The annual Coolsville bike race was held at Coolsville. Each of the children could upgrade their bikes to resemble racing cars. Young detectives also took part in this event. Shaggy painted yellow stripes on his bike, and on Scooby's trailer he painted the number 4 in a circle, he also installed a new horn.

Daphne replaced her basket with a white one with the 8 in a circle on the front. She also added stripes in various shades of pink. Velma mounted a racing lamp on her bicycle and painted the number 5 in a circle on it. She also changed the tires of her bicycle to thicker ones, and in the center of the frame she installed a mysterious button, painted yellow rays on it.

Fred changed his bike the most, changed the tires, painted red flames, mounted a racing car rear tread on the back of the seat, and in the front he had a racing lamp with a painted 7 in a circle, just like Velma.

- What is this Velmo button for? - asked a red-haired girl, friends

"You'll see," she replied

- All right children, please gather, - the Director began, - each of you will get a map with the route of the race, in case you get lost. The route runs from school to libraries in the city center. You will drive by the housing estate,

next to the old house of Mr. Madman and next to the museum.

- Next to Mr. Madman's house ?! - Shaggy and Scooby were scared,

- There is nothing to be afraid of. This house has been abandoned for several years. Fred said

- Exactly, what if the ghost of Mr. Madman appears? Shaggy who stuttered replied

- There are no ghosts in the world! Nothing will happen

- Okay, kids, get in the starting line -

said the Director

At the front was Greta Wścibska on her orange bike number 1. Beside her was Red Harring on her blue bike with the number 2 painted dark green on the front of the frame. Next to Red, there was Billy a new joker, who was riding a colorful bike and had 3 painted on him. Shaggy stood behind Greta,

Velma stood next to him. A new student named Tommy Kluska stood at number 6. Fred stood behind Shaggy, Daphne stood next to him, and Lucy Blond stood next to her. More children were lining up behind them.

- Ready ?! To take off ! Start ! - the Director shouted, they started running through the trail. Suddenly, smoke appeared on the road leading to the estate, the children stopped, not knowing what to do. Then a wheezing laugh began to emanate from the smoke, and speak what he said

- ARE I NOT INVITED? ! BECAUSE I AM THE KING OF RACING ! -

when he said this, a bony bicycle emerged from the fog, and on it sat a specter in a motorcycle jacket, with red eyes, he was all dark, he wore a motorcyclist's helmet.

Shaggy and Scooby got so scared that they hid in the puppy's trailer. The phantom began throwing flaming bombs in the road which emitted smoke when exploded.

NOBODY WILL BEAT ME. I AM THE KING OF THE RACE. THIS IS A WARNING, IF ANYONE TAKES PART IN THIS RACE, HIM WILL MEET A LITTLE END - when he said this, he threw a smoke bomb and disappeared in the blink of an eye among the smoke.

- Who it was? Daphne asked

- Probably the ghost of Mike the Madman. He was a distant relative of Mr. Madman. He used to go to this school, won all the bike races. He then proclaimed himself King of Racing until he lost the race one year. From that race on, he swore that he would do anything to pay him back.

- Wow, how long was it, sir? Greta asked the director

- A long time ago. There was never a problem with the King of Racing. Until the matter is resolved, I suspend the race.

- And I think it's Red Harring's work ! The blonde said proudly

"You idiot, how am I supposed to do this when I was standing in front of you?" Red said and carried Fred off the ground, tried to hit him, but he heard the Headmaster grunt behind him. He smiled and lowered Fred to the ground.

"Well, probably the work of Mike the Madman, who rose from the grave and wants to get even as a zombie.

- This is your stupidest theory, Fred -

Daphne replied skeptically, - And where are Shaggy and Scooby?

"Here, hahaha," Billy said, pointing to the trailer, laughing. Billy had a riot of red hair, he had freckles. He wore yellow dungarees with a colorful blouse underneath, and red kennels resembling clown shoes. The boy was known for

that he comes from a family of clowns and, like his parents, loves to joke and play pranks. - Guys, you can go out, hihihi, this cyclist is gone, hahaha

- Are you sure he isn't, Billy?

- Hihihi, there isn't. Hahah, it's safe

- I did not know that my first participation in the race would be so unforgettable? Tommy said.

he had brown hair sticking out of his hood, from his dark green sweatshirt. He was wearing jeans and black sneakers. He took a chewing gum from his pocket and began to chew on it.

Lucy Blond walked over to him and stared at him with loving eyes. Lucy is a blonde who ties her hair into a ponytail with a pink ribbon. She is wearing a dress

which is divided into two parts, the top is light denim with white lace and the skirt is light pink in color. She wore white shoes like Daphne. In many ways, the two girls were similar to each other. They both came from wealthy families and both loved the color pink. However, they do not like each other.

- Do not worry. I believe that,

You'd definitely win on your miracle bike, she said, Tommy smiled awkwardly and quickly ran after Daphne who was standing behind him.

- Get back, Blake! I want to talk to Tommy

- As you can see, he must be fed up with your gibberish - They looked at each other with deadly eyes. Velma separated them. Knowing the temperament of a ginger girl,

it could have ended badly.

"Beloved, we have a new puzzle to solve," said Fred happily and walked over to his team.

"I was afraid you'd say that, Fred," said the skinny boy

"Exactly," his puppy confirmed

- Gosh !

- Velma, said gosh.

- She must have found a clue

- Look at the tire marks of this phantom -

Velma said and looked at the tracks with her magnifying glass.

- Shaggy, together with Scooby and Velma you will follow these tire tracks. Me and Daphne will try to find out about Mike the Madman in the school library.

Fred and Daphne

Fred and Daphne entered the school library. The school library contained photo albums of all the students who attended Coolsville School, and a large collection of books to help the children learn.

- How old do you think the library is? The blonde asked in a whisper

-I don't know and why are you whispering? After all, Mrs. Silence is on sick leave and the library is closed until Monday

- Oh yeah, I forgot

- Let's look for these albums

They both split up and searched the shelves one by one. Fred found a book about alien invaders on one of the shelves and began to read it. He came quietly to Daphne, when he tapped her on the shoulder, the girl jumped slightly and he said

- Hey, Daphne look,

they write here that aliens appeared on the ground, with clouds of smoke. Maybe this Race King is an alien who has awakened from sleep?

- Do not scare me! Surely this Race King is not an alien, and now ...- she started but didn't finish because they heard a door creak. She dragged Fred with her from behind the bookshelf.

A mysterious dark figure was walking towards the bookshelves. Fred jumped out of his hiding place and ran into a mysterious figure - Greta.

- Oh, so it's your job Greta ! You mixed up with mole gills to take over our planet.

- Don't be silly, Jones! I'm looking for my spare glasses that I left last time

- I doubt

for Greta to have something to do with the mole gills, "Daphne said

- Daphne is right. I think it's your doing, Jones ! You probably used one of your traps to scare us, or you made up your own mind with the mole-walks - said the girl and she approached the blonde dangerously

- Another crazy girl

- I'll get you Jones -

she said and went on to look for glasses.

- I'm surprised you guys hate each other.

- Be quiet, Daphne!

- Okay, don't be angry. While you were busy accusing Greta, I found an album from the time when Mike Madman was at school - she handed the album to Fred

- Yuck, what is it. Some sticky goo. - he said,

in fact the album was covered with something very sticky. The blonde tried to open it with all his might, finally he succeeded. When the album was opened, you could smell the mint scent

- It smells like mint

- It's mint gum. Probably the specter was chewing gum trying to steal this book

- And since when did the ghost chew gum?

- I do not know.

At least it's open and we can find information on Mike the Madman

The album included photos from the yearbook of Mike the Madman, but also interesting facts about each of the students.

- There it is! Mike Szrzeniec, King of Races - the leader among bicycle races

- That's it?

- Yeah, we don't need this information

At the end of the album there are pictures of the students. Maybe Mike is there too?

Fred started leafing through the album to find a picture of Mike. Suddenly they heard a mysterious voice

- What is it?

- It's coming from this closet - the redhead said pointing to the library's storage room. She opened the storeroom and a puff of smoke flew out and the ghost appeared

- GET OUT! - he said,

Fred and Daphne screamed in surprise, the blond while escaping lost the album. They escaped through school corridors, from biology to English classroom. The wraith was right behind them. Walking down the next corridor, he couldn't find a boy or a girl. He left to search further. When the monster was away from them,

School lockers opened and children came out.

- It was close

- Yes. Oh no! The phantom took the album

- He probably didn't want us to see a picture of Mike

- Possibly

- Come on, let's find the rest

Velma, Shaggy and Scooby - Doo

Velma and the boys were following the tracks of the ghost's bicycle tires. The girl watched them with her magnifying glass.

The tracks ran straight for a long time, but at one point they veered to the right. When they looked around the bend, they saw Mr. Madman's old house.

- Do we have to go there? the stammering boy asked

- Yes

- But this house is terrible - said Scooby and, out of fear, he jumped on Shaggy's hands. Velma took out her suitcase,

She opened it and a huge hand jumped out of it, which "snapped" a skinny boy with a puppy. Shaggy and Scooby flew until they reached the front door of the house. The girl joined them.

"I remember it for myself" Shaggy Velma said

"Exactly," the puppy confirmed

Suddenly they heard loud laughter.

The puppy cuddled closer to his master, then a jumping clown appeared from the box and croaked loudly.

"Someone feels like joking," the boy said in a terrified voice. From Behind the tree, Billy the Joker suddenly appeared

- Here's my clown. Hihihi. I was looking for him everywhere. Hihihi

- Billy, how did you lose your clown? Velma asked,

red boy

- ABOUT ! I was playing with him, hihihih, before the Hahah race started, he said and walked back to school.

- Mhhh. Well, let's go inside, she said and pressed the door handle. The door creaked open and they stepped inside

- But it's gloomy and terrible here

- This house is very old. Let's take a look around -

They began to look around the small dusty living room. Scooby walked over to the old couch and started sniffing it. The dust made him sneeze so badly that he flew towards the bookshelf. Before he hit the bookcase, he hooked his paw on the carpet, and under it there was a mysterious hatch

- Well done, Scooby you have found a secret passage - said the youngest,

opened the hatch

- I'm not going there - said the puppy

- Even for Scooby Snack

- Have you? asked the puppy, Shaggy took a crisp from his pants pocket

- I always have Scooby Snack for a rainy day. Hold on, boy ! He said and tossed the crispy in the direction of Scooby. Scooby ate his snack with relish.

- Let's go -

They started down the stairs to the basement. The cellar was lit by a lamp standing on an old desk. Apart from the lamp, there were various mechanical parts and tools.

"Looks like a studio," the boy said, leaning against something. Scooby walked up to him and started pointing fearfully for him to turn away

- What's up, boy? -

Shaggy said and looked behind him.

- AAA. This is the Scary King of Racing - Velma came and hit the "ghost". "The Phantom" made a metallic sound

- Gee, this is a robot

- Robot? - said Shaggy and Scooby at the same time

"But what does the ghost need his robotic image for?" Mhhh

- Maybe he's setting it up to avoid a parking ticket

. Hahah. You got Scooby?

- Hahah. I do not understand

Suddenly there were clouds of smoke and the sound of a moving bicycle.

- TAKES OUT FROM HERE ! NOBODY BEATS THE KING OF THE RACING. HAHHAH - Scooby's team started screaming at the sight of the ghost. Scooby crashed into a hidden switch out of fear, then the stone wall slid back

- Let's run away ! -

the boy shouted and he and Velma ran towards the open passage. Shaggy caught the puppy's collars in flight. They ran through the tunnel for a few minutes and the wraith was still behind them.

- A dead end - said Shaggy, terrified, when they reached the end of the road. Behind them was heard the laughter of the wraith. Then Velma saw a hatch in the ceiling

- Shaggy, look !

she said and pointed to the hatch in the ceiling. Then the puppy took Velma on his shoulders and jumped on Shaggy with her to open the hatch. When the hatch was open Velma jumped up and pulled Scooby by the paw, and he was holding the boy. It turned out that the hatch led to the school corridor.

When they were upstairs, Shaggy and his puppy started dragging garbage cans from the corridor to block the hatch.

- Whew - everyone breathed a sigh of relief

- Oh, here you are ! Fred called, and he and Daphne walked over to them.

Solution

When Fred and Daphne managed to make friends, they all headed towards the square where the race was starting

.

- Let's take a look around here. Maybe we missed something, said Fred as they all began to search the square. The girls were walking towards the place where the ghost appeared, Fred was searching the place where the audience stood, and Shaggy and Scooby were checking the path.

"Look what I found," Daphne said and pointed to the wrench in place.

where the players stood. Scooby walked over to it and sniffed it

"It smells like mint," he replied

- Mint? Maybe the peppermint folks came to take over the school

- You must be kidding. There is no such thing as peppermint people - when Daphne teased the blonde, Velma was typing data into her computer and said

- Crew's time for a trap

The trap consisted of a volleyball net stretched between the trees. The mesh was covered with glue. Velma's bike was part of the plan

- Shaggy, Scooby, if you manage to lure the monster near the net, press this button and make a sharp move to the left

- You're sure it'll work

- Yes

- He's going to the launch site.

Shaggy with Scooby drove up to the starting point. Fred was the judge, Daphne and Velma were cheerleaders.

- We're all almost ready. The King of Racing is still missing. If it does not appear, it is a sign that he is granting victory to Shaggy and Scooby - Fred said loudly, suddenly a burning bomb appeared,

which gave off smoke, and the voice of the ghost rang out

- NO ONE WILL WIN THIS RACE, BUT ME ! - he shouted and stood next to Shaggy and Scooby

- Ready. To take off. Start!

They moved with all their might, rode smoothly, when Scooby tapped Shaggy once on the shoulder to let him get ready to press the button.

He didn't notice that the wraith was behind him, and when he signaled his friend to press the button again, the wraith grabbed Scooby's collar and pulled him off the bike. Shaggy, when he pressed the button, drove very fast, not noticing the lack of a puppy. He turned. The phantom did not have time to react and landed in the net with the dog.

- Managed to ! Fred shouted,

suddenly the headmaster appeared

- What happened? he asked

- We have a ghost, Director - said the red-haired girl

- Great! But who is it?

- In my opinion, it's Billy the Joker - Shaggy said, trying to peel off Scobby - His clown in the box was near the house of Mr. Madman

"You are wrong, hihihi, friend, hihihi," said Billy.

who came from school. Shaggy managed to unstick the puppy from the trap and fell with him. The puppy licked it

- Thanks, Shaggy

- I bet it's Greta Wścibska. She would do anything to bring Fred down, and besides, she never won the race

"You must have fallen on your head, Blake," said Greta, who was approaching them

- It's neither Billy nor Greta,

it's Red Harring's doing - said the blond

- You dark mass, I said it wasn't me. I was standing in front of you, Jones, he said, and just like before, he wanted to hit Fred, but the Headmaster's gaze said if he did, he would be in trouble and let go

"In fact, the ghost is ..." Velma started and she approached the ghost taking off its mask

TOMMY KLUSKA, the others shouted in chorus

- Yes. Thanks to my computer, I found out that Tommy won an award for creating a robot at his previous school. He found a passage leading from school to Mr. Madman's house.

- In the underground workshop, he turned it into a ghost, made smoke bombs for it and could steer it, while at the start -

Shaggy said

"He lost his wrench where his bike was standing," said Fred

- And the mint smell came from his mint gum.

- Yes. Looking through Tommy's family tree, I found out that he is the ancestor of Mike the Madman - she said and took the album out of the ghost's pocket and showed the photo of Mike

- Oh my,

they are very similar

"That's why he didn't want us to see this photo," said the blonde

- But what was that for?

- I found information about my ancestor and I wanted to avenge his failure. I also wanted to give you my robot, that I supposedly caught a wraith and thus become a legend - said Tommy - Anything would work out,

if it weren't for you and that puppy

- You're in serious trouble. I'll call your parents right away, 'said the Headmaster, and he pulled Tommy out of the trap and headed towards his office.

- You had a nice idea with this button, but next time you insist on such effects - said Shaggy.

Scooby jumped on Velma's bike and his tail pressed the button. He set off with a dash, you could only hear

- SCOOBY - DOOBY -DOO