Chapter 46
Clash for the cosmos stones
Max and Cera stood against Seth, who had just acquired all 7 cosmos stones in his possession, and the only ones who could prevent him from using them for his dastardly ambitions were the 2 Team kids with Chomp being powered up with Miku facing off against his cryolophosaurus! It was tense situation and a battle neither could afford to lose with so much on the lone.
"Stay alert Max, that cryolophosaurus was able to hold its' own against Gigas, Armatus and Maximus altogether!" Cera warned him to proceed with caution nor to take his opponent lightly just because it wasn't armoured or was alone.
Max clicked his tongue remembering that fight from earlier, and if Seth was able to make short work of all 3 spectral dinosaurs like that he knew this may be even tougher, "Tch…In that case I'll just go all out from the start!" he yelled taking out his element booster, "Chomp! Go! Dino tector on!" Equipping it on Chomp became armoured before rushing ahead! Despite being empowered by both Miku and the armour, the cryolophosaurus was able to swiftly dodge to the side and out of Chomp's attack path! "Missed him!" Max then grunted in frustration.
Cera narrowed her eyes, "He's fast, conventional attacks won't cut it against this dinosaur…." she said to him.
"Then let's try-" He took out his ace in the hole move card, "Ultimate thunder!" Chomp surged with power as several lighting bolts shot around the cryolophosuaurs hoping to cut off escape, but seeing the opening, it rushed ahead and struck out at Chomp on the front thus cancelling the move!
"No way! It even countered that move!?" Cera exclaimed in disbelief seeing the dinosaur was strong enough to counter their strongest move!
"AH! Chomp's down!" Max gasped in shock as hs partner was then knocked away!
"And soon it'll be out!" Seth smirked seeing this may be easier than he first thought, "You just don't understand do you!? You cannot defeat me! Go snow crystal!" The cryolophosaurus generated a flurry of large snow crystals which fired like projectiles towards them!
"Here it comes!" Cera cried widening her eyes.
"Oh no better get Chomp out of there!" Max thought as he quickly recalled his triceratops and Cera did the same with Miku, not wanting to risk either of them getting hurt!
"Phew that was close…." she then wheezed having reclaimed her partner's card in time as Max did for his.
"Whoa who cranked up the AC?" Max then shivered as the room suddenly turned cold with frost and mist when the battlefield disappeared.
"I'll give you one guess." Cera pointed ahead. They both looked ahead to see Seth making a run for the door with the cryolophosaurus following him behind!
"Seth's getting away!" Max yelled as he ran ahead and Cera followed him.
"After him quick!"
They chased him out the door but before long they lost him down the corridors where it split off in 2 directions, "Great now where did they go…." Max grunted in frustration seeing no footprints to follow and at having lost the battle and cosmos stones so easily.
Cera though refused to give up as she narrowed her eyes and surveyed their surroundings, "Keep your eyes and ears peeled, they can't have gotten far." she stated as Max did just that.
Listening carefully, he soon could hear the sounds of roaring coming down one hallway on the left as he pointed ahed in alarm, "I hear some fighting down there!" he cried rushing down it with Cera without hesitation! Before long his instincts lead him on the right path as they found the cryolophosaurus engaged in battle with Ace, and he was making rather quick work of them too.
"There he is!" Cera cried as she saw Paris and Ace were easily getting overwhelmed by the secret dinosaur, which was proving to be just as powerful as saurophagnax once was!
Max remained undeterred and despite his earlier encounter was willing to go in for round 2 as he took out his card, "Alright, let's try this one more time! Dino slash!" slashing it Chomp took to the field and charged ahead with them, "Dino tector on!" Chomp then armoured up as the Alpha gang arrived on the scene after having disposed of the last few wandering gel jarks.
"Give it up Seth! There's nowhere to run!" Dr Z yelled.
Seth stepped back finding himself outnumbered, and not wanting to risk the stones in a fight he decided to make a tactical retreat, "Grr…Oh yeah?" he turned around to find Max and Cera cutting off his other escape route!
"Yeah! We've got you completely surrounded!" Max pointed out.
"It's time you answered for all the trouble you've caused!" yelled as she was raring to go. Before they could though a hard rumble soon sounded the ship followed by a huge impact which knocked the others off balance!
Rumble!
"URGH!"
"WAH!"
"Wh…What was that!?" Max grunted as he fell down and winced from the pain.
"Tch! It's gotta be Specter without a doubt…." Cera hissed clicking her tongue as she pushed herself up to her legs, "If only there was someway we could stop him from going completely bonkers on us, otherwise he'll destroy us all." she thought to herself.
They were soon distracted off the outside attack as Seth stumbled and ended up dropping his entire cache of stones which rolled away across the floor! "AH! NO!" he cried.
"Look! All the cosmos stones are loose!" Laura pointed out as the stones rolled across the floor.
"Let's get em!" said Rod as they both headed off to gather them up fast before they got lost.
When Laura was about to reach and grab one of the stones, "Be careful guys!" Cera then warned as she took her hand back in time and Rod looked too, "Don't touch them with your bare hands! Not unless you want to light up like a christmas tree!" she shouted.
"Thanks for the heads up!" Laura responded as she used her alpha claw to grab hold of the red stone instead.
"We'll be careful!" Rod nodded as he did the same and they slowly gathered them up one at a time before putting them into the container Seth dropped. As Cera looked on she was unaware of the black stone being replied from Max's dino bracer.
As it rolled away, Seth scooped it up in his cloak, having just recovered from his fall he now prepared to seize the opening he was given, "You'll pay for interfering!" he yelled angrily as everyone looked to him in surprise, "Blizzard smash!" he yelled as his cryolophosaurus fired off a massive stream of ice which blew back Ace and Paris, forcing them to return to their cards!
"Oh no!" Cera cried seeing they were taken out of the fight.
"Strike back Chomp and take down that cryolophosaurus!" Max ordered seeing it was up to them now.
Charge but jump out of way then bite at him and dodge again
"That dinosaur moves too fast, if only we had a faster attack…" Cera
Unable to sit back and watch a second longer, Dr Z decided to take matters into his own hands, "Please! Your attacks are useless!" he yelled in frustration as he ran over to Max and tossed him a lightning card, "Now this new card I designed on the other hand…." he smirked with confidence as Max eyed the card curiously.
"A new move card? Okay I guess it's worth a shot." he then smiled as he slashed it, "Go! Final thunder!" As he did Chomp surged with energy as he darted in, catching the cryolophosaurus off guard! Before it could react, Chomp swung out his tail knocking it down before scooping up his foe with his horns then flipping him into the air! Wasting no time nor giving his foe a chance to recover, Chomp then fired a bolt of lightning piercing the cryolophosaurus mid air before firing off several electric arrows which hit their mark before it crashed down to the ground, generating a cloud of cold mist as it returned to a card.
"Alright it worked!" Cera smiled seeing they had beaten it, and perhaps now they stood a better chance against the space pirates next time they showed their ugly mugs.
"We did it!" Max cheered.
"No I did it!" Dr Z corrected him believing it was his movie card that won the battle so he deserved all the credit and glory, "Hip hip hooray for Dr Z! Ahahaha!" he laughed out loud boastfully as Cera rolled her eyes in response to his overinflated ego.
"Yes yes Dr Z you did great, go pat yourself on the back and have a cookie…" she muttered sarcastically before smiling lightly, he did come through for them when they needed it most so that's what counted.
"Hey this is no laughing matter! Seth has disappeared!" Rex cried out interrupting their moment while the A Team looked around to find no trace of him anywhere.
Max and Dr Z soon stopped celebrating hearing Rex's call.
"Eh what?"
Looking around and seeing Seth had escaped, Cera gritted her teeth angrily "Tch! He must have slipped away while we were fighting…." she grunted. They had to give him credit though, he always knew how to exploit any opportunity and weakness presented to him, though this case it was really bad for he'd be back to try again later….maybe in an even more drastic measure too….
"And where are the cosmos stones?" Zoe asked as she and Rex began looking around too.
"They're right here!" Laura cried as she and Rod had gathered them back in the case;
"Well done! My grandchildren protected all the cosmos stones so that means they're mine now!" Dr Z cried as he and Max ran over to them…only to find something terribly wrong….
"Uhh not all of them…." Rex pointed out as the 7th slot was empty.
"The black one's gone!" Rod cried.
"What!?" Max gasped in alarm.
"Uhh hate to add more bad news but the card for that beaten cryolophosaurus us gone too." Ursula pointed out while Zander and Ed still looked around but found nothing.
"And if that dino comes back I'll have plenty of salt for him!" Helga called out at the other end of the hallway.
"Helga have you seen Seth around? He just vanished!" Max asked her.
"That's what I came to tell you." she answered before looking down the hall she came from, "He just ran past me! He was headed somewhere in a big hurry!"
"Say what!?" Max gasped in alarm before the gang began to shoot angered looks at her.
"Why didn't you stop him!?" Rex yelled.
"My apologies but my hands were rather full at the moment cleaning up the last of those disgusting slime monsters." she said before huffing at a nearby gel jark rock that rolled to her before she kicked it away in disgust down a trash chute.
"Okay fair enough…." Rex sighed seeing she made a good point before looking to everyone present, "Guys let's split up! He couldn't have gotten far." he instructed.
Ursula nodded, "Yeah, we're on a ship floating through space and time so no way he'll get off that easily." she smirked folding her arms with confidence he had no way of escaping, so it'd only be a matter of time before he turned up.
"So when we find him we'll let him have it real good!" Ed grinned as he and Zander punched a fist into their open palms.
"Mhmm!"
"Let's go!" They all said in agreement as they began to split up into teams to search for him.
Before they began to split Rex shouted out one more word of advice to the lot, "Be careful, when someone finds him, let us all know and don't take him on alone. He's dangerous." he said seriously.
"Yeah? So am I!" Dr Z protested before twirling his beard playfully, "But since we're talking about Seth I'll make an exception."
As they began to separate, Rod and Laura both ran up to Helga, "Here Helga you hold onto these," he said handing her the case with the cosmos stones.
"Hmm?" she mused in surprise as she took it from them.
"They're way safer in your hands without a doubt." Laura shouted to her as she and her brother headed down another hall, leaving Helga alone with the stones as she mused over what to do with them.
"O…Okay…."
(Meanwhile)
In one of the lower rooms, Cera had just exited the room where Seth experimented on dinosaurs as she had a disappointed expression on her face, "No sign of him and we searched all his old workplaces from his lab all the way to the experimenting room." she thought having just crossed off the last possible place he might be and then letting the others know. She then put a finger to her chin in thought, "He'll try for the cosmos stones again without a doubt, knowing the lengths he'll go for his twisted ambitions. But since they're with Helga now, he knows better than to try the direct approach." She closed her eyes and folded her arms as she analysed the situation, "Let's think, if I were Seth I'd use a method that would avoid as much conflict as possible and without a doubt try something underhanded." She thought knowing him form past experience.
He may be a diabolical madman but he's no fool. Not only was he a scientific genius, he was also a calculative strategist, biding his time and dangerously patient till the time to strike comes, he'll use any means that will put up the least resistance even if it meant playing dirty. "To do that he'd need to wait for the right opportunity, which means he'll have to focus on getting off the ship first so he'll be able to have another chance." She then widened her eyes as she came to a crucial point, "Wait get off…." Her heart skipped a beat as she soon realised what he was aiming for, "Oh no!" She ran out for the escape room as fast as she could go!
As she entered the room, to her worst fears she found one of them was missing from the bunch! "Tch! We're too late…." She clicked her tongue in frustration, cursing his instincts to survive and avoid danger as well as his dangerous patience to be among his most dangerous traits. "Only thing we can do is trace where he's headed so we can take him down before he tries another attack." She then though deciding on what they could do next as she left to let Jonathan know, unaware she passed by a gel jark stone that was hidden in the corner.
Before long she then made it to the upper deck where everyone else had gathered, no doubt having received a message from Jonathan, only to see the escape pod pass by them into the depths of the time stream and then vanishing away.
"Where is Seth going!?" Max then asked anxiously.
"I'm attempting to trace his trajectory." Jonathan replied as he began to lock onto the pod's signal hoping to determine its destination.
"We have to find him! He's got the black cosmos stone and who knows what he's planning to do with it." said Rex with deep concern.
A beep sound soon came in followed by the pirate's logo on screen, "We have an incoming transmission from Specter…." said Jonathan as he observed it.
"What does he want now?" Cera wondered. He had a lot of nerve calling them after not only double crossing but even attacking them recklessly just now, endangering their lives and risking them all getting stranded in the void forever. After what he did he had no right to talk terms with them. She was about to ask to decline and ignore it, but Jonathan beat her to it as he answered it deciding wanting to at least hear out what he had to say.
When he did, Specter, in a much more mellow mood from before, appeared and began to sang another horrendous off key tune, "Ooooh! I must confess I detest that traitorous slime we all know as Seth! So I think it'd best you act quick nice and hand him over at by request!" he sang in a jolly manner before turning serious and rather impatient, "And I request now."
"Hate to break it to you but Seth's not on our ship anymore." Max answered him angrily.
"If he was though we'd be more than happy to hand him over…." Cera added thinking he deserved whatever torture or punishment they had in mind for him.
"What!? You mean he escaped with all my cosmos stones!? Just great…." Specter grumbled crossly before catching sight of something familiar, "Huh? Wait, what is that the old lady has behind you?" he asked as he pointed out to Ursula as it seemed.
"Who are you calling old you toad!?" Ursula growled in annoyance as she pounded her frustrations out on Dr Z!
"NO! The old lady behind the old lady!" he then corrected as she looked behind her to see Helga.
"Say wha?"
"The name is Helga." Helga introduced herself seeing the focus on her now.
"Helga, what's that you're holding?" he asked, "It looks an awful lot like my cosmos stones. Why don't you hand them over and I'll give the tykes back their parents in exchange?"
"AH!" The rest of the D Team soon smiled with joy and hope at the sound of his words.
"For real!?"
Cera thought keep her guard up and narrowed her eyes, "I don't buy it for a second." As she said that the D Team became reminded of what happened the last time as they shot some angry glares at the pirate boss.
"Wait! You said that before and it was a lie!" Zoe cried.
"Hahaha! Yes I do that so how about I prove I'm on the level." Spector laughed in amusement, snapping his fingers it depicted a camera shot of Gavro, Foolscap and Sheer leading out the Ancients, Drakes and then the Taylors forcibly from there Taylor house, which caught the entire group by surprise at what they saw!
"AH!"
"It's our parents!"
"This time for real!" Max and the others cried in disbelief that he really was keeping his word this time.
The screen then exited back to Specter, the sight of his ugly mug put the group on edge again, "So we have a deal then? Good! We'll dock with your ship and we'll be waiting for you at the other end." he said with a smirk now knowing it was absolute, "See you soon with my cosmos stones!" he cheered before turning angry again, "The real ones that is! And they'd better all be there this time!" he growled before his mood made another 180 degree shift back to his flamboyant demeanour, "Ta Ta! MWA!" he waved to them before blowing a kiss at them before the call cut off.
"Hey wait!" Max cried holding his arm out as static soon came on the screen which Jonathan switched off, "Grr he's gone…" he then hissed. Taking a calming breath he then looked to the others, "Well guys….what's the plan?" he asked wanting to hear their opinions first, not wanting to let his emotions get the better of him like last time, his past experience with the gel jarks reminded him to be more cautious.
No one volunteered or was able to come up with a good idea, so they looked to the one they thought was the best voice of reason among them, "Any ideas Cera?" Rex asked as she stepped back a bit in surprise at how they were looking at her now.
She sweated nervously and gulped hard, "I….don't know…." she said with great unease with everyone's gazes fixated on her, "Way I see it, he doesn't have any more of those slime goons anymore, plus I don't think he's stupid enough to try the same trick twice." she said seeing this time they could save the adults for real now, though another part of her felt conflicted on going through with this, "But still…." Chances were Specter could still trick them again, maybe even change the rules of their bargain considering they only had 6 stones now, the chances of risking the trade and believing he didn't know would still be very risky. Taking into account all these and many more possible terrible outcomes of this scenario, she felt increasingly pressured as she gritted her teeth and grasped her hair in frustration.
Seeing what she was going through they could understand what she thought, looking to one another mixed feelings of concerns over what would happen if they did or didn't hand the stones over came up. Before they could discuss it over, a beep sound caught their attention as they looked ahead to Jonathan.
"Master Rex, they're requesting we dock with their ship soon," he explained before looking over to the D Team, "We have 1 minute to respond." As everyone looked over to Rex he soon saw it was his call now, and no matter what happened they'd support him to the end….well…almost all of them….
"Please say no! Please say no!" Dr Z prayed pleadingly in one corner not wanting to give up the 6 stones they risked their lives to take back from Seth earlier.
What he said next made his elderly heart skip a beat, "Do it!" he told Jonathan as the old man jumped up in disbelief.
"Say what!?" he exclaimed turning pale as Jonathan typed on the commands to allow the space pirate ship to dock with the Backhander's rear entrance.
Rex then looked to the whole group, "Come on guys, let's go save our parents for good." he said to them as Max, Zoe and Cera nodded back.
"Yeah."
"We're with you all the way."
"Mhmm." they said to him.
He smiled feeling confident in their support as they headed for the loading dock, followed by the Alpha gang next, "H…Hey wait! Don't I get a say in this!?" Dr Z cried in protest as he ran off after them.
Much had happened from that moment on, and despite Dr Z's protests in keeping the cosmos stones, (though with the intent of using them for his own means to become dinosaur king and slightly less in keeping the universe safe) he soon relented when Laura and Rod mentioned he'd do the same for them if they were in the parents' position, to which he had couldn't deny most reluctantly. As the doors opened they came face to face with Specter and the other space pirates who were awaiting their arrival as well as the cosmos stones. This time though, they were willing to honour their end of the bargain as it seemed, as they presented the D Team's real parents before them who were all trapped in an energy cage of some sort.
Before Max and the others could deliver the cosmos stones in exchange for their parents' release, they quickly protested against it much to everyones' surprise. They stated they couldn't take the risk of Specter getting his filthy hands on all the stones otherwise unspoken doom would befall everyone! And after several minutes of exchanging heartfelt words, the D Team ultimately declined the deal as they retreated back to the Backlander, though not before receiving a paper aeroplane thrown to them by their parents. With the ultimate sacrifice made, Jonathan disconnected the Backlander which allowed them to separate from their enemies as well as their parents….possibly for the last time ever….
As they departed and sped away from the space pirate ship as fast as they could, hoping to lose them before they'd attempt another attack, it was a bittersweet parting but now it was time they made their own way in the world now, as well as to watch over the cosmos stones they had.…without their parents to watch over and guide them. If only they knew what would happen now, they'd have appreciated them more while they still had time with them. On board there was a painful silence amongst everyone on board, having witnessed everything with their own eyes, needless to say they were both touched by the parents' love and selflessness and devastated for the parting. As much as Dr Z wanted to be happy about keeping the cosmos stones, he couldn't bring himself to knowing he'd learn everyone's scorn and also relating to doing the same for Rod and Laura should they be in the D Team's position.
"I'm sorry I had to close the hatch Max I had no choice…." said Jonathan sadly, not just to part ways with his creator but also for the D Team to be forced to live with their failure at being unable to save their parents.
"It's okay Jonathan I know you didn't, we were just so close to getting them back." Max sighed heavily.
"But all we ended up getting in the end was a lot more heartbreak…" Rex muttered begrudgingly at the fact they could do nothing about it.
"And that paper airplane…." said Zoe at the end as she eyed what they were given seeing it to be a lousy momento to only remind them of their parents who they'd never see again.
"If that's the last time we'll see your parents then let's hope that's the last we see of the space pirates at least…." said Cera hoping to see that as a bright side to all this. Chances weren't 0 that the pirates wouldn't go back on their word at the last minute or maybe seize the chance to eliminate all their enemies when they had it. Even so…it was a hard choice, probably the hardest one anyone would make. Though there were times to sacrifice the needs of many when they outweighed the few, it was never easy and no one would ever like it. In a perfect world everyone would live happily ever after, but the world…no…the universe wasn't perfect….
As Max curiously opened up the paper he was surprised at what he found inside, something he didn't see coming. "Ah…"
The others looked to him, "What is is Max? It is just an airplane right?" Rex asked.
"No…it's 3 sheets of paper…" he answered as he began to hand them out, one to Zoe and the last to Rex.
"What is it?" Cera asked wondering what their parents left them, what Max answered with really touched the hearts of everyone present.
"Ah it's my mom's recipe for milkshakes." he said.
"Mine has my mom's recipe for apple pie. It's my favourite dessert she makes." Zoe answered next.
"Mine has my favourite rice for cookies, extra soft." Rex concluded sadly.
"Those desserts…." Cera then remembered trying them, all were delicious in their own sweet way, but overall they were made with love from their mothers….something they might never experience again tragically, as she looked away and sniffled, unable to bear with the emotion welling up inside her. Unlike her they were lucky, they got to know their parents and had time with them and even experienced parting with them which was inevitable at some point but a part of life. She on the other hand couldn't remember having parents let alone where she came from….she knew couldn't relate to or understand their pain completely so she could remain silent as everyone else began to feel touched by the moment.
"Guess they wanted you to know how much they really care." Rod commented.
"Yeah and since they couldn't be here they gave you a part of them…" Laura said understandably.
Thinking about it Cera recalled the siblings had parents they could get back to, at least they were luck to still have them.
"Oh isn't that the sweetest most touching thing you've ever seen? I don't know whether to smile or cry." Ursula commented feeling pity and empathy for the D Team for the first time in a long while, "How does that make you feel Ed?" she then asked him.
"Sad, happy and to be honest really hungry…" Ed cried dramatically because he was moved and starving for snacks.
"Hey how come you never made special little recipes when the 3 of us were kids?" Zander asked Dr Z since the topic of food came up.
"Uhh I tried making brownies once but my beard got caught up in the beater, I smelt like fudge for weeks…" Dr Z sighed with regret knowing that not only did it take a sign time to clear up his beard from the smell and brownie mix, the brownies he ended up making turned out to be hairy baked bads…..
"It is not a big surprise that I was created shortly after." said Helga as she spoke up feeling rather proud of herself.
The moment was soon interrupted as a beeping sound caught Jonathan by surprise, "Oh dear me!" he gasped as everyone looked to him with concern, the tone of his voice meant it couldn't be anything good.
"What is it!?" Dr Z demanded.
"Huh?"
He looked to them with a serious look on his face, "I've managed to get a reading on the escape pod from just now! Apparently it's reached our time period!"
The others couldn't believe their eyes, in all the commotion they had completely forgotten about the black cosmos stone and the man who stole it, "You've tracked Seth to our time? Are you sure?" Max asked.
"I'm afraid so Max…" he answered with worry, "It seems that he intercepted a transmission from D Lab and followed its signal back to the lab."
Cera narrowed her eyes, "That can't be good….." she thought fearing what might happen to Reese and the others while they were still there, they already went through trouble with rabid plants and bugs, a visit from Seth was the last thing they needed.
BEEP BEEP
"That's the signal now." Jonathan answered as he answered it.
As the screen lit up, everyone was caught off guard to see Seth's sinister smirk on it!
"AH!"
"What are you up to!?" Max demanded angrily.
"That's not a very nice way to say hello." he chuckled in amusement.
"Where's Reese!? Where are the others!" Max then demanded. To answer him, the screen switched over Reese, Dr Owen and Patrick being cornered by his cryolophosaurus! It was raring to punch at any moment as it snared and bore its fangs at them!
Everyone widened their eyes seeing what he was up to, "AAAH!"
"No! Don't hurt them!" Zoe pleaded.
"You snake…" Rex gritted his teeth angrily while Cera's expression flared up spiking with hate.
"You're the worst! A cowardly roach!" she shouted.
Seth soon returned undeterred by their threats, "Call me what you will but if you don't give me the 6 cosmos stones they're done for." he said his parting words before the screen exited.
"Want to bet!?" Max growled willing to take up his challenge and win, "Jonathan! Plot a course for D Lab right away! We're saving them!" he cried as the android prepared to do so.
"I am on it Max!" he responded as he keyed in the coordinates to which the Backlander prepared to head to.
It was at that moment, the Pterosaur arrived in front of them much to their surprise.
"The Pterosaur!" Max gasped in surprise at her unexpected appearance.
"Please! You must not go back to the present!" she cried in a very anxious tone.
"What!? Why not!?" Zoe asked.
"The cosmos stones must not be merged together! And it's too great a risk if all 7 of them are in the same time together! Please! I beg of you!" she pleaded desperately.
"But…we have to go back to the present!"
"Yeah! Our friends are there and they need our help! If we don't do something they're all done for!" Max and Rex cried.
"But if you do, all of space and time for may be done for as well!" The Pterosaur protested once more on the risks.
"Pterosaur…." Cera frowned sadly seeing the risks, but then again what good was saving the universe if they couldn't save the people they cared about in the end.
"I'm afraid even if we wanted to go back it's too late! The time portal's sucking us in!" Jonathan cried out to them.
"In that case hang on everyone!" Max then shouted as the Backlander passed through the Pterosaur before shooting through the light and appearing over Sanjo City's hill side!
"D Lab is just below!" Jonathan noted as they came upon the premises.
"Yeah and so is Seth and his dino!" Zoe pointed out as they saw him awaiting them as well as their friends being held hostage by his cryolophosaurus!
"Then there's no time to spare!" Max shouted out with affirmation as he looked to everyone else, "We're not taking any chances! This time it's for keeps and let's make this one count!"
"Yeah!" They all said together this time fighting with a united purpose.
"This time we're finishing that traitor once and for all!" Dr Z growled tensing up his fists eagerly as his men saluted him like soldiers.
"Yes Dr Z!"
"We're going too!" said Rod as he and Laura came up to them, "It's time he paid for what he did!"
"Yeah he had this coming for a long time!" his sisters shouted as Helga came by them too. With their forces mobilised it was finally time to go and end this once and for all.
Before leaving, Rex then handed Jonathan the cosmos stone case, "Jonathan! Hang on to this and keep it safe at all costs!" he said with a serious look as Jonathan took it from him.
"Yes sir, I'll do so with my life." he nodded before putting a hand on Rex's shoulder, "Now good luck out there."
Rex nodded as he and the others ran out to the bigger area to call forth their dinosaurs which they soon did.
"Altogether!" Max shouted loudly as they took out their cards.
"Dino slash!" They summoned out Chomp, Ace and Paris to full size.
Soon the alpha gang followed up, "Alpha slash!" Terry, Spiny and Tank were summoned too as the 6 dinosaurs roared out in unison.
"Dino tector on!" They all equipped their dinosaurs for battle as they became armoured up! They all soon disappeared in the teleportation light and then appeared on the ground before Seth.
"Don't worry Reese!"
"My love!" Zoe and Zander both cried out to the older Drake.
"We'll save you guys!" Rex cried out to them.
"Well then?" Reese asked hoping they'd do something fast, her normal calm and expressionless demeanour was now becoming panicky and anxious.
"How about you hurry up and get to it?!" Dr Owen cried impatiently and in terror.
"Yeah! Cos someone is really hungry and I don't mean me for once!" Patrick cried as the cryolophosaurus snarled at him, its cold breath blowing on him followed by ice cold fangs ready to sink into warm flesh!
"Seth! This is your last warning! Let our friends go or deal with all of us!" Max shouted out loud.
"I told you, the only way you can save them is by handing over those stones." Seth then calmly answered still undeterred, in fact it seemed as though he knew the outcome of all this so he wasn't at all worried.
"What's wrong with you!? Don't you know what will happen if you put them all together!?" Rex cried out.
"The entire universe! All of space and time! Everything and anything you can imagine will be destroyed!" Zoe shouted.
"You even said so yourself! Or was that another one lie to add to your ever growing list!" Cera followed.
"You shouldn't believe everything you hear." he answered calmly, "You see there are other theories on what might happen. Theories that I've studied carefully!" his expression turned maniacal and psychotic as he got to his favourite part, "My research has lead me to believe that if all 7 of the cosmos stones are put together then yes the universe would end, but in its place, another universe will begin. One which I will rule!" he proclaimed.
It was then everyone knew he completely lost it for good, "That's it! You're officially nuts!" Max protested, "Planning to wipe out everyone and everything!? To take down all of space and time just so you can start it up again and be in charge!? You're out of your mind! I mean that's the craziest thing I ever heard in my life! It's completely bonkers!"
"Oh, I don't know it sounds kinda reasonable to me…" Dr Z commented which earned him several angry glares from the D Team in response.
"Quiet doctor!" They shouted.
"What? I'm just saying!"
Seth then smirked in amusement, "Alright then, so you won't make that trade." he said, "To be honest I figured that you wouldn't. That's what backup plans are for." Looking on his dinoholder on screen he saw his servant had arrived on cue, with the push of a button a beam teleported down which revealed his gel jark assistant whom he rescued from the stasis pod, and the other 6 cosmos stones with it!
"AH!" Max widened his eyes.
"He's got the cosmos stones!" Rex gasped in alarm.
"Tch! He planned this from the very start….." Cera hissed realising they were too late, they had played right into his hands from the very start…..that much she despised him the most, letting his foes think they were winning or had a chance so they'd feel that much more awful when he won.
TO add to their ever growing list of worries, with Jonathan out of commission, the Backlander suddenly become unsteady and lost control before plummeting out of the sky!
"AAH!" They all gasped.
"And I'm guessing he got Jonathan!" Ursula growled as it crashed further off!
CRASH!
"Jonathan!" Max cried.
"Forget Jonathan! My ship!" Dr Z yelled knowing it'd cost a whole lot to make repairs of that scale!
"How dare you…." Seeing everything had played out as he predicted, like they were puppets on a string. Cera grew ever more furious that he even had the nerve to use their bonds to their advantage, toying with them like they were mere hindrances and taking advantage of others for his own gain…everything they suffered right now….was because of him…
"The stones are all mine!" Seth then chuckled in triumph, "But don't fret, you'll get something as well." he smirked agitating them.
"Grrgh!"
"But I doubt that you'll like it! Snow crystal!" The cryolophosaurus roared viciously as it then sent a fast blizzard and barrage of hard ice crystals before sending them flying at the group and their dinosaurs!
"AAAAH!" Everyone braced themselves best they could against the powerful ice and snowy winds, as well as cover others from the harsh front, thankfully since they weren't the target they didn't suffer all that badly. Their dinosaurs on the other hand weren't as fortunate as they were easily swept off their feet and blown away!
"No! Our dinos!"
"They're down!" Max and Rex cried in worry to see their only means of defence were taken down so easily, right when their guard was dropped.
"Oh my poor Terry!" Ursula cried for him while the others were still barely recovering.
Seeing how badly they were all hurt, Cera clenched her fist and shoot with immense rage at seeing the suffering he caused her friends, "GRRR!" she turned towards him shooting a furious piercing glare, having lost all restraint and patience with him, "SETH! It's always you!" she shouted out in immense guy as the others turned to her in surprise, "You're the cause of everyone's suffering! Not just the dinosaurs but countless innocent people too!" She pouted out at him as she stood up, "You claim to be doing this for the greater good but all you care about is yourself! I'll never forgive you for this!" Everyone couldn't believe what they were seeing as they stared speechlessly at her strength and courage in face of such power and danger. Not once had they ever seen her so determined and full of rage before. What she would soon do would baffle them for life, "This ends here once and for all!" she vowed as she took out her dinosaur card, "Dino slash! Micro raptor shine!" Slashing it Miku materialised on her shoulder and screeched out at their hated foes, more determined than ever.
Seth then regained his sinister smirk, "Heh, you must be joking. If your friends couldn't defeat me what chance do you have all by your lonesome?" he taunted her as the cryolophosaurus roared back at her.
"Let's find out shall we?" she responded as Miku hopped onto her amor and she prepared to launch her with all she had!
Everyone widened their eyes at what she was attempting to do, take on a full sized dinosaur by herslef! "Huh!?"
"It's time you faced justice for everything you've done!" she shouted before throwing her partner out with all her strength, "Go Miku!" she shouted at the top of her lungs as the microrpator spread out her wings and shrieked viciously as she swooped at the cryolophosaurus! "This is for everyone Seth! Take this!"
"Cera!"
"Are you crazy!?"
"NO!" Max and the D Team cried, thinking she was insane or was overestimating herself.
"Ha! You've just sealed your own fate! Snow crystal!" Seth laughed as the cryolophosaurus fired a barrage of ice crystals at them both!
The others looked on widening their eyes seeing she didn't step away at all! "She's done for!"
"Get out of the way!"
"You can't win this!"
"STOP!" They cried to her, some even closing their eyes unable to watch!
What happened next shocked them all.
Miku quickly swooped around the incoming crystals, dodging them at the lat second as she dived down, pulled up or make tight turns one might only be able to see on the fates fighter jet model ever! Not just her, even Cera herself, as her own movement seemed to mirror her partners'! She tilted her body sideways letting a crystal pass, ducking under one coming at her head or even doing a dodge roll at one coming to her legs! What was even more bizarre was that every one of her movements was precise and exact to the smallest detail, a complete mirror to what Miku was doing right now!
It was a sight none of them could comprehend.
"AH!"
"No way….."
"I can't believe what I'm seeing…."
Seth however widened his eyes in surprise momentarily, he did;t expect a person to be in perfect sync with their dinosaur like that before. It soon passed when Miku successfully avoided all the crystals, using the wind she propelled herself with the right currents before landing smack on the cryolophosaurus' face! "Tch!" he hissed recovering from the shock then yelling out in frustration, "Don't just stand there! Tear her off!" he ordered as the cryolophosaurus proceeded to thrash and use its arms to rip her to pieces!
"No Seth!" Cera retorted defiantly refusing to give him the chance, "I'm taking you and your dinosaur down for good this time! Your madness ends here!" she screamed swearing justice as she held out her arm, "Power siphon! Full power!" She shouted as Miku shrieked, glowing in bright rainbow light as she began to siphon the energy out from the cryolophosaurus! Upon absorbing the light energy of her foe, Miku began to shine ever more radiantly as the surrounding area was soon bathed in bright rainbow light similar to that of the stone plates and the Pterosaur! It shot out from where the 2 dinosaurs were as the others were forced to shield their eyes to keep from losing their sight!
"RRRGH!"
"That light!"
"It's so glaring!"
"My eyes! I'm blind!"
"Grrrgh!" Seth growled as he had to hold his arm out and even the gel jark had to cover its face too unable to handle such direct concentrate flight!
Cera held her arm out, her eyes squinting because of the bright glare, but she gritted her teeth unwilling ti stop as she punched out, "Go!" she shouted as Miku screeched giving it all she got! The cryolophosaurus then roared in pain as it was unable to hang on, before long as the last of its energy was sapped away into the microraptor, it collapsed to the ground losing consciousness before returning to a card, which Miku swiped down and grabbed in her teeth before flying back to Cera, as she perched on her arm. Cera smiled and petted her partner on the head to congratulate her for her courage and efforts, before taking the dinosaur card fork her mouth then shooting a glare at Seth. "I told you I'd defeat you Seth, and I always keep my promise." she said to him with a hard glare as he stepped back and widened his eyes in shock and disbelief.
"Impossible…how was she able to draw out this much power from such a tiny dinosaur?" he breathed stunned, what he witnessed completely surpassed every possible expectation he had of her from the very start, who she channeled the power of the dinosaurs and brought up their full potential, "Just who…is she?" he asked himself as for the first time he felt fear and worry begin to build inside him.
Everyone else was just as bailed as Seth was as, they stared on in awe and amazement at her outstanding victory, "She did it…" Max breathed in disbelief.
"Unreal…." Rod blinked his eyes.
"Remind me to never get on her bad side ever again…." Ursula muttered while Zander and Ed nodded silently.
After having just recovered from the incredible sight they just beheld, Dr Owen then shouted out to his adopted son, "Rex!"
"Ah! Dad!" Rex cried as the others looked to see they were now free with the cryolophosaurus now defeated!
"Zoe!" Reese then went over to embrace her little sister in her arms.
"I'm so glad you're okay…" Zoe breathed feeling at peace that she still had family left to lean on.
Despite not wanting to spoil the moment, Dr Owne then took notice of another loose end they needed to address, "Quick! Seth is getting away!" he then warned seeing he and his jark were heading for the D Lab!
"Stop him!" Max yelled hoping someone could get to them in time.
"I'm on it!" Dr Z volunteered as Helga piggy backed him and they chased after Seth. "Well actually I'm on Helga but you know what I mean….Hey stop you fiend! Those stones are mi-I mean ours!" he growled as they disappeared inside the lab
"Uh oh…." Max breathed worrying for Dr Z's chances seeing it was just them alone now and that could only spell disaster.
"He's so brave…." Rod commented admiring his grandfather for doing something so selfless like that.
Seeing Dr Z's courageous heroism, Cera couldn't help but admit it was all up to him now to save the universe, "Good luck Dr Z…." she breathed. She was about to consider following them, but things were about to get even more complicated than they already were.
"Hey look you guys!" Rex suddenly pointed up at the sky. To make matters worse, the space pirates ship had just arrived at the worst possible timing, having tracked them back to the present they were ready to pick up from where they left off after having just made some last minute repairs to their damaged engines! A beam shot down and from it came the pirate trio along with their signature dinosaurs!
Quickly they wasted no time in seizing the opening while their foes were already weakened, "Spectral punisher!" Sheer cried activation her best move.
"With a side order of Spectral Lancer!" Gavro followed up.
"And for dessert! Spectral Stinger!" Foolscap concluded as their 3 dinosaurs charged in activating their ultimate moves!
Maximus flipped Terry then Paris into the air before firing a beam which pierced them both, taking them out in an instant! Gigas picked up Chomp in his crystal lancers before slamming him into a wall and turning him into a card, while Armatus sprouted crystal spikes that then fired off like missiles, piercing into Tank, Ace and Spiny, defeating their last line of defence before the remaining missiles reducing the whole D Lab to rubble!
"AAAAAH!" Everyone cried out in horror at not just the destruction of the lab, but also the fact that there were still people inside!
"Grampa no!"
"Dr Z!" The entire Alpha gang cried out as the dust cleared which revealed the lab to be reduced to rubble completely.
"He….He was in there…." Laura choked in a greatly saddened tone as hard tears began to form in her eyes.
Cera then gritted her teeth in anger, first they had to abandon the D Team's parents, then Seth got away with the cosmos stones…now the space pirates attacked….what did they ever do to deserve such a cursed fate….
A pod suddenly appeared from the space pirate ship before heading over the ruins of the D Lab, "Oh no it's Specter!" Max cried as the pirate trio regrouped with their boss.
"Oh great hasn't he done enough? What's he up to now?" Ursula groaned wondering when their troubles would end. She would soon come to regret asking.
As the D Team observed his pod send down a beam over the remains of the D Lab, their hearts skipped a beat as 7 coloured rocks rose up from rubble, "AH!"
"The cosmos stones!" Zoe cried.
"He can't be serious….if he puts them together!" Cera thought in horror, fearing the end of everything if they were united!
Their worst nightmare was soon about to become a reality as he began to pull the stones together, "He's merging them!" Max yelled as he and his friends desperately ran out to call him off
"Don't do it!"
"It's dangerous!"
"You're insane!" They cried pleading him to stop, but sadly their words fell on deaf ears, as they suddenly combined together, as a dark mist erupted from their convergence and began to grow as it sparked with dark purple negative energy in it!
"AAH!?" They cried as he did it, the final trigger to the world's end, as the energy suddenly began to grow!
"Whoa! What on earth is happening!?" Dr Owen cried in disbelief as the energy soon began to take a shape of its own!
"Wait a sec…is that?" Max widened his eyes as the cloud took on a familiar but most sinister form, "The Pterosaur!? But something's wrong!" As the monstrous pterosaur of darkness took form and hovered over the land, Cera widened her eyes and shivered in shock, while Miku, upon sight of the dark pterosaur, flared up and snarled angrily at it as her eyes became slit and she hissed in agitation.
Before long, energy from the dark pterosaur shot out which then infused Gigas, Armatus and Maximus they roared out infused with energy of darkness! After that Brontikens was called out to the field, with energy being transferred to him as he bellowed powerfully while the others looked on in shock! After that, the pirates headed back to the ship with he dark pterosaur following in tow as they prepared to use the energy to further their own plans of conquest, unaware of the Pandora's box they had just opened.
"Oh no! Specter! You're crazy! You don't know what you've done!" Max cried in despair as the space pirate ship began to shoot out beams to harness energy from the dark pterosaur to use for their means…but what they didn't realise was that they pulled their own trigger in the process.
"But I have a feeling he's about to find out, the hard way!" Rex cried out as the dark Pterosaur suddenly began to swallow up the pirate ship completely, growing to monstrous proportions and was continuing to do so as it scattered feathers of dark energy from its body!
"Guys? Remember what the Pterosaur said?" Max then asked the others looked on in immense horror at the end of all things about to befall them, "About all of space and time being destroyed if the cosmos stones were merged? Well, I think it's finally happening!" he then cried as not just humanity but the entire universe now faced their darkest hour!
The 7 stones have been united and now the dark pterosaur which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs has now returned to now bring forth the extinction of humanity and all reality! The final battle draws near and stay tuned for the D Team's last adventure in season 2.
Wanted Miku as well to have a moment to shine in the climax, also because she hasn't fought a secret dinosaur too so who better than cryolophosaurus? Which they now recover from Seth at long last this saving the last dinosaur from their time pod. As for how these new dinosaurs came to be and where they came from, only time will tell the answer.
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Drew Lucznyski
-Yeah true, sorry if it didn't meet your expectations though but hope it was still satisfactory. Not rivals here though.