Well I'd better go off and find my boy Rex, we have plenty of catching up to do." he said hoping to do some father son bonding like play ball or something with him. Before stepping outside he turned back to Cera, "Oh, when you're done here, go find my wife Cretacia. She said she's been wanting to talk with you about something." he said to her as she nodded.

"Sure thing of course." she said as the doors closed behind him. "They really are such nice people." Cera thought to herself as she could only see good things coming for them in the future and was looking feared to the new memories and experiences they would make in the time they were going to. As Miku cooed in agreement Cera then looked to her, "Well, looks like we're done here Miku, might as well see what Rex's mom wants with us." she said as the 2 of them headed outside to look for Cretacia to see what she wanted them for.

The pair soon arrived at the kitchen, where instead of Helga, they found Cretacia wearing one of Helga's aprons as she flashed a baking tray at them upon their entry, "Hi Cera sweetie! I thought everyone could use a break so I made a fresh batch of cookies!" she smiled as she flashed a tray of warm freshly baked chocolate chip cookies on them.

"I thought something smelled good in here." Cera smiled feeling tempted by the aromatic scents they gave off, even Miku's mouth was beginning to water too.

"Now that I'm finally out of that pod I can get back to my favourite hobby when I'm outside dinosaurs and fossils," Rex's mom sang in a jolly way, "And that's baking!" she cheered with excitement as she laid the tray down on the table, "Go on, have one I insist." she said generously as Cera smiled at her kind offer.

"Thanks." she said taking a cookie and getting another for Miku, "Here you have one too Miku." she said as she handed her dinosaur the biscuit. As they sunk their teeth into the warm crunchy outer shell, the chocolate chips began to melt in its warmth and meld with the taste of the biscuit. It was a sensation she couldn't describe as both of them blushed red in enjoyment, "Wow! These are sweet and crunchy too! Yum!" Cera cheered as she quickly stuffed the rest of it down her throat with Miku shoving the whole lot like a squirrel!

"Oh I'm glad you like them!" Cretacia cheered clapping her hands together feeling proud of herself and for pleasing them, "I gave some to Rex and he said they were the best ever, but I wanted a second opinion and to hear you say that makes me feel so happy." she said, "I even made the recipe myself."

Cera smirked in amusement, "Heh, well cooking is like inventing in a way, and being a scientist I shouldn't be surprised…but still I can't help but be impressed." In her mind she couldn't tell which mom's cooking she liked best, Mrs Taylor's milkshakes, Mrs Drake's apple pie or Mrs Ancient's cookies. Perhaps she ought to suggest a sweets contest the next time they had a family get together. "So what was it you called me here for? Surely it wasn't just to be a food connoisseur now was it?" she then asked.

"Hee hee, you're a clever girl aren't you?" Rex's mom grinned seeing how perceptive she was, "From what I heard from my son Rex, you're quite the tech head yourself back at the D Lab, so maybe you can help me with something." she said as she removed her apron and headed outside, "Come here and I'll shown you." she said ushering her out and Cera followed her with interest. As they entered another lab, she then showed Miku and Cera both 3 unusual devices which were equipped with straps so they could be clamped onto one's wrist, "Take a look, this is my newest invention." she said showing them off to her young girl who took one of them and eyed it with interest.

"What are those?" Cera asked unsure what to make of them despite looking advanced and important.

"I call these dino bracers," Dr Cretacia answered, "After seeing the dinoholders as well as your dinoshot, I felt quite inspired to seeing how you were able to create such a device that can use the power of the stones to transform dinosaurs from cards so easily." she said as she showed some blueprints featuring the components used and the functions they utilised, "As well as being able to put it together using parts from a rather….simpler time….no offence."

"None taken." Cera replied in fact she had to admit with what the bracers were programmed to do and how less advanced the past was it was natural that their new versions had to be huge upgrades to the old ones.

"In fact, I felt so inspired by what you all came up with I decided to make another version of our own." Dr Cretacia then cried out excitedly, "One using resources from the future, with this it can do all the same functions as the dinoholder did, except its far more portable and more advanced with features the old dinoholders couldn't use before." she said with pride before skipping over to another co-partner and taking out 3 larger devices shaped almost like deck boxes, "I even took the liberty of developing some dino gadgets that should help make the bracers stronger too and store your move cards more efficiently." she said, "This way, we might be able to study and research dinosaurs that much more easily in the future, maybe even communicate with them abbe have them integrated into society even. Oh the thought of it just fills me with excitement! Oh I just don't know where to start!" she jittered with glee.

"That sounds incredible." said Cera with awe and feeling her inner scientist bursting with anticipation and excitement over the possibilities that can be made through this device, "And you want me to help you finish them?" she asked.

"I wouldn't ask for anyone else." Dr Cretacia replied, "Besides, we could certainly use someone as talented as you are to help us out with this, become the trustworthy partner that Seth couldn't be and even more so." she added at the end before leaning down to the young girl with a hopeful expression of faith and trust, "So what do you say? Are you in?"

Cera then smirked with confidence and with excitement boiling in her blood as she nodded firmly, "Let's get to work." she said as the 2 of them went to the work table and began conducting several tests such as simulating compatibility with stones, using Cera's dinoshot as a template for their capabilities (though strangely its functions seemed to be more powerful than what their current future technology could muster which was a bit of a surprise too), adjusting the gadgets to provide move cards as quickly as possible and adding the communicator functions too. Miku even helped by keeping an eye on the smaller parts and ensuring they didn't roll away as well as picking up any components that did fall off the table by chance. As they dived further and further into their world, Cretacia could see how much Cera was really enjoying herself and getting into it too. Her drive for science wasn't the only thing pushing her, but also her passion for dinosaurs and wanting to make their dream a reality was fuelling that motivation for a grand vision. No doubt she truly was special in that way.

In her mind Cera could see the copy stones that Seth made could even serve a purpose too in testing out these dino bracers should they be made for everyone's use in the future, though little did she know was that very thought of hers would soon come to a reality in the near future…..

Eventually, after making the final modifications, "And there, that should do it!" Mrs Ancient said as she wiped away some sweat from her brow as she placed the last bracer into a holding compartment and eyed them proudly with her assistant Cera at their hard but fruitful work.

"We did great Dr Cretacia." smiled Cera feeling deeply honoured to have contributed to such great dinosaur research.

"We sure did Cera." Mrs Ancient smiled happily with her as both females eyed their hard work with deep admiration.

"Way I see it, there's definitely going to be a bright future and straight path towards it from here on out." Cera thought to herself seeing that there was no way things could ever go wrong from here.

Unfortunately, her hopes for a straight path to a bright and joyous future for all, was about to take a nasty detour towards a new path which fate had planned for them all, as an alarm suddenly rang through the halls of the Backlander which caught everyone by surprise!

BEEP! BEEP!

"Huh!?" Cretacia and Cera looked around upon hearing the red alert alarm as red lights began flashing through the rooms!

"What's that!?" Cera gasped as Miku's eyes became slit and she ruffled her feathers being agitated.

"I don't know." Cretacia narrowed her eyes before looking down to see the long girl and her dino becoming unnerved and worried. She then strolled her gently on the head and smiled lightly, "But stay calm Cera, I'm sure it's nothing serious….I hope…." she said at the end as she was starting to become rather insecure herself.

A sudden jerk shook the entire ship knocking them off balance!

"AAAAAHH!" They cried as they fell down to the floor! Miku jumped off in time before Cera fell on her before hopping over to her with concern.

"Wh…What's happening!?" Cretacia gasped as she looked around in confusion, unsure what was happening, it couldn't have been a malfunction since they ran a complete systems check before leaving, which meant it had to have been an outside factor! "Are we under attack!?" She then cried thinking it'd be impossible because there shouldn't be anything living in the time stream…unless by chance….they weren't alone….

"A….Attack?" Cera croaked uneasily as an awful memory…locked deep within her own psyche suddenly flashed before her eyes. How she was rising in the cockpit of a certain flying vehicle cruising into the time stream ahead, as if she was trying to catch up to something….till a set of energy blasts from behind rained down upon her jet! Trying her bets to steer out of the way, her engine eventually became shot causing a chain reaction in her vehicle, the cockpits steaming and an alarm lighting up on screen before it reached critical an finally exploding in her face with her crying out in agony!

As it passed Cera lost the strength in her legs to stand up as she slowly fell to her knees weakly, horrendous bad memories and fear flooding her mind as she began to clutch her head, "No no no…..not again…." she muttered to herslef as her eyes widened panicky, a sight which startled Miku and caused her to back away!

"C…Cera?" Dr Cretacia said with concern having overheard her talking to herself. She walked over to her and leaned over, "Are you…alright dear?" she asked as Cera slowly lifted her head to her.

"I…I don't know." was all she said as she then hugged in her legs and shuddered like a child having suffered trauma…..like this was no doubt like something which scarred her in the past or something.

While she couldn't figure out what it was, seeing Cera couldn't be left as she was, Cretacia then hugged her in closely as she would do for Rex, "Don't worry, everything will be fine I promise." she said kindly to her in a warm embrace before helping her up to her feet. "For now let's go see what it was." she then said as she walked out to the upper deck, with Cera and Miku trailing behind….having a bad feeling on their minds over what this abnormal situation may possibly be.

As they rushed out to the front deck, Dr Ancient, Rex, Rod and Laura soon joined them to see Jonathan was driving the controls like mad!

"Jonathan! Status report!" Dr Ancient yelled out.

"What's going on!?" Rex followed feeling alarmed and just as concerned as everyone else.

Jonathan quickly turned back to look at hem all, "I don't know, but something or someone just fired on us!" he cried out as everyone widened their eyes in alarm at his words.

"AH!"

"What did you say!?" Dr Ancient exclaimed.

Before he could ask again, in front of them a set of energy projectiles fired out from the dark end of the time vortex and heading straight at them! "Here it comes again!" Laura cried out as they took a big hit!

BOOM!

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Everyone cried thing to steady themselves together.

Rex then looked up gritting his teeth tensely, "How is this possible!? How can we be attacked while we're in the time stream!?" he asked his father.

"Don't know," his father replied just as puzzled, "But we can't worry about that now, we have to steer clear of this otherwise we could be stranded in space forever!" he said seriously as Rod and Laura both gasped in alarm.

"AH!"

"Oh no!"

"Then get us out of here! Quickly!" Dr Cretacia then cried out fearing everyone's safety.

"Please!" Rex followed with fear in his eyes.

Turning around to see everyone was putting their hopes in him and how frightened Rex was, Jonathan nodded back at them with firmness, "I'll do my best Master!" he yelled as he did his best to outmanoeuvre the incoming blasts as best he could! Turning around, flipping over or diving under the blasts! It was a rough ride as everyone did their best to stabilise themselves to something they could hold on to! Back in the bathroom the alpha gang ended up getting flipped over with the toilet water coming down on them and flooding their detention room!

"WAAAAAHHH!"

Jonathan then narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth in frustration seeing he did little to shake off their mysterious attackers, "They're coming in too fast! There's only one way out now…." he said catching sight of a time portal floating up ahead on the side, "Hang on!" He yelled as the ship made a huge turn and everyone hang on for dear life!

"AAAAAAAHHHH!" Laura screamed as her brother rushed in and held her tight to his body.

"Stay close to me Laura!"

"AAAAH!" As Rex cried out having bad memories of being flung out of the ship in his pod, his parents quickly rushed to his aid and embraced him.

"We've got you Rex!" they both yelled as they grabbed hold of him closely, "We won't let you go ever again."

Rex looked into their loving eyes and felt the parental bond he always wanted, breaking the mental scar he had of that horrible memory at long last, "Mom…dad…." he teared up feeling at peace as he nuzzled in to them and they hugged him tightly, making up for their failure to be there of hum the last time it happened.

"There! Go for it now!" Cera yelled as Jonathan kicked it into high gear!

"On it!" Jonathan roared as he turned the controls in causing them to make a tight squeeze to slip out of the firing lines just in time!

"WAAAAAH!" everyone cried as they zoomed into another time stream safe at last….for now….

Seeing all was calm, Rod and Laura soon looked up, "Did we lose them?" Rod asked Jonathan as everyone else soon looked up and around to see no signs of any attacks which meant they had to be in the clear, before zooming through a light at the end and ending up in the world once more.

"It would seem so….." Jonathan replied, his eyes still locked on the monitors and the outside surrodunigns while still keeping a vigilance.

Cera put a hand on her chest as she let out a deep sigh of relief, "That was close….too close…." Cera wheezed before slumping down feeling overwhelmed by the experience.

"You can say that again…." Rex added in agreement as he looked up frantically hoping whatever attacked them was gone, "Is it over?" he asked worried as his father stroked him on the head gently.

"It's alright son, it is." he said with his mother smiling assuringly they were safe as he let out a deep sigh.

"Phew…thank goodness. That's one ride I won't want to get on again." he commented as he got back up to his feet and sporting a serious look, "But still what was that all about?"

Everyone then became on edge as they looked to one another hoping for ideas but couldn't come to any conclusion about it, "I don't know….and that's what worries me." said his father as he walked up to the controls to asses the damage they took just now.

"Damage report Jonathan." he asked as his butler brought a cross section of the backhander on screen indicated a red light blinking at the back end of it near the central pole.

"We've suffered some rather heavy damage to the time drive's targeting system master," he said with deep regret, "It will be some time before we can return home now."

"That's very unfortunate…." Dr Ancient sighed while his wife covered her mouth over with her hand in surprise.

"Oh my…."

Laura's expression then became downhearted and depressed, "So then…we can't go home again?" she sighed lowering her head sadly as her brother tried his best to give her strength by being there for her.

"Laura…." as hard as he tried, he himself was feeling just the same as she did.

Cera sighed sadly feeling for her, they'd been waiting for their chance to go home after so long only for it to be snatched away like that….She couldn't find any way of comforting them, but soon took notice of something outside that would cheer them all up, "Hey! On the bright side, look where we ended up!" she pointed out as everyone took a look on screen as an image of a familiar building came online which brought a smile to everyone's faces.

"Ah! That's the Taylor's house!" Rex gasped.

The image soon enlarged to see Max and Zoe's families were looking up at them, "And everyone's down there too!" Laura pointed out.

Rex then blinked his eyes in suspicion seeing this picture to be quite familiar, "Hey, isn't this the exact moment we left?"

"A strange turn of events….." Dr Ancient mused.

Jonathan then stood up and walked past everyone to the exit, "I'll see to repairs at once sir." he said firmly knowing what had to be done now.

"You do that Jonathan." his master replied before looking to everyone else, "In the meantime, we might as well fill in the others while we affect repairs….and say hi again." he suggested they all try to make the best of this moment rather than dwelling on what they couldn't do for now.

"Yeah, let's go do that." Rex nodded in agreement with his father as he looked to everyone else, "I'm sure Max and the others would be happy to see us even though we've been gone for….not very long." he said as Rod and Laura felt their spirits being lifted a bit as they decided to live in the moment for now.

As they headed over to the teleporter room, Cera narrowed her eyes and hardened her expression as the thought and experience over their attack just now hadn't passed in the slightest, "What was that? And why was it so….familiar….?" she asked herself, the shock and trauma she suffered just now…had brought back a memory she knew had happened to her before and whatever caused it….no doubt was what attacked just now…."I have a bad feeling about this….and I feel we may have stepped into something new…and something…way worse than anything we've faced….." she thought as they became enveloped in the bright light and disappeared to be transported down below, unaware that this accident was going to be the start of a brand new adventure for the D team, one which would the them to the ends of time and bring them on a quest to eventually save all they knew and loved.

And thus concludes season 1, stay tuned for what is to come in season 2, hope you enjoyed it. Added a few bits such as the other dinosaurs being used against t-rex and pawpawsaurus getting implemented too. Here we also see Cera playing a role in developing the dino bracers and hinting what's to come in the future, also I felt Max throwing and slashing Chomp's card with such accuracy was quite silly so wanted to make it more realistic here with him using Cera's dinoshot only to slash it when in the wrong direction. Special thanks for pokemonking0924 for some of the ideas here too.

Once in a while I'll also post some QOTCs to get others opinions too. Do let me know if you still want these to continue, will try to answer them best I can either in author notes or PM.

QOTC:-

What did you enjoy most out of my chapters for season 1? Like which is your favourite chapter or event, and what do you look forward to most in season 2?

In response to reviews:-

Drew Luczynski

Yeah, despite what others think Dr Z does deserve some form of redemption and I wanted to expand on the anime plot too since I feel at times it may be sudden and jumpy in some areas.