Somewhere out on the empty streets of Europe, a lone truck continued on its journey. At the wheel, an excited Chim-Chim fully intending to enjoy his chance to finally drive. As a pet ape with a fake driver's license, the Racer family never lets him drive. Over in the back, the others were off doing their own thing. Hamster 2 was working on the Ranger Plane, upgrading it with the latest 2x4 technology as well as making other gadgets and weapons for the other animals just in case. Masked Dog and Buck Rockgut was doing push ups and lifting some of the heavier tools, wanting to get in a workout while they had time and space to do it. Scooby, Dale, and Zebra Donkey were playing cards again betting on their food supply, which is running rather low since Scooby keeps winning, thanks to a tiny mirror held up with his long tail. Of course Scooby is decent enough to share some of his winnings with everyone but still ate most of it himself. Courage was programing the computer book with intel from Chip and Brain so that they can come up with a strategy for confronting the enemy. As for Bullet, she was on the roof of the truck. As a wild animal, she didn't like being in enclosed spaces and needed to go outside.
The trip from Spain to France was a long one, occasionally they would stop for food and gas. Since they are the good guys, they knew better than to steal. Luckily Scooby had one of Daphne's credit cards. Normally he would be reluctant to use it, seeing as she'll most likely kill him after getting the bill; but right now Scooby have more pressing concerns and pushed that thought to the back of his mind. Thankfully the others all agreed that the credit card would only be used for gas and food. This meant that Hamster 2 along with the other rodents would have to scour the garbage for usable parts for their projects. When driving outside the cities, Bullet would teach them how to forage for food, with mixed results (mainly Courage always being chased by some predator and sometimes even small creatures). Of course since they are traveling around Europe in style, they had to stop and take pictures of themselves at famous landmarks and tourist attractions.
After days of driving across countries, they finally made it to Paris, and the address they were given. "Is this the place?" Buck asked already getting into his infiltration mode.
"That's the address from the e-mail," Courage confirmed double and triple checking the computer book.
"Alright cupcakes, we don't know what's in there or if they are friend or foe. So here's the plan. You rodents scale the walls and enter through the roof. Me, the monkey and the funny horse thing will come in through the front while the mutts sneak in from the back." Buck said drawing a simple diagram on the streets.
"Hey!" they all objected, not only at the fact that he's acting like their leader, but also the insulting terms he's using for them.
"Or maybe you can just knock on the door," this strange voice suggested. They all turned to see a white terrier standing in the doorway of the building they were at. "And for future reference, you should not make plans sneak into a building when you are right at the door step. Especially when you are out in the open." The terrier suggested.
"Who are you?" Buck demanded getting into karate stance. The others got into battle ready stance as well, with Scooby and Courage cowering behind everyone.
"My name is Snowy, and I believe you are here to answer my call for help." Snowy observed.
"If your intel is any good," Buck warned.
"Oh believe me, my master's intel is always spot on." Snowy assured them. Inviting them all in, they noticed that the walls of the room Snowy and his owner were staying in had several pictures, newspaper clippings, and documents, all interconnected with colored string.
"Looks like some here has been busy," Buck said clearly impressed with the work. He can respect someone with obsessive paranoia.
"Yes my master Tintin have been working on this case for weeks." Snowy said checking on Tintin sleeping on the bed.
"Tintin? That's a funny name." Dale laughed. Chip of course slapped his partner on the head for his rudeness.
"Tintin is an alias, it means nobody." Snowy explained.
"Oh so he's like, 'my name is nobody'," Dale doing a Clint Eastwood impersonation. "That is so cool."
"Yes he is cool," Snowy agreed but for different reasons. "Anyway I believe this is what you are after." Snowy pulled out a pile of papers showing reports of high tech thefts.
"So what is all this?" Courage asked.
"For the past few months a series of mysterious thefts have been happening all over the world. The nature of these thefts have baffled Interpol, which really isn't too hard, but my master found evidence that they were a plot to take over the world! The use of the stun bomb was only the first step." Snowy explained.
"That figures," Buck snuffed. "But how did Tintin get hold of all this? Is he a spy, secret agent?"
"He's a reporter, one of the best." Snowy said with pride.
"Oh geez," Buck groaned. The one thing that military types like him hates more than bad guys, is reporters.
"So where are they now?" Chip asked.
"Just before Tintin collapsed we received this from one of our contacts," Snowy showed them a picture if a zeppelin anchored to what obviously looks like an evil lair on a cliff.
"Hey that's the blimp we saw in Washington!" Dale pointed out.
"I think you're right," Chip agreed. "Where was this picture taken?"
"In a remote region of the Alps." Snowy said.
"That figures," everyone groaned. For some reason they knew this would end up on the mountains somewhere.
"Now that we have their location, we just need to get there and kick the bad guy's butt." Buck grinned with anticipation.
"Then I suggest we get moving," Snowy said.
"Hold up cupcake," Buck standing in front of Snowy. "Now I've been rather lenient allowing civilians to tag along on this mission, but there is no way I'm letting some two-bit Pulitzer chaser endangering my mission and my team, just so that they can print some juicy gossip on the funny pages!" Buck ranted.
"Fine here's all you'll need to find it." Snowy handing Buck a map and notes. All written in some foreign language.
"What is that Greek?" Buck said. The other animals took turns looking at it but could not recognize any of it.
"It's Belgium actually," Snowy chuckled. "One would think that a brilliant military man such as yourself would have the foresight to bring a linguist for operations in a foreign land. You know just in case you need to talk to the locals or read something."
"Oh and I'm guessing you're a linguist?" Scooby asked knowing where this is going.
"Not to brag or anything, but I am fluent in 12 different languages. Belgium being my native tongue." Snowy bragged.
"We may need him Buck," Scooby whispered to the penguin.
"Fine," Buck conceded, "but if you screw this up for me, the next article you'll be writing is your own obituary!" Buck threatened.
"You do know that is impossible," Snowy laughed. "But don't worry, Tintin and I get into situations like this all the time. I won't be a burden on your team or you mission." Snowy assured them.
Soon this motley crew plus one was back on the road. Snow actually proving his worth talking to the local animals to find back roads and short cuts not on any map. Even negotiating for fuel and supplies, which helped out a lot especially in areas that don't accept credit cards. Before long they found themselves at the foot of the Alps. The roads going up the mountain were steep and rough. Luckily the truck was designed by the Racer family to drive on most surfaces to reach remote areas where races were being held. This allowed them to continue on where most vehicles could not.
After talking with some Swiss villagers as well as getting a lovely gift basket filled with fine chocolates and cheeses. Snowy learned that the zeppelin was seen flying by a few days ago. Surprisingly they also learned that a team of heroes had already gone in the same direction. "Alright, if what they say is correct. The base should be 20 klicks over that mountain range." Snowy said giving Scooby the gift basket.
"What's a click?" Bullet asked.
"It's military talk for kilometer," Buck explained.
"Metric system, can't stand that stuff. It's just way too confusing." Hamster 2 grumbled.
"You know it is a lot easier to use since all the conversions are divisible by 10." Snowy pointed out.
"That's what they say, but you also have all those crazy prefixes to deal with. It gives me a headache." Hamster 2 countered.
"Why don't we save that debate for another day, and just continue on." Zebra Donkey said. Already getting sick of this conversation since he keeps hearing about it in school. The others all nodded in agreement.
The team continued on their way and soon came across a rather sinister looking lair. "Is this the place?" Scooby asked, his teeth chattering from the cold and from fear.
"I think so," Snowy said sound very confused while studying the picture. "It looks like the building in the picture, but the landscape is all wrong."
"Maybe your contact forgot to clean the lens." Buck joked. "Let's just bust in there and crack some heads. If this isn't the place then we'll just apologize to the owner and keep looking."
"You know violence isn't the only isn't the only solution." Courage tried to say hoping to avoid any frightening confrontations.
"Maybe not, but it is the only one that gets results," Buck chuckled. "Alright here's the plan...hey where are you going?" Completely ignoring Buck's call for a plan, the others just walked right up to the front entrance.
"Hello anyone in here?" they all called out. But no answer. Carefully tiptoeing in, they came across several men all dressed in red, and just like every other human on the planet, they were all unconscious. Continuing on, they found themselves at what looked like the main room. Complete with a rather evil looking device in the center. Also in the room were four people; a boy and a girl wearing black shirts and cargo pants, and a blue man with a green woman. All four were also unconscious. As they slowly approached the two kids, a strange hairless creature swooped down and landed right in front of them.
"I don't know who you are, but if you mean my friends any harm or you intend to activate that doomsday device, you will have to go through me!" the creature warned.
"Look my good...um man." Snowy started saying. "We don't mean any trouble."
"Speak for yourself!" Buck yelled as he charged in. After days of being on the road, he's been itching for action. Buck threw a punch at the hairless creature, but it blocked. Buck quickly added a straight kick to the face, but the creature bent over backwards avoiding the hit. The creature smiled as he did a tail sweep on Buck's leg, knocking the penguin off balance. The creature then jumped up and was about to do a diving punch on the downed penguin when Bullet flew in and grabbed the creature.
"That's enough you..." Bullet yelled. But the creature did not heed her nor was he afraid that she was literally flying. Instead he took hold of her arms, and with a quick twist, flipped her over and threw her to the wall. With the creature landing safely on the ground.
"You can't do that to our friends," Masked Dog declared as he stepped forward. And it wasn't just him. All of the other animals including Scooby and Courage were standing against the hairless creature as well.
"Bring it," the creature accepting their challenge, giving them the 'come here' sign.