Let's continue on with a brand new chapter, where we go back to the past! Anyway, enjoy!
EIGHT YEARS AGO...
The Clock Monster roared as he followed the Great Dane and little hero down the hall, but as he followed, he noted the two turning a corner. The monster growled as he turned the same corner... only for the monster to stop in confusion as he not only lost sight of the young heroes, but it was a dead end with six doors in between the monster. The monster growled as he glanced over and smirked. Obviously figuring out that the two were hiding in one of these rooms, the clock monster crept over as he opened the first door.
The monster peeked in and frowned as he growled, finding it quite empty, just a normal spare room with couches, chairs and a television nearby. The monster then went to the second door, only to find the same thing. As the monster approached the third door, it opened up by itself, surprising the monster. All of a sudden, a head peeked out, a brown haired small looking figure wearing bifocals, a mustache and drawn wrinkles were peeking out.
"Like, my stars!" The figure grinned as he took the surprised monster in. "Come in, come in, you're just in time for your five o'clock!"
Before the monster could question what was going on, he found himself forced into a stylist/barber's chair with a brown furred figure wearing an obvious fake beard and holding a watch gave a nod as the conductor figure went over to the chair to massage the Clock Monster's scalp. Obviously, those two figures were Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, dressed up as a clock fixer and Father Time respectively.
"Now, don't you worry about a thing. You let me and Father Time here take care of your worries." Shaggy said in interest as he massaged the monster's face, causing the monster to smile a bit and relax. "You know, I have met a lot of interesting monsters with clocks, but none as exquisite as you!"
"Ruh-huh!" Scooby grinned as he pulled out a small wrench and handed it to Shaggy. Shaggy took it as he continued talking, putting the wrench against the monster's nose as he cranked it a bit.
"You know, some interesting people told me the other day the most exquisite monsters from the other end of the dome, but let me tell you, they don't compare to the elusive Clock Monster." Shaggy rambled as he did his best to remember a few words he heard Velma say when describing certain people. "But tell me, have you ever wanted to be young?"
The Clock Monster tried to open his mouth before Shaggy stopped him. "Don't answer that, like, of course you do. Like, I'm sure we all want to be young again. Father Time, fetch the 'beauty cream', will you?"
"Rou rot it!" Scooby grinned as he looked around the desk he was next to, and smirked as he picked up a bucket of oil and handed it to Shaggy.
"Now, this'll only stain a bit." Shaggy said in a comforting voice before spilling the oil all over the Clock Monster's face, causing the monster to scream out in pain as he got up and rubbed his face of the oil. By the time his eyes were cleared, he noticed that Shaggy and Scooby (now back in their Commander Cool and Mellow Mutt disguises) had ran out in a panic, with Shaggy saying, "Come on, Mellow Mutt, let's go!"
The monster screeched out in pain as he let out a loud roar, running out the door in an attempt to give chase, but when one's face was covered in oil, it doesn't allow one to see very good as he ran into a wall.
"Commander Cool" and "Mellow Mutt", on the other hand, kept running for their lives as they continued to run around, trying to find various rooms. Shaggy looked over to his friend and brother-in-arms. "Mellow Mutt, is that monster still following us?"
Scooby looked back for a moment, before turning to his friend. "Ro, rut retter rafe rhan rorry!"
"Good call." Shaggy took a deep breath as he looked towards another dark room. "Quick, into this room!"
The two young superheroes then ran inside the room and took a deep breath as Scooby turned the lights on to the room. Shaggy gave a small sigh of relaxation as he sat down on a nearby chair, with Scooby joining alongside. Commander Cool gave a sigh as he put his hand over his head and wiped the sweat off. "Well, we gave him the slip, but I don't know how long."
As soon as the two took a moment to catch a deep breath, Scooby had decided to bring up the obvious. "Ro... rhatever rappened ro rour rew riderick?"
"My new sidekick?" Shaggy asked in confusion as he raised an eyebrow. "You don't mean Gorgeous Gal, do you, Mellow Mutt?"
Little did Shaggy and Scooby know was that behind them, a tied up Daphne who was settled in a chair, had heard the two as from her blindfolded eyes, they lit up in hope as she tried to nudge the couch, trying to get their attention.
The two didn't notice, though, as Scooby gave a low growl. Shaggy raised an eyebrow in concern as he asked, "Mellow Mutt, what is wrong with you? You aren't... jealous, are you?"
"Re? Realous? Ri'm rot realous! Rou are!" Scooby said as he crossed his arms.
The brown haired boy in the superhero costume was not convinced, though. "I think you are a little jealous, aren't you?"
Daphne stopped hitting the couch as she looked up, listening to Scooby and Shaggy's conversation.
Scooby said nothing as he lifted his head up and gave another growl. Shaggy looked a little surprised and concern for his best friend. "Like, Mellow Mutt... Scooby. You know more than anything I'm your best friend, right?"
The Great Dane puppy said nothing, but he did look back at Shaggy and gave a nod.
"You have nothing to worry about, Scoob! I was just as surprised about this girl coming in dressed up as Gorgeous Gal as you are, but she was just doing what you and I are doing all the time... pretending to be heroes." Shaggy chuckled. "I don't know who this girl is, but she sounded like she knew us head to toe, or was a big fan of Commander Cool as you and I are."
Scooby paused as he put a paw on his chin. "Rhmmmmm..."
"Look, I won't deny it, Scooby. Whoever this girl was in the Gorgeous Gal outfit... she's cute, like, very, very cute! I would say... Daphne-cute." Shaggy smiled a bit, causing Daphne from the other side of the couch to blush a bit as she smiled underneath the gag. "I don't know whether or not she's a fan of us or knows about our mystery solving style, or secret identities, but she seemed to be really committed to the Gorgeous Gal bit. She even did one of her infamous 'kiss and don't tell' gimmicks."
Daphne's eyes widened in surprise as she kept listening to Shaggy's conversation. Scooby turned to Shaggy in surprise too as he lowered his eyelids. Shaggy gave a small chuckle, "Oh, Scoob, you know you don't need to be jealous of anything... but maybe it just means that whoever Gorgeous Gal is has a crush on me. Like, a big-time crush."
Scooby lowered his eyelids towards Shaggy in anger as Shaggy tried to explain, "That being said, you'll always be my best friend, Scooby. I don't know my true feelings on this girl yet, I don't know if I can take the big step yet... after all, we're barely out of our pre-teens as it is."
"Rood roint." Scooby said after a while of thinking.
Daphne listened in some more as from underneath her blindfold, her eyes lit up happily as her heart found itself skipping a beat.
"And remember what Gorgeous Gal always did in the comics? She not only flirted with Commander Cool, but she gave Mellow Mutt a lot of respect." Shaggy explained as Scooby looked over to Shaggy, the Great Dane puppy slowly growing a smile. "Gorgeous Gal understood the partnership, friendship and how equal Commander Cool and Mellow Mutt were, even when she was mysterious. Remember that theory I made when I thought Gorgeous Gal actually had a big time crush on Commander Cool?"
"Reah, rou rid." Scooby smiled a bit.
"Then there you go. Just because there's an new girl cosplaying in town, doesn't mean we can't exclude her out in any activities." Shaggy smiled. "Like, I don't know who Gorgeous Gal is under the mask, but that's okay. She's very fun, and sweet and charming and..."
Shaggy lowered his eyelids as small, miniature hearts once again floated around the young boy. Scooby shook his head, but gave a small smile as he said, "Rokay, I'll rive Rorgeous Ral arother rance."
"That's the spirit, Scoo- I mean, Mellow Mutt!" Shaggy grinned. "Now come on, hopefully, we can find Gorgeous Gal! She was captured by the Clock Monster, and who knows where they taken her..."
Scooby gasped as he took a heroic position, pointing his nose around. "Ret's ro ris!"
All of a sudden, the two finally heard a loud thump from behind the couch, causing the two to jump. Shaggy and Scooby then turned their heads behind the couch as they peeked out to see "Gorgeous Gal" tied to a chair that was tipped over. The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces before running over and untying the struggling girl.
As soon as "Gorgeous Gal" was out of her bindings, she turned towards the two heroes who rescued her. "My heroes..."
"Are you okay, Gorgeous?" Shaggy asked, looking at the boy in concern.
Daphne returned Shaggy's look with a look of her own, wondering if she was ready to tell Shaggy the truth. She was going to, but after hearing Shaggy's spiel to Scooby, she started to have some second thoughts. She gave a small smile as she figured that it was probably best Shaggy and Scooby didn't know who she really was... not yet, anyway.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Daphne blushed a bit... before grinning as she kissed Shaggy on the cheek, causing the boy to blush, before patting Scooby on the head, gently scratching him behind the ears. "Well... we're no close to finding out about the monster... and we still need to find that gem."
Shaggy paused as he gave a smile. "Actually, I did find a clue when I overheard that the Clock Monster caught you."
The boy then dug around in his pockets to pull out the gold flakes. "This was falling off the monster's body as he walked."
Gorgeous Gal's eyes widened as she gave a smile. "Good work Sh- Commander Cool! This might be useful for later!"
It was at that moment Scooby caught scent of something as he looked over at a nearby desk, mixed with various files. Shaggy and Daphne noticed as he followed Scooby to the desk as the two noted a mess of documents on the table... but one particular document caught their eye in interest.
And there's chapter fourteen! How did you guys like it? In the next chapter, back to the future with Daphne and Shaggy doing an investigation on their stalker, along with reuniting with Scooby-Doo! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!