This chapter will be a bit longer than the previous one and before I get to that, I'd give out some shoutouts to others who reviewed: Carlisle Fan 22 and a guest reviewer. Thank you so much. As for my OC asking about Basil's past, I will get to that later. I'm glad you all like it so far.

Chapter 6: The Toyshop and Abduction

Third Person POV

Toby reached the toyshop that he'd discovered. He let Basil hop off his snout onto the window sill. "Splendid job, Toby!" Basil praised the dog.

Olivia trotted down to Toby's snout and held out her arms innocently, waiting for Basil to catch her.

Basil rolled his eyes at this, but held out his arms for her, anyway. Olivia hopped off Toby's nose and fell into Basil's arms. The detective gave her a worried look before giving her a stern one and set her down on the window sill. He nudged her as if to say "go on".

Toby put his nose on the window sill to let Kaitlin off and she gracefully stepped forward. "Thank you, Toby," she said, giving him a slight curtsy before joining Olivia. Yet, Kaitlin found it odd that Toby was nice to her and Olivia, but not Dawson. Maybe because Toby considered him to be a criminal? Maybe because Dawson was a surgeon who smelled way too strong of the catgut medicine? Toby growled at Dawson once more before Dawson tipped his hat and Toby huffed, making Dawson roll over on the window sill in Basil's direction.

Basil looked at him with concern before turning to Toby. "Now, Toby, sit!" he commanded.

Toby just stood there, smiling when Basil stomped over to him. "Toby, SIT!"

"Sit, Toby!" Olivia commanded politely.

Much to Basil's surprise, he obeyed her. Kaitlin was enjoying this because her tone was a lot nicer.

"Good boy," Basil said stiffly.

"It's called feminine charm, Basil," Kaitlin said, "You're just jealous because he obeyed her."

"If you would excuse me," he said, walking past the girls, who turned around to the detective.

Then they turned back to the dog. "You be good now," Olivia said and looked over her shoulder at the two men. "We're going to find my father!"

"Just like I promised," Kaitlin added.

Basil hummed to himself in a thinking pose and when he saw a glass door, that gave him an idea. "Aha!" he said, "Here is our friend's entrance!"

"But Basil," Dawson protested, "How can he fit into such a tiny-"

Basil held Dawson's hand, motioning to the tiny hole. "Observe doctor!" Basil put Dawson's finger through the hole. Dawson opened the door.

Kaitlin and Olivia watched in astonishment.

"Basil, you astound me," Dawson said, his face through the door, which made his head look big and silly.

Basil shushed him and Dawson backed away, knowing they were in their enemy's territory. Basil, Kaitlin, and Olivia were the first ones to crawl in through the door, while Dawson was the last one to come in and close the door behind him.

Once inside the toy store, the girl-turned mouse along with the other mice observed the shop for any signs of Fidget. Dawson bumped into a porcelain doll. Dawson tipped his hat. "I beg your pardon, but I-" he began, but he looked up to see what it was. "Oh, my! Upon my word. I've never seen so many toys!"

"I have when I've been in toy stores," Kaitlin told him.

Basil stood behind the porcelain doll's leg, warning the trio. "Behind any of which could lurk a bloodthirsty assassin! So please, doctor, be very careful." He returned to the doll's leg and underneath its skirt to hide in the shadows. Then he hopped over the doll's foot and Kaitlin, Dawson, and Olivia followed him.

Kaitlin gulped when she saw a long ladder. She was terrified of heights.

"What's wrong?" Basil turned around to face her.

"I'm scared of heights, Basil," she said.

"Just stay close to us and you'll be alright," Basil assured her. "Don't look down and don't look up."

Kaitlin nodded, feeling a little better and followed the trio up the ladder. When they got up, they tip-toed until they heard symbols alarming them.

Dawson jumped into Basil's arms in fear.

"Somebody stop this thing!" Kaitlin shouted, covering her ears. Then she saw it was a firefighter wind-up toy, turned on by Olivia. "Olivia, wait! No!" She jumped in her direction. This scene reminded Kaitlin of Bambi when Bambi ran in the meadow and his mother had to stop him, warning him not to rush in the meadow because it was wide and there weren't any trees to conceal them.

"What the devil?" Basil groaned as he threw Dawson out of his arms and flung himself to reach for the controllers to stop the machine.

The sound died down. "Please!" Basil said tensely.

"Basil, what did I just say?" Kaitlin admonished. "She forgot that Fidget's in here, so go easy on her, okay?"

Basil looked at the older female, remembering what she said. If he didn't take heed of her words, she'd either punch or slap him. He turned back to the little girl and said gently, but firmly, "Quiet!" He then loomed over to Dawson. "Don't let this girl out of your SIGHT!"

Dawson saluted and Olivia saluted with him.

"Ha, cute!" said Kaitlin and saluted along with them.

"Now, Olivia, dear, stay close," Dawson ordered as he took Olivia by the hand, which made her smile.

"Try not to touch anything else. Just stick with us, sweetie," said Kaitlin politely.

Fidget glared at the mice from above a shelf.

Basil pushed a chess piece in front of the trio. "Checkmate," he said.

"Basil, why did you do that?" asked Kaitlin.

"I was playing chess, Miss Kaitlin," Basil replied.

"Yeah, okay, but don't forget you have company," she warned, shaking her finger at him and rolling her eyes. "How arrogant!"

"AHA!" Basil said, examining footprints with his magnifying glass. He turned to Dawson, Olivia, and Kaitlin. "Evidence of our peg-legged adversary." He stooped down to look at more footprints, humming as he'd done so and paused to look up at the naked toy soldiers. "Hmm...How very odd."

"What is it, Basil?" asked Dawson.

"Isn't it painfully obvious, doctor?" Basil turned to face the doctor and the girls. "These dolls have been stripped of their uniforms!"

Kaitlin stifled a laugh at the word "stripped" as she covered her mouth, no matter how naughty it sounded.

Basil knelt down to look at footprints and the girls joined him. "And not by any child, either."

"Of course, Olivia wouldn't do it and neither would I," Kaitlin declared, "I'd also like to add that I'm not a criminal and if I wanted to hurt anyone, here, I would've done so already."

"Right," Basil said and the three exchanged surprised looks.

"I'm serious," Kaitlin assured him.

"I'm sure," Basil said without looking at her when he saw something else. "Ah! Hello!" He saw that the gears were also stolen from the toy wind-up monkey and wind-up clown. "Someone has taken the liberty of removing the clockwork mechanisms from these toys."

Kaitlin looked up at Fidget whose eyes widened as he saw Basil recognize his theft and scooted away. "That's him," she said, referring to Fidget.

Dawson's eyes sank down the ground as he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He bent down to pick it up. Olivia and Kaitlin looked at it, too.

"Oh, no, Olivia's on the list!" Kaitlin whispered sadly.

"Basil!" Dawson said, waving the list to get the detective's attention.

"Please, I'm trying to concentrate!" Basil exclaimed exasperatedly.

"But Basil, I…" Dawson said.

"Shh…" Kaitlin hissed, "Did you guys hear that?" The four of them heard music, while Kaitlin looked at the toys, but she had eyes on the back of her head when it came to Olivia. Kaitlin saw a puppy's head emerge from a top hat, yipping. "The puppy reminds me of Lady from Lady and the Tramp and Copper from The Fox and the Hound. I want it!" Then she thought to herself, I'm not throwing a fit and I'm not going to leave Olivia's side. She also watched as a toy rabbit opened and closed an easter egg with a chick inside, also playing a merry tune. The toy violin man played a giddy melody. Kaitlin winced slightly at the jack-in-the-box, making a spooky sound, but that didn't stop her from keeping an eye on Olivia, so she followed her.

"Olivia, be careful, okay?" Kaitlin warned her, but Olivia was in her trance, seeing a cradle, where she thought a baby doll was inside. "Please, snap out of it!" Just then, Kaitlin had an idea: Since the first time she was taken in by Olivia and her father, Olivia hugged her, which was something she never expected, but it was a given. This time, Kaitlin did something Olivia never anticipated: She gave the little girl a piggyback ride once the two of them made it towards the cradle. The two of them popped bubbles. "Okay, Olivia, on three, we pull on the blanket together. One...two…" Together, the two girls tugged onto the blanket to reveal a scary bat laughing at them.

"BWAH-HA-HA-HA!" he cackled, scaring the poor girls.

Dawson and Basil turned around just a moment to see the girl mice. "Olivia! Kaitlin!" Dawson gasped.

"Gotcha!" Fidget said, carrying Olivia.

"Oh, no, you don't, stalker!" Kaitlin snapped, remembering him stalking her and Olivia back at Basil's flat. So, she grabbed onto her necklace, which was wrapped around her neck, shining the bat in the eyes to let Olivia go. "Let her go!"

Covering his eyes with a moan, he dropped Olivia, who fell into Kaitlin's awaiting arms. "That's for stalking me and Olivia!"

"Good show, Kaitlin!" Basil praised the girl turned mouse's bravery. "I think I misjudged you."

"Nicely done!" Dawson applauded.

"I told you I'll never leave Olivia's side." Kaitlin winked at the gentleman and the adorable little girl.

"Thank you for saving me, Kaitlin!" Olivia said, giving her a hug and the two of them gave each other eskimo kisses with their noses. Kaitlin gently pinched her cheeks and gave her chin rubs.

"Chinny, chin, chin," Kaitlin cooed and wrapped the magical necklace around Olivia's neck. "Here, I would like you to use this when necessary, okay? Oh, and be careful with it. I trust you to keep it safe. Promise?"

Olivia nodded and tucked Kaitlin's necklace underneath her coat and scarf. She hugged her once more.

Unbeknownst to the four mice, Fidget recovered from his fall. Kaitlin glared at him and knew she had to make a choice. Either let Olivia run by her side or keep holding onto her for dear life. Fortunately, Kaitlin picked the smarter option and clutched onto her like a baby in her arms. "You want her, Fidget? Come and get her!" Kaitlin challenged. "But you'll have to go through me!"

Riled up over that girl's taunting, he lunged himself at her, only for Kaitlin to duck, while she still carried Olivia.

"Is that your best shot, pal? What the heck do you want with me?"

"I hate to admit it, but I have a crush on you," Fidget teased.

"Eww!" Olivia and Kaitlin shouted in disgust.

"Well, I hate to break it to you, but I don't date criminals!" Kaitlin sneered.

"That's right," Basil agreed.

Fidget put his hand over his heart, feigning hurt. "Love hurts."

"Oh, brother!" Kaitlin rolled her eyes with a groan. "Suck it up, lover boy!" The last two words were used with venom and sarcasm. She got up to walk over to Basil and Dawson until a fist punched her in the face, causing her to fall, taking Olivia from her and throwing her in the bag.

"That's for shining that light in my face and breaking my heart in the process, girly!" Fidget mocked before running away.

"Oh, no!" Dawson cried.

"We'll get him, Kaitlin!" Basil assured her and to Dawson, he ordered, "Quickly, Doctor!" The two went after him when something wheeled in their direction. It was a toy wheel. "Ahh-ya-haa! Look out!" Basil shouted as he grabbed onto Dawson's coat and rolled to the other side. Then, they landed on the "Round the World" map. Just when they thought the worst was over, a porcelain doll tipped over and the two mice ran on the map pages like a treadmill when they were trying to escape the falling doll. Then, the map ran out of pages. They hopped off it and the doll fell down with a smash facedown.

Dawson winced as a piece of face eyed him. Basil got back on his feet to pursue his enemy.

Fidget snickered wickedly as he wound up a toy knight on a horse, sending it on its way to them.

Basil and Dawson stopped to see it racing towards them. Luckily for Basil, he hopped and held onto a trumpet before it could get to him. Unfortunately for Dawson, the knight caught underneath his coat, making him go backwards until the sword hit the target like a dart. Bullseye!

Basil let go of the trumpet and landed on his feet to glare at Fidget, who knocked poor Kaitlin out unconscious and took Olivia away from her. Without warning, the fireman banged his cymbals in the detective's face, making him so dizzy, he fell onto a pile of marbles, accidentally hitting Dawson.

Fidget pointed as he laughed at their misfortunes. Then with a mock wave, he said, "Bye-bye!" He opened the door to see a dog growl at him angrily and slammed it shut. Then, there was another exit for Fidget, so he looked up at the roof and dashed for it, while losing his pink bonnet and hopping onto the register, ringing "No Sale".

Basil regained consciousness and hopped on a toy horse that bounced. "Stop, you fiend!" he commanded, bouncing after Fidget until he crashed at the top. However, this didn't stop the mouse detective from chasing Fidget on top of the pile of toys and blocks. Just as Basil was about to get his hands on the bat, Fidget clung on the window of the roof, watching Basil fall in satisfaction.

Fidget smiled and cackled darkly before swinging the sack of stolen items and a child, who muffled, shouting, "Help! Uncle Basil! Kaitlin! Help! Help!" Fidget climbed out to grab onto the sack and hopped from roof to roof.

He sang to himself, gloating over kidnapping Olivia. "I got the gears, I got the tools, I got the uniforms! I got the girl!" He laughed at the melodies he'd sung.

AN: Fidget has a crush on my OC, but she was not having it! The next chapter will have her wake up to find out about Olivia.