The gang and Vincent went back to Coolsville and wasted no time in explaining the situation to Ricky, Cassidy, Pericles, Captain Caveman and Son, and the Teen Angels.
"...and that's where we come to now." Scooby finished.
"Oh my, that certainly sounds like quite the jam you guys are in." Pericles remarked.
"I always knew this day would come..." Cassidy sighed. "I just thought it would be much later in my kid's life."
"Mom, what're you talking about?" asked Dee Dee. "What's going on?"
"Please don't tell me this is something worse than what we went through in our usual mysteries." Taffy added.
"Well it is pretty bad and I don't mean overdue library book bad, I mean grenade in your pants bad." Cassidy said. "You see, back in the day when your father and I were mystery solvers, we would also read about legends and paranormal phenomena in our spare time. There were two things we learned about: the Planispheric Disk and the Chest of Demons."
"The disk is an artifact that holds the key to unlocking an evil entity that could wreck havoc on the entire world, while the chest was locked away hundreds of years ago to prevent mortals from unleashing the demons." Ricky explained.
"We always knew that they were no myth, but we kept it a secret from our friends and families so they wouldn't worry or dismiss us as crazy." Pericles added. "Now I'm assuming that it probably wasn't one of our best ideas."
"Definitely not best idea." Cavey remarked.
"So, you kids are going to need our help in gathering the ghosts." Cassidy said.
Just then, there was a flashy light and beeping sound on Vincent's magic staff.
"Zoinks!" Shaggy gasped. "Like, what's going on, Mr. Van Ghoul?"
"Lemme see..." Vincent said as he turned towards the staff.
He looked into the staff's jewels and saw the next ghost.
"He's right here!" He exclaimed.
"Uh oh, I don't like the sound of that." Daphne remarked.
Jan 20Just then, the second ghost appeared.
"Mwah ha ha ha ha!" He laughed manically.
"Time Slime..." Vincent glared.
Jan 20"Like, I really don't like where this is going." Shaggy shuttered.
Jan 20"Have a good trip, Mr. Van Ghoul!" Time Slime waved his scepter and conjured up a giant time portal, which began sucking everything in sight.
"Aaaahhh!" The gang shouted as they tried to hold onto the stair rails.
Jan 20"Hang on!" Pericles exclaimed.
Jan 20"Daaad!" Junior shouted as he lost his grip and got sucked into the portal.
"Junior!" Cavey let go of the rail as soon as he saw Junior. "Uh oh. AAAAAHHHH!"
Cavey quickly got sucked into the portal as well. He tried to grab onto Brenda's feet, but his hands slipped right out, along with Brenda's shoes.
"Cavey, noooo!" Taffy shouted.
"Raptain Raveman!" Scooby exclaimed.
"There is no escape!" Slime gloated. "You'll be sucked into that portal and be lost in time forever! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
Dee-Dee tried to hold on to the rail, but the wind was too strong and the rail snapped, causing her to be sucked into the vortex.
"Mom! Dad!" She shouted as she got sucked back in time.
Jan 21"Diana!" Cassidy and Ricky both exclaimed.
Jan 21Just then, Taffy got hit by a flying jar and it caused her to lose her grip. She tried grabbing onto Brenda's legs, but the wind was too strong and they got sucked in the portal as well.
"Mr. Van Ghoul! Do something!" Daphne shouted to Vincent.
"I'll do what I can!" Vincent shouted back.
Using his magic staff, Vincent made the chest float right over to Scooby and Shaggy.
"Scooby, Shaggy, I'm going to break the rails you're holding onto!" He shouted.
"What?!" They shouted.
"Like, are you crazy man?" Shaggy asked.
"You'll just have to trust me!" Vincent said.
Vincent used his staff to blast the rail and cause the duo to get sucked near the portal. As soon as they got closer to Slime, Vincent knew that was the sign.
"Now! Open the chest!" He shouted.
Without hesitation, the duo opened the Chest as instructed and just like that, the chest broke the force field that Slime was protected by and it started sucking him back into the chest. As soon as he was trapped, Shaggy and Scooby shut the box tight and the portal disappeared, causing everything that was being sucked up to fall to the ground.
"Is everyone alright?" Vincent asked as they all hit the ground.
"Can I get back to you on that?" Scooby rubbed his head.
"Alright? Alright? My kid just got sucked up into that vortex!" Cassidy snapped. "You'd better get her back, wizard boy!"
"I don't think that will be possible." Pericles said.
"What are you talking about, Pericles?" asked Ricky.
"That ghost sent them back in time with his powers and since he's trapped, we can't bring them back." Pericles explained.
"There's gotta some way we can bring them back." Cassidy said. "Taffy and Brenda's parents will kill us if we tell them what happened!"
"Well, there is one way we can find them." Vincent said. "I can conjure up a time traveling spell that can help us. Unfortunately, I need moonstones to do that."
"Moonstones? What are moonstones?" asked Shaggy.
"Sounds like something magic." Scooby remarked.
"Well actually, moonstones were used by old tribes back in the day for ancient remedies and rituals." Cassidy explained. "I've even read that witches were said to have used them for magic spells and whatnot. They were usually activated by the lunar light, hence the name."
"But how are we going to find the stones?" asked Shaggy. "There's probably hundreds of places they could be."
"Well, considering the potential for their powers, the number of places they could be at narrows down." Vincent said.
"It seems that we have three mysteries on our hands, now." Cassidy said. "We need to capture the rest of the ghosts, look for the stones, and find out where the girls have gone."
"Zoinks!" Shaggy gulped.
"Ri really don't like re sound of ris." Scooby agreed as he swallowed.
"I don't either, guys, but we have to go through with it, or our friends will be lost forever." Daphne pointed out.
"And those chest demons will be free to wreck havoc on the world." Vincent said. "That is why I am going to search for the stones, while the rest of you will search for the demons."
"Sounds good with me." Shaggy said.
"Me too!" Scooby nodded.
"I will be coming with you, Mr. Van Ghoul." Pericles flew onto Vincent's shoulder. "You will need a bird's eye view."
"Me as well." Ricky added. "This bird and I are a team."
"Good." Vincent handed Daphne a crystal ball. "If I need to call you or you need to call me, whatever comes first, use this crystal ball."
"Thanks, Mr. Van Ghoul." Daphne said.
"Now, we must go and good luck!" Vincent waved his staff and made him, Ricky and Pericles disappear.
"Good luck to you, too." Cassidy said as they vanished.
She walked over to a family portrait of her, Ricky, Dee-Dee and Pericles and looked at it.
Seeing how happy they all looked in the portrait, Cassidy sighed.
"Don't worry, sweetie, we're coming for you." She said. "Wherever you may be."
Meanwhile, Captain Caveman, Cavey Jr and the girls were still being dragged through the time portal until they finally reached their designated time period and landed inside of a bush.
"Oh..." Brenda groaned. "I may never go on a water slide again."
"Unga bunga, me seeing double." Cavey groaned.
"Sure was wild ride." Taffy remarked. "Where are we anyways?"
Dee-Dee looked at the flora. "From the looks of things, we seem to be in some sort of jungle."
"Hopefully, there's some place we can go to for help around here." Taffy said.
"Cave-Bird, do you think you can fly up and see where we are?" Cavey asked the Cave-Bird in his club.
"Sure." Cave-Bird said.
Cave-Bird flew up and got a terrific birds eye view of what was outside of the jungle.
"Hey! I think you might wanna come see this!" He said.
The gang followed the Cave-Bird and saw a whole city made out of rocks with cavemen and dinosaurs galore.
"Uh guys, I don't think we're in the present anymore." said Brenda.
"Nope, we're somewhere even better." Captain Caveman said. "We are home!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
Author's Note:
Well folks, looks like it's the start of the gang's biggest mystery ever! Will they capture the demons? Will the Teen Angels get rescued? Will Vincent find the moonstones? Stay tuned and find out!
