Mr. E looked at them. First at Alice who was first pretending to be Deacon Carswell's daughter - to give Mystery Incorporated II a yearbook - and then turned into the Obliteratrix, to flush out Pericles. She then teamed up with the kids to take down them - the original Mystery Incorporated. Mr. E then looked at Marci. She was at first the Manticore to get her father to close down their amusement park which she despised. Then she became the Dark Lilith to lure the gang to get the fifth piece of the disk.

She, like Alice, teamed up with the gang and stole the disk pieces that he, Pericles, Brad, and Judy had.

Mr. E looked at Marci and asked, "Do you know where the kids are?"

"Last I heard they were at Shaggy's house," she answered, wondering where this was going.

Alice was wondering the same thing as she asked, "Ricky, what's this all about?"

Mr. E looked at the blonde girl and answered, "Before I go to prison forever, I think its time I said my peace." Mr. E then turned back to the brown haired girl. "Can you take me to the Roger's household," Mr. E asked Marci.

"Sure if that's what you want," Marci answered. Alice perked up at this as the two of them headed out as Marci looked back at her. She asked, "Aren't you coming, Alice?"

Alice's eyes widen at this and asked, "Y-you want me to?"

Mr. E softly smiled and answered, "If not for Hot Dog Water then how about for me?"

Alice perked up again as she looked at Mr. E. He was smiling softly at her, almost as if he knew that she wanted to be his friend. Marci wanted the same thing, though she couldn't really explain it. Marci was a lot like Ricky, she didn't have many friends and she wanted to have more than just the gang. And they were in Ricky and Alice.

Alice answered, "Ricky, I'll go but only if you call me by my real name."

"And what's your real name," Ricky asked, for the first time, being himself and not Mr. E.

Marci added, curious, "Yeah, what is it?"

She softly smiled at the two of them and answered, "It's Vanessa. Vanessa Cress."

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Back with Mystery Incorporated II, Velma was still in shock that Estelle was an angel from above. She never believe in magic or in science fiction. It never made any sense to her. She was a science girl, believing that things can be explained with rational logic and scientific reasoning. That was Velma. Shaggy, however, was different. He was the only one (besides Scooby) that was actually talking to her. Velma found it odd that Shaggy wasn't questioning her - then again - stranger things had happened...

…

-Flashback: 'Howl of the Fright Hound'-

Crystal Cove is terrorized by a mysterious robotic dog called the Fright Hound, and Scooby gets the blame and gets arrested. While visiting Scooby at the Crystal Cove's Animal Asylum, Mystery Inc. encounters Professor Pericles, who gives them a warning - "Beware of those close to you." The warning is meant specifically for "Frederick". Meanwhile, the gang is introduced to Jason Wyatt, an overweight nerd with a monster crush on Velma. The Fright Hound attacks the Animal Asylum.

During the attack, most of the animal inmates to escape, then gives chase to Mystery Inc. as they arrive and rescue Scooby. It chases them into a steel factory after the Mystery Machine runs out of gas. The Fright Hound is destroyed by Scooby, and the person in control of it is revealed to be Jason's mom, who created The Fright Hound to destroy Mystery Inc. and frame Scooby in order to break them apart so Jason could get his true love, Velma.

Velma insists that she and Jason be friends, to which Jason happily agrees. Shaggy reveals how much Scooby means to him, and decides that he's not ready to have a girlfriend, leaving Velma heartbroken. Sheriff Stone gets a call from Officer Johnson stating that all the animal inmates of the Animal Asylum have been accounted for... except for Professor Pericles. Then Velma get a text message from Mr. E telling the group to "follow the parrot".

-End of Flashback-

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Just then, there was a knock at the Roger's household. Shaggy got up and asked, "Like, who could that be?" Shaggy opened the door and saw: Alice, Marci, and...Mr. E. "Mr. E," Shaggy blurted out, totally surprised to see him here.

Velma perked up as she came over and saw her former employer. She also saw Marci there.

"Marci," Velma blurted out, also surprised.

Freddy came over with Daphne, Scooby, and Estelle. That's when they saw Alice.

"Alice May," the four of them blurted out, surprised.

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Back in the Mushroom Kingdom, after re-grouping in the Comet Observatory, Rosalina couldn't believe that Mario was indeed alive. He looked like he was in rough condition but it was definitely the hero of the kingdom. Peach had refused to leave Mario's side. Though she, Violet, and Spettro couldn't shake the feeling something was wrong. Mario was hardly saying anything. Peach decided to address the elephant in the room.

Peach asked, "Mario...sweetie...? Are you okay? You hardly said a word since you saved us..."

Mario looked at her sadly, pointing at his throat. Everyone looked and saw something awful. There was a hole in his throat near his vocal chords.

Rosalina gasped, "Probably when Dimentio threw you away."

To that, Mario only could nod.

Violet raised a brow, "You can't talk...ever again?"

To that, Mario nodded again with tears in his eyes. Spettro whined sadly. Mario looked at Peach and Violet, looking pale. He pointed at them and then at himself, as if he was asking a question.

Peach guessed, "Where's Luigi?" Mario put a finger to his nose, to tell Peach she got it. She added, "He went to warn Timmy that the kingdom fell but he's been gone for a good while..."

Violet was worried for her boyfriend. Mario was worried about his brother. That was not good.

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Wishmaker1028: Chapter 24 is finished! This chapter is dedicated to the fact Charles Martinet is retiring. Now I want to do an AU story where Mario lost his voice forever. Gee thanks brain hahaha. For now, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!