(Shaggy)

A few weeks had gone by since Duncan's return and not much had happened. At least, that I knew about. Well, except for Christina's current endeavor. She had sent another one of her undercover agents to go test, Velma. He was going to see where her true loyalties lied. I was anxious but Christina reassured me time and time again that it would all work out. She could be very, very convincing. For the time being she was trying her very best to answer my hundreds of questions.

"So, Danny is the ghost king now?"

"Yes, Shaggy,"

"And the vampires have a princess?"

"Yes,"

"When did all this happen?"

"Oh, some time ago,"

"Wow"

"I know,"

"So, do you think that maybe Velma will you know,"

"Shaggy I hope so for your sake,"

"How long does it take?"

"That depends on Ken,"

"Whoa, wait,"

"What?"

"Exactly how many undercover agents do you have in the hunter's headquarters?"

"More than you will ever know,"

"Like, that makes me nervous, Christina,"

"It should," Christina laughed.

"You're full of surprises,"

"Glad you noticed,"


(Velma)

Ken and I had started meeting up after work hours so, we wouldn't be disturbed by Fred or someone else. Work was taxing. I felt now more than ever that there was no joy or fulfillment. I was planning on resigning. When I had brought this up with Fred he had looked at me with his usual ice filled glare.

"Resign," he spat the word like poison.

"Yes, Fred,"

"Why?"

"I just need to go a new direction with my life,"

"Velma, this is the only direction,"

"No, Fred it isn't,"

"Then tell me what are you planning on doing,"

"Something quieter. Owning a bookstore perhaps?"

"A bookstore? Out of all the more important things you could do with your degrees and awards you want to open a bookstore?"

Since I was off the clock at that point I walked away. He couldn't scold me now. He could but, I wouldn't listen. When I told all of this to Ken he looked at me with a strange smile.

"Velma, can you keep a secret?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Well, first I need you to tell me something, do you ever intend to hurt the monsters we catch?"

"hurt them? We aren't supposed to unless it's needed,"

"Come on I want to show you something but you've got to leave your weapons behind,"

"Okay,"

Ken led me away from the coffee shop where we had been meeting, through town and away from any form of civilization. Through the rather dense and very dark forest, we went. We didn't say anything to one another and I was a tad bit unnerved. Why would someone tell you to leave all of your weapons behind and then lead you to a location void of any other human beings? The usual answer? They're going to murder you in cold blood. I reached for my phone only to realize I had left it also. I was pretty much screwed. I began to plot an escape when Ken came to an abrupt stop catching me by surprise. We had stopped in front of a bunch of innocent looking trees on a hill. There was nothing dubious about our location but I was still on high alert.

"Okay, I'm going to show you something but don't freak out,"

"Um, okay,"

Then, Ken vanished into thin air. He was walking toward the trees and poof he was suddenly and inexplicably in place trying to figure out what had just happened when he reappeared grabbed my arm and pulled me with him. Suddenly I stood in a barren field with what looked like a single trap door directly across from us.

"Follow me and don't scream,"

"You're scaring me,"

"Don't worry I'm not going to kill you,"

"How comforting,"

"Just come on,"

"Coming,"

Ken opened the trapdoor and we climbed down a steel ladder. The door had closed after us and I wondered if I'd need to force it open in case of escape. I was then led down the tunnel away from the ladder. When we reached the end of the tunnel I could only gawk at what I saw. A huge cavernous room in which humans and monsters were running around doing different things. Looking around this room that could very easily be bigger than Hunter's Headquarters I saw many door and halls. Just how big was this place? Anyway, it didn't take a very high IQ to figure out that I was standing in the middle of the resistance. In their base of operations no less! Ken only smiled and waved me onward. He led me down another hallway before coming to a stop in front of a door at the very end. He knocked politely and I was startled when the very werewolf claiming to be Shaggy answered the door. He didn't say anything he just ushered us inside before closing the door.

There were chairs in front of the large desk. Ken took a seat and motioned for me to do the same. I was more than a bit apprehensive. Especially when a door on the left side of the room opened and another monster entered the room. She took a seat behind the desk beside the werewolf. No one said anything for a while then she spoke.

"Hello, Velma,"

She spoke calmly, gently as if she didn't want to frighten me but I was still cautious.

"How do you know my name?"

"Shaggy told me, He's been worried about you," she replied gesturing to the werewolf seated next to her.

"It's true V," the werewolf spoke.

He called me V. Only my close friends called that. I now knew for certain that this wasn't an imposter it was indeed Shaggy.

"I don't understand. When did this happen and how does Ken know about it? Why am I here?"

"Well, It would be best to start with introductions." the vampire chuckled "My name is Christina and as you have already guessed this," She said gesturing to the space around us "is the resistance,"

"What happened to Shaggy?"

"Thanks to the very, very wrong and misguided actions of my uncle Shaggy ended up cursed,"

"And so you kept him here?"

"Considering that he was locked in a dirt cell when we found him that was best. Ken knows about this because he's one of our agents and you're re because we know you have reservations about your work as a hunter,"

"How do you know that I won't expose you?"

"You let him get away if word about that got back to Van Hellscream you'd be facing charges," Ken replied.

"Wait, criminal charges?"

"You'd be seen as a criminal yes,"

"So, what am I supposed to do now? I already resigned,"

"You could join us," Shaggy pointed out.

"You aren't going to hurt anyone?"

"No, that's not going to solve our problems," Christina replied.

"Then what are we going to do?"

"Expose Van Hellscream for the rotten, lying, cheat he is,"

"I'm in,"


(Christina)

I had sent Shaggy and Ken to show Velma around while I had a video conference with Clawdeen and Duncan. From the sound of things, the news did not go over well with Duncan's father.

"I had to remind Dad that Van Hellscream is to blame not all of society. Now, he's ready to send a few kaiju to hit every prison the hunters have built. Then they'll be ready to stand with us," Duncan explained.

"That's great news, I'll inform the rest of the council but I need you two back here asap,"

"You got it, Christy,"

Then the feed cut. Oh, we'd be ready alright. We just needed the evidence. It was time to call in the hackers.


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