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!

43. Bad deal

Chapter 43

Bad deal

A long while had passed since Cera had returned to the Backlander, after her narrow escape from the Space Pirate ship which she informed Jonathan about and to which he was deeply impressed by, not just by her achievement but also the fact she was able to get back relatively unharmed, a feat which exceeded every expectation he had of her. She told him not to inform any of her friends yet, for she wanted to keep it a surprise and make sure they stayed focus on their current mission, to which he agreed to, as she soon left to undertake another project of hers.

Now she was hard at work in one of the lab rooms, having acquired some samples of spare scrap metal she worked tirelessly, after scanning the shape and size of the cosmos stones she had begun to carve out replicas of them using parts the alpha droids were able to gather for her, which she then melded together into a perfect ball shape and then spray paint them till their colors, shape and size were as close to the originals as they could be down to the smallest dimension.

Not long after she finished she soon got word about the D Team and Alpha gang having just arrived back on board the Backlander, she decided to head over and fill them all in on everything that happened on her side as well as hear about their adventure in France. Along the way to the cosmos stone storage room, she soon came upon a rather unusually sight, "Hmm?" she noticed the Alpha trio, Ursula limping out with her back hunched while drooping her arms heavily forward, with Zander and Ed walking alongside her as they passed by Cera without acknowledging her presence much to her surprise.

"Urgh….why did Dr Z have to do that to us?" Ursula moaned as she looked up and her eyes were rather heavy with tears of pain, "We were just complimenting how warm and cuddly he truly is underneath that hard and wrinkly exterior of his and this is the thanks we get? Talk about ungrateful." she then sniffled feeling rather devastated on the inside.

"I think it's something everyone calls tough love Ursula." said Zander looking to her.

"Well he didn't have to be so tough….." Ursula pouted after that before feeling a sharp sting cross her backside, "Oww my back…." she cringed as she rubbed her throbbing with her arm.

Ed then gave her a small smile, "You the more you complain like that over a bad back, the more I'm starting to get why those kids kept calling you-" he quickly clammed up and turned pale as Ursula shot him a demonic glare, complete with red eyes and a nasty dark purple aura, looking ready to consume his soul!

"Don't you dare….." she hissed menacingly as Ed quickly gulped down hard and stated profusely.

"Uh huh…." he nodded swallowing hard before they continued on to the upper deck where Jonathan was.

A they passed by her Cera couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and fold her arm on her hip in question, "Wonder what happened to them?" she mused, feeling it was no doubt involved doing something stupid as usual, must have messed up or something and then got punished by Dr Z as per usual. Hearing footsteps ahead, she turned and smiled seeing her friends the D Team had just came upon the same hallway and were heading for the upper deck too, only to find Cera in their way as she waved to them, "Hey guys!" she greeted welcoming them back as they smiled brightly too.

"Ah Cera!"

"You're here!" Zoe and Rex called out back to her as they ran up to where she was.

"We were looking for you just now," said Max rather excitedly, "We've got great news, we just know you'll love to here it!" he added with a grin.

"Oh? Do tell…..I'm interested to know." she mused as her fiends looked to one another and chuckled or smiled before deciding to give her the great news, as well as important info as well.

"Heh, you won't believe what we just went through earlier." said Rex.

"Yeah it was quite an adventure." Zoe nodded before clapping her hands together, "And we got the green cosmos stone too! So it's a huge score for our side!"

She soon widened her eyes in amazement, "Whoa! You guys got the green stone!?" she explained in shock. Cera expected to hear great and interesting things, but admittedly that wasn't one of them, as she leaned in closer to them wanting to hear the while story, "How'd you do it!? What happened!? You've got to tell me everything!" she pleaded taking them back by surprise.

"Hey! Hey! Slow down Cera!" Max waved his hands out feeling his space was being violated.

"Yeah we only just got back so calm down." said Rex trying to calm her down before folding his arms on his hips, "You should've come with us you know, it's way more fun and action packed than staying up here all cooped up in the Backlander."

Cera then stepped back realising he did have a point there, "I get what you mean…." she admitted scratching her cheek before looking to them seriously, "But I did manage to come up with a new strategy in mind which could come in really handy later for us, not to mention I managed to make some really big breakthroughs too."

"Okay fair enough…." Rex replied shrugging his shoulders, "Glad you were able to keep yourself busy and come up with something good."

"In fact, any little tidbit you come up with that can give us an edge or help us understand the cosmos stones or our situation always helps." said Zoe feeling interested to hear what she had to say too.

"In that case let's trade secrets." Cera then suggested, "You share what took place on your end then I'll spill the beans on what happened on mine."

Max then grinned deciding to accept this deal of hers, "Heh, better get some popcorn Cera, cos it's a pretty long story." he added folding his arms with confidence.

Cera then smiled back at him, "I'm all ears, please tell me everything and leave nothing out."

Her friends soon began to bring up their entire French adventure from start to finish. How it started out with the space pirates and the french government going after various monuments and structures, tearing them down even and ruining the livelihoods of the people there all in order to find the next cosmos stone. Ransacking properties and persecuting the lives innocents, starting with an orphanage then to a noble's household, nearly destroying his precious heirloom. While the orphans didn't get along with the D Team at first, blaming them for the destruction of their home, things eventually got off to a much better start when the D Team taught them about working together and eventually managing to give them a new place as the King's guard. What was even more surprising was that the Alpha gang helped play a huge role in acquiring the green cosmos stone, and not just that, they were even orphans taken in by Dr Z much to Cera's surprise as well and without them they'd never have been able to defeat the space pirates' newly upgraded armoured dinosaurs.

"Wow…..I have to say that was quite the adventure." she whistled feeling deeply impressed, she was filled with mixed emotions, among them involved congratulations for their efforts but at the same time some concern now that the stakes were that much higher now and they were faced with new opposition now that the space pirates had grown ever more desperate. Though one feeling in particular stood out among all the others as she looked behind in the direction where the trio exited to, "In fact…..maybe the alpha gang aren't all bad after all…." she then said with a light smile.

The others then nodded with her in agreement, "Yeah, I think I may have developed a newfound respect for them too….even Dr Z." said Rex, having nearly all his past animosity towards the doctor disappear.

"If he was more like how he used to be, maybe he wouldn't be such a bad dinosaur king after all." said Max as he folded his ams behind his head in thought.

"Maybe…." Cera replied before putting a finger to her chin in thought as a worried look appeared on her face, "Though I am quite worried….about those new armoured dinosaurs you talked about."

The others soon mirrored her expression feeling the same way, "Yeah, they're like nothing we ever seen before." said Zoe.

"They nearly creamed us too…." Max croaked, seeing that not even their ultimate moves could scratch them.

"We could barely handle one of them and they have 3 of those monsters." Rex added, recalling it took everything they had to bring down Gigas and how the space pirate had 3 of those armoured dinosaurs. What's to say they'd have more and would have to fight them for the last cosmos stone eventually.

"Paris and I were lucky," said Zoe with relief as she let out a deep sigh, "If it weren't for the green cosmos stone giving her the boost she needed, I don't think we would've made it." she said before scratching her hair uneasily, "Even though she did go a little crazy after that….."

"Yeesh….let's not do that again…." Max then shuddered as Rex nodded with him, knowing it was a rather close call when Paris turned on them and they were able to get her under control before things got more out of hand.

Hearing their story, Cera then folded her arms and narrowed her eyes, "Hmm….Looks my theory and research was proven to be right after all…." she said to herself though failed to nonie she was thinking out loud as the others looked to her curiously.

"Huh? Theory?"

"Research?" Rex and Max both asked as they blinked their eyes.

"Oh sorry, I was talking to myself there." she apologised snapping back to reality before deciding to inform them what she uncovered so far, "I may have came upon something while analysing some data from the red cosmos stone earlier."

"You mean you were studying the red cosmos stone along with Dr Z?" Zoe asked.

Cera shook her head, "Research yes, with Dr Z? No…." She corrected, considering Dr Z wasn't the most cooperative lab partner around, being highly egotistical and wanting to do things himself.

Hearing she uncovered something about the stones perked the D Team's interest, "Okay so, what did you find out?" Max asked.

"Yeah, think you could share with us what you figured out?" Zoe followed just as curious as her friends were.

She nodded in response, "Gladly, though get ready because it might take a little while." She soon began to explain how she noticed the cosmos stones hold elemental properties that corresponded to certain dinosaurs. And like elemental matchup, she made note of the fact they had similar effects too, and the fact that Paris was made more powerful by the green stone was proof of it.

"Whoa now that's really deep." Zoe whistled while the boys looked on in surprise.

"Yeah, I never would've thought the cosmos stones would be connected in some way to the dinosaurs while also containing the power of an entire galaxy within them." Cera replied, "And that their effects on them are kinda like the stone plates and elements too…." Looking back she recalled to when each of the dinosaurs who were in close contact with the stones began to act rather erratically, such as Terry, Tank or Paris as they went crazy after taking them in. On top of that those who were in close proximity to them like Ace, Chomp and Spiny were able to sense where they were and even hone in on them.

"Since we found 6 stones representing the 6 attributes, perhaps the 7th stone could be for Miku?" Rex then asked as they looked to the young microraptor who was nested on Cera's shoulder before looking to them curiously, unable to discern why they were staring at her.

"That's possible, though I can't say for certain…." Cera replied putting a finger to her chin in thought, "All I can say was that they were probably made around the same time as the stone plates were and are connected somehow." she added, sensing there was some kind of difference between them too but that was where her research had hit a block, "But other than that I've pretty much hit a dead end." she then said lowering her head a bit with a sigh.

"I see…." said Rex soon after, having a feeling that the last piece to this cosmic puzzle could be the most important one of all, maybe even being the deciding factor between victory and defeat. Soon after that he smiled encouragingly as he reached out and put a hand open her shoulder making her look up to him and the others, "Well keep trying Cera, anything you figure out we'll take it." He said proudly while Max and Zoe smiled on.

"Thanks for the support, and good work out there too." Cera nodded before smiling appreciatingly too, "For the time being, I'd like to continue examining the stones we have so far and hopefully find out if or how we can utilise their power to our advantage. See if there's a way we can control it so that our dinosaurs wouldn't be so easily influenced." she said, "That way we'd stand a much better chance against our enemies the next time they come knocking with those super armoured dinosaurs of theirs."

"Was that the strategy you were coming up with earlier when we called?" Max then asked.

"Part of it." she answered him which came as a surprise, hinting there was more she had been up to since they left. She soon realised she had to spill the beans, knowing they'd figure it out sooner or later from Jonathan or the space pirates, so taking a deep breath she opened her eyes firmly as she braced herself for whatever response they'd give her, "You see-"

Moments after she spilt the truth about what else she had been up to in their absence-

"WHAT!?" They all exclaimed in utter disbelief at what they just heard.

"You went on board the space pirate ship again!?"

"This time deliberately!?"

"Are you serious!?" They each screamed before glaring at Cera so furiously, despite that Cera held firm where she stood showing almost no sign of weakness…almost.

"Y…Yes…I did…" she said looking away unable to look at them in the eye while Miku shuddered and covered up her face while shaking in terror. Despite that she had no regrets for whats he did and was prepared for whatever punishment or consequences there would be.

Losing control of himself out of anger, Max rushed in and grabbed hold of Cera by her collar, "What were you thinking!?" he yelled angrily, "Last time you were lucky to get out, were you trying to see if you could do it again!?" Zoe was tempted to pull Max back not wanting to go too far, but Rex held her back with his arm and stopped her with a firm look, not wanting her to get in between them, plus he wanted to hear a proper explanation from Cera, "Why didn't you tell us anything!?" He shouted once more glaring into her eyes.

Despite the fearsome aggression she was shown, Cera held firm as she swallowed hard and stated her point, "If I did would you have let me go through with it?" As soon as she asked, Max's anger slowly subsided as he was at a loss for words or on how to respond, causing Cera to pull his hands down as she freed herself from his grip, "Of course you wouldn't….." she then closed her eyes seriously, "And I knew the risks all too well, after all I was there the first time."

"Then why'd you sneak behind our backs and do it again!?" Max then demanded angrily as he tensed his fists at her, "We're a team aren't we, we don't keep secrets from each other let alone do anything reckless that would endanger us all!"

Cera then sighed deeply, feeling Max's firm words pierce her heart like an arrow, "Reckless yes I admit it was…." she said before looking up at him seriously, "But from a strategic perspective, I had to think of a smarter way to fight against the space pirates," she said as Max and the others blinked in confusion at what she meant, "Because it was clear if we kept doing things as we did we'd only be several moves behind them and you know it. I simply saw it as a way to infiltrate their base while they were all focusing their efforts on finding the next stone, to see if I could learn anything about their plans so we'd be ready for them." as she said that she then turned rather downcast as she soon came to the main reason for her rash decision, "Also….because I couldn't save your parents the first time….I…felt it was on me to make it right the only way I knew how…."

Upon hearing her final reason, any hostility the D Team bore towards her soon disappeared and was replaced by sympathy instead, understand her pain of failure was just like their own…or perhaps maybe even more so.

"Cera…." was all Max could utter out as he lowered his head feeling rather ashamed of his shouting earlier, when he should had taken the time to understand her motives first.

Rex and Zoe looked to one another before looking to Cera sadly, "We understand…." said Rex empathising with her, "But still, you don't have to bear this all by yourself. You've already done so much for us, if anything were the ones who wish we could do more like you could." he said.

"The way you keep getting on board without us to back you up, it doesn't just make us worried….but it also makes us think you don't trust us enough to help you." Zoe added, "And you didn't let us get the chance to see our parents too…..it's been so long since I last saw my mommy and daddy…." she then said clasping her hands sadly over her chest.

Cera could feel her own heart beginning to crack inside her, mad evident a she grasped her own chest tightly feeling a massive ache of guilt come over her as she hissed, "I know that….and I'm sorry for worrying you still….I know it was selfish of me to not consider your feelings….but…." she forced out whatever word she could from her soul before she came to a loss of words, as Miku cooed and nuzzled at her cheek hoping to bring some comfort to her, sensing sadness and regret from her, and feeling sad herself when she realised her efforts to make her feel better didn't bear much fruit.

Feeling more at ease, Max gave a small smile as he then patted her on the shoulder lightly, "What's done is done, let's not dwell on the past." he said forgiving her while also apologising for his earlier behaviour.

"What matters is that we both learn and move on from it." said Rex as he nodded firmly.

"Which is what we'll always do." Zoe smiled at the end.

Cera sniffled and wiped away a small tear from her eye before nodding at her friends' words, "Yeah you're right…." she then said.

As soon as that was over, Max then turned bright and hopeful, "So then….did you manage to get our parents out this time around?" he asked excitedly hoping for some great news as the others listened in closely to what Cera would have to say.

When those words left Max's mouth, Cera gulped down hard feeling rather hurt at having to answer a hard question. She hoped to surprise them with what she had achieved first, but to be reminded of what she couldn't do made her feel rather defeated inside, "No…." she said looking away still feeling rather ashamed at both her failure and for letting them down again, "Sadly things got even more complicated and out of hand this time around after I got off the first time." she admitted, looking back on it last time she was ill prepared and the second time was due to her underestimating the enemy's defences.

"Oh…." was all Max uttered out as he and the others sighed heavily, feeling their hopes crushed once more.

"But!" Cera then called out catch their attention in time, "I did manage to reap some rewards from that trip," She then took down the small bag she was carrying and laid it out in front of them as they eyed her curiously at what she was presenting them, though nothing would prepare them for the surprise she had in store. "Rewards I'm sure you'll all be really proud to see." she said with a confident smile as she opened the bag widely, revealing the other 4 cosmos stones tucked away neatly inside them!

As the stones glowed together in a spectrum of bright shiny colours, the D Team gaped in awe and were stunned speechless at the gift she presented before them! They felt their eyes were playing tricks on them but there were the real thing! The first 4 stones they lost to the space pirates were now before their very eyes!

"WHA!?" Max exclaimed sending back in disbelief.

"No way…." Rex breathed.

Zoe pointed out unsteadily as she looked to Cera for confirmation, "Are those-"

Cera nodded, "The first 4 cosmos stones." she answered them with a smile, "And now with the 2 we have, that means we have 6 out of 7."

"You…got them all back?" Rex breathed.

"By yourself?" Max then asked.

She nodded back at them once more, "Wasn't easy….but I did it. And that's not all." She added to their surprise as she smirked, "I also managed to do a little sabotaging too from the inside." She said holding up her dinoshot and twirling it in her finger, "And let's just say we won't be seeing anymore NEW dinosaurs from them for a while. Not to mention their supply of slime soldiers will be running pretty low too."

Immediately, her friends soon sported very bright and hopeful smiles before jumping at her in a huge dog pile of joy and excitement! "Ahahahaha! Cera you're the best!" Max laughed out loud as the others joined him in celebration of this miraculous moment gifted to them.

"Ah!" she gasped in surprise unable to respond in time as her fiends began hugging her affectionately in nearly every corner of her body! Thankfully Miku was thrown off her and didn't get engulfed by them otherwise she'd soon join her partner in the afterlife from before having the life being squeezed out of her!

"Yeah! To think you pull off 2 break ins and a heist too!? You're like….amazing!" Zoe squealed completely unaware of what she and the others were doing, while unable to put her feelings into words.

Cera smiled understanding their excitement as she felt a warm fuzzy feeling inside her which helped chase away her doubts from earlier, "Hehehe…you're welcome guys….like I said anything to help the team." she said, keeping her word to do her best for their cause as they soon let her go and decided to give her space.

"Okay I take it back Cera," Rex then admitted as he bowed apologising to her, while she helped Miku back onto her shoulder, "Maybe some risks are worth taking in the end."

"And this may be one of them." said Max before patting her on the shoulder giving her his approval of a job well done, "Good job, you really did the team a lot of good. Though next time, please keep us in the loop next time?" he then asked her.

"That way we won't be worried so much and we can trust you better too." Zoe followed.

Understanding their reasoning she nodded back at them, "Noted."

After that, Max grabbed hold of the bag and eyed the stones closely with excitement with the others, "This awesome! With all 6 cosmos stones we'll definitely be able to get our parents back for sure!" he cheered.

"And if we can get the last one and keep it out of the space pirates' hands then we'll still be safe." said Rex to him seeing the end goal in sight now.

"Yes we could do that." said Cera after hearing their plans, "But….rather than risk it all and play the odds…." As she said that the others looked to her curiously as she handed them a small brown cardboard box she also had on her, "How about we manipulate them more in our favour instead?" Opening up she revealed 4 unusual looking round balls inside them which the D Team took notice of as they agtehrend around for a closer look.

"Hey….what are those?" Zoe asked curiously.

"They look almost like the cosmos stones you showed us." said Rex.

"I spent a lot of time making these copy stones from leftover parts lying around the lab." Cera answered them, "It took me some time to carve out pieces exactly the same size, shape and colour." She said picking up one of them harmlessly, "As well as a little touch of glitter powder and glue on top of that." She said showing it off all around, "It may not be a perfect counterfeit, but it's better than nothing right?"

Seeing where she was going with this, Max soon grinned and snickered rather deviously, "Hehe yeah. Just wait till we see the look on those pirates' faces when they find out all they got back were just a bunch of coloured rocks." he thought rubbing his palms together eagerly.

"And we'll have our parents back too so it's a huge plus for us too!" Zoe cheered pumping up her arm before realising a loose end they had to tie up, "Though that does leave the last cosmos stone." she then said as everyone looked to one another seriously.

"Yeah, no way we can just leave it unresolved can we?" said Rex, "And even if we do get our hands on it, what do we do with it?" He then asked knowing it'd still be very risky if they kept it on board together with the 6 stones they had now.

"Good question…." Max then admitted as he put a finger to his chin in thought with the others pondering over how they should address that last loose end. He then shook his head seeing no point in worrying about what they couldn't do now, "We'll worry about that later." he said as the others looked to him, "Right now let's just focus on getting our parents back, then we'll focus on the last cosmos stone." he said pumping up his arm firmly.

"Mhmm." The others nodded back at him.

"Meantime now that we have 6 stones maybe I might be able to study them more efficiently." Cera then stated, "With enough data and understanding of their properties perhaps we might be able to find a way to destroy them too, that way we'll eliminate the threat they pose once and for all. Plus it right also work as a better barter in comparison to a trade in case it negotiations don't go as planned." she suggested.

"That's actually a pretty good backup plan too." Rex nodded seeing that to be a way better bargaining chip than the stones themselves.

Max and Zoe then smiled proudly at her in turn, "Always thinking of the bigger picture and several moves ahead."

"That's Cera for you." they complimented her as she smiled feeling greatly encouraged by their kind words.

She then lowered her head down nervously, "I just hope I'll be able to find it too….." she then said at the end as she gulped down and sweated somewhat, feeling slightly pressured now with everything coming so close to the finale she could sense, and working over whether she can do her part or whether her best would be enough.

Thankfully her friends had faith in her that she'd always come through in the end, as Max reached out and put his hand on her shoulder again as she looked to him, "Hey, no sweat it Cera." he said to her with a reassuring smile along with everyone else, "You've helped us come this far, if anyone can figure it out it's you for sure."

"Yeah, you can do it, we believe in you!" Zoe cheered punching her hand up.

"We're counting on you Cera, we couldn't have been more proud to have you as both a friend and member of the D Team." Rex concluded at the end.

Looking around her, Cera could feel her heart touched seeing how much faith that was showered on her, as she put a hand to her chest and smiled emotionally, "Guys….." she breathed unable to express the joy and appreciation in her, till she wiped away her tears and nodded, "Thanks….you're the best friends someone like me could ever ask for…." she then pumped up her own hand with confidence, "And I promise I won't let you down." she said as she turned around to leave. It wasn't long though before she was called back unexpectedly, as her friends quickly remembered something.

"Wait Cera!" Rex then cried out making her stop as she looked back curiously to them.

"Yes?"

"We almost forgot," The 3 of them then walked up to her with something in their hands each, which appeared to be clothes of a sort. "Before you go, let us give you something first!" Each of them handed to her a blue outfit complete with maroon hat and even a sword too.

"Wow, nice musketeer outfits." she whistled impressed as she eyed them intently, "They even come with swords too." she said seeing them to be authentic indeed.

"We got these as a nice momento from the teen musketeers earlier." said Max, "It'll be a nice way to remember them by."

"Also there's this." Zoe walked up and held a purple card in her hand which she then gave to Cera, which featured an ankylosaurus on it.

"Foolscap dropped this card when we were fighting earlier." Rex explained recalling when their combined ultimate moves blue him off and he ended up dropping this card as a result which they quickly grabbed before making a run for the rope bridge, "If you can find a way to get that spectral armour off that'd be great for the dinosaur too." he said, not wishing to have to fight and hurt it, and also considering it was quite a challenge too.

Looking at the card she narrowed her eyes on it as she recognised it as an ankylosaurus that got armoured on board the spectral pirates' ship, no doubt this had to be the same one. "I'll do just that." she said to them vowing to free it from their control, "And maybe it could provide a clue to finding a chink in the new armoured dinosaurs you fought earlier today as well." she added on top of that hoping she could find a way to give them an edge over their foes now that they were taking things to the next level at the most crucial point in this battle. "After I'm done storing the other 4 cosmos stones and with all this, I'll join you guys up above later when you make the trade." she said to them after getting all the things she passed to them while trading them the fake stones she carved from scratch.

"And we'll let you know how it goes too." Max replied, "Good luck in your research Cera." he then said to her.

"And best of luck to you guys in making that deal." She answered back as she went past them to the cosmos stone vault and the D Team went to the upper bridge. As they did, she narrowed her eyes seeing they were reaching the endgame of this adventure across space and time soon, so they'd have to give it their all now and make every action of theirs count from here on out.

As she passed through the doors, she took notice of Dr Z doing a rather jolly jig as he began fantasising over the power the cosmos stones the 2 stones he had wielded, and the almighty dinosaur kingdom of the universe he'd be able to build with it as his disposal, with it he could no doubt reign as king of the world even! His moment though was cut short when he realised he wasn't alone as he stopped what he was doing, "Hmm?" As his met with the young red haired girl of the D Team, staring at him blankly at his strange dancing, his mood instantly soured, "Oh it's you, what do you want?" he grumbled in annoyance, "Can't you see I'm busy trying to figure out how these cosmos stones work?" Looking at him now Cera was finding it very hard to believe he was the same good man her friends and the Alpha trio described, then again old age can deteriorate anyone's health and personality in due time. "Scram! Beat it! Shoo! Leave me alone! I can't focus with you around to distract me!" He then yelled out shaking his fists demanding she leave the premises at once, while at the same time feeling bitter towards her from instilling a trap into the cosmos stone holder that he hadn't been able to crack for hours and that was really gnawing away at his ego at being outdone by someone as young as her.

She then smirked smugly knowing exactly what to say in this case, "So I guess you don't want the other 4 stones then hmm?"

Dr Z soon froze at her words, "Say what?" He stared and watched

Flash

"AAAH!?"

Drop jaw and he fall to knees

"You….You actually…."

Tries to take but she closes bag

"AH!?"

"Since you want me to leave so badly, I'll just let myself out and take these with me."

As she turned to leave the room with the 4 stones in her hand, Dr Z couldn't take it a second loner as he suddenly exploded, "WAIT! STOP! DON'T GO PLEASE!" he suddenly pleaded desperately grovelling on the floor, as she stopped and looked back to him with a smirk seeing she had him in the palm of her hand now. "Ehehehe….what I mean is….I've been working so hard with deciphering the secrets to these stones that perhaps I may have been a teensy little bit….uptight…." he chuckled nervously as he rubbed his palms together trying to look as innocent as possible though she didn't buy it for a second.

"A bit?" Cera

"And for you to bring back not 1 but now 4 cosmos stones, I say good job you….you!" can't find words to say, pained that he have to take back and be grateful to D Team

"So umm….why not put them together with all the other stones so they won't get….umm…lonely?"

"Since you asked so nicely Dr Z I'll do just that."

Take out tubes and plug in

Dr Z wanted to knock her out but hesitated fearing she may retaliate

"AAAAAH! Just look at 6 stones glowing together, it's so beautiful!" he grinned widely as his eyes sparkled with the glow of all stones together, seeing such beauty and powerful before him and now in his hands, "Almost as beautiful as the dinosaur kingdom I'll build using them too!" he squealed childishly as he couldn't wait till he started putting them to good use, just as soon as he discovered their secret and found a way to use it.

Decide to leave it to him, see him as child with big dream, kiddish but pure dream

Dr Z excited about kingdom and they decide to leave him to it for now

But sees inside may be good after all

"Now leave me be! I need some alone time with these sparkly jewels and I don't want you breathing down my neck!"

Somewhere in there….

Deciding to respect his wishes for the time being she turned around and excused herself from the premises, but not before stopping at the entrance and looking back to him, "You know Dr Z." she said with a small smile as he perked up and looked to her, "From what I heard from Ursula and the others maybe you might not be such a bad king after all."

He then grinned and chuckled to himself proudly, "Ehehehe, why it's natural they'd think that. After all there's no one worthier to have that crown other than me! Hee hee!" he snickered folding his arms on his hips and snickering with narcissi.

"I'm sure you could," she replied deciding to entertain him and his thoughts, "After all you're a really nice guy deep down." she added at the end which made him freeze in place.

"Huh?"

"I mean you did save Rex's parents and raised your henchmen up since childhood, come one there's no denying it." She said grinning mischievously at him.

Dr Z's heart began to race and he sweated anxiously as he shook his arms out, "Y…You! You're talking nonsense!" he cried trying to maintain his evil scientist facade and save whatever pride he had left in him, though not was far too late for that.

"Come now, there's no denying it, I heard the whole story already from everyone else." Cera chuckled which made him turn pale, "I almost gave up on you changing, but maybe now there's actually hope for you yet." she said at the end before turning around and leaving him to his work.

As Dr Z froze stiff, stunned speechless that his biggest secret of all was blown, Cera could see that it would take time for him to turn his life around, old age may have taken a toll on his outlook on life and even made him slowly grow rather senile, making him more rash and impatient in achieving his dreams, but perhaps there might be good in him after all and he could probably achieve his life long goal in due time.

He soon exploded in a massive hissy fist, "GRAGH! Those tattle talking weasels! I'll get them for this if it's the last thing I doooo!" he yelled out loud, stomping his feet and flailing his arms swearing vengeance on the trio for spreading gossip behind his back.

"Eventually…." she sighed with a light smile as she left the premises, though also with a better impression of Dr Z now.

Cera soon made a small trip to the artefact room, putting the D Team's musketeer outfits on display at the podium there before eying the 7th empty one, pounding over what might fill that spot to come. As she left the room, she didn't take notice of the tree in the pot that was slowly beginning to sprout white flowers along its branches.

After that, she headed back to the labs below, where she placed the ankylosaurus card on a scanning pad and its image was brought up on screen, followed by various readings as the entire armour dinosaur card was flipped around and scans were performed a over. "Hmm….getting this armour off won't be easy…." Cera thought to herself as she pursed her lips eying the readings which were rather unsettling, seeing that the dinosaur's energy levels had to have been enhanced in order to make it be able to handle the spectral armour. Not just that, the armour in the card also acted like a kind of shield to prevent the cards from activating by external sources too meaning other controllers or elements like sand or water wouldn't trigger an activation, which could only be done by the pirates' own activators. Looking back on it she recalled how the armour was forced upon the innocent dinosaur, which made her tense up and harden her expression in disgust seeing how easily they saw dinosaurs as tools rather than living creatures.

Looking at the results all over, Cera turned rather sad when she couldn't find any way of removing the armour through other means with the equipment around her, and battling wasn't an option since only the pirates could summon it to the field. She was about to give up and give in to her frustration and stress at finding no answer, when she heard some flapping noises behind her, "Hmm?" Looking around she turned to see Miku bouncing up and down on an unusual blue and grey machine shaped rather like a cross between a cannon and a stapler, which she assumed to be rather sensitive considering most devices in the room were made by Dr Z, and were just about as stable as he was on a normal basis. "Hey Miku, stop jumping like that, you'll hurt yourself." She said while walking up to her, before picking her up and putting her away from it.

After that she blinked her eyes and looked back to it curiously, "Hey…What's this anyways?" she asked herself as she stroked her hand across it. Walking around and getting a 360 degree examination of it, she soon realised it was the alpha controller Dr Z used, "This machine was what the alpha gang used to control their captured dinosaurs….even alter their personalities to improve control over them." she said to herself before hardening her expression at it seeing it to be just as despicable as the pirates' methods. She soon however widened her eyes them in realisation at an idea, "Wait….could this maybe?" Eying the ankylosaurus card she placed it on the platform inside the controller, and after keying in some protocols into it she took a breath as the moment of truth arrived, "Okay, fingers crossed, let's hope this works."

Clipping down on the alpha controller, a bright light soon shot out from where the card was placed before some steam erupted from it. As she lifted up the top half of the controller and picked out the card which was hidden underneath all the smoke, she widened her eyes seeing it was back to being a normal dinosaur card again, every trace of the spectral pirates' armour was wiped clean from it! "Alright, it's back to normal now!" she cheered happily at the successful process seeing now the dinosaur was finally free to live as it wanted to. "Maybe this insidious contraption can have a use for good after all….." she then thought eying the alpha controller and patting it with approval, as a pink support droid soon entered the room waving its long wire arms out, "Put this in the dinosaur vault with the others please." she asked it as it took the card from her hand and went off in the direction of the vault.

BEEP! BEEP!

After the droid exited the room she returned to the hug monitor and began to type on screen, "Now….I think it's time to see what those new spectral dinosaurs that Max and the others told me about are like….." she said with slight hesitation in her voice, worrying about what she might find on the other end of the screen. Mustering up whatever courage she had, she took a calming breath before pressing the enter button and the windows were brought up. What she saw on screen was far worse than anything she could ever imagine. Cera felt her heart skip a beat and her arms grew limp as she saw 3 heavily armoured dinosaurs, a tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus and triceratops, encased in spectral armour unlike any they encountered before. Named Gigas, Armatus and Maximus respectively, she saw it wasn't just a new appearance but also a new power.

Giggs was able to handle the attacks of Ace and Paris at the mansion, and even withstood Ultimate Earth and Ultimate water from Spiny and Tank! Not just him, the other 2 dinosaurs too were just as powerful, and the armour didn't merely act as a means of improved defence and attack power, it too carried a kind of armour ability, seeing Spectral Lancer and Spectral Punisher being utilised to wipe out nearly any opponent that was unable to get away in time! It was similar to the ultimate moves except their required no move card to be activated, this was a clear sign that their enemies were getting desperate and improving their arsenal in the process as well.

"These dinosaurs….that armour….these power readings….." Cera breathed as she read the energy charts which spiked hard, "Compared to the armour we've faced so far, these are on an entirely different level….." she said looking over them and comparing them to other armoured dinosaurs they fought. Seeing how it took the strength of Chomp, Ace and Spiny to beat Gigas and now they had to fight 3 was very worrying. Another eerie factor was that even after defeat Gigas' armour didn't break off either, which could only mean one thing, "It's even permanently attached to them…." Cera wheezed, "No normal dinosaur could handle that kind of power….unless…." She soon came to the realisation that these dinosaurs had to have been experimented on in order to be implanted with such power! The thought of dinosaurs being experimented against their will, it brought up an old memory she had locked away deep inside her….one she had buried deep down hoping she'd never recall it again since the day they last saw I'm disappear…..but seeing all this before her eyes reawakened those old nightmares and scars of hers and it made her hiss bitterly as the form of that man responsible for all this appeared before her…Seth….

"Tch!" she hissed and shook her head hard, doing her best to erase any image of that despicable man from her mind, but the evidence before her keep bringing back those bad memories of being tortured in the prison by him and the altered dinosaurs he used as well. No matter how hard she tired she couldn't forget, as if they had embedded herself deep into her psyche and she couldn't dig them out no matter how hard she tried! "How dare they experiment on dinosaurs like mere tools!?" She then yelled banging her hand on the console which made Miku jump back in shock at her sudden outburst. Taking in a few deep breaths, era began to recollect herself and realise she should have seen this coming….that the space pirates would do anything to achieve their dastardly means so they couldn't care less about methods or even morals…just as long as their end goal was met…..so she shouldn't have been surprised.

Seeing the reality of the situation, Cera then opened her eyes firmly as she let it all flow away through her, instead of fighting against those bad memories she used them as an eye opener to realise that there was only one course of action open to them now that their opponents had played their hands, "If we're going to match up against foes like that, we need to upgrade too." she said reluctantly feeling they may need to strengthen their dinosaurs too if they were to prevent the end of the universe. She didn't want to cross the line like Seth did, and prayed deeply that she would never have to. Thankfully, after looking over at her available resources she saw she may have had the answer they needed, as she brought up the images of the 6 cosmos stones on screen, "Perhaps with these energy samples from the 6 cosmos stones I might be able to whip something up to give us a bit more of a fighting chance hopefully." she thought to herself after that knowing her next task would be her most important one of all.

Though first things first, "I'd better send all this to Reese, maybe she'd be able to figure something out on her side that we can't." she said to herself as she typed on the console and sent the data to the present day D Lab, and hoped she not only received it but may come up with something on her end that could help them out. "Still….even with all this happening…." Her heart soon grew heavy and sank, seeing they were nearing the endgame, one wrong slip-up could spell disaster for them and she worried about whether her best would be enough, if she should take any kind of precaution now to help the team, she feared not just filling their parents but her fiends too…could she bear that kind of responsibility if that were to happen? She then quickly shook her head upon recalling that it wasn't just her fight, "No I mustn't think so negative. I should look at things on the bright side now." Her friends were fighting hard too and they believed in one another that they would succeed. That hope and their bonds would carry them to the end, they fight for a just cause and the space pirates don't so that could be the deciding factor as it is, on top of that they already had 6 of the stones so they shouldn't have much to worry about now, "Maybe things will soon quiet down and we can have a moment of peace too." she then said feeling more relaxed and at ease resting in her chair while Miku hopped closer to her and smiled.

The peace and serenity didn't last long though, it wasn't before long as tragedy suddenly struck the moment they dropped their guard.

BANG! RUMBLE!

"WHOA!" Cera widened her eyes as she felt herself thrown off her feet as a massive rumble came out of nowhere! She tried to steady herself but unable to respond in time, she felt the entire room shake like an earthquake before suddenly feeling herself fly out and fall it not he wall behind her with Miku! "AAAAAAH!" she screamed, widening her eyes as she ended up crashing face first into it and then blacking out unconsciously!

CRASH!

Not long after that sudden crash, Cera began to open her eyes weakly as she slowly regained consciousness, "Urgh…." she groaned opening her eyes and finding herself down on the floor and as her vision cleared she could see the lab was turned upside down, equipment and inventions tossed around and aside, leaving it to be more like a dumping ground than a laboratory. As she slowly began to push herself up again, fatigue and dizziness made her stumble a bit off balance, but she slowly began to recover and regain her footing. Before she could ponder over what had just happened, she saw Miku lying down on the ground on front of where she was nearby a wrench and a gear. As she opened her eyes and chirped weakly, Cera walked over to where she was as she scooped her into her hands and eyed her with concern and compassion, "You okay Miku?" she asked her partner who let out a weak chirp as she looked up to her.

"Ugh….my head probably hurts as much as yours…." Cera then winced, rubbing the side of her head where she collided with the wall before feeling herself around, finding nothing on her to be hurting, before doing the same to Miku and smiling with relief to see nothing out of place either, "On the bright side nothing's broken." she said with a smile as Miku flapped her arms happily. Still she was shaken up rather badly, so she returned the microraptor to card form so she could rest easy. After that she turned serious and looked around surveying the now damaged lab and equipment surrounding her, "Still….what was that just now?" she mused as she put a finger to her chin in thought. Suddenly she widened her eyes, "AH! Max and the others!" she gapped in realisation as she then hurried out through the lab doors to check on who they were doing.

Heading up to the bridge as fast as her legs could carry her, "Guys!" she yelled as she burst into the upper deck through the doors, where the D Team, Jonathan and the Alpha gang were at their seats.

"Huh?" They looked to see her panting hard and all flustered, no doubt from the very fast and panicked running she did coming up from the lab all the way to the upper deck.

Looking up she was sweating profusely but soon got to the point, "What happened!?" she gasped in alarm before blinking her eyes in surprise to see the outside of the ship which was surround by a very lush forest, with thick trees surrounding them on every corner an a blue sky and mountains ahead, "And…where are we?" she asked curiously seeing the were now out of the time vortex.

"We're in the jurassic period, that's where." Jonathan answered her as he returned back to typing at the controls hoping to assess the damage done so far and hopefully determine whether repairs could be made.

Cera then blinked her eyes in surprise, "The….jurassic period?" she croaked as she looked around and surveyed their surroundings in awe, "How'd we end up here? And….why?" she asked. Everyone remained silent, unsure of what to say to her as they looked to one another hoping someone would volunteer to answer on everyone's behalf…..though no one said a word. Looking to her friends around her, she soon had an idea of what was going on, "Did it have something to do with the crash just now?" she asked.

Max swallowed hard as he decided to be the one to tell her the truth, "Unfortunately yes….." he said painfully while looking away, feeling it was his cockiness that landed them in this situation.

"Just now we tried to make the deal with the space pirates and their boss Specter." said Rex when he realised Max couldn't bring himself to say anymore.

"But it turns out they were playing with us the whole time," Zoe pouted crossly, "In fact they were merely stalling till they got a lock on our position."

"And as soon as they did they instantly started blasting us!" Ursula cried grasping her hair in terror, still unable to move past that horrendous experience from before.

"I knew they were desperate to get the stones back but I didn't think they'd go that far!" Zander then squealed.

"That was way too close for my comfort….." Ed muttered as he let out a deep sigh and fell down on the floor after the huge shock his weak heart just experienced.

"Guess Specter didn't appreciate you causing chaos onboard his ship and then swiping their cosmos stones all too much." Rex then muttered shaking his head thinking that could have also set him off too.

"I see….." Cera put a finger to her chin in thought, realising she should have figured sooner that someone as maniacal as him would never let go of a grudge. Though the fact of toying with them over their parents was what set her off, "Tch! I knew they'd never play fair from the start…but even this is downright low…." she hissed clicking her tongue as the others hardened or sighed unhappily at their rotten luck.

"Yeah I couldn't agree more."

"Those guys are the worst." they said amongst themselves.

"As bad as that was, there's no point in dwelling on what's already been done, what matters now is our current predicament." Jonathan then spoke up with a serious tone as the others looked to him bringing up the Backhander's schematics, "We've sustained heavy damage to nearly all major systems during the attack. We'll have to see to repairs immediately, otherwise we could be stranded here in the jurassic forever!"

Max and the D Team gasped, while the Alpha gang then began reacting to the news rather dramatically like they always did, "YEESH! I don't want to end up like a fossil! This could be worse than being stranded in the present day like before!" Zander cried.

"Yeah! I have a whole life to live and I'd rather not spend it living like a caveman or getting eaten by a dinosaur!" Ed whined.

"Well on the bright side at least if we do become museum exhibits at least the people of the future will put me on a gorgeous display where everyone can stand in awe of me! Hahahah!" Ursula then laughed snobbishly before striking some lady like poses wondering in what position she should be in after she'd get buried under layers of dirt then get uncovered for people to take photos of her remains and writing all kinds of stories about her for ages to come.

"…."

Her snarky remark and outlook on their situation wasn't really shared amongst the others unfortunately.

"Come on this is serious!" Max yelled.

"Yeah! We may never see our parents again or even go home again!" Rex growled shaking his fists at the old lady's clueless and laid-back attitude towards their current situation.

Ursula then hardened her expression and folded her arms crossly, "Tch! It's always about you and your parents! It's because of them we're in this mess in the first place!" she spat angrily.

"Yeah! Can't you selfish brats ever think about the rest of us for once!" Zander then yelled shaking a fist at them which made them widen their eyes in shock and anger at the nerve of them.

"Selfish!? Why you-"

"Enough! Be quiet!" Cera suddenly shouted stepping in between and holding out her arms and preventing them from getting any closer, "You guys are acting like idiots! All of you!" Glaring at them furiously they all backed off nervously, not wanting to try her patience. Seeing she made her point she then let out a calm breath as she thought things more clearly, "Alright…fighting isn't going to get this ship fixed or anywhere at all. Let's just go down and see if anything's damaged on the outside, we'll take the bottom half," she said to the D Team before looking to the Alpha gang, "And you guys look on top." As she said that the 3 adults nodded obediently. "And meanwhile Jonathan sees to repairs inside." She said looking to the android at the front in the driver's seat before looking all around her to make sure they all were in agreement, "Okay?"

Seeing no point in arguing and that they'd have to put up with each other a little while longer if they wanted to get out, Max and Ursula scoffed and looked away from one another before agreeing reluctantly though also begrudgingly too, "Fine…."

"You got it…."

After that, as both teams went outside and split up, the D Team made it out to the forest floor to investigate the damage done. When they did, they instantly saw signs of life all around them, prehistoric life to be precise.

"Hey! Check it out you guys! It's a group of yangchuanosauruses!" Max then pointed out at 3 medium sized carnivores climbing up a slope through the forest.

Looking around for more dinosaurs, Rex soon spotted something up ahead, "Oh! And hey look over there!" he pointed seeing a pair of spiked herbivores followed by a long necked sauropod, "It's a shunosaurus and a tuojiangosaurus!"

"And over there is a saurophaganax!" Zoe then cried as the largest carnivore of the jurassic strolled by further off from where they were in search of prey, thankfully it took no notice of them or the other dinosaurs otherwise there'd have been a battle breaking out.

"Yup, this is the jurassic period alright…." Max smiled happy with everyone else to see so many live dinosaurs in their natural habitat before their eyes.

Cera too as well, in fact she knew Miku would really love it here more than anything, after all the jurassic was her original home and she'd love to climb trees and glide around in search of insects and lizards to munch on.

Rex however soon turned rather sour as he snapped back to the reason they were here in the first place, "Yeah but it would be a lot easier to enjoy it if we had our parents here with us…." he said sadly as everyone caught on, "Guess Specter was never going to make that trade from the start." he sighed.

"I know…" Max followed feeling regretful at blowing their best chance to save them.

"We were nuts to think we could trust him in the first place." Zoe added making sure they wouldn't make that mistake again or let their guard down.

"I'm sorry things didn't work out guys…." Cera sighed apologetically.

Max shook his head in response, "It's okay, it's not your fault at all." he said.

"It's ours for thinking something so stupid like believing a word those pirates said." Rex added.

Zoe then smiled lightly as she looked around them to see all was peaceful and calm, "On the bright side, at least we got away from them and we're safe, that's all that matters." As soon as she finsihed, the sound of a ship's engine roared over them, and as they looked up they widened their eyes in alarm to see a pirate pod pass by over their heads!

"Oh no we didn't lose them!" Max gasped in alarm as the ship began turn upside and its 4 points poked into the ground as the hatch on top began to open up.

"Here they come, get ready for a fight you guys!" said Rex as he tensed up hard and the others readied for battle.

"Oh yeah." Max nodded as he prepared his bracer to summon Chomp, readying himself for whichever pirate had come to attack them.

The one who emerged from the pod, was someone none of them ever expected to see again and was far worse than any of the 4 spectral space pirates put together in their book! Emerging from the pod was none other than Seth! The ex member of the Alpha gang who plunged Sanjo City into chaos with his Black T-Rex, to see him back again was like waking up to a nightmare…..which was to be said for one of the D Team as her heart skipped a beat.

"It….can't be…." Cera choked as her arms grew limp, the sight of the blue haired man before her eyes reawakened several dormant bad memories inside her mind, as well as send chills down her spine. She had thought to be rid of him and his maniacal ambitions after he disappeared into the time vortex, to see him turning up again like a bad penny from the grave soon brought back hard and bitter feelings she harboured towards him for all his crimes!

Her friends too felt the same way, "Is that!?" Rex glared.

"Yeah, it's our worst nightmare!" Max growled with spite as Seth jumped out from the pod, along with a strange purple and grey dinosaur like creature, with a body design similar to that of the space pirates' gel jarks. Slowly he got out and began to walk to them emotionlessly, "I can't believe it! It's Seth!" Max then cried out seeing it was indeed Seth, the very same men who happened to be the D Team's worst enemy!

"Get ready, here he comes…." she said warning them as he slowly approached them and they got their dino bracers ready!

He had barely made it halfway to where they were, before he suddenly fell to his knees and collapsed down on the ground!

"AH!" They widened their eyes in alarm as he fell down to the ground. Quickly they began to rush over to him at the field to check his condition.

"H…Hey, what's wrong!?" Max cried as he approached the fainted man, but before he could get closer Cera quick shouted at him.

"Get away from him Max! It could be a trick or a trap of some sort!" she wanted him as he held back at the last second.

"AH!" he then recalled Seth indeed was the most descriptive villain they ever came across during they time as the D Team, how he bided his time patiently waiting for the right moment even if it took many months, but to see him lying weak and defenceless like this, "I…I know but…." he said unsurely as he looked down at Seth's unconscious body again, gritting his teeth unsure of what to do.

"Cera's right, remember what he did last time?" said Rex on high alert as he held Max back from getting any closer, "He plunged Sanjo City into chaos with the black t-rex and experimented on dinosaurs inhumanely!" he yelled angrily before clenching his hand into a fist which shook with rage.

"Not to mention what he did with Rex's parents too?" Zoe reminded before looking at the ship he came in, "If he's in a space pirate pod, he's gotta be in league with them too!"

"And that…dinosaur thing he had….it looks absolutely disgusting!" Cera then yelled at the hideous robot, startling it as it jumped back at her loud yell.

"AH!" Max then gasped as he was being reminded of all the horrible things the man had did to them and countless innocents, both people and dinosaurs, all for his own selfish ambitions of dinosaur evolution. Yet despite that, seeing him weak and helpless, he couldn't help but feel rather conflicted seeing his old enemy as he was now, "I get what you're saying guys…." he said to them before looking back at Seth who was still lying down on the ground, "But….we can't just leave him out here when he's all hurt can we?" he asked thinking that would be too cruel.

"Max…." Cera then mouthed out.

"You can't actually be serious about helping him!" The D Team turned around to see Ursula and the alpha gang come over to their location as soon as they saw them together from up above the Backlander.

"Yeah, he's nothing but a lowly backstabber!" Ed yelled shaking his fists, "He kicked us all out of our own home once and we'll never forget that!"

"He also planned all sorts of evil things with the dinosaurs! That's something only Dr Z should do!" Zander protested.

"Plus he's always been moody and disagreeable, not to mention being very antisocial too." Ursula then pouted before shouting out her thoughts on this, "I say we leave him out here in the middle of prehistoric nowhere! Better yet feed him to some jurassic carnivore! It's the least he deserves after all the trouble he put us and the doc through!"

The D Team widened their eyes at what they heard, "Say what!?" Max gasped in disbelief.

"Now that's just going too far!" Zoe protested.

Even Rex, despite hating Seth as much as the others, didn't think he deserved something that extreme.

Cera then said something which shocked them all, "You know for once I actually have to agree with them guys." she said as they all turned to her in bewilderment.

"Huh!?" Her friends widened their eyes shocked that she would want that, in fact even the Alpha trio too were surprised that she was on board with them.

"C…Cera?" Zoe croaked uneasily seeing her friend's expression was stoic and firm, showing she meant every word she just said.

The alpha trio meanwhile still blinked unsure of what to make of this startling development, "You…do?"

"Thank about it," Cera continued before looking down with disgust at the fainted man with the robot dinosaur sniffing him, "He's been lying to Dr Ancient and Dr Z since the start of all this, in fact he's responsible for what happened before in Sanjo City and the events before that." she said seriously, recalling every word of Jonathan's story before moving on to his most recent actions, "On top of that he not only manipulated Rod and Laura and many others to do his dirty work, he even went to perform all kinds of immoral experiments on dinosaurs too." She then closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as her mind flashbacked to what she believed was his most inhumane act of all, "And….and…." she shuddered uneasily as she began to relieve that traumatising experience in Seth's prison cell and the torture she suffered from him, before shaking her head and deciding against letting the others know, not wanting to go back to that horrible time. "I can't ever forgive him for that…." She then spat looking away as the others eyed her sympathetically.

"Cera…."

Way she put it, they had to admit she had a good point, one that couldn't be argued with easily….then again…should it?

"We understand what you're saying…." said Max with uncertainty in his tone before shaking his head and turning serious, "But….even so, we can't just leave him for dead when he's all weak and helpless. It just….doesn't feel right…." he said gritting his teeth feeling conflicted.

"Max…." Rex breathed as silence came upon the group as they once more found themselves at an impasse over how to decide Seth's fate.

"He does have a good point there…." Zander then pointed out seeing he did state a well thought out case too.

"…." Cera had to admit Max was right too in his own way….but….that didn't mean she had to like it either. Just looking at Seth began to make old wounds in her heart open up again, as her old mental and emotional scars from the nightmares she suffered days since that time slowly began to come back to her. "You can't actually forgive or trust him after all he did to us and countless others can you?" she asked him once more, to confirm whether he was absolutely sure with what he was doing.

Max looked to Seth once more and shook his head, "I don't, in fact I probably never will." he admitted agreeing with Cera's statement, "And I know for a fact he'd abandon any of us if we were in need if our positions were reversed," he then shook his head again clearing his conscience knowing what the right thing to do was, "But I'm not going to cross that line. In fact I'm sure none of us ever would, otherwise else we'd be no different than he is right?"

As he said that the others looked to one another and muttered seeing he made a good point, "That's true…."

"Can't argue with that…."

"Urk…."

Rex then turned serious seeing they had wasted enough time already, "Look guys, we're getting nowhere just arguing out here." he spoke up taking charge before looking down to Seth who still appeared to be unconscious, "We'd better take him inside, if he was with the pirates maybe he has some valuable information on them too." his suggestion brought up mixed feelings n the members of the group around him.

"I don't know about that, bringing him onto our ship just like that….." muttered Zander scratching his cheek uneasily.

"Then again if he did use their pod to come to us, there's a chance they'll come after him soon so we can't stay out here exposed, that much I can agree with." Cera then stated.

Max nodded in agreement, "Yeah, out here either the pirates or some carnivore looking for food could spot us easily." he said before tensing his hand into a fist, "And we're wasting time too, we have to get repairs done quickly or the space pirates will find and attack us again and you know it!" he said raising his voice.

"Then there's no time for a debate," said Rex after him, "We're bringing him on board and that's that!"

As Zoe then nodded together with Max, Cera, deciding to take a gamble, reluctantly sided with them seeing they were getting nowhere at this point so they had to take him with them. The alpha gang too, seeing the logic in their words decided to agree with them in the end, though they didn't like very much hinted by their spiteful expressions and hissing after that, "Tch!"

"Okay fine…." Ursula then spat, "But if he tries something again for the umpteenth time it's on you!" she yelled pointing at them.

"Yeah yeah, we get it." said Max as he and the D Team ran around to try and help lift up Seth's upper body, "Now come on and help us carry him up please?"

"Hmph!" Ursula scoffed as she and the rest of the trio went for his legs and hoisted him up.

"Curse me for being so nice…."

"Hope Dr Z doesn't kill us for this…." Ed and Zander both muttered as they walked all the way back to the ship much to their discomfort.

Cera didn't like it much either like they did, in fact seeing Seth's face again was torture enough for her. But looking at it another way, Max was right too, they couldn't just leave someone in need like that.…though on the topic of second chances, Seth would need to earn it and it wouldn't come easy, plus now with him in their custody, things should be fine she hoped. Little did she or the others know, was that as Seth's face hung down out of side, a small but sinister smirk appeared on his face as everything went exactly as he predicted, phase 1 of his plan had begun and soon phase 2 would commence…..

(Later)

A long while had passed since the group returned to ship, and since then many interesting events had transpired, as well as numerous startling revelations regarding to the cosmos stones, the space pirates and Seth's involvement with their goals and plans. Upon first sight of him Dr Z was furious beyond belief, and he wanted nothing more than to get up close and personal with the man who betrayed his trust for so long. The only thing holding him back literally was Ursula, as she was barely able to restrain him while Helga calmly talks him down, though Cera herself, given her old history with the former Alpha gang member, actually would have liked Dr Z cut loose on him….if only Seth himself wasn't as dangerous and skilled as a fighter as much as he was an evil scientist.

Dr Z refused to back down though, till Seth's pet robot dinosaur, whom he dubbed his assistant appeared, and in an instant Dr Z was absolutely smitten with the slimy dinosaur before taking it off somewhere to play on the ship. Cera narrowed her eyes, seeing how easily Dr Z bought into the abomination of a dinosaur as well as seeing it as a complete disgrace to the real thing, while also unable to shake off a gnawing feeling at her mind that something wasn't right with it. Seth then tried to play innocent, insisting he regretted his past actions though none of the trio bought into his words, bizarrely for once Cera was in complete agreement with them, plus it felt rather forced and out of character for him.

Nevertheless, some of the others despite their raw feelings towards the blue haired man, still believed he deserved 1 chance at most to explain himself at least, as they had someone on the inside to part with valuable information that could help their cause, though what he revealed to them was a complete shock to everyone present. Apparently what happened last time, after Seth got sucked into the time vortex they thought they had seen the last of him, but that turned out to be just the beginning, in fact everything that happened in the present day was but a prologue to the real story which was now. After that he met with Specter, who rescued him and he offered up his services in supplying dinosaurs to them in order to acquire the cosmos stones. What he learned about them came as even more of a greater mind-blowing revelation, which none of them could ever fathom.

Based on Seth's words, the cosmos stones and stone plates were on an equal but opposite polarity and were formed during an asteroid which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, the very same one which wiped them out before the D Team's eyes when they first time warped. As it turned out the space pirates were present during that time, aiming to retrieve the stones only for them to be blown off into the time vortex where they found Seth, and only being able to repair their engines and get the idea of finding the cosmos stones using the Ancients, an idea proposed to them by none other than Seth himself, hearing that made Cera tense up realising he was the cause of their parents getting kidnapped and forced to help their enemies against their will, and whether his actions were willing or not he had to see justice for what he did and no way could he be excused for the other comes he committed as well.

As the D Team and Alpha gang were stunned beyond belief over the power the cosmos stones they had and the connection they had to the stone plates, Cera then began to realise why the Pterosaur was so afraid of them from the start, and why she had to keep it a secret from them each time they met. After he finished his story, Seth then swore his intentions were good and revealed the fact that the other parents were still alive and well on board the Space pirates' ship, which brought smiles and relief to Cera's friends. In fact even she too smiled feeling a weight removed from her shoulders despite the events that had transpired over the past couple of days…..though she couldn't shake off the feeling that that Seth may have had ulterior motives of his own, and that he could be lulling them into a false sense of security…..

Helga then decided that they give Seth time to rest seeing he had been through much since their last meeting, and so she had a guest room prepared for him before moving on to cook some food. Despite that, Cera could feel her instincts on high alert, realising that he'd best be put under high security. Her friends were against it at first and argued, but she soon pointed out they couldn't overlook the possibility of him pulling off another deception, though if he was telling the truth it was likely the Space pirates would come looking for him soon and they might have a fight on their hands while they were still down and vulnerable. After stating her point it was soon decided that he be temporally put on lockdown at least until he rested and got his strength back, as they lead him to his room and he settled on the bed prepared for him.

"I'm sure you'll feel better in the morning Seth." said Max.

"Yeah just get some rest, and we'll have Helga bring you some food and water okay?" Zoe added.

"And thanks for understanding why we have to keep you under lock and key for now." said Rex calmly, "It'll just be until we are absolutely sure we can trust you."

While everyone was easing up around him, Cera soon narrowed her eyes still unable to let go of 1 certain action Seth was responsible for, "I'm still not too fond if you being the one to supply the space pirates with dinosaurs as weapons, not to mention having created Gigas, Armatus and Maximus on top of that…." she said hardening her expression, "Not only were you experimenting on dinosaurs again like you always do, you made it that much harder for us to get the green cosmos stone too, not to mention the last one that's still out there."

"I understand your reasons, but tell me honestly, did it look they gave me a choice though?" he responded calmly which made her eye him hard, pondering over whether that may be a truth or not. "I know I've done many things I'm not proud of but I can assure you that's all in the past and it'll stay that way." He then said with a small smile at the end which seemed to satisfy the rest of the D Team, though Cera still has her suspicions though she still said nothing, "….." She remained quiet for a while before concluding off with one final remark, "We'll be keeping a close eye on you. So don't try anything because we'll know." she said still remembering that haunting past memory of what he did to her when he took her prisoner, and he did so with a smile of delight and enjoyment, one she'd never forget.

"Anyways, good night." said Rex politely, oblivious to what Cera was thinking, as they closed the door and activated the locks on it before walking off to someplace else.

Along the way, they began to discuss over what they should do now, though some lingering feelings of doubt and conflict were still harboured on Cera's mind, "Do you think we can really trust him?" she then asked making the others look to her, "Just seeing his face is bad enough…but to welcome him on board…." She clenched a fist tightly to her chest and gritted her teeth. Cera feels the place more dangerous like it used to be, eerie because of his presence last time

As she said that, Rex then looked down to the floor narrowing his eyes, flashing back to Seth's involvement in him being separated from his parents and the Black T-rex attack in Sanjo City, "I'm not sure myself," he then admitted seeing the logic in Cera's words and even starting to reconsider leaving him like that alone.

"But he didn't seem like he was lying about the cosmos stones and about what the space pirates plan to do with them." said Max not wanting to point fingers at the man straight away, seeing he knew more about their foes than they did so they had to trust him on this, "Considering he did fall through a time warp because of his own crazy plan, maybe he has changed for the better.….I think…." he then said scratching his head in thought wondering if that was possible.

"Don't worry about it too much," Zoe smiled with hope, "Besides he's locked up tight and his room has a camera so we can keep an eye on him anytime we want." she said before eying Cera, "Also, the cosmos stones are locked up pretty tight thanks to you too, so what's there to worry about?"

"Plus, he's still a human like us," Max then added, "I'm sure even he wouldn't agree completely with what Specter and his goons are planning…right?" he asked feeling rather confident before pumping up one of his arms into a confident fist, "I'm sure we can believe what he's saying."

Cera then looked away away from them and sighed deeply, "I don't know…." she was hesitant to tell them the truth about what she thought about Seth, firing that to go back to those memories would waste her months of effort trying to wipe that horrible experience clean. On top of that, if he truly had changed….could she possibly forgive him? As insecure as she was, she decided to take a chance…. believing in order to move forward this was the best way to do so, plus she wanted to believe in her friends, "If you guys really believe him, I suppose we could give him the benefit of the doubt…for now at least." she said as the others smiled at her.

"Glad we're all in agreement, now we have one less thing to worry about." Rex nodded, "Right now we'll focus on getting the ship fixed then moving on to find where the 7th stone is so the space pirates don't get it."

"How about you leave that part to me and Jonathan?" Cera suggested as the others looked to her in surprise.

"Really Cera?"

"You don't mind?"

"You sure there's nothing we can do to help speed things along?" They asked.

She shook her head and smiled, "It'll be fine, don't worry." she said assuring them, "Besides, you guys have done a lot of hard work fighting the space pirates and getting 2 cosmos stones earlier. This time why not go take a little break and have some fun while we patch things with the Backlander up?"

"O…Okay then, if you say so." said Zoe deciding to trust her on it.

Max then looked to his friends and smiled, "You know while we're here why not we go down and have some fun in the jurassic forest outside?" he suggested.

"Yeah, I bet Ace and the others would love to go meet some new dinosaurs outside too, from a different time period on top of that!" Rex added eagerly in agreement.

"Haha, I bet they'd love that." Zoe laughed in excitement as the D Team saw it as a chance to cut loose and go back to relaxing like they used to before. After that they summoned out their partners to chibi form as they wagged their tails looking forward to going outside.

"Heh, don't let me keep you waiting." Cera smiled, nothing pleased her more than seeing her friends happy, "Do be careful though," she warned, "Not all dinosaurs are friendly, they're still wild animals and can be unpredictable too after all."

Max and the others though didn't seem to worried though as they smirked with confidence, "Heh, we've spent a lot of time facing wild dinosaurs, I'm sure we can handle anything down there."

"Hahaha, good point." Cera then laughed in amusement before turning around to another hallway ahead, "Well have fun you guys." she waved as she headed to the engine room to make repairs.

"You too Cera!" Rex waved to her before he and the others headed for the exit so they could go outside for some fresh air, unaware that Seth, who had just broken out from his room with the help of his gel jark assistant, was watching from behind the corner, with a sinister smirk on his face as he and the jark headed off for where the cosmos stones were being stored.

Meanwhile, Cera then made it to the engine room where the ship's reactor core was, as she got out a set of tools, a pair of gloves and put on a welder's mask on top of that, "Alright….time to get to work." she said to herself before looking up at the core, seeing sparks flying out in certain parts of the core, parts having been blown off as a result of the laser attack earlier with holes piercing through the upper ceiling and the jurassic sky could be seen above. "Question is….where do I start?" Basically it was a mechanic's worst nightmare seeing so much to be done and so little time to space. She then narrowed her eyes knowing she had to get tarted sooner or later otherwise they weren't going anywhere, "Well staring at this isn't going to get it fixed, might as well get cracking." She said to herself putting on the welder's mask then heading off to battle against the damaged reactor as she did her best to patch it up wherever she could.

She worked through the damages she could see, patching up holes in the core or welding new parts to replaced damaged ones into the circuits, she couldn't shake off the gnawing feeling she had on the back of her mind, questioning whether it was a mistake to bring Seth on board. "No no, if the others are willing to trust Seth it's not my place to judge." she then told herself deciding to support her friends' decision while also wanting to make sure she wasn't paranoid. After all, she couldn't keep holding onto a bad past as it'd only affect how she'd be in her own future to come, and she wasn't going to let the events of the past control it. On that topic of past events, it made her pause in her work as she put a finger to her chin in thought, "Still…what he said about the cosmos stones and stone plates being so connected with each other….An astroid during the Cretaceous….could it be-" As she flashbacked and recalled when she saw a giant meteor amongst all the others crashing down into the cretaceous landscape, and it glowed in 7 colours before colliding with the land.

"That has to be it!" she gasped patting her fist into her palm realising that had to have been the cosmos stones then. "If only we had known we could have gotten them then." She then huffed, seeing hey could have prevented all this from happening if they had just gotten the stones then, though she soon began to think more rationally soon after, "But then again….who knows what it would do to our ship if we were caught in the blast…." she then sighed seeing there was nothing they could do then, she really hated it when fate dealt them bad hands. She then realised she had to think of another way they could approach this situation, "Come to think of it….if the stones happen to be opposite in nature to the cosmos stones….could they…." she widened her eyes in another realisation, "Ah! That's it! They could be the key to destroying the stones!" If the plates and cosmos stones were of equal but opposite polarity, perhaps there was a chance the plates could be used to cancel out the power of the cosmos stones therefore neutralising the threat they posed to the universe permanently! This was something she had to let the others know post haste! "I'd better tell the others about this!" she thought in alarm as she dropped her tools and ran out of the rooms to inform everyone else about this, though not realising she left the time systems half done…..

As she ran down the halls and prepared to give the others a call on her dinoshot, a certain strange noise rang out from the wall next to her which she passed by on the way to the bridge.

BANG! BANG!

"HELP!" a trio of voices cried out desperately which made her stop in her tracks in surprise.

"Huh?" blinking her eyes then turning look around she saw nothing out of the ordinary, but suddenly it happen again, only this time louder and closer than before.

BANG! BANG!

"That sound…." She turned in the direction it came from, which happened to be a nearly unnoticeable hatch on the wall, "It's coming from there…." she walked towards it curiously and leaned down on her knees as she pushed the flap open to see what was making a racket, "What's going on-" As she looked down she widened her eyes in shock to see all 3 members of the Alpha gang bound together in a sort of jelly bind, widening their eyes with hope and joy seeing light shine in as well as her face too.

"AH! It's you!"

"We're saved!"

"Freedom!" They squealed with delight!

"What the!?" Cera gasped stumbling back in alarm and shutting the flap in the process!

"NOO!" They all cried out in unison.

"Hey! Come back!" Ed then wailed, terrified at being left alone after getting a taste of freedom at last!

"Yeah you can't leave us like this!" Zander then screamed in a panic, "Get back here and get us out now please!"

Shaking her head recovering from her initial shock Cera slowly waked back towards the flap and lifted it up eying in curiously at the trio, "Wh….what are you guys doing down here? Playing hide and seek?" she questioned, she knew they had bizarre interests and habits but this one took the cake.

"Ha ha, very funny…NOT!" Ursula yelled back, "I told you that dirty snake Seth was no good and couldn't be trusted! But did you listen? NO!" she shouted in frustration at being confined in such a small tight space with her henchmen breathing down her neck and squashing her against the floor.

Cera's heart skipped a beat at her words, "Wait….what?" she blinked her eyes…..wanting to believe her ears had just played a trick on her, but what the trio said next confirmed her greatest fear and worst case scenario.

"Seth! He caught us by surprise then tossed us all down this here chute!" Ursula shouted in frustration thinking that Cera either didn't hear her clearly the first time or wasn't paying attention.

"And it's getting really hot and stuffy! Plus I need to use the bathroom post haste!" Ed then whined childishly.

Ursula and Zander widened their eyes in alarm realising he was now a massive stink time bomb about to blow at any moment, "GAH! Hold it in Ed!" Zander yelled sweating profusely.

"Otherwise I'll plug it in with a plunger!" Ursula growled threateningly as she gnashed her teeth like a beast, making Ed sweat and nod nervously.

Cera on the other hand froze, going over their words and seeing them to be absolute truth, "Seth….." she breathed before realising he set this all up from the very start, and if this was the case, "Oh no, it was a trick! I knew it!" she gasped in alarm as she looked away down the hall, realising if he let himself captured there could only be one reason why, "The cosmos stones! I have to move now!" she cried as she prepared to make a move.

The trio widened their eyes seeing she was about to leave, "H…Hey wait!"

"You can't just leave us down here!"

"Pretty please!?" They each begged for her to help them out.

She looked back to them before she could run off, "Hang tight guys, I'll get Helga and she'll get you out in a jiffy!" she shouted to them before sprinting off down the hall towards where the cosmos stones were kept, leaving the trio trapped uncomfortably down in the darkness once more.

"Hang tight!? Easy for you to say!" Ursula screamed her head off as Zander and Ed cringed, hearing her voice at full volume at such close range wasn't the most pleasant of experiences, "You'd better get help otherwise when we do you'll never hear the end of it!" he loud voice echoed from the hatch.

Further away, Cera rushed ahead, her eyes fully focused and hardened to a point where a single glare from her would cause even Terry to freeze in place! She had good reason too, now seeing that Seth as someone whose heart was as dark as a black hole, having intended to use their sentimentality to his advantage the entire time. That was the last straw for her, using her friends to get her to lower her guard, this time he made things personal and she meant business! "GRRR! Seth….if you lay hands on even 1 of those stones I swear I'll make sure you never set foot on this planet again…." she swore under her breath as she charged full speed ahead down the halls towards where the cosmos stones were held. Along the way she passed by the kitchen, where Helga was stirring a pot of stew she had whipped up just for Seth. Slowing down she soon remembered at the last minute she couldn't forget about the trio, knowing they need saving and she might need their help, "Helga!" she shouted to the robot house maid getting her attention.

"Yes? What is it Cera?" she asked looking up to her from her cooking.

"Seth got loose and he locked Ursula and the others down some chute at the end of the hall!" Cera shouted in a panic,"If he gets his hands on the cosmos stones and hands them over to the space pirates we'll be doomed!"

Helga then covered her mouth in shock at her bad news, "My word! How terrible!" she gasped before hardening her expression at the soup she just made, "It seems that I made this stew for nothing then!" she shouted crossly before dumping the entire load away down the sink!

"I'm going for the cosmos stones, once you get the alpha gang out of the hatch at the end of the hall meet me there." Cera said to her before running off once more resuming her hunt for Seth.

"On the double!" Helga saluted as she shot out of the kitchen and ran down the opposite direction to save the trio!

"Seth…I swear when I find you….you'll wish you stayed in that time vortex and never came back….." Cera then vowed under her breath intending to make this their last encounter ever.

(Meanwhile)

Helga quickly sped through the halls as fast as her legs could carry her till she arrived at the hatch where the Trio had been dumped. Leaning down an pushing on the flap, "There you are!" she cried spotting them at the end as they all brightens up with expressions as well as tears of hope and joy.

"Helga!"

"We're saved!"

"I never thought I'd be glad to see her!" They each said gratefully as she crawled in and grabbed hold of them with her large bulky arms.

"Hold still." she said firmly before turning around and tossing them out! "Out you go! HA!" she yelled as they were flung out and spun straight into the nearby wall!

"YAAAAH!" They cried with tears flying out from their widened panicked eyes as they slammed into it straight!

CRASH!

After that massive collusion which left a huge dent in the wall, they slumped down to the ground as their eyes spun around in a dazed manner, out cold for the time being much to Helga's annoyance.

"Urgh….."

She then walked up to them, using her huge hands she grabbed hold of the gel bind around them and with ease she ripped it apart in 2 freeing the trio! After that she looked down the hallway and narrowed her eyes before beginning to pop her knuckles, "Now to give Seth some well deserved discipline!" she said with a furious expression before speeding off in the direction of the cosmos stone holding chamber in order to back up Cera. Knowing Seth, she'd need it, plus he had this coming for a long time.

(Meanwhile)

"Hold it right there you fiend!" Cera yelled barging in through the doors as she came face to face with Seth, who was at the console containing the 6 cosmos stones inside.

The moment she set foot in the room, he looked up to her before a sinister smirk came on his face, "Ah, Cera…I've been expecting you." he said greeting her, "I had a feeling you were the one I had to be most wary of….given our history of course." he said it in a way he had no remorse at all whatsoever fro what he did to her. In fact it was clear he enjoyed every second of doing it from the start, and that was only the beginning of what he had in store.

She narrowed her eyes hard, seeing nothing but a heartless monster behind Seth's human face, "I knew from the second you couldn't be trusted you traitor." she hissed clenching her hand tint a fist, regretting not trusting her instincts earlier and letting herself get blinded by false hope of a Seth ever having any capacity for change.

"Traitor? Whom could you be referring to?" he said smugly shrugging his shoulders, "After all how could I ever betray you, if I was never on your side to begin with."

"Grrr…." she then tensed up, gritting her teeth and hardening her hand into a tight fist, she wanted nothing more than to last out at him with every ounce of anger and hatred in her veins, but restrained herself from doing so knowing he wanted her to be riled up so she'd slip up and leave herself vulnerable, plus he himself was a capable fighter too so she' only put herself at a disadvantage.

"Such hostility, surely you should've seen this coming the moment you let me on board." he said shaking his head while wagging his finger mockingly, "How sad, that it was so easy to get your friends to fall for such obvious acting. Clearly they learnt nothing from past experience, then again what's to expect from such short sighted fools."

"More like you're the one whose learn nothing, in fact I'd say you're way worse than last time." Cera hissed bitterly in response, "And don't you dare speak so ill of my friends like that! Take it back or else!" she shouted.

"Ha, or else what?" Seth scoffed undeterred, "I merely speak the truth, after all, I only needed to put on a good enough show and convincing act and you all opened the front gates for me." he said shrugging out his hands, "Everything went exactly as I predicted."

Cera lowered her head and sighed, "Everyone believed you deserved a second chance….because of that I decided to stand by their choice." she then opened her eyes and shot him a fierce glare, "But you betrayed their trust….because of that I won't repeat that mistake ever!"

He then grinned, "And you never will again, after all that one mistake is the very reason why I'll be taking the cosmos stones and once I eliminate you, all the loose ends will be tied up." he said at the end.

Cera narrowed her eyes, "How could you do this? You even said it yourself that if the cosmos stones are brought together they'll be the end of everything!" she yelled, seeing him to be mad if he actually believed he or the pirates could control such power.

"Heh, let's just say I have my reasons." Seth answered before looking down at the stones held in the tubes before him, "These stones are but a means to my ends, just like Dr Z and soon the space pirates as well, after they've served their purpose that is."

His statement made Cera tense up and wince, seeing he was playing them too like how he played Dr Z and Dr Ancient, "So you plan to betray them too huh?" she thought to herself, "Typical Seth….You're digging yourself a really deep grave this time around….Even Dr Z's much better than you are." she said pitying him, believing he hadn't changed at all in the slightest, in fact he only turned out far worse than before.

Seth's smirk vanished taking insult at her comment, "Hmph, you'd be wise not to compare me to that old buzzard." he scoffed, "Unlike him I have true vision, and with the cosmos stones I'll soon realise it!" he yelled out maniacally which put Cera on full alert as she readied herself.

"Not while I stand here." she said firmly.

"Heh, and what could you possibly do to stop me?" he chuckled in amusement, "I believe I've wasted enough time talking. It's time I got what I came for and be on my way." he said disregarding her presence as he reached out for one of the tubes holding the cosmos stones, unaware Cera had a sly smirk of her own as he neared grabbing hold of it.

BZZT!

"Tch!" he hissed in annoyance as a small jolt of electricity gave his palm a minor shock as he quickly took it away before the full surge could be delivered.

"You didn't think it'd be that easy did you?" said Cera as he clenched his hand with the other one and looked to her coldly.

"When we fought hard to acquire the red cosmos stone, I made sure to implant a security measure into the container to make sure it can't be removed through unauthorised means." she said to prevent theft, especially by Dr Z knowing she had to keep him from tampering with the stone and risk dooming them all, "Basically only I can get it open and that's not happening." she then said with confidence and a small smirk before she turned serious and glared at Seth, preparing herself for a fight.

But to her surprise he remained strangely calm and undeterred, and she felt deeply unnerved as he suddenly began to snicker "Heh, you have good instincts I'll give you that." he complimented her now seeing why she didn't act to stop him just , he planned something too for this kind of situation and he knew like before he was always one step ahead of his enemies, "Too bad they won't do you any good, security of this level won't stop me for long, I'll get those cosmos stones one way or another." he said, "Though since I'm rather short on time, I'd find it far more preferable if you'd cooperate."

Cera narrowed her eyes with suspicion, "And just what makes you think I'd be stupid enough to do that?" she asked keeping her guard up and her senses on high alert, though nothing she cud do would prepare her for what Seth had in store for her.

"Simple, because you have no choice in the matter." he smirked as he lifted one of his hands and snapped his fingers. Right on cue a set of sluggish and smily footsteps were heard coming in from the side which made Cera turn to look in curiosity.

"Hmm?" Her heart skipped a beat to see a gel jark lumber in, carrying a helpless hostage in its bulky arms and silencing him by covering his mouth over, Dr Z! Cera widened her eyes in horror to see the old man helpless in the arms of the hideous slime monster, "AH! Dr Z!" she gasped stepping back in shock. She expected Seth but not to be accompanied by one of those things, for it to get onboard unnoticed made no sense especially since they had their alarms on, "How did that thing get on-" She then widened her eyes in realisation, the only time a slime monster got on board when the space pirate ship wasn't around was the one that accompanied Seth! "Tch!" She clicked her ton due in frustration, realising that Seth played them for fools, especially Dr Z, seeing he planned this from the start and intended to use Dr Z's naivety to get the better of him.

"Now be a good girl and open the containers, unless of course, you don't care about what happens to him now do you?" said Seth in amusement, seeing now she had no choice in the matter and had to play according to how he planned whether she liked it or not, and that was what he enjoyed the most when they realise it too late and being unable to do a thing about it. Snapping his fingers one more the gel jark slowly began to engulf Dr Z into its body, as he widened his eyes and thrashed about, his screams covered up by the arm of the jark!

"MMPH!"

Cera gritted her teeth as she gapped back at him, "Let him go Seth! He has nothing to do with this!" she shouted.

Seth then clenched his face and began to snicker deviously, "Hahaha! Don't tell me you actually care for this worthless old fool." he laughed, "Why should you after all the trouble he caused you and your friends?"

"MMPH!" Dr Z then growled furiously, though no matter how hard he struggled he couldn't break free from the park's grip on him.

"His life is worth more than yours will ever be!" Cera retorted defiantly as she threw her arm out. "Unlike you he knows exactly where he went wrong and he has learnt from them too, unlike you who's still blinded by ambition and unable to see where he's going!" As she reflected back on the D Team's words, how Dr Z was once one of the kindest and respectable men one would find in the world, she could see traces of whom he used to be in his eyes and that was the hope she had that he could turn his life around for the better. "I'd trade your life for his any day!" She shouted out loud once more, stunning Dr Z speechlessly as a small emotional tear dripped from his eye.

"…."

Seth however remained unmoved and instead smirked back at her response, "My my, how noble…." he clapped before a sinister grin spread on his face, "Heh, how predictable. Your feeble sentimentality is the reason why you'll always be several steps behind no matter how hard you struggle or what you try. Unlike you I have no such weaknesses that can be exploited." He then concluded shrugging his shoulders, "But enough of that, unlock it now. I won't repeat myself." He then said at the end as he started to grow impatient and his tone turning hard, ready to snap at any moment, .

"Tch!" As he said that, Cera soon began to realise Seth had to have thrown away his sense of moral, ethics and closeness with others the moment he set foot on this path of mad ambition. All she could sense and see in him was a deep black darkness that no one could reach into…. Reluctantly she shot him a hard glare as she slowly made her way to the cosmos stone holder and took out her dinoshot. Eying him hard, "Don't think this is over….you'll get what's coming sooner than you think…." she hissed under her breath as she typed into it, causing the containers to unlock themselves from the console as Seth smirked with deep pleasure.

"There, now was that so hard?" he said as he began to take them one by one into a hexagonal shaped container he brought with him. Cera could only look on helplessly with gritted teeth, being unable to do thing to stop him, whileDr Z screamed in anguish as Seth soon closed the container with the stones inside them!

"MMPH!"

He then typed onto a communicator on his wrist, "Specter I have the cosmos stones." he said through it as another voice spoke out on the other end.

"Excellent Seth! We've pinpointed your location and will rendezvous with you soon." the leader pirate's voice chuckled happily before the call ended.

"Grr!" Cera clenched her hand into a fist realising he and the pirates planned this the moment the D Team tried to make the deal at the very start!

Seth then smirked seeing as usual they caught on far too late and there was nothing they could do to change it, though he had to be absolutely sure to take care of the loose ends once and for all, "Can't have either of you follow me now can I?" he smirked knowing how to dispose of bothersome pests like them, "Now to take care of you both once and for all-"

BOOM!

"AH!" Seth gasped in surprise as the gel jark, was suddenly struck on the back of its head by surprise, by none other than Helga herself with a large frying pan as she burst into the room as fast as the wind, as it lost consciousness and released Dr Z who then scurried away to safety before collapsing down on the ground!

"GAH!" he gasped for air as Cera brightened up with hope and joy.

"Helga!" she smiled as the housemaid nodded back at her while Seth gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"Hmph!"

"Thank you so much Helga!" Dr Z then said ever gratefully as ran in and hugged her waist, "Always here to save the day in the nick of time, oh I'll never take you for granted again." After that he looked down to glare at the gel jark which betrayed his trust, "And you! How dare you toy with my feelings like that!? HA!" he growled before kicking down on its head, taking his frustrations out on it!

Cera smiled happy to see Dr Z was safe, but there was no time to rest on laurels as she quickly turned forward towards Seth as he narrowed his eyes disappointed to see his hostage strategy had failed, "Alright, Seth! Give up the cosmos stones now!" she then yelled furiously, unwilling to let him get away with what he did.

He then hissed, having no intention of entertaining her, "Tch! Such trifles are far beneath me." he grunted before rushing out the door as fast as he could!

Dr Z widened his eyes as he looked up to see the traitor leave the premises, "Hey! Get back here with my stones!" he yelled angrily shaking his fists. He tried to run out and stop him but to no avail as he was already out the door by the time Dr Z reached it!

"I'll go after him!" Cera yelled urgently as she prepared to run out the door, "Dr Z! Warn the others fast!"

He hesitated momentarily, unsure of whether he should entrust the retrieval of the stones' to her, but seeing the urgency of their situation he reluctantly nodded, "Alright….good luck." he said, but before she could head out, "And…thanks….for just now…." he said looking away, while also feeling sorry for being the reason why they were now lost to them.

Understanding him, Cera nodded back and smiled lightly at him as she headed outside down the hallways in pursuit of Seth, while Dr Z proceeded to alert the others, "Grr! That triple crosser Seth will pay for this dearly!" he growled gritting his teeth.

Meanwhile Helga stood upon the struggling Gel Jark and looked upon it with a menacing glare, "I know exactly where to dispose of garbage like you." she said with a threatening tone which made the slime monster sweat bullets as she reached out her hand which then grasped over its face!

(Meanwhile)

"Give it up Seth! There's nowhere on this ship or any other period in time we won't find you!" Cera yelled as she caught sight of Seth in the halls as she pursued him, seeing he was making a run for the hole in the floor which lead to the outside.

"Tch!" he hissed in annoyance at how fast she caught up to him already, she was annoyingly persistent like a leech but once he got back to his ship he'd be able to shake her off with ease.

He smirked seeing the escape hatch just up ahead, a task he felt was far too easy, of not for 3 other unexpected interferences ambushing him at the front, "Hold it right there you slime ball!" Ursula pointed at him as she and the A Team leapt out in front of him blocking his way!

"Tch!" he clicked his tongue in annoyance, to see that they crawled up like cockroaches from the trash chute he threw them down. It seemed he may have to resort to extermination now….

"You're gonna pay big time for what you did to us just now!" Ursula yelled spitefully at him as she tensed up her hands into fists.

"That's right!" Zander and Ed growled gritted their teeth as they stepped toward while Cera cornered him from behind, surrounding him in a pincer attack!

Despite being surrounded by enemies on both ends, Seth narrowed his eyes undeterred, "Oh please, you don't seriously think I actually came ill prepared did you?" he scoffed unimpressed before a sinister smile came upon his face, "Perhaps it's time I taught you all another lesson, and your last!" he yelled out loud as he pulled out his black dinoholder from under his cloak along with a dinosaur card! "Come forth cryolophosaurus!" he yelled slashing it which caused a bright light to shine out before them blinding the gang as they covered their eyes to shield them from the discomforting glare! As it died down they widened their eyes to see a mid sized blue and white theropod dinosaur with a crest on its head appear, as its presence caused a frosty mist to form around it as it roared out loud!

Cera and the alpha gang were caught completely by surprise, "WHA!?" they gasped stepping back.

"A cryolophosaurus!?" Cera exclaimed widening her eyes, shocked that he himself had a dinosaur of his own too, "When did he get that!?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Seth smirked seizing the opportunity now that they were thrown off. As he finished the cryolophosaurus roared and rushed at full speed towards the trio!

"AAAAAH!" They screamed flailing their arms out and split up, barely making it out of the way as the cryolophosaurus almost bulldozed over them!

"Now if you'll excuse me I'll be on my way and I'm taking these with me!" With the path clear, Seth grinned as he rushed ahead and leapt down the chute and off the ship much to the horror of Cera.

"Oh no he's escaping!" she yelled out loud in alarm seeing he was getting away.

"After him quick!" Ursula pointed as the 4 of them tried to make a run for the escape hatch only for the cryolophosaurus to roar our fiercely and stomp in front of them, blocking them from proceeding any further after its master!

ROAR!

"YIKES!" The trio squealed huddling together, shivering in fear and from the cold its aura and breath gave off!

Cera stepped back and sweated tensely, "Tch! We're going to have to get past this guy first!" she hissed seeing no other way.

Ursula soon smirked smugly with confidence, "Ha! This'll be as easy as apple pie!" she boasted taking out her alpha scanner and card, "Alpha slash! Flame up! Tyrannosaurus!" Terry appeared an roared out fiercely and glared down on the seller theropod as the scene turned colourful in the battlefield, "Go take him down Terry!" she cried punching forward as Terry roared out fiercely and charged ahead courageously into battle!

He lunged in baring his jaws wide ready to snap close, but to his surprise the cryolophosaurus was able to jump out of the way as he snapped shut and only swallowed a mouthful of air! As Terry turned around he was caught off guard as the enemy dinosaur rushed ahead and head butted him, throwing him off balance as he stumbled backwards, shaking his head in disorientation. As he recovered, he saw a flash of blue as the cryolophosaurus rushed in and head butted him straight under his chest causing him to nearly fall over! He tried to swing out his tail but again the cryolophosaurus avoided the attack with little effort as it somersaulted backwards over the tail and then dashed away out of reach! Already the battle started and Terry was starting to pant, wasting energy in missed attacks while taking several hard blows from a small but fast dinosaur was beginning to take a toll on him.

"Ursula use a move card to wrap this up quick!" Ed cried to her in alarm seeing they'd never be able to match its' speed let alone beat it at this rate.

"No prob! One barbecued dinosaur coming right up!" she smirked taking out a fire move, "Burning dash! Ha!" Terry glowed red furiously as flames gathered in his mouth and he rushed ahead fearlessly! In response the cyrolophosaurus glowed in a bright rainbow colour aura before breathing out a breath of cold snow like energy as it encased the floor and even the walls in a layer of thick hard ice! Stepping on it Terry stumbled and was barely able to maintain his footing as he quickly dug in his claws and held fast to stop himself from crashing hard to the ground! Despite hi efforts the cryolophosaurus swung out its tail and knocked him into the nearby frozen wall as it slammed hard into it before crashing back down roaring in pain!

"AAAAH!" Ursula cried flabbergasted at the startling development, "That wasn't supposed to happen!" she cried as Zander and Ed grasped their faces and cried out in alarm!

"WAAAAH!?"

"Ursula use this move card!" Cera yelled urgently as she tossed a new fire move over to the older woman.

"Huh?" Looking up she quickly caught it in between her fingers before eying it curiously.

"That'll even the playing field a little more!" Cera then shouted urging her to play it and fast!

She was about to ask but the cryolophosaurus roared out loud which urged her to trust what the D Team girl was saying, "O…Okay…" she replied before looking ahead, gritting her teeth as she slashed the card, "Burst of flames!" Glowing red, Terry opened cup his eyes fiercely, stomping on the ground and forcing himself back up before throwing a stream of flames all around him! The immense heat caused the frozen ground and walls to melt away, heating up the area and forcing the cryolophosaurus back as it was met with intense resistance!

"Alright!" Zander and Ed both cheered pumping up their fists.

"Heh, now we're cooking!" Ursula smirked while Cera smiled happy to see Terry back on his feet again. "Turn up the heat Terry!" Ursula then cheered as he roared and rushed ahead once more, throwing his head he swung out and knocked the cryolophosaurus back a couple of feat, but it somersaulted and quickly recovered landing on its feet again with the grace of a feline. As Terry tried to run in again to attack again, the cryolophosaurus sped out of the way of his jaws before darting in and striking at his sides at multiple angles! Each time Terry got him in his sights and lined up for an attack, his foe leapt out of the way and then struck at another of his blind spots!

"Oh man Terry's getting his butt whooped!" Ed then whimpered as he began to bite his nails in a panic, "He can't take much more of this!"

"WHOA! It's fast!" Zander gasped looking all around and soon starting to spin dizzily unable to keep up with its erratic movements.

It then swung out its tail at Terry's face, knocking him down to the ground before rushing back several feet away, putting distance between itself and Terry!

"And strong too!" Cera cried in alarm, never before had she seen an unarmored dinosaur so powerful before. Furthermore….something about it seemed different, unlike the previous dinosaurs Seth experimented on, this one didn't seem to have any kind of alteration or anger in its cry, in fact, it was completely unaltered and fighting willingly without being under any sort of influence….and that deeply puzzled her.

The cryolophosaurus then roared out a battle challenge at Terry from afar, and as he got up the tyrannosaurus stomped his foot and roared out in a fiery fury as Ursula gritted her teeth just as furiously as he was, "Grr! Alright Frost Face! You want to play rough? Fine! Let's play!" she growled pointing at it before taking out another move card and slashing it, "Go explosion!" Terry roared as he charged and propelled himself forward, spinning and wrapping himself in flames till he shot himself out like a meteor ready to take his frosty foe down for the count!

Cera narrowed her eyes seeing the cryolophosaurus hadn't moved an inch, and stayed in the path Terry was speeding on towards, which made no sense till she saw it begin to glow she widened her eyes, "Oh no its a trap!" she gasped in realisation, "Ursula! Get Terry to back off quick!" she yelled as Ursula quickly turned to her in confusion.

"Say what? Something about a trap?" Looking away she failed to realise in time that the cryolophosaurus as finished charging up blizzard smash, unloading a furious wave of ice and snow at the fiery meteor!

Everyone quickly held fast and held their arms forward, bracing themselves against the powerful ice attack "WAAAAAAAHHH!"

"URGH!" Bits of ice and first began to form on their clothes and faces, even small shards of hail pelted away at them too!

Terry however was having it far worse than any of them, taking the full front of the attack as the cold wind quickly overwhelmed and snuffed out the flames of his attack, and before long Terry became encased in a huge block of ice much to the horror of everyone else gathered there as they looked up!

"No way!"

"That dinosaur just put Terry on ice!"

"I thought fire was supposed to melt ice!" The trio cried in disbelief as Cera gritted her teeth tensely seeing how powerful Seth's dinosaur was and how easily it took down one of their best with little effort!

"This is bad…." she hissed seeing now they were left vulnerable and exposed! To make matters worse, the cryolophosaurus had no intention of letting them summon a new dinosaur now, as it roared fiercely and rushed towards them at full speed! "Tch!"

"WAAAAAAHHH!" The trio screamed before huddling together in a bundle not wanting to look!

To their surprise, the cryolophosaurus suddenly glowed in bright rainbow light before transforming into a beam of energy which exited through the hatch, causing the battlefield to disappear in the process!

As Ed looked up uneasily, he blinked his eyes in surprise and looked around to see the dinosaur had vanished mysteriously, "Hey it's gone!" he point ed forward as the others looked ahead in surprise.

"Seth must have called it back." said Cera narrowing her eyes with suspicion.

"But why?" Zander wondered scratching his head in thought.

As he did, Ursula, not wanting Terry to stay frozen and catch cold in the ice a second longer, pressed a button which turned him back into a card inside the ice block. Losing it's form the ice quickly crumbled away, leaving the card exposed which she then reclaimed with her Alpha claw.

BEEP! BEEP!

An alert siren caught their attention as they turned to see a screen brought up before them, "Huh?"

"Everyone! It's an emergency! Get to the bridge now!" Jonathan yelled urgently as the screen quickly swapped over to depict a scene with a forest fire scorching the jurassic land outside and around the Backlander!

"AAH!" They widened their eyes in alarm to see it was happening before their eyes!

As the screen zoomed in, it showed an armoured white tyrannosaurus roar out furiously from a field surrounded in flames, "It's Gigas!" Ed pointed out in alarm.

"The space pirates…." Cera hissed, if he was here the rest of them couldn't have even far behind.

"Look at that fire!" Ursula then cried seeing the fire surrounding them on all sides.

"It's really huge!" Zander gasped as he adjusted his glasses for a better look.

"Good thing we're safe and sound in here…." Ed gulped.

While that was true for then, Cera could feel her own heart growing limp and weak, as the sounds of trapped or dying dinosaurs echoed through the flaming forest, and it was all their fault…for trusting Seth and letting him into their base…."All those dinosaurs…." she felt her knees going limp, realising they brought harm to so many innocent dinosaurs and other creatures living in there, "How dare they attack innocent dinosaurs like that!?" she then gritted her teeth and yelled, seeing they only saw the dinosaurs as tools and didn't care about the others that were free and living in the wild, they did nothing that would deserve such a cruel fate.

The armoured t-rex then fired magma blaster into the forest, setting off an even bigger fire in the process as Chomp and Ace barely managed to avoid it in time!

"Max and Rex need help!" Cera then yelled not wanting to standby and watch a second longer, "We've got to get this ship going now!" she yelled to the Alpha gang as they turned serious and nodded.

"I've just finished the final repairs!" A voice cried out from behind as they turned to see Dr Z waving his arms frantically at them.

"Dr Z!" They gasped in surprise as he urged them to follow him to the bridge.

"Everyone! Battle stations now! Seth will NOT get away if I have anything to say about it!" he demanded as he turned around and made a run for the upper deck.

"Yes sir!" The trio saluted before chasing after him.

"Right behind you!" Cera cried out in response before doing the same.

As the 5 of them ran as fast as they could to the upper deck, they passed by a room where Helga had just managed to shove the gel jark into a hibernation pod as it emitted sleeping gas to return it to solid rock form. After that she folded her arms and smirked proudly at her work.

Meanwhile, Dr Z, the alpha gang and Cera made it to the bridge as Jonathan looked to them from the drive seat, "There you are!" he yelled acknowledging their presence before pressing several buttons and flipping up some switches, "Hold on tight! We're taking off!" he said as the ship soon started up and took to the air, where they could get a bird's eye view of the chaos and devastation taking place down below them in the primordial forest.

"This is horrible….." Cera breathed placing a hand over her chest, as her heart began to crack painfully as she could somehow hear the cries of dinosaurs engulfed in the flames, and unlike their own, they didn't have the luxury of being returned to cards, they were being burned alive. Realising that Seth and the space pirates were responsible for causing all this, she hardened her expression and cliched her fist swearing vengeance inside.

"Don't worry about it," said Ed encouragingly as she turned to look to him, "The Backlander will help snuff out those puny flames in the blink of an eye!" he said holding her an okay sign with his hand.

"I guess," she replied feeling a little eased before getting to the hard part, "But what about the poor dinosaurs that may already be…." she stopped herself not wanting to go there, as Ed and the others became solemn at what she meant by that.

"Oh…."

"We'll worry about that later!" Dr Z suddenly yelled catching everyone's attention, "Right now look!" pointing ahead it depicted Seth making a run for it to a hill. Focusing on him, Jonathan turned the ship towards him and soon they floated directly above where he was, ready to pull him in with the tractor beam, "There he is! There's nowhere left for him to run! We've got him!" Dr Z cried out eager to exact vengeance, Cera too was hoping for it, as well as dish out some well deserved justice and punishment to the villain for all his crimes.

Before they could do so, suddenly they came under attack as the space pirate ship suddenly unloaded a barrage of laser attacks upon them!

BOOM!

"WAAAH!" They all cried as they became shaken up!

"That is if the space pirates don't get us first!" Dr Z he then cried before he and the others began to scream loudly as they were pelted mercilessly by their enemies' attacks!

"AAAH!"

Jonathan gritted his teeth and saw the screens bringing up red alert on screen, "The repairs aren't fully completed and the ship can't take more of this!" he growled as another attack rattled the ship and shook the interior violently!

"GRRGH!"

"I'm sorry everyone but we have to retreat!" he yelled as he was forced to speed away from the incoming lasers, which left Seth clear to be beamed up by the space pirates along with he cosmos stones!

"NO!" Dr Z cried as both Seth and the cosmos stones disappeared before his eyes on screen. As they did, he could feel all his hard work and dreams slowly slipping away as he fell to his knees, before banging his fists on the floor in a fit, "ARGH! We were so close! It's not fair!" he cried out loud as the trio went around to pat him kindly on the back.

"Ch…Cheer up Dr Z…." said Ursula warmly, "There'll be other opportunities don't worry." she said with assurance in her voice that they'd see him again soon as well as another shot at the cosmos stones, though her words fell on deaf ears as Dr Z was swallowed up by grief and despair.

"Right now we need to focus on what we can do, and that's regroup!" Cera then yelled, still frustrated but not letting that cloud her sense of duty, "Jonathan! Any sign of Max and the others?!" she yelled desperately to him.

"They're over there!" he cried pointing ahead to see a yellow triceratops and a carnotaurus backed into a corner in the blaze by Gigas! "I see Chomp and Ace!"

"Hurry Jonathan! They can't take much more of this!" she yelled to him with urgency as he punched on the lever.

"On it!" he yelled as he flew over to their position.

As they soon passed over the sight of the battle, an urgent distress call from Max came to them, "Jonathan! We need you to beam us up pronto!" he cried urgently as the blaze surrounding them grew increasingly intense and their dinosaurs were on the verge of defeat!

"I'm locked onto your location!" Jonathan responded as he typed on screen, "Prepare to return to the ship!" he yelled as he activated the teleporter beam.

"Right! We're on it!" Max replied as they all looked up to see the Backlander arrive on time. Immediately, Max and Rex recalled their partners before Gigas could lunge at them, and after that they were beamed up to the safety of the Backlander.

"Wait, what about the fire?" Cera then looked up to see the fire was spreading out of control and several dinosaurs became trapped by falling logs coated in flames! "We need to put it out now!" she pleaded to Jonathan, who gritted his teeth in frustration knowing that wasn't possible now.

"The Backhander's too heavily damaged!" he yelled before looking to see the space pirate ship still nearby, "And the space pirates are still out there, we can't afford to risk another attack from them in our current state." he said before reluctantly preparing an emergency time jump, "I'm sorry Cera but we'll have to come back later."

As much as she wanted to protest, thinking clearly Cera could see he was right, if they stayed they could risk being destroyed, and if that were to happen they'd not only be stranded in the jurassic forever but they'd of no help to anyone. With a heavy heart she let out a deep sigh, "Okay….do what you must…." was all she said as Jonathan nodded in turn, pushing the buttons and pulling on a nearby lever which caused the ship to speed ahead through a time warp hole. Looking out behind them, seeing the huge fire they were leaving behind, "I'm sorry…." she breathed shedding a tear from her eye before looking away, unable to bear with the thought of innocent dinosaurs perishing in the blaze.

Not long after that, while Cera and the alpha gang were trying to recover from their ordeal and close shave with doom, Max and the D Team strolled in to where the others were, "Wow…that was a close one…." Max breathed in relief the they managed to get out of that close brush with doom and now they could rest at least for a bit, and recuperate before going back after the space pirates and Seth again.

"Thanks for saving us again Jonathan." said Rex grateful to his ever faithful servant for coming in at the nick of time once more. Though sadly for them, their troubles had only just begun and weren't about to let them have a moment's rest just yet.

BEEP! BEEP!

A loud beeping sound rung which caught everyone's ears, "We're receiving a transmission!" Jonathan stated as he answered it.

On screen, a familiar face on a rather fuzzy screen appeared, "This is D Lab, please respond immediately." the woman on the other end pleaded desperately as everyone widened their eyes to see who it was.

"It's Reese!" Zoe gasped seeing her sister again before realising something wasn't right, "But what's she saying!?"

"Something terrible has happened! The fate of the world, it's changing!" Reese sounded at the other end as the connection turned most fuzzy and she looked to the side worried as the screen was swallowed up by static!

"Reese! Come in! You're breaking up!" Max cried in horror as everyone turned speechless and shocked to see her disappear off screen, "Come in Reese! REESE!"

As shown here Cera has managed to free the ankylosaurus the D Team rescued from Foolscap and managed to hold off Seth a while though unfortunately still losing the cosmos stones, which I thought were lost a bit too easily in the anime so wanted a fight to be put up first before that, as well as the trio getting rescued from the trash chute. Personally I found writing the conversation between Cera and Seth here to be my favourite part, second being the battle.

Stay tuned as the gang battle mad plants and enormous insects in order to save their home from being taken over and turned into an urban jungle!

In response to reviews:

Drew Luczynski

-Who? Seth or Dr Z? This case it's Seth though Dr Z kinda was an unfortunate casualty which forced Cera's hand though he tried to help. Though they lost the stones they did manage to gather some energy from them which will play a role later on.

I wanted to address ankylosaurus' fate so I had him be reclaimed by the D Team after Foolscap was blown off by the ultimate move collision.

Anonymous

-No I just reply to each review as they come, just replying to Guest's review on another chapter

Guest

-I won't spoil anything yet.