Author's Note: All characters belong to Eve Titus and Disney. The only character that I own is Xander and a surprise character at the end. Grrrr, oh well we can dream. Also this is my first GMD story so please comment and let me know what you think. I might change the rating to M later on, it depends on how I want the story towards the end to go.

Summary:After the Flaversham case, Basil's feelings for young Olivia finally start to form. However, ten years past and once again Olivia needs help from him. Basil notices that his father-like feelings for her begin to change. He begins to fall in love with her. Will he be able to control how he feels for her or is it a disaster waiting to happen?


Prologue

Olivia's POV

The rain fell hard from the night's sky, lighting flashed, thunder roared. My heart racing as we rushed towards them. I watched as Basil fought for his very life to protect my own. I felt terrible that I was able to escape and not him. However if it wasn't for him, I would probably be down there with him. Every hit he took, my heart skipped a beat. His agonizing screams made me want to cry.

'Is this the end' I thought to myself.

Moments later Basil was violently knocked off the little hand of Big Ben and now dangling, gripping the edge as tightly as he could. Unfortunately he didn't succeed. Ratigan, Basil's arch nemesis, followed seconds later. Just like that, they were gone. He was gone. All around me there was silence, the only thing that could be heard were my soft cries. Basil was gone, he was really gone. Or at least I thought he was. I wasn't sure if I was losing it or not because I was hearing something from beneath us. Before I knew it, a figure appeared from the clouds. It was Basil! As beaten as he was, all I cared about was that he was alive.

Basil's POV

Three Hours Later

I felt completely helpless laying here. Every slight move I made was agonizing. Also I don't think there was one part of my body that wasn't covered with bandages. I will admit I have taken a few beatings in the past. But this… this was the worst I've ever been in. I'm still surprised that I lasted as long as I did. The last thing I can really remember was me promising Olivia that I'd always protect her. After that everything went black. So many questions were still running through my head. One of them in particular frightened me the most…

"…why did I survive?" I asked myself.

God only knows why this question kept repeating itself. I guess I'll never know.