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!

36. The third cosmos stone

Chapter 36

The third cosmos stone

"Zoe?" Max asked anxiously as he and the others hurried over to the edge where she had just slipped down.

"Please be alright…." Cera sweated with her heart racing uneasily as they looked over the edge. As they did, they all felt a wave of relief wash their worries away as they saw Zoe standing rather fine in a shallow ditch, "Phew….thank goodness it wasn't a steep fall…." Cera breathed putting a palm on her chest to still her racing heart, though it was a letdown they got worried for nothing, she was glad her friend wasn't seriously hurt after that fall.

"You're okay!" Rex gasped in relief to see she was fine.

Zoe though didn't seem to agree with him sadly, "No I'm not…." she sighed which confused her friends.

"You look okay." Rex pointed out curiously.

Cera blinked her eyes unsure of why she wouldn't be okay, "Yeah, what's-" before she could finish her sentence she then sniffed the air and caught the smell of something rather…foul, which made her pinch her nose in an instant, "Eww, what's that smell?" she said cringing which made Rex and Max look at her weirdly.

What Zoe was about to say next would make them wish they didn't ask, "Let me put it this way…." she started uneasily as she gulped down feeling sick, "I not only found out which way Sanzo went, I also found out which way his horse went." Looking down her fiends could see one of her trainers was rather muddied up. They thought it was mud at first, but when they looked to the side to see a pile of horse pie on the side, they widened their eyes and felt all grossed out.

"UGH!" They all groaned as they fell back and fainted.

After that, Zoe then cried out loudly in frustration and annoyance, "EW! YUCKY YUCK!" she teared up rather dramatically while also jittering with disgust, "These were my favourite shoes, now they're all soiled…." she pouted knowing she'd never be able to live this down.

"Well Zoe…." Cera then croaked as she slowly forced herself to sit up, "You could go scrape them along the rocks and sand over there, maybe it'll get it or at least some of it cleaned off." she said pointing over to a rather rocky and sandy wall nearby where she was as Zoe looked.

"Better than nothing I guess…." she groaned as she quickly hurried over to the rock face and scraped her shoe against it hoping to get every scrap of muck off it as well as in between the soles too. She even went to scrape it in the sandy ground too for extra good measure.

After getting back up from Zoe's surprise, Max narrowed his eyes noticing some prints nearby from where Zoe landed, "Hey Rex look," he then pointed out as Rex looked in the direction his finger was aimed at, "I think those are horseshoe tracks over there." he said to him.

Rex narrowed his eyes as he caught sight of them, "Let's go for a closer look." he said as he slid down the rocky slope with Max and Cera following him behind. After Zoe felt she was absolutely sure her shoe was completely 'sterilised' she quickly joined them as they looked at the horseshoe tracks Max found, "Looks like the trail leads to that mountain up ahead." Rex then said as he looked ahead to see a rather large mountain in the distance.

"We gotta hurry up and find him before the space pirates get him." Max then said firmly with determination.

"Then let's get a move on," Cera responded to him, "The sooner we hurry the sooner we can catch up." as she said that the 4 kids hurried as fast as they could along the dried up river trench as they headed for the foot of the mountain in the hope of finding Sanzo before he got himself into anymore trouble. The group of them soon came upon a rather dense forest which surrounded the mountains but they soon stopped as they heard the sounds of galloping coming in from the underbrush ahead of them.

"Huh?"

A loud neigh soon sounded out as a white horse with a saddle on its back charged out frantically and was heading straight at them like a bullet!

"Whoa!"

"Get out of the way!" Max and Rex gasped as they all leapt out of the horse's path as it zoomed past them and galloped off into the wilderness ahead!

Max soon looked up and let out a deep sigh, "Phew…that was close…." he wheezed finding that experience too close for comfort.

"Yeah….a second longer and we would have been roadkill…." Rex groaned as they all slowly got back up to their legs to recover from their close shave.

While they brushed off the dirt on their clothes, Zoe squinted her eyes a bit and got sight of the horse before it disappeared on the horizon, "That was his horse wasn't it?" she then asked.

"But where's Sanzo?" Max then asked looking around to see no trace of him anywhere nor hearing him either.

Cera then looked ahead to the mountain seeing the path they were on lead up a rather spiralling path which circled the entire base all the way to the peak above, "If it ran down he's gotta be higher up there….." she then said putting a finger to her chin in thought before narrowing her eyes, "Though that means he's now all alone and if the horse was running away in a panic, it could mean he's in gotten into trouble." she then said rather uneasily.

"That can't be good…." Rex then muttered as rather worried thoughts came upon the D Team kids fearing how helpless Sanzo would be if he ran into the pirates and their dinosaurs again without them to protect him.

Wanting to make sure the area was safe, Cera then took out her dinoshot and a card with it, "I'll send Miku for a better look." she said as she slashed the card on her dinoshot, "Dino slash! Microraptor! Shine!" Miku appeared on her shoulder and screeched loudly as Cera looked to her, "Go fly up and see what you can find." she instructed as the raptor nodded back at her before raising her feathered arms out and flapping them, riding an air current as she took off higher into the air where she soon vanished. A while had passed and soon she returned back to them and perched rather gracefully on Cera's arm before chirping back to her to which she then hardened her expression a bit upon hearing her news, "I see…." she said sounding a bit unfortunate at the news she received, which caught her teammates attention hinting it may not have been good news at all.

"Well? What did Miku find?" Rex then asked her curiously.

"Did she find Sanzo?" Max followed.

Cera sadly shook her head, "No, but she did say the main path leads up winding round the whole base of the mountain," she then replied as turned around to look at the mountain, "It'd take probably half a day on horse to the top." she then said narrowing her eyes, "And even longer if we follow on foot….." she concluded rather painfully considering it left the team with very few options.

"So what do we do now?" Max asked.

"Good question…." Cera replied as she shrugged her shoulders.

As Rex put a finger to his chin, calmly and carefully surveying their surroudings and the situation presented before them, he quickly snapped his finger as an idea came to mind, "Wait! I've got it!" he said out loud as the others turned to him.

"You do?" asked Zoe with interest as he nodded back to her.

"Yeah, it's a shortcut which should take us straight up and free from any obstacles along the way." he said confidently which made the others smile.

"Hey that sounds promising." Max grinned excitedly.

"What do you have in mind?" Cera then asked, though she and the others would soon regret asking.

Rex then pointed up straight ahead, "We climb that!" he said firmly as he aimed his finger at the mountain top!

A breeze of wind blew past them, as the D Team stared straight at the huge cliff which faced them before looking back to Rex again with raised eyebrows.

"You're kidding us….right Rex?" Max muttered giving him a look that made him think he was crazy.

"I know Max is the one who doesn't think before he acts and when he does it's usually something crazy and reckless," said Zoe which made him pout at her.

"Hey…."

"But for you to suggest we climb ALL the way up!? Have you lost it!?" she then cried out in exasperation.

"She's….got a point there Rex…." Cera nodded in agreement, having expected him to think better than that.

"I know it doesn't sound like a great idea, but it's the quickest and best way to the top!" he then said with assurance, "Also we won't be easily spotted by the pirates too."

"But if they do see us on the cliff and then attack us then we'd be doomed!" Max then cried with worry in his voice.

"Yeah, if any of us falls we'll go squish like a pancake!" Zoe added as she flailed her arms out.

Rex then folded his arms and eyed them all seriously, "You have any better ideas?" he then asked which was met with stunned silence, seeing as risky and crazy as his plan sounded, it also seemed like the most logical one and the only plan available to them too.

"….."

"It'll be fine, trust me. What's the worst it could be?" he then insisted.

A while had passed and after making their way through the first, the D Team finally met with the face of the huge cliff. Courageously, or rather reluctantly, Max grabbed onto one of the ledges before hoisting himself up, followed by the Zoe, Cera and then finally Rex and miraculously they made rather good progress for within half an hour they made it halfway up the rocky wall. Though they soon began to regret their decision as the winds began to pick up and the ledges became much harder to reach and steeper too!

"I can't believe we actually let you talk us into this Rex…." Cera grumbled in annoyance as she began to sweat under the sun's mercilessly rays and also feeling her energy slowly being sapped away, while the continued fear of falling haunting her with each step she took to go higher.

"This is why they have those signs on hiking trails that say 'For your safety stay on the path!" Max cried out his frustrations due to fatigue at climbing so high and out of sheer worry of falling too.

"We won't be able to catch Sanzo if we take the main path!" Rex cried back at him, "It's quicker to go straight up!"

"That doesn't make it any easier for us…." Cera groaned back at him as Miku gripped tighter onto her back in worry, digging her claws tighter with each step they took upwards, Cera could swear a few more and she'd end up drawing blood too.

"Guys…." Zoe then asked uneasily, "Wouldn't it be quicker to just summon a pteranodon, hop on its back and fly up?" she suggested agreeing with Max's point.

"Yeah but Zoe, if we fly up on a dinosaur the space pirates might see us!" Rex then countered once more.

"Right and since they're looking for Sanzo too they might follow us and could end up finding Sanzo before we do!" Max added agreeing with Rex's logic, but what would happen next would render it all null and void.

"AAAAAAHHHH!"

"Huh?" Max looked up at the sound of the screaming which sounded ever so familiar. As the D Team followed where it came from, they saw Sanzo being tugged on at his robes as he was being carried upwards to the peak by Gavro the space pirate! "I know that scream!" Max gasped.

"Yeah it's Sanzo!" Zoe cried.

"And Gavro's got him!" Cera yelled pointing out at him as Miku's eyes slitted and she hissed with spite and hate.

"So much for finding him first…." Rex muttered seeing their climb may have been for nothing now.

Cera then clicked her tongue angrily at the pirate's heartless mistreatment of the poor monk, "Tch! No way am I letting that goon get away with that!" she hissed as she tightened her grip on the ledge she was on, before looking to her partner on her shoulder, "Miku! Follow them!" she said to the white dinosaur, who looked up to see Gavro and Sanzo leaving them and then looking down with concern at Cera and her friends as she let out an uncertain coo, "We'll be fine! Just go!" she then said insistingly to her. Taking a breath and narrowing her eyes, Miku jumped off Cera's back, stretching her arms and wings out wide she caught a rising air current which she used to propel herslef upwards as she pursued Gavro, who thankfully hadn't noticed her slowly closing in on him!

"Go for it Miku!"

"You've almost got him!"

"Don't give up!" Her friends cheered her on with bright smiles seeing she could actually pull it off.

Their hopes soon became crushed as a sudden gust of wind suddenly blew her off course and sent her spiralling upwards away into the clouds!

The D Team widened their eyes in horror at what they just saw, "Oh no!"

"Miku!"

Cora's heart began to race panickly as she tried to reach for her dinoshot which was down in her pants, "I'll have to call her back!" she cried out feeling overcome with emotion overriding all her safety instincts!

The others quickly looked to her in alarm at what she attempted to do, "No Cera! You can't! Not like this!"

"Yeah, you need both arms on the ledge if you're going to stay on it!" Rex and Max each yelled to her, hoping to stop her from acting rash and endangering herself, as well as the rest of them.

She gritted her teeth tensely with fear and worry, "But…."

"Cera it'll be fine!" Zoe insisted as she glared at her with assurance, "Miku's a really tough dinosaur! She'll be fine! I promise!" she said to her which made her think about it more clearly.

"Zoe…." she breathed in realisation her fired helped saved her from possible doom as she took a breath to calm herself down before narrowing her eyes hard, "Alright, first second we get up to the top, I'll recall her." she said firmly which made Zoe smile with relief that she was thinking clear again.

"Then let's hurry it up, sooner we get off this cliff the sooner we can get Miku back and then save Sanzo!" said Max as he reached up higher and pulled himself upwards, their determination to reach the top now made stronger with something else to accomplish once they did.

As she tried to reach the next ledge, a thought of worry for what Miku was going through distracted Cera momentarily as she missed her footing with one of her legs which then slipped down dangerously as she had to dig in her other foot and her hands into the mountain just to stabilise herself! "AH!"

Her friends looked to her in alarm, "Cera!"

She gritted her teeth and held firmly to the cliffside, "I'm fine! Just keep going!" she yelled to them, making sure they didn't get distracted with her and made the same mistake as she did.

Seeing the point she was making Max then nodded back at her from above, "Alright…." he said as he forced himself upwards.

"Be more careful, next time you might not be so lucky." said Rex to her as he managed to climb past her and Zoe.

Thinking about their words carefully and the bigger picture in mind, Cera closed her eyes then opened them with a clear mind seeing her priorities now, "They're right, I can't afford to worry about Miku right now, if I fall it's over for us both….." she said to herself as she pressed onwards with the others, not letting her emotions distract her or make her rush and make a careless mistake along the way. The entire time the D Team remained focused on the top as they pressed onwards, keeping their minds fixated on the goal.

After a while of climbing, Max eventually forced the last ounce of energy he had in him to hoist himself up to the ledge he grabbed and grunted out loudly as he pulled himself over! "Urgh!" As soon as he got up he looked around and widened his eyes un surprise, "Huh? It's the trail!" he gasped which caught the attention of everyone else down below him, especially Cera.

"It is!?" she gasped at his words, which then spurred her and the others to hurry upwards, pressing on despite the fatigue in their limbs, they assailed the wall and finally they all came up to the top and regrouped with Max.

"Our shortcut worked! We must be at the mountain's peak!" said Rex as he noted their surroundings.

"Which means, we must be near Sanzo too!" Zoe stated.

"Right! And the space pirates!" Max added seriously.

"From here on out we'd better stay alert and be ready for a fight at all times." said Cera with a firm tone as the others nodded with her. She then remembered what she had to do now that the wall was behind her, she was about to reach for her dinoshot and finally recall Miku, when Zoe suddenly cried out.

"Look it's Sanzo!" she said in alarm as she pointed ahead.

"Huh!?" As they all turned to look they found the monk in the most dire of situations, being surrounded by all 3 space pirates and at their mercy!

"There he is!" Max gasped.

"And Foolscap and Sheer are here too…." Rex hissed through his teeth seeing things were way worse than they first thought.

"Great, all 3 of them in 1 place, just what we need…." Cera grunted to herself seeing their hardships were never in short supply, like the universe wanted to make things difficult for them, which was really beginning to get on her nerves.

She didn't have much time to get angry at their predicament, when Sanzo's turned even more dire as Gavro held him up by the collar with his arm!

"AH!" They all gasped in alarm seeing he could get hurt really badly as they rushed off to save him!

"Okay monk! No more excuses get to it!" Gavro growled impatiently having had enough of Sanzo stalling, "Start chanting and move that rock!"

"You should do what he says Sanzo." Foolscap smirked in amusement.

"He's asking nicely." said Sheer rather menacingly.

"You don't wanna know what it's gonna be like if I have to get not nice!" Gavro growled impatiently, having already received humiliation from his comrades back at the ship he was already seconds from losing all self control and just one wrong word would set him off.

"And you don't want to know what it'll be like if you don't let him go!" Max then threatened as he and the gang came on the scene which made the pirates turn to them, "So put Sanzo Hoshi down right this second!" he demanded.

"Or else we'll make you!" Cera then yelled.

Sheer scowled rather hard to see the children come in to interfere once more, "Not you again…." she huffed with great displeasure.

"Well well, I must say these small sized humans are very persistent." Foolscap complimented with an amused smirk.

"Yeah and they don't give up either…." Gavro grunted in annoyance.

"You better believe it!" Cera yelled out as Max took out Chomp's card.

"Dino slash! Triceratops! Roar!" Chomp soon appeared on the field next to the D Team, poised and ready to fight, "Come on Chomp! Get in there and save Sanzo!" Max cheered him on as he roared out fiercely!

Before he could move in though, "STOP!" Sanzo shouted which surprised the children as Chomp held himself back.

"Huh?"

"I beg you! Do not fight!" he pleaded them desperately.

"But we're fighting for you Sanzo!" Zoe cried.

"How else are we going to get you back?" Cera then asked him.

Sanzo however remained steadfast and firm in his own beliefs and philosophy and had no intention of giving up on them either, "Children I know you think the only way to deal with these pirates is by fighting them." he then added the next bit sounding pained and hurt,"And that I can't be of any assistance, after all I remember what you said to me."

"AH!" Max widened his eyes and gasped, recalling what they told him, their honest feelings about how they felt about him and his ways….something they wished they could take back now that they understood how he truly felt.

Cera meanwhile narrowed her eyes, remembering they mentioned what they thought about his ideals not working and they'd only slow them down, no doubt it must have hurt Sanzo to hear that as much as they feel guilty about it now.

"But as I now will show you, words can be just as strong." Sanzo then said firmly with determination before courageously facing his captors, "Turn these children's parents to them and end this conflict once and for all, if everyone behaves peacefully then we can end this peacefully and live in peace."

Despite his strong front the pirates remained unmoved and disinterested, "If you want to achieve peace it's very easy! Just move the rock!" Gavro growled as he brought him over to the huge boulder that was before them all.

"Leave him alone!" Rex then yelled out angrily.

"Get you hand off him you coward!" Cera growled tensing up her fists which shook with uncontrollable rage.

"Sanzo!" Max cried.

Despite the D Team's words, Sanzo then yelled out back to them, "Stay away!" he pleaded surprising them all.

"Huh!?"

"Don't do anything! We must react peacefully to their acts of aggression." he said firmly to them.

"I haven't yet done an act of aggression. When I do you'll know about it." Gavro replied impatiently as he tightened his grip on the helpless monk!

"What do you think we should do?" Zoe asked uneasily.

"Maybe we should trust Sanzo and do what he says…." said Rex sounding rather unsure.

"Maybe…but we can't just let them hurt him…." Max

"But if we do move in and attack we'll just put him in even more danger." Cera then stated as she narrowed her eyes and observed the situation carefully, "Think about it, he'd get caught in the crossfire between dinosaurs and he could be hurt way worse than what they might do to him." she said at the end which made Max grit his teeth angrily seeing the tight spot they were put into.

"So what do we do?" he then asked her as a bead of tense sweat dropped from his forehead.

As they looked on Cera then narrowed her eyes noticing something about Sanzo. Despite being a sure pacifist, his heart and spirit was stronger than properly tempered steel and so were his beliefs. It was as if he knew the pirates wouldn't dare lay a finger on him because he knew they needed his cooperation and he was unyielding in every way possible. Seeing it in his eyes and his words, she then looked back to the others, "Actually…..I think maybe we should let things play out. Somehow I have the feeling his way may be better…." she said with a hard expression on her face.

Seeing who sure she was of herself, Max then nodded tensely back at her, "Alright…." he replied as he looked ahead with the others.

Soon enough, Cera's prediction came true much to her relief, "Hold on Gavro, this monk is one of those very stubborn meditator types which makes him very hard to convince." said Foolscap to his burly comrade, "Plus he knows that we'd never really hurt him because we need him to move that giant rock."

"I don't know…." Gavro replied feeling unsure if they should really listen to his demands.

It was then that Sheer came in with an idea of her own, "For once Foolscap is right." she Sheer smiling with a devious plan in mind, "I have another idea." she said which puzzled Gavro.

"Huh?"

"Move this rock for us and we'll set you and their parents free." she then proposed to the monk as he looked up at her in surprise.

"Huh?"

"Huh!?" The D Team gasped in surprise at what they heard Sheer say.

"Are they….serious?" Max asked but his question remained unanswered.

Cera narrowed eyes sensing something fishy was going on as she kept her guard up.

"Hold up Sheer!" Foolscap then spoke out loud, "Don't you know what the boss will do if we let them go!?"

"Yeah, he'll get real mad and scary…..brr…." Gavro then shivered.

She then smirked unfazed, "Relax you guys." she said to them calmly as if she had everything worked out already, "Way I see it we don't have any other choice." She said as she eyed Sanzo, "Its obvious this monk isn't going to budge no matter what we do to him, so apparently he's forced our hand."

"Forced our hand?" Gavro asked curiously, "Why? Our hands are free right now, well one of mine is but-" When Sheer crossed her fingers in front of them both he then realised what she was getting at, "Ah, I get it now." he said with a small smirk.

"Hehehehe….they're all gullible to the end." Foolscap snickered to himself rubbing his hands eagerly before they all focused on Sanzo Hoshi himself, "So Sanzo? What do you say? Do we have a deal?"

Thinking it over carefully and seeing no other way for everyone to resolve this without a fight, Sanzo nodded back firmly at them, "Very well, but make sure you keep your word." he said to them with a nod deciding to risk everything for the children's parents.

Meanwhile the D Team held back tensely, unsure of how to respond or react now, "Is he actually going to move the rock for them?"

"And will the pirates really give our parents back?" asked Max and Zoe.

Cera narrowed her eyes, "Stay alert, I don't trust them for even a second." she said as Rex nodded with her.

"Yeah me too." he said before looking to Max next to him, "Max, you better call back Chomp," he suggested which surprised him, "Way I see it Sanzo wouldn't be able to perform at his best if he's out raring to go. Also we'd be putting him at risk too."

"But-"

"Do it Max." he then said to him firmly once more, "We won't get anywhere with violence, it's like Sanzo said, right now words may be our best bet at either our parents or the cosmos stone."

Seeing no other way of going about it, Max gritted his teeth before reluctantly holding out his dino bracer, "Tch! Fine…." he hissed as he pressed a button, "Chomp come back." With that his triceratops returned to card form and into his hand.

"That's better." Sanzo nodded in acknowledgment at Max respecting his decision before looking back to all 3 pirates, "Now put me down so I can chant without any hindrances, then we can all go home happy." he said to them firmly.

"Fine, but don't try anything or you'll regret it." Gavro warned as he lowered him back onto the ground. Stepping forward and mustering all his confidence and energy in his being, Sanzo sat down cross legged as he clapped his hands together and began chanting with every ounce of spirit in him, "That's a good monk, chant your words and move that rock." Gavro then muttered feeling deeply relieved they can finally get this over with.

The others watched intently to see what will happen leaving Sanzo completely focused so he could perform at his best.

"I'm not sure about this, do you guys really think he can do it?" Zoe asked her friends.

"Well he really believes his chanting will work." Max replied as he stared in amazement at how focused and clear minded he was being now as he chanted words none of them could understand, "He doesn't have any doubt…."

"Well we did sorta let him think it was his chanting that stopped the lava flow back at the volcano." Zoe then stated as Cera looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Volcano?" she asked suspiciously.

"It's a long story…." Rex sighed lowering his head wishing he could forget about that.

"Right! And earlier remember?" Max then pointed out, "Sanzo thought it was his chanting that made his hat shock me."

His statement made Cera raise an eyebrow wondering what had happened while they were separated, before she realised there was a bigger meaning to all this in the end, something that Max didn't yet.

"It's time he knew the truth, that his chants don't work." he said as he was about to run out and stop him from endangering himself, "Hey Sanzo-" Before he could rush in, Rex and Cera held him back, "Huh?"

"We shouldn't stop him." Rex replied calmly knowing after him coming this far and having made his choice they had to respect it too.

"I agree, Sanzo's so totally into this balance and harmony stuff. He's so focused and intense you know? Maybe his chanting affects things in ways we don't understand." Zoe added feeling he may actually be on to something, "Maybe he can move that rock!"

"Mhmm." While Cera didn't fully buy into the forces of the universe and harmony talk that Sanzo believed in, she had to admit there were many things in the world people couldn't understand so this could be one one those things. As he finished, the boulder mysteriously began to rumble much to everyone's surprise!

"LOOK!" Rex gasped.

"Wow!"

"It's…really moving!" Zoe and Max both exclaimed as the rock moved to the side revealing an entrance right behind it. Cera stared in amazement, no words could describe the feelings going through her after having just witnessed something incredible.

Sanzo then stood up and turned to the space pirates, "There! Your big rock has been moved! Now release these children's parents like you said you would do!" he then demanded. Unfortunately the pirates had no intention of honouring their end of the bargain or even any interest in him anymore, as they flew past him uncaringly much to his shock and disbelief.

"We'll get to that later!" Gavro muttered without a backward glance as he, Sheer and Foolscap flew inside.

"We've got something more important to do!" Foolscap added at the end as they disappeared into the darkness of the cave.

Sanzo then stared in complete and utter disbelief that everything he put his heart and soul into had turned out to be for nothing, "Oh but you promised!" he cried feeling deeply hurt inside.

Seeing them not only take a promise so lightly but even using it to take advantage of an innocent soul, made Cera clench her fist as unbridled anger began to build up inside her, "Tch! Those dirty liars!" she suspected they would pull a dirty trick but she hadn't expected them to trample over Sanzo's beliefs so carelessly.

Max however was more interested in Sanzo himself, taking back all the harsh words he said to him as he ran up to him, "How did you do that!?" he then asked with deep interest to which Sanzo didn't know how to respond with.

"Well.…I…."

Rex then ran up to him remaining Max they had more urgent matters to take care of, "Once they get the cosmos stone they're gonna time hop again and take our parents with them! We gotta stop them!" he said to him.

"Hold that thought! We'll be right back!" Max then said to Sanzo seeing his point as he, Rex and Zoe hurried inside after the pirates to stop them while they still could, leaving Sanzo alone to ponder over whether what he did really was the right call. He became confused and puzzled as to why his beliefs had failed him, was he really wrong this entire time, was he truly naive and blind to the truth of the world? Were the children really right about him being useless? He also felt guilty that now he had only helped the enemies of the children get what they came for and they had no intention of keeping their promise too. These thoughts began to clutter around in his once clear and pure mind of his, and would've taken over had it not been for a certain girl who then stood up before him.

"Hey Sanzo?" Cera asked as he blinked his eyes and looked to her.

"Hmm? Who might you be?" he asked her curiously having not noticed her earlier.

Cera then bowed in response giving him the respect he rightfully deserved, "I'm a friend of Max, Rex and Zoe." she said introducing herself, "I….just felt like I needed to say something…after seeing how firm you were in your beliefs and principles just now."

"Oh really? And what might that be?" he then asked her with interest.

She then scratched her cheek and looked away somewhat uneasily, "It's that….well…." she was unsure how she should put it or whether she should even say it, worrying whether Sanzo would be able to handle the truth she was about to share with him. She soon shook her head, accepting the fact it was hard that it had to be said, since Sanzo himself is too pure and naive and she didn't want him to be used again like just now. There was a chance it'd backfire but if it did succeed it would steel his resolve if it did work. Mustering all her courage inside her she then said her piece, "To be truthful, I think your ideals in avoiding conflict and making peace through words, kindness and diplomacy….it truly is an exceptional example of how we all should be. In fact from where we come from, it's a world filled with inequality and strife, not everyone is born equal, some may live in luxury or power and look down on those without them." she explained with a smile, "But to resolve conflict like how you did and bring peace to both sides, even bringing them to come to an understanding even if brief, it truly is something monumentally inspirational."

Sanzo opened his mouth with a speechless gasp as he then smiled, a tear shed from his eye at the purity of Cera as he bowed down with respect, "Your words are most kind." he said feeling more encouraged after being taken advantage of earlier.

"It's a really beautiful ideal and it's something I feel the world should come to accept." Cera nodded before turning serious, "But….every person is different and not everyone would accept it, in fact some might even reject it too like just now. Some may even willingly take advantage of your kindness without hesitation and they won't feel any kind of guilt or remorse after that. Those are the enemies we face and it's likely there will be more like them in the world too." As she said that, Sanzo's smile vanished and was replaced with a rather sad frown, "I'm sorry Sanzo….but….that's just how things are. Sometimes in a clash between reality and ideals, reality almost always comes out on top…."

"I see…." Was all he said next as he lowered his head. Cera couldn't help but feel a bit guilty at having to bring up this truth to a man who had been studying and living by his principles of years, only to now find out he was blind to the other truths of the world too. "You know, you actually reminded me of something I once heard of back in my training days." He then said with a serious tone, "Yin and Yang, where there's light and good there will always be darkness and evil too, that is true spiritual balance and the way of the world too. It is a hard truth to accept….but it's one that I needed to be reminded of." He said closing his eyes before opening them again with firmness in them, "But no matter what hard trials I shall face, I refuse to give up on my beliefs." He clenched one of his hands into a fist, "Even though compassion and harmony won't solve everything, without that, the world would be forever seeped in negativity and it would not be one worth living in. I believe there will always be people who can listen to reason and accept them too, and I'll never know unless I try too." he said determinedly with newfound resolve and wisdom in his voice and heart.

A smile soon came upon Cera as soon as she saw this new side of him, "I couldn't agree more." she said to him as she held a thumbs up in approval at his mature and wise response, "The world really needs balance and people should be more like you, never giving up and hoping for the best too. Even if some don't agree that doesn't mean we ought to as well. Your ideal of everyone living in perfect harmony, it will be a challenging dream to reach," she then said with a small frown before smiling once more, "But that won't mean it's impossible. No matter how hopeless it may be, long as we don't give up I'm certain in the end we'll all succeed, if anyone can teach that philosophy and pass that dream on to future generations it'll no doubt be you Genzo Sanzo Hoshi."

"Such fine words from a fine young child as yourself." Sanzo responded to her once more, "It does fill me with hope for the future in more ways than you can believe."

The 2 of them shared a happy moment with each other, each having made the other wiser in their own way. But it didn't last long as the skies suddenly turned colourful signalling a battle had brewed and loud roaring echoed from the cave inside! "Ah! A battle!" Cera then gasped in alarm before looking back to Sanzo, wondering if she should leave him alone out here.

He then shook his head as if he already knew what she was thinking, "Go, your friends need you now." he said to her with assurance, "Be careful and may fortune smile on you all."

Staring at him momentarily, she then nodded with affirmation at her words, "Thank you Sanzo." she said gratefully before running inside the cave to help her fiends.

As she disappeared into the darkness, Sanzo couldn't help but smile back at her courage, youth and wisdom, "She is wise in ways even I doesn't understand." he said feeling grateful for the lesson she had taught him today, one he would remember for years to come, "It seems there is still much I need to learn after all."

(Meanwhile)

Hidden in a vast sea of clouds on the very same mountain she was blown up from, Miku suddenly shot down through the clouds with a panicked expression in her eyes! She feared that not only she had been spiralling out of control since getting blown off course and was now lost, she also feared she may never see Cera again. She quickly snapped out of her thoughts as a grove of fruit trees soon came into view, and pulling up her arms she managed to gain control of herself as she managed to glide down in a spiral turn before landing on a tree trunk! She let out a sigh of relief, glad she could finally latch onto something and secure herself to and finally being safely out of the sky. She then climbed higher, aiming for a certain outstretched branch higher above.

As she climbed up to it, she then perched on it and looked over her surroundings, seeing mystical clouds blowing by in the calming breeze, a garden of eden soon came into view all around her. She didn't why, but the sight of it all filled her with a sense of peace and security, a true luscious paradise untouched by the hands of man and no doubt kept safe from its greedy hands. She rested easy on the branch and soon noticed a fruit hanging nearby from where she stood. Despite being a carnivore, scanning her surroundings and sniffing the air, she couldn't find any trace of a small lizard or even a bug for miles and her stomach began to grumble as she felt a need to fill her empty belly with food and water, and with only fruit around she gulped down hard knowing she had to suck it up and take what she could get, after all beggars can't be chooser. Also she needed her energy back if she was to have any chance at finding Cera after this.

She hopped over to the hanging fruit perched at the end of the branch, and just as she was about to lean her head down to take a bite of its juicy rich flesh, "Hello! Is anyone here!?" an elderly voice suddenly cried out through the mist which disturbed the peaceful silence and made Miku look up from he perch as she surveyed her surroundings. At first she was wary at the fact that there was someone else in this glade with her, but as the voice spoke out again, she became more lax as she recognised it and then leaped off her perch in search of where it came from. Further off in the distance, Dr Z, now spiriting himself with a pole, stumbled into view as he made his way through the misty landscape as he tried to figure where he was after falling from such a great height earlier above, "Where on Earth am I?" he grumbled, "I can't see a thing through all these clouds…."

It didn't take long for the clouds to finally disperse, and when they did his heart skipped a beat and he gained the biggest smile he ever had in his life as a vibrant garden appeared before his eyes, "Whoa! A fruit orchard! This must be Lotus Land! I've found it!" he cheered as he dropped the pole he was leaning on as energy filled every fibre of his being, "Hooray! Eternal youth and life here I come! Yippee!" he cheered before letting his long dormant youthful enthusiasm take over him completely as he ran off deeper into the orchard to find the right fruit which would grant him immortality and thus an eternal reign as the dinosaur king! His excited squeals hadn't gone unnoticed by Miku, who had just landed on a branch on a tree behind him as he ran through the grove. Eying him like a bird of prey, she looked her eyes onto him before sighing to herself, knowing she couldn't leave him alone otherwise he'd cause a whole lot of damage. Reluctantly she leapt off the branch and glided after him to keep a close eye on the old man to make sure he didn't bring any harm to himself or the grove.

(Meanwhile)

Cera rushed in as fast as she could after hearing the sounds of roaring and fighting going on in the cave! As she came in closer she stopped and widened her eyes at the immense brutality playing before her, where Chomp was lying down hurt, Ace was fighting hard against a lanzhousaurus in order to protect him as he recovered. On the other side further ahead, a very different battle was playing out where the roles were reversed, though Cera wasn't too sure if that was a good thing. Ahead Tank was fighting fiercely against a carcharodontosaurus and despite their size difference she clearly had the upper hand as she struck her tail at its unprotected stomach multiple times while it was on the ground!

"Oh boy….." Cera gulped as a bead of sweat wrinkled down her cheek, "Why's Tank gotten so crazy all a sudden?" she asked herself taking a step back rather nervously. She knew Tank was aggressive, but not to the point she be so merciless, in fact she was almost beginning to feel sorry for the carcharodontosaurus she was beating up one sidedly as she effortlessly avoiding its attacks and countered where it hurt most! She began to wonder what the enemy dinosaur did to anger her so much, till she widened her eyes in realisation at a possible theory, "Wait….could it be-"

Rex soon shouted out to Zoe which snapped her out of her thoughts before she could think, "We'll hold them Zoe! You go after the cosmos stone!" he said to her seriously, "If we can get it before they do, we can exchange it for our parents!"

"I'm on it!" Zoe responded to him as she ran ahead quietly sneaking past the battling dinosaurs before heading to the opening at the end of the tunnel.

Unfortunately, she hadn't gone unnoticed by Foolscap, who looked down and noticed she was breaking away from the group and heading to the other end of the tunnel, "Now where is she running off to hmm?" he asked himself putting a finger to his chin in thought before smirking sinisterly, "Ah, trying to beat us to the cosmos stone? Well not if I can help it!" he grinned as he followed after her.

Fortunately for Zoe, Foolscap hadn't gone unnoticed by Cera as she narrowed her eyes and rushed ahead after them, "I'd better back her up." she thought to herself as she shadowed the enemy pirate from behind to make sure he didn't try anything funny.

Up ahead Zoe saw the violet cosmos stone sitting gently on a pedestal in the center of a chamber. She reached her hand out for it but before she could grab hold of it, unaware of the danger it'd possess if she did, a snare suddenly shot out from out of nowhere and snatched it out of her reach at the last second! "AH! NO!" she gasped as she looked ahead to see it dangling at the end of Foolscap's line!

"Too bad kid! So close yet so very far! Heh!" he snickered as he waved it mockingly at her before taking off with it!

"Get back here!" Zoe then shouted as she gave chase, but lagged dangerously behind him as Foolscap grinned back at her.

"Hehehehe…." he snickered deviously seeing how easily he outpaced her and was about to make a quick get away with the cosmos stone, if it wasn't for an unexpected last line of D Team defence!

"Hold it right there!" a voice shouted from the tunnel which made him stop in surprise.

"Hmm?"

Standing at the entrance of the tunnel was Cera, with a very enraged expression as she held her arms out stretching from one end of opening to the other, "I'm not gonna let you leave here with that stone!" he yelled threateningly as she hardened her gaze at the fleeing pirate.

Foolscap however grinned in response unable to see how she could back up her words, "Oh yeah? And just how do you plan on stopping me huh?" he snickered mockingly at her, which served as the last straw for Cera as something sapped inside her.

"Simple! Like this!" she responded holding out a card and dinoshot before slashing it furiously, "Dino slash! Blaze tyrannosaurus!" Appearing on the field before her and in front of the fleeing space pirate was Terry in full size as he roared out furiously, causing Foolscap to back away nervously!

"WAAAH!" He screamed sweating bullets as he backed off narrowly avoiding Terry from snapping him, though his troubles were far from over.

"And don't you dare forget about me!" Zoe yelled out from behind much to Foolscap's surprise after having barely recovered from the shock he got from seeing Terry!

"Eh?"

She then took out her card, "Go! Dino slash! Parasaurolophus! Bloom!" Slashing it Paris appeared in full size and bellowed loudly as the 2 of them had him cornered on both sides much to his annoyance as he gritted his teeth in frustration.

"Grrgh!"

"Give it up Foolscap! You're outnumbered and trapped!" Zoe yelled angrily.

"Surrender now while you still have the chance, maybe we'll go easy on you." Cera added in a more calm manner.

Despite being surrounded Foolscap clenched his hand into a fist which shook tensely with anger, he worked hard to get this stone and went through plenty of trouble so he wasn't going to come quietly to anyone, "Grr! I'm not gonna give up this cosmos stone without a fight! Especially not to you!" he retorted looking to both girls one after the other, before smirking sinisterly at Cera, "But you'll get this instead! Acrocanthosaurus!" Placing a card to his head band, an orange acrocanthosaurus appeared on the field and roared out angrily towards Terry who snarled back at it! "And next up! Ampelosaurus!" He grinned turning to Zoe next as he placed the next card on his activator, calling forth a blue sauropod with yellow spines surrounding its body as it bellowed out to Paris who backed away cautiously.

"Tch!" Both girls hardened their expressions seeing they had to get past his dinosaurs first if they were to have even the slightest hope of stopping them.

Seeing how uneasy they were made Foolscap snicker in amusement as he shrugged his shoulders, "Tell you what, since we've already got 2 stones, if you can beat me I MIGHT consider giving this up and make even tell you where your folks are." He said wagging his finger playfully while holding up the violet cosmos stone and waving it teasingly at them.

Zoe gritted her teeth knowing he was teasing them or giving them false hope no doubt, but even so they intended to take it from him by force when this battle is over with, "Don't forget you said that!" she yelled punching her arm forward, "Get in there Paris and make him talk!" She yelled as Paris bellowed and charged ahead.

"Show em who's apex predator Terry!" Cera followed as the tyrannosaurus charged in to join the fight and back Paris up!

Paris meanwhile rushed in and managed to headbutt the ampelosaurus backwards. As it stumbled back and regained its footing, it swiftly turned around and swung its massive tail at her, in response she quickly leapt back and out of the way in time! She tried to headbutt once more, but the sauropod was ready for her this time as it shifted sideways and swung out its back spikes which slammed into her face as she stumbled back! "No Paris!" Zoe cried out seeing the spikes had hit her face hard and knocked her off balance!

"Hehehe…" Foolscap snickered in amusement but as he turned to to his other dinosaur his smile quickly vanished as she saw a different kind of battle taking place, "Huh?"

Terry meanwhile was faring much better against his opponent compared to Paris. The 2 large carnivores chomped at one another's heads but each barely managed to avoid the other's jaws clamping down on them! The acrocanthosaurus was then able to bite down on Terry's neck as he roared out in anger, causing him to shake off his enemy with ease! After that while the acrocanthosaurus was recovering from getting thrown off, Terry rushed in and clamped down from under its throat before smashing it mercilessly into the ground! "Awesome! Great job Terry!" Cera cheered as he held down the enemy dinosaur with little effort as it thrashed and kicked out to no avail!

The scene didn't please Foolscap one bit and seeing Paris use her horn to send a sonic wave to disorient hid ampelosaurus, he knew that was the time to take things up a notch! "Tch! Now seems like a good time for Spectral armour!" Foolscap called out as he added the armour cards to his activator, causing both his dinosaurs to glow brightly as their marks shone! The glaring light forced Terry to release his opponent and back away while Paris who was charging then stopped in her tracks as the light blinded her eyes!

As they both recovered and could see again, their armoured enemies caught the, off guard and counterattacked! The acrocanthosaurus swung out its tail and knocked Terry into a nearby wall while the Ampelosaurus turned sideways and thrusted a shoulder bash into Paris as she fell to the ground hurt!

"Oh no!" Zoe widened her eyes and sweated uneasily seeing they were losing again.

Despite the odds, Cera remained undeterred as it only spurred her to try harder, "Zoe! Let's match them armour with armour!" She quickly yelled to her as she nodded in response.

"Good idea!" she replied as they took out their element boosters.

"Dino-tector on!" They both cried equipping their dinosaurs with armour as they rushed in for round 2!

Armoured up Paris smashed heads with ampelosaurus before swinging out her tail and knocking it to the ground! "That's the way to go Paris! Keep it up!" Zoe cried out punching forward.

Terry managed to bite onto the acrocanthosaurus' tail, but his enemy snapped onto his next and threw him out at the wall! Despite that Terry was able to shift his legs at the cave wall and kick back at it, spinning like a torpedo and catching his foe off guard from behind as it crashed close to where Paris was ramming her head into ampelosaurus' stomach!

"Grr! Persistent bunch aren't you?" Foolscap hissed clenching his fist before scrunching up his hair, "This is why I hate kids, they just don't know when to give up!" He ranted out loud in frustration.

"Guess that makes us slow leaners then." Cera replied.

"That's right and we're never going to stop trying until we stop you for good!" Zoe yelled punching forward which served to push Foolscap into trying harder, something he disliked very much.

"Tch! In that case maybe this should convince you to quit while you're ahead!" he growled picking up a fire move card and activating it, "Burst of flames!" Glowing, the acrocanthosaurus turned around and shot out a stream of flames like a flamethrower towards Paris as she turned around in alarm!

"Paris get out of the way!" Zoe warned worriedly as her dinosaur jumped out in time, thus giving time for ampelosaurus to kick back up onto its feet!

"Now for you!" Foolscap growled seeing Cera next, upon his yell the acrocanthosaurus fired back at Terry as he narrowed his eyes at the incoming fire attack!

"Time to fight fire with fire!" Cera yelled back in defiance as she took out a move card and slashed it, "Volcano burst!" Terry roared glowing red as he gathered fire in his jaws and blasted it out, both fire attacks collided but Burst of flames soon pushed through and soon blanketed Terry in a sea of flames as he roared out in pain! "No Terry!" She then gasped in alarm as he slumped down weakened while steaming from the attack! Clearly she miscalculated her opponent's power levels and should had gone for a stronger move.

"Don't worry Cera! We've got your back!" Zoe then cried out seeing she needed help, "Nature's blessing!" She then slashed the card as Paris began to shroud herself in leaves and tried to send them out to heal Terry"

Foolscap however knew what she was up to and didn't plan to let her get away wi it, "Uh uh uh! Can't have that now can we!?" He grinned adding a water move card next! "Bermuda triangle!" Ampelosaurus bellowed loudly before gathering a giant sphere of red water which poured down on Paris making her bellow out in pain as her move got cancelled and slowly she was suffocating under the immense pressure exerted on her!

"No!" Zoe cried out fearing Paris' wellbeing! "Paris get out of there!" She pleaded but no matter how hard she struggled she couldn't find a way to escape the water trap she was in.

"Ahahahaha! That'll teach you kids to know your place!" Foolscap laughed out loud boastfully as the acrocanthosaurus disregarded Terry and went to join its comrade ampelosaurus in watching Paris suffer.

As the enemy dinosaurs focused on the helpless parasaurolophus, Cera narrowed her eyes furiously in disgust at their enemies ganging up on her friend, that was the last straw in her book, "Big mistake..." She hissed under her breath clenching her fist furiously. As she did so, Terry opened her eyes and he snarled viciously as he slowly got up to his feet.

"Y...You stay away from Paris you creep!" Zoe cried out shaking with fear as Foolscap gave her a sinister smirk.

"Why don't you come and make me?" He snickered as his dinosaurs prepared to unleash the final blow! The acrocanthosaurus glowed red and attempted to fire burst of flames at Paris while she was still struggling to keep her head above the water while ampelosaurus continued to put the water pressure on her! "Maybe now you'll see not to mess with us and our plans." He grinned.

"Wrong! All you did was make us all the more determined to take you down!" Cera yelled from behind catching him by surprise.

"Hmm? Come again?" He asked turing to her before gasping to see Terry had gotten back up on his feet again as he roared out in anger!

"You let your guard down and now you'll pay the price!" Cera yelled furiously as she activated the move that was perfect for this scenario, "Blazing spin attack!" Terry roared and rushed forward with fire gathered in his mouth. His roar made the acrocanthosaurus turn around only to get blasted in the face by Terry's flames! Roaring in pain it stumbled back only for Terry to bite down on its neck and swing it around before throwing it into ampelosaurus as they both were sent crashing away across the cave floor!

"Wh…What the!?" Foolscap exclaimed in shock as he pulled on his hair in a panic!

"Alright!" Zoe cheered clapping her hands with hope as the water engulfing Paris vanished now that ampelosaurus was no longer controlling it. After that Terry walked over and helped her up to her feet as Cera regrouped next to Zoe who let out a sigh of relief, "Phew, thanks Cera." She said gratefully to her smiling friend.

"Don't mention it Zoe, that's what friends are for."

"Mhmm." Zoe nodded before they both turned seriously to both enemy dinosaurs who were struggling to get back up.

"Now to finish this!" Zoe said as she took out a move card, "Ultimate leaf!"

"Ultimate fire!" Cera followed up as Paris and Terry both charged up with grass and fire energy before rushing in, smashing into ampelosaurus and acrocanthosaurus respectively and sending them crashing across the floor before returning to cards defeated!

"Ahahaha!"

"We won!" They cheered happily as their dinosaurs roared in triumph!

Fooslcop though didnt share in their celebration as he fluttered over tk the cards and picked them both up, "Grrr!" He growled furiously which made them look up to him, "One of these days I'm gonna get you for this you meddling twerps!" He then swore.

"Alright Foolscap the jig is up!" Zoe then yelled seriously before pointing at him, "Cough up the stone right now!" As she said so Cera shot a glare at him while Paris and Terry both snarled.

Despite the threat he was facing Foolscap soon shrugged his shoulders and began to snicker, "Hehehe, did you actually think I'd give up the stone so easily?" He grinned before sticking his tongue out at them at them, "I only said I might, but I'm not going to! Sorry but it's your loss and not mine! Hahahaha!" He then laughed as he took off for the exit behind him much to Zoe and Cera's frustration!

"Hey! Get back here!" Zoe yelled as she ran after the fleeing pirate.

"Why you dirty liar!" Cera yelled swearing she wouldn't let him get away with it, "You're not getting off that easy!" As they both chased after him Terry and Paris both roared out enraged too before joining the hunt.

As he looked back Fooslcap sweated anxiously realising he may have bitten off more than he could chew as the 2 angered girls and their even more enraged dinos looked like they would crush him without hesitation! "Tch!" He was actually planning on giving up the stone to save his own skin, when he looked ahead and brightened up to see help had arrived for him!

"What's the holdup Foolscap?" Sheer grumbled impatiently as she showed up with Gavro at the end of the tunnel.

"Sheer! Gavro! I've got it!" He cried out gasping in relief as he held up the stone to them.

Seeing it made Sheer smirk pleased, "Excellent." She nodded while Gavro frowned in disappointment.

"Aww I wanted to get it…." He pouted while twiddling his fingers.

"Heh, too bad too sad, better luck next time." Foolscap snickered while wagging his finger. Hearing a loud roar behind him made him sweat as he realized now wasn't the time to gloat, "Now quick, we've gotta make sure they don't follow us or else they'll ruin everything!" He then cried sweating in a panic as the girls and their dinosaurs soon began to charge in after them!

"I know what to do!" Gavro then spoke up suddenly punching his fist inot the palm of his hand as an idea clicked in his smaller than average brain, "HA!" Hovering to the side he swung out a right hook which sent a shockwave through the wall and then causing the ceiling to collapse down which made Zoe and the others stop in their tracks knowing they couldn't get any nearer!

"Ah!"

"Oh no!" They gasped in shock while Paris and Terry bakded away seeing it could be very unsafe.

"Wow, you actually thought of something smart for once." Foolscap commented impressed and surprised as Gavro smirked and folded his arms proudly.

"About time, now let's get out of here." Sheer muttered as she took off down the tunnel with the other 2 pirates tailing after her.

At the other side, the rick fall soon settled and before the D Team was a tunnel entrance blocked off by several large boulders and rocks with no way of getting through much to their disappointment. "They've sealed off the entrance…." Cera said narrowing her eyes while Zoe fell to her knees .

"No...No! I wont let it end like this!" She cried out loud almost tearing up at coming so close and doing her best yet to come up woth nothing once more. Desperate she looked to her partner for help, "Paris! See if you can clear those rocks! Maybe we can still catch up with them!" She cried as the parasaurolophus rushed over to try and push some of the rocks away, digging at them with her front forelimbs. Not wanting to stand around doing nothing, Terry stomped ahead and tried to push at some of the larger one with his head.

Despite their best efforts Cera could see they wouldn't make it in time as she sighed with reluctance as she put a hand on Zoe's shoulder, "It's no use, by the time we clear this debris they'd be long gone….." She said painfully.

Zoe gritted her teeth angrily but soon calmed herself down with a breath seeing she was right and getting fussed up over what they couldn't do wouldn't help them, as she let out a deep sigh, "Rats….." Taking a moment to breath and Cera patting on her back, she then calmly opened her eyes back to Cera, "Let's just….meet back with the others…." She said seeing that regrouping with the gang was the best thing they could do for the time being.

"Yeah, I suppose it's all we can do now…." Cera nodded back in agreement as they returned their dinosaurs to their cards and backtracked to where Max and Rex were.

As they came back they saw Chomp had struck down lanzhousaurus with ultimate thunder while Tank was able to beat carcharodontosaurus with ultimate earth! As the 2 enemy dinosaurs returned to their cards, Cera then smiled feeling rathe happy for them as they were recalled back to their owners, "Well at least things worked out on their end here." she said to herself seeing it wasn't a total loss at least now they live to fight another day.

As Rex leaned over to pick up lanzhousaurus while Max went to get the carcharodontosaurus, "Max! Rex!" Zoe called out to them as she and Cera came up to the 2 boys who looked to them both, "Bad news…." she said rather guiltily before forcing out the next half of her sentence, "The space pirates snatched the cosmos stone." the words she uttered were like sharp daggers to her heart.

"AH!?" Max and Rex both gasped in alarm as Cera lowered her head and clenched her fist, feeling raw at how close too they were only to be swindled out of it too.

"They pulled a dirty trick on us right when we hand them too…." she clicked her tongue looking away, feeling ashamed of herself and unable to look at her friends when they were counting on them, "Just thinking about it really boils me up inside….." she then gritted her teeth after coming so far to end up with nothing.

"Then they're long gone now…." Rex then sighed feeling rather down and disappointed at their 3rd loss in a row for a cosmos stone.

"We're sorry…." Zoe apologised lowering her head sadly while Cera went to pat her back encouragingly, though it didn't seem to help either of them that much.

What Max said soon surprised them both, "It's okay." he said as they looked up at him, "It's not your fault, you did great." he said smiling rather laxly while folding his arms behind his head, "We'll catch up with them again, as long as we stay positive and balance we'll all be okay." he then added looking to all his friends hoping to lift their spirits and not let this defeat set them back.

Thinking over what he said, Cera soon smiled seeing he had indeed matured from his usual self, for despite having lost 3 stones he was still strong spirited and was seeing it from a calmer point of view. "Well said Max…." she complimented him seeing that he still held onto hope and that was most important of all.

While Rex took a little more time to think over his words, Zoe soon smiled lightly in agreement with him, "You're right…." she said deciding to hold onto hope and not give up.

"Very good little monkey king." a calm and kind voice said behind the D Team which made them look. As they did they saw a smiling Sanzo Hoshi come in to greet them, "You're not letting defeat anger you or frustrate you. You're choosing to stay balanced and calm. I've taught you all well." he said feeling proud at their growth and new outlook on things.

"I guess you did Sanzo." Zoe replied to him while blushing slightly feeling touched as well by his wise words.

Cera too couldn't help but smile hearing Sanzo's words of wisdom, but at the same time he also came to accept the truth that not everything can be resolved peacefully and that fighting may be unavoidable at times, though in such cases it would mean that there are things worth fighting for too. At that point she recalled Sanzo calling Max the monkey king, and after thinking back on the old story book she had came across in Zoe's room one time, she began to piece things together seeing it was her friends who inspired the story which then passed onto the present day. Picturing each of them as the animal characters in the story made her snicker to herself in amusement.

"Hey what's so funny all a sudden?" Max then asked her rather suspiciously having overheard her, which made her stutter a bit realising she was actually thinking out loud.

"Oh! It's….ummm…." she sweat dropped nervously and scratched the back of her head nervously, wondering how she could excuse or explain herself to them. She was just about to confess, the she widened her eyes and realised she had forgotten something incredibly important, "Ack! I just remembered! I have to get Miku back!" she gasped which then shocked the rest of her friends as they realised they forgot too!

"AH!"

"Uh oh….." Max and Zoe mouthed out uneasily.

"It's been a while since we last saw her." said Rex tensing up slightly before looking to Max and Zoe, "You don't think…."

Not wanting to finish Rex's sentence she decided to go on ahead, "Sorry guys, but I'll have to go now. I have to find her quick before anything happened to her." she said as she began to run outside to the cave entrance hoping to find her partner before it was too late. Before she reached it, she stopped and looked back at Sanzo Hoshi, "And Sanzo, thank you for everything…." she said as she bowed with respect.

"You are….most welcome…." he replied rather confused of what was going on, before smiling back and bowing too, "And thank you as well, for your courage and wisdom too." he said with both respect and gratitude to the one who helped open his eyes.

"Mhmm." Cera smiled and nodded back at him before making her way out of the cave to find her partner, leaving the D Team to care for Sanzo and hopefully bring him back home too.

Blinking their eyes curiosuly, they all then looked back at the wise old monk with interest, "What was that about Sanzo?" Zoe asked him as he smiled back at her.

"Oh I was merely paying my respects to a very wise girl." he answered her before looking ahead to see Cera disappear at the end of the tunnel, "One who has helped me realised how inexperienced I am about the world and how there is much more I need to learn too. Something I have been made painfully aware of….but am no less than grateful." he concluded.

"I see….." said Rex before smiling happy for him.

"That's a great way to look at things." said Max while Zoe nodded, seeing that no one would ever be too old to learn new things, but for Cera to teach him of all people something was really amazing too.

"Wait so…." a voice spoke out behind them which made them turn around, there standing before them shaking nervously and pointing at him was Ursula, Zander and Ed who were stunned and shocked to see the legendary monk himself, whom they heard about in books and impersonated this whole time was now standing before them, "You're the….real Sanzo Hoshi?" Ursula croaked weakly.

"The travelling monk who everyone makes a huge deal of!?" Zander gulped while Ed just shivered speechlessly at how much trouble they were in for taking advantage of his identity.

Sanzo blinked his eyes in surprise, "Why yes….yes I am fellow travellers." he said back to them.

It was then that Max recalled the trouble they caused to villagers all around China because of them trying to impersonate Sanzo as he widened his eyes and pointed at them, "Hey! I just remembered! You guys pretended to be Sanzo and his followers so you could trick everyone and get them to give you royal treatment!" he yelled angrily at them.

Rex and Zoe soon realised it too as they both shot angry glares at the 3 stooges, "That's right! You guys should be ashamed at yourselves!" They said to them which made them flail their arms out frantically as they screamed their heads off!

"WAAAAH!"

Sanzo then blinked his eyes, "Oh? Are these the imposters who tried to misuse my good name for their own selfish purposes?" he asked looking at the D Team then back at the Alpha gang, narrowing his eyes into a crossed expression.

Seeing they were caught red handed in the act, Zander and Ed looked away whistling innocently while Ursula twiddled her fingers rather insecurely while smiling most nervously, "W…Well…err…you see…." she choked unsure of what proper response to use, if there was one.

The D Team weren't about to let them off so easily this time, "You guys caused a lot of trouble for so many people you know that!?" Max then yelled as he threw his arm out in frustration.

"Yeah! What were you thinking!?" Rex growled shaking a fist at them in anger.

"Oh wait that's right, you weren't at all!" Zoe concluded at the end hardening her gaze into a scowl as she leaned in folding her arms on her hips crossly!

"Gaah!" They cried turning pale at having their crimes being blurted out to them, which then made them all lower their heads in shame.

Sanzo then clapped his hands which made everyone present look to him, "Now now children, there is no need for fighting, remember it won't solve anything." he said to them calmly while also being firm too. As they thought about it they then sighed seeing he had a point as they cooled themselves down, seeing getting angry with them now wouldn't solve anything at this point.

"Yeah…you're right Sanzo."

"I guess…." They said to him as they calmed down, much to the relief of the Alpha gang who then let out a deep sigh of relief while also grinning with glee that they got out of it scot free.

"Phew…."

"Heheh I didn't think they'd take it so easily."

"Lucky us." Unfortunately they didn't count on Sanzo himself stepping in to discipline them as he wasn't about to overlook their misdeeds.

"As for you lot." he said which surprised them.

"Huh?"

He shook his head with disapproval, "I can see you are all deeply misguided in your actions, therefore I shall be kind enough to open your eyes and bring you all to enlightenment." he said as he clapped his hands together preparing for what may be his biggest and most powerful chant of all.

The Alpha gang widened their eyes and tuned pale as ghosts fearing what kind of mystical mojo he'd be casting upon them, "Wha!?"

"Oh?" The D Team couldn't help but look on with interest to see what would happen next.

"Now I shall call forth the powers of harmony to bring you all to balance, may you completely renounce your crooked ways forever and walk upon a new and righteous path." said Sanzo with clarity and determination as he began to chant.

The Alpha gang then screamed out loud seeing what he was about to do, "WAAAH!" instantly they knelt down before him, prostrating themselves as they pleaded for mercy.

"No! No! Please! Anything but that!"

"We've learnt the error of our ways we swear!"

"So please don't cast your mystical mojo on us! We beg of you!" They cried out loud as Sanzo stopped and blinked his eyes surprised at how easily and quickly they already repented, even he was surprised at how powerful his incantations may actually be.

"Well what do you know, it actually did work." Zoe whistled impressed.

"Yeah, maybe we should do this more often with them, it should get them to behave better too." Rex smirked in amusement.

"We're really sorry great monk!" Ursula then cried while bawling her eyes out, "We only did it because we wanted to find the legendary Lotos Land and the magical fruit that grows in it!" She cried as Zander and Ed both hugged one anther and tears spewed out of their eyes like a fountain.

Sanzo blinked his eyes seeing they were a rather strange lot indeed, "I see….." he then picked himself up and eyed seriously at them, "Well it would do me no good to hold a grudge against mere troublemakers like yourselves, so I shall forgive you, so be grateful for that." he said to them as their eyes brightened up with gratitude.

"Oh thank you very much!"

"We are forever in your debt!"

"Though for adults to fall for the childish legend of Lotos Land? Oh how I feel for this lot to have been misguided by an old myth…." Sanzo meanwhile thought to himself shaking his head feeling pity for them at being so gullible, maybe even more than he had been.

"Wow they really are buying this…." Max thought to himself before covering his mouth, failing to suppress his laughter which was hinted by snickering and a grin, "Wish I had my camera so I could record this too, it'd be priceless hehe…." he thought to himself before turning back to Sanzo seeing there was one last task they had to do before they chase after their enemies, "Well Sanzo, I think it's time we helped you climb back down the mountain and bring you back to your disciples." he said offering a hand to the old monk.

"I really am touched by your kindness children." he said to them politely, "But really, there is no need for you to go through so much trouble for me, when you all have your own journey to accomplish." he then said.

Rex however shook his head in response, "Hey we've come this far, we might as well see it through." he said.

"Plus you've helped us quite a lot and we've really enjoyed our time together, so it's the least we can do for you." said Zoe to him which made him gasp in surprise at how selfless they were too.

"Thank you….I shall ever forget this act of kindness nor would I be able to repay it." he then said to them with sincerity as he bowed.

"And you'll never need to." Rex replied to him with a genuine smile as they lead him out of the cave to the entrance. Before leaving, they turned to loopback at the trio who jumped in surprise at his hard look at them, "Meantime you guys should go look for Dr Z." Rex suggested to them before they headed for the mountain path outside the cave to the village.

It was then the A Team widened their eyes in shock that they were so focused on Lotos Land they forgot all about their boss, "Hey that's right!"

"Yeah how could we forget!? That space pirate nabbed him and now he's gone!" Ursula and Zander both exclaimed in disbelief.

"We'd better go find him before he gets in big trouble!" Ed suggested as they headed for the entrance too.

(Meanwhile)

Back in Lotos land, Dr Z was climbing over a precariously perched branch which lead down into the vast sea of clouds below, greed having overcome his sense of caution as he reached out his arm for the biggest fruit he could see in the entire orchard, "That's the one I want!" he grunted as he stretched his hand out, gritting his teeth seeing it was so close yet still far out of his reach which frustrated him deeply, "It's twice the size of all the others! Therefore it'll make me twice as young!" he screamed with determination, unwilling to let this once in a lifetime chance slip away from him!

Just as he was about to take hold of it, his wiggling of the branch unfortunately caused the magic fruit to snap off its' branch and then fall down to the abyss below! "AH! No! No! No!" he cried in horror as the fruit sank into the clouds below, "Come back to me fruit of eternal life! Come back!" he begged as he leaned down over the branch and tried reaching out in vain for it. Unfortunately his continued thrashing put such a strain on the branch it caused it to snap and soon he was plummeting into the clouds below! "AAAAAHHH!" He screamed as he soon disappeared underneath the white blanket of clouds, just as Miku had glided down from her perch and landed at the unbroken end of the branch.

Looking over and down, she sighed shaking her head knowing she could;t just leave him to his fate like that. Stretching out her arms and wings she leapt off the branch and took a nose dive into the clouds after Dr Z. Along the way she lost sight of the doctor through the clouds, till she noticed a silhouette in the distance which she dived at.

Down below the Alpha gang had just made it out of the caves glad they could finally put their futile search for the sacred fruit behind them at last, finally realising it wasn't worth all the trouble they went through, "You know what? Forget Lotus Land." Ursula said out loud in a lax manner as she folded her arms behind her head, "Let's find the doc." she then said deciding on what was most important now.

"Okay, but how are we going to find him?" Ed then asked feeling rather concerned.

"Yeah it's not like he's just going to fall out of the sky." Zander added in agreement.

A familiar scream soon caught their attention as they looked up to where it was, "AAAAAH!" Dr Z soon fell out of the sky as Zander had predicted, falling hard on his butt with his eyes spinning wildly out of control after having tumbled all over in his fall from the sky! The alpha gang couldn't help but stare rather blankly at Zander's prediction coming true right on the spot.

"But then again.…"

"You said it then it happened!" Ed gasped in amazement clutching his face, "What are you? Some kind of magic monk?"

"I've had enough of monks and China for one day." Ursula sighed as she rubbed her temple before reaching in for her alpha scanner, "Come on, let's call the ship and go home for a nice hot shower."

Zander then nodded without hesitation, "I agree."

"Me three!" Ed cheered holding his hand out, smiling excitedly as Ursula began to key in a call to the Backlander, with but a phone call away they could finally be out of the hot sun and put this entire mess behind them for good….Or so they thought…..

"Hmm? That's odd? I'm not getting a response." Ursula raised in eyebrow in suspicion as she saw only static light up on her scanner's screen.

"Huh?" Both Zander and Ed blinked their eyes in surprise at her words.

Ursula then scowled rather hard as she pounded a fist on it a bit hoping for a response, but still nothing. "Hey Jonathan? You there? Pick up will you!?" she yelled into it as she tried holding it up to the sky for a better reception and even shook it hard hoping something would happen.

While she did and the 2 men watched her, they didn't notice Miku had glided right over their heads with a certain red fruit in her jaws.

(Meanwhile)

Further down the mountain path, Cera cried out at the top of her lungs for her partner whom she feared the worst had happened, "Miku!" she screamed as she shouted over the edge of the path where she last saw the young microraptor disappear at. It was then dark thoughts of fear and anxiety began to flood her mind as she fell to her knees in despair, "Oh my gosh, what if she crash landed somewhere and broke her wing or something!?" she then cried out in horror as her heart began to race and she grasped her head tightly in her hands, her breathing becoming more deep and erratic as she began to blame herself for whatever state her partner and irreplaceable friend would be in, if only she had been able to recall her back if she had the chance. "I'd never be able to forgive myself if anything happened to her…." She hissed to herself feeling guilty.

She would've remained trapped in a prison of doubt and regret, before recalling Sanzo's words back in the cave earlier. Which made her open her eyes in realisation, that giving into despair or being frustrated wouldn't accomplish anything, but to remain hopeful, calm and always in balance as she took in a deep breath and flushed away all her negative thoughts and opened her eyes with newfound clarity, "No no, stay calm and positive….it's like Sanzo said….there's a chance she can also still be alive and well too." she said to herslef smiling lightly, "Like Max and the others said, if Miku's anything like me, she's a strong dinosaur of heart and spirit despite her size. I'm sure she's fine." she told herself firmly before reaching for her dinoshot at her pocket, "But to make sure, I'd better check." she thought seriously, making sure she didn't get her hopes too up at the same time, for she knew only by accepting both the good and bad outcomes would she be properly balanced.

As she dialled on her device, she narrowed her eyes and sweated rather tensely as she came close to the moment of truth, with one final button to lock on to her dinosaur's position. She closed her eyes tensely and breathed out one last prayer for good measure, mustering all her strength and hope, "Come on Miku…..please…." she said before pressing the button. As she did, her dinoshot's screen displayed a kind of radar on the map, and to her delight a signal lit up which was a sign Miku was indeed alive and well! "Yes!" she cheered with a smile glimmering with hope as well as relief that Sanzo really was right, that thinking more positively can actually bring good results later on.

Taking a closer look at it, she then blinked her eyes in surprise to see the signal was actually coming at her, "Hmm? Is she…coming closer?" she asked herself curiously.

SCREECH!

"Ah!" a shriek from up above caught her attention as she looked up in the direction it came from. As she did she widened her eyes to see a white microraptor shoot out form the clouds and dive straight at her like a torpedo! "Miku!" she gasped in joy and amazement, to see her descend like an angel from the heavens was like a miracle to her, as she pulled up and raised out her wings, which slowed her descent as she landed on Cera's arm. As soon as she did she then hugged her dinosaur closely to her chest, "Oh Miku you had me so worried!" she sad to her with concern and deep worry like a mother with her lost child, before glaring down at her rather angrily, "Don't ever worry me like that again!" As she yelled, her partner lowered her head feeling rather shameful, as she covered up her face with her wing unable to look her partner in the eye. Seeing she may have gone a little overboard and realising it wasn't her fault for getting separated, as she stroked her on the head gently, "It's alright I forgive you," she said to her warmly making her partner look up to her, "I'm just so glad you're safe…." she said to her as she nuzzled her chin, making her dinosaur coo in content.

It was then she noticed something was actually in her mouth which caught her attention. "Hey, what's that you got there?" she asked as Miku then dropped the strange red fruit into her palm. She then held it up to her face and she eyed it all round curiously, "Never seen this kind of fruit before…." she said as she surveyed every bit of it and she couldn't recognise it at all. Best she could deduce was that it was a rare kind of fruit found only here in China and it probably went extinct before the modern age. "Wonder what it tastes like." She then thought as she licked her lips feeling somewhat thirsty. She opened her mouth and was about to take a big bite out of it, when a grumbling sound was heard next to her.

Grumble….

"Hmm?" Looking to her shoulder she saw Miku was clutching her stomach which was churning and gurgling, hinting she was quite famished herself. As she looked at the fruit in Cera's hand and focused on it intently, Cera looked at it and then back to Miku before smiling kindly and giving it to her, "Here, you take it." she said as she put it into Miku's claws. Her dino was a little hesitant in eating it by herself so she wanted to hand it back to her, to which Cera shook her head and waved her hand at her, "It's fine, you can have it all, you need it more than me." she said insistingly in a generous manner. That enough was confirmation for Miku she could ave it all to herself, as she opened her jaws and sunk in her teeth into the juicy flesh of the fruit! Munching on it ravenously, Cera was rather surprised at her eating so hungrily as she attacked the fruit like it was a piece of meat for the taking and within seconds the entire thing was gone!

Miku licked her lips and cooed deeply in content and Cera couldn't help but whistle impressed at how quickly she made short work of it. Before she could say something, Miku's cheeks suddenly puffed up as she began coughing rather violently!

Cough! Cough!

"H…Hey, you okay Miku!?" Cera gasped feeling worried she may have gotten something stuck in her throat or worse swallowed something toxic to her! Patting her partner lightly on the back, Miku barfed out a couple of unusual looking seeds from her throat which then fell gently to the ground. After that she wheezed slightly before breathing normally once more, as Cera stroked her back gently. "Here, rest in the card for now, you've had a long day to day and you deserve it." She said to her before pressing the button on her dinoshot and returning her to card form where she could rest easy.

After putting it back in, she then looked down at the seeds Miku had spat out earlier, "Wow….That must have been some fruit for you to wolf it all down like that…." she mused as she then leaned down to pick up the seeds on the ground, "If it's that good maybe I should plant these back on the ship." she said with a smile before seeing more in them than being just food, "That way, when they grow, we'll be able to remember this whole journey, the good, the bad and how lucky we were to have been part of it every time we see it. I'm sure Dr Ancient would love it too." she thought to herself as the perfect souvenir for this adventure of theirs in China.

Looking up ahead she then noticed the Alpha trio were gathered around a dazed Dr Z, "Looks like the Alpha gang found Dr Z, good for them, that ought to make things easer for us." she said as she began dialling on it, "Now to call Max and the gang and once we regroup we can leave this place and go after the space pirates." she said as she hardened her gaze seriously, "After what they did, trouncing on Sanzo's ideals like that, they're not going to get away with it." she vowed as she began to contact the D Team to rendezvous with up on the rocky plateau, before heading up there herself to make sure the Alpha gang didn't run off again so they'd have to waste precious time tracking them down.

(Later)

It was late afternoon and Cera was awaiting on top a high rocky ledge at the mountain with the Alpha gang nearby who were tending to a still dazed and dizzy Dr Z in the background, trying to snap him out of his fuzz or keep him cool from the sun that was still beaming down brightly on them. Cera meanwhile paced back and forth rather restlessly, hoping the group would come soon and she worried they got lost or something happened to them. She then heard footsteps and smiled seeing the gang come into view as she smiled and waved her arm out to them, "Hey guys, glad you could make it." she said as they joined her at the edge of the cliff.

"Of course, after you told us you found Miku and Dr Z, there was no way we'd miss out on this." said Max to her in response.

She smiled before asking him, "I assume Sanzo's safely back home now?"

Zoe nodded, "He sure is." she said.

"That's good to know, he's a good man and everyone would really learn a great deal from him." Cera replied in approval as her friends nodded in agreement with her.

"Mhmm."

"I agree." said Zoe and Rex, the rest of them determined to carry on his words and wishes and having very intention of passing them on to their own generation when they do go home in the end.

Max's smile soon vanished however as he folded his arms in thought, "Though something still bugs me."

The rest of his friends looked at him, "What's that?" Zoe asked him.

"I didn't manage to ask him how he got that boulder to move out of the way. It was really cool too." he huffed in disappointment as Zoe went to join him sitting down at the edge.

"Yeah, it's too bad we may never know all his secrets." she sighed feeling just as disappointed as he was, he had so much words of wisdom to offer and they lost their chance to hear it from him too.

"I could tell you how though." Ed then spoke up as he broke away from the Alpha gang and walked right up to where the D Team were gathered.

"Hmm?"

It was then he began to explain all the events that had transpired when they came to this mountain in search of both Dr Z, Gavro and Lotos Land. How they had Tank tunnel into it from the bottom and believing that her digging had caused vibrations which loosened the boulder, before finally moving it after she rampaged in the caves.

"So you're saying it was Tank who made that big rock move.…" Max mused.

"Yeah she tunnelled in behind it!" Ed then answered him.

"I guess you can't move mountains by chanting and asking for harmony and all of that." Zoe replied seeing all to be a big coincidence or by sheer dumb luck in the end. Maybe Sanzo was wrong, or so she thought as Rex decided to speak up.

"I don't know. I wouldn't be so sure." he said as everyone looked to him curiously.

"How so?" Cera asked him curiously.

Rex then looked to her, "Sanzo set out to move the rock by chanting and in the end the rock moved." he said, "It's like he knew somehow it would happen if he stayed positive and kept believing. So maybe it was Sanzo who made it move." he then added with a smile which everyone soon followed.

"Yeah, maybe." Zoe nodded.

After that Cera smiled as she looked up seeing the bright blue sky and the sun shining down from it, as she began to think carefully about what the wise monk told them before they parted ways, "Well if you keep believing in the good things that can happen and not get trapped in the bad then I guess you're more likely to reach the end and finish the race no matter how hard the journey to get there is." she said feeling easy as she folded her arms behind her head in a more lax manner, now deciding to take things one step at a time, not to rush or worry about what would happen later but to continue believing in hope to the end no matter how dark things get.

"So, let's be just like Sanzo and believe we that can find the space pirates and save our parents!" Max then said with determination and hope, his resolve only hardened with each defeat spurring him to try that much harder next time as long as there was one.

"Uh huh!" everyone else responded in agreement with him too, determined not to let defeat rattle nor discourage them, but to use it as a springboard to move forward, and that was just what they were going to do.

The moment though was soon cut short as Ursula looked up from Dr Z and asked them a question which changed everything, "Hey, when was the last time you guys were able to get in touch with the ship?"

"Huh?"

Cera then brought a finger to her chin in thought as she did recall having contacted the ship a while ago, "Well I did manage to contact Jonathan a couple of hours back but since then not a peep from him or the Backlander. Why?" she then asked feeling a little uneasy.

"We've been trying for a while now but we're not getting an answer." said Zander feeling rather worried.

"It's almost like the ship isn't there." Ursula added on top of that, which brought up rather tense and uneasy feelings amongst the others.

"Uh oh…." Max muttered uneasily as Cera looked to them all with a serious look.

"We'd better call now." She said as they reached for their devices.

"It's Rex here! Can you here me!? Please come in!"

"Jonathan!"

"Hello? Come in?"

"Can you read us!?" Each of them called on their communicators but were met with silence and no response which made them more and more uneasy and worried.

"I'm just getting a bunch of static!" Max cried out, "Oh no! What if we're stuck here!?" he then gasped that not only would they be unable to save their parents but they were now practically stranded with no way of getting back home to their own times now!

"That will be very bad….." Cera gulped hard as a drop of sweat dripped from her cheek seeing their difficult quest has grown even more difficult…..

And thus concludes the China arc, stay tuned for the Japan arc to come. Did Cera's Chinese relic surprise you? I know micro raptors are carnivores but let's just say Miku was really hungry and thirsty so she'd settle for anything juicy she could sink her teeth into. Would this mean Miku now is blessed with eternal youth and life? Or is it a curse? Will leave it to your imagination. Also wanted Foolscap and Zoe to have a fight since they weren't involved much here in the anime and used it as a chance for Terry to fight too.

In response to reviews:-

Drew Luczynski

-True but on the bright side those messes means she has something else to do besides trail after the D Team all the time. Well even though Terry couldn't fight mapusaurus, hope the battle with acrocanthosaurus here, another fire dinosaur, was satisfying. By crucible age, if you mean the romans then yeah it was very savage indeed.

Anonymous

-I mean the ancient china arc and what happens after it.

-I couldn't see it that time but I did get a clearer look in the final episode.

Guest

-No Miku wont have an ultimate move, even if she didn't she wont be able to unleash it being so small. More dinosaurs will come in season 3.

-Not sure about new devices but I do hope for awakened forms.