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!

58. Rise of the emperor

Chapter 58

Rise of the emperor

"Any signs of the shadow empire's headquarters yet dad?" Cera asked with concern as she came into the nerve center with Miku on her shoulder, towards her father, whose eyes were fixated on the monitor screens. As she looked on she saw how he sent every possible satellite at his disposal to scan over Antartica's surface but not so much as even a blimp on the radar showed up much to his disappointment.

After what the D Team suffered through just now he made it his mission to find the Shadow empire's fortress no matter what it too or how long it would be. Cera knew that as she saw the determined look on his eyes, which began to waver and his eyes drooped due to exhaustion, having worked non stop for several hours. She would tell him to stop and rest, but she knew he wouldn't accept it and she could understand completely, after seeing how much power Goma wielded it was natural he'd be so worked up wouldn't rest on his laurels till he found them.

"We're doing everything we can to locate them, from satellite feeds, radar scans and even field scouting out there in the Arctic." He said to his daughter as they both looked up at both the satellite feeds and ground cameras from scout drones they dispatched to the South pole only to find nothing but cold blizzards, dark night with the occasional aurora shining in the sky but other than that there wasn't a trace of the enemy base for miles. "But even with our best efforts we haven't even managed to get a blimp on our radar." Eventually, Lunensis soon let out a heavy sigh feeling as though he failed after giving it his all, losing his resolve to keep trying after several attempts with nothing to show for his efforts.

Cera put a hand to his shoulder, patting him with empathy, "Dad….we'll find them and put a stop to their evil plans." she said to him firmly to which he felt a little more encouraged.

"I hope so…." He said to her before becoming more realistic and looking back to the monitors, "Way I see it, the shadow empire won't show the rest of their hand until they come knocking." He typed on the computers and a screen popped up which depicted the vicious battle from earlier, how Goma wiped the floor with Max and the others without breaking a sweat. The sight of it made Miku tense up with agitation and Cera harden herself, holding a grudge for what that beast did to her friends, "We've seen Goma merely demonstrate a fraction of his power and he took out Max and the D Team without even breaking a sweat." He noted before flicking it away not wanting to look at the carnage a second longer, "If he could overwhelm the others with one move then what chance do we have? I…I'm getting worried…." he shook tensely and gritted his teeth feeling overwhelmed and a sense of dread slowly come over him.

"As am I too dad." Cera admitted feeling her heart was getting rather heavy and her breath hard to swallow down. She soon shook it off refusing to accept it was impossible to overcome, "But we've come this far, and we have gotten through everything thrown at us by sticking together and never giving up." She said as she remembered all the past challenges they overcame because they never quit and they stuck by each other through thick and thin, "I just know we'll be able to overcome this just like all other challenges before us." She said tensing up her hand into a fist.

"You're right Cera." Lunensis soon nodded, feeling comforted by her words before they both looked up at the screens which picked up 0 readings on the scans, "Until they do appear again, all we can do is prepare the best we can."

"And when they do, we won't just be ready for them, we'll win." Cera finished for him.

"Mhmm. I have no doubt about that." Her father nodded as he pressed a button which switched the screens around.

On the computers it depicted several various activities taking place inside the base, ranging from repairs to damaged computers, systems and to their technology in the labs and garages, to cleaning up messes and repairing areas in the station wrecked by the jark attack like at the training courses or hatching grounds. Rod, Reese and Jonathan saw to repairs in the technological department and even added some upgrades too, while Laura worked along side Zoe and her parents to help tend to the injured troopers and dinosaurs in the medical bay, while Helga got to cleaning up the slimy messes and damages that the gel jarks left behind upon their uninvited visit.

In the lab, Raina and Seth were busy scanning the attack levels and movements of eocarcharia along with Dr Ancient and Cretacia in an effort to determine its weaknesses if it had any, while Dr Z was more than happy to go create some new move cards and have them be tested first hand in target practice, or more precisely have the A Team hold up the targets as Spiny and Chomp fired out a combination of falling water and lightning strike at them much to their discomfort as they were electrocuted twice as much after being soaked wet in the process, much to Max's amusement! Dr Z even wanted to do something like equip laser guns and weapons to the dinosaurs too but that suggestion soon caused a bit of heated tension between him and Max about dinosaurs being tools of war.

In the training room under Kaze and Craig's supervision, Rex was working out hard in a harsh training regime with some other troopers in his body so that he wouldn't end up becoming a liability on the battlefield, plus he knew he couldn't rely on Ace forever as he had to get tough himself. Spike too volunteered for the job thinking it'd be fun, too bad he didn't make it through the first 10 minutes as he collapsed completely on the ground as others ran over him much to his discomfort. Ace too was busy speeding through the wind dome in order to try and chase after a pack of velociraptors to help build stamina and control, knowing he couldn't rely on Rex all the time to give moves he too had to be strong in order to protect him too.

In the various training halls, troopers were sparring in matches against one another in an effort to further strengthen their dinosaurs as well as their ties with one another so that they could either go super or be able to handle the alpha process. Overall everyone was doing their part like cogs in a machine, no matter how big or small they each had a significant role to play, with no room for mistakes as the final battle was drawing near, they could feel it in them. Seeing that everyone was working hard, Cera and Lunensis both felt inspired by all the heart their comrades were putting into this and so, not wanting to be left out on it, decided to leave the nerve center in order to supervise what was going, take part in training and further speed repairs along before resuming their search for Goma. As they left the room though, little did they all know was that the final battle was about to come for them sooner than they all expected….

(Meanwhile)

Far away in the South Pole, hidden under layers of camouflage domes and jamming towers was the mighty citadel of the Shadow Empire, a dark purple and black structure shaped like the unholy offspring between a demon lord's castle and a fortress armed to the teeth with watch towers scanning the perimeter within the dome, turrets and cannons poised at each wall ready to fire anything that enters, as well as Gel jarks patrolling outside the castle perimeters and in within the courts.

Inside, another group was licking their wounds after their recent losses and defeats by the Resistance, and needless to say, their leader was far from pleased with their failures and in fact couldn't tolerate the sight of them as they stood before him tense with fear or spite, either towards themselves for failing, the D Team who thwarted them or the fact that Goma of all people was talking down to them and he was the youngest of them all! As Goma shot them a glare of disapproval, the pirates either looked away and hissed or avoided eye contact by keeping their heads down, though Specter the odd man of the bunch was crying his eyes out into his handkerchief feeling most ashamed at setting a poor example for his son and letting him down, not to mention losing all the wonderful gifts he was given, he barely had time to enjoy them.

"Pathetic, simply pathetic." Goma scoffed in disgust at his henchmen as he paced back and forth in front of them while folding his arms behind his back casually, "I gave each of you an army and near limitless resources to use at your disposal. And yet still you couldn't dispose of a few easily humans," He said as his men gritted their teeth feeling his words puncture their hearts like daggers, "Although, after seeing how incompetent you all really are first hand, I'm starting to see why you all lost so easily to those vermin even with all the cosmos stones."

As he continued to rub their failures in their faces he further was pushing them past their limits of how much they could tolerate his berating, "Grrr…."

"Tch!"

"Ugh…." Sheer, Foolscap and Gavro grunted while Specter blew into his hankie as his eyes reddened with tears, nearly swelling up and sore as if it was running out of tears to shed.

"Sniffle…."

"It's as they say, never give pearls to pigs, it'd only go to waste." Goma added at the end shrugging his shoulders.

That was the last straw for Sheer, as she suddenly exploded into a fierce rage and stood up, "Yeah well…What about you big shot!? What makes you so special huh!?" she yelled pointing at him with accusation, which made the male pirates huddle together in surprise!

"GAH!?"

Goma was taken somewhat aback by her rebellious response so he looked back to her calmly with a raised eyebrow, "Come again?" He then walked towards her and looked her in the eye as the other pirates shuddered at the increasingly tense situation, "You have something to say Sheer?" He asked her up front as the others widened their eyes, bit their nails or sweated profusely, worrying for their own safety if this situation were to get out of hand.

Sheer however didn't falter for the slightest, "You bet I do!" she retorted with a violent hiss, "You talk such a big game running your mouth! Sure we all came back empty handed and nothing to show for your defeats, but what about you!?" she pointed at him with accusation.

Foolscap and Gavro soon began to feel inspired by her bravado, working up the courage and seeing the logic in her words they too worked up the courage to stand up to Goma, "Y…Yeah! Sheer's right! You ran away from the Resistance instead of staying to fight like we did!" Foolscap grumbled as he and Gavro stood up and walked over to them, till the pirate trio were both standing before Goma who looked back to them unfazed.

"That makes you worse than we are! Ahahaha!" Gavro then laughed out loud in a boast, if only to join his friends in aiming their fingers at Goma. Specter on the other hand sat it out, if only because he couldn't bring himself to say his son was wrong in anyway even if it meant the way eh treated them.

Goma soon folded his arms and scoffed, "Hmph! The difference between me and you lot, is that I was able to defeat 3 of them with ease," he said as he looked away from them and shot an arrogant smirk, "The same humans which gave you so much trouble in the past fell like flies to me."

As soon as he pointed that out, the 3 pirates had their egos bruised seeing he had a point there and he had something to show for his shortcomings, but that further infuriated them and depend their hatred of the young zanjark, "Tch!"

"Why you little…" They growled gritting their teeth or tensing up their fists, not hesitating to turn it into an unclose brawl if necessary. Specter turned pale and bit his nails in terror, not wanting to get in between this complicated situation and figuring it be best he stayed out of the firing line for the time being.

"Also I merely chose not to fight their allies for I saw nothing to gain from it." Goma then shrugged his shoulders and folded his arms with a malevolent grin, "Besides, they all got the message, so I've decided to give them a small chance to decide what they truly want for themselves and think it over. They deserve it after they wiped the floor with each of you." He said which further added to the trio's reasons of why they hated him, "Plus, I have far bigger plans ready to be set in motion." He then stated folding his arms behind his head and then twitching his fingers which were itching to grab hold of something and crush it like a plastic bottle. "One of which would be to punish you useless lot for your miserable failures." He said with an eager grin.

That was the last straw for the pirates, "Grrr!"

"That tears it!" Sheer exploded as she stomped up to him and shook a fist threateningly at him, "We've put up with your 'I'm way stronger than you and a hundred steps ahead' attitude long enough! Now we're over it!" She yelled in his face but Goma remained unfazed as he stared back with a bored look.

"Yeah! No way are we about to let a punk kid like you boss us around a second longer!" Gavro growled as he pointed at his chest.

"Heck! I bet you don't even have one to begin with!" Foolscap scoffed as he folded his arms and tuck his tongue out at him.

Listening in to both sides, Specter soon felt inspired by the courage his men were showing and after seeing his son really was stepping out of line he believed it was time he stepped in to intervene too. Patting his eyes dry and clearing his throat he calmly paced towards them, "You know Goma, as your father while I do respect you and your decisions I'm afraid I'm going to have to side with Foolscap, Gavro and Sheer here." He said as the pirate trio grinned to see their boss stand with them making it 4 against 1, "If you really do have a big plan as you say it is, it's only fair that you fill us in on it too right?" He asked him with a raised eyebrow, "That is of course, if you really want to prove YOU are worthy of our continued loyalty and trust? Hmm?"

As the pirates shot him cocky smirks thinking he was all talk and that he had nothing to show for it all, Goma soon smiled to himself seeing they at least deserved that much, perhaps it was his fault for not properly preparing them that they suffered such a huge setback. "Very well, as you wish, I'll enlighten you lot on what my true goals and motives are," he then replied calmly much to the other pirates' surprise at how easy he was giving in to their demands, however they were soon about to learn just what kind of zanjark Goma truly was and they'd soon live to regret it, "Then once you see the means I have at achieving them, maybe then you'll begin to realise what I'm truly capable of and learn to know your place." He said with a sinister smirk on his face as he passed by them and the doors to his throne room soon opened up before them, "Come, and soon you'll learn about my masterplan so ingenuous it surpasses all of you put together." He called them as he walked inside.

"Tch!"

"Hmph!"

"Grrr….." and the other pirates, apart from Specter who was really excited and giddy, begrudgingly followed after him.

"Wooo! I love secrets!"

As they stepped inside, a bolt of lighting flashed outside as they stood before the throne, in the very room they first awoke in when they came back to the future, "Madness and short sightedness blinded all of you from being able to see how to properly wield the power you had at your disposal." He explained calmly as they came to a stop, "I am different, for I possess a vision for said power none of you ever could." He opened up his wings and flew up to the wall behind the throne before holding out a remote and pressing the big red button on it, "Thanks to this!" The compartment above the throne soon opened up and inside a glass case was the same dark multicoloured crystal ball that Goma drew his powers from!

"AAAAH!" As it glowed in a set of many different colours, the space pirates couldn't help but widen their eyes in bewilderment as they instantly recognised what that stone was!

"No way!

"Is that-"

"Impossible!"

"The cosmos stones!?" They each exclaimed flabbergasted beyond belief as to how it could be.

Goma soon smirked as he prepared to give them the correct answer, "Correction, the cosmos stone." he stated before preparing to explain himself, "The last piece in existence from the Dark Pterosaur you all called forth and were unable to control." He concluded proudly, "Before it was ultimately destroyed in the end….what a complete waste and tragedy it was to lose the greatest power in the universe to mere humans no less."

"H…How is this possible!?" As his men stared in utter speechlessness at the impossible made real, Specter quickly shook his head clear, "They were all destroyed! Erased from existence!" He cried in disbelief before looking back to his son, "Tell me Goma! How did you get your hands on that stone!?" he demanded angrily as he flew up to where his son was floating at and grabbed his shoulders and shook him close.

Goma soon smirked seeing he now had his father right where he wanted him, "I'm glad you asked. I've been waiting to recount this thrilling tale for some time." He explained with controlled eagerness as Specter let go of him to give him space. After that the younger Zanjark sat peacefully into his throne as the others gathered around him for a sinister story time, "Allow me to set the scene." He then cleared his throat before explaining himself.

(Flashback several months ago)

It was not long after his father and his minions departed for the prehistoric past, and after he fired off his bolster into the portal in an effort to stop Cera from ruining his father's plan, his last act of loyalty towards his father in a desperate cry for approval and respect. But as he continued to think about it Goma knew this deed of his would end up being brushed off like dust and disappear in the wind, just like everything he tried in order to get his father's respect and approval, from acquiring the technology to revive dinosaurs in secret as well as planning strategy and learning everything about dinosaurs, bit none of his efforts were ever acknowledged and his presence was;t even noticed! The more he reflected upon it as he entered into the fortress' control center, his anger and hatred continued to rise until he could no longer hold it in.

"Grr…how dare they treat me like a child…after everything I've done for them…those ungrateful thieving rats!" he screeched with venom, with anger so thick you could swing an axe through it and you wouldn't even leave a scratch! It was made evident as he swung out his fist so hard it smashed a huge hole right into a nearby wall! Causing it to crack after the huge impact it left, along with a sound so loud it rang through the halls like a thunderclap it caused the gel jarks in the vicinity to jump up in terror! They all backed away slowly as Goma then began to breathe heavily and tensely like a mad bull and his fingers began twitching with tension, veins popped around his head and his eyes were reddening with rage, "I'll show them….I'll show them all! I'll be greater than any of them will ever be! Then no one will ever look down on me ever aga-"

BEEP! BEEP!

"Huh?" The sound of an anomaly reading snapped Goma out of his rant, and in the nick of time too for the gel jarks who were afraid of him exploding and possibly taking out his pent up rage on them. As he made his way to the computer and isolated the signal, it depicted a beacon on the African Continent, where he would one day construct his control tower. For now it seemed like a barren wasteland, but today he was about to discover a dark secret buried deep within its ancient sands, "A cosmic energy spike in Niger, Africa?" He muttered in thought as he noticed some rather abnormal energy readings upon pinpointing them. "An anomaly or error?" He shook his head denying it, "No, this needs investigation…." He then smirked seeing this as an opportunity where he could gain power and maybe earn recognition at last if he could do something spectacular upon his father's return.

Making the decision to find out what it is, he ordered the gel jarks on standby, "Activate the ground bridge! I'm going to retrieve this energy source before the Resistance get their grubby hands on it!" He commanded as the jarks quickly activated the bridge, honing in on the coordinates before they opened up a space portal leading to the African desert. Behind Goma, a squad of Jarks assembled behind him as they followed after him through the portal and into the vast African desert. Upon arriving in a basin of sand surrounded by large dunes, Goma's radar detected a mass energy source buried deep underneath, and whatever it was it was going to his no matter who got in his way. "Start excavating now." He ordered the jarks as they quickly mobilised with mining equipment from drills to shovels as they worked tirelessly to excavate the many layers of sand covering the area.

Eventually as one park's shovel hit a certain point, a red beam of light suddenly shot out from the sand which caught Goma's eyes, "AH!" He rushed over to see, shoving the jark aside and as he used his hands to brush away the sand eh soon came across an unusual red shard which glowed in a red aura. "What's this?" The light it gave off was captivating and pleasing to the eye, unable to resist he reached out and touched it, only for a stoning g burn sensation struck back at him! "Tch!" He hissed as he took his hand back, the brief sound of a burn happened as his hand made contact. He gritted his teeth in detail, refusing to let this stop him as he took out a small bag he had with him, grabbed hold of the shard and fought against the burning sensation before dropping it inside to take back for study.

As soon as he did though, a blue light suddenly shone from another section of the area, "Another one?" Blue muttered in surprise, and before long more lights shone! White, green, yellow and purple too! As Goma picked each one up and placed them into the bag, with each shard he noticed a connection between them, "These shards….they look like they fit together….I wonder…." A wind suddenly blew past him and before hims feet, what initially looked like a solid piece of rock soon had the dust blown off revealing the top of a dinosaur's skull. "Hmm?" As more of the sand was cleared, a black aura shone from inside the dinosaur's eye socket, revealing a black shard inside! "AH!" Goma fell to his knees and leaned in for a closer look, as he reached for the shard and yanked it out from the fossil, he tossed it inside his back causing it to glow in an assortment of colours!

That was the least of his concerns, as he looked before the dinosaur skull he saw it began to glow dark purple, and the outline of an entire complete dinosaur skeleton could make itself known through the desert sand in front of him, "Such power emanating from this fossil…." He breathed in awe and amazement, and it was right here for the taking! "Hehehe, soon you will be mine…." He grinned deviously rubbing his palms together knowing he stumbled onto something really big, and whatever it was he planned to find out and make it his very own. Deep down inside he believed fate was what lead to this moment where he'd find a dinosaur worthy of him and as his father once told him, when the universe presents you with an opportunity it's paramount you capitalise on it.

Hours later after excavating the entire body of the dinosaur, the fossils were brought into a restoration chamber, and while energy was being fed from beams above into the fossil to stimulate the revival process, Goma decided to take a look into the dinosaur's memories to determine what made it so special and powerful, perhaps it came across something in its time or gained power through some mutation or freak accident, either way he was determined to fond out what as he worked tirelessly to tap into the last memories and thoughts of the great beast before it met its' final moments.

It revealed a prehistoric grassland, where dinosaurs of many kinds were present, including a herd of triceratops in the distance lead by a yellow one, who were fending off against a single red tyrannosaurus, and many other herbivores in the background which soon joined in the fight to overwhelm their predator, before the last one fired off an electrical attack which finished off the red dinosaur and turned it back to card form, "How intriguing…." Goma mused with interest, scratching his chin as an image came on screen. Soon after that, the screens shifted to look up at the sky, where a giant meteor with an entourage of fireballs rained down from the sky and crashed all around the prehistoric land!

As fires erupted and its fellow dinosaurs either ran for their lives or roared in pain under the might of the flames, the dinosaur in question didn't budge. In fact, it fearlessly stood its ground and roared out in defiance towards the largest meteor of all, not moving or even looking away! But it wasn't fear, in fact, the dinosaur longed for the power of the energy dwelling within that giant space rock, as if it desired it with all its lustful heart and roared out towards it as it crashed down upon where it was and the screen blacked out. As it ended off, Goma soon began to piece it altogether, "The asteroid which wiped the dinosaurs out…." he breathed as he began to recall the only time this had ever happened, "Which means…." His eyes widened with amazement as he recalled this was the same meteor he pointed out to his father and the other pirates before they embarked for the past.

After that, feeling suspicious, he laid out the shard he gathered on a table, using a scanner and registering their energy signatures, he confirmed that they matched that of the meteor, which lead him to a single conclusion! "I was right! These are the remains of the cosmos stones!" He cried out in amazement before chuckling in amusement at the irony of it all, "For them to have turned up here, where they originally landed….Heh, fate sure has an odd sense of humour." He chuckled as he got to work, knowing he couldn't leave the fragments as they were, plus he saw this as his big moment, for when his father would return he'd be able to shrive his worth and finally earn his respect at last if he were to present a prize such as this to him and his men.

Several hours passed, after securing the needed equip,eat and tools, Goma, using a special set of gloves and tools, he pieced together the shards together, it was agonising having to work in the presence of such ancient energy as old as the universe, but Goma's determination to succeed at any cost even at the price of his life kept him going each time he was on the verge of breaking. Finally, after fitting together the pieces together into a complete single stone, Goma widened his eyes and cried out in praise at his efforts and success at long last, "At last, the rainbow cosmos stone is complete!" He was expecting great things from the stone, but was so caught up in it all he failed to stop himself from grabbing the entire stone with his own hand!

"What!?" He widened his eyes too late as a massive energy flux shot through him and began to take over him as a purple aura flooded his body! "AAAAAH!" He screamed as the power was on the verge of consuming his very mind and even his soul! But refusing to give in or lose to this, he gritted his teeth, fighting hard against its influence! It was a powerful and vicious struggle between him and the cosmos stones, whose energy wrecked havoc on his body as his eyes and marks glowed bright purple in a dark aura! Goma fell to the ground spasming with pain as the gel jarks stepped back beeping anxiously, witnessing what may be some kind of demonic possession or occult conjuring! It seemed as though he was done for….but suddenly, a sinister grin came upon Goma's face to the jarks' horror!

Standing up and rising again almost like an undead zombie, he felt immense power and strength of the darkness course through his very veins and in his own blood! Using his own strength as well as being driven by his deep hatred for his father, he refused to lose out to this, for this pain was no more than a mere besting compared to what he suffered for decades! That rage gave him power and it allowed him to conquer the incidence o the stones and even make it his own! He could feel it, knowledge of the universe and limitless power, and it was his to command at will! From now on he'd be second fiddle to no one! He'd be subjected no more, from now on he'd be the one to take charge of his own destiny and rule!

The memories of the dark pterosaur also came to him, how it suffered defeat at the hands of the D Team, as it was destroyed its final fragments scattered throughout the lands and eventually covered upon the site where the remains of the dinosaur was, the one which fearlessly stood its ground upon their first arrival to planet earth. Now fate had awarded the stones with a second chance to once again finish the work they started years ago, and this time nothing and no one was going to stop them!

"Hehehehe…Ahahahahah! The power to rule the universe itself is now mine! Mine alone!" his demonic laughter echoed through the halls of his base, causing the gel jarks around him to shudder and quake with fear, as they broke witnessed the brith and awakening of their new lord and master! After that happened, a light erupted from the revival chamber, and inside the light began taking the form of eocarcharia, the dreaded dinosaur which longed for the power of the cosmos stones whereas all others fled in terror. As he let out a mighty roar, Goma's eyes glowed purple and he grinned almost demonically as he turned around to face his new partner. Sensing a connection and understanding between one another, Goma placed his hand upon the container's seal and eocarcharia did the same placing his head against where Goma's hand was. As that was done, a dark energy aura then surround them both as a link was made.

With the formation of this fiendish friendship, Goma cast off his former self completely, the pitiful child who cried for attention and approval no longer existed. On that day, Goma, Emperor of the shadow empire was born, and he answered to no one, living for one purpose alone, to enshroud the world…no…the universe in darkness, soon all will bow before him as Emperor of darkness with no equal, with this he declared himself inevitable and he swore now and forever more. From that point on, everything he developed in the fortress, to operations around the world, everything was powered by and made possible by the rainbow cosmos stone in his possession. Tightening his iron grip upon the world with each passing day, as he expanded operations from a mere base to an almighty empire. This was only the beginning, this feeble planet was but a mere stepping stone for he had far bigger ambitions and goals in mind, a vision which he shall soon make known to the universe and bend them all to as he saw fit, his final grand design as Emperor of shadows.

(Present)

"This stone happens to be the cornerstone on which my entire empire is built upon, if it weren't for this, the Shadow empire would never have come to be." Goma concluded at last. Looking ahead he saw Specter's eyes glistened with awe and admiration which made him smirk as it fed his ego.

"Wow! Now that's what I call dreaming big and going for it!" His father cheered as he clapped and praised his son for an excellent job, seeing him as a chip off the old pirate block.

Goma soon frowned somewhat as he turned to see Gavro, Foolscap and Shee either eying him unimpressed or not paying him any attention at all which annoyed him.

"Yes yes way to go, good for you." Gavro muttered as he clapped rather unenthusiastically.

"I'd hate to say it but even I'm impressed….well done….congrats….yadda yada…." Foolscap scoffed as he folded his arms behind his head rather begrudgingly.

"Indeed," Sheer mused as she folded her arms and eyes the stone with some degree of admiration, "You being able to put this altogether by yourself really is a feat of wonder." For someone as young as him to have accomplished much, surpassed every expectation she had of him, perhaps he wasn't one to be easily trifled with she thought to herself warily.

Specter, casting off all caution and being overwhelmed with sheer pride, joy and admiration soon began to rub suck up to Goma as he rubbed his hands together and said all kinds of praises to him, "To continue in your dear old dad's footsteps and continuing my legacy, Goma I'm so proud of you….." He puckered his lips hoping to butter up his son so he'd be easier to handle, though his efforts seemed to only annoy the Emperor. What he said next though would soon change everything for the space pirates, "Now hand it over like a good boy." Specter then demanded, as silence descended upon the throne room.

Goma blinked his eyes, "Excuse me?" It wasn't that he misheard what his father said, but that he had the nerve to make such a demand of him right to his face.

It didn't take long for the other pirates to grin and snicker deviously as they got up and regrouped with Specter in an effort to gang up on the lone Goma, "Hehe, you heard your dad kid, do as he says and give it up." Gavro chuckled as he popped his knuckles which were itching for action.

"Yeah, power like that is too valuable," Sheer stopped herself and then cleared her throat before correcting herself, "I mean…dangerous, in the hands of a half pint like you."

"Yeah, you could hurt yourself real bad." Foolscap leaned in at his face mockingly, to which Goma only returned with a displeased scowl.

"So now we'll be taking it off your hands. No need to thank us or anything. Consider us doing you a huge favour." Specter added as he smiled brightly with innocence, "After all it's a father's job to keep his son safe even if they don't understand or appreciate it."

As Spectre waited with a warm smile having faith that his son would make the right decision and listen like a good boy, his men grinned or snickered knowing if he were smart and knew what was good for him he'd do what they say, after all they believed it was only natural for kids too listen to grownups, such was the law of nature. However, little did they realise was that Goma had no intention of following any rules but his own. He closed his eyes and smirked a dark smile as he lay in his throne in a most lax manner, "Now why would I ever do something as foolish as that?" He said in a mocking tone which served to irritate the pirates at his insolence.

"Duh! Cos he's your dad and kids have got to do like their dads say!" Gavro growled as he tensed and shook his fists at him.

Unthreatened, Goma replied rather boredly, "You think I'm just going to give it up to nincompoops like you just because you asked?" He soon grew a most devious smirk of his own which put the lot of them off, "Heh, well too bad for you because that will never happen."

As the private trio growled and glared at him, just itching to get unclose and physical without hesitation, Specter held out his hand stopping them with a look in his eye as he decided to handle this with a civilised father and son talk, it always worked so this shouldn't be any different he assumed, "Now now Goma, be a good boy and-" Heo wrong he was. As soon as he reached out his hand to pat his son's shoulder, Goma grabbed hold of it to his alarm! "GAH!" He widened his eyes as his son's and gripped hard on his wrist it felt it was caught in a bear trap!

He then pulled in Spectre so he could look him in the eye, "Let me make myself clear, none of you are laying one finger on my stone or anything else." He said to Specter in a deep sinister throne, causing his father's old heart to skip a beat before he was suddenly thrown off the high plateau and back on the floor like a rag doll!

"Urgh!" He cried as his back hit the floor and his men widened their eyes in alarm!

"GAH!"

"BOSS!"

In response they quickly flew down to help their boss back up, as he staggered to his legs groggily as a result from the impact. After helloing him stand they turned back in shock to see Goma had risen off his throne and stood up before them in a most menacing way.

"You fools all had your chances and failed miserably, I have no intention of repeating my mistakes in giving you more, let alone the very foundation of my empire." He said to them with a mocking smirk before narrowing his eyes with a hard glare, "Never in a million years."

"Grrr! You impudent ungrateful brat!" Specter growled gnashing his teeth like a mad beast, he was beginning to lose his patience and his ability to restrain himself.

"Why you…." Sheer growled at the boy's impudence while the other 2 male pirates smacked their fists into palms or popped their knuckles itching for a brawl.

"He's really pushing it…."

"Let me at him…." They each grunted.

"Tch! In that case," Specter hissed nastily before taking a calm breath, "As much as it pains me to say this Goma, you've been a really naughty boy!" He then exploded, realising he made a mistake leaving him behind long ago, but now he intended to fix it and set his delinquent of a son straight no matter what it took, , "If you don't listen to me, then we'll have no choice but to confiscate your little toy! Or more precisely, take it from you by force!" he threatened before pointing out at him, "In fact, we'll take it right here and now!" He swore at the top of his lungs clenching his hand into a tight fist before looking to his men, "Space pirates! Get that stone now!" He ordered them as he pointed out at the cosmos stone held right above Goma's head!

"Yes boss!"

"On it!" Gavro and Sheer nodded obediently as the 3 of them took off to the air and flew over Goma's head in an effort to seize the cosmos stone!

"Hehe! Losers weepers!" Foolscap stuck out his tongue mockingly as they made it to the stone's casing and prepared to seize it.

Little did they know was that Goma had anticipated something like this happening from a mile away, "Heh, amateurs…." He smirked deviously as he pressed a button on his throne's arm rest.

As soon as Gavro punched at the case, it delivered a swift electrical shock which surged right through him and then quickly jumped into his cohorts!

BZZT!

"WAAAAAH!" They all screamed and spasmed with the powerful electrical current rushing through them before being blown back to the ground where Specter was much to his disbelief!

"AH!" he exclaimed as the stone's security measures.

"Urgh…." They groaned in pain as they smoked black and staggered to their feet in an effort to recollect themselves.

"Did you simpletons honestly think I didn't see this coming?" Goma smirked at their failed attempt as they glared at him with hatred and spite while trying to recover form the electric shock they just received, "Unlike you, I don't resort to petty thievery and steal power, I conquer in order to obtain it and make it my own." He said calmly before descending down the stairs towards them, and then shooting at them a most fearsome glare, "I've worked too hard and too long to get where I am today and I'm not going to give it up so easily so you can squander it, your failures had proved that none of you can be trusted, and your feeble attempt to betray me just now further enforced it."

"Grrr…." While Sheer and Foolscap growled with spite, Gavro and Specter sweated and tensed up anxiously, as fear for their own lives began to build up for the very first time in their lives and they had no idea how to respond.

"You only have yourselves to blame for the situation you're all in now," Goma then continued, "After all I've been living under your scorn and disrespect for decades, I'm basically a monster of your very making." As far as he could recall, not one memory he had involving his father or the other pirates had ever been happy. The only time he ever felt joy was when they left and when he discovered his own power for the first time, which he soon smirked with deep pleasure as he dwelled upon that most pleasing memory, "Don't feel too bad though, I'm actually grateful for it, if it wasn't for all the ridicule which you forced me to endure for so long I never would have had the drive or desire to go this far." He said to them as they began gulp or sweat anxiously, feeling regret for what they did, not in a sympathetic way but in upmost terror.

"Ugh…."

"Do you know what else separates me from you?" he continued, "You all saw dinosaurs as nothing more than mere tools or weapons, but when I first laid eyes upon them I saw much potential in them for greatness and absolute power." He said as he began to reflect back to that day, when he saw them attack their ship upon their arrival and declaration of war. He had never seen such primal ferocity and power at the hands of mere earthlings, so if he were to get his hands on them imagine how much further he could take them with their superior technology and expertise, "You are all far too short sighted and think too small, while I have a vision strong enough to uphold what I aim to achieve and can easily withstand anything and anyone who'd dare oppose me." He continued before standing before them all without fear or hesitation, "Especially the likes of you." he said narrowing his eyes with disapproval towards them, which further began to rub them all the wrong way.

"Grrr…."

"Why I oughta…." Whatever bad impression they had of him before had worsened a hundredfold, no way were they about to take his insults lying down a second longer!

A shade covered Specter's eyes most ominously, "Goma….for a long time I've gone easy on you," he then shot his son a furious expression a disappointed father, "But now it seems you've left me no choice but to teach you some manners and discipline you the hard way!" He shouted viciously as he shook out his fist towards him, "I'm not going to stand by and abide by such rudeness and unacceptable behaviour from MY son of all people!" He spat before pointing at him, "It's time I showed you whom you're messing with and make YOU know your place in the pecking order!"

"Y…Yeah! That's right!"

"You tell him boss!" Gavro and Foolscap cheered him on feeling inspired by Specter's bravado, something which inspired more confidence in the other pirates to team together and stand up against Goma, "Heck, let's all take him! He talks a big game but there's no way he can take us all on at once!" He grinned as he rubbed his hands together eagerly, "We'll beat him down real good! Take what's his and make him know he'll always be nothing more than a spoilt runt!" He cackled as the 4 of them began snickering together, knowing with all 4 of them working together they'd easily overwhelm him and then not only would everything he has be theirs but they'd finally be able to dish out some well deserved punishments and payback towards him for standing out of place and pushing them around like servants, and they were only beginning to scratch the iceberg's surface with what they had in mind once they were through with him.

As always, Goma hadn't felt the least but intimidated, in fact this time he felt rather amused by what they were attempting to do, "Oh? So the dogs finally bare their fangs…." he thought to himself before smiling, "Heh, is this what it means to bite the hand that feeds you?" He expected as much from ones so greedy and ungrateful even after he saved them from doom, gave them a home and provided them with plenty of resources on top of that, along with a second chance to get back at their old enemies for their humiliating defeat. Nevertheless, he could still take advantage of this situation as he knew exactly what he planned having anticipated this scenario long ago, "Very well then, since none of you seem to be backing down I'll just have to make an example of you." The older zanjark turned serious as they listened to what he had to offer them, "If any one of you can defeat me in battle, I'll be more than willing to surrender everything I have left to you, you're welcome to do with it as you see fit." He explained before sticking up his finger to add an even better condition to make things more even sided, "And to make things fair, I'll take you all on at once." He said at the end which made them all blink their eyes or widen them in surprise.

"Say wha?"

"All of us?"

"You're kidding right?" The trio questioned him, wondering if they heard right from him or if he was just plain mad.

"Oh no not at all." He calmly replied to them shaking out his hands, "You see the D Team couldn't satisfy me enough, so I want to make things more of a challenge." He explained, "Plus this may be a good chance for me to see if you can force me to put in more effort than they did, plus it also serves as the perfect punishment I had in mind for you for your failures." He continued before deciding bettering the deal he had in mind, making it more their while so they'd be more willing to cooperate, "So to make things more fair for you, should you defeat me I'll even let you off the hook and I will be more than willing to relinquish command and serve you instead."

The space pirates blinked their eyes in surprise at what they were hearing, it was as if he was putting himself in a disadvantage on purpose. He had to have been nuts to set up conditions like that, or perhaps he may actually be that good….

"Is he….serious?"

"Could be…." They muttered amongst themselves.

"So what will it be?" Goma then asked them with a confident smirk, which snapped them out of their thoughts and suspicions seeing they had nothing to lose, it was pretty much a guaranteed permanent promotion and a chance to finally earn the respect they deserved!

"Hehe, you really are a glutton for punishment aren't you?"

"You've just dug yourself a really deep grave!"

"And I'm gonna bury you in it myself!" They all grinned and snickered towards him.

"Oh the boldness of the naive. I admire your bravado son but you ought to know when you're on over your head!" Specter growled at him before grinning deviously, "But even so, we accept! And you're going down hard!" he yelled out loud boastfully as the other pirates yelled out in agreed unison.

"YEAH!"

"Very well then, come, let us decide this once and for all at the battlefield." He said as he snapped his fingers and the 5 of them disappeared from the throne room.

(Later)

Before long the 5 zanjark materialised in Goma's arena, which was a set of floating islands in a vast coloured dimensional plane, one he created himself when he'd wish to train himself and ecocarchaira without exposing himself to his enemies or risk damaging his own fortress, plus it was pretty much the perfect scene set for a battle with such high stakes with everything to gain and even more to lose!

As Goma stood on his end of the field, he folded his arms and smirked with confidence as his father and the other pirates huddled together for a team meeting, "You 3 know what to do." Specter whispered to them with a stern look on his face before looking up at his son who was looking smugly back at them which made his blood boil, "Since my son's been such a bad egg, feel free to hold nothing back, I'll give you special permission to teach him a lesson he'll never forget." He said with a sinister smile as devious grins and snickers came upon the other pirates.

"Hehehe! With pleasure boss." Gavro held a thumbs up.

"You can count on us for this." Sheer bowed with respect, promising not to fail him.

"When we're done with him we'll clip his wings and make sure he gets grounded for good." Foolscap chuckled as he punched a fist into his palm before eying Goma, "And that he takes a titanic sized timeout on top of that!"

As the 3 of them stepped forward onto their side of the field, Specter smiled knowing with these odds there's no way they could lose, it was time he showed his son the difference between boldness and naivety, as well as make him know where his place is.

Taking out their cards they activated them one by one.

"Come on out Gigas!"

"You too Armatus!"

"And let's not leave Maximus out of the fun!" They said as the 3 spectral dinosaurs appeared on the field and roared out menacingly together.

"Impressive lineup." Goma complimented them, before a sinister smirk came upon his face, little did they know was that the moment they accepted his challenge their fates were already sealed. "Too bad they all pale in comparison to our combination." He said to his own dinosaur card before activating it against his own chest plate, "Come forth! Eocarcharia!" Materialising on his side of the field was none other than Goma's own personal dinosaur who roared out ferociously in defiance towards the 3 other spectral dinosaurs as the skies turned colourful with the battlefield!

Oblivious to how powerful he was, Sheer and Foolscap both grinned and snickered with confidence at the fact they had number son their side.

"Hehe this'll be easier than taking candy from a baby!"

"We'll finish this lickety split in no time flat!" They each boasted.

"Oh? Then how about we put that to the test shall we?" Goma mused as he was willing to take their bold bet, and he knew just the card to play, "Let's see how you stand up to this! Fire scorcher!" He yelled activating the move card, which made eocarcharia charge up a gigantic black and red meteor in his jaws before launching it towards the other space pirates!

The pirates widened their eyes at the sight of the incoming super move! "Gah!"

"That move took out those meddling brats in 1 go!" Gavro and Foolscap exclaimed in disbelief that Goma would play such a powerful card from the get go!

"Tch! Well it's not going to get us!" Sheer hissed in defiance, "Not if we have anything to say about it!" she growled as they all quickly responded .

"Magma blaster!" Gavro yelled as Gigas stomped his foot and fired out a powerful magma blast from his mouth!

"I'll add in a touch of spike arrows!" Foolscap snickered as Armatus' plates sparked and he fired out a barrage of arrows from his tail.

"And allow me to tip the balance in our favour with lightning strike!" Sheer concluded as her triceratops charged up a ball of pure lightning in between his horns before firing it out at full force! The 3 moves came together and collided with the meteor! For a moment it was a standoff between the 1 meteor against the pirate trio's 3 moves! Eventually unable to keep itself together, the meteor exploded and sent a huge shockwave out in the blast which pushed Gigas, Armatus and Maximus back!

BOOM!

"URGH!" The other space pirates either held out their arms or crossed in front to shield as such as they could from the blast, while Goma on the other hand stood calmly with eocarcharia as the impact merely blew his cape up in the wind but he remained unfazed.

As the explosion died down and the battlefield become somewhat charred and smoky, the pirate trio managed to get back up in a rather groggy and stuttered manner as a result from the blast, "Huff…." Gavro wheezed as he pushed himself up.

"Let's…not do that again anytime soon…." Foolscap grumbled with irritant where Sheer simply scowled and nodded back at him.

"Agreed…." she narrowed her eyes back at the battle, anticipating that despite being his best move, Goma no doubt had many more up his sleeve so they couldn't rest on their laurels yet.

Oblivious to this, Specyer who looked up after hiding behind his men like a coward, saw the chance to rub it in his son's face at his failed attempt to take them out, "Hehe, how'd you like that!? Looks like your fire isn't as hot as you claim it to be!" He laughed pointing out at Goma tauntingly while their dinosaurs got back up and roared out fiercely towards eocarcharia who answered back with a roar of his own.

Goma then folded his arms and smirked somewhat impressed, "Not bad," he said before smirking back deviously, "But let's see how well you handle an up close brawl!" He declared before holding out his arm, "Attack! Eocarcharia!" he commanded as his dinosaur roared viciously and rushed in for a full on assault towards the other 3 spectral dinosaurs!

"I'm going in first!" Gavro grinned eager for a fight and having wanted to get back at him for throwing him the last time they met, "Go get em Gigas! Stomp em into smithereens!" He punched forward as the tyrannosaurus growled and charged head on into battle! Both huge carnivores bashed heads at one another, pushing and shoving, neither giving way till Gigas flipped up eocarcharia's head. His neck exposed, Gigas seized the chance and snapped his huge jaws right onto the carcharodontosaurid and bit into it hard and causing his enemy to growl in pain! "Got him!" Gavro cheered as he pumped up his hand with excitement.

"Hehehe! He's done for now!" Foolscap grinned while Sheer smirked pleased.

"Heh, that's what you think…." Goma snickered seeing he could turn the situation to his advantage easily. Snapping his fingers, eocarcharia roared as he mustered his strength to pull Gigas away as he still hang onto his neck! Using sheer determination and force of will, he swung out his neck at one of the nearby standing pillars of the battlefield, smashing Gigas' face through it and causing him to let go as teeth fell out as a result from the hard collision with stone and then he fell to the ground in a daze and catching Garo completely off guard!

"WAH!" he gasped widening his eyes in shock as eocarcharia headed over to and stomped on Gigas' stomach without mercy, each one causing the tyrannosaurus to choke and bellow in pain and agony!

"Idiot! How did you not see that coming!?" Specter yelled in exasperation towards Gavro, with reddened eyes and bulging veins in his forehead which made the red pirate gulp and sweat nervously.

"I…I…." He stuttered paralysed by fear at his menacing glare his boss was giving him! Twiddling his fingers he couldn't think straight under pressure as his thoughts spiralled out of control from his boss breathing down on him and that Gigas was losing bad! Gritting his teeth he shot towards Foolscap and Sheer, "Grr! Don't just stand there! Help me out here!" he growled shaking a fist at them.

"Hmph! You really are useless aren't you?" Sheer scoffed with disapproval as she folded her arms and then flicked out her hair.

"Fine then, you owe us one for this!" Foolscap scowled as he decided to go next, "Armatus! Get in there and clobber that brat and his little pet!" He ordered as his stegosaurus howled and lumbered out towards Eocarcharia. Believing Gigas was out of commission and of no concern threat for the time being, eocarcharia shifting his focus towards Armatus as they met in a collision which knocked them both back a bit! Before the stegosaurus could shift himself and swing out his tail, eocarcharia recovered quickly and lunged out, grabbing Armatus' head and clamping his huge jaws and massive teeth on it in a razor sharp vice lock!

"AH!" Foolscap widened his eyes as the carnivore lifted up his dinosaur and threw him across the ground like a rag doll as his body scraped the ground and came to a stop further away! As eocarcharia roared out in victory, Gigas stomped his foot hard on the ground as he pushed himself up and shook his head clear having just managed to regain his senses. His head cringing with pain from the impact and blood dripped from his jaws from his lost teeth, but that pain soon overtook his survival instincts and all he wanted was payback as he snarled and narrowed his eyes viciously at eocarcharia who had his back turned to him! Foolscap saw this and tied out, "What are you waiting for?! Give me a hand here will ya!?" He yelled with urgency at Gavro.

"Hey! You ain't the boss of me!" The burly pirate retorted before huffing and looking back at the battle, "Good thing I was just planning the same thing, get him Gigas!" Gavro ordered as his t-rex seized the moment without hesitation and tried to catch eocarcharia by surprise. Turning around to see the incoming rex, eocarcharia snarled at the rex holding his ground which further agitated him as he held nothing back in his advance! Unfortunately it proved to be a deception to lure him in, as eocarcharia smirked at the last second before leaping out of the way much to Gigas' alarm! The tyrannosaurs widened his eyes realise g he was tricked, his momentum forced him right into Armatus, who had just managed to get back up on his feet only for him to be knocked off again by Gigas!

The 2 dinosaurs crashed to the ground and tumbled over one another, defenceless once more much to Gavro and Foolscap's alarm!

"HEY! Whose side are you on you big lug!?" Foolscap shouted at Gavro which made him stutter back.

"I…It wasn't my fault!" He protested nervously at first before gritting his teeth angrily, "I may now know much but I do know YOU were the one who told me to attack!" he yelled shaking his fist back at him.

As he watched this, Goma snickered to himself seeing this fight may be easier than he first thought, maybe even easier than when he battled the D Team, "Doesn't matter whose fault it is," he spoke out to them catching them off guard, "Because the outcome will still be the same!" He declared maliciously before activating another fire move! "Fire bomb!" Eocarcharia's jaws flamed with fire as he leapt high up into the air and spun down as a dive bomb before clamping onto Gigas just as he managed to stand back up again!

"WAAAH!" Gavro and Foolscap both widened their eyes and yelped as a huge explosion erupted and swallowed up both their dinosaurs in a huge blast!

BOOM!

As the explosion cleared Gigas and Armatus both lay down in a charred crater twitching and scorched as eocarcharia looked over them in triumph.

"AAAAH! Who ordered the barbecue!?" Foolscap cried in exasperation as he began grasping his hair and sweating in a panic!

"N….Not me, and I didn't ask for our dinos to be extra crispy!" Gavro sweated nervously as he stepped back and his heart began to race uncontrollably.

"Imbeciles!" Sheer screamed at them in frustration before face palming herself in exasperation, "Guess I'll have to do this myself! You idiots back off!" she then snarled at them as they stepped back away from her in fear and begrudgingly.

"Urgh…" In the sidelines Specter began to tense and swear nervously, knowing that if they couldn't handle his son he'd have to step in after them, but deep down his heart was beating hard in fear, as he began to question whether he may be able to do any better than they did.

"Teach that brat a lesson Maximus!" She ordered as Maximus scraped the ground with his front foot and let out a roar before charging out! It seemed at first eocarcharia's attention was diverted as he was focused on the beaten Gigas and Armatus, which seems like the perfect opening Sheer believed as Maximus threw all caution to the wind and accelerated his charge! However to his and Sheer's surprise, this was a trap, as eocarcharia could feel him approaching through the vibrations in his feet, and in response he retaliated with a swift swing of his tail, smacking right in the middle of Maximus' face before he was sent flying through some nearby stone pillars which crashed down on top of him!

As the dust cleared and Maximus had dug himself out of the rubble, his legs buckles and he fell down on his underside much to his mistress' frustration, "Get up Maximus! Don't let him smack you around like that! Attack!" She ordered refusing to end up like her 2 comrades, she was even about to consider using her boomerang to chop off his irons if he didn't obey. Maximus knew this too, spurred by fear and his anger towards his humiliation from earlier, he forced himself back up to his legs and charged out once more!

"Show these fools no mercy eocarcharia!" Goma responded as his dinosaur intercepted the attack in time, ramming straight in between Maximus' horns and pushing him back, he lunged out and grabbed one of his horns! Mustering all the strength in his jaws and back, he hoisted the triceratops high above his head before slamming him down hard into the ground!

"No way!" Sheer widened her eyes at how easily her dinosaur's attack was countered.

She could only look on helplessly as Goma's partner placed a foot down on his unprotected side and held him down so he couldn't move, "Now to give your triceratops a taste of the fiery pit that awaits you!" He grinned sadistically before playing a movie card, "Burst of flames!" Charging up flames in his jaws, eocarcharia unloaded a merciless stream of flames upon the triceratops who writhed and screeched in pain before his tormentor decided to hold himself back and stop, only because it'd be too easy and he didn't want it to end so soon.

"M…Maximus!" Sheer cried in horror as her triceratops groaned weakly while smoking black and charred to a crisp.

"How sad, not even the 3 of you together is enough to give me a challenge, let alone entertain me." Goma then sighed shaking his head in disapproval. Gavro, Sheer and Foolscap sweated and shuddered anxiously, now they were beginning to see Goma wasn't all just talk after all and now they deeply regretted it! As he looked up at Specter who shuddered at being the focus of his attention, "Well father? Care to join in the fun too? Or are you going to hide behind your incompetent henchmen and let them continue fight a hopeless battle? Hmm?" He offered with a welcoming smile, by welcoming he meant to his doom!

Gavro, Sheer and Foolscap said nothing back, for they were struck with fear and paralysed speechlessly at Goma's monstrous power, even at their best they couldn't even lay so much as a scratch on him and he was still kicking their butts when they worked together. Seeing no other way, they quickly turned to look at pester, who stuttered as they focused their attention solely on him, and even began to grovel before his feet pleading for salvation.

"B…Boss?"

"Please help?"

"With sugar on top? They pleaded desperately, even if it was humiliating to beg like dogs they ran out of options and saw no other way around this.

"Tch!" sweat and scared-also annoyed at men making him look bad

Scared but put on facade

"Hehehe not bad son, looks like you really are a chip off the old pirate block aren't you?" Specter's compliment however came off more like an insult to Goma as he scowled hard at being compared to his fool of a father once again. "But you've still got much to learn and now I'm about to teach you the hard way! Ahahaha!" His father then hollered before holding out his arm, "Me and Brontikens that is! HA!" he bellowed as he played Brontikens' card against his chest plate! A bright purple light shone out and materialising was Specter's apatosaurus in full sized form as he let out a titanic bellow and stomped so hard on the ground it shook the foundation of the floating island they battled upon, making eocarcharia stumble a bit in face of his new rival which towered over him like a mountain.

As Goma narrowed his eyes to see his father's ace in the hole appear before him, the other pirates began to snicker deviously at him, believing the odds to have shifted in their favour and their positions of being on the losing side were about to be reversed!

"Ehehe!"

"You're in trouble now kid!"

"Daddy's going to squash you flat like a pancake!" They laughed mocking him while also sticking out tongues or making faces at him.

Goma however remained unfettered and instead smirked to himself intending to take their bet, "Heh, we'll see…." he mused as eocarcharia and Brontikens began to square off. As Brontikens towered over his smaller enemy and kept a close watch on eocarcharia's movements, the smaller carnivore paced back and forth looking for an opening, blindspot or weakness he could exploit. With plenty of battles and experience under his belt, he sniffed the air and paused, narrowing his eyes at the most vulnerable spot on the apatosaurus he could aim for, his neck, back as well as his head.

Specter, blinded by arrogance and awe at his dinosaur now at full power, saw no need for any strategy, for all he needed to do was crush Goma's dinosaur back into a card and they could all be done with it, "Now Brontikens, be a good boy and give my son and his pet a well deserved thrashing!" He called out as his apatosaurus roared out obedient and lumbered straight towards him!

Goma narrowed his eyes and gave a certain nod with eye contact to his dinosaur who then roared fearlessly and rushed heads on towards the giant sauropod! This manoeuvre surprised Brontikens momentarily, as many would run away in terror of being trampled, this was the first an opponent would dare take him on in an unclose brawl, he either must be brave, had something in mind, foolish or perhaps downright insane! Nevertheless he wasn't about to falter as he kept on going till he and eocarcharia collided, the carnivore's head smashed right into his chest, causing a massive shockwave to emanate through space! Both dinosaur pushed and shoved at one another, night giving way, till Brontikens swung out his head and knocked eocarcharia back!

The eocarcharia dug in his toe claws and stabilised himself before darting in again, right as Brontikens shook his head clear from the neck swipe, eocarcharia had lunged out and grabbed hold of his leg, biting down hard and making him roar in pain! In response, Brontikens used his strength to shove the eocarcharia off him, but he was relentless as he kicked himself back up and tried to jump up at and bite his neck! Anticipating this and not wanting to give him the chance, the apatosaurus quickly turned and swung out his tail, sending eocarcharia flying away and then crashing to the ground right before Goma, to his annoyance.

"Hehe, those puny attacks ain't gonna do squat!" Specter snickered cockily believing he finally had his son backed into a corner, as Brontikens stepped forward towards eocarcharia rather menacingly, which made even the dreaded dark carnivore feel somewhat intimidated, "Now do you see you can't win!?" Specter boasted as he began to laugh out loud with pride and joy over Brontikens, "Just give up and save us all a lot of trouble will ya?" He then added at the end as he raised an eyebrow at Goma and smirked towards him, as the pirate trio began to snicker and grin seeing there was no way he could win now.

A shade covered Goma's eyes and he said nothing for a bit, which was rather unsettling at first to the adult zanjark, till he soon broke the silence, "Actually….I was just thinking…." He suddenly shot them all a psychotic expression which made their hearts jump, "Maybe it's time I start trying!" He then grinned maliciously as a purple aura erupted around him and he screamed at the tip of his lungs! "RARGH!" As he roared out loud, Eocarcharia let out a menacing snarl as he began to glow in a bright purple aura which shone out a glaring light disorienting Briontikens and the other dinosaurs as they looked away or bellowed out in annoyance at the glare.

"AAAAH!" The adult zanjark were forced to cover their eyes or hold out their arms in an effort to block it out, "Wh….What the!?" Specter squinted his eyes painfully as he peeped through the tinies gap he could open with his fingers and saw an immense power rising up from between Goma and his dinosaur. It soon began to click together as he widened his eyes in disbelief, "Don't tell me he can also do-"

"Spectral fusion!" His son finished off for him as Eocarcharia emerged from the light now coloured in deep black with shades of evil purple too! As his new form emanating with an aura which reeked of pure evil, it was an intimidating sigh that Brontikens felt uneasy and even stepped back feeling fear!

As Gavro and the others looked down they too widened their eyes and stared speechlessly with their boss at the sight of Goma's power.

"GAH!"

"Him too!?" Gavro and Sheer exclaimed.

"No fair! Why does he get all the fancy power ups!?" Foolscap whined enviously as to why even he could accomplish this new form of power, something he thought was only exclusive to the D Team and Alpha gang who just kicked their butts not long ago. Specter meanwhile could only stare in sheer utter shock and speechlessness, his jaw hung down and his eyes stared widely and unblinkingly, as he was being reminded of the very power which did him and Brontikens and now his son was about to dish out that very same humiliation to him again!

Seeing he caught them all off guard, Goma smirked to himself seeing he once again shifted the balance of power in his favour, "Still think you're so tough father?" He said to him mockingly, which made him swallow hard and it felt so painful it was like he just gulped down a dry rock. "Err…." Finding himself at a loss for words he then pointed out weakly to his son, "Th…That's cheating Goma! You can't do that!" He protested while shaking uncontrollably with terror.

"Like you guys use armour in every battle you fight?" Goma questioned him back which took the roads out of his mouth, "In war anything goes, surely you've realised that by now." He said wasting no more time with words, now he would speak with pure action and raw power! "Now go! Eocarcharia!" Upon his command and being fuelled by power, his dinosaur snarled and rushed in much faster than before! This caught Brontikens off guard and he failed to response in time as the eocarcharia grabbed his leg once again, this time pulling out with all his strength and causing him to topple down!

"WAAAH!"

"No way!"

"Impossible!" Specter and the other pirates widened their eyes in shock and disbelief.

No dinosaur had ever been able to knock Brontikens off his feet so easily like that, something even the apatosaurus couldn't believe and thus was unable to comprehend how this was possible, stunning them beyond imagination! Unfortunately for them and Brontikens, this was just the beginning, in their moment of being shocked, eocarcharia then released his leg. Now lying down vulnerable, he made a run for the sauropod's neck, clamping his jaws down like a trap he chipped right on Brontikens' throat and began to crunch down hard! It wasn't jus the force of the bite that was punishing, it soon became outright torture as his serrated blade like teeth began to sink into and shred through the apatosaurus' flesh like meat hooks! Eocarcharia positioning himself in a way he could roll his jaws back and forth with each crunching bite, thereby shredding deeper and deeper through the thick flesh of the apatosaurus!

The other space pirates looked on speechlessly, paralysed by this real life nightmare, though none of them was suffering form this traumatic experience as much as their boss was at that very moment, "B…Brontikens!" Specter widened his eyes in horror, as if he was witnessing a slaughter taking place with his very own eyes! Looking into the eyes of his beloved partner Brontikens, pleading to him for help, Specter's here sank as he saw blood gushing out from the wounds in his neck and splutter onto the ground. Looking up, he felt a chill down his spine as he saw the cold blooded eyes of Super eocarcharia, it was clear there was only one thing on his mind, to finish his foe by any means necessary! Hearing the haunting laughter of his son, his heart skipped a beat to see him cackling maniacally and in amusement of the carnage, nothing he ever did ever came close to such darkness and evil which his son committed. Soon he clenched his ahdns into fists and gnashed his teeth with rage, vowing to put a stop to all this here and now, as he turned over to Gavro, Sheer and Foolscap and shot them a piercing glare which made them all jump! "Don't just stand there you numbskulls! Do something now! Or I will use you guys as meat shields and feed you to that monster!" He yelled threateningly at them shaking his fists, spurring them into action!

"R…Right!"

"On our way!"

"Hang on boss! We're coming to save you!" They replied as their dinosaurs had managed to recover from their earlier attacks and wounds inflicted by Goma and then roar out in fury! It wasn't just to reduce their comrade, but also to take vengeance on eocarcharia for the humiliation it just dealt them, while the Space pirates were merely wanting to save their own skins.

Wasting no more time they finally decided to bring out the big guns, "Spectral armour!" They yelled as the marks on their 3 dinosaurs glowed using them to fully armour up and emerge as their armoured forms!

"Tch!" Goma then hissed in annoyance as his foes rallied together against him, this time pulling no more punches.

"This time no more holding back!" Sheer growled as she optioned out at him with spite, having lost all sense of restraint or mercy for him, "You've made this personal!"

"Yeah nobody hurts the boss and gets away with it!" Foolscap growled as he tensed up his arms into fists.

"No one! Not even his own kid!" Gavro finished at the end as his chest plate flashed purple upon activating his ultimate move, "Spectral lancer!" Gigas' armour flashed a purple aura as he sprouted 4 massive crystal lances from his back! Rushing towards eocarcharia, he looked back and widened his eyes as the tyrannosaurus leapt out at him, knocking him off Brontikens before scooping him up! Turning towards a nearby rock wall, he rushed in with full force before ramming eocarcharia inside with his huge lances and then throwing him up to the air! Gavro grinned with deep pleasure at finally margin to get a good hit in, but this time he was feeling in a really good mood and was willing to share the glory with his comrades, "Sheer! Your turn!" he then yelled out to her.

She smirked seeing her chance, "Heh, way ahead of you! Spectral punisher!" She called out as her choker flashed purple upon activating her ultimate move! In response Maximus' horn grew and crystallised as he caught eocarchaira as he was falling back down before tossing up high again into the air and blasting a beam through his chest!

"GARGH! Eocarcharia!" Goma growled as he clenched his chest as if he felt that attack epicure his own heart! As he looked back up he gnashed his teeth and glared at them with rage, which was building up deep inside of him to the point he wanted to tear them all apart with his bare hands. A dark thought which he entertained and dwelled in so deeply a malicious grin came upon his face.

"And now for the finishing touch! Spectral stinger!" Foolscap called out as his headband activated an Armatus generated a set of crystal spikes around his body before firing out a barrage of crystal missiles at eocarcharia who was still high int he air! The missiles blasted down on him, as he crashed they penetrated all around his body before shining and erupting in a massive explosion which swallowed up both Goma and his dinosaur completely!

BOOM!

"URRRRGGH!" Goma growled as he held his arms ahead of him, dug in his heels to stop himself from flying away by the impact before he was swallowed up in the dust.

Unable to see him anymore and believing themselves to finally be victorious, the space pirates all cheered and jumped up and down with joy and excitement, "Ahahahahah! We win!"

"Woo hoo! Yay team!" To them this win felt like a breath of fresh air after all the humiliating they were dealt a while back, and it was about to be even better, it was clear skies and smooth sailing ahead of them from here on they believed as their dinosaurs began roaring out in triumph.

"Like there was any doubt at all." Specter smirked as he folded his arms on his hips smugly before turning with a hard glare towards the huge plume of dust and smoke erupting from ahead, "Hehe, you see that Goma?!" he laughed taunting him, knowing he was still there and could hear him, "Now you see what we're capable of and that you should never have messed with us!" Hand over the cosmos stone like you promised!" He then demanded as he pointed out.

"Yeah, we won it fair and square….whatever it means…" Gavro muttered scratching his head in curious thought.

There was nothing but silence right after that, and the space pirates were beginning to assume that Goma may have been knocked out cold as a result of the attack or perhaps ran away in the heat of battle, which made them scowl at that thought….however, all of their thoughts and theories were greatly disproven and their assumptions to have been victorious in battle were greatly premature.

Hehehehehe….." An eerie chuckle echoed through the smoke, and a purple shadow began to appear from the dust, which made the pirates either stutter or blink in surprise, as a cold chill blew through the air and put them on edge.

"Huh?" They sweated anxiously as a silhouette began to appear right from the dust ahead of them and was coming closer into view. As it revealed itself, they all froze stiff as Goma stepped out of the dust, while covered in a few bruises or battle scars of his own, it seemed as though he had taken no damage or showed any signs of fatigue at all! What's worse, right next to him as more of the dust finally blew away, eocarcharia was standing right with him! Though his super form was gone he too appeared as if he had suffered no damage at all from all their previous attacks, or more precisely all his wounds from their attacks just now had healed!

"AH!"

"No way…."

"He's still…standing!?" At the sight of him, both they and their dinosaurs felt a wave of fear wash over them, every fiber of their being was screaming for them to run away, but they could get themselves to move an inch as they found themselves frozen in fear and unable to comprehend what their eyes were witnessing firsthand.

Specter himself felt utterly speechless, as if he was seeing his own son as some sort of undead warrior back from the grave who refused to die, or better yet couldn't die at all!

"I can't believe I'm saying this….but this…really gets my blood pumping….I can feel it….this urge to destroy you all completely and utterly is raging inside me!" Goma shrieked as his aura flared up deeper and darker than before! As he gazed towards them, his prey, they could only watch helplessly and in pure terror as he prepared to unleash his his final ace in the hole manoeuvre, one which he hadn't used in a very long time and hoped to do so, now he got his wish and intended to do so without hesitation, as he looked down to his hands with were twitching wildly with anticipation, "It's been a long time since I've had to do this….I can't hold it back anymore! Nor do I want to deny it any longer!" He screeched demonically as his expression turned psychotic and his marks began to flash a bright evil purple! "Eocarcharia! It's time we unite our powers and crush these insects under our heels!" He roared as eocarcharia began to gain a dark purple area around him and he let out a tremendous roar which shook the foundations of space itself like an earthquake!

ROAR!

"AAH!" The pirates screamed in fear as the rock they stood on shook violently with the massive energy surging through both Goma and his dinosaur but at the same time also in outright terror for the monstrosity that was about to be birthed from this!

They froze when Goma shot them a maniacal expression with glowing purple veins and markings bulging through his face and arms, "Brace yourselves, for now I'll show you what TRUE power looks like!" He shrieked holding up eocarcharia's armour card, "Behold the ultimate apex of perfection! Feast your eyes on the full strength of the Shadow empire!" He declared before activating it across his vest's marking, "OMEGA SPECTRAL ARMOUR!" He roared as the marking shone over Eocarcharia and covered him in a bright golden, as his eyes flared purple!

As the aura shattered, the armour fully materialised itself, encasing the already deadly dinosaur in menacing powerful golden dragon like armour which covered him from head to tail! What was even more impressing, was that as he even flashed out a set of pterosaur like wings which stretched out from his back making the beast appear almost like a dragon! As he glowed in a cursed malevolent aura and snarled viciously, lusting for destruction, the mere sight of him made each and everyone of the pirates' dinosaurs anxious and wary as they backed away from the monstrosity their foe had just evolved into! Even Brontikens, the awakened eocarcharia he fought just now was no more than a mere prelude to what he had become now.

Meanwhile the pirates themselves all turned pale and began to sweat tensely in terror, "N….No way!"

"First awakening and now armour too!?"

"I've never seen armour like that before!" They each cried in disbelief and in a panic.

"It's golden too!" Spectres eyes gleamed with excitement and awe, "Shiny!" he then jittered rubbing his palms together completely ignoring the fact that eocarcharia was stronger than ever and was about seek vengeance upon them all.

"Prepare yourselves for the end!" Goma declared menacingly as he saw no reason to waste anymore time with this farce, it was finally time he ended this once and for all, "Take flight my beast and wipe these specks off the face of the planet now!" He commanded as eocarcharia gained a sinister purple aura before his golden wings flared with purple energy, flapping them he took to the air high above the sky much to the pirates' disbelief and bewilderment as to such a feat being possible by a ground dinosaur!

"WAH!"

"He can do that too!?"

"Those were wings!? I thought those were only decorations!"

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Looking up they could see eocarcharia was staring down at them like mice ready to be picked up and dealt with by a hawk. Knowing he was going to strike at any moment, they quickly turned in alarm to Specter,

"Boss! Do something now!" They all cried at him sweating like mad and widening their eyes in a panicky manner!

"I…I…I'm on it!" In his packed state, Specter's hand nearly slipped and dropped his armour card but quickly grabbed it back in time before shoving it right at his chest place, "Sp…Spectral armour!" He cried as Brontikens' marks glowed and generated his spectral armour and he let out a mighty roar in defiance at Eocarcharia before stomping the ground, "Take this! Give it all you've got Brontikens! Spectral Destroy!" Specter yelled as he punched up with all his might, putting all bis heart and soul into this final attack! As fast as he could, Brontikens began to charge up his most powerful attack of all, focusing all the energy he had into his armour he fired out his strongest energy level beam straight up at Omega Eocarcharia high above!

Unfazed and in fact unimpressed, Goma grinned with eagerness as his mad expression became even more psychotic, "Eradicate them all eocarcharia!" He screeched showing no signs of relenting nor hesitation as his dinosaur, fuelled by his dark desires and energy soon charged up with full power! "OMEGA PHOENIX!" Goma's marks flared violet as a red Spectral pirate mark flared behind him as he was fully charged with power! Right after that he dive-bombed down, a giant Spectral mark appeared right below his flight path as he soon smashed through it, wrapping himself in purple flames as he dove down like a meteor! As he collided with Spectral Destroy, he didn't slow down in the slightest, but instead effortlessly pushed through it like it was nothing to the space pirates' disbelief!

"AAAAAH!" They screamed in terror as Goma began to laugh out loud maniacally.

"AHAHAHAHAH! This is it! This is the end for you all!" He roared as Omega Eocarcharia Broke completely through the beam and then smashed down where Brontikens was! A sea of flames erupted from the explosion which swallowed the battlefield completely and engulfed the other spectral dinosaurs in the crossfire!

BOOM!

"WAAAAAAAHHHH!" The pirates all screamed as the flames blew over them too before they could make a run for it! In an instant they too were overwhelmed by the cursed fires and they all blacked out!

Moments later, all 4 adult pirates were found lying on a now black charred rock surface, seemingly lifeless at first glance as they lay scattered about the ground…..till Gavro was the first to stir and awaken from the wipeout. Gritting his teeth he forced himself to sit up, as a throbbing pain suddenly pulsated inside his brain and he grasped it tightly upon wincing with pain, "Urgh….oh my head…." he moaned as he began rubbing his temple, for having the densest head of every being in the universe, to actually feel pain was almost foreign to him, so he didn't know how to properly take it.

Around him Foolscap and Specter too were waking up from their knockout just now as they got up staggering or groggily to their legs and knees, "I feel like I just took a hit by a missile…." Foolscap muttered in annoyance as he felt aches in all sorts of places around his body.

As Sheer shook her head clear and blinked her eyes looking up, squinting them to focus through he dust as it soon cleared. The moment she was able to see clearly, her heart skipped a beat and she turned paler than usual, "M….Maybe we just did!" she squeaked shaking tensely before pointing out at what was inside, "Look!" she cried getting their attention as they groggily looked where she was focusing at.

"Huh?" As they all looked they froze stiff and widened their eyes in horror at the carnage they broke witnessed with their very own eyes. "AH!"

Before them was a gigantic crater which was steaming with dark purplish flames, the ground was cracked and filled with steaming hot lava running through them, and laying about the battlefield, beaten and near broken were Gigas, Armatus and Maximus, as they lay motionless and near death, their lives just hanging by a thread as their breathing was almost unnoticeable. Their armour had also shattered as they each returned to their card forms one by one and returned to the feet of their owners. Brontikens was the last one remaining, a his armour shattered he groaned weakly and looked up, only to have his head stomped and held down by a clawed foot. Looking up, eocarcharia snarled at him menacingly as the apatosaurus cowered before his superior might and yielded, as he returned to card form at Specter's feet and eocarcharia let out a tremendous triumphant roar as he flared out his wings, his roar echoing like a nightmare through the depths of the dark space as he prepared to show the universe who the most powerful being was!

As the adult space pirates looked on in sheer and utter speechlessness, Goma soon appeared from right out of the darkness, a malicious grin soon reappeared on his face and shone through the shadows which also glowed together with his purple eyes, markings and aura. Soon, he began to chuckle eerily and most sinisterly, causing his defeated foes to sweat and shudder in pure terror as the snickering became uncontrollable maniacal laughter, "Heheheheh…Ahahahahahahahhah! Victory is mine! All shall fear and bow before my might!" He proclaimed to the stars at the top of his lungs in triumph vowing this battle would only be the start of his new galactic conquest, as Omega eocarcharia too let out a mighty roar in victory, causing all the space pirates to buckle and quake in fear, unable to process or comprehend how easily they had been defeated in an instant.

"No….way…." Foolscap choked as he fell on his back feeling overwhelmed in the presence of this intergalactic scourge.

"He defeated us….so completely and utterly…." Sheer croaked falling on all fours while Gavro fell on his knees and stared blankly, unable to avert his eyes away, what little mind he had in his head had been blown away to bits.

Seeing no more need to be out, eocarcharia snorted at Goma, who then nodded at him in agreement seeing they already made their point clear to the others. Returning him to card form, his glowing aura soon dissipated as he stood before the 4 adult zanjark, folding his arm on his hip as he looked down upon them and they tensed up in his presence, "Since you lot put up a good fight and forced me to this extent, something which I haven't done in years, I'll be generous enough to give you one chance to surrender and submit completely to my will." He then offered them which made them grit their teeth ever more spitefully at him, out of fear and pressure and at the time time furious that they'd have to live under his thumb for the rest of eternity and they couldn't do anything about it!

Looking to the side, they saw Specter was still standing there having not moved an inch, "B…Boss?"

"You can't be serious can you?" Gavro and Sheer asking him, hoping he wouldn't accept this and that he'd still try to defend them even when it seemed all hopeless for them.

Their former boss said nothing at first, till he fell on his knees overwhelmed, "I've created a monster…." he breathed softly….before a big smile spread across his face, "A monster I couldn't be more proud of!" He cheered joyously spreading out his arms much to the disbelief of his men!

"HUH!?"

"Say what now!?" They couldn't believe their eyes and ears at what their boss was doing, they knew he was mad but to completely surrender like that without anymore resistance, he no doubt completely lost his mind this time around! Any hope of them being able to get out of this and escape went completely up in smoke.

Specter then scurried up to Goma like a dog would greet his master as he bowed before him multiple times, "I'm so sorry I ever doubted you Goma my boy! You've been a really good son! You've grown up into an even greater and more terrifying cosmic tyrant than I ever could be! Oh how I simply adore you!" He said as he began grovelling before his son, kissing his feet and then shining his boosts with his own hankie, "Plus a deal's a deal! You beat us all so thoroughly and completely, I'll do anything you ask from here on! Ahahaha!" He laughed joyously while also prostrating himself and sweating in terror at the same time, his spirit completely broken and every trace or thought of him wanting to betray or boss his son around had been purged from his mind, heart and soul forever.

Eying his boss embarrassing himself and them in top of their humiliating defeat, Foolscap sweated terrified before looking up to Sheer, "Err Sheer, is he trying to kiss up to him and lure him into a false sense of security again?" he pleaded.

"Please say yes…." Gavro begged as he clapped his hands together and prayed desperately for that to be the case.

"Actually guys…." Sheer gulped as she began to sweat tensely at the situation before hand, "I think…he really means it this time…." she croaked shuddering in terror, as the other2 male pirates gulped.

"Uh oh…." To see their boss broken completely like that, now they all began to see just how much of a monster Goma truly was and how deeply they were beginning to regret ever tossing or ridiculing him back in their early days. Had they known this was the result they would have treated him better, a regret they'll be carrying for there rest of their lives and even into the afterlife.

"Heh….You can always be counted on to listen to reason father." Goma then smirked pleased to see his father swear his loyalty and submit before him at last. After that he eyed Gavro, Foolscap and Sheer, which made them stutter, "Now make sure your pet dogs follow your example." He then stated as his first order of business, to make sure there wouldn't be anymore insurrection among the ranks.

"Yes sir! Whatever you you wish is my command!" Specter replied obediently, saluting his son and acknowledging him as emperor before bowing down before him as a faithful servant. After that he quickly shot a ferocious glare at Gavro, Sheer and Foolscap before roaring out at them, "You heard him you worthless lackeys! Bow down before our supreme emperor or you answer to me!" He snarled as he shook out his fists and glared menacingly towards them, making their souls jump in the process!

"WAH! Quickly they all nodded frantically before Specter, "Y….Yes sir!" After that they all turned and prostrated themselves before Goma, swearing there loyalty and obedience towards him.

"All hail emperor Goma!"

"We exist only to serve you and you alone! We await your orders sir!"

"And we'll destroy anyone and anything who'll try to prevent you from becoming supreme ruler of the universe!" They each said to him with full sincerity and their hearts gripped with pure terror.

With their oath made to him and their spirits of rebelliousness finally broke, Goma grinned with satisfaction as their words were like music to his ears, "Excellent, finally you all know your place and have accepted them wholeheartedly." He said with approval as that may have been the smartest and only intelligent thing they've ever done in their whole lives. Snapping his fingers, they all vanished from the space field which soon cracked under the sheer pressure of the battle; waged before breaking up and shattering into many tiny pieces.

The 5 pirates then reappeared back inside Goma's control room, which now had a large spire like pole which lay in the middle of it, "Now that we are all united with a single purpose, it's time we show the rest of the universe the exact same thing you have just learnt and make them all realise that all should bow down and submit to me as Emperor of darkness!" He howled in a spine chilling tone as he raised up his arms to the air!

"But…..how oh mighty one? If we may ask?" Sheer croaked nervously as she held out her hand, shuddering in sheer terror as Goma turned to her, knowing one wrong word could result in her being reduced to dust.

Foolscap then fell own on his face, "Yes…do enlighten us…..please?" he asked as politely and submissively as he could as he looked up at his new emperor.

Goma eyed them all seriously for a bit but soon smiled pleased with their manner, "I'm glad you asked." He then snapped his fingers, "Computer, divert all power from cloaking systems to the cosmic tractor beam now!" He shouted out to his monitor as it recognised his voice and began to do as he commanded.

RUMBLE!

"WAAH!"

"Wh…What's happening!?" The other pirates stumbled and stuttered as the whole room and ground beneath their feet shook violently as a few of them even fell down either face flat or on their butts unsteadily!

"Behold." He answered them as they looked to where he was.

"Huh?" They widened their eyes as the roof of the room opened up revealing the dark cloudy skies of the Antartica high above with cold winds and snow blowing by. In moments the spire stretched up through the opening before opening up like a blooming flow into that of a giant satellite dish which began to surge and charge up wth purple electricity being fed into it by the base itself! Goma grinned maliciously and spend up his arms outstretched as the time had finally arrived for him to put his final plan into motion, "The time has now arrived to summon both the Reaper's Wrath! The time for laying low and hiding has passed, Earth's day of reckoning has finally come!"

His minions widened their eyes in disbelief as the Satellite dish began to charge up and reach full power, whatever he was using all that energy for was no doubt something huge and it was happening right here and now, "Wh…What did we just get ourselves into!?" Sheer and Foolscap both cried out.

"I don't know what we're in but I'd say this is big time trouble!" Gavro croaked as he swallowed down hard.

Specter's eyes glistened and he clapped his hands together with childish excitement for something big an no doubt fun was about to happen and he couldn't wait to be part of it. Apparently he was the only one amongst them who could smile and remain positive at a moment like this.

He then shot a sudden glare towards them, "Minions!"

They turned pale and saluted him obediently, "Yes sir!" They said in unison as they acknowledged him as their master completely without qualm.

He then began to smile sinisterly, "If you desire to see tomorrow, ready yourselves." he said calmly to them before turning away to eye his master piece at work, for the time had finally arrived for the world's day of reckoning, "The final battle to decide the fate of the universe begins now, and I intend to win it." He grinned maniacally as the game of destiny was about to begin, where the future of all creation would be staked upon this very battle that would span across all space and time for generations to come. As the dish finally fired a powerful dark beam into the sky, it sent earthquakes and tremors which shook the foundation of the planet itself! As the space pirates all shuddered, hunkered down or ran about in a panic with the base quaking like jelly, Goma stood firmly where he was and only grinned with excitement for the moment of truth! Soon everything and everyone in the known universe and beyond would bow before him as Emperor or better yet….a God!

(Meanwhile)

The earthquakes soon shook the Resistance base violently as alarms rang like crazy all throughout the interior, catching everyone off guard and interrupting them abruptly from whatever they were doing!

"AAAAH!"

"Wh….What's happening!?"

"WHOA!" Some gasped in alarm as they were being shaken up.

Others who were in more sensitive areas like the labs often ended up falling and dropping fragile equipment or in the grass station where the earthquakes caused some trees to topple over and nearly crash down on some individuals! "HELP ME!"

"DUCK! COVER AND RUN!"

CRASH!

Some hurried over to help those less fortunate, while others disregarded everything and everyone else around them and looked out only to their own wellbeing! "ACK!"

"I didn't sign up for this ride!"

"What the!?" It was complete chaos as screams of panic and terror, mixed in with the agitated and terrified cries of dinosaurs everywhere as the underground base shook violently in some areas the ceiling even began to collapse! Nearly burying some underneath rubble or completely cutting off some routes to other sections, either trapping some troopers in between stations or forcing them to take REALLY long detours!

As soon as the quakes hit, Lunensis quickly rushed back to the control room and was typing hard into the computers to determine the scale of this disaster and hopefully determine its cause, "The energy readings are off the scale…beyond anything we've ever faced before!" He gasped worriedly as the room around him began to shake violently and the energy charts for the quakes spiked higher and higher with each passing second, "Computer! Triangulate it's location!" He shouted into it, and before long after tracing the energy readings through the quakes and pinpointing its source, it soon revealed it on the satellite maps, "Antartica?" He muttered in surprise before leaning closer and putting a finger to his chin, "Could it be-"

"Lunensis!" Dr Ancient yelled as he burst into the room suddenly, with the D Team and entire alpha gang with him!

"AH!" Cera's father stuttered as he came face with so many unexpected visitors at once in such a crucial time, though that was to be expected.

Cera then rushed in panting with exhaustion having rushed here as fast as her legs could carry her, "What's going on father!?" she cried out while still wheezing for air and sweating profusely.

"Yeah! What's the situation?!"

"Will we be safe here!?"

"Shouldn't we evacuate!?" They all began to ask him one after the other with worry and with upmost urgency.

"Fill us in already!"

"Don't keep us in the dark!"

"Is it the end of the world!?" The Alpha trio began to cry out in a panic.

Seeing so many anxious and agitated expressions aimed at him, Lunensis couldn't help but feel somewhat pressured, and also worried as to whether he may be able to give them an answer, and even if he could it'd likely be one they wouldn't like, "I don't know….but it can't be good…." He said uncertainly, knowing whatever was casing this was not only big but may also threaten their entire well being. Seeing how determined and worried everyone was, Lunensis soon decided to find out knowing this couldn't be ignored, as he shouted out an order to his computer, "Bring it up on screen now!" he commanded as a screen lite up, revealing the massive forts of the shadow empire, sitting in a flat clearing of Antartica while firing off a massive beam from a giant satellite dish high into the sky through the night aurora filled skies!

"WHOA!"

"What is that thing!?"

"It looks scary!"

"Hold me!" The trio shuddered as they huddled together around Dr Z, suffocating him wit their combined body mass much to his annoyance, while everyone else from just looked on with hard gazes or gritted teeth with tension.

Lunensis soon narrowed his eyes, "This serious…." he breathed knowing if the Shadow empire were suing a weapon as powerful and massive as that, they must have some kind of dastardly purpose in mind for it, and he intended to find out, "Bring up that laser's projection course!" He ordered.

As the computer screens scanned the beam's energy readings and began to trace its' direction of travel, the results pinpointed that it was stretching so high into deep space. Lunensis then began to trace its trajectory, assuming it to be some sort of signal, but before long a beeping sound suddenly proved him wrong, dead wrong.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Huh!?"

"What's that!?" Max and Zoe both gasped in surprise, as the image of something nearing the Earth's atmosphere was detected by the Resistance's orbiting space satellites.

As Lunensis aimed the satellites to focus upon the incoming space object and brought it up on screen, everyone widened their eyes in shock and horror to see a gigantic asteroid on screen, plummeting at a terrifying speed towards the planet and the beam that was fired out from the Shadow Empire's base happened to be pulling it right at them!

"AH!"

"Is that….a meteor!?" Rex exclaimed as he stepped back unable to comprehend what he just witnessed.

It didn't take long for fear and worry to overtake the minds of the Alpha gang as they suddenly screamed their heads off and ran around in circles panicking for their lives! "WAAAAH! Everyone run for your lives!"

"We're doomed!"

"We need to get off this planet! Anyone got a space ship we can use!?"

"If there is one! I call shotgun!"

"Grampa! Get a hold of yourself!" Rod, Laura and the parents tried their best to get hold of the Alpha gang and hopefully keep them under control somehow.

As they did so, while Lunensis continued to stare in stunned disbelief at the incoming comet, the planet's ultimate doom, Max and the others, fearing for their lives quickly looked to Cera hoping she had an explanation for this, "Cera….do you know what's going on?" Max asked her uneasily.

After staring speechlessly for a while, she narrowed her eyes hard and clicked her tongue tensely, "Tch! From the looks of it, the shadow empire's begun to make it's move….." she said, "And unless we do something about them now…this may be the end of the world as we know it…." The countdown to the final battle had begun, today was the day that the outcome of the war would finally be decided.

And with that the full power of omega eocarcharia is revealed and the final plan of Goma is put into play! The fate of the world rests on this final war game (Like the tower of hanoi in yugioh vrains) and only 1 side can be victorious! Stay tuned as the D team's final battle soon will dawn.

P.S-the place where the space pirates battled Goma in their power struggle is in the arcade game's space field when Goma is fought.

In response to reviews-

tsukikami02

-Yeah after their first impression of Specter they'd easily compare his son to him, a huge mistake that was indeed. Now here Goma demonstrates his real power, the D Team and resistance should be grateful he didn't unleash upon them.

Love the backstory but never really thought of it all that much, definitely like what you come up with but in the time as it is now it's unlikely they'd want to ask Cera O' Sauria about this would they?

Glad you're giving that Vrains story a chance too. Am curious how you're able to review multiple times.

Drew Luczynski

-Now you see his final form in action, what you think now?

Also the Resistance will need to pull out ALL the stops for a calamity of cosmic scale about to strike Earth once more! It is indeed the planet's darkest day!