Everyone panted as they walked through the desert.

"Man, it's hotter than Nevada over here..." Penn panted as he walked with the others. "I'd give anything for a Desert Bus right about now."

"So hot... Too far... Never gonna make it..." Shaggy moaned.

"Would you quit being so dramatic?" Scott told him.

"Also, the road is that way!" Fred pointed out.

A car soon pulled up on the road and out came Shaggy's cousin.

"I'm so relieved to find you!" Tawny told the others as she came with Scott's cousin, Millie. "We were so worried sick!"

"Are you guys okay?" Millie added.

"We were okay," Ellody replied. "Don't feel bad."

"After we got away from the ghost, we were just fine." Katrina added.

"Well, once we got past the rapids." Brianna said.

"And the waterfall." Trent added.

"Yeah, no sweat." Chicken nodded.

"Oh, if you guys died, it would've been all my fault," Tawny frowned. "I'm the one who brought you here."

"Hey, don't worry," Shaggy soothed his country cousin. "You just did it so we could all get to know each other."

Everyone else smiled to Tawny to make her feel better about her guilt.

"Yer right, cous," Tawny said to Shaggy. "By the way, I own the canoe rental place, so last night's canoe with the tax and resort fee comes to $80."

"Huh?" Everyone else asked.

"Cash, check, or credit?" Tawny continued.

"What a rip-off." Penn grumbled.

"Say, where's Mike and Lil?" Millie asked.

"Oh, no, we forgot about them," Cindy panicked. "THE GHOST OF DAPPER JACK MUST'VE GOTTEN THEM!"

"Cindy?" Mike then asked as she tapped Cindy's shoulder.

"Why did you take them?!" Cindy continued to ramble.

"Hey, Cindy." Lil said.

"One second, Mike and Lil," Cindy told them before continuing to rant. "What are we gonna tell everyone else back in town?! Mike told me it was always okay to be myself and sometimes I just gotta go with a situation! Oh, Lu and Og are going to be very unhappy that their best friend is gone, oh, and not to mention Nicktropolis without Lil DeVille!"

"Cindy!" Lil called out.

"I can hear their voices right now... Calling my name..." Cindy said.

Mike and Lil soon spun Cindy around and made her look at them.

"Oh!" Cindy replied. "Mike and Lil, you're okay!...Uh, what happened to you guys last night?"

"We were looking for my Uncle Jess last night." Mike replied.

"Did you find him?" Daphne asked.

"Yeah, he was a little beat up, but he told us he was fine," Lil said before she heard a horse galloping. "Oh, here he comes."

Everyone then looked over.

"Whoa!" Jess called as he settled down his horse and came to them.

"Hey, Uncle Jess." Mike smiled.

"Howdy, Mike," Jess replied as he soon got off of his horse. "Are your friends okay?"

"Yeah, we're okay, sir," Fred nodded. "Thank you."

"But we ran into the ghost again!" Chicken yelped. "I was so scared that I was about to lose my feathers!"

"Are you all right, sir?" Cindy asked Jess. "Lil said you got beat up."

"I'm fine," Jess replied. "Just knowing my niece and her friends are safe makes me happy too."

"We almost went down a waterfall, but Shaggy ended up savin' us." Jade smiled.

"But I couldn't take all the credit," Shaggy replied "You helped me too."

"Well, I tried based on what I know growin' up in Texas." Jade shrugged modestly.

"Now we just gotta come up with 80 bucks..." Penn deadpanned. "I left my wallet in my other pants."

"No problem," Jess replied. "I'll just use the money I made from a cattle drive I did last month."

"Oh, you don't have to do that for us, sir." Velma said.

"I insist," Jess replied. "Any friend of Mike's is a friend of mine."

Everyone thanked the ex-gunslinger for his assistance in helping them.

Once the canoes were paid for, Tawny drove them back into town to safety.

"Thanks for the ride into town, Tawny." Fred said.

"No problem," Tawny smiled to them before driving off again once they were dropped off. "See ya back at the ranch!"

"Bye, Scott, see ya later." Millie added.

"See ya, cous." Scott replied.

Lisa smiled to Scott until Jade glared at her. "What?"

"Can I talk to ya about Scott?" Jade scolded her oldest friend.

"Okay..." Lisa said.

"Alone!" Jade replied sharply.

"Wait, before we go anywhere, I want to go check out that bag." Ellody said.

"Me too," Velma agreed. "Let me grab my bag."

The others let the genius girls do what they needed to do while Jade dragged Lisa off to a spot to talk alone.

"Jade, are you mad at me?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah, I'm mad!" Jade glared. "Look, I know you're upset because of how much of a jerk Jeff had been to you, but Scott is my boyfriend, not yers! You're actin' like his cousin Rodney when he jumps off the Love Track of Quick Draw McGraw and falls in love with the first filly he sees! I'm very ashamed of you!"

"I'm sorry, Jade," Lisa pouted. "I just miss having a boyfriend, and Jeff really loved football more than he loved me... I found out when I was babysitting Dexter and Dee Dee for you that one time. Plus... I kinda had a crush on Scott when I watched Revenge of the Island for the first time."

"Why didn't ya just say that in the first place?" Jade asked.

"I was just scared to tell you," Lisa replied. "I'm sorry if I tried to take Scott away from you."

"I'm disappointed in ya, Lisa, I told you that Jeff boy was no good in the first place..." Jade sighed.

"Are you gonna stop being friends with me?" Lisa sniffled as she looked like she was going to cry.

"What? No..." Jade said. "Lisa, I've known ya for years... Look, I'll tell you what, when we get home, we'll find you a better boyfriend than Jeff ever was... Would ya like that? Just remember, Scott Wallis is off-limits."

Lisa smiled and hugged her best friend while crying. "I'm sorry, Jade... I'm so sorry..."

Jade hugged Lisa back and gently stroked her back. "It's okay... Now, I'm not mad," she then soothed. "Come on, let's wipe those little eyes and get back to the others."

"Okay." Lisa sniffled.

Jade took Lisa's hand and they walked over together.

"Everything okay?" Scott asked the girls.

"Yeah, just had a little bit of a talk," Jade reassured. "But everything is fine now."

Velma and Ellody hummed as they found something on the grave.

"Guys, we found something." Ellody announced.

"What have you got?" Fred asked the smart girls.

"Wait 'til you see this!" Velma replied as she took Daphne's cowgirl hat off and put it over the grave. "It's UV powder, look!"

"Look!" Ellody added. "Someone used this to make those glowing words on the headstone last night."

"And look what Scooby found," Trent showed. "Speakers."

"That's where the sounds were coming from." Brianna concluded.

"Someone sure went to a lot of trouble to scare us." Lisa crossed her arms.

"Yeah, well, it worked," Shaggy said. "Like, I don't care if the ghost is real or not, it almost killed us!"

"We're gonna have to be careful going forward." Velma advised.

"Really careful." Ellody added.

"So, who do you think that the ghost could be?" Chicken wondered. "My money is on that Jacob guy."

"No way, it's gotta be Kimberly." Lil stated.

"I think it's that mascot girl, Wendy." Scott suggested.

"You're all wrong!" Lightning disagreed. "It's Mike's uncle, Jess Harper!"

Mike just rolled her eyes about that.

"I haven't been here long enough, so I can't guess anyone..." Penn said as he simply stood there.

"How do we know you're not the ghost?" Lightning asked him.

"Were you dropped on your head as a baby?" Penn deadpanned.

The group was then heading back towards the ranch and went into the barn, seeing Tawny putting up decorations.

"Are you setting up for the barn dance?" Katrina asked Tawny.

"Uh-huh," Tawny nodded. "After tonight's rodeo."

"Can I help?" Daphne asked.

"Sure thing, there's some stuff in that box, I could use another helper." Tawny replied.

"Another helper?" Brianna asked.

"Yup," Tawny smiled. "Kyle's niece is helping out too."

"Uh, that hamburger girl?" Lil asked about Wendy.

"Why sure!" Tawny smiled.

"Hi, guys," Wendy giggled. "Hey, Mike, could we take a walk? I need to talk to you."

"Uh, I don't know if-" Mike began since Lil was a bit of a jealous girl.

"Go ahead," Lil allowed this time. "You two catch up."

"Wow, thanks, Lil!" Wendy beamed. "Uh, we'll be right back, Miss Tawny."

"All right, dear." Tawny replied.

Wendy giggled as she then linked arms with Mike and walked off with a spring in her step.

"No funny business either, Wendy." Lil warned the redheaded girl with pigtails.

"Don't worry; I won't do anything, I promise." Wendy promised.

"It's your funeral if you don't." Mike muttered slightly to the old-fashioned hamburgers fast food mascot.

"Oh, Mike, you should come visit more often other than maybe McDonald Land..." Wendy told the tomboy. "I mean, Ronald has a new gang of friends to join him on adventures... That Ellody girl you hang out with reminds me of that girl Tika that Ronald knows."

"Well, sure, I mean, we could sometime..." Mike shrugged about going to McDonald Land.

"Oh, Mike, could I tell you something?" Wendy asked.

"Sure, what's up?" Mike replied.

"I think there's something wrong with Uncle Kyle," Wendy told Mike. "He hasn't been acting like himself lately."

"He hasn't been acting like himself?" Mike asked. "How do you mean?"

"He always leaves, not saying anything and one day, he had blood on his hand," Wendy explained. "I asked him how he got it and he said that he punched a tree, at the same day he brought the rope before he got the blood on his hand."

Mike eyes widened as she remembers that her Uncle Jess got tied up at the tree and beat up.

"I'm worried about him..." Wendy frowned. "He hasn't been the same guy I grew up with..."

Mike looked to her.

Wendy looked back in concern. "Mike, are you okay?" she then asked as she noticed that Mike seemed horrified.

"Wendy, what else happened on that night?" Mike asked. "Was he alone?"

"No, Raft and Kimberly were with him," Wendy replied. "Why do you ask?"

"Hmm..." Mike hummed in thought.

"I wanted to go with him, but he told me to stay put until he came back." Wendy continued.

"What else do you know?" Mike asked.

"I even asked Kimberly what's going on, and she told me to stay out of this and left with her dad and Uncle Kyle." Wendy replied.

"Hmm... I might have to do some detective work... Something doesn't feel right." Mike told Wendy.

"Could I help, Mike?" Wendy asked. "Please, it's my Uncle Kyle..."

"Well... Okay, but be very careful..." Mike told Wendy. "I don't want you to get hurt."

"Thank you, Mike," Wendy replied. "Are you okay?"

"Someone beat up my Uncle Jess the other night," Mike explained. "He said that it was two guys and a girl."

"You don't think that my Uncle Kyle did this, do you?" Wendy asked out of fright.

"I hate to point fingers, but I'm labeling him as a suspect..." Mike replied. "I'm sorry, Wendy, it's nothing personal or against you and your family, I promise."

"It's okay..." Wendy shallowly sighed. "Maybe your Uncle Jess can tell us more about this."

"Good idea." Mike agreed.

"I'm not mad at you, Mike, but... Maybe my Uncle Kyle did do this..." Wendy frowned. "I don't wanna believe it though."

"Oh, Wendy, I'm sorry." Mike frowned back in empathy.

Wendy sniffed and hugged Mike, crying a little bit. Mike soothed Wendy and decided to pat her back to cheer her up.

"Oh, I want Daddy now..." Wendy sniffled. "I just can't believe my Uncle Kyle would do this... And to your uncle!"

"I know, but don't worry, you didn't know about this," Mike comforted. "Don't worry, your uncle will get justice of his own, I promise you."

"I guess so..." Wendy sighed.

"Don't worry, Wendy," Mike coaxed. "This isn't any of your fault."

"I just had to tell you because I know I could trust you." Wendy said.

"It'll be okay, Wendy..." Mike said as she gently patted the girl's hands. "I'm sorry this had to happen to you anyway, but don't worry, we'll get to the bottom of this Western Mystery."

"Thank you, Mike, I knew that I could count on you." Wendy nodded.

"Of course, Wendy," Mike replied. "You're my friend, and I wanna help you."

Wendy smiled at the tomboy who smiled back.

Meanwhile, the group was helping Tawny with the decorations, and Chicken saw the Cook, carrying rolls of wallpaper, and a clipboard.

"Hey, ain't you the stagecoach driver?" Chicken asked the cook.

"I'm also an interior designer." The cook replied.

Chicken just gave a look of deadpan.

"Wait a second," Brianna said as she found something. "Is this UV powder?"

"Uh-huh," Tawny nodded. "We use it to make the decorations light up," she then plugged in the lights and the light lit up and said 'REFRESHMENTS'. "See, like that? Pretty, huh?"

"This is the same powder we found on the grave!" Ellody told Tawny as she held the jar. "Who had access to these decorations?"

"Just about anyone, it's been sittin' in the barn." Millie shrugged.

"The barn..." Tawny sniffled. "I'm gonna miss the barn..."

"Oh, there, there, Tawny, it'll be okay." Millie soothed.

"What do you mean?" Scott asked.

"I'm going to have to sell out to Black Rattler Management," Tawny sighed. "I'm pretty sure Rafe and Kimberly will too, we have a mortgage payment coming up, and I don't have the $10,000."

"Hold the phone," Fred spoke up as he had an idea. "Don't sell the place yet, Shaggy can get ya that money."

"$10,000 prize for bronco riding?" Shaggy asked as he looked at the poster. "Bronco Riding? Isn't that dangerous?!"

"Nah, Scooby can talk to the horse before you ride it like Buckstitch," Fred smiled. "It'll be easy."

"Oh, yeah." Shaggy replied.

"Yeah." Scooby chuckled in agreement.

"You better get ready," Trent suggested. "The rodeo is tonight."

"Wait... The Night Rodeo?!" Shaggy yelped. "But what if the ghost shows up?!"

"We'll be ready if he does," Velma replied. "I have an idea."

"Let's hope it works, Vendetta." Penn replied.

"Um, my name is Velma." Velma told him.

"Whatever." Penn shrugged.

Cindy just face-palmed and shook her head.

"Come on, Cindy," Penn told the girl. "Let's get you a little cowgirl outfit."

"I don't wanna be a cowgirl." Cindy complained.

"Too bad, you're gonna be a cowgirl, and you are gonna like it." Penn said.

Cindy groaned in response.

Velma and Ellody worked together while Ellody had her best friend on video chat to help them out if necessary. The girl had a sharp nose with square/round glasses, long golden brunette hair, a striped shirt with oranges and browns mixed in, black pants, an orange bracelet, and dark burnt orange sneakers.

"Sorry you can't be here in person, Mary, but thanks for your help." Ellody smiled to her best friend.

"No problem," Mary replied. "I'm just glad I can help with whatever I can do."

"You kinda remind me of that girl Blossom from the 80's TV Show, and not the Powerpuff Girl." Velma said to Mary.

"You must be Velma Dinkley from Mystery Inc." Mary replied.

"That's correct." Velma nodded.

"Oh, I thought maybe that was you," Mary beamed. "I'm a big fan of your work."

"Aw, thanks..." Velma smiled bashfully. "I can see why you and Ellody were on a team together, you're both very smart."

"Thank you," Mary said. "So, what can I do for you?"

"Okay, Ellody and I have this idea." Velma replied.

"Yes, Mary, that's why I called you." Ellody added.

The two then shared their plan with the fellow genius girl.