Jake trudged through the woods to seek out his first suspect, while peppermint butler trailing behind.
"So who are we interrogating first?" the striped Watson asked, picking his way among a patch of venomous lilies.
"Marshall Lee." Jake murmured as they stretched over a small stream. Peppermint butler stopped where he stood.
"A vampire?"
"Yeah," Jake said. "They're actually not that scary, once you get to know 'em."
"Oh, uh, I know…but um, why this particular vampire?"
"Because Finn stole Fionna away and kissed her in front of everyone the other night, remember? He could've murdered Finn for ruining his chances with the girl he likes." The dog said as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Duh."
"Perhaps I should return to the castle, the princess being so distraught as of late..." Jake looked at the butler.
"What do you have against Marshall Lee?" he asked suspiciously.
Me? Oh, um, nothing… we just er, know each other…" he stated hesitantly. Nevertheless, the two continued out to Marceline's house, where her male counterpart could usually be found.
At Marceline's house…
Marceline opened the door to her house, and Jake tipped his hat to her, taking the bubble pipe out of his mouth.
"Hey Jake. Watsup?"
"Good morrow m'lady. Is Marshall Lee here?" she nodded and jerked a thumb over her shoulder.
"Yeah he's in the kitchen sucking the red out of my cabinets." She rolled her eyes annoyed. "Sometimes his being like me gets boring." She motioned for them to enter. They found their suspect in the kitchen, sticking his fangs into the cabinet door.
"Peppermint butler, turn down the lights." Jake murmured to his companion, but the striped man was hiding in the doorway. Marceline did as he asked. Jake pulled out an old flashlight and shone it the vampire's face.
"Hey man, what's goin' on?" the vampire asked, shielding his light sensitive eyes from the blinding white of the flashlight.
"we're all gonna' have a friendly little chat."
15 minutes later…
"Admit it!" Jake cried, "You were jealous of Finn stealing your lady!" Marshall twitched in annoyance. They'd gotten nowhere with the vampire, as he admitted to nothing.
"I don't get jealous." He boasted. Marceline raised her eyebrows with an idea.
"You don't get jealous, huh?" she grinned a fanged smile his way. "Well let's see when I do this." She leaned forward, and much to Jake's surprise, kissed him.
Jake didn't know what to do. He only stood there, as the vampire lady kissed him, seconds ticked by. She finally pulled away from him, and peppermint butler made a strange noise in his throat, almost like a giggle.
"Well then, that's interesting. Haven't seen much beastiality since I've returned from the underworld."
"Beasti- what?" the dog asked.
Marceline laughed. Jake was still confused. What just happened?
"a-anyways…" he stuttered, turning his attention to Marshall, who didn't look at all phased from the events, much to Marceline's dismay. But the vampire only eyed them coolly, and sighed.
"Ok, so maybe I was upset about the whole thing the other night, but I guess he only did it 'self-defense'." He looked actually, a little sad. "I liked Finn. He was a good kid, he didn't deserve death." Jake sighed.
"Whatever, man." He figured Marshall Lee meant no harm. "C'mon Peppermint Butler." Marshall's head snapped up to stare.
"Peppers? You been here the whole time?" peppermint butler waved shyly.
"h-hey Marshall, how's it goin?" The two engaged in a friendly conversation, leaving Jake awkwardly with Marceline. She laughed at him.
"Don't think too much of that kiss. I only did that to make my double jealous."
Pffft. Yeah right. Ladies can't resist this sexy dog. He considered telling her this, but decided he'd like to live. Peppermint Butler cleared his throat.
"Jake, I believe we have some mystery solving to do." Jake glanced back at the vampires, said his goodbyes and they left the house, heading on to their next suspect.
The yellow Sherlock shivered. Vampires always left him feeling strange.
Yay! Chapter six! (although it was really lame…) More to come, who will our next suspect be? We'll find out in chapter seven!