Meanwhile back at Dr. Zin's lair, Zin saw our heroes making their way to find Lex Luthor.
"I better hope Luthor is ready." Dr. Zin thought to himself as he sets up another video conference with the criminal scientist.
However, the line abruptly went dead.
"Drat! What's the matter with the line?" Dr. Zin barked.
Just then, an agent named Drat entered the room. "You called me, boss?"
"Yes!" Dr. Zin snapped. "I'm trying to get hold of Luthor and the line went dead. Find out what's wrong!"
"Yes, boss!" The agent replied urgently and rushed off to check the line. In no time did he return with a document in hand.
"What's the problem?" Dr. Zin asked.
"Well, boss, it seems like your super villain long-distance call plan doesn't allow the receiver of your call to take multiple video calls at once." The agent explained. "He must be having another video conference with someone else."
"WHAT?!" Zin slammed his fist.
"Sorry" Drat shrugged.
"He'd better be ready" Zin growled "Or else!"
Meanwhile back at Metropolis, Blue Falcon, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels found the Daily Planet.
"Zowie" said Taffy "The Daily Planet. We made it."
"Then come on angels," said Dee Dee "Let's get in."
Brenda walked over to the front door and it didn't open. It was locked.
"Oh no" said Brenda "It's locked."
"Duh Brenda," Taffy put her hands on her hips "Of course it's closed. It's late at night. Why would a building be open this late?"
"Right." Brenda replied. "Now what?"
"Hmmm" Dee Dee thought "I've got an idea!"
"What is it?" asked BF, Caveman and the girls.
"On the roof of a building, there's an entrance that leads to the roof" she explained "So, if one of us goes up there, we could get into the building and unlock the door and the rest of us could get in."
"Great idea" said Blue Falcon "But who's gonna do that? I unfortunately left my grappling hook at home."
"Yeah," said Brenda "You'd have to be able to fly to-"
Everyone looked at Captain Caveman.
"What everybody looking at?" He asked.
"Cavey," Taffy batted her eyelashes "Won't you please fly up onto that rooftop and help us get in? Please?"
"No" Captain Caveman shook his head "Nuh uh. Not this time. Forget it. No."
Taffy bent down and started twirling the strands of hair on Captain Caveman's head.
"Please Cavey Wavey," she rubbed her nose on his "Just for me. Your widdle Taffy Waffy. Please?"
"Okay," Cavey chuckled "Me do it."
"Aww," Taffy batted her eyelashes "Thank you."
Taffy pulled the strands on Cavey's hair back and kissed him on the lips.
"Alright. Here me go. CAPTAIN CAVEMAAAAANNNN!" Cavey said to himself as he raised his club, allowing him to take off and fly into the air.
"Remember to land on the roof and get into the building from there, Captain Caveman!" Blue Falcon shouted.
"Right." Cavey replied before his club started making funny noises. "Uh, oh."
Cavey looked down and realized that he is far above the roof.
"Me going to crash!" he gulped.
Sure enough, the force of gravity soon started to take over, leading to the pre-historical sleuth to crash land on the roof, where he then started rolling through the open door and down the stairs.
Outside, the heroes had to cover their ears as Cavey starts making a lot of noise while crashing down the stairs.
Before long, the crashing finally stopped.
"Well, at least we know he's in." Brenda remarked.
Back inside the building, Captain Caveman was in a dazed state as he got up.
"Me think there are stars around me." Cavey remarked. "Well, at least me okay."
With that, he made his way to the main door and unlocked it, allowing the heroes in.
"We're inside" said Brenda "Alright!"
"Thanks Cavey" Taffy kissed Captain Caveman on the cheek.
"Come on!" said Blue Falcon "We don't have much time!"
Blue Falcon, Captain Caveman and the girls ran inside.
Meanwhile at Lex Luthor's lair, Luthor was having a video conference with Dr. Zin.
"Finally!" Zin said "I was almost worried. Is the war suit ready?"
"Yes" said Luthor "The war suit has chunks of Kryptonite in it. Once Superman is there, he'll be weak and his heart will be mine. I will finally kill Superman once and for all."
"Excellent" Zin sinisterly smiled "Now get to it!"
"Lex Luthor signing off." Luthor hung up.
Meanwhile, Shaggy's team continued with their quest to track down Lex Luthor.
As they ran down the street, the group noticed that Shaggy and Scooby weren't acting like their normally cowardly selves, particularly Shaggy, who seemed to have become more mature ever since the licking incident back at Gotham.
"Say, Daphne, what happened to the usually goofy, hippie-like Shaggy?" Augie asked.
"I don't know, Augie, but this sort of personality change did happen before." Daphne replied. "I guess he must have snapped when we started arguing about that brat Shelly..."
"Like, I'll prefer that you save the insults for later, Daph." Shaggy suddenly said. "After we save the world."
"Uh...okay, Shag." Daphne nodded, surprised by Shaggy's comment.
There was some silence before she asked, "Uh, Shag, mind if I ask you something?"
"Like, be my guest." Shaggy nodded.
"Are you actually alright with Shelly's constant insulting of others, other than her friends of course." Daphne asked. "You should hear what she referred to Scooby as when we were together."
"Like, what was that?" Shaggy asked.
"Sorry Scooby, but Shelly referred to you as 'a mutt'." Daphne replied.
"Re mutt?" Scooby barked. "Row dare her!"
"Like, cool it, Scoob. I don't want this distraction to get in the way of our rescue mission." Shaggy quickly said. "And I'll promise you a whole crate of Scooby Snacks if you can keep your mind off Shelly."
"Scooby snacks?" Scooby asked. "Rokay, Raggy."
"Shaggy, are you telling us..." Skip asked.
"Like, I know Shelly is really insulting and lacks respect for others, and don't get me wrong, gang, I can lose my own temper if she insults me, like she may refer to me as some 'ugly hippie' or even a no-good slacker." Shaggy said. "However, that's just the small stuff. We can't let this sort of thing drive a wedge between us, gang. As BF mentioned, we're the heroes, and heroes got to stick together. I really don't want to lose anyone living in Boomerland, like Scrappy, BF and Dog Wonder said before, what really matters the most to me is getting the mission done and helping others out, gang."
Everyone was speechless by what Shaggy had said, and Daphne saw something she rarely saw in her friend: Determination.
"A very wise observation, Shaggy." Augie remarked.
"I now understand why you and Scooby are the only characters to appear in all iterations of the franchise, Shaggy, even if you guys have some character flaws that may annoy viewers." Krypto agreed.
"Like, no one is perfect, man." Shaggy nodded.
Just then, Krypto's ears stood up.
"Krypto?" Daphne looked at the Dog of Steel "What is it boy?"
"I hear something!" said Krypto.
Just then, the ground started shaking.
"Heavens to Delaware!" Mudsy gasped "It's an e-e-e-earthquake don't ya know?"
"An earthquake?" Shaggy and Scooby shouted.
"An earthquake?" Augie and Skip screamed.
Scooby jumped into Shaggy's arms and Mudsy jumped into Skip and Augie's.
Elmo jumped into April's arms as well.
"Jeepers " said Daphne "It does feel like an earthquake."
As everyone gathered closer together, Shaggy cautiously looked forward.
"Zoinks!" He shouted "Look over there!"
Author's Note:
Who's over there? Will Blue Falcon, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels find Superman? Stay tuned!
