Time let me play and be

Scooby Don't

Scooby Don’t

“And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”

Andrew Melchor shouted the words at the four teenagers and a dog watching him being bundled into the police van. His face twisted in rage as he spoke. It galled him to see the satisfaction on their faces at having solved another haunting mystery.

Yet his expression changed as he took a seat on the bench in the van. A satisfied smile creased his features and he permitted himself a quiet snigger.

Stupid kids, he thought. They think they won by unmasking me. How little they know.

As the van lurched and began the trip back to police headquarters, Melchor slipped out of the handcuffs and moved to the locked doors at the rear. When he judged that the van was out of sight of the house, he melted through the doors and slipped away into the night.

He laughed and spoke his pride into the darkness. Can’t hold a good ghost down! he declared.


Word count: 171
For “13,” 10.29.24
Prompt: “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!” —Every Villain, Scooby Doo.