Back over at Atlantis, Shaggy's group swam their way through the castle when it suddenly got rocked by an explosion.
"Zoinks!" Shaggy exclaimed. "We'd better be quick!"
"Yeah" Daphne agreed. "Once we find Aquaman and alert him about Dr. Zin's plans, we can then move on and get out of here."
Just then, a voice said, "Don't worry, meddling kids, you'll be out of here in no time!"
"Who said that?" Shelly asked as she placed her hands on her hips. "That wasn't funny!"
"Well, you're about to find out!" The voice said again, and as everyone turned and looked, they saw a robot-like figure with red eyes and a gem-shaped face standing in front of them.
"Like, the Black Manta!" Shaggy exclaimed as everyone jumped.
"That's right." The Black Manta sinisterly grinned. "You kids are too late in alerting Aquaman, as I've gotten to him first with the help of a partner."
"You got it right." Another voice said, and as everyone looked on, a figure wearing a golden mask and armed with a golden spear walked towards them. "I took the pleasure in stealing the hearts of my foolish brother and his family, and they're all on their way to Messick Island!"
"Ocean Master!" Shaggy exclaimed when he the figure revealed himself. "A.k.a 'Orm'! Like, the power-hungry duke who tried to take over control of Atlantis from his brother Aquaman."
"And I'll say that you're such a know-it-all, you hippie!" Orm replied.
"Listen pal!" Shelly snapped "We're here to take your brother and get his throne back! So you'd better surrender at once!"
"Oh yeah?" Mantis asked "What're you gonna do about it little girl?"
"This!" Shelly leaped into the air and did a flying kick that sent Manta flying across the room.
"Jeepers" said Daphne.
Manta got up and walked right up to Shelly.
"It appears I have misjudged you!" He said.
"Darn right you have!" Shelly said "Now let him go!"
"Yeah" Jabberjaw said "Let your brother go!"
"I don't think so" said Manta "This female is a worthy opponent. The rest of you are just wastes of time!"
"A waste of time?" Scrappy growled "Why you! Let me at him! Let me at him!"
"Scrappy no" Scooby picked up Scrappy.
Manta started shooting beams at Shelly, which she kept dodging.
"Guys listen!" She said "You find a way to stop Manta's cronies and save Aquaman, I'll stop Mr. Ray Face!"
"Shelly no!" Biff said "I'm not leaving you!"
"Do it!" Shelly shouted.
"Like, let's move out of here if we want to stop those goons." Shaggy said as Bubbles pulled Biff away.
"Not so fast!" Orm replied. "While my friend here is dealing with that lady, you kids got me to answer to!"
"Oh yeah?" Scrappy asked. "Just who do you think..."
Before he could finish, another explosion rocked the palace, and several pieces of the ceiling fell and knocked the heroes out, except for Shelly, who was shocked when she saw Biff getting knocked out.
"Biff" She exclaimed, but before she could do something, Manta suddenly struck her right in the chest really hard!
"That was easy." Manta sinisterly grinned as he pulled his blood-covered spear out. "I guess these meddling kids are simply a waste of our time."
"Right" Orm nodded. "But before we leave, will you do the honors of taking their hearts, partner?"
"With pleasure" The Black Manta smiled before aiming his vacuum gun at Shaggy, Daphne and the Doos, who were unconscious.
Pulling the trigger, he effortlessly took their hearts away.
"There!" Orm grinned. "Now that's done, let's move out of here before this whole palace collapses on us!"
"Right" Manta nodded before the two villains swam off, leaving the heroes to die in the palace.
Manta and Orm took Aquaman and made their way out of the palace which was about to fall into a million pieces.
"Huh?" Daphne opened her eyes "What's going on here?"
Scooby started to come to "Why do I feel so empty?"
"Like, our hearts!" Shaggy exclaimed when he felt his chest. "They're gone!"
"Oh no!" Scrappy exclaimed. "Those baddies must have taken them while we were knocked out!"
"And, like, that's not all!" Shaggy added as the others were waking up "The castles going to collapse in any minute!"
"Jeepers" Daphne exclaimed as she saw the palace shaking. "Let's get out of here!"
It was then that Bubbles saw something she wished she didn't see.
"Guys!" She shouted.
"Bubbles, what is it?" Biff asked her.
She pointed to that very thing "It's Sh-sh-sh-sh-Shelly!"
"What?" Everyone got up
"Like, oh no." Shaggy exclaimed when he saw the state of Shelly. "I'm afraid you're going to need some tissue papers, Biff."
"Why's that, Shag...oh no, Shelly!" Biff said when he saw what Bubbles and Shaggy had saw.
Lying on the palace floor was Shelly, who was unconscious and had a hole on her diving suit. But what made him horrified was that there was red blood coming from it!
"Shelly, no" He shouted as he quickly swam towards her. "Speak to me!"
He tried to get her to speak, but she was unresponsive.
"Quick!" Shaggy said. "Let's take her and like, get out of here and return to Boomerland, fast!"
Immediately, he and a few others raced over to help Biff pick Shelly up, and without hesitation, they quickly swam their way out of the falling castle with Shaggy leading the way.
As soon as they made it back to the Neptunemobile, the whole palace blew up. On the surface world, Captain Caveman, Mudsy, Green Lantern and the kids finally found Sinistro Corps.
"There it is kids" said Green Lantern "Sinistro Corps!"
"They're probably plotting something right now" said Dee-Dee "We're gonna have to sneak in and find a way. But this time, we're gonna have to go together."
"Right" Green Lantern nodded. "Stay together and keep quiet."
"Ruff, ruff" Elmo pointed to something.
"Guys look!" said April "Elmo has found something. What is it boy?"
They all ran to the shadows in the left. There was a giant vent big enough for them to fit into.
"Of course," said Green Lantern "The secret is in the left to the shadows"
Green Lantern shot a laser beam from his ring to cut out the vent's door.
"Okay" he said "Now let's move!"
Everyone crawled into the vent and started to search for where Sinistro and his cronies could be. Just then, they heard some talking.
"Guys" said Dee-Dee "Shut up I hear something."
They looked down at the air vent and saw they were above the conference room, where Sinistro was having a conference with his henchmen.
"Alright, men!" Sinistro said. "We've received orders from Dr. Zin to find and capture the Green Lantern."
"So what're the orders sirs?" Mongul asked Sinestro.
"Do tell us boss" said Arkillo.
"Alright, so here's the plan, men..." Sinistro says, but before he could continue, one of his henchmen entered the conference room with a screen projected from his ring.
"Boss, we've got trouble!" He shouted as he entered the room.
"Drat!" Sinistro said as he and the rest of the occupants turned their attention to the henchman. "What's the idea of interrupting this conference?"
"Sorry about that sir, but we've got trouble with the ventilation system." The henchman replied as he turned the screen towards Sinistro and pointed at a certain part of the ventilation system where there're two red lights flashing. "There appears to be some blockage in the vent above the conference room and some damage to the outside of the air vent system."
"Oh?" Sinistro replied when he saw the flashing red lights on the screen. Taping on the first flashing red light, he noted that it's due to a large hole in the vent, while the second flashing red light was an alert on a blockage in the air ventilation system.
Putting two and two together, he figured that they may be being watched.
"I can see we're being watched" said Sinestro "And I believe I know where the problem is!"
Sinestro raised his fist and shot a beam at the vent which cut the vent and caused our heroes to fall out and land in front of those scoundrels.
"Well, well, well" Sinestro looked down and saw Green Lantern piled with our protagonists "If it isn't the Green Lantern."
"And what is this?" Mogul pointed to the Funky Phantom and Captain Caveman characters "Looks like our foe has brought some guests as well."
"And they all look like they're members of his fan club." Sinestro laughed. "Hence the reason why they're wearing similar costumes."
"Aww so cute" Arkilo laughed at them.
"Too bad this is their last meeting!" Sinestro said "You've seen too much Green! Come on boys, let's take them all out!"
"Yeah" said the other Sinestro Corps members.
"ATTACK" Sinestro shouted.
All the bad guys charged towards our heroes, ready to take them out at any moment.
"Oh no" Brenda shivered "Wh-wh-what do we do now? They're gonna get us! We gotta get outta here!"
"Brenda!" Dee-Dee slapped Brenda across the cheek "We have powers remember?"
"Oh yeah" Brenda said.
"Let's get them!" Augie exclaimed.
The heroes quickly geared up for battle as the Sinestro Corps charged towards them, fighting mainly through the power of their rings.
They were battling with the power of their newfound powers and rings. There was much violence and intense stuff in this epic brawl. However, the battle between Brenda and Karu Sil was something in particular we should tell you about.
Brenda was shooting lasers from her ring at Karu, but with no luck.
"Aw how cute" Karu mocked Brenda "You're trying to fight me but just end of failing."
Brenda growled "Why you!"
Brenda kicked Karu right in the stomach and sent her flying across the room. Karu got up and flew back up to Brenda and zapped her with electromagnetic beams from the ring and she kicked Brenda really hard and she hit the wall very hard.
"What's wrong?" Karu sadistically laughed at Brenda "Did little Brenda got a boo-boo?"
Brenda was weak from all the zapping (not to mention the kicking and pain from the beating) and couldn't get up at all. Karu zapped Brenda again and she got even weaker.
"Time to finish you off, you worthless creation" Karu put her foot on Brenda's head "Say goodbye"
However, before she could finish Brenda off, Karu suddenly had a foolish look on her face. Then, she slumped to the floor.
"This is what you get for attacking my fiancé!" said Skip, who used his ring to produce a massive boxing glove and used it to knock Karu out.
"Give it up Sinestro!" Green Lantern faced up to his nemesis "You've lost!"
"Surrender at once!" Caveman pointed his club at them.
"Fools" He shouted "Do you think you can ever defeat us? We just keep coming back! You can't get rid of me!"
Just then, a glowing green lasso lassoed up the baddies. That was bit a redundant.
"What the?" Mogul gasped "What is the meaning of this?"
"So long chumps!" Skip held the lasso (that lassoed the bad guys) "You're finished!"
Skip swung the bad guys round and round and finally, he tossed them far, far away, right out of the lair.
"Zowie" said Taffy "Skip you defeated those baddies!"
"Yeah, but Brenda isn't doing so well" Skip replied urgently as he quickly moved to his unconscious fiancée.
Skip and the others ran over to the pile that Brenda was in. They dragged her body out and saw her. She was fatally wounded, cold and beat up.
"Brenda!" Skip shouted "Speak to me!"
There was no response from her.
Immediately, Green Lantern used his ring to call the Green Lantern Corps.
"Calling all Green Lanterns" he said "Sinestro and his cronies have been apprehended. We are at the lair, be sure to locate them at once. I'll be waiting in the Sinistro Corp conference room."
Tears started to fall out of Skip's eyes as he stared at the love of his life.
"Come on guys" Augie said sadly "We have to get back."
Just then, Brenda's eyes started to open a little.
"S-s-Skip?" he said weakly.
"Brenda?" Skip gasped.
"Are you okay, baby girl?" Dee-Dee asked her best friend.
"I feel so cold and weak" Brenda weakly said "I think I'm-"
"No!" Skip said "We're taking you back!"
"Perhaps its better this way" Brenda gently caressed Skip's cheek "I love you Skip."
Those were Brenda's final words before her eyes closed and she fell to the ground.
"Oh, and one more thing," Green Lantern added. "Be sure to dispatch a medical team immediately. We've currently got a team member down with fatal injuries, and I don't think she will be able to witness your arrival."
"Brenda, no" Skip exclaimed as he held onto Brenda's lifeless body.
Moments later, members of the Green Lantern Corps arrived at the scene, where Sinestro and his henchmen were taken into custody, while a medical team gently placed Brenda's lifeless body onto a stretcher.
As they watched Brenda being taken away, Green Lantern turned to the rest of the heroes and said. "We've got high-tech medical equipment over at our headquarters, and my pals are going to do their best in trying to save Brenda's life, but I'm not one hundred percent sure if she will make it."
Skip nodded somberly while his teammates silently looked on, trying hard to hold back their tears.
"In the meantime, I strongly advise you all to return to your mission immediately." Hal added. "Be rest assured that Brenda is in safe hands, and I'm terribly sorry about how this turned out."
Augie nodded silently before turning to Skip and said, "Come on, Skip. Let's return to Boomerland."
Skip took one last look at the medical team taking Brenda away before nodding and joined his teammates as they prepared to teleport back to Boomerland.
"When you're ready, Cavey" Taffy said.
"Unga" Cavey nodded before pressing the button, and within seconds, they were back in Boomerland.
Shaggy's group arrived at Boomerland the same time Mudsy's group arrived. During that time, Shaggy was the first to notice that the Teen Angels weren't in a cheerful mood when they arrived.
Similarly, Mudsy saw the pained looks on Biff's face, and he immediately understood when he saw an unconscious-looking Shelly in Biff's arms.
"Looks like we're not the only group that has suffered a loss, guys" He said to his friends in a somber mood.
"Zowie!" Taffy said when she saw Shelly. "What happened, and what's the matter with Shelly?"
"It's a long story." Daphne replied. "We didn't get a chance to alert Aquaman and we had a run-in with Orm and the Black Manta, and worst of all, the latter hurt Shelly really bad!"
"Heavens to Delaware" Mudsy gasped. "You're not the only group suffering from a loss like that! Brenda got wounded during our tangle with Sinestro and his goons, and she's being taken to the critical care unit by the Green Lantern Corps' medical team."
"Jeepers" Daphne said.
Just then, Hal's image came up on Skip's ring.
"Mr. Jordan" said Dee-Dee "What's happening with Brenda?"
"Is she okay?" Skip asked, looking close to tears.
"We tried everything we could" Hal sadly said "I'm sorry. She didn't make it. I'm terribly sorry."
The group was stunned silent by Mr. Jordan's announcement.
"Like, I don't believe it." Shaggy said somberly as he turned to Daphne, who nodded silently. "We've lost two members of our team!"
"No" Biff held Shelly's lifeless body "Shelly I'm so sorry. This is my entire fault, it was my job to protect you and I let you down. I did this to you, I'm sorry. You're my family Shelly, and I'll always love you."
Biff then kissed Shelly's forehead and started crying silently, holding her lifeless body.
"Well, brother" Skip said to Biff silently as he placed his hand on his shoulder. "You're not the only one that is going through a rough time like this."
Biff nodded as he and Skip cried together silently.
During the moment, Daphne turned to Shaggy and said, "I really don't know what to think of this, Shag."
"Like same here, Daph." Shaggy nodded as Scooby and Scrappy turned to him and Daphne. "At least we're still together, although I'm really worried about Fred and Velma."
"And Googie" Scrappy added.
Daphne nodded as she and Shaggy shared an embrace to comfort each other with Scooby and Scrappy soon joining in.
"I never thought I'd have to experience something like this again" Mudsy said sadly.
"What're you talking about Mudsy?" April looked at him.
"Yeah" said Dee-Dee "What do you mean 'again'?"
Mudsy just stayed silent with a sad expression on his face.
"You know what it's like to lose the love of your life?" Skip asked him.
Mudsy nodded with tears forming in his eyes.
"It happened long before you guys set Boo and I free from that clock." Mudsy replied as he tried hard to hold back his tears.
Author's Note:
Jeepers, Brenda and Shelly have just died and now, Skip and Biff's hearts are severely broken. They just lost the girls they loved the most. Brenda and Skip were going to be married, now he'll never see each other again and Biff just told Shelly how he really felt and now she's gone. With this tradgedy, Mudsy is going to tell the gang about his dark and troubled past. Get ready to learn about the Funky Phantom before he became a phantom.