Scooby Doo! Music of the Vampire Page #6

...but he still needs one thing

a bride.

Not just any bride.

A mortal beauty, pure of heart.

That could take a while to find.

Hey, it's a text from Daphne.

"Been kidnapped by vampire actors.

Help!."

A mortal beauty, pure of heart.

- Daphne.

- Jinkies.

I knew those actors

were involved somehow.

According to the book...

...those who offer up the Vampire's bride

will be rewarded with immortality.

That's a heck of a finder's fee.

Any idea where they'll take her?

I saw a star chart in here pointing out

the precise coordinates of the ceremony.

We could make a copy.

- Or that.

- Let's move.

If the wedding takes place, Daphne

will become the bride of the vampire.

You know, I'm pure of heart.

Does anyone ever think

of kidnapping me? No.

Uh, Velma, focus.

Sorry.

Tonight we give Valdronya the king

his queen.

And we shall be rewarded

with eternal life as real vampires.

All hail Valdronya!

Relax, Daphne.

It's just your soul you're giving up.

Easy for you to say.

You obviously never had one.

We're close.

Stop. Did you hear that? In the trees.

Must have been my imagination.

- Hang on.

- Save yourselves.

Zoinks!

I got something. Come on.

- Shaggy?

- Nice shooting, Fred.

Scooby, what are you guys doing

in the swamp?

Yeah, don't you know

it's dangerous out here?

- Clearly.

- Yeah.

The calibration is still off.

Let's get you down from there.

Don't get too close, Velma.

I've been bitten by a vampire.

I could turn bloodsucker any second.

That's no bite. It's a splinter.

So I'm not gonna turn

into a bloodsucking weirdo?

Bloodsucker? No.

Weirdo? We're too late for that.

Fire in the hole.

Still off.

Maybe it's best if you set that thing

to net mode from now on.

The appointed hour is near, my friends.

And soon our efforts will be repaid

with immortality.

A jewel for a jewel.

You're such the charmer.

You are so lucky to be chosen.

I'm sure you'll find an evil vampire king

of your own one day.

Let the wedding ceremony begin!

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Dearly beloved

We're gathered today

To praise the one called Daphne

And give her away

Linked and joined forever

She'll be by your side

Valdronya, we present you

Your vampire bride

- Looks like we're in time for the wedding.

- Wedding?

I wish someone had told us.

We don't even have a gift.

I've got a gift right here.

- Huh?

- I don't get it.

He means we're gonna stop the wedding

from happening.

My way sounded cooler.

Hear us now, Valdronya

And come to our side

The time has come for claiming

Your vampire bride

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Behold, the king has heard our call.

This is it. Here he comes.

Bow down before your king.

Excellent work, my little vampire-lings.

Close your eyes

And come to me

When you wake

Then you shall be

Alive for all eternity

With me

Dark of the moon and

beauty so bright

Spirits arise and

call to the night

From Earth to the stars

And all that's between

Beware and behold

the vampire queen

A mortal beauty.

Your queen.

Hold it.

Hi. Uh, mind if I get a picture

of the happy couple?

That one's for the memory book.

Ha, ha. Yikes!

Daphne, you okay?

Ha, ha. Velma, you came to my wedding.

Oh, don't cry, Velma.

You won't always be a bridesmaid.

I'm not crying.

Valdronya's using gas

to hypnotize everyone.

Whatever you've gotta tell yourself.

Ha, ha.

Like, that is one unhappy groom.

Come on. I must have gotten water

in the compressor.

Keep him busy while I fix this thing.

- Aah!

- Dead end!

Whoa!

In more ways than one!

Yipe!

Ha-ha-ha. Hm?

Ahem. Here's your stupid amulet.

Nice shot.

- He-yah!

- Unh!

Actually, Velma,

I kind of wanted to keep that.

Sorry.

I'll make you all my vampire servants.

I'd say you're looking at a net loss.

I think I'll raise the stakes.

Let's see who's under that mask.

Like I've been saying all along,

there's no such thing as real vampires.

Right, Mr. Van Helsing?

Van Helsing?

But why?

He was trying to save

Petit Chauve Souris Ville...

...by staging a series

of real live vampire events.

Events tied to his latest book,

The Bride of the Vampire...

...which I actually read. It's not bad.

You really liked it?

I said it's not bad. Don't push it.

So by creating a real vampire legend,

he'd get tourists year-round.

And sell books.

It's true.

I wanted to put the Van Helsing name

back on the map.

I thought once word spread

of the ceremony...

...tourists would flock here

to see the place...

...where a real live vampire

wedding ritual had happened.

Then I would no longer need

Lita Rutland...

...and her schlocky Vampire Palooza

to make ends meet.

And what about the actors?

Merely pawns in his game.

They were so devoted to the vampire

way of life, they were easily duped.

When Valdronya first appeared, they really

thought their ritual had conjured him up.

Van Helsing used their intense belief

in vampires against them.

But Van Helsing was in the audience when

Valdronya materialized in the theater.

He used a laser projector for that.

I'd wager he planted

similar projectors in the museum...

...to give the illusion of the vampire

in the glass coffin.

Security cameras rewired for

special effects would explain a lot...

...including why there was no surveillance

footage of Valdronya's supposed escape.

When Daphne tore off a piece of modern

fabric from Valdronya's cloak...

...Mr. Van Helsing must've feared the

threads of his plot were unraveling...

...so to speak.

Looking at it now...

...I suspect he passed off ancient

fabric from his museum as a cover-up.

He staged his own demise in the swamp

using this.

Aah! Vampires!

No, a simple mechanical device

he planted in the marsh.

Probably a prop from the theater.

So when he was kicking and flailing...

He was actually triggering it.

But, like,

how did he hypnotize everyone?

Knockout gas.

No one knew what hit them.

But when they awoke,

they remembered seeing Valdronya...

...and thought he'd mesmerized them.

By gassing everyone at the wedding,

he'd slip away...

...but leave eyewitnesses to tell the

tale of Valdronya and his bride.

The actors already lived like vampires,

so they could just go on like that...

...thinking they were actually immortal.

You've really thought of everything.

Eh, it's what we do.

Daphne, I... I'm sorry

for putting you through all this.

Well, it's not every day a girl is kidnapped

to be an ancient Vampire's bride.

In a strange way, I'm flattered.

Really? Maybe after I get out of prison,

we could grab a coffee and...

Heh. Not on your life, bat boy.

I don't date actors.

Move along, fella.

Like, there's one thing

about this whole plan I don't get.

Why'd Van Helsing need us?

You were my credible witnesses.

It's one thing to have a bunch of

weirdo vampire-reenactment nuts...

...spreading my tale.

Quite another

when the story is recounted...

...by respected monster hunters

such as yourselves.

We're respected?

My family's legacy

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