Chapter 5 Questioning suspects
The next day the gang continued to work on solving the mystery. "Ok gang we should look for anyone who may know Carl because he or she may be a suspect especially if they have it out for him" stated Freddy. "Good ideas" said Velma. "I read a couple of articles about Carl and it said that he will be entering the same science completion just like his great grandfather Ronald Chryniszzswics." All of a sudden Velma gasped and the gang was wondering, "What was the matter with Velma?" Then Velma said, "The article for the science competition said that whoever wins will receive a grant from the University for five million dollars!" What Velma told her friends made them gasp because the prize money was much higher than it was 75 years ago. "Does the article say anything else such as who is also entered?" Daphne asked. "It sure does" said Velma as she showed her friends the article that had the list of names of everyone competing. "I think we should talk to these people because one of them maybe a suspect especially if any of them are his rivals" Velma tells her friends as they headed to where they thought scientists to be would be at right now the scientist lab. As soon as they got there everyone was working on their experiments or inventions. All of a sudden one of the student's looks at Velma goes up to her and said, "Hello there the name is Jake Johnson. Have you come to see my experiment?"
"Um actually my friends and I are trying to solve a mystery" Velma said to Jake which he asked, "What is the mystery?" "We are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the student body president Carl Chryniszzswics. Do you know him?" Jake looked at Velma and answered, "Yes I do. I'm the vice president and his rival in the science community. But I can assure you that we're on good terms since we work together in the student body. I've been wondering myself where Carl has been. I've been filling in for him as president and if he doesn't return soon the Dean of the University wants to make me the new student body president and Carl will be disqualified from the science competition and possibly expelled for being absent for so long." The gang couldn't believe what Jake said and thanked him for talking to them. The next person they spoke to was another student named Victor Stevens. "Yeah I know Carl. He and I are the biggest rivals here at Miskatonic University. Every time I get an A he gets an A+. Carl is the star student at this University which pisses me off. I'm just as smart as he is but somehow all of our professors can't get enough of him. I'm going to prove to everyone that I'm better than Carl because I plan on winning that grant with my invention" Victor stated as he showed Velma, Shaggy, Freddy, Daphne and Scooby Doo his invention. "Like what is it?" Shaggy asked. "This is my water purifier. When I pour any polluted or salt water into it the water comes out clean and drinkable" answered Victor as he handed Shaggy a glass of water. "Like this is great" said Shaggy. "Of course it is which is why I plan on winning and using my invention to create clean drinking water for the whole world" Victor proudly said. "That's a wonderful thing that you want to help the environment this way" Daphne exclaimed. "Thanks" replied Victor as he went back to work to make sure his invention would run smooth.
The gang left the science lab and went to the student lounge to talk about the two possible suspects. "Ok gang so far we have two suspects Victor and Jake. Both of them along with every student in the scientist competition are fighting for the top prize" Freddy stated. Velma was curious about this mystery herself and asked, "I wonder if Jake Johnson is related to Newton Johnson?" The gang thought about Velma's question because they were curious since Jake's last name was Johnson. "That's a good question" said Daphne. "Maybe he is and we don't know it." "There's also Victor and it seems like he hates Carl beyond all reasons" Velma exclaimed. "Either way that still doesn't really explain about the ghost that is haunting the school." Everyone agreed with Velma on what she said. Then Freddy said, "Let's look for more clues and eventually build a trap to capture the ghost." When the gang was about to leave all the light went out and it was completely dark. "Like what happened to the light?" Shaggy asked nervously. "I don't know but let's get out of here. This place is now giving me the creeps since we're the only ones here" answered Daphne. Everyone was on board with leaving and lucky for them Freddy had a mini flash light on hand. They went to the library to use the computers to look up anything about their two suspects. "Mmmm not much on Victor Stevens except for what he told us especially about being Carl's main rival" said Velma. "What about Jake Johnson?" asked Daphne. Velma looked up Jake online and found his online page that talks about himself and his family. "According to his page it said that he is related to Newton Johnson but it doesn't say how they are related" answered Velma.
No of nowhere it started to rain really hard and sadly nobody had an umbrella on them. "Oh great it's raining and I just got my hair done" cried Daphne. "I guess we're stuck here until the rain stops" said Freddy. All of a sudden the gang started hearing a strange noise that sounds like it was coming from under them. "What the heck was that?" Daphne asked. "I say we investigate and be one step closer to solving this mystery" answered Velma as she and her friends started to look around. "Everyone look what I found" said Freddy as everyone else came and saw that Freddy found a book shelf that was really a secret door. "Like this is just in those movies where there a book shelf is really a secret door that leads to a secret room or something" said Shaggy. "Yeah" Scooby Doo said agreeing with Shaggy. "I wonder where it goes?" asked Velma. "Only one way to find out follow me gang" answered Freddy as everyone followed their leader down the stairs behind the secret door. Shaggy and Scooby were really scared because their teeth wouldn't stop chattering. When they got to the bottom they came into a really large room with many tunnels leading to who knows where. "Well this looks like a place for a person to either escape or get lost in" stated Velma. "You said it" exclaimed Daphne.
All of a sudden the same noise the gang heard before came back and it was really louder than before. "It sounds like someone is moaning in pain" stated Freddy. "Come on let's check it out." As they were searching for where the moaning was coming from the ghost that Freddy, Shaggy and Scooby Doo saw before came out of nowhere and said, "I'm the ghost of Newton Johnson. You should have never come down here. Now I will get you!" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone screamed and ran as they were running away. When they tried to open up the door leading back to the library it was locked. "ZOINKS WE'RE TRAPPED HERE!" Shaggy screamed as he and the gang were trapped in some secret room with a ghost.
Author's Note: Yay I'm up to chapter 5. It took me a while to write because I want it to be good. I know I ended this chapter on a cliff hanger. I wanted to leave you my fans in suspect of what is going to happen next. Please stay tune for my next update because I'll be writing soon. Peace out from Princesspeach102!