A/N: This is something I thought of while watching the movie, "Scooby Doo Zombie island". If you think about it, who REALLY lured the gang to zombie island. Lena? No, Daphne. After all wasn't it her show that brought her gang together?
Daphne walked into the bedroom Lena shown her to, the sunset made the clear sky a blood red colour mixed with a tint of orange. She known what she must do. She spun round. "Thanks, miss-" Lena was gone, the empty door hung open absently. Daphne stared, retracing the plan through her mind. Simone's plan.
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Her heals confidently walked across the polished marble, her crystal eyes shifted uneasily back and forth the dark rooms. The breakage of wood shattered the steady rhythm of her steps. She heard the distant faint of Fred's startled yell, did he fell? And if so, good, he deserved it for constantly hitting on Lena. She held her lantern firmly in her delicate hands, checking her back every so often. She was given strict orders to seal all the doors and windows. If someone found out her plans it would ruin everything. Her light glided across the marble flooring reaching to the opening inside the stairs. Open. Wasn't Daphne meant to supposedly fall to lure them? Her eyes widened. Fred. Her plan was ruined! She tried to restrain her fear. She'll just have to improvise.
"Fred! Are you-" she leaned over, though someone was there before Daphne. Cradling him closely. A firm hand on Fred's chest. His heart.
"Alright?" Lena finished the sentence, Daphne frowned. She was certain that Lena was meant to be with Simone, getting ready for-
"Yeah," Fred laughed uneasily, "Thanks." he turned his head to Lena. A small grateful smile on his face. Taking her friends was one thing, but also using Fred to make Daphne snap? Daphne made her commitment, she did her part of the job.
"What's going on?" Daphne asked the double meaning question. One, why was she taking over Daphne's job? Two, why was she holding Fred in her arms?
She felt Velma's and Beau's presence, anyway, the disturbance still drawn their attention. Still lured them in the lion's den. Technically they won't fully die, their bodies would stay bound to the island, forever trapped as zombies. Their souls, however, would be drained out and absorbed into Simone's and Lena's bodies. Daphne felt a stab of pain, as she remembered the deal between Daphne and Simone. Daphne overhead a conversation between two women while filming her show Coast to Coast, on a small island outside moonscar island. Like their victims before, they planned to kidnap the camera men and crew. Before she could warn them, they caught her and threatened to kill Daphne. A quick and a cunning speaker- and also cowardly, she spoke her way out of the danger. She persuaded them that she could supply them with people in trade for sparing her life. They made a deal. She promised by the next harvest moon she would supply them humans. Daphne escaped alive.
By time it was the harvest month Lena caught her unexpectedly and so Daphne had no choice but to hand over her friends. Daphne played along with the charade. In code, Daphne tried to warn her friends, but with Lena contantly watching, Daphne couldn't tell her friend's the truth.
Daphne rolled her eyes as Lena went through her story, "…And we were attacked by these…these…" Daphne bit her tongue to contain her laughter. Lena forgot her lines.
"Zombies?" Velma helped her. Daphne glanced at Velma, Honestly! You guys are buying this? RUN. LEAVE. IT'S A TRAP YOU IDIOTS!
"Yes!" Lena said breathless, "We ran back to the house. And Miss Lemwa opened the secrete passage way!" she pointed to the opening of the staircase, their gaze followed, "She said it was built during the civil war to hide from union soldiers. But the zombie came after us! They grabbed Miss Lemwa and dragged her away!" Lena pulled herself close to Fred dramatically, in another attempt for Daphne to break. Daphne felt her hands tighten around the lantern, slowly cracking the glass casing.
"Oh! Thank goodness, you've come!" those were Daphne's lines, that was Daphne's dramatic lie, that was Daphne's Fred. Velma kneeled down, "You said they dragged Simone away?" Velma pressed her finger to her chin, suspiciously looking at Lena. Daphne swelled up with pride and glee, Velma noticed the footprints! If Daphne spoke those lines, they would believed her no matter what.
"Yes! It was horrible!" Lena cried, Fred wrapped his arms around her. Daphne flinched, as Fred stroked her hair gently, "Don't worry, we'll find her and everything will be okay." his hopeful words made Daphne shudder. He noticed Daphne's glare, holding his hands up in defence. She ignored him, passing Fred and Lena. Daphne glanced at Lena's smug face.
"Come on, we got to save Simone." Daphne claimed back her place, leading her friends into the trap. The footsteps, drove the rats away, fleeing away from the touch of the light.
Wise rats.
