"You smell really good." Lisa said as she put her head on Scott's lap.
"Jade, are you seeing this?!" Scott yelped.
Jade fell asleep, laying her head against the window.
"Sha-lucky, Scott," Lightning said. "You're a ladies man."
"And you are not helping me!" Scott glared.
Lightning just laughed as he held Ellody in his arm.
Lisa snuggled against Scott's chest and felt his arms. "You have nice, strong arms." she then flirted.
Scott, Cindy, Ellody, Chicken, and Katrina watched this in sheer horror.
"You guys see this, right?" Cindy asked the others.
Ellody, Chicken, and Katrina nodded to her.
"Watching what?" Lightning asked.
"Help... Me." Scott gritted through his teeth.
"Ohhh, I get it now," Lightning replied. "Lisa has a crush on Scott."
Ellody sighed and shook her head at her boyfriend's slowness.
"Come on... Come on..." Scott struggled as he tried to pull Lisa away from him, but she wouldn't budge.
Lisa smirked as she latched onto Scott. "Jade doesn't know it yet, but you'll realize that you belong to me~"
Everyone minus Mystery Inc, Mike, Lil, and Jade looked at Lisa in sheer horror again.
"What?" Scott asked. "Since when?"
"Trust me, it'll be over soon..." Lisa soothed.
Scott shook a chill down his spine.
A while along the way...
Shaggy and Scooby were soon singing a country song together. Daphne, Brianna, and Trent had their ears covered while Velma was looking at her laptop.
"Like, singing is making me hungry." Shaggy said.
"Everything makes you hungry, Shaggy." Brianna reminded.
"Reah! Everything." Scooby agreed.
"I think this is it." Fred said.
"Let me check," Velma replied. "I got the Dude Ranch site on my tablet. It looks like a nice... Oh, no!"
"What's wrong, Velma?" Brianna asked.
"This is terrible!" Velma moaned before showing them her tablet. "Look at this! They used El Kabong font! The whole website is El Kabong! What is it, a lost kitten flyer?! Using El Kabong is like putting salt in someone's eyes! In everyone's eyes!"
"We had this talk before, Velma," Daphne sighed. "A healthy person does not get upset about fonts."
Brianna took her tablet away and Shaggy handed Velma a paper bag in which she breathed in and out.
"Found one!" Shaggy took a snack out of his backpack.
"Rone?" Scooby asked.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors." Shaggy challenged his Great Dane.
"One... Two... Three-" Shaggy counted.
Scooby ate the snack from Shaggy's hand.
"That's not how Rock Paper Scissors works and you know it!" Shaggy scolded.
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" Scooby laughed.
"Silly doggy." Cindy giggled to Scooby's antics.
"Well, on the plus side, this Dude Ranch has fun activities," Scott told the others. "There's roping, riding, and even river-rafting."
"Those are all words you can pronounce, Scooby!" Brianna beamed.
"Roping, riding, river-rafting, ractivities!" Scooby smiled.
"There's a barn dance," Daphne said. "I have the perfect outfit."
"This should be fun as long as my horse allergies dont' act up too much," Velma added. "I hope my medication works."
"Look!" Fred pointed ahead to a sign. "Now entering Sorghum City!"
"One more time!" Shaggy called out before getting ready to sing again.
"Please not one more time." Daphne groaned.
Despite Daphne's protest, the cowardly duo then sang one more time.
"So, this is it?" Cindy asked.
"Looks like a ghost town around here." Chicken noticed.
"Why don't we just ask for directions?" Ellody suggested.
"Where are we supposed to turn?" Fred wondered.
"I don't know," Velma replied. "Was that B street or-"
"Can't we just ask for directions?" Daphne asked. "Why am I the only one who ever just wants to ask for directions?"
"I'll ask!" Shaggy suggested. "Like, I speak cowboy."
"Shaggy, I think you should leave this to the professionals." Jade said, referring to herself of course.
The Mystery Machine soon stopped which made Mike also stop right behind it.
"This is it?" Lil asked.
"Laramie isn't as bad as this," Mike commented. "This looks like a ghost town."
"Yeah, it really does..." Lil agreed as she hopped off the motorcycle.
Shaggy decided to ask for help from a man who then ran away and screamed in fear. He then tried to ask a woman who came out of a saloon with shopping bags who just ran away, screaming.
"People are scared of Shaggy..." Katrina commented. "That's totally not right."
"I wonder why?" Ellody pondered.
"We're looking for the Crazy Q Dude Ranch." Cindy said to a man who came beside the van.
"Well, what you wanna do is make a left turn there in Elm-" The man began to explain.
"I don't get it," Shaggy walked over. "No one will talk to me."
The man then screamed and ran away.
"Why am I so scary?" Shaggy frowned.
"Maybe it's the hat?" Lil suggested.
"I wouldn't worry about it," Trent replied. "Come on."
Everyone then went into their respective vehicles and went to the Crazy Q Ranch.
They rode up to a beautiful Victorian-like home.
"This looks like Sabrina Spellman's house." Cindy commented.
Everyone then came out of the Mystery Machine and off the motorcycle.
"Hey, isn't that Reggie's friend, Trish?" Mike asked Lil once she saw an Asian-American girl with long black hair in a green sweater with a Yin Yang symbol on it with boots.
"Yeah, it is..." Lil noticed.
"Wonder why she's here?"
"Beats me."
"Come on, Shaggy." Brianna said.
"No," Shaggy replied as he sat in the van with Scooby beside him. "Everyone screams whenever they see me, so I'm staying right here."
They then closed the van with Shaggy and Scooby inside.
"He'll come around when he's hungry enough." Trent told the others.
"Definitely." Velma agreed.
"Nope," Shaggy declined. "I'm never coming out."
The others rolled their eyes and kept going.
"Is this Shaggy's cousin's house?" Velma asked as they came to the house and saw that there was a family there.
"Scotty!" A girl with long scarlet hair in a green hair bow with a white neckerchief with green polka dots in it in a brown vest with white sleeves, brown pants with a belt that had a star on it and darker brown boots beamed.
"Millie!" Scott replied.
The two ran to each other and hugged.
"Who's that?" Lil asked.
"That's Scott's cousin, Millie." Mike told her.
"Scott has a cousin Millie?" Mike asked in surprise.
"We haven't seen each other in ages," Millie said as she put her arm around Scott. "Daisy couldn't make it?" she then asked about their other cousin.
"I think she said something about her new boyfriend..." Scott shrugged. "We don't see much of her anymore either."
"Who's Daisy?" Lil asked.
"I don't know." Mike shrugged.
There appeared to be a family at the house as well as Reggie's friend Trish who was with other Asian women who looked rather big in build. Velma then began to sneeze as her allergies were flaring up.
An older tan-skinned, blonde-haired woman who was wearing a purple blouse, red shorts, purple slip-ons, and had glasses on, carrying a purse. "Why, hi there!" she greeted. "I'm Midge Gunderson and this is my husband, Andy."
"Howdy, doodle!" A man with short blonde hair and tan skin like his wife in a blue short-sleeved shirt, a white sweater tied over his shoulders, a golden wristwatch, and shorts greeted with a smile. "I'm Andy Gunderson of Gunderson Tanning Bed and Lawnmower Repair, here's my card." he then handed a card to Velma.
Velma took the card and then sneezed.
"Oh, bless you, you got allergies, hon?" Midge soothed as she reached into her purse. "I always carry allergy pills, and antacids, aspirin, oh, is this a cat toy? We don't have a cat!"
"I'm just waiting for them to kick in." Velma replied as she took out her bottled pills.
"Oh, this is my daughter, Debbie-" Midge then decided to introduce her family.
"It's Desdemona now... How many times do I have to tell you?" a crimson-haired teen girl in a black short-sleeved shirt with white sleeves, a black necklace, a dark purple plaid skirt, dark red leggings, and black boots groaned to her mother.
"And my son, Buddy." Midge then said.
A brown-haired young teen who was wearing a white hat, blue hoodie, black pants, and yellow shoes appeared as if on cue after jumping off a rail. "Howdy, y'all," he greeted. "I'm Buddy G at the Crazy Q with my family."
"Oh, Chicken, it's that boy on YouTube that you showed me!" Katrina beamed.
"Angelica always watches your videos," Lil told the viral video celebrity. "She's a big fan of yours."
"Oh, my gosh, it's Buddy G!" Daphne squealed.
"That kid with all the videos?" Cindy asked.
"Oh, well, that's our Buddy," Midge smiled proudly. "Singer, rapper, interweb sensation... Buddy's preforming at the rodeo, but we're also having a little vacation so Buddy can get away from all the pressure of celebrity. He's surprised how crazy his fans can get."
"Oh, my gosh, can I have your autograph?" Daphne came over to Buddy with a smile and pulled Fred's ascot off of him. "Um, here, just sign this!"
"Hmm... Usually, they're a little younger..." Midge smiled to Daphne who then looked sheepish in response.
Daphne backed up nervously with a sheepish giggle.
"Anywhoo, Buddy's really excited to be here and have a chance to really ride a horse," Midge smiled. "Right, Buddy?"
"Here's one, partner." Millie smiled as she brought a horse over with an old man which made Buddy yelp and run away in fear.
"He really loves horses, he just has some issues." Midge whispered to the others.
"Do you think people can't hear you when you do that?" Desdemona deadpanned her mother.
"Don't mind her," Midge still whispered. "She just wants attention now that her brother's famous."
"Everyone can hear you!" Desdemona told her mother.
"She reminds me of Ashlyn's brother." Mike whispered to Lil.
"There's just something I don't trust about horses," Buddy said to the others. "They're like giant rabbits wearing tap shoes, only the tap shoes are used for stomping!"
There then came two men in suits with pagers.
"This is Dave and David." Midge introduced.
"No, I'm David, he's Dave." The black man said before he took a call and walked off with the white man.
"They're big shot television producers." Midge whispered to the group.
"Seriously! So loud!" Desdemona told her mother until the Asian women came by with Trish.
"Oh, this is Carol and Sharon, they're sisters," Midge told the group. "And that's their niece, Trish."
"Nice to meet you." Carol and Sharon greeted.
"What's up?" Trish added.
"Water, Sharon?" Carol held out a water bottle to her sister.
"Gangway!" Trish ran off as Sharon drank the water, only to spit it out.
Cindy flinched and frowned as she was now soaking wet.
"You got me good that time, Carol," Sharon laughed. "You totally got me!"
"Yeah, I got you, I got you back." Carol replied.
Sharon and Carol then laughed together before glaring to each other.
"I totally got you." Carol said.
The two sisters then laughed again and a horse neighed really bad which worried everyone.
"Oh, no, I think that one is ready to attack us!" Buddy gasped.
The horse was still neighing and galloped away, two men and a teenage boy were watching this. The skinny brown-haired man had one a green and yellow button-up shirt, blue jeans, brown boots, and a brown hat was sitting in the back of the truck. The other man had black hair with a goatee, a red and white button-up shirt, dark blue jeans with a belt, wearing brown boots and a brown hat. The teenage boy had light brown hair, wearing a blue plaid button up-shirt, light blue jeans, black boots, and tan hat.
"Howdy, Crazy Q guests," The short man greeted. "Never mind Buck Stitch, he can't hurt you from behind the fence."
"But stay away from that critter," The tall man added. "He's the meanest, nastiest vermin in these parts."
"They call him Buck Stitch 'cuz when he bucks you off, they have to stitch ya back together." The teen concluded with a laugh.
"By the way, I'm Larry, this is Kyle, and my nephew, Jacob." The short man then introduced.
"He looks like Spirit: The Stallion of the Cimarron." Cindy commented.
"Why, howdy there, little lady," Jacob walked over to Brianna. "I'm glad you could come join us."
"Oh, um, thanks..." Brianna smiled nervously.
"Put your eyes back in your head," Trent warned Jacob. "She's mine."
"Just wanted to greet her," Jacob replied. "Jeez, man, calm down."
"It's called Southern Hospitality..." Cindy added before she wrung her hair from the water. "Ugh... Vinegar."
Velma sneezed. "Hey."
"Howdy ho, little lady," Kyle greeted. "Happy to be here at the Crazy Q?"
Velma then sneezed again.
"And especially a howdy to you, little filly." Larry laughed and went over to Daphne.
"And a howdy hi ho right back at ya, pilgrim." Daphne giggled.
Millie giggled to that, then looked to her cousin. "Come on, Scotty, you can meet Shaggy's cousins here too."
"Swell..." Scott said as he hid away from Lisa who kept cooing at him while Jade didn't seem to notice.
"Uh, Jade?" Ellody spoke up. "Do you know that Lisa is hitting on your boyfriend ever since we got here?"
"Oh, Lisa wouldn't do that, she's always been sweet to boys, even though she fell for that idiot Jeff, he just beats up any other boy who got in between them." Jade dismissed.
"But we're serious as a heart attack." Katrina defended.
"Oh, you guys..." Jade sighed. "Lisa wouldn't do that."
"Believe me, she would." Scott shivered nervously.
"Mike Mazinsky, is that you?" Trish asked the tomboy. "Reggie told me how she met you and Arnold when you came to Nicktropolis by accident after a boat crash I think it was."
"Yeah, that's me." Mike replied.
"Wow, Reggie was right, you really are a serious tomboy," Trish observed. "I dig the new threads."
"Thanks, Trish." Mike replied.
"You're so lucky, Lil, I have a thing for redheads," Trish said. "Do you have any cousins, brothers, or anyone for me, Mike?"
"Well, there's this one kid I know called Adam Lyon," Mike shrugged. "He's a redhead."
"Is he cool?" Trish asked.
"Yeah, I guess he is, but he goes to an animal school because Lyon's his last name." Mike replied.
Trish laughed as she thought that was the funniest thing she ever heard. "Oh, wait, you're serious?" she then asked.
"Yep, he's friends with a spidermonkey named Jake." Mike confirmed.
"Do you have a picture of him?" Trish asked.
Mike took out her phone and pulled up profiles and showed Trish a picture of a boy about her age with short red hair, freckles, a mustard yellow short-sleeved shirt in green cargo shorts, and brown and white sneakers. "Here he is."
"Ooh, he's cute~" Trish smirked.
"He lives in the city," Mike replied. "You should stop by and see him."
"Oh, I know I will." Trish promised.
Mike smiled to Trish and Trish smiled back to her.
"Sorry about my aunts..." Trish said. "I think they wanna be the next Three Stooges."
"It's all right, I'm used to it," Mike replied. "I hang out with the Eds."
Trish laughed at that then.
"Anyway, Kyle and Jacob and I will be helping you out during your stay at the Crazy Q." Larry told the others.
"The Q stands for cowboy." Kyle told them.
"Really? I didn't know that." Cindy deadpanned.
"Chicken, doesn't cowboy start with a C?" Katrina whispered to her boyfriend.
"Yes..." Chicken rolled his eyes as he felt his brain go numb. "Lightning's ancestors must run this joint."
"Now that everyone's here, I reckon we could all have ourselves some lunch." Larry decided.
"Lunch?!" Shaggy and Scooby asked. The cowardly duo then came out of the van after hearing the word 'lunch'.
"Never fails..." Cindy commented before giggling.
Everyone then screamed once they saw Shaggy.
"It's the ghost!" Jacob pointed at Shaggy in alarm.
"It's him!" Trish gasped.
An older man with a beard and a girl with black hair in braids, a pink and white button-up shirt, blue jeans, black boots, and a brown hat came out then with a shotgun.
"There he is, Daddy." The girl said.
"I'm not a ghost!" Shaggy yelped as he put his hands up with Scooby.
"I can fix that." The older man threatened.
Mike saw this and grabbed their guns.
"Hey, give me back my gun!" The girl demanded.
"Look, let's talk about this!" Mike glared. "Shaggy is not a ghost and he would never hurt anyone."
"He's a ghost and he must be destroyed!" The girl replied.
"Look here, um, what's your name?" Mike asked.
"Kimberly." The girl said.
"Look here, Kimberly, Shaggy would never hurt anyone, and he's not a ghost, you have the wrong guy." Mike told her.
"Like, I totally agree with Mike!" Shaggy yelped.
"He's a person." Brianna said.
"Yeah, you should smell his sweat socks." Velma added.
"Reah!" Scooby agreed as he covered his nose.
"Well... Sorry about that..." the man then put down his shotgun.
"He looks just like that ghost that was here last night." David pointed out as he got off his phone until he quickly apologized back on his phone as Dave got rather nervous.
"So that's why everyone was screaming when they saw you, Shaggy." Ellody realived.
"Like, they all thought I was a ghost!" Shaggy added.
"A little tanning will help you with that." Andy advised.
"Yes, it makes you look so much more alive," Midge agreed. "And attractive... Debbie."
"Desdemona! Guh..." Desdemona reminded her mother before folding her arms with a low groan.
"Hang on a second," An older man said. "You must be Norville Rogers."
"Call me Shaggy." Shaggy prefered.
"It's just amazing," The older man replied. "Come with me, Tawny's gotta see this."
Shaggy gulped in response.
"I'd like to have my gun back now!" Kimberly glared at Mike.
"Are you gonna shoot my friends?" Mike glared back at Kimberly.
"No, I won't," Kimberly rolled her eyes. "Just give me my dangum gun back, you city slicker!"
Mike glared and gave Kimberly her gun back, then looked to see what was going on with Shaggy now.