Dinosaur King Retold Chapter 38: Ruff and Ready, a dinosaur king fanfic

Ruff and Ready

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

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Flashback"

On the Golden Gate Bridge, a fierce battle between the D-Team and the Hybro Gang has just reached its climax. Well, as climatic as the Hybro Gang running from 12 Dinosaurs, including one being a Wannanosaurus that had dark green skin, with an orange underbelly, with yellow rings and purple freckles on her back and including one using Electric Charge, could be. "Aah! Aah! Stay away!" Cursula yelled as she ran with Slander and Tred in her arms, both blue from the lack of oxygen.

"Keep running! We're running out of distance!" Louisa cried, as she was riding on Blits' back.

Behind them were Gigas, Maximus, Armatus, Empress, Madeline, and Ares, also running for their lives. "He's getting closer!" Armatus exclaimed as he looked behind them to see their adversaries right on top of them.

"They're gaining on us!" Ares screamed, seeing Stiggy, Stigga and the Wannanosaurus getting closer with their Rainbow Charge and Rainbow Blitz gaining on them.

"See ya!" Cursula said as she picked up the pace.

"Wouldn't want to be ya!" Louisa cried, as Blits sped up across the bridge.

Before the Dinosaurs could respond to this abandonment, Chomp struck them all from behind and sent them flying high into the air. Stiggy, Stigga and the Wannanosaurus then struck the Hybrids from behind and tossed them into the air. Louisa noticed the shadow looming over them and looked up to see the trio of Dinosaurs and the trio of Hybrids about to fall on them. "Don't fall on us! We're on your side!" But this proved to be useless as they were all crushed paper-thin by the Dinosaurs and Hybrids. "We blew it again." The quartet said as they were literally blown away by the wind as the D-Team Dinosaurs and the Wannanosaurus roared in victory.

When they reported about their loss back to Dr.N, he was as thrilled as he always was. Which was not at all. "You failed!? How did you botch up this fool-proof plan?!" After realising the D-Team show up any time one of their Dinosaurs was summoned off the island, the plan was to summon their Dinosaurs in a random location and wait for the D-Team to arrive before they jumped them and took all their cards. Unfortunately, the kids were able to figure out it was a trap due to the number of signals and were ready for the ambush. As a result, they were able to defeat Brontikens, Atrocious and several of Louisa's Hybrids early on and heavily exhaust the other Dinosaurs and Hybrids, which lead to their retreat shown earlier. "You four blockheads do absolutely nothing for me! Why do I bother keeping you around?!"

The Hybro Gang, who were still paper-thin, sucked in a big breath of air before they inflated back to normal and sat down to explain themselves. "Oh! Well, that's because we-" Cursula started to say before Dr.N cut her off.

"Augh! I wasn't really asking!" He decided it was time to punish them harshly after failing 30 times in their feud with the D-Team. "You four are in the doghouse, so now you can act like Dogs!"

"We're what?" Louisa asked, shocked.

"Dogs? For real?" Cursula asked.

"The lovable kind, right?" Slander asked before Dr.N kicked him into the wall, creating a large crack on impact. "Unh!"

"The kind that bark!" Dr.N replied before turning to the other two.

"Uhh. Woof, woof, wa-woof, woof, woof?" Cursula responded nervously.

"How long will you have to stay as Dogs?" Dr.N guessed was her reply, making Cursula nodded to confirm his correct guess. "Until I decided whether to keep you or not."

"Woof, woof?!" The quartet woofed in horror.

"Shake!" Dr.N commanded as he stuck his hand out, deciding to test them.

"Rowf!" Cursula responded by putting her 'paw' on his hand, feeling completely embarrassed as she did so, same with Louisa, Slander and Tred.

"Now speak!" Dr.N ordered Tred.

"Owowwoooo!"

"Roll over!" He ordered Louisa.

"Bark, bark!" Louisa woofed, as she rolled over.

"Sit up and beg!" He told Slander, who sat up and started whimpering. "At least as Dogs you obey orders." He told the quartet, making them whimper in response out of shame and embarrassment.

"Rar! Rar, rar, rar, rar!" Louisa barked as she got up in Dr.N's face.

"How long until you get to be people again?" Dr.N responded. "Not until you finally succeed in collecting some of those Dinosaur Cards. Until then, it's Dog chow in the Dog house!" He yelled at them, making the quartet howl in sadness.

From their living quarters, the Dinosaurs were able to hear everything Dr.N said through the air duct. "Wow, did you guys hear that?" Gigas asked the others as he turned away from the vent. "The Doc's making the four of them act like Dogs until we win for once."

"If that's the punishment for them, I really don't want to know what he has in store for us." Armatus said as he started panicking.

"Probably won't allow us to eat until we get a card." Maximus assumed.

"You three need to stop worrying yourselves." Brontikens assured them as he walked over after taking a mouthful of plants from the trough. "He's too stupid."

"And dumber than a rock." White Slash said. "The Doc's not blaming us, because he knows that we're so evolved."

"What does that have to do with us not needing to worry about starvation?" Maximus asked.

"Besides the fact the doctor needs us to capture the other cards, he always believes that those three are the ones responsible for our lack of victories. And it's best we keep it that way." Brontikens warned them.

"You don't have to worry about us spilling anything." Atrocious said.

"Still, I can't help but feel sorry for them." Gigas said as he turned back to the vent, now hearing sounds of violence from the other side that implied the quartet were getting beaten by whips. Something they themselves have faced a few times as their own punishments. "It's not all their fault."

(Intro Theme)

True to Dr.N's words, the quartet were made into Dogs. The mad scientist even got everyone else to do the same for them. This was especially shown during lunchtime when Helga brought everyone at the table a large banquet of food that was to die for. "Looks delicious, Helga!" Dr.N said as he looked at all the food she prepared. "Bon appetit!" He and his grandkids cheered before they started eating their food while Seth quietly ate his. Dr.Wu just ate his in the other room, refusing to see his daughter eat like some Animal.

The quartet were off to the side of the table, each with their own dog bowl. "You four will be enjoying a special menu from now on." Helga told them as she dropped a bone in each of their bowls.

"Huh?" The quartet gasped before whimpering.

"Bones are not only high in nutrition, they'll keep your coats nice and shiny." Helga explained to them as they chewed on the bones.

"And Grandpa has us build you each your very own Dog house out in the backyard, too." Rod added.

"Sort of like a beach house, but without the beach." Laura told them. The quartet just continued whimpering.

"What?! We're supposed to live in these things?!" Louisa exclaimed once they saw the Dog houses, which looked like they couldn't even fit in them.

"Shh! We're only allowed to woof and bark, remember?" Slander warned her as Tred checked out the Dog houses.

"Who cares?" Cursula shrugged his warning off. They had even ditched crawling on all fours and were back on two legs.

"Guys! These Dog houses are great!" Tred told them.

"What?!" Louisa exclaimed, almost thinking he'd gone off the deep end after all the torture.

"He's right, Louisa." Slander said as he looked into one. "It's nice in here. There are even Doggie jammies for us to wear."

"Huh. You're right!" Louisa said as she looked into her own doghouse.

"And Dog biscuits! My favourite kind!" Tred exclaimed as he crawled into his for some proper food.

"Wow, there's even a little couch in here!" Louisa smiled, as she crawled into hers.

"The little bed is so cute." Cursula said as she crawled into hers to lay down.

"There's a TV, too." Slander added as he crawled into his to see what was on.

"You know, some paint and new curtains, and this could be nice!" Cursula said

"Now this is a Dog's life!" Slander declared.

Once he said that, the doors behind them closed. "Hey, who shut the door?" Cursula yelled as she banged the door. "Open up!"

"Hey! Let me out of here!" Louisa cried. "I have to use the bathroom!"

"I'm locked in!" Slander exclaimed. "Help!"

"Turn on the lights! It's dark in here, I'm scared!" Tred pleaded.

"Did you think you were just going to lounge around in there?" Dr.N asked from the other side. "I'm sending you to get Dinosaur Cards, and don't let me down!"

"Huh?" The quartet exclaimed before the ground started shaking and they felt like they were being lifted into the air. "What's going on now?!" Louisa asked.

"This rocket has just enough fuel to get you to where the Dinosaur Card is, so once you crash, get to work!" Dr.N ordered them.

"Crash?!" The quartet exclaimed in horror. "Dr.N! The Hybro Scanner?!" Slander reminded him.

"All right! Rod, throw!" Dr.N told his grandson. Rod tossed an Hybro Scanner that was attached to a small, metal aeroplane that hit Louisa in the back of the head. "Bring me back that card or don't bother coming back!"

"The fuel's gone! We're going down!" Slander exclaimed as the rocket approached its target. The rocket flew across Ayers Rocket before crashing landing.

As the rocket fell apart, revealing the quartet lying down in a large crater, Louisa could only groan. "Call Dr.N. I have a bone to pick." Before fainting.

The force of the impact caused a nearby capsule to open up and for a card to be blown into the bushes, where it activated. The Dinosaur was an Iguanodont that looked a lot like Rio, Blue Brow and Stella. In fact, he looked almost exactly like Rio, except he lacked the large nose. He was mostly a tanish-white with a long blue mark going along his back that had little stripes going down across the tail, which had the tip completely blue, while up front it covered most of his head, leaving the mouth tanish-white, and the upper portion of the arms, both of which had thumb spikes, like Rio. This Dinosaur was an Iguanodon.

When the Iguanodon appeared, he immediately noticed the quartet lying in the crater. He walked over to Louisa and licked her face to wake her up. It managed to somewhat work and Louisa drowsily woke up and looked to see the Iguanodon looking down at her. She was so dizzy that she thought she was hallucinating and chuckled weakly before falling back into unconsciousness.

"Look, guys!" Zoe exclaimed as she ran into the Taylor Household with her newest accessory, a pink sash she was carrying Paris in. "These great Pet Sashes are the latest thing at our shop. Aren't they just adorable?"

"Are you kidding me?" Max asked her.

"Maybe, but you'll never catch me wearing one." Rex commented.

"As you should." Tank agreed, not wanting to see her partner wearing such a girly thing.

"What'd you know?" Zoe asked, offended by the comment. "Well, Paris and I love it because now I can take her with me wherever I go, and she'll never get tired out."

"What about Spiny?" Tank asked.

"I'll get him one once they're back in stock. Then I can carry both of them around." Zoe answered.

"I think that's pretty cool!" Rhysa said. "Maybe I should get one for my team when one of them gets tired."

"It's pretty silly looking if you ask me." Max commented.

"What're you talking about? That looks awesome!" Chomp said as he hopped onto the table.

"Yeah, looks like Chomp disagrees with you." Zoe mocked Max.

"Any room for another in there?" Chomp asked Paris as he tried to climb in.

"No, there's not." Paris said as she shoved him away with her paws.

"Okay, no need to use force." Chomp told her as he backed away after getting pushed onto the table.

"Chomp, you can't be serious about wanting that?" Max asked him, still annoyed by his partner's reaction.

"Of course. I know something's good when I see it."

"Don't you mean when you taste it?" Terry asked.

"That too."

"Maybe you ought to get one, after all, Max." Zoe told him with an almost evil grin.

"No way!" He asserted, looking away like he was a little kid having a tantrum.

"Oh, what a darling little pet carrier." Aki said as she entered the room.

"I know! Isn't it great?" Zoe responded.

"It reminds me of the one I had. I used one just like it to carry Max." Aki said, making her son tense up.

"Really?" Zoe said with a mischievous grin. "Ha, ha, ha! What do you know?" She giggled.

"Yeah? So what's the big deal?" Max shot back.

"When he was fussy, I'd put him inside, and he'd fall right asleep because of the heartbeat." Aki told them. "It's a very calming sound for little babies."

"Why the heartbeat?" Zoe asked.

"Because the sound they hear before they're born is the mother's heartbeat, so that soothes them and tells them everything is alright." Aki explained.

"That makes sense." Zoe said as Paris cuddling next to her proved her point, though this was mainly because she was getting cosy for a nap.

"It's hard to believe when I look at him now, but there was a time Max fit in that sash." Aki remembered. "Such a cute baby." She cooed, making Max more embarrassed as he pressed his fingers together to calm himself. "Wonder what happened?" She asked before she realised what she was doing. "Oh! Oh, my! Are you embarrassed? Let's see you smile, Maximus!" Aki said as she pulled her son's cheeks into a smile. A really forced, creepy one, mind you.

The Dinosaurs all tensed up for a second when they heard her say the name of one of their enemies before realising she was speaking to Max. "Maximus?" Zoe repeated. "Now isn't that a funny nickname?"

"Almost suspicious." Spiny growled quietly, thinking Max to be a spy.

Terry saw this and quickly shot down those thoughts. "Spiny, Maximus is just a fancy name for Max. He is not secretly a Triceratops spying for the Hybro Gang." He whispered to the Spinosaurus before adding. "He hates vegetables. You can't hate vegetables if you're a vegetarian."

"That's racist." Spiny turned his glaring onto Terry, who decided it was best not to respond and just have Spiny forget about it in a few seconds.

"You promised you'd never call me that again." Max groaned as he put his hands to his face to cover his embarrassment, as well as soothe his acing cheeks.

"How about I make you kids some lunch?" Aki offered as she went over to the kitchen.

"Yeah!" Rex replied before he noticed the Dino Holder going off. "Uh-oh, Mrs. Taylor!"

"Hmm?"

"Can we wait and have lunch later?"

"OK." She answered with confusion at the sudden change of mind.

"Another Dinosaur?" The Wannanosaurus named Krisa asked. "Where's this one?"

"The Dinosaur appeared in central Australia near a place called Ayers Rock, which is also known as Uluru." Reese said as a picture of the rock appeared on the screen.

"Uluru?" Terry repeated.

"I've heard of that." Ace said, remembering seeing that rock in a book he read about Australia once.

"Yes. It's one of Australia's most recognizable natural icons." Spike told them. "When the light changes at sunrise and sunset, the colour of the rock changes with it!" Spike exclaimed as she started to get excited.

"Cool!" Terry said in reply.

But Spike wasn't listening anymore, instead fantasising about the many creatures that called the Land Down Under home. "Australia is full of plants and Animals that are unique in the world, and some of them almost Prehistoric, plus some are just so cute! In fact, while you're there, take some pictures for me, OK?"

"Dude, they've been gone for a while." Some said, breaking the doctor out of his thoughts.

"What?!" He screamed in dismay.

Back in Australia, the Hybro Gang woke up and walked with all their strength to find any water. "Where in the world are we?" Louisa asked as she used a stick as a cane, her back injured by the crash. Surprisingly the only one, too.

"Well, it's hot enough to be Africa again, but it could be Death Valley, too." Tred responded, wiping off his sweat with a cloth.

"Slander, what did the Hybro Scanner say before we crashed?" Cursula asked.

"The Hybro Scanner showed Australia before we crashed, but now it doesn't work." Slander said as he showed the Hybro Scanner was nothing but static.

"That's just great. So now we can't even call for help." Cursula grumbled. "Not like any of those bastards care enough about us to come save us anyway!"

"Gigas and the others care." Tred reminded her. He was right as the Dinosaurs were the only ones to show them sympathy while they were Dogs, though it was just looks of pity as they didn't want to anger Dr.N.

"The Hybro Scanner doesn't work so we can't call them out." Slander reminded him. "And they're not even with us. We only have Brontikens in here."

"Well, that makes things better." Louisa said sarcastically. "Dr.N's lapdog is sure to help us out."

"Ugh! I'm so thirsty I could drink a mud puddle!" Tred exclaimed as he started to slant back.

"Yeah? How about I buy you a soda at the next mini-mall?" Louisa suggested sarcastically before noticing something in their way. "A Frilled Lizard." She realised. "I've never seen one before."

"Maybe it knows where the mini-mall is." Tred said before it hissed at them and ran away.

The group was about to continue, but gasped when they saw a much larger Lizard walk in their path. "Aah! And that's a Monitor Lizard! This place is crawling with Creatures!" Louisa said.

"And each that goes by gets larger." Slander said as the Monitor Lizard left to make room for the Iguanodon that passed right by them. "Ohh!"

The quartet were so weak and tired they didn't even realise they just passed their target. "Wow, I guess it's true what they say. Everything in Australia is bigger." Cursula said.

"Too bad they're not bigger on drinking fountains." Slander said as they continued on walking.

"I know. I'm about to burst into flames." Tred told them.

"Yeah, and I'm starting to see things." Louisa said as she looked back at the mirage before realising it was real. "Huh? Wait a minute! That's not a Lizard!"

"It's an Iguanodon!" The trio gasped.

The Iguanodon noticed he got their attention and motioned for them to follow him. "Hmm?" Cursula wondering what it was doing

"Got a crick in its neck?" Slander theorised.

"I think it's telling us to follow it." Tred suggested.

"What've we got to lose?" Louisa told them.

"Yeah, that's true." Cursula, Slander and Tred replied as they followed the Iguanodon.

The quartet continued on following the Iguanodon until they reached the location he was leading them; a large water hole he was able to find thanks to years of experience in migrations.

The quartet's eyes widened when they saw where the Iguanodon led them. "Oh! It's water!" Cursula gasped as she started crying. "Beautiful water! Ohh!" She exclaimed as they all jumped in. Once she landed in, Cursula immediately started splashing water all over herself. "Ha, ha, ha! Aah!"

"I could drink this whole thing!" Tred exclaimed while he drank as much water as his stomach could carry while Slander swam past him.

The Iguanodon stepped into the lake and started having his own fill of water. As he did, Louisa just watched him in silence. "Iguanodon, leading us here, saved our lives. Thank you." She told the Herbivore.

"Um, you don't think it was just a coincidence?" Slander asked as he floated by.

The Iguanodon decided to prove Slander wrong by giving Louisa a friendly lick. "Ha, ha, ha! Hey. Stop it. Ha, ha, ha! That tickles!" Louisa laughed before letting the Iguanodon on the snout.

"It does seem to be pretty attached to you, Louisa." Slander told her. "Maybe he thinks he thinks you're his mom or something." He guessed.

"Huh? Nah." Louisa replied before the Iguanodon started walking off. "Now where is he going?"

"I don't know but he's probably going to find food." Cursula said.

"Shouldn't we catch him before he leaves?" Tred suggested.

"Of course we should!" Slander yelled at the top of his voice. "We came here for a Dinosaur, and here he is, so all we have to do is turn him into a card before the brats show up, and we could quit being the Doctor's Dogs!"

"But how can we do that when the Hybro Scanner is broken and there's no way to get Brontikens out here to fight with him?" Louisa asked, purposely not mentioning any alternate methods she thought of, like using the sun's light to bring the Apatosaurus out.

"You have a point there." Slander replied.

"Yeah, we'll just have to wait until it starts working again." Cursula said.

"I say we follow him." Louisa told them. "After all, he's brought us good luck so far." She said before getting out of the water and running after the Iguanodon. Once she caught up with him, the Ornithopod lowered his head and she was able to jump onto his neck and ride him. "Well! Now isn't this nice?"

"Hey, that looks a whole lot better than walking!" Slander said as he, Cursula and Tred watched Louisa ride the Iguanodon.

"I agree!" Cursula said.

"Yeah! All aboard the Iguanodon!" Tred exclaimed before they ran up to get a lift, too. But when they tried to jump on, the Iguanodon simply reared up and made the three crash into each other. "Ooh!/Ugh!"

"He says there's no room for you three." Louisa laughed as her teammates rubbed their butts before chuckling as the Iguanodon gave a semi-smile. She was starting to like this guy.

At Zeta Point, the mood was anything but pleasant. "I've been trying to contact Louisa and those slackers for hours!" Dr.N yelled as the screen just showed static by their names, indicating they had no signal. "Why won't they answer?!"

"It would appear that their Hybro Scanner has been damaged." Seth said.

"What?!" Dr.N exclaimed.

"And without it, they won't be able to capture any Dinosaurs." Seth added.

"Especially since they only have one with them!" Dr.Wu finished.

"How typical of those numbskulls!" Dr.N said angrily. "Going on a mission with a broken Hybro Scanner! When they come back this time around, they won't even get Dog food! They'll get lower than Dog food, they'll get lima beans-"

"You mean if they come back." Seth interrupted Dr.N's tantrum.

"Huh?"

"The way you treat them, they may not return. I know that I wouldn't." Seth told him.

"That's if they even survived the crash." Maximus said as she and the other Dinosaurs entered the room.

"Why aren't you with-"

"You only sent one Hybro Scanner and didn't check who was in it." Gigas scolded the doctor.

"And, mate, I'm pretty sure the reason it's broken is thanks to the rocket you designed to crash them in Australia." Armatus added.

Dr.N just looked around in horror as he realised they all had a point. "Hmm. You're all right. We'd better go after them." He said as he slumped over sadly before crying.

"What?"

"Eh, I've been too hard on them." Dr.N said as he tried to hold back the tears. "I've got to bring them home."

"You told them not to come back without a Dinosaur Card, didn't you?" Seth reminded him.

Dr.N tensed up as he remembered his threat. "Uh, yes, but who else would take in those three fools and who else would be Louisa's dad? Hmm?"

"You have a point there." Seth replied.

"I'd better go after her." Dr.Wu said.

Meanwhile, the D-Team managed to find themselves in a small Animal sanctuary. "Look, Max! How cute!" Zoe said as she held a Koala.

"Oh, wow!" Max exclaimed as he never saw a Koala in real life before.

"Come back here! I just wanna talk!" Spiny said as he chased a Kangaroo around.

"Nice place you got there." Chomp told a Joey. "Mind if I join you?" He asked if he started to climb in, only for the Joey to punch him away, like what happened earlier with Paris.

"I don't think that pouch is meant for two." Terry joked when Chomp fell out in front of him.

"I will get my own pouch." Chomp said with determination as he got back onto his feet.

"Look! Even this little Sugar Glider has a pouch on its stomach." Rex said as he showed them its location.

"No way!" Zoe gasped.

"That's so cool!" Max said.

"That's not cool! That's amazing!" Rhysa said.

"Animals with pouches are also called Marsupials." Rex explained as he watched Ace looking at some Tasmanian Devils, another Marsupial Species. "And they're mostly extinct on other continents, but not here in Australia." He said as he turned to see Paris singing with some Cassowaries. "Animals here seem to have a unique evolutionary pattern."

"I'm positive that pattern includes being comfy." Tank said as she snuggled with some Combats, careful not to poke them with her spikes. "What? I didn't have much sleep last night."

"So a Dinosaur walking around here might not seem that strange, you know?" Terry said as they started leaving.

"That's crazy! They have this!" Spiny said as he emerged from the water with a Platypus on his head.

"What's your point?" Max asked

"This thing is a freaking mess."

"It's a Platypus, Spiny. They're supposed to look like that." Paris explained to the Spinosaurus. "That only proves that Dinosaurs wouldn't seem too strange around here and might not cause a panic."

"Oh." Spiny said before he was stung by the angry Platypus' ankle barb. "Oww! They even sting! Next thing you tell me, they're also great secret agents."

"Uh, Spiny that's only in fandom." Rhysa said. "Besides they're Platypuses they don't do much."

Meanwhile, the Hybro Gang continued on walking until they reached a village. Well, Cursula, Slander and Tred were walking, at least. "Oh, my aching feet." The three of them said before they were swarmed by villagers.

"What is it?!"

"Never seen anything like it."

"We've never seen anybody riding atop a Lizard before!" One of them told Louisa, amazed by her and the Iguanodon.

Louisa started to get embarrassed by all the attention. "Eh? It's not a Lizard, you know. It's a-"

"Wow! They're Lizard charmers!" Another person said, cutting her off. "Fantastic."

This just made Louisa confused. "We're what now? What? Huh?"

"We welcome you to our hungry village, strangers." The elder said as he walked forward.

"Oh. Well, thank you." Louisa responded.

"Come, please follow me." He requested.

"Yeah?" Louisa replied as they followed the elder.

"You must be very tired after your long journey." He said as he led them to Ayers Rock.

"Actually, I feel great." Louisa commented.

"Of course you do." Cursula, Slander and Tred grumbled.

"Whoa! So this is the famous Ayers Rock!" Max gasped as the D-Team approached the landmark.

"Wow, it's bigger than me when I'm full-sized!" Dread and Brontina awed.

"It really is huge." Terry said as they were all marvelled by the size.

"Hard to believe it's all one big rock, isn't it?" Ace asked anyone.

"I say we try climbing it!" Max declared.

"No, Max." Tank groaned.

"We're here to look for that Dinosaur." Zoe reminded him.

"Right! So why don't we look for it from way up there?" Max insisted as he pointed to the top.

"That's a brilliant idea Max!" Rhysa agreed. "If we look from the top of Ayers Rock, we'll be able to see for miles around!"

"Oh, good idea." Zoe said. Team Rex could only groan in response. Hopefully, Max's instincts were right this time.

Many others started climbing the rock to take part in the welcome party for Louisa and the Iguanodon, who she named Iguano. Cursula, Slander and Tred, however, were given the short end of the stick. "Water for sale! Come and get your water!" Slander called out as he, Cursula and Tred carried large boxes with drinks on their backs.

"Frozen tangerines and ice cream, too." Tred added.

"All at bargain prices. So don't be shy and take the load off our backs." Cursula said.

All three stopped and they sighed before Slander erupted with rage. "Ooh. How did we get stuck selling stuff while Louisa gets treated like royalty?!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

"It's not fair!" Tred added in the same tone.

"I should be in her place!" Cursula yelled. "This heat's ruining my complexion!"

"Hey! Watch what you say about Louisa, sheila and mates!" A tough voice warned them. The three of them turned around to see two tough-looking men and one tough looking girl cracking their knuckles at them. "Your boss lady told us you are three rank below Dogs, and we can treat you any way we like."

"Aah!" The three of them screamed in horror.

"So, if you're planning on living in this village, sheila and mates, then you should also plan on working." The other man said as they looked over to the field where Louisa and Iguano were having a banquet dedicated to them, the woman chuckling as the Iguanodon wolfed down his food.

"We're living in this village?!" They exclaimed. "Did Louisa say that?" Slander asked them.

"Yeah, she's really quite amazing, she is!" The woman told them. "And the way she communicates with that big Lizard is beyond belief. With Louisa living in the village now, we're bound to always be safe. Now go on and sell your things!" She ordered the three before they walked off.

The two men and one woman could only start crying as now they have three people treating them as slaves. "I guess we don't have any choice." Slander cried. "Looks like we'll have to perform tricks for them or we won't get to eat."

"Like a couple of stray Dogs." Tred added. "Slavery forever."

"Uh, how could this possibly get any worse?" Cursula grunted.

"Excuse me, could we have some water please?" Someone asked the three.

"Yes, sir!" The three of them beamed, putting on an act, before turning around. "How about some ice cream or fruit?" Tred asked before they saw that they were talking to the D-Team.

"Aah!" The trio gasped when they saw that their adversaries had arrived as well.

"It's the Hybro Gang creeps!" Chomp growled. "So the Dinosaur must be around here, right?"

"We don't know anything!" The trio quickly replied, frantically shaking their hands. "No Dinosaurs around here! Help!" They screamed as they threw off their boxes and ran away as fast as possible. They continued on running until they realised they ran right off the rock. "Uh." They tried to run back, but they quickly fell from the sky and landed in a forest with a crash. As they twitched with their heads in the dirt, the Hybro Scanner fell out of Slander's pocket and suddenly started beeping again. "Hey! It's working again!" Slander exclaimed before they were crushed by the drink boxes.

As the sun began to set, Louisa was coaching Iguano as he moved rocks off the field. "Just a little bit more now!" She told him. "One big pull!" With one last tug, the Iguanodon was able to get the rock out of the ground. "Oh! That's the way!"

"Fantastic!" The village elder praised them.

"Thanks to you we can plant on this field!" The man next to him told Louisa.

"Aw. Don't thank me, thank my friend here!" Louisa replied with a smile. Iguano responded by giving a low growl before nuzzling his next with Louisa's. "Oh! Iguano, you're just a big softie, aren't you?" Louisa said as she petted his snout.

As they cuddled, Louisa began to reflect on a lot. "I never thought of them this way." She said quietly. "I always just say Dinosaurs as cards, not loving, living Creatures." The sun began to set and the two of them watched as Ayers Rock changed its colour. "Maybe I'll stay here forever and never go back." She declared as she remembered the harsh words of Dr.N.

"You're all Dogs!"

"If I take you back to Dr.N's laboratory, he would treat you even worse than he treats the four of us." She told Iguano. "Oh, you're definitely better off here." She said.

Suddenly, Iguano gave out a roar. "Huh? Oh." Louisa looked up and saw something coming straight for them at blinding speeds.

This turned out to be a rocket piloted by Seth. "What'd you think you're doing, Louisa!?" Seth asked her furiously.

"Seth, no!" Louisa cried out as he flew right past them, knocking villagers off their feet.

"Now capture that Dinosaur!" He ordered her.

"Wait! You don't understand!" She told him.

"Are you defying the Doctor's orders?!" He asked her as he turned around and prepared to strike again.

Time stood still for Louisa before she answered. "Yes, I am!" She answered with all her might. "I've decided that I'm going to stay right here! I've had enough of being treated like some kind of abused Animal by Dr.N! I'm never going back to that island again!"

"Louisa, do you really mean that?!" Cursula, Slander and Tred asked in shock.

Louisa took a deep breath after the outburst before turning away from the three of them. "You guys can go back if you want." She told them. "It's-it's up to you."

"I guess we have a choice to make." Slander told Tred and Cursula.

"Yeah, we do. Do we stay or go?" Cursula asked.

"You two choose. I always pick the wrong one." Tred told them before the rocket flew right past them again.

After this happened for quite a few times, Iguano started to panic and go on a rampage. "Stop that! Don't attack!" Louisa pleaded with Seth.

"If you're not going to do your job then I will!" Seth responded before firing two missiles at Iguano, exploding just in front of him to frighten him so he could possibly run off the cliff and get carded in the fall.

Iguano had finally had enough and then got his armour on. The Iguanodon started glowing too, but green as in a dimension of grass, a circle of grass appeared around the Iguanodon as a bright green circle appeared on his forehead, grass then came bursting out of his sides as one green circle appeared in either side of him, then the one on his forehead shone brightly as shoulder blade green coloured armour appeared on his shoulders on each side, as more armour appeared on his sides working its way down from his front to his tail, finally armour appeared on his forehead like a helmet, the Iguanodon reared up on his hind legs, roared at the sky as he slammed his feet back to the ground and posed as grass sprouted all around the dimension.

With his armour on the Iguanodon roared before he started to attack the villagers, destroy houses, and knocking over a large rock with his head.

"The Lizard's gone mad!" The elder exclaimed. "And it's got what looks like armour on it!"

"Do something, Louisa!" The other man told her.

OK." She replied before turning to Cursula, Slander and Tred. "So don't just stand there! Do something and make me look good." She ordered them, not wanting to ruin her chance at a new life.

"OK. I have an idea." Slander said as he pulled out the Hybro Scanner.

As he did so, something shone from the rock that Iguano knocked down. "Huh?" Seth zoomed in on the object and noticed it was a card with a blank back.

"HYBRO SLASH! SPECTRAL ARMOUR ACTIVATE!"

Once Slander called out Brontikens, the world changed to a Time Warp that looked exactly like the one when they first battled Blaze. Iguano looked around in confusion before Brontikens knocked him away with his head. "Aah! Did you have to hit him so hard?!" Louisa yelled at the Apatosaurus, horrified at seeing her friend hurt so badly.

"Shut up and let me do my damn job!" Brontikens responded before noticing Iguano getting back up and knocked the Apatosaurus away with a push to the chest from his head. But all this did was make Brontikens slide back a few inches. "Well played Iguanodon. But your time is about to run out!"

"Spectral Destroy!" Slander said as he activated the Move Card, ignoring Louisa's horrified look. "This'll take him out, and he'll never know what hit him!" He said triumphantly before Brontikens fired the attack.

Iguano was right in the attack's path and got the full force of it. Once the light cleared, the Iguanodon was lying burned on the ground. Thankfully, all the noise from the battle was able to allow the D-Team to locate them. "It's an Iguanodon!" Max exclaimed.

"But Brontikens' gonna beat him!" Rex added.

"Oh, yeah?" Zoe declared as she removed her sash and Paris leapt out.

"Brontina, Dread, let's go!" Rhysa yelled, getting them ready.

"DINO SLASH! PARASAUROLOPHUS, BLOOM!"

"DINO SLASH! DREADNOUGHTUS AND BRACHIOSAURUS, STOMP THEM FLAT!"

"DINO TECTOR ON!"

"Oh, no! Now the brats are involved!" Tred exclaimed as he, Cursula and Slander watched Paris, Dread and Brontina run to help Iguano.

"Oh, Iguano!" Louisa cried as she ran over to her weakened friend. "Please be all right! I'm so sorry, Iguano!"

"Louisa, you've got to get out of the way!" Slander warned her. Turning around, she saw Brontikens charging towards them, ready to deal the final blow as a volcano erupted behind him. Not even bothering to move, Louisa hugged Iguano and waited for the end to come.

"Big Foot Assault!" Zoe called out. Purple storm clouds appeared before Seisma descended from them in Brontikens' path with her armour on. The Apatosaurus stopped his charge immediately and proceeded to battle the Seismosaurus, being careful to watch where she stepped to avoid her powerful feet crushing him again.

With Brontikens distracted, Louisa continued to hug Iguano. "Ohh, Iguano!" She cried as he glowed green and returned to his card. The card gently floated to the ground before it landed in Louisa's hands. "I'll take care of you." She promised the Dinosaur in the card.

Meanwhile, Brontikens and Seisma were continuing their scuffle. Each hitting the other with their necks to knock the other over so they'd be helpless. Due to his smaller size, Brontikens was able to get more hits and dodged a majority of Seisma's. With one final swing of his neck, Brontikens knocked Seisma down to the ground with all his might. "Great job, Brontikens! Finish her with Spectral Destroy!"

Brontikens charged up another attack as Seisma struggled to get up. Just as she was able to get her footing, the Apatosaurus fired at the Seismosaurus. But while Seisma heard the attack, she didn't feel it. Opening her eyes she saw Dread and Brontina had jumped in the way of attack and took the full force of it. The two Sauropods roared in pain, before returning to their cards.

"DREAD! BRONTINA!" Rhysa cried.

"They were protecting Seisma!" Spiny gasped.

"Oh, no!" Zoe cried.

"Let's go, Chomp!" Max called out as Chomp already leapt into battle.

"DINO SLASH! GO, TRICERATOPS, ROAR! DINO TECTOR ON!"

Slander saw Chomp charging towards Brontikens and activated Spectral Destroy for a third time. Max saw this and decided to use the only Move Card he's yet to use in a fight. "You ready for this?! Thunder Bazooka!"

Chomp leapt into the air and avoided the laser before he started spinning around as he approached Brontikens, building electricity as he did so before he hit the Apatosaurus dead centre.

The Apatosaurus was knocked back and continued slamming into rocks before he was finally defeated after the third one. "I've got you, Brontikens!" Tred cried as he quickly grabbed the card as it floated down and the world changed back to Australia at night.

As the fight happened, Seth landed the craft by the rock where the card was and picked it up to see what it was. "Ah!" He gasped as he immediately recognised it. "Velociraptor! Heh, heh." He chuckled before quickly putting the card away. Finally, he would be able to complete what he started with this one.

"Good job." Slander congratulated Louisa, who was still holding Iguano's Card and Element Booster. "Now we don't have to act like Dogs anymore!"

"Hooray for Louisa!" Cursula said. "Now we'll be back to humans at last!"

"I won't miss the Dog food, but do you think Dr.N will let us keep our Dog houses?" Tred asked as he joined up with them.

The quartet heard the sounds of the villagers chatting amongst themselves and looked up to see them in a bit of an angry mob. "Your key to the village has been revoked, and we must ask you to leave now."

"What?!" Louisa gasped.

"Your big Lizard knocked over my house!" One of the men yelled at her as the villagers continued on voicing their complaints.

"But I don't want to go home!" Louisa begged. "I want to stay and be a villager!"

"No!" Cursula, Slander and Tred exclaimed. "Don't say that!" Tred told her.

"We need you Louisa!" Cursula said.

"You've got to come!" Slander pleaded. The three of them tensed when they heard the engines of the rocket and turned around to see it slowly lifting off the ground. "Wait. You can't leave without us!" They exclaimed as they grabbed Louisa.

"Hey! No! Let me go! No!" She struggled before they grabbed onto the rocket as it lifted up.

"Good riddance! And take your big Lizard with you!" The villagers yelled as they disappeared from view.

As they went higher and higher into the air, Louisa just looked down silently. She could easily see the glares the D-Team was giving them. "My sweet Iguano, I can't take you with me." She thought quietly to herself. "You deserve better than that." With that last thought, she let go of the card and it gently floated to the ground. "Look after him, brats." She thought before covering her tracks. "Oops. Oh, look at that. I dropped the card."

"What?!" Her three teammates exclaimed. "How could you?!" Slander accused her.

"That Card was our ticket to freedom!" Cursula exclaimed.

"Now we have to go back to Dog bones!" Tred added.

"I'm sorry." Louisa apologised. "It slipped out of my fingers."

Seth saw this and immediately went to full speed before they could grab the card again. "Woof, woof." Cursula, Slander and Tred moaned.

The card continued on floating down until it landed on Max's head. "Huh?" He grabbed the card and looked to see what it was. "All right! We got the Iguanodon Card!" He cheered.

"That's another Dinosaur saved!" Rhysa said.

Inside the rocket, the Hybro Gang weren't so happy. "I can't go back to speaking Doggish, it hurts my brain." Tred told Louisa.

"And I can't stand the taste of bones! They hurt my teeth!" Cursula moaned.

"And I can't stretch out inside my Dog house." Slander added.

"So what choice do we have?" Louisa asked them. "No other villains are hiring, I checked. We'll just tell him that there was no card in Australia." As she said that, Seth pulled out his new prize and chuckled darkly. It was time for some fun.

"No way! This doesn't work, Chomp, so just forget it!" Max exclaimed as he held Chomp in a pet sash that Zoe bought for him. "You're too heavy to carry around!"

"Shut up, you big baby." Chomp whispered since Aki was in the room.

"He seems pretty comfortable in that sling thing." Rex joked.

"You'll get used to it, Max." Aki assured him.

"I don't want to get used to it! Do I look like a Kangaroo?"

Once he arrived at the D-Lab, Iguano was finishing telling everyone else about his experience with the Hybro Gang. "And after that, she held me and I was carded before I woke back up here."

The Dinosaurs just stared at him in silence before nearly everyone started laughing. "Good one! Hybro Gang being nice!"

"Crazy fool!"

"Don't be mean! Poor thing's just confused!"

"Yeah! Confused and dumb!" Were just some of the comments Iguano heard as he watched them all walk away.

The only exceptions being Blade and the Saurolophuses. "I'm assuming you three are going to laugh at me, too?" Iguano asked as he waited for the insults.

"Diego told me about how Louisa gave up my card to him because she cared about him, and that even if they couldn't be together then at least me and Juliet should still be with each other." Romeo explained. "I still have my reservations about her, so does Juliet, however we believe you when you say that Louisa has good in her. But you must understand that the others have a hard time after all that's happened to them throughout this war."

"Yeah. Just stay away from folks like Diamonda." Blade warned the Iguanodon. "They'll take big offence to your comments after how they were raised by the person that reminds me of my father."

At Zeta Point, Dr.N took the news as bad as he always does. "We're sorry, Dr.N!" The quartet apologised.

"What good does sorry do for me?!" Dr.N responded furiously. "Well, since zero Dinosaur Cards is what you brought me, then zero meals is what you four Mutts will get from now on!"

"I will not allow that, Doctor!" Helga sternly said as she entered the room. "That is enough with treating them like Dogs! If I see any more of this behaviour, you will be getting a time out."

Dr.N knew better than to argue with Helga and had to concede. "Yes, Helga." He said nervously.

"Yeah!" The quartet cheered. Just like Helga to save the day.

"Here is your supper." Helga said as she dropped a Dog bowl with only four, tiny bits of Dog food in it.

"But that's still Dog chow." The quartet said.

"I will not waste leftovers, so these four morsels are what you get." Helga told them. "Go on, eat up!"

Louisa heard this and, with an evil smile, quickly gobbled up all four pieces. "Hey!" Cursula, Slander and Tred exclaimed.

"But I'm still hungry!" Louisa cried.

"Yeah? So how do you think we feel!" Cursula, Slander and Tred said as they started crying.

"I'm going to send you to obedience school and never let you back home! I'll lock the doors, you mangy Mutts, and throw away the keys!" Dr.N continued on threatening them.

From their quarters, Gigas told the other Dinosaurs everything that he heard. "And here I thought he actually learned his lesson." Gigas said sadly.

"He's human, my friends." Brontikens told them. "That is their major flaw, they can't change. Once they are the way they are, they're set for life. This is why they don't deserve the earth."

Back at the D-Lab, after the rest of the herd had gotten over their laughter, they then continued to welcome Iguano and Krisa into their herd.

Rhysa arrived and saw everyone giving Krisa and Iguano a warm welcome into the Herd. Rhysa then pulled out her camera and started recording everyone welcoming Krisa and Iguano into the Herd.

"Believe it or not, but Krisa the Wannanosaurus and Iguano the Iguanodon are the 83rd and 84th Dinosaurs that we've rescued so far! But that's not all, we're gonna keep on rescuing more!"

Next time on Dinosaur King:

Max: Who are you?

Seth: I modified the Velociraptors to be able to work with any Dinosaur element. You could say I helped it evolve.

Max: That's not helping them! It's just evil!

A/N: And that's another chapter done.

Now there's two things I must explain.

One why have a Dinosaur appear randomly at the Golden Gate Bridge? Because I found it odd that at the start of the episode, the D-Team and Alpha Gang fought when there wasn't any Dinosaur and I changed that now.

And two, why have Louisa take Ursula's place in this chapter? Well to tell you the truth, this is one of the most personal things for me. Ever since my ex-sibling but still in my heart my sister Louisa ran away 1 year and six months or so ago because she felt like she didn't belong with me and my parents anymore. And up until recently, like 4 months ago, I received an email from her saying she never wants to see me again. But like Drew said in his story, I believe that my sister really does feel my pain and she's missing me just as much as I'm missing her. I still believe that she still has good inside her and she'll come back to me and we can be family again.

See you all next time.