Eventually, everyone in Coolsville began to celebrate and cheer for Mystery Inc again once things were back to normal. Of course, the police came over to do their jobs as this mystery came to a close.
'Here comes my favorite part.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Mystery Inc, do you know the identity of the Evil Masked Figure behind it all?" A newswoman asked as she flooded with other reporters.
"Well, if our hunch is correct, the Evil Masked Figure is..." Velma drawled until they removed the mask.
"NO!" The Evil Masked Figure growled.
The mask was soon pulled off, revealing a certain female reporter. The crowd gasped in surprise to see that it was Heather all along.
"Heather Jasper-Howe." Daphne smirked.
Scooby nodded along with the others, but even he seemed surprised as Patrick came out of the crowd.
"But she was at the museum when the masked figure was on the roof." Another newswoman pointed out of confusion.
"True, but she had someone fill in for her as the masked figure." Mo smirked.
"And that was... Ned!" Cherry pointed to the cameraman who assisted Heather.
Ned looked around before trying to run away only to get grabbed by the cops beside him.
"When I realized she was the Evil Masked Figure, he quickly changed into her costume." Daphne replied.
Patch nodded.
"But why did she do it?" The first newswoman asked.
"Because, Heather Jasper-Howe is actually..." Velma said before removing Heather's face, revealing to be yet another mask of an older man. "Dr. Johnathan Jacabo: The original Pterodactyl Ghost."
Patch was slightly confused by this.
"But how do you know this?" Another reporter asked.
"A photo, taken of Jacobo in front of the Coolsonian," Cherry said as she brought out a newspaper scrap she had found earlier. "Jacobo supposedly died a year before construction even began."
Mo nodded in agreement.
"So, Jacobo survived that fall off the prison wall." Shaggy said.
"Reah!" Scooby nodded.
"He also had adopted that false Heather Jasper-Howe persona to turn the press against you guys." Patch said.
"And he framed that poor, hideous Old Man Wickles by putting that book and the Black Knight Ghost in his mansion." Cherry added.
'This is coming along nicely.' Mo thought to herself.
"As if you getting the lead in My Fair Lady wasn't enough!" Wickles glared at Jacobo.
"I was an excellent Eliza!" Jacobo retorted as he was being hauled away. "You were 'too acty'!"
"Oi." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"And stealing my Tater Tots!" Wickles snapped.
"You kept saying you felt puffy!" Jacobo retorted.
"And the real identity of Ned is..." Fred said as he came up to the cameraman, grabbing his head, but it wasn't a mask. "...Ned."
"Uh, Fred? Ned never had a mask on." Mo spoke up, feeling embarrassed.
Fred smiled sheepishly to the others.
"And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for those meddling punks, and their dumb dogs!" Jacobo called out as he was hauled away.
The crowd soon cheered for Mystery Inc as they had won yet another case.
"Great that everyone loves them again." Patch smiled.
"You were a dude this whole time?" Ned asked Jacobo in betrayal.
"Of course, Dummkopf." Jacobo muttered.
"But we cuddled!" Ned frowned with a slight groan.
"That's disturbing." Bowser said.
Michelle soon came out of her car and came up to Cherry, hugging her tightly and wiggling in the hug.
Cherry grunted slightly from the hug and coughed. "M-Mom?!... Choking, not breathing!" she then gasped while trying to get out, but failed. "Boy, and people wonder why I have issues..." She soon saw Patrick and decided to go talk with him.
Michelle smiled in the hug.
"MOTHER!" Cherry cried out. "PLEASE!"
"I'm just so happy you're okay." Michelle smiled and kissed her cheek before finally letting her go.
Once she was free, Cherry finally got over to Patrick.
"Hi..." Cherry gasped slightly, catching her breath from her mother's hug.
"H-Hi, Cherry..." Patrick greeted. "Look, I know that must have seemed very suspicious-"
"No, I trust you..." Cherry told him.
"Y-You do?" Patrick asked.
"Uh, listen, Patrick..." Cherry soon said. "I'm not glamorous... I can be a bit mysterious, but... I'm not sure if I can see you like this anymore."
"What do you mean?" Patrick asked.
"Uh, well, I think you're interesting and all, but... I might be too young for you..." Cherry replied. "Don't get me wrong though, I do like older men, but... I think it was just a little crush."
Patrick was heartbroken, but he understood.
"I'm sorry... I'm sure you'll find someone else..." Cherry replied. "Did you really like me like that?"
"Yeah, a little..." Patrick said to her. "Uh, do you know anything about Velma?"
"I'm sorry, Patrick, but I think she's gonna stick with Shaggy." Cherry said.
"I understand." Patrick replied.
"I'm sorry..." Cherry said.
"All right... Well, it was interesting..." Patrick said. "Hard to believe you're only a student, you're very mature for your age."
"Well, when you've had as many adventures as I have, you learn maturity." Cherry shrugged.
"You're a good girl... Don't change." Patrick told her and let her alone right now.
Cherry then heaved a sharp sigh and exhaled once she handled that rather well.
Mystery Inc was soon back to being admired by all. Fred and Daphne then reunited with each other. Colette seemed to be in the crowd with a bone in her mouth and she kept running until she ran into Patch with a smile. Patch saw Colette and smiled. Colette soon gave him the bone, happy to see him.
"Hi, Colette!" Patch smiled. "It's so good to see you!"
"I just had to come after your guys' reputation came back up," Colette smiled back before frowning. "That was so mean of Coolsville to pick on you for what you guys have been through because of that evil masked man."
"It's alright." Patch said.
Colette and Patch soon nuzzled together after a big adventure away from each other.
"Shaggy, can we get your photo in this?" A reporter asked.
"Uh, yes." Shaggy smiled as he took Captain Cutler's diving helmet and decided to wear it.
"Nice fit." Mo said.
Shaggy soon roared and pretended to be scary.
"Rikes!" Scooby panicked and soon beat Shaggy with a boom mic, thinking that he was the real Captain Cutler.
"Scooby, wait!" Atticus told him.
Shaggy grunted and groaned before removing the helmet. "Like, Scoob, it's me, man!" he then smiled to his best friend.
"Raggy!" Scooby smiled and soon ran into Shaggy, feeling much better now, pouncing on him and licking his face.
Later on, they soon partied that night at the club.
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" Scooby cheered.
"Ruben Studdard!" Michelle gushed at the celebrity.
"Oi." Cherry rolled her eyes.
The man soon sang a song and they all began to have their own little dance party. This soon made everybody begin to party. Cherry led everyone into a 1980's zombie dance as they seemed attracted to the dance and joined with her like in the infamous music video known as Thriller. Everyone even began to enjoy the zombie dance. The dance party was great for everyone. Patch soon looked to Colette and then began to teach her how to dance since she wasn't sure what to do, and where this night would surely be a night that no one would forget.
The End
