Back with the others, they had stopped in the middle of the desert to rest up.
"This desert is huge; how are we ever going to find Shaggy, Scooby, Penn, and Cindy?" Brianna frowned.
"Well, maybe to find them, we have to think like them," Eddy suggested. "Okay, ask me questions, and I'll think like them."
"Uhh... Okay... Shaggy, if you made it out of The Sphinx, where would you go?" June asked.
"Like, man, anywhere there's food!" Eddy said in a high voice.
"Hey, not bad," Trent chuckled to that. "Now do Scooby."
Eddy soon sat down like a dog.
Brianna giggled to that before asking, "Scooby, what's the best place to grab a bite to eat?"
"Uh... That way..." Eddy said after sniffing and pointing before laughing.
"Ooh... Could you do Cindy next?" Ed suggested.
"Sure, let me." Fred said.
"Okay, Cindy..." Daphne said. "Where's the best place to go in a desert?"
"Gaaaah..." Fred soon said in a high voice that sounded like a female Jerry Lewis. "I think we should go back in the jet, with the flying, and going back home, and the safety!"
"Oh, man, that's killing me!" Eddy soon laughed out loud.
"Ooh, do Penn next." Dee Dee smiled.
"Okay," Fred said before clearing his throat and did a gruff man's voice. "Does anyone want me to preform a magic trick?"
Dee Dee giggled to that.
And with that, the group soon went into the town.
"Wow, this bazaar is really bizarre." Fred commented.
"And I got a great deal on a new bag." Daphne smiled.
"Daphne, we're supposed to be solving a mystery, not shopping." Mike reminded.
"I bought it to keep the necklace safe," Daphne defended as she showed them. "Besides, it goes great with these shoes."
"Oh, brother..." Mike rolled her eyes. "I bet Lu would be like this if she grew up in the big city like I did instead of that lost island where you can fit the whole population in a minivan."
"Still no sign of the guys," Brianna commented. "I thought for sure that we would find them in here."
Mike's ears twitched as she then sniffed the air.
"Something wrong, Mike?" June asked.
"We've got company!" Mike told her.
"Where?" Dee Dee looked around.
"Look out, guys!" Mike called out as she pushed them against some barrels as someone flew by suddenly.
The figure soon came on top of a roof and tried to shoot a net at them their gun, only to catch the barrels instead.
"Hey, pal, what's the big idea?" Fred glared and shook his fist.
"Freddy, run!" Daphne told him before running off.
They were stopped by another figure who wagged his finger and twirled his staff.
"Who are those guys?" Haley wondered.
"I think they might be sheikhs if I'm not mistaken." June guessed.
"Yes, I get that vibe as well." Double D agreed.
"I'm warning you, pal," Fred shook his fist. "I'm a champion arm-wrestler."
The figure then attacked Fred and June soon went over to go and help him.
"You're messing with the Te Xuan Ze now!"
"Yeah, me and the boys will beat you to the ground!" Eddy added.
"Erm... We?" Double D asked.
"Who else?" Eddy deadpanned.
"The Powerpuff Girls?" Ed smiled innocently.
"Look, we don't want any trouble; we're just looking for our friends." Dean told the man.
The figure didn't listen to him and just attacked him.
"Listen to me!" Dean glared.
The figure grabbed Dean and threw him into barrels and baskets before chucking underneath their mask.
"Okay, that's it." Dean said, darkly serious and soon had killer claws, slowly transforming into the werebeast.
"Who are you people?" Mike demanded. "Talk and I might leave you without broken bones."
"Wouldn't you like to know?" The other figure taunted as they pulled out their staff.
"Well, yes, I would." Mike said sharply as she took the staff away.
The other figure chuckled and pulled out another staff and the other side was shaped like a diamond and sprayed out purple gas. This made the others cough from the gas.
"Ew, that is the cheapest perfume, I ever..." Daphne complained before she soon passed out with the others.
"You won't... Get away with this..." Jessie coughed before passing out.
"Jessie!" Hank cried out before he soon passed out next. "I'm feeling sleepy now... Nighty, night..."
There was another figure laughing, taking the ankh necklace from Daphne's bag and then looked at the Millennium items that were on Haley's head and Jonny's finger.
"The Millennium Items..." The third figure spotted. "With them, I'll be the most powerful hunter in the world!" She then tried to get the items, but they were glowing. "What the-?! What's going on?!"
Haley and Jonny looked confused, only to once again, become Safiya and Amon.
"What in the world?!" The third figure demanded.
"Impossible!" The second figure added.
Safiya and Amon looked around and saw that the others were knocked out and soon looked over to the figures.
"Dr. von Butch, what should we do?" The first figure wondered.
This made Safiya and Amon glare once they heard the woman's name.
"You will leave this place." Amon demanded.
"And who's going to make us?" Amelia replied.
"We are!" Safiya and Amon replied sharply.
"Just try and stop me!" Amelia laughed. "What can you possibly do?"
"We're the lost Princess Safiya and Prince Amon." Safiya retorted.
"Princess and Prince, eh?" Amelia asked. "Well, you might actually be useful to me if you play your cards right."
"Did you say cards?" Amon asked before bringing out a deck of Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
"What are those?" The other figure asked.
"You've never heard of Duel Monsters?" Safiya replied.
"What do you suggest we use?" Amon asked.
"I'm in a dragon mood..." Safiya said to him. "I suggest Aether: The Empowering Dragon."
Amon nodded and soon, a golden dragon soon appeared once the card was played and roared viciously at Amelia and her goons.
"A dragon?!" Amelia gasped. "Natasha! Campbell! Do something!"
The dragon came towards the bad guys with a roar as Safiya and Amon smirked. Campbell soon grabbed a hold of the dragon, much to their dismay. The dragon roared and tried to flap his wings to get out while roaring at the bad guys.
"Shall I activate the spell card?" Amon asked his sister.
"You may." Safiya suggested.
Amon shuffled his cards and brought out a spell card to play. "Monster Reincarnation!"
"That's a spell card?" Amelia asked as a trinket came out and glowed.
Suddenly, the golden dragon overpowered Campbell and picked him up over its head and threw him against Natasha.
"Erm... Maybe we could make a deal?" Amelia suggested. "How's about 50:50?"
"I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way." Safiya told her.
"You deserve what you get... The gods and goddesses are quite angry." Amon added.
"You will listen to me," Amelia demanded. "Once I have the crown, I will rule the world and you two will not get in my way. Royalty or not."
"Then good luck against Aereth since he's been healed from your muscle man." Amon narrowed his eyes.
"Well, then good luck with trying to get the necklace from us." Amelia retorted before she soon dropped a smoke bomb.
"She won't get away that easily." Amon said.
Aether soon came up to the siblings.
"It's not your fault, you did what you could." Safiya soothed the golden-colored dragon.
The dragon then nuzzled up to her with a quiet growl and smiled.
"Thank you my friend, you were great." Amon told the dragon.
The dragon let out a small roar.
"You're welcome." Safiya smiled.
The dragon then returned back to its card and the spirits of the long gone siblings that were now in Haley and Jonny now looked to each other as the others were still knocked out.
"Whoa, what happened?" Jonny asked.
"Come with me, I'll help your friends." A certain man said, appearing.
"Triple A!" Jonny and Haley gasped to the man.
"Hello there, my friends." Amahl greeted.
"Oh, man, it's so good to see you again." Jonny said to him.
"Come along, let's gather your friends together, I can help them." Amahl told them.
"Yes, sir!" Haley and Jonny replied and did as they were told.
They soon came to a spot to be alone and Amahl soon lit an herb on fire and blew on it to make the steam rise and wake up the others who were unconscious.
"Ow, my head..." Brianna groaned.
"Come on, Mom, it's Saturday..." Eddy grumbled until he came to. "Oh, hi, Triple A."
"Where are we?" June asked.
"We are atop The Great Pyramid of Khufu," Amahl informed. "We will be safe here."
"Uh... Did I forget to mention that I'm afraid of heights?" Fred smiled nervously.
"There's bigger problems than heights, Mr. Leader." Mike told him.
"Such as losing your friends." Amahl replied.
"Shaggy, Scooby, Penn, and Cindy... Do you know where they are?" Double D asked.
"I have a friend, who shall I say, is looking into it," Amahl replied. "Ah, here he comes now."
Everyone looked up into the dark sky and saw a certain bird coming over and dropped a collar into the man's hand.
"It's a turtle!" Dee Dee smiled.'
"Ugh..." Mike and June sighed to their best friend.
"Look, it's Scooby's collar!" Brianna told the others.
"So they did make it out of the tomb." Trent smiled to her.
"Yaaaaayy!" Dee Dee beamed. "I'm so happy that I might sing!"
"NO!" Everybody except for Ed cried out.
"Erm... Save it for later, Dee." Mike suggested.
"Okay~" Dee Dee giggled.
"What am I gonna do with you?" Mike sighed and looked up at the full moon. "That's weird... I'm not transforming... But why?"
"Lazy writing?" Eddy shrugged.
"It could maybe be your powers developing." June suggested.
"You think so?" Mike asked.
"It could be." June shrugged.
The hawk soon perched onto Amahl's shoulder.
"Excellent work, Horus," Amahl told him before asking, "Now tell me, where did you find this?"
The hawk screeched and flew away to track down the location.
"We must travel north," Amahl told the others. "By the stars."
"How are we gonna get there, by camel?" Eddy guessed.
"Yes." Haley replied.
"Aw, man." Eddy groaned.
Soon enough, they were all on camels to find their friends.
"Nothing can stop me now, not even those brats with the trading cards," Amelia smirked as she observed the Sphinx and wore the golden ankh necklace. "Soon, Cleopatra's golden crown will be mine." She then let out a wicked giggle.
Natasha and Campbell glared at their boss.
"Oh, please, you'll get your cut," Amelia told them. "Now, get down there and get what we came here for."
Natasha and Campbell then did what their boss asked of them.
Meanwhile, with Penn, Cindy, Shaggy, and Scooby, Cindy was being carried with the cowardly duo off into what looked like a coliseum.
"A coliseum?" Cindy asked. "That's Roman culture, not Egyptian."
"Maybe we'll get to see a battle." Tanis smiled.
The crowd roared as soon as they came in and Shaggy and Scooby already felt nervous.
"Wow, it's some kind of sports arena!" Shaggy smiled. "And the place is packed! Hey, do you think maybe they play baseball in Ancient Egypt?"
"Oh, boy, I hope so." Scooby smiled back.
"Actually, yes," Cindy said. "The Ancient Egyptians invented baseball over 3,500 years ago."
"Like, even better!" Shaggy beamed.
"Reah." Scooby giggled.
"Loyal subjects of The Lost City, you have chosen to follow me, in the ways of Ancient Times, but now, as foretold in prophecy: The Pharaoh Ascoobis, our Princesses: Tanis and Cleo, and of course, our intelligent prodigy: Chenzira, have returned." Hotep then announced.
The crowd cheered in even more excitement and anticipation.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, you're all too kind." Cleo smiled and blew kisses to the adoring public.
"Hey, Scoob, look, here come the ancient peanut vendors." Shaggy smiled to Scooby.
"Uhh..." Cindy said, unsure about that.
Two men soon appeared with spears and armor, coming towards Shaggy and Scooby before doing a double take.
"Great seats, huh?" Shaggy smiled as he and Scooby were dressed like baseball fans.
"We're Number One! We're Number One!" Scooby cheered.
The men shrugged to each other and then bowed to Shaggy and Scooby.
"Huh, I guess it's Swords and Shields Night." Shaggy guessed.
"Reah." Scooby giggled to that.
"Oh, I know where this is going." Cindy groaned.
"Uh, Shaggy, Scooby-" Tanis spoke up.
"And now, it is time for The Great Ascoobis to fulfill the prophecy, by making a sacrifice of himself and Chenzira, to the old, powerful, Spirit of the Sand." Hotep then announced.
"W-W-What did he just say?" Shaggy gulped.
"We're going to be sacrificed?!" Cindy gasped. "Oh, my God! Penn was right!"
Servants soon moved a wooden pole out of the way of the doors to let loose The Spirit of the Sand. Eventually, the monster's eyes opened and it snarled at the others.
"Like, why do I get the feeling that this isn't the home team's dug-out?" Shaggy gulped.
The monster hissed and soon dug underground and came towards them, like Bugs Bunny travelling in a tunnel.
"Why didn't I listen to Penn the first time?" Cindy gulped. "He was right all along!"
Claws soon came out and stabbed the sand. Cindy began to run with Shaggy and Scooby until the stinging tail came out to stab them and they ran off to avoid the monstrous scorpion. The creature soon came out fully from the sand which made them even more nervous.
"Stop it! They're my friends! Hey, I'm talkin' to you!" Tanis complained. "Cleo, it won't listen to me!"
"I'm afraid we have no jurisdiction over The Spirit of the Sand." Cleo frowned to her little sister.
"Oh, no, we gotta do something," Tanis frowned back. "We can't just sit here like bumps on a log."
"Hmm... Let me see..." Cleo hummed in thought.
Cindy, Shaggy, and Scooby huddled against a pillar only for the scorpion to slam its tail down like on a strength tester and they flung up in the air and clung to its tail.
"I was born between October 23rd and November 21st, but this is ridiculous!" Cindy cried out.
"LIKE, SOMEBODY HELP!" Shaggy added.
"CINDY!" Penn's voice called out.
"Penn?!" Cindy replied.
Penn soon came over in front with her with a smirk.
Cindy looked at him and soon cried. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you!"
"You have to say I was right and you were wrong." Penn told her.
"Not now, Penn, we're in danger!" Cindy replied.
"Say it." Penn said.
"Don't make me do this." Cindy groaned.
"Say it or I'll sacrifice you!" Penn said, holding her out, about to throw her.
"AAAUGH!" Cindy panicked. "Alright! I was wrong! You were right! I was wrong, wrong, wrong, ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!"
"I knew it." Penn smirked.
"Now that that's out of the way, there's only one more thing left to do." Cindy said.
"Yes... RUN AWAY!" Penn replied.
"My lord and savior." Cindy muttered.
The scorpion snarled and came towards them.
"Cindy, you're a Scorpio, right?" Penn asked.
"That doesn't mean I talk to scorpions." Cindy told him.
"Oh... Then I guess we're boned." Penn said.
Cleo and Tanis closed their eyes and had summoned two familiar duel monsters.
"Dark Magician." Cleo called.
"Dark Magician Girl." Tanis added.
"Please help us!" Cleo and Tanis cried out.
Suddenly, there was a bright light that glowed. There came a girl with frizzy and wavy blonde hair in a blue and pink outfit, carrying a scepter. Beside her was a man with sharp purple shiny armor with a sharper scepter.
"Hey, it worked." Tanis smiled once she saw the magicians.
"Princess Cleo, Princess Tanis, how can we be of assistance?" The Dark Magician asked with a bow.
"Please stop that monster from hurting our friends." Cleo ordered.
"Monster?" Dark Magician asked before looking over.
"Well, well, there's The Spirit of the Sand," Dark Magician Girl said to her male counterpart. "Shall we?"
"We shall..." Dark Magician nodded to her.
"Cindy, look!" Penn pointed out.
"Oh, my gosh, it's Dark Magician and the Dark Magician Girl!" Cindy gasped.
"Nerd." Penn teased.
Cindy then blew a raspberry at him. Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl soon came up in front of The Spirit of the Sand and zapped their scepters at the scorpion, making it screech out.
"Are you guys okay?" Cleo asked the cowardly duo.
"Like, that scorpion is on a low cowardly diet." Shaggy commented.
"Come here, we got you." Cleo said.
Tanis and Cleo then helped Shaggy, Scooby, Penn, and Cindy.
"Ugh... I got a wedgie from being hurled on that tail." Cindy complained.
"Serves you right for not believing me." Penn glared.
"How many times do I have to tell you?" Cindy complained. "You were right and I was wrong!"
"I'll let you know when you can stop." Penn smirked.
The Spirit of the Sand grabbed a hold of Dark Magician Girl. Dark Magician then broke open its pinchers, breaking them apart as he glared out of aggression. Dark Magician shot his scepter at the Spirit of the Sand who let go of Dark Magician girl and together, they shot the Spirit of the Sand who fell in the water and what a shocking moment was that it was a robot, not the actual Spirit. Everyone then muttered to themselves, looking so confused.
"No! Citizens, d-do not be alarmed by what you see!" Hotep nervously told them until a remote control was seen flying out onto the floor.
Scooby soon jumped up and caught it.
"Nice catch, Patch!" Penn cheered.
"Scooby." Cindy said.
"Oh, wait, wrong series." Penn then said.
"Would you look at that? That Sand Spirit was really a remote control monster run by Hotep." Shaggy commented.
"Of course it was..." Cleo rolled her eyes.
"Well, that explains why it wouldn't listen to us." Tanis said.
"That man is not Hotep!" Amahl announced as he soon appeared on horseback with the others on camels.
"Guys! You're okay!" Trent called out.
"Not now, Trent, we're wrapping up here." Shaggy told him.
"He's Armin Granger..." Amahl said as he held out a wanted poster of a bald man in front of Hotep's face, showing a match. "A brilliant civil engineer, he's been illegal damming the Nile River."
The people muttered to each other in shock at the revelation before going to the man in anger.
"That's how we got here," Cindy realized. "He must've stolen the water to bring it to the city."
"And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling, phony pharaohs!" Armin glared.
The crowd soon jeered as they took him away.
"So, like, was it just dumb luck that Scoob, Cindy, and I happened to fit the fantasy profile?" Shaggy asked, looking at the stone wall.
"There's no such thing as dumb luck, my friend," Amahl replied. "I believe fate brought you here for a special purpose."
"Really?" Scooby asked.
"Maybe it was to solve the mystery all by ourselves," Shaggy replied. "Won't Velma be proud?"
"Reah!" Scooby giggled and then looked confused as the brainy girl wasn't here. "Relma?"
"Hey, guys, where's Velma?" Cindy asked.
The others didn't say anything to them and merely looked upset.
"Did... I say something wrong...?" Cindy asked, feeling uncomfortable now.
"It's a bit of a long story, sweetheart." Reba told the young girl.