Arriving at the convention centre they checked into its hotel as Mr Chastain and Mrs Dace Rogers using Shaggy's private credit card by way of extra cover. They lugged their gear up to their room and collapsed in a tired heap on the bed and stared at the ceiling while they caught their breath.
"OK, let's agree not to tell Daphne about this particular part of our disguise plan. We'll never hear the end of it if we do" said Velma, Shaggy nodded in agreement.
"Sure thing Velms, our lives will be bad enough as it is when we tell her were a couple" Velma leant up on her elbow and smiled at him "A couple of what though? Let's get Phase Two moving." They unpacked their gear and collected the items they needed for the next stage and went down to the basement car park of the hotel.
"Let's pick up the pick-up" laughed Shaggy, Velma just rolled her eyes. In the basement car-part they found the Mystery Machine. They tried not to react to the discovery and were careful to give it a wide berth so as not to arouse suspicion. Only once in their truck with the windows rolled up did they talk about it.
"That explains why we couldn't raise the Mystery Machine." said Shaggy. Velma proceeded to remotely connect to the Mystery Machine to see if it could provide any clues to where the rest of the gang were.
"No luck Shag, it hasn't moved since they arrived at here. I'm going to switch its motion tracker on. If it gets moved, we'll at least know where it is. Perhaps it will lead us to the others."
They drove out to the local rail station. On the way Velma put on a tracksuit over her clothes and removed her make-up and jewellery, Shaggy also put a tracksuit over his clothes. Once at the station Velma grabbed her bag and headed for the passenger rest area and the ladies showers. After a while she emerged as classic Dinkley 1.0, timing her exit with a train load of passengers. She then caught a bus to the centre and was relieved to see Shaggy was able to follow her all the way in the pick-up. Just before entering the hotel she made a deliberately bad attempt to disguise herself and waited for Shaggy to get into position to watch over her. Velma entered the hotel and used her Mystery Inc company card to book a room under her own name and was able to get a room directly above one that was occupied by a Mr and Mrs Rogers. She also made some obvious enquires about Fred and Daphne. She then dashed up the stairs as fast as she could to their room so to avoid anyone waiting for her at her new room. She leant against the wall trying to catch her breath. A short while later Shaggy entered and leant against the closed door. He went to speak but Velma motioned him further into the room and sat on the end of the bed
"Well?" she whispered
"You were followed as soon as you got to the hotel" he whispered "Someone who look a lot like Fred checked the hotel guest book as soon as you went to your room and left a message for you. He knew exactly who to look for and now knows your room number. I overheard him making a call, sounds like they will try to grab you early tomorrow morning... time for you to be Mrs Rogers again, it's open season on Dinkleys at the moment."
"With pleasure Shaggy" she replied "I'll put the decoy on charge" soon Mrs Rogers was back. Later the Rogers' enjoyed a meal in the hotel restaurant then visited its Sports Bar, no-one would be looking for a single Velma in there. For Dace there was an ice-hockey game on the big screen TV, for Chastain, the bar snacks. Both took the opportunity to get some rest and relaxation and at the end they both agreed that they had an enjoyable evening together. It would have been a very enjoyable evening where it not for the reason they were there in the first place. As soon as they got up to their room they put Phase Three into action.
They stepped out onto the balcony and threw some line up to the balcony above and secured the line to the bulkiest part of their gear. They then carefully went up to Velma's room. Once there they hauled up the decoy Velma as they felt carrying a life-like body through the hotel might just arouse too much attention. The put the decoy Velma to bed then switched it on. All the diagnostics came up good. They put the lights and TV on timers so the room would appear to be occupied and set up an intruder alarm. A small flat-panel speaker was also installed near the door which would make it sound like Velma was on the phone and generally moving about. Velma changed back to her regular self then ordered an evening meal via room service. It duly arrived and was duly eaten, mostly by Shaggy. As far as the outside world was concerned the room was now occupied by Velma. By way of extra authenticity Velma left her regular clothes in the room, the decoy's glasses were put on the side-table. They stared at the decoy as it breathed gently, "Let's go, the decoy is starting to creep me out now" said Velma. They left the balcony door open slightly so to make the bad-guys job easier, buckled up to the ropes and went back to their room. They had set the bait all they needed was for someone else to take it.