G5 Adventures in Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness

Needless to say, the Mane 6, their Mystery Incorporated friends and young Sparky Sparkeroni were going to have quite an adventure, being the 12 lucky winners of a sweepstakes where they would actually get to be on the maiden space voyage of a brand-new space-craft.

Aruna, a Sun Jaguar and a social media influencer/singer/dancer was also going to be going with them, and she said there were several others who were gonna get to go on the voyage too, but she never said who they were… just that they needed to head to an undisclosed location for their astronaut training, which was going to last about a week.

However, no one else knew that Aruna was really another one of Alterro's minions, doing whatever he told her to do in order to eliminate the Mane 6 and find the second piece of the map to Skyros before they did.

Now the real question is… will the Mane 6 and their friends realize all of aAruna's treachery before it was too late?

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The astronaut training was definitely an experience that the ponies and their friends were never going to forget.

The training sessions consisted of classroom study sessions, simulators that Zipp and Fred really got into, exercising for about two hours a day, land and sea survival, and practicing activities specific to being in space…

…and it all ended with a huge test they had to take at the end of the week.

Thankfully… they all managed to pass! They would get their scores at a later date, but needless to say, they were all happy with the fact they would still get to go on the trip.

And so, we fast forward to the day of the launch, where the real adventure will finally begin.

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A large crowd of people cheered while they were on the grounds of SlyBase Earth, a gigantic airport where the launch would be taking place. There were quite a few reporters and camera crews here, but we're only going to focus on one.

Clark Sparkman was the host of Celebrity Heat, a very popular talk show, and Clark was a tall male with brown hair, wearing a white shirt and a pair of pants. With him was his loyal camera pony, Shudder Snap, who was a white pegasus pony with pink hooves, a teal green mane and tail, teal green eyes and eyebrows, teal green and purple feathers on her wings and a cutie mark of a green and purple camera aperture.

Upon reaching the base a half an hour before the takeoff, Shutter Snap got out her video camera to start Clark's broadcast. “Okay, Clark… time to turn up the heat in three… two… one…”

And with the word ‘one’ being said, Shutter Snap turned on the camera and pointed it at Clark, who quickly turned to address his audience. “Hi, Clark Sparkman here welcoming you all to Slybase Earth, an airport where the flights are out of this world. And Celebrity Heat is blasting off!”

Shutter Snap then began to display several images across a tablet that she hooked up to the video camera, showing an older man doing all sorts of exciting stunts and extracurricular activities. “Three years ago,” Clark continued for his excited viewers, “brash billionaire daredevil, Sly Baron vowed to make space tourism a reality. Today his lucky passengers are boldly going where none of them have gone before.”

“Now let me see... ah, here it is!” Shutter Snap tapped a video file on the tablet, but instead of showing the vast outreach of space, it showed a man, a woman and a boy appears, standing in front of a sign said WELCOME TO DELAWARE SMALL WONDER. HOME OF TAX-FREE SHOPPING. “No,” Clark said to his viewers as Shutter Snap realized her mistake. “Not Delaware.”

“Oops!” Shutter yelped and switched the file over to an image of a vast galaxy, causing her to sigh in relief as Clark continued his broadcast. “Space! A trip around the moon! And they'll travel in style on Slystar One, the first space cruise ship. The passengers are pure A-list-- celebrated astronaut Shannon Lucas. Retired legends, Zip Elvin and Colt Steelcase. And football star, Uvinious Botango, a.k.a. U-Boat. Superstars going to the stars, along with several young magical creatures who are more than prepared for this action-packed adventure. But wait. What about the average guy or gal? Didn't Sly promise to make space available to anyone?”

The crowd that had been waiting for the launch to begin murmured in agreement, remembering what Clark had said before he spoke up again. “Hold on to your boosters, folks, because this super-cute reporter is about to blow your mind.”

However, when the scene didn't transition, Clark cleared his throat and spoke toward his distracted camera pony. “I said, 'this super-cute reporter is about to blow your mind'...!”

“Huh? Oh! Sorry about that,” Shutter said bashfully before cutting to the scene transition. And once that had been done, Clark's smile instantly returned. “Sly created a sensation today... when he revealed that he reserved 12 seats for 12 lucky lottery winners. Wow! And I'm sure we're all wondering the same thing-- who could these lucky lottery winners be and how are they feeling right now?”

Suddenly, Shutter Snap gasped in excitement when she saw the lottery winners emerging from a nearby tunnel set up for them. “I think I can see them coming!”

That was when the crowd began to cheer as the Mane 6 stepped out into view, wearing their own unique space suits:

• 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.
• Sparky's space suit, boots and gloves were a dark red to contrast with his green colored scales.

And not long after the Mane 6 stepped out of the tunnel and waved to the crowd, Mystery Incorporated came out wearing their own uniquely colored space suits.

• Scooby's space suit was blue and yellow, just like the colors of his dog tag.
• Shaggy's space suit was green and burgundy red, just like his shirt and pants were.
• Daphne's space suit was purple and pink.
• Velma's space suit was burgundy and orange.
• Fred's space suit was white and blue.

And during this focus on the lottery winners, Clark and Shutter Snap were able to change into their own unique space suits (for Clark, his space suit was all black, and for Shutter Snap, her suit's primary colors were purple and teal green, the same color as her wing feathers). “Four teen sleuths, their dog, six ponies and a baby dragon won the Sly Me to Space sweepstakes,” Clark Sparkman continued. “Luckily they'll be in the company of space greatness, including my camera-pony, Shutter Snap, and me, Clark Sparkman. It's T-minus-0 to Celebrity Heat's exclusive intergalactic coverage of the greatest party on Earth!”

And with that, Shutter Snap ended the broadcast, letting the crowd’s cheering heighten to its loudest yet.

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After the broadcast ended, Mystery Inc and their Equestrian friends decided to stand around talking for a few moments, at least until the ship took off. “How great are these custom flight suits?” Fred looked down at his new space suit. “I never wanna take mine off.”

“I know!” Daphne agreed as Fred pushed a button to activate the space helmet. “The colors are perfect.”

“And the colors are perfect!” Fred spoke up, not hearing Daphne the first time. “I’d say I did a pretty good job designing the color pallette,” Pipp said with a smug smirk on her face, “but… Izzy and I did do a pretty good team effort.”

“Yeah, we did, Pipperoni!” Izzy said, bumping Pipp excitedly. “Unicycling with fashion expertise!”

“And,” Shaggy added, taking out a bag of chips from a pocket in his space suit, “like, there’s pockets for snakes!”

“Ooh! Big pockets,” Scooby commented before he took out a pizza from one of the pockets from his space suit. But as he tried to eat it, the helmet went up on its own, splattering all over Scooby’s helmet instead of going in his mouth. “Scooby!” Sunny laughed before wiping the pizza off his helmet. “You can’t eat with your helmet up, silly goose.”

“Well,” said a voice, “that’s what I call state-of-the-art technology!”

The ponies instantly turned to the source of the voice. “Aruna!”

“The one and only!” Aruna said as she trotted over, along with a red-headed woman with deep emerald green eyes and a black space suit. “I’d like for you all to meet a very good friend of mine.”

“Hi, I’m Shannon Lucas,” the woman introduced. “You must be the lucky winners.”

“Hi,” Daphne greeted with an excited smile. “You can't imagine how surprised we were to find out we were actually going into space!”

“Oh, I think I can,” Shannon answered with a smile. “It was a surprise to me too. The Baron kept it a secret until the very last second. But I guess he's a man of mystery. Heh heh heh…”

“Well,” Velma smiled over at Shannon and Arunas, “we sure love mysteries.”

“Right,” Zipp nodded. “And love solving them even more.”

Everyone else seemed to laugh slightly at this, but with his helmet already on, Fred couldn't hear what they were talking about. “What?”

“It’s too bad we have to wear these helmets,” Pipp said before shuddering. “Talk about hat head.”

Shannon giggled at this. “I know, awful!”

That was when she and Aruna glanced over at Velma, who didn’t seem comfortable with the sudden amount of attention she was getting. “What? I haven’t worn mine yet!”

“Oh… sorry,” Shannon apologized before turning to Daphne with a kindsmile. “Well, Daphne, your hair is so great, I'd consider not going.”

“Oh, jeepers, thanks!” Daphne smiled before tossing her head, accidentally whacking Velma in the face with her hair. “I use a special conditioner. Extra bounce.”

“Whoa, hey, watch it, Daphne!” Hitch said as he narrowly ducked the hair whip Daphne was tossing around. “People are standing right next to you!”

Daphne soon stopped tossing her head, much to Velma’s relief, but also, she became a bit annoyed with how the past few seconds have worked in her favor. “Well, here we are. About to go into space and we're talking about hair.”

“Come on, Velms-- we gotta keep our manes looking glossy and shiny for the trip!” Pipp tossed her mane. “Also, I wanna try and see how fast I can make a perfect mane style in zero gravity. Ooh, wouldn’t that be fun?!”

“Hey… Aruna?” Misty looked curious. “I’m just wondering… why aren’t you wearing a space suit like the rest of us?”

Aruna looked down at herself before chuckling. “I can see why you’d be confused about that, Misty, but don’t worry-- Sun Jaguars can actually create bubbles of air that let them breathe in space, so I don’t have to wear a space suit like the rest of you do.”

That was when Shaggy noticed a small green light on his shoulder, and couldn’t help but be curious about it. “Hey. What are these lights for?”

“Indicators,” Shannon explained. “Each suit is fitted with every convenience you have here on Earth.”

Zipp let out a chuckle of her own, wanting to see how her friends would react to what she was about to say. “There's no little boy's room on the ship, Shaggy-- you actually go in your suit.”

“Uh… ew,” Sunny groaned while the rest of her friends gagged. “If you think about it, that’s actually…”

“Wow,” Fred seemed amazed with the idea. “I really don't have to take this suit off? Ever? Not even for…”

“Right,” Velma nodded, interrupting the gang's leader as Fred quickly turned around. “I'm guessing that the red light might mean you should think about changing out your payload though.”

“Hey, if you think about it, Shaggers,” said Izzy, “you guys are wearing atomic diapers!”

“As you may have noticed,” said Aruna with a smile, “the baron spared no expense.”

“Well, I’m sure Sly can afford it,” Velma rolled her eyes a bit to this. “Besides, all he cares about is over-the-top publicity stunts. I wouldn't be surprised if he made some grand entrance wearing a suit made out of money.”

Suddenly, a figure flew right into the garage at a very fast speed, causing Aruna to yowl in surprise. Then, as the crowd cheered in excitement, the figure was revealed to be none other than Sly Baron himself, wearing a space suit that looked like it was literally made of several different dollar bills.

Velma finally spoke up after a moment of her and her friends staring up in complete surprise. “Wow. A suit made out of money.”

“Yes, yes, cheering for me. You're welcome,” Sly said to the crowd rather smugly, causing Zipp and Aruna to both roll their eyes. “Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to me, you're about to experience a life-changing event you'll never forget. A safe and easy way for anyone and everyone to go to space. It will thrill you. Especially if you pick up some souvenirs in the Slystar gift shop. Now... let's blast off!”

The crowd cheered as Sly Baron took off into the sky again, and Hitch let out a soft, frustrated sigh while cradling Sparky on his back. “That’s gonna be a lot of paperwork to go through if that thing were to malfunction...”

“Hey, Aruna!”

“Great to see you, girlfriend!”

That was when the Mane 6 immediately turned to see two teenage hippogriffs prancing over to them, smiles on their beaks.

The first one was named Tidal Wave, and she had an orange coat with lighter on her beak, light orange claws and hooves, green eyes, a blue, lighter blue and white mane and tail, a cutie mark of a wave and a a purple and white space suit.

The second one was named Starshine Tide, and she had a purple pelt with a lighter color on her face, throat, stomach and front legs, with darker purple on her beak, claws and hooves, different shades of purple on her face and in her mane and tail, a star shape on her forehead, magenta eyes, a cutie mark of three shooting stars and a green and dark purple space suit.

Aruna seemed to recognize the two hippogriffs and immediately smiled at them. “You could not have timed that more perfectly! Ponies of Equestria, I’d like to introduce you to the most agile and coordinated hippogriffs I’ve ever known-- Starshine Tide and her cousin, Tidal Wave.”

“Hi!” Sunny greeted. “It’s so nice to meet you.”

“Hey, you too!” Starshine greeted. “Tide and I have heard a lot of different stories about ponies who travel to different places in search of new adventures and ways to defeat mysterious villains, but I never dreamed we would get to meet you in person!”

“We’re big fans, obviously,” Tidal said with a proud expression. “Hey, we’re gonna be helping some friends of ours run a last-minute check on the ship’s supplies before takeoff. Anyone wanna join?”

“I do!” Izzy and Hitch excitedly raised their hooves. “I do!”

Sparky even let out a little babble and raised his paw, causing Starshine to giggle. “Well, you guys are quite the enthusiasts, aren’t you?”

That was when Fred spotted two older men, known round the world as Zip Elvin (the one with gray hair and a gray mustache, who liked to be called by his last name) and Colt Steelcase (who also liked to be called by his last name and had short brown hair), talking over near a large crowd of fans…

…and needless to say, he was pretty excited. “Wow… there’s Zip Elvin and Colt Steelcase! Let’s go say hi!”

“Uh, Fred…?” Sunny was about to ask where he was going when he suddenly rushed over to the veteran astronauts. “Hi, Mr. Elvin! Hi, Mr. Steelcase!” Fred greeted before suddenly saluting. “Fred Jones, reporting for duty.”

Steelcase looked over at Fred with a raised eyebrow, but smiled nonetheless. “Uh… hi, Fred.”

“I'm a huge fan--! Uh, a huge fan,” Fred tried to keep himself calm despite the circumstances. “Even though you guys landed on the moon years before I was born... you've always been an inspiration to me.”

“Well,” said Elvin, “we’re not that old…”

“He can’t hear you,” Steelcase interrupted his partner before turning to Fred. “Fred, you need to push the com button on your…”

“I can’t hear you!” Fred interrupted with a smile. “So you're probably wearing those diaper things, right? Probably used to them by new though. I know how it might kind of itch and stuff, but I think it's so cool.”

Elvin merely grumbled under his breath, and Starshine and Tidal chuckled nervously while sparing glances at one another.

Wait till Fred heard that Elvin and Steelcase were going to help them conduct a final supply check before they left Earth… he probably wouldn’t believe it.

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At the same time, Aruna and Shannon were standing over with Velma, Zipp, Pipp and Daphne when Velma decided to ask a curious question. “So, Shannon, do you have our training test scores yet?” she asked. “Just curious. I'm not obsessed with test scares or anything.”

“I was actually just looking at them,” Shannon smiled. “Wanna know how you did?”

“Yes!” Velma immediately answered, only for Zipp to clear her throat. “What Velma means is… sure. Why not?”

“You all passed,” Shannon told them with a smile, causing Zipp and Pipp to hoof-bump one another, thrilled. “But one of you scored high enough to enter the NASA astronaut candidate program.”

“Indeed,” Aruna said with a proud nod before smirking over at Daphne. “Nice work, Daphne.”

“Thank…” Velma was about to thank the Sun Jaguar in question when she realized what Aruna had said. “Wait, what?”

“Really?! Me?” Daphne asked excitedly. “Wow, that is SO cool!”

“Have you ever considered being an astronaut?” Shannon asked, only for Daphne to shake her head negatively in response. “No, never.”

“I have,” Velma quickly interrupted, pulling out a wallet from out of nowhere, filled with space themed pictures of her youth. “Ever since I was a kid.”

Zipp and Pipp spared each other side glances at how Velma seemed to have those pictures at the exact time that they were discussing this, but Shannon didn’t seem to pay Velma any mind. “Well, you should,” she said to Daphne, tossing her head. “We’ll talk later, girlfriend.”

Daphne nodded to this, flicking her hair back at Shannon. “Okay... sounds great, girlfriend.”

“And maybe,” Shannon added, eyeing the pink pegasus next to her, “you and Pipp can give me some hair tips.”

“Oh, my pony!” Pipp squealed. “We would totally love to!”

“We’ll see you in a bit,” Shannon bid the four farewell before she and Aruna walked off… but none of them noticed the wicked smirk Aruna was giving them behind their backs. “Yeah… we’ll all talk later then,” Velma tried to toss her hair like Daphne, but since it was so short, it was hard. “She is so nice, just like Aruna,” Daphne said with a smile. “This is going to be the best trip ever!”

“Oh, yeah it is!” Zipp pumped a hoof before noticing Velma trying to toss her hair like Daphne was. “Uh… Velm? What are you doing?”

Velma merely groaned to herself when Zipp asked this, knowing good and well that tossing her hair wasn’t the answer she was looking for.

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At the same time, Sunny and Misty had noticed an earth pony mare standing near some fans and handing out autographs of some kind, but it was strange… the earth pony didn’t seem all that familiar.

The mare, known as Cloudy Dash by a bunch of the crowd members, had white coat with a bluish tint, a light blue and dark blue mane and tail, blue-colored hooves blue eyes, teal eyebrows, a cutie mark of three blue clouds and a dark green and blue space suit.

So, being naturally curious, they went over to approach her, and the mare instantly raised an eyebrow. “If you two want autographs, you’re gonna have to wait in line for a while.”

“Oh, we’re not here for autographs-- we wanted to introduce ourselves,” Sunny said with a warm smile. “I’m Sunny Starscout.”

“And I’m Misty Brightdawn,” Misty introduced herself. “What’s your name?”

“Cloudy Dash,” the earth pony mare answered, not looking at the two as she handed out more autographs. “Cheerleader, personal coach and right-hoof pony to one of the biggest football stars in the country.”

“Oh, that’s quite the rap sheet,” Sunny said with a nervous-sounding chuckle, right before she looked around. “Um… who is it again?”

It was then that the crowd began cheering wildly as a man with black skin, dark black hair and a black space suit stepped out into view, and the crowd seemed to be chanting one word and one word only... 'U-Boat'.

And upon seeing this famous football player for their own eyes, Shaggy and Scooby instantly became excited, and Shaggy was the first to point him out. “Like, Scoob! It’s him! Ha ha ha!”

“Uvinious Botango, the U-Boat!” Scooby added in agreement, causing Shaggy to nod. “Like, the best football player alive!”

“Wait, huh?” Misty tried to register what was going on when suddenly, Shaggy and Scooby pulled flags and stuff out of nowhere and ran over to U-Boat. “Shaggy, Scooby, get back here!”

“Wait for me!” Sunny shouted as she and Cloudy pursued them. “Okay, I get how big of a big deal this is,” said Pipp to the others. “Believe me, I was ecstatic when my new lip glitter line came out. But I think it’s safe to say that everypony needs to calm down a few notches.”

“All passengers,” came Sly’s voice over the intercom system, “please board and prepare for takeoff.”

“Oh my gosh!!” Velma began to squeal, surprising Zipp, Pipp and Daphne a bit. “I've been waiting my whole life for this moment! I can hardly breathe…”

That was when Velma finally realized the others were standing next to her, trying to keep herself calm, cool and collected as she walked away. “...okay… let's get going.”

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The Sly Star One was probably the biggest spacecraft that the Mane 6 had ever seen… almost like a cruise ship built for the stars, and not for the sea.

Within the first few minutes of all of them being onboard, they found their seats and strapped in, with Shaggy, Scooby, Misty and Sunny sitting on one side with a still hesitant Cloudy Dash, and the others sitting on the other side. “I can’t believe Shaggy and Scooby are so calm!” Hitch said, slightly impressed as he watched the normally-cowardly duo being so calm about the whole situation. “Velma told me they get jumpy on elevators!”

“They have U-Boat fever,” Fred answered. “Why do they call him that?” Daphne asked. “Because he sinks everybody,” Fred explained. “He’s a tackling machine.”

“And,” Velma added, “he has a line of snack foods. U-Boat Bites.”

“To be quite honest,” Zipp said as she tried her best not to chuckle, “I’ll be surprised if Shaggy and Scooby even notice we're in space.”

“Don’t be too surprised, Zippster,” Pipp told her older sister with a smirk, glancing in the direction of her friends. “Sunny and Misty are probably gonna be reminding them the entire time.”

That was when Shannon came forward, turning her head toward the others. “Hey, would you like to join us on the bridge for liftoff?”

“Would I?! Oh-ho!” Velma quickly tried to unbuckle herself. “You have…”

“What do you say, Daphne?” Shannon asked, turning to her fellow red-head. “Really? Sure, thanks!” Daphne said, quickly unbuckling herself and grabbing Pipp’s booted hoof. “Come on, Pipp!”

“WHA!!” Pipp shrieked as she was drug away, causing Zipp to blink in surprise and slight suspicion. “Boy…” she muttered. “Daph sure dragged my sister off in a hurry.”

“Well,” Velma then said with a smile, not noticing Elvin, Steelcase, Starshine and Tidal walking up the aisle, “at least I have you here, Fred, to…”

“Hey, you guys!” Fred greeted the four with a smile. “You guys going to the bridge?”

“Oh, well, yes,” Starshine nodded, “but you don’t…”

“Great, I'll join you,” Fred quickly unfastened his seatbelt and walk off with Elvin and Steelcase, along with Starshine and Tidal, following behind him. “We better go with him to make sure he doesn’t go in fan-girl mode too much,” Hitch told Izzy as they unbuckled their seatbelts and Sparky’s. “Come on.”

“Right behind ya, Hitchie-Poo!” Izzy chirped optimistically as she and Sparky followed after him. “Wait! I’ll come too!” Velma tried to call after them as she struggled to unlatch her seatbelt. “Just need to undo these stupid belts.”

“I'd keep those on if you want to live.”

Zipp nearly leapt out of her skin when she saw a woman with short brown hair, glasses and a black space suit, along with a male changeling (who had a mint green body with green eyes, blue horns, blue gems on his chest, a blue underbelly, a dark green shell on his back, blue wings and a dark red and light blue space suit), sitting beside of them. “Ridley and Morpho,” the woman introduced them. “Alien resistance fighters.”

“...wait, really?” Velma asked as she looked at the two as if they were insane. “That’s a job?”

“It will be,” Morpho said proudly before his eyes narrowed again. “When the aliens invade.”

“Uh… you do know that there aren’t any ACTUAL aliens out there, right?” Zipp asked tentatively. “I should know-- I’m a detective back home.”

“Huh… you should be one to talk like that, alien imposter. When Ridley is right,” Morpho said as he got in her face to intimidate her, “ALL should know she’s right.”

“...ooookay…” Zipp said with a nervous chuckle. “Good to meet you too, Morpho.”

That was when Clark Sparkman and his camera pony Shutter Snap walked over to them, both of them already dressed in their space suits. “Velma Dinkley, right? You're one of the teen detectives, Mystery Inc, who are also friends with Zipp Storm and her band of Equestrians?” Clark asked as he and Shutter sat down. “Clark Sparkman and Shutter Snap, Celebrity Heat.”

“It’s a real honor to meet the both of you,” Shutter Snap said as she aimed the camera at the duo. “Mind if we ask you a few questions?”

“You can if you’d like,” Zipp said hesitantly, not used to being filmed, “but there’s no guarantee we’ll answer.”

“Good call,” Ridley stuck her head in, frightening Zipp again. “TV is a factory of deceit.”

“...oh boy,” Misty winced as she watched the interaction from where she, Sunny and Cloudy sat with Shaggy and Scooby. “This isn’t going to end well.”

“Neither are your friends being right beside the reserved U-Boat seat,” Cloudy said with a raised eyebrow, watching the excited Shaggy and Scooby for a few moments. “I take it they’re big U-Boat fans?”

“Uh, hypothetically speaking, yes,” Sunny nodded slowly, not wanting to offend Cloudy with what she had to say next. “But then again, me and my friends had no idea that U-Boat even existed before today, so…”

“...yeah, I guess that’s natural,” Cloudy said with a calm shrug. “I mean, you guys travel to different worlds a lot, don’t you?”

“Well, yeah,” Misty nodded, “but… how did you…?”

“I watch a lot of Celebrity Heat,” Cloudy said with an uneasy shrug. “But we need to take our seats-- we should be taking off any second.”

That was when Shaggy and Scooby saw U-Boat coming in through the doors, instantly waving him over. “U-Boat!”

Cloudy, Sunny and Misty watched from the row behind the boys as U-Boat sat down in the seat designated for him, nearly squishing Shaggy and Scooby in the process. It was in that moment that Sunny and the others figured that it was going to be a rough ride for their friends, no matter where they were sitting.

That was when a female voice echoed into the cab area and the bridge through the intercom. “T-minus 20 seconds to launch.”

“Here we go, folks!” Sly Baron’s voice echoed through the intercom. “We’re heading to the stars. Thanks to me, Sly Baron.”

“Sly Star One, this is ground control,” said a male voice to the people on the bridge. “You are free to go.”

Then, everyone began to activate their space helmets as another female voice counted down till it was time to blast off the ground. “Five… four… three… two… we have ignition… and one. Lift-off.”

And with that, the Sly Star One blasted off the Earth and into the sky as the crowd cheered, taking our heroes into their next action-packed adventure...

...and if they weren't careful, it might be their last.