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!

33. High sea chase

Chapter 33

High Sea Chase

A massive boulder rolled in from the top of the hill and was speeding towards the D Team preparing to run them over like bowling pins as they widened their eyes and cried out in sheer terror! "WAAAAAH!" They screamed out loud before turning around and running as fast as their left could carry them.

"Come on everybody! Double time! I mean triple time!" Max yelled out, unfortunately while focusing on everyone's wellbeing and the boulder behind them he failed to notice his surroundings as he tripped over a rock and fell forward! "WHOA! Urgh!" he cried as landed on his front!

"MAX!" Cera cried out upon hearing his cry and widening her eyes at the incoming boulder that was about to flatten him! As it came closer she could only freeze in place seeing it was too late to run to him in time and if she did she could risk flattening herself too! She and Max closed their eyes unable to bear with it a second longer, when miraculously the boulder skidded off the side of the cliff and into sea.

As soon as splashed into the sea, Chomp jumped up and snapped his mouth shut on Max's back side much to his chagrin as he cried out in pain, flailing his arms and legs!

"WAAAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed as tears of pain began to form from his eyes as the others turned around to see the danger of the rolling boulder had passed. After that he turned around uneasily to see his partner smiling at him, "Whoa….thanks for the save….but easy on the chomping….heheheh…." he then chuckled conflicted over whether he should scold him or be grateful for caring.

A drop of anxious sweat fell from Cera's cheek as she let out a deep sigh of relief, "Phew….that was way too close….." she breathed.

"I feel my heart was going to explode there…" Rex muttered as he put a hand on his chest trying to still his racing heart.

"Yeah, for a second there I thought we were going to wind up as people pancakes…." Zoe nodded in agreement as she rested her arms on her knees feeling overwhelmed.

Jim however, instead of sharing on the D Team's relief of escape, went onto the beach to look at the map one more time, seeing it to indeed be the one without the X mark, he sat cross legged on the sand and yelled out in frustration, "Argh!"

The D Team turned to him in alarm, "Huh!? Jim!?" Rex gasped as they gathered around him.

"What's wrong?" Max asked.

"It's useless! All this half of the map does is tell us is which islands the treasure isn't buried on! The pirate half says where it is!" he grumbled before shooting a glare at Max, "This is all Chomp's fault! He bit the map in half and took the wrong side!"

"That was an accident!" Max retorted backing up his partner, "He was trying to help!"

"Yeah, calm down Jim, I'm sure he didn't mean to…." Cera sighed understanding his frustration yet he shouldn't be too hard on the little dinosaur for trying his best at the time.

At that moment though, Chomp jumped at Max from behind and snapped hard on his shoulder much to his dismay, "OW!" he cried gritting his teeth hard before resisting the pain, "Okay so…maybe Chomp's having a bit of a chomping problem right now…." he then muttered painfully as everyone looked on unsure of what to do.

"Well because of him, Blackbeard's gonna to get the jewel which means my village won't be saved!" Jim yelled back in anger, still unwilling to forgive him.

"It's not his fault!" Max yelled back angry at Jim putting the blame on his partner.

"Chomp messed this whole thing up! Just admit it!"

"He did not!"

Sparks of bitterness and spite flared up between both boys, and all their friends could do was stare and watch as the tension between them peaked. Thinking about it, Jim did run off on his own trying to act tough and protect Zoe, so the map was put at risk because of him. Chomp may have bitten the wrong half of the map but he was doing the best he could at the time, plus he was an animal and couldn't think rationally like a human could let alone under such urgent conditions. So in a way they're both equally responsible but none of them had the heart to tell them that while they were agitated like this.

"We should step in and stop them before they do something stupid." Cera then suggested worrying this could escalate into a fight if it continued unchecked.

Rex then sighed, "Good luck taming those 2, they're even more wild than a pack of rabid dogs…." he said, "Even I wouldn't dare try to tame that…."

Seeing noether of her fiends had the guts to be honest with the 2 hard headed boys, Zoe sighed seeing it was all on her now, "I'll do it….." she muttered as she walked up between the 2 boys and looked at them unhappily like a concerned mother, "Stop!" Her voice making them look up as she looked down on them with folded arms.

"Zoe! I don't want to fight!" Jim then said shrugging his shoulders with his mood taking a 180 degree change, "Maybe I'll just build a raft and sail out of your life forever….Unless you want to come with me and we'll sail into the sunset together!" He then added at the end with a wink and grin much to the others' surprise.

"What!?" Zoe cried as she blushed red getting all flustered at Jim being so direct and sudden with her.

"Huh?" Max went raising an eyebrow at him in suspicion as Chomp continued gnawing on his shoulder.

"Well he sure got over that pretty easily…." Cera whistled unsure of how to feel, getting take that.

"Jim are you…uhh how should I put this?"

"I guess you're trying to ask if he's crushing on Zoe." Rex finished for him.

"Hehehe….NO! Jim's just talking about building a raft to go find Blackbeard." Zoe chuckled nervously trying to tell herself there was a reasonable explanation for the boy's behaviour.

"Who we won't find without the map…." Jim then sighed as he walked up to the sea front and folded his arms on his hips feeling rather hopeless .

"Sure we will Jim!" Zoe smiled as she walked up to him, "You just have to think positively."

Jim then smiled back at her, "You're right! With a good attitude anything's possible."

"Sure is, you have to forget about the past and focus on the future." Zoe replied in agreement.

"So then let's talk about our future." Jim then started as he began acting all dramatic once again, "I feel like we have something very special! I feel like we were made for each other!" he proclaimed without fear nor shame as Zoe blushed a deep pink!

"AH!"

"Made for each other!?" Rex, Cera and Max went with widened eyes.

Blinking her eyes Cera couldn't help but whistle seeing he really was something else, not just honest with his feelings but also confident and determined to the extreme. That would be good under certain circumstances though right now it didn't seem so much for Zoe as she waved her hands out all flustered.

"Jim, you're going overboard with the romantic stuff…."

Unfortunately Jim wasn't about to take no for an answer as he went into full love overdrive, "Tell that to my heart!" he cried giving into his feelings as he puckered his lips and reached in for Zoe!

"Jim! No!" she cried, but her words fell on deaf ears as he got closer to her face!

"Oh boy this could get real weird…." Cera thought to herself, wondering how her parents would feel if they found out their daughter got assaulted by some random boy, if anything the least they could do is give him a big shot or worse neuter him like some pet…..

Max raised his arm out and ran out to put a stop to this, "Hey! STOOOP!" he cried intending to either push Zoe out of the way to protect her or push him away. Sadly, at the last second Zoe knelt down and ducked leading to both boys ending up in the most awkward of situations!

SMOOCH!

As they both stared speechlessly at one another, Cera and Rex both stared with unblinking eyes over what just happened, before the boys quickly began spitting out in disgust!

"YUCK! BLECH!"

"Huh?" Zoe then looked up and looked around curiously in surprise that nothing happened to her, "Wh…What just happened?" she asked as Rex came in and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"You don't want to know…." he sighed shaking his head at the tragedy that befell Max and Jim, the thought of them losing their first kisses like that was a huge loss for any guy no doubt.

Zoe however blinked her eyes unsure of what he meant but decided to take it as that, "Oh….."

"Maybe we just need a little time to cool off now," Cera suggested to the group, "Get our thoughts and priorities straightened out and make peace with one another." she said looking to everyone as she sat down on the sand calmly. "After that once everyone's thinking clearly again we can figure out what to do next? Okay?"

"I'm all up for that…." Zoe nodded without hesitation before letting Paris go in and nuzzle into her lap.

"Count me in….." Rex raised his arm as he sat next to the boys and eyed them huffing at one another in spite.

"Hmph!"

Miku meanwhile began picking off bits of itching sand and dirt around Spiny's say that he couldn't reach much to his delight as he lay on the sand like he was having some sort of spa treatment, while Ace and Chomp began wrestling with one another on the beach.

While most of them seemed to calm down after that fiasco, Max and Jim still wouldn't let go of their grudge between one another and probably would've stayed this way had Zoe not noticed something coming up on the high seas had of them.

"Huh!?" Everyone soon looked up at where she was focusing on, to see what looked like another ship coming in from the horizon, "Uh oh, we've got visitors…." she said uneasily as she stood up.

"I wonder what they want…" Max wondered curiously as he and the others stood up too and readied themselves in case they would need to battle again.

"From their flag, I'd say they're a rival gang of pirates." Jim sweated uneasily noticing a skeleton man and a strange A logo on it. As it came closer it had what appeared to be a dinosaur shaped ornament at the front, with cannons to its sides and a huge A logo on its front white sails.

Eating it closely, Cera then smiled lightly seeing they were in no danger at all, "Actually, I don't think we have to worry too much about them." she said as the others lowered their guard too.

"Huh? How come?" Jim blinked his eyes.

"Let's just say….they're close associates of ours." Max answered scratching his cheek and smiling lightly with the others.

"And now we've got a ship we can use to get off this island and hunt down Blackbeard too!" Rex then said all fired up much to Smith's excitement.

"Whoa for real!? Awesome!" he cheered feeling hope light up his spirits again. It soon died down however realising they were on this sandy patch and the ship was still pretty far away, "But….how do we get all the way over there?" he asked.

Cera then smirked as she held out her dinoshot, "Leave that to me." she said with confidence, pressing a button she returned the small spinosaurus to a card and then preparing to summon him! "Let's go Spiny! Dino slash!" Spiny appeared in full size and landed in the water with a huge splash before roaring out powerfully!

"Whoa! Another dinosaur!" Jim gasped in awe before gulping down hard upon noticing its huge claws and sharp teeth in its crocodile like jaws, "But…this one looks really mean and nasty….you sure he's safe?" he asked nervously as Cera began walking up to him.

"Oh don't worry about him, Spiny's actually pretty nice once you show him a little respect." she said with confidence. Lowering his head to her, Spiny helped her up onto his neck as she settled in nicely up at his head, "Trust me, as long as I'm here you guys have nothing to worry about." she said with confidence as he lowered himself down for the others, "Now hop on guys, there's room for everyone." she said to them as the others smiled seeing an Alpha dinosaur being nice with them for once.

"Okay if you say so Cera then that's good enough for me." Max smirked as he climbed on top of Spiny's tail.

"We'll be trusting you on this." Rex added as he climbed behind Max.

Zoe was next as Cera helped her up to behind Spiny on his neck before looking out to the last one remaining, "Hey Jim, what are you waiting for?" Zoe she called to him as he stepped forward but quickly stepped back upon eying Spiny again.

"Urk…." he shivered and the vibrations from his legs could be seen in the water highlighting how anxious he was.

"If you dawdle too long we might just leave you behind!" Max then snickered and pulled a face at him for being a chicken, which made Zoe pout at him crossly.

"Max don't be mean…."

"Tch!" Jim clicked his tongue at Max before sweating nervously when the spinosaurus looked down at him, "A….Are you really sure it'll be alright?" he asked nervously before Zoe smiled at him brightly.

"Sure it will," she said as she held her arms out calmly, "I'm sitting on him just fine so how can it NOT be alright?" After that she held a hand out to him, to which he looked at and eagerly grabbed with no hesitation.

"Heh, sure thing Zoe! If you're okay with it then so am I!" he smiled doing a 180 on his mood again which made Zoe giggle a bit nervously.

"Ehehehe…." she sweat dropped while Max huffed and folded his arms feeling jealous.

"Hmph!"

Jim decided to take advantage of being close to his dream girl as he hugged her in close to him much to her surprise.

"W….What are you doing?" she gulped as he grinned rather charmingly at her.

"You wouldn't want to fall and get wet now would you?" he said nuzzling at her which made her blush red all flustered.

Seeing him so close and getting smitten with his friend like that made Max even more angry and bitter, "More like you're scared of falling in yourself…." he scoffed looking away while Rex eyed him with a glare.

"Cut it out Max…." he said trying to diffuse his anger maturely so he wouldn't end up falling off Spiny while heading to the boat.

Cera let out a mild sigh knowing she'd have to put up with this drama a little longer, but hopefully once they regrouped with the Alpha gang things would quiet down a little, "Alright, everyone hold on…." Cera sighed as she patted Spiny on the head as he turned around and headed towards the ship, paddling gently with his limbs while keeping his tail swaying to a minimum so Max and Rex wouldn't get thrown off. As soon as they arrived at it, Spiny raised himself up so they could climb aboard, Cera, Zoe and Jim hopping onto the ship first before he turned around and stretched his tail out so Max and Rex could get in too.

After she returned him to a card, the ship made a big turn and began setting off for horizons unknown as they were greeted by 3 familiar faces in pirate getups up on the main deck, along with a short long beard man wearing an eyepatch.

"Welcome aboard the greatest pirate ship on all the high seas!" Dr Z greeted them proudly as the trio saluted the D Team while their boss took the wheel.

"Since when did the Alpha gang become Alpha pirates?" Zoe asked.

"Since they realised they could buy pirate costumes…." Max sweat dropped.

"Well it does suit them at least." Cera commented nodding at how it fitted them quite well strangely.

"At least they aren't making us wear them…." Rex commented feeling relieved he didn't have to dress like some skipper or buccaneer.

Jim suddenly widened his eyes recognising them, "Zoe! I remember these guys!" he gasped looking to her, "They're not real pirates!"

"That's right! They're travelling undercover in order to try to find Blackbeard! Ehehehe…." Zoe laughed nervously hoping he'd buy her explanation, otherwise it'd only get complicated later on.

Dr Z unfortunately wasn't about to let her steal his thunder and opportunity to make a name for himself in this timeline, "Don't listen to her!" he yelled pointed a hooked hand at them, "My name is Whitebeard! But I'm also known as the notorious pirate sea!" he proclaimed proudly.

"The notorious pirate sea!?" Jim gasped as his heart skipped a beat feeling he may have disrespected a great and powerful sea man. "Wow that sounds scary!" Despite never hearing of the name before he couldn't help but feel on edge at the fearsome aura he was presenting.

The others though weren't buying his act as much though, "He's sure getting into it isn't he?" Cera smiled nervously.

"Yup….." Zoe and Max nodded with her in agreement.

Captain Whitebeard grinned seeing just the reaction he hoped for from Jim, "Oh I've struck fear in the hearts of men all over the 7 seas!" he proclaimed striking a pose as he pointed out to the sky, which only made the D Team feel even more embarrassed at how he was presenting himself to their friend.

"We're in for a long day…." said Rex worrying over how much the Alpha gang would make fools of themselves from this point on.

"Being a pirate has always been my dream…." said Ed with a big smile.

"Yeah this whole thing was Ed's idea…except for the drawers…" Zander commented though no feeling too onboard with it himself.

"That brainstorm was mine!" Dr Z added at the end folding his arms on his hips and smirking proudly.

"When I was a little kid, I started collecting all sorts of pirate stuff but I never told anyone about it." said Ed with his eyes sparkling at the fact now he can live his lifelong dream. Despite his age, out of the Alpha gang he may be the most childish at heart, something which his friends knew all too well.

"He kept it to himself for all those years…." Ursula commented smugly.

"I always thought people would make fun of me but then I found myself here on the high seas and I knew I could finally let my inner pirate come out!" he said proudly

"It's great that you're living your dream Ed," Zoe interrupted having enough of it, "But we need to track down Blackbeard before he gets the treasure."

"Don't worry the ship's radar has just pinpointed his location." Ed replied with reassurance.

"What's a radar?" Jim then asked the first time hearing the word.

"It's just downstairs in the main room, you can't miss it!" Ed pointed to behind them as they saw a stairway leading to the lower floors down below, "Check it out and you'll see what I mean."

"That handy work was mine too!" said Whitebeard smugly hoping to cash in on the glory too.

Deciding to see what Ed meant, they went down the stairs and saw directions to a main room, taking awe at the wooden interiors of the ship which seemed truly authentic, not noticing their dinosaurs run off down the hall in the opposite direction while Miku still cringed onto Cera's shoulder loyally. As Jim looked around in amazement, the D Team wondered how they managed to put it all together under short notice. Entering the control room like Ed instructed, they saw a compass like device inside a glass bubble in the room, which Jim couldn't help but stare in awe at how advanced it looked, "Whoa! So this is a radar?" he widened his eyes as it was nothing he had ever seen before. It resembled a compass but this was far bigger than any he saw.

"That's right." Zoe nodded smiling impressed at it, "It's a machine that shows us where we are on the sea. That's pretty cool don't you think?"

"So the blue dot is our ship and the red dot is Blackbeard…." stated Rex seeing the blue dot also had the alpha logo on it while Blackbeard was quite ahead of them since they started.

"He's moving pretty fast, but no mater where he goes, we can follow him." said Zoe with a confident smirk while Cera couldn't help but smile admittedly this was better than she expected coming from the Alpha gang. For once they came up with something that actually worked.

"This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen!" Jim breathed in awe as he leaned in on it and stared at it all over before banging on it with his fist, "Let's break it open and grab Blackbeard to get the treasure map back!"

Rex and Cera both sighed and shook their heads pitying him, "Boy oh boy, guess people of the past really aren't ready for technology just yet…." said Rex seeing how Jim was acting to be rather silly.

"He isn't inside the radar. We didn't shrink his ship into a red dot!" Max cried in exasperation.

"Oh you think you're so smart?" Jim grunted before sticking his tongue out and and pulling down an eyelid making a face much to Max's annoyance.

"What!?" he growled as his eye began to twitch.

Cera and Rex both sighed knowing how this would go, "Oh dear here we go again…." she lowered her head feeling getting them to cooperate was a lost cause.

"Yup, it's like a rerun of a bad episode all over…." Rex muttered face palming himself as the 2 boys leaned in and glared daggers at one another.

"You're trying to make me look stupid in front of Zoe!" Jim growled.

"I think you're doing that for yourself!" Max retorted tensing a fist back.

Jim then smirked smugly before walking off and putting an arm around Zoe unexpectedly, "Hey Zoe, let's get away from thus conflict and go take a walk together." he suggested

"Not this again…." both Rex and Cera went seeing he doesn't learn fast.

"Jim….we talked about this…" said Zoe politely.

"What? That I'm too much of a romantic?" he smiled before puckering his lips at her again, "All I want is a kiss!"

"JIM!" Zoe sweated anxiously as he leaned in close to her face! Seeing no other way she swung out her hand and sent him spinning to the ground!

SMACK!

"Hey no means no Jim!" she squealed as he fell to the ground and his eyes spun around in a daze and his cheek swelled up upon being smacked at.

"Ugh…Zoe you're so awesome…." he said woozily as his mind drifted into fantasies of Zoe being a beautiful mermaid and him taking her on a date in a wooden boat under the moonlight.

"Heh, serves him right for not learning his lesson." Max snickered in amusement as he grinned looking down on Jim, something which his friends didn't seem to approve of much as they narrowed their eyes at him.

"You can be like that sometimes too Max…." said Rex shrugging his shoulders, which snapped Max out of his moment and made him even more ticked off as he gritted his teeth and tensed a fist at the blood boy.

"Say what!? You take that back right now!" he growled his eyes firing up and his fist tensing and throbbing with the pressure he exerted while tightening it.

Noticing the room to be somewhat quiet, Cera looked around and noticed some of their friends had indeed left while they didn't notice, "Hey guys, looks like Chomp and the others ran off somewhere." She said as the others turned and looked around seeing they had flown the coop.

"Hmm?"

"Hey yeah you're right." Max muttered.

"How did we not notice them leave?" Zoe then asked curiously as she put a finger to her chin in thought.

"Either they got scared off by you guys fighting or couldn't handle Jim's romantic advances….." Rex commented as Zoe began whislting nervously while looking away.

"Err…."

Cera saw the chance to take her leave already having enough herself, "I'll go look for them to make sure they don't cause any trouble, and while I'm at it I'm also gonna go take a look around too," she said also using it to excuse herself, "Be sure to keep an eye on Jim in the meantime." she then said eying the still unconscious boy on the ground before exiting the room.

"Will do."

"You can count on us for that." said Max and Rex as they folded their arms and looked down on him with sighs and disappointed expressions.

As she walked down the hallways which were wooden and lined with portraits of the sea or pirates in general, Cera let out a sigh of relief knowing she could hear herself think again, "Finally, I could use some peace and quiet after all that hoo haa…." she breathed before observing her surroundings with deep interest, "Also it'll be a great chance to see what this place is all about." she said as Miku squawked in agreement. Passing by 1 room with a circular class window on it, she looked through to see a group of Alpha droids rowing it in an orderly fashion, "So this is how they're steering this thing, not bad…." she thought nodding with approval before moving on. Considering droids were tireless and this was such a simple task maybe it wasn't a bad idea to entrust this to them.

Hearing a sound coming from another room, Cera opened the door to look in, only to find it contained a rather large treasure chest filled with all kinds of pirate getups and accessories in it. Rummaging through them were 6 different coloured tails coming from 6 chibi dinosaurs. One soon popped his head out and jumped in front of her, wearing a small plastic beak and play parrot wings on his arms which made Cera snicker in amusement at how cute and funny he appeared, "Hahaha! Those look pretty good on you Terry." she giggled covering her mouth in amusement while also complimenting the red dinosaur's outfit. He then flapped his feathered hands and barked out happily as he and the other dinosaurs gathered around her in their outfits. Chomp wore and eye patch, Ace had a pirate bandana, Spiny wore a pirate hat with skull and crossbones on it, Tank was chewing on a toy blade and Paris had a jolly roger flag tied around her neck like some kind of cape. "You guys too." Cera thought out loud as she folded her arms on her hips and nodding at their attire in approval.

Seeing how shaky they were as she observed them throw off their outfits she then smiled lightly understandingly, "You guys must be pretty restless with so little room to run huh?" she thought before reaching down and petting the lightly on their heads, "Don't worry you'll be seeing action soon enough…" she said to them assuringly before snapping her fingers at an idea she came up with that would keep them entertained, "I know, how about a game of hide and seek to pass the time? How's that sound?" she suggested, as the 6 dinosaurs jumped and barked excitedly before running out to go hide. "Hahaha okay, here we come!" she laughed as she ran out to try and find them.

Seeing one door partially opened, she came in to find what had a big desk up front with a large arm chair, notebook and feather quill pen on the table, "Captain's quarters?" Cera blinked her eyes as she went up to take a closer look. Seeing the notebook she flipped through the pages with Dr Z's handwriting in them, explaining how he courageously wrestled a giant squid in the deep and ended up losing an eye and a hand as a result, which made her squint her eyes at the preposterous story before closing the book on it, "He probably made that up to sound cool…." she muttered. Before she could leave, Miku took notice of something under the desk.

Pecking Cera's cheek, she looked to her curiously, "Hmm? Something up Miku?" she asked as Miku flapped out her wing and pointed down to a blue tail sticking out from under the desk, which made Cera snicker in amusement as she squared down to it, "I see you Paris." she said to him grabbing her tail she turned around and looked up at her as she petted her on the crest, "Next time don't stick your tail out so much okay?" she said with a smile as she walked out the door and the little parasaurolophus followed her.

The group soon heard some smashing sounds coming in from another door up ahead, stepping into the kitchen (where jars of preserved food lined the drawers and barrels of vegetables and supplies lined the cooking area) they saw Ace, Spiny and Terry had knocked over a jar filled with old bacon strips, preserved for long periods of time especially for high seas as they munched away at the meat rather greedily. "Ah there you are Ace, Spiny and Terry." She said as they looked up to her, before frowning as they realised they gave themselves away to her by giving into their own hunger. She couldn't blame them though as she helped to pick up the mess they left and then put it back on the shelf neatly, "Boy you guys must be really hungry….hope this is enough to satisfy you." she said to them as they licked the floor clean before following her out to find their last 2 friends.

"Now for Chomp and Tank, wonder where they went off to." Cera thought to herself as she walked down the halls with Miku looking on one side and her down the other, as the other dinosaurs trailed behind her keeping an eye out for their friends too. As they walked down the halls to near the end, they took notice of an opened door with an ominous roaring sound coming out from it which caught Cera's ears, "Hmm? What's that sound? Sounds like an engine…." she blinked her eyes curiously as she went inside and the others followed after her. At first it was a little dark and dim, she stumbled a bit down a staircase she didn't see coming before stabilising herself and planting her feet carefully with each step. Before long as she got a better look at things, she and the dinosaurs widened their eyes in amazement to find themselves in a very advanced engine room which certainly wouldn't be found in any ship in the current times!

"Wow…..look at all this machinery….." she breathed in awe and amazement at the rector cores, cooling systems and engines that were pumping and whirring loudly all round her as they connected to systems with controls labeled jets or submarine mode controls, "So then the bit on top was just the tip of the iceberg." she then thought seeing how easily it masked the ship's true form. "Talk about the best of both worlds melded into one…." she breathed before shaking her head remembering who she came here to find, "Tank and Ace have got to be around here somewhere…" she said as she and the other dinosaurs with her continued onwards through the room on the hunt of their last 2 friends.

Sniffing the air and only smelling oil all around, and the sounds of machines and gears pounding everywhere, they had to rely only on sight which wasn't easy considering how dark the room was, no doubt Tank and Ace picked a really good place to hide which would throw off even the best trackers. "Guys keep your eyes peeled, they could be hiding-" Before Cera could finish, a sudden explosion from above shook up the entire room and caught them all off guard!

BOOM!

"WAAAAH!" she cried as she stumbled and banged her head on a nearby pipe before falling down unconsciously and blacking out.

(Minutes later)

"Urgh…." Cera groaned groggily as she slowly opened her eyes, feeling several wet slobbery tongues brushing against her face, one of which brushed her eye and motivated her to blink and open it slowly. "Wh….What happened….Urk…my head…" she winced painfully as she rubbed the back of her head where she hit the pipe just now. Despite her condition she was able to push herself up till she was able to sit straight against a nearby wall. As she did, she was greeted by all 7 chibi dinosaurs who eyed her with concern and worry while letting out concerned whimpers at her hoping she was still alright.

Opening her eyes and her vision soon coming back to her she saw all the other dinosaurs were waiting anxiously for her to answer them, "Guys?" she breathed before smiling feeling touched at their concern for her, "I'm fine, don't worry about me…." she said managing to stand up on her legs again as they became more at ease. As she stumbled a bit, they gathered around to help support her as she made her way to the stares, and she thanked them all with gentle pets on their heads as they went to the upper floors, "We'd better go see what happened up deck…." she said narrowing her eyes seriously knowing something must have happened while she was down here and she planned to know what it was.

Before long with the help of the other dinosaurs she soon made it up on top to see everyone else was gathered up at the front of the ship, "Hey guys!" she yelled waving to them all, as she ran up on deck making everyone turn to see her come in.

"Hmm?"

"Oh Cera!"

As she ran out and noticed the huge plume of smoke rising up from behind her she widened her eyes in shock, "AH! What happened!?" she gasped as the other dinosaurs barked out in surprise themselves.

"The British Navy happened that's what…." Rex answered before he and the others eyed Dr Z angrily, "They were going to let us pass peacefully but then Captain Knucklehead here had to mess everything up."

"Hey! It's Whitebeard to you!" he yelled back at them taking offence, "Besides they started it so I planned on giving them a taste of their own medicine!" he screamed jumping up and down throwing a tantrum while the others scowled or looked at him in disapproval.

"Of course, leave it to Dr Z to screw everything up…." Cera sighed as she rubbed her temple trying to fight off any negative thinking which crossed her mind.

"I said my name is Whitebeard!" he then yelled once more though his rant was ignored completely as usual.

Meanwhile Jim leaned in and whispered to the others while Dr Z's back was turned to them, "I'm starting to think this guy's a fake pirate." he said as the others sweat dropped at him stating the obvious, though what was more surprising was that it took him this long to realise it.

Noticing she had the dinosaurs with her, Cera then stepped aside so the others could see, "I found Chomp and the others, here they are." As she said that, Chomp, Ace and Paris broke away from the bunch and ran back to their owners who welcomed them in with open arms.

"Aha! Chomp there you are!" Max laughed as the yellow trike jumped into his open arms and nibbled on his face as usual.

"Ace don't run off like that again!" Rex scolded picking him up before smiling lightly at his partner, "Though I'm glad you're not afraid of water anymore. Hehehe…" he then chuckled looking on the bright side.

"Oh Paris you scared me…." said Zoe hugging her partner closely and then looking up at Cera with gratitude, "Thanks Cera, we really can count on you for anything." she said as she and the others returned their dinosaurs to card form so they wouldn't run off again.

"Unlike some people….." Max then muttered eying Whitebeard who looked away from them and huffed arrogantly.

"Hmph!"

"I'll go see what the damage is and hopefully I might be able to fix it." Cera then said as she turned around to assess the damage.

As she did, Whitebeard then yelled out to her, "You'd better fix it! Your captain commands you!" he growled while shaking his fists at her as she shot him a backward glance mixed wth a hard scowl.

"I'm not one of your crew, and I'm only doing this so we all don't end up at the bottom of the sea." she muttered before walking down the stairs, hoping she wouldn't need to see his scrawny face again for a long while as she assesses the damage done. Passing by the rowing room again she and Miku noticed Ursula and Zander were now rowing with the droids, and as she saw how exhausted and miserable they were at the oars she couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for what their boss put them through unfairly no doubt, "Wouldn't want to be those 2 right now…." she shuddered before walking away not wanting to distract or disturb them.

"Ah there it is."

"Good thing it didn't breach the engine and only damaged the upper hull." she noted putting her hand on the opening and feeling it around carefully, seeing that the wooden upper portion was damaged and the metal hull below only suffered a few cracks. Ahead where a few cannonballs were embedded in the hull, was causing black smoke to leak out which was rather repulsive as Cera waved her hand ahead to blow the smoke away. "Well, better put out that smoke before it starts a fire, or worse an explosion…." She thought after recalling the history of the alpha gang's vehicles due to faulty maintenance.

After a while, thanks to Spiny and the others bringing her buckets of water from the kitchen and bathrooms they were soon able to put out the smoke before it became even more unbearable, "That takes care of that…." she said pleased smacking her hands clean before turning rather nervous, "Now for the real work…." Despite clearing the smoke, it revealed there were other damages down to the ship which were enshrouded in the smoke as she began lifting over bits of rubble and debris due to structural collapses caused by the Navy's attack and also because of faulty design in some areas. As she dug deeper and deeper through the rubble she could only gulp down hard seeing the damage was far more serious than she first anticipated.

"Oh boy…."

"Ugh…that's gonna need some looking into…."

"Not good…."

"That's not supposed to get wet….."

As she continued pointing out the many damages she found in the ship's hull, the dinosaurs couldn't help but feel unnerved or worried about their own wellbeing should the ship continue to traverse the seas while like this. "This is going to take longer than I thought…." Cera sighed shaking her head knowing it was a big job to do. "Better let the others know first." She then said as she headed back out to notify them. Heading down the hallways she overheard some voices coming from the radar room, and taking interest she opened the door and let herself in. "Hey guys." She greeted as the D Team, Jim, Dr Z and Ed looked to her.

"Oh Cera-" Max waved before Captain Whitebeard cut in front of him.

"What's the damage report!?" he demanded much to the annoyance of the others at his rude behaviour.

She didn't approve of his attitude either but decided she might as well let them all know of their situation, though she herself was reluctant to give it to them as she shook her head sadly, "Not too good I'm afraid. The main ship exterior may be mostly intact but the attack we suffered just now nearly breached the lower hulls." She said explaining the dire state the ship was in despite the attack seeming superficial, "No way can we leave it as it is, otherwise we'd run the risk of taking in water." After that she then sweated a bit nervously thinking of the consequences that could happen after that given the Alpha gang's track record in inventions gone wrong, "And who knows how big the damage can be after that…." she gulped as the others became somewhat uneasy at her report.

"That does sound like a big problem." said Jim as he clasped his hands together.

"How long do you think it'll be till you get it fixed?" Rex asked her, though once more Whitebeard jumped in seizing it as a chance to gain glory.

"Never fear! Captain Whitebeard is here!" he announced as he grinned smugly, "I'll be sure to provide all the necessary help you need to speed things along much quicker!" he boasted beating a fist to his chest, "Heck I might even do it myself!" As he said that the gang began narrowing eyebrows at him or rolled their eyes.

"More like you'll make the ship even more of a hazard than it already is…." Zoe muttered.

"You don't even know your ship that well Dr Z." Rex sighed as he face palmed.

"Yeah remember what happened just now with the navy?" Max muttered as he shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

Once again Dr Z took offence to their rude manners, "Hey! It's captain to you!" he growled shaking his fists at them, "Another remark like that and I'll take it as a sign of mutiny! Perhaps I might even throw you overboard!" Despite his threat none of the gang seem remotely threatened by him at all.

"Like you'll actually get the chance…." They thought to themselves knowing if he tried to throw them off they'll be sure he'd be the one to take a dip in the ocean and not them.

"Anyways guys, anything I miss?" Cera then asked wanting to know an update on their end as well as wanting to change the topic.

Jim then turned around and pointed on the radar as everyone looked, "Blackbeard just landed on this island here." he said pointing on an island where his ship was, "They've got a head start on us to the treasure but with luck we'll catch up with them soon enough." he said seeing their dot was closing in on them.

Cera then leaned in for a closer look herself, "Hmm…." putting a finger on her chin in thought and assessing the best approach she then traced her finger from their ship to the opposite side of the island, "I suggest we go to the far side of the island here." She said as she stopped on the opposite side, "That way we can avoid being seen and have the element of surprise on our side, otherwise wed run the risk of alerting them and we'd have a fight on our hands."

"Good point there." Jim nodded in agreement as took a closer look at the location she marked, "This side here, it's surrounded by steep cliffs, no way Blackbeard would think to look here for the treasure, so it'd be the perfect spot to land."

"Then let's get a move on!" Max said all pumped up as they all nodded together knowing what to do as they all headed to the main deck above and waited patiently for the ship to reach its destination.

Very soon the ship arrived at the other side of the island that Cera suggested. Ahead of them was a rather steep cliff surrounded by fog as thick as smog, it was so barely visible it'd be easy to mistake an edge for another piece of solid land. "This is the far side of the island Blackbeard is on now!" Jim pointed ahead as one of the ship's cannons shot out a ladder with hooks at the end, which then latched onto the top of the cliff giving them a safe passage across. Furthermore being enshrouded in such thick fog meant their enemies would have a difficult time finding them which was another plus for them.

"Good luck out there sea pups!" Whitebeard then cheered waving his other hand out, "You can rest assured we shall remain here to guard the ship from any sneak attack from any enemy scallywags!"

"Argh!" Ed saluted.

"More like let us do the hard work in finding the treasure so you don't have to…." Max scowled at them seeing through their facade of good luck.

Rex then looked over to the only other person they could rely on at this point in time, "Cera, you stay here and try to patch up the ship. We'll need a full set of working sails in case Blackbeard does take off with the treasure." he said to her as she nodded back with reassurance.

"Will do." She said before looking back to see Ed had brought up a pirate magazine to read as he sat next to a barrel while Dr Z laid his arms out on the floor while taking an afternoon nap, "I'll be sure to keep an eye on the Alpha gang too while I'm at it…." she added at the end knowing she wasn't going to like this job but someone had to do it.

"Alright team, let's move!" Jim then said without hesitation or fear as he jumped up and began climbing up the rope ladder shot onto the cliffs.

"H…Hey hold up!" Max cried out as he and the D Team quickly followed after him, despite Jim being brave and outgoing if he didn't think before he acted he was bound to get himself int trouble, which the D Team wished he got through his thick skull soon if he knew what was good for him….

"Good luck you guys!" Cera waved to them as they disappeared over the cliffs. Turning back to see Ed and Dr Z lazing around leisurely without any concern for the ship, she sighed as she looked down to see Terry, Spiny and Tank who had gathered around her awaiting her orders obediently. "Looks it's up to us then." she then said smiling lightly as she went downstairs to affect repairs.

As she went to work at the damaged hull, the alpha droids did the manual labour which involved hammering in wooden planks or metal slabs to patch up any holes in the ceilings or walls. Meanwhile Cera went to work on tweaking together loosened bolts and knobs where the wood intersected with the metal. Thankfully Miku and the others were kind enough to assist her such as bringing in the right tools, handing her the parts she needed to replaced damaged ones and even volunteering to cut pieces to fit into holes or even hammer in loose bolts.

Eventually, a while had passed and after nearly half an hour of hard work and determination, Cera used a cloth who Miku gave her to wipe away the sweat from her brow as she folded her arms on her hips staring at her work most proudly, "There that should do it." She said smiling at the repaired hull and feeling proud of a job well done. After that she looked down to Miku and the other dinosaurs, as well ad the alpha droids before nodding in approval of their hard work and efforts. "Thanks you guys have been a big help." she said to them which made the dinosaurs bark and jump happily while the alpha droids did a robot jig in celebration.

HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY!

"Better tell the others the good news." she then thought to herself as she headed to the surface to let them know, if they were back now, while the alpha droids returned to the rowing stations.

As she came up from below she was surprised to see Max and the gang run in to the where Dr Z and Ed were both minding their own business napping or reading, before they yelled out loudly surprising them both! "Hey! Wake up now Dr Z!"

"GAH! What is it!? Are we under attack!?" Ed squalid dropping his magazine on the floor before sending up straight ready for duty.

"Ack! Wh…What the!?" Dr Z yelped as he woke up suddenly, flailing his arms out and his heart skipping a beat in alarm, before frowning to see it was the kids who disturbed him from his favourite dream of ruling over a vast kingdom of dinosaurs.

"Hey guys you're back." said Cera greeting them as she walked out to meet them, but instead of a friendly hi in return they shouted back at her.

"Cera!"

"Huh?" she took a step back unexpectedly as they gathered around her.

"Please say the ship's in working condition!"

"We need it up and running now!" said Rex and Max to her begging for her to say yes while coming in close to her personal space. Even Zoe too was joining in with them and they seemed to be quite panicky about something too, and that didn't seem like a good sign.

She sweat dropped surprised to see they were staring at her so urgently and she felt put off by it, yet despite that she then nodded nervously, "Y…Yes…repairs are just finished if that's what you wanted." she gulped.

"Good!" Rex cried out before turning over to Whitebeard who was still scowling hard at them for interrupting his nap, "Because we've got to set sail now!"

"Hey! Who are you to be giving orders on my vessel!?" he yelled back in protest.

Despite not liking to agree with Dr Z, Cera had to admit their sudden change in behaviour was rather unnerving, "Guys! Slow down! What's going on!?" she asked loudly hoping they'd calm down and answer her clearly. Blinking her eyes she noticed there was actually someone missing from their group, "Also, where's Jim?" she then asked them.

It was then they turned to her urgently, "He got caught by Blackbeard and when he finds out Jim doesn't have the map but we do, who knows what he'll do to him!" Zoe cried which made Cera widen her eyes in shock seeing it was bad news.

"AH!"

Upon hearing the urgent news the D Team brought, Whitebeard then pumped his arms up eager for action at last, "Well then, it's time to take the fight to them then!" he announced loudly as Cera went back inside to check the radar, "We'll show those scurvy rascals who the real master pirate is! Ahahaha!" he laughed out loud boastfully before turning over to Ed whom he elected his first mate, "Ed! Set sail right now!" he ordered pointing ahead as the fat man saluted him.

"Aye Aye sir!" he said obediently before trotting off to the pipe to shout the orders, "Alpha droids! Move out!" Upon his orders the droids along with Ursula and Zander (jealous they were put on grunt work instead of Ed) began rowing as hard as they could, causing the ship to turn around and move off into the horizon.

As they cruised along the sea surface, Zoe took out the half of the map Jim entrusted to her before eying it closely and sighing deeply feeling guilty for what she did, "Oh Jim…." she sighed in a regretful tone as Max walked over to her and put a calming hand on her shoulder.

"We'll get him back Zoe, we promise." He said to her nicely and after seeing the hopefully look in his eyes she then nodded lightly and smiled.

"Mhmm…."

Cera soon came back from downstairs as the D Team turned to her, "I just checked the radar," she said before pointing straight ahead, "They're out at open sea as we speak."

"Then that's where we'll be going." said Whitebeard upon hearing the news as he kept the ship on a straight and steady course to waters unknown. Before long, the fog began to thicken and it became barely visible and dangerously hard to see, as the dinosaurs looked around feeling rather unnerved or agitated as their senses of sight and smell were pretty much nullified and the fact they were pretty much blind made them rather anxious and restless as they looked around in various directions hoping for something to turn up. The kids knew this too and too were getting pretty angsty considering the dinosaurs had far sharper senses than they did, so anything that rattled them had to be a cause for concern for them all.

"It's so foggy slow down…." Zoe then said nervously as it rolled in and it was barely visible, even less than it was before.

Despite her concern, Whitebeard paid no heed to her warning as he yelled into the horn to signal the rowing crew down below, "Come on! Row faster droids!" he yelled impatiently as Ursula, Zander and the droids picked up the pace.

"Either he's deaf or just plain stubborn…." Cera muttered as she rolled her eyes knowing it was pointless to get the old man to listen when he's in full 'captain' mode, or any other time…..

As they sped faster Max felt a strange change in the air which he picked up before the others, "Huh?" He knew something bad was coming but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. They didn't have long to wonder though, as the answer came to them in the form of a massive rock wall which appeared out of the fog from out of nowhere!

"WAAAAAAAAHHH!" They all screamed in alarm at the wall they were about to crash into!

"We're gonna crash!" Max cried out in alarm as they were speeding uncontrollably in a collision course towards certain doom! "Turn to the starboard side!" Max then cried out to Dr Z and Ed with urgency in his voice.

"Starboard's left, right?" Whitebeard asked as he spun the wheel to the left side.

"Right!" Ed replied before realising he made a mistake, "I…I mean your right! Left is right!"

"You guys have the same right!" Cera yelled out in a panic as the ship began to turn yet was skidding straight into the cliffs!

"We're not gonna make it!" Rex gasped in alarm.

Everyone soon began to brace selves for a massive collision, as Whitebeard then turned over to his first mate, "Ed! You're an expert pirate! Do something and fast!" yelled to him angrily.

"Okay!" Ed cried as he scrambled over to the horns and yelling out at the top of his lungs, "Reverse!" he screamed, which caused the droids and Ursula and Zander to row the other direction rapidly! The ship began to slow down but was still going to be swept into the rocky cliffs by the currents which spurred Ed to pick up the pace, "Row faster Alpha droids!" he yelled in time. Seconds before the ship could crash into the rocks, it managed to pull back and reverse in the opposite direction at last.

"AH!" The D Team gasped as the ship rumbled violent before coming to a standstill.

It soon calmed down as Max let out a deep sigh of relief, "We stopped just in time…." he breathed brushing some sweat off his brow before turning around and glaring angrily at Whitebeard, "Grr! This is your fault!" he growled as he ran over to the smaller old man and grabbed him by the scruff of his collar!

"Ah! What!?" he gasped in alarm as Ed widened his eyes in surprise at Max getting so aggressive all a sudden.

"You almost got us all deep sixed!" Zoe yelled at him while tensing her hands into fists.

"What do you have to say for yourself!?" Rex followed as the 3 kids ganged up on the captain who shivered nervously after being surround by 3 aggressive faces glaring down into his soul!

Seeing the situation getting tense, Ed sweated and smiled nervously as he waved his hands out trying to act as peacemaker, "Now now, it wasn't his fault, please put down the captain…." he asked gently though his words fell on deaf ears.

Despite his best efforts to diffuse the quarrel, Dr Z soon made his efforts go down the drain as he began thrashing about in Max's grip, "How dare you speak to me like that!? Unhand me you whipper snapper!" he yelled flailing his arms out like a child doing a tantrum while screaming his head off.

"Enough guys!" Cera yelled unable to take it any longer. Stepping in she shoved both of them aside with ease before shooting them a glare, "We have more than enough trouble with Blackbeard and the space pirates working together without fighting amongst ourselves!" she yelled before taking in a calm breath as the 2 males were silenced by her loud yell. She then looked to Max and the others in the D Team with a more calm expression, "Now come on guys, Jim needs us, and so do your parents too, so no fighting okay?" she asked nicely.

Thinking about what she said the D Team could see she was right, "Our parents…." Max breathed as Zoe and Rex lowered their heads feeling a bit ashamed of their behaviour just now. If they were to have any hope of saving Jim, let alone their parents, they had to cooperate with the Alpha gang even if it hurts….though that didn't mean they had to like it nor would it be easy, as Max clicked his tongue still feeling a bit bitter at Dr Z for endangering their lives earlier, "Tch! Fine…." he huffed as he folded his arms and looked away, as Cera let out a sigh of relief having barely diffused the conflict.

Dr Z however saw it as a chance to rub it in though, thinking he got away with it unscathed, "You're lucky your friend was here to bail yo out otherwise I'd have made you walk the plank all chained up and with a stone tied around your feet!" he laughed pointing out at them mockingly, as Ed shuddered at how stubborn his boss was after having narrowly avoided a fight he planned to start one again.

Before Max could retort, Cera took the initiative and grabbed him up by the collar once again and then glaring down into his eyes, causing him to turn pale and nearly wet his pants as she stared at him far menacing than the Black T-Rex could ever be, "You want to try my patience old man?" she said to him in a way that sent a chill down his spine!

"M…Maybe next time…." he gulped nervously as Cera released him satisfied with his answer, which made him gasp for air uncontrollably as if he came out of a traumatic experience. As Ed went over to comfort his boss the D Team couldn't help but snicker a bit in amusement to see Dr Z get his just desserts, while at the same time making a note to themselves not to cross Cera either.

As she went downstairs to go check the radar, soon after Ursula and Zander came up in her place, panting deeply and desperate for air as they fell to the floor on all fours while sweating profusely.

"Phew…."

"Gasp!" They both wheezed before looking up to the sky. Despite it not being bright blue skies and warm sunshine they were grateful to be out of the ship and to be outside again.

"Finally…fresh air…."

"Wind….cool wind…." They said tearing up graciously as tears fell from their eyes with gratitude at their moment of welcome relief….which didn't last long as Whitebeard suddenly stomped over to them.

"What are you 2 doing back up here!?" he yelled as a tic mark append on his forehead, "Get back down and start rowing now!" he demanded pointing back at the door.

"H…Hey come on now!" Ursula sweated nervously as she clapped her hands together begging for mercy, "We've been down there nearly all day without rest."

"At least let us get a breath of fresh air please?" Zander cried out before looking up to Dr Z like a begging doh while even adding some puppy whimpering on top of it.

"Plus my hands are all sore, they need a break after all that." Ursula pouted playfully as she waved her hands, looking at them she shuddered and teared up seeing hard red skin and even a few blisters popping up on her palms! "I'm going to need a manicure after this too…."

Whitebeard rolled his eyes in disgust before clicking his tongue at them being so dramatic, "Tch! Wimps…" he hissed before turning around and huffing it off, "Fine, but 5 minutes and no more!" he threatened them before stomping off leaving Ursula to lower her head in disappointment.

"Aww…."

"Well at least it's better than nothing Ursula." said Zander patting her on the back as she stood up and walked away to find someplace to enjoy her limited moment of freedom.

Seeing how she was moping around so easily Max couldn't help but whisper to the others behind her back, "Heh, guess her old age must be catching up to her finally huh?" he whispered before Rex and Zoe snickered in amusement.

Ursula however didn't share their sense of humour, as her ears perked up upon their gossiping which caused her to flare up with red rage, "I heard that!" she yelled getting her spirit fired up once more as she shook out her hands at them in protest.

Not long after that, Cera returned from below deck as she gave the gang her report after locating Blackbeard, "Guys, I just checked the radar." she said as they looked to her, "Blackbeard's ship should be just up ahead." she said pointing straight ahead.

Max took hold of the telescope and looked through, "Urgh…it's too hard to see though…." he grunted in annoyance unable to see anything for barely a few miles.

Zoe put on her goggles hoping she'd have better luck, only to frown seeing the same thing as Max did, fog, fog and more fog everywhere she looked, "Yeah, it's even thicker than pea soup…." she muttered.

"I hate pea soup…." Whitebeard muttered sticking his tongue out in disgust.

Zoe and Max looked around everywhere but could see no sign of a ship or even a rock shadow through the thick mist. Feeling doubtful they both looked to Cera, "You sure they're close by Cera?" Zoe asked her.

She nodded in response to their question, "I'm certain of it."

After that Max and Zoe returned to scouting out the horizon as best they could despite of the thick fog, "Then they've got to be around here somewhere….." Max muttered as he gritted his teeth in annoyance as they both still came up with nothing. After a few more minutes of scanning the horizon, as well as changing observation points on the ship, a silhouette came into view as the fog slowly died down, as Max widened his eyes catching sight of Blackbeard's vessel! "There's the ship!" He cried out alerting the others.

"AH!" They all gathered around Max to see the vague shape of the enemy pirate ship miles ahead of them.

As Max zoomed in on the ship he caught sight of Blackbeard, Gavro and Copper holding Jim hostage while he was bound in ropes, "I see him!" he cried out as the others focused on him.

"How's Jim? You see him there?" Cera asked him after that hoping nothing bad had happened to their friend.

"It looks like he's okay…." Max answered her.

"Yeah, at least for now he is…." Rex added feeling unsure as to how long it'd last, and was even planning on launching a frontal attack to take out their foes at once, as well as get Jim and the other map half back too.

As Zoe continued looking through her goggles she caught sight of something fly out from Blackbeard's ship, "Look! Something left their boat!" she called out alerting the others.

"Huh?"

As they all looked up they could see a small feathery figure leave the pirate boat and was heading towards them. "It's a bird!" Ursula flapped her arms.

"It's a plane!" Whitebeard cried as he spread his arms wide.

"No it's a parrot!" Zander answered as he got the best look.

"A parrot is a bird…." Ed muttered popping in.

The parrot soon landed on Whitebeard's head much to his annoyance, "Ahoy! Am I out of shape…Cough!" the bird coughed before looking to the D Team, "Alright here's the deal. Exchange the other half of the map for the annoying kid." it offered.

The D Team hardened their expressions in anger at the parrot seeing the offer as a threat, "No way! We're not giving you the rest of the map!" said Max on guard while Cera narrowed her eyes. Miku who sat on her shoulder, despite being smaller, was tempted to rip the larger bird to pieces if she had the chance.

"The drop point is over on the beach!" Said the parrot as it began to turn around, "If you don't bring the map the kid walks the plank!" It soon flapped its wings taking off, but not before leaving behind a rather unpleasant parting gift, "Heads up!" It squawked laying an egg on Whitebeard's head apparently as an insult to him, as he then shook his arms out in anger and humiliation.

"Heads up!? Why don't you give a guy a little warning before you drop a bomb on him!?" he ranted while his crew gathered together to whisper behind his back.

"He did say heads up…." Ed whispered.

"True…."

"Yeah he should have ducked…." Zander and Ursula replied in agreement.

"So what do we do now?" Cera then asked as she looked to her teammates for suggestions or to hear their opinion on the matter.

"If we don't give them the map they're gonna make Jim walk the plank you guys…." said Rex.

"And even though he acts brave and tough he'd be doomed if he had to walk the plank." Zoe added.

"But if they get the map they'll find the treasure for sure…." said Max uneasily as he took out the other half of the map from his pocket, "And they might make Jim walk the plank anyway…." he said while eying it intently,

"But they also might do as they say and let him go…." Zoe then suggested trying to stay positive.

"When it comes to guys like pirates it's better to assume the worse." Cera thought as she folded her arms and closed her eyes in thought, "Chances are they'll double cross us the moment we make the trade or plan some kind of trap for us on the way to the beach or something like that…." After that she opened her eyes with a hard gaze, "Way I see it they've got nothing to lose and all to gain in the end so it's a tough call…." she thought noting the lose-lose situation they were in.

"I say we take our chances and give them the map and then we follow them." Rex then suggested, "After all, they know where our parents are. This could be our perfect chance to find our parents and rescue them!" he said feeling assured of himself.

"You're right!" Zoe nodded in agreement.

As they discussed their plan, their dinosaurs, oblivious to the serious matter at hand were playing with the barrels as Chomp poked his head out with seaweed on his nose with Spiny and Tank while Terry and the others kicked at it from the outside, with only Miku staying on Cera's shoulder listening in to the plan, narrowing her eye seriously understanding what was already at stake.

Despite already agreeing on a plan, Max still was rather unsure if it was the right call, "Yeah but what about Jim's village?" he said pained as he began to relate it to being similar to what they were going through, "I mean…well uh….the jewel's supposed to have healing powers that those people desperately need…." In the end it'd be sacrificing what they have to save something of equal value et having to live with the guilt of doing it too. It was something he didn't know if they could go through with and if they might be able to take risk.

Not wanting to see Max and her other friends remain conflicted and regretful about the choice they would make, Cera stepped in and put a comforting hand on his shoulder as he looked to her, "I know its hard Max….but….when we chose to go after the pirates to save your parents, I'm sure we all knew what we were getting ourselves into so we'll have to be prepared for hard choices like this too." she said to him rather seriously before smiling lightly, "And besides…what's to stop us from following them after they got the map right? I mean it's not like we can find it anyways without their half, at least this way they can do the hard work for us." she then suggested the upside to their plan.

Max and the others looked to her momentarily seeing the logic to it, before looking down at the other map half unsurely, "It still sounds really risky….." Max thought out loud as his hands shook feeling pressured, before opening his eyes with a determination, "But it's the only way…." He then looked up with confidence and clarity in his eyes, "Alright then it's settled." He said as they all nodded together in agreement.

"Take us to the beach Dr Z!" Rex pointed out

"It's Whitebeard!" the old man retorted in annoyance before turning to his first mate once again, "Ed!"

"Yes sir!" he saluted before shouting into the horns, "Droids! Row!" he yelled as the alpha droids began rowing once more. As the ship began to set sail towards the rendezvous point Ursula and Zander both sighed in relief that they weren't doing it anymore.

As they arrived ahead to see Blackbeard's ship further off the distance and a couple of wooden boats on the beach, there was also a group of greedy pirates awaiting them for the trade, including Blackbeard himself. The D Team eyed their enemies seriously as they prepared their own wooden boat to use. As they all got in to be lowered, Rex stopped before looking back to Cera, "Cera, you keep watch and get ready to move at the first sign of trouble." he said as she nodded at him with reassurance.

"Will do, be careful you guys." she said as Rex smiled feeling secure with their fates in her hands, as the wooden boat was lowered and they rowed over to the sandy beach to make the trade.

As Cera kept a watchful eye on the her friends through the telescope, the Trio slowly gathered around her hoping to get a peak too.

"Well, how's it look?" Zander asked curiously.

"Let me see!" Ursula then cried impatiently, no wanting to be kept in suspense as she reached out for it, only to be responded with a hard smack by Cera!

SMACK!

"OW!" she yelped pulling it away and then rubbing the sore spot she left!

"WAS!" Zander and Ed gasped in alarm seeing how quickly she responded as she shot them a hard glare.

"Ssh!" she hushed with a finger to her lips as she looked back through the glass. After that Zander and Ed backed off nervously while Ursula hardened her expression into a spiteful scowl at Cera's nerve in injuring her pretty hands.

"…." Cera soon observed Copper revealing Jim all tied up in rope as he seemed to be shouting protests. Nevertheless, the D Team handed the blond pirate their map half which he took and looked at first before tossing Jim over to them without a care, more than likely they were happy to be rid of him at last.

Jim tried to rush back at the larger man only to be pushed back as Max and the others came to his aid. After that seeing no more need to stay, the pirates took off for their wooden boats and began rowing back to the main ship so they could collect their loot. Overall the trade went off quite smoothly whiteout too much trouble to Cera's ease, "Looks like the trade went off without a hitch." said Cera as she put down the telescope, putting a hand on her chest in relief that it wasn't a trap and that her friends came out unharmed.

"That's good…I guess…" Zander muttered scratching his head.

"I'm surprised they actually kept their word." Ed added as he put a finger to his chin in thought.

"Yeah, if our positions were reversed I know I wouldn't hold up my end of the bargain." Whitebeard scoffed fading his arms, "I'd have taken the map then blown their heads off!" he laughed which made Cera roll her eyes at him in disgust.

"Guess it's a good thing that isn't the case." she muttered before looking through the telescope again seeing Blackbeard's ship beginning to turn and move away form the island.

Taking notice of it Whitebeard grinned as he pointed out at it, "Perfect! Now we take those pirates by surprise, steal the map then we go after the treasure ourselves!" he proclaimed.

"Not yet," said Cera to him stealing his thunder, "Not till Max and the others get back on board."

He then gritted his teeth angry at the thought he had to wait for the children of all people to get back, by the time they came back on board they'd be way behind. Seeing no other way though he then stomped his foot and jumped up and down yelling his head off, "Well tell them to hurry it up then!" he cried much to Cera's annoyance.

"Fine…." she sighed as she took out her dinoshot and began dialling on it. A few seconds later Max's face appeared on screen, "Hey Max come in, our fearless Captain's getting impatient, you guys might want to get back here once you're done with….whatever you're discussing over there." she said to them.

"Gotcha, we're coming back now." Max replied with a nod as the screen went blank.

As the D Team got back in their boots and rowed back as fast as they could, Dr Z kept tapping his foot and pacing back and forth impatiently, before even resorting to pulling his own beard to relieve some of his stress of waiting, which was agonising as he could lose his chance at making a great name for himself in this time, if he couldn't be remembered as dinosaur king then at least he could be remembered as a great pirate who surpassed even Blackbeard! Ignoring his grunting and stomping, Cera soon helped up the others as they arrived back to the ship as she smiled looking up and down on them all while checking for injuries.

"Since you're all back here without any injuries I take it the trade went smooth?" she asked with some concern in her voice.

They smiled back at her, "Sure did, now we pick up from where we left off and go after them!" said Max tensing up his arm into a fist.

Cera nodded in acknowledgement at Max's bravado before looking ahead to see the enemy ship had gotten a massive head start since departing, "They've gone off pretty far since you got here, I'd say now's the perfect time to follow them."

"Yeah." Max nodded before turning to the Alpha gang, "Let's go!"

Whitebeard then yelled out to his first mate seeing they could finally go, "Ed!" he yelled angrily unable to hold in his excitement a second longer, as Ed jumped and saluted his captain.

"On the double!" He squeaked before rising over to the horns to yell out the orders. "Full speed ahead!" Before long their ship made a turn towards their enemies and began to chase after them across the high seas. As time passed the fogs soon began to vanish and were being replaced slowly with dark storm clouds with blanketed the skies, creating a much eerie atmosphere, one which Miku didn't enjoy as she kept looking up at the sky restlessly sensing something amidst.

The others though were oblivious to the storm that would soon sweep over them all as they went about their usual business while waiting to catch up to Blackbeard, which wasn't going as well as they had hoped for. "We're falling further and further behind them you know…." Max complained over to Whitebeard seeing Blackbeard's ship was slowly disappearing ahead on the rough seas.

Their captain however wasn't deterred so early as he smirked seeing it as a challenge, "Like we pirates say, a wind that dies down must eventually pick up!" he spoke out with confidence.

"Thought you were supposed to be a dinosaur king not a pirate…" Cera muttered, which made the old man stutter at his words.

He choked and sweated anxiously before retorting, "Err….can't I be both!?" he shouted shaking his fist at her.

Meanwhile Ursula stuck out at the front of the ship raising her arms out while letting the sea breeze blow in her face, "I feel like a jet plane flying through the sky…." she said feeling entranced by the sea splashing on the ship and the wind on her face.

Zander however wasn't enjoying having to hold her tightly for so long as his arms began to tire, "And if I let you go of you then you're going to feel more like a fish swimming through the water!" he whined wanting her to stop already.

Ed then smiled upon hearing her words, "Hey Ursula! You just gave me an amazing idea!" he cheered as she looked back to him.

"What's that?" she asked curiously as he walked over to the horns.

"Switch on the jets!" Ed shouted into them which caught the attention of everyone else on board.

The D Team looked up at him from a lower part of the deck, "Did I just hear him say it right?" Rex blinked his eyes in surprise.

"Jets?" Jim asked wondering what those were.

Suddenly the ship began to rumble and as as everyone looked around in surprise and awe they could feel their vessel rising above the ocean surface, revealing the massive metallic base underneath the wooden upper portion!

As the jet turbines at the back of the ship began to roar, Cera gulped down hard as she turned pale with a blank expression to everyone else who became unnerved at her sudden mood change, "Everybody better hang on…." she croaked. Before they could ask, the ship suddenly sped across the ocean surface without warning, forcing everyone to grab onto whatever they could get ahold of as the wind and pressure blew in front of them!

"WAAAAH!"

"Where'd he get this stuff!?" Zander cried as he hang onto Ursula for dear life!

"WHOA!"

"Well he'd better not have put it on my chargecard!" Whitebeard cried while swinging about on the wheel!

"No worries! I put it on Zander's!" Ed cried out as he could feel his mouth and gums opening up widely with the wind on his face as he fastened himself to a chair!

The skinny man with sunglasses turned to him with a sharp glare, "Excuse me!?" he cried shaking his fist out at him, "When this is over I'll get you for this Ed!" he swore.

"Just hang on!" Ed retorted as everyone steadied themselves to the railings.

"This is amazing!" Jim cried out feeling the exhilaration and excitement flowing through his veins as he held his arms out feeling alive!

As the pace slowed down, Ursula and Zander were able to fasten themselves to seats too while Captain Whitebeard steadied himself better to his wheel, as they approached the back of Blackbeard's ship.

"Okay good! Just a little further!" Max cried out holding his arm out ready for a fight seeing they were close at last.

Looking around them and feeling the wind against their faces weakening, "Something's wrong! We're slowing down!" Zoe then cried out which raised suspicions amongst them seeing they had come so far so there couldn't be any reason to slow down.

"Hey Dr Z…."

"The name is Whitebeard." he grumbled back to Rex before looking to is first mate, "Hey Ed! Why are the jets not working?"

"It looks like the battery is dead…." Ed answered eying a reading on his seat arm, which made everyone groan in dismay.

"Those jets run on batteries?" Max asked in exasperation over how something so advanced could be powered by something so simple and weak. Just what they needed when they were so close….

"I'll go and start recharging em…." said Ed as he unfastened his seat belts and began to head over to the lower docks to divert the reserve power to them. Sadly he didn't get the chance, as a flash of lightning suddenly cracked across the sky and rain began to fall hard upon the high seas, startling everyone under it as Max stumbled backwards as it fell into his eyes.

"AH!"

Things began to take a turn for the worse, as the seas raged and the torrents surged throwing the ship off balance! "The storm's so bad we could capsize!" Ed cried out in alarm.

"And they call these water Shark Bay!" Whitebeard gasped on top of that which further added to their troubles.

"Shark….bay?" Zander croaked as he began to sweat profusely.

"WAAAAH!" Everyone soon began to slip and tumble about the ship as the waves began tossing them around like bath toys in the tub!

"Everyone grab onto something!" Cera cried out as she latched hold of the side railings, just barely able to hold her feet in place on the deck as she gritted her teeth while planting them in, "Whatever you do stay away from the edge!" she yelled, but as she looked down into the water below, her heart skipped a beat and she turned partially pale as the fin of a shark popped out form the water before descending ominously back in! "And the water!" She then screamed sweating nervously while Miku squawked frantically and went to go hide in her pocket for safety!

Despite her best warnings everyone still had difficulty keeping upright due tot he violent waves and the slippery floor from the rain, "Wah! Ooof!" Max gasped as he slipped on the slippery deck and fell forward!

"WHOA!" Rex cried as he was thrown onto his back and his head smacking hard against the ground!

"Yikes!" Jim gasped as he slipped onto he back deck while Zoe clung onto one of the seats up front.

"EEEEEP!" Ursula squalid as she slid down to the edge while Zander began doing breaststrokes across the floor to keep himself from falling off the edge.

"Do you think I can outswim a shark!?"

"I think you could and if we sink I hope you let me catch a ride with you!" Ed pleaded as he clung onto his chair which had fallen off its socket.

Whitebeard got up to the wheel in defiance of the storm, "I'm not gonna let this ship sink!" he yelled angrily as he proceeded to turn the ship, but instead ending up tearing the entire wheel off! "Uh oh…uhh…." Looking to the stunned crew and to the wheel he quickly hid it behind his back in a futile attempt to maintain the situation, as the D Team and Alpha gang all widened their eyes and cried out in alarm seeing their means of controlling the ship was now gone!

"WHA!?"

"Without that we'll capsize for sure!"

"We're doomed!" They all cried out widening their eyes in alarm.

"GRR!" Cera however had just about had it with Dr Z's incompetence and she wasn't about to let their fates be sealed by his buffoonery. Gritting her teeth and stomping hard towards him, "You idiot! Give me that!" she yelled as she yanked the wheel out of his hands much to his surprise.

"Hey!" Before he could yell back at her she shot him a petrifying glare-

"Get me a nail or something!" she demanded striking fear into the doctor's heart.

"Y….Yes ma'am!" Whitebeard saluted as he quickly searched through his pockets and plucked out a small wooden stake which he wanted to use as a play peg leg but couldn't quite fit it on.

Taking the tip of it, she whistled out loud spurring Terry to run in. Holding it out, he snapped his jaws on the wooden end causing it to snap off, before Tank came in next. Sticking it into the wheel and then motioning to her with a nod, the little saichania began using her tail as a hammer and batted in the wooden stake to secure the wheel in! After she twirled it about it remained secure and the ship seemed to stabilise as everyone let out a deep sigh of relief seeing they narrowly averted that crises, as some of them including the Alpha gang slumped down to the floor in exhaustion at the experience.

"Phew…."

"That was too close…."

"Wow Cera, that was some pretty quick thinking there." Zoe whistled impressed, seeing she really could think on her feet in urgent situations, or that she was able to come up with this on such short notice herself.

"You really saved our butts there." Max smiled weakly as his racing heart was only barely starting to slow down after the experience.

"Heh, can't let us all become shark feed right?" she chuckled exhaustedly as she wiped sown sweat from her already soaked brow. After this they all needed a nice warm shower, hopefully none of them would get sick when this is over.

Rex's dino bracer suddenly began to blink red, and as he eyed it he widened his eyes knowing what it meant, "Guys! We've got bigger fish to worry about than sharks!" he called out as the others looked to him and widened their eyes in surprise at it.

"A dinosaur!" Zoe gasped.

"Up ahead!" Max pointed ahead as they all ran up to see a massive blue and white sauropod dinosaur bellow out loud as it began tugging Blackbeard's ship through the stormy waters!

"Look! Jobaria! He's pulling them!" Rex gasped at the sight of the massive sauropod pulling the entire ship single handedly.

"Oh wow! He's fast!" Zoe breathed in amazement at how strong he was and how easily he was doing it.

They had other problems to worry about though, as Jim was about to bring up, "Hey guys!" he called to them getting their attention.

"Huh?"

"We can't unfurl the sails!" he yelled in alarm as he looked up to the sails which were stuck and couldn't budge, and without them they could turn in any sort of direction the wind or currents would blow them in.

Looking up and narrowing her eyes, realising the wind could blow them off course in another direction if they didn't do something fast, "Miku and I will see what we can do!" said Cera taking initiative, "Dino slash!" summoning her partner to full size as she ran ahead with her to the flagpoles and then climbing up the ladder fearlessly. Seeing their situation urgent, the D Team saw no time to argue with her as they decided to trust in her for it.

"Be careful up there!" Max cried out to Cera as she climbed up halfway to the main flag.

"Meantime see if you guys can find a way to deal with this storm!" she yelled back down to them before continuing straight up without hesitation.

After that as Miku separated and gripped hard tightly to the mast, she climbed to the side sails an began gnawing away at some of the ropes that were tying them together too tightly, as a result of the wind and rain dampening them or causing them too tighten hard. She was also able to control herself rather well as she opened her arms and glided effectively in the surging rain and air currents, only barely managing to avoid getting thrown off course or getting her feathers wet too much. After several minutes of twisting and turning, there was only 1 sail left to open up, the main one, and as she returned and latched onto the mast pole where her partner was at she saw who she was hugging on the rope ladder quite tightly as she shivered both in the cold of the rain and out of fear.

"Urgh….maybe I shouldn't have made a promise I couldn't keep…." she gulped nervously as she looked down, her heart beating tensely and her vision blurring as she felt she could fall down at any moment! Yet as she looked up and no matter how much she wanted to force herself to take another step up she felt being held in place by some invisible force preventing her from advancing and freeing the final sail. That force was fear and insecurity. She turned pale and shivered cold fearing that she would;t be able to make it….but before those dark thoughts could take her over, a fmaialir squawk soon caught her attention.

SQUAWK!

"Huh?"

After hearing her partner look at her in the eye with determination, cougar and faith, Cera swallowed down her fear and sported a more confident expression in turn, "Heh, you're right Miku, no one else can do it but us…." she thought before nodding back and looking back down to see the gang tumbling about in the swaying boat. "We've come this far up, we can't let them down…" she told herself as she climbed up to the top of the flagpole, the highest point in the ship, and down below her was the main sail which was tightly bound up.

"Alright, now for the hard part…" she said to herself as she tried kicking on it, as well as tugging on the securing ropes, but no matter what she did her efforts proved futile as the sail wasn't freed. "This thing's really stuck…." she grunted in annoyance as she sweated hard and shivered in the cold of the rain. She couldn't understand why it was so hard to untie compared to the other ones. She grew increasingly frustrated and impatient but as she took a breath to clam herself down she saw one bind was jammed up far more than the others and she focused on it, "Ah, that bit's jammed that's why."

She then looked over to her ever faithful and trustworthy partner who was perched on the side of the pole net to her like a gecko, "Think you can reach it Miku?" she asked to which Miku nodded as she locked her eyes onto her target bind. "Be careful." Cera said to her lastly as she then opened her wings and launched herself from her perch towards the bind in an attempt to loosen it and free the sail. Unfortunately a sudden burst of wind blew her off course, causing her to be shot away from the bind and near to the edge where she only managed to save herself in time by snapping onto the end!

"Ah! Miku!" she gasped in alarm to see her partner hanging by a thread as she gripped on as tight as she could ti the pole with her teeth, which were slowly loosing their grip with each second! "Hang on I'm coming!" she yelled, filled by fear of losing her partner and adrenaline she jumped out to her best she could, but ended up missing and only managed to grab the edge of the flag mast much to their alarm! "AAAAHH!" she cried as she hung precariously from it and as the boat began to shake side to side, while doing the D Team and Alpha gang down below! "Oh no, this is not good…this is not good!" she cried out as she hang on for dear life to the ropes! She could feel wth each swing of the ship her grip was weakening too and it would only be a matter before she and Miku both plummeted down to the ship below or worse in the open sea!

When it seemed all but hopeless for the pair, a loud roar sounded below them which caught their ears and eyes.

ROAR!

"Ah!" To their amazement Chomp had appeared don the ship's upper deck, and aiming at the dark clouds above he glowed yellow before firing a lightning strike which pierced through the dark stormy layer, vaporising the clouds and erasing the wind completely! Soon the bright sky returned followed by the bright and warm welcoming relief of the sun, as everyone cheered down below on deck Cera could only sigh relieved to see it was over at long last. "Phew, they did it…." she muttered with relief, but it soon was about to cut short as she could feel a small vibration form where she was hanging at. "Hmm?" Suddenly thanks to her own weight the main sail broke free from its binds as Cera found herself sliding down it much to her surprise! "Whoa!"

Despite the sudden slip she was able to swing over to the ropes tying to the side of the mast and luckily slide down it safely to the deck of the ship saving herself in time from taking a big splash in the sea. Doing a quick

"Phew, that was way too close…." she breathed putting a hand to her chest before looking to see the microraptor land on her shoulder from above, "Let's not do that again Miku." she said as her partner chipped back in agreement before Cera returned her to chibi form and then she nestles comfortably onto her shoulder.

As the winds blew into the sails and carried the ship forward with little difficulty, Zoe soon noticed Cera as she walked up to them all, "Ah Cera!"

"You got the sails loose again!" Max smiled holding a thumbs up at her while the Alpha gang and Jim clapped and cheered praising her bravery and efforts.

"Yeah," she nodded back at them knowing the credit wasn't hers alone, "Couldn't have done it without you guys taking care of the storm though, thanks."

"Heh, guess we're even then." Max chuckled scratching the back of his head knowing that was his doing.

Rex soon caught sight of something ahead of them which made his smile vanish, "Let's not celebrate to soon! Look!" he cried pointing ahead as the others looked to where he was aiming at as they widened their eyes at an incoming enemy!

"AH!" To their surprise the jobaria bellowed loudly before charging straight at them!

"Jobaria's coming this way!" Rex gasped in alarm as the enemy dinosaur charged straight towards them from Blackbeard's ship!

"He'd have a big advantage over us in the water…." said Zoe as she sweated anxiously seeing few of their dinosaurs could fight effectively in the open sea.

Cera however remained calm and undeterred, as she knew just the dinosaur perfect for this task,"Almost all of us…." she said, but before she could summon him out.

"Then leave it to us!" Ursula called which made them turn to her and the trio in surprise.

"Huh?"

"Our motto as pirates is be ready for anything!" Ed boasted folding his arms proudly while Ursula smiled holding up her alpha scanner.

"Actually that's our motto for whenever we decide to dress up at sea." Zander added waving his hand out playfully.

Cera was a little uneasy but seeing they were all ready for action she decided to let them have their shot at being heroes for a change, as Ursula took out Spiny's card.

"Alpha slash! Gush out spinosaurus!" Spiny materialised in full size as he splashed in front of the ship and roared out answering Jobaria's challenge as the skies turned colourful with the battlefield.

In response, Foolscap's dinosaur glowed purple before roaring out equipped with Spectral armour.

"He's armoured up…." Cera muttered narrowing her eyes before smirking with confidence, "Good thing we can match that."

Ursula then took out the blue element booster in response to the enemy armouring up, "Element booster! Dino-Tector on!" equipping it onto her scanner, Spiny glowed blue before surrounding himself in water which crystallised around his body as he became equipped too! "Wow! Element booster's made you look gorgeous!" Ursula cheered in glee seeing how magnificent it looked as both water dinosaurs faced one another off.

Job aria suddenly bellowed and glowed and before long a school of ichthyosaur like dinosaurs began splashing out of the sea around him before rushing towards Spiny!

"Those are…opthalmosaurus!" Max gasped as they circled around Spiny, leaping at him from multiple directions, 1 knocking him over before all lunging at him in all directions at once!

"There's too many of them! Spiny can't defend against all of them at once!" Cera cried out as she grabbed onto the railings.

Ursula then smirked as she held up a move card, "Then I'll just bring in some backup!" she said confidently slashing the move card, "Futaba Super Cannon!" Futabasaurus appeared from beside Spiny, shooting out a stream of water from his jaws which ensnared the opthalmosaurus school and then throwing them away in multiple directions!

"Hey Futaba!" Zoe waved to the plesiosaur as he shrieked back at her happy to see his old friend.

"Great thinking, now the odds are more evened up." Cera nodded seeing Spiny had nothing to worry about now. He roared out at jobaria as the opthalmosaurus shoal regrouped around him. Futaba dove down underwater to distract the school from attacking Spiny again, and as the marine reptiles faced off with one another underwater, the dinosaurs above clashed at almost even footing. Lunging out the job aria managed to slip away in time before getting snapped by Spiny. Before he could attack from behind Spiny swung his tail out deterring him but soon received a large tackle after that.

"Get him Spiny!" Whitebeard cheered with excitement before getting knocked down accidentally by Ursula who was finishing off his beat.

As everyone stared in awe at the incredible water battle before them, Jim ran up to Max having an idea of his own, "Hey Max, while everyone's so busy with this giant dinosaur battle, what do you say we go get the treasure map?" he suggested seeing they could take advantage of the situation.

"Sure, but how do you suggest we do it?" Max asked him curiously.

"Why don't we ride some of your flying dinos up into the sky," Jim smirked,"And they'll drop us quietly onto the ship."

"We'll use metal wing!" Zoe cheered clapping her hands together loving the idea.

"That's a great idea! With metal wing you guys can ride the pteranodons!" said Rex in agreement while Cera nodded. She had to admit for a sea boy Jim sure can come up with good ideas sometimes despite being reckless, maybe she ought to take back what she assumed of him.

Seeing jobaria glow and having a veil of water surround him she instantly recognised the move, "It's using shockwave!" she cried out warning Ursula.

"Good thing I've just gotten the new move card back from Helga!" she said taking out another water move, "Water sword!" Slashing it, Spiny glowed blue as he generated a water blade which slashed at the aqua tendrils Jobaria shot out as they both cancelled one another out generating a huge burst of energy as they exploded into one another.

Cera whistled impressed at the move card's potential, "Not bad…." in fact it gave her an idea for a new fusion move she could try out later if she had the chance. That was an idea for another time though, as she hardened her gaze seeing their opening, "They're distracted, now's our best chance!" Se pointed out as Zoe returned Paris to card form.

"Dino slash! Parasaurolophus! Bloom!" Summoning Paris to full size, Zoe followed it up with a grass move, "Metal wing!" Paris bellowed glowing green as she summoned the pteranodon trio who swooped from the skies before circling the ship from above. After that the 3 of them landed down side by side as Max, Cera and Jim ran over to get on their backs.

"We'll be back with the map before you know it!" said Jim holding a grin and a thumbs up as his pteranodon took to the air first.

"H..Hey wait up!" Max cried as he had to follow after him to make sure he didn't do anything drastic.

"I hope this works…." Cera narrowed her eyes as they took off after him!

"Be careful you guys!" Zoe waved out to them as Rex looked ahead to keep an eye on Spiny and Jobaria while Zoe kept her gaze focused on the pteranodons.

So far everything went smoothly as they cruised unnoticed over the air but as they came in towards the ship, Max and Cera realised the cannons were aimed right at them! "I think they've spotted us…." Max muttered uneasily to which Cera narrowed her eyes, hoping to pretend this was like some video game at the arcade….except if you get hit you're done!

As Cera looked back to see if Max and Jim were prepared to take evasive action…only to realise someone was missing!

"Hey! Where did Jim go off to!?" He gasped in alarm seeing he was nowhere to be found! "Jim! Where are you!?" He called out only to get no answer.

Cera widened her eyes realising what happened, "He couldn't have…." She didn't have much time to worry about it as the cannons began firing upon them, causing them to dodge and scatter about the skies! As Cera hang onto her pteranodon tightly as it skydived and spun around in a barrel roll to avoid the incoming blasts, she began to feel rather dizzy and woozy, almost like throwing up! She turned green but managed to swallow it down to stay focus knowing losing just a moment of focus could spell doom for them!

"Look out! There's one on your tail!" Max yelled out to her to which she widened her eyes and pulled up just avoiding it in time!

"Thanks! I owe you one!" Cera held a thumbs up to him to which he grinned. She was also rather worried when she heard gunshots from below, hopefully they were just as awful shots with those as the cannons, for its' the ones you don't see coming that worry the most. After a little while, as Cera looked down to see where the next cannon would fire, she widened her eyes seeing Jim was caught and covered on the ships' decks! "Max! Jim needs help!" She yelled out to him.

"Huh!?" Looking down he widened his eyes, "H..How did he get down there!?" Gritting his teeth he shook his head clear, "Grrgh! Forget it! I'm going in!" He grunted before doing a dive-bomb with Cera following close behind! "Cera! Keep them off my wings!" He called to her as she nodded.

"Gotcha!" She then sped ahead of him and turned starboard bound flying at the ship's sides rather close and within eyesight of the pirates! "Over here you lousy shots!" She yelled out taunting them, as they continued aiming at her and the other pteranodon Jim abandoned! Eventually, after Max dove down and scattered the pirates, he made a u turn and managed to get Jim in time and with the map too, as they regrouped up up in the skies before heading back to their ship.

"Alright! They did it!" Zoe cheered excitedly while Rex smiled, but inside were deeply relieved to see they made it out in one piece.

The pteranodon trio soon returned to the ship, dropping Jim, Cera and Max down, though Jim did a roll to break his fall while Max stomped hard on his feet making him cringe with pain as he had to sit down to rest it off.

"Heh, we got the treasure map easy!" Jim then grinned holding a thumbs up and his other half they retrieved back from Blackbeard like it was nothing much to the dismay of Max and Cera who scowled at him being all reckless and planning using them as scapegoats the entire time.

"Nice! Now we can get ahead of them and the treasure before they do!" Rex cheered pumping an arm up with excitement.

"Oh that was so brave of you guys!" Zoe praised them after recalling her dinosaurs to their cards as Jim smirked smugly letting the whole thing get to his head.

"Heh, I'll brave any danger for you Zoe." he said bowing at her while taking her hand like some royal knight as she blushed pink with slight embarrassment.

"Hehehe…" As she chuckled nervously Max scoffed and looked away huffing somewhat bitterly at being used as a decoy the entire time, what he thought was a team effort all along was Jim's way of seizing the glory for himself.

"Hmph!"

Cera scowled just as grumpily as Max, clearly Jim was trying to play the hero and impress Joe again as Cera rubbed her temple in annoyance, clearly he didn't know the first thing about teamwork….Next time she'll think twice about working with him again if there ever is one.

As if right on cue, Futaba suddenly shot out of the water starting Jobaria as the opthalmosaurus school splashed out after him. Little did they know was that Futaba was luring them all into a single group, one for Spiny to take them all out with one final strike! "Okay Spiny let's finish him off!" Ursula smiled as she kissed the strongest water move card there was, "Ultimate water!" A huge tidal wave erupted behind Spiny followed by several geysers, he roared out before rushing ahead, ploughing through the opthalmosaurus school with ease before smashing into jobaria, sending it crashing ahead before it returned to a card defeated!

Seizing the chance Zoe shot out a mechanical claw snatching both the dinosaur and the move card, "Alright! I just got 2 more cards!" she cheered holding them up.

"Hey! I'm the one who fought the battle so those 2 cards belong to me!" Ursula grumbled in annoyance as Zoe sweat dropped at her.

"Hey, we're all on the same team so no worries…." she smiled cheekily.

Ignoring Ursula's rants Rex went to congratulate Max and Jim for the courageous efforts, "Hey guys, you did it!"

"Yeah, great job working together to get it," Cera complimented them as she came in too, "I was a little worried there but you proved me wrong." She then smiled proudly seeing how well they worked together an the success they achieved because of it, "Glad they finally managed to put their differences aside and settle things maturely too."

She spoke too soon however as Max scowled crossly at Jim, "So the plan all along was for me to take the fire while you swam to the boat…." he muttered feeling bitter he was nothing more than a scapegoat.

"Hey, we're all on the same team so no worries…." Jim chuckled nervously repeating Zoe's line.

"Or maybe not…." Cera then sighed shaking her head seeing she got her hopes up. Nevertheless they still got the map back in the end as planned without a scratch and that's what mattered, "Oh well, all's well that ends well I guess….." she then said shrugging her shoulders.

As Spiny and Futaba were returned to their cards, she soon noticed a huge ship come into view from horizon. One that looked mighty and rather regal, "Guys! Look ahead!" she pointed ahead as they all looked, widening their eyes as they recognised whom it belonged to.

"Attention pirates! Drop your sails and surrender immediately!" The navy commander yelled out. His warning however only spurred Blackbeard to hasten his escape seeing he couldn't win against both them and the D Team at the same time, also because there was a bigger prize to be won from this too, with treasure island now within sight the big prize would soon be his.

"Check it out, Blackbeard's running away!" Max pointed out with a smirk.

"Lucky for us that the Navy showed up…." Rex commented, little did he realise he spoke to soon as the Navy commander turned his attention to the other pirate that was coming within range of his vessel!

"Whitebeard! You have 10 more seconds to surrender, or we will fire on your ship!" he warned as his ship's cannons took aim and armed themselves, clearly he hadn't forgotten the stunt Dr Z had pulled on him and his crew as well as the humiliation that came with it and wasn't about to let to go unpunished!

As they took aim, the Alpha gang squealed and huddled together panicky "WAH!"

"This was a bad idea dressing up like pirates…." Ursula gulped wishing she could ditch her current output here and then, it was last month's fashion anyways.

"Hey navy captain! We're not pirates!" Max cried out hoping they'd listen to reason.

"Doesn't like they're in any mood to listen though…." Cera gulped as the Navy commander said a word which seemed to seal their fates!

"FIRE!" Upon his command, 3 cannon balls were fired from the ship and were heading straight towards their ship!

"AH!"

"Quick! Take cover! Incoming!" Max cried out warning everyone else.

"Brace yourselves!" Cera yelled as the cannonballs came in!

Sorry this chapter took so long, because Cera doesn't do too much here I wasn't very motivated and procrastinated quite a lot in writing this. Hope you enjoyed what she did help do though. Also Terry in the parrot costume pays tribute to the Japanese OP of season 2.

In response to reviews:-

Drew Luczynski

-I see well maybe you can go back through some of it to refresh yourself. By denied moment you mean the Alpha gang getting the respect they deserve? Actually their cards were reclaimed, also since iguanodon and euoplocephalus appear on the space pirate ship later.

Anonymous

-The question wasn't clear to me but here it shows Spiny to be the one doing the butt kicking.

Guest

-For the ancient japan arc I won't have Cera come in till the cave with baryonyx actually but I do have plans for jet shuriken though.

Guest

-Well there will definitely be new allies and dinosaurs in season 3 but I know the D Team would never choose another dinosaur besides their partners.