Out on the streets, Toby was sniffing the ground with four passengers on his back. His nose was at the ground searching for the smell of the bat. Basil, Genevieve, Olivia, and Dawson were on Toby's back and held on to the leash.

After a few steps, Toby halted in surprise. He finally discovered Fidget's smell. The basset hound howled as loudly as he could and sprinted down the street.

Genevieve jumped and hugged her arms around Basil's waist. Basil did not notice the girl holding onto him, he held on tight to the leash and his face beamed with enthusiasm and ecstasy.

Genevieve kept holding onto to Basil for her life, and Olivia had her arms wrapped around her sister in order to hold on as well.

"The thrill of the hunt, eh Dawson?" Basil called.

From the back, Dawson held onto Toby's tail as he swung back and forth, holding on for dear life. "Uhh, q-quite!" he replied nervously.

"Oh-ho-ho! Our peg-legged quarry can't be far now!" Basil cheered, as Toby charged to down the street and disappeared in sight.


In the dark alley, a closed toy store has an unexpected guest behind its locked door and windows.

Fidget was diligent at his work, and stripped the red coats and black hats from the mini toy soldier dolls. He threw them all in his stack.

He took out a pencil and list and checked all of the supplies Ratigan told him to get. He placed a checkmark on each item he already collected.

"Get the following… tools, check!" Fidget said, putting a check mark next to the word. "I got tools. Gears…double check." He wrote two checks marks on the paper. "I got gears. Girl… no didn't get girl." He erased the checkmark the second he wrote it, remembering that he has to abduct Olivia, but not Genevieve. "Uniforms," he chuckled. "I got too many uniforms."

Suddenly, he heard a howling from outside. Fidget looked over to see a basset hound howling near the window. His howl echoed through the night with four mice riding on his back.

"Oh no! Oh no!" Fidget exclaimed and fluttered around. "I gotta hide! I gotta hide!" He grabbed the toy soldiers' hats and threw them into his sack and ran off to hide, hopping on a clown doll and little did he know that he dropped the list as it flew to the ground.


Meanwhile, the four mice and dog arrived at the toyshop. Toby extended his nose near the window ledge to allow the passengers to dismount.

"Splendid job, Toby!" Basil said happily as he hopped off the dog's nose.

Olivia stood on the edge of the nose, holding out her arms in order for Basil to catch her and smiled at him. Genevieve gave a sigh, not understanding why her sister likes Basil. The detective rolled his eyes in irritation and reached out his hands to catch her. Olivia jumped off the nose and almost fell down to the pavement, but Basil caught the little girl and held her close in his arms. He gave a concerned expressed for a quick second, but then he frowned and placed Olivia down, and gestured her to move along.

Genevieve came next. At first, she didn't want to do anything with Basil, but she sighed, deciding to let him help her down. She jumped from Toby's nose and almost fell towards the pavement, but Basil in a panic, caught her and held her in his strong arms, carrying her princess style with his arm holding her back and the other underneath her knees. They looked at each other with their eyes locking, Basil held her closely and she had her arms wrapped on his shoulders.

Their moment went short, as Basil gently set her down and she hurried after her sister, but stopped for a moment and quietly said, "Thank you."

Basil scowled at her for a moment, and muttered, "You're welcome." But he gave a small smile watching the eldest girl catching up to Olivia.

Dawson came last, and heard Toby growl behind him. Dawson looked back nervously seeing the dog glaring at him. He backed away nervously giving a smile and tipped his hat. Before the doctor could run away, Toby gave a sniff and blew Dawson towards the window and he rolled like a ball. He ended up bumping into Basil's back and Dawson ended up lying on his back.

Basil in surprise looked down at Dawson as Genevieve helped the doctor to his feet. Then he looked at Toby and gave a serious expression and commanded the dog, "Now Toby, sit."

Toby stood there smiling and wagged his tail happily.

Basil marched straight towards the dog, and pointed his finger at the hound. "Toby, sit!" he commanded strictly.

Olivia walked up and said in a kinder tone and lowered her right hand, "Sit Toby."

In an instant, Toby obeyed Olivia's command and sat down, with the happy expression on his face.

Basil looked at Olivia, scowling at her. Genevieve could tell that he wasn't impressed by her sister's patience with Toby, well maybe a little bit jealous.

"Good boy," he said. "If you'll excuse me."

He walked past Olivia to get back to his mission. Genevieve gave a sigh and brushed her long coat. Olivia looked at him and then went back to Toby.

"You be good now," she said. "We're going to find my father."

"I do hope we find him," Genevieve added. "The sooner, the better."

At the far end of the window sill, Basil was searching for a way to get inside the store, and hummed to himself. Then he looked up and noticed a tiny hole in the circular window and his eyes lit up.

"Aha! Here is our friend's entrance!" Basil replied happily, pointing at the hole.

"But Basil," Dawson said baffled. "How could he fit into such a tiny little…."

"Observe doctor," Basil said, he took Dawson's hand and placed his finger in the hole. He stepped back folding his arm, knowing his companions will be impressed for that reason. The doctor pulled his arm back, along with the round glass to reveal a secret doorway to the store. Olivia and Genevieve were both amazed.

"Basil, you astound me," Dawson said as his face grew bigger from the glass on the circular window.

The detective shushed him, and then gestured him to the group to follow him through the window and he went through the doorway. Olivia climbed her way inside, and Genevieve gracefully followed after her sister. Dawson came in last and closed the window behind him.

Once they were inside, the four mice stayed close together, that way they would not get last. Dawson grew distracted as he bumped into a leg.

"Oh! I beg your pardon, I…" as Dawson tipped his hat, he looked up to see that the leg belonged to a gigantic doll.

"Oh my! Upon my word," the doctor gasped, and looked at all of the decorated shelves and tables filled with many different kinds of toys. Each of them all gazed down at the mini trespassers. "I've never seen so many toys," he said, impressed.

"Me neither," Genevieve added, amazed at the sight, along with her sister. "I'm sure Daddy would've been impressed to see this work of art."

Suddenly Basil popped his head out from behind the doll's leg, making the three mice jump at his appearance. "Behind any of which could lurk a blood-thirsty assassin!" he warned threateningly. "So please, Doctor… Miss…. Be very careful!"

After basil weaved his way through the doll's legs, Dawson, Genevieve, and Olivia obeyed to follow him. While they walked, they looked up to see many toys, including a rocking horse and scary toy clowns looking down upon them as they were giants with creepy smiles.

The quartet arrived at the ladder, with Basil climbing first and smiled about the adventure. Dawson came next looking around cautiously; Olivia came next very nervous around the area, and Genevieve came last and grew cautious to protect her sister, determined not to let harm come to Olivia.

After arriving to the top of a shelf, where a jack-in-the-box towered over them, the four mice continued their way on tip-top to search for the bat. Then, Olivia noticed something interesting and decided to take a look. Genevieve still kept her eyes alert for Fidget if he were to pop out of nowhere. Basil, Dawson, and Genevieve crept quietly across the floor…

Suddenly there came a loud crash and banging sound, startling the ever-living daylights out of Basil, Dawson, and Genevieve. The doctor jumped into the detective's arms in fright. Genevieve in fear jumped onto Basil's back and wrapped her legs and arms around him. Basil looked back to see where the sound was coming from.

It turned out that Olivia had turned on a switch to make the firemen toy band play the music for her own amusement.

"What the…get the…Ohhh!" Basil cried in frustration, shoving Dawson aside as Genevieve landed on her rear, and followed after the detective. Basil leaped towards the band and pulled the switch to stop the music, and the band members stopped what they were doing and were lifeless.

"Please!" Basil nearly shouted fiercely at Olivia as he was on edge, but Genevieve stood next to her little sister and glared at him. Basil immediately calmed down and whispered gently, "Quiet."

He looked at Genevieve and Dawson and warned them firmly, "Don't let this girl out of your sight!"

"Yes sir," Genevieve replied bowing her head.

Dawson made a salute as he swore with all of his heart not to lose the little girl. Olivia smiled and did the exact gesture Dawson just did.

"Now, Olivia dear, stay close," he said taking her hand. "You too Genevieve."

"Yes, Doctor," The eldest Flaversham sister said and turned to Olivia. "Now Olivia, please don't touch anything."

High on the upper shelf, Fidget looked down to watch the four heroes walking across a blue and black colored chessboard.

Basil came up to one of the large chess pieces in front of him. He moved the piece back in front of the group, with a grin. "Checkmate," he whispered.

Olivia and Dawson were both bewildered. Genevieve in the meantime was irritated to see Basil being arrogant, causing her to roll her huge dark orbs.

"Thanks a lot," she muttered.

"Ah-ha!" Basil whispered-exclaimed as something caught his eye with his magnifying glass.

On the wooden floor were dirty footprints. They belonged to Fidget and they were exactly the same at Baker Street.

"Evidence of our peg-legged adversary," the detective said to his friends, as he pointed at the footprints with his lenses.

Basil began to follow the footprints and examined them carefully with his magnifying glass, as the excitement was building up, his pace picked up, and stopped when he came to a pair of wooden feet. His head tilted upwards to discover that the footprints ended up to a large group of miniature wooden soldier dolls, and there was something different about them; their uniforms were gone.

"Hmm, how very odd," Basil said.

"What is it, Basil?" Dawson asked, after he and the sisters caught up with the detective.

"Isn't it painfully obvious, doctor? These dolls have been stripped of their uniforms," Basil explained. He knelt down to the floor to examine the footprints again. "And not by any child either."

He looked up to see Genevieve and Olivia looking down at the tracks, and then to him with a puzzled look.

The detective turned his head over and something interesting caught his eye.

"Hello," he said, smirking. He headed straight over to two hollow bodies of windup toy dolls. The clown and monkey were missing all of their gears and mechanical parts. He looked at them carefully, stating the facts.

"Someone has taken the liberty of removing the clockwork mechanisms from these toys."

"Why would someone do that?" Genevieve asked.

"I'm not sure."

As the group kept investigating, Fidget carefully watched from above, knowing he has to kidnap Olivia and bring her to his boss. He looked down at Genevieve and admitted she was very beautiful in person, than in the portrait. Fidget now understood why Ratigan would want her for his bride. Speaking of which, Fidget came up with a plan, so he went away to carry it out.

In the meantime, Genevieve looked up and thought she saw something moving. She gasped and came near Basil.

"Mr. Basil," Genevieve said. "I have a strange feeling that we're being watched and that we're not the only ones here."

"Please, Miss Flannigan, I need to focus," the detective replied, as he focused on his work. "It's only the four of us. I'm sure we're safe."

"I hope," she muttered, slowly trusting him.

Dawson was busy thinking to himself and suddenly noticed a piece of paper on the ground. He picked it up to discover it was a list, and thought it was a strange one. Olivia and Genevieve came over to look at the list.

"Basil!" Dawson called, thinking the detective should look at this.

"Please, I'm trying to concentrate…" Basil replied irritated, for he was still busy thinking on his evidence.

"But, Basil I…"

Suddenly the quartet heard a gentle musical sound, which happened when every single toy in the store was on, playing music and making sounds. The sight of it made Genevieve trembled. As the group stared at everything around them, none of them noticed a trail of bubbles appearing behind them. Little Olivia noticed them, and decided to follow the trail to see where the bubbles were coming from. Genevieve decided to follow her sister to make sure Olivia was not separated from the group. Basil and Dawson were unaware that the sisters have wandered off.

Turning a corner, Olivia and Genevieve discovered the bubbles coming out from a Dumbo bubble toy. Behind the bubble blower, there was a blue and pink baby cradle that rocked back and forth to the sweet music of a lullaby. Curious about it, Olivia went towards the cradle and peered into it. Genevieve stood behind her and grew cautious and felt that something was not right. Olivia grew curious to see a toy baby sleeping inside the cradle, and her paws reached towards the blanket to pull them back in order to take a peek.

"BWA-HA-HA-HA!" Fidget cackled evilly as he appeared, wearing a pink bonnet and sprung out from the cradle.

Two screams filled the air, alerting Basil and Dawson. The two men whirled around in the direction of the screaming, and their faces were with terror and realized whom the screams belonged to.

"Olivia! Genevieve!" Dawson exclaimed, realized that the sisters were in great danger.


Hi there, sorry it took me a while to write this. I've been very busy with my semester in college and schedule. Hopefully once I finish my semester, I can go back into writing, "The Great Mouse Detective" and "Dumbo II." Stay tuned for more!