Chapter 2

The next morning the five members of Mystery Inc. continued resting peacefully in the strange, albeit well furnished office; however as they slept the gang was unaware that this particular office was in fact the headquarters and home office of one Harry Nile, Private Detective and his partner/assistant in the detective agency: a red haired former librarian named Murphy.

The one time librarian then took a set of keys out of her purse and opened the door; as she walked inside, she noticed Scooby and friends sleeping, and then gasped; afterwards she did the only thing she could do: she called Harry Nile.

Some time later with the gang still fast asleep Harry Nile arrived in the office and joined his associate; by this time both Harry and Murphy were wondering who their mysterious guests were and what they were up to.

"Come on Murphy, let's see if we can wake up our visitors" Harry commented.

"OK, I just hope they're not dangerous" Murphy replied.

"Doesn't look like it to me, they look like four teenagers and a Great Dane if I'm not mistaken" Harry remarked.

By this time Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma were beginning to wake up from their slumber; Harry and Murphy saw this and were preparing for whatever was about to happen.

Fred and Daphne then got up from the sofa in the corner of the office, while Velma and Shaggy got up from their respective chairs and stretched out, while Scooby stretched out as well, trying to get back into mystery solving shape after sleeping on the floor.

As the five young detectives woke up from their slumber, they happened to notice that Harry and Murphy were looking at them with rather curious looks on each of their faces; not to mention it felt like while the older sleuths were taking a good look at the younger generation of investigators to size them up above anything else, they could also feel Harry and Murphy examining them, trying to figure out why the group was in their office in the first place.

"What are you kids and your dog doing here?" Harry asked curiously, hoping that the group of visitors would have a good reason for intruding in his office this early in the day.

"Well, you see sir we were taking a tour of underground Seattle" Fred explained.

"Then we found a door with a weird yellow light behind it, we opened it and then found a spooky looking tunnel which led into a dark passageway" Daphne continued.

"After that we followed the passageway into a hallway and followed the hallway until we came to a door, we noticed that it was getting rather late in the day and so we decided to sleep in your office, I hope that was ok" Velma remarked.

"Well, technically you kids are trespassing, and I should call the police" Harry remarked, albeit he was thinking a little bit as well.

"Trust us sir, we just wanted a place to rest of the night; if you want we can leave right now and we'll figure out some other arrangements" Fred replied.

"Nonsense! I won't hear of it; from what it looks like to me, you five don't have any weapons, and aren't committing any sort of a crime…" Harry responded.

"Believe us sir, we aren't criminals and we don't want any trouble" Daphne replied.

"Hmm… well, as I said, I don't think you five are dangerous or would cause any trouble; so with that being said, I won't press charges, okay?" Harry explained.

"That sounds good to us; thank you sir" Velma commented.

"By the way, I don't believe I caught you kids names; would you mind introducing yourselves?" Harry asked, curious to know who his visitors were.

"Certainly, I'm Fred Jones, this is Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo" Fred said introducing the gang to the hard luck private investigator.

"Nice to meet all of you, well since the five of you introduced yourselves to us I guess I could do the same; my name is Harry Nile and this is my associate and partner: Murphy" the private detective said as he introduced himself and his associate.

"Hmm, just curious is Murphy your first or last name?" Daphne asked.

"Actually many people have asked me that before and it's basically like this, most people just address me as Murphy, it's really more of a nickname more than anything else" Murphy replied.

"That's cool, my given name is Norville but most people just call me Shaggy" Shaggy responded.

"Norville? Boy if that was my given name I would want people to call me by a nickname too" Murphy replied.

"That's a good point, and it does make sense" Shaggy responded.

"Murphy?" Daphne asked.

"Yes, Daphne is it?" the one time librarian wondered.

"That's right" Daphne replied.

"Oh good, I'm glad I was able to get your name right" Murphy responded.

"You have very beautiful hair, it looks to be red if I'm not mistaken" Daphne questioned.

"Yes Daphne, it is red and it looks like your hair is red as well is it not?" Murphy replied.

"That's right Murphy it is red, I guess it's sort of a recognizable trademark of mine" Daphne said.

"Well that and your clothing, it seems to be all different shades of purple if I'm not mistaken" Murphy questioned.

"Yes and no; my dress, my hair band and my shoes are purple, in addition I'm wearing a lime green scarf which I think is pretty nice" Daphne replied.

"Actually that is a pretty nice scarf, you have must have excellent taste in clothing Daphne" Murphy said.

"Sure do, although it helps that I come from a wealthy background so my clothes are usually pretty nice" Daphne replied.

"You're wealthy? That's pretty interesting; I mean I've met some wealthy people before but you're probably one of the nicest ones I've ever met, are your parents wealthy as well?" Murphy wondered.

"You must be a mind reader because my parents are pretty wealthy, actually they own a company that makes bubble bath soap and cosmetics which is nice; not to mention all my folks money comes in handy my friends and my careers" Daphne replied.

"Which reminds me, what exactly do all of you do for a living?" Harry chimed in, having been silent for a few minutes while his partner and Daphne chatted.

"The five of us work as a sort of part time private detective agency called Mystery Incorporated or Mystery Inc. for short" Fred responded.

"Detective agency? Wow, that sounds pretty exciting" Murphy replied.

"It is pretty interesting, at least most of the time" Daphne responded.

"Most of the time?" Harry replied.

"Yeah, most of our mysteries usually deal with ghosts, ghouls, monsters and other supernatural occurrences" Velma responded.

"Supernatural occurrences? That must be pretty frightening" Murphy remarked.

"Like most of the time it is, usually yes but as it turns out, most of the ghosts and ghouls turn out to be people in masks and costumes who try to commit or cover up some kind of criminal activity" Shaggy replied.

"What kinds of criminal activities?" Harry asked.

"All kinds of crimes, we've solved bank robberies, counterfeiting cases, swindling cases, even an embezzling case" Fred replied.

"That sure must be an interesting line of work" Murphy commented.

"It sure is" Daphne replied.

"By the way, I've been wondering; what line of work are you in Mr. Nile?" Fred asked.

"Well it's sort of the same line of work you kids and your dog are involved with, Murphy and I operate a private detective agency called Harry Nile Investigations, which you are currently standing in the office of" Harry replied.

"Wow, far out!" Daphne remarked.

"Huh, I've never heard that expression before" Harry commented.

"You haven't?" Velma asked.

"Nope, of course this is 1959 so I haven't heard a lot of the teenage slang that's used nowadays" Harry replied.

"1959?" the gang asked in unison.

"Yep, September 13th 1959 to be exact" Harry replied.

The gang then found a calendar on a nearby wall and noticed that indeed Harry Nile was right; somehow Mystery Inc. had gone back in time from where they lived in 2009, to the last year of the decade that brought the world the beginning of Rock and Roll, the infancy of Television and the first space satellite: the 1950's, or more specifically 1959.

"Jeepers, at least now we know where in time we are" Daphne wondered aloud.

"Right, and the nineteen fifties of all places, actually I always thought this was a pretty cool decade" Velma commented.

"Like me too, it kind of reminds me of the sixties a little except without Vietnam and the hippie culture" Shaggy commented.

"So, you're a private detective too?" Fred asked Harry as he tried to get the conversation back on track.

"Sure am, I've dealt with my share of crooks too; and believe me some of the people I've caught are and have been pretty nasty" Harry replied.

"How so?" Velma asked.

"Where can I start; first off I've dealt with several cops who have gone bad, I've helped my brother who unknowingly got into business with a crook named Jules Riskin in Chicago, not to mention another man in Chicago told me to travel to Los Angeles to dispose of a competitor of his, not to mention who knows how many other people I've put away, with a lot of help from my partner here" Harry explained.

"That's really nice of you to say Harry, and thank you" Murphy replied smiling.

"So naturally you didn't get rid of the guy in Los Angeles right Mr. Nile?" Fred asked.

"Of course not, I was able to figure things out and solve the case" Harry replied.

"Murphy?" Velma asked.

"Yes Velma?" Murphy replied.

"You look very intelligent, do you work or have worked in a library by any chance?" Velma wondered.

"Why yes Velma, when Harry and I met I was working at the Los Angeles Public Library" Murphy replied.

"Actually there's an interesting story of how the two of us met, you see I was working on a case that required a trip to the Los Angeles library; during that particular case I had to look up something in a newspaper, after the case was over she basically became my unofficial researcher and then eventually Murphy became my official partner" Harry explained.

"And we've been good friends ever since, not to mention I'm excellent at my job if I do say so myself" Murphy replied.

"You sure are" Harry remarked.

"You know Harry I just thought of something" Murphy remarked.

"What's that Murphy?" Harry replied.

"Maybe these teenagers and their dog can help us with the current case that we're investigating" Murphy said.

"Hey that's not a bad idea Murphy, after all these kids did mention that they're all private investigators and maybe fourteen pairs of eyes will be better then four" Harry explained.

"I certainly hope so Harry, I certainly hope so" Murphy replied.

Author's Notes: Some of the things mentioned in this chapter might be a bit confusing to a lot of people who might read this story, however they are events that have happened in episodes of the Harry Nile radio series. Anyone who is curious about some of the things or events mentioned in this chapter can check out the Harry Nile radio series, which is carried on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio as well as on hundreds of terrestrial radio stations around the US, Canada and also one in New Zealand. In addition the shows are available for purchase online as Compact Discs and Digital Downloads as well.