A Second Chance
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Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall
Hope when the water rises, you built a wall
Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name
Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay
Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad
The only way you can know is give it all you have
And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain
Hope when the moment comes, you'll say
I, I did it all
I, I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did
With every broken bone, I swear I lived
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Ch 1 The End
Fred's POV
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When you are about to die they say that time slows down or, speeds up. That you can see or feel everything or, nothing. That it's as fast and painless as falling asleep. Others still say you can feel as the life leaves you little by little. Some people say you see the past, your life, flash before your eyes, still others say you see the present fade to black, but all of them are unknown and seemingly final…
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I have found that time doesn't go slow enough or fast enough. You see everything but nothing matters and, even if it's painless it's not quick or as far as I can tell because I'm not dead at least not yet but in about 20 seconds all 5 of us will be dead. I see the timer ticking down to all five of our moments of doom and if we try and stop it we will just explode sooner. A cold mechanical voice tells us how long we have till the end
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"Any ideas Velma?" I said trying to keep my voice calm and steady and failing miserably
"Fred, with how sensitive that damned thing is, there will be an immediate explosion if we go anywhere near it. If we had 30 minutes maybe I could get us out of here but with the time we have I can't stop it from exploding or get these doors to open, he got us." Her voice breaks midway through her explanation "I'm sorry guys. I just can't get us out of this one. I'm sorry."
We looked into her eyes then at the timer and something in all of our eyes changed they seemed to go hard and we all knew and accepted we were soon to be dead. I grabbed for Daphne's hand and with her other she grabbed Velma's and Velma grabbed Shaggy's, they started dating again about 8 or 9 months after we got to this, entity free, universe, had gotten engaged a year and a half later, just after Daphnee and I had gotten married. Shaggy then puts his other hand on Scooby's head and I followed suit and we all closed our eyes.
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We've been in this universe for about three years and solved many mysteries that are the same and similar to those we solved in the entity's universe in Crystal Cove where, in this universe we've been back "home" half a dozen times. When we were there we meet this universe's Cassidy and Ricky we found out that they were friends with Brad and Judy or my real mom and dad in this universe too. Turns out that just because the entity got them involved with mysteries it didn't mean they weren't meant to be friends they're different in this universe they're less… haunted I guess is the best way to explain it. They aren't looking over their shoulders waiting for their past to catch up with them or the others to betray them.
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We all tense up and tighten our eyelids over our eyes but that doesn't stop us from hearing the timer's deadly countdown, I can't help but think it's pretty ironic, we survive the literal end of the world, only to die huddled away from a bomb planted by a mad man in a "peaceful", evil entity free, universe a few years later.
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Right before the timer strikes 0 and the warehouse, and us, all explode I see my eyes flash before my eyes I see all of us meeting. I see the first mystery we solved together, and some of our other major cases we solved, the Creeper, Scrappy, Miner 49er. I see us meeting Angel Dynamite in our universe for a part-time job, and Daphne finding the locket in the caves and what we found out about the "missing" kids of Mystery Incorporated the First. I watch all the facts we learned about them the kids just like us in the Darrow Mansion. After this point it gets less vivid.
Then I observe the times when we were at the Spanish Church on the cliff side where we learned Cassidy Williams as Angel or vice versa, and unmasking the Freak of Crystal Cove solving more than 1 of our cases but causing all sorts of problems. I see us finding each piece of the planispheric disc. I see Cassidy's face every time we yell at her or shut her down or bring up the fact that she lied to us from the beginning always a look of pure shock, sadness, and regret is the best way to explain it. Then I see when Daphne came back to the gang. I see our horrible trip, for lack of a better word, to the first Crystal Cove underwater, and its results.
I witness our race to find the remaining pieces of the disk, and how it ended with us stealing the pieces from Periclies and Mr. E and us finding the sail cloth, the mortar bowl, the helmet and the flintlock. Then I see them getting the disk back by my hands. I see what we learned in the dream world. I see every key and what it unlocks then I see Nibiru. I the Original Mystery Incorporated destroying themselves before dying, then everyone else in town following them to death, the five of us standing together to destroy Nibiru. I finally see this new universe where we all were overachievers and our parents are all proud of us and don't hate the rest of the gang. Where I grew up with Brad and Judy as my Mom and Dad and no one in Crystal Cove dresses up as monsters. Where people are happy but it's not… real I guess is the right word it's like... high-school-happy, is the best way to describe it where you hear about it on the news, all the bad stuff in the world but your bullet-proof at least in your head and, if you're like most, you haven't had anything too scary or life changing or any near death experiences that kind of happy then it just stops I know that there should be more memories from this universe but I don't have any time to ponder this because just then it explodes
0… tick… tick… tick… BOOM
Death is not painless. It's not instantaneous. It's all I can do not to scream in pain. You do see your fade to black. And right before you do see your life in flashes. Then nothing pure white that I have to close my eye it hurts so much for a moment there's heat but just as fast as it came it left and then I feel nothing then I finally feel movement it's like I'm falling and floating at the same time then I feel solid ground beneath me I look up and see a clear blue sky I quickly find I'm on the floor, well, grass. I look around and see Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby, all of us forming a circle I hear a thundering voice even when quiet it was like being yelled at and by looking at the others I could tell they heard it as well
"Mystery Incorporated the Second" it said getting our attention we haven't heard ourselves called that for three years and even then we rarely were called that then it then continued "You have lived with regrets. In multiple universes you have betrayed and been betrayed. You have lied and been lied to. HOWEVER YOU ARE PURE OF HEART. We have decided to give you a second chance. We'll picked a date near when it all went wrong and in the end you may choose which universe you may stay in the one that just left, where you'll go back to a different area on the day you left, or the one you left three years ago. However the choice must be agreed on by all of you. If you decide this path, ONE person of the fact that you know what's going to happen and if they tell anyone you will forfeit your choice, you will be stuck in your previous timeline and when Nibiru comes, you will lose your memories."
"Like, what day would we go back to?"
You will be transported to three days before you meet the Obiteratrix you will have to relive each mystery, case, and day from then on till you defeat Nibiru. Now make your choice."
"Yes."
"Of course."
"Like yeah."
"Yeah."
"Ru huh."
We all say at once. The white light returns and my feet and butt hit seat on solid ground. When I look around we're all in the Mystery Machine, it's parked in an abandoned parking lot just outside of Crystal Cove, there is a note on the dashboard, Velma reaches up and grabs it an reads it aloud
Mystery Incorporated,
If you landed in the time we planned it should be around 5 on the 14th of July and your about three and a half miles from town. You have three days to plan for the Obiteratrix if you don't know where to go try retracing your steps. See you come Nibiru. We'll watch you till then
From,
A Friend
"Jinkes, looks like we really do have to relive this all." Velma said after finishing the letter
"Like, yikes ALL of those freaks in costume all over again? Great."
"Looks like it Shag. But think of all the people in this universe we can save from death or from being hurt by monsters and all the destruction we can stop too. Maybe we could even stop this universe from being destroyed"
"So this is like our second chance?"
"Yes, Shaggy that's exactly what it's like."
A/N so I'm sure many of you thought I was done with this story, truth is, I kinda forgot about it, the last three years, were a bit crazy, there's been a bunch of family stuff and friend stuff and medical and moving into high school, and somewhere in all of that, I fell out of this fandom, but in the past few months things have calmed a bit and I rewatched SDMI, I have a few rough drafts written for the next few chapters. and have some pretty cool ideas where to take the story, and they're clearer then the ones I had when I was 13, I hope you guys continue reading this.