Note 1: Scooby-Doo is copyrighted from 1969 to 9961 by Hanna-Banana and Warner Brothers Studio. All rights severed.
Note 2: This starts a month after "All Fear The Freak".
"Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc.: Season 2"
Part 1 - "Velma's Gift"
by Dr. Thinker
Velma Dinkley hadn't touched Mystery Inc log book since a month. She didn't even get around to writing about defeat of the Freak of Crystal Cove. Her parents took her on a week long vacation to Harmony, town in northern California that's the town that science nerd like her could only dream of – with a tour of their famous Criminology Museum. She wished she and the gang were born here. Harmony's nickname was Coolville.
It took her a month to recover, because she was shock on the last day when her parents revealed her parents knew all the monsters were fake – but air of supernatural to please Mayor Jones – thought it will two decades for the old guard of the supernatural fakers to fade out into the afterlife – so the science will the rule of the day instead of the exception – but until them – they play their supernatural guide roll with gusto that would make any of Mystery Inc.'s masked villain look a kid on his or her first Halloween trick-or-treat route.
The good news is that Daphne is on speaking terms with Velma again – though she hasn't brought Freddie or Cassidy up – thought they do listen Angel's weekend radio call-show time to time. So far Cassidy has stuck to Angel's "sassy black woman" act like mustard on a hot dog. Much of their e-mails were chatting about past mysteries. Daphne had been re-mailing Velma's so much about Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo's nephew and a possible frame-up done by "Mayor Freak" – Daphne's ironic nickname for Mayor Freddie Jones Sr., the kidnapper of Freddie Jones from his parents, Judy and Brad – that Velma was almost about to pay a visit to "Animal Asylum For the Criminally Insane" just to see Scrappy-Doo. At least with the out the Frighthound and Prof. Pericles out of there, it would be a bit more safe for her and for the jailed.
In the mid-time, thought Mayor Freak has been hanged out to dry, Velma still wondered where the other pieces of the planispheric disks – were at – and what was the treasure.
Velma discovered that a red-hair girl with glasses dressed in a white blouse, brown skirt, and old school loafers.
The red-hair girl said, "Erica Emerald, Ed Machine's niece."
Velma asked,, "Ed sent you, didn't he?"
Erica stated, "No I sent him. I'm Mr. E. I am having trouble finding Freddie, Norville and Scoobert. "
Velma stated, "Freddie left time looking for Judy and Brad."
Erica coughed before she said, "Seriously. You got to pulling my leg, Velma."
Velma stated, "No joke there. He broke off his engagement with Daphne and claimed 'Mystery Inc.' is dead."
Erica coughed a few more times before she asked, "Where's Shaggy and Scooby-Doo?"
Velma stated, "Shaggy is on his way to West Point and Scooby-Doo has been ship to Doo Farms."
Erica stated, "I think I sent someone to stop Shaggy's bus – Doo Farm's fine. It's own by Destruio itself – I could just pick up Scooby-Doo myself. By the way, I have gifts for all of you for putting the Freak out of action. Just make sure you alone when you open it – we don't want your parents to get any ideas."
Velma laughed. Erica laughed bit afterwords, but that laugh almost sounded like a nerdy version of Alice May.
=SD=
Velma was alone inside the Mystery Machine with the box that Erica Emerald left her. First thing to do – look for the seal that mark as Mr. E. It didn't appear on Cassidy's dairy – giving Velma's doubts on Angel's history. She find the small mark near the ribbon – a golden "Mr. E." logo. So Emerald most likely telling the truth. The bag had a note on it. The note read: "Time to do Amy, Velma – Mr. E"
Velma wonder if Amy got her mermaid costume from Mr. E. Of course, she wonders if she going to get something totally out of his world like Alice May's Olberatix costume or a something a bit normal like Alice May's Ghost Girl costume. Velma open up the bag at the top. She pull out a ghost costume – but the costume looked familiar – it was Cassidy William's original outfit. Ed Machine must be one of the original members of Mystery Inc. Mostly like it's Cassidy's boyfriend, Ricky Owens. She also discovered the glasses contained lens matching her own glasses. Then she also got a copycat of her original outfit complete with a matching glasses. Velma thought to herself: 'Well, in case I get close to either Daphne or Cassidy, I put on the copycat outfit over my ghost costume. This is a good time as any to figure out why people want to scare the skin off me."
After taking her glasses, she took sometime to get into her Cassidy's Ghost costume and she had successfully place Cassidy's Ghost mask over fact. By the time she died that it was match 8:30 PM on a Friday night. As long as Velma was home before 9:00 PM on Sunday – she won't get into hot water with her parents. She slipped out and started walking around Crystal Cove.
=SD=
She didn't see anyone familiar yet but as you know – The citizen Crystal Cove consider itself a supernatural town. A cop was looking into a monster. The monster was usual a little bit more of a phoney then the Piranha-Goat the gang tried to caught some months before the Freak of Crystal show down on the spook radar.. As Velma got closer, it turned out the cop was Sheriff Bronson
Stone, the monster was Carol Crab, a well-known crook that loves to dress up as Criminal Crabiod.
Velma's Cassidy asked, "Hi, Sheriff. Need a hand?"
Sheriff Stone stated, "No problem, Cassidy. Mr. Crab here had been doing some stealing from the police officer but he got a new safe – but I tried many different codes for it – from his name to his birthrate.
Velma's Cassidy looked around – and founded a newspaper dated Sept. 8, 1990 about the first arrest of Criminal Crab by her Mystery Inc. and friends. She went to the buttons and hit the following buttons: 9, 8, 9, & 0, then open up. Inside was a bag – mostly pay roll for Sheriff Stone, the will of Sheriff Stone himself, and a special key with a question mark on it.
Sheriff Stone stated, "Kept the key. It opens up the old library where your club hanged out. I been keeping that thing looked. How about we do some touring the town"
=SD=
The first stop was the Mayor Office. Sheriff Stone and Velma's Cassidy looked around for extra items that Sheriff Stone. The only thing of note to himself: "If Freddie's Mystery Inc. decide to do the same thing as Brad's Mystery Inc. – I better make sure my Freak costume is ready. May be I can scare him out of town like I did Brad's Mystery Inc."
Sheriff Stone cried and after a while asked if Cassidy would like to take over. Velma's Cassidy replied, "I'm dead."
Sheriff Stone remarked "That means more money for the town."
Velma's Cassidy shake her head sadly for Sheriff Stone's ghost-loving mind.
=SD=
Angel leaned and sighed against the wall of K-Ghoul's break room. Sure the gang didn't follow Angel and Ed's idea – but the Freak has been fried. Mayor Jones is having a one-way truck trip to a maximum security prison in somewhere in the state of California. The City Council is slowly trying to find another person who wants to be the mayor – other then George Avocado – who's been annoying them every day after he learned Mayor Jones was arrested. That wasn't what she was sighing about.
The reason she was sighing is that someone one was playing Cassidy William's ghost – as she was the real Cassidy William. She recalled the the gang – sometime between getting the year book from Alice May and before she past her dairy to the gang. Freddie, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo tried puzzle to match their equal. Freddie marked Brad, his true father, as his match – when Judy would have been a more logical – Judy's trap-loving mind was pretty copied by her son. Daphne picked Judy as her – when herself would be – Angel Dynamite was Brad and Judy's version of "Danger-Prone Daphne". As usual, even genius can make a mistake – and Velma did that when she picked herself instead of Prof. Perilous and Ricky – both were equal in brain power. Shaggy as usual picked Ricky as his equal – but his and Scooby-Doo's equal didn't get a picture in the yearbook that Mr. E give the gang – as she broke her leg while chasing a fake mermaid. Her name was Cherry Bomb. She had a stomach that could give Shaggy a run for his money, but her almost-dog-like smelling and her lock picking has been a big help in cracking their cases.
Wait a second, Cassidy...Velma picked her Cassidy as her equal. Sheriff Stone had she helped solve problem with a safe. She didn't have lock picking powers. Velma had to use the solve a safe puzzle for a mystery at K-Ghoul. She was subject during the case as her show was in night hours and might have give her steal the money. But it was Cyan Tayago, the morning DJ, who was behind the monster, the Dr. Dragon. After that caper, the gang befriended Angel – allowing her to help the gang out of problem.
Well, Mr. E promised gift for his three mystery: 1). the so-called "disappearance" of Mystery Inc.; 2). who or what is the Freak of Crystal Cove and 3) where the Hidden Treasure is hidden. Number #2 is done. If he was who he said was – he would more focus on getting a Freak a payback then finding out what happen to Mystery Inc.
Since she wasn't in the "Freak" chaos with the other member, Cherry Bomb has been going by her real name – and she can easy be found in the phone book.
=SD=
Sheriff Stone and Cassidy's Ghost walked into Cherry Bomb's mansion. The door was open. Cassidy's Ghost slipped on some jawbreakers and slide a hallway into the inner pool, where a net raised her.
A unfamiliar voice stated, "Judy's silly trap idea still works thought it's a waste of good food."
A tall and fat woman with long blonde hair dressed in a brown shirt, green skirt, and brown loafers appeared before Sheriff Stone and Cassidy's Ghost.
Sheriff Stone stated, "Cherry! As the ex-mayor might say, 'Crazy Cactus Cupcake! That was the real deal."
Cherry said "She's a fake – as Angel told me via phone call."
Sheriff Stone stated, "Impossible!"
Cherry removed the Cassidy's Ghost's head – revealing Velma. Velma quickly grab her glasses from the her pocket of her sweater and put them on her face.
Sheriff Stone stated, "Velma Dinkley? What make you do this?"
As she was freed from the next and got out of the costume, Velma stated, "I got it from Erica Emerald a.k.a Mr. E as gift. They was a note that say do a 'Amy'. So I'm guess my job was to fake Cassidy Williams."
Sheriff Stone stated, "Cherry? How do you know that she was a fake."
Cherry stated, "Cassidy Williams called me. She has been a disc jockey since she returned to Crystal Cove five years ago."
Sheriff Stone stated, "Angel Dynamite!"
Cherry nodded, "Yes. She knew Velma was pretending to her as she picked Cassidy instead of picking Ricky and Prof. Pericles as her equal. Angel Dynamite was ironic nickname from Brad and Judy for Cassidy's equal in the new group is Daphne Blake. In fact, Angel Dynamite is Brad and Judy's ironic for all the secret passages she found..."
Sheriff Stone asked "...to make a long story short, 'Angel Dynamite' is to Cassidy as 'Danger-Prone Daphne' is to Daphne?"
Cherry nodded and asked "By the way, Velma: Do you wonder who make track of Mystery Inc. disappeared?"
Velma asked, "You?"
Cherry nodded sadly, "I broke my leg while chasing a fake mermaid. The gang left town before I recovered from that injury. Now I know adults meant when saying 'adding an insult to injury... I didn't know what to do. So I tried to solve why – by collecting as much facts and items about them trying to find out which villain run out of town. To protect my friends and to figure out who did this – I removed all but two left overs – Cassidy's dairy and her yearbook."
Velma said, "Mr. E give us the yearbook and Angel handed over the Cassidy's dairy."
Cherry said, "I don't know real guy who acts like a mastermind version of Ricky Owens, but why do I think you guys are being played like a piano."
Velma asked, "What is Mr. E's goal?"
Cherry stated, "Most liking finding The Hidden Treasure."
=TBC=
Well, some answers and some more questions has been drop. But that's par for the course when it comes to mystery...
Logging off,
Dr. Thinker