In Boomerang Land, our heroes were still grieving over their lost friends.
"First we lost Shelly, and now we've lost four of our friends and all our homes" Bubbles thought "I guess it can't get any worse than this"
It was complete silence near the castle as Bubbles made the thought.
"It was bad enough losing Shelly, but now all of our friends are gone" Biff sadly thought.
"I never thought Shaggy will be this brave to do such a thing." Googie thought as she comforts Scrappy.
Scrappy then broke the silence "It's over"
Everybody turned to him in confusion.
"It's all over" Scrappy sobbed "The demons will be able to do as they please, we've lost our homes, we are the only ones left here, there's not enough canned food or filtered water to last us a lifetime and what's worse is that I'll never see my uncle again and he's the only one who can stop the demons. It's over guys"
During this time, Vincent was reading his magic book.
"Great Bunker Hill Mr. Van Ghoul," said Mudsy "What do you think you're doing? Shouldn't you be helping us with our grieving?"
"Yeah" said April "We're the only ones left in Boomerang Land and you think this is a good time to read a book?"
"Quiet." Vincent said. "I'm reading to see if there's a way for us to bring our four friends back."
"Bring them back?" Augie asked. "But how? You said they were killed in the massive explosion."
"Well, technically, yes and no." Vincent clarified.
"Yes and no?" Skip asked.
"That's right." Vincent nodded. "I was reading that the asteroid that was striking the Earth has teleporting-powers of some sort, which can cause one to be teleported back in time or into another dimension upon destruction."
"Another dimension? What're you talking about?" Mudsy asked Vincent "How is that possible?"
"Another dimension? You just made that up!" Augie folded his arms "And if you didn't make that up, where could they possibly have ended up?"
"I can assume that they must have teleported back in time somehow." Vincent replied. "Maybe they had ended up back at when they were about to quit ghost-hunting and may have even convinced their past counterparts to reconsider their decisions."
"In retrospect Mr. Van Ghoul, that sounds like a most plausible theory" Tom pointed out.
"You mean Flim-Flam is alive?" Nancy asked Vincent.
"That could be the case." Vincent replied.
"If I'm not mistaken, I'd say that they must have ended up in a new timeline since they changed the past" Skip said "And apparently the only way we can get to it is if we trap the demons, but I'm just guessing"
There was some silence as everyone thought about the latest development from Vincent before Fred broke the silence.
"Well, what should we do in the meantime?" He asked. "I'm sure no one likes to just stand here and do nothing."
"I don't think there's much we can do" Augie said "It's a lost cause"
Everybody sighed and finally had lost all hope.
"Guys wait a minute, didn't Scrappy catch one of the ghosts once?" Anne broke the silence.
"What's your point?" Dynomutt asked Anne.
"Well, if he could catch one of the ghosts, maybe he can catch the remaining two." Augie replied.
"Me?" Scrappy asked "Why me?"
"Because Scrappy, you helped catch some of the demons" Augie explained "And since you're the last member of the ghost hunting team, perhaps you could catch these ghosts and then, we'll all end up wherever your uncle is"
"Gee...I don't know." Scrappy shrugged. "But I think it's something that will worth a try."
"Please Scrappy, you have to" Nancy pleaded "I need Flim-Flam! I don't want to live knowing I'll never see him again"
"Then, I suppose I've got no choice." Scrappy said. "We're going to have to hunt down the remaining two demons ourselves."
"Zowie!" Taffy exclaimed "Guess we're not on a wild goose chase after all!"
"Oh boy!" Scooter jumped for joy "We're off on a brand new adventure!"
"Hold it, Scooter!" Scrappy stopped him "We can't all go! Some of you guys are too little and it might be too dangerous! Mudsy! You, April, Skip, Augie and Googie are coming with me!"
"Alright, Scrappy Doo." Mudsy nodded. "We're going to have to stay together, because this could be dangerous."
"Right." Scrappy nodded before turning to the others and added, "BF, Dog Wonder, Fred, Velma, Marcie, Team Quest, Mysteries Five, Tom and Jerry, you guys will be our backup in case we have another run-in with the Zins."
"We're on it!" Velma saluted.
"If it's to get Daphne back, I will do it" Fred boldly said.
Tom and Jerry saluted as if they were saying "Tom and Jerry reporting for duty!"
"Awesome." Scrappy nodded before turning to Vincent and added, "Mr. Van Ghoul, can you lead us to the chest so we can collect those baddie demons with it?"
"I will" said Vincent "Hurry and follow me!"
Everyone nodded as they followed Vincent to the castle where the Chest of Demons is hidden.
Speaking of the Zins, we ought to see what the criminal mastermind and his partners in crime are up to.
"I've done it" Zin grinned "I have finally defeated Benton Quest! He's gone! Now I'm free to conquer the world!"
"Uh yeah, about that" said Gosnellon "You see you're not going to be doing that doc, that's where we draw the line!"
"What do you mean?" Dr. Zin asked as he turned to face the demon, his face expression souring.
"Oh you don't get it do you doc?" Gosnellon asked "You see...we are the most powerful demons in the world and we are not taking orders from some mere mortal!"
"Nor do we share with any pathetic mortals like yourself!" Zargon added.
"Oh, is that so?" Dr. Zin asked, his voice turning angry as he stood up. "You should know very well that I happen to have some of the best ghost hunters in the world on my payroll, do you?"
As the criminal mastermind made the remark, several of his guards armed with advanced ghost-hunting weapons arrived in the room, accompanied by Jenny.
"Huh, I see." Zargon snorted. "Well, what do you plan to do with us then, doc? You should know that only the group of people that has unleashed us from the Chest of Demons can capture us, and as far as my pals and I know, it was a Great Dane that was responsible for releasing us."
"Which means that you cannot stop us!" Gosnellon finished "Even if you tried, you'd still fail"
"And now to finish to you off" Zargon formed a large ball of lightning in his hands "Once and for all"
Dr. Zin turned to his henchmen, all of them ready to use their weapons. However, Zargon and Gosnellon used their powers to increase the sphere of lightning and released it, which blasted Dr. Zin and his henchmen, reducing them to ashes.
"We don't work with mortals" Gosnellon smirked "Especially ones who are losers"
"Indeed we don't." Zargon agreed. "And now, let's get down to work."
"Yeah!" Gosnellon nodded as he and Zargon bumped each other's fists.
"Now to finish what we started years ago" Zargon said to his fellow demon "Together, we will conquer the world"
"But there's one tiny thing we need before we do that..." Gosnellon said "We are going to get that chest!"
"Oh, yes." Zargon said. "And once we located the chest, then we'll be unstoppable!"
Uh oh. That sure means that Scrappy and his group has to get to the Chest before the demons do.
Meanwhile, in the other timeline, the gang and their friends were preparing to meet each other for stargazing.
"Ready to go, kids?" Shelly asked her triplets.
"You bet we are" Jack gave a thumbs up.
"Yeah" Rodney nodded his head.
"Anytime you're ready, mother" Michelle made a snooty smile.
"What about you guys?" Biff turned to Mystery Inc "You guys ready to go?"
"We sure are." Fred nodded.
"Good, then let's get the move on" Shelly said "And be quick about it! My fans will be angry if I'm late"
They all walked to the park where they decided to stargaze from a very big hill.
"Jinkies" Velma looked up at the sky "Look at the stars, aren't they beautiful?"
"Yeah" said Shelly "Not as beautiful as me of course"
Shaggy and Scooby didn't say anything. They were busy observing the night skies with the telescope Scooby had made with the magic paintbrush.
"Say Uncle Scooby, you and Shaggy have been looking at the stars all day" Scrappy told Daphne.
"Yeah, they really seem intrigued" Daphne remarked.
"Look at those lovely stars Flim-Flam" Michelle scooted close to him "Aren't they beautiful?"
"Indeed they are." Flim Flam nodded as he swallowed nervously.
Michelle batted her eyelashes at him "Wouldn't I make a beautiful star?"
"Uh...I think you would" Flim Flam said.
It was clear to him that Michelle had a crush on him, although he still missed Nancy deeply. Flim-Flam didn't know what to do about it.
Meanwhile, through the telescope, Shaggy and Scooby observed the night skies.
"See anything, Raggy?" Scooby asked his owner.
"Hmmm..." Shaggy said as he looked around. "No. Nothing yet...wait! There's something over at the far right side of the sky."
"Ret me see" Scooby said as he took a peek through the telescope.
There was something large, rock-shaped eith purple flames and it was headed towards the Earth.
"Ripe!" Scooby exclaimed. "Re asteroid!"
Everybody turned around to Scooby who was jumped into Shaggy's arms.
"You say something, Scooby?" Fred asked him.
"Yeah, you look like you've just seen a ghost" Shelly added.
"Like, take a look through the telescope, gang." Shaggy said.
Daphne walked over and took a look through the telescope, where she saw the asteroid.
"Jeepers!" she gasped "An asteroid!"
"Asteroid?" Biff asked "What are you talking about, Daphne?"
"Gee Jones, I always knew you were crazy, but not this way" Shelly smirked.
"Well, if you don't believe me, you can see for yourselves." Daphne said, gesturing towards the telescope.
Everybody took a peek through the telescope and screamed when they saw the meteors and the asteroid.
"We're all gonna die!" Shelly jumped into Biff's arms.
"Guys, calm down" Shaggy told them.
"Sorry Rogers, but I can't help it when that asteroid is about to land here!" Shelly said sarcastically.
"You two better go warn the rest of the Neptune's" Fred told Biff and Shelly "Your gig is in fifteen minutes! The five of you, meet us at me and Daphne's house after the concert!"
As they made their way to the gig, Daphne turned to Shaggy and Scooby.
"Shaggy, Scooby what're we going to do?" she asked them "We have to stop that asteroid, but we can't risk going back in time again! What're we going to do?"
Shaggy and Scooby looked at each other.
"We don't know Daphne" said Shaggy "But we've gotta stop the asteroid and the meteor shower before they hit the Earth! We can't let another world be destroyed"
"We are going to stop that asteroid and save this world or name isn't Scooby Dooby Doo!" Scooby proclaimed.
Back in the normal timeline, Vincent led Mudsy, April, Skip, Augie, Scrappy, Googie, Marcie, Fred, Tom and Jerry, Velma, Elmo, Boo and Mysteries Five down to where he kept the Chest of Demons.
"Here we are, guys." Vincent said to the group as they arrived.
"Heavens to Betsy Ross, I have never seen anything like it" Mudsy remarked "It's extraordinary, unique even"
"It looks just like the way we left it." Scrappy commented.
"Yeah," Cassidy pointed out "That thing is giving me the heebie bajeebies"
"How come you guys didn't finish capturing the demons before?" Marcie asked Scrappy.
"Yeah" Augie added "Maybe we wouldn't have this problem if you had finished tracking them down"
"Well, I wish we had, if only Shaggy, Uncle Scooby and Daphne didn't get fed up by the ghost-hunting and quit." Scrappy sighed. "But can I blame them? We still have to get going, though, because blaming them won't bring us anywhere, nor will it ever change the fact that they made the mistake of quitting."
"Right." April agreed. "Let's not be holding grudges against each other, and besides, chances are that the timeline that branches out after they finished capturing all of the demons may not be better for some."
"Yeah" said Ricky "If they didn't quit, me, Judy and the rest of Mysteries Five wouldn't have been created"
"And Madelyn won't exist, either" Marcie added.
"Right" Scrappy nodded. "So let's get this over with and hope for the best."
Tom and Jerry both nodded in agreement.
Vincent handed Mudsy the chest.
"Here, take the chest" he said "You will need it when you're fighting the demons"
"Wow." Mudsy remarked. "Sure looks amazing."
"Yeah, but make sure that the demons don't get to it first." Vincent warned. "They could destroy the chest and then you won't be able to capture them."
"I won't Mr. Van Ghoul" Mudsy said "As long as my name is Jonathan Muddlemore"
"Good." Vincent nodded.
"We'd better get going, guys." Scrappy suggested.
"Where do you suppose the demons are, Mr. V?" Cassidy asked Vincent.
"Hmmm..." Vincent thought for a while.
Just then, a flashing ball of lightning appeared out of nowhere and started flashing around the room.
"What's happening" April squinted her eyes.
"I don't know." Vincent said as everyone looked around nervously.
Just then, the smoke from the lightning cleared to reveal two dark and sinister faces.
"Hello, Mr. Van Ghoul" said one of them "It's been over hundreds of years"
"And I suppose I can say the same for you two." Vincent replied as the two figures revealed themselves.
"Uh oh." Scrappy remarked when he recognized the faces.
Author's Note:
Looks like Mudsy and the gang are going to stop Gosnellon and Zargon after all, just like the story intended for them to! The problem is...now the demons have made it to them first and are out to steal the Chest of Demons.
As for the supporting cast, they're gonna have to deal with another asteroid in this new timeline and this time, they must find a way to stop the meteor shower and the asteroid without sacrificing themselves. Will they do it?