(Rex was in Pyroland last chapter lol
Alright, time to be serious this time. Last chapter was a joke, but now it's serious… KOKBYE!)
Hikers could be seen on the mountain trail of Montana, United States, and while they may have looked happy to be hiking, their expressions had said something else. "Man, why'd we have to hike on the hottest day ever?" complained one of the hikers.
"The weather forecast said it would've been in the 50's, I swear!" defended the other hiker.
"Don't you know to never trust the television forecast? They always get the weather wrong. Last month they said there would've been a rainstorm. Not a single drop fell from the sky that week!" angrily shouted the hunter while her pet Labrador walked beside her.
"Let's hope it doesn't get any worse." the first hiker hopes.
Unbeknownst to any of them, one of the hikers accidentally kicked open a capsule as two cards fell out of it, one of them being covered in dirt. A purple glow blinded the hikers as a dinosaur appeared in front of them, roaring into the sky. This dinosaur was an ankylosaurid, having an armored back with stubby spikes and a clubbed tail with two spikes on it. This dinosaur was named the Scolosaurus, which continued to roar into the sky and knock the mountain with it's clubbed tail, accidentally creating a rock avalanche.
"IT JUST GOT WORSE! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" shouts one of the hikers.
"What the hell is that thing?!" shouts a voice.
Behind the Scolosaurus were three hunters, all armed with either rifles or shotguns, bewildered at the sudden appearance of a dinosaur. Before anyone could do anything, the Scolosaurus swung it's tail at the armed men, not only seriously injuring them but sending them falling off the cliff and towards the deaths. The hikers took the hint and ran out of there as rocks continued to fall down the mountain, blocking the path as the Scolosaurus roared before running away into a cave nearby.
*Who Are You by the Who starts playing...*
*brief instrumental*
Starring MAX TAYLOR (+ Chomp)
Whoooooooo are you?
ZOE DRAKE (+ Paris)
Who, who, who who?
REX OWEN (+ Ace)
Whoooooooo are you?
REESE
Who, who, who, who?
URSULA, ZANDER, ED (+ Terry, Spiny, Tank)
I really wanna know! (Whoooooooo are you?)
DR. Z
Oooooooh!
ROD AND LAURA
The ANCIENTS
Come on! Tell me who are you! You! You! AAAAAAAARE YOOOOOOOU!
Dinosaur King: Prehistoric Peril
Max Taylor, self titled leader of the D-Team, was currently in his classroom, barely taking notes and nodding off as per usual. "Alright class, who here can tell me what happens when you split an atom?" asks the teacher. "Max?"
"Uuuuuuuuuh… It gets a really bad headache?" Max answers with obvious uncertainty in his voice.
Behind him, Zoe facepalmed, whether it was out of disappointment or embarrassment is unknown but really, who cares? Max's crummy answer earned a few giggles from the class as the teacher scoffed, condescendingly looking down at Max.
"I'm sorry. I did not know this was Clown Class. Last I checked, this was science." the teacher scolded sternly. "If you don't take this serious, Max, there will be consequences. Why, your friend Zoe here is a perfect example of the perfect student." Behind him, Zoe smiled greatly as she had her hands crossed, a literal rainbow shining over her face. "If you could be more like your friend Zoe and maybe even Francis, and ACTUALLY try for a change, you would find out that science could be really fun. Isn't that right, Francis?"
Francis was shown playing on his ASUS laptop, completed with a neon, brightly colored wireless mouse, the game being loudly played so everyone could hear.
*stabbing noises*
"The Phantom, exterior like fish eggs. Interior like suicide-wrist red. I can exercise you, this can be your Phys. Ed. Cheat on your man, homie- Aaaaaah! I tried to sneak through the door man!"
*more stabbing noises*
"Can't make it. Can't make it. This shit stuck. Out of my way, son! DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK! PLEASE!"
*even more stabbing noises*
"I BEG YOU! WE'RE DEAD!'
*hey, a package arrived for you. guess what. it's even more stabbing noises*
"You're a g- g- genuine dick sucker."
*under fire noises; bullets ricocheting off of wall and door; gunshots; even more stabbing noises; explosion; walking noises; gunshots*
"*inhale* Yo, I'm adding this guy to friends."
*weapon pickup sound*
"Bomb has been planted."
"Ahaha."
"Huh?" Francis asks, completely oblivious to literally everything around him.
"You know, Rex was a star pupil too, you know." the teacher tells Max. "I'm surprised he hasn't returned to school to give an example. Maybe he could help you become a better student."
"Grrrrrrr!" Max growled in annoyance as Zoe snickers behind him.
Max was shown opening up his locker, pulling out some books while Zoe was standing beside him, her friend Amy chatting with her. At that moment, a random student walked up to Max, a huge smile on his face, which initially confused the dinosaur lover at first. "Hey, Max!" calls out the student.
"Hey, Rodney. What's up?" Max asks with uncertainty in his tone, as Rodney never talked to Max.
"I was wondering if you could help me with something." Rodney asks with a sheepish smile.
"Sure, I can help you. Just as long as it's not math… or science… or English." Max degenerately says each time he named a subject.
"Max, you speak English." Zoe reminds her friend.
"Debatable." Max responds.
"Uh, no. I was actually wondering if you could tell Rex that I wanted to hang out with him. Ever since I heard he came back, I've been wanting to play this new game with him, just like we used to do back then. And then maybe go see a movie and maybe get something to eat afterwards." Rodney sheepishly asks, obviously nervous about talking about Rex.
Zoe, Max, and Amy were silent upon hearing his plans, all three of them giving Rodney blank looks while Rodney appeared to have been on the edge of soiling his pants. "Rodney, do you have a crush on Rex?" Zoe asks with a sly smile.
"No! What're you talking about?! I don't have a crush on him! That's crazy! Uuuh- Hey, look! A flying giraffe!" Rodney shouts as he points to the ceiling before speeding off, leaving a dust figure of his appearance.
The three looked up to see that there was indeed a flying giraffe, or a giraffe plushie dangling on the ceiling while being tied up by some rope. "Huh, would you look at that? It is a flying giraffe." Amy states aloud.
"PIÑATA!" shouts Francis as he literally threw himself at the piñata, exploding upon impact.
Max, Zoe and Amy were shown sitting at the cafeteria, all eating their lunches, either brought home or bought at the school cafeteria which might as well be prison food. As Max was about to dig in on his food, another kid slid right next to Max, getting uncomfortably close to him as he eyed his food.
"Hey, Max." the kid greeted. "When you see Rex, can you tell him that a new dinosaur comic book was just published? It's the latest edition to the comic book series we used to read when he was here before he left. But now that he's here, we can continue again!"
"Grrrrrrrr!" Max growled as he crushed his sandwich.
"You gonna eat that?" the kid suddenly asks, picking up a large piece of Max's destroyed sandwich.
A huge group of teenagers were shown all laughing at a single kid, whom was backed up into a corner, rolled up into a ball, no doubt receiving severe psychological trauma from this incident that would forever haunt his life even after graduating that would interfere with everyday, mundane tasks and maybe even his career… Meanwhile, Max and Zoe walked passed the group, not even noticing them, as they saw Rex standing by Dr. Taylor's car, whom was there to pick him up.
"Hey, Max." Rex greeted him with a high five.
Max gladly took the high five. "Hey, Rex." Max greeted back.
"Did someone say Rex?'
"Rex is here?"
"Oh my God, Rex is here!"
"Has anyone seen my pants?"
At that moment, a bunch of kids swarmed around Max, practically pushing him aside to talk to Rex, whom they haven't seen in years. "Rex! Dude! How've you been, man?!" asked the lunchroom kid.
"Rex! Where did you go? Why are you back?" asks another kid.
"Can you spare a 20?" asked Francis out of nowhere.
"Uuuuuum. Hey, you. Hi, what's going on? Uh, who are you?" Rex began answering the mobs' questions one by one, slowly getting overwhelmed by them.
Meanwhile, Max sneered at the group with a pout, practically sending daggers at them. If looks could kill, then Max would be sentenced for mass murder. Zoe couldn't help but feel amused at this situation as she slyly looked at Max with a smug grin. Behind Max and Zoe, the same large group continued to laugh at the poor kid crying in the corner, rolling back and forth in the process.
"Jealous?" Zoe asks her friend.
"What?! Me? No! I'm just… um." Max fell off his words.
"Jealous?" Zoe guesses, the same smug expression on her face.
"No!" Max denies. "I'm just tired of people thinking of Rex all the time. I'm here too! All day today, I kept getting asked, 'Where's Rex at Max?' or, 'Why isn't Rex here?' 'Can I hang out with him?'. It's just tiring is all Zoe. I mean, look at him." Max emphasized his point by literally pointing to Rex, whom was still getting mobbed.
"Rex! There's this comic book that came out! You wanna go read it?" asked the lunchroom kid.
"Uh, maybe later?" Rex replies with struggle in his voice.
"Hey, Rex! I was wondering if you wanna get something to eat sometime? Like in a totally platonic, non-romantic type of way of course!" Rodney asks, a slight blush on his face.
"What're you talking about?" Rex asked his friend.
"So is that a 'no' on the twenty?" Francis asks.
"See what I mean?" Max rhetorically asks Zoe.
Behind them, the large group were no longer laughing at the kid but instead were doing a Hopak dance around the crying kid from before, whom appeared to be in the center of the circle, dancing as well, no longer crying.
"I see what you mean. I can see you're-"
"Zoe, if you say jealous one more time, I won't hesitate to summon Chomp to step on you." Max half threatens with a deadpan expression.
Zoe chuckled nervously as a bead of sweat dripped down the back of her head. "I mean, I can understand where those kids are coming from. They've known Rex as well while he was here. Can you really blame them?" Zoe asks her friend.
"No, I don't think I can in all honesty." Max admits, defeat in his tone as he looked to the ground with a crestfallen expression.
"I can see why the girls are surrounding him. He does look cuter since he came back. Maybe it's his hair?" Zoe admits, a slight blush on her face with a sly smile.
"WHAT?!" Max practically shouts as Zoe blushed even harder, the smile not disappearing from her face.
"Hey! Rex! Don't forget about me! You lived in my house, remember?!" Spike continuously asks as he too joined the mob.
"Oh great. Now my dad got caught in it." Max says with a deadpan expression with a monotone voice.
Zoe giggled in response. "Boy, I wouldn't want to be Rex right now." she says.
Behind them, the same crying kid was now teabagging a crying bully as another kid rapidly slammed his head against the wall, continuously calling for a doctor as he did so. All of a sudden, another kid came from behind the wall only to throw himself off the rails and into the parking lot below.
"We should go help him." Max suggests as they walk over to them.
"Guys! Please! Can I have some space, please?!" Rex begs the crowd.
"I'm not leaving until I get my twenty bucks!" Francis shouted.
Max and Zoe suddenly pried their way into the crowd, getting in front of Rex as a means of defense. "Sorry, guys but Rex is really tired but I'm sure he wants to rest right now." Zoe tells the crowd.
"Huh? What do you mean? I feel fine." Rex tells Zoe, oblivious to her plan.
Rex suddenly had his mouth covered by Zoe, getting real close to his face. "Zip it, Rex, I'm trying to help you." she mutters loudly through her teeth.
"As much as Rex would really like to hang out with you all, it's about time we leave. Okay, see ya! Get in the car!" Max shouts at Rex as he shoves him in the car.
"Huh?! Wait! What-" Rex's cries were stopped when Max closed the door on him before getting in the car as it drove off, leaving the mob behind.
"Rude. I didn't get my twenty bucks." Francis mumbles in obvious anger.
"What was that for?" Rex asks Max and Zoe as Spike drove the car.
"Really?" Max asks his friend, baffled by his obliviousness.
"What Max means is that we thought you needed help." Zoe answers before getting close to his ear. "Plus, between you and me, he's a little jealous of your fame."
"I'm not jealous!" Max shouts.
"Well, thank you for getting me out of there." Rex says with an appreciative smile. "They were kind of getting on my nerves. I don't know why they wanted to hang out with me so much."
"Probably because they haven't seen you in a long time. You did just up and disappear from them, you know." Spike tells Rex as he drives.
"Oh." Rex says, feeling guilty as he hangs his head low.
Zoe gave him an appreciative shoulder grab as she smiled at her friend. "Don't feel bad. They didn't know you were from the future and you had to go home." Zoe tells her friend.
"I know but… I just wish I said goodbye to them like I did with you guys." Rex reveals. "I did hang out with some of them during school and after school sometimes. Me and Rodney would always go to the arcade after school on Fridays and hang out during our free periods. Joey and I used to read this dinosaur comic book all the time during school and after school. Dino-Man, the superhero Tyrannosaurus. It was really cheesy but we still loved it. And Francis… Well he was just there."
"Well when you put it like that, yeah I can see why they swarmed up to you so quickly." Zoe says as she looks at the passing trees.
"And that they kept asking me for you." Max mumbles as he pouts.
"How come you don't go back to school, Rex?" Spike answers.
"Because I'm not going to be spending my time here. After we get all the cards, I'm going back to the future. Which would be like five seconds since we left." Rex answers.
"Oh yeah." Spike replies sheepishly, his forgetfulness getting the better of him once again.
At that moment, their Dino-Bracers began beeping, indicating that there's a new dinosaur somewhere in the world. "A dinosaur!" Zoe exclaims as she stared at her bracer.
"Alright, dad, you know where we should go!" Max exclaims with excitement in his voice.
"You know it, Max! Here we go!" Spike shouts, equally excited as his son.
"Hi, welcome to In-N-Out, how may I take your order?" asks the cashier over the mic.
"Yeah, hi, I'll take a Double Double, no pickles, uuuuh, Max do you want anything?" Spike asks his son.
In the back seat, Max and Zoe were shown pouting in place at Spike's antics while Rex had a neutral expression. "I want a dinosaur." Max answers in a pouting tone.
"What about you, Zoe? Do you want anything?" Spike asks the pinkette.
"I'm on a diet, thank you." she says with annoyance in her tone.
"I'll have a chocolate shake." Rex spoke up.
"REX!" Max and Zoe shouts, scaring the poor guy.
Meanwhile, up inside the Backland II, a certain dinosaur obsessed megalomaniac was currently reciting an "ancient ritual chant" that would allow him to find missing dinosaur cards."Shake-a-bone shake-a-bone shake-a-bone stew. Ride your own dinosaur two-by-two. Reveal!" Dr. Z dropped his bones as they landed on Montana. "Aha! Five times in a row and the bones still never lie! I knew I could trust these old bones. The next dinosaur is in Montana!"
"Great! What city?" Zander asks as he, Ursula, and Ed stood behind him.
"No clue!"
"Huh?" all three of them exhaled in confusion.
Dr. Z suddenly threw the trio their Alpha Scanners, which all struck them in their faces, leaving large red marks on. "Get moving you three! It's crucial we get those dinosaur cards!" he orders his lackeys.
"But doctor, aren't we on the same side as those brats? Why are we in such a rush?" Ed asks.
"Plus it would help if we knew what city or town it was in." Zander pointed out.
"Fool! Those brats may be on our side but I STILL want to become the Dinosaur King and in order to do so, I need ALL OF THE CARDS! In fact! I'm going with you so I know you won't fail." Dr. Z reveals with a smile.
"Wait a minute grandpa." says Laura as she and her brother entered the room together.
"Didn't you say you would help us with our math homework?" Rod asks, both holding books in their hands.
"I did? Oooooh yeah, I did." Dr. Z says as he suddenly remembered his promise. "Well, can't it wait until after I get the dinosaur."
"Grandpa, I thought you said you wanted to be a better grandfather?" Laura asks, feeling kind of hurt her grandfather forgot about his promise.
"Yeah, you said you would take it easy on your dream of being the dinosaur king." Rod adds.
Dr. Z began stammering and fidgeting in place upon hearing this. On one hand, he wanted to become the greatest dinosaur king that would go down in history. On the other, he wanted to be there for his grandchildren, to be the grandfather he 'tried' to be two years ago. In the end, his old heart gave out as he finally made his decision.
"Are we talking Algebra or Geometry?" Dr. Z asks with a smile on his face as he walks with his grandchildren.
Rod and Laura both smiled in delight, hearing that their grandfather would help them with their math homework. "Thank you, grandpa!" Laura exclaims in happiness.
"You're the best!" Rod also exclaims.
"Well, if I can't be the best dinosaur king, I can at least be the best grandfather." Dr. Z reassures himself loudly before turning to his three lackeys. "You three! Get that dinosaur card! Now!" he orders them.
"Yes, sir!" the trio exclaimed simultaneously.
As Dr. Z rounded the corner and the door closed, the trio immediately began crying over what had just happened. "His heart is so massive! It's contagious!" Zander exclaims, crying a waterfall.
"He truly is the best darn grandfather out there." Ed whimpers, rubbing tears out of his eyes.
"I have been on the other hand of that, well hand, but seeing moments like this makes it all worth it." Ursula cries out, blowing her nose into a handkerchief.
"WE LOVE YOU, DR. DAD!" the trio all cried out at the same time… before gathering their cool and were no longer crying. "Alright, now that the waterworks are out of our systems, let's go get that dinosaur."
"Hurray!" Ed and Zander shout at the same time.
The trio all simultaneously ran to where they thought where the teleporter was, only to run into each other and fall to the ground, comically.
Down at the D-Lab, Reese and Jonathan were shown by the main computer, with Reese typing away while Jonathan supervised from behind. "Jonathan," Reese says. "is there a way to find out what type of dinosaur we locate before going to the location? Does the Backland II have that technology?"
"Unfortunately, no we don't." Jonathan answers. "However, we can still do something similar to help with our journey. If we can reprogram the entire system by using the Backland II's detector system, then we should be able to know what type of element the dinosaur is. Unfortunately, that's the best we can do. There is no way we can pinpoint the species. Why do you ask?"
"It's something about that first dinosaur." Reese mumbles, putting her fingers to her chin. "It disappeared but it was replaced by a different dinosaur. Our system can tell us if it's a new one or an old one or if it's a different dinosaur. The first time it activated, it was a certain dinosaur before it disappeared but then an hour later, our systems detected a different dinosaur in the exact area."
"What're you saying?" Jonathan asks.
Reese turned around to face the future android. "I'm not sure." she reveals. "Maybe it was a bug in the system for not being used for so long or maybe it was a different dinosaur. Whatever it is, it's been keeping me up these past few nights. Let's reprogram the system so we can find out if it was a different dinosaur or just a bug as soon as possible."
At that moment, the lab doors opened, revealing the D-Team and Dr. Taylor, whom was munching on a Double Double with no pickles while Rex drank his chocolate shake. "We're here! Finally." Max calls out with a hint of annoyance in his tone.
"Where's the dinosaur at, Reese?" Zoe asks her older sister.
"It's in the state of Montana, in a small town with a name we shall not say otherwise we might get sued." Jonathan reveals, earning confused glances from the D-Team.
"Huh?" they all said simultaneously, baffled at the response.
"She asked me, Jonathan." Reese mumbles with audible annoyance in her tone, causing the android to shrink in embarrassment.
"S-Sorry." he apologized immediately.
"Aaaah, Montana." Spike says in a reminiscent tone. "I went there to dig up dinosaur fossils back in 1993 in the badlands. Dug up a perfect skeleton of what we thought was a Velociraptor skeleton. Turns out it was just a Utahraptor instead but for the time it was an extraordinary discovery! Why it was the first time we ever used computers to find the skeleton! Montana is truly a great state to both live in and visit. Oooh, I'm getting all nostalgic! I'm coming along!"
"Doctor." Reese spoke up.
"They already left." Jonathan reveals.
Spike stood still for a moment before looking around, seeing the lack of teenagers and their chibi dinosaurs, finding out they did leave without him. "Nooooooooooooooo! Not again." Spike mumbles in a depressed tone.
While the D-Team were late to arriving at Montana, the Alpha Gang had already arrived, teleporting in a very small town fitted with a bar, church, convenience store, and weapon shop. "Alright you dolts, keep a lookout for that dinosaur. It could be anywhere." Ursula tells her comrades.
"Aye aye!" the two men shout as they begin searching the area.
After a few seconds of scanning, they immediately grew tired. "Well I'm bored." Zander says aloud, breaking the silence.
"I am too. Where's this dinosaur?!" Ursula shouted in anger.
"Maybe if we call it out, it'll come to us." Ed suggests before whistling. "Come here, dinosaur! Come to papa! Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?"
"Ed, that's not gonna work. It's a wild dinosaur not a dog." Ursula tells her adoptive little brother as he continues to call for the dinosaur.
"No, no. Let him keep doing it. I want to see how long he'll keep this up." Zander tells Ursula, halting any attempts of her stopping him.
"You're kidding!" shouts a voice from afar, alerting the trio. They turned to where the shout came from, which originated from a small group crowded around a small bar. "It took out the damn mountain?"
"It didn't take it out. It just blocked the path. Could be dead anyway for all I know." says one of the hikers from before.
"Yeah, but not before knockin' them hunters off the cliff like it was in lil' league." says another biker.
"And you said it was a dinosaur? Aren't those things fiction or extinct?" asks one of the patrons.
At that moment, Ursula slammed her heel on the table as the group turned to her, whom was shooting them a sexy and seductive look. "Did I hear one of you boys say 'dinosaur'?" Ursula asks the group.
"Oh boy." Zander mumbles as he face palms.
"Here she goes again." Ed also mumbles as he also face palms.
"That's right, ma'am." says the hiker with the southern accent. "Call me crazy but either I saw a real life, breathin' dinosaur or I need to change my heart medication."
"Why bother? You're still the same on and off it! Ahahahahahahaha!" laughed one of the patrons as the entire group laughed as well.
"Tell you what, boys." Ursula begins to say in a sexy, seductive voice. "You tell me where you saw this dinosaur, and I might reward you." Ursula finished this off with a kiss at the group.
"I can't keep watching this." Zander exhales in an exasperated and annoyed tone.
"No thank you, ma'am. No offense to you but you're kind of old for my taste." says one of the hikers.
"Same here."
"Mm-hm."
"You got that right."
Ursula felt her entire world shatter upon the sudden realization before her impatience boiled to anger which soon detonated with violence. "OH YEAH?! CAN AN OLD LADY DO THIS?!" Ursula shouted as she flips the entire table, knocking everyone to the ground. "DON'T CALL ME OOOOOLD!"
"Hot damn! I love me a feisty woman!" exclaims one of the patrons, his mug of beer spilled all over his head.
"Excuse me, ma'am." says a young lady, exiting the bar. "But if you don't calm down, I'm afraid we'll have to throw you out."
"Throw me out?! Huh?! I'm not even here to grab a drink! I'm here for the dinosaur!" Ursula shouts at the woman as Ed and Zander restrain her so things wouldn't get bloody.
"Ursula, calm down!" Zander tells her.
"We've only been here for five minutes and already you're threatening people! It's honestly a new record by this point." Ed says, still pulling her back.
"You heard about the dinosaur too?" the woman asks with genuine surprise in her tone.
This instantly calmed the green haired woman down. "Yeah. That's right." she says, a sudden peek of interest in her tone.
"From what I heard from these folks, that dinosaur caused one of the trails to get blocked." the woman explains.
"Not only that but it also blocked the entrance of where the gold is at." says a voice in an Australian accent.
Everyone turned around to see a gang of armed men with several vans behind them, with their leader whom stood in front of the group. Their leader had a large scar running down his left eye, which lacked a pupil, indicating that it was blind, along with a large streak of missing hair. To top things off, he had a massive and severe burn scar that covered his left cheek that went all the way down to the base of his neck . "Ugh. Him again." the woman says with disgust in her tone.
"Do you know him?" Ed asks the woman.
"Who doesn't? Double Barrel Jericho is a notorious criminal around here."
"He's what's close to a gangster around these parts." says the hunter of the group, with her dog barking in agreement.
"Gangster? More like a mob boss." says a bar patron.
"That guy takes what he wants whenever he wants however he wants. He thinks he runs this town with his gang and lately he's been digging in the mountains because he believes there's gold in it." explains one of the patrons.
This sparked the Alpha Gang's interests. "Is there gold in the mountains?" Zander asks, wanting to know more about the gold.
"You bet your six ass cheeks squeezed together there is, mate." Double Barrel Jericho reassures the gang.
In response, the trio grew baffled yet disgusted looks, never in their life hearing that expression before. Ursula shook her head, to break herself out of the confused trance she was in upon hearing that odd expression. "I'm sorry. What?" she asks in a baffled tone.
"That mountain is rumored to have a secret cave, littered with gold, and I'm headin' up there to take it myself, and ain't no one gonna stop me!" Double Barrel Jericho exclaimed with bloodthirsty confidence.
"Yeah! No one is gonna stop him!" shouts a short man with a hardhat on.
"Shut up, Doug." Double Barrel Jericho tells his ally.
"Okay." Doug replies in a sad tone.
"Now move aside. Me and me mates are thirsty. I'm craving a coldie, a ciggy, and a foot long." Double Barrel Jericho says as he shoves everyone aside as he and his gang enter the bar.
"You better pay your tab this time!" shouts the bartender woman now known as Barbara as she follows the gang inside.
Ursula suddenly grabbed the two men beside her and brought them together for a huddle. "Did you hear what I heard?" she asks the two men with a sly smile.
"Yeah! A footlong hot dog sounds sooooo good." Ed says as he drools at the thought of the hotdog as his eyes turn into stars.
"What? No! Not the hotdog! I'm talking about the gold inside the cave." Ursula tells the short, chubby man.
"But how would we know where to look?" Zander asks the green haired woman. "That mountain is massive just by looking at it. Plus, you heard what that woman said. That dinosaur blocked the path. How are we supposed to clear it?" Ursula responded by giving Zander a 'really?' expression. "Oh yeah, that's right. We have our own dinosaurs."
"But we still don't know where the cave's at. Maybe those guys have a map or something. Maybe we can sneak it off of them." Ed suggests.
"You really want to mess with a guy who's name is Double Barrel Jericho?" Ursula asks Ed in a scared tone.
"The guy looks like he came out of a slasher flick." Zander comments.
"We have no choice. We'll just have to find that cave on our own! Onwards Alpha Gang! To treasure!" Ursula tells the two men as she pointed towards the mountain.
"Huzzah!" the two men shouted simultaneously, raising their fists in the air.
At the same moment, not far from the bar, the D-Team and their chibi dinosaurs had just teleported into the middle of the street, immediately taking sight of their surroundings. "Woah! It's so beautiful here!" Zoe exclaims as she looks up at the skies.
"I know what you mean." Max responds as he too looks at the sights. "This town has everything. A church. An auto repair shop. A bar. An old lady running towards us… Wait a minute."
"Did you call me an old lady?!" Ursula shouts as she drags the two men behind her before stopping right in front of Max. "Well this 'old lady' will be a rich young one when I get my hands on the gold inside the mountain!"
"I'll finally open up my dream restaurant!" Ed exclaims with a happy tone.
"I can retire and move to Hawaii and invite my angel Reese with me!" Zander shouts as an image of Reese popped into his head.
"Yeah right!" Zoe responds with obvious anger in her voice.
"Aww."
"Gold? What're you talking about?" Max asks.
"Well if you must know, there's gold-"
Ursula was interrupted when Rex began drinking his shake, which was making loud sucking noises, causing the group to turn to him. While Rex had an innocent and oblivious expression on his face, the rest of the D-Team and the Alpha Gang had blank expressions while Rex continued to drink his shake.
"If you must know, there's gold hidden in that mountain and I aim to take it! It's not stealing if it doesn't belong to anyone." Ursula points out.
Max was silent for a few seconds, a blank expression on his face. "Okay?" he says in a confused tone, not knowing how to properly respond.
"Do you know where the gold is though?" Zoe asks.
"Of course we do! We're the Alpha Gang and the Alpha Gang knows where all treasures are!" Zander boasts as the three do a triumphant pose.
The D-Team were silent for a few seconds before Max broke it. "You have no idea where it's at, do you?" he asks.
This instantly shattered the Alpha Gang's confidence. "Not a single clue." Ed reveals as he whimpers.
"But that won't stop us from getting that gold!" Ursula shouts, her confidence returning.
"By the way, the locals here said that the dinosaur blocked the path on the mountain, which is where the gold is. You might want to talk to them before you head up there." Zander suggests to the kids.
"But be careful. There's this crazy guy named Double Barrel Jericho inside that looks like he could kill you ten different ways." Ed warns the kids.
"Anyway, that's enough from us. Come on, boys! Let's go find that gold!" Ursula shouts to her comrades as the trio run off again.
"I hope it's not fools gold!" Zander yells out.
"I hope there's chocolate inside the gold!" Ed comments loudly before eventually, the trio were out of the line of sight.
"Double Barrel Jericho?" Rex asks before going back to drinking his shake.
"He can't be that bad, can he?" Max asks as the trio head towards the bar.
The trio enters the bar only to see Jericho's gang taking up most of the seats and booths, with some of them playing pool or listening to the jukebox. They could see Jericho himself at the bar, smoking a cigar with an empty glass in his hand and a hotdog on a plate in front of him. Beside him was Doug, his 'supposed' right hand man, a couple of other gang members beside him, while Barbara filled up his empty glass with bourbon.
"So I tell the bloke, 'Hey, you better pay up otherwise your wife's flowers aren't going to be the only thing dead around here.' Sure taught him a lesson. Guy pissed his knickers afterwards." Jericho boasted in front of his gang members.
Each member began laughing and praising their boss while Doug, whom was using a booster seat because he was small, patted Jericho's back. "You sure taught him a lesson, boss!" Doug praises his boss.
"I know, I just said that you drongo." Jericho tells him harshly.
"Okay. He's bad." Max retracts his previous statement.
"Excuse me, but kids and animals aren't allowed in here." Barbara calls out from the bar, earning the D-Team the entire bar's attention.
"Sorry. We're just searching for something." Zoe responds while Rex continues to drink his shake.
"Well whatever you're looking for, it's not here. Jericho may have already stolen it." Barbara says, giving Jericho the stink eye.
"Watch what you say, Barbara, or else I might steal ya heart." Jericho responds, giving her a flirty smile, revealing a gold tooth.
"Ugh." Barbara replies in disgust, rolling her eyes.
"We heard about a dinosaur up in the mountains." Max clarifies, which instantly silences the bar as the music stopped.
Upon hearing that the music stopped, everyone turned to the jukebox, where one of Jericho's men had accidentally knocked the record off. "Whoops. Sorry." he apologizes as he places the record back in, restarting the music.
"Man. That dinosaur sure is bringing a lot of folks around here in just an hour." Barbara says to herself as the D-Team approached the bar. "First that old lady wanted to know where it was now you three kids want to know."
"Who called me an old lady?! It hasn't even been five minutes!" Ursula shouts as the trio walked up the path, where Ed had collapsed from exhaustion.
"Man down! Man down!" Zander calls out.
"That dinosaur ain't the only ancient thing up in them mountains." Jericho reveals as he smokes a cigar.
Upon second handedly inhaling the smoke, the kids began shaking while Rex seemed to be unaffected by it and continued to drink his shake.
"We heard about the gold as well." Max reveals before coughing some more.
Jericho smoked more of his cigar before exhaling, blowing a puff of smoke out of his mouth and into the air. He suddenly turned around to face Max dead in the eye before putting out the cigar with his own tongue. "Word of advice ankle biter. Don't eavesdrop on people, mate. It's not polite." Jericho tells Max in a threatening tone.
Zoe instinctively clinged onto Max as a form of protection while Max himself felt his heartbeat speed up just by looking at Jericho in the eye. "Knock it off, Jericho. You're scaring the kids." Barbara tells the crook.
"Don't tell my boss to knock it off!" Doug shouts at Barbara as he stands up on the counter.
"Shut up, Doug." Jericho tells his henchman.
"Yes, sir." With that, Doug went back to sitting in his booster seat.
Jericho ate the last piece of his hotdog before standing up, adjusting the bandana draping around his neck before cracking his neck. "Alright, boys. Let's head out to Dead Man's Peak." he tells his henchman as they all begin to get up and leave.
"If you hurt that dinosaur, I'll-"
"You'll what? Cry to your mum?" Jericho interrupts Max as he bent down to his level. "Here's a reality check, ankle biter. Ain't nobody ever gonna give a damn whether you like somethin' or not. Let that be a lesson for ya." Max gulped down his fear while Rex began making loud sucking noises through his cup, earning a glare from Jericho, in which he stopped immediately after making eye contact with the madman.
"Learn some manners or your head's gonna be leakin' that shake." Jericho threatens Rex with a sinister smile.
Rex instantly stopped as his eyes went wide as dinner plates while Max got in front of him to defend him. "Don't threaten my friend." Max tells Jericho in a threatening tone, although deep down he was scared shitless.
Jericho eyed Max, his gaze piercing Max's eyes as he stared into his soul, trying his hardest to contain himself. The moment of silence was broken when the D-Team's chibi dinosaurs began biting Jericho's legs, albeit doing nothing to him. "Get these dingos out of here." he says as he kicks them off of him, sending them flying into the wall.
"Chomp!"
"Paris!"
"Ace!"
The D-Team quickly all ran towards their partners as they held them close before glaring at the scarred man. "Why'd you do that?!" Max shouts at him.
"Yeah! You're nothing but a bully!" Zoe shouts back.
The two were quickly silenced when Jericho pulled out the backstory of his name, a double barrel shotgun, as he pointed it at the kids. Upon seeing the weapon, they all froze up, thinking this was going to be their end, but fate kept them alive when Jericho chuckled a bit before eventually walking out of the bar along with his gang. The second they left, Max let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding, having the greatest feeling of relief in his life.
"You didn't have to do that, you know." Rex tells his friend.
"I know… but I wanted to." Max responds with a smile. Rex smiled back in appreciation.
"Paris? Are you alright?" Zoe asks her chibi dinosaur, resulting in earning a lick from the Parasaurolophus.
"Those are weird dogs you have, kids." says one of the patrons. "Are they purebred?"
"Uuuuh, yeah! Yeah, they're purebred!" Max lies, chuckling through his teeth.
"Actually, mine is a mix of Chihuahua and Shih Tzu." Rex lies, earning odd looks from his friends. "What? I'm trying to broaden our lie." he whispers to them.
"Well either way, they're not allowed in here." Barbara tells the kids.
"Please! Wait!" Max begs the bartender.
"We need your help." Rex clarifies.
"Our help?" Barbara asks, confused as to what they meant.
"You see, we're uh… We're looking for the dinosaur for uh… school work purposes." she lied. Please don't ask further. Please don't ask further. Zoe says in her mind, not wanting a repeat of what happened in Monroe.
Barbara shot them a skeptical look before smiling. "Alrighty then!" she answers in a happy tone, earning confused looks from the kids.
"Huh?" they all ask simultaneously.
"But I'll have to warn you. Dead Man's Peak is a deadly mountain. Hence it's name, it's pretty obvious. Anyway, if you want someone to take you up there, Old Man Petey here knows the mountain better than anyone." Barbara reveals, pointing to the patron next to them.
Petey downed his drink before standing up, adjusting his belt as he expanded his chest. "It's been a while since I was last up there. I may be a tad rusty but I'll lead you to where you need to be in no time." Petey tells the kids as he puts on his trucker hat. "Hop aboard my truck and I'll give ya a round there."
"Really?" Max asks, happy to have earned a ride.
"Thanks mister!" Zoe thanks as their dinosaurs all 'barked' in appreciation.
"Anythin' for enthusiastic youngins and their dogs." Petey replies with a smile on his face.
"This mountain goes on for miles!" Ursula complains as she and the two men trudged against the trails, exhaustion having been slowing them down a long time ago.
"I wonder if there's a popsicle stand waiting for us." Ed wonders, his legs about to give out anytime.
"When we get that gold, Ed, you can have as many popsicle stands as you want." Zander tells his adoptive brother.
Eventually, the two reached where the dinosaur had blocked the path, where a bunch of boulders were stopping their expedition. "I think this is the spot." Ursula says to the two men.
"How can you tell?" the two men sarcastically asked at the same time.
"Hurry up, Ed and summon Tank already to get rid of these boulders." Ursula tells the short and chubby man.
In response, Ed grabbed his Alpha Scanner and Tank's card while a confident grin grew on his face. "One boulder bashing bad girl coming up!" he calls out as he slashes Tank's card into the Alpha Scanner.
"ALPHA SLASH! SHAKE 'EM UP, SAICHANIA!"
The chibi Saichania flew up into the air as music that belonged to a strong yet not evil fighter whom always challenged the toughest opponents, not for dominance but for the thrill of having an intense fight. Tank's limbs enlarged, destroying the many rocks that covered them beforehand while one by one, her spikes spawned into existence like an earthquake. Her clubbed tail waved into the air as her eyes glowed purple before she stood up on her hind legs and roared, signaling that she was ready for a fight.
"Tank, can you help us move those rocks for us?" Ed asks the Saichania politely, in which she nodded her head.
She raised her clubbed tail before swinging it, effortlessly knocking the rocks out of the way as they tumbled down the cliff and to the ground below. "Alright! That's what we're talking about!" Ursula shouts triumphantly as she jumps into the air, pumping her fist in the process.
"I can already smell that gold." Zander says as he sniffs the air.
"Alright, Ed, recall her. She might cause a cave in if she's full sized." Ursula tells her adoptive brother.
Ed suddenly began caressing Tank's head with a warm smile on her face. "You did good, Tank. You're such a good girl." Ed then recalled Tank back into her card before turning to his teammates, whom were giving him odd looks. "So what if I got attached to her! It's like owning a cat! They may bite and scratch you but you can never stay mad at them because deep down you can never stop loving them."
"Yeah but cats are tricky. You may show them nothing but love and they'll still treat you like garbage." Zander comments aloud.
"It's like owning a kid, except you don't have to worry about getting a call from the principal." Ursula adds on to the comparison as the trio enter the cave.
Meanwhile, the D-Team had just gotten off the truck that Old Man Petey was driving, whom had a few bite marks on his face. "Bye, Petey! And sorry about Chomp biting you so much." Max apologizes on behalf of Chomp's misbehavior.
"Oh don't you worry about a thing, youngin'. I love animals, especially cute mutts." Old Man Petey says as Chomp 'barked' at him. "Take care and be careful you kids. The path up to Dead Man's Peak is dangerous, said to have cougars roaming' around. Take care, ya'll!"
With that said, Old Man Petey drove off as the kids started walking down the path and towards Dead Man's Peak. "Do you think he was serious about cougars on the path?" Zoe asks her friends.
"I'm not worried one bit." Max boasted as he placed his hands behind his head, a confident smile on his face.
"Why's that, Max?" Rex asks before going back to drinking his shake.
"Because we have dinosaurs with us. One look at a massive creature they've never seen will make them run like pussy cats. They'll be the biggest pussies ever!" Max explains with the biggest grin on his face.
Rex and Zoe were silent for a brief second before they grew deadpan expressions. "Never say that sentence again." Zoe says in an annoyed tone.
At that moment, they heard bushes rustling from the distance, alerting their attention as they directed their sight towards the direction of the sound's origin. When they did, they saw something sticking with some red substance on it sticking out from the bush, which was shaking and rustling.
"What's that?" Max asks. Rex stepped closer to get a better look at what was sticking out from the bush. "Rex! Get away from there! It could be dangerous!"
"Didn't you say you weren't afraid of anything?" Rex asks his friend. "Besides, like you said, I have Ace to protect me. I'm not worried at all."
"Rex, don't take another step." Max continued to warn.
Rex ignored him as he got closer to the bush and upon approaching it, Rex saw the arm of a man, with blood splattered over it. One quick glance at the arm was enough to make Rex's heart skip a beat before his heartbeat sped up, knowing full well what this meant. At that moment, growling and hissing could be heard as a cougar with a bloody mouth appeared from the bush, growling at Rex, showing him it's razor sharp fangs. Rex went wide eyed in terror as he dropped his shake, which surprisingly still had some shake in it. At that moment, the cougar pounced at Rex while Max and Zoe feared for their friend's life.
"REX!" shouts the two.
Luckily for Rex, he managed to duck out of the way in time as the cougar jumped over him and landed behind him. It turned around as it roared at Rex only to be stopped when Ace got in front of his master, 'roaring' back. "No! Ace! Stay back! You're gonna get killed!" Rex shouted at his partner.
"You're not hurting my friend you damn cat!" Max shouts as he calls out Chomp to his full size.
Chomp, now a grown adult dinosaur, roared into the air, stomping his feet as the cougar instantly ran away, not wanting to deal with something three times it's size. Rex managed to catch his breath, feeling his heartbeat lower but still beating rapidly as Max and Zoe quickly ran over to him to check on him.
"Rex! You okay?" Zoe asks her friend.
"Noooooooooooo!" Rex shouts in utter despair.
"What?! What is it?!" Max frantically asks his friend.
"My shake! I didn't get to finish!" Rex exclaims as he points at his spilled drink.
"You mean you STILL had some left?!" Max yelled at Rex before collapsing from utter stupidity before calling back Chomp to his chibi form.
"Are you okay, Rex?" Zoe asks him a second time.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks to Max." Rex says, smiling at his friend.
Instead of smiling back, Max grew a serious look, almost like a parent ready to scold their kid. "You should be more careful, Rex. You could get hurt. Just stay in the middle of us and you'll be fine." Max tell him as he walks away, confusing his two friends.
Rex raised an eyebrow, confused on his friend's antics as he has never done this thing before in the past, before shrugging it off but still keeping a close eye on Max. "Rrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiight. Let's just get to the cave." Rex suggests as the three get back on the path.
Zoe gave Max an odd look before looking at the audience, shrugging since she didn't have a clue what was going on with him.
"Bow ch! Bow ch! Dow ch dow da dow ch dow! Bow ch! Bow ch! Bow-"
"Please stop singing our leitmotif." Ursula politely tells Zander in an annoyed tone as they walk inside the mountain.
"Oh. Okay. Sorry." Zander says with no emotion in his tone at all.
"How much further, Ursula?" Ed asks, exhausted from all the walking.
"Why are you asking me? I'm just blindly guessing which path to take and hoping that it's the right one." Ursula replies, equally tired.
"You sound like me in high school." Zander comments.
"Well on the bright side we managed to make it to the bright side of the mountain so that way we can see better." Ed says as he points to a golden light coming from inside a cave room.
"Wait a minute, Ed. That's not light. That's-"
The trio entered the cave only to be met with a massive amount of gold ores that blanketed the cave walls, resulting in illuminating the entire cave. "GOLD!" the trio shouts simultaneously.
"Look at how much gold is in here!" Zander says, the light refracting off his sunglasses.
"There's gotta be enough to fill the entire Backland!" Ed adds on, his eyes the shape of stars.
"Quick! Let's use Tank to smash these ores so we can grab them!" Ursula suggests, giddy to see the amount of gold inside the cave.
"Why use Tank when we can use that!" Ed points out to the Scolosaurus, which was sleeping by the wall littered with gold ores.
The trio blankly stared at the Scolosaurus before Zander spoke up. "You know, I honestly forgot about the dinosaur once I heard there was gold in here." Zander reveals.
"Has it been sleeping here the entire time?" Ed asks.
"Who cares! Now we can bag both the gold AND that Scolosaurus! Ed! Summon Tank now!" Ursula orders the short, chubby man.
"You make one move and I'll blow the skin clean off your skulls." says a villainous and raspy voice behind them.
The Alpha Gang turned around to see Double Barrel Jericho along with his gang standing by the room entrance, his double barrel shotgun pointing right at the trio with a vicious smile on his face. The trio blankly stared at the gang not knowing how to properly respond to them due to fear entering their systems. All they could do was just stare at them, frozen solid, like a deer in headlights.
"Fuck." Ursula says calmly.
Ace ran up the hill while Chomp and Paris followed, the three of them playing tag while their masters tried their hardest to scale up the mountain. Like the Alpha Gang before, the D-Team were tired after a copious amount of walking, their legs about to give in any minute. "Please tell me we're there." Max begged as he collapsed to the ground.
"Hey, I think this is it! We're here!" Zoe exclaims, pointing to the cave entrance on the side of the mountain.
"Oh thank goodness." Max says as he collapses to the ground.
Ace, Chomp, and Paris suddenly ran into the cave, continuing their game of tag, resulting in groans from their masters. "Ace! Get back here!" Rex shouts as he runs into the cave.
"Rex! Paris! It's dangerous in there!" Zoe shouts as she runs after her friends.
"Can't we take a rest?" Max asks the two, only to realize that he was all alone. "OH COME ON!" he shouts into the air before picking himself up and trudging inside the cave.
The Alpha Gang were currently raising their hands in the air as Double Barrel Jericho pointed his signature double barrel shotgun at them. Meanwhile, the rest of their gang aimed their respective weapons at the sleeping Scolosaurus, ready to pull the triggers if it makes a sudden movement.
"Now here's what's gonna happen with ya three." Jericho tells the trio. "Yous are gonna get in that there corner while we tie you up and take the gold for ourselves. After we're done, we're gonna make sure you have a funeral set for a king… or viking. It don't matter since you lot will forever be trapped in these caves of Dead Man's Peak once we blow the whole place up."
"Blow up?!" the trio shouts in fear.
"Don't you realize that if you blow it up, you'll get yourself killed too?!" Zander asks the madman.
"Yeah, that would kill the whole point of getting the gold! Literally." Ed quips as he nervously chuckles.
At that moment, Doug approached Jericho, holding a blasting box in his hands with a huge smile on his face. "The dynamite is all set, sir! Ready to blow up the cave any minute now!" he happily exclaims.
"Nice job, mate." Jericho compliments as he takes the box out of his hands. "For once, you're doing a shonky business." Doug responded by smiling gleefully. "Let's take the gold, boys!"
"Man. I can't believe this entire cave is lined with gold!" exclaims one of Jericho's men.
"I know! The gold in here probably costs a fortune! I could even use them as ice cubes for my drinks!" shouts another one of Jericho's men.
Jericho turned around, confused by his men's descriptive of the gold. "Ice cubes?" he asks, already feeling something was off.
"Yeah. These gold nuggets are basically cubes! And they're sharp too!"
"Let me see!" Jericho swiped the piece of gold that was in the man's hands before carefully examining it; afterwards, he grew an enraged look. "You drongos! This ain't gold! This is fool's gold!"
"WHAT?!" everyone, sans Jericho, shouted at the same time.
The shouting was so loud that it woke up the Scolosaurus as it began to move, which startled Jericho's gang as they all aimed their weapons at it. "It's waking up!" shouts one of the men as they fire a warning shot in the air.
This only proved to agitate the dinosaur even more as it roared into the air before stomping on the ground, crushing the man that had fired the gun. Everyone began panicking as Jericho's men all screamed and shouted in panic while the Scolosaurus kept banging on the walls, which was slowly causing the cave to grow weaker by the second. Meanwhile, the Alpha Gang were huddled up in a corner like a bunch of scared kids, clinging onto each other for comfort during these trying times.
"Way to go, Zander! You jinxed it!" Ursula shouts at the tall man, referring to his hopeful wish of being real gold and not fool's gold from earlier.
"There's not even chocolate inside!" Ed cried out as he threw a piece of fool's gold away.
"Quick! Ed! Summon Tank out right now so we can get out of here!" Ursula shouts as she waves her finger at the young man.
"But, Ursula, are you sure that's a good idea?! We're in a cave-in waiting to happen! If I summon Tank out, we might be done for!"
"I'd rather go down fighting than go down like a wimp! Summon her now!" Ursula demands as a boulder fell right next to them.
"Alright, Tank, please help us and grab my blankie." Ed whimpered as he summons the Saichania to her full size.
As soon as the Saichania spawned into existence, she roared into the air, collecting everyone's attention, including the Scolosaurus, who roared back. Upon hearing the roars, the D-Team's dinos looked into the air, trying to find out where it came from, before running into another cave.
"A dinosaur!" Rex exclaims.
"Finally!" Max shouts before collapsing to the ground in exhaustion.
"Come on! This way!" Zoe calls out as she and Rex run after their partners.
"Are you seri- You've gotta be freaking… KIDDING ME!" Max shouts as Chomp ran back, only to bite his nose, earning a yelp from the young kid.
The Scolosaurus roared as it swung it's clubbed tail at the armed men, sending them flying into the walls, killing them upon impact or critically injuring them. In response, Tank swung her own tail at the Scolosaurus' face, knocking it into a wall as more boulders fell from the ceiling. "Yeah! That's what it's all about, Tank! Show that dinosaur you're the champ!" Ursula cheered for Tank.
At that moment, the Scolosaurus glowed purple as large purple crystals began forming at it's tail before it jumped up into the air and swung her tail at Tank, smashing the crystals onto her. "Aaah! Oh no, Tank!" Ed cries out for his partner.
"That thing just used Gigarock Hammer!" Zander identifies.
At that moment, Rex and Zoe arrived onto the scene, Ace and Paris close by, as they instantly took notice of the chaos that had transpired inside the cave. "Woah! A Scolosaurus!" Rex identifies.
"Yeah, you can tell by the two spikes on it's clubbed tail!" Zoe adds on.
"Tank is in pretty bad shape. Maybe we should summon Terry or Spiny?" Ed asks.
"Good idea! I'll summon Spiny right now!" Zander says as he pulls out his Alpha Scanner and Spiny's card.
"Don't! If you do, you'll cause this entire cave to collapse!" Rex calls out to the three, stopping them from summoning the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever known.
"Then how about I use my own move card! Go, Quake Saber!" Ed shouts as he activates the move card.
Tank glowed purple as she roared into the air, before a large crystal sword grew on her clubbed tail before swinging it at the Scolosaurus three times, slamming the saber right onto the skull the third time. "Aaaaalriiiiiiiiight!" the Alpha Gang cheered. Unfortunately, the Scolosaurus shook it's head, shaking the pain away before roaring at Tank once more. "Ooooooh nooooooooooo!"
"This is some shonky business, right here, mate." Jericho whispers to himself as he pulls out his double barrel shotgun. "I'll take out that ancient fossil and flick it on. I'm sure a mob would pay heaps of moolah for never before tasted, real life dinosaur meat. This dinosaur meat will top any barbie in the world."
Barbie is a shortened form of barbecue in Australian slang. They shorten a lot of words down unda.
Jericho aimed his double barrel shotgun at the Scolosaurus and pulled the trigger as the weapon fired it's pellets, only to hit the armor of the Scolosaurus. Not necessarily damaging it but scaring it enough that it swung it's tail at Jericho's general direction while it roared loudly into the air. "Crikey!" Jericho shouted as he was punted off in the blink of an eye. Jericho was thrown hard into a wall, knocking him out in the process while no doubt breaking some of his bones. The Scolosaurus continued to roar into the air as it blindly swung it's tail, continuously hitting the wall as more boulders fell from above.
"Ace! Let's go!" Rex shouts, prepared to summon his partner. At that moment, a large shadow formed above him, causing him to look up, only to see a boulder falling his way. "AH! OH NO!"
"REEEEEEEEEEEX!" Max shouts as he pushes Rex out of the way just in time.
Max landed on Rex as Ace ran up to his master, licking his face to see if he was alright. "Woah. That was a close one. Thanks, Max." Rex thanked his friend.
"I think you should let me handle this, Rex." Max replies as he stands up.
"I'm fine, I can do this." Rex reassured him as he picked himself up.
"A rock almost crushed you, Rex. You're not fighting." Max sternly tells him.
"I'm gonna fight and that's final!" Rex shouted, his patience worn thin as he tried to walk passed Max.
Instead, Max got in front of him, extending his arms outstretched to block his path while a stern look was on his face. "I said you're not going to fight!" he shouts back.
"Look, I don't know what your deal is but all day you've been on my case! You're acting like I don't know what I'm doing! I don't need a babysitter with me so why don't you just let me go!"
"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU AGAIN!" Max shouted, finally revealing his reason. Rex and Zoe were taken back by the sudden outburst. "Ever since you left two years ago, life was never the same! I had to say goodbye to my best friend and I knew he wasn't going to come back! But when you came back all of a sudden, it was like my life had a purpose again! You came back, Rex and I was so happy to see you! Happy that I could talk to you and hang out like we used to do! I know you'll have to go back eventually but I don't want it to be sooner than expected. That's why I was jealous this morning because it was like people were trying to steal you away from me! I know it's selfish but I just…" Tears started to form in his eyes, no longer able to have the strength to keep it in anymore. "I just didn't want to lose you again!" Max sobbed as he began to cry silently, turning around so his friends wouldn't see.
Rex finally understood why Max was so protective with him today, finally understanding just how much he meant to the kid. Rex's heart softened, feeling appreciated that his friend cared about him so much, and knowing that Max was depressed ever since he left, made him depressed himself. "Max… I didn't-"
"Look out!" shouts Ursula as she points to the ceiling.
Rex looked up, seeing yet another rock raining down from the cave ceiling, only this time heading straight for Max. "MAX! MOVE!" Rex shouts as he tugs the young dinosaur enthusiast out of the way just in time as the rock impacted with the ground.
Max, now on the ground, opened his eyes to see where he was just standing, now with a broken rock in place, almost taking his life. He turned to Rex whom was breathing heavily, relieved that he managed to save his friend, whom he turned to make eye contact with. Max smiled in appreciation, holding out a fist for Rex to tap. "Thanks." he says. Rex smiled back as he completed the fist bump.
"Alright, Ed! Finish this now! Use a move card!" Ursula orders her comrade.
"Yeah and end this rocky relationship with that Scolosaurus while you're at it!" Zander adds, narrowly avoiding a falling rock.
"Alright, Tank! Time to show everyone the heart breaking bad girl you are! Use Dino Swing!" Ed exclaims as he activates the move card.
"NO! NOT THAT MOVE, YOU MORON!" Ursula shouts as Zander screams like a little girl, looking awfully a lot like the screaming bridge painting.
But it was too late as Tank glowed purple before rushing at the Scolosaurus, biting it's tail as she swung it around like a frisbee. Afterwards, she let go of the armored ankylosaurid and threw it towards a wall, not only finally defeating it but causing another cave in to occur as a storm of rocks rained down from the ceiling. "Quick! Someone grab that card and book it!" Ursula orders as she points at the card.
"I got it!" Max shouts as he runs over to the dinosaur card.
"Hey, what does this do?" Ed asks, picking up the blaster box before pushing the lever, briefly forgetting the absolute danger that one box held.
Upon pushing it, the many explosives planted around the cave began exploding, causing even more rocks to fall as the cave started to collapse. "Aw, you IIIIIDIOT!" Ursula shouts as she gives a hard smack to the back of Ed's head, causing him to drop the blaster box.
"Guys! We've got to move! Now!" Rex shouts as Zoe and Paris leave the cave.
"But what about these guys?" Max asks, referring to the many knocked out or deceased members of Jericho's gang.
"Screw them! It's every man, woman, and brat for themselves!" Zander shouts as the Alpha Gang runs passed him and down the cave exit.
"Hey!" Max shouts in anger before realizing the situation he was in. "Actually, that's not a bad idea. Come on, Chomp!" Max suddenly picked up Chomp before sprinting towards the exit.
"I'm dooooooown!" Doug shouts as he waved his hand into the air, signaling for someone to pick him up as his legs somehow got broken during the middle of the battle. "CRRRRIIIIIIPPPPPLEEEE!"
The D-Team held their dinosaurs tightly in their hands as they sprinted as fast as they could, rocks raining down behind them as the cave was giving in. They were suddenly picked up by the Alpha Gang as they began carrying them, startling them at first but didn't question the free ride they were given. Finally, the Alpha Gang, with the D-Team on their backs, jumped out from the cave, finally making it to home base as the D-Team fell off their backs. Unfortunately, Zoe slipped out of Zander's hands as she fell off the cliff, her high pitched scream alerting the two teams as she began falling to her death.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Zoe screamed into the air.
"ZOEEEEEEE!" Max shouts as he lunges forward.
Luckily he had managed to grab her ankle on time as he held on for dear life, both on Zoe and the cliff he was leaning over. Zoe looked up, seeing Max grabbing onto her before he smiled, relieved that he managed to save her on time. Zoe smiled back, a small blush appearing on her face before she realized one thing: she was wearing a skirt and gravity was not on her side at the moment.
"DON'T LOOK! KEEP YOU EYES OFF OF THERE! THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD SEE!" she shouts at Max, her face as red as a strawberry from embarrassment.
"Huh?" Max asks, oblivious as to what she was talking about before looking down at the skirt, getting a nice view of her underwear. "WAAAAAAAAH!" Max shouts as he closes his eyes, briefly letting go of her ankle before grabbing onto it again. "Can someone help me, please?!"
"No! Get someone else! Rex!" Zoe calls out for help, closing her skirt to protect her privacy.
Rex, meanwhile, was whistling, pretending to not hear a thing while the Alpha Gang were lying on the ground, exhausted from the save they had just committed. "I. Hate. Caves!" Ursula shouts in anger.
"You and I both, sister." Zander replies, planting his face back onto the ground.
"I'm still sad there was no chocolate in there." Ed whined, genuinely depressed about the lack of golden wrapped chocolate inside the cave.
"You okay, Zoe?" Max asks as he pulls his friend up.
In response, Zoe gave a hard slap to his cheek, her own cheeks painted red with embarrassment. "PERVERT! I THOUGHT BETTER OF YOU!" she shouts at him, mostly out of embarrassment rather than anger.
"I'm sorry, Zoe! Forgive me!" Max yells as he curled up into fetal position on the ground.
At that moment, Rex approached Max as the downed teen looked up, seeing Rex giving him a sentimental smile before crouching down. "Heeeeey, um… about earlier in the cave, I just want to say… I understand." Rex says in a serious tone.
"You do?" Max asks, picking himself up.
Rex stood up with him afterwards. "Yeah." he replies. "I missed you guys a lot too when I went back to the future. But I always kept telling myself that I would visit someday if I ever build my own time machine. But that won't be for a long time… The point is… is that I'll have to eventually leave again."
Max sadly nodded in agreement. "I know." he replies. "I just want to enjoy every moment you're here while it lasts. I understand you'll have to go back home eventually and I guess… I guess I'm just not ready to lose you again…"
"Make every moment count?" Rex asks, holding out his hand.
Max glanced at the hand before looking at its owner, smiling afterwards. "Make every moment count." he agrees as he shakes Rex's hand.
The two continued to shake hands before they brought each other in a brotherly hug, warning everyone's hearts in the area. "Awwwwwwww." everyone simultaneously said in a heartwarming tone.
"Now that's nice." Zander says aloud.
"Hey, Ursula, can I get a hug?" Ed asks his adoptive sister.
"Get serious. As if." Ursula harshly denies as she looks away with a pouting face.
"No one ever wants to hug me." Ed mumbles in a depressed tone.
All of a sudden, a rainbow light appeared in front of them, revealing it to be Dr. Z, raising his hands in the air with a triumphant smile on his face. "At last!" he exclaims. "I am here to catch that dinosaur! No need to fear anymore, children, for Dr. Z is- Wait, where is the dinosaur exactly?"
"You mean this dinosaur?" Max asks, holding up the card in front of him.
"What?! You mean I missed it?! Again?!" Dr. Z shouts in agony before balling up into a ball, crying uncontrollably. "Why am I always so late."
"Don't worry, boss. Nice guys always finish last. I think." Ed says in an uncertain tone, failing to cheer his boss up.
At that moment, a beeping sound came from Rex's Dino-Bracers, indicating someone was calling him, to which he gladly answered. "Master Rex." It was Jonathan! "Reese and I have come upon a shocking discovery. As soon as your team retrieves the dinosaur card, report back here immediately."
As quickly as the call started, it ended, leaving the teams confused as to what the android meant. "I wonder what they discovered." Max wonders aloud.
"I hope it's actually some real gold!" Ursula hoped for.
"Yeah, and not that crummy fool's gold too!" Zander added on.
"Don't jinx it for us!"
"Maybe it's chocolate." Ed theorizes.
"Gold? Chocolate? What happened while I was being a good grandfather and helping my grandchildren?!" Dr. Z demanded as he yelled out loud.
When the two teams returned home, they immediately went to the D-Lab, where Reese, Jonathan, and the Ancients, were waiting for them, along with Spike. "Do you remember a few days ago when you left for Monroe that I said that the system may have glitched and accidentally gave us two different dinosaurs?" Reese asks the group.
"Yeah." Max responds, nodding his head.
"Well it turns out the system wasn't glitched at all." Reese reveals. "There WERE two different dinosaurs in the area. Not only that, but they were two different elements. The first one, which is the dinosaur you initially detected at first, was a Fire type, while the second one, the Calamosaurus you fought, was a Wind type."
"No way!"
"Unbelievable!"
"I don't understand!"
"Say it again, I wasn't really listening." Dr. Z said aloud.
"So does that mean that we have to go back to Monroe and get that dinosaur?" Zoe asks her older sister.
"Even if you wanted to, you can't." Dr. Ancient replies.
"It'll need to be activated in order for you to teleport there." Dr. Cretacia added on.
"So what does this mean, exactly?" Spike asks, rubbing his chin with his fingers.
"It confirms my theory." Reese replies, adjusting her glasses so that it was giving off a glare before giving the group a serious look. "That there is someone else collecting these dinosaur cards. Someone connected to us. And whoever that is has got to be planning something. No normal person who has never seen a dinosaur card would know how to take out a real, breathing dinosaur with super powers. The system detected that the Fire type was only online for about fifteen minutes before it disappeared. And since it didn't detect any other dinosaur, that could only mean that the person took out the initial dinosaur all alone. No help from any dinosaur."
"So even if it was just an accident, it still wouldn't explain how they were able to defeat the dinosaur." Dr. Z concludes, stroking his beard.
While the group was talking about the situation, the D-Team's dinos and the Alpha Gang dinos were all playing with each other, albeit with some hostility due to them being enemies prior. Chomp chased Tank around while Ace tried to pick a fight with Terry, whom just held his foot against Ace's head, causing him to run in place. Spiny had managed to bite onto Paris' tail, whom began running around to try and shake the Spinosaurus off of her.
"This confirms that this mysterious person is connected to us after all." Jonathan explains.
"And I might have an idea who it could be." Dr. Ancient reveals.
"Care to explain to us, doctor?" Zander asks, curious as to whom he was talking about.
"Yeah, tell us, dad." Rex says, also curious as well.
"Well, I'm not too certain, but it could very well be Seth." Dr. Ancient says. Everyone gasped upon hearing that name, horrible memories flooding their minds. "You see, after Dr. Z's little accident-"
"I said I was sorry!"
"-the Backland II went out of control, causing some of the cards and a single escape pod to be shot out into the space-time continuum. Now, since the dinosaur cards are in this timeline, that could mean several things. One is that Seth is also in this timeline. Another is that these dinosaur cards were spread across several points in time but are only now activating in this timeline just by sheer luck."
"What about the other reason?" Ed asks.
"Mr. Mills may not even be alive by now." Dr. Cretacia answers. "Who knows. Maybe he got warped back to the Cretaceous time period. Or the Third Crusade, the Italian Renaissance, 16th Century Rome, 16th Century Constantinople, the American Revolution, the Golden Age of Piracy, the Seven Years War, the French Revolution, the Victorian Era, the Ptolemaic period, the Peloponnesian War, or maybe even the Viking era." Dr. Cretacia oddly ordered, smiling greatly afterwards like she had just won an award.
The award for Most Aware that is, lmao.
"Very specific. They should make a video game series based on those eras." Zander comments.
"But like I said, I'm not certain." Dr. Ancient clarifies. "Maybe it's Seth, maybe it's not. I doubt it's him since he's still locked up, I think. Admittedly, the last time I checked on him he was still in jail."
"That was like two weeks ago, or approximately 118 years in the future." Dr. Cretacia corrected herself, chuckling at her own joke.
"It could also be my assistant. That's the more logical explanation. But like I said a few days ago, I'm not even sure where he ended up. Either way, those two are our suspects for sure."
"My money is on Seth. No doubt trying to ruin my dinosaur kingdom!" Dr. Z shouted, angry just at the thought of the traitor.
"And also for modifying dinosaurs and forcing them to evolve." Zander reminded the old, crazy doctor.
"Yes, that too." Dr. Z added on, though it didn't sound like he was serious.
"Well whoever that is, we're gonna make sure they won't hurt any of the dinosaurs!" Max exclaims.
"Yeah!" Zoe and Rex shouted at the same time, pumping their fists in the air.
At that moment, Spike's phone went off, prompting him to grab it and take a quick look at it. "Max, mom just texted me saying that dinner is ready! We're having fried chicken!" Spike excitedly exclaims.
"Fried chicken?! Aw yeah!" Max exclaims as well as he and his dad practically ran out of the lab with Chomp in Max's hands. "We'll see you later!"
"Hey! Wait for us!" Rex and Zoe yelled at the same time as they ran after them.
"Can we get some too?!" the Alpha Trio asked as they also ran after them.
"You numbskulls aren't getting any chicken! Not until I have some at least!" Dr. Z berates his henchman as he rides on their backs.
"Master Ancient, I must ask you a question." Jonathan suddenly asked his master.
"Yes, what is it?" Dr. Ancient asks, curious as to what he has to say.
"Are we in any sort of danger at the moment?" the android asks.
Dr. Ancient looked down, a serious look on his face as he pondered on the question for a bit. "I'm not sure." he answers.
Back in the cave of Dead Man's Peak, several rocks could be seen caking the floor, with several bodies sticking out from underneath, no doubt from Jericho's gang. Speaking of the madman, Double Barrel Jericho was revealed to be injured but very much alive as he slid from behind a rock, holding his abdomen. He looked behind him, seeing that the cave entrance was blocked off, meaning that Jericho was stuck inside the mountain all alone. He looked down to see Doug's arm, the rest of his body squished underneath the rock, indicated by the pool of blood spilling from underneath it. Jericho grew hateful eyes as he gritted his teeth, clenching his fist so tight that he managed to draw blood from his palms.
"Them bloody wankers took out me whole team. If I ever meet them again, I'll make sure they'll regret that they crossed paths with Double Barrel Jericho." Jericho mumbles to himself in a hateful tone.
(I just found out Ultra Instinct Shaggy is canon in the Scooby-Doo universe… We're so fucked.
Anyway, you guys can probably already tell who the main antagonist is. I tried to make him mysterious but I fucked up too early and kind of gave him away. Sorry about that.)