Velma awoke inside a new room. She sat up and surveyed her surroundings. She was in a small room, on a double-bed. A small nightstand accompanied the bed. Not much else was in the room, save for a small window on the left side of the bed.
Why am I in here, Velma thought. He's not gonna…NO! He wouldn't…..or would he? Eww! Gross! I need to get out of here!
Velma pulled herself off of the bed, clutching her side, and slightly limped towards the window. She unlocked it, and began trying to lift it open, though it was difficult since it hadn't been opened in years.
In the midst of her attempted escape, the only door to the room burst open, and in the doorway was Redd and Bill.
"Where do you think you're going?" Redd snarled, walking towards Velma. He grabbed her and pushed her away from the window onto the floor. "You're friends are too late. It's time for your doom."
Redd pulled out his gun, armed it and aimed at a cowering Velma, pushing herself farther into the corner.
"Like, man, I wouldn't pull that trigger if you don't want your brother here to become Scooby's midnight snack," Shaggy said standing in the doorway. He and Fred had managed to capture and hold Bill, flanked by Daphne and Scooby on either side.
Redd turned to face his enemies. "So, you finally found us. Well, you're too late. I'm gonna finish her off, and then I'll take care of each of you one by one. Except you for you, beautiful," he said nodding to Daphne. "I have better plans for you."
Fred took this opportunity to cut in. "Wait! Drop the gun, Redd. And then you and I can fight for the win. Winner take all?"
Velma looked at Fred worriedly, and he gave her a quick wink. Then she understood.
"Sure, why not, should be easy enough," Redd remarked. He dropped the gun to the ground and ran and tackled Fred in the hallway. Daphne jumped out of the way, standing as close to the wall as she could get.
Bill nudged Shaggy in the chest and dived for the gun at the same time as Velma. He grabbed for it and quickly got up off the ground, grabbing Velma and holding the gun at her head. "Don't move or the lady gets it!"
I can't take this anymore, thought Velma. If I'm gonna die today, then I might as well go out with a fight. With this in mind, Velma shoved herself into Bill so hard that the force knocked both of them out of the second story window and onto the snowy ground, tumbling down a slight hill and onto the icy lake. Shaggy and Scooby didn't hesitate a minute, and jumped out of the window after them, going to help Velma.
Back in the house, Redd and Fred were exchanging punch after punch, each one of them missing. Finally, with some luck, Redd managed to hit Fred, sending him tumbling down the stairs. Redd laughed, and then started to slowly walk down the stairs. "Little Freddy," Redd taunted, "just can't handle the pressure, can you?"
Redd reached the foot of the stairs and picked Fred up, putting an one arm and knee on his back to hold him, and his other arm around Fred's neck and began choking him. "No matter how much you try, you'll just never come out on top. You'll always be the loser I knew you were."
WHAM! Redd was sent spiraling across the floor. He looked up and there was Daphne walking toward him with a broom in her hands. She came up to him and put one foot on his chest to pin him down, and she held the tip of the broom to his throat, threatening to choke him. "Fred, dear, want to help with this? Bill seemed to drop a pair of these in the hall upstairs," she said, showing him a pair of handcuffs.
"No problem," Fred said, smiling. He grabbed the handcuffs and obtained Redd. "Let's go see if the others need our help."
Once Shaggy and Scooby landed on the ground, Shaggy spotted the gun and picked it up, arming it. I hope I won't have to use this, but if I must…
Velma and Bill ended up on the icy lake. They each stood up, trying to gain balance without slipping. Velma finally was able to stand, but clutched her ribs as she was once again reminded of the pain. Velma started to slowly walk back to the snow until she noticed something in the ice that shocked her.
Bill was finally up and ready to attack Velma, when she interrupted him, "Don't move, we're on thin ice!" But it was too late, for Bill was still moving toward her when the ice cracked, and both of them fell under and into the freezing water.
Shaggy and Scooby saw this from further up shore, and raced towards the water to save Velma. Shaggy got to the edge and looked to see if he could possibly see a glimpse of Velma from under the ice. Scooby sniffing carefully on the ice to pick up Velma's scent and finally found something and started barking to Shaggy.
"Raggy!" he yelled. "Rover rere!"
Shaggy carefully treaded to the slight break in the ice that Scooby was signaling to. He took off his jacket, scarf, mittens, and hat and handed them to Scooby. "I'll be right back," he told Scooby.
Shaggy took a breath and jumped in the water, and began searching for Velma. He didn't have to swim very far until he saw Bill choking Velma with both hands on her throat. Shaggy swam faster and faster to save her, his heart pounding loudly in his chest. Shaggy swam up behind Bill and punched him so severely, that Bill fell to the bottom of the lake, unconscious. Shaggy grabbed Velma, who was about to pass out, swam back to the surface of the water.
The air was already cold enough for being up north during the winter. So when Shaggy had surfaced from the water with an unconscious Velma in his arms, it was ten times colder than normal. Scooby helped bring Velma out of the water. Fred and Daphne arrived shortly, and Daphne helped Shaggy out of the cold water.
"Where's Bill?" Daphne asked.
"He's gone," Shaggy said.
There was a short silence, until Scooby reminded them that Velma wasn't breathing. Shaggy and Daphne quickly moved over to Velma who was over in the snow under Scooby's watch.
Shaggy and Daphne repositioned Velma on the snow, while Daphne started chest compressions and Shaggy gave Velma air.
After a couple of tries in tense silence, Velma regained consciousness, coughing up some water. She looked around and saw Redd, then gasped and shuddered a little.
"It's okay Velma," Shaggy said soothingly, "he can't hurt you anymore."
Scooby licked Velma on the cheek and exclaimed with excitement, "Relma!"
Daphne hugged Velma and said, near tears, "I'm so glad we found you."
"Glad you're back, Velma!" Fred said, giving her a slight grin.
"Thanks, guys," Velma said, hugging Daphne back.
Daphne got up and ushered Fred to take Redd to the Mystery Machine, while she pulled out her cell phone, to contact the local police to take Redd into custody. Scooby followed them as well, wanting to get out of the cold.
Shaggy helped Velma stand up, then grabbed his mittens, scarf, and hat, and put them on her.
"Shaggy," Velma began, "thanks for saving me back there. It means a lot to me to know that you would risk your life for me."
"Like, I'd risk my life for you any day, Velma," Shaggy said while putting the coat and both of them, holding her close, "you mean the world to me, and I love you."
"I love you too, Shaggy," Velma said, near tears. They embraced in a warm kiss, before walking back up to the Mystery Machine.
Fin.
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