The Enigma Machine was slowly being pulled into Luthor's fighter plane by Ivy's strong vines.
"Brad!" Cassidy shouted "Do something!"
"Boy, this really is worse than that time when we fought that mad scientist, the Phantom" said Jabberjaw "Considering that involved plants too, that's saying something!"
"I can't fight the vines" said Brad "Even with the gizmos and junk."
Back outside, the superheroes, the Teen Angels, Captain Caveman, Augie and Skip saw something.
"Unga" said Cavey "Look! Over there!"
"What?" Dynomutt asked "What is it Captain Cavema- Holy Chihuahuas!"
They saw the Egnima Machine being pulled right into Luthor's by the vines.
"Crimenently!" Birdman said "Those guys are being pulled into Luthor's jet!"
"Come on!" said Blue Falcon "We've gotta stop them!"
"Full speed ahead!" Dee-Dee exclaimed.
Using the power of their rings, the kids produced a lighter, which they used to set the vines on fire.
"AAAHHH!" Harley, Luthor and Wile E. screamed in the jet.
"What the?" Ivy gasped "How is this happening? I thought that stupid dragon was gone!"
Harley looked out the window "Uh-oh! Looks like we got company, hon"
Luthor and Wile E. joined to look, where they spotted the kids in their Green Lantern outfits.
"It's those blasted meddling kids and stupid superheroes!" Luthor exclaimed "We're gonna have to send out the big guns!"
"Oh boy" Harley cheered "The big guns! The big guns! I love the big guns! I'm all about the big guns! I love them more than life itself!"
"You got no idea what they are, do you?" Ivy raised an eyebrow.
"Nope" Harley giggled.
"These are the big guns" Luthor pressed a big, red button on the control pad.
At that instant, several large guns, a dozen missile and rocket launchers, and two laser guns appeared, targeting the heroes.
"My masterpiece!" Wile E. grinned as Luthor activated the big guns. "They should destroy those kids for good!"
"I knew I can count on you, Wile E." Luthor said. "Now for the fireworks!"
Luthor pressed another button and laser beams started shooting right at our heroes.
"They're shooting at us!" Skip shouted. "Activate the shields!"
Immediately, the kids used the power of their rings to produce a large shield.
Inside the Enigma Machine, Cassidy said, "They're firing at the kids!"
"Well, we'd better help out." Brad replied. "With doses of their own medicine"
"Right" Pericles nodded before pressing another red button on the control panel, activating a large laser ray gun.
"What does that do?" Jabber asked as he watched the ray gun being activated.
"Watch" Pericles replied before pressing another button.
Just then, a laser pistol came right out of the Enigma Machine and was aiming right towards Luthor's jet.
"Yo captain" Ivy said as she saw the pistol "We've got company!"
Luthor turned and looked and saw the pistol and the ray gun.
"So those meddlers are going to blast us away, eh?" Luthor remarked. "This calls for the split-up option!"
Wile E. nodded before pressing a button.
At that instant, half of the big guns turned and aimed towards the Enigma Machine.
So there they were! Five mischievous meddling kids, a million year old superhero and five modern day superheroes stuck in between two giant laser pistols, sticking out of two flying machines.
"Hurry Brad" Clamhead exclaimed "I think those guys mean business!"
"You'd better not miss!" Judy added. "Think of our son!"
"Now I've only got one shot at this!" Brad focused on Luthor's jet.
Inside of the jet, Luthor was focusing on the Egnima Machine.
"It's show time" he sinisterly grinned.
"This is going to be great!" Harley cheered.
"Shut up twit!" Luthor snapped.
In between of the two machines, the superheroes were stuck on what to do next.
"Zowie" Taffy exclaimed "We've gotten the short end of the stick this time!"
"Yeah" Jana added "I don't think there's anything we can do."
"Jana's right" said Dynomutt "Our only hope is to see which guy is more powerful. Those lasers are awfully scary!"
"So I guess we can do now is pray" Birdman remarked.
The two laser pistols charged up and they both shot powerful laser beams at the same time! They were too evenly matched.
"Those two laser guns are evenly matched." Augie said.
Noticing that everyone in the cockpit of Luthor's war jet is focused on the Enigma Machine, Blue Falcon had a plan.
"Say, I've got an idea." BF said to the group. "While those four are focused on fighting the Enigma Machine, let's disassemble the war jet!"
"Now that's a good idea." Birdman agreed. "We'd better get to it now before they notice what we're up to."
"Right" Skip nodded before the Teen Angels uses the power of their rings to shoot lasers towards the engines of Luthor's war jet.
In that same time, Birdman moved to sabotage the wings of the war jet while BF turned to Dynomutt and said, "Activate your Dyno-Sabotager device, Dog Wonder."
"One Dyno-Sabotager coming up, BF" Dynomutt nodded before producing two sabotagers with his paws and stretched them to the bottom of the jet, where he then attached the devices on the bottom of the jet.
The lasers soon detached the engines from the war jet, which then started to lose altitude.
Inside the war jet, everyone was focused on Luthor's efforts to eliminate the Enigma Machine when the jet suddenly started to lose power!
"Quick!" Birdman said "Let's get outta here before it blows!"
"Cavey couldn't have said it better himself!" Cavey flew right away.
"Right behind ya fellas and ladies" Dynomutt followed them.
Inside of the jet, Harley, Poison Ivy, Luthor and Wile E started to experience some difficulties.
"What's going on?" Harley shivered.
"The whole jet is going to explode!" Luthor shouted "Let's get outta here befo-"
The whole jet blew up in a huge explosion. Soon, all that was left in the air were Lex Luthor, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Wile E. Coyote.
"Aw nuts" Wile E said.
The four villains fell down and landed right into the ocean.
"Well that's the last of them I hope" Jana sighed.
"It has better" Dee-Dee added "Because I ain't planning on seeing those guys again."
"Come on" said Augie "Let's head back to the others."
Over at the four villains, who were falling, Wile E. turned to the narrator and raised a sign.
It said, "How about switching over to Messick Island before we all hit the water?"
Back at Messick Island, Fred's group were making their way to cell block 4 to find the superheroes.
"Come on" said Freddy "They should be over here in this cell."
"They'd better be" said Alan "I've always wanted to meet Aquaman."
"And I've always wanted to meet Batman" Tom added "I've always been intrigued by his weapons and high tech gadgetry. Not to mention his colorful adversaries."
Just then, they all heard heavy footsteps from the hallway up ahead.
"Uh oh" Googie whispered urgently. "Someone's coming! We'd better hide!"
They each hid behind something when they heard the footsteps getting closer and louder. Sure enough, four armed guards soon appeared.
"The boss said that this cell block was getting too quiet." The first one said to the other three as they walked passed the groups' hiding places.
"Yeah, we'd better check...uh oh." The second one said before peeking into one of the empty cells and found it empty.
At that moment, Fred had an idea and turned to Foghorn Leghorn and Dawg with a look on his face as if he was telling them that he's got an idea.
Seeing the look on his face, the two nodded before sneaking over to the unsuspecting guards.
"Uh oh, indeed" The third one said. "We've got a..."
Before the third guard could finish his sentence, he suddenly had a foolish look on his face before slumping to the floor.
At that moment, Tom Cat sneaked over to join Leghorn and Dawg as he made a fist.
"What the...?" The four one asked. "What's the matter with..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the fourth guard, too, looked foolish and then slumped to the ground.
The two remaining guards turned and looked. Standing in front of them was Foghorn Leghorn, armed with a frying pan, a growling Barnyard Dawg and an angry-looking Tom with a fist ready.
Before the two guards could react, there were more whacks and the four guards were now four unconscious slumps of masses lying on the floor.
"Good work, guys!" Fred said as the rest of the group went over to join the trio. "Now, here's the rest of my plan..."
Later, at the entrance to cell block 4, four guards escorting several escaped prisoners approached one of the guards.
"So there was an attempted jail break, eh?" The head guard of the cell block asked after the first guard explained the situation.
"That's right." That first guard nodded. "We've caught the prisoners, but four of them managed to escape in the confusion."
The second guard escorting the prisoners turned to the reader and winked, revealing him to be Henry in disguise.
"Henry!" said Suzie "I knew you could be useful! I just knew it!"
"So did I" said Alan "My big brother knows all."
"Shhh" Henry shushed them "You wanna blow my cover?"
"Yeah" said a guard, who revealed him to be Stanley in disguise as well "I've mastered this disguise thing for decades, don't ruin it for me."
"Shut up!" The third guard, who is Fred in disguise, barked at the prisoners. Turning to the head guard, he added, "Sorry about that. The prisoners really need to be placed in the maximum security cell block."
"Right" The head guard nodded. "We still got some cells available, so they'll fit right in."
"Alright." The fourth guard, who is Tinker in disguise, nodded as the head guard motions them to carry on.
Soon, the heroes were in cell block 4. The whole Justice League was being held in Cell Block 04 including; Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Green Lanterns, the Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Krypto and Streaky, Batgirl and Supergirl. They were all fading even more; they were so weak and frail. That was on account of they had only a few minutes left to live.
It was then that Henry saw the main controls that connect to the vacuums holding the hearts, while there were a dozen heavily-armed guards around.
"The controls for the vacuums are over there, Fred." He whispered to Fred. "But there are guards around here."
"Right" Fred nodded before turning to Tom and Jerry and some of the Tunes. "Guys, now for Part 2 of the plan"
Tom, Jerry, Leghorn, Dawg, Sylvester, Tweety, Road Runner and Taz all nodded before starting to pretend to break free and started to chase each other and riot, while the rest of the prisoners ducked.
"Prison riot" Fred shouted, alerting the nearby guards, who then proceeded to chase the rioting prisoners.
With the guards occupied, none of them noticed Henry sneaking over to the controls and pressed a button that restored the hearts of each of the imprisoned superheroes.
With the superheroes' strength restored, he pressed another button that disabled the security functions in the cell block, allowing the superheroes to break free and enter the fray.
"Perfect timing, kids" Superman said to Fred as he exited. "Now, it's show time!"
"Right." Batman nodded before they proceed to subdue the guards.
"Alright everybody to kick some super villain bahookie" Cyborg said. "Oh and just so know readers, I'm the standard DC comics Cyborg not the Teen Titans one."
"Yeah" Wonder Woman said "Time to show Cheetah and her little friends what this princess can really do!"
"And AWAY!" Superman shouted.
Meanwhile back on the mainland, Charlie's group made it into the castle.
"Here we are Ruff and Reddy" said Flim-Flam "Your new home"
"Golly" said Ruff "Which room is mine?"
"There's no time for a tour" said Charlie "We have to get to the tallest tower and find the crowns!"
"So, you guys got an elevator or something?" Mr. Jinks asked Flim-Flam.
"Sorry sports fans" Flim Flam gulped "We don't have elevators."
"This is a castle!" Jessica said, annoyed "How is there not an elevator?!"
"It was a budget issue" Flim Flam said sheepishly.
"Listen," said Charlie "I, Jessica and the animal characters will go search for the tower! You children stay right here!"
"But pop, we wanna help out!" Flip whined.
"Sorry kiddies, but your dad's right" said Yogi "You will have to stay here till we back."
"If we get back that is" Boo Boo gulped.
"Well, we better get moving now." Charlie said. "The sooner we get through this the better."
And so, the adults and animal characters raced up the stairs while the children anxiously wait.
Meanwhile, Dr. Zin was anxiously waiting to hear from Luthor in the video conference room with his allies when a guard raced into the room.
"What is it?" He growled.
"Sir, I've got urgent news!" The guard struggled to catch his breath. "The prisoners managed to escape and are staging a riot!"
"What?!" Zin boomed. "HOW?"
"Let's say that we had some help from a bunch of 'meddling kids', Dr. Zin." A voice suddenly said.
Everyone in the conference room turned and looked and gasped. Standing outside were the superheroes and Fred's group, alive and well with their hearts restored. The voice had come from Superman, who had his fists ready. Also there was Fred with his arms crossed.
"Oh, not you meddling kids!" Dr. Zin spat.
"That's right." Fred nodded. "We've had enough of your evil ways and heart-draining, so be prepared to face the music!"
"In that case, activate the heart-draining system!" Jenny ordered one of the guards. "That will take care of them!"
"Oh no you don't, Jenny" Another voice said, and as everyone turned and looked, Velma and Marice had returned after sending Hector back to his home world with the magic paintbrush.
"Yeah" Marcie nodded. "After helping Hector escape, Velma and I took the pleasure of sabotaging the base's heart-draining security system on our way back."
"Which also explains the sparks on the ceiling" Martin pointed to the ceiling, where a part that made up the heart-draining security system was flashing as a sign of being damaged.
"DRAT!" Dr. Zin exclaimed in anger. "You kids leave me with no choice."
Turning to the villains, he ordered, "KILL THEM!"
Author's Note:
Hooray! Fred, Velma, the Looney Tunes and the Justice League's hearts have been recovered, and Hector's been sent back home. Hopefully, he'll have a believable explanation for his parents and sister. But! This ain't over yet! Shaggy, Scrappy, Daphne and Scrappy's hearts are still gone and will Charlie and Jessica find the crowns in time, before you know what? Plus, will they get to the battle in time? Stay tuned!
Oh and word on the street is that DC Comics is going to be publishing a series of comics starring all sorts of your Hanna-Barbera friends including, the Flintstones, Johnny Quest and of course, Scooby-Doo! Sadly though, these are not new, fresh modernized versions of the characters we know and love! These will be traditional DC Comics comics, not the traditional Hanna-Barbera comics. Their apperances are drasitcally changed for these comics as well, by making them look all DC-like.
In the meantime, a new Wacky Races series is being produced for Boomerang as part of their new line of channel originals. I guess this is part of WB's new strategy to make new content starring characters from the Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics libraries (those are where the best animated stuff comes from). No doubt about it, the best cartoons are from the minds of Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Warner Brothers, DC Entertainment (with a few exceptions), Jay Ward, DiC, Nelvana, Milliamges and Universal Studios!