A/N: Now, this is where the story ends the way it should, with a mega-happy ending for everyone. Yay! Mega-happy ending! Also, I decided to use "Planet Claire" by the B-52's for the ending song. The credit for the song belongs to them. Also, the musical part of the song plays when it shows Scooby and Shaggy staring whistfully into the starry night sky just beneath the sun after Agent K pointed to them.
Scooby-Doo and the AlienInvaders
Chapter10: New Members of Mystery Inc.
Later, the police arrived to apprehend the two fake agents, who were already sitting down in the van, Steve, Laura, and Max with Agents J, K, and Zed present.
"So, you see, sir, that's the whole story. The whole aliens thing is just a hallucinatory effect due to the fumes.", Agent K stated to the policemen.
"Yeah, And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for...", Steve began before a policeman interrupted.
"Quiet, you!", a policeman spoke.
"So, you wanna press charges?", asked Zed.
"No, Chief. I'm sure they learned their lesson.", Crystal assured.
"They did help us out in catching and apprehending the criminal, so in exchange, we could offer them a light sentence.
"Well, that's it for now. We'll be in contact. Well done, thank you.", Zed gratified as he shook hands with Fred.
"Hey. No problem.", Fred responded.
"I didn't know you were police chief, too.", Crystal admitted.
"Hey, gotta keep up appearances, you know.", Zed spoke as Lester grew puzzled.
"So, there were never any aliens?", puzzled Lester.
"Well, I wouldn't say that.", Crystal replied before she and Amber touched the pendants and turned back to their true forms again, surprising Lester as he gasped in surprise.
"It's all right. We mean you no harm.", Crystal assured.
"Yeah. Truth is, that is exactly how they looked when Crystal and Amber saved our necks last night.", Scrappy added.
"Really? They... saved your lives?", Lester panted.
"Not all aliens are bad, and I'd like to believe not all elders are crazy. No offense, by the way. Besides,…", the werewolf assured before whispering to Lester to play along and say that those are actually advanced alien disguises, although they were rarely used.
"Oh. None taken, young lady.", Lester grinned as Crystal and Amber went back into human disguises.
"Alien disguises or not, they would really great in pictures some day. After all, I do have some.", Lester spoke, puzzling the group in the back of a police van.
"You do?", puzzled Zed.
"Yep. I'll show ya. They're back at my place.", Lester offered before he walked there with Zed following him.
"He does realize that paintings don't count as pictures, right?", Agent J whispered, making the group laugh.
"Hey! Now, they'll believe us.", Max realized.
"Yeah.", Steve agreed.
"Maybe we can get a book deal.", Laura concurred.
"Our luck's changin'.", Max spoke before the van doors closed before it then drove away.
"I wouldn't be too sure about it, Max.", Scrappy spoke as the rest of the group chuckled.
"Hey. There's our van.", Fred spoke as he pointed to the pickup truck carrying Mystery Machine, driven by Buck.
"Okay. You're all set. In case the radiator gets shot, the radiator patch will hold until you get to the city. That'll be 30 bucks.", Buck spoke.
"Great, thanks. By the way, what were you doin' in the middle of the dessert, yesterday?", Fred asked before Buck then got out a book with flower samples on each page.
"It's just a little hobby of mine. I collect pressed flowers.", Buck replied.
"Very...nice.", Velma commented.
"Oh, that's really nice.", Fred commented.
"That looks so beautiful.", Lena commented before Buck got the book back.
"Yeah. Groovy.", Crystal agreed.
"I'm keepin' it quiet, 'cause when people think you're soft, they walk all over you.", Buck spoke.
Then, the whole group understood as Buck got in his pickup truck and drove away, leaving the Mystery Machine in one piece.
"He is a sweet heart.", Velma chuckled.
"So, Crystal, how does it feel to be a new member of Mystery, Inc.?", asked Googie.
"Groovy. I think it's nice that Amber likes it, too.", Crystal replied.
"That's right. Now, we can see Shaggy and Scooby every day.", Amber agreed.
"How do you do this, Googie?", asked Scrappy.
"Do what?", asked the werewolf.
"How are you not even a teeny bit jealous of them?", asked Scrappy.
"Well, we do have some things in common, Shaggy included. Plus, like I said, Shaggy's too good not to be shared.", Googie replied.
"Speakin' of Shaggy, where is he? And his dog, too?", puzzled Agent J.
"If I had to guess, I'd say right over there.", Agent K replied, pointing to the duo, who we're just looking up at the stars, filled with joy and peace.
"I guess they're thinking about what Crystal's family was like.", Scrappy guessed.
"Yeah. When I said there's someone out there for everyone, I didn't know it meant 'out there'.", Velma added.
"Well, we're still here, aren't we?", asked Crystal with a grin.
"Well, you do have a good point, there.", Lena grinned.
"Are you ready, guys?", asked Crystal before Shaggy and Scooby walked toward her with puzzlement.
"What's with that look, Shaggy?", asked Crystal.
"Like, we were just wondering. What was your family like, Crystal?", asked Shaggy.
"Well, they were actually just as generous as you guys.", Crystal replied.
"Really?", Scooby asked.
"Yes, Scooby. Really.", Amber replied.
"Aw, that's nice.", Scooby blushed.
"Oh, guys. You missed one.", Velma spoke, practically getting Scooby and Shaggy excited as they quickly farted into the van and argued over who gets the last box as the group smiled and Googie, Crystal, and Scrappy laughed with joy.
"Hey! Give it! That's mine!", Shaggy shouted.
"No, it's mine!", Scooby argued.
"It's mine!", Shaggy argued.
"It's mine!", Scooby argued.
"It's mine!", Shaggy argued.
"It's mine!", Scooby argued.
"Do they always get like this when they eat stuff like that?", asked Crystal.
"I'd like to think it was more of a gray area.", the werewolf replied before she, Crystal, Amber, and Scrappy got in the van before Crystal waved to Agents J and K.
"Like, see you guys later!", Crystal waved.
"Anytime, Crystal!", Agent J waved.
"Just make sure to stay in touch with us when necessary!", Agent K shouted.
"Will do, Agent K!", Crystal shouted.
"Hey, let go!", Shaggy exclaimed.
"No, it's mine!", Scooby retorted.
"Ow! Let go of my hand!", Shaggy exclaimed.
"No way!", Scooby shouted before he chuckled.
Then, the whole group, Crystal and Amber included, laughed with joy as they passed by a Jackalope, who looked up at the sky as a shooting star passed by on a night sky beneath the rising sun.
Then, as the credits rolled, the song, "Planet Claire" by the B-52's played as the ending song.
She came from Planet Claire
I knew she came from there
She drove a Plymouth satellite
Faster than the speed of light
Planet Claire has pink air
All the trees are red
No one ever dies there
No one has a head
Some say she's from Mars
Or one of the seven stars
That shine after 3:30 in the morning
Well, she isn't!
She came from Planet Claire
She came from Planet Claire
She came from Planet Claire
Then, after the credits end, a red laser creates a circle on the screen before it opened to show a green, red-eyed alien in a purple suit speaking.
"Do not adjust your television set, Earth creatures.", the alien spoke before Crystal and Amber, both of which are in their true forms, caught the alien by surprise.
"Gotcha!", Crystal grinned before Amber unmasked the alien, who turned out to be Scooby-Doo, who had just as much fun.
"Oh, rats.", Scooby spoke before he, Crystal, and Amber giggled.
In Loving Memory of:
Mary Kay Bergman
(1961-1999)