Vincent just stood there, with a blank look in his eyes.
"Oh my gosh! Vincent, are you okay!?" Daphne asked in concern, rushing over to him.
He was not answering her at all, and she had tried to hold back her tears.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" Asamad raged at Nekara, his eyes turning red and fire bursting all around him.
"He's mine now!" she yelled back at him.
"No, he's not. Vincent doesn't belong to you, and he never will. You only go after him because of his powers, just like you tried to do the same thing to me all those years ago!"
Everyone else in the room looked up at him, leaving him to realize what he just admitted by accident.
"She went after you too?" Cheryl asked.
"I'll tell you all about it later," Asamad told her.
Nekara grabbed Vincent's arm, leading him out of the room.
"Let's go somewhere more private," she stated, bewitching him.
"Yes, my beloved," he replied in monotone.
"No!" Daphne screamed, pulling him away from her.
Shaggy blocked the exit door.
"Like, you won't get away with this!" he told Nekara.
The others now joined Daphne in pulling Vincent away from the ghost.
After a moment, they broke him free of her grip, and everyone attempted to break the spell.
"Please listen to us," Daphne begged.
"I know you can defeat her," Asamad said.
"You're so much better than what she's making you into," Flim Flam agreed.
Vincent glanced at all of them one by one, still in a trance but slowly pushing to come out of it.
"I- I can do it. She- she has no power over me," he stuttered.
"That's right, we all need you," Jayden responded.
"Rit's working," Scooby smiled, "Rhe spell.. rit's breaking!"
"Keep going," Velma began, "We're so close to freeing him."
Nekara jumped quickly, grabbing Vincent. "Only I can have him!" she declared, then vanished along with him.
Shaggy glanced at the spot where they disappeared, and so did everyone else.
"He was so close to breaking free of the love spell," he sighed, then looked down.
"Then she took him away, and we don't even know where they went," Jayden fretted.
"What are we gonna do now?" Flim Flam agonized.
There was a moment of silence, except for Scooby's whimpering, until Daphne finally spoke:
"We're going to find Vincent. We can't and won't abandon him, he would never do that to us. No one in this room would be the same person they are today if it wasn't for him," she announced.
"I am not able to bear failing him at all," Asamad added, "And of course, the rest of you feel the exact same way."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Hold on for a minute, Vincent still has his crystal ball, right?" Velma guessed.
"Yes, he always does."
"So then, let's use ours to locate him," she suggested.
"Great idea!" Flim Flam exclaimed, pulling the crystal from his pocket, getting it to work.
The crystal glowed a white light, revealing Nekara somewhere outside of the hotel with Vincent, holding his hand.
"This is disgusting. They're holding hands and they're alone with each other," Asamad ranted.
"Reah, yuck!" Scooby commented.
"Wait guys, look!" Shaggy told them.
Nekara started getting all handsy with Vincent now, and he seemingly pushed her away.
"No!" he yelled, "Never touch me!"
"Never say never, Vinny," Nekara tempted.
"I think he's coming out of it again," Cheryl said, her face lighting up.
"Yeah, but that fiend won't stop bothering him," Jayden pointed out.
The glow on the crystal disappeared, reverting back to normal, with Nekara and Vincent no longer visible.
"That means we have to go help him," Daphne stated, "Come on!"
Flim Flam passed the crystal to her and everyone followed her out.
Later that night:
Everyone was walking outside with flashlights, searching for Vincent with no sign of him so far.
"Cheryl, what time is it?" Daphne questioned.
Cheryl pulled out her phone.
"It's 11," she began, "There's still time left until midnight."
"Okay good, we have one more hour to save Vincent."
"But what if… you know… Nekara already kissed him and his powers are gone forever?" Velma sighed.
Daphne looked down, and then at her.
"Please don't say that. He's going to be okay, he has to be."
"I'm sorry. I'm just really stressed out about all of this right now," she admitted.
"We all are," Shaggy told her, "But we need to have faith that everything will turn out fine in the end."
"He's right, and we're gonna make this one hour count," Flim Flam declared.
Suddenly, two people were seen together, but no one could make out who they were in the dark of the night.
"Rwho are rhey?" Scooby asked.
"Not sure. Looks like they could be a man and a woman," Jayden observed.
He shined his flashlight on them, and everyone gasped.
"It's Vincent and Nekara," Asamad said.
They all rushed towards him now, thankful that he seemed to be in decent shape, besides still being hypnotized.
"Vincent, did she do anything to you?"
"Leave us," Nekara ordered, "I haven't kissed him yet. First, I have to dispose of you and your dog."
"Dispose of us? We'll dispose of you once you get locked back in the Chest Of Demons," Daphne snapped.
Nekara just gave her a death stare.
"You did not just speak those words to me, you fool."
"Yes, I did. And I'll gladly do it again," she smiled.
Eventually they started fighting, and the others joined in, taking Daphne's side. Except for Vincent, who was still focused on trying to break himself free of the spell.
"Asamad, could you take Vincent back up to the hotel room?" Daphne asked.
"Yes, but what about-"
"We'll be right behind you," Cheryl promised.
"It really doesn't sit right with me to leave anyone in our group behind," Asamad admitted.
"But we also can't leave Vince alone, especially right now," Flim Flam reminded him.
"Time is running out, just go! We'll be alright," Shaggy called out.
Asamad sighed as he went over to Vincent.
"Asamad..?" Vincent uttered.
"It is me," he responded. "You and the others are going to be fine."
He began walking with Vincent back into the hotel, and kept looking back at the others as they were still battling Nekara. Hoping they'll show up there soon.