At the police station, the Mystery Machine had pulled up there to tell the authorities.
"Like, it was horrible." Shaggy said. "That Jason guy had like pale white skin. He looked like a complete zombie."
Scooby imitated the movements of a zombie while Shaggy explained.
"And you're saying this was after we arrested Wayne?" the policeman asked.
"It's true, officer. The real Jason Voorhees is back at the lake. He even killed Ellen and Tom." Daphne said.
The policeman sighed and took them to the holding cell, where they had Wayne locked up.
"What are you guys doing here?" Wayne said bitterly.
"Well, it can't be him" the officer said. "He's been here the whole time."
"Because this time it's the real thing." Johnny said.
"What are you talking about?" Wayne asked.
"Like, yeah. The real Jason Voorhees is at the lake." Shaggy said.
"Wow. And you guys said I was crazy." Wayne said.
"What, you don't believe us?" Heather asked.
"Of course I don't believe you." Wayne said. "There is no Jason."
"No Jason? Wayne, he killed Tom and Ellen!" Justin said.
"He tried to kill me." Janine said.
"Yeah? Maybe it's just another person trying to mess with your heads." Wayne said.
The kids turned back to the officer.
"But we all saw it, sir." Fred said.
"Look. I think you kids just need a good rest. I can call a motel across town for you." the officer suggested.
"No. It's okay. We'd better be going." Velma said.
"Good luck with Jason." Wayne taunted.
The gang stepped outside of the police station.
"Well, that sucked." Justin said.
"Yeah. Now what are we gonna do?" Daphne asked.
"I don't know." Velma said.
Everyone then heard a slight rumbling sound.
"What's that?" Janine asked.
"Oh, just my stomach. I'm starved." Shaggy said. "Can we, like, get some food or something?"
"Yeah. Food." Shaggy said.
"Alright. I guess we could all use something to eat." Fred said.
"But, it's late. Isn't every place closed?" Heather asked.
"Nope. Like, Denny's never closes." Shaggy said proudly.
As they all got into the car, they didn't realize that across the street from them, the stalking predator Jason Voorhees was watching them. When the Mystery Machine drove off, Jason casually began walking slowly in the same direction.
At the Denny's, everyone had sat in a booth table, Johnny, Heather, Janine, and Justin stared as Scooby and Shaggy hammered down plates of different specials from the menu.
"Shaggy, do you think you guys can slow down for a minute?" Fred asked.
Shaggy stopped eating so fast.
"Like, sorry, Freddy." he said. "You know how Scoob and I get when we're scared. Food's the only thing that'll calm us down"
When the others had finished their food, the waitress came by again, and Scooby and Shaggy ordered another plate of pancakes.
"Now, what we really should do is talk about stopping Jason." Velma said.
Scooby and Shaggy tensed up.
"We need to think of a plan before going back to the lake." Velma continued.
"Like, I got an idea. How about we don't go back at all?" Shaggy said.
"Yeah" Scooby whimpered.
"What are you talking about guys?" Fred asked. "We can't let Jason hurt anyone else."
"I think I'm with Scoob and Shaggy on this one." Johnny said. "We should be focusing on getting as far away from this place as possible."
"This mystery is different than all the others, Fred. This time, this monster wants us all dead." Daphne said.
"But Fred's right. If Jason kills anyone else, it'll be on us for not stopping him." Velma said.
"I don't want to stay here, Velma." Heather said.
"I don't either." Janine added.
"What about you, Justin?" Johnny asked.
"After all the craziness that's happened in this town since I got here, I gotta say, I'd rather just leave too."
Velma sighed.
"Come on, you guys. I can't believe you just wanna give up." she said.
"Well, if you can think up a plan that's not gonna end up with all of us killed, we're all ears." Johnny said.
Velma and Fred sat there in silence.
"Alright. It's settled then." Johnny said. "We're going after we're finished here."
This had really been one of the first times Velma realized that she couldn't think of a logical way to stop the villain. She had always come up with brilliant plans in the past that worked. Granted, they worked after Scooby and Shaggy tripped into them, but at least they got the job done. This time, she was truly stumped.
"You're right." she said.
"Velma" Fred said.
"Fred, he's right. We should just go." Velma said, softly.
As shocked as Fred was to hear Velma say that, he couldn't altogether blame her. He didn't necessarily have any tricks up his sleeve either.
The news of leaving town brought a lot of weight off of Scooby and Shaggy's shoulders. All that was left to do now was to enjoy the last of their pancakes then drive back on home to Coolsville.
Another minute passed before the waitress came by with the two stacks of pancakes for Scooby and Shaggy.
"Thank you." Shaggy smiled, as he reached for his fork.
"Mmm-mm." Scooby said, licking his lips.
As Shaggy brought the first bite to his mouth his eyes widened in an unprecedented terror.
"Zoinks!" he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"What? What is it?" Fred asked.
Shaggy pointed pass Fred's shoulder.
"The killer!" he screamed.
Everyone's head turned, to see Jason Voorhees, standing outside the restaurant, looking in through the door window. When he opened the door and slowly walked in, everyone in the restaurant felt a little uneasy. An employee walked up to the monster, and casually tried to say:
"Welcome to Denny's, sir. Will that be one sitting toni-"
And without any warning, Jason grabbed the man's shirt and chucked him at the entrance. The glass door shattered as the employee went through it.
Having heard the noise, the store manager, Marv, an extremely overweight man came bursting out of his office, and walked towards Jason.
"Hey, what's the idea, pal?-"
Jason simply drove his machete throw Marv's stomach and continued walking as the fat manager slid to the floor.
"The kitchen! Go!" Fred shouted, as he and gang ran from their booth, and across the restaurant.
Jason slowly strolled through the diner as if it was nothing, and watched as they others all ran into the back.
As they entered the kitchen, the gang got a few shouts from some workers.
"Hey! You're not supposed to be in here!" one guy said.
Ignoring him, everyone ran through the room. The smell of frying bacon caught Scooby and Shaggy's eye for a second.
"Mmm." they both said as they sniffed simultaneously.
"Come on, you guys. Let's go!" Fred said, as he went back and pulled them along.
Just then, Jason entered the kitchen. Beside him stood a cook. The man placed his hand on Jason's shoulder.
"Sir, you can't be back here." he said.
Jason then turned and pushed the cook onto a flaming stove. The man screamed bloody murder as he burned. All of the cooks in the room screamed for their lives and headed out the door.
From across the kitchen, the gang had seen this happen. They crouched down behind a counter, and hid.
"Like, what do we do now?" Shaggy asked.
Fred looked around until he came up with something.
"Okay, we're gonna make a break for it." He said.
"How?" Janine asked.
Fred peered his head up above the counter slightly, to see Jason still slowly searching the kitchen for them. Fred got back down.
"You see that door over there?" he said, pointing to a door at the end of the room.
"That's leads to the back." he said "If we move fast enough, we might all make it."
"Okay. Let's do it." Velma said.
"Alright." Johnny said.
"Now." Fred said.
"Wait. See if he's still there." Heather said.
Fred stood up again, and realized that Jason was no longer in the kitchen.
"Hey. He's gone." Fred said.
"Like, really?" Shaggy asked. He stood up as well.
Jason was not there anymore.
"Hey, Scoob. The coast is clear."
"It is?" Scooby asked as he stood up himself.
Everyone else stood, and looked around. This was weird.
"Looks like he really is gone." Velma said.
"But, what does that mean?" Janine asked.
"Who cares what it means? Let's just get out of here." Johnny said.
"Wait a second." Justin said, before reaching over the table and grabbing a big frying pan.
"Just a little insurance." he said.
"Alright, gang, let's book." Fred said.
They all ran to the back door, and exited to the back of the restaurant. They all froze though, as the monster was standing right in front of them.
This nightmare just refused to end.
Knowing what he had to do, Justin decided to speak.
"Go, you guys."
"What?" Daphne said, turning to him.
Justin stepped in front of everybody.
"Go. I'll hold him off." he said.
"What? Are you crazy, Justin?" Johnny yelled.
"It's okay. I'll catch up." Justin said.
"No, Justin, please. Don't do this." Heather said, almost crying.
"Just go!" Justin yelled.
Without any other words, everyone obliged, and took off from the alley, leaving Justin to face Jason Voorhees alone.
"Come on, Jason. Let's go." Justin said, holding the frying pan with both hands.
Jason stood there, with not a single body expression.
Justin took in a few breaths before swinging the pan, hitting Jason in the head. It did nothing.
Justin struck Jason again. Nothing. Again….nothing.
Jason put out one hand, and pushed Justin. Justin fell, and his back hit the kitchen door, causing it to swing open with him falling back in. He got up and stepped back even more. Jason followed.
The further they back up in the kitchen, the closer Jason got to Justin. When he came close enough, Justin swung the frying pan again. And again, it had no affect on Jason.
Justin was starting to get tired. He chucked the pan as hard as he could. It hit Jason's chest and fell to the floor. Jason remained unharmed. Looking around him, Justin began picking up random utensils and plates to throw at the monster, all to no avail.
Out of breath, Justin stood there, as Jason stepped up to him again. Without knowing particularly why, Justin began punching at Jason's chest. He punched and punched, while all the while, Jason just stood there and took it.
"Come on! Fight back!" Justin yelled at him. "What the hell do you want from me?"
Suddenly, Jason dropped the machete, and grabbed Justin by his shirt with both hands, and lifted him into the air. Justin screamed as Jason held him up. Next to them, stood a big oven, Jason used a hand to open it. He then shoved Justin's entire body in there, held the oven door shut, and set the temperature to its maximum heat.
Jason stood there and listened to Justin scream as smoke and the aroma of burning flesh filled the air.