Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Omen
Chapter 10: Summoning the Reaper
Later, Googie was using her wolf nose to sniff out something important as Scrappy grew puzzled.
"There's one thing I don't get, Ben.", Scrappy began.
"And what's that, Scrappy?", asked Ben.
"After we all just found out that Googie was a Wiccan and that the Grimness Book of Records turned out to be Sarah Ravencroft's actual journal and Spellbook to ward off evil forces, why are you still looking for a book?", asked Scrappy.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you, Scrappy.", Ben replied before Googie found the exact spot.
"There. That was where I found it.", Googie spoke as she pointed to a tree stump.
"All these years, I was searching around the wrong oak tree.", Ben spoke with awe.
"Right. I believe this is what's left of the tree where Sarah did her healing. You never even noticed it because it was cut down hundreds of years ago.", Velma stated.
"No worries, Velma. I got this.", Googie assured as she grew wolf claws before she gave a warning.
"Although, you might want to stand back this time.", Googie warned before Ben, Fred, and Daphne stepped back away from the range of the dirt. "Thanks."
Then, Googie began digging through the dirt before unearthing a sort of chest.
"What did you find?", asked Ben.
"Well, what do you think?", Googie only responded before she pulled out a sort of chest.
"A box.", Velma spoke.
"What do you think it has inside?", asked Meako.
"Something important, I'll bet.", Freako replied.
Then, Ben bent down to it and sighed loudly, slightly worrying Velma.
"Ben, are you okay?", asked Velma.
"Just...a little...nervous.", Ben spoke before he opened the box, revealing an ancient Spellbook with three 6's on it in a triangular like position, taking Vincent aback.
"The Beast's Spellbook!", Vincent exclaimed.
"That was the book that Jacques and Simone were after.", Googie realized.
"Awfully suspicious, I'd say.", Scrappy spoke before the Beast's Spellbook glowed red, at least for the three 6's.
"But it doesn't matter, because if what Vincent said is true about the Grimness Book of Records being Sarah's journal and this one being the Beast's Spellbook, we have to destroy that cursed Spellbook to make sure Chronos doesn't escape.", Ben assured.
That was when Jacques spoke up while he, Shaun, and Simone crept out from the bushes.
"I'm afraid we can't let you do that, Ravencroft.", Jacques spoke threateningly.
"Oh, yeah? And who's going to stop us?", Lena asked.
Then, an unfamiliar voice spoke.
"That would be me.", the voice spoke before an unknown man in a Black coat raised his right arm, causing the beast's Spellbook to glow red before it went over to him, to the shock of everyone, save for Simone, Jacques, and Shaun.
"Hey! What gives?", asked Shreako.
"Thank you for helping me find that book.", the man spoke before he removed his cloak to reveal a grey-suited, Snow-white haired man, much to Ben's shock.
"Lucifer!", Ben exclaimed, shocking everyone.
"The Lucifer?", puzzled Thorn.
"Heavy.", Dusk admitted.
"You know him, Ben?", asked Googie.
"Know him? He was practically my archenemy.", Ben replied.
"Now that we meet again, let's not start out by calling names, shall we?", asked Lucifer.
"Now, that's just plain creepy.", Scrappy commented.
"What do you have to gain here, bringing Miss Lenoir and Jacques into this?", asked Lena.
"A lot more than you can ever imagine. Ever since I heard the legend about how Sarah Ravencroft banished Chronos to another dimension and learning I was part of Chronos' Cult of Death, I've been searching for a way to get back at all the people who wronged me, especially since he sold more horror novels than me. It seemed like I was going through the motions, that us, until I read about your exploits. Then, later, I saw that that werewolf girl had lifted the cat god's curse in Moonscar Island with the Grimness Book of Records. After some further research, I ultimately came to the conclusion that when the portal with which to banish Chronos disappeared, a book appeared in its place near Sarah's journal, otherwise known as 'The Beast's Spellbook'. And I knew that if anyone would help me find the book and take revenge, it was you and your friends. So, I decided to orchestrate the whole Mummy scheme, paying off the archeologists and the security guards, just to lure you here while I begin my excursion at Oakhaven. Unfortunately, I had not counted on Ben getting involved. So, I decided to search for the Oak Tree where the Beast's Spellbook is based upon Sarah's painting.", Lucifer spoke.
"That's what you did the whole time?.", Ben puzzled.
"Yes. It was exceedingly difficult, it was all worth it, now that I finally have the Beast's Spellbook in my possession. I especially couldn't have done it without her help.", Lucifer spoke before Revolta stepped forward.
"Revolta!", Scooby and Shaggy exclaimed.
"That's right, boys. After he found out what his true allegiance is, he came to me for help locating the Spellbook. Of course, it wasn't easy, but then came these two and that pet panther. If it weren't for them, the book would've remained just that: a secret. And then, there's also the fake ghost fiasco. The town had that idea, but still, it did work to our advantage up until now.", Revolta spoke.
"Why go through this elaborate scheme? Why not just ask us to find the book?", asked Daphne.
"I know why, Daphne. Because if we knew what that book really was, we would never have helped him, and he didn't even have to use us.", Ben replied.
"Maybe not, but not even you can comprehend the dark magics in that spellbook. After all, no mere mortal can.", Lucifer retorted.
"You, my friend, have been reading too many horror books, and that's coming from me.", Ben snapped slightly.
"A typical mortal response, but I am a descendent from a superior breed that worships death and destruction to all. I shall unlock the power of the imprisoned Chronos the Grim Reaper!", Lucifer exclaimed.
"Like, I don't like the sound of this.", Shaggy admitted.
"Me neither.", Scooby agreed.
"Hey, I don't like this any more than you guys do.", Scrappy spoke.
"Yeah, that's a real shady plan there, pal.", Freako commented.
"Together, we shall rule the world with an iron fist! Let the evil trapped in dimensional frames breathe again with dark flames!", Lucifer shouted as a dark whirlwind was forming on the clouds before it turned out windy and stormy as lightning struck while the book gave off an eerie red aura.
"No!", Ben shouted as Shaggy and Scooby covered their eyes.
"Let the dark wind whip the night to blow away the force of light!", Lucifer spoke before Shaggy spoke.
"Like, I know what comes next, buddy! Big trouble!", Shaggy shouted as a tree fell to the ground, prompting Scooby and Shaggy to run for cover.
"Now, I summon ancient power...", Lucifer spoke as he raised his right arm and opened his right hand, causing a red orb to glow on his palm.
"Lucifer, stop!", Googie exclaimed.
"This is death's finest hour!", Lucifer exclaimed before a red wave of energy emerged from the beast's Spellbook and swirled around to the center of the whirlpool in the sky before it went down with a red wolf snarling at the end of the comet before it struck Lucifer, urging Googie and Ben to take action.
"No!", Ben exclaimed as he and Googie went up toward him.
"What's the matter, Ben? Don't you like the new, improved Lucifer?", Lucifer mocked.
"No. Frankly, I don't!", Ben shouted.
"Yeah. We just met and I never even liked the old you, anyway.", Googie responded.
"You have no idea what you've wrought, Lucifer!", Ben shouted.
"Oh, I know exactly what I've wrought, and you only have yourself to blame for all this.", Lucifer retorted before he then turned to Simone and Jacques.
"As for you two, you have earned your just reward.", Lucifer spoke before he fired a red, wolf-like blast at the two werecats, earning their pained yield before it faded with stardust sparkling out and the two werecats feeling as if they were revitalized.
"Whoo, Yeah! Now, that's what I'm talkin' about right there!", Jacques whooped.
Then, Lucifer turned to McKnight and the mayor, who quickly ran away.
"How rude. Leaving so soon? The party's just getting started!", Lucifer exclaimed before he fired another red, wolf-like blast at them, this time, causing McKnight and the Mayor to be lifted up and land right into the sticks, which forever closed on them, meaning they are now stuck.
"Let us out!", the mayor shouted.
"Hmm, let me think. How about, no.", Lucifer playfully refused.
"Daddy!", Thorn shouted as she and the Hex Girls ran for her father and the mayor.
"Do not interfere!", Lucifer shouted as he shot out another wolf-like blast which pushed the Hex Girls toward a pole with a howl before it then snarled and bit into the yarn before spinning it around the girls many times, trapping them. "When I release him, Chronos will deal with you all in due time."
"How could you have sunk so low, Lucifer?", Ben spoke rhetorically.
"Now, guys! Grab the book!", Velma shouted before Daphne, Googie, who transformed into a werewolf quickly, and Fred crept up on Lucifer and held him back before Fred ganged up on him with a bear hug.
"Gotcha!", Fred spoke.
Then, Vincent placed magic restraints on Lucifer, trapping him. However, it was not enough to deter him.
"Get off!", Lucifer exclaimed, surrounding himself with a red aura to push Fred, Googie, and Daphne away from him, literally, and flew up.
"Where'd he go?", puzzled Daphne.
Then, Googie noticed him on the ceiling.
"There!", Googie shouted as she pointed to the vengeful Lucifer.
"This isn't one of your little mysteries. You can't solve me so easily.", Lucifer mocked.
"If it's any consolation, we weren't exactly able to solve the last mystery easily, but we still solved it.", Googie retorted.
"I've heard enough from you!", Lucifer snapped before he created a circle of flames around Fred, Daphne, Velma, Googie, Scrappy, Vincent, and Ben before hopping downward closer to them.
"Geez, Lucifer. Simmer down.", Scrappy commented.
"We will not let you summon Chronos, Lucifer!", Vincent shouted.
"What you're doing isn't fair to the world and you know it!", Ben shouted.
"FAIR?! I'll tell you what's not fair. Playing second rate to a famous horror novelist who managed to get all of his books sold. Well, finally, my waiting has paid off, and no irritable bunch of meddling kids is gonna mess it up for me now!", Lucifer shouted.
"Hey! We're not kids!", Fred responded in an annoyed tone.
Then, Googie have a sort of howl, which caught the Ghoul School kids, Flim Flam, Lena, and even Dracula, the Goblin King, Boo Brothers, and all the monsters' attention back at the mansion.
"What's that noise?", asked Phantasma before Lena looked outside and saw a dark storm outside.
"The guys are in trouble!", Lena realized.
"Come on, girls! We gotta help them out!", Flim Flam urged.
"We're gonna have to floor it and get out there, posthaste!", Dracula urged before he and SIbella turned into bats and flew outside.
"All in favor of following them, say 'Aye'.", Flim Flam spoke before everyone else agreed and ran off.
"Aye!", everyone shouted.
Meanwhile, Lucifer was quite puzzled.
"What was that? Howling in defeat? Have you no shame?", asked Lucifer.
"Oh, I wasn't howling in defeat.", Googie spoke.
"It doesn't matter, because now is the time to summon Chronos the Grim Reaper! Veil of death, hear my cry! Bring back one who cannot die!", Lucifer began before the Mystery Machine's horns sounded, catching his attention before just passing by Lucifer and putting out the fire with Lena behind the wheel before Winnie opened the door to show her, Sibella, Dracula, Tanis, Phantasma, Frankenstein's Monster, and Elsa in the back.
"Are we ever glad to see you.", Daphne grinned.
"Come on! You'll be safe in here!", Winnie urged as the group hopped inside.
"Nice going, Lena.", Fred complimented.
"Thank you, Fred. Now, let's get back to the mansion.", Lena spoke as Lucifer noticed noticed the Mystery Machine driving away.
"Don't let them escape!", Lucifer shouted to Simone and Jacques.
"With pleasure!", Simone snarled before she fired a red blast from her palm at the tree, causing the Mystery Machine to swerve around with Lucifer running towards it.
"We've gotta go back for the book!", Googie shouted.
"So we can destroy it before he can summon Chronos!", Ben added.
"Like, can't we just wait for the movie?", asked Shaggy before the Mystery Machine caused a pile of pumpkins to roll off to the ground, causing Lucifer to trip and fall on his back as Ben reached out and grabbed the beast's Spellbook.
"I'll take that, thank you.", Ben spoke as he grabbed the Beast's Spellbook.
"You're the man, Ben!", Scrappy commented.
However, it angered Lucifer.
"No!", Lucifer growled before he then shot out a red, wolf-like blast at the tire, popping it.
Then, as it happened, they were headed right for the gift shop and went right through it, destroying it altogether in the process.
"Aah! Not the gift shop!", exclaimed the mayor.
"Sorry, Mayor!", Googie shouted to the mayor.
"Our sincerest apologies!", Lena shouted as well.
Then, Simone and Jacques snarled before they fired red, wolf-like blasts at another tire, causing the Mystery Machine to swerve out of control towards a haystack, before the gang had to shake the hay off them.
"Ugh.", Googie spoke after spitting some hay out.
Then, Lena noticed that that we're headed right for McKnight and the mayor.
"Everyone, hang on! It's gonna be close!", Lena warned before she bravely turned the wheel, causing the van to move away from McKnight and the mayor, who sighed in relief.
Then, Lena noticed the cat creatures before swerving around them and plowing through the turkey fence, although the turkeys were lucky to avoid being run over as one turkey even landed on Googie's lap and gave a puzzled look as Googie exchanged the same look. Then, Lucifer flew into a rage and sent forth red wolves at the tire, breaking it apart, and causing the Mystery Machine to swerve around a rock before it stopped to a halt.
"Well, at least we still have one tire.", Shaggy spoke before the last tire popped.
"You were saying?", asked Googie before Lucifer hopped onto the front of the van and grabbed the beast's Spellbook.
"I'll take that!", Lucifer spoke before he leapt off the van.
"No!", Ben shouted.
"Yes! Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Summoning the Reaper. Dreadful darkness, hear my cry! Bring back one who cannot die! Let the beast's number open death's door and destroy all until man exists no more!", Lucifer spoke as the book flipped the pages on its own before he lifted the book up and sent forth three red, howling wolves to the sky before it formed the same symbol on the book as the gang hopped out of the car and tried to stop him before the quake started and knocked Fred, Daphne, and Velma to the wall.
Needless to say, Shaggy and Scooby, as well as Googie and Scrappy, were having difficulty finding balance in the quake, although Googie and Scrappy were lucky not to wind up getting their heads stuck in the wooden wheel before Lucifer spoke to the werewolf.
"It's too late! Not even Sarah Ravencraft can help you now!", Lucifer shouted.
"Her name is Sarah Ravencroft!", Googie retorted.
"Whatever. I've always hated Wiccans.", Lucifer responded before the black wisps crossed over from the three 6's in the sky and formed a cocoon before it faded, revealing a Grim Reaper with red eyes, his skull face showing, and a scythe with the beast's number grafted into the sickle blade as the demon laughed boisterously.
"No. It can't be.", Googie spoke in fear.
"I know. It's enough to drive me batty with fear.", Dracula agreed before he turned into a bat and flew away in fear before hanging upside down on a tree branch.
"Even in my wildest dreams, I could never have imagined such an imposing demon.", Lucifer admitted with awe.
"Who are you that has released me from my dimensional prison?", Chronos asked deeply.
"I am Lucifer, your descendant of the Beast's Cult. I released you so that you may lay waste to this modern world.", Lucifer replied.
"Modern? Hmm.", Chronos spoke as he then noticed Lena picking up her cats, one of which meowed before he turned his attention to McKnight and the mayor. "Not much has changed."
"Please, don't hurt us!", the Mayor pleaded.
"Even now, those mortals groveling for their lives. Nevertheless, thank you for releasing me.", Chronos gratified.
"No problem. Now, another reason for me summoning you was because I want to be just as powerful as you.", Lucifer added.
"Surely, you jest.", Chronos responded.
"Need I remind you that it was I who released you. Still, I only wish to serve you. But, before we do, I am a bit hungry. What do you say we get something to eat first?", Lucifer asked.
"Hungry? Oh, I'm hungry, too. But for souls!", Chronos responded before he chuckled.
"Okay, this guy's definitely worse than Dracula. No offense, by the way.", Scrappy commented.
"No, for once, I agree.", Dracula spoke.
Then, Chronos readied his scythe.
"I've been locked in that dimension for 400 years, and now, it is my time to lay waste on all life as punishment for my imprisonment once again, with their help.", Chronos spoke before pointing his scythe at Simone and Jacques, draining their essence and reverting them back to human form, much to their dismay, as the essence went into his scythe in a sort of time-rewinding fashion.
Afterwards, Chronos then swing his scythe at a tree, shooting out white and black lightning at it, sapping the lifeforce until it bared no leaves that were live before it followed through on another tree while also flash-forwarding those trees to the end of their lives.
"I shall consume all life until death is all that exists!", Chronos proclaimed before he laughed darkly.
"L-Like, we're all goners, Scoob!", Shaggy shouted as the black lightning headed for them before they managed to get out of the wheel and ran before it could hit them, destroying the wheelbarrow instead, frightening McKnight and the mayor.
Meanwhile, Googie turned to notice her book glowing blue, much to Dracula's bewilderment.
"What is going on? Why is that book glowing blue?", asked Dracula.
The Hunch Bunch, however, knew what was happening.
"It's the ancient magic, sire. It seems to be responding to her.", Brunch guessed.
Then, Googie knew just what to do.
"I've got an idea. Something that Vincent said.", Googie spoke as she turned to the page that shows how to summon Sarah Ravencroft.
Meanwhile, Lucifer was quite shocked.
"Wait. That wasn't what I had in mind. We were supposed to rule the world together, not destroy it!", Lucifer exclaimed.
"You and I both know I was born only for one thing, the extinction of all life in the world. Cross me again and I will not hesitate to destroy you along with your world.", Chronos warned before he then trapped Lucifer in a dark magic ball in the air just as Freako spoke up.
"Yeah, that's what happens when you make deals with the devil. Somethin' like this always happens.", Frako commented before Velma spoke to Googie.
"Okay, Googie. What's the plan?", asked Velma.
"I'm gonna summon Sarah Ravencroft. She might know how to trap Chronos back in that prison.", Googje replied.
"You mean we're gonna summon Sarah Ravencroft.", Ben spoke.
"Great idea, but we might need a distraction to keep Chronos busy.", Velma pointed out.
"And we still need the beast's Spellbook in case it is a catalyst of sending Chronos back to where he belongs.", Dracula added.
"Like, not again.", Shaggy sighed.
"Sorry, guys, but you two are the fastest, besides me, anyway.", Googie spoke.
"No way.", Shaggy refused.
"Uh-uh.", Scooby agreed.
"I can assure you, there is no need to worry. My monster army will help those brats keep the Reaper busy.", Dracula assured.
"No way.", Scooby rebuffed.
"How about for a while box of Scooby Snacks?", Velma asked as she got out the box.
"A whole box?", Scooby and Shaggy spoke in excitement before they turned to each other, turned back to Velma and then nodded.
"Good luck, guys. You're going to need it.", Googie spoke before the werewolf kissed Shaggy on the cheek, practically making him glow red from bottom to top before Shaggy blew out steam from his ears.
"Like, thanks, Googie.", Shaggy spoke.
"I'll hold him off for as long as I can.", the Goblin King assured.
"Good. Because we are going to need all the help we can get.", Vincent spoke.
A/N: Oh, dang. Did I not mention that Kelsey Grammer would voice Lucifer, best known for his role as Stinky Pete in "Toy Story 2" while Kevin Michael Richardson also voices the big bad himself?