Back at the Mystery Inc. house, Daphne was sleeping, but she had a dreamless night after that little discussion she and the girls had. She felt like the worst person in the world to abandon her baby boy and leave him freezing and starving to death.

"What was I thinking?" She said in her thoughts "I was supposed to be Flim-Flam's mama and his angel. If I hadn't been so spoiled and stupid, none of this would be happening. This is all my fault"

Those thoughts continued to cloud her mind, and eventually, she found herself unable to sleep. Lying on her bed, Daphne finally decided to get up. Noticing that Mei Ling and Miyumi were still sleeping, she tip-toed her way to the door, where she then made her way down the stairs.

As she reaches the bottom of the stairs, she noticed the kitchen lights were on.

"Lights are on" she thought "That can only mean one thing...Shaggy and Scooby are having a late night snack, as usual"

Sure enough, as she entered the kitchen, Shaggy and Scooby were there preparing a late night snack. Scooby was the first to notice Daphne's presence in the kitchen.

"Rello, Raphne" he said.

"Hey, Scooby, Shaggy." Daphne replied.

"Like, can't sleep?" Shaggy asked as he finishes his triple-decker sandwich.

"Yeah." Daphne nodded and sighed.

"Something wrong Raphne?" Scooby asked her.

"I just can't sleep" Daphne sadly said "I feel horrible"

"Why?" Shaggy asked her.

"I feel terrible about what I did to Flim-Flam" Daphne sadly said "I abandoned him and was supposed to be his mama and angel from Heaven, but I left him out in the streets to die and starve! Had I not been so selfish and stupid, we would be happy together as mother and son! But no! I had to be a spoiled brat and leave him. Now he will never trust me again...and it's all my fault"

Daphne started to cry her eyes out of guilt and remorse. Shaggy put down his triple-decker sandwich and walked over to give Daphne a comforting hug.

"Like, there's nothing we can do about the decisions we've made in the past, Daph." Shaggy says as he comforts his long-time friend. "Yeah, I wish I had done something back then and stepped in to ask you to reconsider your decision to continue to pursue mystery-solving, and, like, come to think of it, I really feel terrible in dumping Googie."

"Or abandoning Scrappy." Scooby added.

"Yeah, that too. Because of our bad decisions, our friends over at Boomerland really have doubts on trusting us again." Shaggy nodded. "But there's nothing we can do about the decisions we've made in the past, or the mistakes. Like what I had told Scoob before when he was facing the Black Samurai, we have to let it go."

"But I just can't" Daphne sobbed into her arms "No matter how hard I try I just can't. Flim Flam's no monster or villain...I am"

"Like, we all make mistakes, Daph." Shaggy said. "Even heroes make mistakes. Just because you made a terrible mistake doesn't automatically mean you're a monster or villain. Besides, Scoob and I had made mistakes as bad as your's and yet the two of us remain popular among our fanbase. There's no way you can avoid such thoughts. The only way out is to move forward and let it go, Daph."

"Rand rif you rave rany difficulties, you'll ralways have support from Raggy rand I." Scooby added.

"And Fred and Velma as well" Shaggy added.

"Thanks guys" Daphne sadly smiled "I just wish I had one more chance"

Shaggy and Scooby both nodded as the trio stayed together in the kitchen.

Back on the island, Fred and Velma were in the machinery room.

"So what do we do now, V?" Fred asked "We've gotta find a way outta here"

"Don't worry, Fred" Velma reached into her sweater and took out a scroll of paper "I lifted this from the guards!"

It was the map that lead to the secret exit.

"Sure." Fred nodded. "But with the whole base on red alert, I'm sure Zin has his guards searching every corner for us now."

"So I guess we'll have to do what no meddling kid has done before" said Velma.

"What?" asked Fred.

"We jump into the ocean" Velma boldly said.

Meanwhile, our main protagonists woke up from their slumber on the island.

"Morning honey" Googie kissed Scrappy's nose.

"Morning, dear." Scrappy smiled. "Did you slept well last night?"

"I did." Googie nodded. "Now we'd better pack up and head out."

It was then that Mudsy appeared out from thin air as he shouted, "Hup, hup, hup, let's go, let's go!"

Moments later, the heroes had packed up their camp and are ready to head home.

"Alright, everybody." Biff says. "Let's head home."

"Right." Everyone else nodded as they made their way out of the cave.

However, when they arrived at the exit, they all noticed that their surroundings looked radically different than the day before.

"Is it just me, or does this island look a bit different?" Mudsy looked at the surroundings "It wasn't like that last night. Ghosts have night vision and I assure you, it didn't look like this last night"

"For some reason, the island looks darker." Dr. Quest observed as they looked around.

"You're right, Mudsy." April said. "The place does look different."

Back in his quarters, Dr. Zin, Jenny and a few guards were watching the heroes on the monitor.

"That demon sure does good work." Zin grinned. "They are sure going to have a shock when they learn that they're in a different reality."

"What's going to happen to them?" Jenny asked her father.

"Don't worry, Jennifer." Zin replied. "The reality-bending demon will take care of them in the reality he created for them."

"Ah, that's good." Jenny nodded.

Back at the cave, the heroes were baffled by the difference in the appearance of the jungle.

"Well, maybe there's a storm coming up soon" Taffy offered. "Which probably also means that we should get moving now if we want to head home."

"I'm afraid that's not going to be easy, my lady." A voice suddenly said.

"Yikes!" Mudsy jumped into Skip's arms.

Elmo and Bandit jumped into Jerry's arms and Tom jumped into Jonny's arms.

"Wh-who's there?" April held onto Augie's arm.

A devilish-looking demon appeared in front of them in response.

"Wh-wh-wh-who are you?" Dee-Dee asked.

"I am one of the thirteen powerful demons in all the land" said the monster "I am Gosnellon, master of reality bending and here, you belong to me!"

"Oh, yeah?" Scrappy asked. "You don't scare me!"

"Well, this is my reality, and unless you surrender to me peacefully, I can cause trouble." Gosnellon replied.

"Make us." Jonny retorted with Tom and Jerry crossing their arms in a defiant fashion.

"Very well." Gosnellon said before clapping his hands.

Seconds later, the ground in front of them started to tear apart with a canvas opening up.

"AAAAHHHH!" They all screamed.

"Let's get out of here!" Googie shouted.

Immediately, the heroes took off running through the jungle.

"Fools!" Gosnellon shouted. "You'll never escape!"

Seeing the ground opening up behind them, Taffy said to Cavey.

"Cavey, quick!" Taffy shouted. "The pterodactyl!"

"Unga." Cavey replied before taking the pterodactyl out from his fur.

Quickly, the group hopped onto the pterodactyl, who then took off as the ground opened up under them.

"Whew!" Jonny remarked. "One second later and we'll be falling down a canyon!"

Seeing his prisoners flying away from the island, Gosnellon said. "You won't hear the last from me, fools!"

"Hopefully, we'll be able to find some help on the mainland" said Dee Dee.

"Just hope there's someone who CAN in this dimension" Jade said.

Our heroes flew back to the mainland for some assistance, if they could find any assistance that is.

Meanwhile back at the Chan house, Nancy was still comforting Flim Flam over his loss.

"It's just not fair!" Flim Flam says as he cried in Nancy's shoulder.

"It's okay, Flim-Flam" Nancy hugged him "You'll be okay, and I'll always be here for you no matter what"

Flim Flam nodded as he continued to sob silently in her arms.

"I love you Nancy" Flim Flam looked into her eyes.

"I love you too, Flim Flam." Nancy smiled as she comforts him.

They both stared into each other's eyes as they hugged.

Back in the alternate reality, the heroes have arrived on the main continent and landed in front of a large sign.

"Guys, look at this sign" Jade pointed to the sign.

Mudsy read the sign "Welcome to Doomsville! The Darkest and Evilest Place on Earth!"

"Doomsville?" Jonny swallowed "I thought we're supposed to be back in Coolsville!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that guy must be one of the thirteen demons" Scrappy pointed out "And by the looks of things, he can change reality as well. So he's sent us to Doomsville!"

"The thirteen chest demons?" Augie asked "Who are they?"

"Uncle Scooby accidentally unleashed them from their chest" Scrappy explained "We got the first eleven, but we never got the other two"

"Uh oh" Dr. Quest remarked.

"I guess humans seeing me would be an everyday thing compared to that" Mudsy remarked.

"No problem, Scrappy" Bubbles said "We can contact Mr. Van Ghoul and he'll send us the chest and we can put the demons back in and go home! Problem solved!"

"I wish it was that simple, Bubbles" Scrappy said.

"What're you talking about?" Bubbles asked Scrappy.

"Since Uncle Scooby was the one who released the demons, only he can put them back" Scrappy explained.

"And to think that we'll be heading home soon." Augie sighed. "I guess we don't have a choice, guys."

"Yeah." Skip nodded. "We'll have to go find Mystery Inc."

"It's not gonna be easy, but we'll have to do it in order to stop those demons" Dr. Quest said.

"It's what heroes do" Blue Falcon said "We have to do the right thing, no matter what. That's what a true hero does"

"Guess we're not going home after all" Mudsy said.

"Right" Scrappy nodded. "We'd better get moving before that baddie demon finds us."

And so, the heroes started wondering into the dark, gloomy-looking city as a shadowed figure watched them from a nearby cliffhanger.


Author's Note:

Whoo hoo! Our heroes are back in action! They may be reluctant to help Mystery Inc, after what happened and all, but they have to stop the last two chest demons from destroying the universe and since Scooby is the only one who can put them back in the chest, they'll need MI's help.