A cacophony of petrified screams erupted in the Terror Dome Stadium, as the concert-attenders all unanimously bee-lined for the exit in a barbaric panic. Gus attempted to usher everybody out in an orderly fashion, but his orders and words of reassurance were drowned out by the pandemonium.

Evaluating the current crisis, The Hex girls, Fred, Scooby, Velma, and Shaggy gathered in the band's dressing room. Fred replayed the incident over and over again in his mind, as if it were the only memory in his brain. This time it was my fault. Fred was losing it again, which was blatantly obvious due to his increasing breathing rate, constant pacing, and clenched fists.

Velma made the mistake of attempting to comfort him. She placed her hand on his shoulder. "Fred-"

"It's all my fault!" Fred exploded, knocking off Velma's hand and leaving it stranded in the air.

The others backed away slightly, as if Fred was a grenade about to detonate.

"Fred, no-one blames you for this," Velma tried again.

"But I do! Every time Daphne is captured it's because of my traps!"

"Like it wasn't your fault the traps didn't work." Shaggy reassured as he hesitantly walked over to Fred and Velma. "Well, at least not the last time or the firs- yow!"

Velma swiftly elbowed Shaggy and shot him daggers.

Seeing red, Thorn stepped in. "Okay, let's just focus on figuring out how to get Daphne back."

"Well, we know the Phantom is definitely Daniel- a.k.a Fantzee Pantz-" Velma stated (referring to the fact that no-one had seen him since before the show (and that he had motive)) as she pulled up the 'Fantzee Pantz' music video on her laptop. "Now we just need to figure who his accomplice is."

Shaggy thought for a moment. "Well if you ask me, I still don't like the looks of Gus."

Dusk's brow furrowed. "Why would Gus want to end his own group's career?"

"Like I don't know, but he managed Fantzee Pantz. Like, how would he not have recognise Daniel?"

"That's true, but now this means that everyone who works or has worked with our record label is a suspect." Luna pointed out.

"Right." Velma agreed. "We trust no-one a part from everyone in this room."

The others nodded in compliance.

"Rhat about Raphne?" Scooby-Doo questioned, looking up to Velma.

"Well, I don't think that Daniel is going to hurt her." Velma reassured as she petted Scooby. "He didn't the first time."

"Like yeah but, he set the Hex Girls' tour bus on fire knowing that Scoob and I were in there!"

"And he did say that this would be our "dying day"."

"Yeah, maybe he was being serious-"

"Stop it! Stop it, all of you!" Fred hollered. "I can't believe you guys would even consider he might-… he might…"

Disconcerted by his outburst, and by the thought of losing Daphne, Fred whisked himself out of the dressing room. "I'm sorry."

"Fred wait-" Velma began before being cut off by Thorn, who placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry Velma, I'll handle him."

Velma nodded and Thorn exited also.

Spotting him head to the stage, Thorn hastily followed Fred. She was on high alert when passing any stage crew and production team members still lurking there- she didn't know who could be trusted. Upon arrival, the singer watched Fred inspecting the throne with Harry still tethered to it, shaking his head as he did so.

"Hey, Fred."

Fred sighed. "Oh, hey Thorn. Sorry about what happened back there."

Thorn knelt down next to Fred. "It's ok- I pushed you to the ground earlier, so I guess we're even now-" she offered in an attempt to lighten the mood, "sorry about that by the way."

"Ah, that's okay. I deserved it anyway."

There was a long, slightly uncomfortable silence before Fred spoke again.

"I think you guys better handle this on your own. I'm not in a good state of mind to be dealing with this and honestly, I don't think Daphne would want me to save her."

"No. If we're gonna get Daphne back, then we need you, Fred. And Daphne would want you to save her. Do you really think that she wouldn't?" Thorn stood back up. "If you want to prove to her that you love her, make it up to her, and save her life… you need to pull yourself together and get back in there."

Fred processed all Thorn had said for a moment and got off his knees also. "You're right Thorn. Thanks for talking some sense into me," He said sincerely.

"No problem Fred," She smiled.

"Hey," Luna greeted as she walked over to Thorn and Fred. "We're going to go search the-" She paused then began again in a more hush tone, remembering the current trustworthiness of the stage crew, who were within close proximity of them. "We're going to search for clues now. I'll catch you up back at our dressing room." She glanced at Fred. "If you're up for it, that is?"

Fred nodded.

"Of course."