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!

32. Dinosaurs of the Caribbean

Chapter 32

Dinosaurs of the Caribbean

"WHOAAAAA!" Everyone screamed as the Backlander spiralled out of control through the time stream after some spilt soda had short circuited the controls! The ship's alarms sounded and very soon it would tear itself apart within the time stream due to its unstable condition!

"This is your fault doctor!" Ursula cried out.

"For once she's got a point!" Cera cried out as she hung on for dear life with the others, with Miku hanging on at the tips of her hair and the other dinos bracing themselves wherever they could!

"What!?" Dr Z exclaimed, "This is all Zander's fault!"

"How could this be my fault if you took my soda!?" Zander cried back.

"Stop fighting!" Max cried out urgently, "We need a plan to repair the controls or else our ship will get completely blown off course!"

His words gave Jonathan an idea that might save everyone from certain doom, "Blown off course! That's it!" he said to the others' surprise.

"Huh?"

Taking in a deep breath he sucked in so much air his cheeks puffed up like a frog would, only it was to the size of beach balls! After that he let loose all he had and blew the soda clean off the panels, erasing every trace of it from the circuits!

"He's drying out the controls?" Max asked as everyone looked at him in surprise at how quickly and easily he was fixing the mess Dr Z and Zander made.

"Quite a set of pipes he's got there…." Cera whistled impressed.

"Amazing…." Max commented though not before Jonathan turned around and blew on them in the process!

"ARGH!" They cried as they held on while Jonathan dried up every last drop of soda from the systems.

After he finished, Jonathan quickly returned to his seat and stabilised the ship's controls and movements, "My motherboard is from a weather simulation droid! Those features sometimes come in handy!" he said proudly as the others let out a high of relief seeing they were all in the clear now.

"The future really is amazing…." Cera commented impressed wondering what other amazing things she'd get to see there once they saved the parents of course, it was too much for the imagination to handle.

Before long though, the group was greeted by a familiar face who soon came into view as she appeared from the dark front of the time tunnel. As she came closer and spread out brightly colored wings and flapped gracefully right near the Backlander, as everyone looked ahead and their attention fixated on her.

"Follow me." She said as the dinosaurs ran up to the front to get a better view of her.

"She's back!" Rex gasped.

"Yeah…." Max breathed as he and the others kept their eyes on their mysterious guide.

"The pterosaur…." Cera breathed in awe, once again she could only stare in awe and admiration at the bird's beauty and benevolence as she passed before them.

"The danger is growing, you must follow me to the next time period before it is too late…." she said in a concerned tone, though Max and the others had their minds set on other concerns.

"Are our parents in this time period!?"

"Why did the space pirates time nap them!?"

"Are they safe!?" They asked her pleadingly for answers.

"I am taking you where you need to go." the Pterosaur simply replied calmly, which wasn't quite the answer they were hoping for but all they had, "Follow me and trust me. We will be there soon." With no other choice the Backlander trailed right after her through the time tunnel as she lead them to who knew where.

As they did, Cera thought to herself that if this was anything like the last time, the pirates would no doubt be there and so was another shot at saving the adults. But if that truly was the case, perhaps the pirates were doing something that would no doubt threaten the pterosaur greatly so in a way they were doing something for her and themselves too….but what?

"But where's there?" Rex then asked suspiciously.

"Right here." the Pterosaur answered as she lead them into another time tunnel which deviated away from the main one. "Good luck." Were her last words as they went through it. As the pterosaur disappeared from view, Cera couldn't help but narrow her eyes with some suspicion. There was without a doubt she was keeping something from them, either she had no time or was for their own safety. Either way there was far more at stake than merely saving their parents and stopping the pirates and sooner or later they were going to find out what that was.

Before long the backhander shot out of the time vortex and arrived over a chain of tropical islands surrounded by the glistening blue waters of the sea, reflecting the sun's bright light giving it a warm tropical atmosphere, "Wow! This is beautiful!" Zoe cried out in awe as the scene put her in a swimming mood.

"Yeah it is…." Cera nodded smiling with her in agreement before turning a bit uneasy with Miku, "Something doesn't feel right about it though…" she then thought having feeling that something dangerous was lurking below them.

"Finally, that time travelling bird dropped us somewhere pretty." Ursula commented with relief as they were able to see sunshine again.

"But where are we?" Max asked curiously.

"We've arrived in a very dangerous place!" Jonathan answered him in a serious tone which caught their attention, especially Cera as whatever he said was dangerous was something to be concerned with, "The Caribbean Sea in the year 1718."

As he said that Cera then began to ponder over whether he meant tropical storms, tsunamis….or perhaps something else.

Some of the others however were rather oblivious to his warnings and shoved them off as they focused on their own interests, "I love the Caribbean Sea! Let's lie on the beach and go tanning!" Ursula smiled brightening up with excitement.

"I wonder of there are dinosaurs here." Dr Z muttered.

"Maybe we can eat lobster." Ed suggested.

Their comments made some of the D Team sigh in slight dismay, seeing this was no time for a vacation considering they were on a rescue mission, though Dr Z did have a point, if this time period was anything like the last….

As Rex took out his TPS for a look, a red beacon soon lit up on it, "Look! Our parents are also in this time period!" he said.

"So that means, the space pirates are probably here too." said Max seriously, "Because wherever they go our parents are forced to go with them!"

Cera folded her arms and closed her eyes in thought, "And where there pirates, trouble won't be far behind them…." she said firmly.

"Well in Ancient Rome the girl pirate, the one called Sheer, took Spartacus' yellow cosmos stone!" Rex stated as he recalled what happened the last time.

"So they must have come here to steal something else." Zoe then pointed out, "Something just as valuable."

"So if we can figure out what they came here to steal then we can find them!" Rex followed.

"Yeah, but what I want to know is why they need to bring our parents with them everywhere they go." Max then wondered feeling worried for their sake.

Thinking about it clearly, Cera soon came to a possibility as she said it out, "If I had to guess…." the others then looked towards her, "They probably wanted Rex's parents to further their own plans considering when we were attacked a while ago meant they were after them…." she said thinking about it carefully and piecing it all together, before opening her eyes rather sadly, "And I guess they must have scooped up the Taylors and Drakes along for the ride." she said feeling bad they were dragged along for the ride.

"That makes sense…." said Rex sounding pained before he folded his arms in thought, "But what would they want them for?"

"Stop! All this parent talk makes me miss my mommy!" Dr Z then cried out interrupting them as everyone else shot him rather strange and weirded out looks.

"Err…what?"

"Nothing's as important as a mother!" Dr Z then cried out in a whining manner much to the others' chagrin.

Despite his exaggerated attitude Cera couldn't help but smile a bit for him, "Glad he cares about something else other than his own dreams…." she thought before narrowing her eyes questioningly, "Though I do wonder how bad a mother his was to have raised him to be like this…." she then wondered before shaking her head clear when her mind was about to fantasise how horribly ugly his mom could look, making her shudder a bit while Miku nuzzled at her comfortingly.

A number of computer screens soon came up and Zoe turned to look at one and eyed it closely, "We're detecting a dinosaur!" she said catching everyone's attention.

"It's appeared on the island directly below us!" Jonathon pointed out.

"Great! Nothing's more important than Terry battling this dino in his brand new armour!" sid Dr Z making a 180 degree turn on his priorities once again.

"I thought mothers were-"

"Silence momma's boy!" Dr Z yelled interrupting Ed, "Now get Terry ready or there will be no beach time for anyone!"

"Right away doctor sir!" the trio said saluting him obediently as Cera sweat dropped.

"So much for a mother being the most important thing of all….also this isn't the time for a vacation…." she sighed folding her arms on her hips. She then however looked to the door, "Still, if they're going to use Terry I'd better get him back into fighting shape first." she thought having remembered what he was put through in Rome and after an experience like that she didn't want to take any chances in getting him prepared. Also, with him fighting at full strength there was no way they could possibly lose.

Suddenly the door opened and stepping in was none other than Helga, with a huge tic mark on her forehead as her furious glare made the entire Alpha gang freeze in terror! "You will put on sunblock lotion before going outside or else! Do you understand?" she said with authority in her tone which made them all clam up as she spoke.

"Or else what Helga!?" Dr Z scoffed stubbornly while the others remained stunned, "You can't stop us from going on our mission!" he then turned his back towards her, when Helga began twitching her fingers, "And if we want to get sunburnt doing it then that's just what we'll do!" he said uncaringly as to what she would do to them.

Cera then gulped and sweated anxiously knowing he really crossed the line now, "Bad move Dr Z…." she corked as she and the D Team stepped back now wishing to get on the way of Helga delivering them a dose of discipline and punishment. Though what he was about to threaten them with was way scarier than what anyone could have thought of.

"Getting sunburnt will feel just as painful as me ripping up this move card." she said menacingly as she held up a water move card in her hand.

As she finished, Dr Z turned pale and quickly turned around in alarm, "Wait! You can't rip that up! It's brand new!" he begged waving his hands out frantically and sweating bullets.

"So then choose." said Helga repeating herself one last time.

Cera found that threat to be a little harsh, considering every new move card counted and that could be something they can use later on. Though she didn't have to worry too much, because knowing Dr Z and the alpha gang even they wouldn't dare try her patience when she's like this.

"If I put on lots of sunblock you'll give me my card back!?" Dr Z asked waving his hands out begging her to do nothing to his precious card.

"Only if you use SPF 80!" Helga stated.

"Okay you win!" he then said standing straight then turning to the others, "Come on everyone! Lather up!" he ordered before running off.

"Oh….what about my tan…" Ursula sighed pouting as she and the rest of them walked off after their boss.

"In some cultures pale is fashionable…" said Zander hoping to comfort her.

As soon as they left, Helga then shot the 4 kids a glare of her own, "That includes you too!" she bellowed as the children stood straight and tall with undivided attention.

"Y…Yes ma'am!"

"Whatever you say…." said Max and Rex firmly as they all sweated nervously, Cera and Zoe nodding at her.

As Helga placed the move card back into her pocket she then plucked a bottle out of her apron, "Here, use this one." she said as she tossed it at Max, who nearly dropped it but managed to grab hold of it in time.

"Huh? Err thanks." he replied blinking his eyes in confusion before reading it to see it was SPF 20.

As the others gathered around to see, Zoe then looked up at the burly housemaid, "But wait why aren't we using the one you told the Alpha gang to use?" she asked curiously

"Let's just say they have very specific skin care needs." she answered calmly before turning around to take her leave, "Now if you'll excuse me I have to get lunch ready, we're having pizza! Ohohoho!" she chuckled to herself in a rather jolly mood before exiting.

"Okay then…." The D Team stared in surprise at her quick mood swing before looking to each other firmly, "Come on guys let's hurry up so we don't lose that dinosaur down there." said Max as they nodded at him.

"Yeah." said Rex as they each took some sunscreen and began wiping it over their exposed arms, legs and faces.

Once they were all done, Max then sported a firm expression on his face, "Alright, let's go." he said clenching his hand into a fist as Jonathan readied to send them off.

"You guys go ahead." said Cera as she stepped away from the D Team to their surprise, "I'm going to grab a dinosaur with me first before we leave, that way I'll be able help fight along side you guys and do more than just support." she said before turning serious a bit, "Also there's something else I need to take care of too…." she muttered looking away from them. Before Zoe could ask she cut her off, "I'd explain but it would take too long and we'd miss our chance." she said giving them a reason to not give her any mind and to focus on what's ahead for now.

Seeing she wasn't ready to say what she was doing and with something urgent happening down below, Rex then nodded back respecting her decision despite knowing she was keeping quiet about something from them, "Okay, but don't take too long Cera." he said feeling a little insecure if their team wasn't going to at full strength for whatever threats were waiting for them down below.

"I won't, I promise." she said to them with assurance as they were all teleported to ground level and Jonatahn initiated the ship's cloaking function. As they vanished, Cera then looked over to him, "Jonathan, think you can do a little salvage on the wreckage if that ship we picked up earlier?" she asked as he looked back to her, "Maybe it might hold some clues as to who these pirates are or how their tech works. Maybe we could reverse engineer it and use it to our advantage."

He nodded back at her with assurance, "I'll send a team of droids to do just that." he said acknowledging her instructions as he began typing on screen giving the commands to a group of small pink droids who were among their way to the store room to begin salvaging and examining the remains of Sheer's transport.

As she saw the work going on screen, Cera then smiled, "Thanks." she said before taking her leave and hearing to the dino playroom where the Alpha gang's dinosaurs hung out when not running around and making a mess, "Now to get properly prepped." she said as Mike climbed onto her shoulder.

She then walked past the bathroom, and inside the Alpha gang were busy rummaging through the cabinets searching for the sunscreen Helga stated for them. They searched frantically, throwing down whatever deodorants, toothpaste or soaps they came across but couldn't find the one Helga specifically stated, till Helga found something that would just fit the bill, "Here guys, let's use this!" she said holding out a bottle which said SPF 15.

"AH! Excellent!" Dr Z smiled clapping his hands, sure it wasn't the same but it was still sunblock in the end so what did it really matter?

"Hey didn't Helga tell us to use SPF 80 or something?" Ed then asked curiously while feeling a bit unsure about how she'd take it.

"Oh, relax it's not like she can tell the difference." Ursula replied waving her hand playfully as she put it on herself and then tossing it at Zander who caught it in his hand, "Now put this on or else we'll miss out on the battle down there!" she said as she went to go look for her yellow swimsuit.

Realising they'd miss out on all the fun again like last time if they took too long, Dr Z quickly went with it, "Good point!" he said punching his fist into his palm before looking to Zander and Ed, "Okay you two! Lather up now!" he ordered shaking a fist at them as they saluted him obediently.

"Yes sir!"

(Meanwhile)

"There, that ought to fix you up Spiny." smiled Cera as she finished giving the little spinosaurus a refreshing massage while Miku looked on from a distance, rubbing his back around his sail, his legs, face and down to his tail. Needless to say he enjoyed it so much he had grown rather attached to Cera, as he leapt onto her and began licking her face with affection! "Hahaha! Stop that! That tickles!" Cera giggled as the spinosaur's slobbery tongue began covering her cheeks in spit, before barely managing to put him away. She smiled feeling flattered at the attention he was giving her, but she felt it was time to help the next dino in need as she looked down to see him wagging his tail at her eagerly.

"Alright Terry your turn," she said as he jumped up and down in excitement while she went to the cupboard to fetch a bag filled with kibble. "Here you go enjoy." She said pouring it into the bowl. As it began filling up his bowl, Terry licked his lips and rushed over to it as he began chowing down and gobbling up the kibble in his plate till not even a crumb remained. He sat down and licked his lips deeply satisfied as his empty belly was filled up to its max, "You like that don't you?" Cera smiled seeing he was deeply satisfied, "It's a special type which Dr Drake made for carnivores like you, glad it's to your liking." As she said that Terry barked at her as he began nuzzling up against her leg. Seeing her partner getting showered with so much attention made Miku feel appreciative of Cera very much to see how kind she was towards dinosaurs but at the same time a hint of jealousy too, wishing they wouldn't be taking so much of her attention away from her.

Cera then smiled as she kneeled down and stroked Terry's head, "You'll need your strength, after all you're going to go into battle with your new armour and you'll need to be at your best too." As she said that he wagged his tail and stomped his foot in eagerness and excitement before letting out a loud but confident growl as a show of strength!

GROWL!

"Hahaha, glad you're feeling up to the task, don't worry you'll get your shot soon." Cera assured him knowing she'd best leave him to Dr Z and the others for the time being, "In the meantime…." She then stood up and turned around, "What do you say Tank? Feel like up for another adventure?" She asked only to see the little saichania curled up inside a pet bed (with a small pillow and cushion in it) and already snoring dreamily with eyes showing nothing but peace and tranquility. Cera couldn't help but smile seeing Tank to be so precious and innocent despite knowing how active and hard headed she usually was, "Aww like a baby…." she said seeing she was tuckered out after everything they went through in Rome.

Not having the heart to wake her up from such a blissful sleep and knowing Terry was needed with the Alpha gang, she turned around and smiled at the only remaining dinosaur available for her, "Well Spiny, looks like it's your lucky day today." She said to him as she kneeled down to look at him in the eye, "Feel like going for an island adventure? Lots of water and all maybe all the fish you can eat too while we're at it, what say you?" she asked offering him a chance of a lifetime. In response Spiny's eyes brightened and he barked out loudly in excitement before running around in a circle and wagging his tail at her, to which she grinned with glee, "Haha, I take that as a yes." she laughed happily before looking to the side where the 3 Alpha scanners were sitting on a table, along with the Alpha gang's move cards and element boosters.

"Good thing your element booster is right here," said Cera as she picked up the water one, "Those Alpha gang clowns ought to take better care of their toys otherwise they'd go missing." she said with mild disapproval before putting it into her back pocket. After that she helped Miku onto her shoulder and Spiny crept up to beside her as she nodded at them both in acknowledgement seeing they were ready for an adventure now, "Alright, let's go." She said firmly as she pressed a button on her dinoshot and they teleported away.

(Later)

As Cera, Spiny and Miku arrived on the ground, at a grassy field with a few trampled trees and flattened patches of grass, she narrowed her eyes realising there was a dinosaur here earlier. It wasn't long before gunshots were heard in the distance which started her, "AH!" she gasped as Spiny hid behind her leg and Miku jumped shaking off a few feathers and clinging to her neck. She sweated anxiously and swallow looking ahead, "It came from over there…." she said before eying the 2 dinosaurs seriously, "Stay low guys and keep quiet." She said to them as they ran off in the direction of the gunshots. If anything they were no doubt in a very dangerous time, so even with dinosaurs they'd have to be careful if there were armed people around here.

The 3 of them rushed through the jungle jumping over vines, roots and boulders as well as leaping over a couple of rivers, which Spiny had little trouble swimming through and before long she came to a glaring with a large pit with tree roots lining some of the edges. She hid behind a tree and kept Spiny and Miku back too, in the pit was Chomp who was standing guard over a man tied up in ropes against a group of pirates, with the rest of their bunch on a higher level and a menacing man in captain's clothes and black beard leading them. On the other side was a group of red uniformed soldiers with shot guns aimed at Chomp in the pit while the D Team, along with a young boy their age was on a ledge midway between the top and bottom of the pit.

"Seems like we stumbled into quite a crowd…." Cera gulped nervously seeing the situation was very tense. "What's going on here?" she asked herself before deciding she'd better keep quiet and observe for now.

Seeing there were far too many enemies present and with no way of getting out without someone getting hurt or worse killed, the man down below in the pit reluctantly called out to his son, "Jim! You must get away!" the man yelled towards the young boy who was with the D Team, "It's your mission now!" he said painfully as his son stepped back.

Seeing there was no other way, his son Jim then hardened his expression and steeled his will and determination, "Yes dad! I promise! I'll succeed!" he said firmly before climbing back up to where the others were, before racing over to grab Zoe by the arm, "Come on! Now!"

"AAAH!" she cried as she was tugged along for the ride with Max and Rex having to catch up to them!

"Chomp return!" Max shouted as he recalled Chomp and they beaten a hasty retreat leaving the man to his fate, which deeply puzzled Miku and her small team.

"They're leaving him?" she asked herself curiously. Way she saw it, this must be one of those hard choice scenarios, no doubt she'd have to get the whole story from them later, though right now she'd best stay to see how things proceed. Before long the pirate captain came down from the high slopes and began walking towards the tied up man, "This looks like trouble…." she said seriously as she hardened her gaze and noticed his men were searching for something on him.

"Captain! It's not here!" One pirate with blond hair and an eye patch yelled, which Cera presumed was the first mate.

"What do you mean it's not here!?" Blackbeard demanded furiously, "He has it! Find it!"

"Blackbeard!" One of the navy men shouted from high above, he stepped forward from the group signalling he was the man in charge, "It seems you caught our man!" He then sported a disgusting smile, "Now hand him over! That map belongs to me!"

"Search as hard as you want! You won't find anything on me!" The man retorted defiantly.

"So they're after a map?" Cera blinked her eyes before narrowing them, "Must be to some kind of treasure….." she mused. For what she can piece together than man could possibly be a criminal on the run based on how the Navy were after him, but the pirates wanted him too. Way she saw it though he didn't seem like the type so she held her position and gave a look to Spiny and Miku to stay low and quiet.

"I've wrestled live sharks for their teeth! I'll wrestle that map out of you!" Blackbeard shouted out impatiently towards the hostage.

"If he doesn't have it, the kid you let get away has it!" The navy leader then yelled at the pirate captain.

"I did not let him get away! You shot at him!" Blackbeard retorted.

"I wouldn't have to shoot at him if you had just taken him prisoner like you should have!"

As both leaders began to quarrel with one another, Cera narrowed her eyes seeing the situation was growing tense, "Sounds like these guys may be in league with one another….though it doesn't seem they get along much though…." she thought to herself before looking down at the man who was no doubt wanted by both sides. At this point she couldn't believe the wanted man to be an actual bad guy, the only ones who fit that role right now were the pirates and perhaps the the soldiers too, if they were in league with the pirates they could be something like corrupt officials in modern times.

"If he has the treasure map to the yellow jewel we'll find him!" Blackbeard then yelled back to the navy leader, his words catching Cera's ears.

"A jewel?" she blinked her eyes at the words before a familiar memory crossed her mind, "Wait…." she soon recalled the cosmos stone that Sophia had with her before it got stolen by Sheer, which could no doubt be what everyone was fighting over now. Could it be that this gem is just as powerful as the yellow stone?

"Yellow jewel?" a familiar female voice spoke up from above catching the 2 groups' attention, "Sounds like what we're looking for!"

"Huh?" Looking up and following the direction the others were, Cera then narrowed her eyes to see all 3 Space pirates, Gavro, Foolscap and Sheer descend from the skies above, "So they are here after all…." she said narrowing her eyes fiercely while Miku tensed up with agitation and Spiny let out a low hiss. Their appearance was like a double edged sword, on one hand the D Team needed them for information on their captured parents, but on the other hand wherever they went trouble would soon follow for Earth and its people, both the present and the future to come and they didn't care one bit about the consequences of their actions as long as they achieved their end goal…whatever it was.

"Pirates! Get ready for battle!" Blackbeard ordered his men as they began drawing their swords and pistols at the new incoming threat, while the navy readied their shotguns.

"Oh we're ready for battle alright!" Gavro said out loud.

"He's talking to his own men, they think they're pirates." Sheer corrected him unimpressed at what was being pitted against them.

"Then let's show them the real thing." Foolscap smirked disgustingly as they landed in between both factions without any worry or caution to the many weapons being aimed at them.

"Who might you be yee scallywags!?" Mr Copper, Blackbeard's first mate demanded as he held out a sword.

"And what's this talk about being real pirates!?" Blackbeard soon followed stomping his foot in an outrage, "Are you accusing me Blackbeard, the greatest pirate of the 7 seas to not be a real pirate!? Unacceptable!"

"Whoever you 3 flying fiends are, you'd better stay out of our way!" The Navy leader yelled as he gave a gesture making his men aim their shotguns at the space pirates who remained unfazed, "The treasure is ours so leave while you still can!"

"This is going to get complicated…." Cera gulped nervously as she laid low inn the bushes, though if they resorted to taking one another out it could also benefit them in the long run….though she wasn't sure if that wold be the best solution though.

"Oh no, they're pointing peashooters at us! Whatever shall we do!?" Foolscap cried out feigning worry.

"Peashooters? Aren't those supposed to be guns?" Gavro asked scratching his head in confusion.

That caused his colleagues to facepalm seeing sarcasm was lost on the burly pirate, "Never mind Gavro, let's just show these arrogant fools exactly who they're dealing with." Sheer muttered as she took out a card.

Foolscap grinned as he did the same, "Yeah, maybe then they'll show us some real respect!" As they placed the cards on their necklace and headband respectively, it caused bright purple light to erupt form where they stood, blinding everyone in the vicinity as they covered there eyes with their forearms or hands!

"GRRGH!"

"AAAAH!"

As it died down they widened their eyes to see a pair of huge dinosaurs stand before the space pirates, an iguanodon and euoplocephalus opposing both the navy soldiers and Blackbeard's crew on both sides as they roared out causing the men to all back away nervously!

"What are these creatures!?"

"They're huge!"

"They're as big as whales those behemoths they are!" They all gasped in alarm as they felt puny in comparison to these huge beasts!

Seeing their terrified expressions brought sinister smirks to Sheer and Foolscap, "What's the matter? Lose your bravado now that you've seen some real monsters hmm?" Foolscap snickered in amusement as their foes held back out of fear seeing they were clearly outmatched.

"Urgh….."

The tension in the air thickened as all 3 factions stared down one another and squared off, knowing the first move could be the last if it was the wrong one.

"S…Stay calm men….no sudden movements now…." The Navy leader choked nervously to his men as they sweated nervously fearing what the dinosaurs were capable of.

Blackbeard however wasn't one for caution as he yelled out in disgust to his cowering crew, "Grrr! Stop shaking like a pack of sea pups! Stand your ground and fight, unless you want to walk the plank right into Davy Jones' locker!" hey growled though they paid him no mind as they shivered in fear and a few even dropped their weapons on the process.

Meanwhile Cera held back and continued observing from a safe distance, "A euoplocephalus and an iguanodon…." she commented seeing it was a tough combination she was faced with, "This won't be easy…."

"I take it that your stunned silence means you'll listen to us now." Sheer responded calmly seeing everyone could see what they were capable of and no doubt would be more manageable now, as she and Foolscap returned their dinos to their cards, "Good, because we wouldn't want to have any problems between us now would we?" she said earning several glares or bitter grunts from the men around them.

"Tch!"

"Grr!"

"Wait a minute!" A navy soldier suddenly cried out, "So you're the ones who were commanding that monster just now!?"

"Well well, you're actually pretty sharp….for a human that is." Foolscap commented.

"Actually that one was mine." Gavro spoke up holding up his hand.

"But you all get the idea," Foolscap shrugged his shoulders before offering a proposal for everyone, "So here's the deal," he began pointing out to everyone, "You guys be our eyes and ears, you help find the treasure and we'll lend you the muscle to get it out."

"Lend them muscle? Isn't that very painful?" Gavro asked scratching his chin in confusion once more, "Also how can they be our eyes and ears? We've got a pair of each, so if they are extra eyes and ears that would make uhh…." he muttered holding up his fingers as he began counting.

Sheer and Foolscap ignored him and continued, "Of course, you're welcome to decline our generous offer, but do know if you do, there will be….rather gruesome consequences." Sheer said as she held up the card of her iguanodon once more as a warning, which made the men all at unease realising they weren't ones to take lightly.

"Tch!"

"Why I oughta…."

Taking the situation rationally, the Navy leader out a finger to his chin in thought, "I suppose there is some logic to this….after all you haven't really given us much of a choice." he added at the end rather begrudgingly.

"Aye, perhaps it would be smarter to cooperate than fight amongst ourselves….for now….." Blackbeard muttered seeing it as the best course of action for the time being.

"Then it's settled." Foolscap smiled clapping his hands together pleased, "So nice of you all to come to an understanding, it saves us a lot of time and trouble." he said happily before looking down to his colleague, "Gavro, you go with those….old fashioned pirates and see what you can find."

"Yeah, you'll hit it off for sure!" Sheer added patting him on the shoulder encouragingly.

"Hey! Who are you to call us old fashioned you flying fiends with wings?!" Copper yelled out though his rant was quickly ignored.

Gavro looked over to the pirates in confusion as usual, "Err…hit it off? You mean their hats?" he asked, "But if you want me to work with them then okay…." he said at the end.

"Meanwhile Foolscap and I will go with these soldiers." Sheer replied.

"Aaah, splitting up so we can cover more ground. Smart." Foolscap nodded in agreement as he and Sheer spread their wings and flew up till they were just above the navy men as they looked up to them.

"Any objections from any of you boys hmm?" Sheer asked menacingly as the men responded with uneasy silence, knowing the wrong answer could cost them their lives.

"…."

"Good, now go find that jewel!" Sheer called out as she held her arm out.

Blackbeard took the order as an offence as he clenched his fist bitterly, "Grr….I take orders from no one, but I ain't going to waste precious time over a silly feud." he grunted as he turned around, to smirk seeing his prisoner was still at his mercy, "As for you Smith, you're of no use to me now. I doubt you could even be used as shark bait!" he said mockingly as the bound man gritted his teeth back at him in anger.

"Grr….AH!" A couple of his men who had slid down from the ledges then grabbed hold of him and lifted him up over their heads.

"So here, you boys take him!" Blackbeard held his arm out as his men tossed Smith towards the navy soldiers up above! "He'd only slow me down anyways!"

"AAAAH!" The soldiers grabbed hold though some of them stumbled onto their knees in the process, "Urgh!"

With that out of the way, Blackbeard turned in the opposite direction towards where Jim and the D Team ran as he held his arm out, "Now men! Let's move out! Treasure awaits us!"

"Ai captain sir!" They said in unison as they followed him.

Blackbeard then looked towards Gavro who stood where he was waiting for instructions, "You too! From now on you'll be takin orders from me!" he roared as Gavro opened up his wings uncaringly.

"Alright….." was all he said as he followed them away.

As the nav soldiers watched the pirates leave, Foolscap then called out to them, "Well, what are you clowns waiting for? A written invitation? Get a move on already!" he cried impatiently.

"Or would you need some motivation?" Sheer threatened holding up the card of her dinosaur once more, instilling more loyalty in the men through fear as they submitted to their orders with reluctance.

"Tch! Fine, we'll play things your way….for now…." the Navy leader hissed in frustration before smirking disgustingly to see his new captive, "As for you Smith, you're coming with us too. Maybe you can prove yourself useful in telling us everything you know about this treasure along the way, if you value your life that is…." he snickered as his men shoved Smith forward forcing him to follow where they went much to his reluctance and frustration.

"Grrr…" he grunted as he was lead away in the opposite direction while the pirates flew ahead with the navy following them.

"They're leaving….." Cera breathed quietly seeing they were splitting up into separate directions. She then looked down at the pit where Blackbeard and his crew went, "Those pirates and Gavro are going after Max and the others….." She considered following them to make sure her friends were safe before shaking her head against it, "No, they can handle themselves fine," she then looked up above the pit and focused where Sheer and Foolscap went, "Right now I'm more worried about these soldiers and that hostage with them…." she thought to herself seriously as she narrowed her eyes, "No way can I just leave him with those crooks to do as they please, also maybe I can learn more about this treasure everyone is fighting over…." she thought before looking to piny and Miku who were prepared to follow her whichever she chose, "Come on guys, we're tailing them…." she said to them as they followed her uphill towards the Navy soldiers.

(Later)

As the British soldiers lead by Sheer and Foolscap traversed through the forest into an open grassy clearing heading back to their ship, Cera maintained a low profile as she shadowed them from the underbrush, making an opening through a bush with her hands while Spiny and Miku popped out of them. "Too many of them, I'll have to break them up somehow if I'm going to rescue that guy…." she thought to herself as she focused on Smith who was still tied up and being lead by a past of armed guards. The direct approach would be suicidal and if she attacked head on in a dinosaur battle with the space pirates there was no guarantee that she'd be able to get him out unscathed.

"And I think I might know just how…." she then said with a confident smile as she looked down to Miku who looked back at her, "Think you can do it Miku?" she asked as her most trusted partner nodded back at her with assurance. "Alright, I'm counting on you, be careful….." She said as they repeated back into the brush. Taking out her dinoshot, Cera returned Miku to card form before slashing her, "Dino slash!" She cried causing a bright light to shine from where she stood!

The sound of the summoning and light made one soldier at the back to turn around curiously, "Hmm?" As he looked behind so did a few of his comrades followed, "Did you just hear something?"

"I'm certain I did." Another replied. Soon the entire squadron was hanging back to see what the commotion was about.

Noticing they were lagging behind, Foolscap looked back and scowled impatiently to see they all seemed to be distracted by something, "Hey! What's the holdup you landlubbers!" he yelled as they turned back to him in alarm, "Get a move on! We don't have all day you know!" he grumbled.

"W…We're sorry sir!" One soldier cried in a alarm.

"I…It's just….there's something out there, we just heard it!" Another followed.

Sheer and Foolscap looked ahead and focused in the section of the forest where the soldiers were focused on, and could see nothing out of the ordinary, "Well I don't hear anything." Sheer commented with little interest.

"Maybe you guys are stalling or something aren't you?" Foolscap accused them as he grinned sinisterly while holding out his dinosaur card, "Looks like we'll have to reeducate you lot about who calls the shots here!"

As he was about to place it on his activator the men widened their eyes frantically and gasped, "AH!"

Their leader ran out in front and waved his arms out, "Now now, there's no need to resort to violence, I'm sure it was just the wind and nothing more." he chuckled nervously hoping that would suffice.

Foolscap however had no intention of buying their antics as he prepared to place the card on his headband and summon out euoplocephalus, when one of the soldiers pointed out, "Look! Over there!" he shouted as they all turned to look at one tree, where a white microraptor was perched, preening her feathers and acting like a natural 'bird' would, with the intention of drawing at least some of them away to help thin out the masses.

Everyone, including Smith and the pirates couldn't help but stare in surprise at the new arrival.

"Ah!"

"That's quite a beautiful looking bird."

"Never seen one like that before." Some of the men went, while the Navy leader gained a disgusting grin on his face as he held up his shot gun and took aim at her.

"Hehe, it'll look great mounted and stuffed over my fireplace." he snickered as he placed his finger over the firing trigger.

Foolscap was a caught a bit off guard by the white bird which suddenly appeared, before shaking his head remembering what they were supposed to do, "Hey! If you've got time to stare at the local wildlife you've got plenty more to spare finding that treasure!" he yelled out.

"Agreed." Sheer nodded as she decided to take action herself as she reached into her pocket to take out one of her boomerangs with the intention of decapitating the bird so that they can move on, "Quit stalling you fools! Or else we'll-" As she took another look, she soon began to recall something from earlier in Rome as she narrowed her eyes at the bird, "Hang on…." As she squinted her eyes and held a hand over them to block out the sun's glare, she got a clearer view of it and soon it became clear as she began to grit her teeth in anger upon recognising it as the very dinosaur which tipped the scales in favour of her enemies in their last battle!

"What's up Sheer?" Foolscap then asked folding his arms on his hips at her, "Don't tell me you've decided to go bird watching with these buffoons too? Here I thought we were-"

"Be quiet Foolscap!" she yelled cutting him off which made him jump back in surprise!

"GAH!"

She returned her focus to Miku as she clenched her fist in anger at the humiliation she was dealt last time which was fuel to her fires of anger and hatred, "That's no bird…..It's that dinosaur!" she hissed viciously much to Foolscap's confusion.

"Huh? That's a dinosaur?" he asked before taking another look but saw no resemblance, "You need to get your eyes checked Sheer, all I see is some puny white bird sitting in a tree."

"And I see the very dinosaur belonging to that meddling girl that caused me trouble back at that city a while ago!" She yelled back at him which surprised him even more.

"Say what!?" he exclaimed before looking at Miku and to Sheer a few times, "You're telling me some puny pipsqueak of a dinosaur gave you a hard time back in Rome?" he questioned raising an eyebrow while Miku simply sat on the tree branch keeping an eye on her enemies to see what they'd do next. Before long Foolscap suddenly exploded into uncontrollably laughter, "Hahahaha! Now that's hilarious! You couldn't handle a dinosaur the size of a pussy cat and you call yourself the best!?" he laughed while clenching his face, "Wait till I tell the boss all abou-"

He was suddenly cut off as Sheer aimed the boomerang directly at his throat causing him to sweat nervously and turn pale, "Go ahead and try, though it'll be hard to tell him anything without a head wouldn't you agree hmm?" she said with a sinister smirk on her face as her colleague gulped down hard.

"T…Take it easy Sheer….It was just a harmless joke haha…." he chuckled nervously while waving his hands out begging for mercy.

"Fire in the hole!" The Navy leader shouted out loud as he pulled the trigger and firing the shot gun at Miku!

BOOM!

At the last second, Miku swiftly leapt off the branch and out of the bullet's way as it blew off her perch and she glided safely through the jungle and out of sight ! "AH! Darn it I missed!" The captain growled snapping his fingers in annoyance.

"You fool!" Sheer yelled in fruition as she swooped down and grabbed him by the collar an lifted him up into the air with ease much to the surprise of Smith and the men below!

"WAAAH!" the leader cried out as he felt his feet hanging high off the ground before his heart skipped a beat in sight of Sheer's furious expression!

"You just let that dino get away!" she yelled at him threateningly while Foolscap snickered in the background knowing he'd enjoy this very much.

"Err….m…my apologies….please don't hurt me!" The Leader gulped and pleaded. He hoped his men would intervene, but none of them could muster the courage to stand up to the space pirates who had them outgunned in every way possible.

Fortunately Sheer didn't see anything to gain by punishing him as she scoffed in disgust, "Tch! A snivelling runt like you isn't worth my time." she hissed as she dropped him back to the ground uncaringly.

"Urgh!"

After that she sped into the forest right after the fleeing Miku, "You won't get away from me that easily you pest! I'll get you for that humiliation you caused me!" she yelled before disappearing from sight.

"H…Hey! Sheer! Come back! What about the jewel!?" Foolscap cried out for her but she was soon out of hearing range much to his frustration, "Grr, just cos she got the yellow cosmos stone she thinks she so great that she can do whatever she wants…." he grumbled in annoyance while rubbing his temple. Before going after her he turned back to the Navy soldiers who were helping their leader stand up, "You guys stay put, we'll be back!" he yelled catching their attention as they looked to him, "And don't you dare go anywhere cos we'll know it!" he pointed at them before taking off into the woods after Sheer.

As they disappeared from sight, the Navy leader let out a sigh of relief now that they were gone, "Finally, I thought they'd never leave….." a few minutes and he already despite taking orders from them, but he planned on changing that soon enough.

"Sir, why must we tolerate those obnoxious flying people?" One of his men asked him in annoyance as the leader grinned back in response.

"Don't worry soldier, when the time comes we'll give them their just desserts." he grinned which was soon shared by the rest of his troops as they snickered deviously. "Until they come back…." They soon focused their attention on Smith who was still bound up in ropes as he stared back at them with spite, "We have business to discuss Smith." He said walking up to him till they could look one another in the eye face to face.

As the Navy leader focused on him, Smith clicked his tongue in disgust and frustration at what he and his men had put him and his son through, "Tch! Why are you doing this? My son and I are British citizens!" he cried out, "To side with the likes of Blackbeard….How could you do this!?" he then demanded.

"Heh, it's simple really." the leader smirked in response, "I've served the British empire for years, carried out their orders without question and what did that earn me?" A brief silence came between the 2 men before the leader exploded into a rage, "NOTHING! That's right! NOTHING!" he yelled out loud in frusrtauon as he stomped his foot in the ground a few times, which made some of his men back away a little nervously, as he then grinned with malice, "But that will soon change!" He said focusing on Smith who was beginning to sweat, "When I learnt that you were in possession of a map that would lead to a legendary treasure, I knew it'd be the perfect chance to gain both respect and power!" he proclaimed as he held one of his hands out and clenched it at the sun, "With that jewel in my possession I'll surpass even the Navy commander and rule not just the British empire but even the whole world! All will bow down to me and the power I'll wield at my fingertips!" he laughed boastfully as Smith gritted his teeth in disgust at the man choosing to betray his own country out of selfish greed and lust for power.

"Grr….."

"The only thing standing between me and that, is you." he then said threatening him with a small pistol aimed at his face, "Now if you know what's good for you Smith, you'll tell me where the treasure is located since you had the map earlier and I know full well that you have an excellent memory. Unless of course, you need help jogging it!" he then said loudly before deciding to punch the helpless man in the gut!

"ACK!" Smith choked and coughed up hard as he fell to his knees in pain from the blow. After that the men began to snicker in amusement as they gathered around hoping their leader would let them have a turn at him. Smith then looked up weakly but his eyes still filled with anger and rebellion, "That jewel is the only hope my village has for survival, I'd never hand it over to the likes of you who'd only use it for selfish gain! Never!" he yelled in defiance, which seemed to be what the Navy leader was hoping for.

"Is that so?" he mused before his maniacal grin widened, "We'll see about that." Looking to his men he snapped his fingers before stepping back and a few of them stepped in his place with dark grins on their faces, "Men, let's make our guest here a little more cooperative shall we?"

Upon his orders the men began punching him in the gun, his face and kicking him down before even stomping on his back while he lay helpless!

"ACK! ARGH!" he cried as he was beaten down without mercy and each pained gasp and breath he took only spurred them to hit harder!

In the underbrush, Cera hardened her gaze angrily with Spiny's card, no way was she about to let this continue nor let them get away unpunished. Feeling immense rage burning up inside her for such injustice as she intended to put a stop to it, as she prepared to slash….

The Navy leader soon stepped forward as his men backed away already had their fun, as he picked up Jin's battered face and looked at him, "I'll ask nicely once more, tell me where the treasure is or suffer the consequences!" he then demanded angrily this time not wasting anytime.

Smith clicked his tongue in response, "Tch! Never….in a million years…." he choked painfully while still determined to keep his village's last hope safe from the likes of men like them, at the same time knowing that even if he told them the location of the jewel there was no guarantee they'd leave his son and his friends be let alone himself alive.

"So be it then, you've just sealed your own fate!" The Navy leader huffed before raising his arm to his men, "Men! Give Smith here a quick and painful end." he ordered as he stepped out of their way and they began to take aim at his now helpless body with their shotgun rifles.

"Eheheheh!" They snickered and grinned early as they prepared to put him out of his misery.

As they prepared to pull the triggers on their guns, Smith could only look up to the sky and close his eyes ready to accept his fate and entrusting all his final hopes and wishes to his son, whom he may never see again, "Jim….I leave the rest….to you….." he breathed his last words as he shed a single heartfelt tear from his eye.

ROAR!

A loud roar suddenly echoed from the forest which sent several birds fleeing from the canopies and stopping the men from firing their shot as the ground began to shook! "HUH!?"

"WHA!?" Looking ahead form where the noise and rumbling came from, a massive spinosaurus erupted from the forest, tearing down a few trees in the process before charging straight at them in full speed!

"AAAAAH!" The men screamed in alarm upon seeing another new monster had come to make their day even harder!

"Run!" The Navy leader screamed as they dropped Smith down and ran off as far as they could, hoping it would go after the helpless man instead!

As Smith forced himself to sit up, he widened his eyes as Spiny seems to be racing towards him, as he widened his eyes in horror, "AAAAH!" he cried out loud in terror before closing his eyes unable to look anymore. He closed his eyes and hissed hoping it would end now for him, but to his surprise, the spinosaurus' foot stomped ahead of him, "H…Huh?" As he looked ahead to his surprise the Spinosaurs seemed to be focused on the soldiers instead of him! He could consider himself lucky he didn't interest the beast, or perhaps it was never after him from the start….

"This island is infested with monsters!"

"How did we not notice something like that!?"

"What is that!? A dragon!?" Some of the men cried out in terror as they fled for their lives.

The navy leader then gritted his teeth and turned around making a stand, "Men! Don't run! Stand and fight! We'll overwhelm the beast with sheer numbers!" he then yelled out loud a direct order as they turned around with reluctance and stood together in a unified group hoping their numbers would deter Spiny, but to no avail as he continued charging straight for them! "Take aim and fire!" The leader ordered as they armed their rifles and prepared to fire!

"Y….Yes sir!" Some of the men croaked nervously as she shakily held up their guns aimed at Spiny's head.

In the brush, Cera narrowed her eye furiously seeing what they were trying to do, "No way am I going to let any of you punks put even a scratch on Spiny." she said to herself as she took out a move card, "Aqua vortex!" She yelled slashing the card which caused Spiny to flash blue as a veil of water erupted around him! He raised himself up high as a whirlpool began to erupt around the soldiers to their alarm!

"Wh…What the!?"

"What's happening!?" They gasped unable to comprehend what was happening to them!

"Run!" The leader then order, but as they ran in separate directions hoping to break through the vortex they needed up getting swept away in the powerful torrents before it closed in and swallowed them all!

"WAAAAAAHHHH!" They all screamed as the vortex spun with the force and speed of a tornado before it died down and the entire group was knocked out cold while completely drenched, "Urgh…."

Smith couldn't help but stare in complete and utterly disbelief at what he saw, the dragon was able to command the power of water itself and not just that, it practically saved his life, "Incredible…." he breathed in awe and amazement but it soon took a turn for the worst when the dragon turned around and began heading towards him! He widened his eyes in horror thinking he was now next, "AH! N…NO! Stay back!" He cried out loud as he tried to inch away from it but to little success as it soon stood over him, towering like a giant as it lowered its head down to where he was and sniff closely, "Please….don't…." he begged, though he saw no point since it was more than likely a beast on instinct which couldn't be reasoned with. Swallowing hard and painfully and believing his life was now really over after a brief respite, he closed his eyes waiting to be devoured, "Jim….I'm sorry….." A bright blue light suddenly erupted from in front of him which made him open his eyes to see what it was, "H…Huh?" He blinked his eyes in disbelief that the giant dragon had now turned into a smaller miniature version of itself as jumped onto his stomach and began sniffing him closely, "Wh…What?" he couldn't comprehend what was going on, being chased by pirates, the navy and then monsters, he had seen many strange things over the course of his life but none like this.

Hearing the sounds of footsteps behind him he looked back and was surprised to see a long girl step out of the brush and walk towards him, "Wh…Who are you?" he asked curiously as she kneeled down to him.

"A friend who's here to help you." she answered before nodding at Spiny, "Go Spiny, do your thing." As she said that the little spinosaurus began gnawing at the ropes and began snipping them off lie a pair of scissors, the binds becoming looser as each one was cut much to Smith's relief. He didn't know who this girl was or why she saved her, but the fact remained he was alive because of her and her beast so he owed her his life now.

Seeing things were taken care of here, Cera held up her dinoshot and pressed a button to recall Miku, hoping she was still alright….

(Meanwhile)

Further off in the distance, deep in the jungle, Miku desperately tried to evade the incoming shears being thrown at her by her relentless pursuers! She barely managed to dive out of the way or turn in time before having her wing getting shredded off! Looking back behind after kicking off from a tree, she sweated and gritted her fangs in frustration to see Sheer and Foolscap were both right on her tail, evading any tree branch, trunk or vine just as easily as she was despite being significantly larger than she was! Miku sweated anxiously hoping that Cera would come to her aid otherwise her goose would be cooked! Turning ahead her eyes widened in horror as she came to settle on top of a fallen log before a massive rock wall which blocked her way entirely! She'd be able to climb it without difficulty, but she knew she didn't have the time, as she looked back and she narrowed her eyes as Sheer appeared from the forest and stood before her, towering over her like a giants as she stepped back anxiously while the lady pirate shot her a malicious expression.

"I've got you cornered now!" Sheer laughed as held out one of her razor sharp boomerangs which made Miku freeze in terror!

Foolscap soon came out from the underbrush, wheezing in exhaustion as he rested his arms on his knees, "Phew…for something so small it sure is fast…." he gasped for air trying to catch his breath, something he never thought would happen to him while on this mission.

Sheer however paid him no mind as she licked her lips while holding up her boomerang, unable to hold back her excitement at making the partner dinosaur of the human who humiliated her suffer! "Say your prayers you rat with wings! HA!" She yelled as she threw it out with all her force waiting for it to decapitate the helpless white dinosaur in half as she covered up her front in fear! At the last second Miku suddenly glowed in a rainbow light and changed into energy before zipping away from the boomerang which embedded itself in the log she was standing on! Sheer couldn't believe her eyes, "Huh!?"

"Wh…What the!?" Foolscap exclaimed as they both turned around to see their target was being recalled somewhere! It didn't take them long to realise it was a setup.

"Grr! It's a trick!" Sheer growled in frustration gnashing her teeth as she zoomed back in the direction she came from while Foolscap lowered himself in dismay seeing he had flown all the way to the clearing for nothing, as he picked himself up and fluttered after his comrade.

"The things I do for the boss…." he muttered.

(Meanwhile)

Cera soon recalled Miku to card form before summoning he partner in chibi form, "Good job Miku." Cera smiled praising her as she nuzzled her chin playfully, as she cooed in enjoyment. After that she turned back to Smith where Spiny had just bit through another rope easing the tension on his arms. "Good job." She said thanking Spiny with a pet on the head before she grabbed hold of the last knot, "Now for one last rope." she sweated a bit as the sun's heat wore down on her before finally managing to pull it apart and free Smith's hands.

As he clenched his hands into fists a couple of times to get the feeling back and then rubbing the areas where that were being squeezed by the ropes, he then turned over to his saviours and bowed down with respect, "Th….Thank you….I owe you my life.…." he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's fine, I couldn't just let them kick you around like that just now." Cera replied before becoming concerned, "Are you okay sir?" she asked as he stumbled a bit after taking a step.

"Urgh….a little bruised…but I've suffered worse so I'll live." he said with a weak smile as he stood back up again and fighting hard against the pain best he could.

Despite being beaten rather hard his spirt was very determined which was enough to convince Cera he'd make it, "That's fortunate." she smiled.

"Still….what is going on here?" he then asked himself puzzled, "First the pirates and the navy attacked and then we ran into monsters on this island." He then focused his attention on her, "Then I meet you who somehow is able to summon them too. Wh…Who are you?" He asked hoping she'd be able to give him some answers after seeing she was able to command monsters of her own, just like the children who were with his son too…..

"It's a…very long story." said Cera looking away while scratching her head. She then turned to him seriously, "Right now isn't the safest or best time for that. We need to move now before-"

"What are you fools doing!? Get up!" An angry female voice suddenly yelled out loud which caught them by surprise.

"AH!" As they turned to look they saw Sheer and Foolscap had returned from the forest and now were hovering above the unconscious soldiers who lay about on the grassy field.

The sight of them made Cera harden her gaze knowing this could be trouble, "Oh no they're back…." she hissed as Miku and Spiny both hardened their gazes ready for battle.

"Wake up you imbeciles!" Sheer yelled out once more impatiently but got no response from any of them but pained groans as she clicked her tongue in frustration.

"Forget it Sheer they're out," Foolscap muttered shaking his head, "Then again what can you expect from humans. They just can't be relied upon." he then smirked shrugging his shoulders as they both turned their attention on Cera and Smith.

"Yeah, guess we'll just have to do this ourselves." Sheer grunted as they hovered over to the 2 humans!

As they closed in, Cera looked to Smith with a firm look on her face, "Sir, you'd better run now." she advised him as he turned to her with an alarmed expression.

"And leave you here!? Are you crazy!? You can't-"

"This isn't up for debate!" She yelled angrily cutting him off, "You have a son to care for don't you? Not to mention a village to save….I heard everything just now." She said as Smith gasped realising she was right, he indeed had something far more important to do, for his son and people. Also, looking at the girl who did save him earlier perhaps she could handle herself against these flying invaders, "Go, protect them all and I'll protect you." She said as she and her dinosaurs stood in front of him undeterred at their incoming enemies, as Smith closed his eyes.

"Alright….good luck. And thank you….." he said reluctantly as he turned around and made a run for the forest!

"Oh no you don't!" Sheer yelled out seeing him try to make a break for it, "You're not getting off the hook that easily!" she yelled as she swooped down after Smith, as Foolscap followed her too! hey soon stopped as Cera stood in front of them both and held out her arms.

"If you want him you'll have to go through me first!" she yelled in defiance as Miku squawked out and Spiny snarled in anger.

"Is that so?" Foolscap raised an eyebrow in amusement, "Heh, you against us both? This shouldn't take long." he smirked.

"Agreed." Sheer nodded in agreement before popping her knuckles itching for a fight, "We have an old score to settle, no way am I going to take that defeat you handed to me lying down."

Cera then hardened her gaze as she uttered 2 words indicating she was thinking the same thing, "Bring it…."

As Sheer readied herself and took out her card, Foolscap blinked his eyes upon catching sight of Cera more closely, "Say Sheer…." he said scratching his chin in thought, "Is it just me or does she look like that other kid who gave us all a really hard time back in the future?" he asked pointing at her curiosuly. A statement which caught both their attention.

"Now that you mention it Foolscap…." The lady pirate replied to him as she hardened her gaze at Cera, "The resemblance is all too clear…." she hissed as if couldn't have been a coincidence now that she thought about it.

Cera blinked her eyes in suspicion upon hearing their comments, "What are you guys talking about? Future? Gave you a hard time?" she asked in confusion before narrowing her eyes, "We've never met." Or perhaps they have….just that she didn't know…..

"Hard to say for sure." Foolscap shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe she could be her ancestor or something."

"Either way, the fact remains that you look so much alike and seeing your face puts me in a really bad mood!" Sheer growled holding out her dinosaur card, "So I'm going to take out all this pent up rage on you! Get ready for a dino bashing!"

"Heh, funny I was just thinking the same thing Sheer!" Foolscap laughed before eying Cera with a sinister gaze, "Too bad for you if that's how the chips fall." He said as he took out a card too.

Cera clicked her tongue knowing what was coming, "Tch! Here they come guys…." she wanted them as they readied themselves.

"Maybe if I beat them now I might actually be able to learn more about their plans or maybe…about this person who looks like me…."

"Come on euoplocephalus!" Foolscap cried out placing the card on his headband.

"And say hello to my iguanodon!" Sheer followed placing the card on her choker, summoning out both herbivorous dinosaurs with Spectral marks on them as they roared out fiercely at her!

"2 against 1…not the kind of odds I like…." Cera noted as she took a step back feeling slightly overwhelmed by both massive dinosaurs staring down at her. Luckily it wasn't completely a 2 on 1 fight as she smirked with some confidence, "Well guys, looks we've got our work cut out for us…." She said to them while holding out her dinoshot which spurred both dinosaurs to growl out loudly, "Come on Spiny, Miku, let's do this!" She called out as she returned both dinosaurs to their cards and slashed them, "Dino slash! Shine microraptor! Gush out spinosaurus!" Miku materialised in full form on Cera's shoulder raising her wings out and screeching while Spiny landed in front and roared out fiercely with the skies turning colourful! Normally he would feel overwhelmed at 2 opponents at once, but he felt confident in Cera being able to help make up for that numbers disadvantage, "Teamwork time! Energy equaliser!" Cera cried out as she threw Miku into the air, who spread out her wings and glided onto Spiny's neck and attaching to him, giving him a surge of energy as his eyes glowed brightly and he roared out loud with power coursing through his veins!

"Well well, looks like the kid's got some claws of her own." Foolscap whistled impressed at what he saw before grinning, "This should be fun." he chuckled.

"Don't underestimate her Foolscap," Sheer warned him, "Out of those kids she's a real nuisance."

"That's because you didn't have me with you," he replied snarkishly, "Now stand back and I'll show you how it's done!" He yelled as his euoplocephalus charged forward! Spiny lunched forward and bit on the ankylosaur's back, but it countered by lashing out its clubbed tail at him which he narrowly dodged as it slammed into the ground! The euoplocephalus thrusted forward but Spiny was able to sidestep in time before swinging his own tail out and sweeping it off its legs and onto its back! Seizing the chance Spiny rushed over and began stomping repeatedly on its unprotected belly as it cried out with each one! "GAAAH!" Foolscap cried out frantically as he began pulling his hair in a panic!

"How pathetic Foolscap…." Sheer scoffed in disgust as he turned to her.

"H…Hey she caught me off guard!" he cried out.

"Then you shouldn't have dropped it." she muttered, "Guess I'll have to do it myself! Get in there iguanodon!" She commanded as her dinosaur bellowed and ran forward, ramming Spiny from the side and throwing him off!

"Spiny!" Cera cried in alarm as he landed on his feet pretty hard but managing to stabilise himself in time, "You guys okay?" she asked worriedly to which he responded with a roar, "Phew thank goodness." she breathed a sigh of relief putting a hand to her chest.

Meanwhile iguanodon lowered its head underneath euoplocephalus and mustering all its strength it was able to flip over its comrade as they both turned back towards their opponent. "That does it! Now you've gone and made me mad!" Foolscap growled in annoyance as he held the greyed card to his headband, "Spectral armour!" Euoplocephalus' marks glowed before it became encased in purple crystal like armour and 2 of its back spikes hardening into red crystal!

"Don't leave me out of the fun!" Sheer soon followed as her dinosaur became armoured too!

As both armoured dinosaurs faced Spiny, Cera narrowed her eyes seeing it was time, "Guess we'll have to take this to the next level then." she said holding out her secret weapon, "Element booster! Dino-tector on!" she yelled inserting it into her dinoshot's compartment. As a result a blue gem erupted on Spiny's forehead, with water surrounding him and his body before hardening into crystal, transforming into armour as he roared out powerfully! The combined strength of both Miku and the armour filled with with enough energy making him feel he could take on an army on his own! "Now that's what I call style." said Cera with a confident smirk as she eyed his armour around his body, seeing it was both functional and fashionable.

"Tch! To think these brats are now copying our style, not cool at all." Foolscap hissed in annoyance not sharing Cera's enthusiasm.

"Heh, your armour's a pale imitation to ours!" Sheer smirked confidently, "And we'll prove it to you now!" She eyelid holding out her arm as euoplocephalus and iguanodon rushed forward!

"Take them down Spiny!" Cera cried as Spiny charged ahead! His head collided with both enemy dinosaurs and for a while neither side gave way and they held their ground firmly before the pirates' dinosaurs were able to thrust Spiny back!

"Ha ha! It's two against one! You don't stand a chance!" Foolscap laughed boastfully while pointing out at Cera mockingly.

"That's what you think!" Cera retorted undeterred as Spiny charged in again! As his head collided in a tie with euoplocephalus, they began shoving at one another fiercely, as Spiny sidestepped at the last minute and snapped onto the ankylosaur's neck and bite down hard while it roared in pain as he held on it with usia mrs for a more firm grip! As iguanodon rushed in hoping to catch Spiny off guard, Cera was more than prepared as she warned him, "On your right Spiny!" realising the threat, he kicked out his foot and knocked the iguanodon back as it stumbled backwards shaking its head in a daze!

Tch! That microraptor's not just some power booster, she's also like an extra set of eyes!" Sheer hissed clicking her tongue in annoyance seeing what happened.

Euoplocephalus then shook itself free from Spiny it quickly sung out its tail in retaliation! Spiny was luckily able to duck in time, narrowly missing the clubbed end, "Quick sweep him up with your tail!" Cera cried out as Spiny followed it up by swinging his own tail and knocking the ankylosaur off balance once more!

"Not again!" Foolscap cried out as Spiny snapped onto the ankylosaur's tail and threw the whole dinosaur at iguanodon as he knocked them both across the ground and they tumbled into some rocks! "Grr….that's gotta be cheating!" Foolscap growled in annoyance as he clenched his fist spitefully.

"No, that's teamwork!" Cera corrected him as Spiny roared out fiercely at his enemies.

"Oh yeah? We'll show you teamwork!" Sheer retorted holding out a grass move card, "Take this! Parasite tree!" As she added the card to her choker, iguanodon bellowed loudly as a seed began to spread on its head where the head armour piece was, which was also covered in many eerie vines, "Once this makes contact it's over for you!" Sheer yelled as iguanodon rushed ahead hoping to plant the seed on Spiny and drain his energy in the process!

"Then I'll use shockwave!" Cera counted slashing the move card, causing a veil of water to erupt around the spinosaurus as a shield! The iguanodon collided with the veil and was knocked back much to Sheer's frustration.

"Tch!"

"Dark earth!" Foolscap followed up as he activated the earth move! Euoplocephalus reared up on its hind legs and bellowed loudly, summoning a black rock from the earth before it began hurling towards Spiny and Miku from above! "Ahaha! One dino sized pancake coming right up!" he laughed out loud.

"Yeah, and it's for you!" Cera yelled angrily much to his surprise.

"Say what!?"

She then slashed another move card, "Tragedy of the sphere!" Spiny generated a huge sphere of water and shot it up which caught the rock inside! After that he rushed towards it and rammed it with full force sending the rock flying into euoplocephalus and knocking it off balance once again!

"GAH!" Foolscap gasped while Sheer clicked her tongue in frustration that they were losing despite their numbers advantage.

"Tch! This little girl really does bring back unpleasant memories…."

"So far so good…." Cera thought to herself before being Spiny was gasping for air in exhaustion, "But not even Spiny and Miku can keep this up forever….I've got to end this quick!" she thought to herself as euoplocephalus rushed towards Spiny! Lashing out his tail to ward Spiny off he quickly thrusted out his massive crystal back spikes he knocked Spiny backwards!

"We've got you right where we want you!" Foolscap grinned as iguanodon had snuck up from behind and had Spiny cornered on both sides in a pincer attack!

"That's right, now say your prayers!" Sheer gloated as both dinosaurs began doing a set of mock charges, closing the gap between them and Spiny in the middle, rattling him and hoping he'd either fall for their bluffs and attack or to jump out of the way so they could have him right where they wanted!

Little did they know, was that as they got closer towards Spiny, Cera had them right where SHE was hoping they would move to, as she nodded at Spiny seeing now was the perfect chance to strike! "Aqua whip!" she declared slashing the card as Spiny shot out a whip of water which ensnared euoplocephalus as it charged out catching the pirates off guard!

"Wha!?"

Spiny mustering all the strength he could threw up euoplocephalus before slamming him hard into the ground on top of iguanodon who codlin;t stop in time as its comrade crashed down much to the frustration of the space pirates!

"NO!"

"GRRR!"

Cera then smirked seeing both opponents were now in the line of fire as she held up the final move card she needed, "Now to wrap this up! Ultimate water!" She yelled slashing the card! A set of geysers erupted around piny as he rushed forward, ramming both enemy dinosaurs at once and sending them flying across the field as their armour shattered and they both returned to their cards defeated! "We did it! Woo hoo!" Cera then cheered jumping up and down happily as Spiny and Miku both roared and shrieked in victory!

"GRRR! We had 2 dinosaurs on our side so how could we lose to the likes of her!?" Foolscap growled angrily as he and Sheer landed on the ground to pick up their cards.

"Tch! So much for our side of things, can't believe I'm saying this but I hope Gavro has more luck…" Sheer clicked her tongue in annoyance before looking ahead at Cera as Spiny's armour vanished and they both stared down at them, "She really does remind me of that other girl back in the future….but how can this be?" she asked herself in deep serious thought, if this truly was the case then they'd be in more of a challenge than they first anticipated….

"Alright, spill the beans." said Cera angrily as Spiny roared out at both pirates menacingly, "You've got a lot of explaining to do and I'm not leaving without any answers!" she yelled. As much as she wanted to get answers about herself she knew where her first priorities lay with the pirates as she asked them seriously, "Who are you pirates really? Also, what do you want and why do you need my friends' parents for that!?" she yelled.

"Oh boy oh boy, so many questions and so little time…." Foolscap muttered shaking his head.

Sheer then smirked however, "She really doesn't know who we are? Heh, guess she isn't that same girl from before." she thought before shrugging her shoulders, "Fine I suppose you did earn a little bit of info after that stunt you just pulled." she said unworried as Foolscap turned to her in alarm.

"Sheer!? Don't tell me you're actually going to give that little pest actual answers!" he gasped in surprise.

"I'll only shed a little light on the situation Foolscap," she answered him before smirking maliciously, "Perhaps that ought to add fuel to the fire of their worries on what's to come."

Foolscap then folded his arms in thought, "Hmm…normally I'd prefer not to be spoiled or spoil others about big surprises," he then shrugged his shoulders uncaringly, "But heck why not?"

Sheer then cracked her neck a bit as she decided to at least explain a little about what their motives were, if only it would rattle her foes and act like a warning to make them stay out of their way, "I'm sure you're already aware, we the spectral space pirates have a reputation of plundering any planet we stumble upon of all its riches and valuables." she said as her expression darkened, "But that all changed when we stumbled upon your planet Earth." As she said that Cera narrowed her eyes seeing this was getting serious, "You see we got word that your world actually holds a legendary power, one which we intend to make our very own."

"Legendary power?" Cera asked curiously before widening her eyes in realisation, "The yellow cosmos stone!" she gasped.

"Bingo! We have a winner!" Foolscap clapped praising her, "Too bad there's no prize for you! NYEH!" he mocked sticking his tongue at her.

"But you already have the stone so why come to this time period and cause trouble? What else do you want?" Cera then asked knowing there was more to this than they let on, "Unless…..that cosmos stone isn't the only great power you're after is it?" she asked suspiciously.

"My my, aren't you a clever one." Sheer chuckled in amusement, feeling slightly impressed she was beginning to piece things together.

"Maybe we should just leave it at that Sheer," Foolscap advised, "Wouldn't want her to catch on to our plans now would we?"

"For once I actually agree Foolscap." she nodded in agreement before looking ahead behind Cera, "Besides, I think it's about time we take our leave."

At that very moment, strange voices began to echo through the forest behind.

"Over there! That's the place!"

"They won't get away from us!"

Cera widened her eyes in surprise at the unknown voices behind in the woods, "AH!" Spiny and Miku too turned around feeling agitated, "Don't tell me….more soldiers?" she then gritted he teeth in frustration seeing things would only get more complicated, and that they were so close to uncovering the mystery to this scheme of the space pirates, "Great this is just what we don't need!" she hissed in frustration which brought amusement to Foolscap and Sheer as they seized the opportunity to take off!

"Oh how sad, it seems we're going to have to cut our chat a little short." said Sheer feigning regret as she and her cohort took their leave!

Cera quickly turned around, "H…Hey wait! Don't you dare fly away from me!" she yelled shaking her fists in anger.

"Oh yeah, like you can actually stop us! Hahaha!" Foolscap laughed in amusement.

"You and your friends have no idea as to the mess you've just gotten yourselves into. Once you do, you'll wish you never have." Sheer smirked.

"So turn back while you still can, no way you'll find it that easy." Foolscap concluded at the end, "But hey, don't take my word for it! Haha!" he laughed as the 2 of them disappeared behind the clouds.

"Get back here!" she yelled out but her words fell and deaf ears much to her frustration. As the voices in the woods got louder, Cera gritted her teeth in frustration seeing there was no other choice now, "Tch! Guess we've got no choice but to move!" she hissed reluctantly. Spiny then lowered his head down for her to climb onto and as she looked up at the sky to see it was still colourful, "There's still a battle somewhere going on…." she noted, "I'd better find the others and quick." she thought seriously. With a burst of speed Spiny carried them through the forest as fast as his massive legs could carry them, bulldozing trees to make a path in the process before disappearing from sight.

Moments later after Cera left, the navy soldiers soon began to stir, with the leader being the first to regain consciousness, "Urgh.…" he groaned pushing himself up, "Wh…What happened?" rubbing his throbbing head sorely, he blinked his eyes and as vision came to he looked around to see his men were slowly making it to their knees while still feeling dazed and disoriented. As he looked closer he widened his eyes to see his prisoner had escaped! "GAH! Smith! He's gone!" he exclaimed as the soldiers gasped out in shock at his words.

"Huh!?"

"Where is he!? Where'd that rat scurry off too!?" They all muttered in annoyance as they looked up frantically to find him but could find no trace of him whatsoever.

"Drat! He must have escaped while we were knocked out by that infernal dragon! Blast!" The leader growled clenching his fist furiously and gnashing his teeth, "I swear when I find him, both he and that beast will rue the day they dared cross the future rulers of the world!" he swore under his breath, though his last words ended up sealing the fate of both him and his men.

"You'll do no such thing traitor!" A voice yelled from up ahead! As the soldiers looked forward they turned pale to see an EVEN larger squadron of armed soldiers marching in from the forest, and ahead of them was a figure of high authority with white hair and uniform as he glared down at the navy leader who cowered and shivered in fear recognising him as who he was, "AH! C…Commander!"

"WHA!?"

"We're in trouble…." His men cried or gasped in horror, the sight of the most powerful man in the navy before was enough to bring them all to their knees knowing there was non one other than the king who held more authority than him!

"What brings you here so far from the shores of our homeland?" The leader asked innocently as he rubbed his hands together.

"Spare me the theatrics." the commander replied glaring down at him in disgust, "I have a witness who has reported to me on your unforgivable acts against the King!" As he said so, stepping from behind him and some of his men was none other than Smith! Who had now returned with reinforcements in order to bring his captors to justice for what they did to him and Jim!

"AH! YOU!" The navy leader exclaimed widening his eyes in horror.

"That's right, and now your ambitions are finished." Smith replied calmly as he nodded to the commander.

"Arrest them all! As of now you are all charged with both high treason and for the collaboration with pirates!" He declared pointing out as his squadron whooped in and quickly subdued the traitorous group, either holding out guns or wrestling hem down into submission! It was a brief scuffle and soon all the traitors were held accountable for their crimes!

"N…No! Stop!"

"Please have mercy!"

"Let me go!"

"Unhand me!"

The navy leader then looked p at his superior begging for mercy, "You're making a mistake! I was doing this for the sake of the empire!" he cried out desperately.

"Be quiet! That's enough out of you!" the commander yelled in disgust before holding out his arm, "Take them to the ship! Their rightfully deserved sentence will be delivered when we return to the mainland!" Upon his orders the soldiers began leading the traitors one by one to their warship docked on the beach of the island.

The navy leader gritted his teeth spitefully at Smith as he was lead out last after his men, "Grrr!"

After that was taken care of, Smith took a deep breath and sighed seeing the worse was over for now, as he looked up to the sky with newfound determination and hope, "Jim….I'll find you I promise…" he swore under his breath before recalling the mysterious girl who helped save him from his predicament earlier, "And you…whoever you are….thank you…." he breathed as a pair of seagulls flew overhead and then he followed the Navy commander and his men back to the ship hoping to track down Blackbeard, now that they had a witness on their side nothing would stop them from eradicating all crime on the high seas as well as any threats to innocent ships or their own.

(Meanwhile)

ROAR!

"AAAAAH!"

"It's every pirate for himself!" The gang of pirates screamed in terror as Paris bellowed and stomped her feet in anger before retreating into the woods!

"That'll teach you to pick on girls!" Zoe cried out shaking her fists at the fleeing men before smiling brightly at her partner as she began petting her on the face, "Nice work Paris." she said praising her as Paris nuzzled back into her chest with affection.

"Hey Zoe!" a voice cried out from below which caught their attention.

"Hmm?" As they looked over the edge and looked down they were surprised to see Cera and Miku who were both riding on top of Spiny in the water below who roared out to get her attention!

Zoe brightened up to see her friend, "Oh Cera! Hi!" she waved down to her as she waved back, "What took you so long!? We could have used your help earlier you know?"

Cera then scratched her head uneasily, "Hehe…sorry I kinda got held up by Foolscap and Sheer…." she chuckled scratching her cheek as Zoe widened her eyes in shock.

"You did!?" she gasped before clapping her hands over her face, "Oh my gosh are you okay!?"

Cera then held out an okay sign to her, "I'm fine don't worry, thanks to Miku and Spiny." she said nuzzling her partner on her shoulder and then petting the spinosaurus on the head who then let out a low growl of satisfaction at being praised.

"Thank goodness." Zoe breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, what did I miss?" Cera then asked her.

"Quite a lot actually, I don't even know where to start…." Zoe muttered scratching her cheek unsurely before stating how they got mixed up with a boy named Jim and his father who were on the run by pirates and soldiers after a map they had which would lead them to a treasure with healing properties.

"Wow, that's quite the adventure." Cera whistled impressed.

"Yeah it sure is." Zoe nodded before becoming serious, "But we've gotta go after Jim now, Blackbeard went after him!" she said pointing out ahead in the direction he ran towards the beach.

As she said that Cera then narrowed her eyes seriously, "That kid doesn't stand a chance against that madman…." she thought before nodding back at Zoe, "You're right, let's go." Zoe then climbed onto Paris' back as she raced towards the beach while Cera and Miku continued riding on Spiny through the waves as they came towards the beachside. As they did, they soon came close to one another from the water and land, and then noticing a massive battle up front with Ace and Terry against an armoured Edmontonia and Diceratops!

"Look!" Zoe pointed out as Cera widened her eyes to see the Edmontonia throw a huge boulder towards Terry!

"AH!"

Fortunately, Dr Z counter attacked with ultimate fire, which not only deflected the boulder but took Edmontonia out of the fight too!

"Duck quick!" Cera warned Zoe as the boulder was sent flying towards her!

"AAAH!" She cried as Paris fell down to the ground and the boulder only barely missed her head before it crashed up at the top of the hill, where fortunately no one else was. "Phew that was close…" Zoe let out a deep sigh of relief as she put a hand to her chest.

"Yeah too close…." Cera swallowed, a few more inches and Zoe's head would've been taken clean off. Looking ahead she smiled to see Terry roaring in victory before being returned to a card and then the Alpha gang moving in to collect their defeated foe, "Wow, Terry sure did great…." she whistled impressed, no doubt he better than ever with his new armour.

"There's still one dinosaur left to handle though, come on!" Zoe then cried out as they rushed towards the scene, before long to their surprise, Gavro ended up recalling diceratops and then throwing out a whip, he snagged something lying on the beach before taking off to the skies!

As Gavro took off with the sheet of paper he grabbed, Blackbeard then gritted his teeth in frustration as he ran towards Chomp who had the other piece of paper with him, "This is your fault you little mangy-" Before he could finish his sentence he stopped as Rex moved in to pick up Chomp, "AH!" He stopped in his tracks as Ace, Paris and then Spiny came on the scene standing behind Rex ready to back him up if he tried anything.

"Max! Jim!" Zoe cried as she ran towards both boys.

"ZOE!" They both cried to her as they welcomed her back in.

As Rex shot him a fierce glare, Blackbeard could only stop and grit his teeth in frustration seeing he couldn't win this before reluctantly beating a hasty retreat, "This isn't over!" he growled as he retreated into the woods and barging through the Alpha gang in his way!

"Gah! Watch where you're running!" Dr Z grumbled as he was forced to sidestep away.

"Finally! The beach…." Ursula smiled with joy while holding up a yellow bathing suit she planned to slip into, as she and the others stepped onto the warm sand and take in the sea air and tropical sunshine.

The moment wasn't to last though as Dr Z's alpha scanner began ringing making him reach into his coat to pick it up, "Yes, who's calling?" he asked.

"DOCTOR!" a furious female voice yelled out at the other end which made the old man's hear skip a beat.

"Helga! How did you get this number!?" he exclaimed sweating nervously.

"Don't you play innocent with me!" Helga yelled back, "You didn't put on the SPF 80 sunblock lotion!" She growled before holding up the move card she was going to rip up, "You put on the 15!"

"I didn't know I swear! I just put on what Ursula gave me! Please don't tear up my move card!" he pleaded as he began jumping about frantically. "This is all your fault!" He then said to Ursula.

"I wanted to get a tan…." she sighed before being enveloped in bright light, "Oh no they're bringing us back to the ship…." she sighed as they disappeared.

"That was….awkward…." Cera blinked her eyes at what just happened as she, Rex and Zoe returned their dinosaurs to their smaller forms.

She wasn't the only one though, "How'd they do that?" Jim asked in amazement.

"They're always doing weird tricks like that." Max sweat dropped.

"They're uh…in the circus! You know?" Zoe sweated nervously as Jim stared in confusion at what just happened.

"Uhh…."

"The circus? In the middle of the sea? Really?" Cera sighed shaking her head seeing that as a lame excuse that one an idiot would believe. Nevertheless, what's done is done so she might as well introduce herself to their new friend.

As she walked in towards the gang Max quickly caught sight of her and smiled, "Hey Cera, nice of you to join the party." he said as Zoe and Jim looked.

"Yeah, sorry I'm late though." she sighed feeling a little guilty she couldn't be there sooner.

"Heh, better late than never." Max smirked as they shook on it then.

Jim then walked up and stared at Cera a little before pointing out at her, "Hey who's she?" he asked Zoe as she smiled.

"Oh this is Cera, she's another friend of ours." Zoe answered him as he began staring at her all over and even began to do something like a 360 degree inspection of her entire being, much to her unease and the suspicion of Max and Zoe.

"Umm….is something up?" Cera sweat dropped feeling her privacy being violated a little as he stopped in front of her.

"Say you and your parrot are pretty cute too." he commented with a smile as Max scowled in disappointment at his fickle minded attitude while Zoe pouted feeling slightly jealous. Spiny also let out a low growl, not liking how this kid was getting smitten with his friend.

"Umm….thanks?" Cera replied scratching her cheek unsure of how to respond.

Fortunately she didn't have to worry much as Jim went back to Zoe and smiled proudly as he put an arm around her, "But, I think Zoe's waaaay cuter….no offence." he said smugly as Zoe blushed red and twiddled her fingers in embarrassment while Max huffed seeing he was so full of himself.

"Err…."

"Hmph!"

"None…taken…." Cera replied feeling deeply awkward about this before looking to Zoe and Max, "What's going on here?" she asked.

"Long story….." Zoe and Max both replied in contrasting moods, both in embarrassment and annoyance respectively.

"Jim!" Rex then called out as he ran towards the group with Ace, "I only got back half the map…" he said handing him the sheet of paper.

It was then that Cera realised that was what Gavro took earlier.

As Jim took it for a closer look he sighed in disappointment, "Huh? Oh no!"

"What is it?" Max asked.

"This is the wrong half!" he answered, "The other one has the treasure's location."

"Oh….that's unfortunate…." Cera sighed before asking the others, "Didn't you guys take a picture or something of it just in case?"

The D Team froze upon realising they could've made a huge difference if they did one simple thing and now they lost their chance, while Jim just blinked in confusion, "A…picture? What are you talking about?" he asked looking to them all.

"Umm well…." Zoe scratched her cheek wondering how to explain it to him since photography was just in development in this time of human history.

Max however began to feel immense frustration build up inside him as he could only put the blame on only one person in the group, "Maybe we would've if Jim hadn't decided to act tough and gone off on his own just now!" he then yelled angrily as Jim glared at him.

"What's that!? You're saying this is my fault!? Take that back!" he growled as he tried to lunge at him only for Zoe to hold him back!

"Oh yeah!? You want a piece of me!?" Before Max could throw out a punch, Rex held him back at the last minute as both friends were doing all they could from keeping the boys from fighting with one another!

"GRRR!"

"Calm down! Both of you!" Rex yelled.

"Yeah, break it up!" Cera followed, "We've got more trouble with pirates without arguing amongst ourselves, right now they could be making their move with their half of the map as we speak." As she said that they came to their senses and calmed down thankfully, though not without a few bitter feelings remaining between them.

"Then we'll just have to get it back." Rex replied calmly not losing hope.

"Right!" Zoe said firmly with determination.

"We'll help you Jim…" Max added clenching his hand into a fist.

"Whatever it takes." Cera nodded, "They may be one step ahead of us for now, but we'll be sure to close that gap soon." she said encouraging the young boy with them.

The moment soon took a nasty turn as the ground began to tremble beneath their feet, "Huh?" As they looked up they widened their eyes in alarm to see the massive boulder from before come tumbling down from the top of the huge cliff preparing to flatten them like pancakes!

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" They all screamed as it came within inches of crushing them flat!

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter of the Caribbean arc, wanted to address matters involving the Renegade British Navy and how Jim's dad made it to safety. Here Sheer and Foolscap hinted some possible history with Cera, stay tuned and hopefully it will all be made clear!

QOTC-Which battles did you enjoy most of all, from season 1 and 2 which I wrote? Also anime-wise? Should I still continue these?

In response to reviews:-

Anonymous

-Tank's the purple saichania and Sheer is the lady space pirate.

Drew Luczynski

-Cool, my favourite is Terry but he'll show up after the island arc. Hope what I do with him and Spiny comes off as awesome to you too.

Well Cera isn't the type to cross the line, also she didn't want to cause any temporal changes too.

Cera does have survival skills so she'd last, while Dr Z being so reliant on his technology and lab he wouldn't last that long. I'd agree they wouldn't last 10 seconds before getting on each other's nerves, though Cera would have the advantage in a fight easily.