Later that evening Shaggy and Scooby were dozing fitfully in the Mystery Machine. Both had consumed numerous boxes of Scooby Snacks by way of comfort food and were now dreaming.
"Velma I'm sorry Velma, I let you down" muttered Shaggy in his sleep Scooby did like wise
"No you didn't silly," said Velma "and neither did you Scooby, for once I'm glad you didn't listen to me. You are both heroes in my book" she went and gave both of them a huge hug
"Velma? Thanks Velma I needed that" muttered Shaggy
"Raaah ranks Relma" muttered Scooby
"Jinkies" laughed Velma "Just look you two; have you left any Scooby Snacks for me?"
"Rave a rox Relma" muttered Scooby
"Like sure, take a box Velma, help yourself" muttered Shaggy
"Thanks guys, I'll see you tomorrow" said Velma blowing them a kiss. Shaggy and Scooby both woke with a start
"Velma!" "Relma!" they cried out and looked around for her.
"Must have been a dream Scoob" said Shaggy
"Ro ream! Ro ream! Rox rissing!" yelped Scooby. They checked, a box of Scooby Snacks was indeed missing.
The van door opened "Arghhh! Velma! Scooby Snacks! Arghhh!" the yelled and held each other.
"Guys? What's up?" asked Daphne getting into the van.
"Oh it's you Daph. Velma was here, we think, it must have been a dream but it was so real." replied Shaggy
"Oh I wish that was true Shaggy" replied Daphne "We've spoken to her doctor again."
"and?" asked Shaggy in a trembling voice,
Daphne sighed deeply "She's not well Shaggy, they hope to know more tomorrow, on the bright side she doesn't need surgery and is out of the ICU. The doctors say the prognosis is good but she's in a high-dependency unit at the moment. I'm just so unsure of what's happening"
"I'm so glad we didn't listen to her back there" said Shaggy
"What do you mean Shaggy?" asked Daphne seriously
"There's something I didn't tell you earlier, I didn't want to freak you out any more than we were already" replied Shaggy "When we got her out of the morgue Velma told us she had overheard the gang planning to hold you two, mostly you Daph, for ransom, they knew you were a Blake. Velma didn't think she could make it, man she even couldn't put on a lab coat without help, so she asked us to leave her there so we could be sure that we got you out, Scoob and I refused"
Daphne hugged them both hard, tears were in her eyes "That's just like Velma, she's too logical for her own good at times, I'm so glad you ignored her, you saved her life, you're both heroes"
"That's what Velma just told us" smiled Shaggy weakly.
