Chapter 8
In the underworld, Shaggy was getting ready to cross to the other side to finally end the war. Antonio Leaf and Jared Harvester were by his side. Jared looked at Shaggy."You ready to go, Norville?". Shaggy let out a deep sigh."Like, ready as I'll ever be, I guess". Jared smiled as he nodded. Suddenly, Shaggy's text tone on his phone went off. Shaggy's eyes widened as everyone else in the room was wondering what that was. Shaggy took his phone out of his pocket. It was a text message from Fred. Shaggy opened up the text and read it. Rick saw the phone and walked up to Shaggy, and took the phone out of his hands.
"Hey" Shaggy cried.'What is this? Some sort of weapon?" The king asked."No, it's my cell phone" Shaggy answered. The King looked at the teenager, confused.
"A what? I don't even know what the heck that is. What do you take me for, kiddo? Some type of fool? I'll be taking this weapon away from you, now. It's mine, now" he said with a smirk. Shaggy glared at the ant figure in front of him."Like, it's not a weapon, It's a phone. It let's you communicate with someone from a long distance between each other. You can do other things with the phone too. Give it back" Shaggy demanded as he held his hand out."No' the king said as he brought the phone closer to him, away from Shaggy.
"You listen to me, now, child. Since I am a king and the adult I have complete authority over you. I will keep this device and you will go end this war. You will listen to me because that's what children are supposed to do. Listen to the adults" Rick lectured Shaggy."Like, I am an adult, now. I'm 18 years old. I can do whatever I want now and I like, don't have to listen to anybody. I can move out and live my own life if I want to. I'm going to college in the fall" Shaggy argued. Rick pointed at Shaggy."Well, you're still much younger than me, child. You will do as me and your father, Ryant tell you to do. Or else I'll give you a time out". Shaggy's cheeks turned red in embarrassment. Rick smirked at the teenager.
"Yeah, that's what I thought. Now, get going. You have a long way to go. It's a 4 hour walk'. Shaggy's eyes widened."What!? 4 hours! That would take, like, for ever!". "Well, you better get going, then" Rick said. Ryant walked up to his son."Please, be careful, Norville. I don't know what I'll do if I lose you". Shaggy sighed."I'll try". Later on, on the other side of the underworld, the spider king, Cyrus was sitting on his throne when his servant came in.
"King Cyrus, King Cyrus, guess what I found out" the servant cried as he ran in the throne room.
'What is it, Wyatt. You know you can just call me, Cyrus. You don't have to call me king Cyrus" the spider king reminded him. Wyatt stopped running to catch his breath as he was now closer to the king."Oh, yeah, I forgot again. Anyways, guess what I found out"."What? Cyrus wondered."Well, apparently there is a human child here in the underworld". The spider king's eyes widened."What? You're serious?". Wyatt nodded."Yeah, his name is Norville Rogers and he's coming to stop this war"."What!? Not on my watch. I'm not gonna let some puny child stop this war. I'm gonna destroy this child" Cyrus said."Yeah, you said it" Wyatt agreed."So, what are you going to do?"."I'm gonna kidnap this child and kill him. But, I'm not going to kill him right away, no. I'm going to wait to kill him. Get to know who this child really is. Wyatt, we're going on a hunt to get this child".
"But, sir, we don't even know what he looks like" Wyatt told him.
"Darn it, You're right. But, don't worry, my dear friend. He's coming this way and he's the only human being in the underworld. We'll know who he looks like when eh comes" Cyrus reassured his friend/servant."All we have to do is wait, and we'll have the child when the right time comes". Later in the day, Shaggy, Antonio and Jared were finally getting close to the castle on the spiders side, they could see it. Shaggy sighed a tired sigh.
"Like, my legs are sore from walking so much. I really just wanna lay down". Antonio sighed as well.
"I know what you mean, kid. My legs are killing me too. But, you heard what the king said, we had a long way to go".
'I wouldn't mind stopping either" Jared agreed as he was walking slowly. They finally got more close to the castle. Guards were standing in the front. Shaggy gulped.
"Like, those are big spiders". A second later, Shaggy screamed in terror as he was picked up by the spider king. The spider king laughed evilly.
"Finally! I finally got Norville Rogers!"."Hey!" Jared cried."Give Norville back!". Cyrus looked at the ants.
"Never! This kid is mine, now. Prepare to be destroyed, child!" the king said to Shaggy and crawled off with Shaggy on his back. Shaggy screamed as he was being carried away. Jared was the first to react."Oh, no! The kid has been kidnapped! Ryant is going to kill us!".
"Not if we get him back" Antonio said. "Yeah, but he's still going to kill us either way. He doesn't want anything bad to happen to Norville and yet, something bad happened to him!" Jared panicked.
"You're right. What are we going to do, now?' Antonio wondered.
In the castle, Cyrus brought Shaggy into his throne room. He set Shaggy down. Shaggy was shaking, terrified."Like, what are you going to do with me?" Shaggy asked. Cyrus ignored the eighteen year old's question.
"Man, I can't believe it, I got Norville Rogers. You're more Shaggy than I thought you'll be, kid. Wait till my wife sees you" Cyrus said, excitedly. Wyatt came in the room and saw the human child."So, this is the child who's trying to end this long war". Cyrus nodded."Yes, yes it is". Shaggy was getting annoyed.
"I'm not a child! I'm 18! I'm graduating High School this year!". He was getting tired of everyone calling him a child."Don't you dare talk to me that way" Cyrus cried."18 is pretty young to me. In fact, no matter how old you'll be. You'll always be a little child to me" Cyrus mocked. Shaggy huffed. Wyatt looked at Cyrus."You do realize the boy is your responsibility now". Cyrus smiled.
"I know. But, don't worry… I have plans to make him suffer" Cyrus sneered as he looked at Shaggy. Shaggy whined as he shrugged his shoulders. Cyrus sneered some more.
Earlier in the day, on the Earth, Modanna said a spell that made Fred, Daphne, Velma and Scooby all disappear from the Earth, and reappear in the underworld."Alright, we're here, but, now what? We have no idea where this Ryant guy is with Shaggy" Velma said.
"I can track Ryant down" Scooby told them."That's right, Scooby. Your scent. You can track this ant guy down with your nose… good boy" Daphne said. Scooby laughed.
Authors Note: Well, that was chapter 8. Please, favorite, follow and review. Thank you. We'll get more into Fred and them in the next chapter. Also, A surprise character is coming up soon. Next Chapter!
