Chapter 11: The final showdown

The front side of the asylum was heavily damaged beyond repair as the dust began to settle, during which the extent of the damage caused by the explosion became a clear picture.

Doctor Sionis' office wasn't spared from the destruction caused by the explosion, and as sirens began to wail in the distance, the gang and the director coughed as the dust settled.

"Are you kids alright?" The director asked in concern as they all emerged from under his desk, where they had ducked under in the last minute just prior to the deafening explosion.

"I think so, Doctor." Fred said as he rubbed his forehead. "Gang?"

"Same here, though my ears was ringing a bit from that noise." Daphne said.

"Someone needs to get the license plate of that truck." Shaggy added.

Just then, a couple of security officers rushed into the office.

"Doctor Sionis." The first officer, who the gang recognized as Johnson, exclaimed. "We've got a problem."

"What is it?" Sionis asked as he turned to the two officers. "Is it about the heavy damage we've sustained from that runaway fuel truck crashing into the building and the explosion that followed?"

"Worse than that, Doctor." The second officer reported. "The explosion caused massive damage to the B and C Wings of the hospital, which is where the fuel truck crashed into in the first place prior to the explosion."

"The onsite security teams posted in the two wings reported that the cell walls were damaged and that the inmates, who are secured in their cells in the moment, will no doubt take advantage of the opportunity to escape." Johnson nodded.

"Have the whole facility placed under Code Red." Sionis said as he turned away from the gang. "Any staff injuries?"

"The first aiders are checking on the injured as we speak, sir." The second officer reported. "And we already had the facility placed under Code Red the minute we took the hit."

"Excellent." Sionis nodded towards the door. "Lead the way, I wanna get a first hand on the damage."

Then, as he followed the two security officers out of the office, he added under his breath, "The state's not gonna like this."

As the three men left the gang alone in the director's office, Fred turned towards the others and said, "I think we should also get going and find Scooby and see if he's alright, gang."

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Shaggy urged. "Like, let's go, before that Robot Hound finds us or founds him!"

"Are you sure the Robot Hound can survive an explosion of such magnitude, Shag?" Fred asked, unsurely.

"The fact that the Robot Hound was still able to come after us in one piece, even after dealing with the SWAT at the sheriff's office, says that there's no way that explosion could destroy it, Freddie." Velma deadpanned as they rushed out of the office.


Meanwhile, it was complete chaos in the animal wing of Karmah as the heavily-armed guard fired their weapons towards the intruder, trying and failing to bring it down.

The intruder, revealed to be the Robot Hound, growled as it continued to storm its way through the ring, completely unaffected by the bullets fired towards it.

The Robot Hound then paused when it reached a particular door, then without warning, it smashed its way right through it, leaving behind a large hole in its wake.

Scooby was lying on the floor of his cell, wondering what to do next when he felt something shaking.

Without warning, the cell wall suddenly burst open and when the dust settled, the Great Dane's eyes widened when he saw the Robot Hound standing at the wall, growling at him menacingly.

"Ripe!" Scooby exclaimed in fright at the sight of the Robot Hound.

He had good reason to be afraid, as the Robot Hound lurched towards him, and he only managed to move out of the way in the nick of time and raced out of the hole the Robot Hound created.

Running down the corridor, Scooby kept barking loudly as he tried to attract someone's attention.

"Romebody!" Scooby barked. "Relp!"

Just as he reached the last hole in the corridor, the Robot Hound suddenly appeared out of nowhere and stood right at the hole, growling menacingly at Scooby.

As Scooby paused, not sure what to do next, suddenly a shot of electricity appeared out of nowhere and completely paralyzed the Robot Hound.

As electricity jolted through the robot, Scooby raised an eyebrow before seeing the source of the electric shock.

The shock came from none other than Professor Pericles, who was using Officer Johnson's Taser.

Seeing the bewildered Great Dane, the parrot turned towards him and said, "Go! Your friends are vaiting!"

Before Scooby could argue back, the Robot Hound abruptly had a surge of energy and completely snapped.

With a growl, the killer robot suddenly leaped to its left and knocked over the parrot, knocking the Taser out of its wing in the process.

Knowing that its only a matter of seconds before the Robot Hound turned its attention towards him, Scooby quickly took off for the nearest exit.

Scooby was out of the area just as the robot marched menacingly towards Pericles, intending to finish the parrot off, when Pericles suddenly jolted upward.

"You seem to be forgetting something." Pericles taunted.

The robot paused before turning to its back, in time to see Scooby's retreating figure rounding a corner.

With a snarl, the Robot Hound quickly raced its way down the hallway, in pursuit of Scooby.


Meanwhile, the gang were racing down the hallways in a frantic search for the animal wing when they took in the chaos in front of them.

Shaggy was well ahead of the others, intending to ask one of the officers if Scooby is one of the inmates and staff members evacuated from the affected wing, when Velma grabbed him by the arm.

"Shaggy, wait!" She exclaimed.

"Like, what are you doing, Velms?" Shaggy asked as he turned towards her.

"You can't go in there!" Velma said. "Can't you see that the area's too dangerous for us to go in?"

"But Scoob's in there somewhere!" Shaggy retorted as he tried to shake Velma's grip off. "I'm not leaving until I know for sure that Scoob's safe."

"Shaggy, I'm sure the officers would be able to get Scooby to safety." Fred urged. "If we go in, we'll sure disrupt their efforts in getting everyone to safety."

"Speak for yourself." Shaggy snapped as he managed to shake Velma's grip off. "Danger or no danger, I'm not abandoning my old buddy Scooby-"

Before Shaggy could continued, their attention was drawn towards a familiar cry.

"Raggy!" Scooby's voice echoed, and the gang turned towards the source of the voice, just in time to see a running Scooby leap right into Shaggy's arms.

"Scooby-Doo!" Shaggy exclaimed as he fell backwards from the impact. "You're okay!"

"Re won't be rif we don't ret out of rere right away!" Scooby said urgently with his tail pointing towards where he had come from.

The gang looked towards where Scooby's tail was pointing towards, in time to see a pair of glowing red eyes radiating with hatred to be getting closer.

Recognizing the pair of glowing red eyes, Fred shouted, "Run!"

Without another minute, the gang quickly took off, just as the Robot Hound came into view and pounced right onto where Shaggy and Scooby were standing at just seconds ago.


The gang braved their way through the rubble as they raced for the parking lot with the Robot Hound in close pursuit.

In spite of the close calls, with the Robot Hound nearly succeeding in sinking its large fangs into either Scooby's tail, Shaggy's shirt or Daphne's dress, the gang managed to make it to the parked Mystery Machine with the Robot Hound a distance away.

"Fred, hurry!" Velma urged as the blonde fumbled through his pockets for the keys. "We don't have all day!"

As Fred continued to frantically search for the keys, the others all saw the Robot Hound catching sight of them and making the leap.

"Fred!" Daphne urged. "The keys!"

"Uh...uh...I..." Fred panicked as he tried to reach for the keys. "I...think I might have...misplaced them..."

"A fine time for us to find out on that!" Velma snapped before grabbing his hand once more and added, "Come on!"

She managed to pull Fred away just as the Robot Hound landed right at where he was standing at a second ago.

The Robot Hound growled as it looked forward and see the gang racing across the highway to the closed-down Steelco Industries steel mill.

With a snarl, the Robot Hound followed the gang across the highway, narrowly avoiding getting ran over by the passing traffic in the process.


Inside the closed-down steel mill, the gang looked around as they pondered their next move.

Fred looked to the side and noticed the light switches and the master panel for the switches to all of the machinery.

Swiftly, he flipped the switches on and the whole steel mill came to life.

As the blonde was doing that, Shaggy and Scooby looked through the rectangular peephole on the steel door.

Seeing the familiar pair of glowing red eyes crossing the highway, the duo turned back towards the others.

"Zoinks!" Shaggy exclaimed. "He's coming!"

"Then, we don't have much time." Fred said as Shaggy and Scooby slid the peephole shut.

Seeing the nearby steel rods laying on the floor nearby, Fred continued, "We should be able to buy ourselves more time if we keep the gate doors jammed shut."

Shaggy and Scooby both shared looks with each other before they proceeded to lock the gate doors up tight, grab the steel rods on the floor and jam them through the two handles on the gate doors.

Once that was done, the duo then joined the rest of the gang in heading deeper inside the steel mill when they heard smashing from the gate doors.

The gang all paused and turned briefly towards the gate doors, where the bumps are a good sign that someone, or rather, something was trying to force its way through the doors.

"Come on!" Fred urged as they continued on further into the steel mill. "That's not gonna hold it off for long."

As the gang rounded a corner, they paused briefly when they heard a loud explosion from the gate doors.

Their pausing didn't come at a better time, for at that very minute, the snapped steel rods used for keeping the gate doors jammed shut landed right at where they would've been standing at had they decided to continue running.

As the snapped steel rods landed in front of them, Shaggy remarked, "Like, that's not gonna hold it off at all."

It was then that they looked upwards and gasped as the Robot Hound stared down at them from the catwalk it was standing on.

At the sight of the Robot Hound glaring down at them menacingly, Fred shouted, "Split up!"

The gang needed no further urging, as they immediately split up and moved out of the way just as the Robot Hound pounced onto the spot they were standing at.

Looking around, the Robot Hound soon saw Shaggy and Scooby disappearing behind some large machinery before turning and saw Fred and the girls still running down the main hallway.

With its targets in sight, the Robot Hound took off after Fred and the girls.

Running up a set of stairs, Fred and the girls soon reached the control room in the steel mill, only for the Robot Hound to smash through the window overlooking the plant and land right on the control panel.

Gasping, the trio then tried to retreat out of the room, only for the killer robot to land in front of them right at the doorway.

With the red glow in its eyes intensifying, the trio knew that its only a matter of seconds before the Robot Hound makes the killing move.

"Anything, Freddie?" Daphne asked as she and Velma clung onto Fred.

"I would be able to do something if that Robot Hound isn't that darn fast." Fred said.

Then, seeing that Shaggy and Scooby are absent, Velma asked, "Where are Shaggy and Scooby when you need them?"

Just then, the four heard a rallying cry coming from outside, and they all turned towards the source.

Scooby was standing right on a forklift piloted by Shaggy, and the former was holding a long steel rod and sporting a helmet.

Before the Robot Hound had time to react, Scooby threw the rod right towards it, leading the rod to impale itself right into the robot's chest.

"En garde!" Shaggy exclaimed while the Robot Hound turned its glare towards him and Scooby.

Growling, the Robot Hound turned and leaped right towards the speeding forklift.

"Like, buckle up, Scooby-Doo!" Shaggy exclaimed as he shifted the controls in the forklift.

Scooby nodded just as Shaggy quickly reversed the forklift, with Scooby keeping an eye on the pursuing Robot Hound while Shaggy looked backwards to make sure they don't end up crashing onto something behind them.

It was then that the Robot Hound managed to catch up to the retreating forklift and sink its fangs into one of the forks, stopping the forklifts retreat in the process, and shake its head violently, lifting the vehicle up and shaking it violently.

While Scooby continued to hang onto the forklift at the top, Shaggy was momentarily caught off guard and was swung out of the forklift.

Then, the Robot Hound let go of its grip on the fork as it swung left wards, causing the forklift and Scooby to end up smashing right into a catwalk above before it came crashing down onto the floor.

Seeing the Robot Hound approaching him, Scooby quickly got into the cab and tried to work the controls.

However, the controls weren't responding to Scooby's commands, and he looked out of the cab window in time to see the Robot Hound right in front of him, the cab window the only thing separating the two.

Before the Robot Hound could make its next move, abruptly a giant claw appeared from above, grabbed the killer robot and took it away.

The scene then cuts right to Shaggy as he operates the claw controls while Velma looked on anxiously, though she relaxed as they watched the Robot Hound struggling, and failing, to escape from the mechanical claw's grip.

The claw soon tossed the Robot Hound right towards the wall on the other end of the mill, leading the killer robot to crash into the wall before falling and landing right on a conveyor belt.

"This should do it." Fred said as he manned the controls of the conveyor belt and flipped some switches.

The conveyor belt, nominally used for transporting scrap metal, transported the Robot Hound through a series of presses, several rings of flames designed to melt the scrap metal and then more presses before the killer robot was finally dumped into a small vat of molten steel.

Fred then lowered the vat onto ground, where the gang then gathered around to examine it.

"Like, is the thing...terminated?" Shaggy asked anxiously as they looked into the vat.

Just then, without warning, the Robot Hound suddenly burst right out of the vat and landed right behind the gang, growling menacingly as the molten steel drips off its body.

The gang all gasped in horror as the still-functional Robot Hound, with its eyes glowing red, marched towards them menacingly.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Fred exclaimed wide-eyed.

"Must've been a special grade of steel that resists all forms of damage." Velma agreed.

Just as the Robot Hound was about to make its move, without warning, a larger forklift running on the type of tracks one would find on bulldozers or tanks ran right over the killer robot.

The larger forklift, operated by Scooby, came to a complete stop right on top of the now-crushed killer robot, and the gang saw the red glow in its eyes disappearing.

From the cab, Scooby looked down on the crushed killer robot and growled, "Rou've been terminated, rad dog!"


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