Scooby-Doo! Mystery of the Darwo

Chapter 2


"Is there a problem, sir?" Fred asked.

The man sighed. "Yes, a big problem. I'm Sam Teridown, the owner of the Neatown demolition crew. This morning, my workers began to tear down this old building when they found a strange red book. They claim a ghost came from the book and threw fireballs at their equipment."

"Jinkies! She really did some damage," Velma said, looking at the broken equipment and burnt ground.

"Mr. Teridown, do you know anything about this ghost?" Daphne asked.

"It's an old Neatown legend," Mr. Teridown answered, "We call her the Darwo, short for 'Darkness Woman'. You see, this building used to be where the music festivals were held, until we had to move them to the new building. Before that, it was a library. Rumor has it that one of the librarians long ago was walking on the top floor when the floor gave out, sending her falling to her grave. Her ghost was trapped inside a library journal and hidden-apparently in the wall. When she is released, she will seek revenge on those who took the artifacts from her library."

Scooby and Shaggy shivered as the story was told. "We saw a ghost on our way here," Chillers said, "I think it was the Darwo!"

"It was probably just someone in a costume, Chillers," Fred said, "Someone who doesn't want the music festival to happen or something."

"Well, whatever it is, I suggest you be careful," Mr. Teridown said, and he walked away.

"Let's get to the bottom of this mystery," Fred said, "We'll start by checking out this old building."

"Like, do we have to?" Shaggy asked. When the others went inside, he said, "I guess that's a yes," and followed them with Scooby.

The inside of the building was dark and deserted, with two floors and filled with empty containers and boxes-and the Darwo was at the door! Everyone ran. When the Darwo came near some containers, Scooby kicked them over at her, and then Fred threw a box on her. The ghost broke free, so everyone ran away. They came to a wall and then ran to the top floor. Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne jumped behind some containers.

"Velma, Chillers, look out!" Daphne called out. Velma and Chillers jumped out of the way just as the Darwo flew right at them. Chillers hid under a box in one corner, but Velma was still in danger. The Darwo was flying at her, laughing evilly! Velma gasped and ran away.

Chillers, watching from beneath her hiding place, said, "Velma, watch out for the-"

CRASH!

"-containers."

The Darwo was clearly not giving up the chase. Unfortunately, Velma ran out of space to escape as she came to the top floor's railing. She looked for another way to escape but accidentally fell over the railing. "Velma!" Chillers gasped. What if her best friend met the same fate as the Darwo herself had many years earlier? There was no way she was going to let that happen.


The paragraph that starts with "The inside of the building was dark and deserted" is where the Scooby-Doo theme song plays.