A/N: And this is where the chase of the Phantom Virus begins for 2 separate groups.
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
Chapter 3: Phantom Hunt
Later, as a storm began to take place outside, back inside the campus, the gang were walking around the corridor.
"This building is so big!", Daphne commented.
"That Phantom Virus could be anywhere.", Crystal added.
"I think we stand a better chance if we split up.", Fred spoke.
"That way, we could cover more ground.", Scrappy added.
"We'll go with Shaggy and Scooby.", Googie and Crystal spoke in unison in puzzlement before both turned to each other and blushed.
"Like, okay.", Shaggy agreed with a puzzled grin.
"Mm-Hmm.", Scooby agreed before the group began leaving before Fred stopped them.
"Hey, you guys. I didn't say how we were gonna split up.", Fred spoke.
"Like, do we ever do it any other way?", asked Shaggy before he and the others continued while Fred, Daphne, Lena, and Velma stated behind.
Later, the group of four were at the basement.
"Do we really have to look in the basement?", asked Daphne.
"We have to search the whole building top to bottom.", Velma replied before Fred removed the tarp from something and saw a sort of old machine.
"Wow. This stuff looks like they should be in the Smithsonian.
"Why do they bother keeping this old junk?", asked Daphne.
"Who knows? Maybe this old junk can be valuable.", Lena replied as Velma got out a book and then blew out dust from the book and, inadvertently, at the virus, making him sneeze out dust.
"Jinkies! It's him!", Velma shouted.
"Mystery, Inc. We meet at last.", the virus spoke as he raised his index finger and arced out energy from it.
"Uh-Oh.", Daphne spoke.
"Watch out!", Fred urged before the virus shot out a bolt at the gang, who dodged it quickly, before he laughed as he proceeded forward and inadvertently stepped on the magnet, making him deteriorate in pain once again, shrieking, before he tried to get off the magnet and wound up falling over before the deterioration began wearing off, giving the gang an idea.
"The magnets!," Fred and Daphne spoke at the same time before they and Lena held theirs out.
"Get back, you...creepy thingy!", Daphne urged, puzzling the group.
"'Creepy thingy'?", puzzled Fred.
"Is that really the best you can come up with?", asked Lena before the virus growled in fury.
"You will pay for this!", the phantom virus snarled.
"The check's in the mail, you lousy computer bug!", Lena responded.
"See? Now, that's more like it.", Fred spoke before the virus growled and then left, limping.
"After him!", Fred urged before the group followed the phantom virus.
Meanwhile, at the cafeteria, everyone was stunned to see Scooby and Shaggy eating away, two students of which were disgusted and up and left, puzzling him.
"I wonder why they left.", Shaggy wondered.
"I don't know.", Scooby puzzled as he shrugged.
"Maybe your manners might have something to do with it. But, since everyone else left, I might as well join in.", Googie replied as she sat down and held out a burger with a slice of pizza inside before stuffing it in her face and then swallowing it.
"Mmm. Not bad,", Googie spoke before she got out another, frankly surprising Crystal and Amber.
"I didn't know she can eat as much as they do.", Amber spoke in surprise.
"Well, she does have wolf instincts, after all. How she got them is a long story.", Scrappy explained.
"Man, it's bad enough we're always chasing ghosts. Now, we're chasing computer-generated ones.", Shaggy spoke as he shook the whipped cream can before spraying it on a hot dog and then giving the can to Scooby.
"Yeah.", Scooby agreed.
"I don't see how it's bad for me. Looking back, it was actually kind of thrilling. That kind of thrill usually leaves me just as hungry as you guys now.", Googie commented as she did the same thing for her own hot dog.
Then, Shaggy took a bite of his hot dog before speaking.
"It's a good thing phantoms don't care about lunch.", Shaggy spoke.
"Yeah.", Scooby agreed before he chuckled as he shook the can hard before slurping his tongue as Googie realized what may happen.
"Scooby, wait!", Googie warned before Scooby sprayed the whipped cream and wound up being pushed back by the release impact as the whipped cream fell down before some of it was shown on Scooby's face before the rest was shown on both Crystal (who now had a holiday hat out of whipped cream), Amber (who had whipped cream-like stripes on her scarf), Googie (who now had the same thing as Crystal), Scrappy (who had a sort of snow beard), and Shaggy (who now has a hat and beard combo).
"I tried to warn him.", Googie sighed.
"Santa Claus!", Scooby shouted before he then chuckled and licked Shaggy's face as the girls giggled with joy.
Meanwhile, Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Lena lost sight of the Phantom Virus in the basement.
"I think we lost him.", Fred guessed.
"That Virus has to be out here somewhere, Freddy.", Lena responded.
"Wait. Look.", Fred spoke, noticing a bright light.
"What do we do?", asked Daphne.
"Get as close to him as possible with our magnets.", Fred whispered.
Then, the group of four hide across the wall.
"Ready? One, two, three!", Fred whispered before he and the group went out of hiding and saw none other than Officer Wembley with his flashlight, who turned the light on with the switch on the wall as he spoke.
"I thought I heard some noise down here. What are you kids doing? This basement is for staff only.", Wembley spoke.
"We're hunting for the Phantom Virus.", Velma replied.
"Yeah, I heard about this so-called Virus. I think it's some kind of college prank.", Wembley responded.
"Oh, no, no, Officer Wembley. You see, we...", Fred began before Wembley interrupted.
"You kids are coming with me back to Mr. Kaufman's lab.", Wembley interrupted, much to the group's worry, considering the threat of the Phantom Virus.
Meanwhile, back at the cafeteria, Shaggy, Scooby, and Googie were stuffed and plump, much to the amazement of Scrappy and the surprise of Crystal and Amber.
"Well, I guess that makes a new record of how much they can eat in a half hour.", Scrappy stated.
"Can you believe the cafeteria ran out of food? And we're still hungry.", Shaggy asked.
"Yeah. Hungry.", Scooby agreed.
"After the amount of food that we ate, I believe it. You know, being this huge from all that food we ate actually feels really good, especially since I'm as big as you are now. Uh, no offense intended.", Googie grinned.
"Like, none taken, Googie.", Shaggy responded with a smile.
"Yeah. None taken.", Scooby agreed before he burped. "Excuse me."
Then, suddenly, the Phantom Virus turned up, catching Scrappy, Crystal, and Amber's attention first as the two girls gasped.
"Uh, Uncle Scoob? Try not to look up now, but...", Scrappy warned before Scooby grew puzzled and looked up, as did Googie, before both saw the virus looking down at them with a grin in front of them.
"Uh-Oh.", Scooby exclaimed.
"I second that one, Scooby.", Googie agreed before she then hugged on Shaggy's shirt.
"I think I saw a vending machine down the hall. What is it, Googie?", asked Shaggy.
"Uh, you might want to sit back up and turn around?", Googie suggested before Shaggy quickly did so.
"Oh, hello, Mr. Phantom.", Shaggy greeted before he quickly realized who he was.
"Zoinks!", Shaggy exclaimed.
"Good bye!", the virus exclaimed before firing a plasma blast, only to miss Shaggy, Googie, and Scooby, who managed to hop off the table in the nick of time before they ran away as did Crystal and Amber, although Scrappy stayed behind.
"Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em!", Scrappy protested as the rotund girl picked Scrappy up and ran with the others.
"Is he always that brave?", Crystal asked.
"Trust me. You don't know the half of it.", Googie replied before Scrappy continued his protests as the virus laughed while following them before the group eventually arrived at the Psychology Department room first just as half of the group lost weight before the virus went inside only to spot Crystal and Amber on the seats.
"Looks like you're up, man.", Crystal spoke.
Then, the virus turned to notice Shaggy, Scooby, Googie, and Scrappy in their disguises with both Googie and Scooby as nurses, although Googie didn't need a wig for that one, and Scrappy had a mini stethoscope as well as a small reflector-like disc in his head.
"Thank you for volunteering for our experiment, Mr. Virus. Nurses, take the patient over to the table.", Shaggy spoke.
"You got it.", Googie agreed as she and Scooby walked over to the Phantom
Virus.
"Okay. This way, please.", Scooby spoke as he and Googie walked the Phantom Virus over to his seat.
"Right here's a good spot to sit down.", Googie stated as the virus sat down before Scrappy pushed a red button, causing the machine to open up and release wires.
"Just relax.", Shaggy spoke before he, Scrappy, Scooby, and Googie placed the wires on the Phantom Virus on the face.
"Okay. If you get an answer wrong, or if you run out of time to answer, you get zapped. You got that? Good.", Scrappy spoke.
"All right. Let the experiment begin.", Googie spoke.
"Now, can you tell us how many layers are in an ideal club sandwich?", asked Shaggy.
The Phantom Virus had difficulty answering that before Shaggy spoke.
"Time's up. The correct answer is...never enough!", Shaggy interrupted before Scrappy pushed a side button, shocking the Phantom Virus, who got zapped before Googie spoke up next.
"Let's try one more.", Shaggy announced.
"I got the next one, guys. When's the best time to enjoy a milkshake with your French fries?", Googie asked, puzzling the Phantom Virus before Googie interrupted.
"Time's up! The answer is...anytime!", Googie spoke before the virus groaned.
"You know what that means.", Scrappy spoke before he pressed the button again, zapping the virus once more before he had had enough and forced the wires off him, urging the group to steer clear of the virus.
"Escape!", Googie shouted before she, Crystal, Amber, Scrappy, Scooby, and Shaggy ran out of the room, out of their disguises, and away from the virus, who quickly followed in pursuit.
Then, the group found themselves in the biology lab and saw the animals before Googie's ears pricked into wolf ears, much to her embarrassment as she blushed before she had a "eureka" look as her ears changed back to normal. Afterwards, just as the virus was about to enter, a pack of animals burst out, running him over and leaving paw prints on the virus before the group ran out next, unknowingly ramming him as well.
Later, they were now in the Chemistry Lab, creating a sort of chemical before the virus caught up and Shaggy gave it to the virus before he and the others ran out and coveted their ears before the chemical exploded and they opened the door to notice the virus stained with smoke from the explosion, although he did survive.
Next, they were at the robotics lab as the virus crept up near Shaggy and Googie, who then made a whistling signal to Scooby, Scrappy, Crystal, and Amber before the two girls touched their necklaces and went into their true forms before Crystal began lifting the robot up just as Scrappy hopped aboard it and Scooby controlled the movements with a remote before the robot grabbed the virus and spun him around in the air before tossing him over to the doors of the library just as Scooby, Googie, and Shaggy closed the doors, allowing him to hit the doors and go back down before Amber then grabbed a beam and quickly bent it around the virus, restraining him, but only for a moment before he broke himself free, splitting the beam into two pieces, much to Crystal, Amber, and Scrappy's worry before Shaggy, Scooby, and Googie were seen climbing up the ladder before they turned around and saw the virus climbing up towards them before they hopped off and then pushed the ladder towards a bookshelf, causing himself and the bookshelf to fall on top of him.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We've got some work to do now
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We need some help from you now
Come on, Scooby-Doo, I see you
Pretending you've got a sliver
You're not fooling me, 'cause I can see
The way you shake and shiver
You know we got a mystery to solve, so Scooby-Doo, be ready for your act
Don't hold back!
Scooby-Doo, if you come through, you're gonna have yourself a Scooby Snack
That's a fact!
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you
You're ready and you're willin'
If we can count on you, Scooby-Doo,
I know we'll catch that villain
"Ooh, that's gonna hurt in the morning.", Googie winced just before Scrappy, Crystal, and Amber caught up to them.
"Are you all right, guys?", asked Crystal.
"Yeah. We're okay.", Googie assured.
"Thank goodness.", Amber sighed in relief before she and Crystal touched their necklaces and went back into their human disguises just as the virus got up and groaned before the group shushed him, earning a growl before the group quickly headed out and closed the doors but not before Googie spoke to him.
"Enjoy your book, sir.", Googie spoke before the group then closed the doors to the library.