A thorough search of the hall found nothing. Sugey had gone and there was no trace of her. The only clue the gang had was Sugey's right shoe, a small black pump which Shaggy recognized from the shoe rack at home. And that wasn't even a clue. All that told the gang was that Sugey had lost her shoe when she had been taken.
There had also been a radical change of attitude towards the gang since Sugey's abduction. Before, the people in the hall had been admiring towards them, knowing of their reputation, which as always had preceded them. But now they were acting as though the gang had some kind of contagious disease. People shied away from them as they walked down corridors, whispering behind their backs, and hissing about the strange happenings in the hall, which riled the whole gang but which came to a head when Daphne turned and screamed, "We're trying our hardest! She's very valuable to us as well!" at a group of whisperers, who jumped and stared even more at Daphne. Fred took Daphne by the arm and quietly led her away into a side room, making an apologetic but slightly accusing face at the whisperers. Velma watched them go with an amused look on her own face and thought, Of course, it would be Freddy who took her away to calm her down…
She smiled inwardly and decided to check the girl's toilets. Shaggy and Scooby had checked the men's, but it would look a bit strange for them to go into the ladies'.
