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!

35. Monk in the middle

Chapter 35

Monk in the middle

WARNING! EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN IN 30 SECONDS!

The computer's alarm called out as the ship spun uncontrollably through the time stream!

"The lever just fell off!" Max cried panicky hoping to defend himself and not be the pointed as the one who was completely responsible for their predicament!

"You mean you just broke it off!" Zoe yelled angrily.

"That's for the ship's guidance system!" Rex followed sounding anxious and fearing their safety as the ship shook violently.

With everything going on while Max was indeed the one who broke the lever she felt it to be harsh they were blaming him when it wasn't his fault entirely, also arguing amongst one another would do them no good at this point in time!

"I didn't mean to…." Max then muttered as he scratched his head while feeling deeply pressured.

"Who cares whether you meant to or not, without that lever we could end up drifting through time and space forever!" Ursula grumbled.

"Right and you know what that means?"

"Everybody who called Ursula an old lady will finally be right." Ed and Zander then commented out loud which agitated Ursula as she yelled out at them for their careless insult.

"You take that back right now!"

"If anyone's to be blamed for this it should be you Zoe." Cera then spoke out folding her arms and scowling at the other girl hard.

"Wh…What!?" Zoe blinked her eyes in disbelief, she thought her ears were deceiving her but Cera's body posture and expression proved her otherwise, "Cera how could you say that!?" she then cried out feeling hurt at being unfairly accused.

Cera however had just the point to back up her claim, "You're the one who teased Max and made him bump into the thing in the first place!" She then yelled which made Zoe gulp down hard as she realised she was right.

"Oh right….." she blushed red in embarrassment and in humility while looking away, unable to face the fact she too was just as responsible as Max was.

"Calm down everyone!" Rex then yelled trying to get everyone to stop playing the blame game, "What's done is done! Right now we need to focus on stopping ourselves from blowing up!" he cried out loud with urgency and authority in his tone trying to get everyone to get their acts together for all their sakes!

"Max and the broken lever are not the problem here." Jonathan then spoke out while typing at the console much to everyone's surprise.

"Huh?"

"The system's shutting down because someone interfered with the time warp regulator." he explained.

"But who did that?" Zoe asked.

They soon got their answer right behind them, "Groan…."

The trio then turned over to look at Dr Z leaning at his station rather uneasily, "What's wrong doctor?" Ursula asked as she turned to him with the others.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Zander asked with concern.

"I think I'm going to be sick…." he grumbled to them.

"Don't barf all over the controls or we'll crash for sure." Ed muttered as they walked over to him hoping to tend to his illness.

"You're drooling right into the console!" said Ursula as she pulled him away, revealing a huge pile of slobber and drool over the controls and panels he was at!

"Would you look at the keys!?" Ed gasped in shock before turning angry, "So you messed up the time warp regulator with your drool!"

Dr Z however was in no mood to retort as he simply grumbled out what he was feeling, "Somebody bring me a bucket…." he moaned uneasily.

Cera then face palmed in dismay once again at Dr Z's blundering, "Why am I not surprised?" she muttered rubbing her temple. Perhaps on their next trip she ought to keep them all tied up somewhere and far away from the controls as possible.

"Sorry Max, looks like we were wrong." Zoe then apologised quickly to Max.

"That doesn't matter now! The fact is we're still about to get blown apart!" He then yelled not caring about that before looking over to their only hope, "Jonathan, is there anything you can do!?"

"I'm recalibrating the systems setting now!" Jonathan answered as he began typing on the console as fast as his fingers could go, and thankfully he was able to avert the crisis in the nick of time..

EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN CANCELLED. SHIP CONTROL RESTORED

"You did it Jonathan!" Zoe cheered with joy seeing they managed get out of it in 1 piece once more.

"Next time you feel sick, stick your head out like a normal person." Max then muttered looking over to Dr Z with the rest of the D Team.

"Or go to the bathroom in this case." Cera added on top of that, seeing he was pretty much like a living safety hazard to everyone on this vessel.

"Hey it wasn't my fault!" groaned Dr Z in response, "It started as soon as I came back aboard this tin can!"

"You're probably suffering from time travel sickness." Jonathan suggested looking over his shoulder to the back.

His comment made Cera sweat drop in response, "That's actually a thing?"

"Is that like car sickness?" Rex asked.

"How come none of us have it? Zoe wondered.

"Guess you could say his time has come." Max replied jokingly. Cera couldn't help but snicker a bit finding it to be quite humorous, true it may be kinda harsh for Dr Z but it did make total sense.

"This is no time for jokes and if it was, I would make them and they'd be funnier!" he cried out in exasperation before tilting his head side to side in a daze, "Ugh…back and forth…" he muttered with his face turning paler and more sick by the second!

"I bet Helga would know what to do." Ed suggested as he and the others lead the poor old man away

"No not Helga…." Dr Z muttered as he was taken to the backroom to recuperate, "She'll make me do inner ear callisthenics."

As soon as the Alpha gang left, the D team looked to one another seeing it was on them to decide their next course of action, "So what's our next move guys?" Rex asked them.

"If we don't want to be lost." Max then looked ahead with a serious look on his face, "We'd better find that pterosaur." The others soon looked ahead seriously as well.

"It's like she totally vanished…." Zoe replied seeing it was easier said than done.

"Well if we don't find her, that's what's going to happen to us too!" Max then pointed out as well as highlighting the fact she was their only lead to the space pirates and their parents, not to mention the only one who knew the forces that were also at work like the cosmos stones for instance.

Thinking it over and recalling what happened the last time they encountered her, Cera then snapped her fingers as she came up with a solution, "I might have an idea on how we can find her." she said as they looked to her curiously.

"You do?"

"How?" Max and Rex asked.

She then explained, "Remember? Whenever she shows up the dinosaurs get all excited." she said taking out Miku's dinosaur card, "Maybe we can use them as some kind of compass." she said as the others brightened up in amazement at her theory.

"You're right!" Zoe gasped.

"Of course, why didn't we think of that sooner?" Rex stated punching his palm into his hand.

Cera soon summoned her partner Miku to chibi form, who landed on her shoulder. Already sensing the presence of something powerful and majestic nearby, she turned to the direction of another time wormhole as she focused on it like a heat seeking missile on a bullseye, "That way Jonathan!" Cera pointed as Jonathan nodded in acknowledgement.

"Roger that!" He answered as he pushed the lever forward and the ship accelerated through the wormhole and into another time stream.

"Hopefully when we find her this time we can get some answers." Cera thought to herself as she and the D team focused straight ahead, because there was so much they still didn't know about the cosmos stones, and for all they knew this could be far more important than a mere rescue operation, no doubt the Pterosaur was counting on them for a far more important mission in the bigger picture, one which they had no clue of yet but would soon come to realise was decided for them since the moment the were all brought together….

Before long a bright light at the end of the tunnel soon came into view, and soon the Backlander managed to catch up with the very being they had been seeking out, "Hey check it out you guys! The pterosaur's back!" Max smiled with joy to see they found her at last, and hopefully some answers too.

"You must hurry…." she said to them as they came close to her, "There is not much time." she said in a solemn tone.

"Not much time for what?" Rex asked, "Tell us! Are our parents in danger!?"

"Why did the space pirates time nap them and why are they taking these cosmos stones?" Max asked on top of Rex's questions.

"It is the cosmos stones you must protect." the Pterosaur answered, "They balance the energy of the universe and of all time and space." She said in a way that dodged their main concern.

"Well okay…." Max replied still not getting what she meant as he looks to his friends, "What's that mean?" he asked hoping someone would have an idea of what she meant.

Rex shrugged his shoulders unsurely, in fact each and everyone of the D Team was just as clueless about this as the other was.

"Listen, were just 4 kids trying to rescue our parents, we can't save the universe and all time space from danger." Zoe explained but the Pterosaur had other ideas of her own as she flapped her wings and took off faster.

"You must follow me." she said with urgency in her tone, something which Cera picked up on.

"Hold on a second!" Max demanded not wanting to be left off like that, "We want some answers!" Before he could get some back, the Pterosaur lead them into another time warp as they passed through it and lost sight of her once more. At the end of the path, the Backlander entered another new time era, one which was surround with many tall mountains and lush green landscapes down below. Despite the majestic scenery Max sighed in disappointment at the fact they were left with more questions than answers, "Oh no the pterosaur's gone again…"

"She's not too big on giving out information…." Zoe muttered just as sad as he was.

"Entering time and space the way we just did is an extremely difficult operation." Jonathan suggested, "Maybe that's why the Pterosaur can't afford to talk much."

"That could be…." Cera thought as she folded her arms and closed her eyes in thought over another possibility, "Or maybe she might be intending to hide something from us…."

"I wonder where she sent us this time." Rex then asked.

Max and Zoe then looked over to him along with Cera, "Check your TPS and see if our parents are here." Max suggested as his blond friend did just that.

As soon as he took it out and switched it on, a red blimp appeared on screen, "It's lit up! So that means they're in this time and place!" he gasped.

"And that must mean the space pirates are here too and that they're looking for another cosmos stone." Max stated.

"You're right!" Rex replied in agreement with Max's theory.

"So where are we anyway Jonathan?" Zoe then asked.

"The year is 636 A.D, and we're right in the middle of China." he answered calmly as they cruised gently over the serene landscape covered with tall mountains as well as the green foliage covering over them, symbolising how majestic and peaceful this time was….though it wasn't to last as a familiar beeping sound soon came up on their dino bracers.

BLINK!

"Ah!" They gasped as they recognised what it was.

"It's a dinosaur!" Zoe gasped.

Max then narrowed his eyes and pumped up his fists ready for battle, "You know what that means guys."

"Space pirates…." Rex hardened his gaze before looking to Jonathan, "Where's its' location Jonathan?" he asked him as the android began typing on screen. The map was enlarged on screen with the beacon marking a certain location on it.

"It's at a village close to where we are now." He said as they soon came upon it.

"Beam us down!" Rex yelled to him as his butler began typing on it.

"Right away!" As he typed away the commands, Max and the others summoned their partners in chibi form before they were all transported in bright light to the dinosaur's location.

(Meanwhile)

In the kitchen, Dr Z was looking as green as a cucumber as his motion sickness was getting worse. Having just managed to call off his team from telling Helga about his condition he quickly began stuffing his face with pickled plums which he had them bring him. Despite eating the entire pot load, his condition didn't improve as his stomach churned and his lips puckered due to the bitter taste getting to him, "Urgh….an entire pot of pickled plums and still I don't feel any better….in fact I feel worse…." he moaned groggily as he lost energy and couldn't hold onto the pot any longer before dropping it on the floor as the trio watched him from a distance but also on alert in case he needed them.

Ed then ran over and grabbed hold of the pot as it rolled away before looking back to the frail old man, "But Dr Z, you said you needed to put them in your belly button to cure sea sickness remember?" he asked curiously.

"I did?" Dr Z asked himself scratching his head before turning blue in realisation at him wasting the cure, "Oh….Uff!" he then turned dark green and covered his mouth doing his best to hold it in before swallowing down again and groaning in agony. He then fell on his back and the room began to spin around before his eyes, with his life seeming to fade from his vision he wondered how long he had to endure this torment before entering the afterlife's sweet embrace where he'd be surround by the souls of countless dinosaurs who'd welcome him as their king. It was such as beautiful dream as he smiled groggily and held his hands out to the light above, which was just the room light ontop.

"Guess he wasn't thinking straight just now." Zander whispered to Ursula as she shrugged her shoulders in response.

"When does he ever think straight?" she muttered.

Her snarky comment made Dr Z snap back to reality as he scowled hard and pointed at her while lying down, "I heard that!" he yelled which made all 3 of the Alpha gang jump on a fright!

"EEP!"

"Even in my condition I can still hear you loud and clear!" he growled as he got back up to his feet and pointed out at them while still dazed and disoriented, "You'd better apologise right now or you'll be cleaning up my mess straight off the floor!"

As soon as he uttered those words, the Trio's hearts' skipped a beat simultaneously as they wailed out in a panic, "NO!"

"NOT THAT!"

"ANYTHING BUT THAT!" They all cried out waving their arms out frantically. Despite being sick and completely out of it, Dr Z still knew how to strike fear into them and the fact he was ill and completely unstable now made him all the more dangerous to the Trio or anyone in particular! He was about to let loose everything he had inside him, when an unexpected sound rang through the room which would be the Trio's salvation.

BEEP! BEEP!

"Hmm?" As they all looked to a scanner hanging on the table they saw it was flashing red and they knew what that meant.

"Look! A dinosaur turned up!" Zander pointed out in surprise.

"Must be one of those pirates!" Ed gasped.

Eying it closely Dr Z suddenly began to cackle rather sinisterly which sent shivers down Ursula, Zander and Ed's spines as he went and grabbed it, "Hehe…excellent, a breath of fresh air outside this ship and a new dinosaur card is just what I need." he cackled somewhat weakly as he pointed out to the door, "Alpha gang! To the loading bay!" he commanded. Normally they would salute and obey without hesitation, but this time they weren't so sure about it.

"Are you certain Dr Z?" Ursula asked uneasily while also feeling concerned for his own health, "You don't look too good yourself."

"Why don't you stay and rest while the rest of us go out and get that dinosaur for you?" Zander offered kindly but it was met with extreme rebuttal.

"You must be joking!" He roared as the Trio huddled together in a panic, "You couldn't even get me even a single piece of treasure from the islands earlier, so I can't count on you lot for anything let alone a dinosaur!" heal starting to turn blue with nausea, but he nevertheless fight against it as he shoved them aside and stomped out through the door to the vehicle docks, "I'm going with you and I'm flying! And you can't stop me…ugh…." he moaned as he stumbled along with the trio eying him uneasily from around the corner of the kitchen door.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…." Ed gulped hard.

"Don't we always?" Zander muttered looking to him

"We should go with him just in case….." Ursula sighed as they reluctantly followed after him, grabbing Spiny and Tanks' cards and controllers with them, to make sure he didn't get himself into any trouble while they were out.

(Meanwhile)

Down below the D Team soon arrived in a pillar of light in what appeared to be a village, or what was left of it since most of the buildings were now reduced to rubble and signs of destruction and panic were seen around them through ruined structures and panicked citizens who were outside as they muttered with concern and worry.

"What did this?" Max asked with concern, clearly not expecting to see this as their first sight on their visit to a new Ancient time period.

"It has to be dinosaur damage…." Zoe commented as she and the others began looking around and surveying the scene.

Cera narrowed her eyes seriously, "There's no question about it, I doubt there's anyone or any creature capable of doing this kind of damage in this period in time." she said also feeling worried about the poor people who had to go through all this destruction with no way of fighting back.

"Yeah but I'm not getting a dinosaur signal anymore." Rex added as he checked his dino bracer to see no active signal.

"Me neither…." Max added as he and Zoe checked theirs while Cera looked at her dinoshot.

"Looks like we just missed it." she said.

The sound of an engine whirring caught Rex's attention as he looked up, "Look!" he pointed seeing where it was coming from as the others followed his finger. Rising up from behind a pile of rubble was the unmistakable ship the space pirates used as it took off right above them!

"It's the space pirates!" Max gasped in alarm.

"Foolscap!" Cera cried upon recognising the pirate who was riding in the cockpit! Taking a closer look, what appeared to be a monk in sacred clothes and a purple necklace fainted in the backseat as they took off and disappeared from sight! "He's got someone inside too." she said seriously realising if they took a hostage like they did with their parents it couldn't be for anything good.

Before long a group of bald men dressed in robes ran out chasing fruitlessly after the ship on foot! "Master! Come back!" They cried out desperately as they ran past the D Team much to their surprise.

"Where are you guys going!?" Max asked in surprise.

Fortunately one of them was willing to stop and answer their questions, "Our great and fearless leader was kidnapped by a flying man who has a monster that was going to eat him like a blade of grass!" he explained much to the D Team's alarm.

"AH!"

"What's your leader's name?" Zoe then asked.

"Genzo Sanzo Hoshi." The disciple answered with a proud smile.

Hearing it, Cera then put a finger to her chin in thought, "That name sounds….familiar…." she mused.

"Why'd they take him?" Max asked curious as to know what Foolscap would want with a monk of all people.

"Good question." Zoe muttered just as puzzled as he was.

"I wonder, the guy on the ship looked like he was wearing some kind of a gem." Rex then added upon remembering the necklace he wore.

"Indeed." The disciple answered, "Sanzo Hoshi wears a special bead. It's very powerful." He said before running off to join his comrades who had collapsed further away due to exhaustion or losing hope at chasing after one who could fly so fast and had a giant beast who could crush them in an instant!

"The cosmos stone!" Max gasped realising there couldn't be any other explanation for it.

While Rex and Zoe seem convinced, Cera though had some other suspicions as to the pirate's motives, "Could it though?" she asked folding her arms while the others looked to her, "If it was wouldn't Foolscap have just taken it off his neck? Why'd he need to bring the whole man with him?" she asked, "Also, I thought cosmos stones couldn't be touched with bare hands, unless he's like Spartacus and deemed worthy by the stone?" Being a monk with very strong spiritual and pure beliefs it could be a possibility that Sanzo was such a man who would be immune to its dangerous side effects.

"Could be…." Rex replied understanding her logic before narrowing his eyes, "We'd better get back to ship and look this over."

"Yeah." Max and Rex nodded with him in agreement while Cera patched in to the Backlander.

"Jonathan!" She called him and quickly he responded.

"I'm bringing you all up now." He replied at the other end as they vanished in a beam of light.

(Meanwhile)

A light soon shone in the Ship's control deck as the D Team appeared from it and ran over to Jonathan who was typing away fast at the computer, "Jonathan! Think you can locate Foolscap's ship?" Rex asked.

"I've just pinpointed its location, I'm bringing it up onscreen…." the android replied as the radar locked onto Foolscap's ship and soon an image of it was brought up on screen as it cruised over the vast mountains heading in a straight course. The D Team narrowed their eyes hard with anger at the sight of one of their parents' kidnappers already causing trouble in another time period all for selfish ambitions, and no matter what they were the D Team vowed to put a stop to them for good.

While they pondered over how they were going to stop him or what to do when they did, unexpectedly a familiar pink Alpha jet came on scene and passed over it, causing Foolscap to shake uneasily having been caught off guard.

The D Team blinked their eyes in surprise, "Huh?"

"Is that…Dr Z and the Alpha gang?"

"What are they doing?" Max and the others asked in surprise.

"Looks like he's still sick," Cera noted having caught the expression of Dr Z bending down at the wheel due to his dizzy spells and motion sickness put together, "It's a wonder why they let him take the wheel." she wondered, then again they never think straight so it wasn't all that surprising. Before long the Alpha jet made a U-turn and smashed into the pirate ship before they both spun out of control and crashed into separate areas far from each other.

"Oh wow, we wanted to stop that pirate but I didn't expect Dr Z and Ursula to ram them…." Max commented surprised at what he and the others just witnessed, it was like something out of a cartoon show come real.

"Yeah, for once their buffoonery actually did something good for a change." Cera whistled impressed, not only did they manage to stop Foolscap in his tracks but now they have a great chance to throw a wrench into their plans hopefully for good before it even begins.

"We'll be over the crash site soon, so let's hope everyone's okay." Jonathan explained as he observed their map's radar.

BEEP! BEEP!

"Hmm?" A beeping sound on the monitor which caught everyone's attention, "It's a time space communication." said Jonathan as he brought it up on screen.

A computer image began to form, revealing both Reese and Laura on it much to the D Team's relief.

"Hey there Reese." Max smiled.

"How's it going?" Zoe asked her older sister just as glad to see her again since their last cutting.

"Sorry we got cut off in the middle of our conversation," The older drake apologised, "It took me a few minutes to get the communicator working."

"What are you talking about?" Zoe asked in surprise, "That last conversation where we got cut off from you happened like 10 days ago Reese."

"How is that possible? It was only 10 minutes from the time space we're in." Reese replied as Cera whistled impressed.

"Now that's a time difference…."

"Oh wow…." Max breathed just as surprised as she was.

"You know these small differences are quite common during space time travel." Jonathan stated.

"But this was a really big difference," Max pointed out, "During your 10 minutes we've been fighting everything from Roman gladiators to Caribbean pirates!"

"Wonder what makes our case special?" Cera then wondered.

"Who knows?" Reese replied just as much as a loss as they were.

Rex then turned to her seriously, "Reese have you come across cosmos stones in any of your research?" he asked her.

"What is a cosmos stone?" she asked intrigued, having only heard the term the first time in her life.

"Somehow they created time space balance in the universe and the spectral pirates will do anything to get them." Zoe explained after recalling their previous experiences and encounters with the stones and pirates back in Rome and the Caribbean islands.

"I'm afraid I've never heard of them, so I'll need more data before I can give you any advice." Reese answered her sister much to the disappointment of the D Team seeing they were once again heading in blind without any clues to work with.

"Then I guess we'll have to keep trying to find out more…." Max muttered.

"Have you learnt anything new about where our parents are?" Reese then asked hopeful for good news at least.

"Not yet…." Zoe answered her sister reluctantly.

"But we're following this space pirate guy who just kidnapped a monk named Sanzo Hoshi." Rex finished for her, "We may think he may know something about where our parents are being held."

"A monk named Sanzo Hoshi you say?" Reese asked intrigued upon hearing that very name, "Like in the story?"

"Wait, you mean the story mom and dad used to read to us? You think this monk could based on the real Sanzo Hoshi that the story was based on?" Zoe asked in surprise.

"He was from China around that time…." Reese stated so it could have been a possibility.

"Ah so that's where I heard that name…." Cera thought as she snapped her fingers in realisation.

"If he's the same guy then we know the space pirates won't hurt him." Max smiled feeling hopeful and positive.

"How so?" Rex asked him curiously.

"Because at the end the monk is always rescued by the monkey!" Max cheered which made Cera raise an eyebrow at him.

"Seriously?" she muttered at him thinking so childishly.

"They might have just put that in for a happy ending…." Rex sighed.

"Well I hope for Sanzo's sake that it's true." Max added deciding to remain positively.

"Just in case, you have to be careful that history isn't altered by the-ZZZT" Before Reese could finish her sentence however her screen fuzzier out and soon they lost connection with her once more.

"We lost her again…." Zoe sighed sadly.

"Excessive time space interference I'm afraid…." Jonathan stated reluctantly as Rex and Zoe both sighed seeing they were cut off without support once more.

Despite the hard hand they were dealt, Max still remained positively and on the bright side as he pumped up his arms eagerly, "Until she comes back let's check out the space pirate ship." he suggested as they looked up at him and nodded lightly deciding to focus on what they could for now.

"Mhmm…"

"Yeah I guess…." They each said to him with reluctance while still feeling quite down about what they failed to accomplish or don't know about yet.

Knowing that, Cera decided to take her leave while their attention was focused on ahead, as she decided to go get herself prepped for the mission ahead. After strolling down the hallways with Miku on her shoulder heading for the dino playroom, she passed by the kitchen and Helga popped her head out from it and called out to her, "Yoo hoo! Cera sweetie! May have I moment of your time?"

"Hmm?" Looking back she saw Helga waving out to her with a warm smile while holding a sheet of paper in her hand. "Hey Helga, anything you need me to help you with?" she asked politely.

"Oh no not at all." the burly housemaid replied to her, "I simply wanted to give this back to you." she said as she handed her the sheet in her hand.

As Cera unfurled it she saw it to be the Roman pizza recipe she handed to her not long ago which she eyed at curiously, "You're giving this back?" she asked looking up at Helga, "Aren't you going to be making pizza later for us?"

"Oh I intend to, I merely memorised the entire recipe and now I no longer need it for reference." Helga answered her, "Therefore feel free to do whatever you wish with it." she said as Cera looked at it and shrugged her shoulders before walking off to the dino room, hoping there'd be a dinosaur the Alpha gang left behind for her to use. After that Helga went back into the kitchen and opened up all the cabinets and the refrigerator to find they were nearly cleaned and empty of food, "Now it's only a matter of procuring the right ingredients…." she then muttered as she folded her arms in concern.

"Now what to do with this…." Cera thought to herself as Miku eyed the sheet with interest. Looking at the note again, seeing it was rather valuable from another time and age, she knew just what to do with it as she made a detour to another separate room along the corridor. Inside were a set of holding jars where the Ancients often kept their specimen jars and collections whenever they came across anything interesting and valuable during their visit to the dinosaur times. Some of the containers held exhibits of fossilised dung, preserved amber and other unique fossils like rugosa, nilssonia or trilobites. Truly it was an archive room more special than any museum in the present age. Seeing a few empty slots, Cera smiled as she put the pizza recipe on one of them, seeing it could no doubt fit into the category of treasured relics, and after reaching into her pocket she took out the treasure map they had which elad them to the blue cosmos stone, alogn with the handful of gold coins and bead necklace she managed to scrape together earlier back from the Caribbean islands and then putting them into another, seeing them to be rather valuable souvenirs and something the Ancients could look at once they rescued them of course. Leaving the room she smiled to herself wondering what kind of souvenir she might be able to snag while they were all here in China.

No longer sidetracked, Cera and Miku finally reached the room they were after. As she opened the door to the dino playroom, they both found Terry was chewing on a bone rather bored, having been left behind by the Alpha gang who only brought Spiny and Tank with them this time. Seeing him like that made Cera smile because she knew how much he detested boredom and how much he craved adventure and excitement, so she knew he'd come around easily. "Oh Terry!" she called out to him grabbing his attention. As he turned around to see her and Miku, his eyes brightened up as he spat out the bone in his mouth and wagged his tail happily before running over to nuzzle at her legs. "Aww, did the Alpha gang leave you all alone?" she said as she knelt down to pet him on the head, while he made soft whimpering noises and made puppy dog eyes at her.

She then giggled knowing what he wanted from her and she was more than happy to give it to him, "You know I'd be more than happy to welcome you along on our adventure if you're feeling up for it?" As soon as she asked, Terry barked out happily as he began licking her face all over before even doing the same to Miku a bit! "Hahaha, I knew you'd say that." She laughed finding his slobbery tongue ticklish before standing up and putting her face out of his reach as he jumped up and down trying to lick them some more. She then petted him gently on the head and smiled, "Come, lets not keep the others waiting." she said as she lead him out of the playroom and went back to the control deck.

As she stepped back in the D Team looked to her curiously having not noticed she left, "Hey Cera, where'd you go just now?" Max asked blinking his eyes curiously at her.

"Sorry to leave without warning, I went to pick up a friend." she said as she stepped aside and let Terry come out and greet them with a bark.

"Oh you have Terry with you this time, nice." Rex smiled feeling happy for her, as well as reassured now that they have one of the toughest dinosaurs they knew with them.

Cera could tell what he was thinking as she nodded in agreement with hum, "Mhmm, with him and me together there's no way we have anything to worry about this time."

"Yeah, I totally agree." Max grinned as he punched a fist into his palm, "Oh yeah, those pirates better watch out for us now!"

"We've just arrived," said Jonathan on cue as they arrived at the site of the pirate ship crash, "I'll send you all down now." Pressing a button the 4 kids and their dinosaur vanished in light as Jonathan turned the ship and headed over for the direction of the Alpha craft.

As the D Team appeared down below they caught sight of the ship right in front of them in a clearing, "There it is!" Zoe pointed out.

"Let's get a closer look!" said Cera seriously as they ran over to it and began looking all over it for any clues. Rex and Zoe checked out the bottom and the sides of the craft while Max climbed up on high to get a bride see view of the entire craft, while Cera and the dinosaurs remained on the ground or around it trying to find signs of any tracks or evidence that either of the ship's passengers had survived and moved off after it landed.

After a while of investigating the D Team turned up with little to nothing on what happened much to their disappointment, "There's not that much damage….and there's no one here…" said Rex after finishing his survey of the site.

"Yeah, and no signs of any bodies either so it's without a doubt they both survived at least." Cera added as she came in form the bushes with Terry after doing a small perimeter sweep of the surrounding area and finding no clues left behind by either Foolscap or the monk he captured.

"I sure hope that Sanzo Hoshi wasn't injured." said Zoe with some concern worrying about the old monk's wellbeing after a crash that bad from the sky.

"He must be okay or else he and Foolscap couldn't have walked away." Max stated as he jumped down from above.

"Except don't forget that Foolscap can fly." Rex then pointed out.

"And that he could've carried Sanzo away too." Cera

Zoe then tapped into her dino bracer as she made contact with the Backlander, "Jonathan did you find the other ship?" she asked as he appeared on screen.

"I've just arrived here and there's no sign of Dr Z and the others…." he explained, "I see their footprints leading away from the wreckage."

As he said that the D Team knew for a fact that the Alpha gang was indeed alive at least so there was one less problem to worry about, "It would take more then a crash to stop those guys." Max commented with a smirk.

"For an old lady that Ursula is pretty tough." Zoe giggled in amusement.

"Yup, couldn't agree more." Max smirked as he folded his arms behind his head in a lax manner, "They survived wild animals and crashed more times then I've counted, this should be nothing new to them."

"Guess that's one less thing to worry about huh?" Cera suggested as they all nodded in unison.

"Mhmm."

She then looked into Zoe's dino bracer with Jonathan still at the other end, "Jonathan, think you could beam up both ships to the Backlander?" she then asked, "We wouldn't any of these to get left behind in any time period, also maybe we can salvage from Foolscap's pod and hopefully use it to our advantage another time."

As soon as she said that, Rex then brightened up as he snapped his fingers, "Great idea! Maybe it might even have vital clues or data as to their plans!" he gasped as the others smiled too one excitement the they may have found the edge they were looking for over their enemies.

"I'll head over to your location as soon as I've retrieved the Alpha jet." Jonathan replied in acknowledgment of Cera's instructions as the call got cut off.

After that she turned serious and looked to the rest of the D Team, "Alright, in the meantime let's go track down Foolscap and Sanzo, they couldn't have gotten too far." she said as Rex looked ahead to see a single game trail leading out from the forest.

"Looks like there's only one path to go from here, let's follow it and see where it leads." he said.

"That way it is then." Max then replied as the kids began to follow it.

Before Cera could follow on with them, she then stopped upon realising there was still a loose end that needed tending to, "You guys go on ahead," she then said which surprised the rest of the gang, "Whatever Foolscap's got planned with that monk it can't be anything good." She then looked in another direction where the Alpha jet had crashed earlier, "In the meantime I'll go track down Dr Z and the Alpha gang with Terry, can't let them just wander around all lost ad alone in another time period right?"

Rex then put a finger to his chin in thought, "You sure you want to go it alone again?" he asked feeling unsure of her choice.

"Not that we don't trust you but, we could use you and Terry to help us out if we get into a pickle." Zoe then added stating she'd be more secure and confident if she were around to back them up with both her skills and expertise in the field.

"And besides, Dr Z and his crew are pretty tough." said Max shrugging his shoulders, "I mean they've fallen down waterfalls or have caves collapse in on them and still come out in one piece. I'm sure they'll be fine."

"I don't doubt that." Cera replied before shaking her head in disapproval, "But, knowing them and the trouble they tend to cause for others, they could easily change and alter history way more than the space pirates can if we leave them alone for too long." she then added before raising an eyebrow at the D Team, "I mean, you do know the skirmishes and rotten luck they tend to suffer from don't you?"

"….."

Silence came upon the D Team as they began to recall all the unlucky and unfortunate accidents the Alpha gang often got themselves into either out of karma or just pure dumb luck. From animals chasing them in Kenya, falling down waterfalls in Niagara falls and at the Amazon, getting themselves caught by the Romans and then the countless times when their vehicles crashed due to faulty construction, and that was merely the tip of the iceberg…..

"You make a really good point there….." They muttered seeing they were unable to argue with her logic.

After that Rex smiled back at her deciding to let her go through with her choice and feeling confident she'd be fine on her own as she always did, "Okay Cera, we're counting on you to find Dr Z and bring him and the others back to the ship." he said before holding up his arm and the bracer on it, "In the meantime we'll keep in contact with you on our end using the dino bracer."

Cera nodded in acknowledgment, "Sure thing, good luck you guys." she said waving to them as they split up, Terry and Miku barking out to the other dinosaurs before they took their separate paths and their separate quests.

After traversing through the woods for some time, Cera soon came upon the crash site of the Alpha gang's jet, which was now but a large crater left behind after Jonathan had retrieved their ship, "Hmm…so they crashed here…." she noted as she knelt down and observed the impact site, also noticing the remains of a flattened house around it. As she shifted through the wreckage for any clues they left or something Terry could sniff, the small red t-rex took notice of the many footprints leading away from the crash. Eying them and seeing them lead to a small settlement up ahead he then barked out to Cera as she looked to him then in where he was pointing, "A town, maybe they went there." she thought as they made their way there.

Upon arrival they were met with a rather unhappy mob of people, all carrying weapons ranging from hoes, pitchforks, brooms or even blades on occasion, and they were scouring every nook and cranny around the buildings and corners surrounding their village while shouting all kinds of rants or grumbles in the process.

"Where are they!?"

"Check over there!"

"Have you seen them yet!?"

"Those imposters won't get away with deceiving us!"

Cera sweat dropped knowing all too well wha this was about, "Yup they definitely were here…." she sighed shaking her head before looking to both her dinosaurs with a firm look, "Alright Terry, you and Miku be on your best behaviour while I ask them for info okay?" she asked them as they both squawked and barked back at her. Taking notice of one man who seemed to be coordinating the group up front, wearing greyish robes and having a long moustache and beard, she assumed him to be the leader as she walked up to him and asked, "Excuse me sir?"

"Hmm?" He turned to her with a rather hard scowl, "What do you want young lady? We are very busy now as you can see! Leave now!" he growled pointing to the exit gate at the other end of the village.

She then waved her hands out, "I…It's nothing, I was just wondering did you by chance come across 4 people, 2 tall, 1 fat and 1….short and bald?" she asked while also trying to motion out their body shapes and sizes with her hands.

The elder then blinked his eyes upon her question, "Hmm? Why yes indeed, 4 deceivers who pretended to be wizards from the sky!" he then yelled in anger before breathing deeply and gritting his teeth in fury!

"Wizards from the sky?" Cera muttered in confusion as she scratched her cheek. As she thought about she then recalled they did crash from the sky in their ship after colliding wth Foolscap which helped piece things together, "Oh….." she said sweatdropping at how this misunderstanding came to be.

"We hoped they would gift us with knowledge about the legendary fruit of eternal youth and life so we offered them a bounteous feast." the elder said in a hard tone before gritting his teeth and clenching his hands into fists, "But instead they turned out to be liars and thieves who cheated us out of our best food yet!" he screamed in rage.

"Fruit of eternal youth and life?" Cera blinked her eyes not expecting that, "Now that's just ridiculous, and even if it was real, life's to be enjoyed to the fullest because it's limited, and if its eternal then it'd lose its' point." she thought to herself before looking to Terry near her leg and Miku on her shoulder, "Well at least we know we're on the right trail guys, come on let's get a move on." she said to them as they barked back at her in agreement.

Before she could "Wait a moment."

She gulped uneasily at the tone of the voice but she turned around respectively to the elder, "Yes?" she asked afraid.

"Why are you asking?" the elder asked folding his arms and glaring at her suspiciously before hardening his gaze, "Wait! You're with them aren't you!? Those deceivers!" he yelled out posting at her. His alarmed tone caught the attention of his fellow villagers as they began to gather around them, joining their leader in glaring furiously at another potential deceiver.

"What!?"

"She is!?"

"How despicable!" They all growled furisouyl as they began aiming their weapons at her now!

Cera gulped down but remained calm, while Terry and Miku eyed their adversaries with agitation, repairing to jump in when it seemed like their lives were on danger, "Now now everyone, you've got this all wrong." she said waving her arms out calmly hoping they'd be able to reason with them.

Unfortunately, neither the village leader nor the villagers were willing to give her the chance, after having already been lied to earlier by the Alpha gang, "Save your breath! The fact you're in search of them means you're league with them aren't you?!" he accused.

"Well…technically I am trying to make sure they stay out of trouble….." Cera admitted.

"Aha! So you are deceiver just like them!" he then announced out loud as murmurs of hatred and spite began to spread around the mob as they grow increasingly angry with her.

"That's not what I meant…." she sighed seeing this was turning in the direction she wanted to avoid.

"I don't want any trouble now." Unfortunately her final plea to resolve the matter peacefully fell on deaf ears.

"You shall pay for making fools of us!"

"Clench your teeth and repent!" They all yelled as they held out their tools preparing to smash or skewer her to pieces! Their threats already provoking Miku and Terry to the point they bang to act feral and aggressive as they snared and bore their fangs. The villagers took no notice of them, shrugging them off as mere animals, though unaware Cera was about to prove to them just how wrong they all were.

She then closed her eyes and sighed, "Looks like I've got no other choice." In response to the many weapons bared at her, Cera quickly responded by taking out her dinoshot and returned Terry to a card before slashing him out! "Dino slash!" A red light shone and appearing before the angry mob was a full sized tyrannosaurus rex who stomped his foot on the ground and roared to the skies scaring off flocks of birds from the nearby forests with his terrifying roar as well as glaring down at the peasants who dared to harm his close friends!

ROAR!

Upon mere sight of the massive dinosaur, the villagers quickly turned pale and dropped their weapons in a panic before running around in random directions screaming heir heads off! "AAAH!"

"It's a monster!"

"She must be a witch!"

"It's Lady Tessan and the Bull Demon!"

"Run for your lives before it eats you!"

"AAAAAAHHH!" Quickly the villagers scattered, some making a run for the hills and leaving the safety of their village while others took refuge or shelter in any home or building they could get into before barricading the doors tightly as well as blocking up their windows with furniture too, till the entire square was completely empty accept for Cera and her little squad of misfits.

"I warned you guys that I didn't want any trouble." she said sighing that she had no other choice. Looking around the village was now like a ghost town and not a soul stepped forth outside their door as the wind blew and a tumbleweed rolled across the ground showing they won't be coming back out anytime soon or maybe even forever. "Well we may have scarred them for life but what's done is done…." she said folding her arms on her hips as she surveyed their surroundings. Terry on the other hand snorted out proudly at what he did, now that the villagers got the message they'd think twice about messing with him or Cera, something which Cera herself didn't fully approve of but decided to let him have his moment of glory to indulge himself in.

Suddenly the skies turned multicoloured as the gang looked to the skies recognising what it meant, "A battlefield….." checking her dinoshot she could see Chomp and Paris' signals were up along with another dinosaur too, "Guess Max and the gang found Foolscap…." she noted before checking their location and frowning at it, "It's pretty far off, nothing we can do about it now." she thought before decided to do what she could for the time being and leave the pirates to her friends, "Come on Terry, use that sniffer of yours to track Dr Z down." she said to him as Terry sniffed the ground, eventually picking up the unmistakeable scent of Ursula's perfume in the air before turning in the direction of the other gate which lead out into the mountains ahead. Seeing he had the scent picked up, Cera smiled as he kindly helped her onto his back before they ran out through it.

A couple of minutes had passed and before long the skies returned to their normal blue color which seemed to be a good sign to Cera, "It's over, better check in to see how they're doing." she thought to herself as she brought up her dinoshot and dialled on it as it began initiating a call. "Hey guys come in."

Very soon Max's face lit up on it as he smiled brightly to see her, "Hey Cera!" he cheered, "Any luck finding Dr Z and the others?"

"I have a lead on where they've gone, I'll find them don't worry." she said to him with a reassuring smile.

"That's a relief to hear." He smirked.

"So what happened? You guys found Foolscap and Sanzo?" Cera then asked, a question which made his smile disappear as he looked away and scratched his cheek.

"We sure did, but kinda Foolscap got away…." he said uneasily, feeling bad they couldn't duo anything to stop him from escaping again.

Cera then frowned at the bad news her friend brought up, "That's unfortunate….." she said, "And the monk?"

"Oh he's right over here." As Max turned the screen over it showed the well dressed monk crying his eyes out while lying face front on the ground with Zoe and Rex trying to comfort him.

A sight which Cera couldn't help but blink at in disbelief, "That's Sanzo Hoshi?" she questioned having expected someone more regal, "Why's he crying like someone just passed away?" she asked finding his behaviour peculiar for someone who was just rescued.

Max then sweat dropped before scratching his cheek unsurely, "It's err….complicated….." he replied.

"I see….." Cera answered deciding to take it like that before asking the important part, "So have you found out why they took him in the first place?"

Max then turned serious, "Well we think the pirates believe he may be the key to finding this era's cosmos stone." he explained before looking back at Sanzo in the background, "As for how….we haven't gotten there yet….." He then looked back to Cera, "How about we talk later? Right now we've gotta explain some things to him a bit….he thinks that just because dinosaurs get turned back into cards he believes they're umm…." he was at a loss for words to say but Cera then finished for him.

"You….do that….I'll keep you posted if anything comes up." she said to him before cutting the call off. "Well on the bright side they've Sanzo with them now." She said sounding quite awkward, in fact she knew Sanzo to be a mysterious and well renowned person, but what she saw she clearly didn't see coming. In any case it was Max's job now to keep him safe from the pirates and hopefully find a way to use him to their advantage somehow later on. In any case she still had her own job to do and she wasn't about to let the others down on it as she had Terry pick up the pace and run faster down the path as he crossed through a wide open plain, as the sun soon began to beam down on them quite harshly as midday arrived.

"Phew…it's pretty hot today isn't it?" she then sweated as she wiped away her brow and seeing Miku and Terry were beginning to tire a bit after having traveled for a sign while without any food or water. Surveying their surroundings she eventually caught sight of a nearby stream cutting through the woods on the outskirts of the plain, as she pointed out to it, "Hey look, there's a stream over there and it's pretty shaded. Guess we can stop for a break if you guys want." she suggested. Seeing it as a far better option than lying out in the sun and baking to death, Terry made a beeline for the forest. Soon the harsh and piercing rays of the sun were blocked out by the shady candy of the treetops, as Terry lowered himself down and began quenching his thirst with a much needed drink of water, along with Miku, who hopped off Cera's shoulder to drink too. Cera on the other hand took out a canteen and scooped out a cupful of water and began to drink from it too as she sat near a tree to rest. After that Miku climbed up it to look for bugs to snack on while Terry decided to curl his tail in and take a nap to rest after the long journey they made.

"….."

While Miku and Terry minded their own business, Cera however began to drift into serious thought as she began to look over all the recent events so far, about everything the pterosaur said to them and the danger that would loom ahead, and it no doubt had something to do with not the pirates but the cosmos stones themselves. Looking back at the meteor in the Cretaceous, there were 7 colours radiating form a meteor which crashed, and among those colours were yellow and blue, the same as the sones that were already taken. Chances are, the other stones may have been of the same colour as that meteor, but what made them so special and powerful?

She couldn't quite understand what made them such a huge threat to everyone as the Pterosaur claimed them to be. The fact that only 5 remained, made her ponder over whether they might be able to prevent that calamity from happening…or how they might be able to do it since they weren't able to find their missing parents as of yet. Also, there was an itch at the back of her mind, that she somehow knew the pirates form somewhere yet couldn't put her finger on it just yet. All these thoughts coursing through her mind made her space out so much, that Miku's chirping at her partner did little to break her concentration off them.

BEEP! BEEP!

Only by a red blinking sound coming from her dinoshot was she finally able to snap out of it as she blinked her eyes and looked down to it, "Hmm? A signal?" she asked herself taking up her device while Miku and Terry looked to her curiously. Her device displayed a dinosaur's location but as soon as she picked it up it disappeared as quickly as it came, "Oh it's gone…could've been the Alpha gang or the pirates…." she thought before shrugging her shoulders, "Well it's passed so might as well go on." she thought before looking over to Terry with a smile, "Alright Terry, ready to move again?" she asked. In response, Terry got back up to his feet and shook his head clean of dirt and dust before roaring out raring to go again much to her and Miku's delight. "Thanks, I appreciate this a lot." She said to him gratefully as he lowered his head down allowing her and Miku to climb aboard as they made their way out of the forest and back onto the game trail.

It wasn't long on their journey along the first path that the skies turned colourful once more, "Another battlefield…." Cera quickly looked up her dinoshot to see Chomp, Ace and paris' signals on it along with another dinosaur too, "No doubt the pirates are at it again for sure….at least the others are there to take care of it now." she then noticed the signals were located rather far away, so there wasn't anything they could do for them even if they wanted, though they didn't worry too much since they knew Max and the others could pull it off just fine without their help. Deciding to trust in them to handle it, they moved on down the path following the Alpha gang's trail. After a while of trekking, the battlefield soon disappeared Miku caught sight of smoke peering through a gap in the tree tops ahead, as she squawked out in alarm alerting both Terry and Cera.

"You see something Miku?" she asked before smelling the scent of burning, something which Terry picked up on himself as he let out a low growl warily. Taking notice of the black smoke rising into the air, she then narrowed her eyes in a serious manner, "Is that…..fire?" She hardened her expression knowing it couldn't be anything good, especially in this time of heat and drought. "Better check it out and quick." she said petting Terry behind the head as he roared and ran ahead as fast as he could. As they got closer to where it was coming from, "I hope I'm wrong about what's going on….." thought Cera to herself hopefully as they came to a clearing, where a village on a dried hillside erupting with lava and flames spitting from the top like a geyser! Mountainside was like a volcano and lava was not only erupting flaming rocks from the top which weren't only hurtling down to the valley below, but a river of lave was running down the sides of the hill blanketing everything in its path in a sea of fire! Swallowing up homes and properties alike while the villagers were all gathered on the bottom hiding together and crying out in sadness and horror a their years of livelihood now being destroyed before their eyes.

As the villagers could only cry out in sorrow and fear, Cera could only sigh and rub her temple in exasperation already recognising the cause of all this, "I'm right….they did this for sure…." she shook her head in dismay wondering whether there could be any end to the chaos and trouble they'd bring upon others wherever they went. Truly they could never be left well alone for even a few seconds without messing something up or causing any kind of trouble in the process. As much as she disliked it, she had no choice but to clean up their mess seeing she couldn't just leave this as they were and have countless village communities lose everything they had because of their mistakes. She then dialled onto her dinoshot patching in a call to the Backlander, "Hey Jonathan, come in." she said through the communicator as Jonathan's face lit up on it.

"Have you found Dr Z and the others yet Cera?" he asked her as she shook her head in response.

"No I haven't yet." she answered with a disappointed sigh,"But I have found a fresh trail to follow….and that they've caused some pretty big trouble for some local villagers…..trouble which would require the backlander's capabilities….." she said painfully at the end.

Bringing it up on screen Jonathan narrowed his eyes seeing the great burning mountain of fire and lava erupting on screen and the people in danger of getting melted alive like it was Pompeii all over again, "I see it now." he said seriously, "How could they be so careless? Sometimes it baffles my logic circuits as to how they're able to create such chaos." he muttered knowing he had some disciplining to do the next time he laid eyes on them.

"Heh, I know how you feel." Cera snickered knowing how he felt and was hoping he gave them the best correction he could. "I'm sending you my coordinates now, please come as soon as you can." She then said to him typing in a set of coordinates back to the Backlander.

"It'll take me some time to get to your location," he then said to her as soon as he received them, "In the meantime see if you can do anything to stop that lava flow before it reaches the villagers." he then said, "The Backlander can restore damaged landscapes but I'm afraid even it can't restore any human casualties suffered." he added at the end in a rather regretful tone.

Cera looked to the damage painfully, she had saved lives before thanks to the combined efforts on the D Team but this was a different matter altogether, standing against an entire natural disaster by her lonesome with very few resources or ideas on hand and with little time to spare. Despite all that she let out a deep sigh and said back to Jonathan to give him assurance, "I'll do what I can, over and out." she said to him before the call cut off. "Easier said than done….." She then sighed scratching her head at the immense challenge presented before her, "If only I had Spiny with me then I could put this out in a flash." she thought before hearing a low growl beneath her. Looking down she noticed Terry had let out a rather sad and disappointed grunt so she quickly petted him on the snout hoping to comfort his hurt feelings, "Oh don't feel sad Terry, you're great and all but it's just…." A thought suddenly came to mind, as she realised maybe there was a way they could save the village or at least delay the lava until Jonathan could arrive with the Backlander, "Wait, maybe I can actually fight fire with fire!" she cried out as she let herself down from Terry and he looked down to her for instructions. "Alright Terry, prepare to aim for the center of the slope." She pointed out as he nodded obediently and took aim. She then took out a move card and slashed it, "Magma blaster!" Terry glowed red before stomping his foot on the ground, charging up a huge beam of magma in his jaws he fired it straight out like a rocket!

The villagers were all taken aback by surprise as the new steam of magma from out of nowhere blew them off their feet back while others ran off in terror or put as much distance as they could from the heat and flames! Others cried out in terror or held out their arms bracing themselves against the immense power of the flames! As it died down, a massive trench was carved out where it fired through, and before long the lava which erupted from the mountain began to pool into it before being sent down the trench diverting itself away from the villagers and into the valley where no one else was. Unsure of what just happened, the people then began to cheer seeing that they were saved in the end as they let out hollers and shouts of gratitude to the sky above as the ashes and flames from the mountain soon began to settle down much to everyone's relief.

"Phew that takes care of that…." she breathed out a sigh of relief as Terry lowered his head down to be praised and petted, to which Cera did as she stoked his face gently and he let out a low growl of satisfaction, "Thanks Terry, you're a life saver….literally." she said to him as he nuzzled against her gently before scooping her and Miku onto his head again. "Alright, think you can pick up their trail from here. We'll have to make sure they don't cause any more trouble like this again." Sniffing the air and catching the scent of wind, Terry aimed at a canyon further in the distance as Cera nodded in acknowledgement, "Alright, let's go." she then said as Terry began roaring out loud and charging at it straight ahead.

(Meanwhile)

A while later the Backlander had descended upon the burning land of the village caused by the Alpha gang's unfortunate mishap. Pressing a button Jonathan activated the ship's restoration functions as bright light emanating from the ship began to envelop the parched and burnt landscape, resign all traces of i from existence as well as the brunt up crops, houses and ditch which Terry made with Magma blaster in order to divert the lava away. He even took it a step further and used the ship's energy to make the land green and fertile once more, amazing the villagers beyond belief to see their crops and properties were restored and all traces of hardship and drought were erased completely.

As they cheered joyfully and gave praise to the sky for its grace and mercy, Jonathan smiled seeing he brought joy to so many happy people, "That takes care of that." he said proudly before noticing Helga had walked in with several shopping bags around her arms. As she stepped to the teleporter pad he eyed her with interest, "Hmm? Helga, where are you going?" he asked.

"Shopping, what else?" she answered him much to his surprise as his jaw hung and he sweat drop in disbelief at what he heard her say, "We are out of supplies so it's time to restock." she said as she took out a pouch filled with coins inside it from her pocket, "And it's a good thing have plenty of money for groceries!" she sang in a cheerful mood.

Jonathan blinked his eyes in surprise at what she was aiming to do, "Are you sure? We can't leave the ship without notice, what if they need us?" he asked.

"Would you rather that they starve them hmm?" Helga replied narrowing her eyes at him.

As he began to think it over Jonathan began to envision the poor children, including his young master and the Alpha gang starving to death as skeletons before being forced to cannibalise one another and then being pounced on by Terry, Ace and Spiny after that. Seeing that as the worst case scenario he then gave in and sighed, "You make a good point there…." he admitted before straightening his suit, "I shall accompany you to make it faster."

"That would be helpful." Helga replied feeling grateful for his offer, "Make sure to switch off the power before you go." She added at the end as he was taken aback by surprise.

"You can't be serious! What if it's an emergency?!" he exclaimed worrying about in the event the children would be in danger from angry villagers or worse space pirates and if they weren't around to provide any sort of aid and support, it'd be dreadful!

Helga though come equipped with yet another counter argument that Jonathan wasn't prepared for, "And if we use too much power our ship could crash and we'd be stranded in anther time period for who knows how long!" Helga bellowed shaking her fist at him in response which silenced him once again as he had the words taken out of his mouth once more. "Would you really take that chance hmm?" she asked squinting her eyes at him as he looked away from her nervously.

Seeing the situation would be far worse without a working ship, "Hmm, you do make another good point…." he replied having been corrected once again by her and unable to question her logic. "Besides, how long could shopping take anyways?" He then added at the end thinking they'd be done in less than an hour as his eyes glowed and the 2 of them vanished in a glow of light and the entire base soon shut down as they left it.

(Meanwhile)

The skies went colourful for a bit but after a few minutes they soon disappeared, as Cera looked up at it while on top of Terry as they traversed through a sweltering wasteland which was stricken by drought, after passing through the canyon past the village where she had Jonathan come in to halt the flow of lava. "Another battle….wonder what trouble the alpha gang got themselves into this time…." she thought to herself recognising the signals as Spiny and an unknown dinosaur which meant it had to have been from the space pirates. There were multiple instances of dinosaurs appearing today there sure was a lot going on both ends, and each one put the time era of China at even more risk of being altered so she could only hope that the D Team manage to handle their end carefully and hopefully mitigate any damages that the pirates and the alpha gang would cause.

"Sure hope Max and everyone else are doing fine…." she then thought to herself before going limp and falling flat on Terry's back "Ugh because I'm not….I feel like melted ice cream…." Right now though, she was sweating profusely under the relentless rays of the midday sun, she felt like an ice cube about to melt in the heat and she was begin to dehydrate rather quickly since the rest by the river a while ago. Fortunately for Miku, Cera was able to put her back into card form so she wouldn't be subjected unnecessarily to the same torment she was enduring, though it didn't seem to help her cause that much. Terry stopped and looked over his shoulder and let out a low growl at being unable to help her in this case no matter how much he wanted. In a battle he'd do anything to protect her from harm, but against the heat of the sun he could only snarl out his frustrations.

Despite the hardship they both were facing, at being lost and maybe even doomed to dry out in the sun, Cera opened her eyed and forced herself back up as she typed onto her dinoshot hoping to get a lock on the last location the dinosaur appeared, hoping there was a place to rest there or at least on the way. "Now which way…." As the sun eventually got blocked by an incoming cloud she could look ahead and see much cleared without the desert landscape being obscured by its bright glare. Looking ahead she could see what appeared to be a group of people gathered together at the foot of a mountain ahead, though it wasn't clear enough for her to get a view as she had to squint her eyes to get a better view, "Hmm? What's going on over there?" She asked herself before having the tyrannosaurus put her down gently, "Better come back for now Terry." She said to him fearing he'd scare them off as she returned him to a card and decided to continue on foot.

As she walked closer to the group she could eventually see that it was a man with a donkey carrying a cart full of supplies which included food, water and clothing and he was kindly distributing them out to a group of children, who were all dressed rather raggedly in sack cloths or old clothing. "There you go, one at a time." said the man warmly as he handed out supplies to each child one after the other as they laughed and cheered happily as they either chowed down on much needed food or put on decent clothing for once in many moons.

Seeing he was a nice hearted man, Cera smiled feeling moved to see such generosity for others in need before walking up to him past the children believing he'd be kind enough to offer her help. "Excuse me sir." She asked as he looked to her.

"Hmm? Yes?" As he replied to her, the other children then looked to her as well, and with so many gazes pointed at her Cera couldn't help but feel a little insecure with the attention she was getting.

"Umm, do you know if there's a village or something nearby here?" she asked him as blinked his eyes back at her curiously.

"A village?" putting a finger to his chin in thought he then smiled and nodded back at her, "Why yes, I just came from one." He said turning up to the mountain slope and posting upwards, "In fact if you go to the top of this mountain you'll be able to find one just on the other side." he said much to her relief.

She then smiled with relief before resting her arms on her knees, "Thank you….very much….huff…." she wheezed as the man and the children eyed her with concern realising how sweaty and tired she was now. "It's just so hot and I'm so very thirsty. What I would give to get shade and a nice drink now…."

"Oh dear…." the man mused as he looked to his cart and saw despite the clothes and food remaining he had no more water to offer her, "I'm very sorry, I'd offer you some if I had any but I'm afraid I don't have anymore water I can give you now." he said pityingly and with regret wishing there was something he could do.

Cera smiled rather weakly but shook her head assuring him not to worry, "It's fine, guess I'll just have to toughen it out a little longer." she said with a small sigh at the end. She wasn't so sure if she could make it to the other side, but she decided if that's how the chips fell then she'd just have to roll with it….much to her discomfort….

She then felt a tug on her shirt, looking down she saw a young girl in reddish clothing and a piece of cloth wrapped around her back as she said to her with a smile, "Excuse me miss." she said to her kindly.

"Yes?"

She then reached held out a bamboo bottle to her, "Would you like some of my water?" she offered sweetly, but Cera then waved her hand out in response.

"Oh no, I couldn't possibly-" she tried to refuse politely but the girl instead placed the bottle into her hand and made her keep it.

"It's fine, you need it more than I do." she insisted with no regrets, "In fact, it's thanks to a kind hearted group who just passed through here, were willing to give me and my friends food and water that we're able to keep going." she then said looking to the rest of her friends who smiled or nodded in agreement with her. "And now like how they helped us, I think it's time we helped you."

Seeing how genuine they were and how there was such kindness even in this tough times, Cera couldn't help but feel touched herself as she smiled and accepted the girl's gift humbly, "Thank you…." she said bowing down with respect before drinking what may have been the best tasting water she had for a long time. She could feel every cell in her body feel rejuvenated and her strength revitalised as the cooling water hit her dried lips and passed down her dry throat, bring her calm and relief despite being in the middle of an unforgiving drought and desert to boot.

"What a coincidence!" the man then spoke up sounding amazed, "I too was helped by a group of kids and a monk out of a sticky situation not long ago." he explained, "They taught me to treat my donkey with kindness and respect, and they helped me get my cart when it was stuck up the hill just now. Such kind hearted folk, they were." he said with gratitude as he petted his donkey on the head which let out a happy bray.

"Kids and a monk…." Cera then repeated in surprise before smiling, realising who they were talking about, which filled her with hope now that she knew they were on the right trail. After the refreshing drink and kindness she was shown, Cera bowed in respect to the kids and the merchant, "I have to be going now. Thank you very much for the directions and water, I won't ever forget this." she said with deep gratitude as she headed up the mountain forcing herself with every bit of determination despite the steep slope and fatigue in her limbs.

"Take care! Best wishes on your journey!" The merchant waved to her as the kids too did the same sending her off with smiles and hope.

Halfway up the hill, Cera narrowed her eyes thinking to herself calmly, "If Max and the others came through here, I should probably regroup with them first then we'll look for the Alpha gang together." she thought seeing it as a great way to improve their chances of success and also take care of both their problems with stopping the pirates and having to find the Alpha gang at the same time. A while later, despite being pounded mercilessly by the harsh rays of the midday sun once more with the cloud having passed by and the sun returning to torment her once more, Cera nevertheless was able to press onwards, even with her physical body giving out and sweating profusely under the sweltering heat, her determination to see her friends again so they could complete their mission together spurred to keep going every time she felt weak and about to collapse. Motivated by the kindness she was shown by the other people who helped her earlier, she also felt obliged to see it through to the end and not let their kindness be wasted. Fighting against fatigue and her sore feet she soon eventually made it to the top of the hill as she took in a deep breath and let out a deep sigh of relief before wiping away sweat from her brow using a handkerchief she had with her.

"Finally….maybe I can take a breather now…" She then wheezed to herself as she sat down on the ground to recuperate a bit before going onto the final stretch. "I should give them a call to check on who they've been doing…." she then thought to herself as she typed on her dinoshot and began initiating a call to them, "Hey guys, come in."

In moments, Max and the others' faces soon lit up on her dinoshot, "Hi Cera!" Max smiled before Zoe came in.

"Good to see you! We could sure use your help right about now!" she said with hope in her tone.

"I'm heading up a mountain top and heard there's a village right on the other side, I shouldn't take too long to reach there." Cera responded as she sent them her current coordinates, to which they brightened up upon seeing them.

"Hey we're not far from that mountain either!" Max cheered.

"That's great, we'll be way stronger against those pirates once we're together." said Rex, "We heard they snatched Dr Z who was pretending to be Sanzo Hoshi so they could make some profit out of his name."

Cera then sighed and face palmed herself, "Figures…." she sighed rubbing her temple in exasperation before smiling lightly, "Well at least now we can go together since we're heading in the same direction now." She also knew without a doubt the A Team went after him too, and that meant they were going in the same direction so that made things all the more convenient and easer for them in the long run, it'd be killing 2 birds with 1 stone, they'd find the alpha gang and the pirates at the same time. Cera then blinked her eyes noticing someone was missing from the D Team's side, "Say, where's the real Sanzo? I don't see him anywhere with you." she then asked them, a question which made them become uneasy and unsure of how to respond.

"Oh err we uhh…." They muttered as they looked away unable to face her fearing she'd get angry at them for their answer. Seeing her gaze was fixated on them and that they could;t beat around the bush forever, Max then sighed deeply realising he had to confess the truth before her sharp glare forced it out of them.

"We had to leave him behind in the village just now." He muttered using his thumb to point behind them.

"He was kinda slowing us down so we had no choice…." Rex added trying to back up his friend's point, but all that accomplished was making Cera widen her eyes in alarm and shock.

"You left him all alone when he's already been targeted!?" she then cried out in disbelief and anger, at how selfish and inconsiderate they were at not taking into account Sanzo's own situation and the fact he was their only clue to finding this era's cosmos stone.

Zoe then gulped, "W…Well uhh…." she sweated nervously while twiddling her fingers.

"It's just….we kept stopping so many times to be good samaritans we ended up using up a lot of our energy and supplies along the way." said Rex rather painfully.

"He also kept talking about how violence isn't the answer, but he just doesn't understand how important our mission is." said Max, "We know he means well but….we still have a more important job at hand and that's finding the pirates and our parents too!" he then added seriously while tensing a hand into a fist to prove his point, "And we couldn't waste our time and energy doing good deeds that don't help us out in any other way. He's been a handful and a lot more trouble than he's worth."

"Also he should be much safer in the village we left him in too." Zoe then concluded sounding assured that they did the right thing.

Despite understanding their side of things, Cera still didn't feel all too convinced that it was the best decision, "Well….I get what you mean but…." she looked away from them a bit, recalling what the people down the mountain earlier had told her on her way up, who the kindness of the D Team helped make the lives of the people that much better despite it hurting them. Sure they maybe didn't see the good at the time but she could at least tell them what it did for her now hoping it would encourage them not to give up being kind to others when they needed it, "On the way here, I actually stopped by a travelling man with a donkey who was giving out much needed supplies to some kids who were left all alone in the wasteland." she said which surprised her friends at the other end, "And from what I heard they actually ran into you guys along the way and now they're getting along with one another because of it." she said with a smile showing she was proud at what they did regardless.

As soon as she said that, the D Team was at a complete loss for words, "They…are?" They were shocked, what they saw as huge burdens and hinderances on their journey to the next town ended up not only bettering the lives of many other people in the long run, but even contributed to helping to save their own comrade too when she was on the verge of collapse herself. Hearing this starling new revelation after having shunned Sanzo Hoshi away because of their own discomfort….they didn't know how to handle facing him again now.

"In fact, the man was kind enough to point me in the right direction and one of the kids was generous enough to share me some water when I really needed it." Cera then added at the end trying to show the D Team that what they did in the end wasn't in vain nor for nothing in the end, even if it didn't seem like it at the time, "So in a way, those good deeds you did for that man and children…weren't really for nothing after all." she said with a bright smile, "If it wasn't for you inspiring good feelings in them. I don't think I'd be able to move as I am right now."

"…." The D Team still was at a loss for words and unable to respond, till Max managed to force out a few words from his mouth while wishing he could say more.

"Good for you Cera…."

Cera nodded accepting them, understanding how they felt but nevertheless what's done is done so they had to make do with it from there, "Anyways, I'll get there as fast as I can, so hang tight okay." she said to them hoping it'd lift their spirits enough to keep going without any regrets.

"Sure thing…." Rex replied at the end before the call got cut off.

As soon as it did, Cera then sighed to herself praying in her heart that the monk would be able to understand why they said and did what they did, and wouldn't harbour any feelings of bitterness towards them after all they went through together, "I sure hope Sanzo will be fine now that he's all alone now…." She didn't have much time to think about it though, not long after she finished her train of thoughts the skies turned colourful once more as the battlefield returned unexpectedly! "Huh? The battlefield's back?" Cera blinked her eyes in surprise as she looked up to the skies. Hearing the sounds of clashing and roaring she quickly got up and looked over the edge of the high peak she was at, and she could see a couple of figures down below along with 2 large bulky creatures going at it which she assumed to be dinosaurs. "There's someone down there…." She narrowed her eyes recognising it as a battle as she ran down the path ahead to her as fast as her 2 legs could carry her.

Meanwhile down below both Chomp and the achelousaurus armoured up and charged at one another. Despite being smaller and less powerful, the achelousaurus made up for it in speed and agility, as he was able to outmanoeuvre as he leapt up into the air and knocked him down! Chomp got back up to his feet as fast as he was knocked down and both ceratopsians clashed head to head before the achelousaurus managed to shove Chomp back a little, giving Gavro the opening he needed to use his move card! "Attack burst! he yelled as he activated the move card on his chest plate! In response the achelousaurus gained a surge of energy before charging out at Chomp and knocking him into the air! Several lightning bolts struck through Chomp mercilessly as he screeched in pain before the achelousaurus rammed him from underneath and slammed him into the ground again rendering him nearly incapacitated!

"Chomp! You've got to get up again!" Max cried to him desperately. His words reached his partner as Chomp got back up again and rushed forward! Once more the smaller achelousaurus was able to sidestep him with ease, however Chomp already anticipated its' strategy from its previous attacks and thus responded by turning towards it, surprising it at how fast he reacted before swinging his tail out and knocking it away! "Alright way to go!" Max smiled punching his arm up while Rex and Zoe followed.

"That's the way!"

"Keep it up! You almost got him!"

Gavro however scowled seeing Chomp was getting the upper hand now as the larger triceratops began rushing towards his defenceless dinosaur, "This isn't looking so good…." he muttered in disappointment before reaching into his pocket and holding up another card, "Good thing I have another dinosaur! Come on out and back me up altirhinus!" He declared as he summoned forth the big nosed herbivore which took to the field and growled! "Now let's pump you up with Spectral armour!" He yelled equipping the ornithopod with armour before it rushed in and slammed at Chomp from the side just as he was about to ram achelousaurus!

"AH! NO!" Max gasped in alarm with his friends, as the achelousaurus got back up to its feet and the 2 dinosaurs cornered Chomp on both sides as he turned to each of them nervously.

"Haha! Now we're talking!" Gavro laughed as the D Team glared at him pulling something so sneaky.

"Grr! Why you…." Max growled clenching his hand into a fist while Rex began typing on his dino bracer.

"That creep! I'm calling in Ace!"

"Hey guys!" Another voice yelled to them from behind as they quickly turned in surprise.

"Huh!?"

"Hmm?"

The D Team then smiled brightly while Gavro gritted his teeth in annoyance as they all saw a familiar face running towards them with a dinoshot in her hand, "It's Cera!" Zoe cheered clapping her hands together with joy.

She soon came to a stop near them before smiling having made it in time, "You guys need some help?" she asked as they all got pumped up with anticipation.

"Heh! Yeah more than ever!" Max smirked.

"Glad you could make it in time!" Rex followed.

She then nodded knowing just what to do, "Then let's do this!" she said out loud taking out a pair of dinosaur cards, "Dino slash! Shine Microraptor! Flame up Tyrannosaurus!" Miku appeared in full sized form on her shoulder while Terry took to the field and roared out furiously as Cera took out his element booster, "Element booster! Dino tector on!" inserting it into him, Terry was enshrouded in flames before the red crystalline armour shrouded him as he roared fully energised! "And to top it off, Energy equaliser!" Miku leapt into the air and attached herself on Terry's back as she transferred energy into him, he then roared empowered as his eyes glowed rainbow in colour before he rushed out and baring his fangs he grabbed the altirhinus off guard and dragged it across the ground and held it down with little effort!

"Oh no not another one!" Gavro exclaimed grasping his hair in horror, "And it was getting so good too!" he cried.

"Now we've got us a fair fight!" Max grinned as Chomp roared out more confidently and wiped his horns out and knocked the achelousaurus off balance!

"But I don't want a fair fight!" Gavro protested in response and in annoyance as Chomp got back up to his feet and engaged the achelousaurus in head to head combat while Terry focused on keeping the altirhinus from interfering as he lunged and snapped at its head, in a series of mock charges which kept forcing it back and further away from Chomp so he had more room to fight.

Gavro sweated anxiously seeing his dinosaurs were both outmatched, seeing he had to take care of the newer dinosaur first before he could focus on Chomp, he gritted his teeth before taking out a grass move card, "Ugh….take this! Leah slash!" The altirhinus glowed and bellowed, surrounding itself in a shroud of leaves before sending them at Terry, which pelted and shredded against him as he roared in pain!

"Terry! Hang in there!" Cera cheered for him as his feet began to drag against the ground due to being pushed! Nevertheless, with his partner backing him up and believing in him, along with Miku transferring more of her energy into him while he kept her shielded from the razor sharp leaves, he opened his eyes which slitted angrily as he roared out with power as he emerged relatively unscathed from the grass attack much to Cera's delight, "Alright way to go!"

"Grr! How is he still standing after that!?" Gavro grunted clenching his fist at the sight of his best move card being withstood like it was nothing!

"Alright! Ultimate thunder!" Max yelled while he was still distracted, seizing the chance he slashed the move card which caused Chomp to surge with the power of lightning! Lightning bolts struck from the sky all around and then on top of achelousaurus, before Chomp jetted forward, striking his smaller rival in the chest and sending it flying several feet away before the armour shattered and it returned to a card!

Meanwhile Terry rushed ahead and got his head under the altirhinus before scooping it up and hurling it helplessly high into the air! "Max! Now's the perfect time for a Fusion move!" Cera cried to him as he quickly responded with a firm nod.

"Okay!" They each took out a fire and lightning move and slashed it in unison!

"Blazing thrust!" As the altirhinus came falling down to the ground, Terry roared turning around as his tail wrapped itself in fire while Chomp charged out a spear of lightning between his horns! Both the fire and lightning blades urged together to form an immense fusion of fire and electricity as their speared through the helpless altrihinus! Helpless before the immense power of the strongest dinosaurs the D Team and Alpha gang had, it bellowed out in pain before its armour shattered and it returned to a card!

As soon as the altirhinus' card floated down to the ground, Gavro floated over it and pick it up before making his way to achelousaurus', "My dinosaurs were defeated!" he cried before flying up higher and taking a look around to see he had lost his target, "And Sanzo Hoshi is gone!" He then turned nervous knowing what awaited him back home, "How could I fail to complete such a simple mission!? When i get back to the ship Foolscap and Sheer are going to make fun of me…." he whined sadly before taking his leave.

"He's just leaving? Why?" Rex thought to himself as he looked at the truly pirate fly away over their heads and out of sight. "Hey wait a second…." He then began to look around and saw the reason why.

Meanwhile Max and the others were more focused on their well earned victory as they cheered for their partners in celebration, "Yeah Chomp!" Max smiled returning his partner to card form.

"Great job Terry!" Cera praised him as she did the same.

Zoe then brushed some sweat from her brow as she smiled to see their friend come in the nick of time as they always did, "Phew, as always you manage to come through for us when we need you most Cera."

"Heh, anything to help the team." she smirked before holding a thumbs up to her.

"Hey, where'd Sanzo go?" Rex then asked as he and Zoe began looking around to see no sign of him anywhere.

"Hmm?" Max went surprised that he didn't notice that, the same for Cera as she blinked her eyes in surprise.

"Huh? Sanzo was here?"

"Yeah, he was right there just now!" Max gasped recalling that from earlier as he and the others began looking around for him, hoping he was hiding nearby or at least within earshot of them.

"He must have taken off during the fight!" Zoe cried before walking off to try and find him, "I hope he's alright…" she said worried.

"Oh dear that can't be good…." Cera sweated fearing the kinds of trouble he could get himself into, if getting caught by the space pirates wasn't bad enough he could get lost in the vast desert and eventually succumb to heat, hunger and fatigue! They had to find him fast for their sakes and his own.

"Sanzo! Where are you!?

"Can you hear me Sanzo!?" Max and Rex both cried out for him hoping he was close enough to answer back.

"Strange that he didn't even say goodbye…" Zoe said sadly feeling hurt he took off without saying anything to them.

"Yeah…." Max muttered as Cera looked back to him.

"You know I don't blame him for leaving like that…." she said folding her arms on her hips and looking down a little sadly, "From what I heard you guys say about him no doubt such violent battles would've made him sick to his stomach." she said as the others sighed sadly, "He's a man who believes in peace right down to his core, such an ideal is beautiful…but in the face of reality….it must be really hard on him no doubt…." she commented.

"I guess….but…." Rex couldn't finish his sentence despite wanting to say more. He understood Sanzo's philosophy so it had to have been difficult, but the fact was their fights were unavoidable and they only way out of it was to fight, but excuse they didn't consider or respected his ideals but in fact rejected them they in turn drove him away in the process. They had to make it up with him if they could find him again, hopefully it wasn't too late.

While still distracted by her own thoughts, Zoe didn't realise where she was stepping, as she tried to look over a cliff nearby the platform she stood at suddenly cracked apart causing her to slip and fall into the ditch below! "WAAAAAAAH!" she screamed as she skidded down the rocky slopes!

The rest of her friends turned around upon hearing her cries, only to see her disappear down the ditch much to their horror! "Ah! Zoe!"

"Oh no Zoe!"

"NO!" They all cried in horror as they hurried over to the ditch fearing the worse for their friend if it was a steep and deep fall!

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, skips past a couple of episodes but as mentioned before Cera won't be with the D Team every step of the way, she'll also be going her own journey now and then too and hope you enjoyed the battle I used here. The altirhinus used here, according to the wikia, is seen only briefly in the final episode when Dr Z and the Trio are looking over the many dinosaurs on the pirate ship, appearing only for a glimpse near the daspletosaurus. Also wanted to settle some plotholes too like the fire the Alpha gang caused at the village and the children and merchant the D Team encountered.

On another note Cera will be collecting souvenirs too on the D Team's trip across space time, stay tuned for the relic she'll be acquiring next chapter!

In response to reviews:-

Drew Luczynski

-Yeah agreed, unless the who holds the stone is worthy it won't cause any side effects to the one who holds it, even so it's more likely to harm than heal.

So that's the scene you meant, yeah I realised that a little last minute so glad I recalled that.

Agreed, thought Max should have that moment with Zoe since he was strangely out of the picture for that fight too so wanted him to help a bit, also Jim had more than enough time hitting on Zoe so thought Max ought to have his turn to earn her respect back.

Well Spiny and Ace together helped against deltadromeus and Ace did take down megaraptor with help from others so it isn't all Spiny though haha.