27. The Night The Clown Cried II: Tears of Doom



Fred was laid down on a couch as a man was sat in a chair nearby was writing down notes


"The higher carbon content reduces weldablity but makes up for it in amazing tensile strength." Fred says.


"Ahem. Fred If I may, I have about 42 pages on traps here in my notes, and that's just from this session." The man says.


"Sweet." Fred says impressed with himself.


"Let's do a little word-disassociation therapy. I'm going to say a word and you tell it's opposite. Ready? Traps."


"Y/n." Fred says.


"Y/n." The therapist says


"Daphne." Fred says.


"Traps, Traps, Traps, Traps."


"Y/n, Daphne, Daphne, Y/n!" Fred says disturbed now.


"I'm sensing you want to talk about Y/n and Daphne." The therapist says.


"I just want them to get back together doc. But they won't even talk to one another." Fred sighs.


 The sound of alarm buzzing goes off now.


"Oh well would you look at that, sessions over. pity." The therapist says.


"But what do I do about Y/n and Daphne? We haven't even started don the topic of my dad." Fred says.


"I'm sorry Fred, Your health care plan doesn't allow me to speak after the buzzer." The man says as he ushers Fred out now. With Fred gone now he lets out a sigh of relief. The relief however is short lived at the lights to the room go out. The therapist looks around the room but suddenly Crybaby Clown jumps through the open window and the therapist gasps.


"Who....Who ...What are you?" He asks. 


"Dr Henklefust. I'm so sad. Can you help me? I'd like to try a little aggression therapy. And it goes like this." Crybaby Clown says as he takes bottle bomb off of his sash like belt and he throws it on the ground. The bottle explodes releasing a pink like smoke that surrounds Dr Henklefust freezing him a cocoon that looks like cotton candy. Crybaby Clown giggles as he picks the man up now and escapes through the window he came through.


Fred was still in the building as he looked at a picture of a boat with a large fishing net attached to it. "I know. I just have to prove to Daphne that Y/n is back for good, And I know exactly how." Fred says as he rushes back to Dr Henklefust's office. "Doc I think I've had a break through.,." He says but as he opens the door all he can see is the cotton candy like substance and an empty office. "Dr Henklefust?"



It's late and night and Daphne was sat at her mirror brushing her hair as she got ready for bed. She turns off the light as she pulls back the covers and gets into bed now closing her eyes.




The sounds of waves disturb Daphne's sleep as she slowly opens her eyes. She quickly gasps as the view in front of her is the ocean as both her bed and herself had been moved to the beach. She looks up to see her bed attached to a crane. 


Fred gets out of the crane now as he look impressed with himself.


"Fred!?" Daphne says shocked and confused. 


"Surprised?" Fred asks her. 


"What are you doing?" Daphne asks him as she pulls her covers up now. 


"Talk to Y/n Daphne." Fred says to her now.


"It's too late for that. I'm with a man now, Baylor Hotner. He and I  we're serious...I...I moved on... Like he told me too." Daphne says. 


"Daphne please. He won't eat, he barely sleeps anymore and when he talks it's only to say a few words. He's not the Y/n we all knew. You are the only one I know who can get through to him." Fred pleads now. 


"I'm sorry Fred, but it's over between me and him." Daphne says as she get up wrapping her covers around herself and walking away.




Y/n was stood in the Hex girls garden as he stared out into the distance, His eyes were out of focus, A lit cigarette hung out of his mouth which was becoming a more common sight for him in the passing weeks.



The door behind him opens and out steps Dusk. 


"Y/n?" She calls out quietly but gets no response. "It's late, you should come inside. Maybe you can try having some food? I bought ingredients to make Italian food, Just like you used too before..." Dusk says trying to get him to come inside.


"I'm not hungry." Y/n says as he just tokes on his cigarette and doesn't even turn around to look at Dusk.


Dusk just hangs her head low as she turns around and head back inside. 


"Still no luck?" She hears Lunar ask and Dusk sits down hugging a pillow to her chest as she lies down on the sofa. "He won't even talk to me." She says closing her eyes unsure of what to do anymore. 


Thorn and Lunar look at Dusk and rub her back to let her know that they are there for her. 






"Like, do you think this one works, Scoob?" Shaggy asks his friend as he tries on a wig.


"Yes!" Scooby tries to say enthusiastically. "Uh, no, not really." He then says truthfully and Shaggy takes it off.


"I hate not having hair." Shaggy says. "Ugh. Grow! Grow!" She says trying to pull his short hair up. 


Velma and Marcie were sat looking through a newspaper now when an article gets Velma's attention. 


"Fred, Isn't this your therapist?" She asks.


"Huh? What?" Fred replies. 


"Isn't Dr Henklefust your therapist?" Marcie asks him this time.


"What? No. I don't see a therapist." Fred says denying it. "Why would you say that? Are you saying I should see a therapist? because I don't have any problems. I am completely problem free."


"Well that therapist you're not seeing has gone missing." Velma says bluntly.


"Like, We'll be back soon. We're going to get some real fake hair." Shaggy says as Scooby and him leave now. 




Cassidy Williams was sat in a barbers chair at the Crystal Cove hair salon. 


"All of it. Cut it all off." She says and her barber looks at her. "Don't give me that look, Gorgeous G, I mean it. It's so gone."


"But baby doll, You can't cut it off. It's beautiful." Gorgeous G says.


"No, I'm beautiful. Hair is just hair." Cassidy says.


"Watch who you are talking to girl, I'm a hairdresser." Gorgeous G says back to her.


"Amen to that, Gorgeous G, best in Crystal Cove." Cassidy says. "Now please." Cassidy sighs and Gorgeous G picks up a large comb and shears as she gets to work on cutting Cassidy's large hair.


Time goes by as Gorgeous G works tirelessly and finally Cassidy is left with a new look. "Nice." Cassidy says admiring herself in the mirror. "Like my mama always said, Hotness is as hotness does."


"Well then go check out all that hotness in the bathroom mirror. It's three sided." Gorgeous G says turning Cassidy's chair to the side and she gets up heading to the bathroom too look.


As Cassidy admires herself in the mirror the bathroom door slams shut and she gasps to see Mr E behind it.


"They're coming back for Fred." Mr E says to her.


"Why? Why come back now?" Cassidy asks as she gets up.


"I don't know. But it would be the perfect time to get close to the kids again, Angel." Mr E says to her.


"I'm not Angel Dynamite, Ricky. I'm Cassidy Williams. And I won't do it. I won't hurt those kids again. They're good kids." Cassidy says turning away. "Better then we were. One of them almost died."


"Ah yes, The naive Cassidy I once fell in love with. You willing to bet the lives of everyone in Crystal Cove on that?" Ricky asks her.


Gorgeous G was busy sweeping up the hair she had cut from Cassidy recently. "Mm, What is taking that girl so long? She loves herself a little too much if you ask me." 


Outside Crybaby clown was driving his wagon as she crashed through the Salon window. Gorgeous G jumps out of the way but his wagon his a large waiting seat and it flies across the floor only stopping in front of the door to the bathroom.


"What was that? Gorgeous G?" Cassidy asks as she tries to open the door but finds it won't open. "Gorgeous G!"


Crybaby Clown picks up Gorgeous G form the floor now. "Aah! Oh no!" She cries out.


"I simply can't do a thing with my hair. I'm so sad." Crybaby Clown says as he puts her in his wagon and climbs in. "Please make me beautiful, like a flower." He says producing a bouquet of roses, He holds them up to Gorgeous G and a pink spray comes out that causes her to pass out. Crybaby Clown laughs and sobs.




Scooby as Shaggy were walking nearby on the street.


"And they have red hair and brown hair and black hair and yellow hair and..." But Scooby was interrupted as Shaggy sighs.


"I just want shaggy hair..."


"I'm sure they have shaggy hair, Shaggy. Shaggy hair for Shaggy." Scooby giggles but he is interrupted as he and Shaggy see Crybaby Clown tearing down the road laughing. 


"Like Zoinks!" Shaggy cries.


"C..Crybaby Clown?" Scooby stutters.




It was morning and the Mystery gang were stood outside the saloon as reporters surrounded it with their camera's taking pictures.


"Like what's with all the Paparazzi?" Shaggy asks.


"It's the city's new publicist, J.R. Kiple." Velma says. "Mayor Nettles hired him a few weeks ago." The gang turn their heads to look at the man in question.


"Get pictures of all the destruction." Mr Kiple instructs the reporters. "See if you can get this teddy bear in the picture." He says putting down a teddy bear. "It'll add a little something-something to the news story, make it go viral."


Mayor Nettles watches on a little nervous as the paparrazi take lots of photos. "Mr Kiple. I'm not so sure this is a good idea. I don't wanna cause a panic."


"You crazy? Panic is great publicity. A feeding-frenzy, a fear-fest. That's why the news exists." Mr Kiple says to her. "With these abductions by the Crybaby Clown we'll put Crystal Cove back on the map as a great, scary place to vacation." 


"I don't like my citizens being abducted by evil clown man babies." Mayor Nettles says as she, Mr Kiple and the mystery gang step inside now. Photographers were also inside as they took photos of the wrecked furniture. "I want this mystery solved."


Shaggy sits down at now in front of a selection of wigs as he a Scooby try them on comical ways. The Paparazzi start to take photos of them as the two model for them.


Y/n was crouched down on the floor as we he picked up a small item that had caught his eyes. He lifted it up to see it better.


"You find something Y/n?" Velma asks and he turns around handing her the item.


"Hmm, It looks like some kind of cathode." Marcie says looking at it in Velma's hands.


"Or part of a transponder chip." Velma says.


"Hi gang." A voice says and they all turn around to see Cassidy though she momentarily looks surprised to see Y/n having expected him to be in prison. Nobody says a word as the two parties just look at one another for a moment.


"Awkward..." Scooby says first.


"Look, I just wanna say, I know you're made at me and I don't blame you." Cassidy starts. "But If I can help in..."


"No way Angel Cassidy Dynamite Williams..Whatever your name is. There's an old saying in Crystal Cove, Fool me once...shame on...shame on you? Uh... A fool man can't get fooled again." Shaggy says.


"Yeah, fool me ju..What he said." Scooby says backing Shaggy up.


"Alright, I um...I understand. Ya'll be safe." Cassidy says as she turns around. "And Y/n, I'm glad your okay." She says before leaving. As the gang leave they can see Daphne walking with Baylor on the other side of the street. Fred turns his head to see a reaction from Y/n but the only thing he gets is a lack of one and Fred sighs.




Shaggy and Scooby were sat in a car with his mom as he pulled into a parking lot. "Norville, I really appreciate you driving me to the plastic surgeon's office. I didn't want to come alone, but I want you to know I'm only picking up a pamphlet." His mom says.


"Just because all you're friends are doing it doesn't mean you have to, Mrs Rogers." Scooby says from the back seat.


"Uh, What did the dog say?" Shaggy's mom asks.


"Like, um, he said you're perfect and beautiful just the way you are mom." Shaggy says.


"Heh, how naive. I mean, how sweet." She says as the three get out now and walk to the clinic as they arrive Shaggy opens the door to the clinic but inside it is chaos. 


"Like man, someone really did a number on this plastic surgeon's office." Shaggy gulps. 


"What a perfectly good waste of ice cream." Scooby says.


The three are alerted by the sound of a receptionist sobbing as she is pinned to the wall by ice cream cones. "He took him. He took the doctor!" She sobs.


"Who did?" Scooby asks.


"Clown! Evil Clown Baby Man!" The receptionist sobs. 


"Yipes!" Both Shaggy and Scooby say as they jump into Shaggy's moms arms.


"Norville, you're not very brave for a general." She says.


"Like mom, I'm undercover, remember?" Shaggy says covering up.




The gang were all back at Fred's house now as Velma and Marcie had called them back.


"Marcie and I have analysed the chip Y/n found. It's a transmitter." Velma says.


"So we rigged this transistor radio to pick up the signal." Marcie says as she hold up a radio and Velma plugs in the transmitter. The radio begins to beep as it shows a direction. 


"This should lead us straight to Crybaby Clown." Fred says taking a hold of the radio now and looking at it. "Isn't that great Y/n?" Fred asks him. 


"Whatever you say Fred..." Y/n says as he turns away from a large board of information he had set up.


"Come on gang. Let's go bag Crybaby clown."  Fred cries as he rushes out the door. The rest of them follow him and as soon as he is in the Mystery Machine he steps on the gas. 




The Mystery Machine is soon flying down the main road. 


"Turn right down that alley." Velma says and Fred turns the wheel to the right. The bleeps rapidly now indicating the target is just up a head. Fred slams on the breaks before he jumps out the Mystery Machine firing a net out of hand held cannon. The rest of the gang get out of the Mystery machine now as Fred reels in the net with a captured target.


"Time to wrap up this Mystery." Fred says as he opens up the net but he and the others are left surprised when instead of Crybaby Clown it is Daphne.


"Fred Jones you are the most idiotic, incompetent, micro brained guy named Fred in the history of guys named Fred." Daphne says angrily. 


"I...But...What just happened?" Fred asks.


"I don't understand. She's emitting the signal." Marcie says as she moves the radio towards Daphne's leg and it begins to beat rapidly. 


"Daphne, you have a transmitter just under the skin on your ankle." Velma says.


"What?" I've been tagged with a tracking device?" She asks surprised. Y/n's eyes slowly come into more life at the mention of Daphne being tracked.


"Man I wish I'd had have thought of that for you guys." Fred says as he takes the net off off Daphne now and she stands up. As she does her eyes accidently make contact with Y/n's but both look away from each other. The sounds of Scooby whimpering however gets both their attention and everyone else looks to see Crybaby Clown rounding the corner in his wagon, laughing and sobbing as he speeds towards the group. His wagon splits the group up with Shaggy, Velma, Marcie and Scooby on side. While Y/n, Fred and Daphne are on the other side. Crybaby Clown decides to chase down the three instead. Sensing this Y/n ushers Fred and Daphne ahead of him as the three run down an alleyway. It doesn't take Crybaby Clown long to catch up to the three and as he does he reaches his arm to grab Daphne, Y/n is quick to react however as he grab's Daphne's arm pulling her out of the way. Crybaby clown ends up grabbing Y/n's suit coat and shirt instead as they are ripped from his torso with the speed of the wagon. The force sends both Y/n and Daphne flying to the floor now as Crybaby Clown disappears around the alleyway corner.


Y/n and Daphne slowly pick themselves up as reporters begin to crowd the gang now who had caught up to the three. 


"What's with the scars?"  A reporter asks.


"Are they from Crybaby Clown?" Another asks. 


Y/n says nothing as he closes his eyes to contain his frustration. At the mention of scars Daphne can't help but look to the side at Y/n, She remembered how scared he truly was but one scar in particular that rests below his bottom left rib. It was where he had been shot most recently and she can't face it as she looks way.


Mr Kiple comes running down the alleyway now. "Stop taking pictures of those nitwits. They're not news." He says to the paparazzi and they finally lower their cameras. "I hope you got some great snaps of that crazy man baby clown though. He's so perfect for news." Mr Kiple says.


"Funny how the city's publicist Mr Kiple shows up a few minutes after Crybaby Clown disappears." Velma points out to the others.


"Well I'm not laughing." Scooby huffs. 


"Yeah, like me neither, Scoob." Shaggy agreees. 


"I see what you're getting at Velma." Fred says catching on and he moves to talk to the man. "Mr Kiple, I notice you got here really quickly, "Lucky" you had your photographers in place to take pictures."


"Luck has nothing to do with it, Ascot boy. A good publicist makes the news happen." Mr Kiple says.


A figure comes down the alley now and takes Daphne's hand. "Oh Daphne, I was so worried. I've been looking all over for you." They say revealing themselves to be Baylor.


"Oh, doodle you bad kitty. How did you find me" Daphne asks him.


"I am so in love with you that I was drawn to your side." Baylor says.


Y/n picks up his torn suit jacket now as he takes his lighter out of it.


"Did you tell your school chums yet my little strawberry cheesecake?" Baylor asks Daphne but she shakes her head. "No? heh alright, Well Daphne and I are leaving for Hollywood tonight. Together. I'm going to make her a star."   


Y/n turns around now and as he starts to walk away.


Baylor notices him now. "You know school chum, you might want to do a little work out on that six pack. Me and the boys from Dusk have a great ab workout. I'll send it over." Baylor says to him and Y/n stops on his spot, the gang gulp a little unsure of what he will do. Y/n puts his hands in his pant pockets as he doesn't even turn around to look at Baylor.


"When you get shot, stabbed, burned or beaten. Then, you can tell me what I can do with my body." Y/n says before he starts to walk again now and the gang look awkwardly before they start to follow leaving Daphne and Baylor behind.






Y/n had gone back to Fred's house now as Fred  led the gang to the house of Mr Kiple now, It was a large modern house with glass for walls and the gang could see into it.


"I want more coverage." The gang can hear Mr Kiple say and they see him walking down his stairs on the phone. "What do I pay you news editors under the table for if you don't run the stories I tell you to run?" He says entering his living room now.


"Like that guy's gotta be Crybaby Clown. He's an evil man baby if I ever saw one." Fred says but as he does the gang can all see Crybaby Clown sneaking into the room behind Mr Kiple.


"Jinkies look!" Velma cries out.


Crybaby Clown notices the gang now and puts a finger to his lips.


"Mr Kiple!" Velma calls out trying to get his attention.


"Like behind you dude!" Shaggy says.


Mr Kiple notices them now. "You nimrods get away from my window." But he soon screams as Crybaby Clown grabs him. It throws a bottle down now as the room fills with smoke and the gang can't see anything. When the smoke disappears both Crybaby Clown and Mr Kiple are gone. 


"This is out of control. We've got to stop that clown."


"Let go see if Y/n has worked anything out." Fred says and the gang rush back to the Mystery Machine.




The gang rush into Fred's house and Y/n only glances at the door for a moment before his eyes return to the planning board. 


"He took Mr Kiple." Fred says to Y/n. Y/n calmly picks up a marker now and he marks it down on the board as he looks over the data. 


"Like why would Crybaby Clown steal a therapist, a hairdresser, a plastic surgeon and now a publicist?" Shaggy says confused. 


"Marcie and I have exhausted the computer archives searching for any common thread linking the four." Velma sighs.


"We've come up with nothing, nada, the big zero." Marcie says.


"The four didn't even know each other. There's no connection." Velma says.


Y/n draws lines connecting all the photos together now as he looks at them. His eyes look all over the board now as he calculates theories in his head. 


"We need to go, now." Y/n says as he throws his coat on. 


"Where are we going?" Fred asks. 


"The airport." Y/n says.




Crybaby Clown's wagon rode along the airport runway and it approaches a plane that was being  loaded. He drives his wagon up the ramp and into the plane. 


Inside the plane there were only five passengers each of them tied up and gagged. The five passengers that were all struggling to break free of their restraints were Dr Henklefust, Gorgeous G, Mr Kiple, The plastic surgeon and Daphne.


Crybaby Clown appears in front of them all now. "You know what makes me sad?" He asks. "All these empty seats. Heh. Heh. I wish I had enough friends to fill this entire plane." He sobs before he takes a hold of Daphne's cheeks now. "But I have you, and I'm taking you all back to my special clown town." He says and the hostages all look frightened. "Buckle up, It's going to be a bumpy ride." He then giggles as he turns around to open the cabin door, He is left surprised to see both Scooby and Shaggy in the cockpit.


"Welcome aboard Air Shag and Scoob." Shaggy says.


"Please enjoy your flight." Scooby says.


"Get off my plane!" Crybaby Clown cries as he leaps at the but the two move causing him to miss and he knocks into the throttle as it's pushed forward. The Plane begins to move now as Shaggy and Scooby flee out of the cockpit.


Y/n, Fred, Velma and Marcie were sat in the Mystery Machine nearby as they saw the plane begin to moves down the runway.


"Is it supposed to do that?" Marcie asks.


"My Trap!" Fred cries seeing it lying ruined on the runway. "I guess we'll have to improvise now." He starts up the Mystery Machine as he puts his foot down and begins to catch up the plane.  




Inside Scooby and Shaggy were screaming as Crybaby Clown chased them down the aisles. "Don't make me cry. You wouldn't like me when I'm crying."


"Like dude we don't like you now!" Shaggy cries.




The Mystery Machine had just about caught up to the plane now.


"Fred keep it straight." Y/n says as he moves in his seat. 


"Have you got a plan?" Fred asks him. 


"Not a good one." Y/n says as he turns to Marcie and Velma now. "Move to the backseat." 


"What?" Marcie asks.


"Come on Marcie." Velma says as she quickly climbs over the seat and into the back of the van, Y/n moves now as he winds down the window and Fred immediately realises what Y/n is going to do. Y/n begins to lean out the window as he pulls himself out.


"What is he doing? We're speeding down a runway!" Marcie says surprised. 


"That's just Y/n." Velma says watching as his legs disappear and he fully stands up on the roof now now. 


"Does he do stuff like this all the time?" Marcie asks.


"He used too." Fred says.




Daphne looks out the window and the sight she can see Is Y/n stood on top of the Mystery Machine as his coat flies in the wind, He slips his arms through it and his coat flies in the wind and disappears onto the runway far behind. 


Shaggy and Scooby's chase had led them back into the cockpit as they ran around it accidently knocking the steering wheel back and the plane begins to take off. 


Daphne watches with deep concern for Y/n as she watches him leap forward.


Y/n grabs onto the leg connected to the planes front wheel as the plane is in the air now. Fred slams on the breaks to the Mystery Machine as he, Velma and Marcie watch the plane disappear. "Good luck Y/n." Fred says.


The wheels to the plane begin to retract as they are lifted into the plane now but he takes not rest as he climbs up further into the plane. 


Crybaby Clown was busy looking for Scooby and Shaggy now who were hiding. 


"Where, oh where did my in-flight entertainment go?" Crybaby Clown cries out but he notices the toilet now . "Hmm..." He makes his way to it and knocks on the door.


"Nobody's in here..." Shaggy tires to say but Crybaby Clown rips the door off now. 


"Like I guess when you gotta go, You really gotta go.." Shaggy gulps. 


The Plane begins to fly into a thunderstorm and lightning strikes as it hits one pf the planes engines killing it as the plane starts to fall now. The sudden change in angle causes Shaggy and Scooby to fall into Crybaby clown and he is thrown back. 


A hatch in the cockpit is burst open now as Y/n climbs out of it but his attention is immediately caught by the sound of a wailing alarm and he grimaces as he pushes himself up and makes his way to the pilots chair. He takes a hold of the planes wheel as he pulls it back as much as he can trying to level the plane out.


"Come on you son of a bitch.." Y/n says to himself as he pulls back with the strength he has and the hostages can only watch as he does so. The plane only just levels above the ocean as Y/n pulls it back up to the skies. 


With the plane back safely in the skies Y/n lets a deep tired groan as he falls back in his seat letting go of the wheel out of breath. 


Scooby and Shaggy rush to the front of the plane now as they can properly see the hostages now. The two work quick to remove Daphne's restraints but as they do they can hear Crybaby Clown growling angrily as it ruses towards the three.


"Like help!" Shaggy cries out and Y/n looks back.


Y/n looks back to see Shaggy and Scooby being chased, he twists the wheel of the plane to the side causing it start a barrel roll. Shaggy and Scooby grab a hold of the seat legs in front of them but Crybaby clown however is sent into a dizzying flight as he crashes into planes walls one by one as the plane spins. As Y/n completes the barrel roll. He tilts the wheel forward as Crybaby Clown falls to the floor unable to get up without falling over from the dizziness. Y/n engages the autopilot for a moment now as he gets up from his seat and walks through the aisle stopping in front of the clown who looks up at him.


"Never harm the people I care about..."  Y/n says before he winds his foot back and kicks the clown in the face properly knocking him out now. Y/n looks down at the clown with distaste now. "Scooby, Shaggy." 


"Y...Yeah?" Shaggy asks still feeling a little dizzy as he stands up.


"Tie this clown up, then free the hostages while I get them all back home." He says walking past the two and back into the cockpit. 


Shaggy and Scooby finally finish removing Daphne's restraints and she is quick to get up, She moves to enter the cockpit but as she see Y/n put on a headset now she decides against it and he contacts ground control.


"Flight 4067 this is Crystal Cove ground control, Your flight plan is way off course, what is your status? over." Y/n hears on the radio but just as he replies 


"Ground control, This is flight 4067, We had a hijacking of sorts take place on board, No pilot nor Co pilot was present on board but the plane is now under passenger control, Requesting clearance to return to Crystal Cove airport. Over." Y/n says and he waits a moment in an awkward silence before he receives a reply.


"Flight 4067, Ground Control approves under the circumstances and you are cleared to return, Authroites have been alerted and will be present near the runway, Do you require assistance in landing the plane? Over?" Ground control replies.. 


"Roger Ground control, Assistance is unnecessary, Over and out." Y/n says as he turns the plane around now  




Y/n managed to land the plane safely now as an ambulance and the Sheriff's car containing Mayor Nettle arrives nearby. Shaggy and Scooby help the now freed hostages out of the plane. Y/n is the last to exit the plane as he drags Crybaby Clown behind him. 


"You caught him? Wonderful!" Mayor Nettles says happy that the Crybaby Ordeal would now finally be over.


The gang all surround him now as he stops in front of Y/n holding up his coat to him. "We found it when were driving back." Fred says and Y/n takes in his hands looking at the many rips and holes now in it.


"But now let's see who Crybaby Clown really is." Fred says as he takes off the Clown's mask and everyone gasps in shock. 


"Baylor Hotner!?" They cry out and Y/n grips his fist angrily.


"That's right-ner. Actor, humanitarian, guy with amazingly super awesome abs. I came here to research the part of a crazed clown for my upcoming blockbuster movie, The Night The Clown Cried. It was going to be my Oscar. I used my knowledge of Hollywood make up and special effects and a trick buggy I stole from a set, I honed my clown performance to perfection. Then I built my entourage, A therapist, A hairdresser, a plastic surgeon and a publicist. Everything I needed to be a great actor. Of course I put tracking chips in them all because you have to know where your posse is at all times. I even had an innocent, small town girl that would make me look like the nicest guy. I had it all and I would have been the world's greatest Hollywood thespian too if it hadn't been for you small town scene stealers." Baylor says.


 Y/n says nothing as he hands Fred his jacket now. "Sheriff Stone, you remember the favour that you owe to me,  I wish to use it now to remove an assault from my long record." Y/n says now. 


"Record?" Baylor asks but he is interrupted by Y/n punching him hard in the face and knocking him to the floor. Y/n crouches down now in front of Baylor and Sheriff Stone puts his hands on his holster. 


"...I did not sacrifice my freedom for the others so that you could make a mockery of it by using them in your games." Y/n says angrily to Baylor before he stands back up now. "Do what you want with him." Y/n says to Sheriff Stone as he removes his hand from his holster now taking out a pair of cuffs instead. Y/n takes back his jacket now and out of it he fishes a packet of cigarettes, He takes one out placing it in his mouth before then talking out his lighter and igniting it.Sheriff Stone cuffs Baylor putting him in the back of his car. 


  "Thanks guys, you, uh, really saved me." Daphne says now as she looks away from the gang.


"Like, you're one of us." Shaggy says.


"You know, Daphne you could come back to the gang. " Fred says.


"Really?" She asks as she looks at Y/n now and she can see just how tired he really looks. 


"I..I'd like that. Very much." Daphne says.


"Okay, But if we're going to be a team again. You two need to talk things out." Velma says pointing to both Y/n and Daphne who look at her. "Otherwise it's going to be a repeat of when Shaggy and I first split up." Velma says.


Y/n scratches the back of his head awkwardly as doesn't say anything but nods.   


"We'll uh.. give you guys some time." Fred says as he usher the gang away towards the mystery Machine leaving Y/n and Daphne alone. 


The two try looking at each other but the task proves to be difficult and eventually Y/n sits down on the runway all together looking up at the night sky. 


"W..what are you doing?" Daphne asks holding her arm looking away.


"It's easier to talk if I don't look at you." Y/n says as he moves his cigarette away from his mouth now and exhales. "So..."


"So.." Daphne repeats as she sits down with her back to Y/n.



"I..." Y/n starts but doesn't really know what to say as he closes his mouth.


"You hurt me Y/n...badly." Daphne says bringing her knees up to her chest as he hugs them.


"I know..." Y/n says closing his eyes remembering everything that had happened. "I can't forget what happened that night, but if there was one thing that was burned into my memory, it was how scared you all looked. I never wanted any of you to see that side of my life. I wanted it to stay locked away but I guess things never go the way we want them too..." 


"Mmh..." Daphne says looking down.


"I'm sorry about Baylor." Y/n says now as he brings his cigarette back up to his lips.


"Yeah..me too." Daphne says as a tear falls down her cheek.


 "Did you like him?" Y/n asks her.


"I...was starting to." She answers and it remains silent for a moment. "Did it hurt you to watch?"


"Of course it did. I still cared, But I wasn't going ruin your happiness for my own, I'm the one who told you to move on, and I'm the one who has lost that chance to stand by your side and I have to accept it." Y/n says as he sits back up now and flicks away his cigarette letting out a deep sigh of regret. "I never asked to fall in love with you, I was never supposed to fall in love with anybody." Y/n says and Daphne turns her head as looks at him properly now. "When I came to this town I was supposed to be a nobody who blended into the background and became easily forgotten. But you all changed that. Fred, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby and you Daphne...You made me feel like I was someone who could better than anything I had ever been. I liked feeling wanted, I liked feeling like I belonged somewhere. You helped change everything Daphne...You broke through the barriers I had put up without me realising till it was to late. But then Antonio happened and I remembered who and what I was and why we can never be together." Y/n finally brings up the topic of the dreaded night  as he starts leaning back on his hands looking up at the moon. "I should have died that night..." Y/n says and Daphne's eyes water at the words. "You always saved me and I only let you down. My parents would be ashamed of me..." Y/n says as he hangs his head back.


. "You scared me, Killing those people the way you did." Daphne says to him.


"If I hadn't killed them, none of you would still be alive. Your parents, Scooby, The rest of the gang. Antonio would have killed you all just to spite me because that was the kind of man he was. I gave up my freedom to secure all of your futures. It doesn't make what I did right, But I could never live with myself if any of you had gotten killed because of me." Y/n says to her as he holds his hands.  "Sometimes it feels like I really did die that night, I'd spent the last 10 years of my life planning how to become free and now that I finally have that freedom back, What can I show for it? How can I be so free, yet feel so... lost..." Y/n sighs and rubs his eyes now.


"Where do we go from here?" Daphne asks.


"Do you want me to leave Mystery Incorporated?" Y/n asks her.


"What?" She says.


"You've grown up with them, they're your friends. I wouldn't want to take them away from you." Y/n says.


"No...I'll be fine, I think it's best if we just...stay friends." Daphne says. 


"Friends." Y/n says slowly nodding his head in agreement. His phone begins to ring now and Y/n takes it out of his pocket, He looks at it and clicks decline.


"Is that not important?" Daphne asks and Y/n helps her up off the ground now.


"No, It's just more offers." Y/n says he slips pick up his tattered jacket and sighs looking at it the state of it. 


"Give it to me." Daphne says and Y/n looks at her before handing her the coat. "I can fix it, As a thank you for saving me."


"Thank you." Y/n says gratefully. 


"Why do you always wear this coat after all It's been through?" Daphne asks him now. 


"It was my fathers coat, It all I have left from him." Y/n answers and Daphne looks down at the coat in her hand now understanding why it's so important to him.


"Tell the others I'm going home." Y/n says as he turns around and starts to walk away. 


"Y/n one more thing." Daphne says stopping him. "You said offers, what did you mean by that?" Daphne asks. 


"Offers from all around the world, England, France, Japan. I could even go back to Italy. All those people want my services for their intelligence agencies, But Crystal Cove as sad as it is has become my home." He says looking out to the gang in the Mystery Machine and giving a sad smile.


"Y/n. Get some sleep, You look awful..." Daphne says.


"Yeah...I'll try do that." Y/n says as he turns back around now and starts to walk away and Daphne holds his coat in her hands close to her chest.




It was late as Y/n opened the door to the Hex Girls house. Y/n could see a small light on the living room as Y/n closes the door and walks inside. He turns his head from side to side but Thorn and Lunar were nowhere to be seen. On the couch however he can see Dusk fast asleep with one of his shirts in his arms.  Y/n shake his head a little as he moves to the couch now and looks down at her properly. Y/n crouches down and slips his arms underneath her before he picks her up. Y/n then carefully carries Dusk upstairs to her room as he thinks back about the events of the past few weeks. Y/n finally reaches Dusk's room and luckily the door was ajar and he opened it using is body as he carried Dusk. As Y/n entered her room he noticed it was still as messy as ever as different clothes and costumes littered the floor. Y/n make his way through the room finally reaching Dusk's bed as he sets her down now. As Y/n turns around to leave he feels Dusk grab his hand.  


"Don't go..." She says and Y/n slowly turns around to look at her and Dusk sits up in her bed.



"You don't talk to me anymore Y/n." Dusk says sadly as Y/n slowly sits down on her bed. "Did I do something wrong?" She asks him. 


Y/n shakes his head slowly. "You didn't do anything wrong Dusk. I've neglected you without meaning too and you deserve better." Y/n says and he can feel Dusk moving as she sits up and wraps her arms around Y/n, Her head resting on his shoulder.


"I don't want better, I just want you. You and the Hex girls are all I have Y/n and it feels like I'm losing you again... I don't want to lose you again." Dusk says quietly.


Y/n closes his eyes as he takes one of Dusk's hands. "I'm not going anywhere Dusk." Y/n says to her and she holds his hand back now. "My heads been all over the place recently. Nothing is like it was before, But the thing that's changed the most is me. That night broke me, Now I'm on a long path of recovery to pick up the pieces." Y/n sighs.


"I want to help you Y/n." Dusk says. 


"Being here helps Dusk, But No. I need some professional help, So as much as it aggrieves me too...tomorrow I'm arranging a visit to a therapist." Y/n says. Dusk doesn't says anything as she hugs Y/n tighter and he leans back into her. She pulls him back with her as the two lie on her bed. 


"So, Does Thorn still hate me then?" Y/n asks trying to lighten the mood.


"She's still mad about the situation, But I think she understands why you did now." Dusk says.


"What about you?" Y/n asks now. "Do you hate me for what happened?"


Dusk just closes here eyes. "I'm just happy to finally have you home." She says relieved he was finally speaking to her again.



And that's the chapter! So The mystery of Crybaby Clown has finally been solved and both Y/n and Daphne are speaking again. Can their relationship ever be repaired however? If you liked this chapter then don't forget to leave a vote and a comment as it really helps the story out. I shall see you all next week in.


Web of the Dreamweaver


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