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Rise of the Robot Demon

The Mystery Inc. gang was in Crystal Cove, and they were investigating yet another mystery. A new psychic fortune-telling place had opened up, and there were rumors of the place being haunted. The mayor had yet told Mystery Inc. that this was still a protected haunting for tourism (Fred shouted at the Mayor "Shut Up!" because he was still mad for keeping his real parents a secret from Fred) so the gang decided to investigate.

The Psychic there was named Baba Meher, and she opened up the door before Mystery Inc. knocked. "Good evening, Mystery Inc. I have foreseen your arrival, and you wish to solve the mystery of the resident poltergeist here, is it not?" said Baba Meher. "Yes, we're here to solve the mystery" said Velma. "So you are. Before you can solve the mystery, you must know that the poltergeist has only appeared during seances or whenever a paying customer wishes to talk to the spirit realm or wants to have a look into their past lives" said Baba. "This is a new one. Usually, the ghost appears before a paid séance, not after one" said Fred. "Like zoinks, does this mean that Scoob and I don't have to be the bait for once?" asked Shaggy. "No, this means that if you want to solve the mystery, you're going to have to ask for one of my services" said Baba as she pointed to the sign. The sign read:

Baba Meher's Psychic Services

Séance: $20.00 per visit ($100 for a full table)

Fortune-Telling: $10.00 per person

Talking to the Spirit Realm: $40.00

Past-Lives told: $30.00 an hour

Love Potions: $5.00 per bottle

Lucky Amulets: $10.00 per item

All Psychic Services for Animals are $25.00 per hour

Fred groaned then said "We have to pay for a service to see this ghost?" Daphne was looking at the sign, then said "I'll take the Past-Lives told service. I've had my fortunes told before, and we've been to plenty of séances before, so I would like to see what I was in a past life." "Very well, follow me" said Baba as she led them deeper within the shop. Daphne sat at a table while Baba held her hand and closed her eyes.

"Yes, I see that you were a spinner dolphin in a past life. You were spinning around, care-free and happy. Going deeper into more past lives…I see that you were a bird…a flamingo to be exact" said Baba. While she told Daphne of her past lives, the rest of Mystery Inc. looked around for any suspicious activity. Twenty minutes went by, and nothing happened. "I'm sorry, but it appears that the poltergeist has not appeared" said Baba. Daphne folded her arms and said "I've paid for the full hour, and you say that I'm out of past lives? We've been here for only twenty-five minutes." "If you want, I can do another past life examination on another member, no extra charge" said Baba. She looked at the other members of Mystery Inc. and said "Do any of you want to be next?" "I don't believe in these things" said Velma. Baba looked at her and said "I wouldn't say that if I were you, child." "I'm like curious if like it's not too scary" said Shaggy. "Then come here, child. There's nothing scary about learning with what you were in a past life" said Baba as Shaggy approached the table and had his past lives told.

"I see…a brown creature spinning around and devouring everything…yes, you were a Tasmanian Devil in the past life. Going back further…I see that you were a Tiger Shark, who also ate everything that he could find. Even going back further still…I see that you were a whale…" said Baba as she continued with the past lives. Fred and Velma tried looking around, but they still couldn't find anything. Shaggy's past lives ended, and there was still five minutes left. "If you want, I could tell the dog's past lives" said Baba. "Rog, rhere?" said Scooby-Doo. "Like Scoob, it's quite alright. I found out that I was like a lot of hungry animals and Robert E. Lee in my past lives. It'll be fun, Scoob. Who knows; maybe you could be like be one of the Lassies from a past life" said Shaggy. Scooby approached the table, and Baba placed her hands on either side of Scooby's head.

"Going deeper and deeper…your past life was only one before this one…it took a long time for your first life to be born into this body" said Baba as she focused her psychic energy on Scooby. "Wait…you were two entities, but both of them were the same being, but born in different dimensions. I see red eyes…blood-red eyes staring out at me. The first life, you were evil, but also silly. You wanted to destroy and had mad plans to destroy the universe, but you were reborn into something larger and psychotic. The next life after that, you were more evil. You destroyed your old planet by war, and you tried to destroy everything that got in your path. I see you leading a vast army of warriors wherever you went…you were a leader. For whom you were, I see sharp metallic spikes on a steel body. Your hands are sharp metal claws, and you had a large gun strapped to your arm. Your mouth had long sharp teeth, and a large metallic helmet protected your head. This entity is not dead, but rather sleeping deep within your unconsciousness…he is the shadow that haunts your worst nightmares. This entity is cursed to live in your body for the crimes that he did in his past life as a coward and a lowly yet kind creature for the rest of eternity. Yet, this entity can awaken to preserve his body to prevent his essence from being lost to the universe. This entity is…" said Baba before she recoiled screaming. She fell off her chair with a look of fright on her face as she stared wide-eyed at nothing.

The gang rushed over to her, as Fred said "Baba Meher! Baba Meher! Are you ok?" It took a few minutes for Baba to snap out of her shock, but she got up and pointed to Scooby and said "I saw that entity claw at me deep within your dog's mind. He is still sleeping, but I think that I woke him up slightly when probing your dog's mind. That entity must never wake up under any circumstances, or…" before she fell silent. "Or what?" asked Daphne. "Or…he will destroy this world" said Baba. Velma was silent the whole time before she shouted "Are any of you believing this? There is no such thing as past lives! And how can something so evil live within Scooby? He happens to be the biggest coward that I know of, and what do you mean if this entity were to awaken, he would destroy the world?" "Humph, you raid rat rish rus rupposed ro re run, Shraggy. Ri riddn't rike rit" said Scooby as he got up and walked out the door. "Like Scooby, wait!" called out Shaggy as he ran after Scooby, but he tripped over the rug, and a spectral-like shape appeared.

"Some mystery" said Fred as he inspected the rug and flipped it over. Sure enough, the rug had some wires attached to certain parts of it. The gang investigated to where the wires were connected to, and they led to projectors hidden throughout the shop. "So, whenever certain customers sat at specific places at the table, they'd step on certain patches of the rug that had these pressure points with the wires attached to them. The pressure points would then activate the projectors, enabling all these slides with the ghosts on them to materialize anywhere within the room" said Velma. She then looked at Baba and said "Of course, only the paying customers were haunted because they had to pay a required fee while you gave out phony fortunes and made-up past-lives." "I can assure you, child, that my poltergeists were fake, but my psychic abilities were real" said Baba. "But, like why, man?" asked Shaggy. "Because, with all the Internet psychics doing people's fortune-telling, the Ouija boards, and amateur seances, the only way to attract customers was with ghost projections" said Baba.

Later, in the Mystery Machine, Fred drove off with the gang down Crystal Cove as they listened to the radio. "This just in: There was a major breakout at the Crystal State Prison. Hundreds of inmates have broken out, and are all roaming the countryside. All citizens are alerted to be on constant alert as most of these inmates were once dressed up in Halloween costumes to commit crimes. Doors and windows must be locked at all times, and all beds and closets must be checked for monsters. Details at two…" said the announcer before the music returned. "Crystal Sate Prison? Isn't that where most of the villains that we unmasked were locked up?" said Fred. "Yes it was, Fred" said Velma "Looks like that we may have to be on constant guard if they're coming after us." "Cool! This is my chance to set up as many traps as possible!" said Fred as a huge smile appeared on his face. Scooby, on the other hand, didn't hear the news. He was still mad at what the psychic told him, and how a monster was living inside his head. He had never been so insulted before in his entire life, except for when Shaggy dated Velma without telling him.

Deep within Scooby's head, the entity rolled around in his sleep. Since Baba probed deep within Scooby's mind, she disturbed the monster's sleep. Now, the monster was waking up. He yawned, and looked around. Darkness was all around him, so he decided to go back to sleep. He rolled around a bit, then got up. He couldn't sleep, so he decided to have a look around. It walked around Scooby's unconscious a bit, before deciding to look into the subconscious part of his mind. He shape-shifted into a unknown jet-like shape before flying into the subconscious part and began probing into Scooby's memories.

His first memory that he probed was when Scooby was with his parents. The creature looked puzzled as he dipped his claws within the memory, and feelings flooded his body. He felt a warm fuzzy feeling deep within his metallic structure. He saw Scooby's parents, and looked even more puzzled. "Is this what it is like to have a creator and a sire?" he thought as he watched the memory. He heard the parents call their son "Scooby-Doo" and he sat down as he tried to remember his own name. It felt as if his name was in there, but just out of reach. "Just who am I?" wondered the creature, but no answer came. He shrugged, and then watched the next memory.

Hours passed, and Scooby's childhood ended, and he saw Scooby-Doo meet his friend Shaggy. He watched Scooby-Doo and Shaggy have fun together as they played together and grew up together. He even watched the two watch tons of monster movies, eat lots of food, and solve many mysteries together. He also saw Velma, Daphne, and Fred within the memories. The entity yawned, and felt tired all of a sudden. He then shape-shifted to his jet-like form again, and flew back down to the unconscious part of Scooby's mind to sleep. Before settling down to sleep, he thought "I'll see the rest of those memories the next time I wake up" as he yawned.