Chapter 2

"I don't know" Scooby said and walked farther up on the bed and lied down next to Shaggy. Shaggy lied down next to Scooby and petted him. Meanwhile, down in the underworld, a giant ant like creature was with two other ant like creatures. This ant was black, and his one friend was also black, and his other friend is red.

"What do you mean you didn't get him?" the red ant cried.

"The dog was there. He saw me and growled at me. I didn't want to get killed by a great dane, so… I left" the ant explained."Well, what are you gonna do now, Ryant" the other black ant asked. The ant named Ryant sighed."I'm not sure, Antonio"."Hey, doesn't the kid solve mysteries with his friends?" Antonio said."Yeah, I think so… why?" Ryant questioned. Antonio smirked."Why don't we make up a fake mystery? We have the kids come to this spooky house and take him when he's alone". Ryant smiled."Yeah, that's a good idea, Antonio. We can send them after school tomorrow and snatch Rogers then"."Aren't I great or what" Antonio said. Ryant sighed, happily."Oh, Norville… you're coming home very soon".

The next day, the gang heard a mystery about that theirs this haunted house that has been creepy at night. Lights would flicker randomly and you would hear foot steps, and a little kids voice at a certain time of the night. The gang decided to check it out. It was night time when the gang made it to the house.

"We're here gang" Fred told them. Shaggy laughed, nervously."Like, if I hear that little kids voice, I am gonna freak". Scooby nodded his head in agreement."Reah, really freaky"."Maybe this is a lost little kid who happened to find their way here" Velma suggested."Or maybe this is a ghost kid that's haunting this house Shaggy said."I don't know , but I'm excited to find out, lets go" Daphne said. The friends got out of the van and walked up to the house, and went inside. The lights were off in the house.

"Here's the switch" Fred said and went to turn on the light switch that was by the door, but it wouldn't turn on."Huh, no power" Fred added."That's strike one" Shaggy said."Reah" Scooby agreed as he nodded."Well, let's check this place out anyways" Fred said. The gang started walking around the house looking for scary clues. They got nothing for an hour, then suddenly a grandfather clock struck ten pm and lights started flickering like crazy out of no where!"Zoinks!" Shaggy cried."That's odd, the light switch wouldn't even turn on the lights" Fred said."Like, the ghost kid is next" Shaggy added."Shaggy, theirs no such things as ghosts. Their has to be a reasonable explanation for this" Velma told him."Let's split up, Daphne and I will search down here, while Shaggy, Velma and Scoob will search upstairs" Fred suggested.

"Okay, but if I see that ghost kid, I am like, so outta here" Shaggy said. The gang split up into their groups and searched around the house."Shaggy, you and Scooby go search that way and I'll search this way" Velma said pointing behind her once they got upstairs.

"Okay, come on Scoob" Shaggy said and him and Scooby turned to look the other way.

"Holler if you find anything" Velma called out to them. Meanwhile, downstairs, Fred and Daphne didn't seem to have much luck finding anything, until Daphne found something on a drawer."Hey, Fred, check this out" Daphne called out to him. Meanwhile, downstairs, Fred and Daphne found something on a drawer."Hey, Fred, check this out" Daphne called out to him. Fred ran over to his girlfriend."What is it Daph?"."Look at this photo" Daphne lifted up an old photo she found on the drawer."Hm, that's interesting" Fred said as he looked at the photo. The photo looked like it was taken back in the 1980s. It was a picture of a boy at the playground with his little sister, but what was interesting was their were a pair of eyes under one of the wooden slide set."I wonder why those eyes are there" Daphne wondered."I'm not sure either, Daph" Fred said.

Back upstairs, Scooby and Shaggy were scared about hearing the little kids voice and footsteps."Boy, I sure hope we don't hear anything from that ghost kid" Shaggy said. As if on cue, the two friends heard a small voice."Hello?" the small voice said. Shaggy and Scooby turned around to see nothing. Then, they heard footsteps, a few seconds of silence and then they heard the voice louder this time."Hello?'. Shaggy and Scooby screamed and ran off in different directions. Velma poked her head out from the room she was in."Shaggy, Scooby? What's going on?".

Scooby ran into a room and hid under the bed as he shuddered with fear, while Shaggy was I na different room hiding in a closet. Shaggy heard the small voice right next to him!"Hello?" the voice said. Shaggy screamed as loud as he could. He felt something grab him!

"Rhaggy!" Scooby cried and ran out from under the bed to find him. The rest of the gang ran to find Shaggy as well. Scooby used his senses to find Shaggy."He's in here" Scooby told the gang when they made it.

"Shag, are ya in there?" Fred asked. No answer."Are you okay, Shaggy?" Daphne asked as she oped the door. They didn't Shaggy in the closet! Shaggy was gone!