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!

53. A Blackout Wipeout

Chapter 53

A Blackout Wipeout

Much had transpired since Max's victory over Lunensis, his triumph had deeply impacted the Resistance and would soon change the course of their actions from that moment forward. As promised, Lunensis agreed to undo the Alpha process and did just that, one by one each of the dinosaurs he forced through said process had reverted back to normal, and while most of them suffered some after side effects such as fatigue or confusion for instance as a result of the reversion after being changed for so long, it wasn't something a good rest couldn't cure and thus were on the road to recovery. It would have been the end of all the alpha dinosaurs, as Lunensis was about to consider destroying the machine itself….when several troopers, along with their dinosaurs, decided to volunteer doing it out of their own free will!

Either because they felt it was still necessary and were willing to take it upon themselves or that the dinosaurs or troopers themselves wanted to get stronger too with new power, it was done so out of their own free will. While the D Team wasn't fully on board with it, it was still their decision to make in the end….thankfully the new dinosaurs that went Alpha were able to handle the side effects far better thanks to the bond they had with their partners which had been restored thanks to Max's actions, and before long every dinosaur that was reverted to normal was replaced by another of the same species so it was as if little changed from before. Something which made Dr Z really happy to hear now his alpha dinosaurs had a future in the future! The best part was that several of the dinosaurs also retained their original personalities prior to the process and while a few of them may have ended up going a little while at first in the end it was indeed the start of both science and friendship coming together like a perfect fossil.

After that matter had been settled, Captain Raina got to work in restoring each of the other main dinosaurs to their chibi forms, and while Rex and Zoe welcomed back Paris and Ace with open arms…..Terry, Tank and Spiny on the other hand….returned to what they loved best and that was torture Dr Z by biting his beard and paying the trio little to no attention much to their discomfort. After that was taken care of, came the most important matter of all…..informing all their parents of everything that happened. The time machine room, consisted of a very large platform in a certain chamber of the room with a number of large support pillars surrounding a huge teleportation circle pad in the middle. Using it, the Resistance helped in bringing all their parents in from their respective time periods, along with a few extra tagalongs like Rod and Laura, Helga, Jonathan, Patrick and even Dr Owen too! It was a rather sudden and startling development, when they arrived they were so shocked they were at a loss for words thinking they were all kidnapped again like with the space pirates a while back….though that theory was debunked once the kids ran up to greet them in a most hearty reunion.

It was then Cera's turn to step in and finally explain her side of the story as well as apologise to each and every one of them for the trouble she caused them and as to why she had to keep her identity a secret at the time. Upon hearing her story the adults felt great empathy for her, knowing it must have been really hard for a child like her to have been growing up in a time of war and strife. At first they were considering taking their children home too where it'd be safe, but then after a long discussion with the D Team….they all realised that they could never just leave Cera to herself after all they went through together. Seeing how determined their children were and how much they had grown since arriving their parents saw no reason to stop them, and also felt like they ought to help Cera too after what she did for them as well. Plus it was also a great opportunity for them all to finally learn about the future and about what man and dinosaurs had accomplished together too, as well as many troopers from the future excited to ask about the past and how they raised the D Team to become the legendary heroes they believed in, such to the parents' proud embarrassment to answer them.

Which is where the story's events now pick up from, inside a cyberspace battlefield, something amazing was about to happen, "Elemental fusion!" A blue haired soldier yelled towards her muttaburrasaurus who then gained a green aura before transforming into a light green dinosaur with stripes of dark green around it, as it bellowed loudly and stomped its foot on the ground as it and its partner achieved a connection, "Aw yeah! Great job muttaburrasaurus!" She then cheered praising her dino which let out a happy bellow, "Ahaha! Love the new look! You look absolutely gorgeous!" she smiled brightly at it as it looked back to her and licked her face with affection.

On the other side, her opponent, a spiky brown haired male, stomped his foot on the ground in frustration, "Hey why can't we do that too!? No fair!" He whined with jealousy as his dinosaur, a stegosaurus, wasn't able to achieve the same result. Max's triumph and discover of awakened dinosaurs sparked a newfound revolution in the resistance as well as help them rediscover themselves and some of their past bonds which they may have lost during the war, but now remerged stronger than ever, to the point where some of them could go super too!

In the training room, various troopers often gathered her to train in simulated environments and battled out with one another in virtual holographic battlefield rooms since the arena was currently occupied and training opportunities outside the base were severely limited with the war and all. Plus this interspace allowed dinosaurs to go all out without needing to worry about damaging their environment now. Right now various developments had taken place such as dinosaurs like sinraptor, tarchia, eucentrosaurus, tarbosaurus and baryonyx going super too! Others also included practicing tag team matches, as some performed fusion moves with one another hoping to hold trust and teamwork with one another and between dinosaurs, with explosive results being conducted with pairs super and alpha dinosaurs or even both together at once!

As Captain Kaze supervised them from outside the training rooms, Dr Z, Ancient and Cretacia were seeing everything taking place on the monitors in a room high above in a viewing box seeing the battle domes down below in the room and the cyberspace battles taking place inside them.

"How most fascinating…." Ancient commented in awe, it wasn't just the ties between man and dinosaurs that were taken to new heights but the possibilities and the technology that evolved with them too! "Who would've thought our future could actually evolve into something so astounding."

"And so totally amazing! EEEK!" Cretacia then squealed with childish joy and energy, in fact what she really was looking forward to most though wasn't dinosaur related, but to get her hands on her own mesozoic mobile, preferably a rock crusher, so she could bulldoze right over all their enemies and anything in her way, that ought to help her blow off some steam and excitement!

"Ehehehe! And it's all thanks to me!" Dr Z laughed rather smugly as he held his head high up, "Maybe now you both ought to be bowing down on your knees and showing your future king some respect! Ahahahah!" He hollered as both of Rex's parents shot him expressions of disappointment.

"Sigh….you never change will you Dr Z?"

"Even dinosaurs evolve better than he can and they've had millions of years to do it." They sighed at him in disapproval, other people who were looking at the battle with them, lost their excitement with Dr Z spoiling the mood as they soon left, feeling their faith in him had been misplaced all this time.

Grinning deeply at the sight of the battles onscreen, Dr Z then squeezed his face at the viewing glass closely, "Just imagine, if we could make an army of not just my beautiful alpha dinosaurs but these super dinosaurs too! Ohohoho! We'd be unstoppable for sure! Forget a dinosaur kingdom, we could create a dinosaur empire!" he snickered to himself out loud knowing he could become some kind of mighty conqueror with an army like this at his beck and call!

"That's where the line needs to be drawn." Ancient then pointed out, "If we see dinosaurs are nothing more than mere objects and weapons to use then this future wouldn't come to be."

"You did see what happened to Lunensis did you not Dr Z?" Cretacia then added as she folded her arms and scowled at him, "You want to end up like him and be hated by every living person on the planet and beyond? Hmm?"

In response, Dr Z huffed as he then looked away from the 2 of them, "Hmph! You're never any fun….always getting in my way…." he scoffed as he turned his back to them.

Not bothering with him a second more, the Ancients looked back to the battles taking place seeing a shantungosaurus go super before overcoming an alpha nemegtosaurus using emerald garden, "Still though, the fact remains this phenomenon does need some looking into…." Rex's dad then narrowed his eyes with deep interest.

"I agree dear….." Cretacia nodded with him as questions began to arise between them, like what causes this myserteous phenomenon and why did it only work with some dinosaurs and not all of them.

At that moment, Captain Raina soon walked in with her handheld computing device as she oversaw the battles taking place in the different rooms onscreen, "Captain Raina, do you perhaps have a theory or explanation for this?" Dr Ancient then asked as he and his wife looked towards her.

"Anything you can think up will surely help us in unravelling this mystery." Cretacia then added.

Narrowing her eyes at the data she then pursed her fingers over her lips in thought, "Hmm…based on the battle data I've gathered during Max's fight with Lunensis, I believe that this involved the elemental power within the dinosaur itself….my guess is that only a certain number of dinosaurs may have a stronger connection to the stone plates that gave rise to them in the first place." she explained having come to see that only a certain number of dinosaurs had this kind of bond to the stones, "Even if the plates themselves were destroyed the energy within them clearly didn't, perhaps it manifested itself somehow in the same energy we used to bring dinosaurs back to life in the first place."

Looking back, there was a time when Ancient's research was carefully studied and thus using the same energies he harvested long ago from the stone to convert live dinosaurs into cards, they were able to take it further to revive dinosaurs now, perhaps it may have bonded more strongly with certain species than others….though there was no visible connection or possible way to explain it. After that she brought up another screen depicting Max's battle with Lunensis, along with a graph showing energy fluctuations and as well as brainwaves between both Max and Chomp, before they synchronised at some point thus leading to the Awakening, "And with what happened with Max, he was able to help Chomp draw out that very power from within him. Perhaps it could be due to the friendship and connection they share with one another…." she then suggested as she showed the Ancients and Dr Z.

"That does sound like a most plausible theory…." Ancient then folded his arms in thought seeing no other way this could have gone. Though as he recalled back Miku did soemhow build a strong bond with the D Team's dinosaurs and even the Alpha gang's overtime, not just between one another but also amongst their partners too and their comrades' partners, strengthening the connections between all the dinosaurs and their human partners too, helloing them all to unite their causes as one and thus bringing out a long dormant power in the process.

"Whatever the case is, it's definitely something that'll give us the edge we need in this war against the space pirates." Dr Z then stated before a mad grin appeared on his face, "Hee hee hee! And just imagine the possibilities we can explore if we can somehow combine this ancient power with futuristic science too…." He grinned as he began rubbing his plans together with all sorts of ideas bursting into his head. Imagine if he could combine this awakening process with alpha or maybe include armour on them both, the potential for new evolution was limitless! Of course such a theory would take time and experiments, experiments which were unlikely to be approved considering no one in this entire building would ever let their dinosaurs be experimented like guinea pigs as he then sighed in disappointment and lowered his head down soon after, seeing this may be one dream of his that may take too long to achieve.

(Meanwhile)

"EEEEK! This is a nightmare!" Ursula squealed as she ran down the hallway past some confused troopers and passerbies, with Chibi Terry right behind her. Looking behind she widened her eyes to see her relentless pursuer still hadn't given up chasing after her, even when she had hop across lava rivers and around spewing volcanoes in the fire station they did little to deter him as he cried out for her!

"Ursula my love! I knew that not even time and space could keep us apart!" Dr Owen cried with tears of joy and heart as he puckered his lips and held his arms out for her, which spurred her to accelerate even more! In fact since he laid eyes on her in her new outfit he felt the beast within him awaken and now full on instinct had taken over him and his rational sense.

Right behind him, Patrick wheezed as he sweated profusely under the immense heat and exhaustion from following them, as well as the lack of air with all the sulphurous fumes from the volcanoes, "Señor! Please wait up!" he pleaded for his boss to slow down as he tried desperately to keep up with him!

"You maniac! Didn't I already tell you no?! When will you get it through your thick skull!?" Ursula then screamed back at him!

"Never! I'll never give you up! I'll chase you to the ends of the world if it's the last thing I-" He was cut off as a fist suddenly smashed into his face!

WHAM!

"AAARGH!" He cried as he was blown back and he fell into Patrick's arms!

"AH! Dr Owen!" he gasped as he grabbed him in time, though felt himself pushed back slightly, "Are you okay!?" he asked with concern before looking up to see what hit him, only to widen his eyes and turn pale at who he saw, "GAH!?"

Dr Owen though was still recovering from his sudden impact and was oblivious to what had just happened, "Urgh….my face…." he grunted, feeling his nose was slightly bloody and as he began to open his eyes he saw his glasses were also cracked as a result of the huge blow he took! Seeing clearer he realised a man was the one who hit him straight on as he saw a set of brown jeans right in front o hfs eyes. He then gritted his teeth and looked p to get a view of the man's face so he could look him in the eye, "Hey whoever you are you'd better apologise or-EEK!" Dr Owen soon turned as pale as Patrick was as he saw Blaze stand before him, stating rather tall and proud like a big hero would, as Ursula widened her eyes and covered her mouth in amazement.

"Oh my…."

"Tsk, tsk. That's no way to treat a lady," he said to Owen, shaking his finger with a smirk on his face, "Now be good boy and apologise or I'll have to teach you some proper manners myself." he then grinned at the 2 men, as chibi Daigo came out from behind his leg and hissed at him, followed by Gorgon who stomped in towards them in full sized form, though now as a menacing alpha gorgosaurus with reddish marking around his eyes and grey skin who then snarled fiercely, striking fear into the hearts of both men!

"Grrr…."

Dr Owen felt not only his heart race from fear but also shatter to see that he couldn't compete with the likes of him in a million years, "I…I err…gulp….got it…." he swallowed his pride hard as he turned pale at the sight of the huge carnivore breathing down his neck, before fainting from fear and from heartbreak in Patrick's arms!

"C…Come on Señor…..Perhaps it's time we….excuse ourselves before we become someone's dinner." he suggested to his boss as he hastily dragged him away from the premises as Gorgon then let out a snort.

"Honestly, I can't believe the nerve of some people…..picking on others when they're just minding their own business…." Blaze then sighed shaking his head in disappointment, while Ursula's eyes shone brightly and she clapped her hands together feeling herself overcome with love!

"Oh my hero!" she cried in joy, as Terry simply yawned in boredom and walked off someplace else.

(Meanwhile)

In the vehicle garage below, where mesozoic mobiles were being tested in a racing rink in one section or were being retrofitted/repaired, Ed decided to try out one for himself, a small SUV model called a Light 4WD. However, he barely managed to fit half his body in through the front door at the driver's seat and to his horror found himself heavily lodged in and unable to move! "Urgh…I think I'm stuck….." He grunted in annoyance as his legs stuck out hanging where everyone else was staring at him, some even deciding to take a few snapshots at his behind much to his dismay! "H…Hey stop that! Can someone help get out please!?" he cried out in embarrassment, blushing red while also sweating nervously feeling rather claustrophobic himself!

Fortunately or unfortunately for him, his wish was about to be granted in a most effective but terrifying way, as trooper backed away nervously as Captain Craig stepped forth from the back, "I take care of this in less than a second." he said grinning rather unsettlingly as he popped his knuckles and grabbed hold of Ed's legs!

Ed turned pale as he heard the burly man's voice and felt his legs grabbed by beefy arms, "Yikes! Stop! Don't come any closer! WAAAAH!" He screamed as immense force was exerted at his legs and he felt himself pulled with immense force while still locked in a huge vice of the car door! "YOOOOW!" His screams of pain and agony however were greatly ignored by Tank, who was enjoying a nice nap in her chibi form along with Spiny not far from where he was.

In another area of the garage, Zander was eying Reese who was staring closely with another scientist at a computer which Rod was working at, which was sparking rather violently as he worked his tools into its inside compartment. As he eyed Reese dreamily he then heard the sounds of an engine running, looking away to a screen it depicted Marina rising a dark blue and white speed demon mobile in the training course, and the way she took the sharp turns was both fluid and smooth. He sweated nervously as he looked to and from both ladies before pulling out his hair in agony, "ARGH! Why does the world have to be so cruel!? No fair!" He cried painful, his heart felt it would be torn in half as he cried into the floor and banged his fists on the floor.

Reese meanwhile was more interested in the scientific developments that had taken place, Rex's future was impressive but Cera's was pretty much legendary to her, though what surprised her most of all was how Rod was patching up technology that was years ahead of his own, "How very fascinating…." she said looking at Rod as he looked away from the console, halting his work as the computer soon began to start up again. Now he was dressed in a seedless white singlet and wore a large metal pan over his head for protection in these circumstances.

"Hey! You actually fixed it!" The scientist gasped in surprise as Rod then rubbed his nose with a confident smirk.

"Heh, putting stuff like this together's really easy once you get the hang of it you know." He said as he folded his arms on his hips and held his head up high, "In fact anyone can do it if they just put in a little more elbow grease, after all nothing beats hard work and determination!"

"Hahaha! I'll be sure to keep that in mind next time." The scientist laughed as he shook hands with the young boy. The sight made Reese smile happy, as she then decided to head to the lab area to modify some dinoshots to give to the others so they'd be compatible with the element boosters like Cera's.

(Meanwhile)

In the mess hall, lines of people had gathered at the cafeteria due to the introduction of several new delicious but of course healthy dishes cooked up by none other than Mrs Taylor and Drake, as large of people gathered hoping for a bite of what they had to offer. On the other side behind a large door was where the dinosaurs were fed in large spread out enclosures much like that of a zoo animal's where food was poured into long feeders which they began to eat their respective meals. In one of them, was a pachyrhinosaurus, as it was munching away at some freshly prepared fruit and vegetables and it was going so peacefully for it till it ended getting lassoed by the neck and a hitchhiker decided to take it for a ride!

"Yeehaw! Just like back during the world lasso championship!" Dr Taylor laughed out loud energetically as he had his lasso tied around the neck of a pachyrhinosaurus which was bellowing out in agitation as it tried to buck him off like a mad bull! Spike however grinned with confidence as he kept his balance firmly and shifting himself to match the dinosaur's movements, "Once I master this dinosaur, I'll be able to have my own at last just like everyone else!" He then laughed to himself as he imagined rising said dinosaur into a battlefield surrounded by Gel Jarks and every else was cheering for him as a hero, "Hahaha-WAAAAH!" He unfortunately lost his concentration at that moment as the ceratopsian launched him into the air till he smashed right into a wall! "Urgh…or maybe not….." he groaned in pain sliding to the ground as the blue dinosaur snorted in annoyance before stomping off back to its feeder to eat.

Hearing what had happened and knowing what it was, Aki then covered her mouth but failing to suppress her amusement, "Ahahaha, I knew Spike would love it the moment we set foot here." she giggled knowing it was just like him to behave like that. After that she looked ahead after having passed off some freshly grilled hamburger patties to some troopers others had came take their place followed by some returning customers! "And to think there'd be so many hungry mouths to feed….." she smiled seeing so many people appreciating her cooking, she didn't expect how much she'd enjoy this trip to the future herself plus how eager she was to please each and every one of them.

"Well, this crowd isn't going to feed itself Aki," Mrs Drake then stated as she tied on an apron and folded her arms on her hips, "Might as well get started."

"Then allow us to assist you!" Helga and Jonathan called out to them, as they returned from serving the dinosaurs in the other room, and were ready to contribute their services to feeding the growing number of hungry troopers hoping for a meal.

"We'd be honoured to have all the help we can get." Zoe's mom nodded as they all looked ahead at the huge challenge presented before them, as some of them even held out their empty or greased plates and cried out for food.

"Seconds please!"

"Make it thirds!"

"Ahaha alright, it'll be ready soon." Mrs Drake then laughed as she got to the pot to scoop out some freshly made beef stew. After that she then raised an eyebrow in curious thought, "Still….I wonder how my husband's doing though…." she wondered having not seen him for a while since arriving.

(Meanwhile)

In the grass station, a pair of terrified chibi dinosaurs, an altirhinus and a tuojiangosaurus, ran out of the tall grass crying as Dr Drake rushed out of the grass, holding onto his new Mega Needle like a hunting rifle as he pursued both little dinosaurs through the prairie, "Come back here you two! I only want to give you all a new experimental vaccine I just made to give eternal immunity to any kind of ailment!" he cried out to them as he flashed his high needle filled with dark purple bubbly liquid inside, though his actions only guaranteed that they keep running for their lives, as they scurried off into the next path of tall grass unwilling to be used as lab rats!

"It won't hurt! I pro-" Unable to see what was in front of him, Dr Drake ended up bashing right into a large green tree trunk!

BANG!

"ARGH!" He yelped as he fell back on his backside and his nose was swelling red, as well as a small bump appearing on his forehead too. He gritted his teeth cringing with paint as he rubbed his sore face, "Urgh now what was-" A loud hiss sounded right above him, which made him open his eyes widely, as he saw a pair of large theropod feet right before him. Slowly looking up, he turned pale to see a massive carcharodontosaurus looking down at him with a menacing glare as it flashed its long serrated teeth at him!

"Grr…."

Zoe's dad pulled on his collar and swallowed down hard as he could feel himself sweating on every part of his body, "Gulp….err he he he…hello there sir….the doctor will see you now?" he chuckled nervously as he held out his huge needle at the dinosaur hoping he'd scare it off.

However, unlike most other dinosaurs before, this carcharodontosaurus wasn't at all deterred by the sight of the needle, instead it took it as a threat and instead let out a loud roar as it tried to stomp down on the poor man! "WAAAAAH! Okay we'll reschedule then!" He squeaked as he scurried away as the foot crashed down where he lay at first before becoming the hunted himself as he ran off into the bushes with the massive carnivore on his heels! "HELP MEEEE!"

"ROAR!"

Further away at the japanese garden, Zoe, now wearing a blue flowery kimono, let out a heavy sigh and face palmed herself upon recognising his terrified cries, "Oh dad…." she frowned as some of the others in ikebana class then stared at her with raised eyebrows questioningly.

Earlier she introduced her dad to the medical bay considering his expertise in animal healthcare, though this turned into a grave error in her judgement for instead of wanting to learn more about animal care he was overcome with excitement and went off to test his newly made formula on whatever dinosaur he could find in the station….something she wished she saw coming as the experience pretty much made her the center of everyone's attention in a rather unpleasant way….

Now she was trying to take her mind off it by taking part in ikebana flower arrangement and pruning, while surrounded bye all kinds of incense in aromatherapy….it was working at first but the sounds of her dad's cries for help made her healing session a much less pleasant one as others began to stare at her again from their seats.

Paris, after having a drink from the koi pond, had just went back to where she was as she hopped up to nibble at Zoe's newly trimmed iris, only for her to have her snack pulled away from her, "No no Paris, this isn't food, okay?" Zoe wagged her finger scolding newly chibified partner who then let out a disappointed him in response.

Further off at the nursery, another girl was enjoying the visit more so, "Ahahahah! This is so much fun!" Laura giggled to herslef happily as a group of baby maiasaura went over to lick her face and she found herself helpless at their bright eyes and curious demeanour as they began to smother her with love, while Captain Hua along with the mother maiasaura looked on from a distance with light smiles, "I can't wait to tell mommy and daddy when I get home!"

(Meanwhile)

In the middle of the battle stadium room, where Max earlier had his mind boggling battle with Lunensis, a pair of troopers had their dinosaurs pitted against one another, in chibi form surprisingly.

"Alright Gondo! Go get him!" One female solder cried to her mapusaurus which snarled at an opposing gastonia and its male partner.

"You go Kotetsu! Don't you lose now!" He then yelled as both dinosaurs prepared to rush at each other in battle, only for Max to suddenly interrupt as he an Chomp ran in between them both!

"No no no! You got it all wrong! This isn't battling practice!" he shouted out loud, calling off the fight as he held out his arms at both of them much to their surprise while Chomp barked out at both the chibi mapusaurus and gastonia.

"Huh?"

"It isn't?" They asked him curiously.

"No! Of course not!" Max cried in exasperation as he rubbed his temple in annoyance, "Man, you guys have been working hard and training for who knows how many years….it must have been really rough…." he sighed pitying them, living in times of war everyday of their life they must have forgotten what it really meant to truly bond with their dinosaurs….something he intended to reeducate them, "Now's the time to put that all aside and have fun!" He then smiled brightly and clapped his hands together.

The male troopers then blinked his eyes in surprise, "Fun? You mean like…actual playing?" he questioned.

"Well yeah…what else could I be talking about?" Max asked him as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Isn't that stuff all for kids though?" The female then asked raising an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Oh yeah? Says who?" Max then smirked, "You're never too old to have fun! Hey even my dad still has fun like I do and he's older than me and some of you guys." He then explained, "Besides, we all live only once, and me and Chomp?" He then grinned as he looked down to Chomp who looked up to him with a wagging tail, "Heh, we live a perfectly balanced life to the fullest and that means having fun and play for dessert alongside a healthy sized amount of hard work too." He said as he lowered himself down to pat him on the head, as Chomp then licked back affectionately. After that he looked towards both troopers and pumped up his arm with confidence, "Now follow our example and soon you guys will be able to go all super powerful like we just did today!" He then declared as Chomp barked out loud with energy.

Both the man and woman widened their eyes in surprise, "Whoa! Really!?"

"So then if we play with our dinos we can get strong like you and maybe even beat Commander Lunensis!?"

"For real!?" They each gasped in amazement while their dinosaurs too were just as taken aback as they were.

Max then held a thumbs up to them, "Yup! Without a doubt!" He grinned as the 2 adults then jumped up with energy and excitement.

"Awesome!"

"Who knew fun could be so powerful!" They said before looking to each other.

"It'd be just like old times!"

"Then let's get our fun on!" As they ran off in separate directions they went to go play games with their partner dinosaurs like they always did back in their younger days.

Seeing they were finally connecting with their partners now as friends like he and his teammates did Max then laughed out joyously seeing they finally understood what he meant, "Ahahah! Now you guys got it! Great job!" He praised them both.

"You know Max…." Rex sighed as he walked in with Ace towards Max, "While I agree there's always a time and place for work and for play, I don't think now's really the best time and place, you know, since we're in a war and all?" He asked the brunette feeling rather concerned, considering they were in a battlefield it'd be unwise to start acting like this in the middle of a fight….plus he didn't want Max to set a bad example for them either.

Max however wasn't at all worried about that, as he patted Rex on the back, "Aw come on Rex, you're way too uptight! Lighten up and Get with the program!" He smiled encouragingly before pointing ahead, "Look! Everyone's already doing it!"

Looking ahead they could see the woman tap her mapusaurus on the back before turning around to run in the opposite direction, "Tag you're it!" she cheered before running off and the large chibi dinosaur trotted after her.

"Okay, I'll hide, then you go seek!" The man told his gastonia as he covered his eyes and began counting to 10, while his partner lumbered off to find somewhere to take cover behind.

As Rex eyed the rather…unusual bonding between the troopers and their dinosaurs, Rex then put a finger to his chin in somewhat nervous talk, "I don't know…." On one hand the way the adults were doing it seemed rather ridiculous, he may be a young boy but even he didn't play such childish games with Ace, plus it'd be super embarrassing too….then again it did look pretty fun and tempting….

Max then said something else which sealed the deal, "And besides, let's be honest here, you want to have fun and play with Ace as much as we all do don't you?" He said giving him a cheeky wink as Rex groaned in defeat.

"Urgh…." He moaned as Ace looked up to him in confusion. As Rex looked ahead, he saw Max run towards both troopers with Chomp hoping to join them too, which then made him chuckle in amusement as he then shrugged his shoulders, "Well if you can't beat them, join them I guess…." He said before looking down to his small carnotaurus and then pet him on the head, "Say Ace, feel like playing a game of tag like old times?" In response Ace wagged his tail and jumped up and down in energetic excitement, confirming his answer which Rex couldn't be more happy to see as he then sped away from where he was then wagged his tail out at him, "Ahahaha! Looks like I'm it then! Here I-"

Right before they could begin though, a red alarm siren suddenly sounded throughout the halls pop the base, catching everyone's attention as they stopped what they were doing and looked up in surprise.

RING! RING!

"Huh!?"

"What the!?"

ATTENTION ALL PERSONNEL, PLEASE REPORT TO MAIN HALL FOR NEW ORDERS!

As it passed, Rex then lowered his head and let out a heavy sigh knowing they couldn't ignore something so important, "Well…guess playtime's over now…." he sighed scratching his head as Ace lowered his head too and grunted in annoyance at them losing at what may have been their best chance at playtime this entire trip.

"Aww….."

"No fair! I was just about to win too!" The Trooper moaned in disappointment, they were just getting into the spirit of their youth, till reality once again had to remind them of their duty as soldiers, as they slumped off to the main hall as instructed.

As they walked off and left the arena, Max then scratched the back of his head too, "What a letdown…talk about lousy timing, we were just getting into the groove too." he muttered in disappointment with Chomp who slumped down to the ground, wishing he could play more with the other dinosaurs.

"Can't be helped I guess…." Rex shrugged his shoulders as he walked up to Max, "Oh well, duty calls Max, let's get a move on." He then said as he ushered him to follow them to the upper floors.

"Yeah yeah…." Man grumbled as he stomped off after him, "What a buzzkill…." He huffed at the alarm, eying it at the ceiling just before they left the area.

(Later)

Within moments, the base's main meeting hall was filled with troopers and a handful of dinosaurs which flooded nearly every section of the room, as they all gathered before a large stage where announcements were to be made to masses in events of serious meetings or important updates. Already everyone was murmuring amongst one another in anticipation or even excitement as to what was about to happen or what Commander Lunensis had to announce to them all, even the D Team and the Alpha gang were getting angsty and turning rather tense as they looked around them and the atmosphere was becoming heavy too.

"Wow look at all the people gathered here…." Max breathed in awe as he and everyone else looked around to see people and dinosaurs filing up the hall as the echoes of murmurs and animalistic grunts mixed into a sea of sound making it hard for anyone to hear each other, even themselves.

"Must be something really big coming up…." Dr Ancient then commented as he narrowed his eyes feeling the pressure in the atmosphere, something everyone else was picking up on….except for one of them.

"What's this all about? I was in the middle of brainstorming some big ideas till that infuriating alarm went off!" Dr Z whined impatiently as he felt himself pushed and even squashed between a bunch of people, "This better be good otherwise I'm going to riot for having my time wasted!" He then shouted out loud, flailing his hands and driving a couple of people away from him and causing the others to look to him!

His trio widened their eyes in alarm at his outburst as they hurried to him waving out their hands, "Ssh! Be quiet Dr Z!" Ursula cried to him, not wanting their situation to be made more complicated, as Zander and Ed tried to pat him gently to clam him down.

"Yeah grampa, if everyone was summoned here it means this must be really important!" said Laura to him with urgency as a couple others began to stare at him..

"So keep your mouth shut and don't say a word!" Rex then sneered as he quickly covered his hand over Dr Z's mouth!

The old man however simply grabbed Rex's hand and shoved it away as he then smacked the dust off his beard, "Hmph! Well I don't need to hear any of this! I'm out of here!" he grumbled as he stomped off out of the room without a backwards glance to find somewhere he could think in peace, in fact even the bathroom could be considered a playground to him compared to this meaningless gathering. As he did so, some of the troopers either ignored him or began muttering to one another about how rude and inconsiderate the was.

"Suit yourself Dr Z….You don't know what you're missing." Cretacia then shrugged her shoulders with a disappointed expression which was shared by her husband and the D Team before they resumed their focus ahead.

Max and his friends soon narrowed their eyes as the crowds soon settled down, hinting that a big announcement was soon to come. In seconds, the entire room fell silent, even the dinosaurs too fell as quiet as mice as the mass began to sense and hear the footsteps from someone of high authority approaching the stage. Looking to the side from where they echoed from, everyone gasped or tensed as a certain father soon stepped onto the stage, and following right next to him was a red haired girl that Max and the others were all too familiar with as they gasped in surprise.

"Hey look!" Max pointed out at them from where they stood.

"It's Cera and Lunensis!" Zoe gasped in surprise that they were going to be giving some sort of big speech to everyone present.

Rex narrowed his eyes, "This must be serious." he whispered to them as Max nodded back at him.

"Yeah…but let's just wait and see." he said back to them as they along with their parents and the Alpha gang stood firm and fixed their eyes at both father and daughter, not turning away for a second or even blinking, as Lunensis stepped aside and allowed his daughter to speak first.

As she stood before everyone, she presented herself with such dignity and firmness, she seemed almost like a completely different person to her friends as her aura gave off a sense of authority which commanded high respect like her father did, perhaps even more so. Even the adults could feel this too, especially the alpha gang who usually weren't too fond of her and the D Team found themselves unable to look away or act rudely, instead stood tensely and froze stiff unable to act or even say anything snarky knowing the reprimanding they'd receive from everyone else whose attention she already held.

She cleared her throat momentarily as everyone waited in anticipation for what she had to share with them, which she soon did, "Greetings honoured members of the resistance, I thank you very much for your presence." She introduced herself lightly, "Today is a momentous day that shall live forever in our hearts, that not even the fabric of time could erase even in an eternity." She said with a light smile before identifying and eying her friends in the background. As she focused her attention on them everyone else began too have their eyes focused on Max, Rex and Zoe much to their surprise and slight unease at this sudden shift of attention, "And it is also with great and equal honour that if it weren't for the efforts of the D Team, the best friends I could ever have, my father may not have returned to the man he truly is right now." She said before looking to her dad who smiled back and nodded at her. Hearing how she gave them the full credit for this made them all, especially Max, feel most honoured and appreciated to have done something great for their friend and all these people. Something which their parents and friends were no less proud and impressed by their deeds, "May this new development usher in a brand new path and future that we can all strive towards with pride and hope! Like how the dinosaurs didn't have to be extinct forever and could be given a second chance, so could our bright gold age from before the war be brought back as well and our ties with the dinosaurs and one another be strengthened forever more!" She then proclaimed at the end as everyone else cheered and applauded for her impactful speech and for the D Team too, as the sounds of cheers, claps and happy dino noises filled the air!

"Yeah!"

"Way to go Cera!" Max, the D Team along with Rod and Laura praised her shaking out their fists in excitement.

The adults, gave off a more modest but far more emotional response to her impacting words, "Oh look at her….all grown up….." Aki breathed as she clapped her hands together and a small tear shed from her eye with Mrs Drake.

Others though were unable to contain their feelings which were welling up like a huge geyser, "Sniff….she may not have been our own daughter but to see her come so far really….brings a tear to my eye….sniffle…." Dr Drake wept, his heart deeply moved as his eyes began to water out like a fountain, if this continued he may even need to see a doctor of his own! The sentiment shared by Dr Owen, Dr Taylor and even Cretacia as they cried their eyes out too with joy.

Cera smiled feeling honoured that her words had left their mark on her allies and friends, knowing it will help carry them on through the war and into he future beyond that. With her having said her piece she stepped aside and allowed her father to take the stage next as everyone began to quiet down as they knew it was going to be the important part now regarding the Resistance's next course of action.

"With the introductions now aside, it's time that we all now returned to the battlefield and take the fight to our enemies once and for all." Lunensis started as the masses began to grow serious and narrow their eyes, hardening themselves knowing that the time to fight was returning to them. He hardened his expression as he looked to the D Team's parents and new allies who came from the past with them, "To those of you who aren't aware, our foes the spectral space pirates have recently grown in their forces within the past few years and thus have established themselves now as the shadow empire." he explained as everyone turned tense at being reminded of the reason for their plight and what their cause was, "They have several large operations at work in various parts of the world, where our resistance camps and bases have been struggling immensely in our efforts to keep them from further advancing their positions." He explained as a hologram of the globe appeared above him, and 4 locations on Africa, Asia, America and Europe were marked on them.

"In the past we severely lacked the means to further reinforce our ranks and defend our outposts, let alone be able to launch an assault at the enemy bases of operation." Lunensis then continued in a hard tone as he looked up at the hologram of Earth before shutting it off, before smiling with confidence as he turned back to the crowd, "However, with the inclusion of the D Team and the Alpha gang by our side, now we not only possess the means to do so but the hope of being bale to overcome our enemies and restore our world to how it should have been years ago is no longer a mere fantasy but can become our future!" He then announced once more causing everyone to cheer and applaud again.

Cheer

"Yeah!"

"You tell em commander!"

"We'll make those flying creeps regret ever setting foot on our planet!"

Some of them began to look towards the D Team and Alpha gang as well as the began to give them their thanks and praise too, "Welcome aboard friends!" Some even went in to hug them close or shake their hands at their 're-introduction now by the true Captain Lunensis.

"It's a big honour!"

The responses from the D team ranged from either calm smiles of confidence or by blushing red faces of embarrassment, "Ehehehe…."

Some of their parents and adults were being praised for having raised such fine young children, while their mothers may have took it humbly or like it was no big deal-

"Oh it was nothing…." Aki blushed red as some complimented her on how Max got his charm.

"I couldn't be any more prouder…." Mrs Drake giggled as she held her hands together proud of Zoe.

"Oh come on now! You're giving me waaaay too much credit!" Cretacia laughed out loud in a jolly way.

Their fathers also began to boast proudly that they taught them everything they knew in order to gain more credit and popularity.

"Hahaha! Everything my boy Max learnt came from me!" Spike grinned holding himself up high and pointing to himself with his thumb

"I gave Zoe all her shots so she's as strong and healthy as she is now!"

"I took care of Rex since he was a baby when I found him at the museum!"

Rod and Laura also decided to milk the moment by claiming they were better than the D Team now and then too, or take advantage of the fact that they were all friends too. To keep them from getting too close though and intruding on space, Reese, Jonathan and Helga worked hard to keep some of them from dogviling the kids or the dinosaurs from getting too close for comfort! Even the Alpha gang trio found themselves getting pumped up for action too, feeling motivated by the praise and excitement, "Man I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually feel fired up and ready to take em on!" said Ed as he pumped up his arms and grinned eagerly.

"Yeah bring em on! Say the word and we'll all do it!" Zander cheered as he and Ed grabbed Ursula's arms and held them up much to her surprise!

"H…Hey! Don't I get a say in this!?" she cried out in protest, fro once she was hoping they'd stay gloomy and unmotivated so she could kick start them herself who she wanted, but there was no going back now.

Hearing the energy flowing the room and the positive feelings generated from everyone gathered, Lunensis and Cera both smiled to see the positive impact and influence their genuine words had inspired in them, motivating them well for the battle to come too, "I see some of you are eager to take action already." The commander then spoke up with a smile as everyone quieted down and looked back to him as he folded his arms behind his back seriously, "Such spirit is good but it'd be wise for you all to be properly equipped with the right tools and knowledge first once you see the forces our foes have established." He then focused his attention to those present who weren't from their time which included the D Team, the Alpha gang and those involved with them, "However….before we do so….we'd like to at least give you a fair choice first." He then said as Cera frowned slightly knowing what he was going to say, and the others blinked their eyes in confusion.

"Fair choice?"

"Wait, you mean?" Dr Ancient and Reese asked him.

Lunensis then nodded calmly in response, "Yes….the choice as to whether you truly wish to aid us in our battle on the frontlines…..in the field of war." Soon they all began to realise what he was going to say as they turned serious, "We won't force any of you to take part in such missions for the moment we all set foot outside this base, it will be a matter of life and death."

The room fell serious and silent as everyone's eyes were averted on the ones Lunensis had addressed, this time allowing them the freedom of choice, for this battle would not only determine the outcome of the war but hold anything happen to them it would also affect course of history, something they all knew too well, "Nevertheless, I know we are asking much of you all, but we really hope you'd be able to stay and fight with us, we'll need all the help we can get for a war of this scale." he then said calmly also ow accepting they needed the help but at the same time didn't want them to be in mortal danger either for there was no guarantee that their safety would be completely assured should they accept, "If you wish to leave, you'd best make your decision now. Whatever you choose we will gladly respect your decision." He said at the end as everyone awaited their final decision with anticipation.

Some of the troopers were nervous and sped they'd say no, others felt the risks were too great and wanted them to stay safe and a certain few were readying themselves to be at peace at whatever answer they'd receive. Cera too braced herself, deep down she had a feeling she knew what Max and the others would answer, but she didn't want to get her hopes too high for the others knowing they were more likely to leave or worse convince the others to follow them….either way she was prepared to accept whatever choice they'd make in the end.

Her worries though were soon about to be proven unnecessary as Max soon stated out loud, "What's there to choose?" he said as he stood forward with firmness in his expression, "No matter how many times you guys say it, we've already made our decision to stay and fight with you guys. he said tensing up his fist as several gasped at how firm and clear he was at it, "And even after what happened earlier today, that still hasn't changed." He said as he looked to Lunensis and Cera who were just as surprised as everyone else was.

Zoe and Rex nodded at each other before standing with Max at his side, "Your future is also our future too, and we'll fight to protect it!"

"Never in a million years will we let those space pirates get away with stealing it from you! You can count on us to help you take it back for good!" They said with clear determination as everyone else cheered joyfully in turn!

As that happened, Cera smiled brightly and placed a hand on her heart, "Max….everyone…thank you…" she almost wept, feeling moved by how much they were going to sacrifice for her, truly friendship could bring out the best in anyone had it been given the right time and conditions to grow.

Their parents too were also deeply moved by their children's words as they too cried out in excitement at what they heard from them, "You tell em Max!"

"I'm so proud of you Zoe!"

"You go Rex!" Spike, Dr Drake and Cretacia went.

The others present too were considering their choices, but a certain trio soon came to a conclusion before they could as they initiated first, "Well if you brats are staying here then count us in too." Ursula then spoke up as the others looked to her and the trio in surprise.

"Huh?"

"Really?" Zoe and Max asked them.

"You don't actually think we're going to let you hog all the glory now do you?" Ursula smirked smugly at them.

"Yeah! Let us have a chance at the spotlight for a change!" Zander then cried feeling envious of them and their glory in moments before and how they were the ones to always carry the team on in the past.

"Yay! Now we get to be actual heroes instead of the bad guys for once!" Ed then cheered waving his hands out like an energetic kid.

"Plus you kids are pretty much doomed out there without us," Ursula then snarked before waving her hand playful at them, "In fact why don't you just run along home and play house."

"Yeah! Leave this to the grownup professionals!" Zander and Ed both then grinned mischievously at them all.

In response Max and the D Team snickered back at him, "Heh, you guys've got that backwards…."

"Don't expect us to bail you guys when you get in a jam."

"Especially you old lady." They each said which made Ursula gain a tic mark on her forehead!

"Hey! Take that back right this instant or I'll make a fossil out of you!" She snarled as she raised out her arms and tried to skin them alive for their insults, only for Ed and Zander to hold her back from getting out of control and making a scene in front of everyone!

"GAH! Ursula control yourself!"

"Yeah not in front of everyone else!" They cried to her as everyone else began staring at them in confusion like they were seeing some kind of skit in a comedy routine.

Ignoring them, the adults looked to one another and nodded firmly, as Spike then stood forward to represent them all, "If that's your decision Max then you can bet I'll be doing the same!" He declared to them which came as a huge surprise to each of the children!

"AH!" They gasped in shock that he was choosing to remain with them in the war!

"Dad!?"

"Huh!?"

"You're kidding!"

Spike shook his head proving them wrong, "Don't think for a sec that you're leaving your old man out of the picture this time!" He grinned before tensing up as if he was in pain as he gritted his teeth with envy, "You kids have been taking up way too much of the action, living life and having all kinds of adventures, I can't stand it anymore!" He cried what seemed like tears of anguish.

Max though knew this was no game as he tried to talk him out of it and hoped he'd see reason,"But dad this isn't-"

"Same goes for us, no way you're getting rid of us that easily." Aki then spoke out as she and the other parents stood with Dr Taylor, further startling the D Team once again.

"M…Mom!?" Max widened his eyes till they nearly bulged from his eye sockets.

"You guys too!?" Zoe and Rex gasped in disbelief.

"I know we may not be all that good with battling dinosaurs like you have but….we can't just sit back home and do nothing." she then said with a somewhat sad look, "I'm certain there's something we can all contribute to aid your cause. One way or another." She then said with a firm expression that she won't back down from.

"Mom…." Max breathed, unable to find anything to say back to her, in fact neither he or his friends could come ups with anything to say back to her.

"Plus there's so much we can help you all with, if not in the field then at least here and for everyone else too." said Zoe's mom knowing she could donate her services to the medical bay or something too, plus she didn't want to be separated from her daughter anymore since the last time.

"There's just so much we can learn and benefit from each other too," said Cretacia with Ancient by her side having the intention to study the future more along with one even larger important factor, "Plus we've been apart way long too, no way are we going to be kept away from you like before." she said at the end which made it hard for the D team to fight back.

"I'd like to stay and help supervise you all from her if you don't mind…." Reese then stated knowing she can keep better track of their activities from their control center here.

Jonathan then bowed down before them all, "And you can be assured I will be here to protect them all while you and your friends fight the good fight Master Rex." he said politely.

"Us too!" Rod and Laura both shouted which caught the trio off guard this time.

"Rod and Laura!?" They exclaimed as they grinned brightly at everyone present.

"We'll stick to you like gum on a shoe!" Laura smiled brightly.

"Sure we'll miss mom and dad again for a while but at least it's way better than staying at home doing nothing all the time!" Rod smirked folding his arms behind his head, "Plus I'm sure they'll understand if it means we get to help keep grampa and his friends out of trouble." He added at the end with a wink.

"And I'll be here to protect you as well." said Helga which surprised them!

"HUH!?"

She then wagged her fingers at them, "Don't think for a second that you'll be skipping out on homework so easily." she said with authority to them as they lowered their heads and sighed.

"Yes Helga…." they muttered as the Trio snickered in amusement, before being shut down by a glare from her!

"Great….just when we already have more than enough to deal with…." Ursula then face palmed seeing they were going to add to even more of their overburdening loads, as if the D Team kids and punishment from Dr Z weren't enough already.

"Uh huh…" Ed and Zander both nodded with her after.

Max then looked over them all with widened eyes filled with amazement at their convention and courage too, despite knowing the consequences if anything went wrong, none of it mattered one bit, "Mom….dad….everyone…." he breathed feeling almost speechless.

"Max, whatever you kids decide on you're in charge and we'll follow through to the ends of the Earth!" said Spike as he pumped an arm at him.

"That's right!" They all then said in response to the D Team and Alpha gang, having accepted full responsibility of their choice and were willing to see it to the end, something which stunned not just them but also the entire resistance who bore witness this with their very eyes.

Seeing how from they were in their decision, Max looked to his friends as they along with the Alpha gang nodded, "Thank you, we really appreciate all the help we can get." was all he said in response before pumping up his arm with determination, "With all of us together there's no way we'll lose! That's a promise!" He declared as everyone then cheered in celebration. After that he and everyone else looked towards Lunensis and Cera, "There you have it Lunensis, we're staying put and we're not leaving till this is all over!" He said to them both.

"Yeah, plus Cera's helped us time and time again, considering this our way of saying thank you for everything she's done!" Rex followed.

"As a friend who helped us and also gave us hopes and dreams." Zoe ended at the end as she clapped her hands and smiled brightly, "And we want her to continue doing so for generations to come even when this is all over with too."

"Everyone…." Cera breathed feeling her heart touched before clapping her hands together and nodding back in acknowledgement of their spirit, "I promise I'll do just that too."

Lunensis then smiled in response, feeling satisfied with their answer and more assured of their victory more than ever before, "In that case there is nothing more we need to discuss." He then stood firmly before them all on stage, "I commander Lunensis humbly welcome each and every one of you to the D Resistance! It shall be an honour to stand by and fight by your side." He said with upmost respect as he took a bow to them and the crowds cheered and clapped for them all once again.

"Heh, the honour is all ours." Max grinned cheekily scratching his head as their friends and family began receiving different responses each in honour of being newest recruits.

"This really is the most exciting time of our lives…."

"I'll be sure to never forget this."

"I'm keeping this moment in a corner of my heart for all eternity."

"Heh, can't wait to get started."

"With the formalities now aside, it's time we finally prepare for the battle of our lives." Lunensis then spoke up with authority again as everyone returned back to the point of the matter. He then looked to the entire crowd as he prepared to assign them their duties, "Everyone, I'd like you all to report to stations below, you'll receive your mission instructions from there and all I can say to you all is….good luck and may fortune smile upon you all." He said holding out his arm.

"Yes sir commander sir!" Max saluted to go with the mood as everyone was dismissed, with lead troopers beginning too divide up the groups accordingly, one of them leading the D Team and the Alpha gang to battle stations while sending their parents, Rod and Laura, along with Reese and the androids to different sections which they believed would be perfectly suited for them.

"Oh our first mission assignment that's from someone NOT from Dr Z!" Ursula then cheered with glee feeling honoured at it.

"And it looks like he'll actually take care of us too!" Zander then added at the end as Ed held his arms up and cried out in excitement.

"YIPPEE!"

As everyone slowly began to leave through the doors and gates around the ends of the hall, Cera smiled softly….before sighing a bit herself, "I'll never forget this even if you may have to…." she thought…considering a possibility where chances were in order to preserve their future perfectly intact….they may have to reset their memories too….something she hoped wouldn't come to pass but was prepared to accept it regardless if deemed inevitable, as she looked to her father who then proceeded to leave too and she followed him closely behind.

(Meanwhile)

Each of the Resistance's new recruits were assigned stations to work at. Dr Taylor with his knowledge on dinosaurs and their behaviour decided to aid in studying their physiology and even decided to work in pairing them up with some of the other trainees, tempted to get one himself but first he had to earn one much to his discomfort….Zoe's parents were assigned to the medical bay under Hua's faction, and while Dr Drake had problems getting the dinosaurs to take their medicine, either they ran away or downright attacked him in turn, Mrs Drake was able to win over their trust much more easily with kindness and warmth as she began nursing the newborns that hatched from eggs as well as the chibi ones.

Dr Ancient, Jonathan and Cretacia were busy studying the stone tablet in the research room while Rod and Laura were assigned to control along with Reese to monitor the mission teams as they and their captains were dispersed to the different D sites around the world, it greatly disappointed Rod and Laura to not be able to take part in battling but having been told their skills were far too valuable ti risk in the field they were told to remain on standby as reserve corps in the event of an emergency, for they couldn't afford to leave the base unguarded. Finally Aki and Helga were working in the mess hall to prepare healthy and nutritious meals for both troopers as well as the dinosaurs that were being held in the outside holding pens.

As for the Alpha gang and the D Team, they were in the portal room where a large ground bridge portal built into the walls in the shape of a vault was, along with a targeting panel to determine the portal's teleportation coordinates. Now the 6 of them stood before one of the head troopers who worked directly under Lunensis, who was assigning them their mission, "As of now I'll be briefing about the shadow empire's operations which will be our main focus," he started explaining, "Operations which we were unable to tackle in the past but now a possibility with you aiding us."

Rex narrowed his eyes, "What's the plan then?" he asked as the others listened closely.

"Allow me to explain." The head explained as the others remained quiet. A map of the world was brought up before them all, much like the one Lunensis displayed earlier in the main hall, "In Europe, Asia, America and Africa, there are various dig site operations where the space pirates are strip mining the land of all its dinosaur fossils, which are then transported to their headquarters, which we have been unable to determine as of yet unfortunately." He said in a pained tone.

"How awful…." Zoe graped one hand over the other while Max and Rex narrowed their eyes hard.

"Grr….." The thought of strip mining the resting remains of countless dinosaurs only to revive them as slaves or tools of war was unforgivable to them. They clearly didn't deserve to be forced into such slavery after resting in peace for years.

"However we believe that once we cut off the supply of dinosaurs at each of these locations the shadow empire will have no choice but to eventually reveal themselves and come out of hiding." The head then explained.

"That makes sense." Zander muttered in agreement.

Rex then folded his arms in thought, "It'd be preferable to hit them hard at their base so we can wrap this up but I guess that isn't an option….at least for now." he muttered seeing they'd have to patient.

"The plan is a simple but effective one, we divide and conquer, hit each of these bases simultaneously in teams." The head trooper then continued as he held out a pointing stick and aimed them at each location on the map, "And fear not, though each of you will be split up accordingly with equally balanced strengths, there will be captains stationed at each of our D Site resistance camps awaiting for you once you arrive." He then said as he focused on the first pair selected, "Zander, Ed, you both will head to Europe's dig site to handle the operations there." He said as he pointed at Europe's beacon.

The both of them then grinned, "Hehe, just leave it to us!" Zander rubbed his hands together.

"We'll make the team proud!" said Ed confidently popping his knuckles before he and Zander both did a fist bump with one another.

A touching moment but one which didn't quite inspire any confidence in the others who eyed them with concern or uncertainty.

"More like mess it up…." Max thought as he folded his arms and Rex nodded with him.

"It'll be a miracle if they actually pull this one off." Ursula sighed as she shook her head in dismay, thinking there may have been something wrong with the computer's pairings.

"Or if they come back at all in 1 piece." Zoe also muttered.

Hearing everyone's lack of faith in them made both males frown and sigh in discouragement, "Urk…."

Moving on, the head trooper looked to the next group, "Max, Rex, we'll be assigning you both to investigate Darkwood forest at the Asian D site of Gobi Village." He said as the map shifted to Asia next.

The 2 boys then grinned at one another, "Heh, now that makes us team awesome!"

"You bet Max, no way we'll lose with the 2 of us together!" They said as they did a high five with each other.

Zoe smiled happily for her friends that they were paired up making them no doubt the best duo so far….though that left her out as she soon blinked her eyes in realisation, "Wait…then that means…." Looking to her side unsteadily, she saw Ursula did the same. As the met one another's eyes they widened them and stumbled back in disbelief!

"EH!? I'm stuck with you!?" They cried out in disbelief as they pointed at one another!

"Yes…..you both will be sent to America's Dust Town to investigate matters there." The Head trooper concluded uneasily as the last location on America lit up with their face icons right on top of it.

The rest of the males in the group stood back in worry, "Oh boy…." Max croaked uneasily.

"This isn't going to go well…." Ed gulped hard as they all began to sweat and shudder as both women glared at each other with rage, the slightest spark could cause them to tear one another to pieces as their auras of a tiger and a dragon roared and snarled at each other ready to go at it!

Ursula the glared at the head trooper who stuttered at what he was shot with, "Forget it! I'd rather get eaten alive by a dinosaur than let this little ankle biter cling onto me like a leech!" she hissed pointing at Zoe.

"Ha! You've got that backwards! You'll only slow me down old lady!" Zoe spat back at her which further enraged Ursula as the 2 of them became fired up with hatred and spite towards each other!

"Oh that tears it! Why I oughta-"

The men all huddled together fearing the end of the world upon them, till the head trooper shouted out at them, "Enough!" He yelled which caused the 2 females to stutter in surprise, as they looked to him they also widened their eyes to see a trio of pink velociraptors by his side, hissing and flashing their teeth and claws at them, showing they were going to take extreme action had they not ceased this pointless infighting immediately! "Time is of the essence and we can't afford any infighting amongst ourselves." The trooper then calmly replied as he recollected himself, "Like it or not we believe that this task is only something you both can do. So we strongly ask that you put aside your differences….no matter how hard they may seem just this one time, then you're free to go your separate ways when this is over with." He then said as calmly as he could, otherwise with but the snap of his fingers he'd have to resort to rather….unpleasant disciplinary procedures.

"Hmph…fine…." They both scoffed before huffing and turning their backs to each other, seeing a fight with each other wasn't worth getting clawed to bits, plus they had way bigger problems to deal with first.

"Don't expect me to watch your back or hold your hand missy." Ursula spat at Zoe, "Just stay out of my way or I'll beat you down into the ground myself with the space pirates."

"Back at you…." Zoe grunted back without batting an eyelid to her.

Seeing them, Max then swallowed down hard as he could feel the tension and animosity between them as thick as frozen butter, "Urk….I'm actually way more worried about them than you guys." he croaked to Ed and Zander as they shuddered and turned pale.

"We'll take it as a compliment." Zander croaked.

"Can't blame you, those 2 are like a pair of rabid cats ready to break out into a fight." Ed nodded in agreement.

"Wait, you said there was going to be a dig site in Africa too, if we're away then who's going to handle that."

"The dig site in Kalimba Desert is heavily guarded and fortified to the last structural pillar."

"Because of this, Commander Lunensis along with Lieutenant Cera have both volunteered to undertake this task together, so none of you have anything to worry about."

"That's good to hear…."

"If it's Cera together with Lunensis then we can focus on our mission at hand."

"Yeah I agree."

"Now that that's all settled, allow us to provide you with your very own modified dinoshots." The head trooper then snapped his fingers as a small pink velociraptor came in, pushing in a trolley with 6 dinoshots on them, coloured red, blue, yellow, green, pink and turquoise. "These have been designed to be compatible with your element boosters in the event any of you would be in need of armour." He explained to them.

"That'll come in handy for sure." Max whistled as he and the others began grabbing a dinoshot each to take with them into battle, now feeling better equipped than they were before.

"And that's not all." The trooper added as they all looked to him curiously.

"Huh?"

They didn't notice that he was actually smirking under his helmet as they got to the good part, "Don't think we're going to let you all go unprepared, we promised to take care of your every need and we intend to keep it."

With a snap of his fingers, 6 garage doors behind them which they didn't notice, began to open up revealing 6 specially customized mesozoic mobiles for them! A small red SUV model with a light hammer and drill on it called a Light 4WD, a larger blue one almost like a monster truck with large tyres named the digger's rig, a sleek medium sized yellow dune buggy with spread out tyres called the turf shredder, an elegant speedy white sports car type with pink stripes along its hood and frame dubbed the speed demon, a rock crushed which was large rugged model which was heavily armoured and coloured turquoise and finally a large heavily built green truck type called the heavy hauler! All 6 of the available mesozoic mobile types were lined up in each garage and were waiting to be picked by their drivers!

They gang couldn't believe what they saw and widened their eyes with awe and amazement.

"WHOA!"

"No way!"

"GAH!?" They gasped before looking back to the trooper in charge of them.

The head then nodded at them confirming their deepest hopes, "Take your pick, whichever suits you." He said which made them all quickly break out into excited smiles before they rushed towards the vehicle they believed clicked best with them!

"Haha!"

"Sweet!"

"Awesome!" They cried as they raced towards the vehicle which spoke to them.

"I call first dibs on that one!" Max laughed as he hoped into the Light 4WD, though small it was the easiest to use and drive based on the controls he could see inside, almost like one of the driving games at the arcade only it was real! Each mobile had a screen online for communication purposes plus a slot for slashing cards in place of the dinoshot in the event they couldn't go outside, plus it was a safety measure to prevent dinosaurs from being summoned inside the vehicle itself. Chomp couldn't control himself as he wagged his tail and barked excitedly as he hopped all around the seats in the front and to the back as Max laughed out loud at him, "Hahaha! You like don't you? Just don't go biting on the chair okay?" he chuckled as he petted him on the head to calm him down. Way he saw it he and Zoe got to drive way before their legal age, their parents probably wouldn't approve but they weren't here to see it as he grinned cheekily.

As Rex sat down comfortably into the digger's rig he could feel himself sink into the recliner which was easy to adjust to his liking, "Not bad…." he smiled before seeing Ace looking around frantically like he was trapped in a cage or something, he wasn't very well with tight spaces as Rex quickly strapped him in with the seat belt before he could go berserk, "Hey settle down Ace, don't go making a mess while we're out okay?" he said scolding him as Ace whimpered sadly. Driving this would be far easier than how he did with his hovercraft back home.

"Heh I actually much safer in this than in anything Dr Z made for us."

"Yeah me too." Zander and Ed both settled in comfortably into the rock crusher and heavy hauler respectively, find them to be very tough and most secure inside, as well as safe not easy to break or even explode like the transports Dr Z gave them, the fact that this was made from someone who wasn't him made it a thousand times safer already! Spiny and Tank didn't care that much as they lazily slept into the front passenger seats next to them.

"Ahahah!" Zoe laughed as she made a run to the speed demon with Paris, only to be shoved aside by Ursula who got ahead of her!

"Move it missy!" she yelled pulling her back till she fell on her butt!

"OW! Hey!" She grunted and gritted her teeth looking ahead as the old lady and Terry hopped into the sleek and expensive looking sports car she and Paris aimed for!

"This baby has Ursula written all over it! Hahaha!" she laughed smugly in Zoe's face who narrowed her eyes at her.

"Hey no fair! I wanted that one!" Zoe yelled in anger shaking her fists in protest while Paris went to her side to comfort her with a nuzzle.

"Oh too bad, guess you'll have to settle for second place then," Ursula fake pouted before sticking out her tongue taunting her, "Otherwise forget riding with the big girls! NYEH!"

"Grr! I'll run circles around you old lady any day…." Zoe growled back to her as she hopped into the turf shredder then with Paris.

Her insult caused Ursula to press hard on the acceleration pad making the engine roar, "I heard that! Mark my words I'll get you back for it!" she growled as she shook her fist out at Zoe who was in the opposite garage, while everyone else sighed in dismay seeing what looked like a road rage scene.

Ignoring them, the Head Officer activated the portal's coordinates as it then opened up revealing a glowing vortex inside which would send them too their intended destinations, "Alright team, you know your mission and we're all counting on you for this." He said as they all focused ahead and revved hard on their acceleration pads ready to go, "Good luck out there and we await your safe return." He then saluted them as they prepared for the fight of their lives which awaited them all on the other side!

"Here we go Zander!" Ed grinned as he drove ahead first.

"Right behind you Ed!" His friend followed as the 2 largest mobiles disappeared into the portal first!

The officer then keyed in the next set of coordinates for Max and Rex, as it was set for Asia Max grinned to his partner in the opposite vehicle, "Last one there's a rotten dino egg Rex!" he said challenging him to a race to get to the portal first.

"Heh you're on!" Rex laughed as they drove as fast as they could, though despite packing the smaller vehicle Rex was able to get ahead of Max and enter through the portal first before he did!

Last but not least came Ursula and Zoe's turn, "Hahah! Eat my dust you little shrimp!" The older woman laughed cockily as she sped ahead of Zoe much to her annoyance!

"Hey get back here!" She yelled impatiently as she charged right behind her through the portal and they both disappeared into it.

Seeing their children and their allies disappear and now about to take their first step into battle, their parents who looked at them through the monitors in each of their stations could only smile proudly or look on wishing them the very best, "Take care kids….may fortunate smile upon you all…." Spike thought as he took off his hat saluting them in respect for their bravery and knowing they'll return more grownup than before. They would have been against their kids driving at such a young age….but they more than proved their mettle when they saved them from the space pirates and defeated the dark pterosaur, so this was nothing compared to all that, as they felt at ease knowing they'd be just fine. As they looked away from the screens they didn't see Cera and Lunensis enter the portal room next as they too were about to depart soon.

(Meanwhile)

A portal soon opened up right behind the D Site which was a rather large metallic building with the green D symbol on it, and appearing out from it were Ed and Zander as they found themselves in a rather run down town, with rather rundown brick houses with holes or shattered windows in their walls or roofs, and a number of pitched up tents with soup being served by troopers to locals who were dressed in rather rundown clothes, either muddied or torn. Others were also offering first aid to children who were cold or sick as their weakened parents waited worried for their wellbeing.

Once a town founded by dinosaur experts and famous fossil hunters, the whole of Euro Town was also surround by large fortified walls with survey towers, a trooper or 2 at each of them keeping an eye out for danger with binoculars on all sides, strangely searchlights were also equipped with the towers but seemed to be offline for some reason, odd considering it was nearly nightfall and it was becoming cold and very dangerous. There were also a number of dinosaurs like dacentrurus and baryonyx on patrol on the premises too, sniffing the air or keeping a sharp look out with senses on high alert, and several other mobiles docked in the area hinting they were sent by HQ no doubt to fortify the defences here.

"Whoa….Europe sure looks way more gloomy than I last remembered." Looking around them Zander and Ed could only look on in pity for the people who were lying under such decrepit conditions, for being one of the richest places on Earth to see it be turned into a refugee camp like this was quite disheartening.

"You sure we're in the same place Zander?" Ed then asked him curiously.

Before he could answer, "Nope, you both arrived just in time." a female voice spoke to them both as her face appeared on screen.

"Huh?" As they looked ahead they could see a navy blue speed demon approach them.

"Hey it's that water captain lady." Ed pointed out in surprise.

Zander then glared at him through the monitor, "Ed! Show some respect! She's got a name too you know!" he shouted to him which made him stutter in surprise, "Plus she also happens to be a famous model too!"

Ed widened his eyes, "Whoa! Like a real model!?" he exclaimed before looking to Marina with bright glittery eyes, "I love models! I even collect all the latest magazines and keep up to date on superstar trends 4 years in a row!" he cried in awe as he leaned closer to her and clapped his hands together, "Can I have an autograph please!?" he then begged.

His fancying over her so suddenly made her sweat drop and smile, "Ehehehe…how flattering and kind of you…." she giggled feeling honoured.

She was about to honour his request when out of nowhere, "You're going to have to take a rain check on that, for we've got a situation here." A deep voice caught them by surprise as a large brown digger's rig approached the 3 mobiles gathered.

"Huh?"

"Hmm?"

The driver's face soon appeared on screen like that of a 4th Skype caller, which made Ed and Zander both gasp at sight of Craig's monstrous face appearing all a sudden! "EEP!"

"Gah!" they yelped scared of him on sight!

Eying them through his screen, Craig raised an eyebrow behind his sunglasses, "HQ sent you both to aid us? I feel so much more assured already now that we have a couch potato and a skinny toothpick on board…." he said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes wondering what his superiors were thinking sending them the 2 most unreliable of the bunch who could mess them up in a hundred more ways than their enemies the space pirates could.

Once more the both of them had their self esteem shot down even lower than before as they lowered their heads in shame, "Urk…." they croaked as their stomachs began to churn uneasily.

Marina the narrowed her eyes back to her cohort, "Now now Craig, show them a little respect." she said to him in disapproval, making both men look to her in surprise that she was standing up for them, "I can see great potential deep down below their outer appearance, give them a chance and they'll prove their mettle in no time." she said firmly believing in them as they felt their hearts touched, in fact no one had ever done that for them especially not Ursula nor Dr Z.

"Aww….."

Looking to her determined expression then back to the 2 men, Craig then let out a sigh of reluctance, "Fine I'll take your word for it Marina…." he said while sounding rather unconvinced, nevertheless in war one couldn't afford to be choosy so he decided to best make do with what they had available.

"So then, would you care to brief our friends on what just happened?" She then asked him calmly.

"Very well," He then replied as Ed and Zander both focused on him, "Not long ago the town's power went completely out," He started as they looked around them to see almost every house in the vicinity was shut down with no lighting evident for miles, followed by majority of the townsfolk forced outside to stay warm by the heaters set up or by the fires made by Craig's troopers who were trained in wideners survival, "It happened all so suddenly and on such short notice, HQ sent us here to keep everyone under control before backup arrives." He then said before narrowing his eyes at Ed and Zander, "Never thought it'd be you 2 wimps though….." he thought to himself as he glared at them with disapproval.

"No wonder everywhere looks so dark and gloomy,"

"And everyone's so restless." Zander and Ed commented, feeling uneasy themselves too and more appreciative of being inside a functioning vehicle with air conditioning.

"Okay so they have no lights….that's not all that bad right?" Ed then asked hoping to look on the right side, which earned him a sharp glare from Craig which made him clam up in an instant!

"Unlike you 2 couch potatoes, many of the people here in this camp have been living on edge ever since the space pirates invaded." he said in a sharp tone, "We've already lost so much and now Euro town has been reduced to no more than this." He hissed in pain seeing everyone else outside suffering and his men working hard just to help them get by before glaring back at the 2 Alpha men in disgust, "So imagine if you were thrown out of your air conditioned home and into the wilds with no way of comforting yourself let alone find your way back, how would you feel?"

"GAH!?" They both gasped in shock at the words he shot back at them.

"A life without electricity….." As they began to ponder over it seeing it was nearing nightfall with the sun setting overhead upon the horizon of the hills, it was bound to get really cold without appreciate shelter the people wouldn't be able to keep warm properly, shelter themselves from the wind and rain or even cook for themselves! It was almost like going back to the stone age and it seemed like the worst possible nightmare for any person living in the future, especially to them both!

"Like no tv or computers!?"

"Or electrical appliances that help cook your food or even keeps you warm!?" They each cried in horror!

"I'm afraid things are going to be far worse than that." Craig shook his head at how small they thought, which made their hearts skip a beat.

"They are?" They asked him uneasily, not wanting to know the answer but deciding to anyway.

Craig then lied ahead to the D Site which had a new generator installed into its roof, "Right now we're running on our emergency generator which we brought over in time from HQ." he explained as they all looked to it, "But once it gives out, all electricity may be loss to Euro Town and we can end up stranded here in the open with no way of contacting for help let alone return back to base." He said as both Ed and Zander cried out in a panic!

"WAH!"

"That means we're sitting ducks for any man eating dino just past those gates!" Zander wailed in terror as he looked to the huge front gate with the D symbol on it knowing that beyond the comforts and safety of the base they'd pretty much be dead meat for any hungry enemy dino lurking out and about!

"You guys are in the field now, what'd you expect? Your robot housemaid to tend to your every waking need?" Craig then taunted them. As they both gulped and nodded, it only served to fuel the fire much to Marina's disappointment in his harshness, "Well it's time you boys wake up and shape up to be REAL MEN! This is war, lower your guard out there for even a second and you'll be paste!" he bellowed at them which made them shudder in terror! "So unless you man up none of us are coming back home alive! You get me?" He questioned them, despite being a vehicle apart the video call on the minor made it look like they were talking directly face to face, making Ed and Zander unable to turn away even for a second!

Reluctantly hey responded and saluted him in a quivering manner, "Yup!"

"Got it captain…." They gulped.

"Good. That's what I like to hear…." He then replied to them, which at first brought their hopes up to see he was acknowledging and respecting them at last, "If you didn't sound like cowards." He then concluded which crushed their hopes once again.

Marina then narrowed her eyes at him, "You didn't have to be so harsh with them Craig, they're only trying their best and right now they're all we've got." she thought to him…then again he did make a good point, this was one of those times they couldn't afford to sugar coat and take it lightly.

Craig then resumed his explanation of the situation to them both, "Here's the deal, you both are coming with me to investigate the case of this, which was last traced to the Dig site beyond those hills." He aid as he drove his digger rig around and they looked ahead through the front gates which had just opened up, and in the distance of the setting sun were several large mountainous hills behind a forest.

Ed widened his eyes, "Hey! That's where they sent us to check out!" he cried.

"How much you want to bet this is a coincidence?" Zander then asked.

Craig shook his head, "Not a chance. It's without a doubt it's the work of the space pirates, which is why we're going to smash their operations into a million pieces!" he then bellowed out loud as he smacked his fist into his open palm, making the 2 of them jump at the loud sound it made!

"In the meantime I'll stay here and help tend to the needs of the people here." Marina then stated as she looked toward the refugees who were quitting up for food to be served by one of her troopers who was a nice young lady serving soup to the line, "It's clear they're vulnerable without any of electricity or aid, so I'll make sure they stay safe too." She then said.

Zander then eyed her with concern, "You sure you can look after this whole town by yourself Marina?" he asked, "One of us could stay here and help you out."

"And I volunteer!" Ed suddenly held his hand out, hoping to weasel his way out and stay with the cute female super model knowing she'd be a whole ton more fun than the grouchy slave driving drill sergeant, who unfortunately wasn't about to let him have his way!

"No you don't!" He bellowed glaring into the screen at Ed who then shuddered and turned pale!

"EEP! Okay!"

Marina then covered her mouth chuckled in amusement, "Oho! How kind of you to care." she replied, "Though it isn't necessary, I can promise you I'm far more than just a pretty face, I'm certain I can handle myself while you boys are out having…fun." she said to them with a wink aimed at Zander who blushed red.

"Ehehe, I believe that…." he laughed.

Ed pouted jealously seeing she aimed it his way, "Why do you get all the girls Zander…." he pouted wondering why he had the luck.

"Alright, fawning time is over, now we move." Craig then stated in disgust at where this was going as he shouted out to the rest of his squadron present as they got to their vehicles which were mainly Light 4WDs, along with recalling their dinosaurs such as polacanthus and gigantspinosaurus, "On your wheels soldiers! We're moving out now!" He shouted to them, getting their attention before glaring once more at Ed and Zander who stuttered upon seeing him turning at them again, "And don't expect me to babysit you! You hold me back for even a second I might just see you as a shield!" Each time he shouted at them he made it impossible for them to avert their eyes away from his authority, and without hesitation or complaint they nodded back at him.

"Y….Yes sir!"

"We won't let you down!"

As Craig then drove out first and the other troopers followed after him out the gates and along the path which lead to the dig site in the mountain coal mines, Ed couldn't help but gulp down and sweat anxiously, "I sure hope we come back okay Zander." he squeaked nearly wetting himself as he drove out next.

"Me too…." Zander thought out loud in agreement, but then mustering whatever little courage he had in him before following out after Ed last as the doors then shut behind them all.

"Good luck you all…." Marina thought hard to herself as she closed her eyes calmly, knowing now it was time she did her part next as she drove around to the back to inspect the power supplies at the generator they had with them. As she did so, she saw power was running at 50%, very soon they'd have to cut back on some of their energy usage otherwise it'd run out, and until the problem at the dig site was settled they'd have to hold on and hope for the best in the allies they sent there to investigate.

RING RING

"Hmm?" Her ears perked as an alarm rang through her mobile's communicator and to the others present as they all heard it and awaited what news was coming their way, "Control this is Marina, what's the situation?" She asked calmly through it.

"We've detected a massive number of enemy signatures approaching Euro Town from the South side!" Rod's alarmed voice sounded at the other end which made her narrow her eyes hard at the news.

"You guys better get your act together because they're coming in real fast!" Laura cried at the other end.

Marina gasped as she heard what was said and the crowds inside the town began to murmur with one another uneasily over what could be happening now. Keying into her monitor and locking onto he enemy signatures approaching form the town's south side, she saw several gel jark signatures incoming along with a number of dinosaurs too! Bringing in the live feed, she narrowed her eyes seeing several spectral dinosaurs rushing in towards them from the hills which ranged from some large herbivores like eucoplocephalus and carnivores like mapusaurus coming in at them with a fleet of gel jarks with them! At the head of the army….was a massive black coloured spinosaurus with a bluish sail which let out a fearsome hiss as it stood atop the hill which overlooked Euro Town as the enemies amassed around it ready to besiege it!

"Appreciate the heads up, I see them now….." she replied as the call was then cut off. Upon hearing the sounds of foot steps approaching them on the other sides followed by the loud roar of the spinosaurus, the crowds began to huddle together or children cried out in a panic, as the troopers tried to mobilise to their vehicles and get their act together, along with the other dinosaurs present which were becoming increasingly agitated at the approaching enemies beyond the walls!

Despite their dire situation, Marina still maintained a demeanour as calm as the ocean itself, not allowing the waves of danger to shake her but instead calmly going with the flow instead of fight against them, "Well well it appears we have an audience approaching." she said calmly as she took out a pair of cards and eyed them intently, "Smith, Camille, let's not keep them waiting shall we? Let's give them exactly what they came here for and make sure they have a good time." She whispered into them before slashing them on her navy blue dinoshot! "Dino slash!" First to appear was Camille the camarasaurus as she stomped her foot on the ground and let out a loud bellow! "Alpha slash!" Next came Smith, now coloured in shades of yellow, black and purple as a result of going through and alpha process which filled him with powers he never felt possible!

Around her several of the troopers on standby in her squadron went and summon out their dinosaurs too as they opened the back gates and faced off against the massive wave of enemies incoming their way! "First squad! Protect the civilians and get them to cover!" Marina shouted to the back half of the group as they rallied into a protective line around the people drawing the boundary where they won't let their foes cross. "Second squad! With me!" She then shouted as she drove out the gate with Camille and Smith following behind her as they rushed out into battle!

"Yes ma'am!" Her troopers shouted in unison as they followed suit and mobilised together into a defensive wall around the gate of the town, as the black spinosaurus, undeterred, roared out ferociously which spurred the enemy dinosaurs and gel jarks to charge in head on towards them! Marina narrowed her eyes seeing there was no avoiding this fight, "We'll hold the line here! Do not allow any of those monsters past us!" She shouted as they all chanted in unison!

"YEAH!"

"Now charge!" She ordered as they all rushed ahead into battle against their foes for the battle that could determine Europe's fate!

(Later)

Unaware of the trouble that was befalling Euro Town, Craig's squad drove along the hills pass desolate landscapes and greyed grassy areas, as the skies had turned dark in the night and stars had begun to fill the sky as night descended upon the land. They had been moving along at a steady pace and strangely hadn't seen any sign of enemy dinosaurs lurking about since they set foot pass the gates, but the group remained vigilant as Craig kept his gaze in front others watched their flanks to make sure they didn't get taken by surprise. Ed and Zander being in the largest and heaviest vehicles struggled to keep pace with the others as they lagged behind in the rear, sweating anxiously hoping not to get left behind or to get attacked from the back where they wouldn't be able to defend easily. Currently their radar had mysteriously tuned offline and so was all communication with the D Base so they had no choice but to see their mission through and shut down the source of this interference if they were to have any hope of returning.

After a while of driving, they soon came upon the edge of the dense forest surrounding the mountainside, and seeing they couldn't go any further in their vehicles they had no choice but to go on foot. Reluctantly, Captain Craig switched off his mobile and hopped out it before yelling out to the crew behind, "Alright boys, here's where we get off." He said as the other vehicles shut off and the troopers began to exit from them, much to Ed and Zander's surprise.

"Huh? Get off!?" They both exclaimed.

"But we've still got a long way to go! You can't expect us to actually walk the rest of the way there on foot!" Zander protested.

"Plus it feels way safer in here too!" Ed shivered both out of anxiety and from the cold. After that he looked up at the massive mountain right ahead of them and shuddered at the sight of it, "Not to mention that mountain up there looks really steep…."

"We're nearing the enemy's base," Craig calmly responded to them, "If we show up in these we'll give our position away too easily. It's basic knowledge in the art of war." He explained.

"I guess…." Zander then mused as he put a finger to his chin in thought.

"But that doesn't make it any better or fair." Ed then muttered after that.

Hearing that made Craig scoff at them both in disgust, "Life isn't always fair boys, in fact it's like a game, some start out with bad hands and others good. Others will even cheat to do to win at it too, that's why you've got to toughen yourself for whatever comes your way, if you can't then don't even play." He said to them both in a hard and harsh tone, which made them both feel like bullets were punched right into their soft hearts and embedded themselves in them. Seeing their stunned silence Craig then continued to state his point, "I've seen soldiers of mine fall in battle over the years with my very own eyes….soldiers which I trained the best I could and to see them perish in the end makes me believe I failed them…." he continued. as bad memories and flashbacks ran through his mind.

About how some of his best men had either fell in battle as a result of their wounds or ended up being crushed under foot or even chomped up by enemy dinosaurs in the process, causing him deep emotional pain and shattering his heart time and again having built bonds with them overtime only to see them all gone in an instant, which in turn spurred him to harden his resolve, his own body and his heart so he wouldn't suffer the same fate as they all did. Since the he vowed he'd never suffer the same sting as before, and having 2 dead weights who'd only hamper their progress and hold back the entire team didn't make it any easier, even if they did have good intentions, "If you can't accept it then just go home and we'll deal with this ourselves. Its clear neither of you are suited for this, so leave this to the real soldiers." With those final words the group then left the 2 of them behind as they headed into the woods ahead of them without a backwards glance….

As Ed and Zander were both left behind with much to think about, realising that they were taking this too lightly and were only in it for self satisfaction at the start, they began to see the reality and how wrong they had been seeing it the whole time….

"Well Ed? What do you think?" Zander then asked his friend about how he felt about Craig's words to them.

"Well on one hand I feel really terrified and shaken in my boots…." he muttered feeling scared and also very put off by what he was told, which soon began to cause other emotions to well up in him, "On the other….I feel really mad about him talking down to us like that and I just want to show him how wrong he is!" he then growled, whether it was his own sense of pride being hurt or his desire to do right, either way he wasn't about to stand back and mope around all night.

Zander soon clenched his hand into a tight fist in anger, "You know Ed, I feel exactly the same, no way am I going to let some meat headed beefcake trash talk us like that and get away with it!" he growled unwilling to take Craig's insults like that lying down.

"Yeah! We'll show em all just how MAN we are!" Ed pumped a fist in determination as the 2 of them ran off into the forest hot on the trail of the group, having shaken off all their insecurities as they aimed to prove to them and everyone else how wrong they were about them.

Up ahead, the squad traversed through the dense terrain, sticking together in a rather tight line as they kept a firm vigilance on all ends, "Stay alert men, we're approaching the heart of enemy territory, who knows what they may have lying in wait for us." Craig wanted them, seeing that it was getting very dark and they were out in the open with no backup available. There was no telling what kinds of traps were hidden, where they may be or when they might be sprung. The only thing that could help them now were their night vision goggles and their wits…nothing more.

Eventually as they came out from the woods they found themselves at the foot of the maintain where the town's coal mine and dig site was located high above as they all looked up to try and pinpoint where the entrance was.

Sensing something was amidst, Craig's second in command, another helmeted trooper, looked around uneasily to see nothing for miles before asking his superior in front, "Sir, we've been walking for a while now and no sign of any dinosaurs or even gel jarks." he whispered quietly, having expected resistance to come to them by now but since they set foot here they hadn't heard a peep form any enemies for almost an hour, "Are you sure we're in the right place?" He then asked.

Craig narrowed his eyes, "I'm certain of it, I just know we're getting close to where the signal came last." he replied to him listening to his instincts, as he tensed up hard sensing that everything his lieutenant just described to him was exactly what he felt, but he didn't want to show any signs of fear and weakness to them otherwise he'd cause them all to buckle and lose their nerve. The sound of some loud rustling behind them soon sounded in the bushes, followed by footsteps and the sound of twigs snapping underfoot which was causing him to break his concentration, "Ssh, keep it down…." He hushed them in a serious tone.

Unfortunately the answer he received from them was one which unnerved him deeply, "That wasn't us sir…." his lieutenant croaked which made his heart skip a beat.

"What?" As he looked around them, he could hear the sounds of slime slushing about, and suddenly out of nowhere, some of the rocks that were nearby the foot of the mountain light up pink and began to gain slime around them as they took the form of Gel jarks! They all widened their eyes in alarm as their foes caught them all by surprise! "It's an ambush! Fall back now!" Craig shouted to them, but before they could mobilise and retreat to a better position, a number of jarks burst out form the forest and soon surrounded the group on all sides in a big circle which they saw no opening to escape through! "GAH! We're surrounded!" He then growled as his men began to panic and shudder!

"We're trapped! NO!"

"We're all goners!"

"Help!"

"NO!" They all screamed all terrified and anxious seeing there was no way for them to reach their dinoshots and summon their allies in tie before their enemies would get their attacks in and wipe them all out in a single fell swoop!

Seeing no other way, Craig then clicked his tongue realising there was only one option left to them now, "Tch! We'll just have to push through!" he hissed reluctantly knowing they'd have to try and get out on their own somehow and get to a better position to counterattack….if only they had an opening for just a second at least….

"Alpha slash!" A loud voice suddenly shouted deep within the forest as a purple light erupted from the depths of the trees inside!

"Huh!?" Craig widened his eyes in surprise as he and his men looked in the direction the light came from, as a loud screech echoed from deep within which caught the attention of all enemies present!

"Go Tank! Spike arrows!" Ed's voice yelled as a flurry of purple crystal like arrows fired up into the sky and then rained down upon the gel jarks causing them to scatter in a panic! Some were struck down and reduced to slimy debris, others skewered in all sorts of places before collapsing and only barely got away with a few arrows puncturing them in their backs or caused them to fall after hitting their legs!

As the group looked on in surprise they saw a large purple saichania crash out of the forest and roar out at them, followed by Ed and Zander who laughed out loud proudly, feeling good at what they just did, "Ha! That'll teach you slime balls to mess with us!"

"And don't come back!" They yelled taunting the fleeing slime monsters which retreated into the hills or the woods around them.

"You guys?!" Craig and his men couldn't believe their eyes, they hadn't expect the 2 of them to have such heroism in them despite their awkward outward appearances, maybe he had them wrong the whole time and his earlier judgement of them had been rather premature.

"Since we saved your keister this time I guess that makes us way more MAN than you are!" Ed then shouted at Craig as he pointed out at the burly captain.

"Maybe now you'll show the alpha gang some proper respect too!" Zander followed after him.

Despite feeling insulted at being saved by a couple of wimpy couch potatoes, Craig had to admit what they did was rather admirable as he folded his arms and gained a small smile on his face, "Hmm…not bad…." he complimented them which made them both grin and high five one another feeling honoured. It didn't last for long through, as Craig quickly noticed some bright purple lights flashing inside the woods followed by the sounds of menacing hisses and growls with them! "But you'll have to do better, cos here comes the heavy artillery now!" He yelled out as they blinked their eyes and turned around in confusion.

"Huh?"

"Say what?" As Ed and Zander looked, they stuttered and stumbled back as a horde of gel jarks emerged from the forest, raising out their arms and blinking ominously and with them were several dinosaurs like einiosaurus or ouranosaurus which knocked down a handful of the trees in their path while others like lilliensternus or szechuanosaurus leapt out and hissed out in fury! "WAHH!" They both then screamed in terror as they hugged one another, as Tank then raised up her tail and slammed it on the ground, indicating she was ready to fight!

Shaking in terror, Zander managed to reach for the dinoshot he still had on him as he shuddered while reaching for the card in his pocket, "I'll bring in Spiny too!" he quivering hoping it'd help even the odds a little more even if it was still like 2 to a hundred foes!

"No! These guys are just a distraction!" One of the head troopers yelled at them.

"Huh!?"

He then looked up to the top of the maintain and noticed a cave at its peak, "What we need to do is put a stop to the source of it right up there!" he pointed up to where they could all see it. As he said that, the troopers began to summon forth their earth dinosaurs to the field ranging from sauropelta to gigantspinosaurus as they quickly ran ahead and engaged the enemies present, "Quick captain! We'll hold them back!" he shouted out as he and his alpha wuerhosaurus ran up against a trio of gel jarks who rushed them, only for the wuerhosaurus to swipe its spiked tail at them which sent them flying into an enemy tuojiangosaurus, catching it by surprise before a trooper's nodosaurus was able to knock it back!

Craig gritted his teeth in frustration, but soon began to see his point, and with heavy reluctance decided to entrust him with the battle here as there was no other way than to stop it at the source, "Grr….Alright lieutenant! I'll leave this to you!" he growled in frustration hoping he wouldn't have to repeat his mistake as last time, before looking to Ed and Zander, "Come on you 2 let's hustle!" He ushered them to the maintain side as he then ran straight towards it without hesitation without losing back!

Seeing no time to argue the 2 of them quickly obeyed, "R…Right behind you!" They said as they recalled Tank to a card so she wouldn't slow them down!

Minutes later the 3 men began climbing the face of the mountain side as fast as they could, with Craig leading them at the front while followed by Zander and Ed who were lagging somewhat behind him. Being a trained military leader Craig found it child's play having climbed several walls like this back at the base, but for Ed and Zander….it was a very different story….

"Urk! I can't go on!" Zander whined in agony as he could feel blisters form on his palms with each time he managed to grab the ledge above him and yank himself upwards.

"Why didn't I just have Tank climb us up!?" Ed then cried as he could feel as he looked down he felt himself go dizzy at the thought of possibly falling and going splat at the bottom!

Zander widened his eyes at his words and gritted his teeth at the now crying Ed, "Good question Ed!" he hissed at him, as he could feel his own palms get hard and calloused much to his frustration. He gritted his teeth and felt himself hanging on by a thread, a single slip up would then cause him to fall down to his doom, so he cursed inwardly over why didn't Ed think of it any sooner.

"Be quiet and put your back into it ninnies!" Craig yelled back at them as he pressed on, his bulky hands grabbed onto the ledges and held on tight as he was able to fare much better than they did. "They're all counting on us to see this through!" He then yelled back down to them as he then made his way up to a rock ledge that was just enough for him to climb up and stand upon. As he looked down he saw both men were trying desperately to reach him, and were getting close to where he was…only now they were on their last limbs.

"AAH!" The screams down below caught their attention, as they looked down they widened their eyes in shock!

"AH!" Ed and Zander gasped to see a bunch of gel jarks swarm out and dog pile a nearby stegosaurus causing it to be weighed down and collapse under the excess weight, followed by some of the enemy dinosaurs mysteriously armouring up and then overpowering the troopers who then had their partners defeated and forced to run off into the woods with enemy jarks hot on their tails!

"Oh man they're getting themselves clobbered down there!" Ed cried out in worry for them seeing they were going to get massacred in moments, "We've gotta help!"

"Forget them! We've gotta save ourselves first!" Zander protested as he pointed back down at the foot of the cliff where a number of gel jarks were beginning to climb up the mountain after them along with a few utahraptors too!

"AAAAH! We're trapped!" Ed then screamed

"And I think I'm slipping!" He then widened his eyes in alarm as his hand lost its grip on the edge he grabbed before he began to fall back! "WAH!" He cried out as he was about to turn over and plunge to his doom….when a skinny arm reached out and grabbed him at the last second!

"I got you Ed!" Zander yelled as he grabbed his hand in time!

"Zander!" Ed smiled with relief to see he was saved, but it quickly passed as Zander began to turn bright red from lack of oxygen as he began to sweat immensely from exhaustion!

"GARGH! You're too heavy! I'm gonna fall too!" Zander then screamed as his palms began to sweat, as Ed's hand began to slowly slip out and his other hand which held onto the ledge was beginning to put such a strain on the rock it would soon crack and break away at any moment! Soon they'd both be doomed!

"Please don't let go!" Ed then cried out begging him to hang on, as they did so, Craig looked down and couldn't help but feel his rock hardened heart feel moved for the first time in years….how real soldiers finished their mission no matter the cost….but true men would never leave their comrades behind….even in this dire situation they weren't going to abandon one another out of fear or comfort, they truly were going ton stand up for can another to the end….perhaps they did have more resolve in them after all that he gave them credit for or maybe even more than he ever did….

Zander then gritted his teeth as feelings of conflict began to war within him in this dire situation, "Grrgh! My heart says no but every fibre in my arm is telling me to say yes!" he then screamed out loud.

"Well listen to your heart! PLEASE!" Ed then pleaded bawling his eyes out as his legs wobbled while hanging!

"Can't believe I'm doing this…." Craig rolled his eyes seeing no other choice now but to entrust everything to both these jokers. Lowering half his body down he gabbed hold of Zander's arm much to both their surprise!

"Huh!?"

"H…Hey what are you-" Before they could finish, they suddenly found themselves being hurled high into the air!

"WAAAH!" They screamed, finding the air pressing against their faces as they were propelled right over to the cave's entrance and landing at the hard rocky surface with a huge crash!

CRASH!

"OUCH!"

"Oogh…." They groaned in pain as they landed on their faces. Sitting up against their brushed the dirt off from them, much to their discomfort, before quickly looking over the edge wanting to give Craig a piece of their mind for throwing them like they were garbage! But before they could do so they widened their eyes to see the dinosaurs and jarks were halfway towards where Craig was standing much to their alarm!

"Gah! Captain Craig!" Ed exclaimed in horror whirl Zander began to bite his fingernails under pressure!

Craig looked up to them with a serious and battle hardened expression, "I'll hold them all off! You guys have to finish this mission on your own!" he shouted to them much to their disbelief.

"Say what!?"

He then gritted his teeth, "Can't believe I'm saying this, but it's all on you now! Don't let us down soldiers!" he hissed in frustration as he turned towards the wave of icing enemies swarming at him!

"But….We can't just leave you to face these guys alone!" Zander cried, but soon began to change his mind as they saw more enemies incoming from the battlefield ahead and were beginning to swarm at the foot of the mountain and were beginning to take their way cup to where they were too! "On second thought whatever you say Captain!" He then gulped.

"Yeah you've got this no biggie!" Ed smiled for Craig giving him an ok sign, though was harbouring huge doubts deep inside him and had no intention of sticking around to find out, "Let's hightail it out of here Zander!" He then shouted to his taller friend who nodded at him without hesitation.

"I agree Ed! Let's beat it!"

"WAAAAH!" They screamed out loud as they made a beeline for the open mine shaft and disappeared inside!

With the 2 of them gone and seeing nothing else that would hold him and his crew back from going all out, Craig soon grinned as he took out his brown dinoshot and a card from it, "Dino slash!" Appearing on the wall of one she of a titian and hanging onto it rather well was his talarurus who bellowed as he made his appearance! "Go Taka! Take them out with dark earth!" He announced as he slashed the earth move! In response Taka glowed purple as he summoned forth some large black boulders from the mountain peak and then ruled them down at the incoming jarks and dinosaurs, causing a large rockslide which knocked them all down back to the ground and even buried a number of them alive! As the dust settled some light erupted underneath the rubble hitting the defeat of several dinosaurs, while others that had survived began to dig themselves out. Gel jarks on the other hand found the,seven suited like pancakes and weren't as lucky though.

"That should teach them." Craig then grinned with deep satisfaction and Taka bellowed out in victory, but it was cut short as a loud roar suddenly echoed from deep inside the mountain, which caused the enemy dinosaurs to cease attacking as they heard it and the ground beneath them to shake anonymously, "Hmm?" Craig and Taka could feel the rumbling coming from inside the mountain too and whatever it was it couldn't be anything good. Suddenly bursting out below at one of the mountain walls, erupted a cloud of heavy dust which obscured the image of a large ankylosaur below. As it cleared it revealed itself as a rather large and bulky black saichania with purple spiked lining its body as well as 3 spectral pirate marks on its head and sides! As it roared out the other dinosaurs and gel jarks seemed to respond obediently to it as their attacks became more coordinated and focused away from it, as it looked up at Craig who was still hanging on the ledge above!

As Craig looked upon it he narrowed his eyes, "So you must be the head honcho dino here huh?" The saichania shrieked as it began to climb its way up the mountain towards him! Despite that he remained unfazed as he took out another dinosaur card from his pocket! "Alpha slash!" A purple light erupted on another side of the mountain cliff, summoned forth a brightly coloured purple and yellow ankylosaurus to the field which roared and shook out his club like a rattlesnake would! As both him and Taka bellowed back at the saichania, "You want a piece of us!?" Craig shouted back in defiance at the black saichania which then roared back at him from below, answering his battle challenge! "Then come get it! RARGH!" Craig beat his chest like a gorilla before launching himself off the cliff side and then landing on the black dinosaur's head, catching it by surprise as he began grappling its head and neck! As it jumped up and down trying to shake him off, but he grit his teeth and held on refusing to be thrown off! Bash and Taka quickly rushed in at its side and began to tackle it in a pincer attack on both sides!

(Meanwhile)

"You think we lost them Zander?" Ed quivered nervously, till shaking in his legs and sweating bullets as the 2 of them headed down an old mind shaft, which was dimly lit with small candle lights on the barren rock walls, along with the old rotting planks of supports as they followed remains of an old mine track and tossed by an old mine cart which was no doubt used to transport coal and fossils in the old days.

Zander meanwhile kept a positive smile on his face as they strolled down the old path through the mine tunnel leading to the dig site, "Don't worry Ed there's no way those monsters could come after us in here, we're perfectly safe." he said filled with confidence and assurance.

Ed then gulped hard still not feeling convinced, "But now it's on us like Craig said…." he then croaked remembering his last words before his stomach began to churn uncontrollably inside, "Oh I don't feel so good…." he moaned feeling his stomach throbbing with pain, "If we mess up then we're all doomed….and everyone's sacrifice to get us this far would have bene for nothing!" He then cried out in a panic as his cry echoed through the dark tunnel making a few bats fly out over them and then causing him and Zander to both jump!

"EEP!"

Having heard his friend's words and then being started by the bats, Zander began to feel anxiety come over his heart next as he too began ti shudder at the fear of failure and defeat…..as he bit his nails wondering what they could do in this situation, he son remembered something Marina told him back at HQ and after reflecting on how she behaved and acted, he took a deep breath before smiling nervously at Ed hoping to encourage him, "N…No worries Ed, let's just think positive instead! We'll just have to…go with the flow and keep believing!" he grinned uneasily while pumping up a fist.

His pep talk only made Ed blink his eyes and raise an eyebrow in confusion, "You're sounding kinda weird you know that?" he muttered as Zander then lowered his head feeling discouraged that he failed to raise their spirits, in honest truth he still didn't fully get what the water captain told him. They didn't have much time to ponder it over though, as a light soon came at the end of the tunnel they were walking on, and as they stepped out of the darkness they widened their eye

"Whoa…" Zander breathed in surprise as he and Ed looked around finding themselves in a large crater made in the mountain, much like that of an open cast mine.

"What is this place?" Ed then asked next as the 2 of them wen further in to investigate, as they did they could see doors with the space pirate markings marked around the walls of the cavern, with cybernetic impacts and circuits running through them along with antenna perched on top of them too. Around them there were also a number of cargo crates with the same pirate markings spread out around the base along with mining equipment ranging from shovels to drills spread out along the floors, hinting that fossils, rocks and minerals may have been excavated here recently.

Seeing everything around them was clear evidence they had arrived at the enemy's base, as the 2 of them tensed up and also began to shudder nervously wondering where the enemy was lurking and how easy it was for an ambush to be set up.

"Well well what do we have here?" A familiar voice suddenly sounded out which made them both jump up in surprise!

"AH!" They looked around frantically to see where it was coming from, till they heard the sounds of flapping wings coming in from above.

Looking up they widened their eyes to see a large red space pirate descend from above, who typing on a strange white computer like device. "Is this thing on right? I thought I had it set so that all the guards and dinosaurs would make sure no one gets in…." as Gavro pressed a button on he could see through the eyes of the dinosaurs under their control with their marks, he could see they were all engaged in battle with the Resistance down below mountain so that meant he couldn't rely on any of them to return back here to fortify the base. "Hmph! Guess I've gotta do this myself," he scoffed in disappointment before suddenly grinning with sinister intent, "Which exactly how I like it!"

"It's Gavro!" Ed pointed out at him in shock as he stumbled back and fell on his butt!

Zander too was taken aback at the sight of their old foe who somehow returned from the dead, "No way! So he did survive along with the other space pirates after the dark pterosaur was destroyed!?" he stuttered, meaning that the others too must still be alive and at large too after him, not good….

Being reminded of their devastating defeat made Gavro scowl at them in anger, "Yeah, no thanks to you clowns….." he grunted feeling it insulting for them to be thwarted by mere humans when they had the ultimate power in their hands….but thanks to a slim chance they were awarded a second chance to redeem themselves, "But now I get the chance to dish out some well deserved payback hehehe!" he snickered eagerly as he began popping the knuckles on his fist and fluttered over the 2 Alpha gang members who gritted their teeth and seated tensely seeing things were about to get serious.

"Tch! This isn't going to be easy…in fact nothing is…." Ed hissed in frustration, it wasn't about them going through hardship or being punished by Dr Z comedically, this was a matter of survival and anything could decide between victory and defeat, and the outcome of this battle could affect the course of the war for everyone else across the world!

It was time they did their part as they both readied themselves for battle….till Zander caught sight of the huge computer right behind Gavro, standing as tall as a large truck did! "Hey Ed! What's that over there!?"

Ed looked in the direction he pointed, "Looks like some kinda super computer!" he gasped seeing it was also connected to a huge generator like device along with a large fan cooling system too to keep its temperature well regulated.

"That's cos it is!" Gavro then smirked proudly as he folded his arms and eyed it with pride, "In fact I'm here to make sure that nothing here happens to it while it downloads its new program! Once that's done it'll then take over every single electrical device on the planet too!" he boasted loudly as Ed and Zander both widened their eyes and stepped back in shock at what they heard.

"You're kidding!"

"So then that computer's what cut off all the power in Euro Town just now!" They each cried.

"That's right!" The burly space pirate then smirked back at them, "And you ain't shutting it off, cos I'm about to beat you guys down into the ground and bury you both alive!" He said punching a fist into his palm as he smiled menacingly at them both, but deep down it was hiding his feelings of terror and insecurity as he began to recall Goma's instructions to him before he was given this task, "Cos if I don't the boss will be really mad at me…." he shuddered to himself.

(Flashback)

"Listen to me carefully Gavro, your job is a very easy one." Goma said with a rather sinister smile to Gavro back at their headquarters hours earlier, as the burly space pirate scratched the back of his head curiously.

"Easy how?" he asked feeling unsure, also wondering if there was a catch somewhere in this.

In response, Goma brought up a screen depicting the massive ultra super computer located within Euro Town's coal mines, "All you merely need to do is protect the super computer hidden deep inside Europe's coal mine." he explained calmly as Gavro looked up at the screen with the computer featured in it. Goma looked up at it with a confident smirk, "Once its' program is completed, it'll generate and then spread a virus strong enough to control every machine across the planet! Then with all their technology rendered useless and under my control, the resistance will have no choice but to surrender! Ahahaha!" He then laughed out menacingly as Gavro widened his eyes in amazement.

"Wow, take over any machine across the world? Now that sounds really powerful!" he smiled as he clapped his hands in admiration at it.

"Indeed, for I designed it myself." Goma then snickered as he held his head up proudly.

Gavro then put a finger to his chin in thought, "So uhh…how do I work it?" he asked, an unintelligent question which made Goma's smile vanish and replace it with a scowl.

"You don't, the computer will work by itself." he said firmly, which made Gavro sigh slightly in disappointment having wanted to try it out himself, but knowing himself he'd more than likely break something instead. "Your job is to keep it safe from anyone who'd try to destroy it." Goma then explained as he turned his back to the older pirate before shooting him a piercing glare, "Do anything and everything you must to make sure of it. Understand?" He said menacingly as Gavro began to sweat anxiously and turn pale.

"Y….Yup…." he nodded and gulped down really hard, swallowing what felt like a diamond down his throat before opening up his wings and taking his leave.

(Present)

As that memory passed, Gavro reminded himself swerve times over and over why he mustn't fail and the consequences that would follow should that happen. After that he gritted his teeth and shook his head clear as he focused on his task at hand, "Anyways! I've got an assignment to do and I'm gonna do it right here and now!" He growled at both Alpha gang men, tensing a fist at them before taking out a card which featured a familiar t-rex on it!

The both of them recognised which one it was as they tensed up and sweated, "Here he comes Ed!" Zander wanted Ed who stepped back nervously.

"Urk…"

"That's right!" their enemy grinned, "And not just me, say hello to a not so old friend! Gigas!" He yelled as he placed the card onto his chest plate and activated it! Appearing on the field was Garo's signature dinosaur, a white tyrannosaurus with orange clothes over his body as he stomped on the ground and roared ferociously at his 2 old foes which made them sweet and grit their teeth tensely.

"Oh boy….not him again…." Ed squeaked feeling intimidated by the rex's presence!

Zander soon took a closer look, and noticed something off about the tyrannosaurus, "Wait, something's different about him." he noted as they soon saw that despite being the same dinosaur he was now lacking his signature armour which made him so formidable, something which made even Gavro shocked to see too.

"Huh? Where's your armour Gigas!?" He exclaimed in surprise as the t-rex looked to him and hissed in response. Gavro soon shrugged his shoulders seeing there was something more important to tend to first and that was protecting the super computer, "Aw forget it, I can crush you jokers just fine without it! Get them!" He ordered pointing ahead as Gigas roared and rushed towards the both of them!

"WAAAAH! Run away!" They screamed flailing their hands out before splitting off in separate directions from each other! Stopping and assessing the situation, Gigas soon turned his attention to Ed seeing him to be the easier one to pick off before stomping off after him!

As Zander looked behind to see what was going on, he stumbled and stuttered as he saw Ed was the one being attacked! "ACK!"

"EEK! Zander! Help!" he screamed in terror pleading for help as the t-rex closed in on him!

"I'm coming Ed!" Zander cried back to him as he took out his new turquoise dinoshot and slashed his card, "Alpha slash! Gush out spinosaurus!" Spiny appeared in a blue light and roared out in fury as he saw Gigas was charging at Ed who was lying there helpless before the massive tyrannosaurus!

"WAAAH!" He screamed widening his eyes and holding his arm out, looking away unable to look anymore as he felt his life about to end right at that moment!

"Spiny! Save Ed now!" Zander then commanded, in response the spinosaurus roared, charging forward and ramming Gigas' side catching the tyrannosaurus off guard as he then stumbled back through some crates kicking them over and spilling out some of the fossils they contained. Before Gigas could recover Spiny grabbed hold of his neck in his jaws, and used his arms as further leverage trying to pin him down. Unfortunately despite his smaller size, Gigas was able to throw him off with sheer brute strength! Thrown off balance, Gigas retaliated by grabbing the spinosaurus' neck then dragging him across the ground mercilessly! "AH! Spiny!" Zander cried frantically pulling on his hair!

Ed had just managed to get back to his feet as he looked ahead with an angered expression, "Help's on the way Zander!" he shouted out loud taking out his card and green dinoshot, "Alpha slash! Shake em up! Saichania!" Tank appeared on the field and roared out upon catching Gigas in sight before rushing him from behind! She managed to used her spines to scrape his legs causing him to roar in pain as they cut into his ankle! Upon being released, Spiny seized his chance and kicked out at the white t-rex causing him to stumble back in disorientation. Shaking his head he looked ahead to see Spiny get back up on his feet as he and Tank roared out at him now in a 2 vs 1 battle!

Gavro clicked his tongue and hissed in annoyance, "Tch! Fine I'll take you both on at the same time, not that it matters." he grunted taking out a fire move and then adding it to his chest plate, "Burst of flames!" he yelled as Gigas flashed red and fired out a stream of fire like a flamethrower towards them both!

"I'll counter with shockwave!" Zander retorted slashing the move card! Spiny flashed blue as water collected around him, acting as an effective shield against the flames which were smothered out by the water before Spiny then launched them at Gigas, ensnaring the tyrannosaurus in a trap of water rendering him incapable of moving anywhere else to escape as he began to suffocate!

"Now I'll follow it up with rock roller!" Ed smirked as he slashed the earth move. Tank roared as she slammed into the ground with he front forelimbs, bringing up clumps of earth which merged into a massive moulder! Spinning around it she smacked at it with her tail which smashed right into Gigas as he was trapped in the water vortex and then crashed at the wall causing him to tumble down to the ground in disorientation! "Wow now that's teamwork!" Ed then cheered pumping up his arms.

"I know! Hee hee!" Zander snickered rubbing his nose with his finger as Gigas struggled to stand up again. This time, his eyes turned slit and feral as he roared out at them in immense fury which made them all wary, "Uh oh, looks like he's back for more…" Zander gulped as Ed shuddered too.

Gavro was getting infuriated seeing them gang up on and make a fool of him and Gigas, but now was the last straw for him! "Grr…Alright Gigas! No more playing nice! This time it's for real!" he growled as his dinosaur roared just as angered as he was, "And you can't get more real than spectral armour!" Gavro yelled as he then absorbed Gigas' grey dinosaur card into his chest plate next! The t-rex's marks glowed purple as they enshrouded around him before exploding into his signature super powered spectral armour with crystal like appendages stretching at the top! Being equipped with his old armour made Gigas feel more comfortable and powerful as he roared out at Tank and Spiny who stepped back nervously in sight of their now powered up foe!

"This looks bad Ed…." gulped Ed as he soon saw the form of the dinosaur which caused them both so much trouble back in Ancient France a while back! Guess it was wishful thinking to believe it'd be that easy for them.

"No worries we'll just armour up too!" Zander snapped his fingers with a confident grin as he took out his blue dino tector.

"Oh yeah good idea!" Ed smiled as he did the same taking out the purple one he had with him!

"Element booster! Dino tector on!" They yelled as they inserted the components into their dinoshots….only to their surprise to find that nothing happened!

They blinked their eyes and then gasped in alarm to see only static light up on their screens! "Huh!?"

"Wh…What the!?" They cried in shock as Tank and Spiny looked to them both worriedly, as their foe was now armed to the teeth and they were still vulnerable! "I don't get it! Where's the armour!?"

"Is the dinoshot or the dino tector broken!?" It couldn't have been as it worked fine to summon them, and the Resistance made it clear to them that they were made to function perfectly like Cera did with her own. It made completely no sense….as Gavro soon pointe out to them why.

Seeing they weren't able to armour up like he did made the burly space pirate grin deviously, "Hehehe, looks like the computer works way better than I thought, the boss really thought things through for us!" he snickered rubbing his palms together.

Ed and Zander soon realised what was up after hearing his loud boast and they widened their eyes in both shock and anger!

"Th…That's cheating!" Ed cried out in protest.

"Yeah! No fair! Turn off the cheat codes!" Zander ranted as he shook out his fist.

Gavro however shrugged his shoulders and paid them no mind, "Too bad for you, that's just how I like my battles! Ahahah!" He laughed out loud before pointing out at them "Go crush them Gigas! Now!" Upon his command Gigas roared and rushed ahead, lowering his head he rammed Spiny's chest like a freight train, seeing him flying into the rock wall as he crashed hard into it and collapse dot the ground! The spinosaurus groaned in pain as he staggered, turing to push himself back up with his arms, only from a loosened rock to fall out from above and crack on his head, causing him to faint as he fell back down unconsciously!

"Spiny no!" Zander wailed as he clutched in his face with his hands!

"GAAAH!" Ed screamed in a fright, grasping his hair as Gigas quickly set his sights on Tank, flipping her off her feet and onto her unprotected stomach before stomping on her without mercy! Each foot stomp was filled with hatred and rage, and each one harder than the last caused her to screech in agony and pain! "Without our dino tectors we don't stand a chance!" Ed then cried out loud feeling weak and helpless!

"This can't be happening!" Zander then grasped his head seeing they were about to lose not just this battle but because of them the entire resistance may fall!

"But it is!" Gavro then grinned with malice, "So make it easy on yourselves and just give up already! You guys couldn't beat me before and you ain't ever gonna! Ahahah!" He laughed arrogantly before disregarding them completely, focusing on his imminent victory and the reward that would soon follow, as the 2 Alpha gang members shot him angered glares!

"Grrr!"

Ed then looked at Tank, tensing up seeing her spasms from each stomp was weakening…meaning she wasn't going to last much longer. He gritted his teeth and shook tensely, "There must be something we can do….but I…just feel so helpless…." He thought to himself as he fell to his knees ad on his arms, feeling on the verge of giving up…..He was about to, when suddenly he widened his eyes remembering what Craig had mentioned to them earlier, "AH!" He widened his eyes and recalled what he was told earlier on their way to this dig site, and looking back at what Craig told him back at the base, how without Tank pretty much he and everyone else in the Alpha gang were helpless worms. How they took them for granted and often pushed them too beyond what they could bear, and the worse part was that they didn't care themselves for how hard they fought for them in turn…..Looking back and realising how important Tank and the other dinosaurs had been for them the whole time, Ed soon shook his head and hardened his expression with newfound determination, "Tch! No more hiding behind Tank, it's time we man up Zander!" He growled as he clenched his hand tightly and gritted his teeth in anger!

Zander however wasn't clear with what he meant and instead raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What do you mean Ed? Did you just hit your head or something?" he asked.

"No! For once I think I know what I'm doing here!" Ed retorted as he waved his arm out ushering his friend to follow his lead, "Come on follow me! I got an idea and it's Spiny and Tank's only hope!" He shouted as ran across the side of the battle out of sight.

"O…Okay…." Zander nodded back at him seeing they had nothing to lose.

"Ehehehe this is even easier than I thought, even though I don't like being bossed around by a kid at least he knows what he's doing." he chuckled to himself as he rubbed his palms together in deep pleasure, before frowning after, "But he did also say make sure there are no more loose ends…whatever that means but I guess I'd better take care of the humans so they don't get in the way again." He then thought as he turned to where they were earlier, with the intention of getting rid of them so they couldn't give their dinos the power to fight back, but as he looked he blinked his eyes in surprise to see they weren't there anymore! "Huh? Where'd they go?"

CLINK! CLINK!

The sounds of clanging caught his attention, as he turned around he widened his eyes to see Ed and Zander were throwing rocks and remains of scrap metal at the ultra super computer's screen! "What the!?" He widened his eyes before glaring at them, making a dash to stop their interference!

"Ed! This isn't working! That screen looks like it might even be made of tempered glass!" Zander cried in frustration seeing no matter how many rocks and stones they tossed at the screen it didn't get so much as a scratch let alone crack!

"Keep trying Zander! It's our only chance!" Ed shouted back at him as he threw another rock at the screen but still it bounced off the computer harmlessly much to his annoyance!

"Hey you!" Gavro suddenly shouted as they widened their eyes to see him prepare to throw a punch at them! "Get away from that computer!"

"GAH!" They cried in alarm as they quickly jumped out of his way in time before he could connect his fist with their faces!

"I'm gonna-" As they got out of his way, Gavro widened his eyes in shock seeing that with them gone his new target that he was about to smash into was the very computer he was ordered to protect! "NO!" He couldn't stop himself in time and in mere moments his huge fist punched a hole right through its' screen causing it to fizzle out right before it could complete its virus!

SMASH!

As the glass shattered before him, the computer soon began to fizzle and spark violently, with huge amounts of steam building up from its generators and coolers, "NO! NO! NOOOO!" He cried out loud grasping his hair as all his hard work was going to waste as it soon even caught fire! His attack had caused a series of devastating chain reactions to the machine and soon there wouldn't be any coming back from it! "Look what you made me do!" He growled as he began to fume red, redder than he was already and his teeth gnashed together like he was going feral! "For that you're gonna-" As he turned around to take his immense pent up rage out on the 2 of them-

"Take that!" Ed interrupted him as he threw a stone at him, which smacked straight in the middle of Gavro's forehead!

BONK!

"ACK!" miraculously hitting its mark in the only soft on the space pirate's incredibly dense skull, which made him stumble about in a daze before falling down to the ground kicking him out! "Oogh…" he groaned as he face planted on the hard ground.

"That's for Tank!" Ed pointed at him before a pained roar made him turn around.

"ROAR!"

"GAH!" He widened his eyes having realised he forgot all about the battle and now Tank's energy meter was now flashing dangerously red! Her eyes also began to droop as she slowly began to lose both energy and consciousness with each relentless stomp by Gigas! Throwing all sense of caution and driven by compassion for his partner, Ed grabbed another stone he could find, running straight towards the 2 colossal dinosaurs, "Hey ugly! Leave Tank alone!" He shouted at the top of his lungs making Gigas look to him, a mistake as it gave Ed just the shot he needed! Mustering all the strength he had in his flabby arms he threw the stone with all his might as it flew out and smacked right in the center of the tyrannosaurus' eye! Gigas roared out in pain as he stubbled back, his tiny arms trying to reach his face and scratch the stone in his eye but to no avail as then resorted to smacking it at the rock wall to get it out!

With Gigas occupied and Gavro knocked out, Zander seized the chance to run to Spiny's side, "Come on Spiny get up! You can do it! I believe in you!" he pleaded with the large water dinosaur, patting at his face and shouting into his ear, with worry and concern for him. His heartfelt words caused the spinosaurus' eye to twitch as they slowly and weakly opened up to see Zander stroking his face, "That's it! You can do it! I know you can!" He shouted words of kindness and praise into his ear, and feeling motivated by his encouraging words, Spiny forced himself up back to his feet and shook his head clear before roaring out loudly and getting back into the fight! Cora's past motivations for him to never quit, he remembered those words and now Zander was saying the same as she did, which helped further motivate him in recovering faster despite the huge hits he took earlier in battle.

Meanwhile Ed, having saw Tank was still lying down hurt and on her back, he rushed over to her side, "I'm coming Tank! Just hang in there!" he shouted at her, causing her eyes to slowly stir as she saw him come to her aid and around her side. Mustering the strength in his arms and back, he began to push at her, "Heave! Ho!" He shouted out taking in a huge breath, using his emotions and feelings for his partner, he put everything he had into a single big shove before managing to flip the saichania back onto her feet again! As she shook herself clear she looked in surprise to Ed, who was resting his arms on his knees, sweating profusely with exhaustion but he soon looked up and smiled at her, "You okay Tank?" He asked her with concern. Feeling touched by him, she walked over to where he was and began to lick his face for the first time in her life, feeling moved he was the one who not only saved her but helped flu her back over, perhaps Cera's kindness had rubbed off a little in her after the time they spent together, "Heh, you're a pretty tough girl you know that, and you're kinda pretty too you know." Ed then complimented her patting her head as she then puzzled back.

The sound of a furious roar made them all turn around, to see Gigas had managed to get the rock out of his eye. As he turned around to face his enemies, he glared at them in bloodlust and fury, this time, for their insolence he was going to end them brutally and mercilessly if it was the last thing he did! He roared out towards them, his roar shaking the very foundations of the crater itself, and despite its powerful shockwaves, Spiny and Tank both held firm, and so did Zander and Ed. In fact to Gigas' surprise they hadn't showed an ounce of fear or hesitation, instead they held firmly with determination and resolve, as their hearts and minds began to sync with each other and they could feel a power growing deep down inside them as a result of this bond of their's being driven to such an extent, as they began to glow in the auras of the stones they held once!

"Hey Zander!" Ed then shouted out to his friend at the other side as he looked up to him, "You getting that tingly feeling I'm getting?" he asked.

"Actually yeah…." Zander nodded back at him, sensing this must have been the same sensation Max felt when he battled Lunensis! Which meant….

They both then grinned together, "You know what this means Zander?" Ed snickered as they both looked back towards Gigas who was appearing unsettled, no doubt sensing the same power they were about to call forth!.

"Hehehe! Looks like it's our turn now!" Zander answered in response as they along with their respective dinosaur partners glowed in the same colours as their elements!

"Elemental fusion!" They both cried out as Spiny and Tank were both enveloped in bright glowing light, which caused Gigas to back away from them! As it died down and Gigas looked back he was startled to see Tank had turned a deep shade of purple, violet and white, while Spiny had become several shades of light blue, aqua and white! Both dinosaurs were brimming with incredible new power as they roared out at their armoured enemy who then stepped back, feeling intimidated for the first time in his life!

"Wow!"

"Looking sharp there you two!" Ed and Zander both cried out in amazement, this was almost as impressive as them armouring up for the first time too!

Soon after that, Gavro gritted his teeth and rubbed his head where the rock had been flung. Feeling a sharp sting as he brushed over it, the pain soon tucked him off as he flew up and widened his eyes wth rage seeing his enemies now were getting stronger just when he was so close to winning! He gnashed his teeth and tensed his hands into tight fists, having lost patience with these interlopers, "GRRR! That does it! I've had it!" he growled having lost all sense of restraint as his chest plate gnashed purple and the space pirate mark lit up on it, "This time I'll make sure you 2 clowns regret coming here to mess with our plans!" He shouted out in response as Gigas roared out at both his rivals, "Time for Spectral lancer!" Gigas gained a dark purple aura which caused 4 massive crystal lancers to generate from his armour before he launched a full on assault aiming to take both his enemies out in 1 strike!

"Oh boy here he comes Zander!" Ed gritted his teeth and shouted to his best friend.

Zander nodded seriously, "Yeah I know….." After that they both grinned at one another knowing exactly what to do, "You ready Ed!?"

"Oh yeah!" He nodded back as they felt their minds connected together as they each took out a move card and slashed them! "Gaia mountain!"

"Neptune stream!" The moves caused Spiny and Tank to both glow blue and purple in an almost synchronised manner! They rushed head on towards Gigas who was confident he'd be abel to overpower them both with ease! They caught him by surprise as they both swung out their tails and struck his legs, knocking him off balance as he stumbled forward, with his weight unbalanced thanks to his lances! After that the both of them rushed in under him and flipped him high into the air much to Gavro's alarm!

"WHA!? NO WAY!" He stared in disbelief as Tank generated a crystal mountain behind her, which she smashed her tail through sending a large piece of crystal to smack into Gigas and which as followed by a water blast Spiny fired from his mouth which struck him dead center! After that Tank then summoned a large crystal pillar to intercept his fall, then another as he fell off the first before finally a third which impaled him! After that a hue geyser of water erupted underneath he crystal as he was sent spiralling through it helplessly, as Spiny rushed in through the geyser and spun like a torpedo through it before striking him in his unprotected underbelly! The tyrannosaurus overwhelmed by both moves at the same time coughed out at the final strike before crashing down on both Gavro and the Supercomputer!

"NOOO!" Gavro screamed as he held his face out only for his own dinosaur to fall down on him and then smash into the computer too which then exploded into flames and smile, followed by a glowing purple light signalling Gigas' defeat!

With the computer destroyed an their foes defeated, Spiny and Tank both roared out in triumph as Zander and Ed both jumped up and down for joy, shaking out their arms and then clapping one another in a double high five!

"Ahaha! Yay we did it! We actually did something for a change!"

"And it feels so good! Oh I'm so happy I could just cry!" They laughed before breaking out into emotional tears and then hugging each other almost like brothers in celebration of their momentous victory!

Hearing the sounds of rumbling metal from the wreckage they all looked ahead to see Gavro pull himself out from the flaming remains of the computer, now looking singed and battered himself! Rubbing his head and looking back to the computer now destroyed beyond repair, he turned pale and shuddered, "Uh oh…the boss is going to be real mad with me when he finds out about this!" he cried in terror before shooting an angered glare at his foes who humiliated him, "Grrr! You guys are going to regret this! I'll get you next time!" He swore revenge as he pointed out at them and then taking off into he starry night sky!

"That's right! Beat it you loser!" Zander shouted out at him shaking his fist.

"No one messes with the Alpha gang! Nobody!" Ed followed after him as Spiny and Tank both roared out once more together before reverting back to their normal forms, exhausted but still victorious as they hunkered down slightly to regain their strength.

"Ahahahah!" They both laughed before high fiving one another again.

"All I can say is hooray for teamwork!" Ed smiled.

"Now that was what I call perfect coordination." Zander cheered.

Ed soon had to nod as he felt really full of himself, filled with brimming confidence and strength inside, "Yeah…..Plus now I think I can handle myself without needing Tank all the time too!" he proudly boasted as he beat his chest like gorilla!

"Same here, I feel like I could take on the whole world all on my own!" Zander grinned pointing to himself with a thumb before they both fist bumped next, "Whatever the world's going to throw at us, I say bring it on!" he proclaimed believing with their strength they could take on any challenge presented to them and they wouldn't need their dinosaurs' help anymore!

Crack!

The sound of a rock chipping off from the wall near them caught their attention as they looked to it in surprise, "Huh?" As a result of the battle, it caused the walls o the mine to grow increasingly unstable and within moments it began to give way, causing a massive rockslide of boulders and debris to pour out and tumble to where they were all standing! Tank and Spiny stood up unnerved by the natural disaster unfolding before the,, while their partners strangely stood still without moving.

"Hey Zander?" Ed blankly asked unified by the rocks that were about to bury them alive.

"Yeah?" Zander then responded.

"Does now seem like a good time for us to hop on our dinos and get out of here?" Ed asked again calmly.

"Yes it would appear so…." Zander nodded before the 2 men looked at one another and then breaking out into a panic!

"WAAAAHHH! Run away!" They screamed in terror, hopping onto Spiny and Tank's necks and then having them run as fast as they could through the mine tunnel at the other end before the rocks could collapse on and bury them all alive!

(Meanwhile)

Back at Euro Town, Marina's troopers which consisted mainly of women and a handful of men, used their dinosaurs to fire off projectiles of bubble attack, falling water, hydro cutter as well as futaba super cannons at the enemy gel jarks and dinosaurs! Their efforts were boosted thanks to added muscle from both their new alpha and super dinosaurs ranging from irritator to titanosaurus, which were more than capable of pushing back the enemy forces forcing them to beat a hasty retreat!

"Hmph….it seems there's just no pleasing some…." Marina sighed in disappointment, pouting slightly that she worked so hard to put on a good show for them but they wouldn't appreciate it. "Oh well, you're all welcome to our next performance anytime." She waved to them before a loud roar caught her attention, which made her turn serious as she looked in the direction it came from, "And of course there's always the biggest critic of all…." she muttered as the townsfolk looked through the gaps in the walls or from over them, they could see that only one enemy dinosaur remained, the Black armoured Spinosaurus which roared out ferociously at Marina and her partners Smith and Camille, having told her squadron to hold the line at the wall to protect the citizens while she dealt with the enemy leader!

Her camarasaurus bellowed loudly as she then fired a stream of aqua javelins at the black carnivore, but it soon shrouded itself in water as it unleashed river of infinity to easily push through the water spears and then smash into Camille and knocking her down! "Oh no!" Marina gasped in shock as the spinosaurus then snapped down on her neck and she cried in pain, forcing many of the townsfolk to gasp in horror or look away covering their eyes! The troopers were tempted to rush in but what held them back wasn't merely their orders but also from fear, if their enemy was capable of overpowering their captain so easily then what chance did they have themselves!?

Marina then gritted her teeth unwilling to let her partner suffer any longer as she called in for backup, "Smith! Help Camille now!" Her super alpha suchomimus hissed viscously as he rushed the spinosaurus from behind, snapping onto its leg forcing him to release Camille! The larger spinosaurid then tugged at its leg but saw it could break free so easily as Smith began to slash at its leg further enraging it! In response it swung out its tail and sent Smith flying into Camille as they both crashed back, heavily beaten but not yet broken as they stood back up and panted exhaustedly as everyone else looked on anxiously as to what would happen next! Others began to run down from the wall and hide in their homes terrified they wouldn't stand a chance against such a monster, though despite the odds….Marina still held firm on the battlefield much to their surprise as they looked on, some thought she may be frozen with fear and paralysed in her tracks….while others believed she may actually have a plan of her own to counter attack….

"Urgh….this is one hard to please crowd indeed…." she grunted as she could feel some of the pressure of the battle get to her….but in a few moments she collected herself and calmed down with a breath, the stirred up ripples in her mind began to settle till she could see the situation more clearly. Opening her eyes calmly, going with the flow and feeling it through her veins she looked towards Smith and Camille as they both stood up tall, feeling their mutual trust in Marina and hers in them, giving them strength to go on and even further! "But the show must go on and it's a good thing we always save the best for last!" She then declared as everyone gasped seeing a blue aura form around her camarasaurus! "Elemental fusion!" As the aura died down, Camille bellowed loudly with power as she emerged in her awakened form, as deep and blue as the sea and the sky was much to everyone's awe!

"Wow!"

"Beautiful!"

Some gasped or breathed while others cheered and applauded for Marina as she spread her arms out wide, picturing herself as if she was performing in one of her old shows in the entertainment business as well as part of her old stunts in movies too! "Ladies and gentlemen! Prepare yourselves the most dazzling show your eyes will ever lay eyes upon!" She proclaimed as the crowds cheered and roared with excitement as they awaited to see what she had in store for them like the old days.

The Spinosaurus, feeling rattled and annoyed by her display, roared out in fury at her, but despite that Marina remained calm and smooth just like her dinosaurs were too, "Well well, it seems our honoured guest wishes to partake in our special splashy show." she smirked with confidence as she looked to both her dinos in the eye, with a nod and mere eye contact they knew exactly what to do, "Then by all means we shall humble welcome him center stage!" She cried out accepting the spinosaurus' challenge as it glowed blue intending to end this with one strike! It summoned forth a flood of red water above them all as it prepared to swamp them all with bermuda triangle! However as the red water began to crash down and he crowds gasped, Marina instead smirked seeing this as a creative opportunity to improvise!

"Smith! Aqua vortex go!" Upon her command, the super alpha suchomimus shrieked as he glowed blue, causing a vortex to surrounded him and then a larger whirlpool of water to surrounded them all! The vortex soon absorbed the water from bermuda triangle into it, changing the vortex into a swirl of bright purple water which made the crowds widen in amazement! The black spinosaurus was taken aback by this and stepped back, feeling fear for the first time, but Marina wasn't about to let him exit center stage just yet! "And now Camille, it's time for the Grand finale! Aqua whip!" She cried, and on cue, her blue sauropod fired off a water snare through the purple aqua vortex which snared the spinosaurus before it could turn to run!

Mustering all the strength she had she lifted up the huge theropod high into the air, as it roared and struggled frantically and everyone widened their eyes at the astounding feat she just achieved! After that, she slammed the black dinosaur into the heart of the aqua vortex causing it to spin uncontrollably before he was flung into the air and then crashing down into the ground with a huge thud! As it crashed sail first into the ground it let out a pained shriek before losing consciousness and returning to a card, as everyone cheered and applauded for Marina for not only saving them but also for her stunning splash of a show!

"Woo hoo!"

"She won!"

"We're safe!"

"Bravo! Encore!" They cheered and clapped, even her squad of troopers, which was made of her fan club, then began waving flags with Marina's face on them as they egad joining in the praise and admiration for her for being such an excellent role model, and always being an inspiration to them.

Marina then took a bow with her dinosaurs before blowing out kisses to them, "Thank you, thank you! Mua!" she smiled filled with joy and honour inside her heart, "You have all been a wonderful audience! We do hope you all enjoyed the show today." As she finished thanking the masses of Euro Town the lights in the houses and along the fences and wall bean to switch on much to the group's surprise. "Say that's odd….I was so caught up in performing I didn't notice all the lights went back on." she mused putting a finger to her chin in thought before taking out her dinoshot and dialling on it, "Better check in with Craig and see…." As she did, she also began to smile at ease, deep down she had a thought she knew just who was responsible for this miracle of power returning to the town and she also knew they'd succeed as she had thought.

(Meanwhile)

Down below things were looking rather hard for the resistance as the armoured dinosaurs began to drive several of the troopers and the partners into a corner, leaving those with either alpha dinosaurs (like kentrosaurus and wuerhosaurus) along with those who managed to awaken their own dinosaurs' inner strength (like tarchia or nodosaurus) heavily outnumbered.

It was going rather hard for Captain Craig, as the now armoured black saichania swung out a heavy tail club which overpowered the tails of both his talarurus and his alpha ankylosaurus as they were sent flying back and they crashed into the nearby mountain wall! "Tata! Bash!" Craig cried in alarm as he ran to their side being them breathe and groan heavily in pain. As his dinosaurs both began to open their eyes, which were heavy due to exhaustion, he shouted out in their faces with gritted teeth, "Get up! You've handled way worse training regimes than this!" he yelled as he patted their heads hard with the right balance of authority and concern. As the sounds of dinosaurs roaring in the background and troopers yelling out in pain or for help echoed, Craig then looked to them both once more pleading for them to stand and fight once more, "I know you can do it! Everyone's counting on us so don't give up yet!"

Pushed on by their boss' spurring words along with their duty as soldiers and to aid their comrades in arms, the 2 ankylosaurids then staggered up shakily to their legs before slamming their tail clubs down on the ground hard and roaring in response to the black saichania which shrieked in frustration back at them, this time going for full frontal assault as it rushed them head on! Craig gritted his teeth, knowing that this was going to be a tough battle still, even a gigarock hammer to the head didn't do a thing to that monstrous ankylosaur and now it was armoured too! Nevertheless with their forces now on their last legs the only ope they had was to beat the leader dinosaur and hope the others back off. It was their only hope left and to do so they'd have to bring out the big guns!

Having lost his patience and driven to the edge with his troops crying for help and them having almost no options left, "Tch! This has gone on long enough!" He hissed, seeing it was time to change tactics, one with more brains and a lot more heart! "Tata! Let's take this supersized freak show down a notch!" He shouted to his talarurus who bellowed back in agreement with him as they both began to surge with purple earth energy! "Elemental fusion!" Tata then let out a loud screech as he erupted purple having been turned into an awakened dinosaur himself much to the black saichania's surprise! "Aw yeah! Now we're talking!" Craig grinned eagerly to his partner who wagged his tail in excitement feeling all kinds of power bursting forth and he was prepared to unleash them upon their now doomed foe!

The saichania stepped back a bit in surprise, before its control marks and armour urged it to fight on, as it roared viciously and summoned out crystal crusher from the ground and began charging towards them both with everything it had! Craig however was ready for whatever it would throw their way as he slashed a move card, "Sand trap!" Bash the alpha ankylosaurus roared as he summons forth a quicksand pit right in the saichania's path, causing it to stumble into the sinking sand unable to stop its charge, as it struggled and shrieked in a panic, only sinking it further into the pit as it was soon swallowed up! Seconds later a huge spiked pillar struck out from under its soft vulnerable belly as it was flung into the air and now upside down!

This was the chance they had been waiting for as Craig called to Tata for the final blow, "Now for gigarock hammer!" Upon his command the super talarurus slammed his club into the ground and yanked out a massive violet crystal from the ground! Jumping high into the air he slammed the heavy crystal club right in the saichania's weak spot as it coughed out in pain and crashed down to the ground and then losing consciousness, its armour shattered and it retuned to the form of a dinosaur card much to the alarm of the enemy dinosaurs and gel jarks, plus the joy and amazement of the troopers. "Ahahaha! In your face!" Craig laughed out boastfully as he ran out to the card and grabbed it. Smirking pleased as he held it in his hand he then sneered towards the enemy forces signalling they were going to be next unless they beat it, as his 2 partner dinosaurs roared out in unison at them! Getting the message, the remaining enemies quickly retreated into the forest or over the hills, as the rest of the troopers who still stood, rallied together and pursued them, intending to press their advantage and ensure that they were cleared out of Europe for good!

"Look at em scramble, they're way more wimpy than those 2 clowns from earlier." Craig grinned snarkily as the rest of their enemies soon disappeared from sight, as the sounds of battling and clashing soon echoed beyond the hills and were soon questing down hinting it was soon going to be over, the battle here was won. He soon turned serious as he remembered something else that had to be taken care of, "Speaking of them, I'd better check on them to make sure-Huh?" As he looked to the top of the mountain where he last saw Ed and Zander head up, the battlefield soon vanished and the skies returned to normal! In fact for the first time ever, the dark clouds which blanketed over the sky began to clear and the sun began to beam through the holes that were gradually forming over the sky's horizon, illuminating the plains and woods with bright light once again for the first time in years!

As Craig and his dinos could only look on in speechless awe and amazement, the moment was soon interrupted as he heard a ringing sound from his dinoshot.

BEEP

Blinking his eyes in surprise he answered it, "Craig! Can you hear me!?" a frantic female voice sounded from the end which made him widen his eyes.

"Marina! I hear you loud and clear!" He answered her in surprise, if she was calling it meant something big had happened though whether it was good or bad remained to be seen.

He soon got the answer he hoped to hear, "Thank goodness, all power seems to be restored to Euro Town, and we've taken care of things on our end." he answered him as he let out a sigh of relief.

"That's good to hear, same's going peachy on my end too," he said as he looked over the hills to see some troopers return with their dinos, some of them were carrying a couple new trophy cards they won from the spoils of their defeated foes, along with some rocky remains of gel jarks they smashed, "Now we're just cleaning up what's left, won't take long though." His smile soon banished as he brought a finger to his bearded chin in thought, "Still….if communications seem to be working again…." Looking back up to see smoke coming up from the top of the mountain, along with Ed and Zander emerging from the caves running frantically out on top of Spiny and Tank, he then grinned in amusement, "Heh, well I'll be, they actually did it…..colour me surprised…"

"I told you not to count them out, I knew they had potential for greatness deep down and I never doubted it for a second." said Marina back to him.

"Heh you always did have an eye for one's inner beauty and truth." He then smirked admitting he was wrong there, "Maybe those 2 are made of more sturdier material than I gave them credit for after all." He said at the end as he awaited for them to return and regroup with them, so they could go back home and not only help bring life back to Euro Town but also give HQ the good news that the mission was clear and the dig site was now secure and the enemy operations here had been finally shut down. The first battle was won and now the first domino for the Shadow Empire had been toppled.

The stage has been set and the first battle of the war goes to the resistance as Zander and Ed manage to pull off the near impossible in Euro Town! Also the idea of the super computer hacking devices came from the DS game in stage 1.

I know it seems a little out of place for alpha dinosaurs to be still used after last chapter but didn't want them out of the story plus they do have their uses as seen here. As for some of the dinosaurs willing to go alpha, think of it like Captain America the first avenger where Steve Rogers was willing to go through the experiment and wanted to take it. Fun fact, the cyberspace battlefield shown in the base's training room is from the arcade game when fighting Dinoman.

Also a nice chance for black dinosaurs to be used too as seen-that means you can expect 4 other black dinosaurs to make an appearance soon. (Did I surprise you for their inclusion? They're not as powerful as the one Seth made but Goma made them by reviving fossils using energy like the one Seth used, he got his notes and data when his jarks invaded Rex's house earlier and now has them as leader dinosaurs to coordinate the others he has stationed around his bases, with the dinovocs controlling them and in turn the army, which he entrusted to each of the space pirates which he now appoints as his generals, including his own father)

The other missions are all happening at the same time as this now so the others won't use their armour yet till their tasks are complete too. Plus it gives a chance for the other main dinosaurs to go super too! Sorry if the battle with them didn't show too much but didn't want to drag out the chapter any longer than it already was. If you want you can suggest me some ideas for the next ones and I'll see if I can incorporate them. If you think they lost too easily even with armour, let's just say the super alpha and awakened forms gave the dinosaurs a more equal footing in power to match their foes.

As for the explanation of super dinosaurs, based on what tsukikami02 with Miku and Cera being a kind of bridge connecting dinosaurs with people it's a great idea to think about and explore on too.

In response to reviews:-

tsukikami02

-I had Lunensis based off eoraptor but that's another nice trivia fact. Also strong connection with him and Cera too.

Let's just say he won Maia's heart a long time ago when he won his first ever championship, and she doesn't really fight, she prefers to stay out of that and not let dinosaurs get hurt, thus she doesn't get involved in battles. Something Cera takes after from her.

Sadly I don't have the app so will have to review like this then.

Drew Luczynski

-You're right the alpha dinosaurs didn't go away as seen here.

Also technically some don't give their dinosaurs nicknames, for example Seth and of course Goma.

Guest

-I plan to on that part.

-Be patient I do plan on giving new moves but they will come in due time.

-No Miku will stay as she is, sorry I can't think up anymore moves she could use.