Author´s note: To work with scripts like this, the best sources are Arkham Asylum-City and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes but with my own strokes of course. We already have many questions in the air and poor Scooby is really going to get trolled this time. Poor Scoob!
Song belongs to Within Temptation.
We´re off!
4. Gates of Mist
20: 00 P:M.
Scooby glances at the dark entrance of Crystal Cove. Carusso wasn´t joking when he said that this was going to be `a bumpy ride´. No, he wasn´t. The Dane sneaks into the streets and looks around until he spots some well known and not welcoming faces: the Gator folks and the gnome. Surely Jones wanted to keep up the tourism but this is crazy!
The Dane sniffs around. How is he going to catch all these freaks? And all by himself? Ed said that reinforcements would only come if necessary. Well, how about from the beginning? I want my mommy! Focus, Scoobert, focus. He uses the grapple hook of his collar and reaches the roofs. Perhaps the best thing to do is head for the Town Hall. Is hard without the gang but the dog decides to give his best shot.
Unfortunately, his entrance hasn´t gone completely unnoticed. Since Ricky´s departure, Pericles hacked into the camera system and quickly spots the Great Dane.
"Vell, vell, vell. If it isn´t our four-legged comrade? Vhat a surprise" smiles the bird and presses a button. "Scoov is here to save de day" the parrot sneers as a figure dressed as an Executioner of the Middle Ages steps into the room. "Ve now know vhat ve can offer our fellow villains for tonight. De Great Dog dat send dem all to prison vill today receif his punishment. Send one of our voys to catch him. And tell everyone to go to de Town Hall" the bird laughs, not noticing that someone else has seen Scooby´s arrival.
SD
Scooby walks past the different buildings, hiding himself from old foes like the slime monster, the vampire or the shrieking octopus. See his town like this makes Scooby go down, really down.
"Would you mind if I hurt you?
Understand that I need to
Wish I had other choices
Than to hurt the one I love
What have you done now?
I know I'd better stop trying
You know that there's no denying
I won't show mercy on you now
I know I should stop believing
I know that there's no retrieving
It's over now
What have you done?
What have you done now?"
There´s no way he can do this. Him against all this monsters? NO WAY! But he can´t just walk away. Then, how? Hm? The collar´s radio is working. Who could that be now? Ed said that he would avoid that so that Pericles have nothing to track down but then...
"Uh, rello?"
"Evening, Scoobert" is a distorted voice. A strange one.
"Rho are ru?"
"Someone who can be your friend or your foe, depending on your actions"
"Ranother Rister E?"
"Mister E?" the stranger begins to laugh. "What a coincidence that you mention him, my friend. But no, I´m not Mister E"
"Then, rho?"
"Hm, that´s a good question. Very well. I´ll let you call me DC"
"RC?"
"Yes. And FYI, Pericles knows you´re here"
"Rho no" he looks around.
"His henchmen are looking for you and have a welcome party just for you. But when I say party, you know what I mean"
"Ro Relcome Rarty"
"Exactly"
"Would you mind if I killed you?
Would you mind if I tried to cause you have
Turned into my worst enemy
You carry hate that I don't feel
It's over now
What have you done?
What have you done now?
I, I've been waiting for someone like you
But now you are slipping away... oh
What have you done now?
Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?
There's a curse between us
Between me and you"
"Rhat ran I do? Ri cannot ratch rem alone"
"This is where I come in. Fulfill a few task for me and I shall help you"
"Rhat´s rit?"
"Yes, rhat´s rit"
"What have you done (x4)
What have you done now
What have you done (x4)
What have you done now
I will not fall
Won't let it go
We will be free
When it ends
I, I've been waiting for someone like you
But now you are slipping away... oh
What have you done now?
Why? Why does Fate make us suffer?
There's a curse between us
Between me and you
(x2)"
"Rut I ron´t know ru"
"Or perhaps you do. You´ll find it out soon enough. Now. I suggest you start looking at the library, in the Morgue as Velma called it" wait, how did he know that.
"Uh, rokey"
"Once there, I´ll tell you your first task. But try not getting caught, Scoobert. I can save a few times but not the whole time. Mind the fact that now Pericles owns the cameras around town"
"Rot rhat"
"Good luck" the conversation is over and so the Dane heads for the library. In his mind he wonders who is this DC. A friend or a foe?
I wasn´t going to leave poor Scooby to die alone.
Is this new character an ally?
Someone of the gang? A friend?
Will Scooby reach the library?
Next Clue: Into the Shadows