A/N: Here is chapter 9 guys—really hoping to finish this one up soon. Thanks so much to reviewers. Is it just me or are updates or new daphne/fred stories getting less? Well I'll just write like a million of them then… Sorry this one took so long—I had vacation, school & writers block…

Shaggy was surprised at the hug and when he pulled away he could see a slight blush creep over her face. Scooby had fallen asleep on the floor and was snoring softly. Mr. Jones was pacing the floor nervously and looking out the window every five seconds.

Then the CB radio on the desk crackled and a grainy voice said "Jones, come in, we may have a lead on the children, meet us behind the warehouse on Guam Ave."

Bill Jones picked up the CB and said "Ok sir we'll be right there, come on kids." he said motioning to Velma and Shaggy. Shaggy pulled Scooby's leash and they walked out to the minivan.

--Daphne & Fred—

"We jump together." Daphne had said. So they did. She grabbed his hand and gripped it tight and he gripped back. They closed their eyes and jumped into the unknown. Daphne's hair was whipping in the wind and she felt like she was in slow motion falling and screaming holding Fred's hand. Then as if out of nowhere they landed rolling over several times and ending up Fred sideways on top of Daphne.

--Normal POV—

"Hey there they are!" Mr. Jones yelled his voice barely containing his happiness. The van and police car pulled into the weedy lot where Daphne and Fred had landed. The doors flew open and Mr. Jones, the kids and Scooby were running across the pavement before the police even opened their door. "FRED!!" Bill Jones cried grabbing his son into a huge hug before looking at him sternly and saying, "That was a stupid thing to do, son and you could have gotten yourself and your girlfriend killed."

Fred of course had to reply with "Daphne is not my girlfriend!"

"You know what I mean." his dad said.

"Mr. Jones, Fred saved my life, really and he was so brave when that man tried to shoot me." Daphne protested getting up off the ground and brushing her skirt off.

"Did he?" Bill Jones' voice changed and he looked at Fred. "I'm proud of you, Freddie and I know your mom would be too."

"She would be?" Daphne interjected. "Isn't she just on a like trip?"

"Daphne um well I know I should have told you before but my mom was killed in Vietnam before I even moved to Coolsville." Fred said looking at the ground.

"Oh my God, Freddie I'm so sorry!" Daphne said pulling him into a hug.

Fred blushed and tried to keep from crying. "That's ok Daph, I'm just glad we're alive."

--1 hour later—

Everyone was sitting in the security headquarters and listening to Daphne and Fred's story. The police had caught "Buck"—the kidnapper but he wasn't talking and they hadn't found the body of the midshipmen or anything except his jacket with the bloodstain that the kids had stumbled across earlier.

"Alright everyone, calm down." Bill Jones said. "They are trying to get information out of Buck right now. But I know a few things about him too…."

Brian "Buck" Van Wilson had been in Nina Jones' battalion and had gone to the academy with Nina and Bill Jones. He had always hated Bill for "stealing" Nina as he put it even though Nina had never even liked him. In the weeks before she was killed Nina had told Bill over the phone that Buck had been harassing her and asking questions about their son and family. Apparently Buck had been sent home before the bombing and was released from the Navy because Nina had sent in many complaints about him.

He had been after Fred because he was pretty much breaking down mentally and he believed Nina loved him.

"I knew he was trouble." Bill Jones finished.

"Well we're sending him into the psychiatric ward for a while just to see what happens." Colonel Anderson replied. "All you kids were very brave and I'm sorry that you had to go through this." The kids all nodded and began to chat amongst themselves.

Just then two men came through the door they were police and had found the midshipmen's body—he was alive—but barely.

"We think he's gonna survive, he had a bullet wound, but thankfully it just missed his heart." one of the men said. Jon Jones had just been an unlucky victim—Buck had thought maybe he was Nina's son.

The next morning the group was loading into the minivan to head home. The parents had heard and like Mr. Jones were angry at their children at first but then softened up. Shaggy and Velma were alone for a few minutes with Scooby in the motel room.

"Velms, you know I really am a chicken, I didn't do anything to help on this case." he said.

"Oh nonsense, you were a very big support to me and Shaggy you helped by just being there." she said fiddling with her glasses.

"Like thanks." Shaggy said.

"Anytime!" Velma replied and gave Shaggy a quick hug before grabbing her bag and running out of the room.

"Like wooowwww!" Shaggy breathed.

"Roh roy!" Scooby said looking up from his bone on the floor. (Oh boy) Meanwhile Daphne and Fred were at the van.

"Freddie, thanks so much for all you did for me, I might not even be alive, you know if you didn't think that quickly." she said batting her eyelashes.

"Oh Daph, um I wouldn't have done anything else I couldn't let anything happen to you." he said blushing deep red.

"Aw Fred!" Daphne threw her arms around the blonde boy Fred hugged back and for the first time in since his mom was killed Fred felt really truly happy. Daphne's hair smelled so good and it felt so good to hug her.

"God, I'm only 13 and I love a girl…" Fred thought trying to push that thought away, love was a totally scary concept for him.

"Well look at that." Bill Jones said under his breath he saw the redhead girl hug his son and his son hug back and since he could see Fred's face from where he was he saw the first real smile in a long time. "Like father like son…" he whispered thinking of his wife and smiling to himself, Fred was going to have a strong connection with this Daphne he could tell—when he looked at them he saw him and Nina.

Daphne pulled away and gave Fred a peck on the check before climbing into the van giggling. Fred blushed and smiled and climbed in to. The others arrived, Shaggy and Velma both kind of dazed too and Scooby puzzling it all. "Hey look, soda!!" Shaggy called pulling a pack of Coke out from under the seat.

"Those are my dads…" Fred said but not before Shaggy had pulled out 4 and opened his own.

"Like whatever I'm thirsty!" Shaggy said. The others even Fred agreed.

"Hey those are my sodas!" Bill Jones said chuckling and starting the minivan.

"You meddling kids find everything!" he added.

"Ron't rorget rooby-rooby-roo!!" Scooby said. The van erupted in laugher. 4 friends and newfound "romances", a dog, and a dad on their way home with one heck of a story! The End

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