Secret Little Assassin

Diverting Suspicions 2

"Mm! I smell yummy breakfast!" Sparkle licked her lips as she and Gherkin headed out through the halls with Phoenix.

"BWEAKFAST! BWEAKFAST!" Gherkin jumped for joy with a laugh.

"Woah, woah, slow down you two," Phoenix laughed as she held their tires to keep them from running.

They soon made it to the kitchen, where they found Crusher yawning as he cooked up omelette with spicy tuna along with some tomatoes and onions.

"Good morning," he greeted with another yawn as he flipped the omelette.

"Good morning," Phoenix returned the greeting before looking around as the girls took their seats. "Where are the others?"

"Pickle's still sleeping from his face-off with his client yesterday," Crusher replied, eyes still on the pan to not burn the omelette. "His cousins went off on a mission, and Lily's at the police station,"

"Oh, I see... wait, why is Lily at the police station?" Phoenix's panic rose.

"Isn't she the last to be with you, Mom?" Sparkle asked. "What if the police think that she kidnapped you?"

"It would be spot on because she did, but don't worry, that's not why she chose to get 'caught' by the police," Crusher assured them, scooping up the omelette to place it on the pan. "They have it all on plan, so let's just let them do what they're best at, and everything will turn out fine,"

"Yeah!" Gherkin agreed. "Big bwotha have best plans!"

"If you both say so..." Phoenix still looked unsure as the omelette was completed and set in front of them.

"But why are you so tired, Crusher?" Sparkle asked.

"Insomnia," Crusher gave a shrug.

"What's that?"

"An abnormal condition of getting little to no sleep," Phoenix replied.

"Big bwotha say it not healthy to not sleep," Gherkin pointed out.

"Eh, I was never really 'healthy' to begin with," Crusher chuckled and patted her head with a smile before he turned to head out. "I'll be back. I need to go and check on something,"

X

"Officer Blaze and Officer AJ, glad you two could make it," Anna gave a nod.

"Glad we could make it too, Officer Anna," Blaze smiled. "Now, where's Lily?"

"Right this way,"

Anna led the duo down the halls of the police station. They soon made it to the interrogation room, and the trio entered it to find Lily behind a metal table.

"Hi, Officers!" she greeted casually, waving her tire. "So what's going on?"

"Sorry, Ms, but only we get to ask the questions here," Anna told her.

"Oh, okay," Lily nodded.

"Alright, Lily," Blaze drove forward to face her. "Do you know why you're here?"

"Nope," Lily shook her head innocently.

"Alright then," Blaze sighed and held out a picture of his mother. "Do you know who this is?"

"Yep, it's Ms. Phoenix, your mom," Lily nodded.

"Exactly," Blaze gave a nod. "Yesterday, she disappeared, with no trace of her whatsoever. After a thorough investigation, it had been confirmed that you were the last to be seen with her. Is this true?"

"Yes," Lily confirmed. "I saw her sulking about Sparkle's kidnapping, so I offered her to some tea from the tea shop to help ease her worries about her. She suddenly felt dizzy, and I offered to help her drive back home,"