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Nightw2: Glad you feel the story's getting intense. The gang will have to find out which spook is which for themselves. That will come up later. As for your 'true feelings realised' story, I'm not totally sure where to look, but I'll try to find it as I have a lot of time at the moment.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: You like to guess don't you, not that I'm offended. I won't say whether you're right or wrong as it will spoil the story. The story should get more interesting right now. Oh, and thanks for the best whishes but I don't actually have exams. I'm at a specialist boarding college for students with a brain disability called Asperger Syndrone. I do work based training at the local garden centre while I'm there.
Assassin
Scooby and the gang had reached the end of the secret tunnel. There was a metal door at the end.
"I wonder what's behind this door." Velma said.
"Like, probably a ghost or something." Shaggy replied.
"Reah!" Scooby added.
"You two always think like that!" Daphine muttered.
"Past experience Daphnie." Shaggy replied.
"Whatever." Velma muttered.
"Come on guys, let's open this door." Fred said. He opened the door and everyone looked inside. They saw stone walls and old torture equipmentt, like the Rack and Gauntlets. A skeleton was hanging from one pair of gauntlets in the corner.
"Looks like we're in an old torture chamber." Daphnie said.
"Probably the castle to the north of the village." Velma added.
"You mean castle fire?" Fred asked.
"Exactly." Velma replied.
"Like, did you say the word torture?" Shaggy asked in a panic.
"Yes, we're in a torture chamber." Velma replied.
"ZOINKS!" Shaggy shouted. Scooby leapt into him and they started whimpering.
"This place is abandoned you chickens." Fred said.
"Like, how sure are you?" Shaggy asked.
"I'm completely sure." Fred replied confidently.
"Let's search the place." Velma said.
Sylvester had followed the tracks left by both the birdnappers and the 4x4 to the castle.
"Looks like those darn birds are somewhere inside that castle." Sylvester muttered. He crept up to the castle moat and looked at the wall.
"Now how am I going to get into that castle?" Sylvester asked. He saw a weak looking tree next to him and some old rope.
"There's my answer." Sylvester muttered. Hhe grabbed the rope and tied the top of the tree to a nearby rock. He then sat in the top part of the tree.
"This should get me into tha castle." Sylvester said evilly. He extended his claws and cut the rope tying the tree down. The tree sprung up like a catapult and sent Sylvester flying, right into the wall of the castle. He then fell straight back down and landed in the moat. When he fell in the moat he was attacked by a crocodile.
"YIKES!" Sylvester shouted. He held the crocodile's jaw open and jumped up as high as he could, which was high enough to reach the topmost window. He was in the room breathing heavily and without a lot of his fur.
"Amazing what you do when you're attacked by a crocodile." Sylvester muttered after catching his breath. He looked around the room he was in. It was the same room that Tweety had snuck into, but he didn't know that.
"Now where could those two snacks be?" Sylvester asked. He had a think.
"Probably the basement." Sylvester reasoned. He left the room and began heading to the basement of the castle.
In the basement, Tweety and Aaooga were watching the secret pannel in the chamber opening. Aaoooga held on to Tweety for comfort.
"What do we do?" Aaooga asked.
"Depends who it is." Tweety replied. They watched as Coolcat stepped out of the secret passage on the other side of the glass pannel (A/N: Sorry I didn't mention that last chapter). He saw Tweety and Aaooga and smiled at them.
"Hey guys, nice to see you again." Coolcat said.
"What are you dong here?" Aaooga asked.
"I heard some rumors about this castle, so I'm here to investigate." Coolcat replied.
"I see." Tweety replied.
"And what are you two doing here?" Coolcat asked.
"Birdnapped." Aaooga replied.
"Seems like someone has a grudge against you." Coolcat remarked.
"They were going to hold me hostage until granny gave up the case." Aaooga replied.
"That's desperation." Coolcat muttered.
"Coolcat, can you pull that lever?" Aaooga asked, pointing to the lever that the masked figure had used to lower the glass pannel.
"Certinly madam." Coolcat replied. He pulled the lever and the glass pannel rose. Tweety and Aaooga flew up ot him." Thanks." Tweety said.
"Glad to help you out." Coolcat replied.
"Coolcat, do you have any intention of eating us?" Aaooga asked nervously. Coolcat looked at her.
"Why would I eat someone who made my enemy Colonel Rimfire look like an idiot? Besides, I don't eat birds." Coolcat replied. Aaooga gave a sigh of relief.
"Anyway, we'd better get back to granny." Tweety said. He then saw a shadowy figure with a small dart. The figure threw the dart at Coolcat, who hadn't noticed.
"See you aound." Coolcat said. He moved just in time for the dart to miss his head. The dart cut through the now empty cage, which fell on the angry cats. Aaooga quicky pulled the lever, lowering the glass pannel and blocking the cats. As she did this, she noticed a green liquid coming out of the dart. She then looked at Tweety.
"What's wrong?" Aaooga asked. Tweety looked at her and pointed at the figure.
"I taught I taw a shadowy assassin." Tweety replied. Aaooga had a look. She managed to see the figure before it fled.
"You did, you did, and he's getting away." Aaooga said.
"We'd better get after him." Tweety said. The two canaries started chasing the assassin.
Granny had arrived outside castle fire. She got out of the car and looked at the castle. She saw Hector outside the moat looking at a window at the top of the castle.
"There you are Hector. Have you seen the others?" Granny asked. Hector looked at her and shook his head.
"We need to get in there and find Tweety and his lady friend." Granny said. On the other side of the drawbridge, Scooby and the others were discussing what they should do.
"There's too much ground to cover." Fred said.
"Shall we split up?" Velma asked.
"Like, me and Scooby will stay heere and guard the exit." Shaggy said. He leant on the control lever for the drawbridge, knocking it andd lowering it.
"Great going." Daphnie said ssarcastically. Outside, Granny and Hector watched as the drawbridge opened.
"Great, now let's find Tweety."Granny said. She and Hecctor walked onto the drawbridge and saw Mystery inc.
"What are they doing here?" Granny asked. She went up to them. Scooby turned his head and saw her.
"Rook there!" Scooby said, pointing to granny.
"It's granny." Fred remarked.
"What are you doing here?" Daphnie asked. Granny showed them the note left in Tweety and Aaooga's cage.
"My canaries were birdnapped and are being held here somewhere." Granny replied.
"Roh No!" Scooby shouted.
"You're worried about those canaries Scooby?" Fred asked.
"Reah." Scooby repolied.
"Like, I think he has a crush on that Aaooga." Shaggy mentioned. Scooby blushed.
"HEY!" Scooby scolded. Everyone else laughed.
"Ok, we'll help you find your canaries." Fred said.
"Thank you." Granny replied.
"Shaggy, you and Scooby go check the lower half of the castle." Fred said.
"ROK!" Scooby replied enthusiastically.
"You're doing this for Aaooga aren't you?" Shaggy asked. Scooby blushed again.
"We'll go check the upper floors for them." Velma added.
"And me and Hector will check the middle floors." Granny replied.
Sylvester had reached the torture chamber of the castle. He was nervous being around all the torture equipment.
"Good job none of them can work." Sylvester muttered. He knocked a false stone in the wall by accident. He then heard the wall opening.
"YIKES!" Sylvester shouted. He hid behind the rack and watched. A secret door opened nearby. He looked through the door and saw a shadowy figure running down the passage, fo,llowed by Tweety and Aaooga. Sylvester smiled.
"Aha, I can get them this time." Sylvester said evilly. He ran into the passage and started chasing Tweety and Aaooga. The passage lead the group to a small laboratory, where the figure disappeared. Tweety and Aaooga hid under a small table next to the entrance, expecting the people behind what was going on to be in the lab. They did not know that Sylvester was creeping through the passage. The lab was small and grotty. It was filled with books aand viles of chemicals of different colours.
"Where did that assassin go?" Aaooga asked.
"Don't know, but there's no one around." Tweety replied. They came out from their hiding place and had a look around the lab. On one of the desks was a magazine about the green fish diamond. Aaooga landed at the magazine and had a read at the page.
"Tweety, come and look at this." Aaooga said. Tweety came over to the magazine.
"What is it?" Tweety asked. Aaooga read the article in the magazine.
"Despite the curse on this diamond, the family of th original owner of the diamond has offered a $10'000'000 reward for it's safe return." Aaooga read.
"Wow, that's a lot of money." Tweety remarked.
"Well, we now know why the diamond was stolen in the first place." Aaooga replied. Sylvester entered the lab and saw Tweety and Aaooga reading the magazine.
"Aha, I'll get them while they're distracted." Sylvester said evilly. He started to sneak up on the unsuspecting canaries. Aaooga picked up a small vile of a liquid that was near the magazine.
"This vile, isn't it the same stuff that came out of the dart that that assassin threw?" Aaooga asked.
"That dart was poisoned?" Tweety asked.
"I suspect so. A substance this colour came out of the dart when it hit the wall." Aaooga replied. She opened the tube and dropped a tiny ammount on the wooden table.
"Wow, I can smell the wood burning." Tweety remarked.
"I know a lot about chemistry, this is a powerful sulphuric acid." Aaooga remarked. They were suddenly grabbed by Sylester, Aaooga still holding the vile of acid.
"Got you this time." Sylvester said evilly.
"Can't you leave us alone for once puddy?" Tweety asked.
"Why should I leave my luinch alone when I've been after it for years?" Sylvester asked.
"You really are obsessed." Aaooga remarked.
"I know, call it instincts." Sylvester replied.
"Puddy, do you understand chemistry?" Tweety asked.
"Of course." Sylvester replied, even though he didn't have a clue about it.
"Well then, what kind of substances are around here?" Tweety asked. Sylvester looked around at all the viles. He thought for a moment.
"Look like…nytroglycerine, mercury, iodine solution and err…lime juice." Sylvester replied. Aaooga was secretly opening the vile which she still had in her hand.
"Way off." Aaooga said with a chuckle.
"Well, what are they Miss wolf howl?" Sylvester asked. Aaooga glared at him but replied calmly.
"There's sodium clhoride, liquid carbon, molten silver and sulphuric acid." Aaooga replied. As she said this, she let a drop of the acid in the vile drip onto Sylvester's arm, causing him to scream in pain.
"OWWWWWWWWW! IT BURNS!" Sylvester shouted, letting go of the canaries and rushing to a nearby basin to wash his arm. The part of the arm which had received the acid had burned right down to his bone.
"Don't call me Miss wolf howl!" Aaooga warned.
"How do you know so much about chemistry?" Tweety asked.
"Lots of chemicals were found naturally around Tibet." Aaooga replied.
"Why you little!" Sylvester scolded.
"Wait puddy, I think the green fish diamond is around here." Tweety said.
"You're going to help us retrieve it." Aaooga added.
"And if I refuse?" Sylvester asked. Aaooga produced the vile of sulphuric acid.
"If you refuse, I'll shove all this acid into your mouth." Aaooga replied. Sylvester gulped.
"Eating you would be worthless without a stomach. Ok you win." Sylvester said with a moan.
"I'll take some more in case we need it." Aaooga said. She picked up another vile of the acid.
"Now, where is that diamond." Tweety asked.
"How about behind this door?" Sylvester suggested.
"Worth a try." Tweety replied. Sylvester opened the door and they peeped inside.