The Ballad Of Shaggy & The Rabbits

The Ballad Of Shaggy & The Rabbits is the third episode of the first season of The Adventures Of Tinker & Co..

Summary
''A friendship blossoms when Shaggy meets two anthropomorphic rabbit children. ''

Story
One day, Shaggy was at the mall. He was buying Tinker a new set of bass strings at the music store.

"That'll be $19.95, please," said the cashier.

Shaggy paid the cashier and made his way out to the parking lot where his 2005 Jeep Wrangler was parked. On his way home, he was driving by Totally 60's, where he and Chris worked, and he saw two sad-looking rabbit children sitting on the front steps. One of them was blue with blue and had the other was pink and had cerulean eyes. Both wore white shirts with gray stripes at the bottom, but the pink rabbit also wore a purple bow. It was obvious the blue rabbit was male and the pink rabbit female.

"What's the matter with them," Shaggy wondered.

Curious, Shaggy pulled over and went over to the kids.

"Hey, kids," said Shaggy, "what're your names?"

"I'm Yang Zhou," said the blue rabbit, "and this is my twin sister, Yin."

"Nice names," said Shaggy, "so what's up with you two?"

"We're hungry," said Yang, "we haven't had anything to eat since last week."

"But we don't have money to buy food," said Yin, the pink rabbit, "and we don't wanna steal anything."

"Where are your parents," asked Shaggy, "I'd really like to have a word with them about them not feeding you."

However, Yin started to cry, and Yang hugged her.

"Our parents were killed in a subway accident when we were nine," said Yang.

Shaggy was shocked.

"Oh my gosh," said Shaggy, "I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay," Yin sniffled, "you didn't know."

Just then, Shaggy had an idea.

"Hey," said Shaggy, "I'll buy you guys something to eat!"

"Really," asked Yin.

"Yeah," said Shaggy, "In fact, I'll treat you guys to lunch. How's that?"

Yin and Yang were elated.

"Thanks, mister," said Yin.

"No problem," said Shaggy, "by the way, my name is Shaggy."

"Right," said Yin.

With that, Shaggy took the rabbit kids into Totally 60's, where they seated themselves. The manager, Scott Tracy, approached them.

"Hey, Shaggy," said Scott.

"Hey, Scott," said Shaggy.

"You two know each other," asked Yin.

"Yeah," said Shaggy, "in fact, I work here!"

Yin and Yang were surprised.

"Cool," said Yang.

"Anyways," said Scott, "who're your friends here?"

"Can I talk to you in private," asked Shaggy.

"Okay," said Scott.

With that being said, Shaggy and Scott went into Scott's office, where Shaggy told Scott about Yin and Yang and their parents. Scott was shocked and sad to hear this.

"That's awful," said Scott.

"Yeah," said Shaggy.

"Based on what you just told me," said Scott, "I think we'll offer no cost for their meals."

"Yeah," said Shaggy.

Shaggy and Scott went back to the table, and Scott took their orders. Shaggy ordered a cheese dog, Yang ordered a grilled chicken sandwich, and Yin ordered a ham and cheese sub. All three of them had Coca-Cola to drink and while Yang and Shaggy had waffle fries, Yin had potato chips. After lunch, Shaggy told Yin and Yang to look around in the store part of the establishment while he called Tinker from the table.

"Hey, Shag," said Tinker, "what's up?"

"Hey, Tink," said Shaggy, "I gotta favor to ask you."

"Shoot," said Tinker.

"Well," said Shaggy, "you know those two spare rooms?"

"Yeah," asked Tinker, "what about them?'

Shaggy explained to Tinker what had transpired.

"Oh, I see," said Tinker.

"Yeah," said Shaggy, "so if you and the others could fix up those two rooms into bedrooms, that'd be great."

"Sure," said Tinker, "we can do that."

"Perfect," said Shaggy, "thanks."

"No problem," said Tinker.

With that, Shaggy and Tinker hung up, and after paying his check, he, Yin, and Yang left in the Wrangler.

"Cool ride," said Yang.

"Thanks," said Shaggy, "my folks gave it to me after I got my license."

"Nice," said Yin.

They soon pulled up at the police station and Shaggy got out.

"I won't be long," said Shaggy.

"Okay," said Yin.

With that, Shaggy went inside the police station and came out a while later with a manila envelope, which he put in the glove compartment.

"What's that," asked Yin.

"Oh, you'll see," said Shaggy, "you'll see."

Later, Shaggy arrived home with Yin and Yang, and the latter two were greeted warmly by the others.

"Welcome, Yin and Yang," said Ted.

"Yeah," said Scooby-Doo, "Welcome!"

Yang then spotted a blotch of paint on Scooby's tail.

"What happened to your tail," asked Yang.

"Instead of telling you, I'll show you," said Ted.

Ted then showed Yin and Yang the two rooms, which were adjacent to one another and were decorated to suit their appropriate genders. Yin's room had white walls and had a pink and yellow theme while Yang's was decorated with a Star Wars theme. Both were excited.

"Awesome," said Yang, "I love Star Wars!"

"Wow," said Shaggy, "what're the odds of that?"

Just then, two men showed up carrying boxes that contained all of Yin and Yang's personal belongings, such as toys, books, and other stuff. Soon, everything was unpacked and Shaggy handed Yin and Yang the envelope.

"What's this," asked Yang.

"Open it," said Shaggy.

With that, Yang opened the envelope and saw that inside was a filled-out adoption form.

"Are you adopting us," asked Yang.

"Yup," said Shaggy, "welcome to the family!"

Yin and Yang cheered.

"Hooray," said Yin, "we're part of a family again!"

Just then, they heard Valeria announce that dinner was ready, and they all went downstairs to have tater tot casserole for dinner. Yin and Yang munched happily away, knowing they will now have a new family.

The End