Author's Notes: Scooby Doo and all related characters are copyright 2009 Hanna-Barbera Productions/Warner Brothers/Cartoon Network. No challenge to their ownership is implied; I am not making any money from writing this story, I am just a fan and I am writing this simply for fun.
Chapter 1
Today or rather tonight, Scooby and friends find themselves in a television studio as they prepare to be the featured guests on the Boris Kreepoff Show, you would think that Scooby and friends would have a giant case of stage fright before appearing on television, but they don't; however Shaggy and Scooby are having a case of stage fright or rather regular fright. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang couldn't be less nervous or frightened of their upcoming appearance on the small screen.
"Just think gang, we get to appear on Boris Kreepoff's television show" Fred remarked.
"Boy, this sure is going to be exciting" Daphne added.
"Like not for me, I would rather be at the dentist's office then in this creepy television studio" Shaggy commented with a nervous laugh.
"Reah rand ri rould rather re at rthe reterinarian" Scooby replied.
"Aw come on guys it'll be really fun" Velma remarked.
"Yeah fellas, you know the only showbiz saying: the show must go on" Flim Flam commented.
"Like not with me and Scooby, besides I still don't understand why we had to come along," Shaggy said nervously.
"Reah, row rome re rad to re rere?" Scooby asked.
"We told you already you guys, Vincent and Boris Kreepoff are old friends" Daphne remarked.
"Also, we need Boris's help to track down that demon that's been eluding us recently" Vincent said.
"Right, we're going to use the Vacu-Spook to capture him right on the show" Fred remarked.
"Like I still wish I was somewhere else, like Palm Springs, I hear it's nice this time of year," Shaggy commented nervously.
"Reah, rice and runny" Scooby replied.
A mysterious man wearing a green jacket and reading a newspaper overheard what the pair said and put his paper down to talk with them.
"You seem nervous, is this your first time on television as well?" he asked.
Shaggy turned next to him and saw that the person wasn't quite a person at all.
"Zoinks, a m-mummy!" he exclaimed.
"Relax you two, that's just one of Boris's guests" Velma remarked.
"Yeah guys, there's nothing to worry about" Daphne added.
Fred, Daphne and Velma each ran through every possibility of things that would keep both Shaggy and Scooby in the studio and at the same time take their minds of their creepy surroundings; finally Fred came up with an idea that was sure to work.
"OK you two I'll make you a deal, I'll give you this whole box of Scooby Snacks if you come on the show with us" Fred explained holding a red box which contained the duo's favorite snacks.
"Like that sounds good, right Scoob?" Shaggy said.
"Reah, roh roy!" Scooby exclaimed.
"Good and you'll get them after the show" Daphne replied.
"Aw, like can't we have the Scooby Snacks now?" asked Shaggy with a hopeful tone in his voice.
"Reah, rlease?" asked Scooby in a similar tone.
"Sorry you two like I said these are for after the show OK?" Fred responded.
"Like, alright, we can wait right Scoob?" Shaggy asked motioning towards the Great Dane.
"Reah, re'll rait rorever ror Rooby Racks," replied Scooby.
"Good, here you go Daphne" Fred remarked as he handed the box to her.
"Thank You Fred, now I'll put these backstage for now and then you two can have them for a reward when the show's over" Daphne replied.
Scooby and company continued to wait patiently for their appearance on the small screen; as they did so they saw two people coming towards them: one had a dark green almost yellow face that looked like Frankenstein and spoke like Boris Karloff, dressed in a red suit and the other wore a black beret and was dressed in the style of clothing that someone who was in the television or motion picture business would wear.
"Hi there I'm Freddie Cadaver the director of Boris' show and of course I'm sure you already know Boris Kreepof," the second man said.
"I most certainly do" Vincent replied.
"Good, I just want to let you know that you kids will be on in ten minutes so make sure you're ready" Mr. Cadaver explained before walking away.
"Don't worry sir we'll be ready" Daphne remarked.
The director walked away and prepared for his show, meanwhile Vincent Van Ghoul took this opportunity to catch up with his old friend.
"So Vincent it's been a long time hasn't it," Boris remarked.
"Indeed it has, I'm hoping that you can provide any possible help to myself and my friends in hopes of catching that demon we've been tracking" Vincent replied.
"I am at your disposal Vincent" Boris responded.
"Mr. Van Ghoul how did you and Boris meet anyway?" addressed Daphne.
"Good question Daphne, you see Boris and I both went to school together," Vincent explained.
"Really?" Velma asked.
"Yes we both were in the class of '36 at Terror Tech" Vincent explained.
"1936?" Flim Flam asked.
"No just '36" Vincent replied.
"So Vincent are you and your friends prepared for your appearance on my show?" addressed Boris.
"We certainly are Mr. Kreepof, you already know Mr. Van Ghoul but maybe we should introduce ourselves" Fred explained.
"Just as long as you kids keep things short, I have to go on stage very soon" Boris replied.
"Very well, my name is Fred Jones, this is Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, our Great Dane Scooby Doo and Flim Flam" the blond teen said introducing his friends.
"That was pretty short, you know my boy you look like someone who could do quite well in the television business" Boris explained.
"Thank you Mr. Kreepof, I've never really thought about getting into television; although I was a pretty good athlete in high school so I might consider going into television as a sportscaster or color commentator for a network or sports league some day" Fred replied.
"Well if you do decide to do that, I have quite a few friends who work for the sports divisions of major networks, and even a few friends who work for the major pro and college sports organizations, also my director here knows a few people and we can sure put in a good word for you if that's the career path you decide on young man" Mr. Kreepof responded.
"That's a very generous offer Mr. Kreepof and I will certainly consider it if I decide to go into a career in television" Fred replied.
"If you do ever decide to change careers, give me a call okay?" Mr. Kreepof replied.
"I'll sure do that" Fred explained.
"Good, now if you'll excuse me I must get ready for my show" Mr. Kreepof explained.
"We'll see you in a few minutes Mr. Kreepof" Daphne replied.
"See you kids in a little while" the director said to the gang as he and Boris prepared to go on the air.
"Well gang I guess we should get ready for the show too" Fred explained.
"You got that right Fred, boy oh boy I can't wait to go on, I've always wanted to be on television" Flim Flam replied smiling.
"L-like not me, I can wait a few more decades before making my television debut right Scoob?" Shaggy remarked nervously.
"Reah, ri ret rstage rfright" Scooby added.
"Aw there's nothing to be scared of guys; just be calm, cool and collective like me, Robert Redford eat your heart out" Flim Flam said.
"Flim Flam's right guys and I think I have a way to calm your nerves" Velma remarked.
"Like how Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"Simple, just imagine you guys are in a place where there are no creepy mysteries, no ghosts or ghouls, in other words kind of like your own private paradise" the bespectacled sleuth explained.
"Like okay Velma, Scooby and I will do just that, although it won't be easy" Shaggy commented.
With that Shaggy and Scooby attempted to calm themselves down as they waited to appear on the small screen, not to mention the promise of Scooby Snacks later; the cowardly pair and the rest of the gang stood backstage as they watched the show on a closet circuit television monitor.
Unfortunately for Shaggy and Scooby, their calmness was short-lived as they saw a brown haired woman wearing a simple green dress walk past them and onto the stage with Boris Kreepof.
"Wh-who's that? Shaggy said uneasily.
"Easy Shaggy, that's just Tallulah the medium" Velma explained.
"Tallulah? oh wow I read her horoscopes in the paper every day; she must be a sorceress or something, her fortunes are incredibly accurate and precise right down to the most minute detail " Daphne replied.
"A sorceress?" Shaggy gulped.
"Ordinarily, I would say there's no such thing as a sorceress Shaggy, but ever since the Chest of Demons was opened I really don't know any more" Fred remarked, afterwards the blond teenager went over his previous statement in his mind; usually the unofficial leader of Mystery Inc. would say to his friends that it would be time to split up or to start searching for clues, but this was not a mystery where the villain could simply be unmasked and sent to prison for trying to commit some illegal activity or crime; this was a mystery that if left unsolved could result in chaos and destruction for the world.
"Daphne, I didn't know you read horoscopes" Velma wondered with some curiosity, trying to get the conversation back on track.
"I know it's kind of unusual, but it's kind of a guilty pleasure of mine" Daphne replied.
"Actually Daphne reading horoscopes isn't that unusual, I read them all the time, plus I know many mortals that enjoy reading them, so it is a popular activity" Vincent explained.
"I guess you could say that Mr. Van Ghoul, I was just surprised that Daphne reads them" Velma replied.
"Well Velma, considering my family's wealth, some of the members of my family are a bit superstitious because sometimes Horoscopes tell people about possible monetary gains or losses" Daphne explained.
"Daphne, you never told me you come from a wealthy family" Vincent said with some surprise in his voice.
"I didn't? huh, I guess I forgot to mention that, actually I have a lot of monetary wealth as well, but believe me I would give it all away if it meant that I would continue to be friends with the gang, although my family's wealth was part of the reason we've been able to travel as much as we have" the redheaded sleuth observed.
"Really? Hmm, this is making me quite curious indeed; Daphne, how has your family's wealth helped your friends out? I mean you don't have to tell me, I'm just quite interested in this" Vincent replied.
"For starters my dad gave us the money to start Mystery Inc., that's the name we use for our detective agency; at least that's the name we used when we were an unofficial agency, but when we decided to get into solving mysteries full time, we liked the name so much that we ended up using it" Daphne explained.
"This is actually pretty fascinating, go on Daphne" Vincent replied.
"Sure thing Mr. Van Ghoul, basically the way things are set up is the four of us excluding Scooby of course have a monetary stake in Mystery Inc., if I had to guess I would say each of us has about a fifteen percent stake with my father having the rest; actually my dad is pretty much the reason why we've been able to travel so much, his company has done pretty well over the years, which is why we've traveled all over the world, not to mention he was the reason that we have the Mystery Flying Machine and the Mystery Machine" Daphne continued.
"Intriguing, what kind of company does your father run Daphne?" Vincent wondered.
"It's a cosmetics company that produces bubble bath and a few other products as well" the red head answered.
"Bubble Bath? You know when this is all over I might have to ask your father and you for some Daphne, besides when you're as old as me, something like that might help a lot" Vincent said, albeit he said the first part loudly, while he said the second part in a bit of a whisper.
"If you would like Mr. Van Ghoul we can ship some to your castle" Daphne replied.
"I would like that Daphne, thank you in advance and I'm very glad to have met all of you, not to mention I'm very pleased that you and your friends are tracking down the thirteen ghosts from the Demon Chest; besides if I had to do it again I would choose all of you to track down the spirits from the chest all over again" Vincent replied.
"It was our pleasure Mr. Van Ghoul and you're welcome" addressed Fred.
Daphne noticed that the brown haired medium that they had seen earlier had now come on stage to join the host of the program; the gang also noticed that Boris Kreepof was also on stage and was about ready to introduce the next segment of his show.
"Now let's see what's going on with the spirit world" Boris said.
The curtain opened and Tallulah stood on stage preparing to give her latest report; the woman stood on stage and looked as if she was completely focused on her appointed task, making sure she wasn't interrupted by anything or anyone.
"This week I predict grave danger for someone with the initials S.D." Tallulah said.
"S.D., like that's you Scooby" Shaggy remarked with a gulp.
"Ruh-roh, rhat is re" Scooby replied whimpering.
"Oh don't be ridiculous guys, we're not in any danger" Velma remarked in a matter of fact fashion.
However as the gang would find out, Velma would be quite wrong about her statement; while Mystery Inc. waited to get their chance to appear on the small screen, two very familiar ghosts prepared to set a sinister plan in motion.
"OK Bogel, here's what we do; you switch this switch which controls the main circuit breaker and then that one, then once the lights are out we'll grab the Chest" Weerd explained his plan as he pointed to the various switches on the wall.
Bogel looking thoroughly confused scratched his head and then attempted to repeat what his ghostly companion had told him.
"OK, so first we switch the switch and then that one, then the other one" Bogel replied pointing to the switches.
"Yes Bogel, we switch the switch and then the lights will go out" Weerd responded staring to sound impatient.
"OK, I have to switch the watch with the witch and switch the other switch" Bogel replied looking confused once again.
"No you idiot, not that switch it's this switch" Weerd tried explaining the plan yet again to his fellow ghost.
"Where's the witch?" Bogel replied looking around feverishly.
"NO, NO, NO, there's no witch! Just forget it and follow my lead" Weerd said finally realizing that there was no way to explain his idea without Bogel getting confused.
Weerd then reached out to a few of the switches on the wall and began pulling them, as if right on cue the overhead lights in the studio began to flicker on and off for several seconds in addition to that several of the cardboard props which were used for various other programs that aired on the station began going haywire, specifically they were rising and falling from the rafters every few seconds; this naturally caused the gang to wonder what was happening inside the television studio as they joined Boris Kreepof and Tallulah the medium on stage for their segment, or at least what was supposed to be their segment.
"What's going on here?" Boris wondered.
"Like I don't know and I don't want to find out" Shaggy replied.
"Aaah!" Tallulah screamed.
"Tallulah, what's the matter?" Boris asked.
"I chipped my nail polish" she replied.
"Jinkies what's happening in here?" Velma wondered aloud.
"Oh, the spirits are in such a tizzy" Tallulah remarked holding her head.
"Jeepers, do you really think ghosts are responsible for this?" Daphne asked.
"Knowing the spirits are what they are, that certainly could be possible," the medium replied.
"No offense Tallulah and Daphne, but I seriously doubt that this was caused by any supernatural phenomenon" Velma explained.
"Now that you mention it Velma, I guess there is a logical explanation for this" the redhead girl replied.
"OK Velma, like tell me this if ghosts aren't responsible then who or what was?" Shaggy asked.
"It's quite simple Shaggy, the electrical current running from the main fuse box in the studio to the circuit breakers caused the light bulbs to burn out, simply put: we experienced a brief power failure in the studio" the bespectacled girl explained.
"Velma, like I think that description just made my head hurt but it does make a lot of sense" the cowardly teen replied.
Finally the lights came back on and everything was back to normal, or what passed for normal for Scooby and company considering they were inside a television studio with a medium, a warlock and a dead ringer for Boris Karloff and Frankenstein; however as the gang would soon learn, things were far from normal.
"Well since that's all over, what are we going to do now?" Daphne asked, although as she spoke, she was thinking what else was going to wrong during the evening, or if the gang was going to encounter any other creepy characters.
"Easy, let's talk to Boris Kreepof, he might know something about what's going on around here" Fred explained.
"By the way where is he?" Daphne wondered after looking around and not seeing their host.
"Hey you're right, he's not on stage with us" Velma replied.
"Hmm, this could be a clue as to what really happened to the chest, come on gang" Fred declared.
With that the teenage sleuths started towards the dressing room area of the building to speak with the television personality; however before they could do so Velma looked around and noticed something quite peculiar and quite frightening as well.
"Jinkies, the Chest of Demons is gone!" the bespectacled detective exclaimed.
"What?" the rest of the gang said in unison, in addition to being somewhat shocked at this statement.
"The Chest can't be gone, we just had it with us before the lights went out" Fred explained.
"Well it's gone now Freddie and there's something else that's just as strange" Daphne replied.
"What's that Daphne?" the blond teen asked.
"The box of Scooby Snacks that I put backstage is right here, which is certainly not where I left it" the redhead sleuth replied.
"How could a box of Scooby Snacks just disappear from backstage and reappear here?" Velma wondered.
"Like don't knock it guys, this is the best news I've had since we got here" Shaggy explained happily.
"Reah, ri rove Rooby Racks" Scooby added.
Scooby and Shaggy prepared to start chowing down on their favorite treats when Tallulah took the box from their grasp.
"Hey like we were going to eat those!" the cowardly teen remarked, somewhat upset that the medium had decided to borrow the pair's of box of snacks.
"I feel powerful vibrations coming from this box," Tallulah explained.
"Vibrations? What kind of vibrations?" Daphne asked.
"The spirits are telling me that all of you are in great danger, you all must be very careful because there are evil beings that would like nothing more than to delay your investigation of any ghosts that you may encounter" Tallulah explained.
"Jeepers Tallulah, it's like I told the gang your horoscopes are quite accurate" the redhead girl replied.
"Well now that we know the Chest of Demons is missing I think we should really talk to Mr. Kreepof, maybe he'll know what happened, come on gang" Fred declared.
Mystery Inc. with Vincent Van Ghoul in tow headed off the stage towards the backstage area, through a small hallway, which led to a series of dressing rooms; once the gang found the dressing room that belonged to Boris Kreepof Fred knocked on the door to see if he was inside.
The gang heard footsteps coming from inside the room and waited to see who would answer; the door to the room opened and Boris Kreepoff was indeed inside, however he was a bit surprised to see Scooby and company standing in the doorway.
"Vincent, and friends what a pleasant surprise, come in, come in" Boris remarked.
The gang plus two followed the television personality into his dressing room, making sure to close the door after they left; Boris sat down on a small sofa in a corner of the room and was eager to find out why the group of teenage sleuths, their Great Dane and a warlock had decided to visit him.
"So what do I owe the pleasure of your company kids?" Boris asked.
"Mr. Kreepoff, we would like to ask you a few questions as to the events of this evening and your whereabouts when the lights went out" Fred explained.
"Very well, I have nothing to hide; ask away" Boris replied as he reclined his seat back(BTW, the sofa that Boris is sitting on is the kind of sofa which has a lever which is on the side of it and when you pull it the bottom part of the sofa goes up kind of like a recliner).
"All right, first off where were you when the lights went out in the studio?" interrogated Fred.
"Yes, and did you have anything to do with the Chest of Demons disappearing or the box of Scooby Snacks I put backstage appearing on stage?" questioned Daphne.
"Absolutely not! I'm shocked you would ever say something like that, Vincent did you put your friends up to this?" Boris asked sounding as if his trust had been seriously compromised.
"No I did not and I'm quite surprised you would react this way Boris, and if you really feel that way maybe we should end our friendship" addressed Vincent sounding quite shocked that his long time friend would say such a thing.
"I'm sorry Vincent, like I was saying I didn't have anything to do with the Chest of Demons disappearing or the Scooby Snacks going from backstage on the stage, and I really hope that we can still be friends" addressed Boris with a remorseful tone in his voice.
"Of course we can still be friends Boris, and I'm sorry we accused you of stealing the Chest" addressed Vincent.
"That's quite alright Vincent and I certainly hope you and your friends find whoever is responsible for this disastrous event" Boris replied.
"We will and thank you Boris" addressed Vincent.
With that Vincent Van Ghoul and the rest of Mystery Inc. left Boris Kreepof's dressing room and headed back towards the main studio.
"Well gang, now we know Boris is innocent, I guess that takes us back to square one; so any ideas on what we should do know?" Daphne wondered.
"I don't know about you kids and Scooby, but I am going to return to my castle to see if I can get to the bottom of this debacle" Vincent said.
"Good luck Mr. Van Ghoul" Fred remarked.
A large plume of green smoke then appeared in the hallway and when it dissipated, Vincent Van Ghoul had vanished from the television studio; after Vincent left the rest of Mystery Inc. stood in the hall discussing what their next move would be.
"Well since Mr. Van Ghoul's gone back to his castle, what should we do now?" Fred wondered.
"I thought you had a plan figured out Fred" Velma replied.
"Well not necessarily Velma, sometimes I don't have a plan ready to go, sometimes I have to go in another direction altogether" Fred commented.
"Fred, I think I have an idea" Daphne remarked.
"Cool, what is it Daphne?" Fred wondered.
"I think we should talk to that medium Tallulah; after all she accurately predicted danger for Scooby and maybe she can help us look for the chest" Daphne replied.
"Good thinking Daphne, come on let's go see her" Fred commented.
And so Scooby and company headed back to the stage to see if they could find Tallulah; strangely enough the medium was still in the studio, standing on stage with a look of disappointment on her face; as she stood thinking, she heard a voice coming from backstage.
"Tallulah, are you still here?" the voice called.
"Yes, yes I'm still here, what do you want?" Tallulah replied sounding somewhat impatient.
The medium could see several familiar faces coming towards her: mainly Scooby Doo and company, she smiled as the gang began walking towards her.
"Phew, am I glad it's the six of you and not someone else" Tallulah said with some relief in her voice.
"Why, who were you expecting?" Fred questioned.
"Well in my business I have to be very careful with whom I associate with, you never know who might be a spy from a newspaper or magazine or worse: someone from the police" Tallulah explained.
"Why would someone from the police be interested in you?" Velma wondered.
"A lot of mediums are crooked and only use their abilities to find out where valuables are kept in people's houses, which is why the police regularly investigate mediums; however I'm not one of those, I just enjoy my job and working with the spirit world" she replied.
"Makes sense, now we have a question for you; do you think you could help us locate our Chest of Demons?" Fred questioned.
"Yes it was stolen when the lights went out earlier and if we don't find it, anyone could open it and release all the spirits inside" Daphne added.
"My goodness, well if you kids are up to it, you can join me in my house and we can have a séance, that should help us figure out where the chest is located" Tallulah replied.
"OK that sounds good, come on gang let's go" Fred declared.
With that Mystery Inc. returned to the Mystery Machine and followed Tallulah in her car as the two automobiles traveled to the medium's home in hopes of finding out who or what pilfered the Chest of Demons.
Backstage Bogel and Weerd were celebrating their temporary good fortune, however their joy would be short-lived as a strange feline like creature suddenly appeared; the creature was not pleased with the two spirits and made sure that they knew about his disappointment.
"Zimbulu, y-you startled us boss" Weerd remarked.
"Y-yeah, you just appeared out of nowhere," Bogel added.
"Of course I appeared out of nowhere, demons are good at that you dolts!" the creature yelled.
"Come on boss, we obeyed your instructions to the letter and did exactly what you said" Weerd commented.
"Yeah, and we switched off the lights at the exact moment you wanted us to switch them off so you could get the Chest of Demons" Bogel added.
"Except for one thing, you two miserable excuses for ghosts," Zimbulu remarked.
"What's that boss?" Weerd asked.
"Do you see the chest with me?" Zimbulu questioned.
"No, I guess not" Bogel remarked.
"Which means that I don't have the chest and someone else has it you fools!" Zimbulu bellowed.
"But that's impossible; we thought that you got the chest already boss?" Weerd asked.
"Well you can clearly see that I don't, besides someone else took it before I was able to get my hands on it and I'm holding you two personally accountable for this!" Zimbulu replied.
"B-but boss, we did exactly as you said" Weerd commented.
"I know that you fools; now listen up: I want you two to find that chest and bring it to me immediately, and while you're at it see if you can get rid of that blasted warlock Vincent Van Ghoul and those meddling kids!" Zimbulu explained, his voice going up in pitch and tone as he spoke.
"Don't worry boss, we won't fail you this time" Weerd remarked.
"See that you don't, because if you fail again I will see to it that you two are put through the most unspeakable torture possible!" Zimbulu replied.
The strange demon disappeared in a haze of yellow smoke leaving the two dimwitted ghosts to bicker amongst themselves.
"This is all your fault Bogel, I told you to switch the right switch," Weerd told his fellow ghost.
"Now wait a minute, you told me to watch the right switch and which witch watch" Bogel replied.
"Now don't start that again, come on let's find Van Ghoul and those kids" Weerd remarked.
Bogel and Weerd disappeared from the backstage area at the television studio and prepared to put their idea into motion, their plan of course was to lure Scooby and the rest of Mystery Inc. to their doom.
After driving for quite some time the dark red almost crimson colored van The Mystery Machine pulled up to and then parked in front of a large Victorian two level house in the eastern portion of the city which looked to be something out of an old horror movie.
"Zoinks, like that's the house? Uh-huh, no way, that place could be full of ghosts!" Shaggy declared as he shook with fright, which for the cowardly teen was his usual behavior.
"Oh stop it Shaggy there's nothing frightening about this place, besides what could be scary about a medium's house" Velma said scolding her cowardly companion.
"Like I could think of about a hundred things that are creepy, spooky, scary or frightening about this place" Shaggy remarked.
"Come on Shag, let's go in" Fred commented, attempting to urge the jittery teenager to go inside with him and the rest of the gang.
The gang walked up to the front of the house and Fred knocked on the front door; Scooby and company waited for an answer and were immediately greeted by the door being opened, standing in the doorway was Tallulah who had looked to be anxiously awaiting their arrival.
"I'm glad to see you kids, come on in and make yourself at home" Tallulah commented.
The medium closed the door behind the gang after each member of Mystery Inc. entered the strange house; as Scooby and company walked through the front hall of the spooky looking structure, the cowardly pair of sleuths wondered why they had been dragged into yet another ghost chasing assignment.
"Like you know Scooby, I still don't understand why we have to go through all this; I mean sure most of the monsters and ghosts we've faced were fake, but all of the thirteen ghosts are quite real and quite frightening but I guess we have our duty to perform and we have to go through with this" Shaggy commented with a whispered tone in his voice.
"Reah, ri rish ri ras romwhere relse right rnow" Scooby replied also with a whispered tone in his voice.
"Well hopefully this will all be over soon Scooby" the cowardly teen said attempting to comfort his Great Dane.
"Reah roon" the canine sleuth replied.
After a few moments Tallulah had led Scooby and the rest of the gang into what looked to be a small dining room; in the middle of which sat a large wooden table, which was surrounded by several chairs.
"If everyone will have a seat we can get this séance going" Tallulah explained.
Each of the teenage sleuths, as well as Flim Flam and Scooby sat around the large table with Tallulah naturally sitting at the head of it; the medium took out what looked to be playing cards but were actually something quite different, she laid them across the front of the table and told the rest of the group what she was about to do.
"These are Tarot Cards, when you spread them out like so you can use them to tell the future" Tallulah explained.
"Tarot? Like is that anything like Go Fish?" Shaggy asked.
"No Shaggy, fortune tellers, soothsayers and mediums have used Tarot Cards for hundreds of years to foretell peoples futures, about their love lives including marriage and dating, possible large financial gains or losses, all sorts of things" Velma replied while shaking her head in disbelief at the cowardly teen's comment.
"Correct young lady" Tallulah said as she laid the cards around the box of Scooby Snacks.
Suddenly the cards begin to glow which cause the medium to gasp at the pictures that the cards displayed.
"I see, I see a Light House; the chest is at a light house" Tallulah remarked.
"Hmm, there's only one light house in this area and that's the old light house up at Lookout Point" Fred responded.
"It's getting clearer now, yes I can see it all now; that's where the Chest of Demons is located" Tallulah replied.
"Then that's where we need to go" Fred responded.
"I would advise you also to be very careful, the evil spirit that took the Chest is extra powerful" Tallulah explained.
"Don't worry we will, now come on gang let's get going!" Fred declared.
With that Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of Mystery Inc. headed outside towards the Mystery Machine as they prepared to head off to the old light house where they hoped they would find the chest; however as they would soon learn, Mystery Inc. was about to encounter a dangerous situation, one that they may not escape alive.
Inside the top portion of the lighthouse stood Bogel, Weerd and their feline like demonic boss: Zimbulu; the demonic creature was explaining to the two rather dimwitted ghosts about their assignment, naturally Bogel and Weerd were listening carefully as prepared to carry out their plan, but considering Bogel and Weerd's failures as ghosts, nothing was simple for them.
"Bogel and Weerd, listen very carefully; someone has sent those meddling kids and that dog here, what I want you two to do is keep them here and most importantly keep them out of my hair; I don't want them interfering in my plans tonight, understand?" the creature explained.
"Sure thing boss" Weerd remarked.
"And don't worry Zimbulu, we won't let them leave this place alive" Bogel added.
"Well, just make you sure you don't screw things up again like you did before, or I'll report you to SAPS, and I don't think you two want that!" Zimbulu growled.
"No, no anything but that!" Weerd remarked in a terrified voice, albeit as terrified as a ghost could be of anything.
"Yeah boss, we won't let you down" Bogel added.
With that Zimbulu disappeared in a haze of yellow smoke as he prepared to spring an evil surprise on Scooby Doo and the rest of the gang; meanwhile Bogel and Weerd headed up to the top of the Lookout Point Lighthouse to prepare their own sinister surprise on the Great Dane and company.