(AN: This is now the present time)

Cat Man, Space Man and Demon had gotten to Crystal Cove thanks to Velma telling them it's three towns away from KISS World in a straight line as they saw the Corner household and saw a basement door opened.

They went down to seeing blood all over the place and saw a dead body which isn't Shaggy's calming them down. They called the police and the police took everything and told them where they can find their friend making them grateful before they saw a car race track for street racing and saw a car was on blue fire and went through the finishing line.

"Alright, Death's Dare Devil!"

"He won!"

"He's the champion!"

"No one had ever defected him in a race!" They saw the helmet come off and saw.....

"SHAGGY?!" His hair was longer in a low ponytail with a bit of muscle, a three claw scar on his right eye which is a dark pink with his clothing, a one suit with a cloak, outlining his body making Cat Man to be aroused by the site in front of him.

Cat Man couldn't take his eyes off of Shaggy as he walks over to them, but once Shaggy saw the look in Cat Man's eyes, he knows Cat Man likes what he sees and see emotion in his eyes Shaggy had never seen in anyone's eyes, but his cousin's.

"F-Fo-Fol-low me." Shaggy was having a hard time talking and they know it, so they went to his......MANSION?!

"Shaggy, no offence. But why do you live in a mansion?" Cat Man said making Shaggy to look him in the eyes making him to be aroused again.

"S-Sa...." Cat Man held Shaggy's hand and had Shaggy's pointing finger resting on his own hand and Shaggy wrote it out for them.

'Safe heaven and my cousin's old home as he took me in when I lost my real parents. He gave me the place once he died. It was twelve years ago.' They were shocked, but Cat Man pulled Shaggy into a hug making Shaggy to flinch and wiggle making Cat Man to let go and saw Shaggy as shaking scared as Cat Man wonders why, but left it be.

"I'm sorry." Shaggy shakes his head as he calms down his breathing as it wasn't Cat Man's fault as he never got over what Ryan had done to him and he wrote it down to give to the police and never got the chance to do so as he was afraid of what they will do if they find out that it was him who had killed Ryan before bringing them inside where Scooby jumps on all three and starts to lick their faces.

"Hey, Scooby!"

"Good to see you too!"

"Man, is he excited to see us again!" Scooby got off of them and they got up where they saw Shaggy has amusement in his eyes making them to know he is still their friend. Shaggy serves them drinks and food with Scooby sleeping on the couch with his head on Cat Man's lap making him to pet Scooby as his tail wags in happiness.

"H-How's e-e-ev-eryone?" Shaggy asked as he rubs his throat and Cat Man gave him some of his drink to smooth his throat.

"Daphne almost cutted herself when you left. Fred and Velma had to stop her when she remembers you and Scooby left the gang. Don't worry. She's in KISS World with the others and Starchild.

They came over yesterday and had brought the letter with them. They didn't de-code it until they came to see us. Shaggy, are you O.K?" Space Man said as Shaggy nods before bringing out a pen and pad and wrote out his answer.

'No, I can't go back to them. I might have killed Ryan, but I'm different. I can't solve mysteries with them anyone. I'm a street and public car racer plus a artist.'

"We understand, but do you think you can come and see them? They might understand. Fred did say he did love Daphne, but thought Starchild would be better for her. She didn't know what to say to that." Shaggy shakes his head while smiling.

'She wouldn't understand as she never had anyone to love her for who she is.' They smiled as Shaggy seems to be alright, but Cat Man knows Shaggy isn't alright.

"Shaggy, you don't mind if I spend a couple of nights here, do you? We have a concert in three and a half days. Maybe after the concert, I can spend those nights?" Shaggy was thinking and looked to Scooby who was awake and he nodded his head.

'O.K. I don't mind.' Cat Man smiles as he nods back. Demon and Space Man looked around the place with Shaggy as their tour guild making them happy as his cousin really has a lot of stuff for him it seems to them right now.

"Shaggy, who was your cousin? If you don't want to answer, you don't have to if you don't want to." Cat Man asked as Shaggy stops at a painting and they saw it was Fox with Shaggy and Scooby has a child and puppy.

"Fox? As in Eric Carr?" Shaggy nods as a tear comes out of his eyes and Cat Man wraps them away making Shaggy to smile his thanks making Cat Man to nod. They headed back to KISS World with Cat Man carrying Shaggy with Shaggy hiding his face in Cat Man's neck while Scooby is being carried by Demon on the way there. Starchild saw them and told everyone else who saw them outside the apartment and Daphne ran into Shaggy hugging him tightly as she cries into his chest.

"NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN, SHAGGY ROGER!" Daphne shouted as she cries into his chest making him to half close his eyes before he had hugged her back. Cat Man wonders why Shaggy was O.K with Daphne hugging him while he can't let him hug him. He told this to Fred who looks sad and Shaggy knew why making him to gentile pull Daphne away and walk to Cat Man with Daphne following him.

Shaggy rubs where Cat Man's ears would be and they popped out making him to panic until Shaggy showed his own ears and they are a fox ears making KISS shocked as Daphne rubs them making Shaggy to purr. They all went inside and Fred explains why Shaggy didn't let Cat Man hug him. KISS is going to be shocked after Fred answers Cat Man's question.

"Ryan would make sure that any of his girl or boyfriends would flinch from any contact of anyone as he hurts them so much they will simple flinch every time and Shaggy would come to us, not the other way around to calm him down.

Scooby is an animal not a human, so Shaggy lets him come to him a lot of the time." Fred said shocking KISS as they had never knew this and now Shaggy had to go through it again to keep Daphne alive and safe from harm's way.

"Did....Did you know Fox?" Cat Man asked as Starchild looks at him making him to wonder why Cat Man would ask that question to them as there is no way they would of know him really.

"Shaggy's cousin Eric Carr also known as Fox of KISS? All we knew about him was: he was part of KISS, is Shaggy's adopted father after he lost his real parents, brought him on tour and to the concerts to keep an eye on him and the first time we saw him was when he gave Shaggy up to a couple to protect him from someone who wanted him dead.

Ten days later, the news said Fox was killed in a shot out and had killed the moron for killing his uncle and aunt. His cousin's location is unknown and is in safe hands. That's all we know about Fox really as Shaggy won't tell us about him, just that he was his papa." KISS looked to Shaggy and saw he was upset about this. Cat Man rubs Shaggy's ears to calm him down and it worked as Shaggy leans into the touch and purrs making Cat Man to smile, but on the inside he is aroused.