Fallen Angel
As they drove away from Daphne's house in the Coolsville version of the Mystery Machine, Fred said, "The next order of business is to visit Angel Dynamite."
"Cassidy Williams, you mean," said Velma. "If you really must."
"We have to, to see if she knows more than she's said, especially about Mr. E," said Dace, the Coolsville Velma.
"There's got to be a strong connection," Velma admitted. "Mr. E sent almost all the clues to her radio station, K-GHOUL."
"Who do you think Mr. E is, really?" asked Daphne.
"He knows about the missing kids. Most likely he's one of them, just like Cassidy turned out to be. If he was Brad Chiles he would have revealed himself to Fred by now. So my money is on Ricky Owens," said Velma.
"Like, what do we know about Ricky?" asked Shaggy.
"Cassidy was once in love with him. It said so in her diary which she showed to us, pretending Mr. E sent it. It makes me angry how much she lied to us, and how I fell for it when she asked for time to reveal it in her own way, once I caught on," said Velma.
"Ries are rad," agreed Scooby-Doo.
"Sad?" asked Daphne.
"Glad?" asked Fred.
"Plaid?" asked Shaggy.
"Rad! Rawful, revil," said Scooby.
"Oh, why didn't you say so. Bad!" said Shaggy. For an instant he looked blank, as if reacting to the word. Then he shook his head to clear it.
They drove into the parking lot of K-GHOUL, a one-person radio station at the top of a wooded hill near town. The camper truck where Cassidy slept was parked beside it.
"Something's wrong. It looks damaged," said Velma. "The door is torn halfway off its hinges."
She got out of the car and called, "Cassidy? Are you all right?"
There was no answer.
"Let's split up gang, and look for clues," said Fred. "Daphne, you and I will check the main building. Velma and Dace, check around outside. Shaggy and Scooby, you check the camper truck."
As Velma and Dace began to look carefully around the grounds and the woods, Velma asked, "Was your Shaggy ever in love?"
"He has been, on and off," said Dace. "Mostly off, since his appetite and our travels seem to get in the way of anything long-term. The most serious was a young woman named Rachel. She's now a reporter in Coolsville. Her dog, Roxanne, was Scooby's girlfriend at the same time."
"Aha!" said Velma. "No wonder it worked so well. What happened to them?"
"Our international travels started going strong, and Shaggy didn't want a long-distance relationship, so he broke up with her," said Dace.
"I see. Did she take it hard?" asked Velma.
"For a while, but now she's dating the pop star J.C. Chasez, and as far as I know she's doing fine," said Dace.
"I tried to date our Shaggy, but dog issues got between us," said Velma. "I'm over him now. I know sooner or later I'll find someone else... well, I hope so, anyway."
"There's a guy I'm interested in, but I'll have to wait until he gets out of jail," said Dace.
"Jinkies! I'm not sure I should take romantic advice from you," said Velma.
"I wouldn't date a really vicious criminal. Winsor is sweet and I'm sure he'll reform for me," said Dace.
"Watch out for trying to change the guy," said Velma. "That's part of what went wrong with me and Shaggy."
"Hey, look at this," said Dace. "A music disk stuck into the bark of a tree."
"Good clue," said Velma. "Cassidy uses CDs like throwing stars. Maybe she was fighting whoever did this."
They looked around and found scuffles but no clear footprints.
Dace pulled out the music disk and checked it over. "Hmm, there's a single by Sham the Shame and the Egyptian Kings on here: Yummy Mummy."
"Cassidy likes to play songs with monster themes at K-GHOUL," said Velma.
She took the disk from Dace and flipped it over. "Strange, there's something written on the other side. One word: 'NOTED'."
"Could Cassidy have written that just to mark the CD?" asked Dace.
"She knows better than to write on the recording side of a CD," said Velma. "This has to be a clue."
Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby went to the camper truck.
"Like, it looks like the place where Cassidy lives, which means a kitchen, which means food," said Shaggy.
"Reah! Rood," said Scooby, licking his lips.
They opened the door and came face-to-face with the Executioner. He was large and powerful, and looked dangerous in his face-concealing hood. In his right hand was a headsman's axe.
"Zoinks! Run!" cried Shaggy.
They ran completely around the truck twice with the Executioner after them. Then they ducked inside and came out disguised as two medieval ladies-in-waiting.
"Oh Mr. Executioner, I just love a man with big, strong muscles," said Shaggy in a gushy falsetto voice.
"Re roo," said Scooby, also attempting a falsetto.
"What are you doing here?" asked the Executioner in a deep, angry voice.
"We're ladies in waiting," said Shaggy. "So we're, like, waiting. But go right on in. The King would like a word with you."
"What are you doing here?" the Executioner asked again.
Without waiting for an answer he pushed them both inside the camper truck and slammed the door. Then he pushed the camper truck so hard that it began to roll rapidly down the hill.
The two inside tried to push open the door, but the hard slam had jammed it shut.
"Rhelp! Rhelp!" called Scooby.
Daphne and Fred rushed out of the studio and jumped into the Mystery Machine. As a perfect team, Fred backed the van after the rolling camper truck while Daphne tossed a rope with a grappling hook and caught the bumper of the other vehicle. Fred's expert driving pulled the other car back just before it went over a cliff.
"Jinkies! What's happening?" asked Velma, running up with Dace.
"Like, we nearly lost our heads to the Executioner!" said Shaggy.
"Reah, the Rexecutioner," said Scooby.
With the rest of the gang pushing and Fred in the Mystery Machine pulling, they got the camper truck back onto flat ground. Shaggy and Scooby opened a window and crawled out.
"Like, why didn't the old disguise routine work?" asked Shaggy. "It works almost every time."
"Revery rime," said Scooby.
"Maybe the monsters are smarter in this world?" asked Velma.
"Anyway, there was no sign of Cassidy in there," said Shaggy. "Did anyone else find her?"
"No," said Daphne. "There was nobody in the studio."
"We found a clue, this CD, but no Cassidy," said Velma. "I hope she got away safely."
