Secret Little Assassin

Diverting Suspicions 1

"Alright, so we have Lily as a suspect," Anna spoke as she placed a picture of the girl on the board. "She was the last truck to be seen with the recent victim,"

"That's right," Blaze nodded. "but why would she kidnap Mom?"

"Yeah," AJ agreed with a frown. "Pickle doesn't hold grudges against anyone, and his family don't seem to either,"

"We'll have to bring her in," Anna suggested as she took out her walkie-talkie. "This is Officer Anna to all officers, we have a suspect to the kidnapping case. A green female truck with blonde hair and pink tires,"

["Understood, Officer Anna!"] the other police truck's gave an affirmative before signing out.

"We should also be on the lookout," Blaze said.

"For the meantime, we need you two to keep an eye on Mr. Flame," Anna told them. "If anything, the kidnapper might go after him next. If Lily IS the suspect then we'll see for sure,"

"You're right, Officer Anna," AJ nodded in agreement. "We'll escort Dad back home and keep an eye on him,"

"Good luck, officers," Anna waved as she watched the duo leave.

Unbeknownst to them, a helicopter of red, orange and yellow with a camera and a microphone attached to it was spying on the whole thing before flying off onto the night. It soon reached the park, where a tire from a bush grabbed onto it and pulled it to hiding.

"Did you record all that, Sven?" the one holding the camera asked.

"I did, Ben," Sven nodded. "Did you send it to Tillie and Millie, Ken?"

"I sure did!" Ken gave a nod. "But we should still warn Pickle and Lily,"

"Agreed!" Ben smiled and kept the helicopter. "Come on! Let's go!"

X

"Time to go to bed, you two," Pickle chuckled as he motioned the girls into the room they shared.

"I'll tuck them in," Phoenix offered.

"Thanks, Ms. Phoenix," Pickle smiled gratefully. "I need to go anyway. My client wants me for another meeting,"

"Before you go, there's someone who wants to meet with us," Lily told him, driving to them with a solemn expression and a frown. "It's our cousins,"

"Ben, Ken and Sven?" Pickle's eyebrows raised up. "Why?"

Lily shrugged and just urged her brother to follow her. Pickle sighed and nodded before following after her. They soon made it to the living room, where Crusher was serving tea to Ben, Ken and Sven, who were in their assassin uniforms as they sat and waited for them.

"Cousins? What's going on?" Pickle asked as he and Lily joined them.

"It's the police," Ben told them.

"Are they close to finding out where Sparkle and Ms. Phoenix are?" Lily questioned as she sipped her tea.

"Yes... and no," Ken admitted.

"They already have you as a first suspect, cousin Lily," Sven winced as he held out an image of the police office. "You were the last one that the tea shop owner stated that was last seen with Ms. Phoenix,"

"Uh oh..." Crusher hissed. "That's not good,"

"We need to kidnap Mr. Flame right away," Pickle told them firmly. "If he's kidnapped while Lily's being interrogated, it'll throw off the suspicion that she did it,"

"So I need to be caught first," Lily nodded in agreement. "I think that's a good idea,"

"Maybe you can try the scheme tomorrow," Crusher yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Pickle still has something to do tonight..."