Chapter 1: The New and Old
(Disclaimer: I do not own any thing in this story except my made up character aka Oc. The different parts of the story will be marked. (The locations) Also any songs or pomes' I use will be posted as foot notes at the end of the chapter. And yes I know some of the stuff will be before it's time based on the story time)
~Some where near the Sewer~
A young woman lay on her side, while her upper body rested on the arm of the backless couch. Her pale pink rat like tail draped over the side of the couch. Her snow white hair was tucked behind her snow white ears. Her crystal eyes scanned the words on the pages as she read. Her pale pink fingers turned the page as she finished reading. She had on a blood red silk dress that made her snow white fur pop. Her room had wooden floors while her walls were painted white with a tan marble looked to them. Her ear twitched as she heard her door open fallowed by the sound of foot steps on her floor.
A gentleman had walked into the room. His black hair was slicked back agents his soft salmon fur. He had an evil sharp toothed grin that was outlined with a shadow cast of pewter gray. He had on a black three piece suite that the white collar of his shirt stuck out of. Over his black suite coat he wore a black cape with red trimming. He had placed his right paw that was covered by a glove into his left breast pocket in his vest.
"Reading again my dear," He spoke with a gruff tone as he reached the side of her couch peering over her shoulder as if trying to read with her.
She smiled softly. "It's a nice way to relax when you are busy."
He removed his hand from his vest pocket and held in his hand a diamond and blood red ruby necklace. He then leaned forward and placed the necklace around her neck and fastened it in the back.
"You know you can always come to me." He whispered into her ear. He smiled as he watched her run her figures over the necklace.
She turned to him and smiled. "You didn't have to." She moved her legs so he could sit down.
"You knew I would treat you like a queen when you took the position." He smiled as he ran his finger softly under her chin, "Pulse after everything your still here."
She smiled. "Oh your still worry I'll leave." She playful pouted. "I took care of you when you were hurt and I knew you was Padraic."
He smiled. "Well it s one of my less known names."
She smiled and placed her right paw on his left cheek. "And I know that you're the famous Ratigan." She kissed him softly on the lips. "How would that change how I feel?"
He smirked. "The fact that your kind hearted and." He paused for a moment and got an evil smile. "I'm not," He kissed her back the same way.
She smiled and started to fix his cheeky magenta and dusty violet stripped tie. "Told you as long as you don't abuse me like my father did to my mother; Treat me like a person who could not tend to my self; and let me work everything would be fine."
He smiled. "I have kept each one of those promises to you."
She nodded looking into his eyes. "That you have," she smiled her normal sweet smile. He smiled and was about to kiss her again until the door swung open fallowed by a soft voice filled with fear called out 'Boss'.
"What?!" He snapped with a growl in his tone of voice.
A small (and young) caramel colored bat jumped back from his Boss' reaction. "S-Sir we are all set…Sir just need you." The voice was still soft spoken and shaky.
He sighed and rubbed his temple. "Alright," He then turned his attention back to the women. "Eve my dear," He spoke as he stood up and taken her paw into his.
She smiled. "Go I'll still be here when you get back." He had smiled and kissed her paw before heading out with the shaken bat. She smiled as she watched him leave. She had up rooted her self for the 2nd time she had up rooted her life. She had lost her few friends that she had at her old work place. But at this moment she didn't care. She was haply in a relationship. Some would most likely say she was nuts to be with him but there was a side to him only she got to see. She smiled more before going back to reading her book.
~London~
In the home of the greatest detective sat the two companions with there newest clients. A Mother and father who have not seen there daughter since she was ten. The explained how they had been looking for her since the day she disappeared. They had also given him the name Eve Everwood. As the couple spoke something to Basil seemed off about the father. Not the fact that he was a rat while his wife was a mouse. It was something deeper that was hard to get by just looking at him. After a while of hearing the couple's details Basil and Dawson agreed to take the case.
Basil was walking threw the streets thinking of were to start. She was ten when she first ran away, to him that wasn't much help if she was in her late twenties now. As he went over things in his mind mutter things the parents had mentioned out loud he heard two women gasp.
Basil had looked at the two women unaware why they gasped. "Is everything alright?"
A tan mouse looked at him. "Did you just say Eve Everwood?"
Basil looked to her slightly unsure. "Yes, do you know her?"
The other women spoke she was a gray mouse. "We did till she left her job for another."
Basil smiled, "Do you know were this other job is?"
The tan mouse spoke again. "No not really besides at another pub, she got the job after the gentlemen she was tending to was back on his feet."
Dawson looked to the women, "She was married?"
The gray mouse spoke again with a snooty tone in voice. "No one would want to date her."
Basil raised a brow. "So she was tending to a gentleman that she didn't know?"
The tan mouse nodded. "We told her it wasn't the greatest idea but she has always been the kind soul."
Basil nodded softly with a soft sigh. "Well thank you very much."
The gray mouse spoke again with her snooty way. "I do remember her saying something about her new job being a dancer and near the ocean."
Basil smiled widely. "Thank you; you don't know how much that helps me." Dawson turned to his partner confused on how that truly did help at all. Dawson had fallowed back to the house and watched Basil shifting threw his maps to get one of the maps that had everything that was close to the ocean.
Basil smiled. "Now our kind friend said that Eve was working at a pub near the Ocean correct?"
Dawson nodded slightly, "yes."
Basil smiled as he laid the map down on to the table and took several pins and placed them were he knew where pubs were. He had marked off twelve in total were different pubs where. He then picked up a pen and put an x next to one of the pubs.
"Now we know this pub has fallen since Ratigan's death so that one would be pointless to look at." Basil smiled as he looked to Dawson. Now that leaves us eleven pubs to look at. We will have to do each pub for three weeks. If she is a dancer like her co-worker said then she won't be working every day."
Dawson nodded softly. "So you think with in three months we can find this girl and bring home."
Basil smiled. "Well if luck is on our side we might be able to ask the bar tender about the girl and get our answer quicker but if that fails then yes let's hope three months and not any longer." He looked to the time. "Well the pubs wouldn't be open yet it's only noon." He looked to the map. "Let's start planning how we want to do this Dawson." Dawson nodded as him and Basil started to plan out how they were going to start things.
~ Some where near the Sewer~
Eve sat at her vanity brushing her hair smiling softly as she hummed to her self. She jumped slightly hearing a door slam shut echo threw the house. She slowly stood up and headed out of her room. She had tightened her robe around her body as she headed threw the halls. She froze quickly as a glass was thrown of out Ratigan's room and shattered on the wall. She slowly looked into Ratigan's room. He was furious about something he was muttering and growling while pulling things apart and throwing things around. She slowly moved towards him dogging things that he was throwing behind him. He quickly whipped around feeling a hand touch his lower back he was about to swing at whom touched him but stopped seeing who it was. He sighed softly looking into her crystal eyes.
She placed her hand on his cheek. "Now that you have calmed down some tell me what happened."
Ratigan let out a deep sigh. "Things should have gone smoother then they did."
She moved towards his bed and sat down. She then looked to him and patted the spot next to her. "Tell me what happened."
He moved towards her before sitting down rubbing his temples. "These idiots can't do a simple task. All they had to do was disable an alarm. "
She started to run her paws over his back. "Well it was the first job next time things will change."
He looked to her. "You have to much hope for people." He moved slightly looking to her. "Speaking of change you look like you were in the middle of getting ready for your show."
She smiled. "You know it doesn't take me long to get ready." She smiled as she stood up. "Why don't you come to the pub tonight?"
He pouted slightly. "My dear Eve you know I would love to but I have plans to plot." He then grinned. "To get back for how Basil left me."
She smiled and nodded. "Alright but don't go to fast alright?"
He smiled. "Oh I won't love." He smirked. "You should go back to what you were doing love."
She let out a soft sigh. "Alright," she headed out of his room and back down to her room to get ready to head to the pub. She smiled as she changed into her black strapped corset and a blood red skirt. She smiled as headed out to the pub.