Dinosaur King Retold

by EquestriamonWriter101

What if Terry, Spiny, and Tank joined the D-Team? What if the Alpha Gang weren't the bad guys? What if the translator worked correctly? What if there was a Dinosaur King? All these questions and more are now to be anwsered. Original Story belongs to Drew Luczynski.

70. Underwater Treasure Race

Underwater Treasure Race

Disclaimer: Dinosaur King is owned by Sunshine, Shout Factory, 4kidsTV, and any other company I missed. I own nothing

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Flashback"

DK

"Panic and worry spread to coastal cities as the reports of tidal waves increase." The Anchorwoman reported from the news studio while showing pictures of beaches that were struck by said waves. Seaweed, Fish, and abandoned items were scattered all over the place on every beach shown. "Beaches all over the world have been closed off to the public with the exception of authorities to assist with saving stranded Marine life."

The screen showed a large group of people on the Sanjo City Beach helping a Whale that was beached, including Sheer, Foolscap, and Gavro. Rhysa and some of the Sauropods like Salta, Nessie, Mufasa, Shune and Belle were all helping a family of Humpback Whales back into the water. While in the background, others were helping move Fish that managed to hold on to life as some of the Dinosaurs helped to move Dolphins, Octopuses, Sea Turtles and even Sharks back into the water. It then shifted to an interview with Fisher, who was currently eating some Oarfish meat. "I'm telling you, this is the great life. Whenever the waves get big, that means free Fish for the taking." She paused as she swallowed her chunk of meat and ripped off another one. "Mmm! Especially rare and hard to catch ones too. Want some?"

The camera quickly shifted back to the Anchorwoman. "In other news, the Dinosaur Kingdom prepares to celebrate Dinosaur King Rex Owen's thirteenth birthday."

The TV suddenly turned off when Sheer stepped on the remote as the trio walked into their ship's lounge. Two of the three of them were completely exhausted. "Uuugh!" Sheer groaned as she collapsed on the couch face first.

"Next time a Whale ends up stranded on the beach, just let it rot." Foolscap said to Gavro as he sat down on a reclining chair. "Because I don't think my back will work normal ever again."

"But, guys, don't you feel good helping that Whale get back into the ocean." Gavro said to them in his defence, wearing a stretched out 'I heart Whales' t-shirt that looked like it would tear at any moment. "We did something good today." He said as he looked up like he was in a propaganda film, a tear escaping his eye. "And in the end, ain't that all that matters?"

"NO!" Sheer and Foolscap both shouted at him before flopping their heads back onto the cushions.

The door to the room opened and Spectre walked in. "Don't listen to them, Gavro. They just don't have the hearts like you and I."

"You can threaten to throw me into the Sahara during 1300, I'm not changing my mind." Sheer muffled through the cushions.

"Calm down. I'm not here to talk about the Whale." Spectre paused for a second. "Actually, it's kind of related to the Whale."

"Uugh!" Sheer and Foolscap groaned at the same time, the female guardian moving her head slightly so that it was facing Spectre while also still on the couch.

Spectre grabbed the remote and pointed it at the TV, showing a map of the Earth with several dots on locations that were hit by tidal waves. "Pirates, as you probably can tell, the tidal waves have slowly begun to increase not only in numbers, but also in size."

"What does this have to do with us? Tidal waves just happen." Foolscap said, looking clearly bored and just wanting to nap.

"If you look closely at the map, you'll notice something about where they hit and don't hit." Spectre explained.

Gavro flew over to the map and looked at it very closely. He put a hand under his chin as he thought about it. "If people live on islands they're sunk?" He guessed.

Spectre would've facepalmed if Gavro wasn't technically correct. "Yes, but notice something about where they all have happened?"

Seeing Spectre was getting annoyed, Sheer got up, ignoring her back pain that was now suddenly gone, and walked over to the map, pushing Gavro out of the way. "It's so obvious! These aren't just any tsunamis. This is obviously the work of the Blue Cosmos Stone."

"Thank you for stealing my thunder." Spectre muttered under his breath before continuing. "Correct, Sheer. But where is the stone most likely located based on this information?"

"How should I know? You're the only one who can read that detector thing." Sheer crosses her arms.

"Grrr!" Spectre's face was turning red from the frustration. "Foolscap, tell them what the map says." He almost pleaded.

The remaining sitting pirate looked up at the map briefly. "Uh, what was the question again?"

"UGH!" Spectre exploded with rage, steam coming out of his ears. "Listen, all of you! As you'll clearly see, the only continent not to be at all affected by these tidal waves is Australia." Using a conveniently appearing pointing stick, he pointed to the Land Down Under, which had a large red circle around it. "And with the Blue Cosmos Stone being responsible for the waves, where is it most definitely located?" He asked, sounding like he was just seconds from breaking and killing them where they stood.

The trio didn't say anything for a while out of fear for their literal lives. Unfortunately, it seemed being quiet was an even worse answer as Spectre snapped the stick and shouted with all his might. "AUSTRALIA!"

The tone of his voice blew the trio off their feet and knocked over the couch. "I knew that!" Sheer exclaimed as she popped her head out from behind the couch.

"I did, too!" Foolscap said shortly after, his head popping out too.

"I did not!" Gavro answered honestly, mostly because he didn't understand why his partners lied.

Spectre responded to this by firing two blasts of purple energy at Sheer and Foolscap, striking them both right on the head like targets in a shooting gallery. "Listen! I'm giving you three no more than a half hour to recuperate. Use the healing pods, eat an energy bar, I don't care. Just get some Dinosaurs that can swim underwater for a long time and a submarine."

"Why can't you look for the Cosmos Stone?" Gavro asked. "I mean, you and I aren't tired, so wouldn't it make more sense if we do it?"

If it was Sheer or Foolscap, they would've gotten another blast to the face. But, because it was Gavro who asked it, Spectre showed some mercy. "For starters, someone has to stay and make sure nothing else happens while you're on your mission. And the other reason would be that the leader doesn't get involved with the early missions to hype up his power. That's the rule."

"That's a dumb rule." Sheer and Foolscap both thought together.

After yelling at his idiotic henchmen, Spectre left and entered the room where the Red Cosmos Stone was being kept, in a special capsule to keep its power stable, as he looked at the stone he just sighed and rolled his eyes. "What did I do to deserve such incompetence?" He muttered. "Sometimes I wish I had some smarter crew members!"

"SPECTRE!" Dr.Z called running into the room.

"GAH!" Spectre jumped, in surprise. "Dr.Z don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack!"

"Sorry Spectre." Dr.Z apologised. "But it's important, I just passed Dr. Ancient's healing pod, and there was a green light flashing!"

"WHAT!" Spectre gasped. "Show me at once!"

(Intro Theme)

It was a busy day at the docks in Sanjo City. Dinosaurs lined up as they prepared to board a large luxury cruise designed just for them. The occasion; it was Rex's 13th birthday.

The entire D-Team and family were at the port awaiting to board said ship. Max, Rex, and their parents were at the front of the line, just finishing up the paperwork to board the ship. "What'd you say, Rex? How's this for a birthday present?" Max asked, feeling quite proud of himself.

"I really don't know what to say, Max." Rex said. "I can't believe you were actually able to pull all of this off."

"Welllll." Max chuckled. "I don't like to brag, but being the Dinosaur King's Head General has its benefits."

Rex looked at him in confusion. "I don't recall ever making you Head General."

"Neither did I. But that's what everyone kept saying, so I guess it's official." Max shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess so." Rex responded, holding his elbow while looking pretty unsure and a little fearful.

Something that Max noticed and already prepared for. "Don't worry. We made sure that all your worst fears as of late are taken care of. The ship's hull is covered with metal that can withstand Terry's Volcano Burst and Sorow and Torva's Magma Blasters, so sinking won't be an issue. Cruise ships don't have turbo engines. And if you're worried about anyone trying to assassinate you again."

He gestured to show Mufasa watching other people boarding the ship with a stern look in his eyes, keeping a close eye on any he found to be suspicious. This was less intense then it sounded as several Dinosaurs were already helping with security. Even searching themselves. "Why did you have to swallow our bag?!" Shine scolded Mega as Sally stomped on his stomach to help the Megalosaurus regurgitate the luggage.

"You're the one who-ack-thought we should-ack-use my stomach as a-guah-hiding place!" Mega gagged.

"Honestly, I would've thought members of the Dino Patrol were better than this." Sally scolded them, stomping on the Megalosaurus with both front feet this time.

"I never told him to swallow it! I said keep it safe!" Shine retorted. "I have a lot of shiny valuables, and I'm not leaving them unattended!"

"And I believed the safest place was in my mouth. It's not my fault I was hungry and forgot to take it out when I got breakfast." Mega attempted to defend himself, with poor results based on the glares he was receiving. Thankfully, and unluckily for Mega, Shune was right there and decided to give it a try herself. "Wait! No, no, no!" Mega tried to plead, not wanting a Sauropod to crush him.

The Shunosaurus didn't listen and pressed her feet down on the Megalosaur's hide. This was enough to make Mega spit out his and Shine's bag, sending it flying into the back of Barry's head. This caused the Baryonyx to lose balance and fall into the ocean. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whooaa!"

"Can someone Fish him out, please?" Sally asked anyone in the premises.

The suitcase landed on the floor and opened up, several of Shine's belongings popping out as it did. The Fukuisaurus wasted no time covering it all with her body so no one else would steal them, which was just stuff she stole in Kyoto, including Shino's hairpin. "Mine!" She hissed at a crowd of onlookers, who were more confused than wanting whatever she dropped.

"I hate you so much right now." Mega said to Shine, still in pain from Shune's stomping and now being treated by the Shunosaurus.

It wasn't just those guys that were having problems. Blaster was holding a rope in her mouth as she tugged Speedy by the tail. The Utahraptor clawed the floor like a Cat, her dragged claw marks impossible to miss. "No-hoo-oooh! I don't wanna go! You can't make me!" She cried.

Sorow and Salta followed from behind. The Saurophaganax was too embarrassed by his girlfriend to speak up so Salta had to do it. "Nothing to see here, folks. Just someone who relies on the internet too much." This surprisingly made a lot less people stare as they just nodded in understanding and continued with their business.

Old White was also the one having trouble as he was clinging onto Neville's leg and wouldn't let go. "Ah! Can you not dig your claws into me so hard?" The Eocarcharia winced in pain.

"Sorry, I'm just nervous." Old White said. "I'm good at running and hunting, but not so much at swimming."

"We'll be on a boat and the only water on the boat is the one in the swimming pools." Ami said.

"I have to say, Max, you really did put a lot of thought into this." Rex praised his friend before looking at him suspiciously. "It's almost too well thought out."

Max sweat nervously at the look Rex was giving him. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean? I told you, I organised everything."

"By that he means I came up with the planning and assigned everyone their jobs." Cretacia interjected. "Max was the one who suggested we take a birthday cruise."

"Thank you for stealing my thunder." Max grumbled with a pouty face.

Rex, on the other hand, softened his expression. "I should've known it was you, Mom." He laughed at himself. "You guys really are the best."

"Give some credit to Zoe, as well as Rhysa. They and their families helped pay for the whole thing." Max brought up as he noticed Zoe and Rhysa walking behind Rex with their families.

"Thanks, Zoe! Thanks Rhysa!" Rex turned around and called out to them.

"No problem, Rex. Anything for a friend." Zoe and Rhysa responded.

"Anyway. There're only sixty-six things that can make the ship sink that we couldn't prepare for perfectly." Cretacia explained to her son as they boarded the ship.

Not exactly the best choice of words on her part. "What'd you mean by that?" Rex asked nervously.

He got his answer in the form of the ship listing to the side. The people already on board freaked out and grabbed onto whatever they could to not fall over. As if things couldn't get worse, the list increased and many thought the ship was going to sink before it even left the docks. Suddenly, the ship corrected itself. The reason for the sudden list: Seisma and Super along with Beth, Greg, Quest, Sorna, Satomi, Hikari, Murdoch and Henrietta had gotten on board. "The cruise welcomes Seisma the Seismosaurus and Super the Supersaurus, as well as Dread the Dreadnoughtus, Brontina the Brachiosaurus, Beth the Diplodocus, Greg the Amygdalodon, Quest the Quaesitosaurus, Sorna the Sauroposeidon, Satomi the Mamenchisaurus, Hikari the Zigongosaurus, Murdoch the Seismosaurus and Henrietta the Supersaurus." The captain read from a piece of paper with all the Dinosaurs names and pictures on it after regaining his composure with the rest of those aboard.

"That was one of them. Seisma, Super, Dread, Brontina, Beth, Greg, Quest, Sorna, Satomi, Hikari, Murdoch and Henrietta boarding the ship at the same time." Cretacia answered. "It was either that, Seisma boarding the ship, Super boarding the ship, Dread boarding the ship, Brontina boarding the ship, Beth boarding the ship, Greg boarding the ship, Quest boarding the ship, Sorna boarding the ship, Satomi boarding the ship, Hikari boarding the ship, Murdoch boarding the ship or Henrietta boarding the ship."

"And I'm guessing the other thirty-three are them getting off the ship?" Rex assumed.

"Yep." Cretacia nodded.

The other Dinosaurs followed after the twelve giant Sauropods, thankfully not listing the ship as Cretacia predicted. It was almost like a Prehistoric version of Noah's Ark.

Things continued on going smoothly as people and Dinosaurs boarded the ship. Just when the D-Team and family were going to head to their cabins for the voyage, the pirates flew in through the door everyone else was using. "Uh; the cruise welcomes-" The captain started but was cut off by Foolscap.

"Shut your yap. We're here on business." He rudely told the captain, pushing him out of the way.

"Sheer, Gavro. Glad you guys could make it." Max greeted them with a wave, leaving out Foolscap on purpose.

"I wish we could say we did, but that's not exactly why we're here." Sheer said as they landed.

"But we did get you a present." Gavro said he pulled the box from behind himself and handed it to the blond. "We all helped with it."

"Don't tell the boss, but we used his credit card to pay for it." Foolscap whispered with a wink.

Rex winked back before turning to Sheer. "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly is this business you mentioned?"

Sheer looked around, not wanting to say something that would upset a room full of people. "To put it simply, we've found another Cosmos Stone that was activated. And if you've watched the news, you can probably guess which one it is."

"Not really." Max said. "All you've ever really told us was that the stones appeared after The Great Dying and made Seikatsu and Shi."

"Exactly. And, like your stones, the stones that made Seikatsu represent different elements of nature. Each matching one of the Stone Plates." Sheer explained.

"So with all the waves happening you think that the stone responsible is the one connected to water?" Spike assumed that was where this was going.

"That's right. And we've located it off the coast of Australia." Foolscap took over explaining.

"And it seems to be in a spot with lots of water." Gavro said.

"I think they got that part from last time." Foolscap facepalmed. "Dumbass."

"Anyway." Sheer rolled her eyes. "We not only expect the Hybro Gang to try and take this stone, but also the need for some extra muscle. That is why we need Aquatic Swim and Barry."

Conveniently as she said that, Aquatic Swim boarded the ship. He was pushing a large tub with his head that contained the Ophthalmosaurus quints. "Why do you need us specifically?" The Jobaria asked.

"After doing a statistical analysis of all of you, the two of you were considered to be the best fit for this mission as you're the best swimmers." Sheer explained. "You in particular are important since you can control the Ophthalmosaurs.

Nada and the rest of his pod poked their heads out of the water when they heard this. "You want us to go on a mission?" Nada asked.

"But what about the party?" Swimmer asked.

"We don't wanna work! We wanna have fun!" Splish whined like a child.

"Wait, we don't get to go to the party?" Gavro asked before making a face like that of a crying child. "But I wanted to go on the bouncy castle."

"Why would you go on a bounce house when you can fly?" Foolscap facepalmed again.

Sheer ignored them and knelt down to the Ophthalmosaurs. She smiled like a mother with her children. "Don't worry. These missions usually only take about a few hours, give or take. We'll be back before the end of the day. And you can quote me on that."

"Quints." Aquatic Swim spoke, making the Ophthalmosaurs turn around to face him. "I'm counting on you five to make me proud and help the pirates in anyway they need."

"We will, Aquatic Swim, sir!" The Ophthalmosaurs said in unison.

"Great. Now all we need is Barry!" Max clapped his hands before looking around and finding no sign of the Baryonyx. "Uh, where is he?"

"He's taking a swim in the ocean." Splash said. "He seemed to be mad about something."

"I don't know why he's swimming when we have a pool on the ship." Spike said.

"Nevermind." Rex said before turning to Sheer. "Just pick him up and inform him of the mission."

"You got it, kid." Sheer saluted. "We'll be back in time for cake."

"Yay! Cake!" The male pirates and Ophthalmosaurs cheered.

DK

After fishing out Barry and acquiring all the necessary cards, the trio of pirates travelled to the location of the Cosmos Stone in a large submarine. Foolscap was steering the sub, using a radar for guidance, while Gavro provided a look out for any dangers on the way to their location that the radar couldn't pick up. In the meantime, Sheer was explaining to Barry and Aquatic Swim the plan. "So you're 100% positive that the Cosmos Stone is somewhere in Australia's oceans, and that it is the reason for all these tidal waves." Barry recapped what Sheer just told them.

"Exactly." Sheer confirmed. "And thanks to the boss giving us an idea where to look." She said as she whipped out the mini-detector. "I've been able to locate the stone's precise location."

"And where is that?" Aquatic Swim asked.

Sheer turned around to look at Foolscap, silently asking him if she should tell them specifically or not. The male pirate just shrugged his shoulders and went back to steering. The raven-haired guardian sighed before looking at the two Dinosaurs with a serious expression. "What I'm about to tell you two cannot leave this sub under any circumstances. If you say anything, it could have major effects on the Timeline and we'd possibly have to retcon this whole mission and lose the Cosmos Stone somewhere in time again."

"You have my word." Aquatic Swim assured her.

"Mine as well." Barry also said.

"Thank you." Sheer nodded before saying the location they were heading to. "The Blue Cosmos Stone is somewhere in Atlantis."

Aquatic Swim, having only recently awoken in the new world, did not know what Sheer was talking about. Barry, on the other hand, had a slight idea. "Wait, are you talking about that city that people say sunk into the ocean?" He asked for clarification.

"The very same." Foolscap answered without looking away from his steering. "In about twenty or so years, give or take a few, the humans will discover the city off the coast of Australia. There will be some arguing over what to do with it. You know, the regular, before they forget about it and it just becomes a tourist location for scuba divers."

"The city's-"

"Wait, I wanna do some exposition!" Gavro interrupted.

Sheer sighed in annoyance before concealing. "Ugh. Fine."

"Atlantis is underwater, so we need guys who can swim to help us find the stone since all we have are scuba suits and a long claw."

"When he says underwater, he means pretty deep." Sheer took back her exposition spotlight. "Which is why we chose the two of you for this task. Barry, your kind can hold their breaths for far longer than Spinosaurus and Suchomimus combined. And, Aquatic Swim, you've supposedly been able to travel across oceans without a raft. Not to mention the Ophthalmosaurus were all trained by you."

The Jobaria chuckled at the praise. "Aye. I expect them to become old salts like meself."

"Old salt?" Gavro repeated with a tilt of the head like a confused Dog. "But I thought Ichthyosaurs were made of flesh. Or is it because they live in the ocean?" He mulled the term over.

"It's a term, Gavro. It means someone, like meself, who has had much experience in the sea." Aquatic Swim explained.

"Keep your eyes on the road, you knucklehead!" Foolscap scolded his brother as he punched him on the head. "I need you to keep an eye out for large rocks so we don't-"

Right when he said that, they all felt the submarine crash into a large rock. This knocked everyone, even the Dinosaurs, off their feet. "Crash." Foolscap finished from underneath Barry's stomach.

DK

Meanwhile, the cruise ship had left dock and was steaming through the ocean. Everyone was currently enjoying themselves, resting by the poolside, eating from the many buffets, it was mind boggling with so many Dinosaurs onboard. Of course, such an event was prepared months in advance so not only was the crew prepared for the Dinosaurs, but also all the guests that came onboard to see the Dinosaurs. For the most part it was younger fans who simply were excited to see their favourite Dinosaurs in person. However, there were always those that had different plans.

Something Zoe was about to find out as she sun bathed near one of the swimming pools just like she did in Hawaii that one time. In the pool in front of her, Shooting Star and Frankie were casually swimming around. That is until a familiar face from before showed up. It was Spinoberg. "Well, if it isn't my favourite Dinosaur movie star."

The Pentaceratops opened his eyes and saw one face he never wanted to see in person again. "You!" He glared at the director

"Yes, me! Stanley Spinoberg! The greatest movie director in the-"

"Get lost!" Shooting Star roared at him.

The director stumbled back at the unexpected, to him at least, tone from the Pentaceratops. "Woah, woah, woah! What's with the anger? I thought we were buddies." He asked as he raised his hands in a defensive manner.

Shooting Star turned so his whole body was facing Spinoberg. "You followed me around and filmed my romantic issues like it was some hilarious comedy." His glare hardened.

Spinoberg sweat nervously at the look he was being given. "H-hey now, the movie did extremely well at the box office. It's my highest grossing film. I made you a celebrity."

"No. It made you a celebrity. I became a celebrity just by being a Dinosaur." Shooting Star countered. "What do you even want?"

"I have a proposition for you-"

"We're not interested." Frankie cut him off again, approaching her boyfriend and standing at his side. "I think I speak for both of us when we say that the Hollywood lifestyle is not our thing." She told the director in a more polite manner.

"Are you sure?" Spinoberg tried to convince them otherwise.

"Yes!" Both Ceratopsians shouted together, knocking the director off his feet with their volume.

Zoe heard the conversation but decided not to intervene. They seemed like they were able to handle this by themselves. She was about to continue her sunbathing when someone else approached. This time here to see her. "Hey, Zoe."

Moving her goggles, which doubled as sunglasses, Zoe saw Jim looking down at her. "Uh, can I help you, Jim?" She asked him, slightly creeped out by his lack of distance.

"Well, you can stay there looking beautiful." Jim said, looking at her face. "Or we can go get a bite to eat at the buffet."

"I'd love to. But..." Zoe looked and saw Jim was only wearing his swim trunks. "I'm pretty sure they have a 'no shirt, no shoes, no service' rule."

"Eh, who cares? We'll be together." Jim said. His words made Zoe's heart flutter. Just as she was about to accept Jim's offer, the brunet said. "And besides, with me as a boyfriend you'll finally get the recognition you deserve."

Those words hit Zoe like a slap to the face and ceased the fluttering in her heart. "Wh-what? What's you mean by the recognition I deserve?"

"Oh, you know. Getting the popularity you should be having alongside your friends." Jim shrugged.

"What're you talking about?" Zoe asked as she sat up. "Me and my friends are practically celebrities."

"Yeah; they are. Max is the best battler of your four, Rex is the Dinosaur King, Rhysa is the one who has a big heart and the Dinosaurs go without saying. But you, you're just the fourth wheel. Other than using Spiny and Paris, nobody really remembers you for anything." Jim explained.

Jim's words went from a slap in the face to a stab in the heart. "You really think that?" Zoe asked as tears started to form in her eyes.

Oblivious to the damage he was causing, Jim nodded. "Yeah. I mean, that's just how it is. Guys have more personality than girls." He said with his back turned to the pinkette. "That's why having me as a boyfriend would help you get recognised as far more. What'd you say?"

He turned around and was met by a slap in the face from Zoe with enough force to send him crashing into a pile of dirty towels. "You sexist, immature, perverted, Pig!" Zoe screamed at him before bolting back to her room, crying heavily all the way.

On the other hand, Shooting Star and Frankie continued their conversation with Spinoberg. "OK, I can't force you to join production if you don't want to." The director admitted. "But I do want you both to at least hear my proposal so you can tell you friends."

The Ceratopsian couple looked at each other before nodding. "What is your proposal?" Shooting Star asked.

Spinoberg's mood lifted as he gained a huge smile on his face. "With my most recent movie doing so well, I was actually contacted by Disney to direct a new Dinosaur musical for them."

"Probably a remake of that one Dinosaur movie." Shooting Star whispered to Frankie, warning a small laugh from the Anchiceratops.

"And, in case you didn't know, CGI is really expensive and time consuming." Spinoberg continued, oblivious to the jab at him and his employer. "That is why I came up with the brilliant idea to use actual Dinosaurs as actors!"

"That was kind of obvious from the start of this conversation." Shooting Star interrupted, wanting to just be left alone from this guy.

"If you could, tell your friends that I am holding auditions in the ship's auditorium for potential stars. It's a singing competition, so don't leave that out or else we might have some of them embarrass themselves. Ha, ha!" He laughed as he left. "Contest starts at 1:00 sharp!" He quickly added.

Once he was gone, Shooting Star went back into the pool and laid down in the water. "You plan on telling anyone about what he said?" He asked his girlfriend.

The Anchiceratops shrugged as best as a Dinosaur could. "I'm pretty sure some of the Herd would like to be in a movie. Just don't know if they would like to have that Spielberg ripoff as a boss." She said before the two shared a laugh.

DK

Elsewhere on the ship, Cretacia paced around frantically in her room. Rex was currently out with Ace, Tank, and some more of his Dinosaur friends, and Jonathan was out getting her some refreshments, leaving the palaeontologist by herself. And she needed the solitude at this moment because it was a stressful time.

"OK, calm down, Cretacia. You still have eight hours until the party. You can do it. You can do it." She told herself, sounding more and more deranged with every sentence.

"Ms. Cretacia." Jonathan announced his presence as he opened the door to the room with a tray of food in his hands.

"Aah!" Cretacia screamed and kicked the tray out of Jonathan's hands. Using his lightning fast reflexes, the android was able to catch everything before it hit the floor, exactly like how it was when he came in. "Oh, Jonathan! I'm sorry! I didn't see you there!" She apologised frantically.

"It is alright, Cretacia." Jonathan assured her as he placed the tray on the desk. "No harm done."

"It's just..." Unable to find the right words, she grabbed a pillow from the couch and yelled into it. "MMMMMPH!"

Jonathan didn't need mind reading abilities to know what his former boss' widow was stressed about. He gave a small sigh before attempting to comfort her with a hand on the shoulder. "Cretacia, I told you that setting up this cruise was the best gift you could give young Rex. Why do you still think you need to get him another?"

"Because the cruise was Max's idea, not mine!" Cretacia blurred out loudly. "You might've forgotten, but after we return back to Sanjo City I'm heading back home to the future. I want to give him something special as a goodbye present. Something he can remember his mother by other than being gone for most of his life and hiding her grief in a comma instead of being there for him!"

Jonathan nodded in understanding. "I still believe that this isn't necessary." He told her. "But I will help you in finding the gift you believe is perfect for your son."

"Thank you, Jonathan." She said as she hugged the android before bringing up something important. "You've been around this time period more than I have." She said as she broke the hug. "Do you know how different inflation is compared to back home? I still have my debit card, but I don't know if a hundred dollars would be too much or too little these days."

DK

Above the surface in Australia, the Hybro Gang were on their search for the Cosmos Stone in a small speed boat they stole since Dr.N wouldn't give them anything more than basic scuba gear. Not too surprisingly, the rocking and speed of the boat caused Tred to get seasick. "Are we there yet?" He asked as he hung over the side. His face was green while trying to hold back the vomit.

"Haven't you paid attention to history class?" Cursula annoyingly asked him.

"Um, Cursula? We've never taken a history class." Slander pointed out.

"You three didn't, but I did." Louisa said.

"Ugh." Cursula facepalmed. "We've been in this time period too long." She muttered quietly before explaining herself. "In case you've both forgotten, Atlantis can be found if we look for the top of the dome that peaks above the water."

"Oh, yeah, I remember now." Slander said. "A round piece of metal that looks like a tiny island."

"Exactly. Once we find it, we dive underwater and find the nearest air pocket. Then we can have Bailey and Thud search for the stone." Cursula explained the plan as she pulled out the cards of the Dinosaurs they brought.

"I'm just hoping you know who doesn't show up again." Tred said as he used his hand to keep his mouth shut.

The other two didn't need to ask who the short man was referring to. "Don't worry about them. Leave that part to me." Cursula said, smiling wickedly.

"When you smile like that, it makes me nervous." Slander said.

"Me too." Tred added before throwing up on the deck. "BLEEEEH!"

"Ewww! Tred! What the-!"

DK

Max made his way down the hallway to Zoe's room. He had gotten a message from Reese saying that she needed to talk to him regarding Zoe. This had him nervous. Rex told him that everyone else knew about his crush on Zoe, so he began to fear the worst and assume this was Reese acting as a protective big sister.

Swallowing heavily, he slowly raised his hand and knocked on the door. He heard the sound of footsteps approaching before Reese creaked the door open. "Max?" She asked before seeing the brunet. "Oh, good. You're here." The blonde said as she opened the door fully.

Max noticed that the researcher's face was one of concern and worry. While it did erase his worries of her doing something painful to him, it did raise a whole bunch of new concerns. "Reese, is something wrong?"

"I'm afraid there is." Reese answered, stepping out of the room. She closed the door behind her before speaking. "It's about Zoe."

"What's wrong?" Max asked. "Is she sick?"

"No." Reese shook her head. "But she is severely depressed right now." She began to tell Max what she was able to get out of Zoe through her constant sobs. "She ran into Jim on the deck where he did his usual flirting. He then said that she wasn't important for the D-Team and that nobody really cared about her that way." She tightens her fist in anger. "He even said that women have less personality than men." Just the thought made her furious.

Max was feeling the same. Not because of Jim's sexist comment, though that did help with the fire of rage he was feeling. No, it was what he did to Zoe that made him ticked. "I always knew that guy was a jerk." He said angrily.

"Agreed." Reese nodded. "Dad already went off to talk to and/or castrate him. But I need your help with Zoe. She's been so depressed since then that not even Paris and I can get through to her."

"What'd you want me to do?" Max asked, confused why she came to him.

"You've known Zoe the longest aside from my family. If there's anyone left that I think can get back the happy and carefree Zoe from before it's you." Reese said as she opened the door to go back in the room.

Hearing that, Max felt the pressure of the situation. "Um, uh." He stuttered. "It's not that I don't want to help." He said. "It's...just...that I, um,...need some time to figure out what to say to her so she feels like she matters." He said before darting off to complete said task. "Don't worry, Zoe. I will make sure you smile again."

DK

The sub continued its search for the lost city as the pirates each took turns keeping watch and steering. Currently it was Sheer's turn at the wheel while Gavro was on lookout. "See anything, Gavro?" Sheer asked.

"Rocks. Rocks. Fish, little Fish." Gavro listed what he was seeing through the periscope.

"When we get this thing repaired, I will demand to the boss that we get some goddamn windows on this thing." Foolscap said, kicking the side of the sub.

"I already did that, but we don't have the money." Sheer explained. "Just because we work for Seikatsu doesn't mean we get to buy things for free." She said, sounding like she was repeating something she heard many times before.

"I doubt it would be as expensive as this sub once Gavro drives us into another wall!" The purple guardian said.

"I know what I'm looking for." Gavro retorted. "Atlantis is a city underwater, so I'm looking for houses underwater. Like the ones in front of us." He pointed forward, even though nobody else could see what he saw. "By the way, guys, I think I found Atlantis."

"What?!" Sheer and Foolscap both pushed Gavro out of the way and looked through part of the periscope with an eye each. Sure enough, they saw the ancient city beneath the surface right in front of them. "Oh my god, Gavro did something right." Foolscap said. He backed up from the periscope and took a seat, unable to process that sentence.

Sheer rolled her eyes and kept looking at the city that they were now entering. It looked different then she remembered from pictures in their home time period. "Hmm." She hummed to herself. "Looks more intact then I remember seeing it. Must've been centuries of erosion. I mean, nobody even remembers where the Titanic was in our time."

"Welp, let's get searching for that stone." Foolscap said, grabbing one of the Dinosaur Cards.

Just before he could place it on his summoner, Sheer swiped it from his hands. "Can we not right now?" Sheer scolded him. "We can't just summon Aquatic Swim and Barry out there without them taking a breath of air first. They'd drown in seconds."

"And we can't open the hatch or we'd get flooded." Gavro remembered as he took over steering.

Foolscap was annoyed by his brother's attitude and grumbled, but Sheer ignited him. "Exactly." She said as she took the periscope. "We need an air pocket as a temporary base of operation."

"We're miles below the surface. How can we find an air pocket?" Foolscap said before quickly remembering something. "Wait, Gavro, didn't we once have a camping trip to Atlantis?"

"I think so." The muscular pirate confirmed.

"And if my memory serves correctly, the main palace has a massive air pocket we slept in." The purple pirate recalled. "If we're lucky, it should be usable at this time period."

"Since we're centuries before them, I'm saying that you should take a 30 degree left for the palace, Gavro." Sheer instructed him.

"Aye, aye, Sheer." Gavro saluted before turning the ship right 30 degrees.

"Left's the other way, dummy." Sheer scolded him.

"Isn't there an easier way to tell directions?" Gavro asked as he adjusted the course. "Left and right are so confusing."

DK

The stage was set for the auditions for Spinoberg's new movie. Even though they didn't trust him, Shooting Star and Frankie told the rest of the Herd about the movie and the contest. And, sure enough, there was a good number that wanted to be in the movie and we're currently lined up outside the theatre for their auditions. Spinoberg sat at a desk with his assistant next to him and a large stack of papers in front of him with the names of all the contestants. "All right, Dinosaurs, so me what you've got!" Spinoberg announced as the auditions began.

One by one, Dinosaurs came onto the stage and sang a song of their choosing. This led to...different results. Starting with Poison.

"Two hundred degrees! That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit!" The Piatnitzkysaurus sang.

"Hit me with your best shot! Fire way!" Shune sang while wearing a leather jacket around her neck.

When Speedy sang, it was clear she was suffering from the lack of internet. "You would not believe your eyes if ten million Fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep! 'Cause they fill the open air, leaving teardrops everywhere!" She was singing so fast it sounded like it was all one word. "I like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly! It's hard to sing this! I forgot the lyrics, I'm stupid!" The Utahraptor collapsed on the stage and started crying. "Bwaaaaa! I'm sorry I wasted your time! Give me a zero!" She continued to cry as Sorow carried her off the stage.

"She must stop the suck." Spinoberg told Sorow, who only growled in reply to the insult directed to his sobbing girlfriend.

Up next was a song performed by Romeo with Juliet as a dancing partner. "Oh, hey little girl, listen to my plea! I come with a lifetime guarantee! One day maybe you will find the baby makes three!" The male Saurolophus ended the bit by spinning his mate around.

"And I would walk five hundred miles! And I would walk five hundred more!" Torow stomped as he sang, shaking the desk and the judges.

"We are the greatest show on this planet!" Martha sang, while shaking her tail with a pair of maracas on it.

"Tis better to have loved and lost! Baba bahh, ba-ba-ba bahh!" Futaba swam backwards in the tub he was in while still facing Spinoberg. "Then never to have loved at all! Baba bahh, ba-ba-baaaaaah!" All the backing up resulted in the Plesiosaur knocking over his tub and falling out.

"Moscow! Moscow!" Spiny said as he leapt from one half of the stage to the other. "Something, something, something, some! Something, something, something, some! Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Ey!"

"Butter I've churned once or twice, in an Amish paradise I live in!" Sammy sang after him. She wasn't getting the order of the words right, and this can be thanks to her Yoda-like way of talking.

"When I say go! When I say viva! We'll take it low!" Paris sang as she shook her rear. A large rainbow skirt was around it.

After those and several other auditions, it was down to the last two. Spinoberg yawned as he looked at the papers for who was next. "Let's see. Next up is: Chomp Triceratops and Terry Tyrannosaurus. Hopefully these two are better than all the others."

That was the cue for the two Dinosaurs to step onto the stage. While Chomp didn't look any different, Terry was wearing a pair of shades. "All right. We're about to make your whole career." Terry said before beginning their rap. Which was so controversial and offensive that it's not worth showing.

DK

On the buffet deck, Fisher and Sweet Teeth stood in front of the many options for them to eat. "I'll have this, and this, and this, and lots of this." Sweet Teeth said as she carefully grabbed food with her teeth and placed it on her large plate.

"Sweet Teeth, what about your diet?" Fisher asked, eyeing the food on the Mapusaur's plate.

"Don't talk to me about diets." Sweet Teeth growled at her friend.

Fisher was taken aback by the sudden aggression. "Whoa! Where did that come from?"

Sweet Teeth gave Fisher a look that made the Suchomimus back up in nervousness. "I don't know." She answered rhetorically. "Maybe something about you on a diet too, and then betraying me by feasting on the beach!"

Fisher blinked in confusion before catching onto what her friend meant. "Are you talking about me helping to clean up the dead Fish on the beach? How is that betraying you? I was just scavenging."

"I thought we were in this together!" Sweet Teeth yelled. "You said you'd help me through this! And yet here you are stuffing your face behind my back!"

"Will you both please shut up!" The two Carnivores froze and turned around to see Max sitting at a table with many papers around him. Several crumbled up.

"Sorry." The two Theropods sheepishly apologised as the arguing ceased, albeit temporarily, and the brunet was able to better focus.

"What to write. What to write." He tapped his head with the eraser side of the pencil he was using. He figured the best way to make Zoe feel better about herself was to prove Jim wrong and show her that she does matter. Problem was it is easier said than done, unfortunately.

"She controls our Water and Grass Dinosaurs, but what else does she do for the team?" He wondered aloud. "She's beautiful. But Jim's told her that a million times, so that won't work. She's funny. Almost as goofy as me. And she's kind of cute when she gets mad. At least when it's not at me." Max, realising he was fantasising over her again, shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Damnit, Max, you're becoming Jim." Just the idea made him sick, but then he stopped to think. "Why am I doing this? Does it really matter what role Zoe thinks she plays? She plays a part. Isn't that good enough?"

Again he shook his head to get the unwelcome thoughts out. "What am I doing? Of course it matters to her. Saying something like that would be the same as me telling her she's only there because we need a girl in our group." He quickly looked around to make sure Zoe didn't hear that last part.

He sat back down and continued staring at what he had written down about Zoe, which was mostly regarding her appearance and personality in ways that made him attracted to her. "This isn't going to work." He told himself as he got up from his table and threw the papers away. "Maybe a walk around the ship will help me think of what to say." With that plan in mind, he left his table to walk around the lower decks.

As for the hungry Carnivores, they resumed their squabble. "Listen, I'm sorry if you feel I betrayed you. I promise to be more supportive from now on." Fisher told her friend.

"Okay. I forgive you, and I'm sorry for yelling." Sweet Teeth said before they nuzzled one another in forgiveness, the dinosaur equivalent of a hug. "But I'm still eating this food."

"I would be lying if I said I would stop you." Fisher laughed as she grabbed her own meal, arguably as big as Sweet Teeth's and mostly Fish related.

DK

Over by one of the pools, Maia the Maiasaura was watching Shawn swim in the kiddy pool with some inflatable toys. Since Shawn was only learning how to swim, he had some swim floaties around his legs and an inflatable tube around his body to help him float.

"Hey Maia." Rhysa called, as she, Neville and the Garudimimuses arrived with a very scared Old White, still clawing on Neville's leg.

"Hello Rhysa." The Maiasaura greeted.

"I see Shawn's learning how to swim." Rhysa said, seeing the baby Maiasaura swimming.

"Yes, so what brings you here?" Maia asked.

"Oh, I was wondering if we could borrow the kiddy pool for a while." Rhysa said. "To help Old White with his fear of water."

"Sure you can." Maia said. "It's time for Shawn's nap anyway. Shawn! Come on out now!"

Shawn heard his mother calling and swam to her as she picked her baby up with her mouth and then took him away from the pool for his nap.

"Okay Old White." Rhysa said, taking her towel off revealing her rainbow bikini. "We're gonna help you get used to the water."

"If you can get him off my leg first." Neville winced.

"I'm not going near that drowning trap!" Old White screeched. "I only narrowly survived a flood when I was younger and I'm not going through that ordeal again!"

Silence was then heard for the next few minutes. Scarlet and her group had never heard Old White sound in such a tone before. Until finally Rhysa broke the silence.

"It's okay to admit your fear, Old White." Rhysa said. "But there's nothing to worry about here. There's no shame in having fears, everyone has them. But this is a swimming pool, nothing bad's going to happen here."

"Are you sure?" Old White asked.

"Yes, she's sure." Dread said. "We can help you, Old White. We can teach you how to deal with your phobia of water."

"The water won't hurt you, just as long as you can give it a chance." Brontina added.

"Well, all right." Old White said, as he slightly let go of Neville's leg.

"We'll go one step at a time." Rhysa said. "First start by putting one of your toes in the water."

"Okay." Old White said, as he did as he was instructed.

"Okay, now put your first foot in the water." Rhysa said, getting in the pool.

Old White was hesitant at first, but took the leap of faith as he placed his left foot in the water. When he opened his eyes, he saw that nothing happened. Feeling a little braver he placed his other foot in the water too.

"Good start." Rhysa said. "Now let's first start by getting you used to the water before we get to the basics of swimming."

DK

Deep down in Atlantis, the Hybro Gang had found the city after crashing their boat on the dome. All four of them were in scuba gear that thankfully survived the crash. Tred also had a special inner tube around him that kept him buoyant while not rising completely to the surface. Unfortunately, Atlantis was deeper than they realised, and a lot darker. "This place gives me the creeps." Slander shivered as they swam through the decaying city.

"Well millions did supposedly die when it sank." Cursula commented, also feeling uneasy.

"So there're actual ghosts here?" Tred began shaking so much his inner tube was losing buoyancy. "I don't want to be here any more! I want my mommy!"

"Suck it up!" Louisa growled. "We're here to find the Blue Cosmos Stone and we're not leaving here without it!"

"You never knew your mother! She left you in an orphanage to rot!" Cursula shouted at him. "Now focus on the mission or else I'll-"

"Get down!" Slander suddenly exclaimed.

"Exactly! I'll...what?!" Cursula asked as Slander pushed her, Louisa and Tred behind a building. "Slander, what was that for?!"

Slander pointed forward and the other three saw what made him so nervous. There they saw Barry swimming through the abandoned city. Clearly searching for something. "A Baryonyx!" Tred whispered.

"It must be the one with the brats." Slander said.

"Gee, what was your first guess, genius?" Louisa said sarcastically.

"I still remember the waterfall." Cursula said with clear trauma in her voice, recalling the times they went over Niagara Falls while trying to catch the Brown Spinosaurid. "If that thing's here, I bet the wannabe pirates are here, too."

"If that's the case, I'll have Beryl take care of them." Slander said as he got out the Card and Scanner.

" HYBRO-"

"NO!" Cursula hissed as she swiped the Scanner from Slander's hands, leaving the tall man depressed. "Just out right attacking them has never worked before. We need a new strategy."

"Excuse me?" Louisa asked.

"What're you suggesting?" Tred asked.

"Follow my lead and don't do anything until I say so." The yellowette explained as she signalled the two men and one woman to follow her.

Inside the palace, the pirates surfaced the sub in an air pocket that was there as predicted and stepped out. "Feels good to be able to walk on something not moving." Sheer said as she stretched her legs.

"Considering we live on a ship that's normally moving through the Timeline, I find it hard to believe you would have a problem like that." Foolscap said.

"After half a year of staying in one place, your home not flying 24/7, you tend to develop land legs." Sheer retorted.

"Says the one who sleeps upside down like a Bat." Gavro said, earning a high-five from his brother at the comeback.

Sheer didn't respond, she knew what would happen if she did, and focused on the mission at hand. "All right, we have Barry and the Ophthalmosaurs searching through the city for the stone. Aquatic Swim took the flooded hallway. So that leaves us with the main hallway that isn't flooded."

"Wouldn't the stone be in the water?" Gavro asked. "Why're we searching for it in the dry parts of the palace?"

"He does have a point." Foolscap added.

Sheer groaned and rubbed her face with her hand. "Does everything I say to you two have to be in the form of exposition?" She removed her hand from her face. "Listen, both the hallway we take and the one Aquatic Swim is taking will lead to the throne room. We'll rendezvous with him there and see if he found anything. Any more questions, because I'm done explaining everything to you two idiots." The two men shook their heads. "Good. Now let's roll."

The trio spread their wings and flew down the hallway. Once they were gone, the Hybro Gang popped their heads out of the water. "If my experience in treasure hunting has taught me anything." Louisa started to say.

"Which was only that one time in Peru we nearly destroyed the world." Tred interrupted.

"Shut up." Cursula bashed his head in. "As I was saying for Louisa, if what I've learned about treasure has taught me anything it's that the treasure is always in the centre of the temple."

"Too bad those fools forgot the layout of this temple. They'd remember there was another path." Slander said as all four grinned widely. "Hehehehe." They chuckled before diving back into the water.

DK

Cretacia was going from shop to shop, looking at everything in stock for a possible gift for her son. But every store she checked didn't have what she was looking for. It didn't help that she didn't know what she was looking for. "No. No. No. No." She repeated as she looked through many options at a game store. "What happened to all the good video games?"

"Different time, Cretacia." Jonathan reminded her.

"Oh, right. That's why Smash 8 isn't here." Cretacia said before looking down in disappointment. "Cross this shop off the list, Jonathan. We'll have to try the next one."

Jonathan did as he was instructed and looked at the clipboard with the names of all the different stores on the ship. "We have three stores left that we haven't checked yet." He told Cretacia as he crossed off the one they were at.

"Only three?" Cretacia repeated. "But we've only been shopping for two hours."

"And in those two hours you've examined everything in the majority of the stores." Jonathan said before chuckling. "Heh, your energy was something that even Dr. Ancient couldn't figure out."

Cretacia stuck her tongue out playfully at the android. "Well, onto the next shop." Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly hid behind a shelf. "Jonathan, get over here." She hissed.

Jonathan did as instructed and crouched down next to her. "What's going on? Hostile Dinosaur?" He guessed.

"No." The blonde shook her head and pointed at the brunet approaching the store. "That."

Max wasn't particularly interested in shopping at the moment. His mission was still his primary focus. He ditched the pencils and paper and was now just pacing the deck. "Hmmm."

Jonathan raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Why are we hiding from young Max?" He asked Cretacia.

"Because, I want my gift for Rex to be a surprise, and his best friend is the second-to-last person that can know about it for the surprise to not be ruined." Cretacia answered in a tone that told Jonathan he should've known that. "Last person is Rex himself, obviously." The android didn't object as he knew Max wasn't known for keeping secrets. At least ones involving surprise gifts.

The brunet was oblivious to the two of them and continued his pacing. "Let's see. When people look at me they immediately think of me as the leader of the D-Team and the Dinosaur Champion. When people look at Rex they immediately think of him as the other leader of the D-Team and the Dinosaur King. When people look at Rhysa they instantly see her as the team's spirit and the one who has a big heart for others. Then there's Zoe. When people look at her, what do they think?" Max thought aloud.

"Well, I've heard Rex complain to me how he thinks Zoe can be a bit bossy." He recalled from around the time Rex first moved in with him and his family. "Dad did say something about maternal instinct when she was ruling us with a hypocritical iron fist the day we met Maia and Shawn." She always did have to step in whenever he and Rex started one of their 'childish fights'.

He then remembered another thing about Zoe: her compassion for others. How she was the first person to get Amy to open up more. How she cared deeply about how she had been treating Spiny less than a week ago. How she helps her dad and uncle whenever one of the Herd needed a doctor.

The realisations all came at him light a charging Triceratops. "That's it!" He exclaimed so loudly that everyone else in the area jumped out of their skin. "I know what to tell her!" He said as he ran back to his room.

Once he was gone, Jonathan and Cretacia popped their heads out from their hiding place. "What was that all about?" Cretacia asked.

"It would appear Young Max is finally going to confess to Zoe about his feelings." Jonathan said with a knowing smile.

While Cretacia normally would've awed at the thought of young love, she instead felt guilt tug at her. "He knows more about Zoe than I know about my own son." She said sadly. "Makes sense. They've known each other way longer."

"Cretacia." Jonathan told her sternly. "I may be an android, but I do understand what it means to love someone else. Look at how it still took Max some trouble to figure out what he wanted to say to Zoe. Gift giving is never easy. I still have the data in my memory banks of all the times Dr. Ancient struggled to find you a gift for your anniversary every year. It takes time and work to figure out the perfect gift. And what makes the gift for the receiver is the thought that the giver went through all the work and effort to give it to them."

Cretacia slowly nodded in understanding. "I think I get it now. It doesn't matter what the gift is, as long as I make sure it is a gift that's right for Rex!" She announced, standing tall and proud, a bright star background appearing behind her. "And as his mother, I'll make sure it is a gift he will never forget!"

DK

"If I picked the song this never would've happened." Chomp scolded Terry as the two of them walked back to their rooms after their failed audition.

"Look, I am sorry." Terry apologised, sounding just as annoyed and angry as Chomp.

"I can't believe you didn't know what that word meant. I can't believe I actually agreed to your stupid rap idea."

"Oh, get off my back! I told you I'm sorry!"

As the two brothers argued about their failed audition, back in the auditorium Spinoberg laid with his head on the table. "I swear, how can they all be this awful?"

"I actually found the majority of the performances quite entertaining." The assistant muttered, but knew it was worthless to argue and that he was most definitely ignored.

"Ugh." Spinoberg groaned and lifted his head up from the table. He grabbed the last piece of paper and looked to see who the final contestant was. "Dancer Daspletosaurus, get out here already." He said, sounding like he wanted to go home.

The Daspletosaurus slowly walked onto the stage and stood behind the microphone. "Uh, just a quick warning. I've been told I may be tone deaf from how I sing, so apologies in advance if my singing makes your ears bleed."

"Too late for that." Spinoberg yawned, referencing the earlier disaster of performances before signalling for Dancer to begin.

"Eh-hmm-hmm!" Dancer cleared his throat and sang. "AnD iIiIiIiI, hOlY sHiT, wIlL aLwAyS lOvE yOu!"

Once the singing was done, Dancer expected Spinoberg to be disgusted at his performance and have ears full of blood. Instead, the director had tears of joy coming out of his eyes. "T-t-that was the most beautiful singing I've ever heard!" He sobbed while clapping rapidly.

"What?" Dancer and the assistant both said in confusion.

"Congratulations, Dancer! You've got the part!" Spinoberg announced.

"Really?!" The Daspletosaurus gasped with excitement. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! They're never gonna believe this! What'd I play?! When'd we start filming?!"

"Your answers will be revealed..." Spinoberg's reveal was cut off when his phone started ringing. "Eh-he. I need to take this." He chuckled nervously before answering. "What is it?" He answered rudely. This turned out to be a big mistake on his part. "Disney?! Oh, I didn't mean it like that! It's just that.." There was some inaudible noise coming from the phone that only Spinoberg could hear. "Auditions? Who said anything about auditions for your movie? I certainly never held any auditions." Some more noise came from the phone. "Um, he's right behind me." He handed the phone to Dancer. "They need to speak with you." He whispered and placed the phone on the floor.

Dancer lowered his head and spoke with the person on the other side, not liking this turn of events and hoping it didn't ruin his chances for being in the movie.

DK

The pirate trio continued flying down the hall with Sheer in the lead. It was getting so dark that they had to pull out a flashlight to prevent themselves from getting lost or crashing into a wall that might flood the whole place. Eventually, they reached the end of the hallway and only saw a large pool of water below them. "This is the place, boys." Sheer told them, putting away the flashlight and bringing out her mouthpiece.

"Let's get that stone." Foolscap said as he and Gavro mimicked Sheer.

"And die trying!" Gavro added, getting the wording wrong as expected. With that, the trio dove into the water.

Outside the palace, Barry was continuing his own search for the Cosmos Stone. His eyes were sharply peeled as he scanned every crack and cranny of the outside of buildings like he was searching for the juiciest Salmon in a school while the Ophthalmosaurus quints searched the inside of the buildings thanks to their smaller size. What the Baryonyx was unaware of was that he was being followed. The stalker stayed in the shadows, making sure they weren't detected.

Back in the castle, the pirates landed in the throne room. Surprisingly, it looked very well kept. It looked like people still used this room except for the fact it was underwater. "Nice place they've got here." Gavro commented.

"Dry this place out a bit and I think I might have myself a new break room." Sheer commented aloud, causing the two men to look at her in confusion. "What? A girl needs her privacy." Her eyes sparkled when she saw the throne. "Especially ones with a queen sized chair."

"I think Sheer's starting to lose it." Foolscap whispered to his brother, making sure their temporary leader didn't hear him.

"How can she lose it if we haven't found it yet?" Gavro asked.

"It's a figure of speech, you doofus. It means she-"

"Or is that not the Cosmos Stone in the wall?" The red pirate pointed to a glowing blue orb in the wall above the throne. "Because it looks like it. Or maybe it's another culture that worshipped blue stones and that's how Atlantis sank. It was all an inside job to get more stones blue."

The other two weren't listening and instead focused on the reason they were in the city. "The Cosmos Stone!" They both exclaimed as they swam towards it as fast as they could.

But someone beat them to it. "Mine!" Cursula yelled as she grabbed the stone in her hands.

The two guardians skid to a halt once the Hybro Gang woman revealed herself. "Cursula!"

Cursula didn't respond as the power from within the stone surged through her arm towards the rest of her body. Thankfully she had her partners to take it from there. "Surprise!" Louisa, Slander and Tred said together before turning to Cursula. "You alright, Cursula?" Tred asked.

The power surge stopped and Cursula was able to speak again. "Oh, yes I am." She said with a wicked grin, holding up the stone to see better. "I can tell that was only a small fraction of the stone's power. Once we unleash it all, everyone in the world will bow to me!"

"You mean us, right?" Slander asked.

"I guess I can spare you a bit of power." Cursula shrugged him off.

"And Dr.N?" Tred pointed out.

"Look, let me have my moment!" Cursula yelled at him before turning to the Space Pirates. "Fitting isn't it? You get the fire. We get the water. I'd call that a fair trade."

"I have an even fairer trade in mind. Give us the stone or else." Sheer threatened them. She knew that they only had Bailey as an option to fight them.

Instead of panicking or giving into Sheer's demands, Cursula just laughed. "Ha, ha, ha! You really think we didn't think you'd show up again? We came prepared this time."

As she said that, Beryl closed in on Barry. She landed on the roof of a building and waited for him to swim directly below her. Once the male Baryonyx was in position, she swam down as fast as she could as she attacked. "Aah!" Barry gasped as he felt something push him down. Swimming out of the way, he saw the culprit. "Not you!" He yelled at the female Baryonyx.

"Surprise!" Beryl said before swimming for him again.

Throughout the city, the colours changed to signal the start of a battle. "Looks like Beryl's found her prey." Tred smirked.

"Which means you'd probably want to hurry and find her before she takes out your inferior Baryonyx." Slander also smirked.

"Which gives us the opportunity to slip away with the stone." Cursula finished with her own smirk as the quartet turned around and activated the jetpacks in their air tanks. "Too-da-loo!"

But before they could initiate their escape, they heard someone swimming towards them. "Oh, no you don't!" Aquatic Swim announced his presence as he slammed through the doors towards the Hybro Gang.

"A Jobaria?!" Cursula exclaimed before they quickly got out of his way. "When did the brats get that?!"

"Like a few days ago, before they got Speed Tiger and White-Tip and her Pack." Foolscap answered. "Where even were you guys? You didn't show up at all."

"Ummm." The terrible quartet tried to remember what they were doing the last few days. And all came to the memory of binge watching a sitcom on Netflix for days. They did recall hearing Dr.N banging at their door and Cursula once yelling she heard someone call her old again. "Oops." They all realised their mistake that put a huge hole in their plan.

"Looks like you weren't prepared for everything." Sheer bragged. "Now, Aquatic Swim, get that stone back!" She signalled the Jobaria to attack.

"Aye, aye, ma'am!" Aquatic Swim replied before charging towards the quartet.

Slander and Tred hugged each other in fear, as Louisa tried to think of a new plan while Cursula stood strong, a look of frustration on her face. "Grrr! I'm not going to let those goodie two-shoes beat me again!" She declared as she activated her jet pack. However, instead of facing the way they came in, she faced upward.

"Cursula, are you crazy?!" Tred yelled at her. "Run!"

"Yeah! We need to get that stone to Dr.N!" Slander added.

"For once they have a point! Let's go!" Louisa said.

"Then zip it and let me do plan B!" Cursula told them. The jet pack activated and she zoomed out of the water. "Crush 'em, Dozer!"

"HYBRO SLASH! DINO TECTOR ON!"

The Hybro Gang's Ankylosaurus Clone appeared in the hall the pirates used just as Cursula hit the ceiling. Her jet pack wasn't the most effective means of escape. "What'd you want me to do?" Dozer asked the flattened lady on the ceiling.

"Didn't you hear me during the summoning! Crush them!" Cursula yelled at the Ankylosaurus as she fell from the ceiling and onto the floor. "Aah! Oof!"

"Yes, old lady!" Dozer metaphorically saluted as he prepared to dive in.

"I meant crush them with rubble, you idiot!" Cursula yelled at the Clone Dinosaur, mainly upset he called her the O-word.

"Oooh. That makes more sense." Dozer said. The Clone Ankylosaurus raised his tail and slammed it on the floor.

In the throne room, everyone could hear the thud of the tail making contact. "That's our cue!" Slander said quickly as he, Louisa and Tred used their jetpacks to follow their leader out of the city.

"Get back here, you scurvy scallops!" Aquatic Swim attempted to chase them. His head surfaced from the water of the throne room, but Dozer was there waiting for him.

"Nuh-uh-uh!" Thud tisked as he swung his tail at the Jobaria, striking his neck and knocking him down before resuming his smashing.

"HANG ON AQUATIC SWIM! DINO TECTOR ON!"

Aquatic Swim recovered from the impact and went back to the trio. "I can't climb out that way with Dozer at the entrance."

"We need to do something!" Sheer said with urgency. "We can't let them leave with that stone!"

"Well, all roads lead to Rome, as they say." Foolscap mentioned.

"What does that have to do with es...caping this room." Sheer slowly realised what he meant.

"We all took the same pathways to get here. So, if we just use the way Aquatic Swim came in we should be able to stop them in their tracks." Foolscap explained.

"Then there's no time for waste. Get on me back." Aquatic Swim told them. The trio did as told and held on. "Hang on tight. It'll be a bumpy ride!" The Jobaria warned them before swimming back the way he came with the pirates riding on his back.

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Believing they had victory in their grasps like the stone, the quartet didn't make as hasty of a retreat as they should have. The only reason they were even running was due to the fact they didn't want to be there if Dozer made the palace flood. "I can't believe it! We actually beat them!" Tred cheered gleefully.

"Correction." Cursula hissed, bashing his head in. "I did it." She said before smiling wickedly at the stone. "Oh, I can already see the look on Dr.N's face when we deliver this stone to him. He might actually be proud of us for a change."

"And we'll have a bonus Dinosaur Card and Element Booster to boot!" Slander added. "All those days of being electrocuted, burned, smacked around, and whatever else he's done to us are over!"

"Oh yeah! I knew that the heroes strike out every now and then and I was right!" Louisa bragged.

Eventually they reached the place where the pirate's sub was stationed. "You know, with how much smashing Dozer is doing, it would certainly be awful if their sub happened to disappear." Cursula smirked at the idea.

Louisa, Slander and Tred agreed and were about to jump into the sub when a purple light came out of the hallway and appeared in Cursula's hands. It was Dozer's Card. Instead of looking fearful and worried like Slander and Tred were, Cursula looked pissed. "Damn it, Dozer. You couldn't do this without a cave in, could you?"

"What'd we do now?" Slander asked. "With Dozer not blocking their way out anymore those pirates will be right onto us any second!"

"Just swim and don't look back!" Cursula told him, putting on her mask and diving into the water, Louisa, Slander and Tred followed in suit. Once beneath the waves again, the trio activated their jet packs immediately and began to head back to Zeta Point.

What they didn't know was that Aquatic Swim burst out of the palace right after they were out of sight. "Where are they?!" Sheer asked as she frantically looked around.

"They couldn't have gotten that far." Gavro said.

"They could with those jet packs, dummy!" Foolscap snapped. "We need to find them before they take the stone and Barry!"

"Wait. If they want Marlin along with the stone." Aquatic Swim thought to himself before getting the realisation. "We need to move!" He said as he suddenly swam with such speed that the trio almost fell off his back. All the while he glowed blue.

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Barru was by no means a weak fighter. If his fight against the D-Team in Niagara Falls said anything he was better as fighting in the water then he was on land. But Beryl was another opponent entirely. She was way faster than he was and would dodge every one of his attacks or counterattacks and strike him again and again like a small Shark.

All of the attacking and hits were beginning to take its toll on the male Baryonyx. Something Beryl noticed quickly. "Oh, come on." She complained. "Is that seriously the best you could do? Gosh, I might as well have been helping those three numbskulls escape from the palace with the stone."

Speak of the devils. "Finish him off, Beryl, and it's mission accomplished!" Cursula called out to her Dinosaur.

Beryl nodded and prepared to finish Barry off. "Don't worry. I'll make sure they take good care of you." She told him as she swam towards him with open jaws.

Barry braced himself for what was about to come until he saw some silhouettes above the Clone Baryonyx. "And I'm sure they will too." He said, confusing everyone present.

"Huh?" Beryl said before she was struck from above by Nada. "What?!"

"Ophthalmosaurus!" Cursula yelled in shock. "How did they get here?!"

"That would be me doing." Aquatic Swim revealed his presence to the quartet and swam right for them.

"Aah!" The quartet screamed and tried to swim out of the way, but were no match for the Jobaria's speed. The Sauropod swam right past them, the momentum causing them to spin around rapidly. "Whoaaaaaa!"

In all the confusion, Cursula dropped the stone from her hands. "The stone!" Gavro exclaimed as he saw it fall into the deep abyss where they would never be able to get it.

"I got it!" Barry said as he dove down after it and caught the stone in his mouth just in time. Suddenly, there was a blue glow surrounding him.

"Are you feeling alright, Barry?" Sheer asked, surprised to see the Baryonyx now glowing.

"I'm feeling fine." The Baryonyx replied. "Actually, I'm feeling even more than fine. Like I can take out an entire army of Beryls."

"Then why don't we take out this one." Sheer smirked as she pulled out a Move Card.

Back with Beryl, she was being pelted from all sides by the Ophthalmosaurus quints. "Come on, Beryl!" Tred tried to encourage her.

"Those little Fish are nothing but snacks for someone like you!" Slander added his own encouragement. All this seemed to do was agitate Beryl further as she couldn't catch any of the quints in her mouth, much less hit them. It was classic karma at work.

"Aqua Whip!" A whip of water formed in Barry's mouth (don't question how that happened underwater) and wrapped itself around Beryl.

"What was that you said about wanting more of a fight?" Barry rhetorically asked before he slammed Beryl down on the roof of a building, lifting her up, and doing it on another one on the opposite side before slamming her on the first building one more time with so much force it not only carded her but also broke the roof.

"Gah!" The Hybro Gang exclaimed as they swam over to pick up Beryl's Card. "This is bull!" Cursula declared angrily, turning her attention to the pirates and Dinosaurs. "My plan was perfect! I had everything figured out! How can you just win like that!?"

"Seems you've forgotten to take into account the unexpected." Gavro bragged as he placed a Move Card on his chest. "Aquatic Swim, send them home with Shockwave."

"Me pleasure!" A whirlpool formed around Aquatic Swim before he sent the tendrils at the Hybro Gang quartet.

"Nooooo!" The tendrils formed another whirlpool similar to a tornado and that started to blow out of the city, carrying the Hybro Gang with it.

"I believe we won that round." Barry said as he tossed the orb to the pirates. Not wanting to touch Dinosaur saliva, Sheer and Foolscap let Gavro grab it. "I think it's time to head back to the party."

"And have some cake!" The quints all said together.

As they swam back to the sub, Gavro seemed to have something on his mind. "Something bugging ya, Gavro?" Foolscap asked.

"You said Atlantis looked different when we first arrived." The muscular guardian explained. "But now..." He paused as Sheer and Foolscap looked at the damaged city. With all the fighting and the whirlpool tornado, they realised the city looked a lot more closer to what it was when it was first discovered.

"You don't think?" Foolscap said to Sheer.

"Just a coincidence." She shrugged it off and continued swimming. "Or is it really?"

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"Here you go, guys." Max tossed the Ophthalmosaurs each their own piece of cake like Fish to Dolphins. The entire deck was full of Dinosaurs as they and their human friends celebrated Rex's first teenage birthday.

At one table, Dancer was eating his food with Sorow and Speedy. "So, it turns out that Spinoberg had spied on Disney after they rejected his idea for another rip-off movie. That's how he knew about their next movie." Dancer explained what he heard on the phone. "So, he tried to make his own version before them so he could say they stole the concept from him, and you know the rest." The Daspletosaurus referred to Spinoberg literally getting sued the pants off by Disney.

"That's why you don't mess with the mouse." Sorow joked. "Did the producer say anything else?"

"Since they are still looking for voice actors, they said that they'd let me play a role in the film due to Spinoberg tricking me." Dancer said. "They'll send some people over for recording once casting is done."

"Well, good for you. Right, babe?" Sorow turned to his girlfriend, who was busy on her phone, tapping anything with her claw. "Ehe." He chuckled before whispering to Dancer. "I was able to get a deal." The Daspletosaurus nodded in understanding.

Some of the other Dinosaurs were hanging out by some of the swimming pools. Some were sunbathing, some were napping and others were swimming in the pools.

"Last one in's a hatchling! CANNON BALL!" Old White cried, jumping off one of the diving boards into the pool. He splashed Rhysa, as well as Big Gorgon, Martha and Blue Brow.

"I think I liked it better when he was scared of the water." Big Gorgon grumbled.

"Heh, heh!" Martha chuckled. "Come on hatchlings!" Martha then jumped into the pool, splashing Blue Brow and Big Gorgon again.

"I'm no hatchling! Make room for me!" Blue Brow said, dashing for the pool, jumping in and splashing Big Gorgon again.

"Oh well." Big Gorgon said, admitting defeat. "If you can't beat them, then join them." The Gorgosaurus then jumped in after the Edmontosaurus.

"I have to say that Old White's gotten over his water phobia quickly." Button said.

"Yeah." Calypso added. "Rhysa really showed him that the water's nothing to be scared of."

"She definitely has a big heart." Aztec said.

"Yeah, she reminds me of that girl from that Anime I saw online once." Tomoko said. "What was it called again? Sailor something."

"I'm sure it will come to you in time." Unazuki said. "For now let's just enjoy this!"

"Agreed." Naru said.

Meanwhile, the birthday boy was unwrapping all the gifts he had received. Compared to last year, which he felt was a lot of gifts, this was a mountain of presents. He unwrapped every single one at his own pace and thanked whoever it said bought it for him.

Cretacia watched from the side as Rex got closer and closer to her present. She knew he was saving it for last, but that didn't kill any of the suspense. She would've bitten her nails clean off if Jonathan wasn't holding her hands away from her teeth.

Finally, the blond reached the last present from his mother. It was about medium sized and flat, giving off the impression it was a painting. He removed the wrapping paper and actually gasped at what he saw. "Surprise." Cretacia smiled weakly. The present was a picture of Rex and his mother together with the rest of the D-Team in the back. "Just something I thought you'd like to remember me by." She said.

"Mom, it's...it's..." Rex found it hard to get the right words to come out of his mouth.

"What? Do you hate it? Ooh! I knew I should've gone with-"

"It's perfect." Rex said as he got up and hugged his mother. "Thank you, Mom."

Tears formed in Cretacia's eyes as she returned the hug. "You're welcome, my little king."

"I think that's all of the presents." Jonathan said.

"Actually, I have one more."

Then coming from behind the corner came Spectre himself.

"Oh hey Spectre." Rex said. "You have something for me too?"

"Not something Rex, I have someone." Spectre said.

This confused everyone present, until Spectre stepped aside and there coming from behind the corner came someone that made both Rex and Cretacia speechless. Coming from behind the corner was Dr. Ancient himself, completely healed and alive.

"Hello dear, and hello son." Dr. Ancient said.

Both Rex and Cretacia then started crying tears of joy as they saw that it really was Dr. Ancient.

"HONEY!" Cretacia cried.

"DAD!" Rex cried.

The two raced over to the Former Dinosaur King and the Ancient family had a hug.

"Oh Rex!" Dr. Ancient smiled. "I knew you'd make a great king."

"Honey!" Cretacia cried. "I'm so happy to see you again!"

"Spectre?" Rex asked. "When did-"

"Well it happened after I informed Sheer, Foolscap and Gavro about the Blue Cosmos Stone." Spectre said.

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Dr.Z and Spectre arrived at the room where the healing pods were and like Dr.Z had said, Dr. Ancient's pod had a flashing green light.

"Oh you're right Dr.Z!" Spectre gasped. "That means."

"Yes, he's fully healed." Dr.Z said.

Then the pod opened and for the first time in about 12 years Dr. Ancient opened his eyes.

"Oh where am I?" He wondered. "Spectre? Dr.Z? Is that you?"

The duo were silent for a moment, until finally Spectre broke the silence.

"Yes my friend." The guardian said. "It is us."

"What happened?" Dr. Ancient asked. "I remember that Seth stabbed me with a knife and was about to finish me off, but then the next thing I knew was I was injected from the Backland. Oh no! Where are the Dinosaurs? I need to know! Where are they?"

"It's a long story." Dr.Z said.

"One that'll have to wait for another time." Spectre said. "But the Dinosaurs are safe. I mean a majority of the Herd are safe as some haven't been sighted yet."

"What are you talking about?" Dr. Ancient asked.

"We'll tell you everything later." Dr.Z said. "Can you walk?"

"Yeah, I think so." Dr. Ancient said, getting out of the pod. "Why?"

"Your son is going to be so excited to see you again." Spectre said.

"Rex? He's alive?" Dr. Ancient asked. When he got a nod as a response, his face was lit up with joy.

"I must see my son at once!" Dr. Ancient said.

"That can be arranged." Spectre said. "I can take you to him right now if you want."

"We'll take care of the ship and be time guarding while you're gone Spectre." Dr.Z said.

"Thank you Dr.Z." Spectre said. "And I'll explain everything that's been going on this past year to you as well."

So Spectre and Dr. Ancient then made their way to the transporter beam, to head down to Sanjo City to surprise Rex.

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"And I explained everything to your father as we made our way here." Spectre said. "I thought I'd surprise you by bringing your father here."

Rex then ran over to Spectre and gave the guardian a big hug. "Thank you Spectre!" Rex said. "This is the best present ever!"

Max watched the scene and smiled for his best friend. However, that smile left when he saw his other best friend off skulking in the corner. Summoning up the strength, Max walked over to Zoe. "Hey, Zoe." He greeted her.

"Hey." Zoe said. Her tone came off as saddened and a bit annoyed. Max knew this was going to be tricky.

The brunet had two options. He could either engage in some small talk before he says what he needs to say, or he could go straight for the kill. In the end, he chose the latter. "Reese told me what Jim said to you."

"She did, huh?" The pink-haired girl grumbled.

"Zoe, she was worried about you. I am too."

"What does it matter? Jim was right. I'm really just meant to be the pretty one of the team."

She was about to walk off, but Max grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards him. "Zoe." He said to her sternly but softly. "Jim just focuses on the outside. The stuff we can easily see with our naked eyes. There is more to you on the inside that nobody that narrow minded can see." Max took a deep breath before continuing.

"You care deeply about us and the dinosaurs we save. Don't think I haven't heard how you've helped your dad win over the majority of the Herd with your own skills. A team needs someone to help support them or it will collapse like a building without support beams. Along with that, you also really bring that maternal instinct that me and Rex desperately need. Without you around to stop us from childish fights we'd probably end up getting ourselves killed. And considering our line of work, that's not an exaggeration." He took a deep breath to finish his speech. "Zoe, you mean a lot to everyone. To me."

Zoe didn't say anything throughout Max's speech. Her only form of movement was her holding a hand to her mouth and the tears coming out of her eyes. "Max." She said quietly. "That's...that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me."

Not even thinking anymore, Zoe grabbed Max by the head and pulled him in for a kiss. "Mmph!" Max said in surprise before returning the kiss. After about half-a-minute, two of them pulled apart. "I love you, Zoe."

"I love you too, Max."

Just when it looked like they were about to kiss again, they heard the sound of screaming. "Waaaaaaah!" Looking for the source, they found Jim being tossed high into the air by Seisma while surrounded by angry female Dinosaurs shouting at him.

"Sexist!"

"Disgusting Pig!"

"Pervert!"

"Despicable excuse of a man!"

"Throw him again, Seisma!" Were some of what was shouted. Clearly Dr. Drake decided to tell them what he said and let karma do the rest.

"Aaaah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you! Just stop the throwing!" Jim cried. Seisma didn't seem to listen or care and tossed him into the air again.

While it was funny at first to watch karma at work, the two kids knew Jim might not survive this for long. "We should help him." Zoe said.

"Agreed." Max said as they ran over to stop the torture.

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A few days after the ship returned to Sanjo City, it was time for Dr. Ancient and Cretacia to head home. "I'm really going to miss you, Mom and you too Dad." Rex told his parents as they stood in front of Spectre's ship.

"Oh, baby." Cretacia cooed as she gently touched his cheek. "I promise we'll visit whenever we can. In fact, I made a little something so we won't be apart forever." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a device before handing it to Rex.

"What is this?" Rex asked as he examined the device in his hands.

"It's like a cell phone, only you use it to call people from across time." Dr. Ancient explained for his wife.

"I had a little help from Spectre to work out the kinks." Cretacia said with a snort and slight chuckle. "It has everything you need to call us whenever you need to talk to us about something."

"Thanks, Mom, Dad." Rex said as he hugged his parents.

Dr. Ancient and Cretacia returned the hug before looking over at Jonathan. 'Take care of him.' They mouthed. Jonathan understood and nodded his head.

After they parted, the ship started to rise into the air. "Bye, Rex." Dr. Ancient and Cretacia said before they were beamed onto the ship.

The purple time machine flew through the air before opening a portal into the Time Vortex. "Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!" Rex called out before the time machine disappeared into the vortex.

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"GAAAAAAAAAH!" Dr.N screamed with so much fury it shook Zeta Point. "I was so close!" He threw a random bottle of chemicals over the heads of Slander and Tred. The two men ducked underneath a table and emerged after the explosion from the chemicals mixing. "So close, but had to trip at the finish line! All because those stupid brats had to have more Dinosaurs that we never were able to capture!"

"It is starting to become a problem." Cursula mulled the information over. "The Edmontonia, the Jobaria, the Ophthalmosaurs, the Fukuiraptor, and I'm positive I saw a Shunosaurus and Majungasaurus in the news."

"Yeah, and that brat Rhysa, keeps on showing the Dinos kindness and compassion." Louisa said. "If we don't start getting some good luck soon, then the D-Team might get the remaining 27 cards before we do."

"This is all your fault!" The mad doctor turned his attention to the yellowette. "If you had just done your job we wouldn't be in this mess."

"It's not like even if we had those cards would things change much." Cursula shrugged her shoulders and held out her hands. "With those pirates, the D-Team have more resources and allies then we can ever get."

"And you need to find a way to fix it!" Dr.N ordered her specifically.

Cursula rolled her eyes at the idea. Where were they supposed to find the resources needed for capturing Dinosaurs? "Wait. Capture." She thought as the gears clicked in her head to form an idea. "I think I know someone who might be able to help us."

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After the Herd returned to the D-Lab, Rhysa pulled out her camera and started recording the whole Herd.

"Well no new Dinosaurs didn't show up this time, so we didn't get any new Herd mates. But our Herd still has 144 Dinosaurs so far, and we still have lots to go."

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Dr.Z: The Water Guardians have been brought out!

Dr.N: Where's Cursula and those lunk heads?

Louisa: I don't need their help! Not with my new recruits!

(Several new Alpha Dinosaurs roared as they showed themselves to Dr.N)

Max: Looks like we're in for a real showdown here!

(The Water Guardians with several Dinosaurs were facing off against the Alphas with several of the D-Team's Dinosaurs in a flooded city)

Spiny: Looks like the Hybro Gang's gotten all washed out!

A/N: And the S.S ZoexMax ship sets sail. I bet many of you were expecting this to happen.

And yes Dr. Ancient is now awake and fully healed. Sorry not to have some more family interaction between him, Rex and Cretacia, but there will be some eventually just give me time.

Oh and something I forgot to mention last chapter, I need a place in the world that's known to have a lot of flash floods. So like I said, I still need names for the Dinosaurs, Move Cards for the two Guardians and a place that's known to have a lot of floods as the location for the Water Guardians to be summoned.

Right with that all out of the way, I think that's all the things I need to say. So I'll see you all in the next original chapter.