Shaggy's Showdown

chapter 19

Eventually, both Rafe and Kimberly were put under arrest once everyone joined back together.

"We would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for them meddling kids." Rafe grumbled.

"And their nosy horse!" Zeke added.

"Not a horse." Scooby pouted.

"But a pretty good dog." Buddy chuckled and petted the Great Dane's head.

"That, he is." Scott smiled.

"I can't believe you would do this, Kimberly," Erica said to her old friend with Lynne and Virginia. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you won't be able to come to the Country Music Awards with us."

"We were gonna introduce you to Luke Bryan too." Lynne added.

"Ah, whatever, keep your music and shove it!" Kimberly scoffed to her old friends. "I'll be back! You'll see!"

"Yeah, right." Mike scoffed to her.

The cops then took both Rafe and Kimberly away.

"So, you guys are The Country Chicks," Scott said to the preteen celebrities. "You guys know Kimberly?"

"We all used to go to camp together when we were little," Virginia said. "We all became good friends, and we won a Talent Show with our singing and Kimberly choreographed a dance. A talent scout happened to come by and see us, and gave us a contract. Kimberly thought it would be nice for us, so we signed the contract..."

"And we became THE COUNTRY CHICKS!" Lynne and Erica then concluded in unison with Virginia while posing together.

"So, here you are again." Shaggy said as he handed the trophy to his cousin.

"I can't thank you enough," Tawny smiled. "I mean, all of you, but especially you, cous."

"Like, it's too bad all the tourists think our ancestor was a desperado." Shaggy said.

"They won't anymore, Shaggy," Tawny smiled which made him smile back. "From now on, I'm tellin' everyone the true story of Dapper Jack and his 'ventures with The Steamypuff Girls."

"Aren't you afraid that'll hurt business?" Ellody asked. "Everybody likes the Dapper Jack outlaw story."

"Come on!" Tawny replied. "With the story of Rufus Carmichael? The story of the outlaw/criminal mastermind is way better!"

"I'm just surprised that the Powerpuff Girls even had ancestors back then." Cindy commented.

"The only story I wanna hear is why I can't grow a decent beard like Dapper Jack," Shaggy pouted. "I have more hair on my toes than I do on my chin!"

"Ugh... TMI, cous..." Tawny groaned to that.

Everyone, minus Zeke, just laughed.

"Well, Mike, I better head back to the ranch before Slim and Sonya send the dogs after me." Jess said to his big city niece.

"When will I see you again, Uncle Jess?" Mike asked.

"Oh, you'll see me soon enough, and if you ever want to visit, you're always welcome to the ranch." Jess invited.

"I'm going to miss you." Mike said as she came over to her uncle and gave him a hug.

"I'll miss ya too, but ya know that I'm never that far away," Jess comforted while hugging her back. "Take good care of that Lillian girl."

"You take care of Sonya." Mike then smirked.

Jess blushed to that, but cleared his throat. "Uh, tell Jamie, Jen, and Sky that I said 'hello'."

"Will do." Mike promised.

"Hiyah!" Jess called out and made his horse take him back home to the ranch.

The group then waved to the ex-gunslinger.

"Thank you!" Cindy called out.

"Thanks for everything, Mr. Harper!" Daphne added.

"Could I get your phone number?!" Lisa asked.

Everyone just looked at her.

"What?" Lisa asked.

"I guess it's time for us to head out too." Trent suggested.

"Right, Trent." Fred agreed.

"Thank you for everything." Millie smiled as she gave her cousin a hug.

"Just don't take so long to come over next time." Millie smirked to Scott.

"Will do," Scott chuckled. "I'll say hi to Al and Rodney for ya."

The two cousins shared another hug before splitting up.

"Scott, I think we should treat Lisa to something nice," Jade suggested. "Get her out of the house, I don't want her to be holed up at home with a broken heart like Wendy."

"Sure, I'd like that." Scott nodded.

"Maybe we can invite Rodney too." Jade then suggested.

"Oh, boy..." Scott muttered about his girl crazy cousin coming along, but shrugged.

Jacob and Wendy waved along with the others and he soon took her hand and she smiled and blushed to that.

"Bye, Mike, it was nice meeting you!" Trish called out.

"Thanks, Scooby!" Buddy added.

"Bye, cous!" Millie smiled to Scott.

The group was then now on the road.

"Like, man, I sure am glad we were able to clear Dapper Jack's name," Shaggy smiled proudly. "I like knowing my ancestor was one of the good guys."

Scooby looked over with Shaggy and they did a double take as they looked at top of a canyon, seeing a man on horseback with three girls with steam engines behind their backs. It seemed to be Dapper Jack's ghost with the Steamypuff Girls as he tipped his hat before fading away with the three girls.

"Did ya see that, Scooby-Doo?" Shaggy asked his best friend.

"No." Scooby replied.

"Heh... Me neither..." Shaggy smiled nervously.

"Yee-Haw!" Scooby laughed as they rode off back home. "Scooby Dooby Doo!"