A Night in the Woods

## Summary

Awaken in a foreign wood the Clue Kids find themselves embroiled in a vampire feud that they hope they can survive

## Script

(We open on the Clue Kids trying to catch a monster)

Scraggy:Like run Ruffy!

Ruffy-Ruff:Don't worry Scraggy! I'm running!

Frank:(OS)Now girls!

(A create tries to catch it but no go as it lands on it and then it burst out and Scraggy and Ruffy continues running from the Seaweevle Monster and they run around until the gang could think of a backup plan)

Frank:Keep him busy while we try to think of a backup plan guys!

Dally:Time to net the Seaweevle Monster gang.

(Frank takes it and says)

Frank:Good thinking Dal. This'll get him for sure.

Ruffy-Ruff:Ruffy-Ruff too fast for you!

(Frank aims and says)

Frank:Now if only I can get a clear shot without hitting Scraggy and Ruffy.

(Aims at the monster, this time it was well and orderly trapped)

Gang:Gotcha! We got him!

Veronica:Now it's time to see who the Seaweevle Monster really is.

(Pulls the mask off revealing)

Gang:Mr. Loyd the bank teller!

Veronica:Yeah he was planning on switching fake counterfeit dollar bills with the ones that were kept in the bank's safe. And dressed up as the Seaweevle Monster to keep people away.

Mr. Loyd:(Grunts)And I woulda gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that big dog and you meddling kids!

(Ruffy picks the mask up and plays with it but it moves and causes him to get scared, we fade to outside the warehouse where the gang watch a police car drive away)

Reporter:We'll send you the early edition of the Kensville Press though your mail at your headquarters. And thanks for the interview kids.

Veronica:No problem.

(Leaves and the gang go back in the warehouse)

Frank:Now that the mystery is solved, what say we head to the Soda Shop and celebrate?

Scraggy:Like I'm for that.

Ruffy-Ruff:Me too.

(Gas fills the warehouse putting them to sleep)

Frank:What the?

Scraggy:Eh?

Dally:What's that?

Veronica:Jinkies it's knock out gas. (Plugs her nose)Plug in your nose.

(They try)

Ruffy-Ruff:It smells terrible.

(They fall down onto the hard, damp and cold floor of the warehouse and we blackout and through someone's point of view who weakly opens up their eyes to see what happened and it's Veronica)

Veronica:Uh guys? What happened?

(Scraggy and Ruffy are sleeping like babies and they feel the soft and spongy ground of their new surroundings and the foul stench fills Ruffy's nostrils)

Ruffy-Ruff:Blah!

Scraggy:Like what happened man? Dude this doesn't seem to be an abandon warehouse in Kensville.

Frank:Gang, I think we've been kidnapped.

Dally:Yeah but by whom?

Frank:That I don't know....Yet.

Scraggy:Like we should call the cops or our parents.

Veronica:Hey my cellphone's gone.

Dally:Mine too!

Frank:Same with mine!

Scraggy:Like where's my phone man?

Ruffy-Ruff:What happened?

Veronica:I can't remember anything after that gas in the warehouse.

Frank:Come on gang. Let's look around to see where we are.

(Scraggy looks around and has the look Shaggy had when they were on the pier of Moonscar Island in Return to Zombie Island)

Scraggy:These woods give me the creeps.

Ruffy-Ruff:Yeah, the creeps. Me too, me too.

(They walk in a triangle with Frank up at the front and the girls slightly behind on either side)

Scraggy:Like I wish I had a jumbo malt with a jumbo combo of fires and cheeseburgers.

Ruffy-Ruff:Yeah me too. At least some Ruffy Snacks.

(The gang are looking around for someone)

Frank:If only we could find some help.

Scraggy:And some food.

Veronica:Scraggy you're always thinking about your stomach.

Scraggy:Like all that running made me hungry.

Ruffy-Ruff:Me too.

Veronica:There has to at least be some clues as to where we are.

Frank:(Remembers something)Oh no!

Dally:What's wrong?

Frank:She's still back there! My love!

Dally:Frank I'm right here.

Frank:No the Clue Machine! She's still back at the warehouse! My baby!

Veronica:It'll be alright Frank. Trust me it *will* be ok. This whole thing. What we need now is to just find out where we are.

(Scraggy and Ruffy are twenty feet behind them shaking with every step unable to remain still, the gang then pull back leaves in a bush and sees a house)

Frank:Look.

(Ruffy immediately jumped into Scraggy's arms shaking, Scraggy's hair was now standing on end)

Frank:What's the matter with you guys? It's only an ordinary house.

Scraggy:But it's like probably haunted by a terrifying monster!

Ruffy-Ruff:Yeah, monster.

(An English voice is heard from behind them)

Voice:(OS)What are you doing here?

(They jump and are startled and they see a young woman dressed in black standing there with a cold face look and bright otherworldly eyes)

Esbern:My name is Esbern and I'll ask again. What are you doing here? The woods aren't safe.

Frank:Hey, we were kidnapped and found ourselves wondering around.

Esbern:Were you planning on going up to my house?

Dally and Veronica:*Your* house?

Esbern:Yes. That home has been in my family for generations.

(Scraggy and Ruffy scream and run off)

Frank:Orville Scraggy Dogers and Ruffer Ruffy Ruff you get back here now!

Veronica:It's too late Frank. They're already gone.

(Cuts to the guys running)

Scraggy:Like we gotta keep away from that mysterious woman man!

Ruffy-Ruff:Yeah!

Esbern:No! Stop! Come back! I won't hurt you!

(They barely hear the woman's words as their feet carry them through the darken woods as adrenaline pushes them forward)

Frank:If you knew Scraggy and Ruffy you'd know that the only thing would stop them is food.

Veronica:Yeah like Ruffy Snacks.

(They feel theirselves becoming weightless as a heavy object impacts their backs and wraps around them Esbern grunts and they realize that the mysterious girl is what hit them and was currently holding them in her arms)

Esbern:Calm down now or I won't let you go!

(Their breathing slows down causing the woman to release them)