G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness

The ultimate betrayal had finally been laid out for our heroes.

Shannon Lucas and Aruna were both responsible for the alien haunting, and Alterro had made it known that Aruna was working for him when Aruna summoned him using her magic mirror.

Shannon's original plan was to sabotage the ship, stage an alien attack and make the world see that space travel is dangerous and only for highly trained astronauts, and Aruna was the one who switched Daphne and Shaggy's scores to split the team up for a while. And, to keep the group from returning to Earth and exposing the truth, Alterro made sure to make a trade-- Sparky (who he momentarily got hold of) for the map piece to Skyros... which Umbra had, and Umbra reluctantly made the switch in fear for Sparky's safety.

Then, once this was done, Shannon trapped them behind a magic-proof glass wall and planned on leaving them at the resort, revealing that she sabotaged the satellite, planting thermal charges all over the complex that were going to go off in one hour, leaving Alterro to make sure the charges were set while she and Aruna made their escape.

Now it was only a matter of time before it would be too late for everyone to escape alive and stop Alterro and his new minions before he hurt anyone else.

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Zipp kept pounding at the glass wall with her hooves as she watched the Sly Star One take off into the starry sky, but to her dismay, it just wouldn’t crack. “Looks like Aruna was right about one thing… this glass is basically indestructible! I can’t pound my hooves through it!”

“And I can’t use my magic on it either!” Cassiopeia strained as she tried to blast a hole through the glass, only for the glass to absorb it, causing the kirin to sit down, eyes cast onto the ground below her. “Oh… this is hopeless-- we’re never gonna get out of here alive!”

“We can’t talk like that, Cassie,” Sunny said. “We have to have hope, and if we still have hope, we can find a way out of here!”

“How?” Morpho asked in confusion. “Alterro’s rigging those explosives to go off soon and Aruna and Shannon just left on the only ship!”

“...no,” said Hudson after a moment. “It’s not the only ship.”

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Ridley looked at a model that looked like an identical version of the Sly Star One with a bit of an impressed look. “I gotta hand it to you, it looks just like Sly Star One.”

“It sure does!” Izzy said before humming in thought. “But something feels different, I just can't put my hoof on it.”

“You can't? Because I'd say that pretty much is the difference,” Elvin said, putting his finger on the small model. “I can put my finger an it.”

“Oh… right,” Ridley realized. “It’s really small.”

“Okay, our magic can only do so much,” said Pipp, “so how are we all supposed to fit in that thing?”

“This isn’t the ship,” Hudson clarified. “It’s just the model.”

With that, Hudson opened the front of the model and pressed a button which opened a huge garage door which revealed the real replica of the Sly Star One standing outside on the helipad, much to everyone's surprise. “Phew,” Izzy sighed in relief. “That’s more like it.”

“Hudson, this is just what we need!” Umbra smiled. “Did you… really build this?”

“I did,” Hudson answered as Sly walked over. “With a little help from the Slybots.”

“Why did you keep it a secret?” Sly asked curiously, but then, Hudson’s face fell as he tried to explain. “Well, actually, you see, living up here in the darkness, all alone, it's been hard. I built this ship so I could leave,” he admitted, causing the ponies’ ears to lower slightly at the thought of living on the moon, all alone for all those years. “But I couldn't. I knew how much this place meant to you, how much you needed me to stay here. But there were times I thought about leaving, about being…”

“In the spotlight,” Sly assumed, “like me?”

“No,” Hudson answered seriously. “About being with my brother.”

Sly seemed surprised at this answer, genuinely stunned and a bit ashamed at how he virtually abandoned his brother after how close they had been in their earlier years. Despite his self-centered attitude… he really did have a heart. “I'm sorry, Hudson. I'm sorry for not being here for you.”

The two brothers then exchanged a hug, causing Pipp and Zipp to smile at each other while Shutter Snap aimed the camera at Sly, unable to stop recording this beautiful moment. That was when Sly caught a glimpse of her and smiled at the sight of the camera rolling. “Be sure to get a close shot at my face.”

“Sly!” Daphne scolded. “Sorry,” Sly apologized. “It’s a habit.”

Suddenly, the ground began to rumble, causing Starshine to shriek in panic. “What is that?! A moon-quake?!”

“No, worse!” Fred exclaimed. “Shannon and Alterro’s explosives are starting to go off. We better get going!”

“You heard Freddy!” Zipp shouted. “Move those feet like there’s no tomorrow! Go go go!”

“Does your ship work?!” Elvin asked Hudson as they started running toward the door. “There’s still some glitches,” Hudson admitted, “but with some quick work she should be up and running in no time!”

“Well, let’s hurry up and fix them,” said Cloudy Dash, “ so we can get outta here without getting burned to a crisp!”

However, as they were running toward the doors, another rumble caused huge stacks of crates to fall down, blocking their path to the door. U-Boat and Sunny tried to move them, but there were too many that weighed far too much for them to move with just strength. “There’s too many,” U-Boat said. “This could take days.”

“We don’t have days!” Daphne argued. “Gee, Daph, you think?” Velma asked sarcastically. “Did you just do all that math on your own, or did your pal, Shannon, help you?”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Velma,” Daphne said crossly. “So Shannon wasn't perfect!”

“Perfect?! Daphne!” Velma scolded. “She's a homicidal lunatic that's about to blow up the moon!”

“Velma, come on, she’s not gonna blow up the whole moon,” Izzy shrugged innocently. “Just… y-you know, part of it!”

“And that’s supposed to be okay?!” Hitch looked stunned. “We’re gonna die and Equestria and Skyros are gonna be unprotected from Alterro! How is that a win-win?!”

“STOP IT!!! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!” H.A.M suddenly cried in a very human-like voice, causing everyone to stop and stare at him with complete surprise as he turned his attention to Velma and Daphne. “For goodness sake! We're all gonna die and all you can think about is arguing over who liked who! You're crazy!”

Misty blinked in surprise for a few moments before turning to him. “You’re… not really a robot, are you?”

“Nope,” H.A.M sighed, finally deciding to release the truth to the world. “I'm an actor, playing a robot. And if it wasn't for you meddling kids…”

“You would have gotten away with it,” the Mane 6 chorused. “We know!”

Cloudy, Morpho, Tidal, Starshine, Shutter and Cassiopeia each tried to move a food crate on their own, but even with their magic in the works, the crates were still too heavy to be lifted with the food inside. “It’s no good,” Morpho panted. “They’re too heavy.”

“What the heck is in these things anyway?” Cloudy asked before kicking a crate open, and snack boxes with U-Boat’s poured out to the floor in front of Shaggy, Scooby and Izzy, who picked up one snack box and ate the contents. “Wow!” Shaggy laughed. “U-Boat Snacks.”

“And it looks like there’s a whole year’s supply!” Shutter Snap said with pinned ears. “How in the world are we going to get through all that?” Daphne asked, confused. “Not even the ponies can move that many crates!”

That was when everyone looked over at Shaggy and Scooby with the same idea, and Shaggy seemed to sense what they were thinking, a smile slowly coming onto his face. “Oh. Yeah. Like, time for the experts to take over. Right, Scooby-Doo?”

“Uh-huh,” Scooby said before he and Shaggy cracked their necks and leapt into the food pile, eating away almost every box of U-Boat Bites while the others looked on in shock and amusement.

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Once they had eaten practically every single box of U-Boat Bites, Shaggy and Scooby laid moaning on the floor while the others gathered the rest of the crates so they could get outside. “Good work, fellas,” Sunny praised. “You did all of us a big favor, eating all those U-Boat Bites.”

“Ugh… thanks, Sunster,” Shaggy groaned. “But, like, I think me and Scoob are gonna skip out on the next year’s supply, if it ever comes to that.”

“Do… they eat like that often?” Umbra asked Hitch as she tended to Sparky, who still seemed a bit scared from Alterro grabbing him earlier. “Oh, trust me. Sometimes it’s way worse,” Hitch said. “But, let’s finish moving these crates so we can get out of here before we discuss eating habits.”

Suddenly, another rumble echoed through the building, and it wasn't but a few seconds later that Caroline showed up on the scene. “Caroline. About time,” Hudson said with a smile. “Help us move the last of these boxes.”

“That’s not Caroline!” Ridley said after pointing out a strange red glow in Caroline’s eyes. “She’s different.”

“Oh, for Pete's sake, Ridley,” Velma rolled her eyes. “She's not different. She's the same old... oh!”

Suddenly, Caroline shot dangerous red lasers from her eyes toward the crates Velma and Daphne were holding, forcing them to duck and causing their crates to explode. “Okay,” panted Zipp, “that is different!”

“How did Caroline do that?!” Tidal asked in shock. “She was never programmed to shoot lasers before!”

“Not until I programmed her too!” said a voice, and everyone looked to see Alterro perched on top of Caroline, a wicked smirk on his face. “Oh, come on!” Cloudy groaned in exasperation. “How much more do we have to deal with this problematic pussy-cat?! Oh… no offense, Umbra.”

“None taken!” Umbra said as she tried to dodge another food crate that Caroline threw. “Right now, I’d like to get out of here!”

Suddenly, Caroline fired another laser toward the group, prompting Sunny to take action. “BRACE YOURSELVES!!!”

Everyone screamed as Sunny shifted to alicorn form and created a shield that bounced the laser beam away, right through the glass door, cracking it little by little. “Sunny, I think you just made a way to get everyone out of here!” Velma exclaimed. “Good work!”

“AGH!!! No!” Alterro cried out, his wings blazing with fire. “I will NOT let you get away so easily!”

That was when Sunny knew she and her friends had to hold Alterro off while the others repaired the ship, looking to the gang with a fierceness they had seen a few times before. “Get everyone to the ship and repair it as fast as you can!”

“But what about you?!” Daphne argued as everyone put on their space helmets. “We can’t leave you to fight him alone!”

“We won’t be alone, Daph-- we'll have each other for backup. Besides, if we let either Alterro or Caroline through, they could crush the ship and we’ll never get out of here!” Zipp argued. “Hurry, go! Now!”

The gang didn't like the thoughts of leaving the Mane 6 alone, but seeing that they didn't have any other choice, they led everyone (including Sparky) out of the building toward the ship, leaving the Mane 6 and Alterro to face off, with Caroline acting as a backup partner to Alterro's crimes.

Misty pawed at the floor with her hoof, trying not to seem nervous. “Alterro, first you team up with a mad professor to get rid of laughter and then you try and kill us all by stranding us in an exploding moon base? That’s a big jump even for you.”

“So what?” Alterro scoffed, looking down at them.. “It was a big leap for you ponies to defeat my sister many times before helping her see the good side. My father raised me and Allura in the ways of my grandfather, my great-grandfather, and EVERY king that has graced Leopardia since its founding! And I’m going to restore order by finding Skyros, dubbing the alicorns as my super-army and destroying the one place you always return to!”

“Equestria…” Pipp muttered in terror. “No! We’re not gonna let you do this!” Zipp said fiercely. “You may have a piece of the map, but we’re still gonna stop you, no matter what it takes!”

“All right then…” Alterro said as he cracked his neck before infusing more power into Caroline’s rogue state. “Let’s get this over with.”

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Inside the ship, Hudson tried to start it, only for the lights to flash red, indicating that something was wrong down below. “Oh, she's been idle for too long. We're gonna have to jump her from the energy cell.”

“We’re on it,” Steelcase said just before his back popped. “Ohhh!! My back!”

“My knees aren't what they used to be,” Elvin said, looking over at Fred. “Maybe we're getting too old for this…”

“No! You’re not!” Fred argued before climbing up to where everybody could see him… more or less, where Elvin and Steelcase could see him. “Don't you get it? You guys are the reasons why thousands, millions even, want to become astronauts. Why I wanted to be one. You're the inspiration for dreams, and that sort of stuff can never get old or obsolete. You're Zip Elvin and Colt Steelcase, astronauts. You'll always be astronauts. And how great is that?”

Elvin and Steelcase listened to Fred's speech with a bit of shock written on their faces-- at first they saw him as annoying, but now that he was actually inspiring them... maybe he wasn't as annoying as they thought he was.

Then, Steelcase took the opportunity to speak up. “It’s a three man job, and we were thinking about taking Tidal and Starshine…”

“...but since they’re not around right now,” said Elvin, “we could use someone else to go with us.”

“Daphne…” Fred started to instruct before Elvin chuckled and cut him off. “No, no, Fred. We meant you.”

“Oh. Me? Ohhh…” Fred nodded in understanding, but couldn’t help but wonder where some of the others had run off to…

…namely U-Boat, Shaggy, Scooby and some of the other magical creatures.

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Alterro used Caroline to bash back any of the Mane 6’s attacks that they threw at him, but as he tried to dodge Sunny’s magical blasts, he was forced to retreat from his post, giving Caroline one final order. “Kill them all, anyway you know how! Leave the alicorn to ME!!”

With that, he leapt into the air and pinned Sunny, causing both of them to crash onto the ground and causing Hitch to gasp. “SUNNY!!!”

Sunny strained and groaned under the weight of Alterro’s paws on her chest. “You don’t have to do this, Alterro! Your sister… she loves you! If you just look to the light, you’ll see that your father was just manipulating you all these years!”

“My father was the ONLY leopard besides my sister to care for me! And since he and my sister are gone, I am alone… just like you, being the ONLY earth pony to change into an alicorn, I bet,” Alterro smirked. “If you join me, we can find them together, and you can FINALLY be with your species!”

“Never!” Sunny finally snapped and quickly kicked Alterro away with her back legs. “I don’t care if I’m an earth pony or an alicorn, but I’ll never abandon my friends!”

Alterro scoffed to this. “Suit yourself…”

And with that, Sunny braced herself for Alterro to leap on her, but suddenly... Cloudy Dash leapt on Alterro instead. “Stay away from her, you monster!”

“Cloudy?!” Sunny sat up in surprise. “How did you…?”

“CHAAAAAARGE!”

“GET ‘EM!!!”

“STAY AWAY FROM OUR FRIENDS!!!”

Without another word, the Mane 6 stopped fighting their enemies to see Shutter Snap, Tidal Wave, Starshine Tide, Morpho, Cassiopeia, U-Boat, Shaggy and Scooby charging into the room, starting to battle Caroline and any fire beings that Alterro had created to take the Mane 6 down.

Sunny panted as Shaggy and Scooby rushed to her side. “Guys, I… I can’t believe this!” she said. “How did you…?”

“They told me they weren’t gonna leave you and your friends alone to battle the old alley cat,” U-Boat told her proudly. “So, we gathered up some of these guys to help you out a little.”

“Well, we sure could use it,” Zipp said as she quickly tossed a food crate at Caroline, disorienting her. “But aren’t you guys scared?”

Shaggy chuckled nervously at this. “Yeah. Like, really scared. But like we said earlier, when we get scared, we resort to food. That's how we deal with it. Right, Scooby-Doo?”

“Yeah,” Scooby nodded. “And if there's one thing we love to do besides eating food…”

“It’s playing with it,” Shaggy said as he helped Tidal throw another food crate at Caroline and Alterro. “Oh, yeah!” Tidal pumped a claw in excitement. “Food fight, baby!”

“Well, this isn’t the fight I was planning to have today,” Hitch said with a shrug, “but now that we have some backup, I don’t mind at all!”

“Ugh… your little togetherness trick is annoying beyond measure,” Alterro growled before spreading his wings again. “But as long as I defeat you idiots in one go, I’m game.”

“CHAAAAARGE!!!!” Morpho screamed before the groups rushed into battle with Caroline and Alterro… hopefully for the last time.

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Back in the ship, Fred, Elvin and Steelcase were just finishing repairs in the engine room when Fred activated a manual lever, causing the ship's engine to whir to life. “It worked! The engines are primed.”

“Hudson,” Steelcase radioed up to the bridge, “ready when you are.”

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“Well done, guys!” Hudson praised from up on the bridge, where Umbra waited with everyone else. “Now get back here.”

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“Hudson,” Elvin then said, sounding worried, “we have a problem.”

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This one phrase was enough to get Daphne rather nervous. “What’s wrong?”

“What is it, Elvin?” Umbra asked, sounding just as concerned as everyone else. “The fuel cell! It’s broken!” Elvin exclaimed. “We gotta hold it on to keep the power supply running. We're gonna have to ride this out in the engine compartment!”

“...I’ve got a plan to bring the others back here,” Umbra said suddenly, unfurling her wings and grabbing a canister of oxygen infused with liquid nitrogen. “You all find someone to fly this thing and I’ll be back as soon as I can!”

“Umbra, be careful!” Daphne cried out in concern. “You could get really hurt!”

“Don’t worry, Daphne,” Umbra reassured gently. “I’m not that scared little cub anymore. For the sake of our friends… I’m willing to do just about anything.”

And within just seconds, Umbra had flown off to join her friends in the fight. “Okay,” Hudson said. “I’ll fly the…”

But a few seconds later, Hudson was hit on the back of the head by a piece of metal, knocking him out, much to Daphne’s horror. “He’s out cold,” said Ridley. “Who's gonna fly the ship now?”

“I got this,” Sly reassured just before a girder hit him on the head, knocking him to the ground. Then, after checking on Sly, Clark prepared to stand up. “Not to worry. I'II…”

Unfortunately, something hit Clark on the head too, and he fell down unconscious too, causing Velma to sigh in exasperation. “You can’t be serious! Where are Sunny and her friends when you need them the most...?”

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Misty grunted as she tossed another fiery being back into the lifeless Caroline, since Shaggy, Scooby, Sunny and U-Boat practically destroyed her with their countless food crate throwing. “We’ve still got a bunch of bad guys to go, Sunny! And I don’t know how much longer we can fight like this!”

“I… gotta… agree…” Morpho agreed, panting slightly as he shifted out of bear form. “I don’t think I can keep up with these constant shifts!”

“That’s right, little ones, tire yourselves out!” Alterro snarled back at the heroes, swiping his front paw and throwing Pipp back into Hitch and Cassiopeia. “Cause the second you’re too weak to go on, I strike once and for all!”

“SUNNY!!!!”

“Huh?!” everyone turned to see Umbra flying into the large room with a huge canister in her paws. “The Moon Jaguar thinks she can stop me?” Alterro asked with a little chuckle. “She’s even more idiotic than Aruna thought she was.”

“Umbra! Get out of here!” Misty shouted. “Even with your shadow magic,” Hitch added, “you could be an easy target!”

“I hope so,” Umbra said with a determined tone. “In fact, I hope he tries to target me right… NOW!!!”

And as soon as Alterro released a blast of fire, Umbra threw the canister of oxygen with liquid nitrogen toward the blast, causing the canister to explode and the ice from it to engulf the fire, moving toward Alterro at a rapid pace. “W-What?! NO!!!” Alterro cried as the ice began to overtake him. “YOU IDIOTS!!! YOU RUINED MY GENIUS PLAN!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”

And these were the last words he said before he was frozen into a solid ice cube.

Izzy whimpered worriedly at this. “Is… is he…?”

“He’s not dead, Izzy,” Starshine panted. “He’s just frozen.”

“And I’m not sure how long he’ll stay like that,” Morpho said, tapping the ice with his hoof, “but we need to high-tail it outta here and back to the ship!”

“Like, I second that motion!” Shaggy said quickly out of slight intimidation. “Yeah!” Scooby nodded. “Let’s go!”

“Pipp, Hitch, Izzy? Take Starshine and Tidal down to the engine room to help Fred, Elvin and Steelcase with keeping the power supply running!” Umbra said as the group began to leave. “The rest of you, follow me to the bridge!”

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While a smaller group of friends split off from the others, Umbra led those remaining back to the bridge, only to find Hudson, Sly and Clark all knocked out. “Oh my pony!” Shutter Snap gasped. “What happened?!”

“They got knocked out!” Daphne explained as Shutter Snap looked Clark over. “But if they’re knocked out,” said Cloudy in realization, “then who’s gonna fly this thing?!”

“Don’t worry,” U-Boat tried to reassure. “I…”

“NO!!” Daphne and Velma tried to say, but then, large chunks of debris fell down, knocking out Cassiopeia, Shaggy, Scooby, Cloudy, Morpho, H.A.M, Shutter and U-Boat, leaving only a select few remaining. “Don’t worry,” Ridley assured. “I got this!”

However, while displaying her 'combat training' moves, a piece of metal hit Ridley, knocking her out too. “You’ve gotta be kidding me…” Zipp muttered. “But they’re all wearing helmets!”

“Uh, guys? Everything’s going great down here, so why aren’t we moving?” Pipp asked through the communicators. “What’s the hold up?”

“Uh… everybody’s been knocked out,” Daphne said uneasily. “There’s nobody to fly the ship.”

“...yes, there is,” Velma said, looking at Daphne with a smile. “Stand by.”

“...no. No way, Velma. I can't. You heard Shannon. She faked the scores!” Daphne said, immediately dismissing herself for the role. “Velma, I can't even drive Fred's van. I just don't have the right stuff!”

“Yes, you do!” Velma argued. “You and Pipp were both on the bridge with Shannon, you're the only one that saw how she flew this thing. Right now, you know more than I do about this.”

However, when Velma saw that Daphne was still unsure, she decided she needed to take her convincing up a notch. “Sure, Shannon might have faked your score, but it doesn't matter, Daphne. It's just a piece of paper. I don't need a piece of paper to tell me what I already know. That I believe in you, and that you can do anything you put your mind to, Daphne.”

“We’re for you, Daphne,” Sunny reassured. “Every step of the way.”

“...okay. Okay, I’ll do it,” Daphne said after a moment. “But we’re going to need something to protect the ship when we’re flying out of here.”

“Luckily,” said Misty, “I know just the jaguar for the job.”

Everyone remaining looked over at Umbra expectantly, causing her eyes to widen. “Me?! Oh, no. No no no no no no no no no no. My sister, she… she banished me here so long ago, and I-I’ve been afraid to leave. She said I could never…”

“Your sister is a bully, and you need to stop believing everything she tells you,” Sunny said sternly. “She can’t put a limit on what you can do anymore. Believe me… I know how that feels. But you can do this, Umbra. You and Daphne have to be the ones who save us all. But we believe in you.”

Sparky cooed in agreement, hugging against Umbra's leg, causing tears of happiness to fall from her eyes.

Her new friends were right.

She and Daphne had to do this... and they had to do this together.

Soon enough, as Umbra used her shadow and moon magic to create a shield around the ship to protect it from any sort of debris, Daphne sat down in the pilot's seat and turned on the controls with Velma on another seat. And while the remaining ponies took care of those who were unconscious, the ship took off just as the charges exploded all over the city.

Soon enough, thanks to Cassiopeia and Shutter Snap, Sly and Clark regained consciousness and walked over to the window to see the city exploding far in the distance. “Wow,” Clark said in surprise. “Looks like a billion dollars going up in smoke.”

“Yes,” Sly nodded as others began to gain consciousness, “but think of the publicity.”

“...do you think Alterro is gonna make it out of there in time?” Zipp asked Sunny in worry. “I don’t know, Zipp… but even if he does,” Sunny shrugged, “I have a funny feeling he won’t be bothering us for a while.”

The ship then proceeded to fly out of the moon's orbit as everyone reunited on the bridge, heading toward the Earth at a rather rapid pace. “Everyone… hold onto something,” Daphne forewarned the rest of the group. “This is going to get bumpy.”

Clark chose to hold Velma’s hand and Shutter Snap’s hoof, and Shutter Snap extended her free hoof to Zipp and Pipp, who gladly took it.

Shaggy, Scooby and Misty grabbed onto a food crate onboard, and Misty held her hoof to Umbra, who gladly took it while Hitch and Izzy grabbed onto Sunny and Sparky.

H.A.M was shaking by this point, but Morpho, U-Boat, Cloudy Dash and Cassiopeia were right there with him.

And while Starshine and Tidal held each other close, Elvin and Steelcase each put an arm around Fred, much to his surprise. “Fred,” Elvin began, “we couldn't have had a better teammate than you. Thanks.”

Steelcase nodded to this. “It was a real honor working with you.”

“I just want you guys to know,” said Umbra, looking at all her new friends, “you’ve changed my life in more ways than I could imagine. Thank you for saving me from my dark, moon-bound fate.”

“It’s what we do for each other,” Sunny said sincerely. “Friends never give up on friends, no matter how difficult life gets!”

“Get ready, everyone!” Daphne shouted. “We’re about to enter the atmosphere!”

And so, with everyone cheering, the ship entered the atmosphere, immediately burning up as it did so. It would only be a matter of time until we know for sure...

...will our heroes survive? Or will space be the final destination that the Unity Crystals send them?