The group followed the footprints as Bobby pulled out his tongs.

"You know, your tongs aren't helping." Giada told Bobby.

"Oh, and your vidal is?" Bobby retorted.

"Actually dude, vidal is a repellent for all well-known supernatural," Dil replied. "Tongs are pretty much useless. Sorry, dude."

"Ha! In your face." Giada smirked to Bobby.

"I just wonder who took your family cookbook?" Brianna said to Betty and Elizabeth.

"Eh, probably some petty jealous housewife," Betty replied. "I'm sure I'll get it back though. It belongs to Elizabeth now after all."

"I hope that Mike is okay." Lil frowned to herself.

"Don't worry, Lil; I'm sure she's fine." Kimi soothed.

"Yeah, Action Girl will protect her." Dil added.

"Uh, thanks, Dil." Lil replied about that since she knew about Mike's secret about Action Girl.

"Or Moon Shadow." Phil then smirked.

"Yeah, isn't Moon Shadow the best?" Courtney sighed dreamily as she knew about Phil's secret.

Phil hid a small smirk to that.

"You forgot humble." Lil whispered.


They soon went to follow the floury footprints and came inside as Action Girl had tied up the Red Ghost, but someone else had gotten away, and not just with the Crocker family cookbook.

"See, you guys? I told you that Action Girl would help us." Dil smiled.

Action Girl soon looked over to see that she had company.

"Action Girl, you stopped the Red Ghost, but where's the Crocker family cookbook?" Chuckie asked.

"Um... Cookbook?" Action Girl asked as she didn't know about that.

"Yeah, someone stole the Crocker Family Cookbook when we weren't looking." Kimi told the superhero.

"Well, this guy doesn't have it, but he had those parchments with him." Action Girl replied as she gestured to the Red Ghost behind her.

"Wow! Thanks, Action Girl." Fred smiled.

"What would we do without you helping us?" Daphne added.

"Probably call the police." Action Girl shrugged.

Everyone then laughed like at the end of an old superhero cartoon.

"Uh, but seriously, guys, I guess there's another villain we have to look out for in this resort." Action Girl then said since the Red Ghost didn't have the Crocker Family Cookbook.

"Let's go upstairs." Kimi suggested.

"Me, Scooby, and Chuckie will stay here guarding the kitchen in case he circles back around." Shaggy offered.

Giada then put some vidal on Bobby.

"What are you doing?" Bobby complained.

"You heard the others," Giada smirked. "Vidal wards off evil spirits."

"I smell like a zesty Italian sausage." Bobby said as he sniffed himself.

"Yeah, I'd keep an eye on Nacho if I were you." Giada suggested.

Nacho mewed in agreement as he sat in the arm chair.

"Hang on... Is that...?" Bobby asked.

"The parchment!" Giada gasped.


Meanwhile, the others were looking in each bedroom.

"The rooms are all unlocked; he could've gone into any one of them." Susie commented.

"Wait... Do you hear something?" Trent asked.

"What is it, Trent?" Brianna asked her boyfriend.

"It's coming from in there." Fred said as he came to the door with Trent to open a door and there appeared to be someone inside of a bed in the room.

"It's the ghost! Let's nab him!" Dil said as he popped up from Action Girl's cape.

"Don't do that." Action Girl warned Dil.

"Okay," Dil chuckled. "You're the boss."

Action Girl then set him back with the others. "Come on, guys, let's investigate."

A woman was seen hiding away as they went to explore and she seemed to be holding a certain book. Velma turned on the light and everyone went to the bed as Fred held the lamp as a weapon and nodded to them. They pulled back the blankets, revealing to be Skip Taylor wearing a breathing mask.

"Why didn't I see that coming?" Susie face-palmed.

"Oh... Hi, gang!" Skip smiled once he put his glasses on and took his mask off.

"You scared the wits out of us!" Susie glared. "By the way, what's with the mask?"

"It's for my sleep apnea." Skip told her.

"You have difficulty breathing while you sleep?" Double D asked.

"Uh, I wouldn't know, I'm asleep, so I got a prescription just in case," Skip shrugged. "Now, kindly pass me my sleeping pills and get out."

The others glanced at him and just decided to leave the room, turning the light off.

"This is strange..." Double D said as he looked suspicious.

"What is it, Double D?" Trent asked.

"Ever since we've been chasing the ghost, this lights have worked fine." Double D said.

"He's right," Brianna said. "They usually go haywire!"

"And we didn't get shushed once." Fred added.

"Oh, there you are." Bradley said as he walked over.

"Mr. Bass!" Some of the others gasped.

"Has that delivery arrived for me yet, boy?" Bradley asked Fred as he checked his phone.

"Uh, I'll have to check." Fred smiled nervously.

"Well, see that you do." Bradley told him.

The lights then went haywire again.

"Not again!" Kimi cried out to that.

"You guys just jinxed it," Dil said. "Everyone knows everything is just fine until you bring it up."

"Dil, now's not a good time!" Tommy scolded.

Double D and Velma took a suspicious look to Bradley.

"What's going on?" Louise asked, rubbing her eye. "I was sleeping soundly, and I heard some trouble."

Double D and Velma looked to her as well as she also seemed suspicious, there was something different about her, but no one could place it right now.

"Sorry about that, Mrs. Gecko," Fred said to the famed GEICO mascot's human mother. "It's Mystery Inc business. We'll try to keep it down."

"I need my beauty sleep for my cook prep." Louise replied.

"Where's Martin?" Double D asked.

"Oh, um, sleeping." Louise replied.

"Oh." Double D said.

"I need to get some sleep," Louise said. "Good night, dears."

"Good night." The others told the woman.


Meanwhile with the cowards...

"Well, guys, looks like, once again, pretending to be cowards has landed us the easiest assignment." Shaggy said as he made sandwiches for him, Scooby, and Chuckie.

"Thanks, Shaggy; I was getting hungry anyway." Chuckie replied.

"Eat up then." Shaggy smiled as he gave Chuckie one of the sandwiches.

Unknown to them, the Red Ghost was outside of the window, glaring at them.


Bobby soon came out with the parchment and smiled. "Freddy!"

"Uncle Bobby," Fred replied. "Wait, is that the parchment?"

"The ghost must've dropped it." Giada guessed.

"You know Flay, if you spend more time cooking, less time running around with these meddling kids-" Bradley began.

"Hey!" Angelica glared.

They soon heard moans and groans.

"That sounds like Shaggy and Scooby." Giada said.'

"Yeah, and Finster." Angelica added.

"Come on!" Daphne told them.

They all went down to the kitchen to find the cowardly trio hiding behind the table in fright as everyone saw The Red Ghost.

"There it is!" Tommy gasped.

The Red Ghost soon bumped up against the glass to shatter the window open.

"Vidal! Vidal!" Bobby panicked.

"I'm all out!" Giada replied.

The Red Ghost then suddenly flew away.

"Where did he go?" Eddy wondered.

There was then thumping.

"Great, just what we need, something to go bump in the night." Brianna sighed.

They soon went into the lobby and heard the noise get louder by the front doors.

"It's right outside the front door!" Shaggy panicked before hiding with Scooby and Chuckie.

"Everybody, stand back." Fred told the others before going to open the doors to see who or what was there.

It was just a mini helicopter carrying a envelope.

"A quadcopter delivery drone?" Trent raised an eyebrow.

"It must be from Amazon Prime." Brianna guessed.

The drone soon dropped something off before flying away. Bobby picked up the package by his tongs only for Bradley to take it from him.

"Oh, finally!" Bradley smiled as he opened it and took out a packet of papers.

"What's this?" Bobby asked.

"A court order mandating immediate closure of the Inn." Bradley replied.

"What?! Why?!" Phil asked.

"'As home of the first celebrity chef patriot, Edward DuFlay, the Rocky Harbor Inn has been declared a historic landmark'." Courtney read aloud.

"And as such, the place will be put through a long and vigorous costly preservation process, especially when a female associate of mine will be helping." Bradley smirked.

"Who are you?" Giada glared.

"Me? I'm just a simple investor who was willing to take this place, and its impending cost overruns off your hands, right here an now," Bradley said as he reached into his robe, taking out his checkbook with a pen. "Come on, Flay. Take this money, and rebuild this resort somewhere without any spooky Red Ghost chasing away business," he then filled out a check before handing it to Bobby. "You never cared about the patriotic legacy of this place anyway."

"You're wrong!" Fred glared. "You're wrong about Uncle Bobby! And unfortunately, you're wrong about Uncle Edward!"

"Wrong?" Bradley replied.

"Chef Edward DuFlay was no patriot, he was a traitor." Susie stated.

"Ralph Crocker might've been a Redcoat, but he was innocent as well." Betty added about one of Elizabeth's ancestors.

"Oh, there's no reason anyone outside this group ever needs to know that," Bradley replied. "Take the check."

"You're not really thinking about selling the place to this creep, are you, Uncle Bobby?" Fred asked.

"I don't know at this point," Bobby replied. "Maybe loitering this place would be best."

"Shh..." Someone shushed.

"I know, I know, you guys, it sounds awful to say out loud, you guys, but-" Bobby replied.

"Shh!" The shushing continued.

The Red Ghost soon flew by in front of the resort.

"Get him!" Fred told the others.

Bradley didn't care as he went inside, playing with his phone. Velma and Double D hummed, then went the other way. The others then continued to chase after the Red Ghost.

Shaggy, Scooby, Nacho, and Chuckie soon froze as the others chased the ghost into the hedge maze.

"A hedge maze?" Shaggy asked. "Like, how are these things still a thing?!"

They then went to go after the others.

"Today was a bad day to wear high-heels!" Angelica complained.

"You're telling me!" Courtney replied.


They soon ended up somewhere else.

"It's a dead end!" Fred yelped.

"Like, did we say 'dead end'? We meant 'happy living for several more decades' end!" Shaggy replied as they ran the other way.

"This is so cool, getting chased by a ghost," Dil smiled. "All we need now is Action Girl helping us, and this is a real dream come true!"

"Where did Action Girl go off to?" Elizabeth wondered. "She handled the Red Ghost and now she's just gone!"

"Maybe she's doing something else." Kimi suggested.

"Like what? Buying a new cape?" Angelica replied.

"Who cares?! JUST RUN!" Lil told them.


The group then split up going separate ways through the hedge maze which made The Red Ghost wonder of where to go. Giada and Fred were hiding together. Luckily, The Red Ghost didn't see them, Velma and Double D were running to Jeremiah's house, going over to the fuse box

"It's locked!" Double D cried out.

"Typical!" Velma groaned to that.

"Who's there?" A voice asked as the door opened.

"Mr. Nosayworthy, we need your help!" Velma told Jeremiah.

"You know, I've actually decided to go by 'Noseworthy'," Jeremiah replied. "It makes a lot more sense if you just ignore the Latin-"

"Yes, yes, very good, but just unlock the junction box!" Double D interrupted.

Jeremiah pulled out a set of keys and tried to figure out which one was the right key.

"Hurry! This might be our only chance!" Velma told him.


Meanwhile, the others kept running through the hedge maze.

Betty seemed to had gotten separated from the others and someone came behind her, rising a book behind her which made her turn around in surprise once she saw who was right behind her, which wasn't The Red Ghost. "Jewell Gecko!"

The other, younger woman soon slammed the book down on Betty's head, knocking her out, and then dragging her away before anyone else could see her.

"Which way now?!" Brianna asked.

"We're doomed! We're doomed!" Chuckie panicked.

"That way!" Lil suggested as she pointed to one direction.

They all ran off again.

"Grandma? Where'd you go?" Elizabeth frowned as she seemed to be alone.

"She's gone, and you will be too, you brat." A figure chuckled.

"Mrs. Gecko!" Elizabeth gasped once she saw who it was.

Louise soon seemed to reach out and lift the book.

Surprisingly, Elizabeth dodged the book and made Louise fall back after whacking her in the knee with her wooden spoon. "I knew you wouldn't let me down," she then smirked to the spoon she was given as a weapon despite what others thought about it, but Louise seemed to fall on the ground and her hair came off, revealing that it was a wig, and that she wasn't Martin Gecko's mother after all, but someone else! "Oh, man, I better go find the others!" she then gasped before going to run off while the woman was still unconscious.

"Guys, where's Phil?" Kimi wondered.

"And Lil?!" Susie then added.

"The ghost got them which means that we're next on the menu!" Dil panicked.

"I'm sure they're doing something useful." Tommy said to his brother, trying to keep calm.

"I don't want to be on the ghost's menu." Chuckie gulped.

"Relax, Chuckie, everything will be fine." Kimi told her step-brother.

"Which way now?!" Daphne frowned.

"That way!" Scooby suggested.

They all soon ran after the cowardly Great Dane as the Red Ghost chased them.