CHAPTER ONE READY TO SET SAJIL The Mystery Inc gang unloaded their suitcases from the Mystery Machine The calls of seagulls filled the salty air Daphne stretched and then pulled out a long handle from her purple suitcase I can't remember the last time we had a vacation That's because crooks don't take vacations said Velma She pulled on her orange backpack And there's always a mystery to solve Shaggy lifted a large green duffle bag onto his shoulder Like great idea Fred A vacation at sea sounds like fun Don’t thank me replied Fred You can thank my friend Greg Hibbard Fred picked up his own suitcase He's the one who invited us to spend time on his new ship Scooby Doo led the way as the gang walked toward the docks The wooden walkways crisscrossed into bay the
The docks were lined with all kinds of parked watercraft There were sailboats motorboats and many large fancy ships The showy ships were expensive boats that looked like small cruise ships They had shiny paint jobs lots of big windows and were much taller than the other boats Which one belongs to your friend asked Velma Fred shook his head I don't know Greg said we would know when we saw it The gang continued to walk between rows and rows of parked ships Fred called a voice Over here Everyone looked around to see who was calling Daphne finally spotted him Is that your friend she asked Fred Daphne pointed to a man standing atop the biggest fanciest ship they had ever seen It was almost the size of a real ships cruise
Fred waved up at the man Greg Greg waved them forward Come on aboard Fred turned back to the others I guess this is He stopped talk ing Everyone was gone The rest of the Mystery Inc gang was running up the ramp leading to the ship By the time Fred caught up with the others Daphne and Velma were already laying in lounge chairs A waiter stood between them taking their drink orders Meanwhile Shaggy and Scooby Doo stood next to another waiter with napkins tied around their necks So like where is the buffet asked Shaggy Scooby Doo raised an eyebrow Ris it rall you can eat Suddenly a large man wearing swim trunks and a big gold necklace charged onto the deck What are you kids doing on my ship Your ship asked Fred But my friend Greg The man didn't let Fred finish He raised his sunglasses and looked around SECURITY he thud shouted
