Author's note: Here's the new entry in the adventures of Mystery Inc. for my series Coolsville Central, the name of my modern-day reboot of the franchise for Dimension One.

This story takes place about a year after the conclusion of APNSD, by which point the gang are now attending high school and are turning 15, and it also serves as the sequel to my Tom and Jerry story The Long Journey, which I have placed on indefinite hiatus due to lack of inspiration. Fortunately, this story will not feature spoilers from that story.

One thing to note is that starting with this story, I'll be featuring other Hanna-Barbera characters in my Coolsville Central stories, which were inspired by my friends Ellis97 and The Thirteenth Ghost, as well as my use of the other HB characters in my ongoing D4 and D5-2 stories (D4: A Coolsville Central High School Story and Scooby-Doo and the Railway Phantom!. D5-2: The Secret of Coolsville Central High School)

I don't own Scooby-Doo or Tom and Jerry. They belong to Hanna-Barbera Productions and Warner Bros.


Chapter 1: Background and a kidnapping

July 15, 2010

It has been almost two years since Mystery Inc., consisting of Frederick "Fred" Jones, Velma Dinkley, Daphne Blake, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers and their Great Dane Scoobert "Scooby" Doo, solved the case of the Skeleton Men, which were the disguises of jewel smugglers operating in their school.

In the months since the case, the gang had caught several other similar supernatural-related cases, most of which turned out to be criminals taking advantage of a supernatural or urban legend and using it as a safe cover for their criminal activities.

In the summer of 2009, Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy all graduated from their elementary school. They were enrolled in Coolsville Central High School the following September.

Grade 9 was vastly different than in elementary school for the gang. There was more independence for them, and they have gotten involved in school clubs and societies in high school.

Shaggy became involved in the school's guitar, radio and gymnasium clubs. His feat in helping the school win first place in the state gymnasium competitions in the freshman category earned the nickname as "Central's most swingingest student."

Daphne became involved in the school's newsletter editors, and her reputation of being the rich, spoiled heir to the Blake family fortune started to erode.

Velma became involved in the school's science club, and her willingness to help other students with their homework made her fairly popular.

Fred became involved in the school's football team, and his handsome looks made him quite popular among girls, particularly with the cheerleaders.

In addition to the separate clubs, the gang as a whole also began their involvement in the mystery-solvers club in school.

In the meantime, following the bombshell allegation in Senator Francis Jones' involvement in the Skeleton Men case back in 2008, a new senator was elected to take his seat at the Ohio Statehouse, representing Ohio's 8th senatorial district that also consists of Coolsville.

In addition, Coolsville held a municipal election in 2009 that saw a new mayor in the form of Larry Gaunt elected, and following his taking office, the mayor's first act was to renew Chief of Police Gil Mason's contract as the city's top cop.

In the same time following Mason's reappointment as chief of police, Sam took part in coordinating a major bust as part of Mayor Gaunt's anti-corruption drive, and it was his coordination in the major bust that led to his promotion to Commander.

Sam's promotion to Commander also came with a new office, where he's now the Assistant to the Director of Special Operations, a post currently held by Assistant Chief Derek Harewood, who Sam had a great working relationship with.

Of course, Sam's promotion was met with annoyance from Deputy Chief Rupert Gosnell, the Director of Internal Affairs, who once again tried to reason with Mason about to promotion to no avail.

With that being said, Sam has reasons to feel that the clouds are forming in the horizon, especially after Mason approved Gosnell appointment of Captain Steve Garland as Assistant to the Director of Internal Affairs.

Sam has severe reservations about Garland's capabilities and honesty, due to an police brutality incident that occurred back in 2002.

It happened when an unarmed robbery suspect was viciously Tasered and beaten by four officers as he was getting arrested. The man later lost his hearing as a result of the brutal treatment and subsequently launched a lawsuit against the city for the incident.

However, Garland, who was the captain in command of the division the four officers were assigned to, was alleged to have arranged the disappearances of the people that witnessed the beating, as well as covering up the officers' involvement in a protection racket.

As a result, the four officers were cleared of any wrongdoing by the courts, although the city did settle with the victim out of court, which Sam suspected was done to silence the victim.

With that corrupt captain now the Assistant to the Director of Internal Affairs, Sam knew that his quest to reform the department is going to get tougher, not to mention the fact that a lot of the officers still prefer the old ways of quiet bribery.


That late night, everything is asleep in the neighbourhood of Dawsburg.

Except for two dark-looking figures that were aboard a van parked outside the brick wall separating the Blake Mansion with Baker Lane.

"You ready to do this?" One of the figures asked.

"Yeah. Let's get moving." The second figure nodded as they got off the van.

As the two figures got off the van, one of them had a piece of rope and a roll of duct tape ready while the second figure was holding onto a ladder as they prepared to climb over the brick wall.

Looking around and making sure there were no cameras around, the two figures climb over the wall.

Several moments later, they returned to the van. One of them was carrying a burden in his arms.

The burden had red hair and was tied up and gaged by the duct tape.


Uh oh. Seems like someone is getting kidnapped.

Who was the burden in the kidnapper's arms? All I can say is stay tuned and please read and review!