Cherry and Atticus on Zombie Island

chapter 2

Roughly a week later...

Darla and Amber were on the floor, playing an army game with Alvin and Urchin. There was then suddenly a moon glow on the army field which exploded the boys' side.

"Victory is ours!" Darla cheered.

"That's not fair, Darla, no Moon Staffs allowed!" Urchin glared.

"You're just lucky she didn't send Maisy into battle." Amber giggled.

"Yeah." Darla giggled as well in agreement with her best friend.

Maisy poked her head out of the army box. Urchin and Alvin then stood up and Alvin collected his army soldiers.

"We'll get you tomorrow, girls!" Urchin threatened as he left with the chipmunk boy out the front door.

"Not tomorrow," Darla replied. "My nana's coming over and she's taking all of us to Louisiana! It's an adventure thing..."

The phone then rang and Emily answered it.

"Hello?" Emily replied as Darla and Amber said goodbye to the boys. "Oh, hello, Charlotte..." her voice then grew soft. "Oh... Yes, I'm sure they'll understand..."

"Oh, I just can't wait." Darla smiled.

"Yes, she's right here..." Emily said, then put the phone down. "That was your grandmother, Darla, she can't take you and the others to Louisiana, she has to help her friends with a convention out of the country."

"Nooo!" Darla moaned in dismay.

"She wants to talk to you," Emily said as she tried to hold out the phone to Darla, but the girl ran off and went up to her room in disappointment. "Darla!"

"What's wrong with Darla?" Patch asked.

Emily went back on the phone to finish up the call.

"Darla's nana can't take us to Louisiana." Amber frowned to Patch.

"That's terrible." Patch frowned.

Darla was lying in her bed with her face buried in her pillow. Emily gently knocked on the door.

"Go away, Mama Emily!" Darla sniffled, sounding quite miserable.

"I know, dear..." Emily came in anyway and hugged Darla comfortingly. "I'm sorry... And so is your grandmother... I wish you'd talk with her on the phone though, she had a wonderful surprise for you all."

"A wonderful surprise?" Darla asked.

"Yes," Emily replied. "As it seems, it's Daphne's birthday, and your grandmother has offered to have Mystery Inc come pick up Daphne as a surprise for her as well and you all can go with Mystery Inc all the way to Louisiana and they can come back and drop you off since your father and I won't be able to take you there."

"This is a wonderful surprise." Darla smiled.

Emily smiled back, then looked at the time. "Excuse me, but I need to meet your father in the linen closet."

Darla hugged her. "Good luck."

"Thanks." Emily smiled.

Darla gently patted her on the back. Emily then left her room to go upstairs and meet her husband and the others into the Netherworld. Darla decided to go tell Atticus the wonderful surprise.

"You gave Mo a flower?" Patch teased.

'Hush up..." Atticus said as he was reading one of his books.

Patch smirked while he watched his master exercise while reading the book. There was then thunder and lightning heard from outside the door.

"Mom and Dad must be in the Supernatural Realm now." Atticus noted.

They then heard someone knocking on the door.

"I'll get it!" Atticus set his book down and went out of his room. And where he saw Darla with a big smile as big as his muscles. "Hey, kiddo." he smiled to his little sister.

"Guess who's picking us up?" Darla smiled.

"I thought your grandmother was coming?" Atticus replied.

"Change of plans." Darla replied.

"What kind of changes?" Atticus asked as he lifted up one of the weights.

"Well, Nana can't take us," Darla explained. "She said Mystery Inc themselves is coming to pick us up and drop us off back home."

"That's awesome!" Atticus smiled.

Darla smiled back with eager excitement.

"This is so awesome!" Atticus smiled while lifting up his dumbbell weight.

Darla giggled. "Tell me about it!"

Amber and Darla then sat on the front porch and waiting for Mystery Inc to come pick them up and take them to Louisiana. Atticus and Patch soon came out, joining them.

"Any sign yet?" Patch called.

"Not yet." Amber replied.

Mo and Cherry soon arrived.

"Has the van come yet?" Cherry asked.

"No, you came at a good time." Atticus replied.

"I wonder where they could be?" Mo said.

"Maybe Shaggy and Scooby wanted to stop at Burger King?" Cherry guessed.

A little while later, a vehicle with Fred as the driver soon arrived.

"Finally!" Patch beamed and his tail wagged excitedly.

"Patch, I know you're excited, but could you tone it down a little?!" Cherry winced. "You're getting dust on my glasses!"

"Oops, sorry." Patch said, stopping his tail.

Patch gave a really bright smile to Daphne.

"Hi there!" Daphne smiled and gave him a gentle pat on the head.

"Sure has been a while since we've seen you, Daphne." Patch smiled.

"Yeah, I guess I've been so busy," Daphne smiled back. "I seemed to even forget my own birthday."

"Don't you have a calendar in your room?" Mo asked.

"Ah, busy schedules get the best of us, Mo," Cherry said. "Sometimes when finals are in school, I get so busy with them that I forget about everything else around me."

"Wow." Mo said.

"So, are we ready now?" Patch asked.

"Nope, not yet." Atticus said.

"Aww..." Patch groaned. "Now what?"

Atticus soon took down the Happy Birthday sign on the side of the vehicle to show the words 'Mystery Machine'. Daphne smiled at that.

"Happy Birthday, Daph," Mo smiled. "I'm glad to be here."

"And I'm glad you're here too." Daphne smiled.

"Now we're off to Louisiana." Darla smiled in excitement.

"This is going to be exciting." Patch smiled.

Once they were all set, they loaded up and were now traveling down the road.