Chapter 4

Right after School, the gang went to Shaggy's house to tell his parents what happened. Shaggy's mom, Paula, opened the door."Oh, Hi, kids". She looked around for her son."Where's Norville?". This was it… their was no turning back now. Fred sighed."That's just it, Mrs. Rogers. We don't know where Shaggy… I mean, Norville is?"."What do you mean, you don't know? Where is my boy?" Paula asked, now worried."May we please come in?" Fred asked. Paula moved to the side, opening the door more."Of course, please, come in". After the gang came inside, she called out to her husband.

"Hey, Colton!? Can you come here?! It's about Norville!"."What did he do now!?" Colton called as he walked up the stairs from the basement.

"His friends don't know where he is" Paula told him. Colton's eyes widened."What? What do you mean?". After they sat down in the living room, Fred started to explain.

"Well, you see… Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, we were trying to solve a mystery last night. We were at this haunted house, we decided to split up and… something happened". Scooby decided to explain more."Reah, we heard a rhost kid's voice and me, and Rhaggy ran away from each other"."Then, we heard him scream" Daphne said."Yeah, he was in a closet, but when we got it to open… he was gone. Oh, and what Scooby means by rhost is a ghost" Velma finished.

"What!? He was just taken? Just like that?" Paula cried. The gang nodded."We're sorry. We don't know how that happened" Velma apologized."You kids should of came to us right away" Paula said. Colton agreed."Yeah, he's probably gotten kidnapped… again". The gangs eyes widened."What do you mean again? Mr. Rogers" Daphne wondered. Colton waved it off."Never mind, I said too much". Paula put her hand on his arm."No, honey. We must tell them the truth. They're Norville's best friends". The gang waited patiently. Colton sighed. Paula looked at the teenagers."You see, kids. Norville has been kidnapped before. When he was only 15 months old". Colton continued."Yeah, he was taken by this tall ant freak. He's taller than us humans. He took Norville to the underworld or whatever he called it and he didn't bring him back until our son was four".

"Yeah, Norville was crying so much cause to him that was his first time seeing his mother" Paula added."Hm. So, the ant creature is the one who probably tricked him" Fred thought. Scooby spoke up."Actually, I raw an ant like creature the other night. He was gonna take Rhaggy. Rhaggy was terrified that he couldn't talk or move, but I scared that creature away"."So, he tried to take Shaggy not that long ago" Velma cried. Scooby nodded."Reah"."That was a good job protecting Shaggy like that, Scoob. Here ya go" Fred said as he held up a Scooby Snack for the Great Dane. Scooby's eyes widened and his tail started to wag excitedly. Fred tossed the treat and Scooby caught it in his mouth, eating it happily."Why couldn't Shaggy move" Daphne wondered. Velma thought for a moment.

"Hm. My guess is he probably had sleep paralysis. If someone is in sleep paralysis, then, they can't move or talk while they're in it" Velma suggested. Paula started crying.

"Oh, our little boy is out there somewhere". Colton put Paula's hand in between his to give her protection and warmth."I know, honey. I just don't know how to get to the underworld if that's where he is. We're only human".

"But, I want him back! It's too dangerous for Norville to be out there with those monsters!" Paula sobbed.

"Guys it looks like we have a mission on our hands" Fred stated."Yeah, we have to find Shaggy" Velma agreed.

"Whoa, how are you kids going to do that?" Colton questioned."We don't have any power to go to the underworld. Let alone have any knowledge on our to get there",

"We have to find away" Velma said, determined to get there friend back.