G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase

The first thing our heroes remembered after being struck with that laser and disappearing from the real world was first appearing in a white room, clearly confused and bewildered about what was happening.

Next, space suits of different kinds appeared on their bodies. While Mystery Incorporated's space suits were all white with Scooby's tag symbol on their shoulders, the Mane 6's space suits were kind of like the ones they wore back in Orbit City.

• Misty's spacesuit, with its matching boots, was a mix of light blue and lavender, creating a color balance that matched her coat color and her mane and tail color, with light yellow stars scattered around and her cutie mark was on the right flank of the suit.
• Zipp's spacesuit and boots were had the colors of white with cotton candy pink, magenta, turquoise and thulian pink mixed in, and her cutie mark was imprinted on the right flank.
• Izzy's spacesuit and boots were pastel blue and purple, with stars and moons around and her cutie mark on the right flank.
• Pipp's spacesuit and boots were truly worthy enough to be worn by a pop star princess. It was a bright pink collar with different gemstones sporadically placed on her suit, and her cutie mark on her right flank.
• Sunny's spacesuit and boots were a light orange color, lighter than her coat color, with her cutie mark on the right flank.
• Hitch's spacesuit and boots were light yellow, lighter than his coat collar, with green zig-zag stripes around his waist and on his boots, and his cutie mark on his right flank.

And then, the last thing that shocked the group was their surroundings changing until it looked very similar to outer space and on the moon above the Earth every night. “Jinkies!” Velma exclaimed with surprise, realizing immediately what had happened. “It looks like we've been beamed into Eric's computer game.”

“Wait... we're in the game?!” Hitch yelped, going into a full blown panic. “How are we in the game?! HOW ARE WE GONNA GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE?!!!”

“Hitch! Hitch! Calm down a second!” Sunny said reassuringly. “I'm sure we can find a way out of this-- promise.”

“Sunny, we do have at least one problem,” Zipp said with a nervous look. “We’re here, but... we left Sparky behind back there when we left!”

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Sparky was babbling innocently by the time Eric, Bill, Officer Wembley and Professor Kaufman arrived, and Eric immediately noticed the laser closing itself up. “The laser's been fired!”

“At that Phantom Virus, I hope,” Officer Wembley couldn't help but shudder as Professor Kaufman picked up Sparky, knowing that Hitch wouldn’t leave him here on purpose, wherever he was. Bill then accessed the computer to see what had been beamed into the game, and his eyes widened in shock. “I don't think so. Look here! Your friends have been transported into cyber-space!”

Eric and Professor Kaufman gasped in shock and horror, and even Sparky let out a little gasp. “So?” said Officer Wembley, not really seeing the big deal. “Throw a switch or something and get them out!”

Eric shook his head in response. “The game doesn't work that way. They have to play through all the levels to get out.”

“You're kidding me,” the officer said in shock. “I wish he was,” Professor Kaufman said with a grave tone of voice. “And,” Bill added, “until they can get out by winning every level of the game... the danger in there can be very real.”

“Danger?!” Officer Wembley said in shock. He felt terrible for the group being trapped in there, and he felt even worse that Sparky was stuck here with his adopted father and friends in cyber-space.

All they could do now is wait and see what might happen next.

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Sunny and Zipp had successfully gotten Hitch calmed down, but there was still a bit of a problem-- they still had no idea how they were going to get back home.

While the others were trying to figure this out, Shaggy started hopping across the moon, laughing in excitement. “Check this out. I'm, like, a superhero!”

“Be careful, Shaggy,” Velma called rather cautiously. “There's less gravity on the moon.”

However, Shaggy lifted a giant boulder as if it was no problem at all. “Look! It's Super Shaggy!”

Misty sighed with a smile before she turned to her Great Dane friend. “Scooby, wanna help me get Shaggy back here before he hurts himself?”

“Okay!” Scooby nodded before he and Misty started leaping toward Shaggy. “Scooby-Dooby-Dooooo!!”

However, Shaggy leapt in another direction in order to get away from them. “Nice try, guys!” he called to Misty and Scooby with a teasing smile. “Like, catch me if you can!”

However, Shaggy slammed right into a boulder, causing the others to groan in pain before they leapt right over to the others to check up on Shaggy. “Shaggy, are you all right?” Pipp asked in concern, causing Shaggy to groan. “I think so. But I made an important discovery.”

“What’s that?” Daphne asked as Misty helped Shaggy up onto his feet again. “In this video game, you can get hurt.”

“Or worse!” Velma pointed out. “We'd better be careful.”

“Velma's right,” Fred nodded with a serious look. “Eric said this game has creatures and who knows what else.”

“Zoinks!” Shaggy yelped, pointing into the distance. “I know who!”

The others looked in the direction that he was pointing, and seeing the Phantom Virus instantly made their blood run cold. “Oh no!” Daphne gasped as the virus cackled. “He must've gotten beamed into the game too!” Zipp realized before she sighed wearily. “And just our luck!”

Scooby screamed and leapt away in fright, just before Fred caught site of two figures approaching. “Oh no! He's not alone!”

The two figures were revealed to be moon goons, kinda like the gang had placed in an earlier mystery, and they were coming at them fast with the Phantom Virus taking the lead. “Let’s play ball.”

“Like, let's not!” Shaggy yelped as the others followed Scooby in the direction that he was leaping. “Hold on a second!” Zipp said with a confused expression. “I thought WE were chasing HIM!”

“Back at the lab, we were!” Fred nodded in response. “But here in the game,” Velma reminded, “he's got friends!”

“They don't look very friendly to me!” Shaggy spoke in fear as they hid behind a large rock where Scooby was cowering, and Izzy took a breath of relief when she saw the virus and the goons no longer behind them. “I think we lost them.”

Scooby whimpered fearfully, shaking in his space boots, causing Misty to approach him gently. “Don't worry, Scooby,” she said, stroking the Great Dane as gently as she could. “As long as we stick together, we're gonna find a way out of this place and get rid of this virus thing... I promise.”

This did seem to get Scooby to smile a little bit, but he was still pretty shaken up, prompting Pipp to rub his back gently with her hoof. “You know, Misty,” Velma spoke, “getting beamed into cyber-space may not be such a bad thing.”

This caused Pipp to look at her in surprise. “And how is that, Velma?”

“Yeah!” Scooby nodded fearfully. “Maybe if we play along, we can find out who created this virus,” Velma pointed out, causing Fred to nod. “Right! Maybe we can find some clues.”

“Do you think the 'Play ball' thing is a clue?” Izzy asked curiously. “It might be, Iz,” Hitch nodded. “But, let's focus on getting off the moon before we leap right into clues.”

“Remember what Eric said?” Velma asked the group. “We need to find the box of Scooby Snacks.”

“And, like, there it is!” Shaggy said, pointing to the Scooby Snacks box over near the American flag planted in 1969. “Wow,” Daphne commented. “That was easy.”

“It's only the first level of the game,” Zipp reminded with a smile. “It's supposed to be easy.”

“Over there!”

The gang gasped at seeing the moon goons and the Phantom Virus getting closer. “Oh no! Here they come!” Misty cried. “We have to get moving, now!”

“But we can't carry the gang on our backs and leap great distances at the same time!” Zipp pointed out. “We need a way to get there a lot faster!”

Luckily, Scooby pointed his paw to something that he thought could help with that. “Look! A rover!”

“Huh?” Shaggy and Pipp chorused before they all spotted a Mystery Machine themed moon rover nearby, to which Fred got excited about. “A moon rover!”

“And what a cool paint job!” Shaggy smiled. “Well, I was sorta hoping for a new crafting idea,” Izzy shrugged, “but whatever floats your boat!”

“Come on, you guys!” Zipp said as they leapt into the moon rover and sped away as fast as the rover could go, which... honestly, wasn't that much. “This thing needs new shocks!” Fred told the group as the moon rover roughly bumped along. “As long as it gets us away from those moon goons,” Daphne told Velma and Zipp, “who cares?”

That's when Sunny spared a look behind them and her eyes widened in shock. “Oh, no! They've got a set of wheels too!”

The moon goons were operating their own moon rover while the Phantom Virus repeatedly blasted at them, causing Misty, Shaggy and Scooby scream and duck down to avoid the blasts altogether. “Step on it, Freddy!” Izzy cried. “They're gaining on us!”

“I am! But this is it's fast as it goes!”

Finally, after a few more seconds, the Phantom Virus managed to strike the engine of the heroes' moon rover, causing it to halt. “Oh, man!” Shaggy cried. “He got us!”

“It’s okay, guys,” Velma reassured, pointing to the nearby Scooby Snacks box. “The Scooby Snacks are right there.”

“Oh boy! Scooby Snacks!” Scooby licked his chops hungrily before taking leaps toward the American flag and the box. “Scooby-Dooby-Doo!!”

“Go, Scooby, go!” Sunny cheered. “You can do it, boy!” Zipp cried out… just before the moon goons and the virus gave the dog chase. “Uh-oh!”

“Come on, ponies!” Misty cried, leaping out of the rover. “Scooby might need our help!”

“Right behind ya, Misty-Twisty!” Izzy shouted as the rest of the ponies followed after her. Scooby continued to leap and leap toward the snacks until the other moon rover crashed with a crater, sending the moon goons and the virus flying while Scooby was able to get out of the way in time.

However, the Phantom Virus wasn't intent on giving up. “Stop that dog!”

The moon goons set out immediately after Scooby, unaware that the Mane 6 were following close behind. “Come on, Scoob!” Shaggy called out encouragingly. “You can do it, pal!”

Hearing his best friend’s voice caused Scooby to pause mid-bounce and wave to his friends below. “Hello!”

“Watch out!”

“Be careful, Scooby!”

Scooby yelped as he saw the moon goons reaching out to grab him, but Sunny and Hitch leapt on the goons, causing them to fall to the ground. “Pipp, Zipp! Get Scooby to the Scooby Snacks!” Sunny then instructed. “We’ll take care of the goons!”

“You got it, Sun!” Zipp saluted. “Let’s bounce, you two!”

Scooby, Pipp and Zipp then proceeded to leap closer and closer to the American flag until Scooby screeched to a halt, grabbed the box in his paws and giggled. “We got it!” Pipp cheered. “Way to go, boy!”

“We knew you could do it!” Zipp said as she and her sister hugged the Great Dane. But, no sooner did this happen that something strange occurred-- first the box disappeared, and then Pipp, Zipp and Scooby disappeared with it, surprising Daphne and the others. “Where did they…?”

And just like that, the rest of the gang and the rest of the Mane 6 disappeared too.

And we all know what that means-- they won this level, and now they were moving onto level 2... where a new friend and some new trouble were gonna catch them offguard.