"Where are we now and where did Minty go?" Daphne asked.
"If I'm not mistaken we're in the Roman Coliseum." Velma stated.
"Let's hope wherever Minty is, she's safe now..." Cherry was worried about Minty now too.
"Roliseum?" Scooby asked.
"You mean like where they play football?" Shaggy asked.
"Not exactly, Shaggy, you see, back in Ancient Rome, the Coliseum was used for all sporting events and where warriors used to always battle each other to entertain the king and audience and also where they fed the warriors to the lions for lunch." Atticus explained.
"Yes, it was a wonderful tradition..." Cherry said, finding light in the dark situation that was Roman games.
"Rions?" Scooby gulped.
"Well, it looks deserted now." Daphne observed.
"Don't get your hopes up..." Cherry said, knowing something would come down and ruin this moment for all of them.
"Speaking of lunch, we didn't even get to keep those Scooby Snacks from the Moon Level." Shaggy sounded disappointed.
Scooby agreed, feeling very hungry now.
"Don't worry, Scoob, I bet there's a concession stand somewhere." Shaggy smiled apologetically.
"Hey, look at this." Patch said as soon as he noticed white lines drawn into a shape of a large diamond, reminding him of Bill's game.
Cherry kneeled down, tapping the lines with her fingers and licked them a bit. "It's chalk..." she said softly. It was then she realized the shape of the chalk lines. "It's a baseball diamond!"
"Rikes!" Scooby gasped as he realized the Phantom Virus and Taffyta were there again with swords and shields.
"Welcome to Level Two, game players," The Phantom Virus grinned darkly. "Where things get a little bit tougher!"
"But first, let's introduce you to the home team and their mascots!" Taffyta grinned as well as she slashed the locks over the doors to show skeleton gladiators to come for them.
"Seriously?" Atticus asked, unamused. "Skeleton gladiators?"
"Is that the best you can do?" Cherry asked, a little uncaring in her tone of voice as always, but even more so this time.
The skeleton gladiators came out and roared with their weapons.
"And now, for the home team's mascots!" The Phantom Virus grinned sickly as he slashed another chained up door.
There came out a rather vicious lion with the box of Scooby Snacks in his mouth and Swizzle Malarkey was shown being dangled from the top of the seats.
"Couldn't we face Mufasa or Simba?" Cherry asked.
"No." Taffyta said with a sick grin.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Patch asked with an irritated face.
"The lion's got the Scooby Snacks and Swizzle Malarkey!" Daphne cried out.
"You know, for once, I'm not in the mood for Scooby Snacks..." Shaggy said, feeling uneasy.
"Re reither!" Scooby added.
The lion hopped, then put the box down and came closer, roaring angrily to them.
The gang ran as fast as they could and one of the skeleton gladiators threw a net to trap at least one of them inside of it and where it caught Shaggy by his legs. Everyone stopped briefly to try and help Shaggy out of his trap.
"Hurry!" Cherry called to them as the skeleton gladiators came with Taffyta riding on the lion's back.
"Swizzle Malarkey's nothing but a has-been!" Taffyta called up to the 'coolest' Sugar Rush racer. "Go back to Willy Wonka, you dork!"
"Hey, Willy Wonka's technically like a brother to me!" Cherry hissed in defense to the pink girl as they tried to get Shaggy free.
"Let me try to get Shaggy free." Atticus said.
"You better hurry..." Velma advised, she knew Atticus was strong, but it felt like they were quickly running out of time as the gladiators and Taffyta got closer.
"Swizzle's nothing but a Wonka Nerd!" Taffyta laughed, still bullying.
"A rariot!" Scooby noticed a Mystery Machine painted chariot like in the days of Ancient Rome.
Atticus was able to break the net, freeing Shaggy.
"Good thinking, Scoob, and great work, Atticus." Fred complimented.
"Cherry, give me your jacket." Fred said, having an idea.
Cherry hugged herself. "My brother got this for me!" she whined slightly.
"Cherry, please just do it." Atticus said.
Cherry sighed, then unzipped her jacket and held herself.
"I know this isn't red... But it'll have to do..." Fred said quietly to himself, then came in front of the lion, using the jacket like a cape. "Turo! Turo!"
The lion stopped in confusion of what Fred was doing.
"Uhh... Leo, Leo!" Fred called instead like a matador against a bull.
This made the lion angry and it began to charge towards Fred.
"If he ruins my jacket, I'm not going to be happy..." Cherry sneered.
"Ole!" Fred called once the lion came closer and he whipped the jacket away with the lion charging and missing him.
"That was too close." Velma gasped in worry.
"Hey Fred! Mind if I go cowboy on this kitten!" Atticus called out from behind the lion.
"Good luck with that..." Fred called, feeling nervous for him, but continued to distract the lion.
Daphne and Velma held the doors open so they could trap the lion inside. The lion growled, still determined to attack Fred and the others. The lion then decided to go after Atticus as he stood in front of the opened doors. Atticus got onto the lion an rode him like a mechanical bull. Cherry climbed up the best she could and freed Swizzle Malarkey from his prison.
"Thank you, Cherry," Swizzle smiled at her. "Is Minty okay?"
"Yes, but she misses you like crazy..." Cherry said once she freed him. "Ooh, you smell like Jolly Ranchers." she then got him down safely on the ground while Atticus handled the lion.
Once Atticus got off and the lion ran off, Daphne and Velma shut the doors, locking up the lion.
"Way to go, guys!" Fred gave a thumbs up.
"Wahoo!" Atticus cheered. "That was the first time I ever road on a lion's back!"
If you're wondering where Shaggy, Scooby, and Patch were, they were trying to stay away from the gladiators, even though Patch did have the strength to defeat them. Daphne rewarded Fred with a kiss. Cherry took her jacket back and zipped it up, feeling better and more comfortable. While Patch got rid of the skeleton gladiators, Taffyta pushed a button from her kart and made a giant strawberry go high up in the air and crash down on the ground, making Scooby, Shaggy, and Patch fly through the air and destroying the chariot.
"Stay sweet, suckers..." Taffyta grinned evilly.
"Whoa!" Patch yelled as he flew through the air, spinning around.
All three of them then landed back on the ground. Scooby and Shaggy slightly rolled and it made it out of the net. With their intense running, Shaggy, Scooby, and Patch made a thick dust cloud blocking the vision of the skeleton gladiators.
"YOU IDIOTS!" Taffyta hissed at them for getting stuck in a slight, unintentional trap.
"Good going, guys!" Fred was impressed once Scooby, Shaggy, and Patch came back.
"Yeah, whatever..." Shaggy said, a little dazed and out of breath.
"Just hold those gladiators a little bit longer, me and Fred will go and get the Scooby Snacks." Atticus said.
"Like, that's easy for you to say, man..." Shaggy looked at him.
"Reah!" Scooby agreed before going to do as told.
"Try to lead them up to the stands." Velma suggested, pointing up as a demonstration.
"I don't think we have the energy..." Shaggy said.
Suddenly a spear was zipping by them and Cherry caught it in her hand, showing zero fear.
"I think you do now..." Cherry said, glancing at the guys.
"Like, I think your right, Cherry." Shaggy said, scared for dear life.
Cherry and Fred handed the spears.
"What're we supposed to do with these?" Shaggy was lost.
"Use them to pole-vault over the walls." Swizzle advised like Minty did in the last level.
"And then what?" Patch asked.
It was too late, the others were gone before Swizzle could say anymore. The skeleton gladiators came closer and closer, and attempting to do the same. Taffyta licked her lollipop, keeping a sharp eye out for anything suspicious.
"These 'friends' are stronger than I expected..." the Phantom Virus noted.
"They'll never get all the racers and beat the levels..." Taffyta said slyly. "They'll never find Vanellope either... By the time they get to her, that glitch won't even want them to save her."
Shaggy, Scooby, and Patch were all now up in the seats and decided to run into some curtains to go disguise again. Shaggy, Scooby, and Patch came out in togas and wreathes to look like Ancient Romans.
"Friends, Romans, and Spooky Gladiators," Shaggy announced. "All hail Emperors Scooby and Patch!"
The gladitors were fooled by the disguises and bowed respectively.
'Suckers.' Patch thought.
This plan went well until Shaggy accidentally stepped on Scooby's toga and it was sliding down, revealing the Great Dane. Once the skeleton gladiators realized this, they went to continue their destroying plans against Mystery Inc.
Luckily, Fred grabbed the Scooby Snacks before the gladiators could slice up Scooby, Shaggy, and Patch and they all disappeared and now Swizzle disappeared away from them.
"They passed the second level." The Phantom Virus said.
"Now the real challenge begins..." Taffyta grinned, knowing that the third level was the beginning of the difficult and very life-threatening levels.