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!

47. Fate of the cosmos

Chapter 47

Fate of the cosmos

Chaos reigned over Sanjo City, as the 4 spectral armoured dinosaurs Gigas, Armatus, Maximus and Brontikens, began unleashing terror upon it as they fired off beams and projectiles which scattered all over from atop the ruins of the D Lab and then causing massive extensive damage to anything in the path of their attacks! They however were but the tip of the iceberg, as the Dark Pterosaur, spawned by the unison of the 7 cosmos stones, began laying everything to waste as it enveloped over the 4 dinosaurs and began unleashing total devastation in its mission to end all space and time! Nothing and no one was safe for its wrath….

The situation getting critical, the alpha gang, having managed to uncover Dr Z and Seth, retreated with the D Team to the safety of the first while they took shelter in the hopes of recovering after their previous battle, and they could only look on helplessly as all they knew and loved was slowly coming to an end….time was running out as extinction was imminent for all life in the known universe…..

"This is the end…." Max breathed feeling completely devastated at what he saw, "All the terrible things that the Pterosaur warned us about. They're happening…and the worst part there's we can do about it…." Rex looked to him just as disheartened as he was, while Cera grit teeth and hissed in frustration. As if losing their parents wasn't bad enough they couldn't protect the stones in the end. It was the worst case scenario anyone could have envisioned, and what was happening before their eyes was more disastrous than anything they ever imagined, "We had our chance…and…we failed…."

"Oh no!" Zoe sniffled scared and in sadness as she huddled to her older sister for comfort but could find little, nor could she ever turn a blind eye to what was happening for it was only a matter of time before they themselves were wiped out along with the rest of creation.

"Um…What was it that the Pterosaur said would happen exactly Rex?" Reese asked nervously.

"Your basic worst case scenario." Rex answered rather casually.

"Except way worse, like a thousand times worse…" Cera followed.

"She said that once all the cosmos stones merge, then all time and space would be doomed." Rex then concluded having heard the Pterosaur warn them multiple times but never thought they'd actually see it nor imagined it'd be this bad.

"And from the looks of it that dark pterosaur that the cosmos stones created is the harbinger of that doom." said Reese as she looked up to see the dark pterosaur unleashing waves and beams of negative energy which destroyed anything that came in contact with it, "If only we could stop it."

"But...how…?" Zoe asked as she looked up painfully to see the destroyer itself lay waste to everything around it.

"Good question….how?" Cera swallowed. Everything they did, they gave it their best shot, all their heart and soul….and still it wasn't enough, what did they ever do to deserve this, is this really the end and they can only sit by and do nothing?

Nearby, Helga, sparking hard after sustaining heavy damage from the collapse, rested down at one part of the clearing lowering a fainted Dr Z to the ground while the gel jark lay an unconscious Seth down nearby.

Quickly the alpha gang saw this and ran to them, "Helga!" Ed cried worrying for her wellbeing, but she couldn't care less about herself at this time, there was someone else who needed attention more than she did.

"Please…take care…of Doc-" Her sentence was cut off as she short circuited and smoked hard, but not before handing him over to the trio.

"Grandpa!"

"Is he okay!?" Laura and Rod cried as they came in to see him unconscious.

Desperate for their boss to show them a sign of life, Ursula and Ed tried shaking him gently hoping to stir him, "Hey, ho ho…Wake up, doctor…"

"Say something." But to no avail, as they began to fear the worse, "Oh, no… I think this is serious…" Ursula wept as tears began to run down her cheeks and before long she and her fiends began to bawl their eyes out and mourn for the loss of their beloved leader! "We never told him how much he means to us! How much we idolised him!"

"That's true!" Ed screamed his head off as his nose began to go runny with the tears.

Unbeknownst to them, their loud screaming was what awoken their boss as he slowly opened his eyes, "Well, it's never too late." Dr Z smirked, having woken up and deciding to milk the moment.

His words made the Alpha gang stop weeping as they looked to see him open his eyes, but not before one of Ursula's tears fell straight into Dr Z's mouth!

"BLEACH!" he spat it out in disgust before ranting out loud as he always did, "Haven't you ever heard of a hanky?!" he screamed.

"Doctor…" the A Team breathed seeing he was back to normal.

"Grandpa, you're okay!" Rod & Laura cried in relief.

"For a sec you almost looked…"

"You know, done for. Finished."

"Of course, you always kind of look that way." The alpha gang each said almost having believed he had passed on peacefully after that terrible tragedy at the lab.

Dr. Z then cried out jumping up and down in protest, "I do not! I'm bright-eyed and bushy browed! Beneath this great beard and bright rosy cheeks resides!" he ranted before he then smiled with confidence, "I'm not going anywhere until I fulfil my destiny and become the one, the only dinosaur king!" he proclaimed proudly as he pointed up to the sky while they looked on!

"Glad to hear he's still high in spirit," Cera smiled with relief to see he wasn't giving up, before frowning again when she returned to the reality before hand where the end of the world was happening right before their eyes, "….Not that it'll do us much good now….or anyone…." she sighed deeply seeing their situation to be bleak.

However, it was his very words that seemed to have awoken something in Max, "Destiny…? Wait a sec." he muttered as he tuned out all the background noise and drifted into the last words his parents told him.

Cera having just overheard him, looked to him curiously, "Max?" she asked him but got no response.

"All of destiny… That means everyone…From everywhere…Throughout all of time…" he breathed, flashing back to all their past adventures to all those different eras, and reflecting on the experiences they had since then.

"What are you getting at?" Cera wondered seeing he was deep in some kind of trance. But he wasn't spacing out, in fact it seemed he was on to something.

Chomp barked at him getting his attention as Max looked down to him, "And that includes you, Chomp." he then said as he recalled the day he first met his card in the forest flashback, and recalled the extinction event in the Cretaceous. Max then picked him up so his partner could lick him on the cheek, which then made him smile as he knew just what to do, "I know, I feel them all with us too." As he said that, the others looked to him.

"What is it, Max? What's Chomp saying?" Rex asked him.

"He's saying the same thing my mom said." Max answered.

"What?" His words soon puzzled them, but what he was about to say next soon made it all clear to them.

"That all of destiny's in our hands, the entire universe, all of space and time and more; they're all counting on us and in a way…they're here with us." he said, "After all, when those cosmos stones first crashed here…They nearly destroyed everything on Earth, but somehow…life found a way to keep going and lead to this moment now." he explained, how the dinosaurs lead to the Ancients coming to rescue them, Seth betraying them thus leading Rex to the D Team and then going all sorts of adventures meeting people and bonding with dinosaurs, till finally defeating Seth so then he'd set the space pirates and the gang across space and time so they'd be able to end the threat of the cosmos stones once and for all. "I know you're all thinking it all seems hopeless, but things are always darkest right before the dawn. We have to keep fighting for our parents, for the pterosaur, for the past, present and future because if we don't then there's nobody that will." he concluded in a way so determined, clenching his fist and inspiring some motivated feelings inside everyone present.

Cera was amazed and deeply moved by his heartfelt words, in fact what was just as surprising was that she could see he was connected with Chomp on a level which was almost like hers. Also his words helped her see the truth, that all this couldn't have all happened by chance or mere coincidence, in fact it was meant to be…..

"But, Max, what can we do?" Zoe then asked still pointing out that important fact.

"Yeah. We need a plan and I for one don't have one." Rex added in agreement.

Max however had just the plan in mind, "I do." he held up his arm and flashed the device on it.

"The dinobracer?" Rex asked him in surprise.

"That's right, Rex. A while back, my bracelet repelled the black cosmos stone." Max answered as he recalled what happened back on the Backlander when Seth dropped all the cosmos stones.

"Really? I wonder why." Zoe muttered in thought.

Max then began to open the bracer, "Well, my best guess is because of this." he said showing the lightning stone to them!

Rex widened his eyes in realisation, "Of course, the stone plates!" he gasped as Cera soon mirrored his expression.

She realised in all the commotion that happened since Seth double crossed them, she forgot to mention to them that the stone plates were the key to fixing the entire mess!

"Zoe, didn't Seth say the plates carry a positive power while the cosmos stones, on the other hand, carry with them a negative power?" Reese then asked her sister, "That could be the way to save the universe. Of course, since the cosmos stones have merged, they've created that powerful dark pterosaur. It's stronger than any one stone plate." she then said at the end as she pointed out at the giant monstrosity of energy reigning destruction upon the land and it still continued to grow.

"Maybe, but not all of them." said Dr Z as the others looked to him, "If all the cosmos stones have been combined, then I say we combine all the power of out stone plates! Am I a genius or what!?" he announced proudly pointing up to the sky while his men began fawning around him with admiration.

"Genuine genius and modest to boots." Ursula praised as Dr Z laughed proudly at his own genius, while his grandchildren both sweat dropped at his oversized ego becoming even more inflated, if this kept up he may no longer be satisfied being merely a dinosaur king but set his sights on way more extravagant goals.

"Great. So, we combine the plates and dole out their power with our dinos." said Max tensing up and full of determination, with nothing left to lose and no further discussions needed it was time they finished this once and for all.

"Actually, Max, that won't work." Rex suddenly spoke up which made the others look to him in surprise.

Max looked to him in confusion, "What do you mean it won't work? Of course, it's gonna work."

"No, come on think about it." Rex responded as he pointed to his own bracer, "If we're attacking the dark pterosaur with the stone plates from our bracers, our dinos won't be able to deliver the attack because our dinos can't wage attacks if the plates aren't there." he explained as it soon became clear they couldn't use their dinosaurs to fight let alone summon them if they were using them in the Backlander to fight the dark pterosaur.

"Yeah, Rex is right. The plates need to be inside the bracers for dinos to attack." said Rod agreeing with him.

"So, now what? Laura then asked feeling rather downcast that their hope turned out to be a temporary illusion.

The solution soon came from a rather unexpected source, "Now we simply create a copy of the stone plates to put in the dinobracers." said Seth as he volunteered.

"Say whaaaat?!" Dr Z exclaimed in disbelief that it was possible indeed to do something like that.

"Yes, I have the data we would need all right here." Seth confirmed it as he gestured to his head.

Thinking back on it, Cera and the others began to recall he did it before and that he made the fakes more powerful than the original, despite not being able to control the time warp generator they still could be used to summon dinosaurs so that could work….but she and the others narrowed their eyes with suspicion, for chances were he would double cross them again, and in this dire situation they couldn't afford such a huge risk as this was their final chance.

"Yeah, sure." Max grunted still holding a grudge against him for what he did and for what he planned to do with the cosmos stones earlier which brought all this in the first place.

"Trust me, Max. I know I betrayed you all before, but what other options do you have?" he then pointed out which made it all clear they didn't have much choice and there was no time for infighting or debating, "Now then, are you with me?" he then asked hoping they'd accept his cooperation knowing it was their best chance they had, plus their only one if they wanted to save the world.

While Max nodded reluctantly, Cera still had her doubts, "What's your aim this time? You're always several moves ahead as you so boldly claim." she then asked him with deep suspicion as the others began to shoot him suspicious or angered glared, "If so I guess this was your own backup plan in case you did fail to use the stones yourself?"

Seth calmly looked around to see the expressions of spite and hatred shot at him, they had good reason to think so after all he put them through and now it was his fault that all existence was doomed. Realising this, he then shook his head, "No…for once that isn't the case here." he admitted deciding not to hide anything from them anymore, "I was so certain victory was in my sights…." he said as he held out one of his hands before clenching it into a fist and gritting his teeth, "But I was blinded by arrogance I failed to take into account Specter interfering at the last moment." he hissed in frustration at his own failure, as well as now realising the calamity he brought upon and there was nothing he could do about it…except this. He then looked to everyone around him and bowed down, "Everyone, at least allow me this one chance to make things right….to set things straight once and for all." he pleaded, "I know I've done many unforgivable things and am the reason for all your suffering these past few days…..I won't deny that I brought about all of this, because of my mistake all of reality is now doomed." While the others still had great distrust of him, they could see he was their only hope of making this work, nevertheless they still didn't like the idea of letting him on board their ship a third time. Seth then looked up at them seriously, "Even if you don't trust me, you can't allow Specter to get away with what he's done can you? And you know you can't do it without my help."

Even if his intentions weren't sincere, the stones were in the pirates' possession and that couldn't be changed, so if he couldn't have them he might as well destroy them. That was the vibe he gave off, and even if he was doing it for himself and not for everyone's sake it was enough to convince the group that he'd be of no threat to them in this situation, since there was a far greater evil to defeat first.

As much as aligning with the lesser of 2 evils to defeat a common enemy was the same as siding with evil, their options were limited. With great reluctance, Cera let out a deep sigh as she nodded, "Okay fine, we've got no choice…." she said on everyone's behalf that they'd accept Seth's help one last time.

Dr Z however then pointed out at him in bitter anger, "This time you'll be on a very short and tight leash!" he shouted shooting him a fierce glare at his former assistant, "We'll be supervising you and your slimy sidekick from start to finish, no exceptions. Try anything funny and you're done! This will be your final warning!" He shouted in a way that he meant what he said for real.

Not wanting to waste anymore time, seeing the bigger picture and what was at stake, Seth then nodded without hesitation, "Very well, I accept your terms." he said giving them his word.

With his loyalty secured, Max looked to everyone as he rallied them together for the final battle ahead, "Let's go guys, the fate of all reality is counting on us this time!" he said clenching his hand into a fist, "And we won't fail! Not now not ever!" He then turned around and gritted his teeth at the Dark Pterosaur and punched out his arm at it, "For our future!" he announced at the top of his lungs.

"YEAH!" The rest of them apart from Seth cheered as they punched up to the sky and then focused on the dark pterosaur seriously, with a single purpose, to destroy it for good and end its reign of terror once and for all.

The first thing to do was to affect repairs to their ship the Backlander, and after hurrying over to it and getting on board via remote using the teleporter thanks to Seth, it was decided that they divide into separate teams. While the D Team along with Reese, Rod and Laura would go to patch up Jonathan and Helga, Dr Owen and Patrick (Who spent some time looking over the Backhander's schematics) would supervise and assist the A Team in helping to repair the Backhander's interior systems and outer area that may have sustained damage in its earlier crash. Dr Z and Seth took their leave to prepare the copy stones, but as they exited the door, Max and the others looked to Cera, "You go check on Seth and Dr Z, make sure those spare stone plates come along smoothly too." Rex suggested not wanting to take the chance leaving those 2 by their lonesome, knowing Seth could easily manipulate Dr Z like before or do something bad to him since he was alone now.

Cera nodded in agreement, "I'll be sure to keep an eye on them and keep them in line." she said as she followed out after them. Halfway there though the hallway, she then stopped and made a quick detour to one of the computer rooms away from where Seth and Dr Z were working. Using a data disk, she inputted it into the console and typed on it, as it began downloading data and transferring the stored cosmos stone energy samples from earlier into it, seeing now was the best time to use it. As much as she hated to admit it, the only who could utilise the power of the stones to their full potential in their desperate time of need had to be Seth, so reluctantly she took a breath, praying she wouldn't regret her decision before taking her leave.

She then walked past the artefacts room, where the old mammoth fossil was now placed as the relic from the stone age, taking one last look at all the souvenirs of their adventures, feeling the wishes and hopes of the people they met coming from them. She nodded in acknowledgment of them and vowed they wouldn't fail them, as she headed to find Dr Z and Seth, unaware that the potted tree had begun to sprout a small bud of fruit from its branch.

As she entered the room near where the reactor core was, he saw the Seth typing away at a computer along with the last gel jark and Dr Z observing him closely, "So this was how you did it last time?" Dr Z asked him curiously.

"Yes," Seth confirmed it, "Though those stones were inferior compared to the originals which was why the time machine malfunctioned in the first place." he said now realising what he did resulted in him getting sent into the wormhole in the first place, "These ones however will be able to summon dinosaurs at ease, in addition to that I'll make sure they also give the dinosaurs an extra added power boost which will give us the edge we need to defeat Specter's dinosaurs as well should they get in the way." he said.

"Woo! Now that's what I'm talking about baby!" Dr Z clapped his hands in excitement, "Fire it up!" he then cheered punching his arm to the sky.

"Would this help out too?" said Cera as she caught the attention of both men and the jark as she held out the drive.

"Hmm?"

Walking up to them she passed it to Seth as he loaded the data into the computer. Upon analysing it, he widened his eyes in surprise to see the energy readings were that of the cosmos stones! "This is…."

"AH! Where did you get this power!? I demand to know!" Dr Z then yelled at her impatiently.

Cera took a calm breath, not letting Dr Z's obnoxious impatience get to her before calmly explaining, "When we had all 6 cosmos stones with us, I took the liberty of harvesting a small sample of each." she said, "Seeing how powerful they were in strengthening a dinosaur, I thought that might come as a helpful trump card later on, if we found a way to control it. The way I see it now, we could use the energy from the 6 cosmos stones to boost that of the stone plates we're making. That way we might stand a better chance at beating Specter's dinosaurs and that Dark Pterosaur once and for all….or so I hope." She said at the end, "That amount of energy there is all I have, way I see it we need to use all of it if we're going to have the best chance at winning this once and for all."

Seth narrowed his eyes, finding her plans and timing to be almost as good as his own was. Despite being on opposite sides he had to admire her talent for that at least. As he uploaded the energy into the copy stone formation he narrowed his eyes noticing an advantage to using the energy, "With this power implemented into the stones, all we'll need is a single hit to cancel out the power of our foes." His expression hardened upon noticing a flaw in that strategy, "Of course, that means the same is to be said for our own dinosaurs too." he said.

"Then we'll just have to fight the best we can then." Cera responded calmly.

Seth hesitated momentarily, still having fantasies of wanting to use the energy for his own means, but with the situation already becoming critical, he swallowed his pride and pressed the button, inserting every ounce of energy into the machine as it began to create the copy stones.

As the machine began to whirr and power up, Dr Z brightened up and rubbed his hands together in excitement, "Wooo…." he breathed leaning in for a closer look.

Seeing there was nothing more she needed to do here, Cera then turned around, "I'm going to go check on how the others are doing." she said taking her leave. As she was about to exit through the doors she said a few parting words to them both, "Make sure those stones are ready soon." She said before letting out a deep sigh, "As much as I hate to say this….but we're counting you for this."

Seth eyed her back seriously before closing his eyes calmly, "And you can be assured I won't betray your trust like last time." he said before returning to his work at the console, "Even if I had ulterior motives the outcome would still be the same." Now that Specter had the cosmos stones, it was impossible to take back, so if he couldn't have it he might as well use his efforts to destroy them instead.

"Hmph! I'll be the judge of that!" Dr Z scoffed as he pointed at him, "Try something again for the umpteenth time and I'll make a fossil out of you!"

Seth rolled his eyes at his empty threats, but nevertheless decided to play nice if it meant they all had a tomorrow to look forward to, "Yes…of course…Dr Z…." plus even if Dr Z did intend to keep his threat Seth knew he could easily get the better of him whenever he wanted to.

(Meanwhile)

As Cera entered the room where her friends were they perked their heads up to see her, "Hey Cera, how are the stones coming along?" Rex then asked.

She nodded at them with a light smile, "It's coming along smoothly. They should be ready soon." she said which brought eased smiles to them. Hearing some spinning and sparking noises she looked to the side and raised an eyebrow to see Helga's head literally spinning uncontrollably while moving out of place! Knowing she couldn't leave her like that she walked towards the malfunctioning housemaid, grabbed her head mid air as it spun to the top then shoved it all the way back down till it clamped back on!

CLAMP!

"Oof!" Helga muttered as she tilted her head around to make sure it was secure and tight. After giving it another 360 degree twirl, she was satisfied with it, "Aaah….that feels much better. Thank you very much." she then said with a grateful smile at Cera who smiled back.

"Don't mention it." she said.

"Wow, she actually fixed Helga so easily." Rod whistled impressed at what he saw her do.

"Well grampa did make her from a do it yourself kit so she should be easier to put back together compared to Jonathan." Laura mused scratching her cheek.

Speaking of which, not long after that, Dr Z soon came into the room with a big smile on his face, "Alright, here are the copies of the stones." he said holding up the complete set of copy stones freshly off the work table and ready for use.

"Great! Then let's go save the universe!" Max smiled with the others seeing their time had come.

"Wait." said Seth suddenly as he stepped in with his assistant by his side, "First, there is something you all must know." he said in a rather concerned tone which unsettled the group somewhat.

"What is it, Seth?" Max then asked curiously.

Seth knew this was a waste of time, but regardless felt obliged to let them know this at least so they can go on without any regrets, "The copies of the plates we've created to allow your dinos to attack, they can't be used for anything else. In other words, once you summon out your dinos in attack mode, that's the way they'll stay." he explained.

Everyone widened their eyes and gasped, the ones most shocked at this troubling news were the D Team trio themselves as they looked to one another and their partners whom they'd never see again in small form, "But that would mean…"

"We'll never be able to play with them like they're pets again; they'll be big for good….." Rex and Zoe sighed feeling reluctant about making ANOTHER sacrifice. Cera frowned seeing they had already gone through so much, as much as she understood that she hoped their will would still stand strong and they wouldn't have any second thoughts about this.

Despite their loss, Max narrowed his eyes willing to accept this necessary sacrifice, "In that case, let's play with them one last time." he said to them as his friends nodded back in response.

Seth widened his eyes in shock, "You can't be serious!" he exclaimed surprising them, "Time is running out and you're still thinking about having play time like children with your….pets!?" he gritted his teeth in frustration, bewildered that they'd still think about playing like kids when they should grow up and see the reality of the situation before hand.

Before everyone could get angry and get into a fight with him, Cera, while still as angered as they were, was able to calm herself as she spoke on their behalf, "For someone who claims to know all about dinosaurs I'm not surprised you don't understand what this means for them." They all looked to her in surprise as she held a hard gaze at him and spoke with firmness, "They've been together for a long time and they've developed a strong connection with them, so this means everything to them." She then looked to her friends, "They deserve this moment, after all they've been through." she said in a heavy breath before glaring back at him, "So if you don't give them this, then you can leave and don't come back again. We'll take care of everything ourselves."

As the others turned back to Seth with hard looks he then gritted his teeth, seeing they were unwavering in their choice, admirable but completely illogical in this case. As much as it frustrated him to no end he knew he couldn't talk them out of it. Seeing no other choice he was forced to make a compromise, "I need to repair the ship's consoles on the bridge….that's all the time you have and no more." he said turning his back to them, "Also, all of you go to the reactor core, once I return we'll put in the real stone plates into the generator and we'll finish this once and for all." he said at the end as he exited.

Once he stepped out of the room, the D Team looked to one another seeing he was right, they couldn't ignore their mission to save the world, so following his advice they decided to head there to wait for his return. "Come on guys, you heard him, let's go." said Rex.

"Yeah, we'll call Ursula and the others too," said Laura, "I'm sure Terry and the others would love to join in on the fun too."

They all smiled in agreement as they decided to hurry off to the generator room to spend their last few moments with heir friends as they were, also knowing that they'd have to part ways themselves too afterwards, so one way or another this would be their final adventure and they had no intention of wasting another precious second of it.

As they headed out, Cera soon held herself from following them, something the D Team kids realised as they stopped in surprise to see her stopping herself at the door, "Hey what's up?" Max asked her curiously, "You're not coming with us Cera?"

She shook her head, "I do, but…" she then looked to the door Seth and the gel jark exited from, "I don't want to let Seth out of my sight. In this crucial moment we can't take any chances and you know it." she said to them as Rex folded his arms in thought.

"Yeah that makes sense." But he soon eyed her suspiciously seeing there was more to it, something she was quite known for, "But…why do I feel you're hiding something?" he then said to her.

As soon as he said that, Cera stood in silence, knowing she had been found out, and yet…..she couldn't bring herself to say it to her friends as she looked away from them most hard and reluctantly.

"C…Cera?" Zoe asked in concern as their dinosaurs looked up to her sensing sadness.

"Did we say something wrong?" Max asked hoping it wasn't the case, even Rex too was beginning to wish he didn't poke further.

She then frowned heavily knowing she couldn't keep it to herself nor did she want to worry them with secrets either, "Sigh….It's just…once you guys do this, there's no going back…." she said painfully as she looked away from them, "And yet….I can't help but feel guilty when I'll be the only one who's dinosaur can…." she choked at the end, unable to look her friends in the eye, finding it unfair that they would have to sacrifice everything…while she continued to hold onto Miku as she was….it just wasn't fair or right….if only she could do the same and share in their pain so they wouldn't be alone. Miku too felt what her partner was feeling and understood that her dinosaur friends would be giving this up too, and she let out a sad coo feeling complete sympathy for them.

The D Team then sighed understanding her position, "Oh….I see…"

"We understand." Despite knowing what they'e be giving up, Max soon shook his head and smiled as he put a hand on Cera's shoulder, "But it's fine, in the end they're still our friends as they always are. So it doesn't really change a thing in the end."

Rex and Zoe soon followed his expression too, "Plus, no matter the outcome, at least we enjoyed our last moments to the fullest and have no regrets."

"Mhmm."

Hearing their most mature response and seeing how far they had grown put a smile on Cera's face as she nodded back at them, "Well said, I'd do the same thing too if I were in your position. In fact I wish I was too…." she said looking away with a slightly saddened smile too, wishing she'd be able to reciprocate their feelings after this was over.

"Cera…." they felt most touched by her selfless and kind heart, and not just that she also acted as the D Team's voice of reason and morale, and at the same time she was both smart and wise too. If it were;t for her they may never had made it this far.

"You really came through for us time and again. The best friend we could ever ask for." said Max as he smiled with eagerness at her.

Rex then recalled a promise he and his parents once made to her and it was time he kept it, "Once we save the universe, we'll go back to the future and help you find out who you are too Cera. That's a promise!" he said to her firmly and determination, something which made her nod back at him in affirmation.

"I'll remember that." She then smiled lightly at them, "Well don't let me keep you from having fun with Chomp, Ace and Paris. Go on ahead, I'll catch up soon." She said as she walked away from where they were to follow to where Seth was while they headed for the engine room. As she did, she narrowed her eyes knowing she had some straightening out to do with him, as well as close a certain account….

When she made it to the bridge, she saw the gel jark was carrying some tools an Seth had just closed up the console thus finishing the last few repairs meaning it was now ready for take off at any time, all he had to do was give them the order. But when he came back to that, he then gritted his teeth and hissed with immense frustration, "This is ridiculous, all of them, they think like infants. Can't they ever see the bigger picture? Why doesn't anyone ever understand with so much already stake?" he growled.

"This is your fault to begin with." Cera then spoke out to him which made him and the gel jark turn around to look her in the eye.

"What do you want now?" he asked her narrowing his eyes hard.

"You brought all this upon us with your own petty ambitions Seth. Like it or not this all on your head, so if we do fail, at least we treasured every remaining moment we had with our loved ones while they're still here with us, that way we have no regrets in the end. Plus, if we all perish in the end at least you'll be going down with us too." she said as Miku hissed threatening him, as well as intending to rub salt in the open wounds of his pride and ego.

Normally he kept a calm composure and wouldn't let what others say get the better of him, but this time her words hit their mark like knives on fresh meat, "How long must you continue to point that fact out?" he grunted looking away from her, even gritting his teeth in frustration, "Belittling my vision? Reminding me of the past? Will you only be satisfied once you take everything I worked towards away from me?" he shook intense with rage and spite, and it took all the straight he had to keep himself from taking it out on her, the only thing holding him back was because he had to focus on the bigger picture and saving the universe so he couldn't afford a fight like this otherwise he'd lose the little ounce of trust he worked so hard to regain.

"If that stops you from repeating these mistakes once and for all then so be it." Cera then answered him with the intention to point that out, as well as harbouring a grudge of her own towards him. She then closed her eyes and put a hand to her chest in deep thought, "After all they did for me I'll give my very life to ensure they have a bright future ahead, and not just them, for everyone in the world. Now and forever, this I swear." she vowed to him with clarity in her eyes as she looked towards him.

Her last words seemed to have struck a cord in Seth's mind, "A bright future…for everyone?" he breathed blinking in surprise before he began to chuckle unsettlingly which unnerved Cera somewhat, "Heh…immature to the end…" he then scoffed in disgust, "Just how can those children stay so positive? Even with everything as we know come to an end…how can they and the others find time to frolic with their….dinosaurs. It's incomprehensible." he muttered finding the D Team to be naive children no matter the magnitude of the situation. How they still were able to find light even in their darkest times still baffled him to this day, how they were witnessing the end of all life and yet they still hadn't grown up or took the situation seriously.

"It's because they believes they can win, and that belief and hope is what keeps him and everyone else going until the end." Cera then answered him with confidence, "It's that hope which helped us make it this far, and then discover the key means to stopping this disaster before it ruins all reality. Their experiences have indeed shaped them to who they're now yet they still remain true to who they are and full of hope." she soon smiled in honour and respect of them, "That hope and love for who and what they care for, is what motivates them to keep fighting to their last breath, for a world worth living." she said before shaking her head in disapproval at Seth, "Someone like you, who's been swallowed up by self righteous ambitions, could never understand even in a million years."

Seth then frowned as her words sunk in, "A world worth living in…..Is that even possible?" he then asked out loud which puzzled Cera and Miku as they eyed him strangely.

"Don't you think so?" she asked, curious to know what his side of the story was, for the first time.

He shook his head in response, "When I signed up to work under the Ancients, I did so in order to learn more about the world's ancient history, thereby recovering things long forgotten and learning the failures of what brought ancient civilisations to ruin, thereby we wouldn't repeat them in the present." he said before clenching his hand into a fist, "But no matter how much was uncovered, I could find the same mistakes repeated over and over again which lead to ruination. Greed, corruption, you name it, all stemming from human beings. I knew it was in our very nature that we would bring doom to wherever we go, it never got better instead to gets worse." he said with disgust, "Then when the time came for us to save the dinosaurs, all I could see was a future where dinosaurs would only be seen as animals to be used by people as mere animals." His eyes hardened into a narrow gaze, "As creatures that ruled the planet for thousands of centuries before mankind first stepped foot, I couldn't accept that. Especially since that world was unfairly taken from them and then handed to a race which in such a short period of time caused extinctions as great as the one which wiped out the dinosaurs in the first place."

Hearing his words to be sincere and sensing no ill intent in them, Cera could then see Seth cared for the dinosaurs in his own way, however he wanted them to live and evolve in the way he saw fit so they'd be acknowledged, despite his intentions though she still couldn't accept what he did to do so as she maintained a firm glare at him.

"I believed that if dinosaurs surpassed humans in every possible way, only then they could be accepted for what they were." Seth continued as he looked up, "In order to surpass people, they had to evolve, otherwise they'd eventually be utilised by those of no vision as tools of war or personal gain." He believed it'd be an inevitable outcome after seeing the same problems of humanity being repeated throughout history time and again, "Dr Ancient's ideal for them to simply coexist safely with people is but a childish ideal…no the dream of a fool. Clearly he didn't have a grasp of the future like I did." he then spat, "I saw a potential in the dinosaurs that no one else could. But I knew from the start that no one, especially not Dr Ancient, would understand nor support this vision I had. Because of that I believed I could trust no one but myself to realise this."

As she continued listening in, Cera and Miku both began to really the universe Seth wanted to create and rule over was one where dinosaurs reigned supreme as the ultimate lifeform and he'd be able to control every possible outcome, where evolution and progress would be within specifications and predictions. She then narrowed her eyes finding his goals to be despicable regardless, "Why are you telling me this? Is to make me feel sorry for you or anything?" she asked folding her arms and shooting him a hard look.

"Make no mistake, I'm not asking for forgiveness nor will I ever." he retorted as he returned to his usual calm and expressionless demeanour, "I merely wanted you to hear things from my perspective, out of all the others perhaps only you could understand." From what he saw firsthand she had an affinity for the dinosaurs that no one had, so he felt if anyone would understand his reasons it'd be her.

She then shook her head proving him wrong once more, "I don't want anything to do with your megalomaniacal ambitions, though only thing I do understand is this," she said as he looked to her with a hard scowl that she rejected his beliefs like everyone else did, what she said next though caught him by surprise, "You did see greatness in the dinosaurs and wanted them to realise it in your own way, but you decided yourself into believing it was for the good of everyone when all along you were only out for yourself, that's where you lost your way." As she said that Seth continued to listen, "Because of that you committed many horrendous acts, and now you have much to answer for, though I highly doubt you could ever atone for them even if you wanted to." She said shaking her head with disapproval, "Unlike you, the others have something to protect and fight for, something that you don't."

"Hmph! And what pray tell may that be?" he then scoffed.

"Something you couldn't see, you only focused your attention on dinosaurs but the D Team and now even the Alpha gang see the greatness in both dinosaurs and people." she explained calmly, "They fight for the good things in the world which you were blind to, something they came to learn after all our adventures together. Also, they standby one another while you are alone, because of that they altogether fight for the vision of a world worth living in, for both man and dinosaurs together in harmony."

Seth then smirked finding her to be just as childish and simple minded as the others were, "Heh, how fantastical…." he scoffed seeing he had wasted his breath on her.

"I'm surprised Seth, for a man of vision and self proclaimed genius you still can't see the evidence all too clear? Maybe you're the blind one in the end." As she said that he narrowed his eyes at her taking offence at her comment, "You said you wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past? Well I'd say using the cosmos stones, the very things that caused the dinosaurs to go extinct in the first place, to destroy everything once again may be the biggest one of all. Not jus that, you'll also be adding new ones on top of that, no way would any dinosaur ever want that." As she said that Seth then began to let those words sink in. In fact….the way she put it….she was actually correct….

Cera then closed her eyes in deep thought, "Thanks to my friends whom I fight for, I truly believe that people and dinosaurs can help one another to grow to new heights neither can reach alone. That's what I believe true evolution is." She said before opening them widely with clarity and conviction, "And now I'm going to help make sure we all have that future." She then turned around to take her leave. As angry as she was at him for all his past heinous acts, the fact he warned the D Team about the dangers of the copy stones may be a sign of hope in him, since at the time he showed true concern and sincerity at the time. Before she exited the bridge, she shot him one more look, "If you try anything, I swear I'll take you down for good. This will be your only warning." She threatened him as the doors shut behind her, leaving Seth with his thoughts and much to think about.

As he lowered his head down he began to ponder over everything Cera had said combined with his past experiences with the D Team, how they clashed with his beliefs and yet despite his best efforts nothing kept them down. In fact the harder he tried to stop them the more determined they were to thwart him. In the end they fought for a cause they believed in, they fought for others and he fought simply for himself and his self righteous ambitions. "Is what she saying true? Had I been going about it all wrong?" he asked himself. He once believed evolution was about strength and power, while weak emotions like kindness and friendship were meaningless, in fact a hindrance to progress. But in the end such traits he called pathetic were able to overcome his efforts time and again….for the first time in his life he began to wonder…if her was actually….wrong this entire time….

(Meanwhile)

Cera had just entered the engine room, where the D Team and alpha gang were spending as much time with their dinosaurs in chibi form as possible, knowing it was short so they wanted to treasure their final moments as they were while they could. She smiled with joy and delight to see her friends having fun with their most precious partners.

"Hop!" Max smiled as he tossed Chomp up and down before catching him in his hands, "Here we go again!

"Here I come, Ace!" Rex laughed as he played chase with Ace, the little dinosaur outspeeding him easily, while Zoe and Paris sat in the background looking on. And further away, Terry, Tank and Spiny were having a little fun with Laura and Rod who were giving them treats before being snatched away, to their dismay, by the Alpha trio!

Cera smiled feeling happy that they were treasuring every moment of theirs from start to finish, before noticing Miku who was eying them with anticipation. Clearly she didn't want to miss out on this. Looking to her she nuzzled her head with her finger, "Go on Miku….have some fun now while you still can like this." she said as her partner chirped in excitement before jumping off her shoulder and gliding down to join them.

"Chomp…" said Max a little while later as he brought his head close to his partner's nose horn, "I'm gonna miss you so much, pal. I love you." He said with appreciation, before his partner, like he always did, did a trademark nibble on his nose like he did when they first met, "Oh! haha, Chomp!" he laughed having gotten used to it and now it only tickled, "Oh, Chomp, I'll never forget you…" he said as his eyes grew slightly watery knowing they'd have to go soon, at least the bite marks he left on his nose and missing the nibbling sensation will be something he'd always remember him by.

"I'll always remember all the good times that we had together, Ace." said Rex as he picked up his partner and cradled him like a baby.

"Best friends forever, Paris." said Zoe as she hugged her closely. As emotional as their human partners showed it, the dinosaurs didn't seem to understand completely what was about to happen but instinctively they knew things would soon change forever. Cera sniffled and wiped a single teardrop from her eye after having picked Miku back up, and they looked on ever so emotionally for their friends undergo what would be their final adventure yet.

The mood however was soon ruined when a certain man felt rather disgusted with so much mushy mushy love in the air, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Put her in a card! Let's get this show on a road already!" Dr Z then yelled impatiently seeing there were more important things to worry about.

"Give them a break, grandpa." Rod responded back to him calmly, "This is the last time they'll ever get to see their dinos like this." he said hoping his grandfather would be a little more understandable.

"Ah, kids will be kids, I guess!" Dr Z then growled which surprised his grandson.

"It's not just them, the old lady's sad too." said Laura as she looked over to the trio who were hugging their chibi dinosaurs closely.

"Hey! I am not an old lady!" Ursula shouted back taking offence before snuggling up to her dinosaur, "But I am sentimental…Oh, how I'll miss you, my sweet, precious, little Terry!" she said hugging him and snuggling up to him while Zander and Ed did the same.

"Oh, this is so hard, Spiny! I just never ever want to let you go!" Zander sniffled cuddling the spinosaurus like a teddy bear.

"So, let's not! I say we hold them like this for the rest of eternity!" Ed cried as he hugged Tank close ignoring her prickly back.

Cera felt conflicted looking on, on one hand it was nice to see the trio care for their dinosaurs and show them the affection they deserved, but on the other hand they didn't seem to reciprocate said feelings and instead couldn't wait to get away from them as they cried and struggled in protest!

"And I say no!" Dr Z interrupted not wanting to waste anymore time, as he kicked them away and took the dinosaurs back, though as a show of appreciation Tank began bouncing on his head in ball form while Spiny and Terry went to nibbling his beard, "Oh, great. Don't I have enough scars to remember you three little terrors by? Get off of me already." he said now feeling emotional himself.

Before long, Seth and his gel jark assistant soon returned, having waited long enough outside and giving them their moment, "The time has come." he said seriously as he reminded them of their duty, "Let's go stop Specter."

"Right." Max replied in agreement, believing it was time they got to it otherwise they may never have another moment together. Reluctantly he looked back to his partner, "Well, Chomp…I guess this is really it…Goodbye, buddy…" he said with a most heavy heart, as he put his partner down on the floor and returned him to a card.

"Ace…"

"So long, Paris…" Zoe and Rex both said just as downcast as they turned their partners back to card form again.

The Alpha trio too looked on with saddened eyes as they returned their dinosaurs to card form as well. And the saddest part was that the dinosaurs were all completely oblivious to what would soon become of them.

Dr Z sighed with deep sadness but fought hard against it as he pointed at the generator, "Set the original plates together…" he sniffled with tears, telling them to get this over with once and for all.

They did just that as the entire set glowed brightly in unison, "Good to go!" Max cried as he and the others equipped their devices with the copy stones. "Let's do this." he said with determination as the others ran up to the top of the deck to get into position for battle. As they were teleported up to the top of the deck, Rod and Laura both looked on to see them vanish before praying for their success.

"Be careful everyone…." Laura pleaded before she and Rod nodded together and they headed for the upper bridge where Reese, Patrick and Dr Owen were together with Jonathan, who had just managed to activate the engines.

"Hold on, everyone. Here we go!" he said as the ship began to rise off the ground and took to the skies! "I'm bringing us within striking distance of the dark pterosaur!" he yelled as they soon approached the monstrous flying reptile of energy!

They all looked on and hardened their expressions seeing their moment had arrived, "Okay! Then let's get ready to strike, guys!" Max cried out to them as they nodded with him and took out their cards! Around them dark energy surged, the pterosaur sensing it was in danger and fired off several warning shots around to ward off its attackers but they didn't waver, in fact the attack spurred them to become even more determined than ever! "Dino slash!" Max summoned Chomp to full size first as he roared, fully sealed into adult form for good, "Dino tector on!" Equipping it Chomp became armoured up ready for the final battle!

"Dino slash!" Rex and Zoe cried summoning Paris and Ace next, "Dino tector on!" They too were armoured up.

"Alpha slash!" Ursula, Zander and Ed yelled summoning their dinosaurs to full size too, "Dino tector on!"

After the last 3 dinosaurs were armoured up, Cera narrowed her eyes ready to join the fight!

"Dino slash!" she summoned forth Miku as she shrieked out fiercely with the other dinosaurs as they roared a battle challenge to the Dark Pterosaur floating high above them!

"Alright, everyone! Let's blast the pterosaur with everything we've got!" Max yelled as they got out their move cards.

"We'll lend a hand too!" Cera yelled as she nodded at Mike, "Energy equaliser! Spread mode!" Throwing Miku into the air she shone with bright light as she unleashed a pool of energy streams, releasing the power she had long stockpiled inside her and now sharing it amongst all her 6 comrades as they roared and glowed in bright rainbow light! "We'll leave the rest to you!" she then said to them as they nodded back in acknowledgement.

"Let's go!" the D Team yelled as they slashed their cards and the Alpah gang followed suit! Chomp used Lightning strike which was followed with Ace's sonic blast and Paris emerald garden! Terry, Tank and Spiny followed behind with magma blaster, hydro cutter and spike arrows! The attacks soon merged into a rainbow coloured fusion move, similar to the one they used long ago against Seth's black t-rex, as the beam managed to punch a hole in the pterosaur's side!

"Whoa! Looks like we just broke the outer shield!" Max cried in surprise to see there was a deep space inside the cosmic beast! "We'll have to get there to finish the job though." he then said as they decided to see this through to the end! "Alright, go for it!" he cheered as they made a dash for it, zooming through the hole as fast as they could! Once inside the pterosaur's wound closed up and they traversed deep t find its heart of darkness in order to destroy it for good.

It wasn't long before the Dark Pterosaur began to send in some anti bodies to take care of the intruders, which were heralded by the sounds of really bad singing.

"Uh-oh." Max muttered uneasily recognising the voice as the gang soon prepared themselves for the dangers that awaited them inside.

Before long Specter, having been fully assimilated into the Dark Pterosaur, materialised before them as an energy giant appeared before them! "What are you little tykes doing here!?" he growled menacingly having thought they were rid of them. Before long the rest of his minions appeared with him.

"They always seem to find some way of showing up and being a pain." Sheer muttered in annoyance seeing they had no idea when to give up.

"That's right! And if you thought that was painful just wait!" Max yelled angrily, "Now, call all this off or you'll be sorry!"

"Having the ultimate power in the universe means never having to be sorry!" Spector protested proudly, "Not for chewing with your mouth full! Not for being five minutes late to the Opera! Not for destroying the entire planet Earth!" he proclaimed as he and Sheer disappeared further into the darkness.

"Don't worry, he's not going to destroy Earth." said Foolscap with a smirk deciding to lure them into false security.

"At least not before we have some fun with you first! Gavro growled as they both vanished and in their place appeared Gigas, Armatus and Maximus who roared out at them ready for battle!

"Urgh…" The D Team were about to fight back, but without warning Armatus and Maximus both fired out Spectral Stinger and Spectral Punisher at them! The crystal missiles and beam first headed for their strongest dinosaur, Terry!

Spiny and Tank jumped in to protect their friend, and were about to sacrifice themselves but Cera wasn't about to let them go out like that as she quickly slashed a pair of move cards! Glowing purple and blue, Tank degenerated an earth barrier to block against the beam while Spiny's shock wave shield bounced the crystals away in time!

The alpha gang was caught by surprise, "Huh!?"

"Hey I didn't do that!" Ed cried in disbelief that their dinosaurs acted on their own without commands.

"Then who did!?" Zander wondered.

"I did!" Cera shouted out to them as they turned to her in surprise!

"Huh?"

"Hey how'd you do that!?" Ursula and Ed both asked in surprise.

She smirked and was about to tell, but looked ahead and widened her eyes to see Armatus and Maximus charging up another attack! "No time to talk! Here they come again!" she cried as they instantly fired and she had no time to block with another move card!

"AAAH!" Zoe cried as the others braced themselves for impact!

To their surprise a bright rainbow light generated a huge shield which blocked the incoming beam and missiles! On closer look they recognised the source of it!

"The pterosaur!" Max exclaimed!

"But not the one with dark energy, the good one!" Rex gasped.

"She's protecting us with her light!" Zoe breathed while the others looked around in awe and amazement that they were saved by a miracle.

"But I cannot long…" she said back to them, "You must take down Specter's dinos and do so now!"

"Say no more!" Max yelled as he and his friends activated their move cards!

"Let's go!" Their dinosaurs fired their energy moves as they did earlier, which combined together and blew away Maximus and Armatus, returning them to card form! The energy given to them by the new stone plates, Miku and their resolve to win at any cost was the deciding factor in overcoming the dark power of the cosmos stones and the enemy dinosaurs!

Gigas then roared as he readied Spectral lancer and made a run at Terry! Cera narrowing her eyes held out her arm, "Energy equaliser!" Miku shrieked as she swooped over to the red tyrannosaurus and perched behind his head and infused him with light energy as he roared out fiercely!

"My turn now!" Ursula blew a kiss as she slashed ultimate fire! Both t-rexes charged at one another, before crashing into each other! Terry stomped on his foot weakened but forced himself to send back up and roar in triumph, while Gigas himself exploded into energy as he reverted to a card!

Their troubles weren't over yet, as Brontikens, the most powerful and dangerous of the spectral pirates' dinosaurs appeared before the Backlander and bellowed!

"Uh-oh! Reinforcements!" Rex gulped anxiously as the apatosaurs launches Spectry Destroy at full power towards them! Despite that his attack was still blocked with ease! "The pterosaur's still protecting us!"

"This is as far as I can go…." she then said in a weakened voice as she slowly began to fade away, "I leave the rest….to you…" were her final parting words as she vanished….seemingly into the ship itself.

No one but Cera and Miku saw this, as she was absorbed into Backhander's pole, to which she nodded and clenched a fist to her chest, "We promise we won't fail." she said before shouting out to the others, "Quickly! Now while we have the chance!" They nodded in response

"Take it to him!" Max yelled slashing his strongest move, ultimate thunder!

"Go!" Zoe cried as she and the others followed suit! Soon all 6 dinosaurs attacked with all 6 ultimate moves combined, striking Brontikens with full force! Unable to withstand their combined assault he was blown off his feet and bellowed in pain before reverting to a card too!

"We did it!"

"Yahoo!" Everyone cheered in triumph as their dinosaurs roared victoriously as well before being returned to their cards to rest!

Their moment of celebration soon came to an end as Max caught sight of a familiar vessel floating in the vast space in front of them, "Hey, up ahead!" he cried in surprise.

"It's Space Pirates' ship!" Zoe then gasped as the others looked ahead and fixated their gaze on where their parents were held, chances were they were probably still on board with the pirates having abandoned it!

While that was happening, Miku helped in retrieving the 4 dinosaur cards of their defeated foes, gliding ahead and snatching them in her jaws before finally nabbing Brontikens' card and handing them over to Cera, who then smiled seeing their foes' defeats were now secured with their cards now in hand.

"Quick, Jonathan, we have to dock with that ship!" Max then yelled out, "We have to save our parents!"

"No way! We have to take out Specter!" Dr Z then protested stubbornly that they destroy it instead, "Only I should have that kind of raw limitless power!"

His words came as a big shock to the gang as they turned their angry gazes at him, "What if something you care about was on board?!" Zoe protested in disbelief at his selfishness.

"That would make no difference! I'd still be saying the same thing!" Dr Z yelled back at them.

It seems as though the argument would turn into a civil disagreement or maybe even conflict, Seth then said something which completely changed his mind, "Doctor, our scans indicate that there are significant signs of dinosaur life on board of that ship." he said calmly knowing exactly what Dr Z loved more than anything else.

As he predicted, Dr Z soon gave in to his inner desires, "What? Dino life?" he mouthed in surprise, "In that case, hurry! Let's dock with the craft right now!" he then cried impatiently siding with the D Team, which made them roll their eyes at how typical it was for him to give in when it came to dinosaurs.

His change of heart made Dr Owen and Patrick eye him questioningly, "Wait, now you want to dock?"

"But why?" They asked him in surprise at his sudden unexpected turn.

"Why do you think?! I want to become dinosaur king-I mean, gotta rescue the parents…yeah, that…" he stopped himself in time as the Backhander's pole linked with the pirate ship's nose cone.

Initially Cera had felt guilty for now being able to save all the caged dinosaurs the first time she was on board, but looking at it now perhaps it was best she didn't otherwise they'd be in a conflict with Dr Z that would last till the end of time, which they couldn't afford with the Dark Pterosaur already being it. Wasting no time everyone made a run for the elevator as the doors to it opened up and the Alpha gang, lead by Dr Z driven by his dinosaur obsession, rushed in first as they were taken up.

"Hurry Alpha gang! To the dinosaurs!" he yelled as his trio saluted him.

"Aye Aye!" They said as the doors shut.

As the next one came, "Wait my lovely Ursula!" Dr Owen cried as he ran in first with Patrick following him.

"Dr Owen! Wait up!" he cried before being followed by Helga and Dr Z's grandchildren who wanted to find and keep and eye on their grandfather so that they could keep him out of trouble.

Last but not least the D Team's turn to board, "Let's go!"

"Quickly!" Max and Rex cried as they ran in before being accompanied by Reese as it began to shut.

"We're right behind you! Just go!" Cera cried as she lagged behind slightly, and they nodded deciding to wait for her at the other side.

As it began to shut, Seth then mention a few words of advice for Jonathan at the bridge, "Jonathan, you'd best go with them." he advised the android as he eyed him, "There's no telling what kinds of traps may be lying around in that ship."

Jonathan narrowed his eyes with suspicion, but soon nodded seeing he made sense as he then decided to catch up with his master and friends, "Understood." he responded before speeding towards the elevator doors and making it inside right before it closed!

Before long the doors opened for Cera and Miku to go through, but before she stepped in, she stopped and turned around to see Seth and the Gel Jark standing there, as if they were waiting for them to go inside.

"Shouldn't you be joining your friends to search for their long lost parents?" he then asked seeing she hadn't moved an inch.

"What are you really up to Seth?" she asked him with suspicion, knowing he didn't send Jonathan in there to protect Rex, he wanted to use the Backlander for something else….something he didn't want the others to interfere with.

The man said nothing for a while, but after thinking long and hard he closed his eyes calmly now with a clear conscience, "I'm doing what has to be done." he said having made his decision without hesitation or wavering on it, "By harnessing the powers of the stone plates I'll channel them into the Backhander's engines." He opened his eyes looking back to the inside of the Backlander, "With enough force while infused with the positive powers of the stone plates, I should be able to cancel out the negative powers of the cosmos stones once they make contact." he then narrowed his eyes, "Thus destroying both of them in the process…."

Cera widened her eyes in surprise at what he was attempting to do, theoretically it would work though at a heavy price, "But if do that….you'll-"

"Exactly, which is why I don't want any of you to be caught in the blast." he said cutting her off, "You know it's the only way but it's what must be done."

Of all the things she expected Seth to say or do this one caught her completely off guard, in fact it didn't seem at all like within his character to act so selfless, "This isn't like you….you'd never risk your life for anyone else."

Seth couldn't help but smirk at her remark, "I'll admit that was true….in a past life time. Like you said I may never be able to atone for everything I've done, but the fact remains must start somewhere, and what better time than now." He said as his smile vanished, "If I don't make it at least I'll wipe away all my past crimes and sins in the process. My only regret would be to not be able to see the new age and future you will craft with your own hands, one which my science and ambitions will have no part in." He said with a sigh along with a hint of regret in his voice, "After all I've done, I probably don't deserve to see it either, but if by doing this ensures that dinosaurs will have a future….then so be it."

Cera narrowed her eyes, not with doubt, but with some conflict. She sensed that Seth's intentions, for the first time were both pure and genuine, and after all her past experiences involving him, she wasn't quite sure how to feel about it. Whether he was doing this for himself or that he truly wished to save everyone because he realised the error of his ways, she didn't fully know. Even if he were to succeed in doing what he did and survive….would she be able to forgive him at all? She soon however got over her conflicted feelings, as she remembered about the bigger picture and what was at stake. Seeing no more time to waste she turned around and stepped inside the elevator, and with that Seth and his assistant began to take their leave.

As it began to close she and Miku looked to him seriously, and then closed their eyes, "Very well Seth….can't believe I'm actually saying this but…good luck….." as soon as she said those words, she felt a wave of peace wash over her….that she could let go and move on at last. As the doors shut behind her and the elevator began to rise up to the Pirate ship, "I hope the day comes when we all can forgive you completely…." she then thought to herself as it began to open up on the other side.

When they did and she stepped through into the ship, she was greeted by Reese and her friends who had been awaiting her with both patience and anticipation being surrounded by mists of darkness around them.

"Hey Cera there you are."

"Yeah, what took you?" Reese and Max both said to her, curious as to what caused her delay.

She narrowed her eyes slightly but then spoke up, "Sorry…I was a little held up but now I'm over it…" she said deciding to keep Seth's actions a secret, knowing they'd never approve of it but it was still the right thing to do. Looking around them, "Hey, where's everyone else?" she then asked curiously while also trying to help their minds off poking any further.

"Dr Z and the alpha gang ran off to look for dinosaurs." said Rex as he pointed behind with his thumb, "Then my dad and Patrick tried to follow them."

"Then we sent Rod and Laura to go after them to make sure they didn't get into any trouble." said Zoe after him.

"I see…." she mused putting a finger to her chin in thought. Considering they hadn't met Jonathan yet, chances were he must have gotten on a different floor from them.

"Cera, you said you got on board here twice." said Max seriously as he leaned closer to her, "Which way do we go to our parents!?"

The others then focused their attention on her and despite feeling slightly pressured with all the attention she was getting, she then nodded taking the initiative seeing only she could help guide them now. "Let's see…." taking out her dinoshot she brought up the map and then traced her finger from their current position to where she last saw the Taylor household. Seeing it was directly ahead of them she then rushed ahead of them, "That way! Quick!" she shouted with urgency as they all followed closely behind her!

"Okay!"

As they ran down the darkened hallway up to a door, it opened and they found themselves in the middle of the huge space where the adults were held captive last time! Darkness swirled in every corner of the room, and while it was most unnerving to the group, they kept their hearts and minds focused ahead on recurring their parents, blocking out any fears or worries they may have had about the dark pterosaur and the outside.

As Max focused ahead, he widened his eyes seeing his own house standing directly in front of them! "There's the house!" he pointed out as they made a break for it and then burst through the doors! "Dad! Mom!" Max yelled as they barged inside. He then switched on his triceratops lights on his head but they did little but flicker in the sea of shadows all around them.

"Mom! Daddy?" Zoe cried as they looked around the living room to see nothing but darkness flooding every corner and room. Clearly the Taylors would have to do some major time spring cleaning when thus was over with.

"Where are they?" Max then asked anxiously as they saw nothing moving, nor even a response from anyone at all.

Rex narrowed his eyes hard having come to a painful conclusion, "They're not here…." he said as Zoe suddenly shuddered and hugged herself in.

"Oh no I hope the black mist didn't get them…." she said scared as Reese came in to hug her close and keep her comforted.

Her words made the rest of them feel weak as Max fell to his knees, "No….." he breathed feeling they were too late. Rex then leaned down and put a hand on his shoulder, hoping to comfort him though he could feel hopelessness grip his heart as well.

Cera gritted her teeth and based her fist on the wall in frustration, as Zoe then shouted out another worry on her mind.

"What if it gets us too!?" she cried as the others widened their eyes and gasped in horror if they'd end up the same too!

"AH!"

BEEP! BEEP!

A beeping sound from Max's dino bracer caught their attention and snapped them out of their worries, "Huh?" They looked to him as he answered the call, but then frowned to see who was on the other end, "What is now Dr Z?" he muttered assuming he'd only have something stupid to say at this point which would make them feel all the more worse. Though this time he had a rather pleasant surprise for them.

"Hmph! Is that the thanks I get for finding where your parents are?" he scoffed as he folded his arms and looked away, "Maybe next time I won't be so nice."

The children with Reese gasped in disbelief at what they heard, "AH!"

"What did he say!?"

"They're okay?!"

"Where!?" They then demanded as they gathered around Max to get his answer, and he better not be pulling their leg.

Seeing how desperate they were to know and how he wanted to see them too, Dr Z then rolled his eyes as he spilled the beans, "They're on the bridge, in fact we're just about to head there ourselves." he answered.

"Tell them to stay put and that we're on our way there now!" Max shouted back at him before ending the call.

Rex then typed in on his dino bracer next, "I'll pitch in a call to Rod and Laura, hopefully they found my dad and Patrick too." he said as he sent them a message.

Meanwhile Cera checked her map and located the bridge where Dr Z mentioned, and she brightened up seeing they didn't have to travel far, "The entrance to the bridge isn't far from here!" She cried pointing out through the door they came in.

"Lead the way Cera!"

"Take us to them!" Zoe and Reese asked her as she nodded back.

"Mhmm!" Quickly they rushed out the door and climbed to the upper stairway stationed near the walls of the inner chamber, before running through another hallway an then making it to the elevator that would take them up! "Here's the elevator!" she said as they stopped in front and the doors opened upon sensing their presence.

"Guys!" A voice shouted behind them before they could step in.

"Huh?"

They looked to see and brightened up at the alpha siblings along with Dr Owen and Patrick running towards them! "Look! It's Rod and Laura!" Cera pointed ahead.

"Wait up! Don't go without us!"

"We want to save your parents too!" The children pleaded to them, seeing them again put relieved smiles on their faces.

"Dad! Patrick!" Rex gasped as he opened his arms up with a big smile.

"There you are son!" his foster father laughed as they embraced one another in a close hug!

"Haha!"

"So good to see you!" his assistant smiled as he hugged them close too.

Max then blinked his eyes upon noticing they were still some friends short, "Say where's Dr Z and the others?" he asked looking around to find no trace of the Alpha gang.

"Oh we sent Helga to pick them up," said Laura as she pointed with her thumb behind them, "They shouldn't be too long now I hope."

Max then nodded in acknowledgement, "Okay, then let's go ahead first." he said seeing they did;t have time to wait as they all rushed inside and the doors closed, before bringing them up to the top floor. They waited with anticipation as they traveled upwards, and as the doors opened up, they widened their eyes and gasped with joy to see the adults altogether live and well!

"AH!"

"Mom! Dad! We found you!" Max cried in immeasurable amounts of joy as he and the D Team raced towards their parents unable to hold back any longer!

The adults did the same as they opened their arms outstretched and welcomed their kids into their loving embrace, something the near felt in almost forever!

"I was so worried we never see you guys again…!" Zoe cried as she hugged both her parents closely.

"Oh, Zoe, we've missed you so much! We missed you all!" her father responded as he returned her feelings.

Cera, Patrick, Reese and Dr Owen along with the alpha siblings looked on, smiling for their friends as the room filled with the warmth of love and joy. It would take one of cold stone heart to not be able to smile or cry at such a joyful reunion. Cora's own eyes began to water slightly as she used her finger and wiped away a tear from her eye, feeling safe and relieved to see that at long last despite all the ordeals they endured they finally did it at last.

While they did that, Helga and the Alpha gang soon dropped in along with Jonathan, and were about to speak up when Helga quickly silenced them with a glare, not wanting them to ruin the moment the children were having much to their dismay.

"Oh, Rex, you've been such a brave young man." said his father proudly at him for being so brave, being separated not once but twice and still hanging to overcome the the odds. He then looked up at Cera, "And Cera….thank you for everything." he then said acknowledging her efforts too.

"Mhmm." she nodded back at them feeling honoured at their praise before they focused back on their son.

"We're so proud of you." said his mom next.

Rex's smile soon vanished, as great as it was to be reunited with family again there was still a loose end to tie in order to make this moment last, "But, mom, I'm afraid this isn't over just yet." he said which confused her.

"Huh?"

"Rex is right." said Max seriously having picked up on what he was getting at, "We still have to take down Specter and it's not gonna be easy." The mood soon darkened as the adults soon realised their children were right. This rosy reunion would be meaningless without the world to enjoy it with. While they were thinking over how they might be able to take down the Dark Pterosaur and the space pirates, Max then noticed someone at the driver's seat, "Jonathan, why are you manning the controls? This isn't our ship." he said to him curiously.

"True, but I'm afraid it's the only ship we have." he responded calmly much to Max's surprise.

"Huh? Wait, what about the Backland?" Ma then asked.

"Backland is not an option;" the android responded seriously, "It has been taken by Seth!"

"What? What do you mean?" Max asked in confusion, as the others began to suspect him doing something behind their back again, Cera narrowed her eyes, knowing exactly what he was planning.

"Say what!?" Dr Z then yelled out in frustration, "Is he trying to backstab us AGAIN!? GRR! I knew we couldn't trust him the moment we laid eyes on him! Now I'll never get the cosmos stones and become dinosaur kind!" he then whined as dramatic tears fell down his face.

The others raised an eyebrow at him, though they weren't surprised that's all he ever cared or thought about.

"I'm attempting to establish contact with him now!" Jonathan then said as he began to type, before securing a link to their ship! The screen soon lit up and everyone gasped in surprise to see he had departed from them!

"AH!"

"Where's he going!?"

"He's ditching us!" The Trio cried out in shock.

Cera on the other hand, knew the truth, "He's actually doing it….." she thought to herself as they secured a call to him.

"Seth, what are you doing?" Max asked him seriously.

"I'm doing what needs to be done and you can't stop me." Seth calmly responded much to his bewilderment.

"What!?"

"I have no choice. I've seen the cosmos stones' true power." he then replied to Max which continued to baffle him.

"Wait, Seth!" Seth ignored his cries as the space pirates appeared before him! The others gasped in surprise to see them, but what was even more shocking was how easily he then thrusted through them! They began to suspect him of sinister motives once more, but what he said next proved them all wrong, "Max, you were right. When I tried taking the cosmos stones before I was blinded by their power! But I know better now." he said this time with a calm and clear conscience for the first time in his life, "You've all done your part, now it's time for me to do mine." Before long the true dark pterosaur soon appeared before him in the distance, the heart of darkness itself, "And put an end to this once and for all!" he yelled as he kicked the Backlander into overdrive! "Faster! Faster! Full speed ahead!" He yelled with sheer unrelenting determination as he gave it all he had without slowing down!

Max gritted his teeth, for the first time feeling worried for his enemy's wellbeing, "Seth, don't do it!" he begged but to no avail, "You'll never survive the blast!"

As the others looked on, the Pterosaur of light soon reappeared, before embracing herself around the Backlnader and coating it in a shield of bright light which matched that of the stones! The dark pterosaur then folded its wings around attempting to consume them whole, but inside, Seth had fully tapped into the power of the 7 stone plates, with the Pterosaur shielding him he rammed the entire vessel straight into the heart of the dark pterosaur's core! 6 beams of light erupted from its' chest and before long, with the power of light and darkness cancelling one another out an enormous explosion like that kf the big bang erupted out causing greta blinding light to erupt!

BOOM!

"URRRGH!" Everyone grunted and held on to whatever they could as the light filled inside the ship!

Before long it soon began to die down, and they looked around to find themselves surrounded by blue skies and above a ravaged Sanjo City again!

"The darkness is gone…." Max muttered as he looked around to see no trace of the dark pterosaur anywhere, it had been completely destroyed and they won!

"I think we're back home!" Zoe smiled as they found themselves above the city and they began to cheer in excitement over their victory!

"We did it!

"Yeah!"

"We're safe!"

"Hooray!"

"Well done Seth….well done…." said Cera feeling at ease with Miku, now that the veil pterosaur had been vanquished. Her smile soon vanished though, when she felt regret at not being able to say thank you to him, he deserved at least that much, but at least his noble selfless sacrifice went out with a bang. Miku suddenly took notice of something and squawked out loud, prompting Cera and then the others to look ahead, seeing the Backlander was flaming on top of the sea surface! It was smoking hard and no doubt badly damaged….but intact!

"Ah!"

"Woah, the Backland!" Max and Rex gasped.

Jonathan then brought in live footage of the inside of the Backhander's cockpit, and as it brought up it depicted the gel jark nudging restlessly at Seth who was leaning down at the controls, nearly motionless! "Look, Seth!" Max pointed out as they looked closer at the screen. They stared at it intently, looking for signs of life and were beginning to fear the worse for him….till the Gel Jark began to beep at them.

"He's saying that the blast has left Seth injured, but very much alive!" Jonathan translated to them which brought waves of relief to everyone present.

"AH!"

Others took his actions rather differently, "Well what do you know…." Dr Taylor mused putting a finger to his chin as some of the others began to feel conflicted considering what he put them through and attempted to do.

"After everything that's happened….he actually saved us…." Dr Ancient breathed in amazement, never in his wildest dreams had he expected Seth, who caused them so much trouble in the first place….to be the one to fix it all in the end.

"I always knew there was good in him deep down! Told you so!" Dr Z bragged before laughing out loud confidently while the trio and his grandkids sweat dropped at him, "Ahahahaha!"

Nevertheless, slowly they began to let go of any grudges they held against him before smiling in acknowledgement of his noble sacrifice, and now with the battle with the space pirates concluding in their victory and the threat of the cosmos stones now neutralised…it was a time of new beginnings and celebration.

(Later)

After that afternoon, the gang decided to have a great party to celebrate their triumph over the space pirates and in celebration of them saving the universe. The group could find no better way then to have an all out dinosaur party, where they summoned out as many dinosaurs they could to the Backlander's surface where they celebrated and awaited a wonderful meal cooked by the D Team's moms, which they believed their children deserved after all their hard work and troubles. While they got to work preparing a well cooked meal for everyone, the alpha droids trotted about carrying ingredients, utensils and dishes while they helped cater and set up.

To make things more comfortable for the dinosaurs, they had the Backlander generate a prehistoric forest like setting to make them all feel all at home and now they began to enjoy themselves and their time of freedom, despite its time travel engines being destroyed it still had a good amount of reserve energy left. The one most enjoying it so far was Dr Z, as many of the dinosaurs he rescued from the ship began showering him with gratitude and began to accept him as their saviour. "Check out all the dinos I found on the Space Pirate ship. And they all love me! At last, I am the dinosaur king!" Dr Z proclaimed while riding on the head of a supersaurus, shouting out to the heavens as a tupuxuara and anhanguera passed by, like he was the king of the world! Below him a daspletosaurus danced in joy, while a pawpawsaurus and isisaurus (Genie) began taking in the sights and sounds of their many new neighbours upon being summoned.

"Then could you maybe order this one to slow down!?" Ursula cried to him as she, Zander and Ed passed by on their dinosaurs, followed by a rather smitten Dr Owen as he and Patrick rode on top an iguanodon!

"Ursula! Come ride with me, my love!" he cried to her which made Rex facepalm.

"Oh, dad… You're embarrassing me!" he muttered from one side while aboard Ace.

Zoe was on top of Paris and Max rode Chomp, while Rod and Laura were nearby on board a fukuisaurus. Around them dinosaurs of many shapes and sizes ran about enjoying each others' company despite their different time origins and species. The deinonychus trio of Dino, Dano and Sue chased after the 2 velociraptor trios in a game of chase while the pteranodon trio flew over them before being followed by the tapejara. In the background a tarchia passed by with a stegosaurus, while a tarbosaurus slept in the shade. It was a prehistoric party for the entire group to remember by in celebration of this monumental victory that shall echo along the currents of time.

"Hey, guys. How is Seth doing?" Max then asked the alpha siblings, worrying for Seth after his selfless sacrifice easier.

"I just checked in with him," Rod answered having returned earlier from seeing the gel jark put him inside a stasis pod, "He's recovering. It's slow going, but he'll be okay." he said.

Nearby overhearing them was Cera, riding on board Seth's cryolophosaurus as she smiled lightly for the first time for the former villain. For once he did actual good which surprised her, perhaps the day may come when she might be able to forgive him since everyone seemed to have. Wanting to have fun, Miku leapt off her shoulder and began to fly around taking in the replicated prehistoric atmosphere which reminded her of home, while passing by Dr Drake, Taylor and Ancient who appeared to be having a conversation which perked her interest.

"Hmm?" She then listened in to them while maintaining enough distance so she didn't look like she'd be eavesdropping.

"That's fascinating….So, Dr. Ancient, you're saying that the stone plates contain the life essence of all the dinos to ever on the Earth?" Spike asked him.

"That's right. You see, when the cosmos stones crashed here all those years ago and caused the dinosaurs to go extinct, their spirits still remained and eventually all merged together to form the stone plates, which would explain why they're so powerful and why they were such an effective weapon against the cosmos stones." Rex's father answered.

"Yes, of course." Dr Drake breathed in amazement.

"So, then the voice that guided the children was the spirit of all the dinosaurs." Spike then noted seriously. He knew the kids could hear voices from the stones but didn't take it seriously the first time till much later when Jonathan came into the picture. Now he knew the children were blessed with a great honour which came with many responsibilities….and they fulfilled them admirably.

Hearing them, Cera banked her eyes….soon realising what Dr Ancient meant, "So then the Pterosaur…." she flashbacked to whenever the shining dinosaur spirit appeared before them no matter where they went in space and time, that was when they had the stone plates with them and how she found them so easily…..It was all beginning to make sense….The reason why she was afraid of the cosmos stones was because she was born from the dinosaurs who feared their destructive power and thus their last hopes and wishes merged to form the plates which would become the key to defeating them in the future which had now happened.

She then frowned upon realising when the stones were sacrificed in order to do so, "But with the stones gone now does it mean she's…." A breeze suddenly blew by her….with sparkles of rainbow like light mixed with it which made her blink her eyes and gasp. Somehow…this peaceful sensation…she felt this before somewhere but couldn't quite put her finger on it, "This feeling….it's so….familiar…." A brief memory flashed through her mind…her resting peaceful in a space like the time vortex before a great shining bird descended upon her….now that she was reminded of the Pterosaur…could they both have been-

"Alright, everyone, I hope that you're hungry! Because lunch is ready and we have all your favorites." Aki then called with a bright smile signalling it was time for lunch.

"Doctor! Yours too! Bockwurst pudding!" Helga called with a big smile as she held said pudding in one hand.

"Zoe! I made you apple pie!"

"And, Rex! You're gonna dance your socks off when you taste the cookies I baked for you!" Zoe and Rex's moms called next as the children and the others began to gather around to eat with excitement!

"Awesome!"

"Yum! I wanna try too!"

"Let's eat!"

"Leave some for us!"

Before long as the children and the adults began to dig into a well deserved lunch, alpha droids began delivering food by the truckloads for the dinosaurs gathered! Ranging from a variety of well cooked meals courtesy of Helga, which included spaghetti, curry, hamburgers, pudding and even strawberry cake, it was an entire course of delicious dino delights as they all guzzled down on the delectable food, like complete heaven to them after being either cooped up in cards or in holding pens for as long as they could remember.

Seeing everyone smiling and happy, Cera too began to feel at ease and tranquility, for the first time in a long wheels seeing dinosaurs and humans coexisting in such harmony. Something she felt she experienced one time in her past somewhere….but after listening to the winds she had the strange feeling that all would be made clear very soon. "Heh, maybe destiny might have a different plan in mind for me after all…." she smiled as she headed over to join her friends and everyone else in a feast for the ages. While on the back of her mind….she had a feeling she knew what she had to do next…..

(Later)

Later that evening, it was time that everyone from the future picked up from where they left off after their last attempt to return hope got interrupted by the space pirates' attack on them. They had finished moving all their important equipment and belongings from the Backlander into the pirate ship, now commandeered by them, thanks to the help of everyone pitching in. After that was taken care of, they began to fix all the damages caused by the dark pterosaur earlier as well as return the Taylor house to where it was supposed to be. Thankfully the pirate ship was equipped with the same repair function as the Backlander was, and was even able to erase every trace of damage from the incident, leaving people speculating to believe it was some kind of crazy dream or phenomena that couldn't be explained like the Bermuda triangle.

Now the hard part soon came, with everyone being forced to say goodbye once more…..it was inevitable…but had to be done….though that didn't mean everyone was willing to go through with it. Dr Z still intended to stay in the past where he could easily become dinosaur king, but was forced to give in when Helga began comparing him to Specter's lust for power being his downfall. Dr Owen tried once more to propose to Ursula, but this time instead of running away she straight up declined his proposal thus shattering his hopes and dreams for real as he began to cry his eyes out in despair! Nearby another love story was blooming better though, as Zander performed one last magic trick for her with a flower to remember him by.

While they were able to resolve their parting issues rather well….the hardest of all was soon to come….

"Well, we should probably get back to the future now. It is our home." said Dr Ancient believing they've spent more than enough time away from it already. As great as the present was and how greater the people were, they didn't belong here and they knew that staying her would impact the future further down the temporal road, so the sooner they returned the better.

"Yeah, I guess this is goodbye then, huh, you guys?" said Rex after that to Max and Zoe, doing his best to keep a strong smile on.

"You can't come back here and visit somehow?" Max asked feeling hopeful.

Unfortunately Rex had to shut down that hope mist reluctantly, "No, the engine of this Space Pirate ship is damaged and can only make one more time jump. And unfortunately, the engine on the Backland was completely destroyed." he said, seeing there was no going around it no matter what they did sadly.

Having heard that, Ma and Zoe decided to accept it as they entrusted the rest to their best friend ever, "Well, then…take care of our dinosaurs, would you?" Max asked him uneasily as Rex nodded back promising him that.

"Sure."

"We're gonna miss you as a member of the D-team." said Zoe as she looked to Max, knowing their group would be one less member with him gone.

"Yeah…"

"It's cool. I'll be a member of the D-team no matter where I am." Rex replied with an encouraging smile knowing that even when departed across space and time thing would change that, "Who knows, maybe I'll even start up a branch in the future." he then said seeing that as a possibility.

"Do you think that I can be a member, pretty please?" Ursula then pleaded with him, having heard it'd be a better prospect than hanging out with Dr Z and the alpha gang. Something that her friends Ed and Zander too were interested in being part of as well.

"Me too!"

"I want in!" They begged.

It was a tempting offer but one the kids were more than willing to decline unfortunately for them, Um, sorry, but there's a strict kids-only rule." Max replied rather bluntly which disappointed the trio, though on the sidelines Rod and Laura smiled seeing there may be hope for them yet.

"That's right, meaning no old ladies." Zoe added at the end in agreement.

If there was one thing Ursula would not miss was being called that by them, "You just had to squeeze that in there one last time, didn't you?!" she growled as she attempted to get up close and personal with them, only to be held back by Zander and Ed!

"There! There! We'll just start our own old ladies only D-team." Zander said to her trying to calm her down and stop her from ruining the moment.

"Hey, good idea, Zander!" Ed grunted finding it hard to hold Ursula back.

"No, it's not! Then how are we going to be a part of it you twit?!" Dr Z shook his fist wanting to be part of the new group Rex wanted at first, only to be turned down himself as well and feeling greatly disappointed at it.

"Take a chill pill or better yet, take this." said Dr Drake as he casually walked in and handed Dr Z his prized mega needle, something to remember them all by.

"Hmm…? Thanks?" he blinked in surprise not sure what to make of it.

With that finally sorted out, Rex then turned his attention towards Cera, with a bright smile he held out his hand to her and she and Miku, who sat comfortably onto her shoulder, eyed it closely as he awaited her to take it, "Well Cera, you ready to head off with us too?" he asked as everyone else looked to her, the group from the present smiling for her knowing at long last she'd be able to find the answers to her own past despite being apart from them too, while the group from the future were awaiting to welcome her to the future ahead.

"It's time we now fulfil our promise to help you find out who you are and where you came from." said Dr Ancient next, "And you can be assured we will do everything in our power to make sure of it."

"…."

Cera said nothing at first. She looked to the hand and was about to take it, but midway before taking hold of Rex's hand, she then pulled it back much to his surprise.

"Hmm? Is something wrong?" he asked her curiously as the others soon began to mirror his surprised look, "We thought you'd be more excited."

"You having trouble saying goodbye too?" Max then asked her.

"We understand if you do, in fact we all feel the same too." said Zoe empathising with her.

Cera then shook her head which surprised her, "No it's not that…." she said in a pained tone, "It's just….well…." she clenched her hands into fists a little tightly, feeling deeply conflicted on the inside on having to make this choice. But not wanting to beat around the bush or hurt the others by making this harder than it had to be, she then took a deep breath as she cleared her mind of any conflicted feelings before telling it to them straight, "Actually…I think I'd stick around in the present a little while longer." she said firmly with confidence having decided on her choice earlier today and now deciding to see it through.

As soon as those words passed her lips, everyone widened their eyes and gasped in complete disbelief.

"What!?"

"Huh!?"

"Eh!?"

She knew she'd receive questionable responses from everyone present….admittedly she was feeling pressured and slightly regretful about it….but deep down she knew she had some unfinished business in the present age first.

Meanwhile unaware of her thoughts, D Team friends eyed her in confusion, unable to understand why she'd turn down the chance of a life time, could it be she'd given up on wanting to know who she truly was…or that she was far too attached to the present she couldn't let go and leave. Either way….after all they been through and how much she wanted to know the tight about herself it made no sense for her to suddenly change her mind like that.

"C…Cera?"

"But….why?"

She scratched her cheek and looked away from all the looks everyone was giving her, "It's….kinda hard to say…." was all she could utter out in a choked voice, which made her friends blink at her in curiosity.

"What do you mean by that?" Max asked her.

She gritted her teeth knowing it was really hard to say, and chances were they probably wouldn't understand it or that she might not be able to tell it to them straight, "I just have this feeling in my gut….like there's still something more I have to do here in the present first…." she then looked to Rex and the future group with firmness that she was going to abide by this choice, "Until I find out what it is and finish it, I don't think I can bring myself to come to the future with you…even with your technological expertise." she said, "It's something I need to search for myself, that's what I realise."

As she expected the others looked to one another in question or eyed her questioningly themselves, "That's not the most compelling answer I've ever heard."

"Yeah I totally agree…."

"I always felt she was the weirdest amongst them?" Ursula then whispered to the trio as they nodded in agreement, which earned them some pouts and scowls from Rod and Laura.

She then looked up to them, "I know you guys think I may sound crazy or I don't make any sense. I don't blame you, even I don't fully understand it myself." she admitted with a slight sigh, "But believe it or not, it was this feeling that helped bring to you guys in the first place." she explained as she looked to Jonathan first, "After meeting Jonathan and listening to his advice, it soon lead up to me meeting you later." she then said looking to the D Team then to everyone else one by one, "Followed by all the adventures that came right after that." she said with a smile of confidence that she knew she was doing the right thing, "And right now, my instincts are telling me theres still something more I need to do here first." she then frowned slightly, feeling hurt that she'd have to turn down the gene ours offer the Ancients were giving her despite everything that happened to lead up to this moment, "I'm sorry for bringing it this up when you're just about to leave…but…I kinda had to…" she then bowed slightly as they eyed her with understanding.

"I see…."

"We understand." said Cretacia and Rex as they smiled back at her, deciding to respect her decision, though some of the others didn't seem all too keen on it at first.

"But even so, what about your partner Miku?" Dr Ancient then asked eying the chibi microraptor perched on her shoulder, "Wouldn't she like to come with us too?" he asked as she cooed in response.

"Yes, in fact she'd be a lovely addition to my dinosaur kingdom! Why I promise she'll get the best-OW!" Helga then elbowed Dr Z in the stomach hard, silencing him before he could finish his snarky remark as he then rubbed his gut sorely.

"What grampa means, is that wouldn't it be better for your dinosaur to be among others of her own kind too?" Rod asked.

"In the future we'll be able to give all the dinosaurs the best care they could ever ask for, wouldn't that be abetter option for her compared to staying here?" Dr Ancient said with assurance to the young raptor.

As they looked to her, she then clung close to Cera who then smiled as she nuzzled her on the head on the finger, "Like me she too feels the same I do. Plus, I don't think either of us would want to be separated at all, that's the kind of bond we share. It's either both of us or neither of us, not one without the other, that's what we've decided." she said firmly, making the others feel touched at the close bond between the 2 of them.

"Aww….."

"That's so sweet…."

It was moving and they couldn't bear to break them apart….though except for Dr Z as he pouted and twiddled his fingers in disappointment, "A huge loss for my dinosaur kingdom too…."

"Plus, I know you guys will come back." Cera then spoke up as Rex and his family blinked their eyes in surprise, "After all, you can't just leave he Backlander here right? Who knows what it might do to the time stream later on."

"That's true…."

"She makes a good point." said Rex and Cretacia to Ancient seeing they did have to come back someday eventually if they wanted to prevent any changes later on. Max and Zoe also smiled wth relief hearing that Rex will eventually come back and visit sometime later on.

"But Cera-" Cretacea then put a hand on her husband's shoulder and smiled at him.

"No dear, this is her choice to make and her path to decide." she said as Rex too looked to his father wishing to standby his friend's choice. Looking around the others from the Alpha gang and then the rest of the present age group, all nodded or smiled willing to support Cera on this choice as well.

"You're right…I understand." he sighed seeing it couldn't be helped. He then smiled back at her deciding to respect her decision so she wouldn't feel bad about it either, "If that the case then so be it." He then said wishing them the best, as Cera nodded back firmly, feeling relieved it went off better than she hoped for. Some of the present age group were happy she was still sticking around, at least not all the dinosaurs would be leaving since they grew so used to having them around, and the future group was willing to wait a little longer and give her time to straighten out her own thoughts too, it's the least she deserved after all she did for them. "Take care you two….I hope you do find the answers you're looking for here then." he then said a few final parting words.

"And if you don't we promise to come back as soon as we can." said Cretacia after him.

"And when we do, maybe we'll take you guys to the future too and show what it's like." Rex smiled at the end holding a thumbs up to everyone as they brightened up.

"Yeah! That'll be awesome!"

"We wouldn't miss it for the world." said Zoe and Max as they looked forward to it, while their fiends and family nodded more modestly, though they had enough time travelling for a while now so it'd be nice for them to get some peace and quiet for a while, no time like the present as they said.

"Take care my boy." said Dr Owen to his foster son seeing it was time he went back to where he truly belonged.

Rex nodded back at his foster dad and Patrick, "It's been a wild ride and it was great while it lasted too." he said promising to never forget it.

"Couldn't have said it better myself."

As everyone had gathered on the teleporter pad, Max and Zoe both saw they were waiting for them to join them. Seeing no other way around it they joined them where they were as they said their last goodbyes to Rex and the others, "Bye!"

"Take care, Rex." Max and Zoe both said to him.

"We may be times apart, but we'll always be friends." Zoe

"For eternity." said Cera at the end with a firm nod.

"Yeah, for all of time." he said back to them as the entire group waved goodbye to the Ancients and the Alpha gang, parting ways at long last before vanishing in a beam of light and appearing back down on the ground in front of the restored D Lab.

As the space pirate ship began to speed away into the sky, Max, Rex and Cera quickly ran ahead to wave and cry out to their friend their final words and wishes knowing that he could still see and hear them.

"Goodbye! See you later!" They cried together before welling up with emotion.

"Bye, Paris! I'll never forget you!"

"Take care, Chomp! Goodbye, Ace!" Max and Zoe each said crying out to their partner dinosaurs having enjoyed spending every last moment with them to the end.

Before long the ship disappeared into a time portal which then closed behind.…thus completing the parting at long last, "You guys will always be in our hearts." they said tearing up emotionally, as Cera walked in to give them comfort as she embraced them both when they turned to her and cried painful tears.

"Till the day we meet again…" Cera concluded as she and Miku shed a single heartfelt tear each, till they awaited the return of their friends and to see the world where the dinosaurs could live in peace.

Little did she know…was that a new adventure was awaiting them just around the corner….one which their past adventures had prepared them for and would eventually push their bonds across space and times to the test against true darkness…..

(Meanwhile)

Several miles deep in space, a pod floated through the ever expanding cosmos of the universe, the only piece of the ship that the space pirates were able to hold onto after Seth had destroyed the cosmos stones and left them stranded in the vast sea of space. Despite their predicament, Specter, wanting to be a motivational leader for his men, began to sing in a jolly way hoping to lighten the mood and entertain his crew, "OH! Space is fine! Space is divine!" However his off key notes and tone deaf voice were only making the other pirates feel even more sour at their humiliating defeat.

"How much longer do we have to listen to you!?" Foolscap whined as he was forced upside down and to cross his legs due to the lack of space.

"Well seeing how space is infinite I'd say forever….." Sheer groaned in annoyance as she started getting a massive headache as her brain throbbed and eardrums rung with pain from her boss' 'singing'!

"Would it help if I sang along?" Gavro then offered, which brought up horrors to his cohorts.

"NOOOO!"

Spector soon stopped singing and pouted to hear his crew disliked the entertainment he worked so hard to provide them, "Cheer up space pirates!" he said smiling brightly, "Sure those tykes may have destroyed the cosmos stones and reduced all our hard work to nothing. But as they say when life gives you lemons you make lemonade! Just look at the bright side of things like I do!" he then grinned deciding to move forward with life and not dwell on the past.

His crew however were able to move on as easy as he did, "But we don't have any lemons…." Gavro muttered scratching his head in confusion at what he meant.

Foolscap and Sheer both raised an eyebrow at him unconvinced, "Oh really boss?"

"What good can possibly come out of being stuck in this tiny space on an endless space trip to who knows where for who knows how long?"

Gavro then looked ahead and pointed out, "Maybe a trip into that black hole over there sounds exciting!" he cheered with an oblivious smile!

The other pirates looked ahead and widened their eyes in terror at a massive vortex swirling before them nearly the size of a moon and they were on a collision course towards its core! "AAAAAAAHHH!" They all screamed in outright terror! Was this karma for all their crimes they committed across the galaxy? Did they finally get it coming to them?

Sheer then looked to Specter in alarm, "Boss! You've gotta steer us away now!" she pleaded tugging at his arm as he looked around sweating in a panic seeing it was all on him! Even it was pretty much hopeless with him steering them!

Grabbing the lever and controls he tried to steer them away from the portal's pull, but to no avail as the suction force from the black hole was easily overpowering the pod's engines! "GRRRGH! I'm trying! But I can't turn us around!" As he pulled harder on the controls he ended up snapping them off the console living them virtually helpless and at the mercy of the vortex!

"WHA!?" They all dropped their jaws in disbelief and turned pale!

He gritted his teeth and screamed in a panic! "It's too late! We're done for!" he cried as his crew fell into complete hopelessness!

"NO!" Foolscap cried pulling on his hair.

"Great! So not only are about to be sucked into a black hole but we'll be crushed together in this thing like a tin can!?" Sheer squawked.

"Yup, sure looks like it!" Gavro concluded as they found themselves sucked into the vortex which spun them around rapidly like an out of control roller coaster!

"WAAAAAAHHHH!" Their cries echoed through the vastness of space before they were sucked into the core of darkness!

"I think I'm going to be siiiiick!" Was Specter's final outburst as the pod vanished deep inside.

Little did they know, was that the black hole they entered through….was actually a stray time vortex that had generated as a result of the energy repercussions caused by the destruction of the Dark Pterosaur. What awaited on the other side….was anyone's guess….

In another space, it was shrouded it what appeared to be eternal darkness and night. Suspended high above in a dark mist which swirled all around, were several floating islands of rock with some of them having structures of stone pillars reminiscent of a roman style architecture, ruins of an ancient civilisation without a doubt. It was barren, devoid of life….a place where hope goes to dive and light was non-existent…..

Suddenly disturbing the silence, a portal opened up in the middle of the space and flying out of it was the pod containing all 4 of the space pirates as it crashed down on one of the larger islands causing a cloud of dust to erupt out from the site!

CRASH!

As it cleared, amongst the wreckage and remains of the pod lay the 4 spectral space pirates, all of them lay scattered about the area amongst the debris and let out pained groans and moans before losing consciousness after the crash!

"Urgh…."

"Ouch…"

"Urk…."

"Oogh…"

It seemed as though there was no life or anyone else for miles in this barren landscape of darkness and solitude….till movement stirred within the mist. Several figures began to appear from the mist, followed by slimy foot steps and blinking lights at the front. As they stepped into the clearing, they were revealed to be gel jarks, many of them…which made the amount the pirates had on board their ship look like a school classroom! As they surrounded the 4 defeated pirates and brought them in together and blinked curiously, a young but sharp and most menacing voice spoke out to them from nowhere!

"Stand aside! Make way!" The voice ordered as the jarks straightened up and went on full alert recognising the voice of their supreme emperor. The ones closest to the voice began to step aside, as a young figure was soon seen from the dark, footsteps approaching at a steady pace before the figure stepped into the light. It belonged to a youth, but not human indeed as he was coloured purple with 3 red markings around his face and long elf like ears. The youth sported orange demonic eyes which shone with a petrifying glare through the dark, and he sported a set of gold, black, red and grey robes as well as a pair of gauntlets which matched his outfits' colour scheme. He also had spiked black and grey hair which splayed out in several directions and on his chest his outfit bore the spectral pirate crest on it.

"Who dares trespass in my domain?" he then demanded before noticing the 4 figures who lay out before him unconsciously. He blinked his eyes in surprise, "Hmm? Is that-" Looking at their worn out and battered bodies, he began to recall each and every one of them, till stopping at the last of them whom he recognised in an instant, "Father?" he blinked before a most chilling grin came upon his face, "Heh, it seems things have just gotten a little bit more interesting around here…." Loud thuds soon echoed around him, as the gel jarks panicked and scattered about recognising whom they belonged to! As they disappeared into the mist, a large saurian shape with purple eyes peered through the darkness! A large 3 toed clawed foot stepped in right behind Goma, and he didn't waver in the slightest. In fact his smirk turned to a deep maniacal grin as the figure relieved itself to be a theropod dinosaur, with a deep grey upper body and underbelly, followed with orange and white horizontal streaks underneath it. It stomped its foot and roared out, sending a spine chilling shriek through the darkness as the youth let out a nightmarish cackle with it, "AHAHAHAHAHHAHA!"

Where one journey ends….another soon arises….a new evil….a new darkness soon awakens…..the D Team's greatest challenge and biggest battle for the ages will too dawn upon them…..with the prologue over….the real story now begins…..

At long last season 2 comes to a close, hope you enjoyed how I ended it off here. Sure the D Team may be split up for now and Cera remains in the present, but they'll reunite sooner than you think! Also Cera's reason for staying will play a huge role in the next chapter to come as well as the beginning of SEASON 3! Here I also added some to Seth's reasons for his actions, also because in the anime his sudden heel face turn didn't work for me without proper reasoning behind it besides simply wanting to survive. Also wanted Terry and the others to be more useful in the final fight here too and give an explanation to how they were able to beat the pirates' dinosaurs easily when having so much trouble before.

Special thanks to Mauselet-AliceAsuka who helped me out a lot in writing the canon dialogue-really appreciate it, also for those of you who were dissatisfied with how the anime ended, I plan on doing season 3 to pick up where it left off.

I have big plans in store for it which I won't spoil but it'll be a wild adventurous ride which will make the D Team's past adventures look like school field trips! Stay tuned for an all new exciting quest they'll embark on as they face an evil like no other! This may be my biggest writing of all, if anyone would be interested in helping me out feel free to PM me, I no doubt will encounter plenty of blocks along the way so it'd be a great help if you all enjoyed this story so far and would love to contribute to it as well.

As for the food served at the dinosaur party it's the food move cards in the arcade game.

In response to reviews:

Drew Luczynski

-Thought it would be fitting to have her deal with one of the D Team's most hated enemies after all he did, also because the cryo wasn't addressed and didn't want him to just get away. Plus all her stockpiling energy from different attributes will play a role to come.

tsukikami02

-Glad you enjoyed my story. Took me time to build up Cera and Miku to where they are now. I plan to have their origins made clear in season 3 to come, stay tuned for it and thanks, hope I do manage to see this story to the end as well. Believe it or not, what Dr Z does now despite being selfish will play a significant role to come soon, in fact something the entire D Team did now will.