Okay, fifth chapter on the way. Also, has anyone guessed what horror-movie cameos the villains represent? (despite it's probably too obvious).

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Scooby and Shaggy ran as fast as they could- which was something they were good at, considering they had been running for their lives for nearly their WHOLE lives. "I think we lost him, Scooby ol' buddy," Shaggy said, out of breath.

"Ri rope so," Scooby panted, slumping on the ground, just as exhausted as his friend.

*crunch* *crunch* *crunch*

"Zoinks! Someone's coming!" Shaggy gasped, and he and Scooby ducked behind a rock, and the lanky teen grabbed a large stick. "Alright, Scoob, if that maniac comes near, we'll ambush him, then make a break for it, okay?"

"R'okay," Scooby replied, holding a small stick.

A shadow loomed around the other side then. "Like, now!"

*WHACK!*

"YEOW! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" Alexander shouted, rubbing his head, feeling a large bump rise above his hair.

"Al! Zoinks, sorry man! We thought you were some weird psychopath!" Shaggy apologized, dropping the stick.

"You want a weird psychopath, you can have the one chasing us." Alexandra sneered as she and Melody stepped up. "We ran into Bucky the Killer Ragdoll!"

"Rikes!" Scooby gulped.

"We just had a run-in with Eddy Grueler not too long ago!" Shaggy replied.

"Gosh, small world. I wonder if any other whackos are running around," Melody commented. "Maybe they're having a reunion or something, hee hee."

"We'd better get back to our friends, before any other creeps show up," Alexander suggested.

*rustle* *rustle*

"L-L-Like, I think it's too late! Something's coming!" Shaggy gulped, leaping into Scooby's arms as two figures rose from the bushes.

"I'll handle it," Alexandra sneered, then threw a rock at one of the figures. "BACK OFF, JACK!"

*Thonk!*

"Ow! What was THAT for?" Pugsy snapped, rubbing his bruised forehead as he and Fangface stepped out of the bushes.

"Ooh, ooh, I didn't know your name was 'Jack'." Fangface said.

"It's not, nit-wolf. Ow…"

"Pugs! Geez, man, we thought you were one of the maniacs chasing after us!" Alexander said, breathing a sigh of relief.

"More maniacs? Oh, great. We just got away from Michelle Mayors."

"That ax-wielding psycho-chick is in the woods, too?" Alexandra sneered.

"I didn't know you had a twin sister!" Melody gasped, earning a glare from Alexandra. Sebastian and Scooby snickered at the comment.

"If we get any more psychos around here, I'm going to lose it!" Shaggy quivered, trembling with fright.

"Then you'd better not turn around…" Pugsy said, eyes wide.

They turned around, seeing someone creeping out of the trees. "I'll handle it, don't worry." Fangface said, then with a snarl leaped at whoever was in the trees. "I got 'em! I got 'em!"

The werewolf ran back out… carrying Pepper and DD. "Uh, could someone call off the guard-wolf, please?" Pepper asked.

"Pep! DD! Man, are we glad it's only you, and not one of the creeps we've ran into," Melody exclaimed.

"Wow, you guys too? We just ditched Mason Doorkeys!" DD replied, stunned. He then turned to Fangface. "Erm, could you put us down, please?"

"Ooh, sure. Sorry." Fangface replied, letting them go.

"Geez, there's just maniacs everywhere, aren't there?" Pugsy commented. "C'mon, lets get back to the others and make sure they're alright."

They began walking down the path, coming across the road, just in time to see Speed Buggy and Tinker driving by. They waved him down, making him stop. "Golly, what are you guys doing out here?" Tinker asked.

"Looking for our friends. Have you seen them?" Melody replied.

"No, but we did see something… though they weren't really the friendly-looking type,"

"Let me guess: You ran into some freak too, right?" Alexandra commented.

"Yeah. Nail-Scalp tried to hitch-hike with us just a minute ago! We barely escaped,"

"This is bad," Shaggy gulped. "If all these creeps are on the loose, then we'll be dead before dawn!"

"Then climb in and lets go find the others and get out of here!" Tinker scoffed.

Everyone piled into Speed Buggy, and shot off down the road. The five murderers watched them from the shadows. "Damn, they got away." Bucky sneered. "What now?"

"We follow them, dumbass, what else?" Eddy Grueler replied. "Gotta make sure they don't find out about that treasure."

"Then lets go," Shell Razor scoffed, and they took off.

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Debbie, Mark, Biff, and Kim were walking back down the path, Biff and Mark carrying Larry, while Woofer and Whimper followed them. Halfway down the path, they came across Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Josie, Alan, and Valerie. "Guys, what are you doing out here… and what happened to Larry?" Daphne asked, concerned.

"We were looking for the area where your uncle was attacked, and we found Larry unconscious in a canoe." Mark replied. "Woofer and Whimper were guarding him,"

"There was no way I was letting anyone come near our master," Woofer said, boldly. Whimper nodded in agreement.

"We also found this," Kim said, handing the compass to Daphne. "Someone must have took it off your uncle,"

"We found his journal," Valerie added, showing them the drawing of the map. "Apparently, Maxwell's campsite wasn't raided for just anything."

Larry groaned just then, coming to. "Oh, my head… Where am I?" he asked, rubbing his head.

"We found you unconscious. Are you okay?" Biff answered.

"What happened?" Debbie asked.

"Well… I was down by the dock, looking around for clues, and I found this…" Larry replied, reaching into his pocket and pulling out an old classring with the letters MH on it. "It was sitting in a canoe next to some old high school yearbook. Before I could get a good look at it, someone jumped me. They knocked me out and I guess they just cut the line and had the canoe drift off to the lake, hoping to leave me stranded so I couldn't get after them later."

"Ha! He obviously didn't see me in action, when I fought that creep back and saved his life!" Woofer scoffed.

"You just told me to cut the line and paddle like the wind after we hit that man with one of the ores." Whimper replied.

"It still counts as a rescue, boy!"

"We'd better find the others, just in case they run into trouble, too." Freddy said.

"A little late for that," Came a voice, and they looked over, seeing the others pull up in Speed Buggy, Shaggy being the one who spoke.

"We had a few creep-encounters within the last hour," Pepper said. "All five maniacs came chasing after us!"

"It looks like this mystery just took a new turn," Velma stated, rubbing her chin.

"Yeah, and I plan on taking a turn in the opposite direction!" Alexander replied.

"C'mon, guys. Lets head to the police and tell them about this," Alan said.

Everyone got into their vehicles and drove off to the police station, hoping the cops will believe them.