AN: One last chapter to go!

Trapping the Ghoul: Part 3

The Ancient Lodge Hotel's clocktower was basically the only part of the hotel that hasn't been seen yet. So basically, there would thousand of cobwebs surrounding the place. The clock wasn't even working to begin with, so it would make sense that no one will go in there.

"IN HERE!"

Until now…

The doors suddenly burst opened, revealing Shaggy, Scooby, and the kids running right through them. Once they were inside, they slammed the doors shut and locked it.

"Like, I don't know how much more we can take this…" Shaggy groaned as they all began to pant. Suddenly Pikachu noticed something and quickly informed Ash about by patting his head.

"Pika-pi!"

"W-What is it, Pikachu?" Ash asked, his voice only seemed to getting worse the longer he's even near the Ghoul. Pikachu pointed to where it was looking it, making Ash's eyes widen.

"G-Guys!" This catches everyone's attention and looked to where Ash was pointing at.

There were plenty of speakers at the corner of the room, along with a look like DJ mixer.

"What's all of this?" Bonnie asked as they made their way over to it.

"Like, I guess it's some sort of sound equipment for DJs…." Shaggy mumbled as Clemont put his hand on it.

"Well, it's still warm," He told them as he put his hand back. "So it means someone's been using it."

"But who-" Before Serena could finish her sentence, the Ghoul's loud roar erupted through the speakers, making the kids covered their ears while Shaggy and Scooby screamed and launched their arms around each other.

"ZOINKS! IT'S THE GHOUL!" Shaggy cried while Scooby whimpered. The kids shot them unimpressed looks.

"Uh, Shaggy? That was the speaker." Serena told him flatly. That makes the two adults eyes open once they realized they weren't smelling any of Ghoul's hot breath. They quickly let go of each other and composed themselves.

"Like, look at this." Shaggy said in awe as he picked up a disk from the mixer. "It's the originally disk they used to create the roar for that T. Rex in Jurassic Park! Man, was that a good movie Scoob?"

"Reah!" The dog nodded his head eagerly.

"Uh… What park?" Bonnie asked as she and her friends exchanged confused looks.

That's when Shaggy realized that the Pokemon Government probably didn't allow that movie on their borders and said quickly, "Ah... I'll tell you later!"

Suddenly there was another roared, making the kids wince fearfully.

"Wow, these things must be high-tech if they're not running by the disk." Shaggy said, not realizing what was going on.

"Uh… Shaggy? That equipment shouldn't work without the disk…" Clemont said nervously.

"So, where are you getting at, man?" Shaggy asked, not getting why they were so nervous.

"He's mean that if the equipment didn't make that noise, then-" Serena was cut off by a roar, followed by loud banging on the door. That's when Shaggy realized that it wasn't the equipment making the roar.

"Zoinks! He found us!" He whisper/screamed. Soon there was another bang, making the locks turn loose.

"What are we going to do?!" Bonnie asked as she clutched her brother's jumpsuit tightly. Fear was rattling through all of them like an earthquake. What could they do, they're at a dead end and the only way out was too run pass the ghoul. (Which was the last thing they wanted to do.)

Shaggy looked around at the setting before them in hopes to find some way to hide from the Ghoul. Cobwebs, cobwebs, cobwebs, railings, cobwebs-wait, railings! There were railings that lead up to the ceiling rafters, wide enough for the kids to climb on

"Like, up there!" Shaggy yelled as he and Scooby lead the kids to the railings. Just as the kids were beginning to climb up, they stopped when they saw that Shaggy and Scooby weren't climbing up with them.

"Guys, what are you doing?!" Ash called down.

"Like, don't worry about us! We'll distract the Ghoul, just go hide!" Shaggy answered back, but before the kids could say anything else the Ghoul's hand suddenly broke through the door and began to feel around for the handle.

"Go!" The kids gave a look towards each other before they continued up, meanwhile Shaggy and Scooby ran off to find a hiding spot while the Ghoul burst through the door.

The Ghoul narrowed its eyes at the setting before him. It could have sworn that it heard those whiney babies running in here. It began to walk forward, looking for the prey.

Unknown to the Ghoul, the kids were able to make it up to the rafters and were now hiding from the Ghoul's view. Clemont was also on "sneeze-check" with Ash just in case he sneezed and the Ghoul found them.

Back with the Ghoul, when it thought it couldn't find anyone it was about to leave until something caught its eye.

There it was. A brown tail sticking out behind a pillar. These two are by far more idiotic than it thought.

Scooby was keeping still from behind the pillar he was hiding. There were no more footsteps. Maybe the Ghoul was gone. He looked towards Shaggy to see what's going on, but Shaggy looked like he was in another of his anxiety disorder.

Deciding to find out for himself, Scooby looked over the pillar. Only to be meet with the white eyes of the Ghoul!

"RIKES!" Scooby nearly dodge the Ghoul's teeth before he ran off, leaving Shaggy in the vision of the Ghoul.

"Zoinks!" Shaggy yelled once he realized the Ghoul had spotted before following behind Scooby with the Ghoul chasing after them.

"Shaggy, Scooby!" Clemont called out fearfully once he and his friends saw Shaggy and Scooby being chased around in circles by the Ghoul.

"Up here!" Ash called down (since the Ghoul already found them, Clemont saw no sense to cover Ash's mouth anymore.)

Whenever Shaggy and Scooby heard him or not they still continued to run in circles along with the Ghoul. Suddenly they became faster and faster that they were almost a blur, until it stopped and the only one who was running around in circles was the Ghoul.

The Ghoul skidded to a stop once it saw no one in front of him. It scratched its head, weren't those two dofus just in front of him a few seconds ago?

Grunting sounds from above caught its attention. Looking up, it saw Shaggy and Scooby climbing up railings to the rafters.

"Like, go Scoob!" Shaggy urged as they continue to climb up. Just as they reach the rafters, the Ghoul landed right before them. Once it saw the two climbing up, it went up faster than them with being so agile. Now, it had them trapped.

"What are we going to do?" Bonnie asked nervously to her friends. They had just witnessed the chase and now they're seeing the two people who went through a lot to protect them being cornered by the Ghoul.

Ash looked around, wondering what they could to stop the Ghoul. Suddenly something shiny caught his eyes. There it was. A thin fishing line, just like the one from the lobby. Ash turned his gaze upwards where more rafters are. This gave him an idea.

"Ash? What are you doing?" Serena asked once she saw Ash beginning to back away from them, making everyone else turned to the boy.

Suddenly Ash broke into a run.

"Ash, wait!" "Don't Ash!" "Pika-pi!"

Despite all the pleads from his friends, Ash jumped from the rafter and caught himself with the rafter he jumped too. Soon he began to swing.

Meanwhile Shaggy and Scooby were backed up against the wall as the Ghoul continued to walk slowly toward them.

"Um, look? How about we don't tell the officials who you are, we'll leave with Taku's nephew and his friends so you can go work on that mine, sounds like a fair deal?" Shaggy bargain, however it looked like it had no effect when crouched down on four limbs, getting ready to pounce of them.

"Well, Scoob, I guess this is it!" Shaggy said, before he and Scooby wrapped each other around themselves and began to do their famous whimpering.

Before the Ghoul could even move, there was a "Hey, you!", catching its attention. Only, it was meet with a feet to the face once it turned to the sound. The Ghoul went flying off the rafter it was on, luckily, it's fall was decreased by landing on the thin fishing line.

On second thought, it wasn't lucky for the Ghoul. Just as soon it landed on the line, a net suddenly popped up, trapping the Ghoul.

Shaggy and Scooby's jaws dropped. Ash had just swung like an expert gymnastics and kicked the Ghoul into one of Fred's traps! Can ten year-olds even do that?!

"Shaggy! Scooby!" Fred's voice suddenly shouted. Soon he, the girls, and Sally came bargaining into the room. The stopped once they witness the Ghoul struggling inside the net. "What happened?"

They didn't answered. They only turned their head towards Ash, who had just landed on the rafter they were on once the Ghoul was in the net, with jaw-dropped expressions.

"Like they teach country boys gymnastics where you're from?" Shaggy asked, making Ash give him a sheepish grin.

AN: The Ghoul is caught! So, who is the culprit? Leave your answers in the reviews! Oh, by the way. I have a Science Fair going on, and they're only giving me nearly a month to do it. So there's a possibly chance I'm going on temporary hiatus for all of my stories until February 25th. Here are the clues so far-

Clue 1#: Someone hacked in Taku's email, stopping him from delivering a message to Delia that Ash and his friends couldn't go to the hotel. Who would do that?

Clue 2#: There is a Ghoul who's wearing a Victorian Male Corset, but one without it? What could that mean?

Clue 3#: A piece of the Ghoul's clothes is found! But wait, it's not the same fabric used in the Victorian Era. Could Sally Evans be behind this?

Clue 4#: There's a chunk of gold lying around the Hotel halls. What could that possibly mean?

Clue 5#: There's an underground mine underneath the Hotel! Who else knows about this?

Clue 6#: The Ghoul without the corset is a robot! But, the other Ghoul isn't, what could that possibly mean?

Clue 7#: Ash won't stop sneezing whenever the Ghoul is around! Since he didn't sneeze around the robot Ghoul, it's obvious he's not sneezing from the oil, but what is it about the Ghoul that's making him sneeze?

Clue 8#: The DJ Equipment! Someone must be using it to make the Ghoul's famous roar!

SHOTOUTS-

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