okay, 3rd chapter! Waiting for reviews! It would really really really really really really (wow, that is a lot of reallys) make my day! Thank you very much! Also, thanks to DarkLadyLavena for reading my story... thanks a lot. you made my day!

Eventually, Basil had Toby stop time enough for the others to get on the dog. Jade looked around, knowing this was the spot where the dog howled and took off for the toy store.

"Hold on!" she shouted and not five seconds afterward, Toby took off running.

They got to the toy story. Basil jumped off his nose and turned, only to see Olivia wanting help down. He caught her, and pulled her in close before realizing what he had done, and setting her down.

"Need help?" he called up to Jade.

"I think I can manage." she called as she jumped. She jumped short, only by an inch though, and Basil caught her.

"Right, no help." he said sarcastically, setting her down and walking away. Dawson of course was sniffed off of Toby's nose, which Jade saw coming of course.

Basil walked back over to Toby.

"Toby! Sit!" he commanded. The dog just stared at him.

"Toby! Sit!"

"Sit Toby!" both Olivia and Jade said, and the dog sat.

"Good boy!" muttered Basil. He then turned and began to walk towards the toy store. Jade looked at the glass before sticking her finger in the hole and opening it.

"How did you introspect that?" asked Basil, walking over astonished. She practically ignored him.

"He definitely came this way!" she said, stepping in cautiously. They all followed her, and she recognized everything within. Only this time, she could see it in a 3D way.

"This way." she said, walking along underneath the dolls. Everyone was quiet, as not to scare their villain away. Jade, of course, knew he was still there. They walked along.

"Someone has taken the liberty of removing the clockwork mechanisms from these toys." Basil said, observing. Jade rolled her eyes. She wasn't taking those lines. Those lines meant she had no idea, and she did. She had a firm idea.

As they walked, Jade turned suddenly. Basil looked at her oddly before a loud booming noise was heard from behind them. Dawson jumped in his arms and Basil realized where the source of the noise had really come from. He jumped on the lever to the toy band, making them die almost immediately. He then turned to Olivia, who of course had pulled the lever. He steamed up, and calmed down enough just to whisper,

"Quiet!" he then turned to Dawson, "Don't let this girl out of your sight!" he said, and Dawson saluted Basil, as did Olivia. Jade walked by Basil the rest of the way, Olivia by Dawson behind them.

"You seem to know a lot." Basil said, making conversation but also trying to solve the mystery behind Jade herself.

"Yeah, well... I love mystery. It intrigues me." she explained. It wasn't completely a lie.

"Yes, but you also seem to say exactly what I say, or exactly what is on my mind. How is it you can do that?" he asked suddenly.

"Well... You won't believe me if I told you." she explained, just as they walked upon some peg leg tracks.

"Aha! Evidence of our peg leg friend." said Basil, almost completely forgetting the conversation. He followed the tracks, ending at dolls, stripped of their clothes.

"These dolls have been stripped of their uniforms." Jade answered Dawson's question before it even escaped his mouth.

Dawson looked down, picking up a piece of paper.

"Um, Basil?" he asked, holding up the paper... just as Olivia wandered off I might also add.

"Please, I'm trying to concentrate!"

"But Basil, I-" just then, the sound of the toy shop aroused as every toy seemed to come to life and make noise.

"Basil, you should listen to him. I'll be back." she said, running off in the direction of the toys. Maybe if she kept Olivia safe, she could affect the whole outcome.

"What?" said Basil, they all heard a scream, and Basil realized what had happened. Olivia had wandered off.

"You scum bag!" Jade ran up behind Fidget just as he stuffed Olivia in the bag. He turned around, shocked and she punched him dead on in the face.

"Let go! You stupid!" he shouted at her. He flapped his wings. Then, without warning he pulled out a knife, and stabbed it into her side. He grabbed the bag and the dastardly fiend went to trying to destract Basil and Dawson while he made his escape.

Basil climbed the top of a tower of building blocks to get Fidget, where he jumped and made the whole tower crash to the ground.

"Basil." she choked out, not because she was worried cause she knew the out come of the fall, but because she knew she needed him right at that second. She held her side the best she could.

"Basil!" came Dawson's voice, running through the tumble of toys. Jade looked around.

"Dawson." she tried, but it only sounded as a faint whisper.

"Oh, confound it! Told you to watch over the girl!" he said, just as the mama string on the doll he was hooked to snapped.

"Now she's been spirited away by that manacle little monster soon to be in the hands of one of the most deprived mind in all of London. I should have known better than too..." he trailed off, realizing he had trailed on and on about how the case had turned out, not caring about how he had made Dawson feel. He came upon the old mice.

"I say, Dawson? Dawson? Dawson, old chap?"

"Oh, poor girl." he sniffed, "I should have watched her more closely.

"Oh, it's okay chap. Hey, we'll get her back. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Jade we may have never known she was missing." he said, looking around.

"Um, Jade!" he called out. no answer.

I love being mean with cliff hangers. Okay, all i can really say is read on and I will get to the next chapter. All for now, will she be able to finish out the case, will Basil even find her in the wreckage? Well, keep reading and reviewing and you'll find out soon enough... bye for now!