Stan's Deadpan Camp

The Mystery Machine continues it's long drive towards Stan's Deadpan Camp. The road kept on turning as the camp was obviously on top of one of the gigantic hills on the island, but it doesn't change the fact that they're once again bored out of their minds again, not to mention the G.P.S. isn't helping matters.

"-I'm just saying! What kind of guy names his camp that?! I get that it rhymes with Sat, but seriously? Deadpan?! I can think plenty of other good rhyme words. Like ban, can, old man-" At that point, Mystery Inc. decided to block the G.P.S.'s voice by starting up a conversation.

"So who exactly is the Head Counselor of the Camp anyway, Velma?" Freddie asked Velma, who is currently has her nose stuck into a book called: The Guidebook to Stan's Deadpan Camp.

"Well, it says here that head Counselor and the creator of the camp is named Stan Pines, originally a business man but now a Counselor to the Camp where Animals and Pokémon can live in peace." Velma suddenly reels her head back with a frown on her face. "Wait a second, Stan Pines? I've heard about this guy, he manage to con the Queen of England of her jewelry collection!"

"So like, what's a conman doing here as the Head Counselor?" Shaggy asks with mouth full of chips, who know looks better than he did when he entered the van.

Velma looks back into the book, "'Mostly because I felt like it,'" She quoted from the book.

"Anyway, once we get to the camp we can ask Stan about Specter and all the boys that were kidnapped." Fred said.

"Or maybe we can ask him some questions that could possibly lead him to be the Specter." Daphne adds in.

"Yeah, may-!"

Thump!

"WHOA!"

"ZOINKS!"

"RIKES!"

Unknown to them all as they had their conversation, there was a large bump on the road after they crossed the sign that said: WELCOME TO STAN'S DEADPAN CAMP! Unfortunately since they failed to notice the bump in the road, being flown out of their seats startles them and forcing Fred to stop the van there, but making them jerk forward. They all pant trying to regain their breaths as the G.P.S. laughs at them.

"Oh man! That was the welcoming sign to the camp! You hit a bump on the road, then you're here!" The G.P.S. laughs. "I don't know why you fleshes don't trust this con-guy, but he sounds like a genius!" Once again annoyed by the Navigation System's obnoxiousness, Freddie quickly slams it shut.

Despite their sudden scare from the bump, Mystery Inc. walk out of the Mystery Machine to take in their surroundings. The camp stood well-structure and new, surprising them since all the buildings back at the town were in horrible condition. They could see a few children running or playing with dogs and creatures they could only guess as Pokémon.

"Wow, this is amazing!" Freddie yells after seeing a Mewoth and a Purrlion run by him.

"Our government wanted to ban all of these wonderful creatures?!" Daphne said in outrage.

"WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!" Velma screams.

A Magby walks by Shaggy and Scooby, before it suddenly sneezes a small spout of fire which caught Shaggy's pants ablaze. "Zoinks!" The Magby walks away like nothing happened. "Like, I have a pretty good why."

Shaggy then begins to look around. "So like, where's the kids? They've said they'd meet us here once we get here."

Before anybody could say anything, Scooby's nose started twitching. It came twitching and twitching until he decide to smell the thing that's the caused of all the twitching. His face broke into a huge smile once he realize what that scent is. "Oh boy!" Suddenly he broke into a run towards the Main Building.

"SCOOBY!" Freddie called out to the dog, but Scooby kept on running.

"What's gotten into him?" Velma asked.

"Like, I think he's got something on the old nose radar!" Shaggy informed while pointing to his nose as an emphasis. "Come on!" With that, he and the rest of Mystery quickly ran after the charging Great Dane.

Since Scooby was so keen on finding the source of the smell, he failed to notice all the children and Pokémon he nearly or did run over, or the flowers he trample on or the objects her bumped into. The only thing that mattered to him is finding the thing that he smelt, or the people that he smelt.

In the Main Building where the cafeteria is in place, all the ten wooden tables are place in five rows for the children to enjoy their meals. After spending a few hours enduring Ranger Stan's schedule, some of the children at the camp decide to rest in the cafeteria to have a late lunch. Amongst these children are the XY Gang who were currently having their lunch peacefully (or voraciously in Ash's case.) when Bonnie suddenly moans loudly and slams her face down on the table.

"This is taking forever!" She yells, although her voice is muffled from her head on the table. "When are they gonna get here?"

Clemont places a hand on his sister's shoulder as he explains, "Well it took us nearly twenty-four hours to get here ourselves, Bonnie, maybe it's the same for them."

"Not to mention we did send that letter two days ago." Serena adds in after finishing her salad.

This makes Bonnie sigh. "I know, but... I just miss Shaggy and Scooby..."

The older kids all freeze once they heard Bonnie's words, a feeling that they all can be emphatic about. Ever since their adventure at the Ancient Lodge Hotel with the Hotel Ghoul, the kids couldn't help but feel connected to the two cowards. Despite what their three friends say about them, Shaggy and Scooby did risked their lives to save them from the Ghoul and looked after them during the case while their own friends were busy solving the case and judging them based on their ages. They couldn't help but miss the two strange people.

Smiling softly towards the younger girl, Ash said, "Hey don't worry, Bonnie. I'm sure Shaggy and Scooby miss us as much as we miss them. Besides, knowing those two, they'd probably run all the way to the cafeteria after finally getting here."

CRASH!

"AH! RUNAWAY HOUNDOOM!"

"It's called a dog you-WAH!"

The four kids and two Pokémon all whip their heads along with all the other children in the cafeteria to the front glassed door where they hear all sorts of crashing and screaming from the outside. Just when they were about to get up and check to see what's going, the doors suddenly burst open with a familiar Great Dane running through them, heading straight towards their table.

"Scoob-!" Clemont didn't even have time to finish his words because Scooby already jumped on him and his friends, knocking all of them over the table and onto the ground, where he began to lick all of their faces.

After managing to avoid some of the broken things that Scooby have caused, Mystery Inc. arrived in the cafeteria all out of breath. "Man, I need to work out..." Freddie mumbles.

"Hey, Scooby!"

"Down!"

"My glasses!"

"Good doggy!"

The teenagers whip their head up to see Scooby pinning four familiar kids down on the ground as he lick their faces senselessly, while Ash was at first startled by the sudden act, he began to laugh along with Bonnie. Only Clemont and Serena seem to be uncomfortable with all the licking they're getting since it was messing up Serena's hair and ruining Clemont's glasses.

"Kids!" Shaggy yells once he realize why Scooby ran all the way here. He himself broke into a run towards them.

After managing to get Scooby off them slightly so they could sit up, the four children turn their heads when they hear someone yell at them and sees a familiar hippie running towards them with a big smile on his face, which they return once they realize who he is.

"Shaggy!" Breaking into a run themselves once they got up from the ground, the kids all ran towards Shaggy and tackle him with a group hug.

Shaggy laugh as he wrap his arms around them. "Like, it's so great to see you kids again!"

"You too, Shaggy!" Serena said as she and the rest of her friends let go of Shaggy and stare up at him with a smile on their faces. "Anyway, how have you and Scooby been?" Ash asked.

Shaggy shrugs. "Oh, you know... Same old monsters chasing me and Scoob and us always being the live baits." Speaking of Scooby, the Great Dane made his way over to the XY's table where Pikachu and Dedenne are. Pikachu smiles and greets him with a "Pika!" Scooby smiles and rubs his cheek along the two electric Pokémon, only to have a light shock jolt through him.

Shaggy and the kids turn their heads to see Scooby on the ground, his legs up in the air twitching and his tail somehow got even fuzzier than before while Pikachu and Dedenne sheepishly rub their heads.

"Guess Pikachu and Dedenne miss Scooby, huh?" Ash laughs sheepishly from the sight before them. Meanwhile the rest of Mystery Inc. made their way over to the small reunion.

"Hey, nice to see you kids again!" Freddie greets them. "Say Alf how's your Uncle doing?"

"It's Ash..." The raven-haired mumbles, annoyed that Freddie once again got his easy three-letter name wrong. "And Uncle Taku is doing great! His hotel keeps on getting more positive views since the last time we saw him."

"Speaking about the last we all saw each other, you brought us here because of some Specter?" Velma asks, getting straight to the point.

"Oh, right! Get this you guys, there's this weird ghost called the Specter and it's been-" Ash couldn't continue his explanation, a familiar loud, gruff voice shouts from the doors of the cafeteria.

"Hot Belgian Waffles! What happened to my camp?!" They all turn their heads to see Ranger Stan standing right there at the open doors, taking in all the damage in the cafeteria with a horrified expression. Standing right behind him appeared to be a skinny male cop, who was taking in the damage with a curious expression.

"Hi Ranger Stan!" Bonnie greeted with a wave of her hand, completely ignoring the older man's face.

"Who did this?!" Ranger Stan ordered as he and the cop walks over to them, the latter seems to be writing a few things down on a notepad.

"Well, you remember that we said we know people who are good at mystery solving? Um... Meet Mystery Incorporated!" Clemont introduced the teenagers with a nervous smile. Mystery Inc. sheepishly wave at the head counselor, so much for a good impression.

The cop behind Ranger Stan laugh as the old man stares at the teenagers with a dumbfound look. "You're kidding me, teenagers?!" The cop laughed. "Since when have teenagers been declared as detectives?" The main heroes glare at the cop, already deciding they don't like this guy.

"Look kiddies, this is the matter that adults should handle. So why don't you all go back to your pretty camera phones. eh?" The cop told them, patting Freddie's head roughly, making the blonde grumble to himself. The cop continues as he walks towards the door, "Anyway, I gotta get back to the station after the sun sets. I'll come back later to get more reports, Ranger Stan!" Just when he was almost out of eye's view, they could hear him laughing, "Ha! Teenagers..."

"Well, that wasn't a very nice police officer." Daphne grumbles with her arms crossed.

"Yeah, Sheriff Sam isn't someone I would recommend." Ranger Stan said in a sympathetic tone.

"Wait, I thought you said you were going to let the experts that we know handle the mystery!" Serena said in a annoyed tone. Did Ranger Stan really not trust them enough that he had to hired that to solve the case?

"Hey, I wasn't the one who hired him!" Ranger Stan defended himself as he wave his hands in a surrender gesture. "Those parents of the kidnapped little gremlins were the ones who hired him!"

"Oh, I guess that's ok-" Ash stops once he realizes what Ranger Stan just said. "Hey, who are you callin'-!"

"Anyway, Ranger Stan!" Freddie said quickly while Shaggy and Scooby were busy holding the kids back from trying to have a go at the old man. "You've said there's been boys younger than thirteen being kidnapped by a Specter?"

Ranger Stan nods. "Yeah, that's right sonny. Specter's been around for years and started kidnapping boys, but here's the thing, for around forty years the Specter has been only kidnapping boys whenever they go into the woods. Now for the past ten years, that Specter has been kidnapping boys whenever it can at nighttime! No matter how many times I tried to lock the cabin doors, the Specter is always getting in!"

"So the Specter has been changing it's pattern? Interesting..." Velma mumbles thoughtfully.

"Do you know what legend the Specter comes from, Ranger Stan?" Daphne asks, hoping that the Specter did have an origin story. If it didn't, then they're in big trouble.

"No clue," Ranger Stan confirm their fears with a shrug. "No one knows where the Specter came from. Besides, it makes a good tourist attraction!" Confusion cross their faces when Ranger Stan points at something from behind and when they turn their heads to look at it they realize what Stan was talking about as their eyes widen.

Right there at the corner of the cafeteria is a gigantic glass case holding what they could guess is the Specter since the messy sign read: The Specter of Insulam Iunctus. The Specter, in Shaggy and Scooby's opinion, was creepy in appearance. It wore a gigantic fur cape that's covered in a variety of brown, gray, and black colors while it covers the Specter's whole body, so they couldn't make out the Specter's features. The only features they could make out of are the glowing red eyes from within the hood of the cloak and two large hands that sprouted from the cloak's sleeves. Each hand seem old and wrinkled out with a horrible shade of dark gray as long, dirty fingernails sprouted from the fingers. The Specter in the case appeared to be floating and reaching out to grab something in a menacing way. A few kids stood by it, taking a few pictures.

"Zoinks!" Shaggy scream before jumping into Scooby's paws.

"Ew..." Bonnie mumbles once she caught sight of the Specter's hand.

"So... The Specter really did came out of nowhere?" Velma asks, driving all of their attention away from the Specter exhibit and back towards the Head Counselor.

"Yeah, just pop out like popcorn, and take look at these newspaper clippings!" Stan took said newspapers and handed them to Velma. Velma takes them and begins to skim through them, reading all the head titles that said: A 8 year-old kidnapped by Specter in England, China Boys Kidnapping, and Supposedly Real-life Specter kidnapping boys in 1930s.

"Apparently the Specter made some stops around the world before coming to Insulam Iunctus." Ranger Stan explains, "And look, some lunatic is following the footsteps of all the other lunatics because each of these dates are different."

"He's right, one of these newspapers were dated back to the early 1900s." Clemont points out to one of the newspaper.

"And one of them was from a few weeks ago." Velma also noted. "It can't be the same person. Wherever the Specter came from, it seems like a lot of people are using the Specter to their advantage."

While they continue to discuss the topic of the Specter, Shaggy decided to take another look at the Specter in the case when he suddenly gulps. "Uh, Ranger Stan? Is the Specter in the figurine case by any chance a animatronic?"

"Uh, no. I can't afford a robot." Stan said, confused by Shaggy's question along with everyone else. "Why would you ask that?"

"C-Cause I don't remember the Specter standing like that!" Shaggy manage to stuttered out, pointing at the figurine case at the corner. Everyone whip their heads to look to where Shaggy was pointing and their eyes widen once they realize why Shaggy was so nervous. The Specter in the glass case was in a completely position than the last time they saw it. Now it appeared to be standing straight, it's hands nowhere to be seen and it's head is down, no longer showing those red eyes. What worried them the most is the kids, who are completely obvious to the change of posture, that looking at the exhibit. Not to mention that most of these kids are boys.

"U-Uh, kids!" Ranger Stan nervously calls out to all the children in the cafeteria while Mystery Inc. begins to the lead the XY Gang away. "I-I think it's time to call in for the night!"

"Are you kidding, old man?" An Mexican-American boy asked in a rude tone as he kept taking pictures of the Specter in the case. "My parents wouldn't believe me when I told them about the Specter, but with this figurine, I can finally prove to them that-!"

The boy was stops himself short when the "figurine" suddenly turns it's head towards him, it's glowing red eyes glaring at him from the glass. "O-On second thought, Ranger Stan, I suddenly feel tired!" The boy yelled, and was about to run away when the Specter breaks through the glass and swallows the boys up with it's cloak.

"Zoinks, it got him!" Shaggy yells while Bonnie screams.

"Uh... You know, I'm tired too!" Another boy called out, but like the boy before who was planning on running away, the Specter swallow him up too.

"Now it got him, too!" Clemont cried out as he grabs a crying Bonnie to comfort. Unfortunately him speaking up wasn't a good thing because now the Specter is turning it's head towards them and it's red eyes narrow at Ash and Clemont once it caught sight of them.

"I munda est..." It growled lowly that they couldn't hear it at first but didn't have time to dwell on it when the Specter suddenly flew straight towards them!

Author's Note: After spending a wonderful Father's Day with my Daddy, I've manage to continue the three day update. Well, we've learn something interesting about the Specter and I've left all of you guys in a cliffhangers. Don't worry, School's out in two more days so you all will get your answers in no time. See you all in the next chapter!

SHOUTOUTS-

Steel Heart Alchemist: Don't worry, I'm super psych to see the next chapter of your story! I'll be waiting!

Guest: Oh, okay. And don't worry, I kind of already figure it out. I'm working with a Mystery story, so I need to figure out somethings right?

Joltie: I'll take you up on that offer. And I've seen your latest DeviantArt work, and I have to say you got a lot of potential. I'll discuss this more in detail with you on PM tomorrow. Yes, I did based the name off the Youtuber, mostly because she had the only rare "M" name that I could think of (And yeah, she does write really good songs). And what I have to say about the creep lady and the vial; Nothing. And don't worry about your language, the only thing I judge about people is there personality, and you're on the good barrel list, for now... Hehehe, joking! Talk to you soon!