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!

60. Towards a new future

Chapter 60

Towards a new future

Great storms began to erupt across the cold polar seas, as the waves tossed and turned violently with the skies turning a dark purple and red, the same as those of the cosmos stone itself as it spread out from the Shadow Empire's location and began creeping across the skies and swallowing up the light! Purple lightning also struck down all around from the black clouds itself, as Goma, now infused with the power of the cosmos stones, was reborn anew and more deadlier than ever! He let out a terrifying roar as if to challenge the very Gods themselves before staring down with a menacing glare upon the lowly insects who had dared stand in his way from the start of this entire war, the Resistance, who were now petrified completely by fear and terror which flooded every vein in their bodies as well as raining every inch of their resolve and spirit too.

Cera, the D Team, the Alpha gang and everyone one present or watching from the Resistance HQ were stunned beyond belief at the monster which now presented itself before them, and they were at a complete loss for words and found it impossible to processing what they just bore witnessed.

"Oh no…." Lunensis let out a heavy gasp as the others in the base, though wear away and underground they felt as though Goma was literally staring at them through the screens! The parents huddled close to their respective spouses for protection as so did the others for whoever they felt most secure with. Try as they might, deep down they knew that no matter where they would run or hide, no one in this planet or any other would be safe now…..

On the icy plains those who bore witness this calamity unfold before them got a front row seat of it and they were far from pleased.

"No way…." Cera stared speechlessly as she and the rest of the group looked on, quaking in terror or anxiety over what the dragon would do next and what would soon become of them and their planet now!

"I don't believe it…." Max felt the most impacted by this development as he felt his heart sink deep inside his chest, "He's….become one with the stones…." he choked as if something was squeezing the very life and breath out of him. This situation was nothing like what happened with the space pirates the first time this happened, they weren't able to fully control the stones and it overtook then, here….it seemed Goma had reversed the situation and now absorbed the stones themselves into him and now he was able to manipulate their full power at will!

Others around her stared speechlessly, either in angst or gritting their teeth with anger, believing their worst enemy of all to have been gone at first after all they threw at him….only to return even more powerful than before!

Max soon clicked his tongue as he began to feel the tension in the air had never been higher than before, "Tch! Things just got from really bad to even worse….." he hissed in anger towards Goma's tenacity, now they were starting to understand how their enemies felt the way they never gave up trying to stop their evil plans….yet to be faced with a villain who wouldn't give up his evil schemes, they didn't know how to respond to that.

"Why can't we just win and have a happy ending already!?" Ed suddenly cried out in agony, "What did we ever do to deserve this!?"

"I'm scared! I just want go home!" Zander then wailed after him.

"Me too!" Ursula soon joined in, wishing they could just go home and retire from anything dinosaur related.

"Quit whining you ninnies!" Dr Z spat at them in disgust, "What are you!? Afraid of some giant cosmos monster!? We beat one before remember!?"

It didn't take long though for him to have his words shoved right back down his throat, "Ahahahahaha!" Goma let out some demonic laughter as he flared out his massive wings and his eyes flashed bright purple, "You shall all suffer my wrath! Prepare for your end!" He roared as the storms around him intensified and soon began to spread across the planet, striking lightning down across the lands as far as the Americas and Asia! Everywhere people and dinosaurs across the planet suffered from the wrath of storms, earthquakes and tsunamis! They began to run screaming in panic, as if the momentary peace they were beginning to enjoy was but the calm before the storm, and everything from their houses and small livelihoods they rebuilt thus far was beginning to be wiped out in an instant!

Upon hearing the dragon's demonstration of power, Dr Z's courage suddenly fizzled out like a candle under a waterfall, "EEP! Of course it didn't talk or have a will of its own back then…." He gulped hard as his old decrepit heart was beginning to race dangerously and he turned as pale a ghost, "Plus we don't have the stone plates with us now at the moment ehehehe…he…." He chuckled anxiously, feeling as though his very short time left was already accelerated and could run out for in mere moments for all of them the way things were going!

Like everyone else around them, the space pirates too were stunned beyond imagining as they heard the voice that echoed from the dragon's roars. "Th…That voice!" Sheer exclaimed as Foolscap and Garo's jaws hung and they began sweating like crazy, they knew he was insanely strong before but now they had absolutely no words to describe how terrified they were to see him now.

"It…can't be…." Specter widened his eyes and shuddered in an almost horrified way as he saw what his son had transformed into, "G…GOMA!? My son!? What's happened to you my precious little boy!?" He exclaimed unable to decide whether he should be proud or terrified at him actually being taking things this far with the cosmos stones more than he ever could.

"He's….big boss." Gavro answered him bluntly as he and the other adult pirates began to shudder in complete terror, at the monstrosity Goma had manifested himself as! His newly acquired form, demonstrated pure omnipresence of the darkest form far greater than anything imaginable, not even when they brought the cosmos stones together had they been able to bring forth a result such as this! It was clear now they were beginning to see the true difference between themselves and Goma and it made them feel insignificant and puny.

"The more I look at him the more I'm starting to see being an evil maniac runs in the family…." Foolscap swallowed down hard as bullets of sweat began to fall down from his face and his teeth began to chatter, both from the Antarctic cold and in fear, "Note to self, if I ever have a kids make sure I treat them with proper respect and give them whatever want and when they ask it." He told himself making a vow if he lived past this.

"Better yet Foolscap, don't have any at all!" Sheer shouted frantically in terror while also correcting him as she shook a fist right at his face.

"Oh yeah good point there." He then replied agreeing with her completely as Gavro nodded too deciding to follow said advice.

Max however, soon recovered from his initial shock as he began to remember what they were fighting for all this time, and seeing that situation hadn't changed in the slightest but just became far more critical than before. Gritting his teeth hard and shouted out at the top of his lungs, "GRR! You think you're so tough just cos you're big don't you Goma!?" He yelled in defiance as a few of the others with him including his friends tensed up and hardened themselves for battle, "Well we're not scared of you one bit! We'll fight to defend our planet to the end!" He yelled as he shook a fist right at him!

The dragon looked down upon Max in amusement, as a dark toothy grin spread across his face in sight of the boy's valiant but far less than futile display, "Hoh? Bold words coming from mere insects." he scoffed seeing he was merely shouting empty words driven by sole emotion with nothing to back it up. It was like an ant shouting in defiance to a grizzly bear, while amusing he decided to entertain Max's fantasy of still being able to fight under such circumstances, "Come then, see if you can back them up! I dare you!" He then roared welcoming Max's challenge, his very voice shaking the foundations of the Earth itself and everyone on it! It would seem that he'd have to give a demonstration of his newfound might if it meant that he'd truly be able to prove his might as an almighty deity and then crush all false hope they may harbour or held onto, plus it would be all the more entertaining to see them struggle pitifully and satisfying to grind them under his heel.

Cera soon shook her head, chasing away her worries and replaced them with anger as she was reminded that even under all that power it was still Goma in the end, the same Zanjark who started this accursed war in the first place. "You won't be talking so smug with us when we're done with you!" She shouted fearlessly, no matter what form he took she still intended to make sure he saw justice for his crimes against Earth and even the universe! Miku also shared her mindset as she let out an agitated screech as the dark cosmic energies from the dragon represented everything she despised.

"Yeah! You're going down!" Max the yelled as he punched forward showing no fear at all, "Let's go Chomp!" As he cried out, Chomp roared a powerful bellow as he charged straight towards Goma! Even in the face of a titanic sized monster which dwarfed him and everyone else around him, he refused to quit and would fight any enemy to the death it if could prevent extinction to his world like how it happened before, as he recalled the first time it happened and how he wished he could've saved the triceratops herd and other dinosaurs then….no way was he about to let such a calamity befall his world again!

"Ace! Paris! You're with us!"

"For our planet!" Zoe and Rex both followed up as Paris and Ace both backed Chomp up and followed right behind him as they made their stand against the colossal dragon who let out a huge roar at them! They dug in their heels and held on despite the immense shockwaves they felt from it, shielding there partners behind them as they proved they weren't afraid in the slightest!

Cera too felt the same way, as she slashed her card and summoned forth eoraptor who transformed into saurophaganax as she charged in to stand by her friends' side!

Upon sighting the D Team charging into battle without hesitation, the Resistance widened their eyes in complete disbelief at the children throwing caution to the wind as they were prepared to go head on right into battle against a monster! Instead of being inspired and rallying to them, many of the Resistance thought their behaviour to be nonsensical and insane!

"Are they crazy!?"

"They'll get massacred!" Under normal circumstances they would have felt inspired to right with them, but in face of such a monstrous calamity before them which would doom their entire planet, they saw the D Team to be throwing away their lives and many of them had given up on hope believing it was a lost cause to continue fighting.

Eventually, driven and blinded by fear, several troopers along with their dinosaurs began to turn tail and run for their lives!

"We're all goners! I'm out of here!"

"Retreat!"

Many of them had began to abandon their comrades who were still recovering or were able to fight, believing that it was crazy for them to even think they could do anything and that they were merely living a childish fantasy of victory and no more, even harbouring doubts and regrets about coming here in the first place!

The captains couldn't believe what they heard as their troops were daring to actually abandon them in their time of most need!

"Wait! Stop! We need you!" Blaze yelled out to them as he horned from his rock crusher and his dinosaurs Daigo and Gorgon roared, only for them to be completely ignored!

"Don't go! Please!" Marina pleaded to several of her forces and dinosaurs who were leaving but her pleas fell and eat ears, completely blocked out by fear.

Kaze gritted his teeth knowing that they weren't fit to be part of the Resistance if they gave up so easily, and he didn't bother calling hem back seeing they made their decision, "Grrgh! Cowards! Guess we'll have to do this ourselves!" His ninjas were thankfully loyal to the end as they all drove off to back up Max and the D Team, knowing what was right!

"Wait for us!" Ursula then yelled out, feeling every fibre in her body screaming to save herself as she drove on ahead after the other deserters to save her own skin, the again if the whole universe was going to be erased there really was no place else they could go, but fear clouded their judgement and the only thing on their minds was to get as far away from the Antarctic as they could.

"We're coming too!" Zander and Ed both squealed terrified as they attempted to follow after her, with their dinosaurs following them too as they too were beginning to have their fears of extinction again get to them too, only to be stopped by Dr Z yelling at them through the communicator!

"You 3 stay put!" His furious voice roared as he glared at them through the computer screen with a look that could kill them a million times over!

"EH!?" They widened their eyes and froze in their tracks as his eyes stared right into their souls, freezing them completely in their tracks faster than the cold winds did.

Dr Z then gnashed his teeth with fury as he glared right up at Goma who appeared to almost stare at them mockingly and he wasn't about to take that lying down, "I'm not about some intergalactic abomination take over MY world!" he sneered clenching his hands into a tight fist, "We're staying put! You hear me!?"

"B…But Dr Z…He's huge!" Zander screams his head off as he felt on the verge of wetting his pants and his seat.

"We'll get annihilated in an instant!" Ursula cried out her concerns worried for not just herself but for the rest of them too.

He then shot a piercing glare towards them through the monitors, "Would you rather feel his wrath or MINE!?" he hissed threateningly.

It was obvious the choice the A Team would make in a heartbeat, knowing that if they were doomed to be destroyed if they ran away Dr Z would wring their necks and squeeze their souls right out of their own bodies, "P…Point taken!" They croaked hard and gulped down with both fear and heavy reluctance of doing this. While it seemed foolish to go into a battle they had absolutely no chance at, last thing they wanted though was to take the furious heart stopping glare of Dr Z as their final thoughts into the after life. At least this way if anyone did manage to defeat Goma or at least survive this ordeal then they'd be remembered as heroes as consolation….despite it being really small and almost pointless to them.

"Good!" He nodded in approval at having made the right and smart decision for the first time in a long while. As he looked ahead to see the demonic dragon roar out, he gritted his teeth and fearlessly pointed ahead, "Now onward Alpha gang! YAAAH!" He yelled screaming a battle cry as he pressed on the accelerator and charged forth, with therizinosaurus flaring out his claws as he faithfully followed his father into the fray with the D Team!

"Y….Yes Dr Z!"

"Whatever you say!" They then cried, feeling motivated by threats and peer pressure they rushed forward blindly as Terry, Tank and Spiny, unwilling to let humans outdo them in the bravery department, roared out before following them into battle without hesitation as they joined their comrades in arms in the battle for the survival of their species and the fate of their own world at stake!

Hearing their battle cries and roars, many of the deserters turned back an widened their eyes in alarm at what they just saw.

"There they go!"

"Are they insane!?"

"They've lost all common sense!" They began to exclaim.

However, some of them soon began to change their minds as they began to feel ashamed of themselves for turning tail and running when mere children were still willing to stand firm and defend their planet to the end, "NO! They're right! We can't quit now!" One woman then yelled as she tensed up with determination alongside her Alpha rajasaurus which roared out furiously towards Goma, seeing how the Alpha gang was motivated to continue fighting, who the legendary heroes they believed in were united together, they felt inspired and so no reason why they shouldn't join the battle too in order to save the world they fought so hard to protect.

"Grrgh! Fine alright! We'll fight too!"

"Our world and friends need us! We can't abandon them! It'd be the end of everything we fought for!"

"Into the fray!"

"For Earth!" They began to yell, motivated by peer pressure or by guilty consciences at their own actions as they summoned out their dinosaurs and returned to the battlefield! The skies turned colourful too with the battlefield having returned, and some downed members felt motivated by the return of their comrades as well as those already fighting, as they got back up too and joined them in a single united front!

In sight of the armies of man and dinosaurs rallying together in a last ditch effort to take him on, Goma gained a malicious smirk as he outstretched his arms and wings, "Ahahaha! Yes! Come! There is no greater honour than to fall at the hand of a God!" he boasted his immense power, confident in his abilities to be more than sufficient as he welcomed them all to take him on and fail!

"Let's go Chomp! Lightning strike!" Max yelled out at the top of his lungs as he slashed the card, causing Chomp to charge up his signature lightning attack before firing out a beam of lightning right towards the enormous dragon! Max grinned and clenched his hand into a tight fist with excitement as it nearly reached their most hated enemy, "The bigger they are the harder they-" Before he could finish, to his and everyone else's horror the lightning strike merely phased through the dragon's body harmlessly before firing out the other end into the sky! Seeing his attack rendered completely useless, Max turned pale and his heart skipped a beat, "Are to take down…." He finished at the end, swallowing down what felt like a rock in his throat as everyone stared unblinkingly and speechlessly at what they just witnessed.

"AAAH!"

"I don't believe what I just saw!"

"Is he a g…g..ghost!?" Already many of them including the Alpha gang were beginning to feel fear's ice cold grip around their hearts and slowly lose their nerve and courage to continue.

In response the demonic dragon soon let out an amused cackle which echoed through the darkness of the night, "Ahahah! Was that supposed to hurt me? That didn't even tickle!" He roared an eerie holler which made the blood of many run cold.

Despite the overwhelming strength and monstrous powers Goma wielded in his claws, some of them still weren't willing to give up, seeing this as a reason to try harder rather than give up!

"Oh yeah!? Well….try this on for size!" Zoe gritted her teeth in defiance as she slashed a move card, "Green impulse!" Paris let out a loud bellow summoning forth a flock of tupuxuara which began to surround Goma, swooping acrobatically around his legs, tail and wings as they began to glow with green energy before spearing right through the dragon's body! Unfortunately, instead of sapping away any energy, as the tupuxuara flock shot out of his form, they screeched in pain as they were covered in all kinds of burns and scars before growing green and reverting back into a single move card to Zoe's horror! "OH NO!"

"Even that didn't have any effect on him!"

"It's hopeless! We're doomed!" Some of the troopers then cried out as they began to lose hope.

"Keep trying everyone!" Marina shouted at the panicked and terrified soldiers, refusing to give into peer pressure and let it throw off her cool, "Don't give up! Something has to work!" Upon her command her awakened camarasaurus summoned forth Futabasaurus which fired a burst of water from its jaws only for it to phase through without any effect!

Terry, Tank and Spiny fired off magma blaster, spike arrows and hydro cutter too but like the others before them none of their moves didn't even manage to make a dent or so much as scratch Goma as they began to step back nervously.

"Easier said than done!" Ursula yelled out frantically in response to Marina, as her heart began to race and she began to get sweaty all over her seat was pretty much drenched and even starting to smell much to her discomfort.

"Yeah! Our attacks aren't even fazing him!" Zander screamed in frustration as everyone's attacks had absolutely no effect!

Others began to fire off various attacks like rock roller, fire cannon, leaf blades and bubble attack but none of their attacks couldn't even touch the dark dragon! Pterosaurs like pteranodon and tapejara whooped at the dragon fearlessly from all angels, but they were ether swatted away by the beast's massive arms or as they passed through it like Zoe's tupuxuara, they suffered under the punishing influence of the dark energies of the cosmos stones causing them to revert back to card form! A seismosaurus and supersaurus were summoned too but they barely made it to half the height of the dragon! Swinging their massive tails through it, they merely phased through the gaseous form of Goma and emerge the other end all singed and burned as they bellowed in pain to the others' horror!

"So when will you be launching your real attack hmm? I'm starting to get bored." Goma then scoffed at them and believing his time to be wasted with such puny counterattacks.

"That thing's unstoppable! We can't even touch him!" Craig shouted his frustrations out as his men sweated or tensed, their dinosaurs coming together to form a defensive front to protect their comrades behind them in advance.

Blaze gritted his teeth as Daigo and Gorgon, even in their altered forms, were beginning to pant and wheeze in exhaustion as they fired our fire cannons and were already beginning to lose stamina and the will to keep going, "Grr! We can't fight this way! We're just wasting time and energy!" he yelled.

"And at this rate we'll all be wiped out one by one!" Rex then cried out his worries seeing in the long run they'd wear themselves out before Goma would launch an attack of his own! It was as if his very presence was also draining the dinosaurs of their power as one by one they were beginning to collapse, losing air and energy before reverting to cards!

"Wh…What are we going to do now!?" Zoe then gasped widening her eyes seeing some of the dinosaurs who were backing her, being a szechuanosaurus and a pinacosaurus, suddenly collapse and changed back into cards!

"That's a good question….." Cera let out a heavy mutter, it was clear they never faced any threat like this before….She gritted her teeth tensely feeling the pressure get to her, but her spirit remained strong and she refused to quit, "Keep your eyes peeled! He has to have some kind of weakness somewhere!" she shouted out to them. Thinking as hard as she could, she widened her eyes upon realising they hadn't tried one strategy yet, and it just may work! "Wait guys! We've still got one final ace up our sleeves!" She gasped patting a fist into the palm of her hand in realisation.

The others looked to her in surprise, "W…We do?" Max asked.

She nodded back, "The same way we attacked the dark pterosaur last time!" she yelled which made them widen their eyes in realisation.

"AH!" They recalled how they combined their attacks last time and then broke through the other layer of the Dark pterosaur.

Soon they brightened up with hope and felt their spirits reenergised, "Yeah! That just might do it!" Zoe cheered clapping her hands together.

Rex then yelled out to everyone present, "Everyone! Let's use our moves together!" He called out as they soon began to get the message.

"Oh yeah!" Max then cheered loudly in excitement as one by one they took out their move cards!

"Ultimate fusion move!" They yelled slashing their move cards all at the same time! All their dinosaurs flawed in a bright array of rainbow colours as they fired off their attacks like fire cannon, gyro claw, emerald garden, falling water as well as counter blitz, which all then merged as a single energy blast which shot right at Goma! He stood his ground, snarling viciously and held out his arms as the collided, hitting its mark right at him and causing a massive explosion to erupt on contact!

BOOM!

A huge blinding light erupted from where he stood as everyone began to cheer feeling victorious at their success!

"Alright!"

"Goma's a goner!"

"Ahahah!" They grinned and smiled, some even high fived believing they did it at last….that was….until the light died down and the dragon emerged with but a mere hole in his chest which soon closed up in mere seconds!

"Hahahahaha! It could have fooled me!" Goma laughed it off taking the attack to be but a minor flesh wound which he healed quickly from and reducing their efforts to nothing!

"N…No way!" Max exclaimed as everyone reared back and started speechlessly, unable to comprehend what they just witnessed! "All those attacks and not one scratch!? That doesn't make any sense!" he cried.

Cera widened her eyes and turned pale at the sight of her best plan being shrugged off like it was nothing, "He…He can't be invincible….Everyone stay calm! I'm sure we're just overlooking something!" she cried desperately to them all in an effort to keep them calm and their hopes up….but she couldn't hide the truth that she was beginning to waver deep down underneath as her eoraptor stepped back and many of them were beginning to grow weary themselves.

"Hehe, keep telling yourself that." Goma scoffed it off as nonsense, "Even if that were true which of course isn't, by the time you discover it you'd be long dead by then! Ahahahaha!" He laughed out loud before a malevolent grin spread across his face and dark flames began to build up in his jaws! "Which happens to be right about….NOW!" He roared as he opened his massive jaws wide, into what looked like a bottomless pit deep inside his throat as a giant black ball of flame began to charge up inside it ready to go off at any second!

"WAH!" The D Team gasped as they and their allies widened their eyes in horror at what was about to happen

"I hate to bring even more bad news, but it looks its' that thing's turn to attack now!" Ed screamed as the monstrous dragon unloaded a dark rainbow like blast from his jaws straight at them all!

"RUN!"

"Take cover!" Cera and Rex then yelled warning them as everyone tried to retreat as fast as they could away from Goma's attack!

He was merciless as he was relentless, unwilling to give them a chance to fight back as he let loose everything he had from his jaws which fired out a huge dark shadow ball which cashed down like that of fire scorcher and then blowing them all back! "RAAAARRGGGHH!" The ball let out a powerful wave of shadow fire which blew over them and sent each and every one of them flying away like leaves in the wind and some of them were even swallowed up by the fires too!

"AAAAAAAHHH!"

As the attack ceased and the flames died down, revealing a massive dark scorcher crater in the middle of the Antarctic plains, with several vehicles charred black in the flames….It was a sight that no war movie aftermath could match in the sight of such sheer utter devastation!

From a white buggy, the door kicked open as Cera forced herself through the door and climbed out heavily discomforted, even sustaining a few bloody scratches across her face and arms as a result of broken glass from her shattered windshields and windows! Miku, who thankfully hid inside her shirt pocket, climbed out in a groggy way having been shaken up heavily as a result of the attack they just suffered. In her mind though, Cera couldn't care less about her own injuries and the beating they just took, only one thought continued to echo inside her which would haunt her for many moons.

"Urgh….such….power…." She grunted looking up hard from inside her vehicle, thankfully if it wasn't for the fact she was inside her buggy she would have been turned to ash in an instant. Her heart also sank heavily as she saw the immense devastation surrounding her, vehicles tossed aside like toys and overturned while charred black and steaming, some troopers were also thrown out of their buggies and lay almost lifeless on the field beside their cards, it was thankful that the dinosaurs could turn back to cards for if not they would have been reduced to atoms in an instant.

As for her friends, looking ahead she could see that the impact of the blast had knocked them out of range of the fires and thankfully their dinosaurs were still alive and able to fight. As they all got up, struggling up to their legs weakly, their partners had to get outside too and onto the Antarctic ice field, their vehicles having been knocked out of commission and now reducing them to fight by normal means….exposed to imminent danger. They too were filled with discomfort, horror or anger to see their comrades near the point of death and how much Goma was treating this suffering as a mere game! They glared at him in disgust for his unforgivable actions, at the same time tense knowing that there was little they could do about it after what they just witnessed and suffered….

"Yeah….and what's worse….." Rex then gritted his teeth hard as he and some of his friends came to a hard realisation, "I don't think that was his full power…."

As some troopers soon regained their senses, groggily and in pain, many of them soon felt fear overtake their senses completely as they began to rush out of their mobiles without hesitation or a backwards glance! "It's hopeless! We're doomed!"

"Run for your lives!"

"AAAAAH!" In an instant, every single trooper and dinosaur that miraculously except for the captains and their partners quickly abandoned all hope, seeing no use or any sense fighting a hopeless inevitable outcome, as they turned around and retreated without hesitation! Running or riding away as fast as they could without a backwards glance without looking back much to the shock of those who still remained behind or hadn't yet recovered, some of which were even abandoning the cards of their dinosaur partners on the battlefield, though they had reason to fear for their own safety more than others'.

"Come back! Wait!"

"NO! Don't go!"

"We need you!" But no matter how hard the D Team, captains or stragglers pleaded for their allies to help them, it was as if their hearts were completely closed off and all they could do was shoot empty words to the cold winter winds. It was most disheartening for them as they were left alone to face the dreaded might of Goma all by their lonesome making their difficult situation become nearly impossible.

Some of those who remained on the ground, unable to move due to injury, or remained standing on the field, fell down to their knees n despair, feeling themselves abandoned and all in the cold….as hopelessness and dread soon began to consume them from the inside too….

Further away as the space pirates looked on from behind a large icy hill they took shelter behind, having managed to sneak away in the heat of the battle, they widened their eyes as they looked out upon the battlefield to see the immense destruction and the Resistance had been all but reduced to a few measly stragglers who were still putting up one last feeble stand together inspire of the odds, and how Goma was towering over them all and making them appear like mere germs in comparison to his own might!

"Such power….." Sheer breathed as her comrades stared in horror and awe, that the stones they held at their disposal before had possessed so much power in them, how Goma was able to channel it all and master it effortlessly without any effort in comparison to them….just what had they been playing with this entire time….they were even beginning to question some of the choices they made and how much they had been dabbling in powers they couldn't comprehend.

"Such destruction and chaos….sniffle….it's so beautiful!" Specter sniffled before smiling brightly and cheering at the top of his lungs! The other space pirates widened their eyes and eyed Specter in bewilderment, it was clear he had no grasp of the situation at hand, without a doubt he lost what little mind he had left in him. Throwing away any sense he had in him, Specter scurried over to where Goma was and whistled out at him, "Oh Goma! I couldn't be more proud of you than ever before!" he praised his son with upmost sincerity, though none of it was acknowledged or even noticed by Goma who kept his gaze fixated on the downed D Team, Alpha gang and Resistance who still stood their ground despite how badly beaten into a corner they all were.

"Grrrgh!"

"This..isn't…over…." Max then wheezed as he stepped out shaken but still strong in spirit, despite being covered in scrapes and bruises his body didn't reflect his spirit's resolve as he swore to himself to keep fighting no matter what happened, they couldn't allow Goma to get away with his plans otherwise all life in the universe was doomed. As his friends got back up too, heavily battered as he was they too rallied to his side as their dinosaurs got together again, insticnts telling them they stood a better chance fighting together than being separated. Terry, Tank and Spiny too got back up on their feet and therizinosaurus pulled himself out of the snow and they all stood along side the D Team together, with the Alpha gang shuddering in terror and hiding behind them as shields.

Cera too joined them as she and Miku made a stand together with their friends as their dinosaurs all roared out in defiance at Goma, who merely snickered in amusement at their desperate situation, "Hehehe….In all honesty, despite your meddling and how much it had costed me overall….I really should be thanking you for this." He grinned at them which deeply puzzled his enemies.

"Th…Thanking us?" Cera questioned him with a raised eyebrow and also wincing with pain at the same time.

"If it wasn't for your continued interference, I never would have been driven to this point of desperation or realisation." He answers calmly before looking up to the skies, "The only way to truly destroy an immortal belief like justice, is to become immortal myself!" He roared as his dark howl echoed through the skies itself and could even be heard across the globe putting chills down the spines of all who heard him both living and even the dead beneath…."Now the power to bend space, time and all reality is all in the palm of my hand! Now and forever!" He roared powerfully as he prepared to waste no more time playing, now it was time he finished things once and for all and then restart all anew!

Looking up to the sky, where the smallest speck of the Reaper's Wrath could be seen above, Goma then raised his arm up as if he cold grasp it within his own hand, and then gripped his claws tightly into a fist, "Now, I shall shred apart this very universe, rip the fabric of space and time and start everything anew as I see fit! For a universe that won't bend to my will is one that doesn't deserve to exist!" He roared which shook the heavens itself, as he made a vow to reset all reality to how he saw fit! "As a token of my respect to you…my enemies." He grinned malevolently towards his defeated foes as he prepared to seal their very fate, "I shall be merciful! And grant you all a swift end!" He roared upon firing a beam from his palm right into the skies to everyone's shock and horror!

"Urk…"

"No….."

They widened their eyes as the beam from Goma, ensnared the meteor in his grip! As he pulled down his arm he too pulled down the Reaper's Wrath far deep in space from when it had been thrown and one more like a replay on a lost game, the meteor was sent hurtling towards the planet once more! Threatening to wipe out all life on Earth and this time with no way or hope of stopping it!

"AAAAH!"

As they cried out, those fleeing soon took notice of the meteor approaching their planet once more, which froze them all in their tracks upon sight of it!

"WAH!"

"The Reaper's Wrath!"

"It's hurtling back towards Earth!"

"EEEEP!" It also shut down any hope they had of fleeing, there was no way they could ever run far enough to escape the impact, and no way of getting off the planet in time before it struck! To them they either froze in place or fell to their knees with the spirits shattered beyond repair….

"This world has proved itself unfit to be ruled under me! Now you shall all perish for your insolence!" Goma roared triumphantly, as all the humans and dinosaurs below him looked up in horror and in despair as their world was about to face extinction once more, after all their efforts it made their plight feel meaningless.

Max, stuttered and fell to his knees before gritting his teeth, a flashback of the dinosaurs going extinct in the Cretaceous and also in his dreams once, about to take place before his very eyes…..and soon it would engulf him and everyone else he loved and cherished! The very thought of it made him scream out in agony, "N..NO!" He wailed as everyone around him either looked at him with deep empathy and worry for losing those they loved and cared, fear at being wiped out by the meteor as well as spite and hatred towards the meteor and Goma who summoned it back to Earth!

"Eheheheh….." The space pirates began ti snicker and grin seeing their victory was at hand, finally they could be rid of the resistance once and for all and finally get their well deserved payback on them at long last!

It seemed like a great idea in the end….till Gavro suddenly blinked his eyes, "Hey hold on a sec…." he muttered curiously as he began scratching his head in thought, "How are WE going to escape the Earth going kaboom without our base to protect us?" He asked his friends who soon stood still and turned pale at his words.

"….." It took 5 seconds for them to contemplate everything that was unfolding before their very eyes and how they would also get wiped out in the process….before widening their eyes and screaming their heads off in alarm that they'd be sharing the same fate as their enemies too being in complete oblivion! "WAAAAAAHH!"

Realising the danger that they themselves faced, the space pirates spread out their wings and flew up in a hurry towards where Goma's face was, "W…Wait! Goma!" Specter screamed out at th top of his lungs. To Goma it was like a fly buzzing in one's ear, annoying but it was enough to get his attention, as he turned around to where his father and his men were.

"We're still loyal to you! We served you faithfully this whole time!"

"Yeah! So come on! Take us with you!"

"We're family aren't we!?" They pleaded with him for mercy…..

Unfortunately all they earned from their former master was but a look of scorn as he looked away from them in disgust, "Hmph! Sorry to disappoint you but I see no use for any of you in the new universe I will forge with my own claws." he hissed before shooting them a grin of malice, "You useless fools all can just perish with this planet and everyone else on it for all I care!" He snarled with venom which made them all freeze and turn pale at the revelation that they were being abandoned like rubbish!

"Say whaaaaa!?" They gasped at the thought of being double crossed! Even the D Team and the Resistance who heard this couldn't believe their ears at how heartless Goma was to turn on his own loyal followers, it was clear his evil knew no bounds and his lust of absolute power was immeasurable!

Specter turned pale as words he never thought could be put into a sentence reached his ears. Before long he clenched his face, shook intensely before his mind was completely blown and he screamed his head off as his entire world was flipped upside down, "AAAAH! My…heart…." He clenched over his chest tightly, as his trial aching heart had finally given out, overwhelmed by trauma at being disowned by his very own son, as he then collapsed and fell down unconscious!

THUD!

"Boss!" The space pirates cried out in alarm as they flew down to the impact of snow, landing around Specter who lay deep in the snow in an almost lifeless manner!

"Hey boss! Wake up! You can't faint on us now! Wake up!" Sheer cried desperately as she helped him sit up and shook him over and over but to no avail, not even so much as a groan or mutter from him!

"PLEASE!" Foolscap and Gavro begged for even a sign of life too but to no avail.

Turning away from them, Goma regained his malevolent expression and shot it towards his now helpless enemies, "Ahahahaha! Now you mortals can only watch helplessly as your world ceases to exist! Victory is mine!" He laughed in triumph as he began to spread his wings hinting he was about to take off and watch the destruction of the Earth from space!

The D team widened their eyes seeing he was going to leave them to perish, no way were they going to let him get away with it! "HOLD IT! YOU GET BACK HERE!" Max yelled furiously as he and the others ran out at him with tjehor dinosaurs!

"We're not finished with you yet!" Cera shouted out loud as Miku also let out a vicious screech!

"Be gone!" He roared out at them with disdain as he let loose a tremendous shockwave which blew them all back with ease!

"AAAAAAHHH!" They screamed as their dinosaurs were blown like tumbleweed across the tundra, even bowling over the Alpha gang who lay flat in the snow after being smashed down by Terry!

"Urgh….." they groaned as they all looked up weakly gritting their teeth from the pain of frostbite, the crash and also in anger to see Goma had already launched himself into the air and was flapping his monstrous wings keeping hsimelf airborne! Their hearts sank as they saw he was about to escape and they could do nothing to stop him…and he knew it too….

As he gazed upon each and every one of his enemies defeated utterly and him standing triumphant over all, Goma let out a nightmarish roar which shook the earth and skies, his dark energies growing ever so much and the image of his form engraved itself into the D Team's hearts, as they opened their eyes weakly to see him towering above them all. Dark lightning began firing all around from his very own body, setting off explosions everywhere they struck and leaving scars on both the land and the Earth itself! "Hehehehehe! Ahahahahahah!" His dark laughter echoed through the sky as he spread out his wings and began flapping them, taking off into the air and disappearing into the dark night skies above, his silhouette blocked out by the burning red light of the Reaper's Wrath as it approached the planet and was about to collide, wiping them out as well as everything and everyone they held dear to their hearts…..

"No….." Cera soon breathed as she felt her limbs grow limp and she began to lose the will to continue on, "After everything….are we just going to let him escape like that?" She questioned herself with self hatred at their own weaknesses,as well as Goma himself, they had their worst enemy right before them and not only did he brush them away like gnats, he was now making a getaway to where they could not follow, "We threw everything we had….and he still manages to walk away from us….."

Her friends heard her sympathised completely with her, knowing that Goma not only wanted them to watch and suffer but even to carry it to their graves too…."Tch! This can't be how it ends! I won't accept it!" Max hissed bitterly as he punched his fist into the snow in defiance, as Chomp looked over him and let out a saddened grunt wishing he could do something to help but even he felt his spirit giving out in the face of extinction all over again…..they all did….

"Urgh…." Around them others began to tear up or grit their teeth in pain and agony at being unable to protect what they held most dear, as they began to question why they even bothered to try or even live if this was the destined outcome for them all….

Back with the space pirates, they clenched their hands into fists or gnashed their teeth in fury towards Goma as he disappeared into the night skies above having deserted them without hesitation! "Goma just ditched us like garbage! How dare he!?" Sheer yelled out her frustrations!

"Yeah, we worked our blood, sweat and tears for him and he never even gives us our final pay check before firing us!? Worst boss ever!" Foolscap clicked his tongue wishing he pounded the stuffing out of the kid when he was still no more than a brat.

"Speaking of bosses…." Gavro muttered uncomfortably as he rubbed his aching forehead which throbbed like crazy. Looking to the side they could see Specter was lying on the icy floor, still in his sleeping death like state, with his hand over his chest.

Not finding any humour in their boss' condition from being like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, the 3 other pirates rushed over to his side to see he was still in a coma. "Hey boss! Wake up! Come on this is no time for a nap!" Gavro cried out in a panic as he shook him violently hoping to wake him up in a hurry with the meteor incoming at any second but to no avail. Foolscap then tried snapping his fingers right in his face but to no avail either,

Her heart racing and seeing it would only be mere moments before the Reaper's Wrath would hit its mark, Sheer finally lost out, seeing their very survival outweighed their loyalty to Specter in a heartbeat! "Come on guys! Let's just ditch him and save ourselves!" She shouted without hesitation as she began to spread out her wings!

Foolscap and Gavro soon smiled brightly and nodded in agreement with her, "You're right! We're through being pirates! From now on let's live out our own lives however we want it!"

"Yeah…a fresh start! Best idea I ever had!" They cheered seeing there may be hope for them on another planet somewhere as they decided to cast off their old selves and begin their lives anew…..too bad there were still others who weren't about to let them do as they pleased.

"You're not going anywhere!" A voice yelled out angrily at them making them turn!

"Huh!?" They widened their eyes as the whole lot of them were ensnared by an aqua ship fired at them by a suchomimus which ensnared them and than began to slam them into the ground! "EEP!" They screamed making impact and then finding the sleeves trapped half buried in the ice! Looking up they turned pale as they found themselves surround by Blaze, Marina, Craig and Kaze who glared down at them with spite and hatred with their dinosaurs! Even with Goma being the one responsible for everything that happened they still contributed to it and many other crimes too, and they weren't about to let them get away with it scot free while they still had a say about it!

"You shall stay put and see this through with your own eyes what you've all done!" Blaze roared out at them, punching a fist into the palm of his hand, if they would al go down at least he can take deep pleasure in beating the stuffing out of the other space pirates first before they all went down together!

"N-NOOOOO!" They wailed in terror at what he or the others would do to them, as they began to struggle frantically in the ice in a futile effort to break free!

"I'm too young to die!"

"Let us go! You can't waste time with small fry like us!"

"Yeah! Don't you see!? We're all doomed here! DOOMED!" They screamed out loud as the captains and their dinosaurs began to take turns beating the snot out of them, either with kicks to the heads or even tail slams from their dinosaurs too!

As irritating as their whining was, Max had to agree with one thing they said as he clicked his tongue in frustration at their dire situation, "Tch! I hate to admit guys." He hissed through his teeth cursing clenching his hands into a shaking fist, "Unless we find someway to take down Goma AND the Reaper's Wrath too…..It'll just as they said….." He breathed heavily at the end as a bead of hard sweat wrinkled down his cheek and the others looked at either him or the approaching meteor with hard tense looks.

"But….can we?" Zoe then asked with insecurity in her tone, clenching a hand over her chest and aching heart as she looked up to see the skies reddening and fireballs beginning to break off from the Reaper's Wrath and already they were pelting the land around them! Creating huge craters and explosions upon impact, and the biggest was still yet to come! What they witnessed before hand was merely a prelude to the end of the Earth as they knew it!

"We have to, for everyone's sakes!" He shouted back at them like there was no question about it.

"But what can we do Max!?" Cera then yelled before hissing painfully sounding almost defeated, lowering her arms which grew limp as she was exhausted both outside and in, "We've got nothing! No way of stopping him….." Her usually indomitable resolve was finally beginning to give way….and to the others around her, that was never a good sign in anyone's book….

Max then stomped his foot on the ground in defiance once more, "There's got to be a way….There always is!" He shouted in fury as he soon pushed himself to exertion, falling on his knees and looking up, he gritted his teeth as if he was in pain, looking up to the skies to see the skies turning almost blood red as if the planet itself was crying in pain, "There….has to….." he choked weakly, as he could feel his now heart begin to crack. In his mind he could even hear the cries and tears of the dinosaurs resting beneath the earth's surface too, they were meant to rest in peace after their long ordeals only to endure extinction all over again. It was as if nothing they ever did could make a difference, the feeling of helplessness was eating away at his heart, he knew for a fact they had to stop the meteor and Goma from destroying the universe and remaking it in his twisted dark image….and yet….they didn't know how nor even believed it could be possible….

Around him everyone else huddled together or closed their eyes looking away, bracing themselves for the ultimate doom….as he then closed his eyes, shedding a painful tear as he prayed for a miracle to shine upon them once more….

(Meanwhile)

In the main room things were going rather badly for the D Team's allies after they bore witnessed their glimmer of hope to be no more than a temporary illusion. How horrified they were to see that Goma had returned, more powerful than ever and not only were the D Team's attacks have absolutely no effect on him but he also brushed them off like gnats and resummoned the Reaper's Wrath back towards Earth as the countdown towards extinction ran again! This time with absolutely no way of stopping it….Nevertheless they refused to give up and upon learning of their inching peril they began to research and scan the meteor and the newly evolved dragon Goma but unfortunately none of their efforts gave any positive results.

"Any luck yet honey!?" Dr Ancient yelled frantically towards Cretacia as they along with every other scientific mind present, which also included Seth, Rod, Reese and Lunensis, in the main room began to type away at the monitors hoping to uncover some sort of strategy or weapon they could use against the Reaper's Wrath or Goma.

"N…No…Nothing at all!" She cried back to him just the same as she looked over her results each of them resulting in negative, failure or no result for every trial she ran for an attack strategy they could implement but none of her efforts bore any fruit! "I've ran every test and simulation, performed deep scans to try and isolate weak points or openings in the meteor or Goma that we can exploit but nothing I've tried came up with any result!" Her panicked response sent worries down everyone else's spines as the other parents and allies looked on, Aki and Dr Drake huddled in worry close to their spouses while Laura hugged closely to Helga who held her tightly as Jonathan went over to shield a cowering Dr Owen and Patrick.

"Well keep looking!" Seth yelled in frustration towards them, startling the others momentarily before resuming back to what he was doing, "There has to be some blindspot or weakness! If we don't find it soon, our planet will perish and so will we!" He gritted his teeth tensely and his eyes reddened as for the first time, he was losing his calm composure and panic was beginning to take over his senses.

"You think we don't already know that!?" Cretacia then retorted taking offence at him thinking only he cared about the universe's future.

"We're trying the best we can Seth!" Rod then cried out gritting his teeth in frustration as the pressure was getting to him too.

"Well try harder! Humanity and all life in the universe depends on it!" Seth spat back as he brought up an image of Goma in his cosmic dragon form and did a scan, the readings spiking far beyond anything they ever encountered before, in fact the Dark Pterosaur which formed when the cosmos stones were united the first time had nothing on him now. It was as if the dark negative energies of the cosmos stones had infused themselves with the evil in Goma's heart, which resulted in this monstrosity coming to be, which meant the darkness in that zanjark's heart must have been immeasurable.

"That thing Goma became….It's like a living extinction event…." Lunensis breathed in sheer horror.

"I'm scared…." Laura shuddered as she clutched her hands together and hunkered down in fear.

Seeing this, her brother got off his seat and ran over to her and embraced her in his arms, "Stay close to me Laura, I'll protect you." said Rod as Laura felt comforted to have her brother close to her, smiling and feeling secure, till a shadow loomed over them.

"And I'll be here to protect you both." Helga stated as she hugged the children both in with a stern look on her face, "No dragon is going to make a meal out of you while I can help it." She said with a brave look on her face, which made the Alpha siblings felt a tiny bit better….though it would have lasted longer if everyone else on the planet would be safe too.

Looking outside to see the entire resistance outside at the Antarctic, exposed and at the mercy of the incoming Reaper, the D Team's parents shuddered with worry or gritted their teeth tensely, knowing that everyone outside, not least of all their own children, would be the first to be wiped out by the meteor's impact….

"The kids….they don't stand a chance…." Mrs Drake placed a hand over her chest and clutched it with worry.

"And the worst part is….there's nothing we can do for them…." Aki sobbed heavily before covering over her eyes and tearing into them bitterly.

"Honey, I'm here….everything's going to be fine….I promise…."

"I hope you're right about that Dr Taylor." Reese replied to him seriously before looking ahead to see the Reaper's Wrath nearing the Earth's atmosphere again as it began to turn red upon entry, "Because I don't think we've ever had a day as dark as this one ever in history…." As much as she wanted to be on the optimistic side she still saw things on a realistic point of view and from the way it looked, their chances of survival weren't all that promising….

Having typed for so long, giving everything he had into trying to uncover a weakness or tactical edge over the meteor or Goma only to turn up with nothing, Lunensis lost all restraint in himself as he slammed his frustration onto the monitor in a rage! "GARGH!" He growled loudly in anger which caught everyone in the room by surprise!

"AH!" Seeing him shudder tensely and gritted his teeth like a feral beast, they looked on worried, while Rod and Laura hid behind Helga and Jonathan feeling most unnerved at his behaviour, it was understandable what he was going through ruth now with the fate of the world already at stake….but still they couldn't just walk up to him and say it would be fine because clearly it wasn't and dip down they were just as worried as he was for everyone's sakes….

He hissed in agony through his teeth, feeling himself shredded with despair and hopelessness and his will to continue fighting was slowly slipping away from him, "It's no use…..nothing…nothing will work! We've got no way of stopping this calamity from happening!" He gritted his teeth tensely, believing that all their battles and sacrifices up until now were for nothing even after they gave it their all…only to have it snatched out of their hands like some kind of illusion. He cursed fate for being so cruel to them for having suffered so much till this point, only to end in utter defeat, he couldn't accept things like this and at the same time couldn't do anything about it….to him it was complete torture….

The others were empathising with him, having felt like to have been cheated unfairly of their hard fought battles too, but because of them they knew they couldn't give up after all they went through. Tensing his arm hard, Dr Taylor walked up to him and placed an arm on Lunensis' shoulder as the father looked up to him, "There's always a way Lunensis."

"The children managed to stop this threat once, and they can do so again, I know it." he said to him with full faith and assurance.

"Plus they have us helping them here, I'm certain we'll find a way out of this mess." Dr Ancient followed after him, the last time they were but helpless victims being used as bargaining chips by the space pirates for the cosmos stones, now this time they swore it would be different.

Lunensis could see they were determined and still were willing to keep trying even when it seemed hopeless, however he himself wasn't so easy to convince, "Heh….You make it sound so easy….." It may have helped in past situations but on a calamity of this scale he couldn't see anything that could work in the face of a power which existed since the dawn of time which had now become even more powerful than it ever had, "Then tell me how or what we can do? I'm all ears…." He then questioned Dr Taylor as he reared back having not thought of it.

"I uhh…well…." He was adept at coming up with pep talks and rallying speeches but as for strategies and plans he was pretty much an elementary schooler, as he found himself at a loss.

Luckily for him, as Seth began thinking back on Dr Taylor's words, one of which still rang inside his head over and over, "Again…." Thinking hard back to how the cosmos stones were defeated the last time, focusing as hard as he could he opened his eyes widely in realisation, "Wait! I've got it! The stone tablet!" He cried out as everyone heard him loud and clear.

Everyone else widened their eyes upon hearing Seth's words, "AH!"

"Of course!" Ancient patted his fist into his open palm in realisation as everyone else soon began to widen their eyes in realisation at their silver lining of hope

"Hey that's right!" Laura gasped.

"They beat the cosmos stones once and they can do it again for sure!" Rod grinned eagerly as he punched up in excitement.

"Then what are we waiting for!?" Dr Owen then cried out, "Let's do it then!"

They all soon smiled filled with hope and energy once more, at a chance at saving the earth being presented before them.

"But…how?" Dr Drake then asked curiously as they looked to him, "Even if they are the key to stopping this disaster, how can we use them to do it!?"

As if right on cue, a female voice spoke out to them before their hopes could be shot down again, "I think I may have the answer to that."

"Huh?" Looking in the direction it came from, Lunensis took notice of his grass captain standing out near the doors waiting for them to his and everyone else's surprise.

"Captain Hua! You know how we can use the stone tablet to destroy the Reaper's Wrath and Goma too!?" She calmly responded with mild nod.

What was more surprising than her being there suddenly but was also that she seemed to have the answer to the calamity that was approaching their world as they spoke.

"Well then, tell us already!" Dr Owen demanded, "How we can use them to stop both threats at the same time?"

"Yeah! Not only are our friends about to get wiped out there, but soon we and the entire planet will go extinct too!" Rod yelled.

"Come on! Out with it please!" Cretacia then pleaded as she and the others appeared desperate.

Hua looked to each of them who were shooting concerned or serious looks at her. However she shook her head denying them any answers for the moment, "There's no time but if you insist, I'll explain along the way," She said calmly to their confusion as she turned her back to them and began to walk out the exit doors. Before leaving she looked back to them, "Follow me and bring the stone tablet with you, if you wish to save the Earth." She said at the end before leaving outside.

Everyone was confused as to what she was talking about and to what purpose or method she had in mind for the stone tablet, but with no time to debate they decided to take a chance and trust her. Lunensis went and disconnected the tablet from the wires as he and the others followed Hua out over to the grass station. As they made it in to the area she told them to rendezvous at, they were surprised to find she also had another guest waiting for them with her at the base of a huge stone pillar sticking out from the ground and in the center of a circle of stones, 6 of them and they each were coloured in the same pattern as those of the 6 elemental stones.

"You made it." said Raina to them calmly with Hua right next to the stone pillar itself.

Everyone else looked on in awe and amazement, having not noticed this before when they first came to this part of the station before, even Lunensis himself was surprised to only notice this now.

"Wow….."

"No way…."

"What is this place?"

"It seems…mysterious in some way…." They each breathed in awe as they aged around how majestic it appeared to them.

"Indeed," Seth commented with deep interest as he took out a scanner device from his trenchcoat and did a scan on the area, with the readings being such higher than he initially anticipated, yet also strangely familiar, "All the energy radiating from this place, it's exactly like that of the stones but of a much more colossal scale." He breathed in amazement, knowing that this formation wasn't artificial in the slightest yet also not completely natural…..the scientist side of him wanted to get to the bottom of this mystery and uncover it but under the circumstances he couldn't afford to.

"Hua, what are you planning with the stone tablet?" Lunensis then asked her with a suspicious but also rather authoritative tone. She said nothing at first but turned her attention at the stone pillar in the middle of the circle, to everyone's suspicion. "Would you kindly explain yourself?" He then asked as calmly as he could, though deep down Cera's father was beginning to lose patience, for she too ought to know by now the crisis that their planet faced. Whatever she had in mind, it had better be good and not be a waste of time at their most crucial moment of all.

She then closed her eyes calmly and let out a deep sigh, "Before we get to there, allow us to start from the beginning." She said which puzzled everyone present.

"Something that we have been researching for sometime now," Raina then continued for her, "A hypothesis which I didn't think was necessary to reveal nor could I confirm earlier, but now is more an appropriate time to test out considering we are all out of options." Everyone said nothing but kept a serious look at both captains.

Hua then slowly turned around to face the group as she prepared to give them a little trip down memory lane regarding the history of the stones, "You are aware of how the stones were formed years ago, when the spirits of the dinosaurs merged together to form them."

Dr Ancient nodded, "Yes that's exactly what happened." he answered.

"We researched that thoroughly and came to that very conclusion." His wife Cretacia followed after him though none of them knew where she was going with this….yet.

Raina nodded back at them, "Correct, but you never knew how that came to be, which is where this rock comes into play." She explained as she and Hua looked up to it and everyone diverted their attention right towards it.

"Their spirits all converged into this very formation you see before you," said Hua as she stroked it gently, as if having some sort of spiritual connection with it….something she learnt during her daily meditations upon it at sunrise and sunset, "Formed from the impact of the meteor during the cretaceous period after it smashed into the planet." She breathed calmly and at peace as she stroked it with a hint of affection, "The circle absorbed all their spirits, containing them within its stone surface and harnessed it so that it would be able to give life back to the planet after it would heal itself from the calamity it suffered."

"And….the stone plates?" Reese asked with deep interest and curiosity as it looked as though they were all learning more about the stones than they first realised.

"I believe this is where they would come into play." Hua answered her, as she brushed away some dust from the stone pillar, causing it to reveal a rectangular shaped indent….shaped exactly like that of the stone tablet which Lunensis was holding in his hands right now!

"AH!"

"So the stone plates were once part of this massive formation of rocks?" Dr Ancient asked with keen interest as he and several of the others listened more closely, a few of them like Reese or Cretacia even began writing notes or recorded said conversation for future research purposes.

Hua then nodded back at Rex's father, confirming his theory, "Yes, from your dig you uncovered only 1 small fragment of it, which was where the main source of its power was concentrated into." She said, having remembered the records of the stone plates' discovering during a dig conducted by the Ancients many years ago, "Shattered off from it as time passed and the land changed." She explained, revealing that as time passed the elements and continental shifts caused the stone circle and pillar to be buried underground and its core piece to have been shattered off it, originally a round circle piece which eventually eroded further away till it would become that of a rectangular shape as the tablet was….

"And now years later, the rest of it has been uncovered, kept here safely where we built the Resistance base." Raina continued after Hua, remembering how they found refuge in this secure location, and built their entire headquarters around it as it was not only well fortified but also was capable of supporting life where everywhere else was ravaged by war. It acted as a place of hope and sanctuary for the people and dinosaurs who were trying to find a place to take shelter in and give them the strength of spirit they needed to fight back.

"Only for the tablet to be returned to it at long last where it belongs." Seth then noted upon seeing it was coming full circle, almost like the last time when they used the stone plates to defeat the Dark Pterosaur the last time. "Heh, how many of you want to bet that all of this is a coincidence?" He chuckled in amusement as he looked to everyone else.

"Fate sure has an odd sense of humour doesn't it?" Dr Taylor couldn't help but comment seeing it to be all amusing in its own way.

Curiously, Dr Ancient blinked his eyes feeling a little suspicious as to how they managed to learn all of this, "Just….how do you know all this Hua…Raina?" He asked looking to them both.

Raina then smiled proudly as she folded her arms and held her head up high, "Let's just say we listened to the dinosaurs, and we let them speak for themselves." she smirked, having recalled that the dinosaurs were connected to the stone plates and heard it from their perspective….thanks to an experimental translator chip Raina had developed which helped them learn from the dinosaurs' sides of the story, being the eldest of those they revived, those of which were once bonded to the stones when their lives ended only to are resurrected once more when they were brought back from the dead.

"They know far more about our planet than we do," Hua explained, "How they wanted life to continue once more even after their passing and they didn't want their mighty lineage to end all because of 1 single disaster they could not control."

"And now that such a threat is descending upon the planet once more, I believe it's time we entrust everything upon this one chance we have." said Raina after her as the group looked to one another, wondering if they should leave things to some kind of ancient legend when all their strategies and planning they tried came up with nothing.

Seeing they wouldn't get anywhere with discussion, Seth soon decided it was time they took action as they were short on time, "Alright, we're all out of options and as illogical as it may sound that something may happen should we unite the tablet with this stone….." He stated, as much as he preferred the scientific approach clearly it wouldn't work in this scenario and as much as he disliked it, they'd have to resort to more unconventional means in which the results could be unpredictable.

"It's our only choice left." Dr Ancient finished for him as they all nodded at one another in agreement on what was to be done.

"Let's do it." Lunensis said seriously as he took the stone tablet from Ancient and then reached for the indentation in the main pillar.

"Cross our fingers and hope for the best." said Dr Taylor as everyone tensed up and remained silent, as Cera's father fitted the stone tablet inside the pillar.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, "Here goes everything…." he said as he took this leap of faith and pushed the tablet inside till it fit snugly, completing the stone. In an instant and without warning the tablet suddenly glowed a bright rainbow colour, reacting to the 6 coloured stone builders which lined the circle around the pillar! Before long the energy from it began to feed right into the rest of the rock pillar and then causing the entirety to glow a bright white, whose glare caught everyone by surprise as they reared back and shielded their eyes from the blinding radiance!

"AAAH!"

"What's this!?"

"Everyone get back!" Lunensis then gasped as they all stood back keeping their distance away from the shining pillar which glowed in the 6 colours of the elemental stones and glowed a bright rainbow aura around it! They all stared in complete disbelief and shock, as it fired off a powerful energy ray high in the sky before shooting right for the South Pole.

All glow and the pillar common forth a bright light to the sky which head for the South pole!

(Meanwhile)

Back on the Antarctic surface, the Resistance tensed themselves as they braced for the meteor's impact right at their location…..some willing to accept their fate and given up, others still praying for salvation or wishing for a way they could still save the Earth…..

All hope seemed lost for them….when suddenly Max, Zoe and Rex began to shine in the colours of their elemental stones!

"AAAAH!" They were immediately startled by this unexpected development, but what happened next would change everything for them all.

"Everyone….Please….You must stop the Reaper…You are our only hope…." An old faint voice echoed out to the ears of not just the D Team, but to everyone present who had command of a dinosaur! In fact around them the dinosaurs that were still active and even the cards themselves that were scattered about the grounds of Antartica began to shine in the colour of their own element too! With secret dinosaurs illuminating in a bright rainbow glow!

Max and his friends froze in amazement as they soon recognised whom it belonged to, "That voice…."

"It's the same voice from the stones!" Zoe then gasped in surprise! All around them, everyone who even had contact with a dinosaur began to shine in the respective attribute of the dinosaur they commanded!

As for Cera herself, she glowed a bright rainbow much to her amazement, as she and everyone else looked all around them to see their comrades were shining too and were even able to hear the voices of the stones! All across the world this very same phenomenon could be felt as people also began to glow too as the voices of the stones reached them and they could only widen their eyes in awe at what was unfolding before them! The space pirates widened their eyes speechlessly at what they were witnessing as well, now they were beginning to see that perhaps targeting Earth for plundering in the beginning may have been a huge mistake had they realised sooner that humans were far more than what they first appeared!

"We do not wish for death to visit this planet once more, though fate has sent another harbinger of it hurtling towards our world as we speak." Spoke the voice in a solemn tone to them all as they listened carefully, "But you, who were chosen by us have the power to shatter the chain of fate and bring everlasting peace to our home once again, and bring forth a future in which destruction will have no place in." The voice spoke in various tones, as it was conveyed by various dinosaurs from across the ages.

Max and his friends were shocked and bewildered to hear the stones again after so long, but considering the situation they didn't question them but instead focused their minds on saving their hime as the stones pleaded them too, "How?"

"Tell us! We'll do anything to save our world!"

"Whatever it takes! We swear it on all life on this Earth and any other!" The D Team cried out to the voice as Cera looked on, feeling herself inspired to see why the D Team were revered as the legendary heroes the Resistance and the people of the future looked up to for years….for they were the first to develop connections with the dinosaurs and the spirits of their ancestors long gone….

The spirits could sense their will and resolve deep within, "Very well then, you are prepared to take charge of your destiny." The voice spoke, having acknowledged and recognised their will to live and the desire to protect the world so others may live too, "Your spirit and courage is acknowledged, and it shall echo on the scrolls of time for eons to come, never to be forgotten."

At that very moment, the lights emanating from each and every dino duelist began to converge before the D Team! Uniting together into a giant glowing rainbow energy sphere much to their amazement!

"AAAH!" They all stared in utter amazement as the light took full form, spreading out a pair of feathery angelic wings and then appearing before them in her most majestic form of all, one they all recognised in an instant!

"Look!" Rex pointed ahead as Cera, Max and Rex all smiled brightly with hope!

"It's the Pterosaur!"

"She's back!" They cheered and gasped, as everyone else stared speechlessly in awe at her, it was almost as though she seemed brighter, larger and more powerful than she was before! The very sight of her pure and brilliant form gave hope to the people who beheld her in sight, chasing away all their worries, doubts and fears installed upon them by Goma as she descended before them all.

"Everyone, I thank you for restoring my strength." She said to them with upmost gratitude, "The hopes of the dinosaurs of this world's last, along with your wishes for the future have reawakened me once more." She said as they all gazed upon her, knowing she had something else to ask of them if they were to save this world from the Reaper. "Now, I need you all of you, to believe in me." She instructed them.

"Believe in….you?" Max blinked his eyes in surprise.

"Yes, wish for the world to be saved, for the Reaper's Wrath to be destroyed and the cosmos stones to be forever erased from all time forever." She answered him.

Without hesitation, Max nodded and gained a firm look in his eyes, "Of course!" He aid determinedly as Chomp let out a loud roar filled with energy.

Cera then stood by his side, "Anything to save this world and preserve its future for generations to come, so no tragedy like this will ever happen again to thus planet or any other!" She declared!

"Mhmm!" Zoe and Rex nodded together, as soon everyone began to grow firm and stand together as they all began to be united in spirit and heart!

All around them, the bright glowing ghosts of all the dinosaurs across the world began to materialise around them to their amazement! They gazed around them in surprise and bewilderment as the ghosts of dinosaurs ranging from stegosaurs, sauropods, ceratopsians and many more all materialised around them, on the plains and around the hills and mountains till nearly every inch of Antartica was occupied by a dinosaur or a dinosaur spirit which glowed bright golden! Letting out powerful roars which let out a kind of chorus which resonated with the Pterosaur which made her glow ever more radiant! Dinosaurs that were in card form also began to reactivate as they joined too much to the bewilderment of everyone present! It wasn't just them, the spirits of pterosaurs appeared in the sky all around them, screeching while plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs also appeared from the waters around the South Pole, causing the sea to light up with patches of gold from space even!

"AH!" Cera gasped speechlessly wth everyone else looking around in every direction to see dinosaurs or spirits in every corner.

"Are you seeing this!?" Zoe breathed flabbergasted.

"It's like the souls of all the dinosaurs from the ancient past are coming together." said Max in sheer amazement as they gathered around where they were and roared out towards the Pterosaur who was the embodiment of the stones themselves.

"For one final battle for the fate of their world." Rex narrowed his eyes hard.

From HQ, everyone was back in the main computer room to bear witness this astounding miracle first hand! It wasn't just in Antarctica, dinosaurs and their spirits all across the planet were also appearing in their millions, standing alongside the people as they too were conveying their wishes for the meteor to be stopped!

The D team's families, even Seth, were at a complete loss for words at what they were seeing with their own eyes. The only one who could even utter a sound was Cera's father, of all his years of dinosaur research and battling he never came across anything like this before, "Incredible…." Lunensis breathed as this would no doubt be a sight to behold. He also made sure to record every single moment of this, a moment that would go down in history, so that it would never be forgotten no matter how much time would pass from this very day.

With all the power they amassed together, Max soon closed his eyes and opened them firmly, knowing what must be done, "Let's give the Pterosaur all our strength!" He called out at the top of his lungs as he punched out at the Pterosaur.

Cera nodded in agreement with him before shouting out to the entire resistance, "Everyone! Wish! For the sake of our world, the people and dinosaur who live on it! Wish as hard as you can with everything you've got!" She cried to them.

"Okay! We'll do it!" Blaze nodded in agreement as he closed his eyes along with his fellow captains and wished hard for the world to be saved.

"You really think that will work Dr Z?" Ursula whispered to their boss feeling skeptical about all this.

"Yeah I mean wishing for the world to be saved?"

"Doesn't sound too legit to me….." Zander and Ed both muttered feeling suspicious and doubtful about something like that being possible.

In an instant he yelled back at them, "Quiet you 3! Wish for our world to be saved just like everyone else or else we won't have a world to come back to!" He growled shaking his fists at them which made them stutter in surprise that he was going to believe in magic and superstition, then again he did fortune telling with dinosaur bones so this wasn't all too farfetched, "Do it now!" He then screamed threatening them with a fist to their faces as they nodded back frantically!

"OKAY!" They squealed before they all closed their eyes and clapped their hands in prayer!

This was soon followed by every trooper and human across the planet, hearing the voices of the dinosaurs of the past praying for them all to wish for the world's salvation, as they all freed themselves from their fears and insecurities! As they all wished, they emanated with golden light which began to feed into the Pterosaur herself as she began to take upon their energies into her very being! Very soon she illuminated in bright golden light and spreading out her wings she let out a bright golden shockwave which chased away all darkness from the skies and bathed the entire earth itself in her great golden gleam! Driving out every disaster and ounce of destruction away with her very spirit to everyone's amazement as they gazed upon her new glorious form in sheer speechlessness!

"AH!" It was beyond anything they could have imagined would happen and it was absolutely amazing.

"Wow…." Cera breathed feeling her heart soar inside her with hope, as so did Miku, they knew the Pterosaur and the stones were capable of amazing things, but this was something else….

The only ones who didn't take this well was the space pirates, whose eyes nearly bulged out of their eye sockets and their minds were blown into a million bits upon witnessing this unfold! "AAAAH!" They exclaimed shuddering at the incredible power the Pterosaur gave off which was practically the same or perhaps even greater than the cosmos stones too! In the midst of their sheer and utter shock at what they just saw, like Specter, they too collapsed unconsciously and fainted too with him.

Looking down upon them all, the Pterosaur gazed upon the smiles and hopes of the people and the dinosaurs too, and inside she felt at peace with what she was about to do. With that she decided to leave them with a few final parting words before she competed her last quest, "Take care, I will leave the world in your hands." She said to them, those very words made the D Team's hearts sank as they began to realise that this may be the last they ever see or even hear of her again…."Farewell." Were her final words before she turned around and spread her wings and then taking to the air!

Cera widened her eyes as the great spirit of the dinosaurs took to the skies and sped away like a shooting star into the far reaches of space, to complete one final mission in order for all life to continue on the Earth, "Pterosaur!" She cried out to her as she disappeared into the darkness of space, in the path of the Reaper's Wrath! As she disappeared from sight, Cera could feel her heart grow heavy inside her, as tis meant it would be the last she would ever see of the spirit which guided her through time and saved her very life before. Her friends understood how she felt, as they gathered around hoping to shelter some of her burden as their saviour disappeared in the skies above….

(Meanwhile)

High above in the depths of space, Goma grinned with dark sadism as he gazed down from above, the Reaper's Wrath glowing in dark red flames as it was prepared to collide with the Earth itself! Soon its' tainted face of rebellion would be clean and be ready and for for him to start all anew and reshape to his liking! "Hehehehehe…." he laughed to himself darkly, knowing that not only was he doing the planet a favour by giving it a fresh start but would soon set an example to all other worlds that would dare to rebel against him, an actual deity with he power to command space and time at will! Soon all would belong to him and him alone, and the destruction of Earth would mark the beginning of his reshaping of the universe!

It was a perfect picture and he couldn't wait to see it firsthand with his very own eyes as he grinned with dark delight as the meteor closed in on the planet….till something bright shone out from below the Reaper's Wrath which ruined his perfect picture as it began to irritate his eyes, "Hmm?" As he narrowed his eyes closer he noticed a bright golden glow incoming from the Earth's surface! Widening his eyes as she came into full view, the golden pterosaur was on a collision course with the Reaper's Wrath! Sensing the power within her, Goma could feel the cosmos stones within him sensing a grave threat deep down, a threat to not just the meteor but to his own existence as well!

"Grrr! Do not interfere!" He roared in defiance swooping down and appearing right in the path of the golden pterosaur, putting himself between the meteor and her! "Be gone! GRAARRGH!" He roared firing a dark cosmic stream from his mouth towards her! The Pterosaur however maintained a steady course but soon accelerated as the beam made contact! To his horror, his attack has absolutely no effect on her at all! Like how he easily shrugged off the attacks of Earth's dinosaurs, now the Pterosaur turned the tables on him as she speared through the flames like a golden arrow!

He tried as hard as he could to destroy her, but she still pushed on through his attack effortlessly! As his blast soon ceased, he widened his eyes, feeling true fear for the first time in his life as she came within point blank range! "N-NO! Impossible!" He screeched as the Pterosaur speared right through his body! "AAAAARRRGGGHH!" The dragon let out a pained screech in agony as the golden pterosaur punched a massive hole through his body, leaving a gigantic glowing hole through him as the energies of the cosmos began to erupt form him as he lost control of his powers!

It wasn't over yet, paying him no heed, the Pterosaur fixated her sights on her true goal, the Reaper's Wrath! Folding her wings like a dive bomb, she propelled herself with full force straight through the meteor! Striking through it in an instant, before fading away as the light of many stars in the vast space as she erupted the other end…..Within seconds, Goma looked behind and widened his eyes as the meteor erupted into a massive cosmic explosion which soon began to swallow him up in the process! "THIS….CANNOT….BEEEEE!" He wailed in pain as his body was swallowed completely by the explosion which expanded through the cosmos!

BOOM!

(Meanwhile)

As the explosion erupted from high above, a bright golden light erupted from the clouds above, followed by an incredible shockwave which travelled down from pace and shook the entire planet itself! "AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Everyone across the world cried as they held on due to the shaking of the planet, the light shining through as bright as the sun as they all turned away or covered their eyes! The shockwaves caused the mountains in America themselves to crack and collapse into rockslides, desert dunes across Africa to flatten and blow away in winds, trees in the forests of Asia to topple down, the oceans to swirl and churn as the planet and its inhabitants did its bets to hang on…..

Before log….it passed, and everyone else looked up at the sky, widening their eyes in amazement at what they bore witnessed, "Ah…." As the bright light from the explosion began to fade away from the clouds above, small cinders and tiny fire rocks began to rain down and splash in the seas around the continent, a few of them crashed on Antartica but many were no bigger than the size of coconuts and thus posed of little danger to the people or the dinosaurs, for they fixed their eyes above on the bigger picture….at their victory in the final battle….

Before long, smiles of excitement began to spread on the faces of the resistance as they erupted in cheers and shouted for joy and praise in celebration of Earth's salvation! "The meteor is destroyed!" Captain Marina announced to the masses that there was nothing more to fear, as the dinosaurs stomped hard on the ground and screeched in victory, unable to hold in their enthusiasm as much as their human partners!

"The Reaper is no more!"

"YEAH!"

"Woo hoo!"

"We're alive!" The Alpha gang also cheered as Ed rushed in and gave his friends a huge bear hug much to their discomfort as they turned blue and choked, feeling their spines about to snap at any moment!

"ACK!"

"We did it guys!" Zoe leaped up for joy as her friends joined her too.

"Haha!" Rex laughed as Max fist bumped him.

"Our wishes have saved the world!" He cheered out proudly, as everyone else got together to celebrate their finest moment ever in Earth's history, how they averted mass extinction and were able to use the spirits of the dinosaurs to do so, it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen and they'd never forget this moment even to the end of time.

"Yes….they sure did." Cera nodded in full agreement, smiling calmly and at peace now that the threat to their world was averted….before realising the bigger picture behind it, "But…at what cost?" she then asked herself as she began to look around and see the cost they paid to save the planet was beginning to reveal itself to them all.

As soon as she said so, the spirits of the dinosaurs all around them and across the world began to fade away too. Some of the live dinosaurs who stood next to their spiritual comrades, seemed to even groan sadly to see some of their oldest friends of all fade away into the afterlife once more.

"The dinosaurs….they're…vanishing…." Rex breathed as he and everyone else looked on with mixed feelings as the dinosaurs disappeared back into the Earth as if they were finally able to rest in peace…..

Everyone began to murmur or converse to one another as to why it happened, and what it meant for them too. However, the D Team frowned and sighed with deep sadness as they knew full well what had just happened…..

"With the destruction of the reaper's wrath and the cosmos stones….I think guys…the stone plates really weren't needed anymore." said Max with a heavy sigh, knowing that their sole purpose was to keep the cosmos stones in balance and ensure their threat was neutralised…but with said threat gone forever, like opposite sides of the same coin they served no purpose and couldn't exist without their other halves.

"Hence what the Pterosaur said….she entrusted the future….to us to make…." said Rex knowing full well now the true meaning of the Pterosaur's words, as in order to break the chain of fate once and for all, they had to use up the last ounce of energy to do so, which came with a heavy price…..

"So the stones…are now gone for good….." Zoe let out a heavy sigh as she and her friends began to shed heavy tears from their eyes knowing that things would never be the same again without them. It was a miracle they survived last time as the tablet, but for the spirit of the dinosaurs and the Pterosaur to be gone forever again was something they never thought they would ever experience twice and they had no idea how to take it in.

Around them the Resistance and Alpha gang eyed them with sympathy, knowing they had the closest connection to the stones more than anyone else. Deep down they felt sad to have to give up the spirits of the dinosaurs too but not as much as the D Team kids felt.

Cera too was nearly about to shed tears of her own, but soon wiped them away and sported a calm but also firm look as she placed a hand on Max's shoulder, "It was….a necessary sacrifice…." she said with a heavy sigh which caught their attention, hinting the deep remorse she had for them having to make that inevitable choice, "In order to truly eliminate the threat of the cosmos stones once and for all…." While the cost was high, at least the universe would be a much better place with the cosmos stones gone, now everyone anywhere in the universe was safe and the powers of the stone tablet or the cosmos stones could never be used for evil again.

"I know…." Rex nodded back understandingly before lowering his head, "But still….it…isn't easy to accept."

Cera knew it was hard but she didn't want her friends to let their sadness blind them to what they had been able to achieve thanks to this sacrifice the stones did for them, "We won't let their sacrifice be in vain." she said to him with a firm look on her face, "They gave themselves up so we all can still have a planet to call home." As she said that she looked around to all her friends, comrades in arms as well as the dinosaurs too who aimed their attention towards them, "The dinosaurs of the past entrusted their future to us, and it's our turn now to make a future they can be proud of." When she finished her speech to them they began to cheer and roar excitedly and in agreement as they looked forward to doing just that.

Hearing her very words of staying positive and looking forward while honouring the past generations who helped give them the chance to make way for the next, was an honour they couldn't ask to be better. Max wiped away the tears from his eyes and nodded firmly with a confident look on his face, "Yeah, you're right Cera, in a way they're still alive with us." He said placing a hand upon his chest.

Zoe and Rex both nodded in agreement with his words, "In our hearts, as long as we never forget what we fought for and what the stones sacrificed themselves for, they'll live on forever through us and through the generations of the future through how we live and the world we'll make in their name." said Rex with full confidence.

"And they'll still be with us here to this very age and to beyond as well." Zoe concluded as Chomp and the other dinosaurs began to roar in triumph, their voices echoing to form a beautiful chorus in celebration of a brand new era for them all.

As they all looked around, they could see the troopers reconcile with one another as well as their dinosaurs, some of them pounding on their partners and licking them affectionally while others were more modest giving each other back pats or fist bumps too. While some received some reprimanding form their superiors for deserting, at least they knew better next time and swore not to do it again, things were certainly looking yup already for the people of the future as they could now move forward in their lives without looking back on what they went through in the war.

"Let's hear it for the D Team!" Blaze then cheered as he punched upwards feeling his spirit being totally lit and on fire, "The bravest of us all!"

"YAY!" The resistance cheered as they surround the children and either gave them hugs, tossed them playfully into the air or did congratulatory handshakes with the legendary heroes of all time. The D Team chuckled happily as they received all the praise thinking they deserved it after all they inspired in the resistance, though there were a few cases where there was such thing as too much attention….as they felt their space invaded as dinosaurs even began to crowd in for some head pats and snuggles too much to their discomfort!

As everyone fixed their eyes solely on the children, the alpha gang looked on pouting with jealousy at them hogging all the attention from the masses, "Why do they always get the glory!?" Zander gritted his teeth and stomped his foot on the ground in frustration.

"Makes me wish I was a kid again!" Ed cried as he fell on the ground and began pounding at it in agony as well as envy.

"I deserve everyone's praise!" Ursula then screeched as a tic mark appeared on her forehead and she shook his fist out to the skies, "Why couldn't the Pterosaur have picked me!? I would have made a far better heroine than all those kids put together!"

"YOU!? Out of the question! If anyone should be chosen to save the would it ought to be me!" Dr Z protested as he smacked them all down to the ground in frustration!

WHAM!

"YOW!"

Dr Z after that then teared up and cried into his eyes at how everyone was ignoring HIM! The great dinosaur king! As he wept painfully feeling all alone and forgotten like yesterday's news, therizinosaurus went over and nuzzled close to him hoping to make his father feel better, for he was still number one in his book.

As everyone began to celebrate and cheer, or even dance in excitement of this memorial occasion, none of them took notice that one meteorite fragment from the reaper, larger than the others, crashed down a little further ahead from where they all were gathered as it smoked a deep dark black and even glowed purple too….

Obvious to it, Max placed his arms around Zoe and Rex as he brought them all in and smiled began to spread across their faces with joy, "Heh, I think this may actually be the start of some really great things to come for this day and age eh guys?" He asked with enthusiasm.

"Mhmm, it's been a really incredible adventure too." Zoe nodded with him, "All the people and what the future has to offer, what's in store for us down the line….to think we're going to make it all happen." she said with pride and awe inner voice as she looked around to see what will happen years later thanks to them.

"I couldn't agree more with you guys, and we made this all possible now too." Rex nodded, as he also felt that it wasn't just that they helped make the future to come for future generations and the dinosaurs, they even helped ended the war that they suffered too.

None of them could have felt more grateful than Cera, who felt an immense weight lifted off her chest with this outcome of their victory over the shadow empire at last, "Finally, at long last….we finally achieved everlasting peace, everyone's spirits are restored and the dinosaurs can live happily with us as before and their ancestors can rest in peace." She said to herself as she looked over to see so many smiling faces and warmth between both humans and dinosaurs. In their eyes there was no hatred, no desire for revenge or any hostility or tension….it was all joy and kindness, the warmth which emanated from the all gave Cera a warm flashback to the golden age of dinosaur human coexistence, and now that age could begin again at last, "It took a lot of battles and sacrifices to get this far….." She let out a deep breath as Miku crept up to her and chirped. She smiled as she nuzzled her partner's chin, "But in the end…..it was all worth it in the end." Seeing everyone's eyes she could tell they were moving on too inside, and login around she could see the spirits of their past comrades who fell in battle during the war, smiling at them for a job well done and for bringing peace where they failed….including her own mother, who smiled warmly towards her daughter before fading away with the spirits of the dinosaurs before.

Cera nodded firmly in acknowledgement of them, now they could all carry on and write a new legacy to take into the future, one without war or destruction, in due time everyone's wounds would heal and they may even move on completely and forget about the war for just knew it was possible with all that was going on around her…..

It was indeed a great moment for humanity and dinosaur kind alike….though the moment was soon interrupted, at the sound of a large cracking sound which echoed from far ahead….right where the large meteorite had fallen….

CRACK!

"Huh?" They turned around to see the dark piece of the meteor had gained a crack in it, much to their confusion.

There was no one near it nor anything else within range to have cracked it, and there was no way a piece of an asteroid that huge could break so easily or make a sound that loud all on its own, so something had to have caused it. To their surprise, the crack seemed to….get bigger….

"What the?" Cera narrowed her eyes and stepped forward, with Max holding an arm to her with caution and encouraging her to keep her distance. It was wise he did so, as a clawed hand suddenly burst out through the chunk of rock itself and caught everyone off guard!

SMASH!

"AAAAH!" Everyone backed away from the meteorite chunk, fearing what kind of unholy offspring was coming to be from it…..but what pulled itself free from the charred rock was their worst nightmare yet which returned once more from the dead refusing to stay down!

"GRARRRGH!" Goma roared as he burst out of the rock in a rage! As he pulled himself free and stepped forth onto the icy ground, his entire body was covered in burns, scrapes and scars as a result of the tremendous battle earlier in peace! Many parts of his robe were torn up and ripped off giving him a most rugged and savage look, as he glared at them all with immense hatred and fury as he gnashed his teeth at them like a rabid animal! The only part of his outfit which remained completely intact was his chest plate, the activator was cracked but still fully functional as it glowed with energy.

The entire Resistance widened their eyes in bewilderment and disbelief at the sight of Goma, staring with speechlessly with gaping jaws as many of them stuttered and stumbled back as if they saw a ghost!

"GOMA!?"

"He survived that!?"

"Impossible!" They all gasped in horror as if he was some kind of undead zombie, if not even an explosion like that could kill him off, what could they possibly do against him now!? They even began to worry that with him back again, the threat he posed was still at large.

As Cera and her friends looked on, there was only one phrase she could describe him after seeing what he just survived and now emerged as, "He's a monster….."

Upon seeing all their shocked and horrified expressions, Goma then grinned with deep sadistic satisfaction to see he struck fear into their very souls just by them laying eyes on him pulling off the impossible. "Heh….forgive me for being late to your victory celebration," he grinned malevolently at them, as he pulled himself free from the debris, his fingers and eyes twitching psychotically as he made his way towards them, "But I have no intention of letting any of you enjoy it." He hissed, with every sole intention of crashing their party and make sure that their victory and even their own lives….short lived.

Already upon sight of their old enemy now back from the dead apparently, the resistance began to bare their fangs and animosity right towards him, "Tch! What it going to take with this guy!?" Kaze hissed bitterly as he gripped his hands over his katana, given the chance he'd just take his head off an be done with it, while his dinosaurs snarled and hissed viciously with rage.

"Doesn't he have anything better to do!?" Zander grunted taking offence at his party pooping, "Why's he got to ruin the mood!?"

"Heh, did you really think I could be destroyed so easily?" Goma mused to them, "That explosion was nothing more than a bess sting compared to what I've endured previously in life." he boasted cockily before shooting a hard glare, "And it also pales in comparison to what I have planned for you!" He roared, signalling to the Resistance his fight with them was far from finished much to their frustration!

"Just give it up Goma!" Rex then yelled out at him, "Your fortress is gone, your army is defeated! You've got nothing left to fight for, so just give it up already!"

"Hasn't there been enough damage and destruction already!?" Cera then cried out feeling her heart ache just when she and everyone else was given a moment's relief from the war, "Just accept you've lost and save us all a lot of trouble!" She was beginngin to feel pity for him if he couldn't move on and still wanted to fight in his weakened state.

"Get it through your thick skull already you sore loser!" Zoe shouted before sticking her tongue out at him as the Resistance began to shout all kinds of insults and their dinosaurs let out some fierce roars in agitation towards him!

A sisniter smirk soon come upon his face despite all the opposition he faced, in fact, nothing would please him more than to make each and every one of them suffer like he just did, "Heh, why should I?" He grinned madly as his eyes turned psychotic and veins pipped all around his face and eyes, setting off several troopers too with the look he shot their way, "None of you are any better at giving up….huff….it seems your tenacity has rubbed off on me and I enjoy it very much." He let out a heavy breath as he rested his arms on one knee, as he began to muster up whatever strength he had led, now he was starting to see what it meant when his enemies never gave up until their last dying breath…..perhaps it was time he employed the same mindset as they did….

Closing his eyes and dwelling on everything he worked towards, the scorn and ridicule he endured from his peers, only for all he had to be taken away from him all because of mere humans, insignificant specks of dust in comparison to him. The very thought of it was unthinkable, as he dwelled on said thoughts and let his negative feelings of hatred grow and fester within his mind, heart and soul, he then gained a psychotic grin across his face as a shade covered over his eyes,

"Congratulations, I could never hate anyone else in the universe anymore than I despise each and every one of you!" He screeched demonically out to the skies!

Upon his outburst, the rocks behind him began to erupt and bursting forth form them was omega eocarcharia, who too let out a monstrous roar as he stood by his master and shocked the entire resistance speechlessly!

"AAAAH!"

"It's like you said, I lost everything because of you, my plans, my empire….everything I worked so hard to build for years now lies in ruins….." He hissed with venom as he gnashed his teeth and clenched his clawed hands tightly.

"So let this end already right now!" Max then shouted out at him.

"Never! This ends when I say it ends!" Goma roared defiantly as he clenched his hands into taught fists which he gripped so hard he could crack a rock in half, "Never in a million years would I ever let this…humiliation you've dealt me go unpunished, nor will I ever forgive you for such insolence for defying a God!" He roared, "You may have destroyed everything I built, but all you did was merely destroy the body of my empire! I on the other hand, am its very soul! I still live! As long as I live, it shall rise again no matter how long it takes!" He screeched to the stars vowing to rebuild from scratch if that was what it took, even if it would take an eternity he vowed the world and the universe would be his as long as he still lived and breathed!

"Tch! He's really gone off the deep end…." Max gritted his teeth seeing there was no reasoning with him at all.

Cera narrowed her eyes hard, "I think he already has a long time ago." She said as everyone else tensed up at their most critical moment yet.

It was soon clear what they must do, they hd to stop him here and now once and for all, otherwise the cycle of pain and destruction would continue once again, "Not a chance Goma!"

"We will never let that happen!"

"Yeah! We'll end you and your reign before it even begins!" Max and the D Team shouted out furiously at him in defiance, which was soon followed by angry yells and dinosaur roars fro the Resistance.

However despite being heavily outnumbered an on his own, Goma soon scoffed in response to their threats, "Oh it will you foolish feeble humans. It's the inevitable…." he snickered before closing his eyes and scoffing with arrogance, "I am a Zanjark and can easily outlive any one of your frail lifespans. So I can assure you that none of you alive today will to see it happen!" He grinned, "But first, to ensure my empire's future is secure, I'll take the liberty of uprooting any and all threats to its rebirth!" He declared before holding out his arm! "Starting with you! Right here and now!" In the palm of his hand he generated a dark energy sphere which unnerved the dinosaurs present before he slammed it on the ground and it began to spread in a large eruption around him and then spread over to the Resistance much to their alarm! "Hahahahahaha!" He laughed maniacally as he and eocarcharia were enveloped in the darkness which soon shot over to where his enemies were gathered!

"WAH!" Quickly in response they all turned and ran away as fast as they could from the dark wave, putting as much distance as they could away from the crater as possible!

"Out of my way! Coming through!" Dr Z screamed as he shoved past the trio and ran ahed of them much to their horror!

"C…Come back Dr Z!"

"Don't leave us!" They pleaded as their dinosaurs followed after them! For some of the troopers who had trouble getting up the steep slopes it was thankful they had their dinosaurs to either give them a boost or carry them the rest of the way, some of which were initially abandoned on the ice earlier and had no intention of repeating the same mistakes as before with their renewed bonds from just now.

As Cera tried to run after them, she tripped over a stone in the ice and then fell forwards onto the ground with Miku tumbling out of her pocket! "AH! NO!" She gasped as she scurried over to scoop her back up, but as she turned she cried out loud in fear to see it close in to where they were! "AAAAH!"

Hearing her screams, "Cera!" Max widened his eyes in alarm as he ran back for her! As he and Chomp managed to get to her and Miku, helping her up to their feet they widened their eyes as the wave soon began to sweep over them!

"WAAAH!" They cried as they held out their arms, with Chomp running in front to take the front of the wave but to no avail as it covered over them completely!

As everyone backed away in time, they looked back and gasped to see them left behind!

"Max! Cera!"

"Run! Get away quick!" Marina and Blaze both cried out to them but to no avail!

"AAAAH!" They cried as the wave washed over them! Everyone widened their eyes speechlessly in horror, believing it was the end of them….till the wave soon topped and solidified, turning rather translucent so they could be seen inside!

As they looked up, Max, Cera and their dinosaurs looked around in alarm to find themselves strapped inside some kind of dark energy dome! "H…Huh!?"

"What the!?" All around them they could see they were completely sealed in with no escape! Chomp and Miku narrowed their eyes and growled with agitation, sensing some dangerous amidst with this imprisonment.

"Max! Cera!" As they looked ahead they saw Rex and Zoe slide down the walls of the crater and run up to where they were.

"Are you guys alright!?" They both cried in worry and concern for their friends.

"Y…Yeah…." Cera nodded uneasily, while physically alright she wasn't quite sure of their current situation though.

"That's a relief." Zoe let out a sigh of relief as she put a hand over her chest calming herself down but she didn't want them to stay in any longer than they needed to.

"Sit still, we'll get you out!" Rex yelled out assuring his friends not to worry as he slammed his fist at it in an effort to try and shatter it!

BZZT!

"AAAH!" Upon contact, Rex felt an immense electrical surge course out at his fist, which burned and repelled him off much to the others' alarm!

"WAH!"

"Tha's gotta hurt…" Ursula and Zander gasped as they took a cue to keep away from it unless they wanted to get shocked too.

"Rex! Get back!" Cera yelled out as he kept his distance and backed away from the barrier cautiously.

"Grrrgh! That actually stung…." Rex gritted his teeth painfully, hissing and wincing with pain as he looked to his hand which was already charred black from contact with it!

"Ouch…." Zoe turned pale and covered over her mouth at the mere sight of his wounds.

Despite the pain, Rex refused to let this stop him as he then looked over to his partner who rushed to his aid, "Ace! Go in and smash it to bits!" he ordered pointing ahead at it, spurring the carnotaurus to roar and charge head on!

"Paris! You help too!" Zoe followed up as Paris bellowed as she followed beside Ace! As both dinosaurs made contact with the dome and rammed it, a surge of dark electricity pulsated through them and blew them both back as they crashed to the ground much to Zoe and Rex's alarm!

"AH!"

"N…Not even a scratch!" Dr Z gasped as he looked closer at the impact marks, and whatever the material which made the dome was it was unlike anything he had ever come across in his whole life of research!

"Argh! What's that thing even made of!?"

"Whatever it is we could use something like that to keep us safe if it can hold back a mad dinosaur…." Ursula couldn't help but comment snarkily which earned her some hard discerning looks from those around her.

"Hang on tight! We'll get you out somehow!" Zoe promised them but deep down she didn't quite know how they could do it.

"Urgh…." Max and Cera both sweated anxiously worrying about being trapped inside this prison forever with no way of getting out….and unfortunately things were about to get a whole lot worse for the 2 of them!

"Don't waste your energy nor give your friends any false promises." A sinister voice spoke out from behind which made their hearts freeze or skip a beat!

"AH!" Widening their eyes and looking behind, Max and Zoe froze as they found themselves face to face with Goma and eocarcharia, and seeing they were trapped inside WITH them!

"Oh no…."

Goma grinned with sadistic delight as he spread out his arms gesturing to his dome, "This cage of mine is designed so that it's completely unbreakable and escape proof." He grinned before wagging a finger at them playfully, "Try as you might, it can't be hacked nor can it be released until one of us loses in a battle." He then closed his eyes and shrugged his shoulders, "Till then, we're all locked in together, or better yet….you're locked in here with me." He snickered at them which made them arrow their eyes and glare back at him in frustration!

"Grrr!" They and the others outside could see he had forced them into a fight and there was no escape, only one way out and it was through him whether they liked it or not.

He looked outside to see every dinosaur and member of the Resistance gather around the perimeter of the dome, in his idea this was going to be a sold out performance in no time where he made his come back and the whole world could see him triumphant return as he dispatched with the D Team and the Resistance! "Now all your friends can watch from a front row seat helplessly as I dispense with you all one by one!" He proclaimed to the masses as well as to HQ knowing that they were seeing this Live as well, "What you'll soon see is a prelude of what I'll do to each and every one of you! Ahahahahah!" He began to laugh in uncontrolled maniacal laughter.

Now they were all beginning to see the start of his revenge would be for them to watch helplessly as he picked them off one by one and it was obvious he was going to take his time with them too while they could just sit back and do absolutely nothing about it!

"That's just low!" Rex shouted out in disgust towards him.

"You're despicable! The worst of the worst!" Zoe yelled demanding that he fight them too. A sentiment shared by everyone who bore witness this first hand or from afar.

"Heh….your feeble insults amount to less than nothing, so please, stop wasting your breath." He scoffed at them, smirking at the fact they couldn't do a single thing about ti before diverting his full attention towards his prey. As eocarcharia let out a ravenous snarl at them, Chomp roared back and took a stand against him with Miku perched right on his head and flaring out her wings defensively, while both their partners made their stand by the dinosaurs. "So then…Max…Cera….what will it be? What will you do hmm?" Goma then smirked at them, "Either face me, or I'll have eocarcharia slaughter you both right here and now in the blink of an eye. It's your call and you've got 1 minute to decide." He sneered towards them as they tensed up and hardened themselves feeling pressured like they never had before….

"Urgh…." They gritted their teeth and sweated tensely as they could feel that Goma wasn't kidding about this.

Goma then shrugged his shoulders unconcerned and uncaringly, "Choose carefully, thought it's not like you actually have any choice at all, since your fates are pretty much sealed! Ahahahaha!" He laughed out loud obnoxiously, each word that passed his mouth was filled with so much arrogance it was like poison to everyone's ears.

"Tch! Guess the only way out is to fight Cera," Max hissed angrily, having just had enough of him and wanting to shove his fist down his throat if it would shut him up for good, "No way am I about to let us become his dino's lunch meat." he grunted as he clenched his hand into a tight fist.

"Yeah, I can tell he's dead serious about this Max." Cera added seriously, "It'll be a tough battle but it's the card we're dealt and we have only one path left open to us that gives us even the smallest chance at survival."

"Grrgh….." They both sweated, already tired from their previous battles from earlier and the chances of them winning in their current condition was very slim and the odds as always were not in their favour. The others outside knew this and they all tensed up with anger and frustration towards Goma for being do despicable and them being unable to do anything about it.

Nevertheless, it was clear this was their only way out, and so be it, the fate of the entire universe now rested on them and them alone to stop Goma and his mad ambitions once and for all. Realising that, they fully accepted that very responsibility, as they took a calm breath together, clearing their minds of all their worries and distractions before fixing their focus solely on the shadow emperor himself.

"If that's how it's going to be then so be it." Max then said as he opened his eyes with full clarity, "We'll end all this pain, suffering and loss once and for all." He vowed deep down inside before looking to one of his closest friends ever, "Cera, you ready for this?"

She nodded firmly in response and without hesitation, "More than ever Max. We've waged this war for far too long, it's time we put an end to they struggle once and for all." She said to him smiling wth confidence knowing he'd back her up, and Max did the same knowing that together they won't fall. Together they looked ahead seriously, "One way or another….this ends here." She then said as their dinosaurs roared out together!

Deep down inside they both knew for everyone's sake, they can't afford to lose and must win no matter the cost. Everything they stood for hinged on this very battle and they have no intention of failing their comrades and friends who were counting on them or gave their lives for this very moment. There was no turning back now, both of them prepared themselves as they, Chomp and Miku stood shoulder to shoulder and faced against Goma and his eocarcharia who snarled viciously at them! The tension was peaking, it was so thick and heavy one could slice it with a knife as the universe watched on for the battle of the century!

"Is this what I think it is?" Zander asked.

Ed nodded hard, "Yeah….the final battle like they always do in video games…." he said as he sweated a beads of hard sweat from his forehead.

"Only this time….the stakes couldn't be any higher…." Kaze concluded for him as everyone gathered together, routing and praying for the success of both Max and Cera as this was the final battle of all time. This very battle was also broadcasted worldwide rom HQ as they bore witness this winner take all match and they all were joined together knowing that Max and Cera were the last line of defence and their best hope of all.

"I see you've both made your decision without hesitation." Goma smirked as he closed his eyes calmly, "How commendable you've finally come to accept the inevitable. Battling me is your only option left open to you that gives you even a sliver chance of getting out of this." He then grinned deviously at them both, "Too bad for you both, that will never happen, for the only one walking away from this…alive….will be none other than me and eocarcharia!" He proclaimed, believing their fates to be sealed, "Prepare yourselves for your final doom! And everyone else can all watch as I tear you and their last shred of hope piece by piece! Ahahahaha!" He laughed out maniacally as his dinosaur let out an evil roar which made them both grit their teeth feeling under pressure from the sheer power he gave off even after the explosion from the Reaper's Wrath from just now.

"Tch!"

"And you can be sure that I'll finish the job this time!" He then shouted after that as he clenched his hand into a tight fist, "Last time I went easy on you when you left through the time portal after my father, but this time I will pull no more punches this time around!" He swore with hatred in his voice, something which Cera picked up on with suspicion.

"Wh…What do you mean by that?" she asked in confusion as well as a hint of unease.

Goma then raised an eyebrow at her response and soon smirked in amusement, "OH? You mean you don't actually know?" he replied, "Surely you don't mean you never felt any kind of attack or interference during your travel through time? Like some sort of accident hmm?" He then asked her as he aimed his full focus completely on her.

"Attack? Accident?" She muttered in confusion over what he was talking about, she soon put the pieces together and widened her eyes, "AH! You mean-"

It didn't take long for Max to reach the same conclusion she did, as he shot a shocked looked towards him, "Goma? You….know something about that attack Cera went through!?"

He nodded in response to Max's question, "Indeed, for you see…..that accident was no accident." He said smoothly before shooting a psychotic look towards them both, "It was caused by none other than myself!" He boasted stunning everyone present!

"AH!"

The whole world, Cera most of all, widened their eyes at his reveal, "What did you say!?"

Goma grinned seeing he got everyone's attention and now came the best and juiciest part of it all, "When you pursued my father that day, I couldn't simply let you interfere could I?" He smirked as Cera began to shudder as the nightmare of that very day flashbacked through her mind….she risked everything on an all or nothing gamble when Specter aimed to seize the cosmos stones. How she charged after him and his men through the time gate back then, "So I took the initiative to be rid of you one and for all." At that moment, she recalled how her ship suffered a head impact from behind, causing her to lose control of her systems before it exploded and then ending up stranded in space time and her life barely hanging by a thread…

"That….was you?" Cera then breathed heavily as she also began to breathe heavily and even fall to her knees upon this mind-blowing revelation which hit her in the face hard….striking a heavy chord deep down in her heart.

"Heheheh, now you see the pieces fit together at last." He grinned with dark delight as Max and everyone else widened their eyes and gasped speechlessly at what he revealed to them all, how she went missing from the future and then wound up in the past with no memory…it was all his doing from the start! Cera's suffering as well as the resistance's was all because of him! "With you out of the picture, it was so easy to break the spirits of your comrades when I spread the word of your demise during the attack!" He then boasted arrogantly, "How simply it was to break their hopes and resolve then and how easy it was to conquer this miserable world." He boasted his atrocious acts in such a way he enjoyed every second of it, the destruction, the chaos, the pain he inflicted upon countless innocents, it was all but a mere game to him and it made it all clear to the Resistance how despicable and utterly unforgivable of a monster Goma truly was.

"Grrr….." All around the battlefield hard glares, gritted teeth and scowls of hatred were all shot at him.

Seeing them, Goma grinned as it would make things more exciting if they were to battle harder, driven by pure rage and blind emotion. It would make the battle more intense, exciting and all the more fun as they squirmed and tore apart from the indie as well as out, and he was eager to further ignite their fires of hatred against him, "It was supposed to have stayed that way, back then I believed you were done for," He sighed as he began to shake his head in disappointment, "How wrong I was to overlook it….." He then recalled back to Rex's time when he invaded to retrieve his men's dinosaur cards, when it changed completely for him.

"When I saw you that time in Rex's future, I was caught off guard to see you alive and well." He muttered knowing it was too good to be true and it was far too easy the way things had went prior to then, "Then again it did make sense, since you teamed up with the D team, and joined them in their battles against my father and his men throughout time, it's no wonder you were able to defeat them." He mused before narrowing his eyes and shooting a glare towards her and Max, "You make have survived that accident and threw a wrench into my father's plans and destroyed the cosmos stones then. But this time I guarantee it will be different!" He vowed as his expression turned maniacal, "I'll make an example of you, by crushing you and Max Taylor with my own hand right before the entire planet!" He declared as he pointed out at them, further angering them and all those who heard every word he just said, "I'll shatter their spirit and will to resist completely and then the entire world will be mine again forever!"

Seeing Cera was trapped in her own mind and down dark memory lane, Max turned towards Goma and clenched his fists tightly with rage, "How dare you….." he hissed bitterly under his breath, for him to have hurt his friend and put her through so much suffering and trauma….he wasn't about to let him get away with it not one bit!

"Don't fret, soon it will all be over." He then smiled at them early, "As an act of mercy, I'll make this quick and reunite you with all your fallen brethren who threw their lives away for nothing!" He screeched as he saw it was time he stopped monologuing and finally got to the main event at last, "Then when I'm done with you, I'll make sure you have plenty of company in the afterlife, and you can live happily never after altogether. Wouldn't that be nice?" He grinned as the marks on his head glowed purple and he summoned forth every ounce of dark energy he had remaining in every cell of his body!

"Grrr!" Emotions and thoughts of immense animosity towards him welled up inside the Resistance who heard every word that passed his lips, others were more shocked and devastated too hear what Cera had been put trough all this time when she disappeared, all because of what he did to her and enjoyed very much.

"He's a heartless monster to the very core."

"His heart is blacker than a black hole…." Any possible chance of them showing any sympathy or mercy towards Goma vanished completely without a trace, and now they just couldn't wait to get at him. It didn't matter if Cera or Max lost, they vowed to avenge their comrades at any cost now.

"I made the mistake of not eliminating you completely, an oversight I will rectify immediately this instant!" Goma then roared as a streak of pain coursed through his side making him clench it, "Grrgh! I may have lost much of my energy after you destroyed the cosmos stones, but I still have just enough of it left for this one final strike!" He yelled as he forced all the dark energies of the cosmos stones into his activator on his chest, which then fed into eocarcharia who let out a powerful roar as his wings flared purple! Flapping them he took up tot he sky as he and Goma prepared to unleash one last strike! "Take this! The final power of the shadow empire! Omega Phoenix!" He yelled in a fury as he punched out, a bright red spectral pirate mark flare out behind Omega eocarcharia as he prepared to dive down at both Max, Cera and Chomp! His eyes narrowed at them and he snarled with a malevolent grin, along with Goma who reflected his dinosaur's very own facial expression, "Haahahahaha! Prepare for your ultimate doom!" He laughed maniacally, feeling triumphant as he prepared to call out his ultimate move to wipe them off the face of the Earth and soon everyone else too one by one!

They all widened their eyes as Goma readied his final attack and their friends had no way of escape! "MAX!"

"Cera!"

"Look out!"

"Grrrgh….." Max gritted his teeth and sweated anxiously, as Chomp took the stand in front to protect them. Deep down he worried about whether they would e able to survive this attack….till he looked to the side and blinked his eyes in surprise, "Huh?" He saw Cera being calm and collected despite their situation, a development which even surprised Goma too.

"You know Goma, I'll say this, I've seen all kinds of wickedness in the world, I've seen people do all sorts of horrible things to dinosaurs and each time and again." She said to him before shooting a hard glare at him, "But none of them comes close to you…..there's no one else I absolutely despise more than you."

"My my, how flattering," He smirked taking it as a compliment, "Too bad it will do no good for you since you and your fired will be erased in an instant. But I'll be sure to remember your honesty, perhaps I may even put them upon your tombstone." He grinned licking his lips as he started to hunger for the screams of pain and agony they would soon cry out once his attack was fully charged!

To ho surprise though, as well as Max, she gained a rather light smile on her face rather than grow weary or furious at him, "Oh you shouldn't after all Max and I don't plan on dying anytime today." She calmly responded before looking at him, "Plus….I never thought I'd be saying this….but….I thank you for what you did."

"You….what?"

"If it wasn't for what you did to me….I never would have met Max, Zoe, Rex and many other irreplaceable friends."

"I may have lost my memories back then but it was a blessing in disguise all along. The old me would never have been able to find hope, but what you did gave me that very chance of finding it again!"

"Cera…."

She then opened up her eyes filled with resolve and determination, which started Goma as her eyes met his! "Now I realise full hand the power one can gain from making connections with others, the same goes for both humans and dinosaurs!" She shouted out loudly with pride and firmness, "And right now, I have even more of a reason to keep fighting with everything I've got!" She declared and pointed out at him, "I'll do anything to protect the friends who helped raise me in the past, and I won't let you steal the tomorrows of everyone else in the future!" Deep down it was thanks to Max and the D team that she was able to regain something she hadn't felt in so long, the trusted bond between a dinosaur and human, and the wondrous possibilities and connections that rose from said connections! Now she wanted to return that to the world and make sure everyone else today and tomorrow would be able to experience the same joys and happiness she did then, and the only way to do that was to defeat Goma once and for all and she planned to do just that!

Upon hearing her words, everyone felt deeply moved and inspired by her words, their spirits reignited with hope as well as their resolve restrengthened too as they began to cheer and root for not just their last hope but the greatest heroes of all times.

"Yeah! You tell him Cera!"

"We believe in you!"

From HQ, Lunensis' heart was moved beyond belief, as he shed a tear in complete joy to see how much of a woman she had grown into, and feeling eternally and grateful for all the people she met who helped her come this far.

The only one who didn't take her words well was Goma, who had aimed to agitate and rattle his foes with his words so that they'd be thrown off and fell that more worse after he defeated them, "Tch! How disgusting…." he hissed clicking his tongue seeing his attempt had backfired and now their spirits were even stronger than ever! No matter, it just meant he'd have to try that much harder in turn!

Max then grinned excitedly as he and Chomp both felt more fired up than ever! "Let's go Cera!" He said to her as he pumped his arms up, "We'll hit him with everything we've got!" He said as she nodded with him in full agreement!

"Take all our power too!" Rex then cried as he and Zoe glowed golden like before!

"We're with you all the way!" Blaze cried out as he and the other captains too began to shine as well, along with the troopers and dinosaurs gathered with them!

"Teach that snivelling space punk a lesson!" Ursula, Zander and Ed shouted too as they glowed golden as well!

"As dinosaur king I'll give you both the honour of dealing with this threat to our world!" Dr Z cheered as everyone's cries and echoes from around the world could be heard by Cera and Max!

They received them both by their ears and hearts, the wishes of the planet's people and dinosaurs were conveyed to them, their final and best hope to end this nightmare once and for all.

"You feel them Max?" Cera asked him.

He smirked proudly in response, "I sure do, and I bet Chomp and Miku do too!" Looking up to them both, the dinosaurs roared out in unison, vowing not to let their partners nor the entire planet down! "Let this be known, we'll never surrender!" Max then declared making a vow, "We'll show Goma our real power! Born from our combined hearts and for the future of our world!" He announced with full determination before looking towards his partner who was more ready than ever! "Chomp!" The triceratops bellowed a powerful battle cry as his heart was fully inspired and moved by everyone's prayers and wishes!

"Miku!" Cera cried as the microraptor screeched and flared golden together with Chomp!

"Together!" They both punched forward as the 2 dinosaurs channeled in the hopes and wishes of the entire world as the people and dinosaurs poured their energies into them both! As Miku absorbed the energies within herself then power linked to Chomp in energy equaliser, it was so powerful it caused him to turn into awakened form while still sporting his Dino tector armour! A development which caused him to bellow with so much power it blew eocarcharia and even Goma back a bit much to their surprise!

"URGH! Such power…..unbelievable…." He growled gritting his teeth and wincing as he felt himself pushed back! He dug in his heels and glared back at them as they held a firm gaze towards him, which was shared by every other human and dinosaur present! "But still, no matter how many of you worms unite together you're no match for me! You hear me!?" He screamed in defiance as he flared a dark purple aura! "RARGH!" He roared as he channeled every last ounce of energy into omega eocarcharia who swooped down and spiralled through his spectral mark energised and was coated in purple flames preparing to make contact!

"GOOOOO! ULTIMATE THUNDERRR!" Cera and Max both shouted in unison as they, along with everyone else on the entire planet conveyed their hopes and thoughts towards the Lightning dinosaur who achieved a power unlike anything the world had ever seen! With all the strength in him given by his comrades, Chomp launched himself forward towards omega eocarcharia!

"EOCARCHARIA!" Goma yelled punching out as his shadow dinosaur swooped down and they both clashed, causing purple cinders and golden lightning sparks to fly out between them! The collision of their moves caused an immense buildup of energy sending shockwaves through the ground as it cracked beneath them!

"GRRRRRGGGH!"

"GRAAAARRRGGGHH!"

Through their clash of wills, neither dinosaur gave in as they each held their ground, powered up by their partners with the desire to triumph by any means necessary! In the end, from their clash, a massive powerful explosion erupted from where they met in battle which began to swallow up the entire battlefield and was so powerful, not even the sphere fields could contain it any longer, as it began to crack! Light spewed out form the cracks made by the tremendous energy unleashed from the blast before it finally exploded too!

BOOM!

The explosion sent an immense shockwave of light and energy which blew everyone back, as some dug in their heels or held their arms bracing themselves, others too weak to handle it and were sent flying away! Both dinosaurs, troopers and mobiles!

"AAAAAAAHHH!"

"Urgh…." the sounds of pained groans echoed through the Antarctic tundra, as they slowly stirred and looked ahead, their eyes squinted due to the light. Those in HQ stared speechlessly and in anticipation for what had happened, their hearts racing or beating firm as they awaited to see who had emerged victorious.

As the light faded away, a huge pillar of dust and ash took its place emanating from a deep dark crater no doubt created by the blast just now! As it cleared, everyone widened their eyes to see Chomp, having reverted back to his original form without any armour or awakened powers, lying on the ground heavily battered and wounded, and with Cera and Max taking shelter together right behind him clutching Miku!

"Ah!" Rex and Zoe both gasped in alarm but soon eased a bit as he came to his senses, letting out a painful growl as he forced himself back up to his legs, which wobbled as he had been drained of nearly all his energy and could collapse and revert back to card form at any time. Everyone was relieved to see that they were alright at least…till a low roar echoed from the dust ahead!

Stepping out from it, was omega eocarcharia, who was covered in bruises and injured underneath his armour but snarled menacingly and let out a loud roar as he stomped right towards their helpless friends!

"Ugh…."

"Tch!"

Max and Cera tensed up as they had nothing left to fight back with, and Miku buried her face in Cera's chest, fearful of what would happen to them and her. Chomp bravely stood his ground, putting himself between the humans and omega eocarcharia as he made his way towards them.

"AH!" Everyone gasped in alarm seeing they had to act immediately.

"Quick we need to get in there now!" Rex pointed forward with upmost urgency as the Alpha gang nodded, ready to go in too in order to save their comrades!

Before they could all make a move though, "Wait!" Craig suddenly yelled stopping them much to their surprise as they turned to him.

"Huh?"

He then pointed ahead, "Look closer!" He said as they curiously looked back to the battlefield, as eocarcharia continued to approach Max, Cera and Chomp.

The eocarcharia, heavily beaten and battered as a result of the attack and explosion, stumbled towards them groggily, with his killing instinct and loyalty to Goma being the only reason he hadn't lost yet…..but soon, as his energy and stamina drained further with each step, his vision blurred and his breath shortened with exhaustion. Stopping in his tracks, Cera, Max, Miku and Chomp looked to see him lift up his head and let out one final roar, which echoed to the stars. It soon however…began to soften and die down, and to everyone's surprise, his armour suddenly glowed and shattered apart into many pieces! After that, having lost all energy and soon consciousness, the mighty shadow dinosaur collapsed to the ground in exhaustion, before finally glowing red and reverting back to a dinosaur card which settled gently on the snowy ground….

Seeing himself to be the only dinosaur standing now, Chomp stomped his foot and let out a victorious roar which echoed across the entire planet, as everyone stared speechlessly, stunned beyond belief at what they just witnessed before hand with their very own eyes….the fall of the dreaded Omega eocarcharia….Goma's ultimate dinosaur….and ultimately….Goma himself…..at last….

"They…did it…." Rex muttered in amazement before he and the others began to grin with deep excitement and joy!

"Haha! They actually did it! They won!" Rex and Zoe both cheered and high fived each other as applause and excited cheers echoed across Antartica, followed by the chorus of victory cries and screeches by dinosaurs all around the planet, as if they could sense their triumph over Goma once and for all!

"YEAH!"

"Alright!"

"That was the most crazy and epic thing I ever did see!"

"You're the absolute best!"

"Way to go Max!"

"Lieutenant Cera! Congratulations!" They praised and applauded both Max and Cera for their courageous and outstanding efforts, to them they and the entire D Team would be remembered through all time now and forever more for what they accomplsuekhd on this very day.

"Huff….." Max let out an exhausted but deeply satisfied breath, which he held under pressure from just now, but after what just happened perhaps he was worried all for nothing after all.

"We did it Max….we finally did it…." Cera then let out a heavy wheeze as she placed a hand over her chest to still her racing excited heart, and then feeling more at ease now that their long hard war was over at last.

"Yup, hehe, and it was a blast doing it too." Max chuckled with a smile as he held out a thumbs up to her.

"Way to go you br-I mean kids!" Ursula held back at the end, admittedly she couldn't deny how happy she was to see them win, "We take back all the horrible things we ever said about you being obnoxious ankle biters!" She cheered as Zander, Ed and Dr Z whistled for them.

"We never doubted you all for a second!" Marina cried out.

"Your spirits are on fire!" Blaze roared with excitement and fire burning deep inside his own soul.

The same could also be said back at the Resistance HQ, as the D Team's families stared in complete and utter speechlessness at what had just unfolded, before big grins and smiles of joy came upon them all and the too let loose all the excitement from deep within them too in light of this miracle and astonishing victory!

"That was….Incredible!" Dr Owen whistled and clapped as everyone else began to erupt in cheers too.

"YEAH!" Laura and Rod clapped hands together before dancing together.

"A fine performance indeed!" Jonathan clapped in applause, if he were a critic he'd give that a 10 star performance without question! "This brings tears to my eyes, and I'm an android no less." He then sobbed, feeling his heart processor racing hard, though his emotions were all programs and chips they were real enough to make him almost shed a tear of oil from his eye.

Helga with empathy patted his shoulder with a warm smile, "I understand the feeling all too well." She said feeling him.

"Oh Max…..my sweet baby…." sniffled Aki as she used a hanky to pat her eyes dry from all the emotions running through her that very moment, while Spike on the other hand let out everything he had inside him in a massive explosion of applause and praise!

"Well done my boy! I couldn't be prouder to call you my son! Way to goo!"

As the other parents teared up, clapped or whistled for the D Team's victory as well as their children's success, Lunensis kept it to himself more modestly as he simply wiped away a tear from his eye but deep down no words could express the tearful emotions welling up inside him, "Cera….thank the heavens…." he whispered to himself deep inside feeling at ease and also smiling well, knowing that his wife Maia was smiling down upon them from above too, knowing she couldn't be prouder to see their daughter grow up so well and be able to save the world, its people and the dinosaurs from devastation.

Back on the Antarctic tundra, Cera could feel the praises and cheers from the people and dinosaurs not just around the world but even their spirits crying out in victory for them in the winds and even from the stars above. Deep down she could even feel the Pterosaur's own presence through the light and hope of the planet as it lived on and shone brightly in everyone's brightness. She closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh of relief, feeling eternally grateful and thankful for not just the Pterosaur for saving her but also giving her a new chance at life and for being able to meet so many wondrous people and have countless adventures and experiences she would keep in her heart for all eternity…and even help others start their own journeys so they can all grow together with dinosaurs and experience just as she did.

"Now we can finally start a new age of peace." Max smiled looking around to see everyone cheering and applauding all around them and with the threat of the cosmos stones and the shadow empire erased from existence at last.

Rex nodded with her as he and the others in the D Team agtehrend around her to celebrate, "Yeah, and finally give this world a clean slate free from-"

Before he could finish, a painted groan echoed behind them, "Urgh…." The voice of whom

"AH!" They widened their eyes in alarm to see Goma, stumble out towards them from the dust of the battle, limping towards them as he grasped one arm tightly with the other, sneering and wincing with pain and hate as he gnashed his teeth and glared at all his enemies with immense intensity! As he appeared in full form before them all, it revealed more of his cloak had torn off as a result of the battle, along with several scrapes and cuts around his chest and arms which were bleeding out dark purple blood which dripped onto the white snow ground. In fact from his mouth he was even bleeding somewhat too!

Yet despite that, he was edging towards them, hungering for vengeance against everyone who wronged him like this, reducing him to such a pitiful state, and he was going to do it even if it tore his very being apart as the cold ravaged his exposed body! As the D Team and everyone else saw him fight through both his injured and the cold as he forced himself towards them, they couldn't believe their eyes, both at his determination and the fact he still wasn't going to yield….

"No way….."

"Goma…." They all uttered and gasped in horror, seeing he was indeed a monster to be able to keep up and endure such punishment and still go on….

To Cera, seeing him in such a state, almost made her feel pity for him, "He's in….really bad shape…." A part of her anted to end his suffering, out of mercy but another part of her actually wanted to make him suffer more for what he put them through….and that part was beginning to sit within her as she gritted her teeth ahed, seeing this could be their chance to finally rid the universe of his vile presence for good…..

Even in his weakened state, had he gotten his hands on one of them he'd tear them in 2 if given the chance, as he fought hard against the pain coursing through every fibre of his being as he lumbered forward towards the D Team, who got up and readied themselves if the situation would demand it.

"Everyone get ready!"

"Hold your positions!" Craig and Kaze each shouted out to their troopers as they readied themselves, and remained on high alert, their dinosaurs on standby ready to attack at any second should Goma make any sudden movements or even act suspicious in any way.

Everyone narrowed their eyes and fixed their eyes on him, not even turning away for a second or even blink, keeping close watch knowing the slightest mistake or misjudgement could mean the end of any one of them. After all he did, they couldn't possibly take any chances with him and until he was subdued or better yet taken out for good, they remained vigilant. As he stopped in his tracks and made no further movements, but instead wheezed and gasped for air, he suddenly collapsed down to their surprise.

"Gasp….Urk…." he croaked in pain as he fell right down on one of his knees, gritting his teeth and tensing with unbearable pain coursing through every fibre of his body! He sneered and hissed through his teeth almost in agony, a sensation he never believed he'd feel ever in his entire life. Seeing how truly weakened he was and sensing he was in no condition to be able to fight back or escape, the D Team though still kept their guard up in case after their previous experiences with him. To Goma though, what shocked him more than anything else wasn't the sensation of pain itself, but was by how completely outmatched he was during that battle even after he gave everything he had, "How….How could I….have lost?" he muttered to himself as his eyes shook and he couldn't comprehend what he just witnessed, it was as if the world itself had turned upside down for him.

"Everything I worked towards….My vision….Eocarcharia and I shared a bond, our combined powers along with that of the cosmos stones…..how…." he choked weakly as he held out his arm for his dinosaur card, which lay out of his fingers by merely an inch, and it was torturous how he couldn't make contact with the card due to his lack of energy, "How could we still fall!? I don't understand it! GRARGH!" he roared in his frustration, gnashing his teeth before slamming his fist hard into the ground with all the force he had left, causing the ice to crack underneath, as well as exerting his last ounce of strength before falling forward in defeat!

Cera scowled at him with disdain and disapproval before stepping a little closer to him, "There's only 1 obvious reason why Goma." She said getting his attention.

"Huh!?" He shot his head dup at her, widening his eyes in shock at the D Team before gritting his teeth in fury, "What is it!? I demand you tell me now!" he roared threateningly at them, even in his weakened tate many of them were amazed he had the energy to do so.

"We can try but we highly doubt you'd understand it." she sighed feeling pity before shooting a fierce glare at him in disgust, "But we'll make this point clear, eventhough you and your dinosaur share a connection, it's a bond that's born from putrid evil. Something that shouldn't even exist."

"And compared to the unified feelings and wishes of everyone in the world, who gave us all their energy in the hopes of a better world free from your influence, it never stood a chance." Max added after her, "That was why you lost, or better yet….doomed to be defeated from the very start."

As he listened closely to what they each said, a shade soon covered his eyes as he looked down away form them, and then he began to chuckle eerily, "Hehehehehe…"

"Huh?" They blinked their eyes in surprise and were startled as he suddenly exploded into uncontrollable laughter once again!

"Ahahahahah!"

They narrowed their eyes ticked off at his cocky attitude, having heard enough of his voice for a lifetime, "What's so funny!?" Max demanded taking huge offence at him making a mockery of what they believed in, and wouldn't hesitate to beat the stuffing out of him if pushed too far.

Roma's laughter soon quelled as he began to wheeze out of breath and then calming down, "Heh….I may not understanding much or perhaps anything at all about you humans….." He said before focusing on them and smirking, "But I do know this….the thrill of battle, 2 sides fighting on the edge with everything they've got and with such high stakes as countless eyes watch on…..heh…." He smirked in amusement, deep down he couldn't deny that he enjoyed that very battle for he gave it his very all and had no regrets despite the outcome, in the end if there was one good thing that came out of this battle, it's that he found worthy rivals who could match his power and the idea of battling them again got him really pumped up and motivated, "Maybe now I see why you enjoyed the sport of dino battling so much to your heart's content." He let out a heavy breath as they all watched on closely, still eying him with suspicion to make sure he didn't try anything funny in his monologuing.

He looked up weakly at Max and Cera and smirked momentarily before his head fell back on the ground, "I may despise you all with all my being…..but I won't deny that I actually had fun this time around….perhaps the most I've ever had in years." He said so to the very first beings in the universe who actually earned his very respect. Deep down, after years of spilling blood, the act of conquering and the pain he inflicted, while satisfactory it was always short-lived in the end, to him dino battling was no more than a means to an end, a mere step towards universal domination and as part of the job….but for the first time ever….he felt genuinely happy…."If fighting with you has this good….heh….I can't wait for the rematch." He chuckled in amusement as he entertained that very thought of fighting again, which made him grin sadistically over how much stronger they would be then and how much getter he'd have gotten by then too, it'd no doubt make their earlier battle feel tame in comparison and he looked forward to it with every fibre of his being deep inside.

"I highly doubt it." Rex scoffed.

"Yeah, there will be no rematch." Zoe added in agreement with him.

"You're through, done, finished!" Max yelled as he threw out his arm at him.

"And when we're through with you, we'll make sure you never see the outside again." Cera vowed with all her being.

Their unenthusiastic responses made Goma scowl in disappointment that they didn't think the same as he did, "Hmph! Savour your triumph over me while you can….urk…." he grunted in pain as he winced hard with it, before glaring back up at them, "But don't let it get to your head. Light and dark are both opposite sides of the same coin, one would be completely pointless or better yet wouldn't be exist without the other." He replied seriously, "No matter how bright the light a shadow will always appear eventually behind it." He said as his signature grin spread across his face, "As long as I live, the shadow empire will rise again." His grin depend as he could feel the unease and tension in the Resistance through his words, "And I know there's nothing you can do about it, for you'll never have the guts to truly finish it once and for all." He also knew deep down they'd never cross the line of ending it for good too….they didn't have the guts too nor would they ever want to be on the same level as him, for if they did he knew it would be a line they can never come back from and he'd be remembered for all eternity and immortalised in their darkest nightmares shod that happen.

"In any case….I'm defeated…..and everything I stand for ends today…for now…." He then muttered disgruntledly soon as he collapsed hard on the ground, but not before shooting both a glare and a final few parting words before they would take him away, "So enjoy your moment of peace while you still can, I promise you this isn't the last you'll see of me, for I shall return again." He vowed.

"Not anytime soon." Cera retorted firmly, vowing that it would be many years before ehe reared his ugly face again, she would personally see to it herself.

"Yeah, and if you ever become stupid enough to try starting up the empire again, we'll be ready to take you down again." Max swore as he pointed at him with a hard look.

Rex nodded, "That's right, even if they are opposite, light always shines brightest on the darkest day, and will always triumph over shadow in the end no matter what."

"Just like good will always conquer evil, as demonstrated today, as long as we never forget that, you will never win." Zoe concluded at the end.

Cera soon nodded in agreement with her friends before saying one final piece towards the fallen shadow emperor, "Ever." As long as she lived and breathed, she would see to it that there will always be people who will never forget what they accomplished today and that they will continue to stand up and fight for what was right, and will do so long after they were gone too, therefore no threat like this would ever befall the Earth ever again.

Goma scowled and say nothing at first…before he began to chuckle unnervingly after processing everything they told him first hand, "Heh….Hehehehehehe…..now that's the most cheesy thing I ever heard….Hehehehe Ahahahah! Hah….." He snickered mocking them with his last breath before he finally gave out. Losing consciousness and the straight in his arms, he collapsed onto he ground, and he lay motionlessly in an almost death like state.

Having used up all his energy as he lay almost peacefully on the icy ground, where everyone could get a good her look of their worst enemy of all….the one who started this accursed war in the beginning and made them all suffer so much, even threatening to reset the whole universe to his liking. Now he lay before them, helpless, vulnerable and completely at his mercy! The question now was…..what to do with him?

Around them troopers began narrowing their eyes with hard and furious scowls towards Goma, and the snarls and roars of several angered dinosaurs echoed from amongst the crowds too as they couldn't wait to exact both revenge and justice for what Goma did, the list of crimes he committed was immeasurable and the acts of starting the war, pitting dinosaurs against one another and forever scarring and ruining the livelihoods of many as a result of his mad ambitions were but the tip of the iceberg. Some of them including the Alpha gang were already popping their knuckles or gnashing their teeth just itching to get at him, dinosaurs were even willing to crush him underfoot or even chomp him up and spit him out too!

Cera, clenched her fists tightly as the memories of not only the war and what she and many others suffered through play backed through her mind, but also the nightmare of her mother being erased by the attack of Brontikens which was no doubt Goma's doing from behind the scenes without a doubt. She was tempted to have the first go at him, as she clenched her hands tightly into fists that shook with uncontrollable rage, she planned to march up to Goma and smash his face in….when unexpectedly she was stopped by Max as he held out his arm to her shoulder.

"No Cera." He said firmly stopping her as she looked back to him with a hard scowl. He was startled at first by the furious glare she gave him, which made Rex and Zoe stutter back nervously….but he held steadfast and in response he calmly shook his head, despite her and everyone else having every right to do as they pleased with him, he knew they'd just be giving Goma what he wanted, the easy way out and he for one didn't deserve it. Plus, he also knew better too as he calmly explained while surpassing his own rage deep down towards the young zanjark, "If you do that you'll be no different than him, your hatred won't go away and you know it." Cera tensed up at his words.

Zoe wanted to step in, but Rex held her shoulder back and shook his head, knowing this was something they had to settle between them and they had no part in it. They and everyone else turned to look back at Max and Cera as they stared down one another, "He's not worth crossing a line you'll never be able to come back from," Max calmly explained, "Deep down even after all he put you and your people through….I know you feel the same way as I do right now." It took him everything he had in him to resist his urges to make Goma pay for what he did to the dinosaurs and the future. It was true he was an unredeemable monster with all the crimes and sins he committed, but if they gave into said desires they'd be playing by his rules and they'd be just the same as he did.

Thinking about it hard and clear, Cera closed her eyes in deep thought remembering everything they fought for was not revenge but justice and peace. Thinking about it, if she crossed that line, she'd become everything she fought against, and she knew first hand it wasn't what her friends and especially he mother would want. It took every ounce of restraint in her to fight against the temptations in her mind to enact her own justice upon Goma….but thanks to Max, she let out a heavy breath as he helped her to see better and to realise she knew far better than that.

As she held herself back and the other calmed down to see she didn't cross the line, she looked to Max who smiled with ease at her, as she soon nodded back at him with the same smile, "You're right Max, we'll find another way to justly punish him and the other Zanjark for everything they've done to us and countless other worlds before us." She said grateful to him for helping her to realise that. Her words helped fill him with ease too and everyone else around her too. After that she looked towards Goma once again on the ground, "Till then, I think I may have just the place to hold them all." She said at the end as she narrowed her eyes at Goma, knowing just the place to put him and all his cronies, believing that it'd be secure and fortified enough to keep them contained until they can decide the right sentence for all their crimes. At long last….the war was won and their long struggle finally came to an end….

(Later)

Much time had passed since the final defeat of the Shadow Empire and Goma, peace was beginning to return at last to the world of the future and already with the fall of the zanjark and the threat of the cosmos stones eliminated, it's effects upon the countries and its inhabitants were already being felt. A dark chapter of Earth's story had finally been closed and time had begun to move forward for people now that they were able to avenge the sacrifices of their loved ones who gave their own lives in the battle so others may be able to see a new day….though for some individuals, moving on in life wasn't as desirable others believed.

Inside the time machine room, where the Resistance had gave their best efforts in order to repair the systems and the time gate itself, resulting in a newly repaired gateway for the D Team, Alpha gang and all their friends to finally return home to where they belonged. It was going to be a rather sad parting once again, perhaps a little more so, as they all would be separated by years of time once more and being unable to see each other again….at least for a long while, and while some like Max and Zoe were ready to accept it knowing it was for the best….others weren't quite ready or even willing to say goodbye and for all the wrong reasons.

"NO! I don't want to go home!" Dr Z whined as though he was in agony as he jumped up and down flailing his arms and fuming red throwing a tantrum as his grandkids and the trio looked on in dismay at his embarrassing behaviour, "I want to stay here where I already have my beloved dinosaur kingdom and subjects to worship me every single day!" Not only did Dr Z want to stay in the future where he'd be surrounded by loving subjects and dinosaurs who'd worship him like a God for every waking moment of his life, but he also didn't have any desire to go back home and rebuild it. It was like he wanted to enjoy the fruits of his achieved labour without doing any of the needed labour at all.

"Not this again…." Rod and Laura sighed heavily and shook their heads disappointed in their grandfather acting more like a child than they were, even they knew better than him.

"Come on Dr Z, we've been over this already several times…." Dr Ancient facepalmed and rubbed his temple in exasperation, "We don't belong in this time, and so do the rest of our close friends, we have to go home otherwise who knows how it could change history."

"This is inevitable and you know it." Cretacia narrowed her eyes at Dr Z who huffed and folded his arms crossly.

"I don't care! Hmph!" Dr Z scowled as he turned his head away from them, making the situation more complicated than it needed to be.

Rod scratched his head unsure of how to convince him to change his mind, "This is gonna be tricky…." he muttered while his sister simply nodded in agreement.

"He's as stubborn as a mule.…" Jonathan frowned as he folded his arms and shook his head in displeasure, "Maybe even more so."

Helga as always though, knew exactly how to set him straight this time with a more effective strategy and one he wouldn't see coming, "Okay then how about this." she then spoke out rather politely with the hands off approach, as she knew just how to get under Dr Z's skin, "If you're not around to build your beloved dinosaur kingdom Dr Z, then wouldn't that mean this future would cease to exist hmm?"

Upon hearing the solid point his own housemaid revealed to him, Dr Z felt an arrow pierce right into his heart which made him stutter and fall to his knee with the realisation which just hit him, "Urk…." he croaked weakly, unable to fight back against such logic.

The others smiled or grinned seeing that Helga had managed to get through his hard skull which was as thick as bedrock, and decided to apply even more pressure at the weak point she made in him, "You wouldn't want them all to just fade out of existence now would you?" Dr Ancient then told him with authority.

"All our friends here in the future, along with all your precious dinosaurs and many cool awesome things that come out between them and people. They'll all just vanish into thin air all because you weren't there." Helga pointed at him which made him turn pale as he fantasied his dinosaur kingdom crumbling down into ruins and then blowing away like dust in the wind….

"Is that what you really want grampa?" Laura then asked putting on her saddest puppy dog eyes of innocence which made the old man sweat bullets, unable to resist her tears and purity.

Rod then folded his arms behind his head as he made a point of his won, "It wouldn't be nice if you took away all their lives just because you didn't want to build them the world of their dreams now would it?" He then questioned him, comparing him to be no different than a murderer, and what's worse, one who'd be wiping out his own legacy and all those who were willing to follow him too.

Finally unable to fight back against such logic thrown in his face, Dr Z swallowed hard with guilt in his heart, realising how selfish he was behaving before finally relenting, "P….Point taken…." he croaked in defeat lowering himself down as they all smiled at him having made the right decision, "Oh well, at least I know I'll be remembered for ages to come…." He then sniffled seeing that as acceptable consolation even if he would never be able to see it. On the bright side deep down in his heart he believed he lived a long and wholesome life with no regrets, he had his fun and now he felt it was now his turn to give that same feeling to the future, so his grandkids and others will be able to experience and better yet love dinosaurs like he had.

Nearby another old matter that was thought to have been buried in the ground was now dug up again, as Dr Owen knelt before Ursula and held out his dino bone ring in a ring holder box before her, "Oh Ursula, you sure you wouldn't reconsider?" he pleaded as Patrick, Zander and Ed looked on to see what would happen.

"I told you once and I told you a thousand times Dr Owen, no means no." Ursula sighed feeling sympathy for him, she had to admire his spirit of never quitting but even he ought to learn when to accept rejection and respect another's choice. She did however have a compromise which should keep him off her back and at least help give him some comfort, "But we could still be just friends. That's my best offer, take it or leave it." She offered him.

In an instant, Dr Owen felt his heart shatter into a thousand pieces as he grasped his hair in agony, "WAAAH! I've been friendzoned! It's not fair!" He then screamed his his head off before his face fell flat on the ground and tears began to run out of his eyes and make a puddle under his face.

"There there señor, everything will be fine." said Patrick went over to pat him on the back comfortingly.

"Oh dear….." Ursula then sighed feeling pity for the poor man, having captured his heart and then smashed it down again. She felt this many times and while she really wanted a man to call her soulmate she wasn't THAT desperate for love, plus they belonged to 2 different times she just knew it wasn't meant to be.

Ed and Zander snickered in amusement, seeing she matured and took it much better than just bursting into a hissy fit, while some of Dr Owen's associates which included the D Team's families only chuckled or smiled.

"A terrible tragedy my friend….I feel you…." Dr Taylor sighed as he took off his hat in condolences for his fallen friend, which earned him a hard scowl from Aki who looked at him with an unhappy expression, when they got home she'd reprimand him for this. Perhaps she can give him a taste of being on the other end of the lasso which he used to wrangle and bother quite a number of dinosaurs since he set foot here.

"Have to give him credit for trying though." Reese then giggled as she covered her hand over her lips to suppress a laugh as everyone began to chuckle or sigh at the drama unfolding like some sort of comedy skit. Admittedly she was going to miss all these technological advancements in the future, it was something a scientist like her could only dream of.

Seth also felt satisfied to see how far dinosaurs had taken civilisation and perhaps with humans they could evolve into a species far better than anything he envisioned himself. Dr Drake felt most satisfied having vaccinated dinosaurs of the future with his new mega needle and all cure dino formula, which he took pride in making with his own 2 hands and would easily span forth into the future and revolutionise healthcare in the future world, and Dr Ancient and Cretacia were both proud to see that a dinosaur human utopia was indeed possible and now it was their responsibility to help make it come real the moment they return home. In a way everyone was satisfied from their visit to Cera's time and have been able to meet so many new people and learn about how wonderful their world would become many years down the line, feeling a newfound sense of ownership for their planet and times, now that they know what would happen it was their responsibility to make sure future generations could enjoy and experience like they have.

However, between a certain group of friends, parting couldn't have hurt more than it had before, as the others looked ahead to see the D Team saying goodbye to one another once again. After shaking hands with Rex, having enjoyed their reunion they all then turned towards their final member who was there to see them off. "So this is it then Cera?" Max asked their best and most trusted friend of all, as she and her father stood outside of the teleporter pad's range and looked on at them with an expression mixed with sadness and joy, "We're really going to say goodbye?" He asked, his heart feeling heavy knowing that this separation from his friends would make him feel a piece would be missing. A sentiment shared by each and every member of the D Team and all those who were impacted by Cera.

Reluctantly she nodded back at him, "I'm afraid so guys." She said to her friends and then looked to each and everyone gathered at the time gate whom she had grown accustomed to and even considered family, "The Shadow empire may be defeated, but we still have much to fix up after our war with them. Not just buildings and homes but also livelihoods and spirits." She said knowing it would be difficult to fix some more than others, and even if it would seem possible to erase everything the Shadow Empire did to them they knew they had to at least try.

"It'll take time to heal I know…." her father then spoke up seriously before smiling with faith and confidence, "But after what we've been through first hand, I now see that it isn't impossible." he then said as he placed a hand on Ceras shoulder which made her smile happy to be comforted by her father, "I know for a fact that we will be able to not only return to the golden age of man and dinosaurs, but perhaps make an even greater era out of the ashes of the old."

"Well said Lunensis," Dr Taylor nodded feeling himself moved by his words, and agreeing with that while one must honour a past that can't be changed whether good or bad, it's important to move forward and never dwell on it.

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Jonathan then agreed.

Dr Ancient then stepped forward and bowed down with respect, "It's been an incredible honour to see the future and learn so much about how far humanity and dinosaurs will grow together." He said with gratitude for being granted this chance, something he would never forget ever.

"And that it's something we'll help forge too." His wife Cretacia then said after him, feeling fired up to help get this new dream of their started, and maybe even make it better than how it looked now.

"I'll keep this experience in a special place in my heart forever." Dr Drake breathed dreamily as he recalled vaccinating many dinosaurs with his needle, the sweet sounds of their satisfied cries still signing in his ears as he blushed red and eyes glistened….much to Zoe's and Reese's uneasiness.

On her mind Reese was rather inspired to see how far technology had come through human ingenuity and even childish imagination could give birth to an inspiring future as how she witnessed firsthand, feeling more motivated than ever to help build up the D Lab when she returns.

"Glad you're all happy, that really warms my soul to hear you say that." Lunensis bowed back feeling happy to have not only met but even inspired the great people of the past which made their future a reality.

Max soon held out his hand to Cera, who then shook on it as everyone watched on, feeling warm inside to see such closeness between friends and how even their bonds would span through space and time, "You've been a great member of the D Team and an even greater friend Cera." He said to her.

Rex then put his hand on next, "Yeah, you've always come through for us when we needed help the most and you always knew how to do it." He said nodding in acknowledgement of one of her greatest strengths of all, "We'll be sure to take your example and grow from it too." He added at the end feeling inspired as who great an example she was.

"You're like a diamond in the rough, a once in a lifetime talent! Never ever forget that!" Zoe cheered as she took their hands too with a warm and hopeful smile.

Cera could feel the love in everyone's eyes and hearts, knowing the parting would be painful but at least now something new can start for all of them with this farewell, "Thank you for everything, it's been a total blast." She said promising to never forget their experiences together since the day they met as she looked to each of her other friends behind the D Team.

"Mhmm."

"I totally agree." Rod and Laura nodded along with many more.

"Meh, it wasn't all that bad I guess…." Ursula shrugged her shoulders, knowing she got in their way many times involving the dinosaur cards but in this case she'll let it slide.

"And I thank you all for being able to have looked after and raised my daughter into who she is now." Lunensis then spoke up to them, "You've done a far better job than I could have ever done." How they gave her a safe place to live and on top of that a chance to shine and grow, with friends and experiences she could never have because of the war.

His words had an impact on the D Team and their parents who were honoured to hear such words of praise from such an incredible man who raised an equally stunning girl, "We're really touched to hear you say that." said Dr Ancient, knowing that she helped them almost as or even more than they had done for her.

"You have an incredible daughter Lunensis, we've seen her many special gifts first hand," said Dr Taylor as he put an arm on her father's shoulder as he stepped forward to him, "Promise us you'll take extra good care of her, and raise her into a leader we call can be proud of and to have known." He said with a firm look, to which he shook hands with like men.

"You have my word, all of you." said Lunensis looking to them all, "I will make it so and devote my entire being to it." His answer giving everyone full assurance and comfort in knowing Cera was in great hands when they all returned home.

As they finished the pillars around the time gate began to light up and the pad below them glowed as they all looked around it curiously wondering what was happening.

"The time machine's operational now." said Cera as she looked on a bit hard as their moment of departure had arrived, "There isn't enough power but there's enough to make a time jump for each of you and no more."

"Then let's not waste anymore time then." Seth then spoke up thinking realistically as the others turned serious knowing now was their only chance to go back to their original times and with no more to expense.

"Yeah…." Max breathed with some degree of reluctance as they all gathered in the middle of it, each side dividing in half as the time machine began to register both sides and the right times to send them home to.

As it did, Cera smiled at first seeing they could finally go home and be happy where they belonged, having been sent away from so long they must have missed it….but on closer look she could see that it wasn't completely the case with her best friends. "Are you…okay guys?" she asked them with concern upon noticing they were beginning to tear up rather painfully. Inside she was feeling quite the same but held herself together so she wouldn't show it nor make them feel any worse about parting ways.

"No we're fine Cera…." Zoe sniffled heavily, trying to deny her feelings as she rubbed her eyes and nose, "It's just…..well…."

"We knew this day would come eventually," Max choked as he looked down, "Where we'd have to say goodbye to each other….again…." he said looking to Rex and then back at her.

"But we never thought it would be so soon." Rex added, being more mature he didn't show as much sadness as his friends did though that didn't mean he felt nothing about this parting, "We were focusing so much on fighting and helping your people, we never realise that very day would be just around the corner, right after we finally won….." He sighed believing heir victory to be rather bittersweet if they fought so hard together only to say goodbye to each other again.

"Everyone…." Cera breathed feeling her heart was touched by everything they had done for her, to part ways with them like this was incredibly painful, even more so than any flesh wound. Her father knew this first hand, and decided to let her have the time she deserved with them as the 4 best friends ran out to one another, at the edge of the time gate for one final close up with each other.

"You sure you're all going to be alright?" Zoe asked her feeling worried about who they would fare once the gate would be closed for a long time and they'd be cut off from any kind of help too. If an emergency came up and they couldn't come….

Cera however smiled touched by their concerns before nodding back, "We will, I promise you that." she said with full assurance, "Goma and the other space pirates are taken to our highest security holding facility, which is guaranteed escape proof. Their dinosaurs are also held in our vaults as well so you can rest assured we'll work hard towards freeing them from their influence for good and hopefully rehabilitate them….Plus you're all needed back home more than here." She said which made her friends either nod understandably or frown with sadness that it wasn't fair, "And don't worry, once repairs are complete and the time gate is stabilised, I'll be happy to let you guys have a first class tour of our newly reborn dinotopia with your very own eyes." She then added at the end which made them all beam with excitement.

"That'd be awesome!"

"Really!?"

"You mean it!?" They asked her with hope as she confirmed back with a nod.

"Mhmm."

Her fiends then high fived one another and jumped excitedly with joy and energy, "Yay!"

"Hahaha!" They cheered and laughed as their parents and friends all smiled wanting to be part of it too when their return would come.

"We look forward to it." said Mrs Drake with a nod, while her husband hugged his mega needle tightly with excitement to inject more dinosaurs with new serums he would cook up thanks to advice he picked up from people her win the future.

"I really can't wait to see my great dinosaur kingdom in its true glory! I wouldn't miss it for anything! Ahahaha!" Dr Z laughed with excitement.

"It would no doubt be a sight to behold indeed." Jonathan then commented knowing that it would be absolutely spectacular once the people in Cera's time sorted themselves out completely.

"Till then, we'll be waiting for when we can meet again." Cera herself then said to them as her friends nodded with one another.

"Mhmm."

"It's a promise." said Max and Rex as they shook hands once more and then returned to their respective family sides.

"Take care you all, have a safe journey home and a long fruitful life too." she said to them before eying the last person she thought she would ever thank, "Even you Seth, even you." She said having cast off all old grudges she held at him.

"Heh….." he smiled lightly at her before looking to the others as well, "I suppose I should be thanking you all….for helping me see the light and the truth." He admitted, blinded by his ambitions for so long he finally could understand what future he should have been working towards and now he would devote his entire being to achieving it.

"Glad you finally see it at long last." said Dr Ancient to his former assistant as he and his wife smiled at him and he nodded back.

"And about time too!" Dr Z then growled as Ursula and the others hushed him.

"Ssh! Don't ruin the moment Dr Z…." They scolded which made him frown with shame.

As the light around them glowed even more so, reaching its energy peak and about to send both groups back to their respective eras, they knew their time of departure had arrived. As they stood away from each other, and most of all from Cera herself they smiled brightly with teary eyes once more, "We couldn't have been more proud to have met you."

"Or to have had you on the D Team." said Max and Rex to her.

"You have my word that Dr Z and I will do our absolute best to make our future your present." Dr Ancient added as Rex took his arm and smiled at him.

"We will dad, together." He corrected him as Ancient patted his son on the head.

"That's right son, of course." He smiled ruffling it up a little as Rex chuckled too with it.

Cera felt her heart warmed up seeing such love with one another and she decided to give them one final piece of advice for them to take home with them, "Everyone, don't be sad that our time is over." She said to them, "Just treasure the fact that it did happen and you'll have no regrets. Which goes for every other great moment in your lives, never forget that."

Max and his friends sniffled, as no wiser words had ever been spoken to them, "We will Cera….We will…." He cried wiping away a tear from his eye as Zoe and Rex felt the same way too.

"Friends to the end of time." They all said with one another, as both sides disappeared in red and blue lights which then banished away to their different eras. As the people vanished from the time gate's platform, the entire device let out a dying whirr as it lost all energy and shut down completely…..

As Cera remained fixed where she stood, staring at the now bare platform where all her friends stood earlier, she place a hand on her chest to ease her heart which was crying on the inside for them now that they had left.

Her father, decided to step forth and he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder as she looked up to him with eyes reddened from tears, "Are you…alright Cera?" He found no other words to say and wished he could say more but didn't know the right words.

"Yes….I am…." she then said with a nod, thankfully she soon got over as she knew for a fact this wasn't the end, as she wiped her eyes dry and nodded with full assurance that it was for the best.

Her father then smiled with relief, her past experiences had toughened up her heart and spirit well so he was confident in her maturity to handle this, as he now could at last. He then frowned with slight concern as he looked ahead at the time gate, "Are you certain it's wise that we leave their memories all intact? Wouldn't it affect the future if they knew what will be?" he asked her feeling worry for how their future may change if they had knowledge of what was to come.

Cera however shook her head in response, "They'd never go through it and I wouldn't want to force them through something they'd never willingly do. I trust them with my own life that we can leave the future in their hands." she explained with full confidence in them, that they would help make a better future now that they knew what challenges they may face too along the way and how much better prepared they may be, "And even if they did….." she then smiled, "I'm certain they'd remember it eventually….after all…friendship and bonds do work in the strangest and most powerful ways of all." she said at the end.

"You know Cera." As she looked up to her father he smiled back to her, "I couldn't agree more. You've made excellent friends, and you've grown so much since I last saw you…..perhaps it may have a been a good thing in the end after you disappeared…." he said choking at the end before looking ahead at the time gate, "If she were here, I know your mother would be just as proud of or even more than I am now."

Cera nodded, knowing that while she would have to live on in the world without her mother, whom was the most loving person she had ever met, she knew for a fact that the life she lived now would be one to honour her and many others too of the past. "Well….it's time we did our part dad, and follow their example in moving forward and always believing in the future." She then said to him as they turned around to leave the time room.

"Yes Cera, let's do just that." He nodded in agreement with her as they exited the time room and made their way to the main computer room. As they viewed the many screens lit up around them, they depicted everyone in the resistance and in the towns around the world were rebuilding what they lost from homes to lifestyles.

Kaze and Hua in Gobi Village, helping to reawaken the sick and weak there while the grass dinosaurs helped in replanting the trees in the forests and cleaning the air with them. Marina took it upon herself to perform a dazzling after illusion act as she, sporting an underwater ballerina outfit, danced about in a bubble attack generated by her camarasaurus, before her suchomimus fired out a falling water through it, shooting her into the air as a rainbow formed with the water plashing around and she struck a fantastic pose while remaining atop the geyser her dinosaur fired and bringing bright smiles back to the townsfolk. Blaze and his team supervised the men to make up with their families and even get back to work in the mines, which also acted as the right discipline for some individuals as a fierce saurophanganax watched to make sure they didn't slack off. Finally, Roland and his team were working hard to restore the livelihood to the people of Kalimba Park, as his dinosaurs helped to create barriers against incoming sandstorms and dig holes in the ground in search of water for the villagers who cheered as they struck a new oasis.

The progress of rebuilding and restoring would no doubt be slow and some may not recover completely or maybe never….but overall the majority would fare off better and in due time the scars of battle and war on both body and soul, will fade away and may be no more than an old memory like with previous world wars the earth had seen. It was now made that way thanks to the efforts of the D Team who helped give the people of the future the hope they needed, as the faiths in them for being legends weren't misplaced. "Thank you Max….and everyone too…..We'll always be eternally grateful and never forget what you've done." Cera prayed thankfully in her heart, feeling secure in their future at last, seeing the people and the dinosaurs finally felt true peace at long last, as if they had finally woke up from a terrible nightmare and were ready to begin lives anew.

(Meanwhile)

"Now let's see if this works." Inside her lab, Raina was typing away at her latest invention which was a large computer linked to a scanner which was shaped like that of a weighing scale. She had just finished keying in the necessary configurations and she smiled seeing it was ready for use, "Using a sample of one's DNA I'll be able to trace back that person's lineage to as far as 500 generations! Oh how intriguing it'll be to learn about one's family history and past achievements." She smiled to herself eager to learn about a person's lineage, and she knew exactly whom to start with as she used a set of tweezers and reached into a small box she had with her near her lab table, and form it she took out a small strand of strawberry red hair which she eyed closely with a smile.

"With a strand of hair from Lieutenant Sauria, I'll see if there's anything within her family's heritage allows her to be so adept and connected with dinosaurs as she is now." She thought to herself as she placed the piece of Cera's hair in the scanner and it glowed upon recognising the DNA from the strand. As it did, Cera's face lit up on the screen and tracing from her was a very long line of ancestors, many of which ranged from wold class dino duelists across history to famous fossil hunters. At first as Raina looked over the results she kept a rather emotionless look as if she wasn't at all surprised…..till 2 results caught her eye which made her cover her mouth in surprise, "Oh my!"

She took off her glasses and rubbed them with a cloth to make sure she was seeing right before putting them back on and looking closer. As she did and confirmed for herself she was seeing correctly, she then giggled in amusement at fate's sense of humour, "Hee hee, well with evidence such as this, it shouldn't be too surprising as to why she's so gifted." She thought to herself before smiling intently at the screen, "You really are the luckiest girl alive Cera, and truly you'll become the bridge which connects us people with the dinosaurs." She commented as she sat up from her chair and decided to leave the room and get some other work done somewhere else, "And it'll be an honour to watch you carve that future with your own hands." She said at the end as she exited the room.

On the screen it depicted right in the middle of her family lineage, depicted Max Taylor and Zoe Drake together at the top before a line joined them both which then stretched all the way down till it ended at an orange haired girl which connected right with Rex Ancient, before the line between the both of them lead up to Maia, Cera's mother….before finally ending at her…..

(Meanwhile)

Far away from the mainland shore stood a large menacing island which had large stone walls built around its sheer steep cliffs. Heavy winds and storms blew across the sea as the waves crashed upon the walls and the many sharp poitned rocks surrounding the island's perimeter, making it impossible to approach by sea. In the waters around the island swam some futabasaurus and muraenosaurus on patrol along with a school of opthalmosaurus splashing around after fish in the area. Inside behind the walls, was a teleport panel which was the only means of accessing or leaving the island, as a pair of troopers stood upon it and disappeared only to be replaced by a pair of female guards who were rotating their shifts.

Inside was a menacing looking prison, shaped to look like a tyrannosaurus' skull built into a giant rocky mountain in the middle of the island. The mouton had mechanical parts sticking around and fused with the rock, with barbed wires lining its walls and security cameras equipped alongside the walls of the barrier or by walkways, which were all viewed in the security room which was fortified by layers of heavily encrypted security systems and alert guards who kept a visual. Around the skies surrounding it were pterosaurs like pteranodon and tapejara swooping around, gliding about the warm air currents while keeping a sharp eye out for any suspicious movement and activities on the outside. A few dinosaurs like megaraptor or tarbosaurus were also patrolling along the different levels of the prison with their human partners as they guarded the most heavily fortified criminal holding facility on the planet, all this security was necessary for it housed the most dangerous criminals the world or better yet the universe had ever seen.

In a certain area of the prison caverns, unlike the others which had metallic bolted doors and bars to keep human criminals in, one of them was equipped with security stasis containment fields which acted as walls to seal in 5 dangerous individuals who were now taking the time to….settle into their new home as well as one another's permanent company…..

"Rock a' bye baby on the treetop! When the wind blows the cradle will rock!" Specter sang, while covered in bandages and bruises all over his face with even a black eye, as he clapped his hands together and puckered his lips while Sheer and Foolscap covered their ears in agony! They each suffered broken limbs as well as bite marks from carnivores all over their faces too.

"Boss! Please stop with the nursery rhymes already!"

"Yeah! I can hardly sleep with that horrible noise tearing my eardrums!" They whined as they lay on the ground begging to be put out of their misery so they wouldn't need to endure a second more of their boss' horrendous voice. The solitude and insults from the guards they could take, the pain from their injuries and beatings they took in Antartica were just bearable, the rotten gruel meals they were being fed was just tolerable and no more, but they all paled in comparison to their boss' non stop solo performance which he just couldn't get enough of.

"How dare you doubt my sweet sensational serenade!?" He shouted out at them taking offence, "And here I was trying to sing a lullaby to help us all get some shut eye!"

"I don't know, Goma seems to like it just fine." Gavro muttered as he looked up from where he was, with a bandage covering one eye, an icepack on his forehead and feeling very bored being cooped up in his full body cast and being unable to move, as he looked out from his cell to the far end of the cavern, where a large and dark stasis chamber was and no sound was heard from inside.

"Huh!?" Foolscap and Sheer widened their eyes in surprise as they heard not a peep or even a complaint from their former master inside, even though they couldn't see him it was obvious he could hear them as well as they could hear one another and they were bewildered beyond belief as to how he had such tolerance.

"I don't believe it…."

"It's a miracle how he's actually able to sleep through all that." They each muttered, feeling envious of him being so strong willed and able to endure, as they gritted their teeth and began to curse him under their breath for having all the luck.

Gavro meanwhile lay down on his stomach and rested his head in his shoulder, while Specter clapped his hands together and blushed red with love and affection, "Aww, deep down he's still my little boy!" He cheered in a jolly manner before clearing his throat, "Now to take it from the top one more time!" He cried as he took in a deep breath and prepared his throat for his biggest note of all!

Foolscap and Sheer with widened their eyes and waved out their hands pleadingly, "W…Wait!"

"Stop!" They begged but their words fell on deaf ears.

"Twinkle twinkle little star!" Specter's horrendous voice echoed through the caverns causing the ears of his minions to ring and throb with pain as they revered over them and cried in agony!

"NOOOO!" It was clear that none of them were going to be getting any sleep tonight…..well…almost none of them….

Goma in his dark cell, was bound up by a very powerful straightjacket which was made nearly of titanium chainmail, which bound up his arms completely around him. His legs were tied together by a set of long belts, and his body was also restraint to the walls by a set of huge chain cuffs, with cameras aimed at him as he slept seemingly peacefully, with a mouthpiece covering over most of his face with nothing but a breathing hole as deep heavy breathing sounded from it. To him there was something far more humiliating and torturous to him than his father's singing, and that was is complete and utter defeat by the D Team, the ruination of his plans and the fall of his mopier which was gnawing at his heart and completely blinded his other senses as his entirety of being was focused solely on getting revenge and nothing else. He opened his eyes which glowed purple as he snarled and hissed through his teeth, biding his time and waiting patiently for the day he would rise once again…..

"This…isn't….over….." He breathed heavily as a sinister dark grin formed underneath his mouth cover, "Hehehehe….." He chuckled to himself eager for the day he would return, and deep down he knew will come soon and when it did, he would have his revenge and so much more…..

And thus concludes the story of Dinosaur Queen, glad for some of you sticking with this story to the very end and really appreciated your support which helped keep me going at many times when I felt like giving up.

As stated here it shows how the story comes full circle, how the Resistance uncovered the stone circle and pillar (from the DS game where it's given a more prominent role here) and built their entire HQ around it, as well as to the final defeat of the Shadow Empire. How you enjoyed it, and in the arcade game how there's a golden bird move which erases all other attacks? I had the golden Pterosaur based off that for the final blow! As for Chomp going both super and armoured at the same time, it's a one time thing only though, a cool idea I thought what if they were combined? It may be too powerful for a dinosaur to handle at first but Miku was with Chomp as they embraced the power of the entire world's hope and light together so that can be a legit explanation for it.

Enjoy the twist at the end? Where Cera is actually a descendant of the D Team?

Hope I managed to end off the story well and that you enjoyed it as a whole. Feel free to give my profile a favourite so you can stay up to date in the event I decide to post another story on Dinosaur King, I have some plans for one which continues after this one, I just hope I can see it through too.

Hope you all enjoy the new year to come too. Thanks and till next time.

In response to reviews-

tsukikami02

-Perhaps now you see things have reached a happy ending, hope it's too your liking too. Thanks for being such a great help and would appreciate your idea for the flashback and writing it too.

Lunensis entrusted her with eoraptor indeed since he didn't want her going in defenceless and he needed to remain behind as the last line of defence.

Drew Luczynski

-Hope this conclusion was worth the wait and thanks for reading it and for your support.