NOTICE:: Late again, I am so Sorry! I've been a bit unfocused lately.

Chapter 4

A Crappy Christmas Eve

Daphne, Fred, and Scooby wondered up a frozen stairwell. It seemed like it was taking them ages. Scooby's ears perked up to the sound of voices a head. He knew those voices, he let out a small growl and ran forward. Daphne and Fred picked up the pace and rounded the corner after Scooby. They where in a rather large cave, a small fire burning in the center. There was a women sobbing in the corner, and two figures backing into the cave entrance. The colors of green and orange was all they could really see, and it didn't take rocket science to hear the two catch phrase murmurs.

"Zoinks..." Shaggy had grabbed onto Velma's arm, who in return had grabbed his.

"J-Jinkies..."

Fred and Daphne could now see exactly what was causing the two to back up. A large white creature menacingly walked towards them. It's large red colored fangs bared as he let out a deep growl. Daphne looked around the cave, there was an odd coned shaped stalagmite. She yanked Scooby over by her. The giant Yeti raised his clawed hand to swing at Velma and Shaggy, they prepared to duck, but an even louder growl erupted from the back of the cave. It seemed to echo so much a few icicles fell from the outside of the cave entrance. The Yeti let out a vicious growl, but ran off and out of view. Velma and Shaggy looked around as Fred ran to the women's aid, and Daphne put down the stone amplifier they'd used for Scooby.

"You guys okay?" asked Daphne, as Fred talked to the shaken women.

They both nodded, and Scooby let out a small cough. The two broke away from each other and headed over to where the women was, muttering apologies to each other. The women was slightly hysterical and they couldn't quite gather what she was saying before she either fell asleep or fainted, they couldn't be sure. They managed to get her back to the cabin a short time later. As Christmas Eve struck, the women was still asleep, but her face had regained color, and the blood had been from a nasty scrap on her arm, but otherwise, she seemed fine. Fred hung up the emergency phone as Shaggy finished making some soup in the small kitchen.

"See if she'll wake up," said Fred, as Daphne crouched down beside the women.

"Ma'am... excuse me?" Daphne, shook the women's shoulder gently.

"Uh," the women groaned, and her eyes fluttered open, she shot upwards once they where open, "My babies!"

"Calm down," Daphne tried to hush her ranting, "What's your name."

"L-Laura Mattews... the thing.. that-that, h-horrible creature has my-m babies..." the women began to cry franticly.

"Listen, Laura. We need you to explain calmly." said Fred, giving her a glass of water.

"We where in.. in the cabin. It.. It took them. I ran after, I.. I slipped. Cave... you... here.... I need my children," she began to breath heavily.

"Okay, okay. Just calm down. We'll find them." said Velma.

Time went by and they managed to get the women to eat a few bites before franticly getting her to sleep. Promising her that they'd look for her children. Though they didn't know how old, their gender, or what they looked like. Still a promise was a promise and it was worth a shot. After a short decision, Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby headed out into the snow to look for anything pertaining to missing children in anyway. Velma had called the emergency line again, to question why there had been no investigating sooner. Daphne sat in the small lounge chair, next to the sleeping women. She broke out of her thoughts as Velma slammed down the phone.

"Jeepers, what happened?" asked Daphne, looking up.

"They can't find the record of when she checked out, or who checked her out, but they guarantee that she checked out." said Velma as she headed towards the kitchen, waving Daphne to follow so they could talk later.

"Maybe someone's trying to cover up something?" suggested Daphne.

"I think we need to call Shaggy's uncle and see what he knows... or if anyone even told him. I mean, paper work is one thing. Missing kids and a snow yeti? I doubt highly that know one knew about this." said Velma, taking Shaggy's cell off the charger.

"His passwords on...." Daphne broke off as Velma calmly entered the numbers, "You know his password."

"Yeah, I use his phone a lot. Mine needs a new battery, but I never manage to pick one up when we stop somewhere that has them." said Velma, going down the contact list and clicking.

"So.... you and Shaggy have been spending a lot of time together," smiled Daphne, leaning against the wall next to Velma.

"I guess.." Velma raised a brow in confusion, "No more than the rest of us... we all hang out in the van pretty much. Oh crud, no answer."

"Velma?" asked Daphne, as Velma put the phone back on the charger.

"Yes?" asked Velma, about to get some more soup.

"You and Shaggy have been a little more touchy feely than normal... one might think.."

"We have not," said Velma, tossing a fire log into the stove fire to warm the soup.

"Really?" asked Daphne with a smirk.

Shaggy and Fred trudged through the snow. Scooby at their heels, sniffing once in a while. They had no real need for their flashlights because the snow gave off so much light with the large moon above. But Fred had one, just in case something happened. It was a quite walk, the only sound was Scooby's sniffing and the crunching of snow beneath their feet. Fred looked at Shaggy and then back towards the cabin, and sighed. He rolled his eyes.

"Hey Shag?" asked Fred, casually.

"Yeah, Fred?" asked Shaggy, looking around by some large bushes.

"What's up with you and Velma?" asked Fred, he coughed, this was uncomfortable, Scooby looked at him with curious eyes.

"Like, what do you, 'what's up?'... why is she like mad or something?" asked Shaggy, looking at Fred in worried confusion, he didn't remember doing anything to make her mad.

"Uh.. no.. not that I've noticed... man... you know what. Do you like Velma?" asked Fred with a deep sigh.

"Why wouldn't I man?" laughed Shaggy, Fred rose a brow, "She's one of my best friends."

"No... Shag, I meant..."

"GRAWRLLR!" the giant yeti jumped out from a small snow hill.

"Like, ZOINKS!" yelled Shaggy, and they booked it, the yeti chasing them the whole way.

As they headed up the mountain, they realized, the yeti had gone elsewhere. They could see its shape moving through the snow, it was headed towards the cabin. They looked at each other and headed back down hill. Scooby yelped as the snow seemed to get deeper, and as the Yeti seemed to let out a laugh, it hit them.

"The yeti chased us up hill on purpose. It knew they path we'd take once we saw it," said Fred, waist deep in snow.

"So like, it delayed us?" asked Shaggy, watching as Fred took out his cell phone.

"I have to...." Fred's phone dropped into the thick snow, leaving an imprint but nothing more, "Oh, great. Shag?"

"Mines back at the cabin." said Shaggy, both looked at the distance they had yet to go, turning back wasn't an option and the yeti was already near the door.

TBC