The Mystery Machine made its way through the dark woods on a narrow road. The foreboding background left Scooby and Shaggy on edge.

"Like, why do we always do these things after dark?" asked Shaggy.

"The people in town only heard noises coming from the old pizzeria at night." replied Fred.

"Couldn't we just leave this one to the police?"

"Come on Shaggy, you know the citizens of Coolsville don't trust anymore more than us when there's a mystery that needs to be solved." said Daphne.

Velma had her head buried in the old newspaper clippings they had found earlier.

"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza opened its doors in 1973, and quickly became a huge hit. Then in 1984, five children went missing after being lured into a back room by a man in a Freddy Fazbear costume. Though the perpetrator was caught, the children were never found. Shortly after, complaints were made to the Health Department about blood and mucus leaking from the suits worn by the restaurant's animatronic characters, as well as a horrid odor."

Scooby and Shaggy had started shivering and chattering their teeth.

"Then there was the 'Bite of 87'. A patron was bitten by one of the animatronics. Though the poor soul lived, they lost their frontal lobe. Over the next several years, a great deal of employees went missing, specifically the night watchmen. After years of decline and Health Department sanctions, Freddy Fazbear's closed its doors permanently in 1993."

"Which makes the rumors of people hearing noises at the old pizzeria all the more suspicious." said Fred.

"In any case, it looks like we've got another mystery on our hands."

"Like, who in their right mind would build a pizzeria this deep in the woods anyhow?" asked Shaggy.

"Now that you mention it, it's probably one of the reasons this restaurant went out of business."

"Isn't this typical Scoob? The one time we go to a pizzeria for a mystery, it's abandoned and haunted. "

"Reah, raunted."

"Come on guys. How many times have we told you, there's no such thing as ghosts." said Velma.

"And how many times have we proven you wrong?"

"Roo rany."

"Name one." said Daphne.

"How about that time Dracula kidnapped me and turned me into a werewolf?"

"Reah Racula!"

"We weren't even all there. We just have you and Scooby's word to go on… Well, yours and you know whose."

"Okay, how about the time we went to Moonscar Island?"

"Rombies and rat reatures!"

"Or that time we encountered Sarah Ravencroft's ghost! Or the time we…"

"Okay, we get it."

The Mystery Machine drove on for about another half mile, until finally a decrepit old building came into view amongst the trees. The gang looked up and saw a weathered old sign that read, "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza: Where Fantasy and Fun Come to Life."

"This must be the place."

"Total creepsville." said Shaggy.

"Well look at it this way, at least it's not raining."

KA-THOOM!

Just like that, there was a sudden downpour.

"The minute she said that, the minute danger prone Daphne said that, I knew it was going to happen."

"Let's just go in."

"Sure, let's go in the haunted pizzeria in the middle of a dark and stormy night. I'm sure it will be a barrel of laughs."

Before exiting the Mystery Machine, Velma took one last look at the newspaper clippings.

"These characters will live on. In the hearts of kids, these characters will live on."

–Fazbear Entertainment CEO

(To be continued)