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!

57. Descent of darkness

Chapter 57

Descent of darkness

It was a time for congratulations for the resistance as the teams all regrouped in order to recuperate from their recent ordeals, though while some were taking it easy and hiding off to take some well deserved relaxation in the grass station, others were already throwing off some rather wild parties in the mess hall or common rooms with there dinosaurs to celebrate their triumph over the Shadow empire's forces.

In the common room as some chatted with one another or parties it out with their dinosaurs who were dancing or roaring out to some music, Blaze went over and gave Marina a warm hug to welcome her back from Europe and she received him with a gentle embrace feeling relieved her husband returned home without so much as a scratch. As they did so Ursula sniffled bitterly, from both heartbreak and from great physical pain as she was now covered in bandages covering one eye and the other already looking swollen and black. Her face also seemed rather swollen too with a somewhat bloody nose, with even a few patches on her face and a cast around her arm, the painful aftermath after experiencing the wrath of several jealous housewives and girlfriends. As Zander patted her comfortingly on her back to show she was still cared for by others, Ed brought her a bucket of ice and wrapped some in a white towel to put on top her aching forehead as she once more broken down into tears of rejection.

Dr Owen on the other hand was grinning eagerly to himself behind the corner and held himself a pair of thumbs up and jittered seeing he still had a chance with Ursula, to his relief and to Patrick's dismay as he sighed and shook his head giving up on any hope of his boss moving on. Dr Taylor was having an arm wrestling match with Craig, who easily smashed down his arm and roared out in victory to the joy of his troops who cheered and jumped up and down with excitement over thier boss' 10th win in a row, while Spike unhappily broke into heavy depression at being creamed so easily as Aki went over to pat him on the back for his efforts.

Raina meanwhile was working on Helga and Jonathan in the science lab hoping to patch in some upgrades to help them better withstand attacks as well as improve their power levels so they'd be better equipped to protect the D Team and Alpha gang should the situation demanded it, while the Zoe's parents were at the Medical bay, where Dr Drake was indulging himself with using his mega needle on some heavily exhausted dinosaurs, his new serum bringing them back to life after a hard day of fighting and the first thing they did was run off the table and into the fields hoping to never have to get hurt or sick again so they'd have to endure the infernal needle of doom another time around! While her husband was depressed at having so many dissatisfied patients one after the other, Mrs Drake though was receiving all kinds of love and attention as she oversaw some of the nests in the hatching grounds nearby and every baby dinosaurs gathered around her hoping for some love and attention from her. Several mother dinosaurs felt a warm trusting vibe from her and were willing to let their young gather around her knowing they could trust her with them much to her delight.

While Terry, Tank and Spiny went over chasing some of the smaller dinosaurs like camptosaurus and brachyceratops around, they were stopped as therizinosaurus stepped in front of them and roared out, flaring and winging out his vicious claws at them, warding them away! Stepping back daily, remembering how easily he did them in last time, the 3 Alpha dinosaurs wisely give him a wide berth. Nearby Dr Z began to laugh out loud cockily as he and the Ancients looked over some nearby holographic monitors which depicted his 'son's' tremendous victory over Brontikens earlier in Africa as well as having been awakened, "Ahahahah! What did I tell you Ancient!? I achieved something YOU couldn't!" he cackled before sticking his tongue out and smacking his butt at Rex's dad, "Can you make a dinosaur evolve like I just did!? Ha! That's right! You can't! Ahahahah!"

Dr Ancient was reaching his limit at being able to tolerate Dr Z's overbearing arrogance, and even less his laughter, "Yes yes Dr Z I've already heard you like the past 20 times already…." he groaned wishing he could plug up his ears or better yet mute the old man's voice so he wouldn't need to spend the next few years at being forced to listen to his self proclaimed brilliance. He almost liked him as he was before when they were at odds, at least he was more quiet then.

"Still honey." Cretacia then spoke up which caught his attention, "If Dr Z of all people could make a connection with a dinosaur like he just did, maybe it isn't so hopeless that we can make a perfect human dinosaur utopia when we get back." She said with a bright smile.

Her statement made her husband snicker in agreement, "Heh…maybe you're right dear…." He said looking at things from a much better perspective.

"I agree." Said Rod as he and his sister walked up to them, having been listening in on their conversation.

"To think we almost gave up on him, how wrong we were." Laura giggled cheekily as Dr Z's jaw dropped at the startling revelation of how little faith his grandchildren had in him all along.

Looking around and realising the others were basically making fun of him he then gritted his teeth and shook with rage, "Wh…What's that supposed to mean!? Also I'm still here! Hello!?" He screamed his head off as he jumped up and down blowing off steam as everyone else laughed it off in amusement much to his dismay as the positions were reversed.

"Hahahahaha!"

(Meanwhile)

In the control room, the nerve center of the base where a holographic globe stood in the center of the room along with huge monitor screens in the background depicting different corners of the world being monitored. Present there were the D Team, who stood right in front of the holographic earth along with Cera, with Lunensis in the further back as he watched them with a careful eye for standing before them was none other than….Seth himself.

After regrouping at the base, everyone was no less than bewildered to see that he of all people had made it to the future with them too! Many of the people from the future, didn't take too kindly of him at first glance, having recalled him committing vile and immoral acts towards dinosaurs which rivalled that of some of the worst criminals in their time who abused science in order to corrupt dinosaurs. Despite the hostility met, Seth stood firm as Cera and Lunensis made it clear to him that if it weren't for his help they never would have prevailed over Specter in Africa let alone survive. Hearing that helped put in a bit of a good word to many of the troopers and captains present and relieved some tension, though some of them still held a bitter grudge towards him as they knew some deeds of his couldn't be forgiven so easily.

Nevertheless Lunensis knew that conflicting agendas would do nothing more than hold them back, especially after they managed to secure 4 hard earned victories, so it was best they all kept to themselves while he and the D Team decided what to do with him, to which he was more than willing to allow if it meant that he'd be allowed to stay and try to atone for his past crimes, something which Miku and Cera bite sensed as genuine.

As they stood before one another in the Control room, silence came upon both sides for several moments, with neither side uttering a single word since entry, as if they were all squaring off in battle waiting for the right moment to strike with the right weapon, or in this case, the best way to start making amends….which proved to be far more difficult a challenge compared to battle given their complicated history and conflicted perspectives on the matter.

Soon however, with a little encouragement from Cera, Max and the others soon decided that they'd have to be the ones to first thank Seth for all he did for them, especially for helping them when they needed it most against the dark pterosaur, "Well this is awkward…." Max then muttered as he scratched his cheek while Zoe and Rex looked away or whistled respectively. "Never thought the day would come where we'd actually be saying…..th…." He then swallowed down hard and hissed through his teeth knowing this would leave a really bad taste in his mouth, but seeing Zoe and Rex were unwilling to initiate and seeing the look in Cera's eyes, which showed that she had forgiven him, he swallowed his pride and forced out a word he never believed he'd actually say to Seth, "Thanks…."

As he did so, he could feel his old grudge against him ebb away like dust in the wind, something shared with by his friends as they soon began to feel more at peace with him around.

"Yeah…..after everything we've been through and our old history…it seems rather strange." said Rex as he looked away unsure of how to make of it while Zoe simply said nothing but kept quiet. Chomp, Ace and Paris too were confused as how to view Seth now, but seeing their partners were willing to let go of the past they felt a little safer around him but still kept their guard around him nonetheless, not leaving the children's sides for their safety. Cera and Lunensis though watched on, though her father remained stoic and expressionless, Cera herself soon smiled feeling at ease that the bad blood between them all had been dissolved.

Seth soon smirked, "Hmph, don't misinterpret my intentions, I was merely doing this for myself and no one else." he scoffed as they all looked to him rather seriously, "I made a grave error when I sided with Specter long ago, so I merely took responsibility for my past actions and nothing more." He then said looking away with a huff.

After that the others began to smile seeing he was merely trying to keep the tough guy act up and not admit he did it because it was right and nothing more, "Heh, regardless of your intentions, you really came through for us in the end, so thank you." Rex chuckled.

"Mhmm, we wouldn't have been able to pull this off without your help." Zoe nodded after Rex.

"And we…forgive you too….for everything before." Cera concluded, to which Seth merely scoffed uncaringly.

"Hmph…."

Max's smile soon vanished as a question he had been meaning to ask soon popped up, "Still, how did you manage to come all the way here?" he asked as everyone turned towards Seth wanting to hear how he pulled off this amazing feat.

"Yeah, I heard from dad and mom that the time machine was destroyed and the only way to come here was by being summoned from this end." Rex added just as curious.

Seth soon smirked rather smugly, "Heh, as usual you children underestimate me." he said as he began to explain himself, how he detected space time anomalies when he was on the outskirts of the city. He had been planning to leave and move forward and forget the past, but realised this was something he couldn't ignore. Upon his return he was no less than surprised to see the space pirate ship over the city and the chaos being caused. After to left he sent a spy fly drone to keep tabs on the Ancient household and witnessed them all disappear into the time machine when it exploded upon overloading.

Since then he laid low and gathered information about the future using the drone he sent through the light and learn much about the far future, about how humans and dinosaurs evolved together, what he had dreamed of for so long only to see it had been reduced to ash because of the space pirates. His old self wouldn't forgive the pirates for committing such atrocities to science and dinosaur evolution while his newer persona felt regret for helping them in the first place so he knew he couldn't sit by and let them get away with it. Thus after the Ancients and the D Team's parents were summoned he worked hard to rebuild the time machine using parts salvaged and scavenged, with some improvements so he could use fake stone plates to power it in place of the originals. All that was needed was tracing the coordinates with a TPS and triangulating their exact space and time in order to come forth to the future undetected.

As he finished talking, the D team were stunned beyond belief at how much he accomplished in their time here and that he pulled it off, "Wow, have to admit it must have taken quite a lot of time and energy for you to do that all by yourself." Rex whistled deeply impressed.

"Indeed it did." Seth nodded before smiling to himself and looking around the room with admiration, "It was worth the effort though, if it meant I could come here and see how much the future holds in store for both humanity and dinosaurs alike." He said. Now he could see first hand that this was what Dr Ancient wanted from the start, a perfect state of balance and coexistence between dinosaurs and man, something he didn't think possible. It was as the children said, they could learn from one another and take both species to heights neither could reach alone. Now he was going to make it his mission to protect it.

Hearing his words and sensing the good in his heart from saying that, both the D Team and their dinosaurs smiled feeling rather at ease at last and almost able to call Seth a friend.

Lunensis too smiled seeing who they were all happy and resolved their differences, and it couldn't have come at a better timing, "It's good thing we're all here together and united with a single purpose." He said stepping in with slight regret at having to interrupt this moment, but it was necessary, "We need all the help we can get if we're going to end the shadow empire's reign of terror once and for all." He said seriously as everyone mirrored his expression knowing their task wasn't done yet and they couldn't rest on their laurels just yet. He soon looked to Seth and smiled with confidence, "And I'm certain with Seth now in our ranks, that future is now more secure." he said believing the man had more than proved his worth and trustworthiness in his aid in the African desert earlier.

"Yeah I agree…." Cera smiled too as she and her friends nodded too.

"Maybe, but it's not like we need to worry about them anymore right?" Max then said with optimism as he folded his arms behind his head laxly. As the others turned to him questioningly he shrugged his shoulders in confusion, "I mean, we've already taken down all their bases all over the planet and nearly all the dinosaurs are free from their control."

Zoe soon smiled with him seeing he had a point there, "Yeah, we're pretty much in the endgame now!" she cheered eagerly, "All we need to do is take down their HQ and then it's game over! We win!" She said as Rex, Cera and Lunensis both thought or folded their arms as they considered it.

"Hmph! How optimistic….and naive of you to think if it'd be that easy." Seth scoffed unconvinced which made Max and Zoe frown at his lack of enthusiasm.

"Hey come on, get with the groove already," Max sighed, "I mean it's not like things can be any more difficult than what we went through right?"

"Actually Max, Seth may have a point." Rex then stated as the others looked to him curiously.

"Huh?"

"What do you mean Rex?" Max and Zoe asked him as the others listened, "Is there….something you know about that we all haven't heard of?"

He then nodded uneasily, "Yeah, it was right after I defeated Foolscap in Darkwood Forest." he explained, "Right before he left, he mentioned about he and the other pirates now working under a new boss." He said folding his arms and narrowing his eyes hard, "Someone way more powerful and scarier than Specter ever was…." As he said that everyone fell rather silent, "The one who was responsible for setting up their bases and giving them all kinds of new weapons and dinosaurs to use at their at their disposal."

Max shuddered at the words which reached his ears, "That doesn't sound good…." he swallowed, knowing that whoever this new leader was already had access to so much power, and yet to give it up to the other pirates….meant he likely had more to spare…and that worried him.

"Did he mention who this new boss of theirs' is?" Cera asked Rex.

"He did." Rex nodded as her heart became heavy, wondering how she might be able to handle the news he was about to bring her.

Rx took a breath as he readied himself and uttered that very name Foolscap left him, "His name is Goma."

At the sound of it, Lunensis shuddered and his heart skipped a beat. Seth caught onto it and narrowed his eyes sensing this Goma may be more trouble than his name gave away if it could make the commander of the resistance quiver. Oblivious to his reactions, the rest of the D Team blinked questioningly at Rex wondering what kind of person he could be.

"Goma?" Cera muttered which earned her the attention of everyone else.

"Who's that Cera?" Zoe asked her.

She then lowered her head and shook her head, "I….don't know…." she sighed, "I've never heard that name before."

"I have." Lunensis then spoke up which caught the children and their dinosaurs off guard.

"Huh!?" As they gasped Seth kept a stoic look, as if he had expected this.

Cera blinked her eyes, "Dad? You….did?" she asked anxiously.

He nodded, "I've only heard it once, on a record we once procured from an outpost years ago." he answered her as he then lose his eyes and reflected back to a time when he was screening through data acquired during an outpost raid one time several months back, he hadn't given it much thought till now but the reminder of that very name soon made him realise there was a far more sinister darkness behind the scenes this whole time. "Not much was revealed on him," he said shaking his head before narrowing his eyes, "But based on the limited intel we gathered, we deduced he may have played a role in the birth of the Shadow empire itself, without a doubt he must have been the one who aided the space pirates in becoming the massive world threat as they are now."

His words inspired some rather uneasy feelings in this present at that very moment, that there was someone out there who was the brains and the true mastermind behind these operations and attacks, and everything they faced till now was merely the muscle, "I didn't think it was possible, but Specter did say the base and ship he used were given to him." Cera then spoke up as she folded her arms, "It's likely this Goma may have had a hand in rescuing them from defeat and then bringing them into his ranks."

The others grew increasingly wary knowing that with their recent victories they'd be sending more than a message to the Empire's leader to take action, what they did was nothing short of a declaration of war!

Seth meanwhile narrowed eyes and saw the opportunity to take his leave, "I'll leave you to sort this out amongst yourselves." He said as he began to walk through the open doors, "In the meantime I'll excuse myself, if I'm going to make a contribution to the cause I might as well get familiar with my surroundings and the rest of my…fellow co workers too." As the doors closed behind the others felt a little uneasy of letting him have free reign over the entire base while unsupervised, but now they had much bigger things to worry about as they decided to trust him on this…hopefully he wouldn't rub any of the others the wrong way.

"If that's the case, while we have the space pirates on the run and the advantage, maybe we can find their HQ and take the fight to them once and for all!" Max then spoke up thinking they ought not to wait and give their enemies a chance to regroup and rearm themselves.

Cera then nodded, "Yeah, sounds like a good idea too. They'll need time to recover after the huge losses we dealt them." he thought seeing this as a strategical move they could implement.

"Straight in through a brick wall and to the point, heh, I like it!" Zoe smirked feeling eager for action and confident they can pull this one off.

Rex though folded his arms with concern, "Even if it is risky that would be our best course of action…." he then decided believing they now had no more time to waste, if they had a chance to move in and end this war once and for all now was the time.

"I wish it was that simple." Lunensis then sighed as he walked over to the computers and typed on screen, the map depicting Antartica and a satellite image came on screen, "For months we performed all kinds of scans over Antartica for the Shadow empire's stronghold, but every search we performed came up with nothing no matter how strong we improved our radar's range or strength." He said with a heavy sigh as the scans picked up nothing and he even slammed his fist on the console in frustration which startled the children momentarily, "We suspect it's either the cold winds interfere with the scans or that their shielding is far superior to our best satellites." He then said wishing they could end this quickly but every attempt they made so only resulted in either nothing or setbacks due to troopers needing to recover after their cold ordeals.

"Antartica? Brr…." Zoe then shuddered questioning of all the places for a villain to have a base why there?

Rex however caught on quick, "Makes sense, if I wanted a lair so inhospitable and dangerous, plus really difficult for enemies to navigate through, I'd definitely pick there as my hideout." he said folding his arms in thought because that was exactly what he'd do.

Despite the difficulties presented before them, Max still refused to give in but still couldn't see a way around all this yet, "So then…what do we do?" he then asked before tensing up rather impatiently, "Sit around here and wait for them to come knocking!?" he then cried to the others hoping for a suggestion. His friends could only look on feeling the same as he did, angsty at hearing such a great threat incoming and yet being unable to do anything about it was tearing him apart inside.

"All I do know is, we do what we can and prepare ourselves." Lunensis sighed shaking his head seeing no other way, "Rearm and regroup our own forces properly before we launch a thorough sweep of Antartica." He then added as he remembered several of them have sustained some injuries and damage to their equipment which needed tending to first, "Without a doubt Goma is likely to catch wind of our activities and would surely act now in response to the blows dealt." He then said, believing it was likely that their enemies would take some time to rearm themselves after their recent losses, so it would be a good chance for them to do the same, with their limited options and information available, "Till then we be on guard and ready for anything."

As Lunensis finished, the rest of the D Team tensed up and hardened themselves, while Max gritted his teeth in frustration at the hard facts, as much as they disliked being forced into the position they were in it was the hand they were dealt. All they could do was prepare for the battle to come ahead….though nothing would ready them for what was about to happen right now.

RING! RING! RING!

Everyone widened their eyes at the sight of the red flaring alarms and the sirens ringing throughout the base, "Huh!?"

"What the!?"

"What's going on now!?" The D Team gasped as their dinosaurs either tensed up with agitation or cried out in alarm and ran about in a panic! Either spooked by the sudden alarms or sensing danger was incoming excuse of it.

"Trouble…."

"I'll check!" Lunensis quickly typed away at the computers as he honed in on the source of the disturbance. As he did, the screens lit up and he widened his eyes to see a number of space portals were opened up right above the top of the Resistance's upper section in various angles around the glass pyramid!

"AH! Ground bridge portals!" Cera gasped as her friends and dinosaurs widened their eyes and gasped in alarm.

"They're right above us too!" her father added in bewilderment as to what this meant for them.

Zoe squinted her eyes and widened them as she saw something from within them, "Something's coming out!" she pointed at them, as Lunensis zoomed in closer. To everyone's alarm gel jarks began to leap or roll out of the portals before either landing on the pyramid sides or smashing through them as they fell out! In an instant upon their arrival they began to attack anyone and everyone who crossed there path as they smashed in front of troopers or into the middle of break rooms and start blasting gunk out at them gumming them and their dinosaurs up! Many of the troopers who were caught off guard were thrown into a panic and disarray as a result!

Lunensis couldn't believe his eyes at what he saw, "Wh…What the!?" he gasped in alarm and stuttered back.

"Gel jarks!" Cera cried as she and her friends widened their eyes at the invasion that was happening right before them!

"And so many of them too!" Rex gasped as the slime monsters fell out of the portals like endless rain, sliding in through cracks or punching holes in the roof before jumping in! Immediately as they entered they began to spread out, attacking anything and everyone on sight! Breaking into the garage to smash mesozoic mobiles, gum up mechanics or workers, and even begin to head towards the more important areas like the 6 stations where the dinosaur hatchery and labs were also!

"They attack now!? Unbelievable!" Lunensis exclaimed in disbelief, he thought their victories would be a warning to the Empire to back off but apparently not, way it seemed it was more like a declaration of war to them and they seemed to be retaliating!

As the screens lit up showing several troopers running away to call for backup, the D Team widened their eyes as the mess hall came into view on screen and several of the jarks had broken in and were charging right at the off guard troopers stationed there, along with some other civilian guests who were with them!

"AH! Mom! Dad!" Max gasped in alarm.

"They're in danger!"

"We've gotta help them now!" Zoe and Rex soon added knowing their parents and friends were in danger of being attacked now.

"Wait!" Lunensis then shouted calling them off before they could run off, "We've got more bad news incoming!"

"What now!?" Max yelled impatiently as he gritted dish teeth and tested his hand into a fist, "How can things be any worse than they are now!?" As soon as he finished asking, he soon began to regret it as more ground bridge portals opened up around the perimeter of the base, and then a large legion of jarks marched out of them as they began to surround the other base in a sea of pink as they prepared to take it down in an all out offence! "Oh…that's how…." Max gulped nervously seeing they may have bitten off a little more than they could chew this time around.

The others soon squinted their eyes at him, "You just had to jinx it didn't you Max?" Zoe muttered as he sighed and lowered his head in shame.

"Sorry…."

Looking ahead, Cera narrowed her eyes hard seeing they were attacked both from above and from around the base, the jarks had cut off any possible escape route they may have had, "An all sided attack….this isn't going to be easy to hold off…." it was a well executed enemy strategy, while they were too busy to deal with the jarks inside they'd be too late to respond to the enemies outside and they'd be overwhelmed and outlasted through sheer numbers in their current state.

"We'll need to divide our forces carefully here…." Lunensis then thought seriously as he folded his arms and tensed up, "But how…." One wrong mistake and they'd be doomed to destruction, and under these circumstance it wasn't easy to think.

Luckily for him and Cera, the D team looked to one another and nodded knowing exactly what to do, "Commander Lunensis!" They shouted at him which caught him by surprise as he looked away from the screens and back to them.

"Huh!?"

"We'll head outside and deal with those clowns coming in!" Rex shouted out to him,

"Meantime keep everything else here under control!"

"And make sure everyone stays safe! We're counting on you!" Max and Zoe followed.

"R…Right!" Lunensis didn't have any better ideas nor the time to protest against them going alone, so he agreed in an instant as he prepared to issue commands to the masses inside to protect those who could;t and to fend off the gel jarks form reaching any vital areas.

As her friends began to run out the exit to the frontlines, "I'm coming with you guys!" Cera then called as she tired to follow them with Miku flaring up her feathers ready for battle!

"No Cera!" Rex suddenly denied her much to her surprise.

"What!?"

"We need you and your dad to stay in and take care of the slugs that did manage to get in!" He said as Max and Zoe nodded with him in agreement.

"Keep our parents and everyone else safe!"

"Meantime we can handle the rest ourselves!" They each said as their partner dinosaurs barked with them in agreement, knowing their safety took priority over their own.

She knew that too, but she was reluctant to leave them alone against such a massive army, "But-"

Max then held out a thumbs up and a grin of reassurance, "Don't worry about it! It'll be a singe!" he smiled cutting her off as Rex and Zoe too smiled with him feeling confident they could handle this fine.

Seeing how determined they were and with no time to waste, Cera sighed and reluctantly nodded, "Okay…." she said before turning serious, "Once we've cleaned up the infestation inside we'll send backup in as soon as we can."

"And the moment you're out, we'll keep the defence shields up and running so no more can get in and the ones inside won't be able to escape," said Lunensis before sighing at the hard part, "Though at the same time that means you may not be able to fall back or we can't get to you."

"Just hang in till then." Cera then pleaded with them to which they nodded firmly, ready to accept the burden and the consequences of their decision.

"Will do." said Max as they ran outside and the doors closed behind them.

"Good luck you guys." Cera then prayed for them, "Take care of yourselves and don't do anything crazy!" She thought hard before deciding to head out to the other levels of the base to clean house and help deal with the infestation at hand.

"Cera wat!" her father suddenly shouted at her which made her stop to look back. He then narrowed his eyes and nodded, trusting her to be bale to handle herself and everyone else, "Be careful now and promise me you won't get hurt." he asked her to which she nodded.

"Mhmm." As she left, Lunensis resumed to issuing out emergency procedures and orders through the speakers, he was hoping dearly the drills they practiced for instances like this were enough and now was time that their mettle be tested.

(Meanwhile)

At that moment the D Team had made it to the outside of the base, as the gates opened and they ran through and came face to face with the massive waves of gel jarks incoming through the portals surrounding the base! Upon taking notice of the D Team, they decided to capitalise on the opening in the wall rather than try to climb over or break through it, as they began to swarm to where they were!

Despite that, they did not falter nor did they worry, for they knew that they were the Resistance's last line of defence against these invaders and with so many counting on them and many others to protect, the D Team steeled their resolve as they prepared themselves for the fight of their lives!

Rex then looked to his dinoshot, "We're out Lunensis!" he said through the dinoshot's com, "Activate the defence shields now!"

"Roger that, good luck you three." replied the commander as the top of the Base shot up a blue beam which then spread right around the base till it was covering the entire structure like a dome! Some of the gel jarks still on the base's outside began to climb up it in an effort to sabotage it, but thankfully a handful of troopers had made it outside and were already calling out pterosaurs like anhanguera and tapejara to fend them off or throw them away!

"Alright, the shield's up now." said Rex feeling relieved.

"Great, that means we won't need to worry about any more of these slugs slithering in." Zoe then smiled before turning around to see the huge waves incoming, "Not that it matters though, since we're about to clean house!" she cheered rather bravely showing no sign of fear.

"Yeah, and as much as I don't like doing chores, it's time to take out the trash!" Max snickered punching a hand into his fist as their dinos all barked out loud fearlessly ready for a fight!

In repose the gel jarks swarmed in and prepared to converge all on them! In response the D Team returned their partners to their cards and slashed them! "Dino slash!" Their dinosaurs appeared in full form and roared dour fiercely agsint the huge waves of enemies, who stopped in their advance in sight of the massive dinosaurs who faced them!

"We can't let them pass!" Rex yelled with determination.

"Go get em guys!" Max cried as he punched out, spurring Chomp, Ace and Paris to roar fiercely and rush towards the jark army who stuttered and began to panic!

"Plasma anchor!"

"Jet shuriken!"

"Thorn whip!" The D team slashed their moves as Chomp fired out an electrical anchor which ensured several foes and swept through them, Ace fired off wind shurikens which cut through several like a knife through butter, and Paris generated a huge throne vine which smacked a large number of them away, throwing the gel jarks into disarray as some began to retreat back into the portals knowing they were outmatched!

(Meanwhile)

Back inside the base, things turned increasingly chaotic as the gel jarks continued to rampage inside the base causing considerable damage to their base, aiming for the weak and injured in the medical bay or targeting their energy systems in an effort to cut off their power supply to their weapons! Thankfully like antibodies against an infection, the resistance was quick to respond in response to this sudden invasion as they amounted an aggressive defence and retaliation whoever they could! All around the base troopers worked hard with their dinosaurs in an effort to repel the invading gel jarks from breaking into certain rooms as they sent their dinosaurs to attack them in response, sending them flying with tail strikes causing them to spelt on the wall or crush them underfoot!

However, not all of them were successful as some jarks were able to fire off slime projectiles to incapacitate the troopers before they could summon any dinosaurs to ought with, gluing them to walls or sticking them together rendering them immobile, while others worked together to pile upon some weekend dinosaurs before overwhelming them in sheer numbers and smoothing over them in mass pileups! The fact was also that the resistance was rather short handed having sent several of their troops to their bases around the world in order to help patch things up there, refortify their positions or help retake land from the Shadow empire. Because of this a handful of jarks had managed to make it pass defences and into the main area of the base before splitting up to cause havoc and chaos in the other vital areas of the base, being the 6 elemental stations as their first targets before making their way to where Lunensis was in the main computer!

In the science room, several scientists were gummed up to the walls with their mouths glued over so they couldn't scream for help! They shook in terror and sweated anxiously as they saw the gel jarks approach the systems and monitors, preparing to gunk them up with slime while others were prepared to completely smother the rest of them in slime cocoons! All seemed lost for them as many closed their eyes tensing up unable to look any further, till a loud voice shouted out, "Get away from my assistants!" They all turned in surprise to see Captain Raina, who was carrying some rather advanced looking weaponry which looked like cannon guns on her back! As the jarks lumbered towards her unaware of the sinister smile which soon came upon her face, "HEE HEE HEE! Perfect timing! You'll make excellent test subjects for these new weapons I just cooked up in the lab!" she grinned as she pulled them down!

The jarks stuttered at the sight of an Frostbite ice blaster in Raina's left arm and a Shockvolt electro cannon in the other, as she began to laugh maniacally like a mad scientist as the freeze ray caused several jarks caught in its path to freeze in books of ice before cracking apart and shattering away, while the electro blasts caused others to shake uncontrollably before exploding into bits all over the lab! The other jarks soon caught on that this was one mad lady they ought not to mess with, as several of them began to make a hasty retreat for the exit!

"Hey that looks like fun!" Rod cheered as he popped up from behind a monitor he was hiding behind. Running up to her, "Let me have a go! Pretty please?" he pleaded clapping his hands together begging for a weapon.

"With pleasure," Raina grinned as she unhooked a mini flamethrower like hose device that was strapped around her waist, "Here use this one, it's a personal favourite of mine." She said tossing it at Rod without hesitation, to which he grinned eager to take it out for a test run!

"Awesome!" he cheered as the jarks began to back away and halt their assault on him! He grinned rather maliciously as he stepped forward, aiming the noble at them and as they shuddered and turned around to flee that was his cue! "Eat heat!" He yelled as he fired off a stream of flames from the hose which then caught onto the jarks as they fell down and loss their forms, melting away like ice cream in mere moments! After switching it off, Rod widened his eyes at the now charred floor and several melted puddles of jark slime which now covered over the grounds and embers still flaming in different places here and there, all this was caused by their own very hands. "Whoa, better not tell mom or dad, they'd ground us for life…." Rod whistled before tossing away the flamethrower she had in her hand knowing there were some things kids like him ought not to handle, as Raina got to freeing her comrades from their slime binds by freezing lightly over it with the frostbite so they could break out.

Elsewhere in the grass station things were looking rather desperate as the gel jarks began generating clubs or axes from their arms and began smashing apart the zen gardens and shredded through the tall grasses with multiple sweeps! With the troopers scattered about the base it was easy for them to get in and do some real deforestation to the base's green zone! Things got worse as they approached the sick bay where the injured men and dinosaurs were resting behind medical curtains in pitched up tents, as well as the dinosaur hatching grounds with the unguarded eggs and hatchlings left exposed!

Laura, unwilling to let even a single egg get cracked, let alone smashed, despite knowing hot outmatched she was, rushed out and bravely held her arms out in defiance towards the invading monsters and sported on her bravest expression of all, "NO! You stay away from these eggs you bullies!" she shouted out loud. Her valiant efforts did little to deter the monsters as they came closer and closer, some for hem raised up their arms ready to bring their weapons down on her and the eggs, as she closed her eyes and gritted her teeth looking away in fear! "Urgh…" She was about to accept wha they'd do to her, when a pair of cries caught her attention at the last precious moment!

"Laura!"

"We're coming! Hang on!"

"AH!" She widened her eyes and looked ahead to see Hua and a group of nurses along with Dr Drake rush out of the underbrush, with their dinosaurs ranging from alpha lambeosaurus and super shantungusaurus, as well as a herd of angry mother dinosaurs who rallied together to protect both the helpless eggs, young and injured comrades!

"Get away from those babies you slimy fiends!" Dr Drake threatened them as he waved out his mega needle swinging it out fiercely like a sword and keeping them at bay! "You want some of this!?" A handful of them soon stepped back and ran away flailing out their hands in a panic much to his amusement, "Ha! Works every time!" He laughed in amusement as he ran after them!

The jarks then stepped back and scurried away as Hua and her team lead the charge after the fleeing invaders as their dinosaurs along with others like oviraptor, pteranodon and minima stampeded after them into the underbrush! "All forces! Defend the eggs! Do not let any of them escape!" she ordered as several overprotective mothers and caretakers charged in full force with the intention to dish out some well deserved justice to the gel jarks as the sounds of squishing and roars echoed from up ahead.

Hearing the sounds of satisfaction through the air made Laura fall on her butt from the excitement and put a hand to her chest letting out a sigh of relief, "Phew, thanks…." she wheezed grateful to Hua as she along with her super corythosaurus came out from the brush to greet her and the nests.

"You were very brave Laura, risking your life to protect these eggs." the grass captain said to her feeling just as grateful for her guts before bowing down with respect and humility, "You have my deepest thanks."

"Hee hee." Laura then giggled as she blushed red and scratched her cheek feeling honoured.

"AAAH!"

Outside at the mess hall it was a chaotic free for all as Jonathan and Helga threw out handfuls of salt at incoming jarks, reducing them to slimy puddles as they dissolved away! They were doing so in order to protect the D team's moms who found themselves surrounded at the kitchen as the jarks closed in on them like zombies to an all you can eat buffet, raising their arms out ominously as the women armed themselves with cooking utensils and tools like frying pans and rolling pins, even if it didn't seem it'd do much good.

"You shall not pass!"

"Come and get some!" Helga and Jonathan challenged the slime monsters who then beeped ominously before charging ahead towards them!

Fortunately not all the parents were helpless, "Yee haw! Like rounding up runaway bulls in the rodeo!" Dr Taylor cheered as he rode on board a pachyrhinosaurus which reared back on its hind legs and bellowed before rushing forward and bowling through a big bunch of jarks in its path, sending them flying away or turning them to mushy pancakes underfoot! He wasn't the only one though, as Blaze and Daigo soon showed up on the scene in the nick of time as he and a squad of reinforcements soon trust into the hall much to the jarks' alarm!

"Let's drive these varmints out of the frying pan and into the fire!" the fire captain yelled energetically ride daspletosaurus and chase out

With the tide turning, Helga and Jonathan nodded to one another as they grabbed as much salt as they could before charging out after the fleeing gel jarks with the intention to finish the job once and for all. "Eat salt!" Their yells echoed through the halls as they fled before the sounds of sizzling and dying beeps rang after that.

With the defeat of the gel jarks, the mothers all let out deep received sighs as they took in well deserved gasps of fresh air with the passed danger, "Phew….that was close." Cretacia sighed as she patted her sweaty cheeks dry with a cloth, as much as she loved excitement this was too much for her to take in.

"Yes…." Mrs Drake nodded in agreement before looking around seeing so many riled up troopers and agsntcy dinosaurs with them, "What's going on here?" She asked feeling deeply concerned.

"I don't know, but I hope everyone else is okay…" Aki then replied as they moved out from the kitchen to the mess hall to help tend to any of the troopers who may have needed attention or help.

In the research room where the Stone tablet was held, Dr Ancient turned pale and stated tensely as a bunch of jarks burst through the door and were raising out their arms ready to seize both him and the stone tablet that was hooked up to the research scanners! "AH! Stay back! Don't come any closer!" he yelled out at them as he tensed his fists ready to fight, but they did little to deter the monster who were set quirk one person, to destroy anything that may pose a threat to them and the stone tablet definitely classified under that! "Grrr…." Dr Ancient gritted his teeth knowing since it came to this he'd have to defend the stone with his life, as he grabbed a nearby lightning rod which sparked with energy as he raised it up ready to use it!

"Blizzard smash!" A voice yelled as a massive beam of ice shot in front of him freezing the gel jarks in place before they cracked and shattered into a million pieces much to Ancient's eyes!

"AH!" He stumbled and fell back and looked to the side to see Seth come in alongside cryolophosaurus much to his surprise, "Seth! It's you!" he gasped in amazement before blinking curiously at the hand he was given by his former assistant, "You…saved me?" he muttered as he took the hand.

"Hmph….consider us even…." Seth scoffed as he helped his former boss up to his feet before leaving through the doors for somewhere else that may have needed his attention, seeing his help was no longer required here.

As Ancient looked on to see the blue haired man leave, he pondered over the possibility that Seth may have indeed changed for real this time around, "Seth…." Maybe it was time he could let go of the past and forgive him at last, and hopefully start things fresh and anew with him.

(Meanwhile)

"Don't let up! Lightning strike!"

"Stomp them into jelly Paris! Stomping hammer!"

"You can do this Ace! Biting wind!" The D Team cried out as their dinosaurs continued to feed off assault after assault, their toughened spirits and resolve to protect kept them going as they did not falter nor did they waver in the slightest.

After managing to sought off wave after wave of gel jarks, the surviving slime monsters, after having suffered enough losses and realising none of their attacks could even scratch the D Team's dinosaurs, they soon got the message and began to fall back and retreat back into the ground bridge portals they came through. "Haha! Way to go guys!" Zoe cheered as she jumped up and down with joy at their triumph. Paris, Ace and Chomp all bellowed out victoriously.

"Look at them! They're running away scared!" Max laughed in amusement as the incoming gel jarks all scrambled away to the safety of the portals before they all closed behind them.

"Hee hee, this is easier than I thought it'd be." Zoe giggled with glee as she jittered giddy with excitement.

Rex however, didn't share their enthusiasm as much though, "Yeah almost too easy…." he then muttered believing something was rather off and that it was too soon to be taking out their victory cake.

"Huh?" Max and Zoe blinked their eyes as they eyed Rex curiously as he kept a vigilant observance of their surroundings.

"Something's not right, they're backing off way too soon and we barely started." He said as he tensed up his arms into fists with suspicion, "Could it be that they wanted us to come out here?"

The sound of an engine from above caught their attention as they looked up in surprise at a shadow covering over them and an upbeat was descending from the sky! "AH!" Looking up they soon began to recognise the incoming flying object as a familiar red pod with 4 protrusions on its sides and the space pirate mark on it, along with a shadowed pilot whose image was blurred out inside it!

"A space pirate pod!" Zoe gasped in surprise as it came into closer view.

"Could it be Specter or one of the other space pirates out for payback?" Max then asked hardening his expression at the incoming vessel.

Rex however narrowed his eyes, "I don't think so Max…." he said tensely as he felt something entirely different emanating off it, unlike anything they've encountered thus far, "I'm getting really bad vibes coming from that ship…." Ace and the other dinosaurs grew increasingly restless and agitated at the incoming spacecraft's descent as they began to catch on to what Rex meant. "I think….just maybe…we may be dealing with the Shadow Empire's real boss."

As he said that Zoe and Max grew increasingly wary as the ship's upper hatch opened up, and a shadowed figure leapt out of it and smashed down into the ground, causing a cloud of dust to erupt and a rather strong shockwave to quake through the ground, blowing the D Team back a bit as well as knocking their dinosaurs off balance momentarily!

"Urgh…." Everyone held out their arms or crossed them forward and dug in their heels to keep from flying away! As they looked ahead, the dust began to die down, the form of a young purple zanjark appeared, dressed in dark brown, purple, black and gold robes, along with spiked hair in shades of black and white. The D Team widened their eyes at the sight of a new space pirate had revealed himself before them! "AH!"

As the zanjark stood up and bruised the dust off his clothes he then folded an arm on his hip and smirked deviously as he laid eyes upon just the humans he was hoping to meet, "Knock knock, hope I didn't barge in on your victory celebration or moment of relief if that was what you were doing…well actually, but in all honesty I really was counting on it." he grinned.

The D Team was taken aback by the menacing aura this individual gave off. Despite appearing young as they were it was clear he was different, almost everything he gave off him reeked of evil. "Who…are you?" Max questioned him with a hard gaze, readying himself for whoever this creep was for sending in his gel goons and waltzing right up to the base in broad daylight, clearly he had a lot of nerve, guts or was mad.

"Ah, where are my manners? Even to one's enemies one can't be so rude as to not introduce himself." The young zanjark replied in a calm, cool but no less sinister tone which sent shivers down the spines of the D Team. He soon however sported a devious grin which surprised them momentarily as he proclaimed out loudly to the heavens, "I am Goma, the leader of the Shadow Empire! Your worst nightmare and your ultimate doom! Ahahahahah!" His laughter filled the air with a sense of dread as the D Team's hearts skipped a beat and their were stunned beyond belief at the act the shadow emperor himself had now presented himself before them!

"WHAT!?"

"You're Goma!?"

"The Emperor of the shadow empire!?" They exclaimed in disbelief before widening their eyes and stepping back unable to utter another word.

"In the flesh." He grinned taking their stunned speechlessness as fear or shock, no doubt his reputation had preceded him, which would make striking fear into and crushing the hope of the Resistance, being the legendary heroes who defeated his father, all the more easy and satisfying. "I take it that you're so paralysed by fear and terror it's rendered you completely speechless and unable to respond in any way hmm?" He mused, expecting them to have some degree of bravado for not falling to their knees and begging for mercy, or perhaps foolishness, however, the real reason for them being so stunned with surprise would soon rub him the wrong way.

"But….You look just like a kid!" Max exclaimed which made the young zanjark frown.

"Yeah! Like us!" Zoe followed.

"All this time the Resistance suffered under the empire, it was really under a kid our age!?" Rex gasped flabbergasted. None of them could believe that the worst enemy whom was behind the shadow empire and pulled the strings behind the other pirates was someone no bigger than they were!

Though initially ticked off by their thoughtless comments about his appearances, Goma's scowl soon vanished as he shrugged them off as mere petty insults before laughing out with laughter, "Hahahaha! How laughable…While I may look as young as the rest of you kids but I can assure you I am far from a child." he replied, "In comparison to me age wise you are all mere infants." He smirked before clapping lightly for them as praise for their efforts, "Still, I never would have imagined children like you to have made it this far," he then commented before shrugging his shoulders casually, "Then again you did give my father Specter and his crew such a hard time so I guess I shouldn't be surprised." shrug shoulders

The D Team widened their eyes upon hearing what he said, "Say what?"

"Specter's YOUR dad!?" They couldn't believe what they just heard nor did they know which was crazier, the fact that this kid was actually related to Specter and was the founder of the shadow empire, or that Specter of all people actually managed to get a kid of his own. They shuddered and also pitied whoever would actually be willing to marry someone as obnoxious as despicable as he was the more they thought about it.

Goma then frowned somewhat taking their surprise as offence, "You have a problem with that?"

The kids stood silent without saying a single word, as a wind blew across the battlefield in a rather ominous but also awkward standoff. It soon broke however, as they began to snicker in amusement, grinning widely before bursting out into uncontrollable laughter much to Goma's surprise, "Pfft! Hahahahaha!"

As they laughed out loud, Goma blinked his eyes in confusion as to why they weren't acting afraid or begging on their knees for mercy, instead they seemed to be laughing in amusement about something…or perhaps…at him? As the thought crossed his mind he hardened into a scowl and raised an eyebrow with suspicion, "What's so amusing to you?" he questioned them, but as they began to whisper and gossip with one another ignoring him, he soon realised what was going on as his shape ears overheard what they were speaking about him.

"Heh talk about being a bad influence huh?" Rex whispered.

"I'm actually starting to see the family resemblance, guess we know where he got his ugly side from." Max grinned.

"I feel really bad for whoever his mom is…." Zoe sighed pityingly, also feeling bad that the young zanjark must have had a really terrible childhood if he had only Specter and the other space pirates as family all his life.

Goma then hardened into an irritated scowl as the insults kept pouring on and they KNEW he was still there too which made it way worse.

"Well you know what they say, like father like son right?" Rex mused.

"Didn't think a little junior pipsqueak like him could actually be brains behind this whole war," Max chuckled pointing his dumb at Goma, "Thought it would have been someone actually dangerous, not a mini Specter."

"Well if he's anything like Specter maybe he'll sing twice as bad as he did!" Zoe added as they all began to trust into amused laughter.

"Hahahaha!" If anything to them he was basically a wannabe pirate trying to live up to his dad's terrible example, meaning they'd have absolutely nothing to worry about. Little did they know…..was that everything they thought him to be was completely wrong and they had no idea about how badly their poking insults at him would bite them back.

As the D Team continued to laugh in amusement, shrugging off Goma to be no more than a pale imitation of his failure of a father, the Emperor could feel immense rage, frustration ad hatred running wild inside him! His fists clenched tightly and shook that veins could be seen popping around his face and underneath his clothes and armour! He also gnashed his teeth like a beast, hissing with venom and his eyes also began to flash purple. Their earlier remarks he could handle but for them to outright disregard him and look down on him was something he would not tolerate even for a second! Unable to hold himself back, anymore he let loose everything at the top of his lungs, "Don't you DARE compare me to that snivelling old fool!" he exploded into a roar which echoed through the skies above and catching the D Team completely by surprise!

"HUH!?"

"AH!" That clearly wasn't the reaction they'd expect, clearly he had some kind of issue if something like this were to tick him off.

As the D Team saw him fuming with rage, breathing tensely and snarling with venom, they could tell he meant business and was on a completely different level from the others pirates. His enraged yell and heavy breathing was a clear sign that they somehow struck a nerve, and that they made things rather personal with him now….and that couldn't be anything good in the slightest. What he was about to say next would change everything they initially expected or believed him to be.

"My father was short sighted and had no vision, which was why he failed to harness the full potential and power of the dinosaurs he had in his possession, let alone the cosmos stones when he acquired them." He then started before sneering with disgust, "But I however am completely different." He then said as he shot them a most sinister smirk which put them on edge, even their dinosaurs were beginning to feel wary to Goma's capabilities despite his smaller size, "Frankly I should be thanking you, for if it wasn't for what you children did to him and his men, it gave me the chance to finally cut loose." he stated as he paced back and forth calmly while the D Team kept a firm watchful eye on every step he took and action he made, "My feeble father may have looked down upon and ridiculed me for years, but thanks to your actions I was finally able to shake off that overbearing old man for good, allowing me to be free, cut loose and accomplish what he couldn't!" He then proclaimed loudly as they hardened themselves, "And the first step of doing so is by eradicating the very same humans whom he couldn't." he said aiming his gaze at them, "Then after the fall of the D Resistance, the world…no…all existence and creation shall bow before my unmatched might!" He roared as he reached out his arm and clenched it tightly, "The universe deserves something that only I can give! Which I shall once it all is in my grasp!"

Scratch that, they soon began to realise he was downright insane, no question about it, "Whoa…somebody's got daddy issues…" Max gulped down hard as his heart began to beat in terror inside his chest hoping for a way to get out and run.

"Yeah, he's just as nuts as Specter is…scratch that, make it million times worse." Rex grunted narrowing his eyes tensely.

"Hehe, I'll take that as a compliment." Goma smirked upon hearing their comments of him, as he now had a chance to give them a demonstration of the power he had at his fingertips, "And unlike him, I intend to end this meaningless struggle and resistance of yours once and for all with my own hands, considering I can't rely on anyone else to do it." He then sighed shaking his head and shrugging his shoulders uncaringly.

Max clicked his tongue, finding his snobbish attitude to be most irritating, "Tch! You sure love running your mouth and listening to yourself talk big don't you?" he scoffed.

"Surely you realise we took down your dad and the other space pirates before! On top of that we saved the universe from the cosmos stones too!" Zoe yelled shaking a fist at the young zanjark, "What makes you think you can accomplish what they couldn't!?" She declared pointing out at him to put his money where his mouth was.

Rex however narrowed his eyes, though he gave off a most arrogant impression, from what he revealed just now, perhaps he had a good enough reason to do so and no doubt was more than capable of backing it up, and that worried him greatly.

Goma then smirked rather sinisterly as he looked forward to proving his point if it would make them grovel and quake in fear, "The answer is simple, I'm not them and I have no intention of repeating the mistakes that both he and his men made." He grinned as he shrugged his shoulders laxly, "After all, I've heard about you the D Team and what you did to my father and his team." He then said before sporting a malicious grin which stared right into their souls and made them shudder momentarily, "With all your achievements and battles won under your belt I just had to come see for it myself if it was true! And how easy it was to lure you out. I couldn't care less about the Resistance base, it's but merely a luxury in the bigger picture, it's you kids that I wanted from the very beginning!" He proclaimed out loud to the sky much to the D Team's utter shock and bewilderment at this revelation!

"You….wanted to battle us from the start?" Max blinked his eyes in disbelief.

"That means…." Rex breathed as he recalled all the destruction that was raging through the base as they spoke was no more than a distraction just to get their attention, no matter how much collateral damage or innocents got caught in the crossfire to do it! "You did all this just to get our attention?" He yelled in anger, unable to hold himself back.

"Bingo!" Goma grinned with devious delight, snapping his fingers, "And you all fell like flies into a spider's web, exactly as I had planned and I didn't even need to lift a finger to do it." He snickered, each word he spoke continued to unveil more and more of his sadistic nature, his sheer delight and pleasure of complete disregard for any innocent life, as long as he got his way he'd do anything to get it even if it meant sacrificing countless individuals. It was as if his soul was a dark bottomless pit where no heart or even a shred of light existed, the D Team soon began to see he was indeed on a completely different and dangerous level compared to any villains they faced thus far.

"Grrr…." Their dinosaurs could also sense this too, unlike others they've fought till now, Goma really was a heartless monster.

"Hehe, how easy it is for me to exploit your bonds and your desire to protect the weak and helpless." He then snickered openly which further aggravated them.

"How dare you!?" Max screamed furiously shaking a fist at him, "You destroyed everything everything these people worked so hard to build, took countless lives and ruined so many innocents and their livelihoods all because you wanted to fight!?" He growled to which Goma smirked seeing he struck a nerve this time, which was what he wanted, getting his foes riled up and fight him with so much rage and everything they had, it'd make the battle all the more entertaining and tisfying once he grounded them under his heel

"You crossed the line big time and now you'll pay for it!" Zoe followed after him swearing justice for all the atrocities he caused.

"Hehe, I believe that's my line…." Goma chuckled undeterred by their petty words, as if they bounced off his already hardened heart encased in dark brimstone, "Have you been trying to get MY attention? Destroying my bases, interfering with my operations and causing my plans to be set back significantly." He then scowled hard at them with hatred, "The plans which I worked so hard to build over the course of several years. From gathering the necessary resources to build my empire, raising a big enough army to conquer the planet and then gathering the intel my father needed in order to go back and retrieve the cosmos stones." He spat before shooting them a spiteful glare at them, "It's because of you 3 that my plans are all lying ruins, and I'm not about to let you get away with it." he then swore clenching his hand at them which shook unable to hold back anymore of his anger and rage from going wild and out of control. It was clear he was itching for a fight to take it all out on those who got in his way time and again, refusing to accept defeat and the inevitable, and he was prepared to do just that and make sure they know their place.

"Grrr!" They soon began to realise he was also the one behind Specter and other pirates too from the start, how their search for the cosmos stones and their parents being dragged into it was because of him! Al the more reason why they had to take him down.

"You want to settle the war once and for all? Heh, well now you've got your wish!" Goma then laughed out loud as he held out his arms, "For your reward, let's cut to the chase and let the final battle begin! Ahahahahah!"

That was the last straw for the D Tema and their partners, as he gave them absolutely no reason why they shouldn't go all out form the very start! "Why you!"

"You're gonna pay for this you hear me!?"

"Yeah! You'll never get away with this! For everything you did to the people of our future!"

Despite their threats and vows, Goma shrugged them off "Heh, that remains to be seen." he smirked before turning serious with a hard scowl, "Enough talk! It's time we fight and see who truly knows how to master the dinosaur!" Reaching out into his pocket he held out a purple dinosaur card, which Rex widened his eyes at.

"Get ready guys! Here he comes!" He yelled warning Max and Zoe, who toughened and readied themselves as the emperor prepared to make his move!

"Come forth and awaken! Eocarcharia!" Goma proclaimed placing the card to his chest plate! A bright light soon shone forth before the D Team, and materialising in full form, was the most menacing space pirate dinosaur they ever laid eyes upon!

"AH!"

"Is that?"

"An eocarcharia….." They each breathed in awe and in fear at the sight of the monstrous dinosaur which gave off a chilling bloodthirsty vibe which rivalled that of his master! Paris, Ace and Chomp too were on edge by the new dinosaur's presence as the skies turned colourful with the battlefield, but they stood their ground knowing this was a battle they couldn't afford to lose.

Their partners too realised this as they mustered up all their courage and determination for their biggest battle yet.

"Grr! We're not scared at all!"

"Yeah! We've come way too far to call it quits!"

"We're taking you down Goma! No matter what!" They yelled out with determination as their dinosaurs followed suit!

"Heh, words are cheap and meaningless without action and ability to back it up!" The shadow emperor scoffed as he held out his arm, "Let's see if you can prove them through actions and as you humans say….bring it!" He yelled as his dinosaur roared ferociously and charged ahead towards the D Team's dinosaurs, flaring his huge serrated teeth ready sink into and tear apart dinosaur flesh!

ROAR!

"Consider it brought!" Max punched forward.

"GO!"

"Get him!" they each yelled at the top of their lungs as their partners charged forth to meet their deadliest foe in up close combat, as the fight of their lives to determine the planet's future soon went underway!

(Meanwhile)

"Ahahaha! Alpha gang! Time to clean house!" Dr Z pointed ahead eagerly as his trio saluted him with excitement as they joined the battle!

"You got it Dr Z!" Terry, Tank, Spiny and therizinosaurus roared out fiercely as they launched an all out attack against the few remaining gel jarks that were trying to make a run for the exits, in order to prevent them from rallying together again for a future counterattack. With volcano burst, earthquake, aqua javelin and gyro claw, the remaining runaways were melted, crushed, speed and sliced to bits thus finally managing to put an end to the Shadow Empire's attack on their base.

"Haha! That was too easy." Ursula grinned as she pumped up her arm with confidence.

"Yeah thought the shadow empire was made of way sterner stuff that that." Zander smirked wheel Ed smiled more modestly.

"Guess they aren't so tough after all…." he thought as he folded his arms on his hips calmly as the others began to regroup in the main hall where they were, having taken care of the invaders on the other sections of the base.

Cera smiled to see majority of her friends and comrades returned unharmed for the most part and that they were bale to save their base before any irreparable damage was done, "Looks like we've taken care of everything here…." she said complimenting this hard work before looking around the area to see the remains of crushed rock and slime puddles of the gel jarks lying about the premises either on the floors or walls, as some troopers came in limping or supporting others as well as bringing in hurt dinosaurs that too suffered severe injuries in the invasion. She soon however narrowed her eyes as a bad feeling soon came into her gut, "But still…."

"Bad news everyone!" Craig suddenly shouted out loudly in worry as he ran out from an open door as fast as he could.

Everyone looked to him as he panted and sweated hard, evidence of fatigue shown as he gasped for air and sweated tiredly as he lowered himself to rest his arms on his knees, "What's the matter Craig?" Cera asked him with concern as he widened his eyes and cried out.

"The time machine! It's been damaged severely!" he shouted which caught everyone off guard.

"What!?"

Craig then gritted his teeth with anger as he stomped so loud on the floor the sound could echo through the whole base like a thunder clap, "Those blasts slugs wrecked the time drive! Smashed the engine to pieces!" he growled in frustration at his failure at being unable to stop the gel jarks in time before letting out a breath, "We were lucky to have been able to clear them out before they could destroy the computer systems," he said softly before becoming serious with the bad news, "But unfortunately it's in no shape to be making portals through time any time soon!"

"So we're stuck here with no way of going back home?!" Rod then gasped in alarm as the others from the past times began to worry too.

"Oh no!" Laura cried at the thought of being unable to see their parents again, though Dr Ancient and his wife had more pressing matters on their minds.

"Tch! If we don't go back home soon….who knows how it might change the future….." he hissed clicking his tongue as Cretacia only clenched her hands and shook tensely while the other parents looked on with concern.

"That'd be terrible…" Aki sighed as she put a hand to her chin in worry, while Spike came in to put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Then we'll have to fix it, no other way around it." Reese then stated as she pushed up her glasses firmly, with Dr Ancient, Jonathan and Cretacia nodding with her in agreement.

Before long Kaze suddenly appeared inside the room before them much to their surprise, "I'd hate to be the bearer of more bad news." He said startling them with his sudden appearance, though before they could berate him for his unexpected arrival, "But you all may want to come and see what's happening now in the main room." He then stated, having been sent by Lunensis, as he hardened his expression deeply, "What Max and the others are going through right now as we speak….is something you all ought to be there to see with your own eyes."

As he said those words some of them felt their hearts sank as it could only mean something very serious, and they worried over whether they should go see or not. Eventually deciding it was something they couldn't ignore, they all followed in to the control center, where Lunensis was staring seemingly blankly at the screen for some reason.

His behaviour puzzled them for a bit but as they looked up they widened their eyes and their hears skipped many beats as they saw the D Team and their dinosaurs engaged in a brutal battle with a vicious theropod dinosaur right outside their force shield, as the eocarcharia roared and charged forward and bashing through all 3 of them at once and into the shield!

"AH!"

"No way…." Spike breathed as he and the other members of the D team's family began to worry or became filled with uncertainty over the condition of their children against this new formidable foe!

"Max, Rex and Zoe look like they're in trouble…" Cera breathed unable to comprehend how they could be overwhelmed so easily.

"But who are they fighting?" Rod asked with concern as he pointed out at a flying figure in the background behind the attacking eocarcharia. Zooming in they could see a young zanjark alien, folding his arms and striking deviously as he looked down upon the brutal battle unfold before him, like a roman emperor to a gladiator match!

"I've never seen him before." Cera then commented as everyone began receiving some rather bad vibes coming off from that individual. Despite his young appearance there was something deadly and most sinister about him that they couldn't quite put a finger on.

"Is he one of the space pirates?" Dr Ancient then asked feeling suspicious about the symbol on his chest and the marks on eocarcharia.

"Whoever he is….he's got one nasty looking dino there…." Dr Z whistled nervously as a drop of tense sweat fell from his chin.

"Yeah, can't believe I'm saying this but I'd much rather deal with Brontikens and all the other spectral dinosaurs at once instead of this guy…." Ursula gulped while Ed and Zander shuddered in terror.

It didn't take long for Cera to piece things together, "So that's Goma…." she breathed narrowing her eyes as she clenched her fists hard knowing that at last the leader of the shadow empire presented himself before them and now was without a doubt the hardest battle of their lives, "Max, everyone…be careful…." she prayed for a miracle and for their success as they cried out together encouraging their partners to get back up and fight on despite the odds. However little did they all know was that they'd need more than a miracle in order to survive this battle, not prevail.

(Meanwhile)

It was a clash of the ages which raged across the battlefield, the D Team's dinosaurs who were driven with the desire to protect their partners and their allies, while Goma's eocarcharia was driven by the desire to destruction and lay all to waste in order to satisfy its lust for both power and blood! It was a brutal battle which the D Team had severely underestimated as they found themselves driven heavily into a corner, but nevertheless refused to give up! As she rushed ahead, Paris lowered her head and charged forward, using her crest she rammed into the carnivore's chest like a battering ram, causing him to stumble backwards!

A momentary inconvenience for the fire dinosaur as he quickly used his arms to grab hold of Paris' head much to her surprise! Failing to respond in time, she was unable to escape the headlock before eocarcharia opened his jaws wide and clamped down on her shoulders, biting hard and crunching deep into her back as she bellowed in pain! With ease he lifted her up her his head and threw her across the field like a rag doll as she crashed to the ground and let out a pained bellow!

"AH! Paris!" Zoe cried turning pale as eocarcharia showed no mercy, stomping on her stomach repeatedly, each blow choking the breath out of her lungs as she slumped down, looking up helplessly as the eocarcharia roared out and opened his jaws wide ready to snap her neck! "NO!" Zoe cried, frozen in fear, unable to move a muscle or even reach for her dinoshot to recall Paris, all she could do was watch helplessly as the monstrous carnivore prepared to make her extinct!

Thankfully Rex wasn't about to let one of his friends suffer such a cruel fate, "Get in and help her Ace!" he quickly yelled punching forward, spurring Ace to roar and charge in head on at eocarcharia who looked up to see him coming straight at him!

Looking up Goma raised an eyebrow at the incoming wind dinosaur, "Coming in to protect your friend?" he mused before smirking smugly, "Oh how noble…..and how very predictable hehehe…." he chuckled as he raised up his hand and snapped his fingers and getting his dinosaur's attention. Deciding to entertain his enemy's heroic attempt, he gave eye contact to eocarcharia, which made the large carnivore roar back at his smaller foe, disregarding Paris and leaping over her before charging full speed ahead in a game of chicken, in which the loser would suffer huge consequences! As he opened his jaws wide and prepared to grab Ace, the carnotaurus was able to dart out of the way in time causing the giant theropod to swallow a mouthful of dust and air! He stumbled a bit and coughed out in irritation only for Ace to seize the chance to clamp his jaws on his tail and pull him back!

"Nice! We got him!" Rex cheered pumping his arm out!

"Correction, I have you right where I want you!" Goma suddenly countered to Rex's alarm!

"Huh!?" Before he could respond in time, eocarcharia swung out his tail and threw Ace high into the air! As he fell down, his merciless enemy leapt up and caught him in his jaws before smashing him down hard on the ground and then biting hard into his neck! "AAH! ACE!" Rex screamed seeing that at this rate turning back into a card was the least of Ace's worries! His very own life was on the line now!

"Grr! How dare you!?" Max gritted his teeth in frustration at how badly his friends were getting beaten, and he wasn't going to sit by and let Goma continue to get away with it! "Chomp! Save them!" he cried to his triceratops who roared and charged to where Ace was! Eocarcharia began put on the pressure as his jaws shut tighter around Ace's neck causing him to choke and cough violently in pain as his vision began to blur and his roars began to soften, his life slowly ebbing away to Rex's horror!

"NO!"

"Ace hang on!" Zoe cried as she stood by Paris hoping to help her get back up, "Help's on the way!" she shouted pleading that he wouldn't give up just yet.

"Hurry Chomp!" Max yelled as he punched forward with all he had, spurring the triceratops to kick it into high gear as he rushed in towards eocarcharia with all he had!

Unfortunately, the eocarcharia smelt him coming in and as he looked ahead to see Chomp approaching him, he kicked out his foot which neutralised the charge, sending a big shockwave through the ground as a result of the collision as he held the triceratops at bay with little effort and preventing his horns from making contact to everyone's disbelief!

"AH! He stopped him so easily!?" Max widened his eyes as the others were taken aback by the eocarcharia's monstrous strength and ability to respond in an instant to any incoming threat!

"No way!" Zoe and Rex then gasped.

Scowling with annoyance, "Out of my sight you worthless fleas!" Goma yelled as he swung out his hand! In response eocarcharia kicked back at Chomp shoving him away! As the triceratops dug in his heels and secured himself he looked up and widened his eyes to see eocarcharia throw Ace at him! Unable to react in time, the carnotaurus slammed right into him and knocked them both off their feet as they crashed away!

"NO!" Max yelled out worrying for his partners' wellbeing.

"Whoa! He's tough!" Zoe cried as she had Paris get back up in time as she ran over to Chomp and Ace to help them both stand up groggily.

"That's an understatement," Rex narrowed his eyes, "None of the other Spectral dinosaurs were this powerful! And he hasn't even armoured up yet!" he cried fearing what their already dwindling chances would be like if he were to armour up!

The thought of it made Max grit his teeth and sweat anxiously knowing if he was this strong now, his armoured form could easily take them out in a single attack! "Urgh…."

As their dinosaurs quickly regrouped, panting with exhaustion from their injuries they kept a defensive formation to shield their partners behind them, as Goma hovered towards them with his dinosaur following next to him, which then snarled with disdain, "Is that the best you've got?" Goma scoffed unimpressed before shaking his head feeling most underwhelmed, "I'm honestly very disappointed, guess the rumours of you being the Resistance's greatest hope were no more than lying legends after all." he said in a mocking tone before grinning at them sadistically, "Heheh, if only they could see how weak and pathetic you all are now hehehe…."

"Grrr!" Max and the others growled angrily at his insults, but also knew he was right, they'd never win at this rate. They had to pull out all the stops if they were to have even the slightest hope of surviving this till help arrived! "Guys! We can't afford to go soft and easy anymore!" Max yelled looking to his friends, "I say we hit him fast and hard with everything we've got from the get go!"

"Yeah I agree." Rex nodded with him in agreement as they both smiled at one another deciding to take things up a notch!

"Here we go guys! Dig deep and find the power within!" Max shouted as they all tensed up and glowed in the colour of their elemental auras!

"AAAARRGH!" Their dinosaurs too flashed in the same auras as they flared to life! Their elemental energies infusing them with newfound power and strength which rejuvenated them as they appeared in their awakened forms! "Elemental fusion!"

As the 3 super dinosaurs roared out eocarcharia, who stepped back in surprise at this development, Goma couldn't help but fold his arms and nod with some approval, "Not bad…." he commented admitting he didn't see this coming, "So you're able to tap into the inner elemental powers of your dinosaurs," he mused seeing that he wasn't the only one who could do that, for humans to be able to achieve such power, maybe this match wouldn't be so boring after all, a thought which caused him to grin both maniacally and aggressively! "Let's see how much of it is real! Attack eocarcharia!" He commanded his dinosaur as he held out his arm, his beast roared out unfazed by the D Team's powered up dinos as it charged ahead towards them without hesitation!

"Get him guys!"

"You can do it!" They cheered their partners on as they prepared to meet in a colossal collision!

"Fire cannon!" Goma quickly shouted playing the fire move as his dinosaur charged a fire ball in its jaws and fired it towards the 3 incoming dinosaurs!

"That's nothing! Try this!" Max countered slashing a move card, "Electric charge!" A lightning bolt struck down from the sky which charged up Chomp as he rushed ahead infused with the power of lightning coursing through his saurian veins! Swinging his head he punched right through the fireball which did little to faze him as he managed to deliver a fierce strike at the eocarcharia's stomach and sending him flying high and then crashing hard into the ground as he sparked with electricity!

Despite the damage form both the charge and crash, the evil dinosaur soon recovered, kicking himself up and shaking his head clear before letting out a roar of defiance towards the D Team!

"A direct hit but it's still not enough!" Zoe cried, surprised he was able to tank such a powerful attack from an awakened dinosaur no less!

"Don't let up! We've got him on the ropes now!" Rex yelled feeling more determined than before now that they had a fighting chance at last, "Mayfly!" Ace stomped down on the ground and roared before charging ahead at supersonic speed, before spinning around the eocarcharia in a blur of wind and then striking out at him, pelting him in a barrage of hits too fast to see coming before reappearing at a safe distance further away as the eocarcharia fell to one knee heavily battered.

"And now it's my turn!" Zoe cheered as she slashed her move card, "Metal wing!" Paris roared summoning forth the pteranodon trio! They swooped down from the sky with the sun behind them so the eocarcharia couldn't see them properly where they were coming from! As they came into view they stretched out their wings slashing through him before converging into a single aerial missile which punched right into his gut and sent him flying right over Goma's head much to his alarm!

"Eocarcharia!" he yelled out as his dinosaur crashed to the ground and let out a rather pained growl!

Seeing their foe buckle and weakened made them all brighten up with delight, excitement and hope, "Aha!"

"Yes!"

"In your face!" They cheered believing they just might be able to pull this off after all!

Their smiles and moment of triumph was but a temporary illusion, as the eocarcharia that lay on the ground motionlessly suddenly began to stir, "Huh?" As they looked closer they widened their eyes as he forced himself up to his legs rather groggily, but soon stomped his foot on the ground and roared out angrily to the sky and much to their alarm!

"No way!" Zoe exclaimed, beginning to feel terrified after all their best efforts he could still fight.

"Tch! He's still standing after all we threw at him!?" Rex clicked his tongue in frustration.

"Man that thing sure doesn't know when to give up…." Max grunted gritting his teeth tensed as he soon began to see a connection between Goma and his dinosaur….and how familiar they appeared to him, "It's almost like…." To his disbelief, it was almost as if they were fighting a reflection of themselves! Goma's own spirit, despite being twisted, was what fuelled the shadow empire dinosaur to keep on fighting no matter how badly beaten it was! And now…it appeared as if they were ready to go for Round 2!

As eocarcharia stepped forward to where he was hovering, Goma smirked to see his partner on his feet again as he petted his head gently, praising the giant for his efforts which were quite impressive, "Heh, I didn't think you were able to draw out this much of your dinosaurs' power." He then smirked as he turned his attention back towards the D Team, hearing from his eocarcharia that the power they demonstrated was rather formidable.

Max narrowed his eyes feeling wary, but soon pointed out at the young zanjark with determination, "That's the power of friendship! Dinosaurs are more than our equals, they're our friends!" he declared proudly and with confidence.

"We'll protect them as much as they'll protect us!" Zoe followed.

"That's, something heartless monsters like you who see dinosaurs as tools would never understand!" Rex yelled in conclusion.

"Oh? Is that so?" Goma mused, "I'll admit my father sees dinosaurs as nothing more than weapons or means to an end." he said before sporting another sinister smirk, "But as I mentioned before….I am not my father." As soon as he finished, he suddenly began to glow purple and his eocarcharia did the same as well much to the D Team's alarm!

"Wh….What's happening!?" Max gasped as he and his friends were forced to cover their eyes to shield themselves from the light!

"Did you honestly think that you're the only ones who could awaken a dinosaur's true power!?" Goma then shouted out loud, "Hehehe, then allow me to prove you just how wrong you all are!" He screeched as his dinosaur let out a terrifying roar which shook the earth's foundation itself and the dark energy within him began to rise!

ROAR!

"AAAH!"

"Urgh…" As they braced themselves trying to hang on and not get blown away, Rex was able to open his eyes just enough to see what was going on.

"That light….can it be?" he was soon about to get his answer in the worst possible way.

"It's time for you to get a taste of your own medicine!" Goma yelled out loudly as the light died down revealing his eocarcharia in a new black and purple form which emanated with immense evil energy which reenergised the dinosaur's power and erased every trace of damage and all injuries from his body as he let out a nightmarish roar! "Spectral fusion!"

Max and the others widened their eyes and stared in sheer amazement and disbelief at what they bore witness, "AH!"

"Impossible…."

"Goma was able to awaken his eocarcharia!?"

"But…that can't be….."

"The only way to do that is if the dinosaur and partner have a bond with one another!"

"Then how could he have done that!?"

"Also….that awakening….something's definitely not right with it…."

Goma then began to snicker in amusement, taking delight in how utterly shocked they were, "Hehehe, what can I say." he snickered smugly as he petted his partner on the head again, "Eocarcharia and I simply share a very special and unique connection with each other," he commented before shooting a demonic grin towards his enemies, "Which as you just said, which none of you could possibly comprehend."

It didn't take long for the children to realise what he meant, and it was a revelation which shook the foundation of everything they believed or thought possible, "No…No way…."

"A dinosaur…that's as evil as he is?" Zoe and Rex breathed as if their world had been turned upside down, they couldn't belle it was possible for an evil power hungry dinosaur to actual exist and take delight in carrying out the destruction of the world itself!

It went agsint everything Max believed in as he gritted his teeth and shouted out in frustration, "This can't be real….there's no way!" he cried in denial refusing to accept or believe that a dinosaur could actually be as balm hearted as Goma was…and yet the evidence was all too clear for him right now….

Goma found his enemies' frustrations to be most amusing, and he planned to help deepen it if it would mean his foes would squirm and suffer all the more, "You don't believe me?" he asked before he pumped up his arms and readied himself for the next round! "Very well, then allow me to make believers out of you! Eocarcharia! Annihilate them now!" He yelled punching ahead as his dinosaur roared viciously and charged right at them once again!

Roar!

Max grunted, still finding it difficult to move past the thought of a dinosaur being evil but soon shook his head clear knowing what still had to be done, "Urgh! It doesn't matter, it's still a battle we can't afford to lose!" he shouted, knowing they had to stop him by any means necessary otherwise many more will suffer or worse perish if he got through them!

"Biting wind!" Rex quickly reacted as he slashed the wind move card! In response Ace breathed out a tall tornado, to which he swung his tail through, generating blades of wind which shot right towards the incoming awakened eocarcharia! Unfortunately as the dark carnivore lowered his head the blades merely smacked off him harmlessly and he hung out his head at the last one which smashed through it like it was made of glass! "AH!" Rex widened his eyes and Ace stuttered back in worry at how easily his attack was deflected.

"That didn't even tickle!" Goma snickered as eocarcharia stayed on course, flashing his teeth and drooling saliva in his jaws hungry for vengeance for his earlier humiliation!

"Oh no!" Max gasped seeing that he was still coming at them at full speed! If he reached them they'd be done for!

"Paris it's our turn now!" Zoe quickly volunteered as her dinosaur bellowed out loudly at the ready! "Emerald garden!" Paris charged up with green energy before firing out an energy sphere at him! As it exploded it caused a garden to bloom around eocarcharia, but as they attempted to absorb his energy, the darkness began to infect the garden, causing them to wilt and decay till they were reduced to cut and burnt up in purple flames! "WAH!?" Zoe couldn't believe it for a second, how much evil cursed energy must have been emanating from that dinosaur, eve if it had worked she shuddered to think how it would affect Paris had she absorbed it in!

"Hehehe looks like it's my turn now!" Goma grinned as they failed to react in time and eocarcharia finally reached them much to their alarm! "Feel the burn! Or better yet, The final burn!" He grinned as he played the fire move card! Glowing red, his dinosaur shot out a stream of black and purple flames over Ace and Paris! Enshrouding them in cursed black fire as they roared in pain and agony over the punishing flames which began to eat away at them! It was as if they were suffering some sort of eternal torment from the prehistoric underworld!

"AH! Paris!"

"Ace get out of there!" They cited out to their partners, who were trapped and suffering under the infernal flames and they could only watch helplessly as the fires soon died down and both dinosaurs collapsed having suffered some very severe black burns around their bodies!

"NO!" Zoe cried nearly on the verge of tears.

"They're really hurt!" Rex gritted his teeth as he looked over them in alarm then glared up at Goma who was staring down at them with sadism.

"Get in there Chomp! Hurry!" Max quickly yelled to his partner as he roared and rushed towards them, as eocarcharia stomped towards Ace and Paris then turned in annoyance to see the incoming triceratops intending to ruin his moment.

Goma glared with annoyance towards the interfering trike and he knew just how to deal with nuisances like him, "Stay out of my way! Burst of flames!" he commanded as he activated the move card, which caused eocarcharia to turn around to face Chomp and then blast out a stream of purple flames at him, stopping him in his tracks as he roared in pain under the demonic heat and fire!

"AH! Chomp!" Max cried in alarm as his triceratops was blown back and he crashed to the ground steaming in black smoke!

"These 2 are my prey now, sit there quietly and wait your turn." Goma responded to him, before completely disregarding Max and focusing his attention on Paris and Ace, who were already weakened and he wasn't about to let himself be distracted once more, now he had his chance to finish them off and he planned to take it without putting up anymore of this farce of a battle!

"Urgh…." Max could only watch helplessly as the eocarcharia blasted a stream of purple flames over Ace and Paris! Too much to handle, and the effect of the final run kicking in, the 2 dinosaurs roared out one more time before reverting back to their cards which then floated gently to the ground to the horror of both Rex and Zoe to see their partners beaten utterly and there was nothing they could do to save them.

"NO!"

"AH!"

With 2 of his enemies defeated, Goma grinned as he and his dinosaur looked over to his last remaining foe, "Hehehe, and then there was one." he grinned towards Max who could only stare with widened eyes of speechless disbelief.

"He took them both out so easily…." he breathed as he could feel fear starting to well up inside, every fibre of his being wanted him to turn and run….but something inside him told him to hold his ground and fight on even when it seemed like it was an impossible battle.

Seizing the chance while his back was turned, Zoe and Rex quickly ran over to grab their partners' cards before looking back up, feeling an immense wave of pressure and despair coming over them in light of eocarcharia's might and Goma's ability to command him, "Such power….it's unlike anything we ever faced…." Rex hissed as he sweated tensely, unsure of what to do.

"Can we really win?" Zoe shuddered with terror as her knees began to buckle with each passing moment she continued to lose hope.

"Guys….." Max breathed seeing how filled with despair and hopelessness they were in, he could understand why….but regardless he refused to let this battle end this way as he turned towards Goma and eocarcharia with determination, "I promise I won't let your sacrifice be in vain." he swore clenching his hand into a fist. Moved by Max's courage and spirit, Chomp felt his energy resonating with him as he forced himself up to his legs and roared out defiantly at eocarcharia who snared back at him!

"Oh? You still wish to fight even after how easily I dispensed with your friends?" Goma mused as he folded his arms with a smug smirk, doubting Max being able to pull off what his 2 friends couldn't.

Max then gritted his teeth and clenched his hand into a fist, "You'll pay for what you just did you creep! I swear if it's the last thing I ever do, I'll beat you and stop your plans now and forever more!" he swore to avenge his friends even if he had to put his own life on the line to do it! Chomp too was willing to go all out and past his lists in order to protect his fiends and many more from the shadow empire and its monster of a leader, as he roared out, his fierce spirit unleashed as he made a full force charge towards his enemy!

"HA! Go ahead and try if you can!" Goma laughed in amusement as he held out his arm, "Attack eocarcharia!" he commanded as his dinosaur opened up his jaws, flaring with purple flames as he rushed ahead! In response Chomp sidestepped in time as the eocarcharia tore through the ground before turning around to face Chomp again!

"Fight back Chomp!" Max yelled feeling more fired up and determined than ever, as both dinosaurs roared and leapt at one another, horns and jaws clashing with one another like bases before they landed on opposing sides! As sparks flew out and both dinosaurs matched blow for blow, tooth to horn, Rex and Zoe looked on in amazement at how far they were pushing each other to fight!

"Whoa, look at them go!" Zoe gasped clapping her hands together in awe.

"They're so evenly matched…." Rex breathed in amazement to see how the 2 dinosaurs traded blows and clashed almost like equal opposites of each other! Seeing their options were limited and they could only rely on Max, Rex then narrowed his eyes and tensed up focusing on their final line of defence, "Go get him Max, you're our only hope now."

As Chomp and eocarcharia squared off, Max saw the chance to slash his all or nothing move card as the shadow fire dinosaur charged at him with flaring purple flames gathered in his jaws! "Take this! Lightning axe!" He cried slashing the card with all his might! Chomp mustered enough energy to generate a lightning awe in between his horns before leaping up into the air, spinning and shredding through the flames as he and eocarcharia clashed at one another, with vicious sparks flying out between them!

"AAAAAARRRGGGHH!" Both Goma and Max yelled as they punched ahead, unwilling to give way to the other in this heated battle which would decided the matches outcome! In the end, spurred by the wishes of his friends, Chomp's axe managed to cut through the flames and deliver a devastating slash at eocarcharia who roared in pain as the electricity slash cut through his body and he fell down to the ground collapsing as Chomp leapt back and roared out in triumph and to the D Team's delight!

"Yeah!" Max cheered as he jumped up and down and punched his arm up to the sky!

"Direct hit too!" Zoe cheered clapping her hands feeling her hopes revitalised while Rex laughed happily that they came through at last!

At the sight of his dinosaur being overcome, Goma narrowed his eyes before looking back to Max who glared at him while also panting with exhaustion with Chomp, as that move took a lot out of him in his current condition. Before long he began to clap, praising Max's performance much to his surprise, "Impressive attack I must admit for you to be able to push through and land an attack on me in awakened form is quite commendable." he complimented Taylor in a polite and respectful manner, to which he hardened his gaze refusing to accept it. "However I must ask," His signature sinister grin suddenly came upon his face once more, "Is that the best you've got?" As soon as he said so, eocarcharia suddenly raised himself back up and stomped hard on the ground and roared out once more to the bewilderment of the D Team!

"HUH!?"

"Say what!?" They exclaimed. As soon as they did, Chomp's knees wobbled and he let out a pained growl as he fell onto his stomach, collapsing to the ground exhausted and to their shock!

"AH!"

"Chomp no!" Max cried in horror and starting to feel a sense of hopelessness, like their victory just now was no more than a temporary mirage, as the triceratops reverted to his normal form and collapsed down!

"He used up a lot of his energy," Rex commented tensely as a bead of sweat dripped from his cheek to the ground, "He can't hold his awakened form anymore." he hissed gritting his teeth as he appeared far too weak to fight!

"But….Goma's eocarcharia." As Zoe looked ahead, her heart skipped a beat as she witnessed it rise back up and stand tall without so much as a scratch on it as it roared out loudly with power! "He looks like he hasn't even broken a sweat yet!" she cried in alarm as Max and Rex both tensed up with the pressure getting to them!

"Hahaha! Now do you see the difference in power between us?" Goma then cackled with devious delight before shooting a malevolent grin towards his beaten and about to be broken enemies who didn't even put up as much of a chill age as he hoped for, "It's been fun while it lasted I admit, but all things must come to an end." He sighed having enjoyed it, while sad it had to end he'd still relish that it did happen in the end. "It's time I put you out of your misery!" He then screeched maniacally as eocarcharia roared out loud and stomped towards them and they could only watch as their own destroyer came closer to them with each step!

As he closed in on them, as Zoe fell to her knees and and shuddered, feeling overwhelmed with pure fear and terror as the dark monster was preparing to wipe them out Max and Rex gritted their teeth and hardened themselves for what was about to happen, "This…can't be how it ends…." Max hissed to himself as he went back and thought about everything they fought through from the space pirates, the cosmos stones and how everyone else fought hard in this war to make it here. How the people of the future all suffered because of the very zanjark they were fighting now, and he planned to subjugate even more worlds if they couldn't stop his reign of terror now! The fear of having to lose to him and not being able to do anything about it drove Max to punch his hand int the ground with rage as he mustered up whatever energy in him to stand up again, "I won't allow it!" He screamed refusing to let all their sacrifices and battles fought to be in vain!

Chomp's feelings resonated with Max's as he breathed heavily and dug in his heels, forcing himself back up to his legs groggily before panting with exhaustion as the move took nearly all his remaining strength just to stand his ground against the menacing eocarcharia who stared down at him and licked his lips.

"So, the worm still squirms." Goma then scoffed as he folded his arms on his hips towards Max and his friends as he gave them a most mocking look which angered them deeply.

"Y…You!" Even if it seems hopeless there was no way they were going to roll over and let him do as he pleased….but nevertheless they had nothing left they could use to stop him and that further added to their frustrations.

"Hahaha, that look of rage and frustration on your face, you think you still can win." Goma laughed out loud sadistically, "How laughable, how about I wake you up from your delusional state and put you out of your misery once and for all!" He declared intending to waste no more time, "Eocarcharia! Annihilate him now!" He commanded causing his awakened shadow dinosaur to roar out ferociously as he charged at the helpless Chomp and unprotected D team, they were at his mercy and now with them right in his claws, once they were defeated soon the entire resistance would fall and the world would be swallowed up in darkness forever!

(Meanwhile)

Inside HQ, everyone looked on in horror as Goma had the D Team on the ropes, defeating both Ace and Paris without having used much effort, now having driven them along with Chomp into a corner with no way of escape! They could only watch helplessly unable to do a thing as his eocarcharia was closing in on them ready for the kill!

"MAX! REX! ZOE!" Cera along with the D Team's parents cried out in alarm as their eyes widened with the shadow dinosaur opening its jaws wide open ready flashing vicious serrated teeth ready to snap close at any moment!

Everyone else tensed, shuddered or looked away at the battle's climax from which would end in the D Team's defeat!

"Zander hold me…." Ed squeaked as he hugged his friend so tightly he choked and turned blue!

"ACK!"

"This is horrible.…" Cera breathed as her heart sank, sensing immense evil emanating from eocarcharia unlike any other dinosaur from the shadow empire they encountered thus far.

"That thing's a monster!" Dr Taylor cried widening his eyes and gritting his teeth tensely and he and the other parents watched with uncontrollable racing hearts.

Dr Z turned pale and gulped down hard, "Hate to admit it….but that's one dinosaur I wouldn't want in my dinosaur kingdom even if it was the last dinosaur on the planet…." he quivered knowing that such a dinosaur in his kingdom would turn it inside out and even make lunch meat out of him, his subjects and all the other dinosaurs in it!

"Tch! They won't last much longer at this rate…." Lunensis clicked his tongue in frustration as he began typing frantically on the computer as it began to scan Goma's dinosaur in its movements and energy readings, "But he can't be invincible, we must be overlooking something!"

"Out of my way!" Seth suddenly barged in as he shoved Lunensis aside much to his surprise.

"Hey! Seth!" he grunted at being pushed away, "What are you doing!?"

"Finding a chink in its armour." he calmly replied as he completed the scan and graphs, charts and readings began to pop up on screen, "Let's see…it's attack patterns and power levels…."

"AH! They're immensely powerful…." he breathed blinking his eyes in bewilderment, nothing he encountered or conjured up in his experiments ever came closer to something as powerful as this dinosaur was. His old self would have marvelled at Goma being able to achieve something so great, but he quickly shook his head chasing away his temptations before returning to what really mattered at hand. "But still…." He put his finger to his chin and gritted his teeth tensely before typing away fast, scanning through the energy readings for any anomalies or areas of weakness, as fast as he could driven by the desire to help Max and the others, till finally he discovered it at a certain low point in eocarcharia's low energy output! "Yes! I was right! It does have a weakness after all!" he cried as everyone else brightened up or widened their eyes.

"AH!"

"Alright! There's still hope!" Cera snapped her fingers with a smile.

"Well what are we waiting for!?" Dr Z then growled gritting his teeth frantically, "They need to know that now!"

"I agree." Dr Ancient nodded with him before looking to Cera's dad, "Luennsis! Patch us into Max's communicator now!"

"I'll get on that right away!" He replied in agreement as he hurried over to the computers to patch into Max's dinoshot.

Dear then turned toward everyone else with new orders, "Everyone else! Mobilise and move out!" she commanded as the troopers and lieutenants present saluted her.

"Yes lieutenant! Ma'am!" They said n unison as they rallied together and hurried out.

"You guys too! NOW!" She shouted towards the Alpha gang catching them by surprise!

"Y…You got it boss!" Dr Z croaked before shaking his fists and growling at the trio, "You heard him you ninnies! Move it!" he shouted which made them stutter.

"On the double!" They cited as they ran out after everyone, before Cera soon followed after them intending to join the battle too.

As she ran on she narrowed her eyes thinking about her friends who were on danger but she wasn't about to let them down, "Max, hang on, help's on the way…." she vowed wearing to protect them even if she had to risk her own life to do it.

(Meanwhile)

"Hahahah! It's almost over! Say goodbye to your insignificant existence!" Goma laughed in triumph as he looked down upon the near defeated D Team, with only a wounded Chomp and exhausted Max left standing in his way, it would only be a matter of time before the entire resistance crumbles beneath his feet and the entire universe would be in the palm of his hand!

"Urgh…." Max gritted his teeth and groaned with exhaustion, having used up all he had and it still wasn't enough to even slow down Goma or his monstrous eocarcharia! Now he and his friends could only watch helplessly as their worst enemy ever closed in on them ready to wipe them off the face of the planet! As he closed his eyes not wanting to look anymore, a call from his dinoshot suddenly caught his attention in the nick of time!

"Max! Do you read me!?" A familiar voice called out to him.

"AH! Seth!?" He gasped upon recognising it, as the others looked over to where he was.

"Listen to me! That eocarcharia's attacks are powerful but in their current state they're rather ineffective against that of armour!" he yelled, causing Max to blink his eyes puzzled.

"Armour?" He questioned, "What are you-" He and the others soon caught on to what he meant, "AH! Of course!"

"The dino tectors!" Rex and Zoe both said together.

"Use them now! While you have the chance! Hurry!" Seth shouted with urgency in his voice before the call cut off, possibly because he was leaving to join the others in the rescue.

It was a long time since they last used them, so it was natural they'd forget about them. Max quickly fished his hand into his side where his dino gadget was held, and was relieved to grab hold of it. Zoe and Rex both smiled with hope that they still had something left to fight back with, but Max didn't feel so sure, "You think it'll actually work?" He asked feeling nervous as to whether it might work, "You saw what it did to Paris and Ace just now right?"

His friends frowned understanding his worries, deep down they were feeling a bit uneasy as to whether they may be able to pull this off…but their hands had been forced, "It's the best option we have at the moment," said Rex before looking ahead to see their current predicament, "And we don't have a choice."

Understanding their situation first hand, Max soon nodded firmly as he shouted out to his downed partner, "Chomp get up! We know you can still do it!" His pleas and fervent wishes reached the triceratops, as he opened his eyes and tired. Mustering his energy he got back to his legs and forced himself to stand up before letting out a roar which made the D Team smile with hope one again. "Alright Chomp!"

"We're with you all the way!"

"We believe in you! We know you ca do this!" Rex and Zoe cheered with him, which further gave the triceratops strength and the will to continue fighting despite the odds stacked against him and his friends.

The eocarcharia stopped his advance in surprise to see Chomp still being bale to stand after the massive beating he was dealt just now, and so did his master, "You still intend to fight?" Goma questioned, being caught off guard by his resilience, before shaking his head sighing with pity, "Why do you continue these futile counterattacks and refuse to accept the inevitable?"

"Never!" Rex retorted as he shook out his hand at the evil zanjark, "As long as we can still get back up we'll never stop fighting and resisting the likes of you!"

"And we'll be sticking by our friends to the very end!" said Zoe as she and Rex stood together with both Max and Chomp.

A heroic notion, one which Goma soon shrugged off, "Ha! It doesn't matter how many of you weaklings band together, you'll soon perish before my might!" he proclaimed.

"We may be weak now," Max admitted but his heart remained steadfast and steeled with resolve, "But we'll fight to our last breath! In fact we'll prove it to you here and now!" the brunette shouted at the top of his lungs as Chomp roared out powerfully, his spirit resonating with Max as he activated the dino tector! "Element booster! Dino tector on!" He yelled attaching it to his dinoshot!

A bright yellow light shone from Chomp which made eocarcharia stutter back in disorientation at the light, Goma too had to hold up his arm to block out the irritating glare, but as it died down, Chomp revealed himself in his full armoured form as he roared out fiercely towards the dark eocarcharia! "Armour is it now?" Goma mused before nodding with mild approval, "To be able to handle your awakened form and then shift into armour after is rather impressive." He then smirked, "Time to see how far you can go now." He then thought hoping for more of a challenge this time.

"Go Chomp! Take it to em!" Max cried out with determination as Chomp bellowed and rushed forward fearlessly!

"Take this! Burst of flames!" Goma countered as he activated the fire move which caused his dinosaur to blast out a sure of purple flames towards Chomp! They however were nothing more than a minor deterrence as Chomp easily pushed through them and struck against the eocarcharia at his chest and bashing him back! Regaining his footing and shaking his head, eocarcharia roared out in anger before swinging out his tail at Chomp, only for the armour to absorb the hit and minimise the damage much to his frustration, as Chomp quickly grabbed the tail and threw him across the field! As he charged in, eocarcharia got kicked up and grabbed at Chomp's horns with his arms, but was unable to hold him back as his feet dragged into the ground and he desperately tried to hang on to no avail! "Tch! You actually found a way to get around my moves? Maybe I have slightly miscalculated." Goma clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"That's not your only mistake!" Max added, "Your first and biggest one of all was thinking you could march here onto our planet and do as you please with it without any consequences!" he yelled in defiance to show he was fighting on behalf of everyone in the resistance and for all the innocent lives Goma wronged and took from the world all because of his selfish lust for power, "Now we'll show you just how wrong you are and that you should never have messed with us to begin with!" In response Chomp was able to swing out his head and knock eocarcharia back before scooping him up and throwing him over his head as he crashed down several feet away! With their enemy now vulnerable, Max saw his opening at last.

"Do it Max!"

"Finish him off Chomp!" Zoe and Rex both cheered him on to seize the chance, and Max grinned seeing their moment had finally arrived and he wasn't about to blow it.

"GO! Ultimate thunder!" He yelled slashing his best move of all! Chomp roared out powerfully as he summoned forth a stream of lightning bolts form the sky which prevented eocarcharia from being able to escape as they trapped him in a single straight line and then struck down on him!

As he roared in pain from the immense thunder coursing through him, Goma gritted his teeth and held out his arm as he braced himself from this incoming attack from the heavens! "Grrgh!"

Right after that, Chomp rushed forward, a bolt of electricity blasted from his tail propelling him like a rocket as he speared right at the helpless eocarcharia! Sending him flying across the field as he crashed to the ground and lay motionless, his awakened form disappearing as he reverted back to his normal form! Chomp let out a roar in triumph while Max and his friends cheered with pure joy and excitement to see at long last they finally managed to pull it off! They defeated the shadow empire's boss at last!

"Yeah!" Max cheered as hem leapt up and punched to the sky, never having felt more joy and excitement than ever before in his whole life!

His friends clapped and cheered for him too in celebration of their victory, "You did it Max! Chomp!"

"That was an awesome battle you guys!" They praised him as Max rubbed his nose grinning cheekily and feeling flattered.

After that, seeing Goma had just landed on the ground to where his eocarcharia lay, he pointed out at him, "Hehe! In your face! It was picture perfect!" he chuckled which caught the zanjark's attention.

Needless to say he wasn't at all pleased as he shot them a hard scowl, "Hmph, maybe now I see why you were able to best my father and his men." he scoffed before smiling rather lightly, "As I suspected you all possess a strong connection with your dinosaurs, something they did not." He then said in a most calm demeanour.

The D Team soon narrowed their eyes, feeling unsettled as to why he isn't worried at all or retreating, chances were he still had something up his sleeve so they kept a firm gaze upon Goma, not letting him out of their sight and keeping on high alert.

Goma then stepped forward a bit towards them, "When I came here after hearing of your past and reset successes, I wanted to test your skills and see for myself if you were worthy of joining me and being part of the winning team, or better yet my inner circle when I rule the planet." He said before smirking with sinister intent, "And then the universe right after that hehe…."

Max and his friends widened their eyes upon hearing the words that parted from Goma's lips, "Excuse me!?" He then gritted his teeth and gnashed them furiously, taking huge offence to what the zanjark blatantly told them, "Forget it! You're out of your mind if you think we'd never side with a maniac like you!" He yelled throwing his hand out.

"Especially after all you did to so many innocent people and to the dinosaurs! We'd never forgive you let alone team up!" Rex shouted as he shook a fist at him.

"Never in a million years!" Zoe concluded before sticking her tongue.

In response Goma soon smirked as if he was expecting that from them, "I figured you'd say that." he scoffed before shrugging his shoulders uncaringly, "Not that it matters though, you didn't pass anyways, your victory was merely through sheer luck and nothing more!"

Max and the others widened their eyes at what he said to them, "Say what!?"

"All your moves were amateurish at best, your performance fell below my lowest expectations and at best merely within them!" Goma then grinned manually before bursting out in obnoxious uncontrollable laughter, "You're not worthy at all to even serve as my dinosaur's next meal! Ahahaha!"

"GRRR!" They all glared at him in anger and irritation, having just enough of his snobbish attitude and evil intentions.

"You talk real big for someone who just lost!"

"Yeah! We beat you fair and square just admit it!" Max and Zoe both yelled at him.

"Oh? Me lose?" He mused before laughing maniacally, which caused them to feel most unnerved and uneasy, "Hehehehe…hahahahahah!" His smile soon vanished as his expression made a 180 degree turn to a vicious scowl, "Don't make me laugh," He soon began to glow in a purple aura and his expression turned psychotic it wedged itself deep into their minds as a face they'd never be able to forget in a hundred years! "I'm just getting warmed up!" He yelled before shouting to his downed dinosaur, knowing he could still hear him, "Eocarcharia! Playtime is over! Rise up and destroy them now!" He commanded, having played with the D Team's hopes long enough it was time that they shut down their hopes once and for all! Knowing this, eocarcharia soon kicked himself up and let out a powerful roar to the sky much to the D Team's alarm!

"AH!"

"Impossible!" They widened their eyes at what they witnessed, even Chomp stepped back in fear, as they began to see that dinosaur of Goma's was a monster, being able to take everything they threw at him and still emerge almost unscathed! The worse thing was…it was now his turn to attack!

"A shame none of you could bring out your dinosaur's full power and potential like I have." Goma scoffed at them in disappointment, feeling nothing but pity for how far they had fallen short of his expectations. His sympathetic expression quickly melted away to that of a psychotic malevolent grin! "And you'll never get the chance to do so, because I'm erasing you eyesores from my sight this instant!" he hollered to the skies as eocarcharia let out a vicious snarl this time with the intention to hold absolutely nothing back!

"GRRGH!" Max gritted his teeth furiously, his spirit still ignited and burning with resolve, "That case we'll just have to try even harder than we did before!" He yelled as he slashed his next best move card, "Chomp! Gatling spark!" Chomp glowed bright yellow and surged with electricity as he prepared to charge at eocarcharia to get in range and hopefully deliver the decisive blow!

Unfortunately, this was early what both Goma and eocarcharia had been waiting for as they both grinned with malice at the incoming trike, "Now I'll show you the true difference between you and me." Goma breathed as he took out a special move card he had been saving to this very moment, "Eocarcharia! Unleash Fire scorcher!" He yelled as he activated the move card! The D Team's hearts skipped a beat and they widened their eyes as eocarcharia flashed red and generated a massive dark purple and red fireball in his jaws before throwing it right in the path of Chomp!

"AH!"

"Not that move!" Zoe and Rex both gasped as the move brought them back horrible memories of Seth using that move against them, strong enough to take any dinosaur out of the fight in an instant!

Max knowing its full capabilities cried out desperately, "Chomp get out of the way!" Unfortunately, Chomp's momentum couldn't be stopped even if he wanted to, he widened his eyes in horror as he charged straight at the fireball which collapsed and exploded in a massive sea of flames which swallowed him completely and sent several cinders and shockwaves at the D Team!

"AAAAAAHHH!" They cried as the wind blew them back as they desperately tried to hang on, holding out or crossing their arms forward against the flying cinders!

Chomp unfortunately wasn't as luck as they were, as he found himself caught in the center of the blazing mass! His armour could do little to help him against the blaze as he shrieked in pain and agony before being blown back out and crashing to the ground, smoking hard and lying motionlessly….before he reverted back to a card before Max.

Max's heart skipped a beat at what he saw, "Chomp! NO!" He cried in defeat to see their last hope had been shattered, neither he or his friends could believe what they just witnessed.

"Unreal…." Zoe breathed as she felt completely overwhelmed by what he just witnessed. It was one thing for Chomp to be taken out in an instant like that, even in armoured form.

Rex however, was more shocked that the eocarcharia still stood powerfully and roared in triumph over his defeated enemies, "After everything we threw at him, he still stands….." It was unlike anything they ever faced before, neither Specter's Brontikens or Seth's black T-Rex had demonstrated such limitless unbridled power and he could still control it at will with ease.

"Is there nothing we can do to stop him?" Max choked hard as his arms grew limp and the will from his spirit began to sap away….

"As they say, a trump card should always be saved for last." Goma spoke rather smugly as he flashed out his fingers most casually, "Though had I knew things would have been this easy, I would have used it far sooner."

At the sound of his words, they struck both a chord and fear into the D team's hearts upon realising that he had been merely toying with them from the very beginning, hoe he could have easily wiped them out in a single blast had he wanted….they had been playing right into or better yet…were in the palm of his hand from the very start the moment they laid eyes on him…..The very thought of it sent chills down their spines upon realising they were pit matched and outgunned in every way there was.

"What do we do now guys?" Zoe gulped as she stuck close to her friends for shelter, even though it'd be futile and running was out of the question, they'd be caught before they could even move! And even if they wanted to they couldn't as their feet were completely rooted to the spot and every nerve inside them screamed to run but they were also paralysed by fear to the point they were completely frozen!

"I'm open to suggestions, any bright ideas?" Rex shuddered, just as at a loss as the others were. What they first assumed to be an easy defending task turned out to backfire on them really badly. With no dinosaurs left to use and now traded alone and helpless without any backup didn't help in making his thoughts clear enough to think, if anything their situation was nothing short of dire.

"I….don't know…." was all Max could say, they had nothing left…no way of stopping them….they could only tense up as Goma soon hovered above them, looking down upon them like measly insects….and he had all the reason to do so….

"Now what to do with you?" He then muttered folding his arms in thought, "I am tempted to leave you all alive so you can live to tell the tale and strike fear into the heart of your comrades." He pondered over that possibility as he scratched his chin, "But the downside is that you'll certainly rise up again to interfere with my plans, which are nearing a critical stage so obviously I shouldn't leave things to chance." He soon shot them a psychotic grin at them, one which would easily run into their nightmares, "So I've made my decision, I'll wipe you specks off the face of the planet here and now!" He shouted with eager glee! No more monologging or gloating, he held out his arm gesturing to eocarcharia to end them once and for all, who then roared out and flashed his jaws wide ready to snap on them!

They all widened the eyes and huddled together, "AAAAH!" They screamed in terror as the giant carnivore roared out at them, paralysing them with fear to ensure they didn't have anything else up their sleeves, not giving them a moment to think of anything else but fear and doom!

"Don't worry though, I'm certain the resistance will tell stories of you in their final moments after you are gone." Goma smirked smugly as he rubbed his palms together eager for the grand finale which would end in his utter victory!

"N…NO!" Zoe cried as she fell to her knees and covered her face, if not to hide from being able to see their end but also crying her eyes out at being unable to see her friends and family anymore.

As Rex gritted his teeth and looked away, Max only fell to his knees and on the ground, shaking tensely at being so helpless, never feeling as such since the cosmos stones were merged. Last time there was hope in the stone plates, but now….it seemed as there was no more left…."Guys….I'm really sorry….we failed…." he berthed heavily before gritting his teeth and on the verge of giving up, before an image of a close friend appeared in his mind, whom he swore to stay by her side and help her to the end….his regret was that he wouldn't be able to fulfill his to her promise anymore, the only regret he had on his mind, "Cera…." he choked out with despair gripping his heart.

As eocarcharia prepared to charge up a fire scorcher in his jaws, Goma decided to give his unworthy enemies a fe final parting words for them to take into the afterlife so they'd writhe in their graves and their souls laid to unrest for all eternity, "Say goodbye D Team, and good riddance for you shall not be mis-"

BOOM!

Before he could finish, a fireball suddenly shot out and blasted eocarcharia's mouth causing the whole attack to backfire and explode at such a close range he fell back and roared in pain as smoke steamed from his face!

Goma widened his eyes, "What!?" he roared in disbelief looking at his collapsed dinosaur.

"AH!" Max and Rex widened their eyes in surprise at what just happened, whoever fired that fireball and stopped eocarcharia just now came in the nick of time.

Turning around Zoe widened her eyes to see where the attack had came from, "Look!" she cried pointing out as the boys followed where she pointed, widening their eyes at a miracle which unfolded.

The shields had just been dropped and the entire resistance ranging from the captains, troopers as well as their own parents all came forth in a united front as they ran out either on foot or drove in whatever mesozoic mobile they could get their hands on that wasn't damaged by the gel jark invasion! And it wasn't just them, dinosaurs of many kinds were gathered with them, all of them getting out a set of agitated and angered roars, their herding insects as well as sense of loyalty for their allies drove them to mobilise together as they roared out against Goma and eocarcharia, warning them that one wrong move and it'd spell the end for them!

"Hang on Max! We'll save you!" Lunensis cried as he and Cera lead the charge out form the resistance base with everyone else following behind them till they arrived near where the D Team were!

They couldn't believe their eyes at what they saw, "It's the resistance!" Rex exclaimed in disbelief.

"They came for us…." Max breathed in awe, feeling moved beyond emotion and how touched they all came to help them in their time of need, like they did for them….

"Stay away from our kids!" Dr Ancient yelled out angrily towards Goma while inside a small yellow Light 4WD model.

"Back off or else!" Spike growled next to him, with a glare that could kill or make a tyrannosaurus shudder.

"No one messes with those brats but us! You got that you snivelling punk!?" Ursula yelled as she along with Ed and Zander arrived with the massive group with Terry, Tank, Spiny and therizinosaurus with them!

"Yeah! And this world has room for only one kingdom and that's my dinosaur kingdom!" Dr Z yelled shaking out his fists next to Ursula, while nearby Seth was sitting inside his own Alpha vehicle which was like a the dinosaur egg pod used in the future only on wheels and shaped like a land rover.

"Those children are the light and hope of this world, as well as my best friends of all!" Cera yelled out loudly as she pointed out at Goma, "We'll never let you extinguish them! Ever!"

"Everyone….They really did come for us…." Max's knees wobbled and nearly gave out at being overwhelmed by such spirit linking everyone together. Feeling their strength resonating with him, all his dark thighs and negative feelings were washed away in a flood of hope and resolve, as he could feel his spirit on fire once again! Filled with hope one more, and not willing to let any of them down, he stood up firm and clenched his hand into a fist while sporting a confident smile to Rex and Zoe, "Well team, what do you say we go for Round 2!?" Max asked them all hopefully to which they all nodded and grinned with eager excitement!

"Yeah! You bet!"

"This ain't over until we say so!" They nodded or held a thumbs up before standing up tall together with the Resistance against the lone Goma and his eocarcharia who were faced with a massive wall of roaring vehicles, angered resistance troopers and bellowing dinosaurs on all sides!

As he focused his attention sole towards the D Team, or more precisely Max, he gritted his teeth and sneered spitefully. It wasn't because he was so heavily outnumbered, but because not a trace of despair or fear remained on the D Team, now they had hope and their resolve restored, and it'd make them that much more difficult to thwart this time around, which was what he intended to avoid from the star and now it happened. Every scenario he anticipated and planned accordingly, but not one of them turn out like this. He believed the resistance would fall into despair after seeing their great heroes fall, but for them to rally together and stand with them ruined everything he worked so hard to plan.

His eocarcharia roared out in defiance, but upon the Resistance's dinosaurs all roaring back at him aggressively, he stuttered and stepped back nervously. Goma could understand, even he felt that taking on them all would be more than he could handle, "Tch! To be cheated of victory when I came so close.…." he clicked his tongue in frustration, before looking closer to see the expressions of renewed hope and determination sported by the 3 kids, whom he was certain were clouded with despair but were soon wiped away. Despite the immeasurable number of foes before him, Goma kept calm and didn't give into his frustrations nor did he panic, instead he calmly let out a breath and and smirked to himself seeing he had no choice now, "Heh, I should have known it wouldn't have been that easy to break their spirits, guess that means I may have to resort to my final plan." He thought to himself.

"Now do you see Goma!" Max then shouted out at him, "You take on one of us then you take on all of us!"

"You may beat us down but we'll keep getting back up no matter how many times it takes!" Zoe followed after him.

"And if even if we do fall others will rise up in our place to defeat your tyranny!" Rex yelled.

"As long as there's hope you'll have to take on the entire universe!" Cera concluded at the end as everyone roared out in unison.

"That's right!"

"We'll never stop until you're defeated for good!"

Various yells and warnings came out from the united resistance gathered together, followed by the growls and roars of furious dinosaurs, some of which were once under his control and now were freed and ready to exact their long overdue payback on their former dictator.

"….." Goma said nothing but scowled hard seeing their determination and resolve was even stronger than it had ever been before. Perhaps it was his own fault that he let things turn out like this by not nipping the weed in the bud while he had his chance. But there was no time to dwell on what he couldn't do or failed to achieve, all he could focus on was what he can do now and measures he could take so he wouldn't repeat the same mistakes he made today, and he knew just where to start. Silence soon descended upon the battlefield, as both sides waited tensely and with anticipation over what the other would do, it was a standoff…..but before long, he soon scoffed uncaringly much to their surprise, "Hmph! To take on all of you would be far beneath me, not to mention a monumental waste of my time and effort." Was all he sad as he snapped his fingers and his red pod appeared above him, as he leapt up into the air and reentered it much to everyone's surprise!

"Huh?"

"He's retreating?" Zoe and Rex muttered, didn't think it'd be that easy.

Dr Z then sported a mischievous grin, "Ha! He's running away! Hahahah! What a chic-MMPH!"

"Sssh! Don't make him angry Dr Z!" Ursula hissed at him as she covered over his mouth and he flailed his hand out gasping for air, "Not unless you want him to turn you into a pile of ash that is!" she added which made the old doctor quiet down in dismay as he nodded back at her.

Max however, wasn't about to accept Goma retreating like that after all he did, "So that's it!? You're just leaving!?" He yelled in protest, finding it unbelievable that he'd just end thins off like that after the stone he just pulled.

Goma scoffed in response uncaringly, "Make no mistake, this is no more than a tactical withdrawal." he explained justifying himself, "You have been very lucky today….." he then let out a sigh knowing even if he wanted too he wouldn't be able to nip the resistance in the bud this time around, "Take pride in the fact you actually survived our encounter, but know that luck can only take you so far and it eventually runs out." A he said so everyone kept a hard look at him, not taking one eye off him or even blink, keeping watch to make sure he wasn't stalling or trying pull wool over their eyes or anything behind their backs, "Nevertheless, I will back off for now seeing you all suffered enough for today." He said calmly before smirking at them with confidence, "Besides, there's no point in wasting energy, for it's like you said, if crushed you all here and now others would rise up to take your places." he said shrugging his shoulders, "And even if I did the same to them the same result would occur on and on. Justice and revenge are immortal beliefs after all and are really powerful motivators."

His words brought up confusion amongst everyone present, "Immortal beliefs?"

"What's he talking about?"

"Don't know, your guess is as good as mine."

While a number of responses came up, some of them which included Cera and the D Team remained serious and firm, whether he was trying to play mind games with them or not they still kept a firm vigilance.

Seeing none of them could comprehend what he was saying, as he expected, Goma decided to make it clear to them if only it would stoke their fears on what will soon befall them, "I can break as many of you as I wanted, but as long as your spirits hang on to those irritating beliefs of yours you'll never stop trying." He said as they grew rather wary as to where he was going with this, "Therefore, in order to completely destroy spirits such as yours, a far more elaborate approach is required. And as of now the preparations for that aren't complete yet." He said as a malicious grin spread across his face, "Do expect your end and the day of reckoning to come in due time, before long you'll all be begging for mercy soon enough." He said as he prepared to turn his pod around.

Max and his friends soon widened his eyes, "And you think we'll let you walk away and get started on it!?" Rex growled.

"Fat chance! We're finishing this right here and now!" Max screamed as the resistance began to charge after him, refusing to let this chance slip away from them!

Unfortunately for them, Goma was, as always, at least 1 move ahead of them, "I figured you might say that, so I thought of this in event of an emergency." He grinned as he took out a move card and activated it! "Fire scorcher!" He yelled as eocarcharia gathered flames in his jaws and charged up the dark meteor in half the time it took than before and then throwing it right at them!

Everyone widened there eyes as the meteor prepared to crash and evenly them all! "AAAAH!"

"Quickly! Defensive formations now!" Lunensis yelled out in response as the earth dinosaurs ranging from pinacosaurus, lexovisaurus and stegosaurus leapt out and unleashed their most powerful defensive moves ranging from earth barrier, grand defence and critical barrier! They all smashed down on the ground and the huge clumps of earth they gathered all materialised into a powerful rock dome which covered over the entirety of the Resistance group, in time as the meteor crashed down and swept over it!

BOOM!

"AAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!" Everyone cried out as they held firm at the immense rattling and rumbling! Even with all their shields put up they could still feel the sheer force of the blast rumbling through the barrier! As cracks began to form above them, some of them widened their eyes over the insanely powerful fire power eocarcharia possessed or worried whether the shield would hold! Eventually it shattered to pieces as it all came down as rocks feel down around everyone who scurried about to safety or braced themselves inside their vehicles as the rocks crashed down on them! Some had to abandon their cars as the fragments smashed into them, while others took over underneath larger dinosaurs who shielded them. Though the smaller ones had to duck for cover like their owners too.

Soon it passed and everyone groaned or moaned groggily having barely made it out of that in 1 piece.

"Urgh…."

"Oogh…."

Dust had blown into the air around them as a result of fire scorcher and before them was a massive dark crater which was smiling in black dust, what they would have ended up as had they hadn't reacted in time, which may of them breathe out in relief that they could still be alive and move.

Lunensis rubbed his head which throbbed like crazy, wincing in pain he fought pass it as he tried his best to focus more on the wellbeing of his people rather than his own, "Is everyone okay?" he called out through his vehicle's communicator.

"I think so…."

"Had better days….uhh…" Various pained remarks echoed from all around the premises, though apart from a couple of complaints and whines from the alpha gang, Lunensis let out a sigh of relief to see that for the most part they made it out of that alive, miraculously. Something he won't take for granted, especially for many for the dinosaurs who sought to the protection of the people, with partners and others too.

Cera meanwhile, had hopped out of her mesozoic mobile to tend to her friends who were rather battered and banged up with dust and a few bruises, "Are you guys alright?" she asked them with concern as they looked to her.

"We're good Cera…." Max nodded with a smile shared by Rex and Zoe.

"We're just grateful you came to us when we needed it most." said Zoe next.

"We owe you one for this." Rex added.

Cera shook her head with a light smile, "I'm merely doing what's only natural," she said, "Its more than just because you're all giving your lives to help my world, it;s because you're all my irreplaceable friends. And I'll never let anything happen to you if I can help it." She said swearing that they'll never have to wade into battle alone ever again, and that they could also call for and rely on the help of their allies anytime they need to after all they've done for them already.

Feeling more assured than ever that they could win this war and defeat Goma, Max felt a wave of relief wash over him as he nodded back at Cera, acknowledging her words and promising himself to never forget them even to the end of time, "Good to hear that…." he replied as the 4 friends shared a warm moment between them.

It soon cut short however, as someone pointed out something unsettling, "Look! Goma's gone!" a trooper yelled which caught everyone off guard as they looked ahead to see the dust had cleared off and the Shadow empire elder had vanished from sight completely!

"AH!" As they looked up, where Goma's red ship was, a ground bridge portal now floated, which no doubt he used to make his get away. A purple light had also zoomed into it, which was no doubt him recalling his eocarcharia in the process.

"This is only the beginning of what I have planned for you." Roma's voice echoed from it, "Stay out of my way, or suffer the consequences…." were his final words as the portal closed completely leaving everyone to ponder over what he would plan next and also wary of the immense might he had at his disposable, if anything it wouldn't be farfetched to think that today's event was but a mere demonstration of what he had planned to come in the future….

"He got away…." Cera narrowed her eyes hard while Max gritted his teeth and punched his fist into his palm in frustration.

"Rats…." He growled while everyone else stared with hardened gazes.

"Goma….the emperor of the shadow empire." Rex breathed uneasily, "Now we know what he's truly capable of…."

"Yeah lucky us…." Zoe gulped, as a handful of others too were feeling just as nervous and worried as she were.

"He's shown us his hand and he's strong without a doubt." spoke Lunensis seriously.

Max soon stood firmly, "But it doesn't matter, he wants a war with us and we'll give it to him!" He yelled out with determination as he punched out, "And we won't rest until we've won it! No matter how long it takes!"

His words began to inspire some strong confidence in the others as his feelings of hope and freedom began to resonate with them, "Max is right, the fate of all humans and dinosaurs rests with us." said Cera supporting him all the way.

"Then we'll keep fighting until the end of time!" Max replied to her with full assurance and clarity, with no more fear or doubts clouding his eyes he could see they were strongest together and they did have a chance at ending Goma's plans and his threat to both Earth and the universe once and for all.

Rex and Zoe soon nodded with him as they stood by his side and remained close to him, vowing to never leave his side and that they'd see this all through to the end of time!

"I say go for it!"

"We're with you all the way!"

"To victory and for freedom!" Several others in the masses soon began to chant after them after having their morale being boosted.

"YEAH!" They all yelled in unison, vowing to stop his evil one and for all, no matter how long it took or what his plan was, as long as he remained on Earth soil, as long as they and many others who would continue to fight for freedom and for what was right, they will continue to resist him and never give up. For the fate of all of humanity and dinosaur kind rested solely with them and on their shoulders alone….and they had no intention of failing either one of them.

And thus the D Team's first brush with defeat in the war and near demise at Goma's hands. The final battle draws near, will they be able to muster the power to defeat him for good? Stay tuned!

In the Dinosaur King awakened trailer where Awakened eocarcharia fought with Awakened Chomp you can picture the battle playing out here. Also eocarcharia being able to get up after each loss is reminiscent of what happened in the arcade game.

The scene how they warded Goma off-look back to the movie Dinosaur when they all united together.

Writing this was slow for I was away for a while, hope you enjoyed it and that it was worth the wait.

In response to reviews:-

tsukikami02

-Nice way of putting the battle between light dinosaurs. Also Cera helps keep her father going with a reason to fight as well as doing it the right way, and Lunensis fights hard to protect her and others too. Hinted in the chapter of his debut.

That's why I wrote this chapter to develop him and have super therizinosaurus. Plus it was the only secret dinosaur who remained loyal to him in the end

If you think Specter's evil just wait and see Goma, both this chapter and next. One way to put it, he's had a bad example from his dad and took it way worse.

I think I might use that surname, cool thanks. I like hearing your thoughts expressed, helps me see things in another way. Hope you also enjoyed this chapter the way it transpired and how it sets it up for the final battle to come.

anonymous

-I don't plan to use dinosaurs outside of the wikia but I will say Miku did have a role in the dinosaurs going super form.

Drew Luczynski

-Glad you enjoyed it as usual. Here Seth explains how he came here too.

Well both of them didn't expect to encounter such heavy resistance since they were the best in the Resistance to make up for their lack of quantity using best quality.

Dr Z is the dinosaur king who helped make the future possible and he had to develop some way and what better way than with super therizinosaurus, the only secret dinosaur he bonded with, an idea you could take.

It's not the endgame yet, it just sets the scene for it to come. And no Goma still has dinosaurs in his citadel as shown by the iguanodon he fed to eocarcharia last chapter, and a few others too.