Zombie Island: chapter 11

Simone took the dolls and placed them to the wall, making June, Dee Dee, Daphne, Velma, Trent, Brianna, Cindy, and Maggie fly to the wall, making Fred and Justine gasp.

"Sorry guys," Lena said to Fred and Justine. "I really do like you guys." She then took out Justine and Fred dolls and made them suffer from the same impact.

"What would you do if you didn't like us?" Fred winced as he was in a lot of pain now.

Simone and Lena wrapped the dolls with a rope.

"Voodoo dolls!" June gasped, then narrowed her eyes. "I should've known!"

"Lena, how could you do this!?" Justine cried. "I thought we were friends!"

Velma apologized to Beau as they were trapped.

"I really grew fond of you, Justine... I really did..." Lena said as they trapped the group. "You're such an intelligent and wonderful girl... Not to mention that graceful beauty... It's gonna make Simone and I here look amazing once we're through with you... Just like that little April Johnston..."

Simone looked up with a sick smile, she had just been waiting for this moment all her immortal life. "The Harvest Moon... It'll soon reach midnight point of this moon dial... And then the ceremony will begin..."

June narrowed her eyes at the werecats. "Oh, if I were loose, I'd give you a sweet taste of butt kicking from the Te Xuan Ze!"

"Oh, swallowing the immortality of a Te Xuan Ze, dreams do come true!" Simone cackled.

Lena looked just as evil, but she actually looked a little guilty for hurting Justine like this, they had really become best friends during their time together. Neither one had a best friend before.

Justine shed some tears. "I thought we could have been best friends."

Daphne grunted as she struggled. "You won't get away with this!"

"I've been getting away with this for 200 years!" Simone laughed as she changed into her 'intermediate cat form' and hissed at the gang.

The group gasped.

"At least Shaggy, Scooby, the Eds, Mike, and Jo escaped," Trent looked firm, then thoughtful and worried. "Maybe..."

"I hope..." Fred agreed with Trent.

"I feel dizzy..." Cindy didn't look so good with her kidnapping.

"I heard that, boys," Lena looked to Fred and Trent. "Those five simpletons and gender confused fools... We didn't even bother making wax dolls of them! Waste of time and magic wax!"

Cindy gulped down as she looked like she was about to puke. "I hope that statement comes back to haunt them..."

"Just what are you planning to do with us?" Dee Dee asked, looking angry and serious for once in her life.

"Oh, it's simple," Simone started to explain everything to them about why they were the way they were. "Every Harvest Moon, I must drain the life-force from victims lured to my island to preserve my immortality."

"This is more haunting stuff than I could ever imagine." Daphne was blown away, but not in a good way.

With Shaggy, Scooby, the Eds, Mike, and Jo were running until they found Jacques on the boat.

"Jacques, it's good to see you!" Shaggy ran to him. "There's no time to waste!"

"Shaggy, get back!" Mike called.

"Get away from him!" Jo added.

It was too late, Shaggy and Scooby came to Jacques, just as he also turned into a werecat after being friendly like with them. Shaggy and Scooby screamed and started to run back from fear. Double D almost fainted.

"THERE'S NO TIME TO FAINT, SOCKHEAD!" Eddy yelled to him.

Jacques merely laughed. "Poor little Justine... She saw me, she's such a dumb bitch.... I should've killed her when I got the chance!"

"Don't you dare hurt her, otherwise you'll be dealing with me!" Jo growled.

"What can you do?" Jacques laughed.

Mike growled as she seemed to shift slightly and twitch as she clenched her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut. Jo breathed heavily in anger.

"That beautiful face she had will be turned into dust once we drain her, maybe before we can do that maybe I'll have fun with her myself." Jacques cackled.

"Guess again!" Jo and Mike snarled at him.

Shaggy, Scooby, and the Eds hid as Jo and Mike were going to handle Jacuqes. Even Ed was a bit scared. Not even his mother was this scary.

"Oh, I'm so scared," Jacques taunted. "Two gender confused kids are gonna hurt me, I'm so scared..." he then laughed again. "What can you two do? Nothing!"

"Big mistake..." Mike snarled.

The cloudsseemed to open up briefly as a glow came over the two of them. Jo and Mike were lifted up in the air briefly and they turned into almighty and destructive wolves. After their transformation, they came down to the ground in their wolf forms and set course to beat up Jacques and save their friends.

"Zoinks!" Shaggy flinched. "Werewolves!"

Scooby looked scared, but he realized there werewolves were Mike and Jo.

"GO GIRLS!" Ed cheered once he knew who they were too.

"Mike's a wolf..." Eddy whispered in shock.

Mike and Jo then set to attack Jacques, having an old-fashioned cat and dog battle.

"What's going--" Double D was about to ask, but he then saw Mike and Jo as werewolves. "Oh, my..."

"Impossible!" Jacques growled. "There shouldn't be any werewolves on this island!"

"You didn't count on us coming along then!" Mike growled in her gruff voice as she and Jo fought like real wolves.

Jacques hissed as he fought against them. Eddy covered his mouth, Double D covered his eyes, and Ed covered his ears with a smile.

"Like, this is freaky, man!" Shaggy shivered. "I mean beyond freaky, right, Scoob?"

"Reah!" Scooby nodded. He had never been so scared in all his life as a Mystery Inc operative.

As Mike and Jo attacked Jacques, the zombies returned. The Eds, Scooby, and Shaggy were nervous by the zombies at first, but the zombies actually seemed to be helping the good guys for a change. Mike and Jo stood back as the zombies piled on Jacques. This gave the boys a chance to run as Jo and Mike turned back to normal.

"Come on, let's get to the others!" Mike called once she was normal again with Jo and they had their clothes and original human forms back.

They all nodded and ran off together to Lena and Simone's to put an end to this undead nightmare.

Meanwhile, back over at the secret passage...

"If you're as old as you say you are, I bet you were the cause of Morgan Moonscar's death!" Brianna said to Simone and Lena.

"And you're the ones who found his treasure!" Velma added.

"MORGAN MOONSCAR!" Simon yelled the name frighteningly high. "He was the cause of all this!"

"Why?" Dee Dee asked. "Did he do something wrong?"

"Duh!" Lena scoffed at her. "We were early settlers back in the 1700's, and this island became our home," she started to tell her and Simone's story. "We believed in a cat god who could give us good luck and fortune for every harvest we shall celebrate. We were all so happy and peaceful... Until,... One night, Morgan Moonscar anchored his ship called the MALSTROM... He invaded us with pirates!"

"It was just a lovely celebration until they came along," Simone added. "Everybody else had to go in the water... But we, we hid in the trees... Our friends and neighbors were eaten alive... We had a good hiding spot until those pirates found us. We prayed to our cat god and it gave us a good price to pay... That was how we became cat creatures and destroy pirates, and only afterwards, we discover that invoking the cat god's power had cursed us as well."

"Over the years, the boats continued... Until, of course, one boat crashed The Good Ship Betty Anne on that Albonquetine Island, came to our very own," Lena put in. "One was full of spice traders who started the pepper plantation. The plantation flourished."

"At least, until The Harvest Moon," Simone continued. "Sometimes it became necessary, for Lena to lure outsiders back to this island."

"Just like you lured us." Trent scowled.

"I had years of practice." Lena grinned darkly.

"And those zombies are just the poor souls you've drained," Daphne managed to figure out. "They're just trying to warn us so we wouldn't suffer the same fate they did!"

"Pretty smart for a television reporter." Simone laughed at her wit.

"Lena, I thought we were friends..." Justine was very hurt by the bad girl she trusted. "I gave you a bracelet!"

"Oh, Justine..." Brianna was very sad for the girl.

"Poor girl." Trent cooed.

"First my dad dies, then my mom took away my own brother, and now my own best friend betrays me!" Justine was very miserable. "I've been through a lot of crap."

Lena turned her back to Justine, but she did take out the friendship bracelet Justine had made for her. She slowly closed her eyes and heard the front door and tried to be menacing again. "Sounds like Jacques has found your frightened friends..." she drawled.

"Jacques!?" Fred, Brianna, and Trent gasped, he was behind this too?

"We needed a ferry driver," Simone explained, darkly. "The old man wanted immortality, so we gave it to him."

June gave a chuckle.

"And what is so funny?" Simone demanded to her.

"Well, it's just that we have two werewolves on our team and who's figured out your secret by themselves and they are mighty pissed at you, you blonde old hag!" June explained.

"HAG!?" Simone took offense to that.

Lena realized Jacques was having issues as June said that. "Jacques is in trouble!"

"FORGET ABOUT HIM!" Simone scolded her. "They must be drained, now, for the moonlight is in the midnight alignment!"

"Sorry about this, Justine..." Lena whispered before she joined Simone and they had to preform their ceremony in order to gain another span of immortality.

"I'm sorry, Justin..." Justine whispered to her brother who was not there. "I won't get to see you ever again... And Jo... I... I love you..."

"This is it..." Brianna said softly, then turned to the boy she liked. "Trent before we get drained, I want to say that I love you."

"I love you too..." Trent had tears in his eyes as this looked like the end.

This really looked like it was the end.

"Daph, in case we don't make it--" Fred spoke up.

"It's okay, Freddy, I love you too!" Daphne called.

"No, it's not that... It's... It's just that I... I... I borrowed one of your ascots! I'm sorry, Daphne, but I was missing mine!"

Daphne had a deadpan look on her face.

"Cindy, I know I beat you up all the time, and give you a hard time, and embarrass you, and humiliate you, and think you're a stupid butt monkey for liking those corny Ben Ravencroft books, but... You're the best friend I've never had!" Maggie cried and hugged Cindy tight, nearly squeezing the life out of her.

However, during the performance, suddenly, Shaggy, Scooby, the Eds, Mike, and Jo came in, putting it to a halt.

"What the heck!?" Simone was not expecting that.

"Not so fast, you old prune!" Mike growled.

"Ed!" Dee Dee yelped.

"Double D!" June smiled.

"Jo!" Justine looked relieved.

"Shaggy and Scooby!" Velma also called.

"Eddy and Mike!" Brianna finished.

"Rocky!" Cindy randomly piped up, which gave her stares.

"I've had enough of that meddling dog!" Simone snarled.

"Rog?" Scooby, again, looked confused. "Rhere?"

"The only thing we see is an ugly old witch like you, Simone!" Eddy laughed.

Simone hissed, raising her razor-sharped hand.

"WHOA!" Eddy yelled and ran off for protection from her clawed hand.

"Guys, the zombies are good!" Cindy called once the zombies came back, worrying the Eds, Shaggy, and Scooby.

"Like, are you out of your mind!? "Shaggy looked to her.

"Have I ever been wrong!?" Cindy looked down to him.

"Let's get you guys untied." Double D said as he untied the dolls.

"Thanks, Double D." Brianna smiled to him.

When Eddy, Shaggy, and Scooby were running from the two werecats, Justine pushed them out of the way, instead Simone and Lena drained Justine's life.

"JUSTINE!" Jo cried. "NOOOOOOO!!!!!"

"JUSTINE!!!" the others cried.

"Whoa..." Maggie blinked, a bit shocked.

Simone and Lena were having their way until the clouds opened up again and a golden, ghostly spear came down. It seemed to highlight over Justine and seemed to reflect the werecats' powers and bounce right back to them, draining them of all immortality they had, but Justine was being revived.

"But how...?" Mike wondered how this could be happening as she flinched.

A black-haired woman and a red-headed man were helping the ghost ball as it was shown the ghost ball was April.

"What the heck?" June asked.

"What was that?" Double D added.

"More like, who did that?" Eddy also questioned.

Simone and Lena were no more and were destroyed.

"An old friend..." Mike said with a smile.

April looked to Mike and Jo, giving them thumbs' up and they did the same. April then went up back to the skies of Heaven so her soul, like everybody else's, can now finally rest in peace. The zombies were also dying and returning to their deaths so they could have a peaceful afterlife. It was a disturbing, yet rather beautifully happy ending.

"I just wish my parents could've seen this..." Mike shut her eyes briefly as she hung her head.

"We already know, dear..." two familiar voices said as the clouds were shining due to Heaven's light. "We already know..."

Trent looked to Justine and saw that she wasn't moving. "Justine..."

"She sacrificed her life to save us." Eddy was starting to cry.

"But April brought her back..." Jo said as she carried Justine bridal style. "No... Justine... You can't go... Justine..."

Meanwhile, in Heaven...

Justine had just arrived, she wore a white fleece gown with golden wings and a halo, it was no surprise she ended up there, but she didn't want to be there.

"Justine Reid..." a red-headed man came over to Justine. "Welcome... You are not happy though... But, it's not your time yet..."

"Not my time?" Justine looked to him.

"Not yet anyhow..." the man told her. "We'll bring you back on Earth..."

"Yes, anything for a friend of our daughter's..." the black-haired woman added.

Justine was surprised and she then realized who these two were. "Y-You're Mike's parents..." she whispered, shocked.

"Yes dear, I'd like to say that you did good deeds in all your life." Miranda smiled.

"Before you go, we would like you to meet someone special." John added.

"Hello, sweetie." a voice greeted.

Justine recognized that voice and turned around to see her dad, Adam Reid. "Daddy..."

"Hello, dear..." Adam came to hug his daughter after so many years of absence.

April stood with her parents, smiling to the girl that she got to meet her father.

"Daddy, I've missed you so much..." Justine sniffled as she hugged Adam.

"I know, dear... I'm sorry I missed out..." Adam coaxed. "But I will always be with you... And I'm very proud of you..."

Justine looked down shyly. "Do you know about me and Jo?"

"Yes, I do admit I was surprised, but I dont' think any less of you," Adam gently stroked her hair. "You're my daughter and I love your very much... You could never do anything to disappoint me or make me unhappy... You just be yourself and you will find your true happiness..."

Justine smiled, but she seemed to be backing away, she didn't want to leave now.

"Remember, Justine... I love you and Justin very much and I want you both to take very good care of yourselves..." Adam called before his voice faded as Justine was being brought back to life back on Earth.

"How are we gonna explain to Justin that his sister is gone?" Trent asked as tears appeared in his eyes.

Justine suddenly coughed and her eyes slowly opened up. "You'd be surprised what you can live through..." she struggled and managed to say.

"Justine... You're okay!" Jo cried, she had real tears in her eyes and she hugged her shy beauty.

Justine's eyes widened, but she smiled.

Eddy was crying more than anybody else.

"Eddy, Justine is okay now..." Double D nudged his friend.

"Uhh... I know, I just got allergies..." Eddy folded his arms, trying to look cool.

"Sure you do, Eddy." Double D teased.

"Justine is alive, it's a miracle." Cindy praised.

Maggie for once didn't hurt Cindy and looked happy like the others now.

"Where are Simone and Lena?" Justine asked them.

"I'm afraid they had to suffer..." Jo said softly, putting her hand on Justine's shoulder. "I'm sorry Lena had to hurt ya like that..."

Justine sighed. "It's okay... I guess I don't need a best friend..."

"What're you talking about?" Dee Dee smiled to her. "We're all your friends!"

"Yeah...." Maggie rolled her eyes slightly.

"Jo, I want to say thank you for going with me and helping me out, you deserve a reward." Justine smiled and rewarded Jo by grabbing her and kissing her on the lips.

Jo blushed a little from the kiss.

"Come on, you guys, we better get out of here." Velma advised.

"I can't believe all this!" Daphne gasped. "And without our videotape, no one else will either. I got nothing for my show."

"Yeah, and the police will never believe this story either." June added.

"Don't be so sure," Beau said to them as he took out his wallet, revealing he was no mere gardener. "I'm Detective Beau Neville. I have been working undercover investigating the island disappearances."

"Jinkies, so that's why you've been digging around!" Velma realized.

"Yes, sirs and ma'ams, just trying to dig up some evidence." Beau sighed.

"Beau, I mean, Detective Neville, have you ever been on TV?" Daphne offered.

Beau smiled at her, knowing where this was going.

"Hey Eddy, aren't you gonna do the prank on Jo?" Ed randomly asked.

"What prank?" Jo looked at Eddy.

"Umm... Nothing... Nothing at all!" Eddy replied nervously.

"But Eddy, I thought you were gonna put make-up on Jo!" Ed reminded Eddy.

Jo glanced at Eddy, looking very firm.

Eddy smiled nervously and ran off, making Jo smirk then.

"I have to admit, this adventure wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be..." Cindy spoke up as she wrote in her diary. "I mean, sure... Zombies, werecats, monsters everywhere... But I got to visit a place I'd never been.... Poor Justine though... I wish there was something we could do for her... She doesn't seem as sad as we thought though... Almost as if she was given a gift from Heaven above..." she then looked up to Maggie who was standing over her. "Oh, umm..." she closed her book and hugged it. "I guess once we get back home, we're never gonna become friends..."

Maggie looked firm to her and actually hugged Cindy and whispered into her ear. "Don't you ever die on me, butt monkey..." she then let go.

"Uhh... Okay..." Cherry shrugged once she put her diary back in her backpack.

"Like, you guys aren't gonna hurt us, even though you're werewolves, right?" Shaggy asked Mike and Jo.

"Shaggy, we' just dealt with zombies and werecats, now there are no such things as werewolves." Velma deduced.

Mike and Jo rolled their eyes slightly at Velma's logic.

"We won't hurt you..." Mike promised with a smile. "We'd never hurt you guys."

"Yeah, you guys are like brothers to us." Jo added.

Scooby licked them both, making them laugh. Fred and Daphne were walking together, this place was found to be romantic for them. Brianna and Trent agreed.

Cindy sighed as she held a book by her beloved author. "I wish I had a boyfriend..." she said softly to herself.