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LIGHTNING STABS ACROSS A BLACK SKY, QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A TERRIBLE CLAP OF THUNDER. IMMEDIATELY RAIN BEGINS TO COME DOWN IN TORRENTS. ONE CAN BARELY SEE THE NARROW ROAD LINED WITH TREES THAT DISAPPEARS INTO THE STORM. SUDDENLY TWO STREAMS OF LIGHT CUT THROUGH THE RAIN. SOON A LARGE, BRIGHTLY COLORED VAN CAN BE SEEN CREEPING SLOWLY ALONG THE ROAD. IT APPEARS TO BE A JUNKY, FUNKY PAINTED, REALLY OLD DODGE RAM® VAN. INSIDE THREE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT. ALL JUMP AS ANOTHER THUNDERBOLT RUMBLES AROUND THEM.
Velma: Wow, that was close.
Daphne: Maybe you better slow down, Freddy.
Freddy: I'm already going twenty miles an hour. If I slowed down, it'd probably be faster if we just got out and walked.
Daphne: I wonder if there are any ships out in this storm.
Velma: Well if they are, my cousin, Larry's lighthouse will be able to help them.
SUDDENLY ANOTHER GUY AND A GREAT DANE POP UP FROM THE BACK SEAT.
Shaggy: Uh, like, speakin' o' which, (GETS SCARED LOOK ON HIS FACE) are we almost there?
Freddy: You asked that five minutes ago, Shag.
Shaggy: Well, you said about ten minutes then so that's about, like, five minutes now.
Daphne: Yeah, but that was before this storm came up.
Freddy: It'll probably take at least another ten minutes or so, right Velma?
Scooby: Ren mrinutes?
Velma: Well, it's been a long time since I've visited cousin Larry. We may be closer than we think.
Freddy: Come on, guys. It's just another little thunder storm. Nothing to worry about.
EVERYONE FREEZES AS A BONE CHILLING LAUGH RENTS THE NIGHT AIR. SCOOBY AND SHAGGY DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE SEAT.
Daphne: What was that?
Velma: Oh, it was probably just the wind. (SHE LOOKS OVER THE SEAT AT TWO LUMPS UNDER A BLANKET THAT ARE TREMBLING TERRIBLY.) Come on, you two. I think we're almost there.
SHAGGY STICKS HIS HEAD OUT.
Shaggy: Uh, you know guys, like, maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
Freddy: Shaggy, Larry needs our help. If something goes wrong at the lighthouse, people could die.
Velma: And besides, we've never been known to turn down the chance to solve a mystery.
Shaggy: (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY.) You haven't. (HE DUCKS BACK UNDER THE BLANKET WITH SCOOBY.) You know, pal, sometimes I wish we'd never gone into this business.
Scooby: Re roo, Raggy.
LIGHTNING STABS ACROSS A BLACK SKY, QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A TERRIBLE CLAP OF THUNDER. IMMEDIATELY RAIN BEGINS TO COME DOWN IN TORRENTS. ONE CAN BARELY SEE THE NARROW ROAD LINED WITH TREES THAT DISAPPEARS INTO THE STORM. SUDDENLY TWO STREAMS OF LIGHT CUT THROUGH THE RAIN. SOON A LARGE, BRIGHTLY COLORED VAN CAN BE SEEN CREEPING SLOWLY ALONG THE ROAD. IT APPEARS TO BE A JUNKY, FUNKY PAINTED, REALLY OLD DODGE RAM® VAN. INSIDE THREE PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT. ALL JUMP AS ANOTHER THUNDERBOLT RUMBLES AROUND THEM.
Velma: Wow, that was close.
Daphne: Maybe you better slow down, Freddy.
Freddy: I'm already going twenty miles an hour. If I slowed down, it'd probably be faster if we just got out and walked.
Daphne: I wonder if there are any ships out in this storm.
Velma: Well if they are, my cousin, Larry's lighthouse will be able to help them.
SUDDENLY ANOTHER GUY AND A GREAT DANE POP UP FROM THE BACK SEAT.
Shaggy: Uh, like, speakin' o' which, (GETS SCARED LOOK ON HIS FACE) are we almost there?
Freddy: You asked that five minutes ago, Shag.
Shaggy: Well, you said about ten minutes then so that's about, like, five minutes now.
Daphne: Yeah, but that was before this storm came up.
Freddy: It'll probably take at least another ten minutes or so, right Velma?
Scooby: Ren mrinutes?
Velma: Well, it's been a long time since I've visited cousin Larry. We may be closer than we think.
Freddy: Come on, guys. It's just another little thunder storm. Nothing to worry about.
EVERYONE FREEZES AS A BONE CHILLING LAUGH RENTS THE NIGHT AIR. SCOOBY AND SHAGGY DISAPPEAR BEHIND THE SEAT.
Daphne: What was that?
Velma: Oh, it was probably just the wind. (SHE LOOKS OVER THE SEAT AT TWO LUMPS UNDER A BLANKET THAT ARE TREMBLING TERRIBLY.) Come on, you two. I think we're almost there.
SHAGGY STICKS HIS HEAD OUT.
Shaggy: Uh, you know guys, like, maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
Freddy: Shaggy, Larry needs our help. If something goes wrong at the lighthouse, people could die.
Velma: And besides, we've never been known to turn down the chance to solve a mystery.
Shaggy: (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY.) You haven't. (HE DUCKS BACK UNDER THE BLANKET WITH SCOOBY.) You know, pal, sometimes I wish we'd never gone into this business.
Scooby: Re roo, Raggy.