He didn't believe in magic, least not till now. Here he was, Basil of Baker Street, running for his life while holding a child in his paws. Not just any child, either. He was holding a human babe that was the size of a mouse, and starting to grow mousy features as well. The first thing to grow was its tail. The second was its intelligence. Rattigan had summoned it from supposedly the future, but would not reveal his purpose just yet. Professor Rattigan had tied up the baby and Basil up to a pole. The young babe had started to chew the ropes while Rattigan tried to figure out the next part of the summoning that he was trying to perform. Once the rope was loose enough, Basil grabbed the little babe, who was now growing fur along with the teeth that had gnawed the ropes, and started to run.
It was one of Rattigan's rare, and desperate attempts, which had made him use ancient magic to summon the child. He was more of a creature of science than magic, but when he heard of the "Ultimate Power Source", he found the temptation too great for himself to resist. He had been seeking the ultimate power, which, according to his books, lived within the child who was to be the apprentice of many and the leader of all.
All that Basil knew was that the child was starting to grow up and turn into a mouse. He managed to duck into an empty laundry room and placed the child into a hamper full of laundry. "Stay here, I'll come back for you." He then ran off to divert his pursuers away from the child.
Unfortunately for Basil, it didn't take him long to be surrounded by Professor Rattigan and his minions. Basil looked behind him and noticed that the only thing there was a deep dark hole that seemed to lead into the sewers. If Basil went down there now, then he risked not being able to come back for the little baby that had been left behind.
"Now Basil, let's be reasonable." Rattigan's suave voice called out over the roaring sewer. "Tell me where the child is and I might let you live to see the dawn!" It always amazed Basil how fast Rattigan could change from a suave being to a roaring monster.
"What do you want with the child anyway, Rattigan. You don't seem like the parental type." He kept his footing, like the champion boxer he was, he was ready to defend himself.
"You poor, fool. The child is the vessel for the Ultimate Power! I only need to harness it and I shall rule the world!" Basil couldn't resist rolling his eyes. Rattigan was starting to sound like one of those egotistical villains he heard that starred in American children novels.
"Do you honestly think that is even a possibility, Rattigan?"
"I sure don't!" A black blur jumped out of nowhere, landed on Rattigan's head, flipped off and then landed right in front of Basil. Basil didn't get a good look at the face, but he noticed the feet changing into mouse feet from human. This had been the child that he had hidden away!
The child's voice was male, and it's cream colored fur was lighter than Basil's own. It's outfit seemed to be made out of the clothes that had been in the laundry room. It was a black set of pants and a white dress shirt. The young mouse turned towards Basil, revealing the feminine features in her eyes. The child was a girl! Rattigan wouldn't be able to notice them from where he was standing. Her eyes were two different colors. One was an emerald green, just like Basil's, but the other was an ocean blue, or more closer to just watery blue with a tinge of sapphire. Her eyes darted to the sewer entrance. They widened for a second with fear, and then they turned into a glare. She grabbed Basil's wrist and tried to drag him towards the sewer entrance. Basil understood, picked up the tiny mouse and ran for the hole. It was just right for mice, but not for the rat.