Our heroes made it to the recently robbed convenience store to look for clues.
"Alright everyone, this is the place." said Blue Falcon. "All we have to do is talk to the witnesses and look for anything that might lead to where the thieves might be."
"Then, let's split up, guys." Daphne decided. "BF and I will interview the witnesses at the back and search for clues there, Shag, you and Scooby interview the witnesses at the front and search for clues."
"Sounds like a plan, Daph." Shaggy nodded before they proceeded to split up.
"Well, as a grown adult, I would say that it would be irresponsible to split up and search for clues in an unknown place, but since this is a mini mart, I think that would be suitable." said Blue Falcon.
"Okay Scoob, we need to find anyone who might have seen something during the robbery." Shaggy said.
"Right!" Scooby saluted as he began sniffing the floor. "Raggy! Rook!"
"What is it, boy?" asked Shaggy. "Did you find a murder weapon or some sort of pipe bomb?"
"Ro Raggy, it is something bigger!" Scooby pointed to what he saw.
"It can't be...it can't be..." Shaggy gasped.
The duo looked and saw some sort of machine that said, 'SLUSHY 3000'.
"The Slushee 3000." They said in awe. "So beautiful..."
On the other side of the store, Daphne and BF began interviewing the cashier.
"So, tell us in your own words what exactly happened when the store was robbed." Daphne said.
"And what exactly did they take?" added Blue Falcon.
"Oh, nothing too fancy." The cashier replied. "Mainly cash from the cash register."
"How much exactly?" BF prompted.
"Well let's see..." The cashier looked at his fingers. "Three...eight...carry the one...every single thing that was in the till. Plus, a couple of blueberry muffins."
"Does your store have a security surveillance camera that records things?" asked Daphne.
"We used to, but we had to make cutbacks because of all the crates of food we accidentally ordered the other day." The cashier informed them. "However, I do believe they were driving a white van and they were headed towards Argyle Street."
"Then that's where we are headed!" Blue Falcon proclaimed.
"Right." Daphne nodded. "Shaggy, Scooby, let's go!"
"Coming Daphne." The duo said as they filled a large cup with slushees.
Shaggy and Scooby paid for the giant slushee and followed Blue Falcon and Daphne outside.
"Wow, that looks like a lot for the two of you to finish." BF remarked as he saw the large cups of slushees.
"Yeah, we can't let that interfere with our mystery." Daphne added. "We've got bad guys to catch."
"Don't worry, Daph." Shaggy said. "We'll finish this pretty quickly. Right, Scoob?"
"Right Raggy!" Scooby exclaimed.
The two started slurping down their drinks and the cups were empty in just two seconds.
"There!" Scooby nodded. "All fin-"
"Aaaahhhh!" Scooby and Shaggy screamed as they grabbed their heads. "BRAIN FREEZE!"
The two of them instantly froze up into blocks of ice.
"That'll teach them to order mega cups." Daphne smirked.
"Are those two always like that?" BF asked.
"You don't know half the story." Daphne deadpanned.
Meanwhile back in Coolsville, the science contest had begun and everyone had lined up their inventions for Professor Kaufman to see.
"Alright, here he comes." Velma remarked as the professor walked into the room.
"Alright my young protégés, it's time for me to see your inventions." He said.
Professor Kaufman walked to Eric's invention. It looked like some sort of lava lamp with speakers and a radio.
"And what pray tell, is this?" He asked.
"Well Professor, did you ever hear of a mood ring? Well, this is a mood music machine." Eric explained. "It determines the type of music genre you're suited for based on your mood."
"Seems a little...amateur, don't you think?" asked the professor.
"I assure you sir, I've downloaded every single instrumental song into this machine and it can tell which is your genre." Eric assured him. "Go ahead, try it out."
The professor maintained his stare before he nodded and turned towards the machine.
He put his hand on the mood scanner and the machine turned green with some eerie, spooky organ music playing.
"Ah, the Mad Scientist Ballad, my favorite." He said. "I am quite impressed."
"Big deal." Bill rolled his eyes. "He probably just got that song to brown nose."
"Glad to hear, Professor." Eric nodded proudly.
Professor Kaufman then walked to Gibby's invention, which looked like some sort of Mars rover with binoculars.
"And what is this contraption?" He asked.
"This, my good man, is the Technological Electrical Robotic Machine." Gibby informed. "Or 'TERM' for short."
"And what does it do?" asked the professor.
"It detects any living being from a mile away and scans it to figure out it's bio signature and DNA." Gibby explained. "Plus, it cleans up dirty stains from the floor."
Kaufman looked down towards the dirty floor, then he asked, "Perhaps you could demonstrate how it works?"
"Of course." Gibby said as he took out a bag of dirt.
He dumped the dirt all over the floor and used a remote to turn on the robot.
"Term, clean!" Gibby pressed a button.
"Clean!" Term's eyes started glowing and used his mop feature to clean up the floor of dirt.
Next thing everyone knew, the gym floor was all shiny and sparkly.
Eric whistled at the sight while Kaufman nodded thoughtfully.
"I could eat right off that floor." Marcie remarked.
"Very impressive." Kaufman remarked before he moved on to Bill.
"Professor Kaufman, this is my invention, the Baseball Pitcher 3000!" He said. "It's voice activated and will throw different types of fastballs. Trust me, this is the one that will win the contest."
"Let us see this thing in action." said Kaufman.
Bill nodded and cleared his throat as he turned towards the machine.
"Okay everyone, we might want to take this outside." He said.
The kids and Kaufman followed Bill outside to see his demonstration.
Bill turned on the machine. "Curveball!"
"Curveball!" said the machine.
The machine grabbed a baseball and threw a curveball at a pad set up in front for the batting cage.
"Heater!" Bill put the ball in the palm of the machine's hand.
The machine threw the ball really hard that it went right through the pad, leaving a hole in the batting cage.
"Screwball!" Bill exclaimed.
The machine then threw a screwball, which made the ball spin around in crazy directions.
Eric and Gibby both whistled while Velma and Marcie looked on intuitively.
"Quite impressive." the professor nodded as went to Velma and Marcie. "Now young ladies, what is your invention about?"
"Follow us." Marcie said as they led everyone else back into the building.
Velma cleared her throat. "Gentlemen, we give you..."
The girls pulled a tarp to reveal some sort of large rocket.
"The Dinkley-Fleech Rocket 3000!" said the girls.
"Unlike normal rockets, this one is powered by a special rocket fuel that is not only environmentally friendly, but it can make it just as effective and powerful as normal rocket fuel." Marcie informed them.
"And what is this fuel made from, exactly?" Eric sneered.
"It's made from mints, soda pop, baking soda, vinegar and just a hint of nitroglycerin." Velma said. "This will cause the rocket to blast high into the sky and back."
"I will be the judge of that." said Kaufman.
Velma and Marcie both nodded and led everyone outside to demonstrate the rocket.
"Okay everyone, stand back!" Velma spoke through a megaphone.
"Velma, you don't have to yell." Eric cleaned out his ears. "You're only a couple feet away from us."
"Sorry." Velma sheepishly grinned.
Marcie only chuckled lightly before she and Velma donned lab goggles.
"Ready when you are." Marcie said.
Velma nodded, grabbed a beaker with the rocket fuel, and poured it into the rocket.
"3...2...1...BLAST OFF!" the girls shouted.
The rocket then launched sky high into the air and started doing triple loop-de-loops around the sky.
"Wow." Gibby remarked as they all watched the rocket performing acrobatics in the sky.
"Big deal." Bill scoffed.
The rocket was zooming and looping all around the school until it spewed fireworks from its tip and landed safely back on the platform.
Eric whistled lowly as the rocket landed.
"Now that's quite a show you ladies have put on." He said.
"So Professor, whose invention did you like best?" asked Marcie.
"Well, you all did quite well..." Kaufman said. "But there can only be one winner and the winner is..."
Meanwhile in Big City, Blue Falcon and Mystery Inc. had lost track of the thieves.
"Uh guys, I think we lost track of the thieves." Shaggy said.
"Well that's just great." Daphne deadpanned. "How are we going to find them now?"
"I'm only new at this superhero stuff, so I'm not really sure." Blue Falcon said.
"There's only one thing we can do now..." Scooby proclaimed.
"Forget about the robbers and let the cops handle it?" asked Daphne.
"No way, Jose!" Shaggy said. "We turn to the Blue Scarab comics and see how he caught robbers in his mysteries!"
"Please Daph, we've read about 327 issues of the comics and BF here owns every single one missing from our collection, so it wouldn't hurt to look at an old school superhero for tips." Shaggy scoffed.
"He's got a point." said BF. "After all, the Scarab was my hero."
"Okay, I guess we'll try." Daphne sighed. "Comic nerds."
BF took the gang to his secret hideout at the Broken Arms Luxury Apartments.
"Well, here it is." He said. "Please wipe your feet. I just had the carpet cleaned."
"Wait, this is a penthouse." Shaggy said. "I thought you said you were taking us to your headquarters. I was expecting something like a Falcon Cave or a Fortress of Solitude."
"Well, maybe you could consider this as a Falcon's Nest, because after all, birds live on nests that are situated in somewhere elevated like trees." BF said.
"Point taken." Shaggy nodded.
"Anyhoo, now we need to get down to business." said BF. "Reggie, here boy."
BF whistled and a gray hound dog came running towards his owner.
"Ruff! Ruff!" the dog barked and licked his owner's face.
"Reggie, I need you to retrieve my comic book collection." said Blue Falcon. "Box 2B, to be exact. Can you that?"
"Ruff!" Reggie nodded and went to retrieve the box of comics.
"Jeepers, that's a well-trained dog." Daphne remarked. "Scooby couldn't retrieve a stick unless it was a pretzel rod."
Reggie then came back with a box full of comic books.
"Good boy, Reggie." Blue Falcon pet Reggie's head.
"Ruff! Ruff!" Reggie barked.
"Alright, then." BF said as they knelt down and began combing through the box. "Let's see what would the Blue Scarab do when faced with a difficult situation like this."
Our heroes opened up an issue with the Blue Scarab chasing after a robber. Inside the comic, the Scarab was marking all the robberies the burglar made on a map and concluding that the burglar would rob the unmarked store next. The Scarab snuck into the store and hid from the robber in order to catch him by surprise. When the robber came inside to raid the place, the Scarab jumped out and grabbed him by the back of his shirt.
"Catch him in his next place, that's it!" Daphne snapped her fingers.
"Right, now all we need to figure out is where would the robber strike next." BF suggested. "First by analyzing all the places that were robbed using the same methods and find a pattern."
"Right on it, BF!" Scooby saluted.
Scooby and Shaggy came back with a map of Big City and some push pins.
"Now all we need is to figure out where his robberies were." BF turned on his computer and looked up the robber.
As BF typed on the computer, Shaggy, Scooby and Daphne pinned the map on the wall.
Eventually, they all found the next place of the robbery.
"It seems that all signs pinpoint to this last location: The Big City Jewelry Store!" Daphne said.
"An oldie, but a goodie." Shaggy remarked.
"And based on this news article, the store has the extremely rare Soap Diamond on display." BF added after some typing on the computer. "It's an ultra rare diamond made from stone used to channel infinite amounts of raw energy. Plus, it's worth a fortune. Collectors would pay their life savings for it."
"Definitely sounds fitting for our burglar." Daphne nodded.
"Then that's where we are going!" said Blue Falcon. "And I know just how we can do it..."
The gang went to the jewelry store and began to set up their stakeout.
"You sure this will work, BF?" asked Shaggy.
"Of course, Shaggy." said Blue Falcon. "Once the robber comes inside, I will unleash the Falcon Marbles onto the floor, which the crook will slip on, landing him in our net and then, Daphne will toss the Falcarang and capture him in the net while you alert the authorities come to get him."
"I just hope Scooby and Reggie can keep watch to let us know if he's coming." Daphne remarked.
Outside of the store, Scooby and Reggie has been keeping watch for the robber.
"Alright Reggie, keep your eyes out for that robber!" said Scooby. "He could be anywhere by now!"
"Ruff!" Reggie barked.
Little did they know that the robber was right on top of the store roof, sneaking in to grab the diamond.
Back inside the store, everyone was in position.
"Boy, this burglar sure is taking a while..." Daphne yawned.
"Stay awake, he could be near." said Blue Falcon.
Right behind them, the crook was using an extension claw to silently dodge the security beams and switch the real Soap Diamond with a cheap replica.
Shaggy was getting restless as they continued to wait.
"This is taking forever, are we sure that he's coming to this place?" He whispered.
"Trust the Scarab, Shag." said BF.
Meanwhile, the thief had stolen the diamond and was about to make a getaway in his car on the corner. As soon as he drove off, the dogs saw the car getting away at breakneck speed.
"Aaahhh!!!" Scooby screamed and spoke into his walkie talkie. "Ra thief! Ray day! Ray day! Rook! Rook! Rook!"
"Look?" Blue Falcon asked on the walkie. "Look where?"
"Ron re street!" Scooby barked.
"Huh?" asked the gang.
"OUTSIDE!" Scooby shouted.
Shaggy, Daphne and Blue Falcon looked outside and saw the robber's car getting away.
"Zoinks!" Shaggy exclaimed. "Holy plot twist, Blue Falcon! We've got a runner!"
"To the Falcon Car!" Blue Falcon proclaimed.
Author's Note:
Can our heroes catch the burglar? Stay tuned!