At first, it seemed like a normal day. Fred was driving the Mystery Machine, with the others (yes, even Scrappy) inside. Suddenly, Fred noticed one of the tires went flat. He had to stop. Of course, they ended up near a spooky house.

"Like, why do we always break down near a creepy house?" questioned Shaggy. "Why can't we for once break down in front of a pizza parlor?"

"Reah!" agreed Scooby.

"Don't be such a coward Shag." said Velma.

"C'mon guys. Let's go in at see if someone can help us." exclaimed Fred.

The six of them walked in. The house was large and dimly lit. Shaggy saw a creepy statue of a vulture.

"Zoinks!" he says, as he clings to Scooby.

Fred then said, "OK here's the plan. Daphne and I will go down this hall. Shaggy, Velma and Scooby go up the staircase. Scrappy, you annoy me too much, so you go to the cellar. We'll all meet back here in an hour. Hopefully someone can help us."

Shaggy disagreed with Fred, which shocked everyone, including Freddy himself. "Why do you, like always go with Daph? Why can't I ever go with her?"

Fred started to get angry at Shaggy. "Because I'm the leader."

Shaggy started to bargain with him. "If you go, I'll give you a Scooby Snack."

"I don't like Scooby Snacks."

Shaggy thought as hard as he could for a good idea. "Um, like if you don't listen to me, I'll handcuff you and Scrappy together."

"Oh no! Anything but that! You win." Fred shouted.

"What have you got against me, anyway?" Scrappy wondered. "I'll splat you one if you talk like that again!"

Fred just ignored him. They split up. Shaggy and Daphne down the hall, Fred, Velma, and Scooby up the stairs, and Scrappy down the basement.

"Shaggy, why did you want to go with me, anyway?" asked Daphne

"Like, I just wanted to, okay?"

"There's more to it that that. C'mon tell me."

Shaggy didn't answer. The hallway had lots of paintings. Some were of people, some were boats and ships, but one section was all about karate and judo.

Daphne looked puzzled. "Hmmm, I wonder why anyone would have so many paintings of karate scenes? That's very odd."

Shaggy wasn't paying attention at all. He was too busy staring at Daphne. In his mind, he thought, "I think I really like Daph. She's the grooviest girl I've even known. I've got to like, let her know somehow. I'm hungry. I need food".

"Shaggy! Shaggy! Wake up!" Daphne said, while snapping her fingers in his face.

"Sorry, I was thinking."

Let me guess, it was about food, right?"

They reached the end of the hall. There was one door to their right, so they opened it.

Back to them later. Meanwhile, Fred, Velma and Scooby went up to the stairs. At the top, the stairs just ended into a brick wall. Velma was the first to comment on this.

"Jinkies! Why would anyone build stairs only to have them go nowhere? This wall must be hiding a secret passage."

"I'll find it" said Fred.

Suddenly, Fred turned his back. The door opened and a hand grabbed him.

"Help! Help!" shouted Fred.

"I'll rave rou Fred!" said Scooby.

It was too late. The hand grabbed Fred, then the wall closed. Velma and Scooby were worried.

"He has Fred. We've got to think of a plan."

"Reah!"

The wall opened again. This time, the hand grabbed Velma.

"Save me, Scooby!!"

Scooby was too afraid. He started running down the stairs as fast as he could. He ran into a closet and hid. He could hear the doorknob turning. Scooby started whimpering. The door opened. Scooby couldn't look.

"RELP!" he shouted.

Will Fred and Velma be rescued? Can the gang solve this mystery? Find out in the next chapter.