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Nightw2: Glad you like the story. Collectively, they know enough to solve this case. You may have an idea who it is anyway. Look back and see if you can figure it out. I put a lot of work into the exchanges between the centrals to try and make them as good as possible.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: Yep, another suspect. You were most likely aware of this, but Aaooga has no interest in Scooby above a friend. I find it funny to watch when someone is in love with someone of a completely different specie as it's so obvious that it would never work out. And the scaredy cats are going to run into some trouble in a minute. It was your review for chapter 2 that gave me the idea to team them up, thanks a lot.
Ghost hunt
Tweety and Aaooga stared at the diamond in the treasure chest. It was the most beautiful thing they had ever seen. It was roughly 10cm (4in) long and 5cm (2in) high. The shape was that of a typical diamond. It was mostly green and was engraved with fish along the side of the diamond. Tweety reached into the box and picked up the diamond.
"Wow, to think this diamond is worth $10,00,000." Tweety exclaimed.
"Yeah, such a pretty jewel as well." Aaooga added.
"Too bad we don't know who took the diamond in the first place." Tweety said.
"The others will probably know." Aaooga replied.
"Now, how are we going to get this diamond to Granny?" Tweety asked. Aaooga saw a small bag in the chest.
"We can carry it in that bag." Aaooga suggested. She picked up the bag and opened it.
"Good enough, but how are we going to avoid being seen?" Tweety asked, putting the diamond in the bag.
"That I don't know." Aaooga replied. The main door opened without any warning. There was a masked man in black at the entrance.
"Who's there?" The man asked. He saw Tweety with the bag containing the diamond.
"Uh oh." Aaooga muttered.
"Fly for it!" Tweety shouted. He grabbed the bag in his mouth and the two canaries flew past the figure as fast as they could.
"Come back here!" The man shouted. He began to chase the canaries back to the laboratory. Aaooga then realised that she still had a vile of acid. Without a second thought, she threw it at the pursuer. The acid hit the man right in the arm and burning through to the skin.
"ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" The man screamed. He ran from the room holding his arm and screaming in pain. Tweety put the bag down and the two canaries took a breather.
"Nice going." Tweety remarked.
"Thanks." Aaooga replied.
"Now let's find granny." Tweety said. They left the lab and began to search for granny.
Shaggy, Scooby and Sylvester heard the screams of the man Aaooga had hit with the acid.
"Like, what's that screaming?" Shaggy asked.
"Ri runno." Scooby replied.
"Sounds like someone in pain." Sylvester remarked.
"Perhaps we should help them." Shaggy suggested.
"What if it's one of the bad guys?" Sylvester asked.
"Like, good point." Shaggy replied.
"Reah!" Scooby added.
"Shall we stay here?" Sylvester asked.
"Ok." Shaggy replied. Scooby looked towards the wall and saw the ghost they'd seen in the warehouse.
"RIKES!" Scooby shouted.
"What is it Scoob?" Shaggy asked
"Rhost!" Scooby replied.
"Roast? What kind?" Sylvester asked. He began to have a daydream which made his mouth water.
"No, RHOST!" Scooby replied.
"Like, I think he means…ghost!" Shaggy said. They looked to where Scooby was looking and saw the ghost.
"Now he tells me." Sylvester moaned. All three of them screamed and fled from the room. The ghost began chasing. When they reached the lab, Sylvester slammed the door and stood in the way of it.
"What now?" Sylvester asked. Shaggy and Scooby did a spin change to look like scientists.
"Let him in and leave us do the rest." Shaggy instructed.
"Ok." Sylvester replied nervously. He opened the door and hid. The ghost ran into the room and growled. Shaggy and Scooby were mixing a couple of potions together.
"Shhhh, this is highly combustable." Shaggy said.
"Huh?" The ghost asked.
"Like, mercury scoob." Shaggy said. Scooby passed him a vile of mercury.
"Nitroglycerine." Shaggy said. Scooby passed the nitroglycerine. He then handed the mixture to the ghost.
"Can you stir this for us while we og get some equipment?" Shaggy asked. The ghost took the vile and started stirring it slowly. Everyone else crept out of the room through the same exit Tweety and Aaooga had used and covered their ears. After a few secinds, there was an explosion from the lab.
"Like, let's go!" Shaggy said triumphantly. They group started running up the hidden passage.
Granny, Hctor, Fred, Daphnie and Velma had regrouped near the drawbridge of the castle.
"Any luck?" Fred asked.
"No." Granny replied sadly.
"We haven't seen any of your pets either." Daphnie said.
"Sorry." Velma added. Granny sat down on the floor.
"Hope Shaggy and Scooby have had better luck then we have." Fred said.
"I hope my little dears are alright." Granny said in despair. Velma went up to granny and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine." Velma said reassuringly. Suddenly, they heard a wall opening.
"What was that?" Granny asked.
"That wall's opening." Fred exclaimed.
"A secret passage." Velma added. They watched the pannel to see who was going to come out. They all heard a chirping coming from the passage.
"Tweety?" Granny asked in amazement. Tweety and Aaooga flew ouut of the passage, with the bag containing the diamond firmly in Tweety's beak. They flew up to granny.
"Tweety!" Granny exclaimed. Tweety put the bag on the floor next to her. The two canaries then landed on her shoulder and looked at her.
"I'm so glad you're safe." Granny said. She started petting both of the canaries. Tweety rubbed his head aginst granny's while Aaooga snuggled up to granny's hand.
"I knew they'd beok." Fred exclaimed.
"But what did they bring back?" Velma asked. Ghranny picked up the bag Tweety had and looked inside it.
"Wow, you found the diamond." Granny exclaimed. Shaggy, Scooby and Sylvester soon came running through the opening, crashing into granny. Twetey and Aaooga were thrown off granny and landed in arms reach of Sylvester.
"Gotcha!" Sylvester exclaimed. He grabbed the canaries but Scooby landed on his head before he could put them anywhere near his face, causing him to let go.
"Thanks Scooby." Aaooga said. She went up to Scooby and petted him. Scooby lied down in contempt, crushing Sylvester even more. Tweety flew up and landed next to her.
"Now that we're all back together, wee need to solve our individual casaes." Fred said.
"We actually have reason to believe the theft was genuine." Aaooga said. She pulled out the plan of the grand bank that Shaggy had given them.
"That reminds me." Shagggy added. He pulled out all the bills that he'd found and gave them to fred. The whole group looked through all the clues.
"Floyd lost his job?" Granny asked in shock.
"Like, any ideas?" Shaggy asked.
"Yes actually, this is all making sense now." Velma replied.
"Now we need to trap this silver spook." Fred exclaimed.
"How do you intend to do that?" Granny asked.
"Simple, we'll need some rope, a barrel and some live bait." Fred replied.
"Like NO WAY!" Shaggy shouted.
"Ruh-uh!" Scooby added.
"Would you do it for a scooby snack?" Velma asked.
"Ruh-uh!" Scooby replied.
"How about if we went with you?" Aaooga asked.
"ROK!" Scooby replied enthusiastically. Everyone started laughing.
"Ok, just lure the ghost here and lure him into the trap we'll set up." Fred said.
"Ok." Shaggy replied reluctantly. He grabbed the diamond and went with Scooby, Tweety and Aaooga to find the ghost. Sylvester went to follow but Granny grabbed him.
"You're staying here!" Granny said sternly.
The four of them started searching for the ghost around the castle. Shaggy decided to clear something up in his mind.
"Tweety, do you ever talk to granny like you talk to us?" Shaggy asked.
"I do, but not very often." Tweety replied.
"She probably hears our remarks anyway." Aaooga added.
"I see." Shaggy said.
"Now where's that ghost?" Tweety asked.
"Like, I dunno." Shaggy replied.
"It was a retorical question." Aaooga pointed out.
"What a smarty bird brain." Shaggy muttered.
"And that is an oximoron." Tweety pointed out.
"Rhat's rhat?" Scooby asked.
"A sentence where two contradicting terms are combined." Aaooga replied.
"Like smarty bird brain?" Shaggy asked.
"Yes, and I'm actually rather offended by that remark." Aaooga replied.
"Rhy?" Scooby asked.
"Bird brain classically means idiot, although after my trip, that definition may change." Tweety replied.
"Oh, sorry Aaooga." Shaggy said.
"Apology accepted. Just be thankful I'm in a good mood." Aaooga replied.
"What would you do if you were in a bad mood?" Shaggy asked.
"You don't want to know." Tweety replied.
"Unless you want to be temporarily deaf." Aaooga added. Shaggy gulped.
"Ok, I won't say any more." Shaggy said.
"Good." Aaooga replied.
"RIKES!" Scooby shouted.
"What is it scooby?" Tweety asked.
"The Rhost!" Scooby replied. Everyone looked and saw the silver ghost coming towards them.
"And here we go." Tweety said enthusiastically. Everyone started heading back towards where the trap was.
Back near the castle entrance, the trap was all set.
"Just, how will this trap work exactly?" Granny asked.
"Simple, when the ghost comes through this door, he'll trip on this rope and fall onto the barrel and it starts rolling down the passage. It then bounces off the makeshift wall and falls into the moat, taking the ghost with it." Fred replied.
"Where's Sylvester?" Granny asked.
"He's behind the wall keeping it up." Velma replied. Behind the wall, Sylvester was tied to the wall as a stand for it to lean on.
"What did I do to deserve this?" Sylvester asked in frustration. Hector looked at him and sniggered. Back inside, the others heard hurried footsteps.
"Here they come." Fred whispered. They hid behind the wall and waited. Shaggy and Scooby ran through the passage and jumped the rope. Tweety and Aaooga simply foew over it. The ghost tripped on the rope and landed in the barrel, just as fred had hoped. The barrel started rolling towards the makeshift wall but the wall didn't hold. The wall collapsed, crushing Sylvester beneath it and continued to roll until it hit a tree. The ghost struggled out and tried o walk back to the castle but was too dizzy to walk straight.
"I'll do this." Aaooga said. She flew up to the ghost and did her wolf howl right in his ear. The ghost, stunned by the tremendous noise, fell into the moat. Everyone else came and had a look.
"Well, it wasn't how I intended, but we got him." Fred said.
"That wraps up another one." Velma added. Suddenly a group of cars arrived at the castle. Elmer came out on a wheelchair with Yosemite pushing it. Among them were Bugs, Lola and Coolcat.
"Sheesh, what happened to Elmer?" Tweety asked.
"Eh, this happens when you try to outsmart me and Lola." Bugs replied with a smirk.
"What are you doing here?" Granny asked.
"We came to check how you guys were doing." Yosemite replied.
"Well, you're just in time to witness an unmasking of a real criminal." Velma said. They saw as a guy in a diving suit surfaced from the water.
"Isn't that the kind of suit we saw?" Aaooga asked.
"Yeah." Tweety replied.
"You guys had to work together to solve a genuine case?" Bugs asked.
"Yep." Fred replied.
"In that case, we'll call the contest a draw, huhuhuhuhu." Elmer said. Aaooga went up to Scooby.
"Scooby, I've heard rumors that you have a crush on me, is it true?" Aaooga asked sternly. Scooby blushed.
"If you do, it wouldn't work out. I'm a canary and you're a dog." Aaooga said.
"I ruess so." Scooby replied sadly. Aaooga petted him.
"Don't worry. I'll think of you as a friend." Aaooga said.
"Rok." Scooby replied. The gang had helped the 'ghost' out of the lake.
"Right, time for the unmasking." Fred proclaimed.