Chapter 9:
Scooby-Doo:
Planet: Earth
City: Crystal Cove
Year: 2022
Day: Monday
Time: 11:55 p.m.
A security guard was walking through the factory. He heard rumors of a knight... taking lives at Midnight. Besides it always happened at Midnight.
Time: 11:56 p.m.
So far, things seem quiet. But then there was a chill.
Time: 11:57 p.m.
Things were still pretty quiet, but there was that chill, and what sounded like a horse.
Time: 11:58 p.m.
The guard was starting to get nervous. He felt he should leave, but all the doors were locked.
Time: 11:59 p.m.
The guard called for help, but no one answered his phone. He then heard something coming towards the door. He then ran.
Time: 12:00 a.m.
The guard was hiding in a closet, and someone has entered. The someone was walking, searching. The stranger then left. The guard thought he was safe. He wasn't...
Planet: Earth
City: Crystal Cove
Year: 2022
Day: Tuesday
Time: 8:00 p.m.
"According to this, there is a knight going around killing people at midnight," says Fred, the leader of Mystery Inc.
"I wonder what it could be," says Fred's girlfriend, Daphne.
"Proof that the supernatural is real," says Velma, "we have to find this thing!"
"Like, do we have to," asks Shaggy.
"Thanks to Scooby's magic collar, we would be able to know if we're near something supernatural," says Velma.
"Rucky rus," says Scooby.
"I just wished the talking was a little better," says Velma.
Planet: Earth
City: Crystal Cove
Year: 2022
Day: Tuesday
Time: 11:30 p.m.
The Gang check the latest attack, the factory.
"Maybe the guard was the descendent of a rival," says Velma.
"Scooby, has that collar found anything," asks Fred.
"Rope," says Scooby.
"I sure wish I knew who gave him the collar," says Shaggy.
"Velma, I've been meaning to ask," says Daphne, "why are you so obsessed with the supernatural?"
"Well, it was years ago," says Velma, "there was a time I didn't believe, but then one time, I saw an actual ghost. He was one funky phantom. Anyway, nobody believed me. Ever since then, I have been trying to prove the supernatural is real. I mean, the Justice League proved aliens were a thing, didn't they?"
"I'm sure glad I don't live in Metropolis," says Shaggy.
"Let's try another room," says Fred.
Time: 11:40 p.m.
The Gang were still searching. Then Velma found a book. "What's this," asks Velma. She then starts reading it. Shaggy and Scooby look at the time and were scared, because of the pattern.
Time: 11:45 p.m.
The Gang were in another room.
"Fifteen minutes and that knight could come after us," says Shaggy.
"Guys, apparently, that guard's fate was because he was one of many potential guardians who could stop something from coming," says Velma, "that's what all the other victims were!"
"So, are there any left," asks Daphne.
"Well..." Velma begins, "there are five potential guardians left."
"Are they, by any chance, Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Cindy Bear, Ranger Smith, and my landlord," asks Shaggy.
"No, by coincidence, it's the five of us," says Velma.
Time: 11:50 p.m.
"Ten minutes and we're doomed," says Shaggy, "might as well, get something to eat."
"Reah, reat," says Scooby.
"Hold it, Guys," says Fred, "I think we should all stick together."
"Like, Dude, a crazy knight's gonna come after us!"
"It says here's there's a way to protect ourselves," says Velma, "here's what we do..."
Time: 11:55 p.m.
The Gang then poor a circle of salt around themselves.
"If the Black Knight fails to kill us at midnight, then we're safe," says Velma.
Time: 11:56 p.m.
As the Gang waits, there's a chill.
Time: 11:57 p.m.
The chill was there again, and there was the sound of a horse.
Time: 11:58 p.m.
The Gang were still waiting.
Time: 11:59 p.m.
The Gang were still waiting.
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Scooby's dog tag starts to glow. That means something evil is near. A door opened and he came in. The Black Knight. He saw the Gang and noticed the salt circle, however...
"Shaggy, Scooby, you guys aren't really in the circle," says Velma.
"Rour rad," says Scooby.
Shaggy and Scooby then run and the Black Knight chases after them.
"We have to do something," says Fred.
...
Shaggy and Scooby then enter a room and when the Black Knight enters...
"Congratulations," says Shaggy, "you're our winner!"
Scooby then hands the Black Knight a giant check. They then take a picture with him. Shaggy and Scooby then leave, and the Black Knight then realizes it was a trick. It rips up the check and is mad.
...
Shaggy and Scooby then bump into someone.
"Sorry, Dude," says Shaggy.
"Shaggy and Scooby-Doo," says the masked stranger.
"Like, how do you know us," asks Shaggy.
"That's... not important... the name's Nightwing."
"Ri," says Scooby.
"Like, we're running from him," says Shaggy.
The Black Knight then appears.
"Relax," says Nightwing, "he's probably just a weirdo in a mask."
Shaggy and Scooby then stare at him. "Like, are you insane," asks Shaggy.
"Wait, you mean he's real," asks Nightwing, "you guys run, I'll hold him off!"
Shaggy and Scooby then run off.
...
Shaggy and Scooby then reunite with the Gang.
"Why didn't you guys just jump in the circle," asks Velma.
"You mean we could've," asks Shaggy.
"Rho rew," asks Scooby.
Then the Black Knight comes and is about to attack them, but then Scooby's dog tag started to glow and drove the Black Knight off. The Black Knight then looks at the time and it was...
Time: 12:05 p.m.
"Like, that was in five minutes," asks Shaggy.
The Black Knight is disappointed and leaves.
...
The Gang are in the Mystery Machine.
"There's more," says Velma, "that knight was no ordinary knight! He was... the Horseman of Death!"
"You mean..." Daphne begins.
"I'm afraid so," says Velma, "he's one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse!"
"Nope," says Shaggy, "one is enough, thank you!"
"War is a red knight," says Velma, "Pestilence is a purple knight, but I don't know what Famine is. Apparently, we might be able to stop them."
"I like that mask idea Nightwing said," says Shaggy, "rest his soul, since Death, more than likely, killed him."
...
Nightwing was badly bruised, but he survived. "Man, this Earth's monsters are rough. Okay, I better get back to work."
Next: Space Ghost