Rex, Zoe, and Sofia stood cornered in the alleyway as the Roman army was quickly approaching. They frantically searched for some way out.
"There's hardly any room in here for Ace," Rex gulped as he looked around at the looming walls around them. "Or Paris, for that matter."
"They went down this ally!" a soldier called out.
"All these passages are dead ends! Split up, they couldn't have gotten far," another ordered the others.
"This is bad, we can't let the Roman army catch us!" Zoe exclaimed to Rex and Sofia.
"I know, but there's no way out of here," Rex replied to his teammate. He walked up to the back wall and hand his hands against it. "The wall's too slick, there's no way that we could ever be able to climb up it."
"There they are, seize them!" a soldier declared. Rex, Zoe, and Sofia turned around to be meet with soldiers wielding spears, slowing approaching the trio. "Hold still. And no more of your tricks."
"If they capture us, we can't save our parents," Zoe told Rex with concern. "Max and Ren also wouldn't know where we are so they couldn't even come rescue us!"
Rex's eyes narrowed at the soldiers. He raised his wrist with his Dino Bracer as he looked down at the Carnotaurus by his side. "Ace, it's up to you."
Just before Rex was able to call Ace to a card and summon him to fight against the Roman army, the wall behind them began to crack as something strong hit against it on the other side. Rex. Zoe, and Sofia turned around to face the wall just as it was hit again and collapsed in on itself.
When the dust from the falling wall cleared, there were two dinosaurs standing in its place, a Yangchuanosaurus and a Baryonyx. Both of them hang the same mark on their foreheads that the rest of the dinosaurs belonging to the Spectral Space Pirates had. The two dinosaurs roared at Sofia, Zoe, Rex, and the soldiers. The guards froze as they stared up at the two carnivores before they turned tail and began to run for their lives, leaving Zoe, Rex, and Sofia alone. The trio followed them out of the alleyways and back onto the streets.
"Keep running," Rex told the two girls. The two dinosaurs crept out of the alley behind them.
"That Yangchuanosaurus and Baryonyx have those same marks on her heads," Zoe told Rex. Suddenly, there was a yelp as Sofia tripped on the street. An extendable robot arm shot out from above. It snatched Sofia and drew it up near a ship in the sky.
"No! Sofia!" Rex called after the girl. The two pirates that were set on this mission hovered, flapping their wings in front of the ship.
"More pirates?" Zoe asked upon seeing the two new characters. "What do you want?"
"Give us back Sofia!" Rex hollered up at them.
"My name is Sheer, and this is Goma," the female introduced.
"And we're just doing what pirates do best. Taking what we want, from whoever we want, whenever we want it," Goma shrugged to the kids.
"You better let Sofia go right now!" Rex ordered the two pirates. Suddenly, the sky over them darkened. Rex and Zoe looked over their heads to see the Yangchuanosaurus jumping right over them. The Baryonyx stayed on the other side of the kids.
"Or else what?" Sheer snickered down at them.
"We've got you surrounded," Goma smirked. Rex and Zoe looked between the Yangchuanosaurus and the Baryonyx. They were surrounded. They were both prepared to send out Ace and Paris, but the call from another set of voices distracted them.
"Dino slash!" the two voices rang together.
Rex and Zoe looked in the direction that the voices ahead come from. Behind the Baryonyx there were two kids rushing in for the rescue. Both of them just swiped dinosaur cards on their Dino Bracers. It was Max and Ren!
"It's Ren and Max!" Rex cheered. He was so relieved to see his best friend and his sister coming to aid them.
"Go, Torosaurus! CHARGE!" Max called out.
"Surf's up, Ampelosaurus!" Ren chimed.
A Torosaurus and an Ampelosaurus joined the battlefield. Rex and Zoe looked between the two new dinosaurs, then they realized what their other two teammates were really up to. Max and Ren didn't just dip on them to go after the pirates. They went to the Backlander to get dinosaurs so they can continue to help rescue their parents.
"Where'd these other punks come from?" Goma asked looking at the new dinosaurs.
"Punks? Look who's talking, half-pint," Ren snarked back at the new pirate. Goma grimaced at the blonde-haired girl.
"Oh, you've done it, now!" Goma spat at her. "See how you fair against the Spectral Armor!"
Goma took the monochromatic version of his Baryonyx card and placed it against his hexagon summoning outlet on his outfit. His happened to be along the collar of his chest plate of his armor. Sheer rolled her eyes and also applied Spectral Armor to the Yangchuanosaurus by pressing the black and white card against the hexagon shape on her choker. Both of the Space Pirate's dinosaurs began to glow the same reddish-purple color as Gabbro's Torvosaurus and Foolscap's Shunosaurus and Mujungasaurus. The two dinosaurs then had the Spectral Armor applied to them.
"Come on, Goma, we've got what we've come for," Sheer said as she headed back towards the ship.
"What? No way! That schmuck threw an insult at me! She needs to pay!" Goma said as he pointed down at Ren. Sheer rolled her eyes at the smaller pirate.
"Alright, I guess I'll be the one that get to hand deliver the Yellow Cosmos Stone to the boss," Sheer taunted. Goma growled down at Ren before he turned to head towards the ship. He stopped and pointed back down at Ren.
"This isn't over, Blondie!" The purple skinned winged creature hissed down at her. He got into the ship. Sheer turned the steering mechanics of the ship and flew off with Sofia, leaving the Yangchuanosaurus and Baryonyx to fight the D-Team.
"Sofia!" Max called after them. "Alright, Toril, get in there and finish off that Yangchuanosaurus and Baryonyx."
The Torosaurus snorted as he scraped one of his front hooves against the ground. He charged in at the Yangchuanosaurus. The fire elemental dinosaur countered with its arms and battled for power with the Torosaurus.
"Taiga, you know what to do," Ren told her new addition. The water dinosaur rushed in towards the Baryonyx and lowered its head attempting to flip the quicker dinosaur with her head. The Baryonyx dodged around the larger dinosaur and landed a bite with its long snout on Taiga's tail. Taiga swung her tail forcefully and threw the Baryonyx off of her.
However, Toril wasn't so luckily with his battle with the Yangchuanosaurus. The fire lizard was able to overpower the Torosaurus and throw him off to the side.
"Max, how about a fusion move?" Ren asked her teammate.
"Sounds good to me!" Max replied with a nod. Both of the kids pressed a button of their Dino Bracers. Their move cards began to circle around them. Max with lightning cards and Ren with water cards. They both picked one out and slashed it along the side of their bracers.
"Lighting," Max began the name of the fusion move as he slashed the Lightning Strike move card.
"Vortex!" Ren finished the name with the last part of the Aqua Vortex's move card name. The Ampelosaurus began to create a pillar of water around the two Space Pirate dinosaurs while electricity sparked between the Torosaurus' horns. A ball of electricity began to form between Toril's horns. He shot the ball of electricity into the pillar of water.
However, before the two Space Pirate dinosaurs were effectively hit by the attack, they were recalled to their cards in streaks of reddish-purple light zooming towards the aircrafts that was leaving the area with Sofia still inside. The two dinosaurs stared off as their targets disappeared. Ren and Max scowled with angers as they recalled Toril and Taiga to their cards.
"They got away," Max growled.
"We'll go after them and rescue Sofia," Zoe assured.
"Before we do that, who are the new dinosaurs?" Rex asked the two. Max and Ren called their newest team members out into their chibi forms.
"Well, when we darted off, we both new that we had to get some dinosaurs if we were going to save Chomp, Ebony, and our parents," Ren began.
"And now Sofia," Max added on.
"Right. But Ren, isn't Ampelosaurus a water dinosaur? What happened to the earth stone?" Zoe questioned her best friend. Ren nodded.
"Well, you see," Ren started. She recounted the details from when they arrived back on the ship to get new dinosaurs.
"Certainly, Mistress Ren," Johnathan told the girl. "The dinosaurs that have been reclaimed are all in the storage compartment. May I ask why you want to know?"
"The Space Pirates took Chomp and Ebony! We're needing some dinosaurs to use so we can get them back," Max told the android.
"So, they're really just gone?" Gabirel asked.
"Yeah," Ren told Gabriel before turning back to the android. "Johnathan, can you show me where they are? We need to get back down there to help Rex and Zoe."
"Yes. This way, Mistress Ren," Johnathan got up from his seat. He led Max and Ren down a hallway. He stopped at a room. The automatic doors opened. The room was full of shelves with the egg-shapes capsules of the dinosaur cards sectioned off by element and lined up one by one along the shelf.
"Please let me know if you need anything else," Johnathan informed.
"Thank you, Johnathan," Ren replied. Max ran straight over to the Lightning dinosaurs and began to dig through the capsules. Ren walked over to the earth section and wasn't thrilled to see only one capsule in that section. She picked it up.
"I guess beggars can't be choosers," Ren sighed. She cracked open the capsule. A single card fluttered out of it. She picked it up and worriedly looked over to the brunette across the room scouring for a temporary replacement. "Uh, Max? We have a problem."
"Yeah? What's up?" Max looked from the capsule he was holding over to Ren.
"The only dinosaur that's over here is this one," Ren showed Max the card. It was the move card Tag Team with the Pawpawsaurus. It wasn't even an actual dinosaur card. "I could've sworn we had more earth dinosaurs."
"Maybe the Alpha Gang kept them all?" Max suggested.
"It's hard to tell," Ren frowned. "Johnathan, do you know if we have more earth dinosaurs?"
"Some of cards from the collection who missing when the Ancients reorganized the acquired cards," the android replied.
"Great," Ren sighed.
"Which is why I grabbed this for you," Gabriel said. He walked in with the water stone in hand and handed it to Ren. "I knew when you walked back there that there wasn't going to be a replacement for Ebony. Johanthan and I have been asking the Alpha Gang to leave one of their stones in the control system to help keep the Backlander running while we do repairs."
"Wait the Alpha Gang's gone?" Max asked hastily.
"Nah, they should still be in their room," Gabriel waved it off.
"They're gone alright," Helga's voice boomed upon entering the room. "I ask them to make a Brussel sprout dinner and what do they do? The vanished on the spot!"
"So, they just left?" Max questioned.
"More reason to get back out there," Ren said. She looked to the water stone in Gabriel's hand. "I'll take the water stone. I need to go help rescue Ebony, Chomp, our parents, and now possibly the Alpha Gang."
Ren reached for the water stone, but Gabirel pulled back his hand. Ren scowled at Gabriel, ready to ask him what his deal was, but Gabriel started talking first.
"If I give this to you Ren, you know how mad the Alpha Gang is going to be that you took it," Gabriel said.
"Yeah, yeah, just give me it. They can thank me when I save their sorry butts from the Roman army," Ren snapped back and reached for the stone again. Gabriel pulled it away again.
"Ren, I still need a stone to help keep things running on the Backlander. I need your earth stone," Gabriel told her. Ren froze for a moment. She looked at her Dino Bracer before looking back to the water stone in Gabriel's hand.
"Fine, I'll give you the earth stone," Ren sighed. She pressed a button and her Dino Bracer to reveal the stone inside. She picked it up and handed it to Gabriel with a heavy heart. The two swapped stones. Ren stared blankly at the water stone that was now in her hand before placing it inside of the Dino Bracer. Ren then walked over to the section for the water dinosaurs. There were a few options, but not too many either.
"I think I've found mine," Max said as he held up a card. He swiped it in the slot on his Dino Bracer and a small, green-tinted quadruped appeared. It had three straight horns and a large, slightly curved crest with red and yellow swirls and a red stripe down its back.
"Torosaurus?" Ren questioned as she cracked open a capsule. "I thought you would go with the Styracosaurus."
"Both of them are amazing dinosaurs and they both helped Chomp out before," Max said as he knelt beside the Torosaurus at pet the dinosaur on his forehead. "I can't explain it, but I just have this feeling like Torosaurus is the right one."
Ren took the cards out of the capsule. It was a dinosaur card and the move card that was supposed to go along with it.
"You know, I think I'm getting the same feeling," Ren replied. She swiped the dinosaur cards in her Dino Bracer. A quadruped teal colored dinosaur with a white belly appeared. It had a long neck and large yellow spikes coming off of its shoulders and smaller yellow triangles from the top of its neck to the base of its tail.
"Ampelosaurus, that's a good one," Max told Ren. He looked back to Torosaurus. "Alright, now what to name you,"
The two kids thought. Naming their first dinosaurs came easy to them. Max naming his Triceratops, Chomp, because the dinosaur tried to bite off his nose when they met. Ren naming her Stegosaurus, Ebony, because she found her in an ebony tree forest. But naming your dinosaur because your first got captured and you're on a time crunch? A whole different story.
"Your name will be Taiga," Ren told her newly acquired Ampelosaurus.
"What made you choose that name?" Gabriel asked her.
"I named Ebony after a type of biome. Thought I'd kind of continue the trend you know? A taiga is a snow filled, forested environment generally found in Russia, which is where we found the Ampelosaurus card. Ampelosaurus is a water dinosaur, and snow is just frozen water."
"Taiga is such a good name. I can't think of anything," Max pouted. "The best name I can think of is Byte, like a gigabyte, but that just makes me think of Chomp."
"Can I suggest something?" Gabriel asked.
"Yeah?" Max was intrigued.
"I'm kind of a mythology nerd," Gabriel began. "What about the name Toril? It's the name that refers to Thor's Battle or the Fight of Thor, depending on who you ask. Thor is a god in Norse and Germanic mythology that's associated with thunder and lightning."
"It's perfect," Max's eyes lit up at the suggestion. He looked to the Torosaurus. "Welcome to the team, Toril."
"How are repairs, Johnathan?" Ren asked the android.
"Just about complete, Mistress Ren. We should be able to take off shortly," Johnathan replied.
"Perfect, let's go, Ren," Max told the girl. Ren nodded before heading out once more to reunite with Rex and Zoe.
"And so not much after that we left again to find you guys," Ren ended the story.
"But we don't have much more time if we want to catch up with those Space Pirates. We have to save Sofia," Max said.
"And our parents," Rex added on.
"And Ebony and Chomp," Ren listed.
"Then let's get going," Zoe told the team as she began to head out.
"Right," the other three kids responded that began to head out after Zoe in search for the Space Pirates so that they could save Sofia, Chomp, Ebony, and their parents.
Meanwhile, away from the town, the Space Pirates had Sofia tied up to a support beam in an abandoned barn-like structure. Goma was securing the rope that was keeping the girl bound to the post before he flew up and joined Sheer hovering in the air. Around her were various swords and blades tied to the rafters pointing downwards.
"I don't understand. Who are you? Why are you doing this to me?" Sofia asked the two Space Pirates.
"All you have to do is hand over the Yellow Cosmos stone and we'll set you free," Sheer told the girl.
"Yeah, but give it to me," Goma stated. "Because this was my plan and all."
"What? No it wasn't!" Sheer hissed back at Goma. "This was my plan entirely."
"Yellow Cosmos Stone? I never heard of anything called that," Sofia replied.
"Stop it with your pathetic lies," Goma glared down at the human girl. "Give us the stone, and you don't get hurt. It sounds like a win-win to us."
"No, really! I've never heard of anything like that before," Sofia pleaded with the Space Pirates.
"You want to play games, do you? Fine. I'm very good at games. We've got one here that we know you'll enjoy," Sheer told Sofia. "It's called 'Chicken,' and what we do is see how fast we can make you squawk like one. Goma?"
"With pleasure," Goma replied. The smaller of the two pirates pulled out a pair of scissors from his pocket and cut one of the ropes holding a sword above Sofia's head. The sword spiraled downward and landed about a foot from where Sofia was tied up to the post. Sofia flinched, but didn't make a sound.
"Not squawking yet?" Sheer teased. "That's not a problem because we have four turns left."
Sheer took a pair of scissors of her own and cut loose two more swords. They landed inches away from Sofia on either side of the girl. Sofia whimpered and quivered as she squeezed her eyes tightly.
"That was almost a squawk," Goma shrugged. "But not good enough."
"And we can keep playing this game, or you can just tell us where that Yellow Cosmos Stone is," Sheer scowled at Sofia as she flutter towards the ground and kneeled so she was eye level with Sofia. "Otherwise, our next target is going to hit dead center."
"Please stop! You have no right to do this to me," Sofia begged. Goma was soon on the ground next to Sheer.
"Right? Since when were there any rights for you people in Ancient Rome?" Goma sneered.
"Pirates take whatever we want from whomever we want whenever we want, and I want that Cosmos Stone," Sheer demanded from Sofia.
"So, Princess, what's it going to be? That stone or your life?" Goma asked.
After the Alpha Gang's escape from captivity, the wandered the streets of Rome, still searching for that legendary pizza that they have been told about. They have made their way to the backstreets and alleyways behind Rome's main marketplace. Yet, there was still no pizza to be found. Ed and Zander were tired of searching for this pizza, already ready to give up and call it a lost cause. They were hungry, tired, and defeated, but Ursula would not let them give up or rest until they have found the very thing that they've been craving for the last quite a few hours.
"Come on, Ursula. We've searched all of Rome for this so-called legendary pizza, but we haven't found as much as a stale crust," Zander complained to the dominant figure in the trio. Ursula turned on her heel and shoved her finger in the tallest member's face.
"It's here and I'm going to find it! You can give up if you want to, Zander. That just means more slices for me and Ed when we finally find this tower place!" Ursula huffed at Zander. She then turned away from the nonbeliever of the legendary pizza. As if it were fate, Ursula spotted a pizza sitting outside the back of one of the buildings on top of a barrel.
"Could it be?" Ursula asked herself. She waltzed up to the mouthwatering, heavenly slab of dough slathered with tomato sauce and cheese and various toppings. "This is it! I'm sure it is. Yum! Yum! I haven't felt this strongly about anything since my first handbag."
Just as Ursula was about to start digging into the pizza that was laid out in front of her, a stray cat jumped up onto the barrel. It snatched the pizza up in its maw and jumped back down about to make its escape with the entire pizza.
"Give me back that pizza, you thieving furball!" Ursula hissed and stopped her foot at the stray cat. The cat turned to face Ursula and arched its back at her. It hissed back at her, which just made Ursula more angry.
"You want a fight, huh?" Ursula asked the cat. However, even if the cat could respond to Ursula's rhetorical question, the green-haired lady did not give the cat hardly any time to respond as she just lunged straight at the cat and quickly created a real-life cat fight.
"What are you doing? Let him have it, Ursula! The legendary pizza isn't going to be in some back alley," Ed pleaded with his teammate as he watched her scrap it out with a feral cat. Ursula and the cat both pause the fight as they froze to look at Ed. Both Ursula and the cat had the pizza it their mouths ready to tear it away from the other fighter. "It's made at the Leaning Tower and then probably sold to the emperor."
"You're right," Ursula said with a grin of her face as she rose to her feet, letting the feral feline run away with the pizza. "As the ruler of an entire empire, he would want to keep all of the best food for himself! So, let's go find out where the emperor's palace is and go crash the place."
"I don't think we're going to need to ask for directions," Zander whimpered. Ursula was puzzled by this sudden statement. "Because we're all about to be take there by spear point."
Zander pointed to the onslaught of guards and soldiers that were surrounding them rather quickly. The Alpha Gang didn't even have time to react before the Roman army was circling them with no chance of escaping.
"I would've preferred a taxi," Ursula pouted.
The D-Team was currently on their way to save Sofia. They ran into a man that had said that he seen a ship matching the description of the one that the Space Pirates were using with a girl trapped inside. He volunteered to take the kids to the place he had seen the ship land. Eager to get a fast mode of transport to their friend in need, the D-Team jumped at the opportunity to get a lift from this elderly man. Little did they know, this mode of transport was a wooden cart being pulled by an ox. Travel was painfully slow.
"No offense, but won't this thing go any faster?" Max asked the elderly man impatiently. He sat on the front of the cart beside the old man that was driving the ox. Ren sat on the other side of the cart driver.
"Yeah, that girl you said you saw in the ship is our friends and she's in major trouble if we don't get there as soon as we can," Ren jumped in. The old man just shrugged them off.
"Sorry, my racing ox is in the shop," he told the two.
"Maybe walking would've been quicker," Rex mumbled quietly to himself as he sat on the left side of the cart looking out at the scenery. Zoe sat on the right side of the cart. Ace, Paris, Toril, and Taiga were in the cart amongst the straw. Ace and Paris were curious about the two newcomers and Toril and Taiga weren't too sure what to make of the Parasaurolophus and Carnotaurus. The two duos of dinosaurs kept eyeing the other pair curiously.
"We should be there pretty soon," the elderly man told the group of children.
"Maybe Paris can pull the wagon," Zoe frowned to herself as she rested her chin on her hands.
"You guys, look!" Rex suddenly called as he pointed up to an object emerging from the tree line up ahead.
"It's the Space Pirates!" Ren exclaimed after she followed her brother's finger to watch the object taking off into the not-so-far distance.
"I wonder where they're going," Max pondered.
"Who cares? I bet they left Sofia behind," Ren told Max.
"Let's run, we'll get there faster," Zoe told the team. That's just what they did. The D-Team thanked the old man for his help before each of them jumped off of the wagon and began to jog up a hill towards the tree line where they had watched the Space Pirates take off from. The team dove into the trees and pushed past the various branches.
Upon emerging from the foliage, the D-Team spotted what had looked to be either an abandoned shack or perhaps a broken-down barn. Max pushed open the doors to the crumbling structure to reveal their firend they came to rescue sitting inside with three swords into the group beside her.
"Sofia!" Max cheered upon seeing the girl.
"Get her loose, Ace," Rex told his Carnotaurus. The small blue and yellow striped dinosaur waddled up to the ropes that bound Sofia. The wind dinosaurs carefully took the rope in his mouth, so that he wouldn't accidentally bite Sofia, and snapped the rope into pieces.
"Are you okay, Sofia," Ren asked as she and the rest of the D-Team ran up to the girl to help her back up onto her feet.
"Are you hurt?" Zoe further questioned.
"I'm fine, but my brother won't be!" Sofia cried to the D-Team. Max, Ren, Zoe, and Rex looked between each other confusedly.
"What happened?" Zoe asked her. Sofia frowned and looked down to the dirt floor of the old barn-like structure.
"I didn't want to, but I told those pirates- I told them that Spartacus has the Yellow Cosmos Stone," Sofia whimpered softly.
"Their ship just took off," Ren recalled. "I bet that they're headed back to the Colosseum as we speak."
"This stone must be really powerful for these Space Pirates to want it so bad," Rex commented.
"We don't have much time. Will you please help me save Spartacus?" Sofia begged as she dropped down on one knee. The D-Team looked between each other with determined expressions in their eyes. They collectively nodded. They had to. They had to help save Spartacus. It was the only way that they would get closer to those pirates and closer to Chomp, Ebony, and their parents.
In the tunnels of the Colosseum, many of the slaves were recaptured after their futile attempt at an escape. Spartacus was standing leaning against one of the walls holding a satchel with the Yellow Cosmos Stone inside. He stared at it with thoughtful eyes. The sound of footsteps travelling in his direction caught his attention. He looked up from the satchel to see who the footsteps belonged to.
A pair of soldiers wielding spears have approached the holding cell for the slaves. Spartacus took in a deep breath. This was the moment that everything has been building up towards.
"You're up next, Spartacus! Move!" One of the guards hollered at the former prince. Spartacus pushed his back off from the wall he was leaning against and walked silently towards the Roman soldiers.
"You should refuse to go, my friend," one of Spartacus' fellow slaves called out to his leader.
"They're going to make you fight a giant lizard!" another one of the prisoners warned Spartacus. The second guard pointed and aimed his spear at the two loudmouthing captives.
"Maybe we'll just send you two wise guys in his place," the guard smirked at them.
"Leave them alone," Spartacus said with a non-confronting tone as he continued to walk towards the soldiers. "I'm not afraid."
Horns for the Colosseum sounded. The Alpha Gang, being escorted by soldiers were in one of the tunnels of the Colosseum, just about ready to enter the arena.
"I think I see a pizza vendor," Ursula told the boys as her mouth began to water from the thought of finally getting to eat that pizza.
"You three," Sulla's demanding voice boomed from behind the Alpha Gang. The trio turned to face the Roman dictator. "I want you to bring that giant lizard back into battle. Oh God, say please for me."
One of the soldiers pointed his spear directly at the Alpha Gang. The trio backed up out of instinct.
"The emperor says please," the guard hissed at them.
"Of course, your Emperorness, we can bring him out right away," Ursula told Sulla.
"Faster than right away if you need us to," Zander chimed in.
"The people of Rome with see you beast destroy Spartacus like the little bug that he is, and that will be the end of the slave rebellion," Sulla hissed to the Alpha Gang as he glared into the tunnel across from them were Spartacus stood, concentrating himself for the battle that was ahead of him. Sulla chuckled to himself imaging Spartacus being flattened under the foot of a giant lizard.
"We have just one request, Emperor Sulla," Ursula spoke to his in a buttery kind of voice. "When we get back to the dressing room after the big battle, how about some of that legendary Roman pizza?"
After some conversation and bargaining, the Alpha Team was sent out into the arena with their Alpha Scanners. They looked at Spartacus in the other tunnel.
"Terry isn't going to be happy," Zander frowned.
"He isn't going to want to come back here, but I'm going to do whatever it takes to get me some of that pizza," Ursula scowled. "Now, Tyrannosaurus, blaze!"
Ursula slashed the Tyrannosaurus Rex card into the slot on the Alpha Scanner. Terry appeared in the arena. The audience members roared in excitement, but Terry already looked like he had fought the battle. He was still weak and famished from the last time he was here.
"Citizens of Rome," an announcer screamed over the stands. "The giant lizard versus Spartacus!"
The audience went even more wild as Spartacus walked out from his side of the arena. The gladiator drew his sword into his right hand and stared down the Tyrannosaurus. A gong was rung, symbolizing the start of the fight. Terry looked back at the Alpha Gang uncertain if they meant to send him out there.
"You got this, Terry!" Ed cheered.
"We're rooting for you!" Zander added on. Terry turned back around and roared at Spartacus. The Tyrannosaurus prepared to chomp down on his human oponnent. The gladiator nodded to himself. He opened his satchel and drew out the Yellow Cosmos Stone.
"Yellow Cosmos Stone give me your power!" Spartacus called upon the ancient power within the stone as he held the glowing orb high into the air. The gladiator began to shimmer with a yellow aura that glowed around him. Spartacus placed the Yellow Cosmos Stone into a hole in the base of his sword. The weapon began to absorb the strength of the prehistoric stone. Spartacus waved the sword, and it grew five times in length. Lightning seemed to strike down and hit to sword, empowering its strength even further. Spartacus charged in at Terry and swung his enchanted sword. Lighting strike spewed out of the sword and hit the Tyrannosaurus. The large fire dinosaur fell backwards, but he was not finished just yet.
Everyone was stunned, the Alpha Gang, the audience, even Sulla. Spartacus smirked at the giant lizard as it lied on the ground in pain. Terry grudgingly rose to his feet again and faced Spartacus. Terry dove in at Spartacus again, but the gladiator dodged. Spartacus swung the sword once more, sending yet another wave of electricity towards Terry. The fire lizard narrowly avoid this attack.
"If Terry gets hit by that sword again, the guy might actually win this fight," Zander told the other two Alpha Gang members.
"Come on, Terry! Show them who's boss!" Ursula shrieked.
"And if we lose, the emperor probably isn't going to give us our pizza," Ed frowned.
"Terry, I know you're weak, but you've got to push through!" Ursula pleaded to the Tyrannosaurus from the sidelines. The Tyrannosaurus roared again at Spartacus, preparing for another attack.
As the battle in the Colosseum raged on, two flying creatures observed from a bird's eye view. Goma and Sheer were above the arena watching everything go down.
"My bet is on the Tyrannosaurus," Goma commented as he sat back in the air, letting his wings keep him aviated. He held a bag of popcorn, and he shoved a mouthful of it into his mouth.
"That dinosaur is exhausted and weak, though it's putting up a decent fight. That man, the girl had claimed to be her brother is fighting it with only the strength that the Cosmos Stone could give him. Come on Goma," Sheer told her accomplice. She snagged his popcorn and tossed it carelessly to the side. "It's time for us to throw our own dinosaurs into the mix."
"Hey! I wasn't done with that!" Goma pouted. "Fine, let's go."
Both Goma and Sheer took out their Baryonyx and Yangchuanosaurus respectively. Sheer placed her card against the emblem on her choker. Goma placed his card against the emblem on the top of his chest plate. The Space Pirate's dinosaurs joined the arena beside Terry.
"More dinosaurs?" Ed whimpered. "I haven't seen those ones before."
"My neither, it's not one of ours," Ursula replied with a scowl.
"Terry's not going to be able to fight them both on his own, and we know they had to come from somewhere. We need Spiny," Zander told the rest of the Alpha Gang. Zander took out Spiny's card and held up his Alpha Scanner. "Alpha Slash! Gush out, Spinosaurus!"
"What's this, now I have to fight four of these monsters?" Spartacus asked himself. Spartacus swing his Cosmos Stone infused sword at the Yangchuanosaurus.
"How about some Spectral Armor?" Sheer scoffed from above the arena. She flashed her monochromatic Yangchuanosaurus card over her choker. The emblem on the neckpiece shone at the Space Pirate's fire affiliated dinosaur had its emblem on its forehead glow. The dinosaur was coated in a reddish-purple light while the Spectral Armor applied itself to the dinosaur.
"Spectral Armor always knows how to make the party more interesting," Goma snickered. He took the greyscale version of the Baryonyx and swiped it over the emblem on his chest plate. The emblem that matched on the Baryonyx's forehead shone before it covered the water affiliated dinosaur in a red-violet light. Both of the Space Pirates' dinosaurs know had on Spectral Armor.
Spartacus' attack hit the Yangchuanosaurus, but the dinosaur barely even flinched as the Spectral Armor deflected the power of the gladiator's sword. The Yangchuanosaurus and Baryonyx roared at Spartacus. Spiny and Terry glanced at each other.
"I'm confused. Are these new dinosaurs helping us?" Zander asked.
"Who cares? As long as we win, there's free pizza afterwards!" Ursula reminded the two boys.
"That Yellow Cosmos Stone maybe be better suited to fight water types like Spinosaurus or Baryonyx, or weakened dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus, but it's got nothing on Yangchuanosaurus," Sheer stated condescendingly from the sky.
"But it's a good thing it doesn't work too well on Spectral Armor either," Goma chimed in. He and Sheer did a fist bump as they watched their two dinosaurs rule the playing field below.
Spartacus held his sword up ready to strike again as the small fleet of dinosaurs in front of him inched closer and closer. The gladiator swung his sword again, and it clashed against Baryonyx's Spectral Armor. The sword effectively shattered into halves. Spartacus blankly stared down at his broken sword. Spiny tail its tail of Spartacus, sending the gladiator soaring into one of the walls of the Colosseum.
The four dinosaurs surrounded Spartacus. It seemed like this was the end of the gladiator and the fall of the slave rebellion. Fans in the stands cheered. Sulla smirked.
"Goodbye and good riddance, Spartacus," the dictator hissed under his breath.
"Lightning Strike!" a boy's voice called. Max and the rest of the D-Team were there just in time. Toril came barreling out of one of the tunnels as the electricity built up between his horns into a ball. The attack fired at hit Spiny. The Spinosaurus stumbled over onto his feet. The water dinosaur shone a rich, blue color before being returned to his card.
"Emerald Garden!" Zoe's voice rang over the crowd. Paris was behind Toril. The Parasaurolophus shot a glowing green orb at Terry. The already exhausted Tyrannosaurus had its remaining energy sucked away from him. Terry collapsed to the ground and shone a brilliant red color of light. The light got smaller until the Tyrannosaurus was nothing more but a card. The Yangchuanosaurus and Baryonyx turned their attention away from Spartacus to see who had interrupted their finishing blow.
The Alpha Gang shrieked as their dinosaurs were defeated. They temporarily fled to one of the Colosseum's tunnels so that they wouldn't be trampled by any of the dinosaurs that were going to be duking it out in the arena.
"Ha! Just in time!" Max cheered. He, Rex, Zoe, and Ren were out in the arena. Taiga and Ace followed the kids in while Toril and Paris took the front lines. Sofia ran over to her brother against the wall.
"It's the same dinosaurs as before," Zoe pointed out.
"Which means," Ren thought aloud.
"Space Pirates," Rex finished the thought. Toril and Paris teamed up against the Yangchuanosaurus meanwhile Taiga and Ace paired up to face off against the Baryonyx. While the dinosaurs were battling it out, Sofia wanted to check up on her brother.
"Spartacus, are you alright?" She asked him.
"Yes, Sofia, but we must get out of here," The gladiator replied to his younger sister. Sofia reached out a hand to help her brother to his feet. He accepted it and wrapped his arm around her for balance. "Thank you, Sofia."
The Yangchuanosaurus swung its tail knocking Paris down over to her side. Toril swung his nose horn at the opposing dinosaur to get it to back up closer to the wall. The Torosaurus charged in once the Yangchuanosaurus was close to the wall and beat it again and again with his horn, showing no mercy to his opponent.
"This is so annoying. Now, Burning Dash," Sheer stated. She held the move card against her emblem. The Yangchuanosaurus began to have fire dripping from its mouth. It slipped out from the Torosaurus' attacks and ran to attack the Parasaurolophus that was just picking herself up from off the ground. The Yangchuanosaurus snatched Paris in its mouth before it charged back at Toril. Both of the D-Teams dinosaurs fell to the ground, but neither were out yet.
Meanwhile, Taiga swept her tail at the Baryonyx, but the agile dinosaur simply jumped over the Ampelosaurus' attack. Ace ran in and headbutted the lean dinosaur from the side. The Baryonyx slid off to the side.
"Alright, Taiga, Futaba Super Cannon!" Ren called out as she slashed the move card into her Dino Bracer. A Futubasaurus emerged from the ground and shot a pressurized beam of water at the Baryonyx. Ace jumped back from the water attack. The Carnotaurus was already plenty out of the way, but he did not want to risk being splashed by the attack. The opposing water dinosaur got hit directly by the blast of water, yet the attack still was not enough to take down the Baryonyx.
Just then, an elderly figure materialized as he teleported into the arena behind the D-Team and the battling dinosaur carrying a briefcase.
"Dr. Z to the rescue!" the scientist cheered as he held up the breifcase.
"Dr. Z?" Ren raised an eyebrow at the old man.
"What are you doing here?" Zoe asked him.
"Well, I'm glad you asked, my pink-haired friend," Dr. Z began. He held out the briefcase. "My newest intention just came out of the lab!"
Dr. Z clicked a button on the handle of the briefcase and the case popped right open. Inside, there were six different colored trinkets
"What are those things?" Max tilted his head at Dr. Z.
"Only my latest and most brilliant creations! They're element boosters!" Dr. Z smiled proudly as he introduced his newest invention.
"That's nice and all, but what's an element booster?" Rex further questioned.
"Matching a booster with the correct dinosaur will make it unbeatable," Dr. Z smirked.
"That sounds like just what the doctor ordered," Max told Dr. Z as he started to make his way to the elderly scientist to claim his own element booster. Dr. Z yanked the case away from Max.
"Who said I was going to let you use them?" Dr. Z scoffed as he closed up the case. The scientist began to scurry away from Max in search of the Alpha Gang.
"But those boosters could really help us out right now!" Rex called to Dr. Z.
"Look, kids, I'd love to help out, but these boosters are for my dinosaurs only. Now, where's Ursula and her clowns?" Dr. Z wasn't watching where he was running. He ran straight into the Yangchuanosaurus. The case that he was holding went flying into the air. Max caught it and smiled as he opened the case to reveal the element boosters. The rest of the D-Team crowded around Max to look at Dr. Z's newest inventions. Speaking of Dr. Z, the D-Team's attention was drawn back to the battle by the sound of him screaming his lungs off. The Yangchuanosaurus had the small scientist hanging from its jaws by his lab coat.
"What are you waiting for numbskulls? Use the boosters and get me out of here!" Dr. Z screeched to the D-Team.
"I don't know Dr. Z. Weren't these boosters for your dinosaurs only?" Ren asked the scientist.
"Your Triceratops is a lightning- Wait a minute, where's the Triceratops?" Dr. Z asked Max.
"Long story, I'm using a Torosaurus for the time being and Ebony is gone too, so Ren's using Ampelosaurus. What do we have to do?" Max replied.
"Anyways, loud annoying one, your Torosaurus is a Lightning dinosaur, take the yellow booster. Rex your Carnotaurus is a wind dinosaur, take the light blue booster. Ren, your Amplesaurus is a water dinosaur, take the dark blue booster. Insignificant, pink-haired girl, your Parasaurolophus is a grass dinosaur, take the green booster," Dr. Z instructed the kids. "Once you have the element booster, use the Dino Bracer to engage the DinoTector, and do it fast or otherwise I'm going to be dino sauce!"
The D-Team peered into the briefcase, picking out the color of elemental booster that the old scientist had told them to take.
"Let's go, Toril!" Max called out as he got ready to insert the element booster into his Dino Brace.
"Ace!"
"Paris!"
"Taiga!"
"We're counting on you," The D-Team chimed in unison. "Element booster! DinoTector on!"
The four D-Team dinosaurs began to glow with the color of their respective elements. Similarly to the Spectral Armor, this transition made elemental themed armor for the dinosaurs. The kids' expressions lit up upon seeing their dinosaurs with some armor of their own. The Yangchuanosaurus flung Dr. Z aside as it turned to focus on the threats that were in front of it. The battle resumed between the D-Team and the Space Pirates' dinosaurs. Now the battle was a bit more even.
While the battle waged on in the arena, Sofia and Spartacus returned to the tunnels of the Colosseum to free the rest of the enslaved gladiators. As the slaves made their escape, they took the same discrete exit as before. Spartacus opened a back door and the slaves filtered out of the Colosseum. The last one through was Sofia. The siblings smiled at each other before turning to make their escape. However, this time instead of being stopped by the Roman army, they were stopped by a pair of winged creatures standing in their way.
"You again?" Sofia asked. She took a step back. Spartacus took a step towards the pirates, ready to fight them to defend his sister.
"You escaped the dictator, but I assure you, you won't escape from us," Sheer told Spartacus and Sofia.
"What do you want?" Spartacus hissed at the Space Pirates.
"Isn't it obvious yet? We're after that pretty little gem you used back there. Now you can hand it over nicely, or we'll take it by force," Goma narrowed his eyes at the gladiator.
"You're never going to get your hands on it," Spartacus told them.
"Don't ever say never," Sheer sneered. She plucked a sharp-edged boomerang from her belt and flicked her wrist to throw the object. It hit the satchel that held the Yellow Cosmos Stone. One edge of the boomerang cut the rope holding the bag around Spartacus' waist, the other edge attached itself into the satchel and carried it back to Sheer.
"No! You can't steal that from us!" Sofia cried. Goma and Sheer both took off into the air.
"We're not stealing it, just putting it where it belongs," Sheer replied. The two pirates took off into the sky, leaving Spartacus and Sofia powerless without the Yellow Cosmos Stone.
"Come back here!" Spartacus attempted to call after them, but alas neither pirate listened to the demands of the petty human.
Toril clashed heads with the Yangchuanosaurus. Paris came in and head butted the larger dinosaur from the side. The Yangchuanosaurus fell over onto its side.
"Alright, Toril, Ultimate Thunder!" Max called out as he slashed the move card. This special movecard only works with the use of the element booster provided by Dr. Z. The Torosaurus roared as lightning zapped down on either side of him. Then one by one, the lightning strikes got closer to the Yangchuanosaurus until the fire dinosaurs was zapped by the electricity. Toril also get boosted from the lighting attack and gets hurled towards the Yangchuanosaurus. The Torosaurus makes contact with the fire lizard. The Yangchuanosaurus is sent flying and tumbling against the ground. The dinosaur glows a bright reddish-purple color before being reverted to a card.
On the other side of the arena, Taiga smacked the Baryonyx down to the ground with her tail while Ace had it distracted.
"Ace, Ultimate Wind!" Rex called out to his Carnotaurus has he slashed the move card into his Dino Bracer. A tornado began to swirl around Ace. The wind dinosaur ran and leapt into the air. A large tunnel of air carried Ace, who was speeding through the air straight at the Baryonyx. The water dinosaur soars through the air and straight into the wall of the arena. It radiates a brilliant red-violet light before being turned back into its card.
"We won!" Max cheered. He picked up the Yangchuanosaurus card.
"And we've got their cards," Ren smiled as she picked up the Baryonyx card. Suddenly, the fans in the crowd started cheering. The D-Team looked around them to see many of the audience members on their feet and cheering for them.
"They liked us," Zoe told the rest of the D-Team.
"Looks like we're gladiators now," Rex joked.
The Space Pirates were getting back into their ship to head back towards headquarters and report to Spectre. Sheer was flipping the switches that she needed to in order to make the ship fly.
"I guess I'm the one that got the Yellow Cosmos Stone, Goma," Sheer smirked to the smaller pirate. "Guess you have to report to the boss empty-handed."
"Don't be too sure of yourself," Goma replied with a cocky tone of voice. He held up two dinosaur cards: a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Spinosaurus. "I managed to snag these before we left."
"When did you? It doesn't matter, the boss is going to be pleased with our findings," Sheer replied.
"Agreed," Goma nodded. With that, the two Spectral Space Pirates took off into the air, eager to get back and give the Yellow Cosmos Stone to Spectre.
Outside of Rome, the D-Team stood on a hill with Spartacus, Sofia, and all of the freed gladiators from the Colosseum.
"We can't thank you four enough for what you have done for us," Sofia told the D-Team as she bowed her head in respect for the kids.
"Of course, we can't resist the urge to help out where we can," Ren replied.
"Yeah, but it would've been better if those pirates didn't get away with the Yellow Cosmos Stone," Rex frowned.
"That is unfortunate, but the thing is my big brother is back and safe," Sofia said. She turned to Spartacus and looked up to him with a smile.
"What if the Roman army is on their way to come look for you? You two should probably get going," Zoe told Spartacus and Sofia.
"I'm sure you're right about that, but I have no intention on running from them any longer," Spartacus told Zoe. However, his gaze was fixated on the city of Rome below them. "Sulla has trampled our rights and enslaved our people long enough. So, we all decided to stand together and form an armed rebellion against the centurians!"
The other freed gladiators all cheered along with Spartacus' miniature speech. They were ready to stand up for their rights and fight along their rightful ruler to overthrow Sulla.
"This is the beginning of the Spartacus rebellion," Ren said softly with a smile on her face.
"How about you four?" Spartacus asked the D-Team. "I would be honored to have you and your creatures fight by my side. With those dinosaurs as our weapons, we would be invincible! What say you?"
"I have to say no," Max responded. "Our quest right now is to find our missing parents and rescue them. Besides, dinosaurs were never meant to be weapons in anybody's war. I'm sorry."
"I understand," Spartacus told the brunette.
"Hey! Our parents are on the move again," Rex said. He had his Time-Positioning System open and watched as the dot began to shift. Ren peered over her brother's shoulder at the device.
"Best be moving then," Ren commented she pressed a button on her Dino Bracer to get connected with Johnathan in the ship. "Johnathan, you read me?"
"Mistress Ren, I suggest you all return to the Backlander immediately. The Space Pirates' ship has begun moving again. Repairs are complete and we're ready for takeoff," Johnathan told the girl. Above the D-Team's heads, the Backlander materialized as it appeared from its stealth mode. Sofia, Spartacus, and the rest of the freed gladiators started up at the ship with awe and wonder.
"Your magic is amazing!" Sofia told them. The D-Team waved their goodbyes to Sofia and Spartacus.
"So long, everyone," Max told them. A beam of light shone down from the Backlander and washed over the kids. The beamed up into the time machine. The ship then zoomed out into the sky and disappeared without a trace of it ever being there.
"Goodbye, and thank you," Sofia said up into the sky.
"You lost Terry and Spiny?" Dr. Z screeched at the Alpha Gang. Ursula, Zander and Ed winced at the yelling from the short scientist.
"It wasn't our fault! We went to go get their cards after the battle was over, and they just weren't there anymore!" Ursula tried to explain to Dr. Z.
"You think the Space Pirates might've taken them like they took the D-Team's Triceratops and Stegosaurus?" Gabriel questioned.
"I didn't know that those brats didn't have their usual dinosaurs," Zander commented.
"Really you didn't notice Max using a Torosaurus and Ren using an Ampelosaurus?" Gabriel raised an eyebrow at the D-Team.
"Some measly pirates took my dinosaurs?" Dr. Z was now fuming. "I knew I couldn't trust you fools to do anything!"
"Wait a minute, isn't Ampelosaurus a water dinosaur?" Ed pointed out.
"Yeah, that brat took my water stone, didn't she?" Zander questioned Gabriel.
"Well, I-" Gabriel started but was cut off by the appearance of the culprit herself.
"I'm sorry I took it before properly consulting you first," Ren admitted. "Perhaps if you stayed on the ship like you were supposed to, I would've gotten to ask or better yet, Terry and Spiny wouldn't be missing."
The Alpha Gang scowled at her, but Ren continued to speak.
"I do have a proposition. Because I don't have Ebony, and there's not another earth dinosaur in the storage unit, I'll make you a trade," Ren started. She opened up her Dino Gadget and pulled out her earth move cards. "The use of my earth stone, which is currently in the control center with the other stones, and these cards for the water stone. At least until I'm able to get my Stegosaurus back from those Space Pirates."
Ed's eyes lit up at the sight of all the new move cards he'll be able to use with Tank, plus the return of the Earthquake move card, which was originally his to begin with.
"Say yes, Zander!" Ed pleaded he pulled on Zander's sleeve as he begged.
"I'm not too sure about this, Ed. What do I get out of this trade?" Zander questioned.
"Your Alpha Scanners work with or without the stone, but using the stone makes the dinosaurs stronger than without them, yes?" Ren began. "You get a stronger Saichainia, as well as a new assortment of earth move cards to use with it. Even if it's not your dinosaur, Ed is still on your team, and therefore, making the Alpha Gang stronger, or still even to the power level you guys were. If it's just temporarily, it sounds like a fair trade to me."
"Deal," Zander said as he held out his hand. Ren took it and shook it. She was now officially a water user.
"Whatever, if those pirates really did take Terry and Spiny, we need to go find some dinosaurs that can help us get them back, let's go," Ursula told Zander and Ed. The Alpha Gang went to the storage unit to fill the footprints that Terry and Spiny had left behind. Ren, Dr. Z, and Gabriel walked back to join the rest of the D-Team and Johnathan in the front control room.
"Have you got a fix on our parents yet?" Max asked Johnathan.
"Not yet, but I'm getting close," Johnathan replied.
"Well, the Alpha Gang's letting me use the water stone for now," Ren told Rex as she rested her arms against the back of a chair.
"Yeah? How'd you manage to do that?" Rex asked.
"I temporarily gave them the earth stone and all of my earth only move cards in exchange for it. we agreed this trade would only be set in place until we get Ebony back," Ren frowned.
"Geez, Ren, that must be tough on you," Rex replied.
"It was," Ren stated. "The Alpha Gang also lost Terry and Spiny to the pirates as well. I can only assume that one of those pirates swooped in and grabbed those cards when we were all distracted."
"It was probably that short, little one. He's only about as tall as Max. He probably could've sneaked in and grabbed those," Rex responded.
"What do those pirates want with all of your dinosaurs anyway?" Gabriel asked as he joined in of the conversation between the two siblings.
"Beats me," Rex sighed.
"I wish I knew," Ren inhaled deeply. "But one thing that I know I'm going to do it rescue Ebony, no matter the costs."
Just then the Alpha Gang walked into the front control room with their three dinosaurs in tow in their chibi forms. Tank, and the two newcomers: an Acrocanthosaurus and a Suchomimus. They were all carrying sodas and Ursula handed one to Dr. Z.
"Johnathan, what the heck did the Ancients do to Pheonix here?" Ursula asked motioning to the Acrocanthosaurus "Didn't we alter it to be all flaming and hot that it burned its footprints into the ground and could blow up gas stations just by walking near one?"
"Ah, yes," Johnathan began. "The Ancients reverse engineered the Acrocanthosaurus to be reverted to its original state to get rid of all of the modifications that Seth added to it."
"They can do that?" Zoe asked curiously.
"That's so cool!" Max cheered.
"If you think that's cool, you haven't seen nothing yet!" Dr. Z told the D-Team before chugging the soda that Ursula had handed him. Zander was about to start drinking his, but Dr. Z snagged it out of his hands. "Give me that!"
"Give me that soda back!" Zander demanded Dr. Z. "You just had one you pop snatcher! That one's mine!"
"So what? My inventions saved you and everyone else today! So, I should get whatever I want, you got that?" Dr. Z scowled at Zander.
"Everyone except Terry and Spiny," Max uttered under his breath.
"If you don't give it back, I'll take it from you!" Zander dove at Dr. Z, but the scientist dodges. Zander kept trying to take the soda, but it was no use, the tallest member of the Alpha Gang wasn't able to get his soda back from Dr. Z. In all of the mayhem, Dr. Z lost his grip on the soda bottle. The bottle flew directly out of the scientist's hands and straight onto one of the control panels where the bottle shattered upon contact. The control panel got soaked by the sticky brown fluid. Sparks began to fly from it as the warning light of the Backlander began to start flashing.
"Now what have you Alpha Clowns done?" Max scowled at them.
"That spilled soda just fried the Onboard Navigational Computer!" Rex scolded the quartet.
"Are you kidding me?" Gabriel roared at the Alpha Gang. "I just got done fixing that!"
Even the chibi Olorotitan barked a few times at the Alpha Gang to show how upset that he was that the Alpha Gang just ruined something so carelessly that Gabriel and Johnathan had been working hard to fix.
"I not only lost the Timeline Interface, but I have lost all control of the ship! Get ready for a crash landing!" Johnathan alerted all of the passengers before the ship completely spiraled out of control.