Outside a large house somewhere in the Midwest, there stand four young adults and a Great Dane; the four young adults are Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, while the Great Dane is the famous Scooby Doo.
These four young adults and their Great Dane comprise the famous detective agency Mystery Inc. who together have solved hundreds of supernatural mysteries over the years, and brought hundreds of criminals to justice as well.
They stand next to a local police officer, next to him stands an older man in handcuffs.
Mystery Inc. has solved yet another case and are explaining to the officer the details of the case and how they captured the most recent villain.
"Mr. Thomas used the legend of the Phantom to cover his criminal activities" Fred explained to the officer.
Daphne picks up the explanation "the phantom disguise and all of the tricks he used to scare away any intruders or onlookers".
Velma continues "He used the basement in the house and the secret tunnel under the house to put the smuggled Diamonds and Jewels in and also to hide them from the authorities".
Shaggy picks up the story "he used this house for his hideout because it was abandoned and because he thought that no one would look here for the stolen gems".
"I see" replied the officer.
"But how was he able to simply disappear with millions of dollars in gems?" the officer wondered aloud.
Fred picks things up "simple, he used some old magic tricks that he had learned; we found out while searching his house for clues that Mr. Thomas practiced magic in his spare time and that disappearing and vanishing tricks were some his favorite illusions".
"There's one last thing that I'm wondering, how exactly did you figure out it who the Phantom was?" the officer asked.
Daphne continues "our first clue was the bank bags we found it the basement, we didn't drive by many banks on the way here so we knew something was up".
Velma continued "next we found an old key, it looked like it could open some kind of safe and that it was an unusual design, he probably dropped the key after he put the smuggled jewels in the safe inside the house".
Shaggy picked up the explanation "and the last clue we found was a deposit slip showing that he had made a large deposit in his safe deposit box, however what he didn't realize was that he left the deposit slip in the house; he must have been in quite a hurry to leave the house in order to make a deposit".
"Well, that pretty explains everything; good work you five, we've been trying to catch this smuggler for months now, thanks to you all and Scooby we were able to catch this smuggler before he skipped town" the officer responded.
"You're welcome and we were more than happy to do it, we love solving mysteries and we were glad to solve this one", Fred replied.
"No problem, i'll take the gems and Mr. Thomas into custody" responds the officer.
The officer led the now unmasked phantom into a nearby police car and drove off towards the local police station.
"Well that wraps things up gang, let's head for home" Fred remarked
"Yeah we've been on the road for a while now" Daphne responded.
The blue and green pastel van known as The Mystery Machine pulled out from the parking lot in front of the house and begins to make it's way down the road towards the highway, Fred navigates the van onto the interstate and the gang begins to head back towards home for rest and relaxation, but little do they know that they will not get to rest or relax for long.
Back in the Himalayas Vincent pulls out a sheet of paper with Mystery Inc.'s phone number and begins to telephone them.
Vincent walks over to the phone and begins to dial Mystery Inc.'s number.
"It's ringing" Vincent remarked.
"Is anyone answering?" Flim Flam asked.
"Not yet" Vincent responded.
After ringing a few times, Vincent can hear the gang's answering machine turn on; "Hello, this is Mystery Inc. no mystery too baffling or too frightening for us to solve, this is Fred Jones, i'm Daphne Blake, i'm Velma Dinkley, my name is Shaggy Rogers rand ri'm Scooby Doo, we're not available right now but leave a message after the beep with your contact info and message, and we'll get back to you".
After hearing the beep, Vincent begins to leave his message, "Hello Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby, this is Vincent Van Ghoul and i'm in my castle with Flim Flam and we need to talk to you soon, when you get this message please contact us so when get together and talk, you know my number and I hope to hear from you soon".
"I certainly hope Scooby and friends got the message", Flim Flam remarked.
"I certainly hope so" Vincent responded.
The Mystery Machine pulls into the driveway of Blake Manor, finally the gang has arrived back home.
"It's sure great to be home, right gang?" Fred quips.
"Sure is" Daphne replied
"Certainly is" Velma added.
"Like it'll sure be nice to sleep in our own beds again, right Scoob" Shaggy remarked.
"Reah, rit rure rill re" Scooby replied.
The gang carried their luggage into the mansion after which Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy walked upstairs and put their luggage away.
Afterwards Scooby and friends walked back downstairs and sat down in the living room of the mansion to relax for a while.
Later in the day the gang checked the mail and phone messages; Fred walked over to the answering machine on the phone and as he did so he finds something very interesting.
"This is certainly intriguing" Fred remarked.
"What's that Freddie?" Daphne asked.
"It's a message from Vincent Van Ghoul" Fred replied.