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!

55. Battle of the beauties

Chapter 55

Battle of the beauties

In the middle of a very western town like seeing, almost like that of a cowboy movie scene in the Wild West, where most buildings were shaped like western saloons, bars or inns set atop a high rocky plateau elevated on top a large ragged cliff over a rocky canyon like desert. Named Dustberg, one of the last remaining points of civilisation and refuge for the people in America in their war against the shadow empire. Thankfully help had arrived for them at that very moment as a portal opened up near the town's D Site and appearing out of it was Ursula and Zoe as they arrived at their intended destination while inside their chosen mesozoic mobiles.

"Wow so this is Dustberg, the American D site branch….." Zoe whistled impressed as it gave her a western movie vibe in more ways than one, as Paris stuck her head out and chirped with interest.

Ursula didn't seem as interested as she was though as she leaned out and stared out of it unimpressed, "This dump almost reminds me of Texas." she commented as she looked around to see the town to be nearly barren and abandoned, as a breeze blew dust over the path where they were along with a piece of tumbleweed. Upon closer inspection there were a handful of people about the premises, mostly young girls or older women, most of which were dressed in long dresses or skirts that fit well with the town's theme. "Shame, if I knew where I'd be going to I'd have dressed better to look the part." she then mused, admitted their fashion sense wasn't half bad. Terry though couldn't care less as he just curled up in his seat and yawned as he settled in for a good nap.

"In case you're not blind old lady, there's something way more important than your mid lie fashion crisis." Zoe grunted as she caught sight of something ahead at a large building named the Sheriff's office.

"I told you not to call me that you brat!" Ursula shouted back at her angrily, "And you say old people forget a lot!? Which I'm most certainly not but you get the point!" She snorted like a mad bull after that knowing this may have been the hundredth time she had been called old, the only thing stopping her from going all feral on Zoe right now was the safety belt strapping her to her seat in the speed demon, "And besides! What could be way worse than not keeping up with style and setting trends!?"

"How about that?" Zoe then pointed ahead as Ursula then followed curiously.

"Huh?"

Looking ahead the 2 of them could see a large group of panicked women and children gathering around the front of the sheriff's office, murmurs of panic or concern echoed from the crowds as they began to holler the poor Sherriff whom was a rather plump and bearded man with a cowboys hat and outfit, with his deputy whom was skinnier than he was with an orange ascot.

"Calm down everyone! I assure you we'll get to the bottom of this!" he pleaded with them to remain at ease but to no avail as various complaints and murmurs echoed out from the group.

"We want answers now!"

"Tch! I'm starting to think my boyfriend actually ditched me….how dare he run off right after we started dating!?"

"I'm really worried about my husband, he promised he'd be home soon and that only will death do us apart."

"I do hope he comes back soon." They all began to say which further added to the sheriff's load of troubles since the shadow empire attacked them years ago, and now with the sudden disappearance of the town's men, they were all beginning to grow restless and feel unsafe with less manpower available to work defence or patrol.

Any women or little kids who weren't part of the mob either sat down at the stairs of other houses in the vicinity or on the sidelines either crying painfully or acting downtrodden and almost devoid of life. One of which had a little boy and girl with her, who were crying into her as she hugged them close.

"Any news about dad yet mommy?" The boy asked his mom who shook her head reluctantly.

"No I'm afraid not, not a word…." she sighed heavily before putting on a brave look for her children so they wouldn't lose hope on them, "Don't worry, they'll fine him soon. I promise." She said as reassuringly as she cold for them, though while it helped the boy feel a bit more calm and easy, his sister though wasn't as convinced as he was.

"Okay…but…I'm scared….." she nodded before hugging her mom closely. As she did, a young pawpawsaurus came in to nuzzle up at them, hoping to comfort them but to little avail.

There were only but a small handful of troopers patrolling the vicinity with a few pterosaurs like quetzalcoatlus or tapejara patrolling the skies above, but looking closer at them and all around, Zoe and Ursula could make out that apart from the sheriff there were almost no men in sight for miles, be it young or old, it was as if they had somehow vanished into thin air without warning.

"I thought America was supposed to be the land of New dreams and full of energy and life," Ursula suddenly commented almost thoughtlessly, "All I'm seeing are sad and moping sourpusses everywhere I look."

Zoe scowled at her for being so inconsiderate before focusing again at what was ahead of them, "Those poor women and children….something must have happened to them…." she said worriedly as Paris let out a sad hum.

"You're correct Zoe, and it's quite a tragedy." A voice suddenly replied to her unexpectedly on her comm link.

"Hmm?" The sound of a small engine and some tyre tracks scrapping the rugged ground caught their attention, and looking ahead was a small green Light 4WD car model approaching them. Appearing on screen was none other than the captain of grass herself, "Ah! It's Captain Hua!" Zoe smiled with joy to see her again.

"The harmony plant lady?" Ursula muttered before yawning out uncomfortably, "Great….I feel so much safer now with a farmer to help us out…." Her rude remark made Zoe shoot her another hard glare, she was making it really hard for her to NOT call her old old lady or do anything worse.

"It's….good to see you both here." Hua then smiled, doing her best to hide her surprise at their rather unique dynamic, "We could really use all the help we can get. I'm afraid I have some rather awful news to share with you both." She then said at the end feeling rather worried and concerned.

"What happened here?" Zoe asked curiously before looking towards the agitated crowds and people sitting about the premises, "All those women and children seem really scared and upset over there."

"Also…where did all the men go?" Ursula then pointed out before striking a pose while on screen, "I would have expected a mob of them to come to me now to worship my magnificent beauty!"

Zoe tried her best to pay her no mind, the only reason she wasn't insulting her again was because her role model Hua was present and she didn't want to make a scene in front of her but even so she was already reaching her limits.

"Not long ago many workers from Dustberg's base have begun to disappear one by one with no possible explanation as to why." The resistance's grass captain calmly replied though worry was present all over her face.

Zoe widened her eyes in shock, "What?"

"Disappeared?" Ursula questioned suspiciously.

Hua nodded reluctantly, "Yes, like they vanished without a trace without leaving behind a single clue either, it's left many of the families and others here most insecure and worried." she said at the end as she looked towards the restless crowd who were demanding answers from the sheriff and his deputy, who were among the only few remaining men present in the town.

"That sounds terrible…." It wasn't just some kind of strange mystery they had to unravel, it was also one filled with heartbreak and sadness at having to be separated from loved ones. In a way she could relate to the townsfolk since she lost her mom and dad one time and it was far from an experience she enjoyed.

"They had to have gone somewhere," Ursula then stated, "I mean men don't just disappear into thin air." she did however wish she could do that to some men who rubbed her the wrong way, examples being Dr Z and Dr Owen without a doubt.

"Can't you send someone or some dinosaurs to look for them?" Zoe then asked Hua.

"We did send a handful of troopers actually not long ago." The captain answered before letting out a rather heavy sigh as she looked over the horizon to where the town gate was, "But strangely enough they vanished too along with the men who were lost." Her answer began to stir up some rather uneasy feelings in Zoe and Ursula, now that they began to realise they were going in with limited support, "Because of that we're very short handed and any of the families here have gown rather restless on top of that, if an attack were to take place right now I don't think we'd last very long." She said worriedly at the end.

"Now that's really bad news." Zoe gulped anxious at the thought of an attack taking place when the town was already heartbroken or uneasy as they were now, they'd wound up with more than broken hearts and spirits if that were to happen in their current unprepared state.

"Hmph! How pitiful…." Ursula suddenly scoffed much to Hua's surprise and Zoe's bewilderment!

"Ex…cuse me?"

"What'd you say!?"

She then folded her arms behind her head laxly as she settled in comfortably into her chair, "To think these poor miserable families would have their hearts broken just cause they lost a man." she scoffed, "Ha! Well look at me! I don't need any man to make me feel safe! I'm plenty strong all on my own! Ahahahaha!" She laughed snobbishly without giving so much a care for those around her.

While Hua looked at Ursula in surprise at how she could have been so ill mannered and elf entered, Zoe having lost all restraint let loose all she had kept bottled down inside her, "Grrr! You've gone too far old lady!" She shouted at her having took offence at her thoughtless remark, "I bet you're saying that cos you're jealous that they all have men they love and cherish! Something you don't have and never will!" She added at the end, unaware she hit the nail right in its mark as Ursula snapped and exploded literally and the 2 of them broke out into a heated battle of dagger tipped words aimed at one other!

"How dare you!? You're still just a shrimpy little runt! You couldn't understand what it means to be really beautiful like me!"

"In your dreams! You're all beauty and no heart! Better yet no brains!"

"Oh that tears it! You're extinct missy!"

"Just try it old lady!"

Hua's heart skipped a beat at the immense animosity that blossomed between the 2 females, it was unlike anything she had ever seen before, earlier having assumed them to be friends if they were sent together but now she had been proven wrong. Knowing things would turn out way worse if she let it continue as it was now, she bravely mustered her courage and cut in between them, "Zoe! Ursula! Please calm down!" she cried as she drove her mobile in between them both just as they were about to ram into one another, "Such hostility will get us nowhere nearer to saving the town's men!" she cried out pleading desperately to stop them, but her words fell on deaf ears.

"I knew coming here with you was a huge mistake!" Zoe spat as Paris barked in anger towards Ursula.

"Well well looks like we're in agreement!" Ursula hissed back at her with terry growling grumpily towards their rivals, "How about we settle things here to see which of us stays and the others goes back!?"

"Music to my ears!" They both pressed a button recalling Paris and Terry, and were just about to summon them to full size and have a full out battle with Hua caught right in the middle of them both!

"NO! Don't!" She widened her eyes as they were about to slash, only to be halted as a loud horn sounded out at them!

HONK!

"Huh!?" They were startled by the sudden loud noise they jumped and dropped their cards in surprise!

Looking ahead they were shocked to see a huge red rock crusher approach them from the outside gates and the driver appeared on screen right in the nick of time, "Easy there ladies! You're all feisty, ready for action and I like it!" Blaze greeted them with a flashy grin, "But please save that for the enemy, wouldn't be any good to anyone if you girls went and tore each other apart right before we head out." He then said smiling warmly and bright as the sun itself.

Ursula quickly blushed red as he fiery temper soon smothered out and was replaced with warm sunniness inside her, "Oh now there's a man I could really go for!" she cried out in glee as she clapped her hands together and jittered, "Yes! Yes! You're absolutely right Blaze! She's not worth my precious time and energy! In fact worth nothing at all!" She said taking advantage of the situation to shoot an insult towards Zoe much to her annoyance.

"Hey!" She cried taking huge offence at it, she wanted to give the old lady a piece of her mind but a stern look from Hua stopped her much to her annoyance, as she huffed and folded her arms pouting.

"Plus there are so many worried families waiting for their loved ones to come home!" She then added rather dramatically while putting on some crocodile tears to go with it, before acting all innocent, "No time to waste with silly arguing and fighting haha!" she laughed out loud, earning her a couple of stares from Hua and Zoe.

"….."

"Well that was easy," Blaze then commented, surprised she was all on board for the mission before chuckling in amusement, "Thought I might have had to wrangle ya like a crocodile with a toothache." he added, at first seeing how aggressive she was earlier if it came to it he may have had to take action up close and personal.

"Oh I wouldn't mind if you did that eheheh…." she then blushed red as some rather unpleasant fantasies began running through her head which made her drool like a lovesick puppy in heat, much to everyone else's discomfort.

"O…kay then…." was all Blaze replied with after that.

"She's….an interesting one to say the least…." Hua whispered to Zoe who squinted her eyes back at the grass leader.

"I think you mean weird…." she responded before shaking her head clear and getting down to the matter at hand, "So Blaze, care to fill us in on what you know so far?"

Blaze then looked to her rather seriously, "Well, according to what eye witnesses said, they said most of the workers disappeared last night when going out to patrol Dustberg's outskirts to make sure our perimeter is kept clear of any incoming enemies." he explained as it came to the hard part, "But strange thing is, they never came back after venturing out." Everyone said nothing but continued to listen to Blaze's story which seemed almost like out of a ghost story or mystery themed movie, "And believe it or not, when we sent out some troops to investigate, the same thing happened! Crazy isn't it?" he said at the end before tensing up and clenching one of his hands into a tight fist, "I don't know what's happened but I intend to the to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do. No way am I going to let my men down."

After hearing his story, Zoe put a finger to her chin in thought and soon came cup with a possible suggestion, "Any places where they may have gone?" she asked, "If they haven't shown up maybe someone could have taken them somewhere close by and hold them captive."

Blaze then folded his arms and pondered for a moment, "Hmm….come to think of it, we do have a couple of dig sites in the mines further ahead in dust hills." He then said as he brought up said location on the map for everyone to see, "If anyone were to have taken prisoner there'd be a good place to start."

"I bet you the space pirates are behind this!" Zoe then shouted out angrily.

"I wouldn't be surprised if they were." Hua then suggested as she looked up to see a small handful of troopers in light 4WD mobiles gather around them, ready to head out into the field for a rescue mission, "Well, in any case it's just us 4 and the remaining few troopers we've got left." Their rather small numbers didn't bring up much confidence in some of them including Ursula or Zoe, but Blaze however became fired up and felt more ready than he had ever been in years.

"We may be a little short handed, but the fire burns every stronger inside us all!" he proclaimed, his words lighting up everyones spirits on fire, "I just know we'll find them all and bring them all back where they belong!" he vowed as they all began to cheer in agreement with him.

"Yeah you bet!" Zoe cheered.

"We won't rest until we do." Hua nodded.

Ursula though felt her heart soar into heaven upon being moved deeply by his most impactful words, "Oh Blaze, rest assured you have nothing to worry about!" she cried before shooting him a cheeky grin and wink, "I'll have you know men are my specialty! In fact I'm practically irresistible! Just one look and I'll have all those missing men come out of whatever hole they're hiding in and back to where they all belong!" she proclaimed proudly.

"More like repellant…." Zoe muttered to herself

Caught up in the excitement and bursting with energy, Ursula felt her inner child cry out for adventure and action as she kicked her gear into full power, "Yeehaw! Away I go! Woo hoo!" She cheered as she sped away out through the gate leaving behind a cloud of dust in an effort to look good as she rode over the dusty hills and left everyone else behind!

"H…Hey wait!" Zoe cried out to her on the comms but they were cut off as she headed out of vocal ranger much to her frustration, "Ugh! She's just impossible sometimes…." she grunted as she pinched her temple.

Blaze however took it rather differently as he began to laugh out in excitement, "Hahaha! She's got spirit, now that's just what we need in the resistance! No fear and no hesitation!" he said feeling fired up himself before looking to his crew, "Well team, to adventures beyond we go!" he proclaimed as they all cheered and drove out after Ursula!

"Yeah!"

As the rest of the team exited through the gates, Zoe face palmed herself knowing for a fact Ursula had corrupted them to follow in her horrendous example, "Oh dear…." she almost felt doomed….till Hua drove up to her.

"If you don't mind, I'll come with you Zoe if you'd like." she offered, "Just to keep a close eye on you all to make sure nothing bad happens, plus I'm interested to see your skills in battle too, it could be a great leaning experience for me myself." She said.

Zoe smiled warmly in response before nodding in respect while also happily accepting her offer, "Thanks, you're welcome to come too Hua." she said as the 2 of them drove together after the convoy in a mode modest pace, "Plus I think I feel much safer with you around." She said at the end, also feeling more comfortable with someone she could totally relate to.

(Later)

What started out as a slow and steady pace over the hills soon turned into a high speed chase after Ursula, who apparently got far too comfortable with her new set of wheels along with both its power and ease of handling, gave her some rather unsettling ideas about turning the journey into an action packed high stakes race as she shot over the road through the desert area right after they came out from the rocky wasteland, "Woo hoo! I'm burning rubber and I'm about to go into overdrive! Ahahahaha!" She laughed at the top of her lungs feeling alive and having adrenaline rushing through every cell of her body as she began to leave the others far behind in her dust uncaringly much to their annoyance.

"Hey! Slow down old lady! We can't keep up!" Zoe shouted out in annoyance, being the only one able to keep pace with her enough so that she could act as middle person in communication and keep Ursula in track before she got herslef hurt, though she was still lagging rather behind.

"Say that again! You want me to run you off the road!?" Ursula snarled through the monitors in a rage.

"Jut try it!" Zoe retorted as their engines roared over the hills so loud the others far behind them could hear.

Behind them, Blaze and Hua lead the team as they tried to keep pace with the 2 girls, and they couldn't help but see what was going on as some sort of comedy skit, "Wow, now those are what I call a couple of fiery hearted females!" he grinned in amusement, "Seeing them all fired up for action is really getting me pumped up for some action too!" he cheered excitedly as he revved up his engines and proud on across the rugged canyon road as they travelled further into the mountains.

"Hmm…they are rather rough around the edges," Hua thought to herself before smiling rather lightly seeing a seed of hope in them that they can cooperate, "But nothing a little pruning can't improve." Which was rather wishful thinking as Ursula, wanting to prove herself better then issued a bold challenge to Zoe.

"First one to that mountain cliff is the better woman!"

"You're on!" Zoe retorted as the 2 of them sped away into the higher areas leaving the others down below feeling rather disgruntled at having to burn more fuel and rubber just to follow after them over the most treacherous of terrain.

Hua at that point then sighed and shook her head in dismay, "Or perhaps a lot….." she was starting to doubt their future a little as they all reluctantly followed after them, though the only one who didn't seem to mind was Captain Blaze, as he seemed to admire their spirit and the adventurous route they were being taken on.

"Hahaha, well we can't leave little sparks like them unattended for too long, otherwise they may go and start a massive wildfire!" He laughed before revving up his engines and ploughing through the rugged stone stacks and boulders, clearing a path for the others to follow much to their relief.

After a while navigating through the harsh rugged terrain, through canyons and jagged underpasses, and even across huge chasms-several of which required detours to get around for some of the group much to their annoyance, but in the end they managed to make it to the top of the rocky outcrops in the hills which stood over Dustberg down below.

Ursula's speed demon soon made a stop at the top of the cliffs, dust building up around her as she screeched her wheels to a stop, "Ahahaha! Looks like I win slowpoke!" she laughed in Zoe's face through the monitor before looking ahead to see her just making it to where she was.

"Grrr!" Needless to say she was far from pleased at having lost not just to Ursula whom she despised almost as much as the space pirates but also because she cheated.

"Oh but don't feel bad," Ursula stuck out her tongue at her, "You know this was the only natural outcome! It's no contest after all, for I'm superior in every way!" She boasted while striking all kinds of elegant poses to show off herself in order to further rub it in Zoe's face.

"The only thing you're superior to me in is stupidity!" Zoe however spat back before pointing at Ursula on screen, "Besides you cheated and you know it!"

She then clicked her tongue in frustration, "Tch! Little brats like you really have no idea when to admit when you've lost." she hissed having lost patience and her temper, "Guess I'll have to teach that to you the hard way!" she growled as she revved her engines ready to ram Zoe right off the cliff!

"Please! You couldn't even teach a pebble to roll!" The younger girl however past back as she began to rev up her engine too preparing to smash the old lady into the walls!

Before they could press on their accelerators though, "Hey! Hey! Slow down you two!" Blaze suddenly shouted out at them through the monitors which made them stop at the last second once more.

"Huh?"

As they looked back ahead they saw Blaze's rock crusher make it up the hills followed by Hua's and those of the other troopers. "Are you literally trying to leave us behind? Give us a chance to keep up will you?" He cried in exhaustion as it took a lot out of him and the others to climb up the hills to where they were now, he was starting to think he may have had an actual limit to how much adventure he could take much to his surprise.

"Oh Captain Hua! Blaze!" Zoe widened her eyes in shock in realisation of being carless and leaving them behind, before pointing out at Ursula, "I'm so very sorry! I was too busy trying to keep that old lady from driving herself off a cliff I didn't stop to think about you!" she cried quickly pinning the blame on Ursula much to her chagrin!

"Why you little!"

Some of the troopers seeing this were becoming really annoyed and wouldn't hesitate to sick their own dinosaurs on Zoe and Ursula if it would keep them from dragging them all over the canyon on a wild goose chase. Last thing they needed on a serious rescue mission was playing catch up to a pair of hot rodders who wanted to turn it into a racing game.

"Crikey! Take it easy there!" Blaze suddenly cried out calming the situation down, "I like how you're both all fired up and ready for action but I think now's the time for you both to take a chill pill." At this rate both Zoe and Ursula would end up like a couple of smoking volcanoes about to blow their tops.

"Especially since we've arrived at our intended destination." Hua then smiled brightly to the girls' surprise.

"Huh?"

"Really? We have?" They blinked their eyes curiously before looking ahead to see up ahead was the entrance to Dustberg's mines, the very dig site the town used for ore, minerals and fossils as well as their intended destination, "Wow….how did we not notice that?"

"Well here we are mates," Blaze then spoke out proudly as he brought up the image of the mine's entrance tunnel to everyone else, "Dustberg's dig site and mining facility, where we think our workers may have been abducted." He said to them.

Ursula then decided to seize the opportunity to make herself look good, "Ha! And I'm sure we all know who to thank for leading us here." she boasted snobbishly as she held her head high up with pride.

"Definitely not you that's for sure…." Zoe shrugged her shoulders which further added dents to Ursula's ego as she gnashed her teeth and twitched her fingers in a fury!

"Grr! Are you trying to give me a reason to strangle the air out of you!?" she snarled nearly losing her patience and all self control.

While they were busy arguing, Hua and Blaze surveyed their surroundings to make sure they weren't alone….and before long after careful observation they narrowed their eyes hard having realised they were being watched, "If you 2 would please put aside your petty differences for a moment." She then spoke out to them calmly interrupting them, before making it clear to them the magnitude of their current situation, "Perhaps then you'll see that we have company."

"Huh?" As the 2 of them looked outside, they widened their eyes to see gel jarks begin to slip out from cracks in the mountain and in the ground and some even began to march right out of the mining shaft much to Ursula's disgust! They were the last of their problems though, as a couple of dinosaurs like utahraptors and neovenator began to leap down from the mountain tops to where they were, and larger ones like pentaceratops or suchomimus were making a climb up the path to where they were while timed up with more jarks!

It didn't take long for the group to realise they may have hit the center of enemy territory, as Zoe swallowed down hard and tensed up uneasily as their foes began to gather around them, from atop the hill and climbing up it towards them.

"That's a lot of guards." Ursula shuddered as her heart began to race with their enemies coming in at them!

Despite that, "Hehe, that's quite the warm welcome they're giving us."

Without warning a handful of the gel jarks aimed their arms out and fired a set of slimy projectiles right at the resistance team!

"WAAAAH!"

"Get back!" Hua warned them both in alarm.

"Scatter!" Blaze shouted out to the other stoppers as the vehicles revved up and drove out of the slime bombs' path as they landed and splattered on the ground where they stood! Some of them even resorted to running their foes off the mountain too! A few of the cars ran over some jarks like road kill while others spun and smacked a couple of dinosaurs off the cliff as they crashed down below and reverted to card form!

"Phew, that was close, a couple of seconds sooner and I'd have to go to the laundromat for getting slimed!" Ursula wheezed as she put a hand to her heart to still it from racing anymore.

"Your fashion sense is the last thing we ought to be worried about you know!?" Zoe shouted out loud in exasperation, then again she did value fashion and beauty too so she was rather relieved they got away in time.

Despite that, the enemy dinosaurs soon began to regroup along with the gel jarks as they once again swarmed around them, and now with them scattered they were such easier to pick off than before! "Tch! They're everywhere…." Hua clicked her tongue as she carefully and calmly observed their movements, apparently to restrict their movements and to keep them as far away from the mine entrance as possible. That's when it all began to click together, "It's obvious they don't want us inside, guess that means they're protecting something of value in those mines." Hua then noted calmly to the rest of the group as they began to catch on.

"Then it's gotta be the missing miners that's for sure!" Zoe then spoke out.

Blaze soon narrowed his eyes, "It doesn't take a genius to figure out this welcoming committee is nothing more than a distraction."

"Hehehe, well I welcome a good distraction! I say bring em on!" Ursula snickered seeing another chance she could make herself look real good in front of everyone, "I'll melt them all into ice cream puddles faster than you can say meltdown!" she proclaimed as she pumped up her arm ready for action.

Zoe raised an eyebrow at her, seeing she was rather fickle minded, who she changed from being terrified to acting with such bravado all because Blaze was there….she rolled her eyes seeing it was all too obvious, if only she could show as much motivation and effort in everything else that mattered.

"Sorry, no can do right there." His words shot down Ursula as she lowered her head in a deep sigh and frown at another lost chance, "If we all stay and fight these clowns we'd be wasting precious time and fuel, which we need for an even bigger fire down there in those mines."

Zoe and Ursula then looked up to him curiously, "Huh?"

"Bigger fire?" They soon began to realise that if there were guards here, it was likely that their enemies were expecting them inside right now as they speak, so whatever was awaiting down below was no doubt more dangerous and tougher than what they were already facing above ground.

"Then what do you suggest Blaze?" Hua then asked him hoping he had a plan.

He in turn shot them a cool grin, "Tell you what girls. It's time for this heated heart hero to blaze a trail of glory for all of you to follow!" she spoke out with confidence, "My squad and I will keep these blokes busy while you all sneak in and save the others."

Zoe widened her eyes in surprise at what he said to them, "All by yourself!? Are you nuts!?" she exclaimed. Captain or not, she was beginning to think he may be biting off more than he could chew this time around, though Ursula seemed to vouch for him as she shouted back supporting his decision.

"Hey! Don't tell me you're actually doubting a captain here!? How dare you!" she growled which made Zoe stutter a little in turn.

"Urk….but…." As brave as he was, there was still a fine line between courage and stupidity, and it seemed like he was really crossing it really close too.

He soon shot them a grin of confidence showing no hesitation or any hint of fear in his eyes, in fact out was pure courage which filled them with no ounce of foolishness in them, "Relax ladies, there's no need to worry about old me." she said holding a thumbs up to himself, "I've wrangled with packs of wild raptors all by myself without my mesozoic mobile or even a dinosaur! I can handle these blokes all by my lonesome, no to worry." he assured them as Ursula became more dreamy and smitten with him.

"Oh I don't doubt that at all…." she said as she began to drool with lust, "Ahahah…what a fiery hunk!"

Zoe rolled her eyes feeling sick at Ursula's behaviour before turning serious at the situation at hand, "But still…."

"If you still doubt me, then how's this!?" Blaze interrupted her as he quickly slashed a card on a slot on his vehicle's console, "Dino slash!" Appearing before him was Daigo in his full sized daspletosaurus form, "Alpha slash!" Gorgon soon appeared next, now as an alpha gorgosaurus, as they both roared out menacingly which made the gel jarks and enemy dinosaurs wary. Their troubles soon got a whole lot worse as members of his crew began to let loose themselves too, summoning all kinds of fiery dinosaurs like alioramus, torvosaurus and tarbosaurus which turned super, along with a handful of menacing alpha dinosaurs which included giganotosaurus and acrocanthosaurus!

As all the vicious carnivores roared out and rallied together, "Whoa….." Was all Zoe could utter out as she, Hua and Ursula found themselves overwhelmed by awe and some degree of fear at the sight of the giant carnivores which roared and charged out at the enemies, scattering them about the rocky premises, as Blaze looked to them with a smirk and raised eyebrow.

"Still think I can't handle myself?"

"I….guess not…." Zoe gulped feeling grateful he was on their side and not an enemy.

"It's in heated moments like this Blaze is at his best," said Hua to her through the monitor, "I'd say we take his advice and leave things here to him and his team." she then suggested.

"I promise you all that we have nothing to worry about." Blaze assured them once more with an ok sign, which was enough to convince the 3 girls to trust this to him, not like he was giving them any other choice.

"Okay then, just watch yourself and don't burn yourself out okay?" Zoe then spoke to him with a cheeky smile and intended pun as she got out form her car and made a run for the mine shaft on foot, as it was too small for them to go in as they were.

"I'll be back with you shortly my dream man!" Ursula sang as she blew a kiss at him through the monitor before hopping out of her sports car and following after Zoe, not wanting to let her show her up and ruin her chance to impress the fire captain.

"Take care Blaze, watch yourself, I wouldn't want to have to treat anymore self inflicted 3rd degree burns again would I?" Hua then winked playfully at him.

Blaze then laughed in amusement at her joke, then again it was actually true once…."Hahahaha! I'll be careful Hua, no worries about it." he replied to her with assurance and confidence, "Just look after those 2 little dames for me. Then we'll have a deal."

"Mhmm." she nodded in response before cut off her comm and exited her car before following after Ursula and Zoe into the mine shaft.

As soon as they disappeared and were out of sight an harm's way, Blaze then issued the order to his team to hold nothing back. "Alright gang! Let's get fired up and set these guys on fire!" he yelled.

"YEAH!" They all roared as they gave it all they had as a chaotic battle soon ensued on the mountainous pass! Explosions erupted and dinosaurs along with gel jarks were flung right into the air as a result of explosions from moves like fire cannon or critical bomb, as enemy dinosaurs were thrown off the mountain side and crashed down below!

BOOM! SMASH! CRASH!

Those who weren't blown off were incinerated by moves like trust of flames and in another side a saurophaganax used magma blaster to melt down a line of fleeing gel jarks into molten slag!

"Alright! I'm on fire baby!" Blaze punched ip to the sky energetically as his partners Daigo and Gorgon were able to throw an irritator and a majungasaurus into one another song blazing spin and critical bomb respectively, carding them in an instant! After that though, a loud roar suddenly echoed from one of the higher cliffs near the mountain's peak, which made them look up to the top. The ground began to shake and leaping out from one the cliffs and landing on the ground in a massive thud was a large black tyrannosaurus coated in fiery streaks as it permeated with evil energy as it let out a thunderous roar which shook the foundation of the mountain itself!

Troopers and their dinosaurs who witnessed this new enemy on the scene felt their blood run cold, feeling overwhelmed and insignificant in comparison to it! Yet despite that, Blaze instead smirked and felt his own spirit lit on fire! "Crikey! Now this is one fiery bloke!" He spoke out loud with excitement, a feeling he hadn't felt in years where he could go all out against an opponent who seemed to be answering his call of the wild! "Well boys, it's time to tame this wild beast!" He grinned eagerly welcoming the challenge as his dinosaur partners roared out back at the black t-rex, showing no fear or hesitation! In response, the t-rex answered their challenge by flaming red and then gathering fire in its jaws before launching itself high into the air and then spiralling straight at them in a fire bomb! As much as Blaze loved taking challenges fearlessly head on that didn't mean he threw caution out the window completely, "Whoa! Back away! Back away!" he yelled to his partner urging them to get out of the tyrannosaurus' path! They split up as the t-rex snapped on a boulder they were covering over just now as the entire rock cracked red and exploded in its attack as massive shards of stone began to fly out everywhere! "URGH!" Blaze grunted as he could feel the impact of the explosion even inside his mobile.

It was fortunate that he was inside it otherwise he won;d've taken serious damage from the flying rocks, though some of them were wedged right in his vehicle's plating as well as even cracking his windows too at the front, "Crikey! Can't let that happen to us can we?" he said slightly shaken up as his 2 dinosaurs stood up, feeling relatively shaken but unharmed by the attack. As the dust cleared, the black t-rex stepped out form the balk dust where a crater had been made form its initial attack, and it roared out menacingly towards his smaller foes. Despite seeing the immense power of this fiery dinosaur up close, Blaze could feel his spirit had been set on fire, finally a battle worthy of his very best and he intended to hold nothing back! "Let's see how it handles some real firepower!" He then said as his partners nodded at him ready to follow through with whatever plan he had in mind and they'd do so without fear or hesitation, demonstrating absolute trust and loyalty in him.

"Time to bring in the heat boys!" He yelled energetically as he slashed a fire move card through his console, "Fire cannon!" Both dinosaurs charged a huge fireball in their jaws which they then launched at the t-rex as it made contact and exploded in its face! As the smoke cleared it merely shook its face in annoyance before roaring back at them furiously, which made Gorgon and Daigo both rather wary. "Whoa….This guy's pretty tough." Blaze whistled impressed before shaking fear out form his mind and punching forward courageously! "But we ain't scared! Go get him boys!" Motivated by his fearless charisma and faith in them, both his dinosaurs mustered up their energy and roared back before charging at their foe! Gorgon rushed in first being fast, as he snapped at the t-rex's legs grabbing hold of it, but his teeth couldn't break through its thick scales, and before he could react it slammed down its head on him causing him to let go! After that it grabbed him in his jaws, and with little effort lifted him high above its head before throwing him at Daigo!

"Oh no! Daigo! Gorgon!" Blaze gasped as his 2 partners crashed to the ground in front of him! The ground began to shake and looking up he widened his eyes to see the Black T-rex was charing straight at them! Roaring at the top of its lungs as it prepared to crush them underfoot! "Fall back and regroup now!" He quickly shouted as both his dinosaurs woke up in time and got out of the way right as the giant carnivore stomped down, cracking the earth beneath its foot! As they both regrouped at Blaze's side, the tyrannosaurus snorted out at them in annoyance for avoiding him, as Blaze himself sweated and tensed up, "This isn't going to be easy that's for sure…." he said heavily, before looking to his sides as Daigo and Gorgon both roared out fiercely, unwilling to surrender, for no matter how powerful their foe was, as long as they still lived and breathed they'd never stop fighting to their last breath!

Embracing their spirits and their flames kindling together into a massive inferno, Blaze grinned eagerly as he felt the determination and resolve burn brightly like a thousand suns inside him! "Heh, that case let's give this big bloke a really spicy taste of our real power!" he shouted loudly at the top of his soul as Daigo roared flaring red in an aura of fire! "Elemental fusion!" The daspletosaurus erupted into flames as he then emerged in a new shade of black along with fiery orange streaks along his body! Feeling immense power of fire and his spirit rising with Blaze's, Daigo roared out courageously as he rushed out at the black t-rex again with Gorgon following in close behind as they prepared to take the battle with the black dinosaur to round 2!

(Meanwhile)

"I sure hope Blaze will be alright without us to help." Zoe then said out in worry as she, Ursula and Hua headed inside through the lit mine tunnels. While he may have been an experienced captain she still worried about him being able to handle so many enemies at once even with a small troop of soldiers with him.

Hua however put an encouraging hand on her shoulder, "I'm certain he will, he's not just courageous and strong, he's smart and also never gives up. I can assure you that we have nothing to worry about Zoe." she said warmly to her, which made Zoe smile as she felt a little more reassured in his wellbeing.

"It's insulting to even think that he'd actually need help of any kind," Ursula suddenly spoke up, "Especially if it's coming from a pair of petal pulling posies like you both." she smirked at them both which earned her a pair of disappointed or angered looks from them both.

"Hmph!"

She then blushed red and began to grin to herself as she drifted into her wild daydreams again, "But if it came to it I wouldn't mind coming to his rescue!" she thought to herself as she pictured herself sending proudly with Terry standing triumphant over some squashed gel jarks with Blaze kneeling down before her like a noble knight, "Oh imagine the damsel no longer in distress becoming the heroine instead! Sweeping her knight off his feet and capturing his heart! That certainly would make quite the plot twist and perfect way to seal this love story of fiery passion! Hahahaha!" she laughed to herself envisioning her happy ending.

"Well that's reassuring…." Zoe muttered knowing her happy ending would be anyone's worst nightmare if that were to happen…plus knowing her she'd probably hold them all back or slow them all down instead. As they continued further along the path, the sounds of drilling and mechanics echoed further ahead of the tunnel much to their surprise, "Hey do you hear something ahead?" Zoe then asked curiously as a light at the end of the tunnel began to flicker before them.

Hua narrowed her eyes realising the mines were just up ahead and that they may be nearing some secret operation of sorts, "We must be getting close, stay together and stay alert." She said to them as Ursula and Zoe tensed and nodded before following her lead. As they entered in none of them could believe what they laid their eyes upon!

"AH!"

All around them inside a large mining cavern, were men in working construction uniforms with helmets along with those soldier uniforms working about the premises with tools like pick axes, drills and shovels. Some of the troopers seemed to carry radars which they aimed at walls before pointing out at before others came in with digging equipment and then started drilling away at it!

"The missing miners and troopers!" Zoe breathed out in surprise, keeping her voice down so she wouldn't give their position away.

"There's a whole lot of them too." Hua put a finger to her chin in serious thought, "They seem to be mining for minerals and fossils here…." she noticed as she saw a pair of them push a cart filled with rocks and dinosaur bones to an elevator shaft which then closed as it descend to lower floors.

"But why?" Ursula questioned curiously, "I mean, if it's for the base then why haven't they reported back in for so long?" she explained herself before noticing something odd about them, "Also….something doesn't feel right about them." Apart from the noise they made from working and picking away at the rocks, none of them said so much as a single word. Even when one of them stubbed his foot at a rock and a few others tripped over and fell they didn't say so much as an ow but instead got back up like they felt no pain and resumed their work most eerily.

"We may need a closer look." Hua then suggested as Ursula and Zoe nodded with her. The 3 of them quickly snack behind some large metallic crates nearby, keeping to the shadows as they stayed on the other permit of the room using whatever cover they could get to in time, with a few mishaps like slipping on the floor or making a sound by kicking a rock or stepping on a pebble, but thankfully all went smoothly as they neared one of the large assembly lines where rocks were loaded onto a conveyor belt and the workers were sorting the mineral rocks from fossil fragments. As they eyed them more closely, they saw the men seemed to be groaning rather inaudibly, their eyes appeared clouded white all over and the way they moved or worked was almost lifeless and robotic, as if they were under a spell or that they had become soulless shells as they worked drills and pile drivers along the rocky walls of the mines.

"Now this is just creepy." Zoe sweated anxiously, knowing this was far from normal, something without a doubt happened to them while they were here. They weren't just abducted but also brainwashed somehow into enslavement.

"Yeah, I'll take the alpha droids clunking around and messing up than seeing these men acting like workaholic zombies…." Ursula then replied, while they seemed almost exactly like the alpha droids they were still human in the end, and they appeared to have had the life and souls sucked out of them so she couldn't help but feel some degree of pity for them in their current state.

Looking around they could see the men and troopers were working non stop amongst the machines and equipment spread throughout the room, "What's gotten into those poor people?" Zoe then asked feeling unnerved and worried for them, as they were also letting out pained groans and kept stumbling about in exhaustion due to the many non-stop hours of work which included digging tunnels and mining for fossils. At this rate they'd all collapse from being heavily overworked, along with lack of food and water for who knows how long, and that could prove life threatening to them and heartbreaking for the many families back at Dustberg.

All of a sudden, the entrance they came from suddenly closed up much to their alarm as they found themselves locked in and trapped in the mines!

"AH!"

"Well well well, it appears we have a couple of uninvited guests who stumbled into our little operation." A familiar female voice spoke out to them from the shadows ahead, in a most devious tone. They widened their eyes and looked ahead to see the silhouette of a throne seated on a rather raised pedestal at the back end of the room, as it lit up they saw none other than a certain female space pirate, seated on a rather lustrous golden seat with red velvet cushions, along with a handful of man servants who were at her side as she sat down comfortably and rested her head in one of her arms rather laxly as she eyed her 3 uninvited guests from above, as if she had been expecting them to come from the start!

"It's Sheer!" Zoe cried out but then blinked her eyes awkwardly upon closer inspection of what the men were doing for her. "And…those men….what are they doing?" She questioned uneasily as she saw they were strangely giving her all kinds of enjoyment from filing her nails, polishing her weapons, feeding her grapes from a platter or even rubbing her feet and shoulders! Knowing Sheer there'd be no man who'd ever get within 3 feet of her let alone pledge their lives in service to a flying fiend like her, without a doubt they had to have been under a spell!

Ursula however, had her mind set on something else that was off topic and the least of the others' worries, "Ugh! How dare they give her such royal treatment! It should be me up there and not that pirate!" she whined with envy as she stomped her foot on the ground while Zoe and Hua merely squinted their eyes at her.

"Heheh, do you like my new servants?" Sheer snickered in amusement seeing she hit a nerve in Ursula, not that it was difficult to do, "Sure I may despise you humans as much as much as space dust in my room," She soon scratched one man's chin making him giggle like an idiot, "But they do make excellent work horses, especially when it comes to mining resources and new fossils for us to utilise, that's at least one thing you earthlings are good for." She said shrugging her shoulders causally as some of the men even began to bow down to her much to the girls' disgust.

"So you're the one who's behind the abduction of Dustberg's workers and the Resistance's troopers!" Zoe then shouted at her in anger.

"How despicable…" Hua scowled hard, for the crime wasn't merely bewitching their own personnel and using them for her own means but also to cause so much pain and heartbreak back home where their families were awaiting them to come home.

"Oh come on now, I did no such thing, you're treating me like I'm some nasty old witch." Sheer pouted playfully before leaning back into her chair and then petting the heads of 2 nearby men like they were dogs, "The human males here simply acknowledged my unmatched prowess and stunning radiance. It was only natural that they be subjected to my every will." She said before smiling sinisterly at them, "Isn't that right servants?"

"Yes! We live to serve you Lady Sheer." They all chanted in unison, their voices echoing with a rather dead and empty tone giving away their mind controlled state.

"As you can see they were more than willing to serve me, how could they resist?" the space pirate continued before shooting the Resistance a couple of taunts, "After it's clear that I'm the superior female compared to you lot, a boring botanist, a puny runt and an old lady, while I'm still in my prime."

"Tch!" Zoe clicked her tongue at Sheer's insult and Hua said nothing, but Ursula on the other hand….

"GRRR! What did you say!?" she roared in another outburst before shaking a fist up at Sheer, "As if anyone could be more beautiful and gorgeous than I am! If anyone deserves to be treated like a queen bee and be served by a massive hive of man drones, it should be ME! ME! ME!"

Zoe raised an eyebrow at her in response, "She's only speaking the truth though, no need to get upset." she muttered which quickly earned her some swift backlash from Ursula!

"I heard that! Whose side are you on anyways!?" she screamed into her ear as Zoe cringed and covered them painfully, feeling her eardrums were on the verge of bursting!

Ignoring them, Hua then hardened her expression seriously towards the female space pirate, "I know for a fact that Dustberg's men would never serve the likes of you, let alone fall for someone as black hearted as you are." She pointed at her in anger, "Without a doubt you must have poisoned their minds with something, just admit it."

Sheer then clapped unenthusiastically in response, "Well well aren't you the clever one….too bad you get no prize even if you were spot on." she said before yawning in boredom.

It didn't toke long for Ursula and Zoe to catch on to how Sheer had managed to steal away the hearts of every man in Dustberg as they sneered in anger, "A love potion…why didn't I ever think of that!?" Ursula then cried out loud as she pulled on her hair at all her wasted months on being unable to get a boyfriend and when she could have hexed them herself.

"And you question which side I'm on old lady?" Zoe then muttered questioning Ursula's reliability.

Having had enough, Sheer then stood up from her throne, "Well I'd love to stay and play but….actually I don't, I've got more important work demanding my attention and none of it to waste on the likes of you!" she spat at them before turning her back to them, "So how about you play wth my boys instead? Kay?" she snickered as she waved her hand playfully to them, "See ya! Would never want to be ya!"

"Hey! Get back here! We're done with you yet!" Hua shouted out loud taking huge offence at her shrugging them off like that.

"Yeah! What's the matter!? Too afraid to fight us fair and square?" Ursula shouted out loudly.

In response Sheer merely waved her hand out at them playfully, "Oh please dealing with 3rd rate rats like you is far below me." she replied before snapping her fingers, "Such menial chores are something servants ought to be doing." Upon her cue, the men gathered around her and with the machines ceased their operations as they turned their attention towards the Resistance much to their alarm! "Boys, don't forget to play rough." She sang at the end before blowing them a kiss and then taking her leave through the secret door behind her throne!

"Hey! Stop right there!" Zoe shouted out but her words fell on deaf ears as the lady pirate disappeared through the door. It didn't matter much though, as the team had far more pressing matters at hand firs,t and that was dealing with the horde of bewitched men who were heading towards them like ravenous zombies!

"Destroy intruders!"

"Protect our empress!" They hollered menacingly as they began to swarm and amass together in overwhelming numbers!

Zoe gulped down hard and turned pale as they approached, "Uh oh…." she squeaked nervously while Hua kept a firm but calm composure as she reached for her own dinoshot.

"That's a lot of men…." Ursula sweated, as much as she wanted men to swarm around her she never wanted it to be anything like this! Things became a whole lot worse as a handful of them summoned forth dinosaurs to the field which included some ankylosaurus, torosaurus and allosaurus with them! The dinosaurs too seemed to have lost their senses for some reason as there eyes appeared to be clouded white like the men were and it was as if they too were zombified! Ursula's heart skipped a beat as the dinosaurs began snarling ravenously at them as they found themselves surrounded on all sides and would soon get swamped in! "EEK! This is worse than any zombie apocalypse I've ever seen on big screen!" she then squealed as she hugged herself tightly, not wanting to get violated by them in any way, "Come on let's hightail outta here while we still have the chance!" she then pointed out at the sealed exit frantically thinking they could break down the door if they hurried, and then save themselves first!

"No way!" Zoe snapped back at her unwilling to retreat when they came so far in and after what Captain Blaze did to get them this far, "We can't let Sheer get away with all this!" She shouted at the end knowing it'd leave a bad taste in her mouth if they let her escape so easily.

"I agree." Hua nodded in agreement with her as she and Ursula looked to her as if she had an idea, and she did, one that they weren't going to like too well, "I'll stay here and keep them busy, hopefully cure them too." She then said as she tensed up their incoming enemies!

Zoe widened her eyes, "But Hua we can't just-"

"There's no time!" She cut her off seriously, "Go now while I give you the chance!" In response she took out her dinoshot and slashed a card on it, "Alpha slash!" Appearing from it was a purplish alpha tsintaosurus which roared out, letting a loud boom from its crest which drove the men and dinosaurs on one side mad as a result of the harsh shrilling noise! "Dino slash!" After that came her corythosaurus which did the same which then further scattered the enemies on their other side! Hua wasn't finished yet as she slashed a move card to further press her advantage, "Dino force!" As she did so, her 2 dinosaurs swatted away some foes with their tails then flicked some dinosaurs up into the air where a fleet of tupuxuara struck through them! After that as they crashed a trio of minmi charged in and bowled over them before a cavern pool erupted causing some muraenosaurus to fire out water cannonballs into the massed which scattered them with ease!

Seeing what she managed to pull off, Zoe and Ursula both began to believe that Hua may not have been a bed of comfortable roses after all, she no doubt had some really nasty thorns if you got on her bad side, "I like wild parties but this is something I'd never want to get myself involved in…." Ursula whistled.

"Okay, good luck Hua, take care of yourself!" Zoe then shouted out in support to her as she then leapt up the pedestal where Sheer's throne was before heading at the secret door behind it!

"That flying she devil is going to regret upstaging me!" Ursula then swore bitterly as she followed Zoe down the secret door in front of them.

With them gone and out of the way, Hua so no more need to hold anything more back, as she unloaded every single move card she had at her disposal, "Special recovery! Laeallyn cure! Egg attack! Metal wing!" Her moves then summoned forth an army of dinosaurs whom her partners commanded and coordinated as they caused all kinds of chaos amongst the brainwashed enemies! The laeallynasaura rushed in and pounced on several men knocking them down before biting at them, a pair of cryolophosaurus both blue an purple rushed out spreading light aura across any men and dinosaurs passed them which put them all into a sleep as they collapsed in exhausting with Sheer's influence purged from them! The others like minmi, oviraptors and pteranodons responded by attacking head on, bowling through the men, picking them up and throwing them away, or spitting eggs in their foes' faces and causing disarray amongst them!

So far seemed good…till Hua sniffed a strange scent in the air, "Hmm?" it was most unnatural and unlike any she had come across in dinosaurs, and it was nearing them. Without warning a wall broke down further ahead and stepping out of the dust was a large black coloured saurolophus with dark green shading as it gave off the very scent that she picked up on earlier! Without a doubt, whatever Sheer used to control the men earlier must have been made from this very dinosaur, whose presence was corrupting the other dinosaurs present as it roared out and reawakened a handful of them as they gathered around it rolling to its side, while the rest of Hua's dinosaurs stood on her's.

She soon narrowed her eyes seeing this very dinosaur to be the source of Sheer's power over the men and the main cause of everyone's suffering here in Dustberg, "So you are the one responsible for poisoning their dinosaurs…." she said furiously as one of her dinosaurs stood by her side, "You're like a weed which is poisoning fertile soil…." She clenched her hand into a fist, unwilling to let it corrupt anymore innocent lives as long as she lived! "Prepare to be uprooted!" She swore as she and her corythosaurus began to glow in green aura, "Elemental fusion!" As the energy of life and grass dissipated, the black saurolophus then gasped in surprise to see Colin, Hua's corythosaurus had emerged in a brilliant shade of vivid green along with a yellow crest and back, as he bellowed out a loud cry filled with energy, slamming his feet down on the ground, his spirit energised and feeling more than ready to take on their dastardly foe!

(Meanwhile)

In the back room behind the throne, Sheer was hovering above as she oversaw the gel jarks load up the harvested minerals and dinosaur fossils excavated by the men into various carrying crates and trolleys and she smirked with satisfaction seeing the huge progress she had made on her end, knowing it ought to get on Goma's good side with what she accomplished, "Alright you slugs! Load those fossils up and ready them for shipment!" She then ordered pointing ahead, "The sooner you get that done the sooner we can finally leave this disgusting mammal infested dump behind!" The gel jarks beeped back at her obediently and began to assemble in 1 large group, before Sheer began to shudder in disgust, "And I won't have to spend another moment having those ugly disgusting human males oggling their eyes or breathing over me! YEESH!" she then winced.

She hated every second of having to act all seductive to the men and seeing how they fawned and swarmed over her like flies with their smelly and sweaty body odour made her sick to her stomach, when this was over with she'd no doubt have to take a shower for weeks just to erase said images from her mind, otherwise they'd haunt her nightmares for who knows how long. "Still they did make excellent sources of manual labour and muscle power." She then thought to herself after taking a calming breath to herself, before grinning with malice and rubbing her palms together, "Hehe, maybe once they've taken care of those annoying pesky humans once and for all I'll have them all jump off a cliff or something. Now that's something I can look forward to at least." She then snickered.

Unfortunately for her, a pair of really angered human females weren't about to let her get away with what she did, "That's what you think Sheer!"

"Not if we have anything to say about it!"

Sheer widened her eyes at the voices as she turned back in alarm, "What!?" She gasped in shock to see Zoe and Ursula were now at the entrance to the secret room, having somehow maddest past all her guards and were now prepared to take the fight straight to her!

"You've toyed with the hearts of innocent men and hurt so many families in Dustberg!" Zoe yelled angrily as she pointed out at her, "It's time you pay for it!"

Sheet then clicked her tongue in frustration seeing that she now had 2 pesky nuisances to deal with, they were really starting to become annoying thorns in her side, even more so than they were before, "Tch! I guess humans really can't be relied upon…..Looks like I'll have to do things myself." She grunted in annoyance before clenching her fist and gritting her teeth cursing Goma inside her mind, "Why did I listen to Goma in the first place…I knew from the second he mentioned this it'd fail." She thought to herself as began to recall his clear instructions, at least she wouldn't be blamed for this loss knowing it was a horrible plan to begin with.

(Flashback)

Inside the shadow empire's meeting room, Goma soon smirked with devious delight as Sheer stood before him, "I'm glad you've come Sheer. I've got a special task perfect for you, something I believe you and you alone can do." he said with was like music to her pointed ears.

"Heh, just say the word and I'll get it done faster than Gavro and Foolscap ever could." She smiled herself before adding a little bit at the end, "Heck, maybe even your dad too." She stated folding her arms with confidence.

"Oh I don't doubt that one bit." He replied to her as he turned his back to her and walked over to a nearby cache case seated on a table near the monitors, "Among my father's crew you seem to be the only one who has a shred of common sense, something none of those block headed brutes ever had from the start." He said as he took hold of it, "And I believe that this is something only you can accomplish."

"Hehe, so what will it be?" Sheer then rubbed her hands together grinning with anticipation, "Do I get to lead some troops into battle against Dustberg's base?" She then asked rather hopefully, "Rest assured I'll lead your troops to victory and crush those puny insects and their pathetic pets in 5 minutes or less!" She thought knowing with her skill and talents she'd be able to rise up in Goma's ranks with ease and maybe even hit a position higher than Specter did!

Goma however, while he was aware of how capable Sheer was, he had something else rather different in mind for the lady pirate, "Not quite, you this situation requires a more…..delicate, feminine approach."

She blinked her eyes in confusion at what he meant, "What do you mean by that?"

As soon as she asked, he grinned sneakily as he walked back towards her, "Let's just say the approach you'll be taking will be….different and without a doubt twice as effective than what you're used to." Before she could ask, he opened up the cache case revealing a purplish perfume bottle inside the cushioned interior of the case. As Sheer picked it up and eyes it closely, reading the contents and instructions on the label that came with it, She widened her eyes and shuddered before looking at her new boss who simply smiled innocently and folded his arms behind his back, "Hehehehe…..have fun making friends now." he then snickered, failing to suppress his laughter and amusement knowing full well that this new task for Sheer would be without a fact entertaining for him and humiliating for her.

(Present)

"Tch! He was making a fool of me from the very start!" Sheer hissed bitterly as she snapped back to reality, no way was she about to let the little demon get away with mocking her behind her back, "Well once I'm finished here I'm going to give it to him straight!" She then vowed, though first he would need to take care of a couple of nuisances first before she could do that.

"It's over Sheer! Give yourself up now!" Zoe then yelled out in anger as Ursula followed up next.

"Yeah, and this time you've got no more mindless menservants to bail you out this time!" she growled still holding a grudge towards the lady space pirate for having something she didn't, "I'll show you what real beauty looks like!" she added at the end pointing to herself as she held her head up high, much to Zoe's chagrin.

"Hmph….."

Sheer however only scoffed in amusement at their petty threats, "Ha! You think I need anyone to deal with a couple of insects like you? Please!" she then grinned rather deviously, "Haven't you both learned last time we met, neither of you could lay a finger against me? You needed the cosmos stone to cheat your way to victory and as far as I can see that's no longer around to save you this time."

"Tch!" Admittedly both girls recalled how much of a hard time Sheer and Maximus gave them the first time they battled, how he easily took out Terry and drove Paris into a corner, only to be saved when she was able to get the green cosmos stone in time. Right now they no longer had that edge…..but even so they soon hardened themselves determinedly, "We don't care! That's never stopped us from trying anyways!" Zoe quickly retorted as she pointed out at Sheer, "We destroyed the cosmos stones and defeated you space creeps before, and we'll gladly do it again if we have to!"

"Yeah! What she said!" Ursula added at the end before pouting at the end since Zoe stole her thunder by taking out some of the words from her mouth. So instead she added her own twist to it so she wouldn't be left out, "You're going down you witch! Especially for claiming you're better looking than I am! Never in a million years will that be true!"

Her rather selfish statement only earned her a questionable look from Zoe who raised an eyebrow at her, "Seriously?"

As a result of their bravado, Sheer soon shrugged her shoulder uncaringly, "As you wish then, it's your funeral." she then smirked, though she was rather obliged to answer their battle challenge it didn't matter either way since she managed to get what she needed from the mines, as she looked to the gel jarks that were on standby with their cargo loaded with fossils and minerals, "Pack up those bones and get back to HQ now." She ordered as the gel jarks beeped obediently, one of them then opened up a portal leading back to their lair and they all began to march in a straight line through it!

Zoe widened her eyes, "Oh no! They're getting away with all those fossils!" she gasped.

"Oh yeah!? Well not if I have anything to say about it!" Ursula growled as she ran ahead in an attempt to stop them. Sheer however descended in front of her path making her stop in her tracks, "AH!"

"If I were you I'd be more worried about yourselves first!" she shouted out at them menacingly as she took out a card from her pocket and grinned as she activated it at her necklace, "Come forth Maximus!" Ursula ran back as a light shone before her and appearing before it was Sheer's ace dinosaur, a black triceratops with brown splotches and stripes! It roared out fiercely at Zoe and Ursula who readied themselves with their dinoshots and cards. "Hmm? No armour?" Sheer then observed curiously. She had suspected something was off when she saw Maximus' card earlier lacked armour in his picture, but shrugged it off as nothing at first since its' border was still purple. Nevertheless she wasn't going to let a small error like this slow her down, "No matter, I can still take you on just fine, after all you both remember what happened the last didn't you? Hmm?" she then smirked mockingly at the 2 humans as she folded her arms with confidence.

"Tch! This isn't last time!" Zoe then shouted out in retort.

"And last I checked we still beat you even when you had all the cosmos stones together! Ha!" Ursula then pointed out at Sheer, this time ticking off the female space pirate as she was reminded of said humiliating and utter defeat!

"Grr….." She clenched her fist tightly and hissed, swearing vengeance for that very failure and she intended to start with them both!

"Now we'll settle things here once and for all!" Zoe then shouted out as she slashed her card on her yellow dinoshot, "Dino slash! Parasaurolophus! Bloom!" Paris was summoned to full size and bellowed out loud, "Go Paris! Take them down!" Zoe cheered as she charged ahead.

"Crush her Maximus!" Sheer commanded as her trike responded obediently and charged head first into battle.

"Heh, this I've gotta see." Ursula smirked as she hung back and landed against a nearby wall to spectate how the fight would go.

As Paris and Maximus collided in a head charge, the triceratops with his harder sturdier head managed to overpower her as she tried to dig in her heels to stabilise herself firmly, but could feel herself pushed back with every second! Fortunately at the last moment she managed to shove her head up and using the opening from Maximus' head being lifted up in the process she swung out her tail and smacked him back a couple of feet!

"Try this on for size! Buzzing spear!" Sheer activated a lightning move card which made Maximus' horns spark with energy as he generated a powerful spear which he aimed forward and rushed out like a joust, which struck Paris hard as she was knocked back onto the ground sparking with electricity surging through her uncontrollably!

"AH! Paris!" Zoe cried out in horror as Maximus quickly rammed her into the wall! She tried desperately to hold off his horns from reaching her chest! Having been heavily weakened from her earlier attack she wheezed and choked with exhaustion, her pained cries and bellows signalling she was on her last legs and wouldn't last any longer soon!

"Heh seems this will be easier than I thought!" Sheer snickered to herself with deep pleasure as Zoe cried out for her partner almost tearing up!

"NO! Hang in there!"

Seeing how much she was struggling after talking such a big game made Ursula snicker in amusement, "Heh, she couldn't even last 5 minutes…." Still not wanting to sit on the sidelines any longer she then stood up and decided to step in, "Aww what's the matter twerp? Need some help?" she asked her in a rather mocking tone.

Zoe looked to her in surprise, "Huh?"

"Oh well guess it's up to me to step up and save the day then." Ursula then sighed pitying her before shooting smirk towards Zoe, "Told you a runt like you wouldn't last long out here in the real world, better to leave it to the big girls from the very start." She said as she pushed Zoe aside much to her annoyance as she stepped forward.

"Grr…..Well since you talk such a big game then come here and do something then!" Zoe then shouted at her in annoyance at her obnoxious arrogance.

"Don't tell me what to do missy!" Ursula retorted as she took out her dinoshot next which was pink, "Just be grateful I was planning on pitching in from the start!" Without hesitation she slashed her card next, "Alpha slash! Flame up tyrannosaurus!" Her tyrannosaurus appeared in full sized form and roared out powerfully as Maximus, Paris and Sheer looked up in surprise to see him appear, "Tear him apart Terry!" Ursula cheered as Terry roared and rushed full speed ahead towards him!

"AH!" Sheer stuttered in surprise before shouting out to her dinosaur, "Maximus forget the girl! Focus on the old lady!" she ordered the triceratops, who then scooped up Paris in his horns and threw her to the other side as she crashed into the wall, before he then rushed head first towards the incoming t-rex!

Ursula who just heard Sheer's insult then gnashed her teeth viciously, "Grr! That crosses the line! I'll reduce you to primordial slime!" she growled as Terry grabbed hold of Maximus' horn as both dinosaurs were locked in combat trying to overpower the other! As Maximus tried to push back Terry mustered the strength in his bite and back as he threw Maximus away! The triceratops though was able to shift his center of gravity and landed on his feet in turn before roaring back at Terry in anger!

"Tsk!" Sheer hissed in annoyance seeing that this fight may be slightly more difficult than she first anticipated.

"Ahahah! Maybe now you'll see why I'm the better woman!" Ursula then laughed out cockily before grinning at Zoe, "That goes for you too brat."

"Grr…." Zoe wanted to prove her wrong, but noticing Paris was weak and exhausted, she knew her partner's wellbeing took priority over he roan personal pride as she ran over to her fast as she could, "Paris! Are you okay!?" As she made it to her she began stroking her parasaurolophus' head gently as she opened her eyes tired and let out a small honk at her. Zoe then smiled seeing she was still alright as she then hugged her close, "You'll be fine don't worry about it."

Sheer meanwhile was still preoccupied with Ursula, and paid the wounded grass hadrosaur any mind seeing she had a fire breathing carnivore to deal with now, "Let's see how well you handle thunder bazooka!" she smirked as she activated the move card. Maximus glowed yellow and roared before launching himself like a torpedo at Terry while carrying large amounts of electricity in him!

Unfazed, Ursula countered with a move card of her own, "No problem! Fight back with explosion Terry!" The t-rex repeated the exact same movements as Maximus did, charging forward and wrapping his flames before shooting himself forward at the electric torpedo like a flaming meteor! Both dinosaurs collided in a massive explosion of sparks and cinders before both landed on the ground slightly dazed having done an equal amount of damage on one another.

"Fine then, then try energy bolt on for size!" Sheer tried next as Maximus charged ahead with an electrical aura surrounding him!

"No prob! Heat strike will take care of that in a jiffy!" Ursula grinned as Terry coated himself in fire as he rushed towards Maximus, both colliding in a tie once more as the impact blew them both back from each other and they ended right back where they started!

As the battle grew increasingly intense, Zoe narrowed her eyes, "Wow…she's actually pretty good…." she breathed with some degree of respect for her former enemy for the first time seeing how well she was doing, she may have been better at handling dinosaurs than she and the D tema gave her credit for, or that she improved since last time.

"Ahahah! We've had more than our fair share of run ins with the D Team's triceratops so I can see through all your predictable moves before you can make them!" Ursula then laughed out loud mocking Sheer and Maximus, feeling confident in herself and in her past experiences, which served to also irritate Zoe somewhat since she was also insulting Max and Chomp too.

Sheer then clicked her tongue in annoyance, taking offence at Ursula's comment, "Tch! Don't get cocky, and you'd be wise not to compare Maximus with that inferior triceratops." she soon gained a sinister smirk as she knew how to settle things, "For now you're about to see something that only we can do!" She held out Maximus' card and then activated it on her choker! "Spectral armour!" Maximus glowed in a purple aura as he soon gained armour all around his body which powered him up to full strength and to the horror of both Zoe and Ursula!

"AH!"

"Gulp….Maybe I spoke too soon here…." Ursula gulped nervously before she smirked reaching into her pocket, "No matter, nothing a little armour of mine can't handle!" she proclaimed as she held out the red element booster up high! A moment of glory short lived as Sheer quickly took out her whip, and swinging it out in full force she smacked the device out of Ursula's hands faster than she could react!

SMACK!

"YOW!" Ursula cried as she grasped her hand tightly with her other and cringed, feeling she nearly lost it as she felt the whip graze her palm!

"GAH!" Zoe too gasped in surprise at what just happened!

"Tsk tsk tsk, can't have you evening the odds again now can we?" Sheer mocked them both as she wagged her finger playfully at them, making them turn to her in anger.

"Why you dirty cheater! That's just low!" Ursula shouted out in protest as she shook out her fist.

"Not that much different from you though…." Zoe thought to herself as she squinted her eyes at her.

Ignoring her, Sheer decided to get serious and put an end to said feeble resistance, "Enough fooling around! It's time to finish this and finish you! Spectral punisher!" As her necklace glowed so did the marks on Maximus as a dark aura appeared over his head, causing his horns to grow and sprout crystals from them! He rushed ahead and flipped Terry into the air! As he spun helplessly in the air, he fired a purple beam which pierced through his chest as he then crashed down to the ground ahead of Ursula much to her horror!

"WAAAH! Terry!" she screamed in horror as she ran over to his face and teared up upon reaching him, "Oh my sweet little Terry! Don't you dare lose on me!" she cried painfully as she hugged him close to her, as he opened up his eye weakly, groaning in pain and exhaustion as he slowly began to glow red much to Ursula's despair.

"Don't even bother, it's over." Sheer grinned seeing she had finally won, as Ursula turned to her and glared.

"Grrrr…." she clenched her hand into a tight fist, swearing vengeance on her if it was the last thing she'd do….a tall order considering now they were completely defenceless and exposed…..or so they thought.

"Not quite yet…." Zoe thought angrily as she looked to her partner once more who then opened her eyes at her, "Paris can you still stand? Terry and…Ursula need us….we need to help them." she said to Paris softly as she stoked her partner's face. Paris then snorted out with a grunt of annoyance as Zoe then hugged closer to her, "I know you don't like them and neither do I….." she responded understanding her before turing serious, "But they're still our friends and we never leave anyone behind." she replied, "Plus, everyone is counting on us to save the men and stop Sheer, so please….Are you with me?" she then asked once more for Paris' support. In response, she nodded as a green aura began to enshroud them both! Zoe smiled with confidence as she could feel a connection form between her and Paris and they were about to take their bond to a whole new level! "Then let's do this!" she cheered out loud.

Unaware of what was happening, Ursula hissed furiously at Sheer who hovered above her and the now defeated Terry, as if she was mocking them and their best efforts, "Hehehe, you put up a good fight but not good enough." She snickered darkly as Terry soon glowed red and would revert back to card form, "Now to end your pitiful struggle! Maximus! Atta-" Before she could call her attack, a sudden bright green light shone out from the sidelines which caught her off guard! "AH! What in the!?" She covered her eyes as she and Ursula looked on in surprise to see a green aura emanating from around Paris who had gotten right back on her feet when they weren't looking!

"Elemental fusion!" Zoe yelled out at the top of her lungs as Paris emerged from the light now coloured dark emerald green with shades of black stripes, having achieved awakening and tapped into her dormant grass powers bestowed upon her by the stone plates long ago! Seeing her newly acquired powers, Zoe pumped her arms up and cheered, "Alright! Looks like we've tapped into a whole new level of power!" she cheered in excitement as Paris bellowed out powerfully which shook the entire room as shockwaves echoed throughout the mines!

Ursula widened her eyes and pointed out weakly at them both, "How…How did she…." she couldn't decide which was worse, the fact that Zoe was able to achieve awakening or the fact she did so before she could, which was beginning to make her feel almost inferior to the little girl much to her immense annoyance.

Shaking her head clear and blinking her eyes in mild surprise, Sheer then put a finger to her chin in thought, "Oh? What's this? A trick of some sort?" she mused, feeling unconvinced it was anything to be concerned about.

"It's no trick Sheer, only your downfall!" Zoe countered as she looked to Paris who then responded with a bellow of acknowledgement as she then slashed a grass move card, "Angel breath!" She cried before pointing out at Terry, "Restore Terry!" Paris glowed bright green before firing a stream of green and white petals and leaves which circled around Terry's energy, which helped it to maintain its form and keep it form reverting back to card form. After that it restored his energy gradually before he reappeared lying down on the ground breathing heavily much to Ursula's joy and bewilderment!

"AH! Terry!" she cried out as she hugged him close to her again, "Are you okay?" she asked with concern as she petted his snout, and he responded with a short snort as he opened his eyes to see her, and she smiled with relief to see he was going to make it.

"You owe us one for this Ursula." Zoe then said out to her as she stood forward taking the front stage of the battle, much to Ursula's annoyance for stealing the spotlight from her.

"Tch!" she clicked her tongue and hissed, as if salt was rubbed on an old wound of hers, having her pride shattered in battle and then having to owe it to one of the brats for saving her butt was already more painful humiliation than the times Dr Z put her and her pals through torture, as rage began to build up inside her….and Terry….

Seeing how Paris and Zoe reduced her hard work to nothing further infuriated Sheer as she clenched her fist which shook with rage! "Grr! You'll pay for that! Ruining my moment of glory!" she growled before focusing all her attention and hatred on them next! "Fine then! I'll take you out first, then the old lady! At least she'll be way easier to handle!" Unbeknownst to her, Ursula gained a massive tic make on her forehead, as something snapped inside her mind, the fires of rage began to build up within her….something had been triggered, something very dangerous and would soon be unleashed to burn all to the ground….

Unaware of this, Sheer then triggered Maximus' strongest move again, "Spectral punisher!" As his horns grew and crystallised he charged at Paris intending to flip her into the air again!

She and Zoe however were more than ready for her this time, "Thorn whip!" Slashing the move, Paris roared as she summoned forth a massive green vine coated in large sharp thorns! It twirled about violently before swinging out and smacking the charging triceratops like he was a mere fly!

"AH!" Sheer gasped in disbelief as her dino crashed into the wall and his crystal horns shattered as he fell down again! He shook his head in disorientation a he slowly made it to his feet again and then roaring out in defiance of his foes. "Grrr! You'll need more than that to beat me! I'll show you the difference between us in more ways than you can imagine!" Sheer growled unwilling to yield anytime soon, as Zoe narrowed her eyes and hardened herself for whatever was about to come their way next.

"How dare you…." A tense voice suddenly spoke out which caught Sheer's attention as she along with Zoe looked in the direction it came from.

"Huh?"

As they both looked they saw Ursula stood there doing nothing, with an ominous shade covering her eyes "Calling me an old lady is one thing….having men all fawn around you like sheep I can handle that…..and it's another to having to be saved and owe the little girl brat….." she soon gritted her teeth and shook uncontrollably with intense growing rage, "Then you hurt Terry….that's really crossing the line…." a fiery aura soon came upon her as she shot a glare at Sheer which made her and even Maximus jump in shock! "Worst of all, you say that she's better than I am!? That I'm the weaker one! I refuse to accept this humiliation! I swear Sheer, I'm going to make you sorry you ever crossed me and made a fool of me more times than I can handle today!" She swore before roaring out at the top of her lungs! "RARGH!" As she did her aura soon passed into Terry, as his eyes glowed red and he stomped on the ground and roared out too!

"Wh…What's happening!?" Sheer exclaimed sensing great power emanating from them both, as they both began to glow bright red too!

Zoe then gulped down hard as she and Paris backed away nervously at what was just about to unfold, "Uh oh….Don't tell me….."

"GRARGH! ELEMENTAL FUSION!" Ursula roared at the top of her lungs as Terry followed suit! Their combined screams shook the very foundation of the room and even the entire mountain with it! Pieces of the ceiling began to collapse from up top and smash down below, as fire erupted where Terry was! As it dissipated he emerged in a new powerful form, flaming streaks coating his body which appeared to have been charred black by burns, only the heat and fire only seemed to make him stronger as he and Ursula, who glared ferocious daggers unfazed by the fire, focused their attention on a now astonished Sheer and Maximus who were starting to realise that they may have picked a fight with the wrong dinosaur!

(Meanwhile)

In the other room Hua and her dinosaur forces put up a terrific fight, their bonds with their mistress and with one another was able to overwhelm their brainwashed foes despite the severe initial numbers disadvantage. Now the brainwashed men and troopers all lay on the ground groaning in pain as a result of the severe thrashing they were given as a result of Hua's dinosaurs. The tupuxuara, minmi, muraenosaurus and other dinosaurs she summoned forth all returned to the form of move cards which then went back to her hand. She smiled at them proud of their work and efforts as she tucked the cards away gently in her back pocket, before looking up with a hard look as her partners Colin and Chisotao bellowed at their remaining foe who reared up on its legs and roared out before stomping its back foot on the ground in an effort to intimidate them, though to no avail.

Ironically, part of their victory over the enemy forces came not from their efforts, but as a result of the Armoured Black Saurolophus who controlled them. Her 2 partners had used teamwork to drive it into a corner several times over, but whenever they got close to beating it, it resorted to trunk its own allies to save itself, with the power of flower garden or parasite tree it absorbed the life energy of several of its dinosaur minions in order to sustain itself, thus returning them to their cards. A short term measure and one which was about to backfire on it severely as it stood alone against an angered Hua and her partners. Way she saw it plants and nature were to give and heal other life, not take it away or poison them either, as much as she loved dinosaurs seeing this was crossing the line for her.

"How despicable…." she narrowed her eyes at the black dinosaur which gave all others of its kind a really bad name after the atrocious acts it committed to the other dinosaurs, "You are but a black rose whose presence taints a beautiful field of flowers, prepare to be clipped!" She then yelled in anger with her dinosaurs sharing the same feelings as she did. The saurolophus however didn't scare, and instead reared up and stomped hard on the ground before rushing towards them! A big mistake as Hua quickly slashed her move card which would finally put an end to all this suffering! "Two platoon crush!" Her alpha tsintaosaurus let out a loud roar which caused the earth to shake the ground as massive tremors began to echo through it!

The saurolophus stumbled midway and stopped as it looked around trying to pinpoint where the source of the quakes were coming from. It soon froze in terror as a pair of monstrous shadows loomed over it, as it looked up a huge seismosaurus and supersaurus appeared roaring down at it fiercely! It tried to turn around and flee, but the 2 giant sauropods wouldn't allow it the chance as they both slammed hard on the ground, generating a massive shockwave through the earth which sent it flying into the air! Together they slammed their necks in unison, trapping the corrupted dinosaur in a devastating pincer attack which choked the life out of it as it then fell to the ground, returning to a card and thus ending the long battle at last."That takes care of that." Hua let out a sigh of relief as she recalled both sauropods to their card and then her 2 dinosaurs let out a chorus of victory, which gave her a sense of peace as she smiled warmly.

With that soon out of the way, she then opened her eyes seriously towards the unconscious male victims who all lay unconscious around the premises, "Now for everyone else who was poisoned by this beast." She then looked to her awakened corythosaurus, gesturing at him with a nod he stood forth as she slashed the move card that would help restore them all to normal, "Eternal herb." She said calmly, as the corythosaurus bellowed loudly a gentle chorus which summoned out a red, blue and yellow pteranodon which then began to fly around the entire room spreading precious life energy across the battered bodies of the defeated males. She hardened her expression as she awaited for signs of life in anticipation, for a little while nothing happened and it worried her as she feared they may be in critical condition and would be in need of serious medical attention….but was luckily proven wrong when they began to stir one by one.

"Ugh…."

"Hmm…ah…erhm…."

The sounds of their groans made her smile and sigh with relief to see they were going to be just fine, "Are you alright?" Hua quickly asked them with concern as she helped one of them sit up and he began to rub his throbbing head.

"Y…Yeah I think so…." He muttered gritting his teeth in pain as his headaches began to make his brain sting with pain. As he opened his eyes and his vision returned, he blinked in surprise as he looked around curiously, "Wh…Wha? How did we get here?" As he asked, one by one the men in the room soon began to stir and regain their senses along with their consciousness.

"Wait a sec," Another soon said as he opened his eyes and scratched his head in thought, "Didn't some weird flying lady mess with us while we were on patrol last night?"

Another soon clenched his hands into fists and growled in anger, "Yeah! That's right! She must have put some sort of spell on us!" he growled fiercely as Hua backed away from the men who slowly began to run with rage.

"She toyed with us!"

"She made toys out of us!" They began to shout in agitation before one of them punched his fist into his palm.

"Well boys, it's time for a little payback!" he grinned eager for revenge before punching up to the sky, "No weird lady curses us and gets away with it!"

"Let's get her!"

"Yeah!" They all soon began to shout as the group rallied together into a furious mob before charging at the throne seated above on the platform, tossing it away like garbage before forcing their way through the secret door behind it, intending to take revenge on Sheer for making fools out of them!

Seeing how energetic and active the men suddenly became right after they just recovered and regained their senses, Hua couldn't help but blink her eyes and stare in a most surprised manner, "Oh my they seem to have regained both their spirits and their senses." she commented in surprise before smiling brightly with kindness, "Good for them." She soon looked back and frowned at the sight of many of the dinosaur cards lying about the premises, as a result of their unfortunate need to battle in order to subdue them. "Still there are some who need tending to here, more than even I can handle…." she thought to herself putting a finger to her chin in thought, before she held up her dinoshot and pitched in a call to HQ to send in for her medical team so they could work to treating the injured.

(Meanwhile)

Back in the other room, things were heating up literally, as Terry achieved his awakened form and radiated not just in a new shade of red, orange and black, but even Ursula herself too flared up with an intense aura of hatred and rage which synchronised exactly on the same level as the tyrannosaurus did!

"Whoa….that's something I do not want to mess with." Zoe sweated anxiously seeing the immense power and combined rage emanating form both Terry and Ursula at that very moment. It was so immense they could feel both the power and heat radiating from the 2 of them, which was beginning to cause some of the metallic plating in the floors and walls to melt into slag, and yet Ursula herself didn't seem put off by it in the slightest! Zoe was aware she and the Alpha gang were able to pull off all kinds of rather unusual and impressive feats as humans themselves but this was beyond anything she ever imagined! "Maybe we should stay out of this Paris." She then suggested to her partner who let out an uneasy snort as they stepped backwards, distancing themselves as much as they could from the battle so they wouldn't get caught in the crossfire.

Sheer meanwhile could only shudder while petrified in terror, as Maximus, feeling intimidated for the first time in his life, began to back off uneasily from the battle, sensing something completely different about the t-rex he fought earlier and his instincts were screaming for him to retreat.

Ursula and Terry however, weren't about to let them off so easily after everything they did, "I'm going to take my time with you and give you a sunburn you'll never forget!" Ursula grinned menacingly as she rubbed her pals together and Terry, opened up his jaws and let out a menacing snarl as flames of hot breath shot out from his mouth!

Sheer then held out her hands and waved out frantically, "Now now take it easy…..we're all girls here, maybe we can work out something more….peaceful? Hehe…." she chuckled nervously.

Her feeble attempt to weasel her way out of this fight only served to tick Ursula off, "You're no girl! You're a she-beast!" she shouted out in anger posting towards the lady pirate who jumped at her sudden outburst, "And this beast is going to get burned!" Terry roared out in fury as he rushed ahead towards Sheer and Maximus! Startled by the tyrannosaurus' sudden attack, Maximus failed to respond in time as Terry grabbed hold of his horn and slammed his hard to the ground! The attack didn't stop there as Terry mustered all his strength to throw the trike over his head and slam him down hard on the ground! After that he delivered a swift bite down behind the frill and snapped hard at Maximus' neck causing the spectral dinosaur to roar out in pain as he could almost feel his neck bones snap under Terry's bone crushing jaws and sharp teeth which were digging hard into his flesh past his armour!

As Sheer shook her head recovering from being caught off guard, she gritted her teeth in anger and shouted back at her dinosaur to fight back, "M…Maximus! Don't let that old lady beat you!" her heart skipped a beat realising the error of her words, "Uh oh…." she quickly covered her mouth, though it was far too late to take back, as the words had already reached Ursula's ears and she flared up intensely with rage!

"RARGH! Now you're really asking for a mesozoic sized meltdown!" She screamed out at the top of her lungs, stomping her foot on the ground so loud a thud could be heard echoing throughout the room! That same anger channeled right into Terry who then stomped down mercifully on Maximus' stomach, causing him to cough out in pain and choke for air upon impact!

"You shouldn't have said that…." Zoe gulped seeing Sheer had tied her own noose, in fact even she was starting to shudder in terror herself, especially when Terry grabbed hold of Maximus in his jaws and threw him out at Sheer as easily as a rag doll!

"YIKES!" she squealed as she darted out of the path of her tossed dinosaur who crashed to the ground and groaned in pain. Sheer widened her eyes and sweated anxiously, unable to understand how could she be so outmatched an overpowered so easily. Looking back she widened her eyes to see Ursula had taken out a new fire move card!

"Now to wrap this up! Crimson flames!" She yelled slashing it, with the intention to burn her enemies to ash! Terry too had the same idea she did, as he flared up red with the aura of fire around him as he rushed forward fearlessly to end the battle with his foe once and for all!

"Sp…Spectral punisher!" Sheer stuttered shaking in fear while yelling out her order! Forced to fight, Maximus roared out as his horse crystallised and enlarged as he rushed ahead to flip Terry into the air again!

Unexpectedly, Terry anticipated this as he charged head on, timing it just right as he swung out his tail and knocked the evil triceratops off balance for a moment as he stumbled forward somewhat! Right before he could take aim and regain his footing, Terry got his head underneath and flipped him high into the air to everyone's amazement! He charged up a fireball and blasted it at Maximus who was sent flying through the sky out of control! As he crashed down on the ground again with a massive thud, Terry stomped his foot on his now helpless foe, turning the tables as he unleashed a merciless stream of flames blanketing the triceratops!

"AAAAARRRGGGHH!"

"WAAAH!" Sheer and Zoe cried out as they braced themselves from the immense heat given off by the extreme flames! They couldn't see fortunately, as Maximus roared in pain and agony as he was at the nonexistent mercy of Terry and his powerful flames! Before long the heat began to die down and his cries softened as the others were able to look ahead, "Urgh…H….Huh?" They looked on in amazement as a purple light shone from the fires, as Maximus was returned back to a card unable to handle the merciless punishment of the fire!

Terry then stomped his foot on the ground and roared out to the sky in triumph, Sheer shook in disbelief and widened her eyes, "I…lost? I….impossible!" She cried out unable to comprehend what she witnessed first hand as Zoe blinked her eyes in disbelief.

"No way…she did it…." She never expected Ursula or Terry to be able to call forth enough power to overwhelm Maximus all on his lonesome, let alone Ursula being able to awaken Terry either….perhaps miracles did happen even for those who tended to experience plenty of misfortune and disappointment in their lives.

"Aw yeah! Who's the greatest woman of all time!?" Ursula cheered for herself in excitement before holding her head up high and proclaiming up to the heavens, "That's right! Me! Ahahahaha!" she laughed rather snobbishly, feeling most vain and full of herself much to Zoe and Paris' annoyance.

"Yeah yeah way to go old lady, you did it, not like you didn't need my help or anything…." She pouted, in annoyance at the older woman's narcissm which was reaching new heights.

Meanwhile, Sheer threw out her boomerang and swiped back Maximus' card from the flames. As she retrieved it she clicked her tongue in annoyance towards Zoe and Ursula as their dinosaurs stood together against her, to ward her off from any attack attempts. "Tch! This isn't over…not by a long shot…." she hissed spitefully.

"Hmph! You just lost the battle, that's about as over as it gets." Ursula scoffed unconvinced in response while Zoe simply hardened her gaze preparing herself for whatever tricks Sheer may have in store for them next.

As a drop of sweat fell from Sheer's cheek she noticed movement behind the 2 girls. Looking closer she then gained a malicious smirk on her face which put them off, "Heh, tell that to yourself." she said before pointing out behind them, "If you don't believe me why not just take a look behind and see for yourselves!"

"Huh?" As they looked behind they widened their eyes to see the entire horde of men they fought earlier swarm in through the room's opening as they began to block off the exit completely! "GAH!" They cried out in surprise as Terry and Paris repositioned themselves in front of their partners.

"Uh oh…." Zoe gulped nervously, feeling unsure of whether they could deal with so many opponents at once after using most of their energy just to fight off Sheer.

"Great, now we have to deal with these mindless drones again?" Ursula sighed in annoyance before rubbing her temple, "Just our luck…."

"Ahahah! Oh how the tables turn so easily!" Sheer then boasted with confidence, knowing there was no way she'd lose now, as she then pointed out at her 2 foes," Attack them now my minions! Show them no mercy! Your empress commands you!" she ordered. Ursula and Zoe narrowed their eyes readying themselves for battle, as Terry and Paris did the same as they awaited the brainwashed men to attack….but strangely after a short while passed nothing happened which puzzled the 3 females in the room as only a shade covered their eyes and silence filled the air. "Well? What are you waiting for!? Attack already like I ordered you to!" Sheer then ordered impatiently as she pointed once more at Ursula and Zoe.

What happened next caught them all by surprise, "No." One man in a worker's uniform responded in a rather unsettling monotonous voice.

"What?" Sheer stuttered as Zoe and Ursula both looked at her shaking in disbelief before bursting her top again, "What did you just say to me!?"

She was soon silenced as the men all glared up at her with demonic red eyes! "We no longer serve you."

"For we have seen first hand true beauty personified!" They announced in a chorus almost like chanting as they focused entirely on Ursula who was taken aback by this unexpected development.

"Huh?" Zoe blinked her eyes surprised at what they said, before looking towards where they were facing, "You don't actually mean…."

"What nonsense are you muttonheads talking about?" Sheer folded her arms on her hips crossly before shouting out her frustrations once more, "Stop yapping and get to work like you're told!" Her demands however fell on deaf ears as the men began to chant in unison!

"She is an angel of beauty descended to Earth! She speaks the truth!"

"She had opened our eyes to your treacherous bewitchment!"

"Now we shall fight by her side to the end of time!" They declared at the top of their lungs which caught them all completely by surprise!

"Excuse me!?" Sheer knew humans were complex creatures but even this was beyond her understanding of them.

"EH!?" Zoe widened her eyes unsure what to make of what she was being or hearing.

"Wh….WHAT!?" Ursula shook her head recollecting herself calmly before grinning deviously herself this time, "I mean….Ahahahahha! It looks like your 'loyal' followers have just deserted you! They may have been dimwitted dunces but at least they have good taste and known when to acknowledge real beauty in a woman!" she chuckled holding her head high as the men began to swarm around her like bees to their queen!

"Oh dear…..here we go again…." Zoe sighed as she closed her eyes and covered her hears, knowing she'd never hear the end of it the moment Ursula started.

Sheer however, began to sweat and her heart raced panicky as the men began to mobilise around her enemies and were glaring fearsome daggers at her! "Oh no, did the incense wear off or did they somehow get their senses back on their own? Or maybe…." She knew that humans, especially males were fickle minded and disloyal, but for another to exert far more charm and charisma than her love potion could was completely beyond her!

She didn't have much time to ponder it over as Ursula soon gave out her first decree as the men's new queen! "Now my loyal manservants! Do as your queen says and sick that hideous she-witch!" She commanded as the men saluted her obediently.

"As you command!"

"We are at your service!" They chanted as they began to converge on where Sheer was standing!

Zoe did't know which was worse, men falling all over Ursula like some kind of billionaire super star, or that they were willing to obey her commands like mindless drones.

Sheer stepped back terrified as she aimed her boomerang at them, "D…Don't come any closer! I'm warning you! Stay back!" Her threats fell on empty ears as they all rushed forward like rabid animals ready for the kill!

"RAAAAARRGH!"

"DESTROY!"

"EEEEP! Stay away from me!" she squealed in terror, taking flight and escaping just before the men were able to grab hold of and then massacre her, "This is why I hate humans! I'm so done with men!" she cried as she made a quick escape through the opening at the top of the room, abandoning the mine and their base completely as the men decided to settle for levelling it to the ground! Right after Sheer's escape they began to tear up equipment, throwing rocks into monitors or using their tools to smash into the consoles and machines, as eruptions and explosions followed with the sounds of smashing and destruction echoed throughout the mines!

BOOM! SMASH!

"Now I've seen everything…." Zoe commented as she and Paris looked on at the destruction and chaos echoing all around them along with the flames, "Well at least we've taken care of Sheer and all the trouble she caused here." she whistled seeing that was something to be proud of….until she saw a handful of men kneel before Ursula who began to cackle in a rather villainous way.

"Ahahahaha! That's right! Serve your queen!" she proclaimed sounding almost like an evil queen or witch surrounded by her subjects, if anything she might make a far worse villain than Sheer ever was before.

"Sigh….And just like that another one comes up to take its' place…." Zoe sighed as she facepalmed and shook her head in dismay, knowing the clean up job for this would be really tough.

(Meanwhile)

Outside the mines, Blaze and his small team, despite being severely limited were able to route the gel jarks, melting them away in the heat or crushing them underfoot, as well as drive off several enemy dinosaurs over the hills as a handful of them pursued them in order to return them to card form and hopefully free the from the shadow empire's control.

Seeing that made Blaze grin with deep pleasure, "Alright we've got the small fry into the frying pan." he smirked, though the sound of a fierce roar ahead of him made him look back and narrow his eyes as he saw Gorgon and Daigo were both wheezing and sweating tiredly, while the Black T-Rex now fully armed to the teeth, snarled and gave off hot steam from its breath and nostrils as it had both his partners on their last legs. However, Blaze soon grinned with excitement, as it was heated final moments like these that got him the most pumped up with anticipation and determination, "Now it's time to bring the big fish into the fire!" He announced punching ahead with all his heart!

Feeling motivated and inspired by his words, his dinosaurs roared out furiously with the fire burning bright inside them and they felt more ready than they ever had in years! Sensing their spirits heating up, the black t-rex soon decided to end this battle with one final swoop, as it stomped hard on the ground and prepared to charge up a magma blaster and then unload it with full force at them!

Seizing the chance, Blaze quickly slashed a move card hoping to counter it, "Heat eruption!" Gorgon roared out fiercely as he summoned forth fiery meteors from the sky which began to batter down on the ground, several of them pelted at the back and legs of the Black T-Rex as it stumbled about unable to control the flames in its jaws! One meteor soon hit its mark at its mouth causing the magma blaster to explode in tis face as it roared in pain and crashed to the ground, its face now steaming with black smoke as a result of its misfire! Several of the other meteors also fell over the hills, some of them pelting down and striking fleeing dinosaurs and gel jarks much to the convenience of the resistance.

With the black t-rex lying helpless on the ground, "Alright, now to wrap this up in a blaze of glory!" Blaze grinned as he slashed his favourite move card, "Flare sword!" His awakened Daspletosaurus roared as he brought up a blazing fiery sword right above the black t-rex who stuttered back anxiously at the sight of the massive blade which brimmed with immense energy! With all his might, Daigo brought the blade right down on the black t-rex causing a huge burning explosion to erupt where it stood! It roared in pain as it suffered underneath the punishing flames, before turning to red energy and then returning to the form of a card. Victorious, Daigo and Gorgon both roared in triumph as Blaze smirked, heading over to pick up the card of their vanquished enemy and than smirking at it like a hard earned trophy, "Hehe, good work mates, all in a day's work!" He chuckled to himself as he tipped his hat up.

(Later)

Several hours after the Resistance's reclaim of Dust Hill's dig site and regaining control of their land, plenty of work was underway as medics came in from Hua's team to help tend to both men and dinosaurs who suffered under Sheer's oppression when under her control, or were injured during the battles that took place prior to the reclamation. Amongst the medical team involved grass dinosaurs both super and alpha which included some lambeosaurus, ouranosaurus and shantungosaurus which were needed in order to heal the more serious injuries.

As some female troopers under Blaze's squadron worked to gather up the cards of some of the foes they managed to defeat, others from the medical team worked hard to help others recuperate or brought them into medical vans to take them back to HQ for recovery. Everything seemed to go smoothly and that everyone would soon be able to rest easy now that with Sheer gone and everything should go back to normal as it should be. A rather wishful thought on Zoe's end, as she sighed in dismay seeing Ursula sitting upon Sheer's former throne cackling to herself with pride as men gathered around either shouting out chants and praises, filing her nails or giving her foot rubs while worshipping her like she was some goddess from heaven, while even feeding Terry pieces of steak from a silver platter, treating him like royalty too. If anything things weren't different at all from how they started, if not, were going to turn out way worse in Zoe's opinion…..

"Fair beyond belief! About your beauty we rave! We're forever your slaves!"

"We were meant to meet! It was destined by fate! Everyone sing of love not hate!" The men chanted before Ursula as she proudly cackled almost like an evil queen herself.

"More like temporary insanity…." Zoe muttered with a heavy frown knowing a hundred and one ways this would turn out wrong or worse backfire on them all.

As the comedy skit played out before them, Blaze couldn't help but snicker at this well made humour as he then did a playful elbow at Hua, "Well Hua, what do you think?" he asked her cheekily of her opinion of both Zoe and Ursula after their admirable performance in the battlefield today.

"I can see them have much to grow in as well as some pruning needed in some parts." Hua answered calmly putting a finger to her chin in thought before smiling with confidence in them, "But, without a doubt I'm certain they can become seeds that will grow into a great future for all of us."

"Heh, I can see that," Blaze chuckled in agreement with her, "Not to mention their fiery spirits too, if we can inspire more of that into both our current and next generation, it'll be an even more awesome tomorrow than any of us could ever imagine!" He then said sounding fired up and filled with hope.

"Ahaha it's just like you to say that indeed." Hua mused as the 2 captains both felt secure in their future to come, without a doubt with the D Team and the alpha gang working with them they no doubt had a chance to set things right like how they used to before the space pirates ever set foot on Earth soil. Plus if Zoe and Ursula were able to put aside their differences and succeed here they were confident they could unite the people's hearts together and win the war at last.

RING! RING!

A ring came from Blaze's dinoshot, to which he looked to it and smiled, "Oh that's Marina, gotta take this one." he said pointing to it before looking to Hua, "Think you can handle the rest a little for me?"

She then smiled in response, "Why not? Go on ahead, you both deserve your moment after everything that's gone on."

"Hehe thanks." Blaze grinned holing up an ok sign as he went off to talk with the water captain in a private corner of the mines.

With that taken care of, Hua then looked back to where their allies were and folded her arms in thought, "Now….what do we do about this?" she wondered as the men began to prance, dance and chant out in honour of Ursula who won their hearts over in her passionate battle just now.

"Warrior of love! Shining star of the Alpha gang! Her name is-"

"Ursula the great! That's me! Hee hee hee hee!" Ursula giggled finishing after them as the men began to bow down and prostate themselves before her much to her amusement, "Ahahaha! Keep it coming! Worship me you measly ants! Bow down to your queen!" She then laughed cockily as her vanity, ego and pride began to sore to new heights never before achieved. Terry on the other hand, had enough himself and soon trotted off somewhere else to walk off the big lunch he was just fed.

"WE LOVE YOU! WE ADORE YOU!"

Zoe meanwhile felt sick to her stomach seeing all this, "Ugh….We were supposed to cure them of being brainwashed old lady now poison them again." She commented in disapproval, a big mistake as the men quickly caught wind of it and then surrounded her and Paris much to their surprise!

"HOW DARE YOU CALL HER OLD!?"

"TAKE IT BACK NOW!" They growled at her menacingly, glaring at her like a pack of ravenous hyenas which made her and Paris both jump!

"EEEEP!" She squealed as Paris hid behind her and she waved out her arms in terror, "I…I'm sorry! She's not o-" she stopped herself in time before correcting herself, "I mean! She's young and pretty! Hehehe…" she then giggled uneasily, having died a little inside and cringing deeply after that, knowing she'd have to wash her mouth clean for having let a compliment about Ursula pass her lips.

"Ahahaha! That's right, little runts like you ought to know your place, especially when you're outmatched in every way." Ursula then laughed out snobbishly as the men returned to her like her loyal dogs, much to Zoe's frustration seeing that said old lady would no doubt use her position to her advantage, no doubt making her do all sorts of things that only servants would….which would be most humiliating if that were to be the case.

"Grrr…." She gritted her teeth, in annoyance as the men continued to suck up to one of her most despised former enemies, as well as swearing she'd mangle her if she made her do anything that would scar her emotionally.

"Hahaha, you all have been most loyal and faithful my slaves." Ursula then chuckled in pleasure as she then scratched the chin of one man who was squatting next to her throne, as said man then fainted blushing red while laughing like an idiot, "But alas there's only one man in this whole room worthy of my heart and he's one whose fiery spirit and passion surpasses mine!" She then announced rather dramatically, as the men then began to whine and pout in jealousy or despair at being shot down.

"Awww….."

Before Zoe could make another snarky comment, Hua then walked in smiling warmly, "I'm happy for you that you've found someone you like Ursula." she said knowing who she was talking about, "But I'm afraid you'll have to give up on Blaze." She then said at the end.

Ursula widened her eyes in disbelief at what the grass captain told her, "What!? Never!" she growled viciously as she leapt off the throne and looked Hua in the eyes, "Don't tell me you've got your eyes set on him too!?" she hissed menacingly, though Hua, much to Zoe's surprise, still kept her calm and smiling composure, "Well he's mine! Back off and relinquish whatever claims you have on him or I'll sick my army of manservants right on you!" she threatened her as the men gathered around her began to snarl and growl like mad beasts much to Zoe's discomfort as she and Paris took shelter behind Hua for safety.

To everyone's surprise, Hua simply covered a hand over her mouth and chuckled, "Haha…No no that's not it Ursula." she then smiled before stating out her point which would shatter Ursula's dreams and hopes once again, "You see…..he's already married to Marina, the Resistance's water captain for 2 years now."

Ursula's heart skipped a beat, feeling her world turned upside down as she fell to her knees, her fantasies and dreams cracking apart in her mind as well as her heart, "Say….WHAT!?" she shrieked in disbelief as she turned pale and fainted, causing the men to swarm around her in anxiety.

Zoe then grinned feeling happy to see her NOT get her way again, like how things should be, "Hee hee hee hee, guess you'll have to settle for Dr Owen then huh old lady?" she giggled snarkily as she looked down on her.

Said forbidden words were enough to snap the Alpha trio member back to her senses as she shot back up again, "How dare you call me that!? I'm not OLD!" she growled fiercely at Zoe before stomping her foot in the ground, "Grrr! To have my heart betrayed and stomped on again!" her energy and feelings of anger soon began to be replaced with despair and sadness, "Oh world how could you be so cruel!" she then sniffled covering her face as tears began leaking from her hands.

Seeing her act all gloomy and sad made Hua eye her with pity and concern, "Oh my…..What should we do now?" she then wondered, as Zoe put a hand on her shoulder in reassurance as she then ushered her away, having had enough of this fiasco.

"Just leave her, she'll get over it soon, don't worry about it." she said to her with a cheeky grin knowing this happened all the time with her so she should be used to it by now, after all it was to eye expected coming from someone who was pretty on the outside but rather rotten inside.

"If you…say so…." Hua then replied, still feeling unsure but decided to take Zoe's word for it as she was lead off to attend to the injured with Zoe, who apparently wanted to hear a few more doctor tips from her. Leaving Ursula behind to wallow in her sadness knowing anything they'd try would only be a waste of time and effort.

"WAAAAH!" she cried out in pain as tears welled out and splashed onto the ground like a fountain, cursing herself to suffer such a cruel and unfair fate. Though as Zoe expected, it quickly passed as Ursula looked up to see her harem of men gather around to comfort her in her time of need.

"Do not cry!"

"We're here for you!"

"Till death does us apart!" They each began to declare vowing to help patch up the cracks in her broken heart.

"Sniffle…." She soon began to smile lightly and wiped the tears from her eyes as soon began to see there was a silver lining in the end, "Oh well, at least I still have my harem of manservants to indulge myself in, maybe that should help fill this hole in my heart." A moment of relief which was very much short lived, at the sound of very angry female voices which soon shouted out at the room's entrance door.

"There she is!"

"The evil witch who hexed my son!"

Ursula blinked her eyes in surprise at the unexpected shouts, "Hmm? Why do I hear a mob of angry women and children coming this way?" As she pushed the men aside and squinted her eyes ahead she turned pale to see a group of women young and old, along with a handful of little children and some teenagers, gathered together armed with flaming torches, pitchforks and some vicious dinosaurs with them which included some utahraptors and tarchia! "Uh oh…." she shuddered in terror to see the wives, girlfriends and children of the abducted males had turned up seeking revenge and they were all aiming their weapons as well as expressions of disappointment or hatred at her!

"That's the hussy who stole my husband!"

"She's got her hooks all on my boyfriend!"

"Daddy how could you!?" Some of them screamed or cried, the sight of them again made the men snap back to reality as they woke up from their phase of infatuation or excitement, realising their situation looked really bad for them!

"Huh!?"

"H…Honey!?"

"This….isn't what it looks like!" They cried out but to no avail.

"Do you have any idea how worried we were dear!?

"We thought we lost you forever!" Some of them sniffled before turning into phases of spite and disgust, "But to think all this time you were kissing up to that vile vixen!"

"I knew men were the most unfaithful creatures on the planet!"

"Plus she's so old too! All that makeup is just to hide her wrinkles I bet!" Another one of them then accused as she pointed at Ursula!

Ursula stepped back, realising she was no doubt seen as the bad guy here, maybe stealing men from women wasn't such a bright idea after all. As much as she wanted to protest against being called old she felt petrified by fear as the women began to swarm and mass together like a hive of angry wasps!

"We're going to have a nice long chat at dinner tonight."

"But first, that old lady needs to pay!"

"Get that thieving cat now!" They all screamed as they ran ahead towards her!

"EEEEEK!" She screamed as she left off the throne and ran away through the exit hatch! "Help me!"

"I'm going to skin that puma alive!"

"Get her!" They shouted as some of them went after her directly, others meanwhile set their sights on their traitorous husbands and boyfriends who too began to make a run for the hills behind Ursula!

"Not the face! Not the face!"

"Run away!"

"AAAAAAHHHH!" They cried in terror as they felt from the furious mob, wanting to avoid getting clobbered by their former loved ones as they ran through the escape hatch following Ursula!

Very soon the mob gave chase after them, relentless in their pursuit to seek justice for such betrayal and humiliation, "WE'RE COMING FOR YOOOOUUU!" After that the sounds of bashing, snarling and pained screams began to echo through the rooms of the base, as everyone else who remained only stared in bewilderment.

Not long after that Ursula's screams of pain and terror soon mixed into the chorus of pain and rage, forget her broken heart, after today she'd wound up with far more broken bones than any doctor could count! Hua could tell that was the case as she put a hand on her face and shook her head in dismay, "Oh dear….." she sighed feeling pity for anyone who was caught in this rom com gone wrong. "I suppose my medical team and I will be a little behind schedule today….." she muttered knowing her squad would be really busy having to tend to even more injured and wounded after this fiasco.

The only one who found this entertaining was Zoe, as she exploded into uncontrollable laughter, "Hahahahaha! Wait till everyone else gets a load of this!" she giggled on the verge of busting her gut while also believing karma and justice to be perfectly just and sweet this time around for the old lady.

In response to reviews:-

tsukikami02

-Yup they being polar opposites yet no less effective in battle.

And also showed an opportunity for Rex to be smart and realistic too in war anything can go and sometimes you'd have to compromise your beliefs too. I wouldn't exactly compare this chapter with Snow White but I get what you mean.

Yup this chapter is just as you predicted-but your idea might help for a small way as shown here in the meaning of fire and grass. Thanks for the wishes, if I have anything will ask.

Anonymous

-Glad you liked it.

Drew Luczynski

-When you put it that way yeah, also if you've done your research you knew this was coming next. Next chapter will take straight to Africa, let's hope Cera and Lunensis have luck against the former boss of the space pirates. Glad you liked the fight too, they'll try to be better with the boosters yeah.

As Sheer mentioned she was the one who noticed something off about the cards but shrugged it off like the others thinking the purple border remaining meant it was fine. Among the pirates she may be the smartest, maybe more than Specter at times.

Will have to see what the resistance will do with the cards later. And this time things have gotten rather….nasty indeed.

Guest

-Yes I already did that.