"Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living."

― Jo Nesbo

Prologue

April 5, 2013, 10:30 p.m.

Crystal Cove

The Opening of the Caverns of the Town

It wasn't everyday he had to look out for the citizens of Crystal Cove, but then again it wasn't everyday that an Evil Parrot kidnapped people with the help of some Old German robots. Making them mine for whatever it was looking for. From what he could see during the fight, the parrot was looking for a door of some kind.

He stayed close to the exit of the caverns, staying behind as he stood watch as people ran out into the outskirts of the caverns. Keeping watch that no one was left behind, Not even the cute, tiny dog in a coma.

"I think that's everyone." The Sheriff said, slapping his hands in a cleaning matter.

Bronson Stone wasn't the brightest of police officers. But he knew when the town was safe.

Or so, that's what he thought.

That's when the Sheriff remembered, the kids were still in the caves. "Where are the kids?" Bronson asks himself, a feeling of nervousness crippling in him.

"My daughter is still there! With those… Robot things!" Bartholomew Blake screamed towards the Sheriff, getting his attention. "If something happens to her-"

"Barty, Calm down..." Nancy Blake told her husband, seeing that he was starting to calm down, she continued for him. "You must get the kids sheriff. They are in danger the minute they are in there, especially with those robots around!"

The sheriff gulped in response. He wasn't really brave, and he wasn't one to go in the face of danger. He felt his arm being pulled by none other than Mayor Janet Nettles.

"Bronson, the kids need you." The Mayor said, smiling at him.

Bronson Stone sighed and looked towards the cave. He felt a chill crippling on his spine, he was afraid. Sure, he led the Crystal Covians out. But that was because he was in the heat of the moment; he couldn't go back in there without being scared.

But he felt the tingling feeling of courage for some reason. Bronson sighed. "You're right Mayor, I have to find them. It's my duty as a Sheriff. An-"

"Don't stall and go Bronson!" Mayor Nettles cut him off.

"Right, Mayor!" And with that Bronson went inside the caverns, getting his pistol out in case any robots were ambushing him.

It took a while, but he got to where all of the Crystal Covians were mining for the Purple Parrot. The scaffolding was gone after the civilian revolution, and robot corpses were scattered across the area.

Once he got to the last door where the Mystery Incorporated the Second, Professor Pericles and the remaining Kriegstaffebot went. He felt uneasiness though, as he passed through the cavern. Waiting for anything to attack him in there, ready to defend himself with his pistol, though would it be enough?

His eyes adjusted to the darkness until he could see a door with a face carved in it, but fresh blood filling in his nostrils, he looked around until he saw it.

He knew her because he arrested her once because the kids had solved a mystery on the park.

The girl was lying against the stalagmite, holding on to the wound on her stomach. She took in a deep breath, having to press the wound harder.

"Marcie Fleach. Correct?" Bronson Stone asked, putting his pistol in its holster.

Marcie nodded, not willing to speak. It hurt to do so anyway, it was best to not.

Stone decided to not stand around in the creepy cavern, taking the wounded Marcie up on his arms. He could hear the hiss she made as she was pulled up.

He walked towards the exit, not looking back at the carved door opening itself.

A large male figure clad in strange armor, with parts of the shoulder pads, leg pads and chest area covered in black and blue. Horns coming out of his neck, the ends close to the head. His bright green eyes stared at the path Bronson Stone took to leave the caverns.

"What are we waiting for…? We should get the jump on them now." Another figure spoke, this time a female figure came out of the door. She touched with her clawed hand the edge of the door, burning it to the touch.

"Not yet Seraphim…. He has told us to not engage, and we will do just that." The figure clad in armor spoke, He looked at the female figure. "Nothing until he needs us to do his bidding."

"A load of crap you might say Angelo… The kids are gone. The adults are gone. Let's leave it like that…" Another male figure spoke, this one having what seemed to be spikes coming out of its armor. "We have a chance at running away from all this. Let's do it now while we have the chance."

"No, we will continue our mission. It will be only a matter of time until the town breaks into chaos." The Armored Figure whispered towards his companions. Turning around and going back into the Air world. The other two figures following close behind him.

The doors to the World of Air closed, leaving only the trail of melted metal in the cold and dark cavern floor…

Time Unknown

Sitting room

Dimension unknown

A Cocker Spaniel ran down the black and white tiled hallway towards one of the rooms. The Anunnaki controlled dog felt something terrible had happened in the dark room and wanted to investigate it. She checked inside, seeing the different people tainted by the Curse of Crystal Cove.

Walking around the room, she saw the best part of Fred Jones Sr., the Blakes, the Rogers, and the fading best part of Marcie Fleach.

The Cocker Spaniel sighed at the sight of Marcie Fleach. Marcie had reformed, protected the chosen ones, protected her best friend from a maniacal mad Parrot, and bought Mystery Incorporated the Second enough time to get to the Entity. But it was too late for her. The Curse was too powerful for her to stop on her own.

Then she felt something again, like something valuable was lost to them. "No..." The Anunnaki whispered under her breath. "Not them... Anything but them, they couldn't have failed their mission!"

She looked around the room again, seeing the Best part of what was left of the Mystery Incorporated the First fading.

Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves disappearing before her very own eyes.

Mr. E or Otherwise known as Ricky Owens started to fade. The small dog touched his leg, deciding to know what happened.

This caused the huge man to blink a few times, unfreezing from his pose; he looked around the room recognizing it instantly.

He was in the dream world again. He heard a bark and looked down to see the Cocker Spaniel.

"The Chosen Ones, the ones who would destroy the Evil Entity! Where are they?!" The small dog yelled.

Ricky looked around the room and remembered what had happened. "We have caught up to them… In the Fire World. We had them in our grasp, but… Everything went to hell once the entity started speaking… Saying one of them would betray their group… There was no time..."

"They opened the sarcophagus?"

Ricky shook his head. "I'm not… Sure… But… Once it got out… Everyone just started running, except Pericles… He perished before I could… Save him… I perished to save the kids… I … I died for them."

"And Scooby Doo, where is he?"

"We didn't take him in."

"What?"

"Before we went into the chamber, Velma made a deal with Pericles… Daphne's life for Scoobert's… I didn't think it would work with Pericles but somehow… It did." The former Mr. E said, looking at his fading hand."Are these my last moments?"

"Yes, I'm afraid they are." The Anunnaki said.

"Then so be it. At least I will finally tell Cassidy how I feel... Even if it was in the afterlife that I had to tell her that I loved her." Ricky Owens said, finally fading from existence.

The small dog sighed and looked towards the end of the hallway. The dog walked down that same hallway, whispering to herself. "Scooby Doo... Where are you?"

Crystal Cove, Months After the town kidnappings…

Crystal Cove General Hospital

The hospital was as loud as ever, doctors taking care of the ill and injured in what daily routine they've been working through. Daisy Blake, Daughter of Bartholomew Blake and Nancy Blake, was looking through medical records when the earth shook.

Holding herself steady on the counter of the registration, Daisy looked towards the hallway where the windows were situated. "This is the fourth time this month…" Daisy muttered to herself. "You'd think whatever it is that's making the earth shake would have stopped by now…" She sighed, rubbing her temples from the stress of work and the recent small earthquake.

"You know how it is Doctor Blake." One of the nurses in the reception desk replied. "Ever since shaking like it's going to fall apart anytime soon."Those kids went lost in those caves after the town made it out of the caverns the earth's been shaking non-stop."

Daisy chuckled nervously at the mention of the kids lost in the caves. Remembering that one of those kids was actually, her younger sister, Daphne Blake. She sighed again, another thing to worry about. If her sister was either alive or dead at this point…

She wouldn't dare think that Daphne was dead, but it's been months since she last saw her…

Daisy looked through the medical records of some patients, deciding to keep her mind off for now. She walked down the hallway once she had decided which patient to check up on next.

Just then, a figure bumped into the doctor once she turned the corner towards the room she was walking towards. She cursed quietly, both at herself and at whoever bumped into her. "Sorry, my bad…Really, I wasn't looking." Daisy said with slight irritation in her voice.

"It's fine, though… It won't be fine for you..." The figure replied, somewhat cocky towards her.

Daisy frowned and looked behind her, quickly losing the frown once the figure's face was in her view. The figure's shadow looming over her, its greenish bright color eyes staring right back at her, the figure's skin dark and rocky, almost from the magma substance after cooling down. Their body had a slim figure; somewhat giving away that it was a woman, or… a Female demon. Its hands and legs clawed, Bright red horns adorning her face.

The female devil smiled, her sharp teeth shining against the bright lights of the Hospital hallway

"The He-" Daisy said, quickly caught off by the smell of fire very close to her. She looked at the figure's clawed hands, and saw fire on her hands. Though, they weren't burning the figure, or at least that's what Daisy could observe from it. But of course, Daisy soon realized what was about to happen.

"What's wrong Blake? Never seen fire before in your life?!" The She-Devil said. Her eyes glowing green, she raised her arms, clutching her hands into fists, and went in for the hit.

"Shit!" Daisy Blake cursed, dodging the punch and the flames from the devil fast. 'This is worse than the earthquakes, no this is worse than the Hodag of Horror, no it's worse than—Agh!… Just what the hell is this monster?' She thought, running towards the fire alarm until a fireball caught her left arm. She screamed from the inflicted pain and gripped her arm tightly. 'And what the hell does it want with me?"

She could hear the female being chuckling to herself. "Well, this was too easy to be honest… I thought I could torment you a little more, you know? Give you a few burns maybe?" The Female Devil said. "Now, I'm not usually the type to hurt people…"

Daisy looked down and noticed the floor the figure touched burned and melted, then looked up to see the sprinklers on the ceiling of the Hospital. Obviously, Daisy couldn't pull the fire alarm without getting herself burned by the monster, but if she were to keep it still and let it burn the floor until it could turn on the sprinklers 'accidentally'….

'Now, there's a pretty good idea. Now, how to do it without that thing noticing would be the tricky part…'

"Well, it was fun while it lasted." The devil said, raising its hands once again. Not noticing the smoke detector she was under, setting it on with ease as the smoke caught on to the detector.

Daisy frowned at that. 'Or… Not…" She thought once the sprinklers started to water the entire hallway. The creature screamed in pain at the sudden spray of water thrown at her from the sprinklers.

Daisy was grateful that she had another day to live that's for sure. "Nice job matches, you really out did yourself." She said, taking the chance to run away now that the female devil was distracted. She went to the reception area, ordering the nurses to start evacuating the hospital.

"Doctor Blake, What's happening?" One of the nurses asked, worriedly.

"Fire, evacuate the hospital this instant." Daisy said, looking back at the hallway where she had the encounter with the She-Devil. Seeing her being carried by another being, this being was taller and more terrifying.

It had a skeletal face structure, and was full of spikes. Though, those same spikes seemed to not hurt the She-Devil much or none at all.

"What the fuck…" Daisy muttered once she noticed the two monsters.

The spiked Monster stared at the redhead with its cold, brightly green eyes. Signaling her to keep quiet, it gave a dark laughter. One that could give chills down anyone's spine. He raised his hand, making the water move at his command, and made himself and his companion disappear without a trace.

Crystal Cove General Hospital, Fourth Floor

Room 407

"Marcie…" A voice called out to her from the darkness, its soothing voice not making a change in the girl's sleep.

"Wake up Marcie…" The voice called out again, this time the teenager's eyes slowly opened. Marcie Fleach sat up from the bed, feeling a pang of pain rushing to her stomach. She touched the aching part of her stomach, trying to remember what had happened to her.

Box, Pericles… German Robots… Ah yes, She was almost killed by the German bots commanded by Professor Pericles, that evil parrot tried to kill her. But somehow in the midst of things… He failed to do so… How? How did he fail to kill her? After all, she was in the sights of the Robots…

It would have been an easy kill…..

"You've been asleep for months…" The voice said softly.

Marcie looked around for the source of the voice, Finding her father standing beside her, or at least… His figure. "Dad? What are you- Agh!" She shook, holding on to her side. The aching unbearable for her.

Winslow settled her down, so that she wouldn't hurt herself more than she already had. He grabbed his daughter's glasses and put them on her face. "Sheriff Stone called me, said he found you in the caverns. What were you doing in the caverns young lady, I didn't hear from you in 7 months until the sheriff calle-"

"Dad, I know i'm in a lot of trouble right now but we need to leave that for later. Something's not right- Everything should be in flames by now!"

Winslow's face grew more concerned. "What do you mean everything should be in flames? Everything is fine here..."

"Dad, Pericles was going to destroy Crystal Cov- No, the whole entire world! Why hasn't it happened? There should be German robots already trying to kill u-"

Winslow stopped her before she could continue anymore. "Hold on, you mean that weird parrot that took almost everyone in town as a prisoner? Marcie, it's been months since it happened. 4 months exactly."

"What?" The aching feeling now a fleeting thought for her. She checked around the room for anything that she could change in, slowly standing up from the bed.

"Marcie don't! You're not fully recovered from your wounds!" Winslow exclaimed, grabbing her shoulder softly. "You need the rest dear."

Marice shook her head, "I don't have time for a rest dad. I need to know what's going on." She decided to change, being careful as to not rip the IV out and of course being careful as to not make a sudden move that she might regret. Once she finished, she felt her head ache.

She held herself onto the bed, her father begging her to get back to bed.

Marcie decided to look out the window. She opened the blinds, seeing the town was in a better state from before. The roads were fixed after the robots had damaged them, almost making the streets and buildings inaccessible to them.

At least that was fixed…

"W-What…? I don't understand, it's like nothing ever happened…?" Marcie muttered, mostly to herself; but Winslow had heard her either way.

"It's been like this since those kids went into the caverns."

Marcie's eyes widened, her legs shook violently; signaling her that they were about to give up on her. Her vision blurred, before she fell back towards the floor; quickly losing consciousness.

Winslow ran towards her, shaking his daughter to wake her up to no avail. "Marcie!"

Unbeknownst to the father, a hooded figure stood in front of the window to the room. It stared at Marcie intently, thinking of a way to find the time to speak with her alone. The figure would have to wait longer than they had hoped.

Turning to leave, the figure felt water sprayed on them. Looking up, they saw the sprinklers releasing water on the hallway. It looked inside the room, seeing that the room was also in the same state.

"Another time then… I will see you soon… Marcie Fleach." The figure muttered, walking towards the exit.

The entity roared with all of its might as it tried to get out of the sarcophagus, using all of its tentacles to pull itself away from the crystallized coffin. It had taken all his power to create the minions and to trap the meddling kids down below, finally- his plan was coming into motion…

The time that the elder Anunnaki incarcerated him for his corruption against the lesser beings has long passed. He was a free being, thanks to the meddling kids…

The time that Nova protected the meddling kids from it's corruption has finally passed...

He will no longer be the minor Anunnaki.

Angelo was the first to step forward, holding the body of a Crystal Covian on his arms as it waited for the Entity. "Master…" The metal demon began. "Accept this body as the one you will corrupt for the time being… Our present to you for creating us!"

The Entity raised its head, tentacles grabbing the motionless body quickly. It pulled the body towards it quickly, fusing itself to it. The body moved slightly as the evil being took its form, completely taking over the body.

"Yes… This is fine for the time being…" The lesser Anunnaki muttered to themselves.

The minions bowed to the being, securing their allegiance to it as they promised long ago.

"We are your servants master, what is your first command?" Seraphim asked, smirking. "Bring fire and smoke to this pitiful town?"

The Entity shook his head, "No, I want the one that got away from its fate, the one that my stupid pawn failed to destroy..."

"I want Marcie Fleach."