Chapter 19: we thought we lost them…

Chapter 19: we thought we lost them…

“Run!”

Daphne ran.

Scooby held his ground growling for a few minutes. Then he ran after them.

The stalkers were beyond pissed. As far as they were concerned if they expressed the slightest interest in a woman, that woman should eagerly submit. Period. In this case it was Daphne. The sooner she realized she was just a body for their pleasure, the sooner she could get to enjoying her life.

The dog growled just a bit longer. Then he ran. In a slightly different direction to try to lead them off. His dog hearing always kept track of where Shaggy and Daphne was. Finally he thought they had gone far enough. He quickly dashed over to the two.

Last time Daphne ran the much, she was being chased by a monster. Of course it turned out to be a man in a mask. Still that one was among the more convincing.

Shame Fred was not here with one of his crazy traps.

Or Velma for that matter. She sure could use her BFF about now. Or her hockey skills to thrash them to goo with a stick.

Somehow Scooby popped in from the bushes in front of them. “Shaggy?”

Shaggy stopped. His hand shot out to stop Daphne from jumping and running in panic. “How far?”

He pointed vaguely in a direction behind them. “Couple hundred feet that way.”

“Good.” Shaggy looked about. “He was not sure where he was now. Scooby?”

“Yes?”

“You know the animal trails around here?”

“A few, I think, maybe.”

“Can you get us to the parking lot?”

Scooby thought a bit. “Yes. Some of the trails will not be nice.”

“I don’t care.” Daphne told them. “Just get us to your van. Without meeting those two again, that is.”

“You heard the lady.”

Scooby nodded. “This way.”

It took seventy minutes of the weirdest hiking Daphne had ever done to reach the parking lot. She could easily have sworn some of these places had never seen humans. Ever.

Shaggy helped Scooby finish loading the van.

Daphne was keeping an eye out as she brushed some of the forest off her clothes. It did not take to long for her to her Shaggy ask “Was that it?”

“Yes Shaggy.” The big dog replied as he closed the back doors of the van.

“Good. Then its time. Time to see what the future holds.”

“Oh no.” Daphne’s comment was a cross between a moan and an exclamation. The sort of tone no woman uses if she has the slightest happiness at all about what is going on at the moment.

“Found you. Now we’re going to fuck you.” The two stalkers looked like there were attacked by some kind of leaf monster. It also looked like they no longer had the slightest interest in how much she enjoyed this fucking.

Daphne adjusted her position. “Not in this or any other world. Shaggy! Scooby!”

Shaggy came round from the driver’s side. “Not you two again.”

“Just give us the slut and you can leave. Else we’ll beat you into the mud. We should after you leaving us to get lost in the forest.”

Scooby glared at the threat to his friend.

“You expect us to give her to you to be abused?” Shaggy glared back. “Like really??” Shaggy was more than annoyed. If there was anything had hated more than he liked food, it was people who abused women.

“Tell you what. You can join in.”

If this was a cartoon, Shaggy would have had steam coming out of his ears at this point. “That will not be happening.” Shaggy spoke with the certainty of death and taxes. “Scooby! Protect!! Like ZOINKS!!!” He shouted the last word at the top of his voice.

Scooby jumped in front of Daphne and started growling.

Daphne almost believed the dog was going to eat the two stalkers.

Shaggy did know better. Even he was almost fooled by Scooby’s act. Especially when the dog asked for ketchup.

“Did that dog actually ask for ketchup?” One attacker asked.

“Never mind that.” the other snapped. It doesn’t matter. Not does it matter why he wants it. The important thing is that we are all going is that we are all about to be eaten by a talking dog.”

Snoopy put on his most frightening look.

Daphne thought that look would convince the hound of the Baskervilles to give up evil and take up being a therapy pet.

“I asked for ketchup because ketchup makes everything taste better. And yes, I intend to eat you.” The dog growled.

Several brawny men came out of the woods. They made football linebackers look petit. “Shaggy, you yelled?”

“Yes. I am fine, but these two want to hurt Daphne.”

“Not on our watch. And sorry, Scooby, but we can’t let you eat them.”

“Not even one? Please?”

“Nope. No matter how evil, you are not allowed to eat them. Think about the bad breath they would give you.”

“Hey!”

Scooby made a show of thinking.

Meanwhile Shaggy had not just been watching the show. He had returned to the van, entered, then opened the side panel door. He motioned Daphne inside.

Of course, Scooby knew all this. He was waiting for the sign.

The two security people looked at the stalkers. “You two are leaving now.” They started approaching them.

“Now, Scooby!” Shaggy called.

Scooby dropped his vicious dog act and hopped inside the van.

Shaggy hit the gas.

The van sped off.

One would think their escape assured.

Sadly, there was only one road in or out of the Cummune. It was long enough that the stalkers were able to get into their car and race after them.

Shaggy drove as though he did road races as hobby.

Sadly the others were driving a sports car. A well designed, well cared for sports car.

Most people would not have put large bets on winner of this race.

Most people also had not spent as much time on these roads as Shaggy.