Return to Beauregard Mansion – A Scooby Doo Fanfiction…
A/N – Well, here is chapter nine! Wow thanks for the review from the last chapter and for all the reading views it means the world to me! So; because of it, I am updating yeah! Anyway a bit more happens in this chapter, I promise it will all make sense within the next two chapters! So yeah, as normal I own nothing from Scooby Doo! Enjoy!
Chapter 9
Putting the Pieces Together
"So exactly what kind of clues are we looking for boss!?" Freako asked with interest after the gang had arrived back to the mansion and explained the situation to The Boo Brothers.
"Uh; I don't know." Fred began with thought. "Something that would lead us to who or what the Bat Skelton could be I guess." Fred finished as The Boo Brothers nodded in understandment.
"I gotta say guys; this Bat Skeleton really confuses me." Shreko began as Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy and Scooby all eyed him with interest.
"Why's that?" Daphne asked with wonder as she raised her eyebrow at the ghost.
"I mean, is he more bat or more skeleton? Because this guy seems real batty to me!" Shreko finished with a laugh as Fred, Velma and Daphne all groaned slightly at the lame joke.
"Ugh, this is not the time for jokes you dingbat, we have a job to do!" Freako finished with annoyance.
"Oh, please – "Meko began as he shook his head. "– I hate ghost; can I be excused?" Meko questioned as Fred, Velma and Daphne eyed one another with confusion.
"Oh sure – "Freako began as he smirked slightly. "– Let me show you the way out." Freako began as he grabbed a hold of Meko. While grabbing a hold of Meko; the gang watched as Freako began to squish Meako into a ball. When he was done, all you could see was Meko's red-pink hat and his eyes. Freako smirked and wiggled his eyebrows before kicking him hard. Everyone watched as the balled ghost went flying through the celling into the attic. "– And show you the way to our assigned spot."
Just like that, Freako and Shreko followed their friend and disappeared through the ceiling. Once the three disappeared the five friends turned to face one another before Shaggy and Scooby eyed each other. While the eyed each other; they looked back at the spot the three disappeared from.
"Like, wait for us!" Shaggy called suddenly making Fred, Velma and Daphne jump in surprise.
"Reah, rait ror rs!" Scooby echoed as he followed Shaggy who began to chase after the ghost brothers.
Fred, Velma and Daphne watched as Shaggy and Scooby ran up the stairs and out of sight. Knowing; the two were following The Boo Brothers to the attic, Fred figured it'd be best to search in a new direction with the three of them. That is, if the other two were okay with the split up of course.
"Alright, Velma and Daphne; I need you two go search the two scenes of the crime." Fred explained as the two girls looked at him in surprised at the new split up. "Maybe you could find something we've missed. After all, we only checked the kitchen once, sometimes clues like to hide in plain sight." Fred explained as Daphne and Velma nodded in understandment as they eyed one another in thought.
"– And what are you going to do?" Velma asked with interest as she raised her eyebrow.
"Well, since Shaggy and Scooby are searching the upstairs with The Boo Brothers; I'm going start searching in the basement and bottom floors." Fred explained with a smile at the thought. "After that, I say we all meet up outside and search the grounds together from there." Fred finished with a smile.
Daphne shrugged after she and Velma eyed one another once more, "Sounds good to me." Daphne finished as Velma nodded in agreement.
"Great!" Fred stated as he clapped his hands together. "Let's split up gang!" Fred called as he turned and began to head out of the room for the lower levels.
Velma and Daphne continued to eye one another before shrugging. Once the shrugged, the turned and headed for the kitchen once more, this time hoping to really find some type of clue…
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"Like, man Scooby – "Shaggy began as he and Scooby stood at the entrance of the attic. "– I forgot how much attics give me the creeps; specially this attic." Shaggy finished as he scanned the room.
"Reah! Rhy rid rw rollow rhe roo rothers!?" Scooby questioned with confusion.
"Because, like, I know them." Shaggy began to explain. "– And if there anything like last time, I'm pretty sure there like, going to goof off before getting serious." Shaggy finished with a sigh.
"Right! Razy rhost." Scooby commented as he shook his head, Shaggy chuckled a little.
"Right! – "Shaggy agreed with a sigh. "– Alright Scooby; you go look on the left side and I'll look on the right." Shaggy explained as he gestured to the sections as he said them. "Maybe this time, we will find clues." Shaggy finished with hope as Scooby nodded in agreement.
So, the two split up and went on their perspective sides. Shaggy began to look through a bunch of old boxes and trunks that were lined up along the wall. Scooby began to use his nose and sniff around for something that seemed out of the ordinary. As the two looked, time slowly clicked by.
After a little while of looking through boxes and trunks; Shaggy sighed, "Any luck over there Scooby!?" Shaggy questioned with interest.
"Rope!" Scooby called as Shaggy frowned and turned back to the trunk and boxes.
While turning back to the trunks and boxes Shaggy continued to dig through the ones he hasn't looked through yet. As he continued that, Scooby had managed to find some more boxes and random stacked collected items and began to look through that as well. While Scooby looked through them, he found a box of costumes, an old box of newspapers and a box of old solider uniforms. However, as he looked through the items, he had accidently knocked over the box of old newspapers.
Moving over to pick the old newspapers up; Scooby began to glance at the titles as he placed them back. Yet, as he looked at the titles, he stopped when he came across one that catch his attention.
"Rhaggy!" Scooby called turning to face his owning with the newspaper in his hand. "I rink I round romething!" Scooby stated with a smile as he put the newspaper in his mouth and began to walk on four legs once more over to his owner.
Shaggy had heard his dog call him and turned when he did. After Scooby arrived to him, Shaggy took the newspaper in his hands and Scooby kindly gave it to him. Looking at the newspaper, Shaggy eyes began to widen once he saw the title on the front cover of it…
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Meanwhile, as Shaggy and Scooby looked upstairs Velma and Daphne had continued to look downstairs. At first, they looked in the kitchen for the second time and sadly came across nothing. So; they headed to the second scene of the crime, the upstairs second floor where the guest rooms were.
"Well, the kitchen turned out to be a bust." Daphne stated with a sigh. "So; hopefully we actually find something at this crime scene." Daphne stated with hope and thought.
"Me too." Velma nodded in agreement. "Otherwise we'll be back at square one." Velma frowned.
"We better not end up like that." Daphne added as she placed her hands on her hips. "If we do; then this mystery might never be solved." Daphne finished as she shook her head.
"Ugh, don't even think about that." Velma stated as she shook her head at the thought as well.
"Well, we better get looking then." Daphne explained as she scanned the hallway. "What do you say? I take that end? – "Daphne asked as she pointed towards the end of the hall that was facing them. "– And you take this end?" Daphne asked with interest as she pointed towards the stair case they came up from.
"Sounds good to me." Velma replied as the two split apart towards their opposite end of the hallway.
Splitting towards their sides, the two girls began to search the second-floor hallway for clues. Velma began to peek into some of the extra guest rooms just in case. While Velma looked into the room; Daphne was looking along the edges of the hallway and more towards the window at the end also.
During the search; both girls were getting slightly annoyed about not finding any clues. Yet, as Daphne was about to meet up with Velma, when she stopped after she spotted something near the window shimmering the sunset light coming from the window itself. She smiled and walked over to it.
"Hey Velma! – "Daphne called as she bent down and picked up the small shimmering item. She took it in her hands and instantly recognized it. However; it wasn't just the small item she recognized. There, stuck in the small item was a clue to help them with this mystery. "– I think I found something." Daphne finished as she waved the item at Velma who had by now made her way over to her friend.
"Jinkies! – "Velma stated as she took the item in her hands. "– Yup; it's defiantly a clue." Velma stated with a smile. "– This is weird, look at the size of the claw." Velma stated as she took the claw out of the small green fabric. Rolling it over in her hands she frowned at the sight.
"What about it?" Daphne asked with confusion and wonder.
"This is about the same size of my finger." Velma explained as she shook her head. "Not only that, but this claw doesn't even feel like a claw." Velma continued as she rolled the item over again. "It's soft, like plastic or paper mache." Velma finished as Daphne looked at her and the item in surprise.
"Jeepers; does this mean what I think it means?" Daphne asked with wonder and hope.
"Yes Daphne, it does." Velma finished with a smile. "Now come on; let's find Friend, Shaggy, Scooby and The Boo Brothers, we need to explain to them what's really going on here." Velma finished.
Together, the two began to walk towards the attic to find their friends…
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As Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby all looked in their own areas, Fred walked through the silence of the basement by himself. Holding the flashlight out in front of him, he scanned the areas ahead of him as he kept an eye out for any sing of a possible clue. While he walked, he came to the end of one of the halls and found himself standing in front of a door. So; reaching out to open it, he sighed.
Upon opening the door, Fred was stumped for a moment went he came to a room full of frozen meat.
"BOO!"
Fred screamed, jumped in surprise and found himself holding onto one of the ropes holding a meat. As he hung there in panic; he heard a familiar voice laughing his head of Fred's freaked out expression.
"SHREKO!" Fred yelled out in annoyance as the small ghost with the green hat came flying up to him.
"Neh, neh, neh – "Shreko laughed as Fred sent him a death glare. "– Man, you should've the look on your face! It was funny! – "Shreko stated as he continued to laugh. "– Gosh; I didn't even know a human like yourself could jump that high. I was sure you lost your pants." Shreko finished.
"Seriously!?" Fred questioned with annoyance as he eyed Shreko while still holding onto the rope. "Ugh, I thought you and your brothers were looking around for clues in the attic?" Fred asked.
Shreko shook his head, "We were when old Shag and Scoob went up to join us. So, we figured it was best to search somewhere else so we could cover more ground." Shreko explained with a grin.
"But, what are you doing down here if you were looking somewhere else?" Fred asked with interest.
"I overheard your plan with the girls to split up. Oh; I knew I just had to come down and scare the pants off of you. I'm so glad I did!" Shreko finished explaining as he laughed once more.
As Shreko laughed, Fred frowned in annoyance. While he frowned, he began to think about some rather rude thoughts about the ghost and instantly began to lose his balance on the rope. Yelling out in surprise; Fred found himself flying through the air before crashing hard onto the ground.
"HEY! – "Freako called out suddenly as he peered his head through the ceiling at the noise. "– Whatever is going on here?" Freako questioned with interest as he flew into the room with Meako.
"Y-Yeah; we heard a scream and a c-crash." Meako explained as he and Freako eyed the scene in front of them. "We thought m-maybe the g-ghost came back." Meako finished.
"Nah, no ghost here." Fred explained as he stood up and dusted himself off before glaring at Shreko. "But I know a ghost who's about to not be a ghost anymore." Fred finished as he crossed him arms.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Freako asked with annoyance and a frown.
"Scaring the pants off of Fred." Shreko explained with a grin as he laughed again. "Man, you guys should've seen it! Neh, neh, neh." Shreko finished as he laughed.
"Ugh, what did we just talk about in the attic you dingbat!?" Freako questioned with a sigh.
"Uh…that scaring people is fun." Shreko replied with a wide grin.
"No! – "Fred stated as he shook his head. "– Scaring people is NOT fun!" Fred finished with a frown.
"Aw; rats…" Shreko finished as he frowned, glared at Fred in annoyance and crossed his arms.
"Fred? You in here?"
At first, Shreko and Meko screamed in surprise at the sudden questioned voice. But then, the voice appeared and before Fred and The Boo Brothers; stood Daphne and Velma.
"Fred? – "Daphne had questioned once more with worry and concern. "– Is that you we hear in here?"
"Yeah girls, it's me." Fred replied as the girls sighed in relief.
"Okay good, we heard someone scream and something crash." Velma explained as Fred frowned slightly before eyeing Shreko with annoyance. "We thought maybe someone saw the Bat Skeleton." Velma finished with a worried look as Fred sighed and shook his head once more.
"I didn't see the Bat Skeleton; but I know someone who likes to act batty." Fred finished with a huff.
"Oh please; all in a day's work.' Shreko finished with a grin.
"Yeah, work that isn't focusing on what were assigned to do!" Freako stated as he frowned in annoyance.
"Well, alright, alright – "Shreko stated with a sigh. "– Now need to your curls in a twist." Shreko stated as he began to laugh once more.
"Ugh! Come on!" Freako finished as he grabbed Shreko by the ear and pulled him away.
"Oh man, and here I thought we'd gotten out of the job." Meko muttered as he followed his brothers out of the room.
Fred frowned once The Boo Brothers were out of sight. Placing his hands on his hips, he bit his lip in thought and turned to face the girls. Daphne and Velma laughed slightly before stopping.
"I gotta say; those Boo Brothers are real wacky." Fred stated as he sighed and uncrossed his arms. "– And that Shreko; I swear – "Fred began as Daphne cut him off in mid-sentence.
"– Isn't our biggest concern right now Freddie." Daphne stated as Fred frowned and eyed her in confusion. "Well, they kind of are, but we came looking for you because we found a clue." Daphne finished as she took the claw from Velma who had pulled it out of her pocket.
"You did?" Fred asked with a smile.
"Yup." Velma stated with a smile as well as she passed the claw over to Fred. "– And believe it or not; I think we have this mystery just about solved." Velma finished with a grin.
Now all they had to do; was find Shaggy and Scooby…
A/N - Well, there was chapter nine! What did you think? Good? Bad? Should I continue? Like I said, I promise this whole story is going to make sense within the next two chapters. Which; by the way we sadly only have two chapters left. I know! I can't believe it either, but don't worry I do have a "sort of" sequel planned to this! That is, if you all want a sequel. Well, anyway thanks so much for reading it means the world to me and please remember to review! I love to heard your thoughts!
Until, the next chapter, chapter ten which will be up soon, thanks again and with all my love to you guys! :) - InsidePointPlace
