Back at the Takamoto Inn, the group were sound asleep in their rooms.

Just then, some music came playing from outside the motel.

"Where's that music coming from?" asked Henry.

"Either someone's having a late night party," stated Johnny "Or we're not the only guests here."

"Why don't we go outside and see what's going on?" suggested Stanley.

"Good idea, and tell them that we need our sleep." Fred agreed after a yawn.

While the boys went out, the girls were getting annoyed with the music.

"The heck is going on?" Anne covered her ears with a pillow.

"Yeah" said Velma "That music is driving me nuts!"

"I'll go see what it is" Suzie yawned.

"I'll go with you Suzie" said Velma.

As the girls exit their room, they bumped into two figures in the dimly-lighted area of the hotel.

"Hey!" said Velma "Watch it!"

"Hey," said one of the figures "I know that voice. Velma?"

"Wha..." Velma was going to say something when she thought she recognized the voice. "C-C-Crystal? Is that you?"

"Surprised, eh?" She walked into the light.

"Crystal!" Velma hugged her "It's been so long!"

"It's great to see you too Velma!" Crystal hugged back.

"Wait a minute" said Suzie "What's going on?!"

"Oh, it's a long story, Suzie." Velma quickly replied.

Velma wasted no time in explaining that time she and the gang investigated aliens, when Scooby and Shaggy met Crystal and her dog Amber and fell in love, how they stopped thieves from stealing gold and how Crystal and Amber were revealed to be aliens.

"Wowsers" said Suzie "That's a pretty exciting tale."

"I know" said Velma.

"And it's great to be back here on Earth" said Crystal.

"Wait till Madelyn meets you" Suzie snickered "She's gonna be so angry."

"Who's Madelyn?" Crystal asked.

"She's my younger sister." Velma explained. "And she also has a crush on Shaggy."

"What?" Crystal gasped "Where is she?"

"Here," Suzie took Crystal's arm "I'll take you there."

"No, let's not, Suzie." Velma quickly stopped her. "We've got to find out who's playing that loud music or we won't get much sleep."

"Right" said Suzie "Come on Crystal, let's get those people outside to turn their music off."

"Sure," said Crystal "Come on Amber."

"Right behind ya" Amber followed.

Outside, Freddy, Henry and Stanley were following the sound of the music to its source.

"I sure would like to know who plays such loud music this time of the night." Stanley remarked as the boys get closer to the source of the music.

"Look guys!" Henry pointed to something "There's the source!"

He was pointing at a room on the far side of the motel with several lights flashing inside it.

It was an all girl rock band. They were performing a song.

The lead singer was playing the guitar and singing the song "...love the earth it's only fair. It's one big earth that we must share."

The keyboardist and drummer sang backup "We love the earth with all over fire."

"It's in our souls, our one desire" the lead singer continued.

"Say...that song sounds familiar." Fred commented as they got closer to the room. "It's like I've heard it some time ago."

"Maybe if we get to the source we'll find out where you heard it?!" Henry said sarcastically.

"Come on gang" said Freddy.

Fred, Henry and Stanley ran closer to where the music was coming from.

The band was still singing "Earth, wind, fire air!"

The backup singers sang "We may look bad but we don't care."

"We ride the wind and we feel the fire!" The lead singer continued "To love the earth! It's our one desire!"

The whole band finished "To love the earth! It's our one desire!"

The band wrapped up the song.

At that moment, the boys arrived at the door to the motel room and Stanley knocked on the door.

"Hold your tail feathers, I'm coming" said one of the girls on the inside.

"That voice sounds familiar." Fred remarked as the boys waited patiently. "I could've sworn I've heard it before."

Henry rolled his eyes, but before he could say something, the door opened.

"Whoa" said the lead singer "Fred? Is that you?"

"Thorn?" Fred asked when he recognized the singer. "I don't believe it!"

"Fred!" Thorn hugged him "Oh my god. It's been so long. Great to see you! Hey Dusk! Luna! Guess who's here?"

Dusk and Luna put down their instruments and went to the door.

"Thorn, what's going on?" asked Luna.

"Yeah!" Dusk added "I was kinda bus-"

They saw Fred, Stanley and Henry right in front of Thorn.

"Fred?" They gasped.

"Hi girls!" Fred smiled just as the girls raced over to give him a group hug. "Long time no see!"

"Great to see you're back in town Fred!" said Dusk.

"Ahem!" Henry cleared his throat "Yo Hex Girls! What are we? Invisible?"

"Yeah" said Stanley "We're here as well!"

"Oh hey" said Thorn "Nice to see you two."

Dusk raised an eyebrow "And you are?"

"I'm Henry Chan" Henry made a courteous bow "And this is my twin brother, Stanley!"

"Hello ladies" Stanley slyly winked at the girls.

"Say, he's kinda cute" said Dusk.

"So," said Thorn "What brings you three cutie pies here?"

"And how are the rest of Mystery Inc doing?" asked Dusk.

"It's a long story" Fred replied.

Fred wasted no time in explaining the situation and what was happening to Boomerang Land at the moment.

"Oh my god" said Dusk "This is serious. No wonder we're losing some color."

"I was wondering why I could partially see through my hand." Thorn showed her fading hand.

Just then, Velma, Suzie, Crystal and Amber arrived.

"Fred?" asked Velma.

"Henry?" asked Suzie "Stanley? What're you guy-"

Velma then saw the Hex Girls.

"It's the Hex Girls!" said Suzie.

Velma gasped "The Hex Girls? AAAAHHHH!"

"Oh man," Henry cleaned out his ears "She screeches like a banshee."

"Velma!" Dusk said as she and her band mates rushed over to share a group hug. "Long time no see!"

"It's been so long" said Thorn. "Fred told us everything."

"You mean about fading and all?" asked Velma.

"Yep" Thorn nodded.

"So what're you ladies doing here?" asked Suzie.

"Oh hi Suzie!" Dusk waved to Suzie.

"Hey Dusk" said Suzie "Great to see you here."

"So what're you guys doing here?" asked Fred.

"We were on our way back home from our world tour, but we needed a place to crash." Luna explained.

"So where's the others?" asked Thorn.

"And who's the hippie and the dog?" Dusk pointed to Crystal and Amber.

"Oh, they're Crystal and Amber." Velma explained. "We encountered them during a trip in New Mexico after what had happened at Oakhaven."

"Oakhaven?" asked Stanley "You mean that place where you met that guy, Ben Ravencroft?"

Velma grabbed Stanley by the shirt and glared at him.

"What did you say?" She growled.

"I said, that Oakhaven was the place where you met that guy, Ben Ravencroft" said Stanley.

Velma snapped "Don't you EVER! EVER SAY THAT NAME!"

"Wh-wh-what's the matter?" Stanley asked nervously.

"Hey!" Henry said as he and Suzie glared back at Velma. "Don't lay your hands on my brother like that, Velma!"

"And it's only a name, Velma." Suzie added. "What's gotten into you?"

"I don't ever want to hear that horrible name again!" Velma growled.

"Why?" asked Dusk "Why on earth would you be so sensitive about...oh yeah...that."

"What?" asked Suzie "Why? What happened?"

"It's a long story, and we'll all vanish if we waste time telling you guys what happened at that place, Suzie." Luna replied.

"Oh yeah" said Suzie "We'd better get back to sleep. That's why we came here, to get you guys to turn off your music so we could get some sleep and find the others."

"Oh," said Thorn "Well, good night gang."

"Night" Fred walked away.

"Hey!" Stanley snapped his fingers "I got an idea!"

"What kind of idea?" asked Henry "I hope it's not one of your dummy plans."

"Why don't you ladies come with us?" suggested Stanley "We could use some extra help."

"Say, that's not a bad idea!" Thron smiled.

"So we'd better go and hit the hay" said Velma "We're gonna need our strength if we're gonna find Scooby and the others."

"Right." Stanley nodded before they all bid each other good night and returned to their motel rooms for their sleep.

Author's Note:

I told you Fred, Velma and the others would encounter some interesting characters at the Takamoto Inn! Now let's go back to Metropolis and see how Blue Falcon and the Teen Angels are handling trying to locate Superman in Metropolis! Stay tuned!