Mysteries

The Windigo Pt. 2

Hanby send the Mystery gang to Mr. Vinny's home with another park ranger named Ranger Luke. Y/N kept a close eye on any kind of movement in the woods for the Windigo or anything. Lagging slightly behind Velma was walking around looking at her phone. Daphne notices and lags behind to her. "Something on your mind?" She asks slightly intrigued by her quietness all day long. Not wanting to be bothered Velma scoffs. "Nothing." Is all she says but Daphne can see right through her lie. "I can tell its something else Velma." Daphne softly says to Velma making sure no one else can hear. "What's the matter?" Velma sighs and looks directly at Y/N. Daphne follows her lone of sight and figures out what she's upset about. "Boy troubles." Daphne casually says while Velma lightly smacks her arm. "I've been trying to get him to notice me." Velma softly states. "I've done what I could but with what happened with you guys during the Killer Queen escapade I don't have a chance." Daphne blushed recalling when before Killer Queen arrived at Y/N's house how she and Y/N had kissed. Her first kiss. "W-what are you talking about?" Daphne said trying to dodge the statement. Velma smacks her lips. "You guys were silent for 2 minutes and you guys are more comfortable around each other since then." Velma points out. "Any one can tell you guys did something, plus I could hear some breathing before you pressed that button on your wrist. Everyone falls for the pretty girl." Velma glumly says. Daphne reassuringly nudges Velma's arm. "Don't sell yourself short Velma, I've seen him take a few glances at you too." Velma's heart beats faster. "Beside I don't mind sharing." Daohne quips making Velma trip over her feet but quickly regains her composure.

Y/N looks back and sees the girls gossiping, he smiles again and turns back looking around for something. "Has there been anyone who's been trying to get the forest to shut down or been protesting?" Y/N asks Ranger Luke who thinks for a moment. "Not anyone recently, Ranger Hanby has been upset of people treating the forest bad but the last person who did that was Mr. Vinny's wife." Y/N thinks for a moment but Mr. Vinny's wife has been dead for years, at least that's what Ranger Hanby says. "How long?" Y/N asks. Luke thinks to himself again. "5 years." Luke answers. "No I'm talking about Ranger Hanby being upset about the park." Luke looks surprised for a second, the Windigo was there when Ranger Hanby was beside the Mystery gang. "A few weeks." Luke replies. Y/N knows how difficult it would be if Hanby was in costume as well but there is alway time for a team to do something like this. "We have to look at a possibility that even with all the him with us at the time of the attack there could be a team." Y/N points out remembering the Werewolf case they had. "How much further?" Shaggy asks looking around nervously. Ranger Luke looks down at his map and smiles. They're close. "Its only a few feet ahead." Shaggy sighs in relief but unbeknownst to the gang and Ranger Luke, the Windigo stood on a ledge in the mountain and sees them snarling.

The gang finally reaches the Eugene Vinny's cabin. Around it is a trench. Velma examines the trench as Luke knocks on the door. Soon enough the door opens and Eugene is there with the Algonquian beads in his hand. "What is it now Park Ranger?" Eugene sighs as if he's in trouble for something he didn't do. "These kids would like to ask you a few questions." Eugene notices Daphne and opens the door. "We just would like to ask what you know." Fred states before going inside. "About the Windigo right.?" Eugene asks as if he was unsure. "I only know a little." Eugene says closing the door while Velma sends a text to her mother. "What would you like to know?" Eugene asks sitting down in the nearest chair he could. "If you have snacks?" Scooby answers happily. Eugene cringes and leans back. "No I don't." Eugene grumbles. Scooby now sad he can't eat. Y/N sneaks away as nobody notices and Fred and Daphne now ask questions. "When you first saw the Windigo with your wife, what did it look like?" Daphne asks. Eugene shivers. "Lanky, hairy and that scary looking skull. It was terrifying, from afar I could see it huffing as if it ran a triathalon." Eugene says with his eyes closed. "My wife was amazed as I was terrified." Fred leans forward. "With the knowledge she knew about mystical being you'd bet your bottom dollar she'd be one of 'em." Eugene says. "About a year after we saw that Windigo she was started having heart problems." Eugene's emotions are glum, same as the others except Y/N who was looking around, still not noticed by anyone else. "She went for a hike one day and I heard the screeching, I ran out to find her, it was our special area and I saw nothing but blood around the area." Eugene has a tear roll down his cheek. "5 years I've been hoping she'd return but that damn Windigo got her." He says as his fist tightens so &ard you could hear it pop. Y/N is now seen by Velma in a doorway who motions his head to get her to go to him. Velma sneaks away and Y/N hands her a picture. It's of Eugene and what looks like his wife. "Is this his wife?" She asks the H/C boy. He nods and then points at the woman. "Look around her neck." Velma looks and see a beaded necklace. An Algonquian beaded necklace. "She's Algonquian?" Y/N nods. "I read on your laptop that those who wore the necklace never take it off, it protects them from the Windigo." Y/N explains. Velma then pulls out her phone. "I texted my mom about anything else she'd know about the Windigo since she's fascinated with monsters." She hands the phone to Y/N. "'The Windigo is a lonely beast who hunt in the woods either to protect or kill the living in their woods, before the Algonquian tribe stepped foot onto the ground, it would save the previous tribes from bears or other wild animals.'" Y/N reads. "What if we were looking at this wrong Velma." Y/N says as if he had a euphoria moment. "What if the Windigo has been protecting the people." Velma thinks about it for a moment. "Ranger Hanby had said they had animal rummaging around their area and if campers were around, what if it was getting people away from danger." Velma questions. Y/N then adds. "Its a possibility but it's the most we have now." Velma is now stumped. "But why did the Windigo chase us off?" Y/N didn't have time to answer as an ringing could be heard. Y/N and Velma run back to the others and see Eugene grabbing a rifle on the wall. "I'll be damned if that thing gets over here." Eugene grumbles opening the door open roughly. He aims at a moving object and shoots at it luckily missing. Why luckily. The figure he shot at drops and yells. "Coolsville Sheriff, drop it!" The gang runs over and see Sheriff Stone with his gun drawn at Eugene. Eugene drops the gun and puts his hands in the air. "What the hell is going on around here?" Sheriff Stone asks in a panic at being shot at. Y/N looks back at Eugene. "He thought you were a Windigo Sheriff." Bronson holsters his gun and roughly exhales. "I'd imagine I'd do the same." Bronson grumbles. "Mayor Nettles wants to know if you've made any progress." Fred rubs the back of his neck and chuckles nervously. "We don't have much but what we do know is that uh.....well uh...." Bronson waits for an answer but sighs. "You have nothing." Y/N  interjects. "Not really, Velma and I may have something." Sheriff Stone turns to Y/N waiting for 'the something' they have. "Velma and I read that before the Algonquian tribe came, the Windigo used to help people, even saving them." Y/N explains but the sheriff crosses his arms. "Help or not, we have a man in the hospital because of it." The gang are shocked by the news. "One of the campers were admitted to the hospital from a stroke." Y/N sighs and runs his hands through his hair. "We gotta catch this thing." Y/N softly says. Fred smirks and puts his hand on his waist and proudly looks up. "Its trapping time." The gang were not amused. "A Power Ranger quote, really Fred." Daphne groans.