"Okay, gang," Fred declared. "Annie's been taken by the mummy and it's up to us to find her! Scooby, can you sniff her out?"
The faithful hound put his nose to the ground and sneezed instantly. "Come on, Scoob. Be a bloodhound, not a dud-hound!"
Scooby reluctantly nosed the ground again. "Rover rere!" he yipped triumphantly, sniffing out the trail. "Rollow re!"
The gang followed Scooby through the labyrinthine corridors of the museum. "It feels like we've been walking in circles," Daphne moaned.
"I hate to say it," Velma sighed. "But I think we're lost again."
"Ruh-uh!" barked Scooby emphatically. "Ris way!"
"Uh, Scooby, that way leads to a dead end," Shaggy pointed out. "I think your sniffer way be losing its touch."
"Ruh-uh! Ris way!"
Shaggy sighed. "Like, Scoob, we've been walking for, like, ever. Let's take a breather." Shaggy leaned against the wall and instantly fell backwards as a hidden switch depressed. With a low hiss, the dead end wall swung open on hidden hinges, revealing a dark, dusty passageway.
"Good work, Shaggy!" Fred exclaimed, striding through the secret passageway with Daphne and Velma.
"Oh, lucky me," muttered Shaggy as he and Scooby reluctantly followed the gang inside.
"Like, man, this place is decorated in, like, early Halloween," Shaggy murmured, admiring the cobwebbed walls and floor. Each step the gang took threw up billowing clouds of dust and dirt.
"It doesn't look like anyone's been down here for months!" Fred coughed.
"Oh, I think someone has," Velma wheezed, bending down to examine the floor. "A certain someone wearing size six heels has been down here. Quite recently, in fact."
"But that doesn't make any sense," Daphne said, confused.
"Unless I miss my guess, it makes perfect sense. Come on!"
The gang traipsed through the dusty, cobwebbed passageway with only a feeble flashlight beam to guide them. "We must be somewhere under the museum," declared Velma.
Daphne shuddered in disgust as she picked a stray cobweb strand from her red hair. "What is this place, even?"
Fred swept his flashlight beam along the dusty passageway. "Not sure," he replied. "It might've been old storage space that was abandoned during construction."
"But now I think it's being used as a hideout for old Gauze-Face," said Velma. "Look over here!"
She and the rest of Mystery Incorporated dashed over to a shadowy form in the corner of the hallway. Fred waved his flashlight beam over the form, illuminating a massive pile of treasure! The light played and shimmered over golden coins, black and tan amphorae as well as dusty old canopic jars. And directly in the center of the hoard sat the decayed, mummified body of Pharaoh Xa-Oh!
"Jeepers! The entire fortune of the Pharaoh is here!" Daphne squealed.
Velma placed her hands on her hips and surveyed the haul with suspicion. "Just as I thought," she proclaimed. "I knew we weren't dealing with a real mummy! In fact, I think I've got a pretty good idea of what's been going on here. But we'll need to catch this bandaged bandit to be sure!"
Shaggy gulped loudly. "Well, th-then, l-like here's your ch-chance!" he stammered, pointing with a shaking finger at the snarling form of the mummy!
With a shout of horror, the gang dashed away in fright with the mummy hot on their tails!