Author´s note: This is one WEIRD fic, I admit it but Scooby will now get someone to help him solve this mystery and save his friend. One thing, am I the only one who has noticed that in "Wrath of the Krampus", when Velma shows the Nibiru prediction, the X Planet creatures are exactly four with a "pet" on the picture? Does the curse have something to do with that? Only the show makers can answer that. Song belongs to the film Brave.


3. Path of Sinners

Scooby leaves the house seeing that everyone´s sleep and goes to find either Mr. E or that weirdo Isman but not all the people inside the Rogers house is snoring. Pericles is wide awake and takes over since Shaggy is deeply asleep. For the bird is pretty hard since the goo is confounding his mind but he´s able to make the boy get dressed and head for the centre of Crystal Cove. Pericles said that he would help Jones capture Ricky but not a thing about the treasure or such. This is his chance to get revenge on the town that treat him like dirt. But the goo reacts according to its own wishes and the first thing that happens is that Shaggy´s skin begins to change from green to blue with spots and so on until he lets out a big belch of smoke. A large crocodile grows in his back while the parrot tries to put his thoughts in order. When it seems that he has succeeded, Shaggy turns into a large lion and roams the streets scaring everybody away until he sees something to eat on a cafeteria. Pericles snorts. This youngster is all stomach. This thought comes in the very same moment that the lion gulps so in that very instant, Shaggy gets back to his appearance with a giggle when suddenly, the goo makes a large mouth appear in his abdomen. Pericles glees. Perhaps is not such a bad thing. With just one bite, tables, chairs and other elements end up inside the new mouth while the parrot thinks in new improvements.

What he does not notice is Isman watching the whole thing with a smile. When he does see him, Pericles speaks through the belly.

"Vell, vell. I zot you vere still in de ship"

"I´m a free spirit. And by the way, you should by careful with the goo. Now is fun, but it can only bring trouble"

"I am too smart to lose against a pool of mucus"

"If you say so, but I´ll be waiting. And when the moment comes, you´ll have to plead" the man walks away. Pericles thinks of eating the man but for some reason unknown the goo refuses and they have to let him go. A sudden smell strikes his senses. Scooby Doo is coming. "If I can´t haf dat man, I´ll haf de dog"

SSSSSSSSSSSSS

Scooby sighs and sits down. No sign of Isman or Mr. E. He´s just walking in circles all around and the noises of his stomach are getting worse which can only mean that he´s also with that thing inside. The dog whimpers, he does not want to transform into anything. With a sigh, he scratches behind his ears, touching somehow the collar that Shogun gave him back in the festival. The device sends a signal to the WAAT office and they send an agent to help Scooby while he glances around the street.

"Rhaggy..." he cries. Pericles walks towards the dog while the features of the young man change again, leaving only the new mouth untouched. "Ri want my Raggy back"

"Oh, vhy so sad, puppy?" says a voice that Scooby knows too well. Behind the dog, there is now a strange bird man with two mouths, one in the head and another in his stomach. "Perhaps I can help you"

"Pericles" the Dane growls.

"Now, now, hund. I haf plenty of ideas of vhat to do vith you and they all take just one thing" from the large mouth, comes out a tongue and licks the border. Scooby whimpers and walks back while the monster gets closer. The dog feels his stomach cramping, he´s about to transform too when suddenly, something attacks the were bird and saves Scooby who sees with great joy that it is his hero and friend.

"There´s no need to fear, Mr. Shogun´s here!" says the cat and the Dane relaxes. "You are in one big fuss, man. You should have called earlier"

"Ri´m rorry" the bird is going to strike again so the feline gets him hit a few times before getting into an abandoned stock where a Beagle is waiting for them. Scooby whimpers as his stomach is going at it again but Shogun "Cait" is much faster.

"Milo, grab him" the smaller dog holds the Dane down while the cat takes out a strange bottle that seems to have a strange smoke inside and pours it into Scooby´s mouth. A sudden pain takes over Scooby who coughs hard throwing out a weird coloured goo thatShogun traps inside a jar. "Here we are. Better now?"

"..." Scooby feels his stomach a bit uneasy but the pain is gone and the weird feeling with it. He´s cured! "Reah! Rhank you!"

"Be my guest. Mist Juice always works with that stuff. Oh, this is Milo. Works in the WAAT with me"

"What´s up, dog?" he has a nice young voice (Pretty much like Maguire in Cats & Dogs as Lou).

"Oh, Raggy! Raggy, he..." Scooby tries to explain.

"Ok, ok. Slowly, please" both agents hear the story. "And just met Isman? Good Tuna! That guy is trouble. Not bad but cannot be trusted" they listen to the end. "I see. Well, from what I can tell, Shaggy´s got some Gaskalp goo inside and is acting weird, too weird. And the Freak was not there by accident nor was that message sent"

"Rhat do we do?"

"Well..." the monster is trying to get in. "First, let´s do a change of scenario. I hate talking about business with crowd around. Hope you´re feeling ok. Milo, please"

"Please, put your paws against your body and relax" the Dane thinks that the Beagle is just an ordinary agent, a yes dog. When Pericles is about to catch them, Milo puts his paw on a hidden panel and the tree disappear through a scuttle concealed on the floor that leads them to a gigantic slide. At first, Scooby screams but after a few seconds, he remembers Merche´s rule "Go with the flow" and lies totally down letting the slide carry him down. Shogun is actually in a comfy position and Milo lets his tongue out.

After many slopes and spinnings, they reach a base hidden many miles away from Crystal Cove and all other human cities. The landing is on a soft pad in a large room where all the different slides meet. Scooby is breathless. A large door stands before them. He feels quite dizzy after such long ride but follows the other two. Shogun sits down before the paw scanner.

"You said you wanted to be an agente. Well, now it is for real. You are about to experience something that no man and very little animals have seen" he smiles and after pressing a few buttons, a well dressed parrot appears on screen.

"Good evening, Doctor. Please identify your companions"

"Agent Milo and Roocky agent, Scooby Dooby Doo" speaks the feline and a small camera examines the two other animals.

"Identities confirmed. Please put your paw on the scanner" Shogun does so. "Identification complete. Please come in" the door opens and they walk inside. The Dane goes breathless. James Bond, you have just got owned! Shave me and call me a poodle, this is AWESOME! An international agency of animals! There are all kinds of creatures working here. If the circus was cool, this one´s outstanding!

"Roly Snoopy!" the large dog is beaming.

"Told you. Now be good and DON´T disturbe anyone"

"Roger that" Scooby nods while Milo goes to his chores and Shogun takes him with a large Kandal Dog (big Turkish breed).

"Afternoon, doc. Who´s the newbie?"

"Rooby Doo"

"Scooby Doo? The mystery mutt?"

"Ruh, yeah"

"Grow up" wow! Tough guy.

"This is Montblanc, one of our best agents. Mont, this guy now works with us" speaks the cat.

"You´ll need a partner for him and one pretty stupid to work with him"

"Oh, that´s easy. I´m barking at him right now" smiles Shogun staring at Montblanc. "Woof"

"Blessed bones. All right, I´ll watch over this food muncher"

"I suggest you guys start getting along and go see the superintendent now. He just got to his office. I´ll talk with you later on" the feline walks away. "Oh, and go see Keats!"

"Try not to slobber too much, pup boy. The CS will hate you if you do. Now follow me and don´t pee around" they walk through the corridors. "OK. Things you need to know about WAAT" Montblanc gets to an upper level from which they can see the main core of the HQ. "In this agency, ALL animals are welcome to join in as we take the motto all animals are equal very seriously here. We serve justice, freedom and rightfulness. Our leader, Doctor Jones, is the only member with permission to talk with the two legs about our work and such. Since you talk with your humans, you must remember that they must never get to know about our existence. Only a few furless are aware of us and help us. Our job is very important but important are our partners. No dog eats dog, got that?"

"Ri"

"Good. Our duty is to help humans, animals and Mother Nature. No political affiliations allowed. We live with danger as our bed mate, the sooner you get this, the more you´ll live"

"Ru... Ri live with Rhaggy"

"I know and because of that, you must keep it secret. Is your task to keep your humans safe after all. Many here have no owner so watch your mouth, pup" he stops. This is the place. "Here we are. Superintendent´s office"

"Cool. Ruh, rhat´s a superdintent?"

"(Sigh) Second-in-command. Ah. To tell the truth, this guy started from zero just like you but finally got here. Used to be my partner but at least, we´re still good friends"

"Woof" Scooby is getting to like more and more this place.

"Enter"

"Let´s go, kid" they walk forward and the door opens revealing a nice office with a large window, screens, computer and, yes! COUCH! "Hey, hey!"

"OFF THE COUCH! Off now!" says a voice from the desk and Scooby sees with obvious surprise that Milo is the superintendent. The Dane jumps to the ground. "I know you´re tired, but you´re all dirty, mate" too true.

"He can´t help it. Large dogs like big pads" says Monti.

"That I guess but we will find you somewhere else to sleep. Now I need you to listen"

"Roger" nods Scooby.

"OK, so here´s the plot of our drama. Today a cargo of Galskap goo has arrived to Crystal Cove and according to what you have told us, Mr. Rogers got himself infected so we must hurry and give him an antidote. Also, our spies had warned us that the bird known as Pericles has made an alliance with Mayor Jones. And before you say anything, Fred´s, uh, dad has his own dark issues. We know they are after someone called Mr. E and that they are planning to get the goo and capture this person. Your mission is to prevent this from happening"

"Rand the gang?"

"They´ll be fine, chew toy" says Monti.

"I´m not so sure about that, Mont. This fiend we saw in town was no other than Mr. Rogers"

"Rhaggy?!" Scooby gets terribly depressed.

"We have to tell you, big guy. Is tough but you must know that you´re friend is not just infected but can also be dangerous towards the rest of the team if this goes on"

"Ret´s go and rave...!"

"Easy there, Spot. We need a plan" oops, it´s true.

"Mist Juice works with the goo but it won´t be easy. We will contact Monsieur Noir to transport the remaining tanks but one little portion of it is enough to cause havoc"

"Then we need a big plan cuz we have a big problem"

"We will see but now, Mr. Doo needs a bed. The gang will miss you but I think you agree that this is far too important"

"Res, ri´ll stay" he understands perfectly.

"What worries me is that the cargo is sent by Harland Simmons" Milo reads his notes.

"Rho?"

"Simmons is a millionaire bank president but also a hermit who leaves hidden somewhere around. A few years ago, he helped the owner of Destroido build the company by becoming its share-holder but that is not all. We also know that he was once an Alcatraz inmate and later in Steel Rock" oh, bones! So Mr. Zimmer´s boss was a criminal? Shoicks! "He lives isolated from the world. And Mr. Zimmer is not to be trusted either" this gets better and better. "But I think you should rest now, Scoob. It´s been a long night and some sleep might do the trick. I know you want to ask about Mr. E but that will have to wait"

Mont leads him to the resting area and once on his own place, Scooby sighs. Why did everything have to go this way? Does Doctor Jones know something about Mr. E? And Shaggy? Why is he acting like this? The dog turns off the light.

"Hey, wait" says a female voice. In the next box, there´s a girl otter. "Am sorry, is just that I´m afraid of the dark"

"Rouh, sorrry"

"Is OK. My name´s Alice, by the way"

"Scooby Doo" they shake paws.

"Hey, you are the dog that solves mysteries. How cool is that"

"Rit´s nothing"

"No, really, is awesome. Frey is all day talking about that. He´s quite a pain but you absolutely rock"

"Rho´s frey?"

"Hedgehog, friki class. Knows all tv shows, comics, heroes and stuff like that. Good guy but a bit of a pain sometimes" Alice smiles. "Hu. Mind if I sleep with you? Maybe if I do, I won´t go all nuts"

"Rokey" he lets her curl against him.

"Thank you so much. I really need this" she breathes in and falls asleep in just seconds while Scooby looks at her and smiles with his thoughts still set on Shaggy.

"This love it is a distant star,

Guiding us home wherever we are.
This love it is a burning sun,

Shining a light on the things that we've done.
I tried to speak to you every day,

but each word we spoke the wind blew away.
Could these walls come crumbling down?

I want to feel my feet on the ground,
And leave behind this prison we share.

Step into the open air.
How did we let it come to this?

What we've just tasted we somehow still miss.
How will it feel when this day is done?

And can we keep what we've only begun?
And now these walls come crumbling down,

And I can feel my feet on the ground.
Can we carry this love that we share?
Into the open air.
Into the open air (into the open air).
Into the open air.
This love it is a burning sun
."

Meanwhile, Pericles is deciding a way to get rid of the gang and of Ricky and Cassidy. His main problem in getting into Destroido without being noticed, or perhaps how to drag Owens out of his lair and perhaps Jones can be useful with that.


Alice, who seems pretty shy and lovely has a terrible secret. XD You´ll see.

Pericles is plotting and Scooby has to find a way to save his friends.

And what did Isman mean with his warning?

Next Clue: Norns Ivory Horse