Shaggy, Scooby, Vee, and Miranda arrived at the Pennsylvania Inn. The police had the place surrounded.
The mayor was speaking for the many news cameras. "I assure you, we cannot say for sure we are dealing with a real vampire. We have police investigating the building as we speak. So for now, the convention stays open!"
"Are you sure, Mr. Mayor?" an officer whispered to the mayor.
"Of course, Hank!" The mayor hissed. "This convention is the biggest money maker this town's ever had! It stays open! You and your boys in blue do your job!"
"Excuse me, Mr. Mayor," Miranda said, approaching the mayor. "We'd be more than happy to investigate this vampire problem for you."
The mayor looked at Miranda, then looked down at the gargoyle blinking her eyes up at him.
Miranda patted Gregoria's head. "This is my...cousin, Greg-uh, Gilda. She's dressed up for the convention."
"Hey." Gregoria waved.
"Hello." the mayor waved back.
"She's right." Shaggy said. "We're mystery solvers. I'm Shaggy Rogers and this is my dog Scooby Doo, we're from Mystery Incorporated, the famous detectives."
"Really?! The famous Mystery Incorporated?!" The mayor clapped his hands together. "Excellent!" He looked at Vee and Miranda. "And they are?"
"We're his assistants, Sir." Miranda said. "We'll catch this elusive vampire for you!"
"Very well then, come right inside!" The mayor had security let the kids inside.
"Are you guys really detectives?" Vee asked Shaggy.
"Sure are! We travel the world solving mysteries and catching monsters!" Shaggy said. His face fell a little. "But...we've never dealt with a real vampire before." He chuckled nervously.
"I just don't know why a vampire would kidnap people." Vee said.
"Well, whatever the reason,we're gonna find out." Vee, Miranda and Scooby went into the girl's bathroom. Miranda opened her backpack, letting Demi out.
Demi coughed up a bubblegum wrapper. "You really need to clean that thing out! So, what do we do now?"
"Well, normally we spilt up and go separate ways looking for clues." Shaggy said.
"Good idea. Vee, Wolfie, you're with Shaggy and Scooby. Demi and Gregoria will come with me."
The crew went their separate ways.
"So, Shaggy. How will we know when we find a clue?" asked Vee.
"Um, well..." Shaggy scratched her head. "I guess you have to look for something out of the ordinary here. I think..."
Just then, a freckled blonde teen with thick glasses rushed over to Shaggy and Scooby. "OMG! You're Shaggy Rogers!" He gasped at Scooby. "And Scooby Doo! Awesome!"
"Um, and you are?" asked Shaggy.
"Oh! I'm Wendell! Wendell Morris! I'm a huge Mystery Incorporated fan! In fact, I want to be a mystery solver when I graduate high school! So, what's it like being part of the gang?! Being chased by monsters and running away in terror and being monster bait?!"
Shaggy blinked twice. "Like, um, well...it's um...it gets the job done." He chuckled nervously.
"Yeah, reeheehee..." Scooby put on a happy face and tried not to look ashamed.
Wendell looked around. "Say, where's Fred, Velma, and Daphne? I want to get their autographs!"
"That's the thing! They've been kidnapped by a vampire!" Shaggy said.
Wendell's eyes doubled in size behind his glasses. "Vampire?! Really?! Holy smokes! Well, I''ll help you! If I find anything suspicious, I'll let you know!"
"WENDELL!" a voice roared.
Stomping towards Wendell was a giant man in a blue suit that was a tad too tight around his huge muscles. Shaggy and Scooby hunkered in fear when the man sneered an ugly sneer.
"Is that Frankenstein?!" Vee blurted out loud.
The huge man shot Vee a glare.
"Dad!" Wendell fumbled. "OWWW!" Wendell was grabbed by his ear courtesy of his own father.
"What have I told you about talking to strangers?!" growled the angry man. "And you won't be solving any mysteries around here!" He pulled Wendell away and the boy waved goodbye to his idols.
"Zoinks! That dude was big and creepy!" Shaggy said.
"Yeah! He almost looks like a monster!" Vee said. "Shaggy, what did Wendell mean by running in terror and being monster bait?" asked Vee.
Shaggy and Scooby shrunk. They sighed and decided to tell her the truth. "You see, Vee. Scoob and me aren't really the best detectives. Fred, Daphne and Velma are the real mystery solvers. I mean, you've seen what a bunch of chickens we are, and every time we run into a monster or mask wearing villain, we scream and run away."
"And we always mess things up." Scooby said, his ears drooped sadly.
"Come on, guys. Don't beat yourselves up!" Vee said. "I'm sure you two are great detectives! You wouldn't be solving this case if you had no idea what you were doing, right?"
The boys looked at each other. "Uh..."
"Guys!"
Shaggy and Scooby jumped before spinning around to see Miranda, Gregoria, and Demi.
"Good news! I was searching through the vents and found some clues!" Demi said. He put out his hands and showed them what he found.
"Demi, those are just balls of lint." Shaggy said. "Huh? Wait a minute." He noticed a strange red powder around the lint. Could this be a clue?
The young sleuths left the convention to get their facts straight.
"Hmm, Wendell's father is obviously not a fan of mystery solvers." Shaggy said. "Maybe he has something to do with this."
"Maybe it's Edgar." Miranda said.
"Edgar?!" Vee nearly shouted. "But why?!"
"Well, Edgar's always trying to get monsters on that dumb web show of his. Maybe he staged the whole vampire act!"
"No way! Edgar wouldn't be able to do something like that."
"Like, I'll tell you what's really weird." Shaggy said. "When Scooby and I split up, we always end up running into the monster! But there's been no sign of that evil vampire! Something's definitely wrong! This isn't like our other mysteries!"
Just then, police cars started zooming past the gang with their sirens blaring full blast!
"Whoa! I think I spoke too soon!" Shaggy said.
"Let's follow them!" Vee said.
Everyone followed the cars all the way to the Pennsylvania bank. When they got there, they spotted a certain someone.
"EDGAR?!" Vee and Miranda gasped. Demi disappeared and Gregoria tried to act natural.
Edgar turned to them. "Huh? What are you guys doing here?"
"We were just about to ask you the same thing!" Miranda said.
"I'm here trying to get a picture of the vampire! The cops caught him!"
"WHAT?!"
Shaggy and Scooby were the first to push through the crowd. There, they saw the vampire in his black suit and cape being arrested by the cops.
But the vampire was unmasked. And Scooby and Shaggy could not believe who he was.
"FRED?!" Scooby screamed.
"FRED'S THE VAMPIRE?!" Shaggy screamed.
It was. Fred scowled as the cops shoved him into their car and drove away.
