Author's note: And now comes my tenth installment of my reboot of SDMI, folks!

Once again, as a rewrite of Battle of the Humungonauts, expect plenty of stuff in the original episode to be edited out. I suppose most of you are aware of the stuff I'm going to edit out based on what I've written so far in the course of the series.

I don't own Scooby-Doo. Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Bros. does.


Chapter 1: Prologue and at a restaurant

May 16, 2012

A couple days after the gang sorted through the mess at the Royal Knights Faire, things has been quiet in Crystal Cove, other than the mayoral race heating up.

The debates were quite ugly as the two leading candidates, mainly incumbent Mayor Fred Jones, Sr. and leading challenger George Avocados, traded insults and questions, and let's just say that it became unbearable for one to listen or watch the whole debate.

Among the people tuning into the local radio station to listen to the first mayoral debate were Shaggy and Scooby. After tuning in for just five minutes, the duo became fed up by how the debate is going and changed radio stations.

"Like, I don't think I can take these insults anymore, Scoob." Shaggy said after he changed radio stations.

"Reah." Scooby agreed. "Rhat a ruthouse."

"That's politics, Scooby." Shaggy said. "But anyways, here's a groovy Canadian radio station that broadcasts interesting stories and music."

By that moment, Shaggy had tuned into a radio station that was in the midst of broadcasting a story about a certain family living in Toronto.

It was a radio program his oldest brother Nigel, who currently resides in Toronto, has introduced to his family.

"An interesting name for a radio show." Shaggy surmised when Nigel told him about the radio show. "Like, The Vinyl Cafe."

"This is the part where Dave hung up the phone, or meant to hung up the phone." The storyteller said just as Shaggy tuned in. "What happened was that instead of hanging up the phone, Dave pressed the callback button, which means instead of hanging up, Dave called Mary Turlington, or more to the point, Dave's phone called the Turlingtons' answering machine."

Shaggy and Scooby shared a look upon hearing that part and arched their eyebrows.

"Waving the phone around like a microphone, Dave went to Morley, who was unloading groceries, and said, 'Mary Turlington has invited us to a dinner pawwwty.'" The storyteller said. "And he dragged the words out derisively as if Mary had invited them over to deworm the dog."

"Oh, like, I don't think this is going to end well for Dave." Shaggy chuckled.

"'She said there are going to be interesting people, which means there will be nametags, and she will choose where we're going to sit, and there's not going to be enough food, there's never enough food and she never opens the wine anybody has brought.'" The storyteller continued, and there were some laughs coming from the background, which Shaggy and Scooby assumed to be from the audience, since that story was recorded at a theatre of sorts with a live audience.

"Dave kept going." The storyteller said. "'I'd rather have my legs waxed than go to another party over at the Turlingtons.' Which is when the phone beeped twice."

"Oh..." Shaggy said as he and Scooby looked at each other. "Imagine that, Scoob."

"Reah." Scooby agreed. "Getting rinvited to re dinner party by romeone rou don't like through re phone message, ronly to accidently record rour thoughts of re rinvitation to their answering machine."

"Like I said, Scoob." Shaggy said. "I don't think it's going to end well for Dave in the story."

"Reah." Scooby said as Shaggy turned off the radio.

Not that they needed to continue listening to the story, as they have heard it before. In fact, Shaggy had downloaded the podcast of the recorded story.

After turning off the radio, Shaggy then grabbed the remote and turned on the television.

The channel was in the midst of broadcasting a movie, right at the scene where three people in black suits were battling security in the White House.

It was clear that the security, supported by the army, in spite of their weaponry and numbers, are no match to the three people in black, who all displayed superhuman feats.

Eventually, the three men broke through the door to the Oval Office, which was filled by several four star general officers and flag officers and several more men in suits.

The trio walked into the Oval Office and for a while, there was some silence. Eventually, the man leading the trio looked towards the man seated behind the desk.

"Are you the one they call 'President'?" The man in black asked.

"I am." The man behind the desk replied.

There was some silence before the man in black looked at the carpet. Eying the Seal of the President of the United States on the carpet, the man in black took note of the eagle in the Seal.

"I see you practice worshipping things that fly." The man said before looking at the man behind the desk and added, "Good."

Shaggy and Scooby looked at each other before turning their attention back to the movie, in time to see the man in black continue.

"Now...rise before Zod." The man said.

All eyes were on the man behind the desk as the generals and admirals turned towards the man that was supposed to be their commander-in-chief.

The man immediately stood up, and the scene shifts back to Zod.

"Now...kneel before Zod." Zod calmly ordered.

There was some silence as the man behind the desk, upon sharing a look with his aides and the generals, walked to the front of the desk.

He then kneeled in front of Zod, only for Zod to huff as he did so.

"You're not the President." Zod said. "No one who leads so many could possibly kneel so quickly."

It was then that a voice said, "I'm the President."

The scene then shifts to a man in a brown suit as he continues, "I'm the man they're protecting, and I will kneel before you if it saves lives."

"It will." Zod said. "Starting with your own."

The President then stepped forward and walked towards where his substitute was kneeling and placed his hand on his shoulder, signalling the substitute to stand up.

The substitute stood up and the President took his place at the spot.

"What I do now...I do it for the sake of the people of the world." The President said to Zod. "However, there's one man on Earth who will never kneel before you."

"Who is this imbecile?" Zod asked as he arched his eyebrows before adding, "Where is he?"

"I wish I knew." The President replied.

After that reply, the President then proceeded to kneel before the trio lead by Zod.

"Like, that General Zod sure is one bold villain, Scoob." Shaggy remarked as they watched the President kneel before Zod and made a remark. "In fact, he reminds me of Siegfried from the 2008 film adaptation of Get Smart."

"Reah." Scooby agreed as Zod corrected the President. "Ri rink they're played by re same ractor."

(What movie are Shaggy and Scooby watching here?)

"Anyways, I hate to spoil the relaxation, Scoob, but I'm feeling rather anxious on what's going to happen next with the gang." Shaggy said. "Poor Daph's been grounded, Fred's sure got a lecture from his father and Velma is in no better situation with her parents."

"Reah." Scooby agreed. "Ri rink compared to rem, we've gotten off ris situation lightly."

"Yeah, you can say that, Scoob." Shaggy nodded. "Like, one thing for sure is that it's safe to say that Fred and Velma and Daph must be looking forward to moving out of Crystal Cove once we graduate from Central for university."

"Rindeed, Raggy." Scooby nodded.


That evening, a new restaurant named "Tiki Tub" was fully opened. With its Polynesian theme, the architecture of the restaurant building and setting of the dining deck gives one the feeling of Hawaii.

The opening featured live music, including a performance by the singer Trini Lee, who performed her signature song "The Words Gets Stuck in my Throat" to the restaurant patrons.

Her singing swept many of the patrons off their feet, and among the patrons were Mayor Fred Jones, Sr, and Sheriff Bronson Stone.

"Word has it that young Fred has been grounded." Stone remarked to the mayor.

"Yeah." The mayor sighed in annoyance. "My dear boy sure is in need for some discipline. Heck, he doesn't realize that it was my policies that enabled businesses like this restaurant to open in Crystal Cove."

"I doubt it if he's really your son, mayor." Stone said. "I mean, if he is really your son, he would've caused less trouble around town with his so-called 'friends' and see the light with the way things are running in town."

"I suppose." The mayor said. "Anyways, at least with you at my side, Crystal Cove is on track on becoming the cultural and performing arts centre of the country."

"Yep." Stone nodded as he raised his drink. "We really should toast to our success."

"Agreed." The mayor nodded as he, too, raised his drink.

The two men clinked their drinks just as Trini Lee finished her performance, leading to a large round of applause from the patrons.

However, as the patrons applauded her performance, a man suddenly spotted something behind the band and gasped.

"Look!" The man exclaimed as he pointed towards the back.

Trini's eyebrows arched in surprise before she and the band turned to the back, in time to see a large, shadowed figure with green, glowing eyes in the shape of a hulk marching towards the stand.

The hulk-like figure almost immediately punched the lanterns above as it stomped past the wooden walls, roaring and growling, leading to the patrons to scream in horror.

The hulk-like figure then proceeded to smash its way through the area, growling and roaring and smashing things up.

Tables were thrown into wooden statues, palm trees were ripped up and thrown to the building with all the patrons fleeing the scene in horror.

Eventually, with the place looked like a tornado has stormed its way through with the restaurant in its path, the hulk-like figure marched off.

The Tiki Tub sign was reduced into pieces, and it was clear that the place will take some time to rebuild.

It was Stone who managed to help overturn the table they've hidden under as a safe cover during the hulk-like figure's rampage.

"You were saying?" Mayor Jones asked as he held an unconscious Trini Lee in his arms.

"We'll talk about that later." Stone said after surveying the scene. "Right now, it seems like Miss Lee here is in need of some serious medical attention."

"Yes indeed." The mayor nodded. "I'll get help and you see if you can stop Miss Lee's bleeding."

"Right." Stone said before the mayor left.


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