Me: Well... here it is. Last chapter. I'm not sure if that's an epilogue or just the last chapter, i think it's a mix of both.

Invy: I'd say so, too.

Me: Now, I don't know how things go wherever you guys are, but over here, school's starting at Monday again. Mkay, I'm dying to see the new grade I'm godmother of again (met them once at 'get-to-know-your-grade'-afternoon), but I'm really not sure how things will work with my writing then. Sure, I'll write, but I don't know, if it'll work slower or stay in this speed or even gets faster... well, considering I'll have to sit in Maths and Latin and... lessons like this... let's say, you can calculate on seeing an update if there'll be a day with double Maths and one lessen Latin.

Apps: Okay, that was enough now. For the last time in this story, Scooby Doo does not belongs to her. Who does it belongs to, anyway?

Me: Oh, I think it was Hanna Barbera (c) for a long time, but now it is Warner Bros. (c). Never forget the (c)!

Invy: What about we (c) my name?

Me: To (c). Yeah... that's a verb. And... NO!

Invy: Too bad. Anyway, have fun with the story!

'Strange. How someone so... normal and nice looking can be mad like this.' Velma thought, as she watched how the judge passed sentence to Susan.

The phantom had been the most normal looking, Susan, the kind, friendly and attentive woman from Tortoi Studios' office.

Other than normal, they had simply found it out by taking away the ones who couldn't have done it. Everyone they had met beside two certain persons, which would be Susan and Tobias, simply had no motive or hadn't been working long enough at Tortoi Studios to be involved in the death of Bertram Meier. Which had only left Tobias and Susan. It could've been a person they hadn't met, but if there had been another person, who had been more involved in the whole mess, they'd probably have heard of that person, but they didn't. The thought of Tobias searching revenge for his stepfather would look logical, but Tobias said by himself, that the relationship between them hadn't been a very cordial one. Besides this fact, Tobias couldn't have set the old house at the lake on fire, since he had a fire phobia. Which had only left Susan to be the phantom.

Thinking about it, also if Bertram has been an openhearted man, Susan seemed to know him much better than anyone else, since no one Fred and Scooby had asked had known as much about Bertram as Susan. No one had even mentioned his water "addiction" or his fire phobia. So it was clear that Susan and Bertram had built up a big friendship in the time they had known each other and Bertram had told Susan everything. Unfortunately, Susan had taken this wrong and had fallen in love with him, thinking he felt the same way for her. Sad that he would retire, but lucky, that she had at least some more days with him, you can imagine what she must have felt when Bertram had told her how the director had blackmailed him into staying. And when she heard about his death, Susan wanted revenge for her allegedly lover. When the director died in a car accident, she swore that someone had to pay and her mind had been blunt, not caring or thinking about what she really was doing.

When she watched, how Susan was lead away by two officers, she asked herself if Susan would get her mind clear one day, if she would realize how she nearly had killed people that hadn't done the slightest thing. Velma didn't know why, but somehow, she couldn't judge her. It may seemed strange, but she simply couldn't do it. Maybe it was because the thing that had driven Susan was love, as strange as it may sound.

Looking to her left, she saw at Shaggy, who had been following the whole process together with Velma and the other members of Mystery Inc.

Though his shoulder was still wrapped in a bandage and he would look like he was in pain every time he would move it too fast or too wide, she didn't need to look twice to see, that he wasn't judging Susan either.

But they could probably never tell why, while being certain of the reason.

"So, what will we be up against next?" Shaggy asked, more jokingly and hoping, that he wouldn't get a serious answer, as the Mystery Machine drove back to Coolsville.

"Well... I got that call about the ghost in that abandoned prison..." Fred began to say.

"Ruh-roh." Scooby reacted to these words, but Fred chuckled.

"Don't worry, guys. We will go to that prison, but I think, staying at home for a time is the best for now. And I know someone whose shoulder could use some rest."

"Like, phew." Shaggy said, visibly relieved that they wouldn't race to the next mystery directly.

Velma looked at Shaggy. When Daphne had asked her, why she had wanted to sit in the back with Shaggy and Scooby and not in the front seat like usual, Velma had been at a loss of words. The topic had been changed by Fred at that moment, but the question still lingered in Velma's mind. Why exactly did she wanted to sit in the back?

In that moment, the question was blown away, when Shaggy turned towards her and their eyes locked.

Simply gazing at each other, the world around them was suddenly blown away, when both smiled slightly.

But for the other members of Mystery Inc., the world was as normal as ever. While Fred drove the Mystery Machine safely along the road and Scooby had found a sandwich to eat, Daphne eyes were on Velma and Shaggy. And, as she looked at the view in their eyes, the view that only came when they looked at each other, it suddenly seemed so obvious.

Daphne turned away with a grin. Maybe, she should try a bit matchmaking.

And somewhere, that is everywhere and nowhere at the same time, a man in a white suit smiled.

Me: Okay. First of all: Yay! Go, you cool guy in the white suit. (Someone I own! Wowie!) And then... well, I think, it's pretty obvious, 'cause I gave some "material" for the start in this last part, but this story is definitely going to have a sequel. Totally definitely. Absolutely sure.

Invy: You got the idea.

Apps: And now...

Me: Please, please, leave me a review. Please? And thanks for reading anyway.

Invy: ...well, we're going to continue the "dino-story" at first, but...

Apps: The question remains, will the sequel start, while "Who says, dinosaurs are dead?" is still open or will you wait with the sequel until you got this crossover finished?

Me: That's something I really don't know... Maybe, when I just feel like writing the sequel in one moment, I'll simply begin to write it, maybe I'll wait. Dunno.

Invy: And now, that was it, you hungry readers.

Me: What for a day. Sleeping til 1 pm. Taking a shower while wearing socks (don't ask...) and now, I got this story ready! My longest one, so far. We'll say if this'll stay so...

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