Back in the underworld, Shelly and Brenda had been making their way to the River of Souls. Along the way, they were having a personal conversation of their own.
"You know Brenda," said Shelly "I really don't understand why you're in love with that big nosed dweeb, Skip. What could anyone possibly see in him?"
"He's really caring." Brenda replied. "He's always there for me whenever I'm afraid and never fails to cheer me up when I'm down."
"Sounds very sweet" Shelly remarked.
"You know, Shelly" said Brenda "I was just wondering. Why are you mean all the time? People are nice to you, but you just keep insulting them and putting them down."
"None of your business, Chance" Shelly spat "Besides, why are you such a huge coward?"
"Let's just say that I prefer to be careful, Shelly." Brenda replied evenly. "Cautious and careful."
"Yeah, right" Shelly rolled her eyes. "You're afraid of everything."
"No I'm not" Brenda folded her arms.
Just then she looked down and saw a skeleton hand on her shoe.
"AAAAHHH!" she screamed and jumped into Shelly's arms.
"I rest my case" Shelly snickered.
"Okay, maybe I am a little afraid" Brenda admitted "But I'm only scared because I'm afraid of getting hurt. You try getting captured by bad guys and always being someone's punching bag."
"Getting captured by bad guys..." Shelly remarked. "Sounds familiar and it quite reminds me of that girl Daphne Blake."
"Well I'm more danger prone than that redhead" Brenda said "Dee-Dee, Taffy and Cavey always got everything, while I always got, and still do get the short end of the stick and it always seems like I only exist to get bullied and treated like I'm pathetic and stupid. It's not fair!"
Brenda's face got red and tears started falling out of her eyes.
"I guess that explains why you liked Skip." Shelly remarked. '
"I'd always feel safe with him" Brenda sobbed "He'd always dry my tears, comfort me and stroke my hair whenever I felt like this. But now I'll never see him again. What about you?"
"Me?" Shelly raised an eyebrow.
"Have you ever loved someone?" Brenda asked "What was he like? Did you ever tell him?"
"It's none of your business." Shelly replied.
"Oh, yeah?" Brenda asked. "Then why did I see some going-ons between you and Biff lately?"
"No! No!" Shelly tried to deny anything "I do not love him! I...I...fine! I admit it. I love him. He's so kind and caring and watchful and he's so good to me."
"Then why don't you tell him how you feel?" asked Brenda.
"I did" Shelly said "At first I thought we are going to be together, but I was wrong."
"I see you cry in your room when you're alone" Brenda told her "My bedroom window is next to yours."
"Oh yeah," said Shelly "We live next door."
"Is that why you're mean all the time?" Brenda asked her "Because you just want to be loved and you feel...alone?"
"Yeah, you can say that..." Shelly sighed.
"I'm sorry to hear that" Brenda said sympathetically.
Shelly started to cry herself "I miss mama. I miss her so much."
Brenda responded by placing her arm on Shelly's to comfort her.
Shelly then started to cry harder "Why did she leave me? Why did she have to die?"
"Shelly, I had no idea your mother passed away" Brenda said "I'm so sorry. I know what it's like."
"No you don't!" Shelly tried to shout "Nobody cares about me!"
She then broke down and sobbed, while Brenda was unsure what to do other than comforting her.
"Shelly," Brenda hugged her "I know you're a good person. I know that you're beautiful, smart, talented and nice."
"I am not nice!" Shelly roared "I'm a mean, cold hearted person! I'm not kind or sweet! I'm a failure! Everyone thinks so. Even Biff and the rest of the Neptune's do! I'm a failure! Nobody cares about me!"
"Failure?" Brenda asked. "Then you should know that you're not alone in this field, and as I mentioned before, I felt like I exist to get myself bullied or picked on."
"Failure?" Brenda asked. "Then you should know that you're not alone in this field, and as I mentioned before, I felt like I exist to get myself bullied or picked on."
"Why would people bully you, Brenda?" Shelly sniffled.
"I don't know" Brenda started to cry again "I guess I just only existed to be walked over, bullied, captured and laughed at. Ever since I was a little girl, people always bullied me! Treated me like I was stupid! Never good enough or pretty enough! It's not fair!"
Brenda buried herself in Shelly's chest as she started crying her eyes out.
"I guess if there's one thing we have in common, it's that we always feel insecure about ourselves." Shelly remarked as she comforted Brenda.
"Yeah" Brenda sobbed "I guess we're not so different after all."
The two both hugged each other in their arms as they comforted each other and silently cried their eyes out.
Meanwhile, back on Messick Island, Fred witnessed Hector about to get his heart drained out by Catwoman.
"Guys, Hector's in trouble!" He said urgently.
"We've gotta save him!" said Madelyn "But how are we gonna do that?"
"I've got an idea!" Fred snapped his fingers "Catwoman wants Hector's heart right? Well, why don't we use someone with a bigger heart as bait? Then, that'll buy us some time to free Hector while Catwoman is chasing the guy?"
"But who are we gonna get with a bigger, more powerful heart?" Googie asked "I mean, who's more popular than you?"
"Golly, Shag and Scoob's hearts are more powerful, but they're not here." Fred replied. "We're going to have to find someone else."
"I think I heard some more popular guys in cell block five" said Marcie "I think they were Looney Tunes. They're way more popular than you and Velma. Their hearts are too precious. We can use one of them as bait."
"That's not a bad idea Marcie" said Velma "We can use a character from before our time."
"Then, we'd better find them, and hurry!" Fred said urgently.
"Quick!" said Velma "Back to the vent!"
Fred and the girls jumped back into the air vent and crawled to cell block five.
Back in the sky, the Green Dragon was flying Scooby and the others to Messick Island.
"Oh boy, Uncle Scooby!" Scrappy told his uncle "This is awesome! We are flying on a dragon!"
"Heavens to Betsy Ross!" Mudsy saw something going on "Look over there! I think I something!"
Over at where Mudsy was looked at, a rocket was chasing the Enigma Machine.
"Hurry, Brad." Judy said. "That rocket's still behind us!"
In the war jet, Luthor grinned. "And now, enter the vines!"
"Right." Poison Ivy nodded before motioning her vines to stretch.
The vines stretched over and caught the Enigma Machine before pulling it towards Luthor's war jet. A cargo door on the side of the jet then opened up, and the vines pushed the Enigma Machine through the door and closed it, while the rocket sailed by.
"We've got them!" Luthor smirked. "Now let's head back to base!"
"Right." Wile E. nodded before pressing a button, and the war jet sped back towards Messick Island.
"Jeepers!" Daphne said as she watched the whole action unfold. "I recognize that purple van! It's the Enigma Machine!"
"Ripes!" Scooby said as they saw Luthor's war jet swallowing the Enigma Machine. "The Original Mystery Inc. are in trouble!"
"Like, and so are we!" Shaggy added as he pointed towards a certain direction. "Look!"
Sure enough, the rocket that was chasing the Enigma Machine was now heading towards them.
"Jeepers!" Daphne gasped. "Look out!"
"Never fear!" The Green Dragon replied before opening his mouth and shot a jet of fireballs towards the rocket.
The fireballs made contact with the rocket and the rocket blew up.
After the smoke cleared, Shaggy remarked, "Like, that was a close one."
"Yeah, but it looks like we really have to return fast!" Daphne said. "Our friends are in trouble."
"Right." The Green Dragon nodded. "Hang on, everybody!"
And so, the Green Dragon sped up while his six passengers held on.
The gang in the Egnima Machine kept trying to dodge the missiles that Harley and the villains were shooting at them.
"Oh this so fun" Harley kept pressing buttons.
"Shut up Quinn!" Luthor snapped "We're this close to killing them!"
"Oh let me" Poison Ivy conjured up more vines which grabbed the Enigma Machine.
"They got us gang!" Biff exclaimed "They got us!"
"See," Poison Ivy said to Luthor "What'd I tell you?"
"Fine" said Luthor "Now reel them in"
"With pleasure." Poison Ivy nodded before using the vines to tie up each of the gang members and dragged them into the passenger compartment of the aircraft.
"Quick Brad!" said Judy "You've gotta pull back!"
"Yeah" said Jabberjaw "This is just like when I battled that mad plant scientist, but worse!"
"I can't" Brad tried to pull the thrusters "The vines are too strong!"
The vines tightened their grip on the Enigma Machine as they pull it closer to the war jet. Then, a door to the jet's cargo compartment opened, and the vines prepared to pull them into the cargo compartment.
At that same time, Scooby and the Green Dragon gang were flying closer to their allies.
"Roh no!" said Scooby "They've almost got them!"
"Don't look at me, Scooby-Doo" said Mudsy "Boo and I can't posses that strange contraption. I might accidentally posses the other thing as well, and well it's a supernatural thing."
"Do you think you could do something to help those guys, Mr. Green Dragon?" Scrappy asked the Green Dragon.
"Yes" said the Green Dragon "I think I can"
The Green Dragon breathed in deep and fire came out of his mouth. The fire managed to pierce through the vines, setting the Enigma Machine free.
"What just happened?" Pericles looked from left to right.
"I think something must've burned the vines" said Dee-Dee "But what?"
"Drat!" Poison Ivy cursed. "Something just burned my vines!"
"And I think I know what it is." Luthor said as he looked outside. "Look!"
"Lookie there!" Harley said. "A green dragon!"
"And there are the meddling kids Zin is searching for, too!" Luthor added.
"Two groups for the price of one" Wile E. sinisterly grinned "Oh how genius!"
"Looks like the puppy has said the understatement of the year" Poison Ivy remarked.
Inside the Egnima Machine, the inhabitants saw the Green Dragon right next to them.
"Zowie" Taffy gasped "A dragon!"
"Wowee wow wow" Clamhead added "That's something I didn't see coming."
"And look who's riding the dragon." April added.
"It's Scooby-Doo!" Cassidy said.
"And Daphne" Judy added.
"And Shaggy" added Ricky.
"And the Funky Phantom" everyone else said at the same time.
The six on the dragon waved their arms as the Enigma Machine flew closer to the dragon.
"Thank goodness you guys are alright!" Brad said after rolling down the window. "We were looking for you!"
Shaggy nodded before he, Scooby and Daphne showed him the Sword of Fate.
"Is that the Sword of Fate?" Judy asked.
"That's right." Daphne nodded. "Why?"
"You guys better be careful." Brad said. "Those villains are after the Sword of Fate, so don't let them get it!"
"Yes," said Pericles "If that sword gets into the wrong hands, you'll probably die. You must protect it at all times."
"Don't worry, we won't." Shaggy replied. "Besides, I just had an idea."
"What's that?" Ricky asked.
"Like, was that Lex Luthor's war plane you just had a tangle with?" Shaggy asked.
"Yes." Augie replied. "Why?"
"Perhaps you guys can distract them long enough for us to make it back to Messick Island and rescue the others." Daphne said.
"Great idea." Brad nodded. "They may be after you, so we'll hold them off as long as we could, then we'll meet you back at the island."
"Awesome." Shaggy smiled.
"But we don't have much time!" said Scrappy "We have only two hours before we all die!"
"Zoinks!" said Shaggy/ Turning to the Green Dragon, he added, "Like, full speed away, master!"
"Right." The Green Dragon nodded before speeding up.
Author's Note:
On their way to see Hades, Brenda and Shelly are learning more and more about each other on their way to see Hades. We've figured out why Shelly is the way she is and why Brenda is the way she is. Their broken hearted and have had dark and troubled pasts, much like their good friend Mudsy did before he died. Shelly misses her mother so much and feels so alone (apparently, she and her mother were very close) and Brenda is sick of being bullied and captured all the time and people treating her like she's pathetic and useless. We've learned all about Brenda and Shelly's insecurities and true feelings.
As for our friends back in the real world, they have reunited and the Green Dragon has saved them from Lex Luthor's evil jet! While Scooby, Scrappy and Mudsy's gang will be on their way to Messick Island to save their friends, the original Mystery Inc and the other kids will be taking down Luthor, Harley, Ivy and Wile E. Will they succeed in time? And with two hours left? Stay tuned folks!