(A/N: This last, super long oneshot is based off of the Scooby-Doo theatrical film from 2002, so it'll be very similar; Just a heads-up. I've wanted to do this for a long time. Enjoy!)
Z- Zoinks
Summary: After a group of mystery-solving friends, graduating from high school, break up due to contrasting personalities and roles, they're individually invited to Spooky Island Resort to investigate strange happenings. Will they get back together through it all, or is their friendship over for good?
Wow-O Toy Factory
The Case of The Luna Ghost
"Let go of me!" 16-year-old Shenzi Tuck exclaimed as the Luna Ghost had captured her. Again. It was carrying her so she was facing behind its back, under its arm like books, as she kicked her legs. "Okay, now I really have a wedgie. Sean! Lil! Can you guys hurry up?! This stupid ghost keeps grabbing- Hey! Please!" The ghost was floating in the air, occasionally bouncing on beams, as it carried the Goth girl.
The black small hoop earrings in her pointy ears swayed ever so slightly from her movements. Her black floral shirt was cropped, and her pink tutu skirt with black and white striped waistband didn't exactly reach it, especially since she was bent over, so the ghost's long fringe was brushing her bare skin on her side and back. It wasn't a pleasant feeling; It tickled quite a bit. She clenched her teeth as she harshly elbowed the ghost's back. Her black boyshorts had been riding up under her skirt and black petticoat the whole time, but before long, the ghost finally landed on the floor.
"Uh oh," 16-year-old Lil DeVille muttered, "Again?" She took out her walkie-talkie. "Sean? Come in, Sean. Can you hear me?"
"Seanster here, L," 17-year-old Sean Butler replied in his headset, as he checked himself out in a mirror.
"Shockingly, Shenzi's been captured again, but that's okay. When the ghost rounds the corner with her, Chuckie and Spike will jump out of the barrel..."
"And you'll activate the conveyor belt, spilling the oil on the floor," Sean finished.
"Just remember my plan."
"Spike, chill out," 17-year-old Chuckie Finster whispered to the dog, whose tail was sticking out through a hole in the barrel, "Stop shaking! Wait... sorry, it's actually me." The ghost then blew fire on the barrel, just barely missing it, but slightly igniting Spike's tail. The Siberian Tiger Hound shot up and blew the fire out, the barrel lid landed on his head. Chuckie then straightened up, unaware of who was behind him, after Spike yelped in terror. "Spike, what're you doing? This is no time to..." He stopped when the dog mimed the presence behind him. "There's a ghost right behind me, isn't there?" Spike nodded, so Chuckie fearfully turned around. "Run!" Lil activated the conveyor belt, so some oil spilled on the floor, but when he tried to dash off, his feet were slipping, so he wasn't going anywhere.
"Sean, no-o-o-ow-w-w!" Lil gave the brunette boy the signal.
"I got it!" Sean went to turn on the hose, but Spike and Chuckie crashed into him. As the ghost floated in the air with Shenzi, who was now gagged with her own black scarf, he turned on the hose, but narrowly missed his target, spraying Lil instead.
The brunette girl flailed her arms in panic, then fell head-first off the cat walk, but a chain around her ankles kept her from landing. "SE-E-E-EA-A-A-AN!"
Then, the net meant to catch the ghost landed on Sean, surprising him into turning the hose off. "Sorry, Lil."
"I know, Sean," Lil crossed her arms as she dangled upside down.
"Where's the ghost?!" Chuckie exclaimed, the barrel blocking his view. He then stepped on a skateboard and after multiple dodges of sharp blades and riding up one curved wall like a ramp, they crashed into the ghost and landed in a knocked-down pile of dolls.
The two brunettes ran up to their friends in concern. "Shenzi, you okay?" Lil asked her.
The black-haired girl unveiled herself from the pile, and pulled her scarf down. Her black roses headband was disheveled from the landing. "I am so over this damsel in distress nonsense," She replied in annoyance, adjusting her black cat-eye prescription glasses.
"Where's Chuckster?" Sean wondered aloud.
Chuckie then popped up from the pile, his purple rectangular glasses disheveled and his long, red hair over his face. "Right here!" Spike then popped up next to him. "Hey Spike, that was fun! Let's grab another skateboard, and go for round two, huh?" The dog nodded in agreement, excitement evident in his face.
All of a sudden, their van crashed through the factory walls. Then to everyone's surprise, Emica exited the van from the driver's side, followed by news reporters and fangirls aiming to get Sean's autograph. "There you go. One for you. Good-looking guy. Alright, nice to see you."
Emica walked up to, and embraced the brunette boy. "Thanks so much for saving the factory."
"Emica, any comments for us?" A reporter asked her.
"This is a victory for any celebrity who wants to make a quality, ecologically-friendly action figure," She made her comment for the press.
"Sean, what's the secret of your success?"
"Teamwork," He replied, "I do a tremendous amount of teamwork." Lil's small smile quickly faded away; He was taking the credit for her planning. "And I always have a plan. Come on."
"Yeah, my plan," She said to herself dejectedly.
"I knew from the beginning there was never a phantom," Sean walked up to the ghost, who was pulled up by two police officers, "The Luna Ghost is in fact..." He pulled the mask off, revealing a middle-aged man.
"Mr. Smithers?" Lil, Chuckie, and Shenzi said simultaneously in shock, Lil sounding unfazed.
"My tour bus' creepy driver?" Emica added, looking uncomfortable.
"Smithers wanted revenge after you refused to go out with him," Sean explained.
"How could you, Velma? I am a lover of George Clooney-an proportions."
"Sean, how was the ghost able to fly?" The reporter asked the leader of the group.
"I can answer that," Lil chimed in, walking up to the "ghost," "Watch." She and Sean tore the costme down, revealing a metal suit with balloons on the arms and torso. "These balloons fill with a highly potent helium synthesis. Giving the Luna Ghost..." She pressed a button on the suit, making the balloons inflate. "His weightless appearance.
This caused Smithers to start floating straight up in the air. "I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids... ...and your dumb dog! I'll get you for this!"
"Sean, I can't believe you took credit for my plan again," Lil berated the leader of their group, as they walked to the van, which was parked back outside the factory entrance.
"Some plan; That creep pawed me for an hour and a half," Shenzi remarked with a shiver.
"It's not our fault you always get kidnapped," Sean pointed out.
"I do not always get kidnapped," She glared at him, with her hands on her hips.
"Please," Lil scoffed with an eye roll, "You come with your own ransom note."
"Hey you guys," Chuckie piped up before anyone could get physical, "I know I'm just the guy that carries the bags, but... we all play an important part in this group. We're like a banana split; Sean, you're the big banana. Shenzi, you're the chocolate and gum-flavored ice cream. And Lil... you're the cherry that goes on top. That sounds pretty good, doesn't it?"
They stayed quiet, before Lil spoke up. "You know what, Chuckie? You really put it in perspective for me."
"Thanks," He smiled.
But then, she looked emotionally hurt. "I quit."
"No," Chuckie quietly protested.
"You can't quit!" Shenzi exclaimed. "I was going to quit in two seconds! Now everyone'll think I copied the smart one."
"Whoa, now, wait a minute," Sean spoke up, "Maybe I quit too. Yeah," He nodded, "I quit." He walked to his own car.
"I'm out of here," Shenzi then walked to hers, intentionally bumping Lil's shoulder.
"Good riddance." With that, the last of the three walked off to her car.
"No," Chuckie protested again, "Don't go. Guys, don't do this." He sighed sadly, then looked down at Spike. "Well boy, looks like it's just you and me for a while." He entered the van, and started driving away from the scene.
Two years passed, and the gang were still on their separate paths. 19-year-old Chuckie didn't want to admit it, but he missed Shenzi more than Sean and Lil put together. Why? He was, and still is, in love with her. Her long, black hair, her sparkling eyes (although she hid one under her long bangs, due to one being green and one being blue), her sweet smile, her fun personality, everything about her entranced him. During the time away, he confessed this secret to Spike, who seemed supportive and sympathetic. He listened intently as Chuckie vented about how he wanted to run his fingers through her soft locks, with her tiny lips against his.
"I'm looking for a Mr. Finster, with a dog named Spike," He and Spike heard an unfamiliar voice outside the van, where they were currently cooking turkey and cheese sandwiches on a grill, letting the smoke billow out through the sunroof. "The detectives?"
"Uh oh," Chuckie muttered, "Must be someone looking for us to solve some freaky mystery. Uh, nobody home! Quick Spike-o, grab the food-o, let's scram-o!"
"I'm looking for a Mr. Finster, with a dog named Spike."
"Let's go!" The two jumped out of the van, but encountered a man they didn't recognize. "Sorry, guy. I'd love to help you out. You seem really nice, but we're not detectives anymore."
"I've been sent by Mr. Emile Mondevarious to invite you to his world famous amusement park, Spooky Island."
"We don't go near places with "spooky," "haunted," or "creepy" in the name."
"But he'd like you to solve a mystery. He'll pay you a fee of $10,000."
"That sounds great, but materialism isn't really our thing."
"Free airfare."
"No thanks."
"Room and board."
"Mm, no thanks."
"And... all you can eat."
The two were sold at that.
At the airport, 19-year-old Sean looked around for the check-in, for his flight to Spooky Island, after going through security. "Sean?" He heard 18-year-old Lil's surprised-sounding voice.
"Lil? Are you going this way?"
The brunette girl nodded nervously. "How have you...?" She drew out awkwardly.
"Been?" He finished.
"Yes," She nodded.
"Great, great," He replied, "I'm on the lecture circuit with my new book: Sean on Sean: The Many Faces of Me."
"Impressive," She raised her eyebrows.
"And yourself?"
"I started coaching the middle school's soccer team," Lil replied, "We're going in the state finals."
"State finals?"
"Charter service to Spooky Island will begin boarding momentarily," They heard the announcement for their flight.
"How many times do I have to say it? I'm not interested!" They heard a familiar, female voice. They looked at the check-in desk, and saw 18-year-old Shenzi looking annoyed.
"Shen?" Sean blurted out.
"Oh no," She muttered, before glaring at them, "I'm not talking to you guys." She then looked back at the desk, but turned back to them. "What the heck are you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Lil asked her. "We all received the same letter from Mondevarious, inviting us to Spooky Island."
"Seriously?" Shenzi threw her hands out, then sighed heavily. "You're kidding me. I was going to solve the mystery all by myself for the first time."
"How're you going to save yourself when you get kidnapped?" Sean smirked.
"I've been taking martial arts lessons for two years now," Shenzi glared, "I've transformed my body into a dangerous weapon." Her blood boiled when the brunettes snickered. "It's true!"
"Hey!" Chuckie exclaimed happily upon seeing his friends together, especially a certain one. "I guess we're all heading for Spooky Island!"
"Spike's allowed on the plane?" Shenzi raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"Y-yeah," He shrugged, feeling happy to hear her voice again, "Big dogs aren't allowed, but he's not in that category." She nodded in understanding.
"Flight 3774 to Spooky Island, now boarding."
"Listen, I wouldn't have agreed to come if I knew," Lil confessed.
"Wait! Let's all just think for a moment," Chuckie stopped them from leaving, "We'll be a team again, just like the old days. Come on. Let's put our hands in, and go yeah! Huh?"
The three hesitated, before Shenzi spoke up. "O-only if Sean and Lil do it."
Sean stayed quiet for a second. "People are watching, Chuck." Lil then strutted away in a dignified way. Chuckie looked at Shenzi with hope, but she slowly turned and walked back to the desk, where her carryon bag was.
He sighed sadly, before he looked down at Spike. "Come on, buddy." He patted his leg and headed for the boarding area, so the dog followed him obediently.
After a while, the plane took off, heading for Spooky Island. "Not interested," Shenzi hissed to a creepy guy sitting too close to her for comfort, "I like someone else." Who is that someone else, you ask? Chuckie Finster, that's who! Due to pride, she didn't want to admit that throughout the last two years, she missed him. His long, red hair, his adorable freckles, his beautiful brown eyes framed by his glasses, and his overall appealing personality always made her heart skip.
While Chuckie was thinking about how great it was to see Shenzi again, a scent caught Spike's nose; A cat. He hated cats! He started barking at the cat, so it hissed it him. He then jumped down from his seat, and ran after it. "Sit, Spike!" Chuckie tried to command him. "Bad Spike! Don't eat the kitty!"
A while after the issue was solved, the plane finally landed at its destination. "Welcome to Spooky Island... ...the frightfully popular spring break spot for college students. Catch our Electrical Torture Parade. It's a Dead World After All. And the world famous Splatterhorn." The group walked up to the talking statue, which had moving arms. "Spike Finster! And Sean, Lil, Shenzi, Chuckie. It's marvelous to see you all! How fanta..." Its arm hit a college girl by accident. "I'm sorry! That's the second time this week. Thank goodness." A strange man jumped out from behind the statue. "It's a new toy. I'm just getting up to speed with it. Welcome."
Shenzi caught up with the group, struggling with her luggage. "Phew!" She puffed out. "Thank goodness. I thought I would have to lug all these to the hotel."
"I can hel..." Chuckie started to offer, but was cut off. She did look at him, feeling surprised, yet flattered.
"That's what Spooky Island's about," The man interrupted him, "Realizing your worst fears. I'm Emile Mondevarious, the owner of this amusement park." He shook the black-haired girl's hand.
"You seem less..." Lil began a remark.
"Spooky," Chuckie added in.
"Then we were expecting," Lil finished.
"I can be pretty spooky when called upon. I can go: Claws and everything. Grr! You wouldn't want to run into me in a dark alley."
"So, you're the one who brought us here," Lil concluded.
"No. What brought you here was your insatiable appetite, for a juicy mystery." He then started leading the gang to the hotel.
"The truth is, Mr. Mondavarious," Shenzi caught up with him, "Our group is... broken up."
"That's the beauty of something broken. It can be fixed. Therein lies its potential. And I need you to fix Spooky Island."
"What's the problem?" Lil asked him.
"I believe somebody's casting a spell on the students. Now listen and look around. Notice any difference between those arriving and those departing?" They passed by a line of college students, just standing in place and not doing anything.
"They look like sober, well-behaved college kids," Lil pointed out.
"Precisely. They didn't before they came. They've changed. In other words, a magic spell." They then witnessed a boy trying to reconnect with the girl at the front of the line, but ended up being thrown away on the sand, literally.
"I'm terrified," Mr. Mondavarious regained their attention, "The young people that come off that barge, the people I love the most, they're in danger."
"I'm going to solve this one first," Lil announced with determination.
"Not before I solve it first," Sean retorted.
"You guys will look like idiots when I'm the one rescuing you," Shenzi added with as much pride as she could muster. Although it wasn't a lot, judging by her averting gaze. She then walked to the hotel with her luggage on hand.
"Thank you. Marvelous. Maybe we can celebrate later by having a little spookapalooza."
"Spooka-what-a?" Chuckie raised an eyebrow after snapping his gaze away from Shenzi.
"I saw that," Mr. Mondavarious teased him, "You like that girl, don't you? The one with the glasses?"
"Y-yes I do," He nodded after making sure no one else was listening. Feeling a bit uneasy, he fast-walked to the hotel with Spike.
After the sky turned dark, Shenzi began exploring the island on her own, determined to find some clues to solve the mystery by herself. She wanted to prove that she was more than the damsel-in-distress in the group. Although he probably didn't, she hoped that Chuckie didn't think that of her.
She then heard somebody say weird words in a shack on the beach. Curious, she went to investigate, and saw a black man in the shack, with a dead chicken hanging on the ceiling. She hated to interrupt whatever he was doing, but she needed any clue she could get to solve the mystery. "E-excuse me?"
"Hey!" He yelled in surprise, then turned to look at her. "What are you doing?! Now I have to start my voodoo ritual all over again!"
"Voodoo ritual?"
"Yes! Voodoo ritual! I was about to sacrifice this chicken."
She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "Uh, that chicken's not alive."
"I know the chicken's not alive, you smart little girl. What, did you figure that out when you saw it didn't have a head?"
"No," She shook her head, "It was from..."
"What do you want? Why are you all up in the voodoo ritual space?"
"I'm looking for clues to solve the mystery of the college students' strange behavior."
"Here's a clue for ya: Black is a Halloween color. It's June!"
"Say what?" She furrowed her eyebrows again.
"Do yourself a favor and get off this island. Go home. Go home before evil befalls your skinny, little aerobicized booty." She glanced at her backside. "And whatever you do, do not, I repeat, do not go into the Spooky Island castle."
"Pfft, don't go in the spooky castle," She scoffed, "I've heard that before. Just watch me." With that, she strided away.
"What in the world?" The voodoo maestro muttered to himself.
On the way to the castle, she had Chuckie and Spike tag along, although didn't mention the part about where they were going. After some convincing, they followed her inside.
While in there, they ran into Sean and Lil, along with some clues. Sean found some weird footprints, he and Lil saw a training video on how to "behave properly" in a room that looked like one for a class in schools, and Shenzi found an artifact in one of the rooms. There was a trap for it, but she just barely escaped. When they heard people coming, they quickly posed as the mannequins in the castle ride, and overheard them talking about something called the "Daemon Ritus." As Mexican wrestler Zarkos berated one of the henchmen, Shenzi internally concluded that the Daemon Ritus was the artifact she found.
They returned to the hotel, and provided clues and named suspects for Mr. Mondavarious, who happened to be one of them. But while Shenzi and Chuckie were busy, three demons came crashing in the hotel, through the windows and roof! Various college students in the lobby, plus Sean and Lil, were captured after getting knocked out by their green breath. Shenzi just barely managed to grab the Daemon Ritus before anyone else could, and stashed it back in her purse, before catching up with Chuckie and Spike.
After the three managed to escape, and hid in large vases, the demons dragged their prisoners away to the castle. "What are those things? What do they want with the college kids?" Shenzi wondered aloud. "We have to follow them."
Chuckie looked at her with a baffled expression. "Say what?"
"Defeat them, and save Sean and Lil. They figured out everything. Now it's our turn, Chuckie. For the first time, they're the damsels in distress, not me." She went to step out of the vase, but she lost her balance and fell forward. "Oomph! He-help?" Chuckie immediately came to her aid. "Thanks, Chuck." They hid by the entrance to the castle, where the demons hauled their victims inside.
"I'll call for help," Chuckie went to take out his phone, but Shenzi stopped him.
"No! I got this," She assured him, "I got this." But then, the entrance was closed tight. "I don't got this." Chuckie then called the coast guard, and explained what happened. Although instead of mention monsters, he said their friends were kidnapped, which was actually true. After he hung up, Shenzi spoke up. "Okay, let's wait on the beach. But... I have to use the little girl's room first."
"Take your time," He nodded, "I'll meet you by the pier."
"'Kay," She agreed, and headed for the hotel. After using the bathroom in her hotel room, she changed into Alice in Wonderland skirted swim bottoms, a polar blue extension, black leather sandals, and a short, black tankini top that went down to half an inch below her belly button. She grabbed her black and purple corset purse, which had the Daemon Ritus hidden, and headed back out to the pier, where Chuckie was waiting for her. "I'm back," She shrugged.
"Y-yep," He stammered, "So now, we wait for help to come."
They waited for a while, until fatigue took over, so they decided to get some sleep. Spike had drifted off while Shenzi was in the hotel. After taking the artifact out, she used her purse as a pillow on the sand, laid her head on it, and was out like a light, with her glasses still on her face. Chuckie couldn't help but watch as she slept peacefully. The Daemon Ritus was in her hands. She looked so lovely in the moonlight; And she looked pretty sexy in that swimsuit too. He then fell asleep himself, carefully laying his head on Spike, and staying close to her.
The next morning, Shenzi was startled awake by something bumping into her head. She sat up and looked behind her back, but to her confusion, the hotel looked good as new. There was no damage whatsoever. "What the-? Hey, Chuckie." She gently nudged him awake.
"Huh? What's wrong, Shen?" He looked back, and saw the hotel. "Wha-what happened to the damages?"
"Yo, Goth!" A college girl exclaimed to Shenzi. "Ball?"
She threw the ball back to the blonde girl, then glanced at Chuckie and Spike, who woke up at the same time as the redhead. "Let's go." As they walked along the sand, the band Sugar Ray was performing their song "Words to Me" for the students. "Okay, we should split up."
"Why?"
"We need to find Sean and Lil. You go that way," She pointed to his right, and slightly behind his back.
"O-okay," He stammered, then walked that way. "Come on, Spike." The dog hesitantly followed him, as Shenzi walked the other way. She looked among the college students for any clues, but Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath caugh her attention. She couldn't help butsmile as he kept his focus on her through the song. But after a few seconds, she realized that he was possessed by the demons, and that she had eyes for someone else, and quickly walked away, confusing him.
She checked the womens' locker room, but hastily ran out at what, or who, was in there; Lil, in makeup and a bikini, dancing with other girls in bikinis! But turned out, she was possessed by the demons like McGrath, as evidenced by the roar she released. But when she turned around after closing the door, Zarkos was right in front of her! "Aha! Damsel in distress!" He taunted her, grabbed her left arm, and practically threw her down on his knee, so she was almost in a 90 degree angle.
"Let go of me! Chuckie! Help!" She grunted in frustration as he swiped the Daemon Ritus from her purse. Her head fell back as she tried to escape his grip, but he seemed to be... turned on by her struggling, and the position he forced her in. "Let me go, you big jerk!" What made her really uncomfortable was; From being bent back, more of her flat belly was revealed, including the bottom of her navel. Why wasn't he letting her go?! She growled in frustration as she clawed at his hand that kept her down.
"Aww, what's the matter, seniorita?" He taunted her some more. "Your little swim top too small?" To her dismay, he started poking at her bare belly.
Her breath hitched, and she couldn't hold back the giggles. "Eehehehehe!" She dug her black-polished nails in his arm, but he was unfazed, as she stomped her feet. His finger teasingly tickled her belly, and even her bare side. She now regretted wearing such a short swim top. "Stop!" Then without warning, Zarkos swung her up on his shoulder, and walked away from the locker room. "Hey! Put me down!" She punched his back and kicked his chest, but they did nothing to help her.
After encountering an entrance to a secret underground cave, where Spike fell in, Chuckie looked for him, but a familiar voice made him freeze. It sounded like Shenzi; She was captured? He laid back against the wall, and saw the black-haired girl restricted on a post with her arms up like the upper half of an X, so her swim top shimmied up. Her semi-deep curves and belly button were revealed for whoever was there to see. Dread filled him up when he saw who looked like the Mexican wrestler from the castle walk up to her as she struggled in her bonds. "My friend from America told me about you, seniorita. Pangborn has good taste." Her eyes widened in horror; He knew Pangborn, her former middle school vice principal/gym coach? He had a thing for tickling her and her only, so that explained a lot. Chuckie's eyes widened as well; He wanted to run in and help her, but he was paralyzed with fear. Because that guy in front of her could snap him in half with a toothpick.
"Yeah well, he got arrested," She spat at him, "And if you don't let me go, you'll suffer the same fate."
"I like 'em feisty," Zarkos poked at her belly again, just below her belly button. "You're as pretty as Pangborn described to me."
"Eehehe!" She giggled helplessly, and struggled some more.
"You leave her alone," Chuckie whispered angrily, but it was drowned by her giggles.
Shenzi's skin shuddered and her giggles turned into laughter as he tickled her bare sides and hairless armpits at a tortuously slow pace. When he stuck one wiggling finger in her belly button, pushing her swim top up a little bit, she thrashed so hard that her bonds almost broke, but he stopped before they could.
She panted as he walked up to the controls for an intimidating pincer, and shined the light as it was aimed at her chest. "Uh oh," She squeaked out in fear. To hers and Chuckie's horror, the pincer sucked out her protoplasm! She slumped unconscious as the pincer drew away her protoplasmic head. "Hey! Put back my protoplasm!" She exclaimed. "You're a big jerk! Capital J-E-R-Oh!" She was cut off by getting dropped in the protoplasm vat. "K."
Chuckie helplessly watched in horror as one of the demons possessed her body. "Shenzi" was let down from the post, and walked out of his sight with the henchmen, then Zarkos. Once the cave was vacant, Chuckie sneaked over to the vat, and his eyes widened at the alarming amount of protoplasmic heads floating around. After releasing Lil and Sean's protoplasms, he finally found the one he seeked most; Shenzi's. "Thanks Chuckie, but... put me back in. I-I'll find a way out myself."
"How?" He couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful she looked without her glasses.
"I, I don't know," She stammered, "I'll uh... oh! I'll use my tongue as an oar to swim to the edge! Yeah!"
"Sorry Shen," Chuckie then let go of the protoplasm, sending it flying like the others.
He then spotted the Daemon Ritus on a rock on the other side of the vat. He then took it, and looked around the cave for Spike, but had no luck. While hiding it, he searched for the others outside, they could help him, and his eyes widened at the sight he saw; Shenzi, dancing among a bunch of college boys, who almost towered over her. Her hair was in two high ponytails and extension-free, she had black eyeshadow around her large eyes, and was in almost no clothes. She wore a plain black bikini with a triangle top and side-tie bottoms, a black crochet skirt cover over the bottoms, although it didn't do much, and a black short-sleeved crop top with all the buttons undone. She was barefoot, and her glasses weren't on her face. "She-Shenzi?" He stuttered, getting her attention.
"Hey, Chuckster!" She greeted him. This kind of slang wasn't like her at all. "Want to, like, get your groove on with my homeboys?" She swung her hips for a second, making his cheeks flush red even more. They almost matched his hair now.
"Uh," He stuttered, before shaking his head, "Shenzi, this isn't you!" He shook her by her shoulders. "I know you're in there, you monster! Get out of her body, now!"
"Hey!" She pushed him away in shock. "What's your problem, dog?"
Shaking his head in defeat, he continued his mission to find the others, in hopes that their protoplasms returned. Shrugging nonchalantly, Shenzi went back to dancing.
At the staff entrance, Lil's protoplasm returned to her body, making her fall face-up on the ground, and the monster came out in front of her. Her eyes widened in shock as blisters suddenly popped up all over its body, before it exploded. After a while, she saw Shenzi enter the same place she was heading to herself. Initially, she was puzzled at her slight lack of clothes, but concluded that she was possessed as well. She stealthily followed her, then glanced outside, where she saw a protoplasmic head coming their way. She just had to get the bikini-clad girl's attention. "Um... y-yo yo, you yo." Shenzi walked up to her with a confused look, then Lil shoved her in the room next to them.
"What the- Ho'!" Shenzi was cut off by the protoplasm crashing in. She fell on a suede chair, and squirmed as the protoplasm took over. Lil shut the door as she watched the scene unfold before her.
She ran to the window as a demon came out of Shenzi, landing in front of her. Before it could do anything to her, Lil spoke up. "You could use a little sunlight." She pulled on the shutter blinds, so the sun shined in the room. The monster freaked out as blisters popped up, before it exploded. "That's one part of the mystery solved," She closed the blinds. "The creatures need our bodies to survive in sunlight. Like a human suit. SPF 1,000,000." As she made her conclusion, Shenzi stood up and, for some reason, looked freaked out as she stared at her shuddering hands. "What are they doing here in the first place?" She paused when the black-haired girl was silent. "Shenzi, you okay?"
"Yeah," She, or he, replied nervously, before turning to the brunette girl, "But I'm not Shenzi!"
"Sean?" Lil's eyes widened.
Elsewhere, "Sean" was walking in the lobby, out of the mens' restroom, when Shenzi's protoplasm crashed into him against her (its?) will.
"I couldn't get to my body," Shenzi/Sean explained, "I didn't know where else to go; I panicked!" Lil shrugged in a "true" way. "It's not easy to steer when you're pure spirit." He then saw the sexy outfit Shenzi had been wearing before he entered her body. "Hey!" He perked up, getting Lil's attention back. "I can look at myself naked!"
"Oh God," Lil grimaced in disgust as she walked out. The brunette boy/black-haired girl sneaked a peek, before following her with eagerness.
Outside, Sean/Shenzi walked around the trees, feeling disgusted as he/she held her purse in one hand. He/She then spotted the girls, or girl and boy/girl, the latter who was feeling her up. "Get your hands off me!"
"Shenzi?"
"He planned this somehow, didn't he?"
"Hey, good-looking," Shenzi/Sean walked around the brunette boy/black-haired girl. Just then, Chuckie spotted them.
"Sean! You egocentric..."
"Please, tell me you guys are you," He got their attention.
"Sean keeps touching me!" Sean/Shenzi exclaimed.
"Kinda makes you nostalgic for the homicidal creatures, doesn't it?" Lil deadpanned.
"I stole this," Chuckie set the artifact on a tree stump, "I hope it helps."
"The Daemon Ritus," Lil remarked.
Just then, from the artifact's presence, the four's protoplasms exited their bodies, and randomly re-entered. "Hey! I'm me again," Shenzi smiled.
"Yipee for you," Sean/Lil muttered.
"Whoa, why am I dressed like Mikaela Banes?" Lil/Chuckie wondered aloud.
"Everyone remain calm," Chuckie/Sean ordered, then turned to the brunette girl, "Lil, the heck's going on?"
"If my calculations are correct," Sean/Lil began theorizing, "due to the instability of protoplasm in the proximity of the Daemon Ritus..."
"Whoa," Chuckie/Lil looked down her tank top.
"We're going to continue randomly changing bodies until..." Sean/Lil was cut off by the protoplasms exiting yet again, then re-entering. "... Until the protoplasm realigns with the correct bodies," She finished while in Chuckie's body.
"I'm Sean again!" Sean/Shenzi rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Dang Shen, don't you ever eat?" Shenzi/Chuckie wondered aloud.
Then the protoplasms exited and re-entered for the third time. "I'm me!" Sean exclaimed with joy, then furrowed his eyebrows in confusion at him holding Shenzi's purse handle.
"I'm back!" Shenzi added.
"Me too!" Chuckie smiled.
"Told you so," Lil said, and a sudden explosion made them whip their heads. "Oh no."
"Let's go," Shenzi led the group to the beach, where she saw a familiar face.
"Something tells me that was the wrong ingredient," The voodoo maestro remarked to himself.
The group went to confront him, but Shenzi stopped them. "Wait! I know how to handle this guy." She then straightened up. "Hey, you! What're you doing?" She walked up to the guy on the beach.
"Yeah; Real masterful," Lil rolled her eyes.
They then learned that the creatures were planning on conquering the world, and that their leader, whoever that was, needed a pure soul to complete the ritual. But... no one said the soul came from a human. "Oh boy," Chuckie muttered after hearing the last part.
"If Mondo whatever his name is wants Spike, why'd he invite us?" Sean wondered aloud.
"It doesn't matter," Chuckie said, "We've gotta save him."
"Chuck, our area of expertise involves nut jobs in Halloween costumes," Sean pointed out.
"We're supposed to be heroes," Chuckie retorted, "And I'm going to save my best canine friend."
The group stayed silent, before Sean spoke up. "L?" He looked at the brunette girl.
She started feeling emotional. "You think I'm gonna fall for that? Giving me my own nickname? Trying to make me feel like... part of the gang? We could make a plan."
"What can I do?" Shenzi muttered. "All I'm good for is getting captured."
"But you never let that stop you before," Chuckie assured her, "And if that's not a true hero, then I don't know what is." She let a shy smile grow, making butterflies go off in his chest.
The group put their hands together in the way Chuckie attempted at the airport. "Let's do this thing," Lil smiled, before they threw their hands up.
"Yeah!"
For their plan, Shenzi changed into something she could really move in; A pair of black Juicy Couture low-riding sweatpants, a matching hoodie that barely reached the waistband, a white cropped t-shirt underneath with a black Saturn on the front, her usual black and white knee-high lace-up boots, and a white extension.
The gang gathered everything they needed from the island, including the disco skull, and harnesses, then set up various pulleys around the cave. Shenzi flashed a smile at Chuckie as she worked, and he gave her one back.
"Okay, so we use the pulleys to tip over the vat." Sean began reciting the plan Lil came up with.
"Then Shenzi will open the air vents and release the disco skull..." Lil added, as the said girl set a hook on the air vents.
"The light will refract off the skull..."
"The creatures will explode, I'll find Spike, and we'll have saved the world," Chuckie finished.
But just then, they heard unfamiliar voices. "Oh, no. The ritual's beginning," Sean pointed out.
"Quick! Chuckie, attach this to the vat!" Lil threw one of the hooks down for him to use.
"Ow!" Chuckie grabbed the rope and tied it to the vat. "Shhh!" He shushed the protoplasmic heads when they started talking all at once. "We're here to save you."
"Chuckie, faster!" Lil urged him.
"All systems go," He announced, but realized that the rope was hooked to his belt. "Wait, no!" They didn't hear him, as Sean and Lil jumped down. As a result, Chuckie was pulled up in the air, and hit the hard ceiling.
He accidentally broke Shenzi's hook, so she went flying. "No!" She then hit the wall, and Chuckie crashed into a guy from the ritual, unintentionally knocking him unconscious.
"Quick, hide the Daemon Ritus," The brunette girl put the artifact in one of the bags to hide it from the henchmen.
The ritual then started, Sean and Lil attempting to fit in, so they wouldn't get busted, although Sean blew their cover, and the Daemon Ritus was taken, as Spike was made a sacrifice. Chuckie went undercover as one of the henchmen to get closer to the ritual without getting caught. He tried to rescue him, but Spike's protoplasm was taken, and the other heads formed a tornado to the Daemon Ritus, which was on Mr. Mondavarious' chest. Chuckie grabbed onto the pincer, and knocked him down, so the absorbing came to a premature end. Sean and Lil went to get the artifact as Chuckie kept ahold of the pincer, but fell. Thankfully, Spike's protoplasm returned to his body.
Lil went to grab the Daemon Ritus, but her hand jerked back when the artifact was very hot from the attempted absorbing. "Hey, look L," Sean pointed out something they knew very well, "A man in a mask." But when he pulled it off, a robot face was revealed, then they saw the culprit, who surprised them even more; Spike's power-hungry, talking nephew, Spiffy! They had abandoned him years back because his ego got out of control.
"Spiffy," Lil muttered in shock. He revealed that he brought them there to witness his triumph in world domination, as he transformed into a dog-rex from the power he absorbed.
While all that was going on, Shenzi had climbed up to the top of the mountain to open the air vents, and struggled to pull the lever. But as she tried, a certain wrestler came up behind her. "Seniorita." She froze at that voice, but turned around. A battle broke out between them, where she showed her new martial arts skills, and was winning fast.
"We gotta tip over the protoplasm vat," Lil said to Sean in the cave as the fight was happening.
"How?"
"The pincer," She pointed out, "Come on." She ran towards the controls, but was caught by two henchmen. Sean used a rope to attack them with impressive skills.
On top of the mountain, the martial arts battle was still going on; Shenzi barely dodged a body slam. But he caught her by her arms and legs on his shoulders, and forced her into a backbend. Her hoodie and shirt had shimmied up, and her pants lowered, so a lot of the skin on her belly below her navel was revealed. She filled up with dread when she felt his hand creep up her shirt with an evil laugh from him, and his fingers tickle her stretched belly. Not again! "Aahahahaha!" She laughed as she kicked her legs the best she could. She threw her head back with squeezed-shut eyes when she felt one finger wiggle in her belly button again. How the heck was she so attractive to tickle-obsessed wrestlers?! She tried to release her arms when he teased her bare, trembling side, just where it curved in.
"Captured again, seniorita?" He taunted her through her hysterical laughter.
"Nohohohot thihihis t-tihihihime!" She yelled, then bit his other hand. Thankfully, that made the tickling stop, as she jumped back down, and the fight started again. Before long, Zarkos had fallen above the air vent, gripping the ledge for support. Shenzi grabbed the rope fence, now feeling determined. "Now who's the damsel in distress?"
"Me?" He almost squeaked out.
"Straight up." She pulled the rope back, jumped off the ground, and kicked him right down the vent. As she flipped back on the ground, he ended up landing on the ledge of the vat, tipping it over and setting all the protoplasmic heads free. Shenzi pulled on the rope that was hooked to the disco skull, so the sun reflected off, destroying all the monsters once they were forced out of the college students.
Meanwhile, Sean and Lil seized control of the pincer, yet were chased away, but Chuckie gained the control, and finally ripped the Daemon Ritus off Spiffy's chest, so he shrunk back to his normal size, thus releasing the rest of the protoplasmic heads.
As the students in the cave celebrated their freedom, Shenzi lowered down to the ground, and Chuckie ran up to her. "Hey, Shen!"
"We did it!" She smiled up at him.
"Yep, we did," He nodded. As they gazed at each other, Sean heard a knocking noise from under the ground. He opened the door in the ground, and as it turned out, the real Mr. Mondavarious was trapped down there for two years, as Spiffy impersonated him! After a heartwarming reunion between Chuckie and Spike, the gang came outside to meet with police and reporters, as Spiffy, Zarkos, and his apprentice, N'Goo tuana were arrested, the gang were interviewed for their experience. And to her surprise, Sean had Lil explain everything instead of being a credit hog like before. They were even requested to solve a mystery in London, to which they agreed on.
That night, Chuckie and Shenzi walked through the festival that celebrated the case being solved. He had asked her to be his date to the festival, and she eagerly accepted. For their date, she was in her favorite black and white sneaker-like boots, a black low-riding mini skirt, a light pink extension, and a black floral embroidered cropped camisole. "You ready to go?" Chuckie had asked her after she opened her hotel room door.
"Ready as I'll ever be," She nodded, and hand-in-hand, they headed for the festival.
As they walked among the excitement, his eyes landed on a claw machine with toy severed heads. "Want a stuffed thingy?" He asked her, gesturing to the machine.
"Chuck, nobody can win at those," She pointed out regrettably.
"Sean says it's a worthless talent, that I should've learned French instead," Chuckie inserted a coin in the machine, and began moving the claw, "I say you don't need to know what "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi" means... to love that song!" He managed to grab a toy severed head with black and blue hair from the pile for her.
"Wow! I think being good at crane machine is way cooler than French."
"Voila," He handed the toy to her, and she gratefully held it.
"Nobody's ever given me a stuffed dismembered head before," She whispered, although he heard her. "This is a really nice date," She remarked.
"I, I'm glad you think so," He smiled down at her.
To his surprise, she made her toy kiss him on his cheek. "And now..." She stood on her toes, holding onto his shoulder for support, "One from me." She then planted her lips directly on his, making his eyes widen. But he relaxed into it, and cupped her cheek with one hand, and stroked her silky hair with the other. They ignored the stares from excited fans as they had their moment, then drew apart.
On the plane ride back home the next day, the new couple sat next to each other, with Spike in the window seat so they could notice any attempts of cat chases first hand. "I can't believe that creep did all that to you," Chuckie remarked. He told Shenzi about he witnessed her in the cave with Zarkos, but was too scared to help, and she reluctantly understood. "And that he knows Pangborn."
"Yeah, it kind of explained a lot," She shrugged, "I'm just glad he'll be behind bars for a while."
"Me too," He agreed, and kissed her on the cheek, making a cute blush grow.
They decided that after they come back home, they would officially start dating, even though they counted their time at the festival as their first date. After being separated for two years, they couldn't wait to rekindle some more.
(A/N: That's it! The series is done! You know the disclaimer; Nobody belongs to me, except Shenzi. Phew! This is the longest one out of them all! I know it's not that great, but whatever. Since there are characters from the SD movie, should this be considered a crossover? Anyway, now that the series is finished, here are some questions involving it:
1 Which oneshot is your favorite?
2 Which Sheckie moment do you like best?
3 What are your favorite couples?
For questions 1 and 2, you can have more than one answer. 3 already implies more than one answer, anyway.
I hope you enjoyed the whole series! Now I'll have time to work on Love At First Sight, Could It Be, and possibly stories for other franchises.)