G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase

Our heroes have succesfully made it through 9 levels of the computer game (10, if you include the Equestrian bonus level), and they were pumped and ready to make it through the final level and finally be sent home.

But with the virus still lurking out there, they knew this wasn't going to be easy, so they would have to use all the resources they could in order to succeed in their task.

Now, let's get back to the story at hoof.

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Once more, the group appeared in the white void after completing the last level, and the white void disappeared into a city-like area under a starry sky.

Seeing this caused Daphne to look around, a sense of familiarity filling her mind. “I think we're finally home!”

Shaggy sighed in relief at this. “Finally, no more monsters chasing us. Let's go celebrate with some chow!”

“Yeah!” Scooby nodded enthusiastically. “Chow!”

Tanya looked up at the sky with wide eyes. “Uh, it might be a little early for a celebration, gang. Look!”

As the wolf pointed her paw to the sky, the others gasped upon seeing a green dome still hanging over their heads, signaling that they're still stuck inside the game. “Oh man! We're still in the game!” Zipp groaned, causing Pipp to frown. “And I thought we were home free...”

“Yeah...” Scooby whined sadly, leading Sunny to try and comfort him.

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Back in the real world, Bill became hopeful about the group making it to the final stage of the gang. “Okay, they made it to the last level!”

“But this one's the toughest of them all,” Eric pointed out, frowning as he held Sparky comfortingly in his arms. “No player has ever won it. Not even me. They'll take everything they've got just to survive.”

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Back in the game, Izzy turned to the others with confusion. “Now what?”

“All we have to do is find the last box of Scooby Snacks,” Velma explained. “But since this is the last level, it isn't gonna be easy,” Sunny pointed out with a serious expression. “We’re gonna need to work together like never before.”

“I agree whole-heartedly, Sunny,” Daphne said, “but this city is so big. Where do we start?”

Fred looked across the street and smiled at seeing an old woman waiting to cross the street. “Hey... let's see if that woman knows anything.”

“Good idea, Freddy-Beddy!” Izzy chirped. “Old ladies are always willing to help teens and ponies out when they're in need!”

However, Tanya hummed in thought, feeling as if something didn't feel right about the arrangement. The group proceeded to walk over to the woman, and Daphne felt the need to speak up first. “Excuse us, ma'am... we were wondering...”

“Surprise!” the Phantom Virus said from his old woman disguise, causing the group to scream in fright. “The virus!” Pipp and Shaggy yelled as the Phantom virus removed the hood from his disguise. “Welcome to the final level. You're in the major leagues now.”

However, before the virus could make any sudden movements, the group burst down the street, running and screaming to try and get away from the virus' clutches.

After a bit of running, Shaggy turned to the others with a slight pant of exhaustion. “Like, where are we going?!”

“As long as it's far away from that virus creep, who cares?!” cried Hitch. “But we can't keep running forever!” Misty pointed out. “We need someplace to hide until we're sure the virus isn't chasing us anymore!”

That's when Fred spotted a building up ahead that they could hide in and got an idea. “Let's hide in the malt shop!”

“Great idea, Freddy!” Shaggy exclaimed as they high-tailed it toward the malt shop, burst inside and then screeched to a halt, every single one of them out of breath. That was way too close for comfort, and everyone had to agree with that statement.

That's when Daphne turned and saw 11... strangely familiar figures sitting at the barstools next to them. “Can someone help us?”

When the figures turned, the gang, the Mane 6 and Tanya, as well as the figures themselves, gasped in shock-- the figures looked exactly like the gang and the Mane 6, with only a couple of slight differences.

Cyber Shaggy wore a red shirt, Cyber Scooby wore a red collar, and Cyber Misty had Misty’s old blue and green mane coloring, but still kept her cutie mark.

Shaggy and Cyber Shaggy looked at each other in shock, realizing how similar they both looked. “Zoinks!!”

“You're me!” Shaggy exclaimed. “And, like, you're me!” Cyber Shaggy spoke up in reply. That's when Cyber Velma and Velma looked at each other in fascination, Velma deciding to speak first. “You're the characters in Eric's video game!”

“And you're from the real world!” Cyber Velma agreed, leading both Velmas to look at each other in surprise. “Jinkies!”

Daphne looked at Cyber Daphne’s apparel with hands on her hips. “Did I really wear that years ago?”

“That jacket with that skirt?” Cyber Daphne looked at Daphne’s outfit with the same expression before they hummed in thought.

Fred then lifted Cyber Fred's ascot with a smile. “Nice ascot.”

Cyber Fred smiled proudly at this. “Heh... works for me!”

At the same time, Sunny was talking with her own cyber double not too far away, shaking her head in surprise. “This is so unreal. You're me?”

“Uh, yeah,” Cyber Sunny nodded. “It would certainly seem so.”

“So you're the version of us from cyberspace?” Zipp asked her cyber double in confusion. “Yeah, that's us,” Cyber Zipp nodded. “It's kinda strange looking at another version of me.”

“Well, not for me,” Pipp said as she and her cyber double copied each other's movements to a T. “It's like I'm looking in an absolutely gorgeous mirror!”

“Even I have to admit it,” Hitch said to his cyber double. “I look even better up close.”

Cyber Hitch blinked in surprise at this. “Weird to receive a compliment from myself, but I'm not complaining.”

“Sweet sauce horseshoe toss! Another me!” Izzy said, completely amazed as she and Cyber Izzy got to know one another a bit. “I know, right?!” Cyber Izzy chirped. “Best day ever!”

Misty looked at her cyber double in surprise, realizing that her cyber double had her old mane coloring, further making Misty want to ask her double a question. “You're not an evil doppelganger created by dark magic, are you?”

“I was about to ask you the same thing,” Cyber Misty said with a shrug, “so I don't think so.”

Meanwhile, the Scoobys sniffed at each other and circled each other for a few moments before giggling and high-fiving one another, obviously becoming fast friends while Velma looked at her outfit, then at the outfit of her cyber double. “I guess it's been awhile since we'd seen Eric. He hasn't seen our fashion changes.”

“We'll go shopping later,” Daphne told her cyber double and the two Pipps, causing the two fashionista pegasi to squeal and high-hoof one another. At the same time, Cyber Shaggy led Shaggy, Izzy and Cyber Izzy over to a table where a basket of fries waited for them. “Like, why don't you join us for a little snack?”

“Man,” Shaggy said with a smile, “I thought you would never ask.”

“I love French fries!” Cyber Izzy chirped. “Can somepony pass the ketchup?”

“Got you covered, mare-friend!” Cyber Izzy told her double. Not too far away, Scooby got an idea and whispered it to his cyber double, prompting Cyber Scooby to nod with a smile. “Okay!”

Izzy, Shaggy and their cyber doubles proceeded to snack on some fries for a few moments, drowning the fries in ketchup until they heard Scooby whining and panting next to them, and Shaggy picked up a fry and tossed it into Scooby’s mouth. “Here ya go, pal.”

Izzy, Cyber Izzy and Cyber Shaggy tossed Scooby a fry each, unaware that Cyber Scooby was snatching the basket of fries while Scooby waved to them with his paw. “Thanks a lot!”

He quickly trotted away, and as Izzy, Shaggy and their cyber doubles looked down at the table, they realized that their fries had gone missing. “Hey!”

When they looked over, they saw Scooby and Cyber Scooby dining on the fries they had swiped, drowning them with their own ketchup stash and not having a single care in the world... at least for a few moments. “As much as I love the new friends we're making,” Tanya then spoke, “I'm afraid we don't have time to play around. We have to find the Scooby Snax, find my sister and get out of here.”

“Aww, come on,” Cyber Zipp brushed off, a calm smile stretched axross her face. “You guys need to relax.”

“Yeah,” nodded Cyber Daphne. “What are you worried about?”

Daphne looked at the rest of the cyber doubles in surprise. “Aren't you afraid of the Phantom Virus?”

“Phantom who?” Cyber Fred repeated, confused. “Never heard of him.”

“You're kidding!” Hitch said in shock. “Huge? Creepy? Shoots lightning? None of that rings a bell?”

“Oh I get it. The virus isn't part of this game,” Velma pointed out. “They have no reason to be looking for our cyber doubles.”

“Well, you cyber guys are lucky,” Shaggy told the cyber doubles with a frown. “The Phantom Virus is creepy and has this really scary laugh.”

Suddenly, the Phantom Virus' laughter could be heard from outside the malt shop, causing Misty to gulp nervously, all the hairs on her neck standing up. “Uh... just like that!”

“Come out and play...”

Cyber Scooby and Scooby dove under the table, shivering in fright at the sound of the virus' voice, just as Sunny, Zipp, Velma and Cyber Fred approached the window and saw the virus outside, letting Sunny gasp in shock. “It's him!”

“Come out, come out...” the virus taunted as they got away from the window and back with their friends. “Let's get out of here!” Cyber Fred told the groups. “The Mystery Machine is out back!”

“I'll drive!” both Fred's announced at once causing them to look at one another. And as the two Freds tried to work this whole driving situation out, the group went out the back doors to get to the Mystery Machine for a slick getaway.

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Out on top of the Mystery Machine, a white wolf slept peacefully, taking a break from her annual patrol.

But as she was beginning to come out of her slumber, she heard the back door open, and she heard Cyber Fred speak a few moments later. “Anitra, come on! We gotta help our new friends find the Scooby and get rid of the Phantom Virus!”

The white wolf, now known as Anitra, yawned and stood up, opening her eyes slowly. “Phantom Virus? Are you sure? And who are these new friends of yours?”

Once her amethyst eyes opened, Anitra found herself locking eyes with the same tender blue ones of a wolf she thought to be lost forever. “T-Tanya...?”

“Anitra...?” Tanya whispered softly. “Is that really you...?”

“Oh, my big sister! You're okay!” Anitra cried in happiness while she and her sister hugged and nuzzle one another in happiness to finally have found each other after such a long time of being apart. “Aww...” Cyber Misty smiled. “They’re finally back together!”

“I told her that we would help Tanya find her sister... and here she is,” Pipp smiled. “At least this part of the story has a happy ending.”

“We'll get our happy ending too, I promise you that,” Sunny said sincerely. “For right now, everyone needs to get into the Mystery Machine-- we have a box of Scooby Snacks to find... and we need to find them fast, before the Phantom Virus gets his grubby hands on them.”