Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby were still running off from the security guard.
The security guard smirked once he saw a pair of legs and a long tail from a clothes line, and he whistled innocently. "Well, well, guess they got away because they're not here," he then grabbed the clothes out of the way to find Shaggy and Scooby. "Anywhere and aha!"
However, it was just a coat with a belt and a pair of shoes on the floor and not Shaggy and Scooby.
"Darn it!" The security guard complained before walking off as he was tricked.
It turns out that Shaggy and Scooby were hanging on the ceiling, high-fiving each other, then they saw Brick looked a bit sneaky as he was shutting the sound room door as quietly as he can.
"Brick!" Shaggy called out.
"Aaaugh!" Brick yelped. "I wasn't doing anything. I was just in there. Not doing anything. I was doing something, but it was nothing."
"Like, we have a totally great act for you." Shaggy said as he put hats on himself and Scooby.
"Oh. Oh! Uh... Well, fantastic," Brick replied. "By all means, proceed."
Shaggy nodded to Scooby as he turned on the spotlight for them.
"Say, Scooby-Doo, what bone will a dog never eat?" Shaggy asked.
"I don't know, Shaggy," Scooby replied. "What bone will a dog never eat?"
"A trombone." Shaggy told them before they both laughed.
"Heh, yeah, that's fan-SECURITY!" Brick let out a forced chuckle before yelling out.
"Say, Scoob, what vegetable do you get when you cross a dog with a rose?" Shaggy then asked.
"I don't know, Shaggy." Scooby replied.
"A collie-flower!" Shaggy then said.
They both then laughed to that.
"DOG!" The security guard called out.
Shaggy and Scooby yelped before running off as the security guard came after them.
Brick hid a small smirk as they were running off.
"Mr. Pimiento?" Daphne spoke up.
"Blake, Jones, McCord, and Smith," Brick replied. "Well, you must be happy!"
"Why?" Brianna asked.
"Your odds of winning are way up," Brick replied. "Because there are only four acts left."
"Oh, well, you can't win them all." Nazz shrugged.
"YOU MEAN I LOST?!" A voice snapped.
Everyone turned around and saw Sugar with the door stuck her waist.
"Hello, Sugar." Ella said.
Sugar grunted and struggled as she looked very ticked off right now. "Edwin! Where are you?!" she then called out for her cousin.
"It's Eddy." Eddy told his cousin.
"Whatever!" Sugar replied.
"What do you want?" Eddy rolled her eyes.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK!?" Sugar glared. "GET ME OUTTA HERE!"
"Okay, okay. Don't break a nail." Eddy said.
"ONCE I GET OUT OF HERE, I'M COMING FOR YOU, BRICK!" Sugar threatened.
Brick glanced in slight disgust and felt overwhelmed as Eddy tried to help out his cousin.
"And I thought Cow was the drama queen when she played for The Bugs & Daffy Big Game Halftime Show." Eddy muttered as he helped Sugar.
"Can't you hurry up?!" Sugar complained.
"I'm trying!" Eddy told her.
"Not hard enough apparently!" Sugar glared.
Eddy struggled to get the door off his cousin.
"Do you need any help?" Henry offered.
"I don't really want any, but you might as well help me so Mom doesn't lose her mind when I come home without her." Eddy said to Henry.
"Okay, we'll pull together, ready on three..." Henry said. "1... 2... 3!"
Henry and Eddy soon grunted as they pulled together on the count.
"And watch the hair!" Sugar glared.
"We're trying!" Eddy replied.
"You better hurry." Sugar replied.
Henry rolled his eyes. "She's worse than Suzie on a bad day. Ah, no offense, Suze."
"Ah, it's okay," Suzie replied. "I can be a bit bad whenever I get cranky."
The two boys got the door off of Sugar.
"Finally!" Sugar said in relief.
"You okay, cous?" Eddy asked.
"I'll be fine as long as I have some fried chicken." Sugar replied.
"Whatever... Anyway, the publicity the Phantom has generated has been fantastic," Brick then said. "We're expecting our highest ratings ever."
Velma glanced as Brick shut the door behind him.
"Come on, let me show you the projections." Brick said to Brianna, Daphne, Fred, and Trent.
The four teens smiled and followed Brick as well as Sugar chasing them down angrily.
"Hey, there, Mr. Host!" Sugar glared. "WE'RE NOT DONE YET!"
"Hey, guys, I wanna go to the sound room." Velma said.
"Why?" Suzie asked.
"There's something I want to check out." Velma replied.
The others followed Velma to the Sound Room.
"This should be good." Suzie commented.
"Hey, look. The microphone is still on." Alan pointed out.
Velma hummed as they looked at the computer screen. "So this would be heard on the stage. Interesting." she then observed.
"So, what do we do now?" Tom asked.
"We gotta talk to KT about this, let's head down to the control room." Velma suggested.
They went down to the control room to talk to KT.
KT looked over as they came in and told him what they needed.
"Do you keep the footage all the cameras in here shoot?" Velma asked.
"Well, of course," KT replied. "There's a whole digital database on the server."
"Could we look through it?" Velma asked.
"Sure, but there's like 2,000 hours of footage in there." KT replied.
"Oh, man," Velma frowned to that. "Now there's no way I'm gonna have time to go see the soap diamond."
"We don't Tom and I stay here with you to give you some help?" Alan suggested.
"Sure, if you want to." Velma smiled to that.
"We insist," Alan smiled back. "It might be more fun this way."
"All right, Alan and Tom can stay here with the Phantom while the rest of us get ready for the show tonight." Henry suggested.
Then everyone minus Tom, Alan, and Velma got ready for the show.
A limo pulled up and a man opened the door, and out came Chrissy down the red carpet. Barb and Lance joined her as they were dressed up and linked arms, following after Chrissy.
"I don't like them, Uncle Bob." Stacey said as she rode on his shoulders as they cameo'd, yet again.
"Neither do I, kid," Bob replied. "They're worse than Samantha and Linda used to be before you all became friends. By the way, when are we getting our own story again?"
"Get lost, you nobodies!" Chrissy glared as she pushed Bob and Stacey out of the way.
Barb and Lance then walked off together.
"Where did Kasey run off to now?" Lance complained.
"I thought you had her?" Barb replied.
"I thought you did." Lance shrugged.
"She's with that Alexandra girl again which she isn't allowed to see." Chrissy spoke up.
"We'll take care of this later." Barb scowled.
"I can take care of it, if you know what I mean." Lance told them with a smirk.
Barb and Chrissy also had evil smirks. They soon went inside to keep up appearances.
"Talent Star was starting to get kinda old, but this Phantom thing has really spiced it up." Flo said as she came in with Nick.
"If the Phantom shows up, we might really see someone get hurt." Eustace said to his wife with a small smirk.
"Oh! I hope, I hope, I hope!" Muriel smiled and clapped out of excitement.
Back at the hotel...
"Kasey, are you ready?" Alexandra asked.
"You didn't have to buy me a dress." Kasey said as she was getting dressed.
"It's the least I can do," Alexandra replied. "You deserve so much better, Kasey."
Kasey came out, wearing a blue single-strapped dress with black pumps. Her hair was down and pulled back in a pink headband.
"Are the shoes all right?" Alexandra asked.
Kasey tried to walk, but she stumbled and fell into her arms.
"How about some flats instead?" Alexandra then suggested.
Kasey nodded as Alexandra handed her black flats. Kasey put them on, felling much better.
"Better?" Alexandra asked.
"Much... Thanks, Alexandra." Kasey smiled for the first time in what felt like her entire life.
"You're welcome," Alexandra smiled back. "Come on, we better go."
They were walking down to the opera house and saw Shaggy dressed Scooby like an old man.
"What the-?" Alexandra asked.
"Shh! You saw nothing." Shaggy said to Alexandra.
"Oh, brother, do I even want to know?" Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"Don't tell anyone." Shaggy told her.
Alexandra rolled her eyes again and took Kasey to the opera house. Shaggy and Scooby went over their plan as Shaggy helped Scooby act like an old man. Kasey looked around as she went inside with Alexandra, feeling close with her as they had a really good bond together so far.
"There she is... That little wench..." Barb said to herself.
"We'll get rid of her and her new friend." Lance told his wife with a grin.
Barb then grinned back to that.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Talent Star Finals, I'm your host, the man: Brick Pimiento!" Brick smiled as he came on stage as the crowd applauded him. "And now I'm sure you've heard we've had some trouble."
There were then images of the Phantom behind him.
"Mm-hmm, terrible business. Terrible. Because of this so-called Phantom, we're down to just a few acts," Brick continued before showing the contestants on the screen behind him. "Emma... Blake and Jones... Smith and McCord... And Chrissy! Fantastic. By the end of the show tonight, one will be crowned this year's Talent Star. The others receive a year's supply of Fudge-a-Roni: Fudge-a Roni, the great taste of fudge with the convenience of roni."
A woman presented the product on stage before she soon walked off while Shaggy and Scooby looked excited.
"As you know, on Talent Star, you decide the winner. You can vote by text or online," Brick informed before the show would begin. "Your votes will be tallied in real time, and displayed on this scoreboard. And now, going out live all over the world, I give you Chrissy!"
"This is not fair!" Sugar cried. "I should be up there!"
Chrissy came on stage, singing her song 'Homewrecker'. Barb grinned backstage before giving a thumb's up as she used her cell phone.
Meanwhile, Emma was in her dressing room, brushing her hair before she would have her turn. Unknown to her, the Phantom was going into her dressing room, trying to grab her violin until...
"Not so fast, you scum!" Knight Wolf called out.
Fred and Daphne came over and grabbed him.
"You were right, Emma," Trent smiled. "You do make better bait than Fred and Daphne."
"And we even got Knight Wolf to help out!" Brianna added.
The Phantom soon got out of Fred's grip and ran out the door.
"Hey, stop!" Knight Wolf glared.
Scooby and The Phantom screamed at each other. The Phantom then turned around and knocked over himself and Shaggy. The others went over to them Knight Wolf pulled off the mask, revealing the villain to be Lance.
"Lance Damon!" Brianna gasped.
"Of course..." Knight Wolf glared. "Who else would be so persistent in wanting Chrissy to win?"
"So it was you all along when it wasn't Mel?" Fred added.
"Ugh. I would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you meddling kids-...and your nosy old guy?" Lance glared until he glanced at Scooby.
"Dad, I just have one question before you to jail, and that question is... 'Why'?" Kasey soon spoke up. "Why don't you love me? You weren't like that until you and Mom found out that Chrissy had a singing talent!"
"You just weren't perfect enough." Lance replied.
"But why did you guys have to be so mean to me?" Kasey asked. "What did I ever do wrong? You could've at least loved me or cared about me, but all you would do was just keep me locked behind closed doors like I was just a servant, and not even your daughter! You're not parents, you and Mom are just bullies, and Chrissy's going to be worse when she grows up like you awful people!"
Lance glared at her and then he slapped her across the face which made everyone gasp.
"I tried to be perfect for you, Dad!" Kasey cried with tears streaming down her face. "I tried to please you and Mom, but you just shrugged me off like I was a bug! I'm sorry that I wasn't perfect! I'm sorry that I was born this way!"
Alexandra soon grabbed Lance's arm, putting it behind his back with a glare. "You're a real monster, Lance Damon."
"Monster? Ha! The only monster I see around here is you, you little freak!" Lance retorted.
"Oh, are you trying to make me angry?" Alexandra replied. "That's not a very smart thing to do. Then again, you're not a very smart man."
"Why should I even pay attention to a daughter who's not even mine?" Lance glared towards Kasey.
Kasey looked down, not saying anything.
"Wait, are you saying that she was adopted?" Eddy asked, referring to Kasey.
"I'm her step-father, and Chrissy is her half-sister," Lance explained. "Barb was pregnant when I met her, she couldn't remember who the father was, but her mother threw her out. We met each other later on, and decided to have a life together."
"That'd be so romantic if you two weren't such jerks." Alexandra replied.
"If only I knew who my real father was, then Mom wouldn't have met you, then I wouldn't have so many problems, Dad!" Kasey glared. "Or should I say 'Lance'?!"
"Well, good luck with that-OW!" Lance replied.
Alexandra kept bending his arm.
"Cut that out!" Lance replied.
"Karma's a pain, isn't it?" Alexandra replied coldly.
"Ow! Ow!" Lance glared in pain. "You're breaking my arm, you little freak! Knock it off!"
"I hope I am, now you'll know what it feels like to get hurt and pushed around." Alexandra replied.
The officers came by and put handcuffs on Lance.
"We'll take care of this, ma'am." The cop told Alexandra.
"Thank you, officers." Alexandra replied.
"What's gonna happen to me?" Kasey asked.
"We might have to put you in a foster home." The cop replied.
"Wait a minute," Alexandra said. "Don't do that because I'm going to adopt her."
"Really?" Kasey gasped in surprise to that.
"Yes." Alexandra nodded.
Kasey smiled to that.
"Is that really what you want?" The cop asked Alexandra.
"Yes, it is." Alexandra replied.
"There's just one thing," The cop said. "You must go to court with her to gain her custody so you can legally adopt her."
"Fine by me," Alexandra replied. "I'll go when Talent Star is over."
"All right." The cop said to her.
"Let's go, fella." The other cop said as he took Lance away.
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!" Lance cried out.
"Blake and Jones, you're on in 30 seconds!" Dewey warned Fred and Daphne.
Alexandra smirked and walked away.
"Where are you going?" Brianna asked.
"I think I'm going to scare Barb and Chrissy out of their wits," Alexandra replied. "Don't worry, I'll be right back."
"Gah!" Dewey suddenly yelped.
"Darn, these darn newfangled kids." Shaggy smiled nervously.
"Ugh... Your grandfather smells like a dog." Dewey said to Shaggy as he sprayed his bottle.
"Yeah? Well, you smell like lemons!" Shaggy replied.
"It's the hand sanitzer." Dewey replied before walking away.
"Hmm... Lemons..." Knight Wolf said as she was getting an idea. "Shaggy, you said that the Phantom smelled like lemons too, didn't you?"
"Yeah?" Shaggy remembered.
"What does that tell you?" Knight Wolf replied.
"Like, let's go after him!" Shaggy suggested.